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CM9 rom help

Running CM9 alpha 4 and wanting to help test some of the nightlies. I have tried to flash several of them and always get the assert error like below:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "
hercules" ll getprop("ro.build.product") == hercules
E:Error in /sdcard/update-cm-9-20120426-SNAPSHOT-hercules-alpha1-signed.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
I have tried CWM hard 5.0.2.6 and .7 and Touch 5.5.0.14 beta 14. Same thing on all of them. I know it is trying to verify the model, just don't understand why it doesn't match. Help...
Thanks

Maybe bad download?

djintrigue808 said:
Maybe bad download?
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Highly unlikely... tried 0614, 0615 and 0618. Lots of other people are able to install it, so has to be some weird setting for me.

roy.walker777 said:
Highly unlikely... tried 0614, 0615 and 0618. Lots of other people are able to install it, so has to be some weird setting for me.
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Did you:
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Darkside super wipe
3. Kernel cleanser
4. Flash radio
5. Flash ROM
6. Flash gapps
7. Flash Darkside Cache Wipe???

Install a Hercules based CWM. Will fix the problem.

djintrigue808 said:
Did you:
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Darkside super wipe
3. Kernel cleanser
4. Flash radio
5. Flash ROM
6. Flash gapps
7. Flash Darkside Cache Wipe???
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Wiping doesn't change what the recovery says his device is. Update to a new recovery yours is reporting a different device.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.

pio_masaki said:
Wiping doesn't change what the recovery says his device is. Update to a new recovery yours is reporting a different device.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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Will try and flash again... any chance you can give me a link to make sure. So far I have manually flashed, flashed from inside Rom Manager (told it the correct phone) and also flashed the touch recovery. Pretty sure they were all for T989.
Thanks

This happened to me also trying to flash the aokp nightly 610 and 615, not sure what the issue is. Downloaded from the PC and phone, still the same issue
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The best recovery to be used can be found in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27229604
Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.

JaylanPHNX said:
The best recovery to be used can be found in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27229604
Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.
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That was what I was using. I downloaded and flashed again just to be sure. Same thing. Is there a manual way to set the build.device and product.device variables? For some reason these recoveries are not setting it on mine.
Thanks,
Roy

Someone has to know how to fix this...
Anyone?

@roy.walker777 unmount/mount system then install. same thing happened to me and it worked fine after that
and im on CWM hard 5.0.2.7

Download CM9 for Hercules and not Galaxy S2.TMO S2 is called Hercules.
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quest4fire said:
Download CM9 for Hercules and not Galaxy S2.TMO S2 is called Hercules.
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Holy hell! Many thanks. I wrongly assumed that GalaxyS2 referred to the T989. On Cyanogenmod you need to use the URL name Hercules.
Damn I feel stupid now...

[Q] Tmo T989 doesnt reboot correctly

when i hit reboots it will go through, vibrate once and show the samsung logo and black screen and it doesnt power on.
had this issue with different roms.
anyway to fix???

Try TDJ's Darkside cache wipe script in the development section
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VoiD_Dweller said:
Try TDJ's Darkside cache wipe script in the development section
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already did, used it before flashing each rom, i got this phone brand new last week too

AngryDinosaur said:
already did, used it before flashing each rom, i got this phone brand new last week too
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Using it before flashing isn't particularly helpful. Use it when you have the boot issue, like now.
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What recovery are you using? Please include the version too.

RTFOP said:
Using it before flashing isn't particularly helpful. Use it when you have the boot issue, like now.
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will try it

Afeety said:
What recovery are you using? Please include the version too.
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used the toolkit to root and flash recovery
v5.0.2.6 for recovery
on JB miui right now

AngryDinosaur said:
used the toolkit to root and flash recovery
v5.0.2.6 for recovery
on JB miui right now
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Try using TWRP 2.22
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you may be semi-bricked. Just try a gingerbread rom or something.

