I was running The Unofficial rom and liked it. AT&T pushed out the new ICS rom and I wanted to try it. I installed it the way AT&T recommended and got that working. I decided I didn't like that and wanted to go back to The Unofficial. Only problem was, the phone was no longer rooted. I tried to go back and root it, but it didn't work. Now it's stuck on the "Samsung" screen and won't do anything. When using CWM, it won't let me load anything from the SD card. Says SD card is not installed. HELP!!!
Put it in download mode, open odin 1.85 on computer, flash the cwm .tar file on it. Go back into recovery and try to see if it can read your sd card. If all else fails, get into download mode on your phone and do the emergency recovery on Kies.
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NOTE user:
"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".
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Phone doesn't need to be rooted to flash a ROM. All you needed to do was flash cwm and then flash your ROM of choice. What root method did you use?
froidroid said:
Phone doesn't need to be rooted to flash a ROM. All you needed to do was flash cwm and then flash your ROM of choice. What root method did you use?
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I've tried so many different things in the last couple of days that I honestly don't know what all I have tried or not.
As for the emergency recovery, how do I do that? I saw something in KIES about that, but it was asking for some code that I don't have. And do you have a link to the CWM.tar?
Also, I had several ROM's installed on my SD card in the phone, but it won't show any of them when I boot the phone using the "both volume and power button" method. It also won't let me load any of my backups that I had on the SD card. It's almost like the SD card isn't being recognized now or something, although I can connect the phone to my PC laptop and get to all those files through file explorer on the PC. And yes, I'm new and don't have a great grasp on what I am doing. Thanks for the help though!
What I have working right now
Okay, here is the only thing I could find on here that I could actually get loaded to make the phone functional again:
SGH-I717UCLD2-1FB30D08F1D2B2AAAECF49D262E8E707 (from briefmobile.com)
I have it working on the phone, but I have yet to be able to install anything else. When I boot the phone into recovery (volume up+ volume down+ power), it won't give me an option to install from SD card. However I can go to "install update from external storage" and it shows the files on my SD card. If I try to select a .zip file to install a ROM, it says --install SD card ...
I don't know what is going on here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As for the KIES thing, when I try to update through there, it says I can't update my phone- I'm guessing because I have the wrong baseband version?
You don't have cwm...that is stock recovery.
here is a link to cwm touch, just click anywhere here and grab the Odin version
Once you flash that with Odin, then you should be able to fluah any zip you have.
I finally got it working.
Hey. I appreciate your guys' help but I never could get one of those methods working. Just in case anyone else had the same problem as me, here is where I found the solution that worked for my specific case. It worked the first time and is explained simply enough that even a beginner can figure it out.
http://andr0idtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-root-install-cwm-on-at-bell.html
Thanks again for the help guys!
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Right now I'm on the latest radio and android verison. I was planning on getting a TB but my phone went swimming and selling it on ebay was going to help finance my new phone. So now I plan on rooting it and installing XtrSense. I might try the gingerbread ROM too, but for now XtrSense. The only problem is I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it
So how do I root and install a custom ROM????
Here is what I tried so far:
- Installed the one click root app and ran it.
- rebooted like it said, but it said I had to go into Amon's recovery and install a zip. No where on that thread did it state how to get into Amon's recovery and I don't feel like bricking my phone, so I came to ask for help.
I am a 2 on a 1 to 10 scale of being linux literate, and I am thoroughly confused.
Any help would be great!
jlab89 said:
Right now I'm on the latest radio and android verison. I was planning on getting a TB but my phone went swimming and selling it on ebay was going to help finance my new phone. So now I plan on rooting it and installing XtrSense. I might try the gingerbread ROM too, but for now XtrSense. The only problem is I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it
So how do I root and install a custom ROM????
Here is what I tried so far:
- Installed the one click root app and ran it.
- rebooted like it said, but it said I had to go into Amon's recovery and install a zip. No where on that thread did it state how to get into Amon's recovery and I don't feel like bricking my phone, so I came to ask for help.
I am a 2 on a 1 to 10 scale of being linux literate, and I am thoroughly confused.
Any help would be great!
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It's pretty simple, and it may depend. There are two ways to start recovery:
- with the phone powered off, hold down VolUp while you power up until you see the green-text-on-black-background Amon's Recovery start.
