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Alright, this issue has seriously driven me insane over the last few days, and today it's gotten to the point where I'm going to do something I'll regret if somebody can't help me out. As you can tell, I'm pretty desperate.
Using Fresh 3.5.0.1, I've encountered more reboots than I can count. Whether it's checking an email or playing Asphalt, the phone frequently decides it doesn't want to cooperate and restarts itself. I decided to try to get rid of the reboots for good today with a complete wipe and new rom.
First, I made a nandroid backup, followed by a data/system wipe and cache/dalvik cache wipe. Afterward, I flashed the ZenDroid 1.1.0 kernel in case that was the issue. I then proceeded to flash CyanogenMod 7 RC1 with gapps.
That worked for all of three minutes, and then it got even worse. The phone started restarted itself when I wasn't even doing anything, up to the point where it would restart on the CM7 boot animation. I took my rage out on a nearby pillow and decided to try something else.
I downloaded the final release MIUI rom and used Calkulin's format all to wipe my phone as instructed. This time around I flashed Savage-Kernel 1.6 along with MIUI. Lo and behold, after rebooting I was finally able to swipe through the home screens again.
And then I wasn't. It started rebooting on the boot animation again. At the moment it's even worse, rebooting three seconds into the damned splash screen. I've tried keeping the battery pulled for half an hour with the HTC battery and two after market batteries. I wiped the ext partition on the micro sd card. I even physically removed the card itself. This effing phone is still rebooting on the splash screen.
I'm at the end of my wits. All I want is for my Evo to WORK, without any constant reboots or force closes that make it utterly unusable outside. If anyone could help me out with this issue, I'd be extraordinarily grateful.
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Alright, this issue has seriously driven me insane over the last few days, and today it's gotten to the point where I'm going to do something I'll regret if somebody can't help me out. As you can tell, I'm pretty desperate.
Using Fresh 3.5.0.1, I've encountered more reboots than I can count. Whether it's checking an email or playing Asphalt, the phone frequently decides it doesn't want to cooperate and restarts itself. I decided to try to get rid of the reboots for good today with a complete wipe and new rom.
First, I made a nandroid backup, followed by a data/system wipe and cache/dalvik cache wipe. Afterward, I flashed the ZenDroid 1.1.0 kernel in case that was the issue. I then proceeded to flash CyanogenMod 7 RC1 with gapps.
That worked for all of three minutes, and then it got even worse. The phone started restarted itself when I wasn't even doing anything, up to the point where it would restart on the CM7 boot animation. I took my rage out on a nearby pillow and decided to try something else.
I downloaded the final release MIUI rom and used Calkulin's format all to wipe my phone as instructed. This time around I flashed Savage-Kernel 1.6 along with MIUI. Lo and behold, after rebooting I was finally able to swipe through the home screens again.
And then I wasn't. It started rebooting on the boot animation again. At the moment it's even worse, rebooting three seconds into the damned splash screen. I've tried keeping the battery pulled for half an hour with the HTC battery and two after market batteries. I wiped the ext partition on the micro sd card. I even physically removed the card itself. This effing phone is still rebooting on the splash screen.
I'm at the end of my wits. All I want is for my Evo to WORK, without any constant reboots or force closes that make it utterly unusable outside. If anyone could help me out with this issue, I'd be extraordinarily grateful.
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hmm...
i don't know what kernel fresh comes with, but both of the other kernels are more aggressive ones, and i would guess your phone doesn't like them. i would try this:
Wipe twice using calk, wipe again using recovery, flash mikfroyo or stock rooted (stock kernel). If you still get reboots... unroot and take your phone back in because its a hardware problem.
I had this problem. Drove me insane. Ultimately just unrooted and got a new one from sprint. Not one reboot since I got the new one.
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Well I'm still super new to the whole flashing of the ROM's. But from what you have explained the only thing I can think of is that you missed a step when you rooted your phone. Because of this that is why your phone keeps brick. You should go and check out HTC EVO Hacks (go Google it) and the guy who runs the site made a sweet video & write-up on how to root your phone. Just re-do everything and follow directions, then when your done just flash Kings Unleashed. And when you check out the HTC EVO hacks root page look for the link to the XDA root forum which has more info on how to root your HTC the proper way.
