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Can't get in too recovery.

I am having an issue where my SGHI337 can't boot in to recovery. I do the button combination to get it into recovery, it says recovery booting and then the Samsung GS4 logo comes up and then it stalls there. I can get in too download mode but the only thing I can get to flash is CF Root & CWM touch. CF Root goes though its install process after the flash, reboots and then I get the Samsung logo frozen on the screen. CWM does nothing after the flash and goes right too the logo. Everything else I try to flash produces an error. I am downloading another copy of the stock ROM just in case mine got corrupt some how? Any help would be very much appreciated. I hate not having my phone working and I can't even put the LTE sim in my Nexus S while this one is down.
Edit: I got in to recovery once and the option to install from my regular file system was not available.

Wildfire.ca said:
I am having an issue where my SGHI337 can't boot in to recovery. I do the button combination to get it into recovery, it says recovery booting and then the Samsung GS4 logo comes up and then it stalls there. I can get in too download mode but the only thing I can get to flash is CF Root & CWM touch. CF Root goes though its install process after the flash, reboots and then I get the Samsung logo frozen on the screen. CWM does nothing after the flash and goes right too the logo. Everything else I try to flash produces an error. I am downloading another copy of the stock ROM just in case mine got corrupt some how? Any help would be very much appreciated. I hate not having my phone working and I can't even put the LTE sim in my Nexus S while this one is down.
Edit: I got in to recovery once and the option to install from my regular file system was not available.
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If u can get into recovery again try wiping caches if not u need download mode which not sure about cwm but twrp has this option to not into download from recovery
sent from my SGH - leet ( i337) using Tapatalk 4 beta

oddspec said:
If u can get into recovery again try wiping caches if not u need download mode which not sure about cwm but twrp has this option to not into download from recovery
sent from my SGH - leet ( i337) using Tapatalk 4 beta
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I tried that when I was in there and it didn't work.

Wildfire.ca said:
I tried that when I was in there and it didn't work.
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Then download mode from recovery is ur only option not sure if jigs work on this device
sent from my SGH - leet ( i337) using Tapatalk 4 beta

OP, what guide did you follow?

xBeerdroiDx said:
OP, what guide did you follow?
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I was using this guide to get back to stock and it failed during the flash.. One thing I am noticing is that when I am in download mode it is saying write protection enabled.. I am not sure if this is normal or not. After the failed flash it says Secure Check Fail: abort
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> boot.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> persdata.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Added!!

Wildfire.ca said:
I was using this guide to get back to stock and it failed during the flash.. One thing I am noticing is that when I am in download mode it is saying write protection enabled.. I am not sure if this is normal or not. After the failed flash it says Secure Check Fail: abort
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> boot.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> persdata.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Added!!
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CUZ,
The time threshold for recovery is small...
Make sure you have the right button combo...
I have found many conflicting info on recovery entering...
the best way is to:
1. Hold home and volume up.
2. press power key for 4 seconds or (blue recovery words appear)and release power key only
3. two seconds release the home & volume up..
PRESTO... Recovery!
If you have a hard case its sometimes better to remove from protective case... keys may be harder to mash/smash

sloanster said:
CUZ,
The time threshold for recovery is small...
Make sure you have the right button combo...
I have found many conflicting info on recovery entering...
the best way is to:
1. Hold home and volume up.
2. press power key for 4 seconds or (blue recovery words appear)and release power key only
3. two seconds release the home & volume up..
PRESTO... Recovery!
If you have a hard case its sometimes better to remove from protective case... keys may be harder to mash/smash
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It keeps telling me recovery booting when I am pressing the buttons and then it never gets there. I was able to get in there a second time now, I reset the cache again and tried re-flashing and I keep getting the same error from odin.

When I try to flash the phone in odin the phone says Invalid percent of drawing download progress bar
Have I softbricked this thing?

The other thing that I am not sure is normal or not is when I let the phone boot with out trying to go in to recovery or Odin mode it goes in too the Samsung Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again screen.

I have progress to report.. I have gotten twrp to install via Odin and its letting me in to recovery every time I try now.

