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Bricked bootlooped s3 after recovery.

ok heres the play by play of what i did to get from a fully functioning s3 to brick.
I used Samsung GS3 toolkit and rooted did full nandroid backup installed CWM recovery 5 something then i went to install the at&t version of cynogenmod10. which seemed to be working fine but i was without the google play store on that rom so i installed from zip and i wasnt happy with how it looked so i decided to go back to my nandriod backup which i did threw recovery. when it was doing the recovery it didnt successfully restore the (system) folder. Then i rebooted and am now stuck in bootloop where it just shows the samsung logo. ive tried going into recovery and it doesnt work. It will flash with the screen saying going into recovery with blue writing on top left. then goto black till i release the buttons then it continues into bootloop. any help would be appreciated right now im installing andriod sdk to view the boot log as it boots up.

curry67 said:
ok heres the play by play of what i did to get from a fully functioning s3 to brick.
I used Samsung GS3 toolkit and rooted did full nandroid backup installed CWM recovery 5 something then i went to install the at&t version of cynogenmod10. which seemed to be working fine but i was without the google play store on that rom so i installed from zip and i wasnt happy with how it looked so i decided to go back to my nandriod backup which i did threw recovery. when it was doing the recovery it didnt successfully restore the (system) folder. Then i rebooted and am now stuck in bootloop where it just shows the samsung logo. ive tried going into recovery and it doesnt work. It will flash with the screen saying going into recovery with blue writing on top left. then goto black till i release the buttons then it continues into bootloop. any help would be appreciated right now im installing andriod sdk to view the boot log as it boots up.
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If you can't get into recovery your only option is to reflash a stock rom via ODIN. This is assuming you can get into download mode. (Vol Up + Home + Power) Stock images can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
Follow the directions in the post. Once you are done with the flash, go into recovery and factory reset, wipe dalvik and wipe cache. Reboot and you should have a fully functioning s3 again. Albeit a unrooted s3, but a function s3 nonetheless. You will have to re-root, re-install cwm (I recommend looking into TWRP instead, better recovery IMO), and then you can start flashing again. Make sure you make another Nandroid before continuing to flash. =)

root-injected stock recovery here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

oh ok i found out i wasnt releasing the buttons properly i am now in recovery mode so im guessing the route to go now is to do factory restore im wondering is there a factory image to do that or do i have to download one ive downloading one now from a source on xda

ok so i got the stock firmware and i did factory wipe with catch and dalvik. then i booted into download mode and but in odin 3.07 it isnt being recognized like the box isnt displaying. Im gonna try some different cables and maybe reboot my computer.

curry67 said:
ok so i got the stock firmware and i did factory wipe with catch and dalvik. then i booted into download mode and but in odin 3.07 it isnt being recognized like the box isnt displaying. Im gonna try some different cables and maybe reboot my computer.
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You may not not need Odin. Load a ROM on a SD card and just flash it. Sounds like you just have a bad flash. A basic soft brick.
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yeah ill give that a go. gotta love havin these canada variants. oh yea would i flash the zip folder the mp5 file came in?

[Q] Sprint Note 2 hosed after flashing stuff

Note 2 Hangs at "SAMSUNG NOTE II" part of boot process.
- 1 year ago installed clockwork and rooted.
- a few days ago accepted OTA to 4.3 Android, lost root.
- Accidentally ODINed this ROM onto phone tonight root66_SPR_L900VPALJ1.tar.md5
- Hung on reboot at purple SAMSUNG boot screen
- Rebooted to clockwork tried "reset something (something like that)"
- It then booted and came up fine with Android 4.1.1. Everything seemed fine but of course I didn't want to be stuck at 4.1.1 and was pondering my next step when suddenly...
- Note 2 asked to apply OTA update (I think the 4.3 OTA was being tried again) I accepted thinking it might fix everything.
- After that it came up and hung at SAMSUNG NOTE II
- Tried rebooting to Clockwork, doesn't work at all now.
- I can ODIN various things including Clockwork, ODIN passes but nothing actually seems to work.
Stuck now.

I am wife of OP
wallywallywally said:
Note 2 Hangs at "SAMSUNG NOTE II" part of boot process.
Stuck now.
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I am wife of OP, and usually get the fun of flashing the phones but I was working on my own at the time the above occurred. The only thing I can think of to fix the borked phone would be to get a decent stock rom image that can be flashed with ODIN. We can still put it in upload mode, but not into the bootloader menu. Anyone have a working link to an image that may work?

