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Hi i've come here many times before for any hiccups that came up for me with my phone but this time I believe I need help. I'll start it off with me earlier this week I was running CyanogenMod 10.1 and felt like I wanted to change it up leading me to isntall synergy onto my S3 (completed two nights ago). Today I decided it just wasnt doing it for me. Picked a new ROM ( Paranoid ).
This is where the problem comes in, I started the usual to flash a new ROM, put it into recovery and then started the factory/data reset. it froze waited half an hour for it to complete but it did'nt. Rebooted it into recovery as now I cant boot back into the software anyways. tried the same thing but wiped the cache and dalvik cache first. same thing happened froze on the factory reset. At this time I decided to reset it completley and get rid of the root, flashing the stock firmware. Odin also froze everytime, I cant even reinstall the stock firmware after failing everytime around the Nand area. I found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030) with I think a similar problem im really not sure as I cant do anything but the thing is, is that its for Verizon Galaxy S3 ( im on Rogers Canada). I'm sure I can fix this somehow as I can put it into download mode still but any help from the community would be greatly appreciated.
How far does Odin get during the stock ROM flash, before it freezes up on you?
I would try to Odin a stock recovery. Not the ROM & everything, just the recovery. Then go into the stock recovery and wipe everything.
Then Odin the stock ROM. Maybe try an ICS one if you were failing on the JB one.
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How far does Odin get during the stock ROM flash, before it freezes up on you?
I would try to Odin a stock recovery. Not the ROM & everything, just the recovery. Then go into the stock recovery and wipe everything.
Then Odin the stock ROM. Maybe try an ICS one if you were failing on the JB one.
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It says Nand write start, and then complete (write) operation failed. On the phone in download mode it says Secure check Fail : aboot . CMW works for me still ? is that what you mean ? if so the data/factory reset freezes. I do have a RecoveryGalaxyS3USCanada.tar file in my Root folder, if I should flash that.... but its been so long I forget what its for. Thank you for the feedback ive been searching all day and wasnt able to find anything useful so far. Right now im downloading older stock firmwares to attempt to flash them, hopefully they pan out.
The utility in this thread offers an option to flash the stock recovery. I'd try it out and see what happens!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
Flash stock recovery and then boot to the stock recovery and restore to defaults. Then flash a stock ROM.
Stock recovery = Samsung recovery, not TWRP or Clockwork.
I had 2 soft bricks with cm this week. Had to Odin back to rooted stock for one. The other back to rooted stock and had to factory reset with Samsun 3e recovery before the phone would boot.
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Okay i've installed everything (drivers, toolkit, deleted Kies) and now when im going in to flash the stock recovery it says its waiting for USB debugging, which I can't re-anable since im stuck in a boot loop. Am I screwed here ?
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Okay i've installed everything (drivers, toolkit, deleted Kies) and now when im going in to flash the stock recovery it says its waiting for USB debugging, which I can't re-anable since im stuck in a boot loop. Am I screwed here ?
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can you still access recovery? i'm assuming it's twrp or cwm
if so, here's cwm flashable stock firmware from upndwn4par. flash it, boot in, turn on debugging.
http://d-h.st/8OQ
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can you still access recovery? i'm assuming it's twrp or cwm
if so, here's cwm flashable stock firmware from upndwn4par. flash it, boot in, turn on debugging.
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Thank you so much! I doubted it at first just because of the other roms and stock ones also never worked but this one has it up and running smoothy. I want to play it safe just so I dont screw up again so I'm gonna ask you guys one more thing.. Would it be safe to try and flash the Paranoid ROM now? ( I dont believe it was the problem earlier since I never actually got to installing it). The problem was something around the lines of not being able to write things onto the device. ex Data/Factory reset freezing everytime on CMW, while Odin also failed everytime it made to the step of flashing/writing in the stock ROM.
Thanks everyone, your're all very helpful !
If it were me, I'd Odin a stock/rooted JellyBean ROM first. Just to get to get all the correct files & structure on there. THEN I would flash whatever you want.
First, sorrt to speak french, but thatnll be more easy for me to tell it.
A partir du moment ou tu peux passer en mode download, tout va bien ^_^
Il m'est deja arrive sur mon teos de corrompre ma partition systeme et de repartir comme si de rien n'etait avec un flash.
