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tried installing glorious overdose but I tried to wipe data, and it stayed there for about 10min so i pulled out the battery. i tried a second time but without wiping data (i didnt know WTH i was thinking) so it rebooted and was stuck at boot screen saying create new partition and system not avaliable (sumthing like that) so i decided to try odin so i can go back to stock firmware and it finished and now it stays at the bootscreen blinking i tried recovery im stuck.
before you odin, reinstall the phones drivers on your pc. connect the phone to the pc without the battery, hold the volume down button and the trackpad and reinsert the battery. when you odin, make sure only auto reboot is checked, and put the pit file in the pit slot and the tar file in the pda slot. if you use kies to update firmware, reinstall drivers again before updating.
You may need to check "Re-Partition" in Odin.
shouldnt need to repart, in fact it may be a bad idea. every time i odined and accidentally had repart checked, it screwed something up. most recently the stock messaging app didnt work after odin. i have since switched to go sms, but still made sure i had a clean firmware install. i would try odin without repartitioning first and see how that goes. if something is wrong, you can always odin again. the first time i tried to flash a rom i bricked because i flashed cwm through rom manager. the thread where i found the odin file said make sure only auto reboot is checked. besides, if the rom didnt flash correctly, then it didnt convert any partitions anyway.
ok i had the same problem for the first time i tried to install a custom rom, theres a way that you can fix it with out odin. follow this steps... i promise it will work.
1)boot into the red cwm voodoo lagfix recovery
2)wipe data/factory reset
3)wipe cache partion
4)after all the steps above are completed, go to apply sdcard:update.zip
the its going to take you to the regular cwm once there follow this steps...
1)install the custom you want to install, but make sure that it doesnt need special mounts and unmounts, so follow the instruction flash the rom and it should fix it
Heimdall worked perfectly when I bricked my phone.
Thank you!! ^ I was boutta cry when it was Rebooting .... Yea I guess I messed something up with odin
WolfV2 said:
Heimdall worked perfectly when I bricked my phone.
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I tried the method above but ater reboot it stays on the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G boot screen and does nothing else. I'm hesitant and Flash Bootloader but what do you all think?
flashing bootloader in that package doesn't break it.
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I tried the method above but ater reboot it stays on the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G boot screen and does nothing else. I'm hesitant and Flash Bootloader but what do you all think?
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My advice is do whatever it takes, and besides, don't worry about breaking something that's already broken, if you know what I mean...
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Thank you!! ^ I was boutta cry when it was Rebooting .... Yea I guess I messed something up with odin
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No problem, glad I could help
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I tried the method above but ater reboot it stays on the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G boot screen and does nothing else. I'm hesitant and Flash Bootloader but what do you all think?
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This is my current problem as well, except I have tried checking flash bootloader and have also tried Odin, but all to no avail. Can anyone help me? This is my situation:
I've had my sidekick for about a year now and have gone through the typical problems of a sidekick user. Then yesterday, my sidekick's alarm woke me as normal, but I was unable to turn it off because my touch screen wasn't working. So i battery pulled, restarted, and noticed that the screen stayed on the "T-Mobile Sidekick 4g SAMSUNG" start up screen and did not budge. I tried battery draining, more battery pulling, and nothing worked. So i did a lot of research on here and other websites and decided to use Odin. After initial problems of a newbie, I eventually figured it out and got it to RESET and PASS, but the subsequent reboot only caused my phone to be stuck in the same Sidekick start up screen it has been getting stuck in. Similarly, after many tries, Heimdall has done the same for me. Sorry if that was a long read (also, I hope its cool that i bumped this thread with my own problems), but is there anything else i can do? I'd really like to use my phone again..
I've been working for hours trying to figure out how to fix it, and I just don't know. The end result is always just the freezing at the t-mobile start up screen..Also, since i forgot to mention, I can only get into download mode with the volume down+trackball method because otherwise it would just go to the regular start up screen and freeze. I don't know if that means anything, but yeah.
Have you used heimdall yet? I bricked my SK4G the other day when flashing a rom and heimdall put it back to stock within 5 minutes of me bricking it.
Thank you for replying. Unfortunately yes, I did. With flash bootloader unchecked and checked. It says it disconnects after everything is done and it restarts, only to become frozen at the start screen again =/. I don't know if there is some silly detail that im missing that makes the flash rather than just restart, but all i can manage to make it do is restart.
Sigh. Guess im going phone shopping.
How did u get the phone in dl. Mode
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I had to plug the phone into my computer without the battery, hold volume and the track ball, then pop the battery in. Any other attempts would simply start it up/freeze it.
Ok did u have heimdall started first?
