So I can't flash any rom because my phone is stuck in bootloop. I accidentally removed mediaprovider.apk and now the phone is stuck in bootloop. the drivers won't install and it says "device failed to install drivers in windows" Please help.
Capt said:
So I can't flash any rom because my phone is stuck in bootloop. I accidentally removed mediaprovider.apk and now the phone is stuck in bootloop. the drivers won't install and it says "device failed to install drivers in windows" Please help.
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Go get the drivers on the samsung website.
I used the ToolKit for the S3 to install the drivers and you don't need to have your phone plugged in to install them. Here is the link to the ToolKit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665.
Are you able to get your phone in download mode at all?
Belive me, I tried all kinds of methods to install the drivers and it's failing to install them. The drivers just don't want to be installed so I can't transfer the rom into the sd card and since I deleted the mediaprovider.apk, I can't download stuff either.
have you tried a factory restore through KIES?
jeeper11 said:
have you tried a factory restore through KIES?
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No, can you please help me?
Download the appropriate Odin to flash it back to stock then re root. Volume down + home + power to put it into download mode. Search s3 android development for the stock .tar file for odin
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
This should help...I hope lol
mar5hal said:
Download the appropriate Odin to flash it back to stock then re root. Volume down + home + power to put it into download mode. Search s3 android development for the stock .tar file for odin
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If I use odin to flash back, will it delete my custom recovery cwm?
You will lose CWM,
Capt said:
If I use odin to flash back, will it delete my custom recovery cwm?
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Yes. But their are several options to re root and install cwm. I personally use twrp but the toolbox is the easiest method in my opinion to do it all for you.
Toolkit- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
TWRP- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1793224
Edit: if you have a backup saved onto your SD card then you should be able to restore it once you get cwm on. Your backups from cwm will not work in twrp however unless you move them to the correct folder. Sdcard\twrp\BACKUPS.
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Thanks guys. I managed to get my phone back from the dead.
Thats good news
Capt said:
Thanks guys. I managed to get my phone back from the dead.
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Glad to hear it. Welcome back
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I had touch recovery installed on phone. I then proceeded to install cwm based recovery because that is what author of the rom said. After I was done installing CWM on phone, I then started installing the custom rom along with the gapps that came with it. Now my phone doesn't boot into the custom rom at all. I just see the Samsung boot logo, then the screen goes black. I am able to boot into recovery mode though. I see there are guides. They mention to hold both the up and down volume button, but nothing happens. Am I missing something here. Any help is appreciated.
frequency1 said:
I had touch recovery installed on phone. I then proceeded to install cwm based recovery because that is what author of the rom said. After I was done installing CWM on phone, I then started installing the custom rom along with the gapps that came with it. Now my phone doesn't boot into the custom rom at all. I just see the Samsung boot logo, then the screen goes black. I am able to boot into recovery mode though. I see there are guides. They mention to hold both the up and down volume button, but nothing happens. Am I missing something here. Any help is appreciated.
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How did u flash your rom? I'm guessing it was a 4.3? Did u remember to wipe? Also remember to flash the rom and gapps from your ext SD card not your internal cwm is a lil touchy
frequency1 said:
I had touch recovery installed on phone. I then proceeded to install cwm based recovery because that is what author of the rom said. After I was done installing CWM on phone, I then started installing the custom rom along with the gapps that came with it. Now my phone doesn't boot into the custom rom at all. I just see the Samsung boot logo, then the screen goes black. I am able to boot into recovery mode though. I see there are guides. They mention to hold both the up and down volume button, but nothing happens. Am I missing something here. Any help is appreciated.
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Just flash the stock rom getand in to download first then use odin
Odin
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I have the same issue where I installed the CWM based recovery and was able to install the ROM successfully without any problems. Couple of days later I decided to go into recovery mode to take a backup before I flash a newer nightly. I was not able to get into the recovery mode at all and it just goes to the Samsung logo and stays there. Can't boot the phone either!! It's just weird that the Vol up + Down combos or the Vol Up + Power combos do not work either.
