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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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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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-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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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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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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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?

Jedi Knight 3 and CWM 5.0.2.7 and 6.0.1.4

I cannot speak for other CWM builds but when trying to flash Jedi Knight 3 with my T989 I notice many issues. Phone sticks when trying to restart...constantly missing NFC/Android Beam...and then once getting everything re-installed it hangs at one of the loading screens when trying to restart the phone...so as a recommendation like the uploader of this ROM states, use TWRP recovery.
In case you are unsure of how to get TWRP, download GooManager from the market, when you are in the app, hit the menu key, then click Install OpenRecoveryScript, tap Yes, and then ensure that the file name contains your specific model number. If it does, go ahead with the download and it will automatically install, once done, choose the option to Reboot Recovery. There you have it, you should now be able to access TWRP recovery mode.
Anyone else have any suggestions when it comes to this ROM build? I personally enjoy its look and feel and a lot of the features, especially the Yoda ringtone (which I am sure can be obtained elsewhere, but who does not love to be lazy?!? lol)

I made a thread earlier explaining why TW roms malfunction with CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926754
Flash TWRP and wipe WITHOUT TDJs scripts.
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RushAOZ said:
I made a thread earlier explaining why TW roms malfunction with CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926754
Flash TWRP and wipe WITHOUT TDJs scripts.
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HA! I actually used that post quite a bit before switching to TWRP. I was referencing that post and the Jedi Knight 3 post to do everything, but after countless failed attempts with CWM I got the phone re-flashed and booted and then went the easy route of getting TWRP on my phone.
It was kind of sad that CWM had so many issues, especially when I would hang in the restart process from the Android environment and then during the boot process it would get stuck on the loading screen. Became very annoying, but now that I have TWRP, so far everything seems to be working properly, except for NFC/Android Beam, but I did find an enabler on here so I guess I am gonna give that a try and see if that works.

jacodaburr said:
HA! I actually used that post quite a bit before switching to TWRP. I was referencing that post and the Jedi Knight 3 post to do everything, but after countless failed attempts with CWM I got the phone re-flashed and booted and then went the easy route of getting TWRP on my phone.
It was kind of sad that CWM had so many issues, especially when I would hang in the restart process from the Android environment and then during the boot process it would get stuck on the loading screen. Became very annoying, but now that I have TWRP, so far everything seems to be working properly, except for NFC/Android Beam, but I did find an enabler on here so I guess I am gonna give that a try and see if that works.
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Lol good thing you got it working.
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RushAOZ said:
Lol good thing you got it working.
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So far yes, slowly re-installing all my apps because before I would re-install all my apps and then try to restart the phone and it would hang at the loading screen. Got about 5-10 of my 50+ apps restored, and so far so good!

jacodaburr said:
So far yes, slowly re-installing all my apps because before I would re-install all my apps and then try to restart the phone and it would hang at the loading screen. Got about 5-10 of my 50+ apps restored, and so far so good!
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You shouldn't have a reboot hang with twrp even if you used the super wipe script. Like I said in my other post for some reason the super wipe script breaks the roms ability to reboot with CWM. That's why TDJ made the cache wipe script so it would fix reboot issues because CWM 5.0.2.7 has a few issues. You should be gold bud!
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RushAOZ said:
You shouldn't have a reboot hang with twrp even if you used the super wipe script. Like I said in my other post for some reason the super wipe script breaks the roms ability to reboot with CWM. That's why TDJ made the cache wipe script so it would fix reboot issues because CWM 5.0.2.7 has a few issues. You should be gold bud!
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Everything was fine and dandy, was able to reinstall apps, and then I restarted the phone, now it is giving me a SIM Error.
EDIT: Scratch that, shut the phone off, left it off for a minute, and turned it back on, now the SIM registers, although Wi-Fi Calling is telling me SIM in invalid for for Wi-Fi calling. It is funny the hoops I've had to jump through for this...Wi-Fi calling fixed... love this stuff!!! Now if I can just figure out how to get the NFC/Android Beam to work---NFC/Android Beam have re-appeared...

