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Hi,
So I got a bootloop after wiping battery status on recovery. But first I wiped cache and dalvik cache (i dont know why i did this). Now, Im on a boot loop and I cant even turn the phone off. I take the battery out and plug it back in and it just loops. Same with taking the battery out and plugging a usb. SO I successfully got to Download mode and got ODIN to recognize the phone. I installed Clockwork
Mod Touch 5.8.1.3 Odin tar. and it says it was succesful, but no luck! Still loops. Is there another .TAR file I can install???
PS: I cant get into Recovery because phone does not turn off.
Please any input is much appreciated, this is driving me nuts.
Wiping battery stats, cache and Dalvik shouldn't cause a bootloop. Wiping Dalvik does cause a very long boot cycle, though, as it causes the system to think it's got all-new apps, and it has to re-process and re-cache them. Are you sure that's not what's going on? How long are you letting it sit for?
Also, are you sure you don't have a stuck power button? I doubt it because you were able to get into download mode and flash a recovery img, but have you tried mashing the button down over and over, even cleaning around the edges of the button with a needle?
mex2309 said:
Hi,
So I got a bootloop after wiping battery status on recovery. But first I wiped cache and dalvik cache (i dont know why i did this). Now, Im on a boot loop and I cant even turn the phone off. I take the battery out and plug it back in and it just loops. Same with taking the battery out and plugging a usb. SO I successfully got to Download mode and got ODIN to recognize the phone. I installed Clockwork
Mod Touch 5.8.1.3 Odin tar. and it says it was succesful, but no luck! Still loops. Is there another .TAR file I can install???
PS: I cant get into Recovery because phone does not turn off.
Please any input is much appreciated, this is driving me nuts.
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U should definitely go back to stock via odin first before even trying to install cwm and flashing a custom rom.
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T.J. Bender said:
Wiping battery stats, cache and Dalvik shouldn't cause a bootloop. Wiping Dalvik does cause a very long boot cycle, though, as it causes the system to think it's got all-new apps, and it has to re-process and re-cache them. Are you sure that's not what's going on? How long are you letting it sit for?
Also, are you sure you don't have a stuck power button? I doubt it because you were able to get into download mode and flash a recovery img, but have you tried mashing the button down over and over, even cleaning around the edges of the button with a needle?
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I left it on the loop for about 2:30 hours. Still nothing- I cleaned around the power button by taking the case off. Everything looked fine but it still loops. Once I was able to get to Recovery mode but I could only scroll down one line before the phone flashes and goes back to the first command line. This leads me to believe that theres something wrong with the power button, its stuck or a short. Also, I still can't turn if off, as soon as I put the battery in- it turns on w/o me pressing the power button.
I think its a gonner...
I left it on the loop for about 2:30 hours. Still nothing- I cleaned around the power button by taking the case off. Everything looked fine but it still loops. Once I was able to get to Recovery mode but I could only scroll down one line before the phone flashes and goes back to the first command line. This leads me to believe that theres something wrong with the power button, its stuck or a short. Also, I still can't turn if off, as soon as I put the battery in- it turns on w/o me pressing the power button.
mex2309 said:
I think its a gonner...
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It's alive! Finally i got it to boot up. I don't know how or why. I tried to go to Recover mode and this time I got in and was able to cycle through the menu. I reinstalled the latest ROM I used and it booted up. Strange.... but I'm happy.
mex2309 said:
I left it on the loop for about 2:30 hours. Still nothing- I cleaned around the power button by taking the case off. Everything looked fine but it still loops. Once I was able to get to Recovery mode but I could only scroll down one line before the phone flashes and goes back to the first command line. This leads me to believe that theres something wrong with the power button, its stuck or a short. Also, I still can't turn if off, as soon as I put the battery in- it turns on w/o me pressing the power button.
It's alive! Finally i got it to boot up. I don't know how or why. I tried to go to Recover mode and this time I got in and was able to cycle through the menu. I reinstalled the latest ROM I used and it booted up. Strange.... but I'm happy.
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Glad you got back into your phone. I am starting to see this happening a lot lately with ROMS. Which particular one were / are you on when it started the boot loop?
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Glad you got back into your phone. I am starting to see this happening a lot lately with ROMS. Which particular one were / are you on when it started the boot loop?
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Sounds similar to what I just went through... Except I didnt do anything in recovery before mine started looping. Curious to know what rom you were running as well.
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Glad you got back into your phone. I am starting to see this happening a lot lately with ROMS. Which particular one were / are you on when it started the boot loop?
