[Q] [HELP] Phone won't boot - General Questions and Answers

Hi guys,
I just flashed a rom to my phone and then performed a data restore to restore my apps,
However now it's stuck in the boot animation and I can't get past that.
I can't seem to boot into clockworkmod recovery- I always booted into it using rom manager.
I can boot into download mode but that's it. Am I bricked?
My phone is the Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T (SGH-I747)

What phone do you have... Some Samsung I assume.
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OK. Download the firmware for your phone. Any one that you can flash via Odin. Put phone in Download mode and click PDA in Odin.exe. Open that file, it will be in a .tar format and then click flash... then your all ready to go
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Thank you! Just booted up my phone.

Kougrakub said:
Thank you! Just booted up my phone.
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No worries. Glad I could help. These Samsungs are a bit annoying when it comes to Rooting and all
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Yeah, lol. I'm also new to Android.

Kougrakub said:
Yeah, lol. I'm also new to Android.
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Alternatively you could have booted into recovery using Power+Vol Up + Home to recovery and wiped data and then restored. Ooooops my bad. But at least your phone works.
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Just figured that out from watching youtube videos. Oh well- I backed up my phone yesterday so it doesn't matter

Kougrakub said:
Just figured that out from watching youtube videos. Oh well- I backed up my phone yesterday so it doesn't matter
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Sorry. I was being stupid.
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weeo said:
Sorry. I was being stupid.
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Better than ending up with a brick.

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ROM Manager does not show my At&t Skyrocket

i rooted my phone, installed ROM Manager, but when I click on "Flash ClockworkMod", the Galaxy S II Skyrocket is not in the list of phones...a little help?
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Flipback123 said:
i rooted my phone, installed ROM Manager, but when I click on "Flash ClockworkMod", the Galaxy S II Skyrocket is not in the list of phones...a little help?
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It should come up as samsung galaxy s2 at&t.
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Flash t-SGS2 aka t989 ClockworkMod don't do att one.
Flipback123 said:
i rooted my phone, installed ROM Manager, but when I click on "Flash ClockworkMod", the Galaxy S II Skyrocket is not in the list of phones...a little help?
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what should come up as att?
stormtroopercs said:
It should come up as samsung galaxy s2 at&t.
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You will need to flash recovery for t-mobile version (this has been addressed ad nauseoum)
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Closest option is: Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2. I am on At&t.
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Just do t989 because att sgs2 and skyrocket has compliantly different specs. and you will be bricking your phone. Hit that thnx button.
Flipback123 said:
Closest option is: Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2. I am on At&t.
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appdroid said:
Flash t-SGS2 aka t989 ClockworkMod don't do att one.
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what should come up as att?
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Did you flash that cwm for ur self on ur i727? that's if you have i727 by the way you are giving wrong information. DO NOT TELL SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW! BECAUSE YOU ARE CREATING PROBLEM BY PROVIDING FALSE SOLUTION!
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I am not a T-Mobile user. I am on AT&T.
I know there are two Samsung Galaxy phones. The S2 and the S2 Skyrocket.
Checkout the screenshot of my options in Tom manager.
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Guess what Guinness i been dealing with this since the day one so just trust me flash samsung t-mobile galaxy s2 aka t989 cwm. And T-mobile or At&t does not have anything to do with it both sammy phones have similar specs thats why we use t989 cwm recovery Here check out my post! Scroll down and read how to flash cwm.
Flipback123 said:
I am not a T-Mobile user. I am on AT&T.
I know there are two Samsung Galaxy phones. The S2 and the S2 Skyrocket.
Checkout the screenshot of my options in Tom manager.
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holy balls, i cant believe the lack of reading and comprehension in this thread.
FFS, when you are told WHICH one to flash, just do it!
And to the guy telling him it should show up as ATT Galaxy S 2, YOU HAVE EITHER AN I777 or a 9100....Stay out of topics in the skyrocket forum that you have ZERO knowledge of. you cant even use ROM manager with the i777.... SMH
As other have said you have to look for the t-mobile galaxy s2. It should install CWM version 5.0.2.7. This verion does have some problems with the skyrocket for example inside the rom manager program and choosing install rom from sd card will not work (it says uncompatible script), but ionce you go into recovery mode and choose the .zip yourself it will work. I hope this helps.
alwaysonjohn said:
As other have said you have to look for the t-mobile galaxy s2. It should install CWM version 5.0.2.7. This verion does have some problems with the skyrocket for example inside the rom manager program and choosing install rom from sd card will not work (it says uncompatible script), but ionce you go into recovery mode and choose the .zip yourself it will work. I hope this helps.
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^This
As an aside though, I can choose "Install ROM from SD Card" through both manual CWM Recovery and ROM Manager
Lol this thread is crazy. Lol wow
I'm a rooting/Android noob, and I have a Skyrocket. As others have said, I picked the Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2, and it worked great for me. I was able to root from an SD card (booted into Recovery mode and did it from there) without any problems.
so what happened? whats the outcome?
Outcome for what?
dac1227 said:
so what happened? whats the outcome?
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which recovery option did he choose? kinda left hanging
Of course he should chose t989 recovery. That's if he wants his phone running fine.
dac1227 said:
which recovery option did he choose? kinda left hanging
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[Q] Restore Tab 2 5113?

