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ok so, i just rooted my phone and that went fine. did it with the stock rom, but after I did that I installed clockwork mod. well, i tried to do a back up of the current rom and when it rebooted it crashed. now it comes up to the android system recovery screen but it won't let me select anything...... can anyone help?!?!?
i am freaking out here... did i brick my phone?!?!?! anyone????
I don't know why you're having a problem or what caused it but you certainly didn't brick your phone. You can always flash a new ROM in clockwork or use odin to flash the stock .tar.
edit: missed the part about not being able to select anything in recovery. All is not lost, just flash the stock EG31 .tar with odin and you'll be fine. You're gonna have to reroot and set everything back up again (I've done it twice today) but at least you will still have a phone. Try just flashing the kernel first, maybe you can get it to boot without losing anything.
everytime i reboot the phone it just comes back to this android system recovery screen. it's blule, at the bottom is says manual mode. and something sucsessfull but, it won't let me selelect any of the options and it keeps booting to this screen... where can i download odin? i keep seeing stuff about that, i guess i need to flash to a rom or something....
edit: cool, yeah.. can you show me where to download what your talking about??
thank you!!
get odin here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337
stock tar here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351761
Read the guides if you aren't familiar with using odin. Good luck.
Thanks A lot man!
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Thanks A lot man!
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Yeah, that sounds like stock recovery. Follow above steps and you should be good
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Got it fixed. Thanks guys!
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Ok, so I went ahead and flashed my brand new galaxy s3 sprint phone using odin3 1.85. It worked fine, rebooted, and was working perfectly. I then went and installed chainfire 3d and installed the drivers. The phone rebooted, then gets stuck on the "samsung galaxy siii" screen. I can get to recovery and odin screen, but i'm not sure how to go about fixing this problem. I wiped everything, its got plenty of charge. I'm really stuck, and need help.
(I know this isn't q&a, but the site won't let me post there, so yeah)
So Odin can see your phone, install stock, start over, or see if you can adb in new drivers, or you can restore a nand, system only...
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So Odin can see your phone, install stock, start over, or see if you can adb in new drivers, or you can restore a nand, system only...
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I'm curious as to how that works(sorry, noob). When i try to find roms, they're all .zip, when i need a .tar. Installing a stock rom was my first attempt, but was hit with this problem.
I don't remember how to use odin, but if you installed the cwm recovery then you can use that to install a stock Rom. All Roms are zip files. You can install from the recovery.
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philbro17 said:
I'm curious as to how that works(sorry, noob). When i try to find roms, they're all .zip, when i need a .tar. Installing a stock rom was my first attempt, but was hit with this problem.
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well since you rooted you should have a custom recovery. Just wipe and flash a stock rom like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910947 i would choose the odex version it even has a how to install video . And the reason chainfire 3d got your phone stuck on the samsung logo is because it isnt compatible with ICS and Jellybean
i am now stuck in the same position trying to figure out how to get out the endless boot loop i can get into recovery but i cant mount -.-
Boot phone into DL(odin) mode and flash this
muahahaha thanks billard its working now whew -.- i was worried i'd have to go into sprint -.-
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Boot phone into DL(odin) mode and flash this
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I have the same problem like philbro17.
You wrote to flash "this"... the link is about a "unrooter + count reseter" for windows...
So i have to run this exe, plug http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/advanced/storage.png the phone to the computer and run this program?
Thx a lot for helping
OK i have installed the programm and started it... but it stucked while processing...
now i don't know what i have to do... -.-
Maybe i have to reinstall the whole Android OS?!
How do i do that?
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So, I rooted yesterday, all was good. Used the CF-auto root. After that I got titanium backup and clockwork mod. After that I download the app ROM Toolbox, scrolled over to fonts, clicked a font, pushed continue, device rebooted and it wouldn't fully turn on. It would load up all the way to the Samsung logo and flash blue with that long and have the blue led on. Got scared since it was my first time rooting and stuff and went on forums. Got to clockworkmod and had no progression. Someone told me that I need to download a rom onto my external sd card and plug it back in my device then click that. File didn't work and it said my sdcard can't mount. So I read that I can flash the stock rom from Odin onto my device through the download mode on android. I tried and still am as we speak but it just stays on "system.img". I don't know what to do, and is scared that I can no longer use my device. Is there anything I can do or am I ruined?
