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[Q] CWM problem please help!

I was running cyanogenmod 9 on my phone when I looked into rom manager, I realized that there was a new version available (6.0.2.7) so I installed it via rom manager. A few days later i found that a stable version of cyanogenmod 10 was available so i put the zip file on my phone and followed the instructions to flash it. I did a darkside superwipe and everything. Then i went to boot my phone and it was stuck on the boot animation for 30 minutes, i scrolled down the page to find a comment from a person having the same issue, he said that to fix it he just pulled the battery out of his phone, put it back in and booted into recovery, did a factory reset, cache wipe and fixed permissions, then booted and it worked. I decided to try, so I booted recovery and tried to do a factory reset, clockworkmod froze. I tried it again, and it froze again. I then tried to clear the cache, clockworkmod froze. I tried to do a darkside superwipe, clockworkmod froze. No matter what I try to install clockworkmod will freeze. Has anybody on here had this problem, or know how to fix it? Or maybe know how to downgrade clockworkmod without being able to actually use the phone?

First off, don't use the Superwipe script on anything other than CWM 5.0.X. It'll cause a boot loop and ruin your recovery. I think your best bet is to boot into download mode and flash a recovery using Odin.
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I just discovered that I can't get into download mode either.

Have you ever tried to reset your phone through kies? If not give it a try. Open kies on your computer then go to tools and click on upgrade and initialize. It will ask you to enter your device model, then the s/n number and just follow the instructions from kies. Let me know if that works for you
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isoul said:
Have you ever tried to reset your phone through kies? If not give it a try. Open kies on your computer then go to tools and click on upgrade and initialize. It will ask you to enter your device model, then the s/n number and just follow the instructions from kies. Let me know if that works for you
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Good idea, but my phone won't actually get passed the boot animation, so Kies can't recognize it.

Yeah mine was doing the same, can you get it in download mode?
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I tell you what, plug your phone to the computer and press volume up down and power it should get you in download mode then try to do the above trick
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If you can still get back to CWM recovery mode, you can use adb from a PC to reboot it into download by
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot download
After that you should be able to use Odin to push anything you need to (or Kies *should* work when it's in download mode, it's been a while since I've used it for anything)

isoul said:
Yeah mine was doing the same, can you get it in download mode?
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I tell you what, plug your phone to the computer and press volume up down and power it should get you in download mode then try to do the above trick
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Yes just figured out to get my phone in download you have to just hold the down volume button, then put in the usb cable. Rather then holding both up and down.

Just to let you you don't need kies to recognize your device to do that.
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isoul said:
Just to let you you don't need kies to recognize your device to do that.
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Just retried and it started, but then I got a notice with a bunch of Chinese writing, then the upgrade shutdown.

Well sorry to hear that. I would recommend to go galaxys2root.com and look for how to unbrick, I used that the last time my bricks
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If you can get to download, you can try Odin to push a new recovery image. If you get CWM back up and running, you can use various adb spells and have a pretty good chance to get your phone back into working condition.

Let us know how things going. We will try to get your phone back to working condition.
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isoul said:
Let us know how things going. We will try to get your phone back to working condition.
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alright so, heres where I am: the whole kies thing didn't work, so I tried to flash a new recovery through odin, it failed and now my phone is on a message that looks like the download screen, but instead of "downloading" it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again.

May be try kies again. I also post a web site to check I used it the last time my phone bricked. If you didn't see it here it is galaxys2root.com and look for how to unbrick. It worked for me.
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isoul said:
May be try kies again. I also post a web site to check I used it the last time my phone bricked. If you didn't see it here it is galaxys2root.com and look for how to unbrick. It worked for me.
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Figured out that the screen I was seeing is still download mode, and odin still recognizes my phone. Found on the website that if I try to flash the stock firmware via odin, it should unbrick/ unroot the phone. When I tried to flash through odin it got stuck on the boot.img process and wont load any further. I tried kies again and still had the same problem.

Sorry to here that. In the meanwhile, I will do some research, will let you know.
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isoul said:
Sorry to here that. In the meanwhile, I will do some research, will let you know.
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alright thanks man, i'm going to come up with a good story to tell Samsung to get it warrantied lol, any ideas?

