HELP !!! Reboots to Download mode after restore failed - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

Hello experts
While I research just thought I would post my issue.
I have rooted and installed CyanogenMod 10.1 dated 11-14-13 and was quite happy with it. Thought I would update to more recent stable version and downloaded cm-10.2.0-jfltetmo.zip and copied it to sdcard root.
Before doing anything wanted to test my nandroid backup set and tried to restore it to a 12-03 backup but it failed with a Boot restore error.
It appears that i lost the bootloder. It goes to Download mode when powered up. (this make me think that I have not Bricked it)
Can someone help me please?
--Tmobile Samsung Galaxy s4 sgh-m919
-- Clockwork recovery
Thank you in advance

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mysticb said:
Hello experts
While I research just thought I would post my issue.
I have rooted and installed CyanogenMod 10.1 dated 11-14-13 and was quite happy with it. Thought I would update to more recent stable version and downloaded cm-10.2.0-jfltetmo.zip and copied it to sdcard root.
Before doing anything wanted to test my nandroid backup set and tried to restore it to a 12-03 backup but it failed with a Boot restore error.
It appears that i lost the bootloder. It goes to Download mode when powered up. (this make me think that I have not Bricked it)
Can someone help me please?
--Tmobile Samsung Galaxy s4 sgh-m919
-- Clockwork recovery
Thank you in advance
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I use the TWRP recovery and it has an option of what to backup,
one of the options it has is include "boot". (bootloader)
If that option in TWRP is not selected it will not backup "boot".
Perhaps the CWM recovery also has an option like that and it was
not selected before you started to create the nandroid backup.
The only thing you can do now is to ODIN flash the stock rom
and start from scratch including re-root.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
I use the TWRP recovery and it has an option of what to backup,
one of the options it has is include "boot". (bootloader)
If that option in TWRP is not selected it will not backup "boot".
Perhaps the CWM recovery also has an option like that and it was
not selected before you started to create the nandroid backup.
The only thing you can do now is to ODIN flash the stock rom
and start from scratch including re-root.
Good luck!
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Thanks for the response Misterjunky!
I used Nandroid backup tool to backup. I think but not positive that I saw the Boot option checked. There was one the was unchecked by default something starting with Yf... or something .. do not remember the term.
I connected to PC and did ODIN and it worked fine and said 'PASS' on odin screen. on reboot it again went to download mode. On top it says cannot do normal boot in red. Will keep checking for answers but if you have any suggestions please guide me.
Thank you again

Did you Odin the stock image?
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mysticb said:
Thanks for the response Misterjunky!
I used Nandroid backup tool to backup. I think but not positive that I saw the Boot option checked. There was one the was unchecked by default something starting with Yf... or something .. do not remember the term.
I connected to PC and did ODIN and it worked fine and said 'PASS' on odin screen. on reboot it again went to download mode. On top it says cannot do normal boot in red. Will keep checking for answers but if you have any suggestions please guide me.
Thank you again
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I see the following files that I copied from backup folder to sdcard including boot.img. Can any of these files be used to restore?
.android_secure.vfat.tar
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
data.ext4.tar
efs.ext4.tar
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
recovery.log
system.ext4.tar

Android_Monsters said:
Did you Odin the stock image?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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No, but that is what I want to do. But I cant find the file I had or on xda. Still looking

mysticb said:
No, but that is what I want to do. But I cant find the file I had or on xda. Still looking
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Look here, it's MDL stock firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
If you're on MK2 bootloader it's s different file.
☞ Sent from here☜???

baseballfanz said:
Look here, it's MDL stock firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
If you're on MK2 bootloader it's s different file.
☞ Sent from here☜???
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Thank you baseballfanz. I will take a look.
I dont think/not sure if I am on MK2 bootloder
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mysticb said:
Thank you baseballfanz. I will take a look.
I dont think/not sure if I am on MK2 bootloder
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This worked baseballfanz. Thank you.
Finally I am back to Stock MDL. But as others encountered WIFI doesn't want to turn on.
On another hunt for solution.
Tried FDR and wipe/restore from stock recovery. No luck yet.
Do I need to use custom recovery? If so do I need to redo (Odin the stock image)?
Thanks again in advance.

