Ok, I rooted my T-Mobile Samsung G3 via odin and CF-Auto-root with no problem. I then loaded 2 different custom roms using ClockworkMod rom manager without any issue. On the 3rd rom I tried though it now sticks on the my little pony from hell "Initiating Swagger" screen. At this point I am not sure which mod is the one that failed, since using rom manager loads the info to my phone not my computer.
The only screens I can get on the phone is the idin screen and the system recovery screen with 5 options:
1. reboot system now
2. apply update from external storage
3. wipe data/factory rest
4. wipe cache partition
5. apply update from cache
After reading the 4 or so posts on Initiating Swagger that were phones that were a different phone I am even more confused. I d/l a few different custom roms and tried installing them via Odin3 with no luck. (converted the .img file to tar file using Samsung Galaxy S3 toolkit then installed via pda mode in Odin) Can anyone explain the steps I need to take to get back to a booting phone either stock or a working rom?
Quantumcat said:
Ok, I rooted my T-Mobile Samsung G3 via odin and CF-Auto-root with no problem. I then loaded 2 different custom roms using ClockworkMod rom manager without any issue. On the 3rd rom I tried though it now sticks on the my little pony from hell "Initiating Swagger" screen. At this point I am not sure which mod is the one that failed, since using rom manager loads the info to my phone not my computer.
The only screens I can get on the phone is the idin screen and the system recovery screen with 5 options:
1. reboot system now
2. apply update from external storage
3. wipe data/factory rest
4. wipe cache partition
5. apply update from cache
After reading the 4 or so posts on Initiating Swagger that were phones that were a different phone I am even more confused. I d/l a few different custom roms and tried installing them via Odin3 with no luck. (converted the .img file to tar file using Samsung Galaxy S3 toolkit then installed via pda mode in Odin) Can anyone explain the steps I need to take to get back to a booting phone either stock or a working rom?
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You are not doing things properly...
Get the TMo stock ROM and flash with ODIN, and post back once you're up and running again.
Here is the step you take: wipe data/factory reset.
Also, get rid of the stock recovery.
And stop messing with Odin before you brick your phone
Aerowinder said:
Here is the step you take: wipe data/factory reset.
Also, get rid of the stock recovery.
And stop messing with Odin before you brick your phone
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+1 to that...
OP if you PM me your Gtalk, I'll help you...
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Hi, I'm new here & I've been searching countless hours through the forums & Google trying to find my answer but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
This is my first time I ever "root" my Android device, I've had experience in jailbreaking my iPhone in the past but nowadays even a baby can do it.
The thing is, I was following these guides here trying to flash this Jelly Bean rom:
(Apprently new guys can't post links to guides... okay..
*guide 1
*guide 2
I have a T-Mobile T999 Model so I got that nailed down.
When I boot into that recovery whatever I get a different screen than the one presented on this screen:
*picture 1
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When I'm around that step I get :
"Volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select. (though in the tutorial it says home? wtf?)
reboot system now
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apple update from cache
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That's all I get, though in the tutoral it says:
"Copy the downloaded zip files from step 3 and step 4 to the internal SD card. Do not extract them."
&
"Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Scroll to the ROM file on the SD card and select it. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM will start installing."
Though, the thing is. I don't have "Install zip from sdcard" just some big ol' robot in the background with some wierd stuff in his chest like blue wires. What happened?
*guide 1: www(dot)theandroidsoul(dot)com/t-mobile-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999-gets-official-cyanogenmod-10-cm10-guide/
*guide 2: www(dot)galaxys3root(dot)com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-and-canada-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
can anyone tell me what's going on? did I mess up my phone?
*picture 1: www(dot)galaxys3root(dot)com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/howto-root-us-canada-galaxys3-sght999-sghi717-sphl710-17-690x384.jpg
You are still on stock recovery. You need custom recovery to flash roms. To get a custom recovery use odin. Found here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168421&d=1341114315
Download one of the attached recoveries and load in PDA slot of odin.