[SOLVED] [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!

I was playing with Rom Toolbox Pro and was changing the status bar icons. I did agree to the backup requests. In the middle of one of the icon changes, the program glitched. I tried to give it time, but it would glitch again. I finally removed the battery and now it won't go past "Samsung". Since I am on Ting an MVNO of Sprint, I don't have Sprint's boot animation, pure Samsung.
I did hold the volume / power / home buttons and tried every choice but factory reset. Though there is a high probability being new and stupid, that I di them wrong.
So . . . HELP!!!

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Lord Sekhmet said:
I was playing with Rom Toolbox Pro and was changing the status bar icons. I did agree to the backup requests. In the middle of one of the icon changes, the program glitched. I tried to give it time, but it would glitch again. I finally removed the battery and now it won't go past "Samsung". Since I am on Ting an MVNO of Sprint, I don't have Sprint's boot animation, pure Samsung.
I did hold the volume / power / home buttons and tried every choice but factory reset. Though there is a high probability being new and stupid, that I di them wrong.
So . . . HELP!!!
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When you get to to recovery restore a backup if you made one. Which you should always make a backup before making changes on ur rom. Or you may have to reflash the rom. If you can get into recovery your phone is not bricked.
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I can get into recovery, so the term is soft-bricked I believe. I didn't think I was doing a ROM change, but again I am new and stupid.
I did not do a backup, but Rom Toolbox Pro did for the files that changed. I cannot find those backup files in the in recovery. I went through every folder in "Apply Update From External Storage"

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Lord Sekhmet said:
I can get into recovery, so the term is soft-bricked I believe. I didn't think I was doing a ROM change, but again I am new and stupid.
I did not do a backup, but Rom Toolbox Pro did for the files that changed. I cannot find those backup files in the in recovery. I went through every folder in "Apply Update From External Storage"
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If you can find it i guess your only option left is to wipe everything and flash the rom again so you can get your phone to boot.
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The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.

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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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Contacts should be all synced to gmail. Just reflash and wait a minute for them to come back all by themselves after you log in.
I don't remember if the latest twrp has a file manager function (can't check while using the same phone to write thisn post) but if it does you might be able to replace the files that way. Otherwise, one theoretical option is you could extract the files from a stock rom and make a flashable zip that just puts those exact files back, copy the zip to a microsd card using a card reader & a pc (i don't think you can do much via usb while in recovery). Pop sd card back in phone and flash with twrp.
Possibly less work to restore contacts by hand again. This time let it sync to gmail so you won't be so screwed again. Better yet use titanium backup or rerware mybackup so you get txts, call logs, bookmarks, wifi keys, bluetooth pairings, contacts and apps.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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You won't lose your contacts if you synced them with Google
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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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You don't have your contacts saved to your Google? If not you should've.. They come back on their own once you set up your Gmail.
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I try to avoid google spyware as much as possible. (I know, I know, I chose Android)
I did install Titanium Backup Pro, but never did a backup. :crying:
I was already and waiting for the download to finish of the Sprint ROM to put it on my MicroSD. Didn't think about just replacing the bad files and was just going to flash it again. I don't know if I am knowledgeable enough to pull off just replacing a few files. I may end up learning the hard way.

NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!

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Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Nothing left to do but reflash your rom. Sorry about your data. Next time back up everything with a nandroid backup or titanium backup.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Unfortunatetly the "factory reset" option in TWRP is not the most descriptive wording.
All factory reset does is delete the data partition. It doesn't restore the OS userspace programs or the kernel or the modem/firmware or the bootloader.
Now that you've done that, there is no more chance to recover anything, which means there is no more reason to agonize over reflashing a new rom. Go ahead and flash away.
Simplest way, since you have a working custom recovery, is use a pc to download one of the recovery-flashable rom zips and put it on a microsd card. Put the sdcard back in the phone, boot into recovery and flash that zip.
It's simpler and safer than trying to use odin.
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KEYofR said:
Unfortunatetly the "factory reset" option in TWRP is not the most descriptive wording.
All factory reset does is delete the data partition. It doesn't restore the OS userspace programs or the kernel or the modem/firmware or the bootloader.
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Thanks, I wish I knew this before though. Hard lesson #1.
I've done a search and can't find any unmodified "recovery-flashable rom zip" Then I wouldn't know what to do with it. Desperate - how much to fix this? I am in Westchester NY.

Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Did you only factory reset and reboot?
You should just factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reflash your old rom, then reboot.

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Since we don't have a nice all-in-one rooted for the latest MA7 stock rom yet, I suggest use this one for MA5. (It's what I'm running since it came out.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37348257
Just do like the instructions in the first posts says.
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Read the thread. He said he never made a backup.
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I hope the experience doesn't scare you off flashing forever. You're actually not in bad shape right now. Your recovery is doing it's exact job it's named for. Your phone is booting into recovery, and twrp in particular is a powerful flexible one. It's a whole mini OS really.
And even if your recovery was screwed too, you could still use " download mode" and odin to flash everything back, it's just les convenient and less well documented but the standard recipe of steps is up there on galaxynote2root.com and elsewhere.
There's also a one click back to stock here on xda too. That runs from a pc and attempts to do everything to go all the way back to factory, including firmwares, bootloader, even resetting the flash counter back to 0.
Really your problem is that there are so many options it's confusing to figure out how to choose which one!
Hang in there. Try flahing the zips I pointed too and if there's a problem don't worry just post back here what happened.
For intance, when I flashed those, I had to an extra reboot that the instructions didn't say. After I flashed the firmware zip, the rom zip wouldn't flash. It just said failed in red letters. Scary. But I rbooted back into twrp and it flashed fine then. That happened a few different times on different roms after doing manual wipes in twrp also not just after flashing firmwares.
So don't worry.
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I followed to the letter the MA5 installation from Stock_Rooted_Deodexed _Ma5_Rom and LJC-MA5 firmwarezip Links UP!
It didn't work, even after rebooting twice via recovery. So I wiped cache and user data again and rebooted. My baby is till stuck at "Samsung" in the boot animation. :crying:
KEYofR - This is so depressing and I really do appreciate your encouraging words right now. I wish there was a Super Thanks button.

Sorry didn't read ahead. If you are on TWRP recovery just grab any rom and flash it and you should be booting. Make sure after you flash not to wipe anything (especially system).

bhint15 said:
First question and if you can't answer this then you need to read up on ODIN and reflash back to stock. What recovery do you have installed? How did you perform your wipe that isn't allowing you to boot? You mentioned you wiped everything else so if you wiped system/etc then yes your phone will not boot.
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I agree, I need to read more. I am learning every day. There is just no handbook that I can start on page one and start reading. So my limited knowledge is scattered. If flashing back to stock will fix it, then so be it. If you have any suggestions on what to do next or what to read, please tell me.
Oh, all the wipes I did was from the recovery menu. I don't think system was one of the choices. But it didn't boot before I did that either.
EDIT: Looking at the recovery menu, the only choices are
*Wipe data/Factory reset
*Wipe cache partition
So no system wipe choice there.

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You may have to use ODIN to flash back to stock. First thing I would do is see if the phone will get into download mode. It's volume up or down with power button and home button.
If you can get into download mode you will have to use ODIN on your PC to get back to a stock rom. Thats my advice at least.

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After flashing ma5 and rebooting, did you let it sit on the samsung screen a while? I forget what the circumstances are but sometimes it can take a minute or so on the first boot.
You could try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145
Blasts you back to factory.
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(Q) Been Gone For Some Time...???

I was wondering how in the hell do i get updated to all the new updates and such.
Currently i'm rooted with Twrp 2.3.1.0, i used the toolkit back some time ago and game me the option to basically install custom roms and such but never did anything except for a kernel.
So my question is Im still on LJC, 4.1.1, and i'm sick of the pop ups for the install update, and i know its going to fail so i'd figure can i just install a custom rom and it will take care of all that crap like for instance just go ahead and start fresh and install CyanogenMod?

