Hi,
as my usb board is broken and need to send my GNEX back to my retailer. But I have to bring it back to stock first.
Is there a way to get the phone back to stock without ODIN/Fastboot?
d_wings said:
Hi,
as my usb board is broken and need to send my GNEX back to my retailer. But I have to bring it back to stock first.
Is there a way to get the phone back to stock without ODIN/Fastboot?
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Did you make a backup of your Stock Rom?
you could flash that in CWM. I think you'll be okay like that
Already did that, but then I'm still on CWM recovery instead of stock recovery, what would mean that I cannot use my warranty for a three months old phone :-/
Here, this should save you
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro&hl=en
Mobile Odin.
Just flash a stock rom (the one that has a recovery included, it will overwrite cwm)
bk201doesntexist said:
Just flash a stock rom (the one that has a recovery included, it will overwrite cwm)
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His USB connection is broken.
After flashing recovery.img with Mobile Odin the Recovery doesn't work anymore.
Just the Droid with red exclamation mark, however the Bootloader/System working fine.
Any chance to get stock recovery working again?
d_wings said:
After flashing recovery.img with Mobile Odin the Recovery doesn't work anymore.
Just the Droid with red exclamation mark, however the Bootloader/System working fine.
Any chance to get stock recovery working again?
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flash whole rom again maybe it will fix it,
i had that error once when rooting and unlocking but flashed it again and it was fine
Samsuck said:
His USB connection is broken.
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Missed that part
That recovery with the little android and red exclamation mark is stock recovery, i believe.
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I noticed when I first got the phone that there was surprisingly no recovery mode. I'd get into bootloader and try to enter recovery and I get the dead android guy with a red triangle. Well I recently rooted and installed touchwiz recovery and was able to boot into it exactly once. After that though it does the same thing of giving me the dead android with the red triangle. Phones is barely a month old so do I just need to take it back to stock and return it or whats going on?
revwolf said:
I noticed when I first got the phone that there was surprisingly no recovery mode. I'd get into bootloader and try to enter recovery and I get the dead android guy with a red triangle. Well I recently rooted and installed touchwiz recovery and was able to boot into it exactly once. After that though it does the same thing of giving me the dead android with the red triangle. Phones is barely a month old so do I just need to take it back to stock and return it or whats going on?
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Sounds like you didn't remove/rename /system/recovery-from-boot.p
This file flashes the stock recovery every time the phone boots. The recovery you describe is the stock recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357642
Delete boot-from-recobery.p
If you have rooted your device,detele boot-from-recobery.p in "/system"
Yup. that fixed that. Wonder why that step wasn't in any of the how-to's I read. LOL.
It's in mine =]
revwolf said:
Yup. that fixed that. Wonder why that step wasn't in any of the how-to's I read. LOL.
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Just some background for learning purposes:
There are TWO files added to your system when you apply an OTA update: a script (/system/etc/install-recovery.sh) that applies a patch (/system/recovery-from-boot.p) to the recovery partition, effectively re-flashing the stock recovery every time you boot your device. These files do NOT exist in Google's factory images -- they are only placed on your device if you apply an OTA update. They serve no purpose other than what I just mentioned, and are not part of the stock ROM (in other words, deleting them is perfectly safe, and will not affect your ability to apply any future updates using CWM).
I'm having the same problem. I can't get into the recovery mode. I just see a red triangle with an exclamation point.
Here's what I have done so far with my G-Nex. I had mine originally at 4.0.4 Yakjuxw. I received an OTA update to 4.1.1 JRCO03C and started to have some wifi issues. I did plan to flash it back to 4.0.4.
I used Mark Skippen's toolkit (the DOS-like GUI) to unlock the bootloader, to root, and to flash it to 4.0.4 IMM76I Google factory, and finally to root it again.
After reading more about manual ADB commands of doing the steps I've done above for further learning, I found out I can't get into the recovery mode.
I checked on the /system/recovery-from-boot.p and the file do not exist.
Will trying to flash a custom or stock recovery fix it?
