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[Android General] deathnote013:
wow... nice specs.. i hope the quality and chips are good as well...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Long story short (details here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318263), my phone has been stuck in a perpetual boot cycle, despite all the help others have provided me.

Well, I've gotten to the point where I was able to flash CWM and access it's recovery menu. This is a big victory, as most of the time when I try to access the recovery menu, I get "deleting cryption meta data" and a reboot. I was able to mount the internal SD card (USB storage) to my computer using CWM's menu, and to my dismay, it was completely empty, save for the error log generated by CWM. No boot partition, no anything.

Does anyone have the original contents of the internal SD card dumped (contents as shipped)? Similar to this thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060497). I figure anything is worth a shot now. Much appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] penguin356:
This might be something worth trying:

http://galaxys2root.com/att-galaxy-s2/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/

Take you phone back to out of box and start over
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
penguin356

+1

If you can get cwm, you can get download mode. And the url penguin356 posted is the answer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Thanks for responding, but I'm well beyond that point, as noted in the other thread. Among other things, I've already:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Have you tried getting into download mode after successfully getting into stock 3e recovery(step #3) ?

Just on the off chance getting 3e recovery working might mean more of the framework needed for a successful odin flash is in place. Just a thought.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
As mentioned previously, most of the time, stock recovery is inaccessible. It'll state "deleting cryption meta data" and then reboot into a loop.

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So, does no one have the contents of their internal SD card from a stock image? :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
I don't think it's possible to drag and drop android os and it work.

That having been said, I can't imagine the frustration you're going through. I'll do my best to get my contents extracted and posted for you on this thread tmrw.

I'll be busy all morning and afternoon, but I'll do my best.

Hopefully someone will get it to you sooner.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Much thanks if you're able to get around to it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Android commander will be able to pull everything needed. Unfortunately I just realized I would be uploading my personal files. And if this does work, everyone would have access to:

Google account, my programs and login info, pictures...... just not good.

I've been meaning to go back to stock to try a few things out. Looks like I'll be doing it sooner than I thought. Running titanium backup now. Once I get back to bare bone unrooted stock I'll upload that.

Hopefully it'll be done tonight and finish uploading through the night.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Sheesh this is taking awhile. While bored out of my mind, and it's 2am, I noticed in the transfer log every once and awhile there are folders that it says can't be created because they don't exist and files that it can't copy because it says permission denied. I also noticed the program can see that my phone is not rooted.

I obviously haven't used this program before. I'll keep the copy of that transfer and will now root the phone using Entropy512's method and see if root will allow the program to transfer everything. It definitely won't get posted tonight as I'm way too tired. Hopefully I will be able to have it all uploaded tmrw. Or at least uploading, first transfer was 1.49gb. It'll take me a bit to get that uploaded.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Don't want you to stay up late for this! Just do what you can when you can get around to it, I'll keep trying to use ODIN to fix my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
No problem. Seems like it's going to be trickier than expected to get everything off the phone. May end up trying root manager. In the meantime here's the files (minus the parts that wouldn't transfer) that I did pull off (stock not rooted). Give you an idea of what it will be while I try getting the rest off.

http://goo.gl/pq9xn
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
And I have two (hopeful) answers for you!

The first is (what should be) a full pull of the entire phone:

http://goo.gl/VihRa

The second is a nand backup done through CWM:

http://goo.gl/B6vey

Keep in mind with the nand backup I used Entropy512's kernel (DD_11032011) to get CWM. So by going that route it will give you a yellow triangle at boot screen, not sure if you've been trying to avoid that.

And for the record, Wow that took way too long! And caused me to be on unmodified stock and un-signed in to sync with google for over two days so that I could get the info off I needed without inadvertently giving you my account sign in info or apps, pics, etc.

Really hope it helps. I'd do it all over again just for the fun of learning new things, sorry, you're not that special to be reason enough.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jojorios:
I've been driving myself crazy. I am in the same boat. No matter what i try I keep going straight into a boot loop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Did you try the cwm backup? I never did hear from the op if he got his phone fixed. Might want to send him a pm.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jojorios:
I HAD nand backups. Tried one but it still kept looping. Then without realizing i erased the internal SD so I lost them.

Not sure why but i'm receiving the following errors on the nand backup

! D:\Downloads\clockworkmod.rar: CRC failed in clockworkmod\backup\2011-11-07.06.29.39\boot.img. The file is corrupt

! D:\Downloads\clockworkmod.rar: CRC failed in clockworkmod\backup\2011-11-07.06.29.39\data.ext4.tar. The file is corrupt

! D:\Downloads\clockworkmod.rar: CRC failed in clockworkmod\backup\2011-11-07.06.29.39\system.ext4.tar. The file is corrupt
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
That file is just a clockworkmod backup folder with the nand in it. Extract that folder and copy it to the backup folder on your phone.

