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Looping at boot screen, due to the last firmware update?

Hi folks, it seems that I may use some help right now. Searched around, but so far no luck is found. My rooted TF700 runs with the latest firmware and not unlocked (stock). Today she went nowhere but showing the ASUS logo and circling dots.
First, as usual, I tried to have a cold boot. Still, she didn't go further. Then I decided to wait patiently, and I think one hour is a reason to try helping her out of there. Next step, as some of you may already had in mind: RCK. Picked it up, the green robot showed up, but only few seconds before it went to sleep accompanied by that... yes, that red triangle.
Not so long afterwards, I downloaded the firmware ZIP file from ASUS's website. Extracted it once, renamed it the "usual" way, put the file at a MicroSD root and got the TF700 installing it. Installation was complete, the robot wasn't shown sleeping, and then it rebooted. At this moment I took the MicroSD from the slot so it doesn't interrupt the process.
But then what? Still the same old eight dots making the runabout form under ASUS logo. Tried cold boot once again, no luck. Then, I borrowed my children's A100 to type this help request.
I have no idea what to do. Still have the warranty valid but I want to try another thing before sending it out. It might be due to the new firmware (25 I think, I'm not memorizing firmware numbers) but it seems that I'm the only one suffering it so far. The last thing I remembered was the TF700 went sudden reboot when I click the bluetooth icon to activate it, while I'm trying to connect to a portable speaker.
I never flash any custom ROMs, it has been always the stock. Random reboots, yes, I think I'm not the only one. But now I'm getting suspicious since this happens one day after the last firmware update. The looping at boot screen.
In case anyone has suggestions or thoughts, please kindly share that here. Thanks in advance.
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Maybe your data partition is corrupted. Did you try "wipe data" in the bootloader menu?

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Maybe your data partition is corrupted. Did you try "wipe data" in the bootloader menu?
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Hi, thanks. Doesn't install a fresh firmware do further? I mean, it also removes the data, right? Or am I wrong here?
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suroboyo said:
Hi, thanks. Doesn't install a fresh firmware do further? I mean, it also removes the data, right? Or am I wrong here?
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"Wipe data" deletes your data, right. I never did it myself, so I can't say what exactly will be deleted. Installing a firmware only replaces the firmware, not your data.
Alternatively you can try if you can connect via adb shell while the boot screen dots are spinning.

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"Wipe data" deletes your data, right. I never did it myself, so I can't say what exactly will be deleted. Installing a firmware only replaces the firmware, not your data.
Alternatively you can try if you can connect via adb shell while the boot screen dots are spinning.
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Wipe data is factory reset. If you reset your device from setting-> factory reset, it will boot into "wipe data" mode and wipe all your apps, bring everything back to factory default. At this point if you don't have a backup, I see you only have one option which is wipe data.

OK guys, thanks a lot. If you read my footer now, you know I already have access to my TF700.
I did it as you suggested, chose "Wipe Data" after several times failing with firmware recovery. Losing data in SD is not a very big deal since I always keep my "real data" in an external MicroSD, anticipating such things exactly like I just "suffered". I also backed up my most of apps and their data to the MicroSD using Titanium Backup, so it's very close to the previous state... only snappier.
So I wiped the data and got into the stock of everything, without root. Then I rolled back to ICS firmware (30), rooted it using Debugfs, installed OTA Rootkeeper, protected a copy of the root access, updated the firmware, restored root, installed TB, restore all apps and data. Then it's the matter of replacing some widgets and little "here-and-there" settings. No more than two hours overall, could be way less if the number of apps are smaller.
What was really missing is just a few downloads and some "not really important" winter photos. Movies and maps kept in the internal storage, well, I have the backup. I wouldn't say this was caused by the new firmware, but somehow I feel like I should have a suspicion at it.
Thanks again!
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[Q] Please help, Root and rom has failed my phone...

