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Phone wont boot, unable to flash...

The thing is, that I've installed CM7 (the one, that is uploaded here in a topic), and now I would like to go back to 2.2.1 . Now, I did this: flashed XWJS3 with 512.pit and re-partition enabled using odin. After flash, it took me to the basic recovery menu as it used to, and displayed some errors, some notifications etc... I ignored it, because it always does this... Then tried to reboot, and it booted, and after animation screen has gone black, two touch-buttons lit up. And it didn't want to go on. I did the whole stuff again, same. I'm stuck, plz help me guys to get it working. Thanks!

Can you use download mod?? Pls pm to me if you cant

flash jpc with repartition
then flash whatever u want...

i fell subject to same sort of issue and after hours of googling found the issue to be a fault with the Internal SD Card and my fix was as follows in my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910076

gbohm, JPC is 2.2 isnt it?
Sparco, you wrote, I should flash 2.1
Would any of you be so kind, and give the exact one?
The exact name and .pit I need from samfirmware.com THX!
2.1 XJWM9 rom says after flashing: E: Cant mount /dev/block/stl11

94kram01 said:
gbohm, JPC is 2.2 isnt it?
Sparco, you wrote, I should flash 2.1
Would any of you be so kind, and give the exact one?
The exact name and .pit I need from samfirmware.com THX!
2.1 XJWM9 rom says after flashing: E: Cant mount /dev/block/stl11
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You flashed the wrong repartition with jpc from samfw nothing can go wrong then flash whatever without reparition....
Oh btw wrong subforum isn't it?
Sent from my A101IT using Tapatalk

Is this for sure the right pit does it say use pit? Or just one file no pit?
Just flash the one i told you jpc with repartition and report back happened before isn't a problem we will get it working again don't be afraid
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Okay, firstly, thanks!
I managed to find out, that any rom, that has all the files (so is really a full rom, not only update) (cache.rfs dbdata.rfs [<- this one was missing for me] factoryfs.rfs modem.bin param.lfs zImage) has to be flashed first when stuff is messed up like in my case. After that, it's going to repair itsself, and then any rom is flashable

94kram01 said:
Okay, firstly, thanks!
I managed to find out, that any rom, that has all the files (so is really a full rom, not only update) (cache.rfs dbdata.rfs [<- this one was missing for me] factoryfs.rfs modem.bin param.lfs zImage) has to be flashed first when stuff is messed up like in my case. After that, it's going to repair itsself, and then any rom is flashable
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Yes exactly jpc is such a full release
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Pc Odin Stuck on Factoryfs.img! Please Help!

Guys,
I need your urgent assistance .. I think I have bricked my phone and need assistance.. Basically I was running the Official ICS ROM which I got from XDA website it was the LQ2 kernel for the Galaxy Note.
Last night I custom flashed the Criskelo ICS v7 ROM but wasn't too happy and wanted to go back to stock ICS .. So I went into PC Odin and flashed the stock ICS Firmware.. upon booting I went into CWM (Volume up + home+power) did a factoy reset and cache, dalvik cache wipe.. Then reboot system.. The phone was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note screen .. So I tried to Flash the Stock ICS LQ2 rom again via PC Odin and now it just hangs almost at 90% at factoryfs.img?
Am I completely messed up or is there a way to resolve this please can you guys assist me in what I must do.. I don't know if this is a soft or super brick..
Many Thanks..
PS: I even did the PIT file thing and still no joy

you custom flashed??
what do u mean u custom flashed??

Get a rom with bootloader in it. Don t use repartition. Make sure you flash the bootloader.

Sounds like you wiped from a stock Samsung kernel, which is a big no no. The only way to fix this is to repartition your phone with a .pit file that has been designed not to use the the corrupted sectors of your internal storage. If you search hard enough, you'll find a thread about it. I successfully recovered a phone I bricked way back with the first LP1 ICS kernel. It does work! You'll lose some space though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
And there's the thread I was talking about.

tibosee said:
Get a rom with bootloader in it. Don t use repartition. Make sure you flash the bootloader.
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Can you send me a link with a rom which has this please?

