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I have a desire S, Which is S-Off through revoltionary and rooted! But i don't have a nandroid backup and my phone will no longer boot up. what can i do? I've tried to do a factory reset in recovery mode but that doesnt work.
How can i flash a stock rom on it to get it back to normal, i think its bricked... can someone help me?
1st of all i suggest you download a custom rom from the development section here.
then flash that via recovery. then hopefully your phone will load up into the new rom.
after you confirm this to me i will help you further to get back to stock rom
Thanks for the reply.
I did what you said, i tried to install a custom rom in recovery but it ends up aborting after a while, i dont think i can get any rom to work now, its not looking good
Fingers crossed
See this thread
Attempt the commands that are shown within the first #1 of it and you should be able to determine whether or not you have a fried eMMC chip.
See links in my signature for adb & fastboot drivers and the thread you need to see.
What recovery are you using? and what rom are you trying to flash?
I suggest downloading this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048203
Once you have done this follow these steps below to the letter
1. Boot into recovery
2. Format System (not wipe option but format option !!!)
3. Format Data
4. Format Cache
5. Wipe Data/Factory reset (1st option in wipe/format menu)
6. Wipe Dalvik Cache
7. Now install zip from sd card and flash the rom
8. Reboot
It was the Saga LBC mod that i was trying to install but it didn't work, nothing works that i try. i've formatted my sd card nom. basicly ive screwed everything up i've got no back ups of any rom and i cant get anything working
pumpernickel77 said:
It was the Aage LBC mod that i was trying to install but it didn't work, nothing works that i try. i've formatted my sd card nom. basicly ive screwed everything up i've got no back ups of any rom and i cant get anything working
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can you give me a step by step explanation of what you are doing and what messages/error messages you are getting at each stage?
I will try to help you the best i can. But i need to try to understand what the main issue is 1st. Don't worry just yet!
pumpernickel77 said:
It was the Saga LBC mod that i was trying to install but it didn't work, nothing works that i try. i've formatted my sd card nom. basicly ive screwed everything up i've got no back ups of any rom and i cant get anything working
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You need to give specifics and preferably screen pictures....(if possible) did you try the commands from the thread that I posted above, or what happens when you attempted the commands layed out by Eclipse_Driod above?
The more you tell us, the more we have to work with!?
I'm sorry but I dont know how to do the command thing, i'm a newbie when it comed to that I've basicly got a desire s that wont boot up and a SD card with nothing on, i think i need to somehow put a recovery image on my phone before i can install a rom
Is there any way i can install a recovery image to the sd card from the pc, that will then allow me to install a rom?
pumpernickel77 said:
I'm sorry but I dont know how to do the command thing, i'm a neebie when it comed to that I've basicly got a desire s that wont boot up and a SD card with nothing on, i think i need to somehow put a recovery image on my phone before i can install a rom
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I believe that you already have a fully working recovery on your device, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to flash LBC ROM in the first place....so I suspect that the problem is else where....(possibly damaged eMMC chip) but unless you help us, by running the commands and testing this we are un-able to confirm this for you.
You can find the adb and fastboot commands as a link in my signature simply download and then put these on you PC and run the commands that were in the thread I posted earlier (thats also in my sig Fried eMMC?)
Although I also believe that if you're able to get to S-OFF then you're able to enter the commands from your PC that will enable you to flash a recovery onto your device.
See this post where I've previously instructed some one else how to do just this.
Any questions then just and try to take screen captures or cut 'n' pastes of all errors encountered.
Good luck
pumpernickel77 said:
I'm sorry but I dont know how to do the command thing, i'm a neebie when it comed to that I've basicly got a desire s that wont boot up and a SD card with nothing on, i think i need to somehow put a recovery image on my phone before i can install a rom
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does it not even boot into recovery?
you need to hold down the volume down button and keep it held down while you power on the device. This will make it boot into recovery mode.
But before you can do that i would advise you take the sd card out of the phone, connect it to your computer with a card reader and copy over the lbc mod rom.zip file straight onto the card, then put it back into the phone.
then turn the phone off and boot into recover as mentioned above and select install rom from sd card and select the zip file you transferred over.
after it has installed reboot phone by selecting the "reboot" option in the recovery mode.
all should now be well.
report back how this goes
and don't forget to hit that thanks button
Thanks for your patience.. I'm going to try and explain in full what i've done
I got S-off on my Desire S using "Revoluntionary" (after watching how to do it on YouTube) and after domwloading ClockWorkMod from market place I sucessfully installed Saga LBC ver 5.3. Everything was fine i was very pleased. I had a back up of the old stock ROM saved on my SD card which i did through Clockworkmod too.
