Please help!!! Phone stuck on bootscreen,no recovery,download - Galaxy S I9000 General

I have been using Darkyy's resurrection 9.2 for over a year now. Uptil now I had never faced any problem. Today in the morning it was working fine. Then, my phone started running really slow so I decided to reboot. Ever since then, its been stuck on the bootscreen showing Darky's rom. I had not tried anything, no flashing, no installation, nothing.
The worst part is I have tried the 3 button combo many times, but it doesnt seem to be working. I know it used to work for me previously.
I am really in a spot and desperately need help. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks.

sidh10 said:
I have been using Darkyy's resurrection 9.2 for over a year now. Uptil now I had never faced any problem. Today in the morning it was working fine. Then, my phone started running really slow so I decided to reboot. Ever since then, its been stuck on the bootscreen showing Darky's rom. I had not tried anything, no flashing, no installation, nothing.
The worst part is I have tried the 3 button combo many times, but it doesnt seem to be working. I know it used to work for me previously.
I am really in a spot and desperately need help. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks.
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you mean recovery and download mode doesn't work? did you also try to remove battery then do the 3 button combo? usually if recovery doesn't work, go download mode. then flash a JV(*) with odin3. repartition ticked and put the code, modem, csc. then flash a kernel again.

cant get into recovery or download. tried the 3 button combo about 50 times. and yea, i tried removing the battery for 5 mins and then doing it..

sidh10 said:
cant get into recovery or download. tried the 3 button combo about 50 times. and yea, i tried removing the battery for 5 mins and then doing it..
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oh, maybe the battery was empty? or did you try charging it while the phone is turned off? what happens if it's charged?

Use your jig to put it into download mode. Simple as pie
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0

i charged it. while off. it charges normally. and the same thing happens when its charged.
edit: GOT DOWNLOAD MODE WORKING! what to do now?

scottcwhite said:
Use your jig to put it into download mode. Simple as pie
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0
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got download mode on.
now should i flash to stock or what? do i have to disable the voodoo lagfix using recovery first?
i am a complete noob.. please help me out. thanks.

sidh10 said:
got download mode on.
now should i flash to stock or what? do i have to disable the voodoo lagfix using recovery first?
i am a complete noob.. please help me out. thanks.
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I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA this and then a kernel
then intall a stock rom. then if you want to go miui/cm go.

sidh10 said:
got download mode on.
now should i flash to stock or what? do i have to disable the voodoo lagfix using recovery first?
i am a complete noob.. please help me out. thanks.
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I know how frustrating problems can be as I soft bricked mine two days ago attempting to do a Nand restore back my last GB rom from CWM and then spent four hours trying to get my PC to see my phone so I could use ODIN. Here's my method that worked flawlessly for me.
1. Turn phone off and use your jig to put into download mode (get one if you don't have one. Best $10 I ever spent at MobilTechVideos)
2. Open Odin and install 897uckf1 bootloaders package found here http://www.team-continuum.net/home/index.php?PHPSESSID=c26a6e49ab5ddf7a30746954d7db0ccf&topic=17.0
3. When done, remove battery and put back in and then put back into download mode
4. Flash TalonDev Kernel (also provided in above link )
5. when done reboot phone. You will now be stock/rooted GB with CWM. Turn phone off
6. Reboot into recovery (vol up then power button, release power soon as you see the GT-I9000 screen and keep vol up held down till you see orange CWM
7. Wipe Cach/Dalvik/Data factory reset. Flash ICS RC2.11
8. reboot. You should be stuck in the boot mode now (rainbow boot animation). pull battery and reboot into recovery.
9. Flash ICS RC2.11 again no wiping
10. Select advance then "reboot recovery" If it does reboot CWM pull battery and use button combo
11. Flash Nush 3180
12. Reboot. You should now have working RC2.11
13. Reboot into recovery
14. Flash RC3. No wipe. Kernel will be overwritten with Platypus Kernel
15. Reboot and you should be good to go with RC3
I'm sure there are plenty of other methods but this is what always works for when all else fails.
If you follow the above to the letter you will be good to go and running ICS greatness
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0

Thanks!
Thanks for all your help. My phone is working again.
I just flashed darky's resurrection rom 10.2.

