I started kies and after connecting my Galaxy FIT, I started upgrading the firmware it showed. Then it stopped and asked for emergency recovery. I did it, but it stopped again and phone got switched off and after that it is only showing a error sign with yellow triangle between a PC and mobile. It is not showing anything else though I have tried switching off and taking out battery. It is not working at all, just the error sign. Please help.
Sounds like a "soft Bricked" phone.
Can you boot in to download mode?
Press Volume Down + Home Key (middle button) + Power Button at the same time.
If the phone boots you into download mode (a yellow triagle with a digging android) with words "Downloading"....
Then you can still revive your phone.
this happened to me once..but later i tried pulling off the battery and restarting the sysytem...
try to take off the battrery and plug it again and try to go in DOWNLOAD MODE!..(i did it 2 or 3 times)
..and its definitely not a "SOFT BRICK" '!!
galaxy fit + CM7.1 (2.3.7) + 801Mhz
same happened to me
when first i flashed cyanogen 7.1 , 2.3.7 it happened to me, i just give tha droid a factory reset then following the instructions i flashed the rom from sd card via recovery then when reboot , just came up the cyanogen logo then tha lil letters(android) but just sttoped there no more, i taked out the lbatt, twice, then the alert logo came up......i was so scared.....sh-t !
but then i just remember to go to download mode pressing home , volume + and on/off then i reflash via odin but nothin happened, then y reestart the fir then i try to open in recovery i pushed home key and on/off and the cyanogen recovery just started i gave the phone again not only a data factory reset but, cache and the battery and everything i could reset, then i do it again thru recovery i flased the cyanogen and at las it works, i think like richard says was a soft bricked, try everything , via odin, via recovery.......
i thanks neil cause he helped me a lot!!!
i rooted my phone before with amits universal GB CF
i noticed that the 3 button recovery dont work anymore... is this normal? do i have to click CWM always in apps drawer instead of the 3 button to go into recover?
secondly, my brother wants his i9003 rooted too
he is also on DXKP9, and DONT want another firmware on his phone like XXKPQ
i was planning on using UC-Kernel on it, would it be possible that it will work on stock DXKP9 without issues? i read that UC-kernel already has CF.ROOT and touch CWM Recovery with it but its for XXKPQ..... interested to know on issues related to DXKP9 if any before i flash.
and lastly...whats the difference with UC-Kernel v9 1009...2009 and 3009 ?
IMP : Before you do anything make a backup
1) No that is not normal. May be you aren't pressing the buttons properly.
2) Follow the procedure to go to recovery. Press the Volume Up key + Menu key and then pressing the former two keys you need to power ON the device after which you will see the recovery screen.
3) I think UC-Kernal is universal. May be it works. Im not sure. Why dont you try and let others know ? or you can wait till someone who has flashed that firmware and UC-Kernel to answer.
4) And about UC-Kernel v9 1009...2009 and 3009 , those are 3 test versions of the kernel with different voltages supplied. For more details on that check this post by "inciongd". He's explained it beautifully.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357747&highlight=overclock&page=110
Do not do the VOL UP+MENU+POWER while your device is ON. Turn it OFF and then press VOL UP+MENU first then hold the POWER button until you see the samsung logo or until CWM recovery loads up. I was not able to go to recovery mode/download mode until I turn off my device.
thanks for the replies guys
but i already those 3 buttons a few times with phone turned off...already know about this since i go to recovery long ago without CWM when i do hard reset
but im new to CWM and rooting
so i had cleared cache and dalvik cache a few times already
i can only go to recovery via the CWM app
the 3 button recovery dont work for me
my buttons are all working...
the problem is when i do the 3 button recovery, it goes to samsung logo, fades for a few seconds then goes back to samsung logo again...it just vibrates and go back to samsung logo if i keep holding on.
anyone tried the universal GB amit CF.root with touch recovery and experienced the same?
noypi_ako said:
thanks for the replies guys
but i already those 3 buttons a few times with phone turned off...already know about this since i go to recovery long ago without CWM when i do hard reset
but im new to CWM and rooting
so i had cleared cache and dalvik cache a few times already
i can only go to recovery via the CWM app
the 3 button recovery dont work for me
my buttons are all working...
the problem is when i do the 3 button recovery, it goes to samsung logo, fades for a few seconds then goes back to samsung logo again...it just vibrates and go back to samsung logo if i keep holding on.
anyone tried the universal GB amit CF.root with touch recovery and experienced the same?
