Hi guys !
I believe I just bricked my phone, and I'm looking for some help. Here's the story :
I wanted to upgrade my GNex to AOKP kitkat (latest nightly : aokp_maguro_kitkat_nightly_2013-12-25.zip ).
I wanted to wipe it clean, so I first flashed the latest Google factory images : yakju-jwr66y-factory-09207065.tgz, everything went smoothly.
I then flashed the latest TWRP (openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-maguro.img) via fastboot, still no issue.
I used the MTP mount on windows to transfer the new ROM, kernel and Banks Stadard Gapps.
I flashed them through recovery, in that order:
aokp_maguro_kitkat_nightly_2013-12-25.zip
franco.Kernel-nightly-r394.zip
12-14_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed.zip
I did a Factory reset prior to that, but no wipe between flashes I believe.
Now I'm stuck into the boot animation, which goes on forever (basically until the battery dies)
NOW : The thing is, I can't simply boot into bootloader; MY HARDWARE VOLUME KEYS ARE BOTH BROKEN !
During the boot process, The device is recognized by the computer (plug in/out sound), I can see the device with adb, but it's marked as "off line" when I try to reboot into recovery or bootloader.
When the phone was switched off but plugged onto the computer, it was detected as "OMAP 4440", and the drivers could not be installed. I then downloaded the latest Samsung drivers from this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956 , and the phone doesn't do anything when it's plugged in (but switched off) now...
Does anyone know how to deal with the situation ? The phone seems to not be not quite dead yet, but I can't find a way to reset it.
I can provide any additional information if needed !
Thanks in advance for the help !!
You can try with a USB JTAG (very cheap from ebay) to boot your phone into Download Mode and then flash it with Odin.
Hi,
Summary: Was running Cyanogenmod 10.2.0 and tried to update to 10.2.1. Phone won't boot. Using CWM recovery 6.0.4.3. Factory Reset reports that it can't mount / clear /data (due to encryption?). Can get phone into CWM recovery and Download mode. Haven't been able to successfully connect to PC (ADB or Odin) even though I have samsung drivers.
I do have an unencrypted SD card in the phone so my normal way of flashing is to connect SD card to PC, download, then in CWM recovery to install ZIP from SD card.
Looking to get into any good state - Cyanogenmod 10.2.1, or 10.2.0, or heck go back to stock.
**** I think the answer might be use ODIN and flash back to stock, I see some guides but haven't been able to get ODIN to "see" my phone *****
Details
I had downloaded Cyanogenmod update to phone using "About this phone" menu and when I tried to "Install it" from that window the machine booted into recovery, immediately failed, and rebooted. The phone is encrypted (work requires this) and I discovered Cyanogenmod saves the download to encrypted phone storage and CWM recovery doesn't support encryption.
Downloaded 10.2.1 to my SD card and flashed it. (no back-up, no wiping of cache). Installed successfully, reboot asked me for my encryption password, Android optimized apps, rebooted, encryption password, then blue spinner spins forever.
From here I started my troubleshooting:
- I flashed back to 10.2.0 then flashed Gapps again, no change.
- Reading about boot.img I installed ADB and SDK Manager and tried connecting and flashing boot.img. ADB devices shows up empty. I have installed Samsung drivers.
- Researching going back to Stock points me to installed Triangle to reset my custom ROM count - but I can't boot.
Thanks in advance.
Matt
[Solved] This is for anyone who happens to read this wondering if their phone is screwed. Relax! If you can get into Download mode and Odin can see your phone, you'll be o.k.
Turns out the machine and cable you use do matter. I tried for days connecting using my MAC running Windows 7 Virtual Machine. Once I switched to my Win7 laptop and used the original Samsung cable things starting working out more smoothly.
Steps:
1) Get Odin (mine was 3.09) and run as admin. If you see an error in Korean it's because you have to unzip the entire Odin folder.
