I've just successfully rooted my Samsung G530H thanks to CF Auto Root. So 1 day after using my rooted phone without seeing any problem, I decided to download and try using Chainfire3D (it was kind of weird cuz' my first search on Google Play Store didn't show Chainfire3D). Like any other users, I explored the new app and tried to install CF3D driver. I saw something pop-up on the screen after tapping "Install CF3D....." (it could be a warning), before I could read it I accidentally tap something on that pop-up-thing, making my phone reboot. The logo showed up and it kept freezing like that for 3 hours (and maybe forever). I searched for solutions but most of them were about flashing ROM, and I had no ROM installed on my phone. I tried to wipe data/factory reset but it was no use, now I cannot connect my phone as USB cable to PC too. Now I don't know what to do because my phone has really become a brick with buttons and holes on it.
Hi there,
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here:
Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck
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Where to start...
First, as a disclaimer, I may use language or terms that sound noobish. I have rooted and run custom ROMs on several devices in the past, however generally when I get a ROM I like I stick with it, so I'm not constantly tinkering. I've done my best to search and find solutions so please go easy on me.
17 days ago I was running stock 4.3 on my SGNII when the battery died. Upon charging I found I was stuck in bootloop and had a bad /efs mount. I searched and searched and spent around 15 hours trying this and that but to no avail. I finally threw my hands in the air and got ahold of Josh at mobiletechvideos and he was able to fix the efs mount issue. However, he left me in factory mode which required me to root to get out of, and once I did this I was unable to activate data on my carrier (Ting). I was so happy to have my phone "back" though that I used it like this for 4 or 5 days. I could get on wifi and I could call and send text messages. I had been off the grid so this felt like something I'd fix fully later.
Well I kept reading and found "fix" after "fix", flashed this and that and still no dice. FINALLY, last night, I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 which helped immensely. I was able to get TWRP flashed by unchecking the "auto-reboot" option in Odin and pulling the battery after the update took, and via TWRP I was able to install the ROM. I booted up, the device activated, I was running 4.1.2, I made and received some calls, the birds were chirping, the air was sweet...
I had struggled for so long and I had finally achieved success! Then, for seemingly no reason at all, I accepted an OTA update which bricked my Note2. Devastation.
The current state of things...
* Cannot get past the initial "Samsung Galaxy Note 2" screen
* Cannot boot into recovery
* I CAN get into dl mode,
* but, I CANNOT successfully flash anything. TWRP will flash like it took, but upon reboot I'm not able to boot into it. I'm also able to flash a ROM but it fails when it gets to sbin, and upon rebooting I'm greeted by the screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
When I try to use Kies it doesn't find the device. I've installed all of the most recent drivers and I'm running Kies as administrator. I select Tools > Emergency Firmware Recovery, THEN connect my device as instructed.
I'm at the apex of frustration. I beg thee to help!!
Hi,
Can I suggest you to post your request here and I'm sure that you will have answers which help you for resolve your problem.
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II > Sprint Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
and read these threads => Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] firmware upgrade encountered an issue .. galaxy note 2
[Q] Sprint Galaxy Note II “Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recov
philos64 said:
Hi,
Can I suggest you to post your request here and I'm sure that you will have answers which help you for resolve your problem.
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II > Sprint Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
and read these threads => Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] firmware upgrade encountered an issue .. galaxy note 2
[Q] Sprint Galaxy Note II “Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recov
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Thank you.
Hi, i have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite. i have rooted the device but it became very slow so i went into settings and did a factory reset. the device just went into twrp recovery and when i tried restarting the device, it just kept going to twrp. i downloaded the stock 4.2 jelly bean rom for tab 3 lite on my computer, formatted the device on twrp and flashed the rom with odin. now when the device starts up, it goes directly to twrp but it doesn't load and the screen pixelates and keeps restarting and going back to twrp. i tried entering download mode, but it stays there for 5 seconds and then switches off. please help, i have read all the threads and followed all the steps but nothing works
Hi,
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here...
> Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 > Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!
Thank you. Thread closed.
Hey everyone, I'm using a GT-P5100 (3G + Wifi) O2 UK rooted tablet and for the last month it has been broken. It started rebooting itself randomly every now and then, and then suddenly it wouldn't even boot up for 15 seconds before it would restart itself again.
I am able to get into safe mode and I can get into the boot options, but when I factory reset it does nothing, I've tried from the boot menu, from safe-mode options and even from the dial up code.
I tried to connect my tablet to my PC as a media device and format it but that didn't work either; I can't connect it as a disk then format it that way because they took out 'mass storage mode' on this firmware.
I then tried to flash a stock ROM in Odin but every time I tried it would fail until I used Odin.v1.3, but guess what, it rebooted itself and my entire tablet is still exactly the same.
(the option was on AP ram in v1.3 not AP nand I don't know if that makes a difference.)
If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it so much. I have been trying for weeks to fix this and I just don't know what to do anymore, I tried on another forum but nobody answered me.
Hi,
This would be best posted in your device section so the experts who own your device can help. I will request this be moved to here,
> Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 > Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Make sure kies is not running to use Odin. End all kies processes in your task manager on the pc.
Good luck!
Thank you very much I have posted it there instead ^^
Thank you. Thread closed.
I made an account to solve my problem here, therefore you guys would do me a HUGE favor if you solve my problem here..
I have a GT-I9505 that I bought 2 years ago and flashed the Lollipop 5.0.1 ROM via odin about a month ago, a few days later I rooted my phone via Kingo ROOT and everything was working fine but my date & time keeps changing to February 2014.
Two days ago I tried booting into Recovery Mode for the first time after rooting and I see that Android laying down with a red caution sign, I clicked on "reboot system now" and that's when my problem started. (it's not a custom recovery like TWRP, just the regular one)
As soon as I rebooted my phone I get a BLANK SCREEN with "Unfortunately, ........... has stopped", more like it was like this for all of my apps. I couldn't find a way to solve this but then I resorted to extracting my files and then factory resetting my phone, unfortunately I couldn't find a solution to access my phone until a miracle happened and made my phone working again. Everything went well till today when I tried rebooting into recovery mode but the SAME exact problem happened, what to do here? I have no problem of resetting my phone again but I don't want the same problem again.
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. The best place for your question would be the S4 help thread here:
[HELP THREAD] Galaxy S4 | Ask any question | Noob friendly.
Thread closed, thanks.
Hey guys
I have been trying to resuscitate my friend´s Galaxy S2 for weeks and can´t figure it out. The point is we don´t want to wipe the phone as we want to save the data (contacts and pics that the friend did not save elsewehere).
What happened:
My friend opened Shazam, the phone powered off and has been stuck on the flashing Samsung logo screen.
I can access the recovery mode and download mode.
What I have tried so far:
Dowloaded appropriate JB ROM from Sam Mobile, tried flashing with Odin - the phone got hanging on "Upgrading Android OS, starting applications" screen.
Rebooted, hanging at the flashing Samsung logo screen.
Then I tried loading CWM from SD card, but this probably overwrote the original ROM as I could not access the recovery mode afterwards.
Tried flashing again to Jelly Bean.
Still stuck at the flashing Samsung logo screen.
Basically, is there any way how to recover the data only, without making the phone fully functional (or wiping the phone first)?
Any advice is welcome, thank you!
Hi,
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist.
Can you specify the variant of your Galaxy S2?
Hello
Thanks for getting back to me.
It´s the GT-I9100 by O2 Czech Republic
Try posting your question here with all relevant details:
Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
The experts there may be able to help.
Good luck!