when trying put the phone in download mode by pressing Volume down, Home and Power buttons phone goes into factory mode and the choices in there are:
Auto Test
Manual Test
Item Test
Test Report
Debug Test
Clear eMMC
Version
Reboot
When i do Volume up and power i get to a screen with an android on his back his chest open and a red triangle with an exclamation mark in it. i know its android recovery but it cannot flash roms.
all i want to do is put a recovery on this phone. Ive already rooted it with kingroot so its rooted just need a recovery and a new rom for the one that came on this phone is horrible!!!
Ive tried downloading twrp supersu etc from play store installed them and when they try to install recovery or su they say they cannot.
also have installed all the different usb drivers ive found for samsung and odin
btw my pc is a decade old windows xp dinosaur
Thanks for any assistance in getting to put a recovery on.
wow did not think this would stump the xda community. anyone can tell me of another way to get a recovery on it would be great
Getting recovery on my N9108v wasn't a problem. I didn't see those options you mentioned. I must say I hate my phone but I have no problem getting to download mode. I guess at least the latest firmware is an improvement... but I had to reinstall everything because of a Google issue. Sigh.
Ok, here's what I do - I connect my phone to the computer using samsung usb connector - I press home key and press down volume, while powering up. A screen with chinese and a yellow triangle appear. I then press volume up and it goes into downloading mode and connects to Odin. That simple ... Maybe your phone is not a N9108v or is a copy? Maybe it's your kings thing software and choice of TWRP
I didn't use Kings whatever - I used the chainfire thingy and a chinese derived and downloaded CWM. Never bothered with TWRP for this phone as I doubt anyone has cared enough to make a version work on it. The N9108v is a dud in terms of anyone actually developing anything on it. I HATE THIS PHONE. I am eagerly awaiting the Xiaomi 5 or some other phone- almost went the ONeplus 2 - that can set me free and back to messing around and having fun with brilliant developer ROMS. Oh and did I mention I hate this phone! I know now that I cannot suffer another Samsung or any other phone that is made for the Chinese community that has no developer community.
Anyway, After Chainfire rooting - From Odin you can flash the recovery of choice, right? I think you only have CWM as a choice.
Then it is home button and up volume at the same time to get into your new recovery... Not easy to do first up, but once you do it a few times, it becomes stupidly easy.
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ok..im new to the galaxy and android phones .. i bought the phone rooted..not sure all what it had but i was running i believe a different rom on the phone, 2.1 update 1 i believe, it had rom manager and clockwork recovery on it, anyway .. i tried doing the lag fix and now the phone just turns on and stays on black screen.. keys at the bottom stay lit up also.. i can get into recovery but not really seeing anything in there that is helping.. can i factory reset or something from this recovery screen? like i said im not real familiar with these phones but im good with directions so if someone can explain how to fix this that would be great! thanks!
Hi, did you try using odin to flash back to stock?
the files you need to flash are in this thread
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
Also make sure you have samsung drivers installed on your computer. Which can be located here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
A stable version of odin is in this thread
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
steps
1. you will need to download odin..open it
2.Make sure your phone is off. connect your phone via usb and get into download mode(hold the volume keys+power when screen turns black let go of power button) now you should see a yellow triangle with android icon
3.to make sure your comp recognizes the phone.. pull out usb and put it back into the phone.
4. look at the first link i posted and flash the files accordingly and you should be good to go.
ok..i will try it. unfortunately i use my phone to tether so now im back on my blackberry which is SLOW.. odin is saying like 4hrs to download..loL!
I had the same issue. It sounds like you didn't install a BusyBox version that has extfs support built in. I could swear that the lag fix option I pulled down was supposed to have it, but it didn't. If you made a nandroid backup before you tried this, you should be able to get into recovery and restore. If not, you'll have to get to download mode and Odin flash back to stock.
If your phone is hardware locked, with the state your phone is in, you SHOULD be able to do an "adb reboot download" or "adb reboot recovery" to get into those modes.
skipping the back story.
my phone altho i did not want it to be, it was updated.
now it will not go past the first vibrant screen.
phone was rooted and had the OCLF on it.
i can not get it to download mode to use odin to go back to stock.
when holding voldown plus power it just sends into a reboot cycle.
any help?!?!
Are you able to use ADB at all?
Turn the phone off.
When you see the battery screen hold vol down + up + power buttons. Release power button when the screen goes black and you should be in download.
Happy flashing.
Had the same problem...go T-Mobile!
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Are you able to use ADB at all?
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I'm kinda new to this, I'm not exactly sure what exactly ADB is?