Then this morning I got a update message from clockworkmod saying ver6.0 was available to download so i did. My phone never turned back on again I could get into recovery mode but nothing would work (wipe data, factory reset, Even tryin to install the old backed up rom didn;t work) it just kept freezing.
So i took my sd card out and plugged it into the pc to try to look for anothr rom to try out, thats when i ended up formattig the SD card (god knows why) So now ive got no backup, no clockworkmod, no nothing on my SD card...Am I screwed??
Thanks for your patience.. I'm going to try and explain in full what i've done
I got S-off on my Desire S using "Revoluntionary" (after watching how to do it on YouTube) and after domwloading ClockWorkMod from market place I sucessfully installed Saga LBC ver 5.3. Everything was fine i was very pleased. I had a back up of the old stock ROM saved on my SD card which i did through Clockworkmod too.
Then this morning I got a update message from clockworkmod saying ver6.0 was available to download so i did. My phone never turned back on again I could get into recovery mode but nothing would work (wipe data, factory reset, Even tryin to install the old backed up rom didn;t work) it just kept freezing.
So i took my sd card out and plugged it into the pc to try to look for anothr rom to try out, thats when i ended up formattig the SD card (god knows why) So now ive got no backup, no clockworkmod, no nothing on my SD card...Am I screwed??
from what you have told me u still have clockwordmod recovery as it is on the phone itself. not the sd card. So you are ok there. What i need you to do next it to see if you are able to boot into recovery?
if you can then try again to format data, system and cache.
then try installing a rom from your sd card.
if it is still freezing while trying to perform a format then look back at bens previous posts about using adb through your pc to find out if your emmc chip is damaged
I can boot into recovery no probs there, but when i format data, system and cache it goes so far and then aborts
Ive just tried to install the LBC rom again i renames it PG88IMG ind it asked me to install so i did. It says 'update in progress' and the bar on the right starts to fill up but it stops near the top and eventually aborts
right, the only thing i can think of to try next is following the same method you said you followed to s-off through revolutionary.
it will say you are already s-off or something but click proceed anyway. and make sure from there that you type "y" when it asks if you want it to install clockworkmod recovery. as this will reinstall a fresh recovery image for you.
this is the only thing i can think of.
let me know how it goes
did you look at my post#11 above...
The second half of it contains instructions on how you can flash a new recovery image......from your PC.
Ive just tried to do the s-off again the way i did before but i can only go as far as the part when i connect my phone and open the revolutionary programme and it doesn't detect my phone
Ok, it looks like the last option to try is flashing a new recovery image manually.
For this you will need to download and install adb. which can be found here
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
along with instructions of how to set it up and use it.
after you have done this you will need to download this
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-saga.img
which is the latest clockworkmod recovery for your phone. and rename it to recovery.img
then copy the recovery image to a convenient location on your computer, preferably with a short path. We will be placing it on the C Drive directly (not in any folder) and using that in the next steps.
Power your device off and reboot it in fastboot mode. (holding volume down whilst pressing power on button) then select "fastboot" from the list of options you get.
Connect your device to your computer via USB and wait till you see ‘fastboot USB’ on the screen.
Launch Command Prompt and type the following command:
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
Wait for the process to finish and reboot your device once it’s done.
Hi everyone,
my colleague has a Galaxy S+ on Stock rom and when he pulled out his phone of his pocket it was boot looping. The blue animation and the big white S is looping all the time.
He has no root or no rom or whatever modification made.
From my experience of my GS2 I first installed FeaMod Recovery and deleted the dalvic cache and fixed permissions --> no change.
I made a factory reset --> no change
I installed several firmwares KGS, KGP, KP4 --> no change
I have no idea if I am doing something wrong..
I flashed via Multi Downloader and when flashing was done or almost done the phone rebooted as multi downloader said in status menu and the white Samsung Logo appears.
What to do next?
Nothing happened and phone didnt start so I turned off the phone and restarted which resulted in boot loop as mentioned in the beginning.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any other idea what do do?
How could I format the internal sdcard?
Via the recovery it cannot be mounted for whatever reason.
deepflash said:
Hi everyone,
my colleague has a Galaxy S+ on Stock rom and when he pulled out his phone of his pocket it was boot looping. The blue animation and the big white S is looping all the time.
He has no root or no rom or whatever modification made.
From my experience of my GS2 I first installed FeaMod Recovery and deleted the dalvic cache and fixed permissions --> no change.
I made a factory reset --> no change
I installed several firmwares KGS, KGP, KP4 --> no change
I have no idea if I am doing something wrong..
I flashed via Multi Downloader and when flashing was done or almost done the phone rebooted as multi downloader said in status menu and the white Samsung Logo appears.
What to do next?
