I have tried to flash 5 different roms that are known to work and flash right but they all do the same thing on my phone which is hang at the Samsung screen and not boot. Im using the TWRP recovery with exfat support from the dev section. This is what ive tried....
Ive tried flashing from both internal and external sd . I never ever never dirty flash. I always wipe cache, dalvick, factory reset, and format system every time times 3.
Anyone have a clue why I cant flash anything?
Edit... I can restore nanandroid backups but cannot flash anything
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do u do a factory reset after u flash the rom or before?
Normally I do it before but I have tried before and after....
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Wipe caches after flashing....
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garydv2002 said:
I have tried to flash 5 different roms that are known to work and flash right but they all do the same thing on my phone which is hang at the Samsung screen and not boot. Im using the TWRP recovery with exfat support from the dev section. This is what ive tried....
Ive tried flashing from both internal and external sd . I never ever never dirty flash. I always wipe cache, dalvick, factory reset, and format system every time times 3.
Anyone have a clue why I cant flash anything?
Edit... I can restore nanandroid backups but cannot flash anything
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Maybe try a different recovery and see if that's an issue
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garydv2002 said:
I have tried to flash 5 different roms that are known to work and flash right but they all do the same thing on my phone which is hang at the Samsung screen and not boot. Im using the TWRP recovery with exfat support from the dev section. This is what ive tried....
Ive tried flashing from both internal and external sd . I never ever never dirty flash. I always wipe cache, dalvick, factory reset, and format system every time times 3.
Anyone have a clue why I cant flash anything?
Edit... I can restore nanandroid backups but cannot flash anything
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Did you say "format system"? You don't need to do that. That will wipe your entire OS. When you flash a ROM, it already wipes and replaces the system, so there's no need to format it beforehand. If you're doing it AFTER, then that's your problem. You SHOULD do the wipe cache, wipe Dalvik and factory reset after flashing though.
Grospolina said:
Did you say "format system"? You don't need to do that. That will wipe your entire OS. When you flash a ROM, it already wipes and replaces the system, so there's no need to format it beforehand. If you're doing it AFTER, then that's your problem. You SHOULD do the wipe cache, wipe Dalvik and factory reset after flashing though.
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This is usually what I do when I flash a rom...
1. Wipe cache times 3
2. Wipe dalvick times 3
3. Factory reset times 3
4. Flash rom
5. Wipe cache
6. Wipe dalvick
7. Factory reset...
Thats my normal way I flash any rom even if the dev says just wipe caches. I dont never dirty flash...
Normally I dont format system because it should do that when you flash any rom if the updater script is wrote right. I just listed the things I tried so everyone would know and I thought well I tried everything else so I tried to format system just to see if it would work.
Im really starting to wonder if its the twrp Im using with the exfat support. Its not the official one on gooim its one a dev modded to work with exfat. And that would make sense but I cant flash from internal storage either but I can restore a nan backup from internal or external. ..
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garydv2002 said:
Normally I dont format system because it should do that when you flash any rom if the updater script is wrote right. I just listed the things I tried so everyone would know and I thought well I tried everything else so I tried to format system just to see if it would work.
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Okay then. I read "format system every time" so I was worried about that. I didn't notice that you have 1400+ posts, which implies that you have some experience.
Yes, trying a different recovery will help narrow down the problem (or fix it). Did you read through the status messages after flashing to make sure that everything looked okay?
Also, how long do you wait at the Samsung logo after flashing? Sometimes it takes a while (I think it took 10 minutes on my Tab 2 before - S3 is faster though).
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Okay then. I read "format system every time" so I was worried about that. I didn't notice that you have 1400+ posts, which implies that you have some experience.
Yes, trying a different recovery will help narrow down the problem (or fix it). Did you read through the status messages after flashing to make sure that everything looked okay?
Also, how long do you wait at the Samsung logo after flashing? Sometimes it takes a while (I think it took 10 minutes on my Tab 2 before - S3 is faster though).
