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Twrp 2.5 crashed while formatting system now crashes at splash

Hello. First post because I'm usually pretty good at finding solutions to my problems just searching. I can't find the solution to my current issue and I hope you fine folks can give me some advice.
Issue arose while clean flashing my d2att to the most recent Task650 AOKP build using the latest TWRP. Did my nandroid to internal sd like usual, factory reset, and format system. Done this 100 times with no issues. This time, TWRP crashed while formatting system and phone vibrates, reboots, hangs on the new kernel splash screen for Task650s Rom. Pull the battery, replace, then boot recovery with the volume home power method. TWRP splash screen shows, screen goes black, vibrates twice, then reboots back into previously mentioned kernel splash and hangs.
So I can't boot recovery and I can't boot my phone. I enter download mode and try to Odin the most recent twrp tar. Same. I try a previous twrp tar. Same.
I think I can use a rooted stock image to get back up and running, but I don't want to lose the contents of my internal sd.
How can I fix this with minimal data loss? Thanks for the help.
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Ugh.
AFAIK, you're stuck and will have to Odin back to stock JB just to get running properly again.
Maybe try to Odin stock recovery? I'm pretty sure it's out there somewhere to flash. Then use it to wipe cache/dalvik and then Odin TWRP again. Or try to Odin CWM?
You can use ADB to copy all the files from your phone over to your computer so you don't lose anything. The commands to do this are out there somewhere. I don't know them off the top of my head.

CZ Eddie said:
Ugh.
AFAIK, you're stuck and will have to Odin back to stock JB just to get running properly again.
Maybe try to Odin stock recovery? I'm pretty sure it's out there somewhere to flash. Then use it to wipe cache/dalvik and then Odin TWRP again. Or try to Odin CWM?
You can use ADB to copy all the files from your phone over to your computer so you don't lose anything. The commands to do this are out there somewhere. I don't know them off the top of my head.
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Thanks for the feedback CZ. I didn't want to mess around with ADB so I just used Odin to flash rooted stock and expected to lose some data. Much to my surprise, once the phone was back up and running, my data was still on the internal SD. So everything is good now and I shall go back to lurking!

GhastlyTT said:
Thanks for the feedback CZ. I didn't want to mess around with ADB so I just used Odin to flash rooted stock and expected to lose some data. Much to my surprise, once the phone was back up and running, my data was still on the internal SD. So everything is good now and I shall go back to lurking!
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Odin won't delete /data only a factory reset in stock recovery will

[Q] I soft bricked my phone...

Last night I soft bricked my phone. At least from what i have read it is a soft brick. The phone will power up to the Samsung Galaxy s3 screen. I can also get into download mode and cwm. I am hoping this means that phone has been soft bricked.
As far as why my phone did this...I booted into cwm and i did a restore through the menu options. I'm not sure if i hit the wrong one, or what exactly happened at this point. Whatever it was loaded and i was unable to get past the gs3 screen.
I tried loading a .Tar file from a tutorial provided by "Theexcel". The tutorial was to flash the new tar onto the phone through Odin. However, in the tutorial, it says to make sure that the flash counter is set back at zero. How can i do this when my phone won't power on. I am not aware of how to reset the counter without getting an app from Playstore.
As you can see, I am new to the forum. I posted here because this seems to be a similar topic.I have ready many other instances of bricked phone. none of them seemed to match my exact scenerio. Please let me know if you have any ideas. I tried to address what i think my be wrong with the phone and some of the steps I have done to try and repair it already. I will gladly provide answers to more specific questions.
Just to clarify Tmobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999)

Flash counter not relevant in your case.
Factory reset through recovery should fix your issue.

Aerowinder said:
Flash counter not relevant in your case.
Factory reset through recovery should fix your issue.
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I may have done this wrong. I think I have tried this though. home+volume up+power, this brings me to my cwm recovery. I did the full wipe and factory reset. after this it still didn't allow me past the gs3 screen. Should i somehow be using android recovery? if so, how do i get that to work again? Thanks

Weird. Try Odining a stock rom.