Wildfire.ca said:
I have progress to report.. I have gotten twrp to install via Odin and its letting me in to recovery every time I try now.
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OK well twrp has option to boot into download mode so u can get into it easy as far as ur Odin issues no clue why its doing this
sent from my SGH - leet ( i337) using Tapatalk 4 beta

Odin is now saying there is no pit partition?
and I am getting this in the normal android recovery.
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Wildfire.ca said:
Odin is now saying there is no pit partition?
and I am getting this in the normal android recovery.
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I'm not sure how but it looks like u some how mess up the partitions maybe checking reparation in Odin and reflash stock software ( not sure about this ) but this is way about my knowledge level hopefully someone higher up in skill level can post otherwise I'm at a loss here looks similar to a emmc brick bug
sent from my SGH - leet ( i337) using Tapatalk 4 beta

oddspec said:
I'm not sure how but it looks like u some how mess up the partitions maybe checking reparation in Odin and reflash stock software ( not sure about this ) but this is way about my knowledge level hopefully someone higher up in skill level can post otherwise I'm at a loss here looks similar to a emmc brick bug
sent from my SGH - leet ( i337) using Tapatalk 4 beta
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I like the repartition idea, but like you said I am going to wait for some super ninja to tell me if its a good idea or not.

Wildfire.ca said:
I like the repartition idea, but like you said I am going to wait for some super ninja to tell me if its a good idea or not.
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If your still rooted flash a custom rom thru TWRP and see if that clears it up...
Factory reset may help too...
Hey... After thought:
If your on a stock recovery then you may not be rooted any more!

sloanster said:
If your still rooted flash a custom rom thru TWRP and see if that clears it up...
Factory reset may help too...
Hey... After thought:
If your on a stock recovery then you may not be rooted any more!
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thats how he got the screen shot when he tried factory reset

oddspec said:
thats how he got the screen shot when he tried factory reset
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Hey Man do you have a back-up on your ext-SD?
If so go to the ext-sd try restoring... or applying update from ext storage

What did you flash in Odin to get the pit not recognized? If it was the stock firmware, did you check the md5sum to make sure it was a good download? I wouldn't flash with repartition checked. That could cause more problems.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

oddspec said:
thats how he got the screen shot when he tried factory reset
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I try to keep one back-up with everything checked in TWRP...
one time I got a bad flash which gets your S4 stuck in the middle corupting 1 or more partitions but using the stock recovery flashing each section of the TWRP I gained control enough to odin back to stock and reroot bla, bla:cyclops:

[Q&A] [ODIN][TAR] 5.0.0 I9505GUEUDNL3 Full Restore

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SamuriHL said:
I specifically decided not to use a rooted image this time due to the fact that being rooted blew up the ota for me. I wanted a place to start from that was clean. I figure our first 5.x update was a good place to kick out a new, fresh baseline build.
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Are you going to release a rooted version? I used this one for now (Thanks!) but would prefer rooted.

All OK
Hello everyone,
I was wondering why there was a Kernel Source added? Also OTA .zip?
Using the attached downloads (very end of the post): "ODIN 3.09" and "I9505GUEUDNL3_FULL" seemed to work fine for me so far... Lollipop is up and running.
In any event, thanks for sharing.
Alex

pathogen47 said:
Are you going to release a rooted version? I used this one for now (Thanks!) but would prefer rooted.
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No, these images are pretty big so the one I released is it. Rooting is super easy though. Just download CWM non-touch recovery and then from a command line:
fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-jfltexx.img
Go to install, then from sideload
From the command line:
adb sideload BETA-SuperSU.v.2.39.zip (or whatever the latest is at the time you do it)
And you're done.
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ar.richter said:
Hello everyone,
I was wondering why there was a Kernel Source added? Also OTA .zip?
Using the attached downloads (very end of the post): "ODIN 3.09" and "I9505GUEUDNL3_FULL" seemed to work fine for me so far... Lollipop is up and running.
In any event, thanks for sharing.
Alex
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I add them for completeness of the post. Sometimes people are just looking for the OTA. Sometimes rom devs use my ODIN images and having the kernel source would be beneficial to them. For most users, the ODIN image is fine.

