Hello guys,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that doesn't want to boot anymore. I have a YouTube video that I did that shows you EXACTLY what happens.
But I can't include any link because I don't have 10 posts yet...
I got this to happen literally today. Before that, my phone sometimes rebooted itself at random.
Very strangely, this was occurring only when the phone was in my pocket. When the phone was on a table or not on me, it was stable. Everything was fine and it was never rebooting.
Battery issue? Nand issue? Cpu issue? I'm really good with computer hardware stuff and in debugging PCs but damn, this is frustrating, can't put my fingers on what is the problem at all and on how to really get my phone to the state it was before, WITHOUT lossing my contacts, data, etc.
Let me know please what I could do. I was about to simply select the factory reset option but I wanted to explore any other options.
Thanks for your help!
Is it stuck at the Samsung logo? If yes, try going into recovery and wiping cache partition.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Is it stuck at the Samsung logo? If yes, try going into recovery and wiping cache partition.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
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Yep stuck at the Samsung logo... I tried just wiping the cache partition and this doesn't work...
I guess my only option is to select "wipe data / factory reset".
I started to find a way to recover my deleted data (especially my phone contacts) and I found Dr.Fone but it's a paid option.
Would anybody know any free alternative?
Make a nandroid backup of your current, non booting state. Then wipe data. Using titanium backup then 'restore data from nandroid' (obviously once it's booted). I'm not sure bat that option may only be available in titanium backup pro. Thoroughly recommended purchase if you haven't already, it's useful for so much more than recovering data from a nandroid.
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immortalneo said:
Is it stuck at the Samsung logo? If yes, try going into recovery and wiping cache partition.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
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What if you cannot get passed the rootbox splash screen?
I cannot even get my phone into menu to wipe cache or get to factory settings. Please help I have been without a phone for over 30 hours now.
Hopper8 said:
Make a nandroid backup of your current, non booting state. Then wipe data. Using titanium backup then 'restore data from nandroid' (obviously once it's booted). I'm not sure bat that option may only be available in titanium backup pro. Thoroughly recommended purchase if you haven't already, it's useful for so much more than recovering data from a nandroid.
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I finally wiped my data and the factory reset and now I can boot like normal and get access to my phone. Obviously I lost all my contacts and everything except my videos and my photos
But how would I have been able to make a nandroid backup anyway, if I was not able to pass the boot screen? I'm still curious about this for "a next time", we never know...
The ONLY thing I could do is to get in download mode or recovery mode. Period.
firepinch said:
I finally wiped my data and the factory reset and now I can boot like normal and get access to my phone. Obviously I lost all my contacts and everything except my videos and my photos
But how would I have been able to make a nandroid backup anyway, if I was not able to pass the boot screen? I'm still curious about this for "a next time", we never know...
The ONLY thing I could do is to get in download mode or recovery mode. Period.
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Ok so I guess you didn't have a custom recovery (not rooted). You didn't say. I conclude that as you didn't understand what I said.
You still could have done what I'd said, only it needed another step beforehand. Needed to flash a custom kernel in download mode via Odin, that'll give you a custom recovery. In that custom recovery you can backup (nandroid) and follow on from what I said.
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happy.hereafter said:
What if you cannot get passed the rootbox splash screen?
I cannot even get my phone into menu to wipe cache or get to factory settings. Please help I have been without a phone for over 30 hours now.
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So if you can't get to recovery, it'll be time to flash a new kernel via Odin. Obviously you want the tar extension of the kernel. If you were on rootbox before, flash dorimanx 9.34 tar version in Odin.
Then, go to recovery and wipe data/factory reset to boot. If you want to keep your data do what I said by making a nandroid & restoring data from that using Titanium.
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ODIN froze and didn't tell me it was successful. IT was and team win backed up my data then wiped the caches, next it reboot just fine.
I'll look into nandroid for future backups cause I will not allow it to back up to google, I have a former friend who re-rooted the phone from ice cream to rootbox hercules who is proficient at cracking.
