went to do a factory reset on my s4 using CWM but for some reason every time i try to flash ANY rom even a stock rom it will just boot up to the samsung logo and then reset it self and load up CWM.
so after messing around only ASOP roms will flash and boot fine but if its any of the stock TW roms they just fail with a Format() expects 5 args, got 4 (status 7) so right now i am tempory on a ASOP rom hoping someone could chime in on why i cant flash no stock roms
icebear8 said:
went to do a factory reset on my s4 using CWM but for some reason every time i try to flash ANY rom even a stock rom it will just boot up to the samsung logo and then reset it self and load up CWM.
so after messing around only ASOP roms will flash and boot fine but if its any of the stock TW roms they just fail with a Format() expects 5 args, got 4 (status 7) so right now i am tempory on a ASOP rom hoping someone could chime in on why i cant flash no stock roms
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Try twrp.
icebear8 said:
went to do a factory reset on my s4 using CWM but for some reason every time i try to flash ANY rom even a stock rom it will just boot up to the samsung logo and then reset it self and load up CWM.
so after messing around only ASOP roms will flash and boot fine but if its any of the stock TW roms they just fail with a Format() expects 5 args, got 4 (status 7) so right now i am tempory on a ASOP rom hoping someone could chime in on why i cant flash no stock roms
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What version of cwm is on your phone now? I've never heard of a ROM that changes your recovery. I'd suggest flashing Philz latest recovery from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322675
I haven't had an issue going between TW and AOSP using Philz. I realize it is based off CWM anyways but may be worth a try. I always use the option "clean to install new ROM" .
Or like stated above if you really like twrp... Go back to that and try .
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Mistertac said:
What version of cwm is on your phone now? I've never heard of a ROM that changes your recovery. I'd suggest flashing Philz latest recovery from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322675
I haven't had an issue going between TW and AOSP using Philz. I realize it is based off CWM anyways but may be worth a try. I always use the option "clean to install new ROM" .
Or like stated above if you really like twrp... Go back to that and try .
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Make sure to go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache as well if you use the clean to install new ROM. CWM is a little outdated so the option only wipes /data, /cache, and /system.
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I tried. The latest twrp and same thing it will flash but then just be stuck at the samsung logo, cwm is on 6.0.3 something like that I also tried different ROMs and downloaded them multi times and still get the error
icebear8 said:
I tried. The latest twrp and same thing it will flash but then just be stuck at the samsung logo, cwm is on 6.0.3 something like that I also tried different ROMs and downloaded them multi times and still get the error
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How long did you let it sit at the logo ?
gnubian said:
How long did you let it sit at the logo ?
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i let it set for about 20-30 mins but when i tried flashing my old stock rom, when i try to flash stock Mk2 rom it will just get to the samsung logo and then reboot and go to the samsung logo and go back to the CWM menu
i also make sure to wipe everything before i clean install a new rom as well. no dirty flashing i am also on CWM 6.0.4.7
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i let it set for about 20-30 mins but when i tried flashing my old stock rom, when i try to flash stock Mk2 rom it will just get to the samsung logo and then reboot and go to the samsung logo and go back to the CWM menu
i also make sure to wipe everything before i clean install a new rom as well. no dirty flashing i am also on CWM 6.0.4.7
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Hm. And flashing TW roms used to work fine? Have you tried flashing the stock kernel before flashing the rom? You could always use Odin and start fresh.
Yeah try flashing a 4.3 tw kernel with the rom
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gnubian said:
Hm. And flashing TW roms used to work fine? Have you tried flashing the stock kernel before flashing the rom? You could always use Odin and start fresh.
