[Q] Software update and Team Win Recovery? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Sprint is pushing out a minor update and 3 times now I've tried to accept it and when the phone restarts the TWR screen comes up with all its options.
I don't know what the heck to do from there! So, I just reboot the phone but don't get the update.
How do I accept the update on that TWR screen?

slthree said:
Sprint is pushing out a minor update and 3 times now I've tried to accept it and when the phone restarts the TWR screen comes up with all its options.
I don't know what the heck to do from there! So, I just reboot the phone but don't get the update.
How do I accept the update on that TWR screen?
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You have to be on a stock recovery to be able to flash OTA updates. You're going to have to reflash the stock recovery for your device. Try doing it through mobile odin and tell it to flash only the recovery partition.
Cheers!

vladeco said:
You have to be on a stock recovery to be able to flash OTA updates. You're going to have to reflash the stock recovery for your device. Try doing it through mobile odin and tell it to flash only the recovery partition.
Cheers!
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I greatly appreciate your reply but I'm afraid I don't know how to do what you've directed.
What is mobile odin?

You have the stock rom ?
If yes then open it with 7zip. Extract the recovery. Img
And flash it via mobile odin.
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UtkarshGupta said:
You have the stock rom ?
If yes then open it with 7zip. Extract the recovery. Img
And flash it via mobile odin.
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Apologies for my questions but I have stared at your post for days, weeks even and I still don't understand. I was embarrassed to ask but I have to because the notification to install the update comes multiple times a day now.
Where, and HOW, do I open the ROM?
Is this all done on the phone itself?
Do I install 7zipon my phone?

Do you have the stock rom? If yes flash it.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Do you have the stock rom? If yes flash it.
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Than You for even offering help. You are Kind.
Yes my friend. I am rooted and I have the stock ROM.
I've flashed ROMs before but have never flashed a ROM that was already active.
How would I do that?
So sorry to ask.

Just flash the rom as a normal one.
Then update via ota.
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[Q] Phone stuck on Samsung boot after stock restore help?

Hey my samsung galaxy s3 was bricked when I tried installing a kernal for a jb rom and I restored it to stock in odin.
Right now its just stuck on the Samsung Boot logo and the blue led is shown but it wont boot up. What do i do?
Reflash. By chance, can you get into recovery?
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No, not at all. When i hold volume up + power + home it vibrates twice and turns off and does the same thing when I hold it which makes it turn on. I can get to download mode though
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Use the ota in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895100
It's lg1 then just accept the ota after you do it to get to lh9.
Sounds like you just flashed a bad ota.
smokin1337 said:
Use the ota in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895100
It's lg1 then just accept the ota after you do it to get to lh9.
Sounds like you just flashed a bad ota.
Ok i have an AT&T galaxy s3 so i just download the Calg1 and then download a Bell image and follow the instructions?
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Ok so ive finished the installation of the CALH1 on odin but my phone is still on the boot logo. What do i do now?
Not lh1 here:
Flash this in odin: http://d-h.st/u2B <<< AT&T lg1
Thats the image i used to get back to stock with root. After that flashes the system will boot and say there is an update if you want the latest os then install rootkeeper from play store and run it that will preserve root. Once you run rootkeeper accept the update and that will get you to lh9 the latest os.
smokin1337 said:
Not lh1 here:
Flash this in odin: (had to remove the link to post) <<< AT&T lg1
Thats the image i used to get back to stock with root. After that flashes the system will boot and say there is an update if you want the latest os then install rootkeeper from play store and run it that will preserve root. Once you run rootkeeper accept the update and that will get you to lh9 the latest os.
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The install finished and my phone is still on the samsung boot logo after it rebooted from flashing the image the. I've been waiting for it to come to the home screen but it hasn't done anything but glow. Any other options..?
Did you try to flash the stock rooted kernel for your phone?
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liltitiz said:
Did you try to flash the stock rooted kernel for your phone?
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No, not yet i cant really get into clockwork recovery at all if you read my post above. I got into this whole mess by flashing a kernal on a jb rom whe i was rooted and i probably shouldnt have because it bricked my phone. But ive done almost everthing above and now im willing to do anything to get my phone back up and running. Will flashing the kernal for it fix it?
Yes, if you can find a way to enter download mode flash a stock rooted kernel and a stock ROM. You may need a jig to enter download mode
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liltitiz said:
Yes, if you can find a way to enter download mode flash a stock rooted kernel and a stock ROM. You may need a jig to enter download mode
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I can enter download mode without a problem all i need is the kernal you said which would possibly fix my phone.
The lg1 update i gave you has the boot.img (kernel) with it. It is everything, boot.img, system, modem, etc. Sounds bad but are you sure you are using odin correctly ?
smokin1337 said:
The lg1 update i gave you has the boot.img (kernel) with it. It is everything, boot.img, system, modem, etc. Sounds bad but are you sure you are using odin correctly ?
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Yes I think so, i run odin with administator tick auto reboot and F. Reset time click PDA and located the root69.stock_ATT_I747UCALG1.tar (the old boot img you gave me) and connect my phone while it is in downloading mode and press start. Is that right?
You need to find a way to wipe
Data and cache and dalvik
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liltitiz said:
You need to find a way to wipe
Data and cache and dalvik
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Can you even do that on a bricked phone? Is there a program I can do it through? I can't load my clockwork recovery at all.
Did you try the toolkit?
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Hope this helps. I had a similar issue once where the phone gets stuck at the Samsung logo. What I did was booted into stock recovery and did a wipe cache and wipe data. The phone booted up successfully after that.
U can also flash CMW through ODIN and do all the wipes (dalvik,cache and data) and I'm pretty sure ur phone will boot up.
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Did you try the toolkit?
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A toolkit for the phone? Im still a little new to the android terms but could you link me to the toolkit?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28175077
Here you go
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[Q] Not booting into Recovery (HELP)

