I've been running Hyperdrive rom on CWM, and decided I wanted to try Illusion. So I rebooted into recovery, deleted cache and data, then installed the Illusion rom. At the end a yellow triangle popped up telling me that the software was insecure or something, and told me to go to a Verizon store.
I read that this was due to the kernel not being loki'd, so like an idiot I went back to Odin and flashed a kernel.
Soon after my screen went black, but I could hear the sounds of me raising/lowering the volume and turning the screen on and off.
I took the battery out and put it back in, and now all I see is an empty battery imposed on a black background with a frozen loading-circle int he middle.
Have I bricked my phone?
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When I unplug the phone from my computer and turn it on I see the Samsung boot-up along with the word Custom and unlocked icon above it. From there all I get is a black screen.
I can hold the lock+home+lower volume keys and I get the "Press volume up key if you want to download a custom OS" and "Volume down to cancel (restart phone)" screen, then the little green android shows up. Is there anything I can do from here?
You likely have "soft bricked" it, as long as you can still access it with odin or push files to it with adb you are not hard bricked... if you can, get the current verizon firmware from Sammobile.com and flash that with odin. This or fastboot are your best options. Take your time. Dont make things worse by trying things without reading completely. As long as you can flash and see it from adb or odin you can get it fixed up. Good luck
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You likely have "soft bricked" it, as long as you can still access it with odin or push files to it with adb you are not hard bricked... if you can, get the current verizon firmware from Sammobile.com and flash that with odin. This or fastboot are your best options. Take your time. Dont make things worse by trying things without reading completely. As long as you can flash and see it from adb or odin you can get it fixed up. Good luck
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Thanks for the response!
1. "USA" isn't listed in both "Galaxy S 4" or "Galaxy S 4 LTE" on Sammobile
2. So I reboot into download mode, connect phone to pc, run odin, and flash PDA?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
Read that and use the file in the thread.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
Read that and use the file in the thread.
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Thank you, I'm currently downloading the file. Will give it a shot.
dabs delicious said:
Thank you, I'm currently downloading the file. Will give it a shot.
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No problem. I don't know how familiar you are with Odin but reading the original post closely and following any guides posted would be a good idea. Once you've used Odin once it's very easy....scary the first time.
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No problem. I don't know how familiar you are with Odin but reading the original post closely and following any guides posted would be a good idea. Once you've used Odin once it's very easy....scary the first time.
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I followed the guide and successfully flashed the file, but now my screen is stuck on the "Verizon" logo page..
dabs delicious said:
I followed the guide and successfully flashed the file, but now my screen is stuck on the "Verizon" logo page..
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Try booting into recovery and wiping data. You may have to pull the battery to get it into recovery.
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Try booting into recovery and wiping data. You may have to pull the battery to get it into recovery.
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By this do you mean I should go into Odin and tick Nand Erase All? Sorry, I'm a complete noob at this and none of the threads I looked up really provided solid answers..
No, just boot into stock Android recovery and wipe data. Not Odin.
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By this do you mean I should go into Odin and tick Nand Erase All? Sorry, I'm a complete noob at this and none of the threads I looked up really provided solid answers..
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Sorry, I don't know if your subscribed to this or not but hopefully the quote notification gets to you...try stock recovery not Odin at this point.
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Ryno77 said:
No, just boot into stock Android recovery and wipe data. Not Odin.
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Sorry, I don't know if your subscribed to this or not but hopefully the quote notification gets to you...try stock recovery not Odin at this point.
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Yes, I'm watching this thread eagerly haha, I would like to fix my phone
So I held power+volume up+home and entered stock recovery. I chose the option "wipe data/factory reset" and afterwards rebooted the system, but to no avail. I'm going to try again right now, wiping the cache partition as well.
Edit: Ah! After I wiped the cache my system auto-rebooted and it successfully booted up. Factory settings!
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Yes, I'm watching this thread eagerly haha, I would like to fix my phone
So I held power+volume up+home and entered stock recovery. I chose the option "wipe data/factory reset" and afterwards rebooted the system, but to no avail. I'm going to try again right now, wiping the cache partition as well.
Edit: Ah! After I wiped the cache my system auto-rebooted and it successfully booted up. Factory settings!
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There you go! You have to be careful with Odin because if you do something incorrectly you can totally brick your phone.
