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Waiting for bootloader to INITIALIZE ????

Waiting for bootloader to INITIALIZE ???? Cant get pass that what do i do?? my phone wont turn on all of a sudden so im trying the NvFlash again i can hear the computer find the phone when i hold Vol up&Down and plug the phone in is that a good thing guys that i can hear that sound??

nucentury08 said:
Waiting for bootloader to INITIALIZE ???? Cant get pass that what do i do?? my phone wont turn on all of a sudden so im trying the NvFlash again i can hear the computer find the phone when i hold Vol up&Down and plug the phone in is that a good thing guys that i can hear that sound??
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yes that means its not bricked at least... now you just have to do the process right lol

Making two posts in development that do not belong here will not help your cause...

So where should a post about a development problem be if not in a ''Development" Room??

ok so what should i do ? is it a must to have the Sd card in to fix my problem and when i hold the up and down i dont get the update thing on the screen why is that and how do i get it? My Atrix was not this hard lol

So a sd card is needed to get past the waiting screen ?

wow more and more people posting in areas they shouldn't maybe if you did a search you would find your answer since i know this has been looked at already. there is even a video out on how to flash clockwork and you still fail. come on people use search.

nucentury08 said:
So where should a post about a development problem be if not in a ''Development" Room??
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Development area is for if you Develop an app, rom, mod, fix, etc...
Your issue is not a development issue, its a personal one.
Please post in General.
That being said, I have never seen that issue before.....
Waiting for bootloader to init... ouch!!!
You can try to flash Recovery back on your phone. Enter recovery and do a nandroid restore. Yes you will need an external SDCard. But without a boot loader I think you may be bricked. What did you really do to get this issue?
Did you flash the firmware from another phone?
Once again if you havn't developed anything please make your posts in General for this kind of issue. Otherwise you clutter this thread and make it hard for others to find apps, roms, etc.. here

Lakers losing by 8 in the 4th.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

He flashed recovery first and then rooted his phone. Instead of rooting and then flashing recovery. Please poeple read instructions first before you do anything. Read through the posts as much as possible to prepare yourself for anything that may come up. Do not assume all the instructions are on the first post most of the time they are but sometime you must read through the post and multiple post.
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yep, exactly what i did. I even used the video site provided.

So yours wont turn on as well if so how did you fix it??

[Q] I'm a total noob, please help.

Hey, guys, I feel very inadequate in here so I was wondering if anyone would be willing to Skype with me on how to root, flash, etc. on my phone. I ask for Skype because I truly know next to nothing in regards to this process. I vaguely understand what rooting does but I have never done any of it.
I have been patient with my g2x and am still on my original one(hoping that LG or TMO would do what was right by it's customers) but after the recent news that they "might" start doing internal testing after having pulled our legs with this whole "by summer" nonsense, I have decided to try to correct their mistakes for now.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

check out theunlockr.com....if you cant do it that way id suggest you dont try it

Rooting and flashing so easy even a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Dognr3BII&feature=related can do it.

laker666 said:
check out theunlockr.com....if you cant do it that way id suggest you dont try it
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Thanks. Yeah, I have checked them out and while they are thorough I am still a bit intimidated because I don't want to brick my phone.

here is a thread that will point you in all the right directions to getting the g2x rooted with clockwork so you can start flashing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
just a fair warning once you start you can never stop.

tq745 said:
here is a thread that will point you in all the right directions to getting the g2x rooted with clockwork so you can start flashing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
just a fair warning once you start you can never stop.
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Man, that's great guide. I think I have skimmed over it before. It seems so daunting, haha. Am I making a bigger deal of it than I should be?

gogoplata1980 said:
Man, that's great guide. I think I have skimmed over it before. It seems so daunting, haha. Am I making a bigger deal of it than I should be?
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You are. Why are you letting a phone scare you?

