So I haven't flashed a rom in a long time for my old T959D Telus phone, and I tried flashing from CM9-->CM10. It failed so I restored back to 2.3.6 via odin. The problem is I restored the i9000 version of the rom which has download mode as up + power button + home button so without a functioning home button (due to i9000 rom) I am unable to get into download mode again to install a kernel with clockworkmod recovery...
Does anyone know how I can get clockworkmod recovery onto this phone without download mode so I can get back go CM9/CM10? Rom manager fails too and kicks me into the default 3e recovery.
The same thing happened to me. The only option I found online was the jig mentioned in this other thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1593098
lawonga said:
So I haven't flashed a rom in a long time for my old T959D Telus phone, and I tried flashing from CM9-->CM10. It failed so I restored back to 2.3.6 via odin. The problem is I restored the i9000 version of the rom which has download mode as up + power button + home button so without a functioning home button (due to i9000 rom) I am unable to get into download mode again to install a kernel with clockworkmod recovery...
Does anyone know how I can get clockworkmod recovery onto this phone without download mode so I can get back go CM9/CM10? Rom manager fails too and kicks me into the default 3e recovery.
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I tried to flash CM7 last night but it didn't work so I flashed back to to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659.
Now when I'm in Recovery mode on my Samsung Galaxy S II a logo of a Black Hat appears when I click on any choice in the Recovery screen and I have to pull the battery to restart the phone. I've tried everything, I think.
Since my phone is almost brand new and everything is backed up, I think, I would like to just wipe the phone clean and reload with the original stock AT&T software or image.
Anyone know how to do this?
BTW.... I think this may have been caused by the fact I tried to use ROM Manager to flash CM7 and on one post it said in big letters NOT to use ROM Manager.
Any/all help is greatly appreciated.
What button are you using to select stuff in CWM?
Have you tried to home button, the power button isn't used in this version
If you have ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.3 in your kernel, you have to use the "home" soft key to select. The power button will only toggle between menu and logo.
To flash back to stock, use one of the one click downloader packages you can find here. You can choose between straight stock, and stock plus root.
Hello guys,
I'm sorry to bother you, apparently with some more newbie questions. I just got an SGS2 GT-I9100. Finding the right kernel, flashing it and rooting the phone was actually easier than rooting my HTC Desire. I also installed CWM Recovery through Rom Manager and flashed a custom ROM (CheckROM RevoHD) just to practice.
However, with my old HTC Desire, I have the option to boot into Booltloader by pressing volume down + power button. From there I can go to recovery, or reboot the phone or whatever (in case I have problems or want to perform nandroid backup/restore).
I was wondering if the same applies to SGS2? I've tried all combinations (vol up + vol down + power or vol up + home + power) but I can only go to download mode. I also flashed through Odin GT-I9100_OLD_BOOTLOADER.tar.md5 but nothing changed. Is there a bootloader mode at all for SGS2 like there is for my HTC.
If I mess things up flashing ROMs lets say, how am I supposed to get into recovery by using a combination of buttons?
Also I downloaded from the official website the clockwork touch recovery... a zip file named "recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.5-galaxys2".
Can anybody please explain me very shortly how am I supposed to flash this file?
It is a zip file so Odin would not flash it. I tried to install it from clockwork recovery as zip file. It said "successful" but when i entered recovery again, its still the old non touch version.
Thanks in advance for your time and help... much appreciated.
Adrian.K said:
Hello guys,
I'm sorry to bother you, apparently with some more newbie questions. I just got an SGS2 GT-I9100. Finding the right kernel, flashing it and rooting the phone was actually easier than rooting my HTC Desire. I also installed CWM Recovery through Rom Manager and flashed a custom ROM (CheckROM RevoHD) just to practice.
However, with my old HTC Desire, I have the option to boot into Booltloader by pressing volume down + power button. From there I can go to recovery, or reboot the phone or whatever (in case I have problems or want to perform nandroid backup/restore).
I was wondering if the same applies to SGS2? I've tried all combinations (vol up + vol down + power or vol up + home + power) but I can only go to download mode. I also flashed through Odin GT-I9100_OLD_BOOTLOADER.tar.md5 but nothing changed. Is there a bootloader mode at all for SGS2 like there is for my HTC.
If I mess things up flashing ROMs lets say, how am I supposed to get into recovery by using a combination of buttons?
Also I downloaded from the official website the clockwork touch recovery... a zip file named "recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.5-galaxys2".
Can anybody please explain me very shortly how am I supposed to flash this file?
It is a zip file so Odin would not flash it. I tried to install it from clockwork recovery as zip file. It said "successful" but when i entered recovery again, its still the old non touch version.