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Ryno77 said:
There you go! You have to be careful with Odin because if you do something incorrectly you can totally brick your phone.
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Thanks so much!
help
i tried installing omega 4.3 using twrp it failed, then i couldn't restore my back up. i can get into download mode and try to flash stock rom with odin but it fail's every time and a msg with su rev check fail fused 2 binary 1 appears on the hand set. it also won't even try and boot it just says fw encountered an issue any help would be much appreciated thanks kyle
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Hi,
I have just rooted the S3 using odin. All installed ok. Installed ClockworkMod recovery and selected the backup ROM option. Phone rebooted in to recovery and the backup failed.
Used the volume keys and selected reboot now and hit the power button and the menu dissapeared leaving the Clockworkmod logo in the middle of the screen, nothing happened. Click the power button again and the menu comes back. Click the front button and nothing happened.
Tried turning off the phone and it goes back in to the recovery menu. Pull out the battery and put back in and goes back to recovery.
I can't select any option in recovery menu and can't reboot the phone normally. Any ideas?
To confirm v 5.8.4.1 is installed.
Sorted!
Noticed my error. I was using the Recovery mod app from the play store and not the CWM app installed by odin.
Repeated the odin procedure and booted back up fine.
HELP
Im having the same exact issue. Please help. What exactly do I need to do?
gentleman559 said:
Im having the same exact issue. Please help. What exactly do I need to do?
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Repeat the flashing procedure. You are using the new flashing procedure right?? Not the old one.....new one is waaaaay quicker and relinquishes the need for CMD
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gentleman559 said:
Im having the same exact issue. Please help. What exactly do I need to do?
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Follow the exact procedure from when you first rooted the S3 that fixes it then don't use the recovery rom app from the play store. You should see an app called 'CWM' only use that.
Flash kernel by ODIN
Hi, This happen to me today. The way i solve this problem is flash a CF-ROOT Kernel by odin.
See how to in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Best regards
Marcelo
I am also stuck in this exact position
corkie1 said:
I am also stuck in this exact position
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Repeat the process....download the kernel, unzip to reveal the .tar, flash with odin as PDA. You are following the new procedure right??
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Ya flashed with odin - its a balls though i spent nearly the day configuring the setup. I guess ill have to redo it all - ah well better than bricking the phone!!
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Brilliant - all my stuff is still there after the reflash!!! A minor heart attack averted and no spending the day reconfiguring!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
^^^ this is the quickest way to root + CWM
The other thread linked currently has a very outdated root tutorial
Chainfire said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
^^^ this is the quickest way to root + CWM
The other thread linked currently has a very outdated root tutorial
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Follow the master! Lol
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Ok im new to this whole rooting thing, i own a galaxy note i717 and i tried rooting it but when i used odin clicked pda then slected file and hit start it went through the process and even passed but now when i turn my phone on it shows the samsung logo then a blank screen i think i might have screwed up my phone really good, and can it be fixed? IF YOU would help me unbrick my phone please do. My phone is my whole life i have alot of important information on it. email @ [email protected]
mwebb34 said:
Ok im new to this whole rooting thing, i own a galaxy note i717 and i tried rooting it but when i used odin clicked pda then slected file and hit start it went through the process and even passed but now when i turn my phone on it shows the samsung logo then a blank screen i think i might have screwed up my phone really good, and can it be fixed? IF YOU would help me unbrick my phone please do. My phone is my whole life i have alot of important information on it. email @ [email protected]
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Do you have clockworkmod recovery installed? If so try going into recovery and wipe the cache and dalvik cache
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it's showing the Samsung logo, you aren't bricked it is still turning on.
just reflash a stock Odin file
mwebb34 said:
Ok im new to this whole rooting thing, i own a galaxy note i717 and i tried rooting it but when i used odin clicked pda then slected file and hit start it went through the process and even passed but now when i turn my phone on it shows the samsung logo then a blank screen i think i might have screwed up my phone really good, and can it be fixed? IF YOU would help me unbrick my phone please do. My phone is my whole life i have alot of important information on it. email @ [email protected]
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You might give some more info on what all you did or what file you were trying to flash....
Sounds like the problem of Gingerbread root on ICS system, or vice-versa. Just redo your work, ensuring you use the appropriate file for your system.
By the way, NEVER tweak your system until you learn to move important stuff to your external sd card or pc.
