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[Q] 4.0.2 OTA wont install?

Got a bit of a problem with installing 4.0.2 OTA on my phone. Twice i have received it, but both installs have failed. I get the same error; phone reboots into this install-mode, the androidguy pops up but after 2-3 seconds it just comes up an warning triangle and i have to take out my battery of i want to shut down the phone. Any idea why this is happening?
Both times i tried i was on mobile data, not wifi (i dont have wifi where i live atm).
Rooted and cutsom radio (XXKL1) but other than that it is stock. Also it is an yakjuxw version. HERE is a video that shows my problem.
EDIT: flashed 4.0.2 via toolkit V5.1, since i not could get it to work Now i just hope my backup is restorable.

You need the stock recovery and the correct radio for it to update successfully.

Baguett said:
Got a bit of a problem with installing 4.0.2 OTA on my phone. Twice i have received it, but both installs have failed. I get the same error; phone reboots into this install-mode, the androidguy pops up but after 2-3 seconds it just comes up an warning triangle and i have to take out my battery of i want to shut down the phone. Any idea why this is happening?
Both times i tried i was on mobile data, not wifi (i dont have wifi where i live atm).
Rooted and cutsom radio (XXKL1) but other than that it is stock. Also it is an yakjuxw version. HERE is a video that shows my problem.
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Exact same thing is happening to me. I have installed the stock recovery and everything.
I dont know what it is.

i cant remember what the stock radio is called But to get stock recovery, will uninstalling CWM do the job?

Do you have the yakju build or another variation?
You can also just flash the stock images in fastboot. They are located here.
http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html

I have the yakjuxw, but i downloaded the galaxy nexus toolkit v5,1 and i think i have stock recovery now, but i am not sure. Still having problems with finding out what the stock radio is, but if i dont find it i might as well flash the 4.0.3 yakju and just get done with it.

Actually, for me, I flashed 4.0.2 by doing this process here, because when I was flashing 4.0.1 I was getting the same process as the OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21113773&postcount=195
the process for 4.0.2 in the url works fine for me but when I go into recovery mode I get the android dude on his back with the red triangle like the OP gets also. So does anybody know what I need to do to get recovery to show up properly for me on my phone?

jonnyg1097 said:
Actually, for me, I flashed 4.0.2 by doing this process here, because when I was flashing 4.0.1 I was getting the same process as the OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21113773&postcount=195
the process for 4.0.2 in the url works fine for me but when I go into recovery mode I get the android dude on his back with the red triangle like the OP gets also. So does anybody know what I need to do to get recovery to show up properly for me on my phone?
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I believe you press volume up (or down, not sure) and the power button a few times to get the recovery menu to show up.
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El Daddy said:
I believe you press volume up (or down, not sure) and the power button a few times to get the recovery menu to show up.
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Is it a different recovery mode than the one accessible from fastboot mode?

Its the same one. There is only one. I did some research and with the Gnex when you get to recovery and see the android down, press both volume up and down then power.
This will bring up the menu.
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omg! you are right, that is such a relief to know it is there after all, all this time I was expecting it to show up once it loaded up fully. I
Thanks! Much appreciation.

Hi there,
can I install the Stock Recovery without losing data?

wuerg said:
Hi there,
can I install the Stock Recovery without losing data?
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Yes, i did it with galaxy nexus toolkit

Nexus not booting after system upgrade

Hi. I am a newbie on the forum so pardon me if I have posted in the wrong section.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250 that I purchased under a 3 year agreement with Bell not too long ago, perhaps in May. One day I left my phone connected to my PC so I could transfer some video and picture files that were on there. After the transfer finished, I then proceeded to remove my Nexus from my PC. After a while, I noticed it restarted because the screen went blank and I heard it vibrate because it was on my desk.
My phone is encrypted, so when the phone restarts, or you turn the phone off, and on again, you need to enter a PIN to decrypt the storage. When I entered the PIN, the Nexus froze and then restarted, leading me to the exact same screen I was at previously. Now, I attempted to enter the boot-loader and go into recovery mode, but each time I went into recovery mode, the phone restarted normally. There were a few times I would see the android guy with what looks like a globe sticking out of his chest and a bar below him which probably meant recovery, but my screen would flash back and forth and eventually stick.
I took the phone in only to be told that the system image in the Nexus is corrupted and that it wouldn't be covered under the warranty. At that same time, I decided to go back home and see if I could work with anything. I attempted to use ODIN to put ICS 4.0.4 back on the Nexus, but in between the process, ODIN failed, and now I am left with a phone that can not turn on, go into recovery, or anything else it should.
I'm at a loss here and I'm wondering if anyone else would have any suggestions at this point. If I have to send it in, I'm okay with that, but if there is something that can be done from my PC, I would like to attempt that first. Thank you for your help.

