Related
Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini with stock Android 2.2, not rooted and USB debugging is not on. Now the phone memory was quite full so I tried to remove the Street View app, but now the phone is stuck in boot loop mode. The Samsung logo is just glowing and the phone vibrates now and then.
I can get into download mode and recovery mode. I think I can flash a new firmware in download mode and then the phone would work fine then, but my big question is how I can save all my data (contacts, notes and so on)? Is it possible to backup an image before flashing, in recovery mode? Or is it possible to save just all my own files (contacts, sms and so on, and not the whole system)?
I guess everything will be flashed over when I reflash? Or is it in some way possible to reflash a new rom (maybe it needs to be the same 2.2 then?), so that my personal data will stay? I also tried to download files with "adb pull" but the /data folder can't be mounted, it just says permission denied, so I can't access my personal data with adb.
Are your contacts online in your Google account?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
so there are many possibilities...
if your phone boot loops:
1. install cwm recovery
2. make a full backup
3. you can try to flash a custom rom (without wipe). maybe it works. if not follow step 4.
4. do a full wipe
5. install a rom
6. root your phone (if you install a custom rom its already rooted)
7. copy the file "data.zip" (or something like that) to your computer and unpack it.
8. copy the files/folder you need with adb to your phone.
if your phone doesnt boot loop (phone stucks at boot) :
1. root your phone
2. copy the files you need with adb
3. install a new rom and copy the files back to your phone
i dont know if it will work but i think it will. and please dont brick your phone while installing cwm
sorry for my bad englisch
Unfortunately I didn't have contacts sync to google on, so I don't have them backuped there.
Is it possible to install cwm on Android 2.2 which is not rooted? I understood it requires 2.3?
Is this the right way to install cwm recovery? wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Mini:_Full_Update_Guide#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery
edit: the guide seems to be for Android 2.3 and I think I had the stock 2.2, so is there any way to do it with 2.2?
Well now I managed to install cwm recovery with this guide: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342190 and the CWM-Froyo.tar found there.
I tried to do a backup to sd card in cwm recovery, but found only boot.img and recovery.img files on the card, both sized 8192kb, and I don't think they include the whole system. It seems to be impossible to mount the /data folder from there, maybe because the phone is not rooted. Can somebody help me how I should continue?
How can I flash a custom (or stock) rom without wipe, or is there any other way to get my own data?
muranaman said:
Well now I managed to install cwm recovery with this guide: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342190 and the CWM-Froyo.tar found there.
I tried to do a backup to sd card in cwm recovery, but found only boot.img and recovery.img files on the card, both sized 8192kb, and I don't think they include the whole system. It seems to be impossible to mount the /data folder from there, maybe because the phone is not rooted. Can somebody help me how I should continue?
How can I flash a custom (or stock) rom without wipe, or is there any other way to get my own data?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you cant mount /system, /data and so on because the recovery you flashed supports only ext4 filesystems. but stock roms use rfs filesystem. so you need a cwm version that supports rfs + ext4.
---Signature---
Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol
Sorry for my bad englisch
---------- Post added at 08:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------
i am not sure but i think you can root your phone with the stock recovery.
---Signature---
Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol
Sorry for my bad englisch
Okay, but I can't seem to find a cwm recovery version that supports rfs + ext4, for Galaxy Mini. If there is none with rfs support, are there any ways left then? How would I flash a stock or modified rom without wiping my data?
I don't think I can get back to stock recovery anymore as I now have cwm, and also I haven't found any guide how to do it on android 2.2, on gingerbread is seems possible.
you cant flash a custom rom without wipe because the filesystem of the partitions is rfs and all custom roms use ext4 (as far as i know).
i search a bit in the web if there is anothr way. i will write it if i find something
---Signature---
Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol
Sorry for my bad englisch
---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------
i found an other recovery. there is also a stock pluging. maybe you can do a backup of data with this recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439731
---Signature---
Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol
Sorry for my bad englisch
Thanks, but unfortunately that one didn't work either, now the phone seems even a bit more bricked because now it only shows the Samsung still logo, and I can't get into recovery mode. Maybe it was for android 2.3.
