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Did I Brick? Stuck at Android Recovery Screen

Rooted...no issue there.
Installed ROM Manger.
Installed Clockwork Recovery from Rom Manager as I wanted to install a new rom.
Now when I boot, no matter what combination I hold down, it goes to the Android System Recovery screen and in the background is the white triangle, yellow exclamation point and little android guy.
I can move between the three ofered choices but pressing the power button (I assume this is the OK button) does nothing.
Thoughts / help?

jfenton57 said:
Rooted...no issue there.
Installed ROM Manger.
Installed Clockwork Recovery from Rom Manager as I wanted to install a new rom.
Now when I boot, no matter what combination I hold down, it goes to the Android System Recovery screen and in the background is the white triangle, yellow exclamation point and little android guy.
I can move between the three ofered choices but pressing the power button (I assume this is the OK button) does nothing.
Thoughts / help?
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If you are using an ACS recovery I am pretty sure you need to go down and up with the volume key untill it enables power button for ok. Also I have heard flashing with rom manager is not the best thing to do.

Another one bites the dust. ROM manager is a no no for our phones. You need to get into download mode and do a restore from sfhubs one click, located here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Also check out his auto root package, which will install cwm via simple on screen directions. It is located in his signature. To get to odin mode hold power + down vol. Then press vol up button when prompted. Have he oneclick open already, then plug in device. If shows com, you are good to go. Ensure only pda button is checked. All of these directions are in the post, so just collow them. Good luck. This is the method I use.
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If you are using Rom Manger, there's gonna be none who can help you. Rom manager CWM only worked well until GB ROM. Use Rogue Recovery or ODIN one click method (sfhub's) from the download mode.

May have bricked my GS3

I initially flashed the CM10 JB stable ROM successfully. The only problem I had was that I was unable to transfer files via USB to my computer, so I tried using the toolkit to flash the stock rom, but when it was flashing I got an error message that my phone disconnected.
When I turn my phone on I can only get into download mode. If i just press the power button, I receive a black screen.
I have tried using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 to flash the stock ROM using ODIN but the phone freezes at the Samsung logo screen after the T-Mobile "4G Android" screen.
Any help is truly appreciated

islam.osman said:
I initially flashed the CM10 JB stable ROM successfully. The only problem I had was that I was unable to transfer files via USB to my computer, so I tried using the toolkit to flash the stock rom, but when it was flashing I got an error message that my phone disconnected.
When I turn my phone on I can only get into download mode. If i just press the power button, I receive a black screen.
I have tried using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 to flash the stock ROM using ODIN but the phone freezes at the Samsung logo screen after the T-Mobile "4G Android" screen.
Any help is truly appreciated
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can you get into recovery mode? if you can, try installing a rom from an external micro sd card (that you know previously worked)

islam.osman said:
I have tried using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 to flash the stock ROM using ODIN but the phone freezes at the Samsung logo screen after the T-Mobile "4G Android" screen.
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If you got this far, then you need to do a factory reset.

idlejoe said:
can you get into recovery mode? if you can, try installing a rom from an external micro sd card (that you know previously worked)
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I can not get into recovery mode. I can only get into Download mode for some reason.

Aerowinder said:
If you got this far, then you need to do a factory reset.
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How would I be able to do a factory reset only using Download Mode?

islam.osman said:
How would I be able to do a factory reset only using Download Mode?
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you cant. You need to boot into recovery. Trust me you can get in it, might take a few tries. Try to boot into recovery without the usb cable plugged in.With the phone completely off, and unplugged do the vol-up, home +power combo til it flashes that first screen, it can be a ***** but youll get in

Try turning the device off, remove the battery and leave it there for 60 secs. Make sure the phone is unplug from computer and the hit vol up, home, power until the phone vibrate then release. This should get the phone into the stock recovery.

billard412 said:
you cant. You need to boot into recovery. Trust me you can get in it, might take a few tries. Try to boot into recovery without the usb cable plugged in.With the phone completely off, and unplugged do the vol-up, home +power combo til it flashes that first screen, it can be a ***** but youll get in
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I really do not think I will be able to get in. I have tried it so many times and even previously could only get into CWM recovery through the app on my phone to boot into recovery. I could never actually get in holding the vol-up+home+power.
Is it possible to flash CWM recovery through ODIN and download mode?
I'm not sure why this stock rom is freezing after I flash it through odin.

