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I woke up this morning to my phone perpetually rebooting.
I was running a nightly of CM 11.
Now when I try to go into Recovery I get a screen that asks for a password. I have no idea what that password is as I did not set one. I tried wiping data to no avail. I tried flashing a new recovery via Odin this did not work (Odin said successful but the screen on the phone never showed the transfer of the file). No matter what wipe method I use in recovery it just says fail, doesn't work at all and hangs or will say it can't mount. I have searched and searched and tried and tried and I'm stuck. I even tried ADB that didn't work either. Please help!
Try flashing Philz Touch (based on CWM) over TWRP via Odin. I have always had good luck with CWM and Philz.
Download the tar version: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
audit13 said:
Try flashing Philz Touch (based on CWM) over TWRP via Odin. I have always had good luck with CWM and Philz.
Download the tar version: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
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I tried this already. I cannot flash ANYTHING via ODIN. Odin states that the process completed but the bar on the phone on the download screen never shows up to show that it has accepted a file.
therecker said:
I tried this already. I cannot flash ANYTHING via ODIN. Odin states that the process completed but the bar on the phone on the download screen never shows up to show that it has accepted a file.
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Did you unchecked F . reset and unchecked auto reboot when you flashed recovery in Odin? After you flash the file you have to pull the battery then replace it and boot to recovery do not allow the phone to boot to OS or you have to flash again as your recovery will only stick if you pull the battery and boot to recovery after flashing it. After you get into it the first time all will be well with the world again you can flash your heart out.
I had twrp ask me for a password once I hit the back arrow key and told it to mount my external SD card then flashed my rom, bootloader, kernel and modem then rebooted no problem.
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theramsey3 said:
Did you unchecked F . reset and unchecked auto reboot when you flashed recovery in Odin? After you flash the file you have to pull the battery then replace it and boot to recovery do not allow the phone to boot to OS or you have to flash again as your recovery will only stick if you pull the battery and boot to recovery after flashing it. After you get into it the first time all will be well with the world again you can flash your heart out.
I had twrp ask me for a password once I hit the back arrow key and told it to mount my external SD card then flashed my rom, bootloader, kernel and modem then rebooted no problem.
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This did not work. When I use ODIN all that is happening is that ODIN says it has succeeded but the little progress bar that usually shows up on the phone when you are in download mode never comes up. I did try this method though and it didn't work.
I restarted the phone in ODIN mode then opened ODIN then connected the USB cable then unchecked the two boxes you mentioned then flashed a new non TWRP recovery then waited for ODIN to say successful then the phone never showed the progress bar so I waited 2 mins until I pulled the battery then I restarted phone directly to recovery and still have the password prompt. Even after hitting cancel I cannot interact with recovery because every option I choose just says fail. I cannot even mount external sd card.
What phone do you have? What was the most recent stock ROM on your phone? Maybe you can flash a stock ROM.
There is a copy of the stock Samsung 3e recovery (which we can't use to flash zips with) I'm curious if maybe it can overwrite what you have going on? On the password screen I wasn't hitting cancel I was simply hitting the back arrow key. I will see if I have a copy of the stock recovery, just maybe you can flash it then flash another recovery after that so you can fix your phone.
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I have Samsung Galaxy S 3 At&T (d2att) SGH-I747 whichever one of those you want. The most recent stock rom on the phone was when I bought it brand new a few months after it came out. I tried installing a stock rom. I tried this using ODIN and it failed. The issue here is that TWRP somehow encrypted the entire file system so NOTHING at all in recovery works. When I use ODIN mode it never shows on my phone that it is accepting a transfer from the computer. When I tried the stock rom via ODIN method it actually failed in ODIN instead of telling me it succeeded and then just not work. It failed at the point when it says Firmware Update Start...aboot.mbn...NAND Write Start!...Complete(Write) operation failed. I am up for any suggestions but I need them to be detailed instructions because I have tried so many things I need to know what exact steps to follow.
I believe the aboot file is a bootloader. Did you ever have a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone? If you did, it probably has the stock 4.3 AT&T bootloader which cannot be downgraded without bricking the phone which means you cannot flash a ROM with an older bootloader via Odin.
audit13 said:
I believe the aboot file is a bootloader. Did you ever have a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone? If you did, it probably has the stock 4.3 AT&T bootloader which cannot be downgraded without bricking the phone which means you cannot flash a ROM with an older bootloader via Odin.