But it still goes into download mode, is it possible then to reflash a stock rom, without wiping my /data with contacts and so on? How should I do it in Odin, without wiping my data? Or is there some other more safe way?
i think there is no chance anymore
if you flash a stock rom with odin it will wipe everything and there is no option to flash without wipe (as i know)
sorry but i have no idea anymore.
flash a stock rom with odin and post at facebook or something like that (if you are using it) that you need the numbers of your friends, family, etc
---Signature---
Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol
Sorry for my bad englisch
who tell u that ODIN should wipe data partitio, do it but alway double check to remove trik beside wipe all.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
Okay.. How are the stock updates installed then, because I've understood that they don't always wipe? Is it impossible to just overwrite the existing files with all files from a stock android 2.2 image? Why isn't it possible to dump the content of the entire flash memory...
I know I can get the most important phone numbers, and I also have an almost one year backup in Kies, but I was kind of hoping to also get my notes that are written with the notes app. Maybe I still should try to install CWM recovery in download mode if it would help anything. I think sending the phone for warranty repair also won't help if it's impossible to get the files.
Edit:
Mohazia: Where in Odin should I unselect that wipe all? I can't find such marking: forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=782552&d=1321297175
Now I reinstalled the CWM I had earlier, and now the phone boot loops just as earlier. How can I now reflash a stock image of android 2.2, without wiping data?
Is it, or is it not possible to flash a stock image without wiping data, from odin? Can I install some of the 2.2 images from here: yagyagaire.blogspot.fi/2012/01/official-samsung-firmwares.html
In the image I found the following files:
APBOOT_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5
CODE_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5
CSC_S5570SERJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5
MODEM_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02.tar.md5
TASS_v1.0.ops
Should I install some of them, or all, if I want to keep my personal data?
muranaman said:
Now I reinstalled the CWM I had earlier, and now the phone boot loops just as earlier. How can I now reflash a stock image of android 2.2, without wiping data?
Is it, or is it not possible to flash a stock image without wiping data, from odin? Can I install some of the 2.2 images from here: yagyagaire.blogspot.fi/2012/01/official-samsung-firmwares.html
In the image I found the following files:
APBOOT_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5
CODE_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5
CSC_S5570SERJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5
MODEM_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02.tar.md5
TASS_v1.0.ops
Should I install some of them, or all, if I want to keep my personal data?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry I have to review it on my laptop, just give me 1hr to reply, but I'm sure that u can do it without wipping /data
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
OK, Now we have 2 options,
If it only the Street View issue, you can download update.zip file and put it in the root of SD-Card, and flash it via CWM.
The Other Option is to use ODIN 4.38 and make sure to select Debug Only, and sure you have to remove One Package, and sure
OPS: TASS_v1.0.ops
BOOT: APBOOT_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.ta r.md5
Phone: MODEM_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02.tar.md5
PDA; CODE_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar. md5
CSC: CSC_S5570SERJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar. md5
all hopes, but never to forget to
1- root
2- switch USB Debugging Mode
3- upload your contacts to Gmail Contacts
4- Install SMS Backup+
5- GNote
so, what ever happen, your data is safe :fingers-crossed:
Thanks a lot for the help but unfortunately it didn't help. The update.zip didn't make any difference, and flashing through Odin made the system work, but the contacts are not there. It now has a different language, so that might be a reason, the version was not totally the same. I had debug only selected so that is not the reason. I guess there is nothing to do anymore, but at least the system works now...
muranaman said:
Thanks a lot for the help but unfortunately it didn't help. The update.zip didn't make any difference, and flashing through Odin made the system work, but the contacts are not there. It now has a different language, so that might be a reason, the version was not totally the same. I had debug only selected so that is not the reason. I guess there is nothing to do anymore, but at least the system works now...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for lossing ur contacts, maybe because you select deferent frameware version than existed.
maybe for update.zip, 2 reasons, either there is some else than street view, or you have to mount system 1st.
anyhow, nothing to do now
now, go to sync every things for future
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
mohazia said:
maybe for update.zip, 2 reasons, either there is some else than street view, or you have to mount system 1st.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
he cant mount system because his cwm version supports only ext4 but the filesystem of a stock rom is rfs.
