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[Q] Screwed up my phone, need help !

Ok Ill try to make this as clear as I can. I don't know what I'm doing and thought I would mess around with my Samsung Mesmerize for USCC.
USCC released the gingerbread update for my phone. So I went on their site and downloaded the installer and installed it on my phone. Before I was on froyo and was rooted with the vodoo lagfix. I did NOT disable or unroot before I did it.
Gingerbread update went fine and phone was working properly. I wanted to use my titanium backup to restore all of my apps but it said I wasnt rooted. I figured all I had to do was use superonelickroot and be back to square one. Problem is it wouldnt work.
This is where I really screwed up. I browsed around and found that I need to root it different because gingerbread is different and wont work with superoneclickroot.
I found a link to upgrade the samsung galaxy 19000 by using odin and replace some files.
This is where I really screwed up. I flashed my rom and installed the .tar file not realizing that it wasnt for my phone........
SIGH>..........
Phone wouldnt go past samsung screen which was all discolored and weird.
After panicing for awhile I figured I need to use odin again and flash an original rom back. So I found an original USCC froyo 2.2 rom and reflashed it to my phone.
Now my phone at least loads but I'm having a slew of problems. My internal memory storage is at 0 so I cant install anything. I also keep getting force close loop from twlauncher. I got that to go away by removing all of the widgets on my phone.
I have NO clue what the hell I'm doing and I'm afraid I screw this phone up.
I've tried hard resetting and when I do it, it says all sorts of failures and crap in red in the boot screen. It will reload eventually and the phone otherwise seems to be fine.
The problem is I can install like 2 apps and that's it before it says there in insufficient memory.
All I want to do is get my phone working like normal again.
What did I do wrong, other then the obvious installing the wrong rom for my phone?
I thought by reflashing with an original rom things would be back to normal, apparently not.
I would appreciate any help or info.
I'm not a complete noob but will need some laymen terms.
Thanks !
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Update:
I restarted my phone just to see what happens and it reloaded like normal except it didn't save alot of my setting I changed.
So the phone is truly acting like it has no system memory. My wallpaper was back to the original one that comes with the phone and other settings were turned back to the original settings.
What will happen if I "clear cache partition" from the boot menu?
Will this help my problem at all?
Does anyone have any suggestions, I know someone out there knows whats wrong.
PLEASE HELP !!!
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Update:
Ok, It also lost the one app that I was able to install, friendcasterpro.
So my phone is acting like it has no internal memory.
Why is this happening and how do I fix it?
THANKS !!!!

Same thing happened to me. Look up rfs formatter for the fascinate. After flashing it through recovery, flash your rom after while still in recovery. I had the same problem, this seemed to fix it for me on froyo.There may be other ways to fix though. Here's a link for it http://db.tt/JRseDsT. Don't know to much about odin anyone who does feel free to chime in.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

So, I know this post is REALLY old, but would you happen to still have a copy of the 2.2 ROM? I can't find it anywhere.

[Q] Samsung skyrocket i727 help

hi samsung i727 when i power up the mobile it start up and stuck rething possible logo please help.thanks

we need a bit more info. what ROM are your running? has the device ever worked? recently flashed a ROM? if yes what ROM? If yes still the first boot always takes a bit longer. How long have you waited? Any 3rd party apps installed? Rogers or ATT?

shansmi said:
we need a bit more info. what ROM are your running? has the device ever worked? recently flashed a ROM? if yes what ROM? If yes still the first boot always takes a bit longer. How long have you waited? Any 3rd party apps installed? Rogers or ATT?
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hi the phone was working before with this rom [ROM]UXKJ7|CWM|AT&T/ROGERS|DEBL&DEOD|NOCIQ SkyROCKeteer 2.0 Beta 1 (11/24/11) and had problem with the rom tried to restore to original stock rom restore and mobile stuck rethink possible and waited 30min still rethink possible what could be the problem and i tried odin 1.85 to restore still same problem.cheers

the only thing u can do now is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
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odin the stock tar..... then if it wont restart pull the battery put back in boot into the stock recovery. then wipe data and cache 3 times each and reboot it will work then

silver03wrx said:
the only thing u can do now is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
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odin the stock tar..... then if it wont restart pull the battery put back in boot into the stock recovery. then wipe data and cache 3 times each and reboot it will work then
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i have tried still same problem rethink possible logo.thanks

