Hey guys, today I decided to root my Galaxy Nexus on Android 4.2.2, so far so good. The root is done and I wanted to install the Avatar ROM but there's a problem. After the installation my Nexus reboots and the Avatar Bootlogo appears but nothing happens (I think it was a bootloop). I waited about 15 minutes and then I decided to restore my backuped Stock ROM but it would be nice to try something new, the Avatar ROM. Can anyboby help me please? Don't know what went wrong and I really need help from you :s. Thanks a lot.
Sounds like someone didn't follow directions and do a factory reset from recovery
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Pirateghost said:
Sounds like someone didn't follow directions and do a factory reset from recovery
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Ah... No, I did follow them and I got same result on KitKat Avatar.
are you sure
Hmm waiting 15 main cannot be called boot looping because if it was a boot loop then it can be easily spotted since galaxy nexus dims the brightness few seconds before completion of boot
Sometimes it takes more time then you think
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First off I have a Verizon gnex. My phone was all fine and dandy running CM9 on ICS, then I installed CM10 and it was working great until I would get weird bootloops at the Google screen. Eventually it would boot, I guess it's some sort of file check or something? But it was really making me mad.
I tried wiping everything and installing CM9 again but it was still stuck and when it eventually booted, nothing was changed! I still had CM10 and all my apps/data were there. Weird I thought, so I just kept using my phone trying to find a fix and trying to not let it die.
I did a factory reset and it seemed to make the process of getting passed the Google screen faster up until last night...it died and did not want to get past the Google screen. So I ran Odin with all the factory images and what not and thought it was going to work..but nope same problem.
Also my recovery will not work and I tried to flash it again but if I hold up and down volume and power and choose recovery it will just restart and be back at the google screen.
PLEASE HELP! I just shelled out 280 bucks for this used because I didn't want to lose my unlimited data and now I can't even use my phone!
I've waited up to 15 min sometimes on JB. Just be patient. Flash the Verizon JB boot loader if you haven't already. It's here on XDA somewhere
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BFirebird101 said:
I've waited up to 15 min sometimes on JB. Just be patient. Flash the Verizon JB boot loader if you haven't already. It's here on XDA somewhere
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I've waited way more than 15 minutes..it will just keep going and going until it freezes or dies.
edit: also I'm not even on JB, stock ICS.
Is anyone else having the same problem? Anyone have suggestions on what I should do?
Flash the stock images using fastboot instead of ODIN.
See if that will work.
El Daddy said:
Flash the stock images using fastboot instead of ODIN.
See if that will work.
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Sorry I should have mentioned that I tried that before Odin, thanks though.
El Daddy said:
Flash the stock images using fastboot instead of ODIN.
See if that will work.
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Well i just went back and tried that again and it finally let me boot but it soon went back into bootloop madness. I did it again and it booted up gain but of course went back into the loop. Now injust tried it again and that wont even work now..
I have the same problem, but when using JB ROMs...
See here (still cannot figure it out):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826749
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N/m, figured it out.
crobs808 said:
I have the same problem, but when using JB ROMs...
See here (still cannot figure it out):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826749
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N/m, figured it out.
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Followed that thread, but didnt really see exactly how you went about fixing it. What method is in the exe you created?
Do you have a VZW Nexus (toro)? I can post my EXE if so.
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Reset guide in my sig now
So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII
musclehead84 said:
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
jsmoof21 said:
Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Its not a problem as long as you flash a rom FOR YOUR PHONE.....
Did you try this?
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So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I just tried that and no luck. sounds like u soft bricked it. I can't get it to turn on period. The only thing that turns on is the lcd light but only for 10 seconds then shuts off. Thanks for the help though!
If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
galaxy s3 softbrick
jsmoof21 said:
I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
bonao1851 said:
hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Do you get a screen at all? You say you're softbricked but you also say it doesnt start up. If you are really just softbricked then you have a screen too, in which case you'll just look like an ass going to sprint because they will see you fuucked with it and laugh you out the store. If you are hardbricked then you would have just a black screen. If you have a screen, do some reading like you shouldve done in the first place and fix it yourself.
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Mine was hard bricked and it couldn't be turned on period. If yours is soft brick then you should be able to get it back into download mode but you can't get it to turn on at all, then you have a hard brick. I went to sprint and got a brand new one because they couldn't fix it either. So unless they can fix it you will have to get a new one!