SamuriHL said:
No, these images are pretty big so the one I released is it. Rooting is super easy though. Just download CWM non-touch recovery and then from a command line:
fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-jfltexx.img
Go to install, then from sideload
From the command line:
adb sideload BETA-SuperSU.v.2.39.zip (or whatever the latest is at the time you do it)
And you're done.
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Ok, didn't quite work like that, so for anyone else trying to do this, here's what I had to do.
Files needed:
I used the touch version of CWM and I used the Odin version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397108
I got the latest stable of SuperSu: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 (don't extract the zip).
Copy the SuperSU zip file to your phone. Internal storage or external sdcard, either will work.
1. Open Odin. Uncheck "Auto Reboot".
2. Click AP and select the CWM touch tar file.
3. Power off your phone. Disconnect from USB.
4. Get into download mode for flashing with Odin. Once Odin sees the phone, click Start.
5. When it's done, hold the power button on the phone to power it down. You can disconnect the USB once it's off.
6. Hold the volume up button and press and hold the power button. This will boot into CWM recovery.
7. Use the volume keys to select Install zip and press the power/hold button to select.
8. Select Install from either sdcard (for internal storage) or sdcard1 for the external sdcard.
9. Find the SuperSU zip and select to install it. Follow the prompts.
10. Done. Once it installs SuperSU, just have CWM reboot the phone and you now have root.

It DOES work like that. I wrote a script that does exactly what i wrote. It's how I rerooted myself after I published this unrooted ODIN image. There's no need to flash custom recovery just to install root.

SamuriHL said:
It DOES work like that. I wrote a script that does exactly what i wrote. It's how I rerooted myself after I published this unrooted ODIN image. There's no need to flash custom recovery just to install root.
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Didn't work for me. When I tried the fastboot part, it just sat on "waiting for device". I tried rebooting the phone while it was at that, tried having it in download mode, tried going into stock recovery... nothing I tried got it to move past that.

pathogen47 said:
Didn't work for me. When I tried the fastboot part, it just sat on "waiting for device". I tried rebooting the phone while it was at that, tried having it in download mode, tried going into stock recovery... nothing I tried got it to move past that.
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I guess I just assume people know how to get to fastboot mode by now. Power off the phone, hold volume down, press power. You're now in fastboot mode. It doesn't matter, I rewrote my tool for root that walks you through each step. Posting it in a minute.

SamuriHL said:
I guess I just assume people know how to get to fastboot mode by now. Power off the phone, hold volume down, press power. You're now in fastboot mode. It doesn't matter, I rewrote my tool for root that walks you through each step. Posting it in a minute.
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Ah, well, I'm not a developer and I've never had to use fastboot with this phone before so yeah, I was not aware of it. In the past, I always just flashed pre-rooted versions with Odin. Never had to know anything about fastboot.

Never too late to learn.

lollipop
Would like to know if others are having problems downloading the full update from the link on this page. Tried many times, but mediafire keeps indicating a redirect error. Tried other browsers and cleaning cache, but still no go.

Just tested on my tablet. No issue.

Thanks Samuri - the Odin flushable ROM worked flawlessly for me.

Pre-flashing procedures?
After flashing this with ODIN I was stuck in a bootloop (with the 4 twirling dots). After having 4.3 for a long time, I've decided I finally want to update to 5.0.0. I've only ever used ODIN to root and flash recovery, so I've never used it to perform a system update. I was wondering if the culprit could be anything I've already done? I tried the Wipe Data Factory Reset afterwords but it still bootlooped.
Do i need to uninstall busybox/x-posed/unroot?
I don't have my bootloader unlocked but I don't think i need to. Am I wrong?
Do I have to update to 4.4 then to 4.4.4 then flash this for it to work?
I also tried just to see if using adb sideload with the .zip would work but it didn't.

My guess would be a data issue, but, if you said you wiped data and it's still bootlooping it may be something else. Try flashing the image again.

SamuriHL said:
My guess would be a data issue, but, if you said you wiped data and it's still bootlooping it may be something else. Try flashing the image again.
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Flashing again did indeed work. Thanks man.

Glad it worked. You're quite welcome.

