So today my phone died, or something.
I can get it into download mode, and I have put it back on stock and rooted it again, but it won't boot. Everything moves incredibly slow. CWM included. When it's on stock it won't go past the Galaxy S logo (the big S that goes from white/blueish) and when it's on CM10 it won't go past the Cyanogen Mod circle screen.
It also takes about 10 minutes for it to even get to those screens. So maybe it will go past these, but I get too impatient to wait. I guess. Either way, it shouldn't take so long to load. Anyone know what my problem is or how to fix it? Or do I need to get a new phone?
Monkeydog189 said:
So today my phone died, or something.
I can get it into download mode, and I have put it back on stock and rooted it again, but it won't boot. Everything moves incredibly slow. CWM included. When it's on stock it won't go past the Galaxy S logo (the big S that goes from white/blueish) and when it's on CM10 it won't go past the Cyanogen Mod circle screen.
It also takes about 10 minutes for it to even get to those screens. So maybe it will go past these, but I get too impatient to wait. I guess. Either way, it shouldn't take so long to load. Anyone know what my problem is or how to fix it? Or do I need to get a new phone?
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Flash CWM, then flash custom ROM
It may help you
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I tried that, i.e. CM10. It just won't boot. I had it trying to boot all night and when I woke up it was still not booted up.
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Hi, phone was working fine, been rooted and S-OFF'd for awhile but all of a sudden after a reboot it just takes ages, talking about 5 minutes to boot into recovery (It takes about 5 minutes to get past the initial HTC splash screen, it does start loading the main rom but it takes so long I'm not sure if it'll boot into the rom).
Any ideas? I've wiped everything and nand restored some backups I have at various stages, wiped dalvik etc pretty much anything I can think of.
Haven't tried the RUU method yet as the download is going very slowly, any suggestions?
Have access to recovery and fastboot.
What happens if you are going back to the HTC Desire stock rom. And after that rooting your device back again and see what happens.
Or maybe there is something wrong with your phone (Hardware)
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What happens if you are going back to the HTC Desire stock rom. And after that rooting your device back again and see what happens.
Or maybe there is something wrong with your phone (Hardware)
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I have to assume it's hardware. Used an .RUU to go back to stock which worked, but even then I have the same issues. Takes about 5 minutes to get past the splash screen, then the Rom takes about 10 minutes to load, and when it does it's just a black screen with 'CONNECT CHARGER' and an unusable slider/touchscreen.
Looks like it'll have to be sent back, shame.
Yes, I think you should send it back. You should use the stock rom if you are going to send it back, I think HTC isn't happy if they see you are using custom roms etc. ^^
Just send it in for warranty, I had something like the same issue (mine was malfunctioning / crashing / no gps etc.) They did a mainboard-swap
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Just send it in for warranty, I had something like the same issue (mine was malfunctioning / crashing / no gps etc.) They did a mainboard-swap
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Yeah sending it back tomorrow. Just needed to make sure it was hardware
I installed CM9 on my t989 about 2 weeks ago and everything was working perfectly. Today I was sending a text message and my phone restarted. At first I thought nothing of it until it got stuck in a vibration loop. the samsung logo came up and a loading bar filled halfway and then the screen shut off and my phone started vibrating continuously. I removed the battery and put it back in and the process would restart. i can get into CWM for about a sec before the phone restarts again. I dont know what to do and i really need some help here. Any suggestions?
Can you get into download mode?
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Android_Monsters said:
Can you get into download mode?
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No i cant get it into download mode. as soon as i put the battery in it boots up.
ssfesteban said:
No i cant get it into download mode. as soon as i put the battery in it boots up.
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I have a feeling that it might be the power switch. that would explain why when i put the battery in it boots and then the continuous vibrations. i remember holding the power button on one time booting my phone and a similar thing happened. could anyone test that out for me? and would anyone know how or where i could send my phone to get it repaired?
Could try this
I had this exact thing happen to me today!! For the last week or so, I would get a random reboot up to four times a day. This started happening after I flashed Whitehawkx UVLDE zip. What I did was left the battery in the phone let the constant reboot run until the battery died. Then I would try to get into download mode, but then it would reboot before Odin recognized it. I left the usb plug in the phone and took the battery out, the phone would still do the rebooting vibration. I just stayed with trying to get the phone to stay on long enough to get recognized by Odin. Leave the drained battery out of the phone for a while (your choice of how long, I left it for about forty minutes) and replace it, hopefully it stays on long enough to get recognized. Finally it stayed on long enough and I re-flashed ULKL1. Now I'm back to running TDJ's DARKSIDE. EVOLUTION.2 and I haven't had any reboots where as before it would reboot within fifteen minutes.
