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installed CM9 RC2 and stuck on animation, also recovery disappeared

so I have a rooted Nitro, and I just installed CM9 RC2 (previously running RC1)
When I boot up, it gets stuck on the animation, which I know happens a lot
however, I can't get back into recovery to wipe and reflash
when I start my phone while holding Volume Down, it goes to the factory hard reset screen like it should, I press Power twice, but instead of booting into recovery, it restarts and tries to boot CM9
I don't really know what to do since I can't get into recovery

Is your battery low, by any chance? If it is, see if you can get it to boot into the charging mode by plugging in power while it's off.
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Malnilion said:
Is your battery low, by any chance? If it is, see if you can get it to boot into the charging mode by plugging in power while it's off.
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the battery was at around 90% when I flashed RC2 so it's probably still pretty high
it boots into the charging mode fine

keep trying!!!!!
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seriously. 100 times try. no ****.

scott0 said:
keep trying!!!!!
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seriously. 100 times try. no ****.
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I've probably tried 15-20 times so far
I don't think it'll work

Oh gosh...this just scares me. Knowing my luck this will happen to me next. I mean my phone is working why should i break it lol
Edit #1: Just flashed it, its optimizing the apps so i guess im on the clear
Edit #2: Works well, but has its flaws, will flash back to RC1

atineiatte said:
I've probably tried 15-20 times so far
I don't think it'll work
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I hope your can get it into download mode cause it's lookin like the un-brick process for you...
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Hutch89 said:
I hope your can get it into download mode cause it's lookin like the un-brick process for you...
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yeah, I can get it into download mode
is there any other way? I did that unbricking process once (because the previous owner updated the phone) and I would really rather not have to do it again

atineiatte said:
yeah, I can get it into download mode
is there any other way? I did that unbricking process once (because the previous owner updated the phone) and I would really rather not have to do it again
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I'm not 100 percent positive it's the ONLY way, but it's definitely A way. And I feel your pain, it took 8 hours of trial and error to unbrick mine. (long, ****y story) you may be able to just flash the Korean kdz, root, install Rom manager to get cwm, and flash from there, skipping moving all the img files and adb stuff, that's what I did. If you do it that way flash honos ics leak first to get your baseband and stuff right though
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atineiatte said:
so I have a rooted Nitro, and I just installed CM9 RC2 (previously running RC1)
When I boot up, it gets stuck on the animation, which I know happens a lot
however, I can't get back into recovery to wipe and reflash
when I start my phone while holding Volume Down, it goes to the factory hard reset screen like it should, I press Power twice, but instead of booting into recovery, it restarts and tries to boot CM9
I don't really know what to do since I can't get into recovery
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Same here, try to restore LG ROM now, hope good luck!

looks like your gonna be the 1st to try the new unbricking guide!! :good: let's us know how it goes................................

unbricked on korean firmware
I forgot to rename the .kdz
EDIT- rooted on fourth try

Restore LG ROM Done! After restored, do wipe, now, go back to LG ROM.

just updating my thread
I have RC2 running on it now with no problems
general use feels a lot faster than RC1 so I'm pretty happy with it
quadrant score is also now slightly above the Atrix 4G, which makes me feel a bit better about upgrading from that (it broke)
however, when I'm going to the homescreen or leaving the homescreen, my homescreen with a black background pops up for a fraction of a second before doing whatever (don't know how to better describe it)
it's obviously just a bug and it doesn't really bother me, but I thought I would point it out

nice works, always good to see peeps get it done.
hey, could you link from here to the successful de-bricking guide that worked for you?

scott0 said:
nice works, always good to see peeps get it done.
hey, could you link from here to the successful de-bricking guide that worked for you?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597488
a few notes:
I don't think you need any of the image files if you're just flashing CM9 or HO!NO! or something
when you download the .kdz file, you have to rename it to V10F_00.kdz or else it will not work because the name is too long (seriously, I spent hours on this)
when you flash the .kdz file, if it stops at 4%, and within 60 seconds it says something about a connection failure, it didn't work. if it stops at 4% but doesn't say anything, keep waiting and watch your phone's screen

the good ole machzelot debrick always works for me too!

