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[Q] Strange problems with my Gio...

Yesterday, my gio was working totally normal, I was running the CM7 Apocalypse rom. It was acting kind of funny, so I decided to flash back to my stock rom. The flash seemed to go as expected, except now when I boot my phone, its a totally black screen. It plays the sound that it makes when it starts, so its doing something. There is also no recovery. I can get it into download mode, except no matter what rom i flash it still has the black screen. The backlight is on and the screen turns on for download mode, so there isn't anything wrong with the screen. Also, my phone is the GT-S5660M model from Bell. Help?

no matter what rom i flash it still has the black screen
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How do You "flash" without download mode or recovery? Oo

Jaball said:
How do You "flash" without download mode or recovery? Oo
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I CAN get into download mode. I've tried to flash back to stock. I've also tried to flash CWM but none of it worked. I dont think its bricked because when I flashed the stock rom it played the sound it makes when it starts. The screen is just screwed up somehow.

A short search reveals this, apparently we've been there already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619401

Flash your stock rom using Odin....

walaoehh said:
Flash your stock rom using Odin....
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Thats the weird thing, I've already done that a bunch of times and the black screen is still there. The screen isn't damaged or anything. It's like something is persisting across flashes.

Did you wipe before installing stock with Odin?
Which one you're trying to flash? S5660XXKTL_S5660DBTKT1_DBT?

crlgio said:
Did you wipe before installing stock with Odin?
Which one you're trying to flash? S5660XXKTL_S5660DBTKT1_DBT?
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I didn't wipe. Is there a way to wipe if you can't get to CWM? The package I was trying to flash is called S5660MUGKG3_S5660MBMCKG3_BMC.

geckoguy said:
Thats the weird thing, I've already done that a bunch of times and the black screen is still there. The screen isn't damaged or anything. It's like something is persisting across flashes.
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Omg... See how if u choose auto reboot when flashing...

have you tried the Emergency firmware recovery in Kies?

Try redownloading firmware, btw be sure that is for canadian gio ...
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Frankin96 said:
Try redownloading firmware, btw be sure that is for canadian gio ...
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I've tried all of your guys suggestions and none have worked. I guess I'm going to use this as an exuse to get a new phone. Do you guys have any suggestions for a phone around $200? I'm trying to find one that has at least a 1 Ghz processor.

geckoguy said:
I've tried all of your guys suggestions and none have worked. I guess I'm going to use this as an exuse to get a new phone. Do you guys have any suggestions for a phone around $200? I'm trying to find one that has at least a 1 Ghz processor.
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ace plus/ace 2

Xperia U, updated to ics by sony ,dual core
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voetbalremco said:
ace plus/ace 2
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I have found a HTC Sensation online and I think I'm going to get that. Thanks for all your help guys.

Help! Note 2 stuck on logo screen

Hi guys,
Having trouble with my note 2.
Its stuck on boot screen when I turn on. When I put in charger it won't charge.
It wont go into safe mode, it will go into download mode.
I never rooted or flashed a rom via odin on this device.
Any help appreciated.

daz_2000 said:
Hi guys,
Having trouble with my note 2.
Its stuck on boot screen when I turn on. When I put in charger it won't charge.
It wont go into safe mode, it will go into download mode.
I never rooted or flashed a rom via odin on this device.
Any help appreciated.
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Don´t panic, shut down the phone and take out the battery and wait some minutes then put it back on.I will be here to help.

Aluyi said:
Don´t panic, shut down the phone and take out the battery and wait some minutes then put it back on.I will be here to help.
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Tried that about a thousand times today.

Red proximity sensor is glowing ?
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koalauk said:
Red proximity sensor is glowing ?
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on initial power press...yes

daz_2000 said:
Tried that about a thousand times today.
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Then just flash a stock rom thru odin, that will sove problem

Aluyi said:
Then just flash a stock rom thru odin, that will sove problem
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I have tried that this evening and no Iuck. It says something like cant find pit partition.
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Just some theories... Make sure that you don't have kies open while running odin. If that is ot the case.
Try the extreme and flash the rom trough kies itself
Other than that I might sense a sds symptom from what google says((

Phone Keeps shutting off at random

Hey All. I just got this problem today, my phone keeps shutting off randomly and then it will get stuck at booting up and will constantly make the sound it makes while booting up. I just tried reflashing to stock via odin following thisTutorial and i got it to restore to stock but it got stuck at the samsung logo after the T-mobile logo. After that it keeps doing the same to me as before restoring to stock. I can't get into recovery on it or download mode.

Could be stuck or bad power button try cleaning in and around the button.
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richardlibeau said:
Could be stuck or bad power button try cleaning in and around the button.
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I Dont think thats the problem because I am able to power on the phone.

