I've rooted my S3 once so far, flashed a few CM mods n' ROM's and such, but my phone crapped out and I had to flash back to stock ICS. Since then, I haven't been able to root, flash CWM, or anything. All I can do with ODIN is flash stock. Everything else I flash soft-bricks my phone, or on start-up, android.process.acore and touchwiz.home crash repeatedly. After that, I factory restore through stock recovery and all works. Why can't I root? I've tried everything, including the no flash trip way. I've tried several guides, including the one that I first rooted with. Anyone have the same issues at some point in time?
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I've rooted my S3 once so far, flashed a few CM mods n' ROM's and such, but my phone crapped out and I had to flash back to stock ICS. Since then, I haven't been able to root, flash CWM, or anything. All I can do with ODIN is flash stock. Everything else I flash soft-bricks my phone, or on start-up, android.process.acore and touchwiz.home crash repeatedly. After that, I factory restore through stock recovery and all works. Why can't I root? I've tried everything, including the no flash trip way. I've tried several guides, including the one that I first rooted with. Anyone have the same issues at some point in time?
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Sounds like you need to factory reset after you flash the stock root.
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Sounds like you need to factory reset after you flash the stock root.
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Will try. Hope it works.
Found out that the drivers weren't installed on my laptop. Installed those and the S3 version of Odin and flashed the rooted stock 4.1.1. Thanks for the help.
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So I rooted my phone with cf-auto root on stock firmware and also installed CWM. What I do not know is does flashing it afterwards with stock firmware remove CWM? also does that flash remove all the "Pimp my Rom" tweaks? Because after I flashed my phone, i noticed that I still have all my data there, which is different for me since I had an iphone not too long before having the note 2, and when I reformat my iphone, everything gets erased. I faintly researched and looked up, found out that there are 2 stock firmwares, one that erases everything and one that doesn't. I am not sure if that is true. What difference would the two have if it is true?
When u go back to stock ..it will go back to the way you bought it.....it will not erace your data...will remove cwm
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thanks for the reply! much appreciated. I am now looking into deodexing my stock rom. however, it seems quite difficult :/
So, today I flashed MIJJz Goodness Noteworthy 1.0.8. Everything went well. I also changed modems to JC1. Didn't like the rom (personal opinion) and tried to go back to stock. I went through Galaxy note2 toolkit initially and failed. Tried the old fashioned flash and failed. Tried the oneclick and failed. Every time the phone fails to go back to stock the only way I have been able to get it to work again is by using odin to flash boot-stock-alj1-SPHL900.tar from my galaxy note2 toolkit folder. the rom is still there.
So as the title states, lets assume I'm completely retarded.....can someone please hold my hand and walk me through returning my phone to stock?
Update: In addition i have flashed twrp, wiped everything, and attempted a stock flash zip from sd card.....failed. if i do the same for the goodness noteworthy rom.....success. i dont get it.
Update: I have attempted another rom (Illusion) and no dice. It seems I'm currently stuck with Goodness or nothing.
Update: I have made sure that no boxes were checked in TWRP settings. All attempts to flash fail except for the Goodness Noteworthy Rom.
[PROBLEM SOLVED] The issue was that my Odin version and drivers version was too old. I updated both and the flash worked as advertised.
Have you tried the return to stock zip that unroots resets flash counter and installs stock rom?
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I am fairly certain that I have tried that, but for the sake of being thorough, let's assume that I have not. Could you please point me in the direction of this download? I'm going to take the "ultra dummy approach" because chances are this problem has more to do with the operator (me) than with the software.
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I am fairly certain that I have tried that, but for the sake of being thorough, let's assume that I have not. Could you please point me in the direction of this download? I'm going to take the "ultra dummy approach" because chances are this problem has more to do with the operator (me) than with the software.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
[ROM][RESTORE][5-12-13]Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset
Just make sure you read
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I just got the GN3 and naturally, the first thing I did was root it. That took a bit of time because it didn't seem to want to stock. Supersu kept force closing and i would get a pop up saying its been prevented from opening. After a bit i got it though. and used titanium to freeze all the unwanted bloat. but EVERY time i try to install a ROM i get into a boot loop. Ive tried just about every rom that is so far available to us. ive tried removing the battery, wiping cache, and doing system restore. but i just constantly get boot loops. Any thoughts?
kevinallen4325 said:
I just got the GN3 and naturally, the first thing I did was root it. That took a bit of time because it didn't seem to want to stock. Supersu kept force closing and i would get a pop up saying its been prevented from opening. After a bit i got it though. and used titanium to freeze all the unwanted bloat. but EVERY time i try to install a ROM i get into a boot loop. Ive tried just about every rom that is so far available to us. ive tried removing the battery, wiping cache, and doing system restore. but i just constantly get boot loops. Any thoughts?
