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[Q] Help, won't boot any custom roms.

After trying to flash a new rom after being on AOKP M1 for a little while (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875923) the phone got stuck at the Black and white Samsung Galaxy SIII screen and didn't boot upon hitting reboot system now on cwm. Tried again, tried reflashing and the whole 9 yards wouldn't boot at all. So I turned to odin and went to the prerooted latest JB build (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687) and then reflashed touch cwm and tried to reflash the rom. Same problem. So, I odin'd back to the non rooted UVDLJA. Rerooted and reflashed cwm and blahblahblah. I said hmm maybe it's the rom, I then tried to flash this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993934) and when I tried to reboot system now after the process; again the phone got stuck at the black and white Samsung Galaxy SIII screen and did not boot. The phone works fine when I odin it to stock builds but refuses to boot custom roms. Can someone help me here? I haven't been able to find a solution for days. :crying:
PS I'm a noob, don't kill me lol
edit: forgot to include I have the Tmobile variant

Did you wipe data and cache when you flashed the new rom?

nyyankees1237 said:
After trying to flash a new rom after being on AOKP M1 for a little while (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875923) the phone got stuck at the Black and white Samsung Galaxy SIII screen and didn't boot upon hitting reboot system now on cwm. Tried again, tried reflashing and the whole 9 yards wouldn't boot at all. So I turned to odin and went to the prerooted latest JB build (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687) and then reflashed touch cwm and tried to reflash the rom. Same problem. So, I odin'd back to the non rooted UVDLJA. Rerooted and reflashed cwm and blahblahblah. I said hmm maybe it's the rom, I then tried to flash this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993934) and when I tried to reboot system now after the process; again the phone got stuck at the black and white Samsung Galaxy SIII screen and did not boot. The phone works fine when I odin it to stock builds but refuses to boot custom roms. Can someone help me here? I haven't been able to find a solution for days. :crying:
PS I'm a noob, don't kill me lol
edit: forgot to include I have the Tmobile variant
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a few questions:
and i can verify the issue is something on your end, because the ROM you tried was mine, and nobody has had that issue (not booting it)
do this...
1. make sure you have the latest version of clockwordmod, don't use twrp
2. re-download my ROM (just for sake of not adding any other variables to your issue, because mine should boot)
3. put ROM on external SD card
before continuing... take a quick look at my thread here in QA titled "flashing ROMs correctly every time" .... so you can get some instruction on verifying MD5 of the download... don't worry, the thread will explain that you...
now proceed
4. boot to recovery
5. do a factory reset - 3 times do this, just to be thorough. people will say you don't need to, but like i said, just for the sake of removing variables
6. go to mounts and storage, format system 3 times - (yes, through recovery as well)
7. flash ROM, and reboot
EDIT*** i will say this, ALWAYS format system when flashing a new ROM

cobraboy85 said:
a few questions:
and i can verify the issue is something on your end, because the ROM you tried was mine, and nobody has had that issue (not booting it)
do this...
1. make sure you have the latest version of clockwordmod, don't use twrp
2. re-download my ROM (just for sake of not adding any other variables to your issue, because mine should boot)
3. put ROM on external SD card
before continuing... take a quick look at my thread here in QA titled "flashing ROMs correctly every time" .... so you can get some instruction on verifying MD5 of the download... don't worry, the thread will explain that you...
now proceed
4. boot to recovery
5. do a factory reset - 3 times do this, just to be thorough. people will say you don't need to, but like i said, just for the sake of removing variables
6. go to mounts and storage, format system 3 times - (yes, through recovery as well)
7. flash ROM, and reboot
EDIT*** i will say this, ALWAYS format system when flashing a new ROM
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thanks for the info, will try this all out soon. I've been flashing roms for years now and have never run into anything like this, and as previously stated, this didn't occur solely with your rom which has me thinking something has happened to the phone itself. will get back to you soon and once again thank you

chucktdriscoll said:
Did you wipe data and cache when you flashed the new rom?
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of course, wiped data, cache, & delvik

nyyankees1237 said:
of course, wiped data, cache, & delvik
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my point is...
coming from a cm based ROM, or aokp, whatever you said... you would want to format system as well.