I Rooted my phone and added a fresh ROM, for some reason the Gapps didn't install, so I downloaded a separate one and added it via recovery screen (holding down up, menu and power button) as instructed. However, now my phone won't work and when starts only says "Unfortunately, Setup wizard has stopped" once I clear this message, another pops up and says "Unfortunately, Google services framework has stopped" i click ok but the message just keeps appearing! my phone will NOT work, please someone help me, I tried re-rooting the way i did before using Odin, however, that didnt work, I can't seem to locate in the recovery menu where the faulty Gapps is located!
Any help is please welcomed, Also the phone is samsung note 2

c0ldp0ison said:
I Rooted my phone and added a fresh ROM, for some reason the Gapps didn't install, so I downloaded a separate one and added it via recovery screen (holding down up, menu and power button) as instructed. However, now my phone won't work and when starts only says "Unfortunately, Setup wizard has stopped" once I clear this message, another pops up and says "Unfortunately, Google services framework has stopped" i click ok but the message just keeps appearing! my phone will NOT work, please someone help me, I tried re-rooting the way i did before using Odin, however, that didnt work, I can't seem to locate in the recovery menu where the faulty Gapps is located!
Any help is please welcomed, Also the phone is samsung note 2
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What rom did you flash? You may have flashed gapps for the wrong android version. You need to make sure that you download the Gapps in the OP of the rom you want so you know you're getting the right one
Sent from my CLEAN Note ll

Have you done a Nandroid backup? Do a recovery or download a stock RUU. Goodluck man
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I did that with my tablet once, I just wiped and re-flashed and put GAPPs on correctly and it was fine.

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Download an app like root checker to make sure you are still rooted.
What kind of recovery are you using on your phone?
You should wipe the phone completely, system, cache and dalvic.
Try doing the factory reset, check for root and follow the instructions from the original thread.
As stated earlier, make sure you download the correct Gapps for the ROM you are installing.
Also, you need some type of file explorer, I use Root Explorer. You can use that to search for the Gapps.
If you downloaded it on the phone it may still be in your download folder if not look in \system\app folder.

Hi everyone, I managed to fix the Gapps problem, however, now I have a problem with EVERY rom i install, i have tried Slimbean and Crashrom but I can't seem to get the EFS to work, i backed up using efs pro and an efs backup tool but it wont restore, so I have no network coverage, so i end up having to keep going back to ****ty stock, I have ended up going back and forth 18 times!! people say about baseband, but i don't know how to change that...

Pennycake said:
I did that with my tablet once, I just wiped and re-flashed and put GAPPs on correctly and it was fine.
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yes.i do same:good:

c0ldp0ison said:
Hi everyone, I managed to fix the Gapps problem, however, now I have a problem with EVERY rom i install, i have tried Slimbean and Crashrom but I can't seem to get the EFS to work, i backed up using efs pro and an efs backup tool but it wont restore, so I have no network coverage, so i end up having to keep going back to ****ty stock, I have ended up going back and forth 18 times!! people say about baseband, but i don't know how to change that...
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Your baseband is the modem/radio the phone uses.
Here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044937
At the bottom are some flash-able modems you can try.
Hope this works for you

