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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rabidaries:
I've had my GSM factory unlocked Gnex I bought from ebay about 6 months ago. I was running aokp milestone 5, the kernel it comes with, and not much else. It froze then rebooted into boot loops. If I go into recovery I'm greeted with a variety of

E: can't open /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/misc

(No such file or directory)

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: can't mount /cache recovery/log

(No such file or directory)

And the like everywhere. I've had this before and just flashed a stock img and just start from scratch. This time that isn't working. When I try to flash a stock Google img via nexus toolkit v6.2 when it gets to the point of restarting fastboot after flashing the bootloader, my phone gets the attatched image on the screen and the toolkit says "now flashing gsm radio image <waiting for device> and my screen stays distorted and nothing else. If I remove the battery, put back in fastboot and try to get it to continue with the process it'll say "sending radio. Writing radio. Rebooting bootloader" at this point my screen goes back to being distorted. And toolkit says

Archive does not contain 'boot.sig'

Archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'

Archive does not contain 'system.sig'

And still nothing. I tried recovering via Odin, after 50 mins of doing its thing, same deal, phone stays at the Google screen. I can't get into recovery using the 3 buttons, it just takes me to fastboot and says "fastboot mode-no boot or recovery img" I can only get into recovery by using the toolkits option of "boot to cwm without permenantly flashing it. " which if I do flash a recovery img, it does not work and allow me to get into recovery. So basically anytime I try to fastboot flash anything (recovery, boot, bootloader, radio etc .img) when it comes to where I have to fastboot reboot-bootlader, my screen goes distorted, fades to black, then nothing until I do a battery pull. Turn it on, and back in fastboot. No boot.img or recovery.img.

Pretty sure at this point my hardware just started deteriorating as I was flashing things in the past. It's weird that I can get in to recovery and fastboot but not flash anything through them. Anyway, thought I would share a story about careful flashing lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malikadnanm:
Wth... that's scary. Is there a limit to how many times you can flash a gnex?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rabidaries:
No there's not really a limit and almost anyone will say that the Gnex is practically unbrickable. However it looks as if flashing could still cause hardware problems, how I don't know. Of course we all know the risks of flashing but usually there are a million ways to restore a phone. But I dunno, guess if you do it too much you fry something lol I'm very well versed on how to fix a soft brick and flash to stock, but when you can't flash stock images without your screen going like this, all you can do is scratch your head lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
I saw something similar on my evo. Its a bad Nv flash from what I can tell.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nazrin313:
Try relocking and unlocking your bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Archive does not contain 'boot.sig'

Archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'

Archive does not contain 'system.sig'

That part is actually normal. It sounds to me like you have messed up partitions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lowandbehold:
This used to happen on the MT4G alot. The cause was the eMMc chip going bad. There was no way to recover. Hope this isn't the case for you, just telling you what I have seen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nonione:
have you tried fastboot flashing without the toolkit?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rabidaries:
Ya ive tried flashing through Odin and command prompts. Locking the bootloader does the same thing. Once I lock the boot loader it'll say locked, then ill restart and get the gray image. Once I battery pull and start back up it'll say my bootloader is unlocked, not locked. What would cause the eMMc chip to go bad randomly?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lowandbehold:
In the MT4G it was a bad batch that were produced. Some would last a week, some a month, some six months...In your case, since this doesn't seem like it happens often it was probably just a fluke. A bad chip is all I am guessing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rabidaries:
Is a bad chip repairable in any way? I got it factory unlocked in eBay straight from the factory so no hope of turning it in someplace. Just wondering if its repairable for a tech or somethin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rezkon:
Hey all my gf has the samsung galaxy s2 and she went to about phone > update settings etc, downloaded all of it for the new ICS that come out how when she enters her passcode its says app wizard isnt responding.. :S Any help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hughfollett:
Maybe you flash a stock ics rom with odin.. make sure you select the .tar file in the right way...

Sent from my hybrid SII with the power of ParanoidAndroid and Fluxi kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rezkon:
It was a stock rom?... :S I just didnt seem to boot correctly, she has the Galaxy S2 GT-19100 Nothing was installed that could possiblely cause something like that aka ROOTED, Flash Rom, ETC. it was just stock
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chef_Tony:
if you don't want to bother with manually upgrading using odin but rather have the comfort like the ota update, you could also just connect the phone to the pc and let kies do the updating for you.

or if you know your way around the phone, clear the cache of the system updater app and try again, or use odin and flash it manually, but that won't spare you from installing kies as well, if you don't want to bother with rooting and stuff, you might as well use kies in the first place.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rezkon:
It wasnt rooted, she updated it using the OVER THE AIR updates, got one and updated it..then got one saying ICS and updated it. the update for the ics just turns on gets to the lockscreen, enter the code then that second it flashes and says "Setup wizard has failed" Then nothing just a black screen no icons nothing, it wasnt rooted it was all a offical update. Now, wouldnt Restoring it with odin void the warrenty and wouldnt it mess it up?.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
No... Odin flashes with official firmwares do NOT increase counter or void warranty. Counter keeps track of how many kernels (NOT firmwares) that are NOT signed by Samsung are flashed via Odin. Official firmwares from Samsung contain kernels signed by Samsung, so they do NOT increase the counter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rezkon:
Im looking at Sammobile are there firmware offical?

