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[Q] Please help me

My g2 is all messed up!
When I turn it on I get forced closed everything
It won't let me recover my old rom
It says can't open /cache/recovery/log!
I'm so angry
My phone has s/off or whatever
What do I do?

Manually boot into recovery and flash your backup.

My backup will not flash, I see that error in clockworkmod it won't let me do anything I'm freaking out

melodicjunkie said:
My backup will not flash, I see that error in clockworkmod it won't let me do anything I'm freaking out
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Boot into recovery, wipe cache and dahlvik cache, then install your back up? That didn't work?
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melodicjunkie said:
My backup will not flash, I see that error in clockworkmod it won't let me do anything I'm freaking out
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you might also try fastboot flashing a new clockwork recovery, if its giving you recovery errors. that might fix the error. do you have copies of the backups elsewhere, like on your pc? if so, you might try one of those, see if perhaps its a problem with errors in the Micro sd card.

mftek said:
Boot into recovery, wipe cache and dahlvik cache, then install your back up? That didn't work?
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also, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset before restoring, just a thought.

jmwils3 said:
also, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset before restoring, just a thought.
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I would go for this. OP boot into recovery, wipe caches and wipe data/factory reset then reboot. See if u can start fresh. Or just wipe data and flash a fresh new ROM to start fresh.
I replied to ur other thread but it sounds like you are best off at this point just wiping everything and starting over.
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I'm trying to format data and cache, when I do it
Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
Can't open /cache/recovery/log
Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I even put my sd card in my girlfriends g2 (not rooted) and downloaded a rom to my sd card than tried to install it to my phone, it gets stuck at HTC screen now..

melodicjunkie said:
I'm trying to format data and cache, when I do it
Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
Can't open /cache/recovery/log
Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I even put my sd card in my girlfriends g2 (not rooted) and downloaded a rom to my sd card than tried to install it to my phone, it gets stuck at HTC screen now..
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Which rom did you flash that got you stuck at the htc boot? What which version of rom manager are you using?
If the rom manager you have does not support the rom you flashed, you will get a boot loop..
Fly like a G2!

Reflash clockwork recovery...sounds like its effed.

all good now
i followed this guide
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/15623-how-to-fix-a-semi-bricked-g2
freaking epic, i reverted back to stock..
im gonna stay that way for a while, atleast till there is a great rom i can use..
i liked gingervillain, it was my absolute fav but im gonna wait till there is something even better, i dont feel like rerooting just to do this **** all over again
thanks guys

I need help please!

Hi,
I just got the S3 on Mobilicity in Canada. I rooted it and installed cyanogenmod 10 on it but didnt like it so I tried to install this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687) stock back to my phone. Now my phone is stuck at the samsung logo. I can still get into download mode but cant get into CWM. Im really worried. Please oh please someone help me!

jd402 said:
Hi,
I just got the S3 on Mobilicity in Canada. I rooted it and installed cyanogenmod 10 on it but didnt like it so I tried to install this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687) stock back to my phone. Now my phone is stuck at the samsung logo. I can still get into download mode but cant get into CWM. Im really worried. Please oh please someone help me!
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Odin back to stock
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funziebear said:
Odin back to stock
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I tried but I still get the same problem. Maybe Im doing something wrong. I put the phone in download mode, open Odin, plug it in, click PDA, choose the stock I got from the SamMobile site, and it runs completely but then gets stuck on reboot at the Samsung logo still.

go into stock recovery by powering on the phone while holding home and volume up, then choose the option to wipe cache, then reboot.

