I successfully installed SafeStrap and flashed the Liquidsmooth ROM. It came up and booted once, but I could not login as the password I had set for the phone all of a sudden didn't work.
I restarted it again, tried again, no luck.
I then got it into download mode, ran Odin3, tried to flash the s3vzw_4.4.2.tar file, said it was successful, but is stuck at the Liquidsmooth boot screen.
Booted into recovery, tried to do a factory wipe, it was unsuccessful.
So . . . I am stuck with it at the boot screen.
Am I screwed now? Or is there a way to get it back?
Any and all help is appreciated.
UPDATE -- I was able to format Data and I seemed to have gained some traction. From there I wiped the cache as well and loaded the ROM again and it boots.
I'm actually trying to figure out how I can load an older factory ROM.
jaypeetee said:
I successfully installed SafeStrap and flashed the Liquidsmooth ROM. It came up and booted once, but I could not login as the password I had set for the phone all of a sudden didn't work.
I restarted it again, tried again, no luck.
I then got it into download mode, ran Odin3, tried to flash the s3vzw_4.4.2.tar file, said it was successful, but is stuck at the Liquidsmooth boot screen.
Booted into recovery, tried to do a factory wipe, it was unsuccessful.
So . . . I am stuck with it at the boot screen.
Am I screwed now? Or is there a way to get it back?
Any and all help is appreciated.
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jaypeetee said:
UPDATE -- I was able to format Data and I seemed to have gained some traction. From there I wiped the cache as well and loaded the ROM again and it boots.
I'm actually trying to figure out how I can load an older factory ROM.
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You can't flash any custom roms with the 4.4.2 NE1 bootloader, your currently soft bricked because of it
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Hey guys,
I've been using this website as reference for years but never had an issue I hadn't already seen asked.
I've been looking for weeks for a solution to this and haven't found anything.
I tried to flash cm10.1 over my stock 4.1.2 and corrupted the system.
It was booting directly to AP Fastboot and showing an error about not calling the ROM properly.
I tried reflashing using RSD Light 5.7 but every time it tried to flash the system it said the phone returned failed.
So I upgraded RSD to v6.1 and tried again. This time the phone says it flashed properly but it freezes during the droid boot logo.
I've tried using the utility and it gives me the same results.
I can get into factory recovery and I've performed several hard resets. But the phone still freezes whenever it tries to load the system.
I'm using a Motorola Factory Cable on a high speed USB port.
Any ideas why I'm stuck in a soft brick that I can't flash out of?
ShiningRaven said:
Hey guys,
I've been using this website as reference for years but never had an issue I hadn't already seen asked.
I've been looking for weeks for a solution to this and haven't found anything.
I tried to flash cm10.1 over my stock 4.1.2 and corrupted the system.
It was booting directly to AP Fastboot and showing an error about not calling the ROM properly.
I tried reflashing using RSD Light 5.7 but every time it tried to flash the system it said the phone returned failed.
So I upgraded RSD to v6.1 and tried again. This time the phone says it flashed properly but it freezes during the droid boot logo.
I've tried using the utility and it gives me the same results.
I can get into factory recovery and I've performed several hard resets. But the phone still freezes whenever it tries to load the system.
I'm using a Motorola Factory Cable on a high speed USB port.
Any ideas why I'm stuck in a soft brick that I can't flash out of?
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Format system via any of the custom recoveries before flashing your new ROM - this will wipe out any leftover problems completely & should let you start 100% fresh with a new ROM.
tzlot said:
Format system via any of the custom recoveries before flashing your new ROM - this will wipe out any leftover problems completely & should let you start 100% fresh with a new ROM.
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I lost my root when I originally got stuck in fastboot. And I can't boot up the phone until I can get it fixed.
ShiningRaven said:
I lost my root when I originally got stuck in fastboot. And I can't boot up the phone until I can get it fixed.
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Can you get back into fastboot now? If so
Use fastboot to flash a custom recovery (CWM, TWRP or OUDHS)
use the recovery to factory reset, wipe cache/dalvic, AND format system (sometimes in the advanced menu)
then flash rom of your choice.
