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Help Soft Brick and cant find files needed

I was on the omni rom and decided to change my recovery when this happened.
It wouldnt boot past the samsung screen. I cannot get into recovery but I can get into download mode.
I know one possible fix is flashing the stock image through Odin but I cannot find the stock images. All the links are dead.
Anything will help.

Also if there is anybody willing to walk me through this real time, feel free to message me and we can chat on google hangouts.

krayzielilsmoki said:
Also if there is anybody willing to walk me through this real time, feel free to message me and we can chat on google hangouts.
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What recovery are you using ?
Since you can get in to recovery, did you try restoring any of your previous backups ?
Are you already on 4,3 bootloader ?
You can download thr stock 4.3 firmware from here : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-T889&pcode=0
You will need an account on sammobile though.

ciphercodes said:
What recovery are you using ?
Since you can get in to recovery, did you try restoring any of your previous backups ?
Are you already on 4,3 bootloader ?
You can download thr stock 4.3 firmware from here : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-T889&pcode=0
You will need an account on sammobile though.
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I tried the sammobile website but the downloaded files didnt work for me. I finally downloaded the T889UVALL4 factory image from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380 but now im stuck in a bootloop. ill see if I can get into recovery now and if so Ill just flash twrp that I have on my sd card

still didnt want to go into recovery but I flashed CWM recovery through odin and I was able to go into it. Now ill flash the TWRP and see if I can flash my rom.

krayzielilsmoki said:
I tried the sammobile website but the downloaded files didnt work for me. I finally downloaded the T889UVALL4 factory image from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380 but now im stuck in a bootloop. ill see if I can get into recovery now and if so Ill just flash twrp that I have on my sd card
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How did you flash T889UVALL4 ?
Most likely your phone is on a newer(4.3) bootloader and flashing an older bootloader caused the boot loop.
I am very certain that flashing 4.3 stock image will resolve this problem.

ciphercodes said:
How did you flash T889UVALL4 ?
Most likely your phone is on a newer(4.3) bootloader and flashing an older bootloader caused the boot loop.
I am very certain that flashing 4.3 stock image will resolve this problem.
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That might be it, since I was on 4.4.2 before. Do you know if there are better hosting sites for the download file because the ones on that site take 6 hours to download.

krayzielilsmoki said:
That might be it, since I was on 4.4.2 before. Do you know if there are better hosting sites for the download file because the ones on that site take 6 hours to download.
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mluciano has uploaded the Stock Rooted ROM(Mr Robinsons) image on his dropbox, if you want stock rooted you can download it from here.
Not sure how fast this download would be.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lf54pmlxyrilzlx/xWF6hmlpAH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49356729&highlight=dropbox#post49356729

ciphercodes said:
mluciano has uploaded the Stock Rooted ROM(Mr Robinsons) image on his dropbox, if you want stock rooted you can download it from here.
Not sure how fast this download would be.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lf54pmlxyrilzlx/xWF6hmlpAH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49356729&highlight=dropbox#post49356729
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Thank you so much! that rooted one worked perfect. My phone booted completely. And the file downloaded fairly quick.

krayzielilsmoki said:
Thank you so much! that rooted one worked perfect. My phone booted completely. And the file downloaded fairly quick.
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Glad to know it worked.

Cannot install updates due to recovery change

So, I got notification saying the new update is ready, I downloaded it clicked OK, rebooted the phone and said entering the recovery but it went directly to TWRP recovery ( previously I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my system and installed custom recovery)
So my question is how do I install this latest update ?

MJ999 said:
So my question is how do I install this latest update ?
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Not wanting to hijack the OP, but I'm trying to install update version 3.28.401.6 on an unlocked UK M8 and I'm in the exact same boat. I heard that the stock recovery for the M8 is different for different providers, so not sure now feasible it is to restore stock recovery to receive the OTA, then go back to TWRP. Is there a way to manually install the update using TWRP?

MJ999 said:
So, I got notification saying the new update is ready, I downloaded it clicked OK, rebooted the phone and said entering the recovery but it went directly to TWRP recovery ( previously I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my system and installed custom recovery)
So my question is how do I install this latest update ?
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So you title the thread with your own solution as well. "Cannot install update due to recovery change..." How do I install this update? "
Obviously it would mean you have to have stock recovery, not twrp.

