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Odin 1.85

For anyone that doesn't have it yet.
MD5: 69b41fc23052e9df82b5464928583b65
Posted new version with proper download mode notes, thanks to Kn0wBuddy, which are
hold Vdown+Power
Don't use the put included with this. I did not realize that was left in there. I will update with the correct pit once I get to my computer.

Probably a good idea posting this for those that don't have it.
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Thanks! Haven't touched Odin in a while, I'm a few updates back. Good to see it'll work on our new phones... now... how come nobody has root yet?

Comming from a Evo 4g...was wondering...I looked at this and it says to hit the 1 key...I am guessing we do not need to do this for the E4T ? And I guess Odin is what we use to flash things to the phone ?
When I did the Evo, I had to do the old school root. Unrevoked and all that was not around lol..

What is Odin?

Just found out I get the phone for free with cyanogen working for Samsung will the phone be worth it or should I stick with my Evo 3d and Droid x? Plus never used Odin before really just helped people root their phones with it along time ago it just unlocks the phone right?

cruckus said:
Just found out I get the phone for free with cyanogen working for Samsung will the phone be worth it or should I stick with my Evo 3d and Droid x? Plus never used Odin before really just helped people root their phones with it along time ago it just unlocks the phone right?
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Odin flashes your phone to coplete stock... or whatever you want

Ninjack said:
Comming from a Evo 4g...was wondering...I looked at this and it says to hit the 1 key...I am guessing we do not need to do this for the E4T ? And I guess Odin is what we use to flash things to the phone ?
When I did the Evo, I had to do the old school root. Unrevoked and all that was not around lol..
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Right those instructions are carried over from the Epic. I will update them once I get the E4GT.
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I think I read already. There were screenshots already posted. I should also have this Friday morning if Sprint doesn't open it up Thursday night or Best Buy even.
Correction. This was posted in E4GT General.
You get to *odin mode* by holding down volumne + and - keys at the same time along with the power key, release power key when device turns on while continuing to hold + and - keys untill the droid guy screen comes on, then release.
Glad to see you over here by the way Crawrj. I take it your upgrading as well. Look forward to your first plus kernel for this thing.

latinmaxima said:
I think I read already. There were screenshots already posted. I should also have this Friday morning if Sprint doesn't open it up Thursday night or Best Buy even.
Correction. This was posted in E4GT General.
You get to *odin mode* by holding down volumne + and - keys at the same time along with the power key, release power key when device turns on while continuing to hold + and - keys untill the droid guy screen comes on, then release.
Glad to see you over here by the way Crawrj. I take it your upgrading as well. Look forward to your first plus kernel for this thing.
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Nice. Thanks for the info.
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thekingofmean said:
What is Odin?
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cruckus said:
Just found out I get the phone for free with cyanogen working for Samsung will the phone be worth it or should I stick with my Evo 3d and Droid x? Plus never used Odin before really just helped people root their phones with it along time ago it just unlocks the phone right?
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deano0714 said:
Odin flashes your phone to coplete stock... or whatever you want
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yeah like deano said, you can flash ANYTHING. once AdamOutler gets started on development for our device, we will be able to flash custom bootloaders like the Captivate can, for those who dont know, the Captivate was recently able to flash the Nexus S bootloader which means it is basically a Nexus S in disguise lol. Odin will also let us falsh stock and custom ROMs and kerenls as well as Modems (radios) plus recoveries such as CWM.

Also if anything screws up its ur way outta trouble...things such as "omg i'm bricked" and "help i'm stuck on the boot logo" won't be seen as much in the Q and A section as much... get to know Odin referring to people coming from EVO or any other phone Odin is ur new bff
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Rev3ge07 said:
Also if anything screws up its ur way outta trouble...things such as "omg i'm bricked" and "help i'm stuck on the boot logo" won't be seen as much in the Q and A section as much... get to know Odin referring to people coming from EVO or any other phone Odin is ur new bff
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Love Odin

Sounds cool. Ahh starting the learning all over again lol.