Does anyone think they may have a solution?

Give this a try if it is truly bricked. Apparently it works wonders though I'm not sure if it will work in your case.

Unlawful said:
Give this a try if it is truly bricked. Apparently it works wonders though I'm not sure if it will work in your case.
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Thank you so much for your help. By using that program, I was able to boot back into ODIN mode and upload ICS 4.0.4 back on it!

Eazy_Going said:
Thank you so much for your help. By using that program, I was able to boot back into ODIN mode and upload ICS 4.0.4 back on it!
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Woot, gotta love happy endings!

Rolling Restarts

I've done some research on this and haven't found and answer, so im putting it out there for you guys to get at me and let me know. I have been experiencing Rolling restarts on my phone. The phone will boot up fully, but randomly it will just restart it self. At times if I just push the power button, to turn of the screen, the phone will restart again. The phone also has an issue of staying in black and not coming back on, so I have to take the battery out in order for me to get it back to boot up.
Notes:
Im running EL29 Stock. Nothing special at all.
If there is a thread already created for this, I apologize, but ive looked and I couldn't find it.

I'm experiencing something similar except i'm running AGAT's tFH13 rom and kernel.
Every time I get the phone into recovery or even download mode, the phone just reboots itself.
Out of curiosity I opened the mobile odin app and it gave me an error saying it could not detect the device model. -_-

bas85 said:
I've done some research on this and haven't found and answer, so im putting it out there for you guys to get at me and let me know. I have been experiencing Rolling restarts on my phone. The phone will boot up fully, but randomly it will just restart it self. At times if I just push the power button, to turn of the screen, the phone will restart again. The phone also has an issue of staying in black and not coming back on, so I have to take the battery out in order for me to get it back to boot up.
Notes:
Im running EL29 Stock. Nothing special at all.
If there is a thread already created for this, I apologize, but ive looked and I couldn't find it.
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Can you dump a logcat and attach?
(From ADB Shell)
Code:
logcat -d -f /sdcard/logdump.txt
Might help explain what's going on.

bas85 said:
I've done some research on this and haven't found and answer, so im putting it out there for you guys to get at me and let me know. I have been experiencing Rolling restarts on my phone. The phone will boot up fully, but randomly it will just restart it self. At times if I just push the power button, to turn of the screen, the phone will restart again. The phone also has an issue of staying in black and not coming back on, so I have to take the battery out in order for me to get it back to boot up.
Notes:
Im running EL29 Stock. Nothing special at all.
If there is a thread already created for this, I apologize, but ive looked and I couldn't find it.
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That's pretty odd, I don't think I've ever heard of something like that happening unless there was something physically wrong with your phone.. have you ever tried to use Odin to reinstall a stock Rom? & out of curiosity do you have an antivirus app?

I did the Reflash back to stock through odin. Took it to sprint this morning though and found that it was a bad battery. So easy fix but annoying problem.

And with that being said, It did it to me again! Guess that wasn't the issue.

j7jman said:
That's pretty odd, I don't think I've ever heard of something like that happening unless there was something physically wrong with your phone.. have you ever tried to use Odin to reinstall a stock Rom? & out of curiosity do you have an antivirus app?
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I have used Odin to reinstall a stock rom before. I do have an Antivirus app called Lookout. It might be something physically wrong with the phone at this point im not sure what to do.