With cwm you'll have adb access. Might want to look up what things you can do with adb.

Wish I could be of more help. Pretty much everything I can think of is included in this thread.

I guess let it be overnight without a battery and see what it does in the morning.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
hmm well that's quite the predicament you've got yourself into... Odin I'd usually last resort. Having said that I've khyber had any problems studying my phone with it. Id first make sure that the recovery your using I'd for your phone, it may seem silly but you will find that hours if redoing something well not work because of the smallest things. In cwm you're going to want to error your cache, at least but since you're having so many problems, try reformatting everything, and i mean really reformatting (did an install of a2sd go wrong) to get your positions right (although Odin should do this. Make sure Odin is actually doing things). And i would regain from randomly flashing things. If you flashed an i9000 ROM then use that tread but that is the only time you should use it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jojorios:
The problem for me is that i'm getting those errors when i try to unzip clockwordmod.rar. I am using Winrar.

I'm trying to do every suggestion I can see. I do have a question though, just so I definitely understand, when using the 1-click or the return back to stock files, they should put EVERYTHING back to stock right? I'm talking about all mounts, bootloaders, kernel, and every single file that android uses correct?

---------- Post added at 10:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:23 AM ----------

I just reread the OP original post and noticed that there's a slight difference between our issues. They originally stated that they could get into their lock screen for a few seconds. I cannot. I get the Samsung Galaxy SII boot screen for about 6 seconds and then it goes off then back to the GSII boot screen. And that's the loop it stays in.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Weird. I'll try reuploading it. Maybe by the end of the day or tmrw before I can. Dr's appointment and windows decided to quit booting for me. Running out of hard drives here, so frustrating. Should've hit up some black Friday deals.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dude2k5:
http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2011/11/02/asus-transformer-prime-gets-torn-down-kal-el-pictured/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] temporarily_insane:
I'd really really like to see asus design it in a more organized way. Apple engineers managed to put the ipad together such that everything is very organized in there. When I opened up the TF, oh my goodness everything was everywhere. It looked like something someone put together in his garage.

The prime looks better, but it's still doesn't look as organized as the ipad.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] GetLaid:
Not to be a jerk but... who cares? It seems like you are trying to take the Apple fashion/form over function nonsense to the next level.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] temporarily_insane:
Haha, you're right.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Pandasouljah:
Lol, love the honesty :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Bøygen:
:(

Seriously! this makes me sad.

The transformer prime looks good, but I want 3g-connectivity!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] temporarily_insane:
Solder in a 3g dongle. Someone's already soldered in a hard drive. A 3g dongle should be a breeze, then.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] phlunkie:
Did you notice the username that said that? i think it sums up the rationale.:p
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bionicbowtieguy:
Been thinking about getting one but got a question for those of tou that do. If you use the 3.5 headphone jack to play audio thru your radio can you still recieve calls with hands free or do you have to unplug it from the phone?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tarheelmike:
You can answer totally hands free. There is a 3.5 mm jack on the bottom of the dock and a short cable is included to stream music from the dock instead of the phone jack. I have had the car dock since day one and love it. It is designed to accomodate the VZW hard case w/ extendended battery also.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cryptiq:
Added your question to the moto car dock thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291779

FWIW, if you get the moto car dock sold by verizon wireless, you'll need to plug the audio cable into the top of the phone each time you dock it.

If you get the moto car dock direct from motorola or amazon (part # 89499N) it adds a special USB cable that has an audio jack for the the 3.5mm stereo cable on the end of the cable that plugs into your car charger, and a motorola dual USB rapid (850 mA) charger. Just checked amazon and it's down to $40 for that kit, I'd go for this dock hands down.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] PG101:
MODERATOR MESSAGE

As the post above says...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291779

No need to open a new thread!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] horuscurcino:
[IM NOT RESPONSABLE BOUT PROBLEMS OR DAMAGES IN YOUR DEVICE USING THIS PROCEDURES!]

Im a photo enthusiast and i take a lot of care about my Nikon camera and its lenses to ensure its exelent quality and functionality. With my SGS I9000B isn't different!

I saw some dust inside my lenses and decided to clean it up because it interfere directly on the image quality.

In the cleaning process i scratched my SGS lenses from inside! (yes, using twizzers+loose cotton). Was a bad idea.

Thinking bout a replacement of entire housing, didnt find it at eBay because I9000B has a Digital TV antenna and a hole for it. Its a special housing.

Decided then to buy another international housing to take only the lenses, but no money at my paypal account :-(.

Without money, finally decided to take apart my dead Nokia N95-1 and use its CarlZeiss Vario Tessar lenses!!!!!

