Okay so in twrp i installed a custom rom for 4.4.2(cyan fox) and the setup wizard would crash immediately so I had the brilliant idea to wipe EVERYTHING in my phone, not realizing that also removed any roms and backups I had So now the phone doesnt go past the samsung logo, and I need to get a clean 4.3 on my phone and I can't use old firmwares in odin.
I've been trying to find a 4.3 firmware to use in odin and I can't seem to find anything. Or an alternative solution would be to help me find a way to transfer files to my phone in recovery mode(which is an issue since i cant get adb to recognize my device or get usb-otg to enable itself in twrp)
if anyone can help that's be swell
I take it that you are on the i747 (AT&T) and not one the i747M Canadian versions. If so, this thread, AT&T I747 UCUEMJB Stock Restore, may be of use to you. That is, it may be of use if you can load the zip file on your external SD card from your pc and then flash from recovery.
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I tried to factory format my phone through TWRP, then when I tried to restart again, it never comes back.
I still have access to TWRP, but when I install zip files I downloaded, it always failed. I tried to use Odin, it failed to flash an image in.
Plz help me.
Many thanks.
Gambinohe said:
I tried to factory format my phone through TWRP, then when I tried to restart again, it never comes back.
I still have access to TWRP, but when I install zip files I downloaded, it always failed. I tried to use Odin, it failed to flash an image in.
Plz help me.
Many thanks.
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What format option did you select in TWRP and hope you didn't accidently remove your OS? The device could fail to boot if you don't have an OS installed. You may be able to flash a complete stock restore image via TWRP. Would you recall what Android version you were on before the brick? Also what is your phone model and carrier?
Larry2999 said:
What format option did you select in TWRP and hope you didn't accidently remove your OS? The device could fail to boot if you don't have an OS installed. You may be able to flash a complete stock restore image via TWRP. Would you recall what Android version you were on before the brick? Also what is your phone model and carrier?
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Mine was ATT S3 I747 with Android 4.3 system. I did wipe my OS during recovery. That caused the whole problem. Then I use TWRP to flash a system and a kernel in. I was unable to flash bootloader and modem in; I did not know what is the problem. The weird thing is that I successfully start my phone and used it for a while. When I rebooted it, it dies again. I tried to install the some boot update in this January. It never works again. Any advise?
Gambinohe said:
Mine was ATT S3 I747 with Android 4.3 system. I did wipe my OS during recovery. That caused the whole problem. Then I use TWRP to flash a system and a kernel in. I was unable to flash bootloader and modem in; I did not know what is the problem. The weird thing is that I successfully start my phone and used it for a while. When I rebooted it, it dies again. I tried to install the some boot update in this January. It never works again. Any advise?
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You can try flashing a complete stock system to get your phone back to working condition. Since you already had 4.3, flashing zips often fails if there is a bootloader incompatibility. The stock restore should do it. Please go to the following thread ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Download the stock restore zip to your PC. Use another device or something to load it to a (micro) SD card. Insert the card into your phone. Boot into recovery mode and flash from TWRP. When done, wipe your cache/dalvik and reboot to system. Let's know if this works for you.
No O/S - can only boot into download mode
I've got an interesting one. I was prepping my phone for selling, decided to clear out all the memory. Somehow I must have deleted more than I meant to b/c when I restarted the phone, it just hangs on the Samsung screen. I can get into download mode, but not into recovery and nothing ever loads. I tried at least one version of installing CWM but it doesnt look like I can boot into recovery even after the Odin install appears ok. Before the crash, I was running a modded 4.4.2 rom with the bootloader and other things that come with it. Is there anything I can do to get this thing up and running again?
Thanks!
I suggest you flash a custom recovery and CM10.2 to at least get the phone up and running so you can confirm the bootloader and modem on the phone before flashing anything. Flashing the wrong bootloader, modem, or bootloader/modem combintaion could hard brick the phone.
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I suggest you flash a custom recovery and CM10.2 to at least get the phone up and running so you can confirm the bootloader and modem on the phone before flashing anything. Flashing the wrong bootloader, modem, or bootloader/modem combintaion could hard brick the phone.
