I think I bricked the recovery for my phone. The OS does boot, and I can get to "download" mode. If I try to get in to recovery, whether its with vol-up+vol-down+power or rebooting to recovery from the OS, the phone just loops. It shows the Galaxy S logo than the screen goes black than back to the logo. I believe when I flashed the 2.3.3 ROM, it got screwed. It worked before hand. When I flashed the ROM via Odin, on the first attempt, it wiped something than failed. Than I got an icon on the phone (a phone icon with a ! and a computer screen icon) and wouldn't do anything past that. I again reflashed the ROM and the OS came up, but noticed the recovery doesn't work anymore. I've tried to flash the once more for good measures, and I tried the modified recovery binary, but same results. I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get with resolving this.
Thanks
I actually resolved this by flashing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063696.
My phone feezes instantly when i try to make calls, and when i recieve calls it rings but as soon as i answer it freezes. only way to unfreeze is to battery pull. Whenever i press the power button to unlock my phone, the screen takes 5-10 seconds to actually turn on to be able to unlock it. Every Time!
More importantly, i have tried to odin back to stock many times with no luck.
I am also unable to flash to any other roms - upon flashing ANY rom i get stuck at samsung logo indefinitely. I also get stuck when i try to odin anything other than UCKD5 stock, like it gets stuck when trying to odin to GB stock. I am able to flash community kernel without getting stuck tho.
Any ideas?
EDIT: i also have tried formatting both SD cards
EDIT2: i used Kies to update firmware to UCLB3, this fixed the unlock issue, but whenever i make calls i cannot hear the other person and they cannot hear me. Still unable to flash ROMS
ibCurlyFry said:
My phone feezes instantly when i try to make calls, and when i recieve calls it rings but as soon as i answer it freezes. only way to unfreeze is to battery pull. Whenever i press the power button to unlock my phone, the screen takes 5-10 seconds to actually turn on to be able to unlock it. Every Time!
More importantly, i have tried to odin back to stock many times with no luck.
I am also unable to flash to any other roms - upon flashing ANY rom i get stuck at samsung logo indefinitely. I also get stuck when i try to odin anything other than UCKD5 stock, like it gets stuck when trying to odin to GB stock. I am able to flash community kernel without getting stuck tho.
Any ideas?
EDIT: i also have tried formatting both SD cards
EDIT2: i used Kies to update firmware to UCLB3, this fixed the unlock issue, but whenever i make calls i cannot hear the other person and they cannot hear me. Still unable to flash ROMS
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From what you are describing, I suspect you have have some sort of partition corruption.
You may want to look for any voodoo files and folders on your /sdcard.
Delete them all.
Back up whatever files you want.
Power down.
Take out the microSD for now.
Use the heimdall uclb3 I put together. Alternatively, you can use odin to flash one of the later gb leak like uclb3...but you also need the PIT file and you will need to repartition on the odin interface. If you are unsure, use the heimdall I put together.
Put your phone into DL mode and flash the heimdall or odin.
On the heimdall, if the flash was successful, you will need to check the boot loader box, put your phone back into DL mode and flash it again.
To get cwm recovery, follow the second post in the uclb3 heimdall thread.
gl
I tried Heimdall, it failed at recovery one time and then modem the next. Once it went all the way through without failing, my phone booted into recovery after the flash, and now i am only able to boot into recovery. Odin is now unable to see my device now.
did i do something wrong? :O
ibCurlyFry said:
I tried Heimdall, it failed at recovery one time and then modem the next. Once it went all the way through without failing, my phone booted into recovery after the flash, and now i am only able to boot into recovery. Odin is now unable to see my device now.
did i do something wrong? :O
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download mode again and flash the heimdall again with boot loader checked.
if you cant check the boot loader box, you have to start over with 2 heimdall flash...check the op
odin uses different driver..use a diff usb port
qkster said:
download mode again and flash the heimdall again with boot loader checked.
