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A message popped up from Samsung to install an update (I had been pressing cancel for the past week on this update). It says click OK to reboot and apply update (something along those lines) so I do. Now I am stuck with a tablet that won't boot. If I hold the power button it says "Samsung Galaxy 10.1" after about 12 seconds, but then it goes away and back to darkness. Nothing else. Holding power and volume up does nothing.
Someone know what is going on and have any idea how to resolve?
The best way is to restore any backup you have from cwm recovery. Else grab a stock firmware and flash it with ODIN or if zip than CWM recovery. For luck, try clearing cache and data in recovery, first!Perhaps it may work saving you all fuss of flashing a firmware.
I cannot even boot that far too get into recovery. And I just noticed that although I can't boot, the backlight is on (on a solid black screen).... wtf
You can't hold volume down and power button to enter recovery?
Nope. I plugged into my computer and for some reason with the USB connectd it let me enter recovery. Flashed a backup and rebooted, but now I have no wifi... im confused.
it occured once to me when i tried to overclock, it never worked except when installing a new rom... Try to root the device and then install a new rom
OK, was a helluva night messing with ROM and kernel installs... I have yet to go back to completely stock (that's next up tonight, unfortunately), but I installed Starburst ROM and the Wifi still didn't work so I then installed pershoot's kernel and now when I boot the screen is extremely distorted kind of like this: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTsKa5IoQxnesGdUjykWDDggoQZ38yZ2VXSgPAQ09NOCnETzl9-
As a side note, when I say the wifi is not working, it still shows all networks and allows me to connect just like normal. However when connected no apps can access the network...
Can someone point me to a thread on how to revert EVERYTHING back to stock so I can start fresh? TIA!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
Should have all the files you need. From where you are now I would flash the stock OTA 3.1 or TW then flash the stock recovery and do a factory reset from that recovery. That should get rid of the garbled screen.
Thanks buddy. On my way to grab the files now
I heard the update was pulled as it sometimes rewrites the bootloader improperly. You might need to send it in, unfortunately.
I have been using Darkyy's resurrection 9.2 for over a year now. Uptil now I had never faced any problem. Today in the morning it was working fine. Then, my phone started running really slow so I decided to reboot. Ever since then, its been stuck on the bootscreen showing Darky's rom. I had not tried anything, no flashing, no installation, nothing.
The worst part is I have tried the 3 button combo many times, but it doesnt seem to be working. I know it used to work for me previously.
I am really in a spot and desperately need help. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks.
sidh10 said:
I have been using Darkyy's resurrection 9.2 for over a year now. Uptil now I had never faced any problem. Today in the morning it was working fine. Then, my phone started running really slow so I decided to reboot. Ever since then, its been stuck on the bootscreen showing Darky's rom. I had not tried anything, no flashing, no installation, nothing.
The worst part is I have tried the 3 button combo many times, but it doesnt seem to be working. I know it used to work for me previously.
I am really in a spot and desperately need help. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks.
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you mean recovery and download mode doesn't work? did you also try to remove battery then do the 3 button combo? usually if recovery doesn't work, go download mode. then flash a JV(*) with odin3. repartition ticked and put the code, modem, csc. then flash a kernel again.
cant get into recovery or download. tried the 3 button combo about 50 times. and yea, i tried removing the battery for 5 mins and then doing it..
sidh10 said:
cant get into recovery or download. tried the 3 button combo about 50 times. and yea, i tried removing the battery for 5 mins and then doing it..
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oh, maybe the battery was empty? or did you try charging it while the phone is turned off? what happens if it's charged?
Use your jig to put it into download mode. Simple as pie
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0
i charged it. while off. it charges normally. and the same thing happens when its charged.
edit: GOT DOWNLOAD MODE WORKING! what to do now?
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Use your jig to put it into download mode. Simple as pie
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0
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got download mode on.
now should i flash to stock or what? do i have to disable the voodoo lagfix using recovery first?
i am a complete noob.. please help me out. thanks.
sidh10 said:
got download mode on.
now should i flash to stock or what? do i have to disable the voodoo lagfix using recovery first?
i am a complete noob.. please help me out. thanks.
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I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA this and then a kernel
then intall a stock rom. then if you want to go miui/cm go.
sidh10 said:
got download mode on.
now should i flash to stock or what? do i have to disable the voodoo lagfix using recovery first?
i am a complete noob.. please help me out. thanks.
