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Fixing a bricked Nexus S

I had a Vibrant before and flashed it constantly. I soft bricked it several time and it was easy just to Odin back to stock and try again. Before I begin to flash Roms on this phone I would like to know how one would fix a bricked Nexus S. I searched "bricked Nexus S" and didn't come up with much.
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Flash a stock img thru fastboot/adb. Just as painless as Odin was if not easier.
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Yeah I figured that much but I have never used ADB before. What are the commands to flash a stock img and where can I get a stock img? I already have ADB set up, serial # comes up when I enter - adb devices. I'm ready to root and flash but I want to be prepared for anything. I don't want to panic for ten minutes like I did the first time I bricked my Vibrant.
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You should be able to snag a stock image from the development section. As far as what adb commands to use check out any of the root tutorials in development.
Sent from my Nexus S

bricking the phone is not easy... everything can be wiped and reinstalled with ease. Recovery is your friend.

leyvatron said:
bricking the phone is not easy... everything can be wiped and reinstalled with ease. Recovery is your friend.
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That's why I love this phone. When I first rooted my wife's phone she was a nervous wreck about me ruining it. Now, she jokingly cheers when it boot loops or hangs on the google splash screen.

kenvan19 said:
That's why I love this phone. When I first rooted my wife's phone she was a nervous wreck about me ruining it. Now, she jokingly cheers when it boot loops or hangs on the google splash screen.
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Coolest wife ever? haha

risegeek said:
Coolest wife ever? haha
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hehe why'd'ya think I married her

Hi Everyone.
I have my Nexus S for a 3 days - it's brand new. Last night i turned it off. It was about 50% charged. Today i can't turn it on. Phone is dead. What's wrong? There is no any response, even during charging (black screen).
Phone wasn't rooted. It has Android 2.3.2 update.
What can I do?

Van_Dyke said:
Hi Everyone.
I have my Nexus S for a 3 days - it's brand new. Last night i turned it off. It was about 50% charged. Today i can't turn it on. Phone is dead. What's wrong? There is no any response, even during charging (black screen).
Phone wasn't rooted. It has Android 2.3.2 update.
What can I do?
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not enough information is present. you can attempt to get into bootloader / recovery, plug USB to the computer. When plugged, does the computer make a plugged in noise? if it does.. try turning it on, try using adb on it, etc.
as a last resort: if its not rooted or modified in any way, you can go back to best buy and exchange it since you said you've only had it for 3 days

Van_Dyke said:
Hi Everyone.
I have my Nexus S for a 3 days - it's brand new. Last night i turned it off. It was about 50% charged. Today i can't turn it on. Phone is dead. What's wrong? There is no any response, even during charging (black screen).
Phone wasn't rooted. It has Android 2.3.2 update.
What can I do?
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First thing to do is pull the battery, let it sit a minute or two, then put the battery back in and try to boot.
Also, try booting into recovery or fastboot. With power off, press and hold volume up button, then press/hold power on switch. You should enter fastboot mode. From fastboot menu, select boot to recovery. The phone will reboot and you'll get to a screen with an "!" and an android robot on it. At that point you press hold power, then press/hold volume up (make note that this is the reverse of what you did earlier).
Once in Recovery, try wiping cache from the menu.
Reboot.
If still no good, then repeat the process but pick factory reset/wipe from the menu in recovery. Note that this will wipe all personal data and apps off the phone but it won't touch your sdcard contents.

The case with pull battery - not working.
I can't enter fastmode using 2 keys combination.
Computer don't recognize the phone. It's brick...

Van_Dyke said:
The case with pull battery - not working.
I can't enter fastmode using 2 keys combination.
Computer don't recognize the phone. It's brick...
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Last option is to try to trick it into Samsung's Download Mode (see the Odin thread in Development section), but if the keys aren't recognized you can't soft boot into it so you'll need a dongle with a resistor to get there.
Sounds like it's truly a brick at this point. You'll probably have to return it, but I'm concerned about returning a phone that has your personal data on it without being able to wipe it. Doesn't seem like much way around that at this point if you can't get fastboot or download.

get the 301k resistor JIG and then you can go into the download mode even without the 2 keys + usb plug
you can always make your own JIG if you have the materials at home or a nearby Radio shack

Thx for all Your advices
Problem was with the dead battery. The battery died during the night - i don't know why. I think the system waren't able to boot up ant start charging process.
My solution:
I took 9V battery, 2 wires and charged dead battery for a while from 9V battery. Then a put it into phone and plug in to wall charger. Charging process started
Now everything is ok

That's pretty scary that it wouldnt take a charge if run down completelty. But hey handy to know incase it happens to any of us,
If you get any repeat i would take it back to get a fresh battery of course (only right to do so).
here's hoping you never need to though

