Evening all. I've a problem flashing anything from ext card. Whatever rom or recovery gaves me an error.
I've many roms stored and only one will flash and that's blacktox kitkat.
See screen shot for a couple of many errors I get.
I've formatted the card so many times thinking that's the problem. Seems to work for a Lil while but as soon as I flash any kitkat roms then trouble starts over again.
I've tried the card fix app in plays tore, flashed some fixes that's been posted around Xda but to no avail.
So am thinking maybe a faulty sd card?
Any help in solving this as I seem to be losing all my hair ?
Tah very muchly ?
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Try latest TWRP recovery.. And see if that helps
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Nope tried Philz latest, cwm latest and Twrp and all of them give me an error can't open blah blah.
Tah for your reply though ?
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No one else have this problem or a fix ?
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No one else have this problem or a fix ?
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Just a shot in the dark,have you checked the MD5 sum of all the ROM zip files and made sure it matches? Faulty SD card wouldn't let you flash any ROM ,have you tried flashing any 4.3 ROM?
Hi mate. No havent checked the md5 sum. Its strange as the roms are on ext card. I flash one after download then i dont get any probs. Then something new comes out so flash that. And if i want to go back to the previous rom without a nandroid backup im unable to flash it.
And another problem if i do a backup i get md5 error when trying to restore it also if i move anythin from internal to ext card then i have lots of trubl, roms, kernel or anything flashable it wont let me.
Ive tried every rom here on xda lol and always flash clean with all the wipes.
Out of all the many roms on ext card im only able to flash one, same as revovery and kernel i just get the stupid error cant read................
Its a pain in the butt. ?
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SOOO..
as I tried to install a rom (Tuesday). It aborted saying that the file way bad.
Any solution guys?
iSlow said:
SOOO..
as I tried to install a rom (Tuesday). It aborted saying that the file way bad.
Any solution guys?
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re download the rom
b0ricuaguerrero said:
re download the rom
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tried. but still no good. i think it maybe my phone but I wouldnt know where to start to fix it.
Did you do full wipe clear all cache b4 tyring to install?
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Yes i did
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Try flashing a diff ROM if it works then its the download if not then further troubleshooting is needed.
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definitely sounds like a bad download
This is actually the second rom I tried to flash.
First rom was miui and it said the something. I thought it was just a bad link.
Second rom was Tuesday and the problem reaccured.
I am beginning to think it's my phone.
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How are you installing on your sd?
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Wipe data then cache
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are you checking the md5? are you installing it through cwm recovery and not rom manager?
Yup through the clockworkmod
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Yup through the clockworkmod
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hmmm got me beat.
you can try tdj's super wipe and wipe everything clean
you can try flashing a new CWM
try another ROM?
another microsd?
go back to stock and flash again?
if none of those works then yeah... don't know what to say. make sure to check the md5 to save yourself a lot of time
If you don't mind explaining, what's. Md5?
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Are you installing the zip file on root your sd not in any other file?
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Are you installing the zip file on root your sd not in any other file?
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yup. not from any folders.
oh sorry didn't see this post, but basically the MD5 checksum allows us to check if the file we downloaded exactly matches the original file
example (not real obviously)
Thursday ROM has a MD5 of 1234abcde
but what you downloaded has 2234abcde
that means you have a bad download. there is probably a couple bytes different in your download.
like both files can both be 300.1MB
but they might actually be 300.12 and yours is 300.10
THATS why md5 saves us a lot of time
NOT all md5 are listed, but thats the gist of it.
oh and remember your SDCARD card is
sdcard/external_sd/
That's the thing I tried a couple of roms and they all failed. So I'm pretty sure it's my phone.
In this case scenario what should I do to re root my phone. I know there's a couple different ways such as unrooting to sell.
So which method should I approach?
Thanks for all your help btw!
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That's the thing I tried a couple of roms and they all failed. So I'm pretty sure it's my phone.
In this case scenario what should I do to re root my phone. I know there's a couple different ways such as unrooting to sell.
