[Q] Stuck booting into recovery (TWRP) - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

My phone is stuck booting into TWRP recovery, no matter what I do. My screen is also broken so I can't touch anything in it, and the otg mouse doesn't work, and the volume button doesn't work. Any suggestions?

Any help at all? I really need this fixed ASAP.

Use adb to reboot download mode. Then odin flash the stock firmware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Use adb to reboot download mode. Then odin flash the stock firmware.
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Thank you so much! You honestly saved me. I can't believe it was that simple!

Right on!
Glad it worked!
Good luck with the rest!
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Need Help Getting Out of ClockWorkMod Screen

I'm stuck on the Clockwork Mod recovery screen. Due to an issue detailed here, the gist of which was accidentally installing a kernel designed for the international Galaxy S2, I no longer can use my home and menu keys, and therefore cannot select anything on the Clockwork recovery screen (i.e. "power off"). Removing and replacing the battery just restarts the phone and takes me back to the Clockwork screen. Any help is appreciated!
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HZ
use vol up and vol down to navigate. Power to select
On my phone so didn't read the whole thread, can you get to odin mode?
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crawrj said:
On my phone so didn't read the whole thread, can you get to odin mode?
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If so just flash the stock kernel or rom.
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crawrj said:
If so just flash the stock kernel or rom.
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yea that will work. i flashed an international version to and the recovery didnt work.
flashing stock thru odin worked fine.

after flashing a rom wont boot into recovery

i went to flash miui and i emded going back to my old rom then tried to boot into recovery and it hangs on the boot screen but will boot normally just not into recovery
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classic7876 said:
i went to flash miui and i emded going back to my old rom then tried to boot into recovery and it hangs on the boot screen but will boot normally just not into recovery
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Power off the phone and boot into recovery the normal way. Hold the camera button, volume down, and the Power button.
i tried that still wont boot into recovery
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classic7876 said:
i tried that still wont boot into recovery
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Looks like you will have to odin back to stock, and reroot then. Looks like you got the MIUI that had the nuked recovery... there is a newer one i thought that had fixed this issue. If you need a tutorial on how to go back to stock you can find that here : Unroot/Unbrick Epic 4g
You can also re-flash recovery via fastboot flasher.Or just try reinstalling recovery the usal way via adb.
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nerot said:
You can also re-flash recovery via fastboot flasher.Or just try reinstalling recovery the usal way via adb.
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Where will he get a copy of the MTD Recovery to flash?
OP, what ROM did you go back to? Did you do this by restoring a nandroid? It looks like to get back to MTD Recovery you will need to Odin back to stock with repartition checked then move forward from there since you can't get into CWM. You can try ROM Manager before you go that route, set it for manual flash override, Epic-MTD and clockwork 3.x.x.x and see if it will get you into cwm. If not Odin is the way to go.
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nerot said:
You can also re-flash recovery via fastboot flasher.Or just try reinstalling recovery the usal way via adb.
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No you cant, there isnt an MTD clockwork mod that you can flash... and you dont use ADB on this phone for recovery... its Odin. Otherwise if he reflashed the Recovery through odin he would brick his phone.
And the moderator beats me to it
ÜBER™ said:
No you cant, there isnt an MTD clockwork mod that you can flash... and you dont use ADB on this phone for recovery... its Odin. Otherwise if he reflashed the Recovery through odin he would brick his phone.
And the moderator beats me to it
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I didn't know that.Fastboot flasher worked fine for me when I screwed up my recovery like this.And my friend tried the adb way.Tough his phone died 5 days later but I don't think its from that
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nerot said:
I didn't know that.Fastboot flasher worked fine for me when I screwed up my recovery like this.And my friend tried the adb way.Tough his phone died 5 days later but I don't think its from that
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We dont have fastboot
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nerot said:
You can also re-flash recovery via fastboot flasher.Or just try reinstalling recovery the usal way via adb.
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epic doesnt support fastboot.
You can flash a boot.img with adb tho. Google "how to flash a boot image with adb" for a tutorial.
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marcusant said:
You can flash a boot.img with adb tho. Google "how to flash a boot image with adb" for a tutorial.
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That's what I said but they told me that it will brick the device.
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[Q] Possible Brick: Is a jig my only hope?

