I am not new to rooting and flashing rom however, I switched from my rooted GS3 running CM11 to the Note 2. I flashed the stock firmware (root66) and made the mistake of running the OTA 4.1.2 update which caused my note to be soft bricked. The phone boots to the samsung logo and freezes there. I flashed several stock firmware using odin that pass but when my phone reboots it freezes at the samsung logo. I can not access recovery mode, only downloading mode. I know its a way to fix this I'm just not sure how. Any suggestions?
MaddenMS6 said:
I am not new to rooting and flashing rom however, I switched from my rooted GS3 running CM11 to the Note 2. I flashed the stock firmware (root66) and made the mistake of running the OTA 4.1.2 update which caused my note to be soft bricked. The phone boots to the samsung logo and freezes there. I flashed several stock firmware using odin that pass but when my phone reboots it freezes at the samsung logo. I can not access recovery mode, only downloading mode. I know its a way to fix this I'm just not sure how. Any suggestions?
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Easy peasy, flash philz v5.00.5 (not the latest) through odin then u should be able to access recovery, from recovery flash a custom ROM so u can get unstuck, then when everything is fine, flash a stock rom from sammobile and hopefully it should work.
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I have tried to root my Note 8 (us version) with CF-Auto-Root. My device has never been rooted before and still had the stock 4.1.2 firmware.
I followed the directions exactly listed here from chainfire.
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291839
The flashing with odin went perfectly but when my device rebooted it was stuck on the Samsung splash screen. I could not get into recovery mode at all. Pressing the 3 button combination just made the screen turn black and then to the splash screen again. I tried flashing several times and also tried removing the battery as stated by chainfire. I was able to get into download mode and flash a stock 4.1.2 rom and I was back in business again. I would like to know what might be causing my device to not go into recovery mode and being stuck on the splash screen after flashing with CF-Auto-Root. My firmware version was N5110UEDMD1. I would still like to root my device but how to do it now?
Do I just use a rooted rom and flash it with odin? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Isn't the CF-Auto-Root only for those on the 4.2.2 update? (I don't know for sure, my tab shipped with 4.2.2, I just thought I remembered reading it)
unsivil_audio said:
Isn't the CF-Auto-Root only for those on the 4.2.2 update? (I don't know for sure, my tab shipped with 4.2.2, I just thought I remembered reading it)
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No, it works with 4.1.2
I have CF-Auto-Root working now on my device. I was all my fault as I used the wrong file to flash. I used P5110 instead of using N5110. Every thing is good now and my device is working just fine.
Thanks
So, I'm not a complete noob to flashing roms/rooting devices. I flashed cm 11 to my s3, and decided I wanted to go back to stock via Odin. For some reason when I tried to turn on my device it was still showing the cm 11 splash screen and wouldn't proceed any further. It isn't technically bricked. I guess this would be classified as a boot loop to the nth degree. I tired to boot in recovery mode and wipe the cache partition and all user data to the same cm 11 robot taunting me. When I tried the process (flashing stock vi Odin) again to possibly fix whatever might have been a miss, I got the error message on the download screen "secure check fail: sb12." On the download mode screen it also says I am running the official system rom. I don't know what steps I need to take from here to get my phone to actually boot via the stock rom. Has anybody else had this issue or similar? Any help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Is your phone a i747? If you are you running a stock 4.3 bootloader on your i747, you can't use Odin to flash back to stock unless the ROM was specifically designed to be flashed in Odin.
What is shown on the screen in download mode?
audit13 said:
Is your phone a i747? If you are you running a stock 4.3 bootloader on your i747, you can't use Odin to flash back to stock unless the ROM was specifically designed to be flashed in Odin.
What is shown on the screen in download mode?
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I was under the impression the rom I was attempting to flash was indeed intended for Odin. It is the SGH-I747.
The download screen states,
Product Name: SGH-I747
Custom Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
Qualcom Secure Boot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP SWERV: 2
Here is an added bit of fun, in the midst of the process I accidentally checked "Nand erase all," in Odin at one point.
Based on the information provided, your phone is running a stock ATT 4.3 bootloader. The CM11 splash screen is still showing up because the flash did not actually happen. You're lucky your phone was not bricked in the process of using Odin. I recommend not using Odin to flash a ROM that tries to alter the bootloader.
I recommend flashing a custom recovery such as Philz Touch in Odin and flashing a different KK ROM such as Valudis.
If you want to get back to stock, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
audit13 said:
Based on the information provided, your phone is running a stock ATT 4.3 bootloader. The CM11 splash screen is still showing up because the flash did not actually happen. You're lucky your phone was not bricked in the process of using Odin. I recommend not using Odin to flash a ROM that tries to alter the bootloader.
