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OMG I have an EMERGENCY... please help, I've searched for hours. :-(

So I am not to NOOB but I sure acted like it last night when I was way tired and tried to flash a ROM. Here is what I did...
I didn't catch that I didn't have the CWM but that I had booted into the stock recovery tool... Well I didn't before it was to late that is...
I clicked WIPE DATA
I clicked WIPE CACHE
Then noticed there was no "install from SD"
So it seems like whatever I find to install from ODIN I can't get the CWM to install so I can then flash a ROM!
I need my phone up for work, I am in HOT SH!T!
How can I either flash a rom via stock recovery "update format" OR install CMW via ODIN?
PLEASE HELP ASAP!!
Thank you

why don't you just flash again via odin and then root your phone via odin as well?

Don't quite understand whats your problem. So what if you wiped data and cache the rom is still there. Reboot normally and flash cfroot according to your firmware and then you should have cwm up and running. After that flash desired rom and the end.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Flash one of the CF-Root kernels through Odin, whichever one matches the firmware you're running. They have CWM baked in, along with root so you can flash a ROM afterwards.
If you can't get into download mode, turn your phone off, plug it in and hold down + power + home and it should boot into download mode. Then you can flash with Odin.

I thought the same thing, that so what that I wiped them... but when I rebooted the phone it just sits at the "Rethink possible screen"

I can get into download mode and I did find the "cf" post but I dunno what kernel I am running as I can't boot to go into settings to seek.

if you in recovery mod choose reboot, and it will be ok, than read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399,
or put in download mod: turn your phone off, hold down + power + home. Then flash with Odin.

I know you probably don't want to, but you can try doing a factory reset, that should allow you to get your phone up and running. If you have gmail installed it should put all your contacts back, as long as you backed up to gmail.
If you have an old copy of titanium backup you won't loose ALL your apps, this is why I tend to back up every weekend, I'm only a week behind with everything if problems arise....
Cheers...

Flash stock rom... Download cwm and flash with odin.... Then instal rom u want with cwm...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

like I said, I am not a noob, just made a mistake...
I found the cf-kernel page, but I dunno what kernel I am running and so I dunno what kernel to flash (It seems vital)
"just rebooting" don't work lol I wish... it hangs at the "rethink possible" boot screen...
I was rooted but running the stock rom, if I can get CWM installed I think I will be golden, but whatever I seem to flash from ODIN don't work :-( no matter what nothing will flash as "PDA" but when I flash using "phone" it seems to install "zimage" which is the embedded file and succeeds and phone reboots... but still only to the rethink possible point.

flash any stock firmware then flash supercore 2.0 and do whatever you want from there

Think i know what the problem is,i have same issue sometimes,try flashing anogher rooted Kernel through odin,make sure its like if the rom is a kj3 that it has a kj3 kernel.see if that works

ultramag69 said:
you can try doing a factory reset... Cheers...
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Be glad to but it isn't an option in the recovery?
My options are as follows...
Reboot system now
Apply update from SD
Wipe/reset
Wipe/cache

been in similar, if not same situation, things were missing from cwm recovery, like you wrote...if memory serves me fine,
flash stock fw with pit, repartition and everything...
then some rootec kernel with recovery...

Oh sh!t... just flashed the pit file here... http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-with-odin/#download-a-pit-file-for-the-i9100
and odin said success... and screen went black.
Not responding at all now :-(

let's go in a safe way...as long as you have download mode, you're OK.
Go to samfirmware or somewhere on XDA and find FULL STOCK FIRMWARE with proper .pit file and flash it with odin. Not kernel, not anything that is not full rom.
since you state that you are not noob, you know what from there.

abovenbeyond said:
Oh sh!t... just flashed the pit file here... http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-with-odin/#download-a-pit-file-for-the-i9100
and odin said success... and screen went black.
Not responding at all now :-(
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What on earth are you doing?
It clearly states:
I9000 & I897 owners (not I91000!!!) may also need a PIT file (also included in RE ROM ZIP files). I will explain further what it's for.
Why didn't you follow a tutorial on xda? Can you boot in download mode?

borstri said:
let's go in a safe way...as long as you have download mode, you're OK.
Go to samfirmware or somewhere on XDA and fin FULL STOCK FIRMWARE with proper .pit file and flash it with odin. Not kernel, not anything that is not full rom.
since you state that you are not noob, you know what from there.
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Sounds amazing but after my post above I not can't get the phone to power on although I hear the laptop detect it as I attempt to power down or up, but no screen or led display...
Really worried now... ****!

