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Succesfully unlocked and rooted phone, flashed cwn successfully. But not able to boot up AOKP build 38. I had build 36 working, changed kernels and got all screwed up. So, started back from stock. Can't even get build 36 to boot up again- just keeps showing the unicorn.
Not sure if it would make a difference, but I upgraded to the latest wugfresh root toolkit. But one thing I noticed differently is that before, I had to install the su.zip file first from sd card. After using the new new version, I didn't see any su.zp filed listed in the sd card, so I went straight to the AOKP rom. When I selected aokp, I got the opening file message, then a long pause, then it said installed completely (or successfully, whatever). With the older version of the root toolkit, I would see this long laundry list of commands srolling up my phone before the I got the install complete message, so it didn't look right this time. As you can tell, I'm fairly new at this. Tried reinstalling the drivers and now I am out of ideas.
Thank in advance,
Hobbes650
Try rerooting the phone and make sure you are wiping everything before flashing the new rom also I would download and app called root checker from market to ensure that you are truly rooted if that doesn't work try downloading the rom again if it still doesn't work I would root without using a toolkit just find a tut and use good old adb commands
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I forgot to mention when it is on the boot screen for a min or so press the power button and if it turns off press power button again repeat this a few times this usually always works for me
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You don't need to root to flash a custom rom, they are already rooted, all you need is a custom recovery.
Forget about the toolkit and do it manually, there are countless guides out there.
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mkeller96 said:
I forgot to mention when it is on the boot screen for a min or so press the power button and if it turns off press power button again repeat this a few times this usually always works for me
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Seriously. For what?
That makes no difference or sense.
nodstuff said:
You don't need to root to flash a custom rom, they are already rooted, all you need is a custom recovery.
Forget about the toolkit and do it manually, there are countless guides out there.
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Seriously. For what?
That makes no difference or sense.
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When ever I flash a new rom it just sits there on the boot image until I press the power button on and off a couple of times it was just a suggestion calm down and I know it makes no sense but it always works for me
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mkeller96 said:
When ever I flash a new rom it just sits there on the boot image until I press the power button on and off a couple of times it was just a suggestion calm down and I know it makes no sense but it always works for me
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That's just your imagination I'm afraid.
Pressing the power button doesn't have any effect on the rom booting.
mkeller96 said:
When ever I flash a new rom it just sits there on the boot image until I press the power button on and off a couple of times it was just a suggestion calm down and I know it makes no sense but it always works for me
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After a wipe the first boot takes awhile.
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Zepius said:
After a wipe the first boot takes awhile.
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If you have done everything you were supposed to (wipe dalvik, data etc.) Then all you need to do is wait.
nodstuff said:
That's just your imagination I'm afraid.
Pressing the power button doesn't have any effect on the rom booting.
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I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree here. For all the ROMS i've flashed, pushing the power button will have no effect.
initial bootup after a flash is always going to take longer.
Use my guide.
Post two for rom installs.
Well that was wierd. Rebooted into recovery and wiped data/factory reset. Rebooted phone. AOKP build 38 started up just fine.
Let's hope it stays that way.
Hobbes650
Hobbes650 said:
Well that was wierd. Rebooted into recovery and wiped data/factory reset. Rebooted phone. AOKP build 38 started up just fine.
Let's hope it stays that way.
Hobbes650
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If in doubt, wipe everything.
In future I'd you have any problems go to mounts and storage and format data, cache and system and then reflash your rom.
But that's only needed if **** goes wrong and your rom won't boot.
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Well that was wierd. Rebooted into recovery and wiped data/factory reset. Rebooted phone. AOKP build 38 started up just fine.
Let's hope it stays that way.
Hobbes650
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Always wipe data and cache when installing a new rom. If you don't, things like this happen
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My practice has been, upgrading from a previous version of a particular ROM, I wipe cache and dalvik. If changing ROM types completely, full wipe.
I've never had a single failure to boot on any of my phones (knock on wood)
Heyy everyone! i have a samsung sgh t989D (telus edition) and i tried to root it. I put CWM and Cyanogen on it via Rom Manager and when i started my phone up it wouldnt get past the boot screen so im stuck in a bootloop. I can get to the CWM recovery page but i dont know what i should and can do to get out of this boot loop. I backed up i phone when i was trying to use the samsung toolkit a while ago but i still dont want to lose my data. I also dont care for the rom or root anymore. So i guess im asking what the best way to unroot my phone would be. Also my phone disconnects itself from my computer at times (my laptop makes the noise that a usb has been unplugged) and im using the stock wire with a usb 2.0 port.