Boot into clockwork mod. Do factory wipe, wipe dalvik/cache. Should fix it.
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Adonisd said:
Boot into clockwork mod. Do factory wipe, wipe dalvik/cache. Should fix it.
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Yea what i said.
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Its the best advice that's why it deserves an echo!
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Really? I think the best advice was rangercaptain's advice followed by crixley. OP was using odin which means he was trying to install a rooted kernel most likely from a different android version or he was installing CWM. So I highly doubt he has CWM installed and functioning. So how is he going to boot into CWM??
Well I guess I thought he followed the proper instructions and installed cwm first. I admittedly skimmed most of the posts.
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What if we can't get into clockwork mod any more?
Adonisd said:
Boot into clockwork mod. Do factory wipe, wipe dalvik/cache. Should fix it.
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I screwed mine up by not wiping after installing the new Cyanogenmod. The thing is, I can't get it to boot into clockwork mod recovery mode any more. Volume up + home + power is not doing it. Have I bricked it?
stinkyp00t said:
I screwed mine up by not wiping after installing the new Cyanogenmod. The thing is, I can't get it to boot into clockwork mod recovery mode any more. Volume up + home + power is not doing it. Have I bricked it?
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Its volume up + volume down + power hold those.
ROM: Jamie's 4.2.2. Previews\Jellybam v6.6.0\Sons Of Android.
Kernel: Chris's Aces Kernel.
Recovery: TWRP.
:thumb up: Give Thanks! :thumb up:
I have to chime in here...I have bricked mine, too, started with 4.0.1...I installed cwm-LATEST touch-i717, followed by openrecovery-twrp-2.2-sgh-i717-signed, ran fine. Then I was going to use Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC8-d2att.zip, but used the wrong gapps (Google Apps) file, gapps-jb-20120726-signed, instead of Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC8-gapps. Now, I have a black screen, and on my Mac, the thing just connects and reconnects all by itself! Can I get out of this, if I can't get to a restore screen?
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I have to chime in here...I have bricked mine, too, started with 4.0.1...I installed cwm-LATEST touch-i717, followed by openrecovery-twrp-2.2-sgh-i717-signed, ran fine. Then I was going to use Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC8-d2att.zip, but used the wrong gapps (Google Apps) file, gapps-jb-20120726-signed, instead of Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC8-gapps. Now, I have a black screen, and on my Mac, the thing just connects and reconnects all by itself! Can I get out of this, if I can't get to a restore screen?
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You were going to flash the wrong Rom anyways d2att is s3. Would have bricked you right there if you flashed it. If you can't get to download mode or recovery you will most likely need jtag
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Is that something one can do themselves? What is JTAG?
rquiett said:
You were going to flash the wrong Rom anyways d2att is s3. Would have bricked you right there if you flashed it. If you can't get to download mode or recovery you will most likely need jtag
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A JTAG is a recovery service offered for bricked phones. You can find one for your device at mobiletechvideos.com for 50$. Just Google android JTAG service. It will come up. Hit thanks
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There has to be another answer...
When you find it, come back here and share it with us.
JTAG service costs $50, takes a week, and restores a phone that cannot enter recovery, or download mode, or isn't recognised by a computer.
WWW.mobiletechvideos.com
MobileTechVideo Works
rangercaptain said:
When you find it, come back here and share it with us.
JTAG service costs $50, takes a week, and restores a phone that cannot enter recovery, or download mode, or isn't recognised by a computer.
WWW.mobiletechvideos.com
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Just to chime in here... I just got my AT&T Note back from MobileTechVideo. I had them do a JTAG repair ($50) and ordered a new jig. They replied with fast, reliable service. I highly recommend them if you decide to send your phone out for repair.
zancro said:
Just to chime in here... I just got my AT&T Note back from MobileTechVideo. I had them do a JTAG repair ($50) and ordered a new jig. They replied with fast, reliable service. I highly recommend them if you decide to send your phone out for repair.
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Thanks, but I found someone a little more personal...when I approached them, they simply recommended that I send it to them, rather than try some basic troubleshooting... Maybe just the way they do things...lots of volume with MobileTechVideo...
Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help.
So, I was coming from one of the earlier Hyperdrive ROM versions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41989203#post41989203, and flashing to the newest version. Following the instructions, I used TWRP (Loki'd, obviously) to format data, system, cache, and dalvik. Apparently, formatting also wiped my internal-sdcard, where the download was located... So now, I'm stucked with nothing to flash. I can access ODIN mode, but cannot find a stock image for the Verizon GS4. I downloaded the newest Hyperdrive onto my computer, but I cannot get adb to recognize the device. Also, TWRP is now telling me that my phone is not rooted.
Can someone please help? I need this phone working NOW.
Thanks again.
Matt
matt6906 said:
Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help.
I can access ODIN mode, but cannot find a stock image for the Verizon GS4.
Can someone please help? I need this phone working NOW.
Thanks again.
Matt
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You must not have looked very hard. It's on the first page, in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
spotmark said:
You must not have looked very hard. It's on the fist page, in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292707
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And I can flash this with ODIN? I thought it needed to be .tar.gz?
matt6906 said:
And I can flash this with ODIN? I thought it needed to be .tar.gz?
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I corrected the link.
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I corrected the link.
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I see, thanks. Will let you know how it goes in 2 hours when it finishes downloading.
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I see, thanks. Will let you know how it goes in 2 hours when it finishes downloading.
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See if you can get a different mirror. Download on my end is showing 20 minutes.
Okay, I used Odin to flash the VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar.md5, PDA only. Odin says it succeeded and attempted to restart the phone. The phone is stuck on the SAMSUNG screen, with the Custom, unlocked icon below.
Any ideas?
I am now going to try flashing http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic.../SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5.gz using Odin, referenced from this thread:
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
After you stuck on the Samsung boot screen, you could've tryed pulling the battery, and then manually go into recovery, and do a factory data reset. Maybe fix permissions, clear cache and davlick. Should boot then.
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ryan1977 said:
After you stuck on the Samsung boot screen, you could've tryed pulling the battery, and then manually go into recovery, and do a factory data reset. Maybe fix permissions, clear cache and davlick. Should boot then.
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I tried that. Recovery would not boot up. Would continue to stick on the samsung screen. About to flash true factory image now. Will post back.
True stock image worked. Thanks for all your help guys. Cheers.
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True stock image worked. Thanks for all your help guys. Cheers.
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would have been easier to boot into recovery again and adb push the rom image to your phone then flash. adb should have worked in recovery even with the wipe. glad you got it working though
Coming from HTC so this is a little different for me..I did search these out, just want to be sure.. First, will qbkings method still work since it was done on the first version for this phone and its now on MJ4? For TWRP, when you flash a new rom, what are you wiping, Factory, System, and internal or just system? Any other advice is appreciated, just don't want to screw crap up... Thanks
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I used cf-auto root on my phone. It trips Knox but I didn't care about that. You can find it in the original development forum.
As far as what to wipe for a custom ROM just read the first few posts of the ROM you are looking at and the Devs will be very specific as to the steps needed to avoid potential issues.
All the Devs here are very helpful if you have any issues as well.
Hope that helps.
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tonyevo52 said:
Coming from HTC so this is a little different for me..I did search these out, just want to be sure.. First, will qbkings method still work since it was done on the first version for this phone and its now on MJ4? For TWRP, when you flash a new rom, what are you wiping, Factory, System, and internal or just system? Any other advice is appreciated, just don't want to screw crap up... Thanks
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Welcome to the community, bro.
Here's a starter set of instructions, followed by a backup set if you get stuck. [Make sure that you are on MJ4 prior to doing this.]
---------STARTER STEPS
1. Download TWRP (tar/odin flashable) from teamw.in (V2.6.3.7)
2. Download and install Samsung drivers for mobile phones (you may already have these installed)
3. Download Odin V3.07 (you may already have this too, link takes you to what appears to be a master thread for Odin)
See this post for a nice visual and comments, pic and thread provided by a fine gentleman that has about the coolest user name I've seen on any forum
At this point you can decide whether or not you want simply stock rooted, which TWRP can give you without flashing anything, or if you want to install a basic stock rooted rom, kindly provided by @freeza, can select DeOdex or Odex, thread here
4. Download MJ4 DeOdex or Odex and place it on your phone
5. Power off your phone
6. Put your phone into Download Mode (voldown+home+power)
7. Flash TWRP with Odin and boot into it once done (volup+home if Odin auto reboots your phone or volup+home+power if it's off)
8. If you decided to simply go stock rooted, then go to reboot>system and TWRP will ask if you want root, if not, then proceed to flash MJ4 DeOdex or Odex
9. Profit
---------PLAN B IF ABOVE FAILS YOU
[Some just can't get Odin to play nice with the TWRP tar, don't know why.]
1. Follow QBKing77 video and install root using CF method, thread here
2. Download img file for TWRP from Team Win site, flash using app from Play Store called Flashify
3. Flash recovery
4. Follow the rest of the outlined under the heading "Starter Steps"
---------AFTERTHOUGHTS...
Once successful, go into TWRP, backup only your EFS, then separately, backup boot, system, and data. Throw your EFS backup on your PC and Dropbox in case of emergency (hopefully you won't need it).
Pick a rom you like, and start fiddling. Support the devs, have a blast.
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
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Thanks Mic, exactly what I was looking for.. Have to try it when I get home.. Looks pretty simple.
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tonyevo52 said:
Thanks Mic, exactly what I was looking for.. Have to try it when I get home.. Looks pretty simple.
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Yeah, it is. But there's a reason I layed the steps out so broadly and specifically; half of that was given to me (the stuff above the Plan B line) by one whom knows far more than most, and I still had to do the stuff for which I hadn't planned. Worse, I got stuck at that horrifying yellow Sprint logo, with no bootup. I pulled my SD card and the battery, powered up again, and I only then had success. Most have no issues, but thankfully enough have that there were similar experiences conveyed across these forums.
I really hope that you have a trouble free experience.
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Worked like a charm, thanks again Mic. They only thing I can't do though is how do you get to TWRP from reboot, I can do it from goomanager but I would think I could power down the phone, press the three buttons and it would take me there.
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tonyevo52 said:
Worked like a charm, thanks again Mic. They only thing I can't do though is how do you get to TWRP from reboot, I can do it from goomanager but I would think I could power down the phone, press the three buttons and it would take me there.
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Download the small zip in this thread, choosing Odex or DeOdex,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2486526
Go into TWRP the way you've described, flash the zip, and you'll have a 4-in-1 reboot menu. After it installs, hard press the power key, and when you select reboot, you'll get other options (recovery, &c).
Good luck!
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micmars said:
Download the small zip in this thread, choosing Odex or DeOdex,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2486526
Go into TWRP the way you've described, flash the zip, and you'll have a 4-in-1 reboot menu. After it installs, hard press the power key, and when you select reboot, you'll get other options (recovery, &c).
Good luck!
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Downloaded the regular one and it did nothing, so i downloaded the odexed one and now the phone is stuck at the sprint screen. All i have done is root and installed twrp, no rom or anyting else yet. Not sure what to do. I did pull the battery and the card and still stuck at the sprint screen.
Ugh...
tonyevo52 said:
Downloaded the regular one and it did nothing, so i downloaded the odexed one and now the phone is stuck at the sprint screen. All i have done is root and installed twrp, no rom or anyting else yet. Not sure what to do.
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Ugh...I didn't know that you had no custom ROM installed. Go into TWRP and do a factory reset. You should be good-to-go.
Let me get some help for you...stand by.. @freeza may be able to assist. Dude, don't do anything until we get some validation.
micmars said:
Ugh...I didn't know that you had no custom ROM installed. Go into TWRP and do a factory reset. You should be good-to-go.
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Thats the problem, i cant get to TWRP. If i hold all three buttons, is just takes me to the warning screen and i can press up volume to continue or down vol to cancel
I Suggest...
tonyevo52 said:
Thats the problem, i cant get to TWRP. If i hold all three buttons, is just takes me to the warning screen and i can press up volume to continue or down vol to cancel
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Try to go into the bootloader, and follow the instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549035
Look at this single post for exactly how your screen should look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48558317&postcount=45
tonyevo52 said:
Downloaded the regular one and it did nothing, so i downloaded the odexed one and now the phone is stuck at the sprint screen. All i have done is root and installed twrp, no rom or anyting else yet. Not sure what to do. I did pull the battery and the card and still stuck at the sprint screen.
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Hi, can you try this zip?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uwvhpux5se8bcys/Galaxy-Note-fre3-4in1Odex-reboot.zip
tonyevo52 said:
Thats the problem, i cant get to TWRP. If i hold all three buttons, is just takes me to the warning screen and i can press up volume to continue or down vol to cancel
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I am downloading the Tar for MJ4 and will just odin back...looks like it will leave all the same but fix the problem...?