Lennyz1988 said:
What on earth are you doing?
It clearly states:
I9000 & I897 owners (not I91000!!!) may also need a PIT file (also included in RE ROM ZIP files). I will explain further what it's for.
Why didn't you follow a tutorial on xda? Can you boot in download mode?
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I flashed this...
Download a PIT file for the I9100
Download EXT4.pit file (2KB)
(for the S2 only)

battery pullout, then three button combo for download

[Q] Can't go into recovery. May have softbricked.

Hi there. I think I soft-bricked my phone. I am running mf3 firmware on my i337 galaxy s4 and i tried to flash Graviton. I was using safestrap and I, like an idiot, didn't use a romslot and did it over my stock. Seemed to work fine until I actually booted the phone. It can't access wifi and therefore wont go past the find wifi screen. I try to enter recovery but it just keeps going to the download screen. After trying every way I could find I still cant either wipe my phone or flash the stock firmware. I have tried kies and odin but nothing works. Can anyone help me out or am I royally screwed?

LCubed22 said:
Hi there. I think I soft-bricked my phone. I am running mf3 firmware on my i337 galaxy s4 and i tried to flash Graviton. I was using safestrap and I, like an idiot, didn't use a romslot and did it over my stock. Seemed to work fine until I actually booted the phone. It can't access wifi and therefore wont go past the find wifi screen. I try to enter recovery but it just keeps going to the download screen. After trying every way I could find I still cant either wipe my phone or flash the stock firmware. I have tried kies and odin but nothing works. Can anyone help me out or am I royally screwed?
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as long as the phone can go into download mode, you can use odin to reflash the stock firmware (and factory recovery). Check samsungupdates for your model/region and stock/official firmware. You'd have to re-root after. I did the same thing a while back, lost my recovery and this is the method I used to bring my phone back to life, was just sitting at the samsung logo and had no recovery (but had download mode).

LCubed22 said:
Hi there. I think I soft-bricked my phone. I am running mf3 firmware on my i337 galaxy s4 and i tried to flash Graviton. I was using safestrap and I, like an idiot, didn't use a romslot and did it over my stock. Seemed to work fine until I actually booted the phone. It can't access wifi and therefore wont go past the find wifi screen. I try to enter recovery but it just keeps going to the download screen. After trying every way I could find I still cant either wipe my phone or flash the stock firmware. I have tried kies and odin but nothing works. Can anyone help me out or am I royally screwed?
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Does Odin recognize the phone? Also, when you say it won't go past the "find wifi" screen, does that mean it booted to the "Welcome" screen?

nerdyblonde said:
Does Odin recognize the phone? Also, when you say it won't go past the "find wifi" screen, does that mean it booted to the "Welcome" screen?
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Sorry should have edited the first post. I actually fixed my original problem and am now having a different one. I got all the way through nd did a restore of my stock rom. I then tried to flash the graviton one to a different rom-slot in safestrap. So now there is a completely different partition in the storage and the flash didnt work so I'm now completely stuck in download mode. I have tried to flash the tar files in odin and it fails every time. I should have all of the necessary files for mf3.

LCubed22 said:
Sorry should have edited the first post. I actually fixed my original problem and am now having a different one. I got all the way through nd did a restore of my stock rom. I then tried to flash the graviton one to a different rom-slot in safestrap. So now there is a completely different partition in the storage and the flash didnt work so I'm now completely stuck in download mode. I have tried to flash the tar files in odin and it fails every time. I should have all of the necessary files for mf3.
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If you have the 16GB Galaxy, try flashing this file in the PIT slot in Odin.. Don't put any other files in the PDA slot, etc. It's worked many times when phone would only boot to download..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fptxnxsqevjhnt9/SGS-I337_16GB.pit

Hey Nerdyblonde, what does this pit file do?
I softbricked my phone when trying to flip from CWM to TWRP. (Thought I could just wipe phone and odin flash on top of CWM... VERY WRONG). Now I can't get into recovery and my phone is telling me to use kies recovery *shudder*. So I tried kies when I couldn't Odin flash to stock rom and still nothing.
nerdyblonde said:
If you have the 16GB Galaxy, try flashing this file in the PIT slot in Odin.. Don't put any other files in the PDA slot, etc. It's worked many times when phone would only boot to download..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fptxnxsqevjhnt9/SGS-I337_16GB.pit
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snoops609 said:
Hey Nerdyblonde, what does this pit file do?
I softbricked my phone when trying to flip from CWM to TWRP. (Thought I could just wipe phone and odin flash on top of CWM... VERY WRONG). Now I can't get into recovery and my phone is telling me to use kies recovery *shudder*. So I tried kies when I couldn't Odin flash to stock rom and still nothing.
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Sorry it took a few days to answer.. The Kies screen was the same thing that happened to me... I have the MF3 version, so I can't install custom recovery, but I couldn't boot into recovery period. I flashed that pit file in the pit box on Odin, it restored my recovery.
Do you have MDL or MF3? If you have MDL, I would be really careful not to flash MF3 unless you want to stick with basically stock until one of the geniuses here figures out how to unlock the bootloader.