It's part of the dev tools pack. You can download it from google. If you're stuck at the boot screen though, chances are the adb server on the phone hasn't loaded up. Just keep trying for download mode, if you really can't get in, take it to a tmobile store and tell them the OTA update broke your phone. Which is true. Don't mention root, lagfix, etc. It's not relevant and will only confuse things. And they have said that not getting into recovery and download mode is a bug they will take the phone back for.
Here's how I get download mode from this condition, which I get a LOT as I build kernels.
Remove USB and battery
Install battery.
Hold both volume buttons and quickly install the USB
The phone should power up right to download mode. Odin is a finiky B!$%&. It helps to have it loaded up with the files you want to flash before getting the phone into download mode. Once Odin sees the phone, hit start and let it do it's thing. Check the dev forum for the stock ROM thread. There's a pack you can download that includes the drivers for your computer, Odin, and the ROM files.
If the stock ROM won't install, try the "Froyo that won't brick" first, if that works, try the stock one again. There seems to be something about that Froyo release that helps phones that get stuck.
Then you can run stock and wait for the OTA, or install a nice mod ROM like Bionix or Frankin-TWiz. And I'm sure the JI6 OTA file will get pulled and posted up here for us to install with Odin or via recovery. Personally, I've never done and Android OTA update, I always have the updates before they make it to the OTA, or I'm running something better. Right now, I'm digging on Bionix.
Last year(late 2010, maybe mid November), I rooted my phone and flashed recovery with no problem s at all. Some time after that I added Apps2SD and that went smoothly with no problems for about a week. I purchased an 8 GB SD Card for more storage room and after I partitioned it and switched the cards my phone started acting up so i rebooted it. After that I was stuck in a boot loop, so i tried to flash it back to stock but it wouldn't take to it no matter how I tried, whether it be through recovery or SW Update. So then I tried Odin Multi loader(cant remember which version but at the time I made sure it was the one meant for the Intercept) after I flashed it with the Stock through Odin, the phone bricked. Now it will not turn on in any way(recovery or other) the only thing it does do is vibrate when I plug it in to a computer, and it will occasionally show battery life through the touch screen and keyboard buttons by lighting them, but as soon as the it is unplugged it is a brick. I see the little bit of functionality as a little bit of to be able to fix this phone whether through ADB or another function but I desperately need help with this. Can someone please help me fix this phone?
note: I currently have a Samsung Transform as my main phone so if the Intercept can't be helped then it's not that big of a problem.
I have the same problem! Please help!
When you root a phone you put the rom, and recovery onto the sd card. changing sd cards disrupts this process. Put the old sd card in and tell me what happens.
The phone doesnt come on at all
see if you can get it into download mode with the battery out.
Pull battery
connect to computer with usb
vol down + camera + end
If you get into download mode this way flash the stock.tar using SWUpdater.
Nope, it doesnt work, thx though
Ok I've got the same problem with my intercept as well, So i just like to add (maybe its just me) that when i plug my phone to the computer the phone shows that its still functions right (without the screen on), I'm able to make calls, and receive them as well (with the touch of the answer button) but just the screen doesn't turn on, AT ALL!, so KJON i don't know if your having the same problem as me but I'm just a noob and i wouldn't know what to do. But there's some ammo if you need it.
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! i dont even know where /sdcard/sdx/zip/ is!
My phone is also a samsung transform and not and intercept and whenever i press vol down+ Power, only the function buttons at the bottoms light up but not the screen
i am a noob.
help?
noooooob here...i didnt wanna start another thread since i have this same problem, so i hope someone reads this..
couple days ago i bricked my sprint intercept i was using SWu and forgot to take the Binary files for the Moment out so now i cant get my phone to DL mode, ive been searching since saturday night and have tried every Button combo posted and nothing, my phone will not turn on and ofcourse it isnt recognized by my pc BUT, ive noticed that only when its plugged in to the computer after trying to power it up several times it´ll vibrate then the 4 touch buttons will react to either the call or end button, also it makes the low battery sound and if i press the camera button it makes the volume sound but i CANT get to download mode, can i bring my phone back or is it done with? help please! and thanks in advance...
well, i would say boot into rrecovery by making the phone off either power button, or remove and replace battery.
next, you will need to press and hold in order: power/end call, call, and volume down.. this should boot recovery mode.
lastly, use the red scroll device to go to reset facory defaults or factory recovery, use common sense while looking. select with clicking and use arrow back button to go back to recovery main, then reboot to system. easy as pie.
Have you tried ODIN or ADB?
I have flashed the Intercept numerous times, soft bricked more than once, I was always able to recover using either the stock bootloader, CWM recovery, or flashing the ROM/Kernel directly using ODIN or ADB.