Hey I need to restore my Tab 5113 to factory stock to return it. Anybody able to point me in the direction with the appropriate files, and possibly instructions. Thanks
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Hi!
The fastest solution is installing Kies and force emergency firmware installation.
HBSN11 said:
Hey I need to restore my Tab 5113 to factory stock to return it. Anybody able to point me in the direction with the appropriate files, and possibly instructions. Thanks
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Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747215
FrA1l3 said:
Hi!
The fastest solution is installing Kies and force emergency firmware installation.
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My tablet would never connect to Kies though?
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grneyez said:
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747215
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Isn't that just unrooting? I am on cm10 and I think running that might cause a problem.
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{ROM} |Stock + Root + BusyBox + Deodex| ATT Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (espresso10att)

These ROMs are the ATT Stock ROMs with a few additions:
- Deodexed for custom skins and ease of portability
- Root
- BusyBox Added
4.0.4
http://goo.im/devs/childofthehorn/e...y_espresso10att_childofthehorn_ICS_UCALJ3.zip
Awesome! Thank you kindly for posting this! Just got my AT&T Tab 2 this weekend and this was a nice surprise
Does this have media hub or video hub as stock media app? Thanks in advance.
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Great to see some development for our device.
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Got error "backing up image of data".
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Glad to hear it. This also makes it much easier for anyone to make ROMs and themes. Debloat is as simple as unzipping, removing from /system/app, rezip and flash.
You have to have an SDcard in the device for backup and install. FYI this makes it easier transfer it off for backup on your computer. That is always a good idea.
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2gb SD card installed, never ran into this issue.
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I've tried flashing this with TWRP as well as CWM and both give an error. CWM said it was expecting 4 args and got 5 but I can't seem to flash it. Took several attempts to complete the download as well, kept stopping halfway. Any mirror for this, I'm thinking the zip is being corrupted every time I download it.
I'll reup it.
No worries!
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RE: SOFT BRICK sgh-i497
Hey Guys I tried 2 flash this rom on my i497 and got the expecting 4 args but got 5 (status 7) error and now im stuck on the Samsung Logo Boot Screen. Can i flash this thru kies? http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I497&r=-1#modelsa i wasnt sure..or if anybody has a nandroid backup they can upload id really appreciate it
Thanks
I'm taking care of it. Uploaded the wrong one to the ftp.
Its just a change in the updater script.
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Re: No wifi
Childofthehorn said:
I'm taking care of it. Uploaded the wrong one to the ftp.
Its just a change in the updater script.
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Just flashed the new updated version and all is well except NO WIFI NO LTE please help whenever you get a chance..
thanks for all you help btw. you've been great with responses :good:
Hey so I flashed the new updated zip u posted and my my wifi and lte doesn't work tried relaflashing and still nothing
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I don't understand how that can be unless you went from 4.1 down to 4.0.4 and the modem code was changed.
Its literally just deodexed. No library was changed. The boot.IMG is the same.
I'll try and run through why. Those would fail. They are working on my tab.....
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Man bro thats what it is for sure...I downgraded is there a fix for that?
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Childofthehorn said:
I don't understand how that can be unless you went from 4.1 down to 4.0.4 and the modem code was changed.
Its literally just deodexed. No library was changed. The boot.IMG is the same.
I'll try and run through why. Those would fail. They are working on my tab.....
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Hate to say it, but the same happened to me. Had to flash my backup to fix it... =/ BTW, I've been on 4.0.4 the whole time. ATT device.
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Bro can u upload your back up, ive spent a week trying 2 get this back and I'm trying to avoid sending it back 2 Samsung.. thanks
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We flash this through odin?
Greenarcher707 said:
We flash this through odin?
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No, you do it from recovery.
I wouldn't touch it until OP can fix it. And no, I can't upload my backup, sorry. It's for some personal info on it.
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Yeah this sux, Samsung won't replace it, so I have 2 fix it myself, there's no stock .tar floating around?
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I just found another person in the help section with my same pro, this rom breaks wifi and data connection for sure so I wouldnt flash this!!
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[Q] Google playstore crash

