It's a long story to tell but I'll say it anyway.
So for a while I've been having problems with CM7 but I've always been able to fix them by going back to my previous rom (Bombaridier 3.5). The thing is I absolutely love CM7 so I always try to go back to that rom and pray that I don't have a problem with it. So yesterday I was able to flash it with no problems. I made my backups and everything was alright for the day. I fell asleep watching a movie on the phone and this morning I found that the battery was depleted. I thought "okay" and just turned it back on. I boot it to find it stuck in an infinite boot loop. I had this problem once before and I just fixed it by installing Bombaridier 3.5 back on through Clockwork Recovery. Usually when I have an infinite boot loop, I can't fix it by fixing permissions or restoring from a backup (they would boot back into the infinite loop before even beginning) so either a data wipe or a complete installation of another rom would fix it, but this time, rom installation and data wiping faced the same issue so it also booted into the infinite loop. I tried looking through the forums and google for a solution but nothing came up. In a last ditch of effort I tried restoring to my unroot stock rom and this time it was able to boot to the main screen, but only for about 5 seconds. After that it continued to the infinite loop. I tried to go into the Clockwork Recovery menu, but little did I know the unroot stock rom made my recovery a stock recovery, so I can't do anything with roms and backups. The stock recovery had the option to wipe data but when I tried to do that, it literally did nothing (as in the power button had no effect on the options). So now I'm stuck on a stock recovery while on an infinite loop CM7. Since I know rooting and using roms voids my warranty, is there any solution to this problem?
Okay I was able to go into download mode and root again so now I have Clockwork Recovery back, but I still have the same problem when trying to fix permissions, wipe data, and restoring a rom (infinite boot loop) so can someone please help me out?
DMan1993 said:
It's a long story to tell but I'll say it anyway.
So for a while I've been having problems with CM7 but I've always been able to fix them by going back to my previous rom (Bombaridier 3.5). The thing is I absolutely love CM7 so I always try to go back to that rom and pray that I don't have a problem with it. So yesterday I was able to flash it with no problems. I made my backups and everything was alright for the day. I fell asleep watching a movie on the phone and this morning I found that the battery was depleted. I thought "okay" and just turned it back on. I boot it to find it stuck in an infinite boot loop. I had this problem once before and I just fixed it by installing Bombaridier 3.5 back on through Clockwork Recovery. Usually when I have an infinite boot loop, I can't fix it by fixing permissions or restoring from a backup (they would boot back into the infinite loop before even beginning) so either a data wipe or a complete installation of another rom would fix it, but this time, rom installation and data wiping faced the same issue so it also booted into the infinite loop. I tried looking through the forums and google for a solution but nothing came up. In a last ditch of effort I tried restoring to my unroot stock rom and this time it was able to boot to the main screen, but only for about 5 seconds. After that it continued to the infinite loop. I tried to go into the Clockwork Recovery menu, but little did I know the unroot stock rom made my recovery a stock recovery, so I can't do anything with roms and backups. The stock recovery had the option to wipe data but when I tried to do that, it literally did nothing (as in the power button had no effect on the options). So now I'm stuck on a stock recovery while on an infinite loop CM7. Since I know rooting and using roms voids my warranty, is there any solution to this problem?
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Have you tried:
- Taking out the battery, plug your charger into the computer, plug the usb charger into your phone and then putting in the battery.
- In recovery mode try using the "Home" button to select factory data reset
- Get into download mode and Odin restore to stock
Hope this helps
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DMan1993 said:
Okay I was able to go into download mode and root again so now I have Clockwork Recovery back, but I still have the same problem when trying to fix permissions, wipe data, and restoring a rom (infinite boot loop) so can someone please help me out?
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You have to wipe the cache partition, dalvik cache and wipe / factory data reset.
Born_Immaculate88 said:
Have you tried:
- Taking out the battery, plug your charger into the computer, plug the usb charger into your phone and then putting in the battery.
- In recovery mode try using the "Home" button to select factory data reset
- Get into download mode and Odin restore to stock
Hope this helps
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You have to wipe the cache partition, dalvik cache and wipe / factory data reset.
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thank you for the first reply but since i'm back to clockwork recovery i can't factory reset or it will boot back into the infinite loop during the proccess. Since I can access download mode, how do I restore back to a stock rom using odin?
fully bricked and you can get into clockwork recovery?
lol that's a first...try to describe your problem properly before asking for help..if you have clockwork recovery just load a stable rom(like eagles blood) onto a sd card and flash away(after wiping everything..duh)
DMan1993 said:
thank you for the first reply but since i'm back to clockwork recovery i can't factory reset or it will boot back into the infinite loop during the proccess. Since I can access download mode, how do I restore back to a stock rom using odin?
