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stuck on Google logo

After updating around 20 apps (altogether ), I noticed the phone was not functioning normally so I tried to reboot it but now it is stuck on Google logo. I've never unlocked the phone nor used any custom roms. I'm on the latest stock rom 2.3.4
I tried removing the battery and putting it back but didn't work. Vol. up + power and then Recovery didn't work either. It gives me a triangle with ! in it and stops right there.
I also tried the USB Jig that forces the phone into downloading mode but it gave me a screen that asks (Unlock bootloader?) with some warnings but I don't know how to accept that. Niether Vol buttons nor Power button worked there
I didn't want to mess up with the phone until I hear from you guys. Please help

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You might have to actually root it or use the Samsung exe back to factory. That is if you don't want to mess with it because if I ware in your position I'd be going back for a new phone. You did nothing wrong and you have 1 year warranty on it.

FYI, the triangle with ! actually is recovery. The UI is hidden until you hold power and press vol down.

matt2053 said:
FYI, the triangle with ! actually is recovery. The UI is hidden until you hold power and press vol down.
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Thanks man, I didn't know about that
Is wiping the data (factory reset) going to delete my stuff stored on my SD card? like pic., music, vid. etc?
and do I need to actually wipe the data or will wiping the chache only work?

Factory reset reverts your phone back to the way it was when you got it.
That means all your account settings, device settings, installed applications etc are gone. Everything stored on your SD card will remain there - it's a different storage. The good thing about our Google phones is that you only have to login to Google once and all your stuff is back.
You can try wiping the cache first and see if that works, it won't harm anything. But if that doesn't work, I'm sure a factory reset will.
Good luck.
Greetz

frutelaken said:
Factory reset reverts your phone back to the way it was when you got it.
That means all your account settings, device settings, installed applications etc are gone. Everything stored on your SD card will remain there - it's a different storage. The good thing about our Google phones is that you only have to login to Google once and all your stuff is back.
You can try wiping the cache first and see if that works, it won't harm anything. But if that doesn't work, I'm sure a factory reset will.
Good luck.
Greetz
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Thanks a lot. I already tried wiping the Cache but it didn't work. I guess I'm going with the factory reset now
Thanks again

the factory reset didn't work !
still stuck on Google logo
any advice?

farisallil said:
the factory reset didn't work !
still stuck on Google logo
any advice?
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Can you connect your device to your computer via USB and start "adb logcat" at the Terminal/Command prompt? Does it give you any kind of readout at all?

Try doing a hard reset.

GchildT said:
Can you connect your device to your computer via USB and start "adb logcat" at the Terminal/Command prompt? Does it give you any kind of readout at all?
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I'm not an expert in these things ... is there any post I can follow to do the things you talked about? I'm not sure that I have all the drivers needed on my pc
I do appreciate your help

farisallil said:
I'm not an expert in these things ... is there any post I can follow to do the things you talked about? I'm not sure that I have all the drivers needed on my pc
I do appreciate your help
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One thing you should consider is just returning the phone, especially if you never flashed or rooted or unlocked bootloader.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

matt2053 said:
One thing you should consider is just returning the phone, especially if you never flashed or rooted or unlocked bootloader.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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I would if I was in the States

just unlock it and flash a nice CM7 with Trinity on top
Here's a rooting guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
There's another guide out there for the i9023 (European version).

GchildT said:
Can you connect your device to your computer via USB and start "adb logcat" at the Terminal/Command prompt? Does it give you any kind of readout at all?
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No. The device doesn't even show up when I type "adp devices"
Is there anything else I should try?

Thanks
I can perform things with Fastboot
I don't want to root or unlock the phone. Is there anything else I can do?
I tried typing Fastboot update update.zip after downloading the stock rom update 2.3.4 and putting it in the SDK tools directory but it gave me the msg "faild to upload update.zip"

Try to reset with Odin.

