My phone was constantly rebooting so i went into CWM and did a factory reset and it froze while wiping and since then it wouldnt reboot. I went to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551901&page=11 and followed the directions for the one click recovery using odin 1.81 but it stopped updating on the data.img. I kept it connected for over an hour. I disconnected the cable and rebooted the phone. now when i turn it on it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies and try again" i tried holding power and volume down and it briefly boots up but then goes to the firmware upgrade screen. Kies isnt recognizing the phone as being connected. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
you are not the first one today (yesterday) reporting the same problem. There were about 3~4 incidents reported during today. So, don't go further at this time. I hope some more Devs joining to give more helps.
During the time you are waiting, read the almost same case -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554392
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549382
Also, please describe the full details about what you did and how you did -
where did not download the rom, what's your rom/kernel version before installing the rom, how did you proceed to odin the rom, etc...
You mentioned that you tried to flash the rom using the one click recovery using odin 1.81. Can you please be more details about this?
Before flashing the rom, you said that your phone was constantly rebooting. What was your rom and kernel at that time? Do you think there was anything suspicious causing the rebooting?
Maybe the solution would be simple but I saw many people reported same thing, there would be common issue in here. So, we need to find out what that is....
Sorry for not giving you the suggestion at this time.
This isn't an ODIN issue. ODIN is just the messenger in this case.
There is a problem between the ICS kernels and custom recovery where it will sometimes corrupt your /data partition if you reset/wipe/restore/format/etc. Any large partition operations are suspect. Copying files seems fine. It doesn't necessarily do it every time so it'll work for some but brick others. Even if it works a couple of times, it can brick at any time.
The EMMC memory actually becomes damaged and even JTAG repair will not fix. By the time you get to ODIN the damage is already done. ODIN won't be able to write to /data even using a .pit file with repartition set, ODIN one-click won't write to it, CWM will hang writing to it, JTAG will have issues also.
Your best bet is to get a replacement.
There are multiple threads about this, which is why people suggest you go back to a GB-based kernel+CWM to do your ROM flashing.
This is one thread where the data.img corruption is discussed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
Well i tried QBKings how to unbrick video and used the stock el29 stock rom through odin. It looks like it was going to work. it finished all the way but now it just gets stuck in a boot screen loop
i get update logfile does not exist deleteing cryption meta data
#manual mode#
updating application....
Maybe try using odin to flash a kernel with recovery, and get into recovery before it reboots(or pull battery since it won't boot after odin is done doing its thing). then restore a nandroid, or flash a Rom?
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sleshepic said:
Maybe try using odin to flash a kernel with recovery, and get into recovery before it reboots(or pull battery since it won't boot after odin is done doing its thing). then restore a nandroid, or flash a Rom?
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I think we are in synch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556609 (the suggestion that I provided).
Adding to this, I personally recommend to format the sdcard before installing anythig - there's a option to format sdcard.
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Maybe try using odin to flash a kernel with recovery, and get into recovery before it reboots(or pull battery since it won't boot after odin is done doing its thing). then restore a nandroid, or flash a Rom?
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Well i managed to be able to get it to boot into rogue recovery or power + down so i can flash through odin. I tried flashing a rom but it cant get past formatting system.
im going to try to restore to a previous rom now
armandosal said:
Well i managed to be able to get it to boot into rogue recovery or power + down so i can flash through odin. I tried flashing a rom but it cant get past formatting system.
im going to try to restore to a previous rom now
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It will never get past the data its corrupted and bricked ... There is no fixing it you should have never done anything in cwm with a ics kernel there are multiple threads that well tell you that ...read read ....you will now hope that sprint will replace your phone or you have insurance...good luck with sprint
Read this thread its what is wrong with your phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
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I'll add on to Epix4G's comment with another link:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
I finally ended up getting another phone from my insurance company. Is there a way to get any of my data from the phone?
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armandosal said:
I finally ended up getting another phone from my insurance company. Is there a way to get any of my data from the phone?
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Nope once it's data partition is screwed it's done for and not recoverable
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Ok. Thanks. on the plus side I got Cyanogenmod 9 on my phone.
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Got me a new phone, updated to 4.1.2 factory style.
Then I used the exploit to root. No problems for a while. Then this morning I downloaded Rom Toolbox. and i edited build.prop... i changed the lcd density to 240. problem is there were 2 lcd density inputs. so i changed both of them.
This caused my phone to not reboot.
