I've made a mistake after a successful week following installing and running a custom ROM.
After Rooting the GT-I8160 a year ago and having no updates from Samsung since new it took me
a few days setting the phone up jumping from GB to CM11 so I didn't spot that ROOT access had been lost until this morning.
Tinkering with the internals didn't have the fear it held when first buying the phone on the Orange network in the UK
so I deleted Titanium Backup & Supersu but re-installing still left things un-rooted.
So I went straight to the original guide I followed on Cnets and rooted it again .... as I'd easily gained access to the ROM holding
down the 3 buttons manys times now and could do it again if I had trouble. ODIN carried out its job but when the phone restarted
it would get no further than the Splash screen Samsung Galaxy etc. In this position I tried to get it into Recovery mode keeping my
fingers on the buttons until it would turn off and restart, the only difference is when I try the Download mode the following appears
on screen;
Applying Multi-csc ........
Installing Multi-csc
Can't access to '/System/csc/EVR/system
Successfully applied Multi csc.
At the top of the screen it gives the option to Re-boot but again goes as far as Splash Screen where it remains.
I hope I've not killed the phone and that you can suggest how I can re-set it with the aid of Odin - the only access point.
:crying: Have I 'Bricked' it ...... put me out of my misery
Problem Resolved
After more investigating I saw a link recommending downloading the Firmware for Russia Ace 2 as it was the only one that whilst using ODIN
it had the files for PDA, Phone and CSC. After running this it got my phone up & running then from the same site - SamMobile I got the FW for UK & Orange which after 'wiping data/factory resets' brought my phone back to the day I'd purchased it. :victory:
Hope this may help anyone else who fears the end of their phone
As I understand you wanted flash CM11 on GB. If you want flash any custom rom above GB your baseband must be JellyBean. Just remeber
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I am planning on rooting my friend's stock i317 running the MC3 stock firmware. He recently got a carrier replacement i317 due to a hardware issue but I had also previously rooted his other i317 and installed a CM10.2 nightly ROM. Upon using the same method of rooting his first phone on the new one, I ended up soft bricking his second phone. I basically used ODIN to flash a few different recoveries but when I would boot to recovery each time then the Galaxy Note II logo would start flickering for a few seconds and then the screen would go blank. I tried using ODIN to restore to JL2 and upon successfully restoring, I couldn't get past the boot animation. I told my friend to replace the phone again as I couldn't even get the phone to boot up successfully no matter what I tried doing to fix it. Maybe I had to find and ODIN the MC3 firmware to successfully boot the device so please let me know what I did wrong which prevented the device from booting successfully.
I don't know whether there was recently a major AT&T firmware update that changed the security on the device which prevented previous methods of root from working so please update me on any changes. My friend just got a new i317 today and I would like to root it successfully as the AT&T warranty center was nice enough to replace his phone but had to void his warranty due to looking at the flash counter. I just found an app called Framaroot which looks much simpler to use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
I have been rooting and flashing ROMs on various Android devices for a long time now so I am up for using any root methods no matter how advanced they may be including using ADB. I did not have enough time to research about the i317 so it was my fault that I could not successfully root his device. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you
For rooting purposes start HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33854391
For recovery look HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33867032
Add I prefer TWRP recovery over CWM!!
From everything you said you did it sounded right. Cuz you even tried going back too the original firmware that was shipped with the device!! But I didn't seed that after you flash the Rom,, did you try to do a factory data reset. Sometimes that's all it takes to fix that bootloop problem.
One other thing if you can get into download mode then the phone is fixable. Think it was just over your head on the process on how to get it back to fully functioning... lol
We've all been there. Think it's because we panic when something isn't working the way we want it TO..
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Where to start...
First, as a disclaimer, I may use language or terms that sound noobish. I have rooted and run custom ROMs on several devices in the past, however generally when I get a ROM I like I stick with it, so I'm not constantly tinkering. I've done my best to search and find solutions so please go easy on me.
17 days ago I was running stock 4.3 on my SGNII when the battery died. Upon charging I found I was stuck in bootloop and had a bad /efs mount. I searched and searched and spent around 15 hours trying this and that but to no avail. I finally threw my hands in the air and got ahold of Josh at mobiletechvideos and he was able to fix the efs mount issue. However, he left me in factory mode which required me to root to get out of, and once I did this I was unable to activate data on my carrier (Ting). I was so happy to have my phone "back" though that I used it like this for 4 or 5 days. I could get on wifi and I could call and send text messages. I had been off the grid so this felt like something I'd fix fully later.
Well I kept reading and found "fix" after "fix", flashed this and that and still no dice. FINALLY, last night, I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2086769 which helped immensely. I was able to get TWRP flashed by unchecking the "auto-reboot" option in Odin and pulling the battery after the update took, and via TWRP I was able to install the ROM. I booted up, the device activated, I was running 4.1.2, I made and received some calls, the birds were chirping, the air was sweet...
I had struggled for so long and I had finally achieved success! Then, for seemingly no reason at all, I accepted an OTA update which bricked my Note2. Devastation.
The current state of things...
* Cannot get past the initial "Samsung Galaxy Note 2" screen
* Cannot boot into recovery
* I CAN get into dl mode,
* but, I CANNOT successfully flash anything. TWRP will flash like it took, but upon reboot I'm not able to boot into it. I'm also able to flash a ROM but it fails when it gets to sbin, and upon rebooting I'm greeted by the screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
When I try to use Kies it doesn't find the device. I've installed all of the most recent drivers and I'm running Kies as administrator. I select Tools > Emergency Firmware Recovery, THEN connect my device as instructed.
I'm at the apex of frustration. I beg thee to help!!
I have roughly the same situation. Was rooted and on an MK4 rom, battery ran down super fast yesterday and when charged, only get splash screen and slowly flashing blue light. I can get into Philz recovery but no matter what I try, no dice. Also can get into DL mode, but haven't been able to get anywhere. What the heck happened?
Well i bought another phone because of this problem of unknown baseband and 0 for everything in settings which didnt allow me to connect to sprint. Now when that happen it put me in safe mode . and i couldn't find a fix for months i ended up getting a lg g2 and let my note 2 collect dust. Well I'm using my note 2 and its up in running . my partition was messed up . if you have this issue which it sound like i can help. My phone was running fine then rebooted on its own and rebooted on safe mode with no signal
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Hello Everyone,
Just a brief explanation, till 1 month ago I have been always using iOS devices, then I didnt like the new iPhone and decided to go to Samsung, since I like their design. First of all three weeks ago, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo LTE (I guess it is LTE since it has LTE capabilites, and it is SM-N7505 European Model.). I didnt buy it thru a carrier, paid the full price so it is unlocked..etc. I loved it, every detail, and heard that Rooting let's you have more personalising options and more. I was going to buy the Note 4 so till I bought it I didnt want to mess around with it, two days ago bought the Note 4, no matter how much I like it, I hate the UI of the 4.4.4, looks ugly compared to the one I had in Note 3 Neo, I like the black interface. So I wanted to go to Root way to personalise it, but wanted to try it first on my Note 3 Neo.
Long story short, I've rooted it successfuly thru, then downloaded the Xposed Modules..etc but before installing anything, decided to use an alternative Recovery Software, to make a backup of my stock rom. I downloaded TWRP, the .tar version for the model of my phone to do thru odin (if i am not wrong hlltexx), I installed it thru Odin, again ''succesfuly'' without any errors..etc but after the installation, when I wanted to check, to see if i installed it correctly, tried to go on recovery mode by holding the volume up + home button + power button , I see only the samsung logo, and nothing happens. After making some research I named the problem, boot loop, or it is called soft brick I guess. The phone works perfectly, still goes on downloading mode, or when I start it I can boot it perfectly and use like I used to use, but whenever I want to try the recovery mode, it doesnt boot.
So I decided that I dont like those problems and that I'd rather unroot, go back, I found and downloaded the stock rom from internet, but I am not able to find the stock recovery for my phone model no matter how hard I searched. How can I fix this? IF I cant, and If i bring it to Samsung, would they fix it for me if i accept to pay for it? or they would just refuse to do it because I did something that I am not supposed to do ? I will be very glad if any of you can show me the way.
Thank you very much for your patience,
Garo
so.. your phone works but you can't acces the recovery ? if so flash a custom one
Gatmaca said:
Hello Everyone,
Just a brief explanation, till 1 month ago I have been always using iOS devices, then I didnt like the new iPhone and decided to go to Samsung, since I like their design. First of all three weeks ago, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo LTE (I guess it is LTE since it has LTE capabilites, and it is SM-N7505 European Model.). I didnt buy it thru a carrier, paid the full price so it is unlocked..etc. I loved it, every detail, and heard that Rooting let's you have more personalising options and more. I was going to buy the Note 4 so till I bought it I didnt want to mess around with it, two days ago bought the Note 4, no matter how much I like it, I hate the UI of the 4.4.4, looks ugly compared to the one I had in Note 3 Neo, I like the black interface. So I wanted to go to Root way to personalise it, but wanted to try it first on my Note 3 Neo.
Long story short, I've rooted it successfuly thru, then downloaded the Xposed Modules..etc but before installing anything, decided to use an alternative Recovery Software, to make a backup of my stock rom. I downloaded TWRP, the .tar version for the model of my phone to do thru odin (if i am not wrong hlltexx), I installed it thru Odin, again ''succesfuly'' without any errors..etc but after the installation, when I wanted to check, to see if i installed it correctly, tried to go on recovery mode by holding the volume up + home button + power button , I see only the samsung logo, and nothing happens. After making some research I named the problem, boot loop, or it is called soft brick I guess. The phone works perfectly, still goes on downloading mode, or when I start it I can boot it perfectly and use like I used to use, but whenever I want to try the recovery mode, it doesnt boot.
So I decided that I dont like those problems and that I'd rather unroot, go back, I found and downloaded the stock rom from internet, but I am not able to find the stock recovery for my phone model no matter how hard I searched. How can I fix this? IF I cant, and If i bring it to Samsung, would they fix it for me if i accept to pay for it? or they would just refuse to do it because I did something that I am not supposed to do ? I will be very glad if any of you can show me the way.
Thank you very much for your patience,
Garo
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Install last firmware for n7505 and flash with odin.
Your warranty is goes out
1.Flash with odin note 3 lte 4.4.2 sw , setting all
2.Flash with odin root mobile phone reboot off again
3.Flash with odin twrp, start supersu option need twrp-cwm then you can start recovery mode.:good:
Thank You very much for your replies,
@nick99n : Yes actualy that's my biggest problem, I tried installing TSWRP several times, the one for the version of my phone (hlltexx) , and it always ends up in bootloop no matter what I do, and Cwm is not supported on my device, so I am not able to install that one to replace my 'broken-recovery' and I am not able to go back to the stock recovery since I am not able to find it on internet.
@Mr.Bola and @ntt : I will flash the stock firmware but before doing that, I want to fix the recovery mode, in case I have a problem during the firmware installation, but I have no clue how to fix that.
Can not you into download mode? Voldown+Home+Power ???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56057629&postcount=97
@ntt : You saved my life! I dont know what was the difference of the file, but also I used Odin v3.09 instead of 3.07 and now it goes into recovery mode without any problem! thank you so much! I didnt use anything in recovery mode yet, since I dont know it very well yet, but it doesnt go into bootloop anymore! thank you very much! :good:
Hey,
after my Tab 3 10.1 (P5200) got the KitKat update not so long ago, it went to an kinda unusable state, due to the cant write on External SD Card thingy.
So yesterday after checking out my options (Root or Update to Android 5) I decided to go for the root, since the Android 5 version is supposed to be a bit buggy.
Anyway, after my initial Odin try the tablet stuck at the "Galaxy Tab 3" logo, I think it was due to having a slightly different version than the root file was for.
So after that failed, I downloaded my stock firmware (P5200XXUBOB1_P5200DBTBOB1_P5200XXUBNK1) and also used Odin, which resulted in my tablet starting flawless again. But since it was the stock version, unrooted again, which is again, an unusable state.
So I went with this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-10/rom-100-stock-4-4-2-kitkat-p5200-t2866066) thread, and tried the rooted version, put it in the root of my SD Card and installed it per recovery menu, which "worked" but got me stuck on the Samsung logo (side note: The music clip that playes when the logo gets outlined by the blue circle does not play completly, the last few moments are cut), after waiting for quite some time I thought I just go back to odin and install the stock firmware again. Sadly this only got me to the Samsung logo again.
Now I tried quite a few things...
I installed another stock version (Instead of the german one, i used one from luxembourgh)
I tried to install 4.2.2 again
The last thing I tried was to install the recovery menu from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442915), so here is something that could be interessting. I tried to do a Factory reset before trying to reinstall the stock firmware, which worked only partially, I could not mount /config, which he wanted to do to delete it I guess.
When I tried to manually mount /config it would also fail. (Not sure if thats relevant, but its the only thing that did not worked as expected)
So, everything I tried, with factory reset and stuff ended in a stuck at the Samsung logo. In one case (not sure what combination of stuff) I got in the bootloop (Galaxy Tab 3 -> Restart -> Galaxy Tab 3 -> Restart), in a rare case I just got stuck at Galaxy Tab 3, and in most of the cases I got stuck at Samsung logo (Start -> Galaxy Tab 3 -> Samsung).
So I hope somebody can help me, since Id rather not buy a new tablet only because google thought it was a cool idea to prevent apps from writing on ext SD Card, and me ****ing something up in the flash process.
My Tablet is a Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 (GT-P5200) and at the moment with the 4.4.2 build "P5200XXUBOB1_P5200DBTBOB1_P5200XXUBNK1" (atleast thats the filename of the stock firmware im using, downloaded from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/43847/P5200XXUBOB1_P5200DBTBOB1_DBT/), I used Odin 3.07 and Odin 3.09.
I can access the Odin/Download mode, the build in recovery mode, and could use the TWRP recovery mode if I were to install it with Odin.
I still didnt solve it, every help would be greatly appreciated, I really dont want a paper weight in tablet format
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hi,
so i just got my s6 edge for sprint shipped to me (it wasn't activated to any service when i got it). here is the order of events i took:
1) tried to activate my service, but there was a delay in porting the #
2) while waiting for them to port it, i rooted it, installed twrp and a rom (this was when it was on 5.0.2)
3) they called and said they were ready to port, but the new rom didn't have the activation software in it. so i stalled them and said i would call back. i then reverted back to stock using odin.
4) got the number ported and was fine using the phone at that point.
5) this is where the day turned bad...... i didn't realize that coincidentally today, a new firmware was released to 5.1.1 and the phone auto-updated to it while i wasn't looking
6) i went to go re-root it using the same 5.02 root and now my phone is stuck. it's sitting on the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Powered by Android" screen and in the top left in red it says "RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING"
7) i tried to restore it back to the stock using odin, but it errored in the download mode (i don't remember the error off hand)
i can get into download mode, and that's about it. i had to let the phone's battery die on it's own to turn it off (this phone gets super hot, btw)
so i guess what i need to know is how to restore back to factory default again, now that it thinks it's on 5.1.1. is there any hope?
I'm in the same boat as you, I think the only hope is to wait until the firmware is available to download and install it via Odin. Let me know if you've had any luck getting it up and running again. I had to switch back to my old phone for the time being.
bbacon said:
I'm in the same boat as you, I think the only hope is to wait until the firmware is available to download and install it via Odin. Let me know if you've had any luck getting it up and running again. I had to switch back to my old phone for the time being.
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check this post, download the tar and flash it in odin. it worked for my phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61650724&postcount=142
it got me into a recovery image that worked and i was able to factory reset in there. my phone is booting properly now. (after it reboots when done, it took a bit on the first title screen to do anything, just be patient)
Thanks man, that worked great. Although I found out in the process of trying to fix it the past few days, I must have flashed a non-compatible kernel because once it boots the touch screen is unresponsive. I guess I'll have to wait until the firmware download is available after all. Thanks again for the help though