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WILL PAY $30 to anyone that fixes my Verizon Galaxy Tab!!!

I recently purchased an off contract Verizon Tab from a friend.
I had successfully rooted it using the superoneclick.exe file.
I since decided to flash Overcome_v1.2.1 with Odin using the exact steps as listed & even watched the video 2x.
"Click start and wait for PASS! to show highlighted green on Odin.
9. Your Galaxy Tab will Reboot, and get stuck on the Samsung Boot Screen. This is fine.
10. Turn your Galaxy Tab off by holding the power button for about 5 seconds.
11. Turn your Galaxy Tab on into RECOVERY mode (Press Volume UP and Power On at the same time).
12. The Galaxy Tab will now perform the EXT4 conversion.
13. Sit tight, depending on how much data you have, this can take quite a long time.
14. Once finished, click reboot system now (by pressing the power button)."
Now...I don't know what "quite a long time" is but after 30mins, there was still nothing but a blank sceen w the tell tale sign of a light, thin, margin type as seen on the video.
I then followed these steps:
"IF your Tab does not boot after flashing the kernel and hangs at the Samsung Galaxy Tab screen, you must follow the following procedure
1.Get a stock rom package (any of Rotohammer's firmwares will work)
2.Get P1_add_hidden.zip attached to this post and extract the P1_add_hidden.pit file
3.Using Odin 1.7, put stock rom (Roto-JME-Full-v4.tar for example) in PDA slot.
4.Put P1_add_hidden.pit in Pit slot
5.Check repartition box
6.Put Tab in download mode by holding Volume Down and Power, connect to the computer, and press start.
7.After this, the Tab will reboot normally. Shut it down and return to download mode.
8.Open Odin 1.7 and reconnect the Tab.
9.In the PDA slot, choose the Overcome Kernel v2.0 tar file for use with Odin. Press start
10.It will flash the kernel then reboot. Upon reboot, you should hear the sexy robot voices informing you of the status of the EXT4 conversion.
11.Once done, the Tab will boot normally. At this point you can load Overcome v1.2.2 rom (or any other Rom of your choosing)
12.NOTE - Overcome 1.2.2 includes v2.0 of the kernel, so no reflashing is required after install."
I never got past the part in step 10 to hear any responses. And instead of searching for one of Rotohammers FIRMWARES as suggested, I input a kernel from Voodoo!
Now I can STIL get into DL mode but whenever I try a normal reboot or recovery, it runs through -Wiping DATA- Formatting DATA---DATA: Wipe failed!
over and over until the Tab reboots and when the samsung splash screen somes up, there is a weird "flashing" of the screen in multiple colors.
PLEASE...for God's sake...with all the great inds on here, someone help me!
Please email me @ [email protected] or call/txt me on my GV # 401-213-9555 I will PayPal or Wire someone a "service charge" for their assistance!
Thank you & I hope i did not break any rules on here by asking.

You need to find a stock Verizon firmware and flash through Odin
I just did a brief search and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855415
But I'd ultimately recommend flashing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941749
And you may need to flash this to get to a stage where you have a working recovery image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941781
Hope this helps

TheGrammarFreak said:
You need to find a stock Verizon firmware and flash through Odin
I just did a brief search and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855415
But I'd ultimately recommend flashing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941749
And you may need to flash this to get to a stage where you have a working recovery image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941781
Hope this helps
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Thank you very much! I will attempt that. I seem to be stuck in DL mode though.
I was downloading in Odin and the Tab has been stuck at 95% for the past 30mins.
Should I power off or is it a sure fire way to brick it?

dvargas72 said:
Thank you very much! I will attempt that. I seem to be stuck in DL mode though.
I was downloading in Odin and the Tab has been stuck at 95% for the past 30mins.
Should I power off or is it a sure fire way to brick it?
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Assuming there are no bootloaders being flashed you can't really make it un-recoverable. What exactly were you flashing?
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

Originally? Just the overcome_v1.2.1 kernal.

dvargas72 said:
Originally? Just the overcome_v1.2.1 kernal.
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Kill the the current Odin flash. Then flash the k-lean kernel. Reboot into recovery. Flash k-lean ROM
Sorted
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