Flash a stock recovery, reboot, install OTA update. Custom recovery can then be reflashed after the update

BerndM14 said:
So you title the thread with your own solution as well. "Cannot install update due to recovery change..." How do I install this update? "
Obviously it would mean you have to have stock recovery, not twrp.
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hin
Is there any way to install the eye update from twrp itself ?
This is an update file right, like zip where we can flash from twrp ?
The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
Edit : Found stock recovery of my phone
Huge thanks to @vm54 fore uploading it
Peggy1104 said:
Flash a stock recovery, reboot, install OTA update. Custom recovery can then be reflashed after the update
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The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
I dont want any recovery just my stock

MJ999 said:
hin
Is there any way to install the eye update from twrp itself ?
This is an update file right, like zip where we can flash from twrp ?
The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
I dont want any recovery just my stock
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If flashing stock recovery is too much of a hassle perhaps you shouldn't have started flashing in the first place, yes?
You won't be able to do OTA over TWRP, even the TWRP developers said as much.
Official Updates and TWRP
Excerpt: Installing official updates from your manufacturer or carrier is not supported by TWRP.
Period.
As for the stock recovery you need. Just copy the OTA.zip file to your PC and extract the recovery.img file within the firmware.zip file.

BerndM14 said:
If flashing stock recovery is too much of a hassle perhaps you shouldn't have started flashing in the first place, yes?
As for the stock recovery you need. Just copy the OTA.zip file to your PC and extract the recovery.img file within the firmware.zip file.
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Yes, the main reason I unlocked my bootloader ..... was just for HK mod but then only I realized that my phone is S-ON and S-OFF is only possible using sunshine.
Ok now I have the recovery.img file for my phone.
What should I do with it ?
Using hassoon2000's toolkit select 'your own recovery' and flash that's it ?
And one more question my CIDnum is t-mob009
Does that mean my mobile is tmobile based ?
In my place we have only two carriers and we don't have tmobile,sprint or verizon here.
EDIT : @mroshaw I hope you got your answer from the post #6
EDIT 2 : @BerndM14 just flashed the stock recovery and updated my phone and happy with it
Thanks for helping me mate
Good Luck

Awesome, good stuff. This will definitely help me out too.
Can I ask one quick follow up - where on the phone is OTA.zip stored? I have Root Explorer so just a matter of knowing where to look.

mroshaw said:
Awesome, good stuff. This will definitely help me out too.
Can I ask one quick follow up - where on the phone is OTA.zip stored? I have Root Explorer so just a matter of knowing where to look.
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In the download folder. /sdcard/Download

BerndM14 said:
In the download folder. /sdcard/Download
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Brilliant, thank you so much mate! Copied that down to my PC, flashed the recovery.bin and the update applied itself just fine! Restored TWRP and I'm back in business.
Really appreciate the help from you and the OP - great stuff!

mroshaw said:
Brilliant, thank you so much mate! Copied that down to my PC, flashed the recovery.bin and the update applied itself just fine! Restored TWRP and I'm back in business.
Really appreciate the help from you and the OP - great stuff!
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K, enjoy. :good:

[Q] Randows reboots on DomPop v.5.0.3 TW Lollipop 5.0 - [UPDATED] 3/16/2015

I've installed this rom and I have many problems with it
when I flashed any update my note starts to reboot by itself.
How can I fix That?

Veras07 said:
I've installed this rom and I have many problems with it
when I flashed any update my note starts to reboot by itself.
How can I fix That?
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Did you flash the entire file? There are usually two. The full rom and then updates to the rom. I would check in his thread to see what happened.
Also clearing the cache can help with the boot process

fogame said:
Did you flash the entire file? There are usually two. The full rom and then updates to the rom. I would check in his thread to see what happened.
Also clearing the cache can help with the boot process
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I did everything, but the problem begins when I install the updates.
If I only install v5, my note doesn't reboot by itself.

Gotta ask what was your process for flashing 5.0 did you wipe x3 and format data x3 that is what I normally do Im playing with mods right now but have been running 5.0.3 for a couple of days with no reboots actually never got any reboots while on DomPop
What Baseband and Modem are you running download the systeminfo app from playstore and it should tell you if you are unsure.

sawixso81 said:
Gotta ask what was your process for flashing 5.0 did you wipe x3 and format data x3 that is what I normally do Im playing with mods right now but have been running 5.0.3 for a couple of days with no reboots actually never got any reboots while on DomPop
What Baseband and Modem are you running download the systeminfo app from playstore and it should tell you if you are unsure.
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OK, I've solved the problem.
I updated the Baseband and bootloader, now everything works fine.
Thanks a lot.

Veras07 said:
OK, I've solved the problem.
I updated the Baseband and bootloader, now everything works fine.
Thanks a lot.
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How did you update the baseband and bootloader? Mines doing the exact same thing

G2blkteg said:
How did you update the baseband and bootloader? Mines doing the exact same thing
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I used Odin v3.10.6 to flash T-Mobile 5.0 stock rom, but I modified Odin to can update the baseband and bootloader.