Ok i got this, ive done it a hundred times...
well somethings a miss...
I go to recovery, and i factory reset.
now the phone boots, into "att ready2go" but the only button that works is my lock button. the rest either make a water drop noise. or do nothing. the screen doesnt react to my finger or the pen.
So i go into download mode and do the odin to flash CWM and it seems to work. except now i am still on e3 recovery, and i add to my modified count.
Does anyone know how to flash back to stock or anything? I am pulling my hair out LOL.
Have you tried wiping data/factory reset in recovery? You can do that in stock recovery also. If noting else youll have to go to samsung firmware website for a stock firmware tar to flash in odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36140930
^^^this thread was in general^^^^ read it:thumbup:
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Have you tried wiping data/factory reset in recovery? You can do that in stock recovery also. If noting else youll have to go to samsung firmware website for a stock firmware tar to flash in odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36140930
^^^this thread was in general^^^^ read it:thumbup:
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Thank you so much, I didnt expect general to have it. Anyhow Question I have now, is that when i flash CWM it doesnt stick. How do i know this will flash properly?
I rooted my Note II with SU. I have not flashed any roms, still running stock. The problem is this: I downloaded Triangle Away and reseted counter. Then I uninstalled it, and did a full unroot with SU. Status still said "modified" so I then did a hard reset of the phone. Now, it's stuck in a boot-loop wth the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" logo.
I have no idea what to do, and I guess I had no idea what I was doing. Please help me out!
wipe data and cache in recovery mode
I had the same unfortunate situation with you pal. I tried ti root my note 2 before and same things you did then bootloop occured. What I did was I downloaded my firmware and flashed via odin in pc. I cannot go to recovery before that.. now everything is fine. I will never try to root again unless I really needed it. Hoped I helped you
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vzscrd said:
I had the same unfortunate situation with you pal. I tried ti root my note 2 before and same things you did then bootloop occured. What I did was I downloaded my firmware and flashed via odin in pc. I cannot go to recovery before that.. now everything is fine. I will never try to root again unless I really needed it. Hoped I helped you
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Thank you very much. Does I need modem firmware also?
yudodis said:
wipe data and cache in recovery mode
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How do I do that?
Go into recovery and select factory reset.
If that doesn't help just flash any rom released January onwards
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UtkarshGupta said:
Go into recovery and select factory reset.
If that doesn't help just flash any rom released January onwards
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Thanks, I have tried but does not seem to be able to enter recovery mode.
Flash stock firmware. Look for ketan's thread in original development section.
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Hi there, i am currently on the CM10.1.2 build. Phone works, but started getting weird problems on the ROM lately so i decided to try to clean flash the rom again through clockword recovery v5. After doing the usual factory reset, wipe cache, re flashing, etc. After restarting the phone, nothing i did seemed to take effect. So I tried the same thing with a a differnt ROM, noticed that doing the factory reset only lasted like 3 seconds, when usually it takes about 10-20 seconds. So at this point, i tried to ODIN back to stock 4.1. Phone passed through but took zero effect.. I have no idea what to do at this point,
other weird symptoms that my phone had were; automatically turning on when USB plugged in.
Has anyone experienced this, could it be my clockword recovery is corrupted, but even so, ODIN should be able to work..
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Hi there, i am currently on the CM10.1.2 build. Phone works, but started getting weird problems on the ROM lately so i decided to try to clean flash the rom again through clockword recovery v5. After doing the usual factory reset, wipe cache, re flashing, etc. After restarting the phone, nothing i did seemed to take effect. So I tried the same thing with a a differnt ROM, noticed that doing the factory reset only lasted like 3 seconds, when usually it takes about 10-20 seconds. So at this point, i tried to ODIN back to stock 4.1. Phone passed through but took zero effect.. I have no idea what to do at this point,
other weird symptoms that my phone had were; automatically turning on when USB plugged in.
Has anyone experienced this, could it be my clockword recovery is corrupted, but even so, ODIN should be able to work..
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Upgrade to CWM6 with Odin and this file:
http://d-h.st/4Pk
Or better yet, use TWRP 2.5.0.0 tar from here:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules
If you can't install CM after that then I don't know.
just tried updating the clockwork to v6 through odin. it said it passed, but took no effect on my phone for some reason.. still on clockworkmod v5..
Im using odin v 1.85, ill try to re download it and see if it works. ive never had a problem with odin before this.