I want that money!
From the Tab.
www.twitter.com/ayman07

LOL...Get this working for me! My patience is wearing thin now..lol.
But if the advice from The Freak, he earned it

Any idea why it keeps getting hung up right about 99%?

hi
hi friend
i had simmilar problems in past.
Maybe you have problems with the usb ports of your machine.
If you have amd/sis/via for usb chipset at your computer try to do the procedure with another machine with intel chipset.
I hope this helps you

dvargas72 said:
Any idea why it keeps getting hung up right about 99%?
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Its getting stuck there because you're flashing a GSM ROM to a CDMA Tab
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

PM me and ill guide u step by step. send me a friends request.

[Q] Stock ATT stuck at logo, no recovery boot, download ok

Hi,
Great forum with an overwhelming amount of knowledge.
Issue background: washed my phone, yep nuf said.
Rinsed with distilled water, desiccant for a week -> powers on but...
Stays at S4 logo screen, download mode works, won't go past blue "recovery booting", battery icon no animation, Kies cannot connect
100% stock never rooted all updates ATT S4
1) Read a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504311
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2413746
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2576329
etc...
2) Downloaded I337MK2_Full_Odin_Tar.tar.md5, Odin3.07
3) Successful completion, no errors, no change in condition
4) Repeat load, no change
5) Try recovery load i337MK2stockrecovery.tar.md5, no boot change
6) Go to AT&T Device Center, load succeeded, still stuck at S4 logo
7) Repeat with Odin3v185 passed, no change
Haven't tried anything ADB related
Any ideas to unbrick? Have not tried any PIT files, etc. just "this will work" vanilla stuff.
Can try sending to Samsung but don't mind experimenting at this point.
Thank you.
K

I dunno what is your firmware prior to bricked. ... If your firmware are MF3 or even MK2 then u can follow my thread from the first link that u posted. .... Check post#2 for guide and image guide from my thread. Either way which firmware that u coming from, this MK2.tar file should bring u back to stock 4.3 MK2 firmware easily. .....tested my self and also confirmed by others....:thumbup::thumbup: try changing usb cable, USB port or different PC (win 7) seem to worked best with ODIN. .... and make sure ONLY auto reboot and F. Reset Time are check inside ODIN
Swyped From MK2 Dark Venom SS Edition

1st sincere thanks for the reply.
I don't have clear confirmation on firmware loaded, but all OTA updates had been applied, so 100% stock and up to date as of 1/2/14. When downloading the information list shows ~knox: 0x0 if this helps.
So repeated the steps from post #2 on another computer (also Win7 x64) used drivers from new Kies install with the combined md5:
Complete - 1.POWER OFF YOUR PHONE AND GO TO DOWNLOAD/ODIN MODE ( VOLDOWN+HOME+POWER)
Complete - 2.DOWNLOAD ATTACHED ODIN BELOW AND MAKE SURE U HAVE THE LATEST DRIVER INSTALL FROM SAMSUNG KIES
Skipped - 3.IF U DOWNLOADED AND EXTRACTED I337MK2-4FILES-TAR.MD5 (FIRST RELEASED) FILES FROM OP (ORIGINAL POST) START ODIN AND FOLLOW THIS IMAGE BELOW IN ORDER WHERE EACH FILE SHOULD GO INTO ODIN SLOT....
Complete- 4.IF U DOWNLOADED AND EXTRACTED ALL-IN-ONE-1337MK2-TAR-MD5 (NEWEST RELEASED) FILES ...JUST PLACE THE MD5 FILE INTO PDA ODIN SLOT ONLY
Everything in Odin said pass, successful.
Unfortunately the result is the same. Phone reboots at end of Odin to "Recovery Booting..." Samsun Galaxy S4 logo screen. Pressing power button on the phone for a few seconds results in return to stuck "Recovery Booting..." Samsun Galaxy S4 logo screen. To be clear I just held power down for 5 second-ish and releases. Phone booted directly back to "Recovery Booting..." Without pressing power button again.
Boot to download mode and then cancel stops the recovery from trying to start so it's just stuck at the logo.
Guess I need to delve into the technical stuff a bit more to determine differences in booting between normal, recovery, and download.
Probably send it to Samsung for fix attempt. At least I had the insurance so I don't have to replace at full price, although I am thinking the waterproof Sony Sirius is a better option since I like to keep my phone so clean.

