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hi, i was running simply galaxy, and decided to try flashing MIUI. I have all the files and I flashed the CM7 Kernel. Im not sure if its just the way its supposed to be and its taking long, but when i reboot my phone after flashing the kernel, it appears to be stuck at the clockwork mod boot logo. is it just taking long or am i in trouble?
If i am in trouble, please, tell me how i can fix it.
I can get into recovery,
I can NOT GET into download mode

so its stuck at the vibrant splash screen or does it go to the boot animation?

I think its soft bricked. Its stuck at the clockword mod logo screen that comes with the kernel.

OK UPDATE
. I can NOT GET into download mode. please, i need help

You might have to buy a jig :/
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Alanrocks15 said:
You might have to buy a jig :/
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You cant be serious. please, no

If you can't get into recovery to flash or download mode then yes
They're like $8
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I can get into recovery though.

Can you flash or select options?
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Yea, i can actually mount USB storage.if i found a stable ROM, flash, then factory reset, this could possibly work, right?
by the way, recommend any daily, stable ROMs?

Okay you are at the orange recovery right?
If so then no the only rom you can flash is miui or cm7 okay
Go to mounts and storages then format system .data .and cache then flash miui the. Factory reset and reboot
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Alanrocks15 said:
Okay you are at the orange recovery right?
If so then no the only rom you can flash is miui or cm7 okay
Go to mounts and storages then format system .data .and cache then flash miui the. Factory reset and reboot
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flash the miui ROM or the vibrant-efs backup?

getting into download should work if you can get into recovery. take everything out, the battery, sd card, and sim. now put the battery back in then press down vol up and down while doing that plug in your usb cable.

DaSmittyman said:
getting into download should work if you can get into recovery. take everything out, the battery, sd card, and sim. now put the battery back in then press down vol up and down while doing that plug in your usb cable.
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I tried that before, it didnt work. I just dont know what Alanrocks15 told me to flash- the rom or the vibrantefs backup. i need the OK to flash either one becasue im very afraid i might brick this.

Ok so at this point you can only get into recovery but not download mode, what have you tried to get into download mode? If nothing is working your only option is going to be to make or buy a usb jig which can be had for 8-15 dollars.
as to flashing you would have to flash the miui ROM from recovery, tho if you have a bad download you will just end up in the same if not worse place. (MIUI or CM7 is a bad idea for your first flash ever).
additionally i suggest reading the noob guide on rescuing your vibrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737

shreddintyres said:
Ok so at this point you can only get into recovery but not download mode, what have you tried to get into download mode? If nothing is working your only option is going to be to make or buy a usb jig which can be had for 8-15 dollars.
as to flashing you would have to flash the miui ROM from recovery, tho if you have a bad download you will just end up in the same if not worse place. (MIUI or CM7 is a bad idea for your first flash ever).
additionally i suggest reading the noob guide on rescuing your vibrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
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Believe it or not, I just flashed the ROM (like Alan said) and it worked! I dont know how, but it did! i didnt use odin or anything.

Help for a friend...

A friend of mine is trying to flash Liberty rom. When it finishes installing and reboots, he gets stuck in a boot loop. Any suggestions?

DozeBeatS said:
A friend of mine is trying to flash Liberty rom. When it finishes installing and reboots, he gets stuck in a boot loop. Any suggestions?
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Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset
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what were you on before???? The more info u post the better we'll be able to help

bigshotrob22 said:
Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset
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Do this. It will work

[Q] new to the forums

hey guys, Im new to the forums. I have an HTC Desire HD on Telus, joined to ask some genreal questions about rooting, Cyanogen Mod 7, etc.
Anyway, I recently got Cyanogenmod on my phone, and installed the Telus kernel thing at the end (following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954997). Anyway, the guide wasnt perfect here:
"2- Copy Telus Kernel.zip to your SD card from the "Step 2 - Telus Kernel" folder.
3- Run Kernel Update Utility (in the "Step 3 - Kernel Update Utility" folder) and click "Select a cwm zip", then click next, then click Go to fastboot, wait for the white bootloader screen on your phone, then click Flash. Once it's done, it'll reboot back into Android."
I wasn't sure what to select as a cwm.zip...so I chose the telus kernel zip in the "Step 2 - Telus Kernel" Folder. everything went fine until boot up. It just hung at the HTC turn on screen...and I couldnt even get into reboot recovery. Sent it in and now I have a new one...Still want CyanogenMod. Just dont wanna screw it up a second time. Thanks for any help
~Stu

What you should of done is hold vol- and power button and that would of took you to recovery.
Anyways, from personal experience i've flashed different kernel to try out a number of times, my advice is to copy the kernel into your sd card and boot into recovery and flash the kernel as you would flash a rom..
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hey, ya I tried the down volume plus power, it did nothing. anyway, maybe Ill try it that way. boot into recovery and flash it from there. The Telus kernel is so that I can hear out of the earspeaker correct?

