ok, I', usually pretty good at rooting and such having my galaxy S4 for many years now but I got this Galaxy Star for work just to use it off wifi and bluetooth but it had 4.1 and i needed it on 4.4 for it to work so I knew i needed to root it, load recovery and find an updated rom.
I Odin'd CWM recovery and all I got was a white screen when going into recovery mode. didnt matter what i tried. I wound up flashing a file that also wiped out my download screen, now all I see it a blueish/white screen for download mode, but I can odin files ok.
I've tried every stock recovery hard reset file i can find online and nothing helps. Any help is appreciated. Is there any samsung stock firmware somehere that wipes everything???
Model: GT-S7262
and I seem to have bricked it now, wont even power up after flashing a phillipine version of the firmware.
well, no more white screen but now I have no display at all. still goes into download mode though.
Dougrun said:
ok, I', usually pretty good at rooting and such having my galaxy S4 for many years now but I got this Galaxy Star for work just to use it off wifi and bluetooth but it had 4.1 and i needed it on 4.4 for it to work so I knew i needed to root it, load recovery and find an updated rom.
I Odin'd CWM recovery and all I got was a white screen when going into recovery mode. didnt matter what i tried. I wound up flashing a file that also wiped out my download screen, now all I see it a blueish/white screen for download mode, but I can odin files ok.
I've tried every stock recovery hard reset file i can find online and nothing helps. Any help is appreciated. Is there any samsung stock firmware somehere that wipes everything???
Model: GT-S7262
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I came from a Galaxy S4 too
You need to flash FireLord1's CWM 6.0.5.1 on stock ROM, otherwise you will get a whitescreen trying to enter.
I know it works with both Indian and Eaten European firmwares.
ok, so i need a link to a the stock rom and his CWM. I can find indian firmware i think.
Weird thing is, I can hear it boot up, Samsung Kies and Odin see it just fine. Just a black screen for everything now.
got it back working with this firmware..
http://d-h.st/1Ajc
Install twrp buddy
Same procedure as cwm
Believe me!!!! no white screen!!!
U will be booted into twrp
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Hi I hope someone can help me. I have searched this forum but could not find a similar situation to what I ended up in...
I tried to install a custom ROM on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 using the CWM/Odin.
This seemed succesful but was not, it did not start but was stuck in the Samsung logo.
So I tried entering the CWM and download and install an original Samsung ROM. I can get it into CWM, but CWM cannot enter the download mode only the other mode.
In this mode all options are available:
- reboot
- apply update from SD card
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
All options have been tried without any luck. In the update from SD card it only shows ...
or Error opening /data/media: no such file or directory
Any ideas how I could get this directory back or put a ROM on the Samsung in this situation.
Odin does see the Galaxy but as I cannot get it into Download mode I am unable to download anything to it.
All or any suggestions are very welcome!
1. CWM (Clockworkmod) =! Odin.
In the beginning, you don't have CWM installed. You install CWM, by flashing CWM on your Phone with odin.
Odin is the Windows Programm, that is used to flash Recoveries/ROM's/Kernels onto your device.
2. it seems, that you still have the default Samsung recovery installed, that meand CWM is not yet flashed on your device.
If the flashing process was succesful (I suppose it was done with odin), but you can't get past the Samsung logo, that means, you probably flashed a rom, that isn't made for your device(ex. a GTab 10.1v Rom).
If you DID flash a wrong rom, then you probably ****ed up the partition table and removed the Download Mode(Odin Mode). Strange thing is, that you still have the Stock recovery.
Could you please redirect us to the rom you downloaded?
Also, did you flash with a repartition on and/or a .pit file?
hi Kaukassus,
thanks for the reply.
OK I checked the files and what I did.
I think I totaly screwed this up. It was a theme I tried to install the AOSP_HC_v1.3_3G+KI1.
I rooted the Tab. So first when the Tab was still functioning installed it on the TAB via USB.
Than tried to install this via update from SD card.
This appeared to work initially. But hung at the start.
After that I tried (via Power Volume Up) wipe data/factory reset.
No luck.
After that I tried wipe cache partition followed by wipe data/factory reset.
And this is what I got now..
Bad news is the Tab was/is a X-mas present and I managed to screw it up even before I officially got it !-(
The valuable lesson you're learning is that you need to be aware exactly what things you're flashing and their compatibility with your device and the software it's running.