If your phone got wet, Samsung will probably just reject the warranty and you may be forced to pay full price.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/service/warranty/SGH-I337ZWAATT
This Limited Warranty does not cover: (a) defects or damage resulting from accident, misuse, abnormal use, abnormal conditions, improper storage, exposure to liquid, moisture, dampness, sand or dirt, neglect, or unusual physical, electrical or electromechanical stresses

flykrs1 said:
1st sincere thanks for the reply.
I don't have clear confirmation on firmware loaded, but all OTA updates had been applied, so 100% stock and up to date as of 1/2/14. When downloading the information list shows ~knox: 0x0 if this helps.
So repeated the steps from post #2 on another computer (also Win7 x64) used drivers from new Kies install with the combined md5:
Complete - 1.POWER OFF YOUR PHONE AND GO TO DOWNLOAD/ODIN MODE ( VOLDOWN+HOME+POWER)
Complete - 2.DOWNLOAD ATTACHED ODIN BELOW AND MAKE SURE U HAVE THE LATEST DRIVER INSTALL FROM SAMSUNG KIES
Skipped - 3.IF U DOWNLOADED AND EXTRACTED I337MK2-4FILES-TAR.MD5 (FIRST RELEASED) FILES FROM OP (ORIGINAL POST) START ODIN AND FOLLOW THIS IMAGE BELOW IN ORDER WHERE EACH FILE SHOULD GO INTO ODIN SLOT....
Complete- 4.IF U DOWNLOADED AND EXTRACTED ALL-IN-ONE-1337MK2-TAR-MD5 (NEWEST RELEASED) FILES ...JUST PLACE THE MD5 FILE INTO PDA ODIN SLOT ONLY
Everything in Odin said pass, successful.
Unfortunately the result is the same. Phone reboots at end of Odin to "Recovery Booting..." Samsun Galaxy S4 logo screen. Pressing power button on the phone for a few seconds results in return to stuck "Recovery Booting..." Samsun Galaxy S4 logo screen. To be clear I just held power down for 5 second-ish and releases. Phone booted directly back to "Recovery Booting..." Without pressing power button again.
Boot to download mode and then cancel stops the recovery from trying to start so it's just stuck at the logo.
Guess I need to delve into the technical stuff a bit more to determine differences in booting between normal, recovery, and download.
Probably send it to Samsung for fix attempt. At least I had the insurance so I don't have to replace at full price, although I am thinking the waterproof Sony Sirius is a better option since I like to keep my phone so clean.
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Kies can interfere with odin. Remove it. Use 4.3 stock fw for your carrier, flash with odin. Try a new cable as well, or a different usb port /computer. Once flashed with odin, boot into recovery and perform factory reset with stock recovery. Barring that, id knox is 0x0 take it to best buy for free repair.
Sent from my SGH-I337M

Note 3 stuck on recovery boot

Hi guys, I just recently attempted to root my Note 3 using CF-Auto-Root however after downloading and installing using my version (SM-N900T since I have tmo) it is stuck at a screen saying
RECOVERY BOOTING....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
SET WARRANTY BIT: RECOVERY
It seems that I cannot leave this boot screen to get into download mode and the device will not boot into android so I am at a loss of what to do. My computer does not see the device when I plug it in.

nrkid9 said:
Hi guys, I just recently attempted to root my Note 3 using CF-Auto-Root however after downloading and installing using my version (SM-N900T since I have tmo) it is stuck at a screen saying
RECOVERY BOOTING....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
SET WARRANTY BIT: RECOVERY
It seems that I cannot leave this boot screen to get into download mode and the device will not boot into android so I am at a loss of what to do. My computer does not see the device when I plug it in.
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Use below file for rooting & once rooted successfully, switch off your phone & reboot in recovery.
http://d-h.st/J32

re: download mode
nrkid9 said:
Hi guys, I just recently attempted to root my Note 3 using CF-Auto-Root however after downloading and installing using my version (SM-N900T since I have tmo) it is stuck at a screen saying
RECOVERY BOOTING....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
SET WARRANTY BIT: RECOVERY
It seems that I cannot leave this boot screen to get into download mode and the device will not boot into android so I am at a loss of what to do. My computer does not see the device when I plug it in.
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Remove battery, wait 10 seconds replace battery and
hold down the volume down+power+home key at the
same time. Then the phone will go into download mode.

