Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me my Sensation is stuck in boot loop every time i try to reboot it.
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I had been flashing roms with 4ext recovery since you can just use smartflash but after the last time I flashed a rom the rom wouldn't load and just kept rebooting the phone the the htc screen over and over again and I'm just wondering if someone can help me with this
mandojr1 said:
Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me my Sensation is stuck in boot loop every time i try to reboot it.
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I had been flashing roms with 4ext recovery since you can just use smartflash but after the last time I flashed a rom the rom wouldn't load and just kept rebooting the phone the the htc screen over and over again and I'm just wondering if someone can help me with this
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do you have a nandroid backup? restore it
or you will have to odin back to stock:
1.get the stock img in tar format for your phone
2.boot into download mode
3.press PDA on odin(get if if you dont have it)
4.press start
now you have gone back to stock, all you data will be wiped (except internal/external) blah blah blah
Jack Jake said:
do you have a nandroid backup? restore it
or you will have to odin back to stock:
1.get the stock img in tar format for your phone
2.boot into download mode
3.press PDA on odin(get if if you dont have it)
4.press start
now you have gone back to stock, all you data will be wiped (except internal/external) blah blah blah
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Thanks for the reply, no I don't have a backup. Isn't odin just for samsung phones? I don't really care about my data or anything I just really need to get my phone out of boot loop
Can I download the stock img online and odin?
mandojr1 said:
Thanks for the reply, no I don't have a backup. Isn't odin just for samsung phones? I don't really care about my data or anything I just really need to get my phone out of boot loop
Can I download the stock img online and odin?
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no, Odin is not something only for Samsung phones, its for all phones. you can find it anywhere, just Google Odin download and download it, no need to install or anything, just run.
now on to the stock img.
try searching on XDA for HTC Sensation stock ROM (MAKE SURE THE FILE IS IN TAR OR TAR.MD5 FORMAT ELSE IT WILL NOT WORK)
if you cant find anything follow the directions on this thread:
http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/03/how-to-unroot-the-htc-sensation-4g/
follow the instructions carefully and make sure you do it your phones way (that is the htc sensation 4g way, not sure if you have that or something else)
Jack Jake said:
no, Odin is not something only for Samsung phones, its for all phones. you can find it anywhere, just Google Odin download and download it, no need to install or anything, just run.
now on to the stock img.
try searching on XDA for HTC Sensation stock ROM (MAKE SURE THE FILE IS IN TAR OR TAR.MD5 FORMAT ELSE IT WILL NOT WORK)
if you cant find anything follow the directions on this thread:
follow the instructions carefully and make sure you do it your phones way (that is the htc sensation 4g way, not sure if you have that or something else)
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Oh just making sure because I saw something that said odin was for samsung phones.
So you can find the stock img file in the stock rom if you download it?
mandojr1 said:
Oh just making sure because I saw something that said odin was for samsung phones.
So you can find the stock img file in the stock rom if you download it?
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most of the time the tar file when extracted just holds the stock.img but sometimes it doesn't.
just find tar files for your device and extract it to see what's inside
Jack Jake said:
most of the time the tar file when extracted just holds the stock.img but sometimes it doesn't.
just find tar files for your device and extract it to see what's inside
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Okay thanks is there anyway you could explain step by step how to use odin on my sensation?
mandojr1 said:
Okay thanks is there anyway you could explain step by step how to use odin on my sensation?
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could you please wait some time out search it else where because it is REALLY late and I am tired.I will get back to you ASAP. Sorry
Jack Jake said:
could you please wait some time out search it else where because it is REALLY late and I am tired.I will get back to you ASAP. Sorry
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Oh yea that's fine
my bad, odin is only for samsung phones. you will have to use this:
The first step is to boot your phone into recovery.
Now go to WIPE while in recovery mode and clear Delvik Cache.
Now restart you phone and see if it stays alright or goes back into a boot loop.
If the phone again restarts after landing on launch screen, then power off you phone.
Restart your phone into recovery again and delete all data/cache. Flash a new ROM if it is already on your SD card.
Once this is done, reboot your phone and hopefully you will be able to get rid of the boot loop problem.
Jack Jake said:
my bad, odin is only for samsung phones. you will have to use this:
The first step is to boot your phone into recovery.
Now go to WIPE while in recovery mode and clear Delvik Cache.
Now restart you phone and see if it stays alright or goes back into a boot loop.
If the phone again restarts after landing on launch screen, then power off you phone.
Restart your phone into recovery again and delete all data/cache. Flash a new ROM if it is already on your SD card.
Once this is done, reboot your phone and hopefully you will be able to get rid of the boot loop problem.
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I've tried this with all my roms that worked before but still nothing before flashing i always wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and format all the partitions except sd
mandojr1 said:
I've tried this with all my roms that worked before but still nothing before flashing i always wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and format all the partitions except sd
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well i dont have much knowledge with HTC phones (only samsung cause its awesome) but if you still have your warranty you could delete EVERYTHING from recovery (e.g. format sd card, /system, /data, etc) and return it and get a new one.
although if you dont have a warranty on it you could still try this, it doesnt really change anything cuz your phones useless in bootloop.
