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I have a toro/i515/Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (the CDMA/LTE one) running a mostly stock (but rooted and with busybox) Jelly Bean JRO03O (Android 4.1.1).
I screwed up my build.prop (and can't boot normally), so I attempted to boot into CWMR 6. To my surprise, cold booting holding the Vol + button started to proceed with a normal boot. So I cold booted with the Vol - button held.
And that shocked me even more. I'm staring at ODIN Mode. WTF? When did ODIN get on my phone? What happened to the bootloader where I could select booting into recovery, or the bootloader, or normal booting?
I've been scouring Google and this forum, and many other forums, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to boot this thing into a custom recovery so I can fix my build.prop through adb.
I'm at a loss. I suck at using ODIN (I only started using it recently when I bought my GTab2 10.1 GT-P5113).
How am I supposed to hack my phone when I can't use ADB, fastboot, or a custom recovery (booting normally hangs also)?
The only thing I don't want to do for a repair is a full wipe. I don't have a way of backing up my data without ADB.
I've tried enclosing various boot, bootloader, and recovery images (img files) into tar files (archives) and sending them to the phone via ODIN using the PDA and/or the BOOTLOADER button(s). I've tried to see if Wug's Toolkit would talk to my phone via ODIN.
Nothing seems to change.
Help!!! Please!!!
Any of the following will do:
1. Tell me how to get adb working.
2. Tell me how to revert ODIN back to the normal boot/bootloader (that works with fastboot) - this would be best. ODIN sucks.
3. Tell me how to get to my files via ODIN.
Please help. This sucks.
*sheepish grin* - I forgot about holding BOTH Vol + and Vol - at the same time while cold booting.
(I can at least get into fastboot mode now)...
From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
Or
From fastboot, flash stock but dont flash userdata.img.
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The very same thing happened to me today.
I was on 4.2 JB (custom stock rom, only rooted) and I received a software update....it failed at doing it and then said something about not losing root. I checked YES and boom....wont boot. Stuck at ODIN...
Odin recognizes it but fails at flashing.
Fastboot works and boots into cwm recovery....but it wont boot into android...
What should I do...?
Sorry if I am rude by asking here.
dragoncius said:
The very same thing happened to me today.
I was on 4.2 JB (custom stock rom, only rooted) and I received a software update....it failed at doing it and then said something about not losing root. I checked YES and boom....wont boot. Stuck at ODIN...
Odin recognizes it but fails at flashing.
Fastboot works and boots into cwm recovery....but it wont boot into android...
What should I do...?
Sorry if I am rude by asking here.
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From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
i said this on the post before yours.
bk201doesntexist said:
From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
i said this on the post before yours.
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But there is nothing in my phone....
Internal is empty.
How can I flash something on the phone...
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dragoncius said:
But there is nothing in my phone....
Internal is empty.
How can I flash something on the phone...
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dont hijack other people's threads;
read the stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
bk201doesntexist said:
dont hijack other people's threads;
read the stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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Sorry. Didnt mean to hijack...just thought it is the same problem. Already read threads.
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dragoncius said:
Sorry. Didnt mean to hijack...just thought it is the same problem. Already read threads.
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use adb to push a rom while on a custom recovery. it seems you need to read them again, and pay attention to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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chriv said:
*sheepish grin* - I forgot about holding BOTH Vol + and Vol - at the same time while cold booting.
(I can at least get into fastboot mode now)...
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After posting the above, I meant to indicate that this thread could be closed. I knew exactly what to do now that I could finally get into fastboot.
Maybe ODIN was on my phone all along, but I could almost swear that I used to get into fastboot by holding Vol - while cold booting, and that I could get into recovery by Holding Vol + while cold booting. I don't remember ODIN being there at all.
Anyway, the bottom line:
Fastboot loads with Vol + AND Vol - held down while cold booting.
I was able to reflash boot, bootloader, and custom recovery with fastboot.
I was able to boot into custom recovery from fastboot.
Once CWMR 6 was running on my phone in recovery mode, I was able to mount /system from the recovery menu, to use adb to pull /system/build.prop, to edit it, to use adb to push build.prop back to /system, and finally to use adb to change permissions on build.prop back to 644.
Am I crazy? Was ODIN always on my VzW GNex?
Was it always loaded when holding Vol - down during a cold boot?
Or were the Vol - and Vol + buttons (individually) originally used for booting fastboot mode and recovery mode?