Reflashe avec odin et reessaie
Sent with my AiKi and optimus rom
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If it were me, I'd Odin a stock/rooted JellyBean ROM first. Just to get to get all the correct files & structure on there. THEN I would flash whatever you want.
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French1747 said:
Thank you so much! I doubted it at first just because of the other roms and stock ones also never worked but this one has it up and running smoothy. I want to play it safe just so I dont screw up again so I'm gonna ask you guys one more thing.. Would it be safe to try and flash the Paranoid ROM now? ( I dont believe it was the problem earlier since I never actually got to installing it). The problem was something around the lines of not being able to write things onto the device. ex Data/Factory reset freezing everytime on CMW, while Odin also failed everytime it made to the step of flashing/writing in the stock ROM.
Thanks everyone, your're all very helpful !
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i agree with coming from stock firmware when flashing. i would also make sure my cwm was up-to-date while i was at it. i would also boot into recovery and make a nandroid now so you'll have one. with that being said, here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
in the above link:
step 1: take the time to backup your imei if you havent already
step 2: this is stock with root already injected
step 3: if you dont have rom manager, download it and update your recovery if you're not running 6.0.2.3 or higher
step 4 & 5 are self explanatory
cheers
xBeerdroiDx said:
i agree with coming from stock firmware when flashing. i would also make sure my cwm was up-to-date while i was at it. i would also boot into recovery and make a nandroid now so you'll have one. with that being said, here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
in the above link:
step 1: take the time to backup your imei if you havent already
step 2: this is stock with root already injected
step 3: if you dont have rom manager, download it and update your recovery if you're not running 6.0.2.3 or higher
step 4 & 5 are self explanatory
cheers
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The only thing so far (that I have noticed) is that the data/factory reset still does not work, I'm going to continue like you said earlier and flash stock recovery and my own stock firmware for Rogers now that I have turned debugging mode on. my cmw currently is 6.+ and my previous Nandroid backups would also get stuck when I tried to restore to them, I'm assuming that since I still can't factory reset that I wont be able to restore back to them but I will see. Should I make another nandroid even when its still in a semi-messed up state ?
Right now I seriously just want to get rid of the stupid data reset problem.
French1747 said:
The only thing so far (that I have noticed) is that the data/factory reset still does not work, I'm going to continue like you said earlier and flash stock recovery and my own stock firmware for Rogers now that I have turned debugging mode on. my cmw currently is 6.+ and my previous Nandroid backups would also get stuck when I tried to restore to them, I'm assuming that since I still can't factory reset that I wont be able to restore back to them but I will see. Should I make another nandroid even when its still in a semi-messed up state ?
Right now I seriously just want to go back to step one of everything, unrooted stock fimrware with access to Gapps and continue from there. Most of all get rid of the stupid data reset problem.
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where are you saying the data/factory reset isnt working? cwm or in android settings?
i would download rom manager and update cwm to latest (6.0.3.0), boot into cwm recovery and try making a nandroid.
and i dont think you're as messed up as you think you are right now. you're rooted, with stock firmware and a custom recovery.
when i was ready, i would update recovery, in recovery make a backup, (still in recovery) wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, flash rom
xBeerdroiDx said:
where are you saying the data/factory reset isnt working? cwm or in android settings?
i would download rom manager and update cwm to latest (6.0.3.0), boot into cwm recovery and try making a nandroid.
and i dont think you're as messed up as you think you are right now. you're rooted, with stock firmware and a custom recovery.
when i was ready, i would update recovery, in recovery make a backup, (still in recovery) wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, flash rom
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Google apps arent showing up for me either, Tried installing them and they did succesfully but i still dont see them. anyways I'm on a slightly lower version of cmw then 6.0.3.0 , can I flash the new version over the current one im on, since I cant install through the play store ?
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Google apps arent showing up for me either, Tried installing them and they did succesfully but i still dont see them. anyways I'm on a slightly lower version of cmw then 6.0.3.0 , can I flash the new version over the current one im on, since I cant install through the play store ?
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boot into cwm and flash gapps again. flash twice to be sure. reboot. lemme know
I believe everything is working perfectly now, installed Rom manager from the web and updated cmw. Once more tried to data wipe from cmw and it froze again this time crashing by itself, I then went back into it went and formatted my data and then tried the wipe data, this time it worked for me and I proceeded to wipe the cach and dalvik, installed paranoid and everthing is working fine, ill post an update if i notice anything else happens but so far it looks perfect. Thank you so aton, I appreciate it guys especially you "Beer". Now I can relax on my birthday and stop tinkering around on my phone haha.