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You need to flash a rom. Do a factory reset and flash a rom.
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Ok the problem was fixed. I had to flash a stock md5 file into Odin through download mode and re-root so now I'm back to bombaridier 3.5 restored. Thank you for the help born_immaculate88
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AznDud333 said:
fully bricked and you can get into clockwork recovery?
lol that's a first...try to describe your problem properly before asking for help..if you have clockwork recovery just load a stable rom(like eagles blood) onto a sd card and flash away(after wiping everything..duh)
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If you read I explained in detail how I couldn't flash a ROM, wipe data, fix permissions, or restore from backup because they would
all end the same way, cutting off and rebooting into the infinite boot loop. Luckily I was able to fix it by flashing a stock ROM through Odin in download mode but this would have never helped. Thanks for the effort but next time read it carefully.
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DMan1993 said:
If you read I explained in detail how I couldn't flash a ROM, wipe data, fix permissions, or restore from backup because they would
all end the same way, cutting off and rebooting into the infinite boot loop. Luckily I was able to fix it by flashing a stock ROM through Odin in download mode but this would have never helped. Thanks for the effort but next time read it carefully.
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fully bricked means you can't turn it on..let alone get into recovery
if you could get into recovery then anything could be fixed..pretty much.
there is no reading it carefully or not, watch the terms you use when you describe a problem because brick=/=being able to get into recovery..it is called recovery for a reason.
now just to explain to you what brick means, here's definition from wikipedia
When used in reference to consumer electronics, "brick" describes a device that cannot function in any capacity (such as a device with damaged firmware). This usage derives from the fact that some electronic devices (and their detachable power supplies) are vaguely brick-shaped, and so those which do not function are useful only as actual bricks. The term can also be used as a verb. For example, "I bricked my MP3 player when I tried to modify its firmware."[1]
your deviced turned on and got into recovery, that is no where near being bricked..not even a soft brick.
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About a month ago I decided I wanted to try out Synergy ROM for my EVO, so I went for God Mode and everything has been running fine...until now. I had installed a kernel earlier this week for underclocking and such, but decided today that I didn't really use it as much as I though so I decided to reflash the HTC stock 4.24. I just did that about 10 minutes ago, I made a backup in case something went wrong and I backed up all my apps/texts as well. It flashed, rebooted...then it got stuck in a boot loop. So I pulled the battery and booted up into the bootloader to go into recovery...when I found every time I hit recovery it would just restart to the bootloader. So I'm not really sure if there is anyway to restore my backup or any other way to boot into recovery. Am I just screwed? Or can I use ADB to boot into recovery/restore my backup? This is sort of my first question post so...If you need any more information just ask.
Thanks,
Suprgamr232
If your phone is still going into bootloops. Connect your phone to your computer and go to adb and type in adb reboot recovery. There you can revert back into a nandroid backup. Hope this helps
Not to be rude, but you didn't read the entire post did you? I can't access my recovery and AFAIK adb doesn't work while it's in a bootloop. Also, I don't think adb recognizes my device when it's in the bootloader either.
Hey im just trying to help, Maybe some how you lost your recovery? Maybe try reflashing your recovery from the bootloader, make sure it named pc36img.zip. See if you can access your recovery after that. What recovery are you using btw, clockworkmod or amon ra? and did you wipe your cache and dalvik cache files through recovery before you flashed your kernel?
If you can access your recovery after reflashing it, Try wiping those in recovery and rebooting, see if it boots into your rom. If not and you still get a boot loop but you can access recovery do a full wipe and reflash your rom or try restoring a nandroid
Not gonna argue with you, so I'll let it slide...I'm using clockworkmod and I did wipe my cache and dalvik cache. ATM I haven't been able to get a hold of a new recovery img for some reason...can never get it to download 100%, will try it soon hopefully.
There's no need to argue Ive heard that clockworkmod doesnt always completely wipe the cache and dalvik maybe try using amon ra this time around http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Cant hurt to try it. hope you can get it working for ya, gl
Still stuck in the bootloop. I tried restoring but that didn't help. I tried reinstalling the ROM and the kernel I used before and no change, I don't really want to wipe my phone and try it but...I guess it might turn out that way. Before I do though I was wondering if there is anything else I should try?
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Still stuck in the bootloop. I tried restoring but that didn't help. I tried reinstalling the ROM and the kernel I used before and no change, I don't really want to wipe my phone and try it but...I guess it might turn out that way. Before I do though I was wondering if there is anything else I should try?
