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i am stuck in boot loop what do i do

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paniro187 said:
i am stuck in boot loop what do i do
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should post this in the question section. but while your here how did you end up in a bootloop?

Flash the clockwork prerooted kernal, download the stock recovery files and flash in clockwork recovery.
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paniro187 said:
i am stuck in boot loop what do i do
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Try flashing zedomax v3 kernel with odin and see what happens. Or if you have cwm recovery download a rom wipe cache and flash it.

can i just flash the rom like on the evo from the sd card??? in clockwork mod??

i put a rom on my memory card but when i go to clock work mod it is not there......
help please
just hoping someone can help 2818832305 that's my home number i have no idea what i did wrong

ioos said:
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This.78910

I am stuck in a perpetual loop of moving threads to Q&A! What should I do?
Oh - yeah - move to Q&A. Silly me.

I think if I'm not mistaking you have to put the rom in your internal memory NOT the sd card. Try that

how can i put in on the internal memory if it's stuck in boot loop???

Can u go into recovery? Of so go into recovery then USB mode

ok i am at the clock work mod recovery screen now what do i do???

ok put it in usb mode but the computer is not even recognizing that's it's connected

i will never flash or root my phone again this is ridiculous.

Do u have the drivers installed? Make sure the drivers are installed, or try a different wire

phew even though i had done it before i flashed the stock kernel waited and i'll be darn if it didn't boot up.....

cool. next step: click the thanks button a few times for the kind soul (aaron130) who patiently stuck with you as you worked it out

Good glad your back up and running. I know the feeling u had and it SUCKS

aaron130 said:
Good glad your back up and running. I know the feeling u had and it SUCKS
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no **** lol i'm seriously look at my post up there i was like i won't be flashing anymore ever lol

update to new Rom made.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24791768#post24791768
just wondering how I go about updating to new rom that just came out for a100 by these guys.
tried update.zip method but did not work. got an android with a exclamation mark while trying to flash.
edit: also how do i tell what recovery I have?
i followed these steps
- Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531646
- Unlock the bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557445
- Install CWM:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558595

just do a full wipe and flash through cwm.
Personally, I don't like it. The gains aren't worth what you sacrifice

Crimson Ghoul said:
just do a full wipe and flash through cwm.
Personally, I don't like it. The gains aren't worth what you sacrifice
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what do you lose?

not much aside from the acer ring, whenever you rotate you get a black flash. it's a bit irritating and you don't get much as it is incomplete

sv7007 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24791768#post24791768
just wondering how I go about updating to new rom that just came out for a100 by these guys.
tried update.zip method but did not work. got an android with a exclamation mark while trying to flash.
edit: also how do i tell what recovery I have?
i followed these steps
- Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531646
- Unlock the bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557445
- Install CWM:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558595
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Make sure you flash it with this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601663.

Theonew said:
Make sure you flash it with this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601663.
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thanks and got it flashed on there now!
EDIT: Obviously I am an Idiot.... I flashed this recovery and now I am not sure how to get to the recovery to make a nandroid backup and whatnot. i tried t backup using ROM manager and got the android with exclamation on boot. and I also tried to bring up recovery by holding the volume up while booting and all it did was try to update and fail.
I just need a little bit more detail in getting this and once I get this squared away I swear I will be good to go for now on. Also I appreciate your alls patience and helpfulness!
edit 2: found recovery. hit home key after red android thing. shows Android system recovery<3e>. is this correct? nothing in the options there allow me to backup nandroid.

