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Help! I messed up cwm recovery and now cant recover.

I have a Koodo Samsung Galaxy 2x sgh-t989d. running ICS 404 .I have been attempting to root and run a custom mod.CM9
I installed cwm recovery and was able to root, but made a mistake and I dont believe cwm recovery was installed correctly as I was not properly in download mode when I ran odin.
Was able to achieve root, but phone had odd quirk that it would hang on shut down. Had to remove battery.
I installed cm9 but it hung on boot screen animation so i restored but the hang on shut off remained. I then attempted to reinstall CWM recovery again using odin. thinking it didnt install correctly the first time....bad idea
Result: now when I try to access CWM recovery the lines are double spaced and I cant do anything but reboot.
Is there a way to repair the cwm recovery or flash my phone back to stock?
I am a total noob and hope this is the right place for this and would very much appreciate any help I can get.

If you're rooted you can download ROM Manager from Play, it will flash CWM for you.
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RTFOP said:
If you're rooted you can download ROM Manager from Play, it will flash CWM for you.
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Thanks for the response. Unfortunately No I had tried to restore to factory because of the hanging on shutdown so I am stuck with the phone unrooted. I can access the CWM recovery folders via the sd card, so its really a matter of fixing the CWM install without root.
I have noticed that there is a koodo stock signed zip for my phone on this site which i have downloaded. Is there a way to flash that onto the phone bypassing CWM.
My phone is still operational and so I am a little afraid of making it worse.

If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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rymanh said:
If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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+1 agreed
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rymanh said:
If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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Yes, I can still get into download mode and hook to odin.
Oddly I installed CWM the first time with odin, in recovery mode I believe, and it installed with an error but it worked.
Reinstalling CWM using odin in download mode is what messed up CWM in the first place, so I was a little afraid to try it again..
I clicked pda and pointed towards recovery.tar.md5 as per instructions that I cant link to yet.
so your saying I should try it again?

rymanh said:
If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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Thanks for your timet guys, How do I use odin to get back to stock? I know how to use CWM to do it.

this is for soft bricked, but it's exactly the same process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
Happy flashing!
Side note: make sure you run odin as admin, less likely to get errors. And i don't know much about koodo but i would assume that you would need their stock tar file for all this to work
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6KayZee9 said:
Thanks for your timet guys, How do I use odin to get back to stock? I know how to use CWM to do it.
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I don't know if there is an odin flashable stock koodo rom in the development thread yet. You could need that to do it..
However if you are having problems with cwm there is an odin flashable twrp in the dev thread.. Once you install that you can flash superuser and root your phone.. Or even go back to cwm if you choose to
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EnigmaticGeek said:
this is for soft bricked, but it's exactly the same process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
Happy flashing!
Side note: make sure you run odin as admin, less likely to get errors. And i don't know much about koodo but i would assume that you would need their stock tar file for all this to work
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Cant find the file after searching, if anyone has it. On this thread it appears they are working on it but whats been posted is for a CWM recovery I believe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844657.

rymanh said:
I don't know if there is an odin flashable stock koodo rom in the development thread yet. You could need that to do it..
However if you are having problems with cwm there is an odin flashable twrp in the dev thread.. Once you install that you can flash superuser and root your phone.. Or even go back to cwm if you choose to
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I am reading up on twrp and will get back to you with ?? thanks again for the help.
Does TWRP use the same recovery tar files as CWM?

6KayZee9 said:
I am reading up on twrp and will get back to you with ?? thanks again for the help.
Does TWRP use the same recovery tar files as CWM?
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It doesn't use .tar files and neither does cwm I think what you are referring too is .zip files..
Unless specified you can flash anything in this forum with twrp. Some roms require cwm but once you have a working recovery on your phone you will easily be able to switch from one to the other
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rymanh said:
It doesn't use .tar files and neither does cwm I think what you are referring too is .zip files..
Unless specified you can flash anything in this forum with twrp. Some roms require cwm but once you have a working recovery on your phone you will easily be able to switch from one to the other
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
Here is a link to the thread you will find the odin flashable twrp file
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rymanh said:
It doesn't use .tar files and neither does cwm I think what you are referring too is .zip files.
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Oops yes, sorry zip files.
Ok after a little research here is my plan. First to install TWRP 2.2 using odin (since I dont have root) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
and then use TWRP to install this stock original rooted koodo ICS 4.04 zip rom from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849748
will it work?