How long does it take to get a response around this forum?
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So if you can't get to recovery, it'll be time to flash a new kernel via Odin. Obviously you want the tar extension of the kernel. If you were on rootbox before, flash dorimanx 9.34 tar version in Odin.
Then, go to recovery and wipe data/factory reset to boot. If you want to keep your data do what I said by making a nandroid & restoring data from that using Titanium.
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I didn't have to flash the kernal only the caches.
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Ok so I guess you didn't have a custom recovery (not rooted). You didn't say. I conclude that as you didn't understand what I said.
You still could have done what I'd said, only it needed another step beforehand. Needed to flash a custom kernel in download mode via Odin, that'll give you a custom recovery. In that custom recovery you can backup (nandroid) and follow on from what I said.
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Ooooooh... so that's interesting! Yes, my phone wasn't rooted. But still, I could have done that additional step. Going into download mode and to flash a custom Kernel. But doing so wouldn't delete any contacts, sms, and any other files?
Thanks Hopper8 for this info that you give me, this is really, really appreciated. I love to learn! I will know next time!
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Ooooooh... so that's interesting! Yes, my phone wasn't rooted. But still, I could have done that additional step. Going into download mode and to flash a custom Kernel. But doing so wouldn't delete any contacts, sms, and any other files?
Thanks Hopper8 for this info that you give me, this is really, really appreciated. I love to learn! I will know next time!
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Flashing a Custom Kernel thro 'ODIN' will not delete any of ur contacts/Sms/media files etc for sure ma8
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happy.hereafter said:
How long does it take to get a response around this forum?
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it all depends on how informative ur Issue post is
I think u just should reflash the firmware.
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Sun90 said:
it all depends on how informative ur Issue post is
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hmm it sounds like someone has an issue, one in 20 issues might get a plausable response after the problem had been solved.
I remember working in a pool of 10 different competing workarounds that never worked, you can get something out of it; just have to sit and wait watch someone else error.
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Hi, So im in a boot-loop, im gunna use clockworkmod recovery to make a backup reflash my phone with my current stock ROM then recover.
Will my contacts and message be on my phone when i recover???
Silly question but i have to be sure!!!
Cheers, james
jamesbebby said:
Hi, So im in a boot-loop, im gunna use clockworkmod recovery to make a backup reflash my phone with my current stock ROM then recover.
Will my contacts and message be on my phone when i recover???
Silly question but i have to be sure!!!
Cheers, james
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Have you established what it was that caused the boot loop? It might be worth taking a minute out and trying to work that out before progressing, if it was flashing a custom ROM, perhaps you should try that again, did you wipe etc beforehand?
So you plan is to
1. enter CWM recovery
2. take full Nadroid Backup
3. Perform Wipe
4. Re-flash current ROM (I'm guessing from ZIP file on SD not RUU?)
5 go back into CWM recovery
6. restore data partition?
Sounds good in theory and yes I believe that your messages will exist if you manage to restore data, I can't see what harm it will do - as you need to progress from where you are now.
Although, as I don't know what device you have and how you were intending ro re-flash your current ROM, you need to be careful that in re-flashing if you're using an RUU that you don't lock your bootloader or loose the custom recovery or you may have more work to do!!!
This is why im in a boot-loop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212063
Im running 'I9000XWJVB' stock.
1. Backup with ClockworkMod Recovery.
2. Flash stock ROM with odin.
3. After my phone boots up restore the backup i made.
Sound good?
Cheers, James
jamesbebby said:
This is why im in a boot-loop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212063
Im running 'I9000XWJVB' stock.
1. Backup with ClockworkMod Recovery.
2. Flash stock ROM with odin.
3. After my phone boots up restore the backup i made.
Sound good?
Cheers, James
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Ah, yes, I recall posting on that thread yesterday - shame you couldn't resolve it.
But this route does sound more hopeful. The steps do sound good. Although ensure that you only do a selective restore after the flash as you don't want to perform a full restore or you'll end up back where you are now. So I reckon that you'll only want to restore the data partition.