After opening the SGS again, take that steel frame that protects and decorates the camera lens was a boring process. Three bent fins through the housing, which are hidden by a plastic cover:

After removing this frame, I saw the lens is very well glued to the plastic. Which requires some work with tweezers to avoid damaging the substrate that has outline (it was used as a guide to the size of the new lens).

After that, I put a lens on the other (the N95 but is wider, same thickness) and made the cuts using a sharp scissors.

So now just put everything in place, clean the lens again, polishing and close the device.

Not intend to leave this lens for a long time. Only until i can buy the official Samsung (taken from a new housing).

This Nokia does not have enough glue to adhere to the plastic housing. This little space between the lens and the plastic inferfere directly in autofocus and the inhibition of reflexes = photo as ****!

The results:

Photo taken with SGS I9000B with my new lenses:

Hope this helps people that as me didnt found anything bout Samsung Galaxy I9000/I9000B camera glasses/lenses replace.

You liked? Plz click on Thanks button :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hexxor93:
Very nice guide :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
this is nice very very nice hardware mod =)

i was wondering myself how to 'refresh' that lens
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bhu1:
Awesome but I dont think its simple to play with hardware, I think ill do it when my sgs is very old. Its just 6 months old right now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] horuscurcino:
Yes. Like all hardware mods in PCs, Game consoles, notebook systems or IT generally, some electronic/engineer knowledge and creativity are very appreciated.

Or, assume all the risks trying "blindly" the procedures(for me, the best way to learn something by yourself).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] onecosmic:
Great info, thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarzan55:
Does anybody have any idea weather there is a way of polishing that lens? My phone is already a year and a half old and the picture quality is really really bad, since I was not taking care and had my phone in pocket with keys and everything all the time :rolleyes:

I was thinking of some method like used for polishing front lights on cars. Do you think it would work?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andifds:
Never never try the polishing! I've tried today but i fu**ed the lens and the photos was blurred. But i had an "old" nokia 5610, changed the lens and now the photos are too much better, almost like new!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hasanalikhattak:
where to buy a camera glass.

i have been using this phone for a long time and now a few days back during a trip i got some scratched on the camera glass at the back :o and now i am unable to have any good picture. :confused:

so can someone tell me how can i replace this one with a newer or where i can buy this size camera glass.

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ApresVu:
Thanks man cool experience!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RaivoNaama:
Wow I just found some use for my dead N95 :D Now I just need to decide if I dare to take apart my beloved phone... The lense is in a REALLY bad shape tho ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] horuscurcino:
You can buy @ ebay a full housing kit (which comes with brand new OEM samsung lenses) or just a back plate.

The tutorial to change is found at the first post.
[Continuum General] Sccrluk9:
Hey guys, I flashed a new ROM to my phone and so far the only issue I have had is with the USB 'mounting'.

When I plug my phone into the USB I sometimes get the notification. To get the notification to always show up I have to unplug, USB settings > Mass Storage, and upon reconnecting I get the notification. However when I "Select to copy to/from your computer" the drawer just slides back up and I dont get the mount screen like I used to. Can anyone help me out?

ROM I used:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316769

EC07-Clean rom+rooted+bebinged+deodex+minor debloat (same one im running): Here (dependent on ec07 radio+kernel as well)

Followed the instructions by Ciscogee here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1248077
[Continuum General] Txwolf1980:
you need to check USB debugging in settings/application/development. That should fix it.
[Continuum General] Sccrluk9:
Im at school/work right now but Ill try that as soon as Im off.
[Continuum General] Sccrluk9:
That worked, thanks. Cant believe I didnt check that to begin with...
[Motorola Droid 3] cj316x:
Okay so whats all this i been reading about dolphin browser that spys on the urls the user visits?

Is this true? Or just a rumor or some stupid topic someone decided to open?

anyone know?

Sent from my DROID3
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
Why don't ask this question in the according thread instead of creating a new one?

BTW: I use Opera Mobile and think it's far far better.
[Motorola Droid 3] Savior057:
1. Versions 7.0 and 7.1 report the URLs that you visit to some server. After much complainnig from users, the programmers fixed this in Version 7.2. I downloaded it yesterday.

2. What is better about Opera Mobile?
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
Rendering performance, scrolling and zooming speed is the fastest available yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lucasryan:
I just wanted to ask others opinion on how they feel about AT&T taking away the unlimited data plan with the smart phone packages unless you got grandfathered in from having the unlimited data before all this took place.