6KayZee9 said:
Oops yes, sorry zip files.
Ok after a little research here is my plan. First to install TWRP 2.2 using odin (since I dont have root) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
and then use TWRP to install this stock original rooted koodo ICS 4.04 zip rom from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849748
will it work?
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Yes it should work.. after you have twrp you can flash the stock koodo rom or any other rom for the T989/D or the Skyrocket but for the Skyrocket you will need the rotation fix that can be found by searching this forum
Oh and report back with your progress
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rymanh said:
Yes it should work.. after you have twrp you can flash the stock koodo rom or any other rom for the T989/D or the Skyrocket but for the Skyrocket you will need the rotation fix that can be found by searching this forum
Oh and report back with your progress
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Ok i will move forward then thanks.
First off in the instructions to install TWRP using odin it says to reboot to bootloader is that the same as download mode? Not taking chances at this point.

6KayZee9 said:
Ok i will move forward then thanks.
First off in the instructions to install TWRP using odin it says to reboot to bootloader is that the same as download mode? Not taking chances at this point.
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Yes you need download mode to connect to odin..
Before you go further I just wanna clarify one thing.. Is it cwm on your device that is causing problems or are you just unrooted?.. Because if you are just unrooted then flashing a rooted rom will fix that
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6KayZee9 said:
Ok i will move forward then thanks.
First off in the instructions to install TWRP using odin it says to reboot to bootloader is that the same as download mode? Not taking chances at this point.
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So I googled it and supposedly bootloader is recovery mode , not download or odin mode in other words up and down plus start button. Is this right when I installed CWM with odin it was supposed to be in download mode??

rymanh said:
Yes you need download mode to connect to odin..
Before you go further I just wanna clarify one thing.. Is it cwm on your device that is causing problems or are you just unrooted?.. Because if you are just unrooted then flashing a rooted rom will fix that
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CWM is the problem if I boot into recovery mode the menu displays, but is double spaced and unresponsive as if its not loading correctly.
I am trying to get around not having a working version of cwm installed.
Now I am confused why the install instructions for TWRP say enter bootloader mode with odin ???? thanks for helping me here rymanh

6KayZee9 said:
So I googled it and supposedly bootloader is recovery mode , not download or odin mode in other words up and down plus start button. Is this right when I installed CWM with odin it was supposed to be in download mode??
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You must be in download mode to use odin.. Otherwise it won't detect your phone...Open odin then Hold Vol down + power the release power once your phone vibrates then connect it to your computer with usb.. Then you should be connected
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Ok so I installed TWRP in odin mode as suggested and it worked. Now if I enter bootloader or recovery mode TWRP runs first hurdle cleared. so I will try and flash the new rom now.

Went to JB, want to go back but stuck on boot now

I recently went to a Jellybean ROM and would like to just go back to stock for the time being (rooted if possible). I've flashed the stock rooted .tar from mrobinsons thread. Get the samsung logo, the at&t animation, and then a white samsung logo that pulses blue, and a pulsing blue LED.
I've found a stock PIT file and tried to use that in ODIN with no luck. Also downloaded a stock md5 file from sammobile for this device and tried flashing that.
Whats the best way for me to get back to an AT&T ROM?
Thanks, wasn't able to find any real info as far as being stuck at this particular point in the searching/reading that I did

USE UR PHONE DL THE ROM U WANT FLASH IN RECOVERY...MAKE SURE U HAVE NEW CWM OR TWRP
WHY U TRYING TO USE ODIN? U ONLY NEED ODIN TO FLASH RECOVERY
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Use kies to get back to stock
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Thanks JB. Didn't think I could do it via recovery for some reason. Worked perfectly!

blackwrx02 said:
Thanks JB. Didn't think I could do it via recovery for some reason. Worked perfectly!
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YW JUST DON'T USE ODIN LOL U CAN FLASH ANYTHING WITH UR RECOVERY...PUT SOLVED IN UR TITLE PLEASE SO PEOPLE KNOW U GOT IT TJX
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jb calhoun said:
yw just don't use odin lol u can flash anything with ur recovery...put solved in ur title please so people know u got it tjx
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why are you yelling?

jebise101 said:
why are you yelling?
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Didnt know caps was on....do u have nothing better to do? I mean really lol:banghead::what:
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Hey guys, same thing happened to me. I was on JB roms and was really fed up with all the issues and i've decided to go backt o tstock. I had a reflex of going through odin as for my other Galaxy S 2, it was the way to revert back to stock. Now i'm also stuck on logo, i also just confirmed i lost CWM. So i dont know what to do...i dont have custom recoevry anymore, and i tried to flash stock unrooted rom with no success. Any suggestions?
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Never mind, i went into stock recovery, did a factory reset, wiped cache and it booted me back to the OS

HELP! Cannot boot to recovery!