I recommend flashing either a newer rooted stock ROM such as jvt or jvu or a more recent custom ROM based on one of the newer firmwares. Darky is a bit last year now.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

Because I feel benevolent for those that can not read the ENTIRE thread and I hate for people to not enjoy this awesome ROM. This is not the only way or easiest way but I can guarantee that the below method work every time all the time. Follow the below to a tee and this ROM will be on your phone and working.
scottcwhite said:
I know how frustrating problems can be as I soft bricked mine two days ago attempting to do a Nand restore back my last GB rom from CWM and then spent four hours trying to get my PC to see my phone so I could use ODIN. Here's my method that worked flawlessly for me.
1. Turn phone off and use your jig to put into download mode (get one if you don't have one. Best $10 I ever spent at MobilTechVideos) If no jig use button combo.
2. Open Odin and install 897uckf1 bootloaders package found here http://www.team-continuum.net/home/index.php?PHPSESSID=c26a6e49ab5ddf7a30746954d7db0ccf&topic=17.0
3. When done, remove battery and put back in and then put back into download mode
4. Flash TalonDev Kernel (also provided in above link )
5. when done reboot phone. You will now be stock/rooted GB with CWM. Turn phone off
6. Reboot into recovery (vol up then power button, release power soon as you see the GT-I9000 screen and keep vol up held down till you see orange CWM
7. Wipe Cach/Dalvik/Data factory reset. Flash ICS RC2.11
8. reboot. You should be stuck in the boot mode now (rainbow boot animation). pull battery and reboot into recovery.
9. Flash ICS RC2.11 again no wiping
10. Select advance then "reboot recovery" If it does reboot CWM pull battery and use button combo
11. Flash Nush 3180
12. Reboot. You should now have working RC2.11
13. Reboot into recovery
14. Flash RC3. No wipe. Kernel will be overwritten with Platypus Kernel
15. Reboot and you should be good to go with RC3
I'm sure there are plenty of other methods but this is what always works for when all else fails.
If you follow the above to the letter you will be good to go and running ICS greatness
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0
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Touch Wiz update messed tab up please help!

