So as you can see I finally figured out how to get out of the scary Download Mode screen on my gs4. Well I need some help trying to get my recovery back to normal. I tried to install TWRP with Goomanager and it didn't do it correctly or maybe its just me. So after TWRP downloaded I went to go install it and it put me in DL mode. I panicked and thought I bricked my phone and I did power button+volume down+home button and it restarted and booted up Android. Now when I try and go into recovery it throws me back into Download mode and I have to do that button sequence to get out. Its almost like I deleted my recovery so Idk what to do... :'( if anyone can try and help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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ToastyyX said:
So as you can see I finally figured out how to get out of the scary Download Mode screen on my gs4. Well I need some help trying to get my recovery back to normal. I tried to install TWRP with Goomanager and it didn't do it correctly or maybe its just me. So after TWRP downloaded I went to go install it and it put me in DL mode. I panicked and thought I bricked my phone and I did power button+volume down+home button and it restarted and booted up Android. Now when I try and go into recovery it throws me back into Download mode and I have to do that button sequence to get out. Its almost like I deleted my recovery so Idk what to do... :'( if anyone can try and help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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What Firmware you On MF3 Or MDL?
I am on MF3.
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ToastyyX said:
So as you can see I finally figured out how to get out of the scary Download Mode screen on my gs4. Well I need some help trying to get my recovery back to normal. I tried to install TWRP with Goomanager and it didn't do it correctly or maybe its just me. So after TWRP downloaded I went to go install it and it put me in DL mode. I panicked and thought I bricked my phone and I did power button+volume down+home button and it restarted and booted up Android. Now when I try and go into recovery it throws me back into Download mode and I have to do that button sequence to get out. Its almost like I deleted my recovery so Idk what to do... :'( if anyone can try and help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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I just got my S4 and am still catching up on all the reading, are you on MF3 or MDL? I think those are the two. I don't think your suppose to get TWRP from Goomanager it has to have "Loki"or something like that if not mistaken. I haven't read enough to answer and don't want to give you bad advise but good luck.
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I am on MF3.
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Hate to say this my Friend as of now you are without a recovery and there's no way to get that since there isn't any Odin for MF3 Only thing i
can tell you is go to Bestbuy they can recover your Rom back to the stock way it was lot's had this happen to them and they got it fix for free in Bestbuy, Cause
since MF3 Bootloader is locked there's no way to get your Recovery back!
The button sequence is not what's rebooting you out of download. Just holding the power for 10-15 secs does that. When the phone is off press and hold VOL+HOME and press and hold POWER till first splash screen. ( mine is the custom screen). Then release POWER only. Holding VOL+HOME till you see the first TWRP logo. You don't have to really hold it that long. Ussually just till the small blue writing in top left corner pops up. Works better for me to hold till the blue TWRP logo. Then release both buttons. Should take 5-8 secs then TWRP options screen will be up. If you are ever in download mode and you are not flashing with Odin or installing or really doing anything besides thinking "damnit I wanted recovery not ODIN". Then hold power till it shuts down and then start recovery boot sequence. Or hell just pull the battery. Want hurt as long as no installing , flashing, or upgrading or nose picking is going on.
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I am on MF3.
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Red this My friend read thru everything so you see What MF3 is all about! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
Ah okay well that's what I get for being a noob trying to mess around and think I know what I am doing. Well I appreciate your help and thanks for your advice on going to bestbuy. I will have to do that. You said they can do that for free?
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Ah okay well that's what I get for being a noob trying to mess around and think I know what I am doing. Well I appreciate your help and thanks for your advice on going to bestbuy. I will have to do that. You said they can do that for free?
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Ah okay well that's what I get for being a noob trying to mess around and think I know what I am doing. Well I appreciate your help and thanks for your advice on going to bestbuy. I will have to do that. You said they can do that for free?
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Read this about Bestbuy And Good Luck My Friend!: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435043
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That's Correct!
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Read this about Bestbuy And Good Luck My Friend!: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435043
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Excellent I cannot thank you enough for making me feel a lot better. I feel better knowing Samsung is so cool about that unlike most companies.