After restoring the data partition from the backup, I'd suggest that you wipe the cache & dalvik cache from within CWM, before you reboot.
If you use any third party messaging application you may want to install that before you restore.
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Ah, yes, I recall posting on that thread yesterday - shame you couldn't resolve it.
But this route does sound more hopeful. The steps do sound good. Although ensure that you only do a selective restore after the flash as you don't want to perform a full restore or you'll end up back where you are now. So I reckon that you'll only want to restore the data partition.
After restoring the data partition from the backup, I'd suggest that you wipe the cache & dalvik cache from within CWM, before you reboot.
If you use any third party messaging application you may want to install that before you restore.
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So far so good just restoring data part now..............Thank god for that it worked all my stuff is there!!! Im never playing around with that build.prop again ever!!!!! Anyway i have learn abit more on CWM so its not all a loss.
Cheers, James
jamesbebby said:
So far so good just restoring data part now..............Thank god for that it worked all my stuff is there!!! Im never playing around with that build.prop again ever!!!!! Anyway i have learn abit more on CWM so its not all a loss.
Cheers, James
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Glad to be able to help....I'll be honest I learnt there to....
Although something for the future:
1. Always take a fresh backup before making any un-tested change.
2. Always have you current ROM ZIP on SD card at all times.
3. You can probably export your messages to your SD card (just in case)
Now press THANKS. button.
Hey guys.
Using Samsung Galaxy S Froyo 2.2.1 I9000
Was installing CM7 today through CWM in Recovery Mode, at first it wouldn't work, threw me an error about signature verification, found it was because of 3e verification on zip files, so flashed the kernel with Odin to 2e.
After installing the kernel, ran the CM7 again and it ran fine, followed the instructions, wiped before installing CM7. The install looked like it ran fine, phone rebooted no problem, but it came back to a wiped Froyo still, didn't load CyanogenMod at all.
Anyway, there's no GMail app, and only Market, and Market wont let me add a Google account even if I say yes to the prompt. Looked round the SGS forums, didn't see anything like this.
I'm guessing I did something wrong, help someone?
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it came back to a wiped Froyo still, didn't load CyanogenMod at all.
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What do you mean by this?
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What do you mean by this?
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I can only describe it as once I got to the step of rebooting the phone, it didn't load CyanogenMod, I was expecting the CM animation but I got my normal Froyo screen, does that make sense?
Probably a bad download. Delete the download and do it again. But just a word of advice...ROM's come with kernels, so if you flash a kernel first and then a ROM, you are going to lose the first one you flashed.
Thanks lowandbehold, one problem though.
I wiped the phone following the instructions, so I don't have ROM Manager anymore and can't open the Market, it asks me if I want to sign in with a Google account, I hit yes and nothing happens.
Ideas?
Sorry for double post, looks like I made some progress possibly.
Got the CM7 animation on boot, but doesn't go any further.
Got Clockworkmod recovery up though, flashed speedmod kernel, and CM7 initial kernel through ODIN.
Now in recovery mode when I go to install "update-cm-7.1.0-GalaxyS-signed.zip" I get an error about assert failed, error in the zip, status 7 and aborts.
Did you make a nandroid backup of the stock ROM before you flashed? If so, try to revert back to that. If you didnt make a backup, do a full wipe...wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and go into advanced and wipe the davlik cache. Then go to install zip from SD Card and select the CM7 zip. You should also check the md5 sum of the zip file to see if it matches up to make sure the download was good. You will be able to figure something out, as long as you can get into recovery and not getting crazy cache errors your phone should be 100% recoverable. Maybe even try something that is not CM7...just keep at it.
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Also, standby on the kernel for now. Get CM7 up and running on the kernel it provides you with and then make a backup in CWM. Then you can try to change the kernel...if you have issues then you can just go to your CM7 backup.
Would the backup be a recovery-update.zip file in the \clockwordmod folder?