I think its a GT-I9100 Australia On 3 or unlocked i cant remeber

Still plugs into kies but restore failed at the end..-.-"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
The site isn't officially Samsung affiliated, but the firmwares are downloaded from Samsung, then posted there. They're about as official as you can get without downloading it directly from Samsung yourself.
[HTC One S] Lantek23:
when i turn my pohne off to charge and plug it in the wall charger it goes into fastboot ac. help please(tmobile usa)
[HTC One S] KillaHurtz:
Did you try removing the battery ? LOL

In all seriousness tho, I had the same problem with my One S.

Maybe try the touch version of CWM, as I presume you are using the non touch edition.
[HTC One S] mvmorr01:
I'm also having this problem. Did flashing the touch version of CWM fix it for you?
[HTC One S] solracarevir:
I was having that very same issue, flashed TWRP recovery, problem solved.
[HTC One S] k1llacanon:
But I've got cwm and that don't happen
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
Hi guys. I have posted before about my faulty Galaxy Note in a few threads, but today i was in a shock when the employee of the eshop i bought my Note from informed me that my Note not only has bad hardware but that Samsung refuses to replace faulty devices and only offers to repair them.

The employee told me that the technician diagnosed a motherboard problem(i don't know how else to translate it) and it won't even recharge.

It stands to reason that repairs should cost more than a new note.

Do you think that Samsung will replace my phone?

Also do you find this policy of Samsung wrong or what?

I believe it's appalling, and i am not going to buy another Samsung phone or other product from such an irresponsible company ever again.

Anyway, has anyone have experience with this sort of thing? If yes can you recommend how i should play my cards? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] joshua:
Well its quite a common thing in service center... the so called "engineers" will not make a replacement for ur faulty phone when they see deem fit that its repairable...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] skillz9669:
Its a motherboard replacement, so no it does not cost more than the entire phone. It seems like you "want" a new phone due to the problem more than actually getting the problem resolved. I doubt samsung would utilize an effort in repair that would be more costly to them than replacing the phone itself. I personally don't think their methods are wrong and I love my Samsung products, I do however understand they are assembly line products and some will have defects, we get them fixed and move on.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
Are you suggesting that there can be gained some kind of profit from me(other that transporting expenses to the couriers)? No that's not the case if that is what you are implying; my guarantee makes all repair costs free.

So how would they gain from me?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bingoig11:
I find it quite normal that they only replace what needs to be...

When your car has a faulty wheel, do you ask the whole car to be replaced?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
probably yes, if its bought for less than a week.:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
I sent the phone twice to them and they returned it to me still malfunctioning. No i don't want a new phone more than mine fixed, i have just lost faith that my phone can ever be fixed, and that's why i want a new phone.

From what i've been told on this site it is supposed to be a very stable phone. I have been excited and then frustrated a lot with that phone and it has affected my mood on numerous occasions.

I think i am entitled to some anger against the company for not doing their job right.

I can understand assembly line defects but i don't understand indifference.

It seems like the whole business operates on an automatic assembly line and that frustrates me when i can't have a responsible company representative to solve my problem easily, quickly and effectively.

The only representatives i could reach on the phone were samsung calling center employees and they were vague as vague can be. They of course delegated the problem as much as they could.

I tell you friend, that's no way a responsible company acts. I will not be providing income to them anymore as a consequence of this behavior.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MrDSL:
You wont get one though..You'll get a new wheel

It doesn't even make sense to me that someone would expect a new car if the wheel failed..Even if it was a mile from the lot you bought it from.

Who is fixing it Samsung or some shop that fixes them for warranty? Sounds like whoever is fixing your phone is dropping the ball and doesnt know what they are doing.

I'm not sure what other manufacturor will do things different? They are all basically the same or worse.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] skillz9669:
"I sent the phone twice to them and they returned it to me still malfunctioning. No i don't want a new phone more than mine fixed, i have just lost faith that my phone can ever be fixed, and that's why i want a new phone."

