[q] no os, cannot reboot, need help - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I was trying to flash a new rom today and i wiped everything perfectly fine (using twrp) and then it wouldn't boot up so I went to restore from a backup and that didn't work either. Then when i wanted to go restore to a different backup , i found that my whole internal storage has been wiped! I HAVE EVERYTHING ON THERE, MY ROM, MY GAPPS. now I don't have backups or a rom to flash! I did not reboot yet but what can I do right now that I don't have an OS cause system was wiped?
Essentially, I have no ROM installed and I don't want to reboot the phone cause I don't know what will happen. PLus the fact that I can't connect to computer via recovery so I can't add files onto the phone. What Can I do now? someone please help asap! :'(

do you have a micro SD card?
if so, pop it out, put some stuff on it, then put it back in.

mrhomiec said:
do you have a micro SD card?
if so, pop it out, put some stuff on it, then put it back in.
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yes, I did that and it wouldn't show on the recovery though!

mrhomiec said:
do you have a micro SD card?
if so, pop it out, put some stuff on it, then put it back in.
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like it wouldn't show where I put the stuff, is there a way to refresh recovery to load those files? without restarting recovery? btw if i reboot now, what would happen to my phone?

x10user2011 said:
like it wouldn't show where I put the stuff, is there a way to refresh recovery to load those files? without restarting recovery? btw if i reboot now, what would happen to my phone?
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Load your SD card. Select reboot and select recovery. It'll reboot right back into twrp.
Make sure when you go to install you select external.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

KorGuy123 said:
Load your SD card. Select reboot and select recovery. It'll reboot right back into twrp.
Make sure when you go to install you select external.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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yes thank you for that but TWRP says are you sure you want to reboot recovery? cause i dont have an OS so would that brick my phone? -knock on wood-
I'm not trying until I get an answer to that :\

if that doesn't work, can anyone teach me how to ADB push my rom and gapps to the phone?

can anyone HELP PLEASE!? can i not reboot recovery if I have NO OS? please help!

UPDATE: now when I swipe to reboot recovery it says I dont have root access and it asks me to install super SU. WTF? why do I not have root access when all i did was do the simple wipe steps for installing a rom? PLEASE HELP?

x10user2011 said:
can anyone HELP PLEASE!? can i not reboot recovery if I have NO OS? please help!
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If I had to guess? you'd probably get a bootloop when you reboot

TheArchangelJoe said:
If I had to guess? you'd probably get a bootloop when you reboot
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now it didnt bootloop and i did what the guy above said to load the zip and flash that! i flashed it but now it just shows samsung then a black screen without the boot animation idk why

x10user2011 said:
now it didnt bootloop and i did what the guy above said to load the zip and flash that! i flashed it but now it just shows samsung then a black screen without the boot animation idk why
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now wipe data and cache in recovery and reboot

ok so im back in recovery to flash a new rom right, if that occurs i go back and just do your steps and it'll be fine? do i do this after flashing the rom too?

so the same error occurred, black screen, so i go into recovery and just wipe cache and dalvik then reboot?

x10user2011 said:
ok so im back in recovery to flash a new rom right, if that occurs i go back and just do your steps and it'll be fine? do i do this after flashing the rom too?
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didnt you already just flash the rom?
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if you've already flashed the rom/gapps, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. then reboot.

xBeerdroiDx said:
didnt you already just flash the rom?
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if you've already flashed the rom/gapps, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. then reboot.
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yeah I tried that, it still didn't work. it just boots SAMSUNG, then no boot animation and black screen. I can go back into recovery though. Is there a way to flash a rom without using recovery? (how do i use the toolkit, odin, or ADB?)

x10user2011 said:
yeah I tried that, it still didn't work. it just boots SAMSUNG, then no boot animation and black screen. I can go back into recovery though. Is there a way to flash a rom without using recovery? (how do i use the toolkit, odin, or ADB?)
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do you get an error message or did everything install without a problem? which rom is it?