[Q] HTC Inspire (AT&T) clear droid 1.2.3 won't go into hboot

I'm a little stuck as to what to do now. Flashed clear droid 1.2.3 (gb) over clear droid 1.1.51 (froyo) after doing a factory reset and clearing the dalvik cache from clockwork recovery and flashing the recommended radio for gb. The stock mms app was force closing, for which ClearD recommended flashing the radio again... but the phone refuses to go into HBOOT when I hold the power button + the volume down button on startup. It just buzzes a few times and the screen stays black until I release the buttons and then it just boots normally except it gets stuck in airplane mode or refuses to recognize the SIM card until it's rebooted without holding down the volume button.
I did a backup with clockwork and a nandroid I think? If those are the same thing then I did two nandroids I'm thinking I should do another factory + dalvik wipe and flash the backup, but I'd like to get this thing on gingerbread. Any advice as to what I did wrong the first time would be greatly appreciated before I start over.

stompsfrogs said:
I'm a little stuck as to what to do now. Flashed clear droid 1.2.3 (gb) over clear droid 1.1.51 (froyo) after doing a factory reset and clearing the dalvik cache from clockwork recovery and flashing the recommended radio for gb. The stock mms app was force closing, for which ClearD recommended flashing the radio again... but the phone refuses to go into HBOOT when I hold the power button + the volume down button on startup. It just buzzes a few times and the screen stays black until I release the buttons and then it just boots normally except it gets stuck in airplane mode or refuses to recognize the SIM card until it's rebooted without holding down the volume button.
I did a backup with clockwork and a nandroid I think? If those are the same thing then I did two nandroids I'm thinking I should do another factory + dalvik wipe and flash the backup, but I'd like to get this thing on gingerbread. Any advice as to what I did wrong the first time would be greatly appreciated before I start over.
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The good thing about Android (And ClearDroid) is that there are several ways to go about doing things.
Instead of trying the volume down + power trick, try installing the modpack (can be done by installing the zip through Rom Manager like it is a ROM) and then after install, just hold the power button, press "Reboot", then "Reboot into Bootloader" I believe.
If you still wish to try the power down option, make sure that USB Debugging is turned on and that fastboot is turned off in your settings. If still no success, post here and we will keep on troubleshooting. It might be good for others to see the steps we take to get this figured out.

:O thank you for trying to help me, master ClearD! I flashed the modpack like you said, and the sms errors went away However, I still can't get into HBOOT, and there isn't an option to do so in the modded shutdown menu Also, I don't have the option to turn off quick boot?? It's supposed to be in settings>applications>developement, right? And the phone lost the new radio! It went back to 12.56... instead of 12.62... and you said to flash that in HBOOT, so I didn't try doing it from recovery (which I can get into). I tried holding the volume button while the phone rebooted (instead of shutting it down then turning it back on) but that trick didn't work either.
It's a really sweet ROM, just so nobody gets the wrong impression from all my whining thank you for it, ClearD!

To get to the bootloader from the shutdown menu, hit "Restart" then select "Bootloader" from the next menu lol.
Try the latest release, 1.3.0, which has the advanced shutdown menu cooked back in, and the radio is not included in the Rom, it must be flashed separately or else it will stay as it was. Try that and let me know what happens.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using XDA-funded carrier pigeons

Lol I'm such a tard... found bootloader... can I just put in the disclaimer that this isn't my phone? I'm trying to help a friend, I swear...
I redownloaded the radio and the checksum is 9ad454c7ac2a9bd69d9f0a5200f089b6, which is the checksum for 26.10.04.03_M (froyo radio). I'm confused, I totally downloaded 12.62.60.27P... do u um... have the right file hosted on techsupporteverything.com... when I went into HBOOT it got mad and said I needed an update so I guess that's why I got the OTA radio. Which is fine, really the sms thing was what I wanted to fix and that's all good now but I think you may have the wrong file up.