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I was on the Seanscreamz' ICS ROM. I never had a problem with his ROMs before and I've been using them for about a year. They are pretty solid and I recommend them. It had to do something with me wiping caches and wiping battery stats because it happened shortly after. But I'm just guessing.
mex2309 said:
I was on the Seanscreamz' ICS ROM. I never had a problem with his ROMs before and I've been using them for about a year. They are pretty solid and I recommend them. It had to do something with me wiping caches and wiping battery stats because it happened shortly after. But I'm just guessing.
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I'm trying to wrap my head around that, and not coming up with anything valid. Wiping the caches would cause a much longer boot time, battery stats, at most should only cause you to need to remove and reinsert the battery.
Just about the only thing I could come up with would be that when you wiped the caches, was that your phone was trying to reload all that data back into the cache and was getting brain dead.
More information is needed from others that have had the same issue, on the same ROM, or different does not matter, but detailed info as to what exactly was done prior to the boot loop issues.
If my phone gets stuck in a boot loop, usually after I flash someting in Odin or whatever, if I hit factory reset it fixes itself.
It doesn't bother me since all my stuff is backed up though.
You should Odin back to stock then flash cwm
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just got a phone off of craigslist.. saw that it booted up, so i figured i might be able to fix it. cost me $100.
just finished ODINing it, but it just continues to bootlop. not sure what to do next.
Flash a recovery in Odin and see if you can enter recovery. Wipe data/factory reset if you get there.
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Flash a recovery in Odin and see if you can enter recovery. Wipe data/factory reset if you get there.
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already did that.. flashed CWM, ran recovery and installed rom. no go. now i see the cyanogen boot screen, but it won't get past that. this is kind of strange.
i think the issue with this phone is hardware related. constantly the phone turns itself off. i eventually was able to get stock rom to work (not sure how), but it goes haywire. wifi works, but for whatever reason, i can't download from the play store.
also, when im in CWM.. it reboots randomly. sometimse pressing the power button hits twice too. my old i777 has gone haywire too.. i might have to rethink what i will be choosing for my next phone.
mistabeo said:
i think the issue with this phone is hardware related. constantly the phone turns itself off. i eventually was able to get stock rom to work (not sure how), but it goes haywire. wifi works, but for whatever reason, i can't download from the play store.
also, when im in CWM.. it reboots randomly. sometimse pressing the power button hits twice too. my old i777 has gone haywire too.. i might have to rethink what i will be choosing for my next phone.
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I did what I could to try to replicate your situation. Which version of CWM are you installing? I went through several different versions up to the latest and found that the phone was having an issue with CWM itself. (possibly corrupted driver, but not 100% sure on that, as the phone does get recognized by the computers.)
But when I got to the latest CWM, and it started doing similar to yours, what I did was the following.
#1 : reinstall drivers
#2 : plugged the phone into the USB 2.0 slot on my laptop.
#3 : removed the battery, sim card, SD card
#4 : tried to power on the phone holding the power button for approximately 20 seconds. (nothing)
#5 : put in the battery while still plugged in, and powered on.
#6 : After phone booted up, and computer recognized the phone, I removed the battery. Phone stayed on.
#7 : waited while the computer re installed the ADB drivers, after driver install success, I unplugged the phone. Of course it powered down.
#8 : Restarted the laptop, put the battery back in the phone, and held vol + and - and power. Phone rebooted into recovery, but got into a boot loop when trying to recover.
#9 : downloaded TWRP recovery and put it on the SD card for the phone. Restarted the phone into recovery and installed TWRP recovery.
#10 : Rebooted phone into TWRP recovery. wiped all cache, installed latest STOCK ROOTED ROM.
The phone has been stable and working just fine, no wifi or blue tooth issues, calls are as normal, texting is as normal. LTE speeds as normal.
I have since switched all my devices over to TWRP recovery and have had ZERO issues.
Hi and Thanks to all the help that I have found here since my problem started a week ago. I am a Noob. I
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I am copying my response post from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37915235#post37915235 her as it outlines my trail;
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Are you rooted?
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[B]Infuse 4G Firmware 2.3.6 ;Baseband 1977UCLB3;Kernal 2.6.35.7-1997UCLB3-CL997492; Build Gingerbread.UCLB3[/B]
[I]Superuser present and active. ADB Root response same= "adbd cannot run as root in production builds"
[I]When I power off and and press the power button, all I get is the progress wheel and an empty battery logo, over and over. Remove battery, count to 10, reinsert battery, after a couple of seconds the progress wheel then nothing.Press and hold power button same as previous. I can not enter recovery, I can enter download and that's the only way I can boot currently is by re-flashing with ODIN the 1997UCLB3.tar.md5. I can reboot with adb reboot. (Nothing happens when I use the 3 button to get into recovery since before the first Odin Flash.)
