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cant get out of recovery!?!

no matter what i do i cant get out of recovery. im on cwm 3.1.0.1 (purple) i just now went into recovery to flash a new rom but when i try to select something it just show the circle with the hat on it. i pulled the battery and when i turned it back on, it went straight back to recovery.
edit...well i actually tried to get to recovery (3 finger salute) and then i could use recovery like normal. hopefully this will help someone else

Best bet is to Odin in EC05 stock, root and flash a GB ROM. Something happened to your boot partition. Use the method at the top of Development in the stickies and repaprtition your phone as well.
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have you done a nandroid backup by chance?

id try reflashing the recovery
strat with odin ei22 and do root and then recovery 5.0.0.1

Same
I had the same problem when I was trying to restore my wife's phone. Try restoring the original stock with odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655 worked for me.
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Just found this one this morning. Works fantastic and even has on screen step by step guide to do it correctly. Unfortunately the forum wont let me post the link, so, google epic 4g odin tar, look for a link to pc geeks forum and they have an all in one windows based updater. Run the .exe on your pc and after it installs to your computer launch the program from the desktop icon it creates, follow the on screen prompts. Best restore program i have ever seen.

Stuck at "Data.img" thru odin. Possible EMMC brick fix! Thanks to Jaymoon pg.#44

Stuck at "Data.img" thru odin. Possible EMMC brick fix! Thanks to Jaymoon pg.#44
So here's the deal. I just couldn't help myself and I flashed shabbys ICS test build this morning. Well the more I started reading in the thread about guys having issues restoring there backups I tried it. Flashed the cwm touch recovery....did a full wipe and then went to restore my nand of Blend. Booted up and gets stuck at the Samsung boot screen. I let it sit there for about 10 minutes. Then from there I pressed volume up and power to see if i could get back into cwm. I was able to and had rogue recovery. I then went to do a full wipe again. The data wipe took about 2 minutes....which was strange...then wiped cache and dalvik. Then went to flash Blend(not the nand backup) and again stuck at the samsung boot screen.
So I then went into odin mode and attempted to odin back to stock using the D710USEL29_20120105.stock from qb777's you tube vid. All went good....got the pass and once again stuck at the Samsung boot screen. Then from there I went back into odin download mode and attempted to odin the stock rooted file(not the file to keep your data file) and it got stuck at "Data.img" in odin.
So now I sit with the battery out of my phone and have no idea what I can try from here. I think I remember reading that as long as you can get into odin download mode there should be a fix. As alot of you can probably tell from reading this I am new to odin. I should have never flashed this test build if I was not a hundred percent sure that I could get back and also should have been WAY more familiar with odin before flashing.
I'm off to hit the sack....have a fat headache from this screw up of mine. I'll be up at 6am to check in here. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it......and whatever suggestions you may offer please take into account that I just learned about odin last week, so maybe a "odin for dummies" could help me out the most.
A little freaked out about this and really hope someone knows a way they can help.
THANKS in advance
[EDIT] Looks like we may have a fix. Refer to Page numbers 44,45. Thanks to Jaymoon and everyone else involved.

nevermind 10 char

try this homie...
odin this recovery.... http://goo-inside.me/kernels/TeamRo.../rogue_ET-recoveryonly-1.1.4-rc0-odin.tar.md5
it finally allowed me to wide data which i couldnt do all this time...
im just gonna stick with this for now and try a few things

caspersfi said:
So I then went into odin mode and attempted to odin back to stock using the D710USEL29_20120105.stock from qb777's you tube vid. All went good....got the pass and once again stuck at the Samsung boot screen. Then from there I went back into odin download mode and attempted to odin the stock rooted file(not the file to keep your data file) and it got stuck at "Data.img" in odin.
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It is possible somehow your partitions got messed up.
If you look at section A2 of the EL29 ODIN One-Click, you will find the regular ODIN tar.md5
You can use that with regular ODIN. The file you download is a self-extractor so you need to double-click and select where to unpack. That will give you a tar.md5 file. Use the *PDA* slot in ODIN to select that file. Double-check you used the *PDA* slot. Then the only option you should select in ODIN (that isn't already selected for you) is Re-Partition (so you should have Re-Partition and Auto-Reboot checked)

so sfhub,
after doing the wipe in the stock recovery.... i did a reboot system
THe "samsung Galaxy sII" screen just flashes on and off every couple of minutes.