Hi can anybody help regarding i727 stuck at startup think possible logo.cheers

jass786 said:
Hi can anybody help regarding i727 stuck at startup think possible logo.cheers
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not to repeat, but silvers method WILL work<<<
flash back to stock ( this WILL cause a bootloop at times) go into the stock recovery and wipe the data ( 3 times if you like) and reboot it will boot up.
i know you tried it, but do it again.
unless there is other info that you are not telling us

Agree 100%
the2rrell said:
not to repeat, but silvers method WILL work<<<
flash back to stock ( this WILL cause a bootloop at times) go into the stock recovery and wipe the data ( 3 times if you like) and reboot it will boot up.
i know you tried it, but do it again.
unless there is other info that you are not telling us
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I agree 100% - I had an alien rom do pretty much the same type of thing, and followed those instructions, and it was back in no time.
I wish we had some new roms to play with out here...

Same problem.....FIXED!!!
after doing the stock rom instructions i had the same problelm. then when i tried to boot in recovery the button to accept (power button) wasn't working so i couldn't delete my data/cache or reboot now.....the fix?......use the home button to accept instead of power button.

[Q] Newbe question regarding Vzw touchwiz roms...

Newbe to vzw Samsung Galaxy s3.... I kind of enjoyed the TouchWiz features in the vzw store. Can someone point me in the right direction for a touchwiz rom with root where I can use the hand swipe to do a screen snapshot, etc, etc?
Currently I have a aopk rom on my phone that someone else loaded on it. Unless I am missing something, it doesn't seem to have touchwiz.
Can someone help a fellow out?
Thanks in advance.

I like this one. It has everything you asked for and it's cleaned of the bloat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30640131
Link above will list pretty much all ROMs and kernel available.
You can test and see what you prefer.
Stable rms I have tested: cleanrom as stated above ans synergy.
....but just flash different ones and see what you like. That's part of the fun!
Sent from a SYNERGIZED GalaxySIII

Thanks for the replies... I see Clean and Synergy. I currently have Synergy on my TB. Right now on my s3, it came to me preloaded with AOPK. But that doesn't have TouchWiz. Which version of Synergy would be considered the most stable? It's hard for me to tell which versions are which. I did see someone post something about a version 1.7, but for the life of me I don't see that.

R73 is the most current 4.0 build. It's fan-friggen-tastic! 4.1 jb build us just beginning, so wouldn't recommend that one for you. Click the current build link and it will list all recent versions.
Throw on a Trinity kernel and a little dark horse rises theme, and love life for the great moment in time your in...
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Thanks, I found Synergy R73. Now I am waiting on it to finish booting up. I am sitting on the 'Synergy ROM' boot animation, and it has been on that for at least 5 minutes. I think something went afoul here. Hmmmm.

Nope, takes a bit first time
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Ok, I will let it go for a while longer. I hope this takes *wow*.... heh... I can't help but be a little nervous because it seems like it is taking forever. Wish there was a percentage bar or something... lol...

It's still going.... so all in all so far it has been 25 minutes.... I think this is taking too long- don't you think?

That's long, your bootloader is unlocked correct?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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Describe in as much detail as possible all actions taken after you got your device and decided to change the rom..
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Yes unlocked. Tried a few battery pulls but no go. Then tried to go into recovery. Now it is telling me "Downloading... Do not turn off target!"

