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Phone stuck at Samsung Galaxy S2 load screen...

I was running Strongsteve's blue rom and wanted to update to his latest version, so I wiped my cache and delvik and used CWM to install. When I rebooted, the phone never got past the SGS2 boot screen. I took out the battery and rebooted a bunch of times with no luck. I was able to get back in to CWM by holding pwr and up, and I reflashed the rom with no luck. I had Blazer's rom on the internal drive already and flashed that, but it still hung at the SGS2 boot screen. Now, I can't get back in to CWM and I can't charge my phone. I can still get in to USB mode but i've never used it before.
I rooted using auto-root, and i'm going to try using ODIN but i'm not sure what i should flash on there if i can even get my computer to connect to my phone...another ROM, the stock ROM, zedomax root? any advice?
i think i'm gonna go with the stock rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479677) but not sure if there's other steps or things i should be doing instead...please help!

If you hold the power button + power down, can you boot into download mode?

yes...
i'm going to try odin but i'm not sure what file to flash...any thoughts?

Find the stock tar file in the epic 4g touch development. Someone just posted one not too lon ago. When you flashed the update did you follow all instructions to a t? I have run into similar problems because i thought skipling a step wouldnt matter.
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As long as you can get into download mode, you're good.
Use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678

yeah i followed the instructions but something must have gone wrong. i'm going to try odin when i get home...i'll let you guys know how it goes. thanks!

one more question...do i need to flash the kernel too?

Keep in mind, if you flash the EL29 listed earlier, it will disable the reset ability of the USB jig (will still get you to ODIN D/L mode, just won't reset ODIN flash stats)
I suggest you flash the pre-rooted EL29 ODIN One-Click in my signature, but it is up to you.

mistatwo said:
one more question...do i need to flash the kernel too?
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No, not if u odin. The kernels in there
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fixed! used the el29 odin root method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101)
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

Just a quick question..
Can you avoid all the above steps if you do a nandroid restore? I thought if I just did a nandroid restore and reflash from scratch I should be goodl. I did a nandroid back up when I rooted with the stock ROM and figured if I ever ran into problems I could retore and start fresh? Am I thinking about this the right way or do I need to go through the steps above when/if I get stuck a the boot screen..thx

For all who like to flash. Get md5checker from the market.Use it love it. Never flash a bad ROM again. Saves alot of headaches and time. Not to mention clutter.
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pawmbi1 said:
Just a quick question..
Can you avoid all the above steps if you do a nandroid restore? I thought if I just did a nandroid restore and reflash from scratch I should be goodl. I did a nandroid back up when I rooted with the stock ROM and figured if I ever ran into problems I could retore and start fresh? Am I thinking about this the right way or do I need to go through the steps above when/if I get stuck a the boot screen..thx
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You are correct. As long as you have custom recovery.

btw it might have been a bad download. grab the md5 checker from the market like the guy above me a couple posts said. also redownload the rom if it is.

Phone stuck at logo screen
Hi, pls help..
Yesterday i have try to root my phone and today i have decided to restore to stock firmware.
As i didnt backup my files, and i try to restore by following this website from cnet.co.uk
after restore, my phone stuck at logo screen...
I can't turn off my phone nor entering download mode and boot screen.
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Really weird problems.

This has become quite infuriating.
I was on The Hybrid 1.3 when by phone was randombly freezing. I needed to pull the battery to reset it. This caused ALL of my apps to lose their data. (Facebook was logged out, netflix was logged out, Titanium backup lost its direction to the folder on my SD card)
I thought this was odd, so I downloaded another ROM to try and fix the problem. I downloaded the new rom and went into recovery. Flashed new rom, cleared cache, cleared dalvik, but then as I tried to do a factory reset in CWM my phone resets and comes back to recovery. This happens every single time I try to do it in CWM.
ROM booted fine but has many wierd problems (probably that go with being unable to factory reset)
So i downloaded TWRP and tried flashing that by odin, only to get an unfixable bootloop.
So odin'd back to CWM, factory reset problem still persists.
So at this point I decided to go back to stock and turn this phone in because there is no reason it should be doing this.
And now my frustration about trying to get back to the stock ROM. WHY THE HELL IS THERE NOT AN ODIN FLASHABLE STOCK ROM?! Or any rom for that matter.
In CWM i have to put all .zips on my external SD, because the internal one REFUSES to mount.
The .zip from HERE is not working for me at all. I try to flash it and it says it completes in about a second. I reboot and it just stays at the samsung screen and never goes any further.
I remember back with my Captivate, if anything went wrong as long as you got back into download mode, you could one click odin your way back to normal and start all over. It's like every thread in this devices forum is purposefully vague and confusing, things are not explained well at all and people talk about mysterious version of files and things without ever actually providing a link.
This is becoming a real pain in the ass to try and get my phone back to stock or even useable again. Does anyone have any ideas?

