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PLEASE HELP possibly soft bricked

I accidently wipe my phones internal storage including backups, Im running latest TWRP and it wont read my sd card. I have a custom rom on the sd card but i cant access via recovery. phone boots to recovery and even download mode but i dont think my usb debug is checked and i cant get thru with odin. Im crunched for time as my wife is coming home in an hour and she will be furious if i bricked my phone i need help restoring before she gets home. thanks.
Heres how I fixed the problem, it was easy after doing but confusing getting there. Since the phone would not boot past the galaxy s3 screen there was no way for me to select USB debugging. That option totally did not allow me to use the Galaxy S3 toolkit listed in android development nor could I select and run any of their lists of "Root" roms because something would happen where ODIN didnt boot it correctly. It ran it at first then "Boot" came on then "Reset" came on then "Pass" came on but nothing ever took. I went to samsung-updates.com selected the ICS factory rom and saved it to desktop. Then I unzipped that rom to unveil the TAR file and flash that via Odin and Bam it ran thru no problems. The problems I ran into earlier were links from other posts and it turned out they were either bad links or not for the phone. I actually tried one guys download link that claimed to be specifically for the T999 us version and it turned out to be for another phone all together Im just lucky that flash didnt brick my device even more. Anyways Odin was my friend it was just a matter of downloading the "Correct" rom. thanks to all that helped I appreciated you all taking the time to answer.

I would download this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682. You should be able to use your PC to flash your Nandroid, although i have never done that.

It doesn't matter if USB debugging is checked if the phone is off.

when i boot to recovery it boots to manual mode anyone know what to do next?

You can flash stuff from your computer in download mode through Odin. I hate doing it myself, but will try to look it up for you
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looks like Odin in download mode is the way to go. Good luck bro
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Searching would have solved this problem just odin
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when i run in oDin it completes and gives me a pass at the end but the phone never auto reboots even though that option is checked. the phone stays on the galaxy s3 screen and never changes from there.

laraiza said:
when i run in oDin it completes and gives me a pass at the end but the phone never auto reboots even though that option is checked. the phone stays on the galaxy s3 screen and never changes from there.
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Boot to Recovery and reset factory defaults. That will fix it. It will still "stick" on that screen, but after a couple minutes, it will continue.

Aerowinder said:
Boot to Recovery and reset factory defaults. That will fix it. It will still "stick" on that screen, but after a couple minutes, it will continue.
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Yup boot into recovery and factory reset. You will be good to go.
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ionic7 said:
Searching would have solved this problem just odin
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chrisram88 said:
Yup boot into recovery and factory reset. You will be good to go.
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I booted to recovery did a factory reset but it still stayed on the samsung galaxy s3 screen for over fifteen minutes now. I even tried the rom toolbox someone suggested earlier but upon flashing a stock rom it prompts me to check usb debugging and I cant get past that screen.

Stock kernel! That should do the trick! Can't believe I forgot about that. Try that and it will boot up fine.
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chrisram88 said:
Stock kernel! That should do the trick! Can't believe I forgot about that. Try that and it will boot up fine.
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I was running paranoid android prior to this mess and yes your probably right about the kernel but I have downloaded from samsung-updates.com the ics kernel patch but its in a zip folder so i DL winzip to extract it but that doesnt seem to work either. IS there a stock rom download with a kernel i can download and use with odin?

laraiza said:
I was running paranoid android prior to this mess and yes your probably right about the kernel but I have downloaded from samsung-updates.com the ics kernel patch but its in a zip folder so i DL winzip to extract it but that doesnt seem to work either. IS there a stock rom download with a kernel i can download and use with odin?
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Check the dev section. There should be a thread there with stock rom and kernel flashable thru Odin
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chrisram88 said:
Check the dev section. There should be a thread there with stock rom and kernel flashable thru Odin
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Found a rom and a kernel in the development section and ran it thru odin and it still didnt take. I noticed that the rom flash thru odin only took about two minutes and not once did i see where the modem cycle was being applied. Still no luck for me. Since my phone does not boot pass the galaxy s3 screen is it possible to get the phone to mount via usb cable and copy the roms to internal storage and install via recovery?

