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[Q] Bricked?

Hi
After rooting, I managed to wipe dalvik cache and internal. I'm trying to install stock rom from TWRP, but it always says that its unable to open .zip file. When connecting to USB the MTP USB driver fails (I've tried all the attempts with in getting in into download mode, but with no luck). I've got TWRP 2.3.2.3. Any ideas or ROM's which I can boot with here is my device bricked?

PhoTonic said:
Hi
After rooting, I managed to wipe dalvik cache and internal. I'm trying to install stock rom from TWRP, but it always says that its unable to open .zip file. When connecting to USB the MTP USB driver fails (I've tried all the attempts with in getting in into download mode, but with no luck). I've got TWRP 2.3.2.3. Any ideas or ROM's which I can boot with here is my device bricked?
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Try to install another rom or check the drivers at your computer(By uninstalling them at device manager), connect it to another pc and see if that works. Aslong as your phone can boot into download there shouldn't be anything to be worried about. You could also try to download philz recovery. Either by flashing it, if you manage to get download mode working, or trying that zip to be installed in TWRP.
http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16053#files
I don't like TWRP at all as it has brought me bad expiriences. I'd rather choose Philz recovery, which is just the stock way of installing them zips .
Hope you can get further by these instructions, Good luck. If you got any questions; instead of finding them out yourself, just ask :laugh:

Armazia said:
Try to install another rom or check the drivers at your computer(By uninstalling them at device manager), connect it to another pc and see if that works. Aslong as your phone can boot into download there shouldn't be anything to be worried about. You could also try to download philz recovery. Either by flashing it, if you manage to get download mode working, or trying that zip to be installed in TWRP.
http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16053#files
I don't like TWRP at all as it has brought me bad expiriences. I'd rather choose Philz recovery, which is just the stock way of installing them zips .
Hope you can get further by these instructions, Good luck. If you got any questions; instead of finding them out yourself, just ask :laugh:
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Thanks for the reply! philz did get installed with TWRP and worked after next reboot. But I'm still getting the same message when I try "Install zip" and select the below roms. You know any rom which work for sure? It says Cant open <ROM-Filepath> (bad) on both. The zipfiles are openable through windows
N7100XXDMC3_N7100OXXDMC2_NEE (Stock N7100 for nordic countries)
GT-N7100_WanamLite.XXUEMI6.V4.0.NO-WIPE.zip

PhoTonic said:
Thanks for the reply! philz did get installed with TWRP and worked after next reboot. But I'm still getting the same message when I try "Install zip" and select the below roms. You know any rom which work for sure? It says Cant open <ROM-Filepath> (bad) on both. The zipfiles are openable through windows
N7100XXDMC3_N7100OXXDMC2_NEE (Stock N7100 for nordic countries)
GT-N7100_WanamLite.XXUEMI6.V4.0.NO-WIPE.zip
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Hmm, very strange. Are you installing from a sdcard? Maybe it is corrupted so it doesn't install. You could try placing the zip file into your internal storage and then try to install it from here.

Armazia said:
Try to install another rom or check the drivers at your computer(By uninstalling them at device manager), connect it to another pc and see if that works. Aslong as your phone can boot into download there shouldn't be anything to be worried about. You could also try to download philz recovery. Either by flashing it, if you manage to get download mode working, or trying that zip to be installed in TWRP.
http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=16053#files
I don't like TWRP at all as it has brought me bad expiriences. I'd rather choose Philz recovery, which is just the stock way of installing them zips .
Hope you can get further by these instructions, Good luck. If you got any questions; instead of finding them out yourself, just ask :laugh:
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I think you can only flash stock through odin on your computer.
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PhoTonic said:
Thanks for the reply! philz did get installed with TWRP and worked after next reboot. But I'm still getting the same message when I try "Install zip" and select the below roms. You know any rom which work for sure? It says Cant open <ROM-Filepath> (bad) on both. The zipfiles are openable through windows
N7100XXDMC3_N7100OXXDMC2_NEE (Stock N7100 for nordic countries)
GT-N7100_WanamLite.XXUEMI6.V4.0.NO-WIPE.zip
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I think you can only install stock through odin.
On your computer.
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It was actually my usb2microSD which was faulty. It was messing up all the files it was writing and the funny thing was that windows7 reported all file copies as success. Anyhow, its fixed once I got the .,zip files copied correctly. That was the only way too (through sd load) ODIN coul'd make a connection. Thx for all the help!

