I know this isn't technically the right section for this but I put it here in hopes more people would see it. This is very important for anyone rooting using the dirtysanta method and perhaps other methods as well. It would be nice if this could get a sticky because people need to see this or this problem is going to keep occurring. I'm seeing it all over the threads.
DO NOT FACTORY RESET FROM INSIDE THE ROM. DO NOT USE LG's BUILT IN FACTORY RESET IN THE PHONE OR YOU WILL GET STUCK IN RECOVERY. Use the factory reset option inside of TWRP if you want to do a factory reset.
There have been many people (myself included even though I knew better and told myself not to do it before I did) who have got stuck in recovery because of this and it's not common sense to get out of it. I've been rooting and messing with this stuff for over 5 years and for 2 hours tried every trick I knew and nothing worked. What did finally end up working for me personally is this:
*restore your full stock backup (if you have one)
*after the backup is restored, in TWRP, go to mount, and mount the system. Check the box and press the mount USB storage button
*power off device
*use the button combo to boot into TWRP. It's volume down + power (hold them down), as soon as you see the LG logo let go of power for a brief moment and continue to press and hold both buttons until a white screen comes up. Choose yes for the next two options. This will bring you back into TWRP.
*now go back to mount and check system, and press the mount storage button, and reboot system.
lol this is only because it give you your stock boot.img. So if you factory reset, you have to flash SuperSU, no need to freak out.
If you format /system, you will need to flash a ROM, if the ROM does not flash SuperSU, you will h ave to flash it.
That's all folks!
That said, who wants a VZW Custom ROM and Kernel? Making the thread now. Identical to my H918 5.1 MOD ROM
Tilde88 said:
lol this is only because it give you your stock boot.img. So if you factory reset, you have to flash SuperSU, no need to freak out.
If you format /system, you will need to flash a ROM, if the ROM does not flash SuperSU, you will h ave to flash it.
That's all folks!
That said, who wants a VZW Custom ROM and Kernel? Making the thread now. Identical to my H918 5.1 MOD ROM
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I tried flashing supersu.zip but that wouldn't work either. I challenge you to factory reset in the rom and then once stuck in recovery flash a new rom and the supersu zip and see if that works. I did this several times and it wouldn't work. I tried it with flashing a rom, and after restoring a backup. What appears to be happening is the system isn't mounting and it doesn't recognise that you have a ROM installed.
Not freaking out either, just trying to let people know not to factory reset inside the rom but use TWRP. There have been many people with this issue.
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I tried flashing supersu.zip but that wouldn't work either. I challenge you to factory reset in the rom and then once stuck in recovery flash a new rom and the supersu zip and see if that works. I did this several times and it wouldn't work. I tried it with flashing a rom, and after restoring a backup. What appears to be happening is the system isn't mounting and it doesn't recognise that you have a ROM installed.
Not freaking out either, just trying to let people know not to factory reset inside the rom but use TWRP. There have been many people with this issue.
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Oh, sorry. I overlooked something. That you had in huge bold caps the words IN THE ROM lol, my bad. I've never factory reset from within the ROM.
But my post stands when factory resetting from TWRP.
Tilde88 said:
Oh, sorry. I overlooked something. That you had in huge bold caps the words IN THE ROM lol, my bad. I've never factory reset from within the ROM.
But my post stands when factory resetting from TWRP.
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Yea I knew better too, that's the bad part. In 5+ years I've never factory reset while in a rom when I have root and TWRP installed. Before I did it I even told myself it was probably a bad idea and I should just use TWRP. But my lazy conscience said "ahhh what the heck! just do it, it's too much trouble to boot into TWRP and besides, it might work ok" I hate my lazy consicence :'(
Exactly what I did and exactly what happened.
Gonna try this in the AM. One question...
If I'm able to flash back to "stock" using a deoxed stock rom, how can I then get rid of the boot warning so I can return this device to T-Mobile?
mrbigdrawsz said:
Exactly what I did and exactly what happened.
Gonna try this in the AM. One question...
If I'm able to flash back to "stock" using a deoxed stock rom, how can I then get rid of the boot warning so I can return this device to T-Mobile?
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You'll need to return to full stock. I can't verify it works but this thread here claims to have a method for returning to stock.
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You'll need to return to full stock. I can't verify it works but this thread here claims to have a method for returning to stock.
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Well pray for me. Downloading now and will try first thing tomorrow.
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Well pray for me. Downloading now and will try first thing tomorrow.
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Did it work for you? Also since there is no t mobile rom there what did you use?
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Did it work for you? Also since there is no t mobile rom there what did you use?
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I used this guide https://goo.gl/ZHZPfO and it worked perfectly. Had a little stress when attempting to flash the stock recovery, but after installing two again, I was able to revert back to stock. Locked bootloader and it's as if I never did anything but boot up the stock OS.
