Phone stuck AT&T logo after OTA - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Hello all, I tried to do the kitkat update yesterday but something went horribly wrong. I was rooted but used triangle away and then unrooted with super su/user. It looked like everything downloaded correctly and restarted, then it installed the update and restarted again. After the next restart it became stuck at the at&t logo screen. My battery was at full charge so I left it and waited until it died. I took it by at&t and they said its not their fault buy a new phone. I saw that someone was able to revert back to 4.3, can someone give me detailed instructions to do this please?!? Thanks for any help

ajcrunk said:
Hello all, I tried to do the kitkat update yesterday but something went horribly wrong. I was rooted but used triangle away and then unrooted with super su/user. It looked like everything downloaded correctly and restarted, then it installed the update and restarted again. After the next restart it became stuck at the at&t logo screen. My battery was at full charge so I left it and waited until it died. I took it by at&t and they said its not their fault buy a new phone. I saw that someone was able to revert back to 4.3, can someone give me detailed instructions to do this please?!? Thanks for any help
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Are you able to get in recovery mode? If so, you might need to factory reset.
Otherwise, here if you were on 4.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Or if you were on 4.4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917

BWolf56 said:
Are you able to get in recovery mode? If so, you might need to factory reset.
Otherwise, here if you were on 4.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Or if you were on 4.4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
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Yes I can get into recovery mode but then what?

ajcrunk said:
Yes I can get into recovery mode but then what?
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Factory reset? Like I mentioned in my previous post.

BWolf56 said:
Are you able to get in recovery mode? If so, you might need to factory reset.
Otherwise, here if you were on 4.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Or if you were on 4.4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
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and I have done factory reset several times

ajcrunk said:
and I have done factory reset several times
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That's something you gotta mention so I don't suggest it.
Look at the 2 threads I linked and choose according to the bootloaders you have. Note that you can't downgrade bootloaders after the 4.3 update!
That being said, you could just flash a custom ROM in recovery (unless you really want stock ROM).

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[Q] Help - cannot boot up the phone

I rooted my phone with GALAXY NOTE 2 Toolkit. It was working fine for few months. Recently I noticed a problem when I tried to reboot it, but I pulled the battery out and after reinserting all went OK. then Next day or two another time when I tried to reboot, I got to the point where I cannot boo the phone anymore. I get to the initial T-MOBILE screen and that's where it gets stuck.
I tried to upload a recent ROM through Odin. It worked fine, no errors, no problems, but when I try to boo the same thing happens.
I also tried to get to the other menu ( Power+Home+VolumeUp). It shows the menu with some options but I'm not sure how can I use those. I treid few things but it does not work.
I need to use the phone for work every day so I am completely stuck and this is critical for me.
I would appreciate any help.
Arthur
SAME HERE!!!
aklisiewicz said:
i rooted my phone with galaxy note 2 toolkit. It was working fine for few months. Recently i noticed a problem when i tried to reboot it, but i pulled the battery out and after reinserting all went ok. Then next day or two another time when i tried to reboot, i got to the point where i cannot boo the phone anymore. I get to the initial t-mobile screen and that's where it gets stuck.
I tried to upload a recent rom through odin. It worked fine, no errors, no problems, but when i try to boo the same thing happens.
I also tried to get to the other menu ( power+home+volumeup). It shows the menu with some options but i'm not sure how can i use those. I treid few things but it does not work.
I need to use the phone for work every day so i am completely stuck and this is critical for me.
I would appreciate any help.
Arthur
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i have same issue..
I just odin 4.3 file and everything went to okay.. But stuck on samsung galaxy note2..
I did several number and number og count became 7 and knox warranty void 1...
Could go to down or recovery mode and installing roms but stuck...
Also how can i reset the count? Can i install stock image to go back?
Thank you in advance..
go to recovery mode if you can
kim621973 said:
i have same issue..
I just odin 4.3 file and everything went to okay.. But stuck on samsung galaxy note2..
I did several number and number og count became 7 and knox warranty void 1...
Could go to down or recovery mode and installing roms but stuck...
Also how can i reset the count? Can i install stock image to go back?
Thank you in advance..
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i just figure it out that go back to recovery mode and do factory reset couple time and boot it!!
back up to normal mine...
do odin 4.3 stock image
go back to recovery mode.
wipe cache/factory reset x3
boot it...
one more thing that you can't downgrade to 4.1.2 or..etc.. if odin 4.3 update it..
i think that someone mentioned..be careful..
we need kill the KNOX ON 4.3 UPDATE FILE...
ALL THE TROUBLE COMING FROM THE KNOX...
THANK YOU.
I HOPE THAT IT HELP!!!!.
kim621973 said:
i just figure it out that go back to recovery mode and do factory reset couple time and boot it!!
back up to normal mine...
do odin 4.3 stock image
go back to recovery mode.
wipe cache/factory reset x3
boot it...
one more thing that you can't downgrade to 4.1.2 or..etc.. if odin 4.3 update it..
i think that someone mentioned..be careful..
we need kill the KNOX ON 4.3 UPDATE FILE...
ALL THE TROUBLE COMING FROM THE KNOX...
THANK YOU.
I HOPE THAT IT HELP!!!!.
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While Knox is a problem, the bootloader is the booger that won't allow return to 4.1.2. Sammy hosed us on that little bit of trickery.
If my wife didn't have a GS3 that I maintain I might have OTA'd. I have been watching their "upgrade" process for a while and knew that there was trouble in the OTA.
It will be painful for a while as people migrate in with problems that have been covered several times. We'll get through it.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

