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[Q] Odin stock ROM file DIY (JB4.2.1) for Mobile ODIN?

Hi Folks,
sorry I'm having trouble finding instructions on how to do this, for maguro I was only able to find Odin 4.0.4 restore, which doesn't seem to be working for me, tried to flash 4.0.4 ODIN ROM img on rooted 4.2.1 GNEX - after flash 4.2.1 boots up, still rooted, also recovery doesn't work, surprise of the century
My question is following:
1. Can I simply go here: --->developers.google.com/android/nexus/images<---- and download what I need,
2. Then unpack the TGZ, put all the files in single TAR while renaming them to look like 4.0.4 ODIN files do,
3. upload the TAR to /mnt/sdcard
and flash it with Mobile ODIN?
background is I noticed this morning micro USB port in my GNEX/i9250 died completely, so looking on how to do this via Mobile ODIN... then I can bring the phone back to repair shop.
Rgds,
Y.

some success....
hmm, impatient but force is strong in me, so I just went for it. looks like the anwer is YES and NO
YES because it takes the prepped file and says it's going to flash it, reboots, saying flashing blahblah (quickscroll, tough to read) etc
NO because it doesn't do anything except bringing your boot ROM to factory defaults...
sort of YES because I tried flashing only one img at a time, for obvious reasons needed recovery restored, so clicked on recovery (partition) option in Mobile Odin and it allowed me to select the full TAR file, flashed it and I got my recovery back!
so all good, but the remaining question is:
which way/which order to flash the factory image (all img files in the TGZ) with Mobile Odin to have a "unrooted-stock-like" install and not to loose mobile Odin too early (during wipe/reinstall of img files)?
Thx for any responses!
Rgds,Y.

You don't need ODIN, just flash the factory image using fastboot

EddyOS said:
You don't need ODIN, just flash the factory image using fastboot
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ahuh, great...how do I do that without USB?
btw. I think I figured out the problem why mobile odin didn't work. I will post the step-by-step/summary later

YogiCrusher said:
ahuh, great...how do I do that without USB?
btw. I think I figured out the problem why mobile odin didn't work. I will post the step-by-step/summary later
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I'm having the same problem. How did you figure it out?

Tried pm'ing the developer?

sorry I only thought I did, but noooo.... anyway I used fastboot in the end
...but still learned a few interesting things...
yeah I guess PMing dev is the best...need to get my money back....or try to resuscitate your usb port like I did - similar to this yt video, needle method: -->www-you-tube-com/watch?v=R6p0Eg-yq3A<--- , it died again 2 mins after 'fastboot oem lock'
mobile odin...do note: I was able to flash single partition, done this for recovery partition, still it's quite risky or even impossible this way?
verified as much that state of the bootloader lock has no affect on odin, i.e it doesn't work whatever the setting and how you set it, I used bootunlocker, here on the forums there is a "dd method" which does exactly the same (flipping 1 bit in 1 place).
btw. flash/mix of different rom / boot / loader / recovery versions... in case sbd would get the idea to mix boot 4.0 with rom 4.2, might not always be a good idea I guess
one last thing: seems essentially the update files for mobile odin can be created exactly in the way described in the first post.

[Q] Sprint Note 2 (SPH-L900) Bricked after attempted 4.3 Update

I've been having issue with my Sprint Note 2 for a while. I've also posted this to Reddit and other parts of the forum but so far have gotten no way to fix my issue. Here's the link to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport...nt_note_2_sphl900_bricked_after_attempted_43/
Sorry, I didn't want to type that all up again and having to deal with formatting and such.
Basically, the gist of it, from what I can gather is that I have accidentally loaded the 4.3 bootloader with KNOX and it is currently preventing me from doing anything productive (flashing CWMR, rooting, installing stock, etc). I read here on the forum that there were ways to do so, especially this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46861777
I was wondering if there were steps for the Sprint Note 2 SPH-L900?
Any help in debricking my phone is appreciated.

Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jlmancuso said:
Try these steps.
1. Boot phone into Odin/download mode
2. Flash twrp or cwmr via Odin.
3. When it reboots pull battery and then boot into recovery.
4. Flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145 it is mc2 bootloader, firmware, radio, etc...
5. Reboot phone. Things get weird for a few mins but it will boot.
You are now Knox free once again but you are also bone stock.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.