Veras07 said:
I used Odin v3.10.6 to flash T-Mobile 5.0 stock rom, but I modified Odin to can update the baseband and bootloader.
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Thanks... Wasnt sure if i should have done N900TUVUDNK3 4.4.2 or 5.0... So there's obviously a root for stock 5.0 correct?

Veras07 said:
I used Odin v3.10.6 to flash T-Mobile 5.0 stock rom, but I modified Odin to can update the baseband and bootloader.
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As I have understood, you can only update the baseband and bootloader through ota. I Flashed the rom twice, the first time only the system was updated but no the baseband, the second did the modification of odin and everything went perfect.

G2blkteg said:
Thanks... Wasnt sure if i should have done N900TUVUDNK3 4.4.2 or 5.0... So there's obviously a root for stock 5.0 correct?
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I was on N900TUVUDNK3 baseband, installed the stock rom, after that Flashed twrp recovery via Odin, and finally Flashed DomPop v5.0 and updates.

Veras07 said:
I was on N900TUVUDNK3 baseband, installed the stock rom, after that Flashed twrp recovery via Odin, and finally Flashed DomPop v5.0 and updates.
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So how did you modify odin to update the baseband and bootloader?

G2blkteg said:
So how did you modify odin to update the baseband and bootloader?
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Download Odin v3.10.6 from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451, unzip and search for the odin3.ini file, open it and modify this two lines:
PhoneEFSClear=0
PhoneBootUpdate=0k
Change the first from 0 to 1 if you want to do a factory reset when you install the rom
Change the second one from OK to 1 to Odin update the baseband and bootloader automatically. After that open Odin, connect your note on download mode and install the rom.

Veras07 said:
Download Odin v3.10.6 from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451, unzip and search for the odin3.ini file, open it and modify this two lines:
PhoneEFSClear=0
PhoneBootUpdate=0k
Change the first from 0 to 1 if you want to do a factory reset when you install the rom
Change the second one from OK to 1 to Odin update the baseband and bootloader automatically. After that open Odin, connect your note on download mode and install the rom.
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Ill give it a shot... Thanks.... Now another question.. What did you use to root 5.0?

G2blkteg said:
Ill give it a shot... Thanks.... Now another question.. What did you use to root 5.0?
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You don't need to root stock rom. Download openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hltetmo-4.4.zip from Google and install via Odin, after that you only have to reboot into the twrp recovery and install the DomPop rom.
This rom comes rooted.

Veras07 said:
You don't need to root stock rom. Download openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hltetmo-4.4.zip from Google and install via Odin, after that you only have to reboot into the twrp recovery and install the DomPop rom.
This rom comes rooted.
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Oohhhhh thanks man... I appreciate that... I always thought i had to root first before i can flash a recovery... Good to know... Im downloading what i need now.... Now i wish the dompop had unlimited tethering lol

G2blkteg said:
Oohhhhh thanks man... I appreciate that... I always thought i had to root first before i can flash a recovery... Good to know... Im downloading what i need now.... Now i wish the dompop had unlimited tethering lol
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About the unlimited tethering I don't know.

Veras07 said:
About the unlimited tethering I don't know.
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One last thing... What file did you use for 5.0? Ive seen a few... Was it 1.4gb?

G2blkteg said:
One last thing... What file did you use for 5.0? Ive seen a few... Was it 1.4gb?
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That's the correct file.

Veras07 said:
That's the correct file.
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Ok last thing.. Do i place the file in BL, AP, CP, or CSC in odin?

G2blkteg said:
Ok last thing.. Do i place the file in BL, AP, CP, or CSC in odin?
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Place the file on AP

TWRP and New Oxygen OS update

i am assuming now that i have installed twrp, i cannot install the new Oxygen OS update, is that correct and i will have to wait for a twrpable update or stock recovery is available to flash? thank u

wondering the same

Bradl79 said:
i am assuming now that i have installed twrp, i cannot install the new Oxygen OS update, is that correct and i will have to wait for a twrpable update or stock recovery is available to flash? thank u
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gkillerx said:
wondering the same
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Flash the full zip 3.1.2 available here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591020540821926
Flash SuperSu after this to maintain root

Funk Wizard said:
Flash the full zip 3.1.2 available here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591020540821926
Flash SuperSu after this to maintain root
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The question is, can we use ATO with TWRP installed?