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You're gona have to do a full wipe [ factory/data, cache, and dalvik ] , reflash your rom, kernel, ect. Once you sign in, boot, ect, you can use titanium backup to restore your apps and data, NOT system settings.
Alrighty then. Did that and everything seems to be working fine...A little disappointed but as long as I have my phone! Thanks for your help!
suprgamr232 said:
Alrighty then. Did that and everything seems to be working fine...A little disappointed but as long as I have my phone! Thanks for your help!
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Glad its working again.
Ok so I went back to stock after CM9, all went fine, phone rebooted and does the animation and sound but it won't go any further, I tried getting into the recovery screen but goes as far the little android guy and then reboots. Any ideas?
Reflashed Euro stock and again stuck at boot animation, I can't get into recovery to wipe or anything as it won't go past the little Android guy and reboots any ideas? On my SGS2 what I would of done at this stage is go into recovery and reset all, but can;t do this, gonna try flashing CWM to see if this helps, stock recovery seems fooked.
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Hi! You have to flash your phone stock ROM. And then again try to flash the MOD
slugger09 said:
Ok so I went back to stock after CM9, all went fine, phone rebooted and does the animation and sound but it won't go any further, I tried getting into the recovery screen but goes as far the little android guy and then reboots. Any ideas?
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Have you checked the zip file you downloaded is corrupt or not?
There is a difference 1mb will cause bootlop on your device.
slugger09 said:
Reflashed Euro stock and again stuck at boot animation, I can't get into recovery to wipe or anything as it won't go past the little Android guy and reboots any ideas? On my SGS2 what I would of done at this stage is go into recovery and reset all, but can;t do this, gonna try flashing CWM to see if this helps, stock recovery seems fooked.
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Ok, recorrect.
I missread.
Have u got an SD card?
Just put a new stable ROM in it.
And befoure installing the new ROM wipe factory settings, cache, dalvik cache.
And make sure it is wiped, then install the new one.
Because it might save some setting from that ROM, and they might be corrupted, so it's recommended to wipe those befoure ROM installing, and after, when the ROM is installed already.
And if you can't get into recovery mode, then ur phone might be bricked.
No idea, how to solve that.
Haven't experienced that at all.
slugger09 said:
Reflashed Euro stock and again stuck at boot animation, I can't get into recovery to wipe or anything as it won't go past the little Android guy and reboots any ideas? On my SGS2 what I would of done at this stage is go into recovery and reset all, but can;t do this, gonna try flashing CWM to see if this helps, stock recovery seems fooked.
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If you can go into Download Mode, you can try using Odin to fix things up. Otherwise, your phone is hard-bricked, and only SSC can help.
-- xda app / Pristine NoMod CM9b4 / CastagnaIT kernel / GT-I8150 --
Hi!
Try to remove the external sd card!!
My phone had a bootloop like this on every custom rom,(also stock rom but with wipe i had resolved).
So try to remove the sd card!
I tried installing a rom last week on my Galaxy Note II (Rogers), i followed orders (this isn't my first time flashing roms), and it has been stuck in a constant boot loop.
I've tried everything, wiping cache, factory reset, tried to flash different roms, etc....
I am a mac user (which means Odin isn't an option).
If you guys have any suggestions on how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated.
What rom were you on and what rom were you trying to flash originally? Also what recovery are you using? Need a little more info because usually wiping caches dies the trick. Provide a link to the rom you were trying to flash of your can.
jethro650 said:
What rom were you on and what rom were you trying to flash originally? Also what recovery are you using? Need a little more info because usually wiping caches dies the trick. Provide a link to the rom you were trying to flash of your can.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986893
This is the rom, i was using CMW to flash it, then it made me switch to TWRP (think its called that)......hope that helps.
Sorry I can't be of more help aside of redoing the installation of your recovery and redownloading the rom ( bad downloads happen) and making sure you do all the wipes (cache, dalvik cache and factory reset). If none of that works I'm sure someone more knowledgable than myself will chime in.
I've never run into a bootloop problem myself, but this might help you out :
hxxp://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unrootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
Good luck
Have you had any luck with this yet? I've been unable to get my phone back up.
QuantumPSI said:
Have you had any luck with this yet? I've been unable to get my phone back up.
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No luck, but then again i am a Mac user, so its a little more difficult for me to solve this problem.
Anirchy said:
I tried installing a rom last week on my Galaxy Note II (Rogers), i followed orders (this isn't my first time flashing roms), and it has been stuck in a constant boot loop.
I've tried everything, wiping cache, factory reset, tried to flash different roms, etc....
I am a mac user (which means Odin isn't an option).
If you guys have any suggestions on how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated.