What are the other options that I should try?
daring_guy said:
I have the same issue where I installed the CWM based recovery and was able to install the ROM successfully without any problems. Couple of days later I decided to go into recovery mode to take a backup before I flash a newer nightly. I was not able to get into the recovery mode at all and it just goes to the Samsung logo and stays there. Can't boot the phone either!! It's just weird that the Vol up + Down combos or the Vol Up + Power combos do not work either.
What are the other options that I should try?
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Try putting the phone in DL mode, get ur USB wore and connect it to PC, now with ur phone off hold vol+vols while plugging in the USB wire, u should get a screen with a warning of some kind, follow directions and press continue, now ur in DL mode, use Odin to flash twrp 2.6.0.4 from techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules now u should have a fully functional recovery capable of flashing 4.3 roms without any hassle, soft bricks are an easy fix with this phone ..
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soupysoup said:
Try putting the phone in DL mode, get ur USB wore and connect it to PC, now with ur phone off hold vol+vols while plugging in the USB wire, u should get a screen with a warning of some kind, follow directions and press continue, now ur in DL mode, use Odin to flash twrp 2.6.0.4 from techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules now u should have a fully functional recovery capable of flashing 4.3 roms without any hassle, soft bricks are an easy fix with this phone ..
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Thanks a ton... I used your exact method to get back TWRP recovery back onto the phone. Also followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195283 to get the ODIN, Drivers, steps, etc in order to get the phone to boot back into my ROM.
Hope it helps the OP or someone else with similar issues.
daring_guy said:
Thanks a ton... I used your exact method to get back TWRP recovery back onto the phone. Also followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195283 to get the ODIN, Drivers, steps, etc in order to get the phone to boot back into my ROM.
Hope it helps the OP or someone else with similar issues.
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Glad that it worked for u, ever need any help just pm me or Google+ I'm Jason Surprenant hmu in hangouts and don't forget the thanks button lol
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Glad that it worked for u, ever need any help just pm me or Google+ I'm Jason Surprenant hmu in hangouts and don't forget the thanks button lol
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I have the same problem, but despite reinstalling the drivers and using kies and more than one version of odin, I can't get odin to recognize my device in download mode, the com port never turns yellow and windows won't assign a com port. Anyone know a solution to that?
VermontKindBud said:
I have the same problem, but despite reinstalling the drivers and using kies and more than one version of odin, I can't get odin to recognize my device in download mode, the com port never turns yellow and windows won't assign a com port. Anyone know a solution to that?
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Try different com ports on PC and make sure ur using the factory usn wire, Odin is funny like that, oh and if u have lies installed on the PC Odin will not recognize the phone, Odin and lies don't play well together, remove any and all traces of it or use a PC that doesn't have it install because as long as its there u won't get a connection
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Not working
soupysoup said:
Try different com ports on PC and make sure ur using the factory usn wire, Odin is funny like that, oh and if u have lies installed on the PC Odin will not recognize the phone, Odin and lies don't play well together, remove any and all traces of it or use a PC that doesn't have it install because as long as its there u won't get a connection
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It's not a matter of trying different com ports, I can't get the PC or Odin to recognize the phone in download mode despite uninstalling kies, installing the latest drivers twice, 3 different OEM cables, multiple usb ports, nothing. when I plug it in, Windows doesn't make any sound like with other usb devices, nor does it try and search for drivers. Are there any other options short of JTAG repair?
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It's not a matter of trying different com ports, I can't get the PC or Odin to recognize the phone in download mode despite uninstalling kies, installing the latest drivers twice, 3 different OEM cables, multiple usb ports, nothing. when I plug it in, Windows doesn't make any sound like with other usb devices, nor does it try and search for drivers. Are there any other options short of JTAG repair?
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Try a diff PC then because if u can get it into download mode it doesn't need JTAG, idk why ur PC isn't setting it but if u can get into download mode u should be able use odin, I'd DL mode works it's only a soft brick, JTAG would be a waste
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soupysoup said:
Try a diff PC then because if u can get it into download mode it doesn't need JTAG, idk why ur PC isn't setting it but if u can get into download mode u should be able use odin, I'd DL mode works it's only a soft brick, JTAG would be a waste
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I think infamous superwipe fouled it up to where it's not recognized as a usb device, my ps3 no longer read it as a device either. Know of a way to reverse that ?