OTA 4.3 bricked my device

O.K So I am new to Android just switched from the apple side of things.... DUN DUN DUN so, this is watsup, I downloaded doin rooted and downgraded firmware to 4.1.1 to unlock phone, well after unlocking phone the 4.3 ota popped up, I was half asleep inadvertanely upgraded now my phone is soft bricked I believe, I can get into download but not recovery, I have spent 3 days trying to figure this out, I have downgraded my firmware and it says pass on odin but then i get stuck in bootloop i'm guessing where it wont go past the "Samsung note 2" screen. please help me! its a very expensive paperweight and now i'm stuck with no phone, please help I have no idea what to do , all I want is a working phone I will get it factory UNLOCKED LOL!, I dont care, I just need help!
JONKEEFE said:
O.K So I am new to Android just switched from the apple side of things.... DUN DUN DUN so, this is watsup, I downloaded doin rooted and downgraded firmware to 4.1.1 to unlock phone, well after unlocking phone the 4.3 ota popped up, I was half asleep inadvertanely upgraded now my phone is soft bricked I believe, I can get into download but not recovery, I have spent 3 days trying to figure this out, I have downgraded my firmware and it says pass on odin but then i get stuck in bootloop i'm guessing where it wont go past the "Samsung note 2" screen. please help me! its a very expensive paperweight and now i'm stuck with no phone, please help I have no idea what to do , all I want is a working phone I will get it factory UNLOCKED LOL!, I dont care, I just need help!
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I have never had your issue before but I am hoping I'm leading you in the right direction I would Google how to reset back to stock there's a lot of vids on it on YouTube but here's what I think would fix your problem
Sounds like you need to download a factory image go into download mode plug it into Odin and use the factory image to reset it back to normal, word of advise, just root it and learn about ROMs 4.3 is over rated in my opinion 4.4.2 is the newest we have on the aosp side and it is awesome, I highly recommend beanstalk 4.4.2
Also I found this in another post not sure if it applies to you but I'm sure someone else can confirm or deny
"If you update to 4.3...you WILL have a locked bootloader...and currently no good way to root..
Additionally....your KNOX flag will trip and your warranty is toast...if you attempt to root...( as of today, and until the devs can fix Sammy's latest patch)...
Beyond that...you can never go back to 4.1.2 again...
Stay on a 4.1.2 bootloader without KNOX and then you can flash every rom we have along with a full return to stock if you want...
An update to 4.3 will stop any means of going back."
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No I have done a ton of research and can't figure it out, I feel like i've tried everything. I keep trying to go to stock rom, used Keis, used Odin, Used Heindal, flashed stock recovery roms, flashed stock combo roms, have like 12 counts of custom binary downloads and KNOC WARRANTY VOID : 1 and in download mode in red at the top it says in Odin Mode and then Red in the bottom after it says (in Gray) KNox warranty void: 1 and
AP SWREV A2 it then says in red again unsupported version under those....
Roms? You need a stock image for it to work totally different
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581321
HOW-TO Downgrade from 4.3 OFFICIAL MK6 to LJ2 4.1.1
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Do not try this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jspex said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581321
HOW-TO Downgrade from 4.3 OFFICIAL MK6 to LJ2 4.1.1
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Do NOT try this!!!!
I did, and i bricked my phone!!!!!! You gonna end up with expensive brick. I am noit able to do anything with my phone except for gettinh into download mode, where it says "knox warranty void:1".
Any idea what to do???
fuzio1963 said:
Do NOT try this!!!!
I did, and i bricked my phone!!!!!! You gonna end up with expensive brick. I am noit able to do anything with my phone except for gettinh into download mode, where it says "knox warranty void:1".