XxLostSoulxX said:
I was wondering how in the hell do i get updated to all the new updates and such.
Currently i'm rooted with Twrp 2.3.1.0, i used the toolkit back some time ago and game me the option to basically install custom roms and such but never did anything except for a kernel.
So my question is Im still on LJC, 4.1.1, and i'm sick of the pop ups for the install update, and i know its going to fail so i'd figure can i just install a custom rom and it will take care of all that crap like for instance just go ahead and start fresh and install CyanogenMod?
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That could be an option if you're looking to move over to AOSP but if you wanted to stick with TW you could always just flash a ROM based off stock 4.1.2, MA7 or MC2.
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LuigiBull23 said:
That could be an option if you're looking to move over to AOSP but if you wanted to stick with TW you could always just flash a ROM based off stock 4.1.2, MA7 or MC2.
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Well i tried to install CM 10 getting stuck at bootani its seriously pissing me off. i wiped everything and followed directions and nothing is working

XxLostSoulxX said:
Well i tried to install CM 10 getting stuck at bootani its seriously pissing me off. i wiped everything and followed directions and nothing is working
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Will need more info, like your exact installation process to help you any further.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Will need more info, like your exact installation process to help you any further.
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Okay Well i wiped(factory reset under TWRP 2.5) then did advanced wipe and chose system option; then wiped. Then i had flashed CM10 then after flashed GApps, rebooted and bam into bootloop, and as i typing this i 'm doing the avatar rom and same thing bootloop. also i should mention it skips the md5 check and says there is no md5 file.
Just tried rootbox same thing gets as far as the boot ani then bam sits there

XxLostSoulxX said:
Okay Well i wiped(factory reset under TWRP 2.5) then did advanced wipe and chose system option; then wiped. Then i had flashed CM10 then after flashed GApps, rebooted and bam into bootloop, and as i typing this i 'm doing the avatar rom and same thing bootloop. also i should mention it skips the md5 check and says there is no md5 file.
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When you say CM 10 I'm assuming you're referring to CM 10.1? If so make sure your using the correct gapps and if you still face issues I suggest redownloading the ROM and gapps through Goomanager, make sure the MD5 match up, and then fully wipe and flash again. Keep me updated.
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LuigiBull23 said:
When you say CM 10 I'm assuming you're referring to CM 10.1? If so make sure your using the correct gapps and if you still face issues I suggest redownloading the ROM and gapps through Goomanager, make sure the MD5 match up, and then fully wipe and flash again. Keep me updated.
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Yess 10.1, and yes i did exactly as it says im uploading a youtube video for you to watch so you can see what im doing exactly.
Just followed Rootbox instructions as i just literally tried that rom out, and same results. i cant match the md5 as it skips it during install process as it says there is no md5 file

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Thanks. I'll watch it and get back to you asap.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Yess 10.1, and yes i did exactly as it says im uploading a youtube video for you to watch so you can see what im doing exactly.
Just followed Rootbox instructions as i just literally tried that rom out, and same results. i cant match the md5 as it skips it during install process as it says there is no md5 file
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Ok I see what you're doing. My brother had a similar problem and there seems to be something wrong with the kernel script not running through properly and to fix this you will need to perform a factory reset as the OP instructs BUT I would try it twice. Once before the flash and another after the flash. Try it and if that doesn't work try the same steps with a 3rd party kernel. Flashing a kernel after the ROM is not recommended but if it helps to boot up the phone then you'll know it was the stock kernel. Let me know
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LuigiBull23 said:
Thanks. I'll watch it and get back to you asap.
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Ok I see what you're doing. My brother had a similar problem and there seems to be something wrong with the kernel script not running through properly and to fix this you will need to perform a factory reset as the OP instructs BUT I would try it twice. Once before the flash and another after the flash. Try it and if that doesn't work try the same steps with a 3rd party kernel. Flashing a kernel after the ROM is not recommended but if it helps to boot up the phone then you'll know it was the stock kernel. Let me know
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tried with 3rd party kernel i.e matrix kernel and nope still not working WTF.