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no have not tried flashing the stock kernal, when i try to download the stock tar files for Odin they just keep corrupting after i download them
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well finally got Odin to work and back on Verizon MDK
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Well bad news after going back to complete stock with Odin now just hangs at the verizon logo and that is it
icebear8 said:
no have not tried flashing the stock kernal, when i try to download the stock tar files for Odin they just keep corrupting after i download them
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well finally got Odin to work and back on Verizon MDK
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Well bad news after going back to complete stock with Odin now just hangs at the verizon logo and that is it
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Did you use the full wipe mdk file? That should get you back to good if you were indeed on mdk
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Mistertac said:
Did you use the full wipe mdk file? That should get you back to good if you were indeed on mdk
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yes i downloaded the no wipe tar but like i said it just hangs at the verizon logo now,
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yes i downloaded the no wipe tar but like i said it just hangs at the verizon logo now,
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tried downloading it agian and still just hangs at the verizon logo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259 this is the link i been using
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Did you use the full wipe mdk file?
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icebear8 said:
yes i downloaded the no wipe tar
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So the answer is no.
Download the full wipe mdk as you clearly have something wrong and want to wipe the device fully.
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I can't escape TWRP!
My setup is this:
ROM: THS build 10
Kernel: ICYGlitch v14
Recovery: TWRP (included with ICYGlitch)
Recently, I wanted to flash ParanoidAndroid. I rebooted into TWRP via the power menu, made a backup, and tried to flash. It gave the error E: signature verification failed. Later, I tried turning off signature verification, but then it gave me another error. I then tried to flash cwm4_fixed_for_cm7, but it gave me the same error. Then I tried flashing the recovery through ODIN. It said it succeeded, but it still loads TWRP as the recovery. Help! I can't escape!
P.S. I know my way around the Fascinate, I'm not a complete noob.
try flashing cm7, then back to ICS, ...if all else fails odin back to stock start over.
Maybe
That would work, but I'd rather keep the Glitch kernel and stay on THS than start over. And there must be a way to change the recovery included with Glitch?
Let us know how that turns out for you. Good luck.
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MultipleMonomials said:
That would work, but I'd rather keep the Glitch kernel and stay on THS than start over. And there must be a way to change the recovery included with Glitch?
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flash a older version of glitch that still utilizes cwm recovery. check my kernels section of the guide.
That would work except for the fact that I cannot flash anything from TWRP.
MultipleMonomials said:
That would work except for the fact that I cannot flash anything from TWRP.
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odin cwm4 fixed for cm7, then three finger and flash away.
Wait. Doesn't three-fingering on a MTD filesystem bootloop you?
at this point just odin back to stock and start over
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Let us know how that turns out for you. Good luck.
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I figured it out. I was able to flash an older version of Glitch with CWM recovery.
How did you flash an older version of glitch in cwm if you were stuck in twrp? I though you couldnt flash anything. I am confused???
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Sorry. I meant TWRP. Here is the procedure that I used. I don't know if it is necessary, but it worked.
1. make a nandroid
2. restore to stock
3. ODIN cwm
4. install THS build 1
5. install THS 10 (substitute whatever ROM you're using)
6. install newest Glitch (with TWRP)
7. restore nandroid
8. install older, CWM glitch
I think this works because nandroids don't restore the recovery partition.
I was having instability with the older Glitch version, so I flashed the newer version again, and I can still flash stuff.
Okay. I got it now. I thought the whole reason you didn't want to start over was because you didn't have a backup of your current setup. That is why people were saying that you were going to have to start over.
Glad it worked out.
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Every time i try to flash a custom rom the rom flases in 5-10 seconds and then phone reboots and gets stuck at samsung galaxy s3 GT-i9300 black LOGO. I can only flash a rom with odin. I have tried touch clockworkmod and simple latest versions and cfroot one also, and i have tried flashing from internal and external sd card...help pls
vladtdr said:
Every time i try to flash a custom rom the rom flases in 5-10 seconds and then phone reboots and gets stuck at samsung galaxy s3 GT-i9300 black LOGO. I can only flash a rom with odin. I have tried touch clockworkmod and simple latest versions and cfroot one also, and i have tried flashing from internal and external sd card...help pls
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Flash another kernel ( SIYAH) with ODIN , then flash the rom you want to ....
didin't work...did the same thing:crying: i will try to flash an leaked official jb rom in odin as a base and then flash a custom one in cwm
Didn't work...please help
no one knows what to do?srsly? i want to flash custom roms...that is the hole point of android ffs
I would get a stock image from sammobile and flash the phone back to stock and start again.