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And what rom did u last have?
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I'm not entirely sure if I had it started first, so I'll try it that way now. And the last ROM that I had? Honestly not really sure what that means =p, but i've never flashed one and I had the most recent sidekick update installed (though it is possible that I had done a factory reset at some point to fix an error).
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Just tried it. Without flashing bootloaders, it finishes and restarts to my frozen start up screen as normal. However, when i flash bootloaders, it gets to "uploading pit", but the upload fails and it reboots my phone. But this time, it reboots into download mode. A welcome change from my start up screen. Maybe there's hope.
So, I am running MIUI, which has problems with tethering. I decided to go for the latest value pack released by samsung. As said in the thread, I repartitioned my phone, using latona.pit. Now, I was supposed to reboot and go back to download mode to install any xxkpe rom, to continue with flashing. But, my phone just show a black screen, with no info. Download mode is not working. Odin does not detect the phone either.
Any suggestions? I am trying to reflash the pit file, again to make sure, and scouring over the forums, in the meantime. Let me know, if I am missing something.
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So, I am running MIUI, which has problems with tethering. I decided to go for the latest value pack released by samsung. As said in the thread, I repartitioned my phone, using latona.pit. Now, I was supposed to reboot and go back to download mode to install any xxkpe rom, to continue with flashing. But, my phone just show a black screen, with no info. Download mode is not working. Odin does not detect the phone either.
Any suggestions? I am trying to reflash the pit file, again to make sure, and scouring over the forums, in the meantime. Let me know, if I am missing something.
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remove battery reinsert go to download mode flash kpe>ddlf2 now stop spamming other threads :|
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remove battery reinsert go to download mode flash kpe>ddlf2 now stop spamming other threads :|
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Did that. Wasn't working for a couple times, panicked, and posted here. Thought, it might have something to do with that value pack itself, so posted there too. Didn't know, two posts counted as spamming. What a way to encourage participation. Thanks a lot.
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Tried taking out battery and reinserting everything. Multiple restarts, and somehow got odin to detect it. Still no screen for download mode. Tried flashing the firmware, and is stuck in a boot loop now. What next?
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Did that. Wasn't working for a couple times, panicked, and posted here. Thought, it might have something to do with that value pack itself, so posted there too. Didn't know, two posts counted as spamming. What a way to encourage participation. Thanks a lot.
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Tried taking out battery and reinserting everything. Multiple restarts, and somehow got odin to detect it. Still no screen for download mode. Tried flashing the firmware, and is stuck in a boot loop now. What next?
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Can u please explain me in detail how u enter in download mode?? awhat procedure u follow for flashing??? Tell me in detail.
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Can u please explain me in detail how u enter in download mode?? awhat procedure u follow for flashing??? Tell me in detail.
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Volume Down + Home Key + Power to get to download mode.
I use Odin to flash. I have 3.0 version, which shows blue icon on the com port, the phone is connected to, instead of yellow from older versions. To flash pit, I used the button saying pit to select pit file. Default options, that have auto-reboot, and F. Reset Time enabled. Everything else, is disabled.
Same method for flashing firmware. Only thing, I select pda option instead of pit, while selecting the file. Odin says, pass for both times, that is flashing with pit, and flashing with actual rom.
There is no download screen, one that says "Downloading target", or something like that. Earlier, it was not even getting detected in Odin, which is solved after multiple reboot. After flashing rom, it gets stuck in boot loop.
Not sure, if I should change any option in Odin, so I haven't tried that.
I've encountered such an issue with a couple of ROMs that i tried on my other device(mi-280).
Try flashing the ROM twice then try to reboot. I did clear cache and dalvik cache between 2 flashes(not sure why). Worked for me.
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I've encountered such an issue with a couple of ROMs that i tried on my other device(mi-280).
Try flashing the ROM twice then try to reboot. I did clear cache and dalvik cache between 2 flashes(not sure why). Worked for me.
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Phone is stuck in boot loop, so can't clear any cache. Rom is stock, so there is no CWM recovery mode. Flashing twice is good idea. Will try it out and post result soon. Also, downloading another rom. This hotfile uploading is a bit of a hit-and-miss for me, as power cuts are way too frequent here. It is possible that rom might be faulty.
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Same result. Still stuck in boot loop. Flashing twice didn't worked.
Its better to flash xxkpe firmware twice & check whether phone boot properly or not. If everything goes well then flash ddlf2 stock rom.
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Phone is stuck in boot loop, so can't clear any cache. Rom is stock, so there is no CWM recovery mode. Flashing twice is good idea. Will try it out and post result soon. Also, downloading another rom. This hotfile uploading is a bit of a hit-and-miss for me, as power cuts are way too frequent here. It is possible that rom might be faulty.