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Yea I have a little knowledge and usually dont ask questions cause normally i can figure it out on my own but this has me stumped.
I got no errors and twrp said flash successful every time. Wait time normally I give it 10 minutes but got aggravated last night and set the phone down and left there for 30 minutes or so and still stuck. And every rom ive tried has been a one known to boot with no problems. I read the threads to be sure.
Im gonna try flashing the twrp thru gooim when I get home just to see and if that dont work im gonna try cwm just to eliminate the recovery but I got a gut feeling its the recovery. I would like to get it fixed soon because im working on building a rom and cant flash it to test it.
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I know now for sure those roms didn't flash because none of them tripped the flash counter...
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garydv2002 said:
I know now for sure those roms didn't flash because none of them tripped the flash counter...
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idk what method u used to root ur phone but i flashed a couple roms and still have yet to trip the flash counter
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idk what method u used to root ur phone but i flashed a couple roms and still have yet to trip the flash counter
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I used cf auto root made by chainfire
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Just to let everyone know in case anyone else ever has this issue I did finally flash a couple of roms. The only thing I can figure out is I was using rom manager to boot into recovery instead of the three button combo. Shortcuts never work when doing this kinda stuff and I should have known better
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I use ROM Manager to boot into recovery all the time, never had any issues with it (I don't like mashing the keys too frequently, I ran into issues with a stuck power button a bunch of times on my S2 Skyrocket and I assume it was from doing button combos).
If you run into further issues I'd recommend backing everything up to a pc, then do a full wipe, then format your internal and external sd cards in cwm to get rid of any bad data that might be causing this, and then get into download mode and use Odin to go back to stock (has to be Odin of course since formatting the sd cards would remove any roms or backups saved there).
This has worked for me when I've had weird, unexplainable things going on. It's a pain in the butt, but can be worth it if it makes things work properly.
PS -- This was seanz's suggested method for dealing with strange issues on the sr, as I'm sure you recall.
skrambled said:
I use ROM Manager to boot into recovery all the time, never had any issues with it (I don't like mashing the keys too frequently, I ran into issues with a stuck power button a bunch of times on my S2 Skyrocket and I assume it was from doing button combos).
If you run into further issues I'd recommend backing everything up to a pc, then do a full wipe, then format your internal and external sd cards in cwm to get rid of any bad data that might be causing this, and then get into download mode and use Odin to go back to stock (has to be Odin of course since formatting the sd cards would remove any roms or backups saved there).
This has worked for me when I've had weird, unexplainable things going on. It's a pain in the butt, but can be worth it if it makes things work properly.
PS -- This was seanz's suggested method for dealing with strange issues on the sr, as I'm sure you recall.
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Thanks bud. I use Odin to go back stock and it didn't help but I didn't format the cards either though. Im using twrp and never had any issues with it but the official version dont support exfat. Has cwm started supporting exfat yet? Oh and can you fix cwm where it dont do blobs. They take up way to much room....
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Ok, So I wanted to change my ROM and I thought I did it right, but obviously that was not the case lol.
Pretty much I flashed the clockwork recovery, had it set to wipe the two things you want to wipe and then once it came back I installed zip from sd card, however, when I thought I was done and restarted my phone it just continuously loops back and forth back and forth.
I know there's a way to fix it since I have a micro sd reader, but how? I've got something REAL important to do tomorrow and not having my phone will be a huge mess.
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Ok, So I wanted to change my ROM and I thought I did it right, but obviously that was not the case lol.
Pretty much I flashed the clockwork recovery, had it set to wipe the two things you want to wipe and then once it came back I installed zip from sd card, however, when I thought I was done and restarted my phone it just continuously loops back and forth back and forth.
I know there's a way to fix it since I have a micro sd reader, but how? I've got something REAL important to do tomorrow and not having my phone will be a huge mess.
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What ROM were you on and what ROM are you going to?