[Q] Need Help after rooting implosion

UPDATE: 07-04-14 5:25pm EST:
I was able to get all my data off using a mac. I re-flashed Purity ROM after doing a full wipe. I have now re-installed all most of my apps and have begun normal use. For now this is resolved hopefully I have no further issues. Thanks for the response @Kreateablaze Much appreciated.
So here is a brief history about what I did and what I am experiencing. I am pretty much a newb here so please be gentle and excuse my ignorance.
Just in case you don't want to read my book below:
TLDR: rooted phone, Installed TWRP, installed Purity Rom, system failed hardcore, cant get data off my phone because explorer crashes. I just want to get my data off so I can re-install a ROM or just flash back to stock and re-lock the bootloader.....
-Unlocked bootloader, rooted, and installed TWRP using "Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit"
(just want to give props to any one involved in that tool, it is an amazing tool and worked flawlessly!)
-After running the toolkit, I was successfully rooted and running TWRP.
-I ran a back up using TWRP. Is that what is referred to as a "Nandroid" back up?
-After running this back up I installed "Purity ROM"
-For the first 24 hours everything was fine.
-I had to reboot my N5 due to an app that was acting up and a reboot usually cleared up the issue if force stopping didn't. (an app I used before rooting and I knew how to fix the issue I was having, I don't think this is related to my issue.)
-After rebooting the phone, I was faced with a pop up stating something along the lines of android UI has stopped working. I clicked okay, unlocked the phone it flashed black with my home screen icons and everything went back to normal. I rebooted the phone again just to make sure that was a one time fluke. This time The phone was in an endless crash cycle. Every process I could think of was crashing non stop the phone was unusable. I did some research and found something that said to go into TWRP and run a permissions repair.
-After running permissions repair my phone booted back up and was working relatively okay.
-After the repair rebooting my N5 results in that same UI crash I got the first time. BUT the phone is usable, and that process never crashes again unless I reboot.
-After running that permissions repair some of my apps disappeared. Trying to re-install them results in a -24 error. I got a few of them to re-install by clearing related data in data/data folder. A few of my apps refuse to re-install even though there is no trace of the data in the data/data folder.
-Another issue I am having after all of this is that I can NOT pull any data off of the phone. I plug it in, Windows recognizes the phone but it takes about 10-15 minutes to load the folder structure. I am then unable to copy any of the data off of the phone. Explorer crashes and I cant get the data off. UPDATE: I was able to get the data of the phone by using a friends Mac. I will post an update with some more info.
-I need to get my data off the phone before I can continue but am unable to. Any help would here would be greatly appreciated.
-Also if any one knows a more stable ROM with a similar feature set to Purity that is fast, has good battery life and isn't packed to the gills with features tht may one day cause more issues that they are worth. Please let me know.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys may be able to offer me.

Well I'm not too sure what your issue could be, but purity is one of the most stable roms on here... Have you looked in the purity thread for posts saying the same thing happened? I highly doubt it is the rom.
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Kreateablaze said:
Well I'm not too sure what your issue could be, but purity is one of the most stable roms on here... Have you looked in the purity thread for posts saying the same thing happened? I highly doubt it is the rom.
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I would definitely agree that something went wrong rather than the ROM being unstable..... Any idea about how to get my data off the phone. at this point that is my main concern so I can re-flash purity....

basik17 said:
I would definitely agree that something went wrong rather than the ROM being unstable..... Any idea about how to get my data off the phone. at this point that is my main concern so I can re-flash purity....
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I'm not too sure, I never had to get the data off my phone using a computer, always just used titanium backup. Maybe try reflashing purity, just wipe cache not any data.
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Kreateablaze said:
I'm not too sure, I never had to get the data off my phone using a computer, always just used titanium backup. Maybe try reflashing purity, just wipe cache not any data.
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Thanks for your response. I was able to get my data off using a friends Mac... I am going to reflash Purity and see how things go. If they dont go well I may go back to stock. I never seem to have good luck with these things...

[Q] chameleon os superuser or root problem

I run chameleon os custom rom on Samsung infuse 4g. Superuser by Clockworkmod got binded/imbedded into rom. Was working fine, then out of nowhere got disabled under superuser settings and will not change back. I select apps only and all other choices but as soon as I select it, it switches back to disable. Google play no longer shows it as an app that I have downloaded so I can't get updates. I have tried installing it again both by just downloading it and by disabling it under app management and downloading it, but both ways when I open it tries to downloading binaries and fails. Same thing happens with any other superuser I try to download. I cannot get it to work. Please help. I no longer want chameleon as my rom because of too many issues with it constantly rebooting and internet only working sometimes. i want to try another rom but can't with superuser not working. Here is my phone info:
> Model #
> SGH-I997
>
> Android
> 4.2.2
>
> Baseband version
> I997UCLB3
>
> Kernel version
> 2.6.35.7-I997UCLB3-CL9997492-g431d68f
>
> CPU
> ARMv7 Processor rev2 (v71)
>
> ChameleonOS version
> 0.7-20130426-unofficial-infuse4g
>
> Build date
> Fri Apr26 16:05:35 AST 2013
>
> Build number
> cos_infuse4g-userdebug 4.2.2JDQ39
> Cng.andros11.20130426 test-keys