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Android_Monsters said:
Could try this
I had this exact thing happen to me today!! For the last week or so, I would get a random reboot up to four times a day. This started happening after I flashed Whitehawkx UVLDE zip. What I did was left the battery in the phone let the constant reboot run until the battery died. Then I would try to get into download mode, but then it would reboot before Odin recognized it. I left the usb plug in the phone and took the battery out, the phone would still do the rebooting vibration. I just stayed with trying to get the phone to stay on long enough to get recognized by Odin. Leave the drained battery out of the phone for a while (your choice of how long, I left it for about forty minutes) and replace it, hopefully it stays on long enough to get recognized. Finally it stayed on long enough and I re-flashed ULKL1. Now I'm back to running TDJ's DARKSIDE. EVOLUTION.2 and I haven't had any reboots where as before it would reboot within fifteen minutes.
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I can only get it into download mode for maybe 10 secs max and the ULKL1 should take like 10 mins. what if i start odin and my phone restarts 10 secs later? that cant be good?
i want to take it tmobile to see if they can repair/replace it. could i try flashing ULKL1 using odin and then resetting the flash count with cwm? the only thing is that i doubt i will be able the finish the ULKL1 flash.
The post that Android_Monsters posted was my post I placed in another area with the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690342&page=2.
thedarkness37 said:
The post that Android_Monsters posted was my post I placed in another area with the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690342&page=2.
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how did you get it to stay in download mode long enough to flash ULKL1?
It was hit or miss, I spent a couple of hours trying to get Odin to recognize it but finally it stayed on long enough for Odin to work.
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It was hit or miss, I spent a couple of hours trying to get Odin to recognize it but finally it stayed on long enough for Odin to work.
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Im just afraid that my phone will turn off in the middle of the odin flash. i dont know what would happen if it did.
I do, that screen with the yellow triangle will appear and then you'll have to go through Kies to do the process.
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I do, that screen with the yellow triangle will appear and then you'll have to go through Kies to do the process.
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So i tried flashing with odin but like i though it turned off during the flash and now it wants me to connect to kies but it doesnt stay on long enough. i tried flashing the stock tmobile rom and now i want to take it to a tmobile store. did the stock flash reset the download mode counter? will tmobile know that i had cm9 on there and had it rooted?
That's what I ended up doing was taking it in and showing them what it was doing. The reboot vibration returned with a vengance. The worker tried to do a master reset but was unsuccessful and just did a warranty exchange since I told him I tried updating with the OTA rollout.
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That's what I ended up doing was taking it in and showing them what it was doing. The reboot vibration returned with a vengance. The worker tried to do a master reset but was unsuccessful and just did a warranty exchange since I told him I tried updating with the OTA rollout.
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yea i think im going to try and do that as well. Im just worried that down the line they are going to say that i voided the warranty and i owe the cost of the replacement phone.
I hate to ask, but I have to. I'm really stuck with my phone. It will boot but sticks on the Samsung Galaxy S II screen. I am able to get into recovery, but upon a data wipe, it hangs on the same screen on first boot. I am able to get into download mode and flashed EL26 repacked via ODIN, and upon reboot, it just hangs on the same boot screen.
Now some background...
About a few weeks ago, I started having crazy battery problems. Then, a few days ago, my phone would reboot anytime I did anything to it, turn the screen on, it'd reboot sometimes, or make a call, it'd reboot, text, it'd reboot. Basically, non stop constant reboots. I assumed it was just a jacked up battery, because I had no problems with the CM10 alpha I'd been running for the past two months, and now all this. I bought and overnighted a new battery and upon trying it out, I still had the same problems. Then, last night, from bed, I mobile odin'd el26 repacked as it was the only thing I currently had on my SD card, upon reboot, it stuck on boot screen and that's pretty much it since then.
Any ideas? Again, I can get to download mode and recovery, but even flashing, even a clean wipe, it just hangs on the screen on boot.
Since you mobile odined el26 kernel and you are coming from Jelly Bean it won't boot because you need a JB kernel to boot jelly bean.. And an ICS kernel to boot an ICS kernel..
With that said, to avoid any crazy scenarios, I would just grab a One Click Odin(any one will do) ... Boot into download mode.. Connect to PC and go from there to be safe
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
try going into download mode and using one-click odin to go to el29 or 26
Jesus I'm dumb. I remember reading that a few months back. I forgot the el26 was just the kernel and you had to flash to it and then flash your new rom immediately. Thanks.