no error message, success image. and i tried AOKP, revolt, and jellybeer

x10user2011 said:
no error message, success image. and i tried AOKP, revolt, and jellybeer
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just to double check, you do have an i747 and you did download roms for your i747, correct? which carrier?
if you've got the right downloads, i would try flashing in recovery once more via these steps:
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Wipe Cache
Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
Select Mounts and Storage and format /system
Go back out to the main recovery screen and choose the "install .zip from external SD card" option
Flash gapps, select "install .zip from SD Card" again and locate/install the downloaded gapps file
Wipe data again
Wipe cache
Reboot system. It will take several minutes to load so be patient
if this doesnt work, you could flash stock via odin

xBeerdroiDx said:
just to double check, you do have an i747 and you did download roms for your i747, correct? which carrier?
if you've got the right downloads, i would try flashing in recovery once more via these steps:
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Wipe Cache
Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
Select Mounts and Storage and format /system
Go back out to the main recovery screen and choose the "install .zip from external SD card" option
Flash gapps, select "install .zip from SD Card" again and locate/install the downloaded gapps file
Wipe data again
Wipe cache
Reboot system. It will take several minutes to load so be patient
if this doesnt work, you could flash stock via odin
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wait, just flash gapps no rom? and would several minutes on black screen be normal too cause i dont usually get that part
I just want to double check, you said flash gapps but didn't mention flash rom, so JUST flash gapps?

Related

RobotoMOD - Xena v1.0.1 Installation Problem

Hi,
Im trying to install this rom.
Currently using using modpunk's cm9 alpha6.
Got little problem then decided to re-flashing the rom.
Im using CWM5.0.2.8.
What i did was,
1. boot into CWM
2. factory reset
3. clear dalvik cache
4. install from zip
installation was successful. however, my phone keep booting into H-BOOT everytime.
anyting went wrong in the steps?
hellilyntax said:
Hi,
Im trying to install this rom.
Currently using using modpunk's cm9 alpha6.
Got little problem then decided to re-flashing the rom.
Im using CWM5.0.2.8.
What i did was,
1. boot into CWM
2. factory reset
3. clear dalvik cache
4. install from zip
installation was successful. however, my phone keep booting into H-BOOT everytime.
anyting went wrong in the steps?
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cleared cache partition too?
try going into "mounts & Storage" and formatting everything (except SD Card) and try again.
elspanish88 said:
cleared cache partition too?
try going into "mounts & Storage" and formatting everything (except SD Card) and try again.
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just re-flash rom using modpunk's alpha7.
i will try that another time.
thanks for your reply.
hellilyntax said:
Hi,
Im trying to install this rom.
Currently using using modpunk's cm9 alpha6.
Got little problem then decided to re-flashing the rom.
Im using CWM5.0.2.8.
What i did was,
1. boot into CWM
2. factory reset
3. clear dalvik cache
4. install from zip
installation was successful. however, my phone keep booting into H-BOOT everytime.
anyting went wrong in the steps?
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I have 2 ideas.
1. When you boot the phone, just press the button instead of holding it down like most people do. It will still boot properly and should cut out any chance of it booting into H-BOOT.
2. If it still goes into H-BOOT even just pressing instead of holding the button then factory reset, clear dalvik cache and install the zip all over again.
If the problem still happens then go to the original RobotoMod thread and post the problem there so the developer can see it. He'll have the best idea out of anyone.
hellilyntax said:
Hi,
Im trying to install this rom.
Currently using using modpunk's cm9 alpha6.
Got little problem then decided to re-flashing the rom.
Im using CWM5.0.2.8.
What i did was,
1. boot into CWM
2. factory reset
3. clear dalvik cache
4. install from zip
installation was successful. however, my phone keep booting into H-BOOT everytime.
anyting went wrong in the steps?
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I had the same problem...
i tried again except this time i did a custom installation and did not install gappsextra.what you do is when it asks you if you want to install google apps...select install but in the next screen uncheck all the apps(there are only 3)....that should do it.
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im getting some problems after installing the rom though and was hoping i could get some help on it.
first of all it does not recognise my ext partition through terminal or recovery...
and also my mobile network doesnt work smoothly after i installed this...i have to keep rebooting it for it to work.
I also have problem
I also face a problem while installing that rom. That is not boot. My phone is reboot to recovery when it had finished the installation. How can I fix it???
DuWun said:
I also face a problem while installing that rom. That is not boot. My phone is reboot to recovery when it had finished the installation. How can I fix it???
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did you try the custom installation like iv mentioned?
I'm having a similar problem
When I first installed RobotoMod I used the recommended settings, but after the reboot the phone just stays on the white HTC screen it was, at first i thought it was just loading, so i gave it a little more time (about 7 hours) but still nothing happened, so I tried using the custom settings and through multiple attempts and combinations all on the CM9 alpha it booted up, but as soon as it was done loading it put me straight into the lockscreen and wont unlock no matter what I do, I've tried AOKP but that just gets the 1st problem, and ive seriously tried everything and I haven't found anyone with the same problem maybe its just me, i installed using CWMR 5.02.8
use
DuWun said:
I also face a problem while installing that rom. That is not boot. My phone is reboot to recovery when it had finished the installation. How can I fix it???
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use gapps extra instead of rcommended ones on 2 pop up