( Not sure why Gapps wer'nt working earlie,r but i'm done )
Same problem here
The same thing happened to me while trying to Odin to ATT stock rom. Flash stopped half way and Odin showed failed. Tried to reboot into download mode to repeat procedure and would not go into download mode. Phone will reboot but into android recovery mode. When I try to run an update from sd card I get a "file verification error" and the process aborts. I'm going to try this process to see if I have any better results.
Hey guys all my restores are failing half way through. It also fails if I try to factory reset or wipe dalvik but wipe cache works fine It fails if i try flash any ROM.. And if I try to boot to system it shows SG logo then black screen I'm really kind of lost here. I've already tried flashing 4 different versions of Twrp/clockworkmod and I get the same result every time. The roms I'm trying to flash were running fine on my device before this happened. Never seen this before please help thank you.
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djwuh said:
Hey guys all my restores are failing half way through. It also fails if I try to factory reset or wipe dalvik but wipe cache works fine It fails if i try flash any ROM.. And if I try to boot to system it shows SG logo then black screen I'm really kind of lost here. I've already tried flashing 4 different versions of Twrp/clockworkmod and I get the same result every time. The roms I'm trying to flash were running fine on my device before this happened. Never seen this before please help thank you.
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is this an i747 or i747m (carrier?)? what was the last thing you did to the device/had you just modified or flashed something? were you using recovery or odin to flash the 4 different recoveries?
xBeerdroiDx said:
is this an i747 or i747m (carrier?)? what was the last thing you did to the device/had you just modified or flashed something? were you using recovery or odin to flash the 4 different recoveries?
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I have sgh i747 at&t us model. Unlocked Sim for Tmobile use. Before having problems. I flashed vanilla rootbox att nightly. it was running fine then I flashed acid audio mod. And it worked but not well with my player of choice. So i flashed a restore from fright before the sound mod. And all I got was 2 different Samsung logos then black screen. At this point Twrp started asking for a password. I tried an older backup. (rootbox stable) and it booted fine. Everything seemed to be working. But when I rebooted again I got the 1St SG logo then black screen. Now recovery doesn't read anything on the internal card as well as the other problems I stated. I used mskips toolkit to flash Twrp originally and now I've been flashing back and forth between recoveries using recovery flashable zips. Also every time I flash roms or restore I did factory wipe/cache/dalvik and after I started having these issues I tried wiping system and that didn't help either. Thanks for trying to help
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what recovery are you currently sitting on?
Twrp 2.4.4.0 is what I started with and now I'm back on it but from a flashable zip this time instead of whatever mskips toolkit used
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here is the link to an odin flashable twrp 2.5.0.0 tar: http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-d2att.tar
and here's a recovery flashable twrp 2.5.0.0 zip link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1917517&d=1367104589
if you flash in recovery, be sure to reboot recovery in order to boot into the new version. i'm sure you know most of this but i'm just trying to cover all the bases.
is twrp still asking for the password or were you able to get passed that?
if you have a micro sd card, you could place a ROM/gapps on it, flash this latest twrp recovery from odin or recovery, perform a full wipe (cache, dalvik, data, system) and flash the ROM/gapps. see if that remedies your situation.
if you dont have a micro sd card, and it appears you've wiped the system so there's no OS, you may have to odin back to rooted stock and start over. keep me posted
Still no luck. i flashed twrp2.5 through recovery and after rebooting back to recovery it still asked for a password so I hit cancel at which point it lets me continue and after full wipe as you described above and a fresh flash of stable rootbox 3.9.1 (md5 matched) im still in the same situation. also factory wipe says failed still
I think at this point if it were me, I would Odin flash back to stock then start from scratch. Pain in the butt I know, and no guarantee, but usually flash back to stock is a safe bet.
Another option is to grab the Odin flashable cwm tar in the "root from recovery" method in the general section. Flash the tar, boot into recovery and flash the 6.0.3.1 zip in post #2 of my signature link. Reboot recovery and try wiping/flashing again.
