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[SOLVED] Odin fail, any help?

Hi,
I tried to flash the last update of Philz Touch Recovery with Odin (v3.09) and I ended with a I9505 stuck in dowload mode saying "could not do normal boot".
I've tried to flash several stock firmwares but still no luck.
Any Idea?
Thanks.

It means when u reboot it goes into download mode? Or is it just stuck there?
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paras said:
It means when u reboot it goes into download mode? Or is it just stuck there?
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The phone reboots but only into download mode. I can't go into recovery neither.

Hmm maybe it was a bad flash.This is really strange.How did u root ur phone? Auto cf or some other? I feel it's a bad flash.
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paras said:
Hmm maybe it was a bad flash.This is really strange.How did u root ur phone? Auto cf or some other? I feel it's a bad flash.
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Rooted with CF Auto Root.

Solved by flashing a new recovery with Odin.
Thanks for the help!

[Q] Need help installing Custom ROM on SPH-L720 MK2 Baseband

I used to have Verizon Gs3 and played a lot with Custom Roms.
Recently changed to Sprint Gs4.
I am on L720VPUEMK2 baseband.(Most recent Stock 4.3)
I did root my device by flashing CF-Auto-Root and Phil Touch Wiz 5.18.2 ( ODIN mode)
Here comes the challenge:
When I try to flash any custom rom using Recovery mode I am getting stuck at Boot screen with error.
Funny thing is If i use Cyanogen Mod Installer directly from My Laptop to flash 10.2 version.
I am guessing it has some thing to do with Samsung Knox Boot Loader.
Can some one help me with getting around this to flash custom Rom?

its been my experience with philz recovery once you factory reset you have to go into power menu and reboot into recovery again and then flash rom

loumoli said:
its been my experience with philz recovery once you factory reset you have to go into power menu and reboot into recovery again and then flash rom
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So you are saying that Once I flash the Rom
1. Go back to Recovery and Do a factory Reset
2. Re-Flash the Desired Rom.
I tried this too.
Its not just Philz Recovery. I user CWM Recovery as well and having similar issues.

[email protected] said:
I used to have Verizon Gs3 and played a lot with Custom Roms.
Recently changed to Sprint Gs4.
I am on L720VPUEMK2 baseband.(Most recent Stock 4.3)
I did root my device by flashing CF-Auto-Root and Phil Touch Wiz 5.18.2 ( ODIN mode)
Here comes the challenge:
When I try to flash any custom rom using Recovery mode I am getting stuck at Boot screen with error.
Funny thing is If i use Cyanogen Mod Installer directly from My Laptop to flash 10.2 version.
I am guessing it has some thing to do with Samsung Knox Boot Loader.
Can some one help me with getting around this to flash custom Rom?
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Use PC Odin to flash Philz latest recovery.
But in Odin don't check the "Auto Reboot". When Odin is finished unplug the phone and hard power it off or batter pull.
Edited for clarity - Meant AutoReboot

leaderbuilder said:
Use PC Odin to flash Philz latest recovery.
But in Odin don't check the f.reset. When Odin is finished unplug the phone and hard power it off or batter pull.
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i will give this a try today after work.
Will let you know

[email protected] said:
i will give this a try today after work.
Will let you know
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Meant - "Auto Reboot". Didn't have enough coffee yet.

leaderbuilder said:
Meant - "Auto Reboot". Didn't have enough coffee yet.
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So when i did install custom Rom I am stuck on Samsung Galaxy s4 Screen
With Error
KERNeL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING ( RED color)
Set Warranty Bit : Kernel (Yellow Color)
Its about 10 Minutes now and I will leave it that way for 1 more hour.
Update: its been 30 mins and am still stuck in that screen.

I'm curious as to what ends up happening with this. I was reading how to flash a custom rom, by using Clockworkmod Recovery.
It looks like the CWM is flashed in via ODIN after the root as a .tar.md5, then you factory reset/wipe data, then wipe cache, then wipe davilk cache, then install from .zip extSDcard. It seemed simple enough, and I have the same model as you, but it appears there are hang ups that you are having which I'll wait until I try it.
I also have stock ROM and MK2 GS4 with Sprint.