TIA
The red triangle screen IS the stock recovery, but flashing CWM should sort it out
EddyOS said:
The red triangle screen IS the stock recovery, but flashing CWM should sort it out
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Yes. Except that I don't have any options to choose from. I only got a picture of a lying android with the red triangle screen and an exclamation point.
Yeah, that's normal for the Nexus...
EddyOS said:
Yeah, that's normal for the Nexus...
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I see. I hope you could bear with me more as I'm new with this. Will flashing custom recovery require me to do a cleanup of my files, I mean like wiping dalvik-cache and everything?
Shouldn't do, just flash it when in the bootloader
z_extend_99 said:
Yes. Except that I don't have any options to choose from. I only got a picture of a lying android with the red triangle screen and an exclamation point.
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To get the options when you are on that screen, just hold power and press volume up. More details can be found in the "basics" link in my signature.
Thanks guys for this. I came across this thread as I was flashing my GNexus back to stock as I'm selling it tomorrow. I've run custom recovery ever since I got this phone and I forgot how a stock recovery looked like.
I was going crazy reflashing the recovery.img via fastboot only to see the red triangle and the android lying on its back which is normal. I was expecting a similar recovery with less selection on the menu for the stock recovery.
I flashed CM10 onto my phone a couple weeks ago, everything went smoothly. Today, I reverted back to stock and locked the bootloader so that I could receive the stock JellyBean update. Well I download the update, reboot phone into fastboot, attempt to go into recovery and I get the red triangle !. I know this is an issue with the phone apparently not finding a recovery boot but why didn't my reverting to stock reinstall the stock recovery? Does anyone have any guides they suggest to get stock recovery back? (I've found a few but thought I would ask).
Now, this is understandable that my phone can't boot into recovery since I flashed CM recovery onto it and whatnot, but I attempted to boot into recovery on my girlfriends phone (same phone, NEVER BEEN UNLOCKED OR FLASHED) and it can't boot into recovery either... Is something going on here or am I just missing a huge piece of the puzzle? I don't really want to have to flash anything on my girlfriends phone to fix it, she's not into the tinkering and would rather not have her data reset. Any help would be appreciated.
And for the record, I did a search to figure this out but at the very least I can only find solutions for people who have flashed CM or similar and nothing pertaining to the problem my girlfriend's phone has.
Tried reflashing recovery already? How did you "revert" to stock?
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nktje said:
Tried reflashing recovery already? How did you "revert" to stock?
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Used this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848566
It worked, I'm on stock ICS, but I didn't do ANYTHING after booting into ICS again and attempting to install JB and booting into recovery. Did I miss something? How do I "flash recovery"?
Unzip the factory image you get from developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Then use fastboot to flash the recovery.
EDIT: red triangle doesn't necessarily mean the recovery is broken. It's just the way it is. If you wish to flash a 3rd party ROM you'll need to flash a 3rd party recovery.
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I think you are confusing a few things here. First off, the Android with the red triangle IS the stock recovery main screen. (If you want to flash the update manually, you need CWM -- go into fastboot mode and type: fastboot flash name-of-recovery.img, where name-of-recovery is the recovery that you downloaded and want to flash.) Second, you need the stock recovery for an update to install over-the-air, but you need a custom recovery if you want to flash it manually.
Muffinabus said:
Today, I reverted back to stock and locked the bootloader so that I could receive the stock JellyBean update.
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this happened. you installed stock recovery when you reverted, whats the surprise?
and you dont need to relock bootloader to successfully update through ota. seems to me know the op needs to refine his searching skills.
nktje said:
EDIT: red triangle doesn't necessarily mean the recovery is broken. It's just the way it is. If you wish to flash a 3rd party ROM you'll need to flash a 3rd party recovery.
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just press vol up+power to bring up the stock recovery menu.
edit: damn efrant, i got this man
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nktje said:
Unzip the factory image you get from developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Then use fastboot to flash the recovery.
EDIT: red triangle doesn't necessarily mean the recovery is broken. It's just the way it is. If you wish to flash a 3rd party ROM you'll need to flash a 3rd party recovery.
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So in the context of my girlfriend's phone where nothing has been done to it in the 4 months she's had it, why would it be giving the recovery error? Also, does flashing the recovery wipe the phone?