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aimbdd said:
hmm...
Wipe twice using calk, wipe again using recovery, flash mikfroyo or stock rooted (stock kernel). If you still get reboots... unroot and take your phone back in because its a hardware problem.
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Yeah, I guess I should try the stock rooted rom. If I'm only able to use that instead of any other custom rom, though, I'm going to lose it. There's something inherently frustrating about a device refusing to work for no apparent reason.
chickut123 said:
I had this problem. Drove me insane. Ultimately just unrooted and got a new one from sprint. Not one reboot since I got the new one.
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I'm sort of hoping I won't have to do that, considering I'll likely get a refurbished unit.
Fredrow425 said:
But from what you have explained the only thing I can think of is that you missed a step when you rooted your phone. Because of this that is why your phone keeps brick. You should go and check out HTC EVO Hacks (go Google it) and the guy who runs the site made a sweet video & write-up on how to root your phone. Just re-do everything and follow directions, then when your done just flash Kings Unleashed. And when you check out the HTC EVO hacks root page look for the link to the XDA root forum which has more info on how to root your HTC the proper way.
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I'm pretty sure that isn't the case at all. If there was an issue with the way I rooted my phone, it would have been present eight months ago when I bought it. This rebooting issue is relatively new, and it isn't bricked. I appreciate the advice, though.
It could be just a defective phone - memory isn't immortal or impervious to defects.
I'd downgrade to a Sprint ROM, and keep it stock and see how that works. You have to rule out bad hardware first, and that's the only way to do it.
I agree on all of your guys suggestions but one thing i noticed was that he said he wiped data then dalvic cache then he said he flashed the kernel then the rom. Maybe he should try and rewipe everything with calk format all then flash the rom and reboot. Then go back into recovery and flash your new kernel then reboot again and see whats up from there.
Have you tried repartitioning your SD card and formatting? I was getting random reboots on every single rom I tried, and every single kernel. Turns out my partitions somehow got messed up on my SD card and that was causing it randomly. Now I have no reboots.
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Have you tried repartitioning your SD card and formatting? I was getting random reboots on every single rom I tried, and every single kernel. Turns out my partitions somehow got messed up on my SD card and that was causing it randomly. Now I have no reboots.
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Yes, I first formatted the sd card in Windows and then partitioning it on the phone's recovery. Still no luck.
Yeah... Sprint rom or if you go through with the unrooting process (I forgot how...) then you can figure out if it is hardware.
But yeah, endless reboots are frustrating.
If Sprint rom is giving you troubles, then just return it and get a new one. It's gotta be hardware then.
Also you could try running stock rooted without any downloaded market apps. Just run what came with the phone.
You can also try stock rooted eclair 2.1
Mine started the reboot bs after the december update. Mine seems to reboot when I use it heavily even though I'm not overclocked (heats up). Before the 2.2 update, it was very fussy being outside during the summer. I would like to exchange mine for another, even though I don't use it anymore. It would be nice to have a fully functioning backup. My gf's daughter wants the evo very much. Even if I would do that, which I wouldn't, I wouldn't let someone use a possibly unstable phone. If an emergency happened, and the phone started it's rebooting bs, it would be very bad to not be able to use the phone when you need it the most.
I am guessing I would have to reactivate the evo, run it for a month or so, unroot and lock it, then take it to a service center and see if I can make it start rebooting like crazy. Maybe I will get lucky and they would give me another one. I don't care too much if it is a refurb as long as it is in good shape and works good.
Try removing the SD card and booting.
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I had this same problem with my evo. Sometimes it would be ok, but then others it wouldnt stop doing it, didnt matter what I did. It could be sitting by itself and I would hear it rebooting. Drove me mad!!!
My first evo was awesome, it was a hardware ver 3. My camera lens cracked and the gave me a refurb, hardware version 2. This is when my reboots started happening.
After 3 batteries from Sprint and two more refurbs I finally blew in front of a store full of customers telling them that either give me a NEW evo, hardware version 3 like I originally had with no problems or it was going against their wall.
I havent had one problem since.
I wasnt rooted yet so cant comment along those lines but if you take it back to stock and it still does it I recommend throwing it at one of Sprints walls. No need to do any drywall patching at your place LOL.
