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Im having some trouble and am wondering if someone could help me out. I came from red's freegs3 R6 rom and I decided to use the super wipe zip found in the op. I followed instructions to the T and when I tried flashing this rom (xquizite) after the superwipe my phone rebooted into the galaxy s 3 screen. It wont move from there. I cant access recovery because it seems that superwipe wipe the recovery too lol.
I boot into odin and all I get is downloading do not turn off target. What is it downloading?
I guess I have to flash a new recovery but I cant access anything on my phone. I'm trying to use the toolkit found in the sticky's but I can't get usb debuggin on to flash the recovery. Can someone help me with steps to get this straightened out.
Its booting into download mode. Install odin onyour pc, download the latest firmware, plug in your phone and go. Theres plenty of tuts on odin and I dont want to mess something up by going from memory.
I dont think superwipe does anything to recovery so not sure what hapoened to you there.
You are not bricked though.
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You aren't bricked, I can tell you that. Have you tried to Odin back into stock?
I'm downloading stock rom now. This means I need to reroot right?
Clearly there is a miscommunication on what Odin is. You don't boot into Odin you boot into download mode. Odin is a PC app that you use on your phone while your phone is in download mode. It isn't downloading anything unless Odin is pushing software to it from your PC. It just always says downloading.
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Okay thanks for the correction. Yes im in download mode. Is it okay to push any other rom rather than stock thru odin or is odin made only for stock pushes?
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Its booting into download mode. Install odin onyour pc, download the latest firmware, plug in your phone and go. Theres plenty of tuts on odin and I dont want to mess something up by going from memory.
I dont think superwipe does anything to recovery so not sure what hapoened to you there.
You are not bricked though.
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Seriously, turn that phone off now, while you can still get into download mode, start reading these forums, EVERY answer is there, before you hardbrick it. From what you posted, YOU my friend are not ready to flash anything.
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Okay thanks for the correction. Yes im in download mode. Is it okay to push any other rom rather than stock thru odin or is odin made only for stock pushes?
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If someone makes a tar package....it flashes tar packages to the phone containing modem, system, MDM , data and partitions basically whole stock firmwares I am going to find u a package that is already rooted and ready to go in Odin. If u do it any other way (root) u will have to flash an insecure kernel. So this package will flash the stock firmware and root u from there I suggest flashing recovery right after. I would use twrp.......follow directions carefully here.....download goo manager beta from market then install it open it give it superuser perms. Then hit menu on Ur phone and go to "install open recovery script" this will download recovery (twrp) and install it for u when it says its done just reboot into recovery. IMO twrp way better then cwm and cwm is somehow always linked to imei. Always disappearing ...never heard of any problems with twrp and it does backups and restored quicker.
OK so basically to be on the safe side u need to flash stock recovery on your phone first so the Odin package completes with no problems. This will also be a tar.
Then u will flash the stock ROM tar
After that Is complete u will be rooted and have stock ROM
Now do as I said with the goo managerapp
Here is link for stock ROM with root included...thank Mr.Robinson
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
Here is Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270006&stc=1&d=1345396888
And stock recovery tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269983&d=1345396194
So download the Odin program I linked u then download the stock recovery tar. Put your phone into download mode...pull battery out put back in hold vol down home and power. Then when it tells u warning blah blah just hit up. Now connect to PC and start Odin. U should see on left side it should say "added" that means your connected. Now hit PDA find stock recovery flash it. When that's done and it reboots go back into DL mode. Now DL the rooted stock ROM package and extract it to your desktop when it is done being downloaded. Now repeat process hook to PC hit PDA find stock ROM tar on your desktop flash it make sure u don't hit anything else in Odin just PDA! Leave everything else as is. Now that should take around 8 min to flash when that is done u should be running newest ota uvalh2 rooted. Boot up and do the goo manager steps I told u to get recovery or u could use ROM manager for cwm but I do not recommend it with this phone. Good luck and don't use the super wipe anymore .....for your sake
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Sorry for spelling got a crazy 2 yr old boy running up and down my house tearing **** up
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If someone makes a tar package....it flashes tar packages to the phone containing modem, system, MDM , data and partitions basically whole stock firmwares I am going to find u a package that is already rooted and ready to go in Odin. If u do it any other way (root) u will have to flash an insecure kernel. So this package will flash the stock firmware and root u from there I suggest flashing recovery right after. I would use twrp.......follow directions carefully here.....download goo manager beta from market then install it open it give it superuser perms. Then hit menu on Ur phone and go to "install open recovery script" this will download recovery (twrp) and install it for u when it says its done just reboot into recovery. IMO twrp way better then cwm and cwm is somehow always linked to imei. Always disappearing ...never heard of any problems with twrp and it does backups and restored quicker.
OK so basically to be on the safe side u need to flash stock recovery on your phone first so the Odin package completes with no problems. This will also be a tar.