Jack Jake said:
well i dont have much knowledge with HTC phones (only samsung cause its awesome) but if you still have your warranty you could delete EVERYTHING from recovery (e.g. format sd card, /system, /data, etc) and return it and get a new one.
although if you dont have a warranty on it you could still try this, it doesnt really change anything cuz your phones useless in bootloop.
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Yea I don't have a warranty and I don't think it matters either way because the phone is rooted
I'll just keep trying everything I've been looking for almost two days straight but I haven't been able to find anything
hi ive same problem
mandojr1 said:
Yea I don't have a warranty and I don't think it matters either way because the phone is rooted
I'll just keep trying everything I've been looking for almost two days straight but I haven't been able to find anything
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hi. do you have resolve it? if yes explain me please?
thanks bye bye
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Hi there, I'm panicking right now.
I just rooted my phone using a tutorial online and it was no problem and everything worked fine after that.
Then I used another tutorial to flash my ROM to CM7 and that's when I started to have problems.
I booted into ClockworkMod Recovery (holding volume up + home + power) and wiped data and chache partition, then I select "Install zip from sdcard" and chose CM7 zip file which I had put on to my sd card, I get a message that installation was successful.
But now I can't access my phone, it's stuck at the Samsung Galaxy SII logo.
I have wiped data again and used Odin to flash a stock ROM on to my phone but it doesn't work.
I need help guys.
EDIT: This post doesn't matter now, there is a new reply at page 3 with new problems.
Did you use a .pit file a repartition when you flashed a stock ROM with ODIN again? What do you mean the phone doesn't work? Does it bootloop or still stuck on the startup logo?
Prasad007 said:
Did you use a .pit file a repartition when you flashed a stock ROM with ODIN again? What do you mean the phone doesn't work? Does it bootloop or still stuck on the startup logo?
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Well the phone did bootloop at one time and I fixed that by flashing a stock ROM on the phone with Odin, did not use a PIT file.
Now the phone is just stuck on the white Galaxy SII logo and I was hoping that flashing the phone again with stock ROM would also fix that.
I did not use a PIT file for that either.
Please reflash with a stock ROM that contains DBDATA and use a .pit file for repartitioning... That should fix your phone!
Prasad007 said:
Please reflash with a stock ROM that contains DBDATA and use a .pit file for repartitioning... That should fix your phone!
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Yep!
@OP Download this package : http://hotfile.com/dl/130600047/b70801e/I9100XXKI3.rar.html
And then, in ODIN, put :
.PIT -> PIT
CODE -> PDA
MODEM -> PHONE
CSC -> CSC
Toggle repartition, and those 2 standard ticks. DO NOT TICK ANYTHING ELSE.
That WILL fix your phone Bootloops means that you soft bricked it. Flashing a new ROM + PIT always fixes a bootlooped device.
Prasad007 said:
Please reflash with a stock ROM that contains DBDATA and use a .pit file for repartitioning... That should fix your phone!
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Could you link to a ROM with a .pit file, have not found any. Thanks!
Also, I tried flashing to CM7 again with ClockworkMod Recovery and it now said:
E:Error in /sdcard/cmgs.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
Is that bad?
The amount of bad advice in this thread is shocking.
Do you actually have an I9100?
My first thought from your original post is that you didn't flash twice in succession, and the flash you did do was practically instant.
Regarding your last post, status 7 is usually when you're trying to flash something not meant for your device.
oinkylicious said:
The amount of bad advice in this thread is shocking.
Do you actually have an I9100?
My first thought from your original post is that you didn't flash twice in succession, and the flash you did do was practically instant.
Regarding your last post, status 7 is usually when you're trying to flash something not meant for your device.
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I have an I9100 and I got the CyanogenMod from the official website where I chose my device.
The first flash was pretty fast yes.
oinkylicious said:
The amount of bad advice in this thread is shocking.
Do you actually have an I9100?
My first thought from your original post is that you didn't flash twice in succession, and the flash you did do was practically instant.
Regarding your last post, status 7 is usually when you're trying to flash something not meant for your device.
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Wrong.
10 chars.
Phistachio said:
Yep!
@OP Download this package :
And then, in ODIN, put :
.PIT -> PIT
CODE -> PDA
MODEM -> PHONE
CSC -> CSC
Toggle repartition, and those 2 standard ticks. DO NOT TICK ANYTHING ELSE.
That WILL fix your phone Bootloops means that you soft bricked it. Flashing a new ROM + PIT always fixes a bootlooped device.
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Thanks man! You saved me!
I was seriously going to stay up all night trying to fix this and skip school tomorrow...
But I still want a custom ROM
Is there a better way than booting into ClockworkMod Recovery and installing zip file from sd card?
Also, any idea about why all this would happen to me? I got all the tutorials on an Icelandic forum where a person with the same phone did exactly what I was going to do and it worked perfectly for him, and I have gone over the steps many times, I did not screw up.
How to flash CM7
1) Flash a kernel with CWM, CF-root will do
2) Download CM7 zip and put it in your internalSD card
3) Boot into CWM
4) Flash CM7 zip
5) Reboot into CWM
6) Flash CM7 zip again
7) wipe cache/data/dalvik cache
6) reboot and wait for upto 10min for it to boot.
