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

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

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

Don't quite understand whats your problem. So what if you wiped data and cache the rom is still there. Reboot normally and flash cfroot according to your firmware and then you should have cwm up and running. After that flash desired rom and the end.
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Flash one of the CF-Root kernels through Odin, whichever one matches the firmware you're running. They have CWM baked in, along with root so you can flash a ROM afterwards.
If you can't get into download mode, turn your phone off, plug it in and hold down + power + home and it should boot into download mode. Then you can flash with Odin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

battery pullout, then three button combo for download

[Q] Bricked! Help!

Hi guys
So I did a restore on my note using the volume up/power restore method, and it worked fine, but then I decided to go back to my later version which I backed up before restoring to the earlier one, and now it sits on the 'samsung galaxy note gt-n7000' screen.
I downloaded the correct firmware from samfirmware, and a .pit, and used heimdall to do a recovery (I have a macbook) and it hasn't made any difference.
any suggestions?
yours glumly
Robsa

Robsa said:
Hi guys
So I did a restore on my note using the volume up/power restore method, and it worked fine, but then I decided to go back to my later version which I backed up before restoring to the earlier one, and now it sits on the 'samsung galaxy note gt-n7000' screen.
I downloaded the correct firmware from samfirmware, and a .pit, and used heimdall to do a recovery (I have a macbook) and it hasn't made any difference.
any suggestions?
yours glumly
Robsa
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Did the firmware flash fine?
And can you still access download mode / recovery?

Which rom where you restoring and from what rom?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Hi guys
I was running ice cream sandwich after an ota update, then I rooted it and installed franco r5 kernal via CMW.
I backed up using CMW then today a week later I backed up using the backup/resotre option you get when doing vol up/power/home
I went back to my original backup which worked, but then decided I wanted to go back to my current set up, which is when it stopped working.
I downloaded the firmware for the irish/uk n7000 N7000XXLQ2_EULP4_XEU and the 16meg pit from the site as well.
I selected 'restore' in heimdall and chose 'repartition' and the .pit I had downloaded and the firmware I downloaded. Heimdall said it had done it all ok but it sits on the boot screen, then goes blank after 10-15 seconds, then the boot screen reappears and stays there.
ETA .pit file was: N7000_I9220_Q1_20110914_16GB.pit and I cannot access recovery, just the volume down reset to use Heimdall

OK, try to flash a stock gb with heimdall. If it gets stuck, let us know at which point ie factoryfs.img
Usually if a rom flash gets stuck at Samsung logo, wiping cache and dalvik cache will let it proceed.
Using a pit file should always be a last resort as its a risky process.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Sorry, I'm a noob at this - only had the phone 13 days!
I have already used Heimdall to flash recovery and .pit and it said it all worked fine. The screen showed a green bar transferring the files and then it restarts, only to sit there on the boot screen again...
So what do you mean about flashing a stock GB? Is that not what I have already downloaded?
-R

Okay, I have located the firmware for gingerbreas 2.3.6 on samfirmware and I'm downloading that.
I assume I just factory restore using the same .pit and the 2.3.6 as before? Think it will work?
Otherwise I will have to take it back to the shop tomorrow and tell them its not working

You don't need a pit file, that's just for repartitioning the chip in extreme circumstances, should only be used for emergencies.
Just flash the gb rom (which contains 3 files, rom, csc and modem). I haven't used heimdall myself so can't advise on setup. Once flashed let me know if it worked or not and if not where it got stuck.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Thanks ST
Heimdall makes you locate a .pit file before you can select the firmware. It then gives you the options:
BOOT
EFS
SBL1
SBL2
PARAM
RECOVERY
CACHE
MODEM
FACTORYFS
DATAFS
UMS
HIDDEN
GANG
KERNEL
So I chose 'Recovery'. most of the others wont let you choose the .tar.md5 file, then mainly ask for either a .bin file or a .img file. KERNEL lets me select it with the .tar.md5 firmware though.
So I will just try RECOVERY again, this time using the 2.3.6 firmwares, not the 4.0.3?
Sorry, I don't mean to act thick! it doesn't help using Heimdall because there is so little online about how to use it compared to ODIN
R