[Q] Need help, i can only access twrp recovery mode

I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i really dont know what to do.
download a rom/gapps and use adb to transfer them to your sdcard.. adb command "adb push file.zip /sdcard/file.zip"..
PS- in twrp wiping data wipes EVERYTHING so when you want to wipe before flashing a rom do a factory reset and DONT wipe data
Khizar said:
download a rom/gapps and use adb to transfer them to your sdcard.. adb command "adb push file.zip /sdcard/file.zip"..
PS- in twrp wiping data wipes EVERYTHING so when you want to wipe before flashing a rom do a factory reset and DONT wipe data
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Thanks for your help, i found a similar problem on another site im halfway through it now, so when i flash roms in twrp i want to do a factory reset? wipe the cache and dalvik cache?
quirkles said:
Thanks for your help, i found a similar problem on another site im halfway through it now, so when i flash roms in twrp i want to do a factory reset? wipe the cache and dalvik cache?
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this is how i flash roms..
1. factory reset
2. wipe system
3. wipe cahce
4. wipe dalvik
5. flash rom
6. flash gapps
7. flash AK kernel
8. reboot
9. wait 10 mins then do another reboot then enjoy :good:
quirkles said:
I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i really dont know what to do.
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You actually only had to update CWM to the latest version to fix that problem
EddyOS said:
You actually only had to update CWM to the latest version to fix that problem
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eh, what's done is done, if it gives me any trouble ill switch back

[Q] How do you install CM 10.1 via TWRP?