[Q] please help recovery locked

i installed safe strap and got gold finger rom working now im locked out when i try to boot in recovery it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again i have download mode no recovery what can i do to fix stock recovery for samsung galaxy s4 can it be fixed i tried flashing with odin the stock recovery that fixed it last time it fails when it get to the last boot check

There is no real use for the stock recovery. What are you really trying to achieve?

jmjoyas said:
There is no real use for the stock recovery. What are you really trying to achieve?
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i installed safe strap and sucessfully installed gold finger but installed *root* recovery tools app in playstore and flashed over twrp well that locked my original recovery and has messed everything up where i cant load anything but download mode rom is not working just download mode =,(
update i reflash the sgh-i337 .pit file and gain access to stock recovery but when i try to flash another stock rom fails and i have to reflash the .pit file when it loads up it shows a att logo that goes to a weird image and freezes is it hard bricked
update
fixed the phone slot was clicked and not pda thanks for the help i figured it out and im glad i did omg i was almost in tears =)) awsome work xda

You needed the pit file because of the re-partition option ticked in Odin.

Half bricked galaxy s5! G900h

So the situation is that my phone is not booting up not in recovery mode and not in normal mode BUT it is however BOOTING INTO DOWNLOAD MODE .
now i thought maybe i will just reinstall the stock file and get back to business but it is still not booting up after flashing stock file properly as well in odin it goes as pass 100% but it does not boot back .
SINCE RECOVERY mode is not working i could not flash a custom rom
all this happened when i installed a boot logo changer zip from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65599504&postcount=22 , after that it hasnt been working !
please help @yash92duster or anyone else with such knowledge!

yogesh.kalyana said:
So the situation is that my phone is not booting up not in recovery mode and not in normal mode BUT it is however BOOTING INTO DOWNLOAD MODE .
now i thought maybe i will just reinstall the stock file and get back to business but it is still not booting up after flashing stock file properly as well in odin it goes as pass 100% but it does not boot back .
SINCE RECOVERY mode is not working i could not flash a custom rom
all this happened when i installed a boot logo changer zip from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65599504&postcount=22 , after that it hasnt been working !
please help @yash92duster or anyone else with such knowledge!
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That link you attached is good
its the one many G900H users using
no one else faced the issue of bricking the device
maybe you must have dirty flashed several roms so it must have bricked
Try repartition with PIT
no other way i think

Keeps failing
yash92duster said:
That link you attached is good
its the one many G900H users using
no one else faced the issue of bricking the device
maybe you must have dirty flashed several roms so it must have bricked
Try repartition with PIT
no other way i think
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repartition just keeps failing. Gonna try again will try and find a way.

yogesh.kalyana said:
Departing just keeps failing. Gonna try again will try and find a way.
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use KITKAT Repair Firmware and try along with PIT
it should work

Thanks bro
yash92duster said:
use KITKAT Repair Firmware and try along with PIT
it should work
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I think my pit file is corrupted do I have the correct one or maybe a link to it. I am gonna try with initial firmware of KitKat S5 came up with.

yogesh.kalyana said:
I think my pit file is corrupted do I have the correct one or maybe a link to it. I am gonna try with initial firmware of KitKat S5 came up with.
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after flashing stock can u boot into stock recovery, if yes wipe caches and reset to factory

nope
vincom said:
after flashing stock can u boot into stock recovery, if yes wipe caches and reset to factory
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no recoveries at all.
only download mode

nah bro!
yash92duster said:
use KITKAT Repair Firmware and try along with PIT
it should work
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it did not work !
it is still not booting up but i can boot it into download mode

yogesh.kalyana said:
no recoveries at all.
only download mode
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if odin flashed fw ok then upon reboot did you see samsung logo, how many screens came up after reboot from odin, 1 or 2. reboot pc and try odin again or another fw, LL or MM
what happens when trying recovery mode.
keep trying to get into recovery, remove battery for 10secs first b4 trying to get into recovery and w/out cable plugged in

yogesh.kalyana said:
it did not work !
it is still not booting up but i can boot it into download mode
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What rom were you using before crash
What did you do at last
Post all details

yash92duster said:
What rom were you using before crash
What did you do at last
Post all details
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your nemesis rom

yogesh.kalyana said:
your nemesis rom
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Answer both questions