Nothing happened and phone didnt start so I turned off the phone and restarted which resulted in boot loop as mentioned in the beginning.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any other idea what do do?
How could I format the internal sdcard?
Via the recovery it cannot be mounted for whatever reason.
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So....
U've got FeaMod. Have u tryied mount as usb storage? computer should see two sd card.
If u can put phone in download mode u should try install by Odin 2.3.4 - 3 files rom? it should delete everything in phone
I flashed via Multi Downloader and when flashing was done or almost done the phone rebooted as multi downloader said in status menu and the white Samsung Logo appears.
What to do next?
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How long do u wait? Phone should reboot after while up to 10minuts.
Maybe try on other computer? I had problems before on windows 7, then i tryied on XP and went smoothly....
mounting as usb storage does not work.
Any other possibility to format the internal sd card?
I waited several minutes and tried XP and Win7 with the same result.
When the phone reboots automatically when flashing, do I just have to wait?
deepflash said:
mounting as usb storage does not work.
Any other possibility to format the internal sd card?
I waited several minutes and tried XP and Win7 with the same result.
When the phone reboots automatically when flashing, do I just have to wait?
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It should restart once and show android come out of box, then restart again.
Second restart is taking bit longer at flashing "big S" at screen.
I flashed my sgs+ today twice because i tryied install custom roms.
Unfortunately if thats not help u probably only service can help u due to damaged partition. System or internal sd
Before u send phone to service, flash 2.3.4, unroot and bring back stock recovery.
Oh, try to flash it again without sim card and external sd
After flashing only the Samsung Logo shows and nothing else happens.
I was flashing without sim and sdcard all the time.
Btw, I managed to format the internal sd after reflashing the feamod recovery but still the same result.
He will now return the phone. I flashed a stock firmware, I now do have to see how to remove the feamod recovery.
thanks for your help anyway
deepflash said:
After flashing only the Samsung Logo shows and nothing else happens.
I was flashing without sim and sdcard all the time.
Btw, I managed to format the internal sd after reflashing the feamod recovery but still the same result.
He will now return the phone. I flashed a stock firmware, I now do have to see how to remove the feamod recovery.
thanks for your help anyway
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Flash 3 files rom by Odin. Should restore stock recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346245
Definitely 2.3.4 XXKP4 is 3 files rom but is rooted. Try 2.3.3 roms
My phone is bricked...please help to restore
E:failed to mount /data (No such file or directory)
I was reflashing XXKPE(with pit) after flashing on reboot, it stuck. On power reboot, it shown the below log
----Copying media files------
E:failed to mount /sdcard (File exists)
E:copy_cache_media:Can't mount /sdcard
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
Media files copy failed.
something about successful multi-csc
E:can't mount /data
Options available in recovery mode:
reboot
factory reset
wipe cache partition
For i9000 I found this, but it is not applicable for our device, i suppose.
Thanks in advance...
ezeeyahoo said:
My phone is bricked...please help to restore
E:failed to mount /data (No such file or directory)
----Copying media files------
E:failed to mount /sdcard (File exists)
E:copy_cache_media:Can't mount /sdcard
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
Media files copy failed.
something about successful multi-csc
E:can't mount /data
Options available in recovery mode:
reboot
factory reset
wipe cache partition
For i9000 I found this, but it is not applicable for our device, i suppose.
Thanks in advance...
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what have you done to land up in this flight?
we cannot help if you provide no background. perhaps you can drop by samsung care centre to repair it if you cannot provide details.
Please post every detail so that you will be easier to help (Firmware, CF-ROOT version, all mods/roms/customization) and exactly why you are restoring. What happened?
Also, all else fails, go into download mode and flash a firmware with .pit and start from scratch (i suggest XXKPE). This should make your phone bootable again.
Your phone is never dead unless you cannot go into download mode anymore. And even then, there are ways around it
Please post in the appropriate section, this belongs in General.
I thought, this is not general issue. Updated first post
Try this:
1. Re-Download XXKPE and make sure the download is good. A bad FW is un-flashable.
2. flash the .pit file, take out battery, go into download mode and flash the pit file again (do 3X). This is to make sure partitions are good.
3. Then flash everything else for XXKPE (4 files), don't select the pit file at this step.
Tell us if it boots.
If you cant go into download mode, read this thread.
maybe you just could try to apply the rom that you was using before flashing KPE, that helps me sometimes when i has bootloops and that stuff.
hope it helps
I am sorry, but that didn't work. I have this phone only, no other option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-788850.html
is there any odin which can help as it did for user on this thread
I dont know if anyone has made a custom .PIT file for our device like the thread you posted. I dont think we have that for our device yet.