one more question, might as well ask it in here
how do I get my 64gb microSD card working in CM9?
I know the card works and the phone can read it because it works fine when mounted in recovery, but when I put it in my phone, it just says it's damaged, and when I try to format it, it says it's being checked then says it's damaged again

atineiatte said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597488
a few notes:
I don't think you need any of the image files if you're just flashing CM9 or HO!NO! or something
when you download the .kdz file, you have to rename it to V10F_00.kdz or else it will not work because the name is too long (seriously, I spent hours on this)
when you flash the .kdz file, if it stops at 4%, and within 60 seconds it says something about a connection failure, it didn't work. if it stops at 4% but doesn't say anything, keep waiting and watch your phone's screen
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First I even posted but i'm having exactly the same problem
installed CM9, stuck on the blue guy at boot, no recovery mode.
please tell me the steps you followed, been searching to solve this for a while!

“I don't think you need any of the image files if you're just flashing CM9 or HO!NO! or something
when you download the .kdz file, you have to rename it to V10F_00.kdz or else it will not work because the name is too long (seriously, I spent hours on this)"
Me too I was pist when I finally figured out the bane of my existence for 4 hours was a simple name edit
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Soft keys flashing then to CWM 5.8.2 cannot install rom

I'm fairly a noob when it comes to rooting and whatnot, however i've learned quite a bit since i've started. I rooted nexus s with no hassel. My friend the other day gave me a LG Nitro HD, the phone boots shows the LG logo then goes to the Clockworkmod touch 5.8.2. I have tried installing roms on it, it will install the rom and run then when i try to reboot, the soft keys will flash for 2 mins before showing the LG logo and going back to the Clockworkmod again. Keep in mind there is nothing on the SD card besides the signed_HO!NO!_p930 i have tried other os's too. I don't know exactly what he did to his phone. Please help me out. Thanks a bunch guys :laugh:

luqman91 said:
I'm fairly a noob when it comes to rooting and whatnot, however i've learned quite a bit since i've started. I rooted nexus s with no hassel. My friend the other day gave me a LG Nitro HD, the phone boots shows the LG logo then goes to the Clockworkmod touch 5.8.2. I have tried installing roms on it, it will install the rom and run then when i try to reboot, the soft keys will flash for 2 mins before showing the LG logo and going back to the Clockworkmod again. Keep in mind there is nothing on the SD card besides the signed_HO!NO!_p930 i have tried other os's too. I don't know exactly what he did to his phone. Please help me out. Thanks a bunch guys :laugh:
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I am having the exact same issue here for two days now... I did a full back up prior to flashing yet still nothing and no matter what ROM I try I wind up back in CWM....
I am going to stop bye a shop were I know a guy that does rooting and such and take the phone to see...Will keep you posted from this side anxious to read what others may say.

Try following machzelets or mattman86's unbricking guide. Well thats if you can get into download mode.
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rani9990 said:
Try following machzelets or mattman86's unbricking guide. Well thats if you can get into download mode.
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I know I cannot get into download mode, Will be interested to see if Lugman can or not ... So unbricking is not an option at this point for me. Tried that yesterday also.
Lugman please post any progress sounds though we are in the same river of CWM... Why the HOX is so easy compared to this ....

Try charging it then do a battery pull then plug in the USB while holding the volume update. This should bring up a screen saying download mode. Then unbrick from there.
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rani9990 said:
Try charging it then do a battery pull then plug in the USB while holding the volume update. This should bring up a screen saying download mode. Then unbrick from there.
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Yes that worked that specific method, its in download mode however my laptop says that the device driver software was not successfully installed. I dunno what to do after this.

luqman91 said:
Yes that worked that specific method, its in download mode however my laptop says that the device driver software was not successfully installed. I dunno what to do after this.
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You can go here:
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-P930#software
Download the drivers and have a blast... I dropped mine off at the shop to see if the guy can do something... He mentioned that he has seen some of this going on with CWM sticking he tried some methods and a couple different ROMS and also nothing. So I left it hoping I get the call that all is well in the AM.
Anyway GOOD LUCK ..