What did you wipe?
How did you wipe?
How did you flash?
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OriginalGabriel said:
What ROM were you on and what ROM are you going to?
What did you wipe?
How did you wipe?
How did you flash?
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I was on the stock rom and I was trying use the update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed
I used Clockwork Recovery to wipe and it already had two options checked to wipe, Pavlik cache and wipe data or whatever it says... Then I flashed into clockwork recovery and I went to install from ZIP, I went and found the rom file on my sd card and pressed install, it took a few moments and was done. I also added the googlepack using the same method right after. Then when I thought I was finished I rebooted my device and its been stuck in a loop ever since.
Appreciate you trying to help, I guess I figured it out with a good ole fashioned guess hahaa.
I went and wiped my phone and data to factory, wiped the Pavlic (which I think I'm saying wrong lol) and then I installed the ROM again and it worked this time.
d3athb4dishonor said:
I was on the stock rom and I was trying use the update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed
I used Clockwork Recovery to wipe and it already had two options checked to wipe, Pavlik cache and wipe data or whatever it says... Then I flashed into clockwork recovery and I went to install from ZIP, I went and found the rom file on my sd card and pressed install, it took a few moments and was done. I also added the googlepack using the same method right after. Then when I thought I was finished I rebooted my device and its been stuck in a loop ever since.
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I would recommend flashing the superwipe from this thread. there are 3 downloads, Try the standard superwipe first. and use superwipe+ if you have GPS problems.
Super wipe automaticly wipes system, data and cache partitions. Flash the ZIP in recovery as you would flash a ROM.
And it is recommended not to use ROM manager for flashing and to always to it manually in CWM.
So download superwipe, flash superwipe, flash ROM, flash GAPPS and reboot.
I would also recommend flashing cm 7.1 because its an outrageously HUGE upgrade over the one you just flashed.
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Having trouble flashing rom's
example:
after wiping data, cache, system etc., I go ahead and flash the rom and reboot. Phone sits at triangle boot screen for 10+ minutes with no activity. Have to do nand restore to make phone usable again.
Ive had this problem with all roms that require a SYSTEM wipe too. The issue is anytime I format system, it does something to phone that wont allow it to boot up again normally.
Any ideas why and what I can do to fix it?
Are you WIPING the system or FORMATTING the system? You've got to FORMAT over here, unlike just wiping on HTC devices. It should be under "mounts and storage" (or whatever it is), iirc.
Or head over to the thread for Calk's ROM and pick up his Format All zip file[/url].
sorry about my phrasing. I am FORMATTING the system through cwm mounts ans storage menu. Also I have tried that zip without success.
Whenever I go through the wiping/format process and load up a fresh rom, it never boots into it and just sits at triangle screen. To recover, I have to do a nand restore.
Really want to try the new roms coming out but im stuck w starburst
Which ROMs are you failing to flash correctly? Are you using official CWM that you boot to via ROM Manager or are you using a version packaged with the kernel?
angelofmenoth said:
Are you WIPING the system or FORMATTING the system? You've got to FORMAT over here, unlike just wiping on HTC devices. It should be under "mounts and storage" (or whatever it is), iirc.
Or head over to the thread for Calk's ROM and pick up his Format All zip file[/url].
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Whats the difference between wipe and format? I thought they were the same.
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sk63 said:
Which ROMs are you failing to flash correctly? Are you using official CWM that you boot to via ROM Manager or are you using a version packaged with the kernel?
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Im using the one that comes with root. So Im guessing the one packed with the kernel.
Also this has been with the starburts and calks roms.
