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[Q] Stuck on recovery screen after flashing

Hi all,
I recently decided to upgrade my 1 year old Samsung GT-P1000 tablet from its stock Froyo to a newer Gingerbread-based ROM. The tablet is not SIM-locked.
I tried using Heimdall to flash Technomancer's CM7 beta but I ended un in the CWM 5.0.27 recovery screen every time. I tried rebooting a couple of times, repartitioning and not, formatting EVERYTHING (/system, /data, both SD cards, etc) and I always end up in the recovery screen.
I also tried installing MIUI from the available CWM and again I ended up in the recovery screen. The only visible effect was that it downgraded my CWM version to 4.x (which I can upgrade with Heimdall flashing CM7 again).
While in the recovery screen I can connect from my computer using ADB and get a root shell (at least whoami replies with root).
I'm probably missing something really basic but I've been looking at many other posts and haven't been able to figure out what. Is there any extra step that I need to take in order to get a bootable system?
Thank you!

Wipe data in recovery
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Already did that :-( I tried wiping data, cache, and still it goes back to recovery after rebooting.

Try flashing again with a different rom and telk me what happens
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Press two times on the home button if you are in recovery
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Frank2623: I tried doing that and the home button only moves the cursor. I tried other buttons as well but to the same effect, they only act as cursors and OK/back, no other effect observed.
YoshiFan501: After flashing CM7 for GT-P1000 I did try with MIUI 1.11.4 (Final Update), only I didn't know how to flash it from Heimdall and I just ran the update from recovery. I am also trying to locate other ROMs for Galaxy Tab. Any suggestion?

I did the exact same thing this guy did and have the same problem. Stuck in a recovery boot loop.
Did the same things, wiped everything, flashed different roms, miui etc, can't get out.
Can anyone provide a solution to this or tell me how to flash back to my old T-Mobile stock rom? I didn't brick my device did I?

Solution
Ok so I managed to get at least a stock 2.3 ROM, which is better than 2.2 and much better than not booting!
Here's what I did, in case someone else like Lucifus comes here with the same problem:
* Google for a stock GT-P1000 ROM like 001001-GB-Stock-Safe-v5.zip. Unzip it in a directory and untar the bundled GB_Stock_Safe_v5.tar as well.
* Install Heimdall v1.1, NOT v1.3 and open Heimdall Frontend (on 1.3 it wouldn't let me perform the following steps, maybe you get luckier)
* Turn on the tablet in download mode (with VolDown + Power)
* In Heimdall, select the PIT file from the 001001-GB-Stock-Safe-v5 and also the rest of components: primary boot (boot.bin), secondary (sbl.bin), factory FS, ...
* Choose a modem file (the Start button will remain disabled until you do). A quick google showed JPZ being the correct one for Android 2.3 and I for me it actually works.
* Recovery can be left blank
* Flash the whole thing
* It will reboot in recovery and output text on screen, including some errors
* Select factory reset, otherwise when you reboot again it will be stuck in the blinking Samsung logo (but you can power off, reboot in recovery and select factory reset then).
* Finally the Android OS boots

Not Detecting in ODIN/ How to use Heimdall
Hello xda users,
I need HELP !
I have a galaxy tab P1000
currently froyo 2.2
wanted to upgrade to GB
Tried the Odin way from another link on this site (MANUAL updation for galaxy tab(p1000) into 2.3.3 gingerbread ), it failed and the Tab got soft bricked,
somehow managed to unbrick it, now its back to its original fw, but it keeps restarting in a loop until i swith the damn thing off completely
I have tried to go in download mode. odin doesnt reognise it , tried differnt computers too, no use.
I have gone in recovery mode, hard reset, wipe cache , still when i switch it on, it goes in a reboot loop.
tried to use heimdall. cant get sucess as i might not understand how to use it properly
Please help.
Sincere thanks to you if you can help me get my tab up and running., if not in GB atleast back in froyo.
(PS i im not worried about my data , and i have not backed up the rom etc before doing any of these)

blizzard_boy said:
Hello xda users,
I need HELP !
I have a galaxy tab P1000
currently froyo 2.2
wanted to upgrade to GB
Tried the Odin way from another link on this site (MANUAL updation for galaxy tab(p1000) into 2.3.3 gingerbread ), it failed and the Tab got soft bricked,
somehow managed to unbrick it, now its back to its original fw, but it keeps restarting in a loop until i swith the damn thing off completely
I have tried to go in download mode. odin doesnt reognise it , tried differnt computers too, no use.
I have gone in recovery mode, hard reset, wipe cache , still when i switch it on, it goes in a reboot loop.
tried to use heimdall. cant get sucess as i might not understand how to use it properly
Please help.
Sincere thanks to you if you can help me get my tab up and running., if not in GB atleast back in froyo.
(PS i im not worried about my data , and i have not backed up the rom etc before doing any of these)
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Hmmm... did you READ the post just above yours ?

yes
i read , nothing helped
anyway i managed to get it detected in odin and flashed it through a proper walkthru process from another site.
now my tab works with GB
Libon

[Q] Defy restoring itself to old ROM automatically!!!