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Didn't work...please help
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Don't panic,follow the steps:
1-Root e recovery with cf-root
2-download rom ( zip.packages) If you see any error messages or the procedure stops, then the packet of cooked rom may be corrupted.
Re-download and re-install from the beginning..
3-If the first boot takes more than 20-30 minutes, manually restart the phone by removing the battery or by pressing and holding for 10 seconds the power button.
If the problem persists, perform a hard reset .
4-If the phone restarts all the time, back in recovery mode and re-install, also performing the hard reset.
5-If your phone will not boot up, go into download mode and try to install a firmware via odin, performing a hard reset.
i tried installing a stock rom then flashing over that i have installed a ics one and jb one...didn't work...the problem is not with the booting itself but with the flashing like i said every rom flashes in like 5 seconds...it tells me it;s done and everything went fine but when i reboot i can't get past the samsung logo before the boot animation, so practically the rom doesn't flash...i dont know why...odin works great....but i can't flash through CWM. I wanted to try TWRP recovery also but i can't seem to find one for the international version of SGS3...Please help:crying:
Flash via recovery requires CF Root ,
ROOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
Odin flash is much longer than 5 seconds and short flash is probably wrong file /faulty file .
jje
i have flashed cf root after flashing stock roms both jb and ics and it didint work...i tried to flash like 7 different roms in ics both based on jellybean and ics...i wiped all everytime...
vladtdr said:
i tried installing a stock rom then flashing over that i have installed a ics one and jb one...didn't work...the problem is not with the booting itself but with the flashing like i said every rom flashes in like 5 seconds...it tells me it;s done and everything went fine but when i reboot i can't get past the samsung logo before the boot animation, so practically the rom doesn't flash...i dont know why...odin works great....but i can't flash through CWM. I wanted to try TWRP recovery also but i can't seem to find one for the international version of SGS3...Please help:crying:
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I really don't think the ROM caused your recovery to not work correctly. Have you tried a different recovery, likE https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5mcmFnZ2VsLnJlY292ZXJ5ZXhlY3V0ZXIiXQ..
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I really don't think the ROM caused your recovery to not work correctly. Have you tried a different recovery, likE https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5mcmFnZ2VsLnJlY292ZXJ5ZXhlY3V0ZXIiXQ..
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i will try this now and report back...and if it's worh mentioning, i had an s2 that did the SAME EXACT thing...i could never sort it out and i sold it...
this app did nothing just rebooted in cwm where it gave me an error...
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this app did nothing just rebooted in cwm where it gave me an error...
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WHAT ERROR ? PUBLISH THANKS ....Also any errors from the recovery during the flash you should publish if there are .....
devid801 said:
WHAT ERROR ? PUBLISH THANKS ....Also any errors from the recovery during the flash you should publish if there are .....
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it says that it can't flash the file and that a log file has been generated...ofc i am freaking out the hole point of android are custom roms and if i can;t install one owning an s3 is pointless...usually it doesent give error i told u guys it finishes like normal only problem is it takes5-10 sec..and then bam, the only error was with the app you sugested
try using a different recovery
slaphead20 said:
try using a different recovery
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Use a different/older recovery..if you are using touch version use the non-touch version of vice-versa..just flash the recovery tar file in Odin..
make sure phone is gt9300
GR0S said:
make sure phone is gt9300
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zoot1 said:
Use a different/older recovery..if you are using touch version use the non-touch version of vice-versa..just flash the recovery tar file in Odin..
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try using a different recovery
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I did all of that i tried CF-root recovery 6.0.1.2 touch and non-touch recovery and i am sure that my phone is the unlocked international version i9300...
vladtdr said:
it says that it can't flash the file and that a log file has been generated...ofc i am freaking out the hole point of android are custom roms and if i can;t install one owning an s3 is pointless...usually it doesent give error i told u guys it finishes like normal only problem is it takes5-10 sec..and then bam, the only error was with the app you sugested
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There is some protection with some cwm that allow script only with ROM Manager
as you can see there is no error in the log, so i can't do nothing.
Now try to ADB Push a ROM to your phone.....
