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[Q] Help please possible brick :(

Hey guys so i rooted my phone using odin and was attempting to put on cyanogen mod 10.1 when it failed and i restored to factory settings. then i thought ill restore to my previously saved backup and it stayed at the samsung screen that lights up behind the white lettters. now i tried going into recovery mode and restoring to factory and also tried clear cache and delvik cache. only problem is it still got stuck at the samsung screen so i then tried to reroot it on obin but since there was a binary count of 1 it didnt work what can i dooo

binary count wouldn't stop anything from flashing. after flashing a stock rom with odin again, make sure to go directory into recovery to wipe data/factory reset and then boot up the phone.

I got it working then I tried to put cyanogen 10.1 on and it crashed again idno what the deal is I put it on sd card and loaded it with root manager
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root manager? or rom manager?
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Don't use rom manager to flash a rom. Odin back to stock (Samsung devices are special that way) or use one of the root injected firmwares in one of the stickies in the development section. Once you get set up, download goo manager from the play store (you must be rooted to use it). From the menu of goo manager install recovery script, you will then have twrp recovery installed. Then follow the instructions in the op for the rom you want to flash. If this seems foreign to you then Odin back to stock and stay there. If you want to continue to modify your device read and read some more. Tony stark has a thread with all the information you need. Just Google search.
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Rom lol sorry was flustered. That all does sound beyond me I thought it would be easier to install a rom
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tsoby said:
Rom lol sorry was flustered. That all does sound beyond me I thought it would be easier to install a rom
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It is easy once you do it once. First time can be overwhelming. I'm a visual learner so I found a YouTube video for the phone and followed it step by step. Now I'm almost flashing them in my sleep. :thumbup:
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So I know I'm rooted right now on my s3 so do I have to go back to stock and reboot it before I flash a rom? Or can I just do it like in the video now and flash it from recovery mode
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Just odin to stock and reroot, reflash recovery, and restore backup
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okay will doo

so it bricked trying to install the cyanogen mod again i just want to go back to stock unrooted lol how can i do this? can only get into download and recovery mode and my backup wont work for some reason

alright so unbricked it and dont ever wanna root again haha ill wait for samsung to release updates from here on out lol

tsoby said:
alright so unbricked it and dont ever wanna root again haha ill wait for samsung to release updates from here on out lol
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Thats how we learn lol.
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tsoby said:
so it bricked trying to install the cyanogen mod again i just want to go back to stock unrooted lol how can i do this? can only get into download and recovery mode and my backup wont work for some reason
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It's only a soft brick. As long as you can get into download mode you can use Odin to return to stock.
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I really do want to run 4.2.2 but don't want to brick it again is there a really cool proof guide I could read
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Good guide* was watching TV typig what I was hearing woops
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Goto dev section stickies and read the rooting guide. Then follow directions step by step in the room you want op's.
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Well the first time i rooted it and followed the instructions it bricked and kept bricking lol so idno how to do it now
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tsoby said:
Well the first time i rooted it and followed the instructions it bricked and kept bricking lol so idno how to do it now
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If it was bricked you don't get a chance to keep bricking it. Stay with stock until you feel more comfortable with the process.
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Yeah I have read a lot I feel like I did it right that's the frustrating part
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|SOFT BRICKED| After a strange error in TWRP

So I'll do this fast, I ain't a noob with flashing and rooting etc (4 years experience) but today I had a first one in my life that soft bricked my T999V. I've downloaded the LiquidRom for T-mobile to test it, i've wiped all, cache and etc 3 times but the second time in the TWRP console it wrote and error like XXXXX directory not found ... I've never saw this type of error. So I flashed the rom + the latest Gapps , wiped dalvik an rebooted. The rom was blazing fast. But I decided to return to my Rom , so i wiped all again but still getting that error ! I restored the Nbackup and it rebooted wierdly and the rom was completly messed-up. So i close the phone and wanted to restard in recovery... Not existing anymore, gone.. GONE ! But i could boot in download.. I've completly recovert it right now but still this wierd error almost messed up my phon and it wasnt even my fault !
So did it ever happend to your S3 ?

I haven't experienced that yet and I hope I don't lol but at least it was only a soft brick. Thanks for the heads up though just incase someone runs into that problem.
So is everything running good now?
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If you would have messed your phone it would have been entirely your fault knowing your flashing custom Roms And Messing Whit These Things
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shahkam said:
If you would have messed your phone it would have been entirely your fault knowing your flashing custom Roms And Messing Whit These Things
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He's not saying it's anyone's fault or anything
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daxecutioner24 said:
He's not saying it's anyone's fault or anything
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He stated he almost bricked his phone and that wasn't even his fault...
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shahkam said:
He stated he almost bricked his phone and that wasn't even his fault...
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He means that he didnt deliberately do it. Perhaps he read everything and when he went to flash it it through an error. That happens. Could be a bad download or something
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hey guys i was flashing an arhd rom and after flaw i wanted to romove bloat so i tried mounting by usb to load the file. in the mount section i checked ext/sd card phone went black and dead. does this mean that now only my sd card is read or mountable, can i load a recovery on my sd, put it back in and start from there? i have been flashing and developing for years and evidently to tired to attempt what i was doing. phone is DEAD. NO DWNLD MODE OR RECOVERY i'm thinking its trying to load just off of my sd. i know very stupid mistake, was used to HTC phones. any help much appreciated

shehade08 said:
I haven't experienced that yet and I hope I don't lol but at least it was only a soft brick. Thanks for the heads up though just incase someone runs into that problem.
So is everything running good now?
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Yes i've Odin it and good to go !