Try this:
1. Flash .PIT then KPE (ignore error after reboot)
2. Flash KPQ (ignore any errors)
3. Flash uc kernel (ignore any errors)
4. Try to go into CWM and format all partitions (mounts and storage)
5. Factory reset
6. Flash .PIT and KPE again (see if error is gone)
Also this:
1. Flash .PIT then KPE (ignore error after reboot)
2. Try to go to Recovery
3. Factory Reset
4. Flash .PIT then KPE (see if error is gone)
post result of all steps
If still no fix, flash .pit (dont do anything else) then go to samsung service center. Just act stupid, dont say you were flashing anything. Just say you were using normally then the phone stopped working
inciongd said:
I dont know if anyone has made a custom .PIT file for our device like the thread you posted. I dont think we have that for our device yet.
Try this:
1. Flash .PIT then KPE (ignore error after reboot)
2. Flash KPQ (ignore any errors)
3. Flash uc kernel (ignore any errors) # I tried this way, in CWN rec. mode, it stuck at "formatting /data...".
4. Try to go into CWM and format all partitions (mounts and storage) ]
5. Factory reset
6. Flash .PIT and KPE again (see if error is gone)
Also this:
1. Flash .PIT then KPE (ignore error after reboot)
2. Try to go to Recovery # I have already tried this. Didn't worked
3. Factory Reset
4. Flash .PIT then KPE (see if error is gone)
post result of all steps
If still no fix, flash .pit (dont do anything else) then go to samsung service center. Just act stupid, dont say you were flashing anything. Just say you were using normally then the phone stopped working
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Please find the comments in the quote.
just a guess, but try flashing cwm just after pit to enable recovery in the second set of steps. once again, just a guess, never tried it myself...
my reasoning is that after flashing pit, nothing works except download mode since the partitions have been reset and some (or all) data has been wiped as part of the process, hence the reason it doesn't even reset after odin reboots the phone and just goes to a black, backlit screen
inciongd said:
If still no fix, flash .pit (dont do anything else) then go to samsung service center. Just act stupid, dont say you were flashing anything. Just say you were using normally then the phone stopped working
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Can I say that, after full charge in off mode, phone didn't turned on...
supergaijin said:
just a guess, but try flashing cwm just after pit to enable recovery in the second set of steps. once again, just a guess, never tried it myself...
my reasoning is that after flashing pit, nothing works except download mode since the partitions have been reset and some (or all) data has been wiped as part of the process, hence the reason it doesn't even reset after odin reboots the phone and just goes to a black, backlit screen
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Still same, freeze at "formatting /data..."
i agree with supergaijin.
Try:
1. Falsh .PIT
2. Flash CWM
3. Try to go to CWM
4. Format all partitions
5. Then try KPE
Another:
Find the original Froyo ROM of your phone and flash it. (should have .pit as well)
Also, try to be more descriptive of what step you are in. Tell us how you try it.. then describe what happens at the state of the error. Its hard to imagine what is happening with your phone with 1 sentence descriptions.
ezeeyahoo said:
Can I say that, after full charge in off mode, phone didn't turned on...
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Yes you can.
friend i already have the same problem, no fw solve this issue, i think it is hardware related prob...better go to service center... before ensure that ur current fw is same as original fw.. and say after switched on my phone not responding it restarting again and again...ok.....they will help u...
when i have the issue i tried lots of fw to flash every time it shows the same problem "E can't mound"...lots of probs.....then i given to service center and said to tech..after updation completes my phone not working good...they said, it is software issue it doesn,t cover warrenty.. i said ok after some time tech call me and told me it is not working they going to order new board for my phone waite for 7 days under warrenty now i am happy.......just do it
How can I go back to DDKB2 Froyo from GB?
ezeeyahoo said:
How can I go back to DDKB2 Froyo from GB?
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Flash XXKB3 with pit...flash XXKB3 again with pit...followed by flashing DDKB2 twice...remeber between each flash perform factory reset
I have got my phone from service center but http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473418
Hi,
My SGT 7.7 seems brick after I took it out of my bag. It gets stuck and stays on the boot screen where says "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" for a few seconds, and then just keep rebooting.
It is able to go into the Download Mode when I press "Power+Vol-", but no response when I press "Power+Vol+". I tried to flash all kinds of firmware with Odin, but nothing work.
I also tried to flash it with .pit, PDA, PHONE and CSC. I got this screen and then stopped and Odin says "Now Writing, Please wait about 2 minutes."
I appreciate your help!
same problem here, but caused from rom-manager! did nothing more than using the "reboot into recovery" option, i did NOT flash anything with rom-manager before!
download mode works, recovery works, but i can flash what i want, after turning the device on the "samsung 7.7" stays for about 30sec, then it reboots ad infinitum!
any ideas?
i'm within the one week were i can exchange the device without any problems, but i want to fix it myself if possible!
thx in advance!
