I think I just bricked my continuum and I don't know what to do!!! I press the power button and my phone doesn't turn on. It just hangs at samsung. And it won't let me get into CWM. HELLPPPPP!!!
ntien said:
I think I just bricked my continuum and I don't know what to do!!! I press the power button and my phone doesn't turn on. It just hangs at samsung. And it won't let me get into CWM. HELLPPPPP!!!
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What were you attempting?
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I'm having similiar troubles, if you can help me it would be greatly appreciated
here's a video i made of whats going on with the phone.
youtube. /watch?v=Iw4iAxuCAl0
i don't know how i messed it up, i was just doing stuff in CWM and when i tried rebooting my phone, it was just stuck at the samsung screen. it didn't actually show the boot animation, just the part that says samsung in white letters. when i try to apply sdcard:update.zip i get the following:
# MANUAL MODE #
update.zip gone
E:Can't mount /dev/block/vold/179:9
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount SDCARD:bplib_delta_for_test.bin
--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/vold/179:9
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount SDCARD:update.zip
Installation aborted.
update.zip gone
Download the hacked param.lfs for the fascinate, and flash it with heimdall... Had the same error, and that worked for me...
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im going to try it in a sec, but just two questions. one, isn't this just to change your boot logo? and do i need the continuum pit.pit file?
Yes, it does give the ability to change the boot logo... But when doing it, i noticed that after flashing, the stock recovery does this weird thing where it wipes everything, even when normally it won't... after that, it worked again...... Just know you will loose your data But whatev's
and no, not necessarily..
If that doesn't work, which is probably won't, then reflash the stock recovery, then try the cwm v4 adryn recovery, then try the stock kernel, and then the system image, all in Odin... In that order
oh, and cobitts15... Your dumb... always do a nandroid backup, even if its something simple...
and you are using the wrong Odin... try doing a wipe from within the stock recovery, and if that doesn't work, then download the RIGHT ODIN and flash that file... then go through the steps easily found within the development thread and get cwm working...
can i use heimdall instead of odin? i have a mac
ntien said:
i don't know how i messed it up, i was just doing stuff in CWM and when i tried rebooting my phone, it was just stuck at the samsung screen. it didn't actually show the boot animation, just the part that says samsung in white letters. when i try to apply sdcard:update.zip i get the following:
# MANUAL MODE #
update.zip gone
E:Can't mount /dev/block/vold/179:9
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount SDCARD:bplib_delta_for_test.bin
--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/vold/179:9
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount SDCARD:update.zip
Installation aborted.
update.zip gone
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Mine did the same thing when I tried to use the new CWM to restore an old backup but I went back to the old CWM and it worked like it should
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ntien said:
can i use heimdall instead of odin? i have a mac
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You have a Mac. There's your first problem peoblem there
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circa881 said:
Mine did the same thing when I tried to use the new CWM to restore an old backup but I went back to the old CWM and it worked like it should
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Try whatever he said first, then try what i said...
And yeah, sure... Heimdall it up... Just remember to put things in the right places, and if the files are .tar'd up (which some are) then extract them with 7-zip.. You will get an error sometimes, just ignore it....
ntien said:
i don't know how i messed it up, i was just doing stuff in CWM and when i tried rebooting my phone
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Define "doing stuff". That could be anything, like constantly tapping the volume button scrolling through one screen, or playing with the mounts and formatting options. The more detail you can give about what you were doing, the easier it will be to solve the problem.
trailblazer101 said:
oh, and cobitts15... Your dumb... always do a nandroid backup, even if its something simple...
and you are using the wrong Odin... try doing a wipe from within the stock recovery, and if that doesn't work, then download the RIGHT ODIN and flash that file... then go through the steps easily found within the development thread and get cwm working...
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What ODIN should I be using? Is there any way to flash it back to stock factory rom? I really didn't want any mods/roms, just wanted my Google search
Thanks again.
