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Here is a stock rom backup for the Sprint G S III. I made the backup after doing a data wipe, so the rom is pure, no lingering data, ect.
Instructions:
-unzip the .zip file
-move the backup folder into your existing CWM folder on the S III internal memory
-restore in recovery
Again, this is a stock backup as some people need it.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/fresh_GSIII_backup.zip
From my dropbox, so hit it easy.
Nice, know of some that will appreciate this.
bizdady said:
Nice, know of some that will appreciate this.
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Me too
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Warning: if you flash this make sure you clear Google wallets data as shown in a qbking77 video so you don't brick the secure element
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How is this in any way a stock rom?
nabbed said:
How is this in any way a stock rom?
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Give him a break. At least this isn't in development.
And he at least did something that could be useful until we get a real stock rom .zip or .tar
~E.R.A.
nabbed said:
How is this in any way a stock rom?
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You have been in every thread criticizing everyone else s contributions...what the hell have you contributed?
nabbed said:
How is this in any way a stock rom?
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It's not, it's a backup. That's not the point, it's still useful to many users that have possibly screwed their device but still have access to recovery. Especially until something official comes out.
will there be a stock package on odin different than just the stock boot image? my phone is bricked for no apparent reason(see my thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416) and flashing the stock boot image in odin does nothing. i Also cant get into CWM to flash my backup...
pizzlewizzle said:
will there be a stock package on odin different than just the stock boot image? my phone is bricked for no apparent reason(see my thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416) and flashing the stock boot image in odin does nothing. i Also cant get into CWM to flash my backup...
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Eventually there will be, but a lot of people [to include major developers] still don't have the phone yet, so we'll have to be patient. I looked over it, though currently are you able to get into recovery still or no? Additionally did you try re-flashing the cwm recovery in odin?
I can get into download mode but not into CWMR. The only thing i have tried flashing since it bricked is boot-stock-sprint-sph-l710.tar (which sort of worked the first time). I'm at work and don't have my phone on me so i guess i could try flashing CWMR again later but this is really weird. Thanks for the reply. This is my first Sprint phone, but on my Droid X we had a program similar to Odin where you could push a .sbf file that included everything stock and basically just reset your phone to stock. Do these exist for Sprint phones? The . SBF files were usually rather large(around 350mb or so) but the boot-stock-sprint-sph-l710.tar is around 10 or 15 mb so i know it doesn't include all the system files...
Thanks again
teh roxxorz said:
Eventually there will be, but a lot of people [to include major developers] still don't have the phone yet, so we'll have to be patient. I looked over it, though currently are you able to get into recovery still or no? Additionally did you try re-flashing the cwm recovery in odin?
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Lol i just replied the same thing over on another thread he posted in. Stop jumping around pizzle! if you can get into Odin chances are good you can flash cwm and then restore the backup
hahaha sorry about that. When I try and boot into recovery it looks like its about to go to Recovery and then freezes on the Galaxy S III screen. I'll try reflashing CWMR when I get home...Thanks for the advice
So is a back up a nandriod?
I have made a few but never resorted one, you just flash it same as a ROM and your done?
I misplaced my stock nandroid when I flashed CM10 build 2 and my extFs SD card had to be formatted to use again, I was sure I had in on PC but can't find it.
Thanks!
As the title says, I am unable to get into recovery mode, or boot normally. The only thing I can do is boot into download mode.
After much research, I think what I did was trigger the eMMc hardbrick
I was on AOKP Milestone 6 and I wanted to flash CM10, so I went ahead and tried to do a factory reset. It hung in the middle of it so I was forced to turn the phone off. After that, it's just been stuck in a bootloop. I've flashed every single ROM on the freakin internet, in every single way (ODIN, one-click). Nothing sticks. Not even this one ROM that's supposed to boot straight into recovery.
I heard something about a custom PIT file that may help fix this, but I haven't been able to find it.
What other options do I have? Will Sprint help out if I play dumb?