Odin is great. It was almost impossible to brick the Epic with it. If you get any kind of phone life, you can almost always get it back to stock and start again. Also, 30 seconds to flash a different modem. We had some great stock GB leaks with Busybox,Superuser included (thanks Crawrj.) Great tool.
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JohnCorleone said:
Odin is great. It was almost impossible to brick the Epic with it. If you get any kind of phone life, you can almost always get it back to stock and start again. Also, 30 seconds to flash a different modem. We had some great stock GB leaks with Busybox,Superuser included (thanks Crawrj.) Great tool.
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I wonder if the original gsII's cwm will work for us...

can some one post a good repository or online dummy guide for those who have no clue what Odin is even still after reading these posts? I consider my self tech savy, but only getting introduce to "root" on the evo, i will be the first to admit i have a lot to learn.

xlGmanlx said:
can some one post a good repository or online dummy guide for those who have no clue what Odin is even still after reading these posts? I consider my self tech savy, but only getting introduce to "root" on the evo, i will be the first to admit i have a lot to learn.
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Its really not that involved. All you do is put a tar file in "phone" and a pit file in "Pit" and select run and let it do its thing. Modems get flashed in "PDA" section and that's basically it. There is more detail but that's a quick rundown. I am not the most tech saavy myself but you catch on quick. I have used it 50+ times. I will try to run down a more thorough description.
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Here's a qbking video showing Odin to go from stock Froyo to Gingerbread leak on the Epic....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nst4wvuM4zs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And one more video showing using Odin to go back to stock when rooted and/or using custom ROM...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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What should i do with my brick?

So, i think i bricked my device. Downloaded caulkin rom and tried to flash it. when i booted into rogue rootbloater i flashed the rom from my downloads. my bad. why does it matter though whether or not i flash from internal or external memory. annnd ?

It doesnt matter if the rom is in the internal or sd unless dev says something about it in op. As far as your brick, im not understanding fully what you mean
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What makes you think you're bricked? What happens when you try to power the phone on?

Rob4828 said:
It doesnt matter if the rom is in the internal or sd unless dev says something about it in op. As far as your brick, im not understanding fully what you mean
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If I would have had a sd i would not have a brick right now though :/
I think. cause the new rom switched bootloaders and the new one only recog'ed the sd i think.

undefine4 said:
So, i think i bricked my device. Downloaded caulkin rom and tried to flash it. when i booted into rogue rootbloater i flashed the rom from my downloads. my bad. why does it matter though whether or not i flash from internal or external memory. annnd ?
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what happens when you try to boot your phone?

_MetalHead_ said:
What makes you think you're bricked? What happens when you try to power the phone on?
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It means my phone is locked in a "permanent" state of existence.

undefine4 said:
It means my phone is locked in a "permanent" state of existence.
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so lets say after you pull battery you press the power button....nothing happens?

Pull the battery
Put it back in
press power and see what happens
-- You can also...
Pull the battery
Put the battery back in
press vol down + power and try to get into odin mode
If you can get into Odin mode, then you're not bricked.

no phone - cake.

undefine4 said:
no phone - cake.
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Do you speak English ? They have ask what happens when you power on the phone and you respond with idiot junk .... Congratulations throw your phone out of a moving car jack a$$
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undefine4 said:
no phone - cake.
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Do you want help or not? The E4GT is a very difficult phone to brick and 9 times out of 10 when a noob thinks their phone is bricked, it's actually easily recoverable. But if you don't help us help you, you might as well just toss the phone down the garbage disposal.
Can you get into download mode?

Hahhahhahahahaa that's all I wanna say
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Lol if you don't want to be helped then sell the phone to me. Should the bidding be started at ummm lets say $20.
$20 is a very expensive paperweight I think I'm offering more then enough lol
Epic 4G Touch perfected by Calk!

I think we're being trolled.

Great add one more thread that made me dumber for reading it. Stop it guys the last thing I need more of is dumb.
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_MetalHead_ said:
I think we're being trolled.
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We got samsunged
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35$
10char...

Oh so you didnt want actual help, great thread OP.
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Is this sextape's way of leaking a new FC** ICS ROM?

sfhub said:
Is this sextape's way of leaking a new FC** ICS ROM?
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LMFAO ha +1 made my day. Still, I think it must be hard to drop to this level of brain capacity.

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?