You haven't mentioned what specific device you're using or the specific things you've tried to flash (as kaukassus pointed out, direct links to threads where you got the files you tried to flash are best). Not sure if you're aware but not all GT 10.1's are equal; there are several models out there and each and every ROM is specific to a particular device. Verizon LTE GT 10.1's like mine can't take ROMs from any other device for example, it's likely that the new T-Mobile 4G one's wont be able to trade ROMs with Verizon ones . . you get the point.
When you say you installed via USB what exactly did you mean? If you simply copied a zip file via USB to the tab to flash in recovery mode that's not installing; the flashing from recovery may be but the file copy operation is not. If on the other hand you pushed things via ADB or you flash using Odin software then that's a different story.
Best thing to do at this point is to properly identify your device, look for a stock recovery image for Odin and flash that via Odin to your device. At that point you can start from scratch again to build what you want.
Thanks Muzzy996.
You are right. I was in a rush and should have taken more time.
However I am getting somewhere. Managed to get in download mode twice today, don't ask me how. This Tab just will not go into download mode!
However I did not have the stock ROM ready to be installed.
Will keep you updated.
i have the same problem. i just rooted my device was going to overclock. decided to save my rom with rom manager. saved it device went to reboot now the samsung galaxy 10.1 shows up screen goes dim then shuts off, and will cont. do this. i can get into download mode but recovery will not work. is there anyway to download my stock rom. im using verizion 4g 10.1 any help would be great, btw sorry to thread jack
Problem solved.
Managed to get it in download mode again and install stock rom via Odin.
Appeared to work fine. But kep switching off, even after full night of charging.
This morning Tab was dead after recharging whole night..
Got it back on by holding volume down and power button down.
i found a stock rom and im trying to upload it via odin, however odin does not find my tab? any ideas. btw congrats on getting ur tab back
I crashed both my I9000 (galaxy s) flashing custom roms and my tab 10.1 (editing some system files) both ended up just looping but managed to get both back. I purchased a small connector of ebay £1.59 that has just a resistor accross pins 4&5 331k I think anyway plugging this into most samsung devices boots them into download mode. Even before getting my resistor I managed to get things working I think that you'd have to be properly unlucky to really brick a samsung I've flashed both my devices with all sorts of crap with my little resistor I just reset them with ease.
Brian
h2bmess said:
i found a stock rom and im trying to upload it via odin, however odin does not find my tab? any ideas. btw congrats on getting ur tab back
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did you ever resolve this issue? i am currently faced with the same issue.
After hours of searching and flashing roms I've decided to give in and start a thread:
I downloaded a jelly bean rom, using CWM, It then preceded to install. Stupidly I didn't opt to factory reset and wipe everything (I thought CWM would take me to recovery mode before flashing the rom). That left my phone in a boot loop. I then flashed a stock rom (4.0.3) but it still was boot looping.
From the past few hours I've spent in these forums it seems by best bet it to flash a rom that has all the parts (phone, csc, modem etc) but I can't find one anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find one or of any way of getting into recovery mode? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S II - UK - O2 (Was running CM9 before I ruined everything).
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After hours of searching and flashing roms I've decided to give in and start a thread:
I downloaded a jelly bean rom, using CWM, It then preceded to install. Stupidly I didn't opt to factory reset and wipe everything (I thought CWM would take me to recovery mode before flashing the rom). That left my phone in a boot loop. I then flashed a stock rom (4.0.3) but it still was boot looping.
From the past few hours I've spent in these forums it seems by best bet it to flash a rom that has all the parts (phone, csc, modem etc) but I can't find one anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find one or of any way of getting into recovery mode? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S II - UK - O2 (Was running CM9 before I ruined everything).
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Hi mate,
The best thing for you to do is enter download mode (hold volume down+home key+power) and connect to Odin and flash an official firmware again
I know that XWLP7 contains everything in the 1 file as this is the one I flashed. Simply place the file in PDA section of Odin.
check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Good luck mate!!
Thanks for the reply. I had tried flashing a stock rom a while back but to no avail. A couple tries later and it worked - I'm now running Jelly Bean but more importantly I have a working phone!
For anyone having similar problems (which seemed to be a few). Just keep flashing stock roms and remove the battery a few times, cross your fingers and at some point you should be able to get into recovery mode to do a proper install. Also I was mistaken about it being a boot loop, I was actually just stuck on the starup, galaxy s II, screen.
