So I was mj4 rooted .. then went back to stock .. did OTA kit kat update ... rooted using cf auto root since it was updated for 4.4 base now.. took a few seconds on Odin 3.07 showed up as reset on the screen .. phone will reboot but leave it plugged in til it says pass... Mine took a Lil over 2 mins.. anyway I then went to goo manager installed open recovery but when I clicked reboot to recovery.. my phone bootlooped on recovery screen .. I pulled out the battery an put it back in.. an immediately put it into download mode( before it had a chance to bootloop recovery again ) then clicked down to cancel an restart phone.. my question is is there a link to a 4.4 kit kat compatible twrp recovery version that I can install through Odin ... an if so do I put it in the pda section.. Sorry I'm new to note 3 an Odin. .. coming from HTC lol ... thx in advance !
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So I was mj4 rooted .. then went back to stock .. did OTA kit kat update ... rooted using cf auto root since it was updated for 4.4 base now.. took a few seconds on Odin 3.07 showed up as reset on the screen .. phone will reboot but leave it plugged in til it says pass... Mine took a Lil over 2 mins.. anyway I then went to goo manager installed open recovery but when I clicked reboot to recovery.. my phone bootlooped on recovery screen .. I pulled out the battery an put it back in.. an immediately put it into download mode( before it had a chance to bootloop recovery again ) then clicked down to cancel an restart phone.. my question is is there a link to a 4.4 kit kat compatible twrp recovery version that I can install through Odin ... an if so do I put it in the pda section.. Sorry I'm new to note 3 an Odin. .. coming from HTC lol ... thx in advance !
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Yes, all TWRP and (I believe Philz, though not certain, as I've never used it) tar files can be flashed with PC Odin. Use the latest for KitKat. Go to the original development forum for answers to this important question, as the preferred recovery should be chosen by you.
If you need help flashing, just ask.
Recovery goes in the PDA slot.
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So I was mj4 rooted .. then went back to stock .. did OTA kit kat update ... rooted using cf auto root since it was updated for 4.4 base now.. took a few seconds on Odin 3.07 showed up as reset on the screen .. phone will reboot but leave it plugged in til it says pass... Mine took a Lil over 2 mins.. anyway I then went to goo manager installed open recovery but when I clicked reboot to recovery.. my phone bootlooped on recovery screen .. I pulled out the battery an put it back in.. an immediately put it into download mode( before it had a chance to bootloop recovery again ) then clicked down to cancel an restart phone.. my question is is there a link to a 4.4 kit kat compatible twrp recovery version that I can install through Odin ... an if so do I put it in the pda section.. Sorry I'm new to note 3 an Odin. .. coming from HTC lol ... thx in advance !
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The OP of this thread has a link to a 4.4 version of TWRP you can flash through Odin. And yes, you put it in the pda section for flashing.
chico260 said:
So I was mj4 rooted .. then went back to stock .. did OTA kit kat update ... rooted using cf auto root since it was updated for 4.4 base now.. took a few seconds on Odin 3.07 showed up as reset on the screen .. phone will reboot but leave it plugged in til it says pass... Mine took a Lil over 2 mins.. anyway I then went to goo manager installed open recovery but when I clicked reboot to recovery.. my phone bootlooped on recovery screen .. I pulled out the battery an put it back in.. an immediately put it into download mode( before it had a chance to bootloop recovery again ) then clicked down to cancel an restart phone.. my question is is there a link to a 4.4 kit kat compatible twrp recovery version that I can install through Odin ... an if so do I put it in the pda section.. Sorry I'm new to note 3 an Odin. .. coming from HTC lol ... thx in advance !
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Haven't tried it personally but here is the link for it http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hltespr ......got this from the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596001 Philz recovery thread says it's for Kitkat. i'm still rockin 4.3 atm
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The OP of this thread has a link to a 4.4 version of TWRP you can flash through Odin. And yes, you put it in the pda section for flashing.
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Used twrp in the op of this thread in the link an flashed with Odin 3.07 .. Good to go now .. thx everyone .. Also everyone is aware that cf auto root for kit kat 4.4 base was updated correct?
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Used twrp in the op of this thread in the link an flashed with Odin 3.07 .. Good to go now .. thx everyone .. Also everyone is aware that cf auto root for kit kat 4.4 base was updated correct?
