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Rom Upgrade Help Required

Hello All,
I need your help regarding upgrade my captivate which is running on 2.1. I had hard bricked it once before when I was trying to update it via odin. Just got fixed it back from mobiletechvideos.com. Now I want to upgrade it to gingerbread Can anyone tell me any stable rom which I can upgrade safely and have 0% chance to hard bricked it again. Or any rom which I can flash via any other tool not via odin as I thought last bricked was caused due to odin. Pls help me.
I like the MIUI rom but I saw that it use ODIN so I am a bit afread to try it
Thanks

My understanding of the process.
I'm fairly sure you need to use superoneclick to root, that's step one. Next go to market and dowload ROM manager and install it, that's step two.Step three, flash clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager. Choose captivateMTD and let it flash. Step four, now go to the download ROM and choose an MTD ROM. I reccomend cyanogenmod as its aosp, overclocked and generally awesome. They have a stable build that's a great dd. Step five is to flash it. When the download completes it will promt you to wipe data and cache, clear everything and hit go. Step six would be to dl and flash gapps with ROM manager. Wipe cache and install. After all this you should be on cm7 stable. Pm me if you need help. I have the drivers and all files you could possibly need in my dropbox account.
Good luck and enjoy cyanogenmod.
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

where I can get superoneclick to root it ?

imk79 said:
where I can get superoneclick to root it ?
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please, for the love all that is holy, leave your phone alone if you dont know how to use GOOGLE
http://bit.ly/uoGYG7

I tried to download superoneclick via this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
All archive showing me damaged only 8 mb version is working but when I tried to root it via that version it shows me FAILED msg at the end. Any help in this regard ?

You do not need to root your phone to install a custom rom.
If you currently are on 2.1, boot into recovery and flash this zip file.
From here you can go about installing a gingerbread kernel and rom.
If you are unsure of the process, please do lots more research before you go flashing anything. If you brick again it's not my fault.

mikedavis120 said:
My understanding of the process.
I'm fairly sure you need to use superoneclick to root, that's step one. Next go to market and dowload ROM manager and install it, that's step two.Step three, flash clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager. Choose captivateMTD and let it flash. Step four, now go to the download ROM and choose an MTD ROM. I reccomend cyanogenmod as its aosp, overclocked and generally awesome. They have a stable build that's a great dd. Step five is to flash it. When the download completes it will promt you to wipe data and cache, clear everything and hit go. Step six would be to dl and flash gapps with ROM manager. Wipe cache and install. After all this you should be on cm7 stable. Pm me if you need help. I have the drivers and all files you could possibly need in my dropbox account.
Good luck and enjoy cyanogenmod.
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
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Step One: Root Done
Step Two: ROM manager installation Done
Step Three: flash clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager (When I clicked on it asked me that confirm phone model and when I clicked on samsung captivate MDT it said that clockworkmod not officially supported the captivate MDT and have you installed clockworkmod based recovery manually if I clicked on yes it proceed to the next screen and if I clicked no it said that without it rom manager will not work. If i clicked on yes it proceed to the next screen and asked me the clockworkmod version 2.x or 3.x. I select one of them and click on the install rom from SD card and then browse to my downloaded rom when I clicked on rom and it will ask me to backup exsisiting rom, wipe data and cache and wipe dalvik cache. I had selected last 2 options and clicked ok then it asked me to press ok to reboot into clockworkMod Recovery and continue the installation when I clicked ok and rebooted where it showing me 4 options: rebbot system now, reinstall packages, delete all user data and delete cache data. After that I don't know what to do BTW I downloaded MIUI rom as I wana try it )
Any Help ?

Its sounds like you are in the stock recovery still. When you get to the screen with four options click reinstall packages and it should take you to clockwork recovery. The you will have many more options. You will want to go to install zip from SD card then choose zip from SD card and then navigate to your rom of choice and click it. Then it will go through the install process and when it is done hit reboot now and you should be running your custom rom.
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bradleyG said:
Its sounds like you are in the stock recovery still. When you get to the screen with four options click reinstall packages and it should take you to clockwork recovery. The you will have many more options. You will want to go to install zip from SD card then choose zip from SD card and then navigate to your rom of choice and click it. Then it will go through the install process and when it is done hit reboot now and you should be running your custom rom.
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Ok here come the problem again. I install the update.zip from sd card and the phone took me into the clockworkmod recovery a new menu then I install update.zip and after that I click install a zip from SD card. I clicked on it and browse it to the downloaded rom and it asked me to perform the action and I clicked ok after that it shows the installing process again and from after that phone is showing AT&T logo then Cyanogen Mod logo and then showing it is installing something and then restarting again and again. Phone is in the same state and doing this thing again and again. I remove the battery and power on again and its doing same thing any help ?