Agreed. I had a similar issue the other day. I ended up wiping cache in samsung recovery, and if that doesn't work, wipe data factory reset. I tried rebooting, but it still got stuck at the samsung logo. I then flashed CWM recovery or TWRP recovery through ODIN and then download another rom. Do a factory reset within the new recovery / wipe cache/ wipe dalvik/ wipe system/ and then flash the new rom. That will get it to boot.
Moral of the story is to not freak out too much. You're not in trouble.

bstapley said:
Agreed. I had a similar issue the other day. I ended up wiping cache in samsung recovery, and if that doesn't work, wipe data factory reset. I tried rebooting, but it still got stuck at the samsung logo. I then flashed CWM recovery or TWRP recovery through ODIN and then download another rom. Do a factory reset within the new recovery / wipe cache/ wipe dalvik/ wipe system/ and then flash the new rom. That will get it to boot.
Moral of the story is to not freak out too much. You're not in trouble.
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Yep if u can still get into
Download mode there is plenty of hope of booting back up I had same issue and most the tars I was using held up till I found one that worked I have it saved if u need it lmk
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bstapley said:
Agreed. I had a similar issue the other day. I ended up wiping cache in samsung recovery, and if that doesn't work, wipe data factory reset. I tried rebooting, but it still got stuck at the samsung logo. I then flashed CWM recovery or TWRP recovery through ODIN and then download another rom. Do a factory reset within the new recovery / wipe cache/ wipe dalvik/ wipe system/ and then flash the new rom. That will get it to boot.
Moral of the story is to not freak out too much. You're not in trouble.
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+1
The wiping is key
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An odd situation please help?

Okay so to start off I had RSL14 Hyperdrive installed on the rom, ended up trying a new one and when going to wipe data, cache, dalvik, system as usual i ran into an odd error. I am using TWRP recovery and when going to wipe data, the phone just restarted, so i rebooted into recovery and tried again same thing.....which was odd. So i reinstalled twrp and then tried again same thing. Then I decided to install CWM 6.0.1.2 and it wipes data and everything fine, but when going to wipe cache, dalvik, or data it sometimes states E: unknown volume for path {/sd-ext}. On top of that everyonce in a while it says E: unable to format unsafe partition?
Please help its causing me problems and I am a flashaholic.
Regards,
Sean

sean82007 said:
Okay so to start off I had RSL14 Hyperdrive installed on the rom, ended up trying a new one and when going to wipe data, cache, dalvik, system as usual i ran into an odd error. I am using TWRP recovery and when going to wipe data, the phone just restarted, so i rebooted into recovery and tried again same thing.....which was odd. So i reinstalled twrp and then tried again same thing. Then I decided to install CWM 6.0.1.2 and it wipes data and everything fine, but when going to wipe cache, dalvik, or data it sometimes states E: unknown volume for path {/sd-ext}. On top of that everyonce in a while it says E: unable to format unsafe partition?
Please help its causing me problems and I am a flashaholic.
Regards,
Sean
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Unsafe partition usually means your internal partitions got corrupted somehow.
I would suggest to flash a stock ROM via ODIN or ADB. You could try MSkips toolbox if your comfortable using it-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
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So....
joeyhdownsouth said:
Unsafe partition usually means your internal partitions got corrupted somehow.
I would suggest to flash a stock ROM via ODIN or ADB. You could try MSkips toolbox if your comfortable using it-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
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If I flash the stock recovery via odin will this fix the partition? I'd really hate to have to do that but reflashed both recoveries a couple different times and like the rom im currently on but if it must be then I guess I have no choice.

sean82007 said:
If I flash the stock recovery via odin will this fix the partition? I'd really hate to have to do that but reflashed both recoveries a couple different times and like the rom im currently on but if it must be then I guess I have no choice.
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I think you need to flash both of them over.
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Make a backup, ODIN back to stock rooted, then reflash recovery and restore

CNexus said:
Make a backup, ODIN back to stock rooted, then reflash recovery and restore
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I was gonna tell him that, but I figured with all the issues he was having, it was better to start from scratch.
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Help...Soft bricked?

Hi all, today my phone was acting very strange so I decided to do a factory wipe.
Afterwards I tried to boot my phone and it just sat on the samsung screen.
I then decided to wipe everything and restore a back-up of a different rom.
The install of the back-up failed.
I tried to install a fresh rom and it failed.
I am getting these errors in twrp.
E: error opening ' /data/data/com.sec.spen.flashan
E: error: I/O error
E: error opening ' /data/data/com.sec.spen.flashan
E: error: I/O error
E: error opening ' /data/data/com. samsung. android
E: error: not a directory
E: error opening ' /data/data/com. samsung. android
E: error: I/O error
I am not sure what to do at this point.
I was on Smoothest Note 2/3 Rom and running twrp.
Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED.

