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Please help me: Corrupt TMO Tab

Hello,
Please Help!! My stock (firmware but rooted) TMO Tab started locking up and then progressed into constant reboots, lockups and semi hard resets (I lose all screens and they are back to stock, email accounts are gone in stock client, but apps are still there and a lot of other information is still there like wifi, bluetooth setting/devices etc.) Also, sometimes, the device hangs on the Samsung logo on boot up and I have to power down holding the button for 10 seconds and then turn back on..
It is almost like I got a virus. I did a hard reset the other night, went to bed with about 80% battery and it was completely dead in the morning. Last night went to bed with 91% and it was dead in the AM. Something is wrong and draining my battery.
Tmo is not standing behind their product because I bought it without a contract and said Samsung would either refund me or send me a new one(which I knew it couldn't be right), and it wasn't. They said send it in for 10-14 days and they will send me a working model.
So given all the problems I am having which seem to be software related, which software should I install? Something I won't have problems with or will still allow me to accept future Tmo updates if needed or wanted.
Also I am upset over the email limit(one month unlike the VZ version etc) on the stock email client so a Euro version would be fine if it had that feature and I also am not using the Tmo network so a disabled 3G network for data is not a problem.
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
Best,
BC

Please help me...
Update: My Tab was stuck on the Samsung logo for the longest time this morning(like 3 hours). I did the volume up/power button and wiped but still was stuck. It finally booted up but I am sure it is going to lock up and I will have to go through the same thing hoping to get it to boot up.
What could've caused it? What should I do while i have it on? Should I update to the Euro software and if so, which one? There are so many choices and not sure which one to do. Also, would I be able to go back to the stock tmobile s/w if I can return it for a replacement?
One thing that i noticed in the apps is a folder called error 1.0.0 but I cannot uninstall it. Is this normal and does anyone else have it? The other thing is that I still have the same memory available as when I had all my apps, email etc in it. Like it didn't really erase everything.
Please help and point me in the right direction. I have been scouring the net for 4 hours now and I don't know which way to go.
Thank you,
BC

Perhaps you poked around in the files system and accidently removed something? I would go to the Roto Stock firmware package thread, and flash that to repair a corrupt file system. Only a guess on my part, but it won't do any harm.

Well I suppose but I don't recall messing around with anything. I was hoping that while I had to change or repair my software, I should put the best on that there is to offer.
What software do you use or recommend?
Thanks for the reply! This is driving me crazy! I have had to turn off and back on at least 15 times today trying to get it to work amd habe wiped like 5 times.
Do you think I should just try and get a replacement from tmobile?
Thanks,
Brian

Woah, slow down partner. Make a Titanium Backup to the external sd card then remove it. Flash Rotohammers stock T Mobile firmware. Reroot with SuperOneCLick. Reinsert the external SD and reinstate your apps with Titanium. If things are still wonky after that then it's probably a hardware problem.
EDIT: I'd flash using Odin 1.7. It's just easier than Heimdall to me. Personal preference I suppose.

halftonehero said:
Woah, slow down partner. Make a Titanium Backup to the external sd card then remove it. Flash Rotohammers stock T Mobile firmware. Reroot with SuperOneCLick. Reinsert the external SD and reinstate your apps with Titanium. If things are still wonky after that then it's probably a hardware problem.
EDIT: I'd flash using Odin 1.7. It's just easier than Heimdall to me. Personal preference I suppose.
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I did the backup and reinstalled after one of the wipes but it keeps locking up and not booting up. I haven't had it on 1 time successfully yet today and it past 10PM...
The main reason I would like a different firmware is because I want the full functionality of the email client like in some of the other tabs and android devices.
Tmobile and i don't know who else (I read ATT) crippled the email and it doesn't have the option to have all email on the device which is great for short trips without the laptop.
What about some of Roto's other firmwares? Like i said previously, I am not using Tmobiles data or service so it doesn't matter. I also read that the browser and overall was really smooth.
Is it ok to root with z4root? I have the app on my sd card and that is how i've done it before.
Thanks for your suggestions and i appreciate all feedback. I have to do something because this device has become a paperweight.
Thank you,
BC

