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Recovery Mode?

How does one get into custom recovery mode for the Sprint Galaxy tab?
I can't Clockwork into recovery, it takes me directly into the Android Stock recovery, so...basically, I've no idea how to flash a ROM on this.
Any help?

Ar318307 said:
How does one get into custom recovery mode for the Sprint Galaxy tab?
I can't Clockwork into recovery, it takes me directly into the Android Stock recovery, so...basically, I've no idea how to flash a ROM on this.
Any help?
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You do not use recovery to flash ROMs on the Tab. You use heimdall from your desktop. Samsung devices are different from most other Android devices. You can use Clockworkmod to do backups and restores. If you have Clockworkmod installed on your Tab, the only way to get to it is through software on your system. Trying to boot to it only takes you to the stock recovery.
EDIT: You can flash ROMs from CWM. See below posts.

I'm confused, this thread mentions clockwork a couple of times (for example, the thread that explains how to get EXT4 on your tab says that you must press up+power to get into Clockwork in order to flash it).
All I need is a simple guide from anyone here or a pointer to where I can get clockwork. I've used Odin before, but not Heimdall, so I don't know how I'd go about installing a ROM that way.

This is the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275031)

I beg to differ. I'm running ICS 4.0.3 on my Sprint Galaxy Tab and flashed it using CWM 5.0.2.7. I used heimdall to flash CWM, and after that I can flash roms all day long from recovery. Check over at rootzwiki, everything you need is detailed over there.
cent
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CentroniX said:
I beg to differ. I'm running ICS 4.0.3 on my Sprint Galaxy Tab and flashed it using CWM 5.0.2.7. I used heimdall to flash CWM, and after that I can flash roms all day long from recovery. Check over at rootzwiki, everything you need is detailed over there.
cent
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I stand corrected. But can you get into CWM by using power/volume up?

leapinlar said:
I stand corrected. But can you get into CWM by using power/volume up?
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Yes sir!
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? This is the only rootzwiki page I found, but it doesn't help me much:
(http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Samsung_Galaxy_Tablet)
I'm trying to get recovery mode on my tab, not just root.

Can anyone help me understand this?
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17817293&postcount=3)
Basically, I've downloaded that file, put it under "PDA" in Odin, and then let it reboot, but everytime the tablet reboots it gets into a bootloop. What am I doing wrong?

I'm flashing it on top of "Queens_p100_EF17_Rooted_PDA"
From everything I've read it should work right?

Ar318307 said:
Can anyone help me understand this?
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17817293&postcount=3)
Basically, I've downloaded that file, put it under "PDA" in Odin, and then let it reboot, but everytime the tablet reboots it gets into a bootloop. What am I doing wrong?
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Ar318307 said:
I'm flashing it on top of "Queens_p100_EF17_Rooted_PDA"
From everything I've read it should work right?
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Just to be sure you are setting the Tab into Download mode before connecting to your PC/Laptop right? ...i.e. turn off; press and hold volume up + power on.

phlooke said:
Just to be sure you are setting the Tab into Download mode before connecting to your PC/Laptop right? ...i.e. turn off; press and hold volume up + power on.
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No, press and hold volume DOWN + power.
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leapinlar said:
No, press and hold volume DOWN + power.
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Oops, sorry about that. What he said ^^

I have no problem getting into download mode or Odin, I merely have a problem flashing the file that's supposed to contain clockwork for my tab. How did you guys get it?

Ar318307 said:
I have no problem getting into download mode or Odin, I merely have a problem flashing the file that's supposed to contain clockwork for my tab. How did you guys get it?
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I have not installed it as a standalone item; it was installed as part of my install of Overcome 4.1 ROM.