S3 stuck at cwm

PLEASE HELP ...... I TRIED TO DOWNLOAD KITKAT 4.4 ON MY PHONE AND NOW MY S3 ONE GOES TO CWM AND BOOT MODE I NEED HELP PRONTO AND IT WONT GO INTO USB MODE HELP PLS:crying::crying::crying::crying:

smith77342 said:
PLEASE HELP ...... I TRIED TO DOWNLOAD KITKAT 4.4 ON MY PHONE AND NOW MY S3 ONE GOES TO CWM AND BOOT MODE I NEED HELP PRONTO AND IT WONT GO INTO USB MODE HELP PLS:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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wait, it does or doesnt go to download mode? if it does....odin back to stock. make sure you use the 4.3 tar if you have a knox enabled bootloader.
if it doesnt go into download, mount usb storage from recovery and put a stock touchwiz rom on your phone and flash that?

I found that when I downloaded TWRP for recovery and tried to install 4.4, I was unable to do so(install error). I flashed a 4.3 and worked. That might not answer your question but that's what happened to me.

can u tell me
chrishh44 said:
I found that when I downloaded TWRP for recovery and tried to install 4.4, I was unable to do so(install error). I flashed a 4.3 and worked. That might not answer your question but that's what happened to me.
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how did u flash ur rom and how did u get twrp installed because i cant even acesse my phone:crying:

I put a micro-SD card in my computer using the adapter and placed the rom on it. Put it back in your phone, find the file in recovery, then flash.

chrishh44 said:
I found that when I downloaded TWRP for recovery and tried to install 4.4, I was unable to do so(install error). I flashed a 4.3 and worked. That might not answer your question but that's what happened to me.
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Your TWRP issue is likely a compatibility issue. If you are using version 2.6.3.0, that version is not capable of flashing KitKat 4.4.x ROM's due to changes in the code from 4.3.x to 4.4.x. Version 2.6.3.1 is supposed to be compatible for KitKat, but a lot of users, myself included, could not get it to work properly, nothing would mount in recovery, and the touch response was horrendous. I personally highly recommend Philz Touch recovery, it is based on CWM, but is light-years beyond regular CWM, and is virtually flawless in my opinion.

[Q] twrp wont flash roms on sgs3 (In need of a genius) will it be you

hey guys hope you guys can help when i flash this is what i get (updating partitin details....
running boot script...
finished running boot script.
simulating actions...
updating partitions details...) but the rom wont flash
heres the tricky i formated my system so i have no o.s. and my usb port does not sync it only charges i tried flasing twrp again and also phils touch and tried flashing different roms but to no prevail, my ? is is their any way with in my sdcard and twrp file manager where i can delete replace any files or scripts internally into my phone .

bigpappapuff said:
hey guys hope you guys can help when i flash this is what i get (updating partitin details....
running boot script...
finished running boot script.
simulating actions...
updating partitions details...) but the rom wont flash
heres the tricky i formated my system so i have no o.s. and my usb port does not sync it only charges i tried flasing twrp again and also phils touch and tried flashing different roms but to no prevail, my ? is is their any way with in my sdcard and twrp file manager where i can delete replace any files or scripts internally into my phone .
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Did you update to 4.4.2?
Besacuse If you update the bootloader are experiencing the same problem as many of us.

You are speaking about scripts at boot. But you did not refer to the updater script that actually flashed the Rom. Also what Rom are you trying to flash ? What is your current bootloader and Recovery ?

Perseus71 said:
You are speaking about scripts at boot. But you did not refer to the updater script that actually flashed the Rom. Also what Rom are you trying to flash ? What is your current bootloader and Recovery ?
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i put up the images i was on 4.3. i was running twrp v2.6.3.1
i was n the serx tw rom and was trying to flash liquid smooth and when back trying t flash serx again but cant the updater script is what i was trying to talk about is their any hope

I also tried t flash phillz touch and cant. my usb port nly charges if i can find a way that i can go internally threw wiring so i can connect odin ill be good.