Here i had the same problem when I tried to flash my first rom. Just tried to flash on another computer and guess what... Successfully done!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

smalmagal said:
Sounds like you wiped from a stock Samsung kernel, which is a big no no. The only way to fix this is to repartition your phone with a .pit file that has been designed not to use the the corrupted sectors of your internal storage. If you search hard enough, you'll find a thread about it. I successfully recovered a phone I bricked way back with the first LP1 ICS kernel. It does work! You'll lose some space though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
And there's the thread I was talking about.
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Yes I factory reset a STOCK ICS ROM .. please can you assist in what I need to do.. Which PIT file and which ROM Shall I try to flash with.. please assist.. Many thanks..

Thanks for your help guys .. followed the german dudes tutorial and downloaded the .PIT file and managed to re flash stock ICS .. Now the only issue is my internal memory is showing 8.24 GB.. what happened to the other approx 8GB? I thought the Note was 16GB? Before windows used to show it as 11GB but now showing 8.24 GB is there a fix for this or is the bad or do I have to live with it.. ?

read the whole tut again it tells you why since you have to move partition tables.

Yes...it's a rather small deal anyway...there are 64gb SD card after all.

mkohman said:
Thanks for your help guys .. followed the german dudes tutorial and downloaded the .PIT file and managed to re flash stock ICS .. Now the only issue is my internal memory is showing 8.24 GB.. what happened to the other approx 8GB? I thought the Note was 16GB? Before windows used to show it as 11GB but now showing 8.24 GB is there a fix for this or is the bad or do I have to live with it.. ?
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My advice is "live with it". Coz what the "German dudes" pit files do is avoid the "locked" sectors in your internal card. While you can try different pit files or try create new partitions via adb -- you probably wont gain much.
Or you could send it to Sammy for a warranty claim, after resetting the flash counter and then bricking it again via odin using the original pit file. Basically what you need to do is erase all evidence that u tampered with it. This is a risky option... (You can tell them phone got messed up in kies upgrade). This happened to me (on an almost new note, so i kinda did the same, except that i went a step further and deleted the boot-loader as well = hard brick. However i dont recommend it). And they replaced the phone.
I emphasize again this is risky -- and do more research before if you do this.
Problem as of now is since you've modified the pit -- and also the phone is working, you cant claim now.

nipuna said:
My advice is "live with it". Coz what the "German dudes" pit files do is avoid the "locked" sectors in your internal card. While you can try different pit files or try create new partitions via adb -- you probably wont gain much.
Or you could send it to Sammy for a warranty claim, after resetting the flash counter and then bricking it again via odin using the original pit file. Basically what you need to do is erase all evidence that u tampered with it. This is a risky option... (You can tell them phone got messed up in kies upgrade). This happened to me (on an almost new note, so i kinda did the same, except that i went a step further and deleted the boot-loader as well = hard brick. However i dont recommend it). And they replaced the phone.
I emphasize again this is risky -- and do more research before if you do this.
Problem as of now is since you've modified the pit -- and also the phone is working, you cant claim now.
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Thanks for your assitance bro.. I will live with it. .I don't mind loosing 3 gb .. Already got 32GB SD card so no issue. Just happy its all back up and running really.. Big thanks to the German brother you the man

Its Forest1971 who first wrote this workaround and it was hg42 who rewrote the pit file and it was Dr null who proposed this way, Its all XDA members who helped you out of this brick. Not some German sites. Google throws up German results first
I am not harsh by anyway saying this. Just want to write it as it happened.
Was witnessing all the issues.
I am writing a guide for Noobies for bricks. Guess I get some help ....

prabhu1980 said:
Its Forest1971 who first wrote this workaround and it was hg42 who rewrote the pit file and it was Dr null who proposed this way, Its all XDA members who helped you out of this brick. Not some German sites. Google throws up German results first
I am not harsh by anyway saying this. Just want to write it as it happened.
Was witnessing all the issues.
I am writing a guide for Noobies for bricks. Guess I get some help ....
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I actually followed his guide and repartioned manually and only lost about one Gbyte vs using the pit file and losing over 3 G bytes. Took a lot of trial and error though
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

