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[Q] Stuck phone in CWM based recovery mode

Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne

atrix4nag said:
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
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You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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nash2000 said:
You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..

atrix4nag said:
When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
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First... what where you doing to get it on blue cmw in the first place?
Also im not saying you are doing it wrong... and im SURE you have tried like 1000 times but lets check:
1.-pull battery out
2.-connect cable to PC and to phone
3.- while connected to PC and battery OUT press BOTH volume keys at same time
4.-while pressing both volume keys and conected to pc trough micro usb introduce the battery
Thats how you go into DL mode... if it DOESNT.... damn... you messed up your bootloader? at the VERY least you should get a:
"Phone-----!-----Computer"
sign....
Not working still? hmm get an usb jig on ebay/amazing or anyplace you like to FORCE the DL mode... still try the steps i provided before... when entering DL mode only 2 buttons nedded not 3 like on CMW recovery read the steps... then try... try.... and try.
If nothing yet:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Accessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2419wt_905
or something similar... yet im 99% sure doing the correct steps should work.
And i repeat... im not saying your doing it wrong... electronic devices may fail anytime still... put the human part to work and read well the instructions and do them as said before we can blame a piece of metal/plastic xD
I really hope you can get it fixed.

Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.

2 finger/usb...that dude's phone would have been easily fixed but you told him how to get into something he was already stuck in haha
Sent from my B.A. Infuse 4G

atrix4nag said:
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
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Bah =) well you got a working phone now... remember cwm its 3 button, dl mode its 2 and usb connected for next time

[Q] Skyrocket phone stuck onSamsung Logo

Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy phone is stuck on the Samsung boot up logo. I shut off the phone and it starts up again to the Samsung logo again. I am rooted but still had the stock rom and kernel.
I went to selections and wiped my cache and tried to format it like a new phone. The same thing still happens. I am not sure what else to do. Anyone know how to fix this?
Keep the instructions simple please, if you do know. (I'm a desperate noob)
Thanks for any help.

IF you ever did nandroid than just restore that otherwise.........
Hey first follow this steps to flash any rom. If you flash the rom properly than you can use any stock rom from dev section and use that.
OR
follow this step to go back to stock and it will unroot you.
Vman7765 said:
Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy phone is stuck on the Samsung boot up logo. I shut off the phone and it starts up again to the Samsung logo again. I am rooted but still had the stock rom and kernel.
I went to selections and wiped my cache and tried to format it like a new phone. The same thing still happens. I am not sure what else to do. Anyone know how to fix this?
Keep the instructions simple please, if you do know. (I'm a desperate noob)
Thanks for any help.
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Great, I'm downloading the drivers now. My phone was working perfectly. Do you know what may have caused this? Thanks.

I am not sure why it happened but it looks like u cleared cache so that might be the problem. IDK
Vman7765 said:
Great, I'm downloading the drivers now. My phone was working perfectly. Do you know what may have caused this? Thanks.
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Rocketing on Sky Ics¡

I'm back up and running. If I want to change my rom and kernel, what do you recommend? I midas well do everything now, while I am on work mode. Thanks for your help.

first of all to show that you appreciate my help please hit that thnx button. I am running Sky Ice Rom which is deeply themed rom with faux123's kernel.
Vman7765 said:
I'm back up and running. If I want to change my rom and kernel, what do you recommend? I midas well do everything now, while I am on work mode. Thanks for your help.
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NP thanks for your help. I spammed that button as much as I could lol.

Same Problem
My problem is that my Rogers SGSII LTE I727R, is stuck on the logo screen, which is flashing the boot screen. When I connect the USB (even after install of Kies and Odin), my PC does not see the device. I am really not sure what to do. I think I set the wrong phone ID when I installed recovery (I think I was supposed to use the T-Mobil SGSII setting), but I selected something else. I then tried to backup the existing ROM, and am now in this unending loop. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

Follow these steps it will help you go back to stock. ANd reroot your phone.
Barlaw604 said:
My problem is that my Rogers SGSII LTE I727R, is stuck on the logo screen, which is flashing the boot screen. When I connect the USB (even after install of Kies and Odin), my PC does not see the device. I am really not sure what to do. I think I set the wrong phone ID when I installed recovery (I think I was supposed to use the T-Mobil SGSII setting), but I selected something else. I then tried to backup the existing ROM, and am now in this unending loop. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
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I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.

Barlaw604 said:
I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.
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Try a different USB port. Avoid rear ports and hubs.

OK, i will try that on a different computer, as I have tried all of the available ports on my laptop. Any other thoughts?

Barlaw604 said:
I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.
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Have you uninstalled kies? If not uninstall it from your PC. Put your phone in download mode and see if Odin can see the phone.
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Barlaw604 said:
I did try the main process, but the problem seems to be that the my PC/Odin, don't see my phone. The USB drivers are installed, and I have the stock rom, but I can't seem to make the connection.
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Try another USB port or another computer. If you can get the logo you are in a boot loop, the most common form of a soft brick. If you can get into download mode you should be able to fix it.
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Barlaw604 said:
OK, i will try that on a different computer, as I have tried all of the available ports on my laptop. Any other thoughts?
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Just saw this. Have you tried to re-install the drivers?
Another thought is to try turning off firewall and antivirus when using Odin. I've never had my firewall or antivirus block Odin but I've heard it can happen...

