Hi I am currently having a problem with my Galaxy S4 (NC5) I am running 4.4.2 with HyperDrive 18.1 installed. Yesterday I noticed that I couldn't access the web over data so I decided to bring my phone back to stock ROM to see if that would fix the problem.
I Did a factory reset and wiped cache. After that I tried flashing a stock ROM I found online via Odin. Odin got to system and then kept failing every single time. I am now stuck at a Samsung logo with a open lock that says custom. I have an External SD and I have a backup of when I first got the phone.
What can I do ?
Chrome1909 said:
Hi I am currently having a problem with my Galaxy S4 (NC5) I am running 4.4.2 with HyperDrive 18.1 installed. Yesterday I noticed that I couldn't access the web over data so I decided to bring my phone back to stock ROM to see if that would fix the problem.
I Did a factory reset and wiped cache. After that I tried flashing a stock ROM I found online via Odin. Odin got to system and then kept failing every single time. I am now stuck at a Samsung logo with a open lock that says custom. I have an External SD and I have a backup of when I first got the phone.
What can I do ?
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Try a different USB cable, different USB port, and if that fails, redownload the TAR
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Try a different USB cable, different USB port, and if that fails, redownload the TAR
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Okay so I follow the instructions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 and used the files provided. I flashed the full wipe via Odin with the PIT file. And I was able to boot successful. After that I rooted my phone via Towel root and then I installed safestrap. However in safe strap it says
E: Unable to mount '/system'
E: Unable to mount '/systemorig'
I tried installing Hyperdrive 19 and when it started to install it got to 30% and then came right back to the safestrap menu.
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Okay so I follow the instructions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 and used the files provided. I flashed the full wipe via Odin with the PIT file. And I was able to boot successful. After that I rooted my phone via Towel root and then I installed safestrap. However in safe strap it says
E: Unable to mount '/system'
E: Unable to mount '/systemorig'
I tried installing Hyperdrive 19 and when it started to install it got to 30% and then came right back to the safestrap menu.
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Huh. Make sure you are using 3.75 for the SCH-i545. Not for the S5
I would use the full wipe TARs and try it. That should clear all the error issues up you are seeing. A few of us have the seen the system mount issue that you describe and so far the only way I've found to get rid of them is to use the full wipe TARs.
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Hey Folks,
Yesterday i tried installing CM9 Nightly on my SGS2 (no root). I followed the "Full Update Guide at the CyanogenMod-Forum but ended up with the bootloop problem even though i precisly followed the steps here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II:_Full_Update_Guide
Now my s2 wont boot and is showing the yellow triangle. I can get into Recovery Mode which shows "CWMR Touch v.5.5.0.4.".
i downloaded the latest nightly build but when i tried flashing CM9 as described i got an error message "verification failed".
any help is appreciated!
hi
try putting the phone in odin mode and install another rom
Factory reset first when you have bootloop.
no need to worry.
get the nightly again dont use the torrent. it should be 118 mb.
using cwm format system, data, preboot, cache.
now flash again. you should have the file on ur ext sdcard already.
If worst comes to worst then download a offical samsung firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278 or from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928 if carrier branded phone then open odin and flash the files within download mode. If you don't know how to use odin then follow the guide within the first link
How come there will be a boot loop if everything is followed precisely?
You can try flashing the same again
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the_goat said:
Hey Folks,
Yesterday i tried installing CM9 Nightly on my SGS2 (no root). I followed the "Full Update Guide at the CyanogenMod-Forum but ended up with the bootloop problem even though i precisly followed the steps here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II:_Full_Update_Guide
Now my s2 wont boot and is showing the yellow triangle. I can get into Recovery Mode which shows "CWMR Touch v.5.5.0.4.".
i downloaded the latest nightly build but when i tried flashing CM9 as described i got an error message "verification failed".
any help is appreciated!
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Bro just remember that you must never flash a rom from within CWM or Rom Manager with our sgs2. I also did that and had same issue. Now, you can get into recovery mode and that is awesome. First things first, wipe everything, full system wipe, full wipe cache, full wipe sd card(format), next, attach your sgs2 to your pc and mount usb storage, transfer your chosen rom to sd card(I use Hydrogenics which is awesome). Next, unmount sd card, now flash hydrogenics. Now reboot system once hydrogen is finished flashing. You should never have issues like this again, especially with Hydrogenics. Also, do not forget to put gapps ics on sd card and flash it after you have flashed Hydrogenics. You can also use yellow triangle away app to remove the stupid leftover triangle from your previous rom flashing attempts, if you got LPB. Anyways bro, have fun and do not stress too much because the sgs2 is really hard to brick. Also, remember to check the md5 sum when downloading a rom, this lets you know it has not been tampered with and the entire rom is there.