Try this.
Download stock mc2 with counter reset from development section and place on your external sdcard
1. Put phone in download/odin mode
2. Flash custom recovery but make sure the reboot option is not checked
3. After successful flash disconnect from pc and pull battery.
4. Reinstall battery while pressing vol+, menu, power. Should go into your recovery
5. Wipe everything (system, cache, data, internal storage)
6. Flash mc2 stock with counter reset
7. Reboot and you will be back on stock mc2 with stock recovery and firmware
8. Power off and boot into download/odin and flash your recovery
Now you can boot into recovery and flash whatever you want. If you want stock 4.3 dont use ota try one of the ones here on xda. If you want note 3 features use synergy r3 if you want plain stock use lorjays.
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MK4 (4.3) http://www.mediafire.com/download/7viivd985s7cp8l/L900VPUBMK4_L900SPTBMK4_HOME.tar.zip
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soft bricked my phone

Merry Christmas everyone. I tried to resolve this issue my self but was unable to. I had stock 4.3 rooted and flashed MOAR. MD5 matched. Everything seemed ok but when I flashed, it was stuck on "updating apps" for over 20 min. I did a battery pull. My phone started and I was able to go to TWRP recovery. I did a cache wipe and factory reset with plans of reflashing but everything was gone, including my nandroid. I tried to flash stock firmware from http://samsung-updates.com/ it said "failed". I cannot get back into TWRP. Is there any way I can restore to 4.1.2? Or 4.3? I just want to get the phone working again. Ideally I would like to get root back but my main priority is obviously just to get the phone working. Thank you.

jeppuda said:
Merry Christmas everyone. I tried to resolve this issue my self but was unable to. I had stock 4.3 rooted and flashed MOAR. MD5 matched. Everything seemed ok but when I flashed, it was stuck on "updating apps" for over 20 min. I did a battery pull. My phone started and I was able to go to TWRP recovery. I did a cache wipe and factory reset with plans of reflashing but everything was gone, including my nandroid. I tried to flash stock firmwa.
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I had a similar bad expreience with updating my rooted S3,
to recover your phone try to get md5 recovery room and install it using odin, try to get the one that called recovery (runs stock 4.0.4) then you can update by Kies to 4.3.

If stock means the Samsung update you need to flash the 4.3 firmware. If stock means the de-Knoxed version from here, I would start by flashing a new recovery image then reinstalling the de-Knoxed one.
Can you not get into any recovery at all?

mjkubba said:
I had a similar bad expreience with updating my rooted S3,
to recover your phone try to get md5 recovery room and install it using odin, try to get the one that called recovery (runs stock 4.0.4) then you can update by Kies to 4.3.
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MD5 recovery room (or rom I googled both)? I could not find it. I'm sorry i have never done this before...could you post the link for it?

Kevets said:
If stock means the Samsung update you need to flash the 4.3 firmware. If stock means the de-Knoxed version from here, I would start by flashing a new recovery image then reinstalling the de-Knoxed one.
Can you not get into any recovery at all?
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When I press the volume up, home and power button it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again."
I installed the de-knoxed version..I would like to go back to the de-knoxed version if possible. Is there a way to flash new recovery image through ODIN...again, I'm not very confident in my abilities right now and don't want to flash anything to make it worse. Would it be possible to send me a link with what to flash. Thank you

Sorry I meant rom not room, but youv still can get it from the dev "room" forums. I got it from there.
sorry I cant post links here yet, i dont have the enough posts, but google "unroot sprint galaxy s3" it's one of he first links and once you get the md5 file you can use it with Odin, it's a simple process.

fixed it
Fixed it, got to keep root also. Flashed a new recovery image through ODIN (link for recovery in case anyone else needs it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38079994). Then flashed ROM. Thanks for your help guys.

[Q] Help CWM Recovery not working

I have successfully installed Omni ROM with Android 4.4.2 to my Note 2 and I don't like it and want to go back to stock. Before installing the ROM I made a CWM recovery using version 6.0.4.3. When I boot the phone into restore I am able to restore everything but system data. When I try to restore system data I get a message that says .android_secure . img not found skipping restore. How do I fix this so I can have my phone back?

RyanGN2 said:
I have successfully installed Omni ROM with Android 4.4.2 to my Note 2 and I don't like it and want to go back to stock. Before installing the ROM I made a CWM recovery using version 6.0.4.3. When I boot the phone into restore I am able to restore everything but system data. When I try to restore system data I get a message that says .android_secure . img not found skipping restore. How do I fix this so I can have my phone back?
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Did your restore boot?

Yes, I have restored boot. After I perform the restore everything seems to be normal during, but it gets stuck on the ATT screen during boot.

RyanGN2 said:
Yes, I have restored boot. After I perform the restore everything seems to be normal during, but it gets stuck on the ATT screen during boot.
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Try this.
From Zen Arcade's [ROM][4.3][Dec-2013] AT&T I317-UCUBMK6/MJ4 *Stock* Rooted Odex/De-Odex/Odin thread
After flashing one of the stock packages, you may need to flash the MK6 tz.img and optionally the param.bin from the MJ4 leak. The zip below contains two Odin packages.
Try flashing the tz only package first (in Odin), then the tz+param package to see if this gets your phone to boot. You may also need to boot recovery and do a factory reset.
AT&T i317 ODIN 4.3 UCUBMK6 TZ.IMG & UCUBMJ4 (Leak) PARAM.BIN (AT&T Note 2 ONLY)
I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip
http://d-h.st/CDK
- Run Odin3 v3.07.exe
Download Link http://www.mediafire.com/download/77...x2/Odin307.zip
Unzip to where you can run it.
- Put your Note 2 in Download Mode
Entering download mode is very simple. First you will need to turn off your device. Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button. Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up. Once you’re there, you will be required to press volume up to enter the download mode or volume down to cancel and reboot the device.
Plug into a RELIABLE usb port and a RELIABLE usb cable (preferably the white Samsung cable) and wait for it to show up in Odin (COM5 or something like that)
Unzip the I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip file you downloaded
- Click the PDA slot in Odin and locate the I317UCUBMK6-TZ.tar.md5 that you downloaded and unzipped
The filename that goes into the PDA Slot is I317UCUBMK6-TZ.tar.md5
MAKE SURE IN THE OPTION AREA ONLY AUTO REBOOT AND F.RESET TIME ARE CHECKED!!!
- Click START and wait. It will complete and reboot.
Try flashing the tz only package first. See if it boots.
If not, repeat the above steps using I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.tar.md5.
You may also need to boot recovery and do a factory reset. Do this after second ODIN flash.
If your phone still hangs after second flash, pull the battery, and boot into recovery mode.Just hold down UP volume button and power button until recovery screen pops up.

