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[Q] How to UnBrick Phone

Hello XDA folks, Im a true noob at this flashing ROM stuff. I followed the [ClockWorkMod] for the SGS4G Public Beta 3 [05/12/2011] thread. To a "T" so I thought I replaced the recovery binary and rebooted the phone and put the update.zip file on the sd and once i booted into recovery all I get is the Glaxaxy S TM. 4g boot up screen is there a way to fix this any plz help.

Did you actually get into the recovery screen? It will be blue text, stock recovery.
Then from there you will click the volume down button to highlight Reinstall Packages and once you click that it will boot into CWM.
Was the update.zip file you put on your SD the CWM Beta 3 zip? Just clarifying, because I believe that is what you were saying.
Also how are you booting into recovery? There are few ways to accomplish this.
With the phone off, hold the two volume buttons (up and down) and then press the power button.
When the Galaxy S 4G screen appears you can let go of power but continue holding the volume buttons till it loads into recovery (blue text).

I accidentally did.that yesterday I just reflashed stock rom with odin and it got fixed
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The phone is stuck on the screen when it first boots up and won't go any where. Will odin 1.7 work.

[Q]Can't boot into recovery at after installing MIUI 1.9.30

Simply put, I can't boot into recovery after installing MIUI 1.9.30.
Three finger method won't work (holding volume keys and power) *no one lecture me how to do this method either, I know the proper method to do this and have done it hundreds of times* Going through the software method through the ROM itself won't work, and neither will reinstalling Clockwork via ROManager. So in other words, I'm stuck and have no idea what to do.
Any ideas?

worked for me
LG_iiNsTiiNcT said:
Okay so if you were one of the few people who lost recovery for some weird reason "ME" no need to unbrick to stock and re-flash I have a solution.
1: Download sgs kernel flasher
2: Download CWM community kernel
3: Flash kernel via sgs kernel flasher "unchecked the reboot button" when done flashing turn phone of "SHUTDOWN"
4: 3 finger until the Samsung logo pops up keep holding the buttons the screen will go black then Samsung logo will come up, let go of the power button and keep hold the volume up and down buttons "For about 20 seconds" then let go it should boot into Red CWM after a few seconds.
5: Go to install zip from SD card go all the way down and run update.zip it will boot back into RED CWM run update.zip again and it should now boot into GREEN CWM
6: From here Re-Flash MIUI "New Release would be smart", Wipe Fact,Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, Flash, reboot at sign of Samsung logo pull battery, 3 finger into blue recovery and flash again.
7: Presto you should be set and have recovery back.
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ENRGZR said:
worked for me
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Excellent work ENRGZR. Saved me a lot of work with this post!

Stuck on samsung screen

I was using cm7 but did not like the theme so I was switching to MIUI and followed steps but now my phone is stuck on the samsung screen. I try to go into recovery and nothing happens. Do I use odin for this? or is there something else I can do?

BeastKid said:
I was using cm7 but did not like the theme so I was switching to MIUI and followed steps but now my phone is stuck on the samsung screen. I try to go into recovery and nothing happens. Do I use odin for this? or is there something else I can do?
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did you read?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=21230579
miui specific:
1. Place MIUI-Infuse.zip on internal SD card
2. Reboot into CWM
3. Wipe data/factory reset
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Flash MIUI-Infuse.zip
If your phone doesn't boot:
1. Pull battery and put back in
2. Hold volume up, volume down, and power button
3. let go of power button as soon as you see samsung text
4. wait til blue cwm shows
5. Flash MIUI-Infuse-1.*.*.zip again
6. Enjoy!!

haha yea I did all of that and I was still stuck, I ended up using odin and trying again and it worked

Cant access recovery

I have the latest version of MIUI. i think its the one from december. I'm unable to boot into recovery. When i try to it gets stuck at the samsung logo. I've tried holding just the - volume button, ive also tried holding the all three and letting go of power. Ive tried using rom manager and the reboot into recovery miui option and no luck. What can i do to get it back?

