Am I bricked? - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

So I have CWM and I was going to flash AOKP, and the creator had said to wipe data, wipe cache etc, and to format the system. So I did that and now I hold all of my buttons down to enter CWM, and it initally brings up the text, "Samsung" and at the top it says it's booting into CWM, but then it vibrates and it goes blank then says Samsung again and then doesn't do anything. I also can see when it is plugged in as the battery comes up, but then disappears after a bit. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Pikezer1337 said:
So I have CWM and I was going to flash AOKP, and the creator had said to wipe data, wipe cache etc, and to format the system. So I did that and now I hold all of my buttons down to enter CWM, and it initally brings up the text, "Samsung" and at the top it says it's booting into CWM, but then it vibrates and it goes blank then says Samsung again and then doesn't do anything. I also can see when it is plugged in as the battery comes up, but then disappears after a bit. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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your phone not brick --- do exactly what you are doing but when you see "Samsung" and at the top it says it's booting into CWM "unhold the power button but still holding the vol up and home on until bring the CWM

Pikezer1337 said:
So I have CWM and I was going to flash AOKP, and the creator had said to wipe data, wipe cache etc, and to format the system. So I did that and now I hold all of my buttons down to enter CWM, and it initally brings up the text, "Samsung" and at the top it says it's booting into CWM, but then it vibrates and it goes blank then says Samsung again and then doesn't do anything. I also can see when it is plugged in as the battery comes up, but then disappears after a bit. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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...you were IN cwm when you did the wipe, bro. hold down volume up + home + power. when the phone vibrates, let go of the power button. when you see the blue wording on the top left corner, let go of vol up and home. after samsung splash screen you should be in recovery (cwm)

Yeah, same thing happens here, u can't get into recovery if u has full wipe, after u full wipe and cache etc. u don't need to get turn off and boot to recovery,, just flash the rom after full wipe. And now u need to repair it or reflash older kernel and rom, root and flash new kernel and do what I says and install new rom and reboot, yeah it all done
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Brick or not Bricked that is the question?

While booting a back up of MIUI 1.1.28.1 my phone rebooted went through the process fine, then right after I got past the lock screen it shut off, and I couldn't turn it back on. Just before this I updated to the newest Clockworkmod 3.0.0.7. I thought my phone was done for so i let it sit for the night on the charger in the morning i tried to turn it on using the power and volume down button and it booted into recovery so I went along and tried a normal reboot, same thing got to the lock screen, powered down on it's own again. I've been trying to turn it on again now just to get it into recovery and maybe work with it there but it's not going for it. Any suggestions?
Since you can get to recovery screen it is not bricked. In general you can not brick by flashing a rom, only brick by flashing non-working radio or hboot
Here is how to fix it.
1) Download another ROM to the SD Cards. Pick a stable one, I recommend CM6.1
2) Boot into recovery and enter Clockworkmod
3) Wipe everything (Cache/Data/Dalvik cache)
4) Flash new rom in recovery
I got into recovery once after the initial shut dow, now i'm having the same problem as prior it simply will not turn on i've tried most combinations of the buttons and nothing seems to work any suggestions for getting it into recovery again? I realize that I need to boot another rom now but I need to get the phone on first haha. Thanks again
There's only one combination that should boot into recovery.
Turn it on holding down the volume up arrow. If it doesn't do that then you may have seriously messed up or even bricked your phone.
POQbum said:
There's only one combination that should boot into recovery.
Turn it on holding down the volume up arrow. If it doesn't do that then you may have seriously messed up or even bricked your phone.
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Volume down* up is qualcomm diagnostics. And that's to get into HBOOT, not recovery lol. Also, holding down on the optical trackpad works just the same as if you're holding volume down.
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slong427 said:
I got into recovery once after the initial shut dow, now i'm having the same problem as prior it simply will not turn on i've tried most combinations of the buttons and nothing seems to work any suggestions for getting it into recovery again? I realize that I need to boot another rom now but I need to get the phone on first haha. Thanks again
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1) Enter Recovery
a. Pull the battery.. wait 10-30 seconds
b. Re-insert battery
c. Power and Volume DOWN with get you to white Hboot screen.
d. Volume down key to highlight recovery, then use press the power button to enter recovery.
2) You should now be in CWM Recovery. Now it is time to wipe everything.
a. Select "wipe data/factory reset"
b. Select "wipe cache partition"
c. Select "advanced" -> "wipe Dalvik Cache"
3) Now it is time to load a new stable ROM, ensure rom is load onto SD card. Recommend CM6.1
a. Use back button to return to CWM Recovery home
b. Select "install zip from sdcard"
c. Select "choose zip from sdcard"
d. Select the zip file rom you load on the SD card.
That should do it! Let me know if you need anything else.
slong427 said:
While booting a back up of MIUI 1.1.28.1 my phone rebooted went through the process fine, then right after I got past the lock screen it shut off, and I couldn't turn it back on. Just before this I updated to the newest Clockworkmod 3.0.0.7. I thought my phone was done for so i let it sit for the night on the charger in the morning i tried to turn it on using the power and volume down button and it booted into recovery so I went along and tried a normal reboot, same thing got to the lock screen, powered down on it's own again. I've been trying to turn it on again now just to get it into recovery and maybe work with it there but it's not going for it. Any suggestions?
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This happened to me yesterday, and here is how I eventually fixed it.
Let the phone boot up as far as it would go.
Pluged in my USB to PC
Ran reflash_package.exe from unREVOlked
Booted up normally.
Hope this solves your issue.
John
Thanks everyone got it all figured out it ended up being something really simple I just jumped to thinking my phone was done for, thanks for all your help!
Slong427 could you let me know what your fix was? i have been plagued with this issue for two days now and any rom i try gets to the unlock screen and shuts down. thanks, ian