OK. Again, I'm not sure as never used it, so you may want to get some confirmation on this before accepting my response.
If you unzip the gb tar file with 7zip, you'll expose those files, cache.img, zimage (kernel), boot.bin, modem.bin, sbl.bin,factoryfs.img, hidden.img, param.lfs
Perhaps try to allocate each of these to the corresponding section and flash that if recovery option doesn't work.
Is there any reason you choose heimdall over Odin? Are you a Mac user?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

when I try to manually upload Kernel, Cache, FactoryFS, Hidden and Modem it does the kernel but falls over at the cache saying:
"ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence! CACHE upload failed!"
what does that mean then?

Okay, so it looks like pretty much all the parts are failing in Heimdall - factoryFS, cache etc. Kernel copied Ok, but all the others return some sort of error.
I have tried both GB and ICS, both fail at the same-ish point in factoryFS.

Robsa said:
Okay, so it looks like pretty much all the parts are failing in Heimdall - factoryFS, cache etc. Kernel copied Ok, but all the others return some sort of error.
I have tried both GB and ICS, both fail at the same-ish point in factoryFS.
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Sorry youre bricked
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

so back to the shop tomorrow then I guess?

ssss69 said:
Sorry youre bricked
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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No you're not. Find a friend with a PC and load up Odin. Give that a whirl before declaring defeat. Odin and heimdall are similar but not identical.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

ian577416 said:
No you're not. Find a friend with a PC and load up Odin. Give that a whirl before declaring defeat. Odin and heimdall are similar but not identical.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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+1 for this. Odin is really simple. Make sure samsung drivers are installed on pc (can just load kies). Run odin as administrator, put the phone in download mode (volume down, power and select button held down until it reboots into download) connect to PC, Odin will change to yellow colour if connection good, then all you do is point to the tar file in "pda" and it will sort out all the partitions for you. Really simple. Don't need any pit or repartitioning.
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sounds sweet if only I had a PC.... thanks for all your help guys

I think I've finally sorted it! Just restoring ICS now.
The way I fixed it was this:
Download Heimdall 1.3.1 (NOT 1.3.2) and flashed HIDDEN, KERNEL, CACHE, MODEM - FACTORYFS wouldnt flash.
she is restoring now and I pray all will be well
fingers crossed!
BUT now I stupidly went and flashed a non-genuine kernel so I have a yellow triangle
Can I use Triangle Away do you think?

Okay, now I can get both reset screens but still stuck on boot screen. What do I need to do now?

I suggest you use odin first.. if you still can't flash factoryfs, your emmc is toasted...

[Q] i9506 4.4.2 Problem

So I flashed 4.4.2 that had been released yesterday with Odin and I got "FAIL! (Size)" when it tries to flash hidden.img. I first thought my phone got bricked as it was only able to get on the download mode and couldn't get to recovery mode and when I tried to flash it again it did the same error. After reading about this problem fro the internet someone said to ignore that error message and go back to download mode after flashing the rom and flash a custom recovery. I did so, went to the recovery mode, wiped data and cache and I was able to boot normally. When my phone booted up I started to have an error message that bothers me the most; "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped working". This happens every five seconds or so. Is there any fix for this, as I'd like having Samsung's keyboard working on my phone?

You can't just ignore Odin warnings.
Almost all Odin error can be resolved by the following.
- Different usb cable
- Different usb port
- Different pc
- Reinstalling drivers.

