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[HOWTO] ROOT, Install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery & get into Download Mode for newbie

[HOWTO] ROOT, Install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery & get into Download Mode for newbie
this is so easy, you wont believe it...
ROOTing the phone the easy way!
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Installing ClockworkMod Recovery
Prerequisites:
get CWRecovery.tar from here
get Odin 1.85 from here
launch Odin from your PC
flash recovery.tar as PDA in Odin
when completed Odin will reboot your phone
turn the phone off again
remove the USB cable
use left hand thumb to hold on down vol+ & vol- and hit the power button
you've got ClockworkMod Recovery working!
Prerequisites:
T989 must be rooted already
Download ClockworkMod ROM Manager https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager
Download Touch Recovery for Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2 from ClockworkMod ROM Manager
recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.3-hercules.zip
md5 checksum = 7b7d034bccefd9d0f08e7f282619c183
run ROM Manager from the Apps Drawer
grant super user permission to ROM Manager
select Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
you'll be prompted to select the phone model, choose Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2
it take a few seconds or minutes to download and install Recovery to your phone
you might get prompted to grant super user permission to ROM Manager again
click OK on the successful message
(optional) Upgrade to Touch Recovery
reboot into Recovery
select mounts and storage
select mount USB storage
then drag and drop the file recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.3-hercules.zip from your PC to your phone
when the file is done copying, back on the phone side select Unmount from the Recovery menu
select Go Back
select install zip from sdcard
select choose zip from sdcard
select recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.3-hercules.zip
select yes to install recovery touch
done!, enjoy the new touch recovery
Download Mode
You wont be needing unless you want to return the phone completely back to stock, or if you screw-up so badly that CWR no longer works for you this is a good safety net to go back to stock.
Prerequisites:
Get and Install the USB drivers directly from Samsung website http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-T989ZKBTMB
click on "Software" tab
select the one listed as "Device(Install),Tethering (Software)"
turn off the phone
wait for the green battery to show up
use left hand thumb to hold on down vol+ & vol-
NOTE: Telus SGH-T989D only requires vol-
plug in USB cable
wait until it shows the Warning!! screen
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
then hit vol up to confirm, then it'll let you continue into the Download Mode
NOTE: you can exit the Download mode screen by holding power button for 10 sec
To Odin the phone back to stock
Download Odin (if you don't already have a copy already)
Download a stock ROM matching your phone model listed in the INDEX page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324517
boot into Download Mode as shown above
then flash the stock ROM using Odin

or just hold vol up n vol down and plug usb cable, thats much easier than your method and faster

joselarajan87 said:
or just hold vol up n vol down and plug usb cable, thats much easier than your method and faster
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confirmed, it's easier to get download mode

For us Telus guys its VOL DOWN and USB cable inserted.

firebane said:
For us Telus guys its VOL DOWN and USB cable inserted.
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thanks for the reminder

is the rom above the good one for telus users im from montreal
the rom is the one for t-mobile thats why i am asking
and to boot in download mode from phone turned off
I press the vol down + power + usb ????
i dont get the wait for the green battery
thanks guys

how can i get to recovery mode without the USB cable? thanks

use left hand thumb to hold on down vol+ & vol- and hit the power button

hey allGamer, do you have a copy of the original Telus backup that you can upload somewhere. I did not back mine up i totally forgot i was too excited

it's already listed in the DEV section, you can't miss it
it's one of the top 10~15 topics

if you are talking about this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312736 thats the T-mobile version. I cant find the Telus version

So from a powered off state, we hold vol - and then plug in the USB cable and it will boot up? :O
I'm confused with all of the T-Mobile root discussions and Telus root discussions.. How do you root the phone? Do you root through Odin, or do you just use Odin to flash the recovery (same for Telus and T-Mobile?) and then use the recovery to flash SU?