Related

Sprint Restore To Stock! (Nandroids CWM+TWRP & Recovery IMG)

Forget to make a backup before trying to flash a rom?
Need to return your phone to sprint?
TWRP NANDROID
Unzip then Place these in your TWRP Folder by using ADB (lookup your standard ADB guide) Then restore the nandroid
CWM NANDROID
Unzip then place in your CWM folder sub folder backups then boot to clockwork mod and restore
Stock Recovery Image
use this while in fastboot mode (hold vol up + down + power while phone is off) then on your computer issue cmd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (search for how to setup adb)
Need Help Rooting? How To Videos Thanks to QBking77!
Need More Help? Join the IRC channel!
Coming Soon:
Radio Fix (if you flashed a verizon radio)
If this helped Donate To Me
Updated with CWM Nandroid and Stock Recovery Image
Sweet thanks
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
thanks to raiderep for giving me the stock recovery
Well Thanks Let the flashing begin ;P
Here is a link for the drivers from Samsung as well maybe helpfull
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SPH-L700ZKASPR
its the exe file and works well
thanks.. ill get how to videos up soon
qbking77 said:
thanks.. ill get how to videos up soon
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You a good guy, so is OP.
added thanks to all the guys over on the IRC channel
shabbypenguin said:
thanks to raiderep for giving me the stock recovery
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Glad to help when I can as always, go android!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Im using twrp rec.
I dont like/trust twrp recovery, where can i get a sprint compatible cwm recovery?
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malibu_23 said:
Im using twrp rec.
I dont like/trust twrp recovery, where can i get a sprint compatible cwm recovery?
Sent from my Xoom using XDA Premium HD app
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We do the CWM for the verizon version is the one that works......
What if...
Wordlywisewiz said:
Forget to make a backup before trying to flash a rom?
Need to return your phone to sprint?
TWRP NANDROID
Unzip then Place these in your TWRP Folder by using ADB (lookup your standard ADB guide) Then restore the nandroid
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What if I tried to use twrp recovery and now my phone refuses to activate. It says there is no sim card installed. I called sprint and they can't make it happen over the phone. They want me to come into the store, but i suspect that it isn't going to work their either. Any suggestions?
Thanks guys!
turbo2125 said:
What if I tried to use twrp recovery and now my phone refuses to activate. It says there is no sim card installed. I called sprint and they can't make it happen over the phone. They want me to come into the store, but i suspect that it isn't going to work their either. Any suggestions?
Thanks guys!
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same here...says "no sim card"...WTF...
Try doing a factory data reset. Just a shot in the dark...
turbo2125 said:
What if I tried to use twrp recovery and now my phone refuses to activate. It says there is no sim card installed. I called sprint and they can't make it happen over the phone. They want me to come into the store, but i suspect that it isn't going to work their either. Any suggestions?
Thanks guys!
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same thing has happened to my phone but not with this immage what happened is i accidently flashed a image from a verizon phone to the sprint phone and now is all kinds of messed up
my friend is currently trying to fix it for me (hes a hell of a lot smarter than i am)
ill let u know the results
Same Song.. Several Verses Later
I would really like to find out if any of you figured this out??
I find myself in the same position as I'm finding that many have on here as well. I found this thread interesting because it is dealing with the Sprint Galaxy in particular. I have hosed the radio and the baseband on the Galaxy - likely the EFS parition, not sure.. at this point. It needs to be made very clear to everyone that even has a thought of flashing with this phone to make triplicate backups of the EFS partition before they turn the phone on (exxageration for affect).
That being said - I don't think that gets the rest of us anywhere. I'm a OG owner and a Bionic owner - and the first 72 hours of Samsung ownership has felt like non-stop triage to me..
I have this here.. but this really isn't the specific image for the Sprint the phones...
The link below points to a post for the IMM761 GSM+HSPA - which I believe these phones to be identical.. and since Sprint had locked code for the CDMA versions - is this one the same - in other words, is there an image out there that can be downloaded, flashed, and from there we can we can either fix the EFS and restore IMEI folder and baseband function or at least call warranty?
At this point - I can't reset the counter on the phone, I can't take it to the store (as if the 7 iployees would know what I was talking about) and I'm not about to pay $800 to learn that the EFS partition is the "short" in the term "got you by the short hairs"..
androidforums -
Heat57 says:"
It sounds as so you are on the GSM "maguro" device. In that case I suggest you download the complete ICS 4.0.4 factory image from Google at ... file. Beware! if you have a Windows PC the original download with a .tgz extension will be renamed by Windows automatically to a .tar file, which means that you'll have problems extracting it. In that case simply rename the file by changing the extension to .tgz and all will be well. Note: you'll need the Galaxy Nexus bootloader unlocked in order to flash a factory image and at the end of the procedure you can leave it unlocked and flash a Superuser file to root, if so desired. You'll need the Android SDK installed on your PC and then copy the bootloader, radio and image .img files to your ...android-sdk\platform tools-tools folder and run the adb commands in the windows command shell (note: you must flash each image in this order and wait until each image is flashed completely >bootloader >radio > image). Finally, flash the "image-soju-imm76d.zip" through your cwm recovery. You should end up with a healthy Galaxy Nexus on ICS 4.0.4 and everything working"​
Wordlywisewiz said:
Forget to make a backup before trying to flash a rom?
Need to return your phone to sprint?
TWRP NANDROID
Unzip then Place these in your TWRP Folder by using ADB (lookup your standard ADB guide) Then restore the nandroid
CWM NANDROID
Unzip then place in your CWM folder sub folder backups then boot to clockwork mod and restore
Stock Recovery Image
use this while in fastboot mode (hold vol up + down + power while phone is off) then on your computer issue cmd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (search for how to setup adb)
Need Help Rooting? How To Videos Thanks to QBking77!
Need More Help? Join the IRC channel!
Coming Soon:
Radio Fix (if you flashed a verizon radio)
If this helped Donate To Me
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I think you are right but I do have cwm Also when I followed techfanatic's vid to unroot it said my phone was unrooted but the radio failed error came up. Also I am still on codeandroid. can I actually be unrooted and still be on that? Must I root again? Thanks.

