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ODIN not working - stuck on Galaxy S Screen. Can't restore backups.

So here is what happened. I just started with this rooting stuff a few days ago. I read up on it and took the dive. I got Bionix Fusion installed and everything was going well. I made a nandroid backup of stock and of Fusion. So today, I was messing around a little bit too much I guess and I started getting the error for deleting the gtalk etc.. apps like the others did in that other post. I also couldn't download anything from the market. Well, I decided to flash back to stock and when I tried to do it didn't work. While restoring it gets stuck on this step: .psync_stream .. I tried to get back into fusion since I had it backed up as well - but I couldn't get into it. So I have been spending all day reading the forums and trying everything that I can to get it to boot up again, but its just not working. I have installed ODIN and I have gone through the process. It told me that it passed and the download bar was complete. The Phone rebooted, went to vibrant, made the annoying T-Mobile sound but then didn't get passed the Galaxy S screen. It just goes to a black screen with the lights on the touch keys lit up. I really have tried just finding the answer on the forums, but I am not getting very far - If anyone could please help me or give me any insights, I would really appreciate it. I know I probably have gotten in too deep, but honestly once I started flashing roms and stuff it got kind of addicting. I am pretty new at all of this stuff, but I really need to get my phone back working again. Thanks in advance to whoever can help me.
Found something that worked Flashed Eugenes unbrickable with ODIN, then flashed back to stock and I am up and running. I guess I should have looked further before posting.

PS... After using ODIN, when it is getting ready to reboot it says in red letters: Data Wipe Failed. Not sure if that helps.

Verizon G tab and root question

Hey guys,
quick question. I just picked up a G tab and used Z4 root app. My problem is, everytime I shut off the unit and power it on, for the next use, I lose root and app downloaded apps are gone. Is this a known issue or is there something specific I need to do?

Well maybe you did temporary root ?
I know for a certain fact that after JM6 the z4root wouldnt work well, you might wanna give a go at SuperOneClick.

sedde said:
Well maybe you did temporary root ?
I know for a certain fact that after JM6 the z4root wouldnt work well, you might wanna give a go at SuperOneClick.
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I try the Z4 multiple times and it was the permanent root option.
Right now it's 100% stock. Where can I get the Super One click?

I just re-booted my VZW Tab and it was rooted with Z4 and it seems to be permanent here. Not sure why yours would not be. Mine is completely stock with root.

siafu said:
I just re-booted my VZW Tab and it was rooted with Z4 and it seems to be permanent here. Not sure why yours would not be. Mine is completely stock with root.
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Yeah I don't get it at all. The Z4 root app disappear from my list and the new market I installed disappears as well. I have to reinstall both after every boot. Does anyone have any ideas what to do?

Breakthecycle2 said:
Yeah I don't get it at all. The Z4 root app disappear from my list and the new market I installed disappears as well. I have to reinstall both after every boot. Does anyone have any ideas what to do?
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I would say you should try a hard reset and re-do it.
SuperOneClicker can be found here in xda.

I can also vouch for Z4 permanent root on the Verizon Tab.

I have a real problem I think. Before I go return it, does anyone have a system dump so I can try and reflash this tab and start fresh? I did a system wipe and now Im getting FC in masses. Nothing stays installed and it keeps asking me to log in after every boot as if I just bought it.

I had a similar problem - I couldn't remove anything I had installed to one point and couldn't install anything new. I ran 'dmesg | busybox grep error' in a terminal on it and had lots of errors on the device used for the /data partition. I had to bring it back to verizon and get it replaced. New tab had been fine since then.
-Dan

Problem With Verizon Galaxy Tab
i am having the exact same issue as well. Seams as anyhting you do, it just goes back to the way it was after a reboot.

dragonfire540 said:
i am having the exact same issue as well. Seams as anyhting you do, it just goes back to the way it was after a reboot.
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So it seems to be a few of us. I guess I'm going back to best buy for a new one.

I ended up returning mine. Best Buy said they've never seen anything like this and there was def something wrong...lol. Really BB?

Editing,,,

Well, it worked flawlessly on my new tab so I guess it was just the defective one. Thanks guys.

OK. I rooted using Z4 I added Rom Manager and some other apps. I wanted to created a back and the tab when back to the original state, I unrooted and uninstall all the apps and rebooted the Gtab but now it bringing back to the with Rom manager FC.... any ideas?
I'm trying to do a hard reset by pressing vol up and power.... it goes into recovery and it stop about 20% I get the triangle imagen and reboots....
Can someone help me to do the right steps?
thanks

I had the issue where rebooting my tab caused everything to revert back to a previous state and giving me various force close messages. This was on a completely stock Verizon tab with no attempts at rooting. I did a full factory reset dozens of times, and every time it went back to a previous state. I posted on here about it a few weeks ago, and no one seemed familiar with the problem. I ended up returning the tab to Best Buy and exchanging it for a new one. No problems since then.

teardropcity said:
I had the issue where rebooting my tab caused everything to revert back to a previous state and giving me various force close messages. This was on a completely stock Verizon tab with no attempts at rooting. I did a full factory reset dozens of times, and every time it went back to a previous state. I posted on here about it a few weeks ago, and no one seemed familiar with the problem. I ended up returning the tab to Best Buy and exchanging it for a new one. No problems since then.
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Exact same string of problems here. I too returned mine and no issues since.