QuantumInteger said:
I've tried that multiple times. The problem here is that I can't load CWMR or TWRP. At first, I assume that I'd have to root so I downloaded the CF auto root file and flash it using ODIN. Then I tried installing CWMR (after converting to .tar using Caboomi's tool here on the forum). It would reboot and I tried holding down volume up + power + home button but nothing would happen. I try combinations of that and still nothing. I flashed the 4.3 sboot.bin to get it back to stock Samsung bootloader then retried with CWMR without rooting first this time and it still doesn't work. ODIN would tell me that it succeeds but I can't enter Recovery no mater the combination of keys that I press. I'm assuming this has to do with Knox in which case I'd just have to wait for the official 4.3 firmware on SamMobile to flash it since stock 4.1.2 won't work.
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After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe

louforgiveno said:
After flashing cwm do battery pull...Don't let it auto-reboot.
Also try different version of Odin maybe
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I tried 3.07, 3.09, and even barebone 1.85 that came with CF auto root. It doesn't work. I can't load recovery just fine (according to ODIN) but I can't get into Recovery.

Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone

Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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...My God..... What ever you did, it worked. Turns out, Caboomi's file didn't work too well. I couldn't get CWMR working at all even after converting to .tar. I used TWRP instead and it works. Problem was that it asked me for my password, which I don't know since I tried everything, so I had to resort to wiping everything. I installed the file jlmancuso suggested, loading it onto SD card then flashing using TWRP, and now my Samsung Note 2 is debricked.
Your file was a godsend. Thank you!

No recovery stuck on bootloop
im having the same issue could you post that dropbox link again

So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
Keithgordon said:
Here is the fix https://www.dropbox.com/s/s2clvyo4y6gar6s/4.3_Unbrick.tar
I promise this will fix your issue, but when you get done, you will be on MC2 with the 4.3 bootloader, but, it will boot, let you flash recovery and everything. I know this because I did the same thing as you and flashed the old cf-auto root and bricked my phone to, and I created this file to fix it and if you look in the help section, you will find my thread on how to unbrick after 4.3 update fail.
I promise though, this will fix your fone
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader

Keithgordon said:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MJA bootloader
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MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?

louforgiveno said:
MJA ? Isn't that an s4 bootloader?
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yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out

my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
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Keithgordon said:
yep, sorry, I just woke up....I meant whatever version we are on with the note, what is it? MK4? I have both so I keep switching back and forth in the threads. Funny thing is, they are completely different, i will change that, thanks for pointing that out
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my friend 's L900 bricked too ，but I cant download the file you provide , the error message is “Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled”
may you provide another URL to download it or mail it to me ？ my email is [email protected] , thanks.
another question , how can i flash it into device with ODIN ？ from Pit ？ bootloader ？PDA ？PHONE ？ or others ？
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
Keithgordon said:
Yes, flash that file in Odin, it will downgrade you to MC2 with the MK4bootloader
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hello if you are online i need some help i dl the 4.3 note 2 update it has a different build than the one sprint has there are some features that are not on this build is there any way for me to get the ota from sprint
rckingws6 said:
yea I still cant dowload it sorry for being a pest.
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rckingws6 said:
So i was able to get recovery back but it wont let me mount my sd card so i cant flash anything through recover was hoping the file you have could be loaded through odin as it is a .tar file correct please help and thanks in advance.
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Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.

QuantumInteger said:
Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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i need some help

