http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394051
So I flashed my rom using the GSM version here, everything seemed to work perfectly but I'm now stuck in an animation loop that just won't go away. I've tried to boot into recovery, but it won't even let me. I can only get into download mode, and no idea what I'd do from there. :S
Hope someone can help me soon..
edit 1: ah, hold both volume buttons down to get to recovery... used to the Nexus S where it's volume up... I should be able to fix this now. If not, I'll be back!
edit 2: recovered the backup I made earlier today. this can be closed.
THANKS, XDA!
I'm also stuck in the boot animation, after you booted into recovery, what did you do to fix it?
I used the GN Toolkit V2.2 to unlock the bootloader, after installing the adb drivers via PDANet. I flashed Clockwork Mod on as well, and was going to install the Android Revolution ROM. I thought I had already copied the zip file to the internal storage, but when I tried to flash it from inside CWM, it said no files were found. (May have copied it before wiping device, I can't remember). So I restarted so I could copy the zip file again and then flash it. However when starting, it seemed to be stuck on the startup screen, with all the flashing blocks of color fading in and out. After a while stuck on there I couldn't do anything so I did a battery pull to restart. At this point, I can start normally or into recovery mode. If I try to start normally, (or go into recovery mode and choose restart from the submenu), it shows the black screen with the white Google logo, and the unlocked icon, stalls for a few seconds, then does a short vibrate and reloads the logo again. It will keep doing this and not go any further. I tried doing an additional data wipe from recovery mode but that didn't help, and I tried to do USB mount from recovery mode, hoping to copy the Revolution zip file and flash it over, but it couldn't mount. I'm starting to panic a little bit, did I brick or otherwise mess my phone up? What can I do? Any help is REALLY appreciated.
Thanks so much and I hope this is the right forum.
I dont have the answer but I wanted to post to calm you. This happens a lot.....multiple times to me on my android devices. You live and learn next time, do a backup in cwm before wiping data and flashing new stuff
Im sure someone will post shortly to solve your problem
Well ok that is reassuring thanks. I downloaded the Google factory ROM from the code.google.com and was able to flash that on my phone with GN Toolkit. It is trying to boot right now, still on the colorful screen. I think maybe I didn't give it enough time last time around? At least I'm past the black and white logo screen. So I'll let it sit for a few minutes and see what happens.
Edit: I let it run for a couple minutes, and it blacked the screen for a sec, showed the white Google logo again, and then went into the colorful startup screen again. I think it's working now so that's a relief.
If someone finds this thread in the future with a similar issue: Don't battery pull during start up and be patient if you don't want to freak yourself out haha. But as spitefulcheerio said, it will be okay so just don't panic. Thanks again.
Make sure you do a Factory Reset in STOCK recovery after unlocking the bootloader. THEN install CWM. learned that one the hard way. skipped a step after doing the oem unlock.
Yes, first time will take awhile on the boot animation.
And, as long as you see the google logo, you are ok, even if it freezes on that. They designed this phone to be easy
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Bugless Beast 4.0.3 lte +franco#6
Guess all I needed was a psychological confidence boost, thanks for everyone for being supportive I thought I just threw a few hundred bucks away. But I got Revolution installed, phone and rooted and runs like a dream. Thanks all around!
mynameismolotov said:
I used the GN Toolkit V2.2 to unlock the bootloader, after installing the adb drivers via PDANet. I flashed Clockwork Mod on as well, and was going to install the Android Revolution ROM. I thought I had already copied the zip file to the internal storage, but when I tried to flash it from inside CWM, it said no files were found. (May have copied it before wiping device, I can't remember). So I restarted so I could copy the zip file again and then flash it. However when starting, it seemed to be stuck on the startup screen, with all the flashing blocks of color fading in and out. After a while stuck on there I couldn't do anything so I did a battery pull to restart. At this point, I can start normally or into recovery mode. If I try to start normally, (or go into recovery mode and choose restart from the submenu), it shows the black screen with the white Google logo, and the unlocked icon, stalls for a few seconds, then does a short vibrate and reloads the logo again. It will keep doing this and not go any further. I tried doing an additional data wipe from recovery mode but that didn't help, and I tried to do USB mount from recovery mode, hoping to copy the Revolution zip file and flash it over, but it couldn't mount. I'm starting to panic a little bit, did I brick or otherwise mess my phone up? What can I do? Any help is REALLY appreciated.
Thanks so much and I hope this is the right forum.
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cancerouspete said:
Yes, first time will take awhile on the boot animation.
And, as long as you see the google logo, you are ok, even if it freezes on that. They designed this phone to be easy
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Bugless Beast 4.0.3 lte +franco#6
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mynameismolotov said:
Guess all I needed was a psychological confidence boost, thanks for everyone for being supportive I thought I just threw a few hundred bucks away. But I got Revolution installed, phone and rooted and runs like a dream. Thanks all around!
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To provide some technical details on why it takes longer the first boot and appears to "hang" at boot animation ...