Finally got it working again. Thanks to all that helped.
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That's great man. You should edit the op with how you did it so in case others have same problem they can fix it.
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Sounds good I'll get it done in a few days I'm stuck at work again for now.
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[Q] Bricked Samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g touch

HELP!!! My brother heard me talking about rooting my phone and installing cool ROM’s so he gave it a shot.. He has a Samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g touch, he loaded some ICS rom that does not have WiFi working, it also does not have USB working? He also didn’t load any recovery making it hard to bring it back to stock.
So I have a Samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g touch with some weird ICS rom, the Wifi does not work, no SDCard access, it has NO USB support.. it does have Bluetooth working so I have been able to move files to it but the rom he installed is not rooted and I can’t install a recovery app…
I can boot into download mode but with no USB support oden will not see the phone 
Any advice on how to root the phone or get a recovery app installed from the phone?
I can boot into the default recovery and I have the option to “Apply Update.zip from external storage” but the phone will not see an SD card, I also have an option to “apply update.zip from cache” then I see a lost+fount and recovery directory but I don’t know how to get my update.zip to this folder?

You can try downloading one of agat's ics kernels and flashing it through mobile Odin. You don't need USB for that. If that works then download a rom from xda not some random one you found on the internet, put it in the internal storage and flash from agat's recovery. May not work can't say 100%
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can i install mobile Odin with out having root access?

Its not listed on my list of apps for super user so I don't believe so but I am not sure worst that can happen is the app not open
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Amore514 said:
can i install mobile Odin with out having root access?
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Never mind my original post, I missed a sentence in the op..

it does require root access

i can boot into download mode, the OS installed has no USB support so oden does not see the phone.

Amore514 said:
i can boot into download mode, the OS installed has no USB support so oden does not see the phone.
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Yeah, that's what confuses me. USB support in Odin Download mode of the phone, which I thought was driven by Kernel, not rom, leaves me to wonder if he flashed the international kernel.
Or I thought..
But it's odd you get the rom to boot and all of that is broke..
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I wonder if you can get to the playstore and download supersu, if that wouldn't be a root method? Total shot in the dark since I haven't followed Chainfires SU thread that close. :edit: Doesn't look like it would work. :/

I for sure can not get access to the play store i can download APK files and move them to this phone via bluetooth but with out root access supersu will not work..

Hmm. So the only options in recovery is externel SD and cache? You may be sol. You can try downloading agats kernel in
Zip format and putting in the internal storage and pray it works. Unless one of the e4gt gurus knows another way
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Unless you can push recoveries through the bootloader as an img like HTC phones but with recoveries tied to the kernel I doubt it unless its possible to unpack the kernel and just pull the recovery. But that's far beyond me.
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what is "agats kernel" and i dont think there is away to flash it with the stick recovery?

Agat is a developer here for the e4gt. You can find his kernels in the kernel repository thread in the Android development sub forum
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Ya i just read all about it, looks cool wish i could flash it, lol.
im hoping someone else will chime in with a trick to get the USB to work or how to move the update.zip stock rom i downloaded to the cashe

Amore514 said:
Ya i just read all about it, looks cool wish i could flash it, lol.
im hoping someone else will chime in with a trick to get the USB to work or how to move the update.zip stock rom i downloaded to the cashe
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They're a tad busy with a leak today, but you may want to reach out to crawrj and see if they have any ideas.
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helped me. thanks

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helped me. thanks
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Lol. Happy new year! :beer:
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[Q] Need help. STUCK. Samsung Galaxy S III SGH-T999

So i recently rooted my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S III SGH-T999.
I tried out downloading custom ROMs and successfully flashed JellyBean 4.1.1
I then proceeded to dislike TouchWiz and decided to look for a ROM that would remove TouchWiz and replace it with pure Jelly Bean by the help of this thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778217
I decided to use CyanogenMod 10
Being the impatient person I am. I decided to copy the .zip file to my external SD card and install it from there.
I am currently on the screen where the the word "CyanogenMod" is surrounded by a blue spinning circle.
I was worried about how long this loading screen was and decided to boot ClockworkMod Recovery and use the touch screen to reset my phone and flash some other ROM.
But whenever i do this, it never goes into CWR and goes straight to the screen with the "warning" and gives you the option to choose continue or restart phone.
When i choose continue, i'm stuck on the odin mode thing.
when i choose restart, it goes straight to the cyanogenmod screen and continues to stay like that.
I am very worried about what this will do to my phone. I NEED HELP.
P.S. I know some of the terms are incorrect. Bear with me, because i'm new to this and i admit i didn't fully research how this stuff works.

your probably going to have to Odin back to stock and start the process over
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Elaborate.
zxrider06 said:
your probably going to have to Odin back to stock and start the process over
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I honestly didn't even fully read into what odin is.
I have a Mac and can't run the .exe files that is required.
So i found another way to root my phone with a Mac.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838101
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838101
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Please explain to me what to do after downloading these to my mac.