[Q] Possible hwr problem need advice.

So here's my issue. My phone no longer allows me to flash roms from my external or internal sd card safely. What happens with every rom I flash is twofold. Data connection is always lost, and any reboot causes the phone to boot directly into download mode bypassing the odin flash page. The phone recovers from this with a simple odin back to stock. However, not being able to use non stock roms is no bueno to me.
Does this sound like some internal hwr problem? Is this an SD card issue? Would love some insite.

Which recovery are you using?
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Using clockwork recovery current version
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Every ROM I flashed had some bugs and they started to multiply. I used Super Wipe and killed EVERYTHING.
I then loaded every zip onto my micro SD via my computer and put it in my phone. Flash and Go.
I went back to stock rooted MA7. The glitches were gone,
So my suggestion is to do a recovery of your first full backup or do what I did.

Okay will try super wipe tonight thanks
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Or if that doesn't work use twrp.
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Honestly after I Odin it I think Ill try twrp first. I think I've used the superwipe before
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rezistrat said:
Honestly after I Odin it I think Ill try twrp first. I think I've used the superwipe before
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Okay, I can't find the thanks button for you guys. THis is the solution. Don't use CWM recovery. TWRP worked wonders, and because I didn't format recovery in cwm so superwipe would probably had helped as well

Glad its working now. I have never used cwm on this phone. But twrp has been smooth sailing.
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Use twrp on my s3, and cwm on the wife's note 2. Never had a problem with cwm. Sounds like the problem was not doing a full wipe with cwm (and not a problem with the cwm recovery itself)? But, whatever works for you.
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Ive been flashing phones since htc touch pro and ive never had this much problem. Granted I know its me and not the recovery
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Constant FREEZING

Ive tried several different Roms and, they all freeze.. at random times, then I have to shut the phone down and then back on. Is this normal? I'm on the latest Carbon Rom
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Xhase said:
Ive tried several different Roms and, they all freeze.. at random times, then I have to shut the phone down and then back on. Is this normal? I'm on the latest Carbon Rom
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I've noticed you like CWM for your recovery.
Try installing TWRP and see if that helps. Our phone seems to prefer TWRP.
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I'm afraid too lol, last time I used freegee, it bricked my phone. And I'm more used too CWM. Ive had several Roms installed, it makes no sence why it would start doing this randomly.
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Xhase said:
I'm afraid too lol, last time I used freegee, it bricked my phone. And I'm more used too CWM. Ive had several Roms installed, it makes no sence why it would start doing this randomly.
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You probably need to use the sbl unlock in FreeGee's menu. Or teeny bins with LGNPST.
Maybe CWM isn't wiping things correctly. There's flashable zips for TWRP and CWMv so that makes it easy.
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Its pretty simple we didn't have CWM for our phones for a long time for a reason. TWRP is much more current and supports our phones.
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Xhase said:
I'm afraid too lol, last time I used freegee, it bricked my phone. And I'm more used too CWM. Ive had several Roms installed, it makes no sence why it would start doing this randomly.
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Open up goo manager...hit menu...hit install openrecovery...done...
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Cwm is infamous for not wiping everything correctly. Twrp is built off the amon ra recovery which is a lot better at wiping than cwm is
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Mhmm that's weird I'm running newest carbon and its flawless!. Maybe change recovery's?
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He's not alone. PAC and Cyanogenmod have been freezing up on me for at least a month. I use TWRP. It locks up when I type most often and then quits my message and I lose it all. Im resetting to stock and back today.

ughh
engine95 said:
You probably need to use the sbl unlock in FreeGee's menu. Or teeny bins with LGNPST.
Maybe CWM isn't wiping things correctly. There's flashable zips for TWRP and CWMv so that makes it easy.
i installed TWRP Recovery.... still the same with the freezing... mostly on the messaging app.
kernal crashes almost constant...
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i installed TWRP Recovery.... still the same with the freezing... mostly on the messaging app.
kernal crashes almost constant...
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So when you install roms, are you wiping /system, /data, /cache, and / dalvic?
If you're using TWRP 2.6.3.0, go to wipe, factory reset, then advanced and tick everything but internal storage. Then install a rom.
If you're still having issues, then in TWRP, wipe everything. Including internal storage. Make sure you backup your files. You will lose everything. Also make sure you have a rom to install or restore in TWRP. If you don't, you'll learn to adb sideload.
If this doesnt work, then LGNPST, or LGFlashTool.
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Update