[email protected] said:
So when i did install custom Rom I am stuck on Samsung Galaxy s4 Screen
With Error
KERNeL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING ( RED color)
Set Warranty Bit : Kernel (Yellow Color)
Its about 10 Minutes now and I will leave it that way for 1 more hour.
Update: its been 30 mins and am still stuck in that screen.
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Reflash a ROM
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daniel4653 said:
Reflash a ROM
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Did So. And no changes.
Stuck in The same screen.

[email protected] said:
Did So. And no changes.
Stuck in The same screen.
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Forgot you have to wipe data. And fdont flash any kernel or anything like that.
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[email protected] said:
I used to have Verizon Gs3 and played a lot with Custom Roms.
Recently changed to Sprint Gs4.
I am on L720VPUEMK2 baseband.(Most recent Stock 4.3)
I did root my device by flashing CF-Auto-Root and Phil Touch Wiz 5.18.2 ( ODIN mode)
Here comes the challenge:
When I try to flash any custom rom using Recovery mode I am getting stuck at Boot screen with error.
Funny thing is If i use Cyanogen Mod Installer directly from My Laptop to flash 10.2 version.
I am guessing it has some thing to do with Samsung Knox Boot Loader.
Can some one help me with getting around this to flash custom Rom?
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make sure to wipe delvic and cache and what is the error, it sounds like a bad download possibly

deneid310 said:
make sure to wipe delvic and cache and what is the error, it sounds like a bad download possibly
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No you get that error when you trip Knox. Well at least it did for me.
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daniel4653 said:
No you get that error when you trip Knox. Well at least it did for me.
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How did you Pass that?

[email protected] said:
How did you Pass that?
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By rooting with saferoot in Verizon forum or kingo app
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daniel4653 said:
By rooting with saferoot in Verizon forum or kingo app
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If you root with safe root you are correct, you won't trip the knox warranty flag. But you can't install a custom rom without flashing a custom recovery which is what actually trips the knox flag not root. So safe root is only good if you are going to run stock rooted and not install a custom rom.

[email protected] said:
How did you Pass that?
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My sprint s4 with Philz does the same exact thing, gets stuck at the same screen. Sometimes it takes a few then boots up , other times I have to manually reboot it.
I've tried many things myself and still this problem confines.
I've asked in other threads about this but no one had an idea of way.
The phone was on MK2, rooted with CF Auto, and has latest Philz.
I'll be checking in here to see if we can fix this... If it's even fixable. I think it has to do with Knox /new security.. But I'm no programmer so maybe a pro can chime in.
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Hoping for some experts to help us.. May be a video on how to root of MK2 version And flash custom Rom will help us..
Sent from Sprint GS4

Please Urgent help required.

I Flashed t the Polish kitkat upgrade and all seemed well when it booted up to 4.4.2
I then tried to flash the latest TWRP and my phone got stuck in a boot loop saying
1 RECOVERY BOOTING
2 RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
3 Set Warranty Bit: recovery
I then re flashed the firmware in odin and the phone would work again, just now i cant install a custom recovery.
Seeing as my phone is only 1 month old i returned it to the carphone warehouse where i bought it. They sent it off to Samsung to be repaired and they have now said they wont repair the device as the phone has been modified
Can anybody help me out, how can i solve this problem?
Thanks in advance

Hmm, you'd be better doing a complete /system wipe, re flashing KK then grabbing the KK compatible CWM rather than TWRP. Remember you don't need to root to flash custom recovery.
Also to be 100% safe, grab a PIT file suitable for your device in case you need to repartition.
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radicalisto said:
Hmm, you'd be better doing a complete /system wipe, re flashing KK then grabbing the KK compatible CWM rather than TWRP. Remember you don't need to root to flash custom recovery.
Also to be 100% safe, grab a PIT file suitable for your device in case you need to repartition.
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Thanks :good: I shall give that a go. Where abouts are the PIT files ?

ant78 said:
Thanks :good: I shall give that a go. Where abouts are the PIT files ?
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Only twrp 2.6.3.0 reported to work with KK. Others will cause recovery boot loop

Rosli59564 said:
Only twrp 2.6.3.0 reported to work with KK. Others will cause recovery boot loop
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CWM works, both variants PhilZ and Chenglu....
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ant78 said:
Thanks :good: I shall give that a go. Where abouts are the PIT files ?
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You;ll have to scout around for a PIT file (there's plenty here on XDA) or create one yourself from your device(Guide is here on XDA also somewhere), I haven't ever played with them myself, so cannot advise on which to use or how to create I'm afraid otherwise I'd help ya out man