When you restored from Odin did you do a factory reset? If you didn't it will stay on the Samsung logo.
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alloycowboy said:
When you restored from Odin did you do a factory reset? If you didn't it will stay on the Samsung logo.
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No I didn't I Could get access any of my backups I had and I didn't want to lose everything on my phone. Is there any way to get into the storage on my phone and get the backups off and then factory wipe it?

Anthony74 said:
No I didn't I Could get access any of my backups I had and I didn't want to lose everything on my phone. Is there any way to get into the storage on my phone and get the backups off and then factory wipe it?
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Okay I figured out I left a recovery from march 2 on my sd card so now i have a recovery that is stable. How can i get into recovery to factory reset my phone? I've tried VOL UP + VOL DOWN and im not sure if im doing it right, but is there any other way to get into recovery??

Did you turn off the phone and hold volume up + volume down + power until the phone vibrates and then let go of power button?

meekrawb said:
Did you turn off the phone and hold volume up + volume down + power until the phone vibrates and then let go of power button?
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As soon as I put the battery into my phone it starts vibrating.And I Cant turn it off.

Anthony74 said:
As soon as I put the battery into my phone it starts vibrating.
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Richard was right, it sounds like you have a sticky power button.

meekrawb said:
Richard was right, it sounds like you have a sticky power button.
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Okay is there a method of cleaning the power button that i should use??? I googled it and search xda and i found ]This

Anthony74 said:
Okay is there a method of cleaning the power button that i should use??? I googled it and search xda and i found ]This
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It looks like there are a few different solutions in that thread. Hopefully they will help you. Good luck.

I took apart my phone and I was able to fix it thanks guys!!!!
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[q] Warning for any rooted Tab 7!!!!!

Today I finally rooted my Tablet 7 with some help from gr8nole here on XDA. Needless to say I was very happy and started downloading any and all apps that required root I was interested in. Unfortunately about an hour into my adventure I downloaded an app called LCD Density. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP. It soft bricked my device after changing the density from 240 to 160. I am now just trying to get back to square one again and have no idea what to do. I wiped the cache partition and re flashed root. Reboot same thing again. The Samsung screen is vertical not horizontal and doing the infamous glow from blue to white and back to blue and nothing more continuously. I am in CWM now and not really sure what step to take next as I don't want to risk a hard brick. I went to Rom Manager in CWM and no files were there when I went to use the backup feature What should I do?

PMK19 said:
Today I finally rooted my Tablet 7 with some help from gr8nole here on XDA. Needless to say I was very happy and started downloading any and all apps that required root I was interested in. Unfortunately about an hour into my adventure I downloaded an app called LCD Density. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP. It soft bricked my device after changing the density from 240 to 160. I am now just trying to get back to square one again and have no idea what to do. I wiped the cache partition and re flashed root. Reboot same thing again. The Samsung screen is vertical not horizontal and doing the infamous glow from blue to white and back to blue and nothing more continuously. I am in CWM now and not really sure what step to take next as I don't want to risk a hard brick. I went to Rom Manager in CWM and no files were there when I went to use the backup feature What should I do?
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Try to restore your original firmare using odin.
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trazfer said:
Try to restore your original firmare using odin.
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That is what I would like to do but having a problem locating the original firmware. Any idea where it can be found?
Update...Found it on hotfile...going to see what happens now

PMK19 said:
That is what I would like to do but having a problem locating the original firmware. Any idea where it can be found?
Update...Found it on hotfile...going to see what happens now
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Update...I have tried using the recovery tar. file from the developers board on page 1 post 2 and still no luck. I am now downloading another file from Hotfile but it says its going to be hours before its done downloading. I will try that and hopefully I can get out of this mess. Any other advice would be greatly apreciated. This is driving me crazy!!!!! HELP PLEASE

PMK19 said:
Update...I have tried using the recovery tar. file from the developers board on page 1 post 2 and still no luck. I am now downloading another file from Hotfile but it says its going to be hours before its done downloading. I will try that and hopefully I can get out of this mess. Any other advice would be greatly apreciated. This is driving me crazy!!!!! HELP PLEASE
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45951129
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trazfer said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45951129
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Thanks bro I actually just finally rebooted with the stock firmware. Brand new again but that's ok actually because all of the apps are backed up on Google. Now I just have to Root again...Can you believe that LCD crap is still lingering around on it? Say hello to the delete button!!!!
This is for the USA version.
http://hotfile.com/dl/240676398/83e0994/XAR-T210RUEAMG4-20130731154358.zip.html