robertmlangdon2 said:
I run chameleon os custom rom on Samsung infuse 4g. Superuser by Clockworkmod got binded/imbedded into rom. Was working fine, then out of nowhere got disabled under superuser settings and will not change back. I select apps only and all other choices but as soon as I select it, it switches back to disable. Google play no longer shows it as an app that I have downloaded so I can't get updates. I have tried installing it again both by just downloading it and by disabling it under app management and downloading it, but both ways when I open it tries to downloading binaries and fails. Same thing happens with any other superuser I try to download. I cannot get it to work. Please help. I no longer want chameleon as my rom because of too many issues with it constantly rebooting and internet only working sometimes. i want to try another rom but can't with superuser not working.
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You mean to say you cannot boot into CWM recovery and flash a different ROM? Interesting. I have an HTC, and the steps to rooting it are in a different order... that after unlocking the bootloader, you install CWM, and then optionally root the stock ROM with the SuperUser package (those who don't do the last step are usually flashing a ROM instead of mucking around for another second with the stock OS).
SU shouldn't be needed for custom recovery. But maybe Chameleon does something weird like not give you a custom recovery you can boot into? If that's the case, you could pop the device into download mode and go back to stock with Odin, effectively starting from scratch.

still need help, thank you.
I am starting to believe more than before that the actual problem is that somehow my phone got unrooted. How do I set my phone in download mode and use Odin? I usually wipe the cache, install the rom, install gapps, wipe cache partition, and wipe dalvik cache. I have never flashed a rom before. Or even better what is the best way to root my phone again now that I am using chameleon? I believe if I can do that it will fix my problems and I can install cyanfox (the latest rom I have downloaded). Do I use super one click? That is what I think I used before but now that I am not using stock rom I don't know what to use.

robertmlangdon2 said:
I am starting to believe more than before that the actual problem is that somehow my phone got unrooted. How do I set my phone in download mode and use Odin? I usually wipe the cache, install the rom, install gapps, wipe cache partition, and wipe dalvik cache. I have never flashed a rom before. Or even better what is the best way to root my phone again now that I am using chameleon? I believe if I can do that it will fix my problems and I can install cyanfox (the latest rom I have downloaded). Do I use super one click? That is what I think I used before but now that I am not using stock rom I don't know what to use.
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If you are unable to get into ClockWorkMod recovery (hold Vol-Up+Vol-Dn keys while pressing Pwr button) and have it do anything (so your wipe, install, gapps, dalvik - that process would be called flashing). Then I would Odin back to stock.
For this, you would need to get into download mode. IIRC (just sold my Infuse), it is (with the device fully turned off) hold both volume buttons in while inserting the micro usb cable (that is subsequently inserted into your PC). The ODIN program comes with the download packages (hopefully), so extract the whole package, and run that.
Odin should pick up the phone in the first column as "COMX" (e.g. "COM5"). You are good to flash. To the right, there are PHONE and PDA buttons, click on each, and select the corresponding file (that was also in the package) for each (so PHONE will have something like PHONE.tgz.md5). Once both files are loaded, make sure re-partition is UN-checked, and press Start (or Go, or whatever the action word is). This will take a few minutes, but the COMX column should highlight green with "SUCCESS" in the end.
That's all there is to it. The reason why I'm shying away from SuperOneClick is that it was designed for stock gingerbread/froyo, so it has the potential of breaking something. Hope this helps.
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Alternatively, you could try pushing su to the device with adb (depends on how you lost root):
Code:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
adb push su /system/xbin/
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
... with this file (extracted).
Source (with mount point changed)

new problem
I am now running cyanfox which runs android 4.4 and Google.process.gapps has stopped keeps popping up. To get rid of it I have to do a factory reset but after a few days it always comes back. I have Googled the problem and tried numerous things to try to fix it but everything only works temporary. What should I do besides get another phone? I can't afford that right now.