if you cant check the boot loader box, you have to start over with 2 heimdall flash...check the op
odin uses different driver..use a diff usb port
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Okay i Heimdall flashed without bootloader then again with bootloader and it booted properly (thanks!!). Then powered off and went into download mode and flashed ENTROPY512's 2.2.2012 kernel for CWM and allowed it to boot. Then i powered off again and three fingered into CWM (three finger boot took about 5minutes if thats important), wiped data/cache/dalvik and formatted system/data/cache and flashed my desired ROM (miui 2.2.4) and nowww it is sitting at samsung logo and has been for 10 minutes and im scared to touch it lol
have u tried change another recovery like clockwork mod from odin and flash roms
Well i have been trying Clockwork mod (CWM)
you mean different versions of that?
yup Another version, or any other type
yeah ive tried 3 versions :/
return to stock
ok if thats did not help
return back to stock
by this step u will not need to odin or cwm
thats stock by java
the stock called "Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click.jar"
Yes i have already used Heimdall to return to UCLB3... many times.. lol
ibCurlyFry said:
Yes i have already used Heimdall to return to UCLB3... many times.. lol
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MIUI needs to be flashed twice in recovery to stick..same with cm7/cm9 - (unless you know how to flash just the kernel first - don't worry about this last part) - just boot back into cwm and flash again
haha i already tried starting over, im at the first heimdall flash again. but ill do that once i go through it all and let you know what happends, THanks again
SUCESS!
thank you so much! it works
Heimdall FTW
ibCurlyFry said:
thank you so much! it works
Heimdall FTW
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Finally
One thing ive noticed is that before i did all this my phone would boot in under a minute, and now it takes 10-15 :/
but im just glad it works!
ibCurlyFry said:
One thing ive noticed is that before i did all this my phone would boot in under a minute, and now it takes 10-15 :/
but im just glad it works!
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Aft you return to stock...did you do a factory reset?
bigjoe2675 said:
Aft you return to stock...did you do a factory reset?
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yup yup!
ibCurlyFry said:
yup yup!
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The first boot up is always the longest after a stock reset. Usually 5 minutes.
Repeat boot up should only be 2 minutes - providing you did not wipe any cache or data.
If you had a lot of pics and music or files in your external sd card, the boot up will be longer.
To test this, take out your ext sd card.
boot into cwm.
factory reset. wipe system/data/cache.
Download mode and flash heimdall again...Since you had the bootloader already from the last time, you don't need a bl flash this time.
The first ATT boot up should take 5-7 minutes.
Repeat boot up should only be 2 minutes-3 minutes.
If it is longer, you may have some hardware issues.
Once you start to add things or ext-sd and noted increase boot time, you will narrow down the culprit
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The first boot up is always the longest after a stock reset. Usually 5 minutes.
Repeat boot up should only be 2 minutes - providing you did not wipe any cache or data.
If you had a lot of pics and music or files in your external sd card, the boot up will be longer.
To test this, take out your ext sd card.
boot into cwm.
factory reset. wipe system/data/cache.
Download mode and flash heimdall again...Since you had the bootloader already from the last time, you don't need a bl flash this time.
The first ATT boot up should take 5-7 minutes.
Repeat boot up should only be 2 minutes-3 minutes.
If it is longer, you may have some hardware issues.
Once you start to add things or ext-sd and noted increase boot time, you will narrow down the culprit
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thanks! ill try it out
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Wow, I've searched over and over and tried all possible methods as described in posts here and other forums but to no avail. Phone is in boot loop. It boots up to the point where you see blaze, etc., then restarts continously.
I flashed recovery thru Odin 1.85 which went alright. Load supersuper thru CWM. It went alright. Then I flashed cm-11-20140224-NIGHTLY-t769 and got error. Wiped Data/Cache/Dalvik. When I reboot the phone,it goes into boot loop. I then took battery out and wait for stock download (SGH-T769_NA_TMB_ICS_Opensource) to return to stock.
After the download, I put battery on, used jig to put phone in download mode but it cannot. Tried to put in CWM (Up/Down/Power) but still cannot. When I let go, it boots up continously.
Is there a way around this?
Thanks!