History: First occurrence Thursday 2/21/13 with no charging when plugged into the charger (3 tried) Read most of the posts here regarding no charge and boot loop (never got to SAMSUNG logo). Downloaded ODIN and the above ROM and re-flashed when my phone booted, I had everything and was rooted. I was happy until I turned it off and tried to turn back on. same progress wheel and empty battery, I re-flashed and did a hard reset, re-flashed and now my data was gone, reinstalled some things, turned the phone off, same no start. Used heimdall back to stock and when running, as expected, but when off, no start.
Yesterday I downloaded SDK and could ADB reboot. Then I dismantled my phone and cleaned what little just had gotten inside, inspected the power button with magnification and noted nothing wrong reassembled inserted battery and pressed power, same results. Re-flashed to get up and tested all functions which seem to working. I have dropped the phone intentionally several time to no avail.
I can turn the screen off with the power button and wake it up. I can lock the camera with the power button and wand unlock it. I don't know if there is an additional circuit connected to the power button for start and I really need to re-solder ( a little scary for me) with a sharp tip and steady hand. I am considering purchasing a cracked screen phone on eBay and swapping mother boards.
At present, I just don't turn the phone off and use Airplane mode at night. I appreciate the work that I see on this forum and will be grateful for any solutions.[/I]
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Since that date: I have factory reset a few times due to rebooting via download mode and flashing via Odin because upon reflash I lose my mobile connectivity (No wireless service, IMEI as if the Sim was not in) Reset fixed that but of course I had to reinstall all my Apps, google acct. etc (My restore will not come up to clear cache and reboot. I do not have a Recovery mode nor a back up and numerous attempts to get CWM have failed.
I do not intend to turn this phone off until I get a replacement which should be in my hands Tuesday. I am asking for a clean GB rom for Odin that will let me reboot without changing anything. I have jscott30's unbrick Roms that have gotten me where I am and don't want to reflash back to stock anymore, Thanks a 1 to the 1oth power jscott 30 and to qkster for his guides. Without the recovery, I am at a loss of what to do. So I will be cool with a point to a clean UCLB3 Rom to reflash should my phone freeze before Tuesday
Thanks and Make a woman Happy today for Valentines
After you go back to stock and flash a working cwm kernel make sure you release power on logo keep holding vol buttons for at least a min,sometimes it takes a few.I'm sure you did but some people don't.
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I never get to the Logo
Thanks, but I never get to the LOGO.
I tried to flash a CWM kernal and it failed with an error on reboot about something not being formatted, At each "return to stock" Odin, I select the format button and since I can't get to recovery on my own, use the Settings, Privacy, Factory reset with Fromat USB, I have the 1997UCLB3-roo.tar.md5 that I will use if my phone turns off or goes dead to reflash back to life.
TJj33p3rz said:
After you go back to stock and flash a working cwm kernel make sure you release power on logo keep holding vol buttons for at least a min,sometimes it takes a few.I'm sure you did but some people don't.
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Oldbutnew said:
Thanks, but I never get to the LOGO.
I tried to flash a CWM kernal and it failed with an error on reboot about something not being formatted, At each "return to stock" Odin, I select the format button and since I can't get to recovery on my own, use the Settings, Privacy, Factory reset with Fromat USB, I have the 1997UCLB3-roo.tar.md5 that I will use if my phone turns off or goes dead to reflash back to life.
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if you can use odin,
flash jesse's option c.
this will give you the base rom with lidroid boot into recovery option
download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702026
flash it in cwm. use the back up the whole rom option.
this will back up just about your whole setup at any one point and make restoring easier.
you had mention about not being able to get into recovery...
what i was wondering is: while running the rom, if you use the pull down status bar menu, go to the far right, there are some reboot options..one of which is recovery..what happens if you choose that option?
Thanks qkster!
I think I tried Option C a couple of days ago and something didn't go right. I figured it was because I couldn't wipe the cache in recovery. I had aslso attempted your kernal flash using the program you recommended. On reboot I got the something not formatted right. I had used my laptop and USB to copy the kernal file to a folder I made in the Infuse. But to be clear. Since I can't clear the caches in recovery, just flas option c, selecting PDA? (No PIT or phone?)
I do want to get the C.
As for the infuse Toolkit, you mean after I get CWM vis Jesse's option C?
You ask about the pull down status bar "when running ROM" is that in ODIN it self? I am not sure where you mean,
Thanks for your patience,
qkster said:
if you can use odin,
flash jesse's option c.
this will give you the base rom with lidroid boot into recovery option
download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702026
flash it in cwm. use the back up the whole rom option.
this will back up just about your whole setup at any one point and make restoring easier.
you had mention about not being able to get into recovery...
what i was wondering is: while running the rom, if you use the pull down status bar menu, go to the far right, there are some reboot options..one of which is recovery..what happens if you choose that option?
