Have i bricked my note 2 :( - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

Earlier i rooted the phone with Galaxy_Note2_Toolkit_v3.0.0, everything seemed to go fine, i downloaded a custom rom Android_Revolution_HD-Note2_13.0.zip but kept getting "e:signature verification failed". I thought that kit gave me a custom recovery but it doesnt look like it has.
I got rom manager from the play store, it told me i had clockwork mod and the twrp recovery, i flashed the clockwork mod recovery just in case, rebooted, same thing, booted, told rom manager to flash that custom rom, it rebooted back into what looks like the stock recovery, and the phone only boots into the recovery now
Any help very appreciated.

That should be pretty easy to fix if you can still get to odin mode (downvol, front button, power button while booting).
Go here, follow the instructions. -> Stock reset:
Code:
sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=154
No linky because I'm not allowed to post links.

Try flashing custom recovery through comp. Then install Rom from c.r. and then ye phone will work.
Liked the reply hit thanks
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Just means you managed to either turn on signature verification, or it's a bad download. Most likely it is the latter so just redownload the ROM since you made a backup first, right?
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If you did, it would be a paper weight
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Thank you for the replies.
Used the toolkit to flash clockwork mod recover, now when it goes into recovery alot of horizontal lines move around and it shows the galaxy note 2 logo 1/2 on 1 side of the screen 1/2 on the other. But it will still boot android os.
Any idea what i could be doing wrong?

dgp2k11 said:
Thank you for the replies.
Used the toolkit to flash clockwork mod recover, now when it goes into recovery alot of horizontal lines move around and it shows the galaxy note 2 logo 1/2 on 1 side of the screen 1/2 on the other. But it will still boot android os.
Any idea what i could be doing wrong?
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First bit of advice .... don't use cwm it sucks for this phone ....twrp will actually work
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twrp works great, custom rom installed.
ty everyone!

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I need help

Ok, so i followed all of the tutorials for installing the
Blazer rom onto my samsung epic touch 4g
now when it loads up
it turns on
starts loading
then turns off
how can i fix this?
Plus its not evenclockwork mod anymore, its some rogue one now or something
help please?
i made a backup in clockwork
but this new one doesnt recognize it...
EDIT:
Rogue ET Recovery 1.1.2 (CMW v5.0.2.7)
Same thing happened to me. My MD5 Sum wasn't recognized. Had to flash Caulkins Stock to get back up and running.
After I flashed that I was in original CWM.
rocketmn333 said:
Ok, so i followed all of the tutorials for installing the
Blazer rom onto my samsung epic touch 4g
now when it loads up
it turns on
starts loading
then turns off
how can i fix this?
Plus its not evenclockwork mod anymore, its some rogue one now or something
help please?
i made a backup in clockwork
but this new one doesnt recognize it...
EDIT:
Rogue ET Recovery 1.1.2 (CMW v5.0.2.7)
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OK Rogue is a derivative of Clockwork and with that said before you rooted you should of done some more research. What you should do is look for calkulins format all zip and flash it then flash the rom again. Also download another version of the rom just incase you have a corrupted zip.
Lastly try not to do anything else until you do some more research.... Quite a few stickys that can help you....
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h4304 said:
Same thing happened to me. My MD5 Sum wasn't recognized. Had to flash Caulkins Stock to get back up and running.
After I flashed that I was in original CWM.
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Guys Rogue recovery is much better IMO
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ok, so after going through the menus over and over, the recovery finally let me use my clockwork recovery, and now im back into my phone like nothing happened
idk why this didnt happen from the begining but w.e
Can anyone lead me to a tutorial of where i can completely wipe my phone like i just got it out of the box at the sprint store, unrooted and all
i wanna go through this process from the begining the right way
playya said:
OK Rogue is a derivative of Clockwork and with that said before you rooted you should of done some more research. What you should do is look for calkulins format all zip and flash it then flash the rom again. Also download another version of the rom just incase you have a corrupted zip.
Lastly try not to do anything else until you do some more research.... Quite a few stickys that can help you....
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Also, i did find that file, i downloaded it from the same page i got the rom from, only it was a modified copy?
idk, it said to use it, so i did
anyway, phone is back to stock with root and clockwork back on it, so ima leave it for now, until i do more research like you said
I just flashed this rom 5 minutes ago. You're not following the instructions
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[Q] Can't get Galaxy S3 (Tmobile) to boot