Really its a piece of cake this is my second device I've rooted.. I did my old mt3g slide (it was a little bit harder especially being a n00b) but yea just follow guides to the T as much as possible. Even at worse case scenario you should able to revert to exchange and stuff if you have a warranty and whatnot. Have faith and go balls out you wont regret it!! I'm hooked on rooting/flashing.
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gogoplata1980 said:
Man, that's great guide. I think I have skimmed over it before. It seems so daunting, haha. Am I making a bigger deal of it than I should be?
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dude listen just read it slowly and take your time u should be researching first before anything, i researched these forums for 7 months before i joined, but just take your time and if u need help ask, its really easy use tga gunmans guide for nvflash (putting recovery on your phone cwm), after u rooted it then always make a backup

bighulk666 said:
You are. Why are you letting a phone scare you?
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Ha, I figured. I'm not scared of the phone, I'm scared of not being able to use a brick.

sarni84 said:
dude listen just read it slowly and take your time u should be researching first before anything, i researched these forums for 7 months before i joined, but just take your time and if u need help ask, its really easy use tga gunmans guide for nvflash (putting recovery on your phone cwm), after u rooted it then always make a backup
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Are you volunteering help?

Yep, you've totally scared yourself. Don't worry, I did it with my G1. Read, read, read. Then use the one click great app to root your phone then use TGA's thread to put CWM recovery on it.
If you're gonna do this stuff you gotta trust that you know what you're doing (unless there's something you really don't understand). Else you'll never do it.
And I don't think I've seen a thread about a really bricked phone. So relax and use the source young Skywalker.
XDA Mobile

Easy, download AmonRA recovery and follow youtube video directions. pretty much, download amonra, put on sd card, insert sd card, Power down, then press powerbutton+volume down, brings you to hboot menu....then you look for hboot usb, press volume down, then youre rooted.

First 2 times in rootet, i did it with this htc legend, took a few hours and yet didn't work, but afterwards in went to theunlocker guide and piece of cake it was, i even have to tell im running @ 806 mhz stable, even if found the biggest stable clock on legend to 768 mhz good luck
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Ok, might take the plunge here in a few. Roughly how long does the whole process take?

gogoplata1980 said:
Are you volunteering help?
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yea ill help and listen dont download amonra, thats for different non tegra2 phones, recovery do the nvflash way its the only way.....dont do rom manager either its whats called a fake flash and u can only get access to recovery thru the app, now if u go into a bootloop your screwed, and wont be able to turn your phone on or off u can pull battery but it does nothing cuz when u turn ur phone back on ur still bootlooping so this way if u nvflashed recovery (cwm) on your phone and u go into a bootloop u can get into recovery by holding power down and volume down and your in

sarni84 said:
yea ill help and listen dont download amonra, thats for different non tegra2 phones, recovery do the nvflash way its the only way.....dont do rom manager either its whats called a fake flash and u can only get access to recovery thru the app, now if u go into a bootloop your screwed, and wont be able to turn your phone on or off u can pull battery but it does nothing cuz when u turn ur phone back on ur still bootlooping so this way if u nvflashed recovery (cwm) on your phone and u go into a bootloop u can get into recovery by holding power down and volume down and your in
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Thanks a ton, bro! I'm gonna try to root and then post in here every so often to show my progress/ask questions.

Do I need to take out my SD card before rooting?

gogoplata1980 said:
Do I need to take out my SD card before rooting?
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no u do not just go into ur settings go to applications then development and make sure usb debugging is checked then start the root process u need to install adb theres guides all over for that and install the lg drivers......oh and remember to reboot after u have it rooted for root to stick

sarni84 said:
no u do not just go into ur settings go to applications then development and make sure usb debugging is checked then start the root process u need to install adb theres guides all over for that and install the lg drivers......oh and remember to reboot after u have it rooted for root to stick
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Ok, I downloaded SuperOneClick(haven't ran it yet) but I want to make sure I dl'd the right one. I dl'd the last and biggest one offered. SuperOneClickv1.9.5-ShortFuse.Driver.rar
Is that the right one?

[Q] Noob needs a little help

Ok so I just got me a New samsung showcase. It came with 2.2 installed build number sch-i500.ee25. Ok so i find out about rooting and all this so i start researching all about it. Here is where i am. I rooted with SuperOneClick. Worked fine. I installed ROM manager to get the clockworkmod but it did not work so I used Odin to install clockworkmod. That worked fine. So at this point I decided i need to backup the stock ROM. I try this using ROM manager but no go. it reboots into clockworkmod and gives me the sd card not mounted stuff. So I read and read and read but i can't seam to find a solution to this problem. I know there other people that have had this problem. I have read through the step by step guides and i really see nothing on this. Anyone have any type of solution.