dadoc04 said:
so sfhub,
after doing the wipe in the stock recovery.... i did a reboot system
THe "samsung Galaxy sII" screen just flashes on and off every couple of minutes.
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So this is different that what it was doing before? Perhaps you are making progress.
Try ODIN flashing just the rooted ROM (section #B4)
Sorry it is taking so long. I'm kind of using you to debug the actual issue.

sfhub said:
So this is different that what it was doing before? Perhaps you are making progress.
Try ODIN flashing just the rooted ROM (section #B4)
Sorry it is taking so long. I'm kind of using you to debug the actual issue.
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no problem... your help is appreciated... gimme a minute download #B4 and ODIN... ill post results
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I dont see a B4... maybe im looking in the wrong thread... u mind linking me?
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NEVERMIND>.. i was using the wrong link.. i found it
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do you want me to select anything in odin? or just the auto reboot?

It is a self-extractor so remember to double-click on it to extract the tar.md5 before using in ODIN.
Just auto-reboot is fine.
You've already flashed the kernel and reformated /data. The only thing needed to boot that might not be correct is the ROM, so hopefully this works.

alright... ill let you know in a few minutes what happens

It will probably take a little bit of time. The ROM is the largest image.

^ yea...
its going now... currently in FACTORYFS...
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it says PAss..... not sure where it did data though....
factoryfs
NAND Write Start
RQT CLose
RES OK
REmoved
Completed
All threads completed (succeed 1/ failed 0)

It didn't do /data (data.img). You already formatted that using stock recovery, so it shouldn't be necessary to flash it.
Factoryfs.img is the ROM.
You previously already flash the kernel and verified it was working because you were able to boot into stock recovery.
So that takes care of kernel, ROM, and /data. I doubt anything is wrong with the modem. So everything that is needed to boot should be in place.

its just flashing the "samsung galaxy s II" screen again
it goes to a grey battery image screen

That is usually what it does when you power down your phone. What happens when you press and hold power until something happens?

press and hold power = gray battery screen....
edit... the battery went away and "samsung galaxy s2" is back

If it is looping again, try booting into recovery and wipe data/factory reset one more time.

I wonder if you can run adb logcat as the phone goes from off state to stuck on samsung logo. You might be able to see whats going on if adb picks it up.

^ That's a good idea ^ Might provide some clues.

sfhub said:
If it is looping again, try booting into recovery and wipe data/factory reset one more time.
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wiping data/factory reset now... ill let ya know how it goes. It took a while last time as i think it was hung up
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im comfortable with ADB...
tell me how/when to do it and ill give it a shot....
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wipe is complete...
still shows the E:file is written: not updated

in command prompt, type
adb logcat
it will more than likely say "waiting for device" . thats fine, just plug in your phone to the pc and boot up the phone as usual. if the phone is booting far enough, adb should pick up the device and start displaying the logcat.

[Q] Rooting trouble...

hi all. i tried to post this in the same thread but xda wouldnt let me. i rooted my phone following this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088
and i did everything 100% like the guide except after using odin with a PASS! my phone will not boot into recovery with vol up, home and power being held. did i do something wrong?
edit: i was able to get into recovery once, but it wasnt the clockworkmod. it was the stock recovery. what should i do?
p.s. the phone still boots and works like normal

The problem is that the newer builds (LG8 and later) will overwrite the custom recovery when the phone boots. You need to modify the rootine procedure slightly.
First: download the Team Epic Root From Recovery file from here. Copy that ZIP to the internal SD Card of your phone.
Flash the CWM recovery from ODIN like you did before but do not check the Reboot option. After it loads the recovery you will disconnect from the USB and pull the battery.
Put the battery back in and power on the phone while holding VOL UP, Home and Power. This will get you into the CWM recovery before the ROM has a chance to replace it with the stock recovery. Use CWM to apply the Team Epic Root From Recovery file.
Reboot.
All done.
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The Team Epic page that describes this procedure is here.

awesome! thank you! seems to have worked. i rebooted and have superuser. thank you very much!

