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ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?

hi to all!
Hope you can help me. Sorry for my bad english.
I got root-rights with CF-Auto-Root. After that i bought the Rom-Manager" in Google-Play and installed Clockworkmod Recovery. Then i started a backup of the original Samsung stock - ditect out of the Rom-Manager. At this the GT-N7105 went in the recovery mode for 15-20 Minutes. At the end there is the fallowing picture to see:
"ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?
THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE.
No
No
No
.
.
Yes - Disable recovery flash
No
No
.
.
++++++Go Back+++++
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.0
Waiting for SD Card to mount (20s)
SD card mounted...
Verifying SD Card marker...
ROM Manager Version 5.5.2.3
27. M rz 2013
SD Card Space free 3313MB
Backing up boot image...
Backup of boot image completed.
Backing up recovery image...
Backup of recovery image completed.
Backing up system...
Backup of system completed.
Backing up data...
Backup of data completed.
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applicationson external storage.
Backing up cache...
Backup of cache completed.
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
What do i have to chose now and what are the next steps?
-No
-Yes-Disable recovery flash
-Go Back

Selecting yes will keep CWM
While you select no, recovery will be replaced by stock one.
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dr.ketan said:
Selecting yes will keep CWM
While you select no, recovery will be replaced by stock one.
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Thank you very much! :good:
Now i try to install a "cyanogenmod nightly" - but in my Rom-Manager Premium v5.5.2.3 is no choice for nightlys? There is to chose between
"ClockworkMod", "Font Packs for Android 4.0" and "Google Apps". Under "Google Apps" are four ROMs to find; 20121212JB, 20121011JB, 20120429ICS and 20110828 Universal.
After installing Clockworkmod Recovery the intern storage of my phone is nearly full - 327 MB free of 10,0 GB. My Card is nearly empty - 54,4 GB free of 59,4 GB. Should i cutt off the folder "clockworkmod" with 2,77 GB and copy it to my desktop or must he leave on the phone storage?

Goomanager is better for browsing between Roms and it's free. You can also flash TWRP recovery which for me has a better UI, but they both do the same work.
Oh and your space prpblem is cause of the backup. I suggest you move the backup to your PC and remove it from phone.
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greatwhovian said:
Goomanager is better for browsing between Roms and it's free. You can also flash TWRP recovery which for me has a better UI, but they both do the same work.
Oh and your space prpblem is cause of the backup. I suggest you move the backup to your PC and remove it from phone.
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I installed the Goomanager. Where do i find the cyanogenmod nightlys - are they under SlashDW-->AOKP-->t0lte or somewhere else?
Thanks, i removed the backup to my PC.

Go to... Browse compatible roms > cm > "your device name" > Nightly
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greatwhovian said:
Go to... Browse compatible roms > cm > "your device name" > Nightly
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I found cm, but no nightlys for my GT-N7105. The N7100 is in the list...
The nightlys exists!
But how to find the Nightlys with ROM-Manager or GooManager?

Be careful! Don't glash any rom that's not for your device you can get in a real mess!
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greatwhovian said:
Be careful! Don't glash any rom that's not for your device you can get in a real mess!
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Yes i will take care. Thank you for helping me. :good:
I will open a new tread for the problem with the cm-nightly.

Same problem Same solution
Thank you

This REALLY REALLY needs to be more clear, the sentence really does not make sense, it could be rewritten really easy.

THANKS
Same problem, Same solutions,
THANKS

YES just works!
Hitting YES works for me too... i wish if it was that clear in the interface of CWM as on this forum

helebrant.petr said:
Hitting YES works for me too... i wish if it was that clear in the interface of CWM as on this forum
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I have CM 10.1 Android 4.2.2 , i am trying to install CM 11. but after i select yes. it just shows "samsumg s2 plus" isn't starting.. please help

sinalco said:
hi to all!
Hope you can help me. Sorry for my bad english.
I got root-rights with CF-Auto-Root. After that i bought the Rom-Manager" in Google-Play and installed Clockworkmod Recovery. Then i started a backup of the original Samsung stock - ditect out of the Rom-Manager. At this the GT-N7105 went in the recovery mode for 15-20 Minutes. At the end there is the fallowing picture to see:
"ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?
THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE.
No
No
No
.
.
Yes - Disable recovery flash
No
No
.
.
++++++Go Back+++++
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.0
Waiting for SD Card to mount (20s)
SD card mounted...
Verifying SD Card marker...
ROM Manager Version 5.5.2.3
27. M rz 2013
SD Card Space free 3313MB
Backing up boot image...
Backup of boot image completed.
Backing up recovery image...
Backup of recovery image completed.
Backing up system...
Backup of system completed.
Backing up data...
Backup of data completed.
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applicationson external storage.
Backing up cache...
Backup of cache completed.
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
What do i have to chose now and what are the next steps?
-No
-Yes-Disable recovery flash
-Go Back
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Hi Sinalco,
Wanted to just know that have you successfully installed Cynogenmod ROM even though you were getting some messages like "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix? THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE' at CWM reboot?.
Is that message coming even after installing Cyanogenmod ROM?
Please help me because I am also getting same messages during CWM reboot

