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I just bricked my phone :(

Hey guys hope someone can help me out here. I just updated my phone to the latest OTA Rooted ROM and everything was working fine. Then I used Rom Manager to download the latest Fresh 3.0.?? ROM. When it downloaded it asked if I wanted to backup ROM and wipe data. I checked both on. Then phone rebooted and it wont get past white HTC Evo4G screen. I did vol down and power and I go to Recovey and again it freezes on this screen. I cant access my sd card to put any recovery stuff on the phone. How do I get past this?? This sucks

rgvsdigitalpimp said:
Hey guys hope someone can help me out here. I just updated my phone to the latest OTA Rooted ROM and everything was working fine. Then I used Rom Manager to download the latest Fresh 3.0.?? ROM. When it downloaded it asked if I wanted to backup ROM and wipe data. I checked both on. Then phone rebooted and it wont get past white HTC Evo4G screen. I did vol down and power and I go to Recovey and again it freezes on this screen. I cant access my sd card to put any recovery stuff on the phone. How do I get past this?? This sucks
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I had the same issue this morning loading the new Fresh Rom. "Stuck at White HTC EVO" screen. Just do a battery pull to restart your phone and let it boot up normally. It should be able to load after that.

Thanks a lot fuzion. I could have sworn I tried that last night but I guess I didn't. So I guess no Fresh ROM ?? Anyway to get it on ?

You could try loading one of the PC36IMG zips on your sd using an adapter to go back to stock and start over

Well I got my phone back on and working with the 2.2 OTA rooted back the way it was. I go into ROM manager and I made sure to do the ClockworkMod Recovery install. When I turn on the phone with vol down + power I select Recovery it just freezes on the Evo 4g screen. Never takes me to the recovery menu like I used to have. Anyone have any idea why??

Let's do a checklist:
1. Full root including NAND unlock (i.e. NOT Unrevoked)?
2. Installed and re-installed latest ROM Manager, and then latest CWM?
3. Copied Fresh 3.1.0.1 to root of SD card?
4. Booted into recovery using either CWM option or power+volume up?
5. You don't have an old PC36IMG.zip on your SD card, do you?
6. If you can get into recovery, do all your flashing from there, and DON'T FORGET to do data, cache, and dalvik wipes.
7. If all else fails, maybe use CWM to flash Amon RA instead and try that way.
8. If all THAT fails, go back to toast's guides and re-root everything.
Other long shots: Install Titanium Backup and use that to install BusyBox. I have no idea if this would help, maybe it's totally unrelated. Also, you could use an app called Quick Boot to reboot into recovery, but if selecting the reboot option from CWM doesn't work, I don't know why QB would.
And one more thing: Don't be throwing the term "bricked" around when you're clearly not even close to bricked.

Rooted HTC Evo stuck at white boot screen.. plz help!!!

PLease help anyinfo would be greatly appreciated..
i have a rooted htc evo rooted by unrevoked.
i was running miui rom. i updated to the newest miui rom and it worked fine.. after a bit i realized my wifi wasnt connecting so i went and flashed a different kernel. when it rebooted it worked but when i hit reboot from the phones menu it would get stuck at the white screen, so id have to take the battery out and hold the volume down button and power and wipe cache and data and reflash the rom just to get it booted.
but after about the second or third time doing so it gets stuck at the white htc evo boot screen . i can access recovery and have tried flashing other roms like cyanogen but just gets stuck.. when i tried flashing stock rom.. says installation aborted..
anyone have a solution? please this phone is where i do my business through and need help immediately....
for fast response u can IM me through aim .. AcuraEvoMR is my screenname if not i will check this page periodically thanks in advanced

Try flashing a new recovory like amon ra not sure how you do it but don't flash it
Sent from my gingerbread evo 4g

how do i do that .. im pretty much a noob so i need step by step instructions.. this may not be much but if someone can help me fix this ill send them an otterbox case for an htc evo

