s4 wont boot or enter recovery please help - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Stuck on screen with word SAMSUNG and open lock saying custom wont boot or enter recovery

What did you do to get in this position? It would help to have some more info

Put your phone in downloading mode and flash appropiated firmware of your phone
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jd1639 said:
What did you do to get in this position? It would help to have some more info
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Im on mk2. rooted from there. tried to install cwm recovery through gooim app. No go. Used safestrap I believe is what its called. It installed twrp. Then downloaded vision x rom and loki doki zip as he described I should do. Flashed loki. Um rebooted all was good made a nandroid and then moved the rom zip from internal to external sd and tried to flash it twice with could not open zip appearing. ...and then it went to the screen I described in the op and will not go back to recovery or boot

I might be able to help.
ce250 said:
Im on mk2. rooted from there. tried to install cwm recovery through gooim app. No go. Used safestrap I believe is what its called. It installed twrp. Then downloaded vision x rom and loki doki zip as he described I should do. Flashed loki. Um rebooted all was good made a nandroid and then moved the rom zip from internal to external sd and tried to flash it twice with could not open zip appearing. ...and then it went to the screen I described in the op and will not go back to recovery or boot
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Can you go into download mode? Also would you consider going full stock again (no root)?
Odin this if you just want it to work again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279

ce250 said:
Im on mk2. rooted from there. tried to install cwm recovery through gooim app. No go. Used safestrap I believe is what its called. It installed twrp. Then downloaded vision x rom and loki doki zip as he described I should do. Flashed loki. Um rebooted all was good made a nandroid and then moved the rom zip from internal to external sd and tried to flash it twice with could not open zip appearing. ...and then it went to the screen I described in the op and will not go back to recovery or boot
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You need to read before doing more with recovery and ROMs. You can't use CWM on MK2, only safestrap. Loki doesn't work on MK2 either and safestrap doesn't flash kernels. You probably had a bad download that didn't flash right and your system probably got wiped if it's not going past the splash screen. Go flash the MK2 TAR files, they're in the General section.
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ce250 said:
Im on mk2. rooted from there. tried to install cwm recovery through gooim app. No go. Used safestrap I believe is what its called. It installed twrp. Then downloaded vision x rom and loki doki zip as he described I should do. Flashed loki. Um rebooted all was good made a nandroid and then moved the rom zip from internal to external sd and tried to flash it twice with could not open zip appearing. ...and then it went to the screen I described in the op and will not go back to recovery or boot
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*facepalm*

seedeh said:
Can you go into download mode? Also would you consider going full stock again (no root)?
Odin this if you just want it to work again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
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ok thanks I will try this

DeadlySin9 said:
You need to read before doing more with recovery and ROMs. You can't use CWM on MK2, only safestrap. Loki doesn't work on MK2 either and safestrap doesn't flash kernels. You probably had a bad download that didn't flash right and your system probably got wiped if it's not going past the splash screen. Go flash the MK2 TAR files, they're in the General section.
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Ok thank u for the advice its much appreciated. Ive had several android phones in the past that ive rooted and of course flashed like crazy but this s4 seems to b so different and alot more confusing...to me anyways. Ive always had Verizon as well and it seems like u have to jump through hoops on att to do all of this. Do u perhaps have any other advice for me...maybe a run down of what I need to do exactly. Thanks again man

ce250 said:
ok thanks I will try this
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Yeah this helped me out whenever my s4 was messing up.
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ce250 said:
Ok thank u for the advice its much appreciated. Ive had several android phones in the past that ive rooted and of course flashed like crazy but this s4 seems to b so different and alot more confusing...to me anyways. Ive always had Verizon as well and it seems like u have to jump through hoops on att to do all of this. Do u perhaps have any other advice for me...maybe a run down of what I need to do exactly. Thanks again man
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Follow my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279 that was referred by @DeadlySin9 and @seedeh ....check post #2 for guide on how to. .... is really easy and I also attached Odin3v1.85 ..... Goodluck. ... anymore more question. .... feel free to PM me. .....:thumbup:
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ce250 said:
ok thanks I will try this
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Did you get it working?
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Originally Posted by ce250
ok thanks I will try this
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Did you get it working?
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Yes I did thanks to you all. Was relieved to see it boot back up after running that in odin. Can not Thank u guys enough. Gonna give this another try I guess soon
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ce250 said:
Yes I did thanks to you all. Was relieved to see it boot back up after running that in odin. Can not Thank u guys enough. Gonna give this another try I guess soon
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Cool and congratulations!
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Galaxy S4 Recovery mode not working