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Yup.
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Yup.
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Is the latest twrp still 2.6.3.2 for our kit kat version ?
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Is the latest twrp still 2.6.3.2 for our kit kat version ?
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The TWRP for KitKat I'm using is 2.6.3.2, and was the first working recovery of which I am aware that was specifically designed for Sprint Note 3 KitKat.
That stated, I'm unclear if it is the latest.
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The TWRP for KitKat I'm using is 2.6.3.2, and was the first working recovery of which I am aware that was specifically designed for Sprint Note 3 KitKat.
That stated, I'm unclear if it is the latest.
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Also I was wondering. .. coming from HTC evo 4G lte. . We flashed rom zips from internal but I noticed sacs rom (which I'm on said to wipe internal). .. so on samsung we always flash from external?
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Also I was wondering. .. coming from HTC evo 4G lte. . We flashed rom zips from internal but I noticed sacs rom (which I'm on said to wipe internal). .. so on samsung we always flash from external?
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Uhm, nope. I flash everything from internal, but then I blasted out of Jellybean about a month ago, and at that time, updating to the newer operating system required a repartition of the internal memory, so the internal memory was nuked.
At that time, some very explicit instructions were lain out by me as given to me by the dev whom released the leak NA4. From what I've seen, similar instructions are being used by some roms, most likely for similar reasons.
Thus, it's most likely a one-time event for ya.
Once complete, flash away.
I downloaded a new rom today sitting at my desk at work, installed it in 5 minutes, and had it tamed to my tastes pretty quickly...all from internal memory.
My external is for media, my internal is for flashing. I suspect things will be similar for all.
I hope this helps.
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Uhm, nope. I flash everything from internal, but then I blasted out of Jellybean about a month ago, and at that time, updating to the newer operating system required a repartition of the internal memory, so the internal memory was nuked.
At that time, some very explicit instructions were lain out by me as given to me by the dev whom released the leak NA4. From what I've seen, similar instructions are being used by some roms, most likely for similar reasons.
Thus, it's most likely a one-time event for ya.
Once complete, flash away.
I downloaded a new rom today sitting at my desk at work, installed it in 5 minutes, and had it tamed to my tastes pretty quickly...all from internal memory.
My external is for media, my internal is for flashing. I suspect things will be similar for all.
I hope this helps.
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So I'm not going to need to wipe internal to flash other things unless prompt to ?
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So I'm not going to need to wipe internal to flash other things unless prompt to ?
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I'm unclear on your question. When I upgraded to KitKat for the first time, I blasted my internal data. That was a month ago. Since that time, I have run at least 3 different KitKat roms, all from internal memory. Each install was a single wipe from within TWRP, the standard flick of the knob, which wipes system, data and dalvik. No internal memory card gets wiped, ever. Just the 3 partitions I referenced.
Gotcha I was thinking I was supposed to wipe entire internal storage every time I flashed a rom, but was thinking if that's where the rom zip is.. I'm going to lose it an twrp back ups lol.. i did wipe everything single thing in internal storage including backups before installing sacs though which sucked.. Sorry I'm a Lil slow to this.. thnx man i really really appreciate your dedication an quick response
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I'm unclear on your question. When I upgraded to KitKat for the first time, I blasted my internal data. That was a month ago. Since that time, I have run at least 3 different KitKat roms, all from internal memory. Each install was a single wipe from within TWRP, the standard flick of the knob, which wipes system, data and dalvik. No internal memory card gets wiped, ever. Just the 3 partitions I referenced.
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Gotcha I was thinking I was supposed to wipe entire internal storage every time I flashed a rom, but was thinking if that's where the rom zip is.. I'm going to lose it an twrp back ups lol.. i did wipe everything single thing in internal storage including backups before installing sacs though which sucked.. Sorry I'm a Lil slow to this.. thnx man i really really appreciate your dedication an quick response
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Thnx! Again
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My external is for media, my internal is for flashing. I suspect things will be similar for all.
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I think much depends on the size of ExtSDCard the person has. I have a 64Gb SanDisk and I keep everything on it from media to flashing files (ROMs, kernels, mods, recoveries, apps). Internal is only used for day to day accumulations from running apps. When it's time to flash a ROM, I move any data I wish to save from internal to external, then wipe internal. I wipe it every single time I flash a ROM. That way I never have to worry about old data borking the new install.