Okay so I have an update, I got the phone working and calling again. I was finally able to flash it with stock kernal and system files using the proper version of Odin (thank you trailblazer101) in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967165
Only problem now is that my 3g or wireless doesn't work, any ideas to fix this?
can you go to settings, about phone, and tell me what is says for baseband?
si400.0.6v.dl17
Hmm... I would've thought that was going to be blank....
Well, all I can say is to try flashing the clean rom in cwm, and do a user wipe...
And it wouldn't hurt to first try to reactivate... Go to dialer and type in *228 then when you hear the lady's options choose 1...
Try that first xD
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I tried to do the re-activate thing, still nothing.
I'm getting a replacement handset sent to me for free but I wanna try and see if I can fix this before I send it back just for experience sake so at this point if I brick it trying new things I don't care because I got a new phone.
So if anyone has any experimental ideas let me know
I had the same thing happen to me a month ago, but it hung on the verizon screen instead of the samsung screen. Seems our stock dumps don't contain the information to do DNS resolving. If you notice, the WiFi and 3G are both out, because you can't get DNS to work properly. I feel like if we bindiff the dumps with the actual phone we could get an idea of where we can't get, but i guess our problem is actually accessing the part we aren't getting.
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I had the same thing happen to me a month ago, but it hung on the verizon screen instead of the samsung screen. Seems our stock dumps don't contain the information to do DNS resolving. If you notice, the WiFi and 3G are both out, because you can't get DNS to work properly. I feel like if we bindiff the dumps with the actual phone we could get an idea of where we can't get, but i guess our problem is actually accessing the part we aren't getting.
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That's exactly what's going on with my phone, no 3g or wifi
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So I bricked my phone. This time couldn't recover. Warranty replaced it, got my replacement the next day. I've never had a problem rooting before, but this time I can't seem to get anything to work. I'm wondering if they sent me a phone with some type of root protection, if that's even possible. Please help, this really sucks. Tried Superoneclick repeatedly, different versions. Univ Androot doesn't support Sammies (at least not ours). Z4Root doesn't work. Tried Oclf and in the recovery menu I get E:signature verification failed Installation aborted. What do I do?
Last resort (well, actually first resort too): flash adrynalyne's clean rom... That has root built in...
of course you need cwm working to do so....
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Hmmm
Ok, I have only previously installed CWmod (once rooted) via Rom manager. Now, not having root, I dl'd cwmod_v08 and dropped the recovery and update.zip on my sdcard. I reboot, holding volume up/volume down. I select apply sdcard:update.zip, and I'm still getting a signature verification error, just like I got when I attempted this via OCLF. I read online that it is a problem with Android System Recovery <3e>, and to revert to 2e to remove the signature verification, but I already show 2e. WTF? I'm about to retrieve my hammer and root this piece Thor-style!
Haven't used Odin, but I guess it's time...
First off, lol @ the Thor thing.. haha
Second, yeah it is definitely time... just make sure you are flashing just the adryn_cwm_recovery4 ( something like that) file in the guide in this thread xP
And make sure you use pda, not phone....
If you still can't get it working, just ask here....
Also, before I'm done... i highly suggest not flashing a full dump in Odin.... just saying xP there is a corrupt version out there ( not on purpose)
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Ok, I'm using Odin 4.28 and it looks different than all the vid tutorials I'm finding...cwm_recovery_test4_adryn.tar is on my desktop, but when I hit PDA and try to select it (the tar file) it says "Invalid Image Type"...
Newer definitely doesn't always mean better xP i suggest downloading another, older, version...
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Ok, DL'd Odin3, it seems to be working better...What did you mean by you recommend not flashing a full dump? Sorry, still learning this stuff...I appreciate the help...
The link is bad for the update.zip file in the *Official* Clockwork Recovery thread. I flashed using odin3 and it seemed to work but when I attempt to apply the update.zip My little android turns into a caution sign-holding android error screen. Don't know if I did something wrong with Odin or if the update.zip files I am able to find online are wrong for loading clockwork with this particular recovery image (the tar is the image, correct? lmao) Help! Please! I'll send you good vibes and spiritual cookies!
