Hi,
I have a rooted Galaxy S3 I9300. One fine day, it just died on me, and is now perennially stuck on the Samsung logo.
I have CWM recovery installed, and I can boot into the recovery and the download mode just fine. However, in the recovery, I see that I am not able to mount even a single partition, including data, system etc. So flashing a new ROM etc. is out of the question. Also, I have tried flashing ROM's and PIT files using ODIN, and each time I get a big red FAIL message.
Also, using adb, I am unable to manually mount any partition, giving me the error message that there is no such file and directory.
At this point, I know people will say that my eMMC is fried, but here is the thing - I can access whatever files are there on the memory using adb. It's just mounting that is the problem. Can anyone suggest what the solution to this problem can be?
Try downgrading the bootloader to BLFB before flashing a full stock firmware and pit.
boomboomer said:
Try downgrading the bootloader to BLFB before flashing a full stock firmware and pit.
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Should I use this zip file to flash via CWM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36433966&postcount=105
Also, will I be able to flash the Android 4.1.1 firmware over this bootloader, because that is the version of the full recovery firmware available on XDA?
Yes, but I would advise finding an Odin version as it's safer flashing the bootloader that way.
If the bootloader will flash then use the 4.3 rescue firmware and pit file from the general forum. Flashing 4.1 will result in your efs folder not being read.
Bootloader is irrelevant to firmware, earlier versions have less warranty checks but don't use BLFB bootloader to flash a lot of things as it isn't SDS safe
boomboomer said:
Yes, but I would advise finding an Odin version as it's safer flashing the bootloader that way.
If the bootloader will flash then use the 4.3 rescue firmware and pit file from the general forum. Flashing 4.1 will result in your efs folder not being read.
Bootloader is irrelevant to firmware, earlier versions have less warranty checks but don't use BLFB bootloader to flash a lot of things as it isn't SDS safe
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OK. I will flash the 4.3 firmware once I reach home.
I have downloaded the 4.1.1 rescue firmware too. Can I use the PIT file included in this firmware to go along with the 4.3 firmware?
Yes.
Now suddenly, my phone has stopped booting. No boot screen, nothing. I can't even charge my phone now. Does that mean the device is gone beyond repair? :crying:
You can try and search the i9300 forums for an unbrick method that uses an SD card to fix the bootloader and get you up and running.
Alexander_the_B0ss said:
You can try and search the i9300 forums for an unbrick method that uses an SD card to fix the bootloader and get you up and running.
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I tried searching for that, but doesn't that require a JTAG device or something?
Nope
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parag14 said:
I tried searching for that, but doesn't that require a JTAG device or something?
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If you give me a couple of minutes i will find the thread for you
Alexander_the_B0ss said:
Nope
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If you give me a couple of minutes i will find the thread for you
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Please do, because I have been tearing my hair out but couldn't find a thread which wouldn't require disassembling the phone.
Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/galaxy-s-iii-gt-i9300-hard-brick-fix-t1916796 but it requires for you to dissasemble the phone and I can make you a copy of the file needed.
Alexander_the_B0ss said:
Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/galaxy-s-iii-gt-i9300-hard-brick-fix-t1916796 but it requires for you to dissasemble the phone and I can make you a copy of the file needed.
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Ah! I have read this thread already, but I don't think that I would be able to do this by myself. I would probably need a professional to do this. Thanks for your help, though, but looks like I'll have to buy a new phone now ..
If you can deliver it to me i can do this. Where are you from?
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I've tried to unlock my phone the way described here. The phone booted fine for the first time, but it did not detect the SIM card and had no network. I restarted the phone, then I only got a black, flashing (2 sec interval) screen. No samsung boot logo, nothing. I can get the phone into download mode, flash it with a new firmware, but it doesn't help: flashing black screen again.
Is there any solution to this? Thanks in advance!
By flashing new firmware you should get boot ,may you do something wrong in flashing
flash firmware correctly
btw which firmware you flashed?
nims11 said:
By flashing new firmware you should get boot ,may you do something wrong in flashing
flash firmware correctly
btw which firmware you flashed?
