Can someone help me with BOOTLOOP??? - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

im stuck in a bootloop after trying to flash a custom rom.
i followed the instruction on how to install it and i got into a boot look and cant get out of it.
can someone please help me?

nay12x said:
im stuck in a bootloop after trying to flash a custom rom.
i followed the instruction on how to install it and i got into a boot look and cant get out of it.
can someone please help me?
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What were you running before and what were you trying to restore? IF YOU ARE ON 4.3 Touchwiz or were and updated the bootloader, DO NO FLASH ANYTHING IN ODIN unless it does not contain a BOOTLOADER. If you do so, the only thing to flash would be a previous version and with the new bootloader, you cannot downgrade that part as it would BRICK your phone. Flash the rom from recovery all day long.

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[Q] JB OTA update fails on rooted Vodafone One X

Hello guys,
I have a HTC One X from Vodafone, rooted, unlocked, stock rom, custom recovery, and today (FINALLY ) I received the OTA update to Jelly Bean.
I downloaded it and tried to install it using the custom recovery but it was failing on some assert. I guessed that it was because of the recovery so I flashed back the stock recovery and tried to install; fail again.
Went online and found the directory for the update log and saw an entry saying that there was a problem trying to verify the stock Dropbox apk that comes with the phone and that is placed on /system/apps. I read somewhere that if you modify something on the stock apks the OTA would fail, and unfortunatelly I did, I flashed the Galaxy S3 Dropbox apk on my phone, but that's not the problem, the problem is that I deleted the flashed Dropbox and the stock Dropbox from /system/apps without knowing it and the OTA is still failing.
My guess is that if I can flash the stock Dropbox apk to /system/apps, the OTA will try to verify it and will succeed, and therefore I'll have finally Jelly Bean on my branded device (as I said, is just a guess) so if someone could please send me the stock Dropbox apk, the one located in /system/apps as well as any other file located there that could possibly be related to Dropbox app, it will be very very appreciated.
If you guys think that I'm missing something here and even after flashing the stock Dropbox apk the OTA will still fail for some karma related reasons, please let me know and help me out.
If you need any other info from my phone let me know too.
If you need the .zip file with the official update from Vodafone I have it too.
Thanks in advance.
TO update OTA you SHOULD HAVE ONLY stock recovery and STOCK boot.img(kernel) ..and this way everything will be ok.
nemer12 said:
TO update OTA you SHOULD HAVE ONLY stock recovery and STOCK boot.img(kernel) ..and this way everything will be ok.
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Well yes I have stock recovery (replaced the custom recovery yesterday) and stock kernel, I haven't changed the kernel yet, and according to the log the problem is with Dropbox. I'll try to find it and paste it here so you guys can see it.
Thanks.
Just flash the RUU, update OTA and reroot.
Alright, will do and I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks
Netrunner16 said:
Alright, will do and I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks
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I have exactly the same problem and I dont know what to do!
I'd like to just flash the Android Revolution HD JB ROM but im scared of bricking my phone and there is no easy guide to accomplish this - the guides ive seen on youtube are for other ROMS...
So, now that JB is out OTA for my stock ROM I want to update to it but I get stuck...
All ive done is unlock my bootloader - Ive never even flashed a custom ROM!
Wish I'd never done it now...way too complex
prankstarr said:
I have exactly the same problem and I dont know what to do!
I'd like to just flash the Android Revolution HD JB ROM but im scared of bricking my phone and there is no easy guide to accomplish this - the guides ive seen on youtube are for other ROMS...
So, now that JB is out OTA for my stock ROM I want to update to it but I get stuck...
All ive done is unlock my bootloader - Ive never even flashed a custom ROM!
Wish I'd never done it now...way too complex
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If you only unlocked the bootloader the update should run fine !!! If it fails you did change some more !
prankstarr said:
I have exactly the same problem and I dont know what to do!
I'd like to just flash the Android Revolution HD JB ROM but im scared of bricking my phone and there is no easy guide to accomplish this - the guides ive seen on youtube are for other ROMS...
So, now that JB is out OTA for my stock ROM I want to update to it but I get stuck...
All ive done is unlock my bootloader - Ive never even flashed a custom ROM!
Wish I'd never done it now...way too complex
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I think they're right, if I hadn't touched the system apps then I think the update would work, having only unlocked and rooted. Right after you try to install the update, go to /cache/recovery/ and check the logs for any clues on why the update is failing.
I'll try flashing the RUU for my phone, then applying the OTA and the rerooting as suggested, maybe you should try the same.
And rule number 1 after flashing cwm custom recovery is
always do a nandroid backup from the stock rom ! Now you know why its important.so when you go to JB and start rooting and running custom roms.....do the nandroid backup to avoid these situations !
Netrunner16 said:
I think they're right, if I hadn't touched the system apps then I think the update would work, having only unlocked and rooted. Right after you try to install the update, go to /cache/recovery/ and check the logs for any clues on why the update is failing.
I'll try flashing the RUU for my phone, then applying the OTA and the rerooting as suggested, maybe you should try the same.