I genuinely have a hard time trying to follow what you are saying. I did see the photos but they don't help much. I do want to help you. But I really having hard time following you.
Can you please articulate better? Or use Google translate if English is not your first language.

Perseus71 said:
I genuinely have a hard time trying to follow what you are saying. I did see the photos but they don't help much. I do want to help you. But I really having hard time following you.
Can you please articulate better? Or use Google translate if English is not your first language.
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its started when i tried t flash liquid smooth rm 4.4.2 but twrp 2.6.3.1 would not flash all it would say is (updating partitions details....etc as shown in the image so i tried to flash serx rom 4.3 and it wouldnt flash. i also tried flashing philz touch cwm but it gave me the same result. my usb port only charges it wont sync with my pc so i cant odin back. is their anyway i can fix this issue thnx

Please use Mobile Odin and flash Stock Rom first. Then Flash latest TWRP again.

Perseus71 said:
Please use Mobile Odin and flash Stock Rom first. Then Flash latest TWRP again.
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i cant no o.s. on the phone when i wiped i wiped everything except the micro sd and ineternal storage.

Oh, so are you telling me that right now, every partition on the phone is wiped cleaned and the USB port does not recognize in Odin ?
What Recovery is on it right now ?

Perseus71 said:
Oh, so are you telling me that right now, every partition on the phone is wiped cleaned and the USB port does not recognize in Odin ?
What Recovery is on it right now ?
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twrp 2.6.3.1

Download SlimKat v 3.10 You will need Gapps.
Flash via the Recovery. Make sure to take a photo if error occurs.

Try using clockwork because I had alot of issues flashing newer Roms on twrp just sayin
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Maybe I missed something, but if you can get download mode, you should be able to use Odin. Have you tried reinstalling drivers?
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[Q] (Q) accidentally wiped OS ,Need help getting OS back on sgh-i747

To start I bought this phone from a friend was working fine. It seemed to be rooted after going to recovery mode and realizing it was a custom recovery that I got into. I've had plenty on iPhones and androids , so far this is the first time after hours of research and trying everything that I've had to make a post asking for help. I have a sgh-i747 pebble blue ATT phone. It had 4.3 OS on it and was rooted before I acidentally wiped the OS off of it. I've tried the past few days to use Odin to get the stock firmware back on, I've tried 4.0.1 - 4.3 , no luck. Odin recognizes phone after I click start after choosing the md5 tar file it either says fail or stays at setupconnection. I've tried many times over and over unistalling and re installing drivers , kies, and downloading different firmware and every version of Odin. I need help guys please , thanks alot

k4krisbrah said:
To start I bought this phone from a friend was working fine. It seemed to be rooted after going to recovery mode and realizing it was a custom recovery that I got into. I've had plenty on iPhones and androids , so far this is the first time after hours of research and trying everything that I've had to make a post asking for help. I have a sgh-i747 pebble blue ATT phone. It had 4.3 OS on it and was rooted before I acidentally wiped the OS off of it. I've tried the past few days to use Odin to get the stock firmware back on, I've tried 4.0.1 - 4.3 , no luck. Odin recognizes phone after I click start after choosing the md5 tar file it either says fail or stays at setupconnection. I've tried many times over and over unistalling and re installing drivers , kies, and downloading different firmware and every version of Odin. I need help guys please , thanks alot
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I can get into recovery mode but it's a custom one , and I can get into download mode. Someone please help I'm sire it's somethig small I'm missing like the correct downloads for the firmware and odin

k4krisbrah said:
I can get into recovery mode but it's a custom one , and I can get into download mode. Someone please help I'm sire it's somethig small I'm missing like the correct downloads for the firmware and odin
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it was rooted with a custom recovery on it before i wiped the OS off , it was on 4.3 , working okay. ive tried so many firmwares , so many threads on how to , so many downloads of odin and the firmware and tried uninstalling and re installing everything from drivers to kies to everything. someone please help or forward me to a thread that WILL work. ive even tried 2 different cords and 3 different usb ports and am not using a usb hub. the pc im using recognizes my phone in odin but always either freezes after i select firmware and click start or it goes thru and comes up with fail, or failed auth. someone please help thanks.