Any idea what to do???
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You did the battery pull part as well? I think the trick is to have your fingers on the buttons first then slide the battery back in to force the recovery but until I try it myself I don't know for sure.
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Jspex said:
You did the battery pull part as well? I think the trick is to have your fingers on the buttons first then slide the battery back in to force the recovery but until I try it myself I don't know for sure.
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Did that right.
I have the same issue..... Had 4.3 ota.... Flashed cwm thru odin. Restarted the phone, it will not boot past the "samsung galaxy note 2" screen. Flashed stock rom thru odin, still stuck at the samsung note 2 screen. I can get into download mode with no issues whatsoever. I cannot get into recovery mode, whether stock or cwm. Nothing. Can I flash another 4.3 or 4.4 rom thru odin? I just need my phone working again..... thanks gentlemen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2581321
HOW-TO Downgrade from 4.3 OFFICIAL MK6 to LJ2 4.1.1
Do this it works. If it does get stuck on the second Samsung logo pull the battery,
Boot into Stock recovery, and do a factory reset.
It will boot the 4.1.1 stock ROM but it will have the MK6 bootloader. You can flash TWRP or CWM thru ODIN and flash other ROMs. 4.3 ROMs is all I have tried.
I've just spent hours doing this. It's almost impossible to brick this phone. If you do brick it you have done something really really fricking stupid.
I've done a lot of stupid ****, and I have always brought it back to life.
dicksteele said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2581321
HOW-TO Downgrade from 4.3 OFFICIAL MK6 to LJ2 4.1.1
Do this it works. If it does get stuck on the second Samsung logo pull the battery,
Boot into Stock recovery, and do a factory reset.
It will boot the 4.1.1 stock ROM but it will have the MK6 bootloader. You can flash TWRP or CWM thru ODIN and flash other ROMs. 4.3 ROMs is all I have tried.
I've just spent hours doing this. It's almost impossible to brick this phone. If you do brick it you have done something really really fricking stupid.
I've done a lot of stupid ****, and I have always brought it back to life.
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Yup! Fricking stupid------like upgrading from 4.3 to 4.4.1, then in recovery factory reset, and in ODIN trying to get back to 4.1.1 How stupid is that??? If YOU have done this, would you be able to reboot into recovery????? Try it.........
You probably did something wrong. Im the OP of the How to downgrade 4.3 MK6 to LJ2 and Ive done it many time over.
This is the problem i cant get into recovery mode only download, I flashed the firmware from sammobile and did all the steps but it literally wont let me into recovery to wipe the data, I'm stuck on the first samsung Galaxy Note II screen
Have you guys tried to flash cwm or twrp after flashing 4.1.1? Since all you can get into is dl mode try flashing a custom recovery them attempt the battery pull/recovery step.
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Jspex said:
Have you guys tried to flash cwm or twrp after flashing 4.1.1? Since all you can get into is dl mode try flashing a custom recovery them attempt the battery pull/recovery step.
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Agree. Get into DL mode flash TWRP from here.
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lteatt
It should boot right into recovery.
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fuzio1963 said:
Yup! Fricking stupid------like upgrading from 4.3 to 4.4.1, then in recovery factory reset, and in ODIN trying to get back to 4.1.1 How stupid is that??? If YOU have done this, would you be able to reboot into recovery????? Try it.........
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I personally have done it five times in the last two days. Plus ODIN'd MA4.
Actually I've done it the correct way. I have no idea what you are referring to in your post.
