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How do I update CWM?

I wanted to give CM10 a try, but I kept getting an assert error when I tried flashing it in recovery. I read a bit and it seems I need another CWM version.
I'm currently on stock root, using this guide.
I installed Rom Manager from the market, however when I try installing CWM from the app it doesn't list my device.
Thanks in advance.

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What type of phone do you have?

relaxed83 said:
What type of phone do you have?
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My model is SGH-I747M

I downloaded the AT&T CWM recovery from the website, can I just repeat the third step of the guide in my first post, using the img I downloaded?

AT&T cwm recovery is listed in rom manager app.

Rom manager shows ATT Galaxy s3 for me, updated mine from the CWM included in the Root giude through Rom Manager. It was near the bottom of the list, so maybe take another look?

I checked again just now, no GS3 listed.
I browsed the forum a bit and seems people with Bell don't have their device listed in Rom Manager.

My issue is solved.
Those on Bell don't see their device in Rom Manager, but I found this thread that helped me to flash another recovery.

yoodidoo said:
My issue is solved.
Those on Bell don't see their device in Rom Manager, but I found this thread that helped me to flash another recovery.
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Would that be TWRP? Cuz I had same issue and we can't update cwm rec on our phones so I got TWRP and bingo cm10 installs easily and I now have a better recovery module too!
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda premium

Flash Back to Stock with a Broken USB

I need to return this phone back to Samsung to repair my broken USB. But I need to flash it back to unroot it and flash it back to stock.
I have no USB capabilities whatsoever.
I have tried Mobile ODIN but this phone model is not currently supported or it doesn't detect the model.
I have been reading for hours now and I have not found a definitive solution that works for this phone.
Does anyone have any advice?

Does anyone know where I can find this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19746620&postcount=35
He was linking to a flashable stock rom, kernel and recovery. The link is now gone... But this is what I need. something flashable since USB is gone.
Maybe someone knows how to make stock flashable? Or if anyone has a backup that is fully stock everything and is willing to help me out that would also be awesome.
Please please please please please!!! I need help!

MystikMajik said:
Does anyone know where I can find this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19746620&postcount=35
He was linking to a flashable stock rom, kernel and recovery. The link is now gone... But this is what I need. something flashable since USB is gone.
Maybe someone knows how to make stock flashable? Or if anyone has a backup that is fully stock everything and is willing to help me out that would also be awesome.
Please please please please please!!! I need help!
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You can use FUS Downloader to get the odin flashable tars or use the links provided below. I recommend you use fus downloader if you can, as it has faster download speeds though.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/159042353/c56b0ab/T989DTLLE4_T989DTLLE4_TLS.zip.html - Telus ICS
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/159504252/d690f93/T989UVLE1_T989TMBLE1_TMB.zip.html - T-Mobile ICS
http://fus.nanzen.se/ - Check Fus Downloader

namanjr said:
You can use FUS Downloader to get the odin flashable tars or use the links provided below. I recommend you use fus downloader if you can, as it has faster download speeds though.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/159042353/c56b0ab/T989DTLLE4_T989DTLLE4_TLS.zip.html - Telus ICS
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/159504252/d690f93/T989UVLE1_T989TMBLE1_TMB.zip.html - T-Mobile ICS
http://fus.nanzen.se/ - Check Fus Downloader
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Thanks for the response! I feel like I'm on my own here...
Is this flashable with CWM? I have no ODIN capabilities. No USB. And Mobile ODIN doesn't work for this phone...

MystikMajik said:
Thanks for the response! I feel like I'm on my own here...
Is this flashable with CWM? I have no ODIN capabilities. No USB. And Mobile ODIN doesn't work for this phone...
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It's odin only, but i can convert it for CWM if you like. Did you buy it from Telus, Koodo, or T-Mobile?

namanjr said:
It's odin only, but i can convert it for CWM if you like. Did you buy it from Telus, Koodo, or T-Mobile?
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Its Telus! If you can do that it would be awesome... I'm at my wits end... You'd be helping me a lot!

MystikMajik said:
Its Telus! If you can do that it would be awesome... I'm at my wits end... You'd be helping me a lot!
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I should have it ready to download soon, I'm just adding the stock recovery and then i should be able to upload. I'll update this post when it's up and tested.
EDIT : It flashed me completely to stock without error, but it came out as 351MB so i need to find a new place to upload. Shouldn't be too much longer.
EDIT 2 : I have it uploading to Dev-Host now and should be up in about 30mins.
EDIT 3 : Uploaded here.

