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[q] screen of death on froyo :(

So this morning I was checking out the new choices in my Froyo leak - rooted Captivate, I clicked on every one of them to see what it is and then I clicked on one that said something like user accounts, well ever since then my phone has been a black screen only displaying the top clock and a no signal bar. What should I do next? Unfortunately Im stuck at work with no programs. So Im wondering what would you do, which Odin should I use? Ill be checkin in cause at least I can do this and plan fixing my phone for later

Im guessing you tried pulling the battery?
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sure did tried the reboot screen.

and the other thing, now the phone wont go into sleep mode so my battery is slowly dying too

try to boot into recovery and clear out the cache...

I did that too and it clears and then i reboot then it goes right back to black screen

The same thing happened to me, but I wasn't digging around in the settings. Like previously mentioned, I booted into recovery, and cleared cache/factory wipe, and it booted back fresh. Luckily, I had a Titanium Backup from a few hours before it happened, so I didn't really lose anything.

I had something like this too. Can you get into Download mode and use Odin to return to stock rom? It took me several tries before Odin worked.

Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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i will try when i get home, im stuck at work unfortunately, at least i know im not the only one, i was also fooling with settings

thank you

Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)

loserskater said:
Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
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Well that sucks.
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theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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I had one. OTA update. And I wasn't the only one. I couldn't even get into download mode.

yeah, bricked here too trying to go to Froyo. Sent to Samsung, they fixed it.

theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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lol its happened to many people, myself included.

[Q] Official update while rooted?

Okay I am staring this thread because there are mixed answers in the official update thread and this might give one spot for noobs like me that are not flash addicts a place to find the quick answer.
Here is my setup:I am rooted, running a bone stock JH7 rom, ROM Manager installed, Circle Battery Mod installed, other than that no custom kernels, modems, radios, etc. I do have a couple programs that require root access like ROM Manager, AdFree, and ClockSync. Already installed kies mini and have it all set up per the instructions on samsung's website. Just waiting for the update to go live.
Here are my questions:
1) Do I need to unroot?
2) Do I or should I uninstall any apps that require root access or change the recovery image (ROM Manager/Clockwork Recovery)
3) Should I remove both my external SD and my SIM prior to flashing?
4) What data will I lose and how do I back it up? (I have read that SD cards are left alone just system data like call logs, sms, contacts, email setup, saved passwords are lost) I have Lookout installed so I know my contacts are backed up.
5) Could someone way smarter than me please do a quick write up that is more detailed on the steps needed to complete this update AND keep all your data? I don't mind reinstalling apps (just hope I don't lose all of my angry birds progress )
All of these questions are not address in any of the "official" information other than "you should back up any data you don't want to lose" but gives no steps on how to do it.

Same question here, I'm rooted with TiBU and voodoo lagfix and that's it., well besides deleting all bloatware. Still on eclair jh7. Wish I had done lagfix months ago, but I don't have a computer.
Hey guys, what's this button d....

same here, anyone guys help us out?ill add mine, I also installed OCLF by ryanz, do I need to undo the lagfix? or better to restore factory reset the phone before the update tom? ty, nooobs here >.<
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If you have a modded phone the smart thing would be to wait at least a few days before installing the update in case the rollout doesn't go as planned. These are the kind of things AT$T has probably been dreading as far as Froyo is concerned because I'm sure that come tomorrow their customer service lines are gonna be blazing like a CA wildfire due to issues with not completely stock phones and thousands of different configurations causing update glitches. I wouldn't be in such a hurry to update until I see how it goes for the "gotta have it now" sheep taking the first plunge.

lyrad12 said:
same here, anyone guys help us out?ill add mine, I also installed OCLF by ryanz, do I need to undo the lagfix? or better to restore factory reset the phone before the update tom? ty, nooobs here >.<
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Remember OCLF is bad, Mmmkay? Better lagfixes such as Voodoo and ULF

All lag fix should be removed. Otherwise, you will very likely end up with a bricked phone.
You can install Kies Mini now and connect your phone. If your phone is recognized without problem, you're good to go. Kies Mini is your only way to update the firmware.