Since you're not entering the password in TWRP, I think that's why you're not getting successful wipes and flashes.
now I used the power+home+vol down button combo to see if bootloader would start. it gave me a choice to download a custom rom or cancel so I canceled and the phone rebooted and i was blessed with the beautifull rootbox animation. my rootbox 3.9.1 nandroid booted and seems to be running fine. Now Im afraid to reboot in fear it will start the whole process over again. any suggestions? or should I just leave it powered on for the rest of its life lol
edit: well I got up the guff to reboot and everything came back fine again WTH. this is so weird, I wish I had a clue what happened. anyways I just wanted to thank you guys one more time for you help. hopefully we wont have to come back to this thread. Peace ;-]
Man that is strange. If that ever happens again it would be interesting to see the log if you can get it. I wonder if there were issues mounting a partition and/or your SD card. If TWRP and CWM were both having an error and the files were on your SD card that would probably be the only thing in common that could cause something like this. Some Transformers seemed to have the password issue, but doesn't seem related to your experience. Glad you got it sorted.
Greetings,
I was attempting to install a ROM through CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery and it failed during the installation. More like crashed as I did not get an error message or have the robot fall over. After this happened my galaxy s3 started bootlooping. During the bootloop I could still see the cyanogen mod icon present which I thought was strange as I had done a full wipe/factory reset/system format before attempting to install the other ROM. I have been flashing ROM's for over a year but am still learning. Anyway I got back into CWM recovery and attempted to wipe user data/factory reset again to make sure I had a clean install before making a 2nd attempt and I was able to wipe both caches no problem but when I attempt to do factory reset it crashes. I thought maybe it was the recovery so I flashed TWRP through ODIN and tried to factory reset and it also crashes.
I am still able to access download mode and get into custom recoveries but I am not sure what to do now. I have attempted to flash back to CM 11 and Task 650 4.4 but I receive status 7 errors. I have not been able to locate stock restore tar files for 4.3 as all I have read is that 4.3 was an OTA and there is no tar file for it. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
ladd76 said:
Greetings,
I was attempting to install a ROM through CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery and it failed during the installation. More like crashed as I did not get an error message or have the robot fall over. After this happened my galaxy s3 started bootlooping. During the bootloop I could still see the cyanogen mod icon present which I thought was strange as I had done a full wipe/factory reset/system format before attempting to install the other ROM. I have been flashing ROM's for over a year but am still learning. Anyway I got back into CWM recovery and attempted to wipe user data/factory reset again to make sure I had a clean install before making a 2nd attempt and I was able to wipe both caches no problem but when I attempt to do factory reset it crashes. I thought maybe it was the recovery so I flashed TWRP through ODIN and tried to factory reset and it also crashes.
I am still able to access download mode and get into custom recoveries but I am not sure what to do now. I have attempted to flash back to CM 11 and Task 650 4.4 but I receive status 7 errors. I have not been able to locate stock restore tar files for 4.3 as all I have read is that 4.3 was an OTA and there is no tar file for it. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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Are you using the AT&T i747 or the i747M? Looks like your phone does not have a working OS. Please see the post below for a similar problem. If you have the AT&T version, you may try the same recommended solution to get your phone back to working condition via stock restore which you can do from custom recovery ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743241
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Are you using the AT&T i747 or the i747M? Looks like your phone does not have a working OS. Please see the post below for a similar problem. If you have the AT&T version, you may try the same recommended solution to get your phone back to working condition via stock restore which you can do from custom recovery ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743241
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yes i747 thanks
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
audit13 said:
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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That is actually what i was flashing when I encountered my problem. I was finally able to get one of my old ROM's to install after re-flashing the newest CWM through ODIN and reinstalling my bootloader. I am not sure what the problem was as the stock rom 4.3 shouldnt have downgraded it? Perhaps a random crash which corrupted something. The developer on the stock rom has provided a tar file which I may try this time around. Thank you all for your help.
Hi, I have been trying to flash a new ROM to my Note II.
It was on Official Stock 4.3 ROM and I flashed succesfully another 4.3 ROM based on stock with some Note 3 features using Philipz Touch.
Then I switch Philipz to TWRP in order to install DN3 V4 ROM and I made the wipes and format /data and I start flashing the ROM, and since that moment It stucks on the first screen.
When I try to flash a stock 4.3 ROM using Odin, It seems to flash correctly, but when I try to boot, it stucks again.
I can enter to recovery and download mode, I can install some ROMS using TWRP but when it finishes it shows "Unable to mount /data" and if I try to boot, It always stucks on fisrt screen.
I hope you can help me.