It's funny too because I just got the JB OTA but I'd still like to get this figured out.
Muffinabus said:
So in the context of my girlfriend's phone where nothing has been done to it in the 4 months she's had it, why would it be giving the recovery error? Also, does flashing the recovery wipe the phone?
It's funny too because I just got the JB OTA but I'd still like to get this figured out.
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run the update manually (found on the Update link on efrants sig) through cwm, that should give you a more detailed description of whats going on.
flashing a recovery doesn't wipe the device. unlocking will, btw. its not an error, its the stock recovery!
sent from my i9250
bk201doesntexist said:
run the update manually (found on the Update link on efrants sig) through cwm, that should give you a more detailed description of whats going on.
flashing a recovery doesn't wipe the device. unlocking will, btw. its not an error, its the stock recovery!
sent from my i9250
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Alright, I think I got it... so the android with the red ! triangle IS stock recovery? I just remember on my Nexus S being able to boot into recovery and load up a stock .zip update manually without any custom recovery mod. Is this not possible on the Galaxy Nexus then? So what does the stock recovery DO other than sit there and reboot after a minute?
Muffinabus said:
Alright, I think I got it... so the android with the red ! triangle IS stock recovery?
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Correct! As was mentioned by bk201doesntexist, hold power and press volume up to access the menu.
Muffinabus said:
I just remember on my Nexus S being able to boot into recovery and load up a stock .zip update manually without any custom recovery mod. Is this not possible on the Galaxy Nexus then?
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No, that does not work on the GNex.
Muffinabus said:
So what does the stock recovery DO other than sit there and reboot after a minute?
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Have a look at the menu, and you can see the options.
efrant said:
Correct! As was mentioned by bk201doesntexist, hold power and press volume up to access the menu.
No, that does not work on the GNex.
Have a look at the menu, and you can see the options.
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Thank you! I feel like an idiot now. I honestly thought it'd be the same as the Nexus S where you were able to do this...
[[SOLVED]]
Alright, so I checked through a few pages on the forums, and I didn't see anyone posting about this issue I am having..
I purchased my S3 a few days ago, and instantly rooted it. I used the Odin3 v3.07 method with "root66_SPR_L10VPBLJ7.7Z" ROM. That went well and fine. Then I tried flashing CWM recovery, and when I booted into recovery, it was still the stock. So I downloaded ROM Mangager and flashed the touch CWM recovery, after it finished, it asked if I wanted to boot into recovery. I agreed. Then the phone restarted, and upon starting, it showed the SAMSUNG logo, and "recovery booting" in the top left corner for about half a second. Then it just stayed on a black screen. I could do nothing after that. I then took the battery out for about 5 minutes, threw it back in, and the phone started. So I tried to manually boot into recovery, and the same issue. Took the battery out again, phone started properly, so I then tried to get into download mode. That worked fine, so I downloaded the CWM recovery on my laptop, and connected the phone through Odin, and flashed CWM onto my phone. Odin said it passed, but I still have the same issue when I try to boot into recovery.
Any ideas on something I'm doing wrong?
It is likely that your ROM is detecting the custom recovery and replacing it with the stock one. This was a change made to the stock ROM several versions ago. Before that you did not have to do anything extra to load the custom recovery.
The versions LG8 and later have code to detect an unsigned recovery and replace it with stock. You need to:
- Download TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip and place it on your ineternal sdcard.
- Get into Download Mode and connect ODIN.
- Flash the custom recovery with ODIN but do not check the "Auto Reboot" box in Odin.
- Disconnect the phone from the PC once the recovery is flashed.
- Pull the battery to power down
- Boot directly into recovery (Hold Volume Up, Home and Power buttons until recovery appears. Do not allow the ROM to start).
- Once in the recovery you need to flash the Team Epic Root from Recovery.
- Reboot
All Done
m20120 said:
It is likely that your ROM is detecting the custom recovery and replacing it with the stock one. This was a change made to the stock ROM several versions ago. Before that you did not have to do anything extra to load the custom recovery.
The versions LG8 and later have code to detect an unsigned recovery and replace it with stock. You need to:
- Download TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip and place it on your ineternal sdcard.