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Oldbutnew said:
Thanks qkster!
I think I tried Option C a couple of days ago and something didn't go right. I figured it was because I couldn't wipe the cache in recovery. I had aslso attempted your kernal flash using the program you recommended. On reboot I got the something not formatted right. I had used my laptop and USB to copy the kernal file to a folder I made in the Infuse. But to be clear. Since I can't clear the caches in recovery, just flas option c, selecting PDA? (No PIT or phone?)
I do want to get the C.
As for the infuse Toolkit, you mean after I get CWM vis Jesse's option C?
You ask about the pull down status bar "when running ROM" is that in ODIN it self? I am not sure where you mean,
Thanks for your patience,
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I'm wondering if you may have several things confuse..or at least the terminology anyway.
In order to flash Jesse's option C, you have to be in DOWNLOAD mode (DL or dl) and flashed with Odin on your PC.
When you have the phone running, if you touch the top of the screen and pull it down, you have the status bar menu. You can sweep the icons to the right for additional options.
if you are looking to wipe cache for what ever reason, here is one option without using recovery menu:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkuaW5mb2xpZmUuY2FjaGUiXQ..
if you are looking for an easy way to get into recovery, here is another app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot&hl=en
It's making progress
qkster said:
I'm wondering if you may have several things confuse..or at least the terminology anyway.
In order to flash Jesse's option C, you have to be in DOWNLOAD mode (DL or dl) and flashed with Odin on your PC.
When you have the phone running, if you touch the top of the screen and pull it down, you have the status bar menu. You can sweep the icons to the right for additional options.
if you are looking to wipe cache for what ever reason, here is one option without using recovery menu:
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feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkuaW5mb2xpZmUuY2FjaGUiXQ[/url]..
if you are looking for an easy way to get into recovery, here is another app:
{del} /play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot&hl=en[/url]
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It's most likely my attempt to communicate with unfamiliar terms:
I can and always have been able to get into Download Mode, and flashed Jesse's C via Odin that way. Originally back at the beginning, It was Odin and Jesse's B that got my phone up. but it didn't solve the problem of not being able to turn the phone on with the power button. It was Wednesday evening that I attempted to load the kernel you had to add CWM, that's when it failed and then the Jesse C failed on Odin and I had no wireless connection or IMEI etc. Back to your unbrick then the factory reset with phone running and using the Privacy menu.
Until I downloaded the Quick Boot at your recommendation, I have not been able to enter Recovery from a phone in the off status. (Recovey ran at the end of each Odin flash). Thanks also for the Cache Cleaner.
Now when I pull down my top bar, nothing scrolls left to right or right to left and I don't ever recall seeing that happen in the last 1.5 years.MIne just shows L-R Wifi; Blue T; GPS; Flight Mode; Screen rotation.
Now I am good as long as the phone doesn't freeze and I have to remove the battery. I have in those cases I have re flashed Jesse's B to bring the phone up. Only the last time I ended up with no wireless (No Sim recognized and it was installed), and I went back to stock to regain it. So I am a bit paranoid about re-flashing anything new now. But knowing me I will before the weekend is done. The Reboot app is what I have been trying to figure out how to do. When I get the new phone and get it up and running and stable, I'll attempt to re melt the on button solder and possible the USB connector solder too. USB connection now dies if the screen time out turns the screen off. (If i keep the screen alive by doodling on it no problem transferring files.)
Thanks for your help I am a bit compulsive so all of this is my current obsession.:laugh::laugh:
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Now when I pull down my top bar, nothing scrolls left to right or right to left and I don't ever recall seeing that happen in the last 1.5 years.MIne just shows L-R Wifi; Blue T; GPS; Flight Mode; Screen rotation.
Thanks for your help I am a bit compulsive so all of this is my current obsession.:laugh::laugh:
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you're right about the status bar..looking over jesse's description, you would have to flash the lidroid as an extra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698972
there is something odd about your phone though...possible hardware issues...you should not have to keep screen on to complete a background task.
under Display..there should be an option to keep the screen on longer than default if you it
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I do believe it's hardware too.
qkster said:
you're right about the status bar..looking over jesse's description, you would have to flash the lidroid as an extra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698972
there is something odd about your phone though...possible hardware issues...you should not have to keep screen on to complete a background task.
under Display..there should be an option to keep the screen on longer than default if you it
gl
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I set it on 2 minutes and touch the screen often. Funny it doesn't have an issue in DL mode, Sometimes I wiil have SUB Connected and no charging and It'll connect in the back ground, lose connection repeatedly and all of a sudden show the charging Icon, which I haven't see since all this began 9 days ago.
This phone has had some big drops. last one about 4 days before this began, vibrated off my table saw onto the concrete floor,
Thanks.