Van_Dyke said:
Thx for all Your advices
Problem was with the dead battery. The battery died during the night - i don't know why. I think the system waren't able to boot up ant start charging process.
My solution:
I took 9V battery, 2 wires and charged dead battery for a while from 9V battery. Then a put it into phone and plug in to wall charger. Charging process started
Now everything is ok
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That is scary......
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Bricked
Tried unlocking nexus s last night, now it appears bricked. Cannot connect to computer to reflash as it seems to have wiped the driver. Any ideas on how to bring it back from the dead? thanks
I have managed to see the phone with fastboot. I was hoping that fastboot update, would re-image the brick. Can anyone let me know the correct syntax. I am not able to copy an image onto the phone. Thanks again

Noob {MAC User}... Please be gentle
Greetings Everyone,
Okay, so I endeavoured to root my phone last night and was successful. I ran into trouble when the clockwork recovery and superuser permissions kept getting removed each time I reboot.
Now, I'm at the Google splash screen with no way to move forward. I'm a mac user and I don't really get the adb thing. Got adb to work with mac from a youtube video, but still not sure what commands to run.
What I've done so far:
- wiped cache
- wiped/factory data reset
- retraced my steps by using terminal to setup superuser permission from this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927838)
What I think:
- maybe in all of my clicks I removed the ROM, so the phone doesn't have a ROM to work with.
This maybe a really infantile conclusion, but I know there's a solution (had a rooted G1 that I flashed all the time and thought I bricked once but was able to get it back to stock).
Eagerly waiting for a reply... no cell phone if this can't be fixed.
Tamara

warrenb said:
Tried unlocking nexus s last night, now it appears bricked. Cannot connect to computer to reflash as it seems to have wiped the driver. Any ideas on how to bring it back from the dead? thanks
I have managed to see the phone with fastboot. I was hoping that fastboot update, would re-image the brick. Can anyone let me know the correct syntax. I am not able to copy an image onto the phone. Thanks again
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It would be easier to help you if we knew exactly what you did that caused the problem. You said you tried to unlock it...you mean fastboot oem unlock or something else?
If you can get into fastboot, you're not totally lost, but the computer needs to see the phone to do it.
I'm working in a vacuum here on what your real problem is, but without further details, the things you can try are boot into recovery (from the fastboot mode select boot recovery)...if you're stock recovery, press/hold power, then volume up once you see the android "!". From there wipe cache and whatever else it will let you wipe. Try rebooting. IF that didn't work go back to recovery and try a factory reset of the phone (will delete all your apps and stuff on the phone, but not on the sdcard (pics and stuff).
If none of that works, you can still try getting Clockwork recovery on the phone via fastboot. Boot phone to fastboot and then on computer type the command "fastboot flash recovery <put file name of recovery version you're flashing here>"
Once in clockwork, you should have access to adb via the computer. On your computer go to the Development section here and download any of the various nandroid images posted there. Now you use clockwork mounts and storage menu to mount the sdcard. Then use adb to "adb push <insert path and filename of your nandroid image here> /sdcard"
Unmount the sdcard with the clockwork mounts and storage menu. Now go to the backup menu, select advanced restore and find the nandroid image and restore it.
With any luck, you should be able to boot into a fresh phone.

[GUIDE][07 OCT 11] How To Get Out Of Boot Loop

Bootloops are some general problems while flashing incompatible contents in your phone. Sometime they lead to heart attacks for newbies and even sometime for Senior Citizens
Ok , Bootloop is the situation when you phone doesnt loads up the OS and keeps repeating the boot animation.
TIPS :
1. Always keep a stock ROM backup and current ROM backup in mmc or sdcard.
2. If you are not familiar with adb click here and set it up as fast as possible because who knows in the next boot you are going to be stuck.
3. Never pull battery, If stuck always press[ (VOL +) + (VOL -) + POWER] or connect phone to PC and start adb.
4. Always keep the FASTBOOT- OFF & USB Debugging - ON,
Settings->Power->Fastboot = OFF
Settings->Applications->Devlopment->USB Debugging=ON
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PROCEDURE 1 : [RECOMENDED]
1. If you are stuck , never pull battery. Press [ (VOL +) + (VOL -) + POWER]
4. Connect Phone to Computer
5. Open cmd
7. Write [ adb reboot bootloader] + [VOL -], Now your phone will be in boot menu
8. While in boot menu, go to recovery(if present) and flash the previous ROM from backup
OR
Do a factory reset from boot menu(if recovery not present)
9. You are done , Now everything will be fine and You are now safe from heartattacks and paranormal activities.
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PROCEDURE 2 :
1. If you are stuck , never pull battery. Press [ (VOL +) + (VOL -) + POWER]
2. Your phone will reboot within a gap of 5sec
3. In this time take out you battery cover(I mean only the upper battery cover shield)
4. Connect Phone to Computer
5. Open cmd
6. Write [ adb reboot recovery], if recovery installed else goto Step 7
7. Write [ adb reboot bootloader], only if recovery not installed and do a factory reset
8. While in recovery flash the previous ROM from backup
9. You are done , Now everything will be fine and You are now safe from heartattacks and paranormal activities.
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Next time dont do anything stupid. Learn to be satisfied..
Note : If you have learnt atleast 0.01% , Support me pressing the Thanks button
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I hope this will give you a little Knowledge. If any problem Please POST your prob.
Have FUN, Enjoy ; )

