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Help please!!! Phone keeps restarting

I'm new to this phone stuff and I tried downloading Valhalla v1.3 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1203591 from recovery mode and my phone rebooted, and now it keeps restarting over and over. I have access to download and recovery mode only. I don't know any ROM or flash business so please help.
I just realized that i tried to download a galaxy 4g theme on my tmobile galaxy s2

aerozero94 said:
I'm new to this phone stuff and I tried downloading Valhalla v1.3 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1203591 from recovery mode and my phone rebooted, and now it keeps restarting over and over. I have access to download and recovery mode only. I don't know any ROM or flash business so please help.
I just realized that i tried to download a galaxy 4g theme on my tmobile galaxy s2
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Okay so if you can get into recovery, then you should just flash any ROM from the development section of these forums.
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You flashed a different phones rom. Which means the scripts and the radios and everything is off. Don't flash anything that doesn't have a T989 flashable thing oon it. You got lucly. Most people have a full brick. Be careful next time. And go to the Developers section. Download a stock 2.3.6 or Juggernaut v.4.1 and flash in this order
1. Place file on root of sdcard
2. Reboot recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvik cahce (found under advanced)
3. Flash the rom you desire
4. Reboot.
5. Let it sit for a good 10 minutes
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So is my phone bricked? Cause my friend told me it's boot looped. My current sdcard is from my old phone and doesn't have enough space, but I ordered a new one recently and should be coming in tomorrow or tuesday.

aerozero94 said:
So is my phone bricked? Cause my friend told me it's boot looped. My current sdcard is from my old phone and doesn't have enough space, but I ordered a new one recently and should be coming in tomorrow or tuesday.
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Answered you in the other thread you posted as well ...
IF you can get to download mode, find the Stock ODIN flash for t989, and follow the directions, ODIN does not care how full your SD card is ...

Then just odin. Find a stock one that has an Odin Rom next to he title and flasheed that.
1. Go into download mode, turn off unplugged. Then hold volume up and down and then plug in usb chord.
2. Open up odin 1.85
3. Click the pda part and browse foot your rom.
4.click start and be patient don't touch anything
aerozero94 said:
So is my phone bricked? Cause my friend told me it's boot looped. My current sdcard is from my old phone and doesn't have enough space, but I ordered a new one recently and should be coming in tomorrow or tuesday.
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And no its not bricked it'd just in a boot loop
aerozero94 said:
So is my phone bricked? Cause my friend told me it's boot looped. My current sdcard is from my old phone and doesn't have enough space, but I ordered a new one recently and should be coming in tomorrow or tuesday.
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Can you explain to me what flashing is and how I come about it? Very much appreciated

phreshjoker said:
Then just odin. Find a stock one that has an Odin Rom next to he title and flasheed that.
1. Go into download mode, turn off unplugged. Then hold volume up and down and then plug in usb chord.
2. Open up odin 1.85
3. Click the pda part and browse foot your rom.
4.click start and be patient don't touch anything
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Is this the same thing as putting the ROM on the SDcard and doing it from there?

aerozero94 said:
Is this the same thing as putting the ROM on the SDcard and doing it from there?
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Yes and NO ...
the term flash or flashing means writing new files to the phone ...
ODIN is pretty much a Samsung factory tool, it will overwrite anything that is on the phone with what you are trying to flash ..
Flashing from CWM recovery is a "Softer" way of doing it, it may or may not wipe, it may or may not replace corrupt files, depending on where and what they are ...
IF you are having major trouble with your phone, and can still get into download mode ODIN is the cleaner way to flash it back to stock, but, read read read read till you understand what you are doing, then read it again ....

Help Please: Phone not booting up

Strange thing happened to my phone yesterday night. I was watching netflix for a while and after some time the screen just went blank. I am not able to restart the phone. It got struck in the kernel bootup(Darkside kernel, TDJ's darkside rom) and it was restarting again and again till i remove the battery.
I am able to get into recovery mode but not able to restore any of my backup's. It just went blank during restoring system. I tried installing the same ROM(Darkside Digitsl warfare v2.5.1) from my internal SD card but it just went blank after some time. I tried the juggernaut-5 . It didnt throw up any error but when i restart it its again displaying the darkside kernel and boot looping.
Any one can you please help me to get out of this mess. I need to travel on Monday so desperately need my phone fixed before that. Please help. I have not installed anything new over the last 1 month and didnt have any problems till now. Thank you
System Details:
ROM: Darkside Digitsl warfare v2.5.1
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7

Flash super wipe kernel cleaner then reflash the ROM then go back if you made a nandroid backup restore the data and system
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Help please
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
peppersu812 said:
Flash super wipe kernel cleaner then reflash the ROM then go back if you made a nandroid backup restore the data and system
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LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
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Which recovery version are you running?