Any ideas on the crazy reboots?
try a different rom..or maybe ur battery is not being held in tight by ur phone or something..try sticking a piece of paper in there
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try a different rom..or maybe ur battery is not being held in tight by ur phone or something..try sticking a piece of paper in there
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Ok got it booting into EL29 and still having reboot problems. I'm thinking it's a power button issue or something. Sometimes when I press it to turn the screen off, it pops up the power menu, and sometimes it just reboots then.
I went ahead and dropped the $100 on a refurb through Assurion bc I need my phone for work and can't keep delaying it.
Phone's been slowly giving me more and more issues. Today I was using it fine, turned off the screen, a bit later, tried turning it on and nothing. This has been a common occurrence, about once a day I have to do a battery pull or plug it in to make the screen turn on, then all is normal. Battery pull got it to boot to the splash screen, but then nothing. Plugged it in, and nothing. Left it plugged it in for about an hour, tried again, still nothing. Unplugged and tried powering on, nothing. Pulled the battery again, and could only get to the splash screen. I'm running JB Sourcery, and have the one selected where the apple rots and then it spells out droid. I get through that and then it does nothing else.
Info: just tried again, had to pull the battery, then I could get the google logo to pop up, but that was it.
Info the 2nd: plugged it in for 2 hours, the graphic showed it fully charged. So I tried booting it and again, same response..gets through the boot splash screen, but goes black after. Pressing power button does nothing, doesn't even get the charge graphic to show up.
Info the 3rd: I left it be this time thinking maybe it was just really laggy or something, but after 15 minutes, still nothing. But I can feel a bit of heat as if it is on.
Info the 4th: I can get into bootloader and recovery fine. I was even able to make a backup (only thing I could think to do in there that would take some time and not risk screwing it up more) So it's not a battery issue, seems to be something with the rom.
Please help
Even though the phone is rooted and custom rom, can I take it back to Verizon? I've only had the phone since December. If I could do that, is there any way to get all the pics off of it first?
try to flash stock image from google
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try to flash stock image from google
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Silly question, but how would I go about getting that? And can I get it to the phone without the phone being able to boot
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Silly question, but how would I go about getting that? And can I get it to the phone without the phone being able to boot
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deja vu.....million times.
with a little search i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Was able to wipe data/cache and re-flash the rom. Seems to be working for now. I think I'll go back to stock (thanks for the link samersh) and see if I'm still having issues.
Didn't find anything similar on here so I had to post. My T999 no longer boots except for a vibrate when the battery is removed and re-inserted. Occasionally it will get to the CM boot logo and then the screen goes off. If I time the button presses right, I get to the Download screen but before I can hit the Up button to confirm download mode the screen shuts off. This happened all of a sudden yesterday, the last activity being to shut off the Alarm. Tried charging but it will not get past the initial battery icon before the screen goes off. Tried replacing the battery but that didn't help. I also tried to follow the debrick instructions but it didn't help. I was running Vanir AOSP 4.4.4 with no issues until yesterday. The device does not register when connected to the PC using USB and the charger LED does not light up when plugged into charger/PC. My feeling is that something went wrong with the boot but I am unable to get into any usable screen to do anything. I had managed to brick a Samsung Vibrant before but I didn't have to struggle as much to debrick and ODIN back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm now without a phone .
Mine is also acting like that. It wont boot to any rom even stock ones. But i noticed that if i connect my charger it will boot to the homescreen. Sounds like a battery issue right? I also thought that but when i go to recovery, it did not shutdown after leaving it for a couple of minutes. I'm also baffled why it wont boot. I'll try to borrow other battery to test if it still the same.
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Didn't find anything similar on here so I had to post. My T999 no longer boots except for a vibrate when the battery is removed and re-inserted. Occasionally it will get to the CM boot logo and then the screen goes off. If I time the button presses right, I get to the Download screen but before I can hit the Up button to confirm download mode the screen shuts off. This happened all of a sudden yesterday, the last activity being to shut off the Alarm. Tried charging but it will not get past the initial battery icon before the screen goes off. Tried replacing the battery but that didn't help. I also tried to follow the debrick instructions but it didn't help. I was running Vanir AOSP 4.4.4 with no issues until yesterday. The device does not register when connected to the PC using USB and the charger LED does not light up when plugged into charger/PC. My feeling is that something went wrong with the boot but I am unable to get into any usable screen to do anything. I had managed to brick a Samsung Vibrant before but I didn't have to struggle as much to debrick and ODIN back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm now without a phone .
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Remove battery snd put back in. Does the device try to turn on by itself? If so you probably have a bad power button.