If I had forgotten that, then I haven't be hacking my phone enough, as I haven't been in fastboot in a long time.
chriv said:
After posting the above, I meant to indicate that this thread could be closed. I knew exactly what to do now that I could finally get into fastboot.
Maybe ODIN was on my phone all along, but I could almost swear that I used to get into fastboot by holding Vol - while cold booting, and that I could get into recovery by Holding Vol + while cold booting. I don't remember ODIN being there at all.
Anyway, the bottom line:
Fastboot loads with Vol + AND Vol - held down while cold booting.
I was able to reflash boot, bootloader, and custom recovery with fastboot.
I was able to boot into custom recovery from fastboot.
Once CWMR 6 was running on my phone in recovery mode, I was able to mount /system from the recovery menu, to use adb to pull /system/build.prop, to edit it, to use adb to push build.prop back to /system, and finally to use adb to change permissions on build.prop back to 644.
Am I crazy? Was ODIN always on my VzW GNex?
Was it always loaded when holding Vol - down during a cold boot?
Or were the Vol - and Vol + buttons (individually) originally used for booting fastboot mode and recovery mode?
If I had forgotten that, then I haven't be hacking my phone enough, as I haven't been in fastboot in a long time.
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Odin is on every Samsung phone I believe
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question/comment to old post
This is an old post I'm responding to but my A500 has been bricked for over a year. I just read, click the lock button and when I did, on the screen is "Bootloader v0.03.12 ICS:: Starting Fastboot USB download protocol and found a related post referencing "Odin". I, too, want to know how that got onto my tablet. Perhaps from the update.zip? Now I can't find any relevant information nor files to download which aren't corrupt or tampered with. Can someone perhaps take a moment to outline a plan of action for me and the significant files? I will gladly "donate" to whomever and by "time". Thx (little grey haired old lady) Smiles4Miles, VMD
chriv said:
I have a toro/i515/Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (the CDMA/LTE one) running a mostly stock (but rooted and with busybox) Jelly Bean JRO03O (Android 4.1.1).
I screwed up my build.prop (and can't boot normally), so I attempted to boot into CWMR 6. To my surprise, cold booting holding the Vol + button started to proceed with a normal boot. So I cold booted with the Vol - button held.
And that shocked me even more. I'm staring at ODIN Mode. WTF? When did ODIN get on my phone? What happened to the bootloader where I could select booting into recovery, or the bootloader, or normal booting?
I've been scouring Google and this forum, and many other forums, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to boot this thing into a custom recovery so I can fix my build.prop through adb.
I'm at a loss. I suck at using ODIN (I only started using it recently when I bought my GTab2 10.1 GT-P5113).
How am I supposed to hack my phone when I can't use ADB, fastboot, or a custom recovery (booting normally hangs also)?
The only thing I don't want to do for a repair is a full wipe. I don't have a way of backing up my data without ADB.
I've tried enclosing various boot, bootloader, and recovery images (img files) into tar files (archives) and sending them to the phone via ODIN using the PDA and/or the BOOTLOADER button(s). I've tried to see if Wug's Toolkit would talk to my phone via ODIN.
Nothing seems to change.
Help!!! Please!!!
Any of the following will do:
1. Tell me how to get adb working.
2. Tell me how to revert ODIN back to the normal boot/bootloader (that works with fastboot) - this would be best. ODIN sucks.
3. Tell me how to get to my files via ODIN.
Please help. This sucks.
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I installed teh wrong TWRP so i tried to install a different version via odin - but now my phone just goes to teh samsung screen and doesnt boot -
I tried to go throigh this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207 but
but it didnt work I am on the n17100 which is probably why
atm just wanna get back to my stock rom -
can i install a different twrp over this one via odin ? or should I not have done that
essentially I need to install the n7100 twrp then ill be okay - but not sure how from this loop pls help
benben333 said:
I installed teh wrong TWRP so i tried to install a different version via odin - but now my phone just goes to teh samsung screen and doesnt boot -
I tried to go throigh this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207 but
but it didnt work I am on the n17100 which is probably why
atm just wanna get back to my stock rom -
can i install a different twrp over this one via odin ? or should I not have done that
essentially I need to install the n7100 twrp then ill be okay - but not sure how from this loop pls help
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Install and try Philz Touch recovery.
Installation link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
Instrucions link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
similar issue
Hi, I don't know if I should make a separate post but I have a similar problem.
My Note 2 is stuck on the "Samsung GALAXY Note II GT-N7100" screen at boot. Only by flashing a stock ROM through ODIN can this be fixed. When I try to install a custom recovery and ROM on it, it gets stuck again at that screen.
