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[Q] HELP!!!!!! NEED A PROFESSIONAL!! error wiping data/formatting data in stock ics

BACK STORY: Im pretty noobish at this whole thing so thanx in advance to all for your help. So i was running the Official slim bean 3.1 rom for my sgh-t989 with no problems, after about a day and a half I would get a fc message saying whatever application for task i was doing (twitter, poweramp, etc) had stopped. after closing the app and trying to reopen it i would then get a fc message saying something to the affect of "process.gapps. has stopped working", at which point my screen was blank and nothing worked. so i opened up twrp 2.3.3 recovery and wiped my cache and dalvic, hoping to fix the issue. when done I would reboot and end up in a bootloop. I thought nothing of it (I planned to flash a new rom soon anyway) so i nandroid and then flash gsbean v11 and everything is fine. About a day and a half goes by and i start getting the same errors. At this point my noob angriness kicks in and i decide i should unroot back to stock ICS and start over. I unroot and the phone resets into a bootloop so i go into stock recovery and THIS IS WHERE MY PROBLEM BEGINS
PROBLEM: when im in stock recovery i try to data wipe/ factory reset to fix bootloop and i get the following error "E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument) i get the same error when trying to wipe cache... is my phone bricked??
i appreciate all your help and support in this matter!

MidwestEmo4Ever said:
BACK STORY: Im pretty noobish at this whole thing so thanx in advance to all for your help. So i was running the Official slim bean 3.1 rom for my sgh-t989 with no problems, after about a day and a half I would get a fc message saying whatever application for task i was doing (twitter, poweramp, etc) had stopped. after closing the app and trying to reopen it i would then get a fc message saying something to the affect of "process.gapps. has stopped working", at which point my screen was blank and nothing worked. so i opened up twrp 2.3.3 recovery and wiped my cache and dalvic, hoping to fix the issue. when done I would reboot and end up in a bootloop. I thought nothing of it (I planned to flash a new rom soon anyway) so i nandroid and then flash gsbean v11 and everything is fine. About a day and a half goes by and i start getting the same errors. At this point my noob angriness kicks in and i decide i should unroot back to stock ICS and start over. I unroot and the phone resets into a bootloop so i go into stock recovery and THIS IS WHERE MY PROBLEM BEGINS
PROBLEM: when im in stock recovery i try to data wipe/ factory reset to fix bootloop and i get the following error "E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument) i get the same error when trying to wipe cache... is my phone bricked??
i appreciate all your help and support in this matter!
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Unfortunately after doing a quick search it looks like many people who have a problem very similar to yours had to send the phone in for servicing.

WangLung said:
Unfortunately after doing a quick search it looks like many people who have a problem very similar to yours had to send the phone in for servicing.
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yeah thats what it looks like. I guess my only question now would be is there any way to salvage the media thats on my internal sd? photos/music stuff like that?

MidwestEmo4Ever said:
BACK STORY: Im pretty noobish at this whole thing so thanx in advance to all for your help. So i was running the Official slim bean 3.1 rom for my sgh-t989 with no problems, after about a day and a half I would get a fc message saying whatever application for task i was doing (twitter, poweramp, etc) had stopped. after closing the app and trying to reopen it i would then get a fc message saying something to the affect of "process.gapps. has stopped working", at which point my screen was blank and nothing worked. so i opened up twrp 2.3.3 recovery and wiped my cache and dalvic, hoping to fix the issue. when done I would reboot and end up in a bootloop. I thought nothing of it (I planned to flash a new rom soon anyway) so i nandroid and then flash gsbean v11 and everything is fine. About a day and a half goes by and i start getting the same errors. At this point my noob angriness kicks in and i decide i should unroot back to stock ICS and start over. I unroot and the phone resets into a bootloop so i go into stock recovery and THIS IS WHERE MY PROBLEM BEGINS
PROBLEM: when im in stock recovery i try to data wipe/ factory reset to fix bootloop and i get the following error "E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument) i get the same error when trying to wipe cache... is my phone bricked??
i appreciate all your help and support in this matter!
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It's not bricked just reflash using odin or cwm back to stock
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Strange Boot Loop With NO CWM Recovery