Every ROM zip file I attempt to flash via CWM or TWRP doesnt work. I was on stock ICS (4.0.4) which I flashed using Odin. Every JB rom, stock or custom I attempt to flash with a recovery freezes either at boot up or first screen of initial setup. No errors are given on actual flash, it always looks good. . I wiped everything I can wipe, which is everything but emmc I think. What could be the problem? I have now flashed official JB through Odin twice with no issues.
Do you check that the ROM is downloaded properly by checking the md5 hash?
EVOO2 said:
Every ROM zip file I attempt to flash via CWM or TWRP doesnt work. I was on stock ICS (4.0.4) which I flashed using Odin. Every JB rom, stock or custom I attempt to flash with a recovery freezes either at boot up or first screen of initial setup. No errors are given on actual flash, it always looks good. . I wiped everything I can wipe, which is everything but emmc I think. What could be the problem? I have now flashed official JB through Odin twice with no issues.
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Try flashing a new recovery using odin then try to flash the rom in recovery afterwards.
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richardlibeau said:
Try flashing a new recovery using odin then try to flash the rom in recovery afterwards.
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Ive flashed twrp 2.5 twice through odin and then tried to flash a rom with no improvement. Im really stumped 'cause flashing roms with odin works fine everytime, so it would seem nothings physically wrong with my device. Should I try a different recovery program? Using cwm and twrp give the same result, so Im skeptical a third recovery would be any different.
cheers
EVOO2 said:
Ive flashed twrp 2.5 twice through odin and then tried to flash a rom with no improvement. Im really stumped 'cause flashing roms with odin works fine everytime, so it would seem nothings physically wrong with my device. Should I try a different recovery program? Using cwm and twrp give the same result, so Im skeptical a third recovery would be any different.
cheers
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Only thing i can think of is look at the file format that youre trying to flash.
Is it zip? tar?
I may be wrong but cwm only works for .zip files from my experience. not .tar md5 etc.
why do you need to flash it via cwm? if its flashing through odin whats the problem?
It sounds like what ^^^^ is saying. Recovery flashes zip files and Odin flashes tar files. Don't confuse the zip files your pc uses to download the files with these.
When using odin I have to use ROM s which are .tar, so this basically limits me to stock ROMS. The custom ROMS are .zip which I can only flash with a custom recovery like twrp or cwm. I'd obviously like to flash the custom ROMS which are .zip , however it isn't working for me as I mentioned in the opening post . Not sure how to fix this problem .
EVOO2 said:
When using odin I have to use ROM s which are .tar, so this basically limits me to stock ROMS. The custom ROMS are .zip which I can only flash with a custom recovery like twrp or cwm. I'd obviously like to flash the custom ROMS which are .zip , however it isn't working for me as I mentioned in the opening post . Not sure how to fix this problem .
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extraxt the rom that your saying is .zip. it "should" extract a file that will be something odin will recognize
dweeezy said:
extraxt the rom that your saying is .zip. it "should" extract a file that will be something odin will recognize
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Good idea. In a recovery zip file will be a couple of folders. One of them will have a tar file you can flash in the phone or pda a lot in Odin.
Thanks for the suggestion but I had no luck . I have tried extracting padawan JB and a debloated stock JB rom and they extract many files, folders, apks but no tar I could locate. Also I am not sure even if there was a tar i could use if it would be safe to use. If all this was good, it would still be a cumbersome workaround and wouldnt fix my problem of not being able to get a ROM installed via recovery to work.If I have no choice I'll use odin to flash custom ROMs (if there is a way) but Id rather get it to work with recovery.
EVOO2 said:
Thanks for the suggestion but I had no luck . I have tried extracting padawan JB and a debloated stock JB rom and they extract many files, folders, apks but no tar I could locate. Also I am not sure even if there was a tar i could use if it would be safe to use. If all this was good, it would still be a cumbersome workaround and wouldnt fix my problem of not being able to get a ROM installed via recovery to work.If I have no choice I'll use odin to flash custom ROMs (if there is a way) but Id rather get it to work with recovery.