Ar318307 said:
I have no problem getting into download mode or Odin, I merely have a problem flashing the file that's supposed to contain clockwork for my tab. How did you guys get it?
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I used the command line version of heimdall. Unarchive the zip file and flash bzImage to 6 and recovery to 7.
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No, press and hold volume DOWN + power

Go to Rodderik's development starter thread get stock ef17 tar under #1 and flash thru Odin then flash CWM kernel in #2 over the top. This worked for me.
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AT&T Galaxy S4 Wont Boot into Recovery

I have a client's Atnt galaxy s4 that will not boot up normally and will not boot into recovery also.
when i try to boot into recovery i get the blue lettering in the top left and it just sits there i have let it sit for sometime like that with no change.
this is not my first go around with flashing android devices so please even give me Dev only options if that is what you think will fix it. i feel bad because he just bought this phone 2 weeks ago and cant use it. not sure what the other guy that tried to root it did and neither does he so i am shooting in the dark so any help would be great.
I have tried flashing the stock Odin package with no luck.
Also tried Kies Firmware upgrade with no luck
Most of the custom recovery for this phone from what i read are not flashed threw odin anymore, but if i am wrong please link me and i will give it a shot.
Dose anyone have any ideas someone told me to use the .PIT file and re-partition the device and reflash the stock odin package. but i have had no luck locating the .pit file for the I337 galaxy S4 could anyone grab it from there phone and upload it for me or any ideas on how i could possibly fix this issue.
Thanks in advance

Since you already tried ODIN, why don't you try KIES.

I tried that allrdy just forgot to add it to the list updated first post

Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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ok i will have him give it a try
and yes it goes into downloading mode with no issues at all.

if the os isnt hosed just download goomanager and install the recovery then download a touchwiz rom that has an extended reboot menu, you can then just boot into recovery from the OS.

C13v3r0n3 said:
if the os isnt hosed just download goomanager and install the recovery then download a touchwiz rom that has an extended reboot menu, you can then just boot into recovery from the OS.
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The OS wont boot that is why we are having such a issue cause we have to get into the recovery to fix the phone
thanks thou

If you can get into download mode and odin it should wipe everything, it should work. Maybr its hardware?
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In addition to letting go of the power button after the vibrate, here are a couple of other things that appear to have worked for other forum members. I didn't discover any of these fixes, I just did a lot of reading and saw where others have had similar problems and found ways to solve them. That is what makes the XDA community great:
Uppercuticus said:
I've had this happen to me several times while playing around with flashing. Basically (without fail in my experience), hold power+volume up+home as you'd normally do until you see the booting recovery message and let go. It will do one of two things - boot into recovery- or - restart and vibrate-. If it restarts and vibrates, immediately hold power+volume up+home until the booting recovery message pops up again and let go. It should then boot into recovery and you shouldn't have trouble in subsequent attempts.
It took me a while to figure this out and I actually thought I had permanently bricked my phone as the phone wouldn't boot and I couldn't get into recovery. Hope this helps.
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RiNo808 said:
Those trying to boot into recovery mode, dl quick reboot from the play store. That's what I use and it works great.
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Just flash a different custom recovery tar in odin. If ur using CWM, then flash TWRP, or vice versa.

C13v3r0n3 said:
If you can get into download mode and odin it should wipe everything, it should work. Maybr its hardware?
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After using ODIN, make sure to do a software (factory reset) to get rid of any data and settings that stayed behind. The firmware packages that we have for Odin, do not wipe everything on their own.

C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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Thanks - was having the same problem. At last somebody explains it properly. It worked.
(Why on earth is the script on the stock recovery screen so small. You need a microscope to read it. I am going to install CWM right away....)
Cheers LJ

S4 on veriozon only boots into download mood
Im having the same problem. I can ONLY get into download mood! Everytime I go and try to reboot all it does is vibrates. I was installing a rom before and it was installed fine then it says I lost my root and turned off. Now i can't turn my phone back on. I try to the NAND erase all but that does not work. Is my phone bricked? I have Verizon BTW. Could some body please help me ASAP!