So which method should I approach?
Thanks for all your help btw!
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You don't need to Reroot, rooting is just superuser.. it just sounds like you need to get a new recovery that's all. You're already rooted right?
then just download Rom manager and reflash the CWM recovery in there.
Yes i am rooted. Can you link me to a site where I can dl a rom manager?
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I was having no problems using and accessing my external sd card from within CWM. Than after some flashes and wipes trying out different roms, and even a complete reset to original rom through ODIN to try and fix it. I can no longer use my external sd card in CWM. It says something along the lines of E:/ cannot mount external sd. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and if there are any solutions?
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I was having no problems using and accessing my external sd card from within CWM. Than after some flashes and wipes trying out different roms, and even a complete reset to original rom through ODIN to try and fix it. I can no longer use my external sd card in CWM. It says something along the lines of E:/ cannot mount external sd. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and if there are any solutions?
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If the card still reads on your PC I would try to take everything off it and re-format the card.Also maybe try TWRP.I don't have CWM right now but there is probably a selection in it to mount/unmount sd.I know in TWRP the option is there.
HaHa, I had the same problem last night and after spending 5 hrs +, I finally fix it...
After flashing some PA, Jellybam roms, both recovery and the rom can no longer see my mircoSDXC 64gb card. Flashing the latest cwm or twrp did't work. Doing numerous quick and full format on the card to fat32 and exfat didn't work. Restore the stock rom and finally the rom can see the card; however recovery still can't read it. Formatting the card with the rom didn't work. Went to the store and grab a brand new card and still no luck. FINALLY... odin a new cwm recovery fix the problem.... :banghead:
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I did Odin a new recovery. Still nothing. Gonna try formatting.
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Have you tried TWRP?
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Have you tried TWRP?
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Flashing TWRP sens my phone into boot loop. No matter how I flash.
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Flashing TWRP sens my phone into boot loop. No matter how I flash.
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Did you use goo manager to flash? That just pushes the recovery img to the phone not flash it. Ive never had a problem with TWRP with any phone or tablet ive used. CWM on the other hand....thats a different story.
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Here's my data point. I had the exact problem of clockworkmod unable to mount external sd card while making a nandroid backup. I tried it via the paid ROM manager plus app without any luck. I sent them a log file.
Then I tried goo manager + twrp and it worked. I donated to twrp.
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GooManager/TWRP worked for me.
Sucks trying to use internal memory to flash with only 16GB total.
This is a limitation of driver support for ExFAT, you can force windows into formatting fat32 using a 3rd party utility like this one:
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
Let me apologize for not using the search, not sure how to use it on this xda app.
Anyways just flash Infamous s4 4.0. Now having that problem. Did a clean wipe prior.
Phone is also showing " unfortunately, system UI has stopped" after reboot.
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With Infamous, it's recommended you wait about 5 minutes after flashing before setting up your phone.
-What recovery did you use to flash?
-Do you have 64gb sd card and what format?
I followed the OP skip pass setup wizard waited 5plus mins at home screen then reboot.
I have a 32gb ext sd , don't know the format.
TwRP 2.60
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I followed the OP skip pass setup wizard waited 5plus mins at home screen then reboot.
I have a 32gb ext sd , don't know the format.
TwRP 2.60
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A 32gb card should not be any problems. I would take a look at the TWRP v2.6 as others have problems with Infamous using that version.
Try TWRP 2.5.0.2 or CWM base recovery.
I would Odin back to start and start over with a different recovery, it might or might not be your problem but that's the 1st thing to look at IMO.
I was using wicked rom 5.1 before installing Infamous andbit worked fine, I gonna go back to it. Is there anything special I should do other than the , clean wipe and flash wicked rom? Thanks for answering
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I was using wicked rom 5.1 before installing Infamous andbit worked fine, I gonna go back to it. Is there anything special I should do other than the , clean wipe and flash wicked rom? Thanks for answering
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Did you make a nandroid backup of Wicked ROM?