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Excellent I cannot thank you enough for making me feel a lot better. I feel better knowing Samsung is so cool about that unlike most companies.
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No Problem this is what you needed to use for MF3 To be Rooted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473747
Then after you rooted it with that you needed this for MF3 A work around to
Flash Only Touchwiz Custom Roms!:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
But i suggest if you get your phone Fixed By Bestbuy you read up on Firmware
MF3 So this don't happen to you again!
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No Problem this is what you needed to use for MF3 To be Rooted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473747
Then after you rooted it with that you needed this for MF3 A work around to
Flash Only Touchwiz Custom Roms!:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
But i suggest if you get your phone Fixed By Bestbuy you read up on Firmware
MF3 So this don't happen to you again!
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Excellent I sure will read up on this stuff and I guess just tell Samsung what happened and see what they can do. I appreciate all of your help. I feel so much better.
Also one other thing since you obviously know so much. What happens if at&t pushes their update out automatically like I hear they are doing and my phone is rooted. Will it break my phone?? Thx
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Venom0642 said:
No Problem this is what you needed to use for MF3 To be Rooted:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473747
Then after you rooted it with that you needed this for MF3 A work around to
Flash Only Touchwiz Custom Roms!:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
But i suggest if you get your phone Fixed By Bestbuy you read up on Firmware
MF3 So this don't happen to you again!
[/QUOTEExcellent I sure will read up on this stuff and I guess just tell Samsung what happened and see what they can do. I appreciate all of your help. I feel so much better.
Also one other thing since you obviously know so much. What happens if at&t pushes their update out automatically like I hear they are doing and my phone is rooted. Will it break my phone?? Thx
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Since you already got bootloader Locked with Firmware MF3 If
Bestbuy flashes you back to Stock with Everything working they will Flash MF3
back so by the 2 links i provided once you know how to do this come back and
ask cause you can freeze apps with Titanium Backup there's a few apps that
can be frozen so no AT&T Upgrade can be pushed once they are frozen plus
once you flash a custom rom AT&T Can't push a Upgrade on Custom Roms but i
can't Remember which those apps are just get your phone fixed and start
reading more you will find the answers with the search as well in XDA Good Luck!
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ToastyyX said:
Since you already got bootloader Locked with Firmware MF3 If
Bestbuy flashes you back to Stock with Everything working they will Flash MF3
back so by the 2 links i provided once you know how to do this come back and
ask cause you can freeze apps with Titanium Backup there's a few apps that
can be frozen so no AT&T Upgrade can be pushed once they are frozen plus
once you flash a custom rom AT&T Can't push a Upgrade on Custom Roms but i
can't Remember which those apps are just get your phone fixed and start
reading more you will find the answers with the search as well in XDA Good Luck!
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Great until I make my way over to bestbuy I will freeze at&t DM server with titanium just in case the update gets launched and I am not messing with any of this anymore after my phone gets restored lol. I'm only going to root because that's safer thank installing a custom ROM Haha.
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Venom0642 said:
ToastyyX said:
Since you already got bootloader Locked with Firmware MF3 If
Bestbuy flashes you back to Stock with Everything working they will Flash MF3
back so by the 2 links i provided once you know how to do this come back and
ask cause you can freeze apps with Titanium Backup there's a few apps that
can be frozen so no AT&T Upgrade can be pushed once they are frozen plus
once you flash a custom rom AT&T Can't push a Upgrade on Custom Roms but i
can't Remember which those apps are just get your phone fixed and start
reading more you will find the answers with the search as well in XDA Good Luck!
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Sorry for bugging you. Should I go ahead and tell bestbuy what I did or make a believable story? Thx
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Venom0642 said:
Sorry for bugging you. Should I go ahead and tell bestbuy what I did or make a believable story? Thx
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Tell Them Something Like this guy Did!
