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[Q] Stuck at splash screen

My phone is stuck at my custom splash screen, and everytime I reboot into bootloader I can't get to recovery because it always asks me about the splash screen update. HELP! How can I get to recovery?

Turn phone off. Remove sd card. It won't scan since dres nothing to scan. Scroll to recovery, and select. While it's booting to recovery, replace sd card. And do whatever you need to do in recovery after your card is replaced. Hope this helps.
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I learned that the hard way. I'll never keep a flashable zip in the root of the sdcard again.

bberryhill0 said:
I learned that the hard way. I'll never keep a flashable zip in the root of the sdcard again.
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I did the same thing, cuz it was when the MIUI update wouldn't boot up lol. So I thought I had killed my phone. I literally almost cried.

Can't boot into phone, seems no way to recover.

Hello I recently messed up my phone trying to get a custom rom onto my phone. (It is a l710 model)
I can boot into Clockwork Recovery and ODIN just fine, but I phone won't start up.
I used GS3 toolkit to root phone and it all worked fine, but then used clockwork to install custom rom.
I want to recover my phone but the only rom on the internal SD is the one that doesn't work.
I have a Nandroid backup I made using the galaxy s3 toolkit, its on the computer and sd card.
However I cannot restore using toolkit since it just waits for the phone to be on and in usb debugging mode to continue
Recovery says "Couldn't open directory" "No files found" when trying to restore backup.
I would try puting another rom on an sd card but it only browses internal storage (internal sd).
I went to mount external sd but didnt seem to help
Not sure if ODIN can do anything...
Don't know what else to try

firesoul453 said:
Hello I recently messed up my phone trying to get a custom rom onto my phone. (It is a l710 model)
I can boot into Clockwork Recovery and ODIN just fine, but I phone won't start up.
I used GS3 toolkit to root phone and it all worked fine, but then used clockwork to install custom rom.
I want to recover my phone but the only rom on the internal SD is the one that doesn't work.
I have a Nandroid backup I made using the galaxy s3 toolkit, its on the computer and sd card.
However I cannot restore using toolkit since it just waits for the phone to be on and in usb debugging mode to continue
Recovery says "Couldn't open directory" "No files found" when trying to restore backup.
I would try puting another rom on an sd card but it only browses internal storage (internal sd).
I went to mount external sd but didnt seem to help
Not sure if ODIN can do anything...
Don't know what else to try
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If you can get into download mode just flash the stock Odin file
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jamcar said:
If you can get into download mode just flash the stock Odin file
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I tried that but my phone just flashes samsung then the samsung galaxy s III and then turns off (or at least it appears to be off).
Is there a way to restore Nandroid backups with odin?

firesoul453 said:
I tried that but my phone just flashes samsung then the samsung galaxy s III and then turns off (or at least it appears to be off).
Is there a way to restore Nandroid backups with odin?
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You can get adb/the toolkit to see the phone. Go into the device manager while your phone is plugged in and booted to recovery. You should see a device with a ! next to it should be your phone. If you manually install the driver the toolkit will see it. Have the toolkin boot you into download mode. If you have recovery Odin mode should be okay, u sure ur holdin "vol down,home,pwr"?

Thanks for your time.
I managed to get it working.
What I did was
1. using odin, reflash the insecure boot thing.
2. reinstall the rom through recovery
3. factory reset
and then is wasnt stuck in a boot loop anymore
after that I could access internal storeage sd.

I had this same issue. After using ODIN Rom would hang on boot animation. Would never boot all the way and I gave it close to 45 minutes. I also found the only way to resolve this issue was doing a factory reset after flashing through ODIN. Im using Vzw model so I guess it is happening cross platforms.
firesoul453 said:
Thanks for your time.
I managed to get it working.
What I did was
1. using odin, reflash the insecure boot thing.
2. reinstall the rom through recovery
3. factory reset
and then is wasnt stuck in a boot loop anymore
after that I could access internal storeage sd.
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stuck in boot loop and cant boot into recovery HELP
hi i am having a similar problem. i am stuck in my boot with the samsung gs 3 screen but i cant boot into recovery at all i can get into download but it says to install rom volume up but then it gets stuck at the download screen forever. i was trying to flash the cm 10.1 rom and did a clean install but this is what ended up happening am still for the most part a noob, if anyone can help it would be much appreciated idk if i lose everything on the phone just need it working

