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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emil.warm:
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i brick

hey there im a noob to all this but i registered to see if someone here could give me advice.

i tried to flash a new rom on my phone (see title) and it doesnt do a thing anymore... :(

i rooted it and tried to put Retribution beta_2 on it and itlooked to be working till it rebooted..

all i got was the startup screen with galaxy ace gt-s5830i.

i looked around and i found that i could use download mode and odin 1 click download to put in a new rom.

so i tried that and it looked to be working but it stalled at end of install and now it doesnt even turn on anymore... :(

HELP!!!

hope someone knows whats up and can give me some advice.

i hope i didnr hardbrick it like i saw in this thread...:(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
Are you able to get into recovery mode? Did you flash a custom recovery such as TWRP or Clockwork Mod Recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emil.warm:
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i brick -

Hi thanks for your response to my problem,

yes i flashed a custom recovery from clockwork and i rooted it. i cant get in to recovery mode.

after i did that i tried flashing custom rom like i said before but after reboot it didnt do anything.

i just got the startscreen and found that i could use download mode and odin to flash original rom.

i used 1 click downloader from Odin and it started to recover my rom,but at the end it stalled.

after that happened i couldnt do anything anymore. :(

i thought it was totally dead but i just saw that when i connect to my comp it says unknown device..

im an idiot for trying this stuff without the knowledge..it looked easy in descriptions

but i found different descriptions how to do it..

i cant put links in my posts yet cause i am new..

i used the 1st one.. but after that didnt work i found that other 1 and that is little different...

.android.gs/update-galaxy-ace-s5830i-retribution-gingerbread-2-3-6

.technostall.com/samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830i-installing-retribution-custom-rom-firmware

i hope i have given you enough info

greets Emil

Hmm today i found out smth new,i installed some samsung drivers and now my phone is recognized as a samsung android phone-android composite adb interface its says in device mananger on my laptop.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _brian:
All Fixed!

I did all that, but the one thing that finally nailed it was formatting my internal SD. I also formatted my external one, but I don't even think I put it back in the phone.

So, if anybody's reading this in the future, and you're still stuck after wiping the cache, wiping Davlik & performing factory reset,

FORMAT THE SD!

And flash this through Odin: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31765274&postcount=59

Huge thanks to j3r3goss!! :good::good::good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3r3goss:
Main Exhilarate thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1926253
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwt131:
Soft bricked my galaxy s4

Hey, total noob here but Im having problems with my Galaxy S4 so I was on this thread looking for a fix.I have an AT&T Galaxy s4 (SGH-I337) and I just rooted my phone and installed clockworkmod recovery. I went to backup and then when I rebooted it freezes at the AT&T logo. Ive wiped data/factory reset, wiped caches, etc ive done everything and it freezes at the same spot. I have no ROMS as I had just rooted, just stock 4.2.2. Then I saw a vid on how to unroot/unbrick and it was working perfectly until it went to reboot.(I downloaded 4.2.2 firmware for my model phone) I used ODIN and it said pass then when it was rebooting it froze in the exact same spot (also instead of the normal bootup it still had the "custom" and an unlocked lock that Ive had since I rooted) and now I cant enter recovery mode. It starts booting but then freezes when the blue letters come on! Now even when I try to turn it on normally it freezes at the samsung logo (with unlocked lock and "custom")Please help! I would greatly appreciate it!
[Nexus Q Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soccerwuedo5:
I'm sure this would be child's play for some of you more experienced developers, so help me out!

I have the "Hulu landscape mod.apk" sideloaded on and working beautifully on my rooted Q.

Problem: the hacked apk seems to be from a 480x800 device and is stretched and incredibly pixelated.

How could I take a 10" version (presumably higher res) and use it? Or maybe mod it to use 1080p/720p feed as is? I'm researching this now but thought I would drop a thread here to try a little crowd-thinking.