Then u will flash the stock ROM tar
After that Is complete u will be rooted and have stock ROM
Now do as I said with the goo managerapp
Here is link for stock ROM with root included...thank Mr.Robinson
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
Here is Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270006&stc=1&d=1345396888
And stock recovery tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269983&d=1345396194
So download the Odin program I linked u then download the stock recovery tar. Put your phone into download mode...pull battery out put back in hold vol down home and power. Then when it tells u warning blah blah just hit up. Now connect to PC and start Odin. U should see on left side it should say "added" that means your connected. Now hit PDA find stock recovery flash it. When that's done and it reboots go back into DL mode. Now DL the rooted stock ROM package and extract it to your desktop when it is done being downloaded. Now repeat process hook to PC hit PDA find stock ROM tar on your desktop flash it make sure u don't hit anything else in Odin just PDA! Leave everything else as is. Now that should take around 8 min to flash when that is done u should be running newest ota uvalh2 rooted. Boot up and do the goo manager steps I told u to get recovery or u could use ROM manager for cwm but I do not recommend it with this phone. Good luck and don't use the super wipe anymore .....for your sake
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Sorry for spelling got a crazy 2 yr old boy running up and down my house tearing **** up
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Thank you I managed to get back to stock, reroot, reflash custom rom on new baseband.
As for the other guy telling me im not ready to flash anything. Thanks for the positive reinforcement and for your help you really did contribute SOO much to my problem.
I remember superwipe doing this when I owned the g2 it always messes my recovery.
I thought I remembered you from the G2 forums. Glad you got your phone fixed. I'm still trying to figure this phone out. Odin stuff is weird to me. I'm used to flashing. I will admit, rooting the g2 was way harder.
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I actually wouldn't recommend using superwipe since it wipes your internal sd card.
Sometimes its best to do a full wipe. Especially if you are having problems.
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I thought I remembered you from the G2 forums. Glad you got your phone fixed. I'm still trying to figure this phone out. Odin stuff is weird to me. I'm used to flashing. I will admit, rooting the g2 was way harder.
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You flash everything after the initial root so no worries. The G2 really was a ***** to root. I did it a few weeks ago and it brought me waaaay back to the OG Incredible days.
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Yup. It was so easy. You didn't have to worry about a flashing a .zip or odin a .tar. half the time people are so freaking confused and flash the .tar.
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You flash everything after the initial root so no worries. The G2 really was a ***** to root. I did it a few weeks ago and it brought me waaaay back to the OG Incredible days.
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heck yeah it was hard. I remember I was Shi*ing bricks when I rooted it. It was fun tho.
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Yup. It was so easy. You didn't have to worry about a flashing a .zip or odin a .tar. half the time people are so freaking confused and flash the .tar.
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Yeah Odin had me confused but I guess you have to mess something up to learn something new when it comes to Rom and flashing stuff. I figured everything all out. I just wish people were less jerks and not so quick to judge. I've been flashing since the g1 its just this is my first Samsung phone. But oh well... glad to have you guys on this neck of the woods!
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Bricked - Hardbricked???
If the device is hardbricked - I'm pretty sure that's what happened...what are my options to fix it?
thanks in advance
PS I have searched everywhere for a solution
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If the device is hardbricked - I'm pretty sure that's what happened...what are my options to fix it?
thanks in advance
PS I have searched everywhere for a solution
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Your phone is bricked as well? If you know it's hard bricked then check this out. Only way to fix it http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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I accidently wipe my phones internal storage including backups, Im running latest TWRP and it wont read my sd card. I have a custom rom on the sd card but i cant access via recovery. phone boots to recovery and even download mode but i dont think my usb debug is checked and i cant get thru with odin. Im crunched for time as my wife is coming home in an hour and she will be furious if i bricked my phone i need help restoring before she gets home. thanks.
Heres how I fixed the problem, it was easy after doing but confusing getting there. Since the phone would not boot past the galaxy s3 screen there was no way for me to select USB debugging. That option totally did not allow me to use the Galaxy S3 toolkit listed in android development nor could I select and run any of their lists of "Root" roms because something would happen where ODIN didnt boot it correctly. It ran it at first then "Boot" came on then "Reset" came on then "Pass" came on but nothing ever took. I went to samsung-updates.com selected the ICS factory rom and saved it to desktop. Then I unzipped that rom to unveil the TAR file and flash that via Odin and Bam it ran thru no problems. The problems I ran into earlier were links from other posts and it turned out they were either bad links or not for the phone. I actually tried one guys download link that claimed to be specifically for the T999 us version and it turned out to be for another phone all together Im just lucky that flash didnt brick my device even more. Anyways Odin was my friend it was just a matter of downloading the "Correct" rom. thanks to all that helped I appreciated you all taking the time to answer.
I would download this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682. You should be able to use your PC to flash your Nandroid, although i have never done that.
It doesn't matter if USB debugging is checked if the phone is off.
when i boot to recovery it boots to manual mode anyone know what to do next?
You can flash stuff from your computer in download mode through Odin. I hate doing it myself, but will try to look it up for you
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looks like Odin in download mode is the way to go. Good luck bro
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Searching would have solved this problem just odin
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when i run in oDin it completes and gives me a pass at the end but the phone never auto reboots even though that option is checked. the phone stays on the galaxy s3 screen and never changes from there.
laraiza said:
when i run in oDin it completes and gives me a pass at the end but the phone never auto reboots even though that option is checked. the phone stays on the galaxy s3 screen and never changes from there.
