I was unsatisfied with Safestrap( Only a few roms would work for me and the wifi never worked), so I uninstalled it using the built in uninstaller in the app. I installed ROM manager and installed CWM from it. I rebooted my phone and CWM and system reboot to the " Unauthorized software installed" screen, only download mode works. I attempted to install the stock firmware from Odin but it would say fail (auth). Nothing I do on Odin is working. What do I do?
After installing either the AMDL or AMDB it either says "Can't open the serial(COM) port." or "fail(auth)", always on the first step.
By AMDB or AMDL I mean the md5 files
MF3
Are you on the MF3 baseband...
kevinaker said:
I was unsatisfied with Safestrap( Only a few roms would work for me and the wifi never worked), so I uninstalled it using the built in uninstaller in the app. I installed ROM manager and installed CWM from it. I rebooted my phone and CWM and system reboot to the " Unauthorized software installed" screen, only download mode works. I attempted to install the stock firmware from Odin but it would say fail (auth). Nothing I do on Odin is working. What do I do?
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Have you read anything that is posted in the forum? Considering everything in your above post has been covered many times (and you didn't follow the information already posted), I would say you have not. So the answer to your question, "What do I do?", is to take the time and read about what you should have done and what is now available for you to try. Start by reading the "pinned" threads in the General and Q&A section and then read any thread with "MF3" or "safestrap" in the title. You can also use the search function of the forum to find more information. Good luck.
scott14719 said:
Have you read anything that is posted in the forum? Considering everything in your above post has been covered many times (and you didn't follow the information already posted), I would say you have not. So the answer to your question, "What do I do?", is to take the time and read about what you should have done and what is now available for you to try. Start by reading the "pinned" threads in the General and Q&A section and then read any thread with "MF3" or "safestrap" in the title. You can also use the search function of the forum to find more information. Good luck.
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I'll tell you this if you didn't manually uninstall SS you still have it.
Pull the battery and before putting the battery in hold the power and volume down ,let go of the power button and hold volume down it will go back to the unauthorized ATT screen again.now push volume down it should go to boot up and you should see the SS splash screen. Hit our menu button at that splash screen and it should go to SS recovery. I have done this plentty of times
sent from a I337 MF3 S4
jball said:
I'll tell you this if you didn't manually uninstall SS you still have it.
Pull the battery and before putting the battery in hold the power and volume down ,let go of the power button and hold volume down it will go back to the unauthorized ATT screen again.now push volume down it should go to boot up and you should see the SS splash screen. Hit our menu button at that splash screen and it should go to SS recovery. I have done this plentty of times
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Can you make those instructions just a little bit more clear?
Like for example when do i put the battery back in?
U put the battery back in wile holding the power and volume down.give it a couple of seconds and let go of the power but still hold the volume down till the unauthorized ATT screen comes up.press the down option and it will boot in my case the custom with unlock icon followed by the SS splash screen. You should know by now what to do when you see the SS splash screen
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jball said:
U put the battery back in wile holding the power and volume down.give it a couple of seconds and let go of the power but still hold the volume down till the unauthorized ATT screen comes up.press the down option and it will boot in my case the custom with unlock icon followed by the SS splash screen. You should know by now what to do when you see the SS splash screen
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Ehh no luck.
Is it supposed to boot into download mode? then i select down and it reboots by itself?
I try on purpose to f??? Up my phone in a what I call a mantrum .and have installed using SS recovery any of the recoveries found for our phone.
Philz recovery
Auto loki cwm
Twrp image
And after each of the images I hit reboot recovery wile in SS recovery
And it always goes to download mode.
Than I do what steps I've provided for you and I'm using my phone to communicate with you now . hence the name Safestrap .
sent from a I337 MF3 S4
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Odischeese said:
Ehh no luck.
Is it supposed to boot into download mode? then i select down and it reboots by itself?
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Check your private messages
sent from a I337 MF3 S4
jball said:
I try on purpose to f??? Up my phone in a what I call a mantrum .and have installed using SS recovery any of the recoveries found for our phone.
Philz recovery
Auto loki cwm
Twrp image
And after each of the images I hit reboot recovery wile in SS recovery
And it always goes to download mode.
Than I do what steps I've provided for you and I'm using my phone to communicate with you now . hence the name Safestrap .
sent from a I337 MF3 S4
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Check your private messages
sent from a I337 MF3 S4
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I'm trying to respond to you lol
Give me a couple minutes.
Did you get the message? if not i'll just put it here.