Does your computer recognize it? If it does you should try adb download and see if you can get into download mode
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Have you even tried pressing any of the soft keys, home button?
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Just realized I posted the question in the wrong forum as well.
Computer makes a noise as though it knows it's connected, yet it doesn't show up and odin and kies don't find it either.

I think home button is select and power button is back, but I haven't used stock in a long time, so might be remembering incorrectly.
I suggest you don't use Rom Manager to install recovery. It doesn't work properly for this phone and could lead to non-recoverable problems.
Read this thread and you'll have references to everything you need to undo and start from scratch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

THANKS!
What a doof........hit the home button and all is fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jfenton57 said:
What a doof........hit the home button and all is fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And leave stupid ROM manager alone it's crap on Samsung
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I don't know for the life of me why people still use Rom manager to install roms.

I think they are probably HTC converts because nothing here is asking them to use ROM manager.

jordan2333 said:
I don't know for the life of me why people still use Rom manager to install roms.
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Lazy lazy and most don't know how to do it correctly....
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sfhub said:
I think they are probably HTC converts because nothing here is asking them to use ROM manager.
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I came over from an Evo and believe me everything pointed to not use Rom Manager when I had my phone as well. I agree that if people took the time to read properly they would see that Rom Manager and a few other crazy things they do are not suggested. But they make sure to have time to post and read their threads when they screw up. Honestly with all the brick laying and blue light specials up in herrre. Do you really need to post your problem and how do you fix it...
His problem is one of 100 exactly the same in here and instead of searching and helping himself he did the same lazy thing that got him stuck in the first place. Then too lazy to find out how to work CWM. Quite sure he will be back again if he keeps up this route... @OP not trying to be an ass but just hate to see people who don't want to help themselves.

Sorry to hear that you've bricked OP. Hope you can get a replacement and get back into owning your phone.
Here's what I've done to avoid bricking since I am also somewhat new to the E4GT...
Read the forums on XDA.
Observed what others are doing that worked.
Didn't flash anything you are unsure of.
Became familiar with ODIN.
Stayed away from ROM manager.
Flashed using el29 rogue recovery only. (I've been successful with this so far, others say to use el26.)
Wipd cache/dalvik-cache/data/system.
Purchased mobile ODIN, $5 is better than the deductible to get a replacement.
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I bricked but it was a bad recovery well not bad just messy team trolls recovery bricked me 2 weeks ago wiping Cache . But as always when u post questions like this here ur gonna hear it lol but searching helps.
Now if its hard bricked ud not even get to recovery at all just a blue light and a black screen that if is ur case unplug it cause it runs the battery super hot .
If not in that position than try power and volume down if it does not bring u to download mode to Odin another recovery if that don't work idk
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sfhub said:
I think they are probably HTC converts because nothing here is asking them to use ROM manager.
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The OG Epic uses ROM Manager just fine.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
The OG Epic uses ROM Manager just fine.
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That took a long time and a ton of porting. Pretty recent. Went through Eclair and Froyo without support.

The Root said:
That took a long time and a ton of porting. Pretty recent. Went through Eclair and Froyo without support.
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Porting was needed for CWM recovery. Not ROM Manager. Support for ROM Manager comes from device devs, not koush. In the form of uploading vetted software, that doesn't corrupt. It is a universal starting point, not a fully functional product.
But regardless, I wasn't even talking about it's support. I was saying people other than ones with HTC devices can get into the habit of using ROM Manager.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Porting was needed for CWM recovery. Not ROM Manager. Support for ROM Manager comes from device devs, not koush. In the form of uploading vetted software, that doesn't corrupt. It is a universal starting point, not a fully functional product.
But regardless, I wasn't even talking about it's support. I was saying people other than ones with HTC devices can get into the habit of using ROM Manager.
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I never used it even when there was support. Lol
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Doesn't matter the recovery is in the kernel and rom manager will not work on this phone ....there is no separate recovery partition and ROM manager won't flash the recovery right on here since it's part of the kernel partition.koush doesn't really care he made it to temporarily flash a recovery like touch that might work if not for ics kernels... The thing is it doesn't work people should not rely on it like a crutch
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Made a dumb move

ok so I was flashing (experimenting) Skyrocket ROMs for my Hercules. So I was kinda going crazy on the flashing since I was bored so flashed this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560759
BTW it was NOT SKYROCKET ROM, this is ATT GS2 which is completely different than Skyrocket. Skyrocket ROM is compatible with our device, just FYI
Anyways, boom the installation was snap and it rebooted automatically as it said on the OP. Then the phone just went black... wouldn't turn on, nothing. I pulled the battery and inserted nothing.... I was like WTF that I did..... of course it BRICKED!
I was going crazy (well not really lol). Luckily I still have warranty so called T-Mobile and got it replaced, will be here next week.
Well the point is READ READ and READ before you flash anything, I got lucky since I have warranty but not everyone.
Lesson learned in a hard way!

shankar10 said:
ok so I was flashing (experimenting) Skyrocket ROMs for my Hercules. So I was kinda going crazy on the flashing since I was bored so flashed this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560759
Boom the installation was snap and it rebooted automatically as it said on the OP. Then the phone just went black... wouldn't turn on, nothing. I pulled the battery and inserted nothing.... I was like WTF that I did..... of course it BRICKED!
I was going crazy (well not really lol). Luckily I still have warranty so called T-Mobile and got it replaced, will be here next week.
Well the point is READ READ and READ before you flash anything, I got lucky since I have warranty but not everyone.
Lesson learned in a hard way!
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You need to fix this post.. The rom you flashed was not for the SkyRocket but was for the ATT SGS 2 which is totally different phone.. PLEASE PLEASE dont start another Rumor that Skyrocket roms are not safe.. because they are.
Not being mean but if you dont specify then for the next month we will have 100 threads asking about SR roms on the Hercules..
Edit: Not to mention you can trick it into download mode and use odin to fix it.. search for instructions if you want to try.

Kinda ironic of the ROM's title xD
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PJcastaldo said:
You need to fix this post.. The rom you flashed was not for the SkyRocket but was for the ATT SGS 2 which is totally different phone.. PLEASE PLEASE dont start another Rumor that Skyrocket roms are not safe.. because they are.
Not being mean but if you dont specify then for the next month we will have 100 threads asking about SR roms on the Hercules..
Edit: Not to mention you can trick it into download mode and use odin to fix it.. search for instructions if you want to try.
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He flashed a ROM for the Samsung's SoC, that comes in : Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G, ATT Samsung Galaxy S II, and Samsung Galaxy S II i9100. We have Qualcomm's SoC.
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alphadog32 said:
He flashed a ROM for the Samsung's SoC, that comes in : Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G, ATT Samsung Galaxy S II, and Samsung Galaxy S II i9100. We have Qualcomm's SoC.
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Not sure why you posted this.. there was no question.. this is Exactly what I said. Not a Skyrocket rom so it should have been obvious it wouldn't work.
But unless you follow the link and see its for the ATT SGS 2, the OP leads you to believe he bricked flashing a Skyrocket Rom and that's misleading and should be corrected to reflect that.

PJcastaldo said:
Not sure why you posted this.. there was no question.. this is Exactly what I said. Not a Skyrocket rom so it should have been obvious it wouldn't work.
But unless you follow the link and see its for the ATT SGS 2, the OP leads you to believe he bricked flashing a Skyrocket Rom and that's misleading and should be corrected to reflect that.
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This.

All skyrocket roms are fully compatible with our phones?
Edit: Nvm I searched for it myself
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I guess the moral of this story is if you are gonna flash an AT&T rom on the hercules you have to make sure you are getting it from the (skyrocket) forum..
If your are not paying attention it would be easy to overlook that it little but very important detail
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth

Couldn't you just restore back to stock with ODIN...Samsung phones are pretty unbrickable in that regard
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There is almost always a way out with ODIN. It takes a lot for your phone to not respond to ADB

no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked

shankar10 said:
no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked
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So you can't even get into download mode...kinda doubt it
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shankar10 said:
no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked
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Umm op says you flashed a rom
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shankar10 said:
no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked
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Still. Even if this is the case. . . Odin download mode should still be accessible.
Either way it wasn't a Skyrocket rom or modem that you flashed. You should edit your OP to reflect that.
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Lol newbs. Just cuz you brick your phone does not always mean "oh I'll just use Odin" lol. U can't flash the wrong radios and modems and expect Odin to save your ass. Its called a JIG. Search it. You can buy via eBay or wherever u get lucky at. The sgh-i777 and sgh-i727 are totally different. If they werent, then please explain why at&t released two desperate phones near the same time branded the "galaxy s2". Lol. Good luck on your search.
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yeah it was a wrong ROM and RADIO lol
but I'm not worried about it, my replacement will be here tomo. I made this post so that people will be more careful about what they flash

