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[Q] XT907 Will Not Boot

I hate to start a new thread. I'll make it quick and hopefully be gone.
My Verizon XT907 is unlocked bootlaoder, was running CM10.1, and I wanted to go back to stock because I lost 4G. Went to RSD and flashed the JB 4.1.2 file. Went through the process and said PASS, but the phone just stays on the boot animation. Tried multiple times to the same result. Would appreciate any help.

marinersontop1 said:
I hate to start a new thread. I'll make it quick and hopefully be gone.
My Verizon XT907 is unlocked bootlaoder, was running CM10.1, and I wanted to go back to stock because I lost 4G. Went to RSD and flashed the JB 4.1.2 file. Went through the process and said PASS, but the phone just stays on the boot animation. Tried multiple times to the same result. Would appreciate any help.
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boot to the bootloader/fastboot flash a custom recovery and then boot to it and flash a rom, the bare bones stock based rom works great. i had that happen to me with my phone and thats how i fixed it.

marinersontop1 said:
I hate to start a new thread. I'll make it quick and hopefully be gone.
My Verizon XT907 is unlocked bootlaoder, was running CM10.1, and I wanted to go back to stock because I lost 4G. Went to RSD and flashed the JB 4.1.2 file. Went through the process and said PASS, but the phone just stays on the boot animation. Tried multiple times to the same result. Would appreciate any help.
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Another option would be to boot to the bootmenu (Power and Vol+/Vol-), press vol- until you get to recovery (then vol+ to select), and wipe data/checes from in there.
Sounds like you just have a bootloop from some old data being in place since it makes it to the animation.

Okay, so the option of flashing a recovery via ADB is very real but every time I try to flash TWRP I get an error message saying 'variable not supported'.
As for the boot menu option - I get the dead android logo when trying to boot to recovery.
I truly appreciate everyone's help here. If nothing else I'm learning plenty.

marinersontop1 said:
Okay, so the option of flashing a recovery via ADB is very real but every time I try to flash TWRP I get an error message saying 'variable not supported'.
As for the boot menu option - I get the dead android logo when trying to boot to recovery.
I truly appreciate everyone's help here. If nothing else I'm learning plenty.
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try flashing it in fastboot not adb and try a diff recovery. i thought that error was one it gave with a locked bootloader but i could be wrong
to get into the bootloader to flash the recovery hold vol down while turning it on

pbanj said:
try flashing it in fastboot not adb and try a diff recovery. i thought that error was one it gave with a locked bootloader but i could be wrong
to get into the bootloader to flash the recovery hold vol down while turning it on
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Sorry my mistake. I am in fact trying this through the bootloader with command "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" and getting the error message. It says in bold letters UNLOCKED on my screen right now.

marinersontop1 said:
Sorry my mistake. I am in fact trying this through the bootloader with command "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" and getting the error message. It says in bold letters UNLOCKED on my screen right now.
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i would try a different recovery download the one u have may be corrupt

pbanj said:
i would try a different recovery download the one u have may be corrupt
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I tried both CWM and TWRP, both which I used from XDA links

marinersontop1 said:
I tried both CWM and TWRP, both which I used from XDA links
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have you tried another rsd flash?
i would try this as well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249773

pbanj said:
have you tried another rsd flash?
i would try this as well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249773
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Yes. This time the message is "please manually power up this phone" but does not say PASS. Still stuck on the boot animation.

marinersontop1 said:
Yes. This time the message is "please manually power up this phone" but does not say PASS. Still stuck on the boot animation.
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Success. Utility worked after a bunch of attempts. Now I have permanently lost LTE though. Do I need a new SIM card?

marinersontop1 said:
Success. Utility worked after a bunch of attempts. Now I have permanently lost LTE though. Do I need a new SIM card?
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I'm having the exact same problem and was hoping you could clarify your last comment. So, you just kept repeating the same process over and over using RSD lite and eventually it worked? How many attempts did it take?

marinersontop1 said:
Success. Utility worked after a bunch of attempts. Now I have permanently lost LTE though. Do I need a new SIM card?
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You must do a data wipe from recov then rsd from bootloader-fastboot.
Here is what I do. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44213644&postcount=5