Returning to T-Mobile today and just waiting on my Oneplus 3T to ship (granted I'm pissed off because the 128gb version is out of stock).
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I used this guide https://goo.gl/ZHZPfO and it worked perfectly. Had a little stress when attempting to flash the stock recovery, but after installing two again, I was able to revert back to stock. Locked bootloader and it's as if I never did anything but boot up the stock OS.
Returning to T-Mobile today and just waiting on my Oneplus 3T to ship (granted I'm pissed off because the 128gb version is out of stock).
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Glad you got it fixed.
Just for the record, this thread isn't for helping people get back to stock, its main focus is to warn people not to factory reset inside the rom. Then I just shared the method that worked for me to get out of being stuck in TWRP. Not saying you implied any different, I'm just clarifying for anyone that may read in the future. It's awesome return to stock methods are now popping up which are usually good for fixing all sorts of issues.
Enjoy your OnePlus 3T
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As the title suggests I am stock gingerbread (the one pushed then oulled back). I would like to remain this way until cm7 has become official for the thunderbolt or at least until it has a few of the bugs ironed out in the rom so we don't have to flash fixes.
Anyway I am familiar with the method of renaming otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak and I have done that.
I wonder if others have had success blocking ota's with that method?
Is anyone familiar with a better method?
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As the title suggests I am stock gingerbread (the one pushed then oulled back). I would like to remain this way until cm7 has become official for the thunderbolt or at least until it has a few of the bugs ironed out in the rom so we don't have to flash fixes.
Anyway I am familiar with the method of renaming otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak and I have done that.
I wonder if others have had success blocking ota's with that method?
Is anyone familiar with a better method?
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well, renaming files at least works for boot animations & such, so i don't see why it wouldn't work for that ota file. normally, if it's something i don't want/need, i'll either freeze it or remove it entirely. try 'Anttek App Manager'(it's free).
additionally, i wouldn't wait around on an "official" CM7 for the Thunderbolt as that may never happen. i find at least that the latest 'SHIFTAO5P" roms that dhacker is now working on are the most stable ones and seem to have everything working ok.
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As the title suggests I am stock gingerbread (the one pushed then oulled back). I would like to remain this way until cm7 has become official for the thunderbolt or at least until it has a few of the bugs ironed out in the rom so we don't have to flash fixes.
Anyway I am familiar with the method of renaming otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak and I have done that.
I wonder if others have had success blocking ota's with that method?
Is anyone familiar with a better method?
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Has anyone actually tried the method I mentioned
Did it work
Now that an ota IS being pushed I guess i'll find out the hard way unless someone can help me out?
I got a OTA request right before I updated from Stock Rooted Gingerbread to the current stock rooted.
Now I'm on the current version same as OTA but rooted, renamed otacert.zip.bak but still had in the software update "deferred update pending".
Not sure how to stop this. Any help appreciated.
Can't u accept the OTA n just reinstall Superuser as long as ur S-Off? Been awhile so I can't remember.
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I accepted the OTA this evening & now I'm stuck. It shut down to then reboot & I ended up stuck at the triangle ! screen for over an hour.
Removing the battery & turning it on allows me to get it back, but as soon as the system is loaded it powers down again to complete the update...
Rooted via Revolutionary method & I'm stuck until someone with more xp comes along & can point me in the correct direction.
My bad.
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I accepted the OTA this evening & now I'm stuck. It shut down to then reboot & I ended up stuck at the triangle ! screen for over an hour.
Removing the battery & turning it on allows me to get it back, but as soon as the system is loaded it powers down again to complete the update...
Rooted via Revolutionary method & I'm stuck until someone with more xp comes along & can point me in the correct direction.
My bad.
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Rev method copies its own version of hboot and does not allow an OTA to copy over its own version. I could be completely wrong since i didnt use Revo to root my phone but you may want to try powering to hboot menu if you can power on you can get there, and try flashing the rooted version after full system wipe.
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Could you just restore a nandroid?
I noticed when I updated manually (with help from mike and grlantern) that the file I had renamed otacerts.zip.bak is now back to otacerts.zip. I don't know if the update process created a new version or what but the date next to the zip folder is August, not October.
Is it possible for you to get to hboot by holding volume down as you push power key, then choose recovery, then restore to a nandroid (assuming you ever backed up your rooted rom).
I'm not sure if recovery will still be available though if the update made you s-on.
I'm no expert so perhaps you may want to wait for grlantern to chime in.
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I noticed when I updated manually (with help from mike and grlantern) that the file I had renamed otacerts.zip.bak is now back to otacerts.zip. I don't know if the update process created a new version or what but the date next to the zip folder is August, not October.
Is it possible for you to get to hboot by holding volume down as you push power key, then choose recovery, then restore to a nandroid (assuming you ever backed up your rooted rom).
I'm not sure if recovery will still be available though if the update made you s-on.
I'm no expert so perhaps you may want to wait for grlantern to chime in.