*update* Just took it back to sprint and they replaced it for me for free. Went from black to white

I've been trying to flash it back to stock to take it to sprint but my phone just keeps rebooting even whilst in recovery mode. :-\
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bas85 said:
*update* Just took it back to sprint and they replaced it for me for free. Went from black to white
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How long have you had your phone? I am having the exact same issues. My 1 year Samsung warranty expires on the 15th...
Was your phone rooted when you brought it in?

twoslo said:
I've been trying to flash it back to stock to take it to sprint but my phone just keeps rebooting even whilst in recovery mode. :-\
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I would say keep trying. Mine was doing that too but it finally held out long enough once to not restart on me. What I did was i just tapped the screen ever 10-15 seconds. Not sure if that did anythign or if I was lucky but It made it through.
MoMatt said:
How long have you had your phone? I am having the exact same issues. My 1 year Samsung warranty expires on the 15th...
Was your phone rooted when you brought it in?
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I had my phone for less than a year. I had a sprint warranty and the Samsung 1 year warranty. Both covered this issue with no problem. I suggest taking it in if you cant find a solution to the problem. But if your rooted. Flash back to stock.

I was able to restore to a previous backup. From there i got Mobile Odin working and was able to flash the FH13 OTA, rooted though. I still can't get the power button to work and its still randomly rebooting but not as often. Still trying to get the phone to STAY in download mode to flash to stock(unrooted) with Odin.

twoslo said:
I was able to restore to a previous backup. From there i got Mobile Odin working and was able to flash the FH13 OTA, rooted though. I still can't get the power button to work and its still randomly rebooting but not as often. Still trying to get the phone to STAY in download mode to flash to stock(unrooted) with Odin.
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You can possibly take the "risk" but I took mine that was a Rooted Stock version, and it passed their software test, so they gave me the new phone. Also if its rebooting as much or as fast as mine was, Its hard for them to even run a real test because the phone wont give them a chance to. Its up to you tho to make that decision.

Finally got the phone to stay in download mode and i was able to flash the Unrooted FF18 OC.
Reboots are fewer now but power button still doesn't work. I checked my account and my phone is still under 1 year warranty & i have the insurance. I'll be heading to sprint after work today.
Thanks for your tips and replies. :good:

Same issue. The power button on this phone is iffy. At least i think that's the problem
Swyped from a Galaxy S2 on CM10

update : they are replacing my phone because the power button is broken
It's gonna be a few days till I get the new one, tech says they are back ordered?

The stability and shutdown issues for me seem to be caused by a bad battery. Brought it into Sprint and they gave me a new one, no charge. Seems to have solved the problem.

[Q] Stuck on boot after unroot

Sorry for posting a new thread but I want to make sure I am heading in the right direction. I bought a Galaxy S3 yesterday that was rooted. I want to put it back to stock ROM. I downloaded Odin and the ATT Stock ROM's. Everything went ok and passed without fail, but my phone is stuck on boot. Googling around I found a how to where I could run CWM Recovery, but it seems like this is for rooted devices stuck at boot. I am looking to go back to stock. Will this work or is there something else I am missing? Thanks and I will begin searching on the forum for help.
Edit: My phone does go into dowload mode.

MiamiE said:
Sorry for posting a new thread but I want to make sure I am heading in the right direction. I bought a Galaxy S3 yesterday that was rooted. I want to put it back to stock ROM. I downloaded Odin and the ATT Stock ROM's. Everything went ok and passed without fail, but my phone is stuck on boot. Googling around I found a how to where I could run CWM Recovery, but it seems like this is for rooted devices stuck at boot. I am looking to go back to stock. Will this work or is there something else I am missing? Thanks and I will begin searching on the forum for help.
Edit: My phone does go into dowload mode.
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so dont worry you'll be fine as long as your able to go to download mode your phone is good
Heres how to restore to stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU
If you wanna root it again like a boss heres the link for that too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEVDgjTTdg

Great. Thanks for that link. I actually found that video and was looking for the drivers. I noticed the one he linked if for Sprint. My phone is ATT though. I clicked on the ATT link a little further down in his description where it says AT&T USA. I am assuming this is the correct file to install right? Now is that the TAR file or the drivers? He didnt post an AT&T link for one of those.

factory reset
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It wont let me get into factory reset either. I hold power up, power and home and it goes to...
Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I cant get into Kies because Kies doesnt connect to the device

Ok I followed QBkings video and everything worked fine and passed but I am still stuck on the Samsung screen. I know he mentioned factory reset but he did it once he was already into the actual phone. Mine wont get in.

You guys are all beasts! Thanks a million for the help. Factory reset finally worked! My phone didnt reset by itself though.