Get into cwm again via buttons and flash cm7 one more time. Should fix the error you're seeing.

ok I am able to fix it. I removed the SIM card and SD CARD and it will come to the update process and when done its boot to the rom and finally I am in new MIUI look and feel Thanks guys for your help. I will try this rom for few days but can any one pls tell me any proper guide where I can find a proper guide and information that how to update a rom and how to fix a problems if faced during the installation process.

imk79 said:
but can any one pls tell me any proper guide where I can find a proper guide and information that how to update a rom and how to fix a problems if faced during the installation process.
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dude. this website is all the info you freakin need

imk79 said:
ok I am able to fix it. I removed the SIM card and SD CARD and it will come to the update process and when done its boot to the rom and finally I am in new MIUI look and feel Thanks guys for your help. I will try this rom for few days but can any one pls tell me any proper guide where I can find a proper guide and information that how to update a rom and how to fix a problems if faced during the installation process.
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The thanks button is there for a reason. Haha just messing with you but if you feel like saying thanks to someone feel free to press the button that's what it's there for.

Pirateghost said:
dude. this website is all the info you freakin need
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Yeah I know that this for the XDA all about but every time I got help is via starting a topic. Being a beginner I want to have a guide where all problems should listed click if the phone is not going cwm how can you fix it so it would be guide. I got help everytime from XDA when I searched but very distributed. And if you search on google you will got alot info in which you are not sure about which is correct for you. Anyways Thanks alot guys.

PLSSSSSSSS HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP samsung gt i9003 galaxy s

I flashed my kernel to utterchaos v8 no oc a month ago. Today i wanted to flash it to a stock one and i screwed all things. I dont know why but i used odin with only laguna pit and my phone started into recovery mod. i couldnt recover it and i entered the download mode with 3 button after power off. Then i wanted to make this freakin phone work with flashing back to the stock firmware. But no use.I thought it worked as odin says it had passed but it stuck on welcome screen. Now it says only samsung and 1 step away from starting the phone. Pls help me. My phone was XXKPQ 2.3.6 Russian model.
now I want to flash to 2.3.6 model. PLS HELP ME....
This is my first android phone. Pls help me. I wanted to change things but i screwed everything. PLS HELP

Reshad127 said:
I flashed my kernel to utterchaos v8 no oc a month ago. Today i wanted to flash it to a stock one and i screwed all things. I dont know why but i used odin with only laguna pit and my phone started into recovery mod. i couldnt recover it and i entered the download mode with 3 button after power off. Then i wanted to make this freakin phone work with flashing back to the stock firmware. But no use.I thought it worked as odin says it had passed but it stuck on welcome screen. Now it says only samsung and 1 step away from starting the phone. Pls help me. My phone was XXKPQ 2.3.6 Russian model.
now I want to flash to 2.3.6 model. PLS HELP ME....
This is my first android phone. Pls help me. I wanted to change things but i screwed everything. PLS HELP
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Try to reflash firmware using odin.

Maybe i do reflashing wrong.
I do
1) Going in to download mode
2) opening odin v 182
3) selecting pda xxkpq.tar.md5
4) unchecking repartition
5) start
then everything works and it says passed
but when it restarts it stucks in the startup samsung doing and doing the same startup screen with intervals

Reshad127 said:
Maybe i do reflashing wrong.
I do
1) Going in to download mode
2) opening odin v 182
3) selecting pda xxkpq.tar.md5
4) unchecking repartition
5) start
then everything works and it says passed
but when it restarts it stucks in the startup samsung doing and doing the same startup screen with intervals
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After this, flash utterchaous v9 1009 and go to recovery and wipe all.
Then reflash.. Kpq using odin.

where can i find utterchaous v9 1009 ?
I said i am nooooooooooooobbbbbbbbbb))) i am stupid)))

Reshad127 said:
where can i find utterchaous v9 1009 ?
I said i am nooooooooooooobbbbbbbbbb))) i am stupid)))
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In the android development section of i9003..

