trouble rooting urgent - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

trying to root a friends gs2 i777 and after using odin to run the tar file, it started to reboot and has been stuck on the samsung logo for about 30 minutes now. i was just told that he is still on froyo so i think that had something to do with it but he is no longer using an at&t sim card so it wouldnt let him upgrade to 2.3 over the air. but i am stuck at the logo screen and tried to reboot back into stock recovery and it gets stuck at the logo still. please someone help

kendall316 said:
trying to root a friends gs2 i777 and after using odin to run the tar file, it started to reboot and has been stuck on the samsung logo for about 30 minutes now. i was just told that he is still on froyo so i think that had something to do with it but he is no longer using an at&t sim card so it wouldnt let him upgrade to 2.3 over the air. but i am stuck at the logo screen and tried to reboot back into stock recovery and it gets stuck at the logo still. please someone help
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I'm pretty sure the i777 never had froyo... Have you researched this issue?
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jthatch12 said:
I'm pretty sure the i777 never had froyo... Have you researched this issue?
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Yeah been using Google like a fiend. And I live no where near this guy and its his phone. We are actually at a bar right now so I'm in a big time constraint

Hold both volumes and power button to hard reset and access cwr
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blaker13 said:
Hold both volumes and power button to hard reset and access cwr
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I did that and it just boots back into the Samsung logo

Hold power down and volume down and plug it in for download mode and flash a kernel that can wipe and install.
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Or if at bar.....
Hold all three buttons till Samsung appears and dissapears then let go of all three to get into recovery menu to see if you have a kernel.... then wipe clear data and reflash.
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I think the moral of the story is not to flash ROMs while drinking at a bar.
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Phalanx7621 said:
I think the moral of the story is not to flash ROMs while drinking at a bar.
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Haha not drinking

Liquors calling the shots now and doing the rooting/flashing Lol!!
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kendall316 said:
trying to root a friends gs2 i777 and after using odin to run the tar file, it started to reboot and has been stuck on the samsung logo for about 30 minutes now. i was just told that he is still on froyo so i think that had something to do with it but he is no longer using an at&t sim card so it wouldnt let him upgrade to 2.3 over the air. but i am stuck at the logo screen and tried to reboot back into stock recovery and it gets stuck at the logo still. please someone help
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jthatch12 said:
I'm pretty sure the i777 never had froyo... Have you researched this issue?
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The i777 NEVER had Froyo. It was released with GB 2.3.4. When trying to root "a friends" phone it's best to have read everything and be prepared if things go wrong. Its a hard sell, when you trying to explain why their phone is borked. Also I find Heimdall a bit easier to use than Odin.

Nobody seems to be asking the obvious question: are you positive this is an I777, and not another variant of the S2, like a skyrocket, our even the 1900?
Take out the battery and look at the label under the battery. what model does it say the phone is?

I agree with wgoldfarb, I very nearly did the same thing to my work phone a few months back. It was in a ballistic case, and I couldn't tell the difference until I opened it and held it side by side with my i777,but it turned out it was an older infuse. $20 says that if he's positive he had froyo, it's the same situation.
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Sure sounds like an Infuse... I had one of those...yuck
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Sorry, but drunk posting from a bar about trying to root a phone, but not being sure what phone it is (again, it never had 2.2...), has no place on this forum..

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Tar files for stock orange

Where can i find these
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In here ;-)
sutty86 said:
Where can i find these
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Cheers not .tar though
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Yes they are. They're packed in 7zip exe's, when you download the exe doubleclick it & this unzips the tar within.
Trust me
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Cheers not .tar though
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Haha what a ddoosh i am.cheers mate
Quick question do i have to do anything else to the phone before i send back to samsung
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Buy a jig on Mr eBay so you can reset the flash counter back to zero. That way Samsung won't know you've been messing with it Shouldn't cost more than a couple of bucks. Search for "Samsung Galaxy S2 jig". Some people have found that Samsung don't seem to care if you *have* been messing around with the phone & will fix it under warranty regardless.
Personally speaking, I'd rather not take that chance & would get the jig.
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Haha what a ddoosh i am.cheers mate
Quick question do i have to do anything else to the phone before i send back to samsung
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cheers you have been the best!!!!
just bought one aswell as a usb lead.....
only 2.50 with uk delivery....
cant believe my home button is broke only had the phone 2 months
got a slight crack in the screen aswell thing i can claim it happand in the post and be cheeky???
how do you rep on here!!!
No probs. You're more than welcome ;-) Excellent. That jig can be a very handy bit of kit when you need it.
Yeah that sucks the button has died after only 8 weeks Re: the screen, I dunno, can you ?
Seems we lost the thanks button when TPTB on here decided to go all retro/2009 on us
sutty86 said:
cheers you have been the best!!!!
just bought one aswell as a usb lead.....
only 2.50 with uk delivery....
cant believe my home button is broke only had the phone 2 months
got a slight crack in the screen aswell thing i can claim it happand in the post and be cheeky???
how do you rep on here!!!
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OMG just flashed it and its stuck on a bootloop
the triangle gone which is a good thing but it just keeps on showing the s back and forth!!!!!
help again please
sutty86 said:
OMG just flashed it and its stuck on a bootloop
the triangle gone which is a good thing but it just keeps on showing the s back and forth!!!!!
help again please
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Top of the page BOOT LOOP THREAD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
jje

