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Issue flashing CWM recovery

Hey guys,
So I just rooted my rogers galaxy s3 and I'm trying to install CWM recovery. My phone isnt on the ROM manager list so I tried flashing it through odin. I've tried about 7 times each with different versions of cwm recovery and odin keeps saying it was a success but whenever I try to go into recovery mode I just go to android system recovery and not CWM recovery. I have no clue why this is happening.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zach

Zach23 said:
Hey guys,
So I just rooted my rogers galaxy s3 and I'm trying to install CWM recovery. My phone isnt on the ROM manager list so I tried flashing it through odin. I've tried about 7 times each with different versions of cwm recovery and odin keeps saying it was a success but whenever I try to go into recovery mode I just go to android system recovery and not CWM recovery. I have no clue why this is happening.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zach
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Btw i dunno why its not working it worked for me.. but i switched cuz CWM SUCKS get twrp bruh its touch and everything and it tells you how much battery you have while flashing...
Download goomanager off playstore... download some random rom (you dont need to flash the rom its only so it gives u the link to the open recovery) you will be asked if you have a recovery installed say no install open recovery they install TWRP on your phone done.. happy flashing

Zach23 said:
Hey guys,
So I just rooted my rogers galaxy s3 and I'm trying to install CWM recovery. My phone isnt on the ROM manager list so I tried flashing it through odin. I've tried about 7 times each with different versions of cwm recovery and odin keeps saying it was a success but whenever I try to go into recovery mode I just go to android system recovery and not CWM recovery. I have no clue why this is happening.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zach
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Had the same problems, follow this guide use the latest versions of everything (Odin, etc.). The key is the pulling of the battery after flashing and before you boot. Once I did that I got into CWM no problem.

amzi said:
Btw i dunno why its not working it worked for me.. but i switched cuz CWM SUCKS get twrp bruh its touch and everything and it tells you how much battery you have while flashing...
Download goomanager off playstore... download some random rom (you dont need to flash the rom its only so it gives u the link to the open recovery) you will be asked if you have a recovery installed say no install open recovery they install TWRP on your phone done.. happy flashing
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Yeah I ended up installing TWRP, and I flashed this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684&highlight=gapps
Good so far!

This is probably the same issue i was having where the stock recovery kept coming back. You will need to rename or delete these two files.
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

Zach23 said:
Yeah I ended up installing TWRP, and I flashed this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684&highlight=gapps
Good so far!
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xD the thanks button is there for a reason

twrp getting stuck on team win boot img when i try to get to recovery

hey i just tried to change my recovery bc cwm got messed up with the whole cache not being able to wipe. so i went through goo manager and tried to install twrp it looked like it install right and when i go into recovery it get stuck on teamwin boot img and doesnt do anything. what should i do?

mightymike889 said:
hey i just tried to change my recovery bc cwm got messed up with the whole cache not being able to wipe. so i went through goo manager and tried to install twrp it looked like it install right and when i go into recovery it get stuck on teamwin boot img and doesnt do anything. what should i do?
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Cwm 5.0.2.7 all day.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

I have exactly the same issue. I had problems trying to wipe cache on CWM 5 so I installed through Goo, now when I boot into recovery, it gets stuck on TEAMWIN screen.

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make sure you have the file in the right place wwhen you know you do get the switcher and then down ld. the file again i had to trial and error it a few times :victory:

The newest twrp gets stuck for me too. I just flashed back to a cwm

noodles2224 said:
The newest twrp gets stuck for me too. I just flashed back to a cwm
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Same issue here on the Telus T989D. Any solutions without using cwm?

You can always try the manual method if your brave and familiar with the terminal. Go to Team Win's for our phone here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/101. Download the .IMG file and follow the instructions under Download - Recovery Image Method (using dd): Not hard but doublecheck your typing before hitting enter or you'll brick your phone.
I'm not responsible for any actions taken because of this post. Good Luck, its worth it in the long run.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda premium