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Boot to Recovery and reset factory defaults. That will fix it. It will still "stick" on that screen, but after a couple minutes, it will continue.
Aerowinder said:
Boot to Recovery and reset factory defaults. That will fix it. It will still "stick" on that screen, but after a couple minutes, it will continue.
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Yup boot into recovery and factory reset. You will be good to go.
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ionic7 said:
Searching would have solved this problem just odin
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Yup boot into recovery and factory reset. You will be good to go.
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I booted to recovery did a factory reset but it still stayed on the samsung galaxy s3 screen for over fifteen minutes now. I even tried the rom toolbox someone suggested earlier but upon flashing a stock rom it prompts me to check usb debugging and I cant get past that screen.
Stock kernel! That should do the trick! Can't believe I forgot about that. Try that and it will boot up fine.
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chrisram88 said:
Stock kernel! That should do the trick! Can't believe I forgot about that. Try that and it will boot up fine.
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I was running paranoid android prior to this mess and yes your probably right about the kernel but I have downloaded from samsung-updates.com the ics kernel patch but its in a zip folder so i DL winzip to extract it but that doesnt seem to work either. IS there a stock rom download with a kernel i can download and use with odin?
laraiza said:
I was running paranoid android prior to this mess and yes your probably right about the kernel but I have downloaded from samsung-updates.com the ics kernel patch but its in a zip folder so i DL winzip to extract it but that doesnt seem to work either. IS there a stock rom download with a kernel i can download and use with odin?
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Check the dev section. There should be a thread there with stock rom and kernel flashable thru Odin
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chrisram88 said:
Check the dev section. There should be a thread there with stock rom and kernel flashable thru Odin
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Found a rom and a kernel in the development section and ran it thru odin and it still didnt take. I noticed that the rom flash thru odin only took about two minutes and not once did i see where the modem cycle was being applied. Still no luck for me. Since my phone does not boot pass the galaxy s3 screen is it possible to get the phone to mount via usb cable and copy the roms to internal storage and install via recovery?
Finally got it working again. Thanks to all that helped.
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That's great man. You should edit the op with how you did it so in case others have same problem they can fix it.
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Sounds good I'll get it done in a few days I'm stuck at work again for now.
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Much like the others here I rooted my T-mobile galaxy s3. The root worked fine and all. Then I downloaded this font changer app (I forget the name but it required a root) I go on to select a font then I go on to reboot like it said. Then bam, my phone gets stuck on the samsung screen. I then proceeded to use odin to put the stock image back on it (I think that's what it's called) It went through. I also did the factory wipe via the recovery screen. But now my phone would turn on, show "Samsung Galaxy S3," go to a black screen, play the t-mobile jingle, and the only thing that happens is the LED flashes but still nothing on the screen. I've tried virtually everything and I still think there is something else I need to do.
Help please?
I had a similar problem, this is what I did. Try and boot into cwr by hilding the vol up +power+home when it vibrates let go. Now u should b in cwr. Now wipe everything, dalvic, factory wipe fix permission. And flash a new rom cm10 will do..
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kipster3001 said:
I had a similar problem, this is what I did. Try and boot into cwr by hilding the vol up +power+home when it vibrates let go. Now u should b in cwr. Now wipe everything, dalvic, factory wipe fix permission. And flash a new rom cm10 will do..
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The problem is that he may be rooted but doesn't have cwm recovery.
If that's the case then you need to flash cwm recovery first.
I would also try flashing stock rom again or after flashing cwr download nandroid backup of stock rom.
Good luck and let us know if that worked
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HajmeR said:
The problem is that he may be rooted but doesn't have cwm recovery.
If that's the case then you need to flash cwm recovery first.
I would also try flashing stock rom again or after flashing cwr download nandroid backup of stock rom.
Good luck and let us know if that worked
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That sounds like a reasonable solution. Can I get a link to the CWM recovery file as well as a guide to it so I don't dig myself into a deeper hole? lol
Actually if you're stock recovery, factory reset should wipe everything. Including internal sd, just so you know.
If that doesn't work it'd probably be cleaner to just odin the root66 fw. But if you prefer the other way, you can find recovery files at the top of post 2 in the fw thread. Root66 is at the top of post 1.
I still need to add a few recoveries so if you don't see one you want let me know.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Actually if you're stock recovery, factory reset should wipe everything. Including internal sd, just so you know.
If that doesn't work it'd probably be cleaner to just odin the root66 fw. But if you prefer the other way, you can find recovery files at the top of post 2 in the fw thread. Root66 is at the top of post 1.
I still need to add a few recoveries so if you don't see one you want let me know.
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OMG!!! It is working now!!! Thank you so so so much!!!! lol
Hey guys,
Was trying to root my stock T-Mobile Galaxy S3, and everything was going fine but after it rebooted from Odin, the screen stayed black, and only the blue LED was pulsing. I assume it has something to do with my phone being on 4.1.1 and the S3 toolkit not liking that. I tried to flash the stock Rom to get it out of this, but now the same thing is still happening. I have tried multiple cache wipes/factory resets and multiple other stock ROMs. I always without fail get the same thing Samsung splash screen/Blue pulsing LED/start up sound and black screen. I'm getting really frustrated and worried. Can anyone help?