Can you get into download mode? Hold the two volume buttons down, then plug the usb cable into your phone, then you should be in download mode.

I cannot get into download mode. I just keep getting the flashing boot screen, with the corresponding vibration.

mimart7 said:
Can you get into download mode? Hold the two volume buttons down, then plug the usb cable into your phone, then you should be in download mode.
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What he said. Pull the battery and put it back in. Hold volume up/down and plug in USB. Continue holding volume buttons until you see download mode. Careful not to press the power button during this process.
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I like how u guys are really trying to help him. Let u guys know that on my first responce I gave him all the steps on how to go back to stock. So if he followed that and nothing happened than he should try USB jig if that don't work than its hard brick!!
Rocketing on Sky Ics¡

Barlaw604 said:
I cannot get into download mode. I just keep getting the flashing boot screen, with the corresponding vibration.
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Don't panic. If you're in a boot loop it's fixable. It's when you get nothing that you need to worry about a hard brick.
Try the button combo mentioned above to get into download mode. If that doesn't work, pull the battery again and try using just the volume down button button--I've heard people say this worked for them when they had a hard time.
If this doesn't get you into download mode, I guarantee you that a jig will work. You can buy one online or make one yourself for about 75 cents and a cut-up data cable (I had a car charger that I didn't need--car charges the phone through USB port, so I cut that one up). Always good to have a jig, at any rate...

skrambled said:
Don't panic. If you're in a boot loop it's fixable. It's when you get nothing that you need to worry about a hard brick.
Try the button combo mentioned above to get into download mode. If that doesn't work, pull the battery again and try using just the volume down button button--I've heard people say this worked for them when they had a hard time.
If this doesn't get you into download mode, I guarantee you that a jig will work. You can buy one online or make one yourself for about 75 cents and a cut-up data cable (I had a car charger that I didn't need--car charges the phone through USB port, so I cut that one up). Always good to have a jig, at any rate...
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Yup, when I rooted my phone, the only way I could get it into download was volume DOWN & power.
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Did I just brick my phone?

Alright so I messed up my phone again, and I tried to Heimdall One-Click and it says "Uploading KERNEL KERNEL upload failed! Ending session..."
What exactly do I need to do from here?
All help is appreciated, thanks.

Do you have a JIG? I bought mine from ebay for a buck and it works.
Also even that download mode doesn't show up, as long as ODIN can see the COM port you can start flashing.
Another solution, would be using Heimdall one-click recovery with unbrickable mode, if you dare to open your phone and you are good at soldering.

Yeah dont do anything suggested above that involves taking your phone apart.
That is a alternate download mode. Click on the purple link in my signature, read the guide linked and then flash the one click I have. It will get you back to stock with root so you can flash any of the other roms for this device.

Can you be a bit more specific I really don't know where to start...

Skorpion_ said:
Can you be a bit more specific I really don't know where to start...
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I'm guessing you haven't flashed back to stock before, use this guide to go back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
Then you can go over to bhundven's One-Click Heimdall and flash AntonX's kernel, you can flash a custom ROM from there. Make sure to follow instructions, if you don't then there is a chance you're phone will be forever bricked.

Ok, i got it to work. But my phone is not being recognized as in download mode. It still says ""Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". And yes I did pull the battery out and back in, then held down power up and down and plugged it into the usb. Any ideas? :\

Rename it some one word name
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Skorpion_ said:
Ok, i got it to work. But my phone is not being recognized as in download mode. It still says ""Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". And yes I did pull the battery out and back in, then held down power up and down and plugged it into the usb. Any ideas? :\
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Make sure you have the drivers properly installed

brandonc0526 said:
Make sure you have the drivers properly installed
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Thanks, it worked and im back to stock GB.

Skorpion_ said:
Thanks, it worked and im back to stock GB.
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Glad to help

Alright so I messed up my phone again, and I tried to Heimdall One-Click and it says "Uploading KERNEL KERNEL upload failed! Ending session..."
Please help!

How can you brick your phone again for the 2nd or more times?!?! That's ridiculous, what were you trying to do?

th3controller said:
How can you brick your phone again for the 2nd or more times?!?! That's ridiculous, what were you trying to do?
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I'm a noob at this.. Do you have a solution for the kernel failing? :\

Skorpion_ said:
I'm a noob at this.. Do you have a solution for the kernel failing? :\
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Most of the time that is because of bad connection to the computer. Try a different cable. Heimdall is very finicky, you might try gremlin remover.

eollie said:
Most of the time that is because of bad connection to the computer. Try a different cable. Heimdall is very finicky, you might try gremlin remover.
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I tried a different cable, still nothing. And gremlin remover doesn't have any download links...