Hi..
After rooting the device.. SuperUser has been installed and being able to use Titanium Backup & Rom Manager..
But everytime i try and boot in Recovery.. The Samsung Logo breaks up on the screen, flickers & the phone get switched off..
Any idea what could be the problem?
Same problem here!!!
It used to boot normally at least, now it doesnt boot at all...
Download mode works though...
Flash recovery via odin.
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Flach the touch reccovery via odin or boot into recovery via adb commands its easy
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link how to? please
Look in ketans thread. Just flash the recovery as you would flash a rom.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Look in ketans thread. Just flash the recovery as you would flash a rom.
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Which is Ketan's Thread? Because i tried to Flash Recovery via Odin but yet getting the same problem.. Phone is rooted but no recovery!!
Maddymiru said:
Which is Ketan's Thread? Because i tried to Flash Recovery via Odin but yet getting the same problem.. Phone is rooted but no recovery!!
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Download this
http://d-h.st/gwn
extract it, you will get recovery.tar
flash it with Odin for PDA
Flash TWRP recovery (best touch recovery) and you'll not have any problems .. Flash it via odin
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dr.ketan said:
Download this
http://d-h.st/gwn
extract it, you will get recovery.tar
flash it with Odin for PDA
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I guess its for N7100 model, right? I just dont want to mess it up again.
Also in odin - no checkboxes should be ticked except "auto-reboot"?
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Just click the link and download page will have file description, and I am sure you will find model number of device for which this recovery is.
For Odin
Option remains same as you flashing stock rom
You can find instructions in details on 1st post of 'all in one n7100' on my signature.
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dr.ketan said:
Just click the link and download page will have file description, and I am sure you will find model number of device for which this recovery is.
For Odin
Option remains same as you flashing stock rom
You can find instructions in details on 1st post of 'all in one n7100' on my signature.
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I did it, stock recovery running again. I need to get the CMW now. Do I do it in the same way? Only different file?
I see it here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager , but its an img.file...? Am I missing something?
Flash Phillz recovery
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Working!!! You have made my day!
dr.ketan said:
Download this
http://d-h.st/gwn
extract it, you will get recovery.tar
flash it with Odin for PDA
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Thats stock recovery right?
So i have to flash TWRP recovery again after this? Because i had tried to flash TWRP recovery again but yet kept getting the same problem..
Yes, it's stock recovery
You want CWM ? your device is same N7100 ?
dr.ketan said:
Yes, it's stock recovery
You want CWM ? your device is same N7100 ?
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Yes i want CWM.. But as i am rooted already i already have SuperUser.. So do i need to flash that again with busybox?? (dont want to go into bootloop)
And flashing stock recovery wont wipe all my data i hope!!

