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AT&T galaxy s3 softbricked

I was trying to install one of drewgarens touchwiz roms. touchwiz milestone 5 firefly i believe. not the most recent one because i was too lazy . boy was that a mistake. everything was going smoothly until it booted and it got stuck on boot. I thought no big deal just go into recovery and use a backup. until i did so and recovery was gone and there was only download mode. I have spent the whole afternoon trying to fix it and none of it has worked. I tried flashing the stock rom and it as well got stuck on boot. I looked at all the AT&t relevant ones and also the international versions. so all in all is there anyway to fix this and has anyone had the same issue? i was flashing from cyanogenmod 10 m1 to the drewgaren rom btw. I can also go to download mode. I tried to flash stock but it still gets stuck on boot. log. I flashed the ATT boot logo and it did not work. all of which were flashed through odin.
any thanks in advance is greatly appreciated.

I think you can flash back to stock with just download mode + odin

Randomacts said:
I think you can flash back to stock with just download mode + odin
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I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo

stuart26 said:
I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo
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I can't help you but I wish you luck.

stuart26 said:
I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo
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Unplug your device. Hold the power button to turn it off. Hold volume up, home, and power. It should go to recovery. If you do the same thing with volume down instead of up, you can get into download mode.
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Sounds like you need a recovery...try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
[SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 QCOM TOOLKIT V2.3] Drivers Backup Root CWM BusyBox + MORE [ATT]
Follow the instructions and you should be able to flash the recovery and continue on with what you were doing. Remember to wipe really good when going from aosp back to any stock based ROM. They are completely different and will cause boot loops if you don't wipe.

jethro650 said:
Sounds like you need a recovery...try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
[SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 QCOM TOOLKIT V2.3] Drivers Backup Root CWM BusyBox + MORE [ATT]
Follow the instructions and you should be able to flash the recovery and continue on with what you were doing. Remember to wipe really good when going from aosp back to any stock based ROM. They are completely different and will cause boot loops if you don't wipe.
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I cannot enable usb debugging

Crap...there are Odin flashable versions of cwm floating around you'll need to find one of those. If you haven't found one I'll post one up when I get home.

jethro650 said:
Crap...there are Odin flashable versions of cwm floating around you'll need to find one of those. If you haven't found one I'll post one up when I get home.
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K I made it home lol. I'll attach a Odin flashable cwm, it's an older one but it'll get you a recovery, I hope. I just tried it on my phone with Odin, 3.07 both with usb debugging enabled and disabled on my phone and it worked both times. Crap keep getting errors uploading right to xda servers, I'll drop box it in a minute.
Ok here we go Odin cwm--> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28590257/Odin recovery/CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v4.tar.md5
Newest twrp --> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28590257/Odin recovery/twrp2.3.1install.zip
I'll add the newest twrp for you lol. Flash the cwm with odin, should work and then the twrp is a zip you can flash in cwm.
Hope this helps get you a recovery.
Remember in Odin use only PDA and only have auto reboot checked.

jethro650 said:
K I made it home lol. I'll attach a Odin flashable cwm, it's an older one but it'll get you a recovery, I hope. I just tried it on my phone with Odin, 3.07 both with usb debugging enabled and disabled on my phone and it worked both times. Crap keep getting errors uploading right to xda servers, I'll drop box it in a minute.
I'll add the newest twrp for you lol. Flash the cwm with odin, should work and then the twrp is a zip you can flash in cwm.
Hope this helps get you a recovery.
Remember in Odin use only PDA and only have auto reboot checked.
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This may sound like a stupid question but what boxes do i tick in odin?

After your hooked up and Odin is open under the options on the left side check only Auto Reboot. On the right under files check PDA and use that button to browse your computer and find the cwm you downloaded from my dropbox. Then just hit start on the bottom of the Odin window and let it finish, your phone should reboot when its done. It will get stuck again like you described in your first post but pull the battery, put it back in and boot into recovery using vol up,home and power buttons. That should (if everything flashed OK) put you into cwm 5.5.0.4. Once there wipe data/factory reset then restore the back up you mentioned in your original post, that should get you running again.
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If something has happened to your backup then you could try the stock rooted stuff here , just pick the one for your carrier and follow the instructions. :highfive:

jethro650 said:
After your hooked up and Odin is open under the options on the left side check only Auto Reboot. On the right under files check PDA and use that button to browse your computer and find the cwm you downloaded from my dropbox. Then just hit start on the bottom of the Odin window and let it finish, your phone should reboot when its done. It will get stuck again like you described in your first post but pull the battery, put it back in and boot into recovery using vol up,home and power buttons. That should (if everything flashed OK) put you into cwm 5.5.0.4. Once there wipe data/factory reset then restore the back up you mentioned in your original post, that should get you running again.
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If something has happened to your backup then you could try the stock rooted stuff here , just pick the one for your carrier and follow the instructions. :highfive:
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I was able to get it into recovery but i realized i did not have my sd card in so i turned it off and put my sd card in. unfortunately i was not able to get it back into recovery i tried flashing it again with the sd card in and no luck

That's odd. Couple of stupid questions on my part just to make sure, you had the right button combo, and, you released the buttons soon as the splash screen came on? Can you still get into download mode? Oh and did you do the wipes while in recovery?

jethro650 said:
That's odd. Couple of stupid questions on my part just to make sure, you had the right button combo, and, you released the buttons soon as the splash screen came on? Can you still get into download mode? Oh and did you do the wipes while in recovery?
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oh my gosh THANK YOU SOOOMUCH. I was worried i would have to take it to at&t ill be sure to press the thanks button.

I take it you got your phone working lol. Glad I could help a little. Little advice, anytime you switch to a different type of ROM (aosp to stock based or the other way around) make sure you wipe data/factory reset before flashing anything. It will save you problems in the long run.
Oh and could you go back and edit your original post and just add solved in brackets to the title for people in trouble looking for info.

stuart26 said:
I already tried that. It still get stuck on the Boot logo
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Depending on which stock ROM you flashed with odin you should now have a recovery, if not then something isn't right. The full bone stock ROM should have the factory 3e recovery, and the root injected stock ROM should have some version of CWM recovery. A factory reset will most likely fix your boot loop, if there is no recovery flash the rooted stock ROM that matches your device from this guide.
Edit - Didn't see there was a second page 0_o

[Q] Bricked and odin doesn't fix

I tried going back to stock rom. I used odin to flash chainfire's quick root (i317). Realized what i have done because I did a complete system wipe first and didn't put the stock rom on first before using chainfire's quick root. So now I sit at the Note 2 screen. I can get to download mode and to recovery (stock recovery because of chainfire's quick root). I have tried flashing a back up but it comes with an error "E:/ file not signed" or something close to that and it aborts. I tried using odin to flash stock rom back to it (i317ucalj2_i317attalj2_att.tar". It starts and it just sits there i get no progress bar on odin and on my phone I have a full progress bar. I thought since it's 800+mb it would take a while but 45 min later nothing had changed.
Any thoughts?

You could use Odin to flash the custom recovery you had before using cf auto root. Then you should be able to restore your backup and start over.

Froid said:
You could use Odin to flash the custom recovery you had before using cf auto root. Then you should be able to restore your backup and start over.
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I'll try that thanks for the quick response.

Itoshii said:
I'll try that thanks for the quick response.
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I did exactly what you did yesterday through a different series of events, then just reflashed TWRP with Odin. No need to panic, you can even use the Note 2 Toolkit to reboot download/recovery if you're having trouble with the button combo.

icd-evil said:
I did exactly what you did yesterday through a different series of events, then just reflashed TWRP with Odin. No need to panic, you can even use the Note 2 Toolkit to reboot download/recovery if you're having trouble with the button combo.
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Okay thanks for the reassurance I was panicing pretty bad. I live out in the middle of nowhere and my phone is my only source of internet at my home so it may be a day or two till I can do this. I will post if this fixes my problem.

This fixed my problem just in case anyone else was having this problem and was wondering how it turned out. Thanks again to the people who helped me. ^^^^

[Q] Sprint Note 2 (SPH-L900) Bricked after attempted 4.3 Update

I've been having issue with my Sprint Note 2 for a while. I've also posted this to Reddit and other parts of the forum but so far have gotten no way to fix my issue. Here's the link to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport...nt_note_2_sphl900_bricked_after_attempted_43/
Sorry, I didn't want to type that all up again and having to deal with formatting and such.
Basically, the gist of it, from what I can gather is that I have accidentally loaded the 4.3 bootloader with KNOX and it is currently preventing me from doing anything productive (flashing CWMR, rooting, installing stock, etc). I read here on the forum that there were ways to do so, especially this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46861777
I was wondering if there were steps for the Sprint Note 2 SPH-L900?
Any help in debricking my phone is appreciated.

Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
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jlmancuso said:
Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.

QuantumInteger said:
I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.
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After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe

louforgiveno said:
After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe
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I tried 3.07, 3.09, and even barebone 1.85 that came with CF auto root. It doesn't work. I can't load recovery just fine (according to ODIN) but I can't get into Recovery.

Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone

Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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...My God..... What ever you did, it worked. Turns out, Caboomi's file didn't work too well. I couldn't get CWMR working at all even after converting to .tar. I used TWRP instead and it works. Problem was that it asked me for my password, which I don't know since I tried everything, so I had to resort to wiping everything. I installed the file jlmancuso suggested, loading it onto SD card then flashing using TWRP, and now my Samsung Note 2 is debricked.
Your file was a godsend. Thank you!

No recovery stuck on bootloop
im having the same issue could you post that dropbox link again

So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader

Keithgordon said:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MJA bootloader
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MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?

louforgiveno said:
MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?
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yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out

my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
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Keithgordon said:
yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out
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my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
Keithgordon said:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader
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hello if you are online i need some help i dl the 4.3 note 2 update it has a different build than the one sprint has there are some features that are not on this build is there any way for me to get the ota from sprint
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yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.

QuantumInteger said:
Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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i need some help

yea i can get into twrp recovery now but my sdcard wont mount thats why im trying to use odin
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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For those of you who have bricked Note 2s (SPH-L900), I'm going to drop a DropBox link here to a folder of ALL of the files that I used to unbrick my phone. I experimented with multiple methods (and several sleepless nights). Some of them will be useful to you, not all. I have the Android SDK and Caboomi's converter for .img to .tar. It doesn't work too well for CWMR just FYI. ODIN-OC will attempt to load stock MC2 onto your phone but it won't work if it's bricked. Arc Converter is a program I used to try convert the MK4 .zip file to .tar to try and flash an update using ODIN. It didn't work. The steps that I took to unbrick my phone will be posted after the link.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c2bfpfdf0qbs6bu/ZiNC-BF5kf
Be patient. Some of the files are still updating.
Steps:
1) Put your phone into Download mode by holding volume down + power + home button at bootup
2) Use ODIN (3.07 or 3.09) to load the 4.3_Unbrick.tar file. This will take a bit of time so be patient. Once the phone boots up again, you'll get past the boot screen that says "Samsung Galaxy Note II" and you'll get the Samsung logo with the spinning icon but it will loop. This is normal.
3) Next, power off (yank the battery and cable, leave battery out but plug the cable back in) and reboot into download.
4) Flash the TWRP .tar file (don't try converting the CWMR to .tar, it won't work) then reboot.
5) Hold volume up + power + home button (be patient here)
6) You should see the Team Win logo. You're now in recovery. The TWRP may ask you for the password. It is NOT the passcode to your lockscreen or your Google password. I have no idea what it is. At this point, you'd have to wipe your phone (internal only) if you want to flash the stock recovery.
7) Load the MC2 stock recovery file with counter reset onto a microSD card and mount it onto the phone (play around with TWRP, if it doesn't see the SD card the first time, restart or play with the mount function). Just be careful not to wipe your microSD card.
8) Flash the stock recovery (give it time) and it'll restart. You should be back at 4.1.2.
EXTRA STEPS
If you're still interested in 4.3, load the MK4 update onto the microSD card as well. BEFORE you go through the activation process for the 4.1.2 firmware at boot, boot into recovery. Flash the 4.3 update using stock recovery. This should put you onto 4.3 after the phone reboots. You should now have stock 4.3 (no root).