Thanks in advance for your time and help... much appreciated.
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Your "boot into bootloader" is something similar to "boot into recovery" for the SGS2.
To boot into recovery mode, just press Volume UP + Home + Power buttons as long as recovery menu appears.
There you will find the options for normal reboot, backup and restore, wiping, fixing things, etc.
The bootloader itself in "open" for the SGS2. So no need to flash another bootloader.
Only if your are on Gingerbread (GB) and have a USB Jig to reset the flash counter, you have to flash the old GB bootloader.
If you want another ClockWorkMode (CWM) recovery, e.g. with touch recovery, then you need to flash a kernel containing this recovery.
For the SGS2, the recovery mode is build/contained in the kernel.
As long as you are on a custom ROM, you have to find a kernel, which is compatible with your ROM and containing the recovery mode you want to have.
Try SiyahKernel, as it is compatible for nearly all available ROMs and the latest (ICS) versions do have touch recovery.
Good luck !
It_ler said:
If you want another ClockWorkMode (CWM) recovery, e.g. with touch recovery, then you need to flash a kernel containing this recovery.
For the SGS2, the recovery mode is build/contained in the kernel.
As long as you are on a custom ROM, you have to find a kernel, which is compatible with your ROM and containing the recovery mode you want to have.
Try SiyahKernel, as it is compatible for nearly all available ROMs and the latest (ICS) versions do have touch recovery.
Good luck !
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Dear It_ler,
Thank you so much for your explanations. Now everything is clear. Thanks.
By the way... I hope you guys really win the Euro2012 Best team around no doubts...
This worked for me.
Took out battery for about 5 minutes, insert batt, Hold vol up + power to get into download mode. Use a $5 jig from ebay/amazon if you want to force download mode. This phone is almost impossible to brick. Only physical damage can brick.Since this is an old phone the issue for recovering from a soft brick is really non availability of required files.
When you have a soft brick like this ..ie., stuck in 3e recovery. Even if you odin back to stock you cannot get into recovery (stock or cwm). You are permanently hardware locked out of recovery. Once stock odin'd to eclair or froyo phone will boot up into that rom fine but you cannot get into recovery and you cannot root. At this stage odin Darky resurrection which is available in tar/pit format. It is a rooted kernel/rom combo. Since iam a new user forum did not allow me to paste any external links here. Google for "Install Darky ROM 10.2 Resurrection" and pick first link.
Now you have rooted kernel and nice rom but still no recovery. From market download some apk installer that works with darky. I just searched for apk installer and picked the first one. Just downloading rom manager may not work since rom manager does not support older versions like eclair/froyo anymore.... Google for "com.koushikdutta.rommanager.apk" and download this apk from some cyber graveyard..Install this apk, open installed rom manager and select reboot into recovery. Now finally i had working recovery and could flash any zip , wipe format etc.. Good luck.
tip: odin must be setup (select files, uncheck boxes..) before getting phone into download mode. Otherwise odin will get stuck. Just re-start all over if this happens.
im on stock root and i wanted to hopefully flash a rom, but first i needed a custom recovery. On my phone, i downloaded Rom manager and it asked me to install cwm. it found my device and it downloaded and said installed successfully. i rebooted into recovery and from there it loops and boots into recovery non stop. i remove the battery and put it back in and it still tries to boot into recovery with the loop. (Semi-fix) when i remove my battery and boot into download mode. i can cancel it and it will skip trying to boot into recovery and load just fine. i can then shut down or restart as needed. but booting back into recovery will start the issue over again. i just want to know a safe way to have cwm on my note 3, or how to revert it back to normal. any help please?
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im on stock root and i wanted to hopefully flash a rom, but first i needed a custom recovery. On my phone, i downloaded Rom manager and it asked me to install cwm. it found my device and it downloaded and said installed successfully. i rebooted into recovery and from there it loops and boots into recovery non stop. i remove the battery and put it back in and it still tries to boot into recovery with the loop. (Semi-fix) when i remove my battery and boot into download mode. i can cancel it and it will skip trying to boot into recovery and load just fine. i can then shut down or restart as needed. but booting back into recovery will start the issue over again. i just want to know a safe way to have cwm on my note 3, or how to revert it back to normal. any help please?
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Pull battery let it sit for two minutes. Push menu button, volume down button, and power button at the same time boot into download mode. once there flash a fresh copy of your OS which ever version of KitKat your running. You lose all your personal data, but your beyond that now. Then here is link to my thread should answer all your questions http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440 enjoy !!!