AngryDinosaur said:
already did, used it before flashing each rom, i got this phone brand new last week too
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So you did this before the flash.. Do this.. Pull the battery, insert the battery, turn phone on and boot it into recovery (not into ROM) and flash the cache wipe script.. See if that works.
Am I correct in you saying the roms work and it just doesnt reboot properly?

ya when i hit reboot it vibrates once to power off but then it will vibrate one more time and show the samsung logo and black screen, need to pull battery to get out of it

Mine was doing the same thing, I installed "Quick boot" from the market, and that works everytime

idbl_fanatic said:
Mine was doing the same thing, I installed "Quick boot" from the market, and that works everytime
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Doesn't quick boot do basically a hot reboot? Where the phone actually is not turned off but more or less just restarting the ui?
sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch

patrao_n said:
Doesn't quick boot do basically a hot reboot? Where the phone actually is not turned off but more or less just restarting the ui?
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No, you can do shut down, reboot, recovery, boot loader, and hot boot.

idbl_fanatic said:
No, you can do shut down, reboot, recovery, boot loader, and hot boot.
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ill try quick boot too then

Mine did that too when I first installed a cm9. I did a complete wipe from cwm (dark side super wipe because I was on non-touch) then reflashed my recovery (flashed twrp via cwm) and it stopped having issues and not one since.
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Isn't the CWM supposed to be updated to 5.0.2.7?

I just updated to the newest CMW, and I no longer have this problem, also, my "root going away" problem has been fixed as well.

idbl_fanatic said:
I just updated to the newest CMW, and I no longer have this problem, also, my "root going away" problem has been fixed as well.
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I switched from CWM to TWRP and the problem went away.
I still has the issue with CWM's 6.0.1.4 recovery.

d01100100 said:
I switched from CWM to TWRP and the problem went away.
I still has the issue with CWM's 6.0.1.4 recovery.
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Cwm 6.0.1.4 works for me I just prefer twrp. Moral of the story if you flash a recovery and have issues rebooting to it check the md5 (should do this with anything you flash) and re-flash in case it was a bad download or bad install.
Cwm when flashed from Odin always gave me issues until I did a dark side and reflashed.
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[Q] CWM Recovery on i317M

Hi,
I'm having issues installing CWM Recovery on my Rooted GN2. It's the Canadian variant, SGH-I317M.
It does go through the process of flashing the recovery, but never gets to saying PASS in ODIN. When I try to get into the Recovery, it still has the stock Samsung Recovery. It does, however trip the flash counter.
I'm followiing the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988785
This is what I get after flashing in ODIN.

Maybe a bad download? Have you checked to see if it installed? I dont usually recommend this but koush's Rom Manager supports our device now, you can use the app to flash it if your already rooted:thumbup:
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In your screen shot it shows the f-reset box checked I believe it should be unchecked.

Slff said:
In your screen shot it shows the f-reset box checked I believe it should be unchecked.
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I tried it with the f-reset box unchecked, and I got it to say PASS, but still no CWM...
cdshepherd said:
Maybe a bad download? Have you checked to see if it installed? I dont usually recommend this but koush's Rom Manager supports our device now, you can use the app to flash it if your already rooted:thumbup:
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I've also tried to download the file again, and still... No dice...

BlueBagodah said:
I tried it with the f-reset box unchecked, and I got it to say PASS, but still no CWM...
I've also tried to download the file again, and still... No dice...
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Try rom manager?
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cdshepherd said:
Try rom manager?
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ROM Manager doesn't have a Recovery for the Rogers i317M...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988785
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twanskys204 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988785
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Thanks,
I've been following that thread, and it doesn't work. It will trip the flash counter, but doesn't actually install the recovery. It appears that I'm not the only one having this issue after the most recent OTA update...

Can u try and flash a kernel
Then try flashing cwm ...just a hunch
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BlueBagodah said:
Thanks,
I've been following that thread, and it doesn't work. It will trip the flash counter, but doesn't actually install the recovery. It appears that I'm not the only one having this issue after the most recent OTA update...
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I'm also having problems after the OTA update. Before OTA update, I was able to flash CWM without problems. Following exact same procedure as before when it was working. Only variable that changed is the OTA update.

wiser212 said:
I'm also having problems after the OTA update. Before OTA update, I was able to flash CWM without problems. Following exact same procedure as before when it was working. Only variable that changed is the OTA update.
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I was able to install CWM by following this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36201055&postcount=54
But I'm starting to think that it may have been my fault the whole time...
While doing the 3 button combo to try to boot into Recovery, I was using Vol-DOWN, instead of Vol-UP. So I was going into download mode. I'm going to try flashing the CWM through ODIN again and see if I was just an idiot the whole time.
***EDIT***
It looks like I was just an idiot the whole time...