Sorry for all the download errors, I am uploading to my websight right now and as soon as it uploads, I will post the URL, it should download much faster too. I didnt realize so many people needed it

[Q] at&t note 2 in bootloop and i can't get back into recovery mode

ok, I'm not sure if i'm posting in the right place, but if not, I'll just have to get some crap about that. I have a note 2 and the 4.3 update was draining my battery faster than was acceptable, so i rooted and flashed cm11 to it. I didn't like cm11 after a few days, so i went to try to return to 4.2.
every time i'd try, there would be either an error extracting the files to my computer or it would fail in odin. i finally got tired of trying and decided to go back to the stock firmware and was going to update back to the current official firmware. i thought it had unrooted, and i got the stock firmware working, but when i went to update back to 4.3, it failed and is now stuck on the "samsung galaxy note II" screen when i turn it on. I can get it into download mode, and i try to reflash various roms hoping something will work at this point, but nothing does. odin says it's successful, but it stays on that same screen when i turn it on.
the only thing i can think of is that i forgot to do a data wipe or clear the cache at some point in trying to get back and forth between roms? the problem is that i can't get back into recovery mode, AT ALL. I've tried every combination of the volume up, down, home and power buttons. I've tried holding all the buttons and plugging in the usb cable, EVERYTHING.
i've searched everywhere on xda and tried all of it, multiple times. I saw a thread about a flashable rom that included a data wipe, but it was for a completely different phone, so i left the thread to search for a compatible option like that. i've rooted a few other phones in the past with success, and failure, but none that couldn't be overcome.
Can anyone help? Please!!

This method worked for me.
One click Odin AT&T 4.3 update Note2 -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292
Direct download link from above --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292&page=23
Youtube video with instructions -->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUdd_SkzSQ
CF Auto Root -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app

ShrekOpher said:
This method worked for me.
One click Odin AT&T 4.3 update Note2 -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292
Direct download link from above --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292&page=23
Youtube video with instructions -->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUdd_SkzSQ
CF Auto Root -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app
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thanks, I'm downloading it now. How does Heimdall differ from Odin, I've never used it.

craig.hagler said:
ok, I'm not sure if i'm posting in the right place, but if not, I'll just have to get some crap about that. I have a note 2 and the 4.3 update was draining my battery faster than was acceptable, so i rooted and flashed cm11 to it. I didn't like cm11 after a few days, so i went to try to return to 4.2.
every time i'd try, there would be either an error extracting the files to my computer or it would fail in odin. i finally got tired of trying and decided to go back to the stock firmware and was going to update back to the current official firmware. i thought it had unrooted, and i got the stock firmware working, but when i went to update back to 4.3, it failed and is now stuck on the "samsung galaxy note II" screen when i turn it on. I can get it into download mode, and i try to reflash various roms hoping something will work at this point, but nothing does. odin says it's successful, but it stays on that same screen when i turn it on.
the only thing i can think of is that i forgot to do a data wipe or clear the cache at some point in trying to get back and forth between roms? the problem is that i can't get back into recovery mode, AT ALL. I've tried every combination of the volume up, down, home and power buttons. I've tried holding all the buttons and plugging in the usb cable, EVERYTHING.
i've searched everywhere on xda and tried all of it, multiple times. I saw a thread about a flashable rom that included a data wipe, but it was for a completely different phone, so i left the thread to search for a compatible option like that. i've rooted a few other phones in the past with success, and failure, but none that couldn't be overcome.
Can anyone help? Please!!
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Ok, I don't think it will work as your bootloader are updated to 4.3 version and since you are trying to go back on 4.2 may be that ROM is trying to flash 4.2 bootloaders.

A_youu said:
Ok, I don't think it will work as your bootloader are updated to 4.3 version and since you are trying to go back on 4.2 may be that ROM is trying to flash 4.2 bootloaders.
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i'm really just trying to get to anything that works at this point, if it's 4.3, that's fine.