HELP! rooted, checked its rooted but cannot boot into recovery! flashed recovery also many times already
Keep on going to samsung boot screen with a off-centre logo and flickering screen, then it goes blank.
Please help! Trying to flash some custom rom but just cant get into recovery.
Thanks!

Try a different recovery or different method to flash.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Try a different recovery or different method to flash.
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That works, TWRP works, but CWM just wont. I'm using a n7105 international variant, any possible reasons?
another weird thing, i can only flash TW based roms, like cleanrom etc. All CM and aokp roms will go through the flicker thingy and blank screen.
Help please! the reason i root is to do away with tw!

I'm having this exact problem and have no idea what the issue is. If I wait a while after the screen goes black I see the buttons light up and when I press them I get hapic feedback. So I'm assuming it's disabling the screen or something?

Yeah you are correct.
As long as capacitive buttons turn on and the phone vibrates, it means it has booted which generally means a successful boot but failure in screen.
Secondly make sure you do not flash N7100 roms on N7105.
They are too very different phones.
Additionally try cleaning cache dalvik data and system.
Also make sure recovery is for n7105.
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Flash stock rom with PC Odin. Root again & flash TWRP Recovery.
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I also had this flickering recovery bug. I was flashing CWM with Toolkit v3.0.0 and i think, the problem is in recovery version it uses 6.0.1.7). I reflashed it 3x but every time the same flickering. So i found 6.0.1.5 somewhere, and it is working like a charm.
Hope it helps

Same problem here. Would you mind if i ask for a copy of the 6.0.1.5? I would like so much to root my phone but cant go to CWM or the android system recovery.
Tuxxperia said:
I also had this flickering recovery bug. I was flashing CWM with Toolkit v3.0.0 and i think, the problem is in recovery version it uses 6.0.1.7). I reflashed it 3x but every time the same flickering. So i found 6.0.1.5 somewhere, and it is working like a charm.
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No problem mate. Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901196

Try philz recovery
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How did you flash the 6.0.1.5 Tuxxperia? did you still use the toolkit or just odin?
Tuxxperia said:
I also had this flickering recovery bug. I was flashing CWM with Toolkit v3.0.0 and i think, the problem is in recovery version it uses 6.0.1.7). I reflashed it 3x but every time the same flickering. So i found 6.0.1.5 somewhere, and it is working like a charm.
Hope it helps
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Gt-n7100 4.1.2
got the same problem too. every time i boot to recovery(-volume+home button+power) i got this flickiring and then the screen shutsdown, i tried different version of cwm but not those with img file type.
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Try philz recovery
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Thx a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the same problem 2 ' I dont have access to my laptop can I use mobile odin
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I flashed via mobile odin made nandroid backup all is well and working ' thank you verymuch now I can gets aflashing ' only got my note 2 replacement yesterday its been hard not being able to flash roms liquid jellybean here I come
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[Q] firmware upgrade encounter an issue

I rooted my phone and tried to flash a rom, Now i get this when i boot my phone firmware upgrade encounter an issue . Im in desperate need of some help. I find these forums overwhelming difficult to find a solution . Can someone guide me through this?
Thanks

What exactly were the steps you took?
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Kreateablaze said:
What exactly were the steps you took?
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Its hard to say, I rooted my phone successfully, then using Odin i tried to flash a rom using a guide i found now Im stuck with this.
I was hopeing to put lighting rom on or something "fast"

So after you rooted it did you boot it up and it worked? What kind of file was the rom that you were trying to flash using odin? You should install a custom recovery, I prefer twrp and it's very easy to install. And what is this lighting rom? Never heard of it
And what guide did you follow to flash a rom in odin?
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Kreateablaze said:
So after you rooted it did you boot it up and it worked? What kind of file was the rom that you were trying to flash using odin? You should install a custom recovery, I prefer twrp and it's very easy to install. And what is this lighting rom? Never heard of it
And what guide did you follow to flash a rom in odin?
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I didn't boot up, it wont boot now. im not sure the file type im a noob. sorry i cant tell you more. im at the download mode screen should i try to flash a rom?

You may need to try and use odin to put the stock firmware back on and root it again. I don't think you can flash zip files using odin. You use a custom recovery. Search YouTube on how to root your phone and install a recovery. If I understand you right, you rooted it and immediately tried to install a zip file using odin which you can't do.
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You may need to try and use odin to put the stock firmware back on and root it again. I don't think you can flash zip files using odin. You use a custom recovery. Search YouTube on how to root your phone and install a recovery. If I understand you right, you rooted it and immediately tried to install a zip file using odin which you can't do.
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ok, do you know where i can find the stock firmware?

