Can someone please help me out here. I just got my SGS 2 for T-Mobile a few days ago, as I'm coming from a Sensation. The phone is rooted and I installed Juggernaut and after a few days my phone started to reboot constantly and say that network is unavailable. I would reboot into recovery and wipe and it restarted and same thing happened. I then began to reinstall ROM and it would work for a bit, then same thing would happen. I then formatted system, data, and reinstalled ROM, same problem. I then installed Beast ROM thinking it might be ROM, but same thing happened with this one. I have wiped over and over again and same problem. I got a new sim card and same thing. I re-rooted and same problems. I installed stock ROM, downloaded new stock ROM, upgraded modem, and same problems. I remove sd card, same problem. I am out of ideas and options so someone please assist me with this matter as I've never had this problem before.
Sounds like a faulty device. I'd take it back!
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This was happening to my first SGS2 as well. It was within the 14 day buyers remorse thing from Tmobile and I was able to exchange it for a brand new one. Haven't had any issues since.
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Well the problem with that is that I bought it off of someone. Everything had been working fine until I applied a custom ROM. I will continue to mess around with it to find a solution.
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Try the new stock and see if it continues.
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Well the problem with that is that I bought it off of someone. Everything had been working fine until I applied a custom ROM. I will continue to mess around with it to find a solution.
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Just call T-Mobile and get a warranty exchange.
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or try a different rom , i had those issues with juggernaut also
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or try a different rom , i had those issues with juggernaut also
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I did try different ROMs. I tried beast's, stock, and new stock one also, and it still continued.
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I did try different ROMs. I tried beast's, stock, and new stock one also, and it still continued.
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well do a warranty exchange then i had the same thing happen on my first phone also ,all i ran on my first phone was stock rom and juggernaut and it kept doing it so i had to return it
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well do a warranty exchange then i had the same thing happen on my first phone also ,all i ran on my first phone was stock rom and juggernaut and it kept doing it so i had to return it
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I'll try out a few more things and if that doesn't work I'll exchange it. Thanks.
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For the rest of u that had the same problem, were u rooted and running a custom ROM?
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Nop its the phones that come faulty I had to get mines replaced because of the same problem and even the new upgrade didn't help it. Now the new one I got two days ago it's working like a champ and on beastmod
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Nop its the phones that come faulty I had to get mines replaced because of the same problem and even the new upgrade didn't help it. Now the new one I got two days ago it's working like a champ and on beastmod
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Ok. Thanks.
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Well I think I got it working as it hasn't rebooted or lost signal today. I redid root, upgraded modem to new one, and reformatted sdcard. I rebooted the phone several times without problem, but I haven't tried wiping cache/dalvich as I'm kinda scared that this might cause some problems again but when I decide to I hope nothing happens.
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Well I think I got it working as it hasn't rebooted or lost signal today. I redid root, upgraded modem to new one, and reformatted sdcard. I rebooted the phone several times without problem, but I haven't tried wiping cache/dalvich as I'm kinda scared that this might cause some problems again but when I decide to I hope nothing happens.
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Nevermind. Today the phone began to reboot once again and I called customer service and basically I have to go through some steps before they can replace it. So I'll see how that goes.
Did u fix.permission
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Hey dude, let me offer you a bit of advice. Even if you bought the phone off some guy, you can still get Tmobile to send you a new one through the warranty.... just don't mention where you bought it from. What you have to do is log on to your Tmobile account and verify that under "My Device" it shows you using a GS2. This means their system shows you using that phone. Then contact their customer service through the chat, and just say that you are having a problem with the phone, blah blah blah. They shouldn't ask you where you bought it, and they should send you a new one with a return label to send this one back. Just make sure that it's stock and unrooted. Hope this helps.
Well I will be getting a replacement phone through warranty exchange afterall. Hopefully this new one works out well. Thanks everyone for ur input.
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Ok, so I got a replacement phone and bought another one. I can root the phone and install roms, but no matter what rom I use, I always get no network available and constant reboots after a reboot. I have wiped completely, formated sd card and same problems. I have never had this happen on any previous phone. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions cuz I'm completely lost on what to do. :banghead:
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Very similar experience yesterday for me. Zero data, it wont read any sim card. Getting my 3rd replacement within a week.