Well I see you must have been able to fix your phone!
It must be like the Atrix 2, but instead of FXZ restoration w/ RSD Lite, you use TAR files and Odin

MiamiE said:
You guys are all beasts! Thanks a million for the help. Factory reset finally worked! My phone didnt reset by itself though.
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Just remember some time all u need is to reset
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twanskys204 said:
Just remember some time all u need is to reset
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Wow! Love the XDA forum. For hours I had the stuck @ Samsung logo after returning to stock on my ATT gNote 2. Bullseye, factory reset did the trick. Thank you guys, totally awesome support here.

Xda....all of us love the thanks button ; p
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The same thing happened to me today.
I flashed a rooted ics stock, one that came with cwm. It was still stuck on the logo until I went onto cwm and factory reseted. Now it works again.
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how do you factory reset if youre stuck on the boot screen?
i just unrooted or whatever and its stuck at the samsung screen

mainguy21 said:
how do you factory reset if youre stuck on the boot screen?
i just unrooted or whatever and its stuck at the samsung screen
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Boot into recovery. Vol up + home + power. When your device vibrates and you see the blue text in the top left corner of the screen, release just the power button.
Wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache

[Q] Screen Blacks Out - Should I send in to get fixed?

Just yesterday, my phone was working fine and then all of a sudden, my phone's screen turns completely black. I have the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Stock Rom and the factory kernel. I did root my phone and tried to reset the phone by trying to boot up the recovery. It doesn't give me the screen. There is also no Samsung Logo when I boot the phone but a screen with green dots all over. Then, it is on and I can guess my password and such so the touch screen is functional. The LED lights up and the soft keys light up as well. The sound works perfectly fine. So I assume something happened to the LCD screen? There are no cracks or what not.
Since it is rooted, I cannot just send my phone in for repair as the warranty is voided and I cannot uninstall anything or unroot my phone because I cannot see where all my icons are and what not. Any suggestions on what I can do or try? I got it not too long ago too which is a bit disheartening.

Dame thing happened to my gs3, I did reset it back to stock through odin and sent it in. They told me after I sent it in that it had damage to it that was my dually like dropping it or something. No that wasnt the case, the screen just slowly fizzled out. Pain in the ass
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I actually don't know how to do a reset via odin. I flashed it and followed instructions/research but since I can't see what is on the screen nor boot it up to download mode or anything... I don't know exactly what to do. Well I think I can boot it up to download mode again. I don't think it will be a problem. I just can't do triangle away after that though after that.
In addition, I would still have root tools installed so wouldn't that give it away that it was rooted? Thus, gahhh this is annoying =( Sorry for ranting... Just very frustrated (like many phone users on here I'm sure).
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I have it on stock rom though... I just need to unroot it... though I cannot see my screen to do anything about it =/

shadowchaud said:
I actually don't know how to do a reset via odin. I flashed it and followed instructions/research but since I can't see what is on the screen nor boot it up to download mode or anything... I don't know exactly what to do. Well I think I can boot it up to download mode again. I don't think it will be a problem. I just can't do triangle away after that though after that.
In addition, I would still have root tools installed so wouldn't that give it away that it was rooted? Thus, gahhh this is annoying =( Sorry for ranting... Just very frustrated (like many phone users on here I'm sure).
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I have it on stock rom though... I just need to unroot it... though I cannot see my screen to do anything about it =/
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If you have USB Debugging enabled you can used adb to remove root, I believe.

Odin back to stock should do it. Especially, with a busted screen.
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Android_Monsters said:
Odin back to stock should do it. Especially, with a busted screen.
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However, my issue isn't a broken screen. The screen itself appears to be fine and same with the digitizer. I don't see how flashing the stock rom will help. In addition, I don't think I can find my way around especially when the screen is all black. I may be able to because I have clockworkmod recovery on there. Just can't see any of the menus or anything.

flashing back to odin uses the phones download mode you dont need a custom recovery you just download the right files and put them in PDA in odin and flash them to your phone while its in download mode

haldi15 said:
flashing back to odin uses the phones download mode you dont need a custom recovery you just download the right files and put them in PDA in odin and flash them to your phone while its in download mode
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Well the next issue is, it refuses to go into recovery mode or download mode. All I get when I try the button combination is a screen filled with tiny green dots.

do what he does in the video even though your phone doesnt show anything on the screen it probably still works so you can try this
http://youtu.be/DtE7KUc0KQc?t=37s