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I think the main problem is that when Odin reboots the phone after flashing, it only goes back into this black flashing screen state. So the Odin flashing process never completes totally.
I tried with a few firmwares, from samfirmware.com, the 2.3.3 ones.
Found a video, same problem: youtube.com/watch?v=ZINqwcqhf5k
mazsa1 said:
I think the main problem is that when Odin reboots the phone after flashing, it only goes back into this black flashing screen state. So the Odin flashing process never completes totally.
I tried with a few firmwares, from samfirmware.com, the 2.3.3 ones.
Found a video, same problem: youtube.com/watch?v=ZINqwcqhf5k
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Problem occurs if you directly flash one package firmware
try kph or kpb . They are multipackage
after flash multipackage you can flash any one package firmware
I have exactly this same issue, last thing I got from the phone was "strage looking" (aka. corrupted) filenames in the efs partition.. is there any way flash a restore EFS ? does not matter if the phone does not make calls ..just booting is enough
remove your battery first and put in again. then remove your simcard and sd card. flash with full package latest firmware like kpn on kpb and try latest odin ( i use odin v4.42 and succesfully flashing galaxy ace and gio without problem)
crrodriguez said:
I have exactly this same issue, last thing I got from the phone was "strage looking" (aka. corrupted) filenames in the efs partition.. is there any way flash a restore EFS ? does not matter if the phone does not make calls ..just booting is enough
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Yes, that could be the cause. EFS got screwed up during the unlock process, and Odin can't write the EFS on the Galaxy Ace as far as I know.
mazsa1 said:
Yes, that could be the cause. EFS got screwed up during the unlock process, and Odin can't write the EFS on the Galaxy Ace as far as I know.
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Do you know any way to run fsck on the internal /dev/block/stl5 ?
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Ok, I found a backup stl5 image made with dd , however I have found no way to flash the efs into the phone...
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Ok, I found a backup stl5 image made with dd , however I have found no way to flash the efs into the phone...
hello
i same problem
any fix ?
Just as the Subject says. Only for knowledge purposes (though my phone is bricked :/ )
I get absolutely NO ERRORS while flashing ANY firmware for that matter through Odin. Though my phone is U.K Unbranded I9300XXBLG8.
It should boot-up but doesn't :/
Can't get into Recovery either. Not even a glimpse of it.
Stuck at the i9300 logo :/
Anyone care to help me and answer the following questions?
1. When is flashing a PIT File suitable? At what error u should do it?
2. Do I have a Bootloader/Recovery Problem or something?
3. Will J-Tagging help it?
4. Can someone tell me what is causing this problem? I haven't seen anyone with this problem yet. The firmware as well as CF Root flashes successfully (in Odin)... though the phone shows no positive results.
5. Should I go for PIT or J-Tagging or something else? I don't wanna risk it. All I know is that u should only flash a PIT file when u get the "Get PIT for Mapping" error. And J-Tagging is when the phone doesn't boots up. (I may be wrong)
Anyone with some suitable knowledge please drop by and help me.
Or someone who had this problem before.
My phone is a GT-i9300
CSC Version: I9300OXABLG8
Last Firmware was XXBLG8.
Pebble Blue non-branded and 16gb version.
THANK U
don't panic!
You should be able to fix it by just flashing a stock firmware with Odin
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you could also try removing the battery for a few minutes and then reinsert and try voting recovery again
Only go for a pit file, if you're planning to flash-lock the device, or repartition it, for that matter.
Don't panic, if your device is bricked, it's not, actually
You f***ed up your boot partition..
Goto sammobile.com/firmware, register, download latest U.K. firmware and then you should be good to go. Then you can root it and everything. DW about your SD, it'll stay as it is..
Hope I could help!
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
familyguy59 said:
Only go for a pit file, if you're planning to flash-lock the device, or repartition it, for that matter.
Don't panic, if your device is bricked, it's not, actually
You f***ed up your boot partition..