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mkohman said:
Guys,
I need your urgent assistance .. I think I have bricked my phone and need assistance.. Basically I was running the Official ICS ROM which I got from XDA website it was the LQ2 kernel for the Galaxy Note.
Last night I custom flashed the Criskelo ICS v7 ROM but wasn't too happy and wanted to go back to stock ICS .. So I went into PC Odin and flashed the stock ICS Firmware.. upon booting I went into CWM (Volume up + home+power) did a factoy reset and cache, dalvik cache wipe.. Then reboot system.. The phone was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note screen .. So I tried to Flash the Stock ICS LQ2 rom again via PC Odin and now it just hangs almost at 90% at factoryfs.img?
Am I completely messed up or is there a way to resolve this please can you guys assist me in what I must do.. I don't know if this is a soft or super brick..
Many Thanks..
PS: I even did the PIT file thing and still no joy
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hi! i was in the same state as you! now, listen very carefully. Now, all you have to do is to use another PC and run ordin. Everything should work fine! My note was soft-bricked yesterday night and i had tried endless counts of tries just to get it up and running. Just earlier today,I saw someone who posted a comment in a similar forum and suggested that you should try a different PC it worked. AND IT worked for me now, just use this pit file that i had upload and download any (G-N7000)stock firmware that has (code.md5, modem.md5 and csc.md5). just place the pit file in ordin. ( do note you will lose 3gb of your internal memory) and click start hopefully it worked for you
-yours truly-
zairui from Singapore

can you contact entropy before sending your unit to samsung??
entropy is looking, if im not mistaken, for a purely stock bricked note... kindly pm him

zairui said:
hi! i was in the same state as you! now, listen very carefully. Now, all you have to do is to use another PC and run ordin. Everything should work fine! My note was soft-bricked yesterday night and i had tried endless counts of tries just to get it up and running. Just earlier today,I saw someone who posted a comment in a similar forum and suggested that you should try a different PC it worked. AND IT worked for me now, just use this pit file that i had upload and download any (G-N7000)stock firmware that has (code.md5, modem.md5 and csc.md5). just place the pit file in ordin. ( do note you will lose 3gb of your internal memory) and click start hopefully it worked for you
-yours truly-
zairui from Singapore
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Not necessary to use the 3gb regain patch.
There's a 1gb or 2gb regain patch also. And it's enough.
WJ
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mkohman said:
Guys,
I need your urgent assistance .. I think I have bricked my phone and need assistance.. Basically I was running the Official ICS ROM which I got from XDA website it was the LQ2 kernel for the Galaxy Note.
Last night I custom flashed the Criskelo ICS v7 ROM but wasn't too happy and wanted to go back to stock ICS .. So I went into PC Odin and flashed the stock ICS Firmware.. upon booting I went into CWM (Volume up + home+power) did a factoy reset and cache, dalvik cache wipe.. Then reboot system.. The phone was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note screen .. So I tried to Flash the Stock ICS LQ2 rom again via PC Odin and now it just hangs almost at 90% at factoryfs.img?
Am I completely messed up or is there a way to resolve this please can you guys assist me in what I must do.. I don't know if this is a soft or super brick..
Many Thanks..
PS: I even did the PIT file thing and still no joy
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Though so many ppl told u alrd, i just want to say, in any case, when u r in ICS alrd, it is totally prohibited to do factory reset through CWM with samsung ICS original kernel.
When u need to wipe or factory reset, make sure u r on a safe kernel like speedmod or notecore.
If u want to recover ur note, just use the pit file method. It works.
Make sure u use the correct patch of 16gb or 32gb, depends on ur note.
Always try from the smallest patch, so u won't loose so many storage.
Anyway, latest CriskeloROm with speedmod is the best for battery life nd performance.
WJ
Sent from xda-developers Galaxy N7000 ICS 4.0.4 LRK / CriskeloROM v.11.1 / Speedmod K3-12

I'm having the same issue now.
I did wipe data / factory reset with stock ICS kernel and I think, I bricked the Note.
I didn't know there were such issue.
I couldn't find a ROM with 3 files (code.md5, modem.md5 and csc.md5).
Please kindly guide me where to find such ROM.

i bricked mine last week and used the patched pit files to restore i went through a few pit files b4 i found one that worked i now have about 9 gb nand left but my phone works and has jb on it now

anubis1126 said:
i bricked mine last week and used the patched pit files to restore i went through a few pit files b4 i found one that worked i now have about 9 gb nand left but my phone works and has jb on it now
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So we dont need 3 files ROM?