sv7007 said:
thanks and got it flashed on there now!
EDIT: Obviously I am an Idiot.... I flashed this recovery and now I am not sure how to get to the recovery to make a nandroid backup and whatnot. i tried t backup using ROM manager and got the android with exclamation on boot. and I also tried to bring up recovery by holding the volume up while booting and all it did was try to update and fail.
I just need a little bit more detail in getting this and once I get this squared away I swear I will be good to go for now on. Also I appreciate your alls patience and helpfulness!
edit 2: found recovery. hit home key after red android thing. shows Android system recovery<3e>. is this correct? nothing in the options there allow me to backup nandroid.
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nope...you must have a install-recovery.sh ....remove that and reflash the cwm in my dev thread. then you should be good.
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ptesmoke said:
nope...you must have a install-recovery.sh ....remove that and reflash the cwm in my dev thread. then you should be good.
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ahh thanks for letting me know. I will do this now and see what happens!
edit: I actually see no such file anywhere on my tablet or sd card? anything else it could be?

sv7007 said:
ahh thanks for letting me know. I will do this now and see what happens!
edit: I actually see no such file anywhere on my tablet or sd card? anything else it could be?
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It's located in the /etc/ and /system/etc/ directories.

Theonew said:
It's located in the /etc/ and /system/etc/ directories.
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found it thanks!
worked like a charm after that was gone! Now to flash roms.

how do i mount twrp?

Hey guys i am running into a little problem and need help. I flashed a kernal and now after the samsung logo its just black. I can still get into download mode and the twrp recovery. I have a back up but its not twrp its cwm and I cant restore it. Is their any way to mount the internal memory to pc so i can add the backup i have on my pc?

blazen2000 said:
Hey guys i am running into a little problem and need help. I flashed a kernal and now after the samsung logo its just black. I can still get into download mode and the twrp recovery. I have a back up but its not twrp its cwm and I cant restore it. Is their any way to mount the internal memory to pc so i can add the backup i have on my pc?
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You can't mount anymore in recovery yet. I would go into download mode flash cwm and restore your backup that way
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elesbb said:
You can't mount anymore in recovery yet. I would go into download mode flash cwm and restore your backup that way
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Ok thanks i will start to look for how to do that thanks.

Watch video in signature, follow instructions. Impossible to mess up.

Aerowinder said:
Watch video in signature, follow instructions. Impossible to mess up.
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ha funny that you mention that. Thats how i got root in the first place. Damn i hate spazzing out thanks for the reminder.
edit: got it going again thanks for all the help guys really appreciate it.

[q] stuck on downloading mode helppp

HELLO, I WAS DOWNLOADING CWM ONTO MY ROGERS NOTE 2 SGH-317M, BUT I KNOW AT&T IS SGH-317 SO I AM POSTING THIS TROUBLE ON THIS AT&T TROUBLE SHOOTING.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS i WAS DOWNLOADING MY CWM FOR MY ROOT MANAGER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, AFTER THAT I TRIED TO INSTALL (I THINK IT WAS CALLED) SIMPLICITY ROM BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO BACK TO 4.1.1 SO CAN UNLOCK MY PHONE FOR FREE, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I TRY TO REBOOT THE DOWNLOADING MODE KEPT ON COMING OUT, I TRIED EVERYTHING SO I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHEN IT STARTS I SEE A SAMSUNG NOTE 2 THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO DOWNLOADING MODE.... SO PLEASE HELP
btw my computer recognize my phone but then i cant get into recovery mode, but i can go to download mode

Note2Hunter said:
HELLO, I WAS DOWNLOADING CWM ONTO MY ROGERS NOTE 2 SGH-317M, BUT I KNOW AT&T IS SGH-317 SO I AM POSTING THIS TROUBLE ON THIS AT&T TROUBLE SHOOTING.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS i WAS DOWNLOADING MY CWM FOR MY ROOT MANAGER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, AFTER THAT I TRIED TO INSTALL (I THINK IT WAS CALLED) SIMPLICITY ROM BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO BACK TO 4.1.1 SO CAN UNLOCK MY PHONE FOR FREE, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I TRY TO REBOOT THE DOWNLOADING MODE KEPT ON COMING OUT, I TRIED EVERYTHING SO I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHEN IT STARTS I SEE A SAMSUNG NOTE 2 THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO DOWNLOADING MODE.... SO PLEASE HELP
btw my computer recognize my phone but then i cant get into recovery mode, but i can go to download mode
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so when you reboot your device it goes back to downloading mode directly???
becasue when i try same thing like you .. my phone was rebooting but it got stuck on the Samsung Logo.
what i know is ... you can you Volume up + home button+on.off button to go to recovery mode
so when you press all 3 together and see Samsung Galaxy on device .. release them... and it will go to recovery mode...
for me it works like that.
i am newbie to Android... so i am telling you this from my personal information.
give it a try if you feel like
thanks