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Put another ROM on an sdcard. Take your battery out then press the button combo for recovery mode before you slip your battery back in. Then it'll force download mode. Reflash the new ROM after full wiping and you should be good.
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Definitely a bad ROM. Run a MD5 checker against it prior to copying to the SD card. Note: your SD card could be the culprit.
If you have a recovery installed, ensure you WIPE everything, Fix permissions (i'm on CWM) and reflash the modem and carrier files POST rom install.
I experienced my first boot loop yesterday but I was able to recover from it thanks to a little common sense and patience. :fingers-crossed:
Good luck!
first of all, don't freak out, a bootloop isn't the end of the world. Sounds like it was a bad flash.
ppl above have obviously told you to wipe caches, and all that stuff and if it hasn't worked then you are still down and out.
I would suggest you get yourself into recovery - not going to explain that here as you said you were able to flash other roms and it didn't work and try flashing your nand backup - hopefully you have a nice clean backup from before you flashed. if so, clear caches, etc and then try flashing it it should be back to at least working.
your nand backup will have all your stuff in it as you would have had to backup from recovery, which means you'll at least still be rooted. you can then go ahead and get another rom - check the md5 and flash it
Hi guys,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747m, running Cyanogen Mod and as of right now, it will not turn on. It will begin the boot animation and the freeze once it reaches the end. I cannot access Recovery Mode but I can access Download Mode. This all began when my version of gapps started glitching, or at least Google play Store. I downloaded a new gapps and tried to install it without wiping out the dalvik cache or uninstalling the old gapps. Yes I am a noob at this and an idiot.
Please guys if anyone of you has the patience to tell me what I need to do to get my phone operational again. please do so. My family is not doing well financially right now and can't afford another phone. Please give me some hope. Please.
Well.....I'm not expert but I can tell you its not hard bricked. So you're safe for now. I suggest checking out how to flash another OS using download mode. I believe it involves using your sd card as a "bootable media". (Like, usb stick for windows 7)
Do some research about that. And I think it should work.
Try this!
ABCordova said:
Hi guys,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I747m, running Cyanogen Mod and as of right now, it will not turn on. It will begin the boot animation and the freeze once it reaches the end. I cannot access Recovery Mode but I can access Download Mode. This all began when my version of gapps started glitching, or at least Google play Store. I downloaded a new gapps and tried to install it without wiping out the dalvik cache or uninstalling the old gapps. Yes I am a noob at this and an idiot.
Please guys if anyone of you has the patience to tell me what I need to do to get my phone operational again. please do so. My family is not doing well financially right now and can't afford another phone. Please give me some hope. Please.
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I would try and flash a new recovery image either twrp or cwm through download mode using Odin and try getting back into recovery and clean flash cyanogenmod and gapps all over again. Basically start from scratch and see if it fixes the problem, if you can get in to recovery mode after flashing a new image you may only need to wipe cache/dalvik to fix it but I'd start with trying your best to get a recovery image reflashed and the ability to get into recovery mode. You can find the images for recovery at the official sites either twrp or clockwork recovery and the instructions on how to flash them anywhere by searching through Google! Hope this helps you
From download mode you can flash a stock firmware with Odin unless you have installed the stock 4.3 update. This will wipe your phone but you will have it booting and recovery back.
NightyNineNights said:
I would try and flash a new recovery image either twrp or cwm through download mode using Odin and try getting back into recovery and clean flash cyanogenmod and gapps all over again. Basically start from scratch and see if it fixes the problem, if you can get in to recovery mode after flashing a new image you may only need to wipe cache/dalvik to fix it but I'd start with trying your best to get a recovery image reflashed and the ability to get into recovery mode. You can find the images for recovery at the official sites either twrp or clockwork recovery and the instructions on how to flash them anywhere by searching through Google! Hope this helps you
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Thank you so much! However, in the Clockwork Mod website, it does not say anything about downloading Clockwork Recovery. What should I do from this point? Also, some people suggest installing an entirely new OS. Would this be a better or worse solution compared to flashing Clockwork Mod Recovery?
Thank you once again!
BCSC said:
From download mode you can flash a stock firmware with Odin unless you have installed the stock 4.3 update. This will wipe your phone but you will have it booting and recovery back.
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Another user here suggested flashing Clockwork Recovery. Which one one in your opinion is the best option and what are the disadvantages/advantages of both?
ABCordova said:
Another user here suggested flashing Clockwork Recovery. Which one one in your opinion is the best option and what are the disadvantages/advantages of both?
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As for your previous post, the Clockwork downloads are under the 'Rom Manager' tab here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/.