- Get into Download Mode and connect ODIN.
- Flash the custom recovery with ODIN but do not check the "Auto Reboot" box in Odin.
- Disconnect the phone from the PC once the recovery is flashed.
- Pull the battery to power down
- Boot directly into recovery (Hold Volume Up, Home and Power buttons until recovery appears. Do not allow the ROM to start).
- Once in the recovery you need to flash the Team Epic Root from Recovery.
- Reboot
All Done
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Correct; and the reason for this is because the updated stock firmware as a script basically that re-flashes stock recovery upon boot if stock isn't detected. The team epic zip removes that. After doing that; I'd recommend flashing the twrp recovery.
Need some Help!
Ok guys got a problem! I have a new Samsung Galaxy Sprint S3 SPH-L710 4.1.1 and I flashed CMW ROM and did not do a back up of the stock OS. The phone still works with the ROM that I flashed cm-10.1m1. I already know befor you say it dumb right! Lol I'm kicking myself because I know better. I need help finding a mirror of the stock OS with all the drivers and kernels! Can anyone help out, thanks. :crying:
Re: [Q] Recovery Broken, Need Help
shadowcop9514 said:
Ok guys got a problem! I have a new Samsung Galaxy Sprint S3 SPH-L710 4.1.1 and I flashed CMW ROM and did not do a back up of the stock OS. The phone still works with the ROM that I flashed cm-10.1m1. I already know befor you say it dumb right! Lol I'm kicking myself because I know better. I need help finding a mirror of the stock OS with all the drivers and kernels! Can anyone help out, thanks. :crying:
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So whats your issue? Why do you need the stock rom...? The drivers are the same and the stock kernel is for stock only, not aosp
Sent from my PG06100
Okay I did some research, and I found online that the Samsung phones need .tar.md5 not .img files for recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484304
I did not use these directions since I don't run linux, and I wasn't going to download VMWare. Anyways, the way I fixed it, I purchased and downloaded Mobile Odin from the Play store. I put the recovery.img on my external SDcard, then opened the app. Under "recovery" I selected recovery.img and then scrolled down to "Flash" It flashed the recovery.img with no problems, then booted me into recovery. I then flashed mrRobinson_Ashaman.v2.20_signed.zip so I could uninstall some bloatware.
That last part was mostly for me, until I find a ROM I like.
CNexus said:
So whats your issue? Why do you need the stock rom...? The drivers are the same and the stock kernel is for stock only, not aosp
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I'm selling my phone and getting the Galaxy S4 and the person wants the stock back on the phone.
shadowcop9514 said:
I'm selling my phone and getting the Galaxy S4 and the person wants the stock back on the phone.
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Oh ok then, just run the latest Supersonic RUU (4.67 i think)
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CNexus said:
Oh ok then, just run the latest Supersonic RUU (4.67 i think)
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Ok, where do I find that ?
shadowcop9514 said:
Ok, where do I find that ?
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WHOOPS. Sorry, I was thinking about another phone
Look up "flash back to stock galaxy s3" on google and you should get some good hits. Ignore the RUU thing, I thought I was on the OG evo forums
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CNexus said:
WHOOPS. Sorry, I was thinking about another phone
Look up "flash back to stock galaxy s3" on google and you should get some good hits. Ignore the RUU thing, I thought I was on the OG evo forums
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Ok thanks!
I rooted my device and installed twrp recovery then i chose to install the cwm philz recovery and now their is nothing in the EFS file where the imei and all that stuff is at. I still get signal but when i click on power it reboots and i dont have a lock screen. I have a back up and it restores fine, then i go to check and the files are their but when i reboot they are gone again. What could it be and how to fix it, plz and thank you.
timon184 said:
I rooted my device and installed twrp recovery then i chose to install the cwm philz recovery and now their is nothing in the EFS file where the imei and all that stuff is at. I still get signal but when i click on power it reboots and i dont have a lock screen. I have a back up and it restores fine, then i go to check and the files are their but when i reboot they are gone again. What could it be and how to fix it, plz and thank you.
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Have you tried using a different recovery than Philz?
lordcheeto03 said:
Have you tried using a different recovery than Philz?