Help, bootloop and i can't enter to recovery!!

Just install a .zip, following the tutorial, of ICS animations, I did everything exactly as shown (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342117), then reboot and get stuck on the screen Motorola, forcing me to install the previous framework, reboot, still M screen, forcing me again, to reinstall the CM7.1, but still no results, stuck on the M screen. Now i flash CEE, but when it starts does not exceed 2 seconds on the display of "android" and starts again and again, I can't enter to recovery, I get no blue light when it starts, I can only enter the screen to flash a new firmware, but i flash twice.
Help me please, i don't know what to do...
Bleak3993 said:
Just install a .zip, following the tutorial, of ICS animations, I did everything exactly as shown (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342117), then reboot and get stuck on the screen Motorola, forcing me to install the previous framework, reboot, still M screen, forcing me again, to reinstall the CM7.1, but still no results, stuck on the M screen. Now i flash CEE, but when it starts does not exceed 2 seconds on the display of "android" and starts again and again, I can't enter to recovery, I get no blue light when it starts, I can only enter the screen to flash a new firmware, but i flash twice.
Help me please, i don't know what to do...
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have you wiped data/cache yet? looks like you havent, because if you did, you wouldnt get bootloop after flashing an sbf. enter stock recovery (when switched off, hold volume down, and then press the power button. hold them down till the m logo shows up. after that, a triangle with an android figure will show up, press vol up and vol down az the same time), wipe cache/data, and try again!
zakoo2 said:
have you wiped data/cache yet? looks like you havent, because if you did, you wouldnt get bootloop after flashing an sbf. enter stock recovery (when switched off, hold volume down, and then press the power button. hold them down till the m logo shows up. after that, a triangle with an android figure will show up, press vol up and vol down az the same time), wipe cache/data, and try again!
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IT WORKS!!!!, ohhh, i totally forgot how to enter the stock recovery and the wipe after flash an sbf, thanks you, really.