Super Evan said:
SO i was a fooled and i tried to flash my MF3 S4 with TRWP. Make a long story short my phone was soft bricked. I was unable to go into recovery mode, only Odin mode. So after reading a bunch of posts and thinking that my phone was bricked until samsung released official MF3 recovery image , i gave up. My friend at best buy called me and said that they now have "Samsung Experience Centers and they can Flash your phone to factory stock. I called Samsung and verified. i immediately brought the phone over and after explaining that "Kies" Ruined my phone they were able to flash my phone now it is working. I will go into more detail soon. But those who were in my situation, rest assured there is a solution now.
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Haha okay I sure will! "Kies broke my phone when I tried to update" *wink* *wink*
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Should I just tell them that I tried to update to mf3 via keys and it failed and I didn't realize until I tried to access recovery mode and it didn't come up only Odin mode? Lol I'm trying to make this sound like its not a ridiculous story.
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Should I just tell them that I tried to update to mf3 via keys and it failed and I didn't realize until I tried to access recovery mode and it didn't come up only Odin mode? Lol I'm trying to make this sound like its not a ridiculous story.
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I would go with what i posted above but you can make anything up just don't tell them you try to root phone if you know what i mean!
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This guide is no more. Due to the fact that seedrom193 had a guide made before this but with missing file issue, I did this one
to provide an easy way with more than one option.
seedrom193 fixed his guide now so I deleted this as I promised.
I leave the thread still existing for now. There might be some usefull info for someone to find.
Thank you.
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This is exactly like my tutorial plz don't spam man....
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seedrom193 said:
This is exactly like my tutorial plz don't spam man....
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Oh, sorry. I looked over a few of those root guides and some of them had missing links and one wasn't totaly complete I think, so I just thought
I'll do a quick guide on how to get everything in five mins.
I think it was yours who had missing files.
Get yours fixed and I'll delete this :good: No problems bro.
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Ok my mate fixed it and tomorrow gonna work on the image issue (maybe I will upload them to other host) and add a play store link to triangle away
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To check it out
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Ok my mate fixed it and tomorrow gonna work on the image issue (maybe I will upload them to other host) and add a play store link to triangle away
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First file still missing, and supersu wont be seen in app-drawer unless you download it from play as well.
Every app who wants su will just hang unless you do that because you cant grant or deny access.
I made total unroot today to figure this out, and that was what I came up with. Everything else failed.
About pictures - You can upload them directly to xda. No need to use another host.
Updated with "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.7-golden.tar" & "openrecovery-twrp-2.4.2.0-golden.tar"
tys0n said:
Updated with "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.7-golden.tar" & "openrecovery-twrp-2.4.2.0-golden.tar"
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Hi Tys0n and thank you for this.
Is the recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.7-golden.tar file the official one from CLOCKWORKMOD?
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quendil said:
Hi Tys0n and thank you for this.
Is the recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.7-golden.tar file the official one from CLOCKWORKMOD?
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Yes, it's the official one
Sent through time and space from my s3mini.
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Drivers please ..
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Drivers please ..
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http://d-h.st/wS4
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Thank you. Tried some guides this was the easiest one.
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1st post added link to complete guide on how to use CWM.
Thanks for the SuperSU file for CWM.
I'm not sure if I did something wrong but when I rebooted the phone in 'download mode' it's stuck, saying "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!". What do I do now? I tried running Odin3 but it just said successful but I'm not sure if anything happened.
Update: I noticed that Odin doesn't recognize my drive so I guess it's just stuck in that 'download mode' and I think I know why. I read that the IMEI needs to be recognized and while this was probably not a smart move I followed this guide to root the phone before I put in my SIM card because I have to break it loose and after that I can't use it in my old phone. Question is, what the hell do I do now? Since it says I can't reboot it and I can't use Odin it's a bit of a dilemma.
Update 2: Nevermind, I had forgotten to update USB drivers and then reboot. Question, is it possible to continue without TriangleAway? They warned about potential bricking the phone and I'm not planning on flashing any ROMs at the moment.
Mnvok56 said:
I'm not sure if I did something wrong but when I rebooted the phone in 'download mode' it's stuck, saying "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!". What do I do now? I tried running Odin3 but it just said successful but I'm not sure if anything happened.