islam.osman said:
I really do not think I will be able to get in. I have tried it so many times and even previously could only get into CWM recovery through the app on my phone to boot into recovery. I could never actually get in holding the vol-up+home+power.
Is it possible to flash CWM recovery through ODIN and download mode?
I'm not sure why this stock rom is freezing after I flash it through odin.
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pick ur poison--
cwm original--- https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tal5szplmicwfw5/cwm-norm.tar?dl=1
cwm touch--- https://dl.dropbox.com/s/td6q227c2iur53m/cwm-touch.tar?dl=1
twrp--- https://dl.dropbox.com/s/gegn4jfuc74sq1d/TWRP (3).tar?dl=1
i would suggest trying a different cable and if ur gonna use odin again, wipe everything (especially /system!) in recovery before booting into download mode for the odin flash. would also reccomend tryin the legit stock rom in odin (unrooted) if its still freezing on you.

Flash with Odin again, then after it is successfully completed power down phone you have to hold vol up home and power until you see some blue text appear in the top left corner then factory reset from recovery
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Yea getting into recovery is tricky if you don't hold the buttons long enough (let go too soon). These guys really gave you great advice.
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If you couldn't get into CWM recovery before you screwed the rom then you just aren't doing it right.with phone off, hold up and home, then hold powered button for like 3 sec then let go of only power... but i think you are right the download mode skips the Samsung logo.the recovery puts up Samsung logo before booting recovery. Why can't you Odin a recovery partition ?
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chrisram88 said:
Yea getting into recovery is tricky if you don't hold the buttons long enough (let go too soon). These guys really gave you great advice.
Sent from my SGH-T999
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That they have, I took the battery out and let it sit for a little and tried it to get into recovery and it worked! I'm was able to boot up regularly after and I truly thank you all for the help because I was having a heart attack.

[Q] I f'd up and I hate myself help

Ok so I rooted by using Odin and all was good. I downloaded rom manager and proceeded to install clockwork recovery all was still good. But then I was dumb and tried flashing a cyanogen mod nightly build. I didn't want to install it that moment, i was downloading for later use. Well it installed anyway and with only the davlik cache clear checked. So now when I turn on the phone it goes to Samsung screen and then the custom loading screen for cyanogen mod which just circles endlessly. I cannot get it to boot into download or recovery mode by holding all the buttons. I have pulled the battery and even the sim card. I also let the boot screen run until it drained the battery. How f'd am I? Will a jig work?i cant just exchange it because this dumb logo spinning will give me away. I am a dumb noob and I hate myself.

Are you able to get into the Samsung download mode so you can re-flash stock firmware in odin?
Oops, missed that part in your post. Are you actually holding all the buttons? Because you only need vol up + home + power for download mode.

chug said:
Are you able to get into the Samsung download mode so you can re-flash stock firmware in odin?
Oops, missed that part in your post. Are you actually holding all the buttons? Because you only need vol up + home + power for download mode.
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Yea sorry that's what I meant just the three but I've tried both combinations for download or recovery numerous times now

I've read multiple thrasds like this and I believe since you can see your Samsung logo you're fine...
There are other ways to get into download mode by pulling out battery and plunging in usb cable and pressing buttons but on my phone I can't find instructions...
Do a search.. You should be fine though. I wouldn't worry.. Samsung logo means ur good.. I think..
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Flashing a rom without wiping will not cause any harms to the recovery mode or download mode. You must have messed something else with rom manager.
Buy a jigg and see if it can get you into download mode
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liltitiz said:
Flashing a rom without wiping will not cause any harms to the recovery mode or download mode. You must have messed something else with rom manager.
Buy a jigg and see if it can get you into download mode
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Not that he messed something up with ROM manager, its just garbage....on this phone anyway. For future reference only use it to get a recovery, don't use it to download or flash rom's. Do that part manually.
As suggested get a jig and try to get into download mode and flash with Odin back to stock. They are like six bucks on eBay and work on pretty much any Samsung phone, I just ordered one tonight to have just in case.