When you open ODIN, there will be 2 boxes checked. F.Reset Time and Auto Reboot. I recommend that you uncheck Auto Reboot so only F.Reset Time is checked. When the flash is complete,(green box says PASS!) your phone will not reboot by itself. From there Hold Vol-Up+Home+Power and boot straight to recovery.
Once you boot into custom recovery, flash this to root your current rom http://k0nane.info/rom/ecm/TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip.
Alternatively, you can just skip to flashing your CM10 rom (after a nandroid backup of course)
billard412 said:
You are still on stock recovery. You need custom recovery to flash roms. To get a custom recovery use odin. Found here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168421&d=1341114315
Download one of the attached recoveries and load in PDA slot of odin.
When you open ODIN, there will be 2 boxes checked. F.Reset Time and Auto Reboot. I recommend that you uncheck Auto Reboot so only F.Reset Time is checked. When the flash is complete,(green box says PASS!) your phone will not reboot by itself. From there Hold Vol-Up+Home+Power and boot straight to recovery.
Once you boot into custom recovery, flash this to root your current rom http://k0nane.info/rom/ecm/TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip.
Alternatively, you can just skip to flashing your CM10 rom (after a nandroid backup of course)
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Hello!
I've done this Odin portion already, I've already gotten past the Odin "PASS" & all that good stuff. The thing is, when I do Vol-Up+Home+Power I'm I'm shown only this:
reboot system now
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apple update from cache
I am not doing Vol-Down-Home-Power since that's just the other recovery correct?
The question is .. do I need a Sdcard to flash a rom into my galaxy s3? cause I don't have one..
Edit:
This is the recovery mode screen I'm shown when I do Volume-Up-Home-Power:
www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=UxaVXJJdhhk
I don't have that model it's just showing you the recovery screen I get. I'm guessing it's not the custom one?
Use Odin and CWM from my signature.
I got it, I know what's wrong to anyone else having this problem.
To those that applied the Samsung update - samrung overrides the recovery if you don't remove the battery!
taco7712 said:
I got it, I know what's wrong to anyone else having this problem.
To those that applied the Samsung update - samrung overrides the recovery if you don't remove the battery!
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I was about to post that =P
psykhotic said:
I was about to post that =P
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Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
And I'm fairly certain you need a sdcard to flash ROMs.
You don't need an external sd to flash roms.
taco7712 said:
I got it, I know what's wrong to anyone else having this problem.
To those that applied the Samsung update - samrung overrides the recovery if you don't remove the battery!
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Hi
i figured out how to update my original firmware of 4.1.1 on my Note 2 N7105 LTE to 4.1.2 by downloading this tar.md5 (N7105XXDLL4_N7105TMHDLK8_TMH) through Odin
and it seemed to work because in "about device" it says im running 4.1.2 and it also seems to be a REALLY annoying European T-Mobile version because of the short and LOUD t-mobile video every single time i open and close my phone.
I also installed CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.5-jb which works perfectly (thank god)
now when i tried to boot the deodexed rom for N7105XXDLL4 through recovery via sd card. everything seems fine i can choose all the options in sequence and when i get to the end it tries to install (percentage bar) but stops very quickly and reboots me to recovery mode...the first time i did that it forced me to restore from backup (because it wouldnt boot at all) and the second time i did it it made me reboot and the samsung logo appeared followed by "android is upgrading 0 to 162" I WAS SUPPPPER HAPPPPY!! but i was crossing my fingers...low and behold the phone did boot but all the fonts and everything else were EXTREMELY tiny and a message kept popping up saying SystemSU has closed or something..
I obviously restored back to t-mobile 4.1.2 (hungarian)
Is there something wrong im doing during the installation? should i try and upload it through odin or something instead of through my sd card??and how do you do that?? i mean it cant be the wrong deodexed because i chose the first one for xxdll4 and it the installation does boot on my phone..
i mean everything looks great except for the fact that it stops at the beginning of installation and reboots me to recovery prematurely....
ANY HELP???!!!! THANKS!!!
Proced a factoty reset, erase format all except SD Csrd in CWM optiond.
Install TWRP via CWM
Install update uding TWRP
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Proced a factoty reset, erase format all except SD Csrd in CWM optiond.