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1. Have you ever looked at other files in there or files in windows. They don't update files that don't need updates so some files could be from launch of Thunderbolt if the file did not need an update.
2. Revo protects you from an RUU gaining S-On with its version of Hboot. I think the process of returning to stock by flashing an RUU is just for the ADB method which is what I used. I think Revo has to use a different method to regain stock.
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You realize I was trying to give tanalin an idea of how to get his phone working again right?
I just thought he might be able to get into recovery and restore a nandroid or even wipe everything and install a custom rom? Of course I don't know if he can get into cwm.
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You realize I was trying to give tanalin an idea of how to get his phone working again right?
I just thought he might be able to get into recovery and restore a nandroid or even wipe everything and install a custom rom? Of course I don't know if he can get into cwm.
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I was answering your file question while telling him why his OTA didn't work cause of the hboot problem
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1. Have you ever looked at other files in there or files in windows. They don't update files that don't need updates so some files could be from launch of Thunderbolt if the file did not need an update.
2. Revo protects you from an RUU gaining S-On with its version of Hboot. I think the process of returning to stock by flashing an RUU is just for the ADB method which is what I used. I think Revo has to use a different method to regain stock.
If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
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I'm in the same pickle as tantalin. Let me ask some dumb questions:
- I can get to the CWM recovery screen. Are you saying I could do a factory re-set, then restore the ROM pre-update? Would I have to have backed up before the OTA (which I didn't, as I only rooted yesterday...argh).
Thanks for your help.
Keep in mind Im a beginner too so you may want to wait for someone with more experience.
CHECK WITH AN EXPERIENCED USER BEFORE FOLLOWING MY DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS
Yes, you would have had to have a rom to restore to. You could try wiping data, cache, and dalvik cache but I don't know whether phone would boot.
Another alternative would be to shut off phone, take out flash card, copy a custom rom like bamf forever 1.0.8 or the rooted version of the update on the sdcard. Put sdcard back in phone, turn on phone whole holding volume key down. Go to recovery. Wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (under advanced choices)Choose instal from sdcard. Browse to custom rom you put on sdcard. Choose it and install.
Keep in mind Im a beginner too so you may want to wait for someone with more experience.
TOTALLY INADVERTENT SUCCESS!!
I booted into clockworkmod recovery, deleted the cache partition, then under "advanced", I deleted the dalvik cache. I have literally no idea what either of these two things are, but since a factory reset was my worst case scenario, jimmy cracked corn and I didn't care.
Rebooted recovery (accidentally), then rebooted the phone. An error message saying the update failed! Happy day!
Now I can back the phone up properly, and go forward. So worried I'd lose all my apps and information not backed up to my Exchange server! Phew!!!!
If you have a rooted stock phone, and then you accept an OTA or load an RUU, you WILL lose root and the custom recovery program. But you SHOULD still be S-Off. If you are in that position right now, you need to re-flash the custom recovery to be able reload the SU app to regain root.
If you are actually back in S-on, you need to restart the root process from the beginning.
THEN BACK UP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE....
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Fastlivin said:
TOTALLY INADVERTENT SUCCESS!!
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Good job.
Fastlivin said:
TOTALLY INADVERTENT SUCCESS!!
I booted into clockworkmod recovery, deleted the cache partition, then under "advanced", I deleted the dalvik cache. I have literally no idea what either of these two things are, but since a factory reset was my worst case scenario, jimmy cracked corn and I didn't care.
Rebooted recovery (accidentally), then rebooted the phone. An error message saying the update failed! Happy day!
Now I can back the phone up properly, and go forward. So worried I'd lose all my apps and information not backed up to my Exchange server! Phew!!!!
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Excellent! I know that phew feeling all to well!
Now please, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD (You'll be glad you did!)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=829066
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Rev method copies its own version of hboot and does not allow an OTA to copy over its own version. I could be completely wrong since i didnt use Revo to root my phone but you may want to try powering to hboot menu if you can power on you can get there, and try flashing the rooted version after full system wipe.
If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
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I was able to get to HBOOT & I followed the steps in the 3rd post of this thread starting at step 5.
I didn't wipe anything (Wipe data, cache, and dalvik), so I don't know what the short term or long term effects are.
I used TiBup & My Backup Pro to restore my SMS/MMS...I don't really want to go any further until I know if I should go back & wipe those things & then do it over...anyone?
I ended up in the exact situation as the op. I went back to stock rooted with perm S-Off and the update got pushed to my phone.
When I noticed the phone trying to update but stuck at the screen you are describing I pulled the battery and went into recovery from hboot. In recovery under mounts there is an option to turn on sd storage or something like that. I've used it before so I knew it would allow me to access the sd card from pc. I then downloaded the rooted rom of the ota. Then I unmounted the phone from pc, rebooted recovery, and went through the normal rom installation.