Phone Won't Boot After Installing Hide It Pro

Help...
I had a working phone with 3.0 golden eye.
I had installed Hide it Pro and File Hide it.
I was able to use the File Hide it but after reboot, the screen got stock at Samsung S4 Logo screen and I tried to restore and was TWRP says restored but during reboot it will get stock still at the Samsung S4 logo.
Now, I am trying desperately how to even just make it work.
I remember last time I had installed Hide It Pro and it also got my older phone get stock in the same situation and had used a different ROM.
this is the 2nd phone that is stock after installing Hide It Pro.
Any suggestions on how to revive my phone?
I am currently downloading the stock "I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_ATT.zip" and will try to Odin it.
I am looking to use the later UCUADML stock rom.
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
Help...
I had a working phone with 3.0 golden eye.
I had installed Hide it Pro and File Hide it.
I was able to use the File Hide it but after reboot, the screen got stock at Samsung S4 Logo screen and I tried to restore and was TWRP says restored but during reboot it will get stock still at the Samsung S4 logo.
Now, I am trying desperately how to even just make it work.
I remember last time I had installed Hide It Pro and it also got my older phone get stock in the same situation and had used a different ROM.
this is the 2nd phone that is stock after installing Hide It Pro.
Any suggestions on how to revive my phone?
I am currently downloading the stock "I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_ATT.zip" and will try to Odin it.
I am looking to use the later UCUADML stock rom.
Thank you.
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Actually have you tried a factory reset yet? I would try that first before Odin.
That will work, make sure after you odin, you do a factory reset, or you will still see the same issue, odin does NOT do a factory reset.
Good luck.

head over to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares. you'll have to register as a user but they have the MDL firmware you are looking for.

xBeerdroiDx said:
head over to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares. you'll have to register as a user but they have the MDL firmware you are looking for.
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I will check this link too. Thanks.

TheAxman said:
Actually have you tried a factory reset yet? I would try that first before Odin.
That will work, make sure after you odin, you do a factory reset, or you will still see the same issue, odin does NOT do a factory reset.
Good luck.
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You are right. I did a factory reset first, did not work so my last resort was ODIN.
I did ODIN and I was able to see the apps and play with it. after reboot, got stock again at Samsung Galaxy S4 logo.
I wil ODIN again and after reboot in the phone, I will do a factory reset since I believe the phone is non-rooted at this point.
I will post back what happens.
Thanks.

qwer43 said:
You are right. I did a factory reset first, did not work so my last resort was ODIN.
I did ODIN and I was able to see the apps and play with it. after reboot, got stock again at Samsung Galaxy S4 logo.
I wil ODIN again and after reboot in the phone, I will do a factory reset since I believe the phone is non-rooted at this point.
I will post back what happens.
Thanks.
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It's getting frustrating.
I had ODIN my phone, reboot and factory reset by using the vol up+power+home.
stock was fine.
rooted the phone and installed SHOstock 2.0 by wiping all including format data.
at first reboot, gets stock on the samsung logo...
what else can I do to fix this even if i had already rolled it back to stock/factory reset?
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
It's getting frustrating.
I had ODIN my phone, reboot and factory reset by using the vol up+power+home.
stock was fine.
rooted the phone and installed SHOstock 2.0 by wiping all including format data.
at first reboot, gets stock on the samsung logo...
what else can I do to fix this even if i had already rolled it back to stock/factory reset?
Thank you.
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Flash the KT att loki kernel and see what happens, it will boot.

TheAxman said:
Flash the KT att loki kernel and see what happens, it will boot.
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What is the "KT att loki kernel"? I tried searching for these strings "KT att loki kernel" but nothing relevant.
I would appreciate your assistance.
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
What is the "KT att loki kernel"? I tried searching for these strings "KT att loki kernel" but nothing relevant.
I would appreciate your assistance.
Thank you.
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I have now Goldern 3.0 ROM but after the 1st boot, it is stock again at the logo.
Will the "KT att loki kernel" all ROMs?
Thank you.

here's the link to KT's kernel thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292341
there are 2 kernels. download the correct one for your type of firmware (touchwiz or aosp).
cheers

xBeerdroiDx said:
here's the link to KT's kernel thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292341
there are 2 kernels. download the correct one for your type of firmware (touchwiz or aosp).
cheers
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I had downloaded AOSP kernel. I have this ROM "
[ROM]★GOLDENEYE★[ATT&CAN][►XXUBMF8◄][APPS2SD][JB][TW][4.2.2][LOKi'D][July.14.13]"
Flashed it.
While clearing Cache/Dalvik, ok
Fix permission : ok
Reboot. it showed logo then phone turned-off screen, no response...
help.... needed...