nyyankees1237 said:
After trying to flash a new rom after being on AOKP M1 for a little while (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875923) the phone got stuck at the Black and white Samsung Galaxy SIII screen and didn't boot upon hitting reboot system now on cwm. Tried again, tried reflashing and the whole 9 yards wouldn't boot at all. So I turned to odin and went to the prerooted latest JB build (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687) and then reflashed touch cwm and tried to reflash the rom. Same problem. So, I odin'd back to the non rooted UVDLJA. Rerooted and reflashed cwm and blahblahblah. I said hmm maybe it's the rom, I then tried to flash this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993934) and when I tried to reboot system now after the process; again the phone got stuck at the black and white Samsung Galaxy SIII screen and did not boot. The phone works fine when I odin it to stock builds but refuses to boot custom roms. Can someone help me here? I haven't been able to find a solution for days. :crying:
PS I'm a noob, don't kill me lol
edit: forgot to include I have the Tmobile variant
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I was having some of the same issues. I downloaded XquiziT's Superwipe and ran it by installing from external sd card. I ran it three times to clear everything out, then I wiped data, cache and the rest three times.
No probs for me after that.

Will definitely give that a try as well! Thank you! Will post my results when the holiday is over.
Happy thanksgiving
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

Wierd Problem ? Please Help. (Bricked)

Hi i've come here many times before for any hiccups that came up for me with my phone but this time I believe I need help. I'll start it off with me earlier this week I was running CyanogenMod 10.1 and felt like I wanted to change it up leading me to isntall synergy onto my S3 (completed two nights ago). Today I decided it just wasnt doing it for me. Picked a new ROM ( Paranoid ).
This is where the problem comes in, I started the usual to flash a new ROM, put it into recovery and then started the factory/data reset. it froze waited half an hour for it to complete but it did'nt. Rebooted it into recovery as now I cant boot back into the software anyways. tried the same thing but wiped the cache and dalvik cache first. same thing happened froze on the factory reset. At this time I decided to reset it completley and get rid of the root, flashing the stock firmware. Odin also froze everytime, I cant even reinstall the stock firmware after failing everytime around the Nand area. I found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030) with I think a similar problem im really not sure as I cant do anything but the thing is, is that its for Verizon Galaxy S3 ( im on Rogers Canada). I'm sure I can fix this somehow as I can put it into download mode still but any help from the community would be greatly appreciated.

How far does Odin get during the stock ROM flash, before it freezes up on you?
I would try to Odin a stock recovery. Not the ROM & everything, just the recovery. Then go into the stock recovery and wipe everything.
Then Odin the stock ROM. Maybe try an ICS one if you were failing on the JB one.

CZ Eddie said:
How far does Odin get during the stock ROM flash, before it freezes up on you?
I would try to Odin a stock recovery. Not the ROM & everything, just the recovery. Then go into the stock recovery and wipe everything.
Then Odin the stock ROM. Maybe try an ICS one if you were failing on the JB one.
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It says Nand write start, and then complete (write) operation failed. On the phone in download mode it says Secure check Fail : aboot . CMW works for me still ? is that what you mean ? if so the data/factory reset freezes. I do have a RecoveryGalaxyS3USCanada.tar file in my Root folder, if I should flash that.... but its been so long I forget what its for. Thank you for the feedback ive been searching all day and wasnt able to find anything useful so far. Right now im downloading older stock firmwares to attempt to flash them, hopefully they pan out.

The utility in this thread offers an option to flash the stock recovery. I'd try it out and see what happens!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
Flash stock recovery and then boot to the stock recovery and restore to defaults. Then flash a stock ROM.
Stock recovery = Samsung recovery, not TWRP or Clockwork.

I had 2 soft bricks with cm this week. Had to Odin back to rooted stock for one. The other back to rooted stock and had to factory reset with Samsun 3e recovery before the phone would boot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

Okay i've installed everything (drivers, toolkit, deleted Kies) and now when im going in to flash the stock recovery it says its waiting for USB debugging, which I can't re-anable since im stuck in a boot loop. Am I screwed here ?