Thanks alot man, am gonna try all this out and see how it all works. I appreciate your help. am gonna post here what the progress is and whatnot. so check back!

luqman91 said:
Thanks alot man, am gonna try all this out and see how it all works. I appreciate your help. am gonna post here what the progress is and whatnot. so check back!
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Great let us know... I have mine at the shop the guy is using the inbricking guide from here to do some magic (I hope) thought I would have the phone back today but told maybe tomorrow as it takes a long time to do the process...
Not sure I ever want to use CMW first will have to read up more on it....

[Q] Samsung Note 2 N7100 Odin failed to update...Phone logo hang..!!!

Hey Please help ,
I have a Samsung galaxy Note 2 n7100
There is problem logo hang on startup.!
Like this problem i took from customer.
Customer says when he downloading application from Playstore
Then suddenly phone get off.
After that when he switch on Phone just logo hang on startup!!
After i try it update via Odin.
When i make update its says fail.
& Odin say There is no pit partition.
I try 4rth file all r Same massage.
Br
SHAMIM

Try removing battery wait few seconds. Try process again.

riz157 said:
Try removing battery wait few seconds. Try process again.
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Today full day i try it many way but Nothing Happaned.!!

Well this so called customer of yours didn't install an app(I think)he would have bricked it by rooting it (if he hasn't followed which cf to flash).. well this might help you say while flashing via odin 1st its says fail then 2nd attempt it says no pit... I had this similar issue on the s3 turned out it was a bad download try downloading the file again and make sure your downloading a file with n7100 not n700 (I bet you know this just a lil heads up) hope this works for you.. if all else fails... Samsung customer is the only way
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Or better yet search for an xda user named Dr.ketan he's the best doc in note series... he might help you bring your device back too the way it was if he helps donate the lad he deserves it.. he's the only doc I know who doesn't charge a dime
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eyan2011 said:
Well this so called customer of yours didn't install an app(I think)he would have bricked it by rooting it (if he hasn't followed which cf to flash).. well this might help you say while flashing via odin 1st its says fail then 2nd attempt it says no pit... I had this similar issue on the s3 turned out it was a bad download try downloading the file again and make sure your downloading a file with n7100 not n700 (I bet you know this just a lil heads up) hope this works for you.. if all else fails... Samsung customer is the only way
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I think so someone put in phone bad firmware!
But now what can i do?
I try still 4 firmware & different provider
Europian,uae,Usa firmware also try or try different version of odin.Same it appear "There is no pit partition".
I try put in the phone cwm6-recovery-note2.tar.md5
It also not written by odin.!
At this moment Phone Condition Logo hang on startup.
No Recovery mode.
But Download mode ok.
Please help me urjent.

Wait a second aren't you suppose to put the file in pda.. the md5 goes in pda rite not in phone.. and usa firmware wont work be careful different hardware you'll brick it for life ... well the phone hasn't been launched their yet so no worries.. please confirm the name of the tar or md5 you downloaded
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Omg im so sorry im working and texting you at the same time.. I just glanced at your text... dude search for an xda user named dr ketan he'll help you getting the pit file... its required too boot up your device
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How i confirm about TAR file?
You have to know?
dr.ketan still not responding by me.
last 2 days me & my phone still hanging on the my chember.
Please anyone help me about PIT file for N7100/
I think it can be help me.!!!