I hope you get it resolved as I can feel your pain!
It may not be hardware. Did you restore any apps using any back up app (Titanium Backup) after flashing the AOSP roms? If so, make sure you did NOT restore any system apps or data. This is especially important when you go from Sense to AOSP.
The test is what everyone is suggesting. Flash back to Sprint rom and see what happens.
Also, you need to flash the kernel after flashing the rom, otherwise you'll just get the kernel packaged with the rom. I usually reboot and art least try the default kernel unless I know that my phone hates it.
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It may not be hardware. Did you restore any apps using any back up app (Titanium Backup) after flashing the AOSP roms? If so, make sure you did NOT restore any system apps or data. This is especially important when you go from Sense to AOSP.
The test is what everyone is suggesting. Flash back to Sprint rom and see what happens.
Also, you need to flash the kernel after flashing the rom, otherwise you'll just get the kernel packaged with the rom. I usually reboot and art least try the default kernel unless I know that my phone hates it.
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No, I haven't even been able to get to the stage of installing any apps before the rebooting cycle starts again. I tried installing the stock Sprint rom this morning with the stock radios and kernel and it was stable for about five minutes. It's back to rebooting again, though.
Do you guys think it's time to unroot and go to the Sprint store for an exchange?
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No, I haven't even been able to get to the stage of installing any apps before the rebooting cycle starts again. I tried installing the stock Sprint rom this morning with the stock radios and kernel and it was stable for about five minutes. It's back to rebooting again, though.
Do you guys think it's time to unroot and go to the Sprint store for an exchange?
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If it was me, I would take it back. I just downloaded the newest ruu and will flash it later tonight. The only thing I'm worrying about is they won't be able to reproduce the problem. I really have to be multitasking a lot and pushing the phone hard. Actually the last time it had rebooting fits was with wireless tether running. The back of the phone was warm. I put it in front of the ac vent in the car for a minute or two and that seemed to help it stop rebooting.
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If it was me, I would take it back. I just downloaded the newest ruu and will flash it later tonight. The only thing I'm worrying about is they won't be able to reproduce the problem. I really have to be multitasking a lot and pushing the phone hard. Actually the last time it had rebooting fits was with wireless tether running. The back of the phone was warm. I put it in front of the ac vent in the car for a minute or two and that seemed to help it stop rebooting.
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Well, it looks like I'll be taking it to the store after all. I just finished unrooting my phone with the RUU, so it's as if I had never touched the software. Lo and behold, the damned thing still rebooted a minute into using the phone.
I guess that in some sick way, I can consider myself more 'fortunate' than you, seeing as how my phone doesn't even need to be used in order to begin rebooting. It's ridiculous that I have to part with my Evo because of this bs.
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Well, it looks like I'll be taking it to the store after all. I just finished unrooting my phone with the RUU, so it's as if I had never touched the software. Lo and behold, the damned thing still rebooted a minute into using the phone.
I guess that in some sick way, I can consider myself more 'fortunate' than you, seeing as how my phone doesn't even need to be used in order to begin rebooting. It's ridiculous that I have to part with my Evo because of this bs.
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Did you even try removing the sd card and booting the phone?
Same thing happend with my old evo it started after i install one of the first cm safe roms not nightlies not saying tyat was the cause, i tried evverything wiping unrooting botting without sd, ive been on android sice g1 and i tried everything nothing worked, ended up going to sprint and getting another refurnished it was prolly hardware issue maybe cpu overheating or something, anyways not sure why ppl are so scared of refurnished phones i believe they do a lot more tests on those phone than retail ones lol
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Did you even try removing the sd card and booting the phone?
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Yes. I've already said I tried booting the phone without the sd card several times now without success.
hey fellas
i just went to go from 2.3 back to darky ROM and my phone is having a fit, its constantly rebooting at the first boot screen, i still got download mode though
no matter what i try nothing works.
have tryed darky RE, JM5, JL2, JH1, DV3 the JVK, download EZBase now to see what happens
this is my 2nd phone i have ****ed up doing this i think
aussiesausage said:
have tryed darky RE, JM5, JL2, JH1, DV3 the JVK, download EZBase now to see what happens
this is my 2nd phone i have ****ed up doing this i think
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Are any of those stock rom's you are trying, or are they all Darky's roms?