skadude66 said:
So from a powered off state, we hold vol - and then plug in the USB cable and it will boot up? :O
I'm confused with all of the T-Mobile root discussions and Telus root discussions.. How do you root the phone? Do you root through Odin, or do you just use Odin to flash the recovery (same for Telus and T-Mobile?) and then use the recovery to flash SU?
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Yes. The Telus version is slightly different than the T-Mobile version in the sense that in order to get into download mode VOL DOWN is to be held only when inserting the USB cable otherwise you get a battery screen or windows complaining USB Device Not Recognized.

they explaine the process in this discussion the rom again is t-mobile
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312736

firebane said:
Yes. The Telus version is slightly different than the T-Mobile version in the sense that in order to get into download mode VOL DOWN is to be held only when inserting the USB cable otherwise you get a battery screen or windows complaining USB Device Not Recognized.
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Probably going to try this tonight. Do you know if the T-Mobile drivers that |Melvin| posted in the How-To Root T-Mobile GS2 are the same as the Telus ones? Or do I even need them? Because I know when I first plugged in my phone into Kies, it installed drivers.

skadude66 said:
Probably going to try this tonight. Do you know if the T-Mobile drivers that |Melvin| posted in the How-To Root T-Mobile GS2 are the same as the Telus ones? Or do I even need them? Because I know when I first plugged in my phone into Kies, it installed drivers.
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I "think" the ones Melvin provides are the same ones you get with Kies. When you install Kies there is a directory it creates which has the USB drivers .exe file in it. If you have installed Kies your drivers are installed.

firebane said:
I "think" the ones Melvin provides are the same ones you get with Kies. When you install Kies there is a directory it creates which has the USB drivers .exe file in it. If you have installed Kies your drivers are installed.
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Okay, thanks! I'm going to try this tonight and see how it goes

there is a topic linked in the index with the drivers download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307478

just rooted my phone
and how to get back 4g network with telus ????
thanks

Following the instructions to a "T", when I I install the ROM and get to the "Setting Permissions" part of the install, the screen goes dark and reboots.
1- The ODIN flashing of Recovery.tar was successful
2 - Formatted the SD Card before copying the ROM onto it
3 - I ran the Fix Permissions
4 - Flashed ROM
5 - Phone reboots at "Setting Permissions"
6 - I repeated the procedure again and I get setting permissions error at the same point
When I access through ADB I am unable to set write permissions to /system among others but I can read. When I run #mount I get RO's for the following:
rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=0,data=ordered 0 0 (& all directories under /system)
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000
Any ideas on what to do next?

How to unlock bootloader on Note 2

Hi there,
This may seem like a daft question but i have just rooted my Note 2 using Odin and i went ahead and installed CWM from the play store.
However, i don't seem to have the option of making a backup of my current ROM.
All it gives me is (in blue)
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
This worked on my HTC One X, am i doing something wrong? My Note 2 was purchased as SIM free from phones4u.
I'm on android version 4.1.2, baseband version N7100XXDLK7, BUILD NO. JZO54K.N7100XXDMB2., MODEL NO. GT-N7100.
Could my bootloader still be locked? Is this causing the issue?
Any help would be much appreciated!

Just flash CWM/TWRP recovery.
Here is one of it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103