Well this has been quite the horrible week. I want to thank you for your work... Unfortunately it seems that I have lost root. In one of my previous attempts to go back to stock I flashed an unroot tmobile rom and it seems I'm now stuck with that and now unrooted. I'm guessing I'm screwed since there is no way to root without usb...
I want to shoot myself in the face...
Samsung is going to get a Telus S2 back with a Tmobile rom on it. There's no way they'll fix it now right?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

MystikMajik said:
Well this has been quite the horrible week. I want to thank you for your work... Unfortunately it seems that I have lost root. In one of my previous attempts to go back to stock I flashed an unroot tmobile rom and it seems I'm now stuck with that and now unrooted. I'm guessing I'm screwed since there is no way to root without usb...
I want to shoot myself in the face...
Samsung is going to get a Telus S2 back with a Tmobile rom on it. There's no way they'll fix it now right?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
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It depends, do you still have a custom recovery? Also I know one-click root worked on Telus's Gingerbread rom so maybe a tool like that might work.

Well it's stock recovery now... And would one click work without usb?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

have you tried to download su to see if maybe you just need to load that back up on your phone. If not there are programs like adbd Insecure adb wifi and goo manager that may somehow be able to get you back.
adbd Insecure - will allow you to push files over to your system even without root access
adb wifi - incase you need to send a recovery over to your sdcard and then use the proper commands to install
goo manager - has twrp 2.2.2.0 in it so if you install that program you flash their recovery through the app.
put the factory zip on your sdcard and hopefully voila!
Just some choices - hope one works and good luck

playya said:
have you tried to download su to see if maybe you just need to load that back up on your phone. If not there are programs like adbd Insecure adb wifi and goo manager that may somehow be able to get you back.
adbd Insecure - will allow you to push files over to your system even without root access
adb wifi - incase you need to send a recovery over to your sdcard and then use the proper commands to install
goo manager - has twrp 2.2.2.0 in it so if you install that program you flash their recovery through the app.
put the factory zip on your sdcard and hopefully voila!
Just some choices - hope one works and good luck
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i just tried adbd on my own phone(since i never flashed back cm10 yet) and unfortunately when i start the app it asks for superuser.

Thanks for the replies! I'm gonna try goo manager right now...
But would something like this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Update: Goo Manager isn't really doing anything unfortunately... It won't install anything I download. Seems simple enough so I'm sure I'm not doing anything wrong there...
Update #2: Yes. All of the above seem to need root, and since I don't have root...
Thank you playya for the sugesstions!
Thank you namanjr for doing that work... I wish I had waited longer to flash the rom I did!
I think its game over. I've been trying for a week and there's not a lot of options to flash stock, root/unroot if your USB is broken... which seems ridiculous to me but it is what it is...

namanjr said:
i just tried adbd on my own phone(since i never flashed back cm10 yet) and unfortunately when i start the app it asks for superuser.
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My bad you do need root but damn goo won't let you flash recovery without root huh. Are you sure you can't put recovery image on sdcard and use adb wifi to send command to install recovery? Just thinking out loud

playya said:
My bad you do need root but damn goo won't let you flash recovery without root huh. Are you sure you can't put recovery image on sdcard and use adb wifi to send command to install recovery? Just thinking out loud
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I don't think that will work, i used normal ADB to reinstall TWRP and it wouldn't flash until i used su.

What about this? http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...a-update-zip-flash-through-recovery-wifi.html
Not our phone obviously... but with stock recovery shouldn't I be able to flash the official ota update? what is the stock recovery for?
EDIT: Sorry I'm just realizing the use of USB in that method... but still what is the stock recovery used for?

MystikMajik said:
What about this? http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...a-update-zip-flash-through-recovery-wifi.html
Not our phone obviously... but with stock recovery shouldn't I be able to flash the official ota update? what is the stock recovery for?
EDIT: Sorry I'm just realizing the use of USB in that method... but still what is the stock recovery used for?
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It can flashed OTA updates, signed zips/md5s, wipes cache partition, and factory restore. I tried the ODIN md5 file for stock and it never worked so unless someone cracks/or knows Samsungs signature i don't think it's much use. Also if you flash a rom for anything other then phones that are compatible with ours(I727, I717, etc), you will brick.

