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Can't manage to boot.

I was going to try out the 4.3 alpha for Pac-Rom. I was on TWRP and I wiped and flashed and rebooted, and it continued to bootloop for some reason. I then tried to go to recovery, which wouldn't boot, so it was stuck on the teamwin logo indefinitely. I flashed CWM via Odin, and now I can access recovery. I tried wiping and flashing the previous ROM I had (the latest release version of Pac-Rom), still bootlooping. I tried using a wipe all zip, flashed a different ROM, same issue. Please help.

PwnCloud said:
I was going to try out the 4.3 alpha for Pac-Rom. I was on TWRP and I wiped and flashed and rebooted, and it continued to bootloop for some reason. I then tried to go to recovery, which wouldn't boot, so it was stuck on the teamwin logo indefinitely. I flashed CWM via Odin, and now I can access recovery. I tried wiping and flashing the previous ROM I had (the latest release version of Pac-Rom), still bootlooping. I tried using a wipe all zip, flashed a different ROM, same issue. Please help.
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Just odin back to stock and start fresh.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Just odin back to stock and start fresh.
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Will this wipe data/media? I have stuff on there I'd like to save. If it does, how can I get it to my computer? Mounting through CWM doesn't do anything for some reason.

PwnCloud said:
Will this wipe data/media? I have stuff on there I'd like to save. If it does, how can I get it to my computer? Mounting through CWM doesn't do anything for some reason.
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Yes it would it would wipe your internal memory, try reflashing twrp.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yes it would it would wipe your internal memory, try reflashing twrp.
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Reflashing twrp causes twrp to be stuck on teamwin logo.

PwnCloud said:
Reflashing twrp causes twrp to be stuck on teamwin logo.
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Which twrp version your using??
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Which twrp version your using??
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2.5.0.2. I'll try a different version.

PwnCloud said:
2.5.0.2. I'll try a different version.
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Sorry for not being much of a help earlier I was doing some research, here this should help you, just read and follow steps and pick which one you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Sorry for being much of a help earlier I was doing some research, here this should help you, just read and follow steps and pick which one you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
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Awesome, thanks!
I tried a different version of TWRP but it had the same issue. I'll just wait to flash this after it has downloaded.

PwnCloud said:
Awesome, thanks!
I tried a different version of TWRP but it had the same issue. I'll just wait to flash this after it has downloaded.
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Report back on what happens.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Report back on what happens.
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It's still not booting...

PwnCloud said:
It's still not booting...
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Go to recovery, do a factory reset and reboot. Try that.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Go to recovery, do a factory reset and reboot. Try that.
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No luck.
I'll try a full wipe Odin flash. I discovered I had already backed up the files I needed from the internal SD.
Edit: I got it working! I flashed stock MDC. Not sure why that worked but not MF9. Now I can flash MF9 I guess.

PwnCloud said:
No luck.
I'll try a full wipe Odin flash. I discovered I had already backed up the files I needed from the internal SD.
Edit: I got it working! I flashed stock MDC. Not sure why that worked but not MF9. Now I can flash MF9 I guess.
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Hmmm really strange lol if it wasnt for your files I would of told you go odin back to stock MF9 ill give you the link for it hold on
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Hmmm really strange lol if it wasnt for your files I would of told you go odin back to stock MF9 ill give you the link for it hold on
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Edit: there you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
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[Q] I think I soft bricked my S4

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M from Koodo (Telus). And I wanted to get the latest 4.3 android on my phone, so I installed Cyanogenmod 10.2, and flashed my phone using that. I then realised that I didn't like the new display and wanted my old phone's display and firmware.
So I then proceeded to flash my phone with my Stock firmware using Odin 3.07. My phone didn't start up normally and is stuck on the part where the phone shows the Samsung logo. I can turn off the phone and boot into download mode, and I can access the recovery using Volume Up + Home + Power button. I have also tried to us the Firmware upgrade and initialization using Samsung Kies, but that doesn't change anything. Odin recognises my device, and Kies lets me flash using firmware emergency recovery, but I cannot open the files using the directory on my computer
At Odin Mode it shows the following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I337M
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
I backed up all my data prior to flashing using Cyanogenmod, so I don't care if I lose my data. (Also my constant flashing will definitely stop once I fix my phone). Is this phone soft bricked or hard bricked? How do I fix this? Thank you in advance.
Edit: I was also using Clockworkmod Recovery. AND YAY! I can actually boot into Android system recovery. Sorry, I simply was not holding the buttons correctly. Should I do a factory reset?

Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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deron37129 said:
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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I booted into recovery and pressed "wipe data/factory reset" and then pressed "reboot system now" but nothing changed when the phone rebooted.

U may have to re flash the stock kernel did double check if you have the correct firmware
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deron37129 said:
Try jusy volume+ and ppower then do a factory reset
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Please disregard my above post. It works perfectly! Yay! Thank you:cyclops:

soft bricked s4
MegaTerminatorz said:
Please disregard my above post. It works perfectly! Yay! Thank you:cyclops:
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Hi i have a Samsung galaxy s4 that is stuck in the samsung with a lil unlocked lock screen it will go into download mode but thats all it will not go into recovery... im having a difficult time trying to fix it. im a noob as well

camarodemon said:
Hi i have a Samsung galaxy s4 that is stuck in the samsung with a lil unlocked lock screen it will go into download mode but thats all it will not go into recovery... im having a difficult time trying to fix it. im a noob as well
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What firmware are you on? What were you trying to do?
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Do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It'll work

Im trying fix the soft brick. Firmware mf3 I had safestrap on it as well I went to flash a ROM and it reset on me and is stuck on the Samsung logo with the unlock symbol the will go into download mode but not recovery. Thanks for any help you can give
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I can't get into stock recovery
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camarodemon said:
Im trying fix the soft brick. Firmware mf3 I had safestrap on it as well I went to flash a ROM and it reset on me and is stuck on the Samsung logo with the unlock symbol the will go into download mode but not recovery. Thanks for any help you can give
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I can't get into stock recovery
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I'd recommend taking it to a best buy where they can reflash mf3 at this point.
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HiTideBlastoise said:
I'd recommend taking it to a best buy where they can reflash mf3 at this point.
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HiTide's right, this may be your best bet... I just hope your best buy is more helpful than mine.

Life Savor
Thanks for this thread you really help me out a lot. I was trying everything kies emergency recovery and everything thanks again for this thread.

hi i need help as well i soft bricked my phone and cant get into recovery mode. i have a locked one. could i odin back to an earlier os?

tshaulis said:
hi i need help as well i soft bricked my phone and cant get into recovery mode. i have a locked one. could i odin back to an earlier os?
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What firmware are you on? You can only Odin that version or a newer one.
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jd1639 said:
What firmware are you on? You can only Odin that version or a newer one.
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i was on 4.4.2, i have a I337 NC1 baseband

tshaulis said:
i was on 4.4.2, i have a I337 NC1 baseband
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You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm? You can't do that safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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jd1639 said:
You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm?
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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Ok and odin will let me go back to NB1? if i wanted to stay at nb1 could i, or would you recommend going back to nc1? and i don't know if i did a custom recovery. i did a nandroid on safestrap which i believe will be gone when i revert back to stock. but could you elaborate on your last question. and sorry im extremely new to this, as you can see i soft bricked it. well i did get hyperdrive flashed and working but the thing is that i didn't have service or wifi and i forgot to download and flash the modules that go along with it so now we are here.
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jd1639 said:
You need to Odin the nb1 tar file. Then do the nb1 to nc1 update to get back to where you were. Did you try to install a custom recovery, twrp or cwm? You can't do that safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t.....
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ok so i downloaded the NB1 .tar file and doing the odin restore right now. everything seems to be going according to plan. wow im so excited. ok so after this does its thing, obviously ill have a fresh new stock gs4 nb1. so is there any way i could get it back to what it was ie. apps via titanium backup or safestraps nandroid backup that i had on it?

