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[Q] Flashed to S7 and stuck on "S7" screen - not loading

Hey guys, so I flashed to S7 from Infused an hour ago through CWM red screen and now it's stuck on the Serendipity VIII screen and it has been for the last 45 minutes.
I cleared cache and deleted all previous settings and flashed to S7 and it said it was successful. I chose "reboot now" and now it's stuck. I can't get back into the red screen by holding the volume/power buttons and when I try to hold just the power button down, it just restarts and gets back to that screen.
Is there anyway to fix this??? This sucks.

Try Holding the Volume up/down longer. Power it off....then hold them for around 15 seconds.

No go. Just goes straight to the "Serendipity VII" screen.
I've pulled the battery and tried it several times but it goes to the Rogers startup screen then right to that S7 screen...

then you will have to put it into download mode and use the unbrick and start from scratch.
or use Odin to flash a GB kernel with CWM and you can reflash everything that way as well.

Am I able to run this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
with root + 3e modded recovery to save me time from having to re-root?
EDIT: So I put it into download mode and used the above method and it worked well in Odin, but now it's stuck on the Samsung screen. What a headache. I'm wondering if it's because I didn't get the correct kernel that it was stuck on the S7 screen in the first place...
Looks like I have to try gtg's method later...

So I'm stuck.
I've used gtg's method and it finishes in Odin perfectly and it goes to reboot but still stays at the SAMSUNG screen now. No changes for 10+ minutes.
Any other suggestions? I'm just about to pull my hair out.

hoanger said:
So I'm stuck.
I've used gtg's method and it finishes in Odin perfectly and it goes to reboot but still stays at the SAMSUNG screen now. No changes for 10+ minutes.
Any other suggestions? I'm just about to pull my hair out.
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Is this a Rogers infuse, or AT&T?

i believe there is a S7 help forum. may want to see if someone has had the same problem and if there is a solution there.

Thanks guys!
I finally solved it. Solution - just in case anyone else runs into a similar problem.
Rogers and AT&T infuses are different. If you have a Rogers Infuse and try to use GTG's ultimate unbrick - it will not work. Not only will it not let you boot up, but it gives you a fabulous new AT&T splash screen as well. Luckily, GTG had also developed an unbrick with the stock Rogers rom for Rogers Infuse owners to use which is kind of buried in the forums that take some time searching for.
Once you get THAT file, you can use Odin and unbrick from there. No problems after that. The other great thing about it was that it's an already rooted rom. Instead of taking the chance again of trying to flash S7 on it, I just went ahead and flashed Infused instead all over again since i had less than 24 hours with it.
Hope that helps anyone in the future.

[Q] Loop and rainbow screen after flashing

Ok i finally found out how to root and flash my SGS4G and after finishing everything the phone got into a rolling restart loop with a rainbow screen. Trying to use odin to return to stock but it doesn't stay on for more than 10secs so Odin cannot really do anything....
Help?

Can you get into download mode?
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The rainbow screen means you flashed a gb ROM on froyo boot loaders. What ROM did you flash? Is Odin recognizing your phone?
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Audiophile-ftw-newbuild. Odin sees my phone but the phone is restarting before i am able to do anything. I cannot get on download mode because i cannot see anything on my rainbow screen. Only a t-mobile logo at the beginning saying Galaxy S 4g
Here is the link for the ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214260
This is what i got for trying to work on it at 4am. I did not install the bootloaders for GB as you said. Anything that I can do to fix it?

Did you even try to get into download mode?
pull battery out then turn it on while pressing both volume buttons, and have USB connected. I don't remember exactly how to get into download mode, but try everything, then you Odin to a froyo ROM and start over.
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yes i did. I managed to make stop restarting, odin sees the phone on com3 and i am trying to flash it back to stock but Odin stacked on setupconnection for a while now (10mins)
Just to clarify a few things since i am new to this. (i flashed my vibrant with no issues many times before)
Where do i add the *.tar file in Odin? PDA-Phone-CSC?

I had that issue.. powered the phone and the computer off and on... plugged the phone in after Odin was up and went into download mode then it worked.
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camalus said:
I had that issue.. powered the phone and the computer off and on... plugged the phone in after Odin was up and went into download mode then it worked.
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Im on DL mode now finally but odin does not see my phone and the drivers failed to install on my pc. restarting pc now to retry

now im on the DL screen but Odin does not pick up my phone. Anyone has a link for the drivers of SGS4G to install them manually?

ok i manage to connect everything together and i am now in the recovery mode. whats next? please help!!!!