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Hey guys,
Was trying to root my stock T-Mobile Galaxy S3, and everything was going fine but after it rebooted from Odin, the screen stayed black, and only the blue LED was pulsing. I assume it has something to do with my phone being on 4.1.1 and the S3 toolkit not liking that. I tried to flash the stock Rom to get it out of this, but now the same thing is still happening. I have tried multiple cache wipes/factory resets and multiple other stock ROMs. I always without fail get the same thing Samsung splash screen/Blue pulsing LED/start up sound and black screen. I'm getting really frustrated and worried. Can anyone help?
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That's actually the exact problem I just solved. You would need Odin 3.04 (well that's what I used) and you need to flash root66 like one of the previous posters here said. It recovered my phone AND rooted it. So try that and tell us what happened.
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That's actually the exact problem I just solved. You would need Odin 3.04 (well that's what I used) and you need to flash root66 like one of the previous posters here said. It recovered my phone AND rooted it. So try that and tell us what happened.
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When I try the root66 it fails in odin. I used the root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA one. First, I had toolkit convert it into a .tar. Then I chose option 8 to flash a stock rom. I skipped ahead to flashing the rom and factory reset like it prompted. Then I tried to flash the .tar and it fails. ..:/. I don't know what else to do.
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When I try the root66 it fails in odin. I used the root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA one. First, I had toolkit convert it into a .tar. Then I chose option 8 to flash a stock rom. I skipped ahead to flashing the rom and factory reset like it prompted. Then I tried to flash the .tar and it fails. ..:/. I don't know what else to do.
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Actualy I don't use toolkit so I might be wrong, but I don't think you need to convert root66 to tar. Just skip the toolkit. Put your phone into download mode, open odin, connect your phone to pc and flash root66. Check root66 thread for some info about unziping it or converting to anything. All info should be in op. If there is nothing about it then flash it as it is. Make sure that you have phone drivers installed and turn off kies.
I hope it helps.
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I've just checked root66 thread. You don't have to convert it or unzip it. Just flash as it is. Your problem might came from converting that file to tar.
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Misfit77 said:
When I try the root66 it fails in odin. I used the root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA one. First, I had toolkit convert it into a .tar. Then I chose option 8 to flash a stock rom. I skipped ahead to flashing the rom and factory reset like it prompted. Then I tried to flash the .tar and it fails. ..:/. I don't know what else to do.
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Unzip the fw using 7zip. Then odin flash the .tar.md5 file you just extracted.
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Don't use toolkit for that just go to root66 thread. Download everything what you need from there and follow steps in 2 post under odin use.
Good luck
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Originally Posted by Misfit77
When I try the root66 it fails in odin. I used the root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA one. First, I had toolkit convert it into a .tar. Then I chose option 8 to flash a stock rom. I skipped ahead to flashing the rom and factory reset like it prompted. Then I tried to flash the .tar and it fails. ..:/. I don't know what else to do.
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Actualy I don't use toolkit so I might be wrong, but I don't think you need to convert root66 to tar. Just skip the toolkit. Put your phone into download mode, open odin, connect your phone to pc and flash root66. Check root66 thread for some info about unziping it or converting to anything. All info should be in op. If there is nothing about it then flash it as it is. Make sure that you have phone drivers installed and turn off kies.
I hope it helps.
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I've just checked root66 thread. You don't have to convert it or unzip it. Just flash as it is. Your problem might came from converting that file to tar.
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Thanks for the help, I'll try it when o get home.
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Actually I was a bit wrong, like DocHoliday wrote, you just have to unzip it and use tar.md5 file inside. The rest is as I wrote before.
Good luck and let us know how it went
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HajmeR said:
Actually I was a bit wrong, like DocHoliday wrote, you just have to unzip it and use tar.md5 file inside. The rest is as I wrote before.
Good luck and let us know how it went
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It worked!!! Thank you both so much!! I was really getting frustrated.
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It worked!!! Thank you both so much!! I was really getting frustrated.
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Good to hear that! If you will have some problems with sgs3 in the future you can pm me and I will try to help. Just saying that because I'm not looking into q&a very often. Good luck and happy flashing
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HajmeR said:
Good to hear that! If you will have some problems with sgs3 in the future you can pm me and I will try to help. Just saying that because I'm not looking into q&a very often. Good luck and happy flashing
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I will, thanks again!
Did the same thing
I did the same thing. I used the toolkit and was distracted by my son which ended up in me skipping over areas I thought I read and missed the part about JellyBean creating soft-brick.. It did install CWM though . Low and behold, I soft-bricked my phone with the pulsing blue LED from HELL. I kept having issues flashing everything, luckily the toolkit DID install CWM for me which was of no help. When I used Odin 3.0.4 it worked flawlessly with the stock rooted t999 rom which I have attached along with Odin 3.0.4.