I can't answer most of your questions, but I will recommend getting Titanium Backup. You can at least backup your app data since you're so concerned about your Angry Birds score. I think you can probably restore that after flash.

sircaper said:
I can't answer most of your questions, but I will recommend getting Titanium Backup. You can at least backup your app data since you're so concerned about your Angry Birds score. I think you can probably restore that after flash.
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I lost my angry bird scores when my phone did a soft brick lol. I'm just saying. I had it backed up with tbu. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted
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Caliesv said:
I lost my angry bird scores when my phone did a soft brick lol. I'm just saying. I had it backed up with tbu. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted
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Did you copy the TiBU folder to your PC after doing a batch backup of your apps? That's the only way to reliably save a backup.

Miami_Son said:
Did you copy the TiBU folder to your PC after doing a batch backup of your apps? That's the only way to reliably save a backup.
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No. lol. I was going to, then my phone just stopped working in the middle of the day. But ima deff do that when I get home b4 froyo.
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Not to be a negative Nancy, I understand some want to stay as close as possible to stock, but I'd just wait for a custom ROM to be built that de-bloats, adds speed, better GPS, etc... Cog 4 has a really stock look, and works really well; check it out. And with time there will only be others that will improve on the great ROM's we already have!

Caliesv said:
No. lol. I was going to, then my phone just stopped working in the middle of the day. But ima deff do that when I get home b4 froyo.
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The other smart thing to do would be locate the TiBu backup folder on the external SD card. That way even a brick requiring reformatting the internal sdcard partition can be fully recovered from. Just take out the external card while restoring to stock, then root, get TiBu, point it to the reinserted external sd card, and boom, back in business.
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rajendra82 said:
The other smart thing to do would be locate the TiBu backup folder on the external SD card. That way even a brick requiring reformatting the internal sdcard partition can be fully recovered from. Just take out the external card while restoring to stock, then root, get TiBu, point it to the reinserted external sd card, and boom, back in business.
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Nice. Thanx for the info. Will do
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hmm do you think it is better to do the factory data reset before I update to froyo?coz I installed the oclf ( too late >.< )and I dnt know how to disable it, I'm in stock, never tried to flash rom, but rooted, my internal memord is now is 98mb, sorry I'm noob
foxbat121 said:
All lag fix should be removed. Otherwise, you will very likely end up with a bricked phone.
You can install Kies Mini now and connect your phone. If your phone is recognized without problem, you're good to go. Kies Mini is your only way to update the firmware.
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lyrad12 said:
hmm do you think it is better to do the factory data reset before I update to froyo?coz I installed the oclf ( too late >.< )and I dnt know how to disable it, I'm in stock, never tried to flash rom, but rooted, my internal memord is now is 98mb, sorry I'm noob
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You should use OCLF app to remove the lag fix. Don't do factory reset or flash another ROM. You may brick your phone that way. That's why I don't use any lagfix.

oh ok ill give it a shot, thnx man!
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lyrad12 said:
oh ok ill give it a shot, thnx man!
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Yes You should be a bone stock when updating. No lagfixes, custom kernel, nothing.
All questions for the 2.2 update are in the main thread

Atrix 2 bricked installing Blaze ROM

Pls help-
I'm not quite a noob, but def no dev... got my Atrix 2 rooted using mastermind's 1-click method, installed bootstrap & flashed clockworkmod recovery- everything went fine until trying to flash/restore the ROM itself. I followed the instructions to the letter (save ROM in cwm backup folder, wipe cache & data, do not flash zip... restore in recovery). Yet i've bricked 2 atrix 2's trying to install this rom. Luckily the store I work at was good about letting me switch out, but kinda scared to brick a 3rd device. It just errors on restore then goes back to cwm. I try to reboot and cant get past the moto startup screen.. I'm sure i'm doing something wrong, cuz I know it should work (there are screenshots in the thread)... any help?
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Did you unzip the rom and then put the contents in the backup folder?