I've got a T-Mobile Note 3 that I picked it up on launch day last Thursday at a T-mobile store. I proceeded to root the phone with Odin, then restore via Titanium Backup and then fix the backup with "restorecon -R -v /data". Life has been great until last night. Initially I got a circle with a line through it instead of the mobile signal and my cellular link would not connect, but my wifi was fine. When the problem was sill occurring this morning I figured it was an odd cellular problem and rebooted the phone this morning when it persisted. Now the phone is rebooting a few minutes after it completes booting.
It will boot normally, then I'll unlock the phone and get my window manager (Holo)...then I'll get the error "Process system isn't responding. Do you want to close it?". Then I get the error "Unfortunately, Favorite Apps has stopped." Regardless whether I interact with those error messages the phone then reboots a minute later. I have *not* done a restore from CWM ever and the phone doesn't seem to have suffered any physical damage.
The things I've tried include:
*) power down, remove sdcard, then reboot
*) power down, remove sim card, then reboot
*) power down, remove sim card, remove sdcard, then reboot
*) clear cache, then reboot
*) clear dalvik-cache, then reboot
*) clear dalvik-cache and cache, then reboot
*) clear dalvik-cache, clean cache, then wipe to factory, then reboot
In all the above scenarios nothing has changed. The phone reboots after it completes booting.
In the past, I've rooted and flashed on a G1, a G2, and an S3. I've bricked my S3 that had to be repaired via JTAG. This reboot problem with my Note 3 is completely unlike any of the things I've seen with previous phones.
I've read through some of the other threads about reboot loops, but all the threads I've read were caused by a CWM restore and have no solution yet.
Does anyone know the cause of this and what could fix it?

digitalfiend said:
I've got a T-Mobile Note 3 that I picked it up on launch day last Thursday at a T-mobile store. I proceeded to root the phone with Odin, then restore via Titanium Backup and then fix the backup with "restorecon -R -v /data". Life has been great until last night. Initially I got a circle with a line through it instead of the mobile signal and my cellular link would not connect, but my wifi was fine. When the problem was sill occurring this morning I figured it was an odd cellular problem and rebooted the phone this morning when it persisted. Now the phone is rebooting a few minutes after it completes booting.
It will boot normally, then I'll unlock the phone and get my window manager (Holo)...then I'll get the error "Process system isn't responding. Do you want to close it?". Then I get the error "Unfortunately, Favorite Apps has stopped." Regardless whether I interact with those error messages the phone then reboots a minute later. I have *not* done a restore from CWM ever and the phone doesn't seem to have suffered any physical damage.
The things I've tried include:
*) power down, remove sdcard, then reboot
*) power down, remove sim card, then reboot
*) power down, remove sim card, remove sdcard, then reboot
*) clear cache, then reboot
*) clear dalvik-cache, then reboot
*) clear dalvik-cache and cache, then reboot
*) clear dalvik-cache, clean cache, then wipe to factory, then reboot
In all the above scenarios nothing has changed. The phone reboots after it completes booting.
In the past, I've rooted and flashed on a G1, a G2, and an S3. I've bricked my S3 that had to be repaired via JTAG. This reboot problem with my Note 3 is completely unlike any of the things I've seen with previous phones.
I've read through some of the other threads about reboot loops, but all the threads I've read were caused by a CWM restore and have no solution yet.
Does anyone know the cause of this and what could fix it?
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I would just Odin to stock and restart. I'm guessing some app your restored form another phone did it.