Here is how to fix your soft-brick with the black screen and blue LED from hell:
1.) Download files attached and EXTRACT > root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.7z AND Odin_3.0.4_Files.zip
2.) Boot into download updates screen by pressing and holding Home Button, Volume Down Button, and Power Button at same time until you boot into downloading updates screen.
3.) Plug in your phone to your pc
4.) Open Odin 3.0.4 make sure Auto Reboot and F . Reset Time are checked
5.) Click the PDA button at the right, select boot-stock-tmobile-sgh-t999
7.) Click the START button.
8.) Repeat Steps 2-4
9.) Click the PDA button at the right, select root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.tar.md5
10.) Click the START button and you should see it install things you never saw before like BOOT, SYSTEM, MODEM, etc. (not in that order) at the top left where it shows installation progress (that little green rectangle)
Hi Guys,
So I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 that as of 5 hours ago was completely stock and running android 4.3 (the official one from AT&T). I got bored last night and decided I wanted to root my phone (something I hadn't yet done in the entire year I had my phone). So I looked up how to root, read the instructions all the way (I thought my research was complete). I rooted using the CF auto method. After doing that I flashed TWRP using ODIN. I also downloaded Titanium Backup, Rom Manager & My Backup Root. I tried to use all three of these applications to make a backup of my device so that I could flash the custom Rom I wanted without losing all my information. That is when my troubles began.
Whenever I tried to access any of these apps I got a pop up saying Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped and a notification stating An attempt to access a secure area on your phone without authorization has been blocked. None of the apps would run either and just kept freezing or loading forever.Thinking I'd done something wrong I repeated the root process all over again. I still kept getting the same notifications though. I typed in the unauthorized access notification message into google and discovered about Knox. Doing some tinkering of my own I went to settings (more tab)>>security>>device administrators>> unchecked knox>>deactivate. After deactivating Knox I once again tried to gain root access and had no success. I followed the advice from previous threads and tried to change all Knox.apk files to knox.apk.bak using Explorer, I downloaded Android terminal and tried to delete knox via the command line su pm... That also did nothing. I went to the market and tried to download the SuperSU app by CHAINFIRE, it wouldn't work as it already says the app is installed but offers me no updating options. I also downloaded the Update SuperSU zip file and tried to flash it. My phone wont boot into recovery though so that hasn't gotten me anywhere. Downloaded Rom Manager and GooManager to try to get into recovery mode and still no success. later flashed philz_touch via ODIN as people who had similar problems had posted about it working for them. Didn't work for me. Flashed TWRP again using ODIN and am now just scratching my head trying to figure out how to fix this issue.
I'm personally not worried much about the warranty stuff but am more concerned with the fact that I can't root my phone. All I want is to be able to load a custom rom (MIUI v5) onto my phone. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.... If you've seen someone else with an issue like mine please just redirect me to the proper thread then.
p.s. I also tried running the root verify app and it got stuck on a loading page.
When I power my phone off and boot into recovery mode (or whatever its called) my stats read as:
ODIN MODE
Product name: SGH-I317
Custom Binary Download: Yes (7 counts) - this is from all my attempts to reroot and flash different recoveries
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Knox Warranty Void: 1
AP SWAEV: A2
Not sure if it matters but my phone still works fine and I can make and recieve calls, texts, etc so it doesn't seem like anything is "broken." Just no root access on a rooted phone.
Originally Posted by Ladyfinesse08
Thanks so much for your help. I tried doing what you said. When I go to SuperSU application under application manager it won't allow me to reomove it. All I can do is Turn it OFF. When If I go to the play market after turning it off the only option I get is to enable it again. Looking under App Info though it's showing that I'm on version 1.93 of SuperSu. I think from all the stuff I've been reading I'm supposed to be on version 1.95.
As for flashing it your TWRP I can't because I can't load into recovery mode with TWRP. The only thing thats working for me is ODIN. Not sure if there's a way to flash from ODIN or not but I personally don't know of one (I'm new to ODIN).
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lt...lteatt.img.tar
Here's a copy to flash in ODIN. If you can't boot into recovery after this, there are other things we can try from ODIN.
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dicksteele said:
Originally Posted by Ladyfinesse08
Thanks so much for your help. I tried doing what you said. When I go to SuperSU application under application manager it won't allow me to reomove it. All I can do is Turn it OFF. When If I go to the play market after turning it off the only option I get is to enable it again. Looking under App Info though it's showing that I'm on version 1.93 of SuperSu. I think from all the stuff I've been reading I'm supposed to be on version 1.95.
As for flashing it your TWRP I can't because I can't load into recovery mode with TWRP. The only thing thats working for me is ODIN. Not sure if there's a way to flash from ODIN or not but I personally don't know of one (I'm new to ODIN).
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lt...lteatt.img.tar
Here's a copy to flash in ODIN. If you can't boot into recovery after this, there are other things we can try from ODIN.
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Fixed it. I was being special :angel:
Ladyfinesse08 said:
it's saying the file you've requested is not found. Do you have another link for the file or whats the name of it so I can search for it myself?