Only custom roms have OTA available with TWRP installed.

gkillerx said:
The question is, can we use ATO with TWRP installed?
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Oxygen Os fails to install the OTA when detected root ot any changes to system patrition, thus you have to wait for the full zip and dirty flash over the existing. Fairly simple.

I can still do a nandroid backup and restore stock OxygenOS, correct?

Funk Wizard said:
Flash the full zip 3.1.2 available here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591020540821926
Flash SuperSu after this to maintain root
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Thank u! Can I do a clean install with the zip or is it update only, also if I go to cm13 can I just clean flash that zip to go back to stock or do I have to get the firmware somewhere

Bradl79 said:
Thank u! Can I do a clean install with the zip or is it update only, also if I go to cm13 can I just clean flash that zip to go back to stock or do I have to get the firmware somewhere
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You can clean flash. It is a full zip. I have restricted access to it now as I don't see anyone getting the OTA. So, it might be a mistake build. Lol.
Sent from my OnePlus2 using XDA Labs

yeah i can't get it now anymore either, is there anyway someone can post a mirror link

Bradl79 said:
yeah i can't get it now anymore either, is there anyway someone can post a mirror link
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OxygenOS 3.1.2 http://downloadmirror.co/android/2zUL/OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_008_all_1606122244_e0cfc5ffc8bf411a.zip.

gee2012 said:
OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_008_all_1606122244_e0cfc5ffc8bf411a.zip https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Ufgy16r712WjNHUXBQdC1pNjA/view?usp=sharing or from here http://downloadmirror.co/android/2zUL/OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_008_all_1606122244_e0cfc5ffc8bf411a.zip.
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Hey @gee2012,
I'm on PA's 6.0.1 build right now, looking for a stock OOS ROM, newer the better. Can I flash this zip through TWRP? Just need to get back to stock somehow.
Thankyou.

chr0 said:
Hey @gee2012,
I'm on PA's 6.0.1 build right now, looking for a stock OOS ROM, newer the better. Can I flash this zip through TWRP? Just need to get back to stock somehow.
Thankyou.
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No, you need to flash the stock recovery.img in fastboot first and then you can flash the zip in recovery/flash from local.

gee2012 said:
No, you need to flash the stock recovery.img in fastboot first and then you can flash the zip in recovery/flash from local.
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Much appreciated. Could you also link me to the stock recovery?

chr0 said:
Much appreciated. Could you also link me to the stock recovery?
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I`am looking for it myself atm, so i can`t help you with that i`am afraid

I (call me moron) am bricked (TWRP is installed) and looking for stock recovery also. Could someone post it, please? Otherwise I'm unable to flash a stock ROM. (TWRP does flash it, but after that it says "No OS installed".)
At least I have to wait for my new SIM cards for a few days anyway, so... never mind...

hasenbein1966 said:
I (call me moron) am bricked (TWRP is installed) and looking for stock recovery also. Could someone post it, please? Otherwise I'm unable to flash a stock ROM. (TWRP does flash it, but after that it says "No OS installed".)
At least I have to wait for my new SIM cards for a few days anyway, so... never mind...
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Nandroid ?

Funk Wizard said:
Nandroid ?
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Obviously that's why you can call me a moron - obviously I didn't do a Nandroid

hasenbein1966 said:
Obviously that's why you can call me a moron - obviously I didn't do a Nandroid
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At least you have a problem that can be solved I posted a request for the stock recovery.img so maybe will upload it.

lol i guess everyone got excited and just installed TWRP off the bat, now that i have learned to pull .img files, its too late for me since i installed twrp instead of booting up, there has to be someone who had done it, i wonder why no is providing it, its a simple task.

Return to stock but keep TWRP?

Hi all,
Is there a way to return to stock rom but with TWRP still intact?
The only way I've read of getting back to stock is by flashing using the flashtool, but surely this would overwrite twrp?
Cheers

U can use pre rooted firmware. This tool is great https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/tool-prfcreator-easily-create-pre-t2859904

zlata said:
U can use pre rooted firmware. This tool is great https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/tool-prfcreator-easily-create-pre-t2859904
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Thanks. Can I then unroot?

tooplanx said:
Thanks. Can I then unroot?
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Yes .U can always unroot. SuperSu got this option in it. For Magisk - flash magisk uninstall zip.

Does anyone have a link to any stock based 5.1.1 ROMs which are flashable through twrp please?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849867
You can download ftf from https://mega.nz/#!TBBXBaCa!haqmO0eoPRyL5Gnwih-6Cm0ZHJpq_pVc8enXr0oyw3E
It's latest 5.1.1 i used for my beginners guide