robertmlangdon2 said:
I am now running cyanfox which runs android 4.4 and Google.process.gapps has stopped keeps popping up. To get rid of it I have to do a factory reset but after a few days it always comes back. I have Googled the problem and tried numerous things to try to fix it but everything only works temporary. What should I do besides get another phone? I can't afford that right now.
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I wouldn;t suggest another phoen is things are working well genrally. The problem could lie in the GApps package or the ROM itself. I use the PA Gapps package. If you are having rouble with that one, try from a different date. Just wipe dlavik in between to prevent any nastyness.
If it still persists, try another ROM, like Carbon.

tried installing the new gapps
So far, so good but I won't know for sure for a few days. I'll keep you up to date. Thank you

what version of android is carbon?
Do you have the link for carbon rom for Samsung infuse 4g? And what version of android is it? My phone runs better with those gapps but I am still getting the same problems. I will give it a try but if carbon doesn't work I am definitely going to have to just get another phone. So far I'm. 0-2 on custom roms for this phone. I thought cyanfox would of worked cause I got it off of xda, which really makes me think this phone has some sort of hardware problem but carbon has been around longer. So maybe it will work better.

Carbon is on XDA as well too, and it is based on CM 11 / Android 4.4 Kitkat:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137800
Hope this works for you... :fingers-crossed:

problems solved
It appears it was definitely a problem with the ROM. Phone has been operating 100% better. :victory: My cache needs to be cleared frequently and some minor problems with the Facebook back but when isn't there problems with Facebook lol. But as soon as I clean out the cache from my apps, everything is running like new again. I greatly appreciate your help. I can't thank you enough.

Was working great then more problems
Joel,
Carbon was running great for me but then all of a sudden android.process.acore has stopped kept popping up along with all sort of other things stopping then eventually GApps not working again. I have erased my contacts, Erased Media, unchecked all my Syncs, I have tried all sorts of other Gapps packages and even another ROM (cyanogen 11) and they work to begin with then the same problems keep coming back. Is it because I went from Gingerbread right to Kitkat? My phone hasn't worked for about a week now with me trying all different ways to fix it. Do I need to install Ice Cream Sandwich then Jellybean before going to Kitkat or do I just need to try even more GApps? I used to install new ROMs all the time but android has changed so much over the last couple years and when i had to get rid of my old phone and went back to my Infuse 4g the old ROM was just completely outdated and now I can't seem to get this right. The phone itself is still a great phone and I don't understand why I am having these issues. I factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, install new ROM, install GApps, wipe cache again, and wipe dalvik again. I usually don't wipe the cache or the dalvik until after the ROM and GApps install but just lately have been doing the extra wipe just in-case because nothing else is working. But that has failed too. You have been a great help so far and I can't seem to fix this on my own, so again I turn to you for help. Please help me figure this out.

robertmlangdon2 said:
Is it because I went from Gingerbread right to Kitkat?
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It's possible. I mentioned this before somewhere, but this could be the after-effect of a small /datadata partition, which having a separate partition is standard in a KitKat ROM (at least for this phone). When it fills up, there's no telling what happens.
Both BeanStalk and CM11 have /datadata partition alternatives (the separate partition has been abandoned) built in. You may want to try one of those:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55574460&postcount=3801
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56604749&postcount=593
Unfortunately I couldn't find something similar for Carbon.