Yeah man that sounds like a good plan. Tell them your phone wasn't acting like it used to so you went on kies trying to upgrade / initialize in hope that it will work but it damages your phone with some chinese or korean dialog box that you didn't unstand
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[Q] HELP, I Soft Bricked my SIII (I747M)

Hey guys i'm new to the forums and looking for some help.
I've rooted my S3 succesfully and installed CWM as well as flashed the updates for it, but after flashing the CM 10.1 ROM i cant't seem to get passed the CM logo, the screen just stays black. I've been looking through the forums and managed to find some stock ROMs but for some reason Odin(3.0.7) keeps giving me a fail message every time I try to do it.
Please help me I would just like to start from scratch and give it another go, is there any sort of guide to just reset everything either using Odin or from recovery?
Thanks

Flash a stock type ROM from development section or try to download another cm type rom . didnyoubtry anything else before you flashed cm and after
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hednik said:
Flash a stock type ROM from development section or try to download another cm type rom . didnyoubtry anything else before you flashed cm and after
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I've tried flashing a few stock roms and they all fail using odin, am I doing something wrong? And i can't flash from recovery because ic ant access internal storage while its stuck at logo.

To use Odin:
Usb in the back of computer (#1 on a laptop)
Reboot computer
Phone in download mode (volume down+ home+ power)
Run Odin as administrator
Use a known good cable
After flashing back to stock, when you get hung up on boot:
Pull battery, wait 2 minutes, reinsert
Boot into recovery with button combo, factory reset, reboot.

mrhaley30705 said:
Boot into recovery with button combo, factory reset, reboot.
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When I try this it just reboots back into CM logo and again at the black screen, I am wiping all caches and formatting every directory.

I made some major edits, check those out

elyjah said:
I've tried flashing a few stock roms and they all fail using odin, am I doing something wrong? And i can't flash from recovery because ic ant access internal storage while its stuck at logo.
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Are they in the .tar format ? You can't flash .zip ones in Odin. You can get them from the no tripping flash counter root method
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mrhaley30705 said:
To use Odin:
Usb in the back of computer (#1 on a laptop)
Reboot computer
Phone in download mode (volume down+ home+ power)
Run Odin as administrator
Use a known good cable
After flashing back to stock, when you get hung up on boot:
Pull battery, wait 2 minutes, reinsert
Boot into recovery with button combo, factory reset, reboot.
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I've restarted and ran as admin, tried multiple ports and still getting the fail message when I click start on Odin with my md5 file under the PDA slot, could it be a bad file?

And you have to extract the file one time after downloaded.

Maybe try using Odin v1.85?
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mrhaley30705 said:
And you have to extract the file one time after downloaded.
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What do you mean? I have a stock on but its in .zip, the md5 is the one not working and I have already extracted it once.

elyjah said:
What do you mean? I have a stock on but its in .zip, the md5 is the one not working and I have already extracted it once.
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Okay have you tried putting a rom in an ext SD card sand flashing from there ?
Sounds like you are using Odin fine, maybe a bad download ?
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hednik said:
Okay have you tried putting a rom in an ext SD card sand flashing from there ?
Sounds like you are using Odin fine, maybe a bad download ?
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Yes I loaded some stocks onto an external SD, but couldent figure out how to flash from them, can only seem to access the internal storage using recovery?

With twrp I know how but I haven't used cwm in forever.
I think its install zip from school card and then choose zip from ext SD card
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hednik said:
With twrp I know how but I haven't used cwm in forever.
I think its install zip from school card and then choose zip from ext SD card
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Yea I can't find it, not sure what to do next.
I tried using Odin 1.8.5 but still no luck.
Does anyone have any links for the canadian stock ROMs? Maybe I could try a few and see if any work?

elyjah said:
Yea I can't find it, not sure what to do next.
I tried using Odin 1.8.5 but still no luck.
Does anyone have any links for the canadian stock ROMs? Maybe I could try a few and see if any work?
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Stock rooted Canadian to flash in Odin is in the rooting walkthrough. So you can't get into recovery at all ?
Tried a different cord ?
Canadian gs3 have a different button combo I think.
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hednik said:
Stock rooted Canadian to flash in Odin is in the rooting walkthrough. So you can't get into recovery at all ?
Odin does recognize your phone ?
Canadian gs3 have a different button combo I think.
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hednik said:
Stock rooted Canadian to flash in Odin is in the rooting walkthrough. So you can't get into recovery at all ?
Tried a different cord ?
Canadian gs3 have a different button combo I think.
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Wow ok I managed to flash TWRP using Odin, then was able to flash a stock rom through my external SD and it seems to have brought it back to stock, weird how odin could not do it itself, anyways thank you so much for your help.

elyjah said:
Wow ok I managed to flash TWRP using Odin, then was able to flash a stock rom through my external SD and it seems to have brought it back to stock, weird how odin could not do it itself, anyways thank you so much for your help.
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No problem at all. I find twrp a bit more intuitive to use and that odd cwm didn't find ext card. Glad it worked.
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[Q] TWRP won't load anymore and phone can't detect sim