eyan2011 said:
Well this so called customer of yours didn't install an app(I think)he would have bricked it by rooting it (if he hasn't followed which cf to flash).. well this might help you say while flashing via odin 1st its says fail then 2nd attempt it says no pit... I had this similar issue on the s3 turned out it was a bad download try downloading the file again and make sure your downloading a file with n7100 not n700 (I bet you know this just a lil heads up) hope this works for you.. if all else fails... Samsung customer is the only way
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium HD app
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Or better yet search for an xda user named Dr.ketan he's the best doc in note series... he might help you bring your device back too the way it was if he helps donate the lad he deserves it.. he's the only doc I know who doesn't charge a dime
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium HD app
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facebook.com said:
Today full day i try it many way but Nothing Happaned.!!
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the customer is telling the truth. same thing happened to me. i've had 3 galaxy phones, & this is the first time it happened. i downloaded an app from Playstore. used it for a couple of hours. then exit the program. then after a few hours while playing a different game, my screen went black (which at first I though was due to low battery) then it turned on but only until the NoteII logo. Tried to charge my phone but the battery icon only had this white circle at the center, there wasn't a green bar that's supposed to be showing up when you're charging. I couldn't access the recovery mode. i could access the download mode though. I tried to install CMW & stock rom, but both failed. Odin said my phone has got no PIT file.... please help!
BTW. Let me just tell you more about the apps involved. I downloaded Zynga Poker from Playstore at around 1PM. Played it until maybe around 3PM. Exit the program though it's still sending me annoying notifications. Then at around 9PM, I played RuneMasterPuzzle, which I've been playing since I've got my phone. Actually I've had that in my S2 before & never had a problem. So I'm blaming Zynga Poker.
I really, really need your help. Please...
TIA

facebook.com said:
Hey Please help ,
I have a Samsung galaxy Note 2 n7100
There is problem logo hang on startup.!
Like this problem i took from customer.
Customer says when he downloading application from Playstore
Then suddenly phone get off.
After that when he switch on Phone just logo hang on startup!!
After i try it update via Odin.
When i make update its says fail.
& Odin say There is no pit partition.
I try 4rth file all r Same massage.
Br
SHAMIM
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I have the same problem.
I tried many solutions like, flashing its ROM, fix partition, followed Dr. Ketan's advices. Still no good. I can access Odin Mode but I can't access my recovery.
Here's my situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35133784#post35133784

What the hell. So I'm not the only one with this problem. Same goes for me. I checked mails on my note 2 when it suddenly went black and rebooted. Then it was stuck at the first bootscreen. I can also go into Download mode but not into recovery. I tried flashing Stock Roms, Rescue Rom, Custom Roms, Root and CWM but nothing ever changed the situation.....perhaps this is a bigger problem?!
This is my Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040464
Isn't there anybody able to help us?!

Try to closely read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956.
Then try to use Note 2 Toolkit.
Does it work?
Among other features, this one (as stated on their thread):
Flash Stock Boot Image back to your phone
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Problem with toolkit is that i does not see my phone. I can only get to download mode. Nothing else. Can't boot it up and when i try to use the toolkit it says that USB debugging needs to be enabled... well seems like that isnt the case, did not need it before so i think it's disabled :/

What did you do to the phone exactly?
Did you ever root it? Which root method did you use? From where did you follow instructions to do so?
Did you ever flash some firmware? Which one? What's the full name of the file you flashed?
EDIT: Please, these questions are mandatory to understand the issue.

Alright so it happened on sunday, my phone was complete Stock and i never installed root or custom rom before on this device. I was checking my mails when the phone suddenly rebooted. When it was up again i suddenly got the S-Voice instructions which i had to click through. After that the phone rebooted again. When i had to enter the PIN i just touched the screen for a second and the screen went black again. Now it rebooted to bootscreen and got stuck there. After that i tried anything to get it back to life. I am not able to enter recovery, only download mode.
In the meatime i flashed anything that looked promising. For example the newest Stock rom for my Note 2, CWM+ Root, Stock Recovery+ Root, Rescue Rom with PIT-File (got it here in the Forum for getting bricked phones back to live, it has all the files - phone, csc, modem, PIT and bootloader), Recovery Fix..... i tried anything but it still gets stuck at bootscreen and i was never able to get to recovery......
When i check in download mode my Counter is now at 10 and Current Binary and System Binary is Custom. Even when i flashed Stock Rom, System binary never changed back to Official. it's always custom....... Odin flashing is always succesful even tried it on different PCs....yet still getting stuck at bootscreen......
Dunno if there's even a way to get it back to live
Edit: I flashed my old Galaxy S up and down without problems and even when it was softbricked it was no problem for me to get it back to live. This time i just don't see any possible solution -.-