So the problem here is that my phone won't enter recovery mode. I think it's because it's deleted. I installed safestrap and did a factory wipe but it gave me errors(something about datamedia/media) so i just deiced it's best to deal with it in the morning, so i rebooted. The phone stayed on my boot logo(Samsung Custom) and then things started to get worse. I hold the 3 buttons to boot into recovery, only problem is that the blue "entering recovery mode" text shows up for a split second and then gives me the android figure you would see if you were in download mode for another split second and then reboots.
I know that MF3 is having some flash problems so i can't flash the stock rom because i already tried with 2 different stocks rom. I also already tried to use the custom pit files that were used to fix the bootlop issue with kies or whatever (adonis.pit, MF3_BTL_FIX and SGS_I337_16GB), which came out with no luck.
If you can help me out with that then i'd be more than happy to make a skype call.
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Okay, so I'm not completely new to all of this. I own other android devices and have rooted and flashed them..
However, I recently got the AT&T S4 (SGH-I337), and due to my own fault, I mistakenly clicked on and flashed the wrong kernel to my phone. It will not boot. It just sits with a black screen while it vibrates every 3 seconds, non stop. I cannot enter recovery, nor does any logo appear.
I have only been able to enter the Odin Mode and already attempted to use the stock rom located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
I have also tried downloading the files from the Sammobile.com website.
Odin goes through the process of flashing the stock rom and successfully finishes the process each time. It still does not boot and only vibrates.
I have also tried Kies; however it says that my SGH-I337 doesn't support initializing.
I truly am at a loss, here. I have been up literally all night searching the forums and various websites. Odin seemed to work for most, and for those that it didn't, they were able to enter recovery to do a reset.
So in short..
Phone only vibrates and doesn't boot or show logo.
I have already flashed the stock rom using odin.
I cannot enter recovery.
I have tried pulling the battery and entering recovery.
Is there anything that can be done at this point, besides taking it to AT&T?
Which kernel did you flash?
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doktor buknasty said:
Which kernel did you flash? 2nd
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I mistakenly downloaded the Ktoonsez kernel for the S3 for Touchwiz JELLYBEAN 4.1.2.
It failed, but hasn't worked since. I did, however, flash the stock kernel with odin, but that still has done nothing, even though it said it was successful.
So does anyone have any idea what can be done? I'm open to suggestions!
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Alex506 said:
So does anyone have any idea what can be done? I'm open to suggestions!
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Yep Sure Do...
1st If your able to boot to Odin and you see the download screen your not bricked...
Also the window for entering recovery is very short with the keys so continue to try...
1. Do you have a stock or custom recovery?
2. Do you have any back-ups on your SD card?
let me just say I ran into a problem few days back with a similar problem...
Please answer questions and we will get to next step.... DON'T PANIC!!!:good:
sloanster said:
:good:
Yep Sure Do...
1st If your able to boot to Odin and you see the download screen your not bricked...
Also the window for entering recovery is very short with the keys so continue to try...
1. Do you have a stock or custom recovery?
2. Do you have any back-ups on your SD card?
let me just say I ran into a problem few days back with a similar problem...
Please answer questions and we will get to next step.... DON'T PANIC!!!:good:
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1. At the time of the incident I had TWRP.
2. I have 1 backup that I saved to my computer, just in case.
Alex506 said:
So does anyone have any idea what can be done? I'm open to suggestions!
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Try to get the phone in download mode and use Odin again.
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doktor buknasty said:
Try to get the phone in download mode and use Odin again.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium
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Nah , I do not think that will work in his case...
I think he has one of the partitions corrupt that odin dont flash theres like 7 in all...
doktor buknasty said:
Try to get the phone in download mode and use Odin again.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium
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I've used odin at least 5 times. Getting into download mode isn't the problem. All i have to do is hold the Volume Down button while it's doing its infinite vibrate ever 3 seconds.
Alex506 said:
I've used odin at least 5 times. Getting into download mode isn't the problem. All i have to do is hold the Volume Down button while it's doing its infinite vibrate ever 3 seconds.
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Ok Then Did you use TWRP to back-up?
sloanster said:
Ok Then Did you use TWRP to back-up?
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I did. That is the folder that I copied to my computer.
The key is getting into recovery...
Make sure you are using the right key format...
1. Hold Power Volume UP and Center key at the same time
2. when you see the Blue recovery words... split second release power and center key hold volume up for another split second
3. release volume up then hold down again
If you do not go into recovery you missed the window... try again
sloanster said:
The key is getting into recovery...
Make sure you are using the right key format...