Aerowinder said:
Weird. Try Odining a stock rom.
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Thanks Aero! I have tried this already as well. the file i used was T999UVALH2_T999TMBALH2_T999UVALH2_HOME.tar.md5 . I believe this is the stock 4.1.1. Also, I have just heard of md5 checked. I am not sure how to use that solely on my computer. I found a tutorial for doing it on the phone. As you know...not an option right now. I am keeping my hopes up that I don't need to send my phone off for Jtag. Like i said, i can still access cwm and download screen.
I have searched around the forum quite a bit. Do you know of any good instructions to walk me through flashing the stock rom that also includes links to the rom and gapp?

Hold on....you can get into recovery? Once in recovery you just do a factory reset? Do you have a micro SD card? Do you have a micro SD card adapter so that you can connect it to a computer?
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Sounds like a boot loop, not a brick. Boot to recovery and wipe data then try to restart the phone.
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707BeastMode707 said:
Hold on....you can get into recovery? Once in recovery you just do a factory reset? Do you have a micro SD card? Do you have a micro SD card adapter so that you can connect it to a computer?
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I do have a card reader. Not exaclty sure where it is right now....what should I do once i have located it?
I have done the factory reset through recovery. Just to make sure i'm not misunderstanding this would be cwm? (sorry, i am still a noob!) haha

nickcross88 said:
I do have a card reader. Not exaclty sure where it is right now....what should I do once i have located it?
I have done the factory reset through recovery. Just to make sure i'm not misunderstanding this would be cwm? (sorry, i am still a noob!) haha
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Don't worry about being a noob. Everyone on this forum is or has been a noob. You'll learn though.
Just follow these steps:
1.) Download this ROM on your computer (the latest from T-Mobile, stock rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126679
2.) On your SD card create a designated folder for ROMs (just to make it easier to find the ROM when it comes time to flash it), then find the ROM you have just downloaded and put it in the folder you have created on the SD card
3.) Power on the phone, Boot into recovery which is also known as CWM by (volume up, home button and power button)
4.) Once in recovery do the following:
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe date/factory reset
-install zip from external SD card
-navigate to the folder where you placed the ROM in step 2 and select it and and select yes to flash it.
-when finished flashing go back to the main menu and select reboot device
(Device may take a few minutes to fully boot so let the phone sit and do its thing)
5.) When phone is booted up, go through the setup process with your email and what not.
6.) AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SETUP PROCESS, REBOOT DEVICE BACK INTO RECOVERY (CWM) AND SELECT RESTORE/BACKUP, THEN SELECT BACKUP, WHEN FINISHED REBOOT THE DEVICE
7.) AFTER YOU HAVE REBOOTED YOUR DEVICE GO TO THE PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD THIS APP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tore/apps/details?id=com.j.y.daddy.customizer
8.) ONCE DOWNLOADED, OPEN THE APP (should ask for root permissions, hit accept) SELECT TOOLS, SELECT IMEI(S) BACKUP/RESTORE AND SELECT BACKUP.
You are now good to go, you may now flash and experiment with other ROMs. Stay away from the international s3 forum, just flash things that are meant for your S3 model, if you are not sure just ask the dev.
Sorry for the caps lock but steps 6, 7 and 8 will prevent you from major headaches. Especially 7 and 8. If you flash a ROM and your stuck on 2g/edge and your imei is zero, just download that app and open it and restore your imei. Step 6 is helpful just in case if you download a ROM and you run into your current problem you can just restore your backup and your phone will be fine.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

If you have Odined a stock rom, how is it that you still have CWM? Did it fail? If you were able to successfully Odin a stock rom, then doing a factory reset should fix your problem.
UVALH2 is 4.0.4. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-T999&pcode=TMB#firmware
Try using mrRobinson's root66 of UVDLJC. root66 is identical to the official firmware .tar file in every way except that root has been injected into the system image.