You downloaded the aosp kernel and flashed it on a touchwiz (TW) rom. Can you get into recovery mode?

xBeerdroiDx said:
You downloaded the aosp kernel and flashed it on a touchwiz (TW) rom. Can you get into recovery mode?
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Ooops, my bad. Golden ROM is a Touchwiz?
I will try to recover it and flash the Touchwiz Kernel.
going back to original issue.
AFter I had ODIN my phone and flashed a new ROM, I should not be having these issues(?). right?

qwer43 said:
Ooops, my bad. Golden ROM is a Touchwiz?
I will try to recover it and flash the Touchwiz Kernel.
going back to original issue.
AFter I had ODIN my phone and flashed a new ROM, I should not be having these issues(?). right?
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I had ODIN it again.
After reset/reboot, since it is connected to my pc the invisible batter in the background appears and does nothing after the ATT logo with sounds came out.
disconnected from pc and tried to reboot. it will only show the logo during power button push, release the power button and the logo disappears and dies.

qwer43 said:
I had ODIN it again.
After reset/reboot, since it is connected to my pc the invisible batter in the background appears and does nothing after the ATT logo with sounds came out.
disconnected from pc and tried to reboot. it will only show the logo during power button push, release the power button and the logo disappears and dies.
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I tried reboot in recover, power+vol up and home, the phone will show the logo and release power and it dies, does not continue to recovery.
Is there any other way to recover the phone?
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
I tried reboot in recover, power+vol up and home, the phone will show the logo and release power and it dies, does not continue to recovery.
Is there any other way to recover the phone?
Thank you.
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my bad again...
battery was dead.
now, after ODIN, I am in stock ROM, none rooted.
restarted = ok
power off > start = ok
next rooting steps.
what I can't understand is when flashing a new ROM will start to freeze at start-up... ???

qwer43 said:
my bad again...
battery was dead.
now, after ODIN, I am in stock ROM, none rooted.
restarted = ok
power off > start = ok
next rooting steps.
what I can't understand is when flashing a new ROM will start to freeze at start-up... ???
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because you must use a kernel for your device...PERIOD! If you do not, you will hang at boot.

[Q] Defy does not start anymore

(this thread might also be called "A series of unfortunate flashes")
So, i was trying to upgrade my (obviously rooted) defy from a CM10.1 to CM11. Since this upgrade gave me the error message "set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed", i tried installing CM10.2 to see if it makes a difference and that worked. But i still wasn't able to install CM11. After another unsuccessful flash of CM11, i didn't remember to flash a working rom back on it again and instead rebooted the device. By doing, i was not able to get into recovery mode anymore. In fact, my phone just showd the red Motorola sign and seemingly did nothing. I was though able to boot into flash mode (by holding down the VOL-UP button) as well as into the motorola recovery (by holding down the VOL-DOWN button). The latter did not allow to flash anything, but i was able to delete the cache and so on.
So i decided to try and flash an sbf file. I downloaded sbf_flash.sh (running linux) and i downloaded the "Retail DE, AT, CH" sbf-file from hxxp://sbf.droid-developers.org. I got the device into flash mode and ran sbf_flash.sh which ran smoothly and rebooted the phone.
Now the phone won't power up at all. When i connect it to usb, the white led is on, but otherwise it's not giving me any sign of life.
Is there hope or should resign by smacking myself on the head?
regards.