Loading default android recovery even though TWRP successfully installed
Hi,
I am not sure if I should've started a separate thread for this, please move this if this has to be a separate thread but I've mentioned below why I am posting here.
My phone Galaxy note 2 International version GSM is rooted and I installed TWRP through Goomanager and I got a message stating that "Recovery was successfully installed". After this I shut down the phone and pressed Volume up + Home + Power to go into recovery mode and it still goes into the Android default recovery mode. I tried installing it again and still faced the same issue.
Since I was having a problem, I thought I will install TWRP through Odim 3.7. So, I connect PC to my phone and downloaded the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-n7100.img.tar.md5 and opened Odim in administrator mode and clicked on PDA >> Start. Within a second I got an error stating "odin downloader has stopped working". I went to task manager and shut down Samsung KIES and tried again but still got the same error.
Next, I tried using the Samsung Note 2 Toolkit. Before I installed TWRP through option 5 in the toolkit, I wanted to Rename Recovery Restore files (if present) as suggested by the toolkit. When I chose this option, I get an error stating adbd cannot run as root in production builds. When I googled this error, it went to a post which said that the bootloader needs to be unlocked.
But then the previous post says that I need TWRP for unlocking the bootloader and I'm doing all this to first of all install TWRP.
Apart from this, as additional Info, when I open ROM Manager - Under Recovery Setup - Current Recovery is Team Win Recovery Project. When I choose to reboot in Recovery mode from the application, it goes to the Android System Recovery. No matter what I do, TWRP recovery just does not seem to open up.
I'm pretty clueless now as to what other options I have or if I have messed up somewhere
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you

its already unlocked :good:
all u need costume recovery ( TWRP or CWM )
TWRP is far better IMO
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1938733

yahyoh said:
its already unlocked :good:
all u need costume recovery ( TWRP or CWM )
TWRP is far better IMO
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1938733
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Hi yahyoh -
The problem as I've described in my post is that I am unable to go into TWRP Recovery mode, I've installed the scripts using goomanager several times but when I shut down the phone and press volume up + Home + Power, it goes to Android Recovery mode and not the TWRP Recovery mode.

gr8one said:
Hi yahyoh -
The problem as I've described in my post is that I am unable to go into TWRP Recovery mode, I've installed the scripts using goomanager several times but when I shut down the phone and press volume up + Home + Power, it goes to Android Recovery mode and not the TWRP Recovery mode.
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ok forgot goomanager it never worked for me
just download the tar version open odin put it in PDA put ur note 2 in download mode and connect it to ur pc wait for the blue color to show on ID:COM and press start
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
( and make sure kies is fully closed )

Tried that
yahyoh said:
ok forgot goomanager it never worked for me
just download the tar version open odin put it in PDA put ur note 2 in download mode and connect it to ur pc wait for the blue color to show on ID:COM and press start
( and make sure kies is fully closed )
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Yahyoh,
Thank you for your response but if you see my original post, I have mentioned that I had already tried Odin 3.7 and put my phone in download mode and got the blue color showing ID: COM but when I pressed start, Odin gave an error stating odin downloader has stopped working and the only dialog box was to close. So, once I press START, I get a error message in a second and have to shut down. I did make sure that I have the correct tar version as I downloaded from TWRP's website directly for N7100. I did make sure that Kies was also closed.
After this I tried using Toolkit and that didn't help as well. Kinda going crazy why such a simple thing is getting to become a irritating problem, been sitting on this for the past 4 hours.

try to run odin as administrator

ran odin as administrator
yahyoh said:
try to run odin as administrator
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Yes. I did run odin as administrator all the time.

try on another PC ? try to download odin again ? try another cable ?

yahyoh said:
try on another PC ? try to download odin again ? try another cable ?
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I have tried downloading odin 4 or 5 times. The cable I have is brand new samsung cable. Right now, I dont have another pc but might have to go to a friends and try if that helps. I do have a mac but not sure if there is mac version of odin. I'm attaching a picture of what I see when I press volume up + home+power.

abhijitdroid said:
Hi,
1. Check that USB drivers are properly installed.
2. Your USB cable is proper and allows you to charge your phone as well as copy data from your PC.
3. Change USB port and try again. (This has worked in my case)
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Usb drivers are installed properly. PC reads the phone as soon as itd connected. Tried three different usb ports that is available in my laptop. The phone does get charged when it's connected and I'm able to transfer data. Only thing left to try is a different pc.

