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Boot loop fix 2.3.4 ssgs 4g

Ok i finally figured out i recently boot looped my phone was trippin out because i couldnt get my phone to boot up it was stuck in boot loop and it kept saying invalid arguement.i didnt want to send my phone through warranty in fear that they would deny it out of desperation i tried again to down load the firmware and this is what i did after days of disspair. What you need to do is this…….1) put your phone in download mode this works with phones that are not hard bricked only those in boot loop ……2) erase all files you previously downloaded,even delete them from your recycle bin so there are no confusions with any files downloaded from your pc……3) download from androidadvices.com the 2.3.3 firmware upgrade and all of its files . Send files to your desktop then enter androidadvices.com when you open the file so that you may extract files, then upload all files as they show you on the 2.3.3 firmware instructions…..4)..... ( pay close attn to this step).....!!!after you load the firmware odin should fail in resetting your phone but what this does is enter the file necessary to reboot your phone accordingly,this gets rid of your boot loop !!!…..5) now enter a desired firmware from android advices.com i used the stable 2.3.4 firmware download to put into my phone installed it and got my phone to reset appropriately and now i have my phone back this should also work for you all boot loop stuck galaxy s 4 g phones by t mobile . i hope this works for all of you with the problem.i was scared worried and concerned but hey curiosity killed the cat, and can also put a cheshire smile on its face good luck

there is no need for Odin any longer once you have drhonks GB kernel because recovery is built in so bootlooped or soft bricked you can just go into cwm and reflash from there
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Unless ofcourse, you flash a bad kernel.
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dsexton702 said:
there is no need for Odin any longer once you have drhonks GB kernel because recovery is built in so bootlooped or soft bricked you can just go into cwm and reflash from there
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Are you sure about this?
I just bootlooped my phone trying to flash icbinb, so I gave up and tried to go back to Valhalla 1.1. But then that bootlooped as well, leaving me no choice but to start from scratch and odin the leaked KG4.

jellysandwich said:
Are you sure about this?
I just bootlooped my phone trying to flash icbinb, so I gave up and tried to go back to Valhalla 1.1. But then that bootlooped as well, leaving me no choice but to start from scratch and odin the leaked KG4.
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hum...that have happen to me several times and all I have done is get on cmw and flash the update.zip that its on ur sdcard and u should have a orange cwm now u can flash anyroom without bootloops ...I dont know if this will work but it did for me ...I use to get mad almost break my phone one day ..I past 5 weejs without my phone until I was messing with it and it worked...
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mex911 said:
hum...that have happen to me several times and all I have done is get on cmw and flash the update.zip that its on ur sdcard and u should have a orange cwm now u can flash anyroom without bootloops ...I dont know if this will work but it did for me ...I use to get mad almost break my phone one day ..I past 5 weejs without my phone until I was messing with it and it worked...
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I've been wondering about that because I have never seen an "update.zip" on my sdcard. What is the update.zip that it expects?
I actually hit that option by mistake trying to flash a rom, but of course it said file not found.

YOU DO NOT FLASH UPDATE.ZIP.
YOU DO NOT FLASH UPDATE.ZIP.
follow fb's GB STARTER PACK TO GET GB IN YOUR PHONE.

jellysandwich said:
Are you sure about this?
I just bootlooped my phone trying to flash icbinb, so I gave up and tried to go back to Valhalla 1.1. But then that bootlooped as well, leaving me no choice but to start from scratch and odin the leaked KG4.
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yes im sure about this, if you have drhonks GB kernel there is no need for ODIN unless you hard brick or go back to froyo and EVEN then you probably dont need ODIN
ever since drhonks gb kernel i havent touched ODIN since
just sayin...

jellysandwich said:
I've been wondering about that because I have never seen an "update.zip" on my sdcard. What is the update.zip that it expects?
I actually hit that option by mistake trying to flash a rom, but of course it said file not found.
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if u ever put cwm final on ur sdcard u should have the update.zip .....like i say it worked for me i always do it on gb or froyo when i have bootloops ...i save time by not using the pc and try to odin it....when i flashed it always give me the orange cwm and when i flash the rom and try to go back to recovery it give me the red cwm ....like i say it mite work for you cuz it worked for me unless myphone special lolz...!!
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Tried Flashing rom and doesnt boot gives a funny robot voice