Well for many many months i have wondered why i didnt get grandfathered in because i had the unlimited before with WM6.5, well they failed to mention it to me and i thought i still had it, but come to find out i got put on the 2gb plan and havent went over the limit for a long time. The past couple months i have went over and got txt saying i reached 75% of my data then 100% and was being charged 10$ for extra gb. I called them to consult them with the problem and they tell me i should have been grandfathered in with my old data plan being unlimited but that they were sorry that i had went past the 3month period to be able to ask for it, and that i had to stay on the rated data plan. So with that said i called them back couple days later and told them i wanted to switch to a old phone i had " LG-VU" and wanted the unlimited data plan, then i gave them my IMEI number and switched devices but never even took out the sim from my samsung focus. They say that it would not work without the smart phone data plan but it still performs as it was before and i have unlimited data plan. I have called the *3282# to see, and it says unlimited data and that the other 2gb plan is deactivated.

My question is if anyone else has experienced this kinda situation before as i have and what they did about it. Will AT&T be able to see that i am still using the focus and not the Vu?

When i had the WM6.5 i never told them what device i was using, i just put sim card in and edited the APN and never had to have smart phone data.

Many opinions Appreciated!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] HoorayBeer:
i had same problem. i was told after having an htc fuze with unlimited data that i could not be grandfathered in with my new smart phone even after explaining that the fuze was also a smart phone. its now been a year though. i may try your method of getting the unlimited data back.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lucasryan:
I was determined to figure a way around it, especially after the Hot Spot hack, using that for my xbox 360 live. But it seams to be do the trick so far, its been a couple days now and i havent gotten any alert as i did before, but thats not saying i wont get one saying im being charged. So lets hope this is a work around with a dumb phone!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] 2GStyle:
All I did was upgrade my phone in a store then call ATT after my first bill stating that I was told I would keep my unlimited plan and if they dont want to give it back I can just return the phone and go with another provider... lets just say I have unlimited data again.

They will try to say you went past the the 14 day return but just tell them that you were sold the phone on false pretenses and that it was a mistake on their end. They will fold once you get past the first teir rep.

I have done this upgrading from a iPhone 2G to 3GS and then from 3GS to WP7. I also managed to get it when I added a second line for my GF with the old 3GS haha... Play stupid and just go with the old, "I was told I would get this.... are you telling me I was lied to by one of your ATT sales people?" they trip over themselves then give you what you want.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
I didn't have any problem at all. But then, when I heard about the change, I went straight to an AT&T store to make sure I had a guarantee that I would be grandfathered in no matter what. When I upgraded from my Fuze to a Focus, I had no trouble, and I'm still unlimited a year later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
you can get it back and here's how

as soon as I get my titan and get back with at&t

i'm talking to this guy or you can use your own iphone 2g if you have one lying around

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220875871251
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.8820:
Seems like a good deal! We'll see if AT&T honors that promise of grandfathering T-Mo people!
[Windows Phone 7 General] lucasryan:
I get the same txt that he is getting
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
As for me, it looks like some kind of criminal transaction. Somehow this guy got access to AT&T billing/accounting system and makes non-authorized changes in database. I prefer to stay with my 2 Gb only data plan but w/o possible problems...
[Windows Phone 7 General] lucasryan:
I think that guy is doing the same thing as i did, but he is charging ppl to call and do it for you. All i did was change the IMEI by supplying them with it and acctivating unlimted data for that dumb device, But keep my sim card in my Focus. As you can see in my screen capture on phone that i just took a few min before i posted showing that the 2gb plan was cancelled and unlimited was activated.

Lets just hope this is a work around sollution for this, as it is working as of now!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
I only pay $40 a month unlimited everything through simple mobile... I don't know how much you guys are paying but can't beat that deal... And its $40 flat...not $40 plus this and that fee.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
I don't think so - too much pain in the a$$ for $25 :D Definitely he found the way to change AT&T database...

How about your bill? How much AT&T charges for unlim? $30/m as it was before?
[Windows Phone 7 General] lucasryan:
Hmm you maybe right on that, i wouldnt do all those phones for that much.

My current unlimited data is costing me 15 a month now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adiliyo:
i wonder if this would work on their gophone as well?

register a dumbphone for the $50 unlimited and then put the sim in a smartphone?

does the network read IMEI when the device tries to connect?

for me, when i got my gophone sim card, i didn't have my focus with me, so the att rep entered all 0's or 1's for imei, does it read the phone and change them? or is there a way to see what phone they think i'm using?

sorry if it's a bit off topic, but it's very interesting to me :P
[Windows Phone 7 General] JamesAllen:
Still Unlimited

I went from an ATT FUZE with a PDA Unlimited Plan to an ATT Samsung Focus and the rep merely moved my SIM in the FUZE to the Focus last December and I still have the Unlimited Plan.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adiliyo:
Hmm, I think I'll switch to the unlimited and not add data and see what happens, worst case I spend an extra $25 next month :P

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