Hmmm... and I'm assuming there isn't somewhere you can download the official samsung OTA updates?

MystikMajik said:
Hmmm... and I'm assuming there isn't somewhere you can download the official samsung OTA updates?
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I seen a link somewhere back when 2.3.6 came out for T-Mobile but it was only an incremental update and Telus doesn't have any OTA updates.

[Q] Flashing Custom Kernel

Hello everyone, I have recently bought a galaxy s4 mini GT-I9195 and i want to flash a custom kernel like this one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636890 ... First, do I have to check if my bootloader is locked or unlocked? Or i just flash it via Odin rightaway? Yesterday I rooted it using CF-Auto-Root.. Please, if anyone can help me out, i would really appreciate it because i have no experience on flashing on sammy devices and i am reeally confused :crying:.. I have been searching like the WHOLE internet to find a solution but came up with nothing.. Thanks in advance :laugh:

Panos97 said:
Hello everyone, I have recently bought a galaxy s4 mini GT-I9195 and i want to flash a custom kernel like this one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636890 ... First, do I have to check if my bootloader is locked or unlocked? Or i just flash it via Odin rightaway? Yesterday I rooted it using CF-Auto-Root.. Please, if anyone can help me out, i would really appreciate it because i have no experience on flashing on sammy devices and i am reeally confused :crying:.. I have been searching like the WHOLE internet to find a solution but came up with nothing.. Thanks in advance :laugh:
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You must flash thru recovery.
Here the installation steps, but first you must flash a custom recovery like this or other, its up to you.
Installation instructions
- Copy f4ktion_1.4.0-xxx.zip to your SDCARD
- Reboot into CWM recovery
- Choose "Install zip from sdcard"
- Select f4ktion_1.4.0-xxx.zip kernel and confirm installation.
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R_a_z_v_a_n said:
You must flash thru recovery.
Here the installation steps, but first you must flash a custom recovery like this or other, its up to you.
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Thank you so much So all i have to do is flash the recovery in Odin.. But since my s4 mini is rooted, do i have to install the S4Mini_RootKit_V2.zip?? i mean if I do, will it conflict with the SuperSU i have previously installed on my device? Or just overwrite it and work like a charm? Sorry I'm asking like too many questions, but since i'm new here i need some guidance
Btw, how do i know if my bootloader is unlocked? Before I buy this s4 mini i owned an Xperia go and to install a kernel i had to unlock the BL.. I don't know if the same thing applies for sammy devices, just asking:angel:

Panos97 said:
Thank you so much So all i have to do is flash the recovery in Odin.. But since my s4 mini is rooted, do i have to install the S4Mini_RootKit_V2.zip?? i mean if I do, will it conflict with the SuperSU i have previously installed on my device? Or just overwrite it and work like a charm? Sorry I'm asking like too many questions, but since i'm new here i need some guidance
Btw, how do i know if my bootloader is unlocked? Before I buy this s4 mini i owned an Xperia go and to install a kernel i had to unlock the BL.. I don't know if the same thing applies for sammy devices, just asking:angel:
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No, we have bootloader unlocked, so you don't need to unlock anything.
No, try with this recovery if you afraid to not doing some conflicts:
[i919x][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch
Download philz_touch_6.07.9-serranoltexx.tar.md5
boot into download mode
connect phone in download mode to PC via USB
press start to flash the tar.md5 package
normally, phone should auto-reboot into recovery.
If it reboots into main system and your recovery remains stock, repeat above steps and untick "autoreboot" in odin. Once flash is done, keep pressing the 3 buttons combo to for a reboot into recovery.You should see the new CWM
when in recovery, if you choose option "reboot system now" and you get "yes - disable flash recovery", select that option to avoid stock recovery overwriting cwm
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R_a_z_v_a_n said:
No, we have bootloader unlocked, so you don't need to unlock anything.
No, try with this recovery if you afraid to not doing some conflicts:
[i919x][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch
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So after i install the philz touch recovery, can i install ths deodexed rom http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/04/deodexed-and-rooted-stock-for-galaxy-s4-mini.html which comes with a custom kernel (vikinger)? will there be a problem with it because the rom is based on BML1 and my current fw is BNB3? thank you very much :silly:

Panos97 said:
So after i install the philz touch recovery, can i install ths deodexed rom http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/04/deodexed-and-rooted-stock-for-galaxy-s4-mini.html which comes with a custom kernel (vikinger)? will there be a problem with it because the rom is based on BML1 and my current fw is BNB3? thank you very much :silly:
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Really, i don't know for sure, BUT in my previous phone (S Advance I9070) i have some errors when i flashed different baseband deodexed.
Make a nandroid backup after you have custom recovery, and you can try it. If something going wrong, restore your backup and all will just like before.