[Q] I believe I have also soft bricked my Rogers (Canadian) S4 i337m

Hi all,
I think I have soft bricked my S4 i337m rogers Canadian variant.
I had rooted / unlocked the bootloader with motochopper successfully.
- I am using CWM
First thing I tried to do was backup the phone onto the external SD which would not work so I just went onto the next step.
I tried flashing a ROM onto the phone after doing phone restore and clearing cache. All installed correctly (apparently) and now when I boot up the phone the Samsung logo will appear for about 5 seconds then the phone will go black and try to boot up again.
The good:
- i have access the recovery mode still
The bad:
- no recovery made for the phone
- seems to be boot looping
As a side not I have tried installing a couple other ROMs which all result in the same issue.
Is there anything that can possibly be done?
I would happily put the stock ROM back on the phone.
All help would be greatly appreciated!
Rob.

9 times out of 10 a factory reset will get you out of a boot loop. Do that in recovery and reboot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

Hi thanks for the reply. I have tried the factory reset and still does not fix the issue

Robby29 said:
Hi thanks for the reply. I have tried the factory reset and still does not fix the issue
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If you are flashing a custom ROM that is not specifically for your phone, say a i9505 rom, you need to flash a Canadian kernel right after or you will bootloop. You also cannot flash any loki based roms either. As for the CWM backups, are you trying to back up to your external SD? If so, ensure the card is formatted fat32. To help get through your softbrick, just get into download mode and flash with odin

kiru said:
If you are flashing a custom ROM that is not specifically for your phone, say a i9505 rom, you need to flash a Canadian kernel right after or you will bootloop. You also cannot flash any loki based roms either. As for the CWM backups, are you trying to back up to your external SD? If so, ensure the card is formatted fat32. To help get through your softbrick, just get into download mode and flash with odin
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Okay great I will try these. Does the kernel have to be specific to the ROM?

Robby29 said:
Okay great I will try these. Does the kernel have to be specific to the ROM?
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The kernel is specific to your device. so you would use the i337M kernel.
So the procedure would be flash the rom of your choice, then before you boot flash YOUR i337M kernel, it will boot.
Good luck.

And make sure you do not flash a rom for the i9500 as you will hard brick

Also,
Make sure you choose the right i337m kernel. ie. a TouchWiz kernel for TW Roms and an AOSP kernel for CM10.1/AOSP Roms.
You should be able to:
remove your sdcard,
format it to fat32,
download the correct rom and kernel for you i337m to your freshly formatted sdcard,
put the card back into your phone,
boot into recovery,
install ROM zip from ext-sdcard,
install Kernel zip from ext-sdcard,
reboot.
phew....sounds like a lot of steps but not really I guess.

we good up in here....

Soft Brick S4
TheAxman said:
we good up in here....
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Hello,
Greetings to you, I am sorry you have come to this point. I myself have bricked my phone just yesterday from flashing a bad ROM and not backing up my ROM properly. But I hope I can help you with some tips that i did to recover my phone fully. I apply some links to help you out but I recommend some patience lots of HW. ( Kies didn't work for me bugger =p.)
Unbrick S4 [Guide] -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&page=40
there is a user by the name of samersh72. you can request for a link to download your correct firmware it's best to get back to stock, ( don't forget to thank the user . )
this is someones video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a3qghhpDxg ( this helped me out as well)
I have these files/programs readied when I reverted back to stock
odin 1.3 ( i have odin 3.0 and didn't work for me reverting stock as it couldnt detect my tar.md5 file, but for some reason it worked for odin 1.3)
have your correct firmware ( I downloaded mine from http://www.sammobile.com, but for some reason I can't find yours, there is one on this site for sure just have the patience to look) make sure its for your correct carrier too.
im pretty sure you know how to do the DL mode, but just incase ill assume that you may or may not know, ill type this in anyway:
Get your S4 Download mode, [pressing up+power+home], (sometimes if i feel its not kicking in, just quick release then do it again)
open your odin 1.3, plug your phone in, tick auto-reboot, and F. reset time. PDA ticked, then find your correct firmware. hit start, then i hope from this something good will come out.
Best of wishes in your journey here in xda.
Cheers!