The download mode screen is supposed to stay froze like that. it doesnt have options. just boot to that screen, plug in your phone to pc and run this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017470

billard412 said:
The download mode screen is supposed to stay froze like that. it doesnt have options. just boot to that screen, plug in your phone to pc and run this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017470
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Thanks man that worked I'm just an idiot and thought I was supposed to have options from there
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help phone is not booting

yesterday i was in the franco kernel updater app and i saw a new nightly to i wanted to flash it but by mistake i looks like flashed milstone version so the device got root access to restart the device and flash the kernel
but the device rebooted to stuck at Google logo for 15min so i pulled out the battery re-insert it and press the power button and nothing happens still stuck at Google logo with no boot loop or restarting it self
i can get to CWM and fastboot but when i start the device its stuck at that :crying:
my phone is on that way since yesterday and i cant leave it like this for longer time since iam travailing nor can i wipe every thing on it and get a fresh start cuz i do have important things on the sdcard
plz help
i do believe its a kernel related issue but what can i do ?? i cant push a .zip kernel to flash it in CWM

jik saw said:
yesterday i was in the franco kernel updater app and i saw a new nightly to i wanted to flash it but by mistake i looks like flashed milstone version so the device got root access to restart the device and flash the kernel
but the device rebooted to stuck at Google logo for 15min so i pulled out the battery re-insert it and press the power button and nothing happens still stuck at Google logo with no boot loop or restarting it self
i can get to CWM and fastboot but when i start the device its stuck at that :crying:
my phone is on that way since yesterday and i cant leave it like this for longer time since iam travailing nor can i wipe every thing on it and get a fresh start cuz i do have important things on the sdcard
plz help
i do believe its a kernel related issue but what can i do ?? i cant push a .zip kernel to flash it in CWM
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what rom zip files do you have on your sdcard.

thanked for error.
tried flashing a boot.img via fastboot?standard or from another dev's kernel not in AK format (zimage)
or
tried flash another rom that you have zip inside phone?if you dirty flash,you simple don't loose anything..and the boot.img it's reflashed.
WRONG SECTION;READ THE RULES

jik saw said:
yesterday i was in the franco kernel updater app and i saw a new nightly to i wanted to flash it but by mistake i looks like flashed milstone version so the device got root access to restart the device and flash the kernel
but the device rebooted to stuck at Google logo for 15min so i pulled out the battery re-insert it and press the power button and nothing happens still stuck at Google logo with no boot loop or restarting it self
i can get to CWM and fastboot but when i start the device its stuck at that :crying:
my phone is on that way since yesterday and i cant leave it like this for longer time since iam travailing nor can i wipe every thing on it and get a fresh start cuz i do have important things on the sdcard
plz help
i do believe its a kernel related issue but what can i do ?? i cant push a .zip kernel to flash it in CWM
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Try restoring from nand backup or reinstall the ROM
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As nexxusdev is implying, just flash your ROM again.
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nexxusdev said:
what rom zip files do you have on your sdcard.
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i have none not even the kernel zip file
sert00 said:
thanked for error.
tried flashing a boot.img via fastboot?standard or from another dev's kernel not in AK format (zimage)
or
tried flash another rom that you have zip inside phone?if you dirty flash,you simple don't loose anything..and the boot.img it's reflashed.
WRONG SECTION;READ THE RULES
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i will try to flash boot.img from another kernel and will see what happens
and i dont have any flash zip files in my sd card but i learned the lesson i will always leaves a kernel zip and rom zip file in case
and sorry for that but i was in hurry my primary phone is messed up
Chance Ill said:
Try restoring from nand backup or reinstall the ROM
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iam on stock JB
obtained said:
As nexxusdev is implying, just flash your ROM again.
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its stock JB rom flashed it over with galaxy nexus toolkit and downloaded the rom from google's site so its not a zip flashable
thanks all for replys and sorry for thw wrong section

im not sure but i remember on my g2x you could hook up phone from recovery mode and mount it on the computer with sd card .. have you looked around in CWM? This is your fault to be honest you deserve this for not making a NAND back up. ALWAys MAKE A BACK UP! period. There is a reason why devs and everyone else stress' it so much.