Update: I noticed that Odin doesn't recognize my drive so I guess it's just stuck in that 'download mode' and I think I know why. I read that the IMEI needs to be recognized and while this was probably not a smart move I followed this guide to root the phone before I put in my SIM card because I have to break it loose and after that I can't use it in my old phone. Question is, what the hell do I do now? Since it says I can't reboot it and I can't use Odin it's a bit of a dilemma.
Update 2: Nevermind, I had forgotten to update USB drivers and then reboot. Question, is it possible to continue without TriangleAway? They warned about potential bricking the phone and I'm not planning on flashing any ROMs at the moment.
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Make sure to go to google playstore and download SuperSU and update it, afterwards just download Triangle Away and use it. I rooted my phone 2 days ago and everything is perfect.
serophia said:
Make sure to go to google playstore and download SuperSU and update it, afterwards just download Triangle Away and use it. I rooted my phone 2 days ago and everything is perfect.
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Yes but I don't want the risk of bricking the phone. Assuming I don't get a power outage during activation with TriangleAway there's minimal chance that something gets screwed up?
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It works, takes like 1 minute.
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I forgot to mention that the triangle hasn't appeared for me. Is it even needed then?
Mnvok56 said:
I forgot to mention that the triangle hasn't appeared for me. Is it even needed then?
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No, it's not needed then but are you sure? Did you flash firmware or recovery?
On this phone you don't get a triangle on boot, but it's seen only in download mode.
tys0n said:
No, it's not needed then but are you sure? Did you flash firmware or recovery?
On this phone you don't get a triangle on boot, but it's seen only in download mode.
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I flashed it with CWM then rooted according to the guide, I don't think I know the difference between firmware or recovery.
Anyway, I haven't booted into download mode again to see as last time I could restart the phone so what do I need to do once I'm there to reboot again to normal mode in case I only want to see if the triangle is there?
I have downloaded 3 different tar files and none of them work.... This is driving me NUTS! Can somebody please help direct me or tell me whats wrong? These files for odex and deodex tar files I've found will not flas in ODIN for me....
evo-t said:
I have downloaded 3 different tar files and none of them work.... This is driving me NUTS! Can somebody please help direct me or tell me whats wrong? These files for odex and deodex tar files I've found will not flas in ODIN for me....
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Here might be the link you're looking for.
Download the zip, extract the tar.md5 and flash in the pda slot.
leaderbuilder said:
Here might be the link you're looking for.
Download the zip, extract the tar.md5 and flash in the pda slot.
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It's hanging at the samsung screen after odin rebooted it.?
Wait for about 5 - 10 EARTH minutes.
Also make sure sure that the file you got is about 1.5GB before extraction.
leaderbuilder said:
Wait for about 5 - 10 EARTH minutes.
Also make sure sure that the file you got is about 1.5GB before extraction.
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Yeah, I realize that... Still hangs at the inital boot screen. Not even going to the sprint screen yet.
evo-t said:
Yeah, I realize that... Still hangs at the inital boot screen. Not even going to the sprint screen yet.
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There is a post by unknownforce I think that also has another link to the full tar. Try downloading that. Sounds like am incomplete file.
Did you run Odin as administrator? Did it show as passed?
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leaderbuilder said:
There is a post by unknownforce I think that also has another link to the full tar. Try downloading that. Sounds like am incomplete file.
Did you run Odin as administrator? Did it show as passed?
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I did. It said everything passed, rebooted the phone, then into recovery then rebooted again and thats all she wrote.
evo-t said:
I did. It said everything passed, rebooted the phone, then into recovery then rebooted again and thats all she wrote.
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Another thing I did when I had the same problem with two phones. Take the battery out for fifteen minutes to empty any residuals. Then put it in, go into download mode, connect and run Odin
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leaderbuilder said:
Another thing I did when I had the same problem with two phones. Take the battery out for fifteen minutes to empty any residuals. Then put it in, go into download mode, connect and run Odin
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ok, that happened before with my E4GT. Odin wouldn't read it though then, but I will give it a try
Here's a thread with more download options too.