So, first, I'm running the stock 4.2.2 rooted on the ATT SGH-I337.
I installed ROM manager shortly after the root, and recently downloaded CM 10.1.3 for the att model of my phone. However, I couldn't find it in the recovery system to flash it. So, I install goomanager and flash over to TWRP, thinking maybe TWRP's easier interface will help me to find it. I reboot into recovery, and if I attempt to enter recovery mode, it gets stuck on the "Downlaoding, do not turn off target" screen. So, I re-flash CWM back on it, and reboot to recovery, and get stuck on that same screen again. If I just boot it, it's fine, jumps right back into 4.2.2 TouchWiz rooted. However, as you probably know, I can't install a ROM without recovery mode, and stock TouchWiz is poo.
I'd like to get CM running asap, although I'm just glad my phone still RUNS for now (my experience installing CM on my S3 was a NIGHTMARE).
So yea, any reason I would be getting stuck on that screen and unable to enter recovery? Like I said, I'd like to have CM as soon as I can.
Also, if someone can link me to a guide to install through CWM w\o needing a computer, that'd be wonderful. Thanks!
I'm assuming you're running on the MF3 build version. Read up before you brick your device. Your only option for a custom recovery is safestrap. Come on people.
Cheers.
Not another one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46363132
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jd1639 said:
Not another one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46363132
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Jd1639
You are a good person buddy,I only hope he reads the link you provided cause I'm thinking he didnt read past rooting.WOW!
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Well that sucks. Bit wait. Why was I able to boot into cwm At least 5 times before I flashed TWRP. And several people on YouTube are using TWRP on my same model.
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ryno9100 said:
Well that sucks. Bit wait. Why was I able to boot into cwm At least 5 times before I flashed TWRP. And several people on YouTube are using TWRP on my same model.
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What firmware version do you have. Look at the last three characters of your build number
jd1639 said:
What firmware version do you have. Look at the last three characters of your build number
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It's MF3
ryno9100 said:
It's MF3
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You never saw twrp. You saw the stock recovery. Mf3 won't allow a custom recovery.
Edit, you did see an i337 in the you tube vids, but it had mdl or mdb firmware. You can put a custom recovery on with them. Unfortunately it's not possible to downgrade the firmware.
jball said:
Jd1639
You are a good person buddy,I only hope he reads the link you provided cause I'm thinking he didnt read past rooting.WOW!
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And also, I did, in fact, read past rooting, and found several people running CWM and TWRP fine, so I figured it would work. Now maybe they didn't have MF3,and I wasn't paying extremely close attention, but I'm pretty sure there were some on the same model and firmware as I am.
jd1639 said:
You never saw twrp. You saw the stock recovery. Mf3 won't allow a custom recovery.
Edit, you did see an i337 in the you tube vids, but it had mdl or mdb firmware. You can put a custom recovery on with them. Unfortunately it's not possible to downgrade the firmware.
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So, at this point, it's a waiting game for someone to find out how to put a recovery mode on an MF3 firmware, is what you're telling me?
Also, I may have been in stock. I don't remember EXACTLY what clockwork looked like. I just know it wouldn't let me select the gapps and CM files,which is why I tried TWRP. Though I did have CWM recovery flashed when I booted it into recovery those several times.
Dude you never booted CWM. That was MF3s stock recovery. MF3 does not allow any custom recovery but Safestrap.
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Can't Install CWM?