stompsfrogs said:
Lol I'm such a tard... found bootloader... can I just put in the disclaimer that this isn't my phone? I'm trying to help a friend, I swear...
I redownloaded the radio and the checksum is 9ad454c7ac2a9bd69d9f0a5200f089b6, which is the checksum for 26.10.04.03_M (froyo radio). I'm confused, I totally downloaded 12.62.60.27P... do u um... have the right file hosted on techsupporteverything.com... when I went into HBOOT it got mad and said I needed an update so I guess that's why I got the OTA radio. Which is fine, really the sms thing was what I wanted to fix and that's all good now but I think you may have the wrong file up.
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Lol flash it and see, it should be correct though, I think...
The way the radio flashes is through hboot update, it will always ask you to update if there is any file on your microsd card named PD98IMG.zip that is valid to flash lol. I will double check though.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using XDA-funded carrier pigeons

[Q] LG MyTouch Bricked! Please help...

I went to clockworkmod's website and downloaded a cyanogen mod rom that they claimed was compatible with my device... Now the thing is bricked and I can't seem to recover the original rom... Anyone have any suggestions?

What do you see when you try to boot?Please explain little bit more. I have E739 too and CM7 works good for me.

go to the telephone service

When I turn the phone on the android on the skateboard shows up and that is all you see. It stays at that screen for about give minutes and then the system crashes.
I've tried every key combo I can think of to get it to go into recovery mode and or into clockwork mode, and nothing...

I've had that problem before. You didn't wipe data,cache and dalvik cache before installing CM7..you need to get into CWM recovery.. *From T-mobile website* To perform a master reset using hardware keys, follow these steps:
Turn off the phone.
Press and hold the Volume Down and Power keys.
Wait 3 seconds and press the Back and Menu keys.
Note: If you see the LG logo before pressing the Back and Menu keys, the reset hasnt been completed and you will need to restart.
Release the Power/Lock key after you see the LG logo.
Release the remaining keys after the LG logo flashes (blinks once).
The Android Unpacking screen appears.
The phone will restart and complete the factory reset.
Note: If you unintentionally press the Volume Down, Volume Up and Power keys simultaneously, the phone will display a circle icon with two arrows and 'S/W Upgrade, Please wait while upgrading...' message. You will need to pull the battery and restart
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Hopefully you backed up your ROM before installing CM7..in CWM recovery use volume keys and power button to go to Backup/restore and then restore to most recent backup.
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or when in CWM try following in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484673

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@DarkLP: Already tried that, and it doesn't work on this model phone. I did wipe all the caches before restarting too. Not quite sure what to do next...

Timing is precise in getting into recovery, keep trying eventually you will get there, I have the same phone.

I bricked my phone too yesterday, I am really sad now. I was panicking and trying to save my phone but all it does is go into the LG logo, blinks once, and shows a half cut-off LG logo.. I tried doing that master reset thing.. are you sure it works? I'd dedicate all my time just to unbrick my phone

I was able to unbrick my phone the other day using Android SDK and the command prompt. What you need to do is have a backup of your ROM saved on your sd card. Use the command prompt to put the phone into CWM recovery mode and then choose the backup/restore option on your phone.
If the backup is stirred in the correct file on your sd card then the recovery program will automatically detect it. From there choose the file you want to install and then activate the restore process.
You should be good to go after that.

That is what i was going to say.

Ahaha I couldn't be any more happy, I went into recovery using that button combo trick, flashed C7 and a Kernel and Google Apps (you have to flash google apps if you want them) go to cyanogen mod wiki and find g-apps there. To get your cyanogen rom just google "lg mytouch roms" and you should click the android central link and then scroll down and someone posted the files for it. Only thing that went wrong is the Camera doesn't work..

It should be same as Dream G1, download a .pnh and Fastboot
Low end cheap bro.....

Tmobile Customer Service
TMO's customer service is pretty good. Call them and tell them you were installing a non market piece of software (true enough) and that your phone won't power on. They will walk you through some steps that might get you going and if not they will offer to replace your phone if it is still under warranty. I sent my defy back several times whaen I was learning to flash ROM's. Then, remember to wipe everything before you flash anything.