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
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Yes Odin back to stock..... flash recovery and then restore
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Danial723 said:
Yes Odin back to stock..... flash recovery and then restore
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What he said. Just remember to put the rom file into the PDA field in Odin
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Yeah Odin should fix all that but If your on Telus I wouldnt run any Tmobile roms although they work it can cause headaches like this IMO
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When i try to ODIN the stock room it failed in the middle now i am struck in the screen download mode. I cant go anwhere from here. Is that the end?.Please help.
Also can i send it to samsung for warranty exchange?.Any phone numbers for samsung pls help. THank you
Will they be able to make it i installed custom rom in it. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode : NO
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
When i try to ODIN the stock room it failed in the middle now i am struck in the screen download mode. I cant go anwhere from here. Is that the end?.Please help.
Also can i send it to samsung for warranty exchange?.Any phone numbers for samsung pls help. THank you
Will they be able to make it i installed custom rom in it. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode : NO
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
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Try it again. The phone has to be in download mode before you plug it into the computer. And are you flashing it as PDA? People have reported it taking a couple tries.
Usually if you can get into download mode you can fix it. If you're stuck and your computer won't recognize your phone, try getting back into download mode. If you're sending it in for repair anyways, it's better to have a full brick so they can't see that you rooted.
Another option if you can't get into download mode, buy a USB Jig, they are usually less than $10 and they can sometimes get you back into download mode.
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It does take a few tries sometimes
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Thanks. I tried it multiple times but still the same screen. I tried with a USB jig, and still the same screen. I am not able to go past that?. Is that a full brick?.
I called T-Mobile and they are sending me a new phone on Tuesday. But need make sure its fully bricked. Thank you

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
Thanks. I tried it multiple times but still the same screen. I tried with a USB jig, and still the same screen. I am not able to go past that?. Is that a full brick?.
I called T-Mobile and they are sending me a new phone on Tuesday. But need make sure its fully bricked. Thank you
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What screen are you talking about? The download screen?
If you're seriously wanting to give up trying, and want to brick it, try flashing a stock rom from a different phone via Odin.
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Towle said:
What screen are you talking about? The download screen?
If you're seriously wanting to give up trying, and want to brick it, try flashing a stock rom from a different phone via Odin.
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Yes its struck in the download screen with the error.I was trying to ODIN to stock tmobile ROM and see if it brings back the phone but it failed inbetween and after that i am struck with the download screen with the below error message. I tried different modes, normal power on, recovery mode, download mode, USB jig - download mode but no sucess?. Is that the end. Please help. Ami i good for a exchange? Thanks a lot
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
Yes its struck in the download screen with the error.I was trying to ODIN to stock tmobile ROM and see if it brings back the phone but it failed inbetween and after that i am struck with the download screen with the below error message. I tried different modes, normal power on, recovery mode, download mode, USB jig - download mode but no sucess?. Is that the end. Please help. Ami i good for a exchange? Thanks a lot
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
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Bricked...

alphadog32 said:
Bricked...
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So Am i good for an warranty exchange? or will samsung would be able to know i installed custom roms. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode as NO.
The strange thing is i didnt do anything on my phone for last 1 month. The only thing i could think off is, one of scheduled titanium backup ran at 3.00 AM when i was in netflix with the phone charging,and i got a msg that the backup failed. When i woke up it started boot looping. And during the ODIN i tried today, I was making sure i am doing right by following the guidelines(ODIN back to stock).
I have all my nandroid backups(different rom versions) & titanium backups, will i be able to use it in my new phone after rooting with the same recovery version?
Thank you. I really appreciat all your help.

