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my situation, i downloaded a rom and tried to flash using SD method.
i think it may have been a corrupt rom because everytime i turn it on it asks me to press power button to flash rom.
is there a way i can access the sd card from the phone in this state?
or another way i can flash it from my computer?
i dont have a seprate micro sd reader.
all i have is my compter, the xperia and the usb cable =S
someone help??
:*(
How do you turn on your phone? And what rom did you use. More information please. And did you hardspl?
i turn on my phone with the power button on the top.
i used kid dc's extravagent rom 4.1.
hope this helps?
my dilemma is now accessing the sd card
and yes i have hard spl on there
i've flashed plenty of times before, this time i think it was just a bad rom.
Hello!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446070
This should be help.
greetz
With the phone off, try to do a hardreset: Hold down the two silver buttons directly under the screen, while holding them down push the power button, you should then be presented with a screen that asks you to press "R" to reset your device....so go ahead and flip open the keyboard and press "R", when it completes it will ask you to press "Spacebar" to restart the device.
seraphlam said:
i turn on my phone with the power button on the top.
i used kid dc's extravagent rom 4.1.
hope this helps?
my dilemma is now accessing the sd card
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press the power to flash again and see what happens......
u din mention but if it directly goes into tri-color skin then try this>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2917367&postcount=89
i've tried pressing the power button again.
after hard spl finishes installing the rom i'ld take out battery to turn it off and when i turn it on again it just asks to flash again.
and i've tried a hard reset.
what is mtty ?? sounds promising !!
thanks for the help guys, i think i mite just have to visit my friend with micro sd reader >_<
but that wont be until tomorrow !!
noOoO
Hello!
With mtty you can reset some Values to access again the flash rom and reinstall your os. I had the same Problem, that the tri-color display shows after reset. mtty had me help!!!
Greetz
i would try to take out the sd card from the x1, then boot and again take it inside the x1. then with file explorer you have acess to the card
Hi,
I've searched alot for this kinda problem but it seems I AM the only one who has this problem.
I had succesfully installed R2AA0010 UK ROM 4 months ago using Micro SD Method, but now when i'm trying to upgrade it to R3A version the Volume Down+Power Button is not working and I can make it to tri color screen. (Just nothing happens)
I've tried SSPL Manual as well but it stops on screen "Loading..." and nothing is happening!
Please help!!!
isp_85 said:
Hi,
I've searched alot for this kinda problem but it seems I AM the only one who has this problem.
I had succesfully installed R2AA0010 UK ROM 4 months ago using Micro SD Method, but now when i'm trying to upgrade it to R3A version the Volume Down+Power Button is not working and I can make it to tri color screen. (Just nothing happens)
I've tried SSPL Manual as well but it stops on screen "Loading..." and nothing is happening!
Please help!!!
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vol down and the press the power key and keep pressing it till u see the tricolor screen.....don stop even if ur feel the vibration!!!
agent_47 said:
vol down and the press the power key and keep pressing it till u see the tricolor screen.....don stop even if ur feel the vibration!!!
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Yes, I did it. but no luck!
Any Idea???
try to hard reset first... then try to charge the new ROM.
wazaaappp said:
try to hard reset first... then try to charge the new ROM.
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how to hard reset then?
EDIT: I've found how to hard reset but when i'm pressing the silver buttons they're also doing nothing. (The WM will come up normally)
I think i'm gonna lose it
You can just load the bootloader from the windows directory...
I think it is called botloader.exe
there is only 1 o... try to open that .exe bootloader should show up and you are ready to flash.
You can just load the bootloader from the windows directory...
I think it is called botloader.exe
there is only 1 o... try to open that .exe bootloader should show up and you are ready to flash.
Edit: Your topic is misleading.... you said vol down and power button doesn't work but obviously it works....
You can just load the bootloader from the windows directory...
I think it is called botloader.exe
there is only 1 o... try to open that .exe bootloader should show up and you are ready to flash.