Sert00 is right. Flash any [previously] working ROM on it. It will be a dirty flash and some stuff won't work, but you'll be able to backup your data. You'll reflash again later
ed116 said:
im not sure but i remember on my g2x you could hook up phone from recovery mode and mount it on the computer with sd card .. have you looked around in CWM? This is your fault to be honest you deserve this for not making a NAND back up. ALWAys MAKE A BACK UP! period. There is a reason why devs and everyone else stress' it so much.
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Unfortunately, at least with these beta realeases of JB, usb mount via recovery almost never work.
Try what sert00 told you.

jik saw said:
yesterday i was in the franco kernel updater app and i saw a new nightly to i wanted to flash it but by mistake i looks like flashed milstone version so the device got root access to restart the device and flash the kernel
but the device rebooted to stuck at Google logo for 15min so i pulled out the battery re-insert it and press the power button and nothing happens still stuck at Google logo with no boot loop or restarting it self
i can get to CWM and fastboot but when i start the device its stuck at that :crying:
my phone is on that way since yesterday and i cant leave it like this for longer time since iam travailing nor can i wipe every thing on it and get a fresh start cuz i do have important things on the sdcard
plz help
i do believe its a kernel related issue but what can i do ?? i cant push a .zip kernel to flash it in CWM
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fastboot is all you need. find a stock rom and flash
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot erase cache ???
fastboot erase data
this should work

thank u guys soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
iam very very very very great full to all of u for ur help and for giving me some ideas
i have solved it by extract the .tar imge file that i downloaded from here
and searched for the boot.img file flashed it over galaxy nexus toolkit and now the device restarted and android is upgrading 156 app lol
thanks again and sorry for the wrong section and hey .... why not editing the thread to make it a helpful guide to those who brick their phones like what i just did

djjonastybe said:
fastboot is all you need. find a stock rom and flash
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot erase cache ???
fastboot erase data
this should work
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he didn't want to lose anything...also the data of apps
@jig saw
happy to read that!and from now on,leave inside the phone all the stuff you could need in case similar to what happened you!cheers!:laugh:

sert00 said:
he didn't want to lose anything...also the data of apps
@jig saw
happy to read that!and from now on,leave inside the phone all the stuff you could need in case similar to what happened you!cheers!:laugh:
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no thank god i didnt lose any thing and the OS is operating normal
i really appreciate that mate
and lesson well learned i'm making folder in the sdcard for buck up stuff
cheers ^_^

Phone stuck in boot loop

Hello guys,
So basically my phone shut down while I was using the app drawer. And it got into a boot loop. The phone is rooted, and it has Lean Kernel and Paranoid Android 3.6 installed on it. It tried to factory reset, wipe data, wipe cache, basically do everything in the recovery mode, but it still wouldn't boot. So then I formatted the sd card, and everything else there was to format. And now the phone is just stuck on the word Google. I understand (guess) that's because I've formatted the internal memory. How do I get to flash a rom to the phone now? The computer can't seem to get a connection via USB while the phone is stuck on the word Google. Thanks for your help

Isstatu1 said:
Hello guys,
So basically my phone shut down while I was using the app drawer. And it got into a boot loop. The phone is rooted, and it has Lean Kernel and Paranoid Android 3.6 installed on it. It tried to factory reset, wipe data, wipe cache, basically do everything in the recovery mode, but it still wouldn't boot. So then I formatted the sd card, and everything else there was to format. And now the phone is just stuck on the word Google. I understand (guess) that's because I've formatted the internal memory. How do I get to flash a rom to the phone now? The computer can't seem to get a connection via USB while the phone is stuck on the word Google. Thanks for your help
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Just ran in to the exact same problem on my girlfriend's phone. Please help. It turns on and I can get into bootloader mode and recovery but when I go to reboot, it just stays on Google startup screen. I did the same things, formatting and such. The sd card is empty with nothing to flash. Help!

Ok, so I've managed to flash another rom. But it only shows me the boot animation and back to the Google logo...

Isstatu1 said:
Ok, so I've managed to flash another rom. But it only shows me the boot animation and back to the Google logo...
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Flash the stock kernel from The Rom package.
It will boot up.
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ADDICT.ANK said:
Flash the stock kernel from The Rom package.
It will boot up.
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I tried installing this kernel and this rom. But it still doesn't boot up. It seems that the kernel is installed on the phone, but the rom isn't, because the command line on the phone doesn't actually write Done or anything else, it just sits there for a while doing nothing.

why dont you flash back to stock using fastboot?