ok so here is what happened i have a stock US retail wifi only 16gb tab no clockwork recovery or none of that , im kind of a noob when it comes to that stuff, so today i received the update cool i downloaded it but it didn't install the first time for some reason. The it said a previous update was sucessfully downloaded but did not install do i wish to instal so i clicked yest and it said tab is about to reboot, clicked ok and it took me to this black and grey screen like the boot screen only with a loadbar and it zoomed to 100 percent. then i got the original samsung galaxy boot logo and the noise but no animation then the screen goes to this nasty screen with alot of colorful lines and dots everywhere and i cant see anything looks terrible.
Heres what i can do i can go into the bootloader by pressing power and volume. and i already tried to do a restore/wipe but didnt help, i can also plug it in to the computer and use the sd card and put and remove files from tab. im wondering if i can somehow get the update put it in the tab and install from there and see if it works or if i can get stock honeycomb and try to see if that works because they guy at samsung was clueless he didnt get the fact that i cant use the OS and said i need to get it serviced when i know its a software problem.
exact same thing happened to me! keep me posted
I've just got absolutely the same problem. I have a stock wifi 32gb version.
If you can get to your bootloader and sdcard still then why don't you just install CWM and try flashing the stock 3.1 OTA?
All the files you need and instructions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
Once you're done flash the stock recovery back and try the update again, or just wait for one of the devs to release a flashable zip.
sorry if im mistaken but dont i need to be able to use the tab and install something from the market place to be able to install CWM thats what im getting from what i read?
I can't even get my bootloader. Holy f**k am I pissed. Does anyone have any ideas??
Ok. So I installed the Samsung Kies software. It recognizes the device and shows that the update is available. However, it says that the battery should be fully charged. So now I am waiting for the full charge to proceed.
Hope the Kies helps.
I'll try that too. ahh
tonyurquiza said:
sorry if im mistaken but dont i need to be able to use the tab and install something from the market place to be able to install CWM thats what im getting from what i read?
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No.
Go to the thread I linked, download the files, watch the youtube video.
1. Install the GT-p7510_USB_Driver if you haven't already
2. Start Odin - untick the auto reboot option
3. Click PDA and choose recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.tar.md5
4. Power up your tab and get it into download mode (power down + vol down, then vol up)
5. connect the tab to your PC, one of the boxes in odin should highlight yellow and say com 4 or whatever.
6. press start and it'll flash CWM to your tab
7. wait till it's done, it should only take a few seconds and the boxes will turn green.
8. power down your tab and unplug it from your pc
9. boot into CWM, (power down + vol down, vol down to select CWM, vol up to enter.
10. flash hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip
11. do a factory wipe in CWM and wipe davlik just to be safe
12. reboot, and hopefully you'll be back to stock 3.1
From here you can do whatever you want.
Connect it to a PC and there's a firmware recovery on KIES. Hope that works!
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lordwinkevin said:
there's a firmware recovery on KIES
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it didn't work for me. There were no devices in the list to recover.
I'm going to try it once my kies is finished updating. I really hope this works.
haha well first and formost i want to thank everyone for thier input. I did alot of searching online i tried KIES samsung tech support was useless. So i found the instructions on how to put clockwork on a locked bootloader got it on there and flashes the stock rom and it worked my tab is now back! only problem now is i tried to update again and only go the minor update and it doesnt find the big one lol but cant complain ill just wait lol thanks again. and to others who had the same problem dont deal with KIES to recover its useless unless you were using the program to update. I suggest getting CWM and flashing stock since thats what worked for me?
tonyurquiza said:
haha well first and formost i want to thank everyone for thier input. I did alot of searching online i tried KIES samsung tech support was useless. So i found the instructions on how to put clockwork on a locked bootloader got it on there and flashes the stock rom and it worked my tab is now back! only problem now is i tried to update again and only go the minor update and it doesnt find the big one lol but cant complain ill just wait lol thanks again. and to others who had the same problem dont deal with KIES to recover its useless unless you were using the program to update. I suggest getting CWM and flashing stock since thats what worked for me?
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Glad to hear it worked.
Since you now have CWM, just download the flashable zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198921
Make sure you do a factory reset in CWM after you flash this, otherwise you'll bootloop.
hoodoomagic said:
No.
Go to the thread I linked, download the files, watch the youtube video.
1. Install the GT-p7510_USB_Driver if you haven't already
2. Start Odin - untick the auto reboot option
3. Click PDA and choose recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.tar.md5
4. Power up your tab and get it into download mode (power down + vol down, then vol up)
5. connect the tab to your PC, one of the boxes in odin should highlight yellow and say com 4 or whatever.
6. press start and it'll flash CWM to your tab
7. wait till it's done, it should only take a few seconds and the boxes will turn green.
8. power down your tab and unplug it from your pc
9. boot into CWM, (power down + vol down, vol down to select CWM, vol up to enter.
10. flash hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip
11. do a factory wipe in CWM and wipe davlik just to be safe
12. reboot, and hopefully you'll be back to stock 3.1
From here you can do whatever you want.
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How would i get hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip on my tab to flash via CWM if I can't get the tab to boot?
tonyurquiza said:
ok so here is what happened i have a stock US retail wifi only 16gb tab no clockwork recovery or none of that , im kind of a noob when it comes to that stuff, so today i received the update cool i downloaded it but it didn't install the first time for some reason. The it said a previous update was sucessfully downloaded but did not install do i wish to instal so i clicked yest and it said tab is about to reboot, clicked ok and it took me to this black and grey screen like the boot screen only with a loadbar and it zoomed to 100 percent. then i got the original samsung galaxy boot logo and the noise but no animation then the screen goes to this nasty screen with alot of colorful lines and dots everywhere and i cant see anything looks terrible.
Heres what i can do i can go into the bootloader by pressing power and volume. and i already tried to do a restore/wipe but didnt help, i can also plug it in to the computer and use the sd card and put and remove files from tab. im wondering if i can somehow get the update put it in the tab and install from there and see if it works or if i can get stock honeycomb and try to see if that works because they guy at samsung was clueless he didnt get the fact that i cant use the OS and said i need to get it serviced when i know its a software problem.
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Mine did exactly this too, by the way....
I would go this way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167250
/Doc
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Thank you DocRambone, flashing that via Odin got me up and running.
Then I flashed CWM as per earlier post and then flashed the Stock UEKMB + root ROM and I guess I am good to go.
Ok guys. This is my report. I used the Kies to update. The firmware was updated successfully and now the tablet works perfectly!
So this is easier and less painful method than using CWM described above =)) (but thanks to hoodoomagic for the description anyway)
Hope this will help somebody.