You do know that you are more than likely going to be charged full price of the phone if you are returning a bricked phone to the store.
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Why not flash the FXZ and start over?
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tmease1 said:
You do know that you are more than likely going to be charged full price of the phone if you are returning a bricked phone to the store.
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Luckily I work for a phone sales store, so they didn't charge me full price, as I blamed the phone bricking on a "bad software update" (which is kinda true- if the rom had restored properly, I wouldn't have been bricked in the 1st place)
; )
and it was still within the exch. period anyway... But that's neither here nor there... Yez, I unzipped the folder into the cwm backup folder. Not sure about reflashing fxz, havent tried that yet... don't really know how, never had to do that? I've flashed dozens of roms on my HTC & Samsung galaxy phones, but this is my first exp. w/ moto. So any help u can give is appreciated.
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No, not sure how to do that?
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jzachary78 said:
Luckily I work for a phone sales store, so they didn't charge me full price, as I blamed the phone bricking on a "bad software update" (which is kinda true- if the rom had restored properly, I wouldn't have been bricked in the 1st place)
; )
and it was still within the exch. period anyway... But that's neither here nor there... Yez, I unzipped the folder into the cwm backup folder. Not sure about reflashing fxz, havent tried that yet... don't really know how, never had to do that? I've flashed dozens of roms on my HTC & Samsung galaxy phones, but this is my first exp. w/ moto. So any help u can give is appreciated.
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I had a similar problem, found the unzipped folder nested 2x under clockwork/backup.
Like this
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/myrom/myrom
What I did was move all the files from second folder to the first then deleted second folder.
Hope I am clear and that it helps.
ATRIX 2 / Victory Rom

smgulsby said:
I had a similar problem, found the unzipped folder nested 2x under clockwork/backup.
Like this
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/myrom/myrom
What I did was move all the files from second folder to the first then deleted second folder.
Hope I am clear and that it helps.
ATRIX 2 / Victory Rom
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Can you post a like for the victory Rom, I'm kinda scared to install without the bootloader being unlocked and Id like something that's not att stock

I actually did find an extra set of files in the cwm backup folder & deleted them... so ur pretty confident that I should be able to install this ROM now? and (just to clarify) I don't need to flash the zip before restoring in cwm (that just doesn't make sense to me, but w/e works)? Thx for ur help
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jzachary78 said:
I actually did find an extra set of files in the cwm backup folder & deleted them... so ur pretty confident that I should be able to install this ROM now? and (just to clarify) I don't need to flash the zip before restoring in cwm (that just doesn't make sense to me, but w/e works)? Thx for ur help
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Unzip rom, move the folder with the 2 files, to CWM/BACKUP.....boot into recovery, choose BACKUP/RESTORE, and restore the rom.
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So the problem is that you stuck on motorola dual core logo?
Just try to flash fxz,it's pretty simple. You just need the file you need and let the pc doing everything while you watching a tv.
I got this problem twice when i try to flash victory rom this morning,wich is caused by a corrupt file.
And everything is sorted out by flashing fxz.
Trust me,it works! (It sounds like commercials on tv )

You can always boot to recovery and when you see the android with the exclamation press both volume rockers to reset to factory.
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kisnerct said:
You can always boot to recovery and when you see the android with the exclamation press both volume rockers to reset to factory.
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would you be kind and elaborate on this?

kojitabe said:
So the problem is that you stuck on motorola dual core logo?
Just try to flash fxz,it's pretty simple. You just need the file you need and let the pc doing everything while you watching a tv.
I got this problem twice when i try to flash victory rom this morning,wich is caused by a corrupt file.
And everything is sorted out by flashing fxz.
Trust me,it works! (It sounds like commercials on tv )
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Just in case that happens again- what is the file I'll need when I connect to PC... u just mean the ROM files, or is there a diff fxz file i'm not aware of?
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kisnerct said:
You can always boot to recovery and when you see the android with the exclamation press both volume rockers to reset to factory.
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actually tried that a cpl times via chat w/ a tech support rep from moto on first bricked device, it still wouldn't reset...
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Flash Fix
This link can explain alot of your questions and hopefully have an answer for you as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650. This is where I started to look when I began researching how to return my phone back to stock.