French1747 said:
Okay i've installed everything (drivers, toolkit, deleted Kies) and now when im going in to flash the stock recovery it says its waiting for USB debugging, which I can't re-anable since im stuck in a boot loop. Am I screwed here ?
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can you still access recovery? i'm assuming it's twrp or cwm
if so, here's cwm flashable stock firmware from upndwn4par. flash it, boot in, turn on debugging.
http://d-h.st/8OQ

xBeerdroiDx said:
can you still access recovery? i'm assuming it's twrp or cwm
if so, here's cwm flashable stock firmware from upndwn4par. flash it, boot in, turn on debugging.
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Thank you so much! I doubted it at first just because of the other roms and stock ones also never worked but this one has it up and running smoothy. I want to play it safe just so I dont screw up again so I'm gonna ask you guys one more thing.. Would it be safe to try and flash the Paranoid ROM now? ( I dont believe it was the problem earlier since I never actually got to installing it). The problem was something around the lines of not being able to write things onto the device. ex Data/Factory reset freezing everytime on CMW, while Odin also failed everytime it made to the step of flashing/writing in the stock ROM.
Thanks everyone, your're all very helpful !

If it were me, I'd Odin a stock/rooted JellyBean ROM first. Just to get to get all the correct files & structure on there. THEN I would flash whatever you want.

First, sorrt to speak french, but thatnll be more easy for me to tell it.
A partir du moment ou tu peux passer en mode download, tout va bien ^_^
Il m'est deja arrive sur mon teos de corrompre ma partition systeme et de repartir comme si de rien n'etait avec un flash.
Reflashe avec odin et reessaie
Sent with my AiKi and optimus rom

CZ Eddie said:
If it were me, I'd Odin a stock/rooted JellyBean ROM first. Just to get to get all the correct files & structure on there. THEN I would flash whatever you want.
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French1747 said:
Thank you so much! I doubted it at first just because of the other roms and stock ones also never worked but this one has it up and running smoothy. I want to play it safe just so I dont screw up again so I'm gonna ask you guys one more thing.. Would it be safe to try and flash the Paranoid ROM now? ( I dont believe it was the problem earlier since I never actually got to installing it). The problem was something around the lines of not being able to write things onto the device. ex Data/Factory reset freezing everytime on CMW, while Odin also failed everytime it made to the step of flashing/writing in the stock ROM.
Thanks everyone, your're all very helpful !
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i agree with coming from stock firmware when flashing. i would also make sure my cwm was up-to-date while i was at it. i would also boot into recovery and make a nandroid now so you'll have one. with that being said, here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
in the above link:
step 1: take the time to backup your imei if you havent already
step 2: this is stock with root already injected
step 3: if you dont have rom manager, download it and update your recovery if you're not running 6.0.2.3 or higher
step 4 & 5 are self explanatory
cheers

xBeerdroiDx said:
i agree with coming from stock firmware when flashing. i would also make sure my cwm was up-to-date while i was at it. i would also boot into recovery and make a nandroid now so you'll have one. with that being said, here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
in the above link:
step 1: take the time to backup your imei if you havent already
step 2: this is stock with root already injected
step 3: if you dont have rom manager, download it and update your recovery if you're not running 6.0.2.3 or higher
step 4 & 5 are self explanatory
cheers
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The only thing so far (that I have noticed) is that the data/factory reset still does not work, I'm going to continue like you said earlier and flash stock recovery and my own stock firmware for Rogers now that I have turned debugging mode on. my cmw currently is 6.+ and my previous Nandroid backups would also get stuck when I tried to restore to them, I'm assuming that since I still can't factory reset that I wont be able to restore back to them but I will see. Should I make another nandroid even when its still in a semi-messed up state ?
Right now I seriously just want to get rid of the stupid data reset problem.

French1747 said:
The only thing so far (that I have noticed) is that the data/factory reset still does not work, I'm going to continue like you said earlier and flash stock recovery and my own stock firmware for Rogers now that I have turned debugging mode on. my cmw currently is 6.+ and my previous Nandroid backups would also get stuck when I tried to restore to them, I'm assuming that since I still can't factory reset that I wont be able to restore back to them but I will see. Should I make another nandroid even when its still in a semi-messed up state ?
Right now I seriously just want to go back to step one of everything, unrooted stock fimrware with access to Gapps and continue from there. Most of all get rid of the stupid data reset problem.
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where are you saying the data/factory reset isnt working? cwm or in android settings?
i would download rom manager and update cwm to latest (6.0.3.0), boot into cwm recovery and try making a nandroid.
and i dont think you're as messed up as you think you are right now. you're rooted, with stock firmware and a custom recovery.
when i was ready, i would update recovery, in recovery make a backup, (still in recovery) wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, flash rom

xBeerdroiDx said:
where are you saying the data/factory reset isnt working? cwm or in android settings?
i would download rom manager and update cwm to latest (6.0.3.0), boot into cwm recovery and try making a nandroid.
and i dont think you're as messed up as you think you are right now. you're rooted, with stock firmware and a custom recovery.
when i was ready, i would update recovery, in recovery make a backup, (still in recovery) wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, flash rom
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Google apps arent showing up for me either, Tried installing them and they did succesfully but i still dont see them. anyways I'm on a slightly lower version of cmw then 6.0.3.0 , can I flash the new version over the current one im on, since I cant install through the play store ?