R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Really, i don't know for sure, BUT in my previous phone (S Advance I9070) i have some errors when i flashed different baseband deodexed.
Make a nandroid backup after you have custom recovery, and you can try it. If something going wrong, restore your backup and all will just like before.
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Ok then! I will try and see, maybe sometime after i try doing it, i will post here how it went.. Thank you very much for being so kind as to answering all my noob-full questions :silly: :good:

If you flash a custom recovery your device's Knox counter will be triggered to 0x1

[q] help major porblem my phone wont boot

okay so i was trying to install bootloader through twrp , it failed (tried clearing dalvik and cache but it still failed) so i gave up on it and pressed reboot, once that happened, the device name appeared for a split second then dissapeared then appeared then dissapeared (keeps appearing and dissapearing) I CANT ACCCESS TWRP MENU , OR BOOT ONLY DOWNLOAD MODE, WHAT DO I DO D:

OmarKnows said:
okay so i was trying to install bootloader through twrp , it failed (tried clearing dalvik and cache but it still failed) so i gave up on it and pressed reboot, once that happened, the device name appeared for a split second then dissapeared then appeared then dissapeared (keeps appearing and dissapearing) I CANT ACCCESS TWRP MENU , OR BOOT ONLY DOWNLOAD MODE, WHAT DO I DO D:
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Generally speaking: Install bootloader only with Odin.
You should now flash firmware using Odin to save your device. Maybe Kies could restore also.

Androidwizzard said:
Generally speaking: Install bootloader only with Odin.
You should now flash firmware using Odin to save your device. Maybe Kies could restore also.
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how exactly do i do that? can you provide any links?

OmarKnows said:
how exactly do i do that? can you provide any links?
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HERE you may find firmware for your country/device, download.
Start Odin, connect your phone in download mode to pc, see if Odin shows up com-port and flash firmware in tab PDA/AP.
There are several guides on youtube/google

Cant Find my carrier
my carrier is international, only countries are on that list, I dont know which one to choose, also if im gonna flash firmware is it possible to flash 4.1.2? or 4.2.2/4.3?

OmarKnows said:
my carrier is international, only countries are on that list, I dont know which one to choose, also if im gonna flash firmware is it possible to flash 4.1.2? or 4.2.2/4.3?
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Depends on your last firmware. What was the bootloader version? If above MJ5, you can't downgrade so you are free to flash eg latest 4.4.2

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Depends on your last firmware. What was the bootloader version? If above MJ5, you can't downgrade so you are free to flash eg latest 4.4.2
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I have no idea what bootloader i have

OmarKnows said:
I have no idea what bootloader i have
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Great, and which one didya try to flash through TWRP?

Androidwizzard said:
Great, and which one didya try to flash through TWRP?
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The MJ5 bootloader, i found one that said it would be flashable through a recovery menu

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The MJ5 bootloader, i found one that said it would be flashable through a recovery menu
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1. Never flash bootloader through recovery
2. I assume that you have had newer bootloader than MJ5 before flash, so you soft bricked your device
3. To regain full funtional device follow post #4

Androidwizzard said:
1. Never flash bootloader through recovery
2. I assume that you have had newer bootloader than MJ5 before flash, so you soft bricked your device
3. To regain full funtional device follow post #4
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im having trouble , check my post here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...m-via-odin-t2868125/post55256421#post55256421

samsung i747 help

Good afternoon . sorry for my english writing an interpreter because of Belarus.
The problem, in my i747 screen does not respond to touch, after the installation cm13, all done correctly and according to the instructions, and after flashing when the phone beeps, the same does not go in recovery in odin mode. And now I do not know him Thu wasps do.