car154 said:
Hello,
Greetings to you, I am sorry you have come to this point. I myself have bricked my phone just yesterday from flashing a bad ROM and not backing up my ROM properly. But I hope I can help you with some tips that i did to recover my phone fully. I apply some links to help you out but I recommend some patience lots of HW. ( Kies didn't work for me bugger =p.)
Unbrick S4 [Guide] -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&page=40
there is a user by the name of samersh72. you can request for a link to download your correct firmware it's best to get back to stock, ( don't forget to thank the user . )
this is someones video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a3qghhpDxg ( this helped me out as well)
I have these files/programs readied when I reverted back to stock
odin 1.3 ( i have odin 3.0 and didn't work for me reverting stock as it couldnt detect my tar.md5 file, but for some reason it worked for odin 1.3)
have your correct firmware ( I downloaded mine from http://www.sammobile.com, but for some reason I can't find yours, there is one on this site for sure just have the patience to look) make sure its for your correct carrier too.
im pretty sure you know how to do the DL mode, but just incase ill assume that you may or may not know, ill type this in anyway:
Get your S4 Download mode, [pressing up+power+home], (sometimes if i feel its not kicking in, just quick release then do it again)
open your odin 1.3, plug your phone in, tick auto-reboot, and F. reset time. PDA ticked, then find your correct firmware. hit start, then i hope from this something good will come out.
Best of wishes in your journey here in xda.
Cheers!
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Thanks for posting this. I hope many people read it. Anyone who flashes needs to know how to return to stock before they start flashing roms. You will need it someday!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

Cant switch to stock rom :/

Hey guys i wanna reflash to back to stock rom cuz sadly i did some weird stuff which deleted my playstore and jammed all the google apps so yeah....
PLUS whenever i try to go into cwm and flash something it says \Cant mount sd card and iv tried alot of things and it just wouldnt open...
I can easily open the files on my pc and my phone so idk whats wrong so PLEEEEASE give me a fix for this...
As of the reflashing i downloaded a stock rom according to my area and everything is fine in odin cuz my phone is recognized in download mode and i upload all three files correctly as in
PDA ---> Pda file
Phone----> modem file
CSC-----> CSC File
And start the process and its all fine until it says
Processes ( 0 completed ,1 failed)
And then in the big box on top it also says failed....
Can someone please tell me what the problem is cause i cant flash a rom or get a new cwm or switch to stock rom....
Is this a problem because im already on stock rom and kernel ?
Is it cuz im doing it wrong ?
Some help would be great because im really frustrated

Well you must use the new version of ODIN or if it still runs into errors,go to CWM on your phone and format system,data and cache and then try to flash the stock ROM via ODIN.

Amnesia404 said:
Hey guys i wanna reflash to back to stock rom cuz sadly i did some weird stuff which deleted my playstore and jammed all the google apps so yeah....
PLUS whenever i try to go into cwm and flash something it says \Cant mount sd card and iv tried alot of things and it just wouldnt open...
I can easily open the files on my pc and my phone so idk whats wrong so PLEEEEASE give me a fix for this...
As of the reflashing i downloaded a stock rom according to my area and everything is fine in odin cuz my phone is recognized in download mode and i upload all three files correctly as in
PDA ---> Pda file
Phone----> modem file
CSC-----> CSC File
And start the process and its all fine until it says
Processes ( 0 completed ,1 failed)
And then in the big box on top it also says failed....
Can someone please tell me what the problem is cause i cant flash a rom or get a new cwm or switch to stock rom....
Is this a problem because im already on stock rom and kernel ?
Is it cuz im doing it wrong ?
Some help would be great because im really frustrated
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i experienced same problem.. u can just restart ur system sometimes it may save.. another thing is galaxy y phones sd card.. when it occurs in cwm i just pull the battery and remove sd card and reinsert it.. it will become correct..
Galaxy Y : Running Cyanogenmod 11 Android Kitkat 4.4.4
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Amnesia404 said:
Hey guys i wanna reflash to back to stock rom cuz sadly i did some weird stuff which deleted my playstore and jammed all the google apps so yeah....
PLUS whenever i try to go into cwm and flash something it says \Cant mount sd card and iv tried alot of things and it just wouldnt open...
I can easily open the files on my pc and my phone so idk whats wrong so PLEEEEASE give me a fix for this...
As of the reflashing i downloaded a stock rom according to my area and everything is fine in odin cuz my phone is recognized in download mode and i upload all three files correctly as in
PDA ---> Pda file
Phone----> modem file
CSC-----> CSC File
And start the process and its all fine until it says
Processes ( 0 completed ,1 failed)
And then in the big box on top it also says failed....
Can someone please tell me what the problem is cause i cant flash a rom or get a new cwm or switch to stock rom....
Is this a problem because im already on stock rom and kernel ?
Is it cuz im doing it wrong ?
Some help would be great because im really frustrated
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before dat which rom u were using??