I tries to flash my wifes sk4g to a new rom through cwr and it boots but doesnt go to the system its stuck at the boot screen and says system data partion not available system not available any help thanks

The voice is normal but did you check mounts?
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The voice is normal but did you check mounts?
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no i didnt what should i do?

no you're going to have to odin using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186954 then re root and all that then when flashing make sure you check mounts they are in the directions of all of ayoteddy's roms

well now on odin when i try to flash kj2 it stays at 4 bars and doesnt go any further stood there for 2 hours !!! is it cause im on windows xp or whats going on? thanks

If odin is giving you problems try heimdall its just as if not better then odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350060

Reboot into recovery and install a different rom.
I had this exact same thing on my daughter's Sidekick, where a custom kernel didn't want to boot the phone up.
I tried restoring the backup I had made; nothing. I factory reseted it; nothing.
Loaded up another rom (last ditch effort), and BAM, it went through.
So try rebooting into recovery and load another rom.

after nandroid restore phone got stock at boot

after nandroid restore phone got stock at boot, it just stay there it wont load

K.
What rom are you on? What kernel?
Kind of hard to help with no details man.
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sorry im shaking right now :/
GB 2.3.6
kernel:bhudven stock with lag fix and cwm5

jules2142 said:
sorry im shaking right now :/
GB 2.3.6
kernel:bhudven stock with lag fix and cwm5
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It's okay man we'll try to get you back to normal! Relax, boot loops aren't really a big deal.
Are you running stock 2.3.6 or a custom rom?
If i remember correctly nandroid restores were broken on gb, or was it just kj6(2.3.6) either way, you should be able to get back into recovery and flash the rom again
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im running stock 2.3.6
can u give step on how to restore it tnx by the way

jules2142 said:
im running stock 2.3.6
can u give step on how to restore it tnx by the way
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Can you get back into recovery? (hold vol up vol down and press power) I assume you have cwm recovery? It's red and will say cwm recovery at the top.
If so hit up the dev section and find one of our many awesome custom roms id suggest start with valhalla final by whitehawkx. Download it on your computer.
Now go to "mounts" inside your cwm recovery and select mount usb.
Connect your phone to the computer with your usb, it'll open like usual on your comp.
Put the downloaded zip on your sd.
Now go back to the main screen in your cwm recovery and choose install zip from sd. Choose the zip and it'll flash it. You should be good then!
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recovery is not working :/
i hold the buttons just like the way you said (yes, i have cwm)
but it is still stock at "galaxy s 4g,exclusively from t-mobile" screen
but i can get to download thou,

What might get you into recovery is by trying:
shutting the phone down (you might have to remove the battery). Hold down volume up, volume down, & the power button. keep holding them down until you see the "Galaxy S" screen. When that screen gets a bit brighter only let go of the power button. Keep holding the volume buttons down until you see the recovery screen.
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but the screen didn't got brighter,
anyway i just used this step http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
i hope this works,
now its booting up and running lag fix update

jules2142 said:
recovery is not working :/
i hold the buttons just like the way you said (yes, i have cwm)
but it is still stock at "galaxy s 4g,exclusively from t-mobile" screen
but i can get to download thou,
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please refer to the post above this.
If you still can't get into recovery after that, we might have to have you odin a rom, since you said dl mode is good...
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and it booted
now i need help what to do next?

jules2142 said:
and it booted
now i need help what to do next?
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Youre in recovery now? Hop back to post 6, here I quoted it for you, follow the instructions in the bold type.
tehgyb said:
Can you get back into recovery? (hold vol up vol down and press power) I assume you have cwm recovery? It's red and will say cwm recovery at the top.
If so hit up the dev section and find one of our many awesome custom roms id suggest start with valhalla final by whitehawkx. Download it on your computer.
Now go to "mounts" inside your cwm recovery and select mount usb.
Connect your phone to the computer with your usb, it'll open like usual on your comp.
Put the downloaded zip on your sd.
Now go back to the main screen in your cwm recovery and choose install zip from sd. Choose the zip and it'll flash it. You should be good then!
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tnx for the tips bro,
no i have selected the ROM i want http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404863
i followed the steps and i got stuck at step 2 :/
it said "2) Mounts for CWM are UMMU (Under Mounts and Storage menu)"
but it say in the Cwm error: system cannot be unmounted