I've had Sons of Android installed on my phone for a few months and a few days ago my phone stopped detecting the sim, I haven't had service since it stopped. I was going to try doing a restore to the stock rom but when i try to boot into TWRP it shows the splash screen for a few seconds, then it goes black and vibrates 3 times, and then it boots into android. Is there anyone here that can help me with my problem?

for your sim. try looking up as if it was.block?
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I don't understand what you mean by .block
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Go to the imei and see if the imei on the phone was blacklisted.
S2 running stock jellybean 4.1 and proud of it.
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Look up return back to stock for t989.
S2 running stock jellybean 4.1 and proud of it.

How do I do that?

tmobile offfer this service. just google blacklist check imei. also check under your settings -about phone and check under imei.does it say unknown
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Yes, my imei is unknown. BTW I'm with Koodo, not t-mo, I live in Canada.
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bump

have you try flashing the latest radio. do at your own risks.
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jason4962 said:
have you try flashing the latest radio. do at your own risks.
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I'm going to try flashing the stock rom with odin in the morning, I'll post if it works.

transilvanianhunger said:
I've had Sons of Android installed on my phone for a few months and a few days ago my phone stopped detecting the sim, I haven't had service since it stopped. I was going to try doing a restore to the stock rom but when i try to boot into TWRP it shows the splash screen for a few seconds, then it goes black and vibrates 3 times, and then it boots into android. Is there anyone here that can help me with my problem?
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Put the phone into download mode and reflash twrp 2.6.0.4 maybe u deleted something u shouldn't have, reflashing the recovery should fix that, and if u wanna go back to stock u need to go to sammobile.com download ur firmware and flash with Odin, same thing put phone in DL mode and use odin to flash stock IMG.
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After flashig TWRP with Odin I have service but I still can't load TWRP.

transilvanianhunger said:
After flashig TWRP with Odin I have service but I still can't load TWRP.
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How are u trying to get into recovery? Hold power and vol+vol- until phone shuts down, as soon as u feel the first vib let go of power button but continue to hold vol+vols until u see twrp screen, or depending on which ROM ur on u may have an advanced rebbot screen?, try updating ur su app, or better yet download twrp manager from play store, u can flash/backup/restore right from ROM without having to boot into recovery, but u need to have twrp recovery installed for this app to work
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I can't get into TWRP from the button combo but if I use goomanager it loads.

transilvanianhunger said:
I can't get into TWRP from the button combo but if I use goomanager it loads.
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Try twrp manager from play store, u won't need to boot to recovery, u can do it all from main system, or use Odin to reinstall twrp and see if that helps sometimes goo can cause issues
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help!!! No OS

T-Mobile Galaxy 3 N900T
No OS. TWRP was installed and I thought I had ROM on SD card no. So now I have no OS. I tried the Volume up home on button but just says Galaxy Note 3 and that's yet.
I read some other posts but where do I get recovery image and how do I get to bootloader? via Odin?
How do I recover?

Where did the os go that you was running.you know it is power home and vol up at same time to get into recovery.
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If all else fails download the factory image from samobile and flash it in Odin. Will lose everything but phone will be working again.
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rans0m00 said:
If all else fails download the factory image from samobile and flash it in Odin. Will lose everything but phone will be working again.
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How do I flash it exactly? Bootloader? PDA? Settings?
Got it done!

Pda
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If you have to ask questions like that it really would be worth reading up on how to do this stuff. Unsure if you can truly brick it but better to be safe than sorry.
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You can't really brick this way, although I'd consider it a soft brick. No os is simply that, no os. Uninstall your pc os and everything is still there, all your data is fine (given you keep your os and data separate. I.e partitions, which is android.)
Flash an os and you're fine
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CWM nor TWRP will install
I succeeded in getting back to stock. I put the TWRP & CWM installed via Odin (Odin passed) but when I 3 button turn on it boots to the screen that says up volume to install OS and I go into Odin screen.
What gives?

3 button boot is for download mode...
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EABun said:
I succeeded in getting back to stock. I put the TWRP & CWM installed via Odin (Odin passed) but when I 3 button turn on it boots to the screen that says up volume to install OS and I go into Odin screen.
What gives?
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3 button mode works for recovery and download mode. You should google zedomax galaxy note 3.he has a video showing what you're doing wrong
Naturesretard said:
3 button boot is for download mode...
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Naturesretard said:
3 button boot is for download mode...
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3 button works for recovery too. Volume+/power/home is for recovery. Volume-/power/home is for download mode.
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ThNAKS!
parusia said:
3 button works for recovery too. Volume+/power/home is for recovery. Volume-/power/home is for download mode.
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For realizing I'm a moron! Somehow I missed the Vol up part! LOL

Seeing as how I haven't flashed a recovery, I've no reason to attempt recovery. Thought it was still Vol - and power like the s3.
No need to feel like a moron. If anybody should it's me lol
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Phone stuck, and won't boot. Possible soft brick?