bconfer said:
I did the backup and reinstalled after one of the wipes but it keeps locking up and not booting up. I haven't had it on 1 time successfully yet today and it past 10PM...
The main reason I would like a different firmware is because I want the full functionality of the email client like in some of the other tabs and android devices.
Tmobile and i don't know who else (I read ATT) crippled the email and it doesn't have the option to have all email on the device which is great for short trips without the laptop.
What about some of Roto's other firmwares? Like i said previously, I am not using Tmobiles data or service so it doesn't matter. I also read that the browser and overall was really smooth.
Is it ok to root with z4root? I have the app on my sd card and that is how i've done it before.
Thanks for your suggestions and i appreciate all feedback. I have to do something because this device has become a paperweight.
Thank you,
BC
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hey dude you sound nervous as hell man, relax. as long as you can get your phone in to download mode. you will be ok. flash rotos tmobile stock firmware. if it works hooray! if not flash rotos jme 4

Still out of commission
I am not nervous, just annoyed as hell.
I flashed the stock tmobile firmware, booted it up and it crashed after about 10 minutes and I am back stuck on the samsung logo. I haven't been able to get it to boot up for about 5-6 days. I have wiped many times and no dice.
Should I wipe cache partition? Try the JME software?
Thanks for your help!
BC

Fascinate Facebook Sync errors

My roommate just got a new Fascinate. I have been trying to get it to sync with Facebook but I get multiple errors. At first it can't login, when I finally get that to work it says it says sync is unavailable. I've seen solutions to this but nothing works or is recent.
I convinced him to get an Android over an IPhone and he is ready to return it. Any ideas?
Edit: He will not root. I am going to try a hard reset tomorrow, but this seems to be a problem with the Galaxy S devices from what I have read in the last few hours.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Rooting would not help this issue, unfortunately. As far as I know, there hasn't ever been a known fix for this issue. It typically resolves itself within a couple days. Keep in mind that you can always install the Facebook app, and it will sync fine. It just won't sync the Facebook contacts. Once the SNS sync works out its attitude issues, FB contact syncing will work too. Tell him to give it a little time.

So would a hard reset be worth it at all?

I've had mine for a month. The Feeds and updates widget started having issues last week, I think on the 27th. It had worked fine before that. Since then it has been on and off.
You can install the official Facebook app for Android. It looks like it works correctly.

Doubtful. This same problem happened to me after I got a warranty replacement Fascinate. I tried everything, but nothing worked, so I gave up for a while. A few days later, I tried again, and then it synced without any problem.
Btw, the official Samsung Froyo upgrade was just leaked this morning. I can't guarantee that it will fix this issue, but it's worth a shot, and there are other benefits as well. It appears that it's been packaged so that it's installable using the stock recovery, so you shouldn't need to root in order to install it. However, the phone will be rooted as part of the install. You can download it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937237
Just download that zip file to the phone's SD card, boot into recovery (hold power button + volume up + volume down from a powered off state) and flash it from there. Just FYI, if the concern with rooting is about warranty, we have methods of returning the phone to a 100% stock configuration in case you have to do a return or something, so there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

I would have to sneak it by him. I have flashed more roms than I can count on my N1 so I am definitely capable. What are the chances of bricking?
Edit: It looks like I can sneak it by after reading the thread fully. I need to do some research first. I am way too broke to brick a phone.
Thanks for your help btw.

It's almost impossible to brick this phone. As long as you can get into download mode and link it to the ODIN app on your PC, you can restore to full stock configuration. The best ODIN restore to use, should it come to that, is Adrynalyne's complete DI01 restore. It restores the ROM, kernel, radio, and recovery all to bone stock DI05 build. Just make sure that anything you flash from ODIN is done using the PDA button, NOT the Phone button. Using the Phone button will nuke the radio to an unrecoverable state.

I think I've figured it out now. Thanks for your help.