dpj13 said:
I have the latest version of MIUI. i think its the one from december. I'm unable to boot into recovery. When i try to it gets stuck at the samsung logo. I've tried holding just the - volume button, ive also tried holding the all three and letting go of power. Ive tried using rom manager and the reboot into recovery miui option and no luck. What can i do to get it back?
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if you're running miui, try posting in the miui Q/A, you might get more help.
Sounds odd that you would lose recovery like that.
idk..you can try downloading "quickboot" from the market.
it has some extended power menu options, including recovery.
if you lost recovery somehow, odin or heimdall will be your friend.
see my sigs

Its common many have lost the recovery including ME when flashed MIUI, check the OP of the MIUI thread by boost there is how you can get the recovery back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19539974&postcount=1
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RECOVERY FIX
Originally Posted by LG_iiNsTiiNcT View Post
Okay so if you were one of the few people who lost recovery for some weird reason "ME" no need to unbrick to stock and re-flash I have a solution.
1: Download sgs kernel flasher
2: Download CWM community kernel
3: Flash kernel via sgs kernel flasher "unchecked the reboot button" when done flashing turn phone of "SHUTDOWN"
4: 3 finger until the Samsung logo pops up keep holding the buttons the screen will go black then Samsung logo will come up, let go of the power button and keep hold the volume up and down buttons "For about 20 seconds" then let go it should boot into Red CWM after a few seconds.
5: Go to install zip from SD card go all the way down and run update.zip it will boot back into RED CWM run update.zip again and it should now boot into GREEN CWM
6: From here Re-Flash MIUI "New Release would be smart", Wipe Fact,Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, Flash, reboot at sign of Samsung logo pull battery, 3 finger into blue recovery and flash again.
7: Presto you should be set and have recovery back.
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Help!!!!! Phone won't boot

I flashed a zip, and now my phone won't boot! When I press power and volume down, it doesn't boot into recovery either! Like it vibrates twice but then just doesn't boot! Please help!!!!

I was also running cm10 liquidsmooth, and when I try to boot to recovery it just vibrates twice and the screen shows the samsung logo for like teo seconds. Then the screen just goes blank. I seriously need help!

Can you give a little more information, like how you went about the installation, your source for information and if your root worked properly the first time you did it on stock
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Wrong place to post this, use the General section.
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thepun_g said:
I flashed a zip, and now my phone won't boot! When I press power and volume down, it doesn't boot into recovery either! Like it vibrates twice but then just doesn't boot! Please help!!!!
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It's the whole volume rocker (volume up and down) and the power button, to get into the recovery. Release the power button when it vibrates but keep holding the volumes until your in the recovery.
And make sure you do full wipes when switching roms, wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik-cache, and system. Or run Blackhole System Wipe.

When I hold on both volume buttons and press the power button and release it, it just flashes the samsung logo and the screen goes blank.
Basically everything has been working right before, everything was fine. The rom worked perfectly. After I flashed a zip (not a rom, it was just a camera app) I hit reboot in the cwm and then it just wouldn't boot, not into recovery either.

Try holding all of them for a minute or two. Sometimes it takes a bit. From what you have said nothing should have borked your cwm. If all else fails, there's always the option to use Odin to reflash back to stock or reflash cwm.
Stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Cwm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622

I always hold all three until the samsung logo appears, then I release the power button. When CWM comes up I release the volume buttons.
If you can still boot your ROM you should just use terminal emulator. (Download it from the play store if you don't have it on your rom). *requires root*
Type su
confirm root access.
then type "reboot recovery"
That should do it...
OR...
You could just ODIN CWM back on your phone if something got corrupted...

I used odin and followed the instructions.... but now the phone is stuck in a boot loop.

oh thank goodness, I flashed CWM through odin again and it worked. Thank you all.