I have posted my question in their forums and they have said it can be related to a bad rom dl. So re dl again but I still experience the same problem
SHG-T989 on TMO. I was running CM 9.0 but wanted to update to 9.1. NOW I CANT DO ANYTHING!!! Here is what I did:
1. Downloaded the CM9.1. 2. did a backup through CWM. 3. wiped data through CWM, "wipe data/factory reset. 4. wiped cache partition through CWM. 5. did a Darkside Super Wipe through "install zip from internal sd card" (last time installing CM9 i got stuck in the boot screen and had to go back using Darkside Super Wipe, reinstall CM9 and it worked fine). 6. Reboot to recovery. 7. installed CM9.1 through "install zip from sdcard". 8. installed gapps through "install zip from sdcard". 9. Reboot.
It came up and was stuck in the CM9 boot screen. So I went back in through CWM and tried to "wipe data/factory reset" and it wont work! Tried to go back to stock through Odin and it wont work! When i try to wipe data, the process starts and completes the "formatting /data, then gets stuck at formatting /cache. Does the same thing if I try to wipe the cache.
Im completely stuck and have no phone.
Which recovery version are you using? It might a corrupted recovery.
Try this recovery TWRP is cwm flashable:
SGH-T989_TWRP_v2.2.2.0.zip - 6.72 MB
Then TDJs super wipe and then install the stock ROM or any other ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858435
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any updates to this? i'm having basically the exact same problem, formatting cache or anything to do with that partition freezes up on me.
using cwm 5.0.2.7 did a darkside super wipe, flashed on a JB rom (P.A.Cman), flashed gapps (20121011), wiped cache, wiped dalvik cache, rebooted then got stuck on boot animation. rebooted back into cwm to try and wipe again and reinstall, no luck got stuck on formatting cache.
loaded up my nandroid which went fine, ended up installing twrp instead to see if that would help, rebooted into recovery and was stuck on the "teamwin" blue screen and wouldn't go further multiple times. so, put cwm back on (6.0.1.5) to see if the updated version would work. nope, same thing- can't do anything with the cache partition.
any ideas??
luckily my phone still works fine with the backup i made. running aokp ics build 40, streamline #27 kernel, uvle1 radio. been running that setup since july with no real problems, just wanted to try out JB finally and seems now i can't
any help is appreciated! thanks!
edit: will try the above post^ later tonight, just thought i'd see if i could get some more options to try out. thanks.
wwwwd83 said:
SHG-T989 on TMO. I was running CM 9.0 but wanted to update to 9.1. NOW I CANT DO ANYTHING!!! Here is what I did:
1. Downloaded the CM9.1. 2. did a backup through CWM. 3. wiped data through CWM, "wipe data/factory reset. 4. wiped cache partition through CWM. 5. did a Darkside Super Wipe through "install zip from internal sd card" (last time installing CM9 i got stuck in the boot screen and had to go back using Darkside Super Wipe, reinstall CM9 and it worked fine). 6. Reboot to recovery. 7. installed CM9.1 through "install zip from sdcard". 8. installed gapps through "install zip from sdcard". 9. Reboot.
It came up and was stuck in the CM9 boot screen. So I went back in through CWM and tried to "wipe data/factory reset" and it wont work! Tried to go back to stock through Odin and it wont work! When i try to wipe data, the process starts and completes the "formatting /data, then gets stuck at formatting /cache. Does the same thing if I try to wipe the cache.
Im completely stuck and have no phone.
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Ok, the wipe scripts in CWM recovery v5 are broken! Got experience there because I got stuck on the PACman ROM boot animation.
So, for factory reset, use Darkside Super Wipe. Install zip from sdcard and choose the wipe. From there, install rom, then gapps, and then use the Darkside Cache Wipe. After that reboot and it should work (hopefully)
However the most important thing is that the wipes don't work in CWM recovery v6! It will do bad things!
So yeah, use super wipe to factory reset. Use cache wipe for cache. But follow the instructions to install the ROM.