Its fine and you probably dont need a jig, you need to install adb and use it to reboot to recovery or bootloader hopefully you read to make a nandroid first if not flash a stock image with odin. Flashing a rom cannot brick the phone recovery is still there and in order to get to the logo screen bootloader has to be there too. Try the toolkit in the dev section its stickied and i think it has adb and it will install the drivers you need. Not to be rude but if you don't know what you are doing its best not to mess with it.
If you get adb type adb reboot bootloader in your command prompt to get to bootloader to use odin.

[Q] S5660 bricked with flashing SAMSUNG page

My Gio is bricked now.
After I pressed power on button, it stucks on the first screen with SAMSUNG logo and flash on and off once a second.
I can get into the download mode but it still stucks after flashing any official rom.
I can't get into recovery mode also.
What can I do now to revive my gio?
Thanks!
William

I don't think that it is bricked
ارسال شده از GT-S5660 با استفاده از تپاتالک 2

MH-Droid said:
I don't think that it is bricked
ارسال شده از GT-S5660 با استفاده از تپاتالک 2
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Thank you for your kindly reply.
I also hope so.
But what's the solution steps?
I flashed many rom by odin but no use.

I had a similar bootloop issue. I flashed with odin 2 times, still same. Then I got into recovery and wiped data, cache and Dalvik cache and it worked. However, I still have no idea why this phone won't boot into CM10 (stuck at boot logo)...
What happens when you try to get into recovery? Have you tried to press and hold menu first then press and hold power?
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ReznorNInchNails said:
I had a similar bootloop issue. I flashed with odin 2 times, still same. Then I got into recovery and wiped data, cache and Dalvik cache and it worked. However, I still have no idea why this phone won't boot into CM10 (stuck at boot logo)...
What happens when you try to get into recovery? Have you tried to press and hold menu first then press and hold power?
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Our problems are different.
You can get into recovery while I can't.
I exactly know how to enter the recovery mode, but when I hold the menu and power button, it just lighted on and then off as if the program crashed and restarted.
Then the screen is on and off over and over.
Anyone can help me?
Or suggest some post to let me learn and try?
Thanks

have you hard rested the phone? link to how to do it ---> http://factory-reset.com/wiki/Galaxy_Gio
is your phone rooted? then try install a custom rom like cm7.2 by Odin.

s!mon said:
have you hard rested the phone? link to how to do it ---> http://factory-reset.com/wiki/Galaxy_Gio
is your phone rooted? then try install a custom rom like cm7.2 by Odin.
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Thank you for your reply!
My phone can only enter download mode.
It can't boot normally so it's rooted or not is not important.
And it also can't enter recovery.
I have read the link you give me.
The second step is: Press down the Volume key and the Power button.
But I don't know which volume key it means.
Volume Up or Volume Down?
Anyway, I tried Volume down, Volume up and Volume down+up.
All of them have no effect.

take out the battery and wait a few minutes... after that put the battery in your phone and try it again... maybe it works
Sorry for my bad englisch

emyaz said:
take out the battery and wait a few minutes... after that put the battery in your phone and try it again... maybe it works
Sorry for my bad englisch
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I used this method many times.
It's no use.

VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER then release POWER this should do the job entering the mode.
You can also try by connecting the phone to pc and in Kies go to Tools-> emergency firmware recovery
If your phone is NOT rooted and the warranty is still able then you have the option deliver it to the shop for repair.
If it IS rooted then you can try installing other custom roms by Odin, you'll find plenty of them in development section.

s!mon said:
VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER then release POWER this should do the job entering the mode.
You can also try by connecting the phone to pc and in Kies go to Tools-> emergency firmware recovery
If your phone is NOT rooted and the warranty is still able then you have the option deliver it to the shop for repair.
If it IS rooted then you can try installing other custom roms by Odin, you'll find plenty of them in development section.
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1. Volume down+home+power, it will enter download mode. After it entered download mode, I release power with holding the volume down+home, nothing happened, the screen still show "downloading". Are my steps above right?
2. In Kies->Tools->emergency firmware recovery, there is a list of devices, but it's blank, nothing to select. And there is a button to popup a dialog. In that dialog, it let me input a recovery code, but I don't the meaning of it and don't know what to input.
3. In Kies->Tools->firmware upgrade and initialization, after I input the device model and serial number, it told me the last version I have initialized on my device and let me put the phone into download mode. I put the phone into download mode and press the button to let kies process. But it popup a dialog with all koreans. I cut the screen and email to someone who knows korean and he told me the meaning is "Can not upgrade because the binary files are unregisted. please confirm the registration of the binary files". But I don't understand what the BINARY FILE and REGISTRATION mean.
4. I've rooted the phone and also it's out of the warranty duration. If I use odin to flash stck roms or custom roms, it finishes well but nothing happened to my phone. It still can't boot normally or enter recovery.

can you enter cwm?
can you see dialing pad??
if so do this: Enter *2767*3855#

s!mon said:
can you enter cwm?
can you see dialing pad??
if so do this: Enter *2767*3855#
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I can only enter download mode.
I can't enter recovery mode nor the cwm.
I can't boot it normally so can't see the dialing pad.