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I unlocked the bootloader (HTCDev)
I flashed CWR...
That was it (I am running a different launcher but that makes no different right??)
How do I get the RUU for Vodafone UK? Is that the stock ROM? Sorry, I am not very good with this stuff...I was okay at rooting my Desire HD but this is another level
prankstarr said:
I unlocked the bootloader (HTCDev)
I flashed CWR...
That was it (I am running a different launcher but that makes no different right??)
How do I get the RUU for Vodafone UK? Is that the stock ROM? Sorry, I am not very good with this stuff...I was okay at rooting my Desire HD but this is another level
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You need to flash the stock recovery !
Do this command
Fastboot getvar version-main
If a number pops up starting with 2.17 you need to flash back this recovery
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
And yes you did more than just unlock the bootloader, be specific .... it's necessary for this phone otherwise it gets confusing !
MarcelHofs said:
And rule number 1 after flashing cwm custom recovery is
always do a nandroid backup from the stock rom ! Now you know why its important.so when you go to JB and start rooting and running custom roms.....do the nandroid backup to avoid these situations !
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But I still have the stock ROM. I never flashed a custom ROM. I wanted to flash a JB rom, thats why i rooted...then I discovered that my CID was not capable of getting a JB ROM so I just left it rooted but on stock voda ROM...
Doesn't matter .... Did u read my post above yours ....
Last time .....
You need stock rom,stock kernel, STOCK RECOVERY....not the custom cwm recovery. That's why the update fails. :thumbup:
prankstarr said:
But I still have the stock ROM. I never flashed a custom ROM. I wanted to flash a JB rom, thats why i rooted...then I discovered that my CID was not capable of getting a JB ROM so I just left it rooted but on stock voda ROM...
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But you said you had CWR, you need to flash the stock recovery back and then try the update.
MarcelHofs said:
You need to flash the stock recovery !
Do this command
Fastboot getvar version-main
If a number pops up starting with 2.17 you need to flash back this recovery
http://db.tt/U5CK4noo
And yes you did more than just unlock the bootloader, be specific .... it's necessary for this phone otherwise it gets confusing !
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Okay cool - will try although I thought I flashed stock recovery. I got rid of CMR when I got in from work today ... recovery img was in the fastboot folder i used when unlocking bootloader.
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Netrunner16 said:
But you said you had CWR, you need to flash the stock recovery back and then try the update.
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Yes, I thought i flashed stock before but am about to confirm
The goal after unlocking the bootloader is to flash a custom recovery to flash different roms.....therefore i doubt u flashed the stock recovery.....unlocking the bootloader and flashing a stock recovery doesn't make sense
MarcelHofs said:
Doesn't matter .... Did u read my post above yours ....
Last time .....
You need stock rom,stock kernel, STOCK RECOVERY....not the custom cwm recovery. That's why the update fails. :thumbup:
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Yes, sorry - i did read it and it did say 2.17xxx...I downloaded the recovery you pointed me to but expect i need to re-unlock the bootloader. (I re-locked it before thinking that was causing the issue...)
Anyway, soon I should know if this works
By the way, I really appreciate you helping me - i've been trying to sort this out all evening!
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MarcelHofs said:
The goal after unlocking the bootloader is to flash a custom recovery to flash different roms.....therefore i doubt u flashed the stock recovery.....unlocking the bootloader and flashing a stock recovery doesn't make sense
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There is a good chance you are correct. The file in my fastboot folder said recovery and I assumed it was what I was after but it may have been connected to something that I was told to download in the unlocking process (I followed a guide on Youtube by a chap called cursed4eva)
I'm reunlocking the bootloader now because I got an error wh3n i tried to flash that recovery img. "writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)"
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Okay - so I
1/ reunlocked the bootloader which basically wiped the phone back to its initialt state all be it with an unlocked bootloader.
2/ once again completed the OTA download of Vodafone Jellybean for the One X
3/ flashed the 2.17 recovery img that Marcel provided
4/ tried to update
5/ am currently looking at a download / progress bar! (YESSSS!)
6/ am hoping this works!
Thanks a lot Marcel. I very much appreciate your patience!
dr9722 said:
Just flash the RUU, update OTA and reroot.
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I already have the RUU for my phone, and I was planning to follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660807
But I was thinking, what if I flash only the system.img instead of all the 3 files? I already have the stock recovery (the one you provided) and I've never changed the boot.img so I still have the stock one.
What about if I flash the system.img only, and then try the OTA update? Do you think that would work?
Thanks for the help.
Yes you can try that, the phone is already wiped with unlocking the bootloader, i never tried it. But in logical terms it is possible yes. If doesn't work you can always run the complete ruu !
That's weird, I'm getting error 00000006 when trying to flash the system.img.
Reading on other posts that's related to the size of the file, which is around 1 GB. If I can't flash the system.img I think I wont be able to run the entire RUU either.
Do you know a way to bypass this error?

