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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] olllive:
Agh!

I recently rooted my SGH-I777, flashed it using Clockword Mod Recovery, and then rebooted into recovery using CWM. But instead of rebooting into the recovery menu, everything went black. Now my phone won't reboot into recovery mode at all (not even with the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power combo). Instead, it gives me the Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 startup screen with the yellow triangle and then the screen goes all black, with quick flashes of dark gray.

When I removed the battery (to get it out of the black screen loop), returned the battery to the device, and plugged it in (without powering up the phone), the "charging" screen with the charging battery indicator flashed on the screen for a moment, and then back to all black flashes.

I removed the battery, SD card, and SIM card for about 20 minutes because I've read that can sometimes help. No dice.

I'm running ICS 4.0.3 with a Siyah 3.4.2 kernel.

This is probably either really bad or no big deal and I'm lame for not figuring it out, but... HELP! (Please? :fingers-crossed: ) I know this has been asked, but the other threads I've found have been able to get to recovery mode, whereas I can't seem to get to that point.

If you need any other info, let me know!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
download mode and flash another kernel, or the same one.

sounds like broken recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] olllive:
The phone is not even entertaining the idea of giving me a menu of any sort at this point. Just all black screens. Super frustrating.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
No d/l mode, no CWM. = brick.

no offense but im pretty sure your just not holding the buttons right.

CWM= hold both vol, then hold power, let the first screen blink once, come back, then let off power is my trick.

download, you can just hold vol buttons and insert USB belive.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Somebody used rom manager!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] olllive:
A-ha! Ok, so definitely no on the CWM combo, but I do get a menu using DL mode. Thank you. Seeing at least a menu made me feel much better.

I re-flashed the initial kernel, but no change. Still stuck in perpetual black screen boot loop.

I'm not opposed to doing a full-fledged wipe using Odin, if that's an option, but I've never looked into it before, and I'm currently feeling pretty gun shy when it comes to getting creative with any new tricks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] olllive:
Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.

But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
If you want stock, flash a stock ROM, or stock with root, with Odin.

If you want custom, after you flashed that custom kernel, you CAN get into CWM and flash a custom ROM.

and NEVER use ROM manager, hell it was a joke when it came out, sorry koush :p

EDIT:

and if you do go custom, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset in CWM before flashing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Nice prediction sir! ALSO: WHY! Why would you ever use rom manager.People say it all the dang time that it doesn't work for our device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Because it doesn't work for the Samsung galaxy s devices. It never has.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] olllive:
You rock. Thank you a ton for being so patient!!

To any other fool who gets into the same mess, I went into DL mode (volume up + volume dwn + usb attached) and opted to let this do the rest of the work because it was the only option that didn't give me a heart attack: androidarea51.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/samsung-galaxy-sii-(sgh-i777)-att-only/

From there, I had the option of rebooting, initializing a factory reset... all of the menu options I wasn't seeing when I couldn't figure out how to get into CWM mode. Good luck!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] olllive:
I know, I know (and this is a dumb excuse, much like using rom manager in the first place), but the tutorial I was reading made it seem like it was a good option. I hadn't used it in forever and logic coupled with faith in a perpetually broken system paves the road to hell, but I figured, "There's no way it still sucks as badly as I remember!"

Don't think that. Ever. My mistake.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] adolfo778:
Charge the baterry externally thats what I did when my old infuse was bricked

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mmoncay11:
Samsung Galaxy s2 i-777 does not turn on

okay so I read through this thread and I still don't know how to fix my issue. I rooted my phone using Odin v 1.85 and used siyah 3.4.2. I did it successfully and everything was good. I then gave the phone to my cousin and he said he performed a factory reset to get rid of everything on the phone ( contacts ,etc). Now when I turn on the phone it shows the samsung galaxy display with the triangle and then the screen goes black and just blinks. It still goes back into download mode I just dont know what to do to fix the problem. I know I'm a noob but please HELP!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiffan86:
Have you tried flashing back to stock using odin? BTW it is not good etiquette to necro a thread that has been dormant for almost 9 months.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello,

I sold over 450 app units, which should be about 400€. I have entered all the banking and tax information that are required for the Dev Center and reached the threshold of 200$. I did not get any money, yet. In the FAQ I read that every publisher is being paid at the end of the month (with a delay of 6 days?). But it's the 7th of August and the Dashboard still says 0.00$.

I am sorry if I misunderstood anything, but I would like to get some money soon.

Thank you
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
Not really the right place to ask about it. You'd probably do better with Marketplace issues to go to the AppHub forums.

There are other Marketplace devs here, and some might be able to help you, but this site is more devited to homebrew. None of my apps are paid, so I can't help you personally.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
Hi, i have a SGS3 and the carrier have locked the phone thou i bought it in second hand. With receipt and it was brand new in unopened box. Worked fine untill couple of days ago when it got locked.

