HELP! stuck on flashing Calkulin Rom - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I've rooted my phone, installed CWM, copied the 2 calk zip files over to my SD card, ran the format all zip, then ran the calk rom zip and everything installed correctly.
now i'm booting up and my phone is stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy SII" screen.
What should i do?

Hold the power button down until you power off. Boot into recovery and manually wipe dalvik, cache, and data. Then reflash the rom. If that doesn't work redownload the rom. Mount usb storage in recovery, wipe everything again and flash the new download. If that doesn't work then restore your backup, check for root and start from scratch.

centro714 said:
I've rooted my phone, installed CWM, copied the 2 calk zip files over to my SD card, ran the format all zip, then ran the calk rom zip and everything installed correctly.
now i'm booting up and my phone is stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy SII" screen.
What should i do?
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Which Calk rom are you trying to install? What recovery do you have? If you don't know, what color is the text when you get into recovery?

krazyflipj said:
Which Calk rom are you trying to install? What recovery do you have? If you don't know, what color is the text when you get into recovery?
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V2.9.2
recovery 1.1.2 (CWM v5.0.2.7)
tried the first tip, not working so far. scary....

Have you redownloaded? Might be a bad download. If that doesn't work do the EL29 restire by sfhub and start from scratch
btw headed to bed but i will check back in the am. Good luck!

BrandoKC said:
Have you redownloaded? Might be a bad download. If that doesn't work do the EL29 restire by sfhub and start from scratch
btw headed to bed but i will check back in the am. Good luck!
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not yet. i'm connecting to the internet using my wife's TP2 so the connection is slloooow.
I'll redownload tomorrow.
So how do I copy new zip files to the external sd card w/o taking it out? I'm assuming there's an option to do this in CWM?
I might be screwed. Didn't back up

centro714 said:
not yet. i'm connecting to the internet using my wife's TP2 so the connection is slloooow.
I'll redownload tomorrow.
So how do I copy new zip files to the external sd card w/o taking it out? I'm assuming there's an option to do this in CWM?
I might be screwed. Didn't back up
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I believe it's mount storage in cwm. You should be fine

BrandoKC said:
I believe it's mount storage in cwm. You should be fine
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Thanks. I'll be able to sleep better hearing that
I'll redownload calk's rom tomorrow and try again.

BrandoKC said:
Have you redownloaded? Might be a bad download.
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THANK YOU BRANDON!!
Went to work early, re-downloaded, re-flashed, now my et4g is frikkin amazing! Worth the headache.

centro714 said:
THANK YOU BRANDON!!
Went to work early, re-downloaded, re-flashed, now my et4g is frikkin amazing! Worth the headache.
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Awesome!! Glad it's working for you.

If the rom has it, always verify the md5 with what you have then things like this won't happen. I found out the hard way.

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Stuck on boot screen...