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There are three places to look, the CWM bootloop thread, the N900T TWRP bootloop thread, and it's being discussed in the Original Android Development - TWRP thread.. This post will probably get merged.. Either way, need more info, like the recovery you're using, are you able to Odin back to stock etc...
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There are three places to look, the CWM bootloop thread, the N900T TWRP bootloop thread, and it's being discussed in the Original Android Development - TWRP thread.. This post will probably get merged.. Either way, need more info, like the recovery you're using, are you able to Odin back to stock etc...
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Im using TWRP 2.6.3.2. and i am able to odin back to stock. though when i use odin to flash back it doesnt seem to get rid of everything until i restore factory again. its weird. this phone is acing different then any other phone ive used
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There are three places to look, the CWM bootloop thread, the N900T TWRP bootloop thread, and it's being discussed in the Original Android Development - TWRP thread.. This post will probably get merged.. Either way, need more info, like the recovery you're using, are you able to Odin back to stock etc...
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and i cant seem to find the twrp thread. can you point me in the right direction?
kevinallen4325 said:
and i cant seem to find the twrp thread. can you point me in the right direction?
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just to update. i odined back to stock and used the CF root method then installed TWRP 2.3.6.1 and flashed again and no bootloops this time.
ill update if i have any issues in the future.
hope this helps someone
kevinallen4325 said:
just to update. i odined back to stock and used the CF root method then installed TWRP 2.3.6.1 and flashed again and no bootloops this time.
ill update if i have any issues in the future.
hope this helps someone
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Happy to hear it, I would read the thread, it's right below this one currently, as to avoid the bootloop issue. Also might want to get the .2 release of TWRP just in case., even though it gave you issues the first time..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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Happy to hear it, I would read the thread, it's right below this one currently, as to avoid the bootloop issue. Also might want to get the .2 release of TWRP just in case., even though it gave you issues the first time..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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the 2.6.3.2? i believe thats what i was using before that was giving me issues. unless theres something else im missing
kevinallen4325 said:
I just got the GN3 and naturally, the first thing I did was root it. That took a bit of time because it didn't seem to want to stock. Supersu kept force closing and i would get a pop up saying its been prevented from opening. After a bit i got it though. and used titanium to freeze all the unwanted bloat. but EVERY time i try to install a ROM i get into a boot loop. Ive tried just about every rom that is so far available to us. ive tried removing the battery, wiping cache, and doing system restore. but i just constantly get boot loops. Any thoughts?
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Did you factory reset before Odin. If your going to Odin stock factory reset before. People don't realize Odin doesn't wipe apps/settings..... And system restore in twrp?
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kevinallen4325 said:
Im using TWRP 2.6.3.2. and i am able to odin back to stock. though when i use odin to flash back it doesnt seem to get rid of everything until i restore factory again. its weird. this phone is acing different then any other phone ive used
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Odin doesn't factory reset.
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deeznutz1977 said:
Did you factory reset before Odin. If your going to Odin stock factory reset before. People don't realize Odin doesn't wipe apps/settings..... And system restore in twrp?
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i did not factory reset in odin. never had to. usually these things would always wipe everything on the device and put it back completely to stock.
and i havent tried a system restore
kevinallen4325 said:
i did not factory reset in odin. never had to. usually these things would always wipe everything on the device and put it back completely to stock.
and i havent tried a system restore
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No not in Odin. Factory reset in recovery. Be it twrp/cwm before the Odin flash or stock android recovery 3e after the.flash.....
.... Odin has never wiped apps . I've been using Odin since the vibrant..
And as for the backup restore.. I wouldn't until its all sorted out. Considering I was the first one in a boot loop. It could just be me scared lol
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So I rooted my SG3, SGH-I747 last night. Took a bit of looking as I recently updated to 4.3 OTA which made the process more difficult than I remember in the past on this phone, but got it done. I then found a ROM to flash, but flash failed. Before flashing, I did take a nandroid backup using TWRP, but after attempting restore with it, on boot up it gets through the samsung logo and then just sits at the AT&T load screen. I have tried to go in and perform factory reset (wiping cache, dalvik and system), but nothing is working. I then downloaded 4.1.1 stock firmware for this device to flash via ODIN but I get a FAIL, and same result, stuck at AT&T screen. Did I brick my phone?????