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Mine is also acting like that. It wont boot to any rom even stock ones. But i noticed that if i connect my charger it will boot to the homescreen. Sounds like a battery issue right? I also thought that but when i go to recovery, it did not shutdown after leaving it for a couple of minutes. I'm also baffled why it wont boot. I'll try to borrow other battery to test if it still the same.
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Boot download mode and flash stock or root66 firmware with Odin. (You may need to factory reset too)
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Boot download mode and flash stock or root66 firmware with Odin. (You may need to factory reset too)
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Done this using root66 but still the same. Now my phone went to worse. It wont get past the S3 logo in the boot screen and just shuts down followed by a vibrate. But if i connect my charger, it will continue and run as normal. My suspect might be a bad battery but the thing is it doesn't auto shutdown when is download mode or in recovery mode. Will try to borrow other battery and update if this fixes the problem.
This is pretty strange. Woke up to my phone with the Galaxy s3 boot logo. And it wouldn't go past it. Tried flashing different backups I had but none of them let me go past the boot logo. Flashed CM10 since my version of TWRP recovery is so old that it can't flash anything higher up, and it goes past the boot logo finally after 2 hours then goes to the cyanogen boot logo but doesn't go past that. I'm going to try with ODIN tonight.
Seems very strange that there are others that had this happen to them to. My phone has never done this before, and it happened randomly.
What does it mean if my phone doesn't boot past the logo with an odin to root66 file?
Edit: Nevermind seems to have worked... for now.
Edit 2: Okay so now it's stuck in an infinite loop where it boots past the logo, shows the android mascot then does an android is upgrading app 1 of 169 then goes back all over again. This is fun! Can anyone help?
Edit 3: Okay so I had to do a factory reset. Got it working now. Starting to get sick of the things I have to do to get updated firmware. Samsung needs to get their crap together!
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Done this using root66 but still the same. Now my phone went to worse. It wont get past the S3 logo in the boot screen and just shuts down followed by a vibrate. But if i connect my charger, it will continue and run as normal. My suspect might be a bad battery but the thing is it doesn't auto shutdown when is download mode or in recovery mode. Will try to borrow other battery and update if this fixes the problem.
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Hopefully its just the battery.
Download mode may work because of how the battery reports to the os. If its going bad and reporting incorrectly that its low, it may trigger a shutdown. Whereas in download mode the os isn't running so its not reading the battery info the same way. Just a guess.
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What does it mean if my phone doesn't boot past the logo with an odin to root66 file?
Edit: Nevermind seems to have worked... for now.
Edit 2: Okay so now it's stuck in an infinite loop where it boots past the logo, shows the android mascot then does an android is upgrading app 1 of 169 then goes back all over again. This is fun! Can anyone help?
Edit 3: Okay so I had to do a factory reset. Got it working now. Starting to get sick of the things I have to do to get updated firmware. Samsung needs to get their crap together!
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Just for future reference, factory resetting solves about 98% of boot hangs.
Still for both of you, id take this as a sign that you should make sure your backups are up to date. If something is failing you'll be glad you did!
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Just for future reference, factory resetting solves about 98% of boot hangs.
Still for both of you, id take this as a sign that you should make sure your backups are up to date. If something is failing you'll be glad you did!
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Yeah factory reset unfortunately didn't work for me when I needed it before I had to ODIN to root66. But I was able to do a nandroid after I couldn't get it to boot and extract my sms from Titanium backup. What an awesome app, super thankful to that dev for making it.
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Hopefully its just the battery.
Download mode may work because of how the battery reports to the os. If its going bad and reporting incorrectly that its low, it may trigger a shutdown. Whereas in download mode the os isn't running so its not reading the battery info the same way. Just a guess.
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Turns out it was the battery sir. I've tested it with another battery from 2 different phones and it worked fine. While the phone i tested with the defective battery didn't event get passed the samsung logo. I've suspected it might be having the low voltage causing the phone to shut down.
Anyways, after that i bought a new battery immediately and everything seems ok. thanks for the reply doc.
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Remove battery snd put back in. Does the device try to turn on by itself? If so you probably have a bad power button.
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I can confirm that it is likely a bad power button, I have tried everything including dismantling it and seeing if I could dislodge any dirt that may be causing the problem but it didn't work. Looks like I have to find a local repair shop or ebay to get it resolved. Anyone recommend a good place to get this fixed. Funds are limited
Im not sure exactly how difficult the repair is most people seem so do it themselves and have given indications that its pretty easy. You can find the part online for a few bucks.