Ddubbs said:
PLease help anyinfo would be greatly appreciated..
i have a rooted htc evo rooted by unrevoked.
i was running miui rom. i updated to the newest miui rom and it worked fine.. after a bit i realized my wifi wasnt connecting so i went and flashed a different kernel. when it rebooted it worked but when i hit reboot from the phones menu it would get stuck at the white screen, so id have to take the battery out and hold the volume down button and power and wipe cache and data and reflash the rom just to get it booted.
but after about the second or third time doing so it gets stuck at the white htc evo boot screen . i can access recovery and have tried flashing other roms like cyanogen but just gets stuck.. when i tried flashing stock rom.. says installation aborted..
anyone have a solution? please this phone is where i do my business through and need help immediately....
for fast response u can IM me through aim .. AcuraEvoMR is my screenname if not i will check this page periodically thanks in advanced
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Your Evo is fine, so relax.
Try toggling off Signature Verification, then flashing your ROM. Also, I recommend Amon Ra over Clockwork because the newer Clockwork will not flash older ZIP files that don't use the newer install scripts. Did you at least make a Nandroid Backup before attempting any of this?

Ddubbs said:
how do i do that .. im pretty much a noob so i need step by step instructions.. this may not be much but if someone can help me fix this ill send them an otterbox case for an htc evo
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Flashing to Amon RA recovery will be your best bet. Forget about clockwork. The easiest way to flash to Amon Ra would be to use ROM Manager, and select 'flash alternate recovery'. However, you can't get booted up, so that option won't currently work for you. You can download Amon Ra V2.3 in PC36IMG, from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026. You would then place the PC36IMG on the root of your sd card, either using USB MS toggle in recovery, or by removing your sd card from the phone, and using a card reader to put it in your PC and then dropping the file on it. Then put it back in your phone, and boot to the bootloader. It will detect the PC36IMG.zip, and ask you if you want to update. Hit volume up to say yes. It will then flash the new recovery for you. At that point, I'd try wiping again, flashing Calkulin's Format all.zip (attatched), and then try reflashing a ROM. Remember, don't try restoring any previous nandroids made by Clockwork while your using Amon Ra. It will mess stuff up. Good luck.

honestly im not sure if i did i did a back up in the rom manager.. and tried restoring from there but wont do it.. and i believe the toggle is already off

k2buckley said:
Flashing to Amon RA recovery will be your best bet. Forget about clockwork. The easiest way to flash to Amon Ra would be to use ROM Manager, and select 'flash alternate recovery'. However, you can't get booted up, so that option won't currently work for you. You can download Amon Ra V2.3 in PC36IMG, from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026. You would then place the PC36IMG on the root of your sd card, either using USB MS toggle in recovery, or by removing your sd card from the phone, and using a card reader to put it in your PC and then dropping the file on it. Then put it back in your phone, and boot to the bootloader. It will detect the PC36IMG.zip, and ask you if you want to update. Hit volume up to say yes. It will then flash the new recovery for you. At that point, I'd try wiping again, flashing Calkulin's Format all.zip (attatched), and then try reflashing a ROM. Remember, don't try restoring any previous nandroids made by Clockwork while your using Amon Ra. It will mess stuff up. Good luck.
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everytime i try to download the amon RA it just opens a blank page?

so i tried toggling the signature off and flashing rom and didnt work... still stuck..thanks for the tips.. greatly appreciated

Ddubbs said:
everytime i try to download the amon RA it just opens a blank page?
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Give me a moment. I'll see if I can upload the PC36IMG here for you.

k2buckley said:
Give me a moment. I'll see if I can upload the PC36IMG here for you.
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thank you. awesome help... just hope to get my phone running again

Here you go. Try downloading this, it should work. Follow the instructions on Amon's page, for the bootloader method. Or just follow my previous instructions. Hope that works for you dude.