You HAVE to flash the CM7 zip twice.
Also you NEVER need to use the .pit, also never tick repartition, a bad flash with repartition ticked is a one way street to hardbrick land.
himmip said:
Thanks man! You saved me!
I was seriously going to stay up all night trying to fix this and skip school tomorrow...
But I still want a custom ROM
Is there a better way than booting into ClockworkMod Recovery and installing zip file from sd card?
Also, any idea about why all this would happen to me? I got all the tutorials on an Icelandic forum where a person with the same phone did exactly what I was going to do and it worked perfectly for him, and I have gone over the steps many times, I did not screw up.
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Ideally, you:
1. Flash a stock ROM via ODIN
2. Flash CF-Root via ODIN
3. Flash a custom ROM such as CM9 via CWM Recovery
Ok thanks guys!
And just to be sure, I went here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-s2 and was going to download nightly, or is their anything else you would recommend more?
himmip said:
Ok thanks guys!
And just to be sure, I went here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-s2 and was going to download nightly, or is their anything else you would recommend more?
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Only this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410400
Prasad007 said:
Only this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410400
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Not sure if I want experimental ROM, I would also like to be able to restore my apps with Titanium Backup
himmip said:
Not sure if I want experimental ROM, I would also like to be able to restore my apps with Titanium Backup
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The stable build is much older and actually less stable than the newest nightly.
Also you can restore user apps with titanium backup, just not system apps.
himmip said:
Not sure if I want experimental ROM, I would also like to be able to restore my apps with Titanium Backup
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You can restore non-system apps, just not their data.
Prasad007 said:
Ideally, you:
1. Flash a stock ROM via ODIN
2. Flash CF-Root via ODIN
3. Flash a custom ROM such as CM9 via CWM Recovery
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My phone is really starting to annoy me now.
I put a stock ROM on the phone and then flashed CF-Root and when I boot up in CWM and select something it just displays the loading sign and then I hit the power button and I'm back on the main menu of CMW, doesn't matter what I select it only displays the loading sign and it doesn't go away.
It really sucks, I had put all the CM9 files on the SDcard and was ready to go.
EDIT: Never mind guys, finally got it to work Thanks for your help!
himmip said:
My phone is really starting to annoy me now.
I put a stock ROM on the phone and then flashed CF-Root and when I boot up in CWM and select something it just displays the loading sign and then I hit the power button and I'm back on the main menu of CMW, doesn't matter what I select it only displays the loading sign and it doesn't go away.
It really sucks, I had put all the CM9 files on the SDcard and was ready to go.
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If the Home button doesn't work for you, try selecting with the power button once inside CWM Recovery..
Phistachio said:
That WILL fix your phone Bootloops means that you soft bricked it. Flashing a new ROM + PIT always fixes a bootlooped device.
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seconded...
Don't panic dude, it happens sometimes Keeping cool is the key to fixing your phone without making it worse than it already is... I can't count the times this has happened to me already, and there ain't nuffin like a good 'ole repartitioning to set things straight (and show the damn contraption who's boss around these here parts.. I hate those stupid machines to whom nobody has ever taught that Man's genius INVARIABLY always triumphs over dumb and inert matter.. )
(although I almost never flash the whole ROM back on : most times flashing the .PIT file and rebooting the device does the trick -unless it's an installed app which caused the trouble in the first place, in which case you're better off starting over from scratch than wasting time trying to debug the problem)
N.B : don't forget to flash the "old bootloader" too, AFTER you've flashed the PIT and rebooted the device (or at least rebooted the recovvery, to check that it boots off a valid partition), I've noticed the new one can give a lot of weird and unpredictable behaviors when used in conjunction with root and a CMx ROM.
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himmip said:
My phone is really starting to annoy me now.
I put a stock ROM on the phone and then flashed CF-Root and when I boot up in CWM and select something it just displays the loading sign and then I hit the power button and I'm back on the main menu of CMW, doesn't matter what I select it only displays the loading sign and it doesn't go away.
It really sucks, I had put all the CM9 files on the SDcard and was ready to go.
EDIT: Never mind guys, finally got it to work Thanks for your help!
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I was going to ask : have you flashed the CM rom twice, and flashed the google apps pack BEFORE even rebooting the phone ? It's almost always mandatory to do this precise sequence, the installation routine of the CM ROM is not quite perfect -far from it, actually..
Ill try to give all relevant information i can...
I had a rooted phone running a custom ICS rom. The phone charging port started acting up and finally gave out. I am still under warranty so I ran triangle away and reset flash counter with no issues. I then downloaded the stock firmware from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659 . I used mobile odin pro to flash the firmware and made sure to untick the root option. My phone went through the motions and said it was successful. It then rebooted straight into CWM in which i wiped the data thinking the phone would boot up after. This means i deleted the stock firmware or any other firmware on device. I rebooted and now the phone keeps booting straight into CWM and wont boot into android. I have no use of USB to put any files on the phone and I'm not sure I could access filesystem from a PC from CWM anyways. What are my options, if any? My only solution would be to do a self repair on the USB port to try to put new firmware on the phone.