Your in download not recovery mode. Hold power button down, it should shut off after 20 seconds give or take. Then power, home, up (not down) for recovery
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Device came preloaded with AOPK. I have not activated it yet. It's to replace my HTC Thunderbolt. I was wanting to put on a TouchWiz rom and load that first before trying to activate. Then once activated, I was going to get all my apps back from the market, etc.
I downloaded Synergy 1.7 from the download area. I copied it to a UTILITIES folder on the internal card. I did a MD5 checksum prior to installing Synergy and the checksum was perfect.
I then went to install zip from internal sd. I navigated to the UTILITIES folder, and selected the Synergy zip file. It then did some processing for a few minutes and told me it was done.
It was at that time I rebooted the device, and from there it sat on that Synergy boot animation.
I then tried several battery pulls after it was at the boot animation for 30 minutes or so. But they all just sat at the boot animation. Finally I attempted to get into recovery mode. I am not sure if I selected the proper keys, but used Power button, Home button, and Volume down button.
That's how I ended up where I am now.

Sorry I didn't see your message until just now. I will try again and report back in just a sec.

Did you make a backup before the flash? Did you wipe data before the flash? Have you been able to get into recovery as I mentioned above?

Ok, it took a few times, but I am now in Recovery. Should I do a "wipe data/factory reset"?

annoyingduck said:
Did you make a backup before the flash? Did you wipe data before the flash? Have you been able to get into recovery as I mentioned above?
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Yes I made a backup of aopk before the flash.
No I did not wipe data before the flash.
Yes, I am now in recovery mode using the steps you outlined

Ok good, you were just on sh*t street, but not on F'd lane! Yes wipe data, wipe cache, go to advanced wipe dalvik. Then reflash the synergy rom. This should work fine. bootup will be anywhere from 5 to 10 min
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wipe data twice to be sure

annoyingduck said:
Ok good, you were just on sh*t street, but not on F'd lane! Yes wipe data, wipe cache, go to advanced wipe dalvik. Then reflash the synergy rom. This should work fine. bootup will be anywhere from 5 to 10 min
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wipe data twice to be sure
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*Whew*
I wiped data, cache, and dalvik. I did that 3 times on each one to be sure...
Now I am attempting to install Synergy again.
Will post back in a few mins.
Also, annoyingduck, thanks for all of your assistance and getting me out of that bad situation. Hopefully this time things will go smoothly.
- Update - it just finished installing. Now it is starting to boot up. I now have the boot animation screen and it is 29mins after the hour. I am watching the clock.... *keeping fingers crossed*

Ok, that's done. I don't currently have a sim card inserted into the device. I wonder if I can use the one from my TB? Or should I use the one that came with the phone?

[Q] Messaging Not Working CM10.1.3

Tried to search for hours.
First time flashing to CM 10.1.3 Stable. Came from stock rooted touchwiz.
Created Nandroid backups via twrp. Flashed via goomanager/twrp.
Flashed perfectly fine. But realized I had issues with my contacts backup. Tried to flash back to the nandroid backup and it never worked. It got stuck and the GS3 Cyanogenmod screen. Battery pulled and booted into recovery to flash the CM rom again. Went fine and then realized I could not use text messaging since the messaging app would force close instantly.
Tried to install Go sms since this is what i normally use. Got a -24 error which i solved by deleted com. data from the data/data folder. Was able to install it but now text messaging will not work at all. My backups of texts will complete the restore but it wont show up on the phone.
I tried to update the SMSC number as well to no avail.
I have no idea what to do now.
HELP!

Did you do a full wipe in recovery before you installed the new rom? I am sure you did, just throwing ideas out

blackwolf77 said:
Did you do a full wipe in recovery before you installed the new rom? I am sure you did, just throwing ideas out
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Yes via goomanager options right before initiating the flash.
Thanks for the help. Trying to get this fixed.
Just discovered that texts through google voice work. I'm guessing because this is handled via data and not normal sms.
EDIT: Realized that was confusing. I have a seperate google voice number (for work) and the text messages for that work.