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To my knowledge I never had a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone. The only stock ROM to touch this phone was the one that came on it. So be specific what are you actually suggesting in this post that I do?
therecker said:
To my knowledge I never had a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone. The only stock ROM to touch this phone was the one that came on it. So be specific what are you actually suggesting in this post that I do?
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I am surprised that the aboot file was giving you a problem because the bootloader can be downgraded as long as it is not a 4.3 bootloader.
Do you recall exactly which ROM was on the phone when you got it? Where did you get the stock ROM?
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I am surprised that the aboot file was giving you a problem because the bootloader can be downgraded as long as it is not a 4.3 bootloader.
Do you recall exactly which ROM was on the phone when you got it? Where did you get the stock ROM?
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It was a CM11 Nightly ROM from the very beginning of February. And before that it was a CM10.2 Stable ROM.
Which stock ROM was on your phone before you loaded a custom ROM?
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Which stock ROM was on your phone before you loaded a custom ROM?
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I have no idea. It was when I first got the phone in November of 2012.
Sounds like your phone may be running a 4.3 bootloader which means your bootloader is locked and cannot be downgraded. This may explain why you are getting errors when trying to flash Odin. There is no stock AT&T 4.3 ROM that can be flashed via Odin.
Hello,
I downloaded the latest TWRP through goo manager. All seemed ok with no issues noted.
I have/had Slimbean 4.3 and was going to update to 4.4.2 Slimkat but needed to update my recovery.
I downloaded and installed it through Goo Manager
After which I rebooted into recovery and now I'm stuck in the black screen bootloader "RECOVERY BOOTING..."
I tried to reboot and even remove the battery but no go past to where I am.
I have a galaxy s3 L710 d2spr
Any and all help to get out of this will greatly be appreciated.:good::good::good:
Reivaj1803 said:
Hello,
I downloaded the latest TWRP through goo manager. All seemed ok with no issues noted.
I have/had Slimbean 4.3 and was going to update to 4.4.2 Slimkat but needed to update my recovery.
I downloaded and installed it through Goo Manager
After which I rebooted into recovery and now I'm stuck in the black screen bootloader "RECOVERY BOOTING..."
I tried to reboot and even remove the battery but no go past to where I am.
I have a galaxy s3 L710 d2spr
Any and all help to get out of this will greatly be appreciated.:good::good::good:
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maybe try using odin to install this recovery. use this older version i uploaded and flash it with odin. after you get recovery working, download the new version of recovery in zip format on your computer, transfer it to your phone and install it, reboot to recovery and you should be good to go.
montecarlo5 said:
maybe try using odin to install this recovery. use this older version i uploaded and flash it with odin. after you get recovery working, download the new version of recovery in zip format on your computer, transfer it to your phone and install it, reboot to recovery and you should be good to go.
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Does it matter what version of Odin to use?
v3.09 or 1.85
Do I put the tar file in BOOTLOADER or PDA?
Reivaj1803 said:
Does it matter what version of Odin to use?
v3.09 or 1.85
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i would use the newest version, but it shouldn't matter witch one you use.
Reivaj1803 said:
Do I put the tar file in BOOTLOADER or PDA?
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put it in PDA and uncheck auto reboot and f. reset time and make sure your phone is in download mode first. after odin finishes, pull your battery and put it back in, and see if your phone boots up now.
It booted up within seconds without pulling the battery, right to my home screen!! :good: :good: :good: :good:
As I downloaded the twrp through goo manager I am assuming it only downloaded to my device and not flashed, am I correct on that assumption?
I tried looking for the latest twrp but was forwarded or linked to goomanager.
Might you have the file I can download and flash?
Reivaj1803 said:
It booted up within seconds without pulling the battery, right to my home screen!! :good: :good: :good: :good:
As I downloaded the twrp through goo manager I am assuming it only downloaded to my device and not flashed, am I correct on that assumption?
I tried looking for the latest twrp but was forwarded or linked to goomanager.
Might you have the file I can download and flash?
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Got it. It flashed without a hitch and my home screen showed up. I found the latest twrp in goo manager folder and flashed that. 'Android is upgrading...' apps are optimizing. I rebooted to confirm the latest twrp flash and I got stuck in the "RECOVERY BOOTING..." bootloader AGAIN!