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I know how frustrating problems can be as I soft bricked mine two days ago attempting to do a Nand restore back my last GB rom from CWM and then spent four hours trying to get my PC to see my phone so I could use ODIN. Here's my method that worked flawlessly for me.
1. Turn phone off and use your jig to put into download mode (get one if you don't have one. Best $10 I ever spent at MobilTechVideos)
2. Open Odin and install 897uckf1 bootloaders package found here http://www.team-continuum.net/home/index.php?PHPSESSID=c26a6e49ab5ddf7a30746954d7db0ccf&topic=17.0
3. When done, remove battery and put back in and then put back into download mode
4. Flash TalonDev Kernel (also provided in above link )
5. when done reboot phone. You will now be stock/rooted GB with CWM. Turn phone off
6. Reboot into recovery (vol up then power button, release power soon as you see the GT-I9000 screen and keep vol up held down till you see orange CWM
7. Wipe Cach/Dalvik/Data factory reset. Flash ICS RC2.11
8. reboot. You should be stuck in the boot mode now (rainbow boot animation). pull battery and reboot into recovery.
9. Flash ICS RC2.11 again no wiping
10. Select advance then "reboot recovery" If it does reboot CWM pull battery and use button combo
11. Flash Nush 3180
12. Reboot. You should now have working RC2.11
13. Reboot into recovery
14. Flash RC3. No wipe. Kernel will be overwritten with Platypus Kernel
15. Reboot and you should be good to go with RC3
I'm sure there are plenty of other methods but this is what always works for when all else fails.
If you follow the above to the letter you will be good to go and running ICS greatness
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0
Thanks!
Thanks for all your help. My phone is working again.
I just flashed darky's resurrection rom 10.2.
I recommend flashing either a newer rooted stock ROM such as jvt or jvu or a more recent custom ROM based on one of the newer firmwares. Darky is a bit last year now.
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Because I feel benevolent for those that can not read the ENTIRE thread and I hate for people to not enjoy this awesome ROM. This is not the only way or easiest way but I can guarantee that the below method work every time all the time. Follow the below to a tee and this ROM will be on your phone and working.
scottcwhite said:
I know how frustrating problems can be as I soft bricked mine two days ago attempting to do a Nand restore back my last GB rom from CWM and then spent four hours trying to get my PC to see my phone so I could use ODIN. Here's my method that worked flawlessly for me.
1. Turn phone off and use your jig to put into download mode (get one if you don't have one. Best $10 I ever spent at MobilTechVideos) If no jig use button combo.
2. Open Odin and install 897uckf1 bootloaders package found here http://www.team-continuum.net/home/index.php?PHPSESSID=c26a6e49ab5ddf7a30746954d7db0ccf&topic=17.0
3. When done, remove battery and put back in and then put back into download mode
4. Flash TalonDev Kernel (also provided in above link )
5. when done reboot phone. You will now be stock/rooted GB with CWM. Turn phone off
6. Reboot into recovery (vol up then power button, release power soon as you see the GT-I9000 screen and keep vol up held down till you see orange CWM
7. Wipe Cach/Dalvik/Data factory reset. Flash ICS RC2.11
8. reboot. You should be stuck in the boot mode now (rainbow boot animation). pull battery and reboot into recovery.
9. Flash ICS RC2.11 again no wiping
10. Select advance then "reboot recovery" If it does reboot CWM pull battery and use button combo
11. Flash Nush 3180
12. Reboot. You should now have working RC2.11
13. Reboot into recovery
14. Flash RC3. No wipe. Kernel will be overwritten with Platypus Kernel
15. Reboot and you should be good to go with RC3
I'm sure there are plenty of other methods but this is what always works for when all else fails.
If you follow the above to the letter you will be good to go and running ICS greatness
Sent from my Captivate running ICS 4.0
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Hi guys, I realize that there are several threads about this issue, but trust me, I have read them all over and over for 2 days, and nothing seems to work.
The story:
I bought a new i9505 a few days ago, and straight away wanted to root it and flash a GPE rom (becouse touchwiz makes me vomit in my mouth, so to speek). I rooted with FC-auto root, flashed a custom recovery (TWRP) and using that, flashed the GPE rom. What I did wrong, I think (tried so many things now so it's hard to remember) was not doing all the wipes before flashing the rom. It didn't boot, so I thought I would flash a stock rom with Odin. So I just flashed it (again, without any wiping), and then... darkness!