odin recovery question

I just got a Note 2 and downloaded Odin and a TWRP recovery and tried to flash it but it doesn't say succeed until two minutes later after the phone completely reboots. When I reboot into recovery its still the stock recovery.
SkizzMcNizz said:
I just got a Note 2 and downloaded Odin and a TWRP recovery and tried to flash it but it doesn't say succeed until two minutes later after the phone completely reboots. When I reboot into recovery its still the stock recovery.
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Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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brandonarev said:
Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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+1 Do what he said^^^^^^^
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
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brandonarev said:
Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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Didn't need to. I got it to work. I unchecked auto-reboot and it worked. All I did was flash the TWRP .tar and flash a rom. Rooting first was not needed.
Agreed...
Root is not needed if a user wishes to:
Make a pure stock backup....or current rom backup...
Flash another rom that already contains root...
Recovery is generally only needed for those functions anyway...(that's 90% of my time spent there)...
Everything else is a bonus....courtesy of our generous development team....g
Anyone know where I can get the most recent stock system and stock recovery tars to flash in Odin or what they're called? I have to go back to full stock.

Failed at Odin

Hey gang, I'm stuck. I wanted to start my phone up back from stock to sell it to my friend and he wanted it not rooted. So I went to Odin and did all the steps correctly but it keeps failing. Ok last night I was able to use it and I did all the set up and even installed the update on my phone and now its on 4.3 over the air.
I wanted to put the S3Rx rom to show my friend what you can do with the phone but I can't install it because Odin keeps failing. The only thing I've noticed different was that the phone has now this "knox" app. I don't know if samsung made it harder to root your phone or what with this 4.3 upgrade.
Can someone help me solve this? what I want to do is just root my phone again. Any clues?
What are you trying to do in Odin?
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serio22 said:
What are you trying to do in Odin?
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I'm trying to root my phone with Odin. I've used this method many times and never had these issues
And what method is it? Use cf-auto root
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serio22 said:
And what method is it? Use cf-auto root
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I don't know what you mean about cf-auto root. I even tried the other method up the installing the twrp.tar file and using Odin trying to flash the Knox removal zip, and nothing seems to work.
I don't understand I used to do this all the time and it never gave me problems. I used to do this to clean out my phone with so much junk that it was chewing up my storage space.
If all you want to do is remove Knox then flash a recovery with Odin, and flash a stock ROM like stockmod 4.3, its also pre-roooted.. You cannot do that with Odin
Edit: also if you ever want to restore to stock or use root66 you need to flash the 4.3 tar versions, nothing below or it will fail everytime.. Things changed with the 4.3 official update
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serio22 said:
If all you want to do is remove Knox then flash a recovery with Odin, and flash a stock ROM like stockmod 4.3, its also pre-roooted.. You cannot do that with Odin
Edit: also if you ever want to restore to stock or use root66 you need to flash the 4.3 tar versions, nothing below or it will fail everytime.. Things changed with the 4.3 official update
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Thats what I'm trying to do, is to flash a 4.3 rom but I keep getting "Failed" when I try to run a odin, I hit "pda" and pick a stock rom
johnny quest said:
Thats what I'm trying to do, is to flash a 4.3 rom but I keep getting "Failed" when I try to run a odin, I hit "pda" and pick a stock rom
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You can't flash ROMs in Odin, only firmware.. If you want to flash a ROM you need to flash it with a custom recovery
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serio22 said:
You can't flash ROMs in Odin, only firmware.. If you want to flash a ROM you need to flash it with a custom recovery
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oh ok, so do I get the stock firmware and then put that through odin? then after reboot run a recovery to flash a rom. The hard part is trying to find a up to date firmware. I don't know where
The firmware is already installed on your phone, you don't need to flash it again.. now just flash a recovery with Odin and then flash your rom
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serio22 said:
The firmware is already installed on your phone, you don't need to flash it again.. now just flash a recovery with Odin and then flash your rom
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ok, I give it a shot, thanks again.
I'm using rom manager and I keep getting "an error occurred while flashing your recovery" but then I was looking into TWRP and it says that I must root my phone. I thought I was rooted after using a recovery in Odin
If you already flashed a recovery in Odin then just flash your ROM in recovery.. If you haven't flashed a custom recovery, flash it in Odin, then reboot to recovery and flash your rom
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serio22 said:
If you already flashed a recovery in Odin then just flash your ROM in recovery.. If you haven't flashed a custom recovery, flash it in Odin, then reboot to recovery and flash your rom
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I'm down loading a custom recovery now, I'll give it a try.
keep trying to upgrade my rom manager app but keep getting that error. but I'm going to try to flash a rom
johnny quest said:
I'm down loading a custom recovery now, I'll give it a try.
keep trying to upgrade my rom manager app but keep getting that error. but I'm going to try to flash a rom
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Because you need root to flash a recovery with those apps
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Ok, I am trying hard to get this and all I'm getting is frustrated with x amount of attempts. This is where I am: I'm on 4.3 Device status: Custom
Build: JSS15J.T999UVUEMJC
with this I can't get to flash a rom. I was trying to flash the S3Rx 3.0 aroma but whenever but it just won't and whenever I try to go to recovery through Rom Manager theres an era.
I guess I'm stuck with this so called stock 4.3 without any special features. I'm going to give it another try with another rom and see.
serio22 said:
Because you need root to flash a recovery with those apps
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Thats the thing I can't root, I keep getting failed in Odin
What error did you get in twrp?
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serio22 said:
What error did you get in twrp?
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I've never used TWRP. I don't even know how to get it. If I do go to Rom Manager it says "you must root your phone for Rom Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin/su".
thats what I get when I go into Rom Manager.
when I pick ClockworkMod Recovery it asks for either 2.x or 3.x+ I pick either one and it says that it has been set up to use your existing recovery installation. then I tap OK and when I get out of app and go back into it, it says there is an update available for CWM I click at it and then it does the installation at 100% then I get "an error occurred while trying to flash your recovery"
So basically I have no recovery that can flash any roms. I really appreciate your help and patience. I'm just going insane here I honestly believe its that upgrade I got OTA to 4.3 because all along before I had 4.1.2 and gave me no problems. I think what it was is that when I used Odin to unroot my phone I did all the installation to get back to stock, then I was wondering about updates so I went to the menu and tapped on the Software upgrade and then it was upgrading (500 and something megabytes) then it reboot and it was 4.3
You need to download the recovery from http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2tmo and flash it with Odin.. Keep in mind that this will trip the warranty counter just to let you know, and you cannot reset it.. After that you can flash the ROM
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serio22 said:
You need to download the recovery from http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2tmo and flash it with Odin.. Keep in mind that this will trip the warranty counter just to let you know, and you cannot reset it.. After that you can flash the ROM
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thank you so much, I don't mind about the trip counter. I give this a go and see, thanks.