Installed Stock JVT and CWM/Speedmod but no Recovery

Hey Community,
I came from Simplicity 0.4 and wanted to update to the 1.5 final.
So I first got the JVT Stock Rom, installed it via Odin, and it worked fine.
I then switched off the phone, went into download mode and installed CWM 4.3 (and also tested it with semaphore and speedmod, after CWMdidn't work).
Waited for the phone to reboot and then, because I didn't have the extended power menu, so I turned it off again and tried the Recovery Mode 3 Button. And it didn'T work.
I flashed the Stock 3 times, with the three different kernels, and also tried the deoxed and zipaligned ... I can't get the recovery working, which sucks, since I then cannot install Simplicity.
I will try the Darky Recovery, since that always work, and than stay on ituntil I get a fix. But maybe you can help me out, I never had that problem, and I went back to stock/Custom/stock for many many times.
Please help me, thanks!
1. Go into download mode, flash stock, reboot
2. Go into download mode again, flash semaphore or cf-root or galaxian as pda, reboot
3. turn off your phone , up+home+power button to go into CWM OR go to setting, development, set debuging on, from terminal, type adb reboot recovery ,
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That is exactly what I did, but it didn't start the Recovery (and yes I checked beforehand whether the Kernel showed up under phone Info).
It just came a little "working cycle" and sometimes the Battery (as if it would charge, although I had nothing connected to the phone).
Phone was fully charged at that moment
Adb reboot recovery?
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NEED HELP - flashed ICS Rom, now got boot loops and no recovery or download mode

Hey Guys,
So i decided i wanted to try out ICS on my Galaxy S. I had Darkys GB rom and it was running nicely but wanted to try something new. So i downloaded F4K r4 Rom and proceeded to flash it from CWM. The flash was successful and i rebooted the phone. Now its stuck in a bootloop (Semaphore splash screen) and i cannot get back into CWM or get into download mode. When i try to get into download mode, it does from the Samsung screen straight to the Semaphore screen, blinks once then will reboot if i keep holding the buttons. Same for recovery mode.
Any ideas???
Cheers
Travis
pull your battery, then replace and boot into download, flash semaphore .tar with Odin, should get your recovery back
slaphead20 said:
pull your battery, then replace and boot into download, flash semaphore .tar with Odin, should get your recovery back
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Thanks slaphead20 but as i stated in my original post, i cannot get into download mode. The three button sequence will not work for me.
uncledrax said:
Thanks slaphead20 but as i stated in my original post, i cannot get into download mode. The three button sequence will not work for me.
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keep trying different button combinations, ie. Power+v/down then home etc, also try leaving battery out for half an hour
When you do get back into cwm and start flashing again. Remember, bootloops are often caused by not clearing/wiping cache(s) from recovery console after flashing.
nyloncrack said:
When you do get back into cwm and start flashing again. Remember, bootloops are often caused by not clearing/wiping cache(s) from recovery console after flashing.
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Thanks guys. I did try all button combinations and other stuff to no avail.
In the end I decided to create one of those USB Jigs and that did the trick

[Q] Bricked i9505, cannot boot into recovery [read all the threads]]