Thank you guys so much for taking the time to read and/or respond to this, I really appreciate it.
Try flashing E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM via Odin. That will boot you into recovery where you can try flashing something. I suggest doing a factory reset from there. Then flash CM10 and see if it boots.
If not, check the first page in the eMMC thread for the custom .pit file that will repartition the device. There are 2, make sure you select the one that only makes you lose 3GB instead of 8GB.
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Thanks for the reply! I have actually flashed that with no luck, but I'll take a look at the thread and try the .PIT fix.
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Try flashing E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM via Odin. That will boot you into recovery where you can try flashing something. I suggest doing a factory reset from there. Then flash CM10 and see if it boots.
If not, check the first page in the eMMC thread for the custom .pit file that will repartition the device. There are 2, make sure you select the one that only makes you lose 3GB instead of 8GB.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26428986
The pits are attached to that post... I imagine you need to find out what blocks are corrupted. That should give you a good place to start.
Is Odin failing on flashing any specific partition? Good luck btw.
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So i've been looking at the PIT thread and this seems pretty far out of my depth haha. I think I'll try Sprint before I try to figure out how to find the blocks and all that. Besides, i dont think I can even go that route because it seems like I need recovery mode to use the tool to find the bad blocks, which I can't get into right now.
Odin for the most part did not fail in flashing ROMs to my phone. For a couple of ROMs it did, but when it came to any stock ROMs or the EL29 direct boot everything went perfectly. It just didn't boot normally afterwards even though ODIN showed 100% success in flashing the ROMs.
I'm just glad I have Google voice and a new N7 so I can still call and text at this point.
I have flashed the boot stock recovery tar file for my Sprint sph-l900 and it says pass in odin. Then the samsung emblem comes up like its going to boot and then goes black. It wont show its charging while plugged in to charger. But if I take the battery out and hold on, home, and up buttons it will go into stock recovery. So I know that it loaded that at least. Because obviously my TWRP recovery is gone. But I don't understand why its not loading I have done this before and no the steps to take but it is not rebooting properly! I don't know if my only option left is to use ADB side load but if that is the case I do not have the faintest idea on how that is accomplished and done correctly. I woke up this morning and my phone was stuck on the boot screen of the parinoid android rom I had installed that has been working for a good while now. I installed an app to help optimize the system yesterday for better performance and it was an app for rooted phones and it had good reviews so I wasn't worried. I made sure that in the options in the app that the system files and other files that I new could not be touched by the app actions I made sure they were white listed so they would not be effected. That is the only thing that I think could have done this to my phone. And when I realized I could not recover to any nandroid backups I had, that's when I decided to just reinstall the boot recovery stock rar file but not before I wiped the correct files to get a clean install (Flash) Any way that is where I'm at and I do not know what to do...... So could any body please help PLEASE!!!!!!
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Basically your problem is the rom is incompatible with your current boot loader. You'll need to ODIN back to stock rooted MC2 then ODIN a custom recovery then modem. From there flash the rom you want. I'm not sure why you went back to stock recovery with the custom rom but it's not compatible. Or else you need to make sure the md5 is correct for the rom & other files you flashed. I'd just do what I first suggested and make sureyou have a good md5 for ythe rom you want before flashing it. Good luck.
Thanks for the reply!
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Basically your problem is the rom is incompatible with your current boot loader. You'll need to ODIN back to stock rooted MC2 then ODIN a custom recovery then modem. From there flash the rom you want. I'm not sure why you went back to stock recovery with the custom rom but it's not compatible. Or else you need to make sure the md5 is correct for the rom & other files you flashed. I'd just do what I first suggested and make sureyou have a good md5 for ythe rom you want before flashing it. Good luck.
