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[Q] Please Help. I Bricked My Samsung Prevail.

Please someone help! I had my girlfriends phone rooted for not even 24 hours and after I tryed to flash cwm recovery via Rom Manager (now know that was a mistake) the phone rebooted and thats all she wrote, nothing but black. Now my girl is mad at me and I dont have the heart to tell her that her new phone is now a paper weight.

1. I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.
2.can u be more ellaborative??? like what exactly happened so the phone bricked...just rebooting after flashing dosent brick the phone..
3. what all u tried....

Sorry about that... I rooted my Prevail using Odin, once I got root I went and installed Rom manager. After I opened Rom Manager I went and downloaded ClockworkMod Recovery via Rom Manager, It gave me a choice of devices to choose from and one of the options included other so I chose that one. When it was done downloading it asked if I wanted to install and reboot and I said yes. It shut down and since then I cant get it to do anything.

chrisr407 said:
Sorry about that... I rooted my Prevail using Odin, once I got root I went and installed Rom manager. After I opened Rom Manager I went and downloaded ClockworkMod Recovery via Rom Manager, It gave me a choice of devices to choose from and one of the options included other so I chose that one. When it was done downloading it asked if I wanted to install and reboot and I said yes. It shut down and since then I cant get it to do anything.
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you will have to put the phone in download mode and re odin it, using boot,phone, and pda, that will fix the problem.

I can't get the phone to do anything, nothing but black.

You shall be able to do it, holding volume up + middle button + power button, than you can reflash it with odin again. The problem if you are not able to enter download mode can be, that you have destroyed bootloader, this can be fixed only in samsung service
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where can I find the firmware and the correct odin for the Prevail thanks
never mind founf it http://androidforums.com/2953252-post1.html

thanks bunches
this totally worked for me. my downfall was trying to flash a new rom. apparently it work so well with the rom i chose. i will for now on use nothing but xda to choose roms.

[Q] Galaxy 3 not booting

Hi,
My Galaxy 3 suddenly stopped booting up (continuously shows Samsung logo) so I have decided to go for below options:
1. Install a custom rom (FROYO - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037459).
2. Steps to do that are given in above mentioned link. But do I need to root my device before doing that?
3. Go to samsung service center.
Have you encountered this problem this before, what would you suggest me?

instal custom ROM first.
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Can you access recovery or download mode?
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jumper62 said:
Can you access recovery or download mode?
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Guys, Sorry for the late response.
I am able to access download mode but not recovery mode.
And I tried to install custom Rom (Froyo - ATROM20-I5801DDJP2.tar) but with no success. I used ODIN (apollo_0531.ops). The status in ODIN showed passed after approx 6 min and my phone rebooted twice during the process. The second time my phone rebooted and it seems to be hung during booting (It constantly displayed Samsung Logo endlessly).
Then I installed G3MOD kernel. After rebooting it opens G3MOD screen, the loading icon of G3MOD goes 100% but it gets stuck there.
Again I installed above mentioned custom rom but it shows the Samsung logo endlessly during booting.
My Question now is:
1. Do I need to root my phone first? ( I read that by using ODIN you do not need to do that separately)
2. As I mentioned I am not able to go to recovery mode(Vol button up and down both+Power+Home). Is there a problem with my phone. Were you able to do this?
3. What should I do next.

alokjadhav said:
Guys, Sorry for the late response.
I am able to access download mode but not recovery mode.
And I tried to install custom Rom (Froyo - ATROM20-I5801DDJP2.tar) but with no success. I used ODIN (apollo_0531.ops). The status in ODIN showed passed after approx 6 min and my phone rebooted twice during the process. The second time my phone rebooted and it seems to be hung during booting (It constantly displayed Samsung Logo endlessly).
Then I installed G3MOD kernel. After rebooting it opens G3MOD screen, the loading icon of G3MOD goes 100% but it gets stuck there.
Again I installed above mentioned custom rom but it shows the Samsung logo endlessly during booting.
My Question now is:
1. Do I need to root my phone first? ( I read that by using ODIN you do not need to do that separately)
2. As I mentioned I am not able to go to recovery mode(Vol button up and down both+Power+Home). Is there a problem with my phone. Were you able to do this?
3. What should I do next.
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Why do you want to install custom firmware? It would be better to install (with Odin) stock samsung ecalir or froyo firmware, particulary if you plan to go to Samsung service center.
Rooting your phone wont help to resolve your situation.