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Most devs post MD5 for a reason.
Hetalk said:
I've encountered such an issue with a couple of ROMs that i tried on my other device(mi-280).
Try flashing the ROM twice then try to reboot. I did clear cache and dalvik cache between 2 flashes(not sure why). Worked for me.
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People how can he do anything if he cannot even enter download mode??
Dude i really think u should visit the service centre..say kies screwed up the phone while upgrading to to some firmware
N cheers.even i bricked my phone once(soft bricked) n went to panic mode posting my condition everywhere..so don't b hurt..we do love getting newbies
Swyped from my RemICS powered sl
loneagl said:
People how can he do anything if he cannot even enter download mode??
Dude i really think u should visit the service centre..say kies screwed up the phone while upgrading to to some firmware
N cheers.even i bricked my phone once(soft bricked) n went to panic mode posting my condition everywhere..so don't b hurt..we do love getting newbies
Swyped from my RemICS powered sl
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In subsequent post, he also said he could now get to download mode and is in a bootloop now.
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In subsequent post, he also said he could now get to download mode and is in a bootloop now.
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sorry.my bad
Swyped from my RemICS powered sl
Boot to recovery and factory reset. If any errors pop up let us know.
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vishal24387 said:
Its better to flash xxkpe firmware twice & check whether phone boot properly or not. If everything goes well then flash ddlf2 stock rom.
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Downloading the same. Power cut for 3 hours made me stop it earlier. I had xxkpq earlier, which is not working. I thought xxkpq was also an official release, so it should have worked.
loneagl said:
People how can he do anything if he cannot even enter download mode??
Dude i really think u should visit the service centre..say kies screwed up the phone while upgrading to to some firmware
N cheers.even i bricked my phone once(soft bricked) n went to panic mode posting my condition everywhere..so don't b hurt..we do love getting newbies
Swyped from my RemICS powered sl
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I can enter download mode, now. That worked after couple restarts. It just does not show any screen, for download mode.
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Boot to recovery and factory reset. If any errors pop up let us know.
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no recovery mod. just a black screen if I try anything, instead of normal boot.
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no recovery mod. just a black screen if I try anything, instead of normal boot.
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Ok can u try in this way...?? Flash xxkpe with pit file. Observe whether phone start normally. Still if u observe bootloop then flash amit universal kernel so that with help of it u can go into recovery mode so that u can clear all data, cache & dalvik cache.
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no recovery mod. just a black screen if I try anything, instead of normal boot.
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You used vol up+home+power button combo
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You used vol up+home+power button combo
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?? Isn't it supposed to be vol down?
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Ok can u try in this way...?? Flash xxkpe with pit file. Observe whether phone start normally. Still if u observe bootloop then flash amit universal kernel so that with help of it u can go into recovery mode so that u can clear all data, cache & dalvik cache.
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Doing exactly the same. Downloading from hotfile is a pita with frequent power cuts.
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?? Isn't it supposed to be vol down?
Doing exactly the same. Downloading from hotfile is a pita with frequent power cuts.
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I'm talking about booting to recovery.
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I'm talking about booting to recovery.
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He's on stock now, so got no cwm recovery.
Hey guys, I have a little or rather big problem regarding my LG P920. It only boots into CWM, but here the story:
A few days back I updated my phone to the newest version with the official LG Support tool. After this the performance of my phone went downhill. Scrolling, swiping, typing – all those things lagged and lagged.
So I decied to root my phone using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2366916
Everything worked out fine, I uninstalled some annoying system apps but found that the performance didn’t improve all too much. I went to the next step: custom ROM.
I used this guide: http://www.android-hilfe.de/anleitu...s-custom-roms-fuer-anfaenger.html#post5147071
It’s German, so I’ll try to describe what exactly I did.
First I flashed a ported ICS:
1. I Installed the LG Flash tool 1.2
2. I downloaded this ICS (http://d-h.st/QgU : XBSA404_AP.bin and XBSA404_CP.fls) and also the LGP920_110622.dll
3. I uninstalled the LG drivers and installed the CDMA drivers (version 4.9.4) to make sure the phone is listed as ‘LGE CDMA USB Serial Port’ and changed it to port 41
4. I then flashed that ICS (with .bin and .fls), got to 80% and finished
5. The ICS booted with no problem (only problem: it didn’t seem to recognize my German SIM, but whatever)
Then I installed a new bootloader and CWM:
1. I downloaded Omap4boot v1.25a (forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1641950&d=1358098807)
2. And then installed the OMAP4430 drivers through the device manager
3. I downloaded the non-touch CWM v6.0.1.9
4. And then installed CWM using the ‘start_fastboot.bat’ from the omap4boot folder
After this I decided to flash CM 7.2:
1. I downloaded it from the official CM website and put it onto my SD Card
2. I started my phone into CWM using the button combination and made a backup first
3. I wiped data/factory reset and started to flash the .zip from my SD Card
4. At around 60% the progress bar got stuck at ‘Installung Update’ nothing happened for 30mins so I pulled the battery
5. I tried it again and again – no luck
After this is where it all went wrong (at least I think so)
I noticed that CWM gave me this error quite a few times: Can’t mount internal SD Card
I googled it and read somewhere to do a factory reset from the android menu.