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The only issue to me seems if you have something on the phone not backed up you want to keep. Even if the update installs and it updates the bootloader back to s-on, revolutionary root still works so you cam just re-root.
Edit: I recommend you head over to thunderboltforums to at least restore the bootloader to stock s-off if you want to accept the update and re-root.
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Hi, I've searched and can't find an answer. I've managed to root my Infuse and got Infinitum rom installed. It was working great until just this evening when Clockworkmod updated (sorry, I can't find the version number). It went into a boot loop. It took me a bit, but I managed to get it out of the boot loop and back to stock, now it's rooted again with Infinitum running again.
I'm trying to get back to a recovery point that I do have on the phone, but I can't get the phone to boot to recovery no matter what I do. When I try using the vol and power buttons combination or from ROM manager I get the same thing. It goes past the stock Samsung logo into the Galaxy S/Cyanogen(mod) logo, but freezes there.
I can, of course, take the loss of my setup and redo everything manually. I would really prefer to be able to get that backup back. I'm also concerned should I ever need to get into recovery mode for any other reason. My guess is that I need to downgrade the CWM version, but I haven't been able to find how to do it.
Can anyone give me any help? Please let me know if there's info that I can give that would be useful...I'm noobie, I know!
VyCariously said:
Hi, I've searched and can't find an answer. I've managed to root my Infuse and got Infinitum rom installed. It was working great until just this evening when Clockworkmod updated (sorry, I can't find the version number). It went into a boot loop. It took me a bit, but I managed to get it out of the boot loop and back to stock, now it's rooted again with Infinitum running again.
I'm trying to get back to a recovery point that I do have on the phone, but I can't get the phone to boot to recovery no matter what I do. When I try using the vol and power buttons combination or from ROM manager I get the same thing. It goes past the stock Samsung logo into the Galaxy S/Cyanogen(mod) logo, but freezes there.
I can, of course, take the loss of my setup and redo everything manually. I would really prefer to be able to get that backup back. I'm also concerned should I ever need to get into recovery mode for any other reason. My guess is that I need to downgrade the CWM version, but I haven't been able to find how to do it.
Can anyone give me any help? Please let me know if there's info that I can give that would be useful...I'm noobie, I know!
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There are many layers to your questions.
You may need to read a bit more to get a better understanding.
Here is two points I can offer that may be helpful.
1. Don't use ROM Manager for the Infuse.
2. To downgrade a cwm version, you will need to flash a GB or FROYO kernel in download mode via heimdall or odin. You can also use any one of the return to stock that is flashed in download mode also.
If you think you lost recovery, try flashing the kernel for the rom you were running in cwm, if you can get back into cwm again.
qkster said:
There are many layers to your questions.
You may need to read a bit more to get a better understanding.
Here is two points I can offer that may be helpful.
1. Don't use ROM Manager for the Infuse.
2. To downgrade a cwm version, you will need to flash a GB or FROYO kernel in download mode via heimdall or odin. You can also use any one of the return to stock that is flashed in download mode also.
If you think you lost recovery, try flashing the kernel for the rom you were running in cwm, if you can get back into cwm again.
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I believe you about the ROM Manager. Too late, unfortunately. I'll take it off.
I had the phone back to stock with Odin. I went through all of the steps that I went through to first root it and install Infinitum. I had red cwm at the time. I just can't seem to get into it now. I don't think I lost it, I'm just unsure of how to get to it, since it freezes at the cm startup. I can just power off from there after I give up waiting, and it will boot to ICS normally when I power it on normally. I have Titanium Backup Pro, and it can access the nandroid backup that I have to get the apps and data. I was just hoping to recover the whole setup. I had an issue last weekend (oops to me) when I tried to install a JB rom where it went into a boot loop. I recovered everything after backtracking like I did tonight, and was hoping to be able to do the same. Is there any hope, do you think, if I go back and return to stock and start over from the beginning again? If not, I'll just suffer and redo the whole thing.
By the way, I really appreciate you answering. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and realize that you know a LOT about these phones.
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I believe you about the ROM Manager. Too late, unfortunately. I'll take it off.
I had the phone back to stock with Odin. I went through all of the steps that I went through to first root it and install Infinitum. I had red cwm at the time. I just can't seem to get into it now. I don't think I lost it, I'm just unsure of how to get to it, since it freezes at the cm startup. I can just power off from there after I give up waiting, and it will boot to ICS normally when I power it on normally. I have Titanium Backup Pro, and it can access the nandroid backup that I have to get the apps and data. I was just hoping to recover the whole setup. I had an issue last weekend (oops to me) when I tried to install a JB rom where it went into a boot loop. I recovered everything after backtracking like I did tonight, and was hoping to be able to do the same. Is there any hope, do you think, if I go back and return to stock and start over from the beginning again? If not, I'll just suffer and redo the whole thing.
By the way, I really appreciate you answering. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and realize that you know a LOT about these phones.