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cwm regular, but how is that going to help me see the files in EFS ? like i said i have signal but i cant c the files yet when i put the files i reboot then they disappear again
timon184 said:
cwm regular, but how is that going to help me see the files in EFS ? like i said i have signal but i cant c the files yet when i put the files i reboot then they disappear again
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I honestly don't know, but you mentioned your problems started when you flashed Philz Recovery... the logical course of action would be to revert to a different recovery and completely eliminate the recovery as being part of the problem.
lordcheeto03 said:
I honestly don't know, but you mentioned your problems started when you flashed Philz Recovery... the logical course of action would be to revert to a different recovery and completely eliminate the recovery as being part of the problem.
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ok i did that and i installed the stock rom everything back to stock and when the phone starts it doesn't give me the welcome screen it gives me as if i did a regular install and a square pops up with yellow letters telling me the phones info i cant get rid of it either unless i delete the phone test fb.apk, then i still have the power button doesn't show me restart, ect. and the lock screen wont work it will turn off but when i turn back on it goes back to the main screen the lock screen wont come up, not even if i put a pin for it to lock. What if i install the canada version stock and then re-install the usa version will that make it work or will that brick the phone ? thanks for atleast answering.
timon184 said:
ok i did that and i installed the stock rom everything back to stock and when the phone starts it doesn't give me the welcome screen it gives me as if i did a regular install and a square pops up with yellow letters telling me the phones info i cant get rid of it either unless i delete the phone test fb.apk, then i still have the power button doesn't show me restart, ect. and the lock screen wont work it will turn off but when i turn back on it goes back to the main screen the lock screen wont come up, not even if i put a pin for it to lock. What if i install the canada version stock and then re-install the usa version will that make it work or will that brick the phone ? thanks for atleast answering.
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I assume you used Odin to revert back to stock using one of the stock .tars?
lordcheeto03 said:
I assume you used Odin to revert back to stock using one of the stock .tars?
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yes i did, should i try doing it with the odin pro apk ? and or should i try installing the canadian version stock and see if it helps ?
lordcheeto03 said:
I assume you used Odin to revert back to stock using one of the stock .tars?
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were can i find the pit file for the odin that will work with this device, if i install the stock with the pit and re-partition will that work ? but were can i find that file if so....
timon184 said:
were can i find the pit file for the odin that will work with this device, if i install the stock with the pit and re-partition will that work ? but were can i find that file if so....
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This is going a bit over my head, talking about the pit file and all... I will say that it probably wouldn't be advisable to flash the Canadian tar, but but any farther than that I'm not sure.
One thing I would say from my personal experience the other day, I used Odin to go back to stock while using a TouchWiz ROM... Odin said it was successful, I had stock recovery again, but when I booted the phone and went into stock TW, all my data was still there, I still had root, all my settings were the same, etc. I flashed custom recovery again, did a full wipe, and flashed a CM ROM. After doing all that, I again tried to revert to stock using Odin. That time, all data was removed and it was just like I had unboxed the phone for the 1st time (save a flash count or two) and it was all good to go. As odd as it may sound, I'd say flash something non-TW, then start the Odin process again.
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This is going a bit over my head, talking about the pit file and all... I will say that it probably wouldn't be advisable to flash the Canadian tar, but but any farther than that I'm not sure.
One thing I would say from my personal experience the other day, I used Odin to go back to stock while using a TouchWiz ROM... Odin said it was successful, I had stock recovery again, but when I booted the phone and went into stock TW, all my data was still there, I still had root, all my settings were the same, etc. I flashed custom recovery again, did a full wipe, and flashed a CM ROM. After doing all that, I again tried to revert to stock using Odin. That time, all data was removed and it was just like I had unboxed the phone for the 1st time (save a flash count or two) and it was all good to go. As odd as it may sound, I'd say flash something non-TW, then start the Odin process again.
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ok i will try that thankx
Hey guys I was recently trying to flash back to stock so that i could carrier unlock my device, but when I was trying to flash using cwm, I kept getting status 7 error, so I read up on that and learned that cwm doesn't like certain roms.
After reading that, I used twrp, which allowed the rom to flash.
