So I have upgraded my i927 captivate glide using the ROM from , but I only Androidupdate com called I927UCLH2_I927ATTLH2_I927UCLH2_Home tar md5 but I get a black screen with a slide down menu saying the date ‘Ongoing’ and an option to change the way that the device connects to another computer.
The update stated pass, it booted and proceeded to tell me that it was updating apps or something like that, then a black screen with the pull down menu from the top of the screen near the usb symbol came up but nothing else. I got a message a few hours later stating that the update application or something like that was not responding and an option to wait or quit. I chose wait, but nothing came of it eventually.
I then proceeded to try reflashing the process with no success even after factory reset and rebooting.
I then tried the pre-release ICS update as per XDA developers and other websites. Same thing
I tried a few other ODIN programs and ROMs but no success. Same issues including the hang up on the Samsung logo. I tried rooting it once and for some reason it started up into what looked like the same pull down menu, but it was requesting that I needed an to input a lock code for the network. I assume that is because my sim card was in it by now, but maybe not. I got so frustrated that I tried the bootloader and update bootloader options using the official ICS update ROM for some stupid reason but nothing. The thing is that at least it booted into the pull down menu that i got with a black screen again.
I then flashed with an updated ICS, CWM6 but cannot do the:
Third: Reboot into CWM6 (Volume- and power) install from sdcard (superuser)
Link to superuser: Superuser-3.2-RC2-arm-signed zip
Forth: Repeat third step above but install keyboard fix.
Link to keyboard fix: CWM_keyboard_backlight_fix zip
since I do not have an SD card that is working. I did get the SD Card in the device but I have always had problems with the format of it and I cannot put the zips onto the card due to the computer Win7 not recognizing it. I tried reformatting the device is HPUSB format program and windows. I inserted the card into the device to hopefully have it recognized on windows, and i gave me an option to format the SD card. So I proceeded and success. I was able to put the Zips onto the card. However, I returned to the CWM6 screen by pressing the VOL- and power keys but the files were no where to be found on the SD Card.
I moved on after a few other tries at it, so I tried to go backwards to the Gingerbread ROM. No success, same hanging issue at the Samsung logo.
I then tried to reflash with the devices original ROM as provided by DroidAngel on androidupdate com. Both without success.
I wanted to try the process involved on the 'stuck on boot screen' thread, but I cannot access the zip files on the sdcard in order to be able to do that.
I also bought my phone unlocked from the US (ATT version) and had it sent to me in Canada unlocked so I cannot just return it to the seller to get a new one, so my new phone is pretty useless.
I have spent two days reading through and trying different fixes and updated ROMs on multiple sites but I just cannot figure out what the heck to do now. I know that this site is not to spoon feed people and I am a noob to all of this but I am out of ideas and cannot find anything else to help out.
Where do I go from here. Is there a possibility of reformatting EVERYTHING on the device including all partitions etc etc.? I mean the hardware is fine, it is just a software issue. I do this to my laptop whenever I get into a bind.
Have you tried booting into CWM and restoring factory?
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.3 Rooted)
Just a note, the SD card you're seeing in CWMR isn't actually your physical SD card, its the internal phone memory. I don't think we have a version of CWMR that reads the real external SD unless modified. So anything you put on it won't show up there. The folder structure will look like ... /sdcard/external_sd/ where /sdcard/ is where you want to put your files for CMWR to see, /external_sd/ is your physical card you can take in/out.
I have tried to reflash with CWM6 using ODIN v3. I didn't realize that the SD card that came up was actually a part of the internal memory. Thanks to you both for the help.
Any other suggestions since no matter what I do now the phone simply stops at the Samsung logo and wont turn off? I press the power button for the required time to shut it down but it automatically restarts by itself to again sit at the Samsung logo.
EaglesIII said:
I have tried to reflash with CWM6 using ODIN v3. I didn't realize that the SD card that came up was actually a part of the internal memory. Thanks to you both for the help.
Any other suggestions since no matter what I do now the phone simply stops at the Samsung logo and wont turn off? I press the power button for the required time to shut it down but it automatically restarts by itself to again sit at the Samsung logo.
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A few questions about your situation right now:
Can you get into Download mode? (Turn off the device, in your case remove the battery. Press power en volume UP)
Can you get into CWM? (Turn off the device, in your case remove the battery. Press power en volume DOWN)
Does it keep asking you for the Network Key? Are you stuck at that particular point...?
