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Issue flashing CWM recovery

Hey guys,
So I just rooted my rogers galaxy s3 and I'm trying to install CWM recovery. My phone isnt on the ROM manager list so I tried flashing it through odin. I've tried about 7 times each with different versions of cwm recovery and odin keeps saying it was a success but whenever I try to go into recovery mode I just go to android system recovery and not CWM recovery. I have no clue why this is happening.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zach

Zach23 said:
Hey guys,
So I just rooted my rogers galaxy s3 and I'm trying to install CWM recovery. My phone isnt on the ROM manager list so I tried flashing it through odin. I've tried about 7 times each with different versions of cwm recovery and odin keeps saying it was a success but whenever I try to go into recovery mode I just go to android system recovery and not CWM recovery. I have no clue why this is happening.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zach
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Btw i dunno why its not working it worked for me.. but i switched cuz CWM SUCKS get twrp bruh its touch and everything and it tells you how much battery you have while flashing...
Download goomanager off playstore... download some random rom (you dont need to flash the rom its only so it gives u the link to the open recovery) you will be asked if you have a recovery installed say no install open recovery they install TWRP on your phone done.. happy flashing

Zach23 said:
Hey guys,
So I just rooted my rogers galaxy s3 and I'm trying to install CWM recovery. My phone isnt on the ROM manager list so I tried flashing it through odin. I've tried about 7 times each with different versions of cwm recovery and odin keeps saying it was a success but whenever I try to go into recovery mode I just go to android system recovery and not CWM recovery. I have no clue why this is happening.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zach
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Had the same problems, follow this guide use the latest versions of everything (Odin, etc.). The key is the pulling of the battery after flashing and before you boot. Once I did that I got into CWM no problem.

amzi said:
Btw i dunno why its not working it worked for me.. but i switched cuz CWM SUCKS get twrp bruh its touch and everything and it tells you how much battery you have while flashing...
Download goomanager off playstore... download some random rom (you dont need to flash the rom its only so it gives u the link to the open recovery) you will be asked if you have a recovery installed say no install open recovery they install TWRP on your phone done.. happy flashing
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Yeah I ended up installing TWRP, and I flashed this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684&highlight=gapps
Good so far!

This is probably the same issue i was having where the stock recovery kept coming back. You will need to rename or delete these two files.
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

Zach23 said:
Yeah I ended up installing TWRP, and I flashed this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684&highlight=gapps
Good so far!
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xD the thanks button is there for a reason

Clock work mod problem, please help

Galaxy S3 from at&t, i rooted my phone as soon as got it several months ago, I've flashed colockwordmode 3 times in the last day or so and i cannot make to work, i followed the steps exactly as described, Odin is showing the green pass, the binary cont is increasing every time I've tried but i can't get the phone to start in recovery mode by holding volume up, home and power! it just reboot and turns the phone on or it goes into the Samsung recovery mode (blue screen). Very frustrating!, anyone can please help.
BTW, when i rooted my phone i installed clockwordmode then and it worked fine, i had not has to use it since, I'm running the stock ROM i want to flash another ROM, before i do that i need to use clockworkmode and that's when i realized that it was not working anymore, then tried to flash it 3 times but no success. I still have root.

Have you tried twrp?

athens71 said:
Galaxy S3 from at&t, i rooted my phone as soon as got it several months ago, I've flashed colockwordmode 3 times in the last day or so and i cannot make to work, i followed the steps exactly as described, Odin is showing the green pass, the binary cont is increasing every time I've tried but i can't get the phone to start in recovery mode by holding volume up, home and power! it just reboot and turns the phone on or it goes into the Samsung recovery mode (blue screen). Very frustrating!, anyone can please help.
BTW, when i rooted my phone i installed clockwordmode then and it worked fine, i had not has to use it since, I'm running the stock ROM i want to flash another ROM, before i do that i need to use clockworkmode and that's when i realized that it was not working anymore, then tried to flash it 3 times but no success. I still have root.
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This will happen until you load a custom rom I believe. Same thing happened to me then when I installed a rom it started being able to boot into cwm
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athens71 said:
Galaxy S3 from at&t, i rooted my phone as soon as got it several months ago, I've flashed colockwordmode 3 times in the last day or so and i cannot make to work, i followed the steps exactly as described, Odin is showing the green pass, the binary cont is increasing every time I've tried but i can't get the phone to start in recovery mode by holding volume up, home and power! it just reboot and turns the phone on or it goes into the Samsung recovery mode (blue screen). Very frustrating!, anyone can please help.
BTW, when i rooted my phone i installed clockwordmode then and it worked fine, i had not has to use it since, I'm running the stock ROM i want to flash another ROM, before i do that i need to use clockworkmode and that's when i realized that it was not working anymore, then tried to flash it 3 times but no success. I still have root.
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flash recovery again in odin but make sure the "auto reboot" box is NOT checked. once its done flashing, unplug it and remove the battery for a second. replace the battery and immediately hold down vol up+home+power. this should take you into cwm if it flashed correctly