Since ur already rooted, y not flash via mobile odin app? Untar to internal storage and rename the twrp image to recovery.img (btw theres a newer v2.5.0.2) and let mobile odin look for it.
Or u can dump the image directly to ur recovery partition using terminal apps:
Code:
su;
dd if=/storage/sdcard0/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 bs=4096;
sleep 5;
reboot;

Nazar78 said:
Since ur already rooted, y not flash via mobile odin app? Untar to internal storage and rename the twrp image to recovery.img (btw theres a newer v2.5.0.2) and let mobile odin look for it.
Or u can dump the image directly to ur recovery partition using terminal apps:
Code:
su;
dd if=/storage/sdcard0/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 bs=4096;
sleep 5;
reboot;
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Hi Nazar78,
Mobile odin app is not free, it needs to be purchased. I already have the twrp image in the internal storage and was looking around if there was a free version of mobile odin app somewhere but couldn't find it.
I do not know how to use terminal apps and not familiar with the commands etc. So didn't wanna try that and mess it up. As a temporary solution I have installed CWM latest version using Rom manager but TWRP would be much better as it seems to be more user friendly.
If you could tell me how to enter this terminal apps page, I will probably follow the codes you have given and see if that helps.
Thanks

just install Android Terminal : https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImphY2twYWwuYW5kcm9pZHRlcm0iXQ..
then type via keyboard what @Nazar78 wrote in the terminal

Just download any free terminal emulator app from play store and enter those commands per line each.
Btw u mentioned previously about adbd can't run on prod builds, its because the adbd binary in ur rom is stock, u need a patched one. Look for app called adbd insecure by CF. Or any custom builds should do the trick...

To flash recovery, tou need not to have paid version of mobile odin
Wait updating this post with link
Edit : here is mobile odin lite
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
Download attached mobile odin lite from post 1
Then download flasher kernel from post 7
(download 5.0 versiin) and install
Then open mobile odin Select recovery tab, point to recovery file (tar/img) and flash
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Thank you
Thanks Nazar78, Yahoyoh and Ketan, It's about 1:30am now, so I'm gonna shut down now and try these tomorrow. WIll get back with updates. Appreciate.

Also if you have installed EMET, a Microsoft software to stop security exploits, disable it.
It's cause me issues in the past.

I've also seen reports of people not having odin running properly when the kies process runs in the background. This was always the case when flashing with the Galaxy s, and might be a rare occurance with the note 2 too.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2

[Q] please help a noob, problem note 2!

Hi everyone,
I'm writing you hopping for a clue and some good pointed advices.
My story:
note 2 N7100 rooted started to block. I manage to backup more than 3k sms and around 8 gb of data.
and it works just fine, but I still had a itchy to change the ROM.
I started to read, it was my first time flashing an android, in the past I used to flash with success many time my wm6.5 HTC.
Ok, i'm ready.
i founded some beautiful roms and I was excited to see them on my note.
what did I done?
first I've copy the new rom on sd card.
I follow all the steps for CWM.
the problem was that I followed all the steps till instal. I didn't seen On my sd card the rom that i've copied.
I was not 5 minutes cleaver to pull out the sd card, but I've stopped the phone.
Yes, everything was erased.
The only thing I could get was the starting logo with note 2 ( white letter on black background) nothing more.
I've tried with odin1.85, odin3. every time same result...fail.
I can go in Odin Mode and I can get this message :firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies& try again.
I've tried in Kies but no luck
As far as I can understand my phone is empty..
Question is what should I do?
Please don't tell me I can throw it away!!!
PLEASE HELP!
Please if you will respond on this thread make it like for a noob!
Thank you in advance

what Rom u was installing ?
i think u should use Odin 3.07
http://samsung-updates.com/Odin307.zip
find latest stock Rom for ur N2 ( N7100 or N7105 ) here : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
download it and unzip it then open odin and put it in PDA and wait a bit it will check MD5 then it will work then put ur note in download mode ( home + vol down + power ) and connect ur note2 ( odin should give u blue color on ID com )
and make sure Kies is totally closed then hit start and wait
like this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
if the device stuck at boot screen just go the recovery and do full wipe ( it will wipe ur internal memory too )
good luck :angel:

yahyoh said:
what Rom u was installing ?
i think u should use Odin 3.07
find latest stock Rom for ur N2 ( N7100 or N7105 ) here :
download it and unzip it then open odin and put it in PDA and wait a bit it will check MD5 then it will work then put ur note in download mode ( home + vol down + power ) and connect ur note2 ( odin should give u blue color on ID com )
and make sure Kies is totally closed then hit start and wait
like this
[IM/59541221/oG]
if the device stuck at boot screen just go the recovery and do full wipe ( it will wipe ur internal memory too )
good luck :angel:
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thank you for your feedback.
I've downloaded the latest version for N7100 from the site you mentioned.
the truth is I've used Odin 3.04 and have no luck.
I've followed every step you mentioned.
I'll try with Odin 3.07.
I can't go to recovery I don't have this option or I don't know how to access it.
When I press those 3 buttons the phone goes into download mode.
How can I access recovery?
Thank you Yahyoh

to go to recovery use home + vol up + power

yahyoh said:
to go to recovery use home + vol up + power
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I've done that and I get the death message ( i've read about this death message, I want to hope that is just an over reacting saying)
"firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies& try again"
in my opinion, if I'm allowed to have one, I think I deleted everything on my phone. even the bootloader and so on.
Is just empty
which are the steps to follow in order to have a working phone?
thanks Yahyoh for your attitude and patience.

Remove battery for 5min
Press Vol down +home+power
It should reboot to download mode
Instead of download mode still you getting msg 'encountered error...' consider that screen as download mode and flash rom with odin.
Version of odin doesn't matter.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Please help me to revive my GT-N7100

Hello,
I'm Hesham from Egypt I bought my GT-N7100 2 years ago. As usual I pluged it to the charger and got sleep. I waked up next day and find this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The mobile stuck on logo screen
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app

Hello,
I'm Hesham from Egypt I bought my GT-N7100 2 years ago. As usual I pluged it to the charger and got sleep. I waked up next day and find this
View attachment 3188775
The mobile stuck on logo screen. I tried to flash from recovery but this is the result when I push (volume up+home+power)
View attachment 3188777
By the way l have never setup or flash any rooms
View attachment 3188778
I tried all the possible ways to flash stock room or non stock room or even re-partition the E: with no luck
I don't know any information about the phone even if its model is Note II.
So I don't know if this is the international phone or not.
The back details are as shown below
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app

Mr Hesham
Your phone is an International model Note 2. The model number GT-N7100 tells you that.
Can you repost your attachments/screenshots please so we can can see what's going on
Shukran

Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app

the photos

grwalker said:
Mr Hesham
Your phone is an International model Note 2. The model number GT-N7100 tells you that.
Can you repost your attachments/screenshots please so we can can see what's going on
Shukran
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sorry I posted the pic separated as per forum's Privacy

Mr Hesham
Thanks for the pictures. What was the process you were going through when the error messages appeared on the screen?

I tried flashing the room such the attached picture.
And the failure messages is
Re-partition faild
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app

Hi
That seems like a strange way to flash a ROM. Have you looked at using ODIN? It's the best and most reliable way to flash a ROM.
Have a look at these links
http://www.jayceooi.com/how-to-install-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-note-2-with-odin-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyNmR_tsD90
Let me know how you go
Thanks