Hi guys, I realize that there are several threads about this issue, but trust me, I have read them all over and over for 2 days, and nothing seems to work.
The story:
I bought a new i9505 a few days ago, and straight away wanted to root it and flash a GPE rom (becouse touchwiz makes me vomit in my mouth, so to speek). I rooted with FC-auto root, flashed a custom recovery (TWRP) and using that, flashed the GPE rom. What I did wrong, I think (tried so many things now so it's hard to remember) was not doing all the wipes before flashing the rom. It didn't boot, so I thought I would flash a stock rom with Odin. So I just flashed it (again, without any wiping), and then... darkness!
The current situation:
Right now, I cannot boot into recovery, despite numerous recovery flashes with Odin. When I try to boot into recovery (Vol up + home + power) the phone showns the galaxy logo and a small blue text in the upper left corning sating "Recovery booting..." and then just hangs. Sometimes the phone reboots.
What I have tried:
Everything, it feels like! Thankfully, the phone can enter Download Mode without any issues, so I can flash with Odin with no problems (so it seems, anyway). As my priority is to be able to boot into recovery mode, I have tried flashing them all (TWRP, CWM, phils recovery), but whenever I try to recovery boot, the phone freezes or reboots. I have tried different versions of odin (1.85, 3.07 and 3.09) and even different usb cables (but am mostly using the white original one). Odin always says that the flashing was successfull (no error messages).
I've also made sure that there are now Kies processes running in the background.
I have tried flashing the stock rom together with a pit-file. Again, the flashing seems to go just fine, but the phone wont boot afterwards (hangs at the galaxy logo). The recovery wont start (hangs as the galaxy logo, but with the blue text saying "booting recovery).
I've tried fallowing all the different tips about how to use the buttons to enter recovery; hold them all untill the recovery starts, or release the all just when the tiny blue text appears, and even release the power button but keep holding down vol-up+home, but there is no difference. I think that as long as the blue text comes up, the phone is actually trying to boot into recovery, so I don't think my fingers being too slow or too fast is the issue.
I've tried flashing things in all kinds of orders, for example;
flash pit file alone, check only f.reset and re-partition. when it says pass, remove battery, reinsert it, boot in odin mode again, flash firmware alone as pda, check only f.reset and auto-reboot.
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flash a stock ROM via Odin 3.07 but don't reboot, then manually power-off and reboot back into download mode and flash the CF-Auto-Root by Chainfire and then let it restart on it's own.
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No difference. The recovery just wont boot.
So I'm pretty desperate. I have a 5000 Swedish crowns (you know what it costs in your country) paper weight right now
Is it time to give up, or is there anything more I can try?
/Daniel
which rom GPE you have flashed? in the description was reported as compatible with gt-i9505 or S4 intl?
This one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272
But the rom is not my primary concern right now, I need to get recovery (any recovery) working.
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
robogo1982 said:
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
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So you mean I should uncheck "auto reboot" in Odin, flash the stock rom, and after the flashing is done, unplug the phone and pull out the battery, then after 10 minutes, put in the battery and turn it on like normal?
Why would it help leaving it off for 10 minutes? (Not meaning to sound sarcastic, it's a genuine question.) I have never waiting between flashing and rebooting (as most of the time, Odin auto-reboots the phone after flash).
But shouldn't I forget about roms for now, and just focus on trying to get a recovery working? As I understand it, the rom and the recovery are actually completely independent from each other, right? So shouldn't I try to somehow flash for example CWM somehow (in a way that I haven't tried already, I guess)?
robogo1982 said:
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
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I think missunderstood you before, this is what I did now:
The phone was unplugged and without the battery since yesterday. I put in the battery and booted it into download mode. Flashed a stock rom (I9505XXUBMF8_I9505VDSBMF1_VDS) and after Odin said "PASS!" and rebooted, I let it hang at the samsung logo for about 10 minutes, no effect. Rebooted manually using just the power button and let it hang for a few minutes more, nothing
s.c.s.i. said:
I think missunderstood you before, this is what I did now:
The phone was unplugged and without the battery since yesterday. I put in the battery and booted it into download mode. Flashed a stock rom (I9505XXUBMF8_I9505VDSBMF1_VDS) and after Odin said "PASS!" and rebooted, I let it hang at the samsung logo for about 10 minutes, no effect. Rebooted manually using just the power button and let it hang for a few minutes more, nothing
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i have the international galaxy s4 GT I9505 with stock firmware MF8 when purchased and same happened when i flashed android 4.3 by jamal. what i did was just flashed again the rom 3 times then it booted normally. prior to that, i have rooted my phone and installed the philz touch recovery.
ayongkot said:
i have the international galaxy s4 GT I9505 with stock firmware MF8 when purchased and same happened when i flashed android 4.3 by jamal. what i did was just flashed again the rom 3 times then it booted normally. prior to that, i have rooted my phone and installed the philz touch recovery.
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I don't know how many times I've flashed it by now, but it simply wont boot
How exactly did you flash it?
I'll try flashing with another computer tonight, that's the only thing I have left to try.
s.c.s.i. said:
I don't know how many times I've flashed it by now, but it simply wont boot
How exactly did you flash it?
I'll try flashing with another computer tonight, that's the only thing I have left to try.
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before installing android 4.3, i flashed advance philz touch recovery then flashed 4.3, i already have flashed 2 android 4.3 both by jamal and omega but after 2-3 days of used, the phone just shut down and won't boot. it just keeps on booting up to samsung galaxy s 4 then shuts down so i had to flash back world premiere odex xxubgma pre rooted. i'll stick to this because omega v9 gives me a lot of fc's.
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[QUOTE I have tried flashing the stock rom together with a pit-file. Again, the flashing seems to go just fine, but the phone wont boot afterwards (hangs at the galaxy logo). The recovery wont start (hangs as the galaxy logo, but with the blue text saying "booting recovery).
/Daniel[/QUOTE]
have you tried flashing the stock recovery?
ayongkot said:
have you tried flashing the stock recovery?
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I thought the only way to flash the stock recovery was by flashing a stock rom! Is it availible somewhere for download?
I really cant do anything at all without being able to boot into recovery.
s.c.s.i. said:
I thought the only way to flash the stock recovery was by flashing a stock rom! Is it availible somewhere for download?
I really cant do anything at all without being able to boot into recovery.
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I had trouble getting into recovery when I first had my S4.
Try holding power+volume up+home and as soon as you see the blue writing let go of the power button but keep volume up and home pressed. That's how I always boot into recovery now.
You can also try without home button. So just hold volume up+power, that's worked for some people.
Again if this doesn't work try releasing power butto as soon as blue writing appears so your only holding power up.
And if all this fails try flashing the latest .tar.md5 version of Philz recovery in PDA section of Odin and try again
Obagleyfreer said:
I had trouble getting into recovery when I first had my S4.
Try holding power+volume up+home and as soon as you see the blue writing let go of the power button but keep volume up and home pressed. That's how I always boot into recovery now.
You can also try without home button. So just hold volume up+power, that's worked for some people.
Again if this doesn't work try releasing power butto as soon as blue writing appears so your only holding power up.
And if all this fails try flashing the latest .tar.md5 version of Philz recovery in PDA section of Odin and try again
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Thanks Obagleyfreer, I tried all the different button combinations, including the ones you mentioned, but the phone behaves the same, shows the blue text, and after a few secons, reboots. I't actually started booting Phils recovery once or twice, I could see the CWM logo, but it hubg there for a while, and then rebooted.
Yesterday, I even tried flashing from another computer, just to be sure, but no difference. If no other tips turn up today, I'll send to a service center.
Flash Factory Firmware to clean-up bad sector on your device.then re-flash with the stock rom that you have.
cz4r3n said:
Flash Factory Firmware to clean-up bad sector on your device.then re-flash with the stock rom that you have.
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thanks so much, will give it a go!
So I should flash the factory firmware, then reboot the phone into download mode again, and flash the stock rom?
Edit: Do I even need to flash the stock rom afterwards? The file you linked to is 1599.2 MB, so I assume it contains a stock rom aswell.
My plan is to flash CM10.2 if I manage to get the phone working, so it doesn't matter if the stock rom that is provided is good or not.
after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
EDIT:the main point now is to unbrick your device, so try to fix the issue first, after you can do whatever you want to flash, either a custom or a stock rom.
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after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
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Thank you! This gave me some badly needed hope! Will try as soon as I get home from work today!
cz4r3n said:
after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
EDIT:the main point now is to unbrick your device, so try to fix the issue first, after you can do whatever you want to flash, either a custom or a stock rom.
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i've flashed original fw in particular the mh8 because is the lastest that includes knox, but i can't turn on the phone if it isn't charging
and while i'm using without the charger, it turn off randomly... please help me, what i've to do?
had exact same problem with this guy, but on 4.4.2 firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/help-stuck-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-t3030575
Note: my i9505 also came from Sweden ( im from PH )