craig.hagler said:
i'm really just trying to get to anything that works at this point, if it's 4.3, that's fine.
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Yes, I think Stock 4.3 will work...Go in download mode and flash 4.3 stock rom from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
Also, you can find 4.3 bootloaders in above thread. (just make sure that you dont flash "AT&T i317 ODIN 4.3 UCUBMJ4 (Leak) Bootloader & TZ (AT&T Note 2 ONLY)" as these bootloaders are only for 4.3 Leaked version. But since you were on STOCK 4.3, therefore don't flash this bootloader.
I will suggest not to try ROM which ShrekOpher provided as that ROM is leaked 4.3 ROM and has different Bootloader.
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A_youu said:
Yes, I think Stock 4.3 will work...Go in download mode and flash 4.3 stock rom from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
Also, you can find 4.3 bootloaders in above thread. (just make sure that you dont flash "AT&T i317 ODIN 4.3 UCUBMJ4 (Leak) Bootloader & TZ (AT&T Note 2 ONLY)" as these bootloaders are only for 4.3 Leaked version. But since you were on STOCK 4.3, therefore don't flash this bootloader.
I will suggest not to try ROM which ShrekOpher provided as that ROM is leaked 4.3 ROM and has different Bootloader.
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You can also try this before flashing any ROM and see if this fix problem for you -
Pull the battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds, pop the battery in and boot into stock recovery (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER) and do a FACTORY RESET then reboot.

A_youu said:
Yes, I think Stock 4.3 will work...Go in download mode and flash 4.3 stock rom from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
Also, you can find 4.3 bootloaders in above thread. (just make sure that you dont flash "AT&T i317 ODIN 4.3 UCUBMJ4 (Leak) Bootloader & TZ (AT&T Note 2 ONLY)" as these bootloaders are only for 4.3 Leaked version. But since you were on STOCK 4.3, therefore don't flash this bootloader.
I will suggest not to try ROM which ShrekOpher provided as that ROM is leaked 4.3 ROM and has different Bootloader.
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You can also try this before flashing any ROM and see if this fix problem for you -
Pull the battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds, pop the battery in and boot into stock recovery (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER) and do a FACTORY RESET then reboot.
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that's part of the problem, i can't get into recovery mode, so i can't flash any roms at all right now
and i've actually tried that thread you linked. i can't unzip the cwm files and i cant get to recovery mode to flash anything

craig.hagler said:
that's part of the problem, i can't get into recovery mode, so i can't flash any roms at all right now
and i've actually tried that thread you linked. i can't unzip the cwm files and i cant get to recovery mode to flash anything
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In that thread you can also find ROM for Odin. Try installing that ROM via Odin

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In that thread you can also find ROM for Odin. Try installing that ROM via Odin
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ive flashed with odin many times with many roms, but nothing is working. it still freezes at the "samsung galaxy note 2" screen. i've tried stock roms, custom roms, and i've even tried doing an emergency firmware install through samsung kies. i can get to download mode, but not recovery mode.

Also, for some reason, my computer is saying many of the zip files are damaged or can't be opened for some reason. I've tried winace, bitzipper, and 7zip, and it does the same on all of them for some of the files. that's what it said for all of the files on that link any idea of a way around it?

craig.hagler said:
Also, for some reason, my computer is saying many of the zip files are damaged or can't be opened for some reason. I've tried winace, bitzipper, and 7zip, and it does the same on all of them for some of the files. that's what it said for all of the files on that link any idea of a way around it?
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You can try to root it by flashing CWM via Odin and then if you can get into recovery mode try to do Factory Reset and reboot. Hopefully this will solve your problem. If Factory reset don't solve your problem then you can flash new room from recovery mode.

A_youu said:
You can try to root it by flashing CWM via Odin and then if you can get into recovery mode try to do Factory Reset and reboot. Hopefully this will solve your problem. If Factory reset don't solve your problem then you can flash new room from recovery mode.
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i can't get into recovery mode to flash any roms or do a factory reset that's my issue. is there a way to get into recovery mode if the phone won't boot up and the three button way isn't working?

craig.hagler said:
i can't get into recovery mode to flash any roms or do a factory reset that's my issue. is there a way to get into recovery mode if the phone won't boot up and the three button way isn't working?
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You can go into download mode, right? So, I am saying that instead of flashing ROM from Odin. Try to Flash CWM via Odin and then try to put your phone into recovery mode...

A_youu said:
You can go into download mode, right? So, I am saying that instead of flashing ROM from Odin. Try to Flash CWM via Odin and then try to put your phone into recovery mode...
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how do i flash cwm? what do i put in what spot in odin? still in the pda spot?

craig.hagler said:
how do i flash cwm? what do i put in what spot in odin? still in the pda spot?
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and why would it keep saying the files are damaged? is it something with my computer, or the file, or the extracting program?

craig.hagler said:
how do i flash cwm? what do i put in what spot in odin? still in the pda spot?
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Here, you can try to follow these steps and see if helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Follow top 3 posts at above link. You can find "SGH-I317: CF-Auto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip" in 3rd post and instructions in 2nd post to flash it through Odin.