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U have the extended power menu too..
but since u mentioned logo fading thingy...
Dude ur pressing the buttons too long..
as soon as u see the samsung logo appear LEAVE the buttons..u will enter the recovery mode..
nope i dont have extended power menu
im not using any custom roms with those, just stock DXKP9
before if i hold it long,it will bring me to recovery mode before i release
after the rooting with universal by amit...it will fade and just boot up
i tried your advice to release it in samsung logo and it will only boot up, tried a few times
also tried releasing it when it starts to fade,also boots up
no recovery
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nope i dont have extended power menu
im not using any custom roms with those, just stock DXKP9
before if i hold it long,it will bring me to recovery mode before i release
after the rooting with universal by amit...it will fade and just boot up
i tried your advice to release it in samsung logo and it will only boot up, tried a few times
also tried releasing it when it starts to fade,also boots up
no recovery
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hmmm...
what is ur present rom?? just tell me dat..i wil tk a dig at it...
Edit-read ur on dxkp9...
make a nandroid and try using xda_bams universal kernel beta9 fix my personal fav...might help.. but its strange y cant u get into cwm.. grrrrrrrrr
you mean i should flash bam kernel over amits universal after i do nandroid backup?
i thought kernels are supposed to be flashed on clean stocks only as ive read
noypi_ako said:
you mean i should flash bam kernel over amits universal after i do nandroid backup?
i thought kernels are supposed to be flashed on clean stocks only as ive read
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flash bam...wipe caches...and wipe data too...if u get FC's..
it shud work i suppose..!
i did it fr a frnd.. just wiped caches..and factory reset..
dears
i tried to chang my recovery and replace it with recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6 and after that my ace start normally but i couldn't inter to recovery mode, after that my phone is stop just light flash on secreen.
i tried to use odin to flash anouther rom, every thing goes fine on odin but when finsh the phone bach to flashing again and nothing happen.
i can log to download mode nurmally but no recovery mode even the when i press volum up + volum down and the power putton (LK MODE).
I NEED TO KNOW DID I BURN IT OR THER IS A WAY TO SOLVE IT ?
THANKA
For the recovery you have to press the power + the central button, and when the samsung logo compares, keep pressed only the central button.
Once in the recovery, do a wipe/data factory reset and try to reboot.
If you don't understand something or if i haven't understood your problem, please reply
dear, i am really thankful for your replay, my problem is my phone is dead, i can't log into recovery mode (by the way you mentioned ) i just can inter to download mode, so i tried to use ODIN to replace the rom and rerooting the phone, but no luck.\
the odin finish his job perfectly and it mentioned that ( wait your phone until reboot) but my phone didn't show and logo or any thing just the secreen flashing shy light .
i really so appreciate your concern
Ok, so you can't go to recovery mode, don't you?
But, now can you go to downloading mode?
If you can, try to reflash the stock rom.
Go to samfirmware.com
Sign up
go to "firmwares and files"
insert the type, os and model of your phone and your country
download the rom and the flashprograms
And try to reflash
You can read that guide: http://yagyagaire.blogspot.it/2012/01/how-to-flash-official-stock-firmwares.html#.UCexfBc0NIk
or somewhere here on xda
Please tell me if you solve and good luck!
thanks again for your time, but unfortently i tried toooooo much and i flashed more than 4 roms from sammobil but no luch.
i can inter to download mod normally but i cannot inter to recovery mode, when i flash rom throu odin it's goes normally but when the phone reboot same think happen (nothing just back light flashing ).
Hey please experts help me with my galaxy 3 i just bought one i had it 1 day, battery was discharged and after i charged it i got bootloop I tried many roms and i always got : bootloop, boot screen with GT-I5800 or screen Kernel panic upload mode. I cant go into recovery mode i dont know hy it dont works (its vol+,vol -, home, power isnt it?) I cant root it i cant do anything. Anybody have some ideas what to do or its bricked? If its important i can still go into download mode and flash it using Odin thats all i can do with this phone. Pls heeeelp.