If you can't get fastboot working you'll need smarter help than I can give you... but the format system step clears out all kinds of gremlins.
I can get into fast boot but I don't have an unlocked boot loader to flash anything custom.
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I can get into fast boot but I don't have an unlocked boot loader to flash anything custom.[/QUOTE
If you can get into fastboot then you should be able to unlock b/l with this toolkit I used it and it worked for me you can also flash rom with it its in the orginial development thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154995
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ShiningRaven said:
So I upgraded RSD to v6.1 and tried again. This time the phone says it flashed properly but it freezes during the droid boot logo.
I've tried using the utility and it gives me the same results.
I can get into factory recovery and I've performed several hard resets. But the phone still freezes whenever it tries to load the system.
I'm using a Motorola Factory Cable on a high speed USB port.
Any ideas why I'm stuck in a soft brick that I can't flash out of?
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Had the same problem after a fastboot via the utility. Try powering your phone down completely and leaving it off for about 5-10 min. This can be tricky with the hardware buttons so if you have access to TWRP that will help as it has a power off option. You might also try flashing again via the utility. I believe that's what I had to do, but the power down method is what a friend suggested based of his experience with the same exact problem you documented.
FIXED!!!
OK first I want to thank everybody who responded. I got tied up with work and kind of forgot about this project for a few days.
Repeated uses of the Utility and RSD both left me stuck with the phone freezing every time it tried to load the system into memory.
I had checked out the toolbox before but I didn't think I could do much from a locked bootloader.
After your suggestion jmcdonald I tried it again. It says my device isn't available to be unlocked so I tried downgrading back to ICS.
The toolbox says that it failed but it must have fixed something because the phone booted back up to android 4.1.2 stock!
So far I have bricked a lot of phones and learned a lot about ADB in the process of fixing them but I've never had one I was so certain was bricked permanently. But now it seems to be working fine, I'm scared to try rebooting in now.
Definatly going to unlock the bootloader pronto.
Thanks again jmcdonald!
Hey there guys.
I rooted my Blaze back in October, and loaded CWM 10. Things weren't working 100% right and I decided to unroot today to get the phone back to factory settings. Unfortunately, no matter how many times I follow the directions for unrooting the Blaze--using the .pit, and the updated firmware .tar--my phone still gets stuck in a reboot loop. It gets past the T-Mobile Blaze screen, but gets stuck on the SAMSUNG screen (it just has SAMSUNG flashing over and over, and then loops into the Android screen).
I've tried to flash the stock .tar about seven times now, and each time it's done the exact same thing. I haven't been able to find a thread to help me, despite searching enthusiastically, so I hope you guys can help me out. Basically, I've done everything the unrooting guides have told me to do, but my phone still appears to be soft-bricked. I can still get into download mode, Odin still recognizes the phone, and it always says that my process has succeeded, but then the phone still gets stuck in a reboot loop.
Any ideas?
Have you booted to the recovery and factory resetted and wiped cache?
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Have you booted to the recovery and factory resetted and wiped cache?
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I did before I tried to unroot it the first time, yes, with CWM. Now, the phone seems to think it's unrooted, so it won't let me go into recovery mode and factory reset.
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Have you booted to the recovery and factory resetted and wiped cache?
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Oops, sorry, I misinterpreted your question. Yes, when I boot into recovery mode I can factory reset, wipe cache, etc. I've done all those things before trying to flash the stock rom, and it hasn't helped.
jadeth said:
Hey there guys.
I rooted my Blaze back in October, and loaded CWM 10. Things weren't working 100% right and I decided to unroot today to get the phone back to factory settings. Unfortunately, no matter how many times I follow the directions for unrooting the Blaze--using the .pit, and the updated firmware .tar--my phone still gets stuck in a reboot loop. It gets past the T-Mobile Blaze screen, but gets stuck on the SAMSUNG screen (it just has SAMSUNG flashing over and over, and then loops into the Android screen).
