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Infinite Loop

Hey all, first off, sorry if this is the wrong forum. If it is could one of the mods please move it.
OK, here's my issue. I had CyanogenMods latest build, 3.4 I think and decided to try The Dudes cupcake 1.RC1. I forgot to do a wipe before installing TheDudesCupcake but when my phone came up it worked ALMOST fine. Had a crash here and there of something, not sure what, but the phone still worked fine. Today, I had an issue with a video (is the SD Card) not being viewable with "Video Player" so I decided to remove the card and pop it back (hoping this would somehow refresh the player). Didnt unmount it so I got the error about i may loose data without unmounting. (i'd done it before without a problem). Well this time around my card was corrupted so I ended up formatting with the phone. tried going into settings to view the size of the drive not since I didnt know if the whole card was wiped or only the FAT32 partition. Kept getting an error while trying to go into settings so I decided to reboot. After reboot I was able to get into settings and saw the whole card was wiped (back to full 8GB of empty space). Thought I would wipe right there from settings since I was getting an error or 2 after reboots and since I had gotten that error when trying to get into settings and then updating back into Dudes Cupcake. (thought the wipe would get rid of any issues of going between Cyanogen to Dudes Cupcake). Once I clicked on wipe and android reboots, it's trying to do something but just keeps rebooting. I've got Cyanogens restore image v1.2 on. So I see the G1 logo, then comes up
Build CyanogenMod v1.2 + JF
Formatting DATA ....
and at the Formatting DATA part it does the reboot and goes back to the G1 logo and comes back to formatting data and reboot.
I tried doing a HOME + POWER but it just goes back to formatting data. I tried doing a CAMERA + POWER but it goes back to formatting DATA.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks and sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give all my steps.

Huascar82 said:
Hey all, first off, sorry if this is the wrong forum. If it is could one of the mods please move it.
OK, here's my issue. I had CyanogenMods latest build, 3.4 I think and decided to try The Dudes cupcake 1.RC1. I forgot to do a wipe before installing TheDudesCupcake but when my phone came up it worked ALMOST fine. Had a crash here and there of something, not sure what, but the phone still worked fine. Today, I had an issue with a video (is the SD Card) not being viewable with "Video Player" so I decided to remove the card and pop it back (hoping this would somehow refresh the player). Didnt unmount it so I got the error about i may loose data without unmounting. (i'd done it before without a problem). Well this time around my card was corrupted so I ended up formatting with the phone. tried going into settings to view the size of the drive not since I didnt know if the whole card was wiped or only the FAT32 partition. Kept getting an error while trying to go into settings so I decided to reboot. After reboot I was able to get into settings and saw the whole card was wiped (back to full 8GB of empty space). Thought I would wipe right there from settings since I was getting an error or 2 after reboots and since I had gotten that error when trying to get into settings and then updating back into Dudes Cupcake. (thought the wipe would get rid of any issues of going between Cyanogen to Dudes Cupcake). Once I clicked on wipe and android reboots, it's trying to do something but just keeps rebooting. I've got Cyanogens restore image v1.2 on. So I see the G1 logo, then comes up
Build CyanogenMod v1.2 + JF
Formatting DATA ....
and at the Formatting DATA part it does the reboot and goes back to the G1 logo and comes back to formatting data and reboot.
I tried doing a HOME + POWER but it just goes back to formatting data. I tried doing a CAMERA + POWER but it goes back to formatting DATA.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks and sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give all my steps.
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when it says formatting data then done, are you pressing and holding home and back or just pressing and releasing. when the phone is powering on and you hold the home and back keys it will do a hard reset just like a wipe(same thing) or since there is no data to lose any more, try pulling the battery, this will not do any harm as you are not flashing anything
since you have the cyanogen recovery image you should have gone into the console at recovery and typed
fix_permissions.sh or sh fix_permissions.sh

Thanks for the response tubaking. My problem was that it didnt say done. right when the "Formatting Data...." line came up, it reboots, without saying done. And I couldnt get into the Home+Power or the Camera + power screens. Neither one would go there, just back into "Formatting Data:..." screen. After reading half way through the Brick thread I saw someone mention pulling the SIM card out, didnt think that would help but it finally dropped me back into the recovery console. Might I ask why something as simple as removing the SIM drops the loop and takes you to recovery?
thanks.