Installing the roms
if anybody could please tell me.......can I install Droid 3 or Droid razr's custom roms unto my Atrix 2. Would it work..? (Coz of the three phones bear same chipset i.e Powervr540)............Please help me out....i'm afraid if i'll brick my phone by doing this......!

devil.jeet said:
if anybody could please tell me.......can I install Droid 3 or Droid razr's custom roms unto my Atrix 2. Would it work..? (Coz of the three phones bear same chipset i.e Powervr540)............Please help me out....i'm afraid if i'll brick my phone by doing this......!
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The devs have got some roms from other moto phones to boot but have problems mostly with the radio and probably a handful of other things. I would highly recommend you not try to do this. We have plenty of good roms here in the dev section that you can flash that are good roms. Generally if you follow the instructions for each rom you would be fine but if you are afraid of bricking your phone make sure you read a lot before attempting anything and always make sure you have a way back to stock.
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How I Unbricked my Nfuse

I've been a regular visitor on XDA. I am a semi-newbie at this point as I have flashed several ROM's successfully so that's my definition of a semi-newbi . I made some newbie mistakes this time around and soft bricked my Nfuse. It took a lot of reading but I managed to resolve the issue. I have appreciated the detailed posts on this site so I wanted to contribute and detail how I unbricked my Nfuse to help others.
I successfully loaded ICS CM9 for Infuse and spent the afternoon setting up all my apps. At the end of it all I decided it was time to back up the ROM via the ROM Manager app like I had done with GB. So I kicked off the backup and then it boot looped a few times and then it would only boot to CWM. I can't tell if doing this caused it or it not (anyone know if a ROM Manager backup should have worked here?)
I decided to start over so I began the Heimdall 'Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click.jar' to get back to GB Rom. In the middle of the flash, it barfed and the phone disconnected from USB. Booted the phone and it was now in a state with the phone and computer icons with a yellow triangle ! in-between. I was now in a state where I could not boot to Download Mode.
More research and I found out about Adam Outler's Heimdall 'One Click Unbrick' and it brought it back to life. I was then able to get back into download mode, flash back to stock ('Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click.jar' & 'SGH_I997 Entropy Test Kernel-One-Click.jar') from Entropy and got into GB. Then followed up with the CM9 ICS install using 'update-cm-9.0.0-RC0-infuse4g-05272012-UNOFFICIAL-signed.zip' and 'gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip'.
So I am back to ICS (and love it!). I just wanted to express my thanks for all the work others have done to provide us with these tools. I had already ordered a JIG from eBAY and was going to have to wait for it to be delivered to see if it would get me into download mode. I thought I was in a hard brick at one point as I found conflicting posts about what a hard brick really is. I now know a hard brick is dead as a doornail so I was in a soft brick situation. I was also considering sending the phone to be JTAG repaired for $40 but I am happy it was a soft brick.
In any case, my phone is resurrected and I am happy and I hope this post helps others.
Tai'Shar