So I restored my backup, rebooted into android, went into the menu and selected factory reset.
The phone went through some progress windows and then powered off and rebooted – into CWM.
From this point on I never got it to NOT boot into CWM.
I tried many things:
1. Restore backup again – no luck
2. Flash ROMS again (CM 7.2, 7 nightly, 10 nightly) – no luck (the installation actually finished, but reboots into CWM)
3. Flash stock ROM using the Flash tool (v21.e) – reboot into CWM
4. All kinds of combinations of wiping/formatting data/cache/dalvik/system/batterystats etc in CWM
5. This guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942836 and the rebooter tool mentioned at the end
6. Using the official LG Support tool to reset upgrade errors – stuck at 4% of installing
I saw another post which suggested to flash universal_recoveryloop_breaker.zip, but this apparently didn’t work and got the phone stuck at LG logo – should I even try it?
I saw other post with similar problems but always another model –p925 or p720 and not much information given about what they did, that’s why I went into detail and hope to find a cure
I saw drastic00's guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39269819 suggested a lot but wanted to post this first before I try a second guide that might only make things worse.
I spend the last few days in front of my PC and phone but nothing worked – I’m starting to go nuts..
I am willing to try everything, to provide any information you might need to help me figure out how to fix this.
Thank you for any help provided – it is greatly appreciated
If stuck at LG logo try factory hard reset.
Try dreccons recovery loop breaker
edit: sorry I didnt see what you wrote for the 1st time
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If stuck at LG logo try factory hard reset.
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It's not stuck at the LG Logo, it boots into CWM and I can go through everything and do everything in CWM.
Would you suggest I try your guide first or try hard reset? If your guide - what exactly should I do, where be cautious? And how do you perform a factory hard reset?
Try dreccons recovery loop breaker
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I saw this being suggested in this thread as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441478
But when he wrote that after trying that he didn't even get into recovery anymore I got scared
You said you flashed and it sticks at LG logo. If you are flashing the correct files, not a wrong binary, factory reset should fix that.
Can you enter download mode? i.e. hold vol up, connect usb to pc, insert battery. You should see "S/W". If not you might need xbsall's or Karim Kahale's unbrick guide. If you DO have download mode, you can just flash as in my guide. But I can't stress enough that drivers must be installed to pc correctly.
Ported ics is old and from the Korean device. Could be cmod is not compatible, dunno, but that could be the issue. In that case you may have a 'hard brick.' Wrong ROM with wrong firmware.
Wait so did u flash recovery loop breaker or not? I am confused. If not flash it. It will delete your recovery then you got to flash another but worth it
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I have never had recovery loop, so yeah, you might try what Niko says first.
Flashing will redo your OS, etc. but if you have just a recovery loop you may not need to start over from scratch...
You said you flashed and it sticks at LG logo. If you are flashing the correct files, not a wrong binary, factory reset should fix that.
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Wait so did u flash recovery loop breaker or not? I am confused. If not flash it. It will delete your recovery then you got to flash another but worth it
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Sorry for the confusion: I didn't try to flash recovery loop breaker. I just saw another thread in which a guy had a similar problem to mine, someone suggested he should try loop breaker, he did and atferwards his phone got stuck at the LG Logo, that's why I hesitated to try this.
Can you enter download mode? i.e. hold vol up, connect usb to pc, insert battery. You should see "S/W". If not you might need xbsall's or Karim Kahale's unbrick guide. If you DO have download mode, you can just flash as in my guide. But I can't stress enough that drivers must be installed to pc correctly.
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I can enter download mode! And I already tried xbsall's unbrick guide with no success though.
I have never had recovery loop, so yeah, you might try what Niko says first.
Flashing will redo your OS, etc. but if you have just a recovery loop you may not need to start over from scratch...
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I don't know what exactly I have sorry, this is my first time rooting, flashing and all that.