Ddubbs said:
so i tried toggling the signature off and flashing rom and didnt work... still stuck..thanks for the tips.. greatly appreciated
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Alright, I'll tell you how to get back to completely stock and then root all over again. It shouldn't take long at all. This is what you do:
1) Download this ZIP, name it "PC36IMG".zip (no quotes) and put it in the root of your memory card. Meaning if your card shows up on your computer as E:\, then put it in E:\ (no folders).
2) Go into Bootloader mode/hboot (Power + Volume Down), and let it find the zip after a few seconds. It'll ask you if you want to apply it. Hit yes. This will take a while and your phone might reboot a few times.
3) When it's done, you're on an unrooted ROM, but still S-OFF. You can do one of two things:
A) Download the latest Unrevoked and run that all over again (takes like 5 minutes).​
B) Download Amon_Ra recovery zip (replace the other PC36IMG.zip) and repeat step 2 to flash it. Then flash whatever you want.​
That's it. From then on you can flash whatever you want. What kernel were you trying to use btw? HTC 17?

ok so to verify....
i have my evo in recovery i scroll down to mount via usb..
i put the pc36.... file into the root part of sd card...
then what?
because i click unmount after then do i hit reboot system now because i did and nothing happen just froze...
sorry if im not doing things correctly
this is a tedious task for myself so bare with me
should i go and try and install zip. from the root part of sd card as if i were flashing a rom
and the kernel i was using was whichever came with the new miui update something like savagezen or like that

Ddubbs said:
ok so to verify....
i have my evo in recovery i scroll down to mount via usb..
i put the pc36.... file into the root part of sd card...
then what?
because i click unmount after then do i hit reboot system now because i did and nothing happen just froze...
sorry if im not doing things correctly
this is a tedious task for myself so bare with me
should i go and try and install zip. from the root part of sd card as if i were flashing a rom
and the kernel i was using was whichever came with the new miui update something like savagezen or like that
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It's alright. After you put the 1st zip (the actual ROM), go into the bootloader (the white screen with the Androids on skateboards). Step 2.

Ddubbs said:
ok so to verify....
i have my evo in recovery i scroll down to mount via usb..
i put the pc36.... file into the root part of sd card...
then what?
because i click unmount after then do i hit reboot system now because i did and nothing happen just froze...
sorry if im not doing things correctly
this is a tedious task for myself so bare with me
should i go and try and install zip. from the root part of sd card as if i were flashing a rom
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Okay. You're almost there. Now that you have the PC36IMG on your sd card, power the phone off completely. Then hold power and vol+down so that it will put you into the bootloader. Then just wait a few seconds, and the bootloader will scan and find the PC36IMG, then tell you it found an update, and ask you if you want to update. You wll press volume up to say yes to the update. It will then flash the PC36IMG (whether its just the recovery, or if you're unrooting and rerooting using Fred's method, you flash the same way from the bootloader)
sorry, fred already got to ya!

Product F(RED) said:
It's alright. After you put the 1st zip (the actual ROM), go into the bootloader (the white screen with the Androids on skateboards). Step 2.
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ok so i downloaded the zip given in the link by the gentleman that commented above you and put into root of sd card.... then i unmounted.. now i clciked on rebbot system now and held the volume down button.... now im at the skateboard green dude screen
it has not asked if i want to update anything just chills on that screen

Ddubbs said:
ok so i downloaded the zip given in the link by the gentleman that commented above you and put into root of sd card.... then i unmounted.. now i clciked on rebbot system now and held the volume down button.... now im at the skateboard green dude screen
it has not asked if i want to update anything just chills on that screen
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Just to verify, because it needs to be exact. THe file that you put on your sd card, is named exactly like this, correct ? :: PC36IMG :: It must be capitals. Do Not add a :: .zip :: to the end of it, because the phone does that. If you did label it :: PC36IMG.zip, it would really be PC36IMG.zip.zip, which the bootloader won't recognize. so be sure that it is on main root of your sd card, and named properly, then the bootloader should recognize it.

Ddubbs said:
ok so i downloaded the zip given in the link by the gentleman that commented above you and put into root of sd card.... then i unmounted.. now i clciked on rebbot system now and held the volume down button.... now im at the skateboard green dude screen
it has not asked if i want to update anything just chills on that screen
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You maintained the name right? Like you didn't rename it? Because it was already named correctly.

