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Touchwiz Update bricked my non-rooted Tab (static lines across screen)!

I decided to go ahead with the TW firmware upgrade. Everything seemed to be going fine until I tried to install it and it told me there was an error and I needed to hook it up to Kies first. I had already been using Kies with it on my Macbook for a couple weeks now so I went ahead and plugged it in. Kies recognized it as usual and all the information came up.
So I went on and tried to install again and it said it needed to reboot.
It reboots and comes to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 screen like normal (right before it starts the galaxy animation). Next thing I know it comes to a screen that looks like the attached images! I immediately unplugged it from Kies and shut it down. Every time I start it back up it does the same thing. I honestly have NO idea what to do. I can't even return it as it's past the 14 day period and I (stupidly) didn't buy Staples' bogus $160 insurance.
I was not rooted before. This was a stock tab that I bought at staples. It had the firmware 4.24 when I bought it, I think.
Please, any help is appreciated. I tried doing firmware recovery in Kies but the pop up comes up in Korean and I have no idea what it says...
Edit: More info. I'm not the only one with this problem. Two other people have posted on AndroidPolice about this. http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/08/04/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-wifi-touchwiz-ux-update-is-now-live/
The software is definitely running underneath all that mess but it's literally impossible to see what is going or to touch anything.

I guess this thread is about the same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203610

Thanks, I'm checking the thread out now. I probably should have searched more than just Google before posting but I freaked out when it happened.

No need to freak out . we have xda and dev to solve all our problems

i have exactly the same problem as you... what should i do now?

I get the same screen but after rebooting! pfft it's making me really sad :\

I'm sorry but I tried reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089 and couldnt understanding what should I do!
What CWM + my device is not rooted, all I could understand is that the thread contains instructions on how to root your device..
I just want my normal screen back!
Please tell me what to do in simple english :\

And now I did a wipe and the stripes are gone, but the screen is black instead :\ still not working. Please help me!

Are you sure you didnt sit on it?

Amal Kadi said:
I'm sorry but I tried reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089 and couldnt understanding what should I do!
What CWM + my device is not rooted, all I could understand is that the thread contains instructions on how to root your device..
I just want my normal screen back!
Please tell me what to do in simple english :\
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haha i had the same problem go look at my threat that was posted above. in thier someone posted instructions on what to do the link you posted contains the download to the things needed heres a basic rundown of what you need to do
install clockwork recovery mod "CWM" to replace your bootloader.
download and install stock 3.1 and you should have your tab back to normal.
my help thread has the instructions to instal CWM

tonyurquiza said:
haha i had the same problem go look at my threat that was posted above. in thier someone posted instructions on what to do the link you posted contains the download to the things needed heres a basic rundown of what you need to do
install clockwork recovery mod "CWM" to replace your bootloader.
download and install stock 3.1 and you should have your tab back to normal.
my help thread has the instructions to instal CWM
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So I need to follow all the steps for rooting except the last one which is the actual rooting? Great thanx! Do I need to use Kies? My current computer is Mac but I guess I need to download those things to a Windows machine to make it work, right?
Thank you very much

I had the same problem. I upgraded the update on my non-rooted tablet and got the funked up video mess. Per instructions from Samsung support, I hard booted to the recovery menu (power+vol down, then power up, down on download screen) and did the factory wipe. After that I ended up with the black screen. I could tell things were working in the back but couldnt see a thing. I figured I would throw it on the Kies and it saw that there was a factory upgrade so I let the Kies run through it and it works fine now.
Dont know if this will help w/other but it worked for me.

[Urgent Help Required] Phone Hanging

Dear Forum,
Today I did the firmware update from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4. When that succeeded I decided it was time to install a custom ROM; CM7.
The rooting part actually succeeded. When I tried to install the ROM, I am guessing something failed.
Now the boot screen is stuck and it will only hang at the screen which has the yellow triangle and the text "Samsung Galaxy SII"
I tried going into CWM and restore my back up but it states that no files have been found. Does anyone know how I can sorta restore my phone? Which will make me get past the boot screen. I dont even want my old files and such, just want me phone working again
Kind Regards,
Me

1. This is a question, should be in Q&A
2. There's million on topics with the exact same thing, search a little before posting!
3. Flash CM7 again.. If that doesn't work, you can flash a new ROM with Odin..

Fail flash, what to do?

Hello!
I was about to unroot and get back to stock with my A500 so I flashed a stock ROM via CWM to get a ota-update. Before i had a custom ICS ROM installed and now I installed a HC stock ROM. The problem is that i forgot to go through the wipe menu in CWM before the flash and now when I start up my tablet I first see the ACER logo as usual, then a android text-logo which the tablet is stuck at. I've waited 20 minutes and is still shows the same thing. The logo has an animation which i still can see. I've tried to restart the tablet and get into CWM again without succes.
I have read diffrent threads for several hours but I can't find my problem. What should I do? :crying:

what does the android text say?