Sooo, I just tried flashing Damage Control 3.5 a few hours ago and since then my phone has been absolutely horrid to me. I tried flashing the PC36IMG.ZIP but it wont let me for some odd reason. I've tried flashing different roms (as long as different radios). All to no avail, the only things I can access is the main recovery screen and the Clockwork recovery screen.
If anyone can help me out here so I don't have to pay the $100.00 claim to get a new phone I will gladly donate to XDA for all they've done thus far.
wanfaltm said:
Sooo, I just tried flashing Damage Control 3.5 a few hours ago and since then my phone has been absolutely horrid to me. I tried flashing the PC36IMG.ZIP but it wont let me for some odd reason. I've tried flashing different roms (as long as different radios). All to no avail, the only things I can access is the main recovery screen and the Clockwork recovery screen.
If anyone can help me out here so I don't have to pay the $100.00 claim to get a new phone I will gladly donate to XDA for all they've done thus far.
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this has been happening to alot of peoples phones. i reformatted sd card and still nothing. i think we r bonned
b_allert said:
this has been happening to alot of peoples phones. i reformatted sd card and still nothing. i think we r bonned
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Shoot, well I guess the best I can do is try to reformat my card and go from there. I'll report back with my findings.
I think i can help, but i might be a bit off since there not enough info on the post.
Anyhow, you will have to:
1) Download a new Image (stock?): ex. qap.la/~netarchy/BurntDroid-1.0-Froyoized-netarchy-signed.zip
2) Doanload a stock kernel: qap.la/~netarchy/netarchy-toastmod-4.0.3a-signed.zip
3) push both images to your /sdcard/
3.1) adb pus file BurntDroid-1.0-Froyoized-netarchy-signed.zip /sdcard/
3.2) adb push netarchy-toastmod-4.0.3a-signed.zip /sdcard/
4) reboot your phone in recovery mode (hold volume down, click power)
5) wipe data/factory
6) whipe cache
7) advanced -> wipe dalvilik
8) Install zip from sdcard
9) choose zip from sdcard: (you should see the BurntDroid-1.0-Froyoized-netarchy-signed.zip there, choose that one, and say yes whe asked)
10) repete number 9 with netarchy-toastmod-4.0.3a-signed.zip
11) now choose +++++
This should get you to a working phone. You will have root and a decent kernel.
I ope this helps.
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Don't u have a nandroid backup u can restore?
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tmodelli said:
I think i can help, but i might be a bit off since there not enough info on the post.
Anyhow, you will have to:
1) Download a new Image (stock?): ex. qap.la/~netarchy/BurntDroid-1.0-Froyoized-netarchy-signed.zip
2) Doanload a stock kernel: qap.la/~netarchy/netarchy-toastmod-4.0.3a-signed.zip
3) push both images to your /sdcard/
3.1) adb pus file BurntDroid-1.0-Froyoized-netarchy-signed.zip /sdcard/
3.2) adb push netarchy-toastmod-4.0.3a-signed.zip /sdcard/
4) reboot your phone in recovery mode (hold volume down, click power)
5) wipe data/factory
6) whipe cache
7) advanced -> wipe dalvilik
8) Install zip from sdcard
9) choose zip from sdcard: (you should see the BurntDroid-1.0-Froyoized-netarchy-signed.zip there, choose that one, and say yes whe asked)
10) repete number 9 with netarchy-toastmod-4.0.3a-signed.zip
11) now choose +++++
This should get you to a working phone. You will have root and a decent kernel.
I ope this helps.
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This is what happens to me when I try to install a rom/kernel. It will work its process and do the "Writing Boot" and "Deleting Files." But once it gets to "copying files," the loading bar will slowly move to 1/4 of the way full, and once it reaches that point it will say Istallation Completed. Does this information give anymore details for help?
Edit: I did try that method, And the same thing happened.
Make sure to wipe/ factory reset...wipe cache n dalvic there r 3 things to wipe before flashing a rom. ..also what radio r u usong
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kris54241 said:
Make sure to wipe/ factory reset...wipe cache n dalvic there r 3 things to wipe before flashing a rom. ..also what radio r u usong