Siura said:
So I flashed 4.4.2 that had been released yesterday with Odin and I got "FAIL! (Size)"
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Most likely you are flashing different size partitions. Is it stock?
If so, please download pit file for your model, flash with pit file and repartition marked, do not reboot phone, go to recovery, wipe phone and reflash again, this time without pit file and without repartition marked. Shall do the job.
Final tip: NEVER ignore Odin errors messages.

spamtrash said:
Most likely you are flashing different size partitions. Is it stock?
If so, please download pit file for your model, flash with pit file and repartition marked, do not reboot phone, go to recovery, wipe phone and reflash again, this time without pit file and without repartition marked. Shall do the job.
Final tip: NEVER ignore Odin errors messages.
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Does it have to be 4.4.2 pit file as all I found was a pit file for 4.3? Does it harm my device in any way if I try to flash with that?

Siura said:
Does it have to be 4.4.2 pit file as all I found was a pit file for 4.3? Does it harm my device in any way if I try to flash with that?
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should not, I used 4.3 pit to flash 4.4.2.

In Desperate need of the XDA community!

Alas, let me tell you my tale of woe. And just so you know, I have pretty much called myself every name in the book.
My wife and I both had S4's (I337). We have since moved on to other phones but both of us have kept our S4's. We have decided to give my daughter my wife's old S4 phone. Let me set the stage for you: the phone is (was) already rooted and I had CWM recovery on it. I was also using @iB4STiD 's GoldFinger ROM on both phones. They had the look of the S5. I decideded to go ahead and update the phone before we gave it to her. I went into the ROM and wiped the cache and did the "Install new ROM" box. Everything went smoothly. Well, to my horror, I had forgot the most crucial part -- putting the GoldenEye ROM onto the phone!! I tried to mount the SD card via USB and it would not mount. I then hit the back button and went too far back and the phone rebooted. To add insult to injury, several months ago, my wife's phone went thru a horrible boot loop. Come to find out, the power button was messed up. I had to open the phone up and completely remove the power button! So I cannot boot into recovery since I have no power button to hold.
So I thought I would try ODIN. If I pop the battery and put it back in, hold the volume down button and plug the USB cable in, I can get the phone to boot up and go into ODIN. But now, the ODIN files keep failing saying:
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I know, XDA. I should feel ashamed. But as a father I beseech you on behalf of my daughter to help me get out of this jam.
PS: If you need any information, my other S4 was flashed with the same ROM and is nearly identical to my wife's S4.

Any idea which bootloader version is on the phone?

audit13 said:
Any idea which bootloader version is on the phone?
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Thankfully still MDL. I never updated the bootloader nor had to worry about safestrap.

I DID IT! I went to SamMobile, made an account, and downloaded the firmware for the phone. Flashed it with Odin and now I'm back in business.

Glad you got it working. I was going to suggest flashing a stock rom via Odin since your bootloader is unlocked.

audit13 said:
Glad you got it working. I was going to suggest flashing a stock rom via Odin since your bootloader is unlocked.
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Well, now I have another problem. It loaded the original recovery. The recovery I had was CWM with touch since the phone does not have a working power button. I used ADB to log into recovery but I get hung up there without my power button to select the options. I then tried flashing a recovery with ODIN but again I fall into the Auth Fail. I had to go to work but I was reading about putting the recovery.img file in the root of the /sdcard and using Terminal Emulator to flash it in. Any thoughts on that? I also had tried fastboot but it said it was waiting for device and nothing happened.

Try flashing TWRP or CWM using Odin by doing this:
Open Odin, uncheck everything except f.reset time, flash recovery, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery using button combination.

audit13 said:
Try flashing TWRP or CWM using Odin by doing this:
Open Odin, uncheck everything except f.reset time, flash recovery, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery using button combination.
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That's the part I'm having problems with. It fails during flashing the recovery. It will say FAIL (Auth). I will probably go ahead and try TWRP if I can find a .tar.md5 file of it. That's the other issue: the CWM file I downloaded was an .img file. I used a tool I found here on XDA to convert it to a .tar.md5 file but it still failed. If I can get a recovery that works via the touchscreen I'll be golden.

Use them latest twrp tar file. Then use twrp to flash the latest img file.

audit13 said:
Use them latest twrp tar file. Then use twrp to flash the latest img file.
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Do you think this one will work even though it's originally for I9500 series? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375908

Isn't this for the att: https://dl.twrp.me/jflteatt/
Cygwin can convert img to tar.

Paying to get this fixed

My s7 edge got stuck at boot screen so i reflashed stock rom and rerooted then restored the backup i had, it said fail because of low memory while restoring the system and now when i try to reflash the stock rom on odin it says model dismatch fail.
If someone could help me fix this I'm willing to pay something decent, but not a whole lot lol

Re-download the stock rom and flash it

Meboyzram said:
Re-download the stock rom and flash it
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i did that lol thats when it says "model dismatch fail"

Do you have custom recovery?

Do you have a custom recovery?
Do you have the right and the newest Odin Version?
Did you try it with another transfercable or USB-Port?
Do you have the newest samsung drivers?
Did you have any Odin problems like this before?
My suggestion:
Just do a full wipe on your phone. Downlad the newest Odin Version. Get your device into download mode (maybe try different transfercables or USB Ports and the newest samsung drivers) and see if it works now.
If yes, flash the right Bootloader and Modem for your device and then flash the rom you wanted to flash.
If this didnt work, (and you have a custom recovery) try to reinstall the rom without any backups via the recovery at first and check afterwards, if the device is now recognized by Odin.
Good luck

JustAnotherAndroid said:
My s7 edge got stuck at boot screen so i reflashed stock rom and rerooted then restored the backup i had, it said fail because of low memory while restoring the system and now when i try to reflash the stock rom on odin it says model dismatch fail.
If someone could help me fix this I'm willing to pay something decent, but not a whole lot lol
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I guess you still have twrp installed.
1. Step: go to TWRP and wipe everything except your SD-Card
2. Step: enter download mode on your device and then plug your usb in (maybe try a different usb-port or even another computer, or another usb cable)
3. Step:Flash the newest bootloader & modem in one step.
4. Step: Enter TWRP again and flash the firmware.zip via the installation process

I dont have TWRP, but i got it fixed, somehow my roomate got it, thanks anyways guys

So all he got was my phone to turn on, im still having this model dismatch fail issue..

Maybe You're trying to flash wrong firmware? What model did You buy?(check box) and what firmware did You download?
If nothing works then download 7zip. And remove all files from that tar.md5 file and leave system.img only. And then try reflashing it.
This way no matter what device You connect it should force flash this image file. Although it might be dangerous (a tiny little bit) so first make sure that You have proper firmware for Your model.

ProtoDeVNan0 said:
Maybe You're trying to flash wrong firmware? What model did You buy?(check box) and what firmware did You download?
If nothing works then download 7zip. And remove all files from that tar.md5 file and leave system.img only. And then try reflashing it.
This way no matter what device You connect it should force flash this image file. Although it might be dangerous (a tiny little bit) so first make sure that You have proper firmware for Your model.
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Yes, I've used these files multiple times before i did what i did, ill give that a try, if it works, i owe you.

If system.img by itself will flash successfully and Your phone won't boot then add slowly more files to that tar file (boot.img, recovery.img etc)
You could also try looking for a pit file for Your phone and then flash it with it. Pit file usually fixes most problems even broken partitions.
And make sure that You put that tar file in AP/PDA.
If nothing above works then send me screenshots of ODIN and the file that You're trying to flash. Maybe I'll notice something. But I hope You'll fix it

JustAnotherAndroid said:
Yes, I've used these files multiple times before i did what i did, ill give that a try, if it works, i owe you.
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So I tried, and i get some invalid file error
These are the files that are in the AP one
https://gyazo.com/a72785631ad62d412a8c40eb464d3126

I found out my problem, i was still uing the modified version of odin that i used to root my phone