- for some versions of the Eris bootloader, this doesn't work. So, restart into the bootloader by holding down VolDn while powering up. When that starts, there will be a prompt telling you that you can press VolUp to start Recovery. Just press VolUp and you are there.
For the rest of it, assuming that you have already copied the xtrSENSE zip file to the root directory of the SD Card (i.e., not in a folder or subfolder), you can follow the directions in this thread, starting with post number 4. And, yes, the directions in the 1-click app post are a lot more sparse than they probably should be.
So I downloaded the ROM, erased my SD card and put only the ROM on my SD card. When I booted into recovery, i got a phone with a red exclamation mark that is inside of a red triangle. Any Ideas what I did wrong?
I took out the battery and restarted the phone and it works fine still
EDIT: I just re did the instructions for the one click root app. Everything works fine now and I'm happily using XtrSense. Thanks for all the help!
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update the ROM on my phone, but when the phone started loading up it got stuck at the Thunderbolt screen.
I removed the battery and planned on going into the CWR recovery to either reinstall the ROM or flash to an old one, but I'm not sure how to do that.
Because I have a PG05IMG.zip file on my SD card from flashing a new radio, the bootloader automatically tries to flash that. When I tell it not to update, the only option I have is to reboot the phone.
So how would I go about getting into the CWR recovery since I can't do it through the Rom Manager app since my phone won't load.
Thanks!
You need to put your SD card into a card reader then into your computer to dename or delete the PG05IMG.zip file or you are pretty much stuck.
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update the ROM on my phone, but when the phone started loading up it got stuck at the Thunderbolt screen.
I removed the battery and planned on going into the CWR recovery to either reinstall the ROM or flash to an old one, but I'm not sure how to do that.
Because I have a PG05IMG.zip file on my SD card from flashing a new radio, the bootloader automatically tries to flash that. When I tell it not to update, the only option I have is to reboot the phone.
So how would I go about getting into the CWR recovery since I can't do it through the Rom Manager app since my phone won't load.
Thanks!
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gonna have to find an sd card adapter (or another phone that receives micro sd) and remove the PG05IMG from your sd...i made this same mistake before. bootloader will automatically look for the PG05IMG and once it finds it you are stuck.
Use adb to reboot recovery
Thanks guys, I was afraid of that. Guess I'll have no phone until I get into work tomorrow morning. Appreciate the help, and glad to know I'm not the only one that's had to do this.
jaydizzle333 said:
Use adb to reboot recovery
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Worked like a charm! I didn't realize I'd still be able to push through adb commands even though the phone was giving me all these force closes. I was able to reload my old ROM and started up just fine. Thanks for the help!
Hello,
I'm a happy user of cyanogenmod and have loved it since the day I got it. But as I updated to CM 7.1.0 Stable mod, I've had problems with my wireless. Whenever I try to turn it on, it responds with "Error" and doesn't turn on. I can't see any wireless networks either.
I tried something from cyanogenmods forum, but with no luck, it said I had to "Format system". As I tried to "Format system", it restarted and it's stuck at the "HTC" White screen. It shows the white screen everytime I try to start it. I'm able to get into HBOOT and recovery, but I'm unsure what to do. Have I really broken my phone?
Anything I can do to get it working again? I'd love if anybody could help me here, thank you.
I'm not very good at this, so I would be nice if somebody could guide me through this.
Ok, In your possition I bet you panic a little bit? Don't worry and stay calm
First of all, i don't know what other requirements you need other than to get the rom back into your phone ie swap partition, ext partition etc, so this help is to ONLY get a rom back into your formatted phone.
You said you can boot in recovery, this is a sure sign phone is not broken, do you have clockwork mod recovery?
If you have clockwork mod still in root folder of your sdcard, your halfway to fixing your issue, if no clockwork mod, search on XDA and get the clockwork mod recovery, it'll probably be called fake-flash and it will be a zip file, might be best to get version 5.0.2.0.
Next you will need a rom, download any one you like, be it cyanogen, Blayo's froyo, ogo's gingerbread etc.