Evil Alex said:
A few questions about your situation right now:
Can you get into Download mode? (Turn off the device, in your case remove the battery. Press power en volume UP)
Can you get into CWM? (Turn off the device, in your case remove the battery. Press power en volume DOWN)
Does it keep asking you for the Network Key? Are you stuck at that particular point...?
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Okay, so right now I can still get into the download mode to flash, the CWM6 to factory reset and reboot which I have tried already as stated, and I have not been asked for the network key again since the one time quite a long time ago. The network key is only asked when I load one of the other custom ROMS though, but I have not tried any of those in a while.
I am stuck at the black screen with white Samsung logo.
In CWM6, do you see "mounts and storage" (Second to last option)
If so, connect your phone with the USB cable and select "mounts and storage".
In there and select "mount USB storage" (Again, second to last option, you'll have to scroll to get to it)
Now your PC should see the USB storage which is in fact what is marked as internal SD. So the sdcard CWM can actually see and install things from.
Now you can copy a custom ROM to it, and install it through CWM. Or install anything that is in CWM format.
You may get the Network Key Request as before. I do not know if it can be bypassed by starting it without the SIM. If so, you could then try to unlock your device using one of the methods on the forum.
Alternatively, and highly recommended by yours truly, is to buy the unlock code.
It is somewhat common for these devices to re-lock, so having the code handy is very convenient. I used americanunlocker to get mine, and I put the code on the inside of the back-cover should I find myself re-locked in the middle of nowhere. The code works, and isn't that expensive. In fact, it's a steal if you look at your own time invested in all this in terms of hourly wage! Of course, you'll need the IMEI code. You can find that by removing the back-cover and the battery.
Good luck!
Got it running on Bio360 but 'Not Registered on Network' now
Evil Alex said:
In CWM6, do you see "mounts and storage" (Second to last option)
If so, connect your phone with the USB cable and select "mounts and storage".
In there and select "mount USB storage" (Again, second to last option, you'll have to scroll to get to it)
Now your PC should see the USB storage which is in fact what is marked as internal SD. So the sdcard CWM can actually see and install things from.
Now you can copy a custom ROM to it, and install it through CWM. Or install anything that is in CWM format.
You may get the Network Key Request as before. I do not know if it can be bypassed by starting it without the SIM. If so, you could then try to unlock your device using one of the methods on the forum.
Alternatively, and highly recommended by yours truly, is to buy the unlock code.
It is somewhat common for these devices to re-lock, so having the code handy is very convenient. I used americanunlocker to get mine, and I put the code on the inside of the back-cover should I find myself re-locked in the middle of nowhere. The code works, and isn't that expensive. In fact, it's a steal if you look at your own time invested in all this in terms of hourly wage! Of course, you'll need the IMEI code. You can find that by removing the back-cover and the battery.
Good luck!
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Thank you so much for the feedback, I actually had not thought about the unlock code idea, and since you put it into such perfect terms considering the time and effort that has to go into something like that, it is a good idea for sure to get one. The idea of keeping it on the inside of the back cover is another awesome idea. Kudos to you and thanks!
As for the rest of what you had stated about the mounting and what not; I actually mounted and successfully reflashed and installed all of the required files for the new ICS stock upgrade. The good news was that I got past the Samsung screen again and it said that it was updating all of the applications or whatever again, but then it just gave me the pull down menu again with very limited functionability.
I then used your suggestion to try out another ROM. I tried the Bio360 and followed all directions on the 'phone stuck on boot screen thread'. It worked! I finally have a functional phone again and will be able to get calls from my boss. Thanks!
Now that I know I have one option, I can explore any other options. I still cannot figure out how it is that I will be able to get the ICS upgrade but maybe I will try Kies.
However, I just found that I don't have network access anymore despite that I have a strong cell signal, so I presume that I will have to enter the unlock code somewhere. Where can I put that into? It didn't pop up to tell me anything.
EaglesIII said:
Thank you so much for the feedback, I actually had not thought about the unlock code idea, and since you put it into such perfect terms considering the time and effort that has to go into something like that, it is a good idea for sure to get one. The idea of keeping it on the inside of the back cover is another awesome idea. Kudos to you and thanks!
As for the rest of what you had stated about the mounting and what not; I actually mounted and successfully reflashed and installed all of the required files for the new ICS stock upgrade. The good news was that I got past the Samsung screen again and it said that it was updating all of the applications or whatever again, but then it just gave me the pull down menu again with very limited functionability.
I then used your suggestion to try out another ROM. I tried the Bio360 and followed all directions on the 'phone stuck on boot screen thread'. It worked! I finally have a functional phone again and will be able to get calls from my boss. Thanks!