I have a rooted MK2 device. I tried installing CWM through ROM Manager but my phone will not boot the CWM and when I try it comes up with an error.
It seems to be installing a Loki'd version of CWM recovery will solve the problem, but I don't how to flash loki recoveries and I've looked all over the forums for one specific to loki'd recoveries. Can someone help me out please? I'm relatively new at this so I'm totally unsure about how to proceed. Many thanks!
Sadly, no custom recoveries are currently available for MK2.
Kaze105 said:
Sadly, no custom recoveries are currently available for MK2.
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Oh no Well I have a few questions then.
1. I would like to install a 4.4 Google Edition rom. Is there any way for me to accomplish this? Also, is it a bad idea to go ahead and flash it without a recovery?
2. Should I revert the recovery back to original? How would I go about doing that?
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Oh no Well I have a few questions then.
1. I would like to install a 4.4 Google Edition rom. Is there any way for me to accomplish this? Also, is it a bad idea to go ahead and flash it without a recovery?
2. Should I revert the recovery back to original? How would I go about doing that?
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There isn't anything you can do so far. The only thing you could do is use an app I can't remember the name of to flash mods to your current system, but you can not flash ROMs and definitely not anything that may need a different kernel. If you want to get a working recovery then find the MJ6-MJ9 thread but only use the recovery tar file, not the rest of it.
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you sir have a locked bootloader (i think)
hsu0216 said:
I have a rooted MK2 device. I tried installing CWM through ROM Manager but my phone will not boot the CWM and when I try it comes up with an error.
It seems to be installing a Loki'd version of CWM recovery will solve the problem, but I don't how to flash loki recoveries and I've looked all over the forums for one specific to loki'd recoveries. Can someone help me out please? I'm relatively new at this so I'm totally unsure about how to proceed. Many thanks!
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well.....if you were on MF3 then you could load safestrap and then get the google edition but it wont support the 4.4 only the 4.2.2 version of the GE
thats what i did. i highly doubt there will be an unlocked bootloader for MK2 im on mf3 and cant even update to 4.3 MK2.....ill ask the developer of safestrap and ask him because he was getting a MK2 galaxy s4 on att last week and he was doing some testing....or you can do some research your self but im happy to help even though my account says im a junior member i know quite a lot....
if safestrap works here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448726
IF SAFESTRAP WORKS LOOK UP A GUIDE ON HOW TO USE IT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE BECAUSE I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT also dont use the stock rom slot if all this works
Dude.
Search. Read. Repeat.
Anx XDA says ni question too stupid..Well some reaponses are..Oh GOD!!!
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r1tesh said:
Anx XDA says ni question too stupid..Well some reaponses are..Oh GOD!!!
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No question too stupid. But asking a question that has been answered hundreds of times and refusing to use the search button...

[Q] unbrick AT&T galaxy s4 SCH-I337

I have a AT&T galaxy s4 SGH-I337 that i bricked. i was trying to install cyanogenmod 11 but i accidently flashed the zip to the stock. the operation failed and now i cant boot to the stock. i can boot into download mode and recovery. im using safestrap 7 as my recovery, but i dont think it is working properly. i need help asap thanks
What firmware did your device have installed? MF3, MK2? You'll have to use odin if on MF3, or the mk2 unbreakable zip if you're on mk2.
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aandrichaci said:
I have a AT&T galaxy s4 SCH-I337 that i bricked. i was trying to install cyanogenmod 11 but i accidently flashed the zip to the stock. the operation failed and now i cant boot to the stock. i can boot into download mode and recovery. im using safestrap 7 as my recovery, but i dont think it is working properly. i need help asap thanks
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There's only safestrap 3.65 and 3.71. In the future read more, because safestrap is only capable of running touchwiz roms, not cyanogenmod. This has to do with the kernel. Now that you flashed to stock slot your recovery is borked. Do what he said above.
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HORiZUN said:
What firmware did your device have installed? MF3, MK2? You'll have to use odin if on MF3, or the mk2 unbreakable zip if you're on mk2.
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im pretty sure im on mk2 can u give me a link to the mk2 zip?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080
There you go. If you had 4.3 mk2 you should be able to recover.
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HORiZUN said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080
There you go. If you had 4.3 mk2 you should be able to recover.
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i hate to sound like a noob but how do i flash it? do i use odin?
Copy it to the root of your SD card. Reboot into recovery mode (tutorials are out there) and apply update.zip
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HORiZUN said:
Copy it to the root of your SD card. Reboot into recovery mode (tutorials are out there) and apply update.zip
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there's no option to apply in safestrap.
aandrichaci said:
I have a AT&T galaxy s4 SGH-I337 that i bricked. i was trying to install cyanogenmod 11 but i accidently flashed the zip to the stock. the operation failed and now i cant boot to the stock. i can boot into download mode and recovery. im using safestrap 7 as my recovery, but i dont think it is working properly. i need help asap thanks
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OK follow my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080 on post #3 if you bricked mk2 phone. .....THIS IS THE ONLY WAY AS OF RIGHT NOW. ......use mk2_unbricked_method from gtj0 that I edited. ...... make sure u download MF3 > MK2 update.zip from First post coz u gonna need it in the end of the method. ..... Let me know if u need more help. ...Goodluck. ... If work or I helped u hit THANK.......
Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
ted77usa said:
OK follow my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080 on post #3 if you bricked mk2 phone. .....THIS IS THE ONLY WAY AS OF RIGHT NOW. ......use mk2_unbricked_method from gtj0 that I edited. ...... make sure u download MF3 > MK2 update.zip from First post coz u gonna need it in the end of the method. ..... Let me know if u need more help. ...Goodluck. ... If work or I helped u hit THANK.......
Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
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When i try using the adb sideload it just says "starting adb sideload feature" and loads forever. does it take long to load or is it not working. and which folder do i open up a command prompt in.
aandrichaci said:
When i try using the adb sideload it just says "starting adb sideload feature" and loads forever. does it take long to load or is it not working. if its not working can i do anything else?
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So u did all the mf3 emergency part 1 and 2...... installing recovery-mj6.tar.md5 ..... and right now u are updating mf3> mk2 update. Zip right. .... It take a while. ..... Be patient and see what happen. ..... is 700mb+ ..... Did u Check post#2 on how to update using adb sideload. .... Just incase. ....:thumbup:
Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
ted77usa said:
So u did all the mf3 emergency part 1 and 2...... installing recovery-mj6.tar.md5 ..... and right now u are updating mf3> mk2 update. Zip right. .... It take a while. ..... Be patient and see what happen. ..... is 700mb+ ..... Did u Check post#2 on how to update using adb sideload. .... Just incase. ....:thumbup:
Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
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thanks! everythings working fine now
aandrichaci said:
thanks! everythings working fine now
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Glad i can help.....just giving back to this great community what i learned .....as long as u KEEP READING ....u would find your answer in here......"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN XDA" REMEMBER FIRST THANK FROM ME......
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Glad i can help.....just giving back to this great community what i learned .....as long as u KEEP READING ....u would find your answer in here......"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN XDA" REMEMBER FIRST THANK FROM ME......
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hey i flashed that tar file to my phone like u tolde him but i got no wifi or mobile data or sound can u plis give me a hand
Bricked Samsung Galaxy S4 i337
aandrichaci said:
I have a AT&T galaxy s4 SGH-I337 that i bricked. i was trying to install cyanogenmod 11 but i accidently flashed the zip to the stock. the operation failed and now i cant boot to the stock. i can boot into download mode and recovery. im using safestrap 7 as my recovery, but i dont think it is working properly. i need help asap thanks
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I have about the same problem. I recently rooted my phone then downloaded a root required app. After the download, it made me reboot and now I'm stuck in a boot loop with stock recovery mode and download mode. I've tried everything I can since I'm limited to only using a mac. Please help ASAP. Thanks.