Goto sammobile.com/firmware, register, download latest U.K. firmware and then you should be good to go. Then you can root it and everything. DW about your SD, it'll stay as it is..
Hope I could help!
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
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Yes I have a question about that. I'v been looking for the 3 part firmware. I couldn't find it there :/
I have flashed the exact same firmware u r telling.
Btw ur the only one who has said that doing the PIT file will not risk my S3 :/
AusafSal said:
Yes I have a question about that. I'v been looking for the 3 part firmware. I couldn't find it there :/
I have flashed the exact same firmware u r telling.
Btw ur the only one who has said that doing the PIT file will not risk my S3 :/
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Lol. Why do you think that is?
CyanogenModded very skankily via XDA app. Skanky, indeed
AusafSal said:
Yes I have a question about that. I'v been looking for the 3 part firmware. I couldn't find it there :/
I have flashed the exact same firmware u r telling.
Btw ur the only one who has said that doing the PIT file will not risk my S3 :/
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Flashing a pit is risky, and interruption could lead to hard brick, however if you do it right then all will be good, I used to flash with pit on the s1 regularly as it was a necessity coming from cm to gb, or something along those lines.
Just make sure you know what you are doing
PROGRESS!!!!!!!!!!
OK i think my phone is alive. I managed to get it into the CWM Recovery. But there seems to be one little problem. That I can't mount my SDCard. Even tried mounting in the "Mounts and Storage" Option. Im kinda hopeful but I don't know what to do now
Tried Factory/Data Resetting but that didn't do any good. Have i Effed my SDCard or something??? :/ :/
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That I can't mount my SDCard.
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any specific error messages about that in cwm?
Personally i used .pit with no issues. My story was that i changed the original partition layout and flashed stock .tar after that. CWM was functional but couldn't mount anything. So i just grabbed a .pit and flashed stock together with .pit - all fine.
And regarding the "interruptions" during .pit flashing - it was the same speed as flashing without .pit, at least for me.
If in your case it's simple filesystem corruption, connecting over adb and launching fsck on the messed up partitions should provide some results.
This is an ODIN factory image similar to the one posted here but this is an emergency recovery image that will help you recover and restore your device from nearly ANY possible soft-brick by entirely wiping, refreshing, and repartitioning your device to out-of-box OEM firmware.
WARNING: Please use this with caution as this will wipe your ENTIRE device with no chance of restoring back old data afterwords!
How to Use
Download file from: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527944861
Unzip file to your computer (desktop or some location)
Use ODIN v3.09 to flash in AP section once your device is connected
Ahh finally! Thanks. I thought Verizon was gonna troll us
I see what you did there I was going to pull the emergency recovery tar next.
open1your1eyes0 said:
This is an ODIN factory image similar to the one posted here but this is an emergency recovery image that will help you recover and restore your device from nearly ANY possible soft-brick by entirely wiping, refreshing, and repartitioning your device to out-of-box OEM firmware.
WARNING: Please use this with caution as this will wipe your ENTIRE device with no chance of restoring back old data afterwords!
How to Use
Download file from: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527944861
Unzip file to your computer (desktop or some location)
Use ODIN v3.09 to flash in AP section once your device is connected
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Is there a rooted Odin file of this soon? :thumbup:
Sent from my Galaxy S4
Stupid question. When you say emergency recovery, does this include radios and all?
ljv said:
Stupid question. When you say emergency recovery, does this include radios and all?
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Yes
do u think i can recover my imei from that?
my imei says 00, no backup from efs folder (i actually had one but it was on my phone's storage then it wiped too)
i reflashed original firmware but still no result.
open1your1eyes0 said:
This is an ODIN factory image similar to the one posted here but this is an emergency recovery image that will help you recover and restore your device from nearly ANY possible soft-brick by entirely wiping, refreshing, and repartitioning your device to out-of-box OEM firmware.
WARNING: Please use this with caution as this will wipe your ENTIRE device with no chance of restoring back old data afterwords!