This is what you need to do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
Once you get to step 11 you can flash Audiophile again (or any other GB ROM you wish). This will install the bootloaders you need and fix the "rainbow screen".

i managed to fix it and i got black_ice. I am on the "wait 10mins" part and then have to restart one more time. We will see what happens. If it doesn't work i will follow your steps

crematorio said:
i managed to fix it and i got black_ice. I am on the "wait 10mins" part and then have to restart one more time. We will see what happens. If it doesn't work i will follow your steps
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Glad you got it working. Just make note of which roms are froyo 2.2 and which are gb 2.3. They require different boot loaders and the only way to change boot loaders is with Odin. I hate Odin because of the frustration when it freezes, stalls, or doesn't recognize the device. To each h his own though
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ok i flashed black ice when it boots though there is an android logo on top of the t-mobile logo and the phone doesn't seemed to change anything.
I am currently running on KD1 baseband and v3.0 bali_sgs4g kernel what did i do wrong?

Did you read the black ice thread? The whole thing? That would be a good place to start. I don't recommend black ice for your first flash though, allot of people never got it to work or went through hell to make it work.
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crematorio said:
ok i flashed black ice when it boots though there is an android logo on top of the t-mobile logo and the phone doesn't seemed to change anything.
I am currently running on KD1 baseband and v3.0 bali_sgs4g kernel what did i do wrong?
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The andoid logo over the T-Mobile logo is normal from what I understand. I had that issue as well when I was on froyo.
If you are still experiencing other issues, I would suggest restoring a nandroid backup (if you have one) and starting over fresh: install a fresh kernel and ROM. If you want to stick with froyo, I suggest drhonk's Bali v3.3 kernel, and any of the froyo ROMs will be fine.
If you want to try GB, follow the link that I posted earlier to find FB's GB Starter Pack.

well i just reflashed again, im waiting for the phone to boot up..my issue was that the phone looked stock and couldn't find any themes or something to change it. i read the thread, i guess my question is the theme that i saw on the screen shots of black ice, does it come with it or not because im getting really confused with this thing lol
Axura was much easier on my vibrant....

So the only issue you have now is that the phone looks stock?

i followed your guide and i was able to flash it everything looks ok. thanks all for the help and special thanks to ultimakillz

[Q] Infuse Soft brick

Background info-
Came stock 2.2.1 Froyo
Rooted-Superoneclick
Flashed Infused 2.2.3 ROM
Here is where it gets messy. I had downloaded a second ROM (TEDGY? I think it was called) and saved it to my phone to flash later as i wanted to revert to stock then flash. My dad decided to help me and open all the apps he didnt understand (ROM manager, superuser and Kernal Flasher) and "accidently" flashed my second ROM over Infused 2.2.3. Now its stuck in a bootloop and thinks its a galaxy s 1000??? When i tried to boot into ClockWorkMod it just reloads/resumes the "Samsung Galaxy S 1000" boot up screen. I pulled the battery and tried holding vol UP+DOWN+POWER and it shows the bootup screen. What do i do?
Input on anything appreciated!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

kernozlov said:
Background info-
Came stock 2.2.1 Froyo
Rooted-Superoneclick
Flashed Infused 2.2.3 ROM
Here is where it gets messy. I had downloaded a second ROM (TEDGY? I think it was called) and saved it to my phone to flash later as i wanted to revert to stock then flash. My dad decided to help me and open all the apps he didnt understand (ROM manager, superuser and Kernal Flasher) and "accidently" flashed my second ROM over Infused 2.2.3. Now its stuck in a bootloop and thinks its a galaxy s 1000??? When i tried to boot into ClockWorkMod it just reloads/resumes the "Samsung Galaxy S 1000" boot up screen. I pulled the battery and tried holding vol UP+DOWN+POWER and it shows the bootup screen. What do i do?
Input on anything appreciated!
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Oh wow well back to stock it should be then: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251 or you can go straight to 2.3 leak if you wish: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381 what you could try though is hold the up volume and power until the screen goes off, then boot into cwm. If it does boot, then if you have hellraiser all you do is just flash that. If you do not, if you have an adapter for the sd card to the computer then plug it in after the two button thing i said earlier to turn it off and take the battery out. Then put Hellraiser on the sdcard, and then try booting into cwm and then flashing that to live lol. Just going to stock in you case may be easier though.

thanks guys. just debricked it. now its stock and slow! Yeah Froyo! (back to gtg465's infused ROM!)