Flash the stock rom using Odin. You have i747 or i747m? You can confirm the model in Odin mode.

Re: Help
Tegra56 said:
Good afternoon . sorry for my english writing an interpreter because of Belarus.
The problem, in my i747 screen does not respond to touch, after the installation cm13, all done correctly and according to the instructions, and after flashing when the phone beeps, the same does not go in recovery in odin mode. And now I do not know him Thu wasps do.
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@Tegra56
You may have to provide some more information about your device before we can start to identify the problem:
1. Have you checked the md5sum on the ROM you are using? (To make sure you did not get a bad download)
2. Is you device rooted?
3. What is your Bootloader/Modem Version #? [Settings-About Phone-Baseband Version: ( I747UCUFNJ2- this is the latest)]
4. Have you installed a custom recovery?(TWRP; CWM; Phil's Touch)
If you can provide this information I will try to assist with the problem.
edit: If you can't get into your settings follow @audit13 instructions in Post#2 and we will proceed from there.

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Flash the stock rom using Odin. You have i747 or i747m? You can confirm the model in Odin mode.
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he does not go in odin mod

CoperaN said:
@Tegra56
You may have to provide some more information about your device before we can start to identify the problem:
1. Have you checked the md5sum on the ROM you are using? (To make sure you did not get a bad download)
2. Is you device rooted?
3. What is your Bootloader/Modem Version #? [Settings-About Phone-Baseband Version: ( I747UCUFNJ2- this is the latest)]
4. Have you installed a custom recovery?(TWRP; CWM; Phil's Touch)
If you can provide this information I will try to assist with the problem.
edit: If you can't get into your settings follow @audit13 instructions in Post#2 and we will proceed from there.
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1 Firmware has been checked md5
2 firmware has rights root
3 This I can not say. as the phone will not turn on, it was i747
4 Was installed TWRP

Did you install cm13 for the d2att? Sounds like the incorrect ROM may have been flashed to the phone.

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1 Firmware has been checked md5
2 firmware has rights root
3 This I can not say. as the phone will not turn on, it was i747
4 Was installed TWRP
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Ok @Tegra56
I noticed in your reply to @audit13 that you cannot get into Odin. But does the phone get into stock recovery mode?
Did you make a backup (with TWRP) of the ROM you used before flashing cm13 ? fingers-crossed
If you did, try restoring this backup first.

audit13 said:
Did you install cm13 for the d2att? Sounds like the incorrect ROM may have been flashed to the phone.
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Yes, I downloaded it for cm13 for the d2att

CoperaN said:
Ok @Tegra56
I noticed in your reply to @audit13 that you cannot get into Odin. But does the phone get into stock recovery mode?
Did you make a backup (with TWRP) of the ROM you used before flashing cm13 ? fingers-crossed
If you did, try restoring this backup first.
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unfortunately I did not make a copy

It may not help but have you tried using a USB jig to force the phone into download mode?
http://www.xda-developers.com/need-a-samsung-usb-jig-build-your-own/

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unfortunately I did not make a copy
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Ok, Here is where the fun begins!!... First we must know what your bootloader/modem # is right now. This is very Important.
Based on the information you have provided thus far, it seems to me that your firmware was out of date when you flashed the custom ROM. My suggestion to you, would be to do a clean install (Wipe) of this ROM: http://d-h.st/sV2 You can Read More about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390147 It's a Custom KitKat ROM, just so you can boot into something, the recommended gapps for this ROM have been discontinued, but you can try "Open Gapps" Choose the 4.4 -Nano Package: http://opengapps.org/
If you were running KitKat 4.4.2 chances are, you might be updated to at least I747UCUEMJB in which case they are 3 incremental firmware updates left for your device. However updating firmware should only be done using Odin so we must try the above alternative first and then work on getting Odin to work with your device. Good Luck.
edit: I just noticed you said the phone won't turn on!!....
If you have TWRP installed then you will have to hold down the "Volume up" , "Power" and "Home" buttons, release the power button(Keep holding the other two) once you feel the device vibrate, when you see the android logo you may release the other two, TWRP recovery should boot.

audit13 said:
It may not help but have you tried using a USB jig to force the phone into download mode?
http://www.xda-developers.com/need-a-samsung-usb-jig-build-your-own/
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No, I do not even know if such a method, after the holidays try