707BeastMode707 said:
Don't worry about being a noob. Everyone on this forum is or has been a noob. You'll learn though.
Just follow these steps:
1.) Download this ROM on your computer (the latest from T-Mobile, stock rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126679
2.) On your SD card create a designated folder for ROMs (just to make it easier to find the ROM when it comes time to flash it), then find the ROM you have just downloaded and put it in the folder you have created on the SD card
3.) Power on the phone, Boot into recovery which is also known as CWM by (volume up, home button and power button)
4.) Once in recovery do the following:
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe date/factory reset
-install zip from external SD card
-navigate to the folder where you placed the ROM in step 2 and select it and and select yes to flash it.
-when finished flashing go back to the main menu and select reboot device
(Device may take a few minutes to fully boot so let the phone sit and do its thing)
5.) When phone is booted up, go through the setup process with your email and what not.
6.) AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SETUP PROCESS, REBOOT DEVICE BACK INTO RECOVERY (CWM) AND SELECT RESTORE/BACKUP, THEN SELECT BACKUP, WHEN FINISHED REBOOT THE DEVICE
7.) AFTER YOU HAVE REBOOTED YOUR DEVICE GO TO THE PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD THIS APP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tore/apps/details?id=com.j.y.daddy.customizer
8.) ONCE DOWNLOADED, OPEN THE APP (should ask for root permissions, hit accept) SELECT TOOLS, SELECT IMEI(S) BACKUP/RESTORE AND SELECT BACKUP.
You are now good to go, you may now flash and experiment with other ROMs. Stay away from the international s3 forum, just flash things that are meant for your S3 model, if you are not sure just ask the dev.
Sorry for the caps lock but steps 6, 7 and 8 will prevent you from major headaches. Especially 7 and 8. If you flash a ROM and your stuck on 2g/edge and your imei is zero, just download that app and open it and restore your imei. Step 6 is helpful just in case if you download a ROM and you run into your current problem you can just restore your backup and your phone will be fine.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Finally got home. Ready to try this. My freaking phone is dead. I have plugged it in...It doesn't seem to be recharging while my phone is turned off? Do you have any ideas for what i should do here?

re: charging issue
nickcross88 said:
Finally got home. Ready to try this. My freaking phone is dead. I have plugged it in...It doesn't seem to be recharging while my phone is turned off? Do you have any ideas for what i should do here?
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First thing I would do is to remove the battery and put it into the freezer for a couple hours,
then put the battery back in the phone to charge. (wipe the moisture off the battery first).
I know this sounds like a weird thing to do, but it's an old school trick which works most the time.
Once the phone starts to charge leave it alone until it has a full charge, don't play with it til then.

nickcross88 said:
Finally got home. Ready to try this. My freaking phone is dead. I have plugged it in...It doesn't seem to be recharging while my phone is turned off? Do you have any ideas for what i should do here?
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Wait before you follow my post.....when you boot into recovery, what color is the background and what is the color of the text?
|When Emotion Goes up, Logic Goes Down|

707BeastMode707 said:
Wait before you follow my post.....when you boot into recovery, what color is the background and what is the color of the text?
|When Emotion Goes up, Logic Goes Down|
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recovery mode is 5.5.0.4 CWM Black background with blue text. also has the top hat logo in the middle of the screen.

nickcross88 said:
recovery mode is 5.5.0.4 CWM Black background with blue text. also has the top hat logo in the middle of the screen.
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Ok, i have loaded the provided .zip file to my sd card. however, it isn't showing up on my sd card when in recovery. It shows other files, but it won't show the new zip file or the new rom.
I see there is a setting under mount that says "mount external SD card" could this be the reason?

No. External SD mounting is broken on 5.5.0.4. Update it.

Aerowinder said:
No. External SD mounting is broken on 5.5.0.4. Update it.
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I have fixed it. I was able to odin a stock .tar file on it 20 minutes ago. The only thing i am wondering about its that system info says i'm running 4.0.4. I am running the system update for it.
Thanks to everyone that helped me with my mistake. You guys are awesome!