Just my $.02
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I think much depends on the size of ExtSDCard the person has. I have a 64Gb SanDisk and I keep everything on it from media to flashing files (ROMs, kernels, mods, recoveries, apps). Internal is only used for day to day accumulations from running apps. When it's time to flash a ROM, I move any data I wish to save from internal to external, then wipe internal. I wipe it every single time I flash a ROM. That way I never have to worry about old data borking the new install.
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Do you wipe everything including storage
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Do you wipe everything including storage
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Everything - System, Data, Cache, DalvikCache, Do a Factory reset (which is actually redundant because I wipe all the items included in this individually) and wipe (or format depending on which recovery I'm using) the internal SDCard.
Everything I want to keep and/or flash ROM to ROM sits on my external card.
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Everything - System, Data, Cache, DalvikCache, Do a Factory reset (which is actually redundant because I wipe all the items included in this individually) and wipe (or format depending on which recovery I'm using) the internal SDCard.
Everything I want to keep and/or flash ROM to ROM sits on my external card.
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OK. . I thought you meant in advanced wipe you wipe internal storage option also
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OK. . I thought you meant in advanced wipe you wipe internal storage option also
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I did mean that. In TWRP you wipe internal storage under the advanced options, in Philz you format the data/data (internal sdcard) under the mounts option.
I wipe EVERYTHING except bootloader, recovery, and extsdcard every time I flash a ROM.
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Okay guys, my phone is not booting up at all.
- I flashed hyperdrive, didn't like it and went to safestrap.
- I factory reseted, and tried to restore my old backup of the stock rom.
- I rebooted the phone, now it won't boot up anymore.
Was the backup corrupted? Now I only have stock recovery since safestrap didn't stick, and no rom, so I can't do anything.
Any way to install safestrap using adb or some sort? Please help me out, I'm in need of a phone
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Okay guys, my phone is not booting up at all.
- I flashed hyperdrive, didn't like it and went to safestrap.
- I factory reseted, and tried to restore my old backup of the stock rom.
- I rebooted the phone, now it won't boot up anymore.
Was the backup corrupted? Now I only have stock recovery since safestrap didn't stick, and no rom, so I can't do anything.
Any way to install safestrap using adb or some sort? Please help me out, I'm in need of a phone
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I think you'll have to use Odin to flash whatever stock build you were on.
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I think you'll have to use Odin to flash whatever stock build you were on.
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I'll try that, thank you!
Edit: I can't retrieve my backup because it's on internal memory and stock recovery doesn't have a file manager.. how will this work?
Doesn't the rom has to be in a .tar format for odin?
JustinBieber said:
I'll try that, thank you!
Edit: I can't retrieve my backup because it's on internal memory and stock recovery doesn't have a file manager.. how will this work?
Doesn't the rom has to be in a .tar format for odin?
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I didn't mean your backup. I meant you would have to download either a no wipe or a full wipe rom.
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I'll try that, thank you!
Edit: I can't retrieve my backup because it's on internal memory and stock recovery doesn't have a file manager.. how will this work?
Doesn't the rom has to be in a .tar format for odin?
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Exactly... Your going to have to call Odin in to rescue you. If it doesn't fix things with the no wipe, unfortunately the full wipe is going to be the way to go. Good luck!
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JustinBieber said:
Okay guys, my phone is not booting up at all.
- I flashed hyperdrive, didn't like it and went to safestrap.
- I factory reseted, and tried to restore my old backup of the stock rom.
- I rebooted the phone, now it won't boot up anymore.
Was the backup corrupted? Now I only have stock recovery since safestrap didn't stick, and no rom, so I can't do anything.
Any way to install safestrap using adb or some sort? Please help me out, I'm in need of a phone
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there is a reason why hashcode set up safestrap to keep stock rom safe and why he offers no support to those who wish (at their peril) to flash a custom rom over the stock rom.
I have my rom stock rom intact and have 2 rom slots loaded each with there own custom rom and with a 32gb extsd card, have no issues with memory space.
JustinBieber said:
I'll try that, thank you!
Edit: I can't retrieve my backup because it's on internal memory and stock recovery doesn't have a file manager.. how will this work?
