Ok as stupid as I'm sure I will sound I tried installing a ROM for the 2nd time onto my Note and I thought I did as I was supposed to but, somehow I ended up with no OS and when I go to reboot it says are you sure you would like to reboot you have no OS installed. I have read a few threads on here but, not enough help has been provided to help me out of my situation. Also I can open my TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) by holding Power button and Volume Down and releasing when Samsung appears but, IDK what I should do?! I do have a 32GB SD card but, nothing is on it.
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Ok as stupid as I'm sure I will sound I tried installing a ROM for the 2nd time onto my Note and I thought I did as I was supposed to but, somehow I ended up with no OS and when I go to reboot it says are you sure you would like to reboot you have no OS installed. I have read a few threads on here but, not enough help has been provided to help me out of my situation. Also I can open my TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) by holding Power button and Volume Down and releasing when Samsung appears but, IDK what I should do?! I do have a 32GB SD card but, nothing is on it.
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If you perform an advanced wipe in twrp and check the "system" box, you erase your OS. You now have to flash a new rom. Make sure it's for your specific device. Check the back of the device behind the battery for your model number. Search the development sections and pick a rom to flash. Download it and transfer it to your memory card. Install it, and all should be fine!
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If you perform an advanced wipe in twrp and check the "system" box, you erase your OS. You now have to flash a new rom. Make sure it's for your specific device. Check the back of the device behind the battery for your model number. Search the development sections and pick a rom to flash. Download it and transfer it to your memory card. Install it, and all should be fine!
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Ok I see what you mean kinda but, where would I go to download a custom ROM that you're talking about don't you have to be rooted? If so how am I going to be rooted again if I don't have an OS already installed to work with?
You need to hold power, volume up, and volume down for recovery. Holding power and volume down takes you into download mode.
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Agoattamer said:
You need to hold power, volume up, and volume down for recovery. Holding power and volume down takes you into download mode.
Sent from my SGH-I717R using xda premium
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Ok I've got it into download mode but, after I have done so do I just download a compatible ROM onto it? If so how?
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Ok I've got it into download mode but, after I have done so do I just download a compatible ROM onto it? If so how?
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If you have an SGH-i717 then you can download roms from here and here. Look for threads that say [Rom], read the first few posts to see what's included, and how to install them. Some roms require flashing additional files. Once you chose your rom download all files to sd card and insert into phone. Then boot into twrp recovery by holding volume up+down and install rom as directed.
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If you have an SGH-i717 then you can download roms from here and here. Look for threads that say [Rom], read the first few posts to see what's included, and how to install them. Some roms require flashing additional files. Once you chose your rom download all files to sd card and insert into phone. Then boot into twrp recovery by holding volume up+down and install rom as directed.
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Ok will my computer read my device as normal when in download mode that way I can put the files on the sd card cause, I don't have an sd card adapter that plugs into my computer to use? I put it into download mode a minute ago without being plugged in and it said something about 2 counts?
Let me straighten you out.
Download mode (power and volume down) is for installing stock tar ROMs from places like sammobile.com and samsung-updates.com with Odin. ROMS will have a .tar suffix. Or for installing custom recoveries like CWM or TWRP with Odin. As far as you are concerned that should be all Download mode is used for. It will not allow you to put ROMs on your microSD card to flash with TWRP.
Now if you have ROMs in zip form on your internal or externalSD then you can use your custom recovery (power, volume down, and volume up) if you even have custom recovery installed. I really don't know if you do since you have no idea how to access it and have it confused with Download Mode.
Right now you have 2 options.
1) Download a stock ROM with your pc from 1 of the 2 sites I mentioned and use your PC in conjuction with Odin to flash that ROM to your phone in Download Mode and start all over with rooting and installing custom ROMs.
2) Get an adapter or put that microSD card in another device that you can use to transfer a custom ROM to your microSD card to flash with TWRP.
Do yourself a favor and read some stickies.
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Agoattamer said:
Let me straighten you out.
Download mode (power and volume down) is for installing stock tar ROMs from places like sammobile.com and samsung-updates.com with Odin. ROMS will have a .tar suffix. Or for installing custom recoveries like CWM or TWRP with Odin. As far as you are concerned that should be all Download mode is used for. It will not allow you to put ROMs on your microSD card to flash with TWRP.