tmcookies said:
(this thread might also be called "A series of unfortunate flashes")
So, i was trying to upgrade my (obviously rooted) defy from a CM10.1 to CM11. Since this upgrade gave me the error message "set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed", i tried installing CM10.2 to see if it makes a difference and that worked. But i still wasn't able to install CM11. After another unsuccessful flash of CM11, i didn't remember to flash a working rom back on it again and instead rebooted the device. By doing, i was not able to get into recovery mode anymore. In fact, my phone just showd the red Motorola sign and seemingly did nothing. I was though able to boot into flash mode (by holding down the VOL-UP button) as well as into the motorola recovery (by holding down the VOL-DOWN button). The latter did not allow to flash anything, but i was able to delete the cache and so on.
So i decided to try and flash an sbf file. I downloaded sbf_flash.sh (running linux) and i downloaded the "Retail DE, AT, CH" sbf-file from hxxp://sbf.droid-developers.org. I got the device into flash mode and ran sbf_flash.sh which ran smoothly and rebooted the phone.
Now the phone won't power up at all. When i connect it to usb, the white led is on, but otherwise it's not giving me any sign of life.
Is there hope or should resign by smacking myself on the head?
regards.
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Your battery is dead. Charge it using McGyver method or with an external battery charger.
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hotdog125 said:
Your battery is dead. Charge it using McGyver method or with an external battery charger.
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It's a good idea, but i have another defy here and i've checked: the other battery is 80% charged but the phone still isn't going on...

tmcookies said:
It's a good idea, but i have another defy here and i've checked: the other battery is 80% charged but the phone still isn't going on...
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Is RSD recognizing it?
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hotdog125 said:
Is RSD recognizing it?
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Who would have thunk? RSD Lite did recognize the phone and when it started flashing, the phone showed
"SW Update
In Progress.."
So, now what? Which sfb file should i flash?
Anyway, thank you so very much!

Ok, i installed this sbf and it is working!
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_177-003_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTDACH_P014_A009_HWp3_Service1FF
Now i'm thinking i need to root the system again?

tmcookies said:
Ok, i installed this sbf and it is working!
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_177-003_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTDACH_P014_A009_HWp3_Service1FF
Now i'm thinking i need to root the system again?
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Yes, root again if needed.

I saw your other post in the cm11 thread about how your phone died.
I remember reading somewhere in the forums that you should go to cm10.2 before installing the updated recovery, and then install cm11.
I'm not sure if that's 100% accurate, and I couldn't find the link (sorry).
Couldn't hurt, though, seeing as you'd just have to do a few extra ROM flashes.
Good luck!
tmcookies said:
Ok, i installed this sbf and it is working!
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_177-003_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTDACH_P014_A009_HWp3_Service1FF
Now i'm thinking i need to root the system again?
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Root, install 2ndinit, install CM10, install CM10.2, install update-recovery.zip, REBOOT (without any wipe), install CM11 and GApps. Hope it helps :angel:

after some effort - great on CM11!
leandrolutz said:
Root, install 2ndinit, install CM10, install CM10.2, install update-recovery.zip, REBOOT (without any wipe), install CM11 and GApps. Hope it helps :angel:
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I had a simiilar problem - somehow after a similar failed CM11 install, I pressed that "reboot" button and my mb525 was dead. I did as suggested here, Except I happened to have CM10.1 not CM10 on the SD.
However I had a lot of trouble getting a successful boot after installing update-recovery.zip, and then also after installing CM11 with the updated recovery.
Now I have a great well-running defy on CM11. I don't exactly why it succeeded when it did - just repeatedly wipe and install and wipe until it worked.
The defy really runs well on CM11 - very responsive - it is robust both in HW and SW! - maybe I'll myke it my main phone again! (before the S3 or the xperia V) - Samy just ain't interested in my S3 - the community provides the same Android version for my defy as I have on my nexus 7 2013!!!
Many thanks to all who have contributed, especially quarx -

try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48501247

[Q] Help a noob, cannot boot after trying to flash stock rom

So I'm pretty desperate and I apologize if similar info was posted somewhere else. I've been researching several hours but couldn't find anything.
I originally installed CM11 and decided to experiment with a different rom TriForce ROM [TouchWiz]. I put the zip file on my SD card and booted into clockworkmod it gave an error of bad zip. I tried different usb port to transfer the zip, downloaded it multiple times with no result. So I decided to try a different rom Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_MF9_Rom.zip. The installation finished but the phone would not boot.
Recently I flashed the stock rom from odin, it finished successfully but still not boot, Galaxy sreen lights up quickly and that's it.

rmngorelov said:
So I'm pretty desperate and I apologize if similar info was posted somewhere else. I've been researching several hours but couldn't find anything.
I originally installed CM11 and decided to experiment with a different rom TriForce ROM [TouchWiz]. I put the zip file on my SD card and booted into clockworkmod it gave an error of bad zip. I tried different usb port to transfer the zip, downloaded it multiple times with no result. So I decided to try a different rom Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_MF9_Rom.zip. The installation finished but the phone would not boot.
Recently I flashed the stock rom from odin, it finished successfully but still not boot, Galaxy sreen lights up quickly and that's it.
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Restore from nandroid backup. I hope you made one. Try going into recovery do a factory reset and wipe all cache and data and what not and then install a ROM from Odin.