---Signature---
Don't be afraid to hit the thanks button. It doesn't bite. lol
Sorry for my bad englisch
Just for trying I tried and made some contacts and notes, and then I reflashed the same version from Odin the same way, and they was gone. So it seems impossible to reflash from Odin without wiping data. Maybe JTAG is the only way to get stuff out from a boot looping phone with stock 2.2 then.
Dear users,
I sat my Galaxy S3 GT-l9300 up with Team Win Recovery Project using Odin.Later on, I tried to root my new default system that I installed after a complete and successful re-install to the latest Android, using Odin. (Of course I donated!)
The root seemed to fail however - and when I loaded it up I would simply get a black screen. I forgot to make a proper backup before going ahead with the operation and so there I was, with no backups, an OS that wouldnt boot properly, where the only thing sort of useful I could and still can do -- is boot into TWRC.
So whats the problem?
The only thing that will help me at this point is if I can get ahold of a TWRC default fresh OS install backup that I can restore from my external SD card using TWRC. I need someone with an identical phone to make that backup for me and send me.
I will happily donate for the trouble.
So here I am asking..
Would anyone here please help me with this and send me a TWRC default backup that I can restore? What they would need to do is simply make a backup of their phone using Team Win Recovery Project (TWRC) -- zip or rar the backup and send it to me somehow.
I understand that some people have a lot of personal information on their phone and not want to send a backup of their phone, so I am hoping that someone out there maybe has a backup of a brand new unconfigured system that I could use.
It seems to be the only way for me to be able to get back into my phone and start doing everything over again with Odin (this time making religious use of the backup solutions before doing anything at all.)
Thanks.
Correct me if I am wrong but TWRC is a simple recovery correct? If so why do you not simple download a stock rom and flash it?
chrismast said:
Correct me if I am wrong but TWRC is a simple recovery correct? If so why do you not simple download a stock rom and flash it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because I cant boot up the system, thereby Odin cant find the device.
I try and go into Download mode and it just says "Odin" mode, and Odin cant find the device.
I try sideload mode in TWRC and Odin can find the device but it wont let me install anything, or even copy anything (so I need to purchase an ext card reader to copy over what I need.)
From what I can gather, the only thing left to do is count on mere luck and hope that someone out there has (or can make) a TWRC backup, export it and share it with me so that I can put it on my phone, restore the phone using the backup file and hopefully get a proper boot up and running once more.
From there I could get a proper USB connection, Odin would find the phone device and I would be able to start over again - by flashing the device, and try to root the phone once more. This time; with proper backups ready at all times.
maccc said:
Because I cant boot up the system, thereby Odin cant find the device.
I try and go into Download mode and it just says "Odin" mode, and Odin cant find the device.
I try sideload mode in TWRC and Odin can find the device but it wont let me install anything, or even copy anything (so I need to purchase an ext card reader to copy over what I need.)
From what I can gather, the only thing left to do is count on mere luck and hope that someone out there has (or can make) a TWRC backup, export it and share it with me so that I can put it on my phone, restore the phone using the backup file and hopefully get a proper boot up and running once more.