So i'm not able to use the phone cause i cant get no network.

I rooted my phone and deleted the "efs" files so the imei changed but it didnt help my, still no network signal. Cannot connect.

Is there any way to unlock my phone? Please help me get my phone working. Payed about 450 euros for it.:(

Sorry if i put this thread in a wrong section. Newbie here..

Appreciate the help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick Fury:
Take it to any phone unlocking shop or kiosk and should cost around £20. Im not sure the currencies exchange rate.

It may also be cheaper where you are from
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mopral:
If you have really done that and you have no backup of these file: you're screwed!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Casanoaa:
Why the hell have you deleted the efs folder?. In the efs folder your imei is in.

Restore your phone if you got a backup of the efs folder. Otherwise use the search function in this forum. Because more people has done the same thing you've done
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E_Goldstein:
Are you sure its not been blacklisted maybe by accident... amd congrats on deleting efs folder big mistake
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
I saved the efs files so it's okay. I have restored them.

I deleted the files in the efs folder to get new imei number so i can pass by the lock on my phone, but it didnt help me.

It's maybe imei locked, dont know exactly what it's called.

Does anybody have any idea what to do to unlock the phone?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick Fury:
Yes as my previous comment stated, go to a phone unlocking shop/kiosk and get them to unlock it. Really cheap and much safer than messing with it your self.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
I think you have missunderstod me.. the phone is not locked to a specifik carrier. Thats not the issue. My phone have been blocked/blacklisted or whatever you call it in english.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Blacklisting usually means stolen goods. That's why you should never buy such expensive stuff (if "unopened" or not) from unreliable third parties.

You can't change the IMEI. Deleting the IMEI will give you the default IMEI which no carrier accepts anyway.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scomat:
Think you've been conned mate. Try and get your money back is all I can advise.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
Yes i have been conned.

There must be any way to fix it, like change the imei?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick Fury:
Oh i understand you now. All i can advice is maybe still taking it to a phone repair shop and seeing if there is anything they can do.

They is no garantee to fix any problems but i dont think it will cost you anything for them to have a look at it for you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
Dont think phone repair shop can do anything. Think the solution is here in XDA.

Heard that i can go to a local electronic shop and "take" the imei nr from the demo phone (by sdcard or blutooth maybe) in the shop somehow and use that imei on my own phone?

Or flash/rom root or whatever.. just want my phone to work :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
As I understand it, the emei number is hardwired into the phone , here in UK, it what the carriers use to block stolen/lost phones. I think it illegal to unblock. It also illegal to have the equipment to do this. The only way round I have heard of is a new mother board.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awsy44:
Does it ask you for a Network locked pin or what comes up when you start your phone? , maybe you can use Voodoo to unlock it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexy33:
asking about changing the imei is a banned topic on xda it's like warez it is fraudulent and discussion of it is banned
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
It is definitely VERY illegal to change the IMEI in the UK.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
A IMEI block would indicate the phone has been reported stolen/lost. Think u been conned. Try n get your money back.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
Yes i have been conned, and no i cannot get my money back because i bought it in second hand, but brand new with the recipt.

The phone doesnt ask any pin or anything like that. I have signal bars but i cant connect to any network.

Whats voodoo?

Maybe it's illegal but it's also illegal to con someone but it happend. What should i do now? Sit with a 500 euros worth phone with no usage? F*ck that!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
What country u from? Where did u purchase the phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
Sweden. Sales site that private persons sell stuff. Similar to ebay..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
I take it the site doesn't have any form of buyer protection like eBay? The only thing I can suggest is u report this to the police, maybe they can do something.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Thats as maybe but any attempt to get illegal IMEI or discussion of such on XDA is banned and thread will be closed .

I would restore the Original EFS folder to at least make the attempt to have your original IMEI .Then you need to take steps to have the block removed and that is more likely the original network who supplied the phone .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
I can't see the original carrier lifting the block if the phone been reported lost/stolen. Think he best contacting the police and giving them all the details.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooopsa:
It is illegal to discuss this here on xda.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggedman:
The phone is not reported stolen or lost. The phone works with other carriers. If i check the IMEI on sites that should show if its blocked my phone dont show up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
report the matter to the police

As a further note,, refrain from asking how to change imei here, it is illegal, against forum rules. Your priority now is to try and nail the person that did this to you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiuhusca:
Hy Guys...

I have a problem.I buy a Galaxy S3 locked on VODAFONE IRELAND.I go with him at gsmservice and i unlocked.

I connect today the phone to the Kies and i made an upgrade.After that upgrade, the phone is RELOCKED.

Do you have any ideea?