P.S.
Its not like that i dont red the forum i sited here many hours and still i didnt find solve of my problem. I guess i am too dummy ;/ I will be graceful sboody ?: (
Here comes help!
Welcome to the forum, btw
First thing you should do is hold on a little bit.
To solve your problem try to get to download mode (VOL-, HOME, POWER, then after phone turns on, release power) and flash Kyrillos' ROM (FROYO - v9.0) - fire up odin, tick one package, select tar and flash it. AFTER the flashing ends, you should boot up to recovery (CWM recovery for G3MOD kernel). Here, navigate through menu using VOL+, VOL- and navigate to "Wipe data/factory reset" option. Now press HOME button to confirm. Navigate again to Yes, press HOME again and wait till its done.
Now Navigate to "Reboot" or something like that - its the first option in there. Then press HOME again. You should see the phone rebooting and then displaying the bootanimation - it lasts for aprox. 10-20minutes, so don't panic!
If this wont solve your problem, give me more info
- New or used phone - THIS IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE IF YOU HAD NEW, YOU HAD 2.1 FIRMWARE ON IT
- Did you wipe data/factory reset phone
- What else you tried?
- etc, etc...
There will be solution somewhere... I'm sure. But post the result after trying that.
PS: here on xda is a little THANKS button... Use it instead of "THANK YOU" posts. (Just in case you didn't know)
twinky444 said:
Welcome to the forum, btw
First thing you should do is hold on a little bit.
To solve your problem try to get to download mode (VOL-, HOME, POWER, then after phone turns on, release power) and flash Kyrillos' ROM (FROYO - v9.0) - fire up odin, tick one package, select tar and flash it. AFTER the flashing ends, you should boot up to recovery (CWM recovery for G3MOD kernel). Here, navigate through menu using VOL+, VOL- and navigate to "Wipe data/factory reset" option. Now press HOME button to confirm. Navigate again to Yes, press HOME again and wait till its done.
Now Navigate to "Reboot" or something like that - its the first option in there. Then press HOME again. You should see the phone rebooting and then displaying the bootanimation - it lasts for aprox. 10-20minutes, so don't panic!
If this wont solve your problem, give me more info
- New or used phone - THIS IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE IF YOU HAD NEW, YOU HAD 2.1 FIRMWARE ON IT
- Did you wipe data/factory reset phone
- What else you tried?
- etc, etc...
There will be solution somewhere... I'm sure. But post the result after trying that.
PS: here on xda is a little THANKS button... Use it instead of "THANK YOU" posts. (Just in case you didn't know)
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Thank u very much man phone was used but it had 2.1 stock firmware on it, i didnt wipe/ factory reset on phone, and i didnt't tied sthing else.
Now tell me after flashing Kyrillos' rom v9.0 Do I have flash kernel with CWM or its in Kyrillos already? How to enter CWM recovery mode ? Same as normal (VOL +, VOL-, HOME, then POWER) I did thank u cuz it sounds logical what u wrote thank u man and I am waiting for reply.
CWM is pre-installed on Kyrillos rom. To boot into CWM recover just turn the phone on, hold the power button until a menu comes up and in the menu it will say recover. Press recovery to go into recovery mode.
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I did flashed kyrillo's v 9.0 and and after flashing phone just stay in boot screen and nothing happends. I cant do anything again. Do root is needed to flash ROM's cuz when my phone crashed it wasnt rooted and now i cant root it cuz computer only see it as Modem and composite device mode ;/ I dont know what to do.
KamelusPL said:
I did flashed kyrillo's v 9.0 and and after flashing phone just stay in boot screen and nothing happends. I cant do anything again. Do root is needed to flash ROM's cuz when my phone crashed it wasnt rooted and now i cant root it cuz computer only see it as Modem and capcitive mode ;/ I dont know what to do.