[Q] Trying to Flash TWRP with Odin

Hi All,
I've got Odin installed, it's working as it should, I see my T989D as "Added!!!" so I know it's connected.
Now, I'm trying to wrap my head around flashing TWRP with Odin, I believe the version of Odin I am is 1.8.5.
I've looked everywhere for instructions on flashing TWRP through Odin, but I can't find any. Nor can I find the appropriate file to flash in Odin to install TWRP, every file for TWRP is a .zip or a .img, Odin flashes .tars.
Any help is greatly appreciated, trying to recover bricked device.
Cheers!
I'm not sure if I've read anything about flashing TWRP in ODIN, but I'm sure you can follow the plentiful guides to flash CWM in ODIN. After you get a working CWM then you can flash anything else you want (including TWRP)
sylikc said:
I'm not sure if I've read anything about flashing TWRP in ODIN, but I'm sure you can follow the plentiful guides to flash CWM in ODIN. After you get a working CWM then you can flash anything else you want (including TWRP)
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Ahh, never considered this approach, I figured I could go directly from Odin to TWRP, but I think you're right, thanks! I'll give this a shot, anything is better than the brick I am left with right now.
Cheers!
autom8r said:
Ahh, never considered this approach, I figured I could go directly from Odin to TWRP, but I think you're right, thanks! I'll give this a shot, anything is better than the brick I am left with right now.
Cheers!
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I think it would work if you renamed the the image to "recovery.img", compressed it in tar format, and then flashed it as PDA. I'm 99% sure it would work, unless odin needs signatures.
Someone did make an Odin flashable TWRP file. Here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30694404
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I have flashed Android 4.3 and performed a backup of Ultima 15.1 on 4.1.2. Can I use TWRP to restore the backup and go back to 4.1.2?