rmngorelov said:
So I'm pretty desperate and I apologize if similar info was posted somewhere else. I've been researching several hours but couldn't find anything.
I originally installed CM11 and decided to experiment with a different rom TriForce ROM [TouchWiz]. I put the zip file on my SD card and booted into clockworkmod it gave an error of bad zip. I tried different usb port to transfer the zip, downloaded it multiple times with no result. So I decided to try a different rom Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_MF9_Rom.zip. The installation finished but the phone would not boot.
Recently I flashed the stock rom from odin, it finished successfully but still not boot, Galaxy sreen lights up quickly and that's it.
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Make sure you're using roms for your version of your phone. the MF9 bootloader is really old and probably wont install anymore. My phone did this before and I thought I bricked it, but I kid you not I took the battery out and removed the SIM card and rebooted and it booted up just fine. May not work for you, but I suggest you go back to update stock firmware then try again. If you're using the triband model, there's a post around here somewhere with confirmed roms that wont brick your device. I'm currently using the Google Play Edition Stock ROM and it's working GREAT.
Link for new firmware (NG5 Firmware): https://mega.co.nz/#F!0JdRkIZR!AqqKdbvba_Hpg5VrCmrbPw

i7vSa7vi7y said:
Restore from nandroid backup. I hope you made one. Try going into recovery do a factory reset and wipe all cache and data and what not and then install a ROM from Odin.
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I restored to this stock ROM before and everything worked well. Currently I can't boot into recovery, Samsung flashes once and that's it, that's why I'm desperate the only thing I can do is boot in to download mode for odin.

silentdeath631 said:
Make sure you're using roms for your version of your phone. the MF9 bootloader is really old and probably wont install anymore. My phone did this before and I thought I bricked it, but I kid you not I took the battery out and removed the SIM card and rebooted and it booted up just fine. May not work for you, but I suggest you go back to update stock firmware then try again. If you're using the triband model, there's a post around here somewhere with confirmed roms that wont brick your device. I'm currently using the Google Play Edition Stock ROM and it's working GREAT.
Link for new firmware (NG5 Firmware):
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Does it matter that I can't get into recovery to clear the cache first before trying new roms?

silentdeath631 said:
Make sure you're using roms for your version of your phone. the MF9 bootloader is really old and probably wont install anymore. My phone did this before and I thought I bricked it, but I kid you not I took the battery out and removed the SIM card and rebooted and it booted up just fine. May not work for you, but I suggest you go back to update stock firmware then try again. If you're using the triband model, there's a post around here somewhere with confirmed roms that wont brick your device. I'm currently using the Google Play Edition Stock ROM and it's working GREAT.
Link for new firmware (NG5 Firmware):
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Maybe I'm doing something foolish but every time I try to download files from the link you gave I get a decryption error so I can't download them zip or original.

rmngorelov said:
I restored to this stock ROM before and everything worked well. Currently I can't boot into recovery, Samsung flashes once and that's it, that's why I'm desperate the only thing I can do is boot in to download mode for odin.
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Just hold home power and volume up. Right when you see text at the top left let go. You have to have the right timing

i7vSa7vi7y said:
Just hold home power and volume up. Right when you see text at the top left let go. You have to have the right timing
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After almost eight hours of troubleshooting I finally got it to work.
I've tried flashing clockworkmod several times to see if I could get into recovery with no result so I gave up on that and I flashed the newest stock rom I could find L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_SPR and it was still not booting. Than I thought maybe twerp would make a difference and god almighty it finally booted! I felt as if I gave birth to a child after eight hours of labor!
Now I'm extremely paranoid about touching anything because it took me forever to do this. Does anyone know why flashing twerp would make such a difference? I know this sort of stuff can get extremely complicated but I'd like to try to understand.
I hope my foolish agony contributed to this community if not in any other way except by the comedic relief caused by my ignorance.