Hi All,
I am new here and this is my first post. But i have been reading this forum for quite sometime and know that u guys are now my final stone. I am a proud owner of a Motorola Defy. And I am having this strange behavior, which is effectively rendered the phone almost useless. The phone is acting like its got a restore point in itself, and every time i restart.. it gets back to that point in time.
This includes app installs, uninstalls, stuff placed in system through adb push, theme, everything in the OS. I tried installing a different ROm through clockworkmod, but its not taking effect. Its saying install success but as soon as it restarts, its going back to the old ROM. (takes time to load, so i guess it reinstall back/restored the old version)
Details of device : I am from India and the phone was manufactured in India in around April/May 2011. Its a red lens Defy and and came with Eclair. I updated it officially to the first Froyo release for SEA region. After that i rooted the phone with superone click, and installed WIUI rom. I have been updating the ROM with newer versions around each month. The last one was 1.11.18 though as i waiting for a good ICS version to flash.
The problem occurred after i started installing some gold apps from getJar. It restated in between and install... and that point is kind of acting like a restore point even now.
Things I did: Tried installing different rom by CWM method. Reinstalling second init and CM, both old and new version. Tried restoring nandroid backup of my official ROM. Tried fixed and full sbf flash through rsdlite 4.9.5.2 and now 5.6. First 3 things reset as soon as i restart. For RSDLite, it gives checksum error for each and every ROM i tried. I tried all SEA releases, JORDN_U3_97.21.51, Defy Plus Rom 2.3.6, 2.21 first eclair rom, everything gives the same error. From the RSDLite logs, i could see that there is something wrong as.. say the last successful CG was 33, and the error came for 34, the log says its expecting the checksum on the sbf to be equal to that of CG 33. Its taking the last successful checksum validation and expecting that for all the CGs henceforth. its not showing what the device actually has.
I atlast could somehow, but trial and error, removed all the CGs which were throwing error, and recompiled the sbf to make it pass the RSDLite flash. The CGs present in the ROM (JRDNEM_U3_3.4.3-36-1.7) were 32, 34, 42, 53, 61, 64, 65. And as soon as it booted, it restored back to the checkpoint. Even after i formatted by card and put it in, the app shortcuts remained on the home screen, but as the apps on the card were gone, they are just junk and doesnt open anything.
Thanks in advance. Please let me know what you need from me to help me resolve this issue.

Any help... Anyone?

Can someone please suggest something?
This is what i got from some people. I am not sure how far this is possible, but somehow the theme i installed just before this all happened, from MIUI market.. somehow managed to change something inside phone's kernel, past the locked bootloader? I am totally a noob in this and just a wild imagination?
Or may be some sort of cache wipe is happening everytime the phone boots up, So even when i install the ROM, when it boots up, it gets back the old ROM.. like what would probably happen if i do a factory reset soon after i instal a rom before the restart..?
I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out with this...

Checksum errors were for me also.
I tried my office computer for flashing and instantly flash was done. The checksum error occurred 7 times on my good computer before that.
Reflashing froyo must take care of all errors happening

Thanks Kapil fr the response. Are you from india? Which sbf did u flash? And waht all did u install in the office pc? I have a pc of my friend where i can try to reflash if you tell me the exact steps that u took in the fresh pc.
Also, can anybody tell me how to use adb commands in CWM mode? Its recognizing my phone in normal mode but as soon as it boots in Moto recovery of CWM, its not recognizing anymore. Want to use adb format commands from recovery.

Hi I was able to use adb in CWM, but format commands were not working. How can i format the system partition? please help me with this.

Is there anyone here who know how to restore a nandroid backup manually using adb commands for MB525???!!!!!

Sounds weird and impossible. Try this. Wipe everything though cwm and flash new rom. Try ms2ginger.