TML1504 said:
same problem here, but caused from rom-manager! did nothing more than using the "reboot into recovery" option, i did NOT flash anything with rom-manager before!
download mode works, recovery works, but i can flash what i want, after turning the device on the "samsung 7.7" stays for about 30sec, then it reboots ad infinitum!
any ideas?
i'm within the one week were i can exchange the device without any problems, but i want to fix it myself if possible!
thx in advance!
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I have seen similar symptoms on mine. it turned out to be corrupt /data filesystem. I had to use the sammy 3e recovery wipe data/factory reset option. And then reflash with odin.
(CWM could not fix this filesystem problem.)
(areyou sure rom manager is compatible with the different partitions on the 7.7)
Remember you will loose all user data !!!!!
davp said:
I have seen similar symptoms on mine. it turned out to be corrupt /data filesystem. I had to use the sammy 3e recovery wipe data/factory reset option. And then reflash with odin.
(CWM could not fix this filesystem problem.)
(areyou sure rom manager is compatible with the different partitions on the 7.7)
Remember you will loose all user data !!!!!
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again thx,
but the problem is seems to be "deeper" than only a corrupt /data!
The tab doesnt boot further then "samsung 7.7", if data is corrupt then
at least android will load (bootanimation) and go into a bootloop in some stage!
Also, I didn't change or install or flash anything in rom-manager, I "only" used the reboot function!
After reflashing the device with repartition and HongKong.pit I think I messed up the partitions totally, so I would really need the PIT for 6810 (6800 has different partition layout) to repair this!
But as it seems no one has this PIT or is willing to provide it,
so I ordered an new tab which will arrive in the next hours, and return this one within the next days!
Where did you find the PIT file ? You may just destoried the partition. God bless you!
matth3w said:
Hi,
My SGT 7.7 seems brick after I took it out of my bag. It gets stuck and stays on the boot screen where says "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" for a few seconds, and then just keep rebooting.
It is able to go into the Download Mode when I press "Power+Vol-", but no response when I press "Power+Vol+". I tried to flash all kinds of firmware with Odin, but nothing work.
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I have a familiar problem....
I have not flashed or rooted my device - it is exactly how it came out of the box...
One morning while using it it froze - I did are reset by holding the power button down and then let it reboot but when it did it can not get past the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" screen.
Can get it into download mode, but if I go to recovery mode then all I get it a headline saying "Manual Mode" which grabs some manual .apk files and then just goes back into the boot mode with the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7" screen.
Any ideas?
Had a Galaxy Tab Original and got the Galaxy SII and have mod them to death - just though for this one I would leave it original and enjoy the OTA updates as the were delievered - especially considering ICS in a matter of days
If you can boot into download mode you can call this a soft brick..
dont use ROM manager and install clockworkmod from that, incompatibility of cwm recovery will brick your phone..
Use odin only on PDA slots, you dont need repartition or pit files..it seems you got a corrupt recovery..
suwandiapr said:
Use odin only on PDA slots, you dont need repartition or pit files..it seems you got a corrupt recovery..
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Suwandiapr - Thank you for this. When you say "Use odin only on PDA slots" you are suggesting that I will have to download and install a stock ROM aren't you?
Cheers (and again thank you)....
Aspi914 said:
Suwandiapr - Thank you for this. When you say "Use odin only on PDA slots" you are suggesting that I will have to download and install a stock ROM aren't you?
Cheers (and again thank you)....
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yes, that is what he means.
Also, if you still have trouble after the first flash, you may need to go into samsung 3e recovery and do a data wipe/factory reset. Then flash again. Since these are non-wipe firmwares, simple flashing may not clear a corrupt filesystem.
Obviously you will lose all user data!
suwandiapr said:
If you can boot into download mode you can call this a soft brick..
dont use ROM manager and install clockworkmod from that, incompatibility of cwm recovery will brick your phone..
Use odin only on PDA slots, you dont need repartition or pit files..it seems you got a corrupt recovery..
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thx, but as i said i DID NOT FLASH OR INSTALL ANYTHING with rom-manager, i only used the option "reboot into recovery"!
and i used odin to try to unbrick my device (i flashed a dozen roms as well as the sbl etc.), without any success. also, till now nobody has provided a 16GB PIT for 6810, therefore i returned the tab and grabbed a new one!
davp said:
Also, if you still have trouble after the first flash, you may need to go into samsung 3e recovery and do a data wipe/factory reset. Then flash again. Since these are non-wipe firmwares, simple flashing may not clear a corrupt filesystem!
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Thank you Davp...