Thank you sooo much!
707BeastMode707 said:
Don't worry about being a noob. Everyone on this forum is or has been a noob. You'll learn though.
Just follow these steps:
1.) Download this ROM on your computer (the latest from T-Mobile, stock rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126679
2.) On your SD card create a designated folder for ROMs (just to make it easier to find the ROM when it comes time to flash it), then find the ROM you have just downloaded and put it in the folder you have created on the SD card
3.) Power on the phone, Boot into recovery which is also known as CWM by (volume up, home button and power button)
4.) Once in recovery do the following:
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe date/factory reset
-install zip from external SD card
-navigate to the folder where you placed the ROM in step 2 and select it and and select yes to flash it.
-when finished flashing go back to the main menu and select reboot device
(Device may take a few minutes to fully boot so let the phone sit and do its thing)
5.) When phone is booted up, go through the setup process with your email and what not.
6.) AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SETUP PROCESS, REBOOT DEVICE BACK INTO RECOVERY (CWM) AND SELECT RESTORE/BACKUP, THEN SELECT BACKUP, WHEN FINISHED REBOOT THE DEVICE
7.) AFTER YOU HAVE REBOOTED YOUR DEVICE GO TO THE PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD THIS APP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tore/apps/details?id=com.j.y.daddy.customizer
8.) ONCE DOWNLOADED, OPEN THE APP (should ask for root permissions, hit accept) SELECT TOOLS, SELECT IMEI(S) BACKUP/RESTORE AND SELECT BACKUP.
You are now good to go, you may now flash and experiment with other ROMs. Stay away from the international s3 forum, just flash things that are meant for your S3 model, if you are not sure just ask the dev.
Sorry for the caps lock but steps 6, 7 and 8 will prevent you from major headaches. Especially 7 and 8. If you flash a ROM and your stuck on 2g/edge and your imei is zero, just download that app and open it and restore your imei. Step 6 is helpful just in case if you download a ROM and you run into your current problem you can just restore your backup and your phone will be fine.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Thank you so much! this happened to me this morning, I've been looking for answers for 2 hours! I came upon yours and this helped me! I just wanna thank you so much, I thought I bricked my phone, and had to buy a new one. Thanks to you, I won't have too, just wanted to say this one more time, thank you! c:

Aerowinder said:
No. External SD mounting is broken on 5.5.0.4. Update it.
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Could this be part of the reason i was unable to flash cm 10.1 onto the phone in the first place? Should i update to the touch version?

nickcross88 said:
Could this be part of the reason i was unable to flash cm 10.1 onto the phone in the first place? Should i update to the touch version?
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What you have to do is go to the play store and download ROM manger, open ROM manager and install the updated version of cwm, then you shouldn't run into any more problem when flashing ROMs, just make sure the recovery is always up to date.
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Hercules Won't Factory Reset

I've actually got several problems.
1.) My phone won't shut down completely. It just goes to the T-Mobile screen and stops shutting down at that point.
2.) When I go to factory reset and click on "delete all..." nothing happens.
3.) The whole reason I want to reset is because I want to flash CyanagenMod and every time I try I get stuck in a boot loop. This happens no matter how many times I wipe everything. I just get stuck in a bootloop...with every Rom I try to flash. I can flash a backup though
I am rooted and have several T-Mobile bloatware frozen using Titanium Backup, so that could be the problem.
So to summarize:
Rooted and running stock ICS
Using Rom Manager and ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7 (also have touch reocovery, but it's quit working)
Titanium Backup used to freeze T-Mo and a couple of Samsung apps
Phone won't shut down properly (have to pull battery)
Phone won't reset to factory settings.
Can't flash roms stuck in Bootloop
I can flash backups tho.

Use TWRP : Wipe , Wipe System and Preload .. Flash Rom Reboot..let sit 10 Min everything should be fine!

Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
I've actually got several problems.
1.) My phone won't shut down completely. It just goes to the T-Mobile screen and stops shutting down at that point.
2.) When I go to factory reset and click on "delete all..." nothing happens.
3.) The whole reason I want to reset is because I want to flash CyanagenMod and every time I try I get stuck in a boot loop. This happens no matter how many times I wipe everything. I just get stuck in a bootloop...with every Rom I try to flash. I can flash a backup though
I am rooted and have several T-Mobile bloatware frozen using Titanium Backup, so that could be the problem.
So to summarize:
Rooted and running stock ICS
Using Rom Manager and ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7 (also have touch reocovery, but it's quit working)
Titanium Backup used to freeze T-Mo and a couple of Samsung apps
Phone won't shut down properly (have to pull battery)
Phone won't reset to factory settings.
Can't flash roms stuck in Bootloop
I can flash backups tho.
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So, to be sure I know what your talking about ur sayin that before u flash a rom all your doing is a factory reset? U need to do a full system wipe, start clean, switch to twrp, wipe system cache Calvin and do a factory reset from recovery, then flash ROM, gapps ,and reboot, let the phone sit idle and set itself up for ten min or so before u use it, reboot once then set up ur phone, if that doesn't work Odin back to stock and start fresh
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Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
I've actually got several problems.
1.) My phone won't shut down completely. It just goes to the T-Mobile screen and stops shutting down at that point.
2.) When I go to factory reset and click on "delete all..." nothing happens.
3.) The whole reason I want to reset is because I want to flash CyanagenMod and every time I try I get stuck in a boot loop. This happens no matter how many times I wipe everything. I just get stuck in a bootloop...with every Rom I try to flash. I can flash a backup though
I am rooted and have several T-Mobile bloatware frozen using Titanium Backup, so that could be the problem.
So to summarize:
Rooted and running stock ICS
Using Rom Manager and ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7 (also have touch reocovery, but it's quit working)
Titanium Backup used to freeze T-Mo and a couple of Samsung apps
Phone won't shut down properly (have to pull battery)
Phone won't reset to factory settings.
Can't flash roms stuck in Bootloop
I can flash backups tho.
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Try dialing *2767*3855# into dialer and see if factory reset works Know it did on gb roms not sure about ics.