The phone only boots into recovery. I can flash other ROMs, I can restore backups and do everything else in CWM, but when I reboot I get booted into CWM again.
I was hesitant to try the loop breaker, because I saw the other thread, but I will try it this afternoon and tell you how it went.
Just a quick question: what if I end up stuck at the LG Logo afterwards?
Update:
I flashed the recovery loop breaker and flashed CM7.2.
When I now start the phone the LG Logo appears for a few seconds, then a white screen with small dots/pixels comes up and the phone is stuck there..
sooooo.. i think this is not good.. right?
I started to prepare for drastic's guide, downloaded all the files and will do that tomorrow or the day after, or would you suggest something else I should try first?
I have never installed cmod so I don't know.
You can follow my guide if you want. Like I say, drivers must be installed correctly and you must pay attention to details.
Doing random things is not going to help you.
Why do u want cm 7 anyway? if I would want CM I would go for Cm 10 (my current rom lol) and If i would want GB i would one with 3D support
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The loop breaker said to flash a new ROM afterwards, CM7 was the only thing I had at hand, so I tried it.
Right now I don't really care which ROM I flash, I just want to use my phone again :crying:
I'll try your guide if you don't have other suggestions so far, let's hope I don't end up in a recovery loop again - this is driving me mad
I will keep you posted on how it goes with your guide or if I have any questions. Thanks so far !
Hendroid15 said:
The loop breaker said to flash a new ROM afterwards, CM7 was the only thing I had at hand, so I tried it.
Right now I don't really care which ROM I flash, I just want to use my phone again :crying:
I'll try your guide if you don't have other suggestions so far, let's hope I don't end up in a recovery loop again - this is driving me mad
I will keep you posted on how it goes with your guide or if I have any questions. Thanks so far !
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:confused?: So after you flashed loop breaker what exactly did you do? After flashing loop breaker u need new Recovery not ROM if you reboot and try get into recovery which is not there you gonna end up at lg logo. Is that what you did? Anyway if you do follow drastic00's guide you should be able to revive your phone..TWRP Recovery is integrated in xbsa rom (am I right drastic00? not sure) I would recommend you try xbsa v8 first then you can decide if u want different rom
Also drastic don't want to bring my stuff here but you know what I said about weird startup screen ? He probably got the same thing he said he sees white screen with pixels and dots . Still no clue what could be reason?
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I have not had this particular problem so I don't know what could be the cause.
Flashing xbsall's v28B rooted ICS should recover the device as long as the phone can enter S/W mode. Yes, it has built in TWRP recovery, but it resides in system partition, not recovery partition. Any old TWRP backups you may have are probably not compatible with this method of custom recovery, so keep that in mind.
You will have a recovery loop when you try to factory reset your device using the soft reset like this
Settings>Backup & reset>factory data reset
Dont do this if you have custom recovery
To do a factory reset use cwm/twrp and choose wipe data/restore to factory setting
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And to recover on this thing you have to reflash a stock firmware using kdz update or lg flashtool.
I cant provide you links. Im on mobile use. Try to search on forum. Im on mobile use
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You will have a recovery loop when you try to factory reset your device using the soft reset like this
Settings>Backup & reset>factory data reset
Dont do this if you have custom recovery
To do a factory reset use cwm/twrp and choose wipe data/restore to factory setting
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And to recover on this thing you have to reflash a stock firmware using kdz update or lg flashtool.
I cant provide you links. Im on mobile use. Try to search on forum. Im on mobile use
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This is exactly what happened to me. I will try drastic's guide now, it uses stock ROM at one point if I'm not mistaken. I'll keep you posted what happens. Thank you!
It worked! My phone boots normally and everything is fine, yay :victory:
Thanks for all your help, now I just need to explore everything in this custom ROM
Is there a explanation or guide of all the apps in this ROM? I've installed XBSA v8, maybe I'll upgrade to vR3D soon, how much better is it?
Edit: On a second thought...
THIS ROM IS BASED ON CANADIAN ROGERS V30C AND IT HAS NATIVE SUPPORT FOR ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SOME ASIAN LANGUAGES.
IF YOUR LANGUAGE ISN'T ONE OF THEM YOU MIGHT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SMS NOT BEING DELIVERED CORRECTLY IF IT'S WRITTEN TO ANY OTHER LANGUAGE.
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I think I'll stay with v8 then
Check xbsall's page for ROM details, linked at the top. :thumbup:
Where can i get recoveryloopbreaker?
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Where can i get recoveryloopbreaker?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228269
It is down in attachments
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I apologize if the easy and simple fix to this issue has already been posted, but so far, I've read so many different "solutions"...none of wwhich has worked.