Can anyone help me?
chinoboy said:
Hi, I don't know if I should make a separate post but I have a similar problem.
My Note 2 is stuck on the "Samsung GALAXY Note II GT-N7100" screen at boot. Only by flashing a stock ROM through ODIN can this be fixed. When I try to install a custom recovery and ROM on it, it gets stuck again at that screen.
Can anyone help me?
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Hold down power button for 5~10 secs. after it stucks on boot logo, and try if it reboots normally.
Or press Vol. up + Menu key and then power key for 5~10 secs it'd boot your phone into recovery mode.
m.b.jikre said:
Hold down power button for 5~10 secs. after it stucks on boot logo, and try if it reboots normally.
Or press Vol. up + Menu key and then power key for 5~10 secs it'd boot your phone into recovery mode.
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Please reread my post. It's a persistent issue. Rebooting doesn't do anything. Recovery doesn't do anything.
What you willing to do? so I can guide you through the right way.
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m.b.jikre said:
What you willing to do? so I can guide you through the right way.
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I was wondering if anyone had a similar issue to mine and how to flash a custom rom after that. The only way I've found for the phone to work was to use ODIN to flash the stock firmware on it. After that, if I try to install a custom ROM, it goes back to the SAMSUNG screen at boot.
So if you, jikre, know how to fix this issue, I'm all ears.
This method has fixed numerous problems. Might be worth a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700479
chinoboy said:
I was wondering if anyone had a similar issue to mine and how to flash a custom rom after that. The only way I've found for the phone to work was to use ODIN to flash the stock firmware on it. After that, if I try to install a custom ROM, it goes back to the SAMSUNG screen at boot.
So if you, jikre, know how to fix this issue, I'm all ears.
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benben333 said:
I installed teh wrong TWRP so i tried to install a different version via odin - but now my phone just goes to teh samsung screen and doesnt boot -
I tried to go throigh this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207 but
but it didnt work I am on the n17100 which is probably why
atm just wanna get back to my stock rom -
can i install a different twrp over this one via odin ? or should I not have done that
essentially I need to install the n7100 twrp then ill be okay - but not sure how from this loop pls help
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Download a stock firmware and use ODIN v3.09 to flash it onto your phone. It should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2499794
chinoboy said:
I was wondering if anyone had a similar issue to mine and how to flash a custom rom after that. The only way I've found for the phone to work was to use ODIN to flash the stock firmware on it. After that, if I try to install a custom ROM, it goes back to the SAMSUNG screen at boot.
So if you, jikre, know how to fix this issue, I'm all ears.
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>>"Hold down power button for 5~10 secs. after it stucks on boot logo, and try if it reboots normally.
Or press Vol. up + Menu key and then power key for 5~10 secs it'd boot your phone into recovery mode."<<
If you wanted to install custom rom, if so, you can't flash it through Odin (Only for flashing for Official stuff ). Download a custom rom, whichever you wanted(Copy that rom on externel SD), reboot into recovery and by selecting 'wipe data and cache' >> 'clean to install a new rom'.
Then again coming to main menu select Install zip from sd, and redirect it to rom file which you've downloaded. In any custom rom like DN3, SenSonic they've full procedure for flashing the rom, just stick to it to install it perfectly...
Any quest?
m.b.jikre said:
>>"Hold down power button for 5~10 secs. after it stucks on boot logo, and try if it reboots normally.
Or press Vol. up + Menu key and then power key for 5~10 secs it'd boot your phone into recovery mode."<<
If you wanted to install custom rom, if so, you can't flash it through Odin (Only for flashing for Official stuff ). Download a custom rom, whichever you wanted(Copy that rom on externel SD), reboot into recovery and by selecting 'wipe data and cache' >> 'clean to install a new rom'.
Then again coming to main menu select Install zip from sd, and redirect it to rom file which you've downloaded. In any custom rom like DN3, SenSonic they've full procedure for flashing the rom, just stick to it to install it perfectly...
Any quest?
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Jikre, I've already mentioned several times I know how to flash a recovery and custom ROM. I'm saying that the phone stops working after I try to do so.
chinoboy said:
Jikre, I've already mentioned several times I know how to flash a recovery and custom ROM. I'm saying that the phone stops working after I try to do so.
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Got you man, i'm just saying that this problem of yours is come with the Andro v4.3 and knox bootloader. First if anyone tried to install custom recovery it get stuck on bootlogo, but that is an another factor you can reboot it manually into recovery menu.