If you've already got clockwork mod on your sdcard then best to take the sdcard out, put it in a card reader attached to the computer, copy the rom zip file to the sdcard, put it back in to the phone, load up clockwork mod via recovery on your phone then flash the rom from sdcard...
if no clockwork mod, then copy both clockwork and the rom to the sdcard clockwork must be named update.zip and in the root of the sdcard, put sdcard back in your phone then follow the same flashing procedure as before. You may need to wipe data and davlik cache before flashing.
I'm pretty new to android rooting & flashing and i've had a few scares myself, the one most important thing i've discovered is to have clockwork mod recovery in the root of the sdcard, and so long as you can boot into that, you pretty much can't go wrong, unless your S-OFF, then an inexperianced user can do damage.
The other thing of importance is to either have backups (done via clockwork mod) or a fresh rom to flash on the sdcard, backups are better though because that keep all your apps and stuff intact
Good Luck
OH F*** YEAH! It started now! ranger4740, I love you!
Thanks a lot for the help!
GuyFromDenmark said:
OH F*** YEAH! It started now! ranger4740, I love you!
Thanks a lot for the help!
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I am very glad I could help you get your phone back up and running.
Have a look in this post my newbee tip for using Clockworkmod recovery's, it may help you for future reference. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298680
Hello almighty XDA peoples.
I watched the video, I have lurked here for months. I read everything I could on my phone, but I feel like my dilemma is slightly different. If not I would be glad to rectify it.
I purchased an unlocked gt-i9100 in the UK. I now use a Tmobile sim in the US.
After a lot of reading, I rooted my phone using ODIN and CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.6-CWM5 kernel.
I installed titanium backup, and used it. I put in ROM manager.
I decided I wanted to put a custom ROM on, but I read that a full wipe was necessary so I went into clockworkmod recovery. I followed all the instructions.
Now I can't boot into OS. I can get into both clockwordmod and download mode, but my computer wont recognize my phone so I can't put a zip file onto my sd card. (probably should have done that first huh)
All I want is a normal working phone. I will leave rooting to the professionals.
It was previously running 4.0.4 xxlq6.
Cynikalrealist said:
Hello almighty XDA peoples.
I watched the video, I have lurked here for months. I read everything I could on my phone, but I feel like my dilemma is slightly different. If not I would be glad to rectify it.
I purchased an unlocked gt-i9100 in the UK. I now use a Tmobile sim in the US.
After a lot of reading, I rooted my phone using ODIN and CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.6-CWM5 kernel.
I installed titanium backup, and used it. I put in ROM manager.
I decided I wanted to put a custom ROM on, but I read that a full wipe was necessary so I went into clockworkmod recovery. I followed all the instructions.
Now I can't boot into OS. I can get into both clockwordmod and download mode, but my computer wont recognize my phone so I can't put a zip file onto my sd card. (probably should have done that first huh)
All I want is a normal working phone. I will leave rooting to the professionals.
It was previously running 4.0.4 xxlq6.
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Ouch.
Rather dont wipe with the Samsung 4.0.4 kernel they had the brickbug...
You can try reinstall the drivers on the PC for the phone and also make sure KIES is not running then try download mode again else
try take the sd card out of the phone and put it in the pc and copy the ROM on to the SD card that way then flash with CWM.
A SD card reader is cheaper then fixing the phone if you don't already have one....
I can still access download mode and CWM though. Is that a sign of life? I went a bought a micro sd card and have put the rom onto it, which hopefully I can access through CWM. WIll update soon.
Cynikalrealist said:
I can still access download mode and CWM though. Is that a sign of life? I went a bought a micro sd card and have put the rom onto it, which hopefully I can access through CWM. WIll update soon.
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Having read the thread about 4.0.4 being susceptible to bricking, I'm now wondering what to do.
I bought a microSD card and put the Resurrection remix zip on it. I can access that though CWM and it's allowing me to update. WOuld it be better to try to downgrade to gingerbread or an early ICS, or have I passed the point where my phone should be bricking? Thanks so much in advance.
Cynikalrealist said:
I can still access download mode and CWM though. Is that a sign of life? I went a bought a micro sd card and have put the rom onto it, which hopefully I can access through CWM. WIll update soon.
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Well firstly why did you use Rom Manager? Its not properley compatible with I9100 and can lead to issues like you have if you mess about and try to flash kernel through it.
If you can still access download mode simply flash stock via ODIN and then flash custom kernel like Siyah (version depends on rom version) to gain root, cwm etc.
