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So after rooting my recent Tmobile GS3 and then attempting to flash the overclock my phone simply wont turn on. The root did fine, and I was able to install setcpu and everything but the second I installed the overclock my phone shut down. Now whenever I attempt to turn my phone it just flashes the Samsung insignia and then it shuts down. I can get to the Downloading screen (by pressing Volume down + power + home) but can I do anything about that? If someone can help me out that would be amazing. Thanks.
Also, I tried flashing a stock rom with Odin and it keeps failing. If anyone knows anything thank you.
Can you get into recovery? Volume up + home + power
If so then flash back to a nandroid backup or to a new rom or whatever.
If recovery wont boot, try again but look for blue text at the top right corner that says "booting recovery" when the sammy logo comes up. I've had it where my recovery wouldnt boot but I saw that for a split second when I tried. If this is the case, get back into download mode and flash the insecure boot + cwm again with Odin. Then you should be able to get into recovery.
If Odin fails to flash, reboot you're computer and try a different USB cable.
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If you can get to download mode, then you're probably in good shape.
There are a few tricks that can be found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Just make sure when you odin/flash something, you are flashing the correct image for your phone/carrier.
same boat here
well I thought I'd give it a try using instructions here. and now I'm hosed. I was able to root and install the ALLINONE (Insecure Boot, CWM & Busybox) rebooted, super user showed up in apps etc. I thought everything was fine. the next thing I tried was disable boot up animation and now the phone won't boot up at all.
I can get into the recovery and download screens but whenever I try to restore I get "can't mount /sdcard/"
The toolkit no longer sees my phone either. When it's plugged in and the toolkit is active, it just cycles over and over "samsung" then "Samsung Galaxy SIII" logo then black screen repeat.
The toolkit keeps giving message either "device not found" or "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled".
download mode/ Odin mode is working- I have downloaded the file:
Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229_ogindgck8z.zip
but haven't been able to get Odin to load it ... I have to be in download mode for that to work right?
Any tips are appreciated.
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Try flashing the same file you did to get root with Odin... then you should at least be able to get in to recovery and from there you're golden.
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andham95 said:
Try flashing the same file you did to get root with Odin... then you should at least be able to get in to recovery and from there you're golden.
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I tried that a few times to no avail and gave up. figured out that I needed to unzip the stock rom from t-mobile in order for Odin to recognize and load it. That's where I left it last night. So I'm now back to stock and reloading all my apps and settings.
I'm ok with that, this is my first go at flashing/rooting. My phone works ... and for that I'm breathing a little easier. thanks for your reply!
danfinger said:
I tried that a few times to no avail and gave up. figured out that I needed to unzip the stock rom from t-mobile in order for Odin to recognize and load it. That's where I left it last night. So I'm now back to stock and reloading all my apps and settings.
I'm ok with that, this is my first go at flashing/rooting. My phone works ... and for that I'm breathing a little easier. thanks for your reply!
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AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
CZ Eddie said:
AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
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Next lesson I need to study is the full backup so I don't have to re-do everything (took about 1.5 hours) -- the hardest one was my tasker macros.
Titanium backup......nuff said.lol
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CZ Eddie said:
AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
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Lol, I needed that. Thanks. I remember when I first screwed up my hero a long time ago and had to get help. "I'm going to stay stock for a while", I think that feeling lasted a day if that.
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blacknight1114 said:
Titanium backup......nuff said.lol
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definitely, best tool to have. Get the paid version or its a pain to restore everything. Better than not having it but still.
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lopezpm said:
definitely, best tool to have. Get the paid version or its a pain to restore everything. Better than not having it but still.
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yep. That was the first thing I did after rooting. everything is nicely backed up to the internal SD as well as dropbox. Thanks! Looking forward to some really slick ROMs.
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danfinger said:
well I thought I'd give it a try using instructions here. and now I'm hosed. I was able to root and install the ALLINONE (Insecure Boot, CWM & Busybox) rebooted, super user showed up in apps etc. I thought everything was fine. the next thing I tried was disable boot up animation and now the phone won't boot up at all.
I can get into the recovery and download screens but whenever I try to restore I get "can't mount /sdcard/"
The toolkit no longer sees my phone either. When it's plugged in and the toolkit is active, it just cycles over and over "samsung" then "Samsung Galaxy SIII" logo then black screen repeat.
The toolkit keeps giving message either "device not found" or "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled".
download mode/ Odin mode is working- I have downloaded the file:
Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229_ogindgck8z.zip
but haven't been able to get Odin to load it ... I have to be in download mode for that to work right?
Any tips are appreciated.
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So this is kind of a unique issue i'm having. I have the I-747 on AT&T and flashed AOKP rom (it was taking too long to get JB). It worked for about 3 days and then got stuck in the android boot screen (used the rom feature to get rid of the pink unicorns). after that, I booted into recovery and reset my phone, and it worked again for a few more days, then it wouldnt boot again (I dont believe I changed any settings between the boots). After this time, it wouldnt let me boot into recovery and would only boot to the android start screen and stop. I used odin to flash the stock rom, which only took me to the 2nd samsung boot screen and stopped (after the AT&T splash shows up). I looked online and saw someone say try CF-root using odin, tried that and it didnt help. Then tried using a custom kernel siyah s3, and now it will only show the initial samsung splash screen before turning off again. Any suggestions here? I figured I'd stop researching since i dont want to really mess up my phone worse than it already is
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So this is kind of a unique issue i'm having. I have the I-747 on AT&T and flashed AOKP rom (it was taking too long to get JB). It worked for about 3 days and then got stuck in the android boot screen (used the rom feature to get rid of the pink unicorns). after that, I booted into recovery and reset my phone, and it worked again for a few more days, then it wouldnt boot again (I dont believe I changed any settings between the boots). After this time, it wouldnt let me boot into recovery and would only boot to the android start screen and stop. I used odin to flash the stock rom, which only took me to the 2nd samsung boot screen and stopped (after the AT&T splash shows up). I looked online and saw someone say try CF-root using odin, tried that and it didnt help. Then tried using a custom kernel siyah s3, and now it will only show the initial samsung splash screen before turning off again. Any suggestions here? I figured I'd stop researching since i dont want to really mess up my phone worse than it already is
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I have a similar issue, someone please help
Your main issue now is that you flashed siyah. We don't have one. If you can get to download mode, you will want to flash back to stock.
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As DeathSdoor said...flash stock.
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d3athsd00r said:
Your main issue now is that you flashed siyah. We don't have one. If you can get to download mode, you will want to flash back to stock.
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Thanks guys! So I used odin to flash the stock boot loader and stock rom, but it is still hanging up on the 2nd samsung screen like it initially did (the one after the AT&T boot animation). Any other ideas on what could be the cause?
How long is the hang? Sure is just not the 1st initial boot of the new rom?
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How long is the hang? Sure is just not the 1st initial boot of the new rom?
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The first boot can take as long as 5 minutes sometimes. So, if you haven't waited that long, then try out some patience. Otherwise, try booting into recovery (stock now) and factory reset.
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bump!
I have this same issue. I have restored to stock rom and it does the Samsung boot, then AT&T, then it goes to Samsung pulsating with a blue pulsating LED.
I have left it in that mode for at least 15 minutes and it never boots.
I can still get into download mode.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Has anyone tried booting into recovery after flashing the stock ROM and wiping caches then rebooting?
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Has anyone tried booting into recovery after flashing the stock ROM and wiping caches then rebooting?
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I let it run for 2 hours (left the house came back and i was still on. And phone wont boot into recovery at all ( i tried many times, but it just boots normally and skips recovery until it gets to the 2nd samsung screen, then stops there).
I dont know if this is relevant, but while the phone is off and plugged in, i can still see the battery meter and the Green LED (so i'm guessing it's still working, it just wont boot)
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And phone wont boot into recovery at all ( i tried many times, but it just boots normally and skips recovery until it gets to the 2nd samsung screen, then stops there).
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Same here!!!
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Has anyone tried booting into recovery after flashing the stock ROM and wiping caches then rebooting?
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As Jethro said clean everything and factory format in recovery. Your just not doing the buttons right to get in to recovery
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blaker13 said:
As Jethro said clean everything and factory format in recovery. Your just not doing the buttons right to get in to recovery
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I went into recovery many times before, I'm definitely hitting the buttons right but it still wont go into recovery, it just tries booting like normal. I can go into download mode easily, but that's it.
jbizz, did you start getting this error after flashing AOKP rom also? trying to figure out what could have caused the issue in the first place
I'm not really skilled on these things, but I once had a similar issue with my phone not booting and had to end up using Kies to emergency restore it. Odin wouldn't recognize my phone but kies would.
Although I think my issue with odin may be stemming from my computers usb ports...
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I actually flashed a bad kernel and the phone wouldn't boot after that.
What is the proper way to boot into Stock Recovery?
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Fixed it! What I did was go into Kies software and did a firmware upgrade instead of trying to flash from odin, then put it in download mode instead of recovery, but it still worked. Thanks for all the help, guys! guess it's time to move to a CM based rom?
mrneilix said:
Fixed it! What I did was go into Kies software and did a firmware upgrade instead of trying to flash from odin, then put it in download mode instead of recovery, but it still worked. Thanks for all the help, guys! guess it's time to move to a CM based rom?
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Thats bad badassness! I will try that when I get home!
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mrneilix:
Please give me step by step what you did! Kies is being a bastard!
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mrneilix:
Please give me step by step what you did! Kies is being a bastard!
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Sure, I'm doing this largely from memory since I mostly figured it out by throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks.
Open Kies->tools->firmware upgrade and initialization->enter model name then serial number (they're behind the battery) -> put the phone in download mode and plug it in. it should take care of the rest.
Fair warning, this will fully wipe your phone, i lost all my pics (thank you google+'s instant upload or i'd be PISSED) and titanium backup (there goes my 3 stars on every level in angry birds and great scores in temple run), but at least you get a phone that can function as more than a paper weight, right?
mrneilix:
You're my new best friend and I don't even know you!!!
Thanks for the help, you're a legend!
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Hey guys,
I've been flashing ROMS for years and this is my first real issue.
I tried to upgrade from an earlier version of CM10 to the newest one. After I flashed GAPPS this caused the phone to get stuck on reboot so I went back to CWM recovery.
ALL MY DOWNLOADED FILES WERE GONE IN CWM. Including all the roms I had, and my NANDROID backup (which I would have just reflashed right there).
I tried to Odin back to stock and it passes but gets stuck on the Samsung boot logo every time.
I've tried to scour threads on XDA and on Google. The closest thing I found was a thread where it mentioned I'd need Tmobile Bootchain commands but I can't find those either.
All help is greatly appreciated.
Have you tried to Odin using a different computer.. or redownload Odin and the files needed
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Odin the stock firmware you mean from a different comp? I don't think that is the issue since Odin shows that the flash was successful. The phone reboots itself and it gets passed the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen to the Tmobile Android 4g boot animation.
Additionally, people in the Verizon S3 forum are describing my issue exactly here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030)
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Hey guys,
I've been flashing ROMS for years and this is my first real issue.
I tried to upgrade from an earlier version of CM10 to the newest one. After I flashed GAPPS this caused the phone to get stuck on reboot so I went back to CWM recovery.
ALL MY DOWNLOADED FILES WERE GONE IN CWM. Including all the roms I had, and my NANDROID backup (which I would have just reflashed right there).
I tried to Odin back to stock and it passes but gets stuck on the Samsung boot logo every time.
I've tried to scour threads on XDA and on Google. The closest thing I found was a thread where it mentioned I'd need Tmobile Bootchain commands but I can't find those either.
All help is greatly appreciated.
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After a successful odin flash boot into stock recovery manually and select wipe data, factory reset, then wipe cache partition. Reboot, bingo.
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neysito said:
After a successful odin flash boot into stock recovery manually and select wipe data, factory reset, then wipe cache partition. Reboot, bingo.
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I can't get into stock recovery man, or any kind of recovery.Holding vol up + home + power hangs permanently after the SGS 3 boot screen, nothing happens.
Go to Doc's stickie and I think it is in the 2nd post, there is an Odin flashable version of TWRP (maybe a copy of CWR but since I don't use it I'm not sure).
Flash that and let it "try" and reboot. It won't but you can do the key combo to get into TWRP recovery and either flash a ROM, Restore or at the very least Factory Reset, which would be my first choice.
Somewhere back there in your efforts, I think you may have erased your internal and if that is where your backups were kept then that might be why they are gone. Just a thought though.
In odin, uncheck auto reboot. Flash the recovery tar in pda spot. When it says pass, pull the battery and boot into recovery with volume up, home, and power. Release the power button when u feel the vibrate. Then thank mrmako777 for teaching me this tonight
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You are the mf'in man. This is what fixed my phone. Give me your email so I can paypal you $20.
To anyone who can't get into recovery if you mess up your phone with the wrong GAPPS, this method is the only thing that worked for me.
SeanFloyd said:
To anyone who can't get into recovery if you mess up your phone with the wrong GAPPS, this method is the only thing that worked for me.
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Glad you had it all worked out.
This is exactly what was suggested to you before, since you said in your OP you had already odin back to stock. What I don't get is how come you were not able to boot into original recovery when it was just going on a boot loop. It doesn't matter. At least you fixed it. Enjoy
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neysito said:
Glad you had it all worked out.
This is exactly what was suggested to you before, since you said in your OP you had already odin back to stock. What I don't get is how come you were not able to boot into original recovery when it was just going on a boot loop. It doesn't matter. At least you fixed it. Enjoy
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My bad man, I quoted the wrong reply. Here is what fixed it.
GalaxyS3Guy said:
In odin, uncheck auto reboot. Flash the recovery tar in pda spot. When it says pass, pull the battery and boot into recovery with volume up, home, and power. Release the power button when u feel the vibrate. Then thank mrmako777 for teaching me this tonight
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Ok, I am in big trouble. I was flashing a new rom which needed me to switch to CWM as a recovery. I thought I had flashed it correctly but when I booted to recovery all it does now is stay on the Samsung logo over and over. The volume up, center button, and power button sequence will not load the phone into default recovery. I can use the volume down sequence to get it into odin download mode. I am a mac user but I went to friends house to use a pc. I downloaded Odin, downloaded drivers for Samsung, downloaded stock tar file. Odin recognizes the phone when I open it; or at least I think it does, it shows a com port selection in yellow which goes away when I unplug the usb cable. So I go to PDA and select the tar file I downloaded and then odin runs for a second then says all threads completed, success 0, failed 1. I have downloaded two different tar files each time making sure I have the correct one for my ATT model. I then tried the Kies method but Kies will not connect to the phone. What can I do now? Why will odin not work? Please help. Thank you
Factory reset on your phone
How can I factory reset if it won't boot into recovery using volume up sequence?
Vol up home then power
We been getting a lot of that lately
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Thank you for verifying, but as I said I can't get the phone to do anything when I do the volume up, home, and power button.
Just a black screen? No response at all?
No the phone just does a continuous loop of Samsung logo. I can do the volume down sequence to get into download mode. But no luck hitting volume up, then home, then power. Also no luck hitting them all at the same time. I read in another post that as long as I can still get to download mode there is still hope.
Keep trying u are just doing it wrong... what I do is in this sequence, go vol up home powere then hold for a bit then release power then release other 2
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No the phone just does a continuous loop of Samsung logo. I can do the volume down sequence to get into download mode. But no luck hitting volume up, then home, then power. Also no luck hitting them all at the same time. I read in another post that as long as I can still get to download mode there is still hope.
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When galaxy note ll logo shows release volume up, home and power button then just wait a bit it will take you to recovery.
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I really think that this may not be working for me. I have been trying for a while now. I am pretty sure I know how to do it because before all this happened I believe I booted into Twrp that way before. Any ideas on why Odin won't work?
linkinyeah said:
I really think that this may not be working for me. I have been trying for a while now. I am pretty sure I know how to do it because before all this happened I believe I booted into Twrp that way before. Any ideas on why Odin won't work?
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What Odin version you are using?
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jon3sh said:
What Odin version you are using?
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I have tried several, odin3 1.85 and Odin 3 .07
linkinyeah said:
I have tried several, odin3 1.85 and Odin 3 .07
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Dunno man wont hurt to reinstall drivers again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
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Yeah did that also. I have been reading about jtag. Am I at that point? Is it possible to not be able to boot into recovery if I am able to get to download ?
linkinyeah said:
Yeah did that also. I have been reading about jtag. Am I at that point? Is it possible to not be able to boot into recovery if I am able to get to download ?
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Try flashing CF root via Odin using pc and see if it can get recovery back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
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linkinyeah said:
Yeah did that also. I have been reading about jtag. Am I at that point? Is it possible to not be able to boot into recovery if I am able to get to download ?
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No JTAG....
CF auto root is a great idea....g
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No JTAG....
CF auto root is a great idea....g
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Right jtag so extreme and only use or do that when you get hard brick.
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jon3sh said:
Right jtag so extreme and only use or do that when you get hard brick.
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This ^^^^^^....g
Ok I will have to give it a try tomorrow. I only have a Mac, so I will have to go somewhere to us a PC. Wish there was a an Odin for Mac. Hope it works. So bricked is only when phone won't turn on at all?
Had a friend try rooting S3.. Root was successful until he tried adding root files from an S4 to my phone. Phone is now stuck on Samsung logo screen. I can access reboot menu, and have...nothing worked. Can and have accessed ODIN menu...not sure what to do from here. PLEASE HELP!!
Odin menu?
Do you have a twrp or cwm ? No back ups?
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Had a friend try rooting S3.. Root was successful until he tried adding root files from an S4 to my phone. Phone is now stuck on Samsung logo screen. I can access reboot menu, and have...nothing worked. Can and have accessed ODIN menu...not sure what to do from here. PLEASE HELP!!
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Odion Back to the stock rom!
Can you boot into recovery?
Take battery out of phone then put it back in. At the same time hold the volume up button, home button and the power button, you should feel the phone vibrate and small blue text appear in the upper left side of the screen, let go of all buttons.
Tell me what appears, black background with blue text or grey background with blue text.
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I would Odin the stock or root66 just to be safe. We have no clue what was actually done to the phone, so flashing back to stock is really the only way to avoid more potential problems.
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I'm having a similar problem. I keep trying to odin back to stock but when its done and I restart it gets stuck on the Samsung logo. My lcd is also broken so the only way I can see what i'm doing is through mhl, making things are much harder to do
You'll have to factory reset. If you can't see the screen, boot to recovery and use adb shell to wipe the /data partition.
Unless someone else has a better idea.
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Okay thanks, I'll have to try that
jd134 said:
Okay thanks, I'll have to try that
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Just fyi here, this will wipe the internal sd as well as your apps and app data. Sorry I didn't mention that before.
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Just fyi here, this will wipe the internal sd as well as your apps and app data. Sorry I didn't mention that before.
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No problem, that's what I wanted anyway