[Q] Infuse forces into unique boot loop

Hi, I'm new to posting on these forums but I have been on here for a while and appreciate the work of the devs on the roms available. I have a problem, and I haven't been able to find any threads of anyone having this problem before.
My Infuse was stock froyo and working fine. I then updated it to stock 2.3.6 with ODIN with option c from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
After that, I immediately updated it to the unofficial cm9 and the problems started. The phone would work fine, but in about 10 minutes of use, it would restart by itself and go into a boot loop. Sometimes the samsung logo would loop only twice and restart. Other times it can loop up to 50 times before restarting.
I noticed I had a rainbow CWM screen so I updated to the GB bootloader through ODIN. Didn't work. I then went back to stock 2.3.6 with odin. Didn't work. I then went back to stock 2.2 froyo through ODIN and re-partioned the PIT file. Still boot loops. I'm stumped.
Anyone have any idea what's causing this? I appreciate it

So you are able to enter download mode and successfully flash something? Somehow something appears to have been corrupted..
My only suggestion would be to try "one click unbrick" and see if that does the job
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andros11 said:
So you are able to enter download mode and successfully flash something? Somehow something appears to have been corrupted..
My only suggestion would be to try "one click unbrick" and see if that does the job
Sent from my sweet and buttery Infuse
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All of the "one click unbricks" say that it isn't necessary if the phone is able to enter download mode. Is it still ok to try?

tried one click unbrick and it wouldn't allow me to use it. I then tried going to stock 2.3.6 using heimdall and still have the same problem.
I don't think its a problem with the rom, it has to be something else. But its not a hardware problem since it started once I used ODIN for the first time.

That's strange.. one click unbrick should have been able to run and reboot your phone. It probably would not solve your problem but should have at least ran successfully.
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one click unbrick just said something like, "if the phone is plugged in and everything is fine then visit resolution center".

Bricked from odin tutorial!!!!

Hello all! Im new here, but have been using alot of the tutorials and mods. I recently decided to move from FROYO to ICS, using several tutorials, but didnt even make it to gingerbread I was using this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260 and at first when I ran odin, all was well, except it wouldnt boot past the ATT splash screen, and it also had the 'rainbow' screen before the samsung loading screen, so i followed this :
2.) I have rainbow distortion in recovery or in the boot animation. How can I get Gingerbread bootloaders to fix this?:
If you have rainbow distortion, you still have Froyo bootloaders. You can download THIS .rar file, extract using 7zip, and flash the tar.md5 package in Odin (use the pda slot). Flashing Gingerbread bootloaders will correct rainbow distortion in recovery and in the boot animation. Only flash these if you are having issues with rainbow distortion, and only if you have had success flashing other, less dangerous items in Odin.
After re flashing with odin, my phone will no longer turn on... at all. Ive tried getting it to go into download mode, tried using the three button recovery, and nothing. Is there anyone that could help with this!? If i cant figure it out, I might not be on the infuse forums much longer... lol

Rainbows only appear on ics or above, so if you saw rainbows, you must have flashed ics.
As the warning said, a failed bootloader flash would leave you with a brick. Did odin stop during the flash or did it say it completed succesfully?
You may try using a jig and see if that forces download mode, but i doubt you will get results from that.
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hrmm :/
andros11 said:
Rainbows only appear on ics or above, so if you saw rainbows, you must have flashed ics.
As the warning said, a failed bootloader flash would leave you with a brick. Did odin stop during the flash or did it say it completed succesfully?
You may try using a jig and see if that forces download mode, but i doubt you will get results from that.
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The new bootloader I loaded was supposed to be a gingerbread bootloader, and it said that if I saw the rainbow screen it was becuase i had the froyo bootloader, as quoted above. Ive read in alot of different forums, and ive tried charging it, removing the battery for 10 minutes and trying to get it into d/l mode, but nothing works. I think i may just have to chalk this one up as a very mislead failure. When I used odin, it said it was completed successfully as well... Im pretty sure that the 'gingerbread bootloader' is just a bad file.

As Andros11 said, you might try using a jig, for me it would be worth the $2. price to give it a try. If it does not work there are unbrick services available for about $50.00- not too bad, considering.

Go back to that page DL the one unbrick root 1.1 flash in Odin,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
Toto that link DL the cwm with root extras then as soon as you are done flashing the first one reboot for good measure, shut it off go into download mode flash that giving you a cwm recovery, somewhere in that post I seen gingerbread loader a link maybe getting you to them, I flashed to gingerbread bootloaders, forget where I got them off xda, then flash a cm9 rom taking you to ics, somehow in that process my rainbow screen went away and I have not had that problem every since.
I did have a small problem with Odin hanging on do not turn off and it just sits there. I got tired of waiting over five minutes nothing happening, I unplugged it, pulled battery, then when I went to download mode I had that rainbow screen, but not to worry it is still in download mode, with my infuse, I has to toggle the volume button up, after it sets to the first screen then you are in complete DL mode, check Odin to be sure you got that yellow check box to be sure it sees the phone then do the flash again, the BIG TRICK HERE IS, before you maybe find the rainbow screen in DL MODE, after you pull the USB cable pull the battery, replace the battery, then turn on the phone and let it hang up in what ever screen, then pull the battery again to turn it off, replace the battery then go into download mode, and the flash will take off and only be a few minutes. That worked for me more then once. Hope that helps,
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