Ok...got the P6800ZSLA2 stock ROM and have managed to get it back...while I don't want to have to re-do all the data, I think I will take your advise and do a data wipe/reset.
Aspi914 said:
Suwandiapr - Thank you for this. When you say "Use odin only on PDA slots" you are suggesting that I will have to download and install a stock ROM aren't you?
Cheers (and again thank you)....
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Yes you right, thats what i mean..
TML1504 said:
thx, but as i said i DID NOT FLASH OR INSTALL ANYTHING with rom-manager, i only used the option "reboot into recovery"!
and i used odin to try to unbrick my device (i flashed a dozen roms as well as the sbl etc.), without any success. also, till now nobody has provided a 16GB PIT for 6810, therefore i returned the tab and grabbed a new one!
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Im sorry , my answer cannot solve your problem.. You say your device "stuck on Samsung logo" right? your recovery and download mode seem ok, from my experience its because /data corrupt or something crash on your filesystem..
If you can go to recovery menu, do factory reset,..
I cannot help you with pit.file coz i actually dont have the device right now..
Aspi914 said:
Thank you Davp...
Ok...got the P6800ZSLA2 stock ROM and have managed to get it back...while I don't want to have to re-do all the data, I think I will take your advise and do a data wipe/reset.
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Good luck..
davp said:
I have seen similar symptoms on mine. it turned out to be corrupt /data filesystem. I had to use the sammy 3e recovery wipe data/factory reset option. And then reflash with odin.
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I've experienced a similar problem with corrupt /data and couldn't overcome it.
How did you use Samsung recovery when you had CWM recovery flashed?
白い熊 said:
I've experienced a similar problem with corrupt /data and couldn't overcome it.
How did you use Samsung recovery when you had CWM recovery flashed?
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You either get it from a full flash of stock firmware, or make your own tar with just recovery.img in it (extracted from stock). And flash with odin in the pda.
It is handy to be able to switch recoveries. CWM doesn't seem to match the 3e data wipe/factory reset.
The problem was:
I was playing a game, in the middle of it the Tab reset, I've never had it reset. Then it rebooted to the Samsung Tab 7.7 logo.
I thought, I'm lucky, made a CWM backup. So tried to restore the CWM backup. When the restore got to /data the tab rebooted again, i.e. something was messed with it.
So got stock firmware, flashed it from PC odin, flashed with success. But rebooted to the logo again.
Tried to get into the stock recovery, but it would only show "Updating..." something, I don't remember anymore, but the stock recovery wouldn't boot. Flashed it a couple of times, same result. Had to take the Tab back to the store...
Am kinda afraid to mess with it now, since I don't want it to happen.
So am wondering what to do if the same happens, or just forget CWM and flash stock recovery.img just to be safe?
I had similar issues after hard power-off [long hold power button]. Confirmed with adb into insecure cwm recovery that /data was corrupt. It explained why my restores stopped at /data.
Cwm data wipe, or format data did not help.
I flashed the stock 3e recovery.img in a tar with odin.
3e data wipe/factory reset. Reflash whole stock firmware with odin.
Check system boots ok.
Reflash cwm, then do restore ok.
I have seen stock 3e recovery fail to start properly. It seemed to be related to files/directories on the external sd card. It came up and said something like 'manual mode', 'updating'.
I tried clearing cache and hidden.
I know I deleted at least tmp_sec_fota directory off the external sd card, maybe someting to do with fota is upsetting our tabs from time to time.
Yep, exactly, that's it, it was "Manual mode" and "Updating", same symptoms, I couldn't get past it.
So what you're saying, I had a MicroSD in it, and that's why it was stuck at this? Not sure if I had an SD in it, but I flashed stock like three times, and then still couldn't enter 3e recovery, all the time had this "manual mode" come up...
Thanks for the guide of what you did.
Am downloading the latest Thai firmware now, to extract the stock recovery, so that I'm ready just in case.
Do you just tar the recovery.img and use that for flashing if necessary? No special permissions, nothing?
Sorry, not as clear cut as that... I did three things, cleared cache, cleared hidden, and
then started deleting files on sd. It is possible the problems are in multiple locations,
It is also possible that multiple attempts have an effect.
I personally feel I need both stock 3e and insecure cwm [and odin and adb] to be able to recover this tab. The broken 3e/reboot was my worst experience on this so far.
Use linux tar or the tab's busybox tar, to create an uncompressed tar with recovery.img as the only file. Do not use 7zip to create the tar, it didn't work for me (although it works fine to extract from the stock).
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Sorry, not as clear cut as that... I did three things, cleared cache, cleared hidden, and
then started deleting files on sd.