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I've racked my brain and searched the forums so I'm hoping someone has some insight here. Recently my phone has become unstable...I can't do too much in a single sitting without it rebooting. I've been on CM7 for a while now and had been trying the nightlies so I thought it was maybe that or just left over garbage from the upgrades so I decided to do a clean CM7 install yesterday (factory wipe). After I got through the setup and started to download gmail (1st non-stock app) from the market my inc rebooted. I flashed Chad's latest kernel thinking maybe it was a kernel issue...still reboots.
I then decided maybe it was the battery because at times I will get into a couple of reboots back to back and then the phone turns off and vibrates three or four times. But when I get the phone booted and check the battery temp it is maybe 98F which doesn't seem to be above average based on my forum readings. I then swapped batteries with my wife (unrooted inc) and we both launched plants vs. zombies and started playing. After maybe 10 min, I got my first reboot and then another a few minutes later so I just turned the phone off...she kept playing.
Now of course I have to point out my wife works for Verizon Wireless so I'm getting extra grief for rooting my phone and she is saying that is the cause since she never has reboots. Not that I want to prove my wife wrong, I really just want a phone I can do more than make phone calls on, but someone please tell me she isn't right. My reboots only seem to happen when I've had the screen on for a while...3 hour conference calls have no issues. Can you give me suggestions of things to try to help narrow down the issue? Thanks in advance!
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Baseband:2.15.00.07.28
Kernel: 2.6.37.6-incredikernel-gb-04192001
Mod Version: CyanogenMod-7.0.3-Inc
Build: GRI40
I get similar problems but it happens when i am watching youtube videos or playing games, or sometimes out of nowhere. Can't figure out and it is really annoying.
Copy sd to pc, reformat sd fat32, copy stuff back to sd. Helped a friend with hers.
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Thanks I'll give that a try. I did try running the phone without a card at one point and it didn't help any.
AOSP Roms, like CM, interact with the sd on boot. Don't expect aosp roms to boot without sd.....
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OK, performed the the SD format last night and just got around to running apps today. Again, I tried Plants vs Zombies and after about 20 mins the phone rebooted...I had been an hour long conference call before that. The phone rebooted and got to the startup screen and then rebooted again but at least this time it finished booting which is an improvement over before. Also, thanks for the tip about AOSP roms not booting without an SD card.
I did notice yesterday when it rebooted on me, after a couple of bootloops the screen then went black and the phone vibrated 5 times. I was only on a short phone call yesterday while in my car for 10 min.
On a side note, I haven't partitioned my SD card with an app partition but I was wondering if it is necessary for moving apps to the SD? I have moved several apps to SD so I want to make sure that isn't causing an issue either.
had the same problem myself, did a clean install which didn't help, finally reinstalled 7.0, all working fine now
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had the same problem myself, did a clean install which didn't help, finally reinstalled 7.0, all working fine now
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Thanks Snappy...I never really thought about reverting. I've give it a try later today and report back.
Alright, so last night I performed a factory wipe and installed CM 7.0. Everything went fine but as soon as the ROM loaded and I opened the market it rebooted on me. This morning I just performed another factory wipe and installed MIUI thinking maybe it might be a ROM issue, but I got the same results. As soon as I opened the market to start installing stuff it rebooted on me...I tried this twice and reboot each time the market opened. I guess next I'll try a sense rom, Skyraider maybe...I'll post back with the results.
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I was having pretty much the same issue. I tried everything from countless forums for the last month and a half. Finally had to cave and get a warranty replacement. - just pointing out that it might be a hardware issue (my device ran hot w/o sd and stock OS)
If the problem is following you on multiple roms it sounds like its probably a hardware issue.
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I've bounced around between various forums/posts and I think I have to agree it is probably a hardware issue. Being that I'm out of warranty, my only alternative is to upgrade or buy another Inc. Given the small pricing difference, buying another Inc versus upgrading, the logical choice seems to upgrade.
So my upgrade choices that are currently available are Inc 2, Thunderbolt, or Revolution. Another option is wait for the Bionic to come out in a few months. Any suggestions? I'm personally leaning towards the Thunderbolt...
Thanks again everyone for your help.
Well if you need to update now, I'd say the thunderbolt is probably your best choice. If you can wait, the bionic, if unlocked, looks like quite a phone, but IMHO the galaxy s2 is the phone to beat.
Have you tried getting a replacement? I suppose if you got your phone when it first came out the one year warranty might be up but it never hurts to try.