Keeps restarting and viberating

Any idea why all the sudden the galaxy note will randomly shut off completly and I have to use the power button to power it back on, sometimes it will sit there and viberate and I have to pull the battery. Its running stock ics. And YES ITS THE att note. I'm sending this with my international note
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They pushed official ics to att note??? If not then its not stock ics :s
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hyelton said:
Any idea why all the sudden the galaxy note will randomly shut off completly and I have to use the power button to power it back on, sometimes it will sit there and viberate and I have to pull the battery. Its running stock ics. And YES ITS THE att note. I'm sending this with my international note
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I've been getting the problem a few days ago. It will randomly turn back on however it seems to not want to turn on. Using my backup phone atm...
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djxcee said:
I've been getting the problem a few days ago. It will randomly turn back on however it seems to not want to turn on. Using my backup phone atm...
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Try a reset or reflash the rom your using. Ice hasn't been released yet officially for the note so you must be on one of the leaks. Try reflashing
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nthknd said:
Try a reset or reflash the rom your using. Ice hasn't been released yet officially for the note so you must be on one of the leaks. Try reflashing
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Problem is the phone automatically turns off in 10 secs every time even in download mode. I'll keep trying hopefully it will stick. Thanks for the tip though.
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djxcee said:
Problem is the phone automatically turns off in 10 secs every time even in download mode. I'll keep trying hopefully it will stick. Thanks for the tip though.
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Wow that's a new one in me. I thought read someplace that certain roms react this way if the battery get to low and you have to go into cwm and do a cache wipe I think. Sorry that all I got .
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If phone is turning off in download mode I doubt it is the ROM installed. Have you tried swapping batteries?
Also the issue seems to ONLY HAPPEN WHEN MOVING THE PHONE! SO I dont think Its a doftware issue. I tried changing battries same issue. It stayed on all NIGHT last night. Then when I go to touch it this morning it restarts.
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also ment to add the power button is acting weird like presses ive never made
hyelton said:
Also the issue seems to ONLY HAPPEN WHEN MOVING THE PHONE! SO I dont think Its a doftware issue. I tried changing battries same issue. It stayed on all NIGHT last night. Then when I go to touch it this morning it restarts.
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How about if you leave the charger plugged in? Hopefully you can get the opportunity to get it restored to stock and have it exchanged under warranty.
Edit: stuck power button maybe?
Agoattamer said:
How about if you leave the charger plugged in? Hopefully you can get the opportunity to get it restored to stock and have it exchanged under warranty.
Edit: stuck power button maybe?
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It does it with charger too. But ONLY really does it while moving it
I CANT get it to even turn on now, It will viberate and show samsung and then shut off
I can get it into download mode for a sec and it will flash and turn off
The power button got mashed a little too hard.
If its store bought, its a warranty issue.
If its Craigslist or ebay you have to pull the whole thing apart and reseat the silver button in the case correctly and reassemble.
I've come across a few phones that have this defect.
Hey Ranger, notice you spend a lot of time in what I call the "trenches" in the Q&A and Gen sections providing assistance and guidance. Where I like to hang out and since I have the Note now...and still providing to the Infuse 4G community...
You seem to be a resourceful individual, sir.
Thanks Ranger!
I was just checking out your Bio -- impressive.
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I was just checking out your Bio -- impressive.
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my wat?!?!
naa don't be sir...not worth the checking or impressiveness....
i just make lots and will continue to make them...mistakes...LOL
Thank you sir.
btw you impress me with your assistance in the threads, sir :good:
Maybe one of your cables inside is loose and disconnects when you move it? I would either take your phone apart yourself or take it to a shop to get it checked.
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It was bought over the phone in march, Im gonna call warrenty and deal with them tommrow, Cause last year when I had to call them the phone I had at the time would not turn on and they were telling me I needed to reset it lol
Lorenzinoo said:
Maybe one of your cables inside is loose and disconnects when you move it? I would either take your phone apart yourself or take it to a shop to get it checked.
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but if the warranty is valid...I would not do this...well maybe I would, yea I prob would...LOL
but use the warranty road....
bigjoe2675 said:
but if the warranty is valid...I would not do this...well maybe I would, yea I prob would...LOL
but use the warranty road....
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Yea, Im gonna go the warranty route. But Im afraid cause it has ICS on it, But I can keep it in download mode long enough to odin back to stock
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Yea, Im gonna go the warranty route. But Im afraid cause it has ICS on it, But I can keep it in download mode long enough to odin back to stock
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ok if you can keep it long enough to odin have you tried that...and kill all, see if still restarting and vib...or if it keeps vibrating put it in your pocket...LOL
kidding there...
but yes I would odin and if you can do the count...