If you are not able to access recovery mode, then there must be internal problem. Better go to Samsung Care. Or I wonder there is hard reset for SG3?

Thanks
Antibot said:
If you are not able to access recovery mode, then there must be internal problem. Better go to Samsung Care. Or I wonder there is hard reset for SG3?
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I went to service center and they installed Froyo :victory:. I am wondering how did they do that when the recovery mode option was not showing up?
Anyways thank you guys for you suggestions :good:. One thing I noticed is that the Hindi fonts are not recognizable . Do you know how to resolve this? I read that rooting is required? is this correct?

Well I'm afraid I can't help you about Hindi fonts. But I was wondering how they solve this kind of issues where recovery itself is inaccessible?

[Q] Stuck at deleting cryption meta data

Hey guys,
Yesterday my Galaxy R (GT-I9103) was stuck at the BootUp screen (the Samsung and Galaxy R screen).
I googled around and found the "booting recovery" method. I got to the menu without Problems (Pwr + VolUp + Home) and used the "wipe cache" function. After rebooting the device I was stuck again on the Samsung logo.
Okay, back to the "booting recovery" for the factory reset. After the automatic reboot, guess what, Samsung logo again. After waiting for a while I restartet the device again and tried to enter the "booting recover". But instead of getting into the recovery mode I only get a message with "deleting cryption meta data".
So I searched and searched read threads and threads with similar issues but didn't quite find the right answer. So I decided to flash the phone and install the stock rom to the phone.
I found a pretty nice thread in your forums and the flash worked without problems:
here is what i used:
Odin3-v1.85
I9103XWLA4_I9103DRELA1_DRE.tar.md5 <- stock rom for Austria
Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed
After installing the new stock rom the device rebootet and I got stock at the Samsung logo again and the "deleting cryption meta data" message still appears.
then I installed the Superuser which made difference.
Can you give me some advice how to proceed? I stumbled over the Galaxy R - Dead Repair, but since i had no chance to backup my /efs folder i didnt want to try this method.

This is a very interesting issue! I have never encountered that message. You can take EFS backup if you are in CWM as it has adb running by default (I have thought of risky situations.). Have you ever flashed ICS?
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Adam he had flashed gb rom coz he had used i9103_xwla4.. File
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vipul12389mehta said:
Adam he had flashed gb rom coz he had used i9103_xwla4.. File
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I know that XWLA4 is GB. I just asked if he has flashed ICS ever.
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have you encrypted your device when you are using ICS if so then flash ICS again it should work....

I was stuck at the same issue couple of weeks ago. I managed to recover with a cwm backup of ics.
But had issues with reboot, stuck at Samsung splash screen, went to ssc as I had just a fortnight of warranty left. My motherboard was changed. All is well now. You can try and experiment to recover if you have breather time till warranty expires. Else take to ssc.
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Hey guys,
sorry for the late reply but was pretty busy over the holidays .
I finally brought the phone back to life .
Actually it wasn't a big deal. Just flashed a new Kernel (some Aradat Version, dont know the exact number but I can check when I'm back on my other PC).
After flashing the new kernel the phone booted without further problems.

Great to hear that buddy.. Do change the title to [solved] so that if someone has a similar problem they'll be able to find the fix
From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R

vbz89 said:
Great to hear that buddy.. Do change the title to [solved] so that if someone has a similar problem they'll be able to find the fix
From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R
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I'd love to, but I just can edit the post itself and not the title
Pretty sure there's a superobvious button I was missing but i didnt find it ...