Please Help!
You cannot downgrade after 4.3 flash stock 4.3 to repair
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So I rooted my SG3, SGH-I747 last night. Took a bit of looking as I recently updated to 4.3 OTA which made the process more difficult than I remember in the past on this phone, but got it done. I then found a ROM to flash, but flash failed. Before flashing, I did take a nandroid backup using TWRP, but after attempting restore with it, on boot up it gets through the samsung logo and then just sits at the AT&T load screen. I have tried to go in and perform factory reset (wiping cache, dalvik and system), but nothing is working. I then downloaded 4.1.1 stock firmware for this device to flash via ODIN but I get a FAIL, and same result, stuck at AT&T screen. Did I brick my phone?????
Please Help!
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It Happened to me 2 days ago I am on Rogers. What i did i just flashed the update through Odin again and start from square one. It kept all my application and all my downloads . Good luck
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It Happened to me 2 days ago I am on Rogers. What i did i just flashed the update through Odin again and start from square one. It kept all my application and all my downloads . Good luck
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What update are you speaking of? I tried to flash stock 4.1.1 but got FAIL message.
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You cannot downgrade after 4.3 flash stock 4.3 to repair
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Would you happen to have link to download this file?
All the files are located at sammobile.com just download the one for your carrier
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All the files are located at sammobile.com just download the one for your carrier
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Okay, thanks for the help. Will try as soon as I can.
You can save the file quickly to cLoud and d/l at your leisure
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It's pCloud I really hate autocorrect
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Disable auto reboot in odin and try again..
After it says pass remove the battery for 10 sec and then reboot..
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Okay so I installed the stock 4.3 firmware, and it seemed that it was going to reboot, but does NOT boot up AT ALL.
Dammit.
Anything else I might be doing wrong?
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What update are you speaking of? I tried to flash stock 4.1.1 but got FAIL message.
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Do not flash anything from sammobile because you're on AT&T and they don't have the 4.3 files there. You already updated to 4.3 if you do happen to successfully flash something older through Odin you will have a paperweight for a phone.
Try to do a factory reset. And 4.3 takes a really long time to boot after a factory reset or fresh flash. You will think it is stuck just plug it in to the charger and come back in 10 minutes so you can not be impatient. Let it do its thing. When I Say a long time the last time (yesterday) I flashed a Rom (stock by loserskater) it took 4 minutes and 22 seconds to boot(I timed it had nothing better to do after hard bricking the phone for the third time in a week)
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Follow up on the issue.
Just so this thread didn't just stop, I wanted to give an update on my situation. Ended up hard tricking my phone and sent it off to get pba replaced. Should be getting it back soon, 70 dollars later.
Just happened
I tried to flash a new mod'd touchwiz launcher and tried to restore from a nandroid backup of dandroid.
After restoring stuck on boot logo.
Tried to wipe and restore again to no avail.
I put the rom back on the sd card and re-flashed and is up and working fine.
You might wanna try this (with your chosen rom).
I'm fairly new to custom roms, but I'm fairly comfortable using Odin and CWM. I think I got stuck in a bad spot and would like some help.
I had a stock 4.1.2 L900 (with root access) last night. Decided to install the 4.3 OTA update via stock recovery, and everything booted into 4.3 just fine. Had an issue where my wifi wouldn't turn on at all. I decided to reroot on 4.3 via Odin, which did not fix the issue.
Then I installed CWM 6.0.1.4 using Odin and tried a few roms to see if they would fix the wifi. I installed the Illusion Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2361476) and got stuck at boot animation. I then tried a few other ROMs, and even the 4.3 OTA update again, and get stuck at "Error 7", which from my understanding means I'm trying to install on the wrong device.
So, now I have CWM, a ROM that gets stuck at boot animation, and I can't install another ROM. Can anyone help me on where to go from here?
Use Odin to return to MK4 stock with the MD5 file.
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Use Odin to return to MK4 stock with the MD5 file.
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Thanks for the help! Used Odin after a little playing around to get the .md5 extension.