So after rooting my recent Tmobile GS3 and then attempting to flash the overclock my phone simply wont turn on. The root did fine, and I was able to install setcpu and everything but the second I installed the overclock my phone shut down. Now whenever I attempt to turn my phone it just flashes the Samsung insignia and then it shuts down. I can get to the Downloading screen (by pressing Volume down + power + home) but can I do anything about that? If someone can help me out that would be amazing. Thanks.
Also, I tried flashing a stock rom with Odin and it keeps failing. If anyone knows anything thank you.
Can you get into recovery? Volume up + home + power
If so then flash back to a nandroid backup or to a new rom or whatever.
If recovery wont boot, try again but look for blue text at the top right corner that says "booting recovery" when the sammy logo comes up. I've had it where my recovery wouldnt boot but I saw that for a split second when I tried. If this is the case, get back into download mode and flash the insecure boot + cwm again with Odin. Then you should be able to get into recovery.
If Odin fails to flash, reboot you're computer and try a different USB cable.
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If you can get to download mode, then you're probably in good shape.
There are a few tricks that can be found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Just make sure when you odin/flash something, you are flashing the correct image for your phone/carrier.
same boat here
well I thought I'd give it a try using instructions here. and now I'm hosed. I was able to root and install the ALLINONE (Insecure Boot, CWM & Busybox) rebooted, super user showed up in apps etc. I thought everything was fine. the next thing I tried was disable boot up animation and now the phone won't boot up at all.
I can get into the recovery and download screens but whenever I try to restore I get "can't mount /sdcard/"
The toolkit no longer sees my phone either. When it's plugged in and the toolkit is active, it just cycles over and over "samsung" then "Samsung Galaxy SIII" logo then black screen repeat.
The toolkit keeps giving message either "device not found" or "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled".
download mode/ Odin mode is working- I have downloaded the file:
Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229_ogindgck8z.zip
but haven't been able to get Odin to load it ... I have to be in download mode for that to work right?
Any tips are appreciated.
using TMO SGH-T999
Try flashing the same file you did to get root with Odin... then you should at least be able to get in to recovery and from there you're golden.
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andham95 said:
Try flashing the same file you did to get root with Odin... then you should at least be able to get in to recovery and from there you're golden.
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I tried that a few times to no avail and gave up. figured out that I needed to unzip the stock rom from t-mobile in order for Odin to recognize and load it. That's where I left it last night. So I'm now back to stock and reloading all my apps and settings.
I'm ok with that, this is my first go at flashing/rooting. My phone works ... and for that I'm breathing a little easier. thanks for your reply!
danfinger said:
I tried that a few times to no avail and gave up. figured out that I needed to unzip the stock rom from t-mobile in order for Odin to recognize and load it. That's where I left it last night. So I'm now back to stock and reloading all my apps and settings.
I'm ok with that, this is my first go at flashing/rooting. My phone works ... and for that I'm breathing a little easier. thanks for your reply!
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AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
CZ Eddie said:
AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
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Next lesson I need to study is the full backup so I don't have to re-do everything (took about 1.5 hours) -- the hardest one was my tasker macros.
Titanium backup......nuff said.lol
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CZ Eddie said:
AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
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Lol, I needed that. Thanks. I remember when I first screwed up my hero a long time ago and had to get help. "I'm going to stay stock for a while", I think that feeling lasted a day if that.
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blacknight1114 said:
Titanium backup......nuff said.lol
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definitely, best tool to have. Get the paid version or its a pain to restore everything. Better than not having it but still.
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lopezpm said:
definitely, best tool to have. Get the paid version or its a pain to restore everything. Better than not having it but still.
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yep. That was the first thing I did after rooting. everything is nicely backed up to the internal SD as well as dropbox. Thanks! Looking forward to some really slick ROMs.
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danfinger said:
well I thought I'd give it a try using instructions here. and now I'm hosed. I was able to root and install the ALLINONE (Insecure Boot, CWM & Busybox) rebooted, super user showed up in apps etc. I thought everything was fine. the next thing I tried was disable boot up animation and now the phone won't boot up at all.
I can get into the recovery and download screens but whenever I try to restore I get "can't mount /sdcard/"
The toolkit no longer sees my phone either. When it's plugged in and the toolkit is active, it just cycles over and over "samsung" then "Samsung Galaxy SIII" logo then black screen repeat.
The toolkit keeps giving message either "device not found" or "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled".
download mode/ Odin mode is working- I have downloaded the file:
Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229_ogindgck8z.zip
but haven't been able to get Odin to load it ... I have to be in download mode for that to work right?
Any tips are appreciated.
using TMO SGH-T999
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[Q] HALLPPP! CWM? can't enter downloadmode! only recovery?