You should be recommending rebooting to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), then powering down from there, as opposed to hard resetting and pulling the battery.

zeekiz said:
You should be recommending rebooting to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), then powering down from there, as opposed to hard resetting and pulling the battery.
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Tried it in my case but didnt worked, anyways thanks

when you say Always keep a stock ROM recovery and current ROM recovery in mmc. I think that you should say on the SD card? otherwise I believe that the terminology might confuse.
I also agree that you shouldn't say remove battery cover - people (especially non English speakers) may too easily confuse this for remove the battery - which isn't what you want! As recommended above adb reboot bootloader and then Power Down in case it does work for some.
Although it's probably too late by the time people read this thread, I'd also suggest that you recommend they turn off FASTBOOT and enable USB debugging (there's always the chance that they'll read this thread before the sh1t has hit the fan!).
Settings->Power->Fastboot = OFF
Settings->Applications->Devlopment->USB Development=ON

This tutorial is already there in the forum. I would recommend to search the forum before starting a new thread.
Lets keep our forum clean.
ben_pyett is right edit it accordingly in your post. And its "boot loop" not "bootloop".

ben_pyett said:
when you say Always keep a stock ROM recovery and current ROM recovery in mmc. I think that you should say on the SD card? otherwise I believe that the terminology might confuse.
I also agree that you shouldn't say remove battery cover - people (especially non English speakers) may too easily confuse this for remove the battery - which isn't what you want! As recommended above adb reboot bootloader and then Power Down in case it does work for some.
Although it's probably too late by the time people read this thread, I'd also suggest that you recommend they turn off FASTBOOT and enable USB debugging (there's always the chance that they'll read this thread before the sh1t has hit the fan!).
Settings->Power->Fastboot = OFF
Settings->Applications->Devlopment->USB Development=ON
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Thanks for the info.. I will update it

onlyankush_s said:
This tutorial is already there in the forum. I would recommend to search the forum before starting a new thread.
Lets keep our forum clean.
ben_pyett is right edit it accordingly in your post. And its "boot loop" not "bootloop".
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Huh I searched for this kind of thread, but didnt found anything useful
So I treied to make this guide so that anyone other than me should not be trapped in such Situation
Any ways thanks for info

Thanks for this Guide.
I like the TIPS section. It really can spare you a lot of troubles.
Q1: why to keep a Recovery image? It is not used in the described procedures.
Q2: please explain why we have to remove the battery cover (Pr.2)
Q3: what is the state of the system after Hboot Factory reset - is the ROM still there or it is necessary to flash again?

amidabuddha said:
Thanks for this Guide.
I like the TIPS section. It really can spare you a lot of troubles.
Q1: why to keep a Recovery image? It is not used in the described procedures.
Q2: please explain why we have to remove the battery cover (Pr.2)
Q3: what is the state of the system after Hboot Factory reset - is the ROM still there or it is necessary to flash again?
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A1) I personally always keep everything loaded on my phone on the SD, including a clean nandroid backup, because you never know!
A2) ??? not sure of this either......was it so that you can possibly remove battery slightly quicker?
A3) As far as I believe Factory Reset simply formats - DATA and CACHE, returning the phone to the state that you bought it, of course assuming you have a working ROM and BOOT loaded!

ben_pyett said:
A1) I personally always keep everything loaded on my phone on the SD, including a clean nandroid backup, because you never know!
A2) ??? not sure of this either......was it so that you can possibly remove battery slightly quicker?
A3) As far as I believe Factory Reset simply formats - DATA and CACHE, returning the phone to the state that you bought it, of course assuming you have a working ROM and BOOT loaded!
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A1) Agree, maybe he added it lately but it's used
A2) Also don't know, but you could be on the right track, I unfortunatly done this before cause I forgot wiping before flashing and the rom i used startet an reboot script after flashing, also fastboot where enabled by default and no pc in sight^^ So I pulled off the cover restartet with vol+ vol- power und pulled the battery within the small delay of shutdown and boot^^
A3) Agree, factory reset within the bootloader does the same as factory reset within the recovery

OK Thanks. Q2 and Q3 are clear now
A1) then it has to be written "Recovery BACKUP " not a "Recovery" (recovery.img) because this is double meaning and a bit confusing

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1. Always keep a stock ROM recovery and current ROM recovery in mmc or sdcard.
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Did you mean this?
Cause I can't find the words recovery image, sry^^
But anyway your right, backup would be much clearer then recovery.