If you did just restore backup, if not do a clean install (full wipe, ect. like you did the first time.
As for infamous rom, I'm getting the screen shot error but it's still being saved so I guess I'll deal with it for now. Now I gotta find out how to update the 3minite framework. I paid and download the 3minite app 3.2 version but infamous only comes with 3.1 app is not compatible. Not my day for new roms lol
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Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
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Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
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You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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a103 said:
Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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jslim38 said:
Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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Thanks, I'm using original CWM. I was able to do nandroid back up without issues and then successfully flashed a ROM as well as mods.
I did see in one of the thread that quite a few people encountered that issue but they just ignored it, which is what I did.
Thanks again for your help
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I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
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I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
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Even I feel the same after researching in different forums.
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Yeah I just got my phone yesterday, and I've had this problem every time I've booted into CWM Recovery. I updated, tried different versions - didn't matter, still get the "no file_contexts" error.
I even tried TWRP and OUDHS Recovery, and had the same issue. I don't know what exactly is causing it, but it hasn't really negatively affected anything that I can see.
Just ignore it. Everything works fine.
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i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
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Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
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Yep that's what I think too, as I mentioned before I was able to do a nandroid back up and a clean flash too. So just ignore it
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yep, I get the same thing too, tho I've never seen a problem in the functionality of CWM
but has anyone found out what the error message means?
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i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
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I have the same error message and I have no problem making nandroid backups. I always check the option bank up to external sd card. It works perfectly fine. Also flashes go just fine too. Don't worry about the error message. Not sure but I think saying no files are backed up to INTERNAL storage which is fine because you generally want them stored on your EXTERNAL sd storage anyway. If they went to internal you would loose most of your phones memory with a few backups. So don't worry. All is well. Just store your nandroid to external sd card. When its time to restore simply choose backup from EXTE R NAL sd card. So don't worry about that message. Hope this helps
the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
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the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
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Yes it's gone now
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Yes it's gone now
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Hi i am new at the forum, actually i am running cwm 6.0.1.9 touch version, how can i install that version you are talking about wich is "more updated", thanks and excuse me for my poor english.
I cant flash a rom and have it work. I have tried several ROMS like aokp, jedi, smooth, jellybeans, etc and they almost always brick. Jedi worked but google services crashed back to back to back to the point where i couldnt even use the phone. does anyone know of a 4.3 rom that works on att sgh-i317?? i basically went down the list on galaxynote2root.com and tried them all but no success.
I have root, have TWRP installed and flash the rom and it bricks. i factory reset first, then install and nothing.
any ideas?
All of the roms on this forum work.. What are your exact steps?
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All of the roms on this forum work.. What are your exact steps?
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Have they been tried on sgh-i317?
I did these exact steps:
Rooted phone and installed TWRP recovery
put AOKP Rom on SD card and booted into recovery mode
Wiped/Factory reset through recovery
rebooted into recovery
installed AOKP ROM
booted and bricked- hangs at "X" aokp bootup screen
Have you installed gapps after flashing an aosp rom? I am running carbon rom right now... Earlier today I was on aokp. I have used them all and I have a I317. An att note 2
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Have you installed gapps after flashing an aosp rom? I am running carbon rom right now... Earlier today I was on aokp. I have used them all and I have a I317. An att note 2
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does not having the gapps installed prevent the phone from booting? ive booted a rom before without gapps and it booted.
was there something wrong with my steps? did you use the aokp milestone or nightlies? where did you get the carbon rom? its all good?
I used the latest aokp nightly. And right now I'm running the newest carbon nightly. I got it from the op of the carbon thread.
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I used the latest aokp nightly. And right now I'm running the newest carbon nightly. I got it from the op of the carbon thread.
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What were your steps? what recovery were you using? im just so confused why my phone bricks every time
I'm using the latest version of twrp recovery. Try updating it?
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Download your rom and gapps again using a PC...
Then place the files to your SD using a card adapter if no USB connection is possible...
Then fully wipe the device again from within the latest version of TWRP recovery and flash the new downloads ...