Product F(RED) said:
You maintained the name right? Like you didn't rename it? Because it was already named correctly.
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correct all i did was download.. save to desktop... mount usb on evo... then drag and drop to root folder in evo.... and when i go into install zip from sd card and go into root folder,.. its in there labled.... PC36IMG.zip

The bootloader should see it...That's really weird.

E:/ Can't mount /emmc - Possible Brick?

Well...long story short, I flashed ICS but I got locked out so I had to Nandroid back to my original ROM, but some error happened and now my phone won't turn on and I can't access my internal SD card. Using Rogue Recovery, when I try to Restore, my internal SD card isn't detected and I get E:/ Can't mount /emmc. Any way to fix this? Or am I bricked? Please help ASAP

I think my entire internal SD has been fried... If anyone has information, please tell me ASAP

I would start by seeing if you can get into download mode. Sorry if you've already tried this. Otherwise, pull the battery for 10 secs and then hold the volume down button and power key until your screen enters download mode. If that works, you can then Odin back to whatever you want.

I got into Odin, but I'm not really sure what to do with it. I'm not experienced with Odin. Should I push a Kernel? a ROM? My phone won't turn on regularly so a ROM would be pointless

Read along with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337
If I tried to explain it, I'd for sure leave something out and you'd really be bricked. It sounds like you're phone is fine. It sounds like you just need to download a stock ROM .tar and flash it via Odin, then re-root, etc. Good luck.

Thanks. I pushed a kernel through but I'm hesitant to take the step for flashing a whole ROM. Also, by stock, do you mean a stock rooted ROM or a blank stock ROM?

in recovery, try to mount the SD card and connect it to your computer. See if it shows up in the computer and if your files are there and you can access it.

If you follow the steps in that guide, you'll be fine. I've done it a bunch of times. I keep a couple of stock ROM .tars on my laptop in case I screw something up while flashing. If I can do it, anyone can.

s9amme said:
in recovery, try to mount the SD card and connect it to your computer. See if it shows up in the computer and if your files are there and you can access it.
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It won't let me. I think my internal memory is fried. But if I can get my phone working again, I don't care about the internal memoru

I'm on my way to bed. But, I can tell you that some of the vets around here have said time after time that if you're able to get into download mode, chances are your phone will be fine if you know how to Odin back to stock. Good luck to you.

iniz94 said:
It won't let me. I think my internal memory is fried. But if I can get my phone working again, I don't care about the internal memoru
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It's fine. Mine was doing the same thing with Blazer ICS.
Basically, the way ICS handles USB mount is absurd. Makes no sense.
You have to flash clockworkmod touch from a zip file.
Just follow Phantoms steps exactly, only what's in bold:
To recover recovery:
Thru Odin:
Boot into Download Mode
Open ODIN
Download and Put this in PDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393
Flash
Thru Recovery:
Temp CWM How-To (Thanks to overstew for the concept)
1. Download CWM Touch 5.8.1.5 for Epic 4G Touch
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
2. Reboot into Stock Recovery
3. "apply update from external storage"
4. Find CWM T ouch 5.8.1.5 zip file and flash it
5. Using Touch Recovery flash ICS-4-ICS v1.0 (FOR THE ICS THEME ONLY)
6. Reboot and enjoy.

Thank you very much, rde. I'm currently flashing sfhub's factory reset from Odin (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678)
I pray that my phone is okay, lol.

VoX_XDA said:
It's fine. Mine was doing the same thing with Blazer ICS.
Basically, the way ICS handles USB mount is absurd. Makes no sense.
You have to flash clockworkmod touch from a zip file.
Just follow Phantoms steps exactly, only what's in bold:
To recover recovery:
Thru Odin:
Boot into Download Mode
Open ODIN
Download and Put this in PDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393
Flash
Thru Recovery:
Temp CWM How-To (Thanks to overstew for the concept)
1. Download CWM Touch 5.8.1.5 for Epic 4G Touch
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
2. Reboot into Stock Recovery
3. "apply update from external storage"
4. Find CWM T ouch 5.8.1.5 zip file and flash it
5. Using Touch Recovery flash ICS-4-ICS v1.0 (FOR THE ICS THEME ONLY)
6. Reboot and enjoy.
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I've done that already but my phone was still acting up so I flashed Rogue Stock Kernel thru Odin and now I'm flashing a factory reset tar.