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Turn your phone off by pulling the battery out. The put the battery back in but don't turn the phone on. Hold the volume up + volume down + home button + power button and as soon as the screen turns on, let go of the button. This will take you into CWM recovery. Then, in recovery, select wipe data/ factory reset, then wipe cache and then wipe the dalvik cache. These options are all in recovery and are easy to find. Then reboot the phone and it should work. Also you don't need to root your phone to flash a custom ROM.
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Turn your phone off by pulling the battery out. The put the battery back in but don't turn the phone on. Hold the volume up + volume down + home button + power button and as soon as the screen turns on, let go of the button. This will take you into CWM recovery. Then, in recovery, select wipe data/ factory reset, then wipe cache and then wipe the dalvik cache. These options are all in recovery and are easy to find. Then reboot the phone and it should work. Also you don't need to root your phone to flash a custom ROM.
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The problem is that this recovery mode dont works .... :S Look I am serious
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MicroGeek said:
CWM is pre-installed on Kyrillos rom. To boot into CWM recover just turn the phone on, hold the power button until a menu comes up and in the menu it will say recover. Press recovery to go into recovery mode.
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You probably have confused Samsung galaxy 3 with Samsung galaxy S3 because this phone (Galaxy 3) Hasn't menu that you can boot to recovery/bootloader with. At least I dont know about such "menu" thing.
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@KamelusPL: You said that you cant boot after flashing Kyrillo's ROM v9.0. And you had Android 2.1 and you couldn't boot. That means you have been in hurry to get things really fast done and flashed FROYO ROM WITHOUT BOOTLOADERS OVER 2.1 THAT COMES WITH ITS OWN TYPE OF BOOTLOADER = bricked.
HOWEVER, there's a solution! yeah!
This is a bit risky, but if you want your phone working again, you must do that. I'm saying again, I take no responsibility over such things.
1. Put your phone into download mode. This must be working.
2. Download this file: http://hotfile.com/dl/132526357/46bd186/I5800XXJPS_OXX_Android_2.2.rar.html
3. Open odin, tick ONE PACKAGE, in the down right corner click ONE PACKAGE and select .tar file you downloaded. ITS WITH PROPER BOOTLOADERS - FROYO XXJPS. That must work.
4. Click start. NOW DO NOT TOUCH YOUR PC until its done!
5. Wait till its done and wait till your phone boots up.
6. If you will have still bootloop, then you must boot into recovery (YOU MUST WAIT... RECOVERY WONT SHOW IMMEDIATELY just like in download mode... wait man.), here navigate using the same keys I told you before, and select wipe data / factory reset, then select yes and wait till its done. Then, navigate to wipe cache partition, select yes and wait till its done. Then, select reboot system now and press HOME.
7. This should be working!
This menu! Recovery is the second last option and I have a galaxy 3...
Edit: also I would recommend doing what the Guy above said. To boot into download mode you hold volume down + home button and the power button. :thumbup:
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MicroGeek said:
This menu! Recovery is the second last option and I have a galaxy 3...
Edit: also I would recommend doing what the Guy above said. To boot into download mode you hold volume down + home button and the power button. :thumbup:
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Sorry, I mean when booting phone theres no menu like fastboot or something like that because he said he cant boot it anymore.
Sorry, Im now using cyanogenmod 7 so I didn't know that
So I'm sorry
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Its interesting when I flash android 2.1 I got bootloop and when I flash higher android or other mod, I tried all i got stuck on Samsung logo what it may be phone is still bricked i guess there is no help ;/
@twinky444
I tried ur advice i flashed that Froyo loader and still nothing( Lag on samsung logo) what should i do ? :X
Is there other way to start that recovery ;/ I am confussed and depressed ;<
KamelusPL said:
Its interesting when I flash android 2.1 I got bootloop and when I flash higher android or other mod, I tried all i got stuck on Samsung logo what it may be phone is still bricked i guess there is no help ;/
@twinky444
I tried ur advice i flashed that Froyo loader and still nothing( Lag on samsung logo) what should i do ? :X
Is there other way to start that recovery ;/ I am confussed and depressed ;<
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Hold vol up+down and power and home button when the phone is off and let go of the power button once you see something on the screen.