Bro first download XXKPE from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004647
Then follow the guide to flash XXKPE here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133787
Then follow the guide to flash XXKPQ again from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133787

just enter into download mode.then flash xxkpe (all options wid repartition checked)just allow it to be booted till the homescreen and then again go into diwnload mode and flash xxkpq(repartition unchecked)

I installed utterchaos v9 1009 and it worked. But it started with factory default settings. But the problem is everytime the phone turns on it starts with factory default settings. every time asks me to choose locale, languages and e.t.c.
I will try flashing to xxkpe

Are you sure that the Factory Settings issue wasn't caused by you flashing XXKPE first then XXKPQ?
Try reflashing again.

!n0x said:
Are you sure that the Factory Settings issue wasn't caused by you flashing XXKPE first then XXKPQ?
Try reflashing again.
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No I hadn't flashed to XXKPE then.

THANKS TO ALL OF UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU> U ARE GREAT)
THANK YOU devilhell007 for providing links, i am new to this forum.
I APPRECIATE IT)

@rsehad127
You will only get the select locale etc just once....
Do not factory reset everytime.

I know the problem here. You flashed from UC kernel , and you must have a partition that was converted to EXT4. you then flashed stock kernel but of course your phone will not boot after that, because stock kernel does not support EXT4 format. after you flashed stock kernel you should go into recovery menu and wipe/factory reset, so the partition will go back to default format, and you can still retain stock kernel.
Delete this message I dont know how I didnt read above that you already got your solution

BassBlaster said:
I know the problem here. You flashed from UC kernel , and you must have a partition that was converted to EXT4. you then flashed stock kernel but of course your phone will not boot after that, because stock kernel does not support EXT4 format. after you flashed stock kernel you should go into recovery menu and wipe/factory reset, so the partition will go back to default format, and you can still retain stock kernel.
Delete this message I dont know how I didnt read above that you already got your solution
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Correct me if im wrong , but as far as i know every time you flash stock firmware through odin your partition is automatically converted to rfs format

devilhell007 said:
Correct me if im wrong , but as far as i know every time you flash stock firmware through odin your partition is automatically converted to rfs format
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I guess if you repartition it will be reverted
Cheers
Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by MIUI

devilhell007 said:
Correct me if im wrong , but as far as i know every time you flash stock firmware through odin your partition is automatically converted to rfs format
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Not until u use latona.pit file with xxkpe. To get back to rfs, u need to flash xxkpe.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium

i9003 doesn't boot up (Can access download mode)

What's going on guys,I've got a problem here that I need your help with.
After flashing a new 2.3.6 ROM my phone just won't boot up, here's how it went down.
I flashed the new ROM and it worked great for about 1 month and suddenly it stopped booting up, since then I've tried flashing a huge load of ROMs trying to get it to work but so far nothing has worked.
I've tried flashing with the MMC in, without it and I've also tried flashing with and without the latona.pit file, as I said above nothing has worked.
After the flashing here's what I see in the Android System Recovery Menu:
Your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions
Meida files copy failed
--Installing package--
Finding update package
Opening update package
Installing update...
Successfully installed package
-- Wiping data
Formatting /data
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcbl0p3
Formatting /dbdata
Formatting /cache
Data wipe failed
--Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/SER/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC
I can get the phone to download mode, and it shows the Samsung animation but without sound, and it keeps bootlooping.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Flashing with latona pit file will solve the problem... do a complete flash from odin... xxkpe first then kpu or xxle4.... it should work for you... were on ics???
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium

anziclone said:
Flashing with latona pit file will solve the problem... do a complete flash from odin... xxkpe first then kpu or xxle4.... it should work for you... were on ics???
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium
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Nah' was never on ICS, could you upload the latona file for me, I'm not sure I have the correct one. Thanks.

anziclone said:
Flashing with latona pit file will solve the problem... do a complete flash from odin... xxkpe first then kpu or xxle4.... it should work for you... were on ics???
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium
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Found the PIT file in the rom zip, did what you said and doesn't work. Anybody out there with ideas help me out here.