Yesterday, I accepted an OTA update, after which my tablet never booted up again. It will partially boot up, but will get "stuck" on the glowing Samsung logo. It will not proceed any further, and will just sit there on the logo until the battery wears out.
I've been able to get it to the menu to wipe data, etc (holding down the power button and volume up), which I DID, only to have the tablet reboot to the glowing logo and sit there yet again.
I don't know what to do. It doesn't sound like Samsung has a fix for this software problem? Or is there really something wrong with my tablet that I'd have to send it in? Sounds like others who have done this have received their tablets back, "fixed", only to have the same thing happen again when they did the OTA update, OR if they did the update through Kies.
I'm a newbie. I'm not a techie. If there IS a fix for this, can you give me STEP-BY-STEP instructions on what to do? AS if you are talking to a child? haha...thank you so much! I'm SO upset...my tablet was beautiful, and now it's just dead...
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I apologize if the easy and simple fix to this issue has already been posted, but so far, I've read so many different "solutions"...none of wwhich has worked.
Yesterday, I accepted an OTA update, after which my tablet never booted up again. It will partially boot up, but will get "stuck" on the glowing Samsung logo. It will not proceed any further, and will just sit there on the logo until the battery wears out.
I've been able to get it to the menu to wipe data, etc (holding down the power button and volume up), which I DID, only to have the tablet reboot to the glowing logo and sit there yet again.
I don't know what to do. It doesn't sound like Samsung has a fix for this software problem? Or is there really something wrong with my tablet that I'd have to send it in? Sounds like others who have done this have received their tablets back, "fixed", only to have the same thing happen again when they did the OTA update, OR if they did the update through Kies.
I'm a newbie. I'm not a techie. If there IS a fix for this, can you give me STEP-BY-STEP instructions on what to do? AS if you are talking to a child? haha...thank you so much! I'm SO upset...my tablet was beautiful, and now it's just dead...
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this happens buddy
you don't just have to wipe ache
do like this
1 reboot into recovery
2 do factory reset
3 wipe cache partition
nothing else
4 have fun after that
good luck
aditya rathee said:
this happens buddy
you don't just have to wipe ache
do like this
1 reboot into recovery
2 do factory reset
3 wipe cache partition
nothing else
4 have fun after that
good luck
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And exactly HOW do I "reboot into recovery"? Everytime I push power plus the volume up button, I get to a warning screen that says something about "warning, you are about to change the OS...continue or cancel" I cant get past this to even GET to the menu of "reboot", "wipe data", etc.
HELP!
(Thanks for responding!)
DetroitJulie said:
And exactly HOW do I "reboot into recovery"? Everytime I push power plus the volume up button, I get to a warning screen that says something about "warning, you are about to change the OS...continue or cancel" I cant get past this to even GET to the menu of "reboot", "wipe data", etc.
HELP!
(Thanks for responding!)
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it will give that warning message but don't worry just continue and follow my steps buddy
aditya rathee said:
this happens buddy
you don't just have to wipe ache
do like this
1 reboot into recovery
2 do factory reset
3 wipe cache partition
nothing else
4 have fun after that
good luck
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Alright...I did get it into recovery mode, I factory reset it, then hit wipe cache partition. It started the process, THEN I saw "ERROR" flash quickly up on the screen. Then it began to boot up again, and here I am, STUCK ON THE GLOWING LOGO AGAIN.
This didnt work. Anybody else have a different suggestion?
DetroitJulie said:
Alright...I did get it into recovery mode, I factory reset it, then hit wipe cache partition. It started the process, THEN I saw "ERROR" flash quickly up on the screen. Then it began to boot up again, and here I am, STUCK ON THE GLOWING LOGO AGAIN.
This didnt work. Anybody else have a different suggestion?
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again flash the rom with odin and then follow these steps
if not then please try to flash again with re partition unchecked
aditya rathee said:
again flash the rom with odin and then follow these steps
if not then please try to flash again with re partition unchecked
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Alright. I have Odin. Could you please run down the steps on how to "flash the ROM"?
Thanks...sorry, I need my hand held!
~Julie
DetroitJulie said:
Alright. I have Odin. Could you please run down the steps on how to "flash the ROM"?
Thanks...sorry, I need my hand held!
~Julie
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1 reboot in download mode
2 in odin uncheck repartition
3 click start
4 after it pass
please boot into recovery and do factory reset and wipe cache partition
aditya rathee said:
1 reboot in download mode
2 in odin uncheck repartition
3 click start
4 after it pass
please boot into recovery and do factory reset and wipe cache partition
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Odin says "No binary selected"????
Please, I have NO idea what this is, or what the heck I'm doing.