[Q] After using Quick Boot, Galaxy Tab 3 keeps booting into recovery

Hi everyone!
I have just bought a Galaxy Tab 3 Lite (SM-T110). and I had flashed TWRP and rooted it, HOWEVER, after I tried to boot into recovery using "Quick Boot", the system keeps going into Recovery no matter what.
I have tried to use Odin to reflash the recovery, and I have tried to flash a different custom ROM (StockRom-V1.1-T110) using recovery, but whenever it reboots, it just goes straight to recovery.....
How can I fix this?
Please help!
ah_hin said:
Hi everyone!
I have just bought a Galaxy Tab 3 Lite (SM-T110). and I had flashed TWRP and rooted it, HOWEVER, after I tried to boot into recovery using "Quick Boot", the system keeps going into Recovery no matter what.
I have tried to use Odin to reflash the recovery, and I have tried to flash a different custom ROM (StockRom-V1.1-T110) using recovery, but whenever it reboots, it just goes straight to recovery.....
How can I fix this?
Please help!
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reflash your kernel, and get rid of quick boot. find a dead simple reboot widget.
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moonbutt74 said:
reflash your kernel, and get rid of quick boot. find a dead simple reboot widget.
m
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I am in this loop too! I am a n00b.. can you pl let me know how to reflash kernel on the T110?
Help
rajmisc said:
I am in this loop too! I am a n00b.. can you pl let me know how to reflash kernel on the T110?
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I am also a noob and I turned it off and it keeps going into recovery. I have a t110.
rajmisc said:
I am in this loop too! I am a n00b.. can you pl let me know how to reflash kernel on the T110?
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erikaj28 said:
I am also a noob and I turned it off and it keeps going into recovery. I have a t110.
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I didn't know how to just flash the kernal, so I flash the stock firmware with odin.
and everything works now.
download THIS
and extract the file, and use odin to flash it, doesn't take that long, but all the apps and settings will be reset.
To install stock firmware, go to this THREAD, and watch "GALAXY TAB 3 UNBRICK AND RESTORE", great tutorial by Rootjunky
ah_hin said:
I didn't know how to just flash the kernal, so I flash the stock firmware with odin.
and everything works now.
download THIS
and extract the file, and use odin to flash it, doesn't take that long, but all the apps and settings will be reset.
To install stock firmware, go to this THREAD, and watch "GALAXY TAB 3 UNBRICK AND RESTORE", great tutorial by Rootjunky
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Awesome! Thanks a ton!
Flash Files For Tab 3 Kids HELP
I flashed the proper and updated files followed the video with rootjunky however i cant boot system just keeps going into recovery .. i made a backup but will it restore a backup from the moment after i flashed already ?
i have the kids mode Tab , HELP before KIDS get home lol
is The Tab 3 for kids supported , i just tried it on this yellow thing and now i have a dead banana lol
RK KINGKONG said:
I flashed the proper and updated files followed the video with rootjunky however i cant boot system just keeps going into recovery .. i made a backup but will it restore a backup from the moment after i flashed already ?
i have the kids mode Tab , HELP before KIDS get home lol
is The Tab 3 for kids supported , i just tried it on this yellow thing and now i have a dead banana lol
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did you use the firmware that I linked to? you might have to find the version for the kid version, because the firmware I linked to is for the Tab 3 lite.
Sent from Sony ZL
how do i flash the full stock rom
ah_hin said:
did you use the firmware that I linked to? you might have to find the version for the kid version, because the firmware I linked to is for the Tab 3 lite.
Sent from Sony ZL
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i got confused and tried using T-210 on T-2105 I can only boot to recovery or download
i just downloaded T2105UEAMI5_T2105XARAMI5_XAR stock firmware US i hope this is it but when i go to odin it wont find file , do i have to extract from zip ? but theres another file called SS_DL.dll so im not sure now
RK KINGKONG said:
i got confused and tried using T-210 on T-2105 I can only boot to recovery or download
i just downloaded T2105UEAMI5_T2105XARAMI5_XAR stock firmware US i hope this is it but when i go to odin it wont find file , do i have to extract from zip ? but theres another file called SS_DL.dll so im not sure now
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Extract it. Odin needs ...tar.md5 files.
Sent from my SCH-I605
gr8nole said:
Extract it. Odin needs ...tar.md5 files.
Sent from my SCH-I605
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got you and thank you for your time .. now does this other file even matter usually they dont come in these tar zips
SS_DL.dll whats that for
Same situation. I rooted it fine. Installed a custom rom. No issues. Then it asked to update the supersu binary. Did that and now it keeps booting into TWRP no matter what I do. Gonna start fresh and this time I'll not use TWRP to update the binary I guess.
To fix the booting in recovery
flash stock recovery with oodin
now go to stock recovery
select clear cache
it will show error (and recovery crashes) and tab will boot normally.