Flash a stock rom, hopefully that will get you up and running. After that, format your sd card.
couple of them are stock, none worked.
downloading a march 2011 stock firmware from samfirmware now, aswell as EZBase rom
If darkys is a 2.2.1 based rom then you need to flash to that base first.
Try a stock 2.2.1 firmware in odin with all 3 files and tick repartition. I use jpu and always works.
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MY fix for broken phones is .
Use Odin flash Eclair with pit 512 and repartition checked .
Phone works flash base Froyo .
Phone works you can now customize as required .
Choose a rom this time that does not kill phone .
jje
thanks fellas, will try that.
i've flashed about 5 ROMS and tryed repartion and none have worked, will try a eclair, gotta go download one
ok, JPU did not work. 3 files, re-partion and 512 pit
oh dear
When you say jpu didn't work, did the process actually start in Odin and complete?
If not, just reboot download mode again, close and restart odin and try again.
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yeah it said PASS, just got the stupid white reboot thing.
JE3 ( 2.1 ) halfed worked, it went into recovery, dont some **** then booted. then i got something like "kernel panic pload" with all this red writing ????????
i think that might be cause i got a 2.2 kernel flashed?
broken phone broken?
here is what im getting
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thanks for the help guys. but phone is dead
it will not even turn on now, plug into charger nothing happens. held in power button for ages and it wont turn on, no download mode, nothing.
my 2nd SGS dies, this is 1 month old. time to call mobicity and warranty it
damn im sick of this thing
aussiesausage said:
thanks for the help guys. but phone is dead
it will not even turn on now, plug into charger nothing happens. held in power button for ages and it wont turn on, no download mode, nothing.
my 2nd SGS dies, this is 1 month old. time to call mobicity and warranty it
damn im sick of this thing
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yes, happened that to me too. If it;s not starting anymore, than you must rewrite it's bootloader with JTAG...JIG won;t help. The point is, when you tried to go back on 2.2.1 you should first flash the bootloader with heimdal. With bootloader updated you shouldn't have any problem flashing back JM8 or something
sorry for you
Crysis21 said:
yes, happened that to me too. If it;s not starting anymore, than you must rewrite it's bootloader with JTAG...JIG won;t help. The point is, when you tried to go back on 2.2.1 you should first flash the bootloader with heimdal. With bootloader updated you shouldn't have any problem flashing back JM8 or something
sorry for you
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may i ask what JTAG is?
There might be answer to your misery, check Yovi's thread, he found hard reset method for totally bricked phone.
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Edit. Just read you can not power up. Go with Jobiza's post.
Flash just a kernel in PDA ie voodoo or speedmod k13. Nothing else and auto reboot checked. After that flash away.
This happened to me and I tried different combos for hours till this method and it worked.
Good luck mate.
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Don't know did you tried it, but if you are able to go to Download Mode, download JVK with bootloaders from XDA, start Odin check Re-Partition and Phone Bootloader Update select filef from new FW connect phone and it should do the magic I hope.
If not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018620
Maybe last resort?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018620&page=2
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Yeah aussiesausage!
Let us know if this works! You can do it!
Ok so i was running Apex 1.4.1.
I SBFed using VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf
rooted, etc etc, got latest gingerbread up and working fine.
Didnt like it, Trying to go back to Apex.
Im trying to SBF again, but cant get it to go through now. Keeps failing at 97% sending RAM to bootloader. Ive already flashed like 4 or 5 times using different RSDLite versions, and now im afraid my battery is probably getting low. What can i do!??
Try this. It has a really good track record. http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems.html
Hi all, i have a problem... my phone wont boot when i press power button it just shows the i5800 screen, BUT i can get to download mode but that wont help because i flashed again with odin and it said "passed" but its stuck on i5800 screen. i have tried everything... it all started today when my phone fell from my pocket and the battery flew out. so i think it might be broken or something. if you know what to do please help
EDIT: it seems i can flash eclair but when ever i try to flash ANY custom ROM (POX, indroid, lestatious, kyrillos) it stucks on the i5800 screen...
What ROM you flashed?