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Well if you need to update now, I'd say the thunderbolt is probably your best choice. If you can wait, the bionic, if unlocked, looks like quite a phone, but IMHO the galaxy s2 is the phone to beat.
Have you tried getting a replacement? I suppose if you got your phone when it first came out the one year warranty might be up but it never hurts to try.
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I haven't tried, but we did get the phone when they first came out last year so we are a couple of months past the one year warranty. My wife looked it up though and since we are available for an upgrade at this point the likely scenario is VZW pushing me to a new device rather than replacing my dying one.
I agree, the Galaxy S2 does look nice but since my wife works for VZW I'm kind of stuck with them.
I'm tempted to limp along until the Bionic comes out to see what it has to offer. As long as I can make calls I'll be ok...I guess Plants vs. Zombies will have to wait.
The GS2 is coming to Verizon. Not exactly sure when, there was a rumor that it'll be next month but I don't know how for sure that is.
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The GS2 is coming to Verizon. Not exactly sure when, there was a rumor that it'll be next month but I don't know how for sure that is.
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I had to go refresh my memory on the exact GS2 specs, then I had to wipe the drool from my mouth. I haven't heard of Verizon getting it within the next couple of months so now I'm even more bummed.
I guess it will kind of depend on how long my phone holds out. The random reboots and shutdowns can be annoying and have become all too frequent if I do anything more than make a phone call...sometimes even then it shuts down.
Everything has been perfect with this phone except now I've had two reboots in the past two days and I'm considering swapping it for a new handset (could be indicative of a larger problem). Yesterday it rebooted when I was browsing the internet, it had 70% battery before the reboot and then the phone was reporting 15% right after. I did a battery pull and it came up to 40% after. Weird. Anyone else have any issues like this?
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No issues here. Phone works flawlessly for me under heavy use.
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never happened to me either...fully stock, never rooted
If it happens to you again, if you are within the return window, you may want to exchange it
Yep... watch this youtube.com/watch?v=8pMLxyThxEk
what a piece. And sprint is no help. Not in person. Not "Dan Hesse's Office"
That doesn't sound right at all. I haven't had a single one..not even when messing around overclocked to 1.6
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Happened to me every time I tried to uninstall/go into parts of the phone. Happened a Month ago, dida format stock...all okay like nothing happened.
-jr
Ps, it was after phone got easy too hot using hdmi out for over 3 hours...I believe the phone was well above the 125°, as o could not touch it.
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Never had the problem when it was stock...if anything, it did drain the battery a bit. But that's expected.
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Happened to me every time I tried to uninstall/go into parts of the phone. Happened a Month ago, dida format stock...all okay like nothing happened.
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Ps, it was after phone got easy too hot using hdmi out for over 3 hours...I believe the phone was well above the 125°, as o could not touch it.
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I have been told that the phone will shut itself down to prevent heat damage.
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I havent had a single one since I posted this thread. I'm thinking it was a fluke. My phone runs like a champ now, especially since I rooted and used autostarts and titanium to get all the bloat under control.
Wait... people on here that don't root? I'm confused...
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Wait... people on here that don't root? I'm confused...
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At the time I posted this thread I was still waiting for a way to root my current ROM, with no flashing involved. With all the problems that people were having with LOS I didn't want to risk flashing a new kernel and potentially starting to get LOS when I never had it before. I still haven't had a single one and I got this phone on release day
Well, thanks to a FUBAR with the CIQ removal script and no backup, I moved away from stock. I'm now running Calkulin's and haven't had any LOS or random reboots. At least, that's what I'm running while I patiently wait for CM9. That being said, I recommend it.
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Well, thanks to a FUBAR with the CIQ removal script and no backup, I moved away from stock. I'm now running Calkulin's and haven't had any LOS or random reboots. At least, that's what I'm running while I patiently wait for CM9. That being said, I recommend it.
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Yeah I had the same FUBAR lol. I ended up using odin to go the EG31 route. I really feel no desire to go with a custom ROM. Back in the EVO days the stock ROM was always so bloated even with just Sense that you HAD to go custom to get any performance or decent battery life out of it. The stock ROM on our E4GTs just blazes and is damn near perfect already. The only thing left for me to do is get rid of CiQ and then it will be absolutely perfect. I have the odexed version of the noCiQ mod waiting to be flashed but I'm 1000 miles from home for the next few weeks and can't risk screwing up my phone. I only brought my macbook with me so using odin in case of a fowl up is not an option right now.
