I was updating to EB01 and followed the walkthrough. I downloaded the blackhole rom 4.2 and chose my features. Downloaded it through RomManager and installed it.
Now i get a loop where the phone will show the fascinate screen, but then go straight back to Recovery? Any ideas? I have tried reinstalling the rom.
had the same problem, try downloading it and use the standard theme.
I copied the base blackhole rom to my sd card. Installed it.. and still got nothing. Went right back to recovery.
Any other ideas? I have reflashed the modem also and still nothing.
xenoaurora said:
I copied the base blackhole rom to my sd card. Installed it.. and still got nothing. Went right back to recovery.
Any other ideas? I have reflashed the modem also and still nothing.
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go back to stock, get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
also try re-downloading the file, the file may be incomplete or fragmented. Personally i didnt like blackhole rom, thenewest one was just to buggy for me. probably more user error but who knows.
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Hello all,
I recently switched to the Fascinate from the HTC Incredible. So far I have rooted and installed cwm. I got the Super Clean ROM and one of jt's voodoo kernels installed. The kernel was the 12/14 version from Rom Manager. Everything was going fine and I had finally gotten everything how I wanted it. Then I though oh how bout a theme now.
Apparently that wasn't the right thing to do. I download the zip and boot into red recovery to install. I make a nandroid backup and continue to install the zip. Upon installing the theme I reboot the device. Then it just boots into stock recovery. So I think oh no that's not good. I apply update.zip to get into cwm, but then green cwm pops up intead of red. Also an error also pops up saying E: can't open /cache/recover/log. At first I didn't really think anything of it so I continue to try to restore my backup I just made. No luck. So I try to reinstall the kernel and ROM I had downloaded. No luck. All I get is errors and I dont really know how to get back into red cwm.
Now I am stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been searching for solutions all day and I can't really find anything with my particular problem.
Which theme did you flash?
It was through rom manager. Something from blackhole. I don't remember exactly to be honest.
Ok I'm not sure if I made it better or worse. I took the sd card out and put it into my moto droid. I then created the disable_lagfix folder in the voodoo files. Then I put the card back in my phone. I tried flashing the stock DL09.tar through odin and now it is stuck in a loop. Samsung screen pops up then immediately runs a factory reset and does it all over again.
borked up the fascinate whilst trying to update to the devs 2.2.
i know exactly what i did wrong. i was running voodoo5, and i clicked to disable lag fix, but i forgot to restart to let it *actually* disable before trying to load the new stuff. STUPID!
when that happened, it hung on samsung screen, then after battery pull all the phone will do is boot loop.. samsung screen, then goes to robot and screen says says "wiping cache, data, ect.." and then back to samsung screen to reboot and reboot.
i have literally 30 tabs open with articles from here and other forums, nothing seems to be working. here is what i have tried.
1. tried booting back to red cwm and playing with the lagfix (enable and disable again) to see if it would work, no go. i ended up losing red cwm - had to ODIN red back.. i cant get green to flash.
2. tried flashing DL09 both the full package and each individual part via ODIN
3. tried flashing the stocki500system.md5 (from the board) and kernel via ODIN, and nothing.. same boot loop. everything i have flashed via ODIN still gives me a boot loop..
4. tried to connect via ADB but it wont let me access the phone.. NOTE: i just downloaded ADB as a last resort and know nothing about it..
the only thing i can seem to do is get to red cwm. i have several backups in the restore section, but none of them seem to work - either i get a "no file found" even though i can see the file(s), or i get an error after it does load that says ".android_secure.img not found. skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure"
any ideas?
Okay follow these steps. Make sure you follow them step by step. Even though you have the lagfix installed this removed it for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
Place the PIT file where it belongs. Then ODIN the system, kernel, and recovery in that order. Don't restart the process every time. Just ODIN them one after another.
thank you very much for taking a moment to answer. i did follow that thread, however
i managed to get the stocki500 recovery but the other files (recovery, PIT) are all 404 not found errors.
ive tried that stock md5 and it still boot loops. i actually have that tab open from when i tried that route..
any other ideas and thanks again
Thats why its not working. Try this restore by adrynalyne. The file is there and everything is in one. Just ODIN in the PDA section. This should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
I got myself into a bit of pickle too. Kept getting errors on the new_cwm file. After numerous attempts. I figured out the file hadn't downloaded correctly and the archive was damaged. Folks who havent installed Froyo yet, do yourself a favor and check the files before you save it to your sd card.
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Thats why its not working. Try this restore by adrynalyne. The file is there and everything is in one. Just ODIN in the PDA section. This should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
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downloading now.. thanks for the point to this file.. i hadnt found that one yet
no problem. it should work out good.
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I got myself into a bit of pickle too. Kept getting errors on the new_cwm file. After numerous attempts. I figured out the file hadn't downloaded correctly and the archive was damaged. Folks who havent installed Froyo yet, do yourself a favor and check the files before you save it to your sd card.