Do you have stock 3e recovery or custom?
If you deleted all your rom zips from your SD card and your USB port wont connect to the PC then find an external card would be your best bet.
Many suggest cleaning the USB port to get it working.
LiLChris06 said:
Do you have stock 3e recovery or custom?
If you deleted all your rom zips from your SD card and your USB port wont connect to the PC then find an external card would be your best bet.
Many suggest cleaning the USB port to get it working.
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it says cwm-based recovery v5.5.0.4 at the top.
THANK YOU for suggesting getting an external SD! That never crossed my mind! Any further instructions on what to flash next would be appreciated. I need it completely stock to get warranty. Also will flashing stock through CWM give me another flash count??? Will i have to flash another ICS rom to use triangle away and kind of start over?
I tried cleaning the USB port. Its broken.
Which file exactly did you flash in MobileOdin?
Check if the counter is gone, if it is then just flash a GB rom (UnNamed or ShoStock) then follow this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659
If not then yea, just grab ICS rom, do TriangleAway check the counter, then return to stock using the same guide.
The UCKH7 one-click downloader from the thread you referenced contains the stock zImage, so since you still have cwm recovery instead of 3e recovery, that flash did not occur, or you selected the wrong file. Mobile Odin will recognize and flash from one-click downloader .exe files.
creepyncrawly said:
The UCKH7 one-click downloader from the thread you referenced contains the stock zImage, so since you still have cwm recovery instead of 3e recovery, that flash did not occur, or you selected the wrong file. Mobile Odin will recognize and flash from one-click downloader .exe files.
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I wasn't aware that Mobile Odin can grab the files from .exe thanks for the info.
(Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day)
Bah, spent them all on Chainfire just now. Lol
hell yeah! you guys are awesome and extremely helpful!
Is there a way to check flash counter not using triangle away?
theconstant1 said:
hell yeah! you guys are awesome and extremely helpful!
Is there a way to check flash counter not using triangle away?
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With the phone off, boot into download mode by holding vol+ and vol- while plugging in your usb cable connected to your computer.
ok so i followed instructions. flashed an ICS rom and made sure the flash counter was at 0. I then flashed the file from the link you provided in mobile odin and it seemed to work ok. It started to boot and i saw the AT&T boot screen and thought i was in the clear... but not it keeps looping that AT&T boot screen endlessly. Not quite sure what to do next. Is phone safe for warranty possibly?
edit: just held volume and power buttons and got into 3e recovery which ive never seen before. How can i get this thing back to stock from here? : ( Also cant seem to access external storage from here.
theconstant1 said:
ok so i followed instructions. flashed an ICS rom and made sure the flash counter was at 0. I then flashed the file from the link you provided in mobile odin and it seemed to work ok. It started to boot and i saw the AT&T boot screen and thought i was in the clear... but not it keeps looping that AT&T boot screen endlessly. Not quite sure what to do next. Is phone safe for warranty possibly?
edit: just held volume and power buttons and got into 3e recovery which ive never seen before. How can i get this thing back to stock from here? : ( Also cant seem to access external storage from here.
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Haven't been in this spot myself, but I seem to recall reading that doing a factory reset in 3e recovery should get you out of your boot loop.
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If yer on a custom ROM u would have some form of cwm recovery. What did u flash?
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dandrumheller said:
Haven't been in this spot myself, but I seem to recall reading that doing a factory reset in 3e recovery should get you out of your boot loop.
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i tried that and it asked me to confirm my password. I've never had a password for the phone, let alone any recovery
Phalanx7621 said:
If yer on a custom ROM u would have some form of cwm recovery. What did u flash?
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I had an ICS custom rom, did triangle away to reset flash count. then did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659 since i have no usb port. Seemed to work, but im stuck on att boot loop. 3e recovery is popping up when buttons are held and its asking for a password to do a data wipe. Also cannot seem to access external storage from there. That is basically where im at.
And why would your phone be asking for a password to wipe data in stock recovery? U or someone else had to have installed software like an anti theft protection or an antivirus that came with anti theft protection.
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theconstant1 said:
I had an ICS custom rom, did triangle away to reset flash count. then did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659 since i have no usb port. Seemed to work, but im stuck on att boot loop. 3e recovery is popping up when buttons are held and its asking for a password to do a data wipe. Also cannot seem to access external storage from there. That is basically where im at.
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The presence of 3e recovery indicates that the flash to UCKH7 was successful, in that the parts got flashed to the phone. You may be able to get the phone to boot once you can get into 3e recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. With the password problem, I have read in several threads that if you keep trying and failing to enter the password, or enter wrong password each time, eventually the software is written to bypass the password protection and let you in, so just keep putting in the wrong password, I think three or four times.
I did not download the UCKH7.tar that LilChris provides, but I assume it has the stock UCKH7 distribution. Even if it has bootloaders and param.lfs, which I don't know, Mobile Odin will not flash those anyway, even if present. So once you get into 3e recovery and wipe data/factory reset, let us know your results.