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Would the backup be a recovery-update.zip file in the \clockwordmod folder?
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No, it's in recovery/backup on the clockword recovery screen.. personally, I like Amon Recovery a lot better than CM. Clockwork doesn't wipe the cache as well good luck! Hope you get it working
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kendallc123 said:
Clockwork doesn't wipe the cache as well
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Fixed your spelling (bold). Anyways, do you have proof of this?
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Fixed your spelling (bold). Anyways, do you have proof of this?
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Thanks haha, went back and fixed it too. I don't have solid facts about it, but I have read in multiple threads that
1) People love Clockwork
2) People say Clockwork doesn't wipe the Dalvik cache thoroughly and sometimes causes boot loops (I've never had one)
I have had some problems with Clockwork personally. But, this is just my opinion. Also, Clockwork doesn't recognize some zips that I try to flash while Amon does. Anyway, it's all your opinion, whatever feels better to you.
i'M planing to flash the ICS as soon Devs release a perfect one and i want to know how to do a clean install.
I want to erase everything and start a fresh new install.
That option factory reset dont erase nothing... is there another option?
RatusNatus said:
i'M planing to flash the ICS as soon Devs release a perfect one and i want to know how to do a clean install.
I want to erase everything and start a fresh new install.
That option factory reset dont erase nothing... is there another option?
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you're kidding right? all you need to do is a factory reset, that's a clean install
I did a factory reset 2 days ago and the data folders are still there.
My phone has the same free space on it.
If you want to remove all your personal data, you need to format the sd card. To wipe and format, go into settings | privacy | Factory data reset, tick the checkbox for "format USB storage" and reset phone. To just format, go to settings | storage | format USB storage.
If you want to completely wipe your phone you can enter the following code into your dial pad and it will completely reset your phone to out of the box conditions
Warning this code wipes everthing
Code:
*2767*3855#
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If you want to completely wipe your phone you can enter the following code into your dial pad and it will completely reset your phone to out of the box conditions
Warning this code wipes everthing
Code:
*2767*3855#
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Thanks you all for the reply. I'll do that cuz i'm on a bootloop that cames and go from time to time.
But my I777 its not like an out of the box should be.
I'm using ICScrewed 2.1 right now. Any difference?
When you say erase everything what everything was that? lol
will keep Only the ROM and nothing else?
And about the trash zip files from VoltageControl etc.?
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Thanks you all for the reply. I'll do that cuz i'm on a bootloop that cames and go from time to time.
But my I777 its not like an out of the box should be.
I'm using ICScrewed 2.1 right now. Any difference?
When you say erase everything what everything was that? lol
will keep Only the ROM and nothing else?
And about the trash zip files from VoltageControl etc.?
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it means it will wipe EVERYTHING on your sd card
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it means it will wipe EVERYTHING on your sd card
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That everything includes CWM?
So, will that code brick phone?
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That everything includes CWM?
So, will that code brick phone?
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Comprehension is a lovely thing.
No! It will uninstall all apps and remove all setting and wipe your sd card
Cwm doesn't run from your sdcard, it is in the kernel
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RatusNatus said:
Thanks you all for the reply. I'll do that cuz i'm on a bootloop that cames and go from time to time.
But my I777 its not like an out of the box should be.
I'm using ICScrewed 2.1 right now. Any difference?
When you say erase everything what everything was that? lol
will keep Only the ROM and nothing else?
And about the trash zip files from VoltageControl etc.?
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When I say everything, I mean your phone will be just like the day it was first taken out of the box with the stock Samsung firmware that came with the phone, wiping any trace of anything you have ever done to the phone.
Edit: the only thing it does not touch is the bootloaders.
It will reset you to the stock kernel, the entire stock firmware that came factory on the phone.
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When I say everything, I mean your phone will be just like the day it was first taken out of the box with the stock Samsung firmware that came with the phone, wiping any trace of anything you have ever done to the phone.