Can you get into download mode or CWM without it rebooting? If not, does it get partially through the boot process before going into an infinite bootloop and vibrating every few seconds? If so, you could be another victim of power button hardware failure.
bruddah said:
Heyy everyone! i have a samsung sgh t989D (telus edition) and i tried to root it. I put CWM and Cyanogen on it via Rom Manager and when i started my phone up it wouldnt get past the boot screen so im stuck in a bootloop. I can get to the CWM recovery page but i dont know what i should and can do to get out of this boot loop. I backed up i phone when i was trying to use the samsung toolkit a while ago but i still dont want to lose my data. I also dont care for the rom or root anymore. So i guess im asking what the best way to unroot my phone would be. Also my phone disconnects itself from my computer at times (my laptop makes the noise that a usb has been unplugged) and im using the stock wire with a usb 2.0 port.
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Please please please tell me you did a NANDROID backup before making any changes after getting CWM on there!
If you did, you should be able to restore from backup when in CWM. If not... well... flash from an SD card?
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Can you get into download mode or CWM without it rebooting? If not, does it get partially through the boot process before going into an infinite bootloop and vibrating every few seconds? If so, you could be another victim of power button hardware failure.
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What's this power button hardware failure? Is it common? I'm scaaaared now.....
sylikc said:
Please please please tell me you did a NANDROID backup before making any changes after getting CWM on there!
If you did, you should be able to restore from backup when in CWM. If not... well... flash from an SD card?
What's this power button hardware failure? Is it common? I'm scaaaared now.....
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i can easily get to the clockwork recovery page and idk if i did a nandroid backup :S i used ROM manager to put CWM on my phone but before that i tried rooting with the samsung toolkit and that made me do some sort of backup i think so i might have but idk. what can i flash from an sd card? pretty much what happens when i start my phone is that it stays at the screen while its booting like the boot logo where the background is moving and stuff and i can turn my phone off and hold volume keys and get into CWM recovery
Check every other thread... they are pretty much the same thing. You answer is Darkside Super wipe. Flash it, flash your ROM, flash GAPPs, reboot!
Done
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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-SGA- said:
Check every other thread... they are pretty much the same thing. You answer is Darkside Super wipe. Flash it, flash your ROM, flash GAPPs, reboot!
Done
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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soo will that wipe everthing off of my phone? and thanks! i guesss ill just do that
try holding power 3 seconds then let go over and over then eventually it should boot into rom i do this alot
Yup, everything
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richardlibeau said:
try holding power 3 seconds then let go over and over then eventually it should boot into rom i do this alot
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approximately how many times do you do it?
bruddah said:
approximately how many times do you do it?
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sometimes it takes a couple minutes before it boots up all the way. it works for me alot but i am not guaranteeing it will for you but it can't hurt to try
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Check every other thread... they are pretty much the same thing. You answer is Darkside Super wipe. Flash it, flash your ROM, flash GAPPs, reboot!
Done
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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and are you sure i cant just flash the stock rom onto my phone? cuz ide hate to wipe everything off of my phone
bruddah said:
and are you sure i cant just flash the stock rom onto my phone? cuz ide hate to wipe everything off of my phone
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just wipe cache and dalvik . then flash rom make back up if you need too.
richardlibeau said:
just wipe cache and dalvik . then flash rom make back up if you need too.