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i soft bricked doing that with a corrupt file before.. however that time i was able to restore using my backup.
this time, every time i try a method, it kicks me back to boot loop. if the file that im downloading now doesnt work, i will have to try and figure out ADB as a last resort..
thanks much for the help!
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no problem. it should work out good.
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problem
thank you for all your help
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problem
thank you for all your help
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So this worked for you? You just re-rooted as normal?
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Thank you all for your help. i applied all the info i got here, and one of them worked it finally took the ODIN flash to stock and i recovered into FROYO from there.
seriously thank you all.. its great that the community is so supportive
I did the exact same thing a couple of days ago, and recovered a similar way, odin back to D101, flashed DL09 & superclean, then restored a backup, then disabled voodoo and finally flashed DL30. I've got a couple of questions.
1: Is voodoo completely off my phone or is it just disabled (is there a difference)? When I apply update.zip from the blue recovery I get green cwm.
2: Each time I backup, restore, flash a different rom I apply update.zip, then from green recovery I flash "new_cwm.zip". Is this necessary?
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I did the exact same thing a couple of days ago, and recovered a similar way, odin back to D101, flashed DL09 & superclean, then restored a backup, then disabled voodoo and finally flashed DL30. I've got a couple of questions.
1: Is voodoo completely off my phone or is it just disabled (is there a difference)? When I apply update.zip from the blue recovery I get green cwm.
2: Each time I backup, restore, flash a different rom I apply update.zip, then from green recovery I flash "new_cwm.zip". Is this necessary?
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i followed all the hints i got, and i think that the one i got about formatting helped me get out of the boot loop from hell.. it finally took my flash from ODIN, it wouldn't until i did the format(s)..
mind you i am NOT an expert, however from what i read and talked about offline, voodoo is still resident on your phone but disabled (check to see if you have the voodoo file still on your card).. if DL30 is running fine, you are ok..
from what i have read, yes.. the new cwm is required in order to get it to mesh properly with 2.2 leak.. i havent had any issues and i loaded that as well.. from one of the posts i read, if you are a serial flasher, then you need to make sure that not only you download the new cwm zip, but also should have deleted the entire clockworkmod folder from your card for best results..
I love this threadd.... I did the same damn thingg...
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You guys are not alone. I'm just glad the peeps that know what's going on have the patience to put up with us.
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adrynalyne's di01 odin package covers a multitude of sins.
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adrynalyne's di01 odin package covers a multitude of sins.
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It will literally bring any phone back from the dead as long as its a software issue. I recommend keeping the di01 package, samsung drivers and Odin 1.3 on your computer at all times...
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It will literally bring any phone back from the dead as long as its a software issue. I recommend keeping the di01 package, samsung drivers and Odin 1.3 on your computer at all times...
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ABSOLUTELY!! I have those on my computer at all times, adrynalynes d101 brought me back a few times.
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unrooted, fully bloated (for now) Fascinate
Hi, this is my first root/custom ROM attempt and I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong.
I started by installing the Android SDK and following these instructions. I got into the ClockworkMod Recovery, made a backup and installed the zip in this thread. This is the start of my troubles. When I tried to reboot, it would attempt to boot, then reboot into the Samsung recovery. I could get back into the CWM Recovery fine holding the 3 buttons.
From here I've tried everything to get back into the OS. I've wiped it several, restored my backup, tried installing a custom ROM, tried installing the stock rom, and installed the stock ROM from Odin.
Now all that happens is I see the Samsung logo for about 4 seconds before CWM Recovery shows up. Every time I reboot and any time I turn on the power from taking the battery out, it's the only thing I see.
What can I do to get back on the path and get my device working again?
ODIN your device back to stock (EC05 is the latest, use the pre-rooted one)
Then continue about your life.
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ODIN your device back to stock (EC05 is the latest, use the pre-rooted one)
Then continue about your life.
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I think that I have done this. Is the .tar in this thread the right one? Because I have flashed that with Odin twice to no avail.
I had this same exact issue. Even after I Odin'd back to EC05. I ended up Odin'ing back to EB13...allowing it to boot up completely....then Odin'd to EC05. Then all worked just fine. Trust me...I was flipping **** when this happened to me so I just because trying anything and everything.
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I had this same exact issue. Even after I Odin'd back to EC05. I ended up Odin'ing back to EB13...allowing it to boot up completely....then Odin'd to EC05. Then all worked just fine. Trust me...I was flipping **** when this happened to me so I just because trying anything and everything.
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Wow! This did the trick! Thanks a mil!