I have a galaxy tab 7 inch 3100.
As i live in China this is where i bought it. However here it does not come with playstore, just a really limited Samsung apps. I loaded a version from Anzhi but it crashes almost instantly - screen comes up then straight down again. I've tried some other versions, cache clearing and factory resets but to no avail. As such i can not really get hold of any useful apps (anzhi is chinese and i am not).
Anyone got any ideas on how to get playstore working?
Thanks
Not wanting to try a ROM and flashing gapps?
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Clear data of playstore,
Uninstall updates,
Froce stop it from setting,
And then restart.
Hit THANKS If And Only If I Helped You
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ahugheg said:
I have a galaxy tab 7 inch 3100.
As i live in China this is where i bought it. However here it does not come with playstore, just a really limited Samsung apps. I loaded a version from Anzhi but it crashes almost instantly - screen comes up then straight down again. I've tried some other versions, cache clearing and factory resets but to no avail. As such i can not really get hold of any useful apps (anzhi is chinese and i am not).
Anyone got any ideas on how to get playstore working?
Thanks
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Even thought your not on a custom rom or maybe you are. Try downloading gapps it worked for me on another rom which didn't have the play store or gmail by default
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bluecarbon said:
Not wanting to try a ROM and flashing gapps?
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My thoughts exactly
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bluecarbon said:
Not wanting to try a ROM and flashing gapps?
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I guess I'll have to give it a go, was hoping there might be something simple.
Thanks
ShapesBlue said:
Even thought your not on a custom rom or maybe you are. Try downloading gapps it worked for me on another rom which didn't have the play store or gmail by default
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My thoughts exactly
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I always wondered if that would work. I had a trio stealth that didin't come with Google play, just amazon. I ended up flashing cm 9( this was about a year ago). I ended up bricking it when I tried flashing a firmware with a big enough system partition for cm 10 to fit. A wrong touch screen driver got flashed and none of the fixes would work. Anyways, I often think back that maybe I should of tried just flashing gapps. Anyways..... lol
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bluecarbon said:
I always wondered if that would work. I had a trio stealth that didin't come with Google play, just amazon. I ended up flashing cm 9( this was about a year ago). I ended up bricking it when I tried flashing a firmware with a big enough system partition for cm 10 to fit. A wrong touch screen driver got flashed and none of the fixes would work. Anyways, I often think back that maybe I should of tried just flashing gapps. Anyways..... lol
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Well sounds like it worked for you.
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ShapesBlue said:
Well sounds like it worked for you.
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I meant on the firmware that came with the tab, I flashed a custom ROM a few actually until I bricked it. Yeah gapps worked with the custom ROMs, but never tried on any official firmware. Like the op I tried various apk s, with no luck. On the bright side, I learned a lot by experimenting on that cheap tab. Lol... note: don't by anything from mach speed tech.
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bluecarbon said:
I meant on the firmware that came with the tab, I flashed a custom ROM a few actually until I bricked it. Yeah gapps worked with the custom ROMs, but never tried on any official firmware. Like the op I tried various apk s, with no luck. On the bright side, I learned a lot by experimenting on that cheap tab. Lol... note: don't by anything from mach speed tech.
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Yea I know I wouldn't. Samsung isn't junk that's for sure
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try dis....
Did u google play store apk for ics... (whatever android u are running) and install it ?
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ShapesBlue said:
Yea I know I wouldn't. Samsung isn't junk that's for sure
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Yea u r rite....doh dis tab has a lot of potential....I m runnin sungsonic hd wit oc kernel by psn and it works great wit games and batery life :good:

[Q] Galaxy S Blaze SUPER BRICK

Yes, let's establish the fact that I'm a idiot.
Here's the timeline
Samsung Kies update to ICS
ODIN root
CM10
CM10 was acting weird
Stock ROM ODIN flash
Stuck in boot loop. Recovery mode gives me multicolored lights all over the screen. Download mode just vibrates.
:crying:
Any help here would be GREAT. I'm over here FLIPPING OUT!!!
Odin clockwork mod recovery image and then DL pacman ROM. Plus a jb radios, and gapps. You can find all in the op of the pacman forum. Make sure to not have the repartition option selected in odin
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Big thanks
Humphries said:
Odin clockwork mod recovery image and then DL pacman ROM. Plus a jb radios, and gapps. You can find all in the op of the pacman forum. Make sure to not have the repartition option selected in odin
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Thank you VERY much. :victory:
Is there a step by step guide to this just so I don't screw anything else up?
Havershim said:
Thank you VERY much. :victory:
Is there a step by step guide to this just so I don't screw anything else up?
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Did you get it sorted?
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Havershim said:
Yes, let's establish the fact that I'm a idiot.
Here's the timeline
Samsung Kies update to ICS
ODIN root
CM10
CM10 was acting weird
Stock ROM ODIN flash
Stuck in boot loop. Recovery mode gives me multicolored lights all over the screen. Download mode just vibrates.
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Any help here would be GREAT. I'm over here FLIPPING OUT!!!
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I would also like to add that after flashing stock over custom you WILL get stuck in a boot loop. All that is needed is to wipe cache and dalvik then reboot. Were you able to navigate recovery at all, or were there flashing lights and nothing else?
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A truly bricked phone will not boot period. So even though it doesn't boot properly, there is still hope. Let me know if you fixed it, man. If not I'll do my best to help. Step by step if need be.
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Did you get it sorted?
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I would also like to add that after flashing stock over custom you WILL get stuck in a boot loop. All that is needed is to wipe cache and dalvik then reboot. Were you able to navigate recovery at all, or were there flashing lights and nothing else?
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A truly bricked phone will not boot period. So even though it doesn't boot properly, there is still hope. Let me know if you fixed it, man. If not I'll do my best to help. Step by step if need be.
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Yep I did exactly what i was told! All but I put the stock ICS on it instead of PACMAN.
Havershim said:
Yep I did exactly what i was told! All but I put the stock ICS on it instead of PACMAN.
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I don't doubt that you did, bro. If you're still having trouble booting into your stock ROM, try booting in to recovery and wipe cache partition and dalvic cache. Works every time
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Skywalker.00 said:
I don't doubt that you did, bro. If you're still having trouble booting into your stock ROM, try booting in to recovery and wipe cache partition and dalvic cache. Works every time
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Oh no by that I meant that I fixed it. All is running, and quite smoothly at that.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ASSISTED
Good brother. I'm glad you got it sorted
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Here to help man. My blaze and I have been there done that. With the while multi color boot from hell that is. Man I've soft bricked about every kinda phone there is. The feeling of satisfaction after fixing your expensive holder downer of papers is amazing huh? Glad you got it fixed man. Really though I actually strongly recommend that PAC ROM. It's boss ninja style. Now that you have clockwork mod flashing is as smooth as pie. Make sure to nandroid (back up) first that way if anything goes wrong you're covered. But anyway enjoy the taste of victory brother.
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