2) Get stock firmware for t-mobile. There's only 1 firmware file, I didn't need a PIT nor a specific recovery step. The t-mobile firmware includes everything I needed. Flashing failed in Odin saying Complete Write failure. This had me stumped for hours and hours. When I switched to stock cable and Win7 laptop it succeeded. I never had to check Nand erase all or repartitian (almost did in desparation though). Flash took about 10 minutes but eventually PASSED.
3) However, when it rebooted it asked for encryption key and my old one didn't work. Turns out their are more steps. This scared me.
4) Reboot into recovery (up, home, power) which gave a bunch of scary error messages. Actually those listed at the bottom in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030.
5) Factory Reset then Wipe Cache
6) Reboot
Now I'm back at stock and breathing a sigh of relief. Unclear if I'll ROM back to Cyanogenmod.
I spent hours and hours reading discussions and going down one dead end after another. I'd say it was like looking for a needle in a haystack but it was the complete opposite. It was like looking for a specific needle in a sea of needles. Every search query yielding tantilizing results and a plethora of step by step guides that ultimately didn't work. A very frustrating experience all around. Good luck to anyone who reads this.
Hi Matt
Similar thing happened to me last night. I am/was using Omni-Nightly build. I plugged it in to the charger before bed, and it rebooted, saying upon reboot - "Encryption Failed" and saying the only way to recover would be to wipe the machine and start again, it then rebooted and all I get is the Samsung boot screen.
Tried rebooting, wiping, everything, Odin, Android Toolkit, nothing works. It shows up on my Linux PCs but not accessible, but not windows at all.
I was running resurrection remix, when i saw the 4.4.3 based slimkat. So naturally, i had the urge of flashing it. i was on TWRP 2.7.0.0, i flashed the 2.7.1.0 version of twrp, flashed the rom, gapps, and rebooted, but my phone wont boot up. later, after a series of flashes and wipes, when i failed to boot the rom, i tried to install some other rom. but my phone wont connect to pc in recovery. i flashed the TWRP 2.7.0.0, then CWM 6 but no luck. finally, i flashed phillz along with the kernel from viperx and the phone mounted. copied viperx, flashed, rebooted. now the phone wont pick up my sim card. i thought this might be the issue with the kernel. went back to fastboot to flash the kernel, everything was working fine but as soon as i connected the usb cable, and phone was in fastboot usb mode, my volume buttons and power key stopped working,windows said that a device has malfunctioned, tried to flash but it would just say <waiting for device> and as soon as i removed the usb cable, my phones hardware keys started working again. if booted in hboot with usb connected, it would get stuck on checking sd card for update. Now i am stuck and need urgent help, coz i might miss some important calls if this continues and i am unable to flash.
Some other information that might be useful.
Rom: ViperX
Windows: 7 ultimate.
only HTC usb drivers installed, nothing else.
To flash i usually use Hasoon`s tool as it is very handy
Hello guys, I have a problem.
I'll write what I did step by step. I have a Lt26i (4.1.2 JB) I have not changed my phone's features like upgrading version, installing rom etc. since I bought the device , Therefor I have not a lot knowledge, it is first time to do something about android. Anyway, I did root with KingoRoot. Root is completely done, there was no problem about that. After then, I unlocked the BootLoader. When I checked it , I saw "Bootloader unlock : yes." . There is no problem too. Then, I installed BusyBox to install ClockworkMod (CWM). I managed to install CWM with DoomLord's thread, with no problems. It was time to search a custom rom. I decided to install [ROM][JB .96][XS][LB/UL] Dark Honami v1 - Stock Based , I rebooted my device in CWM Recovery. First, on CWM screen I installed zip file which I had downloaded. I did not anything else. Then I selected "Reboot System Now". System was rebooted. My problem is here. There is a process box on black screen. "Android is upgrading" is written on it. I waited more than 1 hour, but my phone was not launched. I tried to turn off the phone with power button, it didn't work. I pressed volume up and power button and shutdown my device, waited a few seconds and try to turn on. That process box was displayed again , I waited sometime but it was not launched... I tried wiping cache and delvik but it didn't worked . I am not able to pass that screen , my device is not launched ... the process box is always processing.... I searched the forum but I couldn't find a solution. Please help me. Thanks.
