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Phone boots to bootloader help

My friend gave me his phone today, I had previously rooted it for him and installed a rom, he said he tried to flash a gingerbread rom not really knowing what he was doing, and now the phone boots directly to the bootloader screen, it also can go into a green recover, from recovery I try to install zip from sd and sd shows nothing, I'm more familiar using odin with samsung phones so any suggestions would be helpful

You could always take the SD card out and put it directly into your computer and copy a rom to it that way, put it back in phone, boot into recovery and flash from there

From recovery toggle ms ( or something that sounds like that) plug it in via usb then copy a Rom, to the SD card.
Your friend probably formatted everything thing including the sdcard during his attempt to flash, which is why there is nothing there.
If his recovery don't have SD mount, feature (ra has it, clockwork not sure) u will have to pull the SD card and copy a rom to it, or u could possibly use and to push the zip to it,
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Confirmed clockwork mod has mount usb storage. its under mounts and storage>mount usb storage

rob1216 said:
My friend gave me his phone today, I had previously rooted it for him and installed a rom, he said he tried to flash a gingerbread rom not really knowing what he was doing, and now the phone boots directly to the bootloader screen, it also can go into a green recover, from recovery I try to install zip from sd and sd shows nothing, I'm more familiar using odin with samsung phones so any suggestions would be helpful
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Simple he forgot to flash the gapps.. AOSP roms you have to flash the gapps separately and if you dont it will boot loop to HBOOT... what rom did he try to flash.. Also please let him know that if he had read the OP fully he would of known to flash the gapps as well. Let me know if this was the problem... Good Luck

Mount usb.since its green im more than likely assuming its Amon RA recovery.connect to PC and copy the ROM of your choice,and follow prerequisites if any.usually a data/dalvik/cache and factory reset via recovery will suffice.then just flash from SD--->chose zip file--->yourromzipname.zip then power to flash.
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Thanks guys just got home right now going to give it a shot.
Edit: Oh no phone must of died and will not charge in this state, gonna have to borrow a charged battery and see if it works

rob1216 said:
Thanks guys just got home right now going to give it a shot.
Edit: Oh no phone must of died and will not charge in this state, gonna have to borrow a charged battery and see if it works
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Charge the phone while it is off.
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I tried to flash synergy and it got stuck at white htc screen
Edit:Flashed another rom in hboot with an PC36IMG.zip and worked

[Q]After ODIN, Phone wont boot, Please help!!

so i decided the odin, to get back to stock so i can flash MIUI, coming from Frosty Jb, and Ktoonzer kernal. i used boot-insecure-tmo-t999uvalem-cwm to on ODIN, the phone rebooted, and then a blue LED started Flashing. it vibrated and kept rebooting. i took out battery, and goutt into Cwm, then wanted to flash MIUI, but it failed because of Build.prop, so i went back into download and flashed boot-insecure-tmo-t999uvalem-cwm again. now it wont boot, and let me get into Download mode or Cwm
Edit: im can get back into and CWM now, but not Download mode. it needed to run though one cycle of bootlooping before it let me in. So now im back on the Frosty jb, And i feel like my phone wont let me Flash anything else.

What happens when you try to go into download mode from Frostys reboot menu?
Maybe flash the UVALH2 deodexed stock rom and try odin again.
But use either the regular fw from sammobile or root66 from MrRobinson.
Where did you get the fw you've been trying to flash?
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boot-insecure-tmo-t999uvalem-cwm
Is this just a kernel? You had said you were trying to odin back to stock, but this looks to be a cwm flashable file which I doubt is gonna work in odin.
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A similar thing happened toe when I tried going to stock from JB. Try ODIN back to stock using mrRobinsons file. Then boot into the recovery and do a factory reset. Note that this will probably wipe your internal storage
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nicky9door said:
A similar thing happened toe when I tried going to stock from JB. Try ODIN back to stock using mrRobinsons file. Then boot into the recovery and do a factory reset. Note that this will probably wipe your internal storage
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I've never seen Odin wipe internal or external SD cards. As far as I know, it doesn't even have this capability, which is a good thing.