THX

I HAVE BASEBAND : I9300BULG2

VERSION NUMBER: IMM76D.I9300BUBLG3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirKunon:
They removed your simlock by changing one byte in nv_data.bin. Its the easiest way but not permanent. After every firmware flash nv_data.bin is rebuilded and simlock, which is encoded in this file, is back.

They screwed up. To get access to this protected folder thay have to root your phone. Warranty is lost and your simlock is back after upgrade. Good things is that They didnt fu* up your phone completly. You had to make this yourself that way.

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I9300 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UrbanDesigns:
Changing the IMEI is very illegal.. On iPhones you can replace the logic boar on IMEI blocked phones
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
Not completely correct. You can regain Warranty by using Triangle Away and factory-resetting the phone (you may need to flash a stock ROM depending on what changes were done)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirKunon:
Sure thing, but i suppose that if someone paying for unlock SIM that he propably dont want to void his phone warranty by root. Now he has reloced phone and less money in the pocket. All those GSM service guys usualy learning from this or similar forums.

That why I think - if you need to do something right, do it yourself.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiuhusca:
What should i do now...With the box, they can unlock he phone...The box says the device is unlocked.

If i do a factory reset...i will lose the root and i will have again simlock.

What should i do, to make permanenet simlock...

I must to wait for a solution?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zardoz99:
This is how one scam works....

Step 1.

A contract subscriber gets a new phone from the service provider, usually as an "upgrade".

Step 2.

The new phone is placed on Ebay or some other similar site as "brand new", which technically it is.

Step 3.

A buyer purchases the phone at a good price, so now the subscriber has money for the phone.

Step 4.

Now, the subscriber reports the upgrade as "not delivered" or "stolen" back to the service provider and gets another replacement.

Step 5.

The service provider blacklists the IMEI of the original phone and willl NEVER remove the block.

And here you are... Everything looks OK but the phone is now dead and cannot be used in any country which shares the blacklists. All you can do is try and get your money back from the original seller, which is probably never going to happen.

Whenever you see a single "brand new in box" phone on Ebay, it is most likely someone trying to sell their new "upgrade" phone. Why else would anyone have a single new one that had not be tried out or tested. In some countries the phone remains the property of the service provider until the minimum contract term has expired. You always have a chance that this will be blocked at some time after you buy it, especially if the seller defaults on the upgrade contract before the minimum term has expired.

Caveat Emptor, Sorry...

Z.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oisis:
Hi,

I'm looking for ICS ROM for i9000 running on kernel 2.6.35.7 or 2.6.35.14. Also interested about kernel sources. If you know ROM like this just tell me. Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stbenz:
I don't think this is possible, because kernel 2.6.35 is missing some features from the upstream kernel which are required by ICS. Also I'm wondering, why you would prefer an older kernel over a newer one?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oisis:
I need kernel 2.6.35 for different device. Want to use i9000 kernel as a base.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Taxiozaurus:
U won't find any with lower than 2.8.x+ kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oisis:
Could you tell me which one. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stbenz:
There is no 2.8 kernel. Last 2.6 kernel was 2.6.39, after that came 3.0. But 3.0 is not really a major update, it's essentially 2.6.40, but Linus thought the numbers get too high so he named it 3.0 instead of 2.6.40.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rommark:
I've adjusted my S2 screen to 200 DPI, Its perfect for all internet/desk use but games either show al corrupted or wont work. How can I make games support that 200 DPI?

Plz help :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sajjadpazhayillath:
I got my N7 Last week. My sister Locked it by too many pattern attempts. Now it asking to enter my gmail username and password.. I entered it bt not worked. I googled and find for solutions. I dint get a working solution. :(

Then i tried to Hard Reset the device. I followed all instructions given by google. But it freezes while Going through Recovery mode. I waited about Hours for a response. after that I tried Hard Reset by connecting USB Cable to PC. It Freezes at the menu itself.

Then I Installed SDK (4.1), ADB, FASTBOOT and Drivers from Nexus 7 toolkit by XDA.. still not working..:(

please Help Me to Solve this.

My device is UNROOTED.

Wi-Fi is OFF!

USB DEBUGGING is OFF!

I cant acces non of above because its locked.. please please help!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sajjadpazhayillath:
Finally got it! :D

When I Installed the drivers and Rebooted my device the Hard reset Worked Finely. :)

Ensure that..

1. USB Cable plugged in or not.

2. Necessary drivers installed or not.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojo4747:
That is funny because that's exactly what happened when I had my og droid. Except I was the one who locked myself out of my phone. Good job on getting this resolved.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] now_john:
how to install SDK

This is my first post on this forum. Since the N7 is locked (I have one in the same condition), how did you install anything on it?

TIA

now_john
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kboya:
Adb etc are PC installs not on the N7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saikishna:
Google Nexus 7 Tab unlock

Hi ,

Tried so But failed to unlock my tab..its so painfull and very sad to state that google has no support..Can you help me out with step by step process to unloack my nexus 7 tab from " too many patterns tried "

thx
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmm200:
Sounds like Google should have put some more thought in the feature. Give the users a way to lock themselves out - and they will.

At least the "too many attempts" screen should tell the user to log in with the Google ID and password the device was registered with.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustbepbs:
Can't help but think... Stolen.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArRaY92:
Geesh, isit so hard Tod remember Gmail info so you can back in?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmm200:
Can't help but think - Dang - little sister got my Nexus again...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechMitchell:
Hi everyone, I am running the stock JB ROM and have vta 2 installed, I want to access the tweaks but there are no options in settings as it is stock, are there apps that can let me use all of the tweaks, I already have NStools but I dont think I can access all the tweaks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wav2000:
Hi: I'll go directly to the point here:

1. Was running helly bean 4.1.1 for over two weeks- No problems

2. Decided to try a ROM with KFC1 modem - no signal

3. Re-installed Helly bean - low signal, can't register on network.

4. Went a step back to ICS 4.0.4 Tiramislim - Baseband unknown showed on the About phone screen. Tried re-installing, didn't helped.

5. Went back to Gingerbread 2.3.5 with ODIN, re-partition and the other stuff - Have low signal, it took a lot of time to finally register on the network. Calls drop after about 30 seconds.

6. As phone is SIM unlocked, tried another card, no luck, it did the same. Tried mine on another phone, it works fine.

---Don't know what else to try---- Best I managed to achieve is being able to make a call while standing still on a spot. If I'm on the road, signal drops to nothing and back to half in a matter of seconds.

-- Also checked bands, and they're all active -- Provider is CLARO of PR

-- Checked carrier signal in another phone side by side with mine, and I have nothing while the other was nearly full --

What else should I do? Could it be that the phone went bad and had nothing to do with me changing the Rom?

A few months ago, I tried the KFC1 modem and had to reinstall from ODIN as the modem kept fixed and didn't changed by installing other Roms via CWM

Wilfredo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bvt-1:
dial *#06# ---> IMEI correct?

Or try:

1. Go to CMW

2. wipe all

3. in CWM go to "mounts&storage:

-> format /system

-> format /sdcard

-> format /data

-> format datadata

-> format /cache

-> format /boot --> it`s a little bit dangerous to format /boot, use it on your own risk

I did it two times (format /boot) after heavy problems with my SGS and it works

Important is, to flash a Rom with Odin after format /boot ...

For me it works ... it`s your own risk

After format /(all) your SGS is like from factory - without anything.

And after reflash a Rom via odin the boot-sector is rewritten (in GB-ROMs the bootloader is inclusive)

be brave and try it :cowboy:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wav2000:
Thanks! Forgot to mention that IMEI is there.

Phone is behaving a little bit better after flashing a GB XWJW5 with Bootloaders and as I couldn't find a rooted kernel, downgraded to rooted XVJU.

I know there are two different things, but in the areas where my data connection was on Edge before, are the same areas where I got no signal now. I'll check again the bands via *#*#2263#*#* and verify that everything is enabled as it was before.

If everything seems to be fine, what the hell, I'll format everything, including /boot.

UPDATE: Formatted /Boot but problem persisted. Flashed JVU GB ROM, Rooted and then went back to Helly Bean. Modem remained JVT???, althought the IMEI was there, I just deleted the folder contents and used a backup. Fixed EFS folder permissions. Rebooted and phone went back to life. So far it's working as it's supposed to. Excellent signal, no drop calls, data working fine. Wondering if re-installing the EFS folder had something to do or just a placebo effect??? But phone got signal immediately after re-installing EFS folder from a backup.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] WoeIsJames:
Hello! Whenever I plug my Infuse into my WindowsXP SP3 loaded computer. I have it enabled and I have Kies installed for drivers. Anyone can help?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] andros11:
What are you exactly trying to do?

Please provide a bit more info about your situation, like what are you running at the moment and what problems are you facing that won't let you accomplish your goal.

Sent from my sweet and buttery Infuse
[Samsung Infuse 4G] WoeIsJames:
Trying to root my phone
[Samsung Infuse 4G] andros11:
Ok, and are you on froyo or gingerbread?

Also, what method are you following in order to root?

did you make sure usb debugging is turned on under settings > apps > development?

Sent from my sweet and buttery Infuse
[Samsung Infuse 4G] WoeIsJames:
Going through UnlockRoot. My phone connects as a USB Storage device even though USB Debugging is enable. And Gingerbread 2.3.6