this could happen when you didn't root it properly
anyways, if you are rooted(as you said), get twrp and see

+1 for twrp

athens71 said:
I still have root.
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If you still have root, you might want to try installing CWM directly from your phone, using the dd terminal command to copy CWM into the right partition:
Download the latest CWM .img file from CWM's site: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Put the file in your phone. For simplicity reason, I would suggest you put it in the root of your internal SD card. And because you will need to type the whole path+filename in the terminal in your phone, I would also suggest you rename the file to something simple, like cwm.img;
If you don't already have it, install Android Terminal Emulator;
Now, open the terminal emulator, and type the following commands:
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
(That is, if you rename the CWM file to "cwm.img" and you actually put it in the root of your internal SD card. If you put it somewhere else or did not rename your file, you will need to adapt the "if=" part of the command.)
Profit.

athens71 said:
Galaxy S3 from at&t, i rooted my phone as soon as got it several months ago, I've flashed colockwordmode 3 times in the last day or so and i cannot make to work, i followed the steps exactly as described, Odin is showing the green pass, the binary cont is increasing every time I've tried but i can't get the phone to start in recovery mode by holding volume up, home and power! it just reboot and turns the phone on or it goes into the Samsung recovery mode (blue screen). Very frustrating!, anyone can please help.
BTW, when i rooted my phone i installed clockwordmode then and it worked fine, i had not has to use it since, I'm running the stock ROM i want to flash another ROM, before i do that i need to use clockworkmode and that's when i realized that it was not working anymore, then tried to flash it 3 times but no success. I still have root.
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Just curious: are you trying to flash CWM via Odin? If so where did you get it from? Did you install a botched version of stock recovery maybe (or one that is from another model of S3)? Try TWRP from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28019751&postcount=1. It is at the bottom of the post and it is labeled "Odin Flashable TWRP Recovery" under Miscellaneous files. Download and install via Odin.
And if you are on Jelly Bean, your flash counter will increment in your dealings with custom recoveries and roms. You only option at this point (if you have root still) is to get Triangle Away and run it in order to reset the counter. However, even if you clear your flash counter, if you go back into recovery it will trip again.

drock212 said:
This will happen until you load a custom rom I believe. Same thing happened to me then when I installed a rom it started being able to boot into cwm
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I'm still using stock ROM, i'd like to install a custom ROM but i'm reading that you have to have Clockworkmod to do a successful install.
When i check in the files of the phone (sd card) i can see the clockwordmod folder in there there but still can't get it to boot into cwm recovery, only the Samsung recovery and I've tried the volume up home and power button so many times but no success.
Why do you think it worked when i first rooted the phone and not now?
this is frustrating, thanks for the help.

aybarrap1 said:
Just curious: are you trying to flash CWM via Odin? If so where did you get it from? Did you install a botched version of stock recovery maybe (or one that is from another model of S3)? Try TWRP from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28019751&postcount=1. It is at the bottom of the post and it is labeled "Odin Flashable TWRP Recovery" under Miscellaneous files. Download and install via Odin.
And if you are on Jelly Bean, your flash counter will increment in your dealings with custom recoveries and roms. You only option at this point (if you have root still) is to get Triangle Away and run it in order to reset the counter. However, even if you clear your flash counter, if you go back into recovery it will trip again.
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Yes I've tried 3 times via Odin, i can't remember where i got the cmw file from, it's a tar file (clockworkmod.TAR), the part i don't understand is why when i first rooted the phone in August cwm worked, i used it to install the root and now after trying to install it again 3 times i can't get it to work.
I'm using the stock ROM, not jelly bean.
thanks for any help

xBeerdroiDx said:
flash recovery again in odin but make sure the "auto reboot" box is NOT checked. once its done flashing, unplug it and remove the battery for a second. replace the battery and immediately hold down vol up+home+power. this should take you into cwm if it flashed correctly
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I've tried it with "auto reboot" check and without but still no luck. Like i said it reboots in the Samsung rm.