Running on stock 2.2 rom manager doesnt work. You will need to go into cwm by turning off phone, holding power,vol up and down at same time. after samsung blinks 2nd time let go of buttons and you will boot into recovery.

Thank you. I thought I tried that before but I guess i did something wrong. Worked that time. Now if my memory is correct from reading that will not back up two things. The kernel and something else. How do I back up the kernel? Or am I just not thinking correctly cause I have not had enough sleep.

Samsung Galaxy S with Cellular South
I had to have Kies Mini open and running on my computer to root my phone

First, Welcome!
Second, Download and familiarize yourself with a program called Odin. This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
Third, Showcase files are not common. Send me a PM and ill give you my email address. I can better help over email.

studdyhalllooser said:
This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
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Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.

add144 said:
Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.
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that is true. ive seen phones get restored that have been flashed with roms for other phones and wont even get past the samsung logo. he said nearly, I'm sure you can come up with some weird far out situation but don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500

sageDieu said:
don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
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What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.

add144 said:
What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.
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It's ok he's the only one still here so he'll have to help them.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

You say that but the fact that you said it means I'm not the only one.

Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll

add144 said:
Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll
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dang right
Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500

Same phone
I have the exact same phone as you. I just rooted my phone for the first time yesterday and I am having trouble installing CWM. Can you explain to me how you used Odin to flash CWM. And after you flash CWM, is it possible to revert back to stock recovery? If so how?

Willing to PAY PLEASE HELP

Okay so my sisters sensation would freeze up every time she got calls from certain people so I told her to let me root it. Since this is something I have done many times before I didn't think I would have any problems, but I do.
I can only boot into bootloader and then recovery. I can flash ROMs, restore, and do anything else you do in recovery, except afterwords when I choose reboot the phone just turns off and nothing happens and I can't boot into recovery for several minutes (during these minutes the phone has to be charging). I've been up for literally 5 hours, 1-6 am, trying to figure this out. Someone PLEASE help me. Seriously WILLING TO PAY for an answer that works.
Thank you.

brandonsmooth said:
Okay so my sisters sensation would freeze up every time she got calls from certain people so I told her to let me root it. Since this is something I have done many times before I didn't think I would have any problems, but I do.
I can only boot into bootloader and then recovery. I can flash ROMs, restore, and do anything else you do in recovery, except afterwords when I choose reboot the phone just turns off and nothing happens and I can't boot into recovery for several minutes (during these minutes the phone has to be charging). I've been up for literally 5 hours, 1-6 am, trying to figure this out. Someone PLEASE help me. Seriously WILLING TO PAY for an answer that works.
Thank you.
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Can you tell me extact procedure what have you done with Sensation?
Step by step,please!
Cheers

Have you tried to flash a ics firmware and/or an other recovery or version of it?

Wrong section. Seeing as you can't follow rules I doubt you followed directions correctly when attempting to mess with your sister's sensation.

brandonsmooth said:
Okay so my sisters sensation would freeze up every time she got calls from certain people so I told her to let me root it. Since this is something I have done many times before I didn't think I would have any problems, but I do.
I can only boot into bootloader and then recovery. I can flash ROMs, restore, and do anything else you do in recovery, except afterwords when I choose reboot the phone just turns off and nothing happens and I can't boot into recovery for several minutes (during these minutes the phone has to be charging). I've been up for literally 5 hours, 1-6 am, trying to figure this out. Someone PLEASE help me. Seriously WILLING TO PAY for an answer that works.
Thank you.
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Gotta post in the right section homie. Someone will help you out in the Q&A section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1185
Hope you get it worked out

dorianborovina said:
Can you tell me extact procedure what have you done with Sensation?
Step by step,please!
Cheers
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Okay, I followed the procedure to get S-Off, then installed recover, then flashed the ROM. After the ROM boot looped I realized I missed steps so I went back and tried to do them (PG58IMG and Super Wipe). After that I tried to flash the ROM again, and now I'm here. Occasionally, I'll get to the white HTC screen but that's as much luck as I've had.

brashmadcap said:
Gotta post in the right section homie. Someone will help you out in the Q&A section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1185
Hope you get it worked out
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Thanks man I wasn't thinking about that in my frustration. I appreciate it.

erto90 said:
Have you tried to flash a ics firmware and/or an other recovery or version of it?
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Well I was trying to follow the steps on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
And for the firmware it had me download the PG58IMG file... Unless I did something wrong.

brandonsmooth said:
Well I was trying to follow the steps on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
And for the firmware it had me download the PG58IMG file... Unless I did something wrong.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

nba1341 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
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I've tried that too, probably did it wrong so I'll try again. I'll post the question there see if anyone knows.
Thanks man.