CWM works, both variants PhilZ and Chenglu
Right. I mean other twrp version willl cause boot loop

thanks for the help guys , just waiting for my phone to be returned and i shall try the above out:good:

SOLVED recovery is not seandroid enforcing set warrenty bit : recovery --> loop

after I had succesfully rooted my phone, I wanted to install a custom rom.
I am sure I did something wrong ofcource otherwise I wouldn't be here.
#1 Battery in
#2 power on
#3 vibrate
#4 screen on RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warrenty Bit : recovery
Samsung
GALAXY Note3
SM-N9005
#5 screen off--> reboot -->goto #3
how to brake in the loop so I can use odin ( or whatever ) to install (at least) a normal boot again?

Which custom recovery did you flashed Twrp or Cwm?
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fwberg said:
after I had succesfully rooted my phone, I wanted to install a custom rom.
I am sure I did something wrong ofcource otherwise I wouldn't be here.
#1 Battery in
#2 power on
#3 vibrate
#4 screen on RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warrenty Bit : recovery
Samsung
GALAXY Note3
SM-N9005
#5 screen off--> reboot -->goto #3
how to brake in the loop so I can use odin ( or whatever ) to install (at least) a normal boot again?
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You installed a 4.3 recovery on a 4.4 phone.
Most likely you downloaded the TWRP on the main page and did not download the latest 4.4 compatible one.
Please flash this in Download Mode: http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/hlte-recovery.img.tar
To get into Download Mode, remove the battery, wait a few minutes then put it back, Hold the Download Mode Combination then it would boot directly into Download Mode.

hey nicho, thank you very much
so that was the trick. REMOVE THE BATTERY --> PRESS THE DOWNLOAD KEYS AND HOLD THEM --> THEN ENTER THE BATTERY BACK.
it costed me the whole day yesterday searching for a solution.
at least now I can continue to install a new rom
Thanks man

TWRP
during twrp it told me, there was a newer one. 2.x.x.9
so stupid me, if I had sticked to the plan, nothing would happend.
I used twrp b4 some days ago, for my samsung note 10.1 (2014) without trubbles,
I guess, I overread something
but I'm happy it is all fixed now.
thx for show ur interest
greetz, fred

thank you
nicholaschum said:
You installed a 4.3 recovery on a 4.4 phone.
Most likely you downloaded the TWRP on the main page and did not download the latest 4.4 compatible one.
Please flash this in Download Mode: techerrata.com/bigbiff/hlte-recovery.img.tar
To get into Download Mode, remove the battery, wait a few minutes then put it back, Hold the Download Mode Combination then it would boot directly into Download Mode.
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this solved my recovery problem, i clicked thank you!!!

nicholaschum said:
You installed a 4.3 recovery on a 4.4 phone.
Most likely you downloaded the TWRP on the main page and did not download the latest 4.4 compatible one.
Please flash this in Download Mode: http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/hlte-recovery.img.tar
To get into Download Mode, remove the battery, wait a few minutes then put it back, Hold the Download Mode Combination then it would boot directly into Download Mode.
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You just saved my phone i readed so much almost one week 12hours without stop before i try custom recovery,rom and so on.
But well since i decided that im ready to, and first thing i tried to do was custom recovery wich leaded to this problam Now im afraid to enter revovery mode xD

Idiots
You're really the dumbest person I've ever seen in my life. See if this is solution to some kind of problem your beast

Worked for me
Thank you.
remove the battery then press download buttons keep them pressed and put the battery back. choose volume down to continue....

Solution To Loop SM-N900P
I am new to XDA and have only been with android for 6 months but i figure this will help new comers to this issue. Power+Volume Down+Home at the same time to enter download mode. Flash CWM via ODIN. This should work to fix the loop. I found out the hard way but it only took me an hour. I am not sure if this will work if you have not already rooted your phone but it should (since this is the major step in rooting). I believe i deleted my CWM file (accidentally) when i was trying to clear space for my recovery with ROM Manager. Be sure to download the Samsung drivers if you had not already done so during the rooting process.
Hope this helps.

Gives me same error message
But after that it boots into recovery.
Should I proceed installing custom rom or is there anything else to be taken care of

Thanks!
Thank you very much,you save me a lot of trouble.

hey_joe said:
Which custom recovery did you flashed Twrp or Cwm?
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hey joe im getting the same problem but im using the note 3 SM-N900W8 and I flash the CWM straight from the app and not using odin. My phone is already rooted using towelroot

billygun118 said:
hey joe im getting the same problem but im using the note 3 SM-N900W8 and I flash the CWM straight from the app and not using odin. My phone is already rooted using towelroot
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Which android os do you have on your phone and which cwm version did you flashed?

hey_joe said:
Which android os do you have on your phone and which cwm version did you flashed?
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im using version 4.4.2 jellybean. The rom manager is v5. 5.3.7/ current recovery 6.0.4.6

billygun118 said:
im using version 4.4.2 jellybean. The rom manager is v5. 5.3.7/ current recovery 6.0.4.6
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Based on my experience, using rom manager to flash recovery always results in a problem. I suggest you use odin to flash this in download mode.
Btw, 4.4.2 is Kitkat

hey_joe said:
Based on my experience, using rom manager to flash recovery always results in a problem. I suggest you use odin to flash this in download mode.
Btw, 4.4.2 is Kitkat
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should I root my phone first using cf-root. Then flash the cwm recovery. What happens if I get stuck in a bootloop after flashing the recovery

billygun118 said:
should I root my phone first using cf-root. Then flash the cwm recovery. What happens if I get stuck in a bootloop after flashing the recovery
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The way I did this is, first install the cwm recovery then flash cf-root after. You can always use odin to flash back the original firmware.

hey_joe said:
The way I did this is, first install the cwm recovery then flash cf-root after. You can always use odin to flash back the original firmware.
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so there is nothing else I have to do before flashing the recovery?
what boxes should be checkmarked in odin

billygun118 said:
so there is nothing else I have to do before flashing the recovery?
what boxes should be checkmarked in odin
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Just make sure reactivation lock is off.
When you first start odin, F.Reset Time and Auto Reboot are ticked off so let them be and make sure only those are checked and nothing else.
You probably know this but just to make sure, load the recovery on the AP slot before hitting start.

Softbrick Cf auto root help

I have decided to try and root my galaxy s using the Cf auto-root method and my phone is now soft bricked. I am stuck in the "Recovery booting" screen. The only thing I can do is stay here and turn off the phone and enter download mode. Any advice or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

slashgtaul said:
I have decided to try and root my galaxy s using the Cf auto-root method and my phone is now soft bricked. I am stuck in the "Recovery booting" screen. The only thing I can do is stay here and turn off the phone and enter download mode. Any advice or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
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I would install a recovery, twrp or cwm, use that tar. File and install it with odin as well.
SM-G900W8, 0x1

ragz said:
I would install a recovery, twrp or cwm, use that tar. File and install it with odin as well.
SM-G900W8, 0x1
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the problem is, i dont think the root happened since i never got past the screen i am stuck on. it just stuck there in the middle of the process. will twrp recovery work if i am not rooted?

slashgtaul said:
the problem is, i dont think the root happened since i never got past the screen i am stuck on. it just stuck there in the middle of the process. will twrp recovery work if i am not rooted?
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I just tried it and it failed.

slashgtaul said:
I just tried it and it failed.
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What model of phone do you have? Did you get cf-root from here.
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/#odin
SM-G900W8, 0x1

slashgtaul said:
the problem is, i dont think the root happened since i never got past the screen i am stuck on. it just stuck there in the middle of the process. will twrp recovery work if i am not rooted?
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do you know where i can find the stock firmware? every site i have found is junk. its the sm g900p from sprint.

slashgtaul said:
do you know where i can find the stock firmware? every site i have found is junk. its the sm g900p from sprint.
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Have you tried sammobile. Com, try redownloading the cf-root file
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Check out this thread it may help,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57091166
SM-G900W8, 0x1

Try reflashing the stock firmware for your device.

vndnguyen said:
Try reflashing the stock firmware for your device.
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I want to reflash the stock firmaware but cannot find any download for it.

slashgtaul said:
I want to reflash the stock firmaware but cannot find any download for it.
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Try, sammobile. Com ,I would post a link but not allowed on xda.
SM-G900W8, 0x1

ragz said:
Try, sammobile. Com ,I would post a link but not allowed on xda.
SM-G900W8, 0x1
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thanks for the help guys, i finally got it with a twrp recovery.

slashgtaul said:
I want to reflash the stock firmaware but cannot find any download for it.
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This tool will show the firmware exactly for your device: Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'.