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Because i had the same problem... when the flash is very fast mostly something is wrong
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im flashing original eclair fw and then ill try to upgrade it to 2.2 via kies and then ill post it to repair center
liilaaluu said:
Because i had the same problem... when the flash is very fast mostly something is wrong
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this is not the same... it fell out of my pocket and never booted again
super bump please help!
try shaking the phone
keep it near your ears and shake
if you hear some sounds then maybe something is broken
roll back to eclair and try updating via kies-that may help a lot
if updated - take to service center
even if not
take to service center and tell them i never used kies so not on froyo(if they ask)
One more thing
Do this all after some time of no flashing,rooting,anything like that to the phone
let it be as it is for some time
sometimes this really helps(hpnd wid me)
cdesai said:
try shaking the phone
keep it near your ears and shake
if you hear some sounds then maybe something is broken
roll back to eclair and try updating via kies-that may help a lot
if updated - take to service center
even if not
take to service center and tell them i never used kies so not on froyo(if they ask)
One more thing
Do this all after some time of no flashing,rooting,anything like that to the phone
let it be as it is for some time
sometimes this really helps(hpnd wid me)
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i cant update to any froyo ROM... not via odin OR kies...
what will i say to them? sorry i cant install any C-ROM only stock eclair can you fix it? i mean they have to repair it because i pay 4e month so they will repair it no matter what... but still that would sound pretty dump if i go there and say: help me i cant install any C-ROM
Have you tried the usual as in taking the battery out for a minute, wiping data/cache + factory reset? Then trying to install as stock JPM? And have you just waited for several minutes for it to go past the I5800 screen? If it takes a moment for it to gather its bearings after a sudden drop.
PolarSoul said:
Have you tried the usual as in taking the battery out for a minute, wiping data/cache + factory reset? Then trying to install as stock JPM? And have you just waited for several minutes for it to go past the I5800 screen? If it takes a moment for it to gather its bearings after a sudden drop.
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i took battery out for half an hour then i rebooted and i gave 40 minutes time to get past the i5800 screen, havent tried stock jpm, but i have wiped everything.
jazux said:
i took battery out for half an hour then i rebooted and i gave 40 minutes time to get past the i5800 screen, havent tried stock jpm, but i have wiped everything.
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As we Finns would say at this point... Perkele! It is dead, man. One last resort is stock JPM. Maybe you need to risk it and stick in the bootloader aswell...
Try flashing an earlier FroYo version like JP9 and then flash JPM or some other new version.
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PolarSoul said:
As we Finns would say at this point... Perkele! It is dead, man. One last resort is stock JPM. Maybe you need to risk it and stick in the bootloader aswell...
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yeah i have said that today many times i have flashed eclair with bootloader so its not a problem
few poeple has similar issue. when flashed jpf (with bootloader), problem is gone.
hodostamas said:
few poeple has similar issue. when flashed jpf (with bootloader), problem is gone.
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tried flashing jp9 with bootloader and it goes to samsung logo but thats it... but well thats progress too
flash eclari -> try updating with kies -> get stuck and tell them that you got stuck while updating with kies
jazux tell us how u solved :-(
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jazux tell us how u solved :-(
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the solution was simple i bought a new sd-card and BAM, my phone booted with froyo i dont know what was wrong but my phone just wont boot if theres sd-card inside... maybe its because it fell from my pocket, something broke and now it wont boot with sd inside
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flash eclari -> try updating with kies -> get stuck and tell them that you got stuck while updating with kies
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did that already didnt work but i solved it already so...
My 2 cents..
I was using ICSSGS from 1st RC. But it becomes very laggy after 3-4 weeks, so factory reset every month was necessary. I decided to change ROM.
I installed DOC's v12 ( I assume is is the same Doc that was cooking ROMs for my Omnia, and I was werry pleased with those ROMs). Did wipe, cleaned cache, cleaned Dalvik, formatted /system, flashed ROM, wipe again and it was working. But after two days it was still very laggy (talking about waiting for response for 3-5 seconds) so I wanted something faster. I had choose this Openkang milestone 6.
And then the fun begins.