From there I could get a proper USB connection, Odin would find the phone device and I would be able to start over again - by flashing the device, and try to root the phone once more. This time; with proper backups ready at all times.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As I understand, you can get into your recovery (TWRC), hence you could try to flash a stock rom via flash zip option (flashable stock roms can be found in the General section). This way you do not need Odin at all.
chrismast said:
As I understand, you can get into your recovery (TWRC), hence you could try to flash a stock rom via flash zip option (flashable stock roms can be found in the General section). This way you do not need Odin at all.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried flashing a rom that I downloaded through Odin -- which failed.
Sounds good, though.
Do you have a direct link to the rom you would recommend I use? :highfive:
maccc said:
I tried flashing a rom that I downloaded through Odin -- which failed.
Sounds good, though.
Do you have a direct link to the rom you would recommend I use? :highfive:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would start with a stock rom to test, you can find flashable ones here: CLICK
chrismast said:
I would start with a stock rom to test, you can find flashable ones here: CLICK
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That worked! Thank you, sir! :good:
Hi everyone,
An acquaintance has brought his gf's i9300 to me because he needs help. Him and his gf went on a trip somewhere. She took a bunch of photos. She stored them on the internal storage rather than the SD card. At some point, she tried to apply an OTA update and now it's stuck at the Samsung logo. I believe the update got corrupted or maybe she let the phone die while it was applying... Something obviously went wrong. He's hoping I can get it to boot without losing the pictures.
I know I can flash an Odin image but I'm pretty sure that will wipe what they want. There is a thread here on XDA that says some Odin images won't erase data, but the files are out of date (they are ICS).
I did go in to recovery and try to apply the update.zip from cache but it failed.
Can anyone just provide me with the update.zip of the most current OTA for the Hong Kong version of the i9300?
One other thing to note, when I go in to recovery it says it has CSC XFE. According to another XDA thread, that's supposed to be the region code for South Africa.
Any help is appreciated.
Pretty sure all roms don't wipe data on sammobile.com but further confirmation needed.
Anyway, sammobile.com is where you need to be
Not sure if you can use mskip's unified toolbox to pull the data off the /sdcard
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
rootSU said:
Pretty sure all roms don't wipe data on sammobile.com but further confirmation needed.
Anyway, sammobile.com is where you need to be
Not sure if you can use mskip's unified toolbox to pull the data off the /sdcard
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sam Mobile does not have the Hong Kong ROM.
The unified toolbox requires the phone to be booted to Android.
I did download the ZSDLL1 HK based firmware that can be flashed in Odin, but I'm not going to flash it unless I know for a fact it won't erase their pictures. It would be awesome if I could just download the update.zip, throw it on an SD card, and apply it from there.
Doing a lot of searching online but there is so much conflicting information...
rockingondrums said:
Doing a lot of searching online but there is so much conflicting information...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you've got access to Recovery you can try to do a nandroid backup before trying anything else, then I think you may be able to get the pictures from the data folder in the nandroid.
The phone is stock, non root. Everything is stock. It's his gf's phone. Are the S3s sold in Hong Kong bootloader unlocked from the factory? If so, I might just unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery like twrp, mount the internal storage as a drive, and copy the files over. Though I think I'll run in to issues trying to mount to the PC due to lack of USB mass storage support...
There are some data recovery apps on play store, and they are fairly effective, so even if the phone gets wiped you should be able to recover most pictures......just remember to try data recovery app before you start filling up your internal sd as it will only recover deleted data that hasn't been overwritten
There's no way you can apply an update.zip now. The process failed, breaking the os. Its all or nothing I'm afraid.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
---------- Post added at 07:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 AM ----------
Also if you do flash a custom recovery, you can use the unified toolkit to perform an adb pull (option 11) whilst connected in recovery mode if all else fails.
I just cant see how you'll get back to HK stock
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Try this:
Download the .tar version of a custom recovery (I recommend PhilZ's CWM recovery). Flash it via Odin. This won't touch the data partition.
Now you can try and see whether you can connect the phone to the computer, mount the internal sdcard, and transfer out the data required.