The current situation:
Right now, I cannot boot into recovery, despite numerous recovery flashes with Odin. When I try to boot into recovery (Vol up + home + power) the phone showns the galaxy logo and a small blue text in the upper left corning sating "Recovery booting..." and then just hangs. Sometimes the phone reboots.
What I have tried:
Everything, it feels like! Thankfully, the phone can enter Download Mode without any issues, so I can flash with Odin with no problems (so it seems, anyway). As my priority is to be able to boot into recovery mode, I have tried flashing them all (TWRP, CWM, phils recovery), but whenever I try to recovery boot, the phone freezes or reboots. I have tried different versions of odin (1.85, 3.07 and 3.09) and even different usb cables (but am mostly using the white original one). Odin always says that the flashing was successfull (no error messages).
I've also made sure that there are now Kies processes running in the background.
I have tried flashing the stock rom together with a pit-file. Again, the flashing seems to go just fine, but the phone wont boot afterwards (hangs at the galaxy logo). The recovery wont start (hangs as the galaxy logo, but with the blue text saying "booting recovery).
I've tried fallowing all the different tips about how to use the buttons to enter recovery; hold them all untill the recovery starts, or release the all just when the tiny blue text appears, and even release the power button but keep holding down vol-up+home, but there is no difference. I think that as long as the blue text comes up, the phone is actually trying to boot into recovery, so I don't think my fingers being too slow or too fast is the issue.
I've tried flashing things in all kinds of orders, for example;
flash pit file alone, check only f.reset and re-partition. when it says pass, remove battery, reinsert it, boot in odin mode again, flash firmware alone as pda, check only f.reset and auto-reboot.
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flash a stock ROM via Odin 3.07 but don't reboot, then manually power-off and reboot back into download mode and flash the CF-Auto-Root by Chainfire and then let it restart on it's own.
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No difference. The recovery just wont boot.
So I'm pretty desperate. I have a 5000 Swedish crowns (you know what it costs in your country) paper weight right now
Is it time to give up, or is there anything more I can try?
/Daniel
which rom GPE you have flashed? in the description was reported as compatible with gt-i9505 or S4 intl?
This one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272
But the rom is not my primary concern right now, I need to get recovery (any recovery) working.
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
robogo1982 said:
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
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So you mean I should uncheck "auto reboot" in Odin, flash the stock rom, and after the flashing is done, unplug the phone and pull out the battery, then after 10 minutes, put in the battery and turn it on like normal?
Why would it help leaving it off for 10 minutes? (Not meaning to sound sarcastic, it's a genuine question.) I have never waiting between flashing and rebooting (as most of the time, Odin auto-reboots the phone after flash).
But shouldn't I forget about roms for now, and just focus on trying to get a recovery working? As I understand it, the rom and the recovery are actually completely independent from each other, right? So shouldn't I try to somehow flash for example CWM somehow (in a way that I haven't tried already, I guess)?
robogo1982 said:
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
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I think missunderstood you before, this is what I did now:
The phone was unplugged and without the battery since yesterday. I put in the battery and booted it into download mode. Flashed a stock rom (I9505XXUBMF8_I9505VDSBMF1_VDS) and after Odin said "PASS!" and rebooted, I let it hang at the samsung logo for about 10 minutes, no effect. Rebooted manually using just the power button and let it hang for a few minutes more, nothing
s.c.s.i. said:
I think missunderstood you before, this is what I did now:
The phone was unplugged and without the battery since yesterday. I put in the battery and booted it into download mode. Flashed a stock rom (I9505XXUBMF8_I9505VDSBMF1_VDS) and after Odin said "PASS!" and rebooted, I let it hang at the samsung logo for about 10 minutes, no effect. Rebooted manually using just the power button and let it hang for a few minutes more, nothing
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i have the international galaxy s4 GT I9505 with stock firmware MF8 when purchased and same happened when i flashed android 4.3 by jamal. what i did was just flashed again the rom 3 times then it booted normally. prior to that, i have rooted my phone and installed the philz touch recovery.
ayongkot said:
i have the international galaxy s4 GT I9505 with stock firmware MF8 when purchased and same happened when i flashed android 4.3 by jamal. what i did was just flashed again the rom 3 times then it booted normally. prior to that, i have rooted my phone and installed the philz touch recovery.
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I don't know how many times I've flashed it by now, but it simply wont boot
How exactly did you flash it?
I'll try flashing with another computer tonight, that's the only thing I have left to try.
s.c.s.i. said:
I don't know how many times I've flashed it by now, but it simply wont boot
How exactly did you flash it?