[Q] eLocity just quit...won't boot up

I have been running my a7 with dexter's mod 1.4 for about 1 1/2 weeks...everything has gone well. This afternoon I turned on the device and it failed to complete boot. The word Android would come up and then nothing. I tried to reboot, reset, but device would do neither...nor would it turn off completely. I kept trying to take it into recovery mode and then after several tries was able to wipe, do update again, and get everything back as before. What would cause this and should I look for this to happen again? deepmagic
My a7 was running well for about a week since it quit...but today when I booted up device, it failed to recognize sd card...same card used for updating to mod 1.4...same card I've been using to listen to my music, etc...but now won't recognize...I've tried two different micro sdhc cards..formatted, reformatted, but device continues to display mount sd card...all else works fine! Does anyone have any new ideas? I can't even reinstall mod since a7 can't read my cards. Thanks for any input that would be helpful. I understand these issues are ongoing for many out there...what to do?

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I have been running my a7 with dexter's mod 1.4 for about 1 1/2 weeks...everything has gone well. This afternoon I turned on the device and it failed to complete boot. The word Android would come up and then nothing. I tried to reboot, reset, but device would do neither...nor would it turn off completely. I kept trying to take it into recovery mode and then after several tries was able to wipe, do update again, and get everything back as before. What would cause this and should I look for this to happen again? deepmagic
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Mine has hung on a black screen on me. Seemed that it didn't fully come out of sleep mode.
I was able to recover by holding the power button for 15 seconds to hard power down. No data loss.

deepmagic said:
I have been running my a7 with dexter's mod 1.4 for about 1 1/2 weeks...everything has gone well. This afternoon I turned on the device and it failed to complete boot. The word Android would come up and then nothing. I tried to reboot, reset, but device would do neither...nor would it turn off completely. I kept trying to take it into recovery mode and then after several tries was able to wipe, do update again, and get everything back as before. What would cause this and should I look for this to happen again? deepmagic
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Exact same thing happened to me this morning. Tried to reset - not happening. Hard powered down. Don't have time to try anything else right now. I'm new to the forums and new to android. Wish me luck! I've been loving my A7, and much appreciation to Dexter and all the other knowledgeable hackers/modders/posters.

hey the same thing happened 2 me twice. Once the first day after i got it, since i had only had it for 1 day i wiped it reinstalled dexter's mod 1.41 and it worked. First app i installed was backup root. Now, a week later the exact same thing is happening. This time i dont want to wipe it because of all of the apps i have installed, games ive played etc. Any ideas? Could we just try reinstalling dexter's md without wiping? Or wiping reinstalling and recover from a backup?
Also have you installed busybox? I had just installed it both times before it failed to turn on. Maybe its just coincidence but you never know..
-D
Thanks to anyone who can help! and also thanks Dexter for all your hard work as well as everyone else that has contributed to the elocity, im lovin it! (when it works )

success!!!!
I got it to work! I don't have a permanent fix but if it happens again just boot into recovery and reinstall the dexter's mod update 1.41 and it works again! No wiping required. This isn't a permanent fix but it will work until we find one
-Dylan

Hasn't happened to me (yet) but I didn't upgrade to the newest ROM. I'm still using 1.3and it has been very stable. Only issue I've had was when I tried to use Killswitch to go to sleep mode when the cover is shut (great idea) but it didn't work and froze all except the live wallpaper. Weird.
Good luck, guys.

in the event it does happen to you, you might want to check out my apx thread for reflashing the factory firmware if you can't get your tablet unstuck. theres alternatives if you don't want to get stuck again.

The method you outline seems so complex...way above my abilities, but makes me wish I had followed though on some early programming training opportunities. That was the road not travelled.

okantomi; while i wouldn't encourage others to follow thru with procedures they fear would cause more harm, i would mention that if you google up my nick you'll find i've been able to do much w/ android software and devices while not knowing anything about programming. if i can do it, anyone can. i just wanted some themes for my phone.
i'm just an android hobbyist by night (and when i get a chance during the day), and a computer tech by day. no programming expertise, but i can reasonably reverse engineer and port software and components using simple file managers like ztreewin(trialware).
don't be mistaken that the folks out there providing you solutions necessarily know anything about programming or software development. just how to chef up files at different levels. i understand this doesn't go for everybody.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm impressed with what you've been able to do. It is also nice to read upbeat comments about the A7. There is something sort of special about a device that you really almost have to build yourself... putting so much into it... biting your fingernails to nubs with each ROM flashing. You don't get as attached to any device that is 100 percent complete right out of the box, though of course there would be a lot less aggravation.