Edit: Your topic is misleading.... you said vol down and power button doesn't work but obviously it works....
Use clear storage to hard reset....and if you are doing sd card method maybe you forgot to rename your file into kovsimg.nbh or whatever it's suppose to be
poetryrocksalot said:
You can just load the bootloader from the windows directory...
I think it is called botloader.exe
there is only 1 o... try to open that .exe bootloader should show up and you are ready to flash.
Edit: Your topic is misleading.... you said vol down and power button doesn't work but obviously it works....
Use clear storage to hard reset....and if you are doing sd card method maybe you forgot to rename your file into kovsimg.nbh or whatever it's suppose to be
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Thanks for reply!
Yes, I can go to tricolor screen through windows but as i said it will stop at "Loading..." screen. I've read the instructions and I renamed it to kovsimg.nbh as well.
I cannot hard reset using the silver buttons but I did it with clear storage icon! but nothing changed!!!!
I think my topic is correct, I didn't mean that my vol down and power buttons are corrupted or damaged, I mean It's not working when i'm trying to flash!
Any Idea?
isp_85 said:
how to hard reset then?
EDIT: I've found how to hard reset but when i'm pressing the silver buttons they're also doing nothing. (The WM will come up normally)
I think i'm gonna lose it
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turn off
take out battery and stylus
press silver buttons
turn on (keep pressing silver)
stylus in the hole in the back
5 secs
boot
try
wazaaappp said:
turn off
take out battery and stylus
press silver buttons
turn on (keep pressing silver)
stylus in the hole in the back
5 secs
boot
try
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Yes, that's what I exactly did! But the normal windows will come up!
HR through settings
another way to hard reset it to go
start > settings > system tab > clear storage
then press 1234 and press yes
maybe your spl is a bit damaged cause you can't hard reset and you can't flash sspl
try flashing hspl again
to hard reset
switch off
press both silver buttons
just press power button briefly, dont hold power button.
keep pressing both silver buttons till reset screen
hope this helps.
Holy crap you guys I do not know why I triple posted...
Thanks for reply!
Yes, I can go to tricolor screen through windows but as i said it will stop at "Loading..." screen. I've read the instructions and I renamed it to kovsimg.nbh as well.
I cannot hard reset using the silver buttons but I did it with clear storage icon! but nothing changed!!!!
I think my topic is correct, I didn't mean that my vol down and power buttons are corrupted or damaged, I mean It's not working when i'm trying to flash!
Any Idea?
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Next time you can call this screen the bootloader screen... don't call it volume down and power button because it is very misleading...
hi mate.i can tell you your x1 is dead.because my phone has exactly same problem.i took my x1 to SE service and they change my touch pad navigation panel and navigation buttons.just 2days later phone got dead again now none off my buttons are functioning.i am gonna claim new phone from them.because they also gave same crack to phone panel as well.so dont spent your time.just bring back your phone to orginal condition and send to repair.everything your stock version orginal spl and orginal rom etc...i will let you know what SE tell me.cheers
ps: people complain about crack in their case.this issue (my buttons are not working any more) is very common nowadays we must complain to SE as well.this issue needs new sticky topic.thanks
human75 said:
hi mate.i can tell you your x1 is dead.because my phone has exactly same problem.i took my x1 to SE service and they change my touch pad navigation panel and navigation buttons.just 2days later phone got dead again now none off my buttons are functioning.i am gonna claim new phone from them.because they also gave same crack to phone panel as well.so dont spent your time.just bring back your phone to orginal condition and send to repair.everything your stock version orginal spl and orginal rom etc...i will let you know what SE tell me.cheers
ps: people complain about crack in their case.this issue (my buttons are not working any more) is very common nowadays we must complain to SE as well.this issue needs new sticky topic.thanks
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But my silver keys are working in the windows normally
i get to the bootloader screen by pressing the camera- and the powerbutton. maybe that will work for you too?!
One thing else!
I can get to the bootloader screen by runnig the SSPL Manual in windows but the phone gets stock on "Loading..." screen and nothings happening!