One small problem with that.....
Hi guys. I'm having a somewhat similar issue, but it's a little more problematic than that. I was in mid-flash when I unfortunately learned that any attempt to work with the cache resulted in an immediate freeze-up. From what little of the log I've seen, it's trying to tell me that the cache partition is read-only. Any attempt to unmount, wipe, or work with the cache in any way will result in an immediate lock up. This is *after* wiping the system and data partitions. I have been able to get TWRP to start correctly twice in the last 40 times I've tried to boot up the phone.
Question: I noticed that TWRP has a button where you can enter a terminal command. I don't have adb set up yet on this machine, since reloading it. I would imagine the answer would be 'no', but is it possible to put a different recovery image on the sd card, then use TWRP's terminal button to issue the command to flash it, or would that make matters worse? Or am I going to have to set up adb and odin again on another machine and use that? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Side note: I should've stayed with CWM non-touch. :crying:

This worked for me:
reflash CWM, flash superwipe, install TWRP through goomanager.

i had the same problem on my t989 and this odin flashed version posted here worked fine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753

dailo23 said:
i had the same problem on my t989 and this odin flashed version posted here worked fine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
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I flashed that version through Odin and it seems to be running just fine. I wiped caches and now TWRP appears to be working normally :fingers-crossed:

mightymike889 said:
hey i just tried to change my recovery bc cwm got messed up with the whole cache not being able to wipe. so i went through goo manager and tried to install twrp it looked like it install right and when i go into recovery it get stuck on teamwin boot img and doesnt do anything. what should i do?
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EDIT: Wow I guess I didnt read the critical part where your stuck on the recovery boot screen so the attachment below wont help.... JUMP DOWN TO POST #21 AND FOLLOW IT TO RECTIFY THE GETTING STUCK ISSUE
Here, try this file guys. Someone over in the Jedi threads made a CWM flashable TWRP zip. You can thank me for bringing it to your attention if you want, but I did not create this ( I just clicked on the attachment paperclip for the thread and browsed through all the attachments because I knew I saw it somewhere in the development section...)
I also checked TWRP's own website and for the Hercules, v.2.3.1.1 is the latest version supported for our device so far but I only found 2.3.0.0 packed in a recovery flashable form.
Just flash it via CWM like any other zip and once its done it'll reboot your device automatically to system, so just reboot it back to recovery to make sure it worked. It did for me when I did awhile back with v.2.2.2.0 and I just used the below file to flash and update it in TWRP to v.2.3.0.0
Hope it helps

incgnito said:
Hi guys. I'm having a somewhat similar issue, but it's a little more problematic than that. I was in mid-flash when I unfortunately learned that any attempt to work with the cache resulted in an immediate freeze-up. From what little of the log I've seen, it's trying to tell me that the cache partition is read-only. Any attempt to unmount, wipe, or work with the cache in any way will result in an immediate lock up. This is *after* wiping the system and data partitions. I have been able to get TWRP to start correctly twice in the last 40 times I've tried to boot up the phone.
Question: I noticed that TWRP has a button where you can enter a terminal command. I don't have adb set up yet on this machine, since reloading it. I would imagine the answer would be 'no', but is it possible to put a different recovery image on the sd card, then use TWRP's terminal button to issue the command to flash it, or would that make matters worse? Or am I going to have to set up adb and odin again on another machine and use that? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Side note: I should've stayed with CWM non-touch. :crying:
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i just started having this exact problem with the cache partition. it will freeze on me whenever i try to reformat it, i can't unmount it, etc. i also get stuck on the twrp "teamwin" blue start up screen. have you figured out a solution?
edit- got it working again.. ended up odin flashing twrp 2.2 and i was able to wipe everything and install the new rom stuff.

noodles2224 said:
The newest twrp gets stuck for me too. I just flashed back to a cwm
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Will you kindly explain how you did this?

y0urm0msname said:
Will you kindly explain how you did this?
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What exactly is your issue?

Eks Dee Aye said:
What exactly is your issue?
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Same as OP. I have never re-flashed CWM. This was my first time trying TWRP. I am looking for instructions to either...
Re-flash CWM
Re-install a version to TWRP that works
Thanks!

y0urm0msname said:
Same as OP. I have never re-flashed CWM. This was my first time trying TWRP. I am looking for instructions to either...
Re-flash CWM
Re-install a version to TWRP that works
Thanks!
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Do you currently have CWM or TWRP as your recovery?

Eks Dee Aye said:
Do you currently have CWM or TWRP as your recovery?
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Currently the non-functioning TWRP. I tried flashing CWM from the Rom Manager app, but that froze too. Looking for a reliable fix. I do not have a preference for recovery.