vincom said:
if odin flashed fw ok then upon reboot did you see samsung logo, how many screens came up after reboot from odin, 1 or 2. reboot pc and try odin again or another fw, LL or MM
what happens when trying recovery mode.
keep trying to get into recovery, remove battery for 10secs first b4 trying to get into recovery and w/out cable plugged in
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after odin gives a successful flash phone does not boots up at all. no screens come up and i cannot enter recovery mode
and it does not work with any firmwares in odin mode system status says custom where current binary says official

yash92duster said:
Answer both questions
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I was on nemesis rom and i flashed that logo changer zip as i mentioned in OP and after it hasnt booted up

if fw flashed w/out errors and odin is set to auto reboot and it doesnt, u could be sol.
try diff fw, reboot pc and/or try diff pc, cables.
theres also ways to repartition but idk about those methods

yogesh.kalyana said:
I was on nemesis rom and i flashed that logo changer zip as i mentioned in OP and after it hasnt booted up
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do this
use laptop ( shutdown once and turn it back on and use )
use different usb 2.0 cable
use new odin application
Use New MM based Firmware
if it doesnt boot
then flash PIT alone in odin
then if stock recovery comes clear data and cache
and then install twrp and flash new roms
if not work i dont have any other solutions
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good luck

tried but no show!
yash92duster said:
do this
use laptop ( shutdown once and turn it back on and use )
use different usb 2.0 cable
use new odin application
Use New MM based Firmware
if it doesnt boot
then flash PIT alone in odin
then if stock recovery comes clear data and cache
and then install twrp and flash new roms
if not work i dont have any other solutions
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good luck
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i tried it but it did not work
looks like the guy is dead !
any idea on how much it could cost me ?

if it has any sign of life its ususally recoverable .
links to fw u have tried, were they for the g900h?
which odin ver did u try
pull battery for long time, say 10mins b4 going into dl mode.
just flash bl and modem, search xda for howto.
did u try kies?
u can try usb jig or jtag as last resort

vincom said:
if it has any sign of life its ususally recoverable .
links to fw u have tried, were they for the g900h?
which odin ver did u try
pull battery for long time, say 10mins b4 going into dl mode.
just flash bl and modem, search xda for howto.
did u try kies?
u can try usb jig or jtag as last resort
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all firmwares i have tried are from sammobile and odin version i tried are odin 3.11.1
i tried leaving it for an hour as well.
i have tried bl and modem too along pit file
i have not tried kies
i am going to try usb jig or jtag as last rersort

yogesh.kalyana said:
all firmwares i have tried are from sammobile and odin version i tried are odin 3.11.1
i tried leaving it for an hour as well.
i have tried bl and modem too along pit file
i have not tried kies
i am going to try usb jig or jtag as last rersort
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give kies a shot and/or try both odin 3.09 and 3.10

Bricked :(

Hey guys,J510FN user here.. I tried to go back to stock, tried flashing stock rom through odin 3.07 but it failed.. Now i cant boot to recovery or system ,it says to connect to pc smartswitch..i can boot to download but that firmware i have ..isnt good ,it begins instaling and after 10 sec it fails, after hidden.img.ext4.. And on the phone screen it says volume oo big ext4.. What does it mean? I just wanted to go back to stock

thot1995 said:
Hey guys,J510FN user here.. I tried to go back to stock, tried flashing stock rom through odin 3.07 but it failed.. Now i cant boot to recovery or system ,it says to connect to pc smartswitch..i can boot to download but that firmware i have ..isnt good ,it begins instaling and after 10 sec it fails, after hidden.img.ext4.. And on the phone screen it says volume oo big ext4.. What does it mean? I just wanted to go back to stock
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Try different firmware. Maybe it will help...

thot1995 said:
Hey guys,J510FN user here.. I tried to go back to stock, tried flashing stock rom through odin 3.07 but it failed.. Now i cant boot to recovery or system ,it says to connect to pc smartswitch..i can boot to download but that firmware i have ..isnt good ,it begins instaling and after 10 sec it fails, after hidden.img.ext4.. And on the phone screen it says volume oo big ext4.. What does it mean? I just wanted to go back to stock
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Try different firmware, I had very same issue in the past,

Hey man try flashing appropriate firmware
i think you are not flashing the compatible firmware

Aight,but the firmware i got was supposed to be good, i got it from that all roms and kernels thread.. i will choose another one ,thanks for answers

thot1995 said:
Hey guys,J510FN user here.. I tried to go back to stock, tried flashing stock rom through odin 3.07 but it failed.. Now i cant boot to recovery or system ,it says to connect to pc smartswitch..i can boot to download but that firmware i have ..isnt good ,it begins instaling and after 10 sec it fails, after hidden.img.ext4.. And on the phone screen it says volume oo big ext4.. What does it mean? I just wanted to go back to stock
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What about use SmartSwitch like it says