[Q]Flashing roms help

I have a stock Infuse 4g from AT&T and I would like a step by step, like a tutorial of everything I have to do for flashing custom roms, what to backup, installing CWM, etc. Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514886
[REF] Super Infuse Noobie Question Thread. Lots of questions answered
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Yes, I know about that thread, but they don't answer all of my questions, like for example: I have stock GB, do I still root with super one click? What is the first step in flashing custom roms, rooting and then installing CWM? How do I install CWM? What to use to backup apps? What is Rom manager from the android market and what is it for, is it useful? How to backup contacts? Before flashing, should I remove the sim card? When flashing, is it always done in CWM? If so, what's the exact process?
What I want is more of a fool proof step by step, just to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. I had to use Heimdall's one click back to stock to go from froyo to GB UCKJ4 because of the boot loop even though the phone wasn't rooted or anything, it was stock. If I did that, what are my options? What should I do if I want to flash custom roms from scratch? Also, CWM is kept even after a factory reset or a wipe? it doesn't get deleted in any way when you want ti flash another Rom?

Wow, I'm sorry but you should do some research first before you ask these questions. Google has an excellent feature called search. I'm sure if you use it you can find your answers as they have all been asked before. Everything I have learned has been from reading and rereading everything I could before I attempted rooting. Android central has a great guide to everything root. Then come back with questions. Sorry to go off but it seems like people just come here to have their hand held. I'm sure you could find someone to donate to on here that would take you by the hand if that's the route you choose.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App

Silvares said:
I have a stock Infuse 4g from AT&T and I would like a step by step, like a tutorial of everything I have to do for flashing custom roms, what to backup, installing CWM, etc. Thanks.
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Hmm. So how much are you willing to pay for someone who takes time to consolidate this guide. Make it worthwhile for us too

Do I get dibs on this?

qkster said:
Do I get dibs on this?
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Lol... you may... I only asked that so maybe he would find someone to spoon feed him

diablo009 said:
Lol... you may... I only asked that so maybe he would find someone to spoon feed him
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lol..somewhere in this thread is the spoon...just have to know where to look.

"There is no spoon."
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rxnelson said:
"There is no spoon."
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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He was referring to the link in post 2 by bigjoe.

diablo009 said:
He was referring to the link in post 2 by bigjoe.
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Yea, I was just goofing. Qksters bald avatar and all the spoon talk reminded me of the matrix....thought someone would get it. Ah well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk

Anyway, thanks qkster, with your Heimdall to UCBL3 and CWM installation I was able to do it. And now I have ZEUS on my Infuse :3.
Now, what are some must have apps rooted or not?

Silvares said:
Anyway, thanks qkster, with your Heimdall to UCBL3 and CWM installation I was able to do it. And now I have ZEUS on my Infuse :3.
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good job..
See how easy it was?
Anyway, lol..the spoon was on all my signature links