1. Hold Power Volume UP and Center key at the same time
2. when you see the Blue recovery words... split second release power and center key hold volume up for another split second
3. release volume up then hold down again
If you do not go into recovery you missed the window... try again
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Okay, well that's the problem. It's only a black screen. No logo or blue letters pop up. I have been into recovery mode several times, so I know what I need to do.. It's just not possible with how the device is currently behaving. As soon as I put the battery in, the phone vibrates after 3 seconds, then repeats every 3 seconds. There is no logo, or lettering. The screen never turns on. The only times the screen turns on is when i enter Download Mode.
once your in recovery...
TWRP breaks up parts of the back-up
Remember in this step you are not trying to restore....
try to install each section of the back-up this will clear your frigged up partition
I do not know which is corrupt so its trial and error...
It will state that the flash was unsuccessful but it does flash enough to clear your corrupt area!!!
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Alex506 said:
Okay, well that's the problem. It's only a black screen. No logo or blue letters pop up. I have been into recovery mode several times, so I know what I need to do.. It's just not possible with how the device is currently behaving. As soon as I put the battery in, the phone vibrates after 3 seconds, then repeats every 3 seconds. There is no logo, or lettering. The screen never turns on. The only times the screen turns on is when i enter Download Mode.
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You said you see the odin download screen???
sloanster said:
once your in recovery...
TWRP breaks up parts of the back-up
Remember in this step you are not trying to restore....
try to install each section of the back-up this will clear your frigged up partition
I do not know which is corrupt so its trial and error...
It will state that the flash was unsuccessful but it does flash enough to clear your corrupt area!!!
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You said you see the odin download screen???
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Yes, I can get to the odin download screen no problem. Nothing, other than that, works.
Alex506 said:
Yes, I can get to the odin download screen no problem. Nothing, other than that, works.
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all this happens (to the best of by knowledge before trying to load the rom....
so you should be able to enter recovery jus as you enter odin...
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Sorry I was no Help...
I can tell you this Odin & recovery is your only options
USB is really not inabled yet to use fastboot or ADB...
sloanster said:
all this happens (to the best of by knowledge before trying to load the rom....
so you should be able to enter recovery jus as you enter odin...
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Sorry I was no Help...
I can tell you this Odin & recovery is your only options
USB is really not inabled yet to use fastboot or ADB...
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Can I use odin to Re-Partition if I don't have the .pit files? Because, right now, that seems to be my only option..
Alex506 said:
Can I use odin to Re-Partition if I don't have the .pit files? Because, right now, that seems to be my only option..
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Thats beyond my expertise...
You dd uncheck f. time or what ever didnt you?
sloanster said:
Thats beyond my expertise...
You dd uncheck f. time or what ever didnt you?
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No, I did not. I was told to leave everything as is was and to not check or uncheck anything.
Alex506 said:
No, I did not. I was told to leave everything as is was and to not check or uncheck anything.
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Have tried ODIN flashing CWM or TWRP and not the stock rom?
I was trying to install Wanamlite through TWRP, but I did a couple things wrong. I have flashed custom ROMS before, but I think I was just careless this time.
The things I did wrong are:
I installed the wrong kernel, I used this one KT747-TW-JB-4.1.2-ATT-05-31-2013.zip for the GS3.
I did not click "reboot" after install of the ROM and kernel, I held down the power button. Don't know what I was thinking!
I then tried the factory ROM through ODIN as discussed in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573, everything in ODIN told me things were going smooth. Now when my phone tries to boot up it just vibrates every few seconds repeatedly with nothing displaying on the screen.
I thought my phone was supposed to boot right up after installation!! Any ideas?
It will be better to keep the discussion to this thread instead of the ODIN thread. However, here is a thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327226
...with a very similar issue to yours. If you definitely can't get into recovery (keep trying different key combinations and timing) and Odin doesn't work, you appear to be screwed at the moment. Maybe you can try some ADB options. You will need to search for information about it and there is no guarantee it will help you.
Unless something else surfaces, Jtag repair might be the only option. You can search for information about that as well. Good luck.
scott14719 said:
It will be better to keep the discussion to this thread instead of the ODIN thread. However, here is a thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327226
...with a very similar issue to yours. If you definitely can't get into recovery (keep trying different key combinations and timing) and Odin doesn't work, you appear to be screwed at the moment. Maybe you can try some ADB options. You will need to search for information about it and there is no guarantee it will help you.
Unless something else surfaces, Jtag repair might be the only option. You can search for information about that as well. Good luck.