Process (system) is not responding, Help!

Hi Guys
I've had my Galaxy S for a couple of months now and I'm loving it, but I've run into a problem.
Yesterday I was using Google Navigation for about 45 minutes, I then exited to look up an address from an email and when the phone went to the home screen it froze for a few minutes followed by "Process (system) has stopped responding. [Force Close] [Wait]". I tried both options but nothing happened for 20+ minutes (as long as I waited) so I pulled the battery, but now the phone will not boot. It gets as far as the splash animation screen and then stays on that for about 5 minutes then goes to a blank screen with the buttons below the screen being lit up. I have left it like this over night and it has not progressed any further.
I have searched the forums but the only solution that appears available to me is a complete wipe, but if possible I would like to backup some data first like photos and music, is it possible to recover some data from it before wiping? I don't know if wiping will sort the problem but if I can get my data back somehow I guess it can't hurt to try (I can get to the recovery screen by holding vol-up and power).
It is running the stock Samsung 2.1 ROM, the only mods I have done is applied RyanZa's One Click Lag Fix which has worked flawlessly for weeks, but however I had recently updated it to version 2.1 with bind mounts at the beginning of last week, could this be the cause? It has worked fine since I did this until yesterday.
Also another point worth mentioning, I have had this same error a couple of times in the past but it has rebooted fine. Sometimes the phone appears to reboot in some way (the home screen (equivilant of windows explorer I guess) will close and restart randomly and the media scanner will run etc..but it's not a full reboot as it is much quicker, this problem did happen constantly for a couple of hours one day but it sorted itself out in the end.
So the main point it, is there a way to recover my data if the phone does not completely load up? And, generally, would a complete wipe from the recovery menu fix this issue?

Sorry for the double post.
I have been playing around with things and have now downloaded Odin3 which I understand can make a rom dump, which would presumably contain all my data as well which I could probably extract from the dump?
I have been googling for hours now and can't seem to find out how to create the backup in Odin. I have got the phone in download mode and connected via USB but Odin just says "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" and doesn't appear to even try to back anything up.
Is there a guide anywhere with how to create a dump in Odin?
Thanks

Problem solved.
I gave up trying to get back my data and decided to choose 'wipe/restore' from the recovery menu, and surprisingly, all my data is still there. All my downloaded apps are gone but the data is still present so I'm happy with that.
Mods: you can close this thread now if you want.
Thanks
Rob

[Q] Can't boot after failed update

New stock A500 just out of the box this morning. Booted fine after the recommended 4 hour charge, running 3.0.1. Took the OTA update at the popup and rebooted fine. Checked in system and saw another update was available, downloaded and let it reboot, progress indicater went almost to end and failed. Tab won't boot now, shows status items and clock in lower right and small icon in upper left corner with 2 pulleys labeled "Android System", nothing happens when touching anything or pressing buttons. I've tried the reset button, cleared cache and data, have tried downloading several "update.zip" files and putting them on the SD card then rebooting into recovery. The updates start to install then I get a yellow triangle. I'm sure that there is a solution to this but I couldn't find it!
Thanks in advance,
Bob
EDIT: in addition to not booting since the failed update I have found that the tablet is no longer charging now too. Looks like this thing is going back to the store!

rlt9999 said:
New stock A500 just out of the box this morning. Booted fine after the recommended 4 hour charge, running 3.0.1. Took the OTA update at the popup and rebooted fine. Checked in system and saw another update was available, downloaded and let it reboot, progress indicater went almost to end and failed. Tab won't boot now, shows status items and clock in lower right and small icon in upper left corner with 2 pulleys labeled "Android System", nothing happens when touching anything or pressing buttons. I've tried the reset button, cleared cache and data, have tried downloading several "update.zip" files and putting them on the SD card then rebooting into recovery. The updates start to install then I get a yellow triangle. I'm sure that there is a solution to this but I couldn't find it!
Thanks in advance,
Bob
EDIT: in addition to not booting since the failed update I have found that the tablet is no longer charging now too. Looks like this thing is going back to the store!
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You most likely could put it into fastboot mode and flash it to fix your problem. BUT I WOULD NOT mess with it if it is brand new and you've done nothing to it.
TAKE IT BACK AND GET A NEW ONE

Thanks for the reply, please tell me more about this fastboot option.I have another 13 days to return it to the store so I don't have anything to lose! All of the stores in the area are out of the a500 right now.
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If you start playing around fastboot and flashing you will void your warranty. Take it back while you can and you can honestly tell them that you did nothing to it.