If that doesn't work:
Using the custom recovery, try flashing the update.zip again. Else, download a stock firmware based custom ROM (maybe something on the smaller side, such as Wanam's de-bloated/light custom ROMs), put it into your external SD Card, and flash it using the recovery. Wipe the cache and dalvik cache, and reboot your phone.
Now, you can take the pictures out, onto your computer.
To flash back to a completely stock setup: first use Triangle Away by Chainfire to reset the binary counter, then get into download mode and Odin flash your region's firmware to get back to stock.
All the best man!
Sent from my GT-I9300
rootSU said:
There's no way you can apply an update.zip now. The process failed, breaking the os. Its all or nothing I'm afraid. Also if you do flash a custom recovery, you can use the unified toolkit to perform an adb pull (option 11) whilst connected in recovery mode if all else fails.
I just cant see how you'll get back to HK stock
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah that looks like the best course of action. All that matters is trying to get the pics. I think after that they don't care if I reflash via Odin. Of course, if it's impossible I'm just going to tell them and offer to restore stock firmware which I've already downloaded.
Erahgon said:
Try this:
Download the .tar version of a custom recovery (I recommend PhilZ's CWM recovery). Flash it via Odin. This won't touch the data partition.
Now you can try and see whether you can connect the phone to the computer, mount the internal sdcard, and transfer out the data required.
If that doesn't work:
Using the custom recovery, try flashing the update.zip again. Else, download a stock firmware based custom ROM (maybe something on the smaller side, such as Wanam's de-bloated/light custom ROMs), put it into your external SD Card, and flash it using the recovery. Wipe the cache and dalvik cache, and reboot your phone.
Now, you can take the pictures out, onto your computer.
To flash back to a completely stock setup: first use Triangle Away by Chainfire to reset the binary counter, then get into download mode and Odin flash your region's firmware to get back to stock.
All the best man!
Sent from my GT-I9300
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
These sound like a great idea. I'm already familiar with recoveries, I have Odin, I have the triangle away apk already (although it requires root).... I mean I myself have a USA variant of the S3. I'm pretty sure mounting in recovery is the only chance.
My only worry is that I seem to remember not being able to do this with my Verizon variant for some reason...
Also, if you can help me find the update.zip that would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
If you specifically use Philz recovery (link in my signature) that @Erahgon suggested, if you go into "Mounts and storage" you can use "mount /data".
From here, (assuming you're set up to use adb) you can use the following commands in windows cmd or Linux terminal:
Code:
adb pull /data/media/DCIM c:\users\myusername\Desktop
The "Mount /sdcard" options in recovery wont help.
OR, if you have an external SD card, you can follow the Instructions for Philz recovery to put aroma filemanager on the sdcard. This allows you to use a file manager from inside Philz recovery. You action this (once you have the zip in the correct place on external sdcard) Philz Settings > Aroma File manager.
Within there, you'll be able to copy the DCIM folder to external SD easily.
rootSU said:
If you specifically use Philz recovery (link in my signature) that @Erahgon suggested, if you go into "Mounts and storage" you can use "mount /data".
From here, (assuming you're set up to use adb) you can use the following commands in windows cmd or Linux terminal:
Code:
adb pull /data/media/DCIM c:\users\myusername\Desktop
The "Mount /sdcard" options in recovery wont help.
OR, if you have an external SD card, you can follow the Instructions for Philz recovery to put aroma filemanager on the sdcard. This allows you to use a file manager from inside Philz recovery. You action this (once you have the zip in the correct place on external sdcard) Philz Settings > Aroma File manager.
Within there, you'll be able to copy the DCIM folder to external SD easily.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow thanks for this idea. But I went ahead and took care of it in a more roundabout way, which I'll detail for a future searcher.
I flashed Philz recovery. Then I flashed a ROM that was basically stock rooted. Then I gave the phone back. I didn't want to keep their phone too long. I figured that she got her data and hopefully maybe the inconvenience of having to restore apps along with this incident would teach her to store pics on an external from now on. The ROM also came with a 50 GB dropbox bonus, so I told them to sign up for that and start using it.