I don't want to loose it
isp_85 said:
One thing else!
I can get to the bootloader screen by runnig the SSPL Manual in windows but the phone gets stock on "Loading..." screen and nothings happening!
I don't want to loose it
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U need to copy Rom which U want to upgrade to SD card. If u want cooked room so flash Hard-SPL, and then it will automatically install rom U want. or if stock Rom so flash Hard-SPL back to stocks.
ok guys i'm definitely a noob at this but i think i messed up this morning downloading the gb drivers for my captivate. i was running serendipity 6.4 and i was trying to flash serendipity VII. i didn't flash back to stock 2.1 eclair with odin one click before i followed the instructions on downloading the new drivers for the gb. i went to the power menu on the 6.4 and hit download mode and plugged in the usb. it went halfway through the downloading process and stopped. my screen was blank without the downloading sign anymore and on odin it was at a halt. i waited for about 45 minutes for it to proceed and nothing so i unplugged it. when i did the factory recovery screen came up and i could use the volume up and down buttons to scroll through the menu choices but it wouldn't let me use the power button to make a selection at all like the power button wasn't working. i pulled the battery and put it back in after a while and now all i get is the galaxy s gt-i9000 samsung screen and nothing else. it wont let me back into recovery or download mode no matter what button combo i try. did i brick my phone and is there a way for me to fix this without having to buy another one? any help would be greatly appreciated.( guys, i realized i messed up shortly after it was done and messed up that i should've odin one clicked it back to factory before i did this,but by that time it was too late.)
When a problem comes along, you must jig it!
You might want to look into buying/making a jig to get you to a place where you can repair your phone.
ok guys,the phone will let me get back into the recovery menu and but won't let me make a selection out of the menu with the power button and i still get the galaxy s screen but nothing else.
Please use more descriptive thread titles. Your title is useless to anyone doing a search.
440hsp said:
ok guys,the phone will let me get back into the recovery menu and but won't let me make a selection out of the menu with the power button and i still get the galaxy s screen but nothing else.
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Could you please quote/reply to these steps to getting into download mode?
From powered-off state, Hold V+/V-, insert USB cable
With battery out, Hold V+/V-, insert USB cable
From powered-off state, Hold V-, press & hold power button
If you haven't tried this combo yet, try using the home softkey in place of the power button with some of these combos - there have been reports of the power button getting remapped to the home softkey.
i apologize for the wrong topic but i have tried every way possible that is listed on xda and other forums to get into download mode with no luck. the only way i could is from the menu's on the roms that i had flashed before( cognition 4.5.3 and serendipity 6.4). i got it to work one time with the hold the vol. up and down buttons and the power button and inserting the battery and it never worked again. all i get is the charging symbol now,the galaxy s screen, or recovery screen. i did get it back into recovery and i tried the home soft button and nothing. then i hit the menu soft button and now it shows the android man and the exclamation point in the triangle. what can i do guys???
440hsp said:
i apologize for the wrong topic but i have tried every way possible that is listed on xda and other forums to get into download mode with no luck. the only way i could is from the menu's on the roms that i had flashed before( cognition 4.5.3 and serendipity 6.4). i got it to work one time with the hold the vol. up and down buttons and the power button and inserting the battery and it never worked again. all i get is the charging symbol now,the galaxy s screen, or recovery screen. i did get it back into recovery and i tried the home soft button and nothing. then i hit the menu soft button and now it shows the android man and the exclamation point in the triangle. what can i do guys???
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Just out of curiosity, when you're at the android man/exclamation screen, if you have odin up already and plug in the phone, does it recognize that the phone's attached?
If so, you might be able to use the odin one-click to get back to stock eclair.
i will try that and get back to you. hopefully it will work.
no sir. i plugged it in and the computer lets me know that i plugged in the usb but nothing registers on odin or the phone.
440hsp said:
no sir. i plugged it in and the computer lets me know that i plugged in the usb but nothing registers on odin or the phone.