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You mean you did this in CWM recovery? Because I hastily flashed the stock ROM when it wouldn't boot, and then I couldn't get into the recovery anymore and there was no way to flash CWM recovery from PC Odin, or is there?
SD you mean internal? Since with external you just pull it out...
This was my worst experience as well, and want to be ready if it ever happens again.
So to sum it up. If the /data is messed up, should we do the following?
1. In CWM recovery clear cache, clear hidden.
2. Flash stock e3 recovery.
3. In stock recovery wipe everything.
4. Flash stock ROM.
5. Boot.
6. Flash CWM recovery.
7. Restore backup.
please i have the same problem,where i find the stock e3 recovery?
thanks Davp!
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please,post a link for download the recovery.img tar for to flash with odin.this is my last hope!
Cant find an answer for my question:
I am reinstalling some ROMs. Came from Captivate a few days ago (dropped in in the toilet and didnt think it would come back to life, it did lol, after i bought an infuse)
When flashing captivate roms the return to stock odin/heimdalls also format your sd cards, I noticed when returning to stock on the infuse my sd card is still full of crap from the last rom, how do I go about fixing that, can I just format it in CWM or will that ruin ROM install, as I had to modify the 3e recovery to even get CWM on?
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Cant find an answer for my question:
I am reinstalling some ROMs. Came from Captivate a few days ago (dropped in in the toilet and didnt think it would come back to life, it did lol, after i bought an infuse)
When flashing captivate roms the return to stock odin/heimdalls also format your sd cards, I noticed when returning to stock on the infuse my sd card is still full of crap from the last rom, how do I go about fixing that, can I just format it in CWM or will that ruin ROM install, as I had to modify the 3e recovery to even get CWM on?
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sdcard will format if you do reset phone in the phone menu /settings/privacy/reset
you can also format what you want in cwm
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sdcard will format if you do reset phone in the phone menu /settings/privacy/reset
you can also format what you want in cwm
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Thanks for the answer mate, just wanted to make sure formatting in CWM wouldnt ruin anything, like CWM lol
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Thanks for the answer mate, just wanted to make sure formatting in CWM wouldnt ruin anything, like CWM lol
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So...I formatted the SD card in CWM, but now when I try to install any rom after running Heimdall One-Click, I can't get past the SAMSUNG logo screen. I get the robotic woman's voice saying "Convert data partition. Not enough space on partition." Then the phone just boot loops from there.
I can run Heimdall all day, but I can't install any roms. I can't get Odin to work. I guess I need to set a partition, but I'm not sure how to do this or what to set it to.
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So...I formatted the SD card in CWM, but now when I try to install any rom after running Heimdall One-Click, I can't get past the SAMSUNG logo screen. I get the robotic woman's voice saying "Convert data partition. Not enough space on partition." Then the phone just boot loops from there.
I can run Heimdall all day, but I can't install any roms. I can't get Odin to work. I guess I need to set a partition, but I'm not sure how to do this or what to set it to.
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try flashing the heimdall 1 click once.
Then afterward, click the boot loader box and flash again the second time.
Robotic voice is voodoo ext4 file conversion. The heimdall 1 click return to stock has nothing to do with voodoo file conversion.
If you have corrupted partitions, you need a full re-partitions.
Thanks qkster. I tried your suggestions, but I'm still getting the same errors. I suspect I have corrupted partitions (or missing partitions) since I formated SD card in CWM. How would I get full re-partitions?
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Thanks qkster. I tried your suggestions, but I'm still getting the same errors. I suspect I have corrupted partitions (or missing partitions) since I formated SD card in CWM. How would I get full re-partitions?
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If you flash heimdall 1 click, it will re-partition your system file.
I don't think it does anything to your SDCARD or external microSD card.
Are you able to get it to boot up on ATT stock?
If you flash with heimdall 1 click and bootloader, you should be able to get back to att stock.
when you are able to get into the ROM, you can try going to menu /settings/privacy and reset.
Then you can go into DL mode, flash the kernel, reboot into recovery and perform file system changes.
In the voodoo: convert lagfix to on (for custom rom) off for stock rfs.
the file conversion toggle should be ON.
I realize that Heimdall doesn't do anything to either SD Card. It's actually working great in my opinion. My problem is that my internal SD Card was formatted (stupid move on my part) in CWM and now, it's basically a blank slate. I can run Heimdall and it boot animation starts up, but then it begins to boot loop after the "Rethink Possible" screen in the animation. I can't get into the ROM at all.
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I realize that Heimdall doesn't do anything to either SD Card. It's actually working great in my opinion. My problem is that my internal SD Card was formatted (stupid move on my part) in CWM and now, it's basically a blank slate. I can run Heimdall and it boot animation starts up, but then it begins to boot loop after the "Rethink Possible" screen in the animation. I can't get into the ROM at all.