Thanks darshanonline for the suggestion. I tried to wipe everything.. factory reset+cache+dalvik cache wipe. And then tried to install cyanogenmod 7.1 as well as 3 different wiui builds. Everytime it shows that the install was successful, ut as soon as i restart, it would go back to the old ROM.
Is there any checkpoint system in android, seeing the init.rc, i can see comments on something about saving a checkpoint. Is there any particular condition under which this checkpoint may be getting used on very restart?
Also.. is there any way for RSDLite to skip the chksum validations and get the install anyways?.. Some sort of a hack into it?

Ok.. Found something else thats happening. I dont need to shutdown for the system to revert back. Say i install a few things new after a reboot.. After some time.. 1 day at max, i am not able to open them, and neither am i able to open manage applications or market. Everything force closes. I have Ti Backup installed, and i opened it, and i didnt find the new apps to back up. I connected the device and checked through adb, and they were not present in the app folder. They just vanished... So basically after a certain point of tiime, the new stuff just gets deleted on its own.
Guys i know i may sound dumb and stupid with my questions, but i really couldnt find any solution on the net for this. Please tell me waht i should do, and i'll do it. But tell me something. Dont ignore please!

and you did wipe data from within stock recovery (vol down+power etc.), i presume..
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Yes i did that too.
wiped data and cache. Restarted to cwm and installed update.zip (renamed cm 7.1 stable) and by selecting zip from sd card. Same results. Installs successfully but reverts back as soon as i restart.

Same problem here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22617834

Soumik84 said:
Yes i did that too.
wiped data and cache. Restarted to cwm and installed update.zip (renamed cm 7.1 stable) and by selecting zip from sd card. Same results. Installs successfully but reverts back as soon as i restart.
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DL WIUI 1.12.16 ICS > copy to SD card > Boot in CWM > select zip to install > Install WIUI 1.12.16
Hopefully your problem should be solved.
I found 1.12.16 ICS with lesser FC than the 2.21

labsin said:
Same problem here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22617834
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Thanks for the link. Now i know that i am not the only one having this issue. But even there its not resolved yet.

@ headers.chennai - Thanks. I will try that ROM, along with Pikachu ROM with Aroma installer, might be a different installer can try fix it?!
BTW.. does anyone have the TI OMAP board utility? Any chance that it can be available outsite here?

I tried the arora installer and it supposedly formatted the system partition and remade it.. but as soon as it finishes and i restart.. I get back the same ROM.
Is it some way that the files are not getting deleted, like some hardware lock or fault?

Soumik84 said:
I tried the arora installer and it supposedly formatted the system partition and remade it...
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Hi, bro! What is "arora"? I should try it asap, and all other chance.
My trouble here, same as your.

Hey man.. looks like we are having same problem...
Sorry abt the typo... its Aroma Installer. Its with the Pikachu ROM in this link :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498843
Its a new installer that launches from cwm when u try and install this ROM. u got some options to select and on selecting the complete install option,, the log shows that it formats the system partition and then creates it. I saved the log file, but for some reason the file shows up blank now. Might be problem with the launcher.. or my phone.. dont know.

Soumik84 said:
Its a new installer that launches from cwm...
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Not for me, my checkpoint without cwm

Phone Bricked? Please help

So I rooted my RAZR M using motofail2go, and all was well.
Installed 'RAZR-M-Safestrap-3.12', as I was going to flash a custom ROM. I first backed up my Original Rom using the backup function.
I then wiped 'System', and went to flash the new ROM, but the flash did not work, so I restarted.
Now the problem is when the phone reboots, it showes the Safestrap splash screen with the Recovery option and start normal, but it is not working, as not sensing my inputs or something, after about 5 sec it goes to a blank screen and sits.
I tried to hard boot into the Android System Recovery, and tried to download an official Verizon ROM and install using 'apply update from external storage' using my micro sd, but I keep getting an error E:signature verification failed.
Does anyone know where I can find an official ROM to set it back to normal so I can use my phone again?
Thanks in advance.
Also: My phone originally had 4.0.4 version.

cfdp said:
So I rooted my RAZR M using motofail2go, and all was well.
Installed 'RAZR-M-Safestrap-3.12', as I was going to flash a custom ROM. I first backed up my Original Rom using the backup function.
I then wiped 'System', and went to flash the new ROM, but the flash did not work, so I restarted.
Now the problem is when the phone reboots, it showes the Safestrap splash screen with the Recovery option and start normal, but it is not working, as not sensing my inputs or something, after about 5 sec it goes to a blank screen and sits.
I tried to hard boot into the Android System Recovery, and tried to download an official Verizon ROM and install using 'apply update from external storage' using my micro sd, but I keep getting an error E:signature verification failed.
Does anyone know where I can find an official ROM to set it back to normal so I can use my phone again?
Thanks in advance.
Also: My phone originally had 4.0.4 version.
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if you can get back into recovery, you should be able to press "restore" assuming you backed up your previous ROM.