Downloaded, copied to sd, booted to CWM, all wipes, flashed ROM, flashed gapps and went to bootloop. 3 button combo worked only for download mode, not for entering CWM. There was no way I could access CWM. I even could not enter Android boot (don't know exactly how it is called, but it saved my TF101 more than once.)
So after 1/2 hour of unsuccessful trying to get to CWM, phone just shows logo for icyglitch kernel and went to boot again, I have seen that only option to do anything was Odin. I downloaded Odin, downloaded some 2.3.6 ROM and downloaded CWM for that rom.
First I had to find driver for phone. I remembered phone on ICS wants nexus drivers so I installed those, booted phone to download mode and flashed 2.3.6 rom with Odin.
Phone booted, boot animation was on screen, but it did not boot to working Android. I didn't care too much, just booted to download mode again, flashed CWM and now I had at least access to my sd card. Did all wipes again, flashed DOC again and went to bootloop (Icyglitch kernel logo) again.
....
So I repeated Odin procedure, and when I had working CWM I flashed good old ICSSGS 4.02. This one worked.
I had spent 4 hours to solve this problem mostly because I was not full prepared to flash.
-I had no working USB driver on PC
-I did not had Odin
-I do not have ADB installed. Even if I had it, I don't know much how to use it.
-I did not have any working 2.3.6 ROM WITH bootloader
-Nandroid backup... hmmmm... what is that? Bah, don't need it...
Luckily I flashed my phone so many times I already roughly know what to do, but I still have experienced my share of "OMGOMGOMGOMG".
My advice to new and seasoned flashers:
Don't be cocky. After million of successful flashes once will go wrong. If nothing else Murphy will kick in. And when something goes wrong, be sure that all that you need to rescue phone is on your HDD and you know WHERE it is and how to use it. And read guides. And when you finish reading read them again, then go to sleep and flash next day.
Now I'm even more satisfied with myself because I do not flash other people's phones. If it happens that I create a 400€ brick, it will be at least mine.
If this helps anyone to restore phone, click Thanks button :good:
Thankyou for being man enough to share this, I hope all noobs read this and start getting the message!
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Thankyou for being man enough to share this, I hope all noobs read this and start getting the message!
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Lol you were faster .
I had the same problem today trying to flash aokp m6...
Got bootloop and then Odin was hanging at various points when I tried going back to stock GB.
I thought I was goosed but the good old SGS came through in the end!
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Flashing can be frightful. I'm sure every seasoned flasher here on XDA has had their fair share of OMG moments. I know I sure have.
Future advice: after you lost recovery, you didn't need to go back to GB. Stratosk (of Semaphore Kernel) has a .tar version of his ICS kernel that can be flashed with Odin, which will then restore your CWM. This would have been a faster, simpler fix for you. Keep that in mind for next time.
I would suggest you try SlimICS the next time you get sickend of (laggy) ROM. I for one, absolutely love SlimICS, and as all, it does have some drawbacks (no lag, though) when you're pimping it out too much.
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Flashing can be frightful. I'm sure every seasoned flasher here on XDA has had their fair share of OMG moments. I know I sure have.
Future advice: after you lost recovery, you didn't need to go back to GB. Sratosk (of Semaphore Kernel) has a .tar version of his ICS kernel that can be flashed with Odin, which will then restore your CWM. This would have been a faster, simpler fix for you. Keep that in mind for next time.
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Too bad I didn't know that. Somehow I was convinced that no ICS rom or kernel is flashable via Odin. But Later when everything worked and I finally had time to breathe I thought that I didn't need to go to GB. I think maybe only to flash any GB CWM with Odin would be enough. All I needed was working CWM, not entire rom.
Anyway, I'll try Slim now, let's hope I won't need to rescue phone again.
I bricked my phone twice yesterday, trying to install a CM9. It was my first attempt to modify a phone. Nice start.
bpp9 said:
I bricked my phone twice yesterday, trying to install a CM9. It was my first attempt to modify a phone. Nice start.
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Happens to everyone! 2years in and I accidentally wiped my sd card yesterday! Was a long night! It's a fast learning curve but fun when you get the hang of it!
Always brick my phone in the past, nearly one time a day
Well some tips for flashing:
- On stock ROMs, try flashing all partition firmware (i.e. 3 files in Odin) with re-partition checked before finding for help.