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I don't know about that because it was already mk4 before I ever rooted it and putt the rom on and I have already had to use the same recovery stock rar file two other times to get it back to original stock. And I haven't changed the mk4 since stock not even with the root or the rom Ive installed so it doesn't make sense especially when I have done this twice with the same rar file flashed with odin and always had good result never got stuck from not booting all the way. But so far your the only person all day i have had any advice from and you are a senior member who im sure knows what they are talking about so i guess I will have to find out how to revert from mk4 that Ive never changed to a MC2 and hope that that will do something for me im just baffled that the same thing that Ive done 2 other times wont work again....
Thanks again for the reply any other advice along the way or what ever you feel like adding is more than welcome i really appreciate you now im gonna be on the hunt for this MC2 install and what is the best steps to follow and go on....
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I have flashed the boot stock recovery tar file for my Sprint sph-l900 and it says pass in odin. Then the samsung emblem comes up like its going to boot and then goes black. It wont show its charging while plugged in to charger. But if I take the battery out and hold on, home, and up buttons it will go into stock recovery. So I know that it loaded that at least. Because obviously my TWRP recovery is gone. But I don't understand why its not loading I have done this before and no the steps to take but it is not rebooting properly! I don't know if my only option left is to use ADB side load but if that is the case I do not have the faintest idea on how that is accomplished and done correctly. I woke up this morning and my phone was stuck on the boot screen of the parinoid android rom I had installed that has been working for a good while now. I installed an app to help optimize the system yesterday for better performance and it was an app for rooted phones and it had good reviews so I wasn't worried. I made sure that in the options in the app that the system files and other files that I new could not be touched by the app actions I made sure they were white listed so they would not be effected. That is the only thing that I think could have done this to my phone. And when I realized I could not recover to any nandroid backups I had, that's when I decided to just reinstall the boot recovery stock rar file but not before I wiped the correct files to get a clean install (Flash) Any way that is where I'm at and I do not know what to do...... So could any body please help PLEASE!!!!!!
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What recovery did you use? Philz 6.12. X?
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No TWRP 2.6.3
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What recovery did you use? Philz 6.12. X?
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No I had TWRP recovery but when i realized there was no getting to flash the rom nandroid BU I went ahead and did a factory wipe and all the files your suppossed to wipe and then I used odin like I have many times before and flashed the same recovery stock rar I have used before to go back to stock and start fresh any way this time odin said pass as usu-wall and then it acted as though it were going to boot and then it lit up the silver samsung emblem for a hot sec and then went black and stayed black after that even when i plugged the charger in the led light would not even show it was charging. But if I take the battery out and back in while its plugged in to charger the screen comes on with the little green battery icon and shows it charging. if i push pwr it show samsung icon then goes dead. Now if I push all the button for recovery it will boot back to stock android recovery. and i can upload one of the backups which was my last rom but it of course act as if it will load and then fails which i know is because i dont have the custom recovery any more but it didnt work either when I did and i don't know man im baffled...
The only suggestion Ive been given so far was from the senior member above and said i need to flash a earlier firmware than mk4 but that is weird to me since I have never had any thing installed on anything other than an mk4 but it make sense that it could work I just have not found the info that makes me feel confident about choices yet...
Thanks for replying any other thought please share!
Well sounds like the odin flash had some kind of issue even though it did not state one. Try going back into download mode and flash a custom recovery (twrp) then flash billards back to stock MC2. This will restore everything back even if you have the knox bootloader. Link is below for easy access. Two things twrp is recommended and do a factory reset before installing. After install reboot (apply su when asked if you want it) the phone will reboot display a messed up screen then reboot once again (normal dont worry). After that you can flash your custom recovery via odin and you should not have any more issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
Let me know if that works for you.