YellowGTO said:
I would just Odin to stock and restart. I'm guessing some app your restored form another phone did it.
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I don't believe it was an app that was restored because the restore had run perfectly for 5 full days. I completed the restore last Thursday...that's what makes this so unusual.
Do you know where to get the stock zips to use with Odin?

digitalfiend said:
I don't believe it was an app that was restored because the restore had run perfectly for 5 full days. I completed the restore last Thursday...that's what makes this so unusual.
Do you know where to get the stock zips to use with Odin?
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There's some stock Odin tar files in the Android development forum. Download and flash using Odin. Once it reboots, remove battery and manually boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset/wipe. Reboot and it should work.
Sent from my SGH-T889

jmerlos said:
There's some stock Odin tar files in the Android development forum. Download and flash using Odin. Once it reboots, remove battery and manually boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset/wipe. Reboot and it should work.
Sent from my SGH-T889
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It looks as if the stock tar in zip format (N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_TMB.zip) can be downloaded from either of these links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465764 (faster download link)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468275 (slow download link)
I just finished downloading from the first link and after extracting the zip file I have these files:
N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_N900TUVUBMI7_HOME.tar.md5
SS_DL.dll
This seems like an obvious thing, but want to ask because of how odd this problem is: Do I simply flash the "N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_N900TUVUBMI7_HOME.tar.md5" file the same way that I flashed the CWM through Odin?

Yes, but IIRC, just uncheck reboot, reboot manually into recovery, then wipe, factory reset, etc. Pull your battery, reboot. Check the TWRP thread, it has exact directions.
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Warrior1975 said:
Yes, but IIRC, just uncheck reboot, reboot manually into recovery, then wipe, factory reset, etc. Pull your battery, reboot. Check the TWRP thread, it has exact directions.
sgh-TWEAKED-889©
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Got it, thank you! Here's what I'm referencing for the Odin options:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46110842&postcount=2
I'll flash this and update the thread.

Good luck bro!!
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Ok, I flashed with Odin then once it completed I got the "PASS!" status in Odin. I shut down Odin, pulled the battery from the Note 3, then allowed the phone to boot. There was a "booting recovery" message in blue at the top of the screen before the phone booted, then it booted to the "samsung logo", then the animated circular logo, then the white screen with the "T-Mobile 4G LTE" logo, then rebooted. The second boot, it did the same thing but stayed on the "T-Mobile 4G LTE" screen for many minutes...then it seemed as if it was completing it's reboot because I got the notification bar with the time and the circle with the line through it for the cell signal strength. I got the same error when the phone seemed to have completed booting, then a reboot. Now it's back to the same place it started in it's rebooting cycle.
This makes absolutely no sense at all. If I'd have done a CWM restore then I could understand that...but there's no reason for this that I can see. The phone acts as if it was knocked off of the T-Mobile network and now it finishes it's booting cycle long enough to be rebooted.
So now I have a useless Note 3. I'm game for taking the phone back to the T-Mobile store and requesting that they replace the phone, which they probably would, but I have no guarantee that this wouldn't happen again. I'm open to suggestions as long as they don't cause me to brick my phone completely.

I finished installing TWRP and darthrom successfully. However, after the darthrom finishes booting I have the exact same problem with the phone rebooting that the stock ROM had.
I'm back to square one.
I'm open to suggestions.

There are a lot of people having boot loop problems even without root though they are spread out among various sub forums. Try this thread for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2467005[Q] Reboot cycle after restart help
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317

Dumbo53 said:
There are a lot of people having boot loop problems even without root though they are spread out among various sub forums. Try this thread for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2467005[Q] Reboot cycle after restart help
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
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I saw a couple threads last night when I was searching around on the web about other models of phones with SIM socket and SIM card issues. I'm beginning to think that my issue is hardware-related, and not software. I did another wipe last night based on this thread's post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46157872&postcount=6&nocache=1&z=7848000959493220
Instead of simply wiping, I formatted /data/, then wiped, then I flashed on the stock ROM, then flashed on the darth rom. I got slightly different results once the phone was done with it's firstboot - it kept giving me the error that a new SIM card had been installed and the phone needed to be rebooted. This causes me to suspect the physical hardware of my Note 3 or the SIM card. I have ruled out the SIM card because I've been using it in my old G2 since this started, via an adapter for the G2's SIM socket, and it's been fine. I'm planning on taking the phone to T-Mobile today and seeing what they can sort out with either a SIM exchange or phone exchange.