Doesn't the rom has to be in a .tar format for odin?
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From this reply it appears that you don't quite know what odin is. I would find out, then use it to fix your phone.
Odd I figured Justin Bieber for an iPhone guy..
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Exactly... Your going to have to call Odin in to rescue you. If it doesn't fix things with the no wipe, unfortunately the full wipe is going to be the way to go. Good luck!
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Thank you!
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Odd I figured Justin Bieber for an iPhone guy..
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I like the s4 bro
Hi.
I just like, rooted and flashed my S3 with an Archdroid rom 2 days ago. didnt really like it so thought of trying
★[ROM][26. Jan] GlamourS4/N3 for S3 ♦Touch Of Note 3♦ [4.3] version 5.0 [MK6] [FAST]★
so i go into recovery and wiped the data and cache, and cleared the Dalvik cache too and installed the rom. All was smooth till the installation completed and rebooted. I see the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen for awhile, then blank. Phone's running warm.
What should i do? I tried repeating the whole installation process again.... no help. And oh, i am using the Philz Touch recovery. Does it make a difference what recovery i use anyway?
EDIT: ok its running really really warm now. screen still is blank, yet menu and return buttons do light up when i touch them. what gives?
Hope someone can help out a noob there. Thanks very much
Bruise Wayn said:
Hi.
I just like, rooted and flashed my S3 with an Archdroid rom 2 days ago. didnt really like it so thought of trying
★[ROM][26. Jan] GlamourS4/N3 for S3 ♦Touch Of Note 3♦ [4.3] version 5.0 [MK6] [FAST]★
so i go into recovery and wiped the data and cache, and cleared the Dalvik cache too and installed the rom. All was smooth till the installation completed and rebooted. I see the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen for awhile, then blank. Phone's running warm.
What should i do? I tried repeating the whole installation process again.... no help. And oh, i am using the Philz Touch recovery. Does it make a difference what recovery i use anyway?
EDIT: ok its running really really warm now. screen still is blank, yet menu and return buttons do light up when i touch them. what gives?
Hope someone can help out a noob there. Thanks very much
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If you are using PhilZ recovery go to wipe data/factory reset option 2 clean to install a new rom this is the best way to install ..Make sure your rom is on the external SD card see if that works and report back.
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If you are using PhilZ recovery go to wipe data/factory reset option 2 clean to install a new rom this is the best way to install ..Make sure your rom is on the external SD card see if that works and report back.
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Hi thanks for the reply. It does not work
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Hi thanks for the reply. It does not work
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Then you need to return to stock with Odin and see if you still have problems...After flashing back to stock with odin if you get a bootloop boot into recovery and factory reset..
Update. it occurred to me that the version of the GlamourS4N3 rom i downloaded is the V4, not the V5. So it hangs up my phone upon installation and reboot. its definitely on. Just that the screen is blank and the menu and return buttons do light up when i touch then. Phone gets really really warm. I thought the first boot would take a bit of time, as did the ArchDroid rom but..... didn't happen...
So i downloaded the S4 Revolution V12 and it installed and booted up perfectly. Thank goodness.
But thanks guys for taking time to try to help me out. Cheers. I have downloaded the V5 and prolly try that out in afew days.
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Update. it occurred to me that the version of the GlamourS4N3 rom i downloaded is the V4, not the V5. So it hangs up my phone upon installation and reboot. its definitely on. Just that the screen is blank and the menu and return buttons do light up when i touch then. Phone gets really really warm. I thought the first boot would take a bit of time, as did the ArchDroid rom but..... didn't happen...
So i downloaded the S4 Revolution V12 and it installed and booted up perfectly. Thank goodness.
But thanks guys for taking time to try to help me out. Cheers. I have downloaded the V5 and prolly try that out in afew days.
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I flashed the v4 ytd too and resulted in the same. I had to buy a sd card to unbrick my phone. Tried v5 and no notification bar and they said I selected too much things in aroma installer. And when v4 bricked my phone, the developer said he dun know anything to fix it. It was another user who helped me.
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I flashed the v4 ytd too and resulted in the same. I had to buy a sd card to unbrick my phone. Tried v5 and no notification bar and they said I selected too much things in aroma installer. And when v4 bricked my phone, the developer said he dun know anything to fix it. It was another user who helped me.