I have already used ODIN V 3.04 and the attched Picture shaws the files which I used. But unlikely each time I try to flash it told me " operation failed "and the failure message is " re-partition faild "
I wish I could explain the issue.
Another way to explanation:
1- I tried to flash from recovery with no luck.
2- I have been downloaded the files which appeared on the last PIC
3- I used Odin 3.04 to make a new flash.
4- go to the Download mode and connect my phone to my PC then clicked on Start button on odin after selecting the pit and PDA ....ext files.
5- it seems working well but after 2 minutes I got the failure message "re-partition failed"
Several tries one with check re-partition box another without. Trying flash with Pit file and remove the other files . Trying flash with PDA file and remove the other files. Each time I get the failure message "re-partition failed".
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Mr Hesham
it looks like you have the same problem as I did with my Note 2. Getting stuck with a re-partition error looks very much like it is a failure of the eMMC chip.
First, pull the battery for a couple of minutes.
Reinsert the battery and go to recovery mode (VOL UP, HOME, POWER) and perform a factory wipe/reset.
Then go to download mode (VOL DOWN< HOME< POWER) and connect to PC
Open Odin. Make sure phone is connected to Odin
Download the file http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/26440/N7100XXUENA1_N7100OJVENA1_EGY/
Flash the file. Select it via PDA. Do not extract the file.
DO NOT flash the PIT file and leave re-partiton unckecked.
Send a screenshot off the PC of what happens

when used odin controlled the box "re-partition" was not checked? because it is one of the most important steps to verify when a rom is installed, the option is NOT checked.

Did you try the step i suggested?

dear Grwalker,
attached the result of the first step of your suggestion.
I'm downloading the file you mentioned on the 3rd step and I'll send you the result once finishing the steps.

Dear Grwalker,
as the attached Pic ODIN can't find the file because it's extention is " ZIP " and the PDA Browser told that the file must be " tar, md5 or smd ".
also you asked me to don't EXTRACT the file.
what shall I do?!

look inside the zip file, if there are tar files just extract and open in odin.
odin needs tar files.
look at the bootom of the page with download link - quick instruction what to do with the zip file

grwalker said:
Mr Hesham
it looks like you have the same problem as I did with my Note 2. Getting stuck with a re-partition error looks very much like it is a failure of the eMMC chip.
First, pull the battery for a couple of minutes.
Reinsert the battery and go to recovery mode (VOL UP, HOME, POWER) and perform a factory wipe/reset.
Then go to download mode (VOL DOWN< HOME< POWER) and connect to PC
Open Odin. Make sure phone is connected to Odin
Download the file http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/26440/N7100XXUENA1_N7100OJVENA1_EGY/
Flash the file. Select it via PDA. Do not extract the file.
DO NOT flash the PIT file and leave re-partiton unckecked.
Send a screenshot off the PC of what happens
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"Flash the file. Select it via PDA. Do not extract the file"
Mr Grwalker said that
I read the instructions but may be there is another way or another steps I should do . Cauz I'm already tried to extract the Zip file and flash with th .tar file but the odin stuck on NAND WRITE START!
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Mr Hesham
Sorry i should have been more clear. Extract the zip you downloaded from Sammobile but don't extract what comes from the zip.
Select the extracted file in PDA
once ODIN says it is ready click start
Send a screenshot of what Odin does
Thanks

the first try with ODIN V 3.04
NAND Write Start!
<>Complete (Write) operation failed.

the second try with Odin V3.09
please help.

Partly bricked... SM-N975F

Hey guys.. Ive been a visitor in XDA forums for quite a while... And i been running root and custom FW with more or less every samsung from S2 and up...
But i just got my self a note10+ (atleast thats what ive been told) and i wanted to root it up and throw a custom FW on it to run in Samsung Dex...
So i succeded updating the FW. I unlocked the bootloader in dev. options. and unlocked it again in download mode by holding the vol. up. key!
But since then i had problems... every time i run a FW in Odin... Then if i dont get a error saying
SW REV. CHECK FAIL(BOOTLOADER) DEVICE: B BINARY 7
pit_flash_binary - Unsupported version
Then i succeds but when its going to erase everything after the reboot from download mode then it starts up and stops right after... And then i can only go recovery mode and download mode... How do i just write the correct firmware and have it start up like normal... just wanna undo it all... Do i need some kind of samsung support software in windows? and how do i know if it is a note10+ ... Even though download mode says SM-N975F... But still i get error when i flash a FW downloaded with Frija for that model...
Hope to get some help

oh btw... it connects as this when im in download mode:
"Checking Connected Devices: SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem #2 ( COM12 )"
is that normal?