XxLostSoulxX said:
tried with 3rd party kernel i.e matrix kernel and nope still not working WTF.
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No AOSP ROMs at all? I would go back to complete stock, update to MA7 or MC2 then reroot and try flashing again.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Okay Well i wiped(factory reset under TWRP 2.5) then did advanced wipe and chose system option; then wiped. Then i had flashed CM10 then after flashed GApps, rebooted and bam into bootloop, and as i typing this i 'm doing the avatar rom and same thing bootloop. also i should mention it skips the md5 check and says there is no md5 file.
Just tried rootbox same thing gets as far as the boot ani then bam sits there
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Wipe 3X. Data, System, cache, Dalvik.
Anything less and you're bound to get problems.

Skripka said:
Wipe 3X. Data, System, cache, Dalvik.
Anything less and you're bound to get problems.
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i did; wiped data 3x, system 3x, cach and dalvik 3x, installed cm 10.1 then right after Gapps but again says skip md5 check there is no md5 file and bootloops on CM 10 boot animation

XxLostSoulxX said:
i did; wiped data 3x, system 3x, cach and dalvik 3x, installed cm 10.1 then right after Gapps but again says skip md5 check there is no md5 file and bootloops on CM 10 boot animation
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Does it bootloop...or have you just been impatient? 1st boots of a new ROM can take a while.
Presuming it is stuck at boot splash...either an unstable build, or a corrupt download are possible. Verify the MD5 of your downloads.

Skripka said:
Does it bootloop...or have you just been impatient? 1st boots of a new ROM can take a while.
Presuming it is stuck at boot splash...either an unstable build, or a corrupt download are possible. Verify the MD5 of your downloads.
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did you watch my video? it was sitting for 5 minutes,on the cyanogenmod boot animation.
i just restored and back on ljc perfectly fine. but i guess my phone does not like flashing as i said and in the video it hangs and skips the md5 check

okay i used Toolkit 4.1.0 and chose to flash to stock and it didnt work because i still have root and still on ljc, and same setup as before, i cant update to ma7, however i chose to install stock recovery, but i know if i do update it will fail.
EDIT: **** it wont even reboot to install the update. says rebooting now and nothing. F THIS PHONE.
I CANT EVEN UNROOT

XxLostSoulxX said:
did you watch my video? it was sitting for 5 minutes,on the cyanogenmod boot animation.
i just restored and back on ljc perfectly fine. but i guess my phone does not like flashing as i said and in the video it hangs and skips the md5 check
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Every device handles things differently, including first boot up times. It can take anywhere from 5-10min. So don't worry about how short Josh's boot up time was in his video. I highly suggest you:
1) Wipe system, data, cache/dalvik 3x
2) flash ROM and Gapps
3) Go back and perform a "factory reset" 3x
4) Reboot
5) Let phone sit at most 15min.
Just do this one final time exactly as instructed and assuming you've tried earlier nighties, if it doesn't boot up by 15 min then you'll know it's the phone and NOT you.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Every device handles things differently, including first boot up times. It can take anywhere from 5-10min. So don't worry about how short Josh's boot up time was in his video. I highly suggest you:
1) Wipe system, data, cache/dalvik 3x
2) flash ROM and Gapps
3) Go back and perform a "factory reset" 3x
4) Reboot
5) Let phone sit at most 15min.
Just do this one final time exactly as instructed and assuming you've tried earlier nighties, if it doesn't boot up by 15 min then you'll know it's the phone and NOT you.
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what do i do if its the phone? i cant even unroot, i cant even flash to stock WTF! tried using toolkit but nothing. only thing i accomplished was being able to install stock recovery, and went back into android and chose to reboot to install update from OTA wont even reboot when it says rebooting now.