New phone works as advertised
Oldbutnew said:
I set it on 2 minutes and touch the screen often. Funny it doesn't have an issue in DL mode, Sometimes I wiil have SUB Connected and no charging and It'll connect in the back ground, lose connection repeatedly and all of a sudden show the charging Icon, which I haven't see since all this began 9 days ago.
This phone has had some big drops. last one about 4 days before this began, vibrated off my table saw onto the concrete floor,
Thanks.
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Ok eBay phone arrived this afternoon. Factory reset, Odined, Jesse's C option. Yeah, CWM recover. I loaded most of my programs and backed up my ROm. I will experiment on my old one now.
New thing happening. I still can't start the phone from Off. BUT if I plug in the charger and hold down the on button and the down volume button after a few cycles of the dead battery icon, I get a charging icon and the phone is charging. Now with that icon working I can hold the power button down and the phone starts. Charger or USB need to be plugged in for that to work.
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Oldbutnew said:
Ok eBay phone arrived this afternoon. Factory reset, Odined, Jesse's C option. Yeah, CWM recover. I loaded most of my programs and backed up my ROm. I will experiment on my old one now.
New thing happening. I still can't start the phone from Off. BUT if I plug in the charger and hold down the on button and the down volume button after a few cycles of the dead battery icon, I get a charging icon and the phone is charging. Now with that icon working I can hold the power button down and the phone starts. Charger or USB need to be plugged in for that to work.
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Thursday Update:
Recap of current state:
Factory Reset from phone/security/fatory reset.
Flashed Jesse's C option with odin https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.waddell.963/photos_stream?ref=ts and let it boot all the way. Next I down loaded Quickboot (see qksters link above) and restarted in Recovery. Voila Red CWM. Cleared cache; factory reset; Advanced cleared davlik cache. Rebooted and let it fully load. Turned off to enter download.mode and Odined a second time Option C.Everything looked good on all accounts, reentered Google data etc. like a factory reset requires. Re installed Quickboot and booted to CWM and backed up my ROM.
I turned the phone off and the start button wouldn't work still, but I held it a long time with the down volume button (not sure this is necessary, just what I did) and all of a sudden instead of the dead battery logo, I got a charging battery logo and it was 87% charged. First time I had seen this in while. I pressed and held the power button and the Samsung Logo came up and the phone booted. (Slow boot compared to the new Infuse I now have.) So now my old phone was working, but not up to 100%.
I charged the battery to 100% and turned it off and left it off for the day/night. Yesterday I got it to turn on with all the buttons pressed and it booted, said connect battery charger/low battery 1%, h'mmm. I charged again to 100% and turned it off all day and night. Same issue this morning. Something is draining the battery when fully off. SO I still have a hardware issue I believe, just not sure what it is.
Thanks for any insight, I'll keep experimenting.
Oldbutnew said:
Thursday Update:
Recap of current state:
Factory Reset from phone/security/fatory reset.
Flashed Jesse's C option with odin https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.waddell.963/photos_stream?ref=ts and let it boot all the way. Next I down loaded Quickboot (see qksters link above) and restarted in Recovery. Voila Red CWM. Cleared cache; factory reset; Advanced cleared davlik cache. Rebooted and let it fully load. Turned off to enter download.mode and Odined a second time Option C.Everything looked good on all accounts, reentered Google data etc. like a factory reset requires. Re installed Quickboot and booted to CWM and backed up my ROM.
I turned the phone off and the start button wouldn't work still, but I held it a long time with the down volume button (not sure this is necessary, just what I did) and all of a sudden instead of the dead battery logo, I got a charging battery logo and it was 87% charged. First time I had seen this in while. I pressed and held the power button and the Samsung Logo came up and the phone booted. (Slow boot compared to the new Infuse I now have.) So now my old phone was working, but not up to 100%.
I charged the battery to 100% and turned it off and left it off for the day/night. Yesterday I got it to turn on with all the buttons pressed and it booted, said connect battery charger/low battery 1%, h'mmm. I charged again to 100% and turned it off all day and night. Same issue this morning. Something is draining the battery when fully off. SO I still have a hardware issue I believe, just not sure what it is.
Thanks for any insight, I'll keep experimenting.
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it could be your battery that is bad.
try a new one if you have not tried several others:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Premium...902705?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27ca3fca31
qkster said:
it could be your battery that is bad.
try a new one if you have not tried several others:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Premium...902705?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27ca3fca31
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I have tried several other batteries now with the same results.