So i got back into Stock. i Rerooted and everything, i downloading Goomanager and the CodenameAndroid ROM From there. i installed the twcr recovery from goomanager. Then i flashed the CodenameAndroid. it has a boot animation but not booting, i cant get into Cwm or Download mode. it goes into Download mode for 2 seconds virbates and roots. Any Idea??

Aerowinder said:
I've never seen Odin wipe internal or external SD cards. As far as I know, it doesn't even have this capability, which is a good thing.
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It wasnt ODIN that wiped my storage. It was running the factory reset from the Samsung 3e Recovery (which I got after I used ODIN to go back to stock)
ishred11 said:
So i got back into Stock. i Rerooted and everything, i downloading Goomanager and the CodenameAndroid ROM From there. i installed the twcr recovery from goomanager. Then i flashed the CodenameAndroid. it has a boot animation but not booting, i cant get into Cwm or Download mode. it goes into Download mode for 2 seconds virbates and roots. Any Idea??
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Getting into recovery can be tricky as there's a short window where you have to release the buttons. The most successful way for me is, with the phone off, hold home+power+vol up. When you see the Samsung logo, look at the top of the screen for a line of blue text. If you see this line, immiediately let go of all buttons.
Another option (might be a longshot) would be to try using ADB during the CodenameAndroid (CNA) boot animation. Search for ADB standalone to get the files you need. While your phone is on the CNA bootscreen, plug it intop your computer and try running "adb devices" from the command line (you'll need to be in the same folder as the ADB executable). If you see a serial number, then try running "adb reboot recovery" which should get you into recovery mode

ishred11 said:
So i got back into Stock. i Rerooted and everything, i downloading Goomanager and the CodenameAndroid ROM From there. i installed the twcr recovery from goomanager. Then i flashed the CodenameAndroid. it has a boot animation but not booting, i cant get into Cwm or Download mode. it goes into Download mode for 2 seconds virbates and roots. Any Idea??
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Did you remember to wipe everything including factory reset in recovery?
If you're already rooted just press reboot recovery in goo manager. Otherwise try what the above post says.
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ishred11 said:
so i decided the odin, to get back to stock so i can flash MIUI, coming from Frosty Jb, and Ktoonzer kernal. i used boot-insecure-tmo-t999uvalem-cwm to on ODIN, the phone rebooted, and then a blue LED started Flashing. it vibrated and kept rebooting. i took out battery, and goutt into Cwm, then wanted to flash MIUI, but it failed because of Build.prop, so i went back into download and flashed boot-insecure-tmo-t999uvalem-cwm again. now it wont boot, and let me get into Download mode or Cwm
Edit: im can get back into and CWM now, but not Download mode. it needed to run though one cycle of bootlooping before it let me in. So now im back on the Frosty jb, And i feel like my phone wont let me Flash anything else.
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Did you make a Nandroid (Backup) of your ROMS? Always make a Backup before flashing anything on your phone. If the solutions the users have posted doesn't work, then USB JIG can be used as a last resort. I would also like to let you know some kernels corresponds to some ROMS. For an example, Frosty is based on TW (Touch Wiz) and can only be flashed with kernels that supports Touch Wiz. Flashing Ktoonzer kernel with, for an example, CM10 would only result in the phone not being able to boot due to CM10 ROM not supporting Touch Wiz. Make sure you flash a kernel that supports the ROM and before any flashing, make a backup via recovery.

[Q] [Question] Soft-Brick Problems

[Longish story]
So, I rooted yesterday, all was good. Used the CF-auto root. After that I got titanium backup and clockwork mod. After that I download the app ROM Toolbox, scrolled over to fonts, clicked a font, pushed continue, device rebooted and it wouldn't fully turn on. It would load up all the way to the Samsung logo and flash blue with that long and have the blue led on. Got scared since it was my first time rooting and stuff and went on forums. Got to clockworkmod and had no progression. Someone told me that I need to download a rom onto my external sd card and plug it back in my device then click that. File didn't work and it said my sdcard can't mount. So I read that I can flash the stock rom from Odin onto my device through the download mode on android. I tried and still am as we speak but it just stays on "system.img". I don't know what to do, and is scared that I can no longer use my device. Is there anything I can do or am I ruined?
Thank you all!