From a non-bootable 4.3 OTA, because I installed a mod from the theme/apps section, I flashed the LJ2 in ODIN. It did not boot. I reread the OP and saw that if it didn't boot, do a factory reset.
I flashed it again in ODIN, probably did not need to, it hung.
I pulled battery, did the power/home/up and got to stock recovery. Factory reset it boots.
Testing different scenarios I got boot loops, reflashed LJ2 and did same procedure.
I found out later from Zen all I had to do was flash a recovery and it would fix the error saying I have an error in my firmware, I need to recover using Kies. There was no need for that.
I understand you all can't get to recovery try flashing a custom recovery from ODIN like suggested above.
dicksteele said:
Agree. Get into DL mode flash TWRP from here.
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lteatt
It should boot right into recovery.
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I personally have done it five times in the last two days. Plus ODIN'd MA4.
Actually I've done it the correct way. I have no idea what you are referring to in your post.
From a non-bootable 4.3 OTA, because I installed a mod from the theme/apps section, I flashed the LJ2 in ODIN. It did not boot. I reread the OP and saw that if it didn't boot, do a factory reset.
I flashed it again in ODIN, probably did not need to, it hung.
I pulled battery, did the power/home/up and got to stock recovery. Factory reset it boots.
Testing different scenarios I got boot loops, reflashed LJ2 and did same procedure.
I found out later from Zen all I had to do was flash a recovery and it would fix the error saying I have an error in my firmware, I need to recover using Kies. There was no need for that.
I understand you all can't get to recovery try flashing a custom recovery from ODIN like suggested above.
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I was trying to say: even I have done this step-by-step, after battery pull out, I still canNOT boot into recovery! Even i flashed recovery into my phone via odin, after flashing 4.1.1 It just shows Galaxy Note II screen.......what is it, you are NOT getting??
fuzio1963 said:
I was trying to say: even I have done this step-by-step, after battery pull out, I still canNOT boot into recovery! Even i flashed recovery into my phone via odin, after flashing 4.1.1 It just shows Galaxy Note II screen.......what is it, you are NOT getting??
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I can honestly say that I will be done trying to help you with this. What YOU are not getting is we are trying to help YOU fix YOUR mistake.
I understand it is frustrating when you hit a snag that leaves your phone in soft brick form but as EVERY OP states you are doing these things AT YOUR OWN RISK. Getting angry and impatient with those that are trying to help will get you nowhere fast.
Good luck fixing your phone and I really hope you get this figured out.
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fuzio1963 said:
I was trying to say: even I have done this step-by-step, after battery pull out, I still canNOT boot into recovery! Even i flashed recovery into my phone via odin, after flashing 4.1.1 It just shows Galaxy Note II screen.......what is it, you are NOT getting??
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I'm getting from every post I have read that you've done in multiple threads, you don't desire any help.
That's what I get.
EDIT : Damn Jspex beat me to it.
EDIT 2: OP, I'll PM you and give you my contact info and see if we can get you going.
As to not let one person ruin the OPs chances of fixing things here is a good way to get into recovery that does take a little know how. Its always good to know the basics of adb anyway when modding android devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853159
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Jspex said:
Last resort:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853159
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If your device is not being recognized try a different USB port.
Or from the command prompt;
type "adb kill-server"
then type "adb devices", adb will restart on port 5307.
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Stuck on samsung logo after flashing Philz recovery