stuck on green htc logo with while background

This morning I tried to flash Blackout ICS Incredible. I am currently stuck on stuck green logo with white backgroud forever. I am using CWM touch recovery. I can not get to cwm, bootloader or Hboot menu. Only way i can reboot is to take out the battery. Once I put the battery in and let it boot, it goes back to logo screen and gets stuck. Then I took out the battery again and put it back it and press power button while pressing down vol- button, and it goes back to same logo screen and stuck. Again if i take out the battery and put it back it, and if I press the power button while pressing down the vol+ button, the phone vibrates 3 times and goes blank(dark) with battery indicator light blinking(i am not sure if that is battery light).
Any help would be appreciate. I am trying to connect to adb or fastboot, but it does not connect to the phone yet.
Pull the battery, wait five minutes.
Press and hold the volume down button, then press the power button. Don't let go. Wait.... wait, should go into recovery.
Full wipe.
Format data/factory reset.
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions except sd card.
Restore a back up.
Then read how to get that rom working. Been posted too many times as for me to repeat it. Check the thread somewhere below yours, the title of the thread I believe is the same as the rom, answer is there.
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lopax53186 said:
This morning I tried to flash Blackout ICS Incredible. I am currently stuck on stuck green logo with white backgroud forever. I am using CWM touch recovery. I can not get to cwm, bootloader or Hboot menu. Only way i can reboot is to take out the battery. Once I put the battery in and let it boot, it goes back to logo screen and gets stuck. Then I took out the battery again and put it back it and press power button while pressing down vol- button, and it goes back to same logo screen and stuck. Again if i take out the battery and put it back it, and if I press the power button while pressing down the vol+ button, the phone vibrates 3 times and goes blank(dark) with battery indicator light blinking(i am not sure if that is battery light).
Any help would be appreciate. I am trying to connect to adb or fastboot, but it does not connect to the phone yet.
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Just saw the HBoot screen but lost it. What I did was, took out the battery, sdcard, SIM. Replace the battery but not the cover of the battery. Then I hit power and volume(plus/minus) button, the HBoot menu came up, but because the batter cover was not placed, the menu was lost when I did not hold the phone tight, meaning batter got loose. Now I am trying to get back to HBoot menu again after replace battery and cover but to no avail. I still have sdcard, SIM out of the phone. I think there is some combination of keys you've to press coming out from cold boot vs. not. will keep on trying unless someone already knows.
lopax53186 said:
This morning I tried to flash Blackout ICS Incredible. I am currently stuck on stuck green logo with white backgroud forever. I am using CWM touch recovery. I can not get to cwm, bootloader or Hboot menu. Only way i can reboot is to take out the battery. Once I put the battery in and let it boot, it goes back to logo screen and gets stuck. Then I took out the battery again and put it back it and press power button while pressing down vol- button, and it goes back to same logo screen and stuck. Again if i take out the battery and put it back it, and if I press the power button while pressing down the vol+ button, the phone vibrates 3 times and goes blank(dark) with battery indicator light blinking(i am not sure if that is battery light).
Any help would be appreciate. I am trying to connect to adb or fastboot, but it does not connect to the phone yet.
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That is common flashing that rom. Choose full wipe in aroma installer even if you did it manually. When the flash is done, don't choose to reboot with aroma installer...DO IT MANUALLY from recovery!!...that should solve it...:good:
The same happened to me and found that solution in their thread.
lopax53186 said:
This morning I tried to flash Blackout ICS Incredible. I am currently stuck on stuck green logo with white backgroud forever. I am using CWM touch recovery. I can not get to cwm, bootloader or Hboot menu. Only way i can reboot is to take out the battery. Once I put the battery in and let it boot, it goes back to logo screen and gets stuck. Then I took out the battery again and put it back it and press power button while pressing down vol- button, and it goes back to same logo screen and stuck. Again if i take out the battery and put it back it, and if I press the power button while pressing down the vol+ button, the phone vibrates 3 times and goes blank(dark) with battery indicator light blinking(i am not sure if that is battery light).
Any help would be appreciate. I am trying to connect to adb or fastboot, but it does not connect to the phone yet.
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Teichopsia said:
Pull the battery, wait five minutes.
Press and hold the volume down button, then press the power button. Don't let go. Wait.... wait, should go into recovery.
Full wipe.
Format data/factory reset.
Wipe dalvik
Format all partitions except sd card.
Restore a back up.
Then read how to get that rom working. Been posted too many times as for me to repeat it. Check the thread somewhere below yours, the title of the thread I believe is the same as the rom, answer is there.
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yes thanks for the answers, will follow up on your suggestion. was not doing the 5 minutes battery thing. That was my problem and also i was trying power and vol+ button to get to HBoot menu rather vol- button. much kudos... to you
lopax53186 said:
yes thanks for the answers, will follow up on your suggestion. was not doing the 5 minutes battery thing. That was my problem and also i was trying power and vol+ button to get to HBoot menu rather vol- button. much kudos... to you
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I was able to get to HBoot, choose recovery, came up with CWM touch, did the wipe data/app, delvic, cache, did format /data, /* all the mentioned other than /sdcard. Then went to install from sdcard and choose that Blackout rom. went through the installer but at the end chose not to reboot from the installer as suggested. Then came back to CWM touch menu and did the reboot from there. It stuck on that logo screen again for 5 minutes. Now again took out the battery for few minutes, and want to go back to HBoot, but could not. Do I have to take out SDCARD as well, Do not think so but not sure. And why do we have to take out battery for so long, any idea, taking battery out for a minute isn't enough?
5 minutes just in case.
You missed one step. Wipe from aroma as well.
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Teichopsia said:
5 minutes just in case.
You missed one step. Wipe from aroma as well.
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Sorry to mention that, yep did that(wipe from aroma which is set to default, did not change it there). still same problem. will keep trying.
it is just weird that i can not get to HBoot in the consistent basis.
lopax53186 said:
Sorry to mention that, yep did that(wipe from aroma which is set to default, did not change it there). still same problem. will keep trying.
it is just weird that i can not get to HBoot in the consistent basis.
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Should work without battery pull as long as you power off. But when it doesn't, battery pull.
Just volume down, the power, both pressed till it turns on.
Oh, and fastboot unchecked
Edit: if it stll doesnt work, could be a bad download.
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Teichopsia said:
Should work without battery pull as long as you power off. But when it doesn't, battery pull.
Just volume down, the power, both pressed till it turns on.
Oh, and fastboot unchecked
Edit: if it stll doesnt work, could be a bad download.
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what u mean fastboot unchecked(from within the phone, if yes, remember i can not boot the phone)
yes it could be the bad download, once i can get to recovery i will restore my old cynongenmod 7 from CWM.
Thanks for ur help, i will definitely let you know if or when i succeed.
It was for future reference. Let us know.
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Was able to restore cm using recovery. Will try redownloding ROM again tonight and give a try
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So many responses from Teichopsia and not one "Thanks".
If that doesn't work this straight booted bricked phone when nothing else would. Took 2 months of searching but I got it working within 5 minutes. It's from a thunderbolt forum but I think the commands are the same except for the img name.http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/480350-easier-way-flash-pg05img-files.htmli was stuck with hboot s-on, no recovery whatsoever, security warning, no sd card, NOTHING.
bogduke said:
So many responses from Teichopsia and not one "Thanks".
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After monkeying around with this ROM for a day, it was actually problem with CWM recovery. It looks like this ROM is not compatible with this recovery. I replaced cwm with 4ext recovery and voila I was able to flash this new ROM. Thank you guys so much for helping out. This community is really great to be part of.
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bogduke said:
So many responses from Teichopsia and not one "Thanks".
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Do I use the thank button or thanking on the thread is good enough. If latter I already did
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I had the same problem after unlocking the bootloader on HTCdev. After a lot of searching, it seems that the HTC process keeps the boot partition locked from recovery but not from fastboot.
I was able to get around this by unzipping the Rom and flashing boot.IMG using fastboot and then flashing the Rom again.
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[Q] I think I bricked my phone