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
So Am i good for an warranty exchange? or will samsung would be able to know i installed custom roms. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode as NO.
The strange thing is i didnt do anything on my phone for last 1 month. The only thing i could think off is, one of scheduled titanium backup ran at 3.00 AM when i was in netflix with the phone charging,and i got a msg that the backup failed. When i woke up it started boot looping. And during the ODIN i tried today, I was making sure i am doing right by following the guidelines(ODIN back to stock).
I have all my nandroid backups(different rom versions) & titanium backups, will i be able to use it in my new phone after rooting with the same recovery version?
Thank you. I really appreciat all your help.
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It's not bricked, dude. It's still in dl mode when it says that. It will just take some more tries to get a tar to flash.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Make sure you use Samsung usb cable when Odin and if use Win 7 use run as Administrator mode
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Plug it in to computer, what recognized device does it say?

alphadog32 said:
Plug it in to computer, what recognized device does it say?
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my ODIN still recognoize my device but when i try to ODIN the stock rom or the kernel its faliling in the nadroid write - failed. Now i could see my binary counter as 1.
Am i doomed. Please hellpppppp. My computer doesn not recognize my device but the ODIN does. Please help

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
my ODIN still recognoize my device but when i try to ODIN the stock rom or the kernel its faliling in the nadroid write - failed. Now i could see my binary counter as 1.
Am i doomed. Please hellpppppp. My computer doesn not recognize my device but the ODIN does. Please help
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Are you running Odin as administrator?
Manually download the device drivers from the how to root thread and install them on your computer. right click on Odin and run as administrator. Open the stock rom file in the PDA field and run it.. There is no reason it shouldn't work if you can get into download mode.
Try downloading the stock rom again, maybe it's a bad download.
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Nexus SIII brick?

I wasn't sure where to post this but any help would be appreciated. I wanted to try the new jellybean alpha rom and accidently downloaded http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737449. Now I have a bricked phone and cant get into download or any response from the phone. Are there any options other than a new phone?

Wth is a nexus s 3
Yup its bricked
You could try the method where a USB jib was used to go to dl mode
Although idk if it will work or not
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gtuansdiamm said:
Wth is a nexus s 3
Yup its bricked
You could try the method where a USB jib was used to go to dl mode
Although idk if it will work or not
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USB jib? Never heard of it. Is there a good thread on how to use it?

AFAIK there are no USB jigs for Galaxy S3.
You're pretty much screwed if you can't get into download mode. When you flashed the ROM, it probably overwrote the partition for download mode.

there was much of this going around earlier ... check out this thread
[HOW TO] Unbrick your Sprint phone from flashing an International gsm boot image
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171

bchalker said:
I wasn't sure where to post this but any help would be appreciated. I wanted to try the new jellybean alpha rom and accidently downloaded http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737449. Now I have a bricked phone and cant get into download or any response from the phone. Are there any options other than a new phone?
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why did you download that when we have our own working (very well) version of CM10. Check the dev section there's a fix in there

Thanks anyway. Sprint is sending me a new phone

you would need to get it j-taged only way to get back to dl mode. jig wont save it

That's great your problem is fixed but what is a nexus s3
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I hope you didn't pay for your replacement
bchalker said:
Thanks anyway. Sprint is sending me a new phone
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I bricked my epic once... took it to a corporate store and they handed me new one a few hours later.

Think I bricked my G3

I tried to flash the
Liquid JB v2.1 beta2 rom and the gapps jb 20121212-signed package. I used the Unified toolkit to root. It rooted fine. I rebooted in recovery, installed the Liquid rom, then the gapps, then I tried to reboot. Got nothing but a black screen.
Took the battery out, tried the wall charger, USB charger. Nothing works.

Try to Odin back to stock
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Tried that, cant get my computer to recoginize the phone. The screen is pitch black like there is no power.

Wado1 said:
Tried that, cant get my computer to recoginize the phone. The screen is pitch black like there is no power.
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What did you use to flash your ROM. Bottom line is you need to try to get into download mode. I believe the key combo is hold down power + volume down + home. If that boots you into download mode just flash back to stock.
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I used the 7.0 Toolkit to flash my ROM, I've been trying to get into download mode for hours with no luck.