OK that doesn't make sense. once you root your phone, warranty gets voided.

yes i'm sure, I've had the same problem as you did. you need to keep trying.

so did you fix it?

If you are talking to me, yes I did manage to fix it and flash C7. But I want stock ROM back, anyone have the files and directions?

Now the phone wont boot into S/W mode and wont power unless powered on after my pc froze during the update

Unlocked\Rooted 4g, now stuck in hboot, volume keys don't work. HELP!

Ok, so I bought an Inspire 4g off a guy a few days ago. Tried to root it using the Ace Hack (I'd done it with another Inspire 4g for a friend, and it went flawlessly), but it kept throwing errors at me and couldn't get S-OFF. So, today I took it to another laptop and it worked first try....but I noticed that it was in Safe Mode after it came back up. I didn't think anything of it, so I rebooted....and it threw me right into HBOOT without me holding the VolDown key. Here's the key part it won't register key presses on the vol keys. That's key, because you telling me to "put it into fastboot" won't do me any good. I'm no noob when it comes to rooting phones, this is probably the 50th one I've done.....but it's the first time that I've been stuck like this.
In summary:
Phone always goes into HBOOT when I restart
NO keypresses are registered while in HBOOT
Help?!

You could try and use some tweezers and pull up on the volume down side. The volume rocker failing is a common issue with these phones. Sorry to say if you can't get the rocker unstuck it will have to be repaired.

Try hitting up the hack kit guys in the irc chat. They should be able to help ya.
sent from my Galaxy Nexus running official Jelly Bean!!!!

mooglepimp said:
Ok, so I bought an Inspire 4g off a guy a few days ago. Tried to root it using the Ace Hack (I'd done it with another Inspire 4g for a friend, and it went flawlessly), but it kept throwing errors at me and couldn't get S-OFF. So, today I took it to another laptop and it worked first try....but I noticed that it was in Safe Mode after it came back up. I didn't think anything of it, so I rebooted....and it threw me right into HBOOT without me holding the VolDown key. Here's the key part it won't register key presses on the vol keys. That's key, because you telling me to "put it into fastboot" won't do me any good. I'm no noob when it comes to rooting phones, this is probably the 50th one I've done.....but it's the first time that I've been stuck like this.
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Phone always goes into HBOOT when I restart
NO keypresses are registered while in HBOOT
Help?!
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ummm, that sounds like a broken volume rocker...there's no reason for the phone to boot in hboot unless you have deleted the rom from it. If you have not flashed anything at all might be a hardware issue. If you are S-OFF and have CWM you can try flashing a rom, if not you need to flash a RUU...if you need futher help just let me know!

I'm fairly sure that the rocker isn't broken. It worked 100% of the time up until now, and I can feel it click when I depress it. I also tried pulling out the rocker and pushing it with a pen, but that didn't work either.
I can't flash it with an RUU, because it doesn't get detected in Windows. I just ran the ace kit, so it basically wiped the phone, so I don't have USB Debugging enabled.
I also can't flash it with CWM because I can't use the volume keys to select anything, so I can't select the bootloader option :-/

mooglepimp said:
I'm fairly sure that the rocker isn't broken. It worked 100% of the time up until now, and I can feel it click when I depress it. I also tried pulling out the rocker and pushing it with a pen, but that didn't work either.
I can't flash it with an RUU, because it doesn't get detected in Windows. I just ran the ace kit, so it basically wiped the phone, so I don't have USB Debugging enabled.
I also can't flash it with CWM because I can't use the volume keys to select anything, so I can't select the bootloader option :-/
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if the volume rocker is working, then the sdcard must be messed. Try pulling it out and then boot in hboot. The Hack Kit does not wipe the phone so if you have no usb debubbing is because you factory reseted the phone. If you have done that, then the only way is to flash a ruu and re run the hack kit later.