I've tried to flash the stock .tar about seven times now, and each time it's done the exact same thing. I haven't been able to find a thread to help me, despite searching enthusiastically, so I hope you guys can help me out. Basically, I've done everything the unrooting guides have told me to do, but my phone still appears to be soft-bricked. I can still get into download mode, Odin still recognizes the phone, and it always says that my process has succeeded, but then the phone still gets stuck in a reboot loop.
Any ideas?
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So first register at www.sammobile.com, then search SGH-T769 under firmware and download the August 2012 ICS or The Feb 2013 ICS Firmware, wait for the download to finish (took me 30 minutes) then extract which ever firmware zip you downloaded then using Odin click on PDA and select the .md5 file which is located in the extracted ICS Firmware Folder that you've downloaded from sammobile.com
Download the PIT file here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
Click on PIT in Odin and then select the one downloaded from the link above
then make sure re-partition isn't checked and start the flashing process after it is done flashing and reboots you'll have stock ics
*BOOT LOOP MIGHT OCCUR*
To fix boot looping after flashing stock ICS just boot into stock or custom recovery and wipe data and cache then reboot and you're good to go.
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Thank u i thought i was fully bricked
Thank u for the post my phone is alive again thank u alot i was trying to install twrp after i had cwm recovery and i wasnt able to install it so it soft bricked my phone but i used ur steps and it all worked out thanks :victory:
Hi guys,
I have run into a problem when trying to revert my phone back to stock using odin. Here is the backstory. I was rooted running CM 10.2. Decided to try a 4.3 ROM. Flashed the new ROM successfully but noticed it was really janky when I was setting it up (clean install) and decided to flash my backup of CM 10.2. When flashing the backup, the flash only partially completed and booted into a non-functional version of my 10.2 ROM.
At this point I decided to use Odin and go back to completely stock. Ive used this a few months ago and it worked successfully. I used a tar.md5 of VRBLK3. Odin says "passed!" but when the phone tries to boot up, it gets to the verizon 4G animation and sits there cycling through that animation indefinitely.
I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Ive tried re-doing the odin flash with the same results. Thanks for any help!
Edit: Ive tried booting into the recovery and doing factory rest/wipe cache partition with no luck
Edit: Tried booted into recovery and it worked! I think im good from here.
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I had something similar happen several months ago. I believe the solution for me was to boot into recovery and clear out the cache.
amotamatapia said:
Hi guys,
I have run into a problem when trying to revert my phone back to stock using odin. Here is the backstory. I was rooted running CM 10.2. Decided to try a 4.3 ROM. Flashed the new ROM successfully but noticed it was really janky when I was setting it up (clean install) and decided to flash my backup of CM 10.2. When flashing the backup, the flash only partially completed and booted into a non-functional version of my 10.2 ROM.
At this point I decided to use Odin and go back to completely stock. Ive used this a few months ago and it worked successfully. I used a tar.md5 of VRBLK3. Odin says "passed!" but when the phone tries to boot up, it gets to the verizon 4G animation and sits there cycling through that animation indefinitely.
I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Ive tried re-doing the odin flash with the same results. Thanks for any help!
Edit: Ive tried booting into the recovery and doing factory rest/wipe cache partition with no luck
Edit: Tried booted into recovery and it worked! I think im good from here.
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athensjohn said:
I had something similar happen several months ago. I believe the solution for me was to boot into recovery and clear out the cache.
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If you didn't get it fixed, pull battery, boot into recovery and factory reset. This will clear data and cache from previous installed ROM. Odin doesn't do this for you.
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Hello all!
I was running stock 5.1 rooted when I rebooted my phone and it got stuck in a bootloop. I've faced this with many Android phones so I wasnt concerned until I tried everything and still have yet to find a solution.
I have tried to fully flash the stock images, use Wugfresh's toolkit to return to stock, format system and data, and even try to go back to kiKat all without luck. The bootloop is still present.