Thank you!!!!!!
I hate to count my chickens before they're hatched but I truly believe that was the problem. Even Facebook works now. But I thought I had it fixed before then just under a week and it completely messed up and I couldn't even get it to work for a day after that. But it works now. I can't thank you enough. If you ever come across one for Carbon ROM please let me know. This is a good ROM but I liked Carbon better. Again, thank you Joel. :good::good:

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to bother you again Joel but I have a major problem again and I dont even know wht happenned. You have helped me through evrything so far and I couldn't be more thankful. There may be nothing you can do to help me, I don't know. I was using my phone as A Wifi Hotspot when out of know where as soon as i got on facebook on my tablet my phone rebooted on it's own into Clockworkmod recovery. when I reboot it, it goes right back into recovery, it wont read the internal sd card and it wont install any zip off any inserted sd card(it reads them but wont install anything, it always pops up with android guy on his back with a red X and a generic error). it lets me erase cache but won't erase delvik cache or format anything, the screen just flashes and it pops back a screen. I dont think the phone overheated because it wasnt hot to the touch at all. I was only using it as a wifi hotspot for about 30 minutes when it happenned. i had used it as a hotspot many times before with no problems and i dont know how it woud be a virus when i wasnt on any abnormal sites. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to bother you again Joel but I have a major problem again and I dont even know wht happenned. You have helped me through everything so far and I couldn't be more thankful. The phone might be fried and there may be nothing you can do to help me, I don't know. I was using my phone as A Wifi Hotspot when out of know where as soon as i got on facebook on my tablet my phone rebooted on it's own into Clockworkmod recovery. when I reboot it, it goes right back into recovery, it wont read the internal sd card and it wont install any zip off any inserted sd card(it reads them but wont install anything, it always pops up with android guy on his back with a red X and a generic error). it lets me erase cache but won't erase delvik cache or format anything, the screen just flashes and it pops back a screen. I dont think the phone overheated because it wasnt hot to the touch at all. I was only using it as a wifi hotspot for about 30 minutes when it happenned. i had used it as a hotspot many times before with no problems and i dont know how it woud be a virus when i wasnt on any abnormal sites. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

If you can get into Download Mode, I would Odin back to stock. Are you AT&T or Rogers? There are a couple recent threads in this forum with download links, although people have been having difficulties with finding the AT&T variety.
Unfortunately, that's all I can recommend. Good luck.

we'll see how this works out
I just checked and it will go into download mode. So I guess I just need to find the AT&T thread of Oden and hopefully that works. I have never done it that way before but I read your previous response much earlier in this thread on how to do it and it sounds pretty simple so hopefully I can do it. If you can find a link to the at&t version before me it would definitely help but I will see what I can find.

robertmlangdon2 said:
I just checked and it will go into download mode. So I guess I just need to find the AT&T thread of Oden and hopefully that works. I have never done it that way before but I read your previous response much earlier in this thread on how to do it and it sounds pretty simple so hopefully I can do it. If you can find a link to the at&t version before me it would definitely help but I will see what I can find.
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Looks like you are all set for the files then.
I just PM'ed everyone who I've recommended those packages in the past. Hopefully I get a bite.

found a thread but need your help
I found a thread with links but with what is written on this thread I am confused. The thread link is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
I'm not sure what to download and if anything needs to be changed after downloading it or if this link is a waste of my time. I was hoping you could help. Thanks.

robertmlangdon2 said:
I found a thread with links but with what is written on this thread I am confused. The thread link is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
I'm not sure what to download and if anything needs to be changed after downloading it or if this link is a waste of my time. I was hoping you could help. Thanks.
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I would recommend Option D for what you need, but AFAIK, the links on this page are dead.
If you go to the last page though, there is a link for Option C, which would work for your needs. Hope this helps.