Edit: the only thing it does not touch is the bootloaders.
It will reset you to the stock kernel, the entire stock firmware that came factory on the phone.
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ummmm.....how is it going to wipe it to stock kernel and stock rom, when hes on a custom kernel and custom rom..?
plain and simple.....the code is a factory reset+sdcard format tool....
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When I say everything, I mean your phone will be just like the day it was first taken out of the box with the stock Samsung firmware that came with the phone, wiping any trace of anything you have ever done to the phone.
Edit: the only thing it does not touch is the bootloaders.
It will reset you to the stock kernel, the entire stock firmware that came factory on the phone.
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No offense by any mean but if it is true then we won't have hundreds of threads asking and answering "how to return to stock"
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AFAIK, factory reset (aka wipe data) will erase all installed apps, settings, home screen settings, ...., and all personal stuff that stored in the internal memory.
By "internal memory" I meant the sd card. NOTE this sd card IS NOT the external micro SD that we bought separately and insert into the phone. Dang, i hate this confusion. Honestly, I am not sure that "wipe data" even performs what I said in bold.
Factory reset/wipe data does NOT touch the ROM, not touch the kernel, not touch the bootloader, ...., basically it won't touch any system file/folder.
wipe data/factory reset formats /data and /cache partitions. pretty much nothing else except cleaning a couple of other hidden folders.
never touches /system partition
it would behoove everyone to understand these items as they go around flashing things willy nilly....
Just doing a sanity check: using TiBu to restore system data should work (in theory) so long as you restore data that has been backed up from the same ROM, correct?
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: Having power key problems, please see posts #3 and #16 for updated information.
In case it really backs up and restores EVERYTHING - theoretically you're right.
Practically, I'm not sure it's the case. Since you're restoring while running a ROM, I'm not sure you can get everything to exactly the same state.
Thanks for your help, but this question was hiding a bigger one.
So until today, my phone has been working just fine. I'm still running an old, now outdated and unsupported ROM: ShirshirROM pre-alpha ICS. It's been my daily driver for almost a whole year now, works perfectly with Entropy's old ICS kernel.
Yesterday, I got tired of shell errors with Superuser (which I had been dealing with since the latest binary update), so I finally switched to SuperSU. Everything seemed to work fine afterwards, though I noticed some trouble with the power button being a little wonky, i.e. showing up the power menu when I hadn't pressed it or not immediately responding.
Today, my power button doesn't work correctly at all. I tried wiping cache, dalvik, then restoring a Nandroid of the same ROM/Kernel combo from way earlier this year. Key test in CWM also shows that all buttons register when pressed, EXCEPT the power one. Otherwise phone functions are perfect; I can make calls, send/receive texts, etc, I just have to plug in my phone or have something happen for the screen to turn on, and then I have access to everything. My question is, is this (God forbid) a hardware failure? That would be my worst nightmare, seeing as I'm almost exactly one full year out from contract renewal, and I don't have a lot of money to spend on a new one, nor do I have nowhere near enough expertise to try to fix it myself. What can I do?
P.S. The TiBu question was because in case the Nandroid fixed the problem, I could just restore contacts and SMS from TiBu since it is the same ROM, and be back up and running immediately.
P.P.S. As mentioned, I can get into CWM. This is done by pulling battery, sticking it in, and holding all physical keys until boot screen shows twice. But I can't use the power key to select any options, I have to use home. And key test shows the power button not registering. I'm hoping that that means power key may still work, but that's just me praying this is fixable.
So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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karate104 said:
No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Is that my only option? How can I test for sure that it's a hardware failure and my power button is completely useless?
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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karate104 said:
After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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So I backed up stuff, then went ahead and flashed bone stock using the Odin3 One-Click from 2a in creepy's guide. I can't get past the initial setup wizard though, because Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps), Calendar Storage (process.com.android.providers.calendar), and other Google apps processes keep force closing when I click the Android to start. I was able to boot into stock e3 recovery (again using three-button combo), but I can't select anything using the power key.