I used the one-click unbrick tool that took me back to an early Kitkat build and the phone booted but everything kept crashing. Screenshots say they can't be saved which is weird.
I just want to get back to stock lollipop and I'm at a loss. Any help is appreciated!
EDIT: I followed the instructions here here and was able to repair my /persist partition.
babalonius508 said:
Hello all!
I was running stock 5.1 rooted when I rebooted my phone and it got stuck in a bootloop. I've faced this with many Android phones so I wasnt concerned until I tried everything and still have yet to find a solution.
I have tried to fully flash the stock images, use Wugfresh's toolkit to return to stock, format system and data, and even try to go back to kiKat all without luck. The bootloop is still present.
I used the one-click unbrick tool that took me back to an early Kitkat build and the phone booted but everything kept crashing. Screenshots say they can't be saved which is weird.
I just want to get back to stock lollipop and I'm at a loss. Any help is appreciated!
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My advice if you already have not tried clean flash.
Download right factory image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and rund flash-all.bat. ( if adb is already installed, if not then install it also ) . If after flash you get again bootloop try to boot in recovery and wipe cache only.
Thanks for the response, Mairo. I tried that out and I'm still getting a bootloop. When I try and flash a zip in recovery or factory reset I get an error in mounting /persist and then the script will finish. I'm not sure if this will help diagnose the problem...
That was fast
So today I decided I wanted to root my nord, so I downloaded Magisk and a boot.img file but the boot.img was the wrong version. It installed okay at first. It rebooted and everything worked, but Magisk said that it hadn't been rooted fully and to restart, and this is where the problems began. I got stuck in a boot loop, so I went to recovery and factory reset it. When it was booted up, the wifi wasn't working at all. I restarted the phone and nothing happened, so I reset it again and had the same result. Then I thought to have a look at the files I used and finally realized that my boot image was two updates behind. I then got the boot image from the latest release on oneplus website and flashed it, but had the same result. The device is not currently rooted after I installed the stock image but wifi problems are still persisting. I tried relocking the bootloader, but it said my device is corrupt so it couldn't boot. So I unlocked the bootloader again and this is where I am now. Any advice/ help would be hugely appreciated.
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So today I decided I wanted to root my nord, so I downloaded Magisk and a boot.img file but the boot.img was the wrong version. It installed okay at first. It rebooted and everything worked, but Magisk said that it hadn't been rooted fully and to restart, and this is where the problems began. I got stuck in a boot loop, so I went to recovery and factory reset it. When it was booted up, the wifi wasn't working at all. I restarted the phone and nothing happened, so I reset it again and had the same result. Then I thought to have a look at the files I used and finally realized that my boot image was two updates behind. I then got the boot image from the latest release on oneplus website and flashed it, but had the same result. The device is not currently rooted after I installed the stock image but wifi problems are still persisting. I tried relocking the bootloader, but it said my device is corrupt so it couldn't boot. So I unlocked the bootloader again and this is where I am now. Any advice/ help would be hugely appreciated.
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Reflash the rom but erase everything then flash.
Spinningtop22 said:
So today I decided I wanted to root my nord, so I downloaded Magisk and a boot.img file but the boot.img was the wrong version. It installed okay at first. It rebooted and everything worked, but Magisk said that it hadn't been rooted fully and to restart, and this is where the problems began. I got stuck in a boot loop, so I went to recovery and factory reset it. When it was booted up, the wifi wasn't working at all. I restarted the phone and nothing happened, so I reset it again and had the same result. Then I thought to have a look at the files I used and finally realized that my boot image was two updates behind. I then got the boot image from the latest release on oneplus website and flashed it, but had the same result. The device is not currently rooted after I installed the stock image but wifi problems are still persisting. I tried relocking the bootloader, but it said my device is corrupt so it couldn't boot. So I unlocked the bootloader again and this is where I am now. Any advice/ help would be hugely appreciated.
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You needs msmtool to restore the phone to a stock image. Search in xda and follow the steps, its easy