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Okay, so next question. I've been reading and searching and reading some more. I can get the phone back to stock and work up again, but I still reach a point where it will freeze on the Samsung/CM startup screen. In reading the Infinitum Project thread, I found this (yes, it's pretty easy to find):
"Recovery/CWM messed up?
Here is how to fix it...
1) Download uclb3 heimdal by qkster
2) open the program
3) put phone in download mode
4) click flash (leave program open when finished DO NOT CLOSE)
5) after it finishes and your phone reboots, put the phone back in download mode and reconnect to PC
6) click flash bootloader on the heimdal program you left running
7) flash, let reboot and your recovery problems should be gone"
I used that to get back to stock before...doesn't that remove the root? Do I have to go through all that, then the bootloaders, and then go back and root all over again to get back to a working CWM? I'm sorry to ask so many questions, but it seems that I've done most of this already, though I admit to not doing the flash for the bootloader. I'm just unclear since it says "your recovery problems should be gone" at the end of that, like I have to do nothing more.
That does remove root access. However, root isn't really necessary, at least for the stock ROM, if you have no intentions of staying stock. The ROM .zips you'll subsequently flash are pre-rooted. After you Heimdall back to stock, and flash it again with "flash bootloaders" selected, then use Heimdall to flash this kernel:
http://d-h.st/6KA
That'll flash both a new kernel and CWM Red recovery. It'll take a few minutes to boot up the first time, as it's installing the lagfix. Once it boots up, just shut it down and boot back up in recovery. From there, you can do whatever you need to do.
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Okay, so next question. I've been reading and searching and reading some more. I can get the phone back to stock and work up again, but I still reach a point where it will freeze on the Samsung/CM startup screen. In reading the Infinitum Project thread, I found this (yes, it's pretty easy to find):
"Recovery/CWM messed up?
Here is how to fix it...
1) Download uclb3 heimdal by qkster
2) open the program
3) put phone in download mode
4) click flash (leave program open when finished DO NOT CLOSE)
5) after it finishes and your phone reboots, put the phone back in download mode and reconnect to PC
6) click flash bootloader on the heimdal program you left running
7) flash, let reboot and your recovery problems should be gone"
I used that to get back to stock before...doesn't that remove the root? Do I have to go through all that, then the bootloaders, and then go back and root all over again to get back to a working CWM? I'm sorry to ask so many questions, but it seems that I've done most of this already, though I admit to not doing the flash for the bootloader. I'm just unclear since it says "your recovery problems should be gone" at the end of that, like I have to do nothing more.
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As Apex pointed out, each time we bring the phone back to stock, we lose root access and all the previous setup. It's a fact of flashing.
No big deal though, rooting is easy and is not really needed. What is needed is the insecure kernel with cwm. The link Apex gave you is the same as the posted kernel in post #2 of the thread. That kernel will give you the cwm. Review that thread if you haven't yet.
Flash the heimdall uclb3 repartition package. Immediately after it successfully boot your phone, don't close the program. check the bootloader box and put the phone back into dl mode and flash it again to get your gb bootloaders...
then flash the kernel.
review my how to thread if you need to.
Andros11 also made a how to for JB if you want to live vicariously.
gl
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Andros11 also made a how to for JB if you want to live vicariously.
gl
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Thanks guys
It's been a crazy busy week and I just didn't have time to deal with the phone. I've been dealing with stock gingerbread. It's getting kind of annoying, though, it seems less stable than the custom ICS that I had on it before. Not sure when I'm going to have time to play with it again and try to get it to where I want it. I think I'm going to try to totally wipe all of the old stuff out of the memory before I do it again, though. There's something that wasn't allowing me to do what you guys are telling me to do successfully. I'm also thinking of finding a GS2 and just selling the Infuse, not because of my confusion, but because the GS2 was what I was originally looking for anyway.
I'll try to get this one set up first, though, as it's just a matter of me being obsessive about it.
qkster, I'll look into the JB, too, lol.
qkster said:
As Apex pointed out, each time we bring the phone back to stock, we lose root access and all the previous setup. It's a fact of flashing.
No big deal though, rooting is easy and is not really needed. What is needed is the insecure kernel with cwm. The link Apex gave you is the same as the posted kernel in post #2 of the thread. That kernel will give you the cwm. Review that thread if you haven't yet.
Flash the heimdall uclb3 repartition package. Immediately after it successfully boot your phone, don't close the program. check the bootloader box and put the phone back into dl mode and flash it again to get your gb bootloaders...
then flash the kernel.
review my how to thread if you need to.
Andros11 also made a how to for JB if you want to live vicariously.
gl
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Hey I am not the Infuse user... But I faced similar problem in my xperia some days back after updating the recovery.
I was also not able to enter recovery at boot time using my usual volume down way...
What the change was the new recovery checks for tap on the screen (repeatetive) instead of volume down button...
Not sure if it will work or not for you... But you can give a try...