But anyways, cheers for your help.
hey everybody, im new here and hopefully i can get some help. ive got a galaxy tab 2 10.1 with stock android which was updated to 4.1.1 though an update. i looked at a few guides and came across a few guides.
followed it exactly as it said it passed in odin, but no clockworkmod, only stock android recovery still comes up. i let the galaxy tab 2 logo flash twice and released still only stock recover. ive tried this 3 times now even twice with:
GT-P5110_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0.Tar
and once with:
GT-P5113_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0.Tar
still no luck...
so i just factory reset it from the android recovery screen. and when i open download mode it still says this
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-P5113
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(3 COUNTS)
CURRENT BINARY:CUSTOM
SO IM STUCK PLS SOMEONE HELP
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hey everybody, im new here and hopefully i can get some help. ive got a galaxy tab 2 10.1 with stock android which was updated to 4.1.1 though an update. i looked at a few guides and came across a few guides.
followed it exactly as it said it passed in odin, but no clockworkmod, only stock android recovery still comes up. i let the galaxy tab 2 logo flash twice and released still only stock recover. ive tried this 3 times now even twice with:
GT-P5110_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0.Tar
and once with:
GT-P5113_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0.Tar
still no luck...
so i just factory reset it from the android recovery screen. and when i open download mode it still says this
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-P5113
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(3 COUNTS)
CURRENT BINARY:CUSTOM
SO IM STUCK PLS SOMEONE HELP
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This is the original galaxy tab section. You may get better results in the tab 2 section.
SamsonX said:
hey everybody, im new here and hopefully i can get some help. ive got a galaxy tab 2 10.1 with stock android which was updated to 4.1.1 though an update. i looked at a few guides and came across a few guides.
followed it exactly as it said it passed in odin, but no clockworkmod, only stock android recovery still comes up. i let the galaxy tab 2 logo flash twice and released still only stock recover. ive tried this 3 times now even twice with:
GT-P5110_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0.Tar
and once with:
GT-P5113_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0.Tar
still no luck...
so i just factory reset it from the android recovery screen. and when i open download mode it still says this
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-P5113
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(3 COUNTS)
CURRENT BINARY:CUSTOM
SO IM STUCK PLS SOMEONE HELP
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As mentioned, you really need to ask this in the Galaxy Tab 2 forums. However, quick answer: the stock ROM will overwrite recovery when it boots. If you install a custom recovery on your Tab 2, you MUST start the tablet in recovery immediately after ODIN finishes the flash. If you let it reboot, then the stock recovery will be restored.
So I have a Sprint Galaxy Mega and it seems as though it may be semi-bricked. It will not boot past the GALAXY MEGA logo. It will just continuously power cycle to and from that logo. If I attempt to put it in recovery, it will say "RECOVERY BOOTING" in blue letters as usual, then power cycle right back to the GALAXY MEGA screen. It will boot into Odin mode and accept Odin files, but after attempting do do a typical "stock Odin" scenario, nothing has changed. I looked around for the Pit but cannot seem to find it. Does anyone has a reliable link to the latest Odin stock restore and the PIT file that matches it?
Maybe an error with your system data. So you can't reboot into recovery ? If you can try to wipe data and cache and reboot.
It may be an abnormal re-partition when flashing stock rock, and then I can't help you (have the i9205 international model). Some members of this section have the Sprint version, try to send them a PM if nobody can help you
Nope, no recovery. I was considering flashing a custom recovery to it to see what it does but I don't wanna kill the phone any more than it already is...
Yes I understand. But flashing custom recovery can solve your problem, only if you can boot on it. I think it can't make more damages to your phone, he just always stuck on boot phase like a brick, but if you don't want to try, wait for a developer making you a PIT file. More safe, the Galaxy Mega have a too poor development support for risk anything...
Well I went ahead and flashed TWRP to it. It will boot into TWRP just fine. Tried flashing the stock L900 ROM zip and it still won't boot.
Well I installed a custom ROM, SlimKat, and the phone boots. If I install the stock ROM located in the following link, OP's signature, the phone goes right back to bootlooping. ???
I need either the stock ROM or a ROM with dialer codes because this phone will be flashed to a regional carrier.
what recovry version you use bro. maybe recovery problem. try use your custom rom to flash another recovery from philz. the latest one. some time recovery dont work properly to downgrade from 4.4.2 to stock 4.2.2.
Great, so with Philz Touch Recovery, I never had problems for downgrade and I do this often for testing roms. Now it should not bootloop if you reflash stock.