Can't flash new roms, have SoD, rooted, V8BL installed, it gets way weirder

OK first, I will say that I have been reading for days and days and am getting nowhere at all. I am running out of time as I am leaving Monday backpacking from OKC to Portland to meet a friend, then proceeding immediately to about 35 national parks. I HAVE to get this thing functional so that I can depend on it on the road for communication. Its current state makes me nervous. I got this tablet already rooted, custom stock rom, and with an unlocked ICS boot loader version 0.3.11. The only problems with it were the common charger/screen response issue. For $100, I can deal with that.
I flashed the Lightspeed from from the main list, everything went well... Until it rebooted the first time. Since then, directly after the bootloader screen, it briefly shows what looks like semi-colorful TV static, then shows boot animation and boots into the OS. It has never frozen on either screen.
I decided Lightspeed was not at all what I wanted, so I flashed CM10. I have yet to find anywhere in the Aroma installer where I can choose the apps installed, ONLY THEME CUSTOMIZATION. After the flash, it kept the boot animation from CM, and loaded right back into what looked like Lightspeed, and shows Lightspeed in the about menu also. I reflashed it, choosing a different boot animation to test, and did the same thing again, except it loaded ZERO extra apps at all, not even the stock bloatware. Nothing from any of the 3 roms. I reflashed Lightspeed, same thing again. No extra apps and just bare basic stuff. EXCEPT SUPERUSER. THAT DID LOAD ONTO IT EACH TIME. I haven't lost root access, the recovery works fine.
I flashed the V8 bootloader, and tried the above again. Same issues still. All of them. I have read until I'm blue in the face. If there is a way to fix this without using a PC, that would be grand. I have very limited PC access.
Anyone have any ideas? I have followed every single step 100%, I'm positive. I'm not new to rooting, flashing, and jailbreaking (doesn't apply here I know),"so lay it on me.
EDIT- I downloaded the 4.0.4 FLEX-Reaper rom and going to try that now and then I give up for the night. Tomorrow is the last day I have to mess with this before I leave. I tried to upload screenshots of the problems, but it won't let me attach them. Maybe that is another problem. Ugh who knows. Help
EDIT- That rom bricked my tablet. Through that brick, I found a working solution for the SoD, found a way to recover without files on external SD, *THIS FIXES THE BRICKS CAUSED BY CM10 AND REFLEX!!!* and I didn't lose anything. This thing is back in pristine order. I can finally sleep! Will post later on how I did it. I need sleep now.

I goofed, and I don't know how I did it

Last evening, I put a new ROM on my phone, which has been rooted for quite some time running Goldeneye with no issues prior to earlier this week, and the rom installed without a problem, but when I went to flash an addon for the rom that came from the dev, the entire thing went south. I was using TWRP which is what's been on the phone since it was rooted, I do NOT have MF3 on the phone however after this install through TWRP, the phone how has the unlock icon on it, and won't boot past the samsung screen. If I try to get into recovery, it boots into odin, and freezes. I tried to do a recovery through Kies, and it just says connecting, then says the phone is not responding. For the first time since I've owned this phone, I feel well and truly stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated, since after almost two years of rooting and installing ROMS on various devices from Samsung, HTC and Motorola, I made a mistake somewhere along the way and I am not even sure what the hell I managed to do, and the multiple forums I've been reading on here don't seem to be getting me anyplace. Apologies if this is a repeat and I missed a simple solution somewhere, but I've been at this for almost two hours now, so time to swallow the pride...

Think I figured it out
Well after writing this, for my own personal sense of masochism and an overall morbid curiosity, I kept reading, and figured out how to get the phone to actually boot into proper recovery mode (as in NOT Odin), and was able to get a ROM back on the phone, as I didn't care for any of the nandroids I had there. As I am not sure that anyone actually viewed this before I resolved my own issue much less had a chance to respond, it's not appropriate to thank anyone for solving my own problem, except for the poster of the thing that I read which led to my resolution, but I will throw out a blanket thank you to all those that take the time to develop, write, and help others solve the stupid stuff, it is appreciated, at least by this Ohioan, who sometimes manages to get in over his head!
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Last evening, I put a new ROM on my phone, which has been rooted for quite some time running Goldeneye with no issues prior to earlier this week, and the rom installed without a problem, but when I went to flash an addon for the rom that came from the dev, the entire thing went south. I was using TWRP which is what's been on the phone since it was rooted, I do NOT have MF3 on the phone however after this install through TWRP, the phone how has the unlock icon on it, and won't boot past the samsung screen. If I try to get into recovery, it boots into odin, and freezes. I tried to do a recovery through Kies, and it just says connecting, then says the phone is not responding. For the first time since I've owned this phone, I feel well and truly stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated, since after almost two years of rooting and installing ROMS on various devices from Samsung, HTC and Motorola, I made a mistake somewhere along the way and I am not even sure what the hell I managed to do, and the multiple forums I've been reading on here don't seem to be getting me anyplace. Apologies if this is a repeat and I missed a simple solution somewhere, but I've been at this for almost two hours now, so time to swallow the pride...
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