Ok, I did all of that perfectly and my phone is still booting with Omnirom. I want to put the phone back to stock. I understand that at this point the android_secure.img cant be fixed but before rooting I backed up with Kies so putting the phone back wont be hard. I want the stock rom back and unroot and be done with it.

RyanGN2 said:
Ok, I did all of that perfectly and my phone is still booting with Omnirom. I want to put the phone back to stock. I understand that at this point the android_secure.img cant be fixed but before rooting I backed up with Kies so putting the phone back wont be hard. I want the stock rom back and unroot and be done with it.
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Since you tried everything above and it didn't HELP..
I'm wondering have you tired the kies emergency firmware recover. I taught I screwed my phone up flashing a Odin file. Then the phone was stuck not doing anything. Couldn't boot up, nada.
But after running it thru that set up, the phone was back to completely stock...
Look HERE»»»http://goo.gl/J0P1ZX
Not sure if it'll help but worth a try right. It helped me when I was in need.
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I did not know kies had a recovery option as I rarely use it. I did find a CWM stock rom but it has 4.1.2 but its working and I going to try an OTA 4.3 update and see what happens. It looks like I will manually have to restore everything which I was hoping to avoid but I thank you for your help.

RyanGN2 said:
I did not know kies had a recovery option as I rarely use it. I did find a CWM stock rom but it has 4.1.2 but its working and I going to try an OTA 4.3 update and see what happens. It looks like I will manually have to restore everything which I was hoping to avoid but I thank you for your help.
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I'm beyond lost of what you have done and where you're at.
Appears after doing the stuff in my post #4, your phone is booting past ATT screen ???? Understand it booted into OMNI, but at least it booted.
That's all I was trying to do was to get it past the ATT screen.
If I would have know you wanted to go back to stock 4.3, you could have done this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
You may still have too, if the OTA does not work from the CWM stock 4.1.2 ROM.
Whenever you flash ROMs rule of thumb is back up apps and anything else you want to save, with Titanium Backup or MyBackup, etc. etc. Then restore apps after new ROM is installed.
Doing a wipe/factory rest prevents residual crap from the previous ROM leftover.
Unless its an update to a ROM you already have running, and the OP says no worries, dirty flash.
69%+ of problems with ROM flashes is the flasher didn't follow instructions or half-a$$ed it and didn't wipe or factory reset.
I've been guilty of that also, so not trying to be combative or accusatory.
Good luck with OTA.

When I did the steps in post #4 it never did anything it stayed in omnirom, which I have not had a problem getting to boot. It doesn't boot when I restore from my backup created before I installed Omni with CWM. I don't like Omni and I am tired of everything root. I'm a heavy jail breaker and thought I could do this however its more learning than I wanted and want to be done with root entirely. The OTA update did fail. Should I still use the 4.3 rom above or is there something else I should that will also remove root? I did backup apps with titanium and I also backed up everything with Kies.

[Q] N7105 in boot loop

I have a Samsung galaxy note 2 LTE n7105 in a boot loop, i was trying to flash ''http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2761937'' but under the installation a made the mistake of wiping everything on the device including the rom that was saved on the internal phone memory, i also had a 4.4 bootloader and Philz CWM touch recovery..
so when i put the device in download mode it does it fine and odin finds it, but it wont go in recovery, it just shows the bottom touch keys of the recovery then goes into a boot loop again, i would like to flash it to stock again without unrooting it if possible but i need to know whats wrong here?

athoxworld said:
i would like to flash it to stock again without unrooting it if possible but i need to know whats wrong here?
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Recovery must work fine since you didn't messed it up. Try again and try to flash rom from sd card. If not, flashing stock rom using odin is the next best option (will remove root though). Goodluck.

Fixed
erljayp said:
Recovery must work fine since you didn't messed it up. Try again and try to flash rom from sd card. If not, flashing stock rom using odin is the next best option (will remove root though). Goodluck.
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Fixed the problem, just flashed stock 4.4.2 rom with odin and it was in fully working order, then i flashed CWM Touch with odin then installed the the rom i wanted in the first place, jumped over deleting everything, and now it works great ^^