Hi, so I've been flashing for a while now on my phone and my friend wanted to root his phone so i agreed to help him out. After flashing multiple files in order to get cwm recovery and just get everything working, the phone started to act up.
Here are the problems:
Phone can boot into stock recovery but i cant flash anything from it
i wiped data/factory reset many times.
i tried to install the cwm kernal by applying update from sd card (I followed the install custom recovery instructions from here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i777) but when into recovery to flash, 2 red signs come up saying "E: Failed to verify whole-file signature" and "E: signature verificatoin failed" after this is just aborts the process
i tried download mode, but none of my computers recocgnize the phone (2 computers) i have tried all usb ports, reinstalling usb drivers, different usb ports many times but all have failed
if i try to boot, the phone just stays stuck on the Samsung galaxy s2 logo (no triangle? even though its rooted)
my only option is to hang out in recovery, i have a bunch of files saved to an external sd card but i cannot access that from stock recovery
any help would be appreciated, Thanks
You can not install any unsigned files with stock 3e recovery, as you have discovered. That is normal behavior.
I don't know why performing a wipe data/factory reset from 3e recovery does not clear the phone to boot normally. It should. But since it won't...
You will need to get the phone recognized by a computer, and then flash with Odin, or you could try flashing with Heimdall command line. I would suggest that you flash the full stock plus root I777UCKH7 (2.3.4), and then when it boots normally into the system, install Mobile Odin Lite or Mobile Odin Pro, and use that to flash a custom kernel. You can find the stock firmware in the Download Repository, and the basic directions in my guide, both of which are linked in my signature.
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You can not install any unsigned files with stock 3e recovery, as you have discovered. That is normal behavior.
I don't know why performing a wipe data/factory reset from 3e recovery does not clear the phone to boot normally. It should. But since it won't...
You will need to get the phone recognized by a computer, and then flash with Odin, or you could try flashing with Heimdall command line. I would suggest that you flash the full stock plus root I777UCKH7 (2.3.4), and then when it boots normally into the system, install Mobile Odin Lite or Mobile Odin Pro, and use that to flash a custom kernel. You can find the stock firmware in the Download Repository, and the basic directions in my guide, both of which are linked in my signature.
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The hardest part about this is getting my computers to recognize the phone
i guess i shouldve mentioned this earlier, i attempted to flash in Odin but it was stuck on zImage so i unplugged it
before i flashed in odin, i used to be able to boot into the phone like touchwiz and whatnot, now it just gets stuck on the samsung galaxy s ii boot logo
This is now [Solved}! thanks for the help creepyncrawly! i figured it out after doing some more reasearch online. apparently, youre not supposed to use the charger wire that came with the device since samsung doesnt want to waste their time on creating a good enough cable for this kind of stuff. so i grabbed some random cable that i found in my house, hooked it up and BAM! both of my computers were able to detect my phone just finished flashing bone stock on the phone thanks
I noticed in your post that you tried everything but another cable. But I'm glad you got it working. I had the same problem before too. Cables are finicky little things.
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This is my first time rooting my device and all that, I'm still a noob and forever will be.
anyway I followed the normal steps where you download Odin and everything went fine and my phone was still working now I had to update the CWM version to 6.0.4 or something so I downloaded the Kit-Kat compatible zip file and upgraded the version to what I wanted it to be.
Now I read in one of the steps that I need to backup my files and so I did but now I can't recover it and my phone doesn't turn on I'm stuck in CWM I can still see my files on the phone and when I restore it does name the files I already had but my phone does not work just goes black ...so either CWM or a black screen.
My PC does not recognize the phone, Kies doesn't either.
Did I nuke my phone?
Xyloto said:
This is my first time rooting my device and all that, I'm still a noob and forever will be.
anyway I followed the normal steps where you download Odin and everything went fine and my phone was still working now I had to update the CWM version to 6.0.4 or something so I downloaded the Kit-Kat compatible zip file and upgraded the version to what I wanted it to be.
Now I read in one of the steps that I need to backup my files and so I did but now I can't recover it and my phone doesn't turn on I'm stuck in CWM I can still see my files on the phone and when I restore it does name the files I already had but my phone does not work just goes black ...so either CWM or a black screen.
My PC does not recognize the phone, Kies doesn't either.
Did I nuke my phone?
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i can't understand: are you able to access CWM (using the three button combination) or you can't even turn on your phone?
If you can access CWM, go in "mounts and storage" and select "mount USB storage", then connect your phone to the computer and see if it is recognized
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Never mind, I figured it out, thanks anyway
Hi all,
I am in the same situation, but can't figure it out.... I wanted to upgrade to Kitkat so I downloaded Supernexus 4.0 but the install from zip fails everytime I attempt it.. So I'm stuck in the CWM and I don't have a backup ROM to install...