Do it again: format cache; davik; systems; data and install rom again. If not, flash cwm recovery via odin.
Good luck.
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Still the same
biokiller said:
Do it again: format cache; davik; systems; data and install rom again. If not, flash cwm recovery via odin.
Good luck.
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I really appreciate your help, but I can't fix the problem yet.
With CWM I can't make a factory reset, when I try to make it, it restarts the phone and it stuks on the first screen.
I have flashed stock ROMS with odin and it says PASS but when the phone boots It always stucks on the first screen.
Fear not.
I am fairly confident this will work, but read the whole post first
You tick erase all nand as well as the usual two options. Then boot into recovery (should give warnings about unmountable /data) and wipe data / factory reset. Then reboot and it should work / odin a stock rom as normal.
If that doesnt work / or instead you get the correct pit file and flash it as well as the rom and have four options ticked: pit, erase all nand + normal two.
If someone gave me their phone with the same symptoms as yours and said: fix it right now that's what I'd do. I'd also warn them I really need to do more research before doing this and using these two options in odin could brick the phone forever.
I hope this gives you lines of inquiry. I found many mixed messages with the erase nand option, most said nothing of merit except don't do it, some said you must wipe data first (which u can't), some said exactly what I've repeated, some say a pit is enough, others had many steps and files ive never heard of to solve the same issue. There is a large thread in the S3 forum about this, even got mentioned on xda proper. My brief cookie crumbs journey did not return any note 2 threads.
Remember one thing, before using odin, double check every detail. Battery, cable being used, files being used (right ones, md5s), right options ticked, computer is in good health, internet is off, Kies is not running. (I'm sure ive missed some)
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I install again the stock kit Kat firmware and the problem was the same, but this time I boot stock recovery and there I made factory reset and that's it. Problem solved and Note boot normally.
Thanks for your help
With or without erase nand in odin?
No, I just flashed normally as all the stock firmwares
I see, thought you'd rule that out. Disappointing really. Glad ur sorted anyway. Remeber wiping data is important when changing roms, even if it's not always absolutely necessary.
Did you try TWRP or Philztouch ? Did you flash 4.3 stock rom?
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Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
Reflash in Odin.
Make sure you have the correct stock rom. If you flash the "md5" you may have flashed the wrong thing. The md5 is not tge firmware, that is just the code that verifies your firmware file is not corrupted.
If your old apps were still there, you flashed the wrong thing. There is no way to flash stock firmware in odin and not wipe the data partition.
You are correct then
Yeah, I flashed a tar.md5 in Odin. It gave me a new ROM but all my apps are there. After all that, I still can't go to recovery. I tried using the terminal and ROM Toolbox to go there, both didn't work. Can I just leave it as it is and find a way to recovery or is the only way to go to bootloader and flash a correct file to get to recovery?
Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
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Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
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It depends on what you ate flashing.
If you are flashing a full stock factory image it will wipe user data. If you are just flashing a system partition it won't.
Essem G said:
Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
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Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
g7755725 said:
Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
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Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
Skipjacks said:
Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
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How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
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How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
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The first post of any customized stock rom will tell you if its deodexed. If it doesn't say it...its not.
@Essem G:
Any updates for us? I'm following this thread because I have similar problems with my WiFi not working after upgrading from 4.2.2.
Any luck getting TWRP flashed?
Also I believe that the stock firmwares do come as tar.md5's, as in the file: M919UVUFNK2_M919TMBFNK2_M919UVUFNK2_HOME.tar.md5 from ShinySide's stock firmware thread.
As for the WiFi issue, from the hours of reading I've done it looks like this problem occurs when you upgrade your firmware, but it no longer matches the bootloader. Such as bootloader (Baseband) showing MDL, but Build Number showing NH7, NK2, etc. What does your show?
This thread may be of use to you when you get back to a working ROM. Good luck!
@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
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@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
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Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
g7755725 said:
Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
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Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks
Essem G said:
Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks[/Q] it should
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@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
Essem G said:
@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
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Have you tried my gamerrom Ultimate 1 its basically stock touchwiz of if Official NK2 M919UVUFNK2 with stweaks and no bloatware here is the thread gru 1 is in.the botyom of the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/development/stock-os-gamerrom-ultimate-2-touchwiz-t3078467
Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
Essem G said:
Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
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If you're trying to go back to complete stock then just Odin NK2 firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508 I used the NK2 from here about 2 days ago to go back to stock.