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Wait, so when you bought your phone yesterday the battery was discharged? So you didn't check if it was working or not before you bought it? Maybe you were scammed into buying a broken phone
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Any other way to enter the recovery? I'm afraid not.
Maybe this has somethig to do with flashing CUSTOM FROYO ROM over 2.1. Because Kyrillos' ROM's kernel converts filesystems to other ones than the stock RFS that is used by stock samsung roms. That means the phone after flashing stock rom directly after some custom froyo roms dont recognize the partitions in different filesystems. So you must wipe data and cache partition to get the phone to recognize theese partitions again.
After that, the phone will boot. BUT YOU MUST BOOT IT TO RECOVERY AND WIPE DATA SOMEHOW.
This is really wierd... If you can go to download mode, I'm sure this can still be fixed somehow, but the stock froyo rom should boot into recovery anyways...
Have you tried getting to recovery when you first saw the phone that its not booting? I mean at the beggining of this problem if you had still 2.1 when you got the phone? Because wiping data from recovery on 2.1 should have solved this problem I think...
EDIT: HERE IN XDA IS SOME FILE - zerofill.tar THAT IF YOU FLASH IT, YOU PROBABLY GET WIPED PARTITIONS, but not sure... TRY THAT - I think rkoby13 has posted this file somewhere... Try to PM him...
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Any other way to enter the recovery? I'm afraid not.
Maybe this has somethig to do with flashing CUSTOM FROYO ROM over 2.1. Because Kyrillos' ROM's kernel converts filesystems to other ones than the stock RFS that is used by stock samsung roms. That means the phone after flashing stock rom directly after some custom froyo roms dont recognize the partitions in different filesystems. So you must wipe data and cache partition to get the phone to recognize theese partitions again.
After that, the phone will boot. BUT YOU MUST BOOT IT TO RECOVERY AND WIPE DATA SOMEHOW.
This is really wierd... If you can go to download mode, I'm sure this can still be fixed somehow, but the stock froyo rom should boot into recovery anyways...
Have you tried getting to recovery when you first saw the phone that its not booting? I mean at the beggining of this problem if you had still 2.1 when you got the phone? Because wiping data from recovery on 2.1 should have solved this problem I think...
EDIT: HERE IN XDA IS SOME FILE - zerofill.tar THAT IF YOU FLASH IT, YOU PROBABLY GET WIPED PARTITIONS, but not sure... TRY THAT - I think rkoby13 has posted this file somewhere... Try to PM him...
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U have absolutly right that they to solve this is enter recovery mode but i think my problem is deeper i found something on my own. Look.
If your GSII has the folowing symptoms :
Bootloop
Stuck on GSII logo, but already removed the battery to try to fix it
Enters Download mode and Recovery mode
It means that you are soft bricked and is easy to solve.
But if your symptoms are the mentioned above, PLUS the symptoms below
Enters Download mode but does NOT enter recovery mode (usually means a NAND rw corruption)
Doesn't flash
Bad flash in odin (FAIL after flashing, or the flashing suddenly stops)
It looks like I must use all my brain power to solve that i guess i need to go deeper into android stuff cuz i wont give up. I even gave my phone to service but seems like that dude is lame and he is not so much expert like i need i send message to Kyrillos cuz i guess he knows all bout androids and all that stuff and thats the person who i need some1 very good must see my topic guess i will just read learn and w8 for help thank u all for advices
After watching your youtube video I am confused. You try to get in into recovery, but don't even wait 10 seconds before you remove the battery?
Before you start make sure the battery is not empty or even broken. Charge until it reports full.
Battery out for a while, remove charging cable. Then battery in, press Vol+ and Vol-, add Home, then Power, as soon as something appears onscreen let go all three. Then WAIT. What happens?
If it stays on the GT I5800 screen for longer than a minute on a stock Eclair AND stock Froyo (from twinky's advice), you probably have a serious hardware issue. Did this device you bought ever work properly for you? That's important. If you really bought a phone that you never saw working, it's most likely hopelessly dead. If it worked, and showed the reported error after a day, there might be hope.
edit: I had countless bootloops/flash FAILs/tons of FC after 1st boot/corrupted FS... don't give up! As long as download mode is still accessable, it's not dead yet!
martialaw said:
After watching your youtube video I am confused. You try to get in into recovery, but don't even wait 10 seconds before you remove the battery?