So I found the write far file for mk4 and it flashed beautifully I tried a flash of the Mc2 in the reply from earleier post but it did not pass in Odin but I really expected that because I was pausitive that there was another mk4 rar that would work. And now I'm back to a fresh stock rom and I have all the flash file I need to get it rooted and custom romed in no time. I really do appreciate the help and suggestions it is nice to know there is help when needed! So thanks again and I got the file from TA TRUE ANDROID vpubmk4 firmware android 4.3 for the sprint sph-l900 I just had to do some hunting in order to find it. And it didn't help that my renters from the other side of the duplex were having their Internet fixed and the Tech accidently disconnected my lines out side so I was with out Internet for a long time and then when it was finally fixed I found this and flashed it no problems. Thanks again. If you don't mind I'm gonna send a friend request to you I don't have any friends or contacts in this forum and it would be nice to have another person to occasionally check in with? Ya know any way take my brother and stay cool......
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So I found the write far file for mk4 and it flashed beautifully I tried a flash of the Mc2 in the reply from earleier post but it did not pass in Odin but I really expected that because I was pausitive that there was another mk4 rar that would work. And now I'm back to a fresh stock rom and I have all the flash file I need to get it rooted and custom romed in no time. I really do appreciate the help and suggestions it is nice to know there is help when needed! So thanks again and I got the file from TA TRUE ANDROID vpubmk4 firmware android 4.3 for the sprint sph-l900 I just had to do some hunting in order to find it. And it didn't help that my renters from the other side of the duplex were having their Internet fixed and the Tech accidently disconnected my lines out side so I was with out Internet for a long time and then when it was finally fixed I found this and flashed it no problems. Thanks again. If you don't mind I'm gonna send a friend request to you I don't have any friends or contacts in this forum and it would be nice to have another person to occasionally check in with? Ya know any way take my brother and stay cool......
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For the record (since people seem to still be having issues) you CANNOT DOWNGRADE THROUGH ODIN WITH THE NEW BOOTLOADER!!! You can however downgrade through (custom?) RECOVERY using the previously mentioned method.
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Of all the things I have screwed up, I can't believe my first post asking for help is this one. I have been rooting and installing custom ROM's since the EVO. Always found the help I needed in someone else' thread. But this has me stumped.
I am a ROM jumper. Do it all the time. Yesterday, I was having some performance issues with my Note2 so I thought I would do a full wipe and try out another ROM. I also wiped my internal storage. My recover at that time was philz_touch_6.19.3-t0ltetmo. Somehow, I ended up wiping everything and I couldn't boot into anything other than Download mode.
Still no biggie. Wait until I got home and I would flash some with via Odin on my Windows netbook. It never worked. It would maybe get to 25% complete and hang. I left it running for about an hours with no results. Then I moved to my Linux desktop and installed Heimdall. Used that to put philz_touch_6.19.3-t0ltetmo back on the device. Then I installed cm-10.2-20140309-NIGHTLY-t0ltetmo.zip via sideload.
Stuck on smiling robot with a circle.
So I sideloaded CARBON-KK-NIGHTLY-20140302-0859-t0ltetmo.zip. Stuck on the logo there too. aokp_t0ltetmo_kitkat_nightly_2014-02-25.zip same thing. I try pushing the ROM's instead of sideloading. No luck.
So I am thinking that maybe I got a bad philz recovery. Redownload that, and go through the same list of roms. Nothing. OK... so maybe philz has become a POS for some reason on my phone. I try openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-t0ltetmo.zip and repeat all the steps above. Wiping and sideloading, then wiping and pushing... stuck on logo.
I have to say I am stumped. I am losing nerd cred by asking for help, but dammit I am stumped. Any help appreciated.
Most phones have been recovered by flashing stock image, you can give it a shot.
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Most phones have been recovered by flashing stock image, you can give it a shot.
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Eww. Does that have to be flashed via Odin/Heimdall or can I use my established recovery? Also, I looked at some of those earlier and they are all in ZIP format. Odin wants TAR.MD5. Is it as simple as unziping and then tar-ing? I don't see an option to TAR.MD5.
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Eww. Does that have to be flashed via Odin/Heimdall or can I use my established recovery? Also, I looked at some of those earlier and they are all in ZIP format. Odin wants TAR.MD5. Is it as simple as unziping and then tar-ing? I don't see an option to TAR.MD5.