Now if you have ROMs in zip form on your internal or externalSD then you can use your custom recovery (power, volume down, and volume up) if you even have custom recovery installed. I really don't know if you do since you have no idea how to access it and have it confused with Download Mode.
Right now you have 2 options.
1) Download a stock ROM with your pc from 1 of the 2 sites I mentioned and use your PC in conjuction with Odin to flash that ROM to your phone in Download Mode and start all over with rooting and installing custom ROMs.
2) Get an adapter or put that microSD card in another device that you can use to transfer a custom ROM to your microSD card to flash with TWRP.
Do yourself a favor and read some stickies.
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Ok I understand a lot more now I have downloaded the stock rom for my note using the SamMobile site and I also have odin but, how do I flash the rom to my device using download mode?
Install Samsung Kies on your computer to get the USB drivers
Unzip the ROM you downloaded to get to the ROM in .tar form
Put your phone in Download Mode
Run Odin as administrator on your computer
Connect your phone to computer with USB
You should see a blue or yellow box on screen showing it is connected and recognized
Select PDA and navigate to the .tar ROM you downloaded
Do not check or uncheck anything else
Hit Start and follow directions
I suggest you do some more reading before you attempt anything in the future so you are familiar with proper names and techniques.
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Ok I understand a lot more now I have downloaded the stock rom for my note using the SamMobile site and I also have odin but, how do I flash the rom to my device using download mode?
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slow down. take your time here. don't worry about flashing any or too many extras. follow these basic steps suggested by AGOATTAMER.
run the processes through in you head and again, go slow.
I was very hesitant in doing this the first time. there are tutorals on Youtube also and they can help with the confidence thing.
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Install Samsung Kies on your computer to get the USB drivers
Unzip the ROM you downloaded to get to the ROM in .tar form
Put your phone in Download Mode
Run Odin as administrator on your computer
Connect your phone to computer with USB
You should see a blue or yellow box on screen showing it is connected and recognized
Select PDA and navigate to the .tar ROM you downloaded
Do not check or uncheck anything else
Hit Start and follow directions
I suggest you do some more reading before you attempt anything in the future so you are familiar with proper names and techniques.
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just get this flash under your belt and do plenty of reading. its only going to help.
and please let us know if you have succeeded. nothing more irritating to those who help, is to not know if problem is solved.
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captemo said:
slow down. take your time here. don't worry about flashing any or too many extras. follow these basic steps suggested by AGOATTAMER.
run the processes through in you head and again, go slow.
I was very hesitant in doing this the first time. there are tutorals on Youtube also and they can help with the confidence thing.
just get this flash under your belt and do plenty of reading. its only going to help.
and please let us know if you have succeeded. nothing more irritating to those who help, is to not know if problem is solved.
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Thanks everyone for your help I have now got my back to factory condition now.
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I'm willing to DONATE and PAY for your time - to anyone that can put together a comprehensive set of information to assist me.
I have An At&t Galaxy Note with the 4.03 I717 UCLD3 version loaded on it. I have been toying around with rooting it, and trying to load custom roms, my head is spinning with all the posts.
I'm new, and like many people I have issues when I read the posts on this forum as there is no complete guide to load a new Root, find, and load a new ROM.
When the latest ICS was released a few weeks ago, I went to upgrade and my note will not upgrade with Kies since the counter has been tripped and it has the UCLD3 version on it.
Does anyone have the best ROM to load on the note, or can you explain in clear instructions how to get it back to 100% Stock so I can upgrade with At&t ( I'd rather not this approach, I'd love to get the junky At&t stuff off )
What I'm looking for:
1. A complete guide to root, and load a ROM that has everything the stock phone has, without the At&t bloatware ( IE: 4G, Spen support, compatible with samsung apps, keyboard etc.. )
2. A guide to bring the phone and counter back to 100% stock, so that it can be upgraded by Kies if no one can provide #1 above.
Thanks - I appreciate the help.
1. Get cwm HERE the Odin version.
2.once downloaded right click Odin and run as administrator, then click on the PDA slot and load the .tar you just got
(I'm sorry i don't have s link for Odin, shouldn't be too hard to find)
3 put phone in download mode by powering off, then holding volume down and power, then when prompted volume up.
