Bootloop directly after flashing ANY rom with Heimdall or Odin, partitions at fault? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey folks,
So I'm trying to load android 2.3.6 on my i9000 (it was previously running 4.2). The thing is, it's home button is broken so I can't easily access the recovery mode. So I've built a jig, forced the phone into download mode, and from there on flashed 2.3.6 using THIS method.
The phone then automatically reboots into Clockworkmod Recovery 3.0.0.5. I then wipe dalvik and cache, and factory reset the phone. Then when I'm trying to boot into android, the phone enters a bootloop. It doesn't even show the boot animation, just the Galaxy S black/white splash screen. At that point I can't seem to get back into the recovery, because of that broken home button.
What I've done so far:
- Checked that my SD card isn't faulty. I can perfectly browse files with the recovery. Mounting the SD card however doesn't work. I don't know why.
- Before I used heimdall to flash the ROM, I tried using Odin v1.83. I clicked repartition and used a 512.pit file. Could it be that my partitions are messed up?
- My end goal is to flash Cyanogenmod 10.2.1. I tried flashing the 10.2.1 .zip (it was still on my sd card, luckily) through the recovery. But that also results in a boot loop, where I cannot get past the boot animation. I know a solution to that would be to clear user data and dalvik again, but I don't know how to get into recovery mode from there.
So, any ideas what I could do? I have a feeling that something's up with my partitions, but I don't have the knowledge to know for sure. Any help is very much appreciated!

vindikleuk said:
So, any ideas what I could do? I have a feeling that something's up with my partitions, but I don't have the knowledge to know for sure. Any help is very much appreciated!
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vindikleuk said:
Hey folks,
So I'm trying to load android 2.3.6 on my i9000 (it was previously running 4.2). The thing is, it's home button is broken so I can't easily access the recovery mode. So I've built a jig, forced the phone into download mode, and from there on flashed 2.3.6 using THIS method.
The phone then automatically reboots into Clockworkmod Recovery 3.0.0.5. I then wipe dalvik and cache, and factory reset the phone. Then when I'm trying to boot into android, the phone enters a bootloop. It doesn't even show the boot animation, just the Galaxy S black/white splash screen. At that point I can't seem to get back into the recovery, because of that broken home button.
What I've done so far:
- Checked that my SD card isn't faulty. I can perfectly browse files with the recovery. Mounting the SD card however doesn't work. I don't know why.
- Before I used heimdall to flash the ROM, I tried using Odin v1.83. I clicked repartition and used a 512.pit file. Could it be that my partitions are messed up?
- My end goal is to flash Cyanogenmod 10.2.1. I tried flashing the 10.2.1 .zip (it was still on my sd card, luckily) through the recovery. But that also results in a boot loop, where I cannot get past the boot animation. I know a solution to that would be to clear user data and dalvik again, but I don't know how to get into recovery mode from there.
So, any ideas what I could do? I have a feeling that something's up with my partitions, but I don't have the knowledge to know for sure. Any help is very much appreciated!
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Flash proper/stock jvu not any rooted or customized one. Then root it and then flash your ROM properly...
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Flash proper/stock jvu not any rooted or customized one. Then root it and then flash your ROM properly...
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Wow, how did I not think of that? Thanks!

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[Help] Flashing of ROMS

i tried following everything whats inside the guide via recovery but i encounter this.
Whenever I tried to flash always come this .
In red.
Short write of/tmp/sideload/package.zip{No space left on device}
what went wrong ?
Another one when I try using ROM Manager .
It show this .
Failed to verify whole file signature
Signature verification failed
The file you trying to flash is not belongs to Galaxy Note.... Or not belongs to the Particular Version of Firmware..
ranjan.alva said:
The file you trying to flash is not belongs to Galaxy Note.... Or not belongs to the Particular Version of Firmware..
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I tried to flash Kingdroid and Darkynote Roms . Still the same .
put the roms file in your internall sd
Enter recovery via 3 buttons
First wipe dalvik cache and the wipe data
then istall from internal sd
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if this does not work for you
Try flashing PC ODIN but follow exactly the steps.
mythbusted said:
if this does not work for you
Try flashing PC ODIN but follow exactly the steps.
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Do not use PC Odin for flashing custom Roms like Kingdroid or DarkyRom. It will raise your binary counter and void your warranty.
Always use CWM Recovery for flashing custom stuff.
mythbusted said:
put the roms file in your internall sd
Enter recovery via 3 buttons
First wipe dalvik cache and the wipe data
then istall from internal sd
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if this does not work for you
Try flashing PC ODIN but follow exactly the steps.
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that what ive been doing and i received a error afterthat
Are you trying to flash a package that you have created or modified?
Im flashing kingdroid roms
So I'm gonna post my problem with pictures as I can't flash any roms .
Bear with me as the camera quality quite sucky as im using iPhone 4s.
Firstly I'm on recovery mode ;
Secondly , as what you see I've my ROM inside my SD card which is Kingdroid ;
Lastly, when I tried to flash the rom and it show me this
That's Android system recovery 3e, not CWM recovery.
And, ROM Manager is incompatible with Galaxy Note...........................
Are you having rooted device?
you need is CWM
download guide from last link on my signature, n follow it. It have instruction for both Root n CWM
N Rom manager won't work with Note.