Tectas said:
Did you mean this?
Cause I can't find the words recovery image, sry^^
But anyway your right, backup would be much clearer then recovery.
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Yes my bad. Edited the previous post. But since most of us here are not a native English speakers it is good to be specific.

amidabuddha said:
OK Thanks. Q2 and Q3 are clear now
A1) then it has to be written "Recovery BACKUP " not a "Recovery" (recovery.img) because this is double meaning and a bit confusing
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Changed to backup instead of recovery
My mistake , actually as soon as I got out of boot loop , i wrote the guide in no time
Anyways , Can you list all my mistakes instead of pointing one at a time

blindndumb said:
Anyways , Can you list all my mistakes instead of pointing one at a time
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Take it easy your guide is great

blindndumb said:
Tried it in my case but didnt worked, anyways thanks
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Considering you would so easily rip out the battery I doubt you have any patience, but everytime I have been caught in a bootloop I have reset using vol up down power, waited for the phone to appear in device manager, then executed adv reboot bootloader, everytime without fail.
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zeekiz said:
Considering you would so easily rip out the battery I doubt you have any patience, but everytime I have been caught in a bootloop I have reset using vol up down power, waited for the phone to appear in device manager, then executed adv reboot bootloader, everytime without fail.
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May be I have done something wrong but as far as I know in my case after boot loop I pressed Vol+ , Vol- and power then phone automatic restarted. I checked adb but no luck
next time did the same as you mentioned but error: device not found
So I took out upper battery cover and then orange light flashed up, my device was detected and adb helped rebooting into recovery
Then i flashed htc kernel as boot loop met due to flashing hyperion kernel

Minutes ago I "bricked" my phone again by downgrading the Radio. Hboot Factory reset sucks.
I managed to fix with Solution No.2 im my Guide

Ok, I think I've buggered my DS. Did s-off then root then installed cyanogen stable 7.
Now it's just looping, I didn't make a back up (NOOB), am I screwed?
Thanks.

fatfingers73 said:
Ok, I think I've buggered my DS. Did s-off then root then installed cyanogen stable 7.
Now it's just looping, I didn't make a back up (NOOB), am I screwed?
Thanks.
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Have you tried holding Volume down in an attempt to get into recovery? if not then power off, hold in volume down and then power on.
sounds like you missed wiping cache or dalvik cache post/pre install.

Bricked Inspire After New Rom Install

hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
Sent from a dream.
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Im sorry but I dont understand. I cannot enter hboot no mater what i do and don't you need to enter hboot to reflash it?

True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
2nd edit: if you are new, then read the guide in post#7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
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I really appreciate the help Teichopsia , but I've tried the power /volume - method many times and it still wont go to hboot. if it helps this is the 5 time i have have flashed a rom on my phone (and it is rooted) and yes sadly i had to be the first person to be unlucky enough to get my phone bricked from the blackout rom :crying:
i think i could get out of this mess if i could only get into hboot.
reading the method you linked to me will it work if i cant even get to the hboot screen? my phone only stays of the white htc logo screen for about 3 seconds then it goes to a lit black screen
on a side note should i report what happened to team blackout to see if they have any soloutions?

The only thing I can think of is trying to get into hboot without the sd card and sim card.
The rest is beyond my knowledge.
You'll need to wait for someone more knowledgable than myself to help you.
Remember, first press and hold the volume down button, while holding that down press the power button. Do not release either button till it shows the hboot. If that doesn't work, pull the battery for five minutes and try again. If you did this part exactly like that, then you can skip it.
Well, you already posyed your issue here, just wait for someone to help you. Glevitan is bound to show up sooner or later.
Sent from a dream.

I would see if you can send commands to it from adb while its in the blacked out state. adb is pretty easy to use and can be found easy online. if you get it installed type "adb devices", if it recognizes your device type "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot recovery".

Novius vi said:
hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
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i also have the same problem. i'm using a DHD. and to add to that, my volume rocker is broken. i wonder why the warning not to select reboot immediately after installation wasnt part of the download as a readme or something. i may have just lost a perfectly good phone as a result

I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.

Gizmoe said:
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
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Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more

Use this guide its very easy. if you have already used your phone on your pc and the drivers are installed all you need to do is download the easyadb and follow the instrucions to where is says to type adb.exe. once it is started just type adb devices to make sure it sees your device and then adb reboot recovery
Ignore the fact the instructions are written for a xoom as it will work for any android device with the drivers already installed, which they should be from rooting, syncing and all the other stuff you have probably already done on pc.
UPDATE: I reinstalled ICS blackout but instead of wiping myself i just let aroma installer do it and everything went fine this time. I noticed the aroma installer reformats everything to ext4. its not mentioned in the op as a requirement but seems thats the case. Hboot version has nothing to do with it like i previously commented. It really is a cool rom with both ics and sense. I have only tried the sense version so far

Hope this helps?
Novius vi said:
Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
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Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power button. Do not do press them both at the same time. I realize you wrote that your volume rocker seems or is broken but I wrote above just in case-- when I first tried to root my phone, I was pushing them both at first and thought my rocker was broken....
Since you rooted the phone originally-- not sure how you did it. But if you go to this link you can download recovery flash. Read the "readme" file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29208930&postcount=10
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!

Three of us confirmed that hboot was inaccessible even after battery pull. I am no stranger to this device as well. The only fix was using adb reboot. Also if you actually reformat your partitions to ext4 before install, then aroma will install correctly. It's just not mounting anything if it's still in ext3 format. Definitely better to just do the full wipe within aroma though. I do agree with not hitting restart from aroma but someone already mentioned that a few posts up.