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The MEGA download link was fast which is why i downloaded it and i realised its the V4. I verify that both the direct download link and bittorrent link for the V5 works but very very slow.
Yes its always good to have an ext SD card and put the rom in there, becoz when u clear the user data and stuff, and if u have no SD card and yr new rom is inside it will just be deleted altogether and WHAM! u r stuck.I know, becoz it happened to me on my first rom reflash. I was lucky to have an old 2gb mini sd card lying around. I remember 1 came with my P1000.
+, u can set your pictures to be saved in ext sd so when u wipe yr phone to put a new rom in, yr pics and whatsapp msgs r backed up in the ext sd so yea....
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The MEGA download link was fast which is why i downloaded it and i realised its the V4. I verify that both the direct download link and bittorrent link for the V5 works but very very slow.
Yes its always good to have an ext SD card and put the rom in there, becoz when u clear the user data and stuff, and if u have no SD card and yr new rom is inside it will just be deleted altogether and WHAM! u r stuck.I know, becoz it happened to me on my first rom reflash. I was lucky to have an old 2gb mini sd card lying around. I remember 1 came with my P1000.
+, u can set your pictures to be saved in ext sd so when u wipe yr phone to put a new rom in, yr pics and whatsapp msgs r backed up in the ext sd so yea....
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Fyi, custom recoveries do not delete the root directory of the internal sd card. So ur whatsapp, pictures, music, rom zips will not be erased when u factory reset it.
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Fyi, custom recoveries do not delete the root directory of the internal sd card. So ur whatsapp, pictures, music, rom zips will not be erased when u factory reset it.
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thanks thats good info. I must have been mistaken. perhaps i was confused from an incidental wipe on the stock recovery
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thanks thats good info. I must have been mistaken. perhaps i was confused from an incidental wipe on the stock recovery
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Yeah. The stock recovery wipes everything.
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Yeah. The stock recovery wipes everything.
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confirmed. coz i tried to flash wif the Philz recovery and what i didnt realise was, the stock recovery overwrote the Philz when i rebooted. And then i wiped everything lol. I didnt know i had to select the "option 2" to prevent the stock recovery from erm, recovering?
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confirmed. coz i tried to flash wif the Philz recovery and what i didnt realise was, the stock recovery overwrote the Philz when i rebooted. And then i wiped everything lol. I didnt know i had to select the "option 2" to prevent the stock recovery from erm, recovering?
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Tats weird. Try using cwm. Cwm does tell me tat the stock recovery might auto reflash when I wanted to reboot system. I just didn't care abt it and reboot but nth happens.
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Tats weird. Try using cwm. Cwm does tell me tat the stock recovery might auto reflash when I wanted to reboot system. I just didn't care abt it and reboot but nth happens.
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Its working fine now. After i chose the option from preventing stock recovering from overwriting. only had to do that once. and thats it.
So I had originally had TWRP/Hyperdrive on my phone, and switched to CWM/Cyanogenmod. I noticed now that I seem to have two different recoveries on my phone, because if I hold up+home+power I can go to a different version of CWM Recovery than if I use the Rom Manager app to boot into recovery. How would I rectify this? Would it involve wiping the /boot partition? I don't know where/how recoveries are stored so I don't understand how I can have two.
Doing a fresh install of a ROM has not resolved this by the way. And actually currently, I can't hold the buttons and boot into recovery at all, it gets stuck on the Samsung logo. I can only get into recovery via Rom Manager or Reboot options if I'm in android.
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So I had originally had TWRP/Hyperdrive on my phone, and switched to CWM/Cyanogenmod. I noticed now that I seem to have two different recoveries on my phone, because if I hold up+home+power I can go to a different version of CWM Recovery than if I use the Rom Manager app to boot into recovery. How would I rectify this? Would it involve wiping the /boot partition? I don't know where/how recoveries are stored so I don't understand how I can have two.
Doing a fresh install of a ROM has not resolved this by the way. And actually currently, I can't hold the buttons and boot into recovery at all, it gets stuck on the Samsung logo. I can only get into recovery via Rom Manager or Reboot options if I'm in android.
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I would just Odin back to stock MDK and start fresh and choose whichever recovery suits you. I had to do the same a while back myself
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I would just Odin back to stock MDK and start fresh and choose whichever recovery suits you. I had to do the same a while back myself
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I've done that so many times.