I remembered through research that custom recoveries will leave data/media alone (or internal sd) while still erasing all user apps when doing factory reset. And installing custom ROMs also leaves that alone. It took me numerous flashes, but I already had triangle away so I used that. The counter is unfortunately stuck at 1, but I asked first if they planned on keeping the phone or getting warranty service. They planned on keeping it, so I just told them if they ever needed to warranty it or something to just bring it back to me.
I also made sure to set SuperSU to deny root by default (except triangle away)... There was no way I was going to leave that power unchecked in her hands.
Thank you again for the help, everyone. When I get a chance I'll report my own thread to get it locked.
If any future searcher finds this and has questions, PM me.
Yup new bootloaders increment flash counter back to 1 every boot.
Have to prevent triangle away from booting the device once its done the deed. Them flash stock from Odin
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Hi,
I am aware of the threads suggesting how to fix the phone stuck at the Samsung Boot Logo. Do factory reset is one option, but this would erase all the personal data in the phone including the photos.
I was able to get into the recovery mode and download mode of the phone. I tried wipe cache partition option in the recovery mode but still no joy. (I couldn't find the option for Wipe dalvik cache though)
I was able to detect the phone in recovery mode via ADB using USB cable. But I was struggling to get ADB to connect with the phone using the command prompt. So I was unable to recover the data/photos in the phone before going down the route of factory reset it.
I saw a few software on the internet claiming they are able retrieve photos/data from soft bricked phone. Can anyone confirm/suggest whether these claims are true? (e.g. REMO Recover for android and Yodot Recover)
thanks in advance.
cheers.
[email protected] said:
Hi,
I am aware of the threads suggesting how to fix the phone stuck at the Samsung Boot Logo. Do factory reset is one option, but this would erase all the personal data in the phone including the photos.
I was able to get into the recovery mode and download mode of the phone. I tried wipe cache partition option in the recovery mode but still no joy. (I couldn't find the option for Wipe dalvik cache though)
I was able to detect the phone in recovery mode via ADB using USB cable. But I was struggling to get ADB to connect with the phone using the command prompt. So I was unable to recover the data/photos in the phone before going down the route of factory reset it.
I saw a few software on the internet claiming they are able retrieve photos/data from soft bricked phone. Can anyone confirm/suggest whether these claims are true? (e.g. REMO Recover for android and Yodot Recover)
thanks in advance.
cheers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried mounting your phones storage (also known as USB storage) in the mounts and storage menu (CWM recovery)? (Assuming you have custom recovery) Works everytime with my phone and no adb drivers required! If you haven't install custom recovery, you can google philz recovery and flash it via ODIN. Then you should be able to mount your phone's storage and retrieve and important photos and etc. Factory reset won't delete any photos and videos. It will delete ALL apps and related data and settings, but not important pictures and etc. But try what I suggested first before attempting factory reset.
Oh... I wish I can use CWM recovery. However, this S2 phone has not been rooted. So it is on original firmware. Can I still root it then install CWM recovery without losing media data?
Also, I thought factory reset will clear the phone to factory status, i.e. no photos and any media file? (more precisely, I think there is no option to just do factory reset without wiping data)
I remember that's what happened to my S4 before when testing root/roms (https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+-+Wipe+Data+-+Factory+Reset/23217)
[email protected] said:
Oh... I wish I can use CWM recovery. However, this S2 phone has not been rooted. So it is on original firmware. Can I still root it then install CWM recovery without losing media data?
Also, I thought factory reset will clear the phone to factory status, i.e. no photos and any media file? (more precisely, I think there is no option to just do factory reset without wiping data)
I remember that's what happened to my S4 before when testing root/roms (https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+-+Wipe+Data+-+Factory+Reset/23217)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes, you can still root your phone and won't lose your data. If you are on stock jb 4.1.2, you can install siyah kernel 6.0b5 on your phone via ODIN (that means you need to download the tar file one here: http://d-h.st/frK). Your phone should be rooted and have CWM recovery after that. If you have 4.0.4 stock ics, you can install siyah 5.0.1 onto your phone (download link: http://d-h.st/Bcf) via ODIN.