I flashed the previous version of twrp and im not doing this new one, I realized it's doing me problems.
Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated!!
Pardon my french but your are ****in awesome for the help!! :good: :good: :good:
Reivaj1803 said:
Got it. It flashed without a hitch and my home screen showed up. I found the latest twrp in goo manager folder and flashed that. 'Android is upgrading...' apps are optimizing. I rebooted to confirm the latest twrp flash and I got stuck in the "RECOVERY BOOTING..." bootloader AGAIN!
I flashed the previous version of twrp and im not doing this new one, I realized it's doing me problems.
Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated!!
Pardon my french but your are ****in awesome for the help!! :good: :good: :good:
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You are welcome. I would recommend trying Philz Recovery if you want to upgrade your recovery. And I think the reason you are having trouble with Goo Manager download is that it is a bad file or download. I've that problem with Goo Manager too many times so i stopped using it.
I have left my phone off for 2 days and when i go ahead to start it up it is stuck on the "Samsung galaxy s4"
Logo. I cannot enter recovery, only download mode. I flashed .tar stock file and still that doesn't work. Can anyone help me,?
Subzero000 said:
I have left my phone off for 2 days and when i go ahead to start it up it is stuck on the "Samsung galaxy s4"
Logo. I cannot enter recovery, only download mode. I flashed .tar stock file and still that doesn't work. Can anyone help me,?
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Flash it twice. Boot into download - Flash once. Remove Battery. Boot into download - Flash again. Don't try to boot between flashes.
Also, get your .tar from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
Flash it twice. Boot into download - Flash once. Remove Battery. Boot into download - Flash again. Don't try to boot between flashes.
Also, get your .tar from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Rob
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Ive tried this process a million times and ive tried it again. It isnt working, and can only go into download mode. When i try to boot into recovery it just shows the blue saying "recovery booting..." but never goes into recovery, nor does it boot. Maybe a PIT file would work? Even though i think i dont need one, idk
Subzero000 said:
Ive tried this process a million times and ive tried it again. It isnt working, and can only go into download mode. When i try to boot into recovery it just shows the blue saying "recovery booting..." but never goes into recovery, nor does it boot. Maybe a PIT file would work? Even though i think i dont need one, idk
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Try a different computer to flash it, or it is done for. Does ODIN indicate that there was an error flashing?
There is nothing else we can do for you on this forum, if it won't flash the stock firmware. That is the last resort. The firmware has everything you should need to be able to get it back working, if it is software related. It could be hardware.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
Try a different computer to flash it, or it is done for. Does ODIN indicate that there was an error flashing?
There is nothing else we can do for you on this forum, if it won't flash the stock firmware. That is the last resort. The firmware has everything you should need to be able to get it back working, if it is software related. It could be hardware.
Rob
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The stock firmware is what i have been flashing and it Odin does say 'Successful'. Since it has everything i need then i guess the phone is done for i opened the phone to checke the hardware, it seems the battery is a bit swelled, do u think that may play a role in this? And when i plug it in to charge the phone doesnt show battery status picture instead, it just keeps vibrating as if i were to plug in and remove the charger. The charger is brand new btw. I really appreciate ur help Rob.
rlichtefeld said:
Try a different computer to flash it, or it is done for. Does ODIN indicate that there was an error flashing?
There is nothing else we can do for you on this forum, if it won't flash the stock firmware. That is the last resort. The firmware has everything you should need to be able to get it back working, if it is software related. It could be hardware.
Rob
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I'm getting somewhere, it seems as if only CWM recovery and PhilZ recovery work. Twrp does not work. I installed 3 custom roms and still didnt work, i tried restoring a back up and the phone restarts in the middle of it making as if it crashes. I went into the root of the phone and i realized the only folder that DOES NOT open is the 'boot' which now i am thinking when i flash anything the boot isnt sticking. Do u know if there is a boot tar file or zip that i can flash?
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I'm getting somewhere, it seems as if only CWM recovery and PhilZ recovery work. Twrp does not work. I installed 3 custom roms and still didnt work, i tried restoring a back up and the phone restarts in the middle of it making as if it crashes. I went into the root of the phone and i realized the only folder that DOES NOT open is the 'boot' which now i am thinking when i flash anything the boot isnt sticking. Do u know if there is a boot tar file or zip that i can flash?