Been there and the "Nexus Root Toolkit" by WugFresh really came in handy. Used the software to go back to stock and since then no problem

Isstatu1 said:
I tried installing this kernel and this rom. But it still doesn't boot up. It seems that the kernel is installed on the phone, but the rom isn't, because the command line on the phone doesn't actually write Done or anything else, it just sits there for a while doing nothing.
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Via fastboot flash the recovery first and restore from there
and then see..
it should boot up..
or
just flash a stock rom too then.
check the link for stock kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44521651
and post here

Ok, so I'm trying the Nexus Root Toolkit right now to get back to stock. But the log shows that archive does not contain:'boot.sig' , 'archive.sig', and 'system.sig'. The process was finished, and it says that stock was isntalled on the phone, but it still stuck in boot loop. It says in the CMD that it might be stuck in boot loop for 5-10 minutes, but it will eventually boot. But the phone still doesn't. And I've also tried to install each .img file through fastboot using this guide. But it still seems to be stuck in bootloop. I've been waiting for 5 minutes, but I'll keep it on for longer...
Update:
Ok, once it showed that :"apps are updating x out of y" and then it started looping again, and then another time it booted until the place where I could choose my language, aaaand it started looping again.

Isstatu1 said:
Ok, so I'm trying the Nexus Root Toolkit right now to get back to stock. But the log shows that archive does not contain:'boot.sig' , 'archive.sig', and 'system.sig'. The process was finished, and it says that stock was isntalled on the phone, but it still stuck in boot loop. It says in the CMD that it might be stuck in boot loop for 5-10 minutes, but it will eventually boot. But the phone still doesn't. And I've also tried to install each .img file through fastboot using this guide. But it still seems to be stuck in bootloop. I've been waiting for 5 minutes, but I'll keep it on for longer...
Update:
Ok, once it showed that :"apps are updating x out of y" and then it started looping again, and then another time it booted until the place where I could choose my language, aaaand it started looping again.
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Well that is a progress
Try to update the recovery using Nexus Root Toolkit. Push the stock ROM using the advanced option and then flash the stock again using recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik cache then reboot.

Isstatu1 said:
Ok, so I'm trying the Nexus Root Toolkit right now to get back to stock. But the log shows that archive does not contain:'boot.sig' , 'archive.sig', and 'system.sig'. The process was finished, and it says that stock was isntalled on the phone, but it still stuck in boot loop. It says in the CMD that it might be stuck in boot loop for 5-10 minutes, but it will eventually boot. But the phone still doesn't. And I've also tried to install each .img file through fastboot using this guide. But it still seems to be stuck in bootloop. I've been waiting for 5 minutes, but I'll keep it on for longer...
Update:
Ok, once it showed that :"apps are updating x out of y" and then it started looping again, and then another time it booted until the place where I could choose my language, aaaand it started looping again.
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try to lock your bootloader. if its still unlocked after you reboot your phone, your emmc chip is fried.

Having the bootloop. I've tried the Universal Nexus Tool for Linux and get no boot SIG and recovery SIG error.
I can't get it to boot at all. :/
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Zepius said:
try to lock your bootloader. if its still unlocked after you reboot your phone, your emmc chip is fried.
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I locked it with "fastboot oem lock" and after taking out the battery it says that the bootloader is locked. So I guess the emmc chip is fine?
By the way, is emmc memory related in anyway to the Lagfix(fstrim) app that I've got from Google Play to speed up my Nexus? Maybe the problem is somewhere there?
Also, If I'd locked the bootloader and took it to the Sprint store, would they try to fix it even though I had the phone for more than a year?

I've tried everything and still a bootloop. No matter if I recover to stock or flash a custom ROM.
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Fixed the problem by buying a Nexus 5...

Bootanimation.zip caused bootloop

Hi Guys, I've stuffed up my LG G3 with a boot animation for a phone with the same resolution. I replaced the stock boot image (hidden in data/) and rebooted, the animation plays great! over and over and over. The original bootanimation zip is still in that folder as bootanimation.zip.orig.
Is there any way of fixing this without reflashing? I'm currently using an Optus/Virgin Mobile branded LG G3.

Flash using normal flash not CSE. Should hopefully fix it. Don't replace boot image. If you want to change the boot animation you just need to replace the bootanimation.zip with the one you want.

samorgs said:
Flash using normal flash not CSE. Should hopefully fix it. Don't replace boot image. If you want to change the boot animation you just need to replace the bootanimation.zip with the one you want.
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Hi, Thanks for the speedy reply, can you elaborate on what you mean by "Normal flash"? As for the boot animation, dont worry, if I can recover my phone I wont be doing any tinkering again without fully understanding what I'm doing lol.
I'd also like to point out that I stupidly, didnt install a custom recovery before doing this. any help would be appreciated.

Using LG flash Tool, select the KDZ file you want to flash then select normal flash as in the picture.
Hope this helps.

Thank you, I will try that tonight.

Nah, didnt work. It cant even register that my phone is connected to the PC. even in download mode