[Q] Stuck on Sprint 4G boot loop. Need Help. - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I was on GB27 and decided to try CM 10.1 with Wild Night whatever. I didn't flash a ics modem first. It worked fine except for the 3g. I had no mobile data. I decided to try and flash FI27 to see if that would resolve it. I used the odin oc to flash it and it boot looped at the 4g logo. I thought ok lets just go back to GB27 so I used the odin oc for that one and it is still looped. I can only get to the android recovery and odin mode. I had agat recovery but it's not there. Please help me.

You need to odin one click a full stock ROM to reset the partitions on your phone.
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graydiggy said:
You need to odin one click a full stock ROM to reset the partitions on your phone.
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That did it. Thank you.

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Need help!

Okay so I watch qbking77 and saw his bid on getting fd26 without rooting (rooted before on NY g2 and hated it so avoided it on my e4gt). Any who I had so many bugs with that and he posted a video bout upgrading to fd26 with root and so I did so. Then I went ahead and tried to flash cwm but I guess it didn't work because I wasn't able to flash the kuban from that I wanted! Can anyone help?! Please
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bsugatan said:
Okay so I watch qbking77 and saw his bid on getting fd26 without rooting (rooted before on NY g2 and hated it so avoided it on my e4gt). Any who I had so many bugs with that and he posted a video bout upgrading to fd26 with root and so I did so. Then I went ahead and tried to flash cwm but I guess it didn't work because I wasn't able to flash the kuban from that I wanted! Can anyone help?! Please
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Mobile Odin is your friend and so is kernel EL26 CWM. Make sure you download and install SuperSU from the market first, then Odin yourself to that kernel and from there flash whatever it is you desire, happy flashing
So I download mobile Odin then where do I get the kernel?
Btw thanks so much!
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bsugatan said:
So I download mobile Odin then where do I get the kernel?
Btw thanks so much!
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http://www.mediafire.com/?hkydca9ob98z89m
Got it from kbizzle's AOKP thread so thank him for it
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I did what you guys said and now my phone is stuck at the galaxy s 2 logo. HELP
Get into download mode. Reflash el26 with cwm. Of you want an ics kernal with rogue recovery, you need to flash fd02 with cwm. So flash el26 with cwm, turn off the phone and hold power + volume up until Samsung logo comes up then let go, wipe data/ factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, then flash the rom of your choice. After you reboot and confirm that its working, turn it off again. Get into download mode by hold power and volume down. Go to Odin and flash fd02 + cwm kernal ONLY!
Reboot and you should be good.
Note! Fd02 is not 100 percent reliable for flashing anything! However, I have never bricked with it.
Whatever you do, do NOT be impatient.
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I figured it out. I guess I got impatient haha. But thanks everyone! I appreciate the help! And I must say this blukuban from is niceeeeee
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[Q] Can I do the maintenance update with different kernel?

Hopefully it's not a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere else.
I have a rooted phone w/ CWM and faux's kernel.
No 3rd party ROM installed.
I got the update today. Can I install the update with the kernel or will that do bad things to my phone?
Do I have to go back to a stock kernel and recovery to do that update or is going back to a stock kernel good enough?
I don't mind losing root, I can always reroot it. I just don't want to do something stupid to my phone.
knurdle said:
Hopefully it's not a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere else.
I have a rooted phone w/ CWM and faux's kernel.
No 3rd party ROM installed.
I got the update today. Can I install the update with the kernel or will that do bad things to my phone?
Do I have to go back to a stock kernel and recovery to do that update or is going back to a stock kernel good enough?
I don't mind losing root, I can always reroot it. I just don't want to do something stupid to my phone.
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You definitely have to go to stock recovery...i also went back to stock kernel too..then applied them back without error after update
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Thanks, another possibly stupid question.
Is there only one stock recovery or are there different versions between the UVKL1 and UVKID recovery?
Will this recovery work with my UVKL1 phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
It's the same. To prevent having issues, I recommend doing a factory reset before flashing back to stock.
Just back up whatever you don't want erased. You don't have to worry about the external sd, the reset won't touch that.
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Can you flash a different kernel after installing the latest update? Yes. Should you if you want a flawless ICS update this Monday and possibly avoid a brick? Probably not. Up to you.
Simply put, NO. As mentioned above Odin fully back to unrooted stock for he update to flash properly. Otherwise you'll have a soft brick on your hands.
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Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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tdizzle404 said:
Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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You can just Odin the update from where you are now. Just super wipe first.
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Towle said:
You can just Odin the update from where you are now. Just super wipe first.
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everytime i odin the update i have to pull battery cuz it bootloops..then boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik then reboot and it boots. is that normal?
tdizzle404 said:
Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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Also, if you're on ICS right now, you may get boot loops after flashing back to stock. Just do a factory reset in recovery and you're good to go.
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k786 said:
everytime i odin the update i have to pull battery cuz it bootloops..then boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik then reboot and it boots. is that normal?
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It depends what you're coming from and how/if you wiped your phone.
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Towle said:
It depends what you're coming from and how/if you wiped your phone.
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i was gonna follow these steps..
superwipe
wipe cache dalvik
power off
go to download mode
odin stock
are those fine? or do you recommend some other steps?
Questions go in the Q&A section
k786 said:
i was gonna follow these steps..
superwipe
wipe cache dalvik
power off
go to download mode
odin stock
are those fine? or do you recommend some other steps?
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That looks fine. If you're on ICS and reboot after wiping to get into download mode, some apps will automatically install on first boot so you will get boot loops after you flash back to stock. That's fine if you do, just do a factory reset in recovery.
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Just as a follow up to my own thread.
I followed this guide to go back to stock and then did the maintenance update.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/16727-howto-restore-stock-rom-recover-bad-flashes/
I backed up everything just in case but I didn't lose any data and it took about 10 minutes to do everything.
I'm just going to run stock until I get ICS and then reroot again.