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which rom do you mean when you say flash rom? the stock rom? or a custom one? i want to keep it stock for now
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which rom do you mean when you say flash rom? the stock rom? or a custom one? i want to keep it stock for now
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YES STOCK
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YES STOCK
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lool i was just making sure and i cant find a file for the stock telus ics :$ can someone help me? i found one for the koodo and tmobile ics but i want the telus one. Thanks
Ive got a new problem :S i now know exactly how to fix my phone. But there are some pictures on the internal SD Card that i really need. Theyre pictures from a family vacation to Washington DC an theyre really important. I tried to mount my phone from Clockwork Mod Recovery but mounting the system but it didnt work. Then i tried selecting all the options and mounted them all but all my computer does is reckognize that something is plugged in. I cant get into the files of my phone. I also checked and my computer says the my phone is a "Storage Device; Modem"
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Ive got a new problem :S i now know exactly how to fix my phone. But there are some pictures on the internal SD Card that i really need. Theyre pictures from a family vacation to Washington DC an theyre really important. I tried to mount my phone from Clockwork Mod Recovery but mounting the system but it didnt work. Then i tried selecting all the options and mounted them all but all my computer does is reckognize that something is plugged in. I cant get into the files of my phone. I also checked and my computer says the my phone is a "Storage Device; Modem"
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Your not suppose mount the system, just storage. In TWRP you can mount internal or external storage. Also, I'm not quite getting what you're saying. You have tried taking out the SD card and mounting it directly on your PC and it didn't work?
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In the CM9 thread it says to ensure you download/install a CWM Touch recovery - if you don't you're guaranteed to get a boot loop. Their "fix" was to download and flash darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip via recovery and that will fix the problem.
I ended up having the same issue and that's how I fixed it.
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Your not suppose mount the system, just storage. In TWRP you can mount internal or external storage. Also, I'm not quite getting what you're saying. You have tried taking out the SD card and mounting it directly on your PC and it didn't work?
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Im saying that im stuck in a bootloop and i wana get the data off of my internal storage. I can only get to CWM recovery. I also wana just go back to stock ICS but if i can fix cyanogen without wiping my phone that would be great! i tried to plug in my phone and get my computer to read it so i can browse my phone's internal memory and get the pictures off of the internal storage but it wont recognize my phone. I tried checking all of the things in CWM but none of them worked.
i_is_surf said:
In the CM9 thread it says to ensure you download/install a CWM Touch recovery - if you don't you're guaranteed to get a boot loop. Their "fix" was to download and flash darkside-wipe-cache-only.zip via recovery and that will fix the problem.
I ended up having the same issue and that's how I fixed it.
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so your saying that i didnt download/install a CWM Touch Recovery so thats why im in the boot loop and that to fix it i can download and flash a darkside Wipe Cache Only and the phone will get out of the bootloop and Cyanogen will work?
So I flashed a zip meant for the international gs3 on my Sprint gs3. Now my phone is in a boot loop. Is there a way to save my application data and messages, either thru CWM or with a computer before doing a factory reset?
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Do a nandroid backup in your custom recovery before you wipe. Even tho it wont boot you can manually pull the stuff you want from it later after you get back up. You can also pull stuff you want WHILE its bootlooping if you know how to use adb
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EDIT: after reading your post a factory reset wont help you as you are most likely bootlooping because of system changes. Reflash your current rom WITHOUT wiping and it should fix you and not wipe anything
Im already doing nandroid backup. Im going to try to flash the Rom without wiping anything. I don't know how to use ADB, but I don't think I could use it anyway since the phone plays the boot animation, then says updating android, then goes back to the boot animation.
So if reflashing the Rom doesn't work, how do I pull the data, like message and application data, from nandroid backup.
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Format system and flash a sprint rom. Dont bother clearing data. But if you have a backup you should be able to restore just data.
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Wow, WTF?!?!? I tried to restore tge backup and now I'm getting a MD5 mismatch. I googled it but the only thing that keeps coming up on how to fix it is something ADB. do you guys kmow how to fix the mismatch any other way???
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I believe roottoolbox has that feature. You dont have to fix the md5 to pull stuff from the backup. Just dl appextractor from the playstore and that should pull what you want from it
I was playing with Rom Toolbox Pro and was changing the status bar icons. I did agree to the backup requests. In the middle of one of the icon changes, the program glitched. I tried to give it time, but it would glitch again. I finally removed the battery and now it won't go past "Samsung". Since I am on Ting an MVNO of Sprint, I don't have Sprint's boot animation, pure Samsung.
I did hold the volume / power / home buttons and tried every choice but factory reset. Though there is a high probability being new and stupid, that I di them wrong.
So . . . HELP!!!