Hit thanks if it works
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XperiaNeoVNoob said:
Hey I am not the Infuse user... But I faced similar problem in my xperia some days back after updating the recovery.
I was also not able to enter recovery at boot time using my usual volume down way...
What the change was the new recovery checks for tap on the screen (repeatetive) instead of volume down button...
Not sure if it will work or not for you... But you can give a try...
Hit thanks if it works
Sent from my MT11i using xda app-developers app
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I didn't get a chance to try it, sorry! I ended up wiping my phone totally back to stock Gingerbread with nothing on the sd card, either, and starting all over again. It seems to be working really well this time (fingers crossed). RemICS-UX is pretty much awesome
VyCariously said:
I didn't get a chance to try it, sorry! I ended up wiping my phone totally back to stock Gingerbread with nothing on the sd card, either, and starting all over again. It seems to be working really well this time (fingers crossed). RemICS-UX is pretty much awesome
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No probs...
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My phone battery died last night, so I plugged it in and let it charge for 10 min then when I went to power it on, after the second samsung logo it shuts off and restarts, I boot into recovery and ive tried doing a factory reset and when it tries to format it crashes, and restarts about 5 seconds after saying formatting...
I was running a embryo rom, cant remember which one...
Any help is appreciated. I've looked around and cant seem to find much to help me so far.
Can you do a fresh install over top the existing ROM? Instead of trying to salvage the existing ROM.
Can you mount the USB in recovery?
Heeter
Heeter said:
Can you do a fresh install over top the existing ROM? Instead of trying to salvage the existing ROM.
Can you mount the USB in recovery?
Heeter
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When I boot into recovery and try to wipe data/factory reset, it sats wiping data.. Formatting.... then 10 seconds later it reboots and goes into a boot loop.
When I try to install zip from sdcard (embryo 3.1 dist.zip) it says
-- Installing: /sdcard/embryo-3.1-dist.zip
Finding update package...
E: Cant mount /sdcard/embryo-3.1-dist.zip (Installation aborted).
Is there a way to wipe data/factory reset other than in CWM? I am running v5.8.4.3
Can you put the phone in download mode? If so, restore to stock from there. Format your SD cards, internal and external, as well, and make sure to wipe x3 so any damaged remnants are swept away.
T.J. Bender said:
Can you put the phone in download mode? If so, restore to stock from there. Format your SD cards, internal and external, as well, and make sure to wipe x3 so any damaged remnants are swept away.
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When I plugged it into my computer it went to ODIN mode and says downloading...
I am not sure how I got it there, or what to do from this point. Do you have a link to the instructions on how to do that?
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When I plugged it into my computer it went to ODIN mode and says downloading...
I am not sure how I got it there, or what to do from this point. Do you have a link to the instructions on how to do that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, a few quick notes and thoughts:
1. Don't ever mess around in recovery/download if you don't know what you're doing. If you're not sure how you "got it there" or "what to do from this point," you don't know what you're doing. Read or brick.
2. Looking back at your first post, a couple of thoughts occur to me. One, are you trying to use recovery while plugged in? That can sometimes cause things to mess up, especially if you're plugged in while going into recovery. Wouldn't cause a bootloop though.
3. CWM 5.8.4.3 was a troublemaker, if I recall correctly. Are you on CWM touch, or CWM button-masher? CWM button-masher has a history of doing bad things to Skyrockets.
4. If your phone is not successfully completing the factory reset and you're not sure which ROM you're running, what in God's name made you think flashing a ROM on top of what's there was a good idea?
99.9999999% this is not a ROM problem. Lots of people are using the Embryo family without bootlooping on a battery charge, so I'm inclined to believe it's something else.
Restore to stock and pray, bud. Too many red flags for me to chalk this up to anything other than user error. Sorry.
@D-duub I do hope yiubread the above
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T.J. Bender said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, a few quick notes and thoughts:
1. Don't ever mess around in recovery/download if you don't know what you're doing. If you're not sure how you "got it there" or "what to do from this point," you don't know what you're doing. Read or brick.
2. Looking back at your first post, a couple of thoughts occur to me. One, are you trying to use recovery while plugged in? That can sometimes cause things to mess up, especially if you're plugged in while going into recovery. Wouldn't cause a bootloop though.
3. CWM 5.8.4.3 was a troublemaker, if I recall correctly. Are you on CWM touch, or CWM button-masher? CWM button-masher has a history of doing bad things to Skyrockets.
4. If your phone is not successfully completing the factory reset and you're not sure which ROM you're running, what in God's name made you think flashing a ROM on top of what's there was a good idea?
99.9999999% this is not a ROM problem. Lots of people are using the Embryo family without bootlooping on a battery charge, so I'm inclined to believe it's something else.
Restore to stock and pray, bud. Too many red flags for me to chalk this up to anything other than user error. Sorry.
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Not using recovery while plugged in.
Not using CWM touch.