oh lol ty alot guys
turned out that it wasnt working because i hadnt installed samsung kies so yea ._.
But thanks anyway

[Q] Please help - soft brick - need file access to edit file names.

hi all,
I bought a 2nd hand Samsung s4 gt-i9505 here in the UK with 3 network branding. I think it was running ver. 4.2.2 ... It definitely kept asking for an update !
KOT49H.I9505XXUFNA5
I have rooted the phone using kingo root.
I then tried to remove the 3 network animation by renaming the boot files and adding ( what I thought was standard ) files.
Now It won't boot and goes into recovery mode.
I have tried all of the restore options - wipe cache etc. .. no joy.
If I could either
a) get into the file system and renames the files back again or
b) flash the rom to some stock ish rom ... then that would be great
Ive tried ADB and not had much luck with it. ... keeps saying error:closed
Im updating with the SDK manager now and hoping for another option.
should I just upload one of these roms from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544474
or if some one can write a little file so I can upload it it to my SD card and exicute it in recovery mode that would be wonderful !!
The files I renamed are:
system/media/audio/ui and search for PowerOn.oggold
and
system/media/bootsamsung.qmgold
system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmgold
system/media/shutdown.qmgold
Please help. Im not in a good place atm. -_-

Can you go to DOWNLOAD MODE?

yep, I have just tried it. download mode works

Well then either flash a stock rom
or
Flash a custom recovery > Flash aroma filemanager with the custom recovery > Then you will be able to rename the files.

ok , thx for the help so far guys.
Ill go for a custom rom.
Please could you tell me which one is compatible for my phone and standard kernel.
I have a UK s4 GT-i9505 branded to 3.would I be right in saying pick any ROM from the list in the link above ( previous post in this thread)
All I want in a ROM is no bloat where , fast, stable. 4g wifi etc etc. ( so full features I guess )
Many thanks for your help.

Formatt said:
ok , thx for the help so far guys.
Ill go for a custom rom.
Please could you tell me which one is compatible for my phone and standard kernel.
I have a UK s4 GT-i9505 branded to 3.would I be right in saying pick any ROM from the list in the link above ( previous post in this thread)
All I want in a ROM is no bloat where , fast, stable. 4g wifi etc etc. ( so full features I guess )
Many thanks for your help.
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Yes any rom in that list.

ok , great.
so pick one ... and google a how to rom upgrade with odin and NO ROOT ..?? ( I dont think i have root as Ive tried to recover/wipe etc)
Thanks guys ! : )

Formatt said:
ok , great.
so pick one ... and google a how to rom upgrade with odin and NO ROOT ..?? ( I dont think i have root as Ive tried to recover/wipe etc)
Thanks guys ! : )
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You don't need root, only a custom recovery.

ok.
So i definately need to update the rom. ( ADB win't work cause I have factory reset phone and therefore debugging is not enabled.)
I have decided to go with google play edition rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353
I d/l the rom onto sd card, and tried to get it to install. it comes up with a fail ( footer fail and verification fail ) . Im sure it because I need to use a custom recovery program ( as stated in a previous post. )
I think I need to run something like TWRP . is that right ? http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182
I think I need to use ODIN to install TWRP onto the phone ... is that right ..? or should I be looking for some .zip file I can use in recovery mode ...??
many thanks to all for your continued help
Matt

hi ya all.
Ive managed to sort out my phone !
I used a custom installer TWRP, and then uploaded a custom ROM from the SD card ( google play edition - very snappy.)
I also needed to update the kernel.
I used Odin to install TWRP first - google a vid on how to
Then put the ROM onto the SD card and used TWRP to install
Then used odin again to install kernel.
Its very easy to do ... but very daunting at first.
Many thanks to all in here to have helped me, I know there must be hundreds of threads like this, but your pointers helped loads !
Matt

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