Jabbacks said:
Wow, I've searched over and over and tried all possible methods as described in posts here and other forums but to no avail. Phone is in boot loop. It boots up to the point where you see blaze, etc., then restarts continously.
I flashed recovery thru Odin 1.85 which went alright. Load supersuper thru CWM. It went alright. Then I flashed cm-11-20140224-NIGHTLY-t769 and got error. Wiped Data/Cache/Dalvik. When I reboot the phone,it goes into boot loop. I then took battery out and wait for stock download (SGH-T769_NA_TMB_ICS_Opensource) to return to stock.
After the download, I put battery on, used jig to put phone in download mode but it cannot. Tried to put in CWM (Up/Down/Power) but still cannot. When I let go, it boots up continously.
Is there a way around this?
Thanks!
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When you flashed cm was the error a "status 7"?
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Maybe adb reboot recovery?
That's if you can get adb
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It's ok now. I pulled battery out and let it sit 24hrs. When I put battery back in and plug in the jig, it went directly to download mode! Before, no matter what I did following procedures it never went recovery or download mode. I then flash back stock T769UVMB1_T769TMBMB1 with odin 1.85.
Thanks guys!
It was on stock ROM and I had rooted it. Had not used it for a while.
Got some free time so decided to reset/format the tablet and start from scratch.
Decided to install stock ROM using Odin and downloaded firmware(N8013UEUCOI1_N8013XARCOI1_XAR) and the process went smoothly and passed. :good:
But it was stuck in a boot loop so I tried recovery and that was gone so went back to download mode and tried other firmware other recoveries. Everything shows successful with Odin but am back to square one.
Other firmwares tried -
N8013UEUCOI1
N8013UEUCMI3
N8013UEUCMD3
N8013UEUCMC2
N8013UEUCMB3
N8013UEUCMA3
N8013UEALI3
Tried recovery install with Odin using .tar files CWM TWRP and Phil did not take
Model: GT N8013 EA16ARB (16GB Wifi only)
Only able to get into download mode - cannot get into recovery mode.
Any suggestions?
I am having a similar issue with not getting pass the SAMSUNG logo after the little boot animation. I have never had this much trouble with going back to stock on any device before...
Back last year I thought that I had finished off my tablet, however after following this I was able to recover it. I don't recall much from what I had done so please use at your own risk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713297
Hey. I dont understand I flash the custom recovery with odin but when i go into recovery I have stock recovery. I have tried twrp and Clockwork. Non works, The flash process is passed and complete. I wait for the phone to reboot and let it start up shut it down. Then go into recovery mode. I have taken out the battery before it starts up and go into recovery straight away but still stock... what is going wrong? I have heard about bootloader But all say its no bootloader on for s2 plus. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. If something is unclear please ask. :good:I have tried 6 custom recovery's non works. but will flash
wackyleaks said:
Hey. I dont understand I flash the custom recovery with odin but when i go into recovery I have stock recovery. I have tried twrp and Clockwork. Non works, The flash process is passed and complete. I wait for the phone to reboot and let it start up shut it down. Then go into recovery mode. I have taken out the battery before it starts up and go into recovery straight away but still stock... what is going wrong? I have heard about bootloader But all say its no bootloader on for s2 plus. Any help is appreciated! Thank you. If something is unclear please ask. :good:I have tried 6 custom recovery's non works. but will flash
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Your mistake is you are letting it boot into system before you boot into recovery. It doesn't work like that, you obviously haven't carefully and completely read the instructions to install custom recovery via Odin.
You have to flash the recovery and then boot immediately into recovery BEFORE allowing the device to boot into any other mode, otherwise, it reverts back to stock recovery.
Here is the simplest way to do this without screwing it up.
When you flash the recovery in Odin, make sure the "autoreboot" option in Odin is UNCHECKED, then flash the recovery. When it is done flashing, disconnect the device from PC, then, you have two options, either remove the battery then immediately reinsert the battery then boot into recovery using the button combination or disconnect device from PC then power the device off then boot into recovery using the button combination.
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