[Q] Rooted Evo - not getting text messages - trying to unroot or fix

To start off, I apologize for the lengthy post, but I figure if you have all the info, you could help me begin to troubleshoot. If there is a forum and I've missed it, please let me know where it is.
I have rooted using Unrevoked 3 and flashed CyanogenMod 7 a little while ago. Over the weekend, I was low on space and battery life, trying to use my Evo as a hotspot and taking pictures, etc. Well, it froze and I pulled the battery. When I went to reboot, it only showed the CyanogenMod splash screen. I didn't have internet access at the time, but really needed my phone. I had a PC36IMG.zip on my sdcard and flashed that. I was able to get back up and running, but I lost the ability to receive text messages. I could send texts and IMs, call, use data, etc. but not receive texts.
When I got internet access, I saw that I could download a Sense ROM, flash it up, update the PRL and should be okay. I flashed Fresh Sense ROM, updated, used the MSL code reader and did the ##????# thing, reset it, but still nothing.
Today, I tried re-flashing CyangogenMod and then lost the Market, Dialer and Contacts along with the ability to edit the CyanogenMod settings along with a bunch of other little things that I haven't fully explored.
I've tried unrooting it using the unrevoked forever s-on.zip, but it stuck and the system info message (and I downloaded it 3 times). I tried just flashing the PC36IMG.zip from xda and it wouldn't flash, either.
I'm at my wits end and need some direction because I know I've missed steps and made missteps. I have to have my phone for work and if I need to take it back to Sprint that's fine, I just need to unroot it! Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

Are you flashing the new ROM's right over the top?
I've never had the problems you've mentioned but anytime i've read the forums and seen others with these problems i've often seen people recommend doing a factory/data wipe from recovery. Have you tried that before flashing the new ROM.
What I would do...
1. DL CM7/Google apps and save it to the SD Card.
2. Boot to recovery
3. Factory/Data wipe
4. Flash CM7
5. flash Google Apps
6. Boot to CM7
Give it a go.
Hope this may have helped.

Problem installing WP7

I know there is similars topics, but I want to describe my problem as somebody may have an answer for me.
I have tried many times installing WP7. WM (official) was working well, some WM custom roms bugged sometime.
I tried to install WP7, first flashing the ROM, there everything is OK.
If I have a SDcard, and if I reboot the phone, the phone starts, then when it gets to the start screen it freezes after 1 second (and the contact tile is still working for few seconds)
If I don't have a SDCard, the phone works well. But I can't use it with Zune, because it says it is a test phone or it is not well connected.
So as I saw there may be driver issues with the SDcard, I have tried the CAB method update.
I can install the 7403 version without problem, but I can't install the 7661 version without plugging the SDcard, because it says I don't have enough storage.
* 1st question: How do I know if the 500M storage capacity is unlocked?
Ok, so I have put the SDCard, done a hard reset from settings and launched the 2nd set of update to 7661 (why? just to be sure everything goes well... As it does not work all the time, I prefer to go step by step instead of going straight to 7720).
The update is OK, but now I can't go to 7720 anymore, because it says my storage is full (the card is recognized in settings, so I have 7Go available)
Ok, I restart the phone... Frozen again after booting.
It is really strange because the system is still working (some animations, the battery hiding, ...) but it becomes unresponsive.
Sometimes when I restart it doesn't freeze, but I don't know why or when it does.
Do you have any idea about what can I do?
I have tried 2 sdcards sandisk 8 and 16GB, it is EXACTLY the same. So it is probably more a problem coming either from the phone (card reader??) or the way I install (I cannot format the SD anymore because it is undetected under win, I don't have any nokia with sdcard phones, and don't have any linux installed, nor CD reader, so I haven't tried killdisk
I bought my phone in december 2009, 1 or 2 months after its release, so it is getting old, but I would prefer to keep it for at least 4 more months!
The last 2 months have been a real pain so I am really looking for a solution!

Hehe, after many many many tries, I finally got my fresh Mango!!
Everything is working well, with the same hardware, same sdcard, don't understand why but it works!
I have set all accounts possibles to be sure this time it won't bug. It seems to work!
I just have to send 1Gig of MP3 to be sure, take few more picture, and it should be ok!
So gooooooood
Anyway, Mango is much much better than initial WP7! Almost everything missing in WP7 is in 7.5!
What did I do? hum... Nothing special, just many times the same thing:
flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing, flashing
then...
flashing WM6.5 ROM (with SD)
flashing magldr
flashing Radio (or maybe not??)
flashing WP7 (with SD)
flashing deviceprovisioning
setting time
flashing to 7392
RESET because lack of space? or maybe it was the time before?
flashing to 7720
reset
playing with the phone
being happy and relaxed