yea i can get into twrp recovery now but my sdcard wont mount thats why im trying to use odin
QuantumInteger said:
Try using TWRP instead. It gives you the option to mount an external SD card. Also try restarting into recovery again. I had Recovery bugged out on me once.
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For those of you who have bricked Note 2s (SPH-L900), I'm going to drop a DropBox link here to a folder of ALL of the files that I used to unbrick my phone. I experimented with multiple methods (and several sleepless nights). Some of them will be useful to you, not all. I have the Android SDK and Caboomi's converter for .img to .tar. It doesn't work too well for CWMR just FYI. ODIN-OC will attempt to load stock MC2 onto your phone but it won't work if it's bricked. Arc Converter is a program I used to try convert the MK4 .zip file to .tar to try and flash an update using ODIN. It didn't work. The steps that I took to unbrick my phone will be posted after the link.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c2bfpfdf0qbs6bu/ZiNC-BF5kf
Be patient. Some of the files are still updating.
Steps:
1) Put your phone into Download mode by holding volume down + power + home button at bootup
2) Use ODIN (3.07 or 3.09) to load the 4.3_Unbrick.tar file. This will take a bit of time so be patient. Once the phone boots up again, you'll get past the boot screen that says "Samsung Galaxy Note II" and you'll get the Samsung logo with the spinning icon but it will loop. This is normal.
3) Next, power off (yank the battery and cable, leave battery out but plug the cable back in) and reboot into download.
4) Flash the TWRP .tar file (don't try converting the CWMR to .tar, it won't work) then reboot.
5) Hold volume up + power + home button (be patient here)
6) You should see the Team Win logo. You're now in recovery. The TWRP may ask you for the password. It is NOT the passcode to your lockscreen or your Google password. I have no idea what it is. At this point, you'd have to wipe your phone (internal only) if you want to flash the stock recovery.
7) Load the MC2 stock recovery file with counter reset onto a microSD card and mount it onto the phone (play around with TWRP, if it doesn't see the SD card the first time, restart or play with the mount function). Just be careful not to wipe your microSD card.
8) Flash the stock recovery (give it time) and it'll restart. You should be back at 4.1.2.
EXTRA STEPS
If you're still interested in 4.3, load the MK4 update onto the microSD card as well. BEFORE you go through the activation process for the 4.1.2 firmware at boot, boot into recovery. Flash the 4.3 update using stock recovery. This should put you onto 4.3 after the phone reboots. You should now have stock 4.3 (no root).

Sorry for all the download errors, I am uploading to my websight right now and as soon as it uploads, I will post the URL, it should download much faster too. I didnt realize so many people needed it

[Q] Bootloop issue!!! rooted m919

hey everybody, i rooted my s4 a couple days ago and it was working fine until i rebooted it too much in a short amount of time last night. Im a complete noob and new to customization. the phone is just stuck on the tmobile screen and wont go past it at all. i factory wiped it from stock recovery and that still did not help.
the root I used was: true- android. blogspot -dot- com / 2013 /11 /install -uvuemk2-android-43-jb-firmware.html
I followed everything correctly and the phone was rooted properly by odin.
theres not much else to it except that i was using font installer- a very stupid app that set its fonts to default and i was trying to get rid of them.
also i rerooted the phone using the same processes in the link above and nothing happened.
to the mods: sorry if this issue has been resolved somewhere else. if you know where please let me know. Thanks everybody!:laugh:

re: issues
tahahafeez12 said:
hey everybody, i rooted my s4 a couple days ago and it was working fine until i rebooted it too much in a short amount of time last night. Im a complete noob and new to customization. the phone is just stuck on the tmobile screen and wont go past it at all. i factory wiped it from stock recovery and that still did not help.
the root I used was: true- android. blogspot -dot- com / 2013 /11 /install -uvuemk2-android-43-jb-firmware.html
I followed everything correctly and the phone was rooted properly by odin.
theres not much else to it except that i was using font installer- a very stupid app that set its fonts to default and i was trying to get rid of them.
also i rerooted the phone using the same processes in the link above and nothing happened.
to the mods: sorry if this issue has been resolved somewhere else. if you know where please let me know. Thanks everybody!:laugh:
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Here is a sure fix for your issue.
Download cf-autoroot and odin flash it, but be sure you uncheck the
checkmark in odin which says "auto reboot" before flashing.
(unzip cf-autoroot so you get the TAR file which odin needs)
After flashing cf-autoroot use the power button to power off the phone.
Here is the direct download link for cf-autoroot:
http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF-...mo-sghm919.zip
After that's done you need to odin flash TWRP custom recovery.
Here is the direct download for TWRP custom recovery
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/jfl...1-jfltetmo.tar
After you are done flashing TWRP the phone should work properly
without any further issues.
I would highly suggest that after your phone is working properly make
a nandroid backup if the rom in TWRP recovery before you change any
settings, adding/installing or flashing any mods, themes or apps.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Here is a sure fix for your issue.
Download cf-autoroot and odin flash it, but be sure you uncheck the
checkmark in odin which says "auto reboot" before flashing.
(unzip cf-autoroot so you get the TAR file which odin needs)
After flashing cf-autoroot use the power button to power off the phone.
After that's done you need to odin flash TWRP custom recovery.
After you are done flashing TWRP the phone should work properly
without any further issues.
I would highly suggest that after your phone is working properly make
a nandroid backup if the rom in TWRP recovery before you change any
settings, adding/installing or flashing any mods, themes or apps.
Good luck!
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thank you so much! i put the TWRP in the AP box in odin correct? also should i check auto Reboot when flashing TWRP? thanks again