[Q] TWRP not Booting to Menu!!!

Hello... I recently posted a thread about a Continuous Reboot on my Tmobile Galaxy S4. I later fixed the Reboot, but still have this little problem about my TWRP not Booting up completely. I have been using TWRP since a while and it works well. It started the problem when the Reboot issue started. I have flashed the .img file with flashify and also the .tar file on Odin.. It just get stuck on the "TEAMWIN" Blue splashscreen and would not get to the Menu. I flashed CWM and it booted up... I can even flash a Zip but cannot do factory/data reset... it would restart the Device.
I really need TWRP because its mostly recommended for flashing ROMS and i need it to do a FULL wipe of my Device.
What else can i do please?
Also... would be glad if someone can point out to a .zip CWM Flashable Wipe Script... Need to get my Device FULLY WIPED!!!!
its_Khal said:
Hello... I recently posted a thread about a Continuous Reboot on my Tmobile Galaxy S4. I later fixed the Reboot, but still have this little problem about my TWRP not Booting up completely. I have been using TWRP since a while and it works well. It started the problem when the Reboot issue started. I have flashed the .img file with flashify and also the .tar file on Odin.. It just get stuck on the "TEAMWIN" Blue splashscreen and would not get to the Menu. I flashed CWM and it booted up... I can even flash a Zip but cannot do factory/data reset... it would restart the Device.
I really need TWRP because its mostly recommended for flashing ROMS and i need it to do a FULL wipe of my Device.
What else can i do please?
Also... would be glad if someone can point out to a .zip CWM Flashable Wipe Script... Need to get my Device FULLY WIPED!!!!
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If you are sure that you have SGH-M919, and you are rooted, you can use the TWRP Manager app from the Play Store to download the most current version of TWRP and have the app install it. This is the way that I install/update TWRP on my rooted SGH-M919. I'm running Stock rooted NH7 4.4.4.
After installing TWRP Manager, go to the Install TWRP option, select your Device Name, and then select which version of TWRP to install. It will then download that version, and install it to the Recovery partition.
Rob
Flasify from the play store also works well installing recovery, I used it for my SG4.
Pp.
Thanks to all..
I have fixed it myself... I'm sure some partitions got corrupt or something.
SOLUTION
I Flashed Stock Firmware in Odin with "Erase NAND all" Checked...
I then Reflashed Stock in Odin with a PIT File and "RePartition" checked.
I flashed the same TWRP File and it booted completely!!!
:good:
*** EDIT ***
Can anyone please help with EFS Backup to restore my IMEI? I dont have a Backup and my IMEI gone Null/Null & Baseband Unknown.
Any Help?
its_Khal said:
Thanks to all..
I have fixed it myself... I'm sure some partitions got corrupt or something.
SOLUTION
I Flashed Stock Firmware in Odin with "Erase NAND all" Checked...
I then Reflashed Stock in Odin with a PIT File and "RePartition" checked.
I flashed the same TWRP File and it booted completely!!!
:good:
*** EDIT ***
Can anyone please help with EFS Backup to restore my IMEI? I dont have a Backup and my IMEI gone Null/Null & Baseband Unknown.
Any Help?
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Can you share PIT File for SGH-M919, am also facing same issue...Also, can you please outline the steps you followed so that i can try to recover my device.....
smilingcruel said:
Can you share PIT File for SGH-M919, am also facing same issue...Also, can you please outline the steps you followed so that i can try to recover my device.....
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Oh... this is a 2014 thread. Cant remember where i pulled the file. Try doing a google search, i'm sure you'll still find it somewhere!
smilingcruel said:
Can you share PIT File for SGH-M919, am also facing same issue...Also, can you please outline the steps you followed so that i can try to recover my device.....
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Here is my pit from the sgh-m919:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/6bbr7f9049uh338
Good luck, hope this helps!
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA-Developers mobile app
AlaskaLinuxUser said:
Here is my pit from the sgh-m919:
https://www.mediafire.com/download/6bbr7f9049uh338
Good luck, hope this helps!
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Thanks...will use this file and see whether it helps my device to be recovered or not....
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk

[Help] Forgot to install SuperSu

When I 'reboot'ed to restore, I was clicking 'reboot' without thinking twice. I realized I didn't install SuperSu in it. I had SuperSu app but I didn't install it yet. So I went ahead, rebooting until the logo showed up but it shut. Again, the logo showed up and it shut. It was going on.
One simple question- HOW DO I FIX?!
I feel stupid as a elephant.
Thanks!
Go to the play store and install it.
w7excursion said:
Go to the play store and install it.
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I already had it installed before. Nothing happened.
What are you trying to do that is related to super su?
w7excursion said:
What are you trying to do that is related to super su?
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Well, at first, I added SuperSU and then I added TWRP. I realized I hadn't installed SuperSU from Play Store yet. Then BOOM. The logo kept restarting. What should I do?
I just wanted to add a Noterized rom later but....
What did you root with? I thought Cf auto root installed it during the root process. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
w7excursion said:
What did you root with? I thought Cf auto root installed it during the root process. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
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I did follow what it said and nothing happened! I didn't understand!
http://grantbarker.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4.html --- This is what I followed Rooting and Flashing. SuperSu appeared in my Note 4. I thought it was all set. So I went ahead to reboot but it didn't work. The logo kept appearing and then disappearing. Forth and back. I didn't understand what did I do wrong.
Link which cf auto root file you used . Hit the thanks to chainfire http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428 and should be this one https://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip
w7excursion said:
Link which cf auto root file you used . Hit the thanks to chainfire http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428 and should be this one https://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip
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That's the link I downloaded. :crying:
idavyko said:
Well, at first, I added SuperSU and then I added TWRP. I realized I hadn't installed SuperSU from Play Store yet. Then BOOM. The logo kept restarting. What should I do?
I just wanted to add a Noterized rom later but....
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You're not very good at describing the steps, your current situation, firmware you started with or answering questions so my response may be out in left field; you decide.
Did you happen to have OE1 or OF5 build before you started?
When you you say the logo kept restarting, did you leave out a step? Sounds like you used Odin to flash CF Auto Root, TWRP and proceeded to flash a custom ROM and it didn't boot.
Did you forget to do a much needed step of taking a nandroid backup as soon as you got to TWRP recovery?
Did not restart... Two things you can do. If you have the nandroid backup from TWRP, use it.
If you don't have it, flash the Odin CF Auto Root and try to reboot. If it boots, note the build and make a nandroid.
Most common mistake made in XDA in past weeks is trying to downgrade builds OE1 and OF5 to take a custom ROM when it's not supposed to happen. Bugs and reboot issues galore. And no way to upgrade until a stock recovery is found or a tar released.
Read and you may find some answers to your situation, if I'm out of bounds.
Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk
samep said:
You're not very good at describing the steps, your current situation, firmware you started with or answering questions so my response may be out in left field; you decide.
Did you happen to have OE1 or OF5 build before you started?
When you you say the logo kept restarting, did you leave out a step? Sounds like you used Odin to flash CF Auto Root, TWRP and proceeded to flash a custom ROM and it didn't boot.
Did you forget to do a much needed step of taking a nandroid backup as soon as you got to TWRP recovery?
Did not restart... Two things you can do. If you have the nandroid backup from TWRP, use it.