Install TWRP via CWM
Install update uding TWRP
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id be more than HAPPY to thank you!! trust me!! :good:
considering im a tad of a noob..
can you refer to a link or a bit more details on how to proceed with all this??
and also what will this all do for me??
in the end i want 4.1.2 and a custom rom to replace the 4.1.2 tmobile that i already have. and obviously keep some sorth recovery (i already have cwm) other than android recovery 3e.
when i boot recovery mode when i go to wipe data/factory reset
i dont have an option to erase all except sd card...
how do i install twrp?? where is it? and what is it??
install what update using TWRP?? the custom rom?? or another 4.1.2 update??
sorry im trying to understand all this....
TWRP is other kind of recovery. Try a fredh install using it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956939
But, before, wipe/factory reset using CWM
Install TWRP (.zip file) using CWM
Reboot recovery
Install new tom using TWRP
pirata****zu said:
TWRP is other kind of recovery. Try a fredh install using it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956939
But, before, wipe/factory reset using CWM
Install TWRP (.zip file) using CWM
Reboot recovery
Install new tom using TWRP
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i just installed openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0alpha-t0lte.img.tar using ODIN
without doing any factory reset or anything through CWM and it worked...is that bad? im going to try and load rom now....
ari770 said:
i just installed openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0alpha-t0lte.img.tar using ODIN
without doing any factory reset or anything through CWM and it worked...is that bad? im going to try and load rom now....
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now im stuck what are the steps to install deodexed rom in TWRP?? or any rom for that matter....
if i go and press install and select rom file and swipe to comfirm flash,it stops and says "failed" in red
E:/unable to open zip file etc etc
ari770 said:
now im stuck what are the steps to install deodexed rom in TWRP?? or any rom for that matter....
if i go and press install and select rom file and swipe to comfirm flash,it stops and says "failed" in red
E:/unable to open zip file etc etc
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So i finally got it to run deodexed installation on TWRP..i have no idea how lol...i wiped cache and delvik cache and it ran and installed and rebooted
the only issue is that i dont see any difference at all...except for the fact that there is no tmobile video when i restarted my phone...
how do i know if deodexed is installed??? i dont even have phone record..and it gave me the option to install it and its not there...hmmmm
im so lost....
btw how to i get to customize this new rom??
thanks
So am running stock 4.1.2 rooted and suddenly phone restarts and gets stuck at Samsung bootscreen
Factory reset and cache wipe from recovery didnt help
Tried to odin flash a firmware (4.1.2) odin says failed and never starts the flashing
Then I tried a 4.1.1 flashed perfectly. Though at first boot, it gets stuck at the working android logo and keeps restarting
what could be the problem ?
nabilbek said:
So am running stock 4.1.2 rooted and suddenly phone restarts and gets stuck at Samsung bootscreen
Factory reset and cache wipe from recovery didnt help
Tried to odin flash a firmware (4.1.2) odin says failed and never starts the flashing
Then I tried a 4.1.1 flashed perfectly. Though at first boot, it gets stuck at the working android logo and keeps restarting
what could be the problem ?
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Its boot loop?
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nabilbek said:
So am running stock 4.1.2 rooted and suddenly phone restarts and gets stuck at Samsung bootscreen
Factory reset and cache wipe from recovery didnt help
Tried to odin flash a firmware (4.1.2) odin says failed and never starts the flashing
Then I tried a 4.1.1 flashed perfectly. Though at first boot, it gets stuck at the working android logo and keeps restarting
what could be the problem ?
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Is the handset rooted?
If so you need to download samsung note 2 toolkit. this is here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
ensure you have the correct adb drivers but the toolkit can also do this aswell. you then need to put the system into recovery mode. (I assume you know how to boot up recovery.) You need to install a customer recovery specifically TWRP so boot up the toolkit. select your device and make sure you choose the current version of android you have on it not the version you wish to install. You then need to flass an insecure boot image for correct adb access so choose option 3, follow the instructions select TWRP as your recovery and complete as directed.
Once this has finished you then need to download your rom, if its stock it can be located here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849 for n7105 (lte version) and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696 for original.