During the boot animation, the /data/dalvik-cache directory is built up for each application loaded on the device. This occurs during the very first boot. If the /data partition is wiped, the dalvik-cache directory is also wiped and will have to be rebuilt on the first boot. All subsequent boots will be quicker as this directory has already been populated.
Whenever loading a new ROM or performing the fastboot oem unlock command, the /data partition is generally wiped which takes with it dalvik-cache and results in the delayed initial boot time while the dalvik-cache directory is re-populated.
Hope that makes sense and fills in a few blanks on the why Android appears to "hang" at the boot animation during first boot after the /data partition is erased or the /data/dalvik-cache directory is erased.
Hey there. Something strange has been going on ever since I re-flashed my phone. When I flash the kernel/rom other than the stock one I get a duplicate Samsung logo when the phone boots. (phone displays Samsung logo, goes black for a second then displays again before boot) I've been flashing and reflashing ever since I got the phone and now I'm getting this. I can get into recovery and download mode just fine and other than that there don't seem to be any other problems. This is just weird. I'm wondering if there's a way to fix this. Also, I'm wondering how such a thing can happen in the first place. I've re-flashed twice now and the result is still the same.
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From what I understand, the boot screen file is located in param.lfs. I've read before that you can add a screen but how in the world would a re-flash cause a duplicate screen to appear? I had a failed kernal flash happen where i couldn't access the recovery and had to start over from scratch but that's happened before.
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Just tried to mod the boot logo and found out it's requesting "gaudi_bootimage.jpg" twice. I have no idea what this means. Gonna go back in and re-flash the old one back in.
I was playing around with my Tablet. Being a mad scientist trying to get root working on 5.1.1 and I did something that messed up the First boot screen that says. Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro. Well its not there any more just a crazy screen lol Some times its a whiteish screen like static some times I swear it was my desktop after it boots up. The tablet boots up just fine. But the First Splash screen is toast. Anyone know the way to fix that?
EDIT: I have tried reflashing the whole 5.1.1 update with ODIN and still the first boot screen is bonkers.
I believe there is two logos, one is built into the kernel / boot (the one that says Galaxy Tab Pro), then the other animated logo is stored under /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg (Swirling Samsung Logo), so it sounds like something with the kernel or boot loader is messed up
I would try doing a factory reset, (you will loose all data), then a re-flash, if that doesn't help you might try to downgrade the firmware to kitkat (if possible) then re-upgrade again, maybe it skips flashing the boot loader if its already the same version ...but really it might not be worth the hassle if it's just the logo...
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I have tried reflashing the whole 5.1.1 update with ODIN and still the first boot screen is bonkers.
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Try reflashing with Bootloader as you have nothing to loose
http://www.mediafire.com/download/auuw1tjffk7ii1i/bootloader.rar
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Try reflashing with Bootloader as you have nothing to loose
http://www.mediafire.com/download/auuw1tjffk7ii1i/bootloader.rar
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I never tried it till today. That fixed my boot splashscreen. Thank you.
Hey everyone looking for some help with my friends 32gb s6. He rooted the device last year with no custom recovery (googled and does not remember the site), installed rooted apps and the device was working fine. months later he decided to unroot and go back to stock. Everything was working fine until last week when out of the blue the device went into a boot loop. I told him at take a crack at it and see if i can help. The device does not go into recovery but it does go into download mode. The device does not power down and the battery eventually dies after many many boot loops. I tried to flash BOL1 as he told me that he was on 5.1.1, via odin (3.10.7)and it failed to flash. I was able to get a PIT file from within here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/help/help-galaxy-s6-sm-g920p-t3287963 so this is what i have noticed. If i flash the PIT file and reboot, the device goes into recovery. I then did a full wipe and cleared cache but the device keeps going into the boot loop. I see the samsung logo, then the green android screen and thats it as the device boot loops. I attempted to flash BOJ7 but it failed to flash. The way i can get a TAR file to flash is to flash the PIT file and then the TAR file but the device keeps going into the boot loop. I was able to flash both BOL1 and BOJ7 but experience the same results. I had the most success with BOJ7 after flashing twice but i had to place the device into download mode for me to flash a second time. The device made it past the first samsung screen, i saw the sammy splash screen and then it went into update 1 of 9.....made it to update 3 and then wham back to boot loop. That is as far as i got once I have also noticed that when i flash a TAR file when the device reboots i see the android screen loading the OS and it makes it about a quarter before it says "Erasing" and then the device goes into the boot loop. I have tried various BOL1 and BOJ7 files from the sammobile site and from within what i have found here at XDA but still no luck. I am not sure what else i can do which is why i am asking for help from you fine folks Any help is greatly appreciated.
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flashed PIT and BOJ7 file from last update here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/help/help-galaxy-s6-sm-g920p-t3287963 device still boot looped. I let it sit for a while and then just flashed BOJ7 again without the PIT. Let it boot loop again until BAM began to load. In all prob took about 20 mins of just letting it do its thing, who knew....
Did you try recover it via Smart Switch?