Eks Dee Aye said:
Do you currently have CWM or TWRP as your recovery?
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If you have either I guess it doesn't really matter. Just install/flash the attached file below just like you would any other rom via your recovery.
After it installs reboot back into recovery and you will see the old recovery replaced with the latest TWRP for the T989.
Lemme know if this works for ya.

Eks Dee Aye said:
Just install/flash the attached file below just like you would any other rom via your recovery.
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This is the part I don't understand. If my TWRP is stuck, how do I install/flash via my recovery?

[Q] Can't root or do anything, Help!

Hey guys,
I had a rooted Galaxy Wonder with a custom Rom (TouchWiz, forgot which version). I had CWM 5 and wanted to Install CWM 6 so I can be able to get the Kitkat 4.4 Rom, but unfortunately I soft bricked it. I flashed a custom Rom using Odin 4.43 Multi Downloader and it successfully passed, but with a problem, it doesn't get to the Homescreen and it keeps of rebooting itself all over again. I can get to download mode and to stock recovery. So I thought I could maybe root it again and install CWM 6 to flash the rom.
Now the problem is that when I use the stock recovery (by Holding Vol Up+Home+Power) I don't get to install the root update.zip because it reboots itself after I press the menu button (it writes something about updating then reboots).
What can I do? Is there anyway to Root the device via Odin and install CWM 6 so I can flash a custom rom?
Help!
Thanks in advance!

AytchG said:
Hey guys,
I had a rooted Galaxy Wonder with a custom Rom (TouchWiz, forgot which version). I had CWM 5 and wanted to Install CWM 6 so I can be able to get the Kitkat 4.4 Rom, but unfortunately I soft bricked it. I flashed a custom Rom using Odin 4.43 Multi Downloader and it successfully passed, but with a problem, it doesn't get to the Homescreen and it keeps of rebooting itself all over again. I can get to download mode and to stock recovery. So I thought I could maybe root it again and install CWM 6 to flash the rom.
Now the problem is that when I use the stock recovery (by Holding Vol Up+Home+Power) I don't get to install the root update.zip because it reboots itself after I press the menu button (it writes something about updating then reboots).
What can I do? Is there anyway to Root the device via Odin and install CWM 6 so I can flash a custom rom?
Help!
Thanks in advance!
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I flashed a custom Rom using Odin 4.43 Multi Downloader and it successfully passed, but with a problem, it doesn't get to the Homescreen and it keeps of rebooting itself all over again.
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Did you do a full wife before you install a new custom ROM? I guess not.
So I thought I could maybe root it again and install CWM 6 to flash the rom.
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You don't need to root it again since it's already rooted (when you first installed TouchWiz) and it's not the cause i think.
Now the problem is that when I use the stock recovery (by Holding Vol Up+Home+Power) I don't get to install the root update.zip because it reboots itself after I press the menu button (it writes something about updating then reboots).
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I think your phone is still rooted that's why your having that problem.
So, your problem is that, you believed your phone is not rooted anymore?

dec0der said:
Did you do a full wife before you install a new custom ROM? I guess not.
You don't need to root it again since it's already rooted (when you first installed TouchWiz) and it's not the cause i think.
I think your phone is still rooted that's why your having that problem.
So, your problem is that, you believed your phone is not rooted anymore?
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Well, I didn't know if it is rooted or not and I don't know how to flash Cwm 6 and I can't use the phone normally since it is not able to turn on to the Homescreen.
Don't mind the older custom Rom, it was flashed successfully and I used it for more than 3 months.

AytchG said:
Well, I didn't know if it is rooted or not and I don't know how to flash Cwm 6 and I can't use the phone normally since it is not able to turn on to the Homescreen.
Don't mind the older custom Rom, it was flashed successfully and I used it for more than 3 months.
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Which recovery can you enter now? cwm or stock recovery?

dec0der said:
Which recovery can you enter now? cwm or stock recovery?
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Stock, but can't do anything in it. I get the White box icon with the yellow arrow and android and press the menu button but then it says updating Application then some things that I can't read because the go quickly and something about can't access (some directory in system) and Update successful and rebooting.
It keeps doing that.