How to Use
Download file from: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527944861
Unzip file to your computer (desktop or some location)
Use ODIN v3.09 to flash in AP section once your device is connected
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I flashed this to my soft bricked phone. It is still stuck at the small Verizon logo, just like the previous ROMs. I did the factory reset. I think the phone is trying to build something. What else can I do?
BaSingSe said:
I flashed this to my soft bricked phone. It is still stuck at the small Verizon logo, just like the previous ROMs. I did the factory reset. I think the phone is trying to build something. What else can I do?
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How long did you wait? There's a long delay after the first boot while the Dalvik cache is rebuilt. I'd wait at least 30 minutes before assuming that it's locked up.
I waited several hours. Stuck. I think it is just my phone. Stuck at previous ROMs too. The new ROM does not fix this.
BaSingSe said:
I waited several hours. Stuck. I think it is just my phone. Stuck at previous ROMs too. The new ROM does not fix this.
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Trying flashing the OP factory image again.
open1your1eyes0 said:
This is an ODIN factory image similar to the one posted here but this is an emergency recovery image that will help you recover and restore your device from nearly ANY possible soft-brick by entirely wiping, refreshing, and repartitioning your device to out-of-box OEM firmware.
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When you say out-of-box OEM firmware, does this mean it would return you to MDK?
jonathanp63 said:
When you say out-of-box OEM firmware, does this mean it would return you to MDK?
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You serious, Clark?
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redwings73 said:
You serious, Clark?
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Fingers crossed
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jonathanp63 said:
Fingers crossed
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Given the number of times that it has been repeated that you CAN NOT GO BACK?
Dream on.
Is this back to MDK?
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k1mu said:
Given the number of times that it has been repeated that you CAN NOT GO BACK?
Dream on.
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He said OEM...
Sent from my Galaxy S4
Tada10 said:
Is this back to MDK?
Sent from my Galaxy S4
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I don't want to sound glib but what does the title of the thread say!
powered by hashcode safestrap hyperdrive 10.0
Tada10 said:
He said OEM...
Sent from my Galaxy S4
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Thank you that was my point
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jonathanp63 said:
When you say out-of-box OEM firmware, does this mean it would return you to MDK?
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Sorry, that was probably poor word choice on my part. Mean to clarify that it completely refreshes the device to software condition as if coming "out-of-box". Unfortunately you will not downgrade the very original "out-of-box" MDK firmware. With this device it's pretty much once you go up, you can't come back down. Sorry for the confusion.
open1your1eyes0 said:
Sorry, that was probably poor word choice on my part. Mean to clarify that it completely refreshes the device to software condition as if coming "out-of-box". Unfortunately you will not downgrade the very original "out-of-box" MDK firmware. With this device it's pretty much once you go up, you can't come back down. Sorry for the confusion.
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Understand now. Thanks for the clarification.
S6 Edge SM-G925F
Okay, I've spoken to Samsung about this and they are useless.
I'm stuck in a bootloop which happened during the update installation.
Gone into the recovery menu, wiped cache, reboot, power off, drained battery, tried again, NOTHING WORKS!
I backed the phone up last weekend, but since have put some sensitive work information on there that I NEED to keep, so factory reset is not an option.
Phone has never been rooted, and I have no experience with this.
Any ideas guys?
Kind regards
Callum
Downgrade firmware. Last update sucks!
pister said:
Downgrade firmware. Last update sucks!
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... That isn't really possible when I'm stuck in a boot loop
CalzaS6 said:
... That isn't really possible when I'm stuck in a boot loop
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Sure it is, as long as you can boot into download mode. Just use Odin to restore the stock firmware. However you will lose all your data.
Is there anyway to use ODIN without losing all my data? I have photos and files that are NEEDED for work.
Snowby123 said:
Sure it is, as long as you can boot into download mode. Just use Odin to restore the stock firmware. However you will lose all your data.
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No he wont. Since when does using odin wipe anything? It never has, Odin just reinstalls the different components of the firmware, system, radio, kernel, recovery, etc...it does not touch internal storage.