Tai'Shar said:
I've been a regular visitor on XDA. I am a semi-newbie at this point as I have flashed several ROM's successfully so that's my definition of a semi-newbi . I made some newbie mistakes this time around and soft bricked my Nfuse. It took a lot of reading but I managed to resolve the issue. I have appreciated the detailed posts on this site so I wanted to contribute and detail how I unbricked my Nfuse to help others.
I successfully loaded ICS CM9 for Infuse and spent the afternoon setting up all my apps. At the end of it all I decided it was time to back up the ROM via the ROM Manager app like I had done with GB. So I kicked off the backup and then it boot looped a few times and then it would only boot to CWM. I can't tell if doing this caused it or it not (anyone know if a ROM Manager backup should have worked here?)
I decided to start over so I began the Heimdall 'Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click.jar' to get back to GB Rom. In the middle of the flash, it barfed and the phone disconnected from USB. Booted the phone and it was now in a state with the phone and computer icons with a yellow triangle ! in-between. I was now in a state where I could not boot to Download Mode.
More research and I found out about Adam Outler's Heimdall 'One Click Unbrick' and it brought it back to life. I was then able to get back into download mode, flash back to stock ('Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click.jar' & 'SGH_I997 Entropy Test Kernel-One-Click.jar') from Entropy and got into GB. Then followed up with the CM9 ICS install using 'update-cm-9.0.0-RC0-infuse4g-05272012-UNOFFICIAL-signed.zip' and 'gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip'.
So I am back to ICS (and love it!). I just wanted to express my thanks for all the work others have done to provide us with these tools. I had already ordered a JIG from eBAY and was going to have to wait for it to be delivered to see if it would get me into download mode. I thought I was in a hard brick at one point as I found conflicting posts about what a hard brick really is. I now know a hard brick is dead as a doornail so I was in a soft brick situation. I was also considering sending the phone to be JTAG repaired for $40 but I am happy it was a soft brick.
In any case, my phone is resurrected and I am happy and I hope this post helps others.
Tai'Shar
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You're welcome, Tai.
from the op:
1. To cleanly install the latest ATT Infuse UCLB3 Gingerbread leak. No hassle One-Click. Then enjoy the lastest leak of Infuse GB.
2. To Restore your phone to factory state.
3. To Restore your phone from boot loops, Samsung Logo, Soft Brick - non-hardware related failures from bad flashes, borked partitions or mismatch voodoo partitions. (I suspect many users will use it for this purpose)
Scenario #1: Oh, gosh! I would love to have the latest GB leak from AT&T! How to I do that? What in the world is Odin? Ain't it some mythological Norse deity?
Heimdall 1 click - done!
Scenario #2: I think I did something to my phone. It's not working right. My wifi is dropping like a leaky faucet. My Market is not working. I hate my phone! I wish it was like factory.
Heimdall 1 click - done!
Scenario #3: Oh crap! I just #@#% in my pants! I bricked my phone. OMG!!! I'm stuck on SAMSUNG logo! I'm boot looping! I lost recovery! Help me!!!
Heimdall 1 click - done.

Rom Manager Backups and CM9 ICS
This might be a dumb question.... In my post above, does anyone know if using Rom Manager to perform a ROM Backup on ICS CM9 5/27/2012 build would or could cause the boot loop/soft brick? It probably is a coincidence but now I am not sure I want to try it again.
Tai'Shar Xda

Rom Manager Backup
Ah, never mind, just found it in the Nfuse CM9 ICS Rom thread. It does cause a boot loop: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26648460&postcount=1090
Tai'Shar Xda

I know you already found the answer, but do not use from manager. Do you backups from the nandroid in recovery only. From mgr will definitely give you issues.
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ppalbicke said:
I know you already found the answer, but do not use from manager. Do you backups from the nandroid in recovery only. From mgr will definitely give you issues.
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lol ah yes... brings back some unhappy memories...

Also...your yellow triangle with the ! Is still download mode...just a differnt mode-just an fyi that wasnt really that important....
Anyways glad you figured it out and posted to help.others who may not know how to use heimdal
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ppalbicke said:
I know you already found the answer, but do not use from manager. Do you backups from the nandroid in recovery only. From mgr will definitely give you issues.
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Thanks for the input on this. I was about to research the best method for backup.
For backup of just the sdcard and all my photos and other personal files I've been using the Samba app. My PC has a mapped drive to the Samba share on the phone which is \sdcard. I use an inexpensive app on my PC called GoodSync and it checks every 10 min for the share and if it sees it after I enable Samba, it auto replicates all files to a folder on my PC. Not good for OS recovery but works well for personal data.
Tai'Shar Xda

mg2195 said:
Also...your yellow triangle with the ! Is still download mode...just a differnt mode-just an fyi that wasnt really that important....
Anyways glad you figured it out and posted to help.others who may not know how to use heimdal
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Thanks, I looked everywhere for the answer to that question.
Now that i recovered from a failed flash, I feel a bit more confident in replacing ROM's when I want to change the flavor.
I've read that these Samsung phones are really good for recovering from screw ups unlike other brands so i am glad I have the Infuse (but I have my eye on the new Galaxy III S).