How to flash this update without my previous problem.
I Managed to flash the "philz_touch_6.58.7-jflte.tar.md5" trough Odin, and my phone is now working again.
I'm not sure, but I guess I didn't have the USB Debugging Mode On. Not sure if it was the only problem, probably not.
Before failure procedure I Used to have on the phone: Model, GT-i9505G, Version 5.0, Baseband I9505VJUFNC1, SuperSU, Busybox and Googy-Max STweaks. Don't know any more what kernel was on it.
Now I have:
Same as above, but Googy-Max STweaks dont work because of the Kernel (3.4.0-2809293 [email protected]#1 Fri Dec 5 20:45:08 KST 2014)
Now, what do I need to do, to have a clean and fresh phone to use and root it. Do I need to mess with Kernel and Recovery stuff to get my phone working again?
Thank you!
I'll try to give as much Info as I can for now.
I got a used i9505G. It had the CWM 6.0.4.9 on it, and used to have a ROM with final "NC1" 5.0.0 Lollipop. It used to have a SU installed and some other app on home screen about Kernel stuff, and Knox was already Flagged on boot.
So, after a lot of reading, I messed my i9505G. Tried to flash this ROM. Got PIT error, changed USB Ports, and OK.
After new Odin session, clicking start, in few seconds I got this error copied below.
Now I'm stuck at boot animation.
At download screen, gets stuck with tiny blue bar if I try to flash this.
At recovery i get: (Android System Recovery <3e> - LRX21P.S012.141205
There is another info on recovery screen that says: E:Can't open /dev/blcok/plataform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc (Permission Denied).
Already tried wiping data and cache. (Im not sure if I did it too before the whole procedure when I had the CWM).
I've never messed with kernel, recovery, etc, only messed with Stock Roms on my i9505.
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<ID:0/013> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9505GUEUDNL3_FULL.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/013> Odin v.3 engine (ID:13)..
<ID:0/013> File analysis..
<ID:0/013> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/013> Initialzation..
<ID:0/013> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/013> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/013> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/013> boot.img
<ID:0/013> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/013> recovery.img
<ID:0/013> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/013> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/013>
<ID:0/013> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Thanks in advance for any help!

Home button problems
I've flashed this after doing a factory reset (a few times now actually.) The same result each time. When it boots up I go through the setup process and everything is fine. If I reboot my phone the home button single click function goes away as does the ability to lock the screen with power. The other functions still work (double click, long press) If I lock the phone the screen turns off but doesn't lock, If I press power or home the screen just turns back on with no lock screen shown.

I do not have that issue. Try factory resetting it after flashing rather than before.

[SOLVED] Weird white bar while booting SM-N910G (Flashing repair firmware solved it)

Past week when I manually rebooted my phone Samsung galaxy note 4 sm-n910g, it never booted beyond Samsung galaxy note 4 screen.
(Tried flashing stock ROM using Odin , it didn't work.
Also tried flashing twrp recovery using Odin, that too didn't work.)
First thing I observed which was never before was white color half bar nearly as if its indicating 50% of something which I still don't know and have searched everywhere on web about it.. Still its unanswered
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Phone didn't go beyond Samsung note 4 logo. Led kept on blinking light blue to dark for nealy half n hour ..
I removed battery and again checked, result was same .. Thought may be the latest OTA did something. I tried using three finger recovery boot but unfortunately phone didn't boot into recovery. Tried to go into safe mode boot that too didnt work. When I tried three finger download mode , phone did went into download boot.
I downloaded latest firmware for this phone and used Odin to flash it . it successfully flashed and phone rebooted but still with the same weird white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo and led kept flashing ..
I also tried to flash twrp recovery as I wanted to get into recovery so that from there I would atleast clear cache or do factory reset..
Odin flashed twrp but still stuck at same note 4 logo..
If anyone facing or faced this problem? Plz experts kindly make me understand exactly what might be the problem software or hardware which is causing this ..
Its been one week since phone is like this ..it was my daily driver for 1 year ,had my all work data inside it :crying:

omarrph said:
Past week when I manually rebooted my phone Samsung galaxy note 4 sm-n910g, it never booted beyond Samsung galaxy note 4 screen.
(Tried flashing stock ROM using Odin , it didn't work.
Also tried flashing twrp recovery using Odin, that too didn't work.)
First thing I observed which was never before was white color half bar nearly as if its indicating 50% of something which I still don't know and have searched everywhere on web about it.. Still its unanswered
Phone didn't go beyond Samsung note 4 logo. Led kept on blinking light blue to dark for nealy half n hour ..
I removed battery and again checked, result was same .. Thought may be the latest OTA did something. I tried using three finger recovery boot but unfortunately phone didn't boot into recovery. Tried to go into safe mode boot that too didnt work. When I tried three finger download mode , phone did went into download boot.
I downloaded latest firmware for this phone and used Odin to flash it . it successfully flashed and phone rebooted but still with the same weird white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo and led kept flashing ..
I also tried to flash twrp recovery as I wanted to get into recovery so that from there I would atleast clear cache or do factory reset..
Odin flashed twrp but still stuck at same note 4 logo..
If anyone facing or faced this problem? Plz experts kindly make me understand exactly what might be the problem software or hardware which is causing this ..
Its been one week since phone is like this ..it was my daily driver for 1 year ,had my all work data inside it :crying:
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Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773

Trex888 said:
Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
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I will report it back in evening . But will it delete my documents and data? Or they will be there if all things go well? Kindly do reply me back before flash process

They will be delete from internal memory for sure.
Not from microsd card.

Trex888 said:
They will be delete from internal memory for sure.
Not from microsd card.
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Bro tried to download it whole day, getting very slow download speed of around 15 kbps .. Failed to download with three attempts which hardly went past 40 percent..
Data's inside the phone were really important for my work point of view and mostly were saved on phone memory rather than extcard.. Photos and videos were important but I can manage without them but other data's I am concerned :crying:
Can i find same recovery on web with better speed? Same download crisis was there when I tried to download latest stock ROM . I managed to download from updato website.. Previously I searched for samfirm software which then made be find this website on xda about updato . download was smooth..
Also tmrw I am giving phone to service person even though its warranty is expired. If he can't fix it then I will revert back to download link which u provided .
Bro can you tell me what is that half white bar ? Actually what is it related to ,is it software or hardware.. Also I am thinking this all may be due to faulty battery ..if it might be the case

omarrph said:
Bro tried to download it whole day, getting very slow download speed of around 15 kbps .. Failed to download with three attempts which hardly went past 40 percent..
Data's inside the phone were really important for my work point of view and mostly were saved on phone memory rather than extcard.. Photos and videos were important but I can manage without them but other data's I am concerned :crying:
Can i find same recovery on web with better speed? Same download crisis was there when I tried to download latest stock ROM . I managed to download from updato website.. Previously I searched for samfirm software which then made be find this website on xda about updato . download was smooth..
Also tmrw I am giving phone to service person even though its warranty is expired. If he can't fix it then I will revert back to download link which u provided .
Bro can you tell me what is that half white bar ? Actually what is it related to ,is it software or hardware.. Also I am thinking this all may be due to faulty battery ..if it might be the case
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No idea about white bar never seen anything like it.
Probably its software issue .
Did you flash any rom or kernel before this white bar begin to appear?

Trex888 said:
No idea about white bar never seen anything like it.
Probably its software issue .
Did you flash any rom or kernel before this white bar begin to appear?
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No modifications were done. It was running on stock Samsung ROM. Not rooted at all and not even Knox was tripped before it .
Few days ago before start of this major problem I can only remember is that I did December update through OTA. It rebooted and android updated . I remember I didn't went into recovery and didn't cleaned cache or anything ,just normal reboot and phone was working . The day when it started I thought I should clean the screen. I powered off phone and with dry cloth cleaned the screen, back panel and battery .. When I turned on phone, first time I saw this bar, phone didn't go past Samsung logo. It was then when I tried to go into recovery, it didn't go to recovery. I tried to safeboot that too didn't work. Only download mode was working . so I searched on internet about it.. I thought maybe update did something so I downloaded latest stock to check. Every thing went smooth and pass msg was on Odin but phone was having same half white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo.
I really don't understand till date what might have caused it . was it update, battery or some hardware issue