You need to read the last few pages of the thread.
1. Possibly billiards factory reset
2.philz recovery
3. Lots of wiping..
Read the thread.. Last few pages at least. Post if you are still hung up.

Ron36 said:
Hi all, today my phone was acting very strange so I decided to do a factory wipe.
Afterwards I tried to boot my phone and it just sat on the samsung screen.
I then decided to wipe everything and restore a back-up of a different rom.
The install of the back-up failed.
I tried to install a fresh rom and it failed.
I am getting these errors in twrp.
E: error opening ' /data/data/com.sec.spen.flashan
E: error: I/O error
E: error opening ' /data/data/com.sec.spen.flashan
E: error: I/O error
E: error opening ' /data/data/com. samsung. android
E: error: not a directory
E: error opening ' /data/data/com. samsung. android
E: error: I/O error
I am not sure what to do at this point.
I was on Smoothest Note 2/3 Rom and running twrp.
Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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Twrp does not backup or restore tw 4.3 or any 4.4 properly. Best bet is install philz 6.07.9 and flash fresh.
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jlmancuso said:
Twrp does not backup or restore tw 4.3 or any 4.4 properly. Best bet is install philz 6.07.9 and flash fresh.
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Thanks to all who replied.

Ron36 said:
Thanks bud.
I am looking for the philz download for my device but I dont see it here.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition
You think you could assist a bit more?
EDIT.. is it this file? philz_touch_6.07.9-l900.zip
Thanks to all who replied.
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That link looks right "L900" except it looks like this "l900"
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/l900

ColeTrain! said:
That link looks right "L900" except it looks like this "l900"
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/l900
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I installed philz and installed a ver of jellybomb and Im again stuck on the samsung screen.
what should I do?

Ron36 said:
I installed philz and installed a ver of jellybomb and Im again stuck on the samsung screen.
what should I do?
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Ron.
The thing that is probably going on is that bits of data are left over. We need to clean.
Process A is this link. And we should still do process B but, this is the deep clean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
Process B.
-Install philz. Some people have luck, i didn't. I don't think it works with 4.3
-"format " select data, cashe, sdcard. Not sdcard1 (cuz that is your external) and etc
Reboot recovery
Wipe cashe, wipe dalvidec, wipe for new rom, wipe factory reset.
Don't restore anything old that isn't 4.3... Or flash new 4.3
If you want to try process B first, it may be all you need. But if it doesn't work, do all of it.
Jlmancuso is your goto if that doesn't work. The samsung screen does take a few minutes, be patient.
I hope this helps.

ColeTrain! said:
Ron.
The thing that is probably going on is that bits of data are left over. We need to clean.
Process A is this link. And we should still do process B but, this is the deep clean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
Process B.
-Install philz. Some people have luck, i didn't. I don't think it works with 4.3
-"format " select data, cashe, sdcard. Not sdcard1 (cuz that is your external) and etc
Reboot recovery
Wipe cashe, wipe dalvidec, wipe for new rom, wipe factory reset.
Don't restore anything old that isn't 4.3... Or flash new 4.3
If you want to try process B first, it may be all you need. But if it doesn't work, do all of it.
Jlmancuso is your goto if that doesn't work. The samsung screen does take a few minutes, be patient.
I hope this helps.
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thanks bud!!
I was finally able to install the latest smooth rom w/o aroma but I am getting this error when the phone boots up.
UIDS on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable. with a tab that say im feeling lucky. I selected that and all seems fine but i cannot turn on my wifi.
sorry to be a pain, but what should I do?
EDIT........
I found the wifi fix and it is now working, but I am still getting the error on start up about the data partition.
what should I do?