mpadhu said:
Hi Sinalco,
Wanted to just know that have you successfully installed Cynogenmod ROM even though you were getting some messages like "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix? THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE' at CWM reboot?.
Is that message coming even after installing Cyanogenmod ROM?
Please help me because I am also getting same messages during CWM reboot
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No, sorry, i deinstalled it.

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dr.ketan said:
Selecting yes will keep CWM
While you select no, recovery will be replaced by stock one.
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I have the similar problem too. A few days ago, when installing vpn proxy on my smart phone, a message suddenly appeared on the galaxy j7 screen. I inadvertently clicked on it, and then I was redirected to a screen with the title:
rom may flash stock recovery on boot, fix?
Is my data deleted on the internal storage? Can I recovery them? plz help me.

hi
I have similar problem too.A few days ago, when installing vpn proxy app on my smart phone, a message suddenly appeared on the galaxy j7 screen. I inadvertently clicked on it, and then I was redirected to a screen with the title:
"ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?
THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE.
No
No
No
.
.
Yes - Disable recovery flash
No
No
.
.
++++++Go Back+++++ formatting
when i restart my phone stuck at samsung logo
Is my data deleted on the internal storage? Can I recovery them? plz help me.

[Q] My S3 is stuck on the logo after using CWM. Odin not working please help

Alright, im not completely new to rooting but I have encountered a new problem.
I rooted my phone through odin (galaxy s3 T999), had some hiccups with that so I ended up downloading the stock rom tar and reflashed using that, problem solved good to go still rooted. awesome.
So, I attempted to flash the cyanogen rom using clockwork mod. it wouldn't come past the load screen, went into clockwork mod to recover my backup but for some reason it wouldn't let me access the SD card to get it. next thought was to go back to odin and flash the same file I used previously to get back to where I was, for some reason this is not working, I can get to download, use odin to flash it, says success and all that, then upoon rebooting it stays at the Samsung loading screen.
So from there I went and downloaded the GS3 toolkit and tried all of their recovery files, all having the same issue. about 18 flashes later I tried reformatting from the phone itself, same issue with the samsung logo being stuck. And now, I am currently baffled, anyone wanna help me out? I have a feeling it has something to do with the .pit option on odin, but I am not that advanced and its just a hunch. so...thanks in advance guys!
So I understand not to touch pit, roger, reading other posts makes that clear, but still cant find a fix, the top right of my download says
ODIN MODE
Product Name SGH-T999
Custom Binary yes: 19 counts
Current Binary Samsung Offical
System Status Custom
Qualcomm secureboot Enable

Okay, what is the current state of the device?
Whst do you see when you boot into recovery ( take battery out of phone the put it back in and do the following: hold volume up, home button and power button, let go of all buttons when you feel the phone vibrate and blue text flashes in the upper left corner of the screen)?
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I just tried to send a rom over that had CWM 6.0.2.3 and it installed that, but still stuck on logo. going into recovery I am in CWM 6.0.2.3
have the standard options wipe/factory, install from zip etc.

You flashed a rom that had cwm 6.0.2.3 or did you flash a rom while on 6.0.2.3?
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I'd say about 98% of the time, when it hangs like that you just need to factory reset.
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Flashed a rom that had 6.0.2.3. I do not have any roms on my ZIP, been doing everything through ODIN. Very confused as to why it suddenly stopped working.

DocHoliday77 said:
I'd say about 98% of the time, when it hangs like that you just need to factory reset.
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tried to factory reset and it does the same logo stuck business. That was the last thing i tried after attempting to back up and reflash numerous times. tried flashing again recently, it will install CWM if it is attached to the rom but still gets stuck on the logo. tried re installing odin as well, it is working as usual, starts, restarts the phone, sits awhile, success. then i restart the phone and never get past logo.