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Thank you, I treid the button combinations but sadly I don't think that's the problem. I'll try some ADB options and look closely at some other threads. Looks like I'll have to reactivate my iPhone 5 until I get this problem sorted out! What a bummer!
so you're able to get into download mode but not recovery, correct?
xBeerdroiDx said:
so you're able to get into download mode but not recovery, correct?
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Yes that's completely correct!
since you've already flashed back to stock via odin, i want you to try booting into recovery again. just to start from the beginning and cover all the bases.
pull the battery and wait a few seconds
reinsert the battery and immediately press the recovery combo: vol up + home + power (in that order). release just the power button as soon as your device vibrates while still holding down vol up and home.
if this does not get you into recovery initially, try the method a few more times and report back.
if this does get you into recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and reboot.
Thank you for the thorough instructions. However, it did not work. I tried 12 times with no success.
Phone just kept vibrating every few seconds and would not go into recovery.
until we find out a little bit more about this issue, i personally dont have much advise to offer. are you familiar with adb?
scott14719 linked a thread pertaining to your issue. i'm sure you read it and see that you're the only one in this situation.
i will continue to do some research.
Isn't there a Kies emergency recovery or something. Just putting it out there.
hamzer11 said:
Isn't there a Kies emergency recovery or something. Just putting it out there.
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Yep, but kies has to recognize the phone, which is hit and miss. If kies recognizes the phone, it would be worth a try.
Try to flash your carrier rom again using odin. Download links can be found here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ once you get the PASS in odin your phone may still be stuck in a bootloop. As xBeerdroiDx mentioned , try removing the battery then go into recovery and restore to factory settings. I had the same problem with twrp ,I was stuck in a bootloop , no restore , no boot nothing. My phone is working now thank god.
Try this and report back
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I also found an old thread on XDA suggesting that it could be a hardware problem with your power button http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311660
Hello there,
I'm using a vodafone bloated version of the i9505 and wanted to flash CM or a clean stock 4.3 because I don't want to wait for vodafone to release updates.
I downloaded Odin and CWM for my device and followed the instructions correctly. All went as it should. But when I tried to boot into recovery, I got the boot logo and in the upper left corner it said in small blue text "booting recovery..." but it would just give me a black screen after a while and restart into normal mode. I tried flashing different versions of CWM via Odin. My next approach was to root the phone with cf auto root which succeeded. After that, I tried all of the above again, and still didnt get any results. I even tried the Cyanogenmod desktop intsaller and after a while it said: "cant communicate with your phone"
Please help!
I believe I had the same issue once. When you flash the recovery true Odin, make sure Auto Reboot is not selected in Odin. That fixed it for me. After the flashing is done, you need to remove the battery and insert it again. Then it should probably work.
Lennyz1988 said:
I believe I had the same issue once. When you flash the recovery true Odin, make sure Auto Reboot is not selected in Odin. That fixed it for me. After the flashing is done, you need to remove the battery and insert it again. Then it should probably work.
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I tried what you suggested, and hat the same thing as before but after the second restart I kept holding the volume up key as someone suggested on the internet and got a CM boot screen with on screen buttons like in CWM. after a brief pause I got a violet screen with nothing on it. I am now very confused and have no idea how to fix this. The phone itself can be booted normally though.
It seems to be that something remained from the failed CM installation.
Any suggestions?
What version of Odin do you use? Try version 1.85.
TWRP
Lennyz1988 said:
What version of Odin do you use? Try version 1.85.
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Hello again, I flashed TWRP and it worked! I had to hold the volume up button even after the logo with the small blue print showed up in order to boot into recovery. Still couldnt get it to boot into CWM though. But thank God there is no need for that anymore!
My brother has a rooted Sprint GS4 and he says he clicked to install a Samsung update that was pushed through his phone (probably 4.3). The phone cannot boot into recovery. Trying to get into recovery leads to a screen saying the update is installing and it always fails and restarts the phone. The phone cannot boot and freezes on the Sprint screen.
*EDIT: Now the phone won't even get past the black galaxy s4 screen!!
How I've been troubleshooting:
The battery was taken out for over 6 hours and same thing.
I tried to use ODIN to flash 4.2, ODIN stops on a write error
(following the QB King video)
Should I try to find 4.3 and attempt to flash? Is there anything else I could do? Thanks!!
If the phone was already 4.3, you have to use Odin to flash MK2. Anything older than that will not work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
If the update to 4.4.2 (NAE) failed, you may have to use one of the 4.4.2 ROMs to get the phone to boot until the official 4.4.2.tar comes out. Try MK2 first though.