The note 3 misbehaved the same way while in the T-Mobile store. They swapped the phone out under warranty after asking only the basic questions and trying a factory reset. The same SIM card in the new note 3 works fine.

I'm on the same boat. Got my Note 3 this morning, rooted an hour ago with CMW, made backup and flashed Stock ROM from Jovy. Result: bootloop. Restore backup and still on bootloop. DLing the Odin stock .tar to see if it helps. Any more suggestions?
Edit: After flashing with Odin the stock tar from Sammy all it's good...at least for now.

Wally72 said:
I'm on the same boat. Got my Note 3 this morning, rooted an hour ago with CMW, made backup and flashed Stock ROM from Jovy. Result: bootloop. Restore backup and still on bootloop. DLing the Odin stock .tar to see if it helps. Any more suggestions?
Edit: After flashing with Odin the stock tar from Sammy all it's good...at least for now.
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How far into the booting process would you get before the phone rebooted?

digitalfiend said:
How far into the booting process would you get before the phone rebooted?
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Never passed Samsung! In my case, flashing the .tar with Odin from Samfirmware fixed my issue. I think imma wait for a more stable recovery.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk now Free

Wally72 said:
Never passed Samsung! In my case, flashing the .tar with Odin from Samfirmware fixed my issue.
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Interesting...it sounds like you had the boot loop that many others have had...it's cool to hear that you got it fixed. I think my problem was hardware-based since the phone completed it's boot process and *then* had issues. Luckily T-Mobile was there for me and helped out.
Wally72 said:
I think imma wait for a more stable recovery.
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I know what you mean as far as waiting for a stable recovery. If it's any help, I've decided to stay far away from the recovery restore and simply use Titanium backup to do restores. It's more work than a nandroid recovery, but it reliably does it's job well for me.

digitalfiend said:
Interesting...it sounds like you had the boot loop that many others have had...it's cool to hear that you got it fixed. I think my problem was hardware-based since the phone completed it's boot process and *then* had issues. Luckily T-Mobile was there for me and helped out.
I know what you mean as far as waiting for a stable recovery. If it's any help, I've decided to stay far away from the recovery restore and simply use Titanium backup to do restores. It's more work than a nandroid recovery, but it reliably does it's job well for me.
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Well...I'm doing a lot of reading. I can't stand this "stock look" and me, every time I root a phone, I always do my own modifications within the ROM I choose to flash. SystemUI and apk's. I only change the .png's, therefore, getting the visual look I want/like. Always done it with certain ROMs/Themes. I downloaded Jovy's stock ROM and made the visual changes I wanted. I flashed and got into that bootloop scenario. Restore backup with CWM provided by Zedomax and made it worse. I think the problem is recovery (at least from what I've read). In this case, CWM been less unstable than TWRP. I f you read a bit around, must ppl if not all, had the "dead bootloop" issue with TWRP. I haven't read from anybody yet having the "dead bootloop" with CWM. Ppl with CWM that flashed their backup and got that bootloop, fixed it flashing back to stock, where ppl that had TWRP have tried to flash back to stock and their phones never boot completely
Again...imma wait a little more for good reports as far as recovery goes!

Bigbiff has a file he uploaded, it may be a fix for the bootlooping issue. You'd be the first to try at this point. It's linked below, but the entire thread is in the OG development of tmobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46379854
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I've never seen so many issues with a brand new flagship phone before. Makes me think it wasn't tested fully before release. I mean all these problems!
Even though I returned my N3 after I tried restoring and getting bootloop of death, I feel this model is really flawed. Hearing new things everyday.