I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
Pull battery out, get sutff ready prior to odin, eithet recovery or stock img, then put battery back on, then put phone on download mode, vol. Up + vol.down then plug usb, tadda! You're on dowload mod make sure you have the right files, homie, if you are able to boot on recovery right now, that means you can boot into dowload mode just know the right button combo
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dudedude987 said:
I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
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Have you tried putting a twrp recovery flashable zip as in flash twrp usig cwmt?
Then from there you can flash any rom too
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Hey, I had the same problem. Could only get into cmw 6.0.1.2 and all flashes would just freeze up. I flashed darkside superwipe till it stopped, pulled the battery, flashed an old ics ROM, looked like it froze again so i pulled battery and started phone normally, booted perfectly. Then downloaded ROM manager from play store and flashed cwm. Phones been working beautifully ever since.
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suprakarma said:
Pull battery out, get sutff ready prior to odin, eithet recovery or stock img, then put battery back on, then put phone on download mode, vol. Up + vol.down then plug usb, tadda! You're on dowload mod make sure you have the right files, homie, if you are able to boot on recovery right now, that means you can boot into dowload mode just know the right button combo
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... thanks but i cant get into download mode it goes strait to recvoery.... i know the right button combo...
iNeedICS said:
Have you tried putting a twrp recovery flashable zip as in flash twrp usig cwmt?
Then from there you can flash any rom too
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no i havnt ill check that out
bfloFBR said:
Hey, I had the same problem. Could only get into cmw 6.0.1.2 and all flashes would just freeze up. I flashed darkside superwipe till it stopped, pulled the battery, flashed an old ics ROM, looked like it froze again so i pulled battery and started phone normally, booted perfectly. Then downloaded ROM manager from play store and flashed cwm. Phones been working beautifully ever since.
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so? lol flash battery pull flash untill one of them completes? sounds like your phone was working fine and you didnt wanna wait for it to come around lol
Use a usb jig.
If that doesnt boot you in Download mode, then u messed up BIG TIME!
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dudedude987 said:
... thanks but i cant get into download mode it goes strait to recvoery.... i know the right button combo...
no i havnt ill check that out
so? lol flash battery pull flash untill one of them completes? sounds like your phone was working fine and you didnt wanna wait for it to come around lol
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No, none of them fully completed, thats why i had to battery pull. For the first several flashes i let it sit for 10min+ hoping it would work itself out, to no avail. The battery pulls were out of frustration. I just did trial and error until it eventually worked. Sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself.
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bfloFBR said:
No, none of them fully completed, thats why i had to battery pull. For the first several flashes i let it sit for 10min+ hoping it would work itself out, to no avail. The battery pulls were out of frustration. I just did trial and error until it eventually worked. Sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself.
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Give this a try:
1) Go to Samsung Kies & download " Kies " on your PC.
2) Run Kies & click on the Tools tab.
3) Select " Firmware upgrade settings " & follow the on screen steps. Depending on your download speed this my take 1hr.
4) Your phone is back to stock ICS 4.0.4. Put this file on the root of your SD card " root.zip " You can also find this zip in the installed folder for Toolkit Beta.
5) Download & install " [APP] Samsung Galaxy S II Toolkit Beta V2.4 *ICS ROOT READY!!!* "
6) Follow the on screen steps to flash CWMT. This will use odin to flash CWM Touch back on your phone.
7) After odin opens click pda & select the recovery file " recovery.tar.md5 " it should be the only file listed.
8) After CWMT is on your phone and phone has rebooted unplug the usb wire from the phone & turn it off.
9) Pull battery wait for 10 sec then replace battery now push in and hold both volume up & volume down buttons at the same time then hold the power button until the phone vibrates. *Do not let go of the volume buttons until you see CWMT*. It will flash the screen one time then you are now ready to flash the root.zip file you put on your SD card.
10) Find the root.zip file you put on your SD card, now flash it *note it may not flash right away just keep trying until it flashes. Then reboot.
11) You should now be stock & rooted & ready to flash your hart out.
Let me know if this helps, I have done this 4x now & it works with no problems.
dudedude987 said:
I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
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First plug in the USB to you phone
Second press and hold Vol up and down while you turning on you phone release only the power button then download mode should works now go back to stock and install twrp recovery and try it now
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[Q] Did I soft-brick my GSIII?