Also Hard Bricked.
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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On the advice for taking the battery out and trying to get into download mode, I tried and now without my battery in I get my red light but still no luck on download mode. any advice like "tinylinux". Sorry not a noob but not a pro so whereever that middle area is is where I stand. Thanks in advance.
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Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
pvinodnayak said:
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
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DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG
I had same stuck at boot screen but could get odin download mode still this literally saved my phone thanks your awesome!
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Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
jonathanod said:
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
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I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
m20120 said:
I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
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why are people still doing this?
nicholaaaas said:
why are people still doing this?
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Some people really should get an iPhone...
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WHYDavid said:
Some people really should get an iPhone...
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Totally agree.That or a motorola
Try YouTubeing QBKing77 on his video for bricked S3's
Good luck. There will be a way to unbrick. Just have to find the right method.
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Hello.
I just rooted my Samsung Galaxy Nexus and installed the latest CyanogenMod 10 nightly build but then I rebooted and now I've waited about 15-20 minutes if not more and it's still loading or something.
There is a blue circle with white text in the middle saying "CyanogenMod" and the circle just keeps spinning.
I don't know how long I am supposed to wait but it seems like there might be something wrong...
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Hello.
I just rooted my Samsung Galaxy Nexus and installed the latest CyanogenMod 10 nightly build but then I rebooted and now I've waited about 15-20 minutes if not more and it's still loading or something.
There is a blue circle with white text in the middle saying "CyanogenMod" and the circle just keeps spinning.
I don't know how long I am supposed to wait but it seems like there might be something wrong...
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Try wiping and reflashing your CM10 build
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Try wiping and reflashing your CM10 build
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Thanks! I took the battery out and then I did as you said and it worked
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Thanks! I took the battery out and then I did as you said and it worked
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Glad you got it working unending boot screens are one of the scariest problems in my opinion lol
i downloaded teamwin recovery, then downloaded cm10 from some rom app in the market, when i put it on my phone it got stuck on the spinning cyanogenmod 10 screen and it's been there for 2 hours now just spinning. i trued going into bootloader mode & factory resetting it but it just went back to that screen. im terrified that i have bricked or ruined my phone some please help
Go to recovery, wipe everything, flash again.
If that doesn't work: Download CM10 again (get.cm), adb push it to your device in recovery mode and flash. Don't forget the Gapps.
I wish I was a noob again I loved learning the basics of flashing.
FrostyF7 said:
I wish I was a noob again I loved learning the basics of flashing.
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You are still a noob you just don't know it.
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You are still a noob you just don't know it.
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Three years and this is your first post...
I recently aquired a Nexus and when the phone said there was an update available I hit ok. During the reboot the phone became stuckc on the "X" logo screen and has been that way for way longer than it should. I tried clearing the cache and even a reset and it is still stuck on that screen. What do I do? I'm desperate!
I'm also not very savy with this kind of thing so please take it easy on me lol
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I recently aquired a Nexus and when the phone said there was an update available I hit ok. During the reboot the phone became stuckc on the "X" logo screen and has been that way for way longer than it should. I tried clearing the cache and even a reset and it is still stuck on that screen. What do I do? I'm desperate!
I'm also not very savy with this kind of thing so please take it easy on me lol
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I find after I do an update / flash, it stays on the boot animation (the x) for a really long time. Try giving it 10 minutes.. dont be eager to battery pull (i've done it before thinking, omg, its screwed! but just waited and it was fine..)
If that doesn't work, you can go down the route of rooting it and installing a custom rom.. many guides out there on that..
google "wiki galaxy nexus cyanogenmod root" for instance
Huh, no.
Op, read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
And don't be sorry for being a noob. Nothing to be sorry of. Many people don't know the true meaning of the term noob, so some apply it as a way to bash someone. Just remember that here there's all the info you need if you want to learn how to get yourself out of a pinch and not panic about it.
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I brought my phone in to have the charger port replaced. It worked fine ad then all of a sudden the phone boots up, stays booted for a minute and then reboots. also the screen is unresponsive.
I have used a gnex kit to get into CWM and erase cache and dalvik cache and fix permission and the problem is not resolved.
with out the gnex kit i can't even get into CWM and all i get is a little droid guy with an open stomach hatch with a red mark.
i would erase all data and factory reset as a last option but i have some work photos on the device that are extremely important for me to extract. I should also mention that with the CWM kit I am unable to find the files I wish to pull yet for the few seconds I am able to boot into android my photos are there in the album.
can someone please help me find a way to extract those files so I can try to wipe the device and move on?
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I brought my phone in to have the charger port replaced. It worked fine ad then all of a sudden the phone boots up, stays booted for a minute and then reboots. also the screen is unresponsive.
I have used a gnex kit to get into CWM and erase cache and dalvik cache and fix permission and the problem is not resolved.
with out the gnex kit i can't even get into CWM and all i get is a little droid guy with an open stomach hatch with a red mark.
i would erase all data and factory reset as a last option but i have some work photos on the device that are extremely important for me to extract. I should also mention that with the CWM kit I am unable to find the files I wish to pull yet for the few seconds I am able to boot into android my photos are there in the album.
can someone please help me find a way to extract those files so I can try to wipe the device and move on?
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With factory reset your sdcard will not be touched. You will have all your files (unless youre in stock recovery I think). You can use adb pull /sdcard/ to get all youre files.
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With factory reset your sdcard will not be touched. You will have all your files (unless youre in stock recovery I think). You can use adb pull /sdcard/ to get all youre files.
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so what you're saying is if I boot into CWM with the kit, do a factory reset, all my photos will be there? can you please elaborate?
cardozanick said:
so what you're saying is if I boot into CWM with the kit, do a factory reset, all my photos will be there? can you please elaborate?
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Yes that is correct. You can wipe everything as long as you dont wipe /sdcard. I am not a 100% sure since you are on stock but I know sure for 99%. Google is your friend
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Yes that is correct. You can wipe everything as long as you dont wipe /sdcard. I am not a 100% sure since you are on stock but I know sure for 99%. Google is your friend
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Alright,
alright, we have 50% success!
I was able to get all the files off that I was looking to get, albeit during 20 second intervals in which the phone would allow me to before rebooting....
which brings me to my next point - Phone is stuck in bootloop after following (successfully) this guide to flash stock and unroot which, needless to say, seems strange to me.
Now I supposedly have a fully formatted i9250 maguro with a fresh flash of stock running and i'm stuck in a boot loop which if i leave sitting long enough will eventually get to the "Welcome" [choose your language] screen with an unresponsive display panel until it reboots after about 30 seconds.
please help.
EDIT: I flashed the Factory Image Android 4.2.2 (JDQ39) and still stuck in bootloop with unresponsive screen. maybe this is better as a paperweight??
cardozanick said:
Alright,
alright, we have 50% success!
I was able to get all the files off that I was looking to get, albeit during 20 second intervals in which the phone would allow me to before rebooting....
which brings me to my next point - Phone is stuck in bootloop after following (successfully) this guide to flash stock and unroot which, needless to say, seems strange to me.
Now I supposedly have a fully formatted i9250 maguro with a fresh flash of stock running and i'm stuck in a boot loop which if i leave sitting long enough will eventually get to the "Welcome" [choose your language] screen with an unresponsive display panel until it reboots after about 30 seconds.
please help.
EDIT: I flashed the Factory Image Android 4.2.2 (JDQ39) and still stuck in bootloop with unresponsive screen. maybe this is better as a paperweight??
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Thats strange. But you have your files and you are on completely stock unrooted. If you still have warranty you can send it back. Maybe you can try this: http://xda-university.com/as-a-user/how-to-recover-from-a-bootloop
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Strange Fix reveals deeper issue
good news and bad news
Alright, so I have swapped the motherboard with an old gnex i had laying around that has a broken screen that wouldn't turn on at all..
I found out that the motherboard on the old phone must be dead because it won't work in the newer phone so I put the guts of the newer on into the broken screen phone and it worked perfectly - albeit with a huge crack in it. so i then thought maybe the issue was solved and put the guts that worked back into the original phone and it is unresponsive and reboots... I've come to the conclusion that the screen is the issue on that device.
but is this fixable??? i have taken the whole thing apart and can't see how that screen could be shorting the device and cause it to reboot nor can i understand why it wouldn't be responsive to the touch for no reason.
anybody have a clue how i can fix that?