VermontKindBud said:
I think infamous superwipe fouled it up to where it's not recognized as a usb device, my ps3 no longer read it as a device either. Know of a way to reverse that ?
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That's strange because as long as u can get into DL mode Odin should work, all JTAG does is force the phone into DL mode so u can flash the firmware, but since u can access DL mode JTAG won't help u, and if it was hardbricked it would show up in window as qcom-dsload or something like that, the ps3 maybe won't recognize it because there is no recovery installed but I would try a new computer, search drivers for t989 and install that driver and use Odin 1.85, if none of that works then idk man but it should work...
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How can I put a Tab 3, 7 inch into download mode if the home button isnt working? All other buttins work as normal. I believe it may have something to do with the wrong firmware version.
Cant reset using adb as it isnt rooted.
Tried all manner of button combinations?
Any idea, or is it goosed?
Use kies and update your frimware or you can do a factory reset in settings
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Ripshock said:
Use kies and update your frimware or you can do a factory reset in settings
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Will try kies. But factory reset doesn't do anything.
If the home button worked, Id be fine, but as it is I can do anything as I cant get it into download/recovery mode
pjayflynn said:
Will try kies. But factory reset doesn't do anything.
If the home button worked, Id be fine, but as it is I can do anything as I cant get it into download/recovery mode
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Kies no go either. Need to get it in download mode.
Any ideas?
Here is a link which provide a command that let you reboot to recovery or download.
You can use android terminal emulator from play store
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Hi Guys, I resolved my issue of losing my IMEI by unrooting it and flashing stock rom on it running 4.4.2, I am trying to root it again but it seems that i cant root it. I have a USB driver installed, Odin 3.09 installed as well, and downloaded chainfire's root file, it is always failing when im trying to root it back. Am I missing something? please help.. Thanks in advanced guys..
jasonowitzki said:
Hi Guys, I resolved my issue of losing my IMEI by unrooting it and flashing stock rom on it running 4.4.2, I am trying to root it again but it seems that i cant root it. I have a USB driver installed, Odin 3.09 installed as well, and downloaded chainfire's root file, it is always failing when im trying to root it back. Am I missing something? please help.. Thanks in advanced guys..
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Hi!
USB debugging?
Does your computer recognising your phone?
Is your cable good or ok?
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DiogoCV said:
Hi!
USB debugging?
Does your computer recognising your phone?
Is your cable good or ok?
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Yup my computer recognizing my device and already enabled usb debugging. ive used another cable and its the same thing...
My tab 3 8.0 wifi device wouldn't let me update the software OTA so I thought about rooting the tablet then I done a factory reset the tablet just says galaxy tab 3 and sits there for hours.So when I reboot into the philz memory it's saying "root access is missing . root device? "if I press yes it does nothing and if I press no it does nothing.....can this be fixed without the aid of a computer? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Brian.
MAGAZINEBRIAN said:
My tab 3 8.0 wifi device wouldn't let me update the software OTA so I thought about rooting the tablet then I done a factory reset the tablet just says galaxy tab 3 and sits there for hours.So when I reboot into the philz memory it's saying "root access is missing . root device? "if I press yes it does nothing and if I press no it does nothing.....can this be fixed without the aid of a computer? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Brian.
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Looks like you probably wiped the system. Pick a rom and install or use Odin to flash the original firmware.
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gr8nole said:
Looks like you probably wiped the system. Pick a rom and install or use Odin to flash the original firmware.
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thank you so do I need a computer to do this or can I do it thought the recovery mode?
MAGAZINEBRIAN said:
thank you so do I need a computer to do this or can I do it thought the recovery mode?
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Yes, you will need another way to download the rom. Odin will require connecting to a computer, but flashing a rom can be done in recovery.
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gr8nole said:
Yes, you will need another way to download the rom. Odin will require connecting to a computer, but flashing a rom can be done in recovery.
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many thanks my cousin is letting me use here computer cheers again.