I have 4 sprint Note 3's I rooted with CWM for all 4 but one is "stuck" at recovery like this any time I turn it on it always tries to boot into recovery and gets stuck.
I can get into download mode. will cf auto root fix this? (trying to avoid a full odin restore)
the only thing different about this sprint note 3 that I am aware of is that its flashed to boost (if that matters it should not matter)
the other 3 went flawlessly. yes I tried to odin the cwm root a second time no change.

Thanks!!!
Thanks for the link. Just unboxed the note 3 (sprint) with version 4.3 and followed qbking77 and it was stuck on that same screen (tried it 3 times).
Your link saved me. :good::good::good:
I wonder why qbking's didn't work ... it always has in the past.
jdomadia said:
Use below file for rooting & once rooted successfully, switch off your phone & reboot in recovery.
http://d-h.st/J32
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chickenmusket said:
Thanks for the link. Just unboxed the note 3 (sprint) with version 4.3 and followed qbking77 and it was stuck on that same screen (tried it 3 times).
Your link saved me. :good::good::good:
I wonder why qbking's didn't work ... it always has in the past.
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Why didn't you use the specific file for your device (Note 3 Sprint): http://download.chainfire.eu/362/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hltespr-hltespr-smn900p.zip

thought I was...
Maybe I'm getting dumber, or maybe it's getting more confusing to root. Seems like there's a crap load of how to root this device pages and it takes a long time to figure out which one actually works. Then once I find it, I'm faced with dead links to the downloads.

I read on many posts and comments that everyone is able to boot in download mode. My Note 3 just stuck on recovery boot and I can't get it to boot in download mode. I tried all of the suggestions about pressing three buttons, removing battery etc.
Does anyone know solution for when you can't get into download mode?
Thanks

Do you have access to a USB jig?

luqmaanki said:
I read on many posts and comments that everyone is able to boot in download mode. My Note 3 just stuck on recovery boot and I can't get it to boot in download mode. I tried all of the suggestions about pressing three buttons, removing battery etc.
Does anyone know solution for when you can't get into download mode?
Thanks
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same problem here did you find solution please reply

As already posted .
Try USB Recovery Jig.
Fails then service centre .

twrp
vndnguyen said:
Why didn't you use the specific file for your device (Note 3 Sprint): http://download.chainfire.eu/362/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hltespr-hltespr-smn900p.zip
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i know this thread is old....but sometimes i have to access download mode, and then chose cancel in order for it to boot. usually from recovery when i tap reboot system, it brings me back to recovery. so i have to pull the battery and button combo to download mode then cancel. does this issue have any familiarity?

Someone please help I have a Samsung note edge that I just reset through the menu settings backup and reset option and phone turned off but did not fully come back on its just sitting on black Samsung Screen and on top left corner it says recovery booting set warranty bit : recovery in blue and yellow letters and I am able to got into the download screen but I press volume down just to cancel and reboot and stars coming on but gose back to same black Samung screen. Like i said I did not try rooting it or any such thing.

Wrong forum this is not EDGE model .
Download mode and flash stock rom through Odin is generic advice .

"Recovery Booting" Bootloop fix
A few months ago, my rooted Galaxy Note 3 (sm-n900t) was force closing and freezing my apps often. So I decided to boot into recovery to clear device cache. The 'recovery booting' would appear on the screen with the logo, but after 7 seconds it would reboot normally instead of opening recovery(I had version 3.2.3.0). So I did reboot recovery with Rom Toolbox and it began bootlooping with the message:
Recovery Booting....
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
It wouldn't boot normally, in recovery or download mode.
STEPS TO FIX:
1.) Let phone Bootloop until completely dead
2.) On PC downloaded (2.8.7.0) twrp file for device from twrp.me/devices
3.) Press and hold volume down + home + power until phone reboots into download mode.
4.) Plug device into PC USB where drivers are loaded.
5.) Start Odin or Samsung Tool z3x flashing tab
6.) Load twrp in AP or PDA section and flash
7.) Phone should reboot normally!