Thanks, xda!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
Hi guys,

My phone started to reboot itself every 5-10 minutes today. I rebooted into recovery and loaded a backup from a week ago. Now it loads and I get Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped and it repeats. I never get service.

I've wiped, put on a different ROM, same thing. When I try to wipe internal storage I get an error.

I'm s-off 1.12 hboot

radio 1.02.11.0423_2

I don't know what to do.. Do I have to relock, ruu, then re-root? If so, which RUU?

Any easier fixes?

Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
Mount internal storage to pc using twrp, it should say the internal needs to be formatted. You can also try fix permissions and clearing app data for any apps that force close.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
thanks but no dice.. i did that and now when i try to wipe in recovery it fails and isnt installing any zips (downloaded 2 new ones).

i get this:

Install /sdcard/stock w goodies.zip

finding update package..

opening update package..

installing update.

e: error in /sdcard/stock with... zip

above that i see

Using rm -rf of 'dev/block/mmcblk1p1'

e:tw_format_rmfr: unable to locate volume for device "dev/block/mmcblk1

and

e:tw_format_rmfr: unable to locate volume for device "dev/block/mmcblk0

that seems bad

phone hosed? should i try to ruu? i dont want to lose root so im not sure which one to use or what process
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
No no, mount storage to pc. Go to mount select internal card and hit mount storage and plug it into pc, and it will read as a flash drive. It will recognize it as a corrupt card and tell you that it needs to be formatted. Twrp will not recognize corrupted cards.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
i did.. and formatted.. and it didnt work. it formatted but now still no dice.. i stupidly tried to flash a rom and it failed so now i don't even have that..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
I thought you were saying you tried to wipe inside of twrp. Ok that is odd
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
i am.. thats when it says it fails and the error i posted..

but i had tried formatting in windows as you said. when i do that they both show up, clean
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
You can try ruu, it should wipe the phone and install everything factory
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] logie:
I just formatted again on both. Then I added a zip from my PC and it flashed without failing. It booted so we are good. Not sure why didnt work first time around or what caused it in first place.

Think it could have caused the reboots every few mintues earlier today? I hope thats fixed.. otherwise i got a phone dying lol.

THanks again!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
It may have just been something simple like a kernel problem. Sometimes everything flashes and you boot android but it doesn't agree with the kernel and it reboots. Sometimes it's because something has been corrupted. Make back ups, keep a copy on pc and it would be handy to keep a wipe script in case you ever have to start over. It's easier to just flash a wipe script and then flash a rom
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] laie1472:
You should try getting a new sd. I've seen this happen with sd's that are starting to fail. Not saying this is your issue but its something to look into.

\Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d3athsd00r:
Does anyone know of a way to permanently set DNS settings instead of relying on an app like setdns that requires root perms every time it joins a network?

I just want to set them to OpenDNS or Google DNS and let it ride but I'm not sure how.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
Not sure if this will work but it's where I would start..

With getprop you can get properties of some items.. With setprop you can change those items...

See picture..

I would try to use setprop to change it.. Not sure if it would save on reboot though...

Also I haven't tried this yet..

If it works but doesn't save on reboot you can run a script on boot to set the new settings.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smokin1337:
Add the dns you want to system/etc/hosts

I think you remove 127.0.0.1 localhost, if that messes it up just add 127.0.0.1 localhost back to it.

That will stick on reboot as well
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
The hosts file is for static entries..

People mainly use it to point ad server hosts to 127.0.0.1 so that your phone won't have access to the real ip of the ad server and thus won't display the ad.

But that's not the same as changing dns.