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The easiest option would be to flash the tar.md5 file using ODIN.
If you are 4.3 bootloader you can flash this MrRobinson's ROM
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760975435
If you are 4.1.2 bootloader you can flash this ROM, download link on post#1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636552
If you plan to flash it using Heimdall you will have to first extract the tar.md5 file and then flash all ROM components.
Your command should be something like this, please note I have not tried flashing using Heimdall so I am not 100% it will work.
sudo heimdall flash --BOOT boot.img --RECOVERY recovery.img --SYSTEM system.img --CACHE cache.img --HIDDEN hidden.img --RADIO modem.bin
ciphercodes said:
The easiest option would be to flash the tar.md5 file using ODIN.
If you are 4.3 bootloader you can flash this MrRobinson's ROM
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760975435
If you are 4.1.2 bootloader you can flash this ROM, download link on post#1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636552
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Good stuff, thank you cipher.
Perhaps I am missing something here though. I went to check which version bootloader I have. I just assumed I would have 4.3 since I have been running JB & KK rom's for the past month or so; but I wanted to double check. When I boot into recovery, it doesn't show it there. When I boot into download mode, it doesn't show it there either. Where should I be seeing the version number?
When you boot into download mode do you see KNOX Warranty Void below system status ?
If not then your phone is not on 4.3 bootloader.
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Yes, it shows KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
So then I have 4.3. Thanks for the info. When I get home tonight, I will try and flash MrRobinson's ROM then report back. Thank you for the help & I will post my results then.
Well, that took care of it. I was able to use MrRobinson's ROM & Heimdall. I did have to download a PIT file, but that was easily found here on xda. Within minutes I had the gawd awful Samsung TW blooping and making stupid noises. Went ahead and flashed TWRP and I am downloading CarbonRom now.
Thanks for the help cipher. It was driving me nuts.
um... mark as solved?
I tried to edit my original post to mark it as solved, but there isn't an option. How do I change my title?
Well, I spoke too soon. I just discovered that I have no cell service. Went to look and found I have no IMEI # anymore. WTF?
Looks like you flashed a modem for a different device.
No worries, just flash the modem from Mr Robinsons ROM and that should take care of it.
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I wish it were that simple. I just reflashed MrRobinsons and it is back to Samsung recovery and rom. Still no IMEI. I am going to go full retard and flash the one from SamMobile. I'll erport back later.
Mrrobinsons ROM is the stock rom, it's just root injected and Knox-free.
Try KIES emergency recovery method.
You can find link for procedure in this forum in one of the posts.
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Just saw this and I am on my way to work. With no Admin priviledge there, I will have to try this when I get home.
I appreciate the time you have taken to help me cipher.
OKay, I downloaded Kies and it saw my phone. However, it says my phone is fine and will not do an emeregency recovery. After searching on here some more, I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
It's possible that Emergency Recovery is no more. I am just about done with this phone. It's been three days and I need a working phone again.
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Of all the things I have screwed up, I can't believe my first post asking for help is this one. I have been rooting and installing custom ROM's since the EVO. Always found the help I needed in someone else' thread. But this has me stumped.
I am a ROM jumper. Do it all the time. Yesterday, I was having some performance issues with my Note2 so I thought I would do a full wipe and try out another ROM. I also wiped my internal storage. My recover at that time was philz_touch_6.19.3-t0ltetmo. Somehow, I ended up wiping everything and I couldn't boot into anything other than Download mode.
Still no biggie. Wait until I got home and I would flash some with via Odin on my Windows netbook. It never worked. It would maybe get to 25% complete and hang. I left it running for about an hours with no results. Then I moved to my Linux desktop and installed Heimdall. Used that to put philz_touch_6.19.3-t0ltetmo back on the device. Then I installed cm-10.2-20140309-NIGHTLY-t0ltetmo.zip via sideload.
Stuck on smiling robot with a circle.