I recommend flashing a custom recovery such as Philz Touch in Odin and flashing a different KK ROM such as Valudis.
If you want to get back to stock, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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My next question would be how can I move the zip files I download to the internal storage of my phone to flash them through Philz Touch?
Have you tried using kies?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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Have you tried using kies?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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I did. It said the the device couldn't be updated, or something to that effect.
Kies will not work without a stock recovery or a rooted phone from my experience.
I would be surprised if kies can restore your phone as ATT never released a full 4.3 stock ROM. ATT only made 4.3 available via an OTA update.
audit13 said:
Kies will not work without a stock recovery or a rooted phone from my experience.
I would be surprised if kies can restore your phone as ATT never released a full 4.3 stock ROM. ATT only made 4.3 available via an OTA update.
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I don't know about AT&T, but I'm on Telus in Canada and I used kies to revert back to stock 4.3 with CWM recovery and phone rooted, and it worked no problem.
audit13 said:
Based on the information provided, your phone is running a stock ATT 4.3 bootloader. The CM11 splash screen is still showing up because the flash did not actually happen. You're lucky your phone was not bricked in the process of using Odin. I recommend not using Odin to flash a ROM that tries to alter the bootloader.
I recommend flashing a custom recovery such as Philz Touch in Odin and flashing a different KK ROM such as Valudis.
If you want to get back to stock, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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So, I know there is a "thanks," button but I feel like that would be a little too informal for how much I appreciate your help! I downloaded ADB to move the rom (I went with AOKP because it was the first one that worked) to my phone, flashed it using TWRP and...BAM! We are back in business. Thanks for the direction, I thought I had a nice, new, shiny brick on my hands for about two days.
sjthuss said:
I don't know about AT&T, but I'm on Telus in Canada and I used kies to revert back to stock 4.3 with CWM recovery and phone rooted, and it worked no problem.
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Canadian carriers use the i747m while att users get the i747.
The Canadian carriers did release a full 4.3 ROM unlike att who did not.
So i lost my warranty recently and seen that there is a new version out... my old one was the standard 4.1.2 which i wanted to upgrade... so i installed a new bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747963 (the "Latest nd3 bootlader" http://d-h.st/TQq)... used Odin 3.9, shut my n7100 down, booted it up in download/odin mode and connected it to the PC. it worked, then i flashed the Bootloader... seemed to work... it reseted.... and is FOREVER STUCK on the first loading screen "Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100" until i grab the battery and get it out.
then i can go back to the download mode.... i wanted to try a factory reset, but even this doesn't work, because i can't get into the recovery mode....
that made me so mad... i thought it worked out really well... and then this... right in my face
heeelp plssss......
Senaphur said:
So i lost my warranty recently and seen that there is a new version out... my old one was the standard 4.1.2 which i wanted to upgrade... so i installed a new bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747963 (the "Latest nd3 bootlader" http://d-h.st/TQq)... used Odin 3.9, shut my n7100 down, booted it up in download/odin mode and connected it to the PC. it worked, then i flashed the Bootloader... seemed to work... it reseted.... and is FOREVER STUCK on the first loading screen "Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100" until i grab the battery and get it out.
then i can go back to the download mode.... i wanted to try a factory reset, but even this doesn't work, because i can't get into the recovery mode....
that made me so mad... i thought it worked out really well... and then this... right in my face
heeelp plssss......
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You were on 4.1.2 and flashed a kitkat bootloader? Did you even read instructions carefully? The latest KK bootloader only works on 4.3 and higher android versions.4.1.2 is not supported.Now download a stock 4.4.2 ROM flash it via odin( ND3 firmware and higher)
singhpratik87 said:
You were on 4.1.2 and flashed a kitkat bootloader? Did you even read instructions carefully? The latest KK bootloader only works on 4.3 and higher android versions.4.1.2 is not supported.Now download a stock 4.4.2 ROM flash it via odin( ND3 firmware and higher)
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I have the same issue. I was running the latest aosp 4.4 build rom and still it freezes on boot. Can get odin to flash so will try to revert to stock rom
N7100 on 6.0.1 with updated bootloader. Flashed note 4 modem accidentally now stuck on boot screen. Tryed to flash stock 4.4.2 bootloader but will fail. I can enter DL mode and also twrp recovery. Any ideas on how I can fix this? I also tried to flash all other files in odin even with pit file still fail. Seems like some sort of soft brick being I can still enter either mode. HELP???
Did you try flashing the stock ROM from sammobile.com or updato.com with Odin?