If you are still having these issues drop me a line and I'll gather some links together that should get you back up and running.
If the phone will not boot at all, even with a charged battery, I would definately try contacting Virgin Mobile and escalating the issue. I've had plenty of luck replacing devices claiming that the device just dropped dead without notice. They are usually good about sending out a replacement phone, and on rare occasions even giving you an upgraded unit if they are out of stock.
Good luck!
Did you use Odin or the swupdater?
Bug difference. Sounds like there's a missing boot loader.
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Hi, did you guys fix your bricked phones? Today I have bricked my Samsung transform (bad flash went with SW upgrade.
Only vibrates sometimes and the buttons flash a little, but no boot at all. Is there any chance to fix it? even with Jtag?
regards
ThinkPad Tablet A400
Android v. 4.0.3
Have an app that needs to run on Android 4.1 and quickly found out this 2 year old device was pretty much left unsupported since about 3 months after I bought it in May of 2012. So, I located the links to xda-developers and dove into the install process.
Got the device to Root following install directions etc.
Cannot get the device to reboot into recovery mode from ROM Manager nor via ROM Installer.
Tried installing the CyanogenMod v0.9 anyway from inside either aforementioned utility (from the .zip file), just reboots back to the normal state.
I'd pay to download & install Android 4.1 on this device, seriously...just lost 6 hours of time attempting to do this ROM upgrade.
any suggestions?
First thing that comes to mind is that you should use the volume up button multi-press on device power-up to get to Recovery Mode.
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First thing that comes to mind is that you should use the volume up button multi-press on device power-up to get to Recovery Mode.
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I've tried various combinations of that Vol button....still stubbornly refuses to go to CWM.
Now, I am running Android 4.0.3..perhaps that is the issue, ie. perhaps the CWM image file was intended to be used on TPTs running Android 3.x.
It'd be nice to go to a site and buy a $50 OS load....
Well....wonders never cease. I happened across a post talking about the TECHNIQUE to reboot the TPT into CWM...so, sure enough...I got the puppy into CWM.
HERE 'tis for the rest of us nuves out there:
Entering/Booting CWM Recovery on the Thinkpad Tablet
Shut down your Thinkpad Tablet
Press the power button until the Tablet vibrates
Keep pressing and releasing the volume up button until you see Booting Recovery Kernel Image in the upper left corner. It's all about timing of when the volume up button is pressed. That's why it's a good idea to just keep on pressing and releasing the button until the message appears.
Well i continued on with the Jelly Bean load from the xda-developers...and after reboot to ver 0.92 the tpt seemed to freeze on the os boot screen.
So, i fell back to the 4.0.3 os and will read-up on what can freeze the reboot into 4.1 android.
CWM is a cool program..gotta say it.
Can't get it to install CWM
Tried numerous times but now I have lost my original recovery and it just loops,
Changed permissions but won't go and when I am in the recovery boot after pushing the volume button it just reboots as there is nothing there suggestions?
Honestly, the best thing you could do is get something newer/better supported. I hate saying that, because I bought the 64gb version right around the same time you did. The tablet had so much potential with the pen, USB, sd slot, and even pci-e, but it suffered from non-existant Lenovo support, and very little dev support. Koshu's work on it was amazing, but without trim I feel like I have to constantly wipe and start fresh to do anything with it. Clearing dalvik from time to time helps, but not as much.
So there I was, using Cloudy 3.3 on my G2 international model (d802) when I thought to myself: Why wouldn't I change the ROM. I guess I got bored of it and while in the past year I tried almost EVERY ROM (at least every 5.1 lollipop ROM and these new marshmallow ROMs) I wanted something different this time. I remembered that Flyme OS system and wanted to give it a go. I found one here on xda site, I think it was Flyme 4.1 or 4.0 or something like that but I decided to go for a ,,newer" version of the system.
I found Flyme OS on this site: http://www.flyme.cn/firmwarelist-14.html
And as you can see the entire site is in Chinese but I managed somehow and downloaded it. I had TWRP 3.0 installed and I think I know the thing or two about flashing ROMs on this device. The whole installer is AROMA based and even though it was in Chinese I managed to flash the system. And that's when I knew I f****d up. After I installed it and it booted up, I figured that I'm not really into the whole Flyme interface and wanted to revert to stock. But I couldn't!
1. I no longer have download mode, when I stick USB cable and hold volume up it shows me an animation of ,,download mode'' but then in upper left corner appears a message saying ,,boot secure error'' or something like that and then it shows me a black screen.