French1747 said:
Google apps arent showing up for me either, Tried installing them and they did succesfully but i still dont see them. anyways I'm on a slightly lower version of cmw then 6.0.3.0 , can I flash the new version over the current one im on, since I cant install through the play store ?
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boot into cwm and flash gapps again. flash twice to be sure. reboot. lemme know

I believe everything is working perfectly now, installed Rom manager from the web and updated cmw. Once more tried to data wipe from cmw and it froze again this time crashing by itself, I then went back into it went and formatted my data and then tried the wipe data, this time it worked for me and I proceeded to wipe the cach and dalvik, installed paranoid and everthing is working fine, ill post an update if i notice anything else happens but so far it looks perfect. Thank you so aton, I appreciate it guys especially you "Beer". Now I can relax on my birthday and stop tinkering around on my phone haha.
( Not sure why Gapps wer'nt working earlie,r but i'm done )

Same problem here
The same thing happened to me while trying to Odin to ATT stock rom. Flash stopped half way and Odin showed failed. Tried to reboot into download mode to repeat procedure and would not go into download mode. Phone will reboot but into android recovery mode. When I try to run an update from sd card I get a "file verification error" and the process aborts. I'm going to try this process to see if I have any better results.

[Q] Stuck samsung screen even after odin stock

Hey guys hopefully you can help me. I was rooted for like 3 or 4 months now and have had not many problems or not anything I couldn't fix my self. My phone gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy s4 screen anytime I reboot. I have tried different roms, different kernels, I even odin back to stock. I was using TWRP 6.0 then reverted back to TWRP 5.2 to see if that was causing the problem. Still have problems. I am going to re download the stock tar to see if it was a bad download but Odin checks the md5 and says it was good. Odin says passed every time also. Odin version is 3.07.
I get a error before and when trying to wipe dalvic cashe. I can wipe reg cash no problem. I think my phone is not mounting the internal storage when it reboots. I could be way off but need help asap. If I format super wipe with twrp then restart twrp and then factory reset I can install or restore a rom some times but still cant restart the phone. Any hope would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT
I wanted to edit my previous commet. LiquidSmooth seems to be running fine. So TW roms and GE roms **** up on my phone when I restart. so is it the internal systems when I have TW roms. I think it has something to do with partictions messing around maybe.
I like TW roms and want to continue to use them... Thank you

Get into recovery and do a factory reset, it is a must after you odin back to stock. Make sure you are also using a tmo kernel.
Thanks you

I got this problem a few days ago and found some topic including this one. You should check it out.
Well, what worked for me was Odin to stock firmware, root again, install recovery then custom rom. Now it's working fine. Try to downloading it again to see if it works. I downloaded mine from here, rooted and recovery it using this one.

TheAxman said:
Get into recovery and do a factory reset, it is a must after you odin back to stock. Make sure you are also using a tmo kernel.
Thanks you
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+1 to what he said. I bet if you go into the stock recovery after odin flashing it will say something like cannot mount /data partition. Factory reset there, and it should fix that and make it mountable. (Its important to use the stock recovery factory reset after the odin, don't flash a custom recovery right after flashing)

This was incredibly helpful. I had the same issue. Thank you.
This is also applicable to the Verizon Wireless model.