I didn't do a full data wipe/factory reset before flashing, and I can't get to the main menus to do so because my phone won't get past the setup wizard, which keeps crashing. What do I try next?
EDIT: I know that I was able to make selections using a CWM-enabled ICS kernel; home key functioned as select. I have the CWM-flashable zip, and I wanted to know if there's anyway to flash this kernel using Odin. I know it won't boot (custom ICS kernel with Gingerbread stock rom), but if I can get into recovery, I can use the home key to do a full data wipe/factory reset, then I'd Odin stock kernel+ROM again and see if that fixes things. So my question is, how do I flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin? (You can tell I never use Odin)
EDIT2: I'd still like to know how I can flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin, but I'm gonna hold off on it as it would trip the counter and I found out my phone is still under warranty, hooray! They're sending a refurb'ed replacement that should be here in a couple days, I can test that out and see if I can get me up and running again before I decide to do something really rash like trip the counter. It sucks cause I'm going out of town on Thursday but the replacement is arriving Friday, and I won't be back until next Wednesday. I'm stuck using my old iPhone 3G until then :/
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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RatusNatus said:
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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How would I format and wipe everything if I can't get past the setup wizard on bone stock 2.3.4? I can't install apps, make calls or texts, nothing. All I can do is select the language and make emergency calls. I can't wipe in stock e3 recovery either because the power button doesn't work.
I need a way to either Odin a kernel from which I can use the home button to make selections, or find some other way to remotely format and wipe my phone. Is there a way for me to put my phone in USB debugging mode so I can maybe use ADB? I can't access the settings menu...
Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
Phalanx7621 said:
Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Nah, it's power key. I double checked again this morning. Oh, and I guess it's called 3e recovery, not e3 xD.
One other note, when pulling battery, then putting it back in, phone autoboots. I have to hold buttons then place battery in to boot to recovery, and for download mode, I have to have it plugged in, buttons held, then place battery in to get to download mode.
EDIT: Would anyone be willing to do me a huge favor? I want to find out if Entropy's DD GB kernel, the Odin-flashable tar one, can use home as select in CWM. Would someone be willing to temporarily flash DD_01242012 from here to check for me? It's a CWM zip, the changes are very tiny between it and the previous 01232012 Odin one. I just don't want to Odin it myself and trip the counter to find out it was useless, especially since I don't have a jig to reset the counter.
So an update:
While looking around for a way to root my new refurb model which came shipped with stock ICS, I found creepy's Stock ICS with root package, and I thought, "I told AT&T I was on ICS, I guess I should actually put ICS on my phone instead of leaving GB (UCKH7) on there. Maybe since I was on ICS before I can get past the gapps force closing too and do a factory reset from the settings menu." Sure enough, after flashing stock ICS, I was able to get past the darn wizard and toy with it. I do have problems of course: calendar still force closes, and the phone will randomly reboot after some period of using it. But at least I was able to access stuff.
My data was all still there, all pictures, contacts, settings, etc. I realized that before I do a data wipe/factory reset, I should heed the emmc superbrick bug warning and NOT do that with stock ICS kernel. I still had ES file explorer and root access, so I went in and manually deleted all data as much as possible, to make it look like my phone did have a factory reset done as I said to the AT&T representative. I've deleted wifi access points, browser history/cookies/cache, all contacts, texts, pictures/videos, downloads, all CWM zips and backups, all installed apps, all accounts that were signed in...
My newest questions are:
1) is there anything I'm missing that I should delete so that my phone does not look like it's been modified in any way? Also, any personal data I'm missing that needs to be deleted? I still have root access so I can delete anything I want.
2) Should I go ahead and risk the brickbug and actually do a factory reset/data wipe, or should I just let it be since I've deleted most things manually (and not potentially send them a useless brick lol)? Actually, since I'm rooted, I can install Mobile Odin to flash a CWM-enabled kernel, then wipe data/factory reset safely from there; that is, assuming my phone doesn't do a random reboot in the middle of flashing the kernel. I do run the risk of it rebooting while flashing and possibly bricking something else. So should I do that and take that risk, should I take the risk of wiping data from the stock kernel, or is there no reason to take either risk anymore?