He wants lookups to be done on public dns servers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smokin1337:
Oh got it i misread the post, sorry. Not sure about that one havent had any experience with it. :(

If you know the setprop line to use you can add it to postboot to set it on boot. Or use init.d if you have it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d3athsd00r:
Think I found it from here

http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/582603-build-prop-tweaks-edited.html

Adding this to build.prop should set Google as DNS after boot. Will try in a bit.

net.rmnet0.dns1=8.8.8.8
net.rmnet0.dns2=8.8.4.4
net.dns1=8.8.8.8
net.dns2=8.8.4.4
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
Be careful not to change permissions of that file! :)

Quick question though.. Why do you want to change dns? Is your carrier blocking sites?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d3athsd00r:
Nah, AT&T is terribly slow here so I was hoping to speed up a bit with different DNS and APN settings.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sakax:
fyi, this doesnt work on nexus 7 - any other solutions to get this permanently done without using apps?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Scramble:
DNS settings

In addition to amending build.prop for example:

# dns settings

# 8.8.8.8	Google

# 8.8.4.4	Google

# 208.67.222.222	OpenDNS

# 208.67.220.220	OpenDNS

# 208.67.222.123	OpenDNS Familyshield

# 208.67.220.123	OpenDNS Familyshield

net.rmnet0.dns1=208.67.222.222

net.rmnet0.dns2=208.67.220.220

net.dns1=208.67.222.222

net.dns2=208.67.220.220

I think that you also need to add/edit the file /etc/resolve.conf. Mine contains the following:

# 8.8.8.8	Google

# 8.8.4.4	Google

# 208.67.222.222	OpenDNS

# 208.67.220.220	OpenDNS

# 208.67.222.123	OpenDNS Familyshield

# 208.67.220.123	OpenDNS Familyshield

nameserver 208.67.222.222

nameserver 208.67.220.220

My efforts fine tune my Lenovo A2109A are a work in progress
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hilocoolbreeze:
Use ADB shell

settings put global net.dns1 8.8.8.8

...

...

...

While you're at it, get free tethering at AT&T

settings put global tether_dun_required 0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cristiano Matos:
Hy everyone!

I'm facing some problems trying to deodex JB whit dsixda's kitchen. Getting errors in all files (system and framework).

I need API 16 but 15 is kitchen max API.

Some good soul;) could send me some tips.

Any help will be very welcome.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youngsmiggle:
MY galaxy s2 is stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recover mode in Kies & try again" Screen. If i try to go to the recovery manager, this screen pops up. when i go to the download firmware screen and press volume up, it goes to the damn screen! Its basically un usuable. I think its because i loaded a t mobile kernel onto it Can anyone please help me!!! or did i f*ck up my new phone? :'(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
*sigh*.

As per your other post, you are in the wrong section.

There was absolutely no need to start yet another thread, for the same problem, still in the wrong section for your device.

You have the Galaxy S2X, which is model SGH-T989D.

This post is currently in the I9100 Q&A section.

Different device, different forum.

I've already reported your other thread I linked above as being in the wrong device forum, and I'm reporting this thread as a duplicate.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Moved other thread to correct location. Locking this one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vasiaeva:
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thecrx:
as far as i know there is not one yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Nope just the kernel SB has

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Technically SBrissen's JB kernel IS a custom kernel. There is no stock JB kernel for the et4g yet, and SBrissen has built his kernel essentially from scratch by rewriting the ICS kernel to run JB

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[HTC Sensation] Skip-Breezy:
Is there any way I view & send emojis on Twitter with the Sensation?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Try posting in the correct forum (Sensation Q&A)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnyutah22:
I'm on rooted new ota. Ever since the update my text messages are showing in call log. When I select the view by option and change it to all calls it works for a while and then reverts back to showing text messages as well. I've searched but haven't found any solution. Is the a mod or other answer. Also, how do you kill the action where the screen turns on when receiving a text?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
Have you try using go SMS? There is an option for the screen turning on and it won't appear in you call log I think
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnyutah22:
Thanks for the suggestion but I'm really looking for a mod rather than using a 3rd party app.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveX2012:
I just installed cm 10 one day ago and i had big problem. I can boot in CWM flashing LUPuS JB v2. But when i flashed CM 10 boot.img it doesn't worked. I forgot to backup before installed CM10. When i installed cm 10 in CWM i did format sysmtem, data and sd. When i want back to CWM it doesn't work anymore.. I try to install but i got this message...

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device").. LT18i.. blablabla..

E:Error in /sdcard/Download/FXP139........................

(status 7)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
just reflash the rom:victory:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarrotAk23:
This problem has been mentioned many times in FXP 139 CM10 thread

there is a solution too, just search in that post
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Reticulin:
So i tried to root my galaxy s3 using cfroot 6.4. The rooting failed and now im getting an error whenever i try to turn on the phone. its a picture that shows a phone and a computer screen with an exclamation point in the middle.

The message says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] syde1020:
I'm no flashing noob, but today I tried the miui ROM and after like 3 minutes it loses all signal. Restored back to a working android backup and still no signal. I'm freaking out!!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
Do you still have your IMEI? Is your phone number wrong?

If you don't have your IMEI, you'll need to fix it. You'll find some links in Android Development or Original Android Dev here.

If your phone number is wrong, you'll need to reboot a few times.

If your phone number is right, and so is your IMEI, try the phone info app via wifi if possible.

If your phone # and IMEI are right and you can't get phone info, back up anything on your internal SD card and dial *2767*3855# on a stock ROM. It will wipe your phone and should fix the problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] syde1020:
Found the *27 thingies in another thread

All is good now
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
I'm having quite a hard time finding the correct instructions. I'm trying to run Android on Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2. I did manage to run Android 2.2 from SD card, but it was very slow and sluggish. I was wondering if there's an option to run a more advanced Android version, like Ice Cream Sandwich, also from SD card as dual boot option.

Any suggestions or help out there?

Thanks in advance!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] wizardknight:
Gingerbread was the last version created for the TP2.

The experience of the SD card version relys heavly upon the sd card you run it from.

Read this thread for more SD card/OS requirements info.

Here are the basic instruction for loading a NAND version of android.

I run GB0X for my daily, and while it is not perfect I am over all happy with it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
Thanks, wizardknight.

Problem is, I'm not familiar with many of the quoted texts, which only adds to my confusion. The second link you provided is totally Chinese to me. The last link I'm not exactly sure if that is the Gingerbread you mentioned. And it also seems that it involves flashing the phone, which I didn't really want to do. I want to dual boot from SD card, so I can revert to Windows Mobile if something goes wrong...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] arrrghhh:
First, if FroYo is slow what makes you think ICS will be fast? lol.

See this thread for a newer version of XDAndroid, based on Gingerbread.

That's the newest and probably the most stable version you can run from the SD card. As was stated, performance is heavily dependent on the SD card itself - and higher class != higher performance here. Operating Systems need high random read/write performance, which is not what classed cards are measuring for speed...

Regardless, NAND runs a bit better IMHO. If you still want WinMo, you'll have to deal with the slowness of running it off the SD card - although to be honest there's not a huge bottleneck by running it on the card.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
As I'm still new to Android, you can't expect too much from me... I just assumed that if FroYo is sluggish, a newer version could probably be faster. But hey, maybe I'm wrong. I guess it indeed also depends on RAM, ROM, and who knows what else.

Anyway, I downloaded your latest link, copied the unzipped files to the root of my SD card (unfortunately I wasn't aware of the fact that higher classes will perform better, so I got a class 2 card last week). As per the instructions, I copied all .csv files from the \Windows directory to the same root of the SD card. I also copied the RHOD400 startup .txt file (which as I assume is the one for my HTC Touch Pro 2). When I then try to run the HARET.exe, the phone crashes and simply reboots back in WinMo...

Am I missing something?

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] kzin42:
the recommended cards are the lower class Sandisk ones class 2 should be good. Higher Class cards are not good for running an OS from. it is also recomended that you format the SD with the "HP Tool" http://www.eocfiles.com/bdc86eb1ed2989c30dcd1902e84939ae/bootdisks/SP27608.exe before you put GBX0C on it. I also have a sprint TP2 and have had problems with 16GB SD cards had to use an 8GB.

This is exactly what worked for me. have you set win mo to airplane mode before starting HARET? it is recomended round here but did not produce a reboot when I did not do it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] arrrghhh:
First, re-read my post - I said higher class != better performance - as in does NOT equal.

Also, as was previously stated - it sounds like you did everything correctly. Do you have a funky WinMo ROM? I know some ROM's 'fake' what type of device it is, and this doesn't play with HaRET well - because HaRET actually believes what WinMo is telling it... I can't remember the ROM's off hand that do this, but the jist is they try to fake as if the device is the Leo aka HD2... which it obviously is not...

The only other thing I can think of is did you reuse anything? Literally anything, from FroYo? Data.img, anything? Please don't reuse a single file. Start fresh with GBX0C, including a new startup.txt.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
Thanks all! So I formatted my SD card again with the HP tool, copied back all files from the zipped folder, copied over the csv files from \Windows and tried to run HaRET again. Sadly, same story. First the progress bar comes up with "Loading Linux", but around halfway it crashes, and the phone boots up in WinMo again.

The ROM itself is stock from Sprint, I didn't change anything on that. And with FroYo I used HARET as well, and there it worked fine. Except no ringtones (!!!) and no bluetooth (!!!). The other difference is that with FroYo I did not get instructions to copy over csv files. Could that be the cause?

I definitely didn't copy over any FroYo files to this one...

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] arrrghhh:
FroYo doesn't require the CSV's.

You're not reusing any files? Nothing is being reused at all?

You have a RHOD400?

Have you tried different SD cards?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
It's a brand new Sandisk 8 gb class 2 micro sd, never used before. Downloaded the original files from the provided link. I think maybe to use the provided csv files instead of my own...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] arrrghhh:
Try another card perhaps.

Do you have a RHOD400?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] Caldair:
Do you have WinMo overclocked with WiMoSpeed or something of the like? Haret will crash if you are using something other than the 528MHz stock speed.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
I managed to find a friend, borrowed his 8 GB Class 4 card, formatted with HP tool, copied all files, including csv. Same crash with his card...

I have a Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2. According to my research, and to the sticker in back of battery, it should be the RHOD400.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
No, except for apps I didn't do anything like overclocking or similar...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] arrrghhh:
Not on the battery, under the battery on the phone itself, yes? Then yes, you have a RHOD400. Especially if it's 'Sprint' branded...

Ok, do this. First, run HaRET.exe with NO startup.txt. You can copy HaRET.exe to another location (root of SD, etc) - or rename your startup.txt to startup.bak or something. Then run HaRET.exe and tell us what you see in the box.

Next, perhaps try EVERYTHING from GBX0C except for the startup.txt. Still fails? Try the HaRET.exe and startup.txt from FRX07. Let us know.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
So here's my latest update:

I tried removing the startup.txt file, crashed. Tried to run the HaRET.exe file on its own, crashed. Tried to use the startup.txt from FRX06 (which is different from the GBX0C one, I checked). Crashed.

Finally tried to use the HaRET.exe from FRX06, and now it works! Runs Android 2.3.7!

I guess for now the issue is solved. Will have to continue testing. BT and ringtones didn't work with FRX06. Should it work now?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
By the way, here's a screenshot of what happened when I didn't have the startup.txt.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] wizardknight:
When mixing and matching files there is no way to know what will work. You will just have to post your results.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android General] IsiEMT:
Thanks. Just checked bluetooth. Sadly, it doesn't work. Takes about 10-15 seconds when I check the turn on box, but then it remains off... Wondering if there's a fix for that. Ringtones are fortunately working.

But I have another issue so far. While outgoing SMS messages seem to work fine, I don't get the incoming messages. Any ideas?