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Yeah I had the same FUBAR lol. I ended up using odin to go the EG31 route. I really feel no desire to go with a custom ROM. Back in the EVO days the stock ROM was always so bloated even with just Sense that you HAD to go custom to get any performance or decent battery life out of it. The stock ROM on our E4GTs just blazes and is damn near perfect already. The only thing left for me to do is get rid of CiQ and then it will be absolutely perfect. I have the odexed version of the noCiQ mod waiting to be flashed but I'm 1000 miles from home for the next few weeks and can't risk screwing up my phone. I only brought my macbook with me so using odin in case of a fowl up is not an option right now.
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I know what you mean, man. But once you're rooted and have Clockwork on there, you can do Nandroid backups and flash right from your SD card! But, hey, safe journeys.
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I know what you mean, man. But once you're rooted and have Clockwork on there, you can do Nandroid backups and flash right from your SD card! But, hey, safe journeys.
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Oh I'm aware. I still do nandroids just in case now but honestly, stock ROM+removed bloat + autostarts is awesome.
I used to be flash happy when I had my EVO, I flashed new ROMs all the time (and always ended up back at MIUI). With my E4GT I just want it to work with no problems and I'm happy.
I'm stock too. I did the whole flash everything under the sun with my evolution and evo 3d and other phones. Ill root and flash when cm9 is stable. I had one radom reboot once but I think it was an app issue.
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Hey there,
I have been having some issues with my LGOG over the past month or so and I have just started to look into possible solutions.
I first noticed that screen rotation and proximity sensing seemed to be non-functional. I always had problems with screen rotation, but it basically stopped completely after I rooted/unlocked (using manuals on XDA and FreeGee app). I was stuck on ZV8 (couldn't upgrade because root) and figured that an updated ROM would solve my problem.
I have now updated to Lifeless v11 ROM and have found nearly every sensor (including light, sound, proximity, gyro, etc) to be non-responsive. I then thought this must be a kernel problem, so I tried flashing Joker's test kernel (from Aroma) and his Stockish 2.1.1 kernel. No dice. Additionally, I tried to do a sensor calibration and was given the message "Calibration failed. Try again".
I realize there is a possibility that this could be a hardware issue, but is there any other possibility I have overlooked? I have isolated some error messages in logcat, if that would help at all.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Seems like a defective phone. You should return under warranty.
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Seems like a defective phone. You should return under warranty.
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Awesome, will do. Do you know if they will give me trouble for having messed around with things? I suppose I could always just restore my old backup I made with the stock ROM and re-lock the bootloader and unroot.
Do you think I need to go through that? Not that it's the end of the world.
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Awesome, will do. Do you know if they will give me trouble for having messed around with things? I suppose I could always just restore my old backup I made with the stock ROM and re-lock the bootloader and unroot.
Do you think I need to go through that? Not that it's the end of the world.
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Honestly I would just in case. Ya know? They could say you messed it up with whatever you did and whatnot.
Just for kicks and giggles.. What ROM are you on and what tweaks did you add?
Scratch that. Try reflashing the ROM after a system, cache, and dalvik cache whip. Very well could have been a bad flash. If that's not the case then clear, lock, and unroot.
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Honestly I would just in case. Ya know? They could say you messed it up with whatever you did and whatnot.
Just for kicks and giggles.. What ROM are you on and what tweaks did you add?
Scratch that. Try reflashing the ROM after a system, cache, and dalvik cache whip. Very well could have been a bad flash. If that's not the case then clear, lock, and unroot.
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Very cool, thanks for your great advice!
I was on Lifeless v.11. I tried your suggestion (wipe caches/system and reflash), but unfortunately no dice. I also tried rolling back to my stock backup and there is still no functionality. Seems like I have a broken unit. :/
I'm going to roll everything back as much as I can and cover my tracks so I can try and get a replacement this weekend. Hopefully they don't jerk me around too much in the process!
Thanks again, and have a good week(end).
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BTW, I had installed all the tweaks that were installed with Lifeless (quite a comprehensive list). I thought that might be the issue as well, but seeing as how my stock backup is still giving me issues, it looks like it's strictly a hardware issue...