3) Is there anywhere I can find a non-rooted stock UCLE5 ICS Odin-flashable tar, that I can flash before sending the phone back?
How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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Red_81 said:
How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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Thanks for your help, but I can't do that. If I could, I wouldn't be stuck in this predicament.
Power key doesn't work at all, but it is necessary to make selections in stock 3e recovery. Hence, I can't wipe from recovery, either on stock GB or ICS.
Stock GB rom doesn't boot past Setup Launcher due to gapps force-closes. These force closes prevent me from reaching the settings menu within stock GB to do a wipe there.
My two options for wiping data are using stock ICS ROM (under settings menu), or flashing a custom kernel using Mobile Odin, then wiping with the home key in CWM. Both are risky: stock ICS ROM uses the stock kernel to wipe, possible brickbug there. My phone currently experiences random reboots without warning; a reboot during a Mobile Odin flash could also brick something. My question is, should I do either one, or neither at all?
What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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Well, that previously wasn't an option on GB since I couldn't put the phone in debugging mode, but I can now in ICS so in theory it should work. The question now is, will the phone do one of its random reboots while I'm working with it in ADB...
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Hi guys,
First off, I am new here, so this may not be the best place for this question.
Now, for my question. I have a galaxy s2 and I have tried flashing the Neat Rom on it. However, it always end up in a bootloop. I think the reason is that the factory reset option in ClockWorkmod from rom manager DOES NOT delete all the data in my phone.
So the questions are:
1) Does the data in my phone (like photos etc) need to be deleted to ensure a smooth install?
2) If yes, then how do I make sure when I am in recovery mode (is that what it is called?), the factory reset deletes ALL data.
3) Is this the only thing that causes the bootloop (I have followed all the steps that need to be followed, including wiping data)
I am pretty desperate for flashing a new ROM, because my stock one devours battery.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Saltymount
Saltymount said:
Hi guys,
First off, I am new here, so this may not be the best place for this question.
Now, for my question. I have a galaxy s2 and I have tried flashing the Neat Rom on it. However, it always end up in a bootloop. I think the reason is that the factory reset option in ClockWorkmod from rom manager DOES NOT delete all the data in my phone.
So the questions are:
1) Does the data in my phone (like photos etc) need to be deleted to ensure a smooth install?
2) If yes, then how do I make sure when I am in recovery mode (is that what it is called?), the factory reset deletes ALL data.
3) Is this the only thing that causes the bootloop (I have followed all the steps that need to be followed, including wiping data)
I am pretty desperate for flashing a new ROM, because my stock one devours battery.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Saltymount
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Wipe cache and dalvik cache and after flashing, if it bootloops, take battery out, boot to recovery and flash it again.
It helped for me.
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monkeywithbanana said:
Wipe cache and dalvik cache and after flashing, if it bootloops, take battery out, boot to recovery and flash it again.
It helped for me.
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Well thanks for taking time to help me with that, but I tried it already and it didn't help. Basically what I need is to be able to COMPLETELY wipe the data off my phone before I flash the ROM. My assumption is that, as I said before, the data in my phone is not being wiped away. This is so as, after flashing back stock ROM with Odin (after the bootloop) , all my data, like files, photos etc is all there. And I have read up some information about flashing and I do realise that you cannot have any data on the phone before flashing because the new OS(?) cannot read it or something.
Anyway thanks,
Saltymount
Hey all,
I have yet to find the solution so if one of you 72 people who have seen this question could help, that'd be good.
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Hey monkeybanaana,
After a lot of different tries (millions maybe), and sighing and convincing myself that your method will not work, I just gave it a shot. And what do you, know it worked! Thanks man, I am trying out Neatrom for s2 right now.
Thanks again,
Saltymount
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