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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] i3lackDawn:
My Salutations, I am asking a question in regards to a serious bootloop I have managed to pull myself into.

Most bootloops I usually just enter CWM and flash another rom or restore. This problem however is much more serious.

Every time I attempt to enter CWM it goes directly to download mode. It's as if CWM doesn't exist on my phone anymore or something.

Download mode is the only thing I can access. I have tried multiple attempts to enter any other recovery mode but they all end up getting me to download mode.

This isn't the only problem. I thought this wouldn't be a big deal until I realized my PC can't recognize my phone at all anymore. Even before I got into the bootloop, my phone would only charge but any other recognition from the PC was absent. I have all the correct drivers installed including numerous attempts at re-installing, re-configuring, and restarting my PC.

I think I may have reached an irrecoverable error.

Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks.

FYI, The ROM I flashed when my Phone started acting like a bundle of ninnyhammerness was AOKP milestone 6. It's not the ROMs fault of course, seeing as how this ROM is very good. I also had the Darkside kernel. This is when I couldn't manually enter CWM. In stead, I had to let the phone boot up and utilizing the power menu, restart in recovery mode. I thought this was strange at first. I then wiped, and decided to flash the 20th Nightly of AOKP Jellybean just to try it. It booted fine, but then when I had to restart to enter CWM again I chose to flash another Darkside kernel. After this, my phone went into a bootloop. That is where everything else fell apart.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] EnigmaticGeek:
Sounds like either the recovery isn't sitting in the system correctly or its gone. When your phone is in download mode you said that you can't connect to pc. Are you running odin as admin and/or connecting the device to pc previous to putting the battery back?

sent from my T989 full of CM awesomeness and a touch of Venom from the Darkside!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] i3lackDawn:
Yes I did run Odin as an administrator. I also tried connecting the device prior to putting the battery in, and also after.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kmcclry:
I had this sort of problem yesterday (I installed a port of CWMR and it had some bugs which lead to it formatting the disk and then freezing and a reboot wouldn't allow me to install a rom...) anyways

1) Go to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T989ZKBTMB? and download the drivers for the phone. This will allow windows to recognize the phone, without the phone having to communicate to the computer.

2) Download Odin v 1.85 (that's what I used anyways)

3) Follow this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1481141 It'll give you a workable CWMR to allow a format and installation of a rom to stop the boot loop

Those three steps should solve the problem, it did for me at least.

Hope that helps!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] i3lackDawn:
Thanks but, it still hasn't worked. It keep saying "USB device not recognized, Device driver software was not successfully installed."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] i3lackDawn:
I was able to fix it. If anyone else encounters this lethal, and pretentious conflict again... I resolved the problem by repeatedly spamming the power button on my computer, unplugging the cable repeatedly and letting my phone sit without the battery inside of it for 24 hours until my PC finally recognized the device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaki_rocker:
also it may be because of a faulty data cable !
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
When I get a phone call the person calling me gets an echo but it's fine on my end... I was on aokp/cm10, then went back to stock and the problem still persists. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Same. Every time I talk to my girl she asks if I put her on speaker phone when I didn't.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
That's weird, what all did you do after you went back to stock? Wiping process, what rom, and kernel?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
I just got off two calls that said I was echoing really bad. I haven't been on cm in a while, and had no reports of it yesterday. What roms are you guys running.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ssmokey727:
If you're still on stock then try this:

open up your "Phone" app or dialer then press the menu button then "Call settings" then scroll down to "Additional settings" then uncheck the "Noise reduction" feature.

Now try making a phone call to check if whoever you call hear themselves echo. Good Luck.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
I did still the same. Rom xquizit v16 stock kernel
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Thanks and thanks again. I didn't think that would be checked naturally. That's what I get for rooting my phone and flashing the first hour I got it. Thanks again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
I was on aokp when it first started doing it, then restored a backup which was stock + root, checked the settings, problem persists, went to aokp rc1 did a full wipe, dalvik, cache partiton, formatted system, and problem is ongoing.... beginning to wonder if its a network problem?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
Been flashing custom firmware ever since this phone came out and never had this problem until now...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
The only other thing I can think of is Odin back to straight stock, no root and see if that fixes it, when I get home I will try it and report back.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ssmokey727:
Same here, but for some reason I've been very happy with the latest stock build.

I've noticed that some units are fine with the "Noise reduction" setting checking in and some don't regarding the echo problem.

It wouldn't hurt to try to replace your SIM card. Head out to a T-Mobile store to get a free replacement (If your current line is under your name in the account) SIM cards do go bad...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Does this happen everytime, on every call?

The echo you mentioned, do you mean to the other person you sound echo-y like in a cave or tin can, or is it that the other person hears what they are saying with a half second or so delay, where it makes it hard to talk because they are trying to talk over themselves?

If its the hollow cave/can sound it may well be your phone, if it happens every time. If its the other issue its probably a bad connection. Every time its happened to me, if I hang up and call again it would work normally again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
Yeah, every time... and the person on the other end hear themselves echo, not me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
Yeah thanks, I will do that tomorrow if I can't fix it tonight
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Odd. I've never seen that happen on every call! Is it hat way for everyone you call?

Try flashing through the radios again testing each one.

I've seen where some were having probs or just no improvement with a new radio but reflashing it solved everything.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
did a full wipe again, went back to stock, and now the issue seems to be corrected. :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
So I went back to stock using Odin, that took care of the problem for me, then I went back to aokp last night, my gf called me and said the echo was back... I hung up on her, restored my new stock backup, called her back, and no echo... I'm not saying it's the Rom or anything but that's what had happened. :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Walters? Did you read the thread of AOKP or any of the cm10 variants. Cause half the reports of the last 10 pages include talk about the echo. Just a heads up. It is a cm10 issue, and known. And seems to be being worked out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jwalters1123:
No I haven't, i was going on Twitter and goo.im taking whitehawx latest builds, for a while their wasn't a active aokp thread, so I all but gave up on xda and was getting it from alternative sources. But it's good to know it's just a bug and not something that was an anomaly with just my phone lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Definitely, there is a thread in the dev section. Someone is playing the mirrors from twitter and goo.im so you can see there what the issues and stuff are.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shrimants:
Hopefully someone is still subscribed to this or will see it.

I'm having the same problem and have uncovered some hopefully useful information on the issue.

1) When I call someone, they hear nearly 0 echo, or rather any interference they hear can be chalked up to the network. If they call me, they hear an echo. This is completely reproducable. People calling me will almost always hear echo, but if I call them back instead, they dont hear echo.

2) This is not an issue with specific networks, but this is a universal issue with the galaxy S III.

3) This issue has something to do with the galaxy S III's internal sound chip. it attempts to do some kind of noise cancelling mumbo jumbo and that is why people hear their own voice echoed back to them.

4) occasionally, this can be fixed by trying a different rom but trying different roms has varying levels of success, meaning this is an issue that has at least SOMETHING to do with hardware defects.

I'm on stock rom, no t-mobile latest update (the one that criples s-voice), rooted, debloated.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
Flash a newer Rom. This is now fixed on all the major roms.

---------- Post added at 09:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 PM ----------

for example I had some phone call troubles running the euroskank and cm10 nightlies for a few days (not nec echo per say). Then they fixed it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shrimants:
Im just waiting till CM10 gets the overlay/flicker fix and then i'll flash that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
Sounds like a good plan, but what about something stable and stock-like, like free gs3 in the meantime
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shrimants:
what is free gs3?

I have stock rom right now and since its been decrapified it isnt TOO bad. I hate the stock experience with a passion since CM7 completely spoiled me and my expectations. My last phone was a nexus one.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
Free gs3 is a Rom in the dev section. It was the first Rom for our phone. Redrum's creation, I believe. I definitely rock it. Stock based. With some extras and very stable. No echo
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shrimants:
I may give that a go. Theres a weird static issue i'm noticing too. When talking, i occasionally get a repeting, periodic burst of static. The other person doesnt notice anything, but its as if once every 5-10 seconds I get a horrid burst of static.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sleevasteve:
Wicked is a solid stock ROM as well. And super fast. The flickering is minimal on the newest builds of CM10 tho, I think you should make a nandroid of whatever setup you're on, and give it a whirl. You'll be happy you did. And none of them have call issues.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ladd76:
Speakerphone Echo

I'm having the same problem on my AT&T Galaxy S3. Person on other end of line experienced terrible echo when I turn speakerphone on. I don't have the issue on my stock ICS ROM only on the custom JB ROM's I have tried: CM 10 M2, AOKP M1, AOCP newest build etc... I'm assuming all these ROM's share some common code. It's definitely the the case as I have tried taking it off and on with no effect. If you have found a solution., I'm all ears. Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ladd76:
Nope

Def not fixed
[HTC One X] devilmaycry19192:
I just flashed Rom Android Revolution HD 9.3.0 with Suite Tools (ST)..when i access into ST i'm able to change font for phone only..and when i tried to change Wifi, Signal or Battery Icons, after complete dowload, screen always appeared "Unfortanately, Suite Tools has stopped"..it happened when i used Rom ARH 9.2.0 also..who can show to fix this problem plz..thx much !!! :o
[HTC One X] *elmo*:
You have to instal rom manager
[HTC One X] devilmaycry19192:
yah..it's successful..thanks much..but when i choose "Restart statusbar" in Suite Tools..my statusbar became trasparent..i cant fix it..can u show me plz..thanks much..:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
Special offer for those interested now £1-51

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.picsel.tgv.app.smartoffice&hl=en

jje
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Rachmat3:
View attachment 1274444

It free on samsung apps.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Aimara:
Got it free as well
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mikeyj1973:
Not free for me :confused:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] zardoz99:
Not here either.. £6.00

Maybe it's country specific?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
Mine was Google Play Store UK .

jje
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gentleart:
I am one of the people who have had a hard time getting good 4G service even though I'm in a. great 4G area. Today I noticed that if I reboot my phone in the area I wish to receive 4G service I get a super-fast 4G connection!

Now, that is great news but why can't my phone do this without a reboot? Does anyone know why this happens?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] black7:
Have you tried simply turning airplane mode on/off rather than rebooting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gentleart:
No, I didn't and thanks for the idea. But the phone should be able to do this on its own, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ajd88:
I have to toggle airplane mode when in a spotty 4g area. I hope a new radio will help with making a more seamless switch.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bby144:
What do you mean new radio?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Seirÿu:
I'm more curious why I was getting speeds upwards to around 34d/l and 24upload before (just a few weeks ago when they flipped the switch for 4g)... and i'm getting weird but constantly lower ranges from 5-20d/l to 8-15upload...

still faster speeds than 3g here, but just odd...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ajd88:
A new baseband.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:


To be more specific (not sure if you know or are curious) a new radio hopefully will report greater signal for your respective area. New radios typically come with ota updates and users may notice greater data speeds and network signal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Download from Google Play - Phone Info and do it manuallly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lastb0isct:
I've been having the same issues within buildings. Definitely a cycle of airplane mode will help once you leave the building and/or have moved locations.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anonymuas:
Had the same problem too. I went to another city without 4G and came back home and tried to watch some YouTube. Noticed right away that YouTube was buffering. Initially thought that maybe Verizon was throttling me. My speed was from 0.5 to 3 Mbps max. Restarted phone and did speed test; speed went back up to 10 Mbps. That made me happy again.

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bby144:
Do you guys think Verizon will implement an ota update with a new radio, but also something to lock the bootloader back up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] noingwhat:
Well we have some people who have posted the radio updates on the forums here, and I don't think they touch the bootloader (not 100% though), so assuming Verizon does push an OTA for new radios tied with a re-locked bootloader, it'd only be a matter of time before XDA figures out how to install only the radio update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bock123:
4G

I bought 3 SGIII's and noticed right away that mine was not getting as good of 4g as my two daughters. Long story short, after 2 weeks I got an new phone with the updated VRALG. Was better but not great. Verizon Reps stated it was a known problem with som SGIII's.

Now I am running Synergy ROM and 4G is alot less problematic, even better than both my daughters most of the time. If I do have a problem I will cycle Airplane mode and it fixes it. My 2 cents
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bby144:
I feel like there's something wrong with my phone. The signal is week and I'm getting abysmal speeds. Like .2mb per sec downloading something. I'm also in a highly populated area where 4g seems to be strong here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bock123:
Has it been like that since you got it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bby144:
Well when I first got it the sim card wouldn't activate so the customer service guy had to force it twice to get it to work. The speed will go up in different areas but not by much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] got556:
One of these days Sammy will just pay moto for their 4g radios. This issue u guys are having along with data drops in strong 4g have plagued vzw gnexs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] USMC-Delta:
If its really that bad. Its a hassle but it'll work...

Dial *#*#4626#*#* or download the "Phone Info" app shortcut, and it'll take you to the same area.

There you can select your radios, Dont mess with anything besides the drop down box with the preferred networks. Set to LTE Only, (defualt is LTE/CDMA/Evdo) when you are in LTE only mode, you should get pretty blazing fast internet. But your SMS/calling outbound and inbound wont work while this is activated.

As for an actual fix... You just need expirament with the different radios... On my Old bionic phone, i remember it was getting really spotty 4g, more than usual. A clean wipe seemed to alleviate the issue. I can't explain why it would it just did...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wobbies:
Hey guys, I want to root my evo4g LTE without unlocking the bootloader if thats possible. I dont want to worry about having to get s-on incase i ever need to bring it in. I have 1.22.651.3. So far every method ive found unlocks the bootloader.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
so use zedomax root tool.. it just gives u root superuser ect.. it dont unlock or s-off.. here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671577
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SoraX64:
It labels your bootloader as tampered, though.

"Q: Does this give bootloader TAMPERED?

A: Yes but you can install RUU and will be gone."
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
Since you took the OTA. You cannot get S-OFF.

In order to flash custom ROMS you MUST unlock the bootloader
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wobbies:
Awesome thanks guys
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wobbies:
It says it only works with .651.1 though
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] muffinhunter:
For now, the only way you can root is by going through HTC Dev unlock, which means a full wipe. I'm stuck right there with you.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboyofpersia:
Is there a silver Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S? Cause the shopkeeper said to me there is no silver just the black and white.:confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
You really needed to start a thread to ask. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheJurassien:
Yes, there is a Arc S silver.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperMari064:
Isn't this what google is for? :eek:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrModMan:
-.- it takes some initiative to find out yourself
[Nook Touch General] jbr950:
HI; I have an old Nook ST with the 1.0.0 firmware - I rooted it last year.

I'm wondering whether it would be worth updating to the latest firmware and re-rooting? Or are there no benefits to be gained?

If this is answered elsewhere, perhaps someone could point me to a link?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
It's been coming up more often lately, and there's something that needs to be mentioned for people who don't understand what they are doing while messing with the bootloaders.

DO NOT LOCK THE BOOTLOADER ON A CUSTOM ROM!

The process of unlocking the bootloader replaces the A100 bootloader with an A200 bootloader which responds to fastboot oem unlock, running this is fine even fully stock.

If you unlock the bootloader to install and run custom recovery (CWM, TWRP) which is then used to install a custom ROM (CM9,CM10, Flex Reaper, anything NOT Acer official). If you go and lock the bootloader again by replacing the A100 bootloader you WILL BE LOCKED OUT OF BOTH. It will prevent the use of anything other then official Acer recovery or ROM.

There is no fix for this, it needs to be sent to Acer for repair.

It can happen in a couple ways.

1. Running the lock script included with the unlock script, he mentions it will lock it, but fails to mention what will happen if it's used on custom ROM and recovery device.

2. Running the official OTA from custom recovery, it will fail to install the system, but replaces the bootloader, which locks you out of both recovery and system.

If you happen to have done 2, and catch it BEFORE rebooting or leaving recovery, you can use the unlock script to unlock the bootloader again. Once you leave recovery, you're stuck and can't get back in.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND LEARN WHAT THE TOOLS ARE DOING AND HOW TO USE THEM CORRECTLY!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Izzyb914:
Thanks for this Post. If I follow and use your A100 Flashing Toolkit v1.1 7-16-12 will this take a Stock A100 and Root it, Unlock the Boot Loader and Install ClockworkMod Recovery,and will the Boot Loader Remain being Unlocked ?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Yeah it stays unlocked, generally there is only the 2 ways I mentioned before, so unless you try to do it manually it shouldn't ever occur unless you try to revert to stock or flash a stock rom and having it fail.

Basically, once its unlocked don't mess with it until you need it back to stock.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Izzyb914:
Thanks Again !
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] b1lk1:
Honestly, I'd bet 90%+ of all the bricks created are by people unlocking/locking the bootloader when they don't have any business doing anything. The A100 also seems to be VERY unforgiving in terms of doing ANYTHING in the wrong order when flashing.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
I'd say 90% is due to emmc failure. I mean a100 wise, nit devices in general. There has been only a few reports of this scenerio happening, and its partly our fault as it is not documented anywhere in the instructions on using the unlocking script nor in my guide or anywhere else. Can't release a tool capable of bricking a device and not cover it in the instructions, however this is exactly what happened, and still hasn't been corrected, this is why I made this post.

Acer did make this very had to get back from making a mistake on, though, for sure. I really wish people would read and learn before doing this stuff, but for now all I can do is put it out there and hope its read before its to late.

Side note, not new to this stuff but flashing a boot loader still makes my brown eye pucker. Scares me beyond anything else lol.

Tapatalked from my Kindle Fire - Jellytime AOSP
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] -DarkKnight-:
lol you haven't owned an HTC device
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
My first android device was an HTC, not sure of your point?

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] -DarkKnight-:
my friend has an HTC device and he is always talking about how annoying the boot loader is

Sent from the My Little Pony Official App
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Izzyb914:
Thanks Again:

Ok Im rooted, Boot Loader is Unlocked, Installed TWRP with the Acer Recovery Installer, made a Back Up of the Stock ICS in TWRP. On now to the CM10 Preview which I think is Great. If I restore the Stock ICS Backup I made in TWRP will that in anyway Effect the Boot Loader and Lock It Up and Brick this ?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
No the backup doesn't include the boot loader so nothing to worry about there. You can also choose what you want restored or backed up.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.