[Q] HELP HELP HELP!!!! with Verizon S3

Hi everyone I am a newbie when it comes to rooting phone and installing a Roms, I recently rooted my S3 and everything went smooth except my WIFI did not work so after so research it seemed as if I did not do it correctly but i followed all the steps. So i decided to try a new Rom I put the Rom on my S3 rebooted into recovery and wiped the phone and the cache as well. I then loaded the Rom that I downloaded from XDA and showed to work with my S3. I used Clean ROM 5.6 and I am sure I jacked something up. Well after I went through the install it went back to my recovery screen and looked like it was asking me to update my sd zip file or something so I updated it and restarted my phone. I am now getting the message "System software not authorized by verizon Wireless has been found on your phone". I thought that the SU privileges were removed or somehow the phone became unrooted so I tried to re-root my S3 and everything shows to go through successful but I cannot get passed this screen, I can get to download mode but i cannot get to recovery at all, I am not sure what I jacked up but its jacked. Any help would be greatly appreciated very much Thanks.

so you say that you cannot open your recovery? try pressing home button, volume up, and power button all at once. try this, if it does not work,i have some more
tricks up my sleeve!!

sralli said:
so you say that you cannot open your recovery? try pressing home button, volume up, and power button all at once. try this, if it does not work,i have some more
tricks up my sleeve!!
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Yes I tried that and it did not work I also started ADB on my PC with the S3 in download mode but there was no devices found
I am totally lost and not sure what caused this issue but hey you learn from you mistakes well that's at least what they say lol. Any help is greatly appreciated thank you for your reply. :good:

keithp05 said:
Yes I tried that and it did not work I also started ADB on my PC with the S3 in download mode but there was no devices found
I am totally lost and not sure what caused this issue but hey you learn from you mistakes well that's at least what they say lol. Any help is greatly appreciated thank you for your reply. :good:
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will you like to do a full format??? full new rom and everything- no data will be saved??

sralli said:
will you like to do a full format??? full new rom and everything- no data will be saved??
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Does not matter to me as long as I get it back I can be rally picky at this moment.

Ya OK' wait till 10:00,tonight, I will post the method, and one thing find your phone a flash able live suit rom .
Hit thanks if helped!!!!
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[Completed] I would like to know what has gone wrong with my rooted Samsung Galaxy j7

Before you read my problem plz note that i am only 16 and i have very little knowledge about anything related to rooting.
I rooted my phone a month ago because i wanted to use Xmod for Clash of Clans. I tried using Kingroot but it didnt work so i installed TWRP using Odin through my pc. After that i flashed SuperSU and the phone got rooted.
I didnt want xmod anymore so i decided to unroot my phone. I wanted to install the stock recovery and i read that i can do this by flashing the recovery.img file using Flashfy. So when i flashed it the app said that i need to reboot my device. So i pressed reboot and the screen went blank. But it didnt reboot. The screen that says Samsung Galaxy J7, which comes whenever i reboot or restart my phone, shows up but doesnt change. It also says "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" on top of the screen. It started coming when i installed TWRP. Nothing happened when i long pressed the power button. So i took out the battery, put it back and did 3 things:
1) Switching it on using the power button,
2) Directly going to recovery, and
3) Putting it for charging without switching it on.
The same screen comes everytime. PLEASE tell me what has gone wrong as soon as possible and if there is a way to fix this. Thanks a lot in advance.

XDA Visitor said:
Before you read my problem plz note that i am only 16 and i have very little knowledge about anything related to rooting.
I rooted my phone a month ago because i wanted to use Xmod for Clash of Clans. I tried using Kingroot but it didnt work so i installed TWRP using Odin through my pc. After that i flashed SuperSU and the phone got rooted.
I didnt want xmod anymore so i decided to unroot my phone. I wanted to install the stock recovery and i read that i can do this by flashing the recovery.img file using Flashfy. So when i flashed it the app said that i need to reboot my device. So i pressed reboot and the screen went blank. But it didnt reboot. The screen that says Samsung Galaxy J7, which comes whenever i reboot or restart my phone, shows up but doesnt change. It also says "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" on top of the screen. It started coming when i installed TWRP. Nothing happened when i long pressed the power button. So i took out the battery, put it back and did 3 things:
1) Switching it on using the power button,
2) Directly going to recovery, and
3) Putting it for charging without switching it on.
The same screen comes everytime. PLEASE tell me what has gone wrong as soon as possible and if there is a way to fix this. Thanks a lot in advance.
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Greetings,
Thank you for using XDA Assist.
There are no specific forums for your device on XDA.
However, if you create an XDA account, you can post your question here:
Android Q&A
You'll receive expert advice there.
Good luck and welcome to XDA!

Thanks for answering.
I have already asked the question on Q&A but there has been no reply. I will keep checking. Thanks again