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HELP! can't enter bootloader mode

OK I am kind of a n00b, but I thought I had this all figured out. I am currently running Faria's Crossbow version. So yes I am CID unlocked (in other words I have successfully flashed ROM's before). I wanted to go back to the base Tmoblie 2.26, but when I hook the phone up and walk through the wizard as soon as the status bar comes up for Upgranding the ROM, the phone turns off, and the software asks me to do a recovery. It looks like it is never entering bootloader mode. I have also tried to hold down the camera and press the little reset button by the IR port. Same results the phone powers off, and won't come back on until I remove the battery. Looks like there are some pretty cool ROM's here, and I just want to give them a try. I also tried Crossbow Reloaded 1.5, and the standard 3.08IPL/SPL.
My current verions are IPL/SPL 2.26 GSM 2.25.11 OS 2.18.10.
Thanks!

Hi,
First thing is if you already followed all procedures to correctly unlock your phone before doing anything here! If so, try this procedure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294107
You can also have a look on the Wiki session!
Good luck!

bhieb said:
OK I am kind of a n00b, but I thought I had this all figured out. I am currently running Faria's Crossbow version. So yes I am CID unlocked (in other words I have successfully flashed ROM's before). I wanted to go back to the base Tmoblie 2.26, but when I hook the phone up and walk through the wizard as soon as the status bar comes up for Upgranding the ROM, the phone turns off, and the software asks me to do a recovery. It looks like it is never entering bootloader mode. I have also tried to hold down the camera and press the little reset button by the IR port. Same results the phone powers off, and won't come back on until I remove the battery. Looks like there are some pretty cool ROM's here, and I just want to give them a try. I also tried Crossbow Reloaded 1.5, and the standard 3.08IPL/SPL.
My current verions are IPL/SPL 2.26 GSM 2.25.11 OS 2.18.10.
Thanks!
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Take out your SD card. A friend of mine's phone does exactly this. As soon as you take out the SD card it goes right into bootloader mode with no issues.

It was the SD card. I forgot to take it out. Thanks!

mfrazzz said:
Take out your SD card. A friend of mine's phone does exactly this. As soon as you take out the SD card it goes right into bootloader mode with no issues.
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My phone did this last time I tried to enter bootloader, my question is why is it doing it now? I've entered bootloader with the buttons various times before.

masr1979 said:
My phone did this last time I tried to enter bootloader, my question is why is it doing it now? I've entered bootloader with the buttons various times before.
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For my friend its specific to his SD card. I put my own SD card in his phone and he can get to the bootloader fine. He's been in the bootloader in the past with his SD card, so its seems (for him) that its specific to this particular SD card (he has a 1GB Sandisk) and something new that has happened (he had never been on a cooked rom before, only official ones from Cingular and wasn't CID unlocked when we found this issue). Don't know if it has to do with the card going bad, or amount of data on it, or what.

easiest way is turn of ur phone.while turing on the phone hold on to camera button.

ronyalam said:
easiest way is turn of ur phone.while turing on the phone hold on to camera button.
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You are missing the point of this thread. In the situation we are discussing, that method will NOT work. The phone literally just turns off and will not go into Bootloader mode no matter what you try. If you run RUU, it just turns off (and you have to pull the battery to get it to turn back on). If you turn off the phone and hold the camera button the phone will not turn on (and again, you have to pull the battery). It refuses to go into bootloader until you pull the SD card for this specific condition.
Don't quote me, but I seem to recall my friend tried putting the phone in bootloader and it did this. I told him to pull the SD card and it instantly went into bootloader (without pressing the power button). So its like the phone was frozen waiting for something before going into bootloader. When the SD card came out it unstuck. And thats probably why the battery has to be pulled (as the phone really isn't turned off, its stuck with a screen that hasn't started).

mfrazzz said:
For my friend its specific to his SD card. I put my own SD card in his phone and he can get to the bootloader fine. He's been in the bootloader in the past with his SD card, so its seems (for him) that its specific to this particular SD card (he has a 1GB Sandisk) and something new that has happened (he had never been on a cooked rom before, only official ones from Cingular and wasn't CID unlocked when we found this issue). Don't know if it has to do with the card going bad, or amount of data on it, or what.
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Well I've been using cooked roms since like 2 months after I got my MDA (april last year + or -), so I don't think that has anything to do with my case, but I do have the same sd card as your friend, and now that I remember the other day the card wasn't being read. I had to pull it out and put it back in a few times before it was recognized again; I think I'm in the market for a new card. Just in case.