I think I bricked my phone:crying:. I have TWRP 2.3 and I performed a backup. Then, I did a factory wipe, wiped cache, and wiped dalvik cache. I thought that I had already moved b-reezy's stock rom to my phone, but when I went to install it, it wasn't there. So, I restarted it and plugged it in to my computer and moved the file to my phone. Then, I powered off my phone. Then held the volume-up button and the power button to go into TWRP, but it didn't go there. All it has done is flashed the LG logo then go to a lit black screen. I've tried pressing up and down on the volume buttons but that doesn't do anything. The only thing I can do is hold the power button for a few seconds and it restarts and does the same thing- just flashes the LG logo and then goes to a lit black screen. Please help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36270473.
In dev section.
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beat me to it. FYI there has been issues like that with TWRP that people have been reporting, so try sticking with CWM.

please help ...os not installed

hi,i wiped my phone using twrp and ended up wiping everything including system
so my phone is stuck on the htc pop-up screen
can't even shut it down or open bootloader
loonylord said:
hi,i wiped my phone using twrp and ended up wiping everything including system
so my phone is stuck on the htc pop-up screen
can't even shut it down or open bootloader
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Hold power and vol up buttons for a while (maybe 10 seconds or more) until the phone reboots. Once it reboots (screen black), immediately let go of those buttons, and hold the vol down rocker, don't let go of vol down until the bootloader screen comes up. If the HTC logo screen comes up again, just repeat the process, as you probably just started pressing vol down too late, or let go of it too early.
Once into bootloader, adb push a known good ROM to the phone (or put a ROM removable SD). Install the ROM in TWRP.
And let this be the lesson to NEVER wipe anything unless you know exactly what it means and what the result will be. Then double check and triple check what you have selected before confirming the wipe.
Those TWRP options are under "Advanced Wipe" for good reason. And the TWRP wipe screen also says for the default wipe that "Most of the time this is the only wipe that you need". Again, it says for for good reason.

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