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SOLVED Flashing stock with odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2289325
After a couple hours of searching I haven't had any luck fixing what i've mistakenly done to my phone.
I made a new account and am first posting because I am at witts end.
The status of my phone is-
it will not boot.
It hangs at the Samsung Custom screen.
I can only get into download mode.
When I try to boot into recovery the blue text top left says it's booting but it doesn't boot into recovery.
I suspect I corrupted my recovery somehow.
I've tried flashing different kernels with odin and the few that ive tried successfully flash but same thing still happens.
I think I need a CWM recovery or TWRP recovery that I can flash with odin? Is that a thing?
Any point in the right direction would greatly be appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41747406
You can try that I don't know if it'll work in download/odin.
I suggest just flashing the stock update via odin and re root..
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notstevek said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41747406
You can try that I don't know if it'll work in download/odin.
I suggest just flashing the stock update via odin and re root..
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Those files do not work with ODIN.
I dont have a stock update file to flash with odin nor have I been able to find any for download.
The mdk stock firmware file is located in the dev section, flashable via odin.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
This is the MDK image that will take you back to bone stock, out-of-the-box. Just open ODIN, put the phone in download mode, put this file in PDA only section, and you're golden.
Hethor said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
This is the MDK image that will take you back to bone stock, out-of-the-box. Just open ODIN, put the phone in download mode, put this file in PDA only section, and you're golden.
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I'm pretty sure this is exactly what I need.
Downloading and flashing now.
You all were very helpful!
Phew!!! Solved.
Hethor said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
This is the MDK image that will take you back to bone stock, out-of-the-box. Just open ODIN, put the phone in download mode, put this file in PDA only section, and you're golden.
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It's nice to have my phone back , I was getting really worried there for a bit..
I had TWRP and CleanRom Running just fine but after a few mods and a reboot it hung on me.
I wonder if anyone is aware of these issues or if I'm just 'special' Hmmm
I really wanted to have a LIGHT TouchWiz rom that I can add mods to myself.
Any suggestions?
I have never expected to see myself posting for help with my boot-looping S4, but here I am!
I had the Verizon Galaxy S IV on MJ7 running perfectly fine. I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512981
I'm assuming I did not follow the directions and renamed framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.bak instead of overwriting the file directly. The phone crashed and is now stuck in a boot loop. I would be posting in that thread but being a new user, I am unable to. I have tried ADB and every other possible method, no avail. I did search the forums extensively!
When I do try ADB, I put my S4 into recovery mode and ADB update. The device appears but every time I try adb shell, the result is error: closed. I've been trying for hours and considering using the factory reset in the recovery because I can not find the stock Verizon MJ7 rom for ?flashing.
I am in dire need of help. The device was rooted and has SuperSu. I have removed all knox and mostly verizon bloat. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
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I've found http://mirror41.downloadandroidrom..../roms/Android4.3/I545VRUEMJ7-Stock-Deodex.zip
Now that I have the file (still not sure if it is the correct one) I am trying to find out what in the world to do with it!
EnUfor said:
I have never expected to see myself posting for help with my boot-looping S4, but here I am!
I had the Verizon Galaxy S IV on MJ7 running perfectly fine. I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512981
I'm assuming I did not follow the directions and renamed framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.bak instead of overwriting the file directly. The phone crashed and is now stuck in a boot loop. I would be posting in that thread but being a new user, I am unable to. I have tried ADB and every other possible method, no avail. I did search the forums extensively!
When I do try ADB, I put my S4 into recovery mode and ADB update. The device appears but every time I try adb shell, the result is error: closed. I've been trying for hours and considering using the factory reset in the recovery because I can not find the stock Verizon MJ7 rom for ?flashing.
I am in dire need of help. The device was rooted and has SuperSu. I have removed all knox and mostly verizon bloat. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
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I've found http://mirror41.downloadandroidrom..../roms/Android4.3/I545VRUEMJ7-Stock-Deodex.zip
Now that I have the file (still not sure if it is the correct one) I am trying to find out what in the world to do with it!
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You should flash the MJ7 no-wipe ROM - that "deodex" rom is not stock and won't flash using stock recovery/bootloader.
Go here for the MJ7 no-wipe ROM.
k1mu said:
You should flash the MJ7 no-wipe ROM - that "deodex" rom is not stock and won't flash using stock recovery/bootloader.
Go here for the MJ7 no-wipe ROM.
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Wow, all this because I renamed one file. I just found that file a few minutes ago! Once I have the zip, what exactly should I be doing with it? I see it possibly have the .tar file for ODIN but by no means am I sure of it yet.
