Hercules kernel caused brick? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

I installed the hercules kernel posted by faux123 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372690&highlight=kernel
The situation:
I was on break for lunch, about to make a call then my phone crashed and restarted. The boot screen appeared starting the phone and froze on completion. I tried restarting multiple times, taken out the battery for a long period of time and even tried booting into recovery mode. No positive results came. The frozen screen is still there.

brion1020 said:
I installed the hercules kernel posted by faux123 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372690&highlight=kernel
The situation:
I was on break for lunch, about to make a call then my phone crashed and restarted. The boot screen appeared starting the phone and froze on completion. I tried restarting multiple times, taken out the battery for a long period of time and even tried booting into recovery mode. No positive results came. The frozen screen is still there.
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I would try going into Download Mode, restoring a stock ROM, and then re-root from the beginning.

Could you please provide a bit more information?. What rom did you install it on? and which faux Kernel you installed??.

that was my initial thought, but now I'm home and just flashed recovery first then flashed the stock rom. Had problems starting up at first then i did a full wipe (dalvic and system). The phone booted like a champ. do you know a stable rom or kernel?
@Octane, I installed the kernel on a stock rom and I used the gingerbread mainline edition kernel from the link.

It sounds like you installed the wrong kernel, maybe.
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Probably not a compatible kernel for the Rom.. Did you make sure it's for tw or aosp?
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Also, it's possible you wiped something you shouldn't have. Maybe Darkside super instead of cache? Something like that.
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RTFOP said:
Also, it's possible you wiped something you shouldn't have. Maybe Darkside super instead of cache? Something like that.
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are you imposing I should try Darkside super wipe?
My phone is up and working on on 2.3.6 ULVk1
I'm still a newbie to this stuff please don't use acronyms. (identify tw and aosp)

brion1020 said:
are you imposing I should try Darkside super wipe?
My phone is up and working on on 2.3.6 ULVk1
I'm still a newbie to this stuff please don't use acronyms. (identify tw and aosp)
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Tw= touchwiz. Samsung stuff
Aosp= android open source. Like cyanogenmod and android open kang project.
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According to the thread by faux123, the kernel is samsung based so im guessing TW

brion1020 said:
According to the thread by faux123, the kernel is samsung based so im guessing TW
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I bet one is for gingerbread, and the other is for ics.
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born2gethard said:
I bet one is for gingerbread, and the other is for ics.
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I reckon.
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sorry my phone rebooted and is stuck trying to boot up. I've havent been focusing on my replies, but yes its for ginerbread

Just reflash it to stock and reroot it. Saves you a ton off headaches in the long run. Or if you can get into recovery just flash another rom and you should be golden
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What ROM are you currently running?
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[Q] Dual Recoveries?

Not sure how it happened...well I do know....Flashed offical CWM for ROM Manager, but didnt think it took because it said I need a CWM compatible kernel. And then i used E4gtauto to add CWM-rogue because i didnt think I had it....so today when i booted into recovery from ROM toolbox, it went to CWM, did a nand and rebooted, but it booted into Rogue...? How can I get rid of one of them?
The nand you restored had a kernel with rogue on it. You should only have rogue on there now.
And I don't know if others feel this way, but I always only use the built in reboot menu or volume and power buttons(from off state) to go into recoveries and download mode, reduces issues
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Yeah I think I'm good to go. Thanks.
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Ebaum1 said:
Yeah I think I'm good to go. Thanks.
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Please do yourself a favor and never ever use rom manager on this phone again, it will give you some shiny paperweight eventually
Thanks for the heads up, but what about ROM toolbox? It seems to be fine even rebooting into recovery among other things...
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I have had no problems with ROM toolbox
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Touchwiz ROM issue

So I'm coming from cm10 on my phone. I have tried to install to touchwiz base roms and after installing the screen turns black right after the boot screen that says galaxy s3. Wondering why? Any tips?
Has happened in two romz. Wiped everything prior to. I am able to flash and run aosp Roms without issue. Running the latest cwm
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dwd3885 said:
So I'm coming from cm10 on my phone. I have tried to install to touchwiz base roms and after installing the screen turns black right after the boot screen that says galaxy s3. Wondering why? Any tips?
Has happened in two romz. Wiped everything prior to. I am able to flash and run aosp Roms without issue. Running the latest cwm
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AOSP kernel maybe? I know some (all?) of the stock based ROMs don't flash a kernel. Just a guess, haven't gone from AOSP to stock.
Do you have a nandroid of a touchwhiz rom ? I go back and fourth to cm10 to my stock nandroid backup without issue. Try that.
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lucidman said:
AOSP kernel maybe? I know some (all?) of the stock based ROMs don't flash a kernel. Just a guess, haven't gone from AOSP to stock.
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It looks like I need to flash a Touchwiz kernel, you are right. That fixed it. Thanks!
dwd3885 said:
It looks like I need to flash a Touchwiz kernel, you are right. That fixed it. Thanks!
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What kernel did you use?
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Kernel was on my mind today since I went from WanamLite to DietICS and suddenly WiFi stopped working. It was because I had flashed the faux123 kernel while on WanamLite and had to reflash it after going to DietICS. Little things I'll eventually get used to!
dwd3885 said:
So I'm coming from cm10 on my phone. I have tried to install to touchwiz base roms and after installing the screen turns black right after the boot screen that says galaxy s3. Wondering why? Any tips?
Has happened in two romz. Wiped everything prior to. I am able to flash and run aosp Roms without issue. Running the latest cwm
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Yep definitely kernel, would a said so immediately as I had same issue. Always be weary of the kernel u have installed when flashing to new or different rom as many roms dont have a kernel with them. And many custom kernels will cause this issue. U got it figured out anyways so live and learn and keep it in mind for future
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Solved thanks Guy's ran with my backup
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Used the stock kernel in the original dev section
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Going from ics to gb