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Yeah I did all of that, and I have the 2.15 radio.
kris54241 said:
Don't u have a nandroid backup u can restore?
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That was the first thing I tried doing. It would do the "Checking MD5 sum..." and then it would just give me an error. I just formatted the sd card (after copying everything to my computer) so im going to transfer my backups back to the SD and see if that does anything.
wanfaltm said:
Yeah I did all of that, and I have the 2.15 radio.
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There r two newer radio I hope u do no... .21 and. 28
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kris54241 said:
There r two newer radio I hope u do no... .21 and. 28
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Does the radio really matter though? I mean, I have a feeling that even if I do flash the new radios that I'm still going to be stuck doing what I'm doing now.
This is exactly what it says when I try to do a restore:
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
wanfaltm said:
Does the radio really matter though? I mean, I have a feeling that even if I do flash the new radios that I'm still going to be stuck doing what I'm doing now.
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I guess Idk but it could if a certain rom doesn't support an old radio...
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wanfaltm said:
This is exactly what it says when I try to do a restore:
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
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May I ask how u download ur roms
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kris54241 said:
May I ask how u download ur roms
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I download them from here, then I set my phone as the "Disk Drive." Or USB Storage when using CM. Move the roms to my phone, then reboot into recovery and flash from there.
Update:
Just tried flashing a different firmware using the old way. With the recovery-windows.bat method.... Seems to still be freezing on boot though. :/
ive seemed to have fixed it. i wiped phone like 10 times. reformatted sd card, installed the rom called virus. it went to bootloop. so i let it do its thing. when i woke up today, it was perfect!
b_allert said:
ive seemed to have fixed it. i wiped phone like 10 times. reformatted sd card, installed the rom called virus. it went to bootloop. so i let it do its thing. when i woke up today, it was perfect!
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Sounds good man! I'll try that too and see if it works.
Update: Now it's not even turning on and when I plug it in, the orange light just flashes. I know the battery isn't dead because I had it plugged in all day. So, I guess that means I can take it to a sprint store tomorrow and have them be just as confused as I am about the situation, but without having them know that the phone was rooted? Wish me luck!
P.S. Maybe I'll be upgraded from a Nova to an Epson screen? Wishful thinking....
wanfaltm said:
Sounds good man! I'll try that too and see if it works.
Update: Now it's not even turning on and when I plug it in, the orange light just flashes. I know the battery isn't dead because I had it plugged in all day. So, I guess that means I can take it to a sprint store tomorrow and have them be just as confused as I am about the situation, but without having them know that the phone was rooted? Wish me luck!
P.S. Maybe I'll be upgraded from a Nova to an Epson screen? Wishful thinking....
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haha yea maybe! that'd be nice, but im sure they would know if you rooted. even if you did, some employees root their phone as well, or at least these 2 dudes at the shop i go to have, so they help me out when i cant get answers here, which, so many people do, thats why i try to keep in contact with certain people on ehre via skype(branden.allert) or aim(backongb561)
I wen't into the Sprint store today in town... The lady was absolutely no help at all. Plus they didnt have any EVO's in stock. So I just decided to screw it and file it as a claim under insurance. I should be getting a replacement in 5-7 days. Hopefully I wont have the screen separated, light leaked, white spot in the lower right of the (NOVA) screen in this next one.