I just tried looking for you and wow, i didn't realize that we really don't have a flashable ODIN stock rom....
best thing i found was...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992303

Use this toolkit to go back to a stock att galaxy note 2.....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052779

lmike6453 said:
I just tried looking for you and wow, i didn't realize that we really don't have a flashable ODIN stock rom....
best thing i found was...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992303
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We do have ODIN flashable stock firmware...(stock rom, kernel, modem, recovery). go the Android DEV forum.. STICKY "One Stop Shop for Note2". In there you'll find everything you need. Look under section 5 "FIRMWARE". You can also go to SamMobile.com website... under "Firmware", and in the search box, type "I317". The downloads are "zip", but those are not flashable zip... download that file and use 7-ZIP to extract the tar (xxxxxx.tar.md5"). Use that tar in Odin. Follow instructions in sticky for how to load file/use Odin if not familiar.

Did i softbrick my device? Please help!

So i reset my GS3 yesterday. I am running a stock rooted phone.. My phone has always been fine but after a reset through the phone the phone never loaded back up. It was stuck on the samsung screen. I tried pulling the battery out a few times. I went into my CWM recovery and tried wiping both caches with no luck. I tried restoring the phone and that didn't work. I finally tried wiping all data and now the phone won't boot at all. It says phone can not boot and will go into odin mode. Odin will recognize my phone though. What should i do? Should I try to restore my phone to factory through odin? I can't find the stock sprint version tar file. I could only find the verizon one. Can someone help me and tell me what is the best step for me? I can get into CWM but the phone won't boot.

wings9130 said:
So i reset my GS3 yesterday. I am running a stock rooted phone.. My phone has always been fine but after a reset through the phone the phone never loaded back up. It was stuck on the samsung screen. I tried pulling the battery out a few times. I went into my CWM recovery and tried wiping both caches with no luck. I tried restoring the phone and that didn't work. I finally tried wiping all data and now the phone won't boot at all. It says phone can not boot and will go into odin mode. Odin will recognize my phone though. What should i do? Should I try to restore my phone to factory through odin? I can't find the stock sprint version tar file. I could only find the verizon one. Can someone help me and tell me what is the best step for me? I can get into CWM but the phone won't boot.
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If you can get into recovery mode, you can just restore a nandroid backup (if you have one made). If you don't have one, you can wipe /system, /data, and the caches and reflash your Rom (provided you have it saved on your SD card).
If none of the above work, download mode is your best friend.
You can get into Download (Odin) Mode. That's a good thing. Sextape has the md4 TAR file for your over in their thread (warning, outside link). They have the stock unrooted as well as stock rooted file. Since you have already wiped your data, you might as well flash the "Restore" version:
"Restore" Versions - Wipes your user data
SPH-L710_MD4_1130792_Stock_Restore [EXE|TAR.MD5.GZ]
SPH-L710_MD4_1130792_Rooted_Restore [EXE|TAR.MD5.GZ]
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If you know how to use Odin, you can just downlaod the TAR file, but I recommend using their auto-extractor (the exe file), since it's well tested and there's less chance of user error.
All that being said, I'm curious to how your phone became "softbricked." Did you install any apps or mods recently that could've caused it? Custom Kernel?
It sounds like you eventually ended up wiping /system, which would be why you can't boot up now. I haven't heard of it automatically going into download mode because of that, but I haven't tested it on my phone, either.

try rwilco 12's android file repository. he has everything you will need
http://www.rwilco12.com/

You can also take the sd card out plug into a computer download a rom zip put it on the sd card pop it back into the phone and flash through the custom recovery which should be there.
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Thanks for the help everyone. I guess I didn't soft brick the phone I just wiped it and there was no rom on it.

Trying to reset my sph-d710 with no luck

I purchased a used sph-d710 off of ebay and it was rooted and flashed for virgin mobile. Furthermore it has a lock pattern. So I was able to download the stock rom and remove root now the boot screen shows sprint but some how when It finishes booting it still shows the old rom and the lock pattern... how can I just wipe this phone clean and make it like the day it was taken out of the factory package?
I thought that was what I did when I used odin to load the stock ROM but apparently not... is there is a way to remove odin and go back to the stock rom?
Thanks!