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Hi, can you try this zip?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uwvhpux5se8bcys/Galaxy-Note-fre3-4in1Odex-reboot.zip
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Thanks for the file Freeza, will that work from Odin? I can get there, just cant get to TWRP unless phone is booted up normally.
Try the other volume button...
tonyevo52 said:
Thats the problem, i cant get to TWRP. If i hold all three buttons, is just takes me to the warning screen and i can press up volume to continue or down vol to cancel
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The button combo you're describing is taking you into the bootloader. Try the other direction with the power button to get into recovery.
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tonyevo52 said:
Thanks for the file Freeza, will that work from Odin? I can get there, just cant get to TWRP unless phone is booted up normally.
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You're going into the bootloader. Hold power+home+volume up. You'll get into TWRP, bro.
freeza said:
Hi, can you try this zip?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uwvhpux5se8bcys/Galaxy-Note-fre3-4in1Odex-reboot.zip
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micmars said:
The button combo you're describing is taking you into the bootloader. Try the other direction with the power button to get into recovery.
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You're going into the bootloader. Hold power+home+volume up. You'll get into TWRP, bro.
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Haaaa, if it wasnt for dumb mistakes...I thought the down vol got you into TWRP as well. Doing a quick restore, hopefully it works.
Thanks Mic and Freeza, got it going....Back to reading so i know what the hell im doing!! Thanks again
tonyevo52 said:
Thanks Mic and Freeza, got it going....Back to reading so i know what the hell im doing!! Thanks again
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No problem. Just don't let that this dispel ya. Pick a rom and start flashing. There are a lot of good choices, you've already tripped Knox, so have at it, defile the thing and make it work the way you want.
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micmars said:
No problem. Just don't let that this dispel ya. Pick a rom and start flashing. There are a lot of good choices, you've already tripped Knox, so have at it, defile the thing and make it work the way you want.
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Yea, I won't let that stop me, I have flashed and used a lot of roms, just have to get used to doing it Samsung ways instead of HTC... Thanks again for the help.
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The other day I used the method tomsgt123 show in YouTube video with vroot. Root successful. However when I then downloaded goomanager and I installed to openscript, then I Rebooted to recovery the phone would not reboot properly(I got the green DROID dude and a message that phone can not boot to normal mode.) I then tried several time manually enter recovery mode to no avail. Same screen every time. I can get the phone operating normally by tapping volume down. I'm thinking that I need to fix this so my root will be worthwhile. Can someone help this noob out?
Thanks in advance.
Jcataway said:
The other day I used the method tomsgt123 show in YouTube video with vroot. Root successful. However when I then downloaded goomanager and I installed to openscript, then I Rebooted to recovery the phone would not reboot properly(I got the green DROID dude and a message that phone can not boot to normal mode.) I then tried several time manually enter recovery mode to no avail. Same screen every time. I can get the phone operating normally by tapping volume down. I'm thinking that I need to fix this so my root will be worthwhile. Can someone help this noob out?
Thanks in advance.
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Do you do a battery pull? When you turn the phone on, hold power and volume down (?) to boot into download mode. Then just cancel. It will get you out of that loop.
I found this suggestion too, Im not sure if that is from pulled battery state or not
hold the power button and the down volume key and it should ask you if you want to install a custom os or not and then you just hit cancel and it will boot regularly
decaturbob said:
Do you do a battery pull? When you turn the phone on, hold power and volume down (?) to boot into download mode. Then just cancel. It will get you out of that loop.
I found this suggestion too, Im not sure if that is from pulled battery state or not
hold the power button and the down volume key and it should ask you if you want to install a custom os or not and then you just hit cancel and it will boot regularly
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Yes I am doing battery pull. Otherwise at the DROID dude I can not power down with power button.
I have already used the that approach. I did not explain as detailed as I should have. I can get the phone to boot up normally but I can not get to a place where I can flash. At least I think that's what I am trying to do.
What base are you?
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Jcataway said:
I have already used the that approach. I did not explain as detailed as I should have. I can get the phone to boot up normally but I can not get to a place where I can flash. At least I think that's what I am trying to do.
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you cant use goo manager....or install any custom recovery unless the phone was originally mdk
you mostly like will have to odin a clean image
Mj7 now what?