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Hmm... I've reached the end of things I know to say to try. I'm assuming you've tried changing which port you're plugging your phone into on the computer?
Also, have you tried using adb to reboot to download? If not, get adb and use the "adb reboot download" command (I think...) to see if that gets you there. You may need to be in the recovery menu (if you can get back there), or the exclamation point / android guy might work, too.
Although, if you can get back to recovery, you might be able to mount your phone to the computer, drop a copy of CWM on there and reinstall that so you can have more options available to you.
Your best bet at this point might be to buy or build a jig. That should hopefully make the phone go into download mode so that you can get to where you need to be.
ok, now i'm a little confused. i've been sitting here with my phone in my pocket not messing with it. i pull it out of my pocket and it was off. i held the down volume button and the power button at the same time and it immediately started showing download mode. now i'm not near my computer with odin on it to flash it back to stock. lolol. this is depressing. now all i can hope is i can make it back to my computer before my battery runs out. i say this because my phone has always been hard to use the button combos to get it into download mode.
if i can get odin to flash it back to stock,i'll master clear it. question is should i root it again before flashing the GB bootloaders to install serendipity VII?
440hsp said:
if i can get odin to flash it back to stock,i'll master clear it. question is should i root it again before flashing the GB bootloaders to install serendipity VII?
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Nope, root isn't needed to flash that ROM.
440hsp said:
ok, now i'm a little confused. i've been sitting here with my phone in my pocket not messing with it. i pull it out of my pocket and it was off. i held the down volume button and the power button at the same time and it immediately started showing download mode. now i'm not near my computer with odin on it to flash it back to stock. lolol. this is depressing. now all i can hope is i can make it back to my computer before my battery runs out. i say this because my phone has always been hard to use the button combos to get it into download mode.
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Good to hear there's a glimmer of hope. If you do manage to get there, you might want to make an EFS backup before moving any further, just so you have one more tool in your arsenal of preventing phone problems.
After reading this whole thread I think your problem is that you now have gingerbread bootoaders and your button combos have changed and you don't know it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
i think you may be right about having the GB bootloaders. now first question is how to i manage to make an efs back up? secondly, if i have the GB bootloaders then what do i do to flash the complete serendiptiy VII onto the phone? the reason why i ask is because the phone just quit downloading the flash in the middle of the download and that's when all hell broke loose. lolol. but you guys are right. i might just have a glimmer of hope.
If you do have the GB bootloaders, you should (theoretically) be able to get to download mode with the volume - & power button combination. This may take a little fiddling to find a timing after you've started the phone to find out when you can get to it.
As far as flashing Serendipity, you could try, but my advice would be to try and get to stock Eclair first and then go forwards. You're in a place with a lot of variables, and stock Eclair would be as variable-free as you're likely to get.
As far as backing up the EFS, under the CWM recovery menu, there's an option to make a nandroid backup. That's step 1. Once you've made the backup, just copy it from the clockworkmod folder to a safe place.
well i've got an update now. got everything back to factory 2.1 eclair and then i did a master reset in the phone because now i can't get into the recovery menu or the download menu and one click root will not work on my phone now at all. it keeps saying failed.
440hsp said:
well i've got an update now. got everything back to factory 2.1 eclair and then i did a master reset in the phone because now i can't get into the recovery menu or the download menu and one click root will not work on my phone now at all. it keeps saying failed.
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+1 on the jig...odin is very finicky and a jig will get you to download mode when you need it most...
buy or make one...worth every penny.
Hello people,
I recently installed GalaxySense Rom (Search "oozeroo" on Google) for my Samsung Captivate AT&T, and it was working fine, until I changed a few settings, then it said it was going to Hot Boot, so the hot boot worked fine. Then, I turned off my phone and turned it back on, and it does not boot. I tried some stuff (check the Situations). My phone is stuck at "Galaxy S Cyanogen(Mod)" (Picture Included!!!)