cfdp said:
So I rooted my RAZR M using motofail2go, and all was well.
Installed 'RAZR-M-Safestrap-3.12', as I was going to flash a custom ROM. I first backed up my Original Rom using the backup function.
I then wiped 'System', and went to flash the new ROM, but the flash did not work, so I restarted.
Now the problem is when the phone reboots, it showes the Safestrap splash screen with the Recovery option and start normal, but it is not working, as not sensing my inputs or something, after about 5 sec it goes to a blank screen and sits.
I tried to hard boot into the Android System Recovery, and tried to download an official Verizon ROM and install using 'apply update from external storage' using my micro sd, but I keep getting an error E:signature verification failed.
Does anyone know where I can find an official ROM to set it back to normal so I can use my phone again?
Thanks in advance.
Also: My phone originally had 4.0.4 version.
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What you might want to to is use RSDlite and flash that image you downloaded. This seems like it would help you, though I have not personally tried it:
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...oid-razr-m-xt907-stock-original-firmware.html
EDIT: And once the flash is complete, I would reboot into recovery again and wipe data and cache and then let it boot into the phone.
EDIT 2: Oh, and in addition to RSDLite, you will need the Motorola USB drivers so your computer can see the phone over USB.

Coronado is dead said:
What you might want to to is use RSDlite and flash that image you downloaded. This seems like it would help you, though I have not personally tried it:
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...oid-razr-m-xt907-stock-original-firmware.html
EDIT: And once the flash is complete, I would reboot into recovery again and wipe data and cache and then let it boot into the phone.
EDIT 2: Oh, and in addition to RSDLite, you will need the Motorola USB drivers so your computer can see the phone over USB.
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Dude, you sir, are a life saver. I couldn't find the info that the link you just posted anywhere. Now I can fix my phone, lol..
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Coronado is dead said:
What you might want to to is use RSDlite and flash that image you downloaded. This seems like it would help you, though I have not personally tried it:
xxxx
EDIT: And once the flash is complete, I would reboot into recovery again and wipe data and cache and then let it boot into the phone.
EDIT 2: Oh, and in addition to RSDLite, you will need the Motorola USB drivers so your computer can see the phone over USB.
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Sorry xda wouldn't let me post, reCaptcha wasn't working for some reason. Realized your link wasn't allowing me to reply lol
Anyways, Thanks a lot, that got me back up to stock and working, and I was able to reflash a custom rom (flashed to Rom slot 1, then backed up, and recovered into the stock slot). :good:

[Q] Huawei u8800 restart trouble

I am having troubles for weeks and still cant do anything
. I can only go into android recovery, can wipe data and then after 2-3 restart, huawei x5 boots. Then if i restart, there are a lot of windows appear showing stop activities. Even i cant click restart button.
So, i put first 2.3.5 then ginger bread custom app to dload in ext and int sd. Then after wiping in android recovery , i made power off and with + - and power, i made update. This time updates were successfull. Before it wa s failing.
It could make updates. But after updates, again could not start. After loading huawei logo, it restarts and cant go to desktop.
I cant change recovery because i cant install superuser because it should be restarted but if it is restarted, cant start.
I can only use sd card, after wiping data, until one restart . How can i change without rooting recovery? And i change recovery, does this help ? I dont know what the problem is.
Please help.

Cursed Chico said:
I am having troubles for weeks and still cant do anything
. I can only go into android recovery, can wipe data and then after 2-3 restart, huawei x5 boots. Then if i restart, there are a lot of windows appear showing stop activities. Even i cant click restart button.
So, i put first 2.3.5 then ginger bread custom app to dload in ext and int sd. Then after wiping in android recovery , i made power off and with + - and power, i made update. This time updates were successfull. Before it wa s failing.
It could make updates. But after updates, again could not start. After loading huawei logo, it restarts and cant go to desktop.
I cant change recovery because i cant install superuser because it should be restarted but if it is restarted, cant start.
I can only use sd card, after wiping data, until one restart . How can i change without rooting recovery? And i change recovery, does this help ? I dont know what the problem is.
Please help.
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I also don't know what your problem is. Can you upload your logcat to pastebin.com and send the link for the log?

rqmok said:
I also don't know what your problem is. Can you upload your logcat to pastebin.com and send the link for the log?
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Log of android recovery?