Thank you thank you thank you
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route

Novius vi said:
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
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Select bootloader to get to recovery option.

1shukla said:
Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
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I did exactly as you said I pressed finished and it asked if i wanted to reboot i said no. then it sent me back to recovery mode crossing my fingers hoping to see that it works:fingers-crossed:

Now, just manually reboot.
Sent from a dream.

You saved my phone!!
Thank you guys sooo much this Rom is great once I got past that minor issue
My phones working better than ever I even oced it a little bit
Again I am eternally grateful to you guys and team black out for this great Rom!

[Q] nexus s keeps booting up then shutting off by itself over and over

My nexus s keeps booting up like normal but then once it gets to my lock screen it shuts off by itself within 5 seconds. Sometimes I manage to put my password in and get onto my main screen but that's as far as I can get before it shuts off again. This continues repeatedly till the battery dies, turning on and shutting off by itself. This has been going on for 2 days now, since my phone died while at work and got home and charged it. When I took it off the charger when it showed a full charge it started happening, turning on and shutting off by itself and when the phone would turn on it would show low battery. As you may know this phone only has internal memory (no memory card slot). So what I'm trying to do is get my pictures and videos off of the internal memory before I do a hard reset which is what the sprint repair store told me was my only option to fix the phone but I would lose everything on there and there's absolutely no way to recover my pics and videos cuz the phone doesn't stay on long enough. Does anyone have any suggestions at all on how I could fix my phone WITHOUT doing a hard reset? I'm hoping to not lose these precious memories so I'd like to keep that as a very, very last resort. Any suggestions would be helpful and very much appreciated...

diamondrl1 said:
My nexus s keeps booting up like normal but then once it gets to my lock screen it shuts off by itself within 5 seconds. Sometimes I manage to put my password in and get onto my main screen but that's as far as I can get before it shuts off again. This continues repeatedly till the battery dies, turning on and shutting off by itself. This has been going on for 2 days now, since my phone died while at work and got home and charged it. When I took it off the charger when it showed a full charge it started happening, turning on and shutting off by itself and when the phone would turn on it would show low battery. As you may know this phone only has internal memory (no memory card slot). So what I'm trying to do is get my pictures and videos off of the internal memory before I do a hard reset which is what the sprint repair store told me was my only option to fix the phone but I would lose everything on there and there's absolutely no way to recover my pics and videos cuz the phone doesn't stay on long enough. Does anyone have any suggestions at all on how I could fix my phone WITHOUT doing a hard reset? I'm hoping to not lose these precious memories so I'd like to keep that as a very, very last resort. Any suggestions would be helpful and very much appreciated...
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Bootloop... You flashed something wrong, modded/tweaked something wrong or overclocked and it wasn't stable... You need to go into recovery and do a CLEAN install of your rom and/or kernel.. if you used a mod/tweak this could have caused it... If overclocking DO NOT check to keep the settings after a reboot unless you are sure that these settings are stable..

Setting.Out said:
Bootloop... You flashed something wrong, modded/tweaked something wrong or overclocked and it wasn't stable... You need to go into recovery and do a CLEAN install of your rom and/or kernel.. if you used a mod/tweak this could have caused it... If overclocking DO NOT check to keep the settings after a reboot unless you are sure that these settings are stable..
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im not sure what exactly i did but i havent changed anything from what originally came with the phone. (im still running on gingerbread) i had my phone on airplane mode so my battery wouldnt die while i was at work and somehow my phone died anyway then i put it on the charger when i got home and let it charge fully then turned it on and from the time i turned it on till now its been shutting off and turning on by itself. i guess the repair store told me its recycling itself?

diamondrl1 said:
im not sure what exactly i did but i havent changed anything from what originally came with the phone. (im still running on gingerbread) i had my phone on airplane mode so my battery wouldnt die while i was at work and somehow my phone died anyway then i put it on the charger when i got home and let it charge fully then turned it on and from the time i turned it on till now its been shutting off and turning on by itself. i guess the repair store told me its recycling itself?
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Try booting into recovery.. Volume + and Power.. use the volume keys to scroll and power to enter.. the menu has an option for recovery (this does not do anything to your phone).. You may see a dead android,.. DON'T PANIC.. this is perfectly normal, you didn't break anything.. try pressing the volume up, then power, wait a sec and do it again.. (I always had an issue with the "stock recovery") the phone may power off or try to reboot.. (been a while, kinda fuzzy on this).. be persistent and keep retrying the fore mentioned steps and you should get a recovery menu.. Phew... Now the sad bit, you don't have any files you need on your phone.. I don't know if the stock recovery works with usb mounting, but it might.. try it.. if it does then download a custom recovery, I suggest the one in my signature, and copy from computer to phone using the usb.. in the recovery menu, after the transfer is complete, go to install / install from sd / choose the zip that you just put on your sd card / accept / and if you get this far then.. Reboot recovery, don't worry, nothing broken (yet).. lol.. In your new recovery, assuming it's the one I said, go to the advanced menu, (this is a touch version, so you don't need to use the volume keys) and select "fix permissions".. ... .. and reboot.. WORKED???
All is not lost (yet).. try wiping (ONLY) cache and dalvik(under advanced menu).. and reboot.. WORKED??
Okay, so if you are reading down here, either you are bored, or the above steps failed..
Use this program, read the forum as well..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
You can keep your phone 100% stock, but you'll need to unlock it to fix it, then you can lock it back up if you'd like.. Not necessary though.. You might think about just installing a custom rom or upgrading to jb.. OOooh the possibilities..
But here's the problem, remember the (yet).. if you have come this far down in steps to restore your phone..
ALL YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST!!!