Hey I just seriously screwed my self over bassicly I tried to get miui to boot from the samsung fascinate however when I installed it in cmr it spassed out then powered of then went to the bootloader and I get a red error message saying can't mount data or something so then I tried to reinstall Eco 3 Odin using Odin and it worked it booted but it says I have zero data on my phone and I can't install anything. I also tried the oneclick soft unbricker but it fails saying adb divers are not installed when they are. I'm doing this on my phones browser witch is the only thing that seems to be working right now I also tried a band restore but I got the same data error message.
Have you tried restoring to DL17 and then re-upgrading to 2.2?
And how about a good old odin flash?
In worst case, I would ask imnuts for the full odin package, or use a fascinate full odin package to get you off your feet, then reflash the modem, and recovery, then wipe In recovery cyan cwm... Then flash ec03
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wait wait, is this on a Continuum or Fascinate?
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wait wait, is this on a Continuum or Fascinate?
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He is on a Continuum, but you can use a fascinate Odin package to reformat partitions if they get messed up, then just reflash recovery and start fresh if you can get in then... That wasn't a really good thing though to suggest to a newcomer necessarily, so thank you for pointing that out
okay heres what happened firts i wanted to see if i could get the miui rom for the samsung fascinate to boot on the continuum there pretty much the same phone minus the ticker and screen size so i went into clockwork mod and wiped everything then went to install zip from sd card and clicked on the miui rom witch was the process we always used on the hero. then after i clicked on it, it started to install then my screen started shacking and my phone turned off. when i turned it back on it when to the bootloader and a red error message poped up saying
e:cant mount /dev/blockstill(invalid argument
and when i go to recovery it says the same thing when i try to wipe/restore nand it says the same thing. so at that point i powered off and went to download mode and reinstalled eco3 odin using pda mode on odin and it worked then it rebooted and i got to the set up screen and i got 2 force closes daily brefeing and something else i went ahead and skipped all that stuff and it loaded fine after that. however now for some reason it says i have zero system memory so i cant install any apps or save data however it does recognize my sd card but i cant install to sd card. so bassicly the phone functions just no internal memory. at this point i honestly dont know what to do everything on the hero was simple and straight forward and we never ran into these kind of problems. ive also tried to restore my nands and reinstall clockwork mod but still no dice. what i need to do now i guess is get the necessary files to go completely stock and see if that helps. and if someone could point me in the direction to those files i would really aprechiate it. oh and i tried the one click unbricker it sayed success but didnt really do anything.
oh and i know trying to install miui was stupid but i was just wanting to see if it would boot lol.
Download the PIT file in the Development forum, as well as the DL17 Odin package from the FAQ of the EC03 post I made. Flash the DL17 in PDA, with the PIT, and re-partition selected. After that, you should be back on DL17, and can do whatever you want from there.
huzzza!!!
thank god that worked thank yall so much i still cant believe that just happened but restoring the stock odin image worked and all is well. so i guess tommorow i can reroot and restore my nand.
once again thank yall for the help.
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quick background:
Been using Android 1.5 across many phones, rooting, flashing, etc no issues until I met this samsung vibrant.I picked it up on Ebay to send to a friend overseas and been having problems with it. It seemed to work but when I rooted it it, everything began to force close ..etc maybe that's why it was sold.
The problem I am having now is I can't flash anything on it. I tried CM7, CM9, other ICS roms and everything goes into a bootloop. I can get odin to flash it back to 2.1, clockwork to boot but from there any flash seems to fail.
CM7 gives error as in "checking BML/MTD" and fails.
Can anyone recommend a rom to try on this thing and I will come back with errors I get?
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When you say error, do you mean it reboots into recovery over and over again?
For CM9 I see a quick "cant mount" error and then it bootloops.. For CM7 its the MTD error.
I found somewhere I should tick re partition when I Odin back to stock and format my sd card.
Ok, yes, do a full odin back to stock 2.2 with all the boxes checked first; then install clockwork recovery, then flash cm7. If you get a bootloop error after it says "checking BML/MTD status", just pull the battery and go back into recovery and it should look different, then just flash cm7 again and you should be good to go.
You're basically installing cm7 twice, the first time is because it will bootloop to update your clockwork recovery (hence why it looks different after you pull the battery and reboot into recovery); the second time is to actually install cm7.
same thing flashing from the second clockwork that installs 5.0..etc.. any other advice?
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same thing flashing from the second clockwork that installs 5.0..etc.. any other advice?
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Ok, did you flash back to stock using odin and did it actually boot up into 2.2?
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usually when there's random force closes it's a permissions issue. Did you try to go into recovery and run a fix permissions?
Also did you try this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Yes. When I say Odin its those same exact steps and Yes I have done fix permissions.
I just found this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797293
The author lists something about a bad kernel can cause this... I expected something like this. Which one should I flash?
That depends on which ROM you want to use....Bali, subzero, and glitch kernels all work really well
Force close apps even after odin
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Did you try any of these kernels here? Any kernel in the list except the i9000 kernels should be good. Also try maybe flashing a different modem although I don't think a modem will make a difference.
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