4.connect to usb that's on a usb port in the back of the pc, no front ports or hubs.
5.when you get a yellow box with a :com: number in Odin hit start.
6a.(optional).no need to root first the Rom is rooted, only reason to root first is if you want to use titanium backup to save your apps and their settings.
For root, you'll need to find the su zip that's floating around and flash that in recovery first.
6b.(also optional)boot into recovery by holding all three buttons, both volume and power, then when you feel a vibrant let go of just the power button, go to backup and restore, abs make a nandroid backup of you're current set up.
7.go here for flappjaxxx latest stock based build.
Put that on your phone someplace you can get to without a bunch of navigating. Internal or external doesn't matter.
8.boot into recovery, go to wipe data/factory reset, then wipe cache.
9.go to install zip for sdcard, now if you put the Rom on external the top option "from sdcard" is what you want. If internal the one on bottom that says "from internal sdcard" navigate to where you saved it, then confirm the flash.
Once done, boot into your new Rom and enjoy,
Not completely complete, but your welcome.
No donation needed, but i won't refund it if you were to feel the need lol
Agreed. I switched to twrp but cwm recovery is more user friendly/common
Pm me if you have any?s
ok 1st u will need to download this Root/CWM/ODIN
you will 1st need to put your phone into downlaod mode: power off phone - HOLD VOL DOWN + POWER, once you get the screen that shows Press VOL UP to get to download Mode, (make sure you have the Samsung USB Drivers installed) plug in USB, you will see the COM port in yellow (it does not matter which port number) then click on PDA and navigate to the cwm-touch-i717-120409.tar.md5 and click on start, you will reboot and you have CWM installed that is used to install roms and other stuff (to get in to CWM when device is powered off HOLD VOL UP + DOWN and press the POWER until u feel the 1st vibrate, once you see the 1st Samsung logo, u can let go), then flash Flash Counter Reset through CWM (this will reset your count in ODIN so it will not void warranty. I then use TWRP Recovery Instead of CWM i like the GUI better, just flash with CWM.
ROMS: no as for roms i love Hybrid roms, which makes it a tablet and Phone, i love Paranoid Android you can download here in either ICS or JB, these are already rooted so no need to do all then.
Instructions on Installing ROMS:
1. once you download the roms, move to External SD
2. make a back up with CWM or TWRP, just click on back up and u r done. on TWRP make sure to click on all boxes.
3. Once backed up u will want to do a factory reset, wipe dalvic Cache (in cwm it is under advanced) and wipe cache partition. (some roms will have different instructions but mainly the same)
4. once you r done flashing the rom. reboot and u r done
To Go back to stock you will go here: STOCK ROMS for i717 just download the one u want and you just flash it through ODIN, but if you have CWM or TWRP there is really no need for #2.
Need some help here...
I flash the cwm using odin but then it restarts the phone right after. Then I turn the phone off and go into recovery and I still see the stock recovery.
What am I doing wrong?
BTW the flash count is also going up each time I do it.
Young Cardiac said:
Need some help here...
I flash the cwm using odin but then it restarts the phone right after. Then I turn the phone off and go into recovery and I still see the stock recovery.
What am I doing wrong?
BTW the flash count is also going up each time I do it.
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Start reading on 2nd page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766181
or here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775263
edit: Forgot to say you should really have searched or started a new thread then to hijack a thread that has nothing to do with your issue.
Agoattamer said:
Start reading on 2nd page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766181
or here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...se might face the same issue along the way...
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Ok so go easy on me please. I hadn't slept in two days ! so I was in the process of reloading Beans but when I was backing up and wiping this and that I stupidly decided to wipe internal and external SDs so I wiped my beans rom zip and so I can install it or anything. I am able to get to the TWRP. Is it a matter of just loading the zip to my microsd and installing it that way ? Please tell me it is . Also is there a way if I did this again to boot the note 2 normally so I can access the internet to download the zip that way or it doesn't work that way with android ? Thanks so much for all your help !!!
Sorry. I meant to say I can't install it
If you can get your micro sd card into your computer, via card reader or old phone, download your rom onto that. That's probably the easiest route. For the future, it's a great idea to keep a nandroid backup saved on your hard drive for times like these.