if you are stuck in a boot loop go to recovery and and clear user data and clear cache...
that worked for me

PhantomPhreek said:
What's going on guys,I've got a problem here that I need your help with.
After flashing a new 2.3.6 ROM my phone just won't boot up, here's how it went down.
I flashed the new ROM and it worked great for about 1 month and suddenly it stopped booting up, since then I've tried flashing a huge load of ROMs trying to get it to work but so far nothing has worked...
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ok, so you were running a custom rom for a month, and for that month there were no problems. then, all of a sudden, with no further modifications and no alterations of any settings, it quit working? was it having any sort of problems, like difficulty booting or coming out of sleep, etc., or was it really with no warning at all? there was no overheating at all either?
what were your governor settings?
you say that flashing pit, along with the roms listed above, didn't work, but what was the message you got after running it in odin?

supergaijin said:
ok, so you were running a custom rom for a month, and for that month there were no problems. then, all of a sudden, with no further modifications and no alterations of any settings, it quit working? was it having any sort of problems, like difficulty booting or coming out of sleep, etc., or was it really with no warning at all? there was no overheating at all either?
what were your governor settings?
you say that flashing pit, along with the roms listed above, didn't work, but what was the message you got after running it in odin?
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It wasn't a custom ROM that I installed, it was an official one that was posted on XDA.
No errors were shown in ODIN, the only errors are the ones on the phone which I posted above.
Yeah, it stopped working without me doing any modifications.
I flashed a one file rom and it worked great for about a month then it stopped working and I downgraded to a 3-file rom, flashing the 3-file rom WITHOUT the External SD gave the same error I've posted above, I flashed it WITH the External SD and it worked great for a few months but when I removed the SD card while the phone was on, it would just hang and I would have to restart the phone again with the SD card in which made me believe the OS was installed on the SD card. But this stopped working after another month and here I'm.
The problem right now is, I get the error despite whether the SD card is in or out.
I've done some research on this and I see that this problem MAYBE caused by partitioning issues that could be fixed with "dbdata.rfs" IN GALAXY S, (the same error has been fixed on the Galaxy S with the "dbdata.rfs" file) but I haven't been able to find the "dbdata.rfs" file in any of the roms for i9003.

did u unmount ur sd card before removing it?anyway,u can continue trying to flash other rom available since u can still enter download mode.do try flashing with rom that got bootloader(4files rom) on odin.
anyway,this thread actually belongs to general section man.do explore xda properly before u start posting a thread..

in addition to what rarap said, switching your sd cards with the swap is one thing that causes problems. I'm sure you know the purpose of the swap, but in most cases (or all, can't say for sure), these swaps don't fix the commands for ejecting sd cards, so even though you do the "eject" command, it will still give you the warning that you removed a card without stopping it, hence the hang when you removed it.
do a full five file flash. backup first, then reset all data, then flash pit, then 4 files of kpe and then whichever GB you were using (PDA ONLY!) and do not make any mods. then see if you have issues.

Can you get into recovery?
Try flashing a different kernel... also while at boot logo, does the phone vibrate at any instance?

same thing happened to me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709530
yr internal sd card is currupted
if it is in warranty hen go to service centre at once
and if not then repairs will be costly
you can try to revive yr phone by going to these threads but i cannot guarantee success
i tried but i was stuck, and i dont have the time ( i have to study)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241574
http://translate.google.com/transla...es/2012/05/la-resurreccion-del-i9003.html?m=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644797&page=3

anziclone said:
Can you get into recovery?
Try flashing a different kernel... also while at boot logo, does the phone vibrate at any instance?
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I've tried installing different kernals, none worked.
It doesn't vibrate on boot but it does when I tab onscreen buttons on the UC kernel.

where are you from ? i can help you in person if ur a local
btw you do not need to go to service center :] ur internal card is not corrupted..
first u need to flash XXKPE phone won't boot..
then flash KPU.. phon will still not boot
then install this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1021032&d=1335208703
and got to recovery and wipe everything and restore factory settings and phone will boot... remember it could take a while to boot because dalvik cache needs time to build on the first startup
btw you must be using a cooked rom this is a known problem i also had this prob in the past..