Also I am slowly discovering that every app gets the -24 error when I go to install it.
Could this have something to do with it? Typically all I have to do is delete the com.application folder of whatever I am trying to install and it allows me to install it. This worked on go sms for install but sms is still not working.

I would go into recovery, do a full wipe ( I wipe 3 times, probably overkill, but has always faired well for me) reinstall the rom and gapps, then wipe cache before you reboot. Seems like you have something corrupted and you are about going to have to start over to get it right.
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I have never had to delete anything to get go sms to work on cyanogenmod.
Why are you installing an old version of cyanogenmod? Just curious

andfpac any
blackwolf77 said:
I would go into recovery, do a full wipe ( I wipe 3 times, probably overkill, but has always faired well for me) reinstall the rom and gapps, then wipe cache before you reboot. Seems like you have something corrupted and you are about going to have to start over to get it right.
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I have never had to delete anything to get go sms to work on cyanogenmod.
Why are you installing an old version of cyanogenmod? Just curious
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That sounds like a good idea. I will do that when I get home. Will this delete everything from my phone? Including the external sd card?
I don't want to have to delete anything to get go sms to work. That must be happening because I have old data.
I wanted to start with cyanogenmod on a stable version. 10.1.3 is the most recent stable.

andfpac any
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I would go into recovery, do a full wipe ( I wipe 3 times, probably overkill, but has always faired well for me) reinstall the rom and gapps, then wipe cache before you reboot. Seems like you have something corrupted and you are about going to have to start over to get it right.
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I have never had to delete anything to get go sms to work on cyanogenmod.
Why are you installing an old version of cyanogenmod? Just curious
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That sounds like a good idea. I will do that when I get home. Will this delete everything from my phone? Including the external sd card?
I don't want to have to delete anything to get go sms to work. That must be happening because I have old data.
I wanted to start with cyanogenmod on a stable version. 10.1.3 is the most recent stable.

I don't know which recovery you have, but as long as you don't select the option to format the external sd card it won't.

blackwolf77 said:
I don't know which recovery you have, but as long as you don't select the option to format the external sd card it won't.
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I have TWRP. I will make sure that I do not do that.
Thanks for your help and I will make sure that I update when it hopefully is fixed!

Let me know, I hope it fixes your problems.

blackwolf77 said:
Let me know, I hope it fixes your problems.
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Success! Did exactly what you said and it worked perfectly!
Thanks again for all of your help!

Nexus 5 slow down!

Hi,
recently i have noticed my Nexus 5 acting strangely. A couple of tasks have become very slow while the rest of the phone is fine.
Taking pictures normally is fine but when I try to take a HDR now it will take one, take an age to process it and will lock up the camera in the mean time.
Also taking a screenshot takes an age, first theres a delay then it takes long for it to save.
Finally when i come out of an app to the home screen's there is a 2-3 second phase where all it shows is the wallpaper and nothing else.
Other general use and using apps etc seems fine. Iv tried restarting but noting changed.
Anybody else having similar issues? any solutions to this.

Easiest fix is probably just backing up your apps and data with titanium backup and clean flashing the firmware again. Should weed out any troubles.
And give you a fresh clean start.
Just don't erase your internal SD.

yh your probably right, by clean flashing the firmware, do you mean factory reset.
I haven't rooted etc

TurkzZ said:
yh your probably right, by clean flashing the firmware, do you mean factory reset.
I haven't rooted etc
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You can try factory reset.
But I actually meant flash the firmware with fastboot.
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If you have custom recovery, you can also try just wiping cache and dalvik cache first.

@KJ you silly you don't need a custom recovery to wipe cache/dalvik

Sandman-007 said:
@KJ you silly you don't need a custom recovery to wipe cache/dalvik
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I've never used stock recovery on any device for anything. Lol
But good to know. ?