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I've done that so many times.
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My fault ...I see where you adressed that in the last part of your post. I'm no expert either on how recoveries are stored and executed.
I would think though that flashing stock mdk would fix this as it did for me. I used ROM manager to install cwm then I flashed Philz and haven't had a problem since. Hope someone else can help you.
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My fault ...I see where you adressed that in the last part of your post. I'm no expert either on how recoveries are stored and executed.
I would think though that flashing stock mdk would fix this as it did for me. I used ROM manager to install cwm then I flashed Philz and haven't had a problem since. Hope someone else can help you.
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The only way to fix is to Odin back to factory image and start over.
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The only way to fix is to Odin back to factory image and start over.
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Yea that's what I said before too but the op said they've done that many times with no luck...
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The only way to fix is to Odin back to factory image and start over.
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That's what I would have figured would fix it, because I'm pretty sure that's supposed to wipe /boot, but I found out I cannot flash kernels on my phone for some reason and when having to fix softbricks while experimenting with why it doesn't work and flashing different kernels, I had to do that whole process so many times I can go from softbrick back to where I'm at now in about 20 minutes.
Is your device in factory mode when using touchwiz roms?
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Is your device in factory mode when using touchwiz roms?
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I have no idea what you mean, and I'm not using anything touchwiz based anymore.
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I have no idea what you mean, and I'm not using anything touchwiz based anymore.
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OK...well try something real quick for me...use a root manager and open your efs folder...are the files still there...if not your efs folder has been formatted to the incorrect format... That would explain funky recovery issues and not being able to flash kernels...that's the only things I can think of
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OK...well try something real quick for me...use a root manager and open your efs folder...are the files still there...if not your efs folder has been formatted to the incorrect format... That would explain funky recovery issues and not being able to flash kernels...that's the only things I can think of
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It sure is there and has files in it.
What is that folder? Should I delete the contents?
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It sure is there and has files in it.
What is that folder? Should I delete the contents?
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Definitely don't delete your efs folder. Actually it's good practice to back it up
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It sure is there and has files in it.
What is that folder? Should I delete the contents?
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No!!!!...you will lose your number and all data capability...just wanted to make sure everything was still mounting properly... I'm at a loss as to what else could be causing your issues
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I have no idea what you mean, and I'm not using anything touchwiz based anymore.
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I'd find someone like Philz or a TWRP compiler to ask if u haven't already gone that route. I'm sure one of them will know. Hopefully [emoji41]
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Something just occured to me. When flashing back to stock with odin I always use the nowipe image because it's all I can find. I think that technically means boot was never wiped. Would that explain my phenomena? Also where to find stock that will wipe?
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Something just occured to me. When flashing back to stock with odin I always use the nowipe image because it's all I can find. I think that technically means boot was never wiped. Would that explain my phenomena? Also where to find stock that will wipe?
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I've always used this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
I'm not 100% if its no wipe as it doesn't say. But it you haven't tried this one yet may be worth a shot
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Mistertac said:
I've always used this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
I'm not 100% if its no wipe as it doesn't say. But it you haven't tried this one yet may be worth a shot
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^^^this should fix you up...but backup everything you can to external SD or computer...when it says full wipe its no joke
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I've always used this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
I'm not 100% if its no wipe as it doesn't say. But it you haven't tried this one yet may be worth a shot
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So I flashed that one via Odin, followed the guide to root and everything step by step, and now that I'm back on stock kernel and want to install CWM Recovery, I downloaded Rom Manager and hit install recovery and it says everything worked but if I boot into recovery it's just the android stock recovery.
EDIT: Another thing I thought of. Could the fact that at one point I used this method to install CWM recovery on my phone have caused there to be two different recoveries running parallel?
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-r...on-att-or-verizon-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337sch-i545/
UPDATE: Using this method I installed the latest version of CWM Recovery Touch but Rom Manager still thinks the normal version is installed, though now if I hit reboot to recovery from the app it actually takes me to the touch instead of a separate one. Is the app dumb or do I still have an issue? Also I cannot install kernels without tripping the count and having my phone tell me I need to go to a verizon store.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jfltevzw
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So I flashed that one via Odin, followed the guide to root and everything step by step, and now that I'm back on stock kernel and want to install CWM Recovery, I downloaded Rom Manager and hit install recovery and it says everything worked but if I boot into recovery it's just the android stock recovery.