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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/124
Should be main TWRP ATT page
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Ladyfinesse08 said:
Fixed it. I was being special :angel:
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fixed the link or completely whooped root's butt?
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dicksteele said:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/124
Should be main TWRP ATT page
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fixed the link or completely whooped root's butt?
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the link. the tar file is the same one that I've been using though so not sure if it'll work or not. When flashing it should I still be under PDA or should I switch to phone, csc, etc?
Ladyfinesse08 said:
the link. the tar file is the same one that I've been using though so not sure if it'll work or not. When flashing it should I still be under PDA or should I switch to phone, csc, etc?
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Yep PDA.
Which version of ODIN you using?
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v.3.07
Ladyfinesse08 said:
v.3.07
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K. Should work.
2.6.3.0 will also.
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http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/t0lteatt
Philz ClockWorkMod recovery
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I flashed the first recovery file but it still won't boot into recovery for me. When I try to boot into recovery it keeps taking me to the default recovery screen. Tried launching titantium backup and what not again and they're all still not working for me.
Got the philztouch one to flash. Still won't boot into custom recovery though.
Ladyfinesse08 said:
I flashed the first recovery file but it still won't boot into recovery for me. When I try to boot into recovery it keeps taking me to the default recovery screen. Tried launching titantium backup and what not again and they're all still not working for me.
Got the philztouch one to flash. Still won't boot into custom recovery though.
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K. Try this. 69% sure it will work.
- Download from http://d-h.st/CDK
I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip
- Extract the .zip file to get to I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.tar.md5
- Put your Note 2 in Download Mode.
Entering download mode is very simple. First you will need to turn off your device. Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button. Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up. Once you’re there, you will be required to press volume up to enter the download mode or volume down to cancel and reboot the device.
Open ODIN and place the I317UCUBMK6-TZ.tar.md5 file in PDA and flash.
I know you know how to do all that's written there, I just copied and pasted from a post.
dicksteele said:
K. Try this. 69% sure it will work.
- Download from http://d-h.st/CDK
I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip
- Extract the .zip file to get to I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.tar.md5
- Put your Note 2 in Download Mode.
Entering download mode is very simple. First you will need to turn off your device. Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button. Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up. Once you’re there, you will be required to press volume up to enter the download mode or volume down to cancel and reboot the device.
Open ODIN and place the I317UCUBMK6-TZ.tar.md5 file in PDA and flash.
I know you know how to do all that's written there, I just copied and pasted from a post.
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This didn't work for me either. Not sure exactly what's wrong with my note but I may just have to give up on gaining root access. maybe i'll try a different method to root.... I'm 100% sure I'm rooted though based on what the phone says when I boot into the default system recovery. Just don't understand why I can't gain root access and boot into custom recovery. Thank you for all your help though you've been an absolute doll. :angel:
Ladyfinesse08 said:
This didn't work for me either. Not sure exactly what's wrong with my note but I may just have to give up on gaining root access. maybe i'll try a different method to root.... I'm 100% sure I'm rooted though based on what the phone says when I boot into the default system recovery. Just don't understand why I can't gain root access and boot into custom recovery. Thank you for all your help though you've been an absolute doll. :angel:
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No worries. I aim to please.
You aren't the first this has happened to. Just trying to remember what I did. I know what I did to fix it, I think it's this version though.
Download and try this one
http://d-h.st/OYC
It's the MK4 version of the earlier param/tz you tried.
That should have worked, clueless why it didn't.
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ODIN this one, let it reboot back into ROM.
Power down, go into download mode and flash either one of the custom recoveries.
Let it reboot, power down, then try and go into recovery.
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dicksteele said:
No worries. I aim to please.
You aren't the first this has happened to. Just trying to remember what I did. I know what I did to fix it, I think it's this version though.
Download and try this one
http://d-h.st/OYC
It's the MK4 version of the earlier param/tz you tried.
That should have worked, clueless why it didn't.
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ODIN this one, let it reboot back into ROM.
Power down, go into download mode and flash either one of the custom recoveries.
Let it reboot, power down, then try and go into recovery.
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It seems my life has become a horrible case of Murphy's Law (as far as rooting this dang phone goes). So I used the 4.3param_tz.tar file that you posted previously. After being flashed via ODIN my phone automatically booted into Philz Touch recovery more. I initially decided that I was going to flash the SuperSU update then but decided to wait as I wanted to follow the instructions completely and flash TWRP instead. rebooted the phone. Turned it off again and booted back into recovery..... I was once again met with the default stock recovery (I thought my problems were solved and was already half way through writing a post to you confessing my love).
At this point I proceeded with some caution and tried to flash TWRP. Didn't work. ODIN/my phone kept getting stuck in recovery.img. Disconnected the phone after a couple minutes, pulled the battery and rebooted into stock recovery mode. Once again ODIN/my phone got stuck on recovery mode. Tried flashing 4.3param_tz.tar again and this time got stuck at param.bin.