Thank you!
EnUfor said:
Wow, all this because I renamed one file. I just found that file a few minutes ago! Once I have the zip, what exactly should I be doing with it? I see it possibly have the .tar file for ODIN but by no means am I sure of it yet.
Thank you!
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What you need to do is explained in the thread that I pointed you to. Flash that in ODIN.
k1mu said:
What you need to do is explained in the thread that I pointed you to. Flash that in ODIN.
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You're the best! Everything is back Now I need to make sure to never to that again!
k1mu is absolutely right. Also in the directions of my thread it says:
"Please read the instructions; accidents while flashing framework-res.apk can and do happen and those mistakes lead to having to use full Odin restore tars. I almost made open1your1eyes0 brick had he not caught my mistake in the code. Luckily he was nice enough to test again, luckily that one worked"
...just saying'
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Surge1223 said:
k1mu is absolutely right. Also in the directions of my thread it says:
"Please read the instructions; accidents while flashing framework-res.apk can and do happen and those mistakes lead to having to use full Odin restore tars. I almost made open1your1eyes0 brick had he not caught my mistake in the code. Luckily he was nice enough to test again, luckily that one worked"
...just saying'
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You are correct; I don't blame you for my mistakes. I was following the Alternate Method from your post but failed to follow the MOVE instruction. I'll just need to be more cautious when dealing with such delicate files. Maybe I'll give it another shot later on since now I know how to fix the mess I made.
Ok...I am ready for the abuse. I just don't want to screw this up. I have downloaded numerous files in anticipation of this all making sense. I know it is something so simple to do but I am just not getting it. Here is the deal. I am on Jellybomb which we all know is MJ4. I want to move to KitKat. I am thinking Freeza's Deodexed Stockisk rom. I know once I am there it should be fairly straight forward to flash Josh's KitKatKiller when it becomes available.
I am just hoping somebody can provide clear instructions on exactly how to do this. Thank you for any assistance provided.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2656334
ImEVO said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2656334
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Do I follow those steps word for word or do I need to be unrooted stock first?
Did u figure this out yet? I'm in the same boat and haven't quite made the full transition from HTC as far as knowledge goes.
What I'm thinking is just flash to NAB in odin then the twrp recovery... Maybe the other way around... Still waiting on a more transparent set of instructions.
Anthonicia said:
Did u figure this out yet? I'm in the same boat and haven't quite made the full transition from HTC as far as knowledge goes.
What I'm thinking is just flash to NAB in odin then the twrp recovery... Maybe the other way around... Still waiting on a more transparent set of instructions.
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I was way over thinking it. You just have to Odin stock Mj4 then Odin stock NAB then follow the directions in the following post and you will be golden. I would do a factory reset after mj4 Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50505723
Here is stock mj4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47983560
Here is stock Nab:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50495690
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cmdauria said:
I was way over thinking it. You just have to Odin stock Mj4 then Odin stock NAB then follow the directions in the following post and you will be golden. I would do a factory reset after mj4 Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50505723
Here is stock mj4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47983560
Here is stock Nab:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50495690
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Why not just go from og MJ4 to NAB? Why go to stock? A bootloader is still defined by what it is even if its modified a bit, idk, guess it doesn't hurt anything not too right? lol :cyclops:
Anthonicia said:
Why not just go from og MJ4 to NAB? Why go to stock? A bootloader is still defined by what it is even if its modified a bit, idk, guess it doesn't hurt anything not too right? lol :cyclops:
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Honestly, I don't know. I just know Micmars said to, so I did
It only takes a little longer to do and everything flowed nicely from there!
cmdauria said:
Honestly, I don't know. I just know Micmars said to, so I did
It only takes a little longer to do and everything flowed nicely from there!
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Alright, so revert to stock MJ4 in odin, then NAB, then kitkat rom, then cf-root, TWRP, === Profit? When do you install the stock kitkat? So many posts refer to specific scenarios so it's getting me more confused here. It's early for me yet.
Anthonicia said:
Alright, so revert to stock MJ4 in odin, then NAB, then kitkat rom, then cf-root, TWRP, === Profit? When do you install the stock kitkat? So many posts refer to specific scenarios so it's getting me more confused here. It's early for me yet.
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No, NAB is the stock KitKat rom.
1) Odin MJ4
2) After all done booting up (I would suggest) Booting into stock recovery and doing a factory reset. You get into stock recovery by holding volume up, the home button and the power button.