I am playing alone here, but if someone comes:
Everything works, everything BUT zune...
I cannot connect my device to Zune, it is not recognized I don't know why, it has never been (maybe once, but long time ago, many flashes since!)
So if somebody knows what could be wrong... (my device time is set right, same as my computer)
"Can't connect to your phone. Disconnect it, restart it, then try connecting again"... always.
I got a "your phone is synced, disconnect to see the content" because i was on the marketplace, but nothing on the computer!
If I can't get it working, is there a way to send MP3s to it without Zune?

Well I see you got the problem solved, but just I case others come across the same issue, you remove the SD card before going to WP7 and update as far as U can with Zune, then update as far as U can with cabs. I think update 7463 requires an SD card so format it using windows and insert it and continue updating. From my understanding, it is something to do with the way WP7 treats SD cards and locks them and at some point its like the SD card gets forgotten so when U try to update, the card is locked so cannot be used. Look at xboxmod/yuki updatable wp7 v2 and there is also a cab to unlock the SD card as well as update cabs and some other useful stuff. There is a very good install guide. Oh and FYI, there is also a 1 shot update to go from 7004 to 7720 mango RTM. Takes about an hour to do but much easier.

Thanks, but... Being able to use mango, I won't flash anymore, it has been too painful to reach that!!
I have never been able to update with Zune, because it has never been recognized well. I have been able to update with cabs, hoping that would resolve itself with updates, but still have the same pb, can't connect to Zune...
My plan is to upload photos using skydrive, and put MP3 via... another way, I just have to find it!

Phone acting wonky, ideas?

Having a few problems, very sluggish and buggy at times. The alarm doesnt work, whatever the alarm is set for the clock will just skip over that time, never seen that. Slow to respond when making calls. Play store doesnt really work, says downloading apps but will never actually finish the download and install anything. Any ideas at this point???
NB1 firmware

Reset it!
Faux_ghost said:
Having a few problems, very sluggish and buggy at times. The alarm doesnt work, whatever the alarm is set for the clock will just skip over that time, never seen that. Slow to respond when making calls. Play store doesnt really work, says downloading apps but will never actually finish the download and install anything. Any ideas at this point???
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I really think you should try resetting it to factory default and try downloading the apps again. If its sluggish at times, there must be something you have installed on the phone. Is it rooted?

What ROM are you running? Stock Kernel? As the previous poster suggested, FACTORY RESET and see what happens.
Yes, you'll loose everything on the phone, but it's a small price to pay.....
Faux_ghost said:
Having a few problems, very sluggish and buggy at times. The alarm doesnt work, whatever the alarm is set for the clock will just skip over that time, never seen that. Slow to respond when making calls. Play store doesnt really work, says downloading apps but will never actually finish the download and install anything. Any ideas at this point???
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dssking said:
What ROM are you running? Stock Kernel? As the previous poster suggested, FACTORY RESET and see what happens.
Yes, you'll loose everything on the phone, but it's a small price to pay.....
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it is completely stock un-rooted rom from the at&t OTA update

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Faux_ghost said:
it is completely stock un-rooted rom from the at&t OTA update
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Since its completely stock, yes you have to reset it. Factory Reset but not from the settings. I have been in the same situation before and I tried resetting it from the Recovery Mode which eventually helped.
Backup all your contacts, media files from your devices storage, S Notes (if not backed up by your Samsung account and other important files from the storage. If using a SD card in the phone, do backup ur media and just format it from your PC. Then reinsert it in the phone, turn the phone on using Recovery Mode (Vol Up + Home Btn + Power Btn) and Clear/erase the cache and then reset it. Turn the phone on if it doesnt automatically, set it up according to yourself and voila it would eventually work. Format ur SD Card using ur phone now and move all your data back in.
the problem I see is that there must be something unwanted and it installed on the device which causes various issues just like a virus. I hope this will help you out. I have done it on S4, S3 , Note 2 and Galaxy Grand and it did help me and my friends out. The same problem was there to deal with. Try it! Let us know if it worked.