Miami8906 said:
Try dialing *2767*3855# into dialer and see if factory reset works Know it did on gb roms not sure about ics.
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Thanks for the responses guys.Just a little fyi here. I've tried to wipe everything and I do seem to be on some CWM Touch recovery. After tletting the phone sit, drain recharge, fiddling with wiping, and flashing CM9 (by accident, it was in my recovery files) it reboots into the CM9 splash screeen, but just stayed there (no bootloop). As a result I had to buy an N4 that I plan to return (I want it, just can't afford it,lol) and revisited my Herculean disaster (pun intended). I can now wipe! It still reboots into CM9 splash screen, but it seems to be working !
Here's what you need to know. I'm not real knowlegeable about Odin/kies/ and TWRP. I'm thinking of trying to side flash CM10 or CM10.1, but have never flashed this way. Any links for help?
Thanks in advance!

Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Thanks for the responses guys.Just a little fyi here. I've tried to wipe everything and I do seem to be on some CWM Touch recovery. After tletting the phone sit, drain recharge, fiddling with wiping, and flashing CM9 (by accident, it was in my recovery files) it reboots into the CM9 splash screeen, but just stayed there (no bootloop). As a result I had to buy an N4 that I plan to return (I want it, just can't afford it,lol) and revisited my Herculean disaster (pun intended). I can now wipe! It still reboots into CM9 splash screen, but it seems to be working !
Here's what you need to know. I'm not real knowlegeable about Odin/kies/ and TWRP. I'm thinking of trying to side flash CM10 or CM10.1, but have never flashed this way. Any links for help?
Thanks in advance!
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OK its very simple, can u put the phone in download mode? First thing first, go download "Odin 1.85" on you computer and open it, also download "team win recovery project 2.5.5.0 for T-Mobile galaxy s2" it'll be a .tar file, connect your OEM factory USB cable to your computer and with Odin open connect to your phone while holding vol-vol+ ,this should bring up a warning screen, select continue and bam ur in download mode and odon should say "added", now without clicking any other box, select PDA, when it opens find the twrp2.5.5.0.tar file u downloaded earlier, select it and press start in Odin, let it do its thing and u should get a green box with "PASSED", congrats u now have newest twrp recovery, now download your fav rom, mine is Embryo 6.10, place it on your external SD card, boot phone into recovery by holding vol-vol+ and power buttons, select wipe, make sure u do a full wipe, wipe everything that's not storage, then go back home and select install, find the ROM u want and select it, now flash the ROM, let it do its thing and u should be in business, pm me if u need help I'll walk u through it, if I helped hit the thanks button
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soupysoup said:
OK its very simple, can u put the phone in download mode? First thing first, go download "Odin 1.85" on you computer and open it, also download "team win recovery project 2.5.5.0 for T-Mobile galaxy s2" it'll be a .tar file, connect your OEM factory USB cable to your computer and with Odin open connect to your phone while holding vol-vol+ ,this should bring up a warning screen, select continue and bam ur in download mode and odon should say "added", now without clicking any other box, select PDA, when it opens find the twrp2.5.5.0.tar file u downloaded earlier, select it and press start in Odin, let it do its thing and u should get a green box with "PASSED", congrats u now have newest twrp recovery, now download your fav rom, mine is Embryo 6.10, place it on your external SD card, boot phone into recovery by holding vol-vol+ and power buttons, select wipe, make sure u do a full wipe, wipe everything that's not storage, then go back home and select install, find the ROM u want and select it, now flash the ROM, let it do its thing and u should be in business, pm me if u need help I'll walk u through it, if I helped hit the thanks button
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Thanks soupy. I used odin to flash recovery and to root, but it was a long time ago because the phone never shut down properly and I wasn't able to flash any roms. As a result I've just held on for a new phone. I have to take the (way overpriced) N4 back to T-Mo today and want to get my GSII running again , so that I have something until I buy another N4 from Google this time.
I know. TMI. I just can't resist. lol.
So today's the day I may have questions everyone. hint hint.:silly:

Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Thanks soupy. I used odin to flash recovery and to root, but it was a long time ago because the phone never shut down properly and I wasn't able to flash any roms. As a result I've just held on for a new phone. I have to take the (way overpriced) N4 back to T-Mo today and want to get my GSII running again , so that I have something until I buy another N4 from Google this time.
I know. TMI. I just can't resist. lol.
So today's the day I may have questions everyone. hint hint.:silly:
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Just pm me, or u can email me at [email protected] and I'll give u whatever help u need
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Got it up and running! Thanks for the help. It took forever to download gapps. Don't know what that was all about.

Good glad I could help, enjoy the Hercules, she's always been good to me, I have a mediafire account too with all sorts of roms, mods, and kernels, for her if u ever need anything...
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Thanks. I've never flashed a kernel, but the version of CM I flashed is draining the crap out of my battery. I'm not a fan of touchwiz and don't really want MIUI. I just want something as close to native android as possible. Any suggestions?
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abcdefg1234567 said:
I just dont get it, everytime I flash a rom from external sd, with twrp it sticks on galaxy s4 boot screen, when I restore nand it sticks on same screen when choose reboot system, and this is all even before my restores...after a factory data reset clearing cache and dalvik. the only time it boots, is when I format system by typing YES in twrp then restore my backup, and it reboots.
Same goes for cwm recovery. It does same thing when I install any ROM or try to restore my clockworkmod backup after choosing reboot system is stay stuck on the galaxy s4 screen I did notice that when I reboot into recovery for a 2nd time after its stuck on the gs4 screen then all of a sudden it boots up into the splash screen and powers on
Even installing roms now dont work , its always wanting to stick on the galaxy screen, and when I say stuck I mean really this isnt just a long boot , its no boot.
Is this my fault as far as my process or a real issue.
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I'd get the odin file for your phone and run it. Maybe you corrupted something. Just get the odin from the odin thread, run it through, and re-root. If problem persists, reply.

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Resolved. ..

I use TWRP and have had no issues with restoring back ups. The last few days I have been going from death star, wicked and a 9505 rim named bobcatrom.
If you are having problems I definitely would Odin back to stock an start all over again.
Oh yea my backups are on the external sd card.

[Q] Help I need to factory reset and my phone is flashed

I have a galaxy grand duos i9082 .. On 4.22 stock rom with no custom kernel but with cwm installed(flashed cwm)
Im on 4.22 and is going reallyy slow and lags when i click on gallery and i have to keep exiting apps or the phone will freeze or run very slow.
People are saying if you factory reset..It seems to run normal again .. But i recently flashed my phone and it is now rooted and now i found out if you factory reset it .. that it will go normal speed without lags and stuff. Now what i wanna do is factory reset and i dont want to lose my apps,pictures,contacts or data .. i heard of something called titanium back up and other apps .. Im really a noob and dont know how to use it .
So im kinda new to this thing and really dont wanna mess up my phone. So can anyone tell me .. very detailed or by step by step on how to factory rest a flashed phone (galaxy grand i9082) and get back all your data. So after that i can root it again (which i know how to do)
Please! It would really help me .. And id be happy
Thanks

If you have installed cwm recovery then boot in to it and wipe data/ factory reset and reboot...nothing will go wrong just do it and see.
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Dude just flash Cyanogenmod 11 by PawtipP
You wont have any laggs.