[RESTORE] CWM BACKUP IMAGE for ROM Devs - DEPRECATED

This is for anyone who's bricked their phone (stuck on boot loop):
I know some of you are testing our new ROMs out right now and some testers are bricking their phones, if this happens, just flash a kernel with CWM, then you need to unzip the zip file then copy the folder into clockworkmod/backup folder in your internal storage then restore in ClockworkMod Recovery and you should be at least back on Zedomax V2 kernel + stock ROM.
THIS IS NOT A ROM zip file, just a CWM backup you can restore. (don't try to install from sdcard, it won't work!!!)
Download zip file here:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Epic4GTouch/development/ZedomaxBackup.zip
After restoring to this stock ROM plus rooted kernel, you can do this to get it completely stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281287
Video tutorial:
Please hurry. bootloops suck That's what I get for not doing a nandroid.
If it's anything like cwm on the evo, you want to avoid restoring someone elses nandroid since it will overwrite your wimax keys...unless the wimax file is excluded.
Samsung stores their wimax keys differently.
Thanks for doing this bro
are the wimax keys included in this or not? id like to keep my 4g
Did it work
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You don't have keys on samsung.you can't lose them you never had them....samsung uses different authentication
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Epix4G said:
You don't have keys on samsung.you can't lose them you never had them....samsung uses different authentication
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This ^^^. There is no WiMax.img or anything like it that requires a discrete backup and restore.
Any confirm
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It worked! Appreciate it much!
Can someone zip up the contents of the stock, internal /sdcard memory, and upload it. I formatted mine and lost Nova HD. I dont kow what else was lost...
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coldblooded79 said:
It worked! Appreciate it much!
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Worked for me as well.
Can you upload the stock /SDCARD contents?? I formatted mine and lost Nova HD and who knows what else....
coldblooded79 said:
It worked! Appreciate it much!
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NICE guys!
Help???
Ok so I need help unbricking....Here is what I did...
Ran odin to root, no problem.
Flashed zedomax kernel, no problem..
Played with apps and settings, quadrant crashed so I went into clockwork and master resert, clear cache, and davlik, to start all over.
now my phone won't boot past bootup logo. I downloaded this recovery backup and no luck. any suggestions?
I am attempting this recovery process now. The following are the results:
ClolkworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.5
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Restoring system...
Restoring data...
.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure.
Restoring cache...
Restore complete!
Then, I reboot but I am still stuck in the bootloop. Any thoughts?
While the restore works, I'm having the data connectivity issue that I wasn't before. Google talk verification failed. I'm gonna pull bubbys kernel and flash it over. I'm still wondering if clockwork isn't wiping properly and that's the reason people are having bootloops.
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lsvtec4dr said:
Ok so I need help unbricking....Here is what I did...
Ran odin to root, no problem.
Flashed zedomax kernel, no problem..
Played with apps and settings, quadrant crashed so I went into clockwork and master resert, clear cache, and davlik, to start all over.
now my phone won't boot past bootup logo. I downloaded this recovery backup and no luck. any suggestions?
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If you havea back up restore it. It will fix it. The factory reset is what did it.
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coldblooded79 said:
While the restore works, I'm having the data connectivity issue that I wasn't before. Google talk verification failed. I'm gonna pull bubbys kernel and flash it over. I'm still wondering if clockwork isn't wiping properly and that's the reason people are having bootloops.
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I'm having the same verification problem with Google Talk. I was having connectivity issues initially but after performing a ##72786# reprovision it seems to be working (at least for now, will update if that proves wrong).
Initially I was able to connect to the web and browse the market but downloading any apps would loop infinitely. The reprovision fixed that as well.
Hopefully we'll see a flashable ROM soon that works as intended but for now this is certainly a good standby. Thank you!
EDIT: Reprovisioning was a panacea. It looked good but I can't maintain a 3G/4G connection for more than a few minutes. Apps will install only after queuing them in the Market then restarting. WiFi connects but I can't download anything over that either. Considering hard-bricking and playing dumb with Sprint so I can exchange it then giving up on the custom stuff until development has progressed.
I was actually thinking of the doing the same thing...if you do hard brick it and take it back, lemme know how it went for you pls,
Funkquito said:
I was actually thinking of the doing the same thing...if you do hard brick it and take it back, lemme know how it went for you pls,
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+1 Sprints gonna have a lot of paperweights
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Rooted, Messed Up, now Worse...