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Hey there,
SW REV. CHECK FAIL(BOOTLOADER) DEVICE: 8 BINARY 7
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This, as far as I understand just means that the bootloader on your phone is on a newer version than the one in the firmware you're trying to flash. Usually flashing just stops there.
Then i succeds but when its going to erase everything after the reboot from download mode then it starts up and stops right after...
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You COULD try to simply boot into recovery and wipe the device once, the phone would usually do that on its own but sometimes fails. Mind describing what exactly happens?
how do i know if it is a note10+ ... Even though download mode says SM-N975F...
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For that, you either need the original packaging or just trust on what Odin-mode is telling you.
But still i get error when i flash a FW downloaded with Frija for that model...
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I kinda don't trust Frija. For me, Bifrost always worked like a charm. Use it to download the firmware for your SM-N975F and give it your correct region code.
For flashing, some people use Heimdall, I think Odin is pretty simple (as far as simplicity in modding goes).
By the way, if all fails, you could try installing LineageOS 19.1, throw in openGAPPS for Googles apps and Magisk/Lygisk for root (if needed).
Good luck and have fun!
Cheers!

I found out i got EXACKLY the same issue as the guy writing on this thread:
Need help with semi-bricked Note 10 Plus (SM-N975F) - Stuck on recovery/download mode
Didn't know where to post this exactly, to be honest. This will be a long post I was flashing AOSP roms in the phone. Tried to go back to One UI for the VoLTE thing In one of the AOSP roms I couldn't install it in Lineage Recovery (older version...
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Nic0_ said:
You COULD try to simply boot into recovery and wipe the device once, the phone would usually do that on its own but sometimes fails. Mind describing what exactly happens?
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Already tryed still nothing... But what happens after a 100% succes in Odin is:
Then it reboots and after a few secs it says "Erasing device" for like 0.5 sec... And then it only goes black screen... At black screen then i can only go download mode if i press both volume buttons at the same time for 1 sec. Or recovery mode if i press vol up and power. And thats only if i have a USB-C connected ofcourse.
And whats the issue is... when it stops erasing the device... Why does it stops after 0.5 secs? it normally goes like 2-5 secs ... But also ... After it stops and in black screen... If i continue into download mode and open up the bootloader then...
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I been around TWRP, Original recovery and Lineage recovery... But as the guy writes on the other thread. Then it shows 0 MB on the data partition, and i have to format it before it shows up again with 223 (or something)GB again...

Hey there,
Could you try switching file systems around? TWRP lets you format your partitions with stuff like ext4, f2fs and some other file systems. On several custom ROMs, the file system sometimes is the difference between a system working or bootlooping.
Good luck and have a nice day.
Cheers!

Already tryed exfat and f2fs and then back to ext4

I might have found a solution

I tried to update firmware N9750 android 11 to android 12 with (Ap file + odin patched). I don't flash bl ,cp,csc files . the phone screen shows a software error, need to open the smart switch software on the computer to recover. I open the smart switch on the computer and it does not recognize the phone. odin patched still recognizes the phone is connected. i reset odin and flashed 1 BL file. phone booted again with bootloader + AP file is android12. and modem and csc are android 11
1: Try flash combination firmware?
2 : Try download firmware stock new bootloader
Download odin patched
Try flash firmware files one by one
restart phone go download mode flash file BL ..done
restart phone go download mode flash file AP
restart phone go download mode flash file CP
restart phone go download mode flash file CSC
If ok flash full 5 file
sorry my english is not good

someone could help please?
S20 FE bootloop after security update
So I never posted here but I usually pass by some topics so sorry for any mistake in creating this discussion. Today I deleted some stuff from my S20 FE and downloaded via OTA the march security update in my device, then I was caught by surprise...
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