Twrp recovery here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 (Hit 'Get TWRP for your device' then this link at bottom of page 'Download - Odin Flashable Tar:').
Which you chose depends on which you had before the issue and whether you want to restore a previous backup once recovery is restored. If you are not going to be restoring a back up, I'd recommend the TWRP file as it can be flashed with Odin.
Your other option is to Flash a stock firmware from Odin and start from scratch. This can be the more labor intensive way because you then need to setup the phone again and get it back to how you like it. The benefit of this method is that it wipes absolutely everything, including whatever problem had you screwed in the first place. Because I tinker with my phone a lot, I always have everything important stored on an external SD. Pictures, Titanium Backup, Nandroid, etc. If you have backups of everything you need off the phone, I'd recommend that you Odin it. If you do not have things backed up try installing recovery first and getting the phone to boot. In the end if you do chose this method you should still wipe as there was obviously something that really buggered your phone and a wipe will be the best way to fix that so it doesn't recur. That's my opinion anyway.
Update!
Apparently I can access Recovery Mode now!! However, it still does not boot up. I backed up all my filed to my external 8GB SD card, and then wiped the dalvik Cache. Nothing. I did a full Factory reset and still nothing. AM I missing a step? Is there a step I should take before or after clicking full wipe? The phone boots all the way to cyanogen mod logo, where an arrow spins around it. However, that's all it does.
Any ideas?
ABCordova said:
Apparently I can access Recovery Mode now!! However, it still does not boot up. I backed up all my filed to my external 8GB SD card, and then wiped the dalvik Cache. Nothing. I did a full Factory reset and still nothing. AM I missing a step? Is there a step I should take before or after clicking full wipe? The phone boots all the way to cyanogen mod logo, where an arrow spins around it. However, that's all it does.
Any ideas?
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So you can access recovery mode?
*Before you follow the next steps, understand everything will be deleted from your PHONE, NOT sdcard.*
You have to wipe everything clean. That means(in recovery mode):
Wipe Data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Wipe dalvik cache
Then you would install your rom. From there everything should work. Also, are you installing CM10.2? 10.1? 11? (I personally suggest 10.2.)
Hi, phones been running great until yesterday when it started telling me the disk space was nearly full(via es filee xplorer). It then turned off a few times and i turned it on again. The phone would shut off if I tried to do anything like launch the camera app. It now bootloops when i try to turn it on.
I have tried wiping dalvic cache, factory reset, recover from a recovery point i made when i installed the cm13 rom and reinstalling the custom rom like I did the first time using twrp.
The phone did once go into a boot animation of the old boot screen(02 animation), another time it started the miui boot logo but went back to the normal samsung galaxy note 2 boot loop where its stuck at now.
Any suggestions on how i could get it running again? Thanks!
Note2mk said:
Hi, phones been running great until yesterday when it started telling me the disk space was nearly full(via es filee xplorer). It then turned off a few times and i turned it on again. The phone would shut off if I tried to do anything like launch the camera app. It now bootloops when i try to turn it on.
I have tried wiping dalvic cache, factory reset, recover from a recovery point i made when i installed the cm13 rom and reinstalling the custom rom like I did the first time using twrp.
The phone did once go into a boot animation of the old boot screen(02 animation), another time it started the miui boot logo but went back to the normal samsung galaxy note 2 boot loop where its stuck at now.
Any suggestions on how i could get it running again? Thanks!
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Tried putting stock rom back on but still bootlooping. When i go into android system recovery it says twice
E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)
Search for efs.tar file on the internet for n7100, flash it via Odin then wipe data, cache and davlik cache.
Skull97 said:
Search for efs.tar file on the internet for n7100, flash it via Odin then wipe data, cache and davlik cache.
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Thanks. Any instructions /tutorials on how to flash an efs file?
Is it the same procedure as flashing a stock ROM using Odin?
Note2mk said:
Thanks. Any instructions /tutorials on how to flash an efs file?
Is it the same procedure as flashing a stock ROM using Odin?
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It should use the same procedure as flash stock ROM. I'm not sure because the last time I did it was some years ago.
I have found another way, it's a bit hard, but safer
http://www.selftechgenius.com/how-t...nvalid-argument-in-all-samsung-galaxy-phones/
Skull97 said:
It should use the same procedure as flash stock ROM. I'm not sure because the last time I did it was some years ago.
I have found another way, it's a bit hard, but safer
http://www.selftechgenius.com/how-t...nvalid-argument-in-all-samsung-galaxy-phones/
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Gave it a read. Phones not entering recovery mode anymore so not sure I can proceed. Maybe try flashing stock ROM again.