You may have a bad flash ...and you are not bricked...g
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Download your rom and gapps again using a PC...
Then place the files to your SD using a card adapter if no USB connection is possible...
Then fully wipe the device again from within the latest version of TWRP recovery and flash the new downloads ...
You may have a bad flash ...and you are not bricked...g
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I did those exact steps and it did not work. i tried flashing pac man rom the last time and it got stuck in a boot loop too. I think there are some files that are corrupt or some temp files somewhere that are preventing a successful flash. my binary flash count was 9. and that was just on this run, ive tried flashing several times before. each time the only way to recover it is hooking the phone up to a pc and using kies to flash back to stock firmware. this sucks.
What version of twrp are you using? I have never had this issue you are having and I have flashed every rom on this forum for our device.
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I did those exact steps and it did not work. i tried flashing pac man rom the last time and it got stuck in a boot loop too. I think there are some files that are corrupt or some temp files somewhere that are preventing a successful flash. my binary flash count was 9. and that was just on this run, ive tried flashing several times before. each time the only way to recover it is hooking the phone up to a pc and using kies to flash back to stock firmware. this sucks.
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9 counts ??
Uh....yeh...not right ...
Have you messed with device partitions in ODIN ??
If so...something is definitely wrong ...
At this point ...you may want to consider a full return to stock and allow the PIT to properly restore your partitions..
Just follow the return to stock guide (sticky )...in the general section ..
Once restored to stock with a corrected flash counter you can begin again using CF auto root as your root method..
It sounds as if you have root issues and possible partition damage...
One other step you can try first is to boot into download mode and re-root using CF...
That may help....but certainly won't hurt anything...then attempt a clean flash again..
If it fails ...then the return to stock and rooting again seems prudent ...g
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Ok ill try that. When I do the sticky method is that different than using kies to flash to stock? Kies is supposed to wipe everything and reload stock firmware. I agree the partitions are corrupt somewhere
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Ok ill try that. When I do the sticky method is that different than using kies to flash to stock? Kies is supposed to wipe everything and reload stock firmware. I agree the partitions are corrupt somewhere
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Are u wiping data and system as well in recovery. If you're running TW and u switch to AOSP without wiping everything.....the results most likely wouldn't b pretty
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I'm doing a factory reset--> "swipe to wipe". Do I need to do something else?
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Kies is not the method I use in returning to stock...as I don't trust it..
Odin is my first choice ...
Using Odin to flash a factory rom will wipe everything as well ...and is far more reliable ...IMHO...g
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9 counts ??
Uh....yeh...not right ...
Have you messed with device partitions in ODIN ??
If so...something is definitely wrong ...
At this point ...you may want to consider a full return to stock and allow the PIT to properly restore your partitions..
Just follow the return to stock guide (sticky )...in the general section ..
Once restored to stock with a corrected flash counter you can begin again using CF auto root as your root method..
It sounds as if you have root issues and possible partition damage...
One other step you can try first is to boot into download mode and re-root using CF...
That may help....but certainly won't hurt anything...then attempt a clean flash again..
If it fails ...then the return to stock and rooting again seems prudent ...g
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OK, so i followed these steps perfectly and it did not work. GOt Stuck in a boot loop again. something is corrupt. i used the latest version of clockwork mod and tried to install the latest AOKP nightlies. :crying:
Alright ...
Do you mean that you returned to stock ??
And have rooted again ...??
If yes ..we can dig deeper ...and if not ...proceed with full unroot...g
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I used the sticky on turning your phone back to stock which used odin. I followed that list perfectly which said to flash stock using odin, root using cf then using triangle away, then super user to fully unroot. Then I installed clockword mod recovery, booted to recovery mode, cleared all cache and davlik and factory reset again, then installed the aokp and it got stuck in a boot loop
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Here's what I do with twrp when flashing a rom.
Go to wipe menu and then advanced wipe and select dalvik, cache, data, system and internal(optional). I do it three times to make sure. then flash your rom with gapps (if aosp)