Alright, so the file I think I need is P5113UECLK7. Anybody have any ideas where I can download this? ALL LINKS I FIND are to site that have been shutdown, and it is NOT on the Sammobile site, either.
DetroitJulie said:
Alright, so the file I think I need is P5113UECLK7. Anybody have any ideas where I can download this? ALL LINKS I FIND are to site that have been shutdown, and it is NOT on the Sammobile site, either.
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Hey there DetroitJulie....I have it, but for some reason I cant get the thing uploaded onto the site. Its becoming very irritating to say the least. If you want to pm me your email address i'll try and sent it that way. Ive got the .zip for recovery and the .tar file for odin.
DetroitJulie said:
Alright, so the file I think I need is P5113UECLK7. Anybody have any ideas where I can download this? ALL LINKS I FIND are to site that have been shutdown, and it is NOT on the Sammobile site, either.
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have you tried it on samsung-updates.com there are uploaded.net links also there so it might work
No Links....No Download
aditya rathee said:
have you tried it on samsung-updates.com there are uploaded.net links also there so it might work
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Samsung-updates.com leads me to porn sites when I click on the download link. When a page DID load that said I could download the file, I clicked on the links, and the same page loaded again. This file is NOWHERE.
Please, someone send it to me, please!!!
~Julie
DetroitJulie said:
Samsung-updates.com leads me to porn sites when I click on the download link. When a page DID load that said I could download the file, I clicked on the links, and the same page loaded again. This file is NOWHERE.
Please, someone send it to me, please!!!
~Julie
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then i guess you have to wait for hotfile links to be updated
that is the only way or if some friend of you having same tab and have account on dropbox googledoc or mediafire and have the file can help you
CSP III said:
Hey there DetroitJulie....I have it, but for some reason I cant get the thing uploaded onto the site. Its becoming very irritating to say the least. If you want to pm me your email address i'll try and sent it that way. Ive got the .zip for recovery and the .tar file for odin.
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Many thanks to you, Chuck! I flashed it back to 4.1.1, then did the firmware update again, and it worked! My tablet is updated perfectly to 4.2.2.
Thank you so much for all your help!
julie
DetroitJulie said:
Many thanks to you, Chuck! I flashed it back to 4.1.1, then did the firmware update again, and it worked! My tablet is updated perfectly to 4.2.2.
Thank you so much for all your help!
julie
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All good Julie. So glad to be able to give back. Save that file, just in case!
CSP III said:
Hey there DetroitJulie....I have it, but for some reason I cant get the thing uploaded onto the site. Its becoming very irritating to say the least. If you want to pm me your email address i'll try and sent it that way. Ive got the .zip for recovery and the .tar file for odin.
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Many thanks to you, Chuck! I flashed it back to 4.1.1, then did the firmware update again, and it worked! My tablet is updated perfectly to 4.2.2.
Thank you so much for all your help!
julie
help!
DetroitJulie said:
Many thanks to you, Chuck! I flashed it back to 4.1.1, then did the firmware update again, and it worked! My tablet is updated perfectly to 4.2.2.
Thank you so much for all your help!
julie
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Same thing happening with my galaxy tab 2. please please send me the file
I had this same problem, but I'm back up and running thanks to CSP III. Thanks!
gnmgnm87 said:
I had this same problem, but I'm back up and running thanks to CSP III. Thanks!
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great news....glad to be a help.
hi all any help would be much appreciated.
ok got a tab2 p5110 last year for my mother-in-law, she`s technophobic but was getting along with android ok.
when about 2 months ago she told me it would no longer work, when i got to have a look at it it seems to be in some sort of loop, the
"Samsung galaxy tab2" logo appears then disappears for a few seconds then re-appears until the battery runs out.
i googled boot loop galaxy tab2 and found this: youtube.com/watch?v=lflnn850jRw[/url]
everything seamed to work, even showing on the odin screen that a custom rom had been flashed, except of coarse that it was still in the boot loop!!!
very annoying, please can anyone help?
Start tab into recovery, power and volume up, navigate to wipe cashe, wipe dalvik cashe, that should get running again.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
Start tab into recovery, power and volume up, navigate to wipe cashe, wipe dalvik cashe, that should get running again.
Pp.
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i can get into odin, but there is no recovery as this is stock,
i`ve tried flashing recovery, says it`s flashed but still in boot loop and no way to get into recovery.
The tab may have lost "root" thats probably why, can't remember if stock recovery can wipe. ?
Try force off, then on into recovery.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
The tab may have lost "root" thats probably why, can't remember if stock recovery can wipe. ?
Try force off, then on into recovery.
Pp.