[Q] Stuck on SGSIII Bootscreen

Before you post, "BLAKDSKF READ OTHER FORUMS BLUSDFLU!!!!!!!111!!!", please, PLEASE, read the whole post. I am not illiterate or a fool. I've spent the last few days researching similar posts, both on xda and other sites, and as far as I've found, this is the only post of this kind on the Verizon SGSIII forums, though there are some that are somewhat similar in the other SGSIII forums (though I think the root of the problem is different). If you can prove me wrong, please redirect.
The Long Story:
ok. SO. I was trying to root my SGSIII, unlock the bootloader, and install CM10. Simple enough, right? Not so. I got through the rooting tutorial at Link 1 relatively smoothly. For the record, I did the composite root and bootloader combo, and I installed CWM Touch Recovery, as per the guide. I also restored the Jellybean Bootchain. I think it was at this point I downloaded Titanium Backup (because forethought is not my forte) and backed up all my apps. I also made a backup with CWM Recovery, but there were errors. I forget the reason, but it aborted backup. I then tried to make a backup onto my external sd card, and some other errors popped up. Mainly that it couldn't find /android.secure (something along those lines) or /sd-ext (might have been something else. I'm going off memory) and skipped them. It still made the backup, so my illiterate, foolish self decided to roll with it and go ahead.
I then went ahead to Link 2, and with it being 2 AM, I stupidly decided to screw trying to figure out how to use Heimdall 1.4rc1 and continue to use ODIN for flashing. After all what's the difference, I thought. One flashing program is the same as another. I flashed the first two files. Well, in truth, I'm not sure if I flashed the first file. Since I just made a single folder for all the SGSIII Verizon flashing stuff, I had two files with similar names at the time. One from Link 1 and one from Link 2. The only difference was one was a boot chain, the other was a boot loader. Also, one ended with .md5 while the other ended with .tar. Sadly I tiredly picked one and flashed it. I think it was the .md5 one, but I'm not sure. Around this point, my micro sd card reader broke, so I decided to just use my other phone (Motorola Photon 4g running Joker's CM9) as a reader of sorts. I swapped them, used my phone to put the zip from Link 2 on it, and swapped them back. I say this because I'm not sure if that is what broke my md5sums or not (more on that in a sec).
Well, surprise, surprise, my phone got stuck on the animated, colorful "4G LTE" boot screen, except it was fully black, though the noise was playing. I think to myself, "No biggie. I'll just restore my previous backup," so I go back to restore it when I get the error 'md5sum mismatch'. I look up the problem, and after extensive, 3AM research (read: clicked the first link on google and blindly followed), I went with one guys advice, which was to create a blank nandroid.md5 file to force the restore. I figured, "Hey. This is pretty risky. I think I'll just restore the bootloader instead of the whole restore." Or at least that's what was going through my head as I went through with restoring the whole backup. Lo and behold, /system was corrupted, I assume, and it aborted restoring it. I reboot my phone only to find out that my phone gets stuck on the SGSIII boot logo. This is where I am now. I would go through with flashing a stock rom onto it to undo everything I've done, but ODIN won't recognize my phone anymore. I can still get into Download and Recovery Mode. All my backups are useless at the moment.
In Short:
I tried to root, unlock the bootloader, and flash CM10 on it
I messed up and ended up restoring a broken backup, md5sums be screwed.
Now ODIN won't recognize my phone and it's stuck at the SGSIII boot screen.
Is there any way to fix this or at least return it back to stock so I can start again?
If there's any other information you need, just ask. I'd be happy to give it. :laugh: This is my first post on these forums, so I'm not sure what information is standard. If you have any idea of what it might be, please drop a comment or something rather than just leaving. I'd like to know that people are actually reading this post.
And on an unrelated note, every time I try to flash with Heimdall, I get an error about there not being a certain .dll file, even though I downloaded the package from Link 2. Am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: I've already tried factory resetting and wiping the cache/dalvik cache. Most of my info is backed up anyway.
Links:
Link 1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
Link 2: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_d2vzw