simmer14 said:
where are you from ? i can help you in person if ur a local
btw you do not need to go to service center :] ur internal card is not corrupted..
first u need to flash XXKPE phone won't boot..
then flash KPU.. phon will still not boot
then install this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1021032&d=1335208703
and got to recovery and wipe everything and restore factory settings and phone will boot... remember it could take a while to boot because dalvik cache needs time to build on the first startup
btw you must be using a cooked rom this is a known problem i also had this prob in the past..
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Nah' I've never flashed a cooked rom, only the official ones that were posted on samfirmware.com
Thanks for the reply man, so I flash the bootloader, pda, csc, modem AND the pit file all in one go?.
EDIT: Tried it, doesn't work give the error "E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)"

[Q] Can I flash a custom ROM using Odin?

To start, I am a lower-than-a-beginner when it comes to this.
I was given a Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 that doesn't seem to function well and force closes all the time. I did a little reading and took a little action.
Here's what I have done so far:
- I tried to reset the phone to factory settings through the phone but to no avail. All apps, files and everything remained.
- I tried to reset the phone through recovery mode and wiped cache and data but got the same result.
- So I thought of rooting it and flashing a custom ROM.
- I flashed a stock ROM (not sure) I found which is a DDKP3 through Odin which went through OK but the phone is still malfunctioning.
- I rooted the phone through a rooting package I found for the DDKP3 through Odin which, again, went through OK.
- The apps are still force closing.
- I found a custom ROM which is a Paranoid Android JB ported for the Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 (not sure if it will work).
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918789
- Saved the ROM and the gapps zip file to the sdcard.
- Went to recovery mode.
- I am getting a message saying "E:/can't mount sdcard" when I tried to install from zip file.
- I was able to verify that the sdcard is working since I am able to read/write on it through the phone or PC.
Questions:
1. Am I doing the right thing?
2. What am I doing wrong?
3. How should I proceed?
4. Is it possible for me to flash the ROM through Odin since it is a zip file?
5. Do I even have the right ROM?
I am afraid that I might brick the phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

dixtor said:
To start, I am a lower-than-a-beginner when it comes to this.
I was given a Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 that doesn't seem to function well and force closes all the time. I did a little reading and took a little action.
Here's what I have done so far:
- I tried to reset the phone to factory settings through the phone but to no avail. All apps, files and everything remained.
- I tried to reset the phone through recovery mode and wiped cache and data but got the same result.
- So I thought of rooting it and flashing a custom ROM.
- I flashed a stock ROM (not sure) I found which is a DDKP3 through Odin which went through OK but the phone is still malfunctioning.
- I rooted the phone through a rooting package I found for the DDKP3 through Odin which, again, went through OK.
- The apps are still force closing.
- I found a custom ROM which is a Paranoid Android JB ported for the Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 (not sure if it will work).
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918789
- Saved the ROM and the gapps zip file to the sdcard.
- Went to recovery mode.
- I am getting a message saying "E:/can't mount sdcard" when I tried to install from zip file.
- I was able to verify that the sdcard is working since I am able to read/write on it through the phone or PC.
Questions:
1. Am I doing the right thing?
2. What am I doing wrong?
3. How should I proceed?
4. Is it possible for me to flash the ROM through Odin since it is a zip file?
5. Do I even have the right ROM?
I am afraid that I might brick the phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi there. You can go to this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004647 and flashed kpe rom first. Follow the instructions there before flashing to other custom rom including the paranoid rom

icephatom said:
Hi there. You can go to this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004647 and flashed kpe rom first. Follow the instructions there before flashing to other custom rom including the paranoid rom
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Hello!
Thanks for the advice. May I know if I will lose my root access if I will flash the I9003XXKPE ROM?

dixtor said:
Hello!
Thanks for the advice. May I know if I will lose my root access if I will flash the I9003XXKPE ROM?
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Yes you will lose it. KPE is a clean rom.