Download the zip and place into the "push_files_here" of the toolkit folders.
Boot into your new twrp recovery
Reload the toolkit, choose your device, choose the option to push the file to your device, select the device, for destination type"/sdcard/" and follow onscreen options until file is finished.
Your file should now be on your phone in the home folder.
Go to "wipe", select "factory reset" now to "install" select your new spangly rom, wipe dalvik cache once completed and wala you should have one shiny new rooted odexed note 2 that sould load fine. Any issues get back to me and i will be happy to help.
I deliberately bricked my device about 8 times to find the best way to recover.
Kris
Try a pit file.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
a guy said something about a hardware/board defective ? I dont believe it ... could it be true ?
klashnikoff said:
Is the handset rooted?
If so you need to download samsung note 2 toolkit. this is here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
ensure you have the correct adb drivers but the toolkit can also do this aswell. you then need to put the system into recovery mode. (I assume you know how to boot up recovery.) You need to install a customer recovery specifically TWRP so boot up the toolkit. select your device and make sure you choose the current version of android you have on it not the version you wish to install. You then need to flass an insecure boot image for correct adb access so choose option 3, follow the instructions select TWRP as your recovery and complete as directed.
Once this has finished you then need to download your rom, if its stock it can be located here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849 for n7105 (lte version) and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696 for original.
Download the zip and place into the "push_files_here" of the toolkit folders.
Boot into your new twrp recovery
Reload the toolkit, choose your device, choose the option to push the file to your device, select the device, for destination type"/sdcard/" and follow onscreen options until file is finished.
Your file should now be on your phone in the home folder.
Go to "wipe", select "factory reset" now to "install" select your new spangly rom, wipe dalvik cache once completed and wala you should have one shiny new rooted odexed note 2 that sould load fine. Any issues get back to me and i will be happy to help.
I deliberately bricked my device about 8 times to find the best way to recover.
Kris
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hi kris, been on a vacation now am back
thanks for your reply, but when I am flashing the insecure image "boot-insecure-dlk7-N7100.tar"
it gives there is no pit partition
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Try a pit file.
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could u be more precise ? cuz i tried at first flashing with a pit and bootloader, csc, modem, code
nabilbek said:
could u be more precise ? cuz i tried at first flashing with a pit and bootloader, csc, modem, code
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Did you try the method i mentioned using the note 2 toolkit. You need to have a customer recovery and bootloader to install certain thinkgs. Try the noet 2 toolkit and follow the instructions i sent you. This should fix it.
Put stock rom in pda and pit in partition and check repartition.
Then hit start
this is XXXDDDAAA
nothing solved it ... sent it to samsung they fixed it. they said they changed the internal memory and an ic ...
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-I747 (AT&T) that I updated OTA to 4.1.1 a while back. I just decided to root the phone using Odin3 V3.04 and clockworkmod.tar. I tried using clockworkmod at first but couldn't get the phone to go into CWM recovery mode. It just went into stock recovery instead. Reading further, I was told that I need to flash fixboot.tar first, then clockworkmod.tar, then flash CWM_SuperUser_3.0.7.zip file in recovery mode. When I used odin to flash fixboot.tar and rebooted, it boots the Galaxy S3 logo, at&t chime, then goes black with Amber light. It will not boot fully. I then used Odin to flash clockworkmod.tar, rebooted and it also went to blackscreen.I was then able to go into recovery mode and flash the Superuser zip file and reboot but I'm still getting the black screen. What did the fixboot.tar file do to my phone?? Can I reverse this without flashing a whole new rom? I have search the forum for severalhours now with no luck. Any help would be great.
where did you get your initial information and tar? as well as the fixboot info and tar?
check out this rooting thread here on xda. the purpose is to flash cwm recovery onto your device. you then boot into the custom recovery you just installed and root from there. instructions are on the thread.
recovery mode is: vol up + home + power. release just the power button when your device vibrates
xBeerdroiDx said:
where did you get your initial information and tar? as well as the fixboot info and tar?
check out this rooting thread here on xda. the purpose is to flash cwm recovery onto your device. you then boot into the custom recovery you just installed and root from there. instructions are on the thread.
recovery mode is: vol up + home + power. release just the power button when your device vibrates
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I got it from this link - http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
I am aware of the process you mentioned, but it would not work. It just kept going into standard recovery mode instead of custom recovery so I could never root from there. Thats when I came across this link and thought I needed to flash fixboot.tar first as it states. It did work! I was able to flash clockworkmod.tar and then root the phone, but what good does that do now that my phone is hosed at the blackscreen...There were two sites that said to use this fixboot method. I should have known better...