glevitan said:
if the volume rocker is working, then the sdcard must be messed. Try pulling it out and then boot in hboot. The Hack Kit does not wipe the phone so if you have no usb debubbing is because you factory reseted the phone. If you have done that, then the only way is to flash a ruu and re run the hack kit later.
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I hope this doesn't come across as me being a ****...but I'm not sure that people have actually read my posts . The volume buttons do not work. It boots into HBOOT every time, even with me not touching anything, and even if I have pulled out the volume rocker. Once I get into HBOOT, I can't select anything, not even the power button works to take me into FASTBOOT. So, since I can't get into fastboot, my computer doesn't detect it, and Ace Hack won't work on it and neither will an RUU :crying:

Oh we are hearing you. I have come across this exact problem. The term volume rocker covers not only the volume bar itself but but the two buttons it pushes as well. The volume down button has become stuck or damaged, but either way its a hardware problem related to the volume rocker. Since the actual hardware has failed your phone reacts as though you are holding down the volume down causing you to go straight to hboot upon boot and not allowing any other key presses since the volume down is stuck. There are volume ribbon cables with the buttons that sell for pretty cheap but its pretty hard to repair as you need special tools. There is a video on how to do it online.
As a side note, just because it once worked doesn't mean it can't suddenly stop working. Also the volume buttons have long ribbons that run throughout your phone so there is plenty of room for failure. It's hard to say whether its the buttons, the cables or the connection on the board or the board itself. It definitely is hardware though. Some people get lucky and it just starts working again but its only a matter of time until complete re failure.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

Not Working Camera, Volume buttons and earphone slot
I have come across with the same problem...please read below.. I have tried even 4EXT Recovery etc and even booted RUU to rectify but nothing happens....
i am new here and i am writing you guys to
please help me out in this matter. I got my HTC
DESIRE HD rooted from my friend and i was
playing with it by flashing different roms
through Clock-Work-Mod. One day i dont know
what went wrong when i was flashing a new
rom. A message was displayed on the CWM that
installation aborted and some error appreared.
At that moment i got panic and didnt wipe off
this rom data and flashed the other one i had.
Everything went perfectly fine and mobile
restarted. When i tried to work the volume
buttons they are not working, i tried camera out,
No response....I put headphones in its slot but
nothing is working.
GUYS mind you that i was having a backup for
my roms when everything was working fine. I
restored them but still the same problem. And
volume keys are not either working in
CLOCKWORKMOD. I tried different stuff means
wiping all the data and cache and whatsoever.
Nothing is happening for me.
PLEASE HELP ME OUTTTTTTTTT...HELPPPPPP
MEEEEE.... I LOST MY WARRANTY AND NOW I
DON WANA LOSE MY PHONE...PLEASE
HELPPPPP!!!!!!!!

adnanf said:
I have come across with the same problem...please read below.. I have tried even 4EXT Recovery etc and even booted RUU to rectify but nothing happens....
i am new here and i am writing you guys to
please help me out in this matter. I got my HTC
DESIRE HD rooted from my friend and i was
playing with it by flashing different roms
through Clock-Work-Mod. One day i dont know
what went wrong when i was flashing a new
rom. A message was displayed on the CWM that
installation aborted and some error appreared.
At that moment i got panic and didnt wipe off
this rom data and flashed the other one i had.
Everything went perfectly fine and mobile
restarted. When i tried to work the volume
buttons they are not working, i tried camera out,
No response....I put headphones in its slot but
nothing is working.
GUYS mind you that i was having a backup for
my roms when everything was working fine. I
restored them but still the same problem. And
volume keys are not either working in
CLOCKWORKMOD. I tried different stuff means
wiping all the data and cache and whatsoever.
Nothing is happening for me.
PLEASE HELP ME OUTTTTTTTTT...HELPPPPPP
MEEEEE.... I LOST MY WARRANTY AND NOW I
DON WANA LOSE MY PHONE...PLEASE
HELPPPPP!!!!!!!!
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Have u done a full wipe before flashing the rom?....wipe cache / wipe data / factory reset...then flash the rom. If the issue persists then might be something wrong with the device...