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Ditbardh said:
Yes you will lose it. KPE is a clean rom.
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Thanks for the response.
May I know if this is the best method of rooting the KPE ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18237648
Do you recommend that I root and flash another ROM or stick with the KPE ROM?

dixtor said:
Thanks for the response.
May I know if this is the best method of rooting the KPE ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18237648
Do you recommend that I root and flash another ROM or stick with the KPE ROM?
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No need to root kpe.its 2.3.4 .flash it twice and next flash a new 2.3.6 stock rom.I recommend ddlf2.its the latest.then you can root it

loneagl said:
No need to root kpe.its 2.3.4 .flash it twice and next flash a new 2.3.6 stock rom.I recommend ddlf2.its the latest.then you can root it
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I am in the process of downloading the DDLF2 ROM.
But as of this moment I already have the phone rooted through SuperOneClick. Is it okay if I flash the ported ParanoidAndroid ROM along with the gapps zip file since the phone is still not working normally after flashing a stock ROM?
And thank you very much for the advise.

[Q] Stuck in endless Bootloop

i'm stuck in an endless bootloop after trying to upgrade the CM10 Beta 4 version on my Samsung Galaxy S Plus.
This is what i did
I'd upgraded from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6 some months ago. Then flashed CM10 Beta 4 by ivendor.
For this i first downloaded the CWM -> recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 and flashed it using Odin.
Then the ROM file -> cm-10-20130324-ivendor-beta4-ariesve.zip
Was checking the updates on this and found much advances in the 2.5 release of 2 May 2013.
So downloaded the CWM -> CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.tar.md5. When i tried to flash using Odin it gave me the MD5 error.
Saw somewhere on the forum to flash using zip file, so downloaded CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.zip and tried to flash. This was when my phone got soft-bricked.
Removed the cable, battery etc. After some time, was able to go into Download mode but not Recovery.
Then i tried to flash to stock ROM (2.3.6) - I9001XXKQI_I9001XXKPM_I9001OXFKQ3_HOME.tar.md5. This completed and Odin said PASS. But the phone now goes into a bootloop. Tried the Recovery mode but after the Android-out-of-the-box symbol it again said SAMSUNG and started the boot. This is repeating continuously. What should i do now? Please help.
This is the sequence of things...
1) 2.3.3 to 2.3.6 - Success !!
2) Flash with CM10-Beta 4.a) recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 - OK
b) cm-10-20130324-ivendor-beta4-ariesve.zip - Success!!!
c) gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip - Success!!​3) Flash with CM10-Release 2.5a) CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.tar.md5 - MD5 checksum error !!
b) CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.zip - Soft-bricked !!!​4) Flash stock ROM (2.3.6) a) I9001XXKQI_I9001XXKPM_I9001OXFKQ3_HOME.tar.md5 - PASS
Bootloop
Cannot go into Recovery mode too (after Recovery mode icon appears SAMSUNG logo comes up and phone boots with the blue spiral, this goes into a continuous loop)​

anoopgkris said:
i'm stuck in an endless bootloop after trying to upgrade the CM10 Beta 4 version on my Samsung Galaxy S Plus.
This is what i did
I'd upgraded from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6 some months ago. Then flashed CM10 Beta 4 by ivendor.
For this i first downloaded the CWM -> recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 and flashed it using Odin.
Then the ROM file -> cm-10-20130324-ivendor-beta4-ariesve.zip
Was checking the updates on this and found much advances in the 2.5 release of 2 May 2013.
So downloaded the CWM -> CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.tar.md5. When i tried to flash using Odin it gave me the MD5 error.
Saw somewhere on the forum to flash using zip file, so downloaded CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.zip and tried to flash. This was when my phone got soft-bricked.
Removed the cable, battery etc. After some time, was able to go into Download mode but not Recovery.
Then i tried to flash to stock ROM (2.3.6) - I9001XXKQI_I9001XXKPM_I9001OXFKQ3_HOME.tar.md5. This completed and Odin said PASS. But the phone now goes into a bootloop. Tried the Recovery mode but after the Android-out-of-the-box symbol it again said SAMSUNG and started the boot. This is repeating continuously. What should i do now? Please help.
This is the sequence of things...
1) 2.3.3 to 2.3.6 - Success !!
2) Flash with CM10-Beta 4.a) recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 - OK
b) cm-10-20130324-ivendor-beta4-ariesve.zip - Success!!!
c) gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip - Success!!​3) Flash with CM10-Release 2.5a) CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.tar.md5 - MD5 checksum error !!
b) CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.zip - Soft-bricked !!!​4) Flash stock ROM (2.3.6) a) I9001XXKQI_I9001XXKPM_I9001OXFKQ3_HOME.tar.md5 - PASS
Bootloop
Cannot go into Recovery mode too (after Recovery mode icon appears SAMSUNG logo comes up and phone boots with the blue spiral, this goes into a continuous loop)​
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AFAIK, CM10 would have already consisted of the latest CWM, so there is no need of u to flash a CWM again over it!
Ur biggest mistake, u MUST have had a nandroid backup before doing anything to ur phone! This might have been even recommended by the thread of the CM10.
So my last suggestion from the things that u have done, flash the CWM through odin if possible right now and if successful get into recovery mode and wipe data & cache and check whether the bootloop is gone.
Else try reflashing the stock firmware.
If that doesn't even help, get help from the devs related to ur device through PM.
If hopeless still, then hit a samsung service center near u
Hit thanks rather than typing it