Alright so my dad just got a S4, and I did the same steps I did when I rooted my S4, except this time it didn't work. I flashed CWM Touch Recovery v6.0.3.2 and flashed the root file via recovery. Now when I reboot it gets to the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo, and just gets stuck. In the corner it says "kernel is not seandroid enforcing". I'm doing my best not to panic, but I could use some help fixing this.
I can:
Get into Recovery
Get into Download Mode
Any tips and advice would be amazing, thank you!

What "root file" did you use? You need to flash the stock firmware and then use Odin to flash CF auto root or something.
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Im guess your dads phone came with 4.4.2 stock?
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Kriptik210 said:
What "root file" did you use? You need to flash the stock firmware and then use Odin to flash CF auto root or something.
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Im guess your dads phone came with 4.4.2 stock?
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Oh ****, there was an update? Oh ****.
I used the root file found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268880
Is there anyway I can reverse this?

Reserved. said:
Oh ****, there was an update? Oh ****.
I used the root file found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268880
Is there anyway I can reverse this?
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Do you know what baseband was on the phone and what android version before you flashed?
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Kriptik210 said:
Do you know what baseband was on the phone and what android version before you flashed?
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No clue. I just assumed it would be the same as mine. I'd make the safe assumption it's 4.4.2 as the android version, as that is what the website is telling me. As far as Baseband I have no clue. Is there anyway I can find out without booting in?

I've actually done this same exact thing about a year ago with my last s4. All I did was flash the latest firmware with odin and start over. The fact that you can get in to recovery and download leads me to believe everything should be fine, except you may lose all you saved data like messages, pics, etc..

stikboy73 said:
I've actually done this same exact thing about a year ago with my last s4. All I did was flash the latest firmware with odin and start over. The fact that you can get in to recovery and download leads me to believe everything should be fine, except you may lose all you saved data like messages, pics, etc..
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That is reassuring. It was an out of the box thing. We charged it, and then he had me do it real quick. Now I just got to find the latest firmware for 4.4.2.

Reserved. said:
That is reassuring. It was an out of the box thing. We charged it, and then he had me do it real quick. Now I just got to find the latest firmware for 4.4.2.
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Odin the stock 4.4.2 firmware and you'll be good.
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After you do that, you can use this method...
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s4-on-android-4-4-2-kitkat/
Or which ever you prefer. Just make sure it is for 4.4.2.
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Kriptik210 said:
Odin the stock 4.4.2 firmware and you'll be good.
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After you do that, you can use this method...
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s4-on-android-4-4-2-kitkat/
Or which ever you prefer. Just make sure it is for 4.4.2.
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Hate to ask, but where can I find the stock 4.4.2 firmware?

http://www.sammobile.com
They have all the Samsung firmwares for all the carriers.

stikboy73 said:
http://www.sammobile.com
They have all the Samsung firmwares for all the carriers.
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Just for confirmation, this is the one correct: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-M919&pcode=TMB#firmware
Don't want to be a dumbass and mess-up even more.

Those are the correct ones.

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Those are the correct ones.
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Alright, and when I flash it to the phone I can just follow this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628

Thise instructions are perfectly fine. The only difference is that you are using a newer firmware with a different file name.

stikboy73 said:
Thise instructions are perfectly fine. The only difference is that you are using a newer firmware with a different file name.
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Okay, and I should be using Odin 3.09?

Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
I took those instructions from sammobile

stikboy73 said:
Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
I took those instructions from sammobile
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Ah alright. Thank you so much for the help! I really appreciate it.

No problem. I'm glad I could help.

Just for future reference, you dont need to hold the HOME button when booting into Download mode or Recovery. Other than that stickboy is right. If you have to, just go on YouTube and find a 4.4.2 root video tut if you feel you need it.
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Kriptik210 said:
Just for future reference, you dont need to hold the HOME button when booting into Download mode or Recovery. Other than that stickboy is right. If you have to, just go on YouTube and find a 4.4.2 root video tut if you feel you need it.
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Alright, so this should work to fix the phone though right? I guess lesson learned in this situation: Look to see what Android Version you're running before getting too hasty.