Don't know if it helps, but I have loaded 3 different ROMs fine now. In my case at least it was just the SD Card (1GB Adata I think).
On a side note sorry others are having issues too, but you guys sure make a n00b feel good. Most of the time, no matter how much I search for something, the first response to the thread is "why don't you search for it there is already a thread here <link>". Nice to finally post something that applies to others as well as myself.
Keep up the good work, great site!

bhieb said:
Don't know if it helps, but I have loaded 3 different ROMs fine now. In my case at least it was just the SD Card (1GB Adata I think).
On a side note sorry others are having issues too, but you guys sure make a n00b feel good. Most of the time, no matter how much I search for something, the first response to the thread is "why don't you search for it there is already a thread here <link>". Nice to finally post something that applies to others as well as myself.
Keep up the good work, great site!
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Personally I think it's in bad taste to think that just because you kinda-sort off are trying to help that people have to deal with attitude. Anytime I direct someone to a thread I try to simply give the link, and if it's a really obvious question I might kindly remind the person to use the search function. If a question really bothers me I simply don't reply; we create more clutter in threads by acting all high and mighty then obvious questions do.

masr1979 said:
Personally I think it's in bad taste to think that just because you kinda-sort off are trying to help that people have to deal with attitude. Anytime I direct someone to a thread I try to simply give the link, and if it's a really obvious question I might kindly remind the person to use the search function. If a question really bothers me I simply don't reply; we create more clutter in threads by acting all high and mighty then obvious questions do.
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Not to clutter up this thread, but I totally concur. I've tried to take the high road the last month or so. I either give them the info they need, warn them of the dangers they are apparently ignorant of, or I just skip over the thread completely if I can't answer it without a rant

It is not as bad here as other sites. The mods have posted some really good sticky's with the FAQ's, and for the most part they are very thorough. Some people just don't want to take the time to read. Enough said we are a bit off topic now.
Thanks Again!

help!!！sim card problem on Universal!!!

The machine often can't identify the sim card,it shows the sim card is lost.
If i turn off the phone and then turn on again,sometimes the machine show
the message "The Gsm radio has crashed.reboot in 30 seconds."
so it reboot itself but doesn't work!!!
Help me please``````

help~~~~~~~

jacksongarden said:
help~~~~~~~
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try to clean up your sim card.
if it still, try to hard reset.
if it still not work try ROM upgrade / other ROM

change a new one sim card is the only way out!

indrastrid said:
try to clean up your sim card.
if it still, try to hard reset.
if it still not work try ROM upgrade / other ROM
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i have already done these all!!!
and also changed a sim card.still

jacksongarden said:
i have already done these all!!!
and also changed a sim card.still
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If you have done all of that, then it sounds like a hardware fault to me. I assume you have tried cleaning the contacts on the Uni itself? Failing that, it sounds like you need to find a service centre.
Cheers,
Steve.

yea, once i have the same problem like you.
I give my uni back to dealer, try to buy uni from another one, IT WORK!

indrastrid said:
yea, once i have the same problem like you.
I give my uni back to dealer, try to buy uni from another one, IT WORK!
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.....i bought it one year ago....how can i....
i think many guys have the same problem too.is that something about the
phone lock?the incomplete wm6 system brings out the problem?

have you try downgrade, back to WM5?

indrastrid said:
have you try downgrade, back to WM5?
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ok,i will try it

thx everyone!!!!
it works now!!!
i downgrade to wm5,but still.
then i use a rubber to rub the sim card metal.
then it work!!!!and doesn't lose again!!!

Yeah i`ve got the same problem, and even I lost the phone signal, I tested several wm6 roms but finally I downgraded back to wm5 and nothing works fine therefore i think you'll have the same problem, I know that a lot of people have the same problem and I'am almost sure that it's a hardware failure of the phone in the uni, good luck!!!

yeah, I'am suprise,but it could be a good idead, i'm gonna take my rubber.... and .... in the next post

still doesn't work..................
help

Flashing Killed My SIM

I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.

xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom. What does it say or show on the screen when the sim is inserted? and what does it say on the screen when the sim isn't inserted? If it says the same thing i can't help you.
try a hard reset too.