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m tr4nch said:
any updates to this? i'm having basically the exact same problem, formatting cache or anything to do with that partition freezes up on me.
using cwm 5.0.2.7 did a darkside super wipe, flashed on a JB rom (P.A.Cman), flashed gapps (20121011), wiped cache, wiped dalvik cache, rebooted then got stuck on boot animation. rebooted back into cwm to try and wipe again and reinstall, no luck got stuck on formatting cache.
loaded up my nandroid which went fine, ended up installing twrp instead to see if that would help, rebooted into recovery and was stuck on the "teamwin" blue screen and wouldn't go further multiple times. so, put cwm back on (6.0.1.5) to see if the updated version would work. nope, same thing- can't do anything with the cache partition.
any ideas??
luckily my phone still works fine with the backup i made. running aokp ics build 40, streamline #27 kernel, uvle1 radio. been running that setup since july with no real problems, just wanted to try out JB finally and seems now i can't
any help is appreciated! thanks!
edit: will try the above post^ later tonight, just thought i'd see if i could get some more options to try out. thanks.
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got it all working again.. ended up odin flashing twrp 2.2 and i was able to boot into it, wipe everything, and install the new rom stuff.
Similar problem, but cannot make zips to work - HELP NEEDED
HI,
I hope you guys can help me. My T989 got stucked in the splash screen when I tried to update to a nightly CM10 ROM. I entered into Recovery MOde (ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7), then tried to use Darkside Super Wipe... but apparently the phone cannot open zip files. When I hit install zip from sdcard and then select one of the zips (I have tried different ones) it says "---Installing: /sdcard/sgh-t989_darkside.supe.wipe.zip"... but it does not move from there. After 3-4 minutes it reboots by itself and gets back to the splash animation, but never goes beyond that point.
I tried to sideload using ADB, but the phone is not recognized by my PC.
As you said, I think that the recovery mode is corrupted... but I cannot install a new version using a zip
Is there another way to reinstall a version of CWM that allows me to install zips so that I can follow the process you suggested (super wipe + installing ROMS)?
Help will be very much appreciated
Thanks for your time,
Enrique
thatdude02 said:
Ok, the wipe scripts in CWM recovery v5 are broken! Got experience there because I got stuck on the PACman ROM boot animation.
So, for factory reset, use Darkside Super Wipe. Install zip from sdcard and choose the wipe. From there, install rom, then gapps, and then use the Darkside Cache Wipe. After that reboot and it should work (hopefully)
However the most important thing is that the wipes don't work in CWM recovery v6! It will do bad things!
So yeah, use super wipe to factory reset. Use cache wipe for cache. But follow the instructions to install the ROM.
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kikorras said:
HI,
I hope you guys can help me. My T989 got stucked in the splash screen when I tried to update to a nightly CM10 ROM. I entered into Recovery MOde (ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7), then tried to use Darkside Super Wipe... but apparently the phone cannot open zip files. When I hit install zip from sdcard and then select one of the zips (I have tried different ones) it says "---Installing: /sdcard/sgh-t989_darkside.supe.wipe.zip"... but it does not move from there. After 3-4 minutes it reboots by itself and gets back to the splash animation, but never goes beyond that point.
I tried to sideload using ADB, but the phone is not recognized by my PC.
As you said, I think that the recovery mode is corrupted... but I cannot install a new version using a zip
Is there another way to reinstall a version of CWM that allows me to install zips so that I can follow the process you suggested (super wipe + installing ROMS)?
Help will be very much appreciated
Thanks for your time,
Enrique
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Do NOT use that darkside superwipes with CWM recovery v6.X.X.X. Does bad things.
Use the scripts only for CWM v5.X.X.X.
Anyway, the damage is done and bad things have happened... So maybe check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
Either that or you can search the forum and Google around and see what you can find. I am in by no means an expert, but depending if you can access the recovery mode or not might be the key here.
I wish you luck, and hope that you don't have a very expensive brick.
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Use Odin. There is a tutorial on how to revert to stock GB (might be ICS) in the T989 development forum. It should be a sticky in that forum.
Ditto issues.. Thank good for search function. Read.. Read.. Read..