EDIT: Another thing I thought of. Could the fact that at one point I used this method to install CWM recovery on my phone have caused there to be two different recoveries running parallel?
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-r...on-att-or-verizon-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337sch-i545/
UPDATE: Using this method I installed the latest version of CWM Recovery Touch but Rom Manager still thinks the normal version is installed, though now if I hit reboot to recovery from the app it actually takes me to the touch instead of a separate one. Is the app dumb or do I still have an issue? Also I cannot install kernels without tripping the count and having my phone tell me I need to go to a verizon store.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jfltevzw
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ROM manager may actually be the issue.
And as far as installing kennels I've never had an issue myself. The last link you posted is about flashing the md2 kernel in order to root the phone. Do you mean that?? Or installing say a KToonsez kernel after you're already rooted and have your custom recovery?
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Mistertac said:
ROM manager may actually be the issue.
And as far as installing kennels I've never had an issue myself. The last link you posted is about flashing the md2 kernel in order to root the phone. Do you mean that?? Or installing say a KToonsez kernel after you're already rooted and have your custom recovery?
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As in installing a KT kernel after rooting and having a custom recovery and ROM on my phone. Right now I have three 3/22 nightly cyanogen up and running but as soon as I install kt it trips the Verizon security and on have to flash back to stock kernel to use my phone. Booting into Odin and canceling out to restart does not let me get past the yellow triangle
first...upgraded to kitkat 4.4.2 and....sd not working anymore, cant download anything, some apps say sd is required...and on computer i cant write to it either. And gps is crap....so any fixes?
i saw that upgrading to 4.4 fixes all of it but only at&t has it at the moment. What would happen if i installed at&t via odin on a sprinit phone and selected nand erase all option? and why cant u downgrade....with nand erase all, i mean i was not 4.4.2 and the way i upgraded was by installing the recovery rom that was 4.4.2
And I tried editing xml file was not able to open, I tried sd fix from store and a zip via twrp, sd still no work. Am on vision X stock rom, software cn5
Try a different sd ... Maybe you have a bad one ... folder Mount in store works I know ...
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Epix4G said:
Try a different sd ... Maybe you have a bad one ... folder Mount in store works I know ...
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not bad, just after update. I put sd in another phone and works. 8 read this is a kitkat problem
That actually worked said faulty and patch sucess. What about gps...it's working but it's not following along or saying turn
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That actually worked said faulty and patch sucess. What about gps...it's working but it's not following along or saying turn
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Gps is working fine for me ...I would go back to complete stock using Odin and tar file ...mj4 if your on jelly bean or nab nc5 if you're on kit Kat and then check Gps .... Maybe a hardware problem with your phone ...Gps wasn't great on aosp but was fine on stock
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I did start with stock mc5, but it did not want to load it...would stay stuck on Samsung logo. So I rooted it and installed that rom and it loaded, but stock doesn't want to anymore
and everything worked before this kitkat update, and here is proof its 100% kitkat
gps problem: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/0...e-3-android-4-4-kitkat-release-5-key-details/
sd problem:http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-fix-android-4-4-2-kitkat-problems-galaxy-note-3
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I did start with stock mc5, but it did not want to load it...would stay stuck on Samsung logo. So I rooted it and installed that rom and it loaded, but stock doesn't want to anymore
and everything worked before this kitkat update, and here is proof its 100% kitkat
gps problem: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/0...e-3-android-4-4-kitkat-release-5-key-details/
sd problem:http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-fix-android-4-4-2-kitkat-problems-galaxy-note-3
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It will stay on Samsung screen if you don't wipe right when installing a rom .... I always wipe data davlik cache and system .... If I am going to aosp of any kind ....I wipe internal and flash from external sd ...I always wipe internal going from aosp to touch wiz also .... There are to many file differences for me
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I did do those wipes but was still stuck. This flash was also via odin
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I did do those wipes but was still stuck. This flash was also via odin
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After flashing in Odin if it passed sometimes you may have to boot into stock recovery and wipe .... If your trying to get it to say official in software for ota it may be necessary to remove sd card prior to flashing with Odin. ..