Did you format system? If not then yes your phone will turn on normally. If you did as the last guy said download to your computer and in twrp i believe there is an option to use your phone as storage or just grab a card reader. Basically just get it in your micro sd somehow then flash normally.
Sent from my DARK Note 2
Ok initially I was able to boot into YWRP but after I downloaded the Beans rom to my microsd card and tried to flash it on my phone It would not flash at all and now it won't even boot to TWRP. It's stuck on ODIN mode and I was unable to unlock bootloader and see if I can then get into TWRP. Was that not necessary ? Is my only alternative now to get my phone back to stock ? If so how do I do that exactly ? I really need help I'm sorry !
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Ok initially I was able to boot into YWRP but after I downloaded the Beans rom to my microsd card and tried to flash it on my phone It would not flash at all and now it won't even boot to TWRP. It's stuck on ODIN mode and I was unable to unlock bootloader and see if I can then get into TWRP. Was that not necessary ? Is my only alternative now to get my phone back to stock ? If so how do I do that exactly ? I really need help I'm sorry !
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Have you pulled the battery and tried holding vol + home and power to get into twrp. You shouldn't be stuck in download mode.
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Yes I've tried that but didn't change anything
cnotes2019 said:
Yes I've tried that but didn't change anything
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I would say just Odin to stock and start over
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Ok omg I did that but now after I root and unlock the bootloader when I try to flash Beans rom 7 which is on my microsd it says failed and it says it can't read zip. Last time I flash beans rom I believe it was on my internal. Should it matter and if not what can I do to fix this ? Also isn't there a way to root and unlock the bootloader but not have to flash a rom but instead reboot back so the phone is useable and not on the TWRP screen ? Thanks !!
I'm sorry for all the questions. It's just frustrating to have done it right the first time then mess up and get it working to a point than cant complete the fix. I have it back to stock but why is it when I try to root it with either version of odin it passes and seems to work but I don't see SU and I don't have root as ive tested it by opening free version of titanium back up. No root. Also after returning stock I can download the paid version of titanium back up but there is no link to open it ? omg
Sorry I should have said I can't download it. It acts like its downloaded but no link to open it appears in the play store screen nor does it appear anywhere on the phone
I'd just try this method of rooting if your back to stock or is this the one you used ??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
These are the steps I did. Sorry am reviewing to see if it's the same as I type
Step 1. Turn your Verizon Note 2 power off. Then hold down the Volume Down, Center Home, and the Power buttons simultaneously for about 3 seconds until you see a warning screen.
Step 2. Next, hit Volume Up to enter ODIN Download Mode and connect a microUSB cable from your phone to computer.
Step 3. Download the root-injected stock firmware and ODIN:
Download root-injected system firmware for Verizon Galaxy Note 2
Download ODIN
Unzip both files, you should get a file ending in “tar.md5″ and two files for ODIN.
Step 4. Run the odin3 v1.85.exe program by double-clicking on it.
Step 5. You should see a yellow highlighted box with a random COM number. If you don’t, install Samsung USB drivers and repeat from Step 1.
Choose “PDA” and select the root-injected firmware file ending in “tar.md5″.
Step 6. Hit the “Start” button and ODIN will start flashing the root-injected system firmware to your Verizon Note 2.
Step 7. When done successfully, you will see “PASS!”.
just go to the link i posted and watch video and read it's incredibly easy from the looks of it. it should root unlock and install twrp. especially if you somehow took the OTA
But if we could can we go back to my previous questions. I was able to unlock bootloader and I believe root it in one process and I got to the TWRP screen but when I try to go to install and I choose the beans rom on my microsd it says failed then in small print it says can't read zip file. Do I need to do something different or is there a fix to this problem ? Last time when I was successful I believe my rom was downloaded directly from my phone. And if it was is there a way to root/unlock bootloader but reboot back to where the phone is useable and flash a rom at a later time ? Thanks for all your patience and help !
cnotes2019 said:
But if we could can we go back to my previous questions. I was able to unlock bootloader and I believe root it in one process and I got to the TWRP screen but when I try to go to install and I choose the beans rom on my microsd it says failed then in small print it says can't read zip file. Do I need to do something different or is there a fix to this problem ? Last time when I was successful I believe my rom was downloaded directly from my phone. And if it was is there a way to root/unlock bootloader but reboot back to where the phone is useable and flash a rom at a later time ? Thanks for all your patience and help !