re: odin AP
tahahafeez12 said:
thank you so much! i put the TWRP in the AP box in odin correct? also should i check auto Reboot when flashing TWRP? thanks again
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Yes, in the latest odin version the pda is now called "AP" and yes
it's always best to un-check auto-reboot in Odin and always
power the phone down manually after odin flashes anything.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Yes, in the latest odin version the pda is now called "AP" and yes
it's always best to un-check auto-reboot in Odin and always
power the phone down manually after odin flashes anything.
Good luck!
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the twrp file that you gave me extracts to .img
i kinda do not know how to load it onto odin.

nevermind, i just used the zip file. it did not work.... i did everything like you said.

i mean it did flash the phone and everything passed. but no luck with passing the tmobile screen

Misterjunky said:
Yes, in the latest odin version the pda is now called "AP" and yes
it's always best to un-check auto-reboot in Odin and always
power the phone down manually after odin flashes anything.
Good luck!
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i did everything you said and it passed, but no luck. did i do something wrong? i tried twice

re: stuck screen
tahahafeez12 said:
i did everything you said and it passed, but no luck. did i do something wrong? i tried twice
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Go into recovery and do a "Factory Reset", don't wipe anything except cache and dalvik cach
then do the "factory reset" and reboot the phone.
By doing that it will delete any files and settings which are related to your previous rom version
you had before you Odin flashed the full 4.3 official Samsung M919 Jellybean firmware.
The factory reset will not wipe your internal/external sdcard and it will not wipe any personal files,
contacts, music, videos or pictures.
All the factory reset in recovery does is to make sure that you only have the new
updated Samsung M919 official Jelleybean 4.3 rom related files in your phone.
Google will replace your contacts and other settings using your gmail account
automatically after you sign into your gmail account.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Go into recovery and do a "Factory Reset", don't wipe anything except cache and dalvik cach
then do the "factory reset" and reboot the phone.
By doing that it will delete any files and settings which are related to your previous rom version
you had before you Odin flashed the full 4.3 official Samsung M919 Jellybean firmware.
The factory reset will not wipe your internal/external sdcard and it will not wipe any personal files,
contacts, music, videos or pictures.
All the factory reset in recovery does is to make sure that you only have the new
updated Samsung M919 official Jelleybean 4.3 rom related files in your phone.
Google will replace your contacts and other settings using your gmail account
automatically after you sign into your gmail account.
Good luck!
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okay i did that and the TWRP screen came up my options are (install, wipe, backup, restore, mount, settings, advanced, reboot)

Reboot
My S4 Is Insane
DEVIANT DEVELOPMENT

tahahafeez12 said:
okay i did that and the TWRP screen came up my options are (install, wipe, backup, restore, mount, settings, advanced, reboot)
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Use the "Advanced" tab and select only the Cache and Dalvik Cache.
Then back out of the advance wipe option using the back softkey in twrp
recovery, then you will see on bottom of screen where you swipe, it will say
"factory reset" ... do that and reboot the phone.

Misterjunky said:
Use the "Advanced" tab and select only the Cache and Dalvik Cache.
Then back out of the advance wipe option using the back softkey in twrp
recovery, then you will see on bottom of screen where you swipe, it will say
"factory reset" ... do that and reboot the phone.
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did that. Currently I've been waiting for 5 minutes while its on the "tmobile screen". im definitely sure i did everything correctly.

re: try this
tahahafeez12 said:
did that. Currently I've been waiting for 5 minutes while its on the "tmobile screen". im definitely sure i did everything correctly.
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Ok, then perhaps its kernel related so try this.
Flash KToonsez custom kernel in twrp recovery.
Here is the direct download link for it:
http://ktoonsez.jonathanjsimon.com/sgs4/TW/KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TW-TMO-12.22.2013.zip
Hopefully it will fully boot after flashing this.