If you can flash twrp you can copy all data from internal memory and then follow repair firmware method that i mentioned earlier.
Flash twrp in odin of your model.
Go to mount and mount usb storage.
And connect via usb cable to pc .
Here you can see your whole internal memory & data you can copy to pc .
Make sure download latest twrp recovery otherwise in older versions usb storage will not work.
Hope that helps

Trex888 said:
If you can flash twrp you can copy all data from internal memory and then follow repair firmware method that i mentioned earlier.
Flash twrp in odin of your model.
Go to mount and mount usb storage.
And connect via usb cable to pc .
Here you can see your whole internal memory & data you can copy to pc .
Make sure download latest twrp recovery otherwise in older versions usb storage will not work.
Hope that helps
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Bro plz don't get annoyed and kindly send link of latest twrp for n910g..
Previously I downloaded from
https://dl.twrp.me/trltedt/
And installed via Odin successfully but couldn't get phone into recovery boot even doing all things . if I could go into it and save data I could have gone for recovery firmware installation without hesitation.
Plz from ur knowledge provide me a link for latest twrp and I will flash and report back bro

omarrph said:
Bro plz don't get annoyed and kindly send link of latest twrp for n910g..
Previously I downloaded from
https://dl.twrp.me/trltedt/
And installed via Odin successfully but couldn't get phone into recovery boot even doing all things . if I could go into it and save data I could have gone for recovery firmware installation without hesitation.
Plz from ur knowledge provide me a link for latest twrp and I will flash and report back bro
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This is the latest version of twrp that you have.
Flash twrp.tar in odin 3.10 and most important ( uncheck auto reboot in odin options).
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and immediately press (volume up + home + power button ) you should be in twrp.

Trex888 said:
This is the latest version of twrp that you have.
Flash twrp.tar in odin 3.10 and most important ( uncheck auto reboot in odin options).
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and immediately press (volume up + home + power button ) you should be in twrp.
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I did all things correctly. There was pass msg in Odin yet again. I removed battery and manually pressed vol up, home and power to get into recovery. Phone had msg booting in recovery but after it its blank black screen only bro..
When I am into my computer device manager and still connected phone with USB I can see its there in portable device and also in universal serial bus controllers

Bro OK let's suppose something is not letting my phone to boot up and also recovery mode boot . is it possible that it might be due to corrupt partition or phone memory which is not letting phone to boot up.
Is there any way using my external SD card as a storage where I can install twrp and get into recovery? So that it may allow me to go inside of recovery mode and select USB mount option ? Is it practical ? Can this be done using external SD card? If so plz tell me

omarrph said:
Bro OK let's suppose something is not letting my phone to boot up and also recovery mode boot . is it possible that it might be due to corrupt partition or phone memory which is not letting phone to boot up.
Is there any way using my external SD card as a storage where I can install twrp and get into recovery? So that it may allow me to go inside of recovery mode and select USB mount option ? Is it practical ? Can this be done using external SD card? If so plz tell me
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Have a look there mate, it might help you : https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/note-4-debrick-img-t3488114

i have downloaded repair firmware file from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
there are these files inside them.. how do i install them? i have searched on google but only could find steps for using AP but what about other files? do i have to use them and how to kindly guide me steps

Trex888 said:
Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
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i have downloaded repair firmware file from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
there are these files inside them.. how do i install them? i have searched on google but only could find steps for using AP but what about other files? do i have to use them and how to kindly guide me steps