Odin is the software that is used to go back to a stock ROM by using tar files. Its not a ROM. Use the full restore Odin one-click. http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...0VMUB)/Stock ROMs/JB/GB28/Full Restore/Rooted
Tutorials on how to use one-click are on the same site.
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that worked perfectly thank you VERY much!!

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KingKash420 said:
I purchased a used sph-d710 off of ebay and it was rooted and flashed for virgin mobile. Furthermore it has a lock pattern. So I was able to download the stock rom and remove root now the boot screen shows sprint but some how when It finishes booting it still shows the old rom and the lock pattern... how can I just wipe this phone clean and make it like the day it was taken out of the factory package?
I thought that was what I did when I used odin to load the stock ROM but apparently not... is there is a way to remove odin and go back to the stock rom?
Thanks!
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Message me and I can help. ([email protected]). You could send me the phone and I can install the stock system back on it, and no need to re-activate it either.

[Q] [SOLVED] T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-M919) Soft-bricked

Hi all, hope you are doing well (I also hope that you can help me ).
I just recently got a replacement phone because my other one had a faulty speaker (crackling, etc.). The other one was rooted (via CF-AutoRoot) and had TWRP on it, and I made a complete nandroid backup of it onto my MicroSD card.
I rooted the new phone using CF-AutoRoot via Odin and installed TWRP on it as well (also via Odin). Then I swapped the SD card and SIM card and restored the complete backup to the new phone.
It took a while, but the phone booted up and I had two working clones, the only way to tell which was which was by changing the volume and hearing the crackling on the old one.
So the new phone worked all day (was able to make calls and everything, and the GUI that was customized with Wanam Xposed even looked good), however when I restarted it to put in my backup battery, I didn't have root for some reason. I tried and tried to get it back (reinstalled SuperSU, tried the TWRP method) to no avail.
I re-flashed CF-AutoRoot just to see, and the phone booted up but and for some reason SuperSU was gone (and I didn't have root). When I restarted, I got a boot loop and could not even get back into a recovery.
I got tired of this and wanted a fresh start, so I just flashed the stock ROM via ODIN and did a factory reset. However now if I try to boot, the Samsung logo will flash and just shut down, and I won't be able to get into the recovery no matter what. If I flash a recovery (CWM, TWRP or even stock), the recovery will work until I try to actually try to boot the phone. I've tried taking the battery out for a good 5 minutes and retrying (also tried swapping batteries), I've tried doing complete resets galore from all three recoveries mentioned with no success. Obviously Download mode still works so I know it's not completely bricked, but I am getting a little scared.
Any and all help is extremely appreciated as I would prefer not to have such an expensive paper-weight.
Thanks a bunch!

I would suggest going all the way back stock on stock firmware via Odin. Then re-root, TWRP, and re-download the rom of your choice. Dont restore the backup. Just start fresh.
I Think My S4 Is Insane
SICK MADE DEVELOPMENT

alloycowboy said:
I would suggest going all the way back stock on stock firmware via Odin
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Thanks for the reply.
And okay, I tried that.
I flashed stock using the T-Mobile ROM I found here: galaxys4root_(dot)_com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
This is the same ROM file I used to completely restore the phone I had to return, and that worked fine.
But it still won't boot up or go into recovery mode (just shows the Samsung logo for a split second before shutting down).
One thing I did do on the other phone was flash a kernel which had set-MUID to off so I could WiFi tether, but I thought flashing the stock ROM would revert that back as well. Do you think that's the reason it messed up so badly? I restored the backup from the other phone with a different kernel? Right after I restored the backup to the new phone and everything was working, I remember checking the kernel info in the About Phone section of the settings, and it was in fact the kernel I'd installed on the other phone.
TLDR: Tried flashing stock ROM to no avail. Download mode still works but can't enter recovery mode or boot.

Are you doing a factory reset after flashing stock firmware?
I Think My S4 Is Insane
SICK MADE DEVELOPMENT

I'd flash a stock rooted ROM. Get that root and recovery back. The konane tar file from the stickies, perhaps.
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alloycowboy said:
Are you doing a factory reset after flashing stock firmware?
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Yeah, as soon as it finished installing I went into stock recovery and did a factory reset.
Karakoram2 said:
I'd flash a stock rooted ROM. Get that root and recovery back. The konane tar file from the stickies, perhaps.
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Alright, I'll try that.
Is the konane tar an actual ROM? And what do you mean in the stickies?
Sorry, not very familiar with XDA forums.