I did a duma$$ move. I flashed a rom on top of a different rom without wiping.
- Phone boots up
- Boot animation displays
- Freezes on 'Android' Screen
- Does not go into Recovery
- Does not go into Download mode
- PC doesn't see it, but pc makes a sound when I plug it in, and drivers attempt to install when I plug in to pc (fail)
- Kies takes a while but I got "This device is not supported by Kies 2.0. Please try again'
Any and all help is appreciated.
Duma!!!!!! You vietnameeeee?!
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dannydv said:
Duma!!!!!! You vietnameeeee?!
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Nope. Americano
vazquezcmp said:
Nope. Americano
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Dumaa even worse!!! Lol!!
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Flash factory image. Its not bricked
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ssCISengineer said:
Flash factory image. Its not bricked
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Yep! Or odin back to stock!
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dannydv said:
Yep! Or odin back to stock!
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I can't get into 'download mode'. Is there another way?
vazquezcmp said:
I can't get into 'download mode'. Is there another way?
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Try using ROM toolbox to get into download mode worked for me once when I couldn't get in...
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Bro just use odin and flash the original t889 stock rom in odin.
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deeznutz1977 said:
Try using ROM toolbox to get into download mode worked for me once when I couldn't get in...
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Doing it as we speak. Thanks Man.
vazquezcmp said:
Doing it as we speak. Thanks Man.
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Actually what I have is the GN2 Toolkit. Is it the same thing? If not where can I find?
dannydv said:
Bro just use odin and flash the original t889 stock rom in odin.
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I thought you need to be able to get into 'download mode' for Odin to see your device?
vazquezcmp said:
Actually what I have is the GN2 Toolkit. Is it the same thing? If not where can I find?
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That's what I meant lol sorry about that... At least you knew what I was talking about. The tool kit got my phone into download when nothing else would. It worked even when adb wouldn't Thankfully I only has that problem one time
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if you got into download mode and odin'ed back to stock and it gets stuck on the "samsung with the blue logo behind it" boot screen than you have to go to stock recovery and wipe data and cache there and reboot, i had the same problem earlier but mine could get into recovery and download mode but it wouldnt wipe the data it would just turn off whenever i tried to
deeznutz1977 said:
That's what I meant lol sorry about that... At least you knew what I was talking about. The tool kit got my phone into download when nothing else would. It worked even when adb wouldn't Thankfully I only has that problem one time
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HOLY S-H-I-T SNACKS! I got into download mode. Rather then pressing Volume UP + Home + Power, I did same but Volume Down, and I'm Golden.
Thanks for all the help and Replys. Love this community. I root because this is what we do. I stand behind those that say Samsungs are damn near impossible to brick.
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haldi15 said:
if you got into download mode and odin'ed back to stock and it gets stuck on the "samsung with the blue logo behind it" boot screen than you have to go to stock recovery and wipe data and cache there and reboot, i had the same problem earlier but mine could get into recovery and download mode but it wouldnt wipe the data it would just turn off whenever i tried to
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How'd you do that? I might have the same situation.
to get into the stock recovery you hold volume up and home and the power button at the same time, use the volume keys to move up and down and power button to select than wipe data and cache and reboot

Bricked?