Awesome. glad you got it figured out.

Stuck at data.img
Gonna have to follow this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808

rde34 said:
I'm on my way to bed. But, I can tell you that some of the vets around here have said time after time that if you're able to get into download mode, chances are your phone will be fine if you know how to Odin back to stock. Good luck to you.
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We've actually found 2 cases where this isn't true:
1) if you flash the intl ICS release (which includes the intl bootloader) This seems to disable the USB port even though you can boot into ODIN D/L mode
2) some process people were doing early on when the FB02 release first came out (not saying it is the FB09 release causing issues, just some unidentified process people were doing at that time) seems to hoars the /data partition and even ODIN repartition doesn't help. I don't want to point fingers but there seemed to be pattern of CWM Touch being involved doing restores, but that was not scientifically proven.

I've learned that no matter what happens, this file will always fill the cracks in mah heart.
SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-OneClick
afterwards I can begin anew

VoX_XDA said:
I've learned that no matter what happens, this file will always fill the cracks in mah heart.
SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-OneClick
afterwards I can begin anew
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Tried that... stuck at data.img like 10 other ppl. I hope there's a fix soon :/ Only just got this phone.

iniz94 said:
Tried that... stuck at data.img like 10 other ppl. I hope there's a fix soon :/ Only just got this phone.
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If you just got the phone and can get it replaced, I would just do that.

sfhub said:
If you just got the phone and can get it replaced, I would just do that.
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Got it around a month ago and didn't get insurance... is it possible to suddenly add insurance and go next week to get it replaced? Or do I need to bring the phone in?

[Q] Phone stuck in boot loop, not recognized by Odin

Earlier I reflashed back to the stock rom for my Galaxy S III, and after I flashed a new install of cyanogen mod I can't get my phone out of the boot loop. I can still access download mode but Odin and my computer won't pick up on it, and I can still access Clockword Mod. Is there anything to do or am I out of luck because my computer doesnt recognize my phone

Do you have an ext SD card ? Place a ROM on the ext card.
Did you wipe cache in stock recovery after flashing back to stock ?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

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iamblue337 said:
Earlier I reflashed back to the stock rom for my Galaxy S III, and after I flashed a new install of cyanogen mod I can't get my phone out of the boot loop. I can still access download mode but Odin and my computer won't pick up on it, and I can still access Clockword Mod. Is there anything to do or am I out of luck because my computer doesnt recognize my phone
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Try this, usually in a case like yours there is at least a 50% success rate.
Reboot the phone into recovery and do a "Factory Reset".
After doing that reboot the phone and see if it boots completely.
If the phone boots up completely, you will also be able to go into download mode.
You may want to shell out less than $5.00 including shipping for a USB JIG on eBay or other places.
With a JIG all you do is turn the phone off or remove your battery, wait 20 seconds - replace battery and plug the little JIG into the usb of the
phone then wait a 2-3 seconds more or less and like magic you will be in download mode ready to Odin flash(tar) a proper Touchwiz Jellybean
I747 4.1.2 stock rooted rom which are very much un-like all these CM10/AOSP/AOKP roms which are all just experimental.
Once you have flashed the stock rooted jellybean 4.1.2 TAR rom you will be able to flash any custom Touchwiz Jellybean
custom rom of your choice unless you still want to go ahead and flash another experimental CM/AOKP/ASOP rom.
Good luck!

Not to nit pick, but the latest stock Jelly Bean for the I747 is 4.1.1, not 4.1.2. Also, most of the stock rooted roms don't include custom recovery. They usually include the stock 3e recovery. To get a custom recovery, just dl Rom manager for cwm, or goo manager for twrp, and they can install a recovery for you that will have you ready to flash.