And what guide did you follow. There are plenty on here that walk you through exactly what to do. Or on YouTube you can watch videos of people doing it.
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Kreateablaze said:
And what guide did you follow. There are plenty on here that walk you through exactly what to do. Or on YouTube you can watch videos of people doing it.
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i guess the rong one,

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
This thread has the factory firmware with root already in it. That should work. Follow the instructions and make sure it boots up before flashing any roms. Then search on how to install a custom recovery, how to make a backup, and how to flash a new rom. There are plenty of directions or there and resources to help. And YouTube really helps.
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Kreateablaze said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
This thread has the factory firmware with root already in it. That should work. Follow the instructions and make sure it boots up before flashing any roms. Then search on how to install a custom recovery, how to make a backup, and how to flash a new rom. There are plenty of directions or there and resources to help. And YouTube really helps.
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allright im giveing this a try, have any recommended roms?

What I think happend is you wiped your kernel....flash stock kernel for your phone threw odin..then flash stock rom.

twanskys204 said:
What I think happend is you wiped your kernel....flash stock kernel for your phone threw odin..then flash stock rom.
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so you think should flash a stock kernel, do you know where i can find it?

meds88 said:
so you think should flash a stock kernel, do you know where i can find it?
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well i typed in stock kernel note 2 att
i downloaded the zip, Im not sure what to to with it now. its not something i can use with odin

Hold on....
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Read this thread top to bottom.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
What your looking for is a file that will be .tar not .zip......zip are flashed threw a recovery...tar is flashed threw odin.. good luck...
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So basically look for a att odinable stock kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541

ok thanks, guys. I am flashing stock rom/kernel? and it worked. so know am i back at the start? now do i need to Re root ?

meds88 said:
ok thanks, guys. I am flashing stock rom/kernel? and it worked. so know am i back at the start? now do i need to Re root ?
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i might have jumped the gun odin say it passed no failures. but how long dose it take for the phone to boot seems to be staling on the start of when it says Samsung

Go to the market and install root cheaker....and if you are rooted then go to the market and get goomanager, hit menue install open script recovery, , then that should install a custom recovery to your device...you can access it by turning phone off then holding volume up home then power till samsung screen shows.. then on e twrp boots hit backup, and back up to sd...onnce thats done then,,,,, u need to read some more:beer:
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Iff its stalling on samsung screen for over 5 mins press vol up home and power button till u see team win then wipe factory reset then boot up
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Any ways going to bed. ...if u need help ill be on tomorrow. ..u can add me on kik username twanskys

[Q] Not sure what's going on, stuck on splash screen. Please Help!

Alright, hey guys. I'm experiencing something i've never experienced before. My phone is stuck at the splash screen, in my case the Ktoosez KT747 splash screen. I have no idea what caused this, but i suspect it's an app. I've tried going into CWM and factory/data reset but my phone just reboots itself after being stuck on formatting /data. I(was) running Illusion v2.1(the latest) i think, and KT747 with TKMod installed. Here's where i start panicking, i tried to restore a backup i made about a week ago, but the also rebooted my phone. I was able to reflash Illusion v2.1 & 130301 GApps, but my phone still hangs at the splash screen, this time being the Illusion 4.2.2 splash screen. So i suspect it has something to do with my apps maybe, since i can't factory reset, i can't seem to get rid of this problem. Any help is appreciated, and if you need more info, i will gladly oblige! I really need this device to work.

Odin flash the stock firmware and go from there.
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Youll have to factory reset after the flash so back up anything you need.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Odin flash the stock firmware and go from there.
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Youll have to factory reset after the flash so back up anything you need.
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In the process of downloading the DLJA root66 Pre-rooted one from your signature. have you heard of this problem before or experienced it? Thanks for your reply btw.

Partially. Just not the part about factory reset.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Partially. Just not the part about factory reset.
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Ah, I really hope this works.. Just finished downloading, do i extract the root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.md5 file and ODIN that one? Or do i use the originally downloaded .zip file? Thanks

Alright ODIN finished and it says PASSED. But my phone is hanging at the "Samsung Galaxy SIII" stock splash screen. :/

Now factory reset in stock recovery. This will wipe interal sd, so if thats a problem you can try cwm or twrp again if you want.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Now factory reset in stock recovery. This will wipe interal sd, so if thats a problem you can try cwm or twrp again if you want.
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OH MY! I factory reset-ed and it finally passed the splash screen! I'm now awaiting a boot. THANK YOU SO MUCH DOC, i cannot stress how much you've helped me out.
EDIT: It booted up and I'm now in the setup process. Thanks once again, I'm forever grateful!

Anytime man! Glad I could help! :thumbup:
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