tshaulis said:
Ok and odin will let me go back to NB1? if i wanted to stay at nb1 could i, or would you recommend going back to nc1? and i don't know if i did a custom recovery. i did a nandroid on safestrap which i believe will be gone when i revert back to stock. but could you elaborate on your last question. and sorry im extremely new to this, as you can see i soft bricked it. well i did get hyperdrive flashed and working but the thing is that i didn't have service or wifi and i forgot to download and flash the modules that go along with it so now we are here.
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ok so i downloaded the NB1 .tar file and doing the odin restore right now. everything seems to be going according to plan. wow im so excited. ok so after this does its thing, obviously ill have a fresh new stock gs4 nb1. so is there any way i could get it back to what it was ie. apps via titanium backup or safestraps nandroid backup that i had on it?
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Do the nb1 to nc1 update then root will towel root. Then install safestrap and tibu. Should be able to use your nandroid and and your tibu backups.
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jd1639 said:
Do the nb1 to nc1 update then root will towel root. Then install safestrap and tibu. Should be able to use your nandroid and and your tibu backups.
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ok i will do this, and you are sure that for one my recovery will still be on safestrap and that my backup will still be on titanium back up? how is this?

[Q] TWRP vs CWM Recovery on VZW G2

Hey guys,
I currently am running Clean ROM on my Verizon G2, but saw that Team Gummy released a 4.4 ROM that I wanted to take for a spin. Anyway, in that OP it states that you can only flash that ROM from CWM and I currently have TWRP installed. So here is my question, is it possible to flash CWM from TWRP (like I used to on my GNEX) or do I need to remove TWRP and install CWM the way it's stated the in the development forum? Thanks!

**BUMP**
Can someone please chime in on this. I don't want to do something to brick my phone.

Yes, you can install cwm from twrp. Just find the version in a flashable zip format.
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And after install reboot to recovery.

Or you can do it from flashify. You can switch back with it as well.
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garywojdan81 said:
Or you can do it from flashify. You can switch back with it as well.
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Tried flashify but no luck. Screen black all the way after reboot.
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Any easy way to install twrp?

I am aware of the guides the nice people have come up with but is there an easier way such as an application? I remember, before I flashed back firmware, it was ten times easier and required no adb or commands on my end. I also flashed it over CWM which I had at the time.
Thanks.
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What ROM are you currently on? Are you rooted? If on a Jellybean ROM and rooted just use Freegee from the market to install latest TWRP or Cwm instantly with no fuss. If you are on a KitKat ROM you need to downgrade which can be a long process.
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Once that i lost my cable i installed flashify and it worked.donloaded a dozen of em but only flashify worked and successfully flashed twrp.img but root pal, just root..
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I am rooted. On stock 4.2.
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Then Freegee is the way to go...
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I second flashify, great tool
on the move..

ioroot to root
freegee to twrp
Back up EFS, and then back THAT up to your computer. THEN proceed to whatever it is you rooted for.

Definitely back efs up
on the move..

livelysins96 said:
I am aware of the guides the nice people have come up with but is there an easier way such as an application? I remember, before I flashed back firmware, it was ten times easier and required no adb or commands on my end. I also flashed it over CWM which I had at the time.
Thanks.
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Install FreeGee from the Google play store since you are rooted already.

What exactly is efs? Also, I get an error code in the top left when going into recovery?
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I get the error code too. Freegee did not work it just hung forever the when I rebooted to recovery I got the error on top left. Then black screen
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drwario said:
I get the error code too. Freegee did not work it just hung forever the when I rebooted to recovery I got the error on top left. Then black screen
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if you are on 10d you can use this,just download the file and click recovery and everything should work. phone has to be on charge and not MTP.download both files in the download and place them in a recovery folder or whatever you choose to call it.
for ATT or international versions.here you go:
hang on uploading the zip
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here is the zip:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B41aDwpfEm1lQlkwNGlDajJWZkk/edit?usp=sharing

You can only flash recovery in jellybean based ROMs. If you are on a rooted KitKat ROM you still can't have custom recovery without also a modded boot img
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G2 verizon
ephumuris said:
What ROM are you currently on? Are you rooted? If on a Jellybean ROM and rooted just use Freegee from the market to install latest TWRP or Cwm instantly with no fuss. If you are on a KitKat ROM you need to downgrade which can be a long process.
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Any process for verizon g2 ?