[Q] Flashing no longer possible: Flash successful but system does not change

Hello!
I can no longer flash anything to my GT-P5110, even factory reset has no effect. The internal storage seems to be read-only.
I think this is a longer story: About one year ago the stock firmware became incredibly slow, to the point that processes started to force close, then my user data was lost, and after factory reset the tablet went into endless boot loop.
So I decided to give CM10 a try and it worked flawlessly. The tablet was fast again. I even could upgrade to CM11 later. But around 2 month ago, only sometimes processes started to force-close or the tablet randomly rebooted itself - mostly during charging. I left it that way in the charger for some days because I had no time to bother with that issue. Then, I tried to factory reset my device only to find out that this has absolutely no effect. Installing app updates: No effect. Changing system settings: No effect. And apps start to force-close at an insane rate short after boot. The device is unusable. My could only shut down and reboot into recovery. I left the tablet lying around, turned off, out of charger, for 2 months. Now I tried to investigate:
When I "adb shell" into recovery and call dmesg, I see lots of these lines:
Code:
mmcblk0: timed out sending SET_BLOCK_COUNT command, card status 0x400d00
I think something is really broken with the internal storage. I tried to flash a newer recovery but it has no effect, even when done from download mode.
Factory reset sometimes fails with an error. Reinstalling CM fails with an error. Wiping cache seemingly succeeds but I'm sure it has no effect. I tried installing SlimRom instead which seemingly succeeds, too - but after reboot I'm greeted with the CM boot logo again.
I tried to flash stock firmware with Odin. It is very very slow, runs for about 15 minutes, then fails at around 50%. Of course: That "half flashed firmware" does in no way affect the device: It still boots CM11 "without problems", then a few seconds after finishing boot (showing home screen), force-closes start to pop-up.
What should I do? I suppose the device is out of warranty for a few weeks or months, now. And even when not: It has been flashed with CM, the triangle counter is not zero. I suppose that combination of problems (read-only/failing storage, non-stock firmware) voids warranty in a way that Samsung will deny any repair. If at least I could return the device to stock firmware things would be different maybe.
Any ideas what I could try? Is it possible that the internal storage is simply fried? fsck'ing the partitions shows no errors, just the data partition is unclean with unwritten journal data but all data is readable. So the internal storage has probably not died. It just sticks to read-only mode for whatever reason.
I've found some posts with similar problems but those seem to be about older Galaxy Tab 1 devices built 2011 or before.

Just reading over this and it sounds very similar to what I'm currently facing, which is doubly annoying as no one else has chipped in a solution
I had reboot issues with my Tab2 10.1 (GT-P5110) on stock so after realizing I'd need to factory reset bite the bullet and rooted so I could use CM10.
Had occasional reboots but nothing I couldn't live with however from yesterday evening the tablet is seemingly stuck in a boot loop. It comes on, some apps fire up and an update starts. Sometimes apps force close then BOOM I get the boot splash screen.
I've tried factory reset in recovery (CWM 6.0.2.7) to no avail and wiping just about everything which also had no noticeable effect as all my settings and the rom are still the same when I get back in (albeit briefly!).
I've tried flashing new recovery via ODIN which reported a success however that also didn't appear to take. I'm beginning to think it some serious file system or storage corruption ;(

Same problem here...
Hopefully someone can come up with a solution or at least a cause. I've tried to Odin every recovery available for my 5113 and nothing has taken. I'm currently on Omni with cwm and tried to update to the latest cwm and twrp and aroma installer yet nothing takes. I too rooted because of the incessant bootloops about 3 months ago.

bigg fella said:
Hopefully someone can come up with a solution or at least a cause. I've tried to Odin every recovery available for my 5113 and nothing has taken. I'm currently on Omni with cwm and tried to update to the latest cwm and twrp and aroma installer yet nothing takes. I too rooted because of the incessant bootloops about 3 months ago.
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For what I can tell, my device is effectively read-only. Even in download mode (Odin) I cannot even flash a different recovery (tried to flash TWRP, still boots CWM).