Misterjunky said:
Ok, then perhaps its kernel related so try this.
Flash KToonsez custom kernel in twrp recovery.
Here is the direct download link for it:
http://ktoonsez.jonathanjsimon.com/sgs4/TW/KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TW-TMO-12.22.2013.zip
Hopefully it will fully boot after flashing this.
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odin doesnt recognize the phone in TWRP recovery. sorry, i know i sound really stupid but im completely new to this.

re: recovery
tahahafeez12 said:
odin doesnt recognize the phone in TWRP recovery. sorry, i know i sound really stupid but im completely new to this.
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If you read me post about flashing KToonsez kernel it does not mention
anything about ODIN. This kernel needs only TWRP recovery,
use that, and in TWRP click on INSTALL tab and navigate twrp
to the location of the ktoonzes kernel you downloaded, then
click on it, and flash it in TWRP
(no need for odin when you are in twrp recovery)

Misterjunky said:
If you read me post about flashing KToonsez kernel it does not mention
anything about ODIN. This kernel needs only TWRP recovery,
use that, and in TWRP click on INSTALL tab and navigate twrp
to the location of the ktoonzes kernel you downloaded, then
click on it, and flash it in TWRP
(no need for odin when you are in twrp recovery)
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i got it. still nothing. i loaded it on the sd card from my computer and flashed it. its still bootlooping

tried again. still nothing. is there a certain bug file that i can delete from file manager? the kernal fix isnt working for me either.

tahahafeez12 said:
tried again. still nothing. is there a certain bug file that i can delete from file manager? the kernal fix isnt working for me either.
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Odin flash the stock firmware and start over from scratch. This time use Cf Autoroot.
☞ Sent from here☜???

baseballfanz said:
Odin flash the stock firmware and start over from scratch. This time use Cf Autoroot.
☞ Sent from here☜???
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can you find me the link to get stock firmware? ive looked on google and its impossible to find. thanks! Happy New Year!

Confused...

I am on 5.1.1- Software N910PVPU4COJ6 if it matters.
Any rom i download i use 7zip to make it a Tar to use in Odin but none of them work when i do that. What am i doing wrong?
I have a file/rom that has Md5 and it goes right on with Odin
I thought a tar file could be used with Odin?
Any sugestions please and thank you.
Sprint note 4

25 views and no suggestions. Dont be scared of my probably dumb questions, haha

why not just flash the rom in twrp?

not sure how to do that, i have always used odin. Cant use twrp on my phone because i am not rooted
Any directions doing it your way? Thanks

II was rooted then put this rom on and now i am not rooted. sucks
and i cant get tar files to work in Odin, just md5

mostly just want my hotspot back

You rooted before, shouldn't be that hard to do it right again: Odin TWRP and flash a stock OJ6 ROM with the mod you seek, following the OP did instructions. Done and done. You may find what you're looking for in post 3 of @tx_dbs_tx OJ6 stock thread.
Odin won't work because you can just convert Recovery flash zip to tar that Odin could use. As you suspect, you'd need a tar.md5 but 7-zip doesn't convert Recovery ROM zip to tar ball. They're completely different; tar.md5 AKA tar ball is more of a partition overwrite partition by order flash, whereas ROM zip has explicit instructions in the updater-script that Odin wouldn't follow. They have their purposes: typically, Odin would be a tool to update to current update and install custom recovery; recovery could be used to flash a ROM or mod compatible with installed update version.
I suspect Odin has done no harm if it's a recent one. It's just refusing to brick your phone.
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you say odin twrp, how do i get twrp onto odin. ? I downloaded twrp and did the zip thing but like before it has a tar and odin will not do it?
The file i rooted before i cant find,so i have to do something new

Odin this in AP mode
https://dl.twrp.me/trltespr/twrp-2.8.7.0-trltespr.img.tar
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i tried but said it failed about half way through,ugg

Does your phone boot to recovery or system? You may need to start over with full OJ6 tar. Find it in general forum and follow the OP instructions.
I'd recommend factory reset as well.
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Yes, i can get into that. My phone is working on the rom i posted. I just want to put another rooted rom on. Will putting that oj6 on let me do that? Will odin put that tar on my phone unlike the other tar files? Thanks

should i put the baseband oj6 on?