[QUtitanium backup,please;48728921]you cant use goo manager....or install any custom recovery unless the phone was originally mdk
you mostly like will have to odin a clean image[/QUOTE]
Thank you. I was on mj7 when I rooted the phone. Now as I understand I need to download odin to my computer, then download a stock rom for mj7. Then flash via computer connected to phone with USB? Do I also need And or can you point me to a step by step walk through?
Also should I delete Supersu, root checker, goomanager, titaniumbackup, Busybox and terminal emulator before I odin this?
Thanks again.
Jcataway said:
Thank you. I was on mj7 when I rooted the phone. Now as I understand I need to download odin to my computer, then download a stock rom for mj7. Then flash via computer connected to phone with USB? Do I also need And or can you point me to a step by step walk through?
Also should I delete Supersu, root checker, goomanager, titaniumbackup, Busybox and terminal emulator before I odin this?
Thanks again.
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You might want to start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253 or maybe here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217.
Do your research. It will save you a lot of headaches.
Good luck
riker147 said:
You might want to start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253 or maybe here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217.
Do your research. It will save you a lot of headaches.
Good luck
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Super thanks. I don't mind reading that's how I got here in the first place. However with my limited but growing vocabulary I'm not always sure where to look(is my current situation called a soft brick?) just trying g to learn. If this situation has another name I'd live to hear that as well. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
Jcataway said:
Yes I am doing battery pull. Otherwise at the DROID dude I can not power down with power button.
I have already used the that approach. I did not explain as detailed as I should have. I can get the phone to boot up normally but I can not get to a place where I can flash. At least I think that's what I am trying to do.
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at the download screen (you are calling driod) did you hold power and volume down at the same time?
decaturbob said:
at the download screen (you are calling driod) did you hold power and volume down at the same time?
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The DROID guy I'm referring to is attached picture in my first post.
Yes holding power-home-volume down= would you like to download custom OS? VOLUME UP=CONTINUE(also gets me to pictured screen DROID dude.
Volume down to cancel=boot to home screen.
Jcataway said:
The DROID guy I'm referring to is attached picture in my first post.
Yes holding power-home-volume down= would you like to download custom OS? VOLUME UP=CONTINUE(also gets me to pictured screen DROID dude.
Volume down to cancel=boot to home screen.
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so when you press the vol down then, it wont boot to home screen?
decaturbob said:
so when you press the vol down then, it wont boot to home screen?
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Volume down gets me to full phone operations.
Jcataway said:
Volume down gets me to full phone operations.
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So then...There is no problem correct?
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Your only option is safestrap 3.70.
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decaturbob said:
So then...There is no problem correct?
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Your only option is safestrap 3.70.
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Ok, I might have missed something but, the point of rooting is not to just be able to say you are rooted and restart your phone? As I understand it you should reboot to a recovery mode that then allows you to flash rom's and themes and other cool custom stuff. And most importantly allow me to delete bloatware. I don't seem to be able to do this with where I am right now.
Jcataway said:
Ok, I might have missed something but, the point of rooting is not to just be able to say you are rooted and restart your phone? As I understand it you should reboot to a recovery mode that then allows you to flash rom's and themes and other cool custom stuff. And most importantly allow me to delete bloatware. I don't seem to be able to do this with where I am right now.
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You have no recovery to boot into...The only option to load any roms is to use safestrap. Safestrap is a type of recovery. HD11 is the only rom available to use. You really need to do some reading of these forums to understand what you can and can't do. Plenty of threads and posts
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decaturbob said:
You have no recovery to boot into...The only option to load any roms is to use safestrap. Safestrap is a type of recovery. HD11 is the only rom available to use. You really need to do some reading of these forums to understand what you can and can't do. Plenty of threads and posts
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Exactly! Just because you have root doesn't mean you automatically get recovery. Root is the first, and most times, easiest step.
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decaturbob said:
You have no recovery to boot into...The only option to load any roms is to use safestrap. Safestrap is a type of recovery. HD11 is the only rom available to use. You really need to do some reading of these forums to understand what you can and can't do. Plenty of threads and posts
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There is so much amazing information on this forum that it is hard to know where to start reading and if you did a teary in the right place. I took a leap of faith after reading and watching videos. So I guess my next step is to read more about safestrap and a few other areas I've been pointed towards.
Sometimes knowing where to start is more important than knowing where you are going. Thanks for all your efforts.