Situation:
-No Download Mode
-No recovery mode
-Flashed this rom with rom manager (wiped dalvik cache only)
-TRIED installing Clockworkmod recovery, but wont work (not booting into recovery)
-Only an internal SD inside phone, 14 Gigs.
(Ask me for more info if needed please)
Thank you so much, and please help.
--DV
dvasavda said:
Hello people,
I recently installed GalaxySense Rom (Search "oozeroo" on Google) for my Samsung Captivate AT&T, and it was working fine, until I changed a few settings, then it said it was going to Hot Boot, so the hot boot worked fine. Then, I turned off my phone and turned it back on, and it does not boot. I tried some stuff (check the Situations). My phone is stuck at "Galaxy S Cyanogen(Mod)" (Picture Included!!!)
Situation:
-No Download Mode
-No recovery mode
-Flashed this rom with rom manager (wiped dalvik cache only)
-TRIED installing Clockworkmod recovery, but wont work (not booting into recovery)
-Only an internal SD inside phone, 14 Gigs.
(Ask me for more info if needed please)
Thank you so much, and please help.
--DV
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What key combo are you trying for recovery? You have a JIG laying around? If not, I'd go get one regardless of how invincible you think your phone may be. Maybe you could try Adam's one-click unbrick. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310 I don't know what conditions need to be met for it (your phone) to be recognized, but I'd give it a shot anyway.
I am using:
take out battery, hold both volume buttons, plug in USB, then put in battery, all with both volume buttons held the whole time.
No, I do not have a jig, I want to get one though
-I do not care to erase everything I have, I tried using Odin3 one click downloader, it worked for me once, when my phone actually went download mode
dvasavda said:
I am using:
take out battery, hold both volume buttons, plug in USB, then put in battery, all with both volume buttons held the whole time.
No, I do not have a jig, I want to get one though
-I do not care to erase everything I have, I tried using Odin3 one click downloader, it worked for me once, when my phone actually went download mode
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remove sim and microsd. You have to have your batt back in before you hold volume+- and insert USB
what recovery key combo you using?
still nothing buddy, tried your technique
thanks dude
i did try returning it, but they didnt accept it (costco), NOT because I had another romm installed... but because it wasnt booting!
-although, I do not have the battery sign show up, it just has the circle, then it goes to galaxy s screen
Twicebak3d said:
What key combo are you trying for recovery? You have a JIG laying around? If not, I'd go get one regardless of how invincible you think your phone may be. Maybe you could try Adam's one-click unbrick. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310 I don't know what conditions need to be met for it (your phone) to be recognized, but I'd give it a shot anyway.
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Dont have linux
post as much as you want on this thread, i dont really care
any other ideas?
Well..... has galaxysense been actually ported to the captivate yet? I doubt this'll work but.... try vol down + home + power. You could vary vol down with vol up for recovery mode as well. Like I said.... doubt they'll work.
It has ported to captivate, there is a captivate section on website
Home button? you mean the touchscreen/virtual home button? When do you press it:when it lights up?
-btw, i tried the brick fix thing, but it didnt recognize my phone, because it was only booting
dvasavda said:
It has ported to captivate, there is a captivate section on website
Home button? you mean the touchscreen/virtual home button? When do you press it:when it lights up?
-btw, i tried the brick fix thing, but it didnt recognize my phone, because it was only booting
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There's a reason I didn't think it'd work lol. Those are i9000 key combos lol. Get a jig imo.
what are the sgh-i897 combos?
can you go into safe mode with this?
and my home button question please?
dvasavda said:
what are the sgh-i897 combos?
can you go into safe mode with this?
and my home button question please?
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Yeah I meant that virtual key. cappy combos are vol up/down + power for recovery mode for me.
no recovery for me
actually, at first, I had no recovery on my new rom, so... (I dont want to tell you this!) but I looked for a stock recovery, and I put it over the old recovery file in the system.
dvasavda said:
no recovery for me
actually, at first, I had no recovery on my new rom, so... (I dont want to tell you this!) but I looked for a stock recovery, and I put it over the old recovery file in the system.
