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[Q] My phone is dead

after rooting my galaxy s 4g, my phone started acting weird, so i was looking for a way to reset the memory and start over, and i found rom manager, which only gave the option to do it on the vibrant, so i chose that and it took me to the recovery menu, and i erased all the user data, but on the market i found an app called verizon bootstrap. i installed the app and tried to use the boot recovery option they had. but now because of my stupidity, all i get is the Samsung boot logo and that's it, that's all i see, i took out the battery and tried to format my sdcard but it didnt work.
i would like to know if there is a solution to this, a reset button somewhere maybe?? thanks for reading this.

Try to get your phone in download mode (just wrote a guide in general section ) and flash one of the stock rom's in the development section using odin.
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AWESOME
thank you so much, it didnt work at first, but i took my sdcard and the sim out, and it worked. many thanks

Sweet! Glad to here your back up and running.

[Q] Samsung galaxy S 4g T-mobile CWM

i didnt wanna have to post and seem dumb but ive searched through and tried every last thing i could find and manage to do. I found the thread for the phone i used this thread right here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759) i figured easier was better right? well got through that but i wanted to add the bionix frost ROM and no matter what i try i can not get into CWM mode, i went to the thread with the download for the update.zip, didnt work, i also tried the thread i found online using Odin 1.7 to try and put CWM on there and nothing is working when i tried that route the phone stayed on a connect to pc symbol and i had to completely redo the odin with stock + root, is there something im missing? i typically can find the answers on my own, but im now stumped as what to do and been reading through attempting things for hours. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You sure you went to krylon's CWM FINAL thread? The link should be working.
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i actually just got it i had to install the custom_kc1_cwm.tar.md5 that already had cwm built into, and yes that was the thread i had gone to but thanks so much for a reply

[Q] Root & CWM Issues SK4G

Hello!
The reason I am posting a new thread about this is because I have searched all over XDA as well as other sites to find solutions to my problems without any luck. I have tried so many different methods that haven't worked that I've just lost all patience and need some one on one help.
Alright, so I have been attempting for several days now to successfully root and flash a custom rom to my Tmobile Samsung SK4G.
I used superoneclick - i have superuser, terminal emulator and root checker. All work. I have rooted my device. Atleast accord to t.e. & r. c. ^^
Now the problems that I am having is flashing a custom rom.
I have tried using Rom Manager to do so without any luck. I have manually downloaded and pushed (or whatever) the recovery file to the necessary location and still can't boot into CWM recovery mode. I still keep getting stock recovery (blue).
I also have tried to 'install package files' or whatever it says without any luck. Any time I try to flash roms, I get an error. )E:signature verification failed or something similar.
I have tried to ODIN but was unsuccessful. So since I still have root, if someone could just help me out with all appropriate (and recent) files and tell me what to do with them step by step. That would be great. And please don't try to redirect me to a ''noob root" or "noob cus rom" thread. I promise I already read through them.
I've tried everything. Nothing is working and I'm getting tired of the SK4G continuing to FC or reboot all on its own or freeze. I'm just having issues and I hear that rooting/cus roms are helping with those problems.
Thanks! I hope someone can help. I'm pretty flustered by this point and I can try to give any additional information necessary.

Is it that u can't get to orange cwm? If so there is some batch that dos it on the dev forum on this decive under the cwm for sk4g
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xtrem88 said:
Is it that u can't get to orange cwm? If so there is some batch that dos it on the dev forum on this decive under the cwm for sk4g
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gee thanks skippy your input has been a delight... good thing you put a link and stuff to that batch from the dev forum that "dos" it
but seriously I have the exact same problem as the OP and have not been able to truly find a solution. so a link to the "batch file from the dev forum" would be greatly appreciated
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here is that link from the dev board BIG THANKS TO sduvick for the script
THIS DOS IT

I'm having a similar problem, I have CWM and have flashed it and tried to reboot into recovery only to recieve the stock recovery (blue). I went to the cwm creator (Kryon69? or something like that) got the recovery file and the update zip.
I have the update zip in the phone replaced with the proper one, but when I use android commander to push the recovery it says I am not rooted.
I have super user and a buddy told me that wont load up if I am not rooted, and I have tried to root it again with an adb program and that shows that root is succesful.
Android commander q&a said that my problem is that I am not hard rooted and that I should flash to a rom that will support hard root, but I can't flash to the new rom because i can't get to cwm recovery.
*sidenote* have they re uploaded any of the roms for sk4g to something other than multi upload yet? I've only found one rom as of a few days ago and it's not the one i particularly yearn for.

I have smooth maximus x,gingerclone v2,gov2 but idk how to use dropbo to share them
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I have been having a problem with this too, I used super oneclick and rooted it, and tried to push the recovery file to system/bin but it would not allow me. it said i wasnt rooted, i have the recovery.zip file in the sd card as well as a smooth maximus rom but it will not work.
I would be grateful for some guidance...
I have been researching for 2 days on how to do this and have finally succumbed to asking for help so please help a humble noob.
Also if anybody has the link for KJ2 rom so i can restore it back to normal through ODIN i would appreciate it. i cant find the file anywhere

HELP stuck in bootloop

hey guys im new to the whole rooting thing. i recently decided i wanted to try to do it on my own. i successfully switched the phone to s off. Here is the link to the tutorial i was following ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1192300 after getting s off it said to download Download recovery v5.0.0.8. but the link that was provided wasnt working so i had to find another one. i must of got the wrong one or done something wrong because when i put the img file on my sd card and put it in the phone and loaded up hboot, it asked me to update i said yes it updated then i clicked reboot and now im stuck in reboot.
what can i do to get out of this whole and in the right direction, if someone can help me itd be greatly appreciated, thanks.

When you flash something in hboot it should have a list of what it's updating. Therefore it should have only said recovery because that's all you were flashing. If this is the case, and you can get to hboot, try reflashing the recovery again, but redownload it from somewhere else. This sounded better in my head lol. But good luck anyways. I'd link you to a correct file but I don't have my laptop.
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First remove the existing pmg58.img file from your SD card using a PC/micro SD adapter or another phone.
Second, you can download the recovery from rom manager in market (assuming your phone boots).
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negative i deldete the pg158 file off of the sd card tried to boot up still bootlooping

fixed the problem please delete the thread

[Q] Galaxy S 4G stuck on boot screen

I have a rooted Galaxy S 4G T959 that all of a sudden decided it wanted to freeze on the boot screen. Even when I plug it up to charge it it just shows and empty battery gauge. I updated the phone using kies mini to the latest gingerbread software. The root I used I found on youtube. The file names are heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32 and I used a driver called zadig. I'm not familiar with the workings of developing and rooting but I'm trying to learn. Which is why I have no idea how to get my phone off the boot screen. If anyone who's had this problem can help please do. I cant get into the phone to check and see if I still have development mode on. Any help you guys can give would be great. thanx

If you rooted with heimdall and then updated using kies you lost root if I'm understanding correctly the order you did this stuff
Do you have cwm? If so just download a rom...slap it on your SD card and install new rom that way.
If not you need to return to stock using heimdall one click or odin. You can search the forum for this stuff. Use that then use a custom GB kernel to get CWM and root using heimdall/odin
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Do you have a T-959 or a T-959V? Check under your battery to make sure it's got a V in the model before you flash anything! If it's not the correct phone you can hard brick.
If you DO have a T-959V (Notice the V at the end there? Again, make sure your phone is the correct one) then follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2