*facepalm*
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.. so ROM manager doesnt work to insall cwm recovery after rooting on the i317m? i tried it and didnt succeed. i guess flashing is my only option but i dont want to lose anything on my phone. just install the bootloader/ recovery with no other changes. i want to start flashing some roms... jedi first.. skynote after.. any thoughts or help would be great!!

Clean rom I would suggest its awesome battery life I have a universal theme flashed over clean rom and a custom blue keyboard if I find the link to the themes ill post em on here
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Dewaynelives said:
Clean rom I would suggest its awesome battery life I have a universal theme flashed over clean rom and a custom blue keyboard if I find the link to the themes ill post em on here
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I thought of cleanROM but it is pretty stock. I feel if im going to flash any rom i might as well go with something modded and tweaked rather then stock, while keeping most of the note 2 and s-pen features. If i start finding them being a little buggy or draining my battery or anything, ill settle with cleanROM and just flash some custom mods.
i flashed my CWM through MobileODIN. worked like a charm. then i ran into issues with backing up to extSD, which ended up working after i formatted it but i took way longer then onto internal SD.
i know its off topic for this thread..Any suggestions or thoughts on the JEDI X9 and SKYNOTE roms will be great guys. Im all backed up and ready to flash pretty quick here.

I guess you have custom ROM. You must root and rename recovery restore files before you boot to android or stock recovery will be restored.

I am having an extremely hard time installing Cyanogenmod.

Hi there,
I have a Galaxy SIII SGH-i747 from Virgin in Canada. As for as I know, its the same as Bell and every other SGH-i747. So tonight I tried flashing cyanogenmod 10.1 to no avail. I have rooted and installed CWM. When I try to install any ROM it comes up with the error "assert failed getprop status 7". I have searched around and have tried updating CWM recovery through ROM Manager from the play store, but the app doesn't allow me to select my phone model (says there is no official release of CWM for SGH-i747) and says the current version will do. This ROM does not want to install.
HELP!:crying:

disengage said:
Hi there,
I have a Galaxy SIII SGH-i747 from Virgin in Canada. As for as I know, its the same as Bell and every other SGH-i747. So tonight I tried flashing cyanogenmod 10.1 to no avail. I have rooted and installed CWM. When I try to install any ROM it comes up with the error "assert failed getprop status 7". I have searched around and have tried updating CWM recovery through ROM Manager from the play store, but the app doesn't allow me to select my phone model (says there is no official release of CWM for SGH-i747) and says the current version will do. This ROM does not want to install.
HELP!:crying:
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Status 7 is an out of date recovery or incorrect recovery.
You need a d2att recovery. The Canadian models are d2can. Same phone but it is a system fail safe.
Flash either one in recovery, reboot back into recovery, wipe and enjoy cm10.1
http://d-h.st/8qP cwm
http://d-h.st/qft cwm touch
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sending onalond
KorGuy123 said:
Status 7 is an out of date recovery or incorrect recovery.
You need a d2att recovery. The Canadian models are d2can. Same phone but it is a system fail safe.
Flash either one in recovery, reboot back into recovery, wipe and enjoy
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Just to be clear: Load the CWM you linked onto SD. Reboot into CWM, flash new CWM, reboot and wipe?
Also to clarify, I have a Canadian model SGHi747

disengage said:
Just to be clear: Load the CWM you linked onto SD. Reboot into CWM, flash new CWM, reboot and wipe?
Also to clarify, I have a Canadian model SGHi747
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Yup. After flashing that zip and rebooting into recovery it'll reboot into the updated recovery.
Make a backup first of course.
I'm on Telus which is also a d2can phone. I've been running twrp for d2att since I bought the phone in Jan.
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KorGuy123 said:
Yup. After flashing that zip and rebooting into recovery it'll reboot into the updated recovery.
Make a backup first of course.
I'm on Telus which is also a d2can phone. I've been running twrp for d2att since I bought the phone in Jan.
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Okay thanks, I will try later and reply with results.