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You probably have a bad download. If you're on twrp then you're unlocked already. Re download beans and try that one.
By the way you should be able to boot normally after following the unlock thread. All it does is unlock and change the recovery
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kintwofan said:
You probably have a bad download. If you're on twrp then you're unlocked already. Re download beans and try that one.
By the way you should be able to boot normally after following the unlock thread. All it does is unlock and change the recovery
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I really appreciate all your help!! I will try both of your suggestions!! As far as being on TWRP and booting normally is it just choosing reboot on the TWRP screen or just powering the phone off and than back on? Thanks!!!
cnotes2019 said:
I really appreciate all your help!! I will try both of your suggestions!! As far as being on TWRP and booting normally is it just choosing reboot on the TWRP screen or just powering the phone off and than back on? Thanks!!!
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Either way works. Choosing reboot is faster
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Shawn it appears I do not have the update as I ran causal and it said I was outdated
Kinytwofan
If I can get back to the TWRP screen what if it hangs at the samsung screen ? Thanks !!
Ok so I rooted my phone succesfully, and hours later i followed to try to install cyanogenmod 10.2 which is the latest available for the samsung GT-I9300. I tried this with cyanogenmod app, but since it was not working, i followed to download the rom by myself and install it manually. Since it is the first time i did this i was following a video tutorial step by step, but i made a huge mistake, the cm 10.2 should have been a .zip file, but i missed that, and i instead unzipped it before saving to my sd card, so i followed every step, and when there should have been a zip file, there was nothing. I came up with the stupid idea that if i selected reboot normally itll just work, but of course, it got bricked. so, how can i go back to ANY rom? is it possible? (i do not care which rom i just want my phone back)
Note: I did not back up my stock rom or any rom at all. and my computer does not detects the phone
Please help me.
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Ok so I rooted my phone succesfully, and hours later i followed to try to install cyanogenmod 10.2 which is the latest available for the samsung GT-I9300. I tried this with cyanogenmod app, but since it was not working, i followed to download the rom by myself and install it manually. Since it is the first time i did this i was following a video tutorial step by step, but i made a huge mistake, the cm 10.2 should have been a .zip file, but i missed that, and i instead unzipped it before saving to my sd card, so i followed every step, and when there should have been a zip file, there was nothing. I came up with the stupid idea that if i selected reboot normally itll just work, but of course, it got bricked. so, how can i go back to ANY rom? is it possible? (i do not care which rom i just want my phone back)
Note: I did not back up my stock rom or any rom at all. and my computer does not detects the phone
Please help me.
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OK, so can you go to recovery mode(press vol up+power+home button simultaneously..)??
If yes then download any ROM and remove your SD card and place that in it by SD card reader or another phone maybe... then go to recovery mode and flash that file without unzipping... If u can't do that then see if you could go to download mode (vol down+ power+home nu button) and download a firmware suitable for your phone(do check your mobile variant cause there are different firmwares for different variants)from sammobile.com.. install the proper drivers on your PC and then attach your phone via USB cable while it is in download mode... Install Odin..search for it (Google)... and you can see a video of that if you don't understand anything about how to flash a firmware by Odin... this should revive your phone...
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I'm stuck. I've been trying to install a ROM, any ROM for the past 8 hours. I can install modems, change the bootloader, install everything else but it immediately fails on trying install a ROM. I've run out of options, and I have no idea what to do. I had it rooted on 4.4.2 and everything was fine but as soon as a ROM was attempted, it failed. What do I do? I've been downloading every rom from stock to rooted and odexed to deodexed. It's soft bricked, I can get into recovery and downloader but when in downloader it still won't install a ROM and I get an error saying my rom is corrupted and that's including on the one click installers. Also. when I'm in TWRP I'm able to access the internal storage but it immediately fails but when I'm in CWM it doesn't see the internal storage and I can only install off of the external sd card, but it still fails.Help!