I couldn't recall the ROM when I wrote the OP, its stated in one of my replies. I tried re-flashing the rom that I had on my SD card (the one I had when everything went wrong).
Not sure how it could be user error when I have not messed with anything before my problem and since then all I have tried doing is reinstalling the rom, and when that didn't work I tried wipe data\factory reset.
So far I haven't done anything that was not recommended.
I am downloading the stock firmware now and I will use ODIN to flash and let you all know how it goes.
Thanks for the help so far.
Fixed!
I didn't lose anything, just my rom. Sweet.
I expected to lose my stuff, thats great news.
Thank you very much.
Now to reply to the million messages I got while my phone was down...
When in doubt, restore to stock.
Seriously though, I'm really glad you brought it back. If you're going to flash/mod/whatever, please, for your own sake, read through the stickies here. It'll take you a couple hours or so to do, and it'll save you from turning your phone into a paperweight later. And get rid of that non-touch CWM lol! sk8rwitskiis does a great version of CWM Touch for our Skyrockets, and TWRP is an excellent recovery as well.
T.J. Bender said:
When in doubt, restore to stock.
Seriously though, I'm really glad you brought it back. If you're going to flash/mod/whatever, please, for your own sake, read through the stickies here. It'll take you a couple hours or so to do, and it'll save you from turning your phone into a paperweight later. And get rid of that non-touch CWM lol! sk8rwitskiis does a great version of CWM Touch for our Skyrockets, and TWRP is an excellent recovery as well.
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Will do. Thanks again.
Finally got my tablet back from Asus which came with JB. Is there a way to make it unbrickable like you could with ICS? I want to install custom rom again to get rid of the massive amounts of bloatware. Suggestions?
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Finally got my tablet back from Asus which came with JB. Is there a way to make it unbrickable like you could with ICS? I want to install custom rom again to get rid of the massive amounts of bloatware. Suggestions?
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Nvflash is not possible on jb right now.
If you don't want to unlock and flash a custom rom you could disable the bloatware apps to get rid of them.
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bigworm82 said:
Finally got my tablet back from Asus which came with JB. Is there a way to make it unbrickable like you could with ICS? I want to install custom rom again to get rid of the massive amounts of bloatware. Suggestions?
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There are apps out on the play store to remove bloatware. (Root Required) Give NoBloat or Root App Deleter a try
I unlocked it once before.. installed cleanrom. Wanted to install updated cleanrom. When i went to factory reset it or whatever and did the press up to continue. Thats when it bricked the first time. Was it from me doing something wrong there that caused it to brick?? I guess if i know that there is something I need to do that i didn't do than I will make sure to do it right. I didn't think doing a factory reset just to install a different rom was going to brick the unit . So now $150 later and back with locked tablet really just don't want the bloatware which is why i liked cleanrom.
dont mess around with it
My advice is not to try anything risky on it.
This device is such a bad one that it bricks by itself (happened to me)
and it is impossible to unbrick,
so my advice is not to mess around with it if you dont want to pay again.
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I unlocked it once before.. installed cleanrom. Wanted to install updated cleanrom. When i went to factory reset it or whatever and did the press up to continue. Thats when it bricked the first time. Was it from me doing something wrong there that caused it to brick?? I guess if i know that there is something I need to do that i didn't do than I will make sure to do it right. I didn't think doing a factory reset just to install a different rom was going to brick the unit . So now $150 later and back with locked tablet really just don't want the bloatware which is why i liked cleanrom.
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Don't use WIPE DATA on the bootloader menu; I think that is what you described. It is a perfect brick maker!
The new Hydro 5 has most bloat removed. It is smooth and easy; not fast. I don't do games so I can't speak to that.
Take your time, there's no hurry. To remove bloat you will need to root or flash a custom rom, on JB that means unlock!
Once you have some ideas from this post read the related threads and make your decisions. Till then that bloat will wait!
Good Luck!
wipe data was what I did before. How do I have all the data go away if i want to reinstall a different rom? I'm familiar with rooting and what not. As I said I had unlocked the tablet before. I didn't know wiping data would make it brick though . I also had an Epic 4g that I had rooted and customed etc..
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wipe data was what I did before. How do I have all the data go away if i want to reinstall a different rom? I'm familiar with rooting and what not. As I said I had unlocked the tablet before. I didn't know wiping data would make it brick though . I also had an Epic 4g that I had rooted and customed etc..
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Use Wipe/Factory Reset in Twrp; not WIPE DATA in the bootloader menu.
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Use Wipe/Factory Reset in Twrp; not WIPE DATA in the bootloader menu.
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Hey Tobdaryl,
Is there any reason why using WIPE DATA from the bootloader menu bricks it? Apparently my NVFlash adventures have lead me to discover that my bootloader is iffy, and I want to do a COMPLETE 100% total wipe of my tablet, and then just flash stock JB on it and be done.
Any advice sir?