shankar10 said:
yeah it was a wrong ROM and RADIO lol
but I'm not worried about it, my replacement will be here tomo. I made this post so that people will be more careful about what they flash
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No dude. We all get that. I'm still waiting for you to admit this had nothing to do with a Skyrocket rom or radio. You need to edit your origanal post to reflect that.
EDIT : nevermind you did that already.
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nellycruzz said:
Lol newbs. Just cuz you brick your phone does not always mean "oh I'll just use Odin" lol. U can't flash the wrong radios and modems and expect Odin to save your ass. Its called a JIG. Search it. You can buy via eBay or wherever u get lucky at. The sgh-i777 and sgh-i727 are totally different. If they werent, then please explain why at&t released two desperate phones near the same time branded the "galaxy s2". Lol. Good luck on your search.
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Unless the partition was overwritten that contains DL mode then it will ALWAYS work.. .
Also did you try ..
1. remove battery.
2. plug in phone to usb on computer with battery STILL OUT
3. while plugged in hold down volume up and down.
4. Still plugged in and still holding the volume up and down, insert your battery.
5. boom choose continue and find download mode
Usually foolproof.

Delete

Look at the ROM's title

Help... Bootloop? But not a bootloop? Confusion.

Rooted my i317 2 days ago with the "no triangle counter" method. All was good, got TWRP installed, nandroided stock and did my thing. Been rooting phones for many years and have yet to brick anything *knocks on virtual wood*. Installed paranoid android, and all was awesome. Decided to give another rom a try... Cant remember which, but im not thinking thats the issue.
Wiped, flashed, no errors, rom booted normally, but as i unlock the device i get three force close errors. Then reboot. Over and over. Restored three different backups and all three do the same thing. Never run into this one before. Admittedly i am worried. Not a rich man and bought this phone outright...
I am hoping flashing in odin the original root tar file will correct the issue. But honestly wanted to do some reading and post this first. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Did you try flashing a touch wiz kernel before going back to a nandroid? If not try that and if so try a factory reset and then a good old reboot!
I assume you tried a cm10.1 rom?
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Same thing happened to me and I did just use odin to push that tar file through, rerooted, and flashed in my rom. That to me seems to be the fix for the bootloop imo. But someone with more knowledge could correct me if im wrong. Probably didnt help you any but just thought I would share my experience and fix when I was in the same position.
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Both of you are good people. Alleviated is a drastic understatement. Was afraid it was a bad internal storage (bad hard drive) and was an issue limitec to my device. Others have done it, it can be fixed.
Cheers, gonna odin reflash now. If not will figure it out.
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Let me know im always ready to help and trouble shoot had lots of devices and theyve all lived through my tests and bad flashes :thumbup:
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Keep us posted.
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jdc5 said:
Keep us posted.
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Help full group over here, Appreciated greatly. Ive messed up a couple devices pretty good in my day, but never beyond repair. Always credited to people round these forums.
The factory reset didnt seem to help. But if system apps are missing... Reflashed the original tar file, and am just sitting here with a lump in my throat watching the Samsung logo hang...
Anyone got a link for the original rogers firmware?
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*edit* back to stock. Dont wanna speak too soon, kinda superstitious with phones. But i think im good. Took two trys to flash original firmware.
Thanks guys, **** not so bad when ya got communication in a forum.
Cheers
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What I did when it was stuck at the Samsung logo was I took out the battery> held down volume up, center home, and power to go into the system and did a factory wipe> then it pulled through nack to stock. Give it a try and keep me posted.
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I tried the factory wipe through the cwm recovery included, didnt work. Was still stuck on samsung logo. Reflashed with odin a second time which allowed a successful boot and recovery of my paranoid android backup. Im good to go... Gonna do some more reading though. Im missing something important with this phone. Moving from 4.1 to 4.2 roms or vice versa seems to be... Weird.
Anyways all good. Thanks.
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