[Q] HELP corrupt bootloader Verizon S5 G900V

So i don't know exactly what has happened to get here. I have a new Verizon Galaxy S5 that I Towel Rooted and installed Safestrap. Things were going fine and I made a nandroid backup of my Stock slot. I decided to try Alliance rom in slot 1 which all went fine and i booted into Alliance. I was customizing my phone with colors and clock position etc. Some of the icons weren't there anymore so I decided to reboot to get everything loaded back in. Well when i hit reboot the screen went black and nothing came back on. Now when I turn it on I get the Galaxy S5 splash screen and blue words at the top saying "RECOVERY BOOTING...." then it shows the Android with it's chest door open and the globe spinning, then it goes to the Android laying down with a red triangle over its chest door, and then reboots. It just loops like this. Does this mean my bootloader is corrupt? Or can I Odin flash the stock firmware and PIT?

If your bootloader was corrupt, you'd either end up on the secondary bootloader page or have a nonresponsive, brick for a phone.
So corrupt bootloader was just your guess? Because I don't see any evidence for that yet. You've ended up on the Recovery mode page or at least that is what your description sounds like (a screenshot or photo would have been good). More than likely something is just messed up in your Safestrap or custom recovery configuration.
The most obvious options would be to either check and/or reinstall Safestrap /your custom recovery. Or if you prefer, revert to full stock, then proceed from there.
The last part that you wrote is unclear.. but you imply that you can't do a normal boot at this point? Can you boot to download mode then? Pull your phone battery for ten seconds.. then press and hold the volume down key, then the home key also and then the power key. You should boot to the black download screen that shows your Knox status. If this works, then you can flash a full stock firmware from there with Odin to stabilize your system.
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Thanks fffft for your response.
As it turns out you are correct in that the bootloader is not corrupt because I can get to download mode. I tried flashing the stock firmware back on through Odin, but that didn't work, it still just looped. What finally did work is this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880 Thanks to Misterxtc. It must have needed the PIT as well.

Did I brick my Note 4? :(

Hey guys,
first of all: thank you for your help and sorry for my english, I´m not a native speaker So let´s go on to my problem
Few days ago my SM-910F, which wasn´t rooted before or had any custom software, shut down and turned in a bootloop. Just the Samsung logo, blackscreen, Samsung logo and so on.
So I tried to flash my system with a stock rom (maybe a false one?) and it still didn´t work. Instead of give it to the service I had the stupid idea to flash a custom rom on the phone, i thought it will work or I can wipe it or something. But i don´t even get access to the recovery :/
The phone needs a long time to get in the download mode. Also it needs a long time when I try to boot it in recovery. And when I try there is either a blue writing with "Recovery booting" or "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" when I try another recovery but after that writing it´s blackscreen again and restart in a bootloop.
I tried different stock roms with odin but neither works
No I think I have a bricked phone which is without warranty, am I right? Or has anyone a last idea?
Best regards!

I don't think that you bricked your device, i think that a full flash via odin with a PIT file will fix it but make yourself sure that you have the correct one. Also you can try to recover your phone via Kies.

pmzerdan said:
I don't think that you bricked your device, i think that a full flash via odin with a PIT file will fix it but make yourself sure that you have the correct one. Also you can try to recover your phone via Kies.
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But I can´t connect my Phone with Kies. The only thing I can do is to get in the Download Modus and connect it to Odin, but all roms I trieds didn´t work. Or is it possible to connect the Phone with Kies in Download Modus?
Edit:
Now I did a hard reset with Kies in the Download Mode. When I start the phone now I have the same Problem: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Logo appears and in the left corner above is written in blue "Recovery booting", then it shut down and boots from beginning. I think thats it for my phone -.-