Yankeetim92 said:
Im having the same problem. I can ONLY get into download mood! Everytime I go and try to reboot all it does is vibrates. I was installing a rom before and it was installed fine then it says I lost my root and turned off. Now i can't turn my phone back on. I try to the NAND erase all but that does not work. Is my phone bricked? I have Verizon BTW. Could some body please help me ASAP!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2316

any luck? im having the same problem after enabling the t-mobile aws bands on my i337. i could only get into odin mode, recovery boot sits there on end and i have no access to the phone settings. ive tried the odin with stock firmware but nothing.

xBeerdroiDx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2316
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you are not playing fair sir...but a good one.

TheAxman said:
you are not playing fair sir...but a good one.
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My unrooted s4 phone gets stuck with the blue colour legend Recovery booting with any mentioned method. I am unable to enter safe mode, any ideas? been surfing google for 6hrs with no proper answer. Thanks!!

C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
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Thanx bro, This is solve my problem.

Having allmost the same problem with my S4...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498285

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norml said:
Just flash a different custom recovery tar in odin. If ur using CWM, then flash TWRP, or vice versa.
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here are all the details;
Rooted ATT Galaxy S4 MK2 with Busybox. all went well until I tried to flash and boot into recovery. Installed ClockworkMod Recovery, tried to reboot into recovery...permission error. Installed Team Win Recovery, same problem.
investigated... Superuser.apk for some reason is NOT present in app directory. hmm. checked for root, have root.
installed ClockworkMod Superuser from play store... asks to update superuser... fails with signature error.
There seems to be no way to flash this phone. I have the original backup I made with ClockworkMod but restore fails with signature error.
The phone works fine, has root but I am concerned I will not be able to update to 4.4 when it's available. I am also NOT able to flash any alternative ROM. frustrating.
I see there are relatives to this issue all over xda but as far as I can tell after a weekend of trying is there's NO WAY to boot into recovery with write permissions being allowed.

Hard bricked phone?

Hello everyone,
I recently tried to flash a kernel and it seems that it was a corrupted download or something of the sorts and no whenever my phone powers on, the phone sits on a black screen and just vibrates. I have gotten into download mode and ODIN'd it with the stock image but it put me right back at the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue and if so can itt be fixed?
Thanks in advance!

It would help to know what device you have, what firmware you where on and what kernel you tried to flash

hailthethief said:
Hello everyone,
I recently tried to flash a kernel and it seems that it was a corrupted download or something of the sorts and no whenever my phone powers on, the phone sits on a black screen and just vibrates. I have gotten into download mode and ODIN'd it with the stock image but it put me right back at the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue and if so can itt be fixed?
Thanks in advance!
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Can get into recovery?
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I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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hailthethief said:
I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
Sent from my SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
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Does Odin say successful? Do you know what firmware you were on?

hailthethief said:
I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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I'm not for sure about it being hard bricked if you can still get into download mode. Did you use a jig to get into download mode becuz I think that would be the only way to get to it if it was hardbricked,if not you may be able to get the pit file and fix it
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jd1639 said:
Does Odin say successful? Do you know what firmware you were on?
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Odin does say successful. Can you tell me how I could find the firmware version? I odin to amdl then rooted and installed TWLite and tried to flash the KToonzes kernel when this happened.

captivated1971 said:
I'm not for sure about it being hard bricked if you can still get into download mode. Did you use a jig to get into download mode becuz I think that would be the only way to get to it if it was hardbricked
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I did not use the jig.
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hailthethief said:
Odin does say successful. Can you tell me how I could find the firmware version? I odin to amdl then rooted and installed TWLite and tried to flash the KToonzes kernel when this happened.
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In settings, about device would show the firmware. If you odined and you were on the mdl firmware. You can't get into recovery right now? Only download mode? Did you try to flash a rom before the kernel? I assume you have an i337?