AytchG said:
Stock, but can't do anything in it. I get the White box icon with the yellow arrow and android and press the menu button but then it says updating Application then some things that I can't read because the go quickly and something about can't access (some directory in system) and Update successful and rebooting.
It keeps doing that.
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Okay, lets try this one first. Install CWM recovery 6.x
Download the following files (make sure its not corrupted files)
Odin Multi Downloader v4.44 HERE
ClockworkMod v6.0.4.5 HERE MD5 Sum: 144ce4ffcf9f577e7e12562f3c5579d3 (extract after download)
Ancora.ops HERE MD5 Sum: 65831d136621d6d550d2a11a2e8111f3 (extract after download)
And follow this flashing guide.
guide 1 and guide 2
Note: On the guide 1, do step 2-6 only. step 6 that says
6.Click on the One Package-Button and select the downloaded MD5-file.
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, your MD5 file will be recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.5-ancora.tar.md5
If it was successful, try to enter CWM recovery then.

dec0der said:
Okay, lets try this one first. Install CWM recovery 6.x
Download the following files (make sure its not corrupted files)
Odin Multi Downloader v4.44 HERE
ClockworkMod v6.0.4.5 HERE MD5 Sum: 144ce4ffcf9f577e7e12562f3c5579d3 (extract after download)
Ancora.ops HERE MD5 Sum: 65831d136621d6d550d2a11a2e8111f3 (extract after download)
And follow this flashing guide.
guide 1 and guide 2
Note: On the guide 1, do step 2-6 only. step 6 that says , your MD5 file will be recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.5-ancora.tar.md5
If it was successful, try to enter CWM recovery then.
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Now when I enter the recovery mode I get a black blank screen.

AytchG said:
Now when I enter the recovery mode I get a black blank screen.
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cwm recovery 6.x or still stock? we need either one them to work.

dec0der said:
cwm recovery 6.x or still stock? we need either both to work.
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None. Just a black screen
Edit: I tried flashing now cwm 5 instead of 6 and it worked. I can boot to cwm 5 recovery. But still is there anyway to flash cwm 6?

AytchG said:
None. Just a black screen
Edit: I tried flashing now cwm 5 instead of 6 and it worked. I can boot to cwm 5 recovery. But still is there anyway to flash cwm 6?
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Just download Phil's Advanced CWM recovery, and flash it (CWM recovery 6.0.4.5) Flash the recovery like any else recovery you flashed.
Download the .op and the cwm recovery (Flashable via odin multi downloader ) Here
And make sure you are running Windows 7, and not Windows 8, I have experienced problems flashing recovery on Windows 8 64bit

AytchG said:
None. Just a black screen
Edit: I tried flashing now cwm 5 instead of 6 and it worked. I can boot to cwm 5 recovery. But still is there anyway to flash cwm 6?
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I flashed a custom Rom using Odin 4.43 Multi Downloader
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this might be the cause, so we need do clean wipe of all the data/ files in your internal storage. We need to make it boot first since it's not just a recovery problem but ROM.
Do you still have the touchwiz rom in your external sd-card? If it's still there, do this steps in cmw:
select "wipe data / factory reset"
go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
under the same menu, format /sdcard0 (be careful NOT to format /sdcard1 by mistake)
install touchwiz
reboot

dec0der said:
install touchwiz (and gapps if you have)
reboot
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If its touchwi5, you dont have to install gapps, they are already in there

MayB4ck said:
If its touchwi5, you dont have to install gapps, they are already in there
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Corrected. Never knew gapps was already integrated w/ that ROM, never tried it

MayB4ck said:
Just download Phil's Advanced CWM recovery, and flash it (CWM recovery 6.0.4.5) Flash the recovery like any else recovery you flashed.
Download the .op and the cwm recovery (Flashable via odin multi downloader ) Here
And make sure you are running Windows 7, and not Windows 8, I have experienced problems flashing recovery on Windows 8 64bit
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Thanks! I flashed this Phil's Cwm and then flashed the cm 11 Kitkat 4.4 and gapps and it is working!! Thank you!

dec0der said:
this might be the cause, so we need do clean wipe of all the data/ files in your internal storage. We need to make it boot first since it's not just a recovery problem but ROM.
Do you still have the touchwiz rom in your external sd-card? If it's still there, do this steps in cmw:
select "wipe data / factory reset"
go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
under the same menu, format /sdcard0 (be careful NOT to format /sdcard1 by mistake)
install touchwiz
reboot
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I tried MayB4ck's idea and it worked! Thanks for your help!!! I really appreciate it!