k4krisbrah said:
it was rooted with a custom recovery on it before i wiped the OS off , it was on 4.3 , working okay. ive tried so many firmwares , so many threads on how to , so many downloads of odin and the firmware and tried uninstalling and re installing everything from drivers to kies to everything. someone please help or forward me to a thread that WILL work. ive even tried 2 different cords and 3 different usb ports and am not using a usb hub. the pc im using recognizes my phone in odin but always either freezes after i select firmware and click start or it goes thru and comes up with fail, or failed auth. someone please help thanks.
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Since your phone was on 4.3, the only thing you can do now would be a stock restore to 4.3. Please see the thread below for the stock restore zip as well as instructions. You may use another device to copy the stock restore zip to an external SD card and then place this card in your phone, then flash from (custom) recovery. Odin cant help you now except to flash custom recovery if you need to redo this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486

Larry2999 said:
Since your phone was on 4.3, the only thing you can do now would be a stock restore to 4.3. Please see the thread below for the stock restore zip as well as instructions. You may use another device to copy the stock restore zip to an external SD card and then place this card in your phone, then flash from (custom) recovery. Odin cant help you now except to flash custom recovery if you need to redo this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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the only option i have is a s3 with a lcd thats not working it will boot and go on but i cant see anything. how would i go upon sticking my sd card inside there and getting that 4.3 download on there.

k4krisbrah said:
the only option i have is a s3 with a lcd thats not working it will boot and go on but i cant see anything. how would i go upon sticking my sd card inside there and getting that 4.3 download on there.
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i found out i have twrp custom recovery that i can access and download mode. its twrp v2.6.3.1

k4krisbrah said:
i found out i have twrp custom recovery that i can access and download mode. its twrp v2.6.3.1
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Good you have TWRP already. You can try to see if you can save the zip to your phone's internal memory as the PC may be able to recognize it in download or recovery mode. Otherwise, you may try using any other device at all that accepts (micro) SDHC card e.g. camera, card adapter etc. You may also be able to flash the zip directly from your PC using the desktop flasher. See thread with instructions below ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383148
Let me know if this works for you.
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Larry2999 said:
Good you have TWRP already. You can try to see if you can save the zip to your phone's internal memory as the PC may be able to recognize it in download or recovery mode. Otherwise, you may try using any other device at all that accepts (micro) SDHC card e.g. camera, card adapter etc. You may also be able to flash the zip directly from your PC using the desktop flasher. See thread with instructions below ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383148
Let me know if this works for you.
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Of course, you need to first download the stock recovery zip for TWRP to your PC.

Larry2999 said:
Good you have TWRP already. You can try to see if you can save the zip to your phone's internal memory as the PC may be able to recognize it in download or recovery mode. Otherwise, you may try using any other device at all that accepts (micro) SDHC card e.g. camera, card adapter etc. You may also be able to flash the zip directly from your PC using the desktop flasher. See thread with instructions below ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383148
Let me know if this works for you.
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Of course, you need to first download the stock recovery zip for TWRP to your PC.
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thanks so much for your help. i took my s3 that had a bad lcd and put my sd in that and moved the zip file i downloaded here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486 then i flashed it from twrp and wiped cache and all that good stuff everything was fine after that. only question i have for you now is to root or not to root , i forget the pros and cons of it , its been a while. i know i rooted my s2 and note 2 a while back but i havent had a android in a while. thanks so much for your help , thumbs up :good:

k4krisbrah said:
thanks so much for your help. i took my s3 that had a bad lcd and put my sd in that and moved the zip file i downloaded here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486 then i flashed it from twrp and wiped cache and all that good stuff everything was fine after that. only question i have for you now is to root or not to root , i forget the pros and cons of it , its been a while. i know i rooted my s2 and note 2 a while back but i havent had a android in a while. thanks so much for your help , thumbs up :good:
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Glad to know your phone is now working fine. To root or not is a choice you'll have to make depending on how much control you want over your phone. The pros are that you literally have control over your phone in terms of installing apps or making modifications to the operating system. You can install custom ROMs and/or apps that you would otherwise not be able to install. The con, of course, is security and integrity of your phone. There is always a risk that you may end up bricking your phone or creating access for malware. Rooting should, therefore, be something you do only if you have need for it.