3) Odin NAB
4) Follow the directions in this post exactly. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50505723
5) Once you are all done doing that, you will be on Stock rooted KitKat. From there you can flash any new roms the same way that you did on Jellybean.
Ahh, okay. I thought NAB was bootloader only. Will give it a shot here in a few minutes. Gotta work up the caffeine bravery and hide my cat so he doesn't spontaneously combust.
Anthonicia said:
Ahh, okay. I thought NAB was bootloader only. Will give it a shot here in a few minutes. Gotta work up the caffeine bravery and hide my cat so he doesn't spontaneously combust.
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I know...Cats are known to do that ! :laugh:
Anthonicia said:
Ahh, okay. I thought NAB was bootloader only. Will give it a shot here in a few minutes. Gotta work up the caffeine bravery and hide my cat so he doesn't spontaneously combust.
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It looks confusing because on step 2 it says Download Engineering Bootloader N900PVPUCNAB. That file is the bootloader for NAB. The rom is the other file that I attached "Nab_Home".
cmdauria said:
It looks confusing because on step 2 it says Download Engineering Bootloader N900PVPUCNAB. That file is the bootloader for NAB. The rom is the other file that I attached "Nab_Home".
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It's okay, I've guessed through worse many times, lol. So, MJ4 and NAB are the only one's installed through "bootloader" section in odin right? The others done in PDA? If not then where?
Anthonicia said:
It's okay, I've guessed through worse many times, lol. So, MJ4 and NAB are the only one's installed through "bootloader" section in odin right? The others done in PDA? If not then where?
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No, you flash Engineering Bootloader N900PVPUCNAB Through bootloader and the rest through PDA.
cmdauria said:
No, you flash Engineering Bootloader N900PVPUCNAB Through bootloader and the rest through PDA.
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Well, I installed MJ4 stock through bootloader and just get "System UI has stopped". I'm just gonna factory reset now and then do NAB, That right? Or should I attempt to install MJ4 again through PDA? It boots, I'm just worried about the system-ui thing. I know all that will be reflashed, but just for the sake of feeling good about it. lol.
Anthonicia said:
Well, I installed MJ4 stock through bootloader and just get "System UI has stopped". I'm just gonna factory reset now and then do NAB, That right? Or should I attempt to install MJ4 again through PDA? It boots, I'm just worried about the system-ui thing. I know all that will be reflashed, but just for the sake of feeling good about it. lol.
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The same happened to me...It is not a problem. Just factory reset and continue on the stock NAB.
cmdauria said:
The same happened to me...It is not a problem. Just factory reset and continue on the stock NAB.
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Make sure you flash through PDA! Only the bootloader file gets flashed through bootloader.
cmdauria said:
The same happened to me...It is not a problem. Just factory reset and continue on the stock NAB.
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If you would've responded like 2 minutes earlier, haha. I'm 95% sure it won't hurt anything by re-installing MJ4 over MJ4, even if it is a waste of time. Will be onto NAB after MJ4 installs and I wipe it again...
Anthonicia said:
If you would've responded like 2 minutes earlier, haha. I'm 95% sure it won't hurt anything by re-installing MJ4 over MJ4, even if it is a waste of time. Will be onto NAB after MJ4 installs and I wipe it again...
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If you installed nab you can't just install mj4 in odin .... The bootloader will fail leaving you with unusable phone .... Go into stock recovery wipe cache factory reset. .. And odin the nab tar from freeza
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Epix4G said:
If you installed nab you can't just install mj4 in odin .... The bootloader will fail leaving you with unusable phone .... Go into stock recovery wipe cache factory reset. .. And odin the nab tar from freeza
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Definitely good warning! He was flashing MJ4 over MJ4.
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Do you really mean that you have safestrap or are you on a "LOKI" rom? Do you have a custom recovery installed? Although I haven't used this, if you are actually using safestrap, then yes, you can use this.
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
tech_head said:
Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
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The No Wipe Odin MK2 method will remove SS.
help! was rooted 4.3 tried flashing stock 4.4.2 failed
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
mancolla said:
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
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How'd you try flashing it that led you to here? If you can get into download mode just use the Odin file... Since I don't know exactly what you did you could try mk2but may not work and you may have to Odin NC5.. Little more info will help
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I tried to ota update but I get an error. Phone is Custom unlock,was rooted. I unrooted.
Ok this phone was purchased bootloader unlocked with 4.1.2 and I loaded JellyBeans ROM. It worked great. Recently I upgraded to 4.3 Alliance ROM which I think is the sucessor to Beans. Anyhow, nothing special was going on, using the Alliance Kernel.