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Tried your suggestion, but Odin won't recognize my phone
Hi there,
Thank you very much for the answer. I actually spent hours trying to find something before I posted my question. Even before posting I found and tried the method using Odin... but my phone is not recognized by Odin. I followed the instructions but on step 4 I actually do not get any "warning" screen... and then the phone is not recognized.
In the meantime, I can get into recovery, but I cannot install any zips. I have tried to complete a factory reset, but the process gets stuck at "Formating /cache..." and then reboots. When I try to install a zip (any zip, the radio, a new ROM, gapps,... any zip really) it gets stuck too.
Any other ideas? I really appreciate your help.
thatdude02 said:
Do NOT use that darkside superwipes with CWM recovery v6.X.X.X. Does bad things.
Use the scripts only for CWM v5.X.X.X.
Anyway, the damage is done and bad things have happened... So maybe check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
Either that or you can search the forum and Google around and see what you can find. I am in by no means an expert, but depending if you can access the recovery mode or not might be the key here.
I wish you luck, and hope that you don't have a very expensive brick.
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kikorras said:
Hi there,
Thank you very much for the answer. I actually spent hours trying to find something before I posted my question. Even before posting I found and tried the method using Odin... but my phone is not recognized by Odin. I followed the instructions but on step 4 I actually do not get any "warning" screen... and then the phone is not recognized.
In the meantime, I can get into recovery, but I cannot install any zips. I have tried to complete a factory reset, but the process gets stuck at "Formating /cache..." and then reboots. When I try to install a zip (any zip, the radio, a new ROM, gapps,... any zip really) it gets stuck too.
Any other ideas? I really appreciate your help.
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The only other possible option I can think is to try and install another recovery....
However!
I have no clue how to do it, and in the end you might just end up making the issue worse.... Like hard brick it.
I might think of something later, but I don't know what else I can do for you. I will search around, but no promises...
Best of luck to you
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Ok try here possibly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970
I have seen a few posts saying that they just install this recovery and then restore a backup.
Ok to be honest, try restoring a backup first and see if anything happens there, and then try this thread.
However like before, this may make the problem worse! Proceed with caution and read and understand everything before attempting.
Hope you can get your phone back to functional!
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samsung jig
Thanks again for the answer. A couple of days ago I tried to install a functional backup that I had from CWM... but it does not work It runs for a long while, then reboots... but it still freezes on the splash screen (my theory is that the backup is not recovered, as I know for sure that the ROM I backed up did work fine)... I think that CWM is corrupted and not working properly.
Then I tried the solution from the thread you mentioned... but adb cannot find the phone when it is connected
I found somewhere that I can use a samsung jig (microUSB with a resistance) to make the phone enter into download mode, then reinstall CWM using ODIN and then try flashing a stable ROM... What do you guys think?
thatdude02 said:
The only other possible option I can think is to try and install another recovery....
However!
I have no clue how to do it, and in the end you might just end up making the issue worse.... Like hard brick it.
I might think of something later, but I don't know what else I can do for you. I will search around, but no promises...
Best of luck to you
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Ok try here possibly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970
I have seen a few posts saying that they just install this recovery and then restore a backup.
Ok to be honest, try restoring a backup first and see if anything happens there, and then try this thread.
However like before, this may make the problem worse! Proceed with caution and read and understand everything before attempting.
Hope you can get your phone back to functional!
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kikorras said:
Thanks again for the answer. A couple of days ago I tried to install a functional backup that I had from CWM... but it does not work It runs for a long while, then reboots... but it still freezes on the splash screen (my theory is that the backup is not recovered, as I know for sure that the ROM I backed up did work fine)... I think that CWM is corrupted and not working properly.
Then I tried the solution from the thread you mentioned... but adb cannot find the phone when it is connected
I found somewhere that I can use a samsung jig (microUSB with a resistance) to make the phone enter into download mode, then reinstall CWM using ODIN and then try flashing a stable ROM... What do you guys think?