On the end when you attempt to reboot (from recovery) it asks you to disable stock recovery and you reboot your phone normally, that's it!
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Ah okay, that makes sense. Unfortunately that doesn't apply to my situation. I had already been on a 4.3 custom rom for several months when the phone just died like that. As of right now, I can only get it to work if I flash a stock ROM on it.
chinoboy said:
Ah okay, that makes sense. Unfortunately that doesn't apply to my situation. I had already been on a 4.3 custom rom for several months when the phone just died like that. As of right now, I can only get it to work if I flash a stock ROM on it.
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Just try to wipe your phone from custom recovery (Not 'Clean Flash' & It may work). Have you tried to disable to recovery at end when it asks?
m.b.jikre said:
Just try to wipe your phone from custom recovery (Not 'Clean Flash' & It may work). Have you tried to disable to recovery at end when it asks?
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I have used both CWM and TWRP recoveries. Complete wipe every time before installing a new ROM. Still doesn't work. Only wiping and installing stock firmware through ODIN would the phone start.
chinoboy said:
I have used both CWM and TWRP recoveries. Complete wipe every time before installing a new ROM. Still doesn't work. Only wiping and installing stock firmware through ODIN would the phone start.
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Which ROM you tried to flash? Can you upload a pic of PC Odin, showing how you flash the phone. Or just enlist the options.
Try flashing your phone by philz touch ('Wipe Data & Cache >> Clean to Install a New ROM" << Maybe your previous installation troubling to set a new one, If persist again try this method):
Instruction: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
Downloads: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition
For flshing through PC Odin: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/n7100/philz_touch_6.25.0-n7100.tar.md5 (For N7100 Only).
freezed on boot logog
i have tried all the things like wipe the data go to recovery and all but its still stuck
I soft bricked my SGH-I747 on 4.4.2 and I couldn't find a solution anywhere. If anyone could help me out by either linking me somewhere or providing detailed instructions on how to fix this problem, it would be greatly appreciated.
how to unbrick
If your phone is softbricked, the recovery will still most likely be working. While the phone is off, hold power, volume up and home button to go to recovery. From there wipe system data and cache, and restore your latest backup.
f41lbl0g said:
If your phone is softbricked, the recovery will still most likely be working. While the phone is off, hold power, volume up and home button to go to recovery. From there wipe system data and cache, and restore your latest backup.
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I can't enter recovery; I'm stuck in odin mode so I guess I'm not soft bricked? I'm not sure
If you are stuck in download mode, try holding the power button until it turns off, then try going to recovery. If that doesnt work, just flash a stock image for the i747 and start from square one.
You could flash a custom recovery such as Philz Touch via Odin, boot into recovery, and flash a custom ROM.
f41lbl0g said:
If you are stuck in download mode, try holding the power button until it turns off, then try going to recovery. If that doesnt work, just flash a stock image for the i747 and start from square one.
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That's where I'm stuck. I don't know what stock image to use/can't find one that works
There isnt one for 4.4.2. Youll have to flash a custom recovery with odin and then a rom from recovery. If you want stock 4.4.2, enewman17 has it in the development section. Doing this will void your warranty if you still have one.
DocHoliday77 said:
There isnt one for 4.4.2. Youll have to flash a custom recovery with odin and then a rom from recovery. If you want stock 4.4.2, enewman17 has it in the development section. Doing this will void your warranty if you still have one.
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tyvm I'll try it
Hi guys,
could anyone please help, I've been playing around quite a lot with rooting and flashing, but now I'm stuck with a problem I can't solve...
Device
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 WIFI (SM-T700 klimtwifi)
Starting point
Flashed CM12 , with CF root and TWRP
Everything ok, but had some trouble with wifi and root, so I wanted to flash a new rom.
Problem
Tried flashing another rom (can't remember if it was AROMA or BlissPop...), but the flashing got stuck.
Now I can only access Download-mode, not Recovery and normal boot gets stuck in the white Samsung-logo, I get past first screen and some other Samsung-animation.
What I've tried
Access to Recovery, not working (I have a stock-backup on internal SD)
Flashed stock image via Odin (T700XXU1ANL1_T700AUT1ANL1_HOME.tar.md5). Should be on right now, but no change in working.
Re-flash TWRP via Odin (tar-file)
Have I missed something? Any problem with going back and forth between Android 4 and 5?
F-B said:
Hi guys,
could anyone please help, I've been playing around quite a lot with rooting and flashing, but now I'm stuck with a problem I can't solve...