I had two phones that had issues and took me some real patience to get the download (took a very long time!) then to got through what it sounds like you are.
I got patient, pulled the batteries and let them sit while I made lunch and ate. Put batteries back in and started process again. Then when the samsung logo just 'hung' I said 'F it' and just waited. Eventually moved on to Yellow screen and hung there, but I just walked away and came back a pretty long while - for this A type, and it was at lock screen!
leaderbuilder said:
Another thing I did when I had the same problem with two phones. Take the battery out for fifteen minutes to empty any residuals. Then put it in, go into download mode, connect and run Odin
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I seen on ODIN that it didn't list a kernal... I now Odin'd a mf9 stock kernal and nothing. This is fun how nothing is complete, pretty close to smashing the phone and making an ins claim.... lol!
evo-t said:
I seen on ODIN that it didn't list a kernal... I now Odin'd a mf9 stock kernal and nothing. This is fun how nothing is complete, pretty close to smashing the phone and making an ins claim.... lol!
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Hmm mine had kernel. You can if needed flash the kernel via Odin. Check crawrj thread for that
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Hmm mine had kernel. You can if needed flash the kernel via Odin. Check crawrj thread for that
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I tried that as well...... Nothing.. This is CrAzY. I wonder if I can take this into Sprint. I have stock recovery now, no flash count it just says samsung galaxy s4 and thats all it will do. Maybe say I held off on the MF9 OTA and finally decided to do it and this is what I was left with. Also I really appreciate your help man! I am now trying an MDC tar in hopes I can just OTA back up. Something HAS to work.
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I tried that as well...... Nothing.. This is CrAzY. I wonder if I can take this into Sprint. I have stock recovery now, no flash count it just says samsung galaxy s4 and thats all it will do. Maybe say I held off on the MF9 OTA and finally decided to do it and this is what I was left with. Also I really appreciate your help man! I am now trying an MDC tar in hopes I can just OTA back up. Something HAS to work.
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This happened to me to.... Try this after odin flash, boot let it hang for a few minutes, pull the battery, reboot into recovery and factory reset, then it should boot up
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irock1985 said:
This happened to me to.... Try this after odin flash, boot let it hang for a few minutes, pull the battery, reboot into recovery and factory reset, then it should boot up
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Stock recovery? Even with Andy laying there dead?
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Stock recovery? Even with Andy laying there dead?
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Yes
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Yes
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THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! This was an ordeal!!!!!!!!!!
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THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! This was an ordeal!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah I thought I had bricked my phone at first.... took me hours to come acrosss someone saying to try that.... lol something so simple but I still don't understand why it was necessary after odin??? Anyways glad I could help random to that this is my first time ever coming into Q & A haha
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irock1985 said:
Yeah I thought I had bricked my phone at first.... took me hours to come acrosss someone saying to try that.... lol something so simple but I still don't understand why it was necessary after odin??? Anyways glad I could help random to that this is my first time ever coming into Q & A haha
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Thank you I really appreciate it! I was scared because my first E4GT, I saw Andy dead and when I rebooted I hard bricked my phone Lol!
oh and might wanna change your title now to "solved"
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hi my phone wont let me factory reset
when it boot into odin mode it says "Could not do normal boot" and i have try everything reinstall cwm/root
is my phone bricked?
if i hold volume down +home+power and then cancel it then can boot back to normal. but i cannot reset
What phone and firmware do you have? Can't help much without that info.
What's yer firmware version?
jd1639 said:
What phone and firmware do you have? Can't help much without that info.
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att mf3
tinman4124 said:
att mf3
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Afraid of that. You borked your recovery trying to put cwm on it. You're stuck where you are or you can take out to a best buy that had the Samsung experience and see if they'll re-flash it for you.
att mf3, are you able to help me?
jd1639 said:
Afraid of that. You borked your recovery trying to put cwm You're stuck where you are or you can take out to a best buy that had the Samsung experience and see if they'll re-flash it for you.