Process System isnt Responding

I was restoring a Nandroid on my Note 3 tonight- when I rebooted, I got an error message saying Process System isn't responding - do you want to stop it or wait - no matter which option I chose, the phone would reboot - I tried to restore other nandroids and got the same error,
I tried to Odin back to stock and on reboot - I got the same message.
Not sure what to do ?
It's kind of like the old "death loops' but I don't recall ever seeing that particular error message -
Any suggestions? RIght now I can't do anything with this phone - ???

same problem here..... i get no signal and bootloops

Wtf. Im getting the same thing here. Driving me crazy. Im out of solutions

this worked like a charm for me. Im back up. I even used the same exact backup which was looping after without efs of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
1. Reboot to recovery
2. Hit "Advanced" Select "Terminal Command"
3. Hit "Select" (lower right corner)..Do not select any specific folder, just hit select..
4. keyboard will open, type in the following commands, make sure you put the spaces and / where they need to be, it needs to look exactly as outlined..
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
Hit Go - The command will run.
Clear the box, type the following command
mkdir /efs
Hit Go - The command will run.
Clear the box, type the following command
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /efs
Hit Go - The command will run.

thanks dreisus but i tried your fix many times but no luck still bootloop

trezegol said:
thanks dreisus but i tried your fix many times but no luck still bootloop
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Well if you get the fix let me know. Im always interested in different solutions. How did bootloops start. Mine started with sinmply trying to install a theme through twrp .

i just did a efs backup after that install recovery boot into recovery didnt flash anything i just restart to system and bootloop started ... ill let you know if i get it fix im willing to try anything even if it hardbrick my phone r doesnt work so if anyone whants me to try something let me know

me also !!!!.. WTF is happening?
I flash it stock firmware 3 times... still same

This problem happen to me yesterday... I just rebooted my phone and it started happening. I get the Process System isnt Responding error message along with an infinite bootloop. I have no signal and my baseband said unknown when I finally got in and then it went to bootlooping again. I don't know WTF is going on lol. I didn't do anything to my device. It was perfect until yesterday. Can else anyone chime in on what the problem may be?
Edit: I performed the "Fix" with wiping the efs but I have to perform it every couple of reboots because after I reboot 2-3 times, it starts happening again.

lm that guy said:
This problem happen to me yesterday... I just rebooted my phone and it started happening. I get the Process System isnt Responding error message along with an infinite bootloop. I have no signal and my baseband said unknown when I finally got in and then it went to bootlooping again. I don't know WTF is going on lol. I didn't do anything to my device. It was perfect until yesterday. Can else anyone chime in on what the problem may be?
Edit: I performed the "Fix" with wiping the efs but I have to perform it every couple of reboots because after I reboot 2-3 times, it starts happening again.
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Happens to me as well on all roms except jedi elite. I don't know if it's the phone or something I'm doing but I've just accepted jedi for now my buddy can only flash wicked and it happens on all others for him
Jedi Elite Powered T-Mobile Note 3

I just had this happen after a reboot on me today. I rebooted the phone again and it was fine. Stock rooted. Only time it has ever done it.

str8killinya said:
Happens to me as well on all roms except jedi elite. I don't know if it's the phone or something I'm doing but I've just accepted jedi for now my buddy can only flash wicked and it happens on all others for him
Jedi Elite Powered T-Mobile Note 3
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krelvinaz said:
I just had this happen after a reboot on me today. I rebooted the phone again and it was fine. Stock rooted. Only time it has ever done it.
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This is so weird. Before, I could flash any ROMS I wanted to with no problems. It started when I was using the ROA ROM but like I said I flashed that ROM many times and was using it for 3 days solid.
But anyways, I sadly had to get rid of mine. No matter what ROM im using results in a instant reboot even on the stock firmware. I just hope I get a new device with knox 0x0 because im staying on stock for a bit.