Wado1 said:
I used the 7.0 Toolkit to flash my ROM, I've been trying to get into download mode for hours with no luck.
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Post the link where you got the 7.0 toolkit and the link where you downloaded the ROM.
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Toolkit: http://goo.im/devs/mskip/toolkit/samsung_galaxy_s3/Samsung_Galaxy_S3_ToolKit_v7.0.exe
Rom: http://goo.im/devs/liquidsmooth/4.2.1/Beta2/Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta2-endeavoru.zip
I got them both from there respective links in the ATT S3 Forums.
CRAPPPPPPPP, I see what I did. I should have flashed d2att. Damn. I flashed the newest because I thought they were nightlies.

Is there anyway to unbrick it besides doing the jtag?

Wado1 said:
Is there anyway to unbrick it besides doing the jtag?
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Not likely. JTAG will probably be the only option.
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Wado1 said:
Is there anyway to unbrick it besides doing the jtag?
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You didn't make a backup before flashing?.. Can you get the phone into recovery?

I made a nandroid backup and thats on the SD card but I can't get into download or recovery. All I get is a black screen no matter what I press or do.

Wado1 said:
Toolkit: http://goo.im/devs/mskip/toolkit/samsung_galaxy_s3/Samsung_Galaxy_S3_ToolKit_v7.0.exe
Rom: http://goo.im/devs/liquidsmooth/4.2.1/Beta2/Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta2-endeavoru.zip
I got them both from there respective links in the ATT S3 Forums.
CRAPPPPPPPP, I see what I did. I should have flashed d2att. Damn. I flashed the newest because I thought they were nightlies.
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Looks like you're most likely hard bricked. That's an HTC One X ROM. Looking at the installer script, it uses mount points that don't match the d2att. It writes the system files to mmcblk0p12, which is the modem on our phone. Also, it writes the kernel to mmcblk0p4, which is also incorrect (I think it's for boot screen images?). Sorry.

Wado unfortunately I've hard bricked two S3's so I know how you feel it's a sinking feeling indeed. I have learned from my foolish mistakes though. I feel for you man.
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att service can fix bricked phone
The guy's at my AT&T service shop have a program they claim that will fix bricked phones they used it on mine to fix a sound issue

Where you able to get it fixed?
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Galaxy S3 Recovery

My SPH-L710 has a broken Up Volume button and after flashing to stock, I can't get to recovery to wipe cache and stuff. I was using a custom rom to get to the download and recovery mode before, but now all I get is bootloop.
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Can't get to download mode either. Will purchase USB Jig if necessary

You're probably gonna have to push a new ROM using Odin
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xXTheLawXx said:
My SPH-L710 has a broken Up Volume button and after flashing to stock, I can't get to recovery to wipe cache and stuff. I was using a custom rom to get to the download and recovery mode before, but now all I get is bootloop. I can get to download mode however.
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If your still rooted, then you can download ROM toolbox from google play, goto tools tab, then all the way down to rebooter. Not sure if you have to have paid version though.
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Soooperstar said:
You're probably gonna have to push a new ROM using Odin
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Explain please? I'm new to this stuff.

xXTheLawXx said:
Explain please? I'm new to this stuff.
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If your new, ODIN is probably not for you, you can severly mess your phone up. If you cant get to download mode even after a battery pull, then it sounds bricked. USB jig may or may not work. All that left is JTAG service.

joeyhdownsouth said:
If your new, ODIN is probably not for you, you can severly mess your phone up. If you cant get to download mode even after a battery pull, then it sounds bricked. USB jig may or may not work. All that left is JTAG service.
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I can get to the warning screen, but I can't click up to get it to the actual mode (for obvious reasons). I just stuck my jig in it and its in download. Do I need to flash a stock rom and then could I use CF Auto Root as it wipes the cache at the end?

xXTheLawXx said:
I can get to the warning screen, but I can't click up to get it to the actual mode (for obvious reasons). I just stuck my jig in it and its in download. Do I need to flash a stock rom and then could I use CF Auto Root as it wipes the cache at the end?
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Ok, if you plug it to your computer and it recognizes it, then i suggest MSkips Toolbox. It automates the whole process for you, but you must read it very carefully.
EDIT: If you were on stock 4.3 with KNOX bootloader, then toolkit won't work without adding proper 4.3 TAR file(not sure if there is one yet), because if you downgrade bootloader to 4.2 or less, your phone will brick.