You must do a factory reset in your stock recovery after you flash your stock fw threw odin :beer:
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twanskys204 said:
You must do a factory reset in your stock recovery
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Sorry, how do I do this? I am very very very new at this. Could you please explain? Thank you

twanskys204 said:
You must do a factory reset in your stock recovery after you flash your stock fw threw odin :beer:
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Well, I'm trying to flash a stock rom on my phone via Odin but like I said, it just stays on the "system.img" any ideas?

Download odin and flash stock att rom start over. Your phone would probably have booted rom toolbox reboots can take a long time.
I had issues with rom tool box too. Ill never use it again
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Skwerl23 said:
Download odin and flash stock att rom start over. Your phone would probably have booted rom toolbox reboots can take a long time.
I had issues with rom tool box too. Ill never use it again
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But is it normal if it stays on system.img with a sign of progressing? I mean I have been patient for this to happen but it was going on for more than a hour without moving! Should I do it again and just wait all night? Also, now when I boot up my device, it tells me to do something with Kies, like a recovery. But my device won't even get recognized by my computer so the Kies thing Won't work. Also, I don't believe I can access CWM anymore. Does this matter?

[Q] [[SOLVED]] Recovery Broken, Need Help

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Alright, so I checked through a few pages on the forums, and I didn't see anyone posting about this issue I am having..
I purchased my S3 a few days ago, and instantly rooted it. I used the Odin3 v3.07 method with "root66_SPR_L10VPBLJ7.7Z" ROM. That went well and fine. Then I tried flashing CWM recovery, and when I booted into recovery, it was still the stock. So I downloaded ROM Mangager and flashed the touch CWM recovery, after it finished, it asked if I wanted to boot into recovery. I agreed. Then the phone restarted, and upon starting, it showed the SAMSUNG logo, and "recovery booting" in the top left corner for about half a second. Then it just stayed on a black screen. I could do nothing after that. I then took the battery out for about 5 minutes, threw it back in, and the phone started. So I tried to manually boot into recovery, and the same issue. Took the battery out again, phone started properly, so I then tried to get into download mode. That worked fine, so I downloaded the CWM recovery on my laptop, and connected the phone through Odin, and flashed CWM onto my phone. Odin said it passed, but I still have the same issue when I try to boot into recovery.
Any ideas on something I'm doing wrong?

It is likely that your ROM is detecting the custom recovery and replacing it with the stock one. This was a change made to the stock ROM several versions ago. Before that you did not have to do anything extra to load the custom recovery.
The versions LG8 and later have code to detect an unsigned recovery and replace it with stock. You need to:
- Download TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip and place it on your ineternal sdcard.
- Get into Download Mode and connect ODIN.
- Flash the custom recovery with ODIN but do not check the "Auto Reboot" box in Odin.
- Disconnect the phone from the PC once the recovery is flashed.
- Pull the battery to power down
- Boot directly into recovery (Hold Volume Up, Home and Power buttons until recovery appears. Do not allow the ROM to start).
- Once in the recovery you need to flash the Team Epic Root from Recovery.
- Reboot
All Done

m20120 said:
It is likely that your ROM is detecting the custom recovery and replacing it with the stock one. This was a change made to the stock ROM several versions ago. Before that you did not have to do anything extra to load the custom recovery.
The versions LG8 and later have code to detect an unsigned recovery and replace it with stock. You need to:
- Download TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip and place it on your ineternal sdcard.
- Get into Download Mode and connect ODIN.
- Flash the custom recovery with ODIN but do not check the "Auto Reboot" box in Odin.
- Disconnect the phone from the PC once the recovery is flashed.
- Pull the battery to power down
- Boot directly into recovery (Hold Volume Up, Home and Power buttons until recovery appears. Do not allow the ROM to start).
- Once in the recovery you need to flash the Team Epic Root from Recovery.
- Reboot
All Done
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Correct; and the reason for this is because the updated stock firmware as a script basically that re-flashes stock recovery upon boot if stock isn't detected. The team epic zip removes that. After doing that; I'd recommend flashing the twrp recovery.