Yeah, I see that the warranty could be an issue later if I did get this tab running now. I did an online chat with Acer support this evening and they indicated to me that they believe the problem to be a hardware failure, they wanted me to send it in but I told them that it's going back Walmart and they can send it back. Thanks again for your help and advice.
Best regards,
Bob

[Q] Screen doesn't turn on but wasn't rooted?

So i would say I have a pretty bad problem. Randomly my phone shut off, and when i tried turning it back on, the logo would show up but the screen would later be turned off and only the buttons would light up(home, back, settings, search) THIS IS THE SGH-T959 Model.
I DID NOT root my phone or anything, and the state in which it is in right now i THINK is called a "brick"? My phone randomly keeps vibrating and the buttons stay lit up, but the screen is just completely black. When turned off the battery just keeps refreshing and show a little bit of green, but it doesn't charge past that.
I followed some instructions and I think it's in recovery mode right now, what i see on my screen is Android system recover <3e>. I have the options to choose "reboot system, reinstall packages, delete all user date, delete cache data, and format internal-sd card" I tried rebooting but didn't work, neither did reinstall packages and the error tat came up was E: failed to open mnt/internal_sd/update.zip(No such file or directory). I think that is fine though because i WAS NOT trying to root my phone or anything, this problem just randomly occured. I searched and found things about people getting this problem after rooting, but i didn't try rooting it.
I don't know what to do next, I can't backup any of my content or data since my phone screen won't turn on.
I tried all the common things like taking out the battery, etc, didn't help.
I also read about reverting it back to stock, but my phone is technically already in stock, since all i did were occasional kies updates, nothing that relates to rooting it or flashing it
PLEASE HELP!!!

Does your computer recognize the vibrant when you plug it in?

nope, and when i turn on kies it tells me to connect my mobile phone

And you have data to get it off before we can consider wiping it?

Don't use kies. It will brick your phone. Happens over and over. Use Odin to go back to stock and start over whatever it was you were trying to do.

what do you mean if i have data? If you are asking if i have my data backed up then no I don't.
and I don't even remember the last time I used kies, probably because there are never any updates. And isn't it like the official way of updating your firmware?

In recovery do delete user data and wipe cache if that does not work just reinstall stock rom using odin but go to download mode first. That is pretty much everything that can be done at this point.
If after Odin you still have wired problems in most cases it means water damage and you mother board needs to be cleaned or replaced.
Sent from my T959 using XDA App

Gun thanks so much, I fixed it after deleting user data and wiping cache. Unfortunately the apps were deleted so it's basically a brand new phone.
THANKS A LOT once again

Was it that simple? Good for you.
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Woodrube said:
Don't use kies. It will brick your phone. Happens over and over. Use Odin to go back to stock and start over whatever it was you were trying to do.
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Any idea where to find the JFD or JI6 stock Odin images?
All of the links turning up on XDA seem to be dead.
Just picked up this device used for the express purpose of hacking around in it, so would love to have a stock image on hand to restore when needed.