I checked the md5 sum of the ROM, it's ok.
I wipe the /data partition, the cache and the dalvik cache before installing from zip..
I installed the last CWM version (v6.0.4.5).
I don't know what to do next because the only ROM I have in my phone is the supernexus 4.0 which cannot be installed and I cannot mount my phone using "mount USB storage" in CWM, my PC doesn't see the phone mass storage..
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Hervé
delh01 said:
Hi all,
I am in the same situation, but can't figure it out.... I wanted to upgrade to Kitkat so I downloaded Supernexus 4.0 but the install from zip fails everytime I attempt it.. So I'm stuck in the CWM and I don't have a backup ROM to install...
I checked the md5 sum of the ROM, it's ok.
I wipe the /data partition, the cache and the dalvik cache before installing from zip..
I installed the last CWM version (v6.0.4.5).
I don't know what to do next because the only ROM I have in my phone is the supernexus 4.0 which cannot be installed and I cannot mount my phone using "mount USB storage" in CWM, my PC doesn't see the phone mass storage..
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Hervé
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Always keep a working kernel/rom .zip in you internal memory so if you are stuck you don't need to use Odin!
Try to use another USB port or another computer to see if it is recognized, or if you have a MicroSD load a rom on that and insert it in your phone.
if not, you have to use Odin and flash a kernel or rom using the pc.
Hi there,
Tried to install Hyperdrive but unfortunately I have crazy lags and problems with it. It is almost impossible to move around on the phone with it. The biggest problem I have is that It wont boot into TWRP recovery anymore. I made a backup before but when I try to install it with the android system recovery it fails (E:footer is wrong and E: signature verification failed)
I tried to flash Hyperdrive from recovery again (didn't work); I tried to wipe cache and format (didn't work)
Now I tried to flash a new Rom but apparently you cannot flash with the android recovery environment(I am also getting the two E: errors)?
Would like to get the phone back. Hope someone can help.
Do you remember the system baseband? This is critical. If it was MDK, then you could have used safestrap. If not, then you should have used safestrap, not MDK.
The A.R.E won't work, you need Odin + the tar file..
I followed this tutorial http://www.droidthunder.com/root-install-cwm-recovery-on-galaxy-tab-gt-p1000/#comment-84220 to Install CM 13 ROM on Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000.
I succeffully rooted the device with z4root Android App
I then proceeded to install CWM recovery with Ondin. Although Ondin reports the procedure as Pass, the tablet went into boot loop. It cannot be turned off except for disconnecting the battery.
Is there a way out of this state? I can still put the tablet in Downloading mode.
Thanks for any help.
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eross said:
I followed this tutorial http://www.droidthunder.com/root-install-cwm-recovery-on-galaxy-tab-gt-p1000/#comment-84220 to Install CM 13 ROM on Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000.
I succeffully rooted the device with z4root Android App
I then proceeded to install CWM recovery with Ondin. Although Ondin reports the procedure as Pass, the tablet went into boot loop. It cannot be turned off except for disconnecting the battery.
Is there a way out of this state? I can still put the tablet in Downloading mode.
Thanks for any help.
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Hi there,
Normally, when you pull the battery during download mode this will damage the device and you will not turn it on. But anyways can you confirm that you are able to boot the device into download mode.
Sincerely
KIBS2173
I managed to install an original ROM following Overcome guide (after the battery died I managed to put device in download mode and install)
I can now install CWM recovery without a problem. I can also root OK
But I cannot install the CW 13 ROM or any other ROM. I get an error that failed to mount system (invalid argument) and data (no such device) partitions (see attached pictures).
I tried wiping them with TWRP, change the FS back and forth - but all these things fail. It's as if the partitions are somehow locked or protected. Is there any way to fix that?
eross said:
i managed to install an original rom following overcome guide (after the battery died i managed to put device in download mode and install)
i can now install cwm recovery without a problem. I can also root ok
but i cannot install the cw 13 rom or any other rom. I get an error that failed to mount system (invalid argument) and data (no such device) partitions (see attached pictures).
I tried wiping them with twrp, change the fs back and forth - but all these things fail. It's as if the partitions are somehow locked or protected. Is there any way to fix that?
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dont flash zips from external sd
DankMemz said:
dont flash zips from external sd
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Thanks. How else to flash the zip?
eross said:
Thanks. How else to flash the zip?
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Internal storage, that's why it didn't work
DankMemz said:
Internal storage, that's why it didn't work
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I tried that too, same errors.
After the failed install only recovery boots. I have to reinstall original rom again.