Captivate won't load E:

Hello everyone,
I'm new to rooting and ROM's so I've been playing around since my Captivate's speaking is broken and of no use (I have a Note now.) I was using CornKernel and had installed CM 10.1 but the nightly I had installed was horrible and I wanted to revert to stable I HAD been running. Anyways, had a problem restoring the stable so I did a battery pull.
I could no longer get into CornKernel recovery, so I flashed Semaphore's ClockworkMod Recovery from CM's install directions. I now get this error I AM able to get into download, but not load any .zip's via this new recovery:
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you flashed an old version of cwm and it isn't compatible with cm10, I think.
if you can get into download mode and flash stock kk4 via usb and odin or heimdall, you should be able to recover. then you can do corn to get cwm back.
If you have a cwm backup of your stable 10.1 rom on a dropbox or google drive, don't try to recover it using Corn Kernel version of cwm. Do the full wipe, factory reset and flash stable CM10.0 plus appropriate gapps from Corn kernel. Then restore your backup, if you have it.
laughingT said:
you flashed an old version of cwm and it isn't compatible with cm10, I think.
if you can get into download mode and flash stock kk4 via usb and odin or heimdall, you should be able to recover. then you can do corn to get cwm back.
If you have a cwm backup of your stable 10.1 rom on a dropbox or google drive, don't try to recover it using Corn Kernel version of cwm. Do the full wipe, factory reset and flash stable CM10.0 plus appropriate gapps from Corn kernel. Then restore your backup, if you have it.
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Thing is, I pushed via ODIN, Cornkernel again (same I originally used) and it loads, but then the status bar (phone) just sits at full and won't show the recovery menu. I then tried CWM and got the error in the image. So why won't Cornkernel work?
I'll try KK4 later tomorrow.
Like I said, I'm new at this.
I can't flash anything from internal SD at all. It just comes up and says can't read from E: I tried CornKernel again, the CWM kernel in the CM instructions, and a stock kernel. Both stock and the CM kernel (the pic in 1st post) go into recovery but don't do anything but give errors/invalid arguments. CornKernel just reboots after the splash screen. I've done the factory reset, dalvik and cache partition cleared.
stock:
from your screenshot, you are still on wrong version of cwm, I think. Corn doesn't use 3e.
Can you get into download mode? that is the yellow triangle with the shovelling androbot.
laughingT said:
from your screenshot, you are still on wrong version of cwm, I think. Corn doesn't use 3e.
Can you get into download mode? that is the yellow triangle with the shovelling androbot.
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I didn't screenshot Corn. The 1st screenshot is Semaphore's ClockworkMod Recovery, found here, step 1: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_captivatemtd
2nd is a stock KK4 kernel I found as suggested in previous posts.
Yes, download mode works fine. ODIN detects the phone, but Windows won't let me put anything into the E: internal storage, or external for that matter.
The image you posted is stock 3e recovery on a kk4 rom, and not CWM recovery.
you need to install Corn kernel via usb with either odin or helmdall. You can find the corn kernel in captivate development forum. It will change your existing kk4 rom by replacing the kernel and will add CWM recovery that you need, but it will still be a kk4 rom, because it doesn't change the android OS.
I flashed Corn, this is what I get. Flashed it 3 times, same result.
Just sits there.
did you flash a complete kk4 rom, verify that you are rooted, before flashing corn? if not, then, do so. see TRusselo's thread in stickies for links to complete stock kk4. you will need to do it via usb. then get rooted, then flash corn.
the full rom will be a larger tar file that will take a long time to flash.
you might want to use full odin, rather than the oneclick versions. I am assuming you are using odin 1.85 for windows. you are going to put a tar file in the pda slot, then flash the complete stock kk rom first, then root the phone. wipe the cache, wipe the dalvik cache, and do a complete boot. then verify you have root, with an app like root checker, or run superuser to check - it wont run if your are not rooted.
if all that checks out, then go back to download mode, and flash corn from odin.