Update twrp

OK everyone I'm on Verizon and I installed custom recovery with autorec and I notice there is an update to twrp. Is there a way to update it? And how?
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simple_fear85 said:
OK everyone I'm on Verizon and I installed custom recovery with autorec and I notice there is an update to twrp. Is there a way to update it? And how?
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I wouldbt use 2.7.1 because there is a bug right now if you let the screen time out it freezes.
You can go into settings and elset it to not screen off, but im waiting till dr87 makes his twrp with a thermal throttle before i update twrp again.
Youre on 2.7 right? I dont see the need in updating to 2.7.1

Lawlrus said:
I wouldbt use 2.7.1 because there is a bug right now if you let the screen time out it freezes.
You can go into settings and elset it to not screen off, but im waiting till dr87 makes his twrp with a thermal throttle before i update twrp again.
Youre on 2.7 right? I dont see the need in updating to 2.7.1
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Yes 2.7 and I used autorec to get it
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simple_fear85 said:
Yes 2.7 and I used autorec to get it
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The only issue ive seen people have with 2.7 was making LARGE backups. Ive made 1.7 gig backups np, i guess thet were trying to make 3gig plus.
Why do you want to update? Just to be "updated"?

Lawlrus said:
The only issue ive seen people have with 2.7 was making LARGE backups. Ive made 1.7 gig backups np, i guess thet were trying to make 3gig plus.
Why do you want to update? Just to be "updated"?
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Kinda but at the same time not. I was just curious if its possible to update or change to cwm
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simple_fear85 said:
Kinda but at the same time not. I was just curious if its possible to update or change to cwm
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If you want to update to 2.7.1 use flashify or the twrp app from play store.
If you want to go to philz or cwm, you should be able just to flash them in recovery to change. If they are not patched for us to flash then use flashify
Twrp is normally never patched for us to flash. You can try flashing 2.7.1 if you want though. Worse case it just gices an error message

simple_fear85 said:
Kinda but at the same time not. I was just curious if its possible to update or change to cwm
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I couldn't find anything to see if it's possible
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Lawlrus said:
If you want to update to 2.7.1 use flashify or the twrp app from play store.
If you want to go to philz or cwm, you should be able just to flash them in recovery to change. If they are not patched for us to flash then use flashify
Twrp is normally never patched for us to flash. You can try flashing 2.7.1 if you want though. Worse case it just gices an error message
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Can I use flashify even though I used autorec
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simple_fear85 said:
I couldn't find anything to see if it's possible
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Now that i think of it. I think the op of the holofied twrp in the g2 thenes and apps did make a flashible 2.7.1
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Can I use flashify even though I used autorec
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Yes. Some people have had issues with flashify. But ive used it perfectly fine.
Check the holofied twrp page for 2.7.1 if you want to go to philz or cwm try flashing it in recovery first.

Lawlrus said:
Now that i think of it. I think the op of the holofied twrp in the g2 thenes and apps did make a flashible 2.7.1
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Yes. Some people have had issues with flashify. But ive used it perfectly fine.
Check the holofied twrp page for 2.7.1 if you want to go to philz or cwm try flashing it in recovery first.
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I never had an issue with flashify but like I said I did use autorec before so can I use flashify? I am on gummyrom 4.4.3
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simple_fear85 said:
I never had an issue with flashify but like I said I did use autorec before so can I use flashify? I am on gummyrom 4.4.3
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Using autorec should have no impact on flashify. Both are escentually dumbing down the process for you, (removing adb from the equation)