Before you start make sure the battery is not empty or even broken. Charge until it reports full.
Battery out for a while, remove charging cable. Then battery in, press Vol+ and Vol-, add Home, then Power, as soon as something appears onscreen let go all three. Then WAIT. What happens?
If it stays on the GT I5800 screen for longer than a minute on a stock Eclair AND stock Froyo (from twinky's advice), you probably have a serious hardware issue. Did this device you bought ever work properly for you? That's important. If you really bought a phone that you never saw working, it's most likely hopelessly dead. If it worked, and showed the reported error after a day, there might be hope.
edit: I had countless bootloops/flash FAILs/tons of FC after 1st boot/corrupted FS... don't give up! As long as download mode is still accessable, it's not dead yet!
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Dude u rly think i am so stupid?
Phone was working when i bought it i suspect that some sort of application crashed it( i guess taskkiller), i did tried to take out battery for longer time even 1 day ... And i did tried to hold buttons longer
Its bad flash that has made the situation...
Flash zero fill.tar which will clean your system
Flash again a rom using 'Forced download mode' ( vol+, home, power button)
Note: you should restart your phone by keys when its still on after zero fill flash using the force download keys.
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KamelusPL said:
Dude u rly think i am so stupid?
Phone was working when i bought it i suspect that some sort of application crashed it( i guess taskkiller), i did tried to take out battery for longer time even 1 day ... And i did tried to hold buttons longer
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Sorry, I was just telling from the video. But a software like taskkiller cannot mess up the whole phone in a way that prevents access to recovery.
Try cleaning the ROM like in above post and then flash a bootloaderfree stockrom. That should leave you with a perfect situation to start all over again.
Hi,I don't know if the word "bricked" or "drowned" is the best match for my case,but anyways here is my story:I had installed on my phone the kyrilos rom,I don't remember wich version excactly it has been too long before.My phone fell into a glass of water,I pulled battery out,dried it up with hair styler,after that it had some water marks on the screen and it was working quite good,I re-flashed it abd worked better,the watwr marks on the screen dissappeared and got better...but...my girlfriend reebooted accidently in recovery and it dropped dead,froze,I pulled the battery out,reebooted,and after that I am stuck in phone's logo and it keeps loading nothing ..forever..and I can't even boot to recovery mode..any ideas?I've searched in this blog and I couldn't find anything to do..please help me..
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Hello. I accidentaly flashed a wrong recovery into my P5110 while no software was there. As a result I cannot boot into recovery or download mode. I get the following results depending on the combos:
Power on -> bootloop
Vol up + power on -> bootloop
Vol down + power on -> I get a menu with a warning asking whether i want to proceed to download mode (vol up=cancel/restart vol down=continue - both result in a bootloop.
Vol down + vol up + power on = normally bootloop but when the battery is off it switchess off the tablet
Is there any way i can boot into a mode that will give me access to fastboot or connect with odin/heimdall to be able to fix it?
Now you say: "Bye bye P5110 It was good to use you".
If you can't boot into odin mode, then there's nothing you can do except for replacing the motherboard... Who knows what that recovry did to your partitions especially if its for another device.
Ok the panic is over. Turns out that I'm an idiot and the volume + and - buttons are laid out the oposite to what I thought (it's my girlfriend mum's tab), so i've been using the wrong combos all along. :silly: Once i figured it out i got it into download mode no problem and reflashed with odin. PS. The broken recovery came from one of the threads here. I guess serves me right for flashing random crap without reading anything about it.
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Ok the panic is over. Turns out that I'm an idiot and the volume + and - buttons are laid out other way around than i thought (it's my girlfriend mum's tab), so i've been using the wrong combos all along. :silly: Once i figured it out i got it into download mode no problem and reflashed with odin. PS. The broken recovery came from one of the threads here. I guess serves me right for flashing random crap without reading anything about it.
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glad you got it fixed