I really want PAC Man Custom ROM, but how?

i've got a C6503 ROM Stock .434 with Unlocked Bootloader and i really want to install PAC Man CROM.
Can you gimme tips or a tutorial? I don't know how to root my phone because of the unlocked bootloader and don't know how to install a recovery and a kernel for it :/
I've hard bricked my phone yesterday but by luck i've did it work again using flashtools. I fear to do something worse, my version was 4.2.2 .423 and i was trying to install DooMKernel + Recovery, so it bricked. Don't know why.
Well, any help will be very useful. i'll be grateful for any help!
And i've did a recovery on my external SD Card before unlocking the bootloader and do something wrong that bricked. So i've got some questions:
Can i install any recovery tool for unlocked bootloader and recover my backup, even that backup it's rooted and have clockwork MOD Recover for LOCKED Bootloader? Or i need to relock the bootloader to do it?
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viniciusnc said:
i've got a C6503 ROM Stock .434 with Unlocked Bootloader and i really want to install PAC Man CROM.
Can you gimme tips or a tutorial? I don't know how to root my phone because of the unlocked bootloader and don't know how to install a recovery and a kernel for it :/
I've hard bricked my phone yesterday but by luck i've did it work again using flashtools. I fear to do something worse, my version was 4.2.2 .423 and i was trying to install DooMKernel + Recovery, so it bricked. Don't know why.
Well, any help will be very useful. i'll be grateful for any help!
And i've did a recovery on my external SD Card before unlocking the bootloader and do something wrong that bricked. So i've got some questions:
Can i install any recovery tool for unlocked bootloader and recover my backup, even that backup it's rooted and have clockwork MOD Recover for LOCKED Bootloader? Or i need to relock the bootloader to do it?
Edit: BAD ENGLISH! Sorry for any error
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Pull the boot.img from the latest PAC stable(the nightlies aren't working atm) and flash that using fastboot, then proceed to flash the PAC zip in recovery. That's how I did it anyways, as for root, PAC rom comes rooted already, otherwise you can look around for a flashable zip that contains supersu/superuser and flash that.
TheTofu said:
Pull the boot.img from the latest PAC stable(the nightlies aren't working atm) and flash that using fastboot, then proceed to flash the PAC zip in recovery. That's how I did it anyways, as for root, PAC rom comes rooted already, otherwise you can look around for a flashable zip that contains supersu/superuser and flash that.
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But i can't get any working recovery :/