So I rooted my phone a few days ago, and it was great. Then I decided I wanted to change ROMs. I flashed a ROM that would give me toggle buttons in my notification bar. The upload was taking such a long time, that I realized something was wrong. Then I saw later in the thread it didn't work for Gingerbread. So I went back and flashed the old ROM. Still wouldn't load. Tried everything, still wouldn't load. Then I factory restored.
Then it got stuck in the Sprint 4G, constantly looping making that annoying sound. So then I downloaded a ROM that was supposed be a factory restore since factory restoring didn't seem to work. Now my phone is stuck on the HTC EVO 4G white screen. I'm freaking out, because I really need my phone for business (and an alarm).
It also shows that it was rooted still, so I don't think I could take it in for a replacement tomorrow. Any help, please?
Can you at least get to bootloader!? Volume+power button. Look for the recovery option. If you are in recovery you are good. Download a rom, preferred sense rom,
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Okay, I don't get the triangle. But I'm still stuck on htc EVO 4G screen.
marcusva79 said:
Can you at least get to bootloader!? Volume+power button. Look for the recovery option. If you are in recovery you are good. Download a rom, preferred sense rom,
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Okay, I can get into bootloader, I've been working on this for hours. I'm still in S-Off, still stuck on the white HTC EVO 4G screen. I can get into recovery now as well. Used my friends phone with my SD Card to put in a new Recovery image that allowed me to access Recovery again.
Where can I get one of these ROMs? I think my phone still considers itself factory restored. I'm worried there might be missing files and whatnot? Is there anyway to download something that has all the necessary files to install onto my phone via Recovery?
Toni Goodman said:
Okay, I can get into bootloader, I've been working on this for hours. I'm still in S-Off, still stuck on the white HTC EVO 4G screen. I can get into recovery now as well. Used my friends phone with my SD Card to put in a new Recovery image that allowed me to access Recovery again.
Where can I get one of these ROMs? I think my phone still considers itself factory restored. I'm worried there might be missing files and whatnot? Is there anyway to download something that has all the necessary files to install onto my phone via Recovery?
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Download a rom on your computer for the EVO 4g Example are MikG v3.0 and Tommytomatoe's Classic v0.0.5. Once its downloaded on the computer, transfer the file to your sdcard. Put sdcard back into phone. Boot into recovery and wipe everything EXCEPT your sdcard 3 times. While in recovery, go to flash zip from sdcard and flash (install) the ROM. You will be good after that.
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What recovery image are you using?
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You can get the rom here on this site but in the development section and make sure it's a rom for the EVO 4g.
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I believe I am using Amon Ra's. I've been going through different Chrome Tabs, and some of them I've closed by mistake. I'm a little frantic, trying to calm down. I'm downloading a stock ROM and the Warm TwoPointThree mod. Hopefully one of those works.
scottypeterson said:
Download a rom on your computer for the EVO 4g Example are MikG v3.0 and Tommytomatoe's Classic v0.0.5. Once its downloaded on the computer, transfer the file to your sdcard. Put sdcard back into phone. Boot into recovery and wipe everything EXCEPT your sdcard 3 times. While in recovery, go to flash zip from sdcard and flash (install) the ROM. You will be good after that.
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Didn't see this one. Do I even Wipe SDCARD: .android_secure? What about SDEXT:? I won't touch SDCARD: of course, but those two leave alone or wipe?
It should work. Just like scotty said be sure to wipe everything except SDCARD.
Dont for get to hit THanks?
marcusva79 said:
It should work. Just like scotty said be sure to wipe everything except SDCARD.
Dont for get to hit THanks?
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But do I ignore just SDCARD, or do I also ignore SDCARD: .android_secure and SDEXT?
Toni Goodman said:
But do I ignore just SDCARD, or do I also ignore SDCARD: .android_secure and SDEXT?
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Just discovered that SDEXT would be a second partition, which I don't have. So I can ignore that. So the question remains, to wipe SDCARD: .android_secure, or not to wipe?
you can wipe sdcard:android_secure Just not SDCARD by its self.
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you can wipe sdcard:android_secure Just not SDCARD by its self.
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Thank you *so* much.
Is it working? Get it to boot on up?
Toni Goodman said:
Just discovered that SDEXT would be a second partition, which I don't have. So I can ignore that. So the question remains, to wipe SDCARD: .android_secure, or not to wipe?
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.android_secure is a folder on your SD card. It holds all the apps you have moved to SD.
It only wipes that folder.
Typical wipe is: Data, System, Cache, Dalvik, .android_secure, Boot (Sometimes).
When you flash a new rom, most of that is replaced with the new dataz.
You probably bootlooped your rom in the beginning. Wipe and reflash if that happens again. Sometimes you can get out of bootloops by just wiping the Cache and Dalvik.
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Is it working? Get it to boot on up?
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SUCCESS! You two are beautiful, and I love you both.
If you need anything else brotha always feel free to pm me.
Toni Goodman said:
SUCCESS! You two are beautiful, and I love you both.
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Glad you got it working.
Now click the link in my sig to my Evo Guide and learn learn learn
Toni Goodman said:
Didn't see this one. Do I even Wipe SDCARD: .android_secure? What about SDEXT:? I won't touch SDCARD: of course, but those two leave alone or wipe?
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Yes wipe everything except for the sdcard.
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My phone is stuck in a bootloop with Cyanogen and CWM!!!