I need help

I flashed the jellybean port over in the i9100 section and it booted but then i restarted my phone and it didnt boot so i had to repartition and flash all the pits and stuff and now when i boot it goes straight to recovery and dosnt let me select things or get into download mode
Odin flash back to stock pics or pics rom?
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moneyover said:
I flashed the jellybean port over in the i9100 section and it booted but then i restarted my phone and it didnt boot so i had to repartition and flash all the pits and stuff and now when i boot it goes straight to recovery and dosnt let me select things or get into download mode
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Did you try selecting with the home button, please tell me you did
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Yes I did and it won't let me go into download mode
Can you force download mode by plugging in while holding sound up and dowb and power buttons or is it just sound up and down?
Edit-
On the i9100 thread you already asked in.
lys2002123 said:
Grab a pit file for your i777 and push it with odin. Then your partition will be recovered.
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I saw you asked if it worked for i777 if its not in this section don't try to flash it to this phone. There the same phone but its not exactly the same so that's why we have ports from the i9100 from the first 5-6 pages I read they are hardly able to get things fully working and a list of broken items like wifi camera ect.
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I called att and got a replacement for free
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moneyover said:
I called att and got a replacement for free
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How'd that happen?
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Had the same problem trying to root and flash 1900. Phone did some weird things when I kept trying to boot it but, finally it went to the download screen (don't know y it didn't the 10 other times) and I flashed the original.zip and went through the motions again and all is fine now.
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jt.61 said:
How'd that happen?
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They said since its under one year warranty they would take care of it and today i got my replacement working good
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moneyover said:
They said since its under one year warranty they would take care of it and today i got my replacement working good
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did it still have stock recovery? If not, you might get a 500 dollar bill from att when they discover that...
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dandrumheller said:
did it still have stock recovery? If not, you might get a 500 dollar bill from att when they discover that...
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I was just gonna say, when they get into Download mode and check that flash counter, or see that yellow triangle, that replacement is gonna cost you full price.. And you can bet they'll automatically tack it on to your next bill.
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I'd like to let him sit and squirm thinking he'll get it full price and someone will get grounded but if it didn't flash would it count?
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thanitos said:
I'd like to let him sit and squirm thinking he'll get it full price and someone will get grounded but if it didn't flash would it count?
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You're mean
I don't know for sure, but I would imagine if it didn't flash, the counter won't trigger and he'll be OK. That's why I asked about the recovery - if it's still stock the flash probably didn't take. If it is a custom recovery, it probably means that the flash took and borked his phone...that would be the case where I would think he could expect a hefty phone bill when they catch on...
Well they would charge him for shipping the new phone checking the old phone, won't be pretty lol. This is what you get for just diving into flashing formware , I read the topic he flashed from and I knew it wasn't good for our phone yet it wasn't ported to i777 so there's no way I'd flash that.
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Lol no i reset the counter before i bricked and it is stock i9100 recovery so they look the same but the button configuration is different
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Well they would charge him for shipping the new phone checking the old phone, won't be pretty lol. This is what you get for just diving into flashing formware , I read the topic he flashed from and I knew it wasn't good for our phone yet it wasn't ported to i777 so there's no way I'd flash that.
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Hey atleast it booted i got to play with jellybean
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Its stock i9100 recovery? So it isn't i777 stock? Yeah, that'll totally pass the radar lol
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moneyover said:
I called att and got a replacement for free
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Your phone was totally recoverable. In my view, you should have taken responsibility for your actions, and stayed with the issue till you fixed it.
It's a shame, and just plain wrong, when people abuse the warranty to get a new phone for free when the problem was due to their own actions. It's like stealing. From my time in the forum, however, it seems to be rather common behavior. I even see a post from time to time where one person advises another to do this.
At least AT&T/Samsung wind up with a phone which can be repaired and resold.
And now, since you sent them an I777 which boots to stock I9100 recovery, you will have a month or two of existential anxiety while you wait to see if they charge you full price for the phone, as written in their warranty.
moneyover said:
I called att and got a replacement for free
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Oh goodie! You messed up your phone and got AT&T to fix it by giving you a new phone, the cost of which they can easily pass on to their other users.:good:
If u screw up yer phone, and u don't want to bother with trying to get "technical" and figure it out, there is a good chance this cycle will repeat itself. I would suggest taking a few days and just pouring over all information available here on how to do things and getting things properly understood before u go about flashing again.
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Bricked i777 - should I send to MTV for JTAG?