KorGuy123 said:
Yup. After flashing that zip and rebooting into recovery it'll reboot into the updated recovery.
Make a backup first of course.
I'm on Telus which is also a d2can phone. I've been running twrp for d2att since I bought the phone in Jan.
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Also should I flash with ODIN?

disengage said:
Also should I flash with ODIN?
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No recovery.
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KorGuy123 said:
No recovery.
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Hi there, I tried flashing from recovery, choosing zip from sdcard, and I got the same exact error assert failed: getprop(" ro.product.device") == "d2att" || getprop( " ro.build.product " ) == "d2att" E:Error in /sdcard/CWM-recovery_ATT-6.0.2.3_2.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
I tried exactly what you said, still nothing.

Bump.

Did you have the most recent stock rom before flashing cyanogenmod? The newer versions of the nightlies require that you have the most recent bootloader. If you had ics, it'll fail to flash until you update your bootloader. The most recent build before the bootloader assert that you can flash is rc2.
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Domoo said:
Did you have the most recent stock rom before flashing cyanogenmod? The newer versions of the nightlies require that you have the most recent bootloader. If you had ics, it'll fail to flash until you update your bootloader. The most recent build before the bootloader assert that you can flash is rc2.
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I think so. i have no idea how to check, forgive the noobness plz. My stock firmware is 4.1.1

Bump? Does anyone know how I can flash an updated recovery?

disengage said:
Bump? Does anyone know how I can flash an updated recovery?
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The link I gave you is the most up to date recovery. There is a thread here for most recent stock roms. Quick search will assist you.
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KorGuy123 said:
The link I gave you is the most up to date recovery. There is a thread here for most recent stock roms. Quick search will assist you.
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I understand that, but I cannot flash the updated CWM. What am I doing wrong?

Okay, so I see people are trying to help me but it's so vague. Every article or how to, or help page ive read on this site or others, suggest conflicting ways to perform these mods. Why can't anyone just tell me straight up, you do this, then this, then that? I feel it shouldnt be this much of a headache and before I've even started modding, I'm getting very turned off. I am already frustrated beyond comprehension. Like I said, I've searched, and searched and nothing is helping. Everything is too vague.
So my question stands: I flashed an outdated recovery by accident, and I want to flash a new, UPDATED recovery. KorGuy provided me with instructions and a link to a new, updated recovery, however I cannot flash that from my current recovery.
What can I do to flash an updated CWM?
Can someone give me a hand?

You need to flash the most recent STOCK firmware through ODIN so you will have the most recent bootloader, then flash your recovery of choice through ODIN, boot into recovery, not system as the recovery will be overwritten iirc. Then flash cm in recovery
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disengage said:
Okay, so I see people are trying to help me but it's so vague. Every article or how to, or help page ive read on this site or others, suggest conflicting ways to perform these mods. Why can't anyone just tell me straight up, you do this, then this, then that? I feel it shouldnt be this much of a headache and before I've even started modding, I'm getting very turned off. I am already frustrated beyond comprehension. Like I said, I've searched, and searched and nothing is helping. Everything is too vague.
Can someone give me a hand?
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If you can't follow a guide like this and figure things out, maybe flashing ROMs just isn't for you. I'm not trying to offend, but this isn't for everyone.

danieljordanmaddux said:
You need to flash the most recent STOCK firmware through ODIN so you will have the most recent bootloader, then flash your recovery of choice through ODIN, boot into recovery, not system as the recovery will be overwritten iirc. Then flash cm in recovery
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Okay, I understand that I need to flash with ODIN. However, don't I need a .TAR recovery? I can't flash .img through ODIN...