Device
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 WIFI (SM-T700 klimtwifi)
Starting point
Flashed CM12 , with CF root and TWRP
Everything ok, but had some trouble with wifi and root, so I wanted to flash a new rom.
Problem
Tried flashing another rom (can't remember if it was AROMA or BlissPop...), but the flashing got stuck.
Now I can only access Download-mode, not Recovery and normal boot gets stuck in the white Samsung-logo, I get past first screen and some other Samsung-animation.
What I've tried
Access to Recovery, not working (I have a stock-backup on internal SD)
Flashed stock image via Odin (T700XXU1ANL1_T700AUT1ANL1_HOME.tar.md5). Should be on right now, but no change in working.
Re-flash TWRP via Odin (tar-file)
Have I missed something? Any problem with going back and forth between Android 4 and 5?
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After flashing the stock image, factory reset in recovery again.
But I can't get into recovery, even after flashing stock...
To elaborate, pressing vol up + power + home does not have any effect. Pressing vol down + home + power gives downloading mode as normal.
F-B said:
To elaborate, pressing vol up + power + home does not have any effect. Pressing vol down + home + power gives downloading mode as normal.
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Sounds like one of the partitions is damaged, its strange because when you flash the stock firmware it relays all the partitions, just to verify you downloaded one of the big factory images from sammobile.com that's 1.6gb big, then flashed with Odin the extracted tar file...also you might not have a custom recovery installed if you have so vol up and home n power wouldn't work......
Maybe your way out of this is going the other way, flash a custom recovery through Odin, then get into that and use it to install ironrom which is like stock but cleaner.
F-B said:
To elaborate, pressing vol up + power + home does not have any effect. Pressing vol down + home + power gives downloading mode as normal.
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Try pressing power +vol down and up together+home and then as soon as screen goes dark/black press power+vol up+home hopefully that will get you into recovery.
Have you edited to vold.fstab file
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If you have edited the vold.fstab file then try to flash a stock rom via odin with the pit file of your device.
F-B said:
But I can't get into recovery, even after flashing stock...
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Just to elaborate when flashing stock through Odin it wipes your custom recovery and root...hence why you need to use auto root again through Odin.
Cheers guys for your inputs! I'll only get my hands on the tab this evening, so I'll test your solutions then and report back-
maxal said:
Try pressing power +vol down+home and then as soon as screen goes dark/black (just before you enter download mode) press power+vol up+home hopefully that will get you into recovery.
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Thanks, have to try this!
pdolton2000 said:
Sounds like one of the partitions is damaged, its strange because when you flash the stock firmware it relays all the partitions, just to verify you downloaded one of the big factory images from sammobile.com that's 1.6gb big, then flashed with Odin the extracted tar file...also you might not have a custom recovery installed if you have so vol up and home n power wouldn't work......
Maybe your way out of this is going the other way, flash a custom recovery through Odin, then get into that and use it to install ironrom which is like stock but cleaner.
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Yeah, flashed T700XXU1ANL1_T700AUT1ANL1_HOME.tar.md5 2,4gb
Tried flasing TWRP, no difference. Maybe here's the timing as well...
max86533 said:
Have you edited to vold.fstab file
---------- Post added at 01:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 PM ----------
If you have edited the vold.fstab file then try to flash a stock rom via odin with the pit file of your device.
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No clue about vold.fstab, so I seriously hope I haven't edited it
pdolton2000 said:
Just to elaborate when flashing stock through Odin it wipes your custom recovery and root...hence why you need to use auto root again through Odin.
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Yeah, have to make sure I have done it in right order, Stock -> Root -> Custom Recovery... I've tried so many solutions that I'm starting to doubt myself.
Unfortunately, I find myself in the same situation, I do not know what to do.
Have you flash pit file via odin because maybe your device partitions corrupt during rooting.
F-B said:
To elaborate, pressing vol up + power + home does not have any effect. Pressing vol down + home + power gives downloading mode as normal.
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F-B said:
Cheers guys for your inputs! I'll only get my hands on the tab this evening, so I'll test your solutions then and report back-
Thanks, have to try this!
Yeah, flashed T700XXU1ANL1_T700AUT1ANL1_HOME.tar.md5 2,4gb
Tried flasing TWRP, no difference. Maybe here's the timing as well...
No clue about vold.fstab, so I seriously hope I haven't edited it
Yeah, have to make sure I have done it in right order, Stock -> Root -> Custom Recovery... I've tried so many solutions that I'm starting to doubt myself.