prashant19p said:
so when you reboot your device it goes back to downloading mode directly???
becasue when i try same thing like you .. my phone was rebooting but it got stuck on the Samsung Logo.
what i know is ... you can you Volume up + home button+on.off button to go to recovery mode
so when you press all 3 together and see Samsung Galaxy on device .. release them... and it will go to recovery mode...
for me it works like that.
i am newbie to Android... so i am telling you this from my personal information.
give it a try if you feel like
thanks
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Thanks For replying, But what my phone problem is.that any way Of Starting up my Phone Will make my.phone go straight to Download mode,, i tried the ethod before but it Still Goes To download.mode

something most have happened during the reboot to recovery after the install. best thing to do is to install recovery using odin.

Note2Hunter said:
HELLO, I WAS DOWNLOADING CWM ONTO MY ROGERS NOTE 2 SGH-317M, BUT I KNOW AT&T IS SGH-317 SO I AM POSTING THIS TROUBLE ON THIS AT&T TROUBLE SHOOTING.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS i WAS DOWNLOADING MY CWM FOR MY ROOT MANAGER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, AFTER THAT I TRIED TO INSTALL (I THINK IT WAS CALLED) SIMPLICITY ROM BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO BACK TO 4.1.1 SO CAN UNLOCK MY PHONE FOR FREE, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I TRY TO REBOOT THE DOWNLOADING MODE KEPT ON COMING OUT, I TRIED EVERYTHING SO I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHEN IT STARTS I SEE A SAMSUNG NOTE 2 THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO DOWNLOADING MODE.... SO PLEASE HELP
btw my computer recognize my phone but then i cant get into recovery mode, but i can go to download mode
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Try the odin unbrick procedure?
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spawn50ak49 said:
something most have happened during the reboot to recovery after the install. best thing to do is to install recovery using odin
what do you mean by recovery cwm?? because i already have that
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Note2Hunter said:
spawn50ak49 said:
something most have happened during the reboot to recovery after the install. best thing to do is to install recovery using odin
what do you mean by recovery cwm?? because i already have that
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Well you can only get into download mode. So you need to install a custom recovery using odine. CWM is short for clockwork mod recovery. Find a how to and install cwm using odine.
Another custom recovery is TWRP. I like using TWRP. Has a nice touch interface.
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spawn50ak49 said:
Note2Hunter said:
Well you can only get into download mode. So you need to install a custom recovery using odine. CWM is short for clockwork mod recovery. Find a how to and install cwm using odine.
Another custom recovery is TWRP. I like using TWRP. Has a nice touch interface.
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i already have cwm though...
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Note2Hunter said:
spawn50ak49 said:
i already have cwm though...
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If you have a computer download a Rom of your liking then install meaning find the file on your sd card then flash it? I recommend something close to the stock Rom then try new ones btw make a back up of your stock rom!!!!!! P.s. Look at YouTube for tutorials on how to?
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Note2Hunter said:
spawn50ak49 said:
i already have cwm though...
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To be more clear.
You said you can't boot into recovery. You can only boot into download mode. What download mode means is that you have to install cwm from a computer using odine. You connect your phone to a computer using a USB cable. Boot your phone into download mode. Open odine on your PC select the cwm odine file and push it to your phone. Disconnect your phone from your pc. Then you can put a ROM on your exSDcard and boot into recover and install the ROM.
Do a search on xda on how to install cwm using odine. I'm not going to write how to do it here cause you can search and do it your self. Good luck
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Rom instalation