So I sideloaded CARBON-KK-NIGHTLY-20140302-0859-t0ltetmo.zip. Stuck on the logo there too. aokp_t0ltetmo_kitkat_nightly_2014-02-25.zip same thing. I try pushing the ROM's instead of sideloading. No luck.
So I am thinking that maybe I got a bad philz recovery. Redownload that, and go through the same list of roms. Nothing. OK... so maybe philz has become a POS for some reason on my phone. I try openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-t0ltetmo.zip and repeat all the steps above. Wiping and sideloading, then wiping and pushing... stuck on logo.
I have to say I am stumped. I am losing nerd cred by asking for help, but dammit I am stumped. Any help appreciated.
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Ok first off, dont have tmobile, but i do have a note (verizon)
What do you mean when you say you are "sideloading" "pushing" a ROM.. Bc normally in recovery you "flash" a rom.
So let's make sure you are doing just that..?
If you are "flashing" a rom in recovery and it installs and you reboot and you are stuck.. thats a different issue..
I would recommend getting your stock Odin tar and flashing it..Make sure it contains a boot.img and if you guys use a pit file.. use that as well..
Post here with some answers and results..Lets see if we can get you back in buisness..
I have HARD bricked my phone, fired eMMC, softed bricked..pretty much been through everything so hopefully we can figure it out!:good:
The main thing is DON'T get frustrated.. I know it's hard but that when you make mistakes and PANIC
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What do you mean when you say you are "sideloading" "pushing" a ROM.. Bc normally in recovery you "flash" a rom.
So let's make sure you are doing just that..?
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Originally, I could not boot into any rom. I could get into recovery. In order to get a rom onto the phone, I could download the zip file to my computer and inside the recovery turn on sideload to move the file to the phone and flash. And Even then I never got any of the roms to get past the boot logo. Cyanogenmod, Carbon-rom, AOKP... none of them.
I would recommend getting your stock Odin tar and flashing it..Make sure it contains a boot.img and if you guys use a pit file.. use that as well..
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Yup, I did that. I tried doing it through Heimdall since I am a Linux guy. I can install a stock or stock based rom, but there is never a IMEI number. From what I can tell, the EFS partition is just gone & I never backed it up. I lost the IMEI and it is not coming back.
The main thing is DON'T get frustrated.. I know it's hard but that when you make mistakes and PANIC
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Oh, I agree. I stepped away from it for about 8 hours a day while at work. Thats when I did most of my reading though. I am pretty sure this is going up for sale on ebay this week. I already bought a new phone. Thank you for taking the time to reply though.
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Originally, I could not boot into any rom. I could get into recovery. In order to get a rom onto the phone, I could download the zip file to my computer and inside the recovery turn on sideload to move the file to the phone and flash. And Even then I never got any of the roms to get past the boot logo. Cyanogenmod, Carbon-rom, AOKP... none of them.
Yup, I did that. I tried doing it through Heimdall since I am a Linux guy. I can install a stock or stock based rom, but there is never a IMEI number. From what I can tell, the EFS partition is just gone & I never backed it up. I lost the IMEI and it is not coming back.
Oh, I agree. I stepped away from it for about 8 hours a day while at work. Thats when I did most of my reading though. I am pretty sure this is going up for sale on ebay this week. I already bought a new phone. Thank you for taking the time to reply though.
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Have you tried flashing the latest firmware, and if yes is this where you got it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
Also did you read post #2 about going back into recovery, do a factory reset and reboot?
And were you getting these roms that would loop you in this forum, just making sure i know it may sound stupid..
Also, what was the estimated time you were waiting for them to boot..5mins, 10mins, 20mins.. Some take longer than others..
The only other thing i could suggest is JTAG services, by MobileTechVideos, the owner's name is Josh, stand up guy, and I belive it much cheaper than buying a new device =)
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Have you tried flashing the latest firmware, and if yes is this where you got it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
Also did you read post #2 about going back into recovery, do a factory reset and reboot?"