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sd619...Can you tell me step by step what happens when you put it into DL mode and flash the heimdall?
Go through the whole 2 flashes - with the second time with boot loaders checked.
I think that no matter what you did to the internal SD card, once the heimdall runs the second time, with boot loaders, it will re-partition all the dev blocks and place the sbl, sbl2, params, dbfactory, kernel and modem in the appropriate allocations...assuming that the heimdall you have is not corrupted.
It will reset the file system to stock rfs...there shouldn't be any voodoo conversion until you flash the entropy kernel
...we are also talking about uclb3, correct?
if it doesn't work on repeated trial, and you are sure you have a non-corrupt software, it may be hardware.
If you want to try odin - gtg's unbrick - you will need to use a different usb port and re-install drivers or use a different PC
Yes, I'm using UCLB3. Here are my steps:
DL mode
Heimdall Flash
Disconnect USB
DL mode
Heimdall Flash w/ Bootloaders
Reboot
Boot loop during animation
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Yes, I'm using UCLB3. Here are my steps:
DL mode
Heimdall Flash
Disconnect USB
DL mode
Heimdall Flash w/ Bootloaders
Reboot
Boot loop during animation
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If you take out the battery and put it back into DL mode and flash the kernel in the next step..what happens?
edit: oh...idk if it makes any difference but could you take out the microSD card if you had 1 in and try it WITHOUT the microSD?
I tried that as well. I went back to DL mode and flashed the Entropy DD Kernel. This allows me to get into CWM. If I don't boot into CWM, the Samsung logo appears and the voodoo voice tells me there's not enough room in the partition. Then the phone boot loops from there until I pull the battery or boot into CWM.
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I tried that as well. I went back to DL mode and flashed the Entropy DD Kernel. This allows me to get into CWM. If I don't boot into CWM, the Samsung logo appears and the voodoo voice tells me there's not enough room in the partition. Then the phone boot loops from there until I pull the battery or boot into CWM.
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ok..if you get into CWM, click on the voodoo menu.
What does it say?
didn't think to do that...here's the info that pops up:
Voodoo lagfix is actually: enabled
next boot: enabled
Options:
/system lagfix conversion: yes
debug mode: no
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didn't think to do that...here's the info that pops up:
Voodoo lagfix is actually: enabled
next boot: enabled
Options:
/system lagfix conversion: yes
debug mode: no
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try disable lagfix...next boot should say :disabled
change system lagfix conversion to : NO
then reboot
if that works, when you boot into rom: reset
get back into DL mode and reflash the heimdalls again fully
I was hopeful, but that did not work. I'm still boot looping during the Samsung logo. I also tried to turn on debug mode in the voodoo menu, but it didn't seem to change anything either.
Alright.
Last attempt:
go to Mount and Storage:
Format boot. Format system. Format data. Format Cache. Format SDcard.
/system: should read: unmount
/data: should read: mount
/cache: should read: unmount
/sdcard: should read: unmount
/sd-ext: should read: mount
go back: reboot recovery.
go back to DL and reflash.
I don't know why your partitions will not erase as it should.
I have not seen this before.
If this doesn't work, you may need to try Odin on a different pc.
If you need to warranty the phone, change the settings or flash it in a way that it will only have samsung boot loop and no recovery. It would not be wise to have a red recovery and try to warranty it...needs to be on stock blue recovery.
good luck...
let us know if you ever get it sort out.
thanks for the mental exercise.
edit: there was 1 time I got hung up in the cwm and boot loop switching between stock and custom kernel...it was being more difficult than usual but mine sorted out after I did some toggles of voodoo menu and reboot recovery and was able to fix it flashing the heimdall packages...
It may not hurt to try Adam's original UCKJ4 packages also...idk
That last ditch effort didn't work. I can get to blue recovery from Adam's original UCKJ4 right? I've used that Heimdall package before. I don't even know if I can still warranty this phone. Does it have a 1 year warranty?
I'm going to try to Odin on a different PC when I get home. It's frustrating because it's NOT bricked. I hope to have some better luck with Odin tonight.
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That last ditch effort didn't work. I can get to blue recovery from Adam's original UCKJ4 right? I've used that Heimdall package before. I don't even know if I can still warranty this phone. Does it have a 1 year warranty?
I'm going to try to Odin on a different PC when I get home. It's frustrating because it's NOT bricked. I hope to have some better luck with Odin tonight.
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good luck.
Blue recovery when you flash only the ROM portion. Red recovery and voodoo when you flash the kernel over the ROM.
Warranty should still work.
Scenario: I had no idea what happened! I plugged in the kies-mini and it kept doing this...
Qkster....I tip my hat to you...
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