Try uninstalling the SAMSUNG/Android drivers, and restart the entire process. And this time try a different USB port, one that's barely used. Cause the port you might have plugged it in might be worn out.

th3controller said:
Try uninstalling the SAMSUNG/Android drivers, and restart the entire process. And this time try a different USB port, one that's barely used. Cause the port you might have plugged it in might be worn out.
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Maybe its the actual phones port, because I tried it on my brand new laptop, and my older desktop. Both gave same error. Will try to reinstall drivers right now.

When you run zadig does it recognize the device?
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TwitchyEye said:
When you run zadig does it recognize the device?
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Issue solved. I had to sort of jam the wire into the phone while it flashed.

Heimdall 1click stuck at kernel upload failed

Need some help. Step dad's Infuze is boot looing at the samsung logo. Searched and found qkster's thread about using heimdall 1 click to flash UCLB3. Got the phone into dl mode, loaded drivers and started flashing. Stopped at kernel upload failed. Ending session. Don't know what to do, can I just unplug and start over? Thanks in advance for any help.
Rebooted into dl mode, now it is showing firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again. Please help, is this still fixable?

I can get the phone recognized by Heimdall, just that it stops when loading the kernel. Is there another way to load kernel when in the dl mode?

merikgvr4 said:
I can get the phone recognized by Heimdall, just that it stops when loading the kernel. Is there another way to load kernel when in the dl mode?
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use a different usb data cord

qkster said:
use a different usb data cord
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Ok will do.
Got bootlloader installed no more rainbow now bootlooping at att rethink possible.
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still bootlooping at att rethink possible. I can get into e3 recovery. Can I just load any of the roms with this recovery to fix the bootlooping? Please help, wanna get done with this. Thanks in advance.

merikgvr4 said:
still bootlooping at att rethink possible. I can get into e3 recovery. Can I just load any of the roms with this recovery to fix the bootlooping? Please help, wanna get done with this. Thanks in advance.
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Try running again and again if necessary until flashes and boots into ROM then Use one of the kernels in the same thread of qkster's that includes root and CWM recovery
Keep trying different ports, different USB cables, reboot computer,use different computer if available

elbscorp said:
Try running again and again if necessary until flashes and boots into ROM then Use one of the kernels in the same thread of qkster's that includes root and CWM recovery
Keep trying different ports, different USB cables, reboot computer,use different computer if available
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Thanks will try different ports. I'll use the ones in the back next
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merikgvr4 said:
Thanks will try different ports. I'll use the ones in the back next
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either odin or heimdall works. you have to believe that. the frustration is getting a pc with usb port and a usb cord and your phone to align and work correctly. usually after a few driver install or java update or reboot..something works.
your other situation where you kinda had it recognized and almost completed a flash, try different usb cords. hold it steady, wipe the ports..etc..connection is prolly loose

qkster said:
either odin or heimdall works. you have to believe that. the frustration is getting a pc with usb port and a usb cord and your phone to align and work correctly. usually after a few driver install or java update or reboot..something works.
your other situation where you kinda had it recognized and almost completed a flash, try different usb cords. hold it steady, wipe the ports..etc..connection is prolly loose
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Yeah frustrating it really is. Will fire up the old xp boxen and see if I get better results with that.
While reading up yesterday, I saw some posts about corrupted efs causing the att screen bootloop. Is there anything else?
I don't think it is a power button problem as the phone doesn't turn on when I insert the battery.
Finally, you think it is safe to use a custom rom if the stock one is bootlooping on the at screen?
Thanks again, will go back to reading and trying stuff after dropping off my son to daycare.
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might be soft bricked...???

i was restoring to an older rom and it said it was restoring boot and then the main maenu came on...it never said it was complete and the menu never comes back on till its done so i figured it was done but now i cant get into recovery or download mode and it gets stuck at the samsung logo..so im screwed ain't i...please help...thanks in advance...

pcrack05 said:
i was restoring to an older rom and it said it was restoring boot and then the main maenu came on...it never said it was complete and the menu never comes back on till its done so i figured it was done but now i cant get into recovery or download mode and it gets stuck at the samsung logo..so im screwed ain't i...please help...thanks in advance...
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Most likely. Just fubared mine by interrupting a CWM flash thinking it was far enough along to matter. Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260

callihn said:
Most likely. Just fubared mine by interrupting a CWM flash thinking it was far enough along to matter. Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260
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how can i use that if i cant get into recovery...?

pcrack05 said:
how can i use that if i cant get into recovery...?
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Have you had any resolution?
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Sorry for the delay, been busy. Try the instructions? Has nothing to do with recovery working. You need odin on your oc and kies ti install the drivers, if it wil go into download mode it can be flashed.

Agreed. Should still be a way to get into download mode, although you may have to use an alternate route. The most reliable method (without extra hardware) is to (once USB cable connected to PC):
Pull battery.
Reinsert battery.
Hold down both volume buttons and plug in the USB cable.
Voila!
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If that fails, then may need a jig.