androidsavage23 said:
Have you tried twrp?
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No i have not, i can't find where to get it for galaxy S3 at&t! would you know where i could find it?
Thank you

athens71 said:
No i have not, i can't find where to get it for galaxy S3 at&t! would you know where i could find it?
Thank you
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Download goo manager app and open that. There will be an option to "install open recovery" in the menu. Voilà a superior recovery that's easier to use
You can even use it to boot into recovery or install the new update for it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

athens71 said:
No i have not, i can't find where to get it for galaxy S3 at&t! would you know where i could find it?
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Easiest way to install TWRP is using GooManager from the Play Store.
1. Open GooManager.
2. Press the menu key to open the contextual menu, and select Install OpenRecoveryScript.
3. The app will ask you to confirm you really want to install a new recovery image.
4. GooManager searches for the correct TWRP build for your device. Look at the Filename line, it should display openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-d2att.img for AT&T or openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-d2can.img for Rogers/Bell/Telus. Again, confirm the installation.
5. Wait for the download to begin. TWRP will install. Done.
If it does not work or if GooManager does not find the correct build for your device -- in this latter case, this should raise a flag for you, as you may not have a SGH-i747/SGH-i747M; double check your phone model --, you can always install TWRP manually. From TWRP website (http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2), you can grab the IMG file to manually install from the terminal emulator, and a TAR file to install using ODIN.

athens71 said:
I've tried it with "auto reboot" check and without but still no luck. Like i said it reboots in the Samsung rm.
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Did you try it exactly as i said to?

drock212 said:
This will happen until you load a custom rom I believe. Same thing happened to me then when I installed a rom it started being able to boot into cwm
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda premium
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So if that's the case (This will happen until you load a custom ROM) how can i back up my stuff before installing a new ROM? that's the reason i was trying to make cwm work so i could back my stuff.
Is there a different way to do a full back up?
thanks

xBeerdroiDx said:
Did you try it exactly as i said to?
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Yes i did, when i tried to flash cmw 3 times yesterday, the description was exactly like yours.
thanks you

athens71 said:
Yes i did, when i tried to flash cmw 3 times yesterday, the description was exactly like yours.
thanks you
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if you have root, download Rom Manager and install cwm from the menu.
i've also heard that, if rooted, you can erase /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (using ES File Explorer or Root Explorer) an that will make cwmstick. this is due to newer software versions overwriting your stock recovery on reboot.

xBeerdroiDx said:
if you have root, download Rom Manager and install cwm from the menu.
i've also heard that, if rooted, you can erase /system/recovery-from-boot.p and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (using ES File Explorer or Root Explorer) an that will make cwmstick. this is due to newer software versions overwriting your stock recovery on reboot.
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By installing cwm from the app store (ROM manger) will i get the same back up as i would with Odin install of cwm, in other words do i risk loosing my back up ROM using "ROM manager?"
thanks

athens71 said:
By installing cwm from the app store (ROM manger) will i get the same back up as i would with Odin install of cwm, in other words do i risk loosing my back up ROM using "ROM manager?"
thanks
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you've created a backup already? if not, install cwm from ROM Manager, boot into cwm recovery and make your nandroid there. then you'll be all set to to try a new ROM

Bootloop after reboot PLEASE HELP!

Hey guys after installing wicked v3 with twrp when ever i reboot it wont pass the "samsung galaxy s4" image, i have to fully wipe and again and reinstall but when i reboot again does the same thing. Has someone encountered this before? im trying to odin back to stock but konanes .tar file is offline could someone please share it, Thanks in advance

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raphyv23 said:
Have you wiped the Dalvik, Cache and Data?
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every single time

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raphyv23 said:
USE ADB Sideload on TWRP. Sideload a ROM to your phone
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not sure how to do that but i just rather go back to stock thru odin, do you have the .tar file?

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SGH-i9505 Stock: http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=GT-I9505
SGH-i9500 Stock: http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=GT-I9500
They are from samsung's website I haven't tested them trough
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wouldnt i need the one for the m919?