was sianlog
Setting.Out said:
Try booting into recovery.. Volume + and Power.. use the volume keys to scroll and power to enter.. the menu has an option for recovery (this does not do anything to your phone).. You may see a dead android,.. DON'T PANIC.. this is perfectly normal, you didn't break anything.. try pressing the volume up, then power, wait a sec and do it again.. (I always had an issue with the "stock recovery") the phone may power off or try to reboot.. (been a while, kinda fuzzy on this).. be persistent and keep retrying the fore mentioned steps and you should get a recovery menu.. Phew... Now the sad bit, you don't have any files you need on your phone.. I don't know if the stock recovery works with usb mounting, but it might.. try it.. if it does then download a custom recovery, I suggest the one in my signature, and copy from computer to phone using the usb.. in the recovery menu, after the transfer is complete, go to install / install from sd / choose the zip that you just put on your sd card / accept / and if you get this far then.. Reboot recovery, don't worry, nothing broken (yet).. lol.. In your new recovery, assuming it's the one I said, go to the advanced menu, (this is a touch version, so you don't need to use the volume keys) and select "fix permissions".. ... .. and reboot.. WORKED???
All is not lost (yet).. try wiping (ONLY) cache and dalvik(under advanced menu).. and reboot.. WORKED??
Okay, so if you are reading down here, either you are bored, or the above steps failed..
Use this program, read the forum as well..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
You can keep your phone 100% stock, but you'll need to unlock it to fix it, then you can lock it back up if you'd like.. Not necessary though.. You might think about just installing a custom rom or upgrading to jb.. OOooh the possibilities..
But here's the problem, remember the (yet).. if you have come this far down in steps to restore your phone..
ALL YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST!!!
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mentioning unlocking my phone... i did come across a menu that was a "unlock bootloader". but it said i would have to do a factory data reset...wouldnt that wipe my memory completely?

diamondrl1 said:
mentioning unlocking my phone... i did come across a menu that was a "unlock bootloader". but it said i would have to do a factory data reset...wouldnt that wipe my memory completely?
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The first steps won't.. if you get to the unlock stage then yes.. As long as you keep it locked, you'll be fine.. If it won't let you flash a custom recovery, you can try the above steps in the stock...

Setting.Out said:
The first steps won't.. if you get to the unlock stage then yes.. As long as you keep it locked, you'll be fine.. If it won't let you flash a custom recovery, you can try the above steps in the stock...
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sorry to keep bugging you... so i downloaded your recovery file... im not really sure what to do next since my phone doesnt stay on long enough to transfer the file from my comp to my phone.. apologizes again.. im not really tech savvy as you might have figured out :laugh:

diamondrl1 said:
sorry to keep bugging you... so i downloaded your recovery file... im not really sure what to do next since my phone doesnt stay on long enough to transfer the file from my comp to my phone.. apologizes again.. im not really tech savvy as you might have figured out :laugh:
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Won't stay on, or the screen turns off.. ?? does the computer give a pop-up message saying that you had an issue when copy/pasting the file to the phone..??
Remember that we are working from recovery, not with the phone fully booted into your android os..

Setting.Out said:
Won't stay on, or the screen turns off.. ?? does the computer give a pop-up message saying that you had an issue when copy/pasting the file to the phone..??
Remember that we are working from recovery, not with the phone fully booted into your android os..
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my comp isnt picking up my phone via usb...
update: now my phone isnt turning on at all, even when plugged in to charge or via usb... so does that mean im out of luck now..?

My nexus s has the same issue
brethren, I am sorry to drop in on the discussion like this but I don’t know where to get an answer from. My Nexus S (phone) has had a problem recently, it just keeps on turning on and off and mentions the “type password to decrypt storage”, if it remains on. I tried to factory reset the phone through the steps mentioned in the blog here:
1. Power off
2. Hold Volume + , volume - and power
You should get a green android image with the body opened with "Start" on the screen
3. Press Down till you get to recovery mode
4. Press power
Phone will reboot. You will then get same image of android (smaller) with red warning triangle
5. Wait a minute or two and then press volume + and power (not sure exactly what I did for this maybe it's just waiting)
6. Use volume down to select wipe data/factory reset and hit power
Select Yes - delete all user data and hit power
7. Once done select reboot system now and hit power
You are now back to zero and can start again
But it does not work. I will be obliged if someone helps me out
Thanks

[Q] Galaxy SL i9003 Stuck in boot screen..