I just read your thred. Looks like my problem was letting the phone reboot. Is there any way to reverse the fixboot.tar I used? Maybe there is a 4.1.1 boot.tar that can put things back as they were?
via the link i provided, in odin, were you unticking the "auto reboot" box?
i've used that thread method on several S3's with no problems. if you were getting a PASS message then it actually worked.
can you get into recovery now? if so, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. reboot.
xBeerdroiDx said:
via the link i provided, in odin, were you unticking the "auto reboot" box?
i've used that thread method on several S3's with no problems. if you were getting a PASS message then it actually worked.
can you get into recovery now? if so, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. reboot.
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I used that method from another site and I was getting a pass. It looks like my issue was letting it reboot. When it didn't go into CWM recovery,I used the fixboot.tar and thats when my phone would not boot past the boot screen. I still have some unsaved material and don't want to wipe the phone. I can get into CWM recovery now. Will doing a data/factory reset wipe everything? If so, is that my only option at this point? I don't want to go to factory and lose everything unless I have to.
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I used that method from another site and I was getting a pass. It looks like my issue was letting it reboot. When it didn't go into CWM recovery,I used the fixboot.tar and thats when my phone would not boot past the boot screen. I still have some unsaved material and don't want to wipe the phone. I can get into CWM recovery now. Will doing a data/factory reset wipe everything? If so, is that my only option at this point? I don't want to go to factory and lose everything unless I have to.
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Well, since I got no response, I did what you said and deleted everything. I still have the same problem. Phone boots to Samsung logo, does jingle and geos to blackscreen with blue light.
Back to my original question. I used the fixboot.tar and it jacked my phone where it only boots to blackscreen with blue light. Is there a fix for this???
I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong thread or section, I'm new to this and am kind of stuck on what to do next. If it is in the wrong section can you let me know where to post?
I'm not sure what the previous version my phone was on but in the recovery menu I see KOT49H.I747UCUFNE4 so I assume it was 4.4.2
Over the weekend I tried to update my stock I747 (no root) through menus using check for update and when it completed my phone would no longer boot.
It gets stuck on the ATT logo and when I try to wipe it in recovery mode it still gets stuck on the same screen.
I have also tried to use Kies but the devise does not show up under the emergency recovery option even though my phone can connect to the computer.
However I have no problems connecting to Odin in download mode.
So what would be the best option for me if I dont want to root my device? Can I use Odin or should I be using a different program?
If I have to root should I follow enewman17 tutorial? If so what step should I start at?
Thanks!
Are you running a stock recovery? Did you wipe everything in recovery?
yep stock recovery, tried to wipe everything but i get the same problem.
If I were in your situation, I would install a custom recovery and custom rom such as cm10.2 to get the phone up and running to verify the bootloader and modem currently on the phone.
Should I be installing the recovery through odin or an sd card? Do you have a link for a tutorial, I've looked through t3chn0s1s's sticky but most instructions seem like they are for phones that can boot.
The method I see using an sd card needs a terminal but i don't think i can get one because I can't boot my phone, is that correct?
Download the latest tar.md5 file from here: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/
Copy the latest CM10.2 or CM11 to your SD card. Place the SD card in the phone.
Flash Philz in the PDA section of Odin 3.07 and don't check anything except F.Reset Time. When you see "Reset" in the status window, disconnet the USB cable, pull the battery, replace the battery, boot into recovery, wipe cache, data, Dalvik, system, flash CM from the SD card, and reboot.
Thanks got it working last night!
If you want to run the latest CM11 or AOSP ROMs, you may have to update to the latest bootoader and modem.