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Yep & yep. I also tried MrRobinsons root injected rom before going this route.
And were you getting these roms that would loop you in this forum, just making sure i know it may sound stupid..
Also, what was the estimated time you were waiting for them to boot..5mins, 10mins, 20mins.. Some take longer than others..
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I have had some take as long as 20 minutes before, but that was rare. This time, I actually fell asleep and when I woke up in the morning, it was still on the animated boot logo and hot as hell. Still going though. So it was at least 6 hours thst timr.
The only other thing i could suggest is JTAG services, by MobileTechVideos, the owner's name is Josh, stand up guy, and I belive it much cheaper than buying a new device =)
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I've not heard of this, I'll look them up. Thanks!
I am returning my phone to my dad because i'm getting an upgrade and he wants to sell it, so i tried to revert to stock from CM12.1 unofficial nightlies. I flashed the FNJ1 system and boot.img. my phone was on FNJ1. now it's stuck on the at&t logo and i cant do anyhting, any help?
AT&T SGH-I747 UCUFNJ1 CM12.1 unofficial nightly.
Edit: In the mean time i've reverted to cm12 but i still need to revert to stock so any help is greatly appreciated.
You have to factory reset after flashing back to stock. If you are going to sell it, I suggest doing so from stock recovery.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You have to factory reset after flashing back to stock. If you are going to sell it, I suggest doing so from stock recovery.
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I reflashed the FNJ1 rom and then factory reset afterwards and it still hangs at the AT&T boot logo, any other suggestions?
Where did the rom come from exactly? There are a few that I've seen. Did you check the md5 to make sure the download wasn't corrupted?
Can you verify your bootloader / baseband?
Using terminal emulator (twrp has one built in) enter this.
getprop ro.bootloader
getprop ro.baseband
Let us know what it says.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Where did the rom come from exactly? There are a few that I've seen. Did you check the md5 to make sure the download wasn't corrupted?
Can you verify your bootloader / baseband?
Using terminal emulator (twrp has one built in) enter this.
getprop ro.bootloader
getprop ro.baseband
Let us know what it says.
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i used Enewman's fnj1 system and boot.img from the general forum here. and i cant boot into recovery only download mode, but i know for sure it was ucufnj1
also the other post is me:
We will need more detailed info if you don't mind.
What were you on before? cm 12.1
What "stock rom" and what recovery exactly did you flash. enewman's fnj1
How did you flash? cwm
You said it "still doesn't boot" but we're able to flash it, do you mean it just won't boot android? yes
Can you boot download mode? yes
What was wrong that made you need to flash the rom and recovery to make it boot, and how did it get to that point to begin with? need to get to stock to sell, wouldnt boot, and the soft brick help said to try flashing stock recovery.
I managed to boot into recovery by flashing an older version of CWM via Odin. i flashed CM12.1 back again and it boots! thank god i have a phone again. any ideas as to what is causing the softbrick?
Hard to say. I do know that enewman17 recommends flashing with twrp, and that's what most people have used AFAIK. So there may be something about the newer cwm that executes the script a little differently. That's purely a guess though. Could've just been a bad flash for whatever reason.
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Hard to say. I do know that enewman17 recommends flashing with twrp, and that's what most people have used AFAIK. So there may be something about the newer cwm that executes the script a little differently. That's purely a guess though. Could've just been a bad flash for whatever reason.
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Should I try flashing twrp and then flashing the stock rom?
if i'm not mistaken CWM has pretty much been abondoned and no longer updated.
twrp and philz are preferred.
then again , "couldve just been a bad flash for whatever reason".
"all i can really do is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
l3gionaires said:
Should I try flashing twrp and then flashing the stock rom?
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You can try it if you like. Keep cm available just in case though. You might try some of the other stock builds too. Check the general and development section. I think there's about 3 NJ2 roms, each done a little differently.
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mrrocketdog said:
if i'm not mistaken CWM has pretty much been abondoned and no longer updated.
twrp and philz are preferred.
then again , "couldve just been a bad flash for whatever reason".