Which version of stock did you flash?

jperry73 said:
Remove Kies and install the Samsung USB drivers for ODIN to recognize it.
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Yup.
Was just going to ask if the OP was successful in connecting the S3 with ODIN in the past.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

iamblue337 said:
Earlier I reflashed back to the stock rom for my Galaxy S III, and after I flashed a new install of cyanogen mod I can't get my phone out of the boot loop. I can still access download mode but Odin and my computer won't pick up on it, and I can still access Clockword Mod. Is there anything to do or am I out of luck because my computer doesnt recognize my phone
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hi, umm did you get your matter resolved man? i am stuck with the same problem. please assist.

shaq64 said:
hi, umm did you get your matter resolved man? i am stuck with the same problem. please assist.
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What bootloader and modem are currently on your phone?
What ROM were you on and what were you flashing when the troubles started?
Since you can get into download mode, can you get into Recovery Mode? If you can, try putting CM11 on a MicroSd card and flash it from CWM.

iamblue337 said:
Earlier I reflashed back to the stock rom for my Galaxy S III, and after I flashed a new install of cyanogen mod I can't get my phone out of the boot loop. I can still access download mode but Odin and my computer won't pick up on it, and I can still access Clockword Mod. Is there anything to do or am I out of luck because my computer doesnt recognize my phone
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dawgdoc said:
What bootloader and modem are currently on your phone?
What ROM were you on and what were you flashing when the troubles started?
Since you can get into download mode, can you get into Recovery Mode? If you can, try putting CM11 on a MicroSd card and flash it from CWM.
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My sgs2 is stuck in a boot loop, computers won't recognize the usb connection, and my sd card won't mount on philz touch 5 V6.0.3.7 My SD card is, however, recognizable if I plug it directly to my computer using an adapter.
so I rooted my phone using CWM. After that, my computer stopped recognizing my phone. I tried everything to fix it including factory resetting my phone, formatting cache, data, system, and sd card all under the CWM boot menu (hold volup+home+power). Soon afterwards, my phone got stuck in a boot loop. On startup, it hangs on the white "Samsung" logo. While trying to fix the issue, I noticed that my sd card won't mount.
I've tried this method, but it requires that I either have usb access or access to my phone. I've tried formatting the SD card in my computer. I've tried using different computers. I've tried using different usb cords. I've tried searching Google and these forums for a solution. i have uninstalled the samsung drivers countless times and rebooted with no success.
I need to figure out a way to flash the stock rom back to my phone. In order to do this, I need to get my usb to recognize or manage to have phil touch 5 v 6.0.3.7 mount the sd card. If I can do this, the rest is easy. Does anyone has any ideas on what can be done? please please assist!

shaq64 said:
My sgs2 is stuck in a boot loop, computers won't recognize the usb connection, and my sd card won't mount on philz touch 5 V6.0.3.7 My SD card is, however, recognizable if I plug it directly to my computer using an adapter.
so I rooted my phone using CWM. After that, my computer stopped recognizing my phone. I tried everything to fix it including factory resetting my phone, formatting cache, data, system, and sd card all under the CWM boot menu (hold volup+home+power). Soon afterwards, my phone got stuck in a boot loop. On startup, it hangs on the white "Samsung" logo. While trying to fix the issue, I noticed that my sd card won't mount.
I've tried this method, but it requires that I either have usb access or access to my phone. I've tried formatting the SD card in my computer. I've tried using different computers. I've tried using different usb cords. I've tried searching Google and these forums for a solution. i have uninstalled the samsung drivers countless times and rebooted with no success.
I need to figure out a way to flash the stock rom back to my phone. In order to do this, I need to get my usb to recognize or manage to have phil touch 5 v 6.0.3.7 mount the sd card. If I can do this, the rest is easy. Does anyone has any ideas on what can be done? please please assist!
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Did you find something ? I just have the same problem...