Lmao, i love you xP
I would say first trying to push all of the soft keys and see if it pops up then...
That has happened to me before, and I didn't know what was going on either xP
Try that though... If not, then yeah... Your Zip is bad... I'll upload mine
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[recovery] clockwork Mod recovery....
Download from that thread... XD
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Question I bought a mytouch 4g and it was stuck on the boot screen and so I checked to see if it had recovery and I went into boot loader and it has s off and when I try to load recovery I get this message
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
If some one could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
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sinfulgray said:
Question I bought a mytouch 4g and it was stuck on the boot screen and so I checked to see if it had recovery and I went into boot loader and it has s off and when I try to load recovery I get this message
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
If some one could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
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It might have failed PU or bad chip from gfree.
sinfulgray said:
Question I bought a mytouch 4g and it was stuck on the boot screen and so I checked to see if it had recovery and I went into boot loader and it has s off and when I try to load recovery I get this message
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
If some one could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
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Did you buy it that way?
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Yeah i bought it that way it was in mint ondition for $80 thought i might be able to fix it. Can i just restore factory rom through bootloader? Im still a newb at this.
The recovery i mentioned is Clockworkmod 3.0.2.4
sinfulgray said:
Yeah i bought it that way it was in mint ondition for $80 thought i might be able to fix it. Can i just restore factory rom through bootloader? Im still a newb at this.
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I'd get your money back if you could. It sounds like this jerk knowingly sold you a bricked phone. When you get those cache errors in recovery, it's essentially bricked. Try searching for restoring by flashing PD15IMG.zip through the boatloader. It's basically unrooting and flashing the stock image, but it does not always work.
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I'd get your money back if you could. It sounds like this jerk knowingly sold you a bricked phone. When you get those cache errors in recovery, it's essentially bricked. Try searching for restoring by flashing PD15IMG.zip through the boatloader. It's basically unrooting and flashing the stock image, but it does not always work.
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What tj said. One way you can try is flashing a clockworkmod 2.x.x recovery from fastboot and fixing the catches. However, if the recovery partition is too far gone you will truly brick the phone. If you can't get your money back try his way then try my way. If neither work you got jacked for $80 sorry bud.
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Well i tried to flash PD15IMG.zip and it came back with failed PU. Im going to try and flash a 2.x.x.x. recovery image see if that works.
sinfulgray said:
Well i tried to flash PD15IMG.zip and it came back with failed PU. Im going to try and flash a 2.x.x.x. recovery image see if that works.
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Update your findings, I'd be interested to know if it worked
Well I tried to set up SDK to use ADB to push the CWM 2.x.x.x. img and its not working properly. It will not detect my device. Ill have to check when i have more time tonight. So far not so good.
"It will not detect my device."
Did you install the HTC driver?
Did you do an "adb devices" first? ( when i do it it says daemon not found starting daemon etc etc or something to that effect, then it shows the device ID -- so in other words, it may have to start some services on your pc first with the devices command before you launch in to pushing files onto an unidentified device -- this last part is just my observation, not gospel)
You can't use ADB for pushing the recovery, unless you have a rooted phone and it boots far enough to use ADB. Otherwise you need to use fastboot, and if you don't have the engineering bootloader - you won't be able to.
I am new to power using with phones. I had went to install syndicate and my phone had crashed, i finally got it up and running with oden once, Tried it again, this time i can't seem to get oden to work. At one point my phone wasn't even turning on or doing anything until i had taken it to a sprint store hoping my insurance would cover it.
I can get into clockwork.
I can get into download mode.
Oden is not working.
and Installing from zip is not working.
I could really use some help with this.
Thank you.