2. I no longer have my TWRP recovery installed.
- I can't use 3rd party apps to restart my phone into recovery because this OS is NOT rooted! And I can't even root it because there's no method for it. I tried the default rooting method for MEIZU phones which include you logging in to your Flyme account and all of a sudden ,,root permissions'' option appears in your settings - DIDN'T HAPPEN. I also tried other different methods but to no avail. It just can't be rooted. - Even when I turn the phone off and try to do the hard reset thing with simultaneously holding power + volume down button - it won't show me the LG's default ,,factory reset'' screen which could potentially lead me into TWRP. It just boots normally!
So, the conclusion:
I flashed an unknown Flyme OS system for LG G2 from a Chinese site and it works decently good but when it installed - it turned my G2 completely to a MEIZU phone. I have no clue on how to revert it and PLEASE I would appreciate any help given. Before giving your opinions in the comments, do read every sentence I wrote above.
Thanks in advanced.
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So there I was, using Cloudy 3.3 on my G2 international model (d802) when I thought to myself: Why wouldn't I change the ROM. I guess I got bored of it and while in the past year I tried almost EVERY ROM (at least every 5.1 lollipop ROM and these new marshmallow ROMs) I wanted something different this time. I remembered that Flyme OS system and wanted to give it a go. I found one here on xda site, I think it was Flyme 4.1 or 4.0 or something like that but I decided to go for a ,,newer" version of the system.
I found Flyme OS on this site: http://www.flyme.cn/firmwarelist-14.html
And as you can see the entire site is in Chinese but I managed somehow and downloaded it. I had TWRP 3.0 installed and I think I know the thing or two about flashing ROMs on this device. The whole installer is AROMA based and even though it was in Chinese I managed to flash the system. And that's when I knew I f****d up. After I installed it and it booted up, I figured that I'm not really into the whole Flyme interface and wanted to revert to stock. But I couldn't!
1. I no longer have download mode, when I stick USB cable and hold volume up it shows me an animation of ,,download mode'' but then in upper left corner appears a message saying ,,boot secure error'' or something like that and then it shows me a black screen.
2. I no longer have my TWRP recovery installed.
- I can't use 3rd party apps to restart my phone into recovery because this OS is NOT rooted! And I can't even root it because there's no method for it. I tried the default rooting method for MEIZU phones which include you logging in to your Flyme account and all of a sudden ,,root permissions'' option appears in your settings - DIDN'T HAPPEN. I also tried other different methods but to no avail. It just can't be rooted. - Even when I turn the phone off and try to do the hard reset thing with simultaneously holding power + volume down button - it won't show me the LG's default ,,factory reset'' screen which could potentially lead me into TWRP. It just boots normally!
So, the conclusion:
I flashed an unknown Flyme OS system for LG G2 from a Chinese site and it works decently good but when it installed - it turned my G2 completely to a MEIZU phone. I have no clue on how to revert it and PLEASE I would appreciate any help given. Before giving your opinions in the comments, do read every sentence I wrote above.
Thanks in advanced.
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C'mon guys, there has to be someone who could possibly try to help
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C'mon guys, there has to be someone who could possibly try to help
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Did you tried going to recovery mode by completely shutting off your phone and then pressing volume down + power button simultaneously. If goes into recovery mode as you said you have no twrp installed. What does it shows and also what happens when you connect your phone to pc in recovery mode?.
P.S i recovered from a similar issue like you on my sprint g2
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Did you tried going to recovery mode by completely shutting off your phone and then pressing volume down + power button simultaneously. If goes into recovery mode as you said you have no twrp installed. What does it shows and also what happens when you connect your phone to pc in recovery mode?.
P.S i recovered from a similar issue like you on my sprint g2
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I tried going to recovery with my phone being completely shut down, however, it simply turns the phone on. No button combination gets me into recovery anymore. As if it simply vanished from my phone (the recovery, of course). It doesn't show the default ,,Factory data reset" option when I hold volume down + power button whilst turning the phone on. No options whatsoever. So I didn't even get the chance to connect it to the PC while in recovery, since there's no recovery installed on my phone.
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I tried going to recovery with my phone being completely shut down, however, it simply turns the phone on. No button combination gets me into recovery anymore. As if it simply vanished from my phone (the recovery, of course). It doesn't show the default ,,Factory data reset" option when I hold volume down + power button whilst turning the phone on. No options whatsoever. So I didn't even get the chance to connect it to the PC while in recovery, since there's no recovery installed on my phone.
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install quick boot. and try to access to recovery. maybe it will help.
otherwise... kingroot ... if your phone is not rooted. google for autorec for your model phone. it will install the recovery again