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The presence of 3e recovery indicates that the flash to UCKH7 was successful, in that the parts got flashed to the phone. You may be able to get the phone to boot once you can get into 3e recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. With the password problem, I have read in several threads that if you keep trying and failing to enter the password, or enter wrong password each time, eventually the software is written to bypass the password protection and let you in, so just keep putting in the wrong password, I think three or four times.
I did not download the UCKH7.tar that LilChris provides, but I assume it has the stock UCKH7 distribution. Even if it has bootloaders and param.lfs, which I don't know, Mobile Odin will not flash those anyway, even if present. So once you get into 3e recovery and wipe data/factory reset, let us know your results.
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it still amazes me how knowledgeable you all are : ) entered 5 wrong passwords and a data wipe occurred and now im into stock phone! now is phone ok for warranty? if i can getinto a recovery like 3e wouldnt that make it rooted still?
theconstant1 said:
it still amazes me how knowledgeable you all are : ) entered 5 wrong passwords and a data wipe occurred and now im into stock phone! now is phone ok for warranty? if i can getinto a recovery like 3e wouldnt that make it rooted still?
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3e is stock recovery which comes with the phone, so far your in the right track.
Make sure to check your build and kernel in about phone, that's mainly what the AT&T techs check when they pull out the paper. (I returned mine once for USB defect)
Remember to wipe/format your internal SD card before returning it.
LiLChris06 said:
3e is stock recovery which comes with the phone, so far your in the right track.
Make sure to check your build and kernel in about phone, that's mainly what the AT&T techs check when they pull out the paper. (I returned mine once for USB defect)
Remember to wipe/format your internal SD card before returning it.
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ok i will wipe the phone. here are stats.
baseband: i777uckh7
kernal: 2.6.35.7
build: gingerbread.uckh7
i will be taking it in for warranty today and then i will return with a phone that charges, and many beers for us to enjoy. thank you all!
and i will also probably never root again because im a newb and this was a pain in my asshole, but its been fun! : )
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ok i will wipe the phone. here are stats.
baseband: i777uckh7
kernal: 2.6.35.7
build: gingerbread.uckh7
i will be taking it in for warranty today and then i will return with a phone that charges, and many beers for us to enjoy. thank you all!
and i will also probably never root again because im a newb and this was a pain in my asshole, but its been fun! : )
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Yes, those are the about phone stats for a stock UCKH7 phone. You should be good to go.
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
the donkey said:
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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Do you mean you can't even get into recovery? If it can, I would think a data wipe might get the ROM to be able to boot.
the donkey said:
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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You might want to double check if you are using the right version of recovery that kernel is fully supported with your ROM. For example, if you are trying to install a KK ROM using an old version of CWM you will end up in error 7 or end up in a boot loop screen. My words are pretty mess up but I hope you get what I mean. So make sure you have the right version that match each other (recovery, kernel, ROM).
Hope that helps.
im new to all of this. when i hold the home button the power button and the vol down button i get a screen telling me installing a custom os could be bad press up to continue i do this and install even the official software but when it reboots it keeps looping on the samsung logo
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You might want to double check if you are using the right version of recovery that kernel is fully supported with your ROM. For example, if you are trying to install a KK ROM using an old version of CWM you will end up in error 7 or end up in a boot loop screen. My words are pretty mess up but I hope you get what I mean. So make sure you have the right version that match each other (recovery, kernel, ROM).
Hope that helps.
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i cant access the phone to see what kernal was on it so i am just trying to get it back to normal
the donkey said:
i cant access the phone to see what kernal was on it so i am just trying to get it back to normal
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I suggest you flash a working recovery via odin first. Look for TWRP, it's the best newbie-friendly recovery or try CWM if you are looking for more advanced options. After that, flash a stock or custom ROM to get your phone back working. Make sure they are compatible with each other. Why didn't it work when you try flashing the stock firmware via odin? Make sure the zip file is downloaded properly.
Hope that helps.
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I suggest you flash a working recovery via odin first. Look for TWRP, it's the best newbie-friendly recovery or try CWM if you are looking for more advanced options. After that, flash a stock or custom ROM to get your phone back working. Make sure they are compatible with each other. Why didn't it work when you try flashing the stock firmware via odin? Make sure the zip file is downloaded properly.
Hope that helps.
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that sounds excellent but being new and a bit thick what is a twrp and where would i get one?
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ok so now i have tried 3 official samsung roms h3g o2 and t mobile the h3g installs but just keeps looping the boot screen the o2 failed and the t mobile installes but all i get is a blck screen but it showes the batter the clock and the usb conection i can also go into it through my computer but it wont boot up properly. is it possible to get a samsung rom thats not network based?
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ok so now i have tried 3 official samsung roms h3g o2 and t mobile the h3g installs but just keeps looping the boot screen the o2 failed and the t mobile installes but all i get is a blck screen but it showes the batter the clock and the usb conection i can also go into it through my computer but it wont boot up properly. is it possible to get a samsung rom thats not network based?