drganbds said:
If you have installed cwm recovery then boot in to it and wipe data/ factory reset and reboot...nothing will go wrong just do it and see.
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and how can i do that? Can you tell me step by step and i wanna get back my data and files so how can i get those back too? after deleting

drganbds said:
If you have installed cwm recovery then boot in to it and wipe data/ factory reset and reboot...nothing will go wrong just do it and see.
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Actually if he wipes data/factory reset, he will loose all his apps and their data along with his contacts. But his images and other data on the sd card and extSD will remain safe
Easiest way to root would be, take the recovery .tar file from this thread according to your firmware (4.1.2 or 4.2.2) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315529
And follow this step-by-step guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46395577&postcount=19
There are three other guides available in General Section explaining the rooting process along with few videos on youtube, so those can be use for reference.
After you are rooted, you can download an app like SuperBackup Pro (more easy to use for beginners than Titanium Backup)
The app is pretty straight forward and easy to use, but if you still run into problems, post your problem here again

iceyhotguy said:
Actually if he wipes data/factory reset, he will loose all his apps and their data along with his contacts. But his images and other data on the sd card and extSD will remain safe
Easiest way to root would be, take the recovery .tar file from this thread according to your firmware (4.1.2 or 4.2.2) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315529
And follow this step-by-step guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46395577&postcount=19
There are three other guides available in General Section explaining the rooting process along with few videos on youtube, so those can be use for reference.
After you are rooted, you can download an app like SuperBackup Pro (more easy to use for beginners than Titanium Backup)
The app is pretty straight forward and easy to use, but if you still run into problems, post your problem here again
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Thank you very much
But im already rooted .. i just wanna know how to factory reset when you are rooted(i flashed) and how to get back my apps/contacts and files

iamjosh_s said:
Thank you very much
But im already rooted .. i just wanna know how to factory reset when you are rooted(i flashed) and how to get back my apps/contacts and files
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Install the application I mentioned above, it will require root access. Use it to manually backup your contacts, calender, apps all you want.
Once you are done, boot into your custom recovery, select Wipe data/factory reset, it will ask for confirmation, so select Yes.
Then Wipe cache the same way.
After both the things are done, Go to Advanced option, clear Dalvik Cache.
If you want to restore your root access at this point, Select Install Zip and select the flashable SuperSU.zip you already have.
Then, press Back key, and select Reboot System.
The initial boot will take some time, but your phone will be good as new
To restore your apps, download Super Backup again, and you can restore each application, contacts, messages.
Side note, for Whatsapp to backup your most recent conversations, Open whatsapp, go to settings>chat settings>Backup. This will be stored in you internal memory/whatsapp/databases folder. once you reinstall whatsapp, it will ask you for a restore.

iceyhotguy said:
Install the application I mentioned above, it will require root access. Use it to manually backup your contacts, calender, apps all you want.
Once you are done, boot into your custom recovery, select Wipe data/factory reset, it will ask for confirmation, so select Yes.
Then Wipe cache the same way.
After both the things are done, Go to Advanced option, clear Dalvik Cache.
If you want to restore your root access at this point, Select Install Zip and select the flashable SuperSU.zip you already have.
Then, press Back key, and select Reboot System.
The initial boot will take some time, but your phone will be good as new
To restore your apps, download Super Backup again, and you can restore each application, contacts, messages.
Side note, for Whatsapp to backup your most recent conversations, Open whatsapp, go to settings>chat settings>Backup. This will be stored in you internal memory/whatsapp/databases folder. once you reinstall whatsapp, it will ask you for a restore.
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Okay thank you very much .. If i get problems ill let you know .. but one more thing .. how do you boot into custom recovery ?

iamjosh_s said:
Okay thank you very much .. If i get problems ill let you know .. but one more thing .. how do you boot into custom recovery ?
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Sorry I assumed you knew that since you mentioned you were rooted. To boot into custom recovery, Press Home+ Volume up+ Power and hold them till you see samsung i9082 show up

iceyhotguy said:
Sorry I assumed you knew that since you mentioned you were rooted. To boot into custom recovery, Press Home+ Volume up+ Power and hold them till you see samsung i9082 show up
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Its okayy.. Thank youu .. ill try this out and let you know how it works out! Hopefully nothing happens

iceyhotguy said:
Sorry I assumed you knew that since you mentioned you were rooted. To boot into custom recovery, Press Home+ Volume up+ Power and hold them till you see samsung i9082 show up
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Thank you very much .. It worked .. Everything is good and it runs in normal speed now .. Thank you i really appreciate it