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It's interesting that u say u have no problems, the sd got fixed thanks ti that app mentioned above, but gps works but it does not giude u. The fix for all these problems are said to be in the upgrade 4.4 which only at&t has at the moment
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It's interesting that u say u have no problems, the sd got fixed thanks ti that app mentioned above, but gps works but it does not giude u. The fix for all these problems are said to be in the upgrade 4.4 which only at&t has at the moment
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I use gps every day in Phoenix .... You milage may vary but it works. .. If it don't work for you that is why I would advise you go back to stock to try but if you just want to say no or don't work. ..I tried I have no reason to steer you wrong but oh well
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Thanks but, flashing stock is not the solution.
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I am trying to flash a Sprint Samsung Note 3 with Cyanogenmod 11. I downloaded the imaged, checked the hash, and put it on the external sdcard. When I use TWRD to flash it, after wiping / factory default, I get the following message : Unable to mount '/usbstorage along with a Success message from TWRD. But when I reboot the phone it gets caught in a recovery loop. I have tried older releases of Cyanogenmod 11 also. Is there something I am missing? I looked online, and found some comments about wiping the data before flashing. But I had done that.
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I am trying to flash a Sprint Samsung Note 3 with Cyanogenmod 11. I downloaded the imaged, checked the hash, and put it on the external sdcard. When I use TWRD to flash it, after wiping / factory default, I get the following message : Unable to mount '/usbstorage along with a Success message from TWRD. But when I reboot the phone it gets caught in a recovery loop. I have tried older releases of Cyanogenmod 11 also. Is there something I am missing? I looked online, and found some comments about wiping the data before flashing. But I had done that.
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You flash gapps too ? And wipe data and system before flashing . The unable to mount error means nothing
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Epix4G said:
You flash gapps too ? And wipe data and system before flashing . The unable to mount error means nothing
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I found this link about the error. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403 but the link to the script provided to fix this issue does not work. I have made a comment about it. Hope they can fix it.
Just to double check, I am putting my zip files for Cyanogenmod and Gapps on the sdcard. That is what we are supposed to do right?
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Yes I did. For some reason it keeps getting stuck in boot loop. So you are saying I should look into something else? The unable to mount message does not mean much?
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When going from stock to any aosp always wipe system that is what most do wrong
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Epix4G said:
When going from stock to any aosp always wipe system that is what most do wrong
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Epix,
I'm not familiar with AOSP Roms on the Note 3, but I know that people were having major issues when upgrading from JellyBean to KitKat TW Roms. They had to Odin flash the stock NAB update first, then they were able to flash NAB (KitKat) Roms. Is this the same procedure for AOSP KitKat Roms?
I haven't seen anything on the various AOSP threads about having to be on NAB or newer (i.e. KitKat) in order to flash their Roms.
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Epix,
I'm not familiar with AOSP Roms on the Note 3, but I know that people were having major issues when upgrading from JellyBean to KitKat TW Roms. They had to Odin flash the stock NAB update first, then they were able to flash NAB (KitKat) Roms. Is this the same procedure for AOSP KitKat Roms?
I haven't seen anything on the various AOSP threads about having to be on NAB or newer (i.e. KitKat) in order to flash their Roms.
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It did not matter what bootloader you were on when flashing aosp roms .... as they were not built to need that .... you could have mj4 and flash 4.4.2 aosp roms just fine ... most times it is not wiping system as touch wiz was on system and it needs wiped to install aosp ....I personally wipe all but external and flash from there .... I hit advanced wipe and wipe data cache davlik system and internal. .. but that is just me
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It did not matter what bootloader you were on when flashing aosp roms .... as they were not built to need that .... you could have mj4 and flash 4.4.2 aosp roms just fine ... most times it is not wiping system as touch wiz was on system and it needs wiped to install aosp ....I personally wipe all but external and flash from there .... I hit advanced wipe and wipe data cache davlik system and internal. .. but that is just me
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Ah, that's good to know. I wasn't sure if AOSP Roms needed the updated bootloader.
I also do a full wipe in TWRP before flashing a new Rom. I find it prevents a lot of the various issues I've seen with dirty flashers on here.
Thanks for the input!
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When going from stock to any aosp always wipe system that is what most do wrong
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Yea I did a complete wipe of everything. Still got the error. I am now trying another microsd.