In odin, select the tar file under PDA then click start. Your phone should reboot automatically once done
Nice one!!
I successfully flash siyah 5.0.1 onto the phone and managed to get back the media files I wanted to backup using USB mass storage function in Recovery mode.
But then I got another question. I guess it is because the stock ROM installed version does not play nicely with the kernel. (As I cannot remember which android version it has before I flash Siyah kernel onto it). It just won't boot up. It went passed the Samsung boot screen (with yellow triangle), then the Siyah logo flashed a few times, then the screen went black out, the phone was super hot and I have to take the battery out to turn it off.
I haven't tried to factory reset in Siyah's recovery mode yet, but before I do it, I suspect that it won't work, as I assume the android ROM version will still be the same even if I factory reset it. Should I go get another ROM to flash instead? if so, which one is recommended (I'd love to go to lollipop if that's available.)
As I never played with custom kernel/recovery, can someone point me to the right direction? Should I flash another more up-to-date kernel before I try to flash a lollipop ROM onto it? (I believe Siyaho 5.0.1 is only good for ICS?)
Newbie here. I have been reading thru different threads
and for someone like me who have zero idea about rooting phones
or about all the terms used.. I somehow got to the point of
1. Downloaded latest version of ODIN
2. Reinstalled USB Drivers for Mobile phone in my laptop.
3. Still looking for Siyah? or CWM to flash on my phone?
-this is where I am stuck
I have tried the link you provided @gsstudios,
but it only gave me NARUTO's picture when I extracted the file.
anyway my problem is, I have a
SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 GT-19100
>already rooted before (don't have any idea with what)
>stuck on boot LOOP with triangle thing
>RECOVERY MODE (not possible)
>DOWNLOAD MODE (accessible)
wanted to retrieve all the photos/videos saved from internal storage
don't care if phone will get fix or not (since I already have a new one)
But I need all the photos, & if possible contacts and other data saved there.
PLEASE I NEED HELP
I went to the service center and asked if they can help me atleast access CWM recovery
to use USB MOUNT on device but all they've told me over and over is
"we will wipe your phone to fix it"
"not possible to recover anything,we'll just reformat your phone to fix it"
noangel0909 said:
Newbie here. I have been reading thru different threads
and for someone like me who have zero idea about rooting phones
or about all the terms used.. I somehow got to the point of
1. Downloaded latest version of ODIN
2. Reinstalled USB Drivers for Mobile phone in my laptop.
3. Still looking for Siyah? or CWM to flash on my phone?
-this is where I am stuck
I have tried the link you provided @gsstudios,
but it only gave me NARUTO's picture when I extracted the file.
anyway my problem is, I have a
SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 GT-19100
>already rooted before (don't have any idea with what)
>stuck on boot LOOP with triangle thing
>RECOVERY MODE (not possible)
>DOWNLOAD MODE (accessible)
wanted to retrieve all the photos/videos saved from internal storage
don't care if phone will get fix or not (since I already have a new one)
But I need all the photos, & if possible contacts and other data saved there.
PLEASE I NEED HELP
I went to the service center and asked if they can help me atleast access CWM recovery
to use USB MOUNT on device but all they've told me over and over is
"we will wipe your phone to fix it"
"not possible to recover anything,we'll just reformat your phone to fix it"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
but it only gave me NARUTO's picture when I extracted the file.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Naruto's picture
You downloaded the wrong file and probably clicked the wrong download button. The download now button is the real download button, NOT the one on the top.
gsstudios
gsstudios said:
Naruto's picture
You downloaded the wrong file and probably clicked the wrong download button. The download now button is the real download button, NOT the one on the top.
gsstudios
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. I tried again the link on the Siyah 5.0.1 you added earlier but there is only one download button (blue one) and again nothing extracted.