My big bro tried to root Galaxy SL i9003, i don't know which rooting application/software he has used, but when handset restarted after rooting completion it's stuck at screen showing "SAMSUNG Galaxy SL i9003" boot screen...
Now what i do, some of my friend told me that I have to flash mobile with its original ROM with proper version..
Where should i get original ROM of my mobile and how can i know firmware version because i am not able to boot my handset to *#1234#...
PLz HELP!!!!!

amoghs said:
My big bro tried to root Galaxy SL i9003, i don't know which rooting application/software he has used, but when handset restarted after rooting completion it's stuck at screen showing "SAMSUNG Galaxy SL i9003" boot screen...
Now what i do, some of my friend told me that I have to flash mobile with its original ROM with proper version..
Where should i get original ROM of my mobile and how can i know firmware version because i am not able to boot my handset to *#1234#...
PLz HELP!!!!!
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just do a clean flash of gingerbread DDLF2 2.3.6 using ODIN. your problem will get solved. and always read a plenty of articles before doing such tasks..

File Selection in Odin
maxs8007 said:
just do a clean flash of gingerbread DDLF2 2.3.6 using ODIN. your problem will get solved. and always read a plenty of articles before doing such tasks..
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Hey maxs, Thank you For your reply...as you said i have downloaded File I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_INU.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004647 and extracted to some location on machine but this zip contains only two files first one is I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_I9003DDLE1_HOME.tar.md5 and another on is SS_DL.dll.
I m using Odin v3.07 in that where i supposed to select "I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_I9003DDLE1_HOME.tar.md5" this file at bootloader/PDA/Phone/CSC..
It will be very helpful if give steps of flashing.

Still Phone is stucked at Boot Screen
amoghs said:
I m using Odin v3.07 in that where i supposed to select "I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_I9003DDLE1_HOME.tar.md5" this file at bootloader/PDA/Phone/CSC..
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I selected "I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_I9003DDLE1_HOME.tar.md5" file in PDA and only Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time is checked and started downloading all goes OK and Pass is showed.
But Still mobile is stucked in boot screen Plz HELP!!!

Greetings;
Have you solved your problem?
If not, tell me what Android version are you running on your device?
i.e: Gingerbread; Ice Cream Sandwich; Jelly Bean or KitKat.
Assuming you are running stock firmware i believe that either your brother flashed a wrong CF-Root for your device or used an application that could not root your device properly.
Either ways don't worry since your device can enter both Download and Recovery modes, it means that you can debug it.
[Rooting]
The best way to root this device is by flashing CF-Root file.
By flashing this file (CF-Root) you will be installing:
- ClockWork Mod Recovery
- Script that will root (automatically) your device.
- ext4 application. (do some research to know what ext4 is and how it os often used)
Small note: Since you will be rooted you will be able to overclock or underclock your device as well increase your device performance and battery duration.
Just PM me or do some research if you need some info regarding these configuration and settings.
[Fixing your issue]
Download Universal CF-Root here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351056
Read the instructions before proceeding.
Now boot your device under Download Mode.
To do so:
Unplug USB Cable, Power Off your device and press the following key combination:
Vol.Down + Menu/Home Button + Power Button.
Release when the device enters download mode.
Now open Odin.
Under [PDA] load the CF Root File you've downloaded.
(Do NOT change any options inside odin if you dont know what they are for. Or you may get your device useless).
Put down your device so movement is done into the USB Cable (just to prevent bad flashing when you have low quality USB Cable).
Press Start and let the operation to complete.
Odin will display a message saying: "Pass" highlighted with Green.
Check if your device restarts (it may not restart yet)
If your device boots properly backup your data and follow the next step. If it doesnt boot properly follow to the next step.
Voot your device into recovery mode.
To do so: Power off your device and make sure it is not charging or connected to USB cable.
Then press and hold the following key combination:
Vol. Up + Menu/Home Button + Power Button.
Release after the Boot Logo is shown and you will enter recovery mode.
Now you will perform a Factory Reset.
Inside CWM select by the following order:
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Clean Cache
- Factory Reset
Note that Dalvik Cache is not shown at the main menu.
I dont remember the location exactly but if im not mistaken you can find it under "Advanced".
After you perform these 3 options the device shall reboot properly.
(it may take a little bit longer this time. Just be patient).
Since i dont know what was done to your device, there is still a chance that your device wont boot.
Either ways please let me / us (at XDA) know if it worked for you.
It is important (at least for me as a quality standard) that you are able to repair your device.
Best Regards
Please press thank button if this helped you. Since this will keep me motivated to continue helping.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using XDA Free mobile app