Heyy everyone! i have a samsung sgh t989D (telus edition) and i tried to root it. I put CWM and Cyanogen on it via Rom Manager and when i started my phone up it wouldnt get past the boot screen so im stuck in a bootloop. I can get to the CWM recovery page but i dont know what i should and can do to get out of this boot loop. I backed up i phone when i was trying to use the samsung toolkit a while ago but i still dont want to lose my data. I also dont care for the rom or root anymore. So i guess im asking what the best way to unroot my phone would be. Also my phone disconnects itself from my computer at times (my laptop makes the noise that a usb has been unplugged) and im using the stock wire with a usb 2.0 port.
Can you get into download mode or CWM without it rebooting? If not, does it get partially through the boot process before going into an infinite bootloop and vibrating every few seconds? If so, you could be another victim of power button hardware failure.
bruddah said:
Heyy everyone! i have a samsung sgh t989D (telus edition) and i tried to root it. I put CWM and Cyanogen on it via Rom Manager and when i started my phone up it wouldnt get past the boot screen so im stuck in a bootloop. I can get to the CWM recovery page but i dont know what i should and can do to get out of this boot loop. I backed up i phone when i was trying to use the samsung toolkit a while ago but i still dont want to lose my data. I also dont care for the rom or root anymore. So i guess im asking what the best way to unroot my phone would be. Also my phone disconnects itself from my computer at times (my laptop makes the noise that a usb has been unplugged) and im using the stock wire with a usb 2.0 port.
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Please please please tell me you did a NANDROID backup before making any changes after getting CWM on there!
If you did, you should be able to restore from backup when in CWM. If not... well... flash from an SD card?
KaneHusky said:
Can you get into download mode or CWM without it rebooting? If not, does it get partially through the boot process before going into an infinite bootloop and vibrating every few seconds? If so, you could be another victim of power button hardware failure.
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What's this power button hardware failure? Is it common? I'm scaaaared now.....
sylikc said:
Please please please tell me you did a NANDROID backup before making any changes after getting CWM on there!
If you did, you should be able to restore from backup when in CWM. If not... well... flash from an SD card?
What's this power button hardware failure? Is it common? I'm scaaaared now.....
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i can easily get to the clockwork recovery page and idk if i did a nandroid backup :S i used ROM manager to put CWM on my phone but before that i tried rooting with the samsung toolkit and that made me do some sort of backup i think so i might have but idk. what can i flash from an sd card? pretty much what happens when i start my phone is that it stays at the screen while its booting like the boot logo where the background is moving and stuff and i can turn my phone off and hold volume keys and get into CWM recovery
Check every other thread... they are pretty much the same thing. You answer is Darkside Super wipe. Flash it, flash your ROM, flash GAPPs, reboot!
Done
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Check every other thread... they are pretty much the same thing. You answer is Darkside Super wipe. Flash it, flash your ROM, flash GAPPs, reboot!
Done
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soo will that wipe everthing off of my phone? and thanks! i guesss ill just do that
try holding power 3 seconds then let go over and over then eventually it should boot into rom i do this alot
Yup, everything
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richardlibeau said:
try holding power 3 seconds then let go over and over then eventually it should boot into rom i do this alot
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approximately how many times do you do it?
bruddah said:
approximately how many times do you do it?
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sometimes it takes a couple minutes before it boots up all the way. it works for me alot but i am not guaranteeing it will for you but it can't hurt to try
-SGA- said:
Check every other thread... they are pretty much the same thing. You answer is Darkside Super wipe. Flash it, flash your ROM, flash GAPPs, reboot!
Done
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---------- Post added at 12:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:12 AM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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and are you sure i cant just flash the stock rom onto my phone? cuz ide hate to wipe everything off of my phone
bruddah said:
and are you sure i cant just flash the stock rom onto my phone? cuz ide hate to wipe everything off of my phone
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just wipe cache and dalvik . then flash rom make back up if you need too.
richardlibeau said:
just wipe cache and dalvik . then flash rom make back up if you need too.
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which rom do you mean when you say flash rom? the stock rom? or a custom one? i want to keep it stock for now
bruddah said:
which rom do you mean when you say flash rom? the stock rom? or a custom one? i want to keep it stock for now
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YES STOCK
richardlibeau said:
YES STOCK
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lool i was just making sure and i cant find a file for the stock telus ics :$ can someone help me? i found one for the koodo and tmobile ics but i want the telus one. Thanks
Ive got a new problem :S i now know exactly how to fix my phone. But there are some pictures on the internal SD Card that i really need. Theyre pictures from a family vacation to Washington DC an theyre really important. I tried to mount my phone from Clockwork Mod Recovery but mounting the system but it didnt work. Then i tried selecting all the options and mounted them all but all my computer does is reckognize that something is plugged in. I cant get into the files of my phone. I also checked and my computer says the my phone is a "Storage Device; Modem"
bruddah said:
Ive got a new problem :S i now know exactly how to fix my phone. But there are some pictures on the internal SD Card that i really need. Theyre pictures from a family vacation to Washington DC an theyre really important. I tried to mount my phone from Clockwork Mod Recovery but mounting the system but it didnt work. Then i tried selecting all the options and mounted them all but all my computer does is reckognize that something is plugged in. I cant get into the files of my phone. I also checked and my computer says the my phone is a "Storage Device; Modem"
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Your not suppose mount the system, just storage. In TWRP you can mount internal or external storage. Also, I'm not quite getting what you're saying. You have tried taking out the SD card and mounting it directly on your PC and it didn't work?
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In the CM9 thread it says to ensure you download/install a CWM Touch recovery - if you don't you're guaranteed to get a boot loop. Their "fix" was to download and flash darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip via recovery and that will fix the problem.
I ended up having the same issue and that's how I fixed it.
LoopDoGG79 said:
Your not suppose mount the system, just storage. In TWRP you can mount internal or external storage. Also, I'm not quite getting what you're saying. You have tried taking out the SD card and mounting it directly on your PC and it didn't work?
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Im saying that im stuck in a bootloop and i wana get the data off of my internal storage. I can only get to CWM recovery. I also wana just go back to stock ICS but if i can fix cyanogen without wiping my phone that would be great! i tried to plug in my phone and get my computer to read it so i can browse my phone's internal memory and get the pictures off of the internal storage but it wont recognize my phone. I tried checking all of the things in CWM but none of them worked.
i_is_surf said:
In the CM9 thread it says to ensure you download/install a CWM Touch recovery - if you don't you're guaranteed to get a boot loop. Their "fix" was to download and flash darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip via recovery and that will fix the problem.
I ended up having the same issue and that's how I fixed it.
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so your saying that i didnt download/install a CWM Touch Recovery so thats why im in the boot loop and that to fix it i can download and flash a darkside Wipe Cache Only and the phone will get out of the bootloop and Cyanogen will work?