So basically I was having issues with my phone and ended up getting a warranty replacement. So b4 I sent my old one back I needed to revert it back to stock. I found a flashable zip from zedomax that returned the stock kernel, recovery, and ROM. Only thing it was 2.3.5 gingerbread. I was running infamous 3.1 and did darkside super wipe and cache., well after flashing the zip I got the stock recovery, and part of stock boot animation, well after the stock boot animation then came the infamous animation then nothing. It wouldn't boot up past that.,I ended up using Odin and fixing it and converted stock that way. My question is... Is there a special method going from ics to gb?
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If you want stock then you just odin
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bobby3306 said:
So basically I was having issues with my phone and ended up getting a warranty replacement. So b4 I sent my old one back I needed to revert it back to stock. I found a flashable zip from zedomax that returned the stock kernel, recovery, and ROM. Only thing it was 2.3.5 gingerbread. I was running infamous 3.1 and did darkside super wipe and cache., well after flashing the zip I got the stock recovery, and part of stock boot animation, well after the stock boot animation then came the infamous animation then nothing. It wouldn't boot up past that.,I ended up using Odin and fixing it and converted stock that way. My question is... Is there a special method going from ics to gb?
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Yeah just use odin or a flashable zip to return to stock no big deal
I know how to Odin and get stock...I'm asking if there's anything special to go from an ics ROM to a GB ROM? BC when I did it I soft bricked, using all the darkside
Wipes.
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And btw I know the zip wasn't corrupt BC I had used it b4 when I did an exchange when I was running GB already.
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There is a sticky post having all the links
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bobby3306 said:
I know how to Odin and get stock...I'm asking if there's anything special to go from an ics ROM to a GB ROM? BC when I did it I soft bricked, using all the darkside
Wipes.
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I have flashed from GB to ICS back and forth a few times never really had an issue like that the only real issue I have ever had was a few apps force closing but a quick wipe of the cache took care of that issue
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angellsl said:
There is a sticky post having all the links
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Omg read the entire post moron, I wasn't asking for a guide for any damn links. Was a question, read
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don't use the CWM flashable zips. if you do you should flash the rom and kernel too? you probably did but sometimes it doesn't work correctly. I would suggest flashing via odin to get to stock then wipe data/factory reset through stock recovery. that is the cleanest method to get to stock. the CWM flashing to zip sometimes leave stuff behind from earlier flashes.

[Q] (Q) Rom Flashing soft brick?

Im sorry if this is already posted.
So im trying to flash the Rom Frosty JB 4.1.1-v7 i looked at the guides and steps that the developer gave.
After i follow the steps and reboot, it gets stuck at Samsung Galaxy S3 boot. I waited for 3 mins and then i rebooted again but it gets stuck at the same place.
Im using the T-mobile t999.
And again Im Sorry if this is already posted somewhere.
First boot always takes a long time, I dont think 3 minutes is giving it enough time. Try rebooting but if it goes more like 20 minutes then id say restore backup and redownload rom.
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Tdeljr said:
First boot always takes a long time, I dont think 3 minutes is giving it enough time. Try rebooting but if it goes more like 20 minutes then id say restore backup and redownload rom.
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I know it takes along time but when i look at other videos they go pass the [Samsung Galaxy S3] Boot, mine gets stuck. i also tried what you said i rebooted after 20 minutes and re-downloaded the rom but it still gets stuck.
Try to reboot into recovery and factory reset, wipe dalvik/cache.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Try to reboot into recovery and factory reset, wipe dalvik/cache.
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Well im already in recovery when i do all of this. Im not sure what im doing wrong
Ok so did you just try factory resetting again then?
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Are you just flashing the frosty zip? I ask because i had problems because i was having a similar issue caused by flashing ktoons newest kernel which is incompatible with frosty
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Yup could be a kernel issue you might need to flash another before install or full wipe.

Help synergy rom

I am not new to rooting or modding devices just cant figure out why the synergy rom for the at&t galaxy s III wont install I downloaded it twice recover keeps giving me bad zip with cwm and twrp recover any ideas
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meezy2400 said:
I am not new to rooting or modding devices just cant figure out why the synergy rom for the at&t galaxy s III wont install I downloaded it twice recover keeps giving me bad zip with cwm and twrp recover any ideas
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Try updating cwm in rom manager
meezy2400 said:
I am not new to rooting or modding devices just cant figure out why the synergy rom for the at&t galaxy s III wont install I downloaded it twice recover keeps giving me bad zip with cwm and twrp recover any ideas
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My i747 does the same, I've tried several time with stock kernel, Ziggy kernel and kt747 kernel but I Berber got passed the logo. I tried both, cwm and twrp latest recovery. It is the only ROM not booting on my phone so I'm not sure what's up with that.
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liltitiz said:
My i747 does the same, I've tried several time with stock kernel, Ziggy kernel and kt747 kernel but I Berber got passed the logo. I tried both, cwm and twrp latest recovery. It is the only ROM not booting on my phone so I'm not sure what's up with that.
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Seems like going back to stock and flashing these Verizon based ROM's helps.
hednik said:
Seems like going back to stock and flashing these Verizon based ROM's helps.
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I just wanted to see how it looked too much trouble
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liltitiz said:
I just wanted to see how it looked too much trouble
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Which really stinks because I love Galaxymod but I guess I got lucky that it worked well for me with minimal effort. There one thing I've never had to do on 5 phones and wont say it for fear of jinxing myself haha

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