Download the firmware on sammobile and use odin 3.10.6 to flash. Don't touch any of the options in odin and you will be fine and not have any user data removed
Honestly, I have never been able to preserve the data after using Odin. That being said, I have never looked into it, as every time I use Odin, I am only concerned about the brick. 0
polish_pat said:
No he wont. Since when does using odin wipe anything? It never has, Odin just reinstalls the different components of the firmware, system, radio, kernel, recovery, etc...it does not touch internal storage.
Download the firmware on sammobile and use odin 3.10.6 to flash. Don't touch any of the options in odin and you will be fine and not have any user data removed
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Everywhere online says odin wipes the of all apps and data. I don't have an SD card so everything is on the main storage.
So odin settings are;
Auto Boot - on
F. Reset time - on
EVERYTHING ELSE UNCHECKED.
And load the firmware file into AP?
Then start?
I dont care what it says online, those people are wrong. Odin has NEVER wiped any of my devices and the last time I tested it out was 12 hours ago when a failed rom flash and bricked phone because of a nandroid restore forced me to odin back to stock. After i restored from nandroid my phone bootlooped but odin got me back up and running with all my files restores through recovery were still there. The only other suggestion i have is flash TWRP right now knowing your data is still intact and make a nandroid backup, transfer it to computer and if for some weird reason odin wipes your phone you still have everything in that nandroid backup.
Yes AP only.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
This thread not only gives you the stock firmware, but also a tutorial on how to install it.
If you don't know the complete process of restoring through Odin, use this.
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polish_pat said:
I dont care what it says online, those people are wrong. Odin has NEVER wiped any of my devices and the last time I tested it out was 12 hours ago when a failed rom flash and bricked phone because of a nandroid restore forced me to odin back to stock. After i restored from nandroid my phone bootlooped but odin got me back up and running with all my files restores through recovery were still there. The only other suggestion i have is flash TWRP right now knowing your data is still intact and make a nandroid backup, transfer it to computer and if for some weird reason odin wipes your phone you still have everything in that nandroid backup.
Yes AP only.
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If Odin never wipes the phone storage, why does it erase all the data on my phone every time I use it?
Snowby123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
This thread not only gives you the stock firmware, but also a tutorial on how to install it.
If you don't know the complete process of restoring through Odin, use this.
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If Odin never wipes the phone storage, why does it erase all the data on my phone every time I use it?
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Lets call Sherlock Holmes because i've been on Android since the S2 and had all the phones you can see in my sig and have never been wiped while using odin. If I didnt just spend about 10 hours setting my phone back to how I want it, i'd make a video showing you. I don't know why, or why not, but the only thing I do is download the FW on sammobile, extract it, set it in AP and hit start. Been doing it that way for years with the same result. The flash finishes, i'm back with all my apps installed, all my data intact, minus root and custom recovery.
EDIT: did a small search on google, some people say what I said, others say the apps are gone, but all of them agree personal files such as music, pictures and documents are kept intact. Not sure what the variable is though
Snowby123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
This thread not only gives you the stock firmware, but also a tutorial on how to install it.
If you don't know the complete process of restoring through Odin, use this.
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If Odin never wipes the phone storage, why does it erase all the data on my phone every time I use it?
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are you sure that you have checked only these two options?
polish_pat said:
Lets call Sherlock Holmes because i've been on Android since the S2 and had all the phones you can see in my sig and have never been wiped while using odin. If I didnt just spend about 10 hours setting my phone back to how I want it, i'd make a video showing you. I don't know why, or why not, but the only thing I do is download the FW on sammobile, extract it, set it in AP and hit start. Been doing it that way for years with the same result. The flash finishes, i'm back with all my apps installed, all my data intact, minus root and custom recovery.
EDIT: did a small search on google, some people say what I said, others say the apps are gone, but all of them agree personal files such as music, pictures and documents are kept intact. Not sure what the variable is though
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Brilliant thanks I will do this once the FR finishes downloading. After Odin has completed, what do I do with the phone? Will it still be in download state?
a66fm said:
are you sure that you have checked only these two options?