AT&T galaxy s3 softbricked

I was trying to install one of drewgarens touchwiz roms. touchwiz milestone 5 firefly i believe. not the most recent one because i was too lazy . boy was that a mistake. everything was going smoothly until it booted and it got stuck on boot. I thought no big deal just go into recovery and use a backup. until i did so and recovery was gone and there was only download mode. I have spent the whole afternoon trying to fix it and none of it has worked. I tried flashing the stock rom and it as well got stuck on boot. I looked at all the AT&t relevant ones and also the international versions. so all in all is there anyway to fix this and has anyone had the same issue? i was flashing from cyanogenmod 10 m1 to the drewgaren rom btw. I can also go to download mode. I tried to flash stock but it still gets stuck on boot. log. I flashed the ATT boot logo and it did not work. all of which were flashed through odin.
any thanks in advance is greatly appreciated.

I think you can flash back to stock with just download mode + odin

Randomacts said:
I think you can flash back to stock with just download mode + odin
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I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo

stuart26 said:
I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo
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I can't help you but I wish you luck.

stuart26 said:
I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo
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Unplug your device. Hold the power button to turn it off. Hold volume up, home, and power. It should go to recovery. If you do the same thing with volume down instead of up, you can get into download mode.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

Sounds like you need a recovery...try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
[SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 QCOM TOOLKIT V2.3] Drivers Backup Root CWM BusyBox + MORE [ATT]
Follow the instructions and you should be able to flash the recovery and continue on with what you were doing. Remember to wipe really good when going from aosp back to any stock based ROM. They are completely different and will cause boot loops if you don't wipe.

jethro650 said:
Sounds like you need a recovery...try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
[SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 QCOM TOOLKIT V2.3] Drivers Backup Root CWM BusyBox + MORE [ATT]
Follow the instructions and you should be able to flash the recovery and continue on with what you were doing. Remember to wipe really good when going from aosp back to any stock based ROM. They are completely different and will cause boot loops if you don't wipe.
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I cannot enable usb debugging

Crap...there are Odin flashable versions of cwm floating around you'll need to find one of those. If you haven't found one I'll post one up when I get home.

jethro650 said:
Crap...there are Odin flashable versions of cwm floating around you'll need to find one of those. If you haven't found one I'll post one up when I get home.
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K I made it home lol. I'll attach a Odin flashable cwm, it's an older one but it'll get you a recovery, I hope. I just tried it on my phone with Odin, 3.07 both with usb debugging enabled and disabled on my phone and it worked both times. Crap keep getting errors uploading right to xda servers, I'll drop box it in a minute.
Ok here we go Odin cwm--> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28590257/Odin recovery/CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v4.tar.md5
Newest twrp --> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28590257/Odin recovery/twrp2.3.1install.zip
I'll add the newest twrp for you lol. Flash the cwm with odin, should work and then the twrp is a zip you can flash in cwm.
Hope this helps get you a recovery.
Remember in Odin use only PDA and only have auto reboot checked.

jethro650 said:
K I made it home lol. I'll attach a Odin flashable cwm, it's an older one but it'll get you a recovery, I hope. I just tried it on my phone with Odin, 3.07 both with usb debugging enabled and disabled on my phone and it worked both times. Crap keep getting errors uploading right to xda servers, I'll drop box it in a minute.
I'll add the newest twrp for you lol. Flash the cwm with odin, should work and then the twrp is a zip you can flash in cwm.
Hope this helps get you a recovery.
Remember in Odin use only PDA and only have auto reboot checked.
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This may sound like a stupid question but what boxes do i tick in odin?

After your hooked up and Odin is open under the options on the left side check only Auto Reboot. On the right under files check PDA and use that button to browse your computer and find the cwm you downloaded from my dropbox. Then just hit start on the bottom of the Odin window and let it finish, your phone should reboot when its done. It will get stuck again like you described in your first post but pull the battery, put it back in and boot into recovery using vol up,home and power buttons. That should (if everything flashed OK) put you into cwm 5.5.0.4. Once there wipe data/factory reset then restore the back up you mentioned in your original post, that should get you running again.
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If something has happened to your backup then you could try the stock rooted stuff here , just pick the one for your carrier and follow the instructions. :highfive:

jethro650 said:
After your hooked up and Odin is open under the options on the left side check only Auto Reboot. On the right under files check PDA and use that button to browse your computer and find the cwm you downloaded from my dropbox. Then just hit start on the bottom of the Odin window and let it finish, your phone should reboot when its done. It will get stuck again like you described in your first post but pull the battery, put it back in and boot into recovery using vol up,home and power buttons. That should (if everything flashed OK) put you into cwm 5.5.0.4. Once there wipe data/factory reset then restore the back up you mentioned in your original post, that should get you running again.
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If something has happened to your backup then you could try the stock rooted stuff here , just pick the one for your carrier and follow the instructions. :highfive:
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I was able to get it into recovery but i realized i did not have my sd card in so i turned it off and put my sd card in. unfortunately i was not able to get it back into recovery i tried flashing it again with the sd card in and no luck

That's odd. Couple of stupid questions on my part just to make sure, you had the right button combo, and, you released the buttons soon as the splash screen came on? Can you still get into download mode? Oh and did you do the wipes while in recovery?

jethro650 said:
That's odd. Couple of stupid questions on my part just to make sure, you had the right button combo, and, you released the buttons soon as the splash screen came on? Can you still get into download mode? Oh and did you do the wipes while in recovery?
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oh my gosh THANK YOU SOOOMUCH. I was worried i would have to take it to at&t ill be sure to press the thanks button.

I take it you got your phone working lol. Glad I could help a little. Little advice, anytime you switch to a different type of ROM (aosp to stock based or the other way around) make sure you wipe data/factory reset before flashing anything. It will save you problems in the long run.
Oh and could you go back and edit your original post and just add solved in brackets to the title for people in trouble looking for info.

stuart26 said:
I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo
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Depending on which stock ROM you flashed with odin you should now have a recovery, if not then something isn't right. The full bone stock ROM should have the factory 3e recovery, and the root injected stock ROM should have some version of CWM recovery. A factory reset will most likely fix your boot loop, if there is no recovery flash the rooted stock ROM that matches your device from this guide.
Edit - Didn't see there was a second page 0_o

Brick Issue, PLEASE HELP

Hey everyone, Im not new to rooting and flashing custom ROMs and all that, but it has been a long while since Ive done any of it. I have a S2 that had 4.0.3 and i rooted it the other day. Then i went to flash one of the latest ROMs but I failed to pay attention to the note that said i needed the latest CWM Recovery touch or I would end up in boot loop. Well thats where I am at, i tried to reflash back to stock, and tried to flash CWM touch using Odin but neither have worked....Now i either get a boot loop or i can get into download mode, recovery wont seem to boot...i cant afford another phone right now and I am hoping there is a way. I assume its only soft bricked and fixable but I am stuck, can someone please help me?

If Odin sees your phone...it will work. Just need the right version. I had no luck with 3.0.7. .... 3.0.4 worked for me. Just try that one, or other versions till it works.
If Odin doesn't see your phone, then that is another issue.
Also wipe the phone first in recovery...caches, data and system.
Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone.....
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Try Odin 1.85 to flash recovery. And try twrp...most prefer it. At first try 2.5.0.0.....wipe your phone with it. Then other Odin version to flash stock 4.1.2. Then flash the twrp version that's appropriate to the Rom you plan on flashing, if any. Twrp will give you root when you exit it.
Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone.....