When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy

most likely its the phone that's the problem. because if your sim was fried it wouldn't work in the razr. the razr couldn't be able to recognize the sim card at all if it was fried.

xtremdremz said:
When the Sim is inserted is says nothing, just has the exclamation point by the signal meter and and x by the data connection. When the sim is not in the phone at all it gives me the no sim inserted emergency call if provider supports it. I tried to reflash the rom with the SIM out and still get the same result??? Kinda Screwy
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you may need to install another radio that is compatible.

Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).

redbandana said:
you may need to install another radio that is compatible.
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Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM

xtremdremz said:
Tried that one too...lol. I searched and searched, I tried different ROM's with their respective radios and still same results. Looks like Im flashing back to stock and Warranty has another one coming. The funny thing is, it still tells me I have a voice mail and shows my number under the phone screen, which tells me its reading the SIM
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if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.

mfrazzz said:
Is this a new or an older SIM? Check the gold contact points on the bottom. I've used a pencil eraser to go over mine and have gotten a SIM that had stopped working ot start working again (back on my Wizard). The local AT&T stores by me (not the Spring ones, but the true AT&T ones) are good about replacing sim cards for free when I've had issues (I had a sim card out one day and my dog got hold of it off the table. Called the local AT&T store and they guy laughed then said bring it down and he'd give me a new one. Waived the $25 charge. My wife has had her sim card replaced for free also in the past from the same store. YMMV).
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Its the new AT&T SIM. Its wierd, works perfect in my razr just not in my tilt. and like i said in previous post all the signs are there that it is reading my SIM Just not registering on the network for calls or data???

redbandana said:
if it works with the stock rom what are you going to say to the warranty people? "it doesn't work when i flash dutty's rom" lol.
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yeah they would LLLLOOOOOVVVVEEEEE that. LOL I just tried with the stock ROM and the SPL changed back, everything to stock and still no luck. Still get the voicemail icon and the message that I have a Voicemail though.

try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.

xtremdremz said:
I just flashed to ConfusedStu Vista 1.3, everything went well until I got through the customization screen and now my sim has just an exclamation point by it. I took the sim out and put it in my razr and it is reading fine in that. Anybody have any ideas that can help me out. Even though I dont have a lot of posts Im not new to doing this or to the site, Ive been flashing my wizard for 2 years now and my tilt for about the last month and a half. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I also will say I tried to reflash radio 1.65 and that didnt help either.
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Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.

shutter13 said:
Check and see if the phone is turned off. Happened to me a couple of flashes in a row, sometimes you end up with the phone turned off. Just open the comm manager and turn it back on.
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oh yeah forgot that one too.

redbandana said:
try going into settings>personal>phone> then to the network tab and select find network with stock rom and radio.
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Tried this once and it didnt do anything, hard reset, tried searching again, went and grabbed a drink and after about 15 minutes it found network and all is good. Now back to flashing my 6.1 ROM. Ill never learn, but its so fun to have a phone that takes over all me free time on the road.
Thanks to all that helped and had some ideas. Thats why I love this place. Thank you.

the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b

tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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I have already flashed My tilt with just about every ROM out there just to have fun and see what the differecnces were, WITH NO PROBLEMS. Then I tried to flash it with the new ROM and had the problem. I appreciate you trying to help but how you gonna end with calling me a n00b, when I have more posts than you and have been here a lot longer. But thanks for the help.

tubaking182 said:
the first thing you do after you flash a new rom is hard reset, now I am using the same rom as you are and all you have to do is go into your commmanager and turn flight mode OFF, push the button with the picture of a phone on it, then your phone will customize your connections to your carrier
n00b
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ya that was unnecessary. he clearly knew what he was talking about (but maybe didn't explore different avenues before asking). in addition, its not necessarily true that the phone customizes for you.

redbandana said:
i usually remove sd and sim before i flash a new rom.
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Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...

Sane said:
Is removing sim really necessary? I’ve never had any problems flashing with my sim in...
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no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.

redbandana said:
no its not necessary but i do it out of precaution that something bad might happen.
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I flash only via sd card and I have never taken out my sim card and I have never had one glitch at all. In my humble opinion, flashing via sd card is much quicker and safer.

[Q] Broken phone Help!