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Lord Sekhmet said:
I was playing with Rom Toolbox Pro and was changing the status bar icons. I did agree to the backup requests. In the middle of one of the icon changes, the program glitched. I tried to give it time, but it would glitch again. I finally removed the battery and now it won't go past "Samsung". Since I am on Ting an MVNO of Sprint, I don't have Sprint's boot animation, pure Samsung.
I did hold the volume / power / home buttons and tried every choice but factory reset. Though there is a high probability being new and stupid, that I di them wrong.
So . . . HELP!!!
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When you get to to recovery restore a backup if you made one. Which you should always make a backup before making changes on ur rom. Or you may have to reflash the rom. If you can get into recovery your phone is not bricked.
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I can get into recovery, so the term is soft-bricked I believe. I didn't think I was doing a ROM change, but again I am new and stupid.
I did not do a backup, but Rom Toolbox Pro did for the files that changed. I cannot find those backup files in the in recovery. I went through every folder in "Apply Update From External Storage"
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Lord Sekhmet said:
I can get into recovery, so the term is soft-bricked I believe. I didn't think I was doing a ROM change, but again I am new and stupid.
I did not do a backup, but Rom Toolbox Pro did for the files that changed. I cannot find those backup files in the in recovery. I went through every folder in "Apply Update From External Storage"
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If you can find it i guess your only option left is to wipe everything and flash the rom again so you can get your phone to boot.
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The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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Contacts should be all synced to gmail. Just reflash and wait a minute for them to come back all by themselves after you log in.
I don't remember if the latest twrp has a file manager function (can't check while using the same phone to write thisn post) but if it does you might be able to replace the files that way. Otherwise, one theoretical option is you could extract the files from a stock rom and make a flashable zip that just puts those exact files back, copy the zip to a microsd card using a card reader & a pc (i don't think you can do much via usb while in recovery). Pop sd card back in phone and flash with twrp.
Possibly less work to restore contacts by hand again. This time let it sync to gmail so you won't be so screwed again. Better yet use titanium backup or rerware mybackup so you get txts, call logs, bookmarks, wifi keys, bluetooth pairings, contacts and apps.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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You won't lose your contacts if you synced them with Google
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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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You don't have your contacts saved to your Google? If not you should've.. They come back on their own once you set up your Gmail.
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I try to avoid google spyware as much as possible. (I know, I know, I chose Android)
I did install Titanium Backup Pro, but never did a backup. :crying:
I was already and waiting for the download to finish of the Sprint ROM to put it on my MicroSD. Didn't think about just replacing the bad files and was just going to flash it again. I don't know if I am knowledgeable enough to pull off just replacing a few files. I may end up learning the hard way.
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Nothing left to do but reflash your rom. Sorry about your data. Next time back up everything with a nandroid backup or titanium backup.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Unfortunatetly the "factory reset" option in TWRP is not the most descriptive wording.
All factory reset does is delete the data partition. It doesn't restore the OS userspace programs or the kernel or the modem/firmware or the bootloader.
Now that you've done that, there is no more chance to recover anything, which means there is no more reason to agonize over reflashing a new rom. Go ahead and flash away.
Simplest way, since you have a working custom recovery, is use a pc to download one of the recovery-flashable rom zips and put it on a microsd card. Put the sdcard back in the phone, boot into recovery and flash that zip.
It's simpler and safer than trying to use odin.
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Unfortunatetly the "factory reset" option in TWRP is not the most descriptive wording.
All factory reset does is delete the data partition. It doesn't restore the OS userspace programs or the kernel or the modem/firmware or the bootloader.
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Thanks, I wish I knew this before though. Hard lesson #1.
I've done a search and can't find any unmodified "recovery-flashable rom zip" Then I wouldn't know what to do with it. Desperate - how much to fix this? I am in Westchester NY.
Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Did you only factory reset and reboot?
You should just factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reflash your old rom, then reboot.
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Since we don't have a nice all-in-one rooted for the latest MA7 stock rom yet, I suggest use this one for MA5. (It's what I'm running since it came out.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37348257
Just do like the instructions in the first posts says.
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Read the thread. He said he never made a backup.
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I hope the experience doesn't scare you off flashing forever. You're actually not in bad shape right now. Your recovery is doing it's exact job it's named for. Your phone is booting into recovery, and twrp in particular is a powerful flexible one. It's a whole mini OS really.