lm that guy said:
This is so weird. Before, I could flash any ROMS I wanted to with no problems. It started when I was using the ROA ROM but like I said I flashed that ROM many times and was using it for 3 days solid.
But anyways, I sadly had to get rid of mine. No matter what ROM im using results in a instant reboot even on the stock firmware. I just hope I get a new device with knox 0x0 because im staying on stock for a bit.
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I think I must have wiped my EFS or something got corrupted - I followed Steps posed by Steve Lazarus - in this thread and it worked fine - (I also later found a flashable fix that does the same thing on the N9005 Thread...so if it happens again, that is what I will use.
I do know that the NOTE 3 Seems much more prone to getting soft bricked than just about any other phone I have ever used..

mocsab said:
I think I must have wiped my EFS or something got corrupted - I followed Steps posed by Steve Lazarus - in this thread and it worked fine - (I also later found a flashable fix that does the same thing on the N9005 Thread...so if it happens again, that is what I will use.
I do know that the NOTE 3 Seems much more prone to getting soft bricked than just about any other phone I have ever used..
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Yeah, im 100% sure it has something to do with the EFS. It somehow got corrupted. Because when I finally get into the system, I check my baseband and it said unknown.
But the thing is, I never touched my EFS at all. I just rebooted one day and it was happening. Also I'd like to mention, that whenever I restored my EFS with the latest TWRP, everything started working again!!! BUT... i would have to perform this every 2-3 reboots because the problem would continue to arrive. So I had 2 choices... Perform an EFS restore every time I boot my phone or just return it.

lm that guy said:
Yeah, im 100% sure it has something to do with the EFS. It somehow got corrupted. Because when I finally get into the system, I check my baseband and it said unknown.
But the thing is, I never touched my EFS at all. I just rebooted one day and it was happening. Also I'd like to mention, that whenever I restored my EFS with the latest TWRP, everything started working again!!! BUT... i would have to perform this every 2-3 reboots because the problem would continue to arrive. So I had 2 choices... Perform an EFS restore every time I boot my phone or just exchange it. I chose the latter.
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I never touched my EFS either - but somehow when I made a back up on a rom I was using, when I rebooted afterwards I got those nasty reboots. then nothing would work - no other backups - I tried using ODIN To go to stock - nada - but following the instructions from Lazarus - I was able to get it going again.

mocsab said:
I never touched my EFS either - but somehow when I made a back up on a rom I was using, when I rebooted afterwards I got those nasty reboots. then nothing would work - no other backups - I tried using ODIN To go to stock - nada - but following the instructions from Lazarus - I was able to get it going again.
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If you are referring to wiping the EFS using TWRP I tried that and it worked. But the problem would come back every couple of reboots. And I wasn't about to perform this every time I reboot lol. Now that I think about it, have you ever experienced that followup random reboot when you boot your phone? Maybe that was a warning sign that this was coming

lm that guy said:
If you are referring to wiping the EFS using TWRP I tried that and it worked. But the problem would come back every couple of reboots. And I wasn't about to perform this every time I reboot lol. Now that I think about it, have you ever experienced that followup random reboot when you boot your phone? Maybe that was a warning sign that this was coming
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I have noticed that occasionally the phone will boot up - look like is almost ready and then reboot - usually only happens once and then the phone boots fine. I have always thought it was the finickyness of the NOTE 3 - and the newness of custom recovery's for the NOTE 3 - I honestly don't know why it does it - the most recent version of TWRP seems more stable - but who knows....?

+Jason Ren https://db.tt/QQfxFQlo this fixed boot my loops. flash in recovery. keep it on your sdcard for future use.
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[Q] Please tell me this isnt a brick.