Did some Google searching and people recommended re-installing the drivers, re-installed device drivers and rebooted into stock recovery mode. Went back to ODIN and flashed TWRP. It flashed completely and automatically rebooted the device. When I turned the device off again and tried to go to recovery mode I was again taken to the stock recovery mode page. tried to reflash 4.3param_tz.tar and it got stuck on param.bin again. Since then I've unplugged and rebooted into recovery mode countless times and tried flashing any and every thing and I keep getting stuck at either param.bin or recovery.img.
I have to go to class now so I'll probably come back sometime tonight and try to re-install the drivers and see if I can get param to flash again. If you give up completely I understand. The longer this takes the more convinced I am that it's a sign from above that I simply need to get my ass a new phone.
Ladyfinesse08 said:
It seems my life has become a horrible case of Murphy's Law (as far as rooting this dang phone goes). So I used the 4.3param_tz.tar file that you posted previously. After being flashed via ODIN my phone automatically booted into Philz Touch recovery more. I initially decided that I was going to flash the SuperSU update then but decided to wait as I wanted to follow the instructions completely and flash TWRP instead. rebooted the phone. Turned it off again and booted back into recovery..... I was once again met with the default stock recovery (I thought my problems were solved and was already half way through writing a post to you confessing my love).
At this point I proceeded with some caution and tried to flash TWRP. Didn't work. ODIN/my phone kept getting stuck in recovery.img. Disconnected the phone after a couple minutes, pulled the battery and rebooted into stock recovery mode. Once again ODIN/my phone got stuck on recovery mode. Tried flashing 4.3param_tz.tar again and this time got stuck at param.bin.
Did some Google searching and people recommended re-installing the drivers, re-installed device drivers and rebooted into stock recovery mode. Went back to ODIN and flashed TWRP. It flashed completely and automatically rebooted the device. When I turned the device off again and tried to go to recovery mode I was again taken to the stock recovery mode page. tried to reflash 4.3param_tz.tar and it got stuck on param.bin again. Since then I've unplugged and rebooted into recovery mode countless times and tried flashing any and every thing and I keep getting stuck at either param.bin or recovery.img.
I have to go to class now so I'll probably come back sometime tonight and try to re-install the drivers and see if I can get param to flash again. If you give up completely I understand. The longer this takes the more convinced I am that it's a sign from above that I simply need to get my ass a new phone.
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Hmmm. Maybe it's my fault.
That's my last name for reals.
So the param/tz you flashed I previously posted, was the first one or second one?
Try flashing the first param.bin/tz.img combo.
Sorry for the run around.
My fault again. When i posted the Philz recovery I should have mentioned either one would have been fine.
For the custom recovery, it gets down to personal preference. Both versions are working fine. They both are touch. You are just going to have to play with both and see which one trips your trigger.
I'm getting lost where we are at.
Try flashing the original param file from the 4.3 OTA. Let's see if that completes successfully. Then we'll go from there.
I'm thinking
-Fix booting into stock recovery.
-Do chainfires CF-AUTOROOT in ODIN.
-Boot phone and try updating Supersu again
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I'm in the same boat this person is in, and i was about to open a new thread. I hope you don't mine joining in for help. My husband was a ninny and accepted the full OTA when I only told him to swap over his cards into the new warranty exchange we just got in. So I didn't know about it until I started trying to root and running into problems. I ran the TZ.tar.md5 file in Odin. I tried this little method here mentioned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50532028. I can't get anything to happen other than watching the flash counter go up. I just want root so i can restore his app with Rom Toolbox from his other phone...... This Knox thing is BS......
whitetiger_0603 said:
I'm in the same boat this person is in, and i was about to open a new thread. I hope you don't mine joining in for help. My husband was a ninny and accepted the full OTA when I only told him to swap over his cards into the new warranty exchange we just got in. So I didn't know about it until I started trying to root and running into problems. I ran the TZ.tar.md5 file in Odin. I tried this little method here mentioned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50532028. I can't get anything to happen other than watching the flash counter go up. I just want root so i can restore his app with Rom Toolbox from his other phone...... This Knox thing is BS......
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A ninny. Something my wife has never called me I'll have to admit. Don't think she's ever considered that, I'll have to confirm that.
Back to work.... what does can't get anything else to work mean?
So what have you did? Any of the steps listed above?
We haven't heard from LadyF so assuming she's good to go. No reason to open another can't root thread.
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dicksteele said:
A ninny. Something my wife has never called me I'll have to admit. Don't think she's ever considered that, I'll have to confirm that.
Back to work.... what does can't get anything else to work mean?
So what have you did? Any of the steps listed above?
We haven't heard from LadyF so assuming she's good to go. No reason to open another can't root thread.
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Thanks for getting back to me. I tried the CF Auto Root file in Odin. I tried just flashing a custom recovery so I could flash SU to gain root. Those are the 2 main things I remember trying..the rest is a late night blur. I was going to just try and flash one of the rooted stock roms, however, and this is kinda' sad, I don't remember which spot to place it in Odin.
whitetiger_0603 said:
Thanks for getting back to me. I tried the CF Auto Root file in Odin. I tried just flashing a custom recovery so I could flash SU to gain root. Those are the 2 main things I remember trying..the rest is a late night blur. I was going to just try and flash one of the rooted stock roms, however, and this is kinda' sad, I don't remember which spot to place it in Odin.