I have a question though. Since my phone is rooted already before and working fine,
and 2years later got stuck to bootloop and only have DOWNLOAD MODE access,
do I still root my phone again with the link you have provided (siyah)
or should I just flash my phone with a CWM recovery to access USB MOUNT on my phone?
also, from the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...lz-cwm6-stock-kernel-cwm6-root-exfat-t1877270)
which one should I flash my phone with? I am reading thru it, for like 3 times already
and still don't get any idea which one to download. T_T
noangel0909 said:
Thanks. I tried again the link on the Siyah 5.0.1 you added earlier but there is only one download button (blue one) and again nothing extracted.
I have a question though. Since my phone is rooted already before and working fine,
and 2years later got stuck to bootloop and only have DOWNLOAD MODE access,
do I still root my phone again with the link you have provided (siyah)
or should I just flash my phone with a CWM recovery to access USB MOUNT on my phone?
also, from the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...lz-cwm6-stock-kernel-cwm6-root-exfat-t1877270)
which one should I flash my phone with? I am reading thru it, for like 3 times already
and still don't get any idea which one to download. T_T
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you read this bit:
What kernel to choose:
The important part is the Kernel code:
XWLPX-NEE
Kernel code is in red (LPX), for this example, you need an LPX ROM. However, often, you can mix kernels when they are close: LPF kernel with LPG ROM...
NEE code doesn't matter at all, I add it for reference. It is the CSC
XW: mixed, often doesn't matter for close regions. For example, XW and XX are often interchangeable. However, mixing a BU with an XW ROM or inversly, sometimes works, but often ends in a bootloop. In that case, either boot into recovery or download mode to reflash
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The last three letters before the region code is important. Choose the one that is closest to yours (look at the build number in the about device menu).
As for the first question, it's all up to you. Flashing siyah kernel or CWM will both give you a recovery, so either one will allow you to access your phone storage in the mounts menu. Remember that Android version is important as you can't flash a jellybean kernel on ics and vice versa.
gsstudios
Edit: Also, NEVER extract kernel zips or tar files. They are ready to be flashed. There should be a few folders and other files in it that makes up the kernel image.
gsstudios said:
Did you read this bit:
The last three letters before the region code is important. Choose the one that is closest to yours (look at the build number in the about device menu).
.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess it will be hard for me to do that since I can't really check what kernel I had before
I've absolutely no access to my device nor open "ABOUT DEVICE" menu.
Tried to see if a clue might be at the back of my phone but alas, nothing there.
All i know for sure is my device was on ICS. will try my luck on ICS compatible CWM or Siyah. thanks again!
I accidentally wiped internal storage and system using TWRP on my Sprint Galaxy S6 Edge, and this deleted my operating system. Now, when I reboot to system, it starts turning on but then just boots into recovery. I need to flash the stock rom onto my phone, how can I do so? I have it downloaded on my computer, but how can I get it onto my phone so I can use TWRP's installation? Is there another way to flash it from computer to phone? Thanks a ton
First of all I would like to tell that if you are rooting your device or installing 3rd party recovery you should know how to fix the bootloop, know that you are throwing away the warranty of your device and you might ended up bricking your device you should be more responsible!. Okay here's what you need and what you gonna do 1st of all search for your rom around samfirmware or other sites. I can't post you all the details but Google is your friend. After you already download the rom search for Samsung USB drivers install it to your pc then look for Odin. Turn off your fon and press volume down + menu and power key it will reboot to download via Odin flash your rom and wait to boot. That's all. You should also search around here for your answer already post some person many times
Sent from my SM-N9300 using Tapatalk
you can likely also use Heimdall but you make have to extract the OTA package first. you can use the hardware keys to boot into "download mode" and then you should be able to restore the device.