rmngorelov said:
After almost eight hours of troubleshooting I finally got it to work.
I've tried flashing clockworkmod several times to see if I could get into recovery with no result so I gave up on that and I flashed the newest stock rom I could find L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_SPR and it was still not booting. Than I thought maybe twerp would make a difference and god almighty it finally booted! I felt as if I gave birth to a child after eight hours of labor!
Now I'm extremely paranoid about touching anything because it took me forever to do this. Does anyone know why flashing twerp would make such a difference? I know this sort of stuff can get extremely complicated but I'd like to try to understand.
I hope my foolish agony contributed to this community if not in any other way except by the comedic relief caused by my ignorance.
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Depends what recovery you had and what version. I personally like Philz touch recovery but TWRP is good. Now wipe and flash a ROM my friend or restore a backup

rmngorelov said:
After almost eight hours of troubleshooting I finally got it to work.
I've tried flashing clockworkmod several times to see if I could get into recovery with no result so I gave up on that and I flashed the newest stock rom I could find L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_SPR and it was still not booting. Than I thought maybe twerp would make a difference and god almighty it finally booted! I felt as if I gave birth to a child after eight hours of labor!
Now I'm extremely paranoid about touching anything because it took me forever to do this. Does anyone know why flashing twerp would make such a difference? I know this sort of stuff can get extremely complicated but I'd like to try to understand.
I hope my foolish agony contributed to this community if not in any other way except by the comedic relief caused by my ignorance.
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im having similar issues. which version of TWRP worked for you?
thank you

fearthemarchx said:
im having similar issues. which version of TWRP worked for you?
thank you
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I recommend flashing the newest one here using odin
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
Then once you are able to boot into recovery go to wipe and perform both factory reset and format data. Then install whatever rom you like, I used Sprint Galaxy S4 SPH-L720 VPUFNAE (Androdi 4.4.2) found here
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/ (or maybe find a newer stock rom if this one gives you errors)
Just copy the zip file to the phone, boot into twrp, do wipe factory reset again, select install then select the zip in whatever directory and you should be good to go. Make sure you do a back up in twrp once you get the phone to boot so you can always revert to stock.
I hope I was thorough enough that some of the information was useful. Let me know if you need any more help.

only certain recoveries will stick. ive tried the most recent twrp, with no luck. only a few versions of philztouch work.
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fearthemarchx said:
only certain recoveries will stick. ive tried the most recent twrp, with no luck. only a few versions of philztouch work.
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Format with philztouch that works then try flashing a new stock rom with odin. That should bring everything back to stock including the recovery.

ive tried. when i flash rom via odin i only get a blue "recovery booting" at the top of boot screen. even when i only power on, not into recovery. im going to attempt to flash rom provided in previous post via philz.
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fearthemarchx said:
ive tried. when i flash rom via odin i only get a blue "recovery booting" at the top of boot screen. even when i only power on, not into recovery. im going to attempt to flash rom provided in previous post via philz.
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You're in download mode when you flash from odin right? If you your getting an error flashing, try a different stock rom after reformating/resetting to factory (it's crucial to clear the cache before trying a different rom). I had to try a few roms before I found one that worked.

Can't get any version of CM to load

I am unlocked (it yells at me every time I power on...)
Flashed twrp-2.8.6.0-xt907, everything went fine
But after flashing any version of CM it either doesn't get past the unlocked bootloader warning (when I use cm-10.1.3-xt907 cm-11-20140104-SNAPSHOT-M2-xt907 or cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-xt907)
or it just shows the CM face with the white circle growing out over and over (if I use cm-12.1-20160523-NIGHTLY-xt907 or cm-12.1-20160530-NIGHTLY-xt907)
I've done the factory wipe a dozen times, even tried formatting at the partitions before installing. Wiping cache/davlik...nothing seems to help. Any advice?