A_youu said:
Here, you can try to follow these steps and see if helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Follow top 3 posts at above link. You can find "SGH-I317: CF-Auto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip" in 3rd post and instructions in 2nd post to flash it through Odin.
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that's actually the exact one i used to root my phone originally. it worked then, but it isn't working now. it will work in odin, and says it passes, but when i try to boot or get into recovery mode, it won't do it

craig.hagler said:
that's actually the exact one i used to root my phone originally. it worked then, but it isn't working now. it will work in odin, and says it passes, but when i try to boot or get into recovery mode, it won't do it
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1) Pull the battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds,
2) (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER) and
3) pop the battery in while holding those 3 buttons and see if you can get into recovery this way.
If you can get to recovery this way then do Factory Reset and reboot.

A_youu said:
1) Pull the battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds,
2) (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER) and
3) pop the battery in while holding those 3 buttons and see if you can get into recovery this way.
If you can get to recovery this way then do Factory Reset and reboot.
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no luck. i'm going to leave the battery out overnight and try again in the morning

craig.hagler said:
no luck. i'm going to leave the battery out overnight and try again in the morning
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I've read thru this thread, and see your having problems everything recovery mode.
Q:
You sure you have a custom recovery installed?
Are you sure it's rooted?
If so then you should be able to install a custom recovery, using goo manger!
You can also look here for info..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46900555
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[Q] stock/no root phone won't boot, only DL mode works

Hello,
My unrooted At&T galaxy s3 will not go past the Samsung Galaxy SIII splash screen. When I enter recovery it just gives me a dead android guy.
I had this problem before and to fix it, I used odin to flash the stock 4.0.4, then I flashed 4.1.1 (I think these are the correct versions, I followed instructions here), then my phone wouldn't OTA update to touchwiz 4.3 so I flashed it using recovery mode using instructions and files I found here. The phone worked fine for a few weeks after that, but then started to reboot randomly and delete apps. Eventually it just stopped working all together which is where I am now.
I tried to install TWRP using odin which odin says worked but when I try to go to recovery mode I still just see the dead android guy. The phone did not have USB debugging mode turned on so I am not sure if I could install a custom recovery at all.
I tried the CF-auto root that I found here which got partway through and then failed.
Do you guys have any suggestions? Is there a stock touchwiz 4.3 rom that I could flash using odin??
Thank you very much, please let me know if you require any more information, I really want to get my phone working again.

korarchaeota said:
Hello,
My unrooted At&T galaxy s3 will not go past the Samsung Galaxy SIII splash screen. When I enter recovery it just gives me a dead android guy.
I had this problem before and to fix it, I used odin to flash the stock 4.0.4, then I flashed 4.1.1 (I think these are the correct versions, I followed instructions here), then my phone wouldn't OTA update to touchwiz 4.3 so I flashed it using recovery mode using instructions and files I found here. The phone worked fine for a few weeks after that, but then started to reboot randomly and delete apps. Eventually it just stopped working all together which is where I am now.
I tried to install TWRP using odin which odin says worked but when I try to go to recovery mode I still just see the dead android guy. The phone did not have USB debugging mode turned on so I am not sure if I could install a custom recovery at all.
I tried the CF-auto root that I found here which got partway through and then failed.
Do you guys have any suggestions? Is there a stock touchwiz 4.3 rom that I could flash using odin??
Thank you very much, please let me know if you require any more information, I really want to get my phone working again.
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It almost sounds like you're dealing with a situation I'm having on my galaxy tab. It has the internal SD chip going bad. I had to use a rom specially made to boot from a partitioned external sd card. Sorry, I can't help more, but the symptoms seem similar.
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Thank you for your reply. Where did you obtain a rom that could boot from the external sd card?
wrenhal said:
It almost sounds like you're dealing with a situation I'm having on my galaxy tab. It has the internal SD chip going bad. I had to use a rom specially made to boot from a partitioned external sd card. Sorry, I can't help more, but the symptoms seem similar.
Sent from my SCH-I800 using Tapatalk
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Try flashing the TWRP again with Odin, but make sure the auto reboot option on the left is unchecked in Odin. After flashing, unplug the phone and then hold volume up + menu + power buttons at the same time until it reboots.
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shortydoggg said:
Try flashing the TWRP again with Odin, but make sure the auto reboot option on the left is unchecked in Odin. After flashing, unplug the phone and then hold volume up + menu + power buttons at the same time until it reboots.
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I just tried it with only F. Reset Time checked, it installs it and says a green Pass!. I then unplugged it, tried to hold volume up + menu + power buttons for a while but nothing happened. I pulled the battery and then did volume up + menu + power buttons and went straight back to dead android guy. Any ideas?