Hello, I am trying to do a clean install on Cyanogenmod 10.1 because of recent issues. When I attempted to install it I got a error on TWRP. Here is what I did:
1. Went to get.cm and then d2att
2. Downloaded latest nightly
3. Plugged my phone in and transferred the .zip onto phone
4. Went into TWRP
5. Did a factory reset by going to wipe then sliding
6. Clicked install
7. Selected cyanogenmod zip thingy
8. "Failed"
TimeAndroid said:
Hello, I am trying to do a clean install on Cyanogenmod 10.1 because of recent issues. When I attempted to install it I got a error on TWRP. Here is what I did:
1. Went to get.cm and then d2att
2. Downloaded latest nightly
3. Plugged my phone in and transferred the .zip onto phone
4. Went into TWRP
5. Did a factory reset by going to wipe then sliding
6. Clicked install
7. Selected cyanogenmod zip thingy
8. "Failed"
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I did some research and heard you need to open the zip file and move the boot.img into my phone then flash it via TWRP. Is that right? Can someone tell me step by step please? I do not want to screw something up.
this "failed" message could be one of a couple of different issues. exactly what was the fail message? and what release of cm are/were you currently running?
xBeerdroiDx said:
this "failed" message could be one of a couple of different issues. exactly what was the fail message? and what release of cm are/were you currently running?
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It just said Failed in red.
I am running 10.1-20130511-NIGHTLY-d2att
I can update OK but just not flash cyanogenmod.
Is it possible to flash boot.img by just moving it on to my device then clicking install and selecting it on TWRP?
TimeAndroid said:
It just said Failed in red.
I am running 10.1-20130511-NIGHTLY-d2att
I can update OK but just not flash cyanogenmod.
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have you used an app like Rootchecker to see if you still have root?
xBeerdroiDx said:
have you used an app like Rootchecker to see if you still have root?
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No I have not. I'll check now. Also, will I lose root when doing a wipe?
Yup, I do. Just had to grant it on SuperSU. Wait, am I supposed to wipe then install CM or install CM then wipe to get a clean install?
TimeAndroid said:
Yup, I do. Just had to grant it on SuperSU. Wait, am I supposed to wipe then install CM or install CM then wipe to get a clean install?
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Full wipe, install, and than I always wipe cache/dalvik after than reboot.
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KorGuy123 said:
Full wipe, install, and than I always wipe cache/dalvik after than reboot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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So just go into TWRP click wipe and don't change anything just slide right? If yes, I have already tried that and that's when it failed to install CM after.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
TimeAndroid said:
So just go into TWRP click wipe and don't change anything just slide right? If yes, I have already tried that and that's when it failed to install CM after.
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This is how I flash a rom in TWRP (I always transfer my pictures to my external before these steps, you might lose them if you don't)
1) Transfer ROM and GAPPS to external SD (Micro SDcard in TWRP)
2) Nandroid Backup
3) Choose "wipe"
3b) Swipe to factory reset.
4) Choose "back"
5) Choose "advanced wipe"
5b) Check Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Cache.
5c) Swipe to wipe.
6) Choose Back
7 - optional -) I always format data (not required, will wipe EVERYTHING)
8) Install Rom
9) Install Gapps
10) Wipe cache/dalvik
11) Reboot.
Your bootloader might be not up to date. The newer ROM releases are giving that problem to some people. We'll cross that bridge when we have to.
xBeerdroiDx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
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Thank you for this. No offense but could I please have help with fixing the CM 10.1 not installing issue?
KorGuy123 said:
This is how I flash a rom in TWRP (I always transfer my pictures to my external before these steps, you might lose them if you don't)
1) Transfer ROM and GAPPS to external SD (Micro SDcard in TWRP)
2) Nandroid Backup
3) Choose "wipe"
3b) Swipe to factory reset.
4) Choose "back"
5) Choose "advanced wipe"
5b) Check Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Cache.
5c) Swipe to wipe.
6) Choose Back
7 - optional -) I always format data (not required, will wipe EVERYTHING)
8) Install Rom
9) Install Gapps
10) Wipe cache/dalvik
11) Reboot.
Your bootloader might be not up to date. The newer ROM releases are giving that problem to some people. We'll cross that bridge when we have to.
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How do I update my bootloader?
TimeAndroid said:
How do I update my bootloader?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yZy5mcmVlYW5kcm9pZHRvb2xzLnJvb3RfY2hlY2tlciJd
Install this, press "check"
After everything loads press "Build Info"
Your bootloader should be I747MVLDLK4
If it is, it's up to date if not it needs updating.
Go here ONLY if it doesn't match, this won't help you if it does.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292957
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287097&highlight=bootloader
KorGuy123 said:
This is how I flash a rom in TWRP (I always transfer my pictures to my external before these steps, you might lose them if you don't)
1) Transfer ROM and GAPPS to external SD (Micro SDcard in TWRP)
2) Nandroid Backup
3) Choose "wipe"
3b) Swipe to factory reset.
4) Choose "back"
5) Choose "advanced wipe"
5b) Check Dalvik Cache, System, Data, Cache.
5c) Swipe to wipe.
6) Choose Back
7 - optional -) I always format data (not required, will wipe EVERYTHING)
8) Install Rom
9) Install Gapps
10) Wipe cache/dalvik
11) Reboot.
Your bootloader might be not up to date. The newer ROM releases are giving that problem to some people. We'll cross that bridge when we have to.
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Will I have to re-add Bell's APN and will it mess up my IMEI/EFS/NV? Besides it removing my apps, any other things I need to know?
KorGuy123 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yZy5mcmVlYW5kcm9pZHRvb2xzLnJvb3RfY2hlY2tlciJd
Install this, press "check"
After everything loads press "Build Info"
Your bootloader should be I747MVLDLK4
If it is, it's up to date if not it needs updating.
Go here ONLY if it doesn't match, this won't help you if it does.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292957
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287097&highlight=bootloader
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It's different. It is I747MVLALH1
TimeAndroid said:
Will I have to re-add Bell's APN and will it mess up my IMEI/EFS/NV? Besides it removing my apps, any other things I need to know?
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Bell APN is built in the ROM.
Anytime you flash a ROM you run the risk of losing you IMEI (which is why you should have it backed up already) :good:
I can't think of anything else to tell you other than make sure all your pics and personal valuables are backed up on your computer or external SD before wiping anything. If you wipe it by accident it isn't restorable.
I don't know your level of ability or flashing history so I don't know what you don't know.
To flash the bootloader, I just put it on my phone and press install, right?
TimeAndroid said:
It's different. It is I747MVLALH1
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That's why the ROM fails. Your bootloader isn't up to date. Follow those two links I sent.
I haven't had to update mine (it already is) so I can't assist you with this, it seems straight forward if you know ODIN.
No bootloaders are flashed through ODIN