I'll try flashing with another computer tonight, that's the only thing I have left to try.
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before installing android 4.3, i flashed advance philz touch recovery then flashed 4.3, i already have flashed 2 android 4.3 both by jamal and omega but after 2-3 days of used, the phone just shut down and won't boot. it just keeps on booting up to samsung galaxy s 4 then shuts down so i had to flash back world premiere odex xxubgma pre rooted. i'll stick to this because omega v9 gives me a lot of fc's.
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[QUOTE I have tried flashing the stock rom together with a pit-file. Again, the flashing seems to go just fine, but the phone wont boot afterwards (hangs at the galaxy logo). The recovery wont start (hangs as the galaxy logo, but with the blue text saying "booting recovery).
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have you tried flashing the stock recovery?
ayongkot said:
have you tried flashing the stock recovery?
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I thought the only way to flash the stock recovery was by flashing a stock rom! Is it availible somewhere for download?
I really cant do anything at all without being able to boot into recovery.
s.c.s.i. said:
I thought the only way to flash the stock recovery was by flashing a stock rom! Is it availible somewhere for download?
I really cant do anything at all without being able to boot into recovery.
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I had trouble getting into recovery when I first had my S4.
Try holding power+volume up+home and as soon as you see the blue writing let go of the power button but keep volume up and home pressed. That's how I always boot into recovery now.
You can also try without home button. So just hold volume up+power, that's worked for some people.
Again if this doesn't work try releasing power butto as soon as blue writing appears so your only holding power up.
And if all this fails try flashing the latest .tar.md5 version of Philz recovery in PDA section of Odin and try again
Obagleyfreer said:
I had trouble getting into recovery when I first had my S4.
Try holding power+volume up+home and as soon as you see the blue writing let go of the power button but keep volume up and home pressed. That's how I always boot into recovery now.
You can also try without home button. So just hold volume up+power, that's worked for some people.
Again if this doesn't work try releasing power butto as soon as blue writing appears so your only holding power up.
And if all this fails try flashing the latest .tar.md5 version of Philz recovery in PDA section of Odin and try again
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Thanks Obagleyfreer, I tried all the different button combinations, including the ones you mentioned, but the phone behaves the same, shows the blue text, and after a few secons, reboots. I't actually started booting Phils recovery once or twice, I could see the CWM logo, but it hubg there for a while, and then rebooted.
Yesterday, I even tried flashing from another computer, just to be sure, but no difference. If no other tips turn up today, I'll send to a service center.
Flash Factory Firmware to clean-up bad sector on your device.then re-flash with the stock rom that you have.
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Flash Factory Firmware to clean-up bad sector on your device.then re-flash with the stock rom that you have.
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thanks so much, will give it a go!
So I should flash the factory firmware, then reboot the phone into download mode again, and flash the stock rom?
Edit: Do I even need to flash the stock rom afterwards? The file you linked to is 1599.2 MB, so I assume it contains a stock rom aswell.
My plan is to flash CM10.2 if I manage to get the phone working, so it doesn't matter if the stock rom that is provided is good or not.
after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
EDIT:the main point now is to unbrick your device, so try to fix the issue first, after you can do whatever you want to flash, either a custom or a stock rom.
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after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
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Thank you! This gave me some badly needed hope! Will try as soon as I get home from work today!
cz4r3n said:
after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
EDIT:the main point now is to unbrick your device, so try to fix the issue first, after you can do whatever you want to flash, either a custom or a stock rom.
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i've flashed original fw in particular the mh8 because is the lastest that includes knox, but i can't turn on the phone if it isn't charging
and while i'm using without the charger, it turn off randomly... please help me, what i've to do?
had exact same problem with this guy, but on 4.4.2 firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/help-stuck-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-t3030575
Note: my i9505 also came from Sweden ( im from PH )
Hi, I'm new to everything so please bear with me.
I have a samsung note 3, I just tried to root it with kingoroot, and was successful. I then downloaded clockworkmod recovery. I also downloaded the new darklord rom, and a darklord kernel.
I booted in recover, flashed cache, data, etc (as per darklord instructions), 3 times, flashed ROM, flashed kernel. Then I rebooted. It just rebooted into the 'factory reset' version of samsung galaxy immediately., ie within 2 minutes. So I restarted the phone, this time it started going into a lengthier reboot/install. Again, approx 10 minutes later, back to the stock samsung os.