id try this again with odin least wise if it works you will have to reroot again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573

jd1639 said:
In settings, about device would show the firmware. If you odined and you were on the mdl firmware. You can't get into recovery right now? Only download mode? Did you try to flash a rom before the kernel? I assume you have an i337?
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Yes. I have a hard time putting it in Download mode. I don't know if I can hit recovery. Ill try though.

hailthethief said:
Yes. I have a hard time putting it in Download mode. I don't know if I can hit recovery. Ill try though.
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After odin says sucessful,you have to remove the battery cause it will be stuck stuck on the download screen and go into recovery and factory reset the phone and it should boot right up.I dont think your phone is hard-bricked if you was able to use odin.

Azzair113 said:
After odin says sucessful,you have to remove the battery cause it will be stuck stuck on the download screen and go into recovery and factory reset the phone and it should boot right up.I dont think your phone is hard-bricked if you was able to use odin.
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yeah i have done the samething. i went from stock rooted and had cyanogenmod 10 successfully downloaded and running one night. The next morning i installed ktoonsez kernel 100% certain it was for my cyano and everything i was running and its 90% hard bricked. The only thing i can do is get it into odin mode. Ive also flashed my att ucuamdl file with odin to try and reset it and it has said successful. The only thing i had checked was t ime reset and reboot. So i pulled the battery to try and fire it back up and nothing happens but a black screen and a little vibration. Kind of pisses me of since im not the only one who has had this happen. So far ive still had no luck with anything about the phone. no recovery, no nothing. Anybody else know anything?

hayden55 said:
yeah i have done the samething. i went from stock rooted and had cyanogenmod 10 successfully downloaded and running one night. The next morning i installed ktoonsez kernel 100% certain it was for my cyano and everything i was running and its 90% hard bricked. The only thing i can do is get it into odin mode. Ive also flashed my att ucuamdl file with odin to try and reset it and it has said successful. The only thing i had checked was t ime reset and reboot. So i pulled the battery to try and fire it back up and nothing happens but a black screen and a little vibration. Kind of pisses me of since im not the only one who has had this happen. So far ive still had no luck with anything about the phone. no recovery, no nothing. Anybody else know anything?
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If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.

Azzair113 said:
If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
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thanks for the reply. i will give it a shot. *Fingers Crossed*

hayden55 said:
thanks for the reply. i will give it a shot. *Fingers Crossed*
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np hope it works

Azzair113 said:
np hope it works
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no success. recovery just isn't there. maybe somebody should ask the kt747 guy?

hayden55 said:
no success. recovery just isn't there. maybe somebody should ask the kt747 guy?
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What kt kernel did you install was it the aosp kt kernel or the tw kt kernel you might flashed the wrong kernel.

Azzair113 said:
If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
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I just tried this with the UAMDB md5 file since thats the one that came with my phone and it didn't work. hmmmm

Azzair113 said:
What kt kernel did you install was it the aosp kt kernel or the tw kt kernel you might flashed the wrong kernel.
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I know that you would think that it would be the newbie mistake to install an tw kernel on top of a aosp ROM, but I made 100% sure to choose the correct ROM. I know the difference between touch wiz and also.
Also, sorry to hijack the thread I just saw it and figured since we both have the same problem we might all solve it together.

HELP

:crying:I am rooted using cf auto, i had twrp 2.6, but just now i put 2.5.0.2 zip on my sd card to flash, bc i was having problems with 2.6, i was about to flash my first custom rom, but i wanted to revert back to 2.5.0.2 first, so when i went to flash 2.5.0.2, i went into goomanager to boot into recovery, which was fine, then i went into my sd card to install 2.5.0.2, i swiped to install, then is said install successful, so i hit reboot, NOW i am STUCK IN DOWNLOAD MODE...i cant get out! please help...i took battery out, i dont know what else to do...:crying: :crying:

So when you put the battery back in the phone it automatically boots into download mode?
If not then hold power+home+volume down to boot into recovery.
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daniel4653 said:
So when you put the battery back in the phone it automatically boots into download mode?
If not then hold power+home+volume down to boot into recovery.
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nope, boots into download mode that way too....WTF??