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Yeah ive said it a few times this should not be used
If youve bricked your phone you can get back into your phone by holding volume down menu botton and power botton at the same time when it pops up the warning screen to enter download mode hit cancel your phone will then boot up after your phone is on if you do not have a computer the way you fix the phone so you dont have to do this every time your phone is off you need mobile odin and a kitkat cwm.img.tar for our phone flash it and problem solved you can now boot into cwm recovery then if you want you can flash a twrp img zip through cwm or just keep cwm hope this helps
Ps if you Google mobile odin the dev gives it away on his xda mobile odin page
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stuck in recovery loop also
hi i am new to all this..i managed to get my sprint note 3 4.4.4 NK4 rooted and i read that i also needed a custom recovery so i used odin to install "philz_touch_6.08.7-hltespr.tar.md5" and it said success but when i tried to get into it it just says recovery is not seandroid enforcing i also used rom manager to get into it automatically but it just keeps looping saying same thing. is there a way out of this mess?
update-- i found an updated version of the philz tar file and installed it with odin and that got me out of the loop..just havent tried to get back into recovery yet...lol
Cat1970 said:
hi i am new to all this..i managed to get my sprint note 3 4.4.4 NK4 rooted and i read that i also needed a custom recovery so i used odin to install "philz_touch_6.08.7-hltespr.tar.md5" and it said success but when i tried to get into it it just says recovery is not seandroid enforcing i also used rom manager to get into it automatically but it just keeps looping saying same thing. is there a way out of this mess?
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First, pull the battery for a minute then reinstall hold the power, menu, and volume down buttons at the same time and boot into download mode. The version of Phil'z CWM you flashed is to old for 4.4.4 NK4. Now download to your desktop the right Philz CWM recovery file (Phil'z_Touch_6.48.4-hlte.tar.md5 ) here is the link https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hlte/ there are two listed use the second one. Flash with odin and you should be good to go. Go to my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440 for more info.
done exactly as you said and the same screen came up saying recovery is not seandroid enforcing and then it jumps to Philz Touch 6 so im assuming everything is right now...i really appreciate the help! tyvm
different rom
ok..i installed cyanogen rom..i also used titanium backup..i want to go back to where i was but i dont see titanium backup on there anymore..how do i revert back?
i guess i need to update my phone n900p (help)
my rooted note 3 was running 5.0 L so i tried flashing a custom recovery both TWR and CWM now its stuck in boot loop. i read all the post showing you how to get out the bootloop. how ever i still need to put a recovery on my phone are there any updated links for this with odin because i was using the odin 3.0 sorry odin 307
Hi, I have this problem. I had rooted galaxy S3 i9300, with Android Revolution ROM. I wanted to flash Liquid Smooth ROM and I did something wrong because I soft bricked it. So I downloaded some stock ROM (Not the one I used to have, completely different one with older android I didn't notice version I looked for region) flashed it with Odin, then rooted phone with Odin and flashed CWM with Odin, so I could do nandroid restore of the older ROM I had. The problem is I can't get to CWM recovery. When I turn on phone while holding Vol-, Home and Power buttons, I don't see Samsung logo, I get straight to download mode. Somewhere I read that you need to install CWM first and then root, so I did that as well and it didn't help. Can I restore my backups some other way? Or what should I do?
Edit: I installed ROM manager and tried to install CWM. It downloaded and then I got Flashing 100/100 and nothing happened. It froze and CWM was not installed. Then I found app CWM (idk if it was there before I didn't notice it) So I tried to restore backup with that and it did not worked as well.
Actually I wouldn't mind using this older version, I would say it's faster than newer one, but my network is not working. No signal so I need to repair that fast bc I don't have any other backup phone.
I'd say your best bet would be to try:
Flashing your stock rom again using odin.
Let it reboot and load, then switch it off.
Go back into download mode and flash cwm or philz touch or whatever custom recovery you choose. Make sure you untick the reboot when finished option in odin or else the phone will revert back to stock recovery.
Unplug the phone and pull the battery.
Hold down the vol+ / home / power button for about 5 seconds and then let the power button go. This should load the recovery. Reboot from recovery and it should be a permanent fix.
I'd then root and apply supersu and then install a custom power menu (xposed module + gravitybox) which allows you to boot into recovery/download mode straight from the power menu.
Good luck.
I did what you said, installed stock ROM, right one (I guess), flashed cwm, unticked reboot, after that I unplugged phone and pulled out battery. And now, if I try to enter recovery I just enter download mode again. Idk what did I do wrong?
niC00L147 said:
I did what you said, installed stock ROM, right one (I guess), flashed cwm, unticked reboot, after that I unplugged phone and pulled out battery. And now, if I try to enter recovery I just enter download mode again. Idk what did I do wrong?
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Press volume up for recovery. Volume down for download mode.
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