Thank you all!
You must do a factory reset in your stock recovery after you flash your stock fw threw odin :beer:
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You must do a factory reset in your stock recovery
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Sorry, how do I do this? I am very very very new at this. Could you please explain? Thank you
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You must do a factory reset in your stock recovery after you flash your stock fw threw odin :beer:
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Well, I'm trying to flash a stock rom on my phone via Odin but like I said, it just stays on the "system.img" any ideas?
Download odin and flash stock att rom start over. Your phone would probably have booted rom toolbox reboots can take a long time.
I had issues with rom tool box too. Ill never use it again
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Skwerl23 said:
Download odin and flash stock att rom start over. Your phone would probably have booted rom toolbox reboots can take a long time.
I had issues with rom tool box too. Ill never use it again
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But is it normal if it stays on system.img with a sign of progressing? I mean I have been patient for this to happen but it was going on for more than a hour without moving! Should I do it again and just wait all night? Also, now when I boot up my device, it tells me to do something with Kies, like a recovery. But my device won't even get recognized by my computer so the Kies thing Won't work. Also, I don't believe I can access CWM anymore. Does this matter?
Hi guys newbie here
I just another Galaxy s3 for the fiance and installed the clockwork in it but it just wont go it just keep going back to the stock recovery. I installed it using Odin 3 3.07 and it says PASS but nothing... Any ideas or help?
s13maniacs said:
Hi guys newbie here
I just another Galaxy s3 for the fiance and installed the clockwork in it but it just wont go it just keep going back to the stock recovery. I installed it using Odin 3 3.07 and it says PASS but nothing... Any ideas or help?
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Because you can not let the phone boot after the flash. You have to pull the battery once it completes. Then put it back in and boot into recovery. Then you have to flash teamepic.zip to root. If not once you boot up it will overwrite the recovery with stock.
Whatever method your doing will tell you to not let the phone boot up. Your missing that step. Make sure reboot is not checked on odin.
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Because you can not let the phone boot after the flash. You have to pull the battery once it completes. Then put it back in and boot into recovery. Then you have to flash teamepic.zip to root. If not once you boot up it will overwrite the recovery with stock.
Whatever method your doing will tell you to not let the phone boot up. Your missing that step. Make sure reboot is not checked on odin.
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will try this right now.. Thanks in advance
You are awesome Thanks a lot
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You are awesome Thanks a lot
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I think, even after that you might end up in the stock recovery after one or two reboots. Check this link that talks about removing a couple of files that cause this issue "What to do if Phone Boots into Stock Recovery (Android Recovery) instead of CWM".
Only follow the steps under the section "What to do if Phone Boots into Stock Recovery (Android Recovery) instead of CWM". Rest of the guide is not applicable to SPH L710 Galaxy S3 Sprint. (@edfunkycold suggested to remove the link, but this link was really useful when I first installed the CWM on my phone and kept getting the stock recovery back).
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That's talking about i9300 that's the international S3 anything that has to do with that device will brick a US variant S3 please edit and remove that link before a noob follows that link and messes up their phone.
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s13maniacs said:
Hi guys newbie here
I just another Galaxy s3 for the fiance and installed the clockwork in it but it just wont go it just keep going back to the stock recovery. I installed it using Odin 3 3.07 and it says PASS but nothing... Any ideas or help?
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Because you can not let the phone boot after the flash. You have to pull the battery once it completes. Then put it back in and boot into recovery. Then you have to flash teamepic.zip to root. If not once you boot up it will overwrite the recovery with stock.
Whatever method your doing will tell you to not let the phone boot up. Your missing that step. Make sure reboot is not checked on odin.
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When I had a bad download of a unofficial 10.2 rom a couple weeks ago, i odin'ed stock and just used cf auto root, then flashed twrp from goo
Thank you but his problem was already solved 2 1/2 days ago. :thumbup:
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I've been having issue with my Sprint Note 2 for a while. I've also posted this to Reddit and other parts of the forum but so far have gotten no way to fix my issue. Here's the link to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport...nt_note_2_sphl900_bricked_after_attempted_43/
Sorry, I didn't want to type that all up again and having to deal with formatting and such.