[Q] Bootloops on every rom Note 2 GT-N7105

Hello!
I recently got a Note 2 (GT-N7105)
And for some silly reason wich even disappoints myself i wanted to overclock , well that didn't make sense i know but however i did it! and directly after i installed the required file (I don't remember wich one but it was for 1.8Ghz) after the installing my phone kept showing the boot logo , i tried to use my backup but even after restoring it didnt boot! I cleaned everything wich also cleaned my backup...
I been on it for about 7 hours now trying different roms , kernels , and every file i could find but nothing helps.
I now installed Cyanogenmod using CMW but even that bootloops.
The last thing i could notice is CMW showing me a E: failed to Mount /efs (Invalid argument) Wich makes me worry even more...
I honestly hope there are some good peaple who could help me with this... Finally got a great phone and by stupid mistakes i made it won't work anymore..
I don't care what rom gets on it , Even if its a hello kitty rom u won't hear me complain , If the phone works again i'll be happy!
Not sure if this helps but its a GT-N7105 , i know it had the newest android there was (4. something, i think it was 4.3)
Odin does see the device , My CMW (6.0.4.1) works and Download Mode works.
I hope anybody can help me!
In case you want to help me live wich would be awesome my skype is : chrishendriks92
If it gets fixed i will Offcourse place the solution here.
(The note is not a new one , its used and a few months old , worked 100% before my stupid decisions bricked it)
(so here's a small version)
-Every rom i tried will bootloop , It shows a different boot video/logo everytime tho
-It all happened after i tried a 2.8Ghz Overclock
-i get a EFS error in CMW
-Accidentily i deleted my backup but i don't mind whatever rom gets on it
-Download mode and CMW (6.0.4.1) works

dodemans said:
Hello!
I recently got a Note 2 (GT-N7105)
And for some silly reason wich even disappoints myself i wanted to overclock , well that didn't make sense i know but however i did it! and directly after i installed the required file (I don't remember wich one but it was for 1.8Ghz) after the installing my phone kept showing the boot logo , i tried to use my backup but even after restoring it didnt boot! I cleaned everything wich also cleaned my backup...
I been on it for about 7 hours now trying different roms , kernels , and every file i could find but nothing helps.
I now installed Cyanogenmod using CMW but even that bootloops.
The last thing i could notice is CMW showing me a E: failed to Mount /efs (Invalid argument) Wich makes me worry even more...
I honestly hope there are some good peaple who could help me with this... Finally got a great phone and by stupid mistakes i made it won't work anymore..
I don't care what rom gets on it , Even if its a hello kitty rom u won't hear me complain , If the phone works again i'll be happy!
Not sure if this helps but its a GT-N7105 , i know it had the newest android there was (4. something, i think it was 4.3)
Odin does see the device , My CMW (6.0.4.1) works and Download Mode works.
I hope anybody can help me!
In case you want to help me live wich would be awesome my skype is : chrishendriks92
If it gets fixed i will Offcourse place the solution here.
(The note is not a new one , its used and a few months old , worked 100% before my stupid decisions bricked it)
(so here's a small version)
-Every rom i tried will bootloop , It shows a different boot video/logo everytime tho
-It all happened after i tried a 2.8Ghz Overclock
-i get a EFS error in CMW
-Accidentily i deleted my backup but i don't mind whatever rom gets on it
-Download mode and CMW (6.0.4.1) works
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Ok, so what I would do.
I would wipe data through CWM.
Download official ROM from sammobile.com and flash it through Odin.
I hope this will help to get the phone booted.
After that we will worry about imei recovery.

dzejju said:
Ok, so what I would do.
I would wipe data through CWM.
Download official ROM from ... and flash it through Odin.
I hope this will help to get the phone booted.
After that we will worry about imei recovery.
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Thank you for your reply:good:
I'm downloading it , looks like its going to take a while so i'll let you know!

Try mskips toolkit from skipsoft.net. It has a recovery package that should do the trick. There is a thread on it on here but i think it's closed due to Microsoft signature issues
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I'm afraid downloading/Flashing the rom didnt work.
ill get the T-Mobile screen , and then the samsung logo where it gets stuck , the install was completed tho so no errors whatsoever
This is a picture link s30.postimg.org/8l0bgrxa8/image.jpg
Would be amazing if you could help me out with this because i can't choose ''Option 2'' right picture , it just won't take it.
I can install teamviewer or whatever programm you want

I have the same problem, I'm on 4.3 version and tried to downgrade to 4.1.1 and went back to 4.3, I formatted the system through twrp with NO OS INSTALLED to be sure it is totally cleaned but all the way, I still experiencing reboot issue.
At first I encountered unfortunately systemui has stopped, done rooting and fixing permission but still no luck.
One more thing, I already flashed pit file.

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(Update , I tried anything i could but it didnt work out , its going to Samsung Support)

cz4r3n said:
I have the same problem, I'm on 4.3 version and tried to downgrade to 4.1.1 and went back to 4.3, I formatted the system through twrp with NO OS INSTALLED to be sure it is totally cleaned but all the way, I still experiencing reboot issue.
At first I encountered unfortunately systemui has stopped, done rooting and fixing permission but still no luck.
One more thing, I already flashed pit file.
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Flash right bootloader, then install fresh rom. Should be good to go.