Hello, so today i was getting a play market error so i decided to flash another recovery, as mine is the earliest versions of TWRP, so i went ahead and flashed it with Odin. It was successful, but wouldn't boot into recovery. So i went ahead and tried to flash another recovery and now it says NAND write fail. Is it bricked ?
It still boots to 4.2.2 AOSP, but i have no root so can't flash recovery.
I AM OFFICIALLY SCREWED !
After getting out of download mode, it wouldnt boot anymore. Firmware upgrade issue. !
I would say buy a usb jig from eBay. Much faster and cheaper than anything else. It forces the phone to go to download mode and from then you can go to Odin and flash stock.
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XxKINGxX2580 said:
I would say buy a usb jig from eBay. Much faster and cheaper than anything else. It forces the phone to go to download mode and from then you can go to Odin and flash stock.
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Somehow i managed to get it into Download Mode, but i can't find any stock odin files. Can you help me please!?
Edit: I found it but it's 1.6 GB.. Waiting 10mins
Edit: Weird, but after trying to flash top 3 famous recoveries, they all failed. So i went back and flashed the original recovery and it succeeded!
Thanks for your help, i'll have to figure out how to flash a useable recovery now >.>
Husam2011 said:
Somehow i managed to get it into Download Mode, but i can't find any stock odin files. Can you help me please!?
Edit: I found it but it's 1.6 GB.. Waiting 10mins
Edit: Weird, but after trying to flash top 3 famous recoveries, they all failed. So i went back and flashed the original recovery and it succeeded!
Thanks for your help, i'll have to figure out how to flash a useable recovery now >.>
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IDK how yours failed. Just a few days ago, I flashed TWRP after trying out the new CWM, and everything went great.
Husam2011 said:
Somehow i managed to get it into Download Mode, but i can't find any stock odin files. Can you help me please!?
Edit: I found it but it's 1.6 GB.. Waiting 10mins
Edit: Weird, but after trying to flash top 3 famous recoveries, they all failed. So i went back and flashed the original recovery and it succeeded!
Thanks for your help, i'll have to figure out how to flash a useable recovery now >.>
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samsung-updates.com
if you can get into d/l mode, you have it whipped.
Here's the TWRP 2.5.0.2 file:
https://hotfile.com/dl/230303459/7ce1553/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.2-jfltexx.tar.html
Install with ODIN.
Steps to follow........
Method #1 -
Place file in PDA box*
Uncheck all other boxes.
Press start.
When installation is complete, unplug usb cord and pull the battery.
Insert the battery but Don't turn on the phone.
Place phone in Recovery mode via the Power + Volume up buttons.
Method #2 -
The other way I've read to install TWRP Recovery is:
Place the TWRP 2.5.0.2 tar in the PDA box*
Check the auto reboot box and f time reset box.
Start the installation and let the phone reboot.
I believe Method #2 is the method of choice, but sometimes the Recovery doesn't take, so Method #1is recommended.
Here is an explanation why:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41166759&postcount=28
I take that this version doesn't have the bugs 2.6.o.o has?
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alloycowboy said:
I take that this version doesn't have the bugs 2.6.o.o has?
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I have been using TWRP 2.5.0.2 for the past few months and have not experienced One issue, or really any issues. The issues I've been reading about have been with TWRP 2.6.0.0.
Yea its what im running. Guess I will Odin to 2.5
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alloycowboy said:
Yea its what im running. Guess I will Odin to 2.5
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Yes, use the tutorial in case you have an issue flashing the recovery, but I think you'll be fine
Biker1 said:
Yes, use the tutorial in case you have an issue flashing the recovery, but I think you'll be fine
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Link is dead. Plus I know how to use Odin. But thanks for the tar file
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alloycowboy said:
Link is dead. Plus I know how to use Odin. But thanks for the tar file
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You referencing the 2nd link?
I fixed it, momentarily.
Fixed.
Link to XDA is dead
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alloycowboy said:
Link to XDA is dead
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Fixed it.

I think I bricked my phone...

Hey guys, I think I bricked my phone, but I haven't encountered anything like this yet. I rebooted into recovery from a rom, but it keeps bootlooping, but keeps trying to get into recovery (so a recovery bootloop kind of thing?). Does anybody know how to fix this? I have tried pulling the battery out but it just keeps bootlooping. Any help would be appreciated.
Try this.... turn your phone completely off then boot into download mode "trying to break the boot cycle" and hit cancel after you hit cancel the phone will try to restart.
If this doesn't work try to flashing a different recovery thru Odin.
Hoping this helps
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Sounds like a recovery bootloop. Try what was suggested above.
This happens when your recovery somehow gets corrupted. Using odin to flash another recovery will fix the issue.
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jlmancuso said:
Sounds like a recovery bootloop. Try what was suggested above.
This happens when your recovery somehow gets corrupted. Using odin to flash another recovery will fix the issue.
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Harjan112 said:
Try this.... turn your phone completely off then boot into download mode "trying to break the boot cycle" and hit cancel after you hit cancel the phone will try to restart.
If this doesn't work try to flashing a different recovery thru Odin.
Hoping this helps
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Thanks! But... I tried the above and it's still not working.. I guess I will have to install a new recovery through odin.
bobloiy said:
Thanks! But... I tried the above and it's still not working.. I guess I will have to install a new recovery through odin.
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Yes that should do the trick
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