That line, which was not included in your original post, changed everything. If you have been following their "policy" and have given them multiple attempts to repair your device and now its costing YOU time and effort, that's unacceptable. I assumed you brought it in with an issue, and that was their resolution, seemed fitting. This no longer seems the case, and yes I would demand a replacement phone. Not only will your problem most likely never get fixed but opening the device up and moving internal parts around over and over is not a good thing for the longevity of the phone. So as they say in the courts, I retract my previous statement, tell em to replace the damn thing!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Koguchi9:
I feel for you dude.... You buy a brand new device expecting it to work, not having to send it back and forth to fix a problem on a brand new product.

But things happen and personally I don't mind getting it fixed if it's guaranteed. At least it's still the one you bought and not a refurbished unit from someone else.

Of course you have the right to be angry. Anyone would after all that you've described.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
I sent it to Samsung. Samsung has a company here in Greece that fixes them. They send it there for repairs. Now they saw the condition my phone was in, and they made a poor diagnosis(In my view it was a hasty/irresponsible diagnosis in order to get rid of me) that it was a faulty battery. They didn't even bother to check my phone if it was ok after they "fixed" it as it turns out.

Now with Samsung that's the problem, they delegate and compartmentalize their company as much as it is required to shift responsibility and make you feel lost and frustrated.

I hate that kind of shadowy situation they have built around themselves so they won't have to admit "yes we don't give a **** about the consumer, we just want to sell", and that's why i decided to not take from them anymore.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] drkalo:
+1 on what MrDSL said. Have you bought your device from an official dealer? In Bulgaria we have many small electronic stores where they get devices from eBay or God knows from where, the sell these devices 50-100 bucks cheaper and their warranty is linked to some crappy repair services and not to the official one (or authorized one). Some years ago I got my first smartphone Orange branded from such a shop. I would never do that mistake again.

EDIT: sorry, you were quicker :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
The employee of the eshop called them today and was firm on replacing the device, the problem is that they were firm themselves about NOT replacing it.

What can i do against a big company like them?

If they decide i don't get another phone what the hell can i do?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
I bought it from a small electronics online shop here in Greece. They buy the phones from Germany and the guarantee is linked to the German Market. If all else fails i have to take my case there.

But they employee tells me that it's the company's policy(as well as many others besides Apple) that they don't replace devices, end of story.

So again, even though my guarantee is solid, the COMPANY is NOT.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] liltennisdudexx:
So they will charge you for replacing the mainboard? If samsung has representative office in your country, go there and directly talk with them about your problem. If not i think you're out of luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android 4.9 Marshmallow:
Nobody has made any talk about extra charges, that is covered by the guarantee.

If that was the case i might be convinced to move legally against them.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] baz77:
Its simple, cost of part and installing cheaper then replacement of whole phone then replace part. Logic no?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RochiWizz:
This is not a Samsung specific issue all phone manufactures work like this. Next replacing the motherboard is more or less getting a new phone as the phone is roughly motherboard + screen and very little else.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sonic1981:
It might be different in other countries but i work for Ford in the uk and know alittle about the way guarantees and warranty work my note is on contract with 02 and to date i have had 3 new notes from 02 two because i scratched them and just said there was problems with the software on them. Also you have a 28 day no quibble returns policy in the u.k with electronic things. Also if ya good at blagging you can get anything of big companys i upgraded to a nexus in january and the software went into bootloop before i even had time to root it so i kicked off and this happened twice so ended up kicking off and telling them i wanted a note otherwise i was going to trading standards cos they werent fit for purpose and guess what i got a brand new note 3 months after an upgrade. I was always told shy kids get no sweets so try ya luck
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] luckybob99:
Interesting this .I myself have just taken in my note 3 ( I brought direct from Samsung) which is completely dead into a Samsung approved repair centre. They told me the phone needs to be sent away for a motherboard replacement which will take between 7-10 days. I am a little putout as to the time without my Note but I suppose at least I'll get it back fully functional.

Now last year I took my wife's Iphone into one of there Genius centres with a problem (dead phone again) and guess what we were given a nice new shiny replacement there and then.

They do say you only know how good a manufacture is when you need them most !

Think Samsung may need to up there game.

You pay top dollar or a phone it should come with top dollar service
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nigi73:
Well, iDevices are pretty much non serviceable so it's probably cheaper and easier for them to give you a replacement, then try to fix super-glued phone.

Not that I am defending $amsung.

Every big corporation is focused only on profits and doesn't give a s...t about customers.
[HTC One X] nugzo:
I noticed the tegra 3 one x has kernel development and custom kernels. I thought you had to be s-off for kernels? Can anyone shed any light on this? Thanks.
[HTC One X] Deleted member 2496007:
No need to be s-off, you just need to push kernels over separately using fastboot. S-off would simply be more convenient as you could flash it in one go with any Rom.
[HTC One X] nugzo:
Thank you. I actually meant to post this thread this in the S4 One X forum :( We dont have any kernel development goin on over there :(
[HTC One X] shree.cse:
Cause, U don't have kernel sources released. Check here for the availability.
[HTC Incredible S] sdxda:
Do any of the roms have wifi calling? I have spotty reception in my house and wanted to see if wifi calling would alleviate that issue.