Need some Help!
Ok guys got a problem! I have a new Samsung Galaxy Sprint S3 SPH-L710 4.1.1 and I flashed CMW ROM and did not do a back up of the stock OS. The phone still works with the ROM that I flashed cm-10.1m1. I already know befor you say it dumb right! Lol I'm kicking myself because I know better. I need help finding a mirror of the stock OS with all the drivers and kernels! Can anyone help out, thanks. :crying:

Re: [Q] Recovery Broken, Need Help
shadowcop9514 said:
Ok guys got a problem! I have a new Samsung Galaxy Sprint S3 SPH-L710 4.1.1 and I flashed CMW ROM and did not do a back up of the stock OS. The phone still works with the ROM that I flashed cm-10.1m1. I already know befor you say it dumb right! Lol I'm kicking myself because I know better. I need help finding a mirror of the stock OS with all the drivers and kernels! Can anyone help out, thanks. :crying:
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So whats your issue? Why do you need the stock rom...? The drivers are the same and the stock kernel is for stock only, not aosp
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Okay I did some research, and I found online that the Samsung phones need .tar.md5 not .img files for recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484304
I did not use these directions since I don't run linux, and I wasn't going to download VMWare. Anyways, the way I fixed it, I purchased and downloaded Mobile Odin from the Play store. I put the recovery.img on my external SDcard, then opened the app. Under "recovery" I selected recovery.img and then scrolled down to "Flash" It flashed the recovery.img with no problems, then booted me into recovery. I then flashed mrRobinson_Ashaman.v2.20_signed.zip so I could uninstall some bloatware.
That last part was mostly for me, until I find a ROM I like.

CNexus said:
So whats your issue? Why do you need the stock rom...? The drivers are the same and the stock kernel is for stock only, not aosp
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I'm selling my phone and getting the Galaxy S4 and the person wants the stock back on the phone.

shadowcop9514 said:
I'm selling my phone and getting the Galaxy S4 and the person wants the stock back on the phone.
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Oh ok then, just run the latest Supersonic RUU (4.67 i think)
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CNexus said:
Oh ok then, just run the latest Supersonic RUU (4.67 i think)
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Ok, where do I find that ?

shadowcop9514 said:
Ok, where do I find that ?
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WHOOPS. Sorry, I was thinking about another phone
Look up "flash back to stock galaxy s3" on google and you should get some good hits. Ignore the RUU thing, I thought I was on the OG evo forums
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CNexus said:
WHOOPS. Sorry, I was thinking about another phone
Look up "flash back to stock galaxy s3" on google and you should get some good hits. Ignore the RUU thing, I thought I was on the OG evo forums
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Ok thanks!

Phone automatically reboots into broken recovery!

So today i was gonna try to install a custom rom, more specifically Cyanogenmod 10.2. for my Tmobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999). When i went to boot into recovery, i saw the screen that is displayed right before you enter recovery, but then after that it just stayed on a black screen. I took out the battery for a few seconds and powered on my phone. Then i tried entering recovery directly through ROM Manager. I got the same black screen, but now if i try to power on my phone without entering CWM, it automatically tries to go into CWM recovery regardless. . I tried a few battery pulls and nothing has worked yet. Luckily i am able to enter download mode so i can flash the stock rom via odin and then restore my backup from the SD card later. I just wanted to know if there is a simpler fix than this so i don't have to go through the trouble of flashing stock rom again. Btw i am still on the stock rom running android 4.3 jelly bean.

Try flashing custom recovery again and make sure it's the newest.

serio22 said:
Try flashing custom recovery again and make sure it's the newest.
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The problem was i couldn't boot up my phone in the first place because it would automatically go into recovery. I actually fixed it by going it to download mode and then pressing the down button which rebooted the phone properly. I used rom toolbox and now im just gonna stick with TWRP.

RootNoob1299 said:
The problem was i couldn't boot up my phone in the first place because it would automatically go into recovery. I actually fixed it by going it to download mode and then pressing the down button which rebooted the phone properly. I used rom toolbox and now im just gonna stick with TWRP.
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That's what I meant, you can flash recovery in download mode but as long as you got it working its all good. And yes I highly suggest using twrp over cwm

Thanks anyway man! TWR FTW!!