I would do what Doc said.
If it still doesnt work, download a rom of your choice (in the t-999 section) and do a full wipe before flashing the rom you picked.
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Da Kine said:
I would do what Doc said.
If it still doesnt work, download a rom of your choice (in the t-999 section) and do a full wipe before flashing the rom you picked.
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what do you mean by full wipe, factory reset? or something else?

connorjiy said:
what do you mean by full wipe, factory reset? or something else?
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When flashing a new rom, you have to do a full wipe or youll run into problems like you are currently having.
If you dont know what a full wipe is, then stop what you are doing and put your phone down. Just about every rom thread here on xda explains what a full wipe is, it will be in the first post of the thread.
Like I said, find a rom you like in the t-999 section and flash it after doing a full wipe.
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Da Kine said:
When flashing a new rom, you have to do a full wipe or youll run into problems like you are currently having.
If you dont know what a full wipe is, then stop what you are doing and put your phone down. Just about every rom thread here on xda explains what a full wipe is, it will be in the first post of the thread.
Like I said, find a rom you like in the t-999 section and flash it after doing a full wipe.
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Looked it up, that is what I do by default, didn't know thats what was considered a full wipe, just tried it with similar results, didn't know about the dalvik cache though. im on a work computer so I cannot currently DL a new rom from the site, I hope thats what the issue is, but I still cannot see why my other ones would suddenly not work.

connorjiy said:
tried to factory reset and it does the same logo stuck business. That was the last thing i tried after attempting to back up and reflash numerous times. tried flashing again recently, it will install CWM if it is attached to the rom but still gets stuck on the logo. tried re installing odin as well, it is working as usual, starts, restarts the phone, sits awhile, success. then i restart the phone and never get past logo.
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I'm just not sure what you mean by it installing CWM attached to a Rom? Recoveries shouldn't be included with a Rom.
Odin flash the root66 firmware, then reboot to STOCK recovery and factory reset. This will wipe all user data, including your internal sd card. Then try rebooting again.
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Can i format my internal storage?

Im using twrp recovery, can i format my internal storage without bricking my device? I will still have access to download mode, and recovery?
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Also in twrp recovery we have 2 options to "wipe internal storage" or "format internal storage" isn't that the same?
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Yes you will still have access to DL mode and recovery.
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Thank you for your reply, i still wonder what's the difference between wipe and format? I should be able to flash a rom through recovery after wiping and formating?
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wipe - deletes everything on internal storage preserving partition structure
format - recreates internal storage partition from scratch so to say
Usually wipe is more safe, format might end up with corrupt partition structure if something goes wrong
And NO, you cannot flash ROM after wipe/format unless ROM zip is on your external storage.

Thank you nejil8. I will try to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468083 because when i try, it boot loops in the very first logo screen it wont go past the very first logo. Ironically, I have installed darthstalker rom several times with no problem.
I always wipe
-cache
-dalvik cache
-system
-data
I will try wiping "internal storage" and see if it boots up. Thank you for your help.

I forgot to mention im using twrp 2.6.3.2 not the latest version. Sometimes i wonder if that's causing the boot loop at very first logo.
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christisnfermin said:
I forgot to mention im using twrp 2.6.3.2 not the latest version. Sometimes i wonder if that's causing the boot loop at very first logo.
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It's very important to update to the latest twrp. I'm not sure how old your version is
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christisnfermin said:
Thank you nejil8. I will try to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468083 because when i try, it boot loops in the very first logo screen it wont go past the very first logo. Ironically, I have installed darthstalker rom several times with no problem.
I always wipe
-cache
-dalvik cache
-system
-data
I will try wiping "internal storage" and see if it boots up. Thank you for your help.
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Update your recovery, flash the ROM and see this for fixing bootloop. Wiping internal storage wont help.
Use adb to push all files needed to /sdcard and have them available for flashing in recovery.

Thank you to all that were helpful. I decided to go back to stock using this method how to unbrick unroot NOTE 3 I was able to enable unlimited native tethering and rerooted and install this amazing program Xposed framework (you can record calls an many many more tweaks. I don't really need a custom rom, i mainly wanted unlimited tethering that's all. I also have Next launcher 3D NEXT laucher 3D is SICK. I don't need anything esle. That launcher is a major GO.

Extreme frustrating problems -.-'..Please help!