Now's where it gets bad..
the rom was booting fine, until i realized it was stuck at the boot animation for about 10 minutes.
I went back to the thread and asked how long it should take on first boot, they said 4 mintues...
I can't get back into recovery mode.. (actually i could never get into recovery mode using hardware bottons, i had to use apps such as ROM Manager)
I'm trying to use odin to flash recovery img, but no dice..
Can someone please tell me what I should do?
You can't go back to stock through recovery. You have to flash the stock image through Odin.
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mrzhadow said:
You can't go back to stock through recovery. You have to flash the stock image through Odin.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
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It was a custom touchwiz rom. I thought that was possible.
Could I flash stock through odin in my current situation?
Fash the latest frimware using Odin
Can you get your phone into Download mode? Power whitle holding volume down, if you can then flash CWMR using odin
Download CWMR touch or non touch from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2405433
Doing this help me skip some odin errors from previous failed attempts to flash stock frimwares (I don't know if you're having the same problem)
If you successfully flash CWMrecovery, you should be able to flash official 4.3 firmware(T-Mobile) and put your phone back to stock.
create an account with sam mobile for faster download this download can take 1-4 hours SamMobile was like 20 minutes for me, this is the link for the latest frimware for
(T-mobile SGH-M919 !!! ONLY !!! ) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22280
If you can get your phone back to stock this is my advice to you: root your phone right-away so you can reset your flash counter using triangle away.
I suggest the following rooting method is safe, it worked for me and did not affect my flash counter
Safe root --> http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Safe-Root-Android-4.3-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note-No-Warranty-Void.html
use triangle away to reset your flash counter to Zero
Triangle Away ----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/orig-development/2013-10-04-triangleaway-v3-10-t1494114
Good Luck
jacob66 said:
It was a custom touchwiz rom. I thought that was possible.
Could I flash stock through odin in my current situation?
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jacob66 said:
Hey guys I was recently trying to flash back to stock so that i could carrier unlock my device, but when I was trying to flash using cwm, I kept getting status 7 error, so I read up on that and learned that cwm doesn't like certain roms.
After reading that, I used twrp, which allowed the rom to flash.
Now's where it gets bad..
the rom was booting fine, until i realized it was stuck at the boot animation for about 10 minutes.
I went back to the thread and asked how long it should take on first boot, they said 4 mintues...
I can't get back into recovery mode.. (actually i could never get into recovery mode using hardware bottons, i had to use apps such as ROM Manager)
I'm trying to use odin to flash recovery img, but no dice..
Can someone please tell me what I should do?
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Did oyu make a nandroid backup of your stock rom before flashing a custom one?
If so, just restore it.
If not, use Odin.
Skipjacks said:
Did oyu make a nandroid backup of your stock rom before flashing a custom one?
If so, just restore it.
If not, use Odin.
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yeah but i switched recoveries and everyone on my cwm got deleted
but i'm back up and running, i just didn't know how to fully wipe on twrp, someone helped me out with that.
thank you for the help
napacastro said:
Can you get your phone into Download mode? Power whitle holding volume down, if you can then flash CWMR using odin
Download CWMR touch or non touch from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2405433
Doing this help me skip some odin errors from previous failed attempts to flash stock frimwares (I don't know if you're having the same problem)
If you successfully flash CWMrecovery, you should be able to flash official 4.3 firmware(T-Mobile) and put your phone back to stock.
create an account with sam mobile for faster download this download can take 1-4 hours SamMobile was like 20 minutes for me, this is the link for the latest frimware for
(T-mobile SGH-M919 !!! ONLY !!! ) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22280
If you can get your phone back to stock this is my advice to you: root your phone right-away so you can reset your flash counter using triangle away.
I suggest the following rooting method is safe, it worked for me and did not affect my flash counter
Safe root --> http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Safe-Root-Android-4.3-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note-No-Warranty-Void.html
use triangle away to reset your flash counter to Zero
Triangle Away ----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/orig-development/2013-10-04-triangleaway-v3-10-t1494114
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Thank you for your information, I've solved my problem by getting back into twrp! thanks! hopefully this thread will help someone out in the future