If you have insurance through Sprint you honestly should not need to worry about them knowing you had the phone rooted or anything. They asked me if I rooted the first android phone I had, but said they didn't care, they just had problems with reflashing rooted/unlocked versions of the phone before so were being safe. Now it's to the point where I just tell them I broke it lol. I took my LGOG in yesterday after a failed update/flash back to stock at work. Told him exactly what I did, they ordered me a new phone (New, not a refurb cuz they were on backorder ). I was actually able to get it fixed, and even let them know, and they said they already ordered it so I'll have a new phone on Monday either way lol.
I try to flash back to stock still, just in case that one day they decide to change policies without me knowing. But if I'm in a hurry I don't worry about it.
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dont think you are gonna walk in and walk back out with a phone. the G is on backorder. I've been waiting on a replacement since the 16th and still nothing.
Just for future information:
I went into the Sprint Store this afternoon and found, just as others suggested, that they would need time to replace it. They kicker was that they told me that there was no way that I would get a new phone as a replacement. I could expect a refurbished model of unknown quality.
I finally found out that I could take up the issue with LG directly, so I opted to do so. They informed me that as long as there was no impact or water damage (which there isn't), they would do their best to either repair or replace the phone. The problem is that I have to pay to ship the phone to their Texas plant and then wait for up to a week while they repair the unit.
This isn't the best of circumstances, but I figure this might be the better solution. I will be taking photos before I send it to be sure that whatever I get back isn't a random refurb with cosmetic damage (mine is almost pristine).
I'll keep this thread posted with how everything goes.
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guyz i got the phone from my teacher..he told me that every time he try to factory reset error comes"boot secure error" and phone cant factory reset and also rotation sensor not working ..i flashed official v19G and after that evert single one sensor no working,literally every sensor in showing 0 value through exilar app..any solution which can solve this ..???
my phone model is F180K
That's not a sprint phone. Ls970 is Sprint model,
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So im very irritated and very confused. i bought a GS4 and had for about a month and suddenly any tw roms i flashed would never work after the first boot , it would flash fine and boot up fine but as soon as i go to reboot it would hang at the galaxy s4 boot screen, aosp roms worked fine oddly enough, finally i sent it in and got a brand new replacement, ive had this one about a week now and the SAME EXACT THING is happening again. i have no idea why, im not doing anything out of the ordinary. im just confused and would like to know if i can fix it or if i need to get tmobile on the phone and get another replacement again. im at a loss honestly.
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So im very irritated and very confused. i bought a GS4 and had for about a month and suddenly any tw roms i flashed would never work after the first boot , it would flash fine and boot up fine but as soon as i go to reboot it would hang at the galaxy s4 boot screen, aosp roms worked fine oddly enough, finally i sent it in and got a brand new replacement, ive had this one about a week now and the SAME EXACT THING is happening again. i have no idea why, im not doing anything out of the ordinary. im just confused and would like to know if i can fix it or if i need to get tmobile on the phone and get another replacement again. im at a loss honestly.
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Have you tried a factory reset? Have you tried returning to stock and re-rooting? What root method are you using?
by any chance, are you rebooting with the usb plugged in? and can you boot into your recovery?
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I dont mean to sound like a jerk but two devices and the same problem, I would say user error. Please explain the method and steps you have used to root both phones.
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Got T-mobile Galaxy S2 T-989
Running on latest version OS
Just updated my Evernote and Tumblr apps last night
Evernote would not start up - so I tried to restart my phone
My phone will not turn on at all since last night
It is not rooted.
I cannot connect to Kies as it's frozen on startup screen, little man won't even show up to blast off :crying:
I've tried a soft reset - afraid to do a hard reset - don't remember wen I last backed up.
Any suggestions?
Mine is the same too, I let my phone drop and it did the same. However I am rooted. So I don't know if that made a difference or not.
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Mine is the same too, I let my phone drop and it did the same. However I am rooted. So I don't know if that made a difference or not.
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Well I took my phone to a couple of shops and they say it's a hardware failure - they can't even flash it for me. So I have to get a new phone. Hope you have better luck! This is a complete unexpected expense to have right now... :crying:
Now the new phone will be my Christmas present instead
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Well I took my phone to a couple of shops and they say it's a hardware failure - they can't even flash it for me. So I have to get a new phone. Hope you have better luck! This is a complete unexpected expense to have right now... :crying:
Now the new phone will be my Christmas present instead
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Have you at least tried flashing again with ODIN? I was rooted, however I did a superwipe, then flashed 4.1.2 on again and it worked fine. Hopefully this sticks now.