I finally got twrp on but when i reboot system from twrp i am just bootlooping. Any ideas what to do now?

volks71folk said:
I finally got twrp on but when i reboot system from twrp i am just bootlooping. Any ideas what to do now?
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System was booting but you couldn't install TWRP. Now you have TWRP but system doesn't boot.
I suggested you start over with stock OJ6 tar. Did you do that? Sorry, I'm not following what you actually did. I'd say factory reset and flash the stock OJ6 ROM but it sounds like your partitions are messed up. If you agree, do the following:
1)Wipe everything but extSdCard in TWRP.
2)Power down, pull battery minimum 30 seconds.
3)Boot into download mode, using Odin 3.10.7, uncheck the default options, check AP box, click AP tab and select the OJ6 tar.md5 Start only when you have com:xx detected your phone (present).
4)Upon success, close Odin, pull USB and battery, boot intro stock recovery and factory reset.
5)Redo steps 2 and 3 but this time use both the Odin defaults to allow the auto reboot. Close Odin after success.
6)Go through setup wizard and make sure stock is fully functional.
7)Once verified, Odin TWRP with auto reboot unchecked, upon success, pull USB and battery for at least 30 seconds.
8)Boot into recovery and follow OP install instructions to flash custom ROM.
Edit: ROM zip should be on ext sdcard. You may be able to move some files from sdcard to extSdCard with TWRP file manager in advanced tab.
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I finally got twrp to flash on my phone, so now i am in twrp on my phone. Just not sure what to do know. I just hit reboot system in twrp and it wont get passed where it says android note 4. If i cant do anything from here i will re download the oj6 and do what you said.

I am doing what you had said but it takes me to twrp when i go to factory reset. So i did it through twrp and then flashed the oj6 baseband rom and it will not get passed the samsung galaxt note 4 image.

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I am doing what you had said but it takes me to twrp when i go to factory reset. So i did it through twrp and then flashed the oj6 baseband rom and it will not get passed the samsung galaxt note 4 image.
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There was a recent similar issue where the OP found a way out using some of the advice I gave.
Basically, Odin flashed the modem and recovery separately to get full Odin tar to flash after factory resetting in stock recovery. Sounds like your Odin flash isn't taking either. Once you have those tar files, flash them twice as suggested with battery pulls greater than 30 seconds where indicated.
I'd follow the guide using OJ6 tar to extract recovery from and the OJ6 modem tar you already have. I added one extra edit l found useful when I attempted to duplicate the OJ6 recovery tar flash myself; look for that too. Alternatively, you could use KIES to try recovery at any point that it recognizes the phone using its emergency recovery feature.
If that doesn't work, try the OG5 tar for files using the OG5 modem I linked in that thread.
You should read the whole thread to get the idea of the recovery theory starting with the summary the OP posted in this link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=63831716
Best wishes for success.
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you guys say OP?
The problem before was my phone was fine then i flashed twrp and then tried to restart it and all it did was boot loop sometimes to the yellow screen and sometimes to the android note 4. Why would it not get passed those screens after i zipped twrp? Thanks

volks71folk said:
you guys say OP?
The problem before was my phone was fine then i flashed twrp and then tried to restart it and all it did was boot loop sometimes to the yellow screen and sometimes to the android note 4. Why would it not get passed those screens after i zipped twrp? Thanks
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OP is original poster. It could be 1st post or post quoted in some cases, although it could be the same user.
If your last post is truly the only obstacle, did you wipe following ROM OP instructions before you flashed and did you make sure the ROM flashed?
Often, custom ROMs will require more boot time on initial boot. Boot loop may suggest you didn't wipe the dalvik-cache partition. Usually, clean install is recommended. The updater-script may format system partition and others as well but without verifying specific ROM flashed, users may recommend wiping everything but extSdCard and formatting data partition multiple times each. If wiping system partition, you can expect the flash to fail with a binary failure in red when flashing unless you first rebooted recovery prior to flashing ROM. If you spot that failure, just reboot recovery with the reboot option menu and flash without wiping on second attempt.
If you've done all that and allowed time to boot, you may need to do the steps I've given in the suggestions above.
I hope you can find your way through it.
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Help me restore a softbricked phone