bassgoonist said:
I am unlocked (it yells at me every time I power on...)
Flashed twrp-2.8.6.0-xt907, everything went fine
But after flashing any version of CM it either doesn't get past the unlocked bootloader warning (when I use cm-10.1.3-xt907 cm-11-20140104-SNAPSHOT-M2-xt907 or cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-xt907)
or it just shows the CM face with the white circle growing out over and over (if I use cm-12.1-20160523-NIGHTLY-xt907 or cm-12.1-20160530-NIGHTLY-xt907)
I've done the factory wipe a dozen times, even tried formatting at the partitions before installing. Wiping cache/davlik...nothing seems to help. Any advice?
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I believe those are all built for the jellybean bootloader, did you downgrade, or still on KitKat?
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I must've missed that, thanks

sd_shadow said:
I believe those are all built for the jellybean bootloader, did you downgrade, or still on KitKat?
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Hmm, the CM wiki is confusing me on this
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_xt907
Your device must be bootloader unlocked.
For CM 11.0, the device builds have been unified. Get the latest CM 11.0 build for KitKat bootloader updated devices here and for devices still on JellyBean bootloader here.
For CM 12.0 and newer, KitKat bootloader is required and builds were de-unified again. Get them under the usual xt907 builds.
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I flashed the boot.img from VZW_XT907_4.1.2-9.8.1Q-66_1FF.xml.zip, but that didn't seem to help any.

bassgoonist said:
I flashed the boot.img from VZW_XT907_4.1.2-9.8.1Q-66_1FF.xml.zip, but that didn't seem to help any.
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I didn't remember correctly,
cm11 and cm12 require the kitkat bootloader
where did you find the recovery?
should be a cm recovery on their site, could try that
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bassgoonist said:
I am unlocked (it yells at me every time I power on...)
Flashed twrp-2.8.6.0-xt907, everything went fine
But after flashing any version of CM it either doesn't get past the unlocked bootloader warning (when I use cm-10.1.3-xt907 cm-11-20140104-SNAPSHOT-M2-xt907 or cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-xt907)
or it just shows the CM face with the white circle growing out over and over (if I use cm-12.1-20160523-NIGHTLY-xt907 or cm-12.1-20160530-NIGHTLY-xt907)
I've done the factory wipe a dozen times, even tried formatting at the partitions before installing. Wiping cache/davlik...nothing seems to help. Any advice?
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Try This One
https://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/90471/cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-moto_msm8960.zip

Any resolution?
I have the same problem as Bassgoonist. Wondering if you ever got it resolved?
I have xt907, rooted, unlocked via sunshine, KK bootloader. Installed twrp-2.8.6.0-xt907. Flashed cm-12.1-20160822-NIGHTLY-xt907 and it never gets past initial boot animation. I also tried the CM recovery which installed fine, but exhibited the same symptoms.
So, did msm8960.zip work? Should I just keep trying different nightlies?
Has anyone had this problem and gotten past it?

s1gma40 said:
I have the same problem as Bassgoonist. Wondering if you ever got it resolved?
I have xt907, rooted, unlocked via sunshine, KK bootloader. Installed twrp-2.8.6.0-xt907. Flashed cm-12.1-20160822-NIGHTLY-xt907 and it never gets past initial boot animation. I also tried the CM recovery which installed fine, but exhibited the same symptoms.
So, did msm8960.zip work? Should I just keep trying different nightlies?
Has anyone had this problem and gotten past it?
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im having the same issue

Finally got it.
HideTheCookies said:
im having the same issue
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((Sorry for the lack of links, I'm new here and the links aren't yet allowed for me. Hopefully you can cut and paste them.))
I was so close for so long. You know how you start going around in circles, and you think you've done everything, but maybe you forget a step? Yea.
I won't repeat everything I did, but here's the links I followed, they have explained it pretty good:
1st: forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/117181-any-dev-is-intrested-in-unlocking-latest-kernel-of-razr-m
2nd: Well, I had to pay the 25$ for sunshine. But it was worth it: theroot.ninja
3rd: Follow this, but skip the first section on rooting, you've already done that: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_xt907
The thing that is missing in the last step, that I thought I had done, but not completely apparently, is this:
Just before you install the CM21 mod, you are in twrp and you've done your backup. The directions say "7.Select Wipe and then Factory Reset." Well that's not quite enough. INSTEAD you need to choose wipe, then choose the advanced option, and wipe every single thing except the sdcard. (Do it twice, why not? We'll teach those partitions to mess with us!)
Finish up with the install as the directions suggest and that should work. It worked for me on an xt907, starting from the 182.46.15 firmware version. The first boot does take several minutes.
Thanks to Cube Computer Channel on YouTube for having a great, long video that was full of information, of which I ultimately only needed the three second reminder/kick in the head that I need to wipe all partitions.
Good luck all!
S1gma40 out.