I currently use and love HD revolution, but will give it up for wifi calling.
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
Shouldn't you be able to use Google talk? I'm not in the u.s. so I'm not to sure on the details...
[HTC Incredible S] inSaN1Ty_X:
Some Virtuous Sense3.0-3.5 ROMs have wifi calling enabled in U.S.

Next time pleaase use search. It ain't that hard you know..

Sent from my Incredible S
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
Hello,

I tried upgrading CWM via ROM Manager...and can confirm: It dont work :(

If I try to go to CWM, equal how (Software or Hardwarebuttons) he says starting CWM and nothing happens. Only way is to boot with Vol+.

Also failt install CWM via apk.

Only way I can imagine is to flash a old rom with CWM, maybe honecomb, via MicroSD? Any working link to such a old rom? And how to flash?

Thank you in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
You say you lost cwm, so how are you going to flash an older rom via cwm?

Team Rouge has an nvflash version of their recovery or try RecoveryInstaller
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Rom manager is bad news for the tf101, please don't use it in the future.

To fix this (Run in an adb-shell on a computer or terminal emulator on the device, if you can boot, I hope you still have root.)

Download any cwm-flashable recovery. Extract the recoveryblob file out of the zip and place it on your tf, via mass storage or ADB (I recommend rouge)

Then run these commands in term em or adb shell

su
dd if=/your/blob/here of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 (Please note the your/blob/here part, you need to type the path of where you placed your recoveryblob here)
reboot

Should get you backing into a non-borked recovery.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
****. It dont work. :(

Have read about it. But you had give me the way to try.

Have tested Rouge and Rouch recoveryblob.

Both the same.

su (Grant)

dd if=/Removable/MicroSD/recoveryblob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4

Gives me:

8984+1 records in

8984+1 records out

4599884 bytes transfered in...

app_40@android:/#

Looks all fine in my eyes. (I'm DOS-Windows, not Linux)

Why it dont works??

Booting recovery kernel image-> nothing happens
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
Not via CWM with CWM I wrote...

How can I flash what? Only put on MicroSD? And then?

Have tried. Dont work :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Via and with are the same... xD pointless from here.

Last step is to try to reflash the bootloader EBT partition and see if that's the issue, since your recovery flashed fine.

If not, NvFlash here you come!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
Ok. How do I do that?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Blobunpack a stock OTA from asus's site,

then take the .EBT rename it to blob with no extension and use the same command to flash it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farsight73:
I think the best way now is to go back to stock.

Same way use NVflash to flash full firmware and start again rooting and installing CWM...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
Agree with you. But then I need a link to a easy rootable firmware (up to 8.6.6.19 for Razorclaw) and a short description how to flash.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thing O Doom:
Try my PERI one-click, it should install recovery and walk you through rooting just fine, if you can boot into android. If not just flash the latest OTA completely (Everything including ebt) should fix any recovery and bootloader problems. Then you can run PERI and it will install recovery and root for sure. If you want
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
I think I going to be crasy:eek:, because 3 days later and no sucsess:(

to sum up:

1. Gnufabio's RecoveryInstaller.apk

work, reboot, stuck, Power&Vol-, Vol+ stuck at booting recovery kernel image

2. NVFlash

somebody wrote NVFlash is inpossible for B80

seems to be true:

rcm version 0X4

Comand send failed (usb write failed)

3. my last hope: ADB

a) Power&Vol+, adb shell-> device not found (Device Manager: Nvidia USB boot-recovery driver for mobile devices)

b) Power&Vol-, Vol+, adb shell:

List of devices:

0123456789ABCDEF offline

Device Manager: Asus Transformer ADB Interface

c) normal reboot, stuck on EeePad Screen, same as b)

Now I'm on the end of my ideas...

BTW. Tried also this, but dont work.

echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0 in Terminal on the pad->done, but nothing happens

BTW2 Im on Megatron 1.1.4 - It works but I cant take part of the development on this.

BTW3 @Thing o Doom: Your PERI also dont work. Think it belonges to the ADB Problems.

BTW4 If I try to going into recovery there is written:

Android WW_epad-user bootloader < e> released by WW_epad-8.6.6.23-20111202

Checking for Android ota recovery

Skipping android ota checking

Checking for RCK..press key <VOL_Up> in 5 sec to enter RCK

Booting recovery kernel image

If I understand that right it may possible to flash a OTA-Update with this method?

Which schould i use?

BTW5 Tried to copy Rouges recoveryblob to mmcblk04p. Was sucessful, but nothing happens :(