Mufrad said:
Flash right bootloader, then install fresh rom. Should be good to go.
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the problem persist.I flashed different bootloader already

cz4r3n said:
the problem persist.I flashed different bootloader already
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You installed a kernel right? To over clock? First flash new bootloader, then flash stock kernel, then again flash stock rom, do not let the device boot up before you have done all three.

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Mufrad said:
You installed a kernel right? To over clock? First flash new bootloader, then flash stock kernel, then again flash stock rom, do not let the device boot up before you have done all three.
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I tried Agni pure kernel and followed your instructions but no avail,I think there is problem with the board,because when I wipe, the SuperSu also erased.

cz4r3n said:
I tried Agni pure kernel and followed your instructions but no avail,I think there is problem with the board,because when I wipe, the SuperSu also erased.
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I said to install stock kernel not custom kernel, and after wipe when you install stock rom you will loose root and also loose all data and apps from previous rom anyway.

Mufrad said:
I said to install stock kernel not custom kernel, and after wipe when you install stock rom you will loose root and also loose all data and apps from previous rom anyway.
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yup I already did that,I flashed stock kernel from http://opensource.samsung.com/.I know reflashing stock rom will delete everything including root.
What I mean is when Im rooted and tried to wipe the phone, SuperSu also deleted.Im wondering that I have a corrupted emmc, It seems that it is not mounted correctly, although I tried to flash a pit file already.

cz4r3n said:
yup I already did that,I flashed stock kernel from http://opensource.samsung.com/.I know reflashing stock rom will delete everything including root.
What I mean is when Im rooted and tried to wipe the phone, SuperSu also deleted.Im wondering that I have a corrupted emmc, It seems that it is not mounted correctly, although I tried to flash a pit file already.
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What method did you use to root and inject supersu?

Mufrad said:
What method did you use to root and inject supersu?
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The so called SAFEROOT
And I even tried the CF ROOT by Chainfire

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[Q] Multiple problems after flashing Stock

Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?

Reflash in Odin.
Make sure you have the correct stock rom. If you flash the "md5" you may have flashed the wrong thing. The md5 is not tge firmware, that is just the code that verifies your firmware file is not corrupted.
If your old apps were still there, you flashed the wrong thing. There is no way to flash stock firmware in odin and not wipe the data partition.

You are correct then
Yeah, I flashed a tar.md5 in Odin. It gave me a new ROM but all my apps are there. After all that, I still can't go to recovery. I tried using the terminal and ROM Toolbox to go there, both didn't work. Can I just leave it as it is and find a way to recovery or is the only way to go to bootloader and flash a correct file to get to recovery?

Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually

serio22 said:
Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
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It depends on what you ate flashing.
If you are flashing a full stock factory image it will wipe user data. If you are just flashing a system partition it won't.

Essem G said:
Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
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Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os

g7755725 said:
Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
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Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process

Skipjacks said:
Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
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How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?

Essem G said:
How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
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The first post of any customized stock rom will tell you if its deodexed. If it doesn't say it...its not.

@Essem G:
Any updates for us? I'm following this thread because I have similar problems with my WiFi not working after upgrading from 4.2.2.
Any luck getting TWRP flashed?
Also I believe that the stock firmwares do come as tar.md5's, as in the file: M919UVUFNK2_M919TMBFNK2_M919UVUFNK2_HOME.tar.md5 from ShinySide's stock firmware thread.
As for the WiFi issue, from the hours of reading I've done it looks like this problem occurs when you upgrade your firmware, but it no longer matches the bootloader. Such as bootloader (Baseband) showing MDL, but Build Number showing NH7, NK2, etc. What does your show?
This thread may be of use to you when you get back to a working ROM. Good luck!

@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks

Essem G said:
@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
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Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery

g7755725 said:
Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
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Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks

Essem G said:
Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks[/Q] it should
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@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?

Essem G said:
@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
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Have you tried my gamerrom Ultimate 1 its basically stock touchwiz of if Official NK2 M919UVUFNK2 with stweaks and no bloatware here is the thread gru 1 is in.the botyom of the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/development/stock-os-gamerrom-ultimate-2-touchwiz-t3078467

Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs

Essem G said:
Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
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If you're trying to go back to complete stock then just Odin NK2 firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508 I used the NK2 from here about 2 days ago to go back to stock.