@Trex888,
i followed the step and installed repair firmware..
First i selected only AP and PIT file.
after odin passed i removed battery and booted to recovery.. Android robot came with RED dead sign.. still recovery booted and i cleared cache and factory reset.
Phone in bootloop..
SO again i went to download mode and selected all other files like CSC, BL and CP
ODIN came with following fail..
d in Odin
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BL_N910GDTU1BOE4_CL4980903_QB5063813_REV00_user_lo w_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CP_N910GDD1BOC1_REV00_CL_1905730.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CSC_ODD_N910GODD1BOE1_CL4965595_QB5034215_REV00_us er_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/008> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/008> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/008> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/008> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/008> tz.mbn
<ID:0/008> sdi.mbn
<ID:0/008> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/008> modem.bin
<ID:0/008> Transmission Complete..
<ID:0/008> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes
<ID:0/008> Receive Response from boot-loader
<ID:0/008> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> hidden.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> FAIL! (Write)
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I tried to go into recovery but it said firmware failed please connect to kies for recovery..
I went to ODIN and just flashed AP firmware this time and it passed .. Mannually reboooted to recovery it rebooted and then i rebooted phone and now its on stock rom 5.0.1..
Now i dont see any white half bar while booting.. Phone is booting properly and i checked all sound, camera, torch and wifi, mobile data working..
So steps i did were ok or anything i missed or messed?? some thought here please

Galaxy S8 Odin problem

Hello
It seems to me that my Galaxy S8 is brick and I would like to reset it with odin, I have the firmware but when i flash this is what i get
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo) : Seems uncommon to me. :-/
And my Galaxy S8 remains blocked on startup menu, could you help me please ?

Extract from csc file pit. Once that is done place pit in pit option in Odin. Place AQG7 bl or any bl and flash. When It fails enter download mode and as it does that spam the start button. Like your button mashing a game. It'll flash and be successful I JUST recovered from this 5 mins ago

this.guy.lol said:
Extract from csc file pit. Once that is done place pit in pit option in Odin. Place AQG7 bl or any bl and flash. When It fails enter download mode and as it does that spam the start button. Like your button mashing a game. It'll flash and be successful I JUST recovered from this 5 mins ago
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Hello, thanks for your help, I will try to follow your step, here are the files I have :
AP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5
BL_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CP6222485_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
HOME_CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
And I have this : DREAMLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit (I'm french)

Amsro said:
Hello, thanks for your help, I will try to follow your step, here are the files I have :
AP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5
BL_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CP6222485_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
HOME_CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
And I have this : DREAMLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit (I'm french)
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No problem. Flash pit and BL at same time. Once it fails quickly boot it back into download mode as it's failing. Once it said press up to enter download mode, as you press up spam the start button in Odin. After that install twrp. Then wipe as you would normally like format data etc. Reinstall stock and you should be golden after that

this.guy.lol said:
No problem. Flash pit and BL at same time. Once it fails quickly boot it back into download mode as it's failing. Once it said press up to enter download mode, as you press up spam the start button in Odin. After that install twrp. Then wipe as you would normally like format data etc. Reinstall stock and you should be golden after that
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Okay thanks you very much

It's not the problem, problem is because of Bootloader AQG5, look that:
Galaxy S8/S8+ Odin FAIL, BOOTLOOP, BOOTLOADER FIX! | QG5 Nightmare

this.guy.lol said:
Extract from csc file pit. Once that is done place pit in pit option in Odin. Place AQG7 bl or any bl and flash. When It fails enter download mode and as it does that spam the start button. Like your button mashing a game. It'll flash and be successful I JUST recovered from this 5 mins ago
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dude. i dont care how late i am but you just saved me from completely breaking down and crying after what seemed to be bricking my 2 week old device, i cant thank you enough. THANK YOU SO MUCH

YaoSta said:
dude. i dont care how late i am but you just saved me from completely breaking down and crying after what seemed to be bricking my 2 week old device, i cant thank you enough. THANK YOU SO MUCH
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your very welcome. i was in the same boat for 25 mins till i did some research...it was bad. glad to help.

Amsro said:
Hello
It seems to me that my Galaxy S8 is brick and I would like to reset it with odin, I have the firmware but when i flash this is what i get
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo) : Seems uncommon to me. :-/
And my Galaxy S8 remains blocked on startup menu, could you help me please ?
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Hey,
Please listen to me ! It's work.
When the device reboot after this error : Fail Device Info. Repress immediately Volume- / Bixby / Power to enter a second time in download mode. Normally you enter directly in the mode, and you don't have the Splash Screen ( Samsung Power BY Android )
Now you can flash with Odin, and tis problem diseapear !
The more important is the rapidity ! when you click start in Odin, the phone reboot and you must immediately re-enter in download mode.
Enjoy

brilliant mate