Any further help
rgxHost said:
Greetings;
Have you solved your problem?
If not, tell me what Android version are you running on your device?
i.e: Gingerbread; Ice Cream Sandwich; Jelly Bean or KitKat.
Assuming you are running stock firmware i believe that either your brother flashed a wrong CF-Root for your device or used an application that could not root your device properly.
Either ways don't worry since your device can enter both Download and Recovery modes, it means that you can debug it.
[Rooting]
The best way to root this device is by flashing CF-Root file.
By flashing this file (CF-Root) you will be installing:
- ClockWork Mod Recovery
- Script that will root (automatically) your device.
- ext4 application. (do some research to know what ext4 is and how it os often used)
Small note: Since you will be rooted you will be able to overclock or underclock your device as well increase your device performance and battery duration.
Just PM me or do some research if you need some info regarding these configuration and settings.
[Fixing your issue]
Download Universal CF-Root here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351056
Read the instructions before proceeding.
Now boot your device under Download Mode.
To do so:
Unplug USB Cable, Power Off your device and press the following key combination:
Vol.Down + Menu/Home Button + Power Button.
Release when the device enters download mode.
Now open Odin.
Under [PDA] load the CF Root File you've downloaded.
(Do NOT change any options inside odin if you dont know what they are for. Or you may get your device useless).
Put down your device so movement is done into the USB Cable (just to prevent bad flashing when you have low quality USB Cable).
Press Start and let the operation to complete.
Odin will display a message saying: "Pass" highlighted with Green.
Check if your device restarts (it may not restart yet)
If your device boots properly backup your data and follow the next step. If it doesnt boot properly follow to the next step.
Voot your device into recovery mode.
To do so: Power off your device and make sure it is not charging or connected to USB cable.
Then press and hold the following key combination:
Vol. Up + Menu/Home Button + Power Button.
Release after the Boot Logo is shown and you will enter recovery mode.
Now you will perform a Factory Reset.
Inside CWM select by the following order:
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Clean Cache
- Factory Reset
Note that Dalvik Cache is not shown at the main menu.
I dont remember the location exactly but if im not mistaken you can find it under "Advanced".
After you perform these 3 options the device shall reboot properly.
(it may take a little bit longer this time. Just be patient).
Since i dont know what was done to your device, there is still a chance that your device wont boot.
Either ways please let me / us (at XDA) know if it worked for you.
It is important (at least for me as a quality standard) that you are able to repair your device.
Best Regards
Please press thank button if this helped you. Since this will keep me motivated to continue helping.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using XDA Free mobile app
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Thanks for your reply. Frankly speaking I don't remember which Android version I was using may be Gingerbread (Is this important)
I downloaded "bagaria-09.GT-I9003_PDA.tar" from the link given by you and following procedure that you have mentioned. After odin says "Pass" I switched off my mobile and started in Recover mode it took around 15-20 mins to show recovery option. after this performed
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Clean Cache
- Factory Reset
and then Reboot. As you said phone is stucked on boot image for more than 15 mins then an loop on "SAMSUNG" logo after more 15 mins phone is showing "kernel panic upload mode"
Can you help me further?

amoghs said:
Thanks for your reply. Frankly speaking I don't remember which Android version I was using may be Gingerbread (Is this important)
I downloaded "bagaria-09.GT-I9003_PDA.tar" from the link given by you and following procedure that you have mentioned. After odin says "Pass" I switched off my mobile and started in Recover mode it took around 15-20 mins to show recovery option. after this performed
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Clean Cache
- Factory Reset
and then Reboot. As you said phone is stucked on boot image for more than 15 mins then an loop on "SAMSUNG" logo after more 15 mins phone is showing "kernel panic upload mode"
Can you help me further?
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Hello amoghs;
Again sorry for answering after so long; I'm not so often at XDA Lately.
Yes.
1st: Try Remove the Battery, then Put it Back and Try Again.
If this doens't Work:
1) Turn your Device Off and Press:
Vol. UP + Home Button + Power (To Enter CWM / Your Recovery Mode)
2) Select: "Factory Reset"
Let me know how it worked for you.
Note:
- After Flashing a ROM it is Normal that your Device Takes a little Longer to Boot on the "1st" time.
- Phone Stuck on Boot Logo and Looping: Boot Issues (Either Requires to Remove and Place Back the Battery; or Re-Flash the ROM or Stock Rom in a Difficult Stage).
Notes:
- After a Flash Perform a Factory Reset (To Clean Up Old Stuff).
- If you Experience: "Kernel Panic":
a) Remove Battery and Place it Back - (Works on Most Cases)
b) Flash your ROM again and DO NOT Instal Custom Kernel (May be Wrong Kernel or Bad/Incompatible Kernel Programming)
c) Phone Restarts by Himself: Reflash ROM, Try MinFreeManager or Similar APK (Application). Try "Optimal" Settings. (I dont recall the Presets names - But you can Safely test them - Even if device gets stuck. You can always revert to previous state).
d) Any Hard-to-Solve Issues: Just do a "Clean Flash" of STOCK Gingerbread (Check Sammobile Website - Invalid Download Links Just send email to Support Requesting the File)
or Flash "DDLF2 2.3.6 (Also Gingerbread). But always try Stock 1st to remove most issues, and only then Flash your Desired ROM.
Also if you haven't fixed the Boot Issue already: Do note that you can recover your device Boot.
NOT Dead Yet!
Please do let me know if you solved your Boot problem.
Best Regards;
Richard