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For what I can tell, my device is effectively read-only. Even in download mode (Odin) I cannot even flash a different recovery (tried to flash TWRP, still boots CWM).
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exactly, can't even uninstall an app. It's as if it boots from a permanent back up because even deleting pictures or files isn't permanently successful. You can uninstall and delete to your hearts content, get false hope, and get crushed after it reboots and everything is unchanged

Not looking very optimistic for this I was getting a similar inkling that it's gone into a permanent RO mode as not even the wipes from recovery have an effect. I'd also tried un-installing apps as I noticed one updating and thought it was crashing it however even when it did fire up and I disabled WLAN to stop Play Store auto-updating and removed the app on the next reboot cycle the app was back:crying::crying:
I fear I may have a big white paperweight....

Sounds like the internal partitions might need to be completely reformatted. This CAN be done through recovery, but is tricky... However without actually having your device in my hand I'm not sure 100 what the best course of action would be. Try searching for the commands to format (or maybe someone else will post them) or maybe PM me for them but no promises. I won't post them publicly on XDA because honestly there are too many users who do stuff like one-click root and don't actually know what they're doing and I don't want to be in some way responsible for someone following the command wrong and bricking their device for good. I don't need that on my conscience. Personal choice.
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shakatu said:
Sounds like the internal partitions might need to be completely reformatted. This CAN be done through recovery, but is tricky... However without actually having your device in my hand I'm not sure 100 what the best course of action would be. Try searching for the commands to format (or maybe someone else will post them) or maybe PM me for them but no promises. I won't post them publicly on XDA because honestly there are too many users who do stuff like one-click root and don't actually know what they're doing and I don't want to be in some way responsible for someone following the command wrong and bricking their device for good. I don't need that on my conscience. Personal choice.
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Would this method be any different to the way it attempts to reformat the internal partitions when you select to format the various mounts from CWM? If so I'm more then willing to give it a go as I really have nothing to lose as the damn thing is useless atm!

shakatu said:
Sounds like the internal partitions might need to be completely reformatted. This CAN be done through recovery, but is tricky... However without actually having your device in my hand I'm not sure 100 what the best course of action would be. Try searching for the commands to format (or maybe someone else will post them) or maybe PM me for them but no promises. I won't post them publicly on XDA because honestly there are too many users who do stuff like one-click root and don't actually know what they're doing and I don't want to be in some way responsible for someone following the command wrong and bricking their device for good. I don't need that on my conscience. Personal choice.
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Good call......Smart move?

help!!
same issue here , sort of .. i have stock rom and stock recovery and i cannot flash CWM .. no matter how many times i try through ODIN or hemidal nothing changes.. any idea what is going on here?

PMs have been sent. Hopefully it works.
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im also having this issue with my galaxy tab2 7".. help is badly needed

Well, the proposed fix I had didn't help. Was worth a shot...
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hope someone finds a solution for this.

No Access to ADB
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PMs have been sent. Hopefully it works.
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Hi Shakatu,thanks for the PM, however, my device in ADB is unauthorised, so wont let me get into shell. Is there a way around this please?

sunnytimes said:
same issue here , sort of .. i have stock rom and stock recovery and i cannot flash CWM .. no matter how many times i try through ODIN or hemidal nothing changes.. any idea what is going on here?
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Unmark "Auto Reboot" in Odin when CWM is flashed... Stock room overwrites it during start.
After flashed CWM start in Recovery mode and flash new ROM.
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same problem please help me... :crying:

seagman said:
Unmark "Auto Reboot" in Odin when CWM is flashed... Stock room overwrites it during start.
After flashed CWM start in Recovery mode and flash new ROM.
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i have tried that 100 times .. its also exactlly what this thread is about , not being able to flash because nothing changes..

sunnytimes said:
i have tried that 100 times .. its also exactlly what this thread is about , not being able to flash because nothing changes..
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same here too, i have same issue.. unable to flash or do anything to my phone....

Probably this is the end for our tab. As off now the tab is useless.
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