XxLostSoulxX said:
what do i do if its the phone? i cant even unroot, i cant even flash to stock WTF! tried using toolkit but nothing. only thing i accomplished was being able to install stock recovery, and went back into android and chose to reboot to install update from OTA wont even reboot when it says rebooting now.
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Ok... Do you still have that LJC nandroid backup?
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Ok... Do you still have that LJC nandroid backup?
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correct yeah because i restored so i can atleast use my phone to try to fix it using toolkit
EDIT: Hooray i finally got it that did the trick this time. however basband is still LJC but is 4.2.2 because i went through setup this time and was able to boot up

[Q] Trouble rooting SGH-T999

I'm absolutely confused with how to root my SGH-T999 properly. I know I'm suppose to use the search function and read everything and anything before I post a thread, but I'm seriously overwhelmed with what's what.
So far, I'm trying to follow this guide, but when I go check the md5, it says it's not a match between the file I downloaded and the md5 # on the download page. I figured that since my phone is 4.1.1, I should use this image, but again, I try to check the md5 sums, but it comes out as not a match.
So I'm super paranoid that I might mess something up and brick my phone.

I'm betting you checked the md5 after extracting it. The md5 on the download page is for the file exactly as you downloaded it.
You don't have to worry about an update 'path'. You can get the latest and flash it as per the instructions.
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Oh thank god. Yeah, I was checking the extracted file. Thanks for clearing that up.
One more question: Let's say I want to use CyanogenMod 10. Once I've rooted my phone with this method, I could get ClockworkMod recovery (via ROM Manager from the app store) and download the CM10 mod and install the CM10 that way?

xaolindragon said:
Oh thank god. Yeah, I was checking the extracted file. Thanks for clearing that up.
One more question: Let's say I want to use CyanogenMod 10. Once I've rooted my phone with this method, I could get ClockworkMod recovery (via ROM Manager from the app store) and download the CM10 mod and install the CM10 that way?
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Yes. Make sure you follow all the flashing instructions from the thread. You could also install goo manager and install TWRP and find roms through there as well
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xaolindragon said:
Oh thank god. Yeah, I was checking the extracted file. Thanks for clearing that up.
One more question: Let's say I want to use CyanogenMod 10. Once I've rooted my phone with this method, I could get ClockworkMod recovery (via ROM Manager from the app store) and download the CM10 mod and install the CM10 that way?
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Yeah, you can use TWRP or CWM to flash roms. It's preference. You don't HAVE to have CWM to flash CM10.
I never used TWRP, but I'm absolutely content with CWM. Hasn't failed me once. Don't fix what's not broken, right?
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Alright ****. I think I messed something up.
I installed ROM Manager and downloaded CM10. I then went through the options of rebooting it and installing. But now it's stuck at a spinning circle with "CyanogenMod" in the center. I have no idea what to do or how to get out of it. I've tried forcing it to power down by holding down the power button or doing the three button press (volume down, home and power), but either way, it just shuts down, vibrates a little and reboots itself back to the spinning logo screen.
EDIT: Ok so I've pulled the battery and went into recovery mode. Then I "wiped data/factory reset" and I think I got it to work now. It seems to be at the CM10 home screen now

xaolindragon said:
Alright ****. I think I messed something up.
I installed ROM Manager and downloaded CM10. I then went through the options of rebooting it and installing. But now it's stuck at a spinning circle with "CyanogenMod" in the center. I have no idea what to do or how to get out of it. I've tried forcing it to power down by holding down the power button or doing the three button press (volume down, home and power), but either way, it just shuts down, vibrates a little and reboots itself back to the spinning logo screen.
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Pull the battery. Once the screen is black. Put the battery back and boot into recovery(Vol up, home, and power).
When you installed CM10, did you factory reset, wipe cache, and dalvik cache?
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IXChicharitoXI said:
Pull the battery. Once the screen is black. Put the battery back and boot into recovery(Vol up, home, and power).
When you installed CM10, did you factory reset, wipe cache, and dalvik cache?
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Yeah. That's exactly what I did. Pulled the battery, put it back in, factory rest and wiped data. I'm not sure about the dalvik cache though. Once I got to the ClockworkMod recovery mode/screen, I just went to the "wipe data/factory reset option"