[Q] T989 with busted USB and stock recovery need update.zip please

I have a Galaxy S2 with a broken USB port that has only stock recovery but needs a ROM [if I do recovery boot I see TMobile 4G boot logo now, but regular boot is Samsung Logo and then black screen]. Since I had them send me my replacement battery charging is not a problem and I have a micro SD Card so it's about only way with a busted USB port to get this thing working before I get slammed and can't return it :-o . I flashed the Zedomax unroot and when it was done it rebooted the device and nothing. BUT it did replace the recovery on me [NICE].
So now I find myself between a rock and a hard place since the usb port is busted I got my replacement and can't send it back until I find a ROM zip I can flash with the stock recovery that will get it to boot the phone so I can format the internal SD and have it with a stock ROM.
If anyone can get me an official update.zip I can put on my external SDCard to get it in the phone and get the stock recovery to recognize and flash it; I would be GREATLY in your debt!!

RealPariah said:
I have a Galaxy S2 with a broken USB port that has only stock recovery but needs a ROM [if I do recovery boot I see TMobile 4G boot logo now, but regular boot is Samsung Logo and then black screen]. Since I had them send me my replacement battery charging is not a problem and I have a micro SD Card so it's about only way with a busted USB port to get this thing working before I get slammed and can't return it :-o . I flashed the Zedomax unroot and when it was done it rebooted the device and nothing. BUT it did replace the recovery on me [NICE].
So now I find myself between a rock and a hard place since the usb port is busted I got my replacement and can't send it back until I find a ROM zip I can flash with the stock recovery that will get it to boot the phone so I can format the internal SD and have it with a stock ROM.
If anyone can get me an official update.zip I can put on my external SDCard to get it in the phone and get the stock recovery to recognize and flash it; I would be GREATLY in your debt!!
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Get the usb port fixed for 25 bucks. I just did! Just borrow a spare phone for a couple days. I sent it to him and it was on the way back the same day he received it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425729
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pyraxiate said:
Get the usb port fixed for 25 bucks. I just did! Just borrow a spare phone for a couple days. I sent it to him and it was on the way back the same day he received it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425729
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Don't have time has to be back to them in 6 days. Just need a rom zip that is compatible with the stock recovery and I can throw it on the external SD. There has got to be a zip around somewhere I can use to flash with the stock recovery and get any version of Android I don't care what version just need it to boot. I did have 4.1.2 on it before, but it could be Gingerbread or ICS I am not picky.

Stock recovery won't flash a ROM, no matter how u name it or anything, the stock recovery doesn't have the capabilities, but if ur worried about sending it back to them rooted or whatever don't, my buddy works for T-Mobile tech devision and says when they receive a phone back like that 90% of the time they never turn it on even, all the do is connect to their system and wipe/flash new stock IMG, or use it for parts for someone else's refurbished phone
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soupysoup said:
Stock recovery won't flash a ROM, no matter how u name it or anything, the stock recovery doesn't have the capabilities, but if ur worried about sending it back to them rooted or whatever don't, my buddy works for T-Mobile tech devision and says when they receive a phone back like that 90% of the time they never turn it on even, all the do is connect to their system and wipe/flash new stock IMG, or use it for parts for someone else's refurbished phone
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Yeah was going to be my last resort. I mean system , data and caches have been formatted, only SDCard [internal] remains, even if they boot to recovery it is their recovery. I don't get how we dont have compatible flash zips. I mean the recovery has gone from only accepting update.zip named files when I got this phone when it first hit, and now it gives you the option of browsing directories and list any zip to try [I am only refering to STOCK ROM flashing via stock recovery not trying to get custom work to flash via a stock recovery here]
There has got to be a way to come up with a stock recovery capable flash zip. Otherwise programmers would not waste the time to include the feature to flash a zip from it if ii were actually fully incapable of doing so.

Half right, the stock recovery does give u the option to try and flash zips of any named file but the stock recovery doesn't have the binaries capable of reading flash scripts, its is possible but u would need to mod the actual recovery itself not just the rom, as the recovery needs to be able to process the flashing script, so in reality that's why it hasn't been done, because in the end ud end up with a custom recovery....
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