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It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
il give it a go
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It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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il try that just now cheers
ahhh my heed
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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ok so i downloaded the romnuke and the neatrom the instructions say... Boot into Recovery
- Install RomNuke (Does all clean & backup your android folder as well) - Thanks to Hawkerpaul
- Install ROM
- Reboot & Enjoy
but when i unzip the files i cant see any way of gettong romnuke to work i tried odin but it doesnt pick it up is there some other download i need??
still no joy
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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ok so i put the zip files on an sd card and put it in the phone. but when i try and install them it says ignature verification failed also if i try and wipe the date and retore it says faild to mount/efs invalid argument. when i manage to get the t mobile rom to load the screen is black but i can get the swipe down screen to turn on blue tooth or wifi
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ok so i put the zip files on an sd card and put it in the phone. but when i try and install them it says ignature verification failed also if i try and wipe the date and retore it says faild to mount/efs invalid argument. when i manage to get the t mobile rom to load the screen is black but i can get the swipe down screen to turn on blue tooth or wifi
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This error is most probably because you don't have the right Rom for the right model or not compatible hence the verification error. Are you doing this in recovery mode? Make sure you follow the installation instructions properly and download the right one for your phone model. Just try cyanogenmod for starter. Installation is easy to understand.
still no joy
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This error is most probably because you don't have the right Rom for the right model or not compatible hence the verification error. Are you doing this in recovery mode? Make sure you follow the installation instructions properly and download the right one for your phone model. Just try cyanogenmod for starter. Installation is easy to understand.
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ok so i went to cyanogenmod downloaded the newest file for the s2 when i did unzip i get 2 folder meta-inf and system plus a boot.img file. i burned the boot file to a disc but when i check it the disk is empty even though i can see its burned. also when i go to sammobile to get firmare it says no files available...therte must be some way of getting this to work H E L PPPPPPPPPPP
Dude, you're not supposed to be burning anything to discs. The zip file is what the recovery uses to install from. It should include the custom kernal too.
Copy the zipped ROM file to your SD card, put it in your phone and boot into recovery. Assuming you've already flashed the latest custom recovery CWM or TWRP (I prefer TWRP)
From here, to be safe, do a full wipe (That's everything except sd-card: system, data, cache, dalvik-cache)
Now you install/flash the zip file via recovery. Hopefully that completes without error. After that clear cache and dalvik-cache again just to be sure (I do this out of habit)
Reboot.
Hope this helps. I saw you mention something about "efs" and that gives me a bad feeling, read something about needing to back that up before bad things happen. But anyway, good luck :good:
Okay so ill be honest im super new to all this. I did some research on youtube. I used twrp and a app that is like goolauncher. I did not back up my OS and i accidently deleted it. Im trying to upgrade to the hellfire rom. When i did i get this error in the recovery menu
slow302stang said:
Okay so ill be honest im super new to all this. I did some research on youtube. I used twrp and a app that is like goolauncher. I did not back up my OS and i accidently deleted it. Im trying to upgrade to the hellfire rom. When i did i get this error in the recovery menu
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You attempted to flash a ROM made for a different phone (d2att), never do that again unless you want a brick.
ArkThompson said:
You attempted to flash a ROM made for a different phone (d2att), never do that again unless you want a brick.
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my phone is atat did i accidently post this in the wrong section?
slow302stang said:
my phone is atat did i accidently post this in the wrong section?
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Yea, look at the sticky. Anyway, it is probably something to do with your recovery. Try flashing it using cwm.
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ArkThompson said:
Yea, look at the sticky. Anyway, it is probably something to do with your recovery. Try flashing it using cwm.
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is that possible with out a os? the recovery deleted the OS so i cant even get onto my phone. I can only get to recovery and get to the odin downloaded thing
slow302stang said:
is that possible with out a os? the recovery deleted the OS so i cant even get onto my phone. I can only get to recovery and get to the odin downloaded thing
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Yea, you can flash .zip versions of cwm through the recovery menu. You could also flash it through Odin if you can't find a flashable .zip of it, probably easier that way. Don't just flash any .zip of cwm you find through twrp, it has to be one made to be flashed.
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Yea, you can flash .zip versions of cwm through the recovery menu. You could also flash it through Odin if you can't find a flashable .zip of it, probably easier that way. Don't just flash any .zip of cwm you find through twrp, it has to be one made to be flashed.
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i have no idea what that means. Anyway you could talk me througg it? I tryed to download odin but couldnt find a link that worked.
slow302stang said:
i have no idea what that means. Anyway you could talk me througg it? I tryed to download odin but couldnt find a link that worked.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552640
You should just be able to download the recovery in this topic (.zip not tar.md5) and install it using twrp. Put the file on your external SD since you can't access your phone.
ArkThompson said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552640
You should just be able to download the recovery in this topic (.zip not tar.md5) and install it using twrp. Put the file on your external SD since you can't access your phone.
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I'm a bit confused. Do i just download that recovery? or is their something i have to download I got odin now.
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okay so i did some youtube searching and alot of videos came up with odin. To download a stock rom . i downloaded a few and tryed to do it with odin and it always failed. ANyone have any ideas? or maybe theirs a way to just fix the hellfire rom?
i managed to figure out the phillz. all it did was change the recovery program to his and now its stock andriod recovery... . their has to be a way for me to odin the stock os system. I wish i could just get into the phone itd be so much easier. lol 50k people online someone help me!
slow302stang said:
i managed to figure out the phillz. all it did was change the recovery program to his and now its stock andriod recovery... . their has to be a way for me to odin the stock os system. I wish i could just get into the phone itd be so much easier. lol 50k people online someone help me!
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You know that the file that you have to put in odin has to be a ridiculous amount of mb or gb then other things because i made that mistake 2 lol.
You have to extract it when using your pc and stuff and sometimes you get others files like ones that arent even like 100 mb or whatever that can look like a rom.
Give me a full list of evrything you exactly do when flashing and wich file and name and how big the file is and also your model number... The s3 ATT right?
Can someone verify for me that att has an own bootloader and stuff and you can only like odin flash their stock roms right?
You can always use phillz touch recovery and download a custom rom like cyanogenmod for your phone! Then you can acces it... If you dont brick your phone.
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slow302stang said:
i managed to figure out the phillz. all it did was change the recovery program to his and now its stock andriod recovery... . their has to be a way for me to odin the stock os system. I wish i could just get into the phone itd be so much easier. lol 50k people online someone help me!
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Huh? What exactly did you do? If you flashed Philz correctly using TWRP then you should have his recovery on your phone.
I think he needs to report his post to get it moved to his section with people to help him with his exact model and the correct stickies to help him.
If he can't then someone may need to report it for him.
Either way here is some reading material I found after a quick search in your forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Always make sure of what your are flashing, that its correct for your phone and always back up
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You know that the file that you have to put in odin has to be a ridiculous amount of mb or gb then other things because i made that mistake 2 lol.
You have to extract it when using your pc and stuff and sometimes you get others files like ones that arent even like 100 mb or whatever that can look like a rom.
Give me a full list of evrything you exactly do when flashing and wich file and name and how big the file is and also your model number... The s3 ATT right?
Can someone verify for me that att has an own bootloader and stuff and you can only like odin flash their stock roms right?
You can always use phillz touch recovery and download a custom rom like cyanogenmod for your phone! Then you can acces it... If you dont brick your phone.
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I have a galaxy s3 atat. The rom i wastrying to install was hellfire. Right now i managed to get phills recovery back on but i never backed up anyfiles so it doesnt help. That i know of. I just started this yesterday lol
slow302stang said:
I have a galaxy s3 atat. The rom i wastrying to install was hellfire. Right now i managed to get phills recovery back on but i never backed up anyfiles so it doesnt help. That i know of. I just started this yesterday lol
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So you got Philz touch running? If so, then you should be able to flash hellfire with it (assuming that you definitely have the right rom for your phone model).
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So you got Philz touch running? If so, then you should be able to flash hellfire with it (assuming that you definitely havie the right rom for your phone model).
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It doesnt work. I kept getting errors when i tryed installing it .
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It doesnt work. I kept getting errors when i tryed installing it .
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Try redownloading the rom maybe an bad download.
When it doesnt work then your phone just cant take it and try something else man.
And also ask the developer from the hellfire rom if your phone is compatible with the rom (sometimes you need to download some sort of kernel or whatever it needs)
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Is this the first ROM you've tried to flash? What were you running before trying to flash hellfire?
To fix your situation should be fairly simple. 1.download a different ROM to an external SD card, I recommend slimkat because its pretty stable. They use a unified d2lte build for all d2 devices. Before you install the zip, wipe data/factory reset, manually format system, wipe cache partition and dalvik cache, install the ROM zip and gapps zip if required then reboot and profit.
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Is this the first ROM you've tried to flash? What were you running before trying to flash hellfire?
To fix your situation should be fairly simple. 1.download a different ROM to an external SD card, I recommend slimkat because its pretty stable. They use a unified d2lte build for all d2 devices. Before you install the zip, wipe data/factory reset, manually format system, wipe cache partition and dalvik cache, install the ROM zip and gapps zip if required then reboot and profit.
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I was running the stock rom. I downloaded cynogenor whatever its called but i cant put it on the sd card. It says the device is not connected. If i pull the files out of the sd card itll work. But it wont let me put the whole zip file on the sd card. Any ideas?
Hi! I don't know if this is the right section for this but, anyway I'm having a problem with my Samsung S3. I rebooted my phone and it does nothing after the Samsung logo. All it does is vibrate whenever I press the home/volume/power buttons. I plugged my charger, it still gives me the red indicator for the battery. Others suggested to do recovery mode, it's working, but I don't know what to do right after doing it. I'm not a techy but this is all the information I can give for now. Can you guys please help me? Thanks in advance.
Can you get into recovery? If so wipe data and reboot. If it doesn't boot flash via odin, go to recovery and wipe data again. Try to boot and leave it for about 5 or 10 minutes to boot properly.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
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Can you get into recovery? If so wipe data and reboot. If it doesn't boot flash via odin, go to recovery and wipe data again. Try to boot and leave it for about 5 or 10 minutes to boot properly.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
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Yes I can. It shows CWM-based Recovery. The only option with "wipe" is "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" which one is the correct?
Thank you for replying.