Ron36 said:
thanks bud!!
I was finally able to install the latest smooth rom w/o aroma but I am getting this error when the phone boots up.
UIDS on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable. with a tab that say im feeling lucky. I selected that and all seems fine but i cannot turn on my wifi.
sorry to be a pain, but what should I do?
EDIT........
I found the wifi fix and it is now working, but I am still getting the error on start up about the data partition.
what should I do?
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Follow the steps he provided. Proper wiping is super important.
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jlmancuso said:
Follow the steps he provided. Proper wiping is super important.
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Sent you a pm.
Thanks some more!

Ron36 said:
Sent you a pm.
Thanks some more!
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Here is how to do a clean wipe, just remember you r doing like format the comp. hard drive and install new OS. I see u have Philz now. Boot into Philz then go to Mounts and Storage and pick format /data and /data/media (/sdcard). Once done pick: format /system. done pick format /preload. Then go back and chose Wipe Cache Partition. Once it finish, pick Wipe Data/Factory Reset. First, pick Wipe Data/Factory Reset. When finish, pick Clean to Install a New ROM. Then Reboot back into RECOVERY and now you can install any rom of your choice in the external sdcard (showned as sdcard1 in Philz). If it's still not working, use Philz to install the back to unrooted stock MC2 by Billard412 and follow my steps in the other thread. The reason I said this because I have to note 2. Once is fine with whatever wipe. The other had to go back to MC2 and upgrade to MK4 then rooted through CF Auto Root and install TWRP then Philz then wipe everything in the above steps then everything is fine with a hitch.

na_tra said:
Here is how to do a clean wipe, just remember you r doing like format the comp. hard drive and install new OS. I see u have Philz now. Boot into Philz then go to Mounts and Storage and pick format /data and /data/media (/sdcard). Once done pick: format /system. done pick format /preload. Then go back and chose Wipe Cache Partition. Once it finish, pick Wipe Data/Factory Reset. First, pick Wipe Data/Factory Reset. When finish, pick Clean to Install a New ROM. Then you can install any rom of your choice in the external sdcard (showned as sdcard1 in Philz). If it's still not working, use Philz to install the back to unrooted stock MC2 by Billard412 and follow my steps in the other thread. The reason I said this because I have to note 2. Once is fine with whatever wipe. The other had to go back to MC2 and upgrade to MK4 then rooted through CF Auto Root and install TWRP then Philz then wipe everything in the above steps then everything is fine with a hitch.
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Thanks for the help. I now have my note2 back up fully and I am back on a jellybomb rom. not sure if i will go back to a 4.3 rom as I never had this many issues on ANY phone on any rom on any OS.
Keep up the good work helping the slow members like myself.

Ron36 said:
Thanks for the help. I now have my note2 back up fully and I am back on a jellybomb rom. not sure if i will go back to a 4.3 rom as I never had this many issues on ANY phone on any rom on any OS.
Keep up the good work helping the slow members like myself.
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Remember not to use TWRP to back up 4.3 and install it. It wont work. I always have the back to unrooted stock MC2 in the external sdcard just in case flashing the new rom wont work. I am glad you got your note 2 back. You should try out the Smoothest Note 2/3 1.3 tester. It is very stable and has alot of Note 3 features.

na_tra said:
Remember not to use TWRP to back up 4.3 and install it. It wont work. I always have the back to unrooted stock MC2 in the external sdcard just in case flashing the new rom wont work. I am glad you got your note 2 back. You should try out the Smoothest Note 2/3 1.3 tester. It is very stable and has alot of Note 3 features.
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I actually installed smoothest rom with TWRP with no issues until I started to use TWRP with Smoothest.
Ultimately it was my fault for not switching to Philz. I just had to many backups for TWRP and as I said I was able to install Smoothest from it so I thought all was good.
Is Philz compatible with the older roms or do I need to keep switching recoveries?