Hello,
Every time i try to install a ROM. "Using twrp or cwm" Rom installs "Says successful with twrp" i reboot and they all get stuck at the first splash screen. I have no idea why. At the moment i am trying to install hyperdrive ROM. And it does the same thing. I have not been able to install a custom ROM yet. Every time it is the same situation. I have to flash to a stock ROM with odin to get my phone working every time. Then update re root re install twrp and try again. But to no avail i always get the same problem , being stuck on the first splash screen. Weather it be the Sprint s3 screen or a custom ROM splash screen. Would be awesome if someone could help. Thanks a bunch! I would be so grateful.

Are you clearing system, factory reset, and wiping dalvik cache and cache?

CNexus said:
Are you clearing system, factory reset, and wiping dalvik cache and cache?
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Yes i do every time. :/

Redownload the ROM and check for md5(i think CNexus have a link on his sig), and use TWRP 2.3.3.0. There is a thread with flashables.
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38079994
Make sure you are using the ones for Sprint GS3.
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Checked md5 and sure enough they did not match. Though now i am having a problem getting them to match. I have tried downloading 6 times now using different mirrors and every time they do not match. Guess the cell phone gods don't want me to use custom roms >.< Leh sigh...
* Sad panda face *
csmasn said:
Redownload the ROM and check for md5(i think CNexus have a link on his sig), and use TWRP 2.3.3.0. There is a thread with flashables.
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38079994
Make sure you are using the ones for Sprint GS3.
Sent from my SPH-L710
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lNeozl said:
Checked md5 and sure enough they did not match. Though now i am having a problem getting them to match. I have tried downloading 6 times now using different mirrors and every time they do not match. Guess the cell phone gods don't want me to use custom roms >.< Leh sigh...
* Sad panda face *
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are you downloading to computer or to phone? I suggest computer then copy to phone using a heavy duty cable. I know this seems to be the long way around but it is the best and safest.

tazfanatic said:
are you downloading to computer or to phone? I suggest computer then copy to phone using a heavy duty cable. I know this seems to be the long way around but it is the best and safest.
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This is very good advice & should be the standard for all flashing. Downloading and installing via OTA does work but also has more instances of incorrect md5 (bad download) than direct to PC...

I actually am downloading to my pc then transferring it to the sd card on my phone with the cable that came with the s3.
Ferenczy68 said:
This is very good advice & should be the standard for all flashing. Downloading and installing via OTA does work but also has more instances of incorrect md5 (bad download) than direct to PC...
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lNeozl said:
I actually am downloading to my pc then transferring it to the sd card on my phone with the cable that came with the s3.
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Ok so your transferring it how? Just drag and drop into a folder? What folder? And are you at any point renaming it?
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I am transferring it to the main dir of the sd card on the phone. No sub dir. Just drag and drop to in my case " Computer>SPH-L710>Card". And at no point do i rename it. Thanks for all the reply's to try and help. Its really appreciated.
On a side note when i had my Evo 4g i had no problem with this at all. I was trying out new roms all the time. Now with this s3 i cant even get one on.. :/
Thanks again.
edfunkycold said:
Ok so your transferring it hot? Just drag and drop I o a folder? What folder? And are you at any point renaming it?
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lNeozl said:
I am transferring it to the main dir of the sd card on the phone. No sub dir. Just drag and drop to in my case " Computer>SPH-L710>Card". And at no point do i rename it. Thanks for all the reply's to try and help. Its really appreciated.
On a side note when i had my Evo 4g i had no problem with this at all. I was trying out new roms all the time. Now with this s3 i cant even get one on.. :/
Thanks again.
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Not saying this is your issue and I've never had it happen to me but have you tried using a CWM recovery? Some say certain ROMs will only flash w/certain recoveries. Maybe try mixing it up & see what happens?