Yesterday, I decided it would be a good idea to use this phone as a practice platform for a Jelly Bean upgrade.with scott.hart.bti's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776129
Everything went as advertised and I was pretty happy for a while. I was following the instructions quite literally and after flashing the CM9, I removed the external SD card and that messed up getting back into recovery, but I got there. From reading, I understand that I need the IC flash to preserve the EFS file, but not absolutely sure that I can't remove the SD card before starting the process altogether. CM9, then CM10.
Since all my programs needed to be re-downloaded and installed, I had the "Bright idea" to restore the backup in CWM that I did just before the upgrade. Bad idea, now I had a phone that would not boot.
Is there a way to upgrade to JB and not have to re-install all my programs? I will try the Nandroid backup in CWM
To get back working again, I could get into download mode, but not recovery, so I did J scotts back to stock, then the option C to get CWM and used quick boot to get into recovery and reflashed with an experiment of using your Quick wipe in stead of factory reset on this go. Again when I took the SD out at the finish of the CM9 I had a little trouble getting into the recovery to continue. When it did get to recovery, I finished flashing per the instructions, but when it booted I only had a partial group of programs, Google play was the most notable omission. I took a deep breath and did a factory reset, and managed to get into recovery and started with a flash of CM10 again and this time all ok.
I did a couple of boots with quick boot and powered down for the night with it plugged into the charger. This morning I can not get anything up. Battery charging icon shows and goes away (CM10 battery logo) I can get into download, but not recovery and don't really want to Odin back to stock and go from there, but may do that and leave it in GB while I update the new phone.
My conclusion is that it's hardware and possibly USB connector. IN GB the USB cable wouldn't connect so I used Software data cable. In JB it worked. Still confusing, but I'll keep at it.
Thanks for your patience and my learning curve!
Hi I want to know how can I unbrick my Samsung galaxy s 4g. I believe I bricked because now when I turned on only stock in the logo. Please can you help me with this. I'm leontx's wife. Thanks
If it's just showing the logo and it's there for over 15 minutes, you'll probably need to reflash something.
I'd suggest using one of the one-clicks from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19601810&postcount=2 and I'd probably suggest the second (Basic with a Twist) choice.
First, you need to get the phone into download mode. Easiest way to do that is to unplug USB cable, pull the battery out, plug the battery back in, and plug the phone back to the computer. Hold the volume buttons on the left and turn on the phone (while holding down the buttons). It should ask you if you want to go into download mode. Press volume+ to confirm, then unplug the phone from your computer and plug it back in (to make the computer realize that there's a device there). Now run the one-click to reflash your phone. If the flash fails, restart the phone and try again. If the phone reboots to a screen showing a little phone and a yellow warning sign, perfect... just flash it again. That's the alternate download screen, and I get it everytime I use Heimdall/Odin/Kies to flash it.
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Hello,thanks for you help,I'm trying to fix my wife's galaxy s after she wiped and factory reset the phone when tried to recovery by herself.Now the phone is stock in the galaxy s 4g logo forever,I tried to get into recovery or download mode but i couldn't.She told me that the phone was giving her a error message about the keyboard app,then she removed the batt and put it back, the battery showed her almost dead like 1% when was like 79% few seconds before,then she called t-mobile and the person told her to do the recovery mode with the bottoms, she did it and the person ask how much batt the phone had, she said 79%.then the person sugested to full charge the batt,and call them(tmobile) back.So here we go... lol:laugh:.She tried to fix it and got into recovery mode and wiped and factory reset the phone,I dont know what she was doing and removed the batt to reboot the phone.and here we are now.When try to get into download mode the pc not recognize it say USB device not reconognized and the phone just show a loading logo but nothing happen.I just want to know if is possible to fix this or toss it,the phone is rooted with a custom rom,I tried with another batt but the same results.Im realy want to recover this phone to give it to my mother in law thank you so much
Leontx said:
Hi I want to know how can I unbrick my Samsung galaxy s 4g. I believe I bricked because now when I turned on only stock in the logo. Please can you help me with this. I'm leontx's wife. Thanks
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i soft brick may phone yesterday, i use to flash my current rom and then reflash it again [clean flash] i just reflash it to save my game replay..
if you can boot into recovery mode, reflash your current rom and then backup and wipe everything exept sdcard then flash again.
Sounds like the battery crapping out on you & crashing while it was doing something important. Usually, a factory reset and new battery can fix. But, If the reset failed, it's not a biggie. find any of the one clicks that you might like to try (lumin30 has a awesome guide/thread w/ links). Batteries are cheap. Sometimes they will swell up when they die. If it spins easy when placed on flat surface is an easy check. There are a couple threads with links to 10 buck replacements around too.
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my phone is alive.I could put it in download mode by removing the batt,put it back then holding both volumes bottoms,then connecting the phone to my pc(USB),no power bottom.and voila after putting this in download move everything else is piece of cake thank yall.