TrickyD76 said:
nope, boots into download mode that way too....WTF??
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Sh%t I'm stupid. Its volume up not volume down to get into recovery mode. Try volume up+home+power.
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daniel4653 said:
Sh%t I'm stupid. Its volume up not volume down to get into recovery mode. Try volume up+home+power.
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That does not work either....ive tried volume up down sideways, home button, no home button...every which way takes me to download mode...there has to be another way...

If all it does is go into download mode. Then you are lucky in a way because you can Odin back to stock which fixes almost all issues. This will delete you data, more than likely. Which is only apps, messages, calls, not your pictures on internal storage.
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daniel4653 said:
If all it does is go into download mode. Then you are lucky in a way because you can Odin back to stock which fixes almost all issues. This will delete you data, more than likely. Which is only apps, messages, calls, not your pictures on internal storage.
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this is bulls*^%t...there has to be a better way....and can anyone tell me why this happened in the first place...what would have caused this to happen? what did i do wrong in trying to flash 2.5.0.2???

TrickyD76 said:
this is bulls*^%t...there has to be a better way....and can anyone tell me why this happened in the first place...what would have caused this to happen? what did i do wrong in trying to flash 2.5.0.2???
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It sucks. But stuff like this happens. And being rooted you have to know the risks of flashing and modding your phone. And its not that bad. Its exactly the same as wiping your phone to install a new ROM. You delete all the same stuff. Not hard to get back up and running.
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daniel4653 said:
It sucks. But stuff like this happens. And being rooted you have to know the risks of flashing and modding your phone. And its not that bad. Its exactly the same as wiping your phone to install a new ROM. You delete all the same stuff. Not hard to get back up and running.
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okay...now what? what do i do? connect to odin and what? thank you Daniel

TrickyD76 said:
okay...now what? what do i do? connect to odin and what? thank you Daniel
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Follow this video by QBKing77. Dow load the appropriate files.
http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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daniel4653 said:
Follow this video by QBKing77. Dow load the appropriate files.
http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unroot-and-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
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No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
SGS4 Sent

ifly4vamerica said:
No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
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phewwww....thank you, i did not want to do this...how do i flash from odin??? thanks!

TrickyD76 said:
phewwww....thank you, i did not want to do this...how do i flash from odin??? thanks!
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download odin
download twrp 2.5.0.2 tar
click on the odin file
then click pda and select the twrp tar
boot phone into download mode
then connect phone
click start in odin
Get twrp here.
Get Odin hereOdin
I use odin 1.85, just make sure you have the drivers installed for odin to work also. That thread should give you all the info you need.

ifly4vamerica said:
download odin
download twrp 2.5.0.2 tar
click on the odin file
then click pda and select the twrp tar
boot phone into download mode
then connect phone
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Get twrp here.
Get Odin hereOdin
I use odin 1.85, just make sure you have the drivers installed for odin to work also. That thread should give you all the info you need.
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can you help me find a twrrp 2.5.0.2 .tar file NOT from Techerrata...my computer is blocking that website (im at work ....OF COURSE

Try here

leaderbuilder said:
Try here
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thank you all!! especially YOU leaderbuilder....that link did the trick, and im am BACK!! thanks everyone!

ifly4vamerica said:
No do not do this! Just go to tarp site and get the twrp tar file for the version you want. Then use Odin to load twrp recovery. This way you won't lose everything. Also to boot to recovery you can just use power and volume up. More than likely twrp didn't flash correctly so you have no recovery. Flashing it with Odin may solve the problem.
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Calm down sparky. Dudes going to wipe his phone no matter what to flash the rom.
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daniel4653 said:
Calm down sparky. Dudes going to wipe his phone no matter what to flash the rom.
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He specifically stated he didn't want to wipe. Plus why return completely to stock if there is no need. You SPARKY need to settle down and try to give useful information for a persons particular problem. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off for a simple recovery missflash. Then to try and bash me because I actually helped him not to have to set everything up again. What if he didn't have a proper nandroid or hadn't ran a recent TB backup. Then he would have lost all data. Now all is well. Check post 7 if you missed the part where he is asking for a better way.