limital said:
Problem with toolkit is that i does not see my phone. I can only get to download mode. Nothing else. Can't boot it up and when i try to use the toolkit it says that USB debugging needs to be enabled... well seems like that isnt the case, did not need it before so i think it's disabled :/
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Did this also. When I plug the USB Cable, PC will beep (detected by PC, meaning driver is working) But in Toolkit's Interface, Phone's serial number is not showing. What I can do in Toolkit is to Launch Odin, well, Odin can detect the phone. BUT after flashing. It will reboot to the first boot screen.
Is this a sort of a SOFT BRICK?
Is it already a hardware problem? like fried chip or something?
I'm already running out of options here. :crying:

Well at the moment i haven't found anyone who is able to help us and i tried many different things to get it working again. Without success....
Perhaps somewhere here on xda we will find a savior but at the moment i don't see any hope for our devices but to send them to samsung :/

After reading some threads and searching for the cause of the problem, well, that thing, i must say that "Reboot of Death" LOL! happened under normal use, stock, unrooted Note2s.
Some threads with the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927150&page=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2040464
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2034323
I tried these stuff (didn't work for me):
Note 2 Toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1923956
Dr. Ketan's Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1930418
[FIX] Broken cache partition / recovery ( Mobile ODIN, Triangle Away )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932327
I guess I need to read more and research more.
If you know where we can find the fix for this kindly help us.
Thanks!

Tried the same things you did and a bit more for example:
- Rescue Firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32273406#post32273406
- CWM+Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901196
- TWRP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1938733
Nothing changed. No recovery after flashing any of these only download modus. Still stuck at bootscreen

Tried some other Stock firmwares but i'm still stuck at bootscreen :/

Same thing happened with me aswell. I went again to download mode and flashed CWM first. After flashing CWM i wiped dalvik, cache partition & then data reset. Ofcourse i lost my apps but i had phone & sms backup with me.
Later i flashed a new firmware thru pc odin & everything was fine. The phone started perfectly. Give a try. Hope it works for u aswell.
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Okay I guess I'll be the first to post.
About an hour ago my phone shut off at 26% battery (16gb galaxy S3 running CM10.1 nightly 01/16). As I went to turn it back on it will boot into the CM splash screen spin a few times and just shut off. I attempted to charge it, and turn it back on but same thing. After that an attempt to get into CWM, which I was able to get in and it shut off while I was in it. I also tried putting the phone in download mode and about the same time frame it took for the other attempts resulted in a shut down.
Any advice? Or am I stuck doing a warranty exchange?

Rayman0625 said:
Okay I guess I'll be the first to post.
About an hour ago my phone shut off at 26% battery (16gb galaxy S3 running CM10.1 nightly 01/16). As I went to turn it back on it will boot into the CM splash screen spin a few times and just shut off. I attempted to charge it, and turn it back on but same thing. After that an attempt to get into CWM, which I was able to get in and it shut off while I was in it. I also tried putting the phone in download mode and about the same time frame it took for the other attempts resulted in a shut down.
Any advice? Or am I stuck doing a warranty exchange?
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Sounds like its your battery not a hardware problem. Leave it overnight or a couple hours charging and if it indeed boots up its your battery.
If it doesn't then flash stock and test it if the same result then call up that Warranty. I've seen this same issue with other devices where the battery dies at 50%+ and usually replacing the battery fixes the problem. Test your battery for overheating or swollen.
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...Awesome... said:
Sounds like its your battery not a hardware problem. Leave it overnight or a couple hours charging and if it indeed boots up its your battery.
If it doesn't then flash stock and test it if the same result then call up that Warranty. I've seen this same issue with other devices where the battery dies at 50%+ and usually replacing the battery fixes the problem. Test your battery for overheating or swollen.
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The battery isnt swollen, thats one of the things I checked also. I thought it might be that, the only other option I have is to try a different battery. The good thing is I work in a tmobile store so im gonna give that a shot tomorrow.