[Q] Defy Plus No Recovery

Hi,
I have had my motorola Defy Plus running cyanogen for a year or so. Various versions, 2nd init.
Recently I decided to upgrade to Cyanogen version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515036
Got it installed and running ok but there were some glitches (maybe) so I started from scratch to be sure.
The method I used to completely re-initialise the phone is as follows.
repartitioned SD, wiped and flashed
DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_BLUR_SIGN_USADEFYEMARAB1B8RTGB005.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRRTGB_P023_A025_M002_Service1FF.sbf.gz
booted into stock android. installed framaroot - rooted.
installed 2nd init
installed twrp
updated recovery
wipe/reset
install cyanogen
The first time I did this it worked (but with some gapps glitches so to trouble shoot I thought I would start again.
Now this is the problem.
the second time when I tried to flash the stock rom RSD lite hung with "please manually reboot the phone"
After this it is impossible to get into stock recovery from the android triangle screen. When pressing both volume buttons the only thing that happens is the screen brightness toggles between light and dim.
I can get the phone to connect to RSD lite and I can flash ROMS - I have tried a few but I cannot get recovery, Always after flashing RSD says please manually reboot phone. The automatic reboot does nothing but get to the motorola or triangle screen, or a black screen sometimes.
Just to clarify - I have googled and tried many solutions, the main problem is that there is no stock recovery from the triangle screen so no solution that relies on this is working,
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Stock recovery is included in the ... stock ROM (duh) so you need to install completely the stock ROM. But anyway at what serve stock recovery for you?
pgreed said:
Stock recovery is included in the ... stock ROM (duh) so you need to install completely the stock ROM. But anyway at what serve stock recovery for you?
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The one that usually works is DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_BLUR_SIGN_USADEFYEMARAB1B8RTGB005.0R_PDS03C_US AJRDNGIBRRTGB_P023_A025_M002_Service1FF.sbf.gz
Which is the retail UK version for my phone. However when I try to flash it now with RSD it gets to the reboot stage but I am not sure it completes.
deMangler said:
The one that usually works is DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_BLUR_SIGN_USADEFYEMARAB1B8RTGB005.0R_PDS03C_US AJRDNGIBRRTGB_P023_A025_M002_Service1FF.sbf.gz
Which is the retail UK version for my phone. However when I try to flash it now with RSD it gets to the reboot stage but I am not sure it completes.
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I think what would solve my problem would be a way of installing the above rom (which I believe includes the bootloader). I need to solve the problem of the flashing not progressing beyond the reboot stage.
I am using RSD Lite version 6.1.4
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Boot in recovery. Do a total wipe (factory reset). Reboot in bootloader. Flash the .sbf.
pgreed said:
Boot in recovery. Do a total wipe (factory reset). Reboot in bootloader. Flash the .sbf.
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There is no functioning recovery, so it is impossible to do a wipe. It is possible to flash a stock ROM (which should restore the recovery) using RSD lite but the process does not get past the reboot stage.
download again the sbf or flash another sbf.
pgreed said:
download again the sbf or flash another sbf.
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Thanks - good advice I have been trying that. Meanwhile I will be looking out for other ways of solving the problem. I will let this thread know if anything works.
Thanks everyone.
deMangler said:
Thanks - good advice I have been trying that. Meanwhile I will be looking out for other ways of solving the problem. I will let this thread know if anything works.
Thanks everyone.
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I am not supposed to be cynic. That was happened to me a few times and eventually I can managed to make a complete flash. Try again.
pgreed said:
I am not supposed to be cynic. That was happened to me a few times and eventually I can managed to make a complete flash. Try again.
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Thanks - I will let you know if it works.
deMangler said:
Thanks - I will let you know if it works.
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I had the same problem and solved.After flash with RSD lite it stusk on Moto logo and pulsing,pullsing...,So disconenct from cable and remove baterry.Then conect baterry and turn on fone with Volume + and power at the same time to go into recovery.Yes it show a warning in triangle and I thing IM FU**ED it have no recovery.But just pushing the butons wtih angry(not remember the order) and it come in stock recovery.Then wipe everything that can wiped and reboot.It works and phone go to work.
same here - but your report helped!
I had the same problem and did what you did... boot with vol+down and power and got to the triangle. then press UP+DOWN fast after another. what follows is the recovery!
propov said:
I had the same problem and solved.After flash with RSD lite it stusk on Moto logo and pulsing,pullsing...,So disconenct from cable and remove baterry.Then conect baterry and turn on fone with Volume + and power at the same time to go into recovery.Yes it show a warning in triangle and I thing IM FU**ED it have no recovery.But just pushing the butons wtih angry(not remember the order) and it come in stock recovery.Then wipe everything that can wiped and reboot.It works and phone go to work.
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