OK...so have had my phone for about a week and wanted to flash my system back to stock due to a few force closes I couldn't get rid of...
After fastboot flashing everything where it needed to be I fastboot boot'd twrp and wiped data and sdcard...clicked reboot and chose slot b to boot from (thought slot b was where I flashed system but it turns out that where I flashed system_other). Now my phone is stock on a black screen and nothing I do will change that! My computer makes a sound when its plugged and unplugged but I can't get the screen to do anything but stay black (no backlight)! Do I have to RMA this thing or is there something in haven't found in searching that I can do to fix this?
I have tried holding the power button till it hard reboots and when its plugged in to my computer, you can't hear the it reboots but back to the black screen when the computer makes the sound that its plugged in. (Just trying to make sure I have all info here so we can hopefully find a solution fast)
Has anyone had this issue and recovered from it?
I had a similar issue back when the HTC One first came out. I had TWRP installed but for some reason it wouldn't flash any ROMs or stock images. It especially sucked because there was no removable storage to ad any other files, ROMs, stock images, etc and I had inadvertently wiped the phone.
For one reason or another, TWRP itself was the issue, so I installed CWM recovery and was able to reflash everything without a problem. If possible, try and change your recovery and reflash
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I had a similar issue back when the HTC One first came out. I had TWRP installed but for some reason it wouldn't flash any ROMs or stock images. It especially sucked because there was no removable storage to ad any other files, ROMs, stock images, etc and I had inadvertently wiped the phone.
For one reason or another, TWRP itself was the issue, so I installed CWM recovery and was able to reflash everything without a problem. If possible, try and change your recovery and reflash
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Actually I just re-read your post and my issue was not similar, but regardless, at the time, TWRP was giving me all kinds of problems. I'm not sure if theres another recovery out there yet, but try one if there is and see what happens
My pixel is on stock recovery and I can't even boot fastboot to get to recovery....screen just stays black...now that the battery finally died, I get a red led when I plug it in but when it tries to power up the led stops blinking red and it just stays at a black screen
Hi,
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I've done a relatively thorough search and I can't find a solution to this problem.
I have an S6 (SM-G920F), It was playing up for a few weeks before this, not charging well, and what not, thought it was a cable/hardware issue. Then it stopped working entirely. Initially when it was plugged into the wall it would say it was 91% charged, but if you tried to turn it on it would turn off, and reboot into the charging screen.
I've done quite alot of reading and I've ended up flashing it with Odin (I have a single .md5 file, which i've loaded onto the phone via AP) using the most recent FIrmware UK EE for the SM-G20F. This was successful, however now it only loads the Black screen with white text Samsung S6 powered by android screen and then goes blank and back to the white text screen.
I downloaded an alternative firmware (the one previous version), but this has had the same effect. I've tried to repartition with odin, but this fails.
1.) Is there anyway I can fix this?
2.) If not Is there anyway to remove files whilst in downlod mode?
3.) If I cannot fix it or recover my data, is there anyway to wipe the data securely from my phone so I can sell it for parts?
At present, I can't access recovery mode, only download mode. But whilst Odin communicates with the phone in download mode, I can't seem to access my files from explorer?
1. I would say you'd have to clear cache, immediately after flashing the firmware with Odin, but to do that, you'd have to get to Recovery Mode first...
Why can't you get to it? Does it just start trying to boot nornally? Because if so, it's just a matter of timing it. What I do is... hold power+home+voldown to get to the screen that asks me if I want to get into Download Mode, I press cancel, and immediately start holding power+home+volup until I see the bootsplash screen, and release the power button but keep holding home+volup, and it gets me to Recovery every time, even when I have difficulties such as this.
2. Not that I'm aware of. BUT you could flash TWRP with Odin, and if you then can manage to get to Recovery, you just need to plug your phone into a computer, and your phone will show up in the computer as a device/disk and you can freely remove stuff from it.
If... IF this were to work, I would suggest downloading a stock-based ROM and flashing it. It's far more likely to work properly and bootup without issue than the firmwares you can get, and it's far less much of a headache to do.
3. Nope. There are apps that can wipe data securely (such as Shreddit which does it according to military standards), but it can't be done from Download Mode. There may be some script that could do it in Recovery Mode, but I doubt it.
I mean... technically... you could flash TWRP, go to Recovery, move to your PC all the stuff you want to keep, select the wipe option in TWRP and then transfer randomly generated data from your PC to your phone until it's full - there are many apps that can generate such data. It's not something you could pass off as very very secure, but it should suffice.
I seem to always keep going to trying TWRP - so, you know, give it a shot.
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1. I would say you'd have to clear cache, immediately after flashing the firmware with Odin, but to do that, you'd have to get to Recovery Mode first...