Only other thing right now is to make sure you have the latest odin, which is 3.09
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shortydoggg said:
Only other thing right now is to make sure you have the latest odin, which is 3.09
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Trying everything with the new version of Odin results in all the same results.
Does anyone know if there is a tar (Odin flashable) version of update43.zip found in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Thanks!

korarchaeota said:
Trying everything with the new version of Odin results in all the same results.
Does anyone know if there is a tar (Odin flashable) version of update43.zip found in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Thanks!
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No there's no Odin flash-able there.
Sorry, we don't seem to have any answers for your problem. It seems like it may be more of a hardware issue than software.

Did you phone boot after flashing stock 4.04?

audit13 said:
Did you phone boot after flashing stock 4.04?
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Yes it did, the first time that this started happening. But I was unable to do that again, I thought since I flashed all the way to 4.3 and I read that once you go to 4.3 you can't go back. Is that correct?
Thank you for your help. I was hoping to try an odin flashable touchwiz 4.3 but I can't seem to find one.

So you had 4.04 on your phone and you used OTA updates to get to 4.3? If this is correct, then you can't flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it has never been made available to the public; therefore, the only 4.3 ROMs that may work are based on the leaked AT&T 4.3 ROM or compiled from an OTA update.
Once of these ROMs may get your phone going again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233

audit13 said:
So you had 4.04 on your phone and you used OTA updates to get to 4.3? If this is correct, then you can't flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it has never been made available to the public; therefore, the only 4.3 ROMs that may work are based on the leaked AT&T 4.3 ROM or compiled from an OTA update.
Once of these ROMs may get your phone going again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233
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Thank you for your suggestion, all the ones I tried there need recovery to flash...not odin. Is it possibly to make an odin file from a recovery flash file??
Thanks!

korarchaeota said:
Thank you for your suggestion, all the ones I tried there need recovery to flash...not odin. Is it possibly to make an odin file from a recovery flash file??
Thanks!
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Did you try installing Philz Touch from Odin? As was suggested earlier, don't use auto reboot. Once Philz has been installed and you see Reset in the window, disconnect the USB cable, remove the battery, replace the battery, boot into recovery, wipe and flash a custom ROM. This may help you get your phone working for now.

audit13 said:
Did you try installing Philz Touch from Odin? As was suggested earlier, don't use auto reboot. Once Philz has been installed and you see Reset in the window, disconnect the USB cable, remove the battery, replace the battery, boot into recovery, wipe and flash a custom ROM. This may help you get your phone working for now.
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Thank you for your suggestion, but I still get the dead android guy after flashing and trying to go into recovery. Any other ideas??

korarchaeota said:
Thank you for your suggestion, but I still get the dead android guy after flashing and trying to go into recovery. Any other ideas??
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Did you try philz or cwm? I am not sure why stock recovery is not being overwritten.

audit13 said:
Did you try philz or cwm? I am not sure why stock recovery is not being overwritten.
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I tried twrp and philz, I haven't tried cwm yet, should I? Is it not working because I didn't enable USB debugging before it stopped working?
Thanks for your help!

korarchaeota said:
I tried twrp and philz, I haven't tried cwm yet, should I? Is it not working because I didn't enable USB debugging before it stopped working?
Thanks for your help!
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Nope, USB debugging will not make a difference.
The latest Philz Touch is based on the latest CWM. After your flash Philz, are you letting the phone auto reboot on its own after flashing in Odin?
I know of no way to convert a custom ROM so it can be flashed in Odin.