And even if your recovery was screwed too, you could still use " download mode" and odin to flash everything back, it's just les convenient and less well documented but the standard recipe of steps is up there on galaxynote2root.com and elsewhere.
There's also a one click back to stock here on xda too. That runs from a pc and attempts to do everything to go all the way back to factory, including firmwares, bootloader, even resetting the flash counter back to 0.
Really your problem is that there are so many options it's confusing to figure out how to choose which one!
Hang in there. Try flahing the zips I pointed too and if there's a problem don't worry just post back here what happened.
For intance, when I flashed those, I had to an extra reboot that the instructions didn't say. After I flashed the firmware zip, the rom zip wouldn't flash. It just said failed in red letters. Scary. But I rbooted back into twrp and it flashed fine then. That happened a few different times on different roms after doing manual wipes in twrp also not just after flashing firmwares.
So don't worry.
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I followed to the letter the MA5 installation from Stock_Rooted_Deodexed _Ma5_Rom and LJC-MA5 firmwarezip Links UP!
It didn't work, even after rebooting twice via recovery. So I wiped cache and user data again and rebooted. My baby is till stuck at "Samsung" in the boot animation. :crying:
KEYofR - This is so depressing and I really do appreciate your encouraging words right now. I wish there was a Super Thanks button.
Sorry didn't read ahead. If you are on TWRP recovery just grab any rom and flash it and you should be booting. Make sure after you flash not to wipe anything (especially system).
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First question and if you can't answer this then you need to read up on ODIN and reflash back to stock. What recovery do you have installed? How did you perform your wipe that isn't allowing you to boot? You mentioned you wiped everything else so if you wiped system/etc then yes your phone will not boot.
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I agree, I need to read more. I am learning every day. There is just no handbook that I can start on page one and start reading. So my limited knowledge is scattered. If flashing back to stock will fix it, then so be it. If you have any suggestions on what to do next or what to read, please tell me.
Oh, all the wipes I did was from the recovery menu. I don't think system was one of the choices. But it didn't boot before I did that either.
EDIT: Looking at the recovery menu, the only choices are
*Wipe data/Factory reset
*Wipe cache partition
So no system wipe choice there.
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You may have to use ODIN to flash back to stock. First thing I would do is see if the phone will get into download mode. It's volume up or down with power button and home button.
If you can get into download mode you will have to use ODIN on your PC to get back to a stock rom. Thats my advice at least.
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After flashing ma5 and rebooting, did you let it sit on the samsung screen a while? I forget what the circumstances are but sometimes it can take a minute or so on the first boot.
You could try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145
Blasts you back to factory.
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So i have an OGP AT&T E980. Rooted awhile back with no problems. Last night, I tried flashing my first ever ROM (beanstalk 4.3 unofficial in the OGP forum). Silly noob me didn't make an image of the stock rom before I flashed Beanstalk. Got to beanstalk fine but didn't like it so i tried recovery mode to go back to stock. No go. Now I'm stuck in bootloop/pulsing LED with
Secure Booting Error
Cause: Device UnLock, so boot success!!
I can get into CWM-based recovery v6.0.3.7 and I've wiped data/factory reset, cache partition, and davlink cache several times and still in bootloop. I've also entered download mode but it doesn't give me the option to download anything. And I've done hard factory resets to no avail.
I have the stock ROM downloaded on my mac (only computer available to me) but android file transfer doesn't register that the phone is plugged in. If I could get it at least back onto Beanstalk, I'm sure I could put the stock ROM on and flash it then.
Does my logic seem right and can anyone point me in the right direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated
I backed to stock in download mode with lg update tool .
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raber111 said:
I backed to stock in download mode with lg update tool .
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I don't think LG update tool supports Mac computers.
Thats i don't know
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FIXED
OKAY I GOT IT.
So what happened was that when I hard reset, it deleted the Bean Stalk ROM and I didn't have anything to go back to since I didn't make a backup of the initial stock ROM. It was purgatory for my OGP lol. So I had to find a ROM backup (in my case I used the debloated stock ROM) and put it on an external SD card. Then restore from backup and boom goes the dynamite.
Thanks for your help!
Always keep a backup of at least one ROM to revert to at anytime.
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I know I've had some close calls back in the past. Lol.
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