[Q] Fail to flash any rom in my Note 2 sgh i317

Hello guys,
It's my first question to the forum. I hope you can give me a clue resolve this problem.
I bought a Note 2 SGH i317 some days ago.
It was my first root but with your trheads everything was ok (for some days).
I tried JediX, Custom Rom 4.2.5 and some other.
But after tried some custom roms, I noted that when I flash any rom the phone stucks on Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and I have to pull out the battery to turn off the phone.
I tried with many others roms and all did the same.
Later I realized that the flash process was very fast compared to the first ones, so I guess the flash proccess fails in some instance.
I returned to stock rom and root it again with same results.
I tried with CVM and TWRP.
I can restore some nandroid backups to get the phone working, but can't flash any rom now!
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
maztermdq said:
Hello guys,
It's my first question to the forum. I hope you can give me a clue resolve this problem.
I bought a Note 2 SGH i317 some days ago.
It was my first root but with your trheads everything was ok (for some days).
I tried JediX, Custom Rom 4.2.5 and some other.
But after tried some custom roms, I noted that when I flash any rom the phone stucks on Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and I have to pull out the battery to turn off the phone.
I tried with many others roms and all did the same.
Later I realized that the flash process was very fast compared to the first ones, so I guess the flash proccess fails in some instance.
I returned to stock rom and root it again with same results.
I tried with CVM and TWRP.
I can restore some nandroid backups to get the phone working, but can't flash any rom now!
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
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Did you wipe the data/wipe the cache partition and clear the dalvik cache? I would start with those things.
CharliexCharger said:
Did you wipe the data/wipe the cache partition and clear the dalvik cache? I would start with those things.
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Hi.
Yes. I did every step.
Sometimes I wipe both before and after flashing rom.
In some cases I format /system also.
I'm thinking in format some special partition/folder, but I don't know where to start or if it will works...
maztermdq said:
Hi.
Yes. I did every step.
Sometimes I wipe both before and after flashing rom.
In some cases I format /system also.
I'm thinking in format some special partition/folder, but I don't know where to start or if it will works...
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That is weird. Did you root using Odin?
CharliexCharger said:
That is weird. Did you root using Odin?
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I rooted it via Odin using Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
with my specific tar file.
maztermdq said:
I rooted it via Odin using Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
with my specific tar file.
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Not sure what went wrong. I would search through the forums for anything similar to the issue that you're having. If all else fails I'd flash the stock firmware via Odin. Good luck!
CharliexCharger said:
Not sure what went wrong. I would search through the forums for anything similar to the issue that you're having. If all else fails I'd flash the stock firmware via Odin. Good luck!
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Charlie,
To flash stock firmware is different form flash stock rom?
Must I search for a trhead to flash it?
Thank you!
maztermdq said:
Charlie,
To flash stock firmware is different form flash stock rom?
Must I search for a trhead to flash it?
Thank you!
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Yes it is. You can find the stock here.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-stock-firmwares/
If flashing stock rom doesn't help, your internal memory might be corrupted, and might need to format it through recovery.
It's not a sure thing but it's another option to troubleshoot your problem. If you're gonna try that, make sure to backup all your stuff
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AlonB. said:
If flashing stock rom doesn't help, your internal memory might be corrupted, and might need to format it through recovery.
It's not a sure thing but it's another option to troubleshoot your problem. If you're gonna try that, make sure to backup all your stuff
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I think that something like that is the real problem.
Must I format /storage/sdcard0 or format everything except my external card?
By the way, how can the internal memory becames corrupt?
maztermdq said:
I think that something like that is the real problem.