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re: boot loops
unciviilized said:
Hey guys after installing wicked v3 with twrp when ever i reboot it wont pass the "samsung galaxy s4" image, i have to fully wipe and again and reinstall but when i reboot again does the same thing. Has someone encountered this before? im trying to odin back to stock but konanes .tar file is offline could someone please share it, Thanks in advance
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Your bootloop is an easy fix if you have not started odin flashing yet.
Just reboot into recovery and select "Factory Reset" then reboot the phone
and most of the time this fixes the problem, I should say at least 8 out 10
booloops can be fixed with a "Factory Reset" then reboot.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Your bootloop is an easy fix if you have not started odin flashing yet.
Just reboot into recovery and select "Factory Reset" then reboot the phone
and most of the time this fixes the problem, I should say at least 8 out 10
booloops can be fixed with a "Factory Reset" then reboot.
Good luck!
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i do that everytime, so now i have flashed cwm to see if that fixed my problem so now after fully wiping it doesnt even pass the galaxy s4 screen
im downloading the uvuamdl.zip to odin but download time says 1 hr 33 mins

ok so last night i left the UVUAMDL.zip to download over night but it seems i got a bad download and today im at work and cant download big files because of security reasons, can I flash twrp thru odin to see if i can get my phone to boot? before i installed cwm i could get it to boot with twrp but when ever i rebooted it just bootlooped and i had to fully wipe again and flash the rom again to get it running, or could someone please upload the mdl tar file so i can return to stock? Please someone help me as im desperate and need a running phone for work :crying:, thank you

unciviilized said:
ok so last night i left the UVUAMDL.zip to download over night but it seems i got a bad download and today im at work and cant download big files because of security reasons, can I flash twrp thru odin to see if i can get my phone to boot? before i installed cwm i could get it to boot with twrp but when ever i rebooted it just bootlooped and i had to fully wipe again and flash the rom again to get it running, or could someone please upload the mdl tar file so i can return to stock? Please someone help me as im desperate and need a running phone for work :crying:, thank you
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You can download the MDL tar from the Odin thread. Yes, you can flash TWRP through Odin. You can get the tar file here.

Atmazzz said:
You can download the MDL tar from the Odin thread. Yes, you can flash TWRP through Odin. You can get the tar file here.
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im at work now so unable to download the .tar but I will try and flash twrp thru odin and see if i can at least get the phone to boot before i odin back, thanks for your response. Will report back

So i installed twrp thru odin and that got me to boot. But i odined back to stock just to avoid any more issues, thanks to all who tried to help!
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

[Q] TWRP won't fully load,no OS

Hi everyone. Last night I went to install S3Rx 4.3 TW ROM,i went through the AROMA installer like I have in the past, at the end it went to reboot and got stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy s3" screen, I gave it 15 min's to load. When it didn't load, I rebooted into my recovery which is TWRP (not sure which version" the blue "TeamWin" screen came up and it rebooted, it did this every time I tried to boot into recovery. I then downloaded the newest and some older versions of TWRP to flash via Odin. They all showed that the install passed but the same thing happens every time I try to boot into recovery. Since I updated the bootloader to use the 4.3 TW ROM I can't flash a stock ROM and start over again correct? Any help would be appreciated, i'm at my wits end here and don't know what else to do. Thanks everyone.

Try flashing the latest versio of Philz Touch via Odin.

audit13 said:
Try flashing the latest versio of Philz Touch via Odin.
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All I could find were img files, will that still work?

Install the latest tar version from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
Do not unzip the file. Just put it in PDA, disable auto reboot, install, disconnect USB cable from the computer when you see Reset in the status window, pull the battery, replace the battery, and boot into recovery.

audit13 said:
Install the latest tar version from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
Do not unzip the file. Just put it in PDA, disable auto reboot, install, disconnect USB cable from the computer when you see Reset in the status window, pull the battery, replace the battery, and boot into recovery.
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You are most definitely the man! That worked and I got a ROM installed. I went 17 hours without a phone, I think that's the longest i've gone in a long time. Thanks for the fast response and fix!:good:

PLEASE HELP Note 2 wont boot past Samsung screen!