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just tried updating the clockwork to v6 through odin. it said it passed, but took no effect on my phone for some reason.. still on clockworkmod v5...
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Just to make sure, you are in download mode when you do this?
If so, what happens if you try to flash a CWM6 zip with the CWM5 recovery?
http://d-h.st/APx
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Just to make sure, you are in download mode when you do this?
If so, what happens if you try to flash a CWM6 zip with the CWM5 recovery?
http://d-h.st/APx
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yes im in download mode, on odin, put the CWM6 MD5 into bootloader and it didnt change the recovery, even after saying it passed.
also i just re downloaded odin and tried again but no luck. this is the weirdest problem ive had on any android phone..
i will try to install the CWM6 file through CWM5 and report back soon.
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yes im in download mode, on odin, put the CWM6 MD5 into bootloader and it didnt change the recovery, even after saying it passed.
also i just re downloaded odin and tried again but no luck. this is the weirdest problem ive had on any android phone..
i will try to install the CWM6 file through CWM5 and report back soon.
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First try using PDA to flash in Odin. PDA is the only thing I use in Odin for the Hercules.
ill try that now,
also, after a RR(random reboot) earlier today, a message popped up sayig; system error; you need to re partition or partition your phone, and some other error. There is a re-partition option in Odin, but i have no idea what it does and dont want to accidently brick my phone.
Any thoughts on that
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ill try that now,
also, after a RR(random reboot) earlier today, a message popped up sayig; system error; you need to re partition or partition your phone, and some other error. There is a re-partition option in Odin, but i have no idea what it does and dont want to accidently brick my phone.
Any thoughts on that
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Never had that error, but I have read that checking re-partition can brick(hard brick?) your phone. So I would not mess with that option until you do some research about it first.
so i tried flashing the CWM6 through PDA, no luck, then tried flashing it through CWM5, no good either.
and i might have to look into the re partition thing, it might be a potential solution. if anyone else has any knowledge or similar problems, please help me out, running out of ideas
edit: is there a way to go back to stock via kies, or is that only for non-rooted phones
vencc said:
ill try that now,
also, after a RR(random reboot) earlier today, a message popped up sayig; system error; you need to re partition or partition your phone, and some other error. There is a re-partition option in Odin, but i have no idea what it does and dont want to accidently brick my phone.
Any thoughts on that
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Never check that option, it will seriously damage ur phone if it even boots after, ur best bet is to go with twrp, it a better recovery and has all the newest flashing scripts, try using Odin and PDA to flash the tar file from the link above, I've never seen a phone tell me to repartition it before that's strange bit I wouldn't suggest it, twrp by far has never failed me yet as cwm is rarely updated so sometimes u get errors with new roms
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Never check that option, it will seriously damage ur phone if it even boots after, ur best bet is to go with twrp, it a better recovery and has all the newest flashing scripts, try using Odin and PDA to flash the tar file from the link above, I've never seen a phone tell me to repartition it before that's strange bit I wouldn't suggest it, twrp by far has never failed me yet as cwm is rarely updated so sometimes u get errors with new roms
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thanks for the input, gonna try twrp now
well, nothing seems to be working, i think ill just use the phone as it is until i find a fix, or until it dies on me. already fixed this phone once (power button), maybe its a sign for me to get a new phone
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well, nothing seems to be working, i think ill just use the phone as it is until i find a fix, or until it dies on me. already fixed this phone once (power button), maybe its a sign for me to get a new phone
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So even when u used odin and twrp it still didnt change anything? Thats very strange, its like ur system is read only, have u tried fixing permissions, idk dont think itll make much difference but if ur device isnt responding to odin im just taking a stab in the dark, odin says passed but it doeant take effect?
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Odin doesn't change a thing, even after the green light PASS. Maybe I should try downloading a newer version of ODIN(im on v1.85). But ive
Used this version in the past a couple times with no problems.
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Odin doesn't change a thing, even after the green light PASS. Maybe I should try downloading a newer version of ODIN(im on v1.85). But ive
Used this version in the past a couple times with no problems.
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I've always used 1.85 ,don't think I've even used another version as its always worked for me, have u tried loading the tar file into PDA slot, not boot loader, I never touch boot loader, click PDA and try to odin the file from there, and move to twrp, its better, if that doesn't work I'm lost, but I'll help as much as I can, how about flashing a ROM, does that work or does that not take too? This is interesting, it sucks for u I know but I've never had an issue like this before...