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I am new to power using with phones. I had went to install syndicate and my phone had crashed, i finally got it up and running with oden once, Tried it again, this time i can't seem to get oden to work. At one point my phone wasn't even turning on or doing anything until i had taken it to a sprint store hoping my insurance would cover it.
I can get into clockwork.
I can get into download mode.
Oden is not working.
and Installing from zip is not working.
I could really use some help with this.
Thank you.
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Try another USB cable and also make sure it is plugged into the same USB port as before.
I've tried a couple already, any other idea's?
bloodywaterfox said:
I've tried a couple already, any other idea's?
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Did u convert to ext4 before u tried to flash srf? Also srf didn't come with a kernel u need to flash a kernel right after the rom
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If there would be something wrong with the boot, is there a way to fix this? After using odin or installing from zip it goes right back into clockwork every time.
bloodywaterfox said:
If there would be something wrong with the boot, is there a way to fix this? After using odin or installing from zip it goes right back into clockwork every time.
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U still didn't answer my question. If Odin doesn't recognize ur phone try installing the drivers again
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Esteway.619 said:
Did u convert to ext4 before u tried to flash srf? Also srf didn't come with a kernel u need to flash a kernel right after the rom
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I have no idea, probably not. would you mind showing me how i can find these?
and I posted while you were posting.
I have tried several sets of drivers, and as far as i know odin reads/sees my phone fine.
bloodywaterfox said:
I have no idea, probably not. would you mind showing me how i can find these?
and I posted while you were posting.
I have tried several sets of drivers, and as far as i know odin reads/sees my phone fine.
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Download and flash rfs2ext4 here's the link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1109362
Edit: afther u flash this make sure u reflash the rom and then flash a kernel. Like genocide or twilight
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so i just run the zip from clockwork, then what? i'm a bit android illiterate, i really could use and appreciate the help.
This is what i did, not sure if it is right or not, however it didn't work.
wiped.
ran rfs2ext4.zip
ran syndicatefro110-fullyloaded-signed.zip
ran genocide2.0_voodoosnd10.zip
and it still keeps boot looping.
I have also been getting a E:cant open /cache/recovery/log
bloodywaterfox said:
This is what i did, not sure if it is right or not, however it didn't work.
wiped.
ran rfs2ext4.zip
ran syndicatefro110-fullyloaded-signed.zip
ran genocide2.0_voodoosnd10.zip
and it still keeps boot looping.
I have also been getting a E:cant open /cache/recovery/log
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What recovery are u using?? I would say try to really install the drivers on your computer and use Odin to go back to stock and start fresh.
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Thanks everyone for the help anyways, I found a .tar file that was a full install for odin and now i have it up and running.
I also figured out what i was originally doing, rooting and installing syndicate.
Thanks guys.
He didn't install a kernel.
Ok, here's the deal. I was turned on to heimdall by our beloved Trailblazer101, so I tried to flash a rom via that. Something got borked in it, and now i have no download mode(when i try to boot into dl mode, either via vol down or cwm, it takes me right back to stock recovery), and I'm getting error
E:can't mount dev/block/st111 (invalid arguement) in stock recovery, and
E: Can't mount dev/block/st111 (File still exists)
E: Can't mount recovery/log
E: Can't open recovery/log
in CWM.
I can still flash successfully, but flashing kernel and a known good rom has no effect.
I'm thinking, even though I never did anything with the bootloaders, and it never got tp factory.rfs before heimdall crashed, there might have been something that got screwed up in the boot.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it. Maybe one of the experts could find a way to get something in a flashable zip?
OK, i do have adb in cwm... so I can push via adb. As soon as I figure out what to push, where
and you really asked this in the wrong section...
I have the cure. Will post in 1 hour.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311988
Read this.
asellite said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311988
Read this.
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Thanks.... I've got the error issues resolved. Were you having issues with samsung logo no coming up, and it kicking you straight into stock recovery? DId this help that? That is my current issue.
No, I haven't had that issue yet but if you flash the Odin package from that link with the samsung PIT file (i4000) at the same time (make sure repartition is checked ONLY works w that Ron) it should resolve any/all issues.