hello guys i need some help...i have the Omega V25 Rom on my N7100 but after flshing Philz 19.3 recovery my phone gets stuck at samsung logo! how to fix it?
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darredevvil said:
hello guys i need some help...i have the Omega V25 Rom on my N7100 but after flshing Philz 19.3 recovery my phone gets stuck at samsung logo! how to fix it?
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I have the same problem but for a different reason. Self inflicted unfortunately but in the interest of not hijacking your thread I'll simply say I'm anxiously awaiting the answer as well.
A quick explanation of how I got here... Did the "back to stock" steps and worked great. Did triangle away with no issues. Then I did the OTA update and I suspect that my issue is the result of not unrooting first? Cause it DL'ed update fine, appeared to install it fine then upon reboot it got stuck on Samsung Screen like OP is now stuck on. I have tried to repeat "back to stock" without success, tried to install rooted recovery without success. Everything I do shows "Passed" in Odin and appears to install but still stuck on Samsung screen. Let it sit for an hour and still doesn't load.
I'm assuming (hoping) at this point it's a similar solution?
Solved
Not sure if this will help you or not but it just worked for me I used Odin to flash 4.3param_tz.tar and it worked for me. I have NO IDEA no idea if this will solve your problem or if it will further compound it so I would confirm before trying it.
I'm one of those just info to be dangerous guys Lol!
A}{E said:
I have the same problem but for a different reason. Self inflicted unfortunately but in the interest of not hijacking your thread I'll simply say I'm anxiously awaiting the answer as well.
A quick explanation of how I got here... Did the "back to stock" steps and worked great. Did triangle away with no issues. Then I did the OTA update and I suspect that my issue is the result of not unrooting first? Cause it DL'ed update fine, appeared to install it fine then upon reboot it got stuck on Samsung Screen like OP is now stuck on. I have tried to repeat "back to stock" without success, tried to install rooted recovery without success. Everything I do shows "Passed" in Odin and appears to install but still stuck on Samsung screen. Let it sit for an hour and still doesn't load.
I'm assuming (hoping) at this point it's a similar solution?
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Which back to stock guide ??/ Have you all tried factory reset??
dicksteele said:
Which back to stock guide ??/ Have you all tried factory reset??
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mine is solved. the back to stock may have had nothing to do with it as the problem occurred AFTER I successfully went back to stock and updated with the OTA update before uprooting and setting stock recovery back. I'm assuming my problem was caused by the Knox security stuff.
Anyways, I'm back on OMNI ROM again. I just occasionally like to start all over and I overlooked a big part of it. (Tired Mistake on my part)
darredevvil said:
hello guys i need some help...i have the Omega V25 Rom on my N7100 but after flshing Philz 19.3 recovery my phone gets stuck at samsung logo! how to fix it?
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Can you at least boot back into recovery? If so, I would try clearing the cache and Dalvik cache to see if that might fix the problem.
If not, I would first try flashing Philz again to see if that fixes the problem. I would use Odin for that since Phil's instructions for installation indicate that for Samsung devices Odin should be used.
Instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39433857#post39433857
Hope this helps,
Chris
gorfchris said:
Can you at least boot back into recovery? If so, I would try clearing the cache and Dalvik cache to see if that might fix the problem.
If not, I would first try flashing Philz again to see if that fixes the problem. I would use Odin for that since Phil's instructions for installation indicate that for Samsung devices Odin should be used.
Instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39433857#post39433857
Hope this helps,
Chris
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thanks! this actually solved it!