Correct. Find the .tar of the recovery. I think you can find the TWRP .tar on their website
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Root your phone and install a custom recovery. Most root guides will include instructions for flashing a custom recovery. Next buy "ROM toolbox" form android market, I say by because you will love this app so much you will want to buy it eventually anyway.
Open ROM toolbox and select cyanogen mod. ROM toolbox will flash your phone for you! It can also flash the custom recovery if you did not do this when you rooted your phone.
Annnother must have root app is titanium backup.
Hope this helps.
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[Q] Please HELP Note 2 sprint L900 black screen after samsung logo

So I rooted my Sprint Note 2 using ODIN and everyone's great post. Then I broke my screen and had to do an insurance claim. I then rooted my new phone using the same method -CF-Auto-Root-t0ltespr-t0ltespr-sphl900.tar found out the next day that my headphone jack on the refurbished POS assurance sent me was bad. So I attempted to flash a stock rom (like everyone I could find) so I could have Sprint service center fix it. But now my phone will flash the samsung note 2 screen and then go black. I guess my question is does it matter which stock rom I load? can someone explain the letters and numbers after each file MC2,MA7,PAM LJ1 and so on, which one should I be looking for and what is my next move? I just need to get back to stock rom and a working phone so I can go up there and get mad at someone long enough to get a new phone. I know I'm a noob and there are post that have detailed explanations on flashing stock roms but I have read everyone I could find relating to the l900 which I have come to think is Sprints NOTE II but I am lost and extremely frustrated just want a working phone again. If this helps when my phone was working I was running Macs Allstar ROM shout-out because it is pretty sweet and I remeber it was once on 4.1.2 but the state its in now I dont know please give me a suggestion.

So you were on Macks Rom All Star before you tried to flash the stock rom? If thats the case then you were on MA7 or possibly MC2. Which stock rom did u try to flash? Also can u get into custom recovery still?
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srod562 said:
So you were on Macks Rom All Star before you tried to flash the stock rom? If thats the case then you were on MA7 or possibly MC2. Which stock rom did u try to flash? Also can u get into custom recovery still?
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I tried like 5 roms mc2 ma5 ma7 and they all would come up as a FAIL! in odin. yes I can get to recovery what do you think I should do?
Thanks for the quick response..