Ron36 said:
I actually installed smoothest rom with TWRP with no issues until I started to use TWRP with Smoothest.
Ultimately it was my fault for not switching to Philz. I just had to many backups for TWRP and as I said I was able to install Smoothest from it so I thought all was good.
Is Philz compatible with the older roms or do I need to keep switching recoveries?
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you r fine to install any rom with TWRP. but if you use it for back up and then restore the MK4, it just wont work. I am not sure about Philz and older rom. So cant tell you.

na_tra said:
you r fine to install any rom with TWRP. but if you use it for back up and then restore the MK4, it just wont work. I am not sure about Philz and older rom. So cant tell you.
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Philz is good for everything. It will work for every rom and it will even restore your twrp backups. If you used 6.07.9 the option for twrp is under backup/restore then misc options.
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Ron36 said:
thanks bud!!
I was finally able to install the latest smooth rom w/o aroma but I am getting this error when the phone boots up.
UIDS on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable. with a tab that say im feeling lucky. I selected that and all seems fine but i cannot turn on my wifi.
sorry to be a pain, but what should I do?
EDIT........
I found the wifi fix and it is now working, but I am still getting the error on start up about the data partition.
what should I do?
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You inspired me to start this thread. Still a work in progress.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648855

ColeTrain! said:
You inspired me to start this thread. Still a work in progress.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648855
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Glad I could help. LOL

Ron36 said:
Glad I could help. LOL
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Its finished. I have solicited some people more knowledgeable to proofread, are you up and running well?

ColeTrain! said:
Its finished. I have solicited some people more knowledgeable to proofread, are you up and running well?
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I was last night, but now not so much. My phone is trying to hands free activate unsuccessfully and my data connection does not work. My GPS may not be working also.
I have tried a factory and data wipe and reinstalled the rom. I also called sprint for help but nothing they suggested worked.
I'm at a loss as what to do next. What do you suggest?

Bootlooping

Hi, phones been running great until yesterday when it started telling me the disk space was nearly full(via es filee xplorer). It then turned off a few times and i turned it on again. The phone would shut off if I tried to do anything like launch the camera app. It now bootloops when i try to turn it on.
I have tried wiping dalvic cache, factory reset, recover from a recovery point i made when i installed the cm13 rom and reinstalling the custom rom like I did the first time using twrp.
The phone did once go into a boot animation of the old boot screen(02 animation), another time it started the miui boot logo but went back to the normal samsung galaxy note 2 boot loop where its stuck at now.
Any suggestions on how i could get it running again? Thanks!

Note2mk said:
Hi, phones been running great until yesterday when it started telling me the disk space was nearly full(via es filee xplorer). It then turned off a few times and i turned it on again. The phone would shut off if I tried to do anything like launch the camera app. It now bootloops when i try to turn it on.
I have tried wiping dalvic cache, factory reset, recover from a recovery point i made when i installed the cm13 rom and reinstalling the custom rom like I did the first time using twrp.
The phone did once go into a boot animation of the old boot screen(02 animation), another time it started the miui boot logo but went back to the normal samsung galaxy note 2 boot loop where its stuck at now.
Any suggestions on how i could get it running again? Thanks!
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Tried putting stock rom back on but still bootlooping. When i go into android system recovery it says twice
E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)

Search for efs.tar file on the internet for n7100, flash it via Odin then wipe data, cache and davlik cache.

Skull97 said:
Search for efs.tar file on the internet for n7100, flash it via Odin then wipe data, cache and davlik cache.
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Thanks. Any instructions /tutorials on how to flash an efs file?
Is it the same procedure as flashing a stock ROM using Odin?

Note2mk said:
Thanks. Any instructions /tutorials on how to flash an efs file?
Is it the same procedure as flashing a stock ROM using Odin?
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It should use the same procedure as flash stock ROM. I'm not sure because the last time I did it was some years ago.
I have found another way, it's​ a bit hard, but safer
http://www.selftechgenius.com/how-t...nvalid-argument-in-all-samsung-galaxy-phones/

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Skull97 said:
It should use the same procedure as flash stock ROM. I'm not sure because the last time I did it was some years ago.
I have found another way, it's​ a bit hard, but safer
http://www.selftechgenius.com/how-t...nvalid-argument-in-all-samsung-galaxy-phones/
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Gave it a read. Phones not entering recovery mode anymore so not sure I can proceed. Maybe try flashing stock ROM again.