Constant booting to recovery?

[jsdlzj]

Hey guys....

I really need a quick reply 'cos I'm modding my friend's spica.

I'm encountering a problem after using samdroidmod - it keeps booting to recovery mode.

How can I make it boot normally?

Please reply soon! Thanks in advance guys :P

[schermvlieger]

You mean it boots into recovery from a cold boot, e.g. remove battery, reinsert battery, and start the phone with only the power button?

[notme]

I had this problem once. I tried several things like reflashing the firmware but it didn't fix it.

If I remember correctly (DISCLAIMER: try this at your own risk, I'm not responsible if your spica transforms into a brick) I fixed it by flashing an original firmware's pda image and boot image in Odin and selecting "Phone boot update" and "PDA Format" under the "Debug Only" options. DO NOT select anything else.

[Jay]

Hey guys....

I really need a quick reply 'cos I'm modding my friend's spica.

I'm encountering a problem after using samdroidmod - it keeps booting to recovery mode.

How can I make it boot normally?

Please reply soon! Thanks in advance guys :P

Can u be more specific??
1.Is this the first time your booting after flashing?
2.Did to apply the update.zip after flashing with the L.K_PDA file?
3.Try wiping cache/dalvik!

[wrathian]

This will solve your problem!
Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica Android 2.1 Flashing Guide | All About Web & Mobile Application Development

[Lucky Luke]

Please use the search before abusing the development sub forum!!

I also had this problem two times after clearing the caches. This thread could help you: Boot loop

[jsdlzj]

Problem solved with @Lucky Luke's help.

Thank you!

[jdbye]

My fix for this issue is:
1. Make a Samdroid Backup of the bricked phone.
1. Flash JD1 firmware with Odin and Debug Only and PDA Format checked
- The phone will work already after this step but of course I want SamdroidMod and all my apps installed...
2. Flash LK2.02 in odin and install the LK2.02.1 update in recovery
3. Install SamdroidMod update.zip
4. Now restore the backup you made, it will magically work even though it didn't before.

Isn't it possible to make a fix especially for this that you can run in recovery? It's happened to me several times, I refrain from messing around with my phone at all now because every time I change something I have to reinstall and it takes hours. Since it's happening to other people as well it's a known issue, if there's an easier way to fix it like "echo "1" > /sys/class/sec/param/set_default_param" mentioned in Boot loop then it should be added to recovery. There's obviously nothing wrong with the ROM, since the backup works fine, so it seems likely to me that there should be an easier way.

[JimJam707]

I had this once. I just ended up flashing a backup I made once.
So follow other peoples advice but backup regurly

[alexu420]

Had the same experience... I adviced on Boot loop about the debug only... That's how i go it up and running