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Hi just to add I have just edited the instructions I gave you please read again.
F-B said:
Cheers guys for your inputs! I'll only get my hands on the tab this evening, so I'll test your solutions then and report back-
Thanks, have to try this!
Yeah, flashed T700XXU1ANL1_T700AUT1ANL1_HOME.tar.md5 2,4gb
Tried flasing TWRP, no difference. Maybe here's the timing as well...
No clue about vold.fstab, so I seriously hope I haven't edited it
Yeah, have to make sure I have done it in right order, Stock -> Root -> Custom Recovery... I've tried so many solutions that I'm starting to doubt myself.
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Okay sounds like you've hit a dead end but don't panic your not the first to hit this point with t700.
Okay here's what I want you to do,
1. Open up device manager and completely remove your adb driver making sure to check the "also delete driver " box if shown
2. Download this http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html the latest Google adb drivers ..DL this ready actually.
3. Completely disable anti virus..remove if you have to, along with windows defender .
4. Restart
5. Download "i know it seems mad" the austrailian firmware http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/43233/T700XXU1ANL1_T700XSA1AOA1_XSA/ and extract the file inside the archieve
6. Right click Odin and run as administrator to be safe.
7. Go for gold and try this...if it works your laughing and can change the firmware or ROM to any local area.
8. If...this doesn't work...restart one last time n try again, if still no then try using another laptop or PC if you can
Good luck keep me updated...I am trying to find you another solution too, got an idea with something called heimdall but not sure as never used it, supposed to be an alternative to Odin.
Hi All, finally had the time to sit down and test your solutions. As it happens, the first (easiest) thing I tried was the timing in pushing recovery boot, according to great help of Maxal. Worked on first attempt, booted into stock recovery, wiped everything and stock rom booted. I was prepared to do it all, so it was funny that a few well-timed presses of buttons solved it .
Now I'm rooted with TWRP and BlissPop again. Thanks everyone for great suggestions and assistance!
I also solved, it was enough to wait for the battery becomes exhausted, recharge the tablet and once off from entering recovery and do a factory reset.
The system is restarted.
maxal said:
Try pressing power +vol down and up together+home and then as soon as screen goes dark/black press power+vol up+home hopefully that will get you into recovery.
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Man, you're genius! Thanks!
After I have flashed an outdated SuperSU (At the time I didn't know), I rebooted the phone and now it is stuck on the boot animation (CM 12.1 Boot animation). I can't go to recovery mode because my volume up button is broken. Please help
***I have flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip on my phone***
Is the phone an i747m or i747? Which bootloader is on the phone?
The easiest solution may be to flash a ROM via desktop Odin.
Its an i747 and I'm going to try and flash a rom with odin. Thanks for replying!
Well, how do I flash a rom with odin with my device like this? I've seen tutorials and they say you need to enter download mode but I can't because it requires you to press volume up.
I recommend not flashing anything until you verify the bootloader on the phone.
And how do you do that?
Boot into download mode and look at the screen. If you see something about warranty bit, you have at least a 4.3 bootloader. With a 4.3 bootloader or higher, you need to ensure that you do not flash anything that tries to downgrade the bootloader.
Was your phone working with calls and data on cm12.1? If it was, you probably have at least a kit kat bootloader.
audit13 said:
Boot into download mode and look at the screen. If you see something about warranty bit, you have at least a 4.3 bootloader. With a 4.3 bootloader or higher, you need to ensure that you do not flash anything that tries to downgrade the bootloader.
Was your phone working with calls and data on cm12.1? If it was, you probably have at least a kit kat bootloader.
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I can't boot into download mode because it requires me to press the volume up button. And yes, my phone was working with calls and data on cm12.1
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I can't boot into download mode because it requires me to press the volume up button. And yes, my phone was working with calls and data on cm12.1
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getting into Download mode doesn't require you to use de Volume Up button, it's the VolumeDown key... VolDOWN+Home+Power...
Volume Up would be used to go to Recovery, not Download mode...
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I can't boot into download mode because it requires me to press the volume up button. And yes, my phone was working with calls and data on cm12.1
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In that case, you should have a KK bootloader; therefore, don't flash anything that tries to flash a different bootloader.
You'll have to find a ROM that can be flashed via download mode with Odin. Most non-stock ROMs require a custom recovery.
When I go into download mode, it gives me a warning and it says: Volume down to restart or volume up to continue. My volume up is broken so I can't continue.
A USB jig may be the only solution to access download mode.