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Just PM'd you all the goodies.
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Just PM'd you all the goodies.
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I appreciate your time helping me. Things are up and running.
Sorry if it's been posted already
Tried to search but the page kept timing out
I have an old note 2 I need to reactivate
I have to take it into a sprint location though so i'd like to revert back to stock
Is there a topic or tutorial?
This is the current stock rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53353625
i'M ON 4.4.2 now
Anyone to revert back to 4.2?
You can go down to 4.1.2 (we never got 4.2) but it is not something most people want to try. You can end up in a soft brick state where nothing will boot and no stock odin files will work. Then you have to flash a special fix to make your phone usable.
So why would you want to try that? If you just want stock odin the current NE2 tar from samsung.
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jlmancuso said:
You can go down to 4.1.2 (we never got 4.2) but it is not something most people want to try. You can end up in a soft brick state where nothing will boot and no stock odin files will work. Then you have to flash a special fix to make your phone usable.
So why would you want to try that? If you just want stock odin the current NE2 tar from samsung.
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For some odd reason, if I revert back to the current stock rom, when I root, supersu never works.
Figured I'd revert back to 4.1.2 and root from there.
mrmondaynight said:
For some odd reason, if I revert back to the current stock rom, when I root, supersu never works.
Figured I'd revert back to 4.1.2 and root from there.
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Like jlmancuso said, you're headed down a slippery slope. If you tried the same thing with your s3 you would've made a paperweight.
Flash it to stock 4.4.2, take it to the sprint store (per your original post) and once you get it up and running, then try to root. If you run into problems just post here to get help...
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Getting back to stock cont. . .
Soooo,
I was on a mission to flash custom kernel when all hell broke loose. Long story short list:
1. I have done a system wipe which has erased my OS
2. My device was rooted with the binary count tripped so I can't revert to stock rom *
3. I can't go back to the custom rom that I was on because there's no OS *
* = is this true
Question is, is there a way to either reset the counter so I can go back to stock rom OR get a custom rom that has the stock framework underneath already that I can just flash?
I'm totally stuck. . .and I dropped my phone in the middle of this debacle and cracked the screen
I'd try going into download mode and flashing the stock NE2 tar through Odin...
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g_money said:
I'd try going into download mode and flashing the stock NE2 tar through Odin...
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Cool I'll find it and give it a try
I tried,
I get a signature fail error when I try it in Stock recovery, and just a failed notification when I try it in TWRP. Anymore suggestions on how to get an OS on my device?
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Cool I'll find it and give it a try
I tried,
I get a signature fail error when I try it in Stock recovery, and just a failed notification when I try it in TWRP. Anymore suggestions on how to get an OS on my device?
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You need a windows machine and a program called odin to flash a tar not recovery.
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You need a windows machine and a program called odin to flash a tar not recovery.
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Ok, I've been trying to flash .tar.md5 files via odin and but I get an error message on the phone that shows the binary counter, and says the file is not signed
Did you try flashing a custom recovery through Odin yet? I would suggest trying to flash philz latest version through Odin.
Turn off auto reboot in Odin. Once it's complete, pull the battery. Put the battery back and and reboot into download mode (power+home+volume down buttons at the same time)
Edit. Before doing the above, have you unzipped the tar file on your pc?
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g_money said:
Did you try flashing a custom recovery through Odin yet? I would suggest trying to flash philz latest version through Odin.
Turn off auto reboot in Odin. Once it's complete, pull the battery. Put the battery back and and reboot into download mode (power+home+volume down buttons at the same time)
Edit. Before doing the above, have you unzipped the tar file on your pc?
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Yup, I've unzipped the tar file. I've been in and out of the latest TWRP and stock recoveries with no luck so far, but I haven't tried philz yet. And I'll remember to turn off the auto reboot and see if this method will allow me to get the tar file flashed
Thanks, I'll let you know
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Yup, I've unzipped the tar file. I've been in and out of the latest TWRP and stock recoveries with no luck so far, but I haven't tried philz yet. And I'll remember to turn off the auto reboot and see if this method will allow me to get the tar file flashed
Thanks, I'll let you know
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So I flashed Philz latest recovery and got back into download mode, but I got the same error message
SW REV CHECK FAIL. DEVICE 3, BINARY:2
I'm going to try to flash the custom ROM I wanted using Philz. . .
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dcbound said:
Yup, I've unzipped the tar file. I've been in and out of the latest TWRP and stock recoveries with no luck so far, but I haven't tried philz yet. And I'll remember to turn off the auto reboot and see if this method will allow me to get the tar file flashed
Thanks, I'll let you know
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So I flashed Philz latest recovery and got back into download mode, but I got the same error message
SW REV CHECK FAIL. DEVICE 3, BINARY:2
I'm going to try to flash the custom ROM I wanted using Philz. . .
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SUCCESS!!!!!!
Philz did the trick, initially the ROM wouldn't install but I ticked the update binary option and VOILA!
Philz is my new recovery, and now that I know it works. . .I may even get back to trying out my pegasus kernel lol
Thanks for the assistance!