[Q] New owner help with installing rom

After trying this for 6 hours today and failing miserably I feel borderline retarded.
PROBLEM: Every time I install a rom through Safestrap it boots into a black screen.
DETAILS: Phone came out of the box with MF3. After some reading I used Odin to NB1 and then installed the NC1 update.
From there I rooted with towelroot then installed the safestrap apk, and then installed the recovery.
My procedure is:
Wipe all but sd card
install rom zip
install NC1 modules
install superuser
reboot
From Safestrap I have chosen both Goldeneye rom and Shostock with the same result.
I have tried installing over the stock slot and making a new slot both with the same results.
I have had in the past and Ally, X10, S2 and now this phone and it is by far the most difficult for me for some reason.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
You can only install on the stock slot. Make sure you using safe strap version 3.72
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mazhole said:
You can only install on the stock slot. Make sure you using safe strap version 3.72
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Thanks for the reply. I will give it another shot!
dbooty said:
Thanks for the reply. I will give it another shot!
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Also check that the ROMs do not need modified updater-scripts.
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I'm not sure exactly what I did differently but I was successful at loading a custom rom. It was probably that I made an ass of myself by wasting everyones time... thats what the phone wanted me to do.
Thanks for the help!
GoldenEye has a SafeStrap version?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53038182&postcount=13961
rugmankc said:
GoldenEye has a SafeStrap version?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53038182&postcount=13961
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Yes. It's the same download but when your in Aroma you select the safestrap version
dbooty said:
Yes. It's the same download but when your in Aroma you select the safestrap version
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Yeah, someone said you couldn't use GolenEye. That's why I was confused. Great Rom--:good:

Updating from MDL

I tried to figure this out and I'm lost. I've not been keeping up with development on this phone for a while. I'm currently on stock rooted MDL, stock recovery. I'm looking to move to rooted current stock rom. How do I go about this. As simple as just putting a new recovery on and flashing the new one? Or do I need to be careful of anything?
Feels weird to be out of touch with how everything works now.
cegna09 said:
I tried to figure this out and I'm lost. I've not been keeping up with development on this phone for a while. I'm currently on stock rooted MDL, stock recovery. I'm looking to move to rooted current stock rom. How do I go about this. As simple as just putting a new recovery on and flashing the new one? Or do I need to be careful of anything?
Feels weird to be out of touch with how everything works now.
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You need to put a custom recovery on. Then flash the ROM in the recovery. Since you're rooted you could use goo manager to put twrp on
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jd1639 said:
You need to put a custom recovery on. Then flash the ROM in the recovery. Since you're rooted you could use goo manager to put twrp on
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If that's it awesome. Reading about the latest stock roms I was just confusing myself and thinking there was some new BS to deal with.
cegna09 said:
If that's it awesome. Reading about the latest stock roms I was just confusing myself and thinking there was some new BS to deal with.
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Just FYI, if on i337, get familiar with loki-doki and when you need to flash it--:good:
I am in the same boat. Have tried goomanager and rom manager but both failed to load recoveries. It seems they have moved on to 4.4.2 kitkat and no longer work with 4.2.2 MDL. Have also tried to find .tar files for older recoveries and flash with ODIN but no luck. Afraid to OTA update from AT&T and get MK2. Any help would GREATLY be appreciated.
capti2 said:
I am in the same boat. Have tried goomanager and rom manager but both failed to load recoveries. It seems they have moved on to 4.4.2 kitkat and no longer work with 4.2.2 MDL. Have also tried to find .tar files for older recoveries and flash with ODIN but no luck. Afraid to OTA update from AT&T and get MK2. Any help would GREATLY be appreciated.
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Not sure but can you unroot and reroot with Adam's Motochopper. It installs twrp. Maybe JD can confirm that.
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rugmankc said:
Not sure but can you unroot and reroot with Adam's Motochopper. It installs twrp. Maybe JD can confirm that.
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I can confirm from the short time i was on MDL that CASUAL does install TWRP.
DeadlySin9 said:
I can confirm from the short time i was on MDL that CASUAL does install TWRP.
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Thank you for the advice . It worked like a charm.
capti2 said:
Thank you for the advice . It worked like a charm.
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Glad you got it--you can now flash custom recoveries from recovery. I like twrp 2.5.0.2
Don't try goomanager anymore--not needed
There are a couple files to delete so you don't get auto updated. Some have Update in name and one has FOTA. I don't have them in front of me atm
Get a nandroid asap and put copy on pc too
Plus backup efs
Just one last check before I try and mess with things tonight. Since I'm on MDL still, to install a new current ROM (like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2280556), all I need to do is:
- install a custom recovery (TWRP 2.5.0.2 looks like the most recent)
- backup
- full wipe
- flash new ROM
I shouldn't have to mess with any of the safestrap stuff correct?
Just trying to be cautious.
cegna09 said:
Just one last check before I try and mess with things tonight. Since I'm on MDL still, to install a new current ROM (like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2280556), all I need to do is:
- install a custom recovery (TWRP 2.5.0.2 looks like the most recent)
- backup
- full wipe
- flash new ROM
I shouldn't have to mess with any of the safestrap stuff correct?
Just trying to be cautious.
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No SafeStrap. Backup should include System. Make sure to read OP and last few pages of thread for any new info. Make sure ROM doesn't need loki-doki. Most in att forum don't. What recovery are you on now?
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rugmankc said:
No SafeStrap. Backup should include System. Make sure to read OP and last few pages of thread for any new info. Make sure ROM doesn't need loki-doki. Most in att forum don't. What recovery are you on now?
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Thank you.
I thought I was on stock recovery, but checking just now apparently I put OUDhs CWM Touch Recovery v1.0.3.4 on sometime in the past year. I'll either go to the latest version of CWM or TWRP before doing anything.
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Thank you.
I thought I was on stock recovery, but checking just now apparently I put OUDhs CWM Touch Recovery v1.0.3.4 on sometime in the past year. I'll either go to the latest version of CWM or TWRP before doing anything.
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If you are on a custom recovery, you "should" be able to flash this thru recovery--if you want it--:good:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/AAB_scBnDHWPcg_w2UXw3V5ha/TWRP_Flashable-2.5.0.2.zip
rugmankc said:
If you are on a custom recovery, you "should" be able to flash this thru recovery--if you want it--:good:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/AAB_scBnDHWPcg_w2UXw3V5ha/TWRP_Flashable-2.5.0.2.zip
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awesome. Again thank you.
I'll play with things tonight and see how it goes.
cegna09 said:
awesome. Again thank you.
I'll play with things tonight and see how it goes.
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How did everything go? Im on MDL rooted custom rom and really want to get back to stock rooted. I know I dont need to do the same process as you but I was curious how things went.

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