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If you're flashing between TW based to AOPS, or pretty much from a rom to a completely different rom, you will need to WIPE your data too, or better, do a complete wipe (factory reset). I had this issue when moving from Stock TW-based rom to Padawan JB rom. I did a factory reset (complete wipe) and it booted fine. But then again, I'm used to TW so I flashed that back.
fbauto1 said:
If you're flashing between TW based to AOPS, or pretty much from a rom to a completely different rom, you will need to WIPE your data too, or better, do a complete wipe (factory reset). I had this issue when moving from Stock TW-based rom to Padawan JB rom. I did a factory reset (complete wipe) and it booted fine. But then again, I'm used to TW so I flashed that back.
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I've wiped everything I can wipe between flashes (includes factory reset), many times trying both TWRP and CWM for flashing and wiping with no luck unfortunately. The wiping doesnt seem to help, different custom recoveries don't help, so I'm stumped as to what the problem could be.
EVOO2 said:
I've wiped everything I can wipe between flashes (includes factory reset), many times trying both TWRP and CWM for flashing and wiping with no luck unfortunately. The wiping doesnt seem to help, different custom recoveries don't help, so I'm stumped as to what the problem could be.
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What roms are you trying to flash? Sometimes ive seen where you must rename them or do specific things.
dweeezy said:
What roms are you trying to flash? Sometimes ive seen where you must rename them or do specific things.
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Ive tried padawan JB, debloated rooted canadian JB rom, and debloated ATT rom.
dweeezy said:
What roms are you trying to flash? Sometimes ive seen where you must rename them or do specific things.
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Ive tried padawan JB, debloated rooted canadian JB rom, and debloated ATT rom.
OP, are you still having this issue? Were you able to resolve it?
I have the exact same issue as you. Exactly the same.
513263337 said:
OP, are you still having this issue? Were you able to resolve it?
I have the exact same issue as you. Exactly the same.
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Me too. Every rom freezes during the app optimization screen...usually at about 3/4th the way through. What's going on???
*edit* Tried to restore factory w/Odin. I'm bricked now. Time for some JTAG love.
Exactly the same issue here.
Every jelly bean ROM, 4.1 or 4.2, stock or custom, as long as I install them via recovery, it either doesn't boot up or gets stuck on the first screen.
If I use ODIN to install the stock ROM, it works fine.
Driving me nuts...
Just throwing suggestions out there but try sideloading the rom and see if itll install that way? Also are you odin flashing recovery? Maybe try to load twrp through goomanager and see if maybe recovery is corrupted?
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Hey Guys
I came from Stock Rom, rooted my device and flash recovery. And when i come to install any custom rom my device get into a boot loop.
Fortunately I got a back up and every time a try a different custom rom and i can go back to stock.
Well i have tried with the following roms
CM10
AOKP
Slim Roms
Paranoid
Everytime i have tried any of these roms i do carefully everty step. Just exactly like the tutorial says. I've been done this before, installing custom rom in other device, like nexus s, gs3, gs2. Im familiar with those stuffs.
And i don´t think it has to do with some corrupted file when i download the base.
I have tried to reflash recovery and nothing.
Tried to change kernel, i changed to siyah and nothing. After i install custom rom , the device just show the logo of the rom and ask select language and bam!, there is the boop loop
I don´t know what else to do.
I have read something about clear nand with odin , but i dont see those options.
If anyone knows what to do, please let me know.
Thnks
Aditional Info:
Baseband: GT-I9300XXELLA
Kernel: Stock
Root with Odin3 v3.04 - CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0du-gti9300t.tar
International Version
4.1.2
Recovery 6.0.3.1
I Flash the Recovery with Rom Manager V5.5.2.3
You are wiping everything before you flash right?
wangdaning said:
You are wiping everything before you flash right?
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Yes, i did all the wipes everytime. Reset factory, Dalvik and format system (in some cases). And nothing, still boot loop. :crying:
krizalvarez said:
Yes, i did all the wipes everytime. Reset factory, Dalvik and format system (in some cases). And nothing, still boot loop. :crying:
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Only other suggestion is trying another recovery, I use Philz which can be flashed through odin. Oh, and did you fix permissions?