... Just Odin stock ROM and work from there or if twrp isn't latest... Odin latest recovery and then USB files into phone using recovery and then flash... Or again just use odin to flash and then do whatever you want afterward
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SM-T310 Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 - Storage Wiped - Help Me Install CM

Hi guys, much thanks for your help.
I had the unofficial CM11 nightly installed on my GTab 3 8.0 but it got corrupted. I used PhilZ Touch to wipe the storage but I can't find a guide to help me re-install CM on this device.
I tried to use Odin to install CM11, but it won't take .zip files. I converted the file to .tar so I could try and flash it, but Odin immediately crashed.
Please help me fix this device.

To add - There is no ROM installed on this device. It has only the philz touch recovery installed.
I can't turn the tablet off - The device just constantly displays the battery icon. When I try to turn it on, it boots and endlessly displays the galaxy tab 3 boot splash screen.

Hoodahottie said:
To add - There is no ROM installed on this device. It has only the philz touch recovery installed.
I can't turn the tablet off - The device just constantly displays the battery icon. When I try to turn it on, it boots and endlessly displays the galaxy tab 3 boot splash screen.
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I'm not familiar with philz, I'm using TWRP, but I used TWRP to install CM11. I'm assuming philz is similar.

lloydsw said:
I'm not familiar with philz, I'm using TWRP, but I used TWRP to install CM11. I'm assuming philz is similar.
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Yes lloydsw, PhilZ is ClockWorkMod based. PhilZ has similar functionality to TWRP.
My problem is that I don't know how to get the ROM zip file onto the tablet. If I can get it on the tablet, I'll have no trouble installing with PhilZ.
I tried to adb a little bit, but I keep getting Access is denied errors. For some reason, I have been getting these errors recently whenever the Console is involved, even if I launch it with admin rights. I think Microsoft changed Console functionality with a recent update. So, I didn't try too hard.
So, how do I get this rom file into the tablet?

Hoodahottie said:
Yes lloydsw, PhilZ is ClockWorkMod based. PhilZ has similar functionality to TWRP.
My problem is that I don't know how to get the ROM zip file onto the tablet. If I can get it on the tablet, I'll have no trouble installing with PhilZ.
I tried to adb a little bit, but I keep getting Access is denied errors. For some reason, I have been getting these errors recently whenever the Console is involved, even if I launch it with admin rights. I think Microsoft changed Console functionality with a recent update. So, I didn't try too hard.
So, how do I get this rom file into the tablet?
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Put the zip on an external sdcard and use that.
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gr8nole said:
Put the zip on an external sdcard and use that.
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Hi gr8nole,
I don't think I have an microSD. I have an old SD card but I don't think the Tab 3 will take that.

Is there some kind of GUI tool, like the nexus root toolkit that let me flash .zip files on this thing? I don't why odin doesn't take the most common kind of compressed file. I'm kind of stuck here.

Hoodahottie said:
Hi gr8nole,
I don't think I have an microSD. I have an old SD card but I don't think the Tab 3 will take that.
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You have a couple options.
Download the full firmware from sammobile.com and flash it with odin. Then re-flash custom recovery.
Or, continue trying to get the rom zip onto your device. Either get a micro sdcard or get adb to work.
If you get adb working, remember you have to mount the data partition before you can send anything to the internal sdcard (internal sdcard is simply a link to /data/media).
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Hey everybody.
I searched my house for microSD cards, and I found one in an old dumb phone. And I recovered some pictures and info that I thought was lost. I found sd card adapters in another box. I put them together and installed the rom easily.
My tablet is working fine, thanks to everyone. Not only is my device working again, I found my lost data. yes!
gr8nole, special thanks to you. Have a great day!