I don't know how with a mac but if you can get to a windows computer it's very easy to do. Galaxys3root.com will give you all the tools. sorry not much help
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Go to the development section, stickies. You will see a firmware/ota thread that has all firmware, including latest plus detailed instructions.
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But you can get to download mode so it's not the end of the world worst case youll have to get access to a computer that can run Odin. have you tried going into cwr manually. while the phone is off Hold power menu and volume up then when you feel it vibrate let go of only power.
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Just realized your probably holding volume down instead of volume up. Down for Odin up for recovery + power and home
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yes..
zxrider06 said:
But you can get to download mode so it's not the end of the world worst case youll have to get access to a computer that can run Odin. have you tried going into cwr manually. while the phone is off Hold power menu and volume up then when you feel it vibrate let go of only power.
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but every time i do that. it doesn't work.

For recovery try from power off,
Hold volume up, home, power.
When you see blue text flash at top of screen let go all buttons.
If your on mac, theres a tool called heimdal that I know nothing about!
Your best friend in this case would be Mobile Odin Pro!!
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THANK YOU.
zxrider06 said:
But you can get to download mode so it's not the end of the world worst case youll have to get access to a computer that can run Odin. have you tried going into cwr manually. while the phone is off Hold power menu and volume up then when you feel it vibrate let go of only power.
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Just realized your probably holding volume down instead of volume up. Down for Odin up for recovery + power and home
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Thank you very very much. I think i was just overreacting and freaking out. Since this is my first time rooting and everyone saying that it's very risky, i guess i have to learn things the hard way.
I will definitely do more research before i do anything else.
Thanks everyone who helped!

I'm on my phone and typing an entire set of instructions will be tough. First, you need to get to a Windows based computer. Then, go to the December section and download the all in one root .exe (I think it's the first thread). One downloaded, you'll have to install the s3 drives if you have not done so. If you have, then just proceed. You are going to flash recovery again using that tool (, it is very explanatory). Then if you have a good recovery, after that, proceed to flash cm10 again and let that sucker run. If you experience the same thing with recovery, then go to the general thread and look for the one name broken GPS fixed. Or something along those lines. You won't miss it. Then in the last post of the first page, you'll see a link to another site. Follow the instruction on the other site and you'll be back in stock.
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I'm on my phone and typing an entire set of instructions will be tough. First, you need to get to a Windows based computer. Then, go to the December section and download the all in one root .exe (I think it's the first thread). One downloaded, you'll have to install the s3 drives if you have not done so. If you have, then just proceed. You are going to flash recovery again using that tool (, it is very explanatory). Then if you have a good recovery, after that, proceed to flash cm10 again and let that sucker run. If you experience the same thing with recovery, then go to the general thread and look for the one name broken GPS fixed. Or something along those lines. You won't miss it. Then in the last post of the first page, you'll see a link to another site. Follow the instruction on the other site and you'll be back in stock.
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Glad you got it, disregard this
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Am I having a Hard Brick?

My note 2 was working perfectly with CleanROM 3.3. Only one problem is the Flash Player not working. So I flashed the new Flash Player from the site. Then after that my Note 2 WON'T start or Power on or get into Recovery MOde. NOTHING is happen. Am I having the hard brick? I believed I did not do anything wrong except flashed the new Flash Player. Weirddddd. I am with Rogers. Any help, Pleaseeeee.
Thank You all

You "flashed" flash player? What did you do exactly?

C.Flat said:
You "flashed" flash player? What did you do exactly?
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Thank you for your fast reply. By using Note 2, I just downloaded the new Flash Player apk from this XDA site and install like normal. After that I reboot the phone. And that is all. I can not turn it on or go into recovery mode. I did Nandroid backup but useless now because the phone wont start.