Samsung GT-I9500 flashes n switches off!
BallisticallySimilar said:
Hi all, hope you are doing well (I also hope that you can help me ).
I just recently got a replacement phone because my other one had a faulty speaker (crackling, etc.). The other one was rooted (via CF-AutoRoot) and had TWRP on it, and I made a complete nandroid backup of it onto my MicroSD card.
I rooted the new phone using CF-AutoRoot via Odin and installed TWRP on it as well (also via Odin). Then I swapped the SD card and SIM card and restored the complete backup to the new phone.
It took a while, but the phone booted up and I had two working clones, the only way to tell which was which was by changing the volume and hearing the crackling on the old one.
So the new phone worked all day (was able to make calls and everything, and the GUI that was customized with Wanam Xposed even looked good), however when I restarted it to put in my backup battery, I didn't have root for some reason. I tried and tried to get it back (reinstalled SuperSU, tried the TWRP method) to no avail.
I re-flashed CF-AutoRoot just to see, and the phone booted up but and for some reason SuperSU was gone (and I didn't have root). When I restarted, I got a boot loop and could not even get back into a recovery.
I got tired of this and wanted a fresh start, so I just flashed the stock ROM via ODIN and did a factory reset. However now if I try to boot, the Samsung logo will flash and just shut down, and I won't be able to get into the recovery no matter what. If I flash a recovery (CWM, TWRP or even stock), the recovery will work until I try to actually try to boot the phone. I've tried taking the battery out for a good 5 minutes and retrying (also tried swapping batteries), I've tried doing complete resets galore from all three recoveries mentioned with no success. Obviously Download mode still works so I know it's not completely bricked, but I am getting a little scared.
Any and all help is extremely appreciated as I would prefer not to have such an expensive paper-weight.
Thanks a bunch!
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The same thing has happened to me! Did you find any solustion for this?? Please help!! This was my first attempt and i have no idea wats going on!

Here are the stickies for our forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419828
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What I did to unbrick my T-Mobile S4 (SGH-M919)
killerwolf2121 said:
The same thing has happened to me!
Did you find any solutions for this? Please help if you can; this was my first attempt and I have to idea what's going on.
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Well, for the first problem, flashing the stock ROM did it for me. I followed this tutorial.
For the second issue of not booting up after displaying the Samsung logo; my battery just simply was too dead and didn't have enough juice to start. You have no idea how stupid I felt.
Let your phone charge from the wall cable for a good while before trying all this again; then see if that works. It did it for me. If it doesn't, I'm not sure what else to try.
After that (if it works), if you still want root, just flash CF-Auto-Root and then a custom recovery if you want (like ClockworkMod Recovery (click the little version link, not the "Download ROMs" button) or TWRP via GooManager) (I use TWRP)
All the best and let me know how it went!
Keep in mind that I did this on an SGH-M919 (T-Mobile S4) running Android 4.2.2, so if you don't have that, I have no idea if any of the above will work for you. Also I'm pretty sure if you do have 4.3, you will ruin your warranty forever due to the Knox restriction they added (if you haven't already).
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Here are the stickies for our forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419828
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Thanks

BallisticallySimilar said:
Well, for the first problem, flashing the stock ROM did it for me. I followed this tutorial.
For the second issue of not booting up after displaying the Samsung logo; my battery just simply was too dead and didn't have enough juice to start. You have no idea how stupid I felt.
Let your phone charge from the wall cable for a good while before trying all this again; then see if that works. It did it for me. If it doesn't, I'm not sure what else to try.
After that (if it works), if you still want root, just flash CF-Auto-Root and then a custom recovery if you want (like ClockworkMod Recovery (click the little version link, not the "Download ROMs" button) or TWRP via GooManager) (I use TWRP)
All the best and let me know how it went!
Keep in mind that I did this on an SGH-M919 (T-Mobile S4) running Android 4.2.2, so if you don't have that, I have no idea if any of the above will work for you. Also I'm pretty sure if you do have 4.3, you will ruin your warranty forever due to the Knox restriction they added (if you haven't already).
Thanks
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I am on 4.3 and yes, flashing the stock rom worked for me too! relief thanks a ton!

Having trouble unbricking M919 T-Mobile
Hi, I'm trying to unbrick my M919 through Odin. I have all the updated software, but I keep getting a fail message. Any help would be appreciated.