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Can you start it without battery connected to the wall charger? If so try wipe cache. Or after reflash ROM.
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lintz said:
Can you start it without battery connected to the wall charger? If so try wipe cache. Or after reflash ROM.
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Phone wont boot without the battery in, and with it in I cant stay in recovery without with rebooting.

Rayman0625 said:
The battery isnt swollen, thats one of the things I checked also. I thought it might be that, the only other option I have is to try a different battery. The good thing is I work in a tmobile store so im gonna give that a shot tomorrow.
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Even better then lol just test it out at work. I'm about 80% its your battery specially if you OV/UC.

I have the t-mobile US t999.
Last night I was having an odd issue with the networking dropping. I've had the phone for about a month, modded since day 1 with a CM10 variation of a rom (sorry, I forget the exact rom). I had no issues whatsoever up until this point. After a few restarts thinking maybe it was a fluke issue with the network, or network signal in my room, the phone forced itself into emergency call mode only. I couldn't get it to come out.
So I decided I was going to odin on a stock rom as I could get it into download mode, that went through successfully. When the phone boots, I get the android taking off (Tmobile 4g) logo. Then the white samsung logo, and it doesn't go beyond this. I know this can take long so I left it there for about an hour, nothing. The phone also displays a blue led the entire time it's hanging as well.
Also worth noting, when I attempt to boot into recovery it just vibrates over and over.
Not sure what my next steps should be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

heartspains88 said:
I have the t-mobile US t999.
Last night I was having an odd issue with the networking dropping. I've had the phone for about a month, modded since day 1 with a CM10 variation of a rom (sorry, I forget the exact rom). I had no issues whatsoever up until this point. After a few restarts thinking maybe it was a fluke issue with the network, or network signal in my room, the phone forced itself into emergency call mode only. I couldn't get it to come out.
So I decided I was going to odin on a stock rom as I could get it into download mode, that went through successfully. When the phone boots, I get the android taking off (Tmobile 4g) logo. Then the white samsung logo, and it doesn't go beyond this. I know this can take long so I left it there for about an hour, nothing. The phone also displays a blue led the entire time it's hanging as well.
Also worth noting, when I attempt to boot into recovery it just vibrates over and over.
Not sure what my next steps should be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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after you odin, you need to wipe data/ factory reset to boot. If you can't get into recovery ( Power, Home Button, and Volume Up), then try reflashing your stock image in Odin and check your MD5 sum, so you can rule out a bad download

Thanks for the reply, I'm re-downloading the stock rom now to verify it's integrity and do a new flash. I cannot get into recovery, so we will see after the new flash. Pleading ignorance on one subject, how would I go about checking the MD5 sum to verify the file has no issues?
Additionally I did try to Odin recovery and still could not boot into it, this was however before attempting to re-download and flash a stock rom again.
**Edit//Update** Re-downloaded and flashed stock rom, was able to get into recovery and wipe, booted up fine.