"all i can really do is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
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TWRP is a million times better! works great thanks for the suggestion!
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You can try it if you like. Keep cm available just in case though. You might try some of the other stock builds too. Check the general and development section. I think there's about 3 NJ2 roms, each done a little differently.
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i updated my bootloader and modem to nj2 then flashed the stock rom for nj2 (this time using TWRP) and had the same outcome, it just hangs on the AT&T logo. I think this phone is doomed to be a CM12.1 phone.
That's strange. Did you try a different one if the NJ2 stock roms as well?
Oh and did you check the md5 to make sure the download wasn't corrupted?
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That's strange. Did you try a different one if the NJ2 stock roms as well?
Oh and did you check the md5 to make sure the download wasn't corrupted?
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all md5s match and i tried enewman's deodexed fnj2 roms as well and it still hangs at AT&T Logo. maybe it's an issue of returning from Lollipop to KK?
Check the cm rom threads. Maybe someone else there has run into a similar problem. I don't use it myself, so I'm not familiar enough with it to say.
I'll try to do a little digging when I get home. There's got to be some sort of explanation!
(Have you ever tried reformatting /system to anything other than ext4? )
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Maybe try another TW custom rom. Just to see if it does the same thing.
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It is probably a matter of coming back from an AOSP/CyanogenMod Lollipop rom back to a stock KitKat rom. I have seen a number of reports of people having the same issue of getting stuck at the logo during boot.
I have seen two fixes being reported as working, both are going to make you work to set the phone up for use.
1) After flashing enewman17's NJ1/NJ2 rom, stay in recovery and flash the stock recovery. Reboot into recovery then do a factory reset from the stock recovery.
2) If the above didn't work, use Odin to reflash TWRP or Philz recovery. From the recovery format the internal sdcard. Have the NJ1/NJ2 rom stored on an external sdcard so that you can reflash it from recovery.
dawgdoc said:
It is probably a matter of coming back from an AOSP/CyanogenMod Lollipop rom back to a stock KitKat rom. I have seen a number of reports of people having the same issue of getting stuck at the logo during boot.
I have seen two fixes being reported as working, both are going to make you work to set the phone up for use.
1) After flashing enewman17's NJ1/NJ2 rom, stay in recovery and flash the stock recovery. Reboot into recovery then do a factory reset from the stock recovery.
2) If the above didn't work, use Odin to reflash TWRP or Philz recovery. From the recovery format the internal sdcard. Have the NJ1/NJ2 rom stored on an external sdcard so that you can reflash it from recovery.
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i'll try these when I get home and update asap
also @ DocHoliday I don't Know how to do that
dawgdoc said:
It is probably a matter of coming back from an AOSP/CyanogenMod Lollipop rom back to a stock KitKat rom. I have seen a number of reports of people having the same issue of getting stuck at the logo during boot.
I have seen two fixes being reported as working, both are going to make you work to set the phone up for use.
1) After flashing enewman17's NJ1/NJ2 rom, stay in recovery and flash the stock recovery. Reboot into recovery then do a factory reset from the stock recovery.
2) If the above didn't work, use Odin to reflash TWRP or Philz recovery. From the recovery format the internal sdcard. Have the NJ1/NJ2 rom stored on an external sdcard so that you can reflash it from recovery.
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l3gionaires said:
i'll try these when I get home and update asap
also @ DocHoliday I don't Know how to do that
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#1 worked for me! for some reason when i was on NJ1, the recovery didn't work, so i guess updating to NJ2 fixed it? anyways who cares! I'm back to fully bloated TW! Thank you guys for all your help!
l3gionaires said:
#1 worked for me! for some reason when i was on NJ1, the recovery didn't work, so i guess updating to NJ2 fixed it? anyways who cares! I'm back to fully bloated TW! Thank you guys for all your help!
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Glad to hear it worked. :victory: Now to find a buyer.