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tab was stock so did not have root to begin with
and no stock recovery can`t wipe.
"Try force off, then on into recovery" not sure what you mean here?
i was looking at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48059154
would this help me?
thank you very much for your help by the way.
bobbysowner said:
tab was stock so did not have root to begin with
and no stock recovery can`t wipe.
"Try force off, then on into recovery" not sure what you mean here?
i was looking at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48059154
would this help me?
thank you very much for your help by the way.
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I would not mess with pit files unless you flash a wrong rom , but that not being the case try a factory reset by starting tab in stock recovery and selecting "factory reset".
Take a look at this article.
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...ubleshooting-samsung-galaxy-tab-bootloop.html
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
I would not mess with pit files unless you flash a wrong rom , but that not being the case try a factory reset by starting tab in stock recovery and selecting "factory reset".
Take a look at this article.
androidtablets.net/forum/samsung-galaxy-note-tab/54836-troubleshooting-samsung-galaxy-tab-bootloop
Pp.
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hi looked at link i guess this is my problem:
"Bootloop trouble because recovery
Galaxy tab will booting but stuck at Samsung logo, then the screen goes black and you can see that backlight. Next the screen will completely turn off and galaxy tab start to boot again.
The trouble came from incompatibles recovery or corrupted recovery file."
and this is solution:
"Fix Bootloop trouble because recovery
1. Go to download menu.
2. Using ODIN install stock recovery to Galaxy Tab"
but where do i find stock recovery?
Go to samsung website, look for support, downloads. Look up your model and download firmware. That will include stock recovery.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
Go to samsung website, look for support, downloads. Look up your model and download firmware. That will include stock recovery.
Pp.
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went here:
ibtimes.co.uk/galaxy-tab2101-unroot-stock-firmware-android-gtp5100-503653
got stock from here:
samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P5110
flashed ok, but still stuck in loop?
looking at this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
and down loading this:
Odin3-v1.85_3.zip
there is a pit file in the zip, but it does not mention it the guide,
do yo know what this file is for?
bobbysowner said:
looking at this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056
and down loading this:
Odin3-v1.85_3.zip
there is a pit file in the zip, but it does not mention it the guide,
do yo know what this file is for?
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The PIT file is the partition information table. It tells your phone where different packages go on the phone or tablet, as well as how big partitions are on the phone or tablet.
Using a different version of odin may help also, double check the files you download as to the model.
Copy links to clipboard so they display properly and others can check your información.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
The PIT file is the partition information table. It tells your phone where different packages go on the phone or tablet, as well as how big partitions are on the phone or tablet.
Using a different version of odin may help also, double check the files you download as to the model.
Copy links to clipboard so they display properly and others can check your información.
Pp.
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i`ll try to some older version`s of odin and older stock roms.
do yo think i should try that pit file with the recovery it comes with?
this is my 7th post so can`t post links till i pass 10.
bobbysowner said:
i`ll try to some older version`s of odin and older stock roms.
do yo think i should try that pit file with the recovery it comes with?
this is my 7th post so can`t post links till i pass 10.
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Not sure if this is the site you used but check it out.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...tXoHOL6fm1pIfIZQg&sig2=1gNMZ287fIyE76XjKI12GA
Navigate to your model number and download.
If you have corrupt partitions its probably causing the boot loop.
Not sure if you can just get a pit file from sammoble, it's usually a complete firmware, but that will have the correct pit file to fix your problem.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
Not sure if this is the site you used but check it out.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...tXoHOL6fm1pIfIZQg&sig2=1gNMZ287fIyE76XjKI12GA
Navigate to your model number and download.
If you have corrupt partitions its probably causing the boot loop.
Not sure if you can just get a pit file from sammoble, it's usually a complete firmware, but that will have the correct pit file to fix your problem.
Pp.
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thanks will try :silly:
update
just to update,
no luck so far, tried both uk roms on sammobile.com with Odin v3.07 v3.06 v3.04 v1.85 v1.83
also tried this:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957165&highlight=cf+root
it`s just the same,
looking at odin 3.07 theres a "nand erase all" tick box, is this a reset option?
trying to find out about pit files, could this help me?
battery
i was just wondering is it the battery?
if i unplug it from the charger it will carry on in the boot loop for around half an hour, before it is out of charge.
when i plug it back in to the charger it will show the an empty battery icon then boot into the loop.
when i press the power button and vol/up button to get it into odin it shows the empty battery icon again before going into odin.
could it be that the battery has failed?
and does anyone know if the tablet is supposed to charge in odin?
bump?
anyone?
bobbysowner said:
anyone?
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typically, no charge when connected to computer. Odin or not.