That's right.. Boot into recovery and flash the kernel. The utility is just an automation of that process as far as I understand.
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So why did my phone brick then? And can you tell me the process once in reboot recovery? Like what I should do before actually installing it? Such as wipe the cache, etc.
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BiggPoppa22 said:
So why did my phone brick then? And can you tell me the process once in reboot recovery? Like what I should do before actually installing it? Such as wipe the cache, etc.
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Technically if you phone booted into the boot screen , it wasn't bricked. whatever that was flashed caused a boot loop.
1. Hold Vol- and power button, wait for it to boot and release the keys.
2. select the option install zip from sdcard
3. Find the kernal and select it.
4. Once flashed select reboot system now.
All done

So that is for the ear speaker then?
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BiggPoppa22 said:
So that is for the ear speaker then?
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Absolutely not

What's it for then? Why would I have to put it on after I get cyanogen mod? When I had it on my last phone (before it got fixed) just the phone feature didn't work...texting worked though...i don't understand what it is meant for...i know it's a total noob question, but I have to ask lol
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BiggPoppa22 said:
So why did my phone brick then? And can you tell me the process once in reboot recovery? Like what I should do before actually installing it? Such as wipe the cache, etc.
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From your initial post
I wasn't sure what to select as a cwm.zip...so I chose the telus kernel zip
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you flashed a kernel to your recovery partition, which will have at least stopped it rebooting into recovery, what you should have done is returned to fastboot and flashed clockwork recovery and all would have been working.

Oh...so I should just do the whole thing from sd on the card in reboot recovery?
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[Q] Blade hangs on boot, but can get CWM

Ive got a fairly new (old stock!) Blade that I have flashed using Swedish Snow RLS7 which has been working fine...no problems.
This week I turned the phone on and it gets as far as the Android boot screen (green robot, but NOT as far as the boot animation) and then reboots.
I *can* get in to Clockwork and have tried wiping all settings and reflashing the ROM. These processes all complete successfully, but the phone still does the same reboot cycle.
Any ideas what the problem might be here?
thanks
mike

Have you tried reflashing the recovery?
Here's latest cwm flashable zip : http://www.mediafire.com/?v3w87u6ua1cyui8
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UrbanDrawer said:
Have you tried reflashing the recovery?
Here's latest cwm flashable zip :
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Thanks for the reply. I reflashed to the latest recovery and tried a different ROM. Unfortunately I get the same problem.....green Android boot logo which appears for about 20s, distortion/flickering at the end of this period and then a reboot. Recovery works fine.
I'm wondering if this is somehow graphics related......

I don't really think that it's graphic-related. I've had very similiar problem with my Blade, fixed it with this.
http://www.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade/
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[Q] Help!!!!!!

Ok i was updating my rooted nexus 7 (2012) of the air to 4.4 kitkat. It downloaded and installed but when it was time for it to boot it just got stuck at the 4.4 booting screen (the circles) so i looked on the forums and it said to format everything (cache, system, sd) via clockworkmod so i did. When i tried to reboot it just got stuck at the Google loading screen.
1st Forum i will use this heaps more if the community can help me out

Pippindog said:
Ok i was updating my rooted nexus 7 (2012) of the air to 4.4 kitkat. It downloaded and installed but when it was time for it to boot it just got stuck at the 4.4 booting screen (the circles) so i looked on the forums and it said to format everything (cache, system, sd) via clockworkmod so i did. When i tried to reboot it just got stuck at the Google loading screen.
1st Forum i will use this heaps more if the community can help me out
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try to wait longer, for me it also took a lot of time

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_crue_ said:
try to wait longer, for me it also took a lot of time
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that was a quick reply.
Darn i should have waited but now im stuck at this google screen how long does it normally take ??

Pippindog said:
that was a quick reply.
Darn i should have waited but now im stuck at this google screen how long does it normally take ??
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first boot after flashing for me it took ~5-10 minutes, i don't remember. I tired to wait and go to get a lunch )))

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_crue_ said:
first boot after flashing for me it took ~5-10 minutes, i don't remember. I tired to wait and go to get a lunch )))
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I have turned it on and still its not booting after at least 20minutes the photo in the attachment is what its stuck at

Pippindog said:
I have turned it on and still its not booting after at least 20minutes the photo in the attachment is what its stuck at
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Try reflashing it again.

All working just had reinstall some recovery thingy if anyone has this problem I will post a link to the solution
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Pippindog said:
All working just had reinstall some recovery thingy if anyone has this problem I will post a link to the solution
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Much appreciated if you would.
Son's N7 is stuck at boot logo.

Downloaded this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269
Then someone showed me how to use it.
Hope this helped
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NoSubstitute said:
Much appreciated if you would.
Son's N7 is stuck at boot logo.
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What did you do before it got stuck? And which recovery are u using? bootloader etc
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JayDream said:
What did you do before it got stuck? And which recovery are u using? bootloader etc
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TWRP and I forgot that I shouldn't let it "fix" broken root.
I just used the basic guide on how to flash a factory image of 4.3 in smaller pieces with fastboot, skipping userdata (so I could keep mine), and then sideloaded the two KRT OTA followed by flashing SuperSU 1.75. I did all that in one go, on my second Nexus 7, before booting it the first time.

NoSubstitute said:
TWRP and I forgot that I shouldn't let it "fix" broken root.
I just used the basic guide on how to flash a factory image of 4.3 in smaller pieces with fastboot, skipping userdata (so I could keep mine), and then sideloaded the two KRT OTA followed by flashing SuperSU 1.75. I did all that in one go, on my second Nexus 7, before booting it the first time.
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1st Make sure you are on the latest twrp. 2nd it would be easier just to flash a stock ROM in recovery instead of flashing the factory images.. Is there a particular need for using the factory images or do u just want a working ROM?
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JayDream said:
1st Make sure you are on the latest twrp. 2nd it would be easier just to flash a stock ROM in recovery instead of flashing the factory images.. Is there a particular need for using the factory images or do u just want a working ROM?
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I didn't want to lose any data at the time.