jrousselo said:
I tried like 5 roms mc2 ma5 ma7 and they all would come up as a FAIL! in odin. yes I can get to recovery what do you think I should do?
Thanks for the quick response..
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Stock recovery or custom? Just making sure you can get into either Twrp or Cwm recovery before you flash billiards stock recovery Rom MC2. Its under Sprint Note 2 Android development. Download it. Verify Md5 and place on your external sd card. Go into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik, n factory reset each 3 times ( on twrp) Install rom. After its done installing hit reboot system. Might ask you if you want to fix root permissions. Hit yes and let its do its thing and it will boot up to stock rom and ready to turn in to sprint with no trace of root or modding.
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Also to add to my last post its recommended to flash the restore rom using twrp recovery....
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srod562 said:
Stock recovery or custom? Just making sure you can get into either Twrp or Cwm recovery before you flash billiards stock recovery Rom MC2. Its under Sprint Note 2 Android development. Download it. Verify Md5 and place on your external sd card. Go into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik, n factory reset each 3 times ( on twrp) Install rom. After its done installing hit reboot system. Might ask you if you want to fix root permissions. Hit yes and let its do its thing and it will boot up to stock rom and ready to turn in to sprint with no trace of root or modding.
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I am on stock recovery trying it now
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jrousselo said:
srod562 said:
Stock recovery or custom? Just making sure you can get into either Twrp or Cwm recovery before you flash billiards stock recovery Rom MC2. Its under Sprint Note 2 Android development. Download it. Verify Md5 and place on your external sd card. Go into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik, n factory reset each 3 times ( on twrp) Install rom. After its done installing hit reboot system. Might ask you if you want to fix root permissions. Hit yes and let its do its thing and it will boot up to stock rom and ready to turn in to sprint with no trace of root or modding.
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I am on stock recovery trying it now
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Wont work on stock recovery. You need to install his twrp recovery in odin that's available on that page in the downloads.
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This one
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srod562 said:
jrousselo said:
Wont work on stock recovery. You need to install his twrp recovery in odin that's available on that page in the downloads.
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Gotchya does it matter which version of odin I use?
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jrousselo said:
srod562 said:
Gotchya does it matter which version of odin I use?
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Dont think so but not sure. I have an older version and it still works for me.
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jrousselo said:
Dont think so but not sure. I have an older version and it still works for me.
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Flashed TWRP using odin and copied the Billiard TWRP file it asked me to reboot and then warns me there is no OS do I continue? It also ask if I want to Install SuperSu which would then root my phone yes or no?/
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srod562 said:
jrousselo said:
Dont think so but not sure. I have an older version and it still works for me.
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great any idea on how long it should take to boot up been sitting on samsung galaxy note 2 screen for a few minutes. do you think everything is ok? and thank you for walking me through this.
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jrousselo said:
srod562 said:
Flashed TWRP using odin and copied the Billiard TWRP file it asked me to reboot and then warns me there is no OS do I continue? It also ask if I want to Install SuperSu which would then root my phone yes or no?/
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After you installed twrp and put rom on sd card did you boot into recovery and install rom?
Edit: what steps have u taken so far? Where are you currently?
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srod562 said:
jrousselo said:
After you installed twrp and put rom on sd card did you boot into recovery and install rom?
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yes that just stayed on screen tried using Odin and flash the file you had circled on pick and got same result but now im thinking maybe I should have wiped system three times before flashing odin file? I will just wait until you recommend my next move.
Here is where I am at...Installed rom using TWRP. got impatient after a few minutes of looking at the boot screen so I pulled battery went into odin mode downloaded circled file via odin (without wipe or factory reset) and now I am stuck on boot screen going on 5 minutes now. I ll wait.lol
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jrousselo said:
srod562 said:
yes that just stayed on screen tried using Odin and flash the file you had circled on pick and got same result but now im thinking maybe I should have wiped system three times before flashing odin file? I will just wait until you recommend my next move.
Here is where I am at...Installed rom using TWRP. got impatient after a few minutes of looking at the boot screen so I pulled battery went into odin mode downloaded circled file via odin (without wipe or factory reset) and now I am stuck on boot screen going on 5 minutes now. I ll wait.lol
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If you have twrp installed already theres no reason to go back into odin. Just pull battery. Enter twrp recovery and install again. Wipe data. Cache. Dalvik. 3 times and install rom again. Hit reboot system after it installs. Click fix root permissions if it asks and let it boot up.
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srod562 said:
jrousselo said:
If you have twrp installed already theres no reason to go back into odin. Just pull battery. Enter twrp recovery and install again. Wipe data. Cache. Dalvik. 3 times and install rom again. Hit reboot system after it installs. Click fix root permissions if it asks and let it boot up.
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Ok so that didnt work but I was able to successfully flash Macs allstar rom and my phone is back to operating condition THANKS TO YOU. so now that I can access settings and what not. How can I confirm I am flashing the right stock file or does it matter??? And if you can spare more of your time can you get me back to stock so I can head up to sprint??
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Ok so that didnt work but I was able to successfully flash Macs allstar rom and my phone is back to operating condition THANKS TO YOU. so now that I can access settings and what not. How can I confirm I am flashing the right stock file or does it matter??? And if you can spare more of your time can you get me back to stock so I can head up to sprint??
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Good to hear its up and running and not soft bricked anymore. Whats your baseband version and android version under about phone?
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srod562 said:
jrousselo said:
Good to hear its up and running and not soft bricked anymore. Whats your baseband version and android version under about phone?
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baseband - L900VPALJ1
Android - 4.1.2
Build - MacksROM ALLstar! 5.0MA7
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jrousselo said:
srod562 said:
baseband - L900VPALJ1
Android - 4.1.2
Build - MacksROM ALLstar! 5.0MA7
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You were trying the MC2 one right? Your baseband is LJ1 so could be why you were getting stuck. I would try the LJC version and see if it boots up for you. Make sure your verifying md5 of the file so you know its a good download.
Edit: charge your phone also to make sure you have enough juice in case you have to try again.
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jrousselo said:
You were trying the MC2 one right? Your baseband is LJ1 so could be why you were getting stuck. I would try the LJC version and see if it boots up for you. Make sure your verifying md5 of the file so you know its a good download.
Edit: charge your phone also to make sure you have enough juice in case you have to try again.
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great Im downloading LJC and its charging now I will update after I have tried.
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srod562 said:
great Im downloading LJC and its charging now I will update after I have tried.
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Ok I downloaded SPh-L900 stock recovery from Rwilco and recieved a FAIl in odin was that the right file? Is there another I should download?
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