EvanDinelli said:
My brother has a rooted Sprint GS4 and he says he clicked to install a Samsung update that was pushed through his phone (probably 4.3). The phone cannot boot into recovery. Trying to get into recovery leads to a screen saying the update is installing and it always fails and restarts the phone. The phone cannot boot and freezes on the Sprint screen.
*EDIT: Now the phone won't even get past the black galaxy s4 screen!!
How I've been troubleshooting:
The battery was taken out for over 6 hours and same thing.
I tried to use ODIN to flash 4.2, ODIN stops on a write error
(following the QB King video)
Should I try to find 4.3 and attempt to flash? Is there anything else I could do? Thanks!!
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There is a MJA full tar available from rwilco12's repository. First charge the phone for a couple hours. Then put into download mode - volume down+ power, then volume up to confirm. Run Odin as administrator, put the tar.md5 file in the pda shot, connect the phone and flash with Odin 3.07 or 3.09.
First boot may take five earth minutes or more.
If it gets stuck on yellow screen for more that ten minutes, boot into stock recovery and factory reset. Should be good to go.
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Thanks!
leaderbuilder said:
There is a MJA full tar available from rwilco12's repository. First charge the phone for a couple hours. Then put into download mode - volume down+ power, then volume up to confirm. Run Odin as administrator, put the tar.md5 file in the pda shot, connect the phone and flash with Odin 3.07 or 3.09.
First boot may take five earth minutes or more.
If it gets stuck on yellow screen for more that ten minutes, boot into stock recovery and factory reset. Should be good to go.
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Thanks for these steps! The phone is fully restored with nothing wiped! I really appreciate your help!
EvanDinelli said:
Thanks for these steps! The phone is fully restored with nothing wiped! I really appreciate your help!
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Thank you for reporting back!
That is a big thing, it really helps the community.
Since the phone will be on the full stock it will probably get the OTA update notification.
Might want to hold off on that for a bit.
To turn off the notification for these in the future:
1. from the homescreen click menu.
2. click settings.
3. click more
4. click application manager.
5. scroll over to all
6. find google services framework.
7. uncheck "show notifications"
the short cut?
1. pull down the notification bar
2. long press on the system update notification
3. press app info
4. uncheck "show notifications"
Have fun and good luck with your new phone.
Spend some time reading, searching and reading and you all will sure enjoy this device.
Good luck.
Hey guys,
So I'm running Ricks rom 4.4.2 and I had installed xposed and added a few mods from there. For some reason I added the four option boot menu from there. Didn't think anything about it for a couple if days and today I go to download the base 5 version. All is fine till it finishes downloading I hit the power button and it pops up the four option menu and without thinking I hit the boot to recovery option and the phone reboots and at the top in blue says booting to recovery. Problem is now its in a boot loop and keeps doing this same thing over and over and I can't seem to do anything to get out of it. I've pulled the battery tried button combos but nothing.does anyone have an idea our am I royally screwed. I'm going this blunder doesn't cost me a phone. All help is appreciated and greatly needed. Just fyi its a vzw note 3 and was running ricks rom 4.4.2. I had back up the stock rom from beanstown. PleAse help
fireproof1905 said:
Hey guys,
So I'm running Ricks rom 4.4.2 and I had installed xposed and added a few mods from there. For some reason I added the four option boot menu from there. Didn't think anything about it for a couple if days and today I go to download the base 5 version. All is fine till it finishes downloading I hit the power button and it pops up the four option menu and without thinking I hit the boot to recovery option and the phone reboots and at the top in blue says booting to recovery. Problem is now its in a boot loop and keeps doing this same thing over and over and I can't seem to do anything to get out of it. I've pulled the battery tried button combos but nothing.does anyone have an idea our am I royally screwed. I'm going this blunder doesn't cost me a phone. All help is appreciated and greatly needed. Just fyi its a vzw note 3 and was running ricks rom 4.4.2. I had back up the stock rom from beanstown. PleAse help
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First of all don't worry, it will be fine. You're going to have to grab the MJE .tar.md5 file and flash it in download mode with Odin then reroot with Kingo 1.1.6. You can get the MJE file from HERE.
Yeah. Seriously, don't worry. The, almost, exact same thing happened to me when I installed Safestrap v3.72. If you have not solved the bootloop problem yet then all you have to do is remove the battery, pop it back in and reboot into download mode by pressing the the power, volume down and home button at the same time. Simply pressing the power button after inserting the battery will just initiate the bootloop. As airmaxx23 stated above, you then have to use Odin to flash the MJE tar.md5 file.