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Agreed.
Also, I've seen a couple users S4's reflash (MF3) at an at&t repair center.
Read up, OP
xBeerdroiDx said:
Agreed.
Also, I've seen a couple users S4's reflash (MF3) at an at&t repair center.
Read up, OP
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And also best buys with Samsung experience
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HiTideBlastoise said:
And also best buys with Samsung experience
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+1 on that. They will do it for free.
:crying::crying:My Samsung Galaxy S4 is dead, or so I think. upon boot i get samsung with unlocked lock. I cant go into recovery, since it goes into download mode, and a normal boot just hangs on the samsung/ unlocked lock screen. I did not know there was no recovery for MF3 (this was my version) and now im bricked.
I did as follows:
1)rooted using motochopper.
2)attempted to install TWRP with goomanager. failed and couldnt boot recovery, could still normal boot.
3)succesfully installed safestrap and with it installed CM 10.1 RC2.
after that i pretty much cant boot or anything. Any help is greatly appreciated, and whoever leads me to a solution that works can get 10 dollars via paypal and 10 dollars donated to the xda dev of their choice. Thanks,:crying:
You need to take it to bestbuy with a Samsung experience. They can flash the mf3 firmware
jd1639 said:
You need to take it to bestbuy with a Samsung experience. They can flash the mf3 firmware
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Will this work in my case? I will try 2mm and if it worksI guess whoever first posted this on xda should get the donation(and you perhaps). Thanks anyways.
ineedhelpasap said:
Will this work in my case? I will try 2mm and if it worksI guess whoever first posted this on xda should get the donation(and you perhaps). Thanks anyways.
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If you give out a donation, give it to whomever you want. I don't want it. Not here for donations. Just to try to help people.
jd1639 said:
If you give out a donation, give it to whomever you want. I don't want it. Not here for donations. Just to try to help people.
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So would taking it to best buy be the only way? There is no Odin MF3 file right?
ineedhelpasap said:
So would taking it to best buy be the only way? There is no Odin MF3 file right?
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Yeah thats your best option. There isnt an MF3 tar yet
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Definitely gotta go to the Samsung shop in best buy. Make sure to tell them Kies messed it up and you didnt.
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Can I root and put a custom rom on it?!
For some reason not a lot of talk about AMF3 on the forum.
lowspeed said:
Can I root and put a custom rom on it?!
For some reason not a lot of talk about AMF3 on the forum.
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search mf3 & safestrap :good:
Not a lot of talk on the forum
About MF3?
Ummm...
You should read then. Because you are dead wrong.
Hit up the general section.
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I was searching AMF... :-\ Thanks.
OK so safestrap needs root. But if I looked around correctly there's no Root method for mf3 ?
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OK so safestrap needs root. But if I looked around correctly there's no Root method for mf3 ?
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Keep looking. It's there.
lowspeed said:
OK so safestrap needs root. But if I looked around correctly there's no Root method for mf3 ?
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There is like 3 MF3 rooting threads on the first page of the general section.
C'mon.
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One of them is pinned...
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Sorry it's me panicking The idea of not having root and custom ROM is not an option.
lowspeed said:
Sorry it's me panicking The idea of not having root and custom ROM is not an option.
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Take your time and research and read. You'll really be panicking if you mess your phone up. I don't want to see another "help I messed my mf3 phone up"
jd1639 said:
Take your time and research and read. You'll really be panicking if you mess your phone up. I don't want to see another "help I messed my mf3 phone up"
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lowspeed said:
Sorry it's me panicking The idea of not having root and custom ROM is not an option.
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jd1639 is right, rooting is not an issue with MF3, but make sure you read up on safe strap if you want custom roms... There's very little in the area of custom recovery at this time, if you get to the point where you can't at least boot to the point of being able to use ADB, you'll have to visit best buy to see if they will flash you back to stock, which can be iffy... If they won't help, you'll have to wait for Kies to get MF3, or wait for someone to find a work around for MF3.