Ok im gonna try with another recovery. And yes i tried fix permissions.
I let you know what happen
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wangdaning said:
Only other suggestion is trying another recovery, I use Philz which can be flashed through odin. Oh, and did you fix permissions?
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Today i tried with philz, cool recovery btw, but nothing. My device still stuck on boop loop after i install any custom rom
I have tried these option after i get the boop loop> wipe factory reset, wipe cache partition. And before install> wipes, fix permissions. But none of these options have help me.
Another suggestion?
What happens with stock odin flashed roms ??
jje
It boots normally, everything's fine with stock rom.
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krizalvarez said:
It boots normally, everything's fine with stock rom.
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That suggests a problem that is one of the following .
EXT SD card faulty
Custom rom download faulty
CWM recovery faulty.
user not following instructions .
Try flashing a Samsung Based custom rom .
jje
What do you mean boot loop is it actually restarting after boot and restating again ??
Yes. Exactly that's what i mean. It restart over and over again.
External sd card > i dont have one
Recovery > i tried with cwm and philz
Downloaded rom > i have tried download from the xda developer site and tried with different files, different roms
Im pretty sure i follow the instructions just the way it is
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Flash samsung based cwm rom .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868004
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash samsung based cwm rom .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868004
jje
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Hey JJE, what the purpose to flash a Samsung Based Rom with CMW?
Do i have to install Odexed or Deodexed ?
Thnks for your comments
krizalvarez said:
Hey JJE, what the purpose to flash a Samsung Based Rom with CMW?
Do i have to install Odexed or Deodexed ?
Thnks for your comments
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Do i have to install Odexed or Deodexed ?
Whatever you want .
Difference see Google.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=O...fficial&client=firefox-a&channel=np&source=hp
Hey jje, what is the purpose of flash a samsung based rom?
With this I understand that it will alow me to flash a custom rom after that, is that right?
Another question, how can i go back like all factory settings, i mean clear everything. I format internal sd, factory reset, do the wipes, fix permissions and once again try to install a custom rom but phone doesn't boot after show logo. Actually i install the same rom in another i9300 and everything's go fine, so the file is ok.
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Samsung-based ROM is a custom ROM based on the stock one.
Hello
I've accidentally flashed a wrong cwm-recovery (meant for some other phone)
After the installation I've rebooted into recovery and it booted the one I already had (that's when I understood it's the wrong one)
Then I've tried to reboot back to my rom but it got stuck on the rom's loading screen
Tried to flash a new rom after using gs2RomWipe
Tried to restore from a nandroid backup
all of them gave the same result.. stuck on the loading screen
Now to my question...
If I flash a stock Rom via Odin.. will it be enough? will I be able to reroot and use my phone normally again?
Or is there an easier way maybe?
i did the same today..
all the time bootloop..
flashing same rom that i was using did not helped..
flashing some other rom helped but cant call cause phone dont see simcard..
flashing some other roms like cyanogenmod also stuck my on bootloop..
I am pretty sure you have to flash via odin.
Update...
I've flashed a stock rom via Odin but it went into a bootloop
when I've entered recovery it said E:failed to mount efs (invalid argument)
so far I've found no way to make the phone work
please help
PureMind0 said:
Update...
I've flashed a stock rom via Odin but it went into a bootloop
when I've entered recovery it said E:failed to mount efs (invalid argument)
so far I've found no way to make the phone work
please help
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If you are using i9100.
Then flash philz kernel via odin.
Then boot into recovery.
MOUNT usb storage
Place any rom zip in the root of ex sd card
Flash it with full wipe
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corruptionfreeindia said:
If you are using i9100.
Then flash philz kernel via odin.
Then boot into recovery.
MOUNT usb storage
Place any rom zip in the root of ex sd card
Flash it with full wipe
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It doesn't work...
stock rom wont start, restored nandroid wont start, philz + new rom wont start
I have efs backup as tar.gz but didn't find a normal guide on how to use it without the phone working (i.e adb)
I'm not even sure if the problem is because of the efs missing or not but it seems to be the problem
PureMind0 said:
It doesn't work...
stock rom wont start, restored nandroid wont start, philz + new rom wont start
I have efs backup as tar.gz but didn't find a normal guide on how to use it without the phone working (i.e adb)
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Ok.