Why can't you get to it? Does it just start trying to boot nornally? Because if so, it's just a matter of timing it. What I do is... hold power+home+voldown to get to the screen that asks me if I want to get into Download Mode, I press cancel, and immediately start holding power+home+volup until I see the bootsplash screen, and release the power button but keep holding home+volup, and it gets me to Recovery every time, even when I have difficulties such as this.
2. Not that I'm aware of. BUT you could flash TWRP with Odin, and if you then can manage to get to Recovery, you just need to plug your phone into a computer, and your phone will show up in the computer as a device/disk and you can freely remove stuff from it.
If... IF this were to work, I would suggest downloading a stock-based ROM and flashing it. It's far more likely to work properly and bootup without issue than the firmwares you can get, and it's far less much of a headache to do.
3. Nope. There are apps that can wipe data securely (such as Shreddit which does it according to military standards), but it can't be done from Download Mode. There may be some script that could do it in Recovery Mode, but I doubt it.
I mean... technically... you could flash TWRP, go to Recovery, move to your PC all the stuff you want to keep, select the wipe option in TWRP and then transfer randomly generated data from your PC to your phone until it's full - there are many apps that can generate such data. It's not something you could pass off as very very secure, but it should suffice.
I seem to always keep going to trying TWRP - so, you know, give it a shot.
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Thanks for your reply! So after flashing it goes straight back into the boot loop. Weirdly if its plugged into my laptop it spend about a second or two on the "Samsung Galaxy S6: Powered by Android" screen before plunging into darkness and shortly after repeating the same message. However if I plug it into the wall it spend over twice as long on that screen before repeating the cycle. It never goes any further.
I've tried your suggestion about perhaps its timing for recovery mode, but even if I go straight from cancelling download mode to trying the power, up and home key it doesn't go to recovery. I've tried a variety of timings both plugged into my laptop and plugged into the wall to no avail. If the phone isn't plugged in, it literally won't do anything whatsoever, won't even hint at turning on.
So Next I tried flashing it with TWRP via Odin and nothings changed, exactly the same bootloop and I still can't get into recovery mode.
I'm starting to think that sadly this phone my be beyond repair! Thanks for your help though, much appreciated.
Hi! I usually run out of my bootloops like this:
try this:
1: go to download mode, and press Power + home + volume —
2: As soon as the screen turns black, continue pressing Power and home, quickly release "volume —" and press "volume +". This will get you into recovery mode.
It always worked for me, so I wish the same for you. Good luck! (And sorry for my bad english)
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Hi! I usually run out of my bootloops like this:
try this:
1: go to download mode, and press Power + home + volume —
2: As soon as the screen turns black, continue pressing Power and home, quickly release "volume —" and press "volume +". This will get you into recovery mode.
It always worked for me, so I wish the same for you. Good luck! (And sorry for my bad english)
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Hi Vinicius,
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it didn't work, I even tried flashing it back to a standard ROM from TWRP, but it still didn't do anything, just back to the Samsung logo and the loop continues ever more!
Hi, I have this problem as well.
Originally I had TWRP and root flashed into my phone but for reasons I needed to remove root.
So I followed the Odin route stated here "Mobikin how to remove root from android" (I can't post links but this should be the top result when googling)
However I didn't know if the recovery/boot should have went into AP or BL on the Odin menu and googling didn't give me any answers so I may have tried both....
Right now I tried flashing TWRP and I can't seem to boot into TWRP as well.
I was able to get into recovery mode but clearing data/cache didn't fix it for me.
EDIT: I managed to flash in another stock rom and it boots into the SAMSUNG logo but gets stuck there. I already went into recovery mode to delete data and cache partition but it still doesn't boot.
Melioetta Zyguard said:
Hi, I have this problem as well.
Originally I had TWRP and root flashed into my phone but for reasons I needed to remove root.
So I followed the Odin route stated here "Mobikin how to remove root from android" (I can't post links but this should be the top result when googling)
However I didn't know if the recovery/boot should have went into AP or BL on the Odin menu and googling didn't give me any answers so I may have tried both....
Right now I tried flashing TWRP and I can't seem to boot into TWRP as well.
I was able to get into recovery mode but clearing data/cache didn't fix it for me.
EDIT: I managed to flash in another stock rom and it boots into the SAMSUNG logo but gets stuck there. I already went into recovery mode to delete data and cache partition but it still doesn't boot.
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Same experience. For all those 6 years that I used this device, the wifi was okay until now. It (wifi) is very buggy (turning on and off, and sometimes won't turn on at all) so I restarted the device, then bootloop happens. I flashed the stock rom via odin and clear data and cache. But it is still bootlooping. I think this is the sign that I need to replace my phone IF I couldn't find a fix to this.