Basically, the gist of it, from what I can gather is that I have accidentally loaded the 4.3 bootloader with KNOX and it is currently preventing me from doing anything productive (flashing CWMR, rooting, installing stock, etc). I read here on the forum that there were ways to do so, especially this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46861777
I was wondering if there were steps for the Sprint Note 2 SPH-L900?
Any help in debricking my phone is appreciated.
Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
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jlmancuso said:
Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
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I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.
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I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.
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After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe
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After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe
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I tried 3.07, 3.09, and even barebone 1.85 that came with CF auto root. It doesn't work. I can't load recovery just fine (according to ODIN) but I can't get into Recovery.
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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...My God..... What ever you did, it worked. Turns out, Caboomi's file didn't work too well. I couldn't get CWMR working at all even after converting to .tar. I used TWRP instead and it works. Problem was that it asked me for my password, which I don't know since I tried everything, so I had to resort to wiping everything. I installed the file jlmancuso suggested, loading it onto SD card then flashing using TWRP, and now my Samsung Note 2 is debricked.
Your file was a godsend. Thank you!
No recovery stuck on bootloop
im having the same issue could you post that dropbox link again
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader
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Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MJA bootloader
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MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?
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MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?
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yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out
my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
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Keithgordon said:
yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out
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my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
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yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
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Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader
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hello if you are online i need some help i dl the 4.3 note 2 update it has a different build than the one sprint has there are some features that are not on this build is there any way for me to get the ota from sprint
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yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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i need some help
yea i can get into twrp recovery now but my sdcard wont mount thats why im trying to use odin
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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For those of you who have bricked Note 2s (SPH-L900), I'm going to drop a DropBox link here to a folder of ALL of the files that I used to unbrick my phone. I experimented with multiple methods (and several sleepless nights). Some of them will be useful to you, not all. I have the Android SDK and Caboomi's converter for .img to .tar. It doesn't work too well for CWMR just FYI. ODIN-OC will attempt to load stock MC2 onto your phone but it won't work if it's bricked. Arc Converter is a program I used to try convert the MK4 .zip file to .tar to try and flash an update using ODIN. It didn't work. The steps that I took to unbrick my phone will be posted after the link.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c2bfpfdf0qbs6bu/ZiNC-BF5kf
Be patient. Some of the files are still updating.
Steps:
1) Put your phone into Download mode by holding volume down + power + home button at bootup
2) Use ODIN (3.07 or 3.09) to load the 4.3_Unbrick.tar file. This will take a bit of time so be patient. Once the phone boots up again, you'll get past the boot screen that says "Samsung Galaxy Note II" and you'll get the Samsung logo with the spinning icon but it will loop. This is normal.
3) Next, power off (yank the battery and cable, leave battery out but plug the cable back in) and reboot into download.
4) Flash the TWRP .tar file (don't try converting the CWMR to .tar, it won't work) then reboot.
5) Hold volume up + power + home button (be patient here)
6) You should see the Team Win logo. You're now in recovery. The TWRP may ask you for the password. It is NOT the passcode to your lockscreen or your Google password. I have no idea what it is. At this point, you'd have to wipe your phone (internal only) if you want to flash the stock recovery.
7) Load the MC2 stock recovery file with counter reset onto a microSD card and mount it onto the phone (play around with TWRP, if it doesn't see the SD card the first time, restart or play with the mount function). Just be careful not to wipe your microSD card.
8) Flash the stock recovery (give it time) and it'll restart. You should be back at 4.1.2.
EXTRA STEPS
If you're still interested in 4.3, load the MK4 update onto the microSD card as well. BEFORE you go through the activation process for the 4.1.2 firmware at boot, boot into recovery. Flash the 4.3 update using stock recovery. This should put you onto 4.3 after the phone reboots. You should now have stock 4.3 (no root).
Sorry for all the download errors, I am uploading to my websight right now and as soon as it uploads, I will post the URL, it should download much faster too. I didnt realize so many people needed it