What happens when you plug your phone into your PC? Have you tried deleting the drivers then reinstalling them either from Samsung or from the Kies program? You really have to try to mess up this phone and it seems like you definitely tried very hard in this regard.
Edit: Idk anything about Heimdall, I use Odin only so I can't help you there.

SlimSnoopOS said:
What happens when you plug your phone into your PC? Have you tried deleting the drivers then reinstalling them either from Samsung or from the Kies program? You really have to try to mess up this phone and it seems like you definitely tried very hard in this regard.
Edit: Idk anything about Heimdall, I use Odin only so I can't help you there.
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I hadn't noticed before, but my phone doesn't even show a charge screen when plugged in, but that might just be the settings on the phone pre-root. I'm not sure because I left the phone on to see if it was just a time thing. The phone died and I have to recharge it.
After goofing around with the phone while on the charger for a while, I can get a charge screen to show up for a second. The standard "battery with a loading circle" type symbol for this type of error.
I just reinstalled the drivers. I'll let the phone charge for about 10 minutes or so, then test the phone.

dudeman9199 said:
I hadn't noticed before, but my phone doesn't even show a charge screen when plugged in, but that might just be the settings on the phone pre-root. I'm not sure because I left the phone on to see if it was just a time thing. The phone died and I have to recharge it.
After goofing around with the phone while on the charger for a while, I can get a charge screen to show up for a second. The standard "battery with a loading circle" type symbol for this type of error.
I just reinstalled the drivers. I'll let the phone charge for about 10 minutes or so, then test the phone.
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Well if it died you should leave it on the charger longer than ten minutes if it is charging. If Odin recognizes it, your first step would be to try flashing a stock image.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Well if it died you should leave it on the charger longer than ten minutes if it is charging. If Odin recognizes it, your first step would be to try flashing a stock image.
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Thanks. It would seem that it now recognizes the phone, from what I can tell. As soon as I get a stock rom, I'll flash it and post an update.

dudeman9199 said:
Thanks. It would seem that it now recognizes the phone, from what I can tell. As soon as I get a stock rom, I'll flash it and post an update.
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Great! Use Droidstyle's guide or MrRobinson's thread for the proper images. Should be a good starting point.
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I just wanted to add that THIS is how you do a first post or any help needed post! Great details and is obvious you researchedyour problem as well.
The errors in cwm are actually normal. I think the corrupt backups are unrelated.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Great! Use Droidstyle's guide or MrRobinson's thread for the proper images. Should be a good starting point.
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Thanks. I've finally booted up into the setup wizard. I guess from here on I can re-root, unlock the bootloader, and *hopefully* get a working backup and eventually flash CM10.
I guess this means Problem Solved? Again, Thanks.
kintwofan said:
I just wanted to add that THIS is how you do a first post or any help needed post! Great details and is obvious you researchedyour problem as well.
The errors in cwm are actually normal. I think the corrupt backups are unrelated.
Sent from my SCH-I605 (AKA NOTE 2)
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Thanks. I'm just gonna assume that the problems stemmed from swapping the sd card and leave it at that.

dudeman9199 said:
Thanks. I've finally booted up into the setup wizard. I guess from here on I can re-root, unlock the bootloader, and *hopefully* get a working backup and eventually flash CM10.
I guess this means Problem Solved? Again, Thanks.
Thanks. I'm just gonna assume that the problems stemmed from swapping the sd card and leave it at that.
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Perfect! Which thread did you end up using btw?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Perfect! Which thread did you end up using btw?
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I used droidstyle's thread for getting the stock rom.