I really apologize if this in the wrong section, or forum, but I am very worried. Earlier I was messing around and I tried flashing the Xposed framework for lollipop. I have TWRP and I made a nandroid backup, I flashed it, all was well, and I rebooted. Well It was hanging for a while, too long, on the cyanogenmod booting screen. It was active, it wasnt frozen, the circle kept coming out from the logo.
I was like "damn, it must not have worked." So I powered off, hopped into recovery, and flashed the nandroid backup I had made.
Well now I have the same problem, It gets to the logo, and continuously flashes the circle, just nothing ever happens. Ive had it trying to boot for probably 10 mins now while I am typing this. I can get to recovery no problem, and have nandroid backups made, so I mean there has to be a way to fix it.
Can anyone help? Also, I'm working with a mac computer but I can pull up parallels desktop if need be.
Thanks in advance.
ALSO,
Where can I download a stock rom for 4.4.2 for The Galaxy Tab 8.4 T320
The only link I found is on some weird 3rd party website and is gonna take 9 hours to download. It is a .zip file and I need it to be able to work with odin, so hopefully there is a .tar in the zip correct?
All this crap because of stupid Xposed. omg.
Sorry guys, im freaking out.
Also, I think I have an idea why it wont boot..
I cannot clear the Cache, or the dalvik cache. It says "E/ Failed to mount : ' Cache" and same for dalvik cache.
And When I try to "repair filesystem" it also cannot mount cache and says the cache size it 0, and free space is 0. Someone please help. I don't want to cry myself to sleep tonight.
Also, I am downloading a stock rom right now, but it is one from Canada, I couldnt find one from the USA. But it was the one with the most downloads, so it doesnt matter where it's from as long as it is for my model, SM-T320, correct?
NOBODY, has any suggestions? God I'm gonna end up trying this on my own and ending up with a hard brick. Please, out of any of the 30 people who have viewed this, anybody?! :/

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I did it, ****ers!
Thanks for all the help!
As in, I flashed the stock rom with odin, and It was sucessfull.
Then I flashed TWRP and restored my nandroid. All was well.

A little late since you fixed it, but for future reference incase someone else has the problem.
XAR firmware is for the USA wifi models,
you could also flash with Samsung kies back to stock (downloads off samsung servers), though odin works too.
you could of disabled xposed with this command line if you had a custom recovery like twrp,
TWRP - Advanced - Terminal command
touch /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/disabled
There is also a key combination that can disable it too not sure if it works with the lolipop beta though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51306764&postcount=9883
Quick explanation of the safemode: It was developed by @Tungstwenty and makes it possible to disable Xposed by repeatedly pressing one of the hardware buttons during early startup. The phone will vibrate twice when the first key press has been detected. Then you have five seconds to press the same button four more times. Each key press will be confirmed with a short vibration; the final one with a long vibration. It creates /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/disabled, which prevents most of Xposed's actions (e.g. no hooks are made and no modules are loaded). There's no 100% guarantee that this will get you out of a bootloop, but in most cases it should.
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otyg said:
A little late since you fixed it, but for future reference incase someone else has the problem.
XAR firmware is for the USA wifi models,
you could also flash with Samsung kies back to stock (downloads off samsung servers), though odin works too.
you could of disabled xposed with this command line if you had a custom recovery like twrp,
TWRP - Advanced - Terminal command
touch /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/disabled
There is also a key combination that can disable it too not sure if it works with the lolipop beta though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51306764&postcount=9883
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Thanks man, but I think my whole problem was something was corrupted with the Cache, it said I had 0 cache memory, with 0 free,
And I couldnt clear the cache, or dalvik cache for the life of me. Or even mount it for that matter.
I'm really thankful for all the posts I found on this website though, that's where I got the idea to flash it with Odin.