[Q] Stuck in boot loop, trying to return to stock, I think I need to use PIT file

Hi all. I'm in a real pickle here and hoping someone can tell me how to get out of this mess. It's a bit of a long story, but I'll summarise as best I can.
I've had my Galaxy Note 2 LTE (N7105) for a year and I rooted it pretty much the day after I got it. I'm not new to rooting at all (fourth Android device since 2010, all rooted), but I still feel like a noob at times. Over this 2014 Easter period I had time off so I decided to change ROMs.
I was previously using CM 11, which I had been using pretty much since I rooted. And I had updated CM at least once a month, sometimes more frequently. So I was looking for some new ROMs, downloaded about 5 and tried them out. The last two I tried was OmniROM (a 4.4.2 ROM) and CM 11 Remix (also a 4.4.2 ROM). I was using TWRP 2.7.0.2 to do the wipes, caches, flashes, etc. I had no issues flashing OmniROM, but when I flashed CM 11 Remix, I couldn't get in the first time. I was stuck in a boot loop. I pulled the battery, got back into recovery and tried flashing again. Still boot looping. I think the mistake I made was a Data Format. Either way, I finally got CM 11 Remix to load by first wiping, flashing the ROM, GApps, a sensor fix, a camera fix, Devil Kernel and then Super SU. However once in the ROM I was getting constant Google Play Store / Services FCs. Oh, and yes, I went through the typical brand new Android setups, entering my Google account and so on... I found that if I cleared data / caches on both Google Play Store app and Google Play Services app, it gave me temporary joy but as soon as I tried to download any app in Google Play I'd get the FC. Also, my signal was totally gone. I tried flashing back to OmniROM as it was my last known good and working ROM, but now that was boot looping. I even tried some of the other ROMs from that bunch I had, including AOKP. All would boot loop.
So after much trying different GApp packages, I decided to best thing to do would be restore it to stock, root again, then go for the custom ROM (hopefully CM 11 Remix) from a nice clean slate. So I did this. I downloaded the Android 4.3 stock ROM from SamMobile here. Installed Odin 3.07, then loaded it up and flashed the stock ROM. All seemed to go great, but when the ROM was done and phone rebooted, I get stuck in another boot loop! This time at the white "Samsung" logo with the glowing blue edges. Not the model number screen. Also my LED light is on blue, if that means anything.
So I found this thread (post at top of page) which suggests I need to flash the PIT file during the stock ROM installation with Odin. So I found the PIT file here, and I'm ready to flash this along with the stock ROM... HOWEVER, I read something somewhere (can't find it now) that implied if I'm on Android 4.3, flashing a PIT is a bad move. Can anyone comment on that? I guessing since the stock ROM is 4.3, I'm technically on 4.3 (even though I can't get into it).
Or if anything else I'm doing immediately stands out as a seriously stupid move, please let me know. I've been without normal use of my phone for a couple days now and ironically I'm at the point where I'm considering going without a phone for the rest of my life... LOL! AS IF I COULD!
Anyways, any help will be much appreciated!
EDIT: I just realised I should have posted in Troubleshooting, not General Questions... If mods want to move this, please do.
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
edan1979 said:
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
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I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
invertedskull said:
I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
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I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
Banutu said:
I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
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Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
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Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
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ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
Banutu said:
ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
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All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
invertedskull said:
All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
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I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
invertedskull said:
I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
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Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
Banutu said:
Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
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Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
invertedskull said:
Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
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What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
Banutu said:
What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
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Hmmm, I haven't seen that one... Feel free to PM me a link.
Help Me!
Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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If you have access to anything, and don't get JUST the boot loop, then you DO NOT have the same case I was in. You are probably able to recover from this. Try posting on the Tf Forums. The guys over there are "specialists" in Asus Tf tablets, and as you'll see on this thread (http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...-boot-loop-after-doing-routine-cm-update.html), they gave me a lot of help. Not that I was able to recover, but they were awesome dudes.
mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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mroldman281, You didn't post again, so I don't know, If You found solution, but since I had same simptoms, and after four days of reinstalling different stock roms, wiping and even messing with PIT via Odin etc..I can say, that in my case the reason for boot loop was faulty battery. The phone worked when it was plugged in and restarted soon after i unplugged USB cable, and just lopped afterwards. Replacement battery put everything back in order. And I am one happy Camper!
Hope this info helps someone else with boot loop problem
same problem stuck in bootloop
hey guys i have the same problem bootloop all the time i tryied stock firmware but nothing happend avec i rooted my note 2 and intalled a costom recovery and a many roms but stuck in bootloop i didn't chage baterry , by the way i wiped cache and reset factory and clear dalvick cache but the same always bootloop
what u suggest i do
ps : i can acces to bootloader or download mode it charge normally
woow get back my note 2 lte alone
hey guys i get back my note 2 i don't know how but it was a succes :victory:
first : i tried so many afficial firmware 4.4.2 and costom roms but didn't change the problem of bootloop
then i remembred what version i was in it was 4.1.1 so i download it from sammobiles thenks to them flash it and boooom the note 2 lte start like a charm
i want to thanks everyone for their help even if they didn't help directly but this past 3 days i read almost all the threads about note 2
well i thinks one of the selutions here is to revert back the the original stock firmware like i did so maybe will fix the bootloop