[Q] Help, stuck on bootloop after failed CM11 install

Hi. here is my situation: i had the phone unlocked and on stock 4.1 firmware, rooted.
Today i wanted to try kitkat and downloaded some Xperia V 4.4 Rom. after going into recovery i started the install but i failed somewhere in the middle.
Well, ended up accidentally backing out of CWM (i had a nandroid backup) without repairing the fone and now its stuck in a bootloop. its the fastest i've seen, the phone is on for line 2 seconds (on SONY logo) then reboots. i tried adb, fastboot, but these require (i think) some level of initialization that the phone just doesnt get into.
I tried PC Companion but it says it cannot repair the phone as custom firmware is detected. Can i force it to update even in this situation?
mechlord said:
Hi. here is my situation: i had the phone unlocked and on stock 4.1 firmware, rooted.
Today i wanted to try kitkat and downloaded some Xperia V 4.4 Rom. after going into recovery i started the install but i failed somewhere in the middle.
Well, ended up accidentally backing out of CWM (i had a nandroid backup) without repairing the fone and now its stuck in a bootloop. its the fastest i've seen, the phone is on for line 2 seconds (on SONY logo) then reboots. i tried adb, fastboot, but these require (i think) some level of initialization that the phone just doesnt get into.
I tried PC Companion but it says it cannot repair the phone as custom firmware is detected. Can i force it to update even in this situation?
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Use flashtool to flash a stock FTF
can you enter into cwm? if can then maybe is your original rom that not compatible with your new kernel, as i notice you completely forgot to flash back to your original stock kernel when you revert back to your nandroid backup. so just flash back to stock kernel and boot it normally.
davidtkf88 said:
can you enter into cwm? if can then maybe is your original rom that not compatible with your new kernel, as i notice you completely forgot to flash back to your original stock kernel when you revert back to your nandroid backup. so just flash back to stock kernel and boot it normally.
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CMW backups include kernel, so that's not the issue, also in a bootloop you never get to load the hijacked chargemon, so you cant enter recovery
gregbradley said:
CMW backups include kernel, so that's not the issue, also in a bootloop you never get to load the hijacked chargemon, so you cant enter recovery
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Then the only way is to enter fastboot mode and flash stock kernel
gregbradley said:
CMW backups include kernel, so that's not the issue, also in a bootloop you never get to load the hijacked chargemon, so you cant enter recovery
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I did a nandroid backup, but it didnt use it. I backed out of cwm after the installation failed.. i cant get into CWM again because the LED doesnt light up. Like i said, the phone powers for like 2 seconds and then restarts.
I think the cwm i had was overwritten or is somehow unusable. i cant use any tool because the phone doesnt sat powered long enough for any tool to recognize it. i dont even think it initializes whatever it is initialized for adb and the rest
davidtkf88 said:
can you enter into cwm? if can then maybe is your original rom that not compatible with your new kernel, as i notice you completely forgot to flash back to your original stock kernel when you revert back to your nandroid backup. so just flash back to stock kernel and boot it normally.
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I did a nandroid backup, but it didnt use it. I backed out of cwm after the installation failed.. i cant get into CWM again because the LED doesnt light up. Like i said, the phone powers for like 2 seconds and then restarts.
I think the cwm i had was overwritten or is somehow unusable. i cant use any tool because the phone doesnt sat powered long enough for any tool to recognize it. i dont even think it initializes whatever it is initialized for adb and the rest
Flash a stock kernel, use doomkernel, enter Recovery and restore your backup
Leave it on charge for a few hours first
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Real issues trying to install a custom ROM (Cyanogenmod, etc...)