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so ive been reading around and found out my phone has the faulty emmc bug. and i may have soft bricked my phone from all of the wiping data and cache when flashing new ROMs. apparently this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094564 has a fix for the i9100 version which i want to try but i have no idea how kernals work, or if i can use the kernal suggested in his thread. Can anyone enlighten me if it is safe to flash a kernal meant for i9100
vencc said:
so ive been reading around and found out my phone has the faulty emmc bug. and i may have soft bricked my phone from all of the wiping data and cache when flashing new ROMs. apparently this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094564 has a fix for the i9100 version which i want to try but i have no idea how kernals work, or if i can use the kernal suggested in his thread. Can anyone enlighten me if it is safe to flash a kernal meant for i9100
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If u have the emmc.brickbug Sammy will fix it free
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If u have brickbug Sammy will fix it from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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Really?? I did hear they were supposed to find a fix for it but they never did.. does it matter that the phone is rooted? Because I have no way of uprooting at this point.
Def a hardware problem though so no reciept or anything should be nessesary I'd think?
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Really?? I did hear they were supposed to find a fix for it but they never did.. does it matter that the phone is rooted? Because I have no way of uprooting at this point.
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No, 9 times out of ten they never power on the phone, my buddy had the bug and they had him send it in, came back a new phone with the latest firmware...(edit) he was rooted as well so no issue with the phone rooted
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Thanks dude, I'll definitely contact Samsung and see if I can get a new phone.
Had a s3 a year ago. No probs rooting and flashing. Sold it. Got another one yesterday. Rooted and put on TWRP which I never used before. Wiped and flashed Eclipse and gor a soft brick with continuous Samsung logo.
Used the back to stock rom zip avaible on xda. Kept twrp and root. Phone works as it should. Wiped and flashed again and got same soft brick.
Questions is....am I doing something wrong? Can some explain in detail how to wipe and what to wipe with twrp for someone new to it? And any thoughts why I would get the soft brick? Thanks in advance...
Have u checked over in the general forum for the modded recoveries? Seems that sprint or Samsung had locked the new s3s up. Not a ure if what you have explained are the symptoms or not, but @kennyglass123 and @CNexus worked on some issues with new bootloaders. Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391616
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jwitt418 said:
Had a s3 a year ago. No probs rooting and flashing. Sold it. Got another one yesterday. Rooted and put on TWRP which I never used before. Wiped and flashed Eclipse and gor a soft brick with continuous Samsung logo.
Used the back to stock rom zip avaible on xda. Kept twrp and root. Phone works as it should. Wiped and flashed again and got same soft brick.
Questions is....am I doing something wrong? Can some explain in detail how to wipe and what to wipe with twrp for someone new to it? And any thoughts why I would get the soft brick? Thanks in advance...
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Check to see if it was a bad download.
Ok. Ill give it a go with a different rom and see if that helps. Again I'm new to twrp. Which wipe should I be doing. I don't care about losing music or photos. Just want a clean slate.
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Also...read about the custom recovery in the link you posted. I can access both external and internal storage so I don't think that would help. If I'm correct that's what the custom recovery seems to be for right?
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UPDATE: Ok, flashed PAC-MAN, same deal....soft brick....turned off phone. Odined custom recovery upgrading TWRP from 2.4 to 2.6, flashed PAC-MAN, soft brick...i dont understand why I can flash a rom, keeps soft bricking at bootloop. I've flashed the old SG3 and the HTC Evo about 1000 times...but this has me stumped....Androidians, please help.
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UPDATE: Ok, flashed PAC-MAN, same deal....soft brick....turned off phone. Odined custom recovery upgrading TWRP from 2.4 to 2.6, flashed PAC-MAN, soft brick...i dont understand why I can flash a rom, keeps soft bricking at bootloop. I've flashed the old SG3 and the HTC Evo about 1000 times...but this has me stumped....Androidians, please help.
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Tell the devs to cherry pick this commit if they haven't already: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/959a9d61c2dd1f3ebcafe6a88ea4c979ee061bc8
I understand you are helping but I'm not really sure which devs you mean or what I'm telling them to do...lol...but if it will help fix this issue I'm having then I'm all for it
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Is there a way I can pull a logcat in TWRP? And would that help tou know what's going wrong...or I'm assuming by the commit you already do....sorry for the ignorance...I'm pretty good with tweaking and flashing roms but am by no means in the dev world
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