Let me just throw this out there: as a noob myself, I understand where op is coming from. On forums this large, it is easy to get lost. I also find that I spend so much time reading things that don't answer my questions. I know that's part of the process though, but can feel pretty overwhelming.
May I suggest that not just 1 person has to answer all the questions. Maybe u come across a post like this and answer just 1 or 2 questions, or paste in a link or 2 to where the specific question is answered.
Also, I know that I've asked a question in the most appropriate place & someone has come back saying it's not the right place, even though it's in the q&a - noob - device forum. It's just hard at first. So, pls, don't bust op's chops too bad, b/c somewhere on here it says that it helps everyone if anyone takes some of their time to educate.
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Noob here too, but I have done some of this successfully, and then I played around too much and really, really bricked my phone - but fixed it, so I have learned a bit. These are my thoughts:
Silvares said:
I have stock GB, do I still root with super one click?
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Yes. Get rooted. I've used S-O-C twice. Had to play around with it first. I think I ended up being successful by doing it thru my phone, not on the PC.
Silvares said:
What is the first step in flashing custom roms, rooting and then installing CWM? How do I install CWM?
What to use to backup apps? How to backup contacts?
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1st step - root, then - backup more than just 1 way-use some from market and put things in more than 1 place; Titanium Backup seems to be standard around here too. Here is a great youtube link that helped me a lot to prepare: http://youtu.be/ozNVeGPUlU8
Silvares said:
What I want is more of a fool proof step by step, just to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.
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Doesn't exist. Try to find a good youtube and follow along.
Silvares said:
I had to use Heimdall's one click back to stock to go from froyo to GB UCKJ4 because of the boot loop even though the phone wasn't rooted or anything, it was stock. If I did that, what are my options?
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When I got bricked last night, after trying 2 methods and much freaking out, GTG worked. Working link for that download is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?i57410xodydx5l1. Thread here → http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
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Also, CWM is kept even after a factory reset or a wipe? it doesn't get deleted in any way when you want ti flash another Rom?
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It stayed for me, even through brick.
I know you got your questions answered, but maybe this will help you, or someone else, in the future. Again, I'm no expert - far from it - but this is what worked for me. Good luck!

Can't think of another way of saying this...HELP!
So, I was able to get 3e and clockworkmod recovery installed on my Infuse. (A great accomplishment for me, trust me)
I went through the process of wiping data and caches to install my new ROM but I put the two zips (Cyan7 & Google Apps) on the external sdcard so when I went to install them I couldn't see them. I thought my only option then was to chose to restore from backup in CM recovery and now I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo.
I tried a battery pull and VOLup/VOLdwn/POWER to try to get into recovery but I'm still stuck on the boot logo. What can I do now?
I'd really appreciate your help. Cheers.

feroxcvpiditas said:
So, I was able to get 3e and clockworkmod recovery installed on my Infuse. (A great accomplishment for me, trust me)
I went through the process of wiping data and caches to install my new ROM but I put the two zips (Cyan7 & Google Apps) on the external sdcard so when I went to install them I couldn't see them. I thought my only option then was to chose to restore from backup in CM recovery and now I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo.
I tried a battery pull and VOLup/VOLdwn/POWER to try to get into recovery but I'm still stuck on the boot logo. What can I do now?
I'd really appreciate your help. Cheers.
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No need to recover. Simple enough. U've tried restarting normal, and it didn't work?

No unfortunately...
I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo. I think my battery pull after being frozen after the restore didn't help matters. I've tried vol+/vol-/power and vol-/power and still can't get into recovery. Plugged into my MAC it's not recognized.

feroxcvpiditas said:
I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo. I think my battery pull after being frozen after the restore didn't help matters. I've tried vol+/vol-/power and vol-/power and still can't get into recovery. Plugged into my MAC it's not recognized.
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Well, if it were me, I'd pull batt and let it sit while I search this site to see what other people have done when stuck in the loop. You're sure to find answers somewhere in/related to being bricked threads, though I'm sure you're not bricked, so relax and take a breath. I'd offer other suggestions, but I'm too new, so it'd just be speculation on my part.

dde333 said:
Well, if it were me, I'd pull batt and let it sit while I search this site to see what other people have done when stuck in the loop. You're sure to find answers somewhere in/related to being bricked threads, though I'm sure you're not bricked, so relax and take a breath. I'd offer other suggestions, but I'm too new, so it'd just be speculation on my part.
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Cheers, I think I will do that. I'm feverishly scouring the site and the interweb...I just hope I don't have to re-flash a stock ROM and start all over again. Of course that would be better than having a paperweight I suppose.
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Well, I got into Download mode using the vol+/vol- then usb plugin. Just don't know what to do next. At least something is happening...back to my research...

feroxcvpiditas said:
Cheers, I think I will do that. I'm feverishly scouring the site and the interweb...I just hope I don't have to re-flash a stock ROM and start all over again. Of course that would be better than having a paperweight I suppose.
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Well, I got into Download mode using the vol+/vol- then usb plugin. Just don't know what to do next. At least something is happening...back to my research...
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fero,
you dont need to look very far...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
the link to unbrick and how to has always been right on my signature links...
read my beginner guide...