BerkerBey said:
Hello guys, I have a problem.
I'll write what I did step by step. I have a Lt26i (4.1.2 JB) I have not changed my phone's features like upgrading version, installing rom etc. since I bought the device , Therefor I have not a lot knowledge, it is first time to do something about android. Anyway, I did root with KingoRoot. Root is completely done, there was no problem about that. After then, I unlocked the BootLoader. When I checked it , I saw "Bootloader unlock : yes." . There is no problem too. Then, I installed BusyBox to install ClockworkMod (CWM). I managed to install CWM with DoomLord's thread, with no problems. It was time to search a custom rom. I decided to install [ROM][JB .96][XS][LB/UL] Dark Honami v1 - Stock Based , I rebooted my device in CWM Recovery. First, on CWM screen I installed zip file which I had downloaded. I did not anything else. Then I selected "Reboot System Now". System was rebooted. My problem is here. There is a process box on black screen. "Android is upgrading" is written on it. I waited more than 1 hour, but my phone was not launched. I tried to turn off the phone with power button, it didn't work. I pressed volume up and power button and shutdown my device, waited a few seconds and try to turn on. That process box was displayed again , I waited sometime but it was not launched... I tried wiping cache and delvik but it didn't worked . I am not able to pass that screen , my device is not launched ... the process box is always processing.... I searched the forum but I couldn't find a solution. Please help me. Thanks.
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You should have wiped the system and cache partition too. Also, did You follow the instructions given in the ROM post?
Mirhawk said:
You should have wiped the system and cache partition too. Also, did You follow the instructions given in the ROM post?
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@Mirhawk Hello master, In Rom post, " reboot in cwm, install rom, reboot" is written. I did it and I did nothing else like wiping data, cache, delvik or format data , system etc. I tried wiping data after then. It didn't work. Then I wiped data, cache and delvik, and I installed the rom I downloaded. This time, My device is able to launch, I can see Sony's Terms of Use , I can press apply or deny. But there is a problem. In this screen I am recieving a error message. Keybord stopped, Contacts stopped. Xperia Home stopped. Whenever I pressed OK it appears again. Please help me.
BerkerBey said:
@Mirhawk Hello master, In Rom post, " reboot in cwm, install rom, reboot" is written. I did it and I did nothing else like wiping data, cache, delvik or format data , system etc. I tried wiping data after then. It didn't work. Then I wiped data, cache and delvik, and I installed the rom I downloaded. This time, My device is able to launch, I can see Sony's Terms of Use , I can press apply or deny. But there is a problem. In this screen I am recieving a error message. Keybord stopped, Contacts stopped. Xperia Home stopped. Whenever I pressed OK it appears again. Please help me.
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Go to CWM, wipe system, data and cache partitions. Wiping data partition will wipe Your apps and its data. The flash the base of the ROM. Then follow instructions from ROM thread.
Mirhawk said:
Go to CWM, wipe system, data and cache partitions. Wiping data partition will wipe Your apps and its data. The flash the base of the ROM. Then follow instructions from ROM thread.
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@Mirhawk , hey. I can't access CWM . Last night I tried wiping ,data , cache but it didn't work. Then I tried format system , format data, format cache in CWM screen. After then, I couldn't access CWM. When I tried to torn on my device, The sony logo appeared but thre was no action. It couldn't pass the sony screen. Normally, When I rebooted my phone, In "Sony text" screen, My Led was turned Blue and I pressed volume up or down then CWM opened. After I had format system, format data, format cache, I was not able to access CWM. I tried to connect it to PC, I pressed volumeDown and connected it to pc. I can connect it in flashmode and my led was turned green. But a few seconds later the phone tried turn on itself.. I tried 3 times, but each of 'em I faced the same situation. I left it for charging and went to bed. After I had gotten up , I noticed that my led was red. Red light means low on battery or have a serious system warning. It is impossible that My device has low battery because I left it for cahrging about 6 hours.. I tried to connect it to pc in flashmode but red light appeared.. A few minutes later Sony logo disappeared and The phone started to give not response. I tried carious key combination like volume up + power , volume down + power , volume up + down + power but I couldn't get any response. What should I do? Is there hope for my phone ?