jules2142 said:
tnx for the tips bro,
no i have selected the ROM i want http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404863
i followed the steps and i got stuck at step 2 :/
it said "2) Mounts for CWM are UMMU (Under Mounts and Storage menu)"
but it say in the Cwm error: system cannot be unmounted
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back in the mounts section of cwm choose them so they're in this order: "unmount, mount, mount, unmount"
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yeah i did it but the last unmount which is "/system" say "error unmouting /system"

jules2142 said:
yeah i did it but the last unmount which is "/system" say "error unmouting /system"
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Ignore it man, it should be fine. Most devs put the mounts in their flashing scripts anyway tbh...
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ok i'll try,
but WHAT IF i don't work,
could it boot loop my phone again?
my mom is gonna kill me :/

jules2142 said:
ok i'll try,
but WHAT IF i don't work,
could it boot loop my phone again?
my mom is gonna kill me :/
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it should work, but worst case scenario it'll be but looped again, then we'll just odin back to stock
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how about getting it bricked xD
anyway i didn't use odin i use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498

jules2142 said:
how about getting it bricked xD
anyway i didn't use odin i use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
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Nah that shouldn't brick it. It's almost never bricked except when dumb people flash roms built for other phones lol
And ahh yes heimdall is a great choice too ;P
either way, glad you're up and running again!
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[Q] (how to) stuck in recovery

I was adding a new rom to my phone when I accidentally hit reboot after I deleted everything off of it. Now when I try to flash stock onto it using odin it just vibrates every two seconds and doesnt do anything on the screen it's just black. Please help!!!

If your Odin flash finished successfully and that stuff is happening afterwards just pull the battery put it back in go to recovery and clear cache and factory reset. You you should be OK after that.
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I tried that. It just keeps vibrating and flashes samsung. it won't let me get to the recovery to clear it all. :crying:

Does it go to download mode? I hope it does. Flash a cwm tar recovery clean up and then flash stock again.
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yes it does go into download mode. can you please post a link for that so I no Im putting the right thing onto it. sorry Im a noob lol

Just reflash your stock with Odin one more time and watch it finish successfully. If reflashing didn't work read the thread for restoring to stock by vincom. Everything you need is there and don't hesitate to read more and make sure you know what you're doing. Don't check any extra options in Odin either!
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twisteraml said:
yes it does go into download mode. can you please post a link for that so I no Im putting the right thing onto it. sorry Im a noob lol
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I used this thread by vincom to return to stock with ODIN when I had an issue with my S2 and worked like a charm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

[Q] I9003 would not get past 'Samsung boot logo'

Hello mates, I have a I9003 which would not get past the 'Samsung' boot logo. I already tried flashing a stock ROM from sammobile.com but still the problem persists.
Tried PIT+BOOTLOADER+MODEM+PHONE+CSC,
MODEM+PHONE+CSC,
PIT+PDA (ONE FILE PACKAGE)
ONLY PDA (ONE FILE PACKAGE)
Nothing works, it is still stuck. I cannot wipe data/factory reset since I can't access stock recovery. Though going to download mode is not a problem.
Any fix for this? Or should I flash another stock ROM?

Try without sim card and flash cf root after full ddlf.
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I have made some progress, I think. While after flashing CF-Root for DDLF2 after clean installing it, I've waited for the phone to boot.
Now, it booted to the same Samsung I9003 boot animation, but after a while, I think it booted into recovery and started to wipe/install, though I'm not sure because the texts were going fast.
One thing I remembered was something with unable to mount /data among others. I saw other yellow texts, and also red texts, which seems to be errors (since I've used a CWM with other phones a couple of times).
After that, it got stuck to like a loading icon, like what you see when a video is buffering in Youtube, then reboots after a while to a stuck Samsung I9003 boot animation again.
Please help me mates, would be highly appreciated.