Wow.. great idea for a thread and THANK YOU!!
Perfect timing too cause i need a little help please.
I am not new to android but new to samsung (WOW, didnt realize it would be so different from HTC ont he rooting and flashing side of things).
Long story short. I have a tmo s3. Bought it today and wanted to root. phone was working perfectly as it shoudl on stock rom unrooted. I downloaded the tool kit v7, used that to root adn install TWRP and rebooted into the stock rom that is now rooted. Still everything working perfect.
Here is what i did next and where the issues start.
Downloaded Synergy r290, went to recovery.
Wiped Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System (made a backup first)
flashed the rom and rebooted to system
However, nothing ever happened. I see the samsung logo, then all goes black and nothing happens (left it there for 10min)
I cant seem to get back into recovery holding vol up, home and power either and have no adb access to use that. I AM able to get into download mode which i know i can fix my problem here with odin, but i am just not sure what to flash and where.
Is there an easier way??
Thanks in advance for any help!

frettfreak said:
Wow.. great idea for a thread and THANK YOU!!
Perfect timing too cause i need a little help please.
I am not new to android but new to samsung (WOW, didnt realize it would be so different from HTC ont he rooting and flashing side of things).
Long story short. I have a tmo s3. Bought it today and wanted to root. phone was working perfectly as it shoudl on stock rom unrooted. I downloaded the tool kit v7, used that to root adn install TWRP and rebooted into the stock rom that is now rooted. Still everything working perfect.
Here is what i did next and where the issues start.
Downloaded Synergy r290, went to recovery.
Wiped Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System (made a backup first)
flashed the rom and rebooted to system
However, nothing ever happened. I see the samsung logo, then all goes black and nothing happens (left it there for 10min)
I cant seem to get back into recovery holding vol up, home and power either and have no adb access to use that. I AM able to get into download mode which i know i can fix my problem here with odin, but i am just not sure what to flash and where.
Is there an easier way??
Thanks in advance for any help!
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If you absolutely can't get into recovery to restore your backup..
Flash the UVDLJA root66 file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 via odin. You will have the latest UVDLJA JB update, and will be rooted. From there, install goo manager from the play store to flash TWRP.
After that you're all set to flash whatever you want (just make sure it's for the Tmobile s3).
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Towle said:
If you absolutely can't get into recovery to restore your backup..
Flash the UVDLJA root66 file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 via odin. You will have the latest UVDLJA JB update, and will be rooted. From there, install goo manager from the play store to flash TWRP.
After that you're all set to flash whatever you want (just make sure it's for the Tmobile s3).
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Ok, easy enough, but do i put that in the PDA field in Odin or phone?
This sounds MUCh easier than what i thought i would have to do.. thanks a ton!

frettfreak said:
Ok, easy enough, but do i put that in the PDA field in Odin or phone?
This sounds MUCh easier than what i thought i would have to do.. thanks a ton!
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Just upload the file to PDA and hit start. Make sure to let it finish completely, once the phone reboots, it's done.
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Flashing stock with Odin can take up to ten minutes its normal like the man said above just let it do its thing

Towle said:
Just upload the file to PDA and hit start. Make sure to let it finish completely, once the phone reboots, it's done.
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Worked great! Thanks!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113883
Let's see if you have any solution for me?

Weird problem. When I set kernel frequencies on my phone, they at some point get locked at the maximum frequency. This has happened every time I flash a new ROM or kernel, and I'm worried that it will soon start to affect the battery. I'm using the msmdvcs governor on both kernels that I've tried (stock and faux)

ohshootrawr said:
Weird problem. When I set kernel frequencies on my phone, they at some point get locked at the maximum frequency. This has happened every time I flash a new ROM or kernel, and I'm worried that it will soon start to affect the battery. I'm using the msmdvcs governor on both kernels that I've tried (stock and faux)
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Do u happened to have apps that control frequency like setcpu etc? They might be conflicting each other
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Really bad

Hello all- I managed to completely screw up my F240S, can not get into recovery and have tried every way for 2 days now.
My main issue is that I have been trying to flash the F240S KDZ with the LG update tool and all goes well until about 20-30% into the flash process and I get a message saying "Can not continue due to low battery level, please charge fully and retry" but I am fully charged. Very frustrating.
Does anyone know anything I can do ?
I have been toying around with Android mobiles for a few years now, rooting, custom ROMs, etc.. but this is the very first time I believe I may have completely bricked my mobile, very disappointing.
Cheers for any help !! LL13-