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Thanks. I'm positive I was running 4.4.2 on the phone before I decided to turn it into a paperweight
Flashing a custom recovery would be the goal, problem is that I can't find a recovery that I can flash. I've tried the latest version of PhilZ Touch recovery and that doesnt seem to work. ODIN shows it as a good install but when I restart the phone, I can't get into recovery. So was hoping for some direction on a different way of going about it. Basically, had 4.4.2, now I can only get into Download mode...
Download the latest tar.md5 file from here: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/
Open Odin, connect phone, uncheck everything except f.reset time. Flash Philz. When you see reset in the status windows, remove USB cable, pull battery, replace battery, boot into recovery, flash ROM.
There are different versions of the 4..4.2 so it is best to determine the exact bootloader.
My phone was rooted using Kingo Root, I flashed SlimKat rom, when I tried using Odin to flash back to stock, it bricked, it doesn't boot, it goes directly to "Firmware Upgrade Encountered an issue. Please Select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
I tried using Kies, it won't detect it, I had two techns who tried legally they can't do anything obviously, it won't even boot into recovery bootloader.
Is my phone really dead?
WOOO. Thank you XDA, all I had to do was flash a custom recovery again, and it booted no issues,
Odin probably tried to downgrade your bootloader. If you were on a bootloader at or beyond MJB that is probably what bricked your phone.
You might be able to bring it back with a debrick image. Debrick images are usually specific to your bootloader, so if you know what firmware you were running prior to this it would be helpful.
You'll need an external SD card to stand in for your internal storage until you get things synced back up, and you'll have to do some very specific formatting and image writing to that external SD.
Search the forums for debrick image and you should find some helpful threads. I've never had to do this myself, but I have heard some success stories. Good luck.
If you see the upgrade firmware screen, your phone is not totally bricked.
Can you get into download mode? If you can, just flash a custom recovery, flash the latest cm10.2, verify your boot loader, and post back here.
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If you see the upgrade firmware screen, your phone is not totally bricked.
Can you get into download mode? If you can, just flash a custom recovery, flash the latest cm10.2, verify your boot loader, and post back here.
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I can go into downloading mode, I flashed CWMS3ATTrecovery before thats what was on it.
Copy the most recent cm10.2 to an external SD card.
Use Odin to flash the most recent tar.md5 from Philz for the d2lte from here: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/
After flashing Odin, boot to recovery and flash cm10.2 so you can get your phone running and determine the bootloader on your phone.
Hello, my friend has a Ace 2 (GT-I8160) and he wanted me to try and install CM 11 on his phone. I managed to root it and install temporary CWM on it, however his version of CWM could not flash CM 11 ROM's because it was outdated. I Googled around and found a TWRP .img file that I decided to flash via ODIN (CWM couldn't flash any TWRP .zip files for some reason). Everything went perfectly fine with ODIN, however my friends phone could not go pass the Samsung logo, it would appear for a few seconds and then the screen would go black. He also couldn't go into recovery but he could go into Download mode. Thinking that it was a recovery problem, I managed to get a .img file of TWRP 2.8.6.0 by Chronomonochrome and flash that via ODIN. Still the same problem - phone won't go pass the logo, however it can go into recovery.
So, now the phone boots perfectly to Download mode and recovery - and it can do everything from the recovery, like making backups, wiping, etc, but it cannot boot to the OS itself. I still haven't flashed a custom ROM on his phone because he didn't have the ROM file on his phone at the time nor could be transfer it to his phone via his PC because of some driver issue.
I'm currently downloading I8160XXBN1 firmware from Samsung Updates to flash via ODIN and try to get his phone back into working state. However, I also planned on placing my SD Card (which has the CM rom and Gapps on it) into his phone and flashing a new, custom ROM instead of flashing the firmware.
Does anyone have any advice on what I should do? Should I flash official firmware via ODIN or just flash the ROM using the recovery?
Thanks in advance.
Hi there! I've found this device from many years ago and from what I can remember I tried to root and install a new rom, but something happened. Now, when I want to switch it on always appear this screen:
http://imgur.com/FkLYEiL
Now I can go to fastboot mode, but it won't reboot normally, there is always that screen..
So, what I've to do now? Thank you for your time!
Possible solution?
I've had this too, simply install cwm via odin (twrp should work too but I've done this with cwm and succeeded so I recommend using that for now), then put a rom on your sd card and install it, or you can (after installing cwm) flash the stock firmware, simply look for your model of s4 mini on google for stock firmware and you should find it, update me with what you get.