I bricked my phone somehow and i need expert help please.

This was in the course of over 20 days.Ok, i was stock rooted, then i flashed CWM, then i flashed AOKP Rom, everything was going smooth. Then i flashed an update to AOKP Rom, then my Data started acting up. Then i flashed Sammy Kernel that goes with AOKP Rom, My data was still acting up. I suspected a corrupt IMEI, so i figured i flash back to stock through odin using stock ATT Images, and try to recover my IMEI. So i flashed Stock ATT image through Odin, but now my phone wont go past the samsung logo. It loads the ATT boot animation, then stays stuck on the samsung logo. Help please.
The expert help you need is to do a full reflash of the phone in ODIN.
When you flashed stock did you also flash the kernel? Might pose an issue
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Try flashing the Sammy kernel in cwm. That should fix you up.
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Relax its not bricked. Boot into the Samsung recovery the same way you do it to get into cmw and clear cache. It will boot.
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Tejh said:
Relax its not bricked. Boot into the Samsung recovery the same way you do it to get into cmw and clear cache. It will boot.
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Your right! That did it, thanks a lot.
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Q: lost access to recovery after nightly flash

So, I flashed CM10 nightly 11/8. Dirty flash over a previous nightly, just cache and dalvik wipe. Now I can't boot to recovery, it just hangs at the cyan boot logo. Was using TWRP and I made sure to click the inject twrp box. Everything else works well and normally, aside from no recovery. I know the correct answer is to odin to stock and start fresh. However, does anybody know of a way to re-flash twrp or clockwork without access to recovery. I would like a quick temp fix for a few days if there is one. Thanks in advance!
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U can just use odin to flash cwm. Look for the 5.x version thread for cwm and there's a .tar flashable file somewhere there. Just flash it in odin and you should be good. Since ur already rooted it should stick.
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I'm no Odin pro. Do I need the victory pit file too? Also what box do I put the cwm tar ball in? I appreciate the help.
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propjockey said:
I'm no Odin pro. Do I need the victory pit file too? Also what box do I put the cwm tar ball in? I appreciate the help.
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No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not flash the tar file for cwm, that is bml only... there is no .tar for an mtd recovery for this phone... sorry, but if you lost recovery on mtd, sadly the only way to get it back is to odin to stock...
Word. Thanks for the save. I didn't think of the bml/mtd issue. I guess no short cuts this time. Thanks again guys.
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Lol sorry I forgot about that.
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flastnoles11 said:
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not flash the tar file for cwm, that is bml only... there is no .tar for an mtd recovery for this phone... sorry, but if you lost recovery on mtd, sadly the only way to get it back is to odin to stock...
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Ya it doesn't work if you're on mtd, you'll get error on cwm and can't flash anything, even you flash twrp, you'll get error
One solution..
Odin to stock and odin cwm again
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I think there IS (hopefully) a way of flashing MTD recovery without returning to stock. Maybe... grab a recovery.img from the ROM package, put it in SD card, and go to Terminal Emulator on phone. Then...
Command:
su
cd /sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
This works on my good'ol (sold) G1 and Milestone... but don't know if this works on MTD. Anyway, give it a shot
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Well, I ended up Odining back to stock and starting over. After a crappy night of a bad cable and battery CPR, I got it working. I was using TWRP and I suspect that something went wrong in the re-injection process. All is well now. Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions
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[Q] Can't unbrick sgh-t989!

Hey guys while flashing slim bean from a clean flash it was acting up so i reflashed a stock rom via odin, and now i've got a boot loop.. i've tried multiple recoveries, i need help!
You need to do a factory reset. That should fix ya up
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Foxbody said:
Hey guys while flashing slim bean from a clean flash it was acting up so i reflashed a stock rom via odin, and now i've got a boot loop.. i've tried multiple recoveries, i need help!
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Can u boot into recovery? Download mode? I would get a new USB data cable, Odin back to stock jb, start over, reboot and install the newest twrp, always flash clean, that should fix all your issues
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soupysoup said:
Can u boot into recovery? Download mode? I would get a new USB data cable, Odin back to stock jb, start over, reboot and install the newest twrp, always flash clean, that should fix all your issues
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Any updated links to the stock ROM, Recovery, and Kernel? I want to Odin back to complete stock and want to find the latest firmware.
apicia said:
Any updated links to the stock ROM, Recovery, and Kernel? I want to Odin back to complete stock and want to find the latest firmware.
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Here's the stock firmware for herc, just use Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858435
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