Solved

AytchG said:
I tried MayB4ck's idea and it worked! Thanks for your help!!! I really appreciate it!
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I am very happy to solve your problem sir Have a nice day

[Q] CWM Help

Hey guys, I flashed a Custom Rom, Slimkat. Via CWM, but I wanted to come back from Slimkat to my official rom. I came back successfully to my official Rom, then I like a mod and wanted to flash it, all done. But when I try to go into Recovery mode it opens stock recovery only! But I didn't gave up, I flashed the CWM again via Odin as before. But it opens stock recovery only! Please help me guys. Thanks in advance.

shanwarsi said:
Hey guys, I flashed a Custom Rom, Slimkat. Via CWM, but I wanted to come back from Slimkat to my official rom. I came back successfully to my official Rom, then I like a mod and wanted to flash it, all done. But when I try to go into Recovery mode it opens stock recovery only! But I didn't gave up, I flashed the CWM again via Odin as before. But it opens stock recovery only! Please help me guys. Thanks in advance.
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In my case, when I install CWM recovery using odin, it installs sucessfully, but when my phone reboots after the download, and then I try going to the recovery, I still get the official Stock recovery.

Same
saudkhan75 said:
In my case, when I install CWM recovery using odin, it installs sucessfully, but when my phone reboots after the download, and then I try going to the recovery, I still get the official Stock recovery.
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Same problem I got

shanwarsi said:
Same problem I got
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Not only you, many other users like us got the same problem.
When we install CWM using Odin with Auto-Reboot turned on, it says pass and reboots the phone. But when we go to the recovery mode, the Stock recovery is still present there.
Secondly, when we try installing CWM using Odin with Auto-Reboot unchecked, the phone freezes on the downloading screen after downloading it, so we have to remove the battery, put it back inside, and go to the recovery. At that time we can see CWM recovery, but when we reboots system and then later when we have to come back to recovery more, the stock recovery pops up again.
This kind of problems are being faced by many Samsung Galaxy Grand duos GT-19082 users.
It would be really appreciated if someone knows the solution and could help us.
Thanks!

stuck in recovery mode

I have a Samsung galaxy tab 3 light it also has TWRP recovery.
After installing this app: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=phongit.quickreboot&hl=en
and using it to boot into recovery, I am now stuck recovery boot loop,I can however still get into download mode.
I also do not have a customer rom or custom kernel installed.
I tried using backups that I have, wiping cash,and even entering strings of code in terminal that I found on forums that said it would work, and none of it seems to work.
I do not care about keeping any data that's on there I just want to get out of the loop.
P.s please keep in mind that I am extremely new to android, as well as this form.

neo6060 said:
I have a Samsung galaxy tab 3 light it also has TWRP recovery.
After installing this app: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=phongit.quickreboot&hl=en
and using it to boot into recovery, I am now stuck recovery boot loop,I can however still get into download mode.
I also do not have a customer rom or custom kernel installed.
I tried using backups that I have, wiping cash,and even entering strings of code in terminal that I found on forums that said it would work, and none of it seems to work.
I do not care about keeping any data that's on there I just want to get out of the loop.
P.s please keep in mind that I am extremely new to android, as well as this form.
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The onlyest way is flash STOCK with Odin.
If you want root, flash PhilzTouch with Odin, after flash Boot directly with Power ,Volume+ and Home button into Recovery and flash The SuperSu.ZIP V1.94
After that install The supersu.APP from playstore and update The supersu.
This way was working by me.

bierma32 said:
The onlyest way is flash STOCK with Odin.
If you want root, flash PhilzTouch with Odin, after flash Boot directly with Power ,Volume+ and Home button into Recovery and flash The SuperSu.ZIP V1.94
After that install The supersu.APP from playstore and update The supersu.
This way was working by me.
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I've tried several ROMs and still no dice.
Any other ideas.

Ive experienced this before and flashing stock thru odin is the only way out, and dont use quickreboot again heard theres a bug with the kernel

LoVeRice said:
Ive experienced this before and flashing stock thru odin is the only way out, and dont use quickreboot again heard theres a bug with the kernel
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any ideas where I can find the stock rom.

neo6060 said:
any ideas where I can find the stock rom.
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You could go to sammobile
h__p://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
and search by your device type

neo6060 said:
any ideas where I can find the stock rom.
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That is what i have writen, flash Stock with Odin.