Hey everyone, 1st off thanks to all the great people here that take there time to help and give back, much love and respect!
So i have a Note 2, i was using it last night, and it just froze! So i waited and waited, nothing! I tried to power down, nothing, so i popped the battery out and it restarted and stayed at "Samsung Galaxy Note II"
I tried many many times to restart and power down, still come back to the same result!
My phone is:
Note 2 SGH-T899V (wind mobile)
I downloaded odin v3.09, i loaded samsung drivers, i downloaded T889VVLUDNE7 from sammobile.
I put phone in download mode, attached cable loaded file from odin(clicked and unclicked all the correct boxes) and everything "Passed" on odin
Phone reset and got stuck again on Samsung screen. So i
Pull out the battery, wait for about 1 minute and then put the battery back in its place.
Boot the device into Stock Recovery mode by holding down Volume Up, Center(menu) button and Power keys till the Samsung logo appears.Use the volume keys to scroll and power keys to select recovery menu options.
From the menu, wipe data by selecting wipe data/factory reset option followed by wipe cache partition. Finally reboot the system by selecting reboot system now.
and still it is stuck in Samsung screen.
I then installed CWM 6.4.3 with no problems, went into recovery wiped user and cache and installed zip from sd card. It would try and then "INSTALLATION ABORTED"
Re Downloaded zip tried again, same thing "INSTALLATION ABORTED"
Flashed CF Auto root, then went into recovery and tried to install from zip and "signature verification failed"
flashed CWM again, tried install "installation aborted"
Guys where am i going wrong, or what step did i miss? Please help!!!

Anyone please help!

First flash twrp latest recovery or philz touch recovery than flash the rom ur trying and which rom r u trying to flash?
On which stock firmware were you when your phone got softbrick?

sachin-sharma said:
First flash twrp latest recovery or philz touch recovery than flash the rom ur trying and which rom r u trying to flash?
On which stock firmware were you when your phone got softbrick?
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@sachin-sharma thanks for jumping in! :good:
I flashed twrp 2.6.3.1 it flashed no problem wiped everything before each install!
My phone was totally stock and i don't remember which firm was on the phone, but i had never touched it before and i remember it updated the firm only once since i got the note 2
I tried all these with odin and twrp: failed cwm: installation aborted
T889VVLUDNE7 odin: passed twrp: failed cwm: installation aborted
T889VVLUCMK4 odin: passed twrp: failed cwm: installation aborted
T889VVLBMA3 odin: passed twrp: failed
T889VVLALJ4 odin: failed twrp: failed
So where am i going wrong here?

bleek78 said:
@sachin-sharma thanks for jumping in! :good:
I flashed twrp 2.6.3.1 it flashed no problem wiped everything before each install!
My phone was totally stock and i don't remember which firm was on the phone, but i had never touched it before and i remember it updated the firm only once since i got the note 2
I tried all these with odin and twrp: failed cwm: installation aborted
T889VVLUDNE7 odin: passed twrp: failed cwm: installation aborted
T889VVLUCMK4 odin: passed twrp: failed cwm: installation aborted
T889VVLBMA3 odin: passed twrp: failed
T889VVLALJ4 odin: failed twrp: failed
So where am i going wrong here?
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Actually I dont own this device so I dont know which firmware version are they ..... any chance you have flashed knox bootloader and these firmware don't have know?
And you can only flash zip files in recovery and I think you are trying to flash .tar file using recovery?? Thats y it is not getting flashed..... do this download any latest custom rom zip and flash it via recovery it will surely fix your issues

to what i know it would take some time for a newly flashed android device to boot out of boot logo.

sachin-sharma said:
Actually I dont own this device so I dont know which firmware version are they ..... any chance you have flashed knox bootloader and these firmware don't have know?
And you can only flash zip files in recovery and I think you are trying to flash .tar file using recovery?? Thats y it is not getting flashed..... do this download any latest custom rom zip and flash it via recovery it will surely fix your issues
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@sachin-sharma the firmwares are all the stock versions for that phone from the original all the way to 4.4.2 and i downloaded from sam mobile site. I do believe the phone does have knox bootloader is there a way for me to disable knox or remove it or work around it?
pokamonNereid said:
to what i know it would take some time for a newly flashed android device to boot out of boot logo.
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@pokamonNereid thanks for replying, i've let it sit there and after flash for an hour and still nothing, how long do i need to let it sit for?