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Do you know if you flashed 3 button? try vol up vol down power. hold those while inserting usb
nothing dude yet, i did not flash the 3 button fix, (oops!)
i did notice that, when the phone is booting up, and I connect, the phone is half recognized with computer, and yes I did install drivers.
If i go to device manager, it says Captivate, but with a yellow exclamation mark
have to go to, talk to you tommorow morning!
thanks buddy, i appreciate it!
dvasavda said:
nothing dude yet, i did not flash the 3 button fix, (oops!)
i did notice that, when the phone is booting up, and I connect, the phone is half recognized with computer, and yes I did install drivers.
If i go to device manager, it says Captivate, but with a yellow exclamation mark
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I wonder if it'd be recognized by ADB if you install Nexus S drivers. try using that as the drivers for the marked captivate in dev manager. http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html#
If it changes name to Android Composite ADB interface, then you can ADB into recovery and reflash. I don't see how but if you don't have a jig.... might as well try.
(just raised your thanks meter!)
can I cut off an old charger that fits the captivate, and use that?
dvasavda said:
(just raised your thanks meter!)
can I cut off an old charger that fits the captivate, and use that?
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For a JIG? Possibly. You have to jump pins 4 and 5 with 300k worth of resistors. if you look in my sig, there's also a guide to just making one without a USB. Regardless of how you apply the resistance to your phone, you still need 301k. There is a window. I've seen 294k jigs work, so just as long as resistance is in a certain range across those two pins, it will work.
ok, thanks
I tried adb rebooting, but says error device not found
(same thing happened when my device was working and on)
Hi,
I just (Well about a month or two ago) bought my-self a motorola milestone then i really loved it...
Now just now, i wanted to change the battery icon for fun right... and then i downloaded the framework-res.apk and i replaced it in the system>framework... then I Kept on receiving a message saying launcher pro unresponive... and there was only on option FORCE CLOSE... so i did but it kept on showing up so bassically i couldnt use my phone... so i pulled the battery out and put it back in i then saw the (M) logo and i thought it was going to be fine... but right after 20-30 seconds. there was a light black screen and i waited there for 10 miutes and nothing happened...
Rooted
ANDROID 2.3.7
CM7
Make a backup and try to re-apply the ROM's update.zip without wiping anything.
Eiertschik said:
Make a backup and try to re-apply the ROM's update.zip without wiping anything.
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the problem is i can't show the phone on my computer because it needs to be turned on... And also, my power button is broken...Do you think there is another way to access my phone's system on my computer? :crying:
Pull the battery, connect the USB-cable, re-insert the battery and hold the x button while doing so.
This should take you to recovery and from there you can enable USB mass storage mode.
Eiertschik said:
Pull the battery, connect the USB-cable, re-insert the battery and hold the x button while doing so.
This should take you to recovery and from there you can enable USB mass storage mode.
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Thanks... But its stuck on the bootloop... I think im getting it fixed tomorrow though...
Thanks Anyways...
P.S: Although if you can think a way around the bootloop...
Try to enter recovery - either by holding X on the keyboard while powering on or pressing down on your D-Pad.
Recovery works, even if the Android system is bootlooping because it lives on a seperate partition.
You already did this before flashing the ROM.
Eiertschik said:
Try to enter recovery - either by holding X on the keyboard while powering on or pressing down on your D-Pad.
Recovery works, even if the Android system is bootlooping because it lives on a seperate partition.
You already did this before flashing the ROM.
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I have done that but then, what do I do?
Just follow the instructions again - it's not that hard.
Press Volume Down and Camera to access menu, apply update.zip, then Open Recovery starts, and so on...
Blank Screen
Pulled battery and connected USB... WORKED!
Idk why, but a million thanks!
:good:
eliottkid123 said:
Thanks... But its stuck on the bootloop... I think im getting it fixed tomorrow though...
Thanks Anyways...
P.S: Although if you can think a way around the bootloop...
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