Ok so I actually have some really serious problems that I need some help with fast.
My details so you can help me with the following
*Running DN3 3.2 ROM rooted
*MJ5 new bootloader
*TWRP(at the moment)
*AGNi kernel
Soooo, here are the problems I encounter
I cant find a proper way to swap internal with external sd card. Now hear this super strange problem. Both with the script on this forum and the setting on AGNi control app DO INDEED swap the int with the ext sd card but theres a catch. Neither of them can swap the sdcard0/Android/obb(which is the folder I wanna swap -.-')but they swap the rest of the mount point! Soooo strange. As a result theres no space recover by applying this method and the obb folder still stays at int storage.
I really hate MTP on 4.3 Is there any way to enable the freaking USB Mass Storage?
Whenever I move an app to the sd card(settings/manage applications)and I reboot, after the reboot the app is lost and it says "App not installed" whenever I click its icon. This is the situation even after rebooting, I cannot move the app back to internal storage and as a result I have to uninstall and reinstall the app which leads to loss of data.(Note that I'm using a 32GB class 10 sd card)
I cannot make a proper backup and/or make a proper restore. I have tried both latest Philz and latest TWRP, the backup takes around an hour to do(REAALLLYYY long...)and then if I try to restore it says "Restore failed" on both recoveries.(On Philz it said md5 mismatch or something similar and on TWRP it said just restore failed)My only theory is that because I was trying to install a 4.4.2 ROM after making a backup and the recoveries were simply incompatible with KitKat, but other than that I don't understand why this happens.
Sorry for so long post but I really need help here. Thanks in advance!

Don't use the latest version of philz, it takes very long to boot the Rom for the first time which makes one get scared. Use version 5 Philz. After you wipe dalwik cache , go to mounts and format sd card and external card(take backup) then flash the Rom and reboot.
I flashed dn3 v 3.2 with cwm which ended up stucking at boot screen. Then I was told to use philz 5,now it works the works like charm. If I was you now I would flash the stock rom (unroot ) then root and flash dn3. Keep the stock kernel which comes with the rom. I didn't flashed mj5 boot loader instead I flashed Dr ketan's Wi-Fi patch. I had problem switching on Wi-Fi. Hope you get your problem resolved this is an amazing rom!
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ironmanxda said:
Don't use the latest version of philz, it takes very long to boot the Rom for the first time which makes one get scared. Use version 5 Philz. After you wipe dalwik cache , go to mounts and format sd card and external card(take backup) then flash the Rom and reboot.
I flashed dn3 v 3.2 with cwm which ended up stucking at boot screen. Then I was told to use philz 5,now it works the works like charm. If I was you now I would flash the stock rom (unroot ) then root and flash dn3. Keep the stock kernel which comes with the rom. I didn't flashed mj5 boot loader instead I flashed Dr ketan's Wi-Fi patch. I had problem switching on Wi-Fi. Hope you get your problem resolved this is an amazing rom!
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Thanks for your reply, but you didn't help me with any of my problems...

Hi NickVXD, I faced the same and was very disturbed, but finally it worked, the obb is swaped. I'm also using Agni latest.
What I did
1st I disabled the option from agni control app
Then rebooted
Then went to CWM
Flash the latest script of mattiadj, this one
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ivl678c67r7z57g/extsd2internalsd_fat32_gs3_8.zip
..and the obb folder is swaped.
Regarding Proper Backup & Restore
During a restore, from CWM misc nandroid settings, uncheck md5 checksum
Then restore.
It'll restore.
Hope it helps.
Regards.
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nitol said:
Hi NickVXD, I faced the same and was very disturbed, but finally it worked, the obb is swaped. I'm also using Agni latest.
What I did
1st I disabled the option from agni control app
Then rebooted
Then went to CWM
Flash the latest script of mattiadj, this one
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ivl678c67r7z57g/extsd2internalsd_fat32_gs3_8.zip
..and the obb folder is swaped.
Regarding Proper Backup & Restore
During a restore, from CWM misc nandroid settings, uncheck md5 checksum
Then restore.
It'll restore.
Hope it helps.
Regards.
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@nitol Thanks a lot for the obb solution, will check it later and report back. The problem with CWM isn't getting rid of the md5sum but to find a way to make the backup not corrupted. I had made a backup and then when I restored it said md5mismatch. So I removed md5sum check from settings and when the restore was done, I rebooted and phone stuck at note 2 screen. So the problem is the corrupted backup and not the md5. Also backup took 50-55 minutes to finish. Is that normal?? Thanks again.
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NickVXD said:
@nitol Thanks a lot for the obb solution, will check it later and report back. The problem with CWM isn't getting rid of the md5sum but to find a way to make the backup not corrupted. I had made a backup and then when I restored it said md5mismatch. So I removed md5sum check from settings and when the restore was done, I rebooted and phone stuck at note 2 screen. So the problem is the corrupted backup and not the md5. Also backup took 50-55 minutes to finish. Is that normal?? Thanks again.
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No, it's abnormal, backup should take maxinum 25 mnts.
..and after flashing the ext2int sd script, your extsd is this
/storage/sdcard0
From there you should able to install apks.
Regards.
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nitol said:
No, it's abnormal, backup should take maxinum 25 mnts.
..and after flashing the ext2int sd script, your extsd is this
/storage/sdcard0
From there you should able to install apks.
Regards.
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Soo.. @nitol Any suggestions on how to fix this problem? Also when you used touchwiz what recovery and what recovery version did you use? Maybe installing the same recovery as you will solve my issue. I'm using DN3 4.3 TW ROM btw. Thanks.
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NickVXD said:
Soo.. @nitol Any suggestions on how to fix this problem? Also when you used touchwiz what recovery and what recovery version did you use? Maybe installing the same recovery as you will solve my issue. I'm using DN3 4.3 TW ROM btw. Thanks.
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Use Philz 5.15, it's the best, even better than the latest philz.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9u8ndlypk8yuiky/philz_touch_5.15.0-n7100.zip
Regards.
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nitol said:
Use Philz 5.15, it's the best, even better than the latest philz.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9u8ndlypk8yuiky/philz_touch_5.15.0-n7100.zip
Regards.
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Is this version of Philz recovery compatible with 4.4.x ROMs?