Now that I know I have one option, I can explore any other options. I still cannot figure out how it is that I will be able to get the ICS upgrade but maybe I will try Kies.
However, I just found that I don't have network access anymore despite that I have a strong cell signal, so I presume that I will have to enter the unlock code somewhere. Where can I put that into? It didn't pop up to tell me anything.
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You're very welcome! Glad to hear the phone is usable again. In order to get data back you will have to set your APN manually. Stock ROMs come with the APN settings for all providers it is expected to be sold with. But custom ROMs usually come without those settings. You can find the APN settings for your provider online, just do a search. There is even an app for it, but the name eludes me at the moment. You'll need wifi to get the app, though! Once the settings are in place (You put them in under wireless & Networks), you'll have data again.
As for the limited functionality, I had the same thing, at first. The upgrade was broken for me, I guess some settings/apps were causing problems. So, after flashing the upgrade, I did a factory reset in CWM. I also wiped the cache, and the Dalvik cache, for good measure(Under advanced in CWM). It rebooted, said it was upgrading and installing, and I let it sit for a few minutes. Then I was greeted by an initial setup screen, and the phone has been on a working ICS ever since! I did lose all my settings and such, but I had a back-up of those with Titanium Backup, and got those back that way.
Hope this will help as well.
I have been pulling my hair out over my Galaxy S4 recently. I think it is an issue where a virus has embedded itself deep into the OS or flash partitions that are not affected by ROM factory firmware flashing. Everytime I re-flash I have to reformat and wipe cache partition to stop it from being stuck on T-Mobile boot logo. The Samsung boot logo is choppy and not fluid like it once was, indicating extra boot time application loading. I have reflashed different firmwares multiple times and to no avail. I used a VPN proxy called Betternet and now my phone keeps getting internet in different locations of the world following an odd traceroute following the subnet of 10.170.205.XXX before reaching its final destination. And on top of that every new computer I use for mobile hotspot usb tethering it crashes explorer and various other applications on my computer, I'm guessing it is an infected hotspot apk embedded in flash recovery injecting malicious code onto the computer via usb as soon as the usb tether fature is activated. Whenever I put the phone into Kies Recovery mode yellow triangle(where phone will not boot, and no recovery menu with Vol up and power buttons) Kies says it does not recognize the phone and will not let me flash factory recovery firmware. I am pretty sure my phone is irreparable due to so many software issues. Is there any way to get a factory file system Image restored onto the phone. I have tried everything even installing TWRP and removing everything that way, but I have the strangest feeling it doesn't clear some of the flash partitions used for recovery and flashing where this Virus may be hiding it's malicious code and executing it every time I flash factory firmware. I'm on 4.4.4 FNK 16gb Galaxy S4 black model SGH-M919
Any advice I have not mentioned would be greatly appreciated because I do not feel like shelling out another 400 bucks for a new phone.
Thanks for taking the time to read that!
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I have been pulling my hair out over my Galaxy S4 recently. I think it is an issue where a virus has embedded itself deep into the OS or flash partitions that are not affected by ROM factory firmware flashing. Everytime I re-flash I have to reformat and wipe cache partition to stop it from being stuck on T-Mobile boot logo. The Samsung boot logo is choppy and not fluid like it once was, indicating extra boot time application loading. I have reflashed different firmwares multiple times and to no avail. I used a VPN proxy called Betternet and now my phone keeps getting internet in different locations of the world following an odd traceroute following the subnet of 10.170.205.XXX before reaching its final destination. And on top of that every new computer I use for mobile hotspot usb tethering it crashes explorer and various other applications on my computer, I'm guessing it is an infected hotspot apk embedded in flash recovery injecting malicious code onto the computer via usb as soon as the usb tether fature is activated. Whenever I put the phone into Kies Recovery mode yellow triangle(where phone will not boot, and no recovery menu with Vol up and power buttons) Kies says it does not recognize the phone and will not let me flash factory recovery firmware. I am pretty sure my phone is irreparable due to so many software issues. Is there any way to get a factory file system Image restored onto the phone. I have tried everything even installing TWRP and removing everything that way, but I have the strangest feeling it doesn't clear some of the flash partitions used for recovery and flashing where this Virus may be hiding it's malicious code and executing it every time I flash factory firmware. I'm on 4.4.4 FNK 16gb Galaxy S4 black model SGH-M919
Any advice I have not mentioned would be greatly appreciated because I do not feel like shelling out another 400 bucks for a new phone.
Thanks for taking the time to read that!