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Now I understand why we get different results. I never select BL. I select AP. I never read the options menu. Just the logs
a66fm said:
are you sure that you have checked only these two options?
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Wait, so to keep my data do I use BL or AP?
CalzaS6 said:
Wait, so to keep my data do I use BL or AP?
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I always use AP.
I also always lose my data.
That should give you a clue
CalzaS6 said:
Wait, so to keep my data do I use BL or AP?
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dont use BL. Just AP. The BL was directed at another person
polish_pat said:
dont use BL. Just AP. The BL was directed at another person
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And I will keep my data? I have some very sensitive work files on there which are REQUIRED!
FW has downloaded. Ill let you know how it goes :/
CalzaS6 said:
And I will keep my data? I have some very sensitive work files on there which are REQUIRED!
FW has downloaded. Ill let you know how it goes :/
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As i mentionned, if you want to be safe, flash TWRP and make a backup before flashing
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As i mentionned, if you want to be safe, flash TWRP and make a backup before flashing
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Phone completely in the bootloop and cant flash it.
Started now anyway.... lets hope this doesn't end in me getting fired
Hi all,
I've got a pal that has a VZW note 2 and he contacted me last night after he started having issues. I did some basic troubleshooting/recovery attempts but sadly I'm stuck now. Since you guys know more about this device that I've never owned, I'm hoping someone here has a bit of experience with this issue.
He had vrmac3 bootloader unlocked and twrp installed via casual like last year, and had a custom rom installed. All was fine until this last week. Now phone won't boot past Sammy logo during normal boot, and if he boots to twrp, he is unable to mount ANYTHING, Not sd card, internal storage, cache, efs, data... Nothing..
So I figured a fresh install of stock amc3 via Odin would sort things out. This is where it gets weird, we tried flashing the stock amc3-restore Odin file (vramc3 firmware minus bootloader) and it said pass and I had him reboot to recovery to wipe data and cache. Lo and behold, he still had twrp! Then we tried the full stock official amc3 tar and it said pass, but when we booted to recovery for factory reset, twrp again! He even tried running the amc3 tar again and he used the pit file and it too said pass but still twrp is the recovery on the phone. We even tried just flashing only the stock amc3 recovery and then pull battery and then boot directly to recovery and guess what, twrp! We've tried using a few different versions of Odin but it seems like the phone is somehow read only now, Odin always reports pass but it's like nothing actually gets written to the phone. Also wanted to add, after each of these attempts if we tried normal boot, it always freezes at Samsung logo.
Any ideas anyone?
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Any ideas anyone?
Did you load the stock bootloader? You need to put this in the BL section of Odin.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/79c1q66ayhqwa5m/BootloaderBaseline2.tar.md5.gz?dl=0
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Also have a look at these links, could be memory failure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/sudden-death-syndrome-t3282788
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/stuck-boot-file-exists-t3286946
Droid_Nut said:
Did you load the stock bootloader? You need to put this in the BL section of Odin.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/79c1q66ayhqwa5m/BootloaderBaseline2.tar.md5.gz?dl=0
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Also have a look at these links, could be memory failure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/sudden-death-syndrome-t3282788
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/stuck-boot-file-exists-t3286946
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It's worth a shot with trying the stock bootloader, I will pass the info along to my buddy and have him try it, thank you! But, wouldn't the stock AMC3 firmware from Sam mobile include the bootloader? I don't have that firmware file on my PC now but I thought I saw it in there. At any rate, thank you for offering assistance. I was thinking of dead EMMC too, hopefully for my pals sake that isn't it.
He did say he contacted Samsung directly for support and he says one of their techs told him he needs to use Apache Harmony (ever heard of it?) to reset the directory structure. I thought that is what the PIT (Partition Information Table) did?
Bootloader is separate, I would put in the official rom, the bootloader and the pit, with erase and format, and give that a shot. My one phone was all messed up with the TWRP bootloader, and that is what worked for me. After wards I reinstalled the TWRP with casual, and installed CM 12.1
I have some modem files if you need them as well. All credit goes to the people that uploaded them to begin with.
Good luck