Attempting Root on MF9, recovery won't stick - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I've tried everything. TWRP, CWM. They won't stick when I try to flash them with ODIN. It just goes boots to the stock recovery. WTF is up??? Please help
(Running ODIN as admin, as well as without. Tried 1.85 and 3)

The only recovery I've ever tried is oudhs. It has a check, when you first install and run it. The check lets you know that if you reboot and do nothing, the phone will revert back to stock recovery, then it will ask if you want to fix that. Choose yes and it fixes that safeguard. Simple. Also with Odin, use the version that is suggested in the tar.md5 posts for the original firmware. Older versions might not work right or mess things up because it's a newer phone.

wbreslin951 said:
I've tried everything. TWRP, CWM. They won't stick when I try to flash them with ODIN. It just goes boots to the stock recovery. WTF is up??? Please help
(Running ODIN as admin, as well as without. Tried 1.85 and 3)
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I used CF-autoroot to root my phone then I installed goomanger. In goomanger click menu > install openrecoveryscript. It will install twrp 2.6.0. Once complete click reboot recovery and it should boot into recovery. Let me know if this give you any issues.

Yes the trick to installing recovery that nobody really talks about is to uncheck "auto reboot". Let it pass. Pull the battery. Hold volume up and power and go into recovery. The goomanager. Methed also works.
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Thanks for the replies everybody! I'll put these suggestions into action as soon as I get home from work tonight!
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[Q] Flashing Clockwokmod on S4 I9505 won't work, any idea why not?

Hi,
I've tried several times flashing Clockworkmod 6.0.3.3 and other versions of Clockworkmod for S4 I9505, but after flashing it using Odin 1.85, Odin says ok, and reboot my phone, but after I turn the phone off, and try to start phone into recovery mode using power, volume up and home button at the same time, my phone doesn't find anything to use, so it starts in regular recovery mode (Default as from Samsung).
Anyone have an idea why Clockworkmod won't work on the phone, even when Odin says ok on flashing?
I've made sure that I downloaded the correct file for my phone.
My phone is a euro version, that shouldn't matter?
King Canute said:
Hi,
I've tried several times flashing Clockworkmod 6.0.3.3 and other versions of Clockworkmod for S4 I9505, but after flashing it using Odin 1.85, Odin says ok, and reboot my phone, but after I turn the phone off, and try to start phone into recovery mode using power, volume up and home button at the same time, my phone doesn't find anything to use, so it starts in regular recovery mode (Default as from Samsung).
Anyone have an idea why Clockworkmod won't work on the phone, even when Odin says ok on flashing?
I've made sure that I downloaded the correct file for my phone.
My phone is a euro version, that shouldn't matter?
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Download the attached link. You find a folder of s4 root. Odin 1.85 and Cwm file and a rooting file(only if you need root)
An odin 1.85 specialy for gti 9505. Big thanks to chainfire.
Turn your phone in downloadmode. Connect your Phone to your pc. Open odin and select pda and select the file i9505-cwm-recovery -6.0.3.2-4
Start.
After the phone is rebooting, turn your phone off.
Then volume up,home button and powerbutton at the same time. When you see on top a blue text" recovery booting" let go of the 3 buttons and it boots in cwm. This should do the trick.
http://db.tt/BmvKeopK
Regards
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
astraopcuser said:
Download the attached link. You find a folder of s4 root. Odin 1.85 and Cwm file and a rooting file(only if you need root)
An odin 1.85 specialy for gti 9505. Big thanks to chainfire.
Turn your phone in downloadmode. Connect your Phone to your pc. Open odin and select pda and select the file i9505-cwm-recovery -6.0.3.2-4
Start.
After the phone is rebooting, turn your phone off.
Then volume up,home button and powerbutton at the same time. When you see on top a blue text" recovery booting" let go of the 3 buttons and it boots in cwm. This should do the trick.
http://db.tt/BmvKeopK
Regards
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
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Thanks for trying to help me out, but still I got no luck with this,
After the flashing, when I try to go into recovery mode I can see that the phone tries to install or update something, but a sec after I get some sort of fail message and I'm back to default recovery mode.
I can't understand what seems to be the problem.
Could it be that my phone might be locked to a carrier?
King Canute said:
Thanks for trying to help me out, but still I got no luck with this,
After the flashing, when I try to go into recovery mode I can see that the phone tries to install or update something, but a sec after I get some sort of fail message and I'm back to default recovery mode.
I can't understand what seems to be the problem.
Could it be that my phone might be locked to a carrier?
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Is your device rooted yet?
I first rooted my phone and then i flashed cwm recovery via odin 1.85. All in the file you've downloaded.
astraopcuser said:
Is your device rooted yet?
I first rooted my phone and then i flashed cwm recovery via odin 1.85. All in the file you've downloaded.
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Do I have to root the phone to make the clockworkmod work?
King Canute said:
Do I have to root the phone to make the clockworkmod work?
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you must first root your phone.:good:
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astraopcuser said:
you must first root your phone.:good:
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for the gti 9505 lte is a little bit diverent at this time.
first flash the cf autorootjflte.... via odin. phone in downloadmode, select pda,select cf autoroot jfte... hit start. phone reboots, you see an red/orange android droid then its rebooting
after that turn off your phone . phone in downloadmode, open odin, select pda, select cwm 6.0.3.2-4, hit start
Your phone is rooted with cwm.
What rubbish!
You DO NOT need to root your phone to install a custom recovery. Are you sure you have i9505??
Download the latest Philz CWM recovery in .tar format and flash this in Odin 1.85.
I've done this on 6 different S4s and NEVER had an issue.
Seems strange that your having problems dude.
Obagleyfreer said:
What rubbish!
You DO NOT need to root your phone to install a custom recovery. Are you sure you have i9505??
Download the latest Philz CWM recovery in .tar format and flash this in Odin 1.85.
I've done this on 6 different S4s and NEVER had an issue.
Seems strange that your having problems dude.
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How rubbish..... its goes that way to get a custom cwm on the gti9505.
He ask cwm, not philz recovery.
You can say next time ....theres another way to get it work.
I only trying to help
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This version of CWM work perfect and supports exFat (64GB SD Cards).
You don't need root.
Flash as PDA using Odin PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279579
Obagleyfreer said:
What rubbish!
You DO NOT need to root your phone to install a custom recovery. Are you sure you have i9505??
Download the latest Philz CWM recovery in .tar format and flash this in Odin 1.85.
I've done this on 6 different S4s and NEVER had an issue.
Seems strange that your having problems dude.
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I'm 100% sure that my phone is a 9505, it's the only version sold in Norway.
Mittaa said:
This version of CWM work perfect and supports exFat (64GB SD Cards).
You don't need root.
Flash as PDA using Odin PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279579
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It's this version I'm trying to flash with no luck, and I can't understand why it's not working.
Maybe I have to do a factory reset, or flash a complete new stock ROM?
King Canute said:
It's this version I'm trying to flash with no luck, and I can't understand why it's not working.
Maybe I have to do a factory reset, or flash a complete new stock ROM?
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Do you have a proper USB connection between Odin PC and your phone?
Try another USB cable or/and another USB port ...
Did you remember to kill all KIES processes running in background?
CTRL, ALT, DELETE running processes ...
King Canute said:
Hi,
I've tried several times flashing Clockworkmod 6.0.3.3 and other versions of Clockworkmod for S4 I9505, but after flashing it using Odin 1.85, Odin says ok, and reboot my phone, but after I turn the phone off, and try to start phone into recovery mode using power, volume up and home button at the same time, my phone doesn't find anything to use, so it starts in regular recovery mode (Default as from Samsung).
Anyone have an idea why Clockworkmod won't work on the phone, even when Odin says ok on flashing?
I've made sure that I downloaded the correct file for my phone.
My phone is a euro version, that shouldn't matter?
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in some stock firmwares, when you boot the phone, the stock recovery is re-writing over the flashed custom one:
root your phone, and with a root explorer go to system, delete "recovery-from-boot.p" or rename it to "recovery-from-boot.p.bak"
then go to system/etc, delete this file: "install-recovery.sh" or rename it to "install-recovery.sh.bak.
now you can flash your custom recovery.
Mittaa said:
Do you have a proper USB connection between Odin PC and your phone?
Try another USB cable or/and another USB port ...
Did you remember to kill all KIES processes running in background?
CTRL, ALT, DELETE running processes ...
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I'm using an Samsung retail cable from the S2, but I did try with the S4 retail cable aswell, but still no luck. The flashing goes ok in Odin, so I doubt the cable is the problem. And Kies isn't running in the background at all. Even changed USB port just to be sure testing all the options.
samersh72 said:
in some stock firmwares, when you boot the phone, the stock recovery is re-writing over the flashed custom one:
root your phone, and with a root explorer go to system, delete "recovery-from-boot.p" or rename it to "recovery-from-boot.p.bak"
then go to system/etc, delete this file: "install-recovery.sh" or rename it to "install-recovery.sh.bak.
now you can flash your custom recovery.
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Ok, so I might have to root my phone and try this out then.. I was hoping to avoid rooting for now.
And the way to root is done using Odin as described in an earlier post?
Will it be possible to reset the counter later on if I need to go back to stock ROM if the phone should need to sendt to service etc? I know it is possible to reset the counter on S3.
King Canute said:
Ok, so I might have to root my phone and try this out then.. I was hoping to avoid rooting for now.
And the way to root is done using Odin as described in an earlier post?
Will it be possible to reset the counter later on if I need to go back to stock ROM if the phone should need to sendt to service etc? I know it is possible to reset the counter on S3.
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if you want to be sure, flash custom recovery, do not check "auto-reboot" or when it says "pass" unplug and take off the battery, then reinsert it, boot straight to recovery so you should see the custom recovery. but once you reboot the phone the stock recovery will be back .
any way, you can root in any method you want.
why you want to flash custom recovery without rooting??
once you flashed anything unofficial with odin, the counter is triggered.
yes you can reset it with triangle away.
samersh72 said:
if you want to be sure, flash custom recovery, do not check "auto-reboot" or when it says "pass" unplug and take off the battery, then reinsert it, boot straight to recovery so you should see the custom recovery. but once you reboot the phone the stock recovery will be back .
any way, you can root in any method you want.
why you want to flash custom recovery without rooting??
once you flashed anything unofficial with odin, the counter is triggered.
yes you can reset it with triangle away.
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Ok I tried to flash the clockworkmod without checking the auto-reboot and it worked like you said.
The reason I don't want to root the phone is, because I actually don't need it, never had any use of it on other phones.
Ok then I have to root it like you said to make i work properly.
King Canute said:
Ok I tried to flash the clockworkmod without checking the auto-reboot and it worked like you said.
The reason I don't want to root the phone is, because I actually don't need it, never had any use of it on other phones.
Ok then I have to root it like you said to make i work properly.
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hmmm, so why you need cwm?
EDIT: usually these 2 files (that reflash stock recovery) come with some OTA update. So if you dont want to root, you can flash a stock firmware with odin (those 2 files are not included) in order to flash custom recovery without rooting.
any way, when you flashed custom recovery, your binary counter is triggered. so you need triangle away to reset it for warranty ====> you need root access!
samersh72 said:
hmmm, so why you need cwm?
EDIT: usually these 2 files (that reflash stock recovery) come with some OTA update. So if you dont want to root, you can flash a stock firmware with odin (those 2 files are not included) in order to flash custom recovery without rooting.
any way, when you flashed custom recovery, your binary counter is triggered. so you need triangle away to reset it for warranty ====> you need root access!
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I was thinking about installing Cyanogenmod ROM or maybe later Google Android 4.3.
So now I need to root the phone.
samersh72 said:
hmmm, so why you need cwm?
EDIT: usually these 2 files (that reflash stock recovery) come with some OTA update. So if you dont want to root, you can flash a stock firmware with odin (those 2 files are not included) in order to flash custom recovery without rooting.
any way, when you flashed custom recovery, your binary counter is triggered. so you need triangle away to reset it for warranty ====> you need root access!
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Triangle Away wan't work if you have custom kernel OR recovery !
Mittaa said:
Triangle Away wan't work if you have custom kernel OR recovery !
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yes i know and he supposed to read or already red TA thread to know that

[RESOLVED]Recovery help

RESOLVED:
- Flashed a stock firmwire image from Sammobile using Odin. (AMDL)
- Did a factory reset in the stock recovery TWICE to get it to finally boot.
- Rooted with motochopper
- Installed TWRP
- Back to Task650.
Okay, so I'm a bit stuck. I was running the newest Task650 rom and KT's 9/17 kernel.
I updated to the 10/20 kernel as soon as it was released and it bugged my phone. Blew up everything, glitched my DPI and colors. It was unusable, however the weirdest part is that my custom recovery was removed so I can't seem to flash the old kernel to get my device back to normal.
I tried using odin but it just keeps failing, so I really am unsure what to do now. If I could get the previous kernel back onto it, it would be fine.
Any help? I can't seem to find a .tar.md5 file for TWRP or clockworkmod to flash a new recovery in Odin. I tried Philz .tar.md5 files but it fails as well.
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As long as your not MF3
try goo manager for TWRP
or
Try ROM manager just to flash CWM
Note: do not use ROM manager for nothing else if you didn't already know.
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jball said:
As long as your not MF3
try goo manager for TWRP
or
Try ROM manager just to flash CWM
Note: do not use ROM manager for nothing else if you didn't already know.
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I cannot use the Google Playstore.. my entire screen is over scaled and impossible to navigate.
So no use of DPI settings.can you use ADB or terminal emulator
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when you say you tried odin, are you saying you tried flashing the stock rom (MDL), tried flashing a custom recovery tar, or both? what error is it giving?
unfortunately i think kt accidentally uploaded a 4.2.2 kernel and thats what you downloaded. check out his thread and see what anyone else in your situation may have done already to remedy this. good luck
Can you reroot by flashing an autorooter through download mode? Doing so might enable you to flash kernels again.
Is factory reset an option?
xBeerdroiDx said:
when you say you tried odin, are you saying you tried flashing the stock rom (MDL), tried flashing a custom recovery tar, or both? what error is it giving?
unfortunately i think kt accidentally uploaded a 4.2.2 kernel and thats what you downloaded. check out his thread and see what anyone else in your situation may have done already to remedy this. good luck
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I managed to get the latest stock firmwire (AMDL 4.2.2) off of Sammobile. I did successfully flash the stock .tar.md5 image through Odin, using the PDA slot. Phone seemed to restart and boot right up, but now gets stuck at the AT&T logo. It makes the boot sound and than BAM; frozen.
Now I am truly stuck. Seems flashing the stock image didn't work.. unless I did it wrong through Odin but I doubt it. These are the steps I took,
- Start Odin
- Connect phone in downloaded mode
- Click PDA (select the I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_ATT.tar.md5 file)
- Wait for it to confirm the firm, than hit start.
- After waiting about 5 minutes it's successful.
Am I doing ANYTHING wrong?
Te3k said:
Can you reroot by flashing an autorooter through download mode? Doing so might enable you to flash kernels again.
Is factory reset an option?
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Do a factory reset in the stock recovery after you flash with Odin. It'll get you past the boot loop.
jd1639 said:
Do a factory reset in the stock recovery after you flash with Odin. It'll get you past the boot loop.
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Did a Factory reset in the stock recovery, wiped all data etc. Still gets stuck at the AT&T logo.
EDIT: Did it twice and it worked!
Br4nd3n said:
Did a Factory reset in the stock recovery, wiped all data etc. Still gets stuck at the AT&T logo.
EDIT: Did it twice and it worked!
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How long have you given the boot? The first boot can take a long time. 5 minutes or more isn't unheard of.
jd1639 said:
How long have you given the boot? The first boot can take a long time. 5 minutes or more isn't unheard of.
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Gave it about 2 hours the first time.. knew it was stuck. However I did the factory reset twice in a row, and it finally booted. Just did a quick root through Motochopper, installed TWRP and now I'm back and running on Task650 :good:
Good deal
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Br4nd3n said:
Gave it about 2 hours the first time.. knew it was stuck. However I did the factory reset twice in a row, and it finally booted. Just did a quick root through Motochopper, installed TWRP and now I'm back and running on Task650 :good:
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:good:

[Q] So many issues... (Kies, Recovery, Firmware)

Hello.First post here.
I currently have been using CM11 for a few months now but miss some features on stock. (multiwindow, air view) so I installed Sacs ROM.
Everything was working great today except a known problem is wifi will not work due to radio opbstructions (i believe). So i attempted to change the baseband to MF9.
At first, Odin started then immidately it failed. The error read 'Fused 4 Binary 1'
So i assumed it was a connection error. I loaded back into download mode and tried again. Failed.
At this point i thought screw it, and took the battery out. tried to reboot and stuck at the soft brick "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
I installed Kies. Plugged in my phone. Drivers installed but Kies will not connect. Try to do 'Firmware Upgrade and Initialization'
However Kies will NOT accpet my S/N number. i tried everything. writing it all out or with a space every 3 numbers or with 'DEC' at the front. nothing worked.
I even called sprint to double check S/N (ESN/DEC)
so basically I'm soft bricked and Kies is screwing me over. Any ideas?
Have you tried to odin back to stock?
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Have you tried to odin back to stock?
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thats the one thing i want to avoid.
by reverting to stock wont i lose root access? i have a backup of my old CM ROM from before i flashed sacs. should i revert to stock then restore to CM then reinstall Sacs?
whatthe_fuzz said:
thats the one thing i want to avoid.
by reverting to stock wont i lose root access? i have a backup of my old CM ROM from before i flashed sacs. should i revert to stock then restore to CM then reinstall Sacs?
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Yes but it takes all but about 30 seconds to root again
You could go straight to sacs after rooting.
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daniel4653 said:
Yes but it takes all but about 30 seconds to root again
You could go straight to sacs after rooting.
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ok that might leave me with a cleaner install also.
wheres the stock file i can flash on Odin?
also how should i update the radio if it didnt work the first time?
Thank you for the help
whatthe_fuzz said:
ok that might leave me with a cleaner install also.
wheres the stock file i can flash on Odin?
also how should i update the radio if it didnt work the first time?
Thank you for the help
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If you flash a full stock tar you won't have to flash radio.
Do a search please for the tar.
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leaderbuilder said:
If you flash a full stock tar you won't have to flash radio.
Do a search please for the tar.
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i searched around and eventually found a working .md5 file. its apparently is stock. got my phone to start booting but it got stuck at the yellow sprint screen. im going to try to boot into safe mode. any ideas how to access my recovery file? i have one form CWM and one from Ti Backup
which tar did you flash through Odin? MF9, MK2 or NAE?
IF you were on MF9 and flashed the full MF9 tar you can try and flash again. Just power off phone completely, go to download mode, attach and run Odin. (same for MK2 or NAE) BUT if you tried flashing MJA/MK2 or NAE you cannot go back to MF9. Things you should have read about already.
If it hangs on boot after flashing, power off completely, boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset and then let it restart first reboot can take 5 to 10 earth minutes.
You can then root via CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, install goomanager to grab a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) OR Odin said recoveries (Philz, TWRP etc.)
leaderbuilder said:
which tar did you flash through Odin? MF9, MK2 or NAE?
IF you were on MF9 and flashed the full MF9 tar you can try and flash again. Just power off phone completely, go to download mode, attach and run Odin. (same for MK2 or NAE) BUT if you tried flashing MJA/MK2 or NAE you cannot go back to MF9. Things you should have read about already.
If it hangs on boot after flashing, power off completely, boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset and then let it restart first reboot can take 5 to 10 earth minutes.
You can then root via CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, install goomanager to grab a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) OR Odin said recoveries (Philz, TWRP etc.)
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I think i fixed it.
Problems resolved.
The issue was i had Sacs v4 which didnt support wifi and i read that it needed MF9 firmware.
i had a lapse in judgement and without thinking tried to go back from MJA. didnt catch it until now.
I eventually found the correct stock file. eventually got into the phone. rerooted and in the process of install the proper sacs ROM (v5.6)
this was a simple error that i shouldve caught thanks guys!
hopefully this ROM will work with wifi...
BTW, all my backups were wiped
Your backups weren't on your external sd? Ooo, that sucks. Glad you got it.
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[Q] Galaxy s4 AT&T Odin Mode Stuck after trying to install TWRP using Flashify

I rooted a Samsung S4 with the towelroot method.
So I installed flashify and used it to backup my kernel and my current recovery to SD card.
Then I used flashify to install the latest version of TWRP.
Now my phone boots in to ODIN mode.
The top right of the screen says
Could not do a normal boot.
ODIN Mode
and the screen says "Downloading Do not turn off target"
I tried rebooting with the two or three buttons pressed, and the phone continues to reboot into this mode.
Help is appreciated.
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jwm_ said:
I rooted a Samsung S4 with the towelroot method.
So I installed flashify and used it to backup my kernel and my current recovery to SD card.
Then I used flashify to install the latest version of TWRP.
Now my phone boots in to ODIN mode.
The top right of the screen says
Could not do a normal boot.
ODIN Mode
and the screen says "Downloading Do not turn off target"
I tried rebooting with the two or three buttons pressed, and the phone continues to reboot into this mode.
Help is appreciated.
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So I figured out how to boot to download mode, and then canceled the download. The phone booted normally. Should I now restore my backup of the recovery using flashify?
Being new to this, it seems I may of messed up my "recovery" is that correct? Will flashify fix this?
It seems that what I am trying to do is impossible, I was trying to backup my rom using TWRP. Why is there a version of TWRP for at&t s4 if it will not work?
Thanks for the help.
jwm_ said:
So I figured out how to boot to download mode, and then canceled the download. The phone booted normally. Should I now restore my backup of the recovery using flashify?
Being new to this, it seems I may of messed up my "recovery" is that correct? Will flashify fix this?
It seems that what I am trying to do is impossible, I was trying to backup my rom using TWRP. Why is there a version of TWRP for at&t s4 if it will not work?
Thanks for the help.
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Twrp will work if you're on mdb/mdl firmware. If you're on anything newer, and most are, you will not be able to use twrp. Safestrap is the only recovery you can use. You're most likely going to have to use Odin at this point and start your process all over. Do you know what firmware version you're on?
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Flashify?
jd1639 said:
Twrp will work if you're on mdb/mdl firmware. If you're on anything newer, and most are, you will not be able to use twrp. Safestrap is the only recovery you can use. You're most likely going to have to use Odin at this point and start your process all over. Do you know what firmware version you're on?
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NB1
My phone is basically working right now.
Why wont flashify restore the recovery? Is my recovery messed up? Are you basically saying that you don't know what state my phone is in, so use odin to get back to a starting point?
Thanks for your reply.
jwm_ said:
NB1
My phone is basically working right now.
Why wont flashify restore the recovery? Is my recovery messed up? Are you basically saying that you don't know what state my phone is in, so use odin to get back to a starting point?
Thanks for your reply.
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If you tried to install twrp your recovery is most likely messed up. Go to the general forum and look for index, all things at&t..... I believe there is a stock recovery file that can be flashed in Odin.
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flashify?
jd1639 said:
If you tried to install twrp your recovery is most likely messed up. Go to the general forum and look for index, all things at&t..... I believe there is a stock recovery file that can be flashed in Odin.
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Again, thank you for your assistance. But isn't the whole point of Flashify to restore my recovery (among other things?). I was trying not to be a total n00b and backup things the right way, but seems like it didn't help me.
Wish there was more info out there about twrp not working with anything that resembles a recent firmware update of the at&t phone (just ranting, obviously not your fault).

[Q] Solved: No recovery

New to the S4 - did a search and could not find a similar problem as mine...
My friend gave me his S4 and told me it is rooted - which it is. However, there seems to be no recovery on the phone. When I try power-vol up-home, I get the blue recovery note at the top, but then the phone just continues to boot into the system (MF9). I used Odin to go back to stock and then attempted to boot into recovery - no luck. I rooted the phone again via CF Auto Root and tried to install a custom recovery via Odin and TWRP Manager - still no luck. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions? I appreciate the help.
Bumping this up to the top for one more run through...thanks everyone.
Sixbowmans said:
Bumping this up to the top for one more run through...thanks everyone.
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Maybe go in to Odin mode and flash latest stock making sure to unchecked the auto reboot option. When it finishes flashing unplug and pull the battery, let it boot it'll take a while (took mine about 10-15 minutes). You'll then be on latest stock with latest bootloader and recovery. From there you can go back to Odin mode and flash TWRP. Once again making sure to not auto reboot.
Just to be safe back up apps and msic and picture etc on samsung kies and then do a full recovery delete everything and install the latest firmware then try cf auto root again or if you have trouble with that rhen use kingoroot and then flash twrp or phils recovory and get a rom. If that doesnt work just get cyanogenmod installer which installs root and a stock rom.
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mattzeller said:
Maybe go in to Odin mode and flash latest stock making sure to unchecked the auto reboot option. When it finishes flashing unplug and pull the battery, let it boot it'll take a while (took mine about 10-15 minutes). You'll then be on latest stock with latest bootloader and recovery. From there you can go back to Odin mode and flash TWRP. Once again making sure to not auto reboot.
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Thanks mattzeller. Your suggestion took me back to my Evo days. I took out the sd card, flashed with Odin, pulled the battery, rebooted the system, and then was also able to boot into recovery.

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