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Asellite, thank you for the help. I appreciate it. And much love to Ciscogee, for the stock ec07. I AM Back!
I'm at war with the world, cause i ain't never gonna sell my soul. No matter what, I can't be bought or sold. - Skillet
Anytime!
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moved to correct area....
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I installed the HORSEMAGEDDON ROM and it worked - for the most part. But it kept giving me annoying errors about different apps that were attempting to update every time I turned it on. So I tried to restore my backup that I had made with CWM 6.0.2.8. However the backup apparently did not restore properly because it now boot loops back into CWM any time I try to start it. I get the errors:
E:Can't open cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open cache/recovery/last_log
So I tried to reflash HORSEMAGEDDON but it still loops back into the CWM recovery screen.
I have wiped everything according to the instructions on the HORSEMAGEDDON thread.
HELP!! This happened to me on another U8800-51 phone and I wound up hard bricking it trying to get back to stock.
Anybody???
Does anybody have any ideas on how I can fix this?
Did you wipe cache/dalvik cache?
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Did you wipe cache/dalvik cache?
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Yes. I did a wipe of data and factory reset as well.
What I would do is get an SD card with a custom rom on it and try installing it from recovery menu
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Obviously you have been having problems with that rom, so go with something different.
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Obviously you have been having problems with that rom, so go with something different.
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Okay. Here is what I did step by step:
1. I was on Stock 2.2.2 Froyo and flashed HORSEMAGEDDON successfully. But I had some errors related to updates since it was such an old ROM the updates were all for much newer versions of the apps tied to 4.x.x.
2. I attempted to restore my backup made with CWM 6 to return to the stock. It said it completed successfully but when I rebooted it just looped into the recovery screen with the error messages posted in my first post.
3. So I tried to reflash HORSEMAGEDDON and it said it completed successfully. But it still bootloops into recovery.
4. I can access most of the features of the recovery. I can access the pink screen and swap recovery versions. I can access my SD card from my PC when I mount it from recovery.
5. Yes, I did do full wipes with each attempt to reflash.
The ROM was not the problem. It worked and worked well other than update issues for apps. It was only after attempting to restore to stock I ran into issues.
The problem appears to be something was corrupted when I tried to restore my backup, even though it said it completed successfully.
So if I try to flash yet another custom ROM, even if I could find one I trust given all of the version issues etc., I don't think it would act any differently. But if somebody can recommend one I am all ears. Keep in mind I have a -51 phone so it will have to be for that or the PRO.
Given that, how can I get back to stock? Am I the only person who has ever had this problem? I don't believe that is the case, so somebody must know how to fix it or can point me to a procedure to repair the internal memory.
Help!!
I'm new at xda so it's not letting me post an external link. Google "bootlooping" and the first one in list is from xda, just follow the instructions
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Thanks but.....
iheartsamsung said:
I'm new at xda so it's not letting me post an external link. Google "bootlooping" and the first one in list is from xda, just follow the instructions
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None of the fixes on this link seem to apply to my situation.
When I said "bootloop" I may have misused the term. What happens is I power up, it goes to logo screen for about 10 seconds, shuts down and restarts to logo screen then goes into recovery after about 5 seconds. From other info that I have found it is due to a corrupt bootloader and I need to reflash the bootloader. Problem is, reflashing the bootloader i.e. CWM, does no good at all.
I am also hampered by lack of info specific to the -51 model. And I cannot find a copy of the stock ROM anywhere that is for the -51.
So essentially I am screwed. All of that said, I have found a new phone for $40.00 so all is not lost. It's a U8800 but not the -51 or PRO. I don't plan on customizing it, I'll just stick with stock. After trashing two phones even after following the advice to "BACKUP" I think enough is enough. Backing up did me no good whatsoever in both cases.
In my estimation, the culprit is CWM, or at least the versions I used.
If anybody has any advice I'm all ears.