I had been running like this for a few weeks, and switched wifi on. The phone rebooted and never booted again. Now it just reboots over and over. If I get into TeamWin Recovery it shows the Teamwin loader screen background and then black screen and reboot.
So at this point I can't get into recovery. I did try ODIN download mode and that at least worked.
The point I am at is I never originally unlocked this phone and I think if I odin back to stock 4.1.2 it will be back to the locked bootloader.. and then I am supposed to run the root hack.
The part I get fuzzy on is the details. I don't know what 4.1.2's stock ODIN files are called and also the proper Root exploit. I am reading but do NOT want to screw this up.
Any advice is much appreciated!
[edit]OK , after reading I tried ODIN'ing root66_vzw_stock and while it completed sucessfully, the exact same thing happens, reboot after the Teamwin recovery loader screen and also booting normally. I did also repartition using the PIT file.
I guess this is bricked?
@redrol
Root66 does not restore to full factory stock...and it sounds like you're wanting to restore back to stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3. As long as you never took an OTA for anything above 4.1.2, you should able to do this. Droidstyle has written a great guide to help with this. You can find the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
Under section 1b, Droidstyle gives links to all the files and steps needed to restore the phone. If you're wanting to factory restore to VRAMC3, you would need to choose the download link for the "Official VRAMC3 4.1.2 5/5/13" stock restore image, along with the 16gb pit file to restore the phone to full stock.... and follow Droidstyle's steps to Odin flash those 2 files back to the device. (I'm guessing that you have used Odin before, so you probably know this... but it takes a while for Odin to do the restore... so I found that I had to be patient while waiting for Odin to give a green "pass" message before unplugging the phone. I think it took about 10 or 15 minutes for me when I did it). If everything goes right and you get a pass in Odin, then the software should be restored to how it was when it arrived to you before you rooted it. Make sure to hit the thanks button for Droidstyle for his hard work with the guide.
After you restore to stock... then you can use Adam Outler's Casual program to reroot and unlock the bootloader on VRAMC3. Adam's guide is here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
The version of Casual that worked for me was R515.... just make sure you totally disable all virus scanning on your computer before running it.. including Windows Defender...
Good luck!!
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@redrol
Root66 does not restore to full factory stock...and it sounds like you're wanting to restore back to stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3. As long as you never took an OTA for anything above 4.1.2, you should able to do this. Droidstyle has written a great guide to help with this. You can find the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
Under section 1b, Droidstyle gives links to all the files and steps needed to restore the phone. If you're wanting to factory restore to VRAMC3, you would need to choose the download link for the "Official VRAMC3 4.1.2 5/5/13" stock restore image, along with the 16gb pit file to restore the phone to full stock.... and follow Droidstyle's steps to Odin flash those 2 files back to the device. (I'm guessing that you have used Odin before, so you probably know this... but it takes a while for Odin to do the restore... so I found that I had to be patient while waiting for Odin to give a green "pass" message before unplugging the phone. I think it took about 10 or 15 minutes for me when I did it). If everything goes right and you get a pass in Odin, then the software should be restored to how it was when it arrived to you before you rooted it. Make sure to hit the thanks button for Droidstyle for his hard work with the guide.
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Thank you so much. This was the information I was lacking, I will do the stock VRAMC3. I didn't know that Root66 isn't a full factory restore. And yes, never took an OTA update so the bootloader should still be unlocked.
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I had a similar issue the past week, I soft bricked my phone in an attempt to upgrade to 4.3 firmware. it didnt like my jellywiz rom i had installed. i had to get to bootloader and use odin to restore my phone. i used root66 and sch-i605-16gb.pit. this restored my phone to stock appearance but also rooted my phone (superuser installed).
OK thank you so much for that information. ODINing back to VRAMC3 did get it back to booting order. This is great. I did have to do a data wipe as well using the stock recovery.
Now how to get root back..? Time to read.:good:
redrol said:
OK thank you so much for that information. ODINing back to VRAMC3 did get it back to booting order. This is great. I did have to do a data wipe as well using the stock recovery.
Now how to get root back..? Time to read.:good:
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I had added this to my earlier post.... but I don't think you saw it.
After you restore to stock... then you can use Adam Outler's Casual program to reroot and unlock the bootloader on VRAMC3. Adam's guide is here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
The version of Casual that worked for me was R515.... just make sure you totally disable all virus scanning on your computer before running it.. including Windows Defender...
Good luck!!
PS: glad to hear you got it working again
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