Alternatively first flash Siyah (.tar version) via ODIN then flash your custom rom.
Cynikalrealist said:
Having read the thread about 4.0.4 being susceptible to bricking, I'm now wondering what to do.
I bought a microSD card and put the Resurrection remix zip on it. I can access that though CWM and it's allowing me to update. WOuld it be better to try to downgrade to gingerbread or an early ICS, or have I passed the point where my phone should be bricking? Thanks so much in advance.
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if you can access download/recovery your device is not bricked. Just do as I said above and flash kernel or rom via ODIN.
I guess sometimes reading doesn't equals learning.
Wait a sec, I already knew that. Reading whole threads intead of OP-only equals learning.
Sent from the little guy
So, maybe someone can help me out here. I wanted to install Kit Kat Killer. This is what happens:
Rooting Process
1. I used Odin to install the root automatically.
2. I verified the root.
3. SuperUser and BusyBox installed.
4. Used Odin to install TWRP.
Recovery
1. Booted into TWRP.
2. Accidentally forgot to Nandroid Backup.
3. Wiped internal data, wiped everything else except SD Card.
4. Went to install Kit Kat Killer. Got some failed messages about some usb folder being unable to be mounted.
5. Rebooted phone. Re-downloaded everything and moved to SD.
6. Still fails.
Google time...
1. Downloaded some files from the links/forums I came across. None of these two files will flash through Odin, saying FAIL!
a. N900PVPUBMJ4_N900PSPTBMJ4_N900PVPUBMJ4_HOME.tar
b. N900PVPUBMI3_N900PSPTBMI3_N900PVPUBMI3_HOME.tar
2. TWRP can't be added through ODIN anymore as far as I know. I was using version
Now...
1. TWRP is gone.
2. Phone is stuck in "ODIN MODE" for recovery (?).
3. I can't get past the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 screen.
4. When I get the yellow triangle about needing Kies3 for an emergency firmware repair, it does NOT recognize my phone. Yes, I am using Kies 3. It says I am using an unsupported phone.
5. It does say SW REV CHECK FAIL.
I am at a total loss here. I know it's a soft brick, but for the life of me, I can not figure out what to do next.
Thanks for all your help!!
Just got it back into TWRP mode. It keeps saying:
"E: Unable to mount /usbstorage"
Then when it tries to install KitKatKiller, it checks for the MD5 (on the SD too in the same directory), it says FAIL. I think this whole issue is based on the usbstorage thing.
Right now, I am going to download the latest Sprint stock ROM and see if I can flash it in TWRP. This will take at least 50 minutes to get going (30 for download/20 for file transfer). So plenty of time for you guys to jump in and say otherwise
Really, I appreciate all of your help!!! I am sure I made a n00b mistake. I had no real problems with my GSIII or EVO 4G once I got the hang of things
I think you guys can close this thread. I am not sure what the hell happened, but I wiped my SD card after copying the KitKatKiller ROM to another folder on the internal SD. I had forgotten to include the MD5 file in the same folder as well, but it finally installed. Right now, the phone is showing KitKatKiller logo spinning and booting up, so I presume the phone will be fine from this point, and if not, I will use Kies 3 to return it to stock and give it a try again. Again, you can close this thread, I feel like an idiot but it all worked out for some odd reason. I'm still not sure why I was getting "unable to mount usbstorage" errors.
Thanks again for everyone taking a look!!!!!!
jacobmiw said:
I think you guys can close this thread. I am not sure what the hell happened, but I wiped my SD card after copying the KitKatKiller ROM to another folder on the internal SD. I had forgotten to include the MD5 file in the same folder as well, but it finally installed. Right now, the phone is showing KitKatKiller logo spinning and booting up, so I presume the phone will be fine from this point, and if not, I will use Kies 3 to return it to stock and give it a try again. Again, you can close this thread, I feel like an idiot but it all worked out for some odd reason. I'm still not sure why I was getting "unable to mount usbstorage" errors.
Thanks again for everyone taking a look!!!!!!
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Glad you figured your issues out. Just popped into tell you that twrp fails mounting USB because it's looking for an external USB. Not to worry its supposed to fail unless you have a USB drive plugged in through an otg cable.