Thats actually what i was thinking right now. Just tried cwm and got the same thing. Sitting here now about 10 min on the splash screen for Hyperdrive Rom. Dont think its going to work. What i don't get is everything always says successfully installed. Then i wipe cache and delvik again. reboot and wait for the first boot up and nothing. Still sitting here with the splash screen. Thinking of making a video step by step of what i am doing and posting it.... Its frustrating. Thanks for the reply. Every bit helps.
Ferenczy68 said:
Not saying this is your issue and I've never had it happen to me but have you tried using a CWM recovery? Some say certain ROMs will only flash w/certain recoveries. Maybe try mixing it up & see what happens?
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Just out of curiosity. Being that i have flashed back to the stock rom " With Odin" a million times and every time it works fine. Is it possible to flash a custom rom with odin?

Not sure, checking...

lNeozl said:
Just out of curiosity. Being that i have flashed back to the stock rom " With Odin" a million times and every time it works fine. Is it possible to flash a custom rom with odin?
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Yes, it is possible. But the dev would need to provide the rom in a .tar form, and as far as I know none of them do

lNeozl said:
I am transferring it to the main dir of the sd card on the phone. No sub dir. Just drag and drop to in my case " Computer>SPH-L710>Card". And at no point do i rename it. Thanks for all the reply's to try and help. Its really appreciated.
On a side note when i had my Evo 4g i had no problem with this at all. I was trying out new roms all the time. Now with this s3 i cant even get one on.. :/
Thanks again.
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Ok this may sound stupid, create a subfolder in your sd storage, if you can do it on the external SD card even better. Name the subfolder whatever you want but I would start it with the letter A so it's always at the top of your list of folders. When you go into recovery do a factory reset and then choose to flash rom from whichever storage location you placed it in and go to the folder you created and placed it in. The reason I'm saying this is because sometimes other locations may ad a sub directory designation to your file which will corrupt the file and md5. Just a suggestion you have nothing to loose. And again what rom are you flashing?
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Thanks, I am about to head out but i will try this tonight and see what happens.
edfunkycold said:
Ok this may sound stupid, create a subfolder in your sd storage, if you can do it on the external SD card even better. Name the subfolder whatever you want but I would start it with the letter A so it's always at the top of your list of folders. When you go into recovery do a factory reset and then choose to flash rom from whichever storage location you placed it in and go to the folder you created and placed it in. The reason I'm saying this is because sometimes other locations may ad a sub directory designation to your file which will corrupt the file and md5. Just a suggestion you have nothing to loose. And again what rom are you flashing?
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lNeozl said:
Thanks, I am about to head out but i will try this tonight and see what happens.
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Double check the MD5 after your transfer I noticed you said the use the stock cable. I HIGHLY recommend a BB cable heavy duty cable. I have used a BB cable for many years and never had a problem with flashing.

lNeozl said:
Hello,
Every time i try to install a ROM. "Using twrp or cwm" Rom installs "Says successful with twrp" i reboot and they all get stuck at the first splash screen. I have no idea why. At the moment i am trying to install hyperdrive ROM. And it does the same thing. I have not been able to install a custom ROM yet. Every time it is the same situation. I have to flash to a stock ROM with odin to get my phone working every time. Then update re root re install twrp and try again. But to no avail i always get the same problem , being stuck on the first splash screen. Weather it be the Sprint s3 screen or a custom ROM splash screen. Would be awesome if someone could help. Thanks a bunch! I would be so grateful.
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Have you tried waiting? Because I know when I'm flashing a ROM I don't know why but with EVERY ROM when I install it and it says install successfull I have to wait a couple minutes because its actually not done its still installing stuff if you have trwp it will tell you the progress as its going even though it says installation complete.
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