[Q] MB525 Defy BL9.10 code corrupt

HI have search many post but feel like I am going round in circles.
I am just trying to get back to stock Froyo which the phone came with, it was bought new and unlocked from Ebay (e buyer I think).
Problem started when I noticed the phone kept freezing, pull batt, reboot, would freeze again within a few mins, guessed it must be a app playing up after an update or something.
So done a stock recovery but then it started with boot loops etc so tried wiping before and after, phone started but it would not start up wifi, done recovery again, got wifi working but then it would not open any browser. so after read lots of how to's I decided to use rsd lite and use 3.4.2 117 003 which was english retail but on loading i get checksum errors after group 33-34 and it fails.
I now only get the boot loader screen 9.10, code corrupt, batt ok, ok to program, how ever I try taking battery out putting back holding different buttons always this screen.
has this problem been solved? seen similar in other post but nothing saying it is solved
I just want back to stock and usable
Thanks in advance
Clayton

clay0001 said:
HI have search many post but feel like I am going round in circles.
I am just trying to get back to stock Froyo which the phone came with, it was bought new and unlocked from Ebay (e buyer I think).
Problem started when I noticed the phone kept freezing, pull batt, reboot, would freeze again within a few mins, guessed it must be a app playing up after an update or something.
So done a stock recovery but then it started with boot loops etc so tried wiping before and after, phone started but it would not start up wifi, done recovery again, got wifi working but then it would not open any browser. so after read lots of how to's I decided to use rsd lite and use 3.4.2 117 003 which was english retail but on loading i get checksum errors after group 33-34 and it fails.
I now only get the boot loader screen 9.10, code corrupt, batt ok, ok to program, how ever I try taking battery out putting back holding different buttons always this screen.
has this problem been solved? seen similar in other post but nothing saying it is solved
I just want back to stock and usable
Thanks in advance
Clayton
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I don't think anything can be done except going to the service center.

clay0001 said:
HI have search many post but feel like I am going round in circles.
I am just trying to get back to stock Froyo which the phone came with, it was bought new and unlocked from Ebay (e buyer I think).
Problem started when I noticed the phone kept freezing, pull batt, reboot, would freeze again within a few mins, guessed it must be a app playing up after an update or something.
So done a stock recovery but then it started with boot loops etc so tried wiping before and after, phone started but it would not start up wifi, done recovery again, got wifi working but then it would not open any browser. so after read lots of how to's I decided to use rsd lite and use 3.4.2 117 003 which was english retail but on loading i get checksum errors after group 33-34 and it fails.
I now only get the boot loader screen 9.10, code corrupt, batt ok, ok to program, how ever I try taking battery out putting back holding different buttons always this screen.
has this problem been solved? seen similar in other post but nothing saying it is solved
I just want back to stock and usable
Thanks in advance
Clayton
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Try dfp231 sbf. If still stuck then there is a hardware fault
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mb525
It has been a couple of weeks, I tried the file but it would still keep starting in BL9.10 have turned it on today to try again and it started….at press sitting there charging, connects to internet over wifi, frightened to turn off to out in sim and sd card in case it does not start again….
Will up date.
from the settings it is working on
firmware 2.2.2
kernel 2.6.32.9.ga28fcc4
bp flex usajrdnemarab1b8rtgb03a.or
built jorem_u3_3.4.2_177-3
only problem noticed is google maps force closing
thekguy said:
Try dfp231 sbf. If still stuck then there is a hardware fault
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mb525
clay0001 said:
It has been a couple of weeks, I tried the file but it would still keep starting in BL9.10 have turned it on today to try again and it started….at press sitting there charging, connects to internet over wifi, frightened to turn off to out in sim and sd card in case it does not start again….
Will up date.
from the settings it is working on
firmware 2.2.2
kernel 2.6.32.9.ga28fcc4
bp flex usajrdnemarab1b8rtgb03a.or
built jorem_u3_3.4.2_177-3
only problem noticed is google maps force closing
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It restarted, but did not save any blur or wifi settings, all set up again but now it force closes browser although it does connect and download gmail…phone works, sms works,
few more google processes force closing starting to worry

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clay0001 said:
It restarted, but did not save any blur or wifi settings, all set up again but now it force closes browser although it does connect and download gmail…phone works, sms works,
few more google processes force closing starting to worry
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still no browser, (application browser process com android.browser has stopped, please try again)
read about try to clear data by going into manage applications, I open the manage browser and it shows NO data for the app, does that mean it has not loaded correctly?
data does flow as I get gmail on both wifi and 3g

Force close after flashing only sbf? Try a system wipe, and ensure that your system partition has some free space
This looks like a eMMC problem, so if wiping doesn't work then it may not be fixable by software means
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