Which version did u download? Just went to adobes archives and the flash player for android downloaded as an apk. And I would NOT flash an apk file I would just install as normal.
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You "flashed" flash player? What did you do exactly?
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lol

jyazzie110 said:
Which version did u download? Just went to adobes archives and the flash player for android downloaded as an apk. And I would NOT flash an apk file I would just install as normal.
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Thanks for your help. I am so rush for it, did not check what version it was. It said the newest version then i installed it. Damnnnn, my note 2 is just perfect. If I hard brick my phone for this stupid reason, I am very upset.

Besides, I saw a RED light keep flashing at the upper right corner. Dont know what it means. Properly, it mean....to get the new phone LoL

First off, obvious question- is it charged? Have you pulled the battery & then tried restarting yet? Also, when you plug it in to your computer, does the computer recognize it or give an error? My GSII got bricked by TWRP & it wouldn't do anything at all either, and when I plugged it in my comp it gave me a "driver not found" error.
Either way, even you ARE bricked, all you have to do is call Samsung. Tell them you were using your phone when all of a sudden it shut off and won't turn back on & they can unbrick it for you. I had my GSII back in a week, working like new.

hahaha thank you bro. I did take battery out and in so many times. Hooked up to PC and nothing is working. I will give Sammy a call today. Thanks for your advice. MerryX bro

ongxa said:
hahaha thank you bro. I did take battery out and in so many times. Hooked up to PC and nothing is working. I will give Sammy a call today. Thanks for your advice. MerryX bro
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Will the phone go into downloading mode.If it will Odin back stock
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These phone are very resilient .I been learning and making my own scripts and kernel mods and end up soft bricking several times a week .It always comes out if if I can't get into anytype if recovery.It seems to always go into downloading mode with no problem. It just depends on what I do .
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[Q] Bricked my sprint note II trying to find the stock .TAR PLEASE HELP!

2 days ago i pretty much deleted everything on my phone using twarp after i just got it rooted by accident now im trying to find the stock .tar and use odin to put it on my phone i know how to get to download mode and all that but i cant find the right file online please help i miss my phone lo:crying::crying:l

Just type stock sph-l900 in search thing and it will come up
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xyojimbox said:
Just type stock sph-l900 in search thing and it will come up
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I just did that and im getting results but how do u know what one like the MA7 or MC2 or whatever other ones they have and is there any other websites to download it from becasue idk why but its taking 8 hours to download the file lol

Spazzpyro said:
I just did that and im getting results but how do u know what one like the MA7 or MC2 or whatever other ones they have and is there any other websites to download it from becasue idk why but its taking 8 hours to download the file lol
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If you can flash stuff go here and flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
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If you can flash stuff go here and flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
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nope can't flash anything when I turn it on it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery in kies and try again..now I tried that and I got nothing lol I can get into download mode but that's about it any other help will be appreciated

Perhaps try one of sxtp or garwynn versions of a "one click" Odin restores.
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kingdazy said:
Perhaps try one of sxtp or garwynn versions of a "one click" Odin restores.
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i'm actually downloading it right now its taking 2 hours tho.. so im just going to have to wait lol hope to god it works if not guess i'll have to use a insurance claim

if you can get in to download mode you have nothing to worry about. as long as it's not a hardware problem that really wasn't caused by flashing.

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nope can't flash anything when I turn it on it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery in kies and try again..now I tried that and I got nothing lol I can get into download mode but that's about it any other help will be appreciated
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This just happened to me. I had to put it in download mode and do a restore through samsung kies.

I just did the same thing...I wiped everything then the zip file was corrupt and instead of restoring I rebooted the phone, now the phone boots straight to download mode and odin wont do anything as it's waiting on usb debugging to be enabled....
ugh!
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This just happened to me. I had to put it in download mode and do a restore through samsung kies.
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how did you get kies to connect? my phone is in download mode but kies just sits there and tries to connect but never does

Kies or Odin?

Dude you need better Internet provider
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U can get it from rwilco12 dot com...
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I had this scare too!
You need to use the One Click Restore method found here :
Mirror 1 (Latest Version) - goo,gl/PZgtX
Mirror 2 (Older Version But Might Be Faster) - goo,gl/L9Nct
IMPORTANT: You Need To Install goo,gl/ETEQs If Your Computer Says The Installation Failed Use a Different Computer Because That Will Not Work!
I had this problem just yesterday and had to figure it out by myself. This will solve your problem.