Now i wiped and i am in 2.3.5. 2.6.35.7 kernel and battery seems nice discharging. But i am afraid to restart. IF i restart, it will gain go into desktop but al ot of activites start to show ballons, stop activity.

Cursed Chico said:
Log of android recovery?
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log of android

rqmok said:
log of android
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Sorry i seached but i could not find how to see logcat, except dialing *#*#.. to siwtch on.
Should i use a linux computer?

In sd card in dload file, there is a log. Written:
notesdld_file_ptr != -1) !
SD download finished!

Hey. By chance, i dont know how exactly. In android recovery, i made a lot of time wipe data, then took of battery and volume -+ and battery to install step 2 dload. It installed but when i opened, it could not opened. SO i did 2-3 times and i tried to go into pink screen but it tried to install update, so i took battery and i opened after that. Now , the original stock rom is installed. froyo 2.2.1. I dont know how this were installed. But i restarted 3 times and no problem.
So, what i will do is those?
1- Install super user
2- Do root.
3- INstall cwm
That?
(And flash is not working and in file manager, i can only see ext and int sd, not phone memory? BUt in es exploerer, i could see /device.)
And please tell me a good rom to install. MAybe aurora 20 again but how to install, first to 2.3.5 then to aurora then v20?

Aurora ICS
Im having quite frequently restarts when turning on wifi.
Lukish

Cursed Chico said:
Hey. By chance, i dont know how exactly. In android recovery, i made a lot of time wipe data, then took of battery and volume -+ and battery to install step 2 dload. It installed but when i opened, it could not opened. SO i did 2-3 times and i tried to go into pink screen but it tried to install update, so i took battery and i opened after that. Now , the original stock rom is installed. froyo 2.2.1. I dont know how this were installed. But i restarted 3 times and no problem.
So, what i will do is those?
1- Install super user
2- Do root.
3- INstall cwm
That?
(And flash is not working and in file manager, i can only see ext and int sd, not phone memory? BUt in es exploerer, i could see /device.)
And please tell me a good rom to install. MAybe aurora 20 again but how to install, first to 2.3.5 then to aurora then v20?
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OK. First, you need to upgrade to official 2.3.5. Then, use this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
Please follow the guide properly. It is very useful.
lukish_bochi said:
Im having quite frequently restarts when turning on wifi.
Lukish
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Yeah. That's one of the problems with Aurora.

I installed 5.0.2.8 cwm, is it latest?
And first i did superuser and root. BEcause i am afraid of again having restart prbolems if i go to 2.3.5.
I have this file
U8800_Android 2.3 V100R001C00B526G001(Normal)
It has step 1 dload.
and that
U8800 V100R001C00B136SP05CUSTC75D001(Portugal TMN)
this has step 2 dload.
In your guide i couldnot see.ARe those true for me?

****. I installed step 1 update, it tried to restart but again it went into loop . And it aumatically went into android recovery. Where cwm is, i dont know.
Now i will go back to 2.2.1, i will try. I am very boreed of this.

Hi!
Did you try B517 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166353
Look under official gingerbread and you can try B517 or B518.

I tried all 2.3.5 gingerbreads but after updating, it keeps restarting and automatically go into recovery and wipe data and then opens 2.2.1 . I dont know what to do.

i tried to install those you sent. All gingerbreads after updating, started to restart and went into recovery. I dont know what to do. Froyo is ok, no restart. Maybe imei or something was damageD?

No. It could be that your phone is u8800-51, but I am not sure. I don't know how to check this; it might be under the battery, or you might know how to find out on the internet.

now after wpiping data, it installs 2.3.5 . No more 2.2.1. I dont understand sometimes it resets to 2.2.1, sometimes to 2.3.5
I looked under batter, u8800.
And also i was using 2.3.5before. After i came back from aurora, this s h it started. I install cwm but still deletes it.

Cursed Chico said:
now after wpiping data, it installs 2.3.5 . No more 2.2.1. I dont understand sometimes it resets to 2.2.1, sometimes to 2.3.5
I looked under batter, u8800.
And also i was using 2.3.5before. After i came back from aurora, this s h it started. I install cwm but still deletes it.
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So, are you on 2.3.5 right now? Do you have cwm?

rqmok said:
So, are you on 2.3.5 right now? Do you have cwm?
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I am on it but after 1 restart, same thing happens, all activities ends. Nothing in it. I cant install cwm because it needs restarts.