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Could be it's not a virus, but just a lot of apps, or even one rogue app. But, just to be sure, you can do the following. :
1) Download one of these Firmwares to a Windows PC- either one of the top two:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
2) Make sure you have ODIN 3.07 or newer installed on the PC, and that you have the Kies drivers installed. You may have to install Kies to get these.
3) If you have TWRP installed or other recovery, do a full NAND backup to you external SD card
4) Use Advance Wipe in TWRP to wipe Dalvik, System, Data, Cache
5) Use ODIN to flash the firmware you downloaded in step 1. Look here for info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...odin-thread-return-to-stock-fix-soft-t2915530
This will get you back to full stock. You could make another NAND backup at this point, in case you run into something else.
Don't let the system download/restore any applications. Let it settle in for a few days. If it is working, then allow it to restore your apps.
suddenly the GT-I8160P started to crash and reboot to crash again and so on.
details:
- the system metioned to be in reduced functionality due to less storage capacity.
- the phone rebooted after starting some app to analyse the memory usage.
- now the system comes up until a few seconds after the lock screen is displayed.
- I am able to unlock the phone and start an app (for example Contacts) and see all contacts are still there.
- but the time is not enough to do anything useful until the phone crashes again and reboots.
I tried:
- first use odin and flash the stock rom again > no result (phone is still on stock rom (4.1.2))
- odin flash the 4.1.2 stock rom without branding > time to crash is a little longer
I want to recover the contacts and some App data (i.e. Whats-App)
The idea to send a stop command via adb shell would be very good.
But adb doesn't find the device as it boots up. Cause the windows system hasn't the time to properly install the driver MTP-USB-Device before the phone crashes again and hence is disconnected what causes the driver installation to break. ADB can connect to the device when it is in recovery mode. BUt am I able to access the file system in this state?
As I am looking through the net for several hours now and trying several suggestions I was not able to get any progress...
If there is any idea I could try either for accessing the data or stopping the phone from rebooting your help would be very welcome. Thank you in advance
Maybe there is any solution with a configuration which is an initramfs which allows to mount the file system and to be connected anyhow (i.e. adb) but I didn't get any hint to something pointing into a similar direction. At least not without wiping the phone (including the data) in advance...
Does Clockwork Mod could be an option
I found the ClockworkMod.
Could this help to get an Recovery boot ?
Does an installation preserves the actual data on the device ?
How did you solve, please help
The issue is still under long-term investigation...
actual status : the boot loop is caused by a massive error in the filesystem of the data partition of the internal memory.
Without dedicated knowledge of the android / Linux / Unix system / boot process / and command line tools one will have no chance to recover anything.
Hence, the recovery of most user-data is very hard / not possible / not economic ... I still try some ideas with imaging the internal memory. But actually I have no great hope to get the user-data out of the boot-looping device.
Most parts of configuration (either system and apps) data might be able to be recovered.
Finally a factory rest will become necessary to get the functional device back.
After the factory reset there is no reason why the device should not work probably.
My daughter has been using this phone, but never backed her photos up. Now it won't boot and she is worried they are lost forever. I've been trying to help, but only seem to make things worse.
1. She never enabled USB debugging, or rooted it
2. She could not tell me whether she had allowed the OTA upgrades.
3. It got into a reboot loop a few days ago. It would start to boot, then say it was optimising a random number of apps (anything between 90 and 158) and then start over. Wileyfox tech support told me that this was due to an incompatibility between Cyanogen and the latest Facebook Update.
4. They sent me a link to the FOTA files with instructions how to progressively upgrade to Android 7 (TOS111B)
5. They couldn't tell me how to determine whether it was running CM12 or CM13 (I now realise that I could have looked at the log files in the recovery partition)
6. I therefore assumed that it was running CM12. I used their instructions to go into recovery and manually update from SD card to ZNH0EAS2NH from there to ZNH2KAS7EB and then to TOS111B
7. Fatally I did not reboot between updates. At the end I had the Wileyfox splash screen black on white, and then got an animation with it red on white. It then got stuck.
8. I then tried using fastboot to go back to the original version of the OS so I could start over. I found the fastboot image and I flashed the boot and system partitions.
9. Now on boot it either gets stuck on the black on white boot screen, or it displays it for a second and then turns off.
Can anyone help me? - I think my daughter will have a nervous breakdown if I don't find a way of recovering her photos. Recovering the photos is more important than unbricking the phone.
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My daughter has been using this phone, but never backed her photos up. Now it won't boot and she is worried they are lost forever. I've been trying to help, but only seem to make things worse.