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If it is the boot partition, you'll need to update the firmware, not just the ROM. You'll have to do that with ODIN and a PC, not CWM nor PhilZ. TWRP works fine as long as you use v2.8.4.0 or earlier. The v2.8.7.0 has bugs.
If you are flashing different recoveries, you should be able to flash the firmware. Again, you HAVE to flash twice in a row for it to stick. Flash with ODIN. Remove battery. Flash again. Then, boot the phone.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
If it is the boot partition, you'll need to update the firmware, not just the ROM. You'll have to do that with ODIN and a PC, not CWM nor PhilZ. TWRP works fine as long as you use v2.8.4.0 or earlier. The v2.8.7.0 has bugs.
If you are flashing different recoveries, you should be able to flash the firmware. Again, you HAVE to flash twice in a row for it to stick. Flash with ODIN. Remove battery. Flash again. Then, boot the phone.
Rob
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I tried the oldest twrp and doesnt work, maybe ill try 2.8.4.0. I did that with odin. As soon as it installs and vibrates and shuts the screen i remove the battery and put it back in and go back into download mode and flashed again. It still did not stick. Or should i flash, then as soon it reboots i hold down volume to enter download mode, rather than remove battery?
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I tried the oldest twrp and doesnt work, maybe ill try 2.8.4.0. I did that with odin. As soon as it installs and vibrates and shuts the screen i remove the battery and put it back in and go back into download mode and flashed again. It still did not stick. Or should i flash, then as soon it reboots i hold down volume to enter download mode, rather than remove battery?
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Uncheck the Reboot box on ODIN. Don't let it reboot. That is the problem. '
In ODIN. Load the .tar. Uncheck Reboot.
Boot into Download mode and Flash. DO NOT REBOOT.
Pull the battery.
Wait a few minutes.
Put the battery back in.
Boot into Download Mode. Flash.
Then reboot.
There are several threads about how to do this on this section of the forum and on the General section.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
Uncheck the Reboot box on ODIN. Don't let it reboot. That is the problem. '
In ODIN. Load the .tar. Uncheck Reboot.
Boot into Download mode and Flash. DO NOT REBOOT.
Pull the battery.
Wait a few minutes.
Put the battery back in.
Boot into Download Mode. Flash.
Then reboot.
There are several threads about how to do this on this section of the forum and on the General section.
Rob
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I did exactly that, i waited 10 minutes with the battery removed and redid process again. Not working ? why is it only cwm working and not twrp? I wonder whats making it work...
Subzero000 said:
I did exactly that, i waited 10 minutes with the battery removed and redid process again. Not working ? why is it only cwm working and not twrp? I wonder whats making it work...
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At this point, I have no idea. But, IIRC when you flash the firmware, it should be replacing your custom Recovery (CWM) with the Stock Recovery.
So, are you flashing CWM after you are flashing the firmware? Or, are you trying to use CWM to flash the firmware? If so, that is the issue. You have to use ODIN with a computer to flash the firmware.
CWM, Philz and TWRP are for flashing ROMs, kernels, etc, not firmware.
Rob
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At this point, I have no idea. But, IIRC when you flash the firmware, it should be replacing your custom Recovery (CWM) with the Stock Recovery.
So, are you flashing CWM after you are flashing the firmware? Or, are you trying to use CWM to flash the firmware? If so, that is the issue. You have to use ODIN with a computer to flash the firmware.
CWM, Philz and TWRP are for flashing ROMs, kernels, etc, not firmware.
Rob
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No, i am not flashing anything after i flash the firmware. I am using odin to flash the stock firmware. Even stock revovery doesn't work. When u flash and it attempts to boot ,it shows the blue letters 'recovery booting' with the galaxy s4 logo and stays stuck there. At this point i am very lost. Do you think it's a power button issue?
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No, i am not flashing anything after i flash the firmware. I am using odin to flash the stock firmware. Even stock revovery doesn't work. When u flash and it attempts to boot ,it shows the blue letters 'recovery booting' with the galaxy s4 logo and stays stuck there. At this point i am very lost. Do you think it's a power button issue?
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I would not think it is the power button, since you say it does turn on. And, it does seem the Volume rocker works, since it tries to get into Recovery and does get into Download mode.