I performed "wipe data/factory reset" but it still didn't boot. It's still vibrates when turned off while pressing home/volume/power. Anyway, I downloaded this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/korean-galaxy-phones-firmware-jelly-bean-t2421728 and chose the "SHV-E210K" ofcourse as it's the type of my phone. So do I just flash the downloaded file with odin?
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I performed "wipe data/factory reset" but it still didn't boot. It's still vibrates when turned off while pressing home/volume/power. Anyway, I downloaded this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/korean-galaxy-phones-firmware-jelly-bean-t2421728 and chose the "SHV-E210K" ofcourse as it's the type of my phone. So do I just flash the downloaded file with odin?
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Yes, that is a odin flashable tar file. Should be fine, but I would suggest to always get the proper stock roms on sammobile.com for your device.
Also, I would only flash the android version you had when your phone got stuck, just as a precaution. So if you had e.g. JB 4.3, I would not flash KK 4.4.4 right away but do an OTA update later on.
Also, I would highly recommend trying to make at least a backup of the EFS partition first. It can be done with e.g. TWRP recovery. Here it is suggested you can use gt-i9305 version of TWRP.
Good luck.
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Yes, that is a odin flashable tar file. Should be fine, but I would suggest to always get the proper stock roms on sammobile.com for your device.
Also, I would only flash the android version you had when your phone got stuck, just as a precaution. So if you had e.g. JB 4.3, I would not flash KK 4.4.4 right away but do an OTA update later on.
Also, I would highly recommend trying to make at least a backup of the EFS partition first. It can be done with e.g. TWRP recovery. Here it is suggested you can use gt-i9305 version of TWRP.
Good luck.
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Thanks for replying. I got assistance with the other member here that PM'ed me. I've already succeeded and rooted it. Anyway, can I still flash that TWRP 2.8.1.0 with my SHV-E210K even though i'm rooted? or do I have to unroot? Also, what version of Odin should I use?
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Thanks for replying. I got assistance with the other member here that PM'ed me. I've already succeeded and rooted it. Anyway, can I still flash that TWRP 2.8.1.0 with my SHV-E210K even though i'm rooted? or do I have to unroot? Also, what version of Odin should I use?
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Yes you can. Recovery per se has nothing to do with root.
Odin3-v1.83 (this is from memory) works fine with my intl. GS3. Should work fine with yours.
Hawaiihemd said:
Yes you can. Recovery per se has nothing to do with root.
Odin3-v1.83 (this is from memory) works fine with my intl. GS3. Should work fine with yours.
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Oh. So I should go to "Download Mode" to my phone right? Setup odin with the given TWRP and chose "PDA" or what? and plug phone to pc, then all done? Is this correct?
Pawn. said:
Oh. So I should go to "Download Mode" to my phone right? Setup odin with the given TWRP and chose "PDA" or what? and plug phone to pc, then all done? Is this correct?
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Yep, that's correct.
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Yep, that's correct.
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It worked smoothly, So, how do I backup my phone to restore it if ever something horrible happens? Thanks for guiding me all the way through, I really appreciate it.
Pawn. said:
It worked smoothly, So, how do I backup my phone to restore it if ever something horrible happens? Thanks for guiding me all the way through, I really appreciate it.
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You're welcome! You know where the thanks button is . Glad your phone is running again.
Well, I always do a full backup with TWRP including Bootloader, EFS, System and Data. Most important is EFS partition as it is connected to IMEI and thus your ability to connect to cellular networks. All else is nice to have IMHO. Once you have your backup copy it to some other storage (extSD card / pc hard disk/ usb thumb drive... you name it) just in case any data on your internal EMMC gets garbled somehow.
I suggest you read the first thread in my signature which will greatly broaden your understanding. The basics apply to korean version as well.
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You're welcome! You know where the thanks button is . Glad your phone is running again.
Well, I always do a full backup with TWRP including Bootloader, EFS, System and Data. Most important is EFS partition as it is connected to IMEI and thus your ability to connect to cellular networks. All else is nice to have IMHO. Once you have your backup copy it to some other storage (extSD card / pc hard disk/ usb thumb drive... you name it) just in case any data on your internal EMMC gets garbled somehow.
I suggest you read the first thread in my signature which will greatly broaden your understanding. The basics apply to korean version as well.
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I see. Is it the same procedure? "Hold Up Vol + Home + Power? To enter recovery mod with TWRP? I've read the thread awhile ago, it's well-organized and informed.
For intl. GS3 that combo held for about 5 sec always gets you to current recovery. It does not matter if it's twrp, cwm, PhilZ or stock.
I can only assume for Korean version the combo is the same.
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For intl. GS3 that combo held for about 5 sec always gets you to current recovery. It does not matter if it's twrp, cwm, PhilZ or stock.
I can only assume for Korean version the combo is the same.
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Okay. I got it to Recovery Mode. So do I just tap "Backup" and that's all? Just wanna make sure i'm doing it right all along. Thanks.
Pawn. said:
Okay. I got it to Recovery Mode. So do I just tap "Backup" and that's all? Just wanna make sure i'm doing it right all along. Thanks.
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There are a few options afterwards as to what parts you want to backup. It's pretty self explanatory. If you have any more questions I suggest just searching that on xda or the web. There are guides all over the place.