1. She never enabled USB debugging, or rooted it
2. She could not tell me whether she had allowed the OTA upgrades.
3. It got into a reboot loop a few days ago. It would start to boot, then say it was optimising a random number of apps (anything between 90 and 158) and then start over. Wileyfox tech support told me that this was due to an incompatibility between Cyanogen and the latest Facebook Update.
4. They sent me a link to the FOTA files with instructions how to progressively upgrade to Android 7 (TOS111B)
5. They couldn't tell me how to determine whether it was running CM12 or CM13 (I now realise that I could have looked at the log files in the recovery partition)
6. I therefore assumed that it was running CM12. I used their instructions to go into recovery and manually update from SD card to ZNH0EAS2NH from there to ZNH2KAS7EB and then to TOS111B
7. Fatally I did not reboot between updates. At the end I had the Wileyfox splash screen black on white, and then got an animation with it red on white. It then got stuck.
8. I then tried using fastboot to go back to the original version of the OS so I could start over. I found the fastboot image and I flashed the boot and system partitions.
9. Now on boot it either gets stuck on the black on white boot screen, or it displays it for a second and then turns off.
Can anyone help me? - I think my daughter will have a nervous breakdown if I don't find a way of recovering her photos. Recovering the photos is more important than unbricking the phone.
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Since posting this I have had a partial success. A more complete set of fastboot flashing using the TOS111B fastboot images has got me to a phone that boots. Many of the apps work. However...
a) I get an "unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped" appearing almost as fast as I can close the app making it very difficult to get anything off the phone. However, I did manage to set up a google sync to upload the photos.
b) my daughter now tells me that her SMS's are vital.... and the messaging app says " getting message" then closes down
c) I cannot enable developer setting to enable usb debug mode. I can get into the phone status page under settings. Repeated tapping on the android version brings up the nougat splash screen, but the 7 taps (or 700 for that matter) on build number does nothing whatsoever.
Does anyone have any ideas how to recover to a fully working system without doing a factory reset?
I suspect that the sms database would have gone when the cache was cleared. Can anyone confirm that to be the case before I spend any more time trying to recover them?
Hi Jerry ,
Exactly the same problem here. Could you tell me where you've found the TOS111B fastboot images?
Thx!
Have you tried booting into safe mode?
I think you do that by pressing and holding the volume down down button during reboot.
If you can manage that you may be able to dissable the apps that are causing the crash.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 in bootloop.
Hey there.
I have a tablet - Samsung Galaxy Tab S4. There was quite a lot of data on it, but it worked fine. Recently, it turned off without any reason and after that it could no longer turn on. Now the tablet has an eternal reboot and it does not boot into the system.
Error in recovery:
! ! Caution! !
Not enough storage resource.
Perform "lacking storage booting".
The recovery says that I can try to boot my tablet using lacking storage booting. But for some reason, I don’t see such an item in the recovery (please look at the photo: https://postimg.cc/XBFrycqF/c9784539). Maybe I should try to install different version of official Samsung firmware or different version of official Samsung recovery that will have function of lacking storage booting?
I understand that this issue is because my tablet hasn't enough memory and something needs to be removed from memory to allow the tablet to boot.
I know that there is variant to delete all data from the tablet - use factory reset through recovery, but I cannot do this because there is important data stored on the tablet.
Please help me what can I do in this situation and how can I enter to the file system for delete something from the tablet? Maybe can I delete some unnecessary files by connecting the tablet to a computer? When I tried to connect the tablet to the computer, nothing happened - the computer does not see the tablet.
I have tried to boot in safe mode but it not helped me
Also I had an idea - install custom recovery TWRP, but as I understand - Samsung Security Folder will be deleted after that due to Knox protection triggering. It also no good for me because I store my important data in Samsung Security Folder. I have tried severely times wipe cache partition, but it's not working for me.
Help me please.
Thanks a lot.
By the way, I found information on the Internet about programs: system recovery program - ReiBoot-Android System Repair from Tenorshare and data recovery program - Tenorshare - UltData for Android.
Has anyone heard of these programs?
Maybe they will help in my case?
I thought about solving this problem and it seems to me that first of all it is worth paying attention to the following:
Samsung recommends to use the lacking storage booting mode in recovery - maybe it's worth to try to use it?
But the problem is that I could not find such a function in my recovery. Maybe it's hidden somewhere?
I think that probably there is no such function in my recovery. If it's true, it's might be worth to try to install different version of the official recovery by Samsung, which will have a boot function - "lacking storage booting".
In result the Knox counter will not work and all data will not have to be deleted from the tablet.