Bootloader dilemma!

Hello guys . Let me start of by saying I'm probably repeating what has been answered a million times but time is of the essence here. Here's my situation.
I have a friend who has a t mobile galaxy s4 and he asked me to upgrade his system for him to cyanogenmod . He has mk2 firmware android 4.3 and his rooted I did that for him. But the thing is I have an att galaxy.s4 and my bootloader is locked . Is the t mobile one locked as well on MK2. I don't want to mess up his device. He doesn't care for tripping the flash counter as he has no warranty.
So to conclude can I flash TWP or CWM recovery on his phone without bricking it if so can someone please lead me to a link. Thanks .
Once again sorry for the repetition but I searched google and I wasn't getting a straight forward answer.
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Yeah bootloader is not locked so just flash recovery with Odin, wipe, and flash cm.. I recommend twrp, or cwm if you prefer.. And a link to what?
serio22 said:
Yeah bootloader is not locked so just flash recovery with Odin, wipe, and flash cm.. I recommend twrp, or cwm if you prefer.. And a link to what?
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Thank you. I was saying a link to flashing the recovery and steps or would a .tar file and odin work?.
Sorry for all the worries it's just it isn't my phone
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Yup tar file & Odin!
serio22 said:
Yup tar file & Odin!
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And any rom from 4.4 and down would work?
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Yes. Although you may experience have some issues on MK2 modem so flash the NB4 modem if you have data or call problems..
I'm quite noobish and what i did was root via odin, reboot flash cwm from phone and download and flash CM 10.2 all from my phone
no_username_available said:
I'm quite noobish and what i did was root via odin, reboot flash cwm from phone and download and flash CM 10.2 all from my phone
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You could but root is not needed
serio22 said:
You could but root is not needed
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you don't need to root to flash custom rom? i though you needed root rights to flash recovery
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you don't need to root to flash custom rom? i though you needed root rights to flash recovery
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You don't need root to flash custom ROM or recovery, only if you're flashing recovery from your device
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You don't need root to flash custom ROM or recovery, only if you're flashing recovery from your device
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ohh thanks for clearing that up

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