Help with Rebooting wiping storage

Hello everyone,
I would post this in the development thread but I can't since I am a ne user. Anyway..
I am currently on InFamous switching between the 2.4 TW version and the Google Edition v2.0.
My problem is every time I reboot my phone, it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot image. Then when I go to recovery the Internal storage shows 0 MB available, and I can't fix permissions or wipe anything without having to format data first. The only way to boot my phone again, is to format data, wipe everything, and reinstall the ROM which is very annoying and time consuming.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance
-Jesse
re: rebooting into Google Edition Rom
razorj7 said:
Hello everyone,
I would post this in the development thread but I can't since I am a ne user. Anyway..
I am currently on InFamous switching between the 2.4 TW version and the Google Edition v2.0.
My problem is every time I reboot my phone, it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot image. Then when I go to recovery the Internal storage shows 0 MB available, and I can't fix permissions or wipe anything without having to format data first. The only way to boot my phone again, is to format data, wipe everything, and reinstall the ROM which is very annoying and time consuming.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance
-Jesse
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Have you tried this:
Before doing anything, be sure to back up the internal sdcard to a folder on your computer if you have anything you
want to save on the internal sdcard. Also be sure that the Google Edition zip file rom is on your "external" sdcard.
When the phone is flashed and ready to use go into settings>accounts tab>backup and reset>"Factory data reset".
Click on the factory data reset.
After doing that reboot into cwm or twrp which ever you are using and do a full wipe as you usually do but don't
forget to include "Factory reset".
Then flash the Google Edition rom as you normally have done and it should fix the problem you are having hopefully.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
Have you tried this:
Before doing anything, be sure to back up the internal sdcard to a folder on your computer if you have anything you
want to save on the internal sdcard. Also be sure that the Google Edition zip file rom is on your "external" sdcard.
When the phone is flashed and ready to use go into settings>accounts tab>backup and reset>"Factory data reset".
Click on the factory data reset.
After doing that reboot into cwm or twrp which ever you are using and do a full wipe as you usually do but don't
forget to include "Factory reset".
Then flash the Google Edition rom as you normally have done and it should fix the problem you are having hopefully.
Good luck!
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Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
razorj7 said:
Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
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Have you tried holding the power button, home key and the volume up key all at the same time to boot in recovery? If not do a battery pull and do it when turning the phone back on
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
razorj7 said:
Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
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If you already tried to Odin flash the STOCK rom and formatted your internal sdcard and you still find "0 MB"
in your internal storage then it must be a hardware issue and if I were you I would return/exchange the phone.
Good luck!
It's not a hardware issue. It's a bug in twrp. Whenever you do "format data" it corrupts the data partition. Use PhilZ Touch recovery. His recovery includes the fix. Try it.
teshxx said:
It's not a hardware issue. It's a bug in twrp. Whenever you do "format data" it corrupts the data partition. Use PhilZ Touch recovery. His recovery includes the fix. Try it.
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Thanks, I'll try that. How do I get rid of the bug after writing the new recovery? Format data?
Thanks!
Hello, any progress please? I have exactly the same issue.
I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265588&page=23 this solution:
I wanted to clean my internal SD card before flashing Omega ROM, so I used Format Data option from Wipe section in TWRP.
After that I lost almost two days trying to fix my phone. Flashed stock ROM, TWRP and Omega ROM endless times without success after that.
My phone became randomly unbootable on reboot or power on! It was stuck on i9505 logo that is shown before boot animation forever. It was same for both stock and Omega ROM, with or without external micro SD.
After endless tries, I figured out that my phone works fine if I do factory reset and wipe from original recovery. Worked fine before and after flashing TWRP.
I tired to Format Data from TWRP again and my phone again was stuck on boot.
So I did everything once more. Flashed stock, did factory reset and wipe from original recovery and then installed TWRP and in the end I flashed Omega without wiping anything.
Everything works just fine now and I will not try to use Format data option from TWRP on this device in near time! Please fix this.
First I used TWRP 2.5.0.1 and then 2.5.0.2, but it is same in both of them.
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Now I'm downloading stock rom so I'll try it in next 2 hours.
bet you guys previously flashed a aosp rom, I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you did.
TheAxman said:
bet you guys previously flashed a aosp rom, I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you did.
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It says so in the OP... going between TW and Google Edition 2.0.. Out of curiosity though, what difference would that make? I have flashed and have backups of two versions of TW and quite a few AOSP variants... I can move between them seamlessly and haven't encountered any such problems as the OP. I use TWRP as well.
It was TWRP problem. I have flashed the stock ROM with stock recovery. I have done full wipe and my phone works well again. This is bug in TWRP. Don't push "format data" button!