glevitan said:
Have u done a full wipe before flashing the rom?....wipe cache / wipe data / factory reset...then flash the rom. If the issue persists then might be something wrong with the device...
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YES dear...i did wipe everything......when i was flashing a new ROM through CWM then an error appeared stating installation aborted...I got panic and when this error appeared....i just flashed the other ROM...but i didn't wipe the data of the Error making ROM...I think that is why this problem happened...but new ROM was flashed successfully and when i tried to work volume keys in the ROM and in CWM they were not working, Camera and Earphone slot wasn't working as well....After that i tried 4EXT Recovery to wipe everything and flashed the ROM once again but same problem for every ROM..Even i Recently flashed an RUU Stock HTC ROM VIA ADB but same....Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

adnanf said:
YES dear...i did wipe everything......when i was flashing a new ROM through CWM then an error appeared stating installation aborted...I got panic and when this error appeared....i just flashed the other ROM...but i didn't wipe the data of the Error making ROM...I think that is why this problem happened...but new ROM was flashed successfully and when i tried to work volume keys in the ROM and in CWM they were not working, Camera and Earphone slot wasn't working as well....After that i tried 4EXT Recovery to wipe everything and flashed the ROM once again but same problem for every ROM..Even i Recently flashed an RUU Stock HTC ROM VIA ADB but same....Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What happens if you boot without the sd card?
Sent from a dream.

If you flashed a good ROM and your stuck in hboot, use fastboot and use the following command 'fastboot oem boot' that will force your phone to boot.

Rooting, unlocking and flashing problem

I have rooted on other devices and done this in the past. This time it seemed to be going very well. I hit a snag and was hoping you guys could help.
I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
I got the the device unlocked.
I then ran ez unlock and it unlocked.
I then ran ez recovery and had it load CWM 6.0.1 and it worked.
I then opened up EZ recovery and hit the reboot recovery, and nothing happened.
Thank you for the help!

Did you click the flash button in ez recovery for cwm6.0.1 before hitting the reboot recovery? Just checking since you didn't clarify in post.
Did ez recovery ask to allow root when you started the app?

dark_system said:
Did you click the flash button in ez recovery for cwm6.0.1 before hitting the reboot recovery? Just checking since you didn't clarify in post.
Did ez recovery ask to allow root when you started the app?
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I did click the flash button first, and I got recovery flash successful. \\
I dont remember if it asked me to allow root when i first started the app.
EDITED
I re installed it and it did not ask for Root

You could try to power off your phone and try to get into recovery via volume up + home key + power button hold.
Might need to run the root script again.
I'm new to this phone so don't have many ideas. Hopefully someone else will come along and offer more help.
Rooted, Unlocked, Flashed, Overclocked Galaxy S III

dark_system said:
You could try to power off your phone and try to get into recovery via volume up + home key + power button hold.
Might need to run the root script again.
I'm new to this phone so don't have many ideas. Hopefully someone else will come along and offer more help.
Rooted, Unlocked, Flashed, Overclocked Galaxy S III
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I tried that but cant seem to get it to work. I know in an older CWM I would see update from zip option and be able to find the zip and then use that to load ROM. This time its not an option.

OK....
So I had the gapps and rom on my device and not the SD card. I moved both to the SD card, turned the phone off and then used the 3 buttons to turn it on.
1. I got a message using a custom rom can hurt your phone etc... continue
2. Then it said downloading and do not turn off target.
I never even made it to CWM screen. Umm is this a good thing? Sorry my last device was the original EPIC and this is very different from the CWM and rooting etc.

With my limited experience with this device, this is what I would do.
Use odin to flash phone back to factory stock, there are guides on this.
Then start again.
There might be other ways to deal with your issues, but it doesn't sound like something is right. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but since no one else has chimed in, I would start fresh.
Sorry I can't be of any real help.

Hey Dark thanks for the help, I did it all and now CWM is working.. normally. Thanks again!