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Hey Tobdaryl,
Is there any reason why using WIPE DATA from the bootloader menu bricks it? Apparently my NVFlash adventures have lead me to discover that my bootloader is iffy, and I want to do a COMPLETE 100% total wipe of my tablet, and then just flash stock JB on it and be done.
Any advice sir?
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I'm sorry I don't know the reason WIPE DATA(bootloader) bricks, just that it does. This comes from information provided by those that are unable to recover from what should be a soft brick. Several others are telling the same as I in an attempt to stop some of the bricks.
You can safely use Twrp to wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, and then flash the factory update of choice. You should be clean at that point.
One warning ensure you have your file to flash on your sdcard (not internal) before you do this and you can access it from Twrp. You do not want to wipe those and reboot without flashing some replacement.
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I'm sorry I don't know the reason WIPE DATA(bootloader) bricks, just that it does. This comes from information provided by those that are unable to recover from what should be a soft brick. Several others are telling the same as I in an attempt to stop some of the bricks.
You can safely use Twrp to wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, System, and then flash the factory update of choice. You should be clean at that point.
One warning ensure you have your file to flash on your sdcard (not internal) before you do this and you can access it from Twrp. You do not want to wipe those and reboot without flashing some replacement.
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Yea I can use CWM to perform all those tasks as well. As long as that is a complete wipe, then I will be happy.
It's OK, in my experience, if you wipe and accidentally delete your file on the internal SD card. Just flash it via Fastboot, no big deal
I will work on this at work today after I get these programming assignments taken care of. Thanks for the advice!!!
Your tablet can be unbrickable, but you have to sign the special petition (look at my signature).If you helped sharing petition, It would get succes. There's not another way.
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opethfan89 said:
Yea I can use CWM to perform all those tasks as well. As long as that is a complete wipe, then I will be happy.
It's OK, in my experience, if you wipe and accidentally delete your file on the internal SD card. Just flash it via Fastboot, no big deal
For Info: While you are in CWM or Twrp adb works properly if you have previously established your drivers.
I will work on this at work today after I get these programming assignments taken care of. Thanks for the advice!!!
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You are welcome, good luck!
The title of this thread is a little misleading at first glance it's not a question but gives the appearance that maybe a nvflash solution has been found.
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Ok, i rooted and unlocked the bootloader on my S3 per the directions here... i tried a few custom roms right a way and didnt like missing out on the touchwiz widgets on asop roms, so i went back to stock rooted and it stayed like that for months...
recently i decided to try some custom roms again which need the boot loader unlocked(clean rom) which will not boot. and MIUI which destroys my sd card's format.... this didn't happen before so i know something is messed up... these roms worked fine before and have a good reputation for stability... Im also seeing something new on boot.... as the samsung logo pops on the screen below it is seen a lock in the unlocked position... when i also go to oden mode i see that it lists my phones condition as custom!!!! The only instructions ive seen listed to get the phone back to stock is to oden the stock recovery.... which i have done... but the custom status remains... what am i missing? how can i get this thing to format competely back to factory so i can do a fresh unlock/root?
You need to use Triangle Away app to reset your flash counter
Thanks doesn't hurt....
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You need to use Triangle Away app to reset your flash counter
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ok, how does the flash counter keep me from flashing custom roms properly? and is this unlocked lock saying my bootloader is still unlocked? i attached a pic of it at boot up...
i wasnt going to bother with the flash counter as i have no plans of sending this back to samsung, i just want to make sure the bootloader and OS are factory so i can re-root and unlock fresh....
If you have unlocked bootloader, then the samsung splash screen will quickly disappear else it takes some time. If u went to stock then re run procedure for the root. If you have root, you may use EZ-Unlock app to unlock bootloader.
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Ok, i rooted and unlocked the bootloader on my S3 per the directions here... i tried a few custom roms right a way and didnt like missing out on the touchwiz widgets on asop roms, so i went back to stock rooted and it stayed like that for months...
recently i decided to try some custom roms again which need the boot loader unlocked(clean rom) which will not boot. and MIUI which destroys my sd card's format.... this didn't happen before so i know something is messed up... these roms worked fine before and have a good reputation for stability... Im also seeing something new on boot.... as the samsung logo pops on the screen below it is seen a lock in the unlocked position... when i also go to oden mode i see that it lists my phones condition as custom!!!! The only instructions ive seen listed to get the phone back to stock is to oden the stock recovery.... which i have done... but the custom status remains... what am i missing? how can i get this thing to format competely back to factory so i can do a fresh unlock/root?
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Follow the instructions in this thread. It will get you back to factory stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867253
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Follow the instructions in this thread. It will get you back to factory stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867253
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teddyv, I recently followed the instructions posted in tbe above thread that tscalia posted for you and they worked great!! After I got back to stock, I rerooted and put on twrp recovery... then I made sure to do a nandroid backup before I flashed any new roms.... that makes it easier to revert back next time