NickVXD said:
Is this version of Philz recovery compatible with 4.4.x ROMs?
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Not sure but hope so.
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Unable to Format /data

Hi all, this is my first post here. Unfortunately it is an issue, but I have been flashing roms for a while now.
So last night after flashing Ditto Note for my note 2 on att, I decided I didn't like it and wanted to revert back to my previous rom. However, when I am trying to format data in recovery it just hangs. I have tried both on CWM and TWRP... twrp says: "error too many open files"
And obviously this issue has caused many other issues for me such as being unable to flash anything else as anything else will just get stuck on the bootscreen.
I remember somewhere that there is a flashable zip that will specifically format everything for you, but I dont remember what this was called.
But any help would be great
Flashed stock 4.3 via Odin and it still doesn't boot past samsung screen

Just tried using zoot's super wipe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983489
and once again it is stuck on data wipe

xsnes said:
Hi all, this is my first post here. Unfortunately it is an issue, but I have been flashing roms for a while now.
So last night after flashing Ditto Note for my note 2 on att, I decided I didn't like it and wanted to revert back to my previous rom. However, when I am trying to format data in recovery it just hangs. I have tried both on CWM and TWRP... twrp says: "error too many open files"
And obviously this issue has caused many other issues for me such as being unable to flash anything else as anything else will just get stuck on the bootscreen.
I remember somewhere that there is a flashable zip that will specifically format everything for you, but I dont remember what this was called.
But any help would be great
Flashed stock 4.3 via Odin and it still doesn't boot past samsung screen
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Did you make a backup or anything you can try to just do to maybe fix the bad files that didn't wanna delete
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Yes I have tried doing a restore.
IN specifics this is the exact log I am getting from as soon as i start it up TWRP:
E:error opening '/data/data/com.google.android.marvin.talkback////////////////
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//////////////////
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//////////////////
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//
//
/
E: error: Too many open files
I tried deleting this folder from twrp file manager and the phone just reboots

In twrp try just deleting just that file maybe if you haven't already
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I've tried TWRP and Aroma file manager now. Aroma file manager detected over 998 files in that folder until it froze... I've also tried moving the folder into my external SD card in which case there also happens to be 335 files until it froze as well.
How does a rom manage to install thousands of blank folders??

Are you able to flash a rom or you stuck at the recovery?
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terpin32 said:
Are you able to flash a rom or you stuck at the recovery?
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Yes. I have flashed and booted into a Rom a couple times while having this 'data wipe' issue. However i feel like it is the luck of the draw because sometimes it boots, other times it hangs at the samsung screen lol
Should I go ahead and try to install a rom?

Is the "wipe" command issued by the recovery simply "rm -rf" or an actual format command with mkfs.ext4?

Darkshado said:
Is the "wipe" command issued by the recovery simply "rm -rf" or an actual format command with mkfs.ext4?
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The logs say that it uses "make_ext4fs function"

Can I just go through the data folder with file explorer and delete everything else there?
OR is there another super wipe style zip that I don't know about ?

It probably won't let you
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solved
Issue has been solved. Wiped phone with a script? (i think) from a flashable zip contained from ANDROID HD rom for the note 2
for those that might need it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040941 (3rd post down)
This script does not use AROMA which has crashed for me everytime I tried to wipe with it. Really useful
Now currently running aosp rom cause I hate the new TW in 4.3 and 4.4 lol