I've searched relentlessly for a solution to this, but I haven't come up with anything, so it's time to ask for help.
I just used mskip's Galaxy S3 QCOM Toolkit v2.3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682) to flash CWM and root my GSIII. The recovery flashed successfully, using "recovery-cwm-lte-sgs3-v5.tar" included with the toolkit.
CWM recovery works. However, when I tried to boot the phone, I got the first Samsung splash screen, then the screen turned black, a second later the boot tune played (with no splash screen showing), and then... nothing. The blue notification light blinks infinitely, and the phone is unresponsive except for holding the power button down for 10 seconds, which restarts it, and the same thing happens again.
I can boot into CWM recovery, as well as download mode. I tried wiping the cache and doing a factory reset, which changed nothing. However, when I tried to flash a stock ROM (again using the toolkit), I got an "unsupport dev_type" error. I presume that USB debugging has been defaulted to disabled now from this, but maybe I'm wrong. In any case, I'm not sure where to go from here. I don't want to claim that I've bricked it yet, when I have both recovery and download, but I don't know what to do now.
Help?
EDIT: I'm sorry, I forgot basic information : I'm using a SGH-T999 (T-Mobile GSIII).
I would defiantly boot in to cwr and do a clean install on a diferent rom. Not a back up u made with cwr but a .zip rom... n u sgould b ok.. I would try jb smooth
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See if you can flash CM10, if you don't have to have stock.
kipster3001 said:
I would defiantly boot in to cwr and do a clean install on a diferent rom. Not a back up u made with cwr but a .zip rom... n u sgould b ok.. I would try jb smooth
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Looks like the toolkit installed an older version of CWM. I flashed 6.0.1.2 via ODIN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30806933) and then flashed CyanogenMod 10.0.0. Works great.
Thanks so much!
Jacooni said:
Looks like the toolkit installed an older version of CWM. I flashed 6.0.1.2 via ODIN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30806933) and then flashed CyanogenMod 10.0.0. Works great.
Thanks so much!
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Glad you had it resolved. Another method would have been ODIN back to stock.
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Possible to damage Recovery section?

Hello all
I unfortunately had to get a replacement for my S3 because the charging port got screwed up.
I tried to root the phone by installing CWM and it seemed to go fine. I did this with Odin using qbking77's methods and files.
I went to look for my zip file to flash and I could find no zip files at all.
It kept saying that E won't mount and stuff like that.
I had a stock recovery tar file for my GalaxyS3 from qbking77 that I used before to get to stock recovery for updates
I flashed it with odin and it said it flashed fine.
Phone seems to be working fine.
I went back to make sure it was there and it showed the little android guy with his heart spinning and then turning red and he died!
Several error messages came up in red.
Anyone ever hear about this and what did I do wrong?
I am sure I used the files I have used for my Galaxy before.
The phone still works so far thankfully!
Any advise and help would be appreciated.
Mike
mikeinstlouis said:
Hello all
I unfortunately had to get a replacement for my S3 because the charging port got screwed up.
I tried to root the phone by installing CWM and it seemed to go fine. I did this with Odin using qbking77's methods and files.
I went to look for my zip file to flash and I could find no zip files at all.
It kept saying that E won't mount and stuff like that.
I had a stock recovery tar file for my GalaxyS3 from qbking77 that I used before to get to stock recovery for updates
I flashed it with odin and it said it flashed fine.
Phone seems to be working fine.
I went back to make sure it was there and it showed the little android guy with his heart spinning and then turning red and he died!
Several error messages came up in red.
Anyone ever hear about this and what did I do wrong?
I am sure I used the files I have used for my Galaxy before.
The phone still works so far thankfully!
Any advise and help would be appreciated.
Mike
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The issue is because of a change that was made to the Newer Devices. Use one of the Recoveries from THIS THREAD.
If it's a new s3 its a known issue with the phone...u need a modded recovery. Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391616
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I am hoping that this means that I haven't fried that part of my phone and I can still install a recovery. Are these recoveries that I could use to root my phone or custom recoveries that I can revert to to get over the air updates. Thank you very much for your help you guys. I'm still kind of new with this even though I've been doing it for years
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mikeinstlouis said:
I am hoping that this means that I haven't fried that part of my phone and I can still install a recovery. Are these recoveries that I could use to root my phone or custom recoveries that I can revert to to get over the air updates. Thank you very much for your help you guys. I'm still kind of new with this even though I've been doing it for years
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Yes you can still use these Recoveries. I doubt you " fried " your device. Use these Recoveries in the Root process where you would use the older ones. Yes you can Revert them Back.
Then how can I revert back to get over the air updates? The stock recovery that I flashed showed the little Android guy had died..
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I think this should work for you just fine. Just be sure to not miss the step about the factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
[ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET
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From what I read you have to have a recovery to flash this.. I have no recover... And CWM won't let me do anything... That's my problem.. This new style of phone won't let me put on a functional recovery.. Does that make sense?
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mikeinstlouis said:
From what I read you have to have a recovery to flash this.. I have no recover... And CWM won't let me do anything... That's my problem.. This new style of phone won't let me put on a functional recovery.. Does that make sense?
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In the OP of the thread I linked you it gives instructions on how to push the Recovery with ADB. It also has Recoveries you can do through ODIN.
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