If you don't have it, flash the Odin CF Auto Root and try to reboot. If it boots, note the build and make a nandroid.
Most common mistake made in XDA in past weeks is trying to downgrade builds OE1 and OF5 to take a custom ROM when it's not supposed to happen. Bugs and reboot issues galore. And no way to upgrade until a stock recovery is found or a tar released.
Read and you may find some answers to your situation, if I'm out of bounds.
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Whoa, what? What OE1 and OF5? How do I know? OMG, I feel stupider now. I thought backup was from TWRP but oops. Where do I find nandroid backup?
idavyko said:
Whoa, what? What OE1 and OF5? How do I know? OMG, I feel stupider now. I thought backup was from TWRP but oops. Where do I find nandroid backup?
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If it boots to TWRP recovery, check both the ext and sd card for backup when selecting the restore tab. I think it defaults to where you backed it up but check anyway. There's a tab button to select location in the restore menu.
No backup? Reflash CF Auto Root and reboot. If it boots, go back to recovery and make a backup in TWRP recovery.
If you don't have TWRP, flash in Odin and do the above steps.
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If it boots to TWRP recovery, check both the ext and sd card for backup when selecting the restore tab. I think it defaults to where you backed it up but check anyway. There's a tab button to select location in the restore menu.
No backup? Reflash CF Auto Root and reboot. If it boots, go back to recovery and make a backup in TWRP recovery.
If you don't have TWRP, flash in Odin and do the above steps.
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I reflashed CF Auto Root and rebooted it. It said FAIL. Not working successfully.
https://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip - I used it for CF AUTO. I don't know how it happened. : (
In the settings go look in the "About Device" and see what the software version is. Hopefully not the two versions mentioned earlier.
There's also instructions in the CF Auto Root for flashes not taking. Something like if you don't see the red android in recovery, pull battery and reboot to recovery... Follow the OP.
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In the settings go look in the "About Device" and see what the software version is. Hopefully not the two versions mentioned earlier.
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That's a major problem... I can't EVEN get in homescreen at all. I am at where Samsung logo restarting is. Not even get in homescreen at all.
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There's also instructions in the CF Auto Root for flashes not taking. Something like if you don't see the red android in recovery, pull battery and reboot to recovery... Follow the OP.
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Done there, done that many times. There is NO red android in recovery. I see a green android every time I try to reboot.
I'm sure you tried this but it's a step process: Odin flash CF with auto boot enabled. If you don't see red Android, pull battery and boot directly into recovery.
No boot after that? Try boot into recovery again. Factory reset a few times and try to reboot. If that's a dead horse, you can try to flash OB7 modem in Odin (extract from OB7 stock tar) and flash noterized stable 2. Consider wiping all but ExtSdCard and flash again if still won't boot. But know you're in a realm of risks that you must weigh for yourself. I'm not liable for a brick.
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I'm sure you tried this but it's a step process: Odin flash CF with auto boot enabled. If you don't see red Android, pull battery and boot directly into recovery.
No boot after that? Try boot into recovery again. If that's a dead horse, you can try to flash OB7 modem in Odin (extract from OB7 stock tar) and flash noterized stable 2. But know you're in a realm of risks that you must weigh for yourself. I'm not liable fit a brick.
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OK Show me OB7 link.
I haven't installed Noterized Stable 2 yet.
*rolls in a wheelbarrow full of bricks*

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