Will try this
parkourkarthik said:
AFAIK, CM10 would have already consisted of the latest CWM, so there is no need of u to flash a CWM again over it!
Ur biggest mistake, u MUST have had a nandroid backup before doing anything to ur phone! This might have been even recommended by the thread of the CM10.
So my last suggestion from the things that u have done, flash the CWM through odin if possible right now and if successful get into recovery mode and wipe data & cache and check whether the bootloop is gone.
Else try reflashing the stock firmware.
If that doesn't even help, get help from the devs related to ur device through PM.
If hopeless still, then hit a samsung service center near u
Hit thanks rather than typing it
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Thanks, will try this tonight
I already took the Nandroid backup before flashing CM10 Beta 4. But was not able to go into it after my phone was soft-bricked.

Solved - booted into 2.3.6 !!!
parkourkarthik said:
AFAIK, CM10 would have already consisted of the latest CWM, so there is no need of u to flash a CWM again over it!
Ur biggest mistake, u MUST have had a nandroid backup before doing anything to ur phone! This might have been even recommended by the thread of the CM10.
So my last suggestion from the things that u have done, flash the CWM through odin if possible right now and if successful get into recovery mode and wipe data & cache and check whether the bootloop is gone.
Else try reflashing the stock firmware.
If that doesn't even help, get help from the devs related to ur device through PM.
If hopeless still, then hit a samsung service center near u
Hit thanks rather than typing it
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A million thanks!! It somehow started now into the 2.3.6.
Flashing the recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 did not solve the bootloop. Then i flashed the Boot_loader.tar. That too did not solve the bootloop. Tried Recovery mode again but the SAMSUNG logo kept coming and going until i released my fingers after a full two minutes. Then before the android-out-of-the-box icon came it went straightaway into Recovery .
Wiped Data and Cache and rebooted. After a very very long time it started and asked if im okay with the Google data collection policy asked in Polish language.
Wow, going to update to 4.1.2 Release 2.5 in some time.
Thanks again man. :good:

Got CM10 Beta 4 again !
parkourkarthik said:
AFAIK, CM10 would have already consisted of the latest CWM, so there is no need of u to flash a CWM again over it!
Ur biggest mistake, u MUST have had a nandroid backup before doing anything to ur phone! This might have been even recommended by the thread of the CM10.
So my last suggestion from the things that u have done, flash the CWM through odin if possible right now and if successful get into recovery mode and wipe data & cache and check whether the bootloop is gone.
Else try reflashing the stock firmware.
If that doesn't even help, get help from the devs related to ur device through PM.
If hopeless still, then hit a samsung service center near u
Hit thanks rather than typing it
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All went smooth. CM10 Beta 4 is back on my SGS+.
Thanks for the advises and help

anoopgkris said:
All went smooth. CM10 Beta 4 is back on my SGS+.
Thanks for the advises and help
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U got it man:victory:
It's good that u posted the way u solved it! so that it would help others who face the same problem
BTW add the word [solved] in ur thread topic..
Hit thanks rather than typing it

[SOLVED] Bootloop problem after soft-brick
parkourkarthik said:
U got it man:victory:
It's good that u posted the way u solved it! so that it would help others who face the same problem
BTW add the word [solved] in ur thread topic..
Hit thanks rather than typing it
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Sure, thanks !!
Also pasting here an easter egg that i saw after loading Gingerbread 2.3.6 before this CM10.
Putting this because i tried this for the first time in GB (the seven times click on android version)