BerkerBey said:
@Mirhawk , hey. I can't access CWM . Last night I tried wiping ,data , cache but it didn't work. Then I tried format system , format data, format cache in CWM screen. After then, I couldn't access CWM. When I tried to torn on my device, The sony logo appeared but thre was no action. It couldn't pass the sony screen. Normally, When I rebooted my phone, In "Sony text" screen, My Led was turned Blue and I pressed volume up or down then CWM opened. After I had format system, format data, format cache, I was not able to access CWM. I tried to connect it to PC, I pressed volumeDown and connected it to pc. I can connect it in flashmode and my led was turned green. But a few seconds later the phone tried turn on itself.. I tried 3 times, but each of 'em I faced the same situation. I left it for charging and went to bed. After I had gotten up , I noticed that my led was red. Red light means low on battery or have a serious system warning. It is impossible that My device has low battery because I left it for cahrging about 6 hours.. I tried to connect it to pc in flashmode but red light appeared.. A few minutes later Sony logo disappeared and The phone started to give not response. I tried carious key combination like volume up + power , volume down + power , volume up + down + power but I couldn't get any response. What should I do? Is there hope for my phone ?
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Can You connect Your phone in fastboot mode? Then You could try flashing DoomKernel or the Carbon Kernel. DoomKernel has the CWM and Carbon Kernel has TWRP. The way Your phone is acting in fastboot mode, You probably don't have Fastboot and flashmode drivers. To install them, download the flashtool. Then after You install it,suppose in C drive, then go to "C:\Flashtool\drivers" and run Flashtool-drivers.exe from the folder. From the list then select fastboot, flashmode and all drivers with Xperia S written in it and install them. If You are on Windows 8, there is a different procedure to install them, google for it. Your phone currently has low battery, hence it just show the red LED. Try installing the drivers and then flashing either kernel via fastboot.
As the subject line says, I'm worried I bricked my Tab S. Awhile back I flashed my tablet to IronRom. I hadn't used it in awhile and this morning I attempted to update via OTA Updater. I was able to download the update and reboot into TWRP for the install, but the tablet froze while I was wiping the cache and I had to restart. I was able to reboot into TWRP and installed the ROM (without erasing cache or data) but now I can only boot as far as the "Galaxy Tab S" screen. I can no longer boot into TWRP, though I can boot into Download Mode, but my computer won't recognize the tablet. Is there anything I can do or am I screwed?
Edit -- My computer recognizes the tablet when I open Kies, but it tries connecting for a few minutes then times out.
CarQuery8989 said:
As the subject line says, I'm worried I bricked my Tab S. Awhile back I flashed my tablet to IronRom. I hadn't used it in awhile and this morning I attempted to update via OTA Updater. I was able to download the update and reboot into TWRP for the install, but the tablet froze while I was wiping the cache and I had to restart. I was able to reboot into TWRP and installed the ROM (without erasing cache or data) but now I can only boot as far as the "Galaxy Tab S" screen. I can no longer boot into TWRP, though I can boot into Download Mode, but my computer won't recognize the tablet. Is there anything I can do or am I screwed?
Edit -- My computer recognizes the tablet when I open Kies, but it tries connecting for a few minutes then times out.
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Reflash tarp through Odin and then try to reboot recovery. I have my Tab S 10.5 LATE on that same room, no problems.
If your computer can't recognize your tablet in the Odin program, try using another USB cord.