Help restoring my DEV note 4 please!!

Hey I have a problem here.I have a dev edition Note 4. I have been running EMSpoilt's first ROM ([Rom][N910VOYU1ANI1][4.4.4] Stock Root Deodex/Knox-Free Updated 11/24/2014) for about 2 weeks now. It was running great smooth as butter until now. I tried flashing his new [Rom][N910VVRU1ANJ5][4.4.4] Stock Root Odex/Knox-Free) but my phone wouldn't boot up, it wouldn't get past the first Samsung screen just keeps restarting. I made sure to follow step by step instructions. Wiped everything but my SD card. Tried it 2 more times and nothing. Tried to wipe cache and all that. Nothing helped. So I decided to restore back to my backed up ROM. Once restored it started to act weird. My finger print scanner doesn't work and I can't download anything another than apps from app store...the phone is very glitchy and almost unusable.. almost like it has a virus. It did get pretty hot when I was flashing the ROM I hope I didn't fry anything. I tried and tried to reset things but no luck. I don't have a backup of stock Dev ROM unfortunately...is there a way to reset back to stock(out of the box state)? I still have root and TWRP recovery works fine.
Anyone help please?
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If you want to get the NJ5 ROM up and running without issues I would suggest flashing the NJ5 stock restore tar file in Odin, then flash TWRP recovery in Odin. Once that is done boot into TWRP and flash SU, then flash the ROM. I was having the same issue yesterday and this fixed things for me.
+1 on what airmaxx23 has recommended. Caution: Make damn sure you ODIN the stock restore file intended for the DE, not the retail. If you just want to get back to a fully functional DE without the ROM then ODIN the stock restore file, ODIN TWRP and flash SUPERSU in recovery. You don't have to flash the ROM.
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+1 on what airmaxx23 has recommended. Caution: Make damn sure you ODIN the stock restore file intended for the DE, not the retail. If you just want to get back to a fully functional DE without the ROM then ODIN the stock restore file, ODIN TWRP and flash SUPERSU in recovery. You don't have to flash the ROM.
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Can you point me into direction of stock restore file? Thanks
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Can you point me into direction of stock restore file? Thanks
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I linked all the files you need for the DE in my original response.
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Can you point me into direction of stock restore file? Thanks
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Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...mware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937. Make sure you go to post #2 and select the stock restore file for the DE.
I am having problems with mine, too
After getting into trouble yesterday with a phone that stuck in Verizon logo screen, I was able to restore from backup.
Then I started noticing weird things that I believe were working a day ago.
I cannot download any email attachments, cannot create folders on sdcard, cannot install xposed or even install Fora offline dictionary files I downloaded from PlayStore. I never flashed custom ROMs on my DE, just flashed TWRP and then rooted it. I am still running original SW N910VOYU1ANI1. Screenshots and photos are saved just fine (burst shots on sdcard and regular photos on extsdcard).
Any Ideas? I've tried to restore from pre-root backup, then restored my image that has root and some applications but cannot move from there.
inseek said:
After getting into trouble yesterday with a phone that stuck in Verizon logo screen, I was able to restore from backup.
Then I started noticing weird things that I believe were working a day ago.
I cannot download any email attachments, cannot create folders on sdcard, cannot install xposed or even install Fora offline dictionary files I downloaded from PlayStore. I never flashed custom ROMs on my DE, just flashed TWRP and then rooted it. I am still running original SW N910VOYU1ANI1. Screenshots and photos are saved just fine (burst shots on sdcard and regular photos on extsdcard).
Any Ideas? I've tried to restore from pre-root backup, then restored my image that has root and some applications but cannot move from there.
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Here is what I would do if I were you:
1. Go into TWRP Recovery and do a complete wipe (system, data, cache, delvik). Do not select recovery.
2. While in TWRP do a factory reset
3. In TWRP, RESTORE the backup you mentioned.
4. While in TWRP clear cache and delvik again
5. Power off the phone and remove the battery
6. Replace the battery and boot
7. If the phone boots normally then power off the phone, boot into recovery and flash SuperSU (Do not try to restore any "image", just flash SuperSU.zip)
8. Reboot the phone
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Here is what I would do if I were you:
1. Go into TWRP Recovery and do a complete wipe (system, data, cache, delvik). Do not select recovery.
2. While in TWRP do a factory reset
3. In TWRP, RESTORE the backup you mentioned.
4. While in TWRP clear cache and delvik again
5. Power off the phone and remove the battery
6. Replace the battery and boot
7. If the phone boots normally then power off the phone, boot into recovery and flash SuperSU (Do not try to restore any "image", just flash SuperSU.zip)
8. Reboot the phone
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Although I did it already almost the same way multiple times since yesterday, I'll try it again.
How do I do #2 in your list from TWRP?
Thanks.
inseek said:
Although I did it already almost the same way multiple times since yesterday, I'll try it again.
How do I do #2 in your list from TWRP?
Thanks.
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Go to "Wipe" then "Format Data" then type "yes" and hit "go". This will completely remove all data. Under "Advanced Wipe" check "dalvik", "system", "data", and "cache" and wipe those as well.
If that doesn't work you're going to have to start fresh.
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Although I did it already almost the same way multiple times since yesterday, I'll try it again.
How do I do #2 in your list from TWRP?
Thanks.
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When you're in TWRP and select Wipe, there will appear a "swipe bar" that when swiped will perform a Factory Reset. It is the first screen you see when you select Wipe on the home screen. Do the Factory Reset and then clear cache, delvik, system and data. You can do the Factory Reset before clearing cache etc or after clearing cache etc. It really doesn't make a difference in what order you do the Factory Reset, just do it.
If this process doesn't get you back to normal then another option is to flash the stock restore file for NJ5 availble in the Android Development Section. But, lets do the process I've outlined first.
jpcalhoun said:
Here is what I would do if I were you:
1. Go into TWRP Recovery and do a complete wipe (system, data, cache, delvik). Do not select recovery.
2. While in TWRP do a factory reset
3. In TWRP, RESTORE the backup you mentioned.
4. While in TWRP clear cache and delvik again
5. Power off the phone and remove the battery
6. Replace the battery and boot
7. If the phone boots normally then power off the phone, boot into recovery and flash SuperSU (Do not try to restore any "image", just flash SuperSU.zip)
8. Reboot the phone
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I did everything up to the #7, then powered the phone. I am getting all bunch of errors like "com.sec.phone has stopped" and other I don't remember. It shouldn't be this way, right?
Then I powered the phone off and on again, this time I got the setup wizard without error messages and flashed SU and then installed Xposed. So far, so good. Will install couple apps to see how it goes.
Thanks, jpcalhoun!
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If you want to get the NJ5 ROM up and running without issues I would suggest flashing the NJ5 stock restore tar file in Odin, then flash TWRP recovery in Odin. Once that is done boot into TWRP and flash SU, then flash the ROM. I was having the same issue yesterday and this fixed things for me.
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do i have to extract the file with 7zip ?
inseek said:
I did everything up to the #7, then powered the phone. I am getting all bunch of errors like "com.sec.phone has stopped" and other I don't remember. It shouldn't be this way, right?
Then I powered the phone off and on again, this time I got the setup wizard without error messages and flashed SU and then installed Xposed. So far, so good. Will install couple apps to see how it goes.
Thanks, jpcalhoun!
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Glad you got it working. I'd have to see the error messages to try, I emphasize try, to determine what might be causing them. Often after flashing or using ODIN to install software you'll get an error message until the system has been rebooted. You should probably power off you phone, again, pull the battery, replace the battery and reboot to see if you continue to get error messages. You shouldn't be getting error messages during boot unless you have installed something that has turned a service off or has altered a service that the system is asking for (that's not technically well stated, but I think you get the point). Exposed Framework is great and enables users to customize many things in Android. But, not all the modules work the same on every device, and in fact some modules will not work at all on the Note 4. If you're trying to run a module that does not work as advertised then you should uninstall that module or not select that particular customization. A misbehaving module can cause problems that manifest themselves in funny ways.
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do i have to extract the file with 7zip ?
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Yes, extract it with 7zip.

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