When i try to apply update from sd card in android recovery
logs are that
finding update package
opening pdate package
veryifng update package
e:failed to veryfy whole file signature
e:signature verificaton failed
installation aborted

[Q] Wiping didn't work, messed up restore - now can't boot into TWRP

First time flashing CM, and I may have messed up.
I rooted, installed TWRP, everything went perfect. I made a backup, and then tried to do a factory wipe. The wipe ended with the messages "unable to mount /system", "... /cache" and another one. I still tried to flash, and it just immediately got stuck, nothing happened. I rebooted, and everything worked fine. It was the Samsung stock image and all my apps were still there. I'm assuming it just didn't wipe at all.
I then went full retard mode, and tried to do a restore. I wanted to be sure my phone wouldn't fail on me in the recent future because some random stuff may have been partially wiped or something. Feel free to tell me I have the IQ of a chimp.
This completely messed things up, as it just got stuck at "Restoring System...". Eventually I restarted it with the power button. Now it can't boot normally, it can't boot into recovery mode, which just leaves download mode.
Any way I can fix this and subsequently install CM properly? I'm using TWRP 2.6.3.0. I've been told it's recommended to use 2.5, as the other version may have some issues (including not being able to recognize partitions). Only download mode still seems to work, so maybe there's a way to flash my phone back into the living world?
Versions:
Team Win Recovery Project 2.6.3.0
CyanogenMod 10.1.3 (RC2 jfltexx)
Thanks!

No idea really but maybe try to flash default rom/recovery etc with odin?

I've had this problem. Seeing as you only have download mode you have to flash a stock Rom and start again. Recoveries for our phone are still I development. Use official CMW to install CM, using links in Op.
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HANDSY said:
I've had this problem. Seeing as you only have download mode you have to flash a stock Rom and start again. Recoveries for our phone are still I development. Use official CMW to install CM, using links in Op.
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I got the Samsung stock ROM of july, flashed it using download mode, and everything was back! I then rooted it again, and installed CMW (see versions below). I went into recovery, and tried to do a backup. It told me it failed: "Error while making a backup image of /data!". I then wondered if it may have been due to a lack of storage (which could very well be, as that was the issue before and the old backup by Teamwin was probably still on it somewhere), so I rebooted my phone. That's when it just failed and kept showing the Samsung logo at boot. I tried flashing my ROM again, again the logo. Then I did a factory reset using the regular recovery (cache and data reset), which fixed it. Now all my apps and data are gone, but that's no problem.
I'm back at the unrooted Samsung stock image now. Any ideas what I did wrong? These were the versions I used:
CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505
i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2(0611)
Odin3 v3.07
I did nothing more than root, install CMW, try a backup and then it all went to ****. I'm surprised a backup can even do that.

Mmm I'm not too familiar with the internal workings of backups. Perhaps something was corrupted during flashing? Glad to hear that you have got your phone working again. There is an updated version of CMW somewhere in the original development thread.
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i've had the exact same issue.
I did go back to stock firmware and recovery, rerooted(chainfire) and installed the latest CWM 6.0.3.6.
Then, i did download Jamals Google play 4.3 rom, placed it on my SDcard and did follow the instructions. Works like a charm, and i've got noe clue what happened to my phone. however, it works now.

Chillzone said:
i've had the exact same issue.
I did go back to stock firmware and recovery, rerooted(chainfire) and installed the latest CWM 6.0.3.6.
Then, i did download Jamals Google play 4.3 rom, placed it on my SDcard and did follow the instructions. Works like a charm, and i've got noe clue what happened to my phone. however, it works now.
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I tried CMW 6.0.3.6 and the Google Play 4.3 ROM as you said, and it works perfectly! I didn't try a backup this time, as it didn't exactly have anything to back up anymore.
Finally my precious vanilla Android again, I missed it since I switched from my Galaxy Nexus to my S4. Thanks a lot guys!
Edit: I do seem to be having one issue. Quite frequently after it's booted, and I enter the SIM pin, the message "Unlocking SIM card..." stays there indefinitely. I can use the phone but the message covers everything up. This doesn't always happen, but quite often. I've read some ROMs can't handle SIM lock, like CM. This is a Google Play edition, however. Is it normal that this doesn't work?
I can seem to fix it by holding the power button, and choosing "Unlock SIM" from the menu. I guess it's not that bad as I don't often reboot my phone.