Hi everybody.
I was playing with my i777 and flashed a gallery file (just 1 apk) via CWM. It booted fine but crashed when using the camera and then rebooted. After reboot, it turned off and now I cannot turn it on again.
I tried download mode by removing battery, holding the two volume buttons and connecting to USB. That did nothing. I also tried USB jig which also did nothing. Connecting the phone to AC power source to see if at least the battery charging screen will show up also does nothing.
So the screen remains black with the soft buttons not lighting up. My phone is hard bricked from the looks of it. So my question is will sending this to MobileTechVideos for JTAG have a highly likelihood for unbricking or should I save the $50 and USPS charges and just buy a Nexus 4? I mean if they don't fix it, I will need a new phone anyway, heck I don't even have a spare phone.
Previous ROM was CM 10.1 03062013 nightly.
I don't even understand how that could have resulted in a brick...
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korockinout13 said:
I don't even understand how that could have resulted in a brick...
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I don't either but like I mentioned above. It rebooted ok after CWM flash then hung then android rebooted. It crashed then won't respond to jig, USB, power cable.
I failed to mention that I am afraid that this is an EMMC failure and that they might not be able to fix it and I would be wasting $50.
You say you tried Download mode, but made no mention of RECOVERY. If you can get there you're not bricked.
SteveMurphy said:
You say you tried Download mode, but made no mention of RECOVERY. If you can get there you're not bricked.
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Nothing works. Not even the charging screen shows up when you plug it in. No button combo is working.
Phone is not detected by ADB
ddominator said:
Nothing works. Not even the charging screen shows up when you plug it in. No button combo is working.
Phone is not detected by ADB
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Try these. 1) Plug in ur charger and hold the power button for bout 15 seconds. If still a no go then
2) Try using USB jig again
3) Go to MTV.
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Hmm. What gallery apk are you talking about? Did you get it from xda?
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singhsta said:
Hmm. What gallery apk are you talking about? Did you get it from xda?
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Yeah I got it from XDA, it was supposed to be something to enable PicasaSync.
I already sent it to MTV so I think we can close this thread.
Thanks all.
Did u use rom manager?
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Did u use rom manager?
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Of course not. Flashed it with CWM recovery (or whatever recovery CM 10.1 comes with) as stated in OP.
Mobile tech video did awesome job for me phone works great now I did Heartbreak mind do I send it to mobile to video card it works great
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QUOTE=dandickerson;39665901]Mobile tech video did awesome job for me phone works great now I did Heartbreak mind do I send it to mobile to video card it works great
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HTC Amaze HELP! Software or hardware problem? Solution?

Im kind of noob at these things, So i need a bit of a walk through if one does come up with a solution.
I have a tmobile HTC Amaze 4G I bought used. And it has a problem restoring... It wont restore at all. It says, the PH85IMG is missing/ Cant open cache/recovery/command. When i try factory restoring, after it starts, It shows an andriod device on the screen with a red triangle and exclamation point in the middle. And another thing.. The phone reboots ALOT . and after it reboots, Everything i downloaded or did to the phone disapears, Like it didnt happened. And the language changes back to how he had it, And his contacts come back and everything,
What should i do?
rannasaur said:
Im kind of noob at these things, So i need a bit of a walk through if one does come up with a solution.
I have a tmobile HTC Amaze 4G I bought used. And it has a problem restoring... It wont restore at all. It says, the PH85IMG is missing/ Cant open cache/recovery/command. When i try factory restoring, after it starts, It shows an andriod device on the screen with a red triangle and exclamation point in the middle. And another thing.. The phone reboots ALOT . and after it reboots, Everything i downloaded or did to the phone disapears, Like it didnt happened. And the language changes back to how he had it, And his contacts come back and everything,
What should i do?
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You flashed any mods??
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ravike14 said:
You flashed any mods??
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Nah, The phones not even rooted
rannasaur said:
Nah, The phones not even rooted
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If you have warranty claim it then
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ravike14 said:
If you have warranty claim it then
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ive bought it used, no box, Manuels receipt etc. Will they still warantee it?
rannasaur said:
ive bought it used, no box, Manuels receipt etc. Will they still warantee it?
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I don't think so then :/ well ask them if not root your phone and flash a recovery and flash a rom maybe your rom is corrupted you have ics or gb?
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When you get to the screen with the red triangle and exclamation point, try holding down the volume up+power button at the same time and see if anything happens

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