[Q] Back to stock from Lollipop

Hi everyone
Long time xda follower, newly registered, since I needed to ask a Q.
I rooted and switched to Lollipop on my ATT S3 (i747) a few months ago, Lately, I've started noticing battery issues as well as network issues with this ROM. I figure it is time for me to go back to stock.
However, if I remember correctly, when I tried previously the phone refused to downgrade back to stock. Kies was helpless because the trip counter had been reset (or something similar).
Please, is there a good how-to on downgrading this phone from Lollipop back to stock? If yes, would someone please point me to it?
Much thanks in advance.
lsiravi
Hmm.. I am going to give this a try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847
lsiravi said:
Hi everyone
Long time xda follower, newly registered, since I needed to ask a Q.
I rooted and switched to Lollipop on my ATT S3 (i747) a few months ago, Lately, I've started noticing battery issues as well as network issues with this ROM. I figure it is time for me to go back to stock.
However, if I remember correctly, when I tried previously the phone refused to downgrade back to stock. Kies was helpless because the trip counter had been reset (or something similar).
Please, is there a good how-to on downgrading this phone from Lollipop back to stock? If yes, would someone please point me to it?
Much thanks in advance.
lsiravi
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lsiravi said:
Hmm.. I am going to give this a try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847
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Nope! No go!!
Triangle away reset the counter.
The stock recovery works well. I was able to boot to recovery and wipe the data and all that.
Odin says "SW Revcheck Fail" when trying to download the stock rom.
I rebooted into Lollipop, downloaded Triangle away again and reset the counter. Still Odin fails with the same message.
I tried flashing ROM first then the recovery as it was suggested in that link. Nope. Again "SW Revcheck fail". For the record, my SWREV appears to be 3. It is supposed to be 0. Triangle Away does NOT reset this. It did reset another counter (as reported by Triangle away itself - was 5, got reset to 0).
I remember *this* was the problem previously as well, hence the original Q:
How *do* you get back to stock from Lollipop on the Galaxy S3/ATT?
Meanwhile, although Keis failed to recognize the device, I tried to run a firmware recovery manually. It took a long time and in the end failed. It also messed up the recovery, so I had to flash CW again to make it bootable. I'm still back up with Lollipop at this point, but I don't want Lollipop.
Anyone anything else I can do? Any other guide out there to downgrade?
Thanks again
L
The thread you linked is for the international version of the s3.
Before flashing anything else, you need to confirm the bootloader on your phone to ensure that you don't flash anything that attempts to change the bootloader if your bootloader is mjb or newer.
audit13 said:
The thread you linked is for the international version of the s3.
Before flashing anything else, you need to confirm the bootloader on your phone to ensure that you don't flash anything that attempts to change the bootloader if your bootloader is mjb or newer.
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Right. I finally figured it out.
First the 4.1.1 FWs weren't flashing (in other words SW REV CHK FAIL) was basically indicating that my Bootloader was far ahead of the 4.1.1. I dropped 4.1 after I figured that part out.
Next, I tried to flash a 4.4 (UCUFNE-rooted-odex is available as a zip-flash) through CWR, which didn't work (no boot, stuck at splash).
Next I got hold of a 4.3 (UCUEMJB-2024954-REV04-user-low-ship), which successfully flashed through Odin (repartition checked), but there was no sound, IMEI indicated null. Service Mode yielded a blank screen.
I flashed TWRP through Odin (was working on CWR since the beginning) and then flashed the UCUFNE-rooted-odex above on top of 4.3 through TWRP, which was successful, still no sound/IMEI/service mode.
Finally I got hold of the UCUFNE-Modembaseband zip (a small one - 20MB) and flashed that through TWRP. Both sound and IMEI came back.
I'm at 4.4.2 now, but an OTA update from ATT failed (probably because it went through TWRP)
Now I'm back to stock, albeit rooted ROM (because of the Rooted-Odex 4.4 flash), but I am a happy camper.
Thanks to XDA for various bits of info here and there. But essentially *this* is how you go back to stock from Lollipop.
L

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