I rebooted once again, but then the phone just kept rebooted over and over on it's own. I tried the vol down, home and power button to get into odin, pressed vol down to 'cancel', but then back to the reboot loop. Went back to odin, pressed vol up to install, and it stayed stuck on the installing screen for greater than 15 minutes.
What can I do next? Holding the vol up and down button only brings it back to the recovery boot loop again.
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A few things I've tried, with no success, after reading more threads:
Taken battery out for extended period of time (1.5hr) and then retried boot...
restart in 'odin mode' numerous times
vol down + home + power key while in odin mode
hold down these three buttons with battery out, while holding buttons down, insert battery
Why have you not flashed a stock rom through Odin??
JJEgan said:
Why have you not flashed a stock rom through Odin??
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I'm not sure how to do so. Where is the option to flash anything? All that I can see is to either "cancel" (vol. down) or "start" (vol up)
edit: sorry misunderstood what you were saying -- I will try what you said
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I'm not sure how to do so. Where is the option to flash anything? All that I can see is to either "cancel" (vol. down) or "start" (vol up)
edit: sorry misunderstood what you were saying -- I will try what you said
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flashed rom thru odin, said 'pass', rebooted phone, still the 'not seandroid' error, and then switches off, instead of reboot loop. I'm going to try to download a different stock rom -- dunno if that'll do anything... they take so long to download/access...you'd think it would be an easy access repository? A lot of paid download links, or restricted speed download links....
If your stuck on a BL reboot loop, there is a good chance you haven't turned OFF reactivation lock. With any Samsung Rooting adventure, turning off Samsung Reactivation Lock in Security Settings is a fundamental must. If you have forgotten to do this. You can...
A. Start again by reflashing stock firmware with Odin (when you setup your stock rom, just bypass logging in to samsung and you wont need to worry about a reactivation lock being present.
B. http://idlekernel.com Download just the bootloader file for your N9005, flash via BL field in Odin and this will bypass the reboot loop and you will save everything on your phone except your recovery which is easily reflashed back.
What i would do as well is flash a stock rom, when your in odin make sure you have auto reboot untick. Pull the battery for 30 secs and start your phone up then. When your phone restarts with the stock rom, you can update your phone through the regular system update or again go to odin and flash twrp 2.8.7.0 recovery tar file. Make sure all your new files to flash is the correct one for your phone.
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thanks everyone -- i downloaded a different firmware upgrade and flashed it through odin -- successfully. I then tried to install the rom again, and similar problem - stuck on the 'samsung logo' screen... for up to 40 minutes.. restarted, same thing.. had to flash through odin again.
NOW the back button doesn't work..... didn't realize being a newb would complicate things so much.. :S
.. didn't realize being a newb would complicate things so much.. :S
Its a question of reading and understanding first .
,,successfully. I then tried to install the rom again, and similar problem - stuck on the 'samsung logo' screen,,,
You Factory Reset .
You make sure its a rom for your model and follow the instructions .
Flash the rom again through recovery .
Happy, happy, happy! Since I got it to work, thought I'd share.
~ caveat emptor, not responsible if this doesn't work for you ~
First off, I followed this very helpful post from DeeXii:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/recovery-n910t-t3-marshmallow-pe3-guide-t3406870
I had flashed the N910TUVS2EPK2 stock from Odin after screwing up my phone doing other crap. In any case, after doing that, I obviously wanted root again! Note that this wasn't immediate - I flashed to this a couple months ago, so have been fully setup with gmail, and other account settings. So, the above link gave the best overall, simple step-through, with handy download links. It worked, and even better didn't lose any of my settings. (but, no guarantees, make sure you've backed up!)
Additional details that would be helpful:
- make sure you run Odin as Administrator.
- Odin: click the button next to AP, and then go select the twrp archive you downloaded
- Power off phone, hold boot into download mode (power, home, volume down at same time). click volume up when it says so.
- connect to Odin. you need to see the square just below ID:COM turn blue.
- Click Start to flash the twrp.
- IMPORTANT: after it flashes, the phone will auto-restart. *Quickly* pull out battery before it boots, otherwise it will put back stock recovery on you. (this happened to me - I had waited until it had fully booted, then powered down, then brought it up in recovery mode, and it wasn't twrp! - so remember, pull out battery right after it cycles after flashing)
- Put battery back in, and then boot into recovery by holding power-home-volume up simultaneously. If you end up seeing the nice pretty twrp squares, then this worked. It is interesting that there is also a message here stating that the kernel may very well write back the custom recovery. So, can't say if this will be permanent or not, but at least you can now flash the supersu. (subsequent reboot into recovery still seems to have twrp, so groovy!)