So long story short, GF went out last night and got drunk, tells me last night her phone is broken. Got home from work this morning, checked it out and theres a strange discoloration on the top right corner of the screen and the screen does not respond to touching it. The menu/home/back keys work along with the volume buttons and power button but I cant get past the swipe lock screen because the screen doesnt respond. I was however able to boot into CWM and backup to the ext SD card.
Anyway she filed a claim with Asurion, said she lost it, and theyre sending a new one Monday. Since she didnt actually lose the phone I still have her SD card, SIM and battery. Here are my Q's... Thanks in advance.
1. Any idea what version the replacement phone might ship with?
2. Since I havent rooted since the release day what the best method to use for the version they will send? I used route66 but im not sure if thats even around anymore.
3. I was able to make a back up on the SD card. Can I restore that back up on the new phone from the sd card after i root and unlock?
4. Do I have to back up the SD card contents and reformat the SD card to use in the new phone?
5. What, if anything, can be done the old SIM card?
Very lucky I have a place like XDA where I can ask questions like this. XDA has been so helpful to me the last few years. Thanks to everyone who can help. My gf and I really appreciate it.

TokedUp said:
Here are my Q's... Thanks in advance.
1. Any idea what version the replacement phone might ship with?
2. Since I havent rooted since the release day what the best method to use for the version they will send? I used route66 but im not sure if thats even around anymore.
3. I was able to make a back up on the SD card. Can I restore that back up on the new phone from the sd card after i root and unlock?
4. Do I have to back up the SD card contents and reformat the SD card to use in the new phone?
5. What, if anything, can be done the old SIM card?
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1) VRALHE, easily rooted with the existing exploits.
2) See above.
3) Uh, honestly not sure about this. I'm interested to see others response.
4) Shouldn't have to since you'll be using the same rom
5) If the sim is fine, just pop it into the new phone.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

Don't use the old phone parts except the sdcard for anything. You lost the phone so if you use the one SIM then they're going to know you committed fraud. Same if you try to use the old phone.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

As for restoring the backup. Yes you can simply restore the backup and it week be just fine. I did it on my RAZR when I got a max and when I got a replacement max.
Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse 2.1

Awesome guys thanks! Not going to use the old SIM at all, I figured not to. If I can restore the Rom from the SD card on the new phone my life will be so much better lol. Very much appreciated.

Just wanted to update. First off thanks to everyone, my gf is very thankful.
I can confirm restoring from the old phone on to the new one worked perfectly along with the root method. Thanks so much guys.
Mod please delete unless you feel the info here may help other users.

Samsung Pay can't be set-up on S8 Plus? AT&T

Hey all.
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?

I just set mine up after reading this post. No issues. I am on AT&T

dave30534 said:
I just set mine up after reading this post. No issues. I am on AT&T
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well that's frustrating. were you on wifi? did you use the new sim card that came with your phone or your old one? idk if that has anything to do with it, but i always just take my sim card out of my old one and put it in the new one.
Thanks!

Captain McFunk said:
well that's frustrating. were you on wifi? did you use the new sim card that came with your phone or your old one? idk if that has anything to do with it, but i always just take my sim card out of my old one and put it in the new one.
Thanks!
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On wifi. My old phone does not have sim cards that fit this one. I used what came with the box. I had to register it by phone before they turned the phone to active.

I'm on AT&T as well and had no issues setting up.

Can you just put a cricket sim card in or setup with the att sim card first?

Still not sure what's going on here, but I used the SIM card that came in the box and it's still not working. It just spins once you click "start" -- I uninstalled it and downloaded the latest version from apk-mirror and when i ran it, it played a little video but then an error came up saying samsung pay isn't available when using a sim card from another country. please insert a sim card from korea......i mean wtf mate. I bought the phone from AT&T directly, so not sure what the deal is there. Anyone have any ideas for anything I can try?

Captain McFunk said:
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I had the same problem at first. I tried restarting the app, rebooting the phone, clearing the app's cache & data, reinstalling the app, and wiping the system cache. I tried it on WiFi and on mobile data. None of that seemed to help. Then I left it alone for a couple of hours and the next time I tried, it just worked.
I have no idea what was causing the problem. I don't know if any of my efforts had a delayed result, or if the efforts were irrelevant and the problem just fixed itself. But either way, it's fine now.

Another failure, different
Captain McFunk said:
Hey all.
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?
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It still does not work on my S8+. It may have something to do with last OS update... ? All I know is, I used it for about a year with occasional odd failures, but it was reliable on my S7.
Now, it does not work at all. I called Samsung and the rep kept me on the phone for a long time, gathering details...