Must I format /storage/sdcard0 or format everything except my external card?
By the way, how can the internal memory becames corrupt?
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It's hard to say what made it corrupt (if at all, remember, this is only an assumption). Could've been an app that caused it, could've been flashing a custom rom, and something went wrong during the flashing process.
If you're using twrp (which i highly suggest you do), in the 'wipe' menu there's an option to wipe internal sd. DON'T FORGET! before you do this make a nandroid backup and keep that backup on your external sd, or on your computer. Also, backup all your stuff, like pictures, music, etc.
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How long do you usually wait at the samsung logo?
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It's hard to say what made it corrupt (if at all, remember, this is only an assumption). Could've been an app that caused it, could've been flashing a custom rom, and something went wrong during the flashing process.
If you're using twrp (which i highly suggest you do), in the 'wipe' menu there's an option to wipe internal sd. DON'T FORGET! before you do this make a nandroid backup and keep that backup on your external sd, or on your computer. Also, backup all your stuff, like pictures, music, etc.
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Thank you AlonB.
I'll try.
I'm using CWM right now, because I thought that TWRP could be part of the problem.
I have two backups with CWM and two with TWRP, An one complete with Titanium also!
KDurantula said:
How long do you usually wait at the samsung logo?
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Hi KDurantula,
At the begining abuout 20-30 minutes.
One time I waited for more than an hour.
Lately, no more than 15 min.
maztermdq said:
Thank you AlonB.
I'll try.
I'm using CWM right now, because I thought that TWRP could be part of the problem.
I have two backups with CWM and two with TWRP, An one complete with Titanium also!
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AloneB,
I tried with fomat internal SD card, but without results.
After formated /sdcard, I formated /system, wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I was ready to flash CleanROM 4.5, but stuck after teh second "Next".
So I went for the nandroid but... MD5 is worng!!
I'll try to back to stock again and see..
maztermdq said:
AloneB,
I tried with fomat internal SD card, but without results.
After formated /sdcard, I formated /system, wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I was ready to flash CleanROM 4.5, but stuck after teh second "Next".
So I went for the nandroid but... MD5 is worng!!
I'll try to back to stock again and see..
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Hi AloneB,
Before I return to stock rom, i tried with another rom; JediXPX... and it works!!
I must to try with some other, but at least this works when before the format it doesn't work.
Thank you!
PD: Excuse me my ingnorance, but how to thanks to you? And how can I close the thread?
maztermdq said:
Hi AloneB,
Before I return to stock rom, i tried with another rom; JediXPX... and it works!!
I must to try with some other, but at least this works when before the format it doesn't work.
Thank you!
PD: Excuse me my ingnorance, but how to thanks to you? And how can I close the thread?
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The only thanks you could give is just hitting the thanks button on my answers to you. But you don't really have to, it's entirely up to you. If you think my responses are helpful to you, then by all means ... In order to close a thread you could ask a moderator to do so. I'm not sure you're obligated to do so.
Btw, if cwm gives you an md5 error, could be most likely because you changed the name cwm has originally assigned to that backup. To solve this, just change it to what it was. If you didn't change the backup name, you could try going into advanced menu in cwm and toggle signature check to disable
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AlonB. said:
The only thanks you could give is just hitting the thanks button on my answers to you. But you don't really have to, it's entirely up to you. If you think my responses are helpful to you, then by all means ... In order to close a thread you could ask a moderator to do so. I'm not sure you're obligated to do so.
Btw, if cwm gives you an md5 error, could be most likely because you changed the name cwm has originally assigned to that backup. To solve this, just change it to what it was. If you didn't change the backup name, you could try going into advanced menu in cwm and toggle signature check to disable
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I did it imediatly!
Thank you for your help.
Regards.

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