- (presuming you had already put the supersu on the sd card or internal memory - I used the systemless supersu), click install, select it and flash.
- just for kicks (not sure if this was needed or not), after flashing I saw an option to wipe cache/dalchik, so I did that too.
- rebooted (it took awhile, had to 'optimize' all the apps, etc.) - and I'm rooted!
If anyone has been trouble with specifically the N910TUVS2EPK2 build, then I hope this helps.
Thanks man, had the same issue. I figured it might be something to do with booting int OS. Sure enough with 6.0.1 EPK2 rom you MUST load into boot recovery right after flashing TWRP as you stated.
Something went wrong with my OTA update of EPK2 and it started to bootloop( 2 vibrates upon restart and then random amount of bootloops, and then random, soon-coming freeze upon loading in OS and continuing boot-looping) sometime after the update. I erased most of the old stuff via TWRP reinstalled EPK2 bootloader separately and then flashed EPK2 rom and it seems to be OK so far (knock on wood). We'll see hopefully it's not hardware issues like many people were reporting with bootlooping.
Can't you just uncheck the Odin option to reboot instead of the frantic battery pull?
Just wondering, as I'm going to do this later- thanks!
Steven.RN
Followup: Yep. Slip over to the options tab in Odin and uncheck "auto reboot". After Odin flashes TWRP, (the bar is all the way across the download screen, and the Odin Log says "succcess") go ahead, disconnect the phone from USB. Do your battery pull, replace battery. Close up the phone, then hit Volume up, home, and power at the same time- Bang! TWRP screen.
Further note: first time I did this flash, it didn't work, it just stopped in it's tracks. Then I realized I had to enable "developer mode" by clicking on the build number in the "About phone" sections in settings 5 times, going into Developer mode (the new option will present itself in the menu on settings), then: enable OEM unlock and USB debugging. Odin will flash TWRP just fine after that. (Duh on me!)
planetjeff said:
Happy, happy, happy! Since I got it to work, thought I'd share.
~ caveat emptor, not responsible if this doesn't work for you ~
First off, I followed this very helpful post from DeeXii:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/recovery-n910t-t3-marshmallow-pe3-guide-t3406870
I had flashed the N910TUVS2EPK2 stock from Odin after screwing up my phone doing other crap. In any case, after doing that, I obviously wanted root again! Note that this wasn't immediate - I flashed to this a couple months ago, so have been fully setup with gmail, and other account settings. So, the above link gave the best overall, simple step-through, with handy download links. It worked, and even better didn't lose any of my settings. (but, no guarantees, make sure you've backed up!)
Additional details that would be helpful:
- make sure you run Odin as Administrator.
- Odin: click the button next to AP, and then go select the twrp archive you downloaded
- Power off phone, hold boot into download mode (power, home, volume down at same time). click volume up when it says so.
- connect to Odin. you need to see the square just below ID:COM turn blue.
- Click Start to flash the twrp.
- IMPORTANT: after it flashes, the phone will auto-restart. *Quickly* pull out battery before it boots, otherwise it will put back stock recovery on you. (this happened to me - I had waited until it had fully booted, then powered down, then brought it up in recovery mode, and it wasn't twrp! - so remember, pull out battery right after it cycles after flashing)
- Put battery back in, and then boot into recovery by holding power-home-volume up simultaneously. If you end up seeing the nice pretty twrp squares, then this worked. It is interesting that there is also a message here stating that the kernel may very well write back the custom recovery. So, can't say if this will be permanent or not, but at least you can now flash the supersu. (subsequent reboot into recovery still seems to have twrp, so groovy!)
- (presuming you had already put the supersu on the sd card or internal memory - I used the systemless supersu), click install, select it and flash.
- just for kicks (not sure if this was needed or not), after flashing I saw an option to wipe cache/dalchik, so I did that too.
- rebooted (it took awhile, had to 'optimize' all the apps, etc.) - and I'm rooted!
If anyone has been trouble with specifically the N910TUVS2EPK2 build, then I hope this helps.
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thanks for the info, might give it a shot tonight. you have a link to the software update so i can load it with odin?
Thanks for the post. Where can I find the stock N910TUVS2EPK2 ROM?
Charlie Rock said:
Thanks for the post. Where can I find the stock N910TUVS2EPK2 ROM?
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sammobile.com
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