Crosshatch Issue With ROMs & TWRP. Strange Occurrences

Ok, So Here's The Deal.. The Thing.. The WTF
So I had an older version of the Scorpion ROM installed and working fine for a while and wanted to change it up. I downloaded the newest TWRP. Both image and installer.zip, newest Magisk and RR 7.
I flashed the latest stock and you know, followed all the proper steps and after I flashed RR 7, it wouldn't boot up. (Not the issue) as others have had the same issue with RR 7. I left a post about that on the RR 7 thread and went about reflashing stock and proceeded to find a different ROM to check out.
No matter what I try to flash: Lineage, Scorpion, RR 7, dotOS the same thing happens... Everything flashes like it should, but then it won't boot, AND THEN every time I boot back to TWRP to try something else the haptic feedback vibration thing on the pixel 3 xl goes banana sandwich crazy and won't shut off until I reboot to fastboot to flashall to start over. LOL
And not only that but when I jump back to TWRP to try to flash something else stored on the phone, it says the storage is empty and there are nothing available in the menu. And I couldn't get a screenshot but there were some errors that have popped up in twrp as well...
Could This Be An Issue WITH TWRP itself? Because it does it with every single ROM I have flashed today. It's very strange. I have never ran into any issues like this when flashing ROMs, Kernals, etc.
I'm lost. Any help would be awesomely appreciated.
UPDATE: It now vibrates constantly in TWRP and when I reflashed to factory it did the corrupt software screen so I gave it a good ole' factory rest and then it was is stuck in a loop at the G while conecting and disconnecting to the USB over and over and over... now back to corrupt software screen.
I guess I'm just going to have to reflash Stock and just leave it.
Update 2: Still Give The Corrupt Software Thing After Performing FlashAll - soooooooooooooooo

Slo-mo Designs said:
Ok, So Here's The Deal.. The Thing.. The WTF
Could This Be An Issue WITH TWRP itself? Because it does it with every single ROM I have flashed today. It's very strange. I have never ran into any issues like this when flashing ROMs, Kernals, etc. I'm lost. Any help would be awesomely appreciated.
UPDATE: It now vibrates constantly in TWRP and when I reflashed to factory it did the corrupt software screen so I gave it a good ole' factory rest and then it was is stuck in a loop at the G while conecting and disconnecting to the USB over and over and over... now back to corrupt software screen.
I guess I'm just going to have to reflash Stock and just leave it.
Update 2: Still Give The Corrupt Software Thing After Performing FlashAll - soooooooooooooooo
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Couple of things. Yes there was an issue with v3.2.3-4 TWRP and the vibrator, but that is separate from your boot issues. Go to the dedicated TWRP thread. As for your updates, 1) an FDR just deletes your data and so would not solve your issue. and 2) Guessing you removed the -w switch from the flash-all script or you would not be getting the corrupt software screen. Run the script again with the wipe switch in place, allowing it to wipe your partitions and start over. You've already deleted all your data with the FDR so it won't matter. Best of luck!

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v12xke said:
Couple of things. Yes there was an issue with v3.2.3-4 TWRP and the vibrator, but that is separate from your boot issues. Go to the dedicated TWRP thread. As for your updates, 1) an FDR just deletes your data and so would not solve your issue. and 2) Guessing you removed the -w switch from the flash-all script or you would not be getting the corrupt software screen. Run the script again with the wipe switch in place, allowing it to wipe your partitions and start over. You've already deleted all your data with the FDR so it won't matter. Best of luck!
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So yeah... I just now logged back on and saw your response [I have had notification issues on everything from Reddit to FB since I have had the 3XL]
About the response, I have had the issue with it showing the corrupt software screen a bunch when flashing new stuff. The reason I perform the Factory Slap is because it allows me to enter the menu where I have the option to "Boot from ADB" or whatever it says, sideloading seems to be the only way I can make progress when it starts giving the corrupt error.. The reason I didn't perform the full wipe but I can't remember exactly why now since that was over a month ago.
But I finally got it fixed, and I was going to repost because I had found a way to prevent the vibration thing from happening in TWRP but by the time I got around to posting, the new update had fixed it. Lol