Lets make it clear.
After flashing philz which rom did u flash?.
U should have not got any problem.
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corruptionfreeindia said:
Ok.
Lets make it clear.
After flashing philz which rom did u flash?.
U should have not got any problem.
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I've flashed ReVolt JB version
the result was the same as any other method I've tried so far..
stuck on loading screen / bootloop
PureMind0 said:
I've flashed ReVolt JB version
the result was the same as any other method I've tried so far..
stuck on loading screen / bootloop
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Ok.
Do this.
Boot into recovery
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset/wipe data
Format system
Format preload
Format data
Install philz kernel
Boot into recovery
Select wipe data/factory reset-clean to install a new rom
Install any custom stock rom like neat rom, vivekrom , biftor (choose any one)
Reboot
I assume you are using gti9100
Report back.
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corruptionfreeindia said:
Ok.
Do this.
Boot into recovery
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset/wipe data
Format system
Format preload
Format data
Install philz kernel
Boot into recovery
Select wipe data/factory reset-clean to install a new rom
Install any custom stock rom like neat rom, vivekrom , biftor (choose any one)
Reboot
I assume you are using gti9100
Report back.
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I did everything you said. installed Bitfor rom
got the same result.. still stuck on loading screen
Thanks a lot for your help it's much appreciated
hope I'll be able to solve this somehow
PureMind0 said:
I did everything you said. installed Bitfor rom
got the same result.. still stuck on loading screen
Thanks a lot for your help it's much appreciated
hope I'll be able to solve this somehow
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First boot takes 5/7 min.
Wait
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corruptionfreeindia said:
First boot takes 5/7 min.
Wait
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still nothing...
and it usually takes 1-2 mins max for me
also doesn't explain why stock from odin wont work
It seems to me that I need to somehow fix the efs folder but no idea how to do that
almost all the guides I've seen about that requires the rom to work and use root explorer
the others wasn't clear enough or just not related
according to the shell commands my efs folder is empty
copying the efs folder I have on my sdcard doesn't help because it's not there after reboot
I have a tar.gz as well but not sure how to use it
can I flash the .tar via odin? or some other solution with adb/shell?
or do you think it has nothing to do with my problem?
anyone have any idea how to help me???
I've tried many different ways but my device just wont make it past the loading screen of the rom (doesn't matter which one)
I really have no idea what can cause this problem
thought that flashing stock rom via Odin should fix it but it doesn't help
I've tried some methods I've seen to fix efs problems but so far nothing helped
I'm really desperate at the moment :\
download mode and flash the cwm kernel via Odin should work.
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i am facing exact same problem
and it also start with flashing cwm for kitkat
nothing working now stock or custmised rom
hope some one can help us to fix it
Any more ideas??
If I take it to my carrier company, will they be able to make it work with their official rom?
PureMind0 said:
Any more ideas??
If I take it to my carrier company, will they be able to make it work with their official rom?
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i take it to the repair shop they told me they can repair it with some kind of box which will reflash the rom.
i will get it back tomorrow
hope it work
casperusm said:
i take it to the repair shop they told me they can repair it with some kind of box which will reflash the rom.
i will get it back tomorrow
hope it work
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Good luck!
I should send mine tomorrow and hopefully they can fix it
update when you get yours back
casperusm said:
i take it to the repair shop they told me they can repair it with some kind of box which will reflash the rom.
i will get it back tomorrow
hope it work
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Did you get your device fixed?
OK.....just a quick thing......Odin flashing a normal single file stock firmware *may* not be the solution as it just overwrites what is already there during the flash. I will provide a link to a three part firmware that wipes the old as it flashes.....this essentially flashes the firmware onto 'pristine' memory partitions....it *might* help......
Here's the link.....
http://www.mediafire.com/?1z5ao5b6r594x45
Search for @Hopper8s Odin troubleshooting guide for instructions on how to flash it.....
Good luck.....
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM