Fashed New Caulkins 2.0, and now phone won't boot - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

So, I flashed Caulks new EK02 Rom, and, when I went to restart, phone is stuck on boot screen; Wiped everything as normal before flashing, but stuck on the yellow triangle screen.
I tried all the normal stuff to get into recovery, but phone won't go past the initial boot screen.
I have a mac computer, and thats all there are in the house, so I can't use Odin..
Can someone help me get the phone back to a state where it starts up?
Thanks so much for your help!

Use heimdall.
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did that, flashed to stock, and we are back in business!
I did think about the hammer though...
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Stuck on Boot.... any ideas?

I hate to ask, but I have to. I'm really stuck with my phone. It will boot but sticks on the Samsung Galaxy S II screen. I am able to get into recovery, but upon a data wipe, it hangs on the same screen on first boot. I am able to get into download mode and flashed EL26 repacked via ODIN, and upon reboot, it just hangs on the same boot screen.
Now some background...
About a few weeks ago, I started having crazy battery problems. Then, a few days ago, my phone would reboot anytime I did anything to it, turn the screen on, it'd reboot sometimes, or make a call, it'd reboot, text, it'd reboot. Basically, non stop constant reboots. I assumed it was just a jacked up battery, because I had no problems with the CM10 alpha I'd been running for the past two months, and now all this. I bought and overnighted a new battery and upon trying it out, I still had the same problems. Then, last night, from bed, I mobile odin'd el26 repacked as it was the only thing I currently had on my SD card, upon reboot, it stuck on boot screen and that's pretty much it since then.
Any ideas? Again, I can get to download mode and recovery, but even flashing, even a clean wipe, it just hangs on the screen on boot.
Since you mobile odined el26 kernel and you are coming from Jelly Bean it won't boot because you need a JB kernel to boot jelly bean.. And an ICS kernel to boot an ICS kernel..
With that said, to avoid any crazy scenarios, I would just grab a One Click Odin(any one will do) ... Boot into download mode.. Connect to PC and go from there to be safe
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
try going into download mode and using one-click odin to go to el29 or 26
Jesus I'm dumb. I remember reading that a few months back. I forgot the el26 was just the kernel and you had to flash to it and then flash your new rom immediately. Thanks.
Any ideas on the crazy reboots?
try a different rom..or maybe ur battery is not being held in tight by ur phone or something..try sticking a piece of paper in there
supersaeed said:
try a different rom..or maybe ur battery is not being held in tight by ur phone or something..try sticking a piece of paper in there
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Ok got it booting into EL29 and still having reboot problems. I'm thinking it's a power button issue or something. Sometimes when I press it to turn the screen off, it pops up the power menu, and sometimes it just reboots then.
I went ahead and dropped the $100 on a refurb through Assurion bc I need my phone for work and can't keep delaying it.

[Q] Jellybomb start up problems

The problem only happens when I reboot or turn on the phone. When it boots up, I get multiple results. A: It boots up normally (not a problem) B: When it gets to the samsung screen, it freaks out and reboots itself again and again. It's like it's struggling to boot up. One time it got to the gs 3, but then it looped back. C: This just happened today. I booted up and it went pass the samsung screen but when it got to the gs 3 screen, the screen turned a faint pink and it stayed on that screen.
This just happened right after version 8. I know 10 was messed up but on 9 and 11, this problem persisted. Also,I don't think the issue is the phone, since I don't have this problem on other Roms. If I'm wrong please let me know .
Any suggestions, advice, help, etc is welcomed.
Please... i really need help.
I suggest you start over, this will remove any corruption and gremlins you have klinging to your phone..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099.. Then re root and flash anew.
Naddict said:
I suggest you start over, this will remove any corruption and gremlins you have klinging to your phone..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099.. Then re root and flash anew.
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I unrooted, went back to stock, it did a factory reset so no bugs should have been alive. I re-rooted, made a backup, did a factory reset and wiped dalvik, then I flashed the rom zip and rebooted. It gets stuck on the Gs III screen. I waited like 5 minutes and it didn't move. My battery was at 50% so I just put it on the charger and tried to boot up and it went through to the set up screen for gmail.Just to see if it was coincedental, I did another reboot but this time it got stuck again. It sounds like a system problem but i'm not sure.Like i said earlier, this only happens on Jellybomb.
Any other ideas?
Edit: I've tried switching recoveries but it doesn't fix it.
Sigh.

[Q] Odin stuck at SetupConnection

I'm going back to stock so I could get a replacement for a new one. Trying to odin back to stock but, it gets stuck at SetupConnection for some reason. I can't go to recovery and flash the stock ROM I have in my SD card. My phone just resets back to the boot screen as soon as I turn it on. I also tried EL29 directboot kernel but, it gets stuck in the same area.
HighxVoltage said:
I'm going back to stock so I could get a replacement for a new one. Trying to odin back to stock but, it gets stuck at SetupConnection for some reason. I can't go to recovery and flash the stock ROM I have in my SD card. My phone just resets back to the boot screen as soon as I turn it on. I also tried EL29 directboot kernel but, it gets stuck in the same area.
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Try this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139759
i had this problem last night, i had to turn usb debugging off in settings first then i tried it again and it worked. You can also try a different usb cable or port.

[Q] [P5210] As soon as it boots to Stock Recovery, it Reboots!

I've got a Galaxy Tab P5210 that's stuck in a constant boot loop. I flashed it with the correct stock firmware from SamMobile using Odin, but it fails to boot properly. It automatically boots to the stock recovery screen, but the problem is it will instantly reboot as soon as it reaches this screen. I see the dead android with the red triangle and exclamation point for just a second, and it instantly reboots. Is that normal? I don't think that's normal. From what I've been reading, this screen is supposed to stay there until you push the volume keys to bring up a menu, but it reboots so fast that I don't have a chance to even push anything.
I've tried flashing it with other recovery images. I tried using CWM, and it almost worked. With that, as soon as the tablet booted, I'd see the CWM splash screen, and it would instantly reboot. Similarly to how it's booting now but with stock recovery.
I'd like to point out that I've never messed with anything like this before. I work in a computer/small electronic repair shop and a customer brought it to me. She ended up getting into stock recovery and a friend of hers did some serious damage in there which prevented it from booting properly. Normally we don't mess with things like this but, with it being how it was, I figured there was no way I could make it even worse than it already is by working on it. I thought if I flashed the original stock firmware back to it, it would fix it, but that looks like a no-go since it's still booting the same way it was when she first brought it to me.
Is this thing completely broken or is there still hope for it?
No - it should be recoverable. However - any data will most likely be lost.
When you flash with Odin, make sure only F. Reset Time is checked. Use Odin 3.07. Make sure again that firmware is correct before you flash. After it flashes, power off and then on again
Latest KK firmware for the US version of the 5210 is P5210UEU0CNK1_P5210XAR0CNK1_HOME.TAR
Good luck. If you're trying to root, then there are threads in the 10.1 Dev section that should help
M,
this firmware was always my goto for device recovery/restoration https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490005046
posted by user chpettit , flash with odin 3.07
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OKAstro said:
No - it should be recoverable. However - any data will most likely be lost.
When you flash with Odin, make sure only F. Reset Time is checked. Use Odin 3.07. Make sure again that firmware is correct before you flash. After it flashes, power off and then on again
Latest KK firmware for the US version of the 5210 is P5210UEU0CNK1_P5210XAR0CNK1_HOME.TAR
Good luck. If you're trying to root, then there are threads in the 10.1 Dev section that should help
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Not interested in rooting, just wanna get the stock firmware back on. Maintaining data isn't a necessity, the customer just wants it back in working order. I tried using that firmware, but I had Auto-Reboot checked.
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Yeah, it's still doing the same thing. When I first boot it up post-firmware flash I see an Android with a loading bar underneath it, and then it reboots. When it boots again, I see the same Android and then it suddenly changes to the dead one with the red triangle. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong here with the button presses following the flash?
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It looks to me like the stock recovery image is just broken, since the tablet just automatically reboots the instant it attempts to load it up. Flashing a new firmware replaces that though, so I don't know how or why it would even be corrupted. Odin reports no errors, so I don't know what's going on. And every guide I'm reading with fixing bootloops all say "go into stock recovery and clear the cache", but I can't even boot into stock recovery. It's like it's not even there. And I know it's not a power button issue causing it to shut down, I can power the device off fully with it, and it will stay off until I press it again. I'm banging my head against the desk here.
What if you flashed a TWRP recovery in Odin. Then if that's successful, boot into recovery and wipe/format everything except ext SD, Then try the ODIN flash again with filr your stock tar
I'm having the same problem and that didn't work for me. It shows the twrp splash screen and reboots. I'm looking for the .pit file it has to be the recovery partition right?
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s3 t999l unable to flash any rom with twrp 3.1.1-0

I did a search and maybe not correctly but I did not find my particular problem.
So I have stock root66 rom flashed with odin 3.11 on my phone goes into boot loop.
I flashed twrp 3.1.1-0 with odin and I can go into recovery but as soon as I select any rom (OCT-N-WEEKLY-20170811-1427-d2tmo) it starts to do something and just reboots the phone and back into the boot loop. I reboots to fast for me to even figure out what it says on the phone.
Has anyone else experienced this? Battery is charged to 80%+
edit: tried CWM same symptoms reboots right away. Only thing I can flash with is odin otherwise with any recovery reboots right away. I was able to flash a modem with twrp and that works but no roms work.
update 2: I finally was able to get root66 installed. Gets to the set up part. Once I finish the setup the phone turned off on its own. It never turns on on its own so leads me to believe the power button isnot stuck but why does it turn off on its own? I turned back on and goes into bootloop.
The power button may be stuck in the "pressed" position.
Have you tried TWRP 2.87? You're sure you are flashing the correct TWRP version for the phone?
audit13 said:
The power button may be stuck in the "pressed" position.
Have you tried TWRP 2.87? You're sure you are flashing the correct TWRP version for the phone?
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Thanks for the reply. I have tried 6.0.1.2_CWM_Touch-recovery-image & twrp-3.0.2-0-d2tmo.img but not 2.87.
However, as I stated above I was able to flash a modem but just not flash any roms which is weird.
If the power button pressed and the phone reboots when i pull the battery and put back in wouldn't the phone turn back on? I'm just finding it odd the phone keeps rebooting but when I pull the battery and put back in it doesnt turn on automatically.
update: So 2.8.6 twrp worked which is odd installing as we speak phone has not rebooted yet so lets see how it does once rom is flashed. I did odin root66 and after that installed it kept rebooting so fingers crossed this works. Using OCT-N-WEEKLY-20170811-1427-d2tmo hopefully this works
so after the flash seems to just back to the bootloop. I'm still not convinced my power button is stuck since it doesnt auto turn on and during the whole process of flashing it didnt reboot on its own only after the flash. Any ideas?
Literally gets to the samsung galaxy siii logo and reboots right away.
Try flashing the latest stock ROM, not a rooted stock ROM.
audit13 said:
Try flashing the latest stock ROM, not a rooted stock ROM.
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same bootloop. Gets to the tmobile animation and then reboots.
It's possible that the memory chip is damaged. You could take it to a repair shop and have it flashed via jtag.

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