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getoffmeluckycharms said:
I'm stuck. I've been trying to install a ROM, any ROM for the past 8 hours. I can install modems, change the bootloader, install everything else but it immediately fails on trying install a ROM. I've run out of options, and I have no idea what to do. I had it rooted on 4.4.2 and everything was fine but as soon as a ROM was attempted, it failed. What do I do? I've been downloading every rom from stock to rooted and odexed to deodexed. It's soft bricked, I can get into recovery and downloader but when in downloader it still won't install a ROM and I get an error saying my rom is corrupted and that's including on the one click installers. Also. when I'm in TWRP I'm able to access the internal storage but it immediately fails but when I'm in CWM it doesn't see the internal storage and I can only install off of the external sd card, but it still fails.Help![/QUOTE
First off dont panic. Just go to sammobile.com and make an account. then search firmware by your phone model and carrier. that will bring up the most current firmware you will need to restore your phone. then download it. then save it in a new folder on your desktop and unzip in folder.
start the program odin, on computer then put your phone into restore most by holding the power, home and down vol button at the same time until it vibrates twice and then you will vol up. go back to odin and click on the tab that says AP and find the firmware that you saved on desktop in the new folder you made then click on the long text which is the firmware file you installed and let the odin program settle for a minute then hit start. the will make your phone like new. dont up plug when you see progress bar start wait for it to Finnish it take a while.
Need a visual? search youtube for sammobile.com on how to fix samsung note 3
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getoffmeluckycharms said:
I'm stuck. I've been trying to install a ROM, any ROM for the past 8 hours. I can install modems, change the bootloader, install everything else but it immediately fails on trying install a ROM. I've run out of options, and I have no idea what to do. I had it rooted on 4.4.2 and everything was fine but as soon as a ROM was attempted, it failed. What do I do? I've been downloading every rom from stock to rooted and odexed to deodexed. It's soft bricked, I can get into recovery and downloader but when in downloader it still won't install a ROM and I get an error saying my rom is corrupted and that's including on the one click installers. Also. when I'm in TWRP I'm able to access the internal storage but it immediately fails but when I'm in CWM it doesn't see the internal storage and I can only install off of the external sd card, but it still fails.Help![/QUOTE
First off dont panic. Just go to sammobile.com and make an account. then search firmware by your phone model and carrier. that will bring up the most current firmware you will need to restore your phone. then download it. then save it in a new folder on your desktop and unzip in folder.
start the program odin, on computer then put your phone into restore most by holding the power, home and down vol button at the same time until it vibrates twice and then you will vol up. go back to odin and click on the tab that says AP and find the firmware that you saved on desktop in the new folder you made then click on the long text which is the firmware file you installed and let the odin program settle for a minute then hit start. the will make your phone like new. dont up plug when you see progress bar start wait for it to Finnish it take a while.
Need a visual? search youtube for sammobile.com on how to fix samsung note 3
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I'm panicking because I've done that and it immediately fails no matter what ROM I attempt to use.
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Are you using the correct version of recovery, you need version 2.7 or better with TWRP when flashing 4.4.2 ROMs?
Try using Philz (in my signature)
I accidentally wiped internal storage and system using TWRP on my Sprint Galaxy S6 Edge, and this deleted my operating system. Now, when I reboot to system, it starts turning on but then just boots into recovery. I need to flash the stock rom onto my phone, how can I do so? I have it downloaded on my computer, but how can I get it onto my phone so I can use TWRP's installation? Is there another way to flash it from computer to phone? Thanks a ton
First of all I would like to tell that if you are rooting your device or installing 3rd party recovery you should know how to fix the bootloop, know that you are throwing away the warranty of your device and you might ended up bricking your device you should be more responsible!. Okay here's what you need and what you gonna do 1st of all search for your rom around samfirmware or other sites. I can't post you all the details but Google is your friend. After you already download the rom search for Samsung USB drivers install it to your pc then look for Odin. Turn off your fon and press volume down + menu and power key it will reboot to download via Odin flash your rom and wait to boot. That's all. You should also search around here for your answer already post some person many times
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you can likely also use Heimdall but you make have to extract the OTA package first. you can use the hardware keys to boot into "download mode" and then you should be able to restore the device.