ifly4vamerica said:
He specifically stated he didn't want to wipe. Plus why return completely to stock if there is no need. You SPARKY need to settle down and try to give useful information for a persons particular problem. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off for a simple recovery missflash. Then to try and bash me because I actually helped him not to have to set everything up again. What if he didn't have a proper nandroid or hadn't ran a recent TB backup. Then he would have lost all data. Now all is well. Check post 7 if you missed the part where he is asking for a better way.
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He didn't say he didn't want to wipe until after. He didn't say that when I told him to Odin back to stock. I am settled. Lol. At the time that was the only way I knew we to resolve this so I gave him that option. It was good that you guys knew about the tar version of the recovery.
Now I learned something new.
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[Q] S4 Bricked?

So I installed the hyperdrive rom and was having trouble with the wifi so i downloaded the kernel in a seperate zip. went back in recovery, and installed everything, kernel kept erroring in recovery while installing, I decided to restart, and it asks if i want to prevent stock recovery from installing. Not sure what I hit, as I was clipping on the back, but whatever i did, now when the phone boots up, it vibrates for about 1 second, the screen stays black. It does this about every 10 sec. I can get into download mode so i tried installing the stock firmware with ODIN but i still have the same problem. Any suggestions?

Can you link to the kernel you installed. Also are you on mdl firmware and was Odin successful out were there errors?

jd1639 said:
Can you link to the kernel you installed. Also are you on mdl firmware and was Odin successful out were there errors?
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I was installing ktoonz kernel and Idk what firmware i was on, i think it was the the uCAMDL or whatever one didnt need safestrap

XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
I was installing ktoonz kernel and Idk what firmware i was on, i think it was the the uCAMDL or whatever one didnt need safestrap
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Are you sure the kernel you used was for the i337?
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jd1639 said:
Are you sure the kernel you used was for the i337?
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yes. i think it bricked because when i rebooted, the recovery asked if i wanted to prevent the flashage (is that even a word?) of the stock recovery, and atm i was putting on the back, so i may have hit yes.

XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
yes. i think it bricked because when i rebooted, the recovery asked if i wanted to prevent the flashage (is that even a word?) of the stock recovery, and atm i was putting on the back, so i may have hit yes.
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You've tried to Odin the mdl firmware? Of that doesn't work I'm afraid you're sol
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can u even enter recovery, also which FW are u trying to install with ODIN

Bradl79 said:
can u even enter recovery, also which FW are u trying to install with ODIN
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I cant enter recovery, all i can enter is download mode. It's MDL
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You've tried to Odin the mdl firmware? Of that doesn't work I'm afraid you're sol
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I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_I337UCUAMDL_HOME.tar is the name of the file and when its done, the phone reboots and i get a black screen, and the phone vibrates every 10 sec or so

XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
I cant enter recovery, all i can enter is download mode. It's MDL
I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_I337UCUAMDL_HOME.tar is the name of the file and when its done, the phone reboots and i get a black screen, and the phone vibrates every 10 sec or so
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if you can get into download mode and that's stable and not rebooting on you. I'd look at then using Odin once in download mode and the cf-auto-root tool to get back to a working phone. you may lose data but may get out of the bricked state

thnkyle said:
if you can get into download mode and that's stable and not rebooting on you. I'd look at then using Odin once in download mode and the cf-auto-root tool to get back to a working phone. you may lose data but may get out of the bricked state
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Where can i find this cf-auto-root tool? Is it in the S4 section as I cant seem to find it.