Which version of the firmware are you trying to flash?
Depending on the version of the bootloader/modems, etc. you can't downgrade versions of the firmware. You can only flash the same version or higher.
Are you flashing the 4.4.4 from here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Are you sure you have a SGH-M919 version of the S4? If you look under the battery, it should have a sticker with that model number.
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I would not think it is the power button, since you say it does turn on. And, it does seem the Volume rocker works, since it tries to get into Recovery and does get into Download mode.
Which version of the firmware are you trying to flash?
Depending on the version of the bootloader/modems, etc. you can't downgrade versions of the firmware. You can only flash the same version or higher.
Are you flashing the 4.4.4 from here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Are you sure you have a SGH-M919 version of the S4? If you look under the battery, it should have a sticker with that model number.
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I tried the firmware from that posting and dkd not work so, i went and got it from sammobile.com and still didnt work. I had this phone for 2 years and yes it is Sgh-m919 4.4.4 i had on it. And i flashed a i9505 custom rom on it through twrp and worked flawlessley. The phone was off for 2 days and i turned it on and this happened :/
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I would not think it is the power button, since you say it does turn on. And, it does seem the Volume rocker works, since it tries to get into Recovery and does get into Download mode.
Which version of the firmware are you trying to flash?
Depending on the version of the bootloader/modems, etc. you can't downgrade versions of the firmware. You can only flash the same version or higher.
Are you flashing the 4.4.4 from here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Are you sure you have a SGH-M919 version of the S4? If you look under the battery, it should have a sticker with that model number.
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Sir, i after following the procedure and didnt work i left the phone battery out and phone off for 3-4 days. I put the battery in today, literally just now and it somehow worked amd booted normally... it instantly sent goosebumps throughout my body because it just seemed so odd and unexpected with no reasoning for it to work now. Do u have any idea of what it may have been?
Subzero000 said:
Sir, i after following the procedure and didnt work i left the phone battery out and phone off for 3-4 days. I put the battery in today, literally just now and it somehow worked amd booted normally... it instantly sent goosebumps throughout my body because it just seemed so odd and unexpected with no reasoning for it to work now. Do u have any idea of what it may have been?
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I have no idea. Just thank the gods of electronics and carry on.
But, it could be some sort of hardware connection that is sometimes connected and sometimes not. You may want to start looking for a backup or spare.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
I have no idea. Just thank the gods of electronics and carry on.
But, it could be some sort of hardware connection that is sometimes connected and sometimes not. You may want to start looking for a backup or spare.
Rob
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Id like to thank you a lot as u are an outstanding helper on xda. I warmly appreciate your kindness to guide me through the issue. Best wishes to you
my S4 SGH-M919 is still 4.2.2 with rooted. Now I want to update any custom ROM 5.1 lollipop. So how can i do it? Pls show me step by step. I'm so glad with any help. Thanks a lot.
Please use search functionality.... Either in Google or xda.... "How to install CyanogenMod on SGH-M919".. There are several articles/videos on installing custom ROM for your device....
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
Thanks for your reply. Just a question. Can i flash recovery twrp 2.8.4.0. Then flash any custom rom 5.1 through recovery? Or i have to update stock rom with new modem and kernel then flash rom 5.1?
nickytun said:
Thanks for your reply. Just a question. Can i flash recovery twrp 2.8.4.0. Then flash any custom rom 5.1 through recovery? Or i have to update stock rom with new modem and kernel then flash rom 5.1?
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Should update your recovery to 2.8.7.0 to be sure everything flashes correctly. You dont have to update stock rom because there is no lollipop for m919.
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Should update your recovery to 2.8.7.0 to be sure everything flashes correctly. You dont have to update stock rom because there is no lollipop for m919.
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Thanks man!!! So I need to update recovery then flash rom and no need to worry about modem and kernel, right?
Newer custom ROMs may need a KK bootloader and modem to function properly.
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Newer custom ROMs may need a KK bootloader and modem to function properly.
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So what should i do now? Pls show me. Thanks a lot
Download the latest stock ROM for the m919 from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SGH-M919/ . Downloading from sammobile may take a long time but it is good to have a copy of the ROM in order to flash back to stock when necessary. The file needs to be unzipped once to yield a tar.md5 file.