Okay my phone been saying I can update it now, which I still haven't done it yet one cos it really not a big file i noticed & two it seems everyone got some issue with it soft bricking the phones... My question is what did the update do? & anyone got the update w/o soft brick & is rooted?
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No clue. But if you haven't touched anything in the /system partition (I.e. removing the bloatware, installing 3rd party drivers from apps like viper4android, using xposed, etc etc) then the install should go just fine.
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Update summary
Effective January 8th, 2014, a software update for the LG Optimus G Pro (E980) will be available to AT&T customers. Customers will be able to update over the air via Wi-Fi.
Software update includes
Closed Captioning: Closed captioning option will appear in full screen mode for video files that are closed captioning supported.
Battery and Data icons in AT&T apps folder: You now have quick and easy access from your device home screen in the AT&T folder to manage data usage or optimize battery life.
Dual camera: You can take still photos using the front and rear camera at the same time.
Video pause and resume: You can pause and resume while recording a video.
Smart video: With eye detection, if you stop watching a video, the video will pause.
Home button LED: You can set the home button LED for "Favorite" contacts. Go to "Favorite" contact > Edit > Home Button LED.
Unused apps: You can set notifications for unused apps at: Settings > Apps > Menu key > Unused apps.
http://www.wireless.att.com/support/...rialId=1107330
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someone said if you aren't rooted already and take this update then you won't be able to root and if you take this update while you have a custom recovery installed you will soft brick your phone.

deadenz said:
someone said if you aren't rooted already and take this update then you won't be able to root and if you take this update while you have a custom recovery installed you will soft brick your phone.
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I tried the update. On my GPro was rooted on stock Rom. Got stuck in horrible CWM boot loop had to restore with LG R&D test tool... was kinda scared for a minute.
"Klaatu Barada Nikto"

So how do we do this update? Go back to stock & root it but dont flash a custom recovery? This is so much work for that lil update.

Seeing as this is question #3648596925385925486526595 about the matter, just don't update. Its not that big of a deal. Its still 4.1.2 nuff said
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joe3681 said:
Seeing as this is question #3648596925385925486526595 about the matter, just don't update. Its not that big of a deal. Its still 4.1.2 nuff said
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okay tyvm all I wanted to know if it was worth it...

It doesn't have anything but data and battery monitor. Dual camera but I thought somehow it already had
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Well I got bored & my curiosity got the best of me so I updated it... So as to my question, dont have custom recovery but be rooted before you update or you wont be able to root after update... :0p
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Yep and having cwm installed when you update will result in cwm flash
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joe3681 said:
Yep and having cwm installed when you update will result in cwm flash
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it'll result in a soft brick from what I hear.

I did both already one wit custom recovery which soft bricked my phone, had to factory reset it using lg flash tool. After i did that I rooted using universal didnt flash nothing & jus updated & its fine. So yea dont update if you have custom recovery installed
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esimon311 said:
I tried the update. On my GPro was rooted on stock Rom. Got stuck in horrible CWM boot loop had to restore with LG R&D test tool... was kinda scared for a minute.
"Klaatu Barada Nikto"
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haveing same issue flash tool now working it says low battry

lakshyamodi65 said:
haveing same issue flash tool now working it says low battry
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•Follow the steps in madmack thread to get yourself back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
•Then you can root wit Universal Root
(Do not install or flash any custom recovery)
•Update
Now u can
•Install your custom recovery using FreeGee
Good Luck ;D
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SDChargerGurl said:
•Follow the steps in madmack thread to get yourself back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
•Then you can root wit Universal Root
(Do not install or flash any custom recovery)
•Update
Now u can
•Install your custom recovery using FreeGee
Good Luck ;D
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not working it says bettry low and it is charged 90%

lakshyamodi65 said:
not working it says bettry low and it is charged 90%
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there were other people having this same issue. look through the threads for it.. I don't remember where I saw it but it's in there somewhere.

Does anyone know if there will be a way to flash a custom recovery again with this update? I really want CWM back
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MrKite4 said:
Does anyone know if there will be a way to flash a custom recovery again with this update? I really want CWM back
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Yesh once you do the update without any custom recovery installed, use freegee from the market to get it back
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.shell.freegee_free

SDChargerGurl said:
Yesh once you do the update without any custom recovery installed, use freegee from the market to get it back
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.shell.freegee_free
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Have you tried it and it worked? I tried it once before after I restored my phone from a soft brick caused by the update, then I ran freegee and it would show the screen where it says the bootloader was unlocked with the LG logo then jump to another screen with just the LG logo and just kept looping in that boot forcing me to do another restore. I don't know if something went wrong and that's why I didn't work
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MrKite4 said:
Have you tried it and it worked? I tried it once before after I restored my phone from a soft brick caused by the update, then I ran freegee and it would show the screen where it says the bootloader was unlocked with the LG logo then jump to another screen with just the LG logo and just kept looping in that boot forcing me to do another restore. I don't know if something went wrong and that's why I didn't work
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I actually made this thread because of all i was hearing bout it soft bricking the phones. I didn't wanna update it if it wasn't worth it. Well I did it anyways yes I did do it once with a soft bricked then restored it like i said in a thread earlier & was successful