I am using "CWM-based recovery 6.0.4.7"
I will try Philz recovery
After trying Philz recovery to flash the stock file I found, it once again bootlooped. Is there another stock ROM floating around somewhere or possibly a custom ROM that has dialer codes such as ##3282# enabled?
No idea... But actually the most complete stock based custom rom is MegaFire I think. Flash V5 (not V5x !) it should be enabled.
I don't see what is the problem while flashing stock rom... Oh ! Maybe you haven't enabled USB Debugging, I forgot to do that one time and I had some issues, in case you try to flash a firmware where Knox or others features are on with a modem without these, may cause bootloop. I've searched for 2 days before solve that little problem...
Have you tried another firmware ? If you can flash custom rom, something went wrong before flash... Odin folder is complete ?
Strange...once again a boot loop after flashing the MegaFire ROM
I'm almost certain I need the PIT file. I cannot find it anywhere.
Well I got the phone to boot from that rooted stock ROM FINALLY. I don't remember for sure but I think what I did was first flash TWRP, then flashed boot.img.tar that I found somewhere, it was listed for the Sprint Mega. I then booted into TWRP and flashed the stock rooted ROM(zip) I mentioned before. It now boots perfectly and everything works except one tiny little detail. No WiFi, no cellular signal at all. Baseband version: unknown in About phone.Already tried flashing the Sprint stock modem from the same download link as the ROM and it didn't work.
I'm having the same problem too dude, I
I download n flash all.the firmware I could find online, since I have no idea what the country of origin is. But most of them work, but no WiFi, Bluetoothand the sim card slot don't read
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Well I got the phone to boot from that rooted stock ROM FINALLY. I don't remember for sure but I think what I did was first flash TWRP, then flashed boot.img.tar that I found somewhere, it was listed for the Sprint Mega. I then booted into TWRP and flashed the stock rooted ROM(zip) I mentioned before. It now boots perfectly and everything works except one tiny little detail. No WiFi, no cellular signal at all. Baseband version: unknown in About phone.Already tried flashing the Sprint stock modem from the same download link as the ROM and it didn't work.
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Hi everyone
My sister updated her MEGA OTA last month. She cant remember which version she was on. I am assuming it was 4.3. shes doesnt know much,
Her phone got stuck in bootloop.
Initially a got a hard time even getting into restore mode. however after a lot of goggling and trials and errors here is where i am today :
1- I can install TWRP and/or Philz recovery and boot into them.
2- I can enter download mode
3- I have tried installing many ROMS and different versions. I was only partially successful with 4.4 versions because I get a passed message in Odin however upon restart the phone enters boot loop again.
4- I have tried multiple wipe data/dalvik cache/cache and restoring factory settings but i still get the same results.
5- Only in Philz recovery i can mount the external SD card and copy zip files. I was able to root the phone that was (but im not sure if it still is). However all ROMs zip files I tried to install (both from PC and from extSD card) wouldnt open in recovery mode.
Because I get a passed message when I install a ROM from Odin , I dont know what the issue could be. But there is something wrong that happens as soon as this phone boots up.
I seriously do not know what to do anymore. I just need this phone to be working again. At this point I dont care about warranties/ROM versions/stock or custom...
Please help and sorry for my bad English
It sounds like you need to download the stock rom and flash it in Odin (you gotta put the phone in download mode to flash in Odin). The stock rom can be found on the sammobile website in the firmware section. That should get you back to square one (stock rom, stock recovery, no root). Then you start over from scratch.
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Thanks
I did and I still get the same problem.
In fact after installing stock rom, i could not enter "stock" so I installed philz recovery, logged in philz and wiped cache a couple of time, did a factory reset.
and yet when i restart , the phone is stuck in bootloop.
Maybe she has a Galaxy Mega with a repaired screen. Starting with 4.4 Samsung only supports a digitizer with Synaptics brand chip. It's a big mess and there are countless screens and digitizers made worthless. I think unofficial 4.4 by Cyanogen and others might work, but not official Samsung. With some Galaxy Megas you get a bootloop. With others it boots however the digitizer and touch functions no longer work. I don't know how to go back after you are on official 4.4 because last I saw, there was no root for it. If I'm wrong, someone else please clarify and continue to help.
IMHO only one way out from such situation is try to flash MegaFire MJ2 which is derived from stock 4.2. It's only one 4.2 ROM which can be safely flashed onto KK.
Iformation about MegaFire you can find HERE