bleek78 said:
@sachin-sharma the firmwares are all the stock versions for that phone from the original all the way to 4.4.2 and i downloaded from sam mobile site. I do believe the phone does have knox bootloader is there a way for me to disable knox or remove it or work around it?
@pokamonNereid thanks for replying, i've let it sit there and after flash for an hour and still nothing, how long do i need to let it sit for?
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Just download custom recovery and download custom rom of 4.4.2 and flash via recovery and ur fone will boot up for sure
Most probably u have upgraded ur fone with knox bootloader and now trying to flash non-know enabled firmware or older version know bootloader firmware.... there is no way yet to remove knox bootloader so u need to flash latest firmware using recovery either stock deodexed zip or any custom rom

sachin-sharma said:
Just download custom recovery and download custom rom of 4.4.2 and flash via recovery and ur fone will boot up for sure
Most probably u have upgraded ur fone with knox bootloader and now trying to flash non-know enabled firmware or older version know bootloader firmware.... there is no way yet to remove knox bootloader so u need to flash latest firmware using recovery either stock deodexed zip or any custom rom
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@sachin-sharma i have tried twrp and cwm for custom recovery and both fail with the newest firmware. What is "stock deodexed zip" ?

More or less 3 mins.

bleek78 said:
@sachin-sharma i have tried twrp and cwm for custom recovery and both fail with the newest firmware. What is "stock deodexed zip" ?
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Dude you can not flash .tar file in recovery u need to flash zip ... ok fine wait till I give u link to download and instructions

sachin-sharma said:
Dude you can not flash .tar file in recovery u need to flash zip ... ok fine wait till I give u link to download and instructions
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@sachin-sharma everything i loaded on my sd card are zips. when i tried twrp and cwm i was trying to install zips

bleek78 said:
@sachin-sharma everything i loaded on my sd card are zips. when i tried twrp and cwm i was trying to install zips
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Dude those zip files are not flashble zips they contain stock firmware image ..... anyway download this and flash via recovery than report
https://goo.im/devs/teshxx/T889V/T889V-XXDMB3_DeOdex_Rooted_02_13_13-teshxx.zip/
is it latest firmware of ur fone? Or is it sumthing else?

sachin-sharma said:
Dude those zip files are not flashble zips they contain stock firmware image ..... anyway download this and flash via recovery than report
https://goo.im/devs/teshxx/T889V/T889V-XXDMB3_DeOdex_Rooted_02_13_13-teshxx.zip/
is it latest firmware of ur fone? Or is it sumthing else?
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I updated the phone once when it was running and i would check for updates and it told me i was totally updated. WOW ok thanks i didn't know those zips where not flashable!!!!!!!!!!!! The zip you sent, what version firm is it? Thank you so much i am downloading now, it's a bit slow!

@sachin-sharma i think i screwed something up, i tried to reflash twrp on the phone just to be safe and now i can get into recovery screen, volume up menu and power and it stays stuck on samsung screen!

sachin-sharma said:
Dude those zip files are not flashble zips they contain stock firmware image ..... anyway download this and flash via recovery than report
https://goo.im/devs/teshxx/T889V/T889V-XXDMB3_DeOdex_Rooted_02_13_13-teshxx.zip/
is it latest firmware of ur fone? Or is it sumthing else?
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@sachin-sharma so i got back into twrp wiped everything amd used you zip to flash and it failed, check out attached screen shot

bleek78 said:
@sachin-sharma so i got back into twrp wiped everything amd used you zip to flash and it failed, check out attached screen shot
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Sorry for late reply I was doing sumthing else.... are you sure you have typed your device name right? If yes than wait I will diig something up for you just wait right now as I am going to sleep now

sachin-sharma said:
Sorry for late reply I was doing sumthing else.... are you sure you have typed your device name right? If yes than wait I will diig something up for you just wait right now as I am going to sleep now
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@sachin-sharma Ok thanks, yes my phone is a sgh-t889v note 2 Canadian phone on Wind network or Mobilicity network. Have a good night talk in the morning, thank you again!

@sachin-sharma sorry to bug you did you come up with any other ideas, still can't get the phone working, thanks so much!

bleek78 said:
@sachin-sharma sorry to bug you did you come up with any other ideas, still can't get the phone working, thanks so much!
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Can u upload a pic of your phone in download mode..?
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