Download the Odin 3.07 from here: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...5QWImOPDJboTA_V3D5S9eA&bvm=bv.112454388,d.amc . I like Odin 3.07 because it has always worked for everything I have done to my s2, s3, s4, and Note 3.
Backup your data because the phone needs to be factory reset before booting the stock KK ROM.
Open Odin, click on PDA, browse to and select the stock tar.md5 file you downloaded from sammobile, uncheck everything except f.reset time, put the phone into download mode and connect it to the computer, flash the phone, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery by pressing the required button combination, wipe data and cache in recovery, reboot the phone. It will take quite a while for the phone to boot into the stock ROM, be patient.
Once the phone is up and running, download the latest tar version of TWRP for the m919 from here: https://dl.twrp.me/jfltetmo/
Open Odin, click on PDA, browse to and select the TWRP tar file you downloaded, uncheck everything except f.reset time, put the phone into download mode and connect it to the computer, flash the phone, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into TWRP by pressing the required button combination. Once you are satisfied that TWRP is working properly, reboot the phone.
Now that TWRP is on the phone, you will be able to flash custom ROMs.
audit13 said:
Download the latest stock ROM for the m919 from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SGH-M919/ . Downloading from sammobile may take a long time but it is good to have a copy of the ROM in order to flash back to stock when necessary. The file needs to be unzipped once to yield a tar.md5 file.
Download the Odin 3.07 from here: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...5QWImOPDJboTA_V3D5S9eA&bvm=bv.112454388,d.amc . I like Odin 3.07 because it has always worked for everything I have done to my s2, s3, s4, and Note 3.
Backup your data because the phone needs to be factory reset before booting the stock KK ROM.
Open Odin, click on PDA, browse to and select the stock tar.md5 file you downloaded from sammobile, uncheck everything except f.reset time, put the phone into download mode and connect it to the computer, flash the phone, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery by pressing the required button combination, wipe data and cache in recovery, reboot the phone. It will take quite a while for the phone to boot into the stock ROM, be patient.
Once the phone is up and running, download the latest tar version of TWRP for the m919 from here: https://dl.twrp.me/jfltetmo/
Open Odin, click on PDA, browse to and select the TWRP tar file you downloaded, uncheck everything except f.reset time, put the phone into download mode and connect it to the computer, flash the phone, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into TWRP by pressing the required button combination. Once you are satisfied that TWRP is working properly, reboot the phone.
Now that TWRP is on the phone, you will be able to flash custom ROMs.
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Thanks so much. I'll try it.
Hi, I've digged through much of xda and not found a satisfying answer. My phone boots into download, is detected by odin (7,8,9,12 all ok), and whatever I do, odin says it was successfull. I tried flashing the stock ROM, the official ROM with 4.4.2, pit file, all in vain. Before crashing my s4 was running cm13 with twrp3.0.2-1. When turning phone on, it just displays "Samsung GalaxyS4 mini / GT-I9195 label on black screen, with "set warranty bit: kernel" in upper left corner. Download mode boots ok, but recovery - twrp 3.0.2-1 logo is displayed for about 8 seconds, and then phone reboots to "normal" mode - displaying the logo.
It would be great if some of you had an idea of what to do as I've been trying on my own for 3 weeks now and nothing changed for better.
As there are people looking at this thread, it would be great to hear from you! I still did not succeed in flashing anything, twrp screen shows for 8sec and then phone reboots to normal, which is samsung splash screen. I'm using samsung drivers, have tried different usb ports, used different computers, still nothing.
Did you try 4 files firmware?