Without sim and external sdcard try to go to recovery and wipe user data and then boot.
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sam_777 said:
Without sim and external sdcard try to go to recovery and wipe user data and then boot.
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The thing is, I cannot boot to recovery mode with the 3 button combo. Only download mode mate.
Is there anything that I could flash in Odin that would reboot the phone to recovery mode?

jephimax said:
The thing is, I cannot boot to recovery mode with the 3 button combo. Only download mode mate.
Is there anything that I could flash in Odin that would reboot the phone to recovery mode?
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Try flashing BCK CF-root universal. I think there was a beta 15rc7 version somewhere in the BAM kernel thread. It does include a recovery.
Only for GB ROMs, not Kitkat/JB ones.

Hetalk said:
Try flashing BCK CF-root universal. I think there was a beta 15rc7 version somewhere in the BAM kernel thread. It does include a recovery.
Only for GB ROMs, not Kitkat/JB ones.
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I actually did that earlier, but the thing is as I've said is that I cannot boot to recovery with the 3-button combo. What I was hoping for is a file or kernel or anything that would automatically reboot the phone to 'recovery mode' after flashing it through Odin.

jephimax said:
I actually did that earlier, but the thing is as I've said is that I cannot boot to recovery with the 3-button combo. What I was hoping for is a file or kernel or anything that would automatically reboot the phone to 'recovery mode' after flashing it through Odin.
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Ummm. Not sure if I've seen that done before.
Sorry man.

Try adb reboot recovery. Not sure about it.
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Ummm. Not sure if I've seen that done before.
Sorry man.
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Well, that worked after flashing a stock ROM with .pit on I9100, though I don't know about the I9003
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Try adb reboot recovery. Not sure about it.
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ADB would not work with a phone stuck phone. Recovery I think is my only change.

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Try adb reboot recovery. Not sure about it.
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ADB wont work from download mode.
I'm sure you've tried this before, but can you try flashing complete ddlf2 package from here.
This has never failed me, yet. It's my fallback if everything else doesn't work.
All the best

Hetalk said:
ADB wont work from download mode.
I'm sure you've tried this before, but can you try flashing complete ddlf2 package from here.
This has never failed me, yet. It's my fallback if everything else doesn't work.
All the best
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I'll try in a bit after DLing the package. Should I flash this several times to work? Should I flash once with PIT and BL, then just CSC, PHONE, and MODEM?

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I'll try in a bit after DLing the package. Should I flash this several times to work? Should I flash once with PIT and BL, then just CSC, PHONE, and MODEM?
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Flash all 5 at the same time. See the snapshot shown in that thread.
Also, try a different odin version (i think 1.85 worked best for me) if it fails.

Hetalk said:
Flash all 5 at the same time. See the snapshot shown in that thread.
Also, try a different odin version (i think 1.85 worked best for me) if it fails.
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Flashed it and it actually booted to recovery mode. I'll list some of the errors that arose:
E:/format_volume:rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
Data wipe failed
Also tried the 'apply update from sdcard', and shows:
E:/failed to mount /sdcard (File exists)
E:/failed to mount /sdcard (Invalid argument)
Now I'll try to flash CWM to it and hopefully boots to recovery again and flash a custom ROM :fingers-crossed:

Well, I think another progress has been made, after flashing the DDLF2 firmware again, I waited for about 7 minutes and it got past the Samsung I9003 boot logo, and it goes to the Samsung boot animation, and after that, stuck at a boot loop.

Check it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727679
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Check it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727679
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So maybe the internal mmc is corrupted. I'm not sure one to follow but definitely not the one with the wonder go program since how can I enable USB debugging if it won't even boot. Should I try to flash DDLF2 with inserting a microSD card? Or should I remove the internal mmc, which I've read in another thread was kind of successful but a little hazardous.

Try to flash froyo 2.2 with pit. Logic is to reformat the structure of the memory.
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Try to flash froyo 2.2 with pit. Logic is to reformat the structure of the memory.
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I really appreciate the help mate. Would you refer me to a link for the 2.2 stock ROMs? As I only find GB firmwares, mostly old stock ROM links are down.

May find here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742279
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