[Solved] Bootloop after booloader unlock

Hi everyone!
So after unlocking my bootloader following Sony's guide, I restarted the phone but it got stuck in the bootanimation. The good news is that I had flashed CWM, the bad news is that the phone still gets stuck on the boot animation even With the Official CyanogenMod 11...
I really don't know what I must do and I can't find something concrete about my problem.
The bootloader can be unlocked, I've tested (with the code) before attempting anything. I have also the 4.3 update and followed a guide. I did flash the boot.img via fastboot. That's it. And the Xperia M I'm owning is a C1905.
I hope you people can help me, thanks in advance !
This happened to me the other day. Just reflash the 4.3 with flashtool, it will fix the bootloop. After that you can do whatever you want. Here is a link to download the stuff you need:
http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/40-sony-xperia-m-c1905
Cheers
First of all use questions and troubleshooting section... I have to report the thread to be moved.
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Second of all you do not have any problem.
The point is that you unlocked the bootloader while you have a rooted modified rom, right?
So after unlocking it do a factory reset, and due to modified system partition you are stuck on boot screen.
The solution is very simple, use flash tool and flash android 4.3 tft.
Then start your phone and make sure it boot up at least one time on stock firmware before starting with cm11 flash procedures.
Good-luck.
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didije said:
This happened to me the other day. Just reflash the 4.3 with flashtool, it will fix the bootloop. After that you can do whatever you want. Here is a link to download the stuff you need [...]
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Ohh thank you ! I've downloaded the *.tft and flashed it back, after a long flashing process, it worked. What's not cool is that it took too ling to boot and all that time I was very very stressed xD !
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The point is that you unlocked the bootloader while you have a rooted modified rom, right?
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Not really, I tried to unlock the bootloader with the stock ROM so I could root it, install CWM and install other ROMs, flasing back the *.tft fixed that, thanks for the advice ! Finally, I'm really sorry for posting in the wrong thread, I was a little bit stressed and struggling for help ^^' ...
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Thank you and sorry again .

[Q] I guess I softbricked my phone?

It keeps loading into fastboot after I tried to flash a "bumped" lollipop zip. I can get into download mode. I barely know these terms and am not savvy with all this flashing business at all. If someone could guide me like a child, I would very much appreciate it.
Okay, so I finally got into my custom recovery. I don't know what to do to fix this though. Do I find another .zip to install?
How did you get into recovery?
Not to be "that guy" but we have several guides how to root and flash before doing it, so you don't ruin your phone.
We need to know what version you were on, and Tue ROM you tried to flash. Its possible you skipped steps and soft bricked
Its going into fastboot mode because the kernel you flashed with that rom is not for our phone. It could be as easy as flashing the d851 boot.img to fix. But since you can get into recovery why not flash a d851 rom and be done with it? You're not using the bump twrp are you? We don't need bump.

Uh-oh dont know where i went wrong?

hello, good (whatever time it is XD) I recently rooted and unlocked my bootloader of my note 4, then flashed 3.0.2.0 twrp and a system5.1.1.tar file on it so It wouldn't boot loop. however, when I try to flash your translated normav20 twrp just instantly reboots, I tried a higher version of twrp and I won't work so help me pls. n910v btw
jarsdel said:
hello, good (whatever time it is XD) I recently rooted and unlocked my bootloader of my note 4, then flashed 3.0.2.0 twrp and a system5.1.1.tar file on it so It wouldn't boot loop. however, when I try to flash your translated normav20 twrp just instantly reboots, I tried a higher version of twrp and I won't work so help me pls. n910v btw
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You might be able to get some help from the thread that you downloaded the ROM from that you're trying to flash. Since you're still on lollipop make sure that's not a marshmallow ROM you're trying to flash. Good luck to you. Once you get it all figured out you're going to love it!
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You might be able to get some help from the thread that you downloaded the ROM from that you're trying to flash. Since you're still on lollipop make sure that's not a marshmallow ROM you're trying to flash. Good luck to you. Once you get it all figured out you're going to love it!
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Thnx im fine know i did some research and was able to fix and flash what i needed to, i appreciate the response:good:
jarsdel said:
Thnx im fine know i did some research and was able to fix and flash what i needed to, i appreciate the response:good:
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