lamplighter13 said:
Hello all- I managed to completely screw up my F240S, can not get into recovery and have tried every way for 2 days now.
My main issue is that I have been trying to flash the F240S KDZ with the LG update tool and all goes well until about 20-30% into the flash process and I get a message saying "Can not continue due to low battery level, please charge fully and retry" but I am fully charged. Very frustrating.
Does anyone know anything I can do ?
I have been toying around with Android mobiles for a few years now, rooting, custom ROMs, etc.. but this is the very first time I believe I may have completely bricked my mobile, very disappointing.
Cheers for any help !! LL13-
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If you are trying it in Diag mode then switch to emergency mode. That might help.

Poclypse901 said:
If you are trying it in Diag mode then switch to emergency mode. That might help.
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Cheers for that Poc... but have tried every possible combination and no luck. I actually bought it to a mobile repair guy, can't believe I had to do it but just want it working at this point. Fingers crossed !!!
Cheers, LL13-

put away your battery and do the same flashing without battery...:good:

This Battery low problem is really annoying and has no real reason........i read somewhere that you should use a downloader to download a kdz otherwise it will give error.............it worked once and i flashed successfully but couldn't repeat it....so more luck than logic
an alternate solution is to flash TOT and DLL files using LGPST tool......you may have to search Chinese forums for TOT and DLL files for your specific model. Some Chinese forums below...use chrome for auto tranlsate
http://bbs.gfan.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1256&filter=typeid&typeid=8314
http://www.sonyue.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1615
fortunately i could get into my recovery so i flashed a ROM via sideload and save myself
best of luck

Are you on a Windows 8 computer? I read that you have to use windows 7. For some reason W8 gives the low battery issue.

on windows 7........battery issue still present

Thank you for that information guys. I actually brought the phone to a mobile repair place and as of a week now he is completely puzzled, can not fix it. I am away at the moment so will see him on Monday and hopefully he gets it going. I will try the other methods as far as the battery issue goes, I also read about the .TOT and .DLL files but it looked very complicated. I may just have to get into it though.
lkiizm. are you saying that the battery does not have to be in the phone when you are flashing it ?
Cheers, LL13-

This mobile appears to be worse than bricked. The repair shop had never seen anything like it, they had to give up on it.
I can not use the LG flash tool and .KDZ file as I get the low battery error. I can not, repeat NOT get into any recovery at all, I have tried every method.
The phone is stuck in some half baked mode where some things work and some do not, every time I turn the phone off it goes back to the start and anything put on it is erased. Factory reset is useless.
I'm only a little while from simply tossing this mobile in the trash. Does anyone have any ideas on how to salvage this ?
Cheers, LL13-

lamplighter13 said:
This mobile appears to be worse than bricked. The repair shop had never seen anything like it, they had to give up on it.
I can not use the LG flash tool and .KDZ file as I get the low battery error. I can not, repeat NOT get into any recovery at all, I have tried every method.
The phone is stuck in some half baked mode where some things work and some do not, every time I turn the phone off it goes back to the start and anything put on it is erased. Factory reset is useless.
I'm only a little while from simply tossing this mobile in the trash. Does anyone have any ideas on how to salvage this ?
Cheers, LL13-
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Tot + DLL should save you... That tool does not have the low battery error.. where are you getting stuck exactly in the boot process? If the mobile turns on, it can be recovered no matter what
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Hi vive... I been real upset over this but may be on the verge of a breakthrough as I just tried the mobile support tool for the hell of it and when my "low battery" error would normally pop up I just tried unplugging and plugging in rapidly and it made it through and now seems to be in the process of a proper upgrade.
I'm on 42% now and it's been going for about 19 minutes, fingers crossed this could be it.
I have been looking at the TOT and DLL way, a bit tricky for a guy like me but I may have to suck it up and just dig in.
The real killer is the large download size, I may have to go to an internet cafe for that.
I will report back !!
Cheers, LL13- :angel:
I have learned my lesson this time, no more dodgy Chinese ROMs for me !!