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I've heard about the jig method as well, but have no idea on how to go about doing it. Might be worth a shot. I don't think the jig costs that much anyway. I will see if I can find anything later.
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I once tried flashing a Sprint note 2 rom to my phone because I was under the impression that all lte variants worked together. Long story short I restored my nandroid and that was bootlooping also. So I flashed stock via odin and everything was all good. Now I went to flash PA from the att forums and It started bootlooping again, so i reflashed the stock rom via odin and its still bootlooping Idk what to do I tried everything. I always wipe and even format system when flashing but it still doesnt help.
Never mind I got it to boot by wiping data and cache in the stock recovery, but why cant i no longer flash anything without it severly bootlooping? Sometimes itll boot but just keeps soft-rebooting as soon as it does.
jpeterson066 said:
Never mind I got it to boot by wiping data and cache in the stock recovery, but why cant i no longer flash anything without it severly bootlooping? Sometimes itll boot but just keeps soft-rebooting as soon as it does.
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Try super full wipe ( cache / Davik / data ) , mount & stogage / format system / format internal sd card ( EXcard ) then flash new rom.
simplelife said:
Try super full wipe ( cache / Davik / data ) , mount & stogage / format system / format internal sd card ( EXcard ) then flash new rom.
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Still doesnt work
jpeterson066 said:
Still doesnt work
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What rom did you try to flash ? Try TeshXX stock + root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055474 flash via CWM o see you can go through with CWM.
Is it themodem possibly?
I would try flashing a rom thats made for tmobile and c if it will work then go from there
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You have to be careful when using different roms. I know when this phone first came out a few people tried flashing a different rom I think for one of the international models and it wiped out there imei and modem and everything. Just check first with the rom dev or someone here that knows what they are talking about. Also I think whoever asked if it is the modem could possibly be on to something because lately I noticed that some devs are incorporating the modem in their roms. I dont know why but they do. They used to never do that . So you should read the thread and the changelogs and rom features before flashing. But an odin back to stock should fix everything unless you screwed up your imie. I don't think odin can fix that but I could be wrong. Anyway bottom line is ask and read thoroughly.
tried to flash gummy rom 4.4. afterwards phone gets stuck at samsung galaxy s4 screen and just hangs there.
reboot into recovery tried flashing a different rom, no go
wiped data cache davlik, fixed permissions, same result
tried latest twrp recovery - same result
tried latest cwm recovery - same result
tried philz recovery - same result
it was running aroma beforehand
any ideas, thanks for your help
i cannot find my backup as last time i flashed was awhile ago, i cant remember where it is
You came from a 4.2 or 4.3 rom and didnt wipe data didnt you.
In cwr, mounts and storage, format everything except sd card and ext sd card. then reflash.
ShinySide said:
You came from a 4.2 or 4.3 rom and didnt wipe data didnt you.
In cwr, mounts and storage, format everything except sd card and ext sd card. then reflash.
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i came from 4.2
first thing i did was wipe everything, then i installed the rom
but i will definitely try your suggestion im up for anything atm
jsox79 said:
i came from 4.2
first thing i did was wipe everything, then i installed the rom
but i will definitely try your suggestion im up for anything atm
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I built carbon 4.4 and was being lazy and just flahed just wiping cache and dalvik and hit the same problem Ahaha I had to format everything. Only thing I didnt format was the sd cards
when i try and format data the phone restarts?????
sounds like a partition issue. Whihc if it is, just go ahead and attempt to odin to stock.
Try switching recoveries first tho. perhaps the one oyu have is borked
seems to be doing it on all recoveries, sorry to be a bother, but i looked under roms i dont see a stock rom?
jsox79 said:
seems to be doing it on all recoveries, sorry to be a bother, but i looked under roms i dont see a stock rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
The MDL is what you need
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Oh youre not bothering me at all. Actually helping me get past the short bus special 10 post crap haha
But yea follow the link Baseballfan posted