- Always backup you data with apps like Titanium backup, I don't usually use nandroid because it is not so flexible.
- Get GB bootloader before going to CM based ROMs, and go back to froyo bootloader if you want to have froyo back (search EzBoot for this).
- CM based ROMs and stock ROMs use a different filesystem, so flash all partition firmware before going back from CM to stock.
- Same reason, you will mostly get bootloops when going to CM ROMs. In this case, just hold the 3-button combo to enter recovery and flash it again.
- Same reason again, don't use CWM2 recovery to flash CM.
In case that anyone don't know, CM means CyanogenMod.
Hope this helps!
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tt0204 said:
Always brick my phone in the past, nearly one time a day
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Uauuu, and you still didn't have heart attack?
I'm not sure if the fact that I managed to rescue my phone is good. Now I still don't have reason to buy SGS II.
And yes, Slim is woking, you can see my new signature. :highfive:
Managed to flash properly before I did
Wait at least until we get a working jelly bean before getting a new phone!
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slaphead20 said:
Happens to everyone! 2years in and I accidentally wiped my sd card yesterday! Was a long night! It's a fast learning curve but fun when you get the hang of it!
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Ahaha, I did the exact same thing the day before yesterday!
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First time i flashed my phone was a heart in mouth moment when it boot looped for the first 2 or 3 times.
Swore I'd never flash my phone again. Over a year later and my phone has gone through countless changes and still going strong.
The only other issue I've had with customizing my phone is telling my flatmate about it. Problem being that he doesn't quite understand the concept of 'rooting' or 'flashing'. At least not in the geek sense of the words.
Yesterday,i was reverting to stock from ics you know...And rooted JW4 with cf.then i wanted to flash semaphore's 2.7.4.I am %100 sure that there was nothing wrong.Just semaphore over cf.Did that ten times!... so here it is;
when flashing process started odin gave fail WHILE flashing zImage.not after or before.Just at the middle of flashing zImage.
I dunno why maybe that one was a random error of odin who nows....
Anyway after it said fail,phone shutted down itself from download mode..First thing that i tried,entering to recovery.But phone was not responding.No boot logo or..just black screen.
I took a deep breath.Restarted my pc while it is restarting i put out the battery from phone wait for 30sec.
Then after pc started up ,i opened odin and put the files etc etc.
Then magical thing happened
I tried directly to the d.mode it worked and flashed JVQ then got JW4 from kies
This was my story...
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dreamer94 said:
Yesterday,i was reverting to stock from ics you know...And rooted JW4 with cf.then i wanted to flash semaphore's 2.7.4.I am %100 sure that there was nothing wrong.Just semaphore over cf.Did that ten times!... so here it is;
when flashing process started odin gave fail WHILE flashing zImage.not after or before.Just at the middle of flashing zImage.
I dunno why maybe that one was a random error of odin who nows....
Anyway after it said fail,phone shutted down itself from download mode..First thing that i tried,entering to recovery.But phone was not responding.No boot logo or..just black screen.
I took a deep breath.Restarted my pc while it is restarting i put out the battery from phone wait for 30sec.
Then after pc started up ,i opened odin and put the files etc etc.
Then magical thing happened
I tried directly to the d.mode it worked and flashed JVQ then got JW4 from kies
This was my story...
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Actually boot directly into download mode without rebooting computer/phone will work
i know but wanted to live with that action,adrenaline
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I think we should start a membership here. Anyone who wants to join must expirience "OMG" factor for at least 20 min. I had it 4-5 times, if I count my hassling with Omnia too.
Isn't something interesting? I mean, look at us. We flash phones, sometimes we manage to make it useless, we spend hours for rescuing them, all that time we swear to god that we will never do that again, but 5 minutes after we manage to make our phones work we are ready for next flashing. Here in Slovenia we use to say that even donkey goes on ice only once, but looks like we newer learn...
My current favorite thread, it's refreshingly honest to see people laughing at themselves, and sharing their disasters, we all do it, in fact that's why we do it! Nice to see so much humility
About not bricking other people's phones....
Right now I'm in the process of bricking my boss's phone. He wants ICS on his Dell Streak 5, even if it is only pre-alpha ... Wish me luck.