Try to flash multifile rom in odin.

Go to www.sammobile.com and download a stock rom for Samsung Gio and flash it with odin.

skayer said:
Try to flash multifile rom in odin.
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Yes, I've flashed stock roms many times.
I have tried one package roms and multifile roms, but all of them have no use.
After each flash, I try to boot my phone or enter recovery but all failed.

What exactly happened to your phone that you can't do anything with it?
Try to install CWM again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650

s!mon said:
What exactly happened to your phone that you can't do anything with it?
Try to install CWM again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650
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I can't download the link list in that thread.
Could you please give me some other link to download cwm?
Thanks

CWM 5.0.2.7
flash it with odin, then reboot your phone and see if you can see the cwm interface, then insert a custom/stock rom on sd card and flash it through cwm.
http://www.mediafire.com/?gekbj3ekkx2vle0

s!mon said:
CWM 5.0.2.7
flash it with odin, then reboot your phone and see if you can see the cwm interface, then insert a custom/stock rom on sd card and flash it through cwm.
http://www.mediafire.com/?gekbj3ekkx2vle0
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I am very sorry that it's the same link as that in the thread.
I can't download anything from mediafire and some other download site out of China.
But I found I can download from xda-developers.
Could you please upload to this xda site?
Thanks.

[Q] n00b stuck on endless loop, can't get into recovery

I have a Sprint Galaxy S3, rooted, Clockworkmod, ROM Manager and running CM 10.1.1 stable. My phone reception seemed to have taken a dive, so I started researching flashing a new radio in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787677
At some point in the thread, somebody scared me into doing this:
If youve never backed up youre nvram before u might be SOL but just in case
In terminal emulator type:
Su (press enter)
Reboot nvrestore (press enter)
Which I did (not the brightest move on my part, apparently). Now when the phone starts I get the Samsung sign, the Galaxy S3 sign with the Cyanogenmod man at the bottom, then it buzzes and starts over again. I cannot get into recovery. Any ideas? Am I SOL?
Thanks

Does it boot up to the OS ? If it does you can try loading Recovery again with either Flash Img GUI, or Rom Manager. Also for Firmware / modem / baseband I would suggest heading over to freeza's thread HERE.

..thats right boot into dowload mode..get a stock ONE CLICK restore rom and flash...these nrmaly include...kernal..modem..rom..and stock recovery...always keep a fresh copy on uou laptop for emergancys
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chris-allen said:
..thats right boot into dowload mode..get a stock ONE CLICK restore rom and flash...these nrmaly include...kernal..modem..rom..and stock recovery...always keep a fresh copy on uou laptop for emergancys
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I'd love to but I can't get the PC to recognize the phone. :/

Do you consider yourself to be a great recovery enterer? I'm being totally serious. Took me some time to learn how to do it. Or are you the type that only goes into recovery by holding Power in android, or you click recovery in Rom Manager?
I would suggest to hold Power, Home and the Up Volume Button until you see the samsung logo with Recovery on the top. If that doesn't work, pull battery, and now try download mode, by holding Down Volume button and Power and Home.
Good Luck my friend.

youngnex said:
Do you consider yourself to be a great recovery enterer? I'm being totally serious. Took me some time to learn how to do it. Or are you the type that only goes into recovery by holding Power in android, or you click recovery in Rom Manager?
I would suggest to hold Power, Home and the Up Volume Button until you see the samsung logo with Recovery on the top. If that doesn't work, pull battery, and now try download mode, by holding Down Volume button and Power and Home.
Good Luck my friend.
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Couldn't get into recovery at all. I'm almost done flashing stock ROM through Odin, that was the only way the PC would recognize the phone. Hoping this does the job.

Did you get this sorted out ?