http://firmware.smartphonewp.com/download-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-gt-i9195-full-firmware-4-files/
Hi,
Unfortunately I can't help you here, but I have a similar problem and it might be related to yours. I have also have a Samsung S4 mini GT-i9195 LTE. Originally with Android 4.4.2 but lately with no OS at all. And I can't figure out how to get one back. What happened, chronologically and (very) detailed:
I rooted my phone with KingoRoot, which worked fine as far as I can tell. When I didn't like the KingoSuperUser-App I installed SuperSU. But it failed to work, apparently because of Knox or something like that. I later wanted to flash my phone with a LineageOS ROM (lineage-14.1-20170505-nightly-serranoltexx-signed.zip) and therefore I wanted to install TWRP as custom recovery. As the usual way with Odin seemed a bit complicated to me at the time, I decided to install the "TWRP Manager" App, which went well. But as soon as I tried to install my ROM with it, it asked if my bootloader was unlocked. So, after searching the internet about that and it said that Samsung phones usually have an unlocked bootloader and only have to be rooted, I went on with installing the LineageOS ROM using the TWRP Manager. Mind you, I am not talking about the custom recovery that you have to boot in to by pressing Vol-Up+Home+On/Off-Button, I am talking about the app that you can download and just needs root permissions to do the same stuff. I had downloaded the ROM-zip onto my SDcard before and wanted to flash it from there.. Now, when I let the app go on, the screen just went blank. And this might be the moment I overreacted. I panicked and tried to start my phone again. But it only went as far as the Samsung logo and didn't go further and I had to pull the battery to turn it off. I then tried to boot into recovery mode by pressing Vol-up+home+On with no result, I then tried with Vol-down+home+On and found Download mode with:
Code:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9195
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 -> this one might have been 0x0 the first time
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
After some research I downloaded Odin3 (v3.12.5) and managed to flash TWRP (2.6.3.0) onto my phone. And I found the ROM-zip file, but it would not let me unpack and flash it and it didn't help to uncheck the "Zip file signature verification." When I tried to flash I always got the same error massage:
Code:
Updating partition details...
Running boot script...
Finished running boot script.
Installing '/external_sd/lineage-14.
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file foun
Warning: No file_contexts
Target: 1493971678
detected filesystem ext4 for /dev/bl
Can't install this package on top of
E: Error executing updater binary in
Error flashing zip '/external_sd/lin
Updating partition details...
And it gives a "failed" response. Now, I tried moving the zip to internal_sd and flashing with no better result. I also tried to flash a stock ROM which I downloaded from Sammobile.com. This didn't work either. The adb push method and the sideload didn't work out either.
Interestingly, when I go to "Reboot" -> "Power Off" to turn the phone off I get a dialog:
No OS installed! Are you sure you wish to power off?
-> "Swipe to power off"
-> then comes the next dialog:
Install SuperSU?
Your device does not appear to be rooted.
Install SuperSU now?
This will root your device.
-> "Swipe to install."
Which had no effect at all but to inform me that my phone apparently isn't rooted after all. I therefore downloaded the S4Mini_RootKit_v2.zip and tried flashing it, which was successful. But I still got the same dialog when powering off and I couldn't install the zip files either.
That's where I am now and I really don't know what to try or do next. As I could flash TWRP onto my phone, shouldn't it also be possible to flash an OS?
I hope this was a precise enough description. If someone has any further question, please ask.
@albaCross @desolate_sorrow
Try an factory reset with the recovery.
Download a multiple Firmware from Sammy with PIT.file
Boot into Download mode.
Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 not newer
Flash all Files with Pit.file
Reboot.
bierma32 said:
@albaCross @desolate_sorrow
Try an factory reset with the recovery.
Download a multiple Firmware from Sammy with PIT.file
Boot into Download mode.
Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 not newer
Flash all Files with Pit.file
Reboot.
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I posted this thread precisely because my recovery DOES NOT work. No option for factory reset. It just reboots after ~8 secs of twrp 3.0.2-1 screen. Flashed with ODIN 3.09, official intern. ROM from sammobile into AP and drive. google. com /file/d /0Bx2R0nz6jh17bllKenctWnVsWkE/edit <-- this PIT file. Also tried this pit with different versions of twrp - 2.6, 3.0, 3.1 - still no change at all, no recovery booting
@desolate_sorrow
But you are not tried a multiple ROM with PIT.file.
You flashed only a Single File ROM under AP.
On the multiple ROM you can extract the CSC File and than you have the PIT.
Pit you can only flash with Odin and a ROM.
bierma32 said:
@albaCross @desolate_sorrow
Try an factory reset with the recovery.
Download a multiple Firmware from Sammy with PIT.file
Boot into Download mode.
Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 not newer
Flash all Files with Pit.file
Reboot.
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Perfect! Worked like a charm for me! While factory reset itself did nothing to improve the phone, the other stuff worked. I flashed my phone with the .tar.md5 file I extracted from the .zip file (from sammobile.com) using Odin 3.09 and my phone works again, thank you soo much!
I then rooted it again and flashed LineageOS (lineage-14.1-20170505-nightly-serranoltexx-signed.zip) onto it. It worked but during the first startup I got the error massage "Setup wizard keeps stopping". I then tried the newest (20170519) version and got the same error again. Any Idea how I might repair this?
About the pit. file: what exactly is the difference between this multiple pit file, a "usual" pit file and the .tar.md5 file I used?
On a multiple ROM file is all separately, Bootloader, Phone , Modem and CSC file.
The PIT file is the partion File of the RAM. You can extract this seperat from the CSC file.
To the issue the the gapps. Try an older Version or flash first the LOS and setup WiFi.
Than flash Opengapps with wipe cache and dalvik than normally works the wizard.
bierma32 said:
@desolate_sorrow
But you are not tried a multiple ROM with PIT.file.
You flashed only a Single File ROM under AP.
On the multiple ROM you can extract the CSC File and than you have the PIT.
Pit you can only flash with Odin and a ROM.
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i got the same problem, that the recovery is not working, flashing a multiple rom with pit doesn't help (neither recovery nor rom is working).
but i guess the main problem is, that i got a REV02 phone and I only can find REV01 firmware (e.g. this one here: http://firmware.smartphonewp.com/download-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-gt-i9195-full-firmware-4-files/)
are there any REV02 firmwares out there, which maybe can help? or does anyone (@bierma32, @albaCross or @desolate_sorrow) got any other ideas?
bierma32 said:
To the issue the the gapps. Try an older Version or flash first the LOS and setup WiFi.
Than flash Opengapps with wipe cache and dalvik than normally works the wizard.
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Thanks for replying. I tried flashing the LOS ROM and booting without gapps. According to TWRP it was successful. But when I booted for the first time I got similar error messages as before "[any app name] stopped running". Just with several names and all of them one after the other. Most of them appear to be named something like .android.com with different pre- and suffixes.
I then tried a more actual version of LOS with a similar result (same error message, similar names). After several times I decided to go back to my previously created TWRP backup (of the stock ROM with root access and several of the more annoying apps removed, also I had checked all partitions when backing up): I did a custom recovery and recovered my backup file and it seemed to work, TWRP said "success". On booting I again had the now so familiar error messages on the screen. Same happened when I flashed the stock ROM and recovered my backup after that, or at least tried. While TWRP still said it was a success it would not get past the screen where you choose your language.
After this I gave up and went back to the stock ROM and "rebuilt" my old phone. Maybe my phone just doesn't like anything but the stock ROM, so I should probably just stick to it.
But, just out of curiosity, what exactly is the problem with the phone if neither custom ROMs nor system backups work on it properly?
1of16 said:
i got a REV02 phone and I only can find REV01 firmware
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this was me just 2 days ago!
i was on lineage os 7.1.1 with TWRP and was stuck wanting to go back to stock.
i flashed many many roms and they all failed in ODIN.
Eventually i found a Netherlands ROM that did not fail on the REV02 check - might be worth a go!
my thread
good luck!
Hello,
I own s4 mini gt i 9192
i have rooted it with kingroot when it was in a stock firmware, then i have decided to install lolipop rom with twrp with superuser in it, everything gone smooth i have used my phone over 3 months, one morning i woke up, the battery level was 43 %, i have set it in the charger returned back after 30 minutes and have seen that it only got 3% energy, pulled out the battery and inserted back, charged the phone for a while in a turned off mode, and powered it one, strangely it started but showed some kind of upgrading panel on the main screen than immediately it turned off and started to restart again and again, i have booted it in recovery mode, wiped the cache restarted the phone, main screen turned on to enter my password but in a seconds it went black again, opened it up in twrp recovery mode, went into advanced settings and wiped something in there(i can not exactly remember the name of the thing i have wiped but there was an option to wipe it in twrp advanced settings, it warned me "that my phone would not start correctly but anyway i have done it") after it's wipe phone started with s4 mini logo, and restarted like this over and over again, in recovery mode it only shows twrp logo no options panel to access to internal or external sd card, neither wipe or factory just nothing but twrp logo. I have flashed the 4 files recovery pack, (pit, ap,csc and etc,) but same it is never helped, i have used multiple recoveries, and the original stock rom from sammobile, but it has nor cure, i am a newbie on tech and xda please if you could help me, i have tried to post it to xda forms but i did not find a button to post a thread, thanks.