Hi dibb_nz.
It is the bootanimation from what I gather (Video; http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n602/JdgM3NT4L/?action=view&current=AndroidBootanimation.mp4). I am trying to help someone get a tab up that is doing the same thing as well. The weird part is that recovery is good, bootloader passed (V8), wiped data/cache/system. Tried three ICS roms so far, and every one is stuck at the bootanimation. About to go bonkers trying to figure it out. The only thing that I can think of to try next is changing CWM from Thors to TWRP or something...
To Webspirit, your problem will most likely get fixed by using blackthund3rs APX Tool. Google it and then goto the forum where it is. There's plenty of support for getting that going and you shouldn't have any problems. If you do holler. Alot of us have had to use that tool and can help. I am hopeful that yours will be as simple as downloading and installing recovery back and flashing a nice rom.

Yeah i agree with the guy above me, your going to have to flash something from apx
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JdgM3NT4L said:
Hi dibb_nz.
It is the bootanimation from what I gather (Video; http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n602/JdgM3NT4L/?action=view&current=AndroidBootanimation.mp4). I am trying to help someone get a tab up that is doing the same thing as well. The weird part is that recovery is good, bootloader passed (V8), wiped data/cache/system. Tried three ICS roms so far, and every one is stuck at the bootanimation. About to go bonkers trying to figure it out. The only thing that I can think of to try next is changing CWM from Thors to TWRP or something...
To Webspirit, your problem will most likely get fixed by using blackthund3rs APX Tool. Google it and then goto the forum where it is. There's plenty of support for getting that going and you shouldn't have any problems. If you do holler. Alot of us have had to use that tool and can help. I am hopeful that yours will be as simple as downloading and installing recovery back and flashing a nice rom.
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hi J...ok thats cool re boot anim...i asked becoz like u i been trying to help a couple of others who can't use any of the flash tools or roll back to HC...i only just got myself fixed after being stuck in apx, no recovery, and boot screen saying in red text "reboot device" thought he may have had similar issue....
J...have u used nvflash or apxflash to roll back - theres a few folks getting stuck with it...its loading the HC apx driver which aint working with the ics bl so then yr tab gets stuck in apx!!!
I started a new thread hoping someone can help us all out be great to hear yr thoughts on this....its driving me up the wall
sorry didnt mean to hijack the thread

Phone stuck at startup on sprint screen

Hi everyone,
Ill apologize in advance, i am a complete noob, and this is my first venture into rooting and such. As a result I dont know what I am doing and now my phone is stuck in boot. I was trying to perform the wifi hotspot mod on my MDL rooted GS4 using the root file manager method. Obviously I messed something up because when i transferred the files, the phone immediately rebooted itself and got stuck booting on the sprint screen. I am looking for some help on how to get my phone working again. I am thinking I will need to flash the stock rom onto the device and start from scratch. Is this correct? I am totally lost and I know I should search to figure it out but I need to get my phone up and working again.
Thanks for the help.

roadsterdave said:
Hi everyone,
Ill apologize in advance, i am a complete noob, and this is my first venture into rooting and such. As a result I dont know what I am doing and now my phone is stuck in boot. I was trying to perform the wifi hotspot mod on my MDL rooted GS4 using the root file manager method. Obviously I messed something up because when i transferred the files, the phone immediately rebooted itself and got stuck booting on the sprint screen. I am looking for some help on how to get my phone working again. I am thinking I will need to flash the stock rom onto the device and start from scratch. Is this correct? I am totally lost and I know I should search to figure it out but I need to get my phone up and working again.
Thanks for the help.
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You can flash any version of the one-clicks, including the "No data" ones for this.
Once the ROM mods are cleaned out it should boot again.

I still havent flashed a rom yet. So I assume I would use odin to flash? Where would I find these "one-clicks"? What does the "no data" version mean? Is 3.07 the most recent version of odin? Just want to make sure I have all the settings right.
Again, thanks so much for the help.

I had this issue yesterday you need to flash stock mdc then apply the update then root using the cf auto root method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
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Got it working! Thanks guys for helping and dealing with my ignorance. I think I'm slowly figuring this stuff out. It was just stressful as it took about 6 hours to download the stock firmware.

[Q] Accidentally killed stock recovery

Hello everyone! I'm brand new to the forums so if I am breaking any rule or regulation, just give me a heads up. So, some basic information about my predicament.
- own a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 from Verizon.
- I use t-mobile network. Works great with no problems.
- phone was successfully rooted via towel root.
I was looking to get cynagenmod on the phone so I started looking up guides and such. Only thing I wasn't aware of was that carrier branded versions can't have their recovery flashed. That said, I used flashify and the clockwork apk. The app did its job, killed the stock recovery, but couldn't load the new one. Now the phone says error, no recovery when trying to access it during boot.
It should be said that the phone still boots and works normally but I really want to get the recovery working so I can at least try again the right way to get cynagenmod working.
My question is, is it possible to get my hands on the stock recovery for my phone and just flash it back to how it was? Basically, how do I fix this problem I put myself in. Of course, I didn't make backups. During the whole process, I figured "if I follow this tutorial word for word, why bother with backups?" look how wrong I was
Any help would be sincerely appreciated. I'm posting this from my replacement phone, not my note 3.