I have a real issue trying to install any zip files for ROMS.
At first I thought it was just the file I had downloaded so I downloaded another, and another, and another through a different browser (as I had read this might be an issue?).
Still nothing worked. I've put some screenshots below of what I am getting.
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Then I flashed a newer version of CWM (from the Cyanogenmod thread) and got this...
These are all stored on my external SD card which is where I am trying to boot from. The weird thing is that I can install the Alliance ROM but no others! I'm not sure whether its something to do with the Alliance one being a 4.3 ROM and the others all based around 4.4??
I really am out of ideas and can't find any solutions that seem to work, please can anyone help?
User does not have CWM recovery in image one its stock 3e.
Image 2 reads as a faulty file package .
Please try Philz Recovery .
Thanks.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by your first sentence but I will try Philz Recovery as well.
I've just flashed Philz Recovery but still no joy
I tried installing CM and OmniRom which was stored on the phone, and then also from the SD card but its still giving me the same messages?
I really am at a loose end here, I'm hoping there is a simple explanation for this????
Simple explanation reads as faulty zip files .
message says cannot open .
First sentence you did not have a custom recovery only stock recovery on image one .
Suggest format phone in recovery format sdcard system data cache then boot to download mode and flash stock rom .
With 63 posts you can ask in your roms thread or its Q&A thread ,
I see that you installed Philz Touch 5. Try latest 6.12.8: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300 > This is based on CM11 tree, so it will work only with ROMs that hve the update binary from a CM11 ROM. So it will work with the stock CM11 you are trying to use. Try before you flash the ZIP to search it with ES File Explorer. If it appears the files inside it, than it should be OK. If it shows an error message saying that it is not a ZIP, you hve to download it again, because the file is not good. You have here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860 some other issues and how to fix them. Hope I helped you.
I have to agree, go back to full stock, the modify the phone step by step. Root-cwm-custom rom
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Thanks for your replies guys.
This is odd, but I now have CM11 on my S3 LTE.
After installing Philz Recovery, I then reverted back to the latest version of CWM and tried to re run the file and this time it ran! I have no idea what was going on there?
Just in case this whole thing happens again if I want to flash an alternative ROM... What are the steps for returning the phone to a factory 'stock' state?
zim_zimmer said:
Thanks for your replies guys.
This is odd, but I now have CM11 on my S3 LTE.
After installing Philz Recovery, I then reverted back to the latest version of CWM and tried to re run the file and this time it ran! I have no idea what was going on there?
Just in case this whole thing happens again if I want to flash an alternative ROM... What are the steps for returning the phone to a factory 'stock' state?
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See the sticky in General .
All sorted now, thanks guys
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Tab S2 t713 Soft Brick. Flashing Stock Rom Fails

I have a Samsung Tab S2 T713. I used Odin to Flash CF Auto Root. I was able to get root and after I flashed TWRP. I made a backup using TWRP. Then I tried flashing Lineage OS 15.1 to get Android Oreo. I check as carefully as I could to make sure that I was getting the rom meant to work with the S2 T713. I flashed the rom from inside TWRP. First I wiped the Dalvik Cache, System, Data and Cache. I then used "Install" from the Twrp menu, found the Lineage zip and swiped to install. The install failed and gave me a message that the zip was for the wrong device.. I tried rebooting and got stuck at the bootloader. I already had the stock rom and I was able to get into download mode. I used Odin to try to flash the stock rom. The operation failed. The tablet screen said SW REv Check Fail. {aboot} Fused 2 >Binary 1
Here is a screen shot of Odin
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I have a Samsung Tab S2 T713. I used Odin to Flash CF Auto Root. I was able to get root and after I flashed TWRP. I made a backup using TWRP. Then I tried flashing Lineage OS 15.1 to get Android Oreo. I check as carefully as I could to make sure that I was getting the rom meant to work with the S2 T713. I flashed the rom from inside TWRP. First I wiped the Dalvik Cache, System, Data and Cache. I then used "Install" from the Twrp menu, found the Lineage zip and swiped to install. The install failed and gave me a message that the zip was for the wrong device.. I tried rebooting and got stuck at the bootloader. I already had the stock rom and I was able to get into download mode. I used Odin to try to flash the stock rom. The operation failed. The tablet screen said SW REv Check Fail. {aboot} Fused 2 >Binary 1
Here is a screen shot of Odin
Any help would be appreciated
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You need a revision 2 firmware. You're attempting to flash a revision 1 firmware.
You mentioned I should use revision 2 firmware. Can you give me a link for that?
While I was waiting for a reply I flashed TWRP. I was able to restore using my Nandroid backup. However, now the tablet wont recognize my password. I have done some reading and it seems my only choice is to do a factory reset. Are you aware of any other options or should I do a factory reset from inside TWRP?
Once I get back up and running, I want to try flashing the Lineage OS. Can you give me a link for the correct version.
Thanks.

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