PMK19 said:
Thanks bro I actually just finally rebooted with the stock firmware. Brand new again but that's ok actually because all of the apps are backed up on Google. Now I just have to Root again...Can you believe that LCD crap is still lingering around on it? Say hello to the delete button!!!!
This is for the USA version.
http://hotfile.com/dl/240676398/83e0994/XAR-T210RUEAMG4-20130731154358.zip.html
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Well congrats on fixing ur tab. I suggest you odin flash twrp. Then using twrp flash universalroot.zip or infamous rom
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trazfer said:
Well congrats on fixing ur tab. I suggest you odin flash twrp. Then using twrp flash universalroot.zip or infamous rom
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Thank you..Quick question. How do you get into Recovery with TWRP? I flashed it with Odin with the auto restart and with out. I used the CWM Recovery vol up power and home keys but it does not do anything. I am rooted already as well. Could that be the issue? Im using the TAR file too. I really would like to use the touch screen option instead of pushing buttons like a dinosaur

PMK19 said:
Thank you..Quick question. How do you get into Recovery with TWRP? I flashed it with Odin with the auto restart and with out. I used the CWM Recovery vol up power and home keys but it does not do anything. I am rooted already as well. Could that be the issue? Im using the TAR file too. I really would like to use the touch screen option instead of pushing buttons like a dinosaur
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When you flash twrp or cwm in odin, you must uncheck autoreboot. Btw hold down power vol up and home button, when samsung logo appears, release the power button while still pessing down vol up and home
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trazfer said:
When you flash twrp or cwm in odin, you must uncheck autoreboot. Btw hold down power vol up and home button, when samsung logo appears, release the power button while still pessing down vol up and home
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Do you have a working link for TWRP works with Odin? I cant seem to get this one I have to work. Thanks in advance.

Did u try this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45413459
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Why didnt you just change the density back? Open build.prop, or push a stock version of it via adb or (idk if it is possible) via fastboot.
Then yoir problem should be solved. Those tweaks have got nothing to do with cache, or data, or so
Thats also why you need root and also the reason, why it is not so easy, to root some devices
But try brain.exe and everything should work, as it should
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Tab 3 7" T210R is slow and won't root!!! HELP?

Gentlemen,
This tab is slow....keyboard is very laggy. So I figured I'd root it and load a ROM to it.... I flashed the file listed in the thread,
however, power, home and up won't go.... upon ocsassion, it wil bring me into factory mode..... wierd. My s3 and 4 rooted just fine,
so I'm no stranger to that......
Suggestion? Is there something I'm missing?
Other suggested in antother thread to reload factory firmware from sammobile...... I don't believe it would solve anything......
Thanks guys

You should try to flash the original firmware and see if it would fix it. Before doing it backup your data in case it doesn't fix
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Will do...........sammobile and odin........Correct????
Riir said:
You should try to flash the original firmware and see if it would fix it. Before doing it backup your data in case it doesn't fix
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When flashing recovery, do not check auto reboot on odin and when it says pass after a successful flash, do the three combos then flash universal root.zip thing then qualla, your device has been rooted
Source: it happened to me
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Well that makes perfect sense........ I'll do that. Might you have a RELIABLE link to the steps for rooting this donkey??
Thanks man
Ripshock said:
When flashing recovery, do not check auto reboot on odin and when it says pass after a successful flash, do the three combos then flash universal root.zip thing then qualla, your device has been rooted
Source: it happened to me
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dssking said:
Well that makes perfect sense........ I'll do that. Might you have a RELIABLE link to the steps for rooting this donkey??
Thanks man
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this is the method I chose but instead I flashed philz touch advanced cmw edition Edit: for philz go here
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dssking said:
Will do...........sammobile and odin........Correct????
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Yes, download the firmware and flash it via Odin.

Just did it
dssking said:
Gentlemen,
This tab is slow....keyboard is very laggy. So I figured I'd root it and load a ROM to it.... I flashed the file listed in the thread,
however, power, home and up won't go.... upon ocsassion, it wil bring me into factory mode..... wierd. My s3 and 4 rooted just fine,
so I'm no stranger to that......
Suggestion? Is there something I'm missing?
Other suggested in antother thread to reload factory firmware from sammobile...... I don't believe it would solve anything......
Thanks guys
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I used this link - Worked just like the video showed except I found that after flashing the TWRP recovery tool, I had to hold volume up & home for an extended period before the tool would boot. Watch the screen. After the Samsung logo dissapears, there is a slight glow on the screen. When that glow disappears, release the keys and you should see a lock screen. Swipe and you're in. Good luck.
Heres the link:
sites.google.com/site/tomsgt123/all-videos/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-7in