Here has more background http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/rom-t3330135/page23 but the TLDR is that my phone is stuck in bootloop, even when I flash a stock image in Odin (Does it matter if I use AP in Odin versus BL? I tried both)
All I can think is that in recovery I did a full wipe on every conceivable thing. I also did a nanderase in Odin one time. Maybe shouldn't have.
This is also compounded by the fact that my phone's home button doesn't work so to get to download mode I am forced to use a jig I cobbled together and essentially hotwire my phone into download mode.
Does someone have a safe, stock ROM so I can get things back to square one? I've tried N910PVPS4COK1_N910PSPT4COK1_N910PVPS4COK1_HOME.tar so I am pretty sure I was on OG5 baseband with OK1 build. But still, if your friend who knew nothing about phones gave you one in a bootloop, which rom would you flash?
Thanks guys.

I've helped with a similar issue before. In short, nand erase all will prevent phone from booting.
You need to install just the stock recovery converted from .img to tar.md5, flash with Odin in AP slot and factory reset and wipe the cache and dalvik in recovery.
To start, you need to extract the recovery.img from the stock tar and use utility to convert it and flash in Odin AP slot. This utility may work, I don't recall which utility I used before because my motherboard and hard drive crashed. Lost everything. Try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45629177&postcount=1
With your broken home key, I'm not sure what the phone does with only recovery flashed. Hopefully it auto boots to recovery seeing only that so you can factory reset and wipe. If so, flash stock after that.
If you can't boot to recovery, you may have to install adb on your computer and try to send the command (adb reboot recovery) from either download mode or timed correctly while it's attempting a boot. I'm thinking with nothing but recovery, the phone will either boot recovery or KIES or Smart Switch will recognize it. You may also convert the boot.img (kernel) with that same utility for Odin flash in AP slot if the phone isn't recognized. The bootloader could also be extracted and flashed with Odin in BL slot.
But hopefully you don't have to do all this workaround stuff to recover. I'd start with just stock recovery converted tar.md5 with utility and factory reset and wipe. If it didn't auto boot into recovery, try the traditional boot to recovery pattern. If not working, then try the adb command from download mode, and so on with other means to either boot in recovery or get KIES or Smart Switch to recognize.
Edit: if you're already able to boot stock recovery, just factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and power down, remove battery for 30 seconds and flash stock tar.
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Can you elaborate on boot to recovery pattern? I flashed the recovery but it still wouldn't boot to recovery. Is that because the stock tar I flashed is still fouling things up?
Should I land erase again so the stock tar is gone, then try flashing the recovery Image? I don't quite understand why taking parts of the stock tar and flashing them separately is any different than flashing the tar file itself.
Got some reason, adb always says device not recognised, even though Odin has no trouble, so it's probably not a driver issue, but the way I'm starting or running adb.exe

Since you already did the nand erase all in Odin and haven't booted successfully, I don't think you could do any further harm by going it again.
I honestly don't know the usefulness of the feature or instructions when using it, just that from some searching, that stock recovery helps to recover from using it.
Sounds like your home switch is still dysfunctional and you want to try the nand erase all, flash only stock recovery and see if it auto reboots into recovery? You could try.
Did you use this adb installer or follow the OP to try to get phone recognized?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48915118&postcount=1
Edit: Still reading the thread above but it looks like win10 users have to run installer in administrative mode and also use the edited version below. Not sure if the OP corrected the issue but typo of version in OP still exists so I'd try this one and make sure the Samsung driver from Samsung support was also installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67779874&postcount=821
I'm still getting my new PC updated with tools but will try this adb installer soon.
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Fyi I'm on Windows 7 if it matters

Blakestr said:
Fyi I'm on Windows 7 if it matters
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Have you tried traditional adb through installation of Android SDK and setting path as outlined in this guide?
http://www.serverdrivers.com/2016/10/universal-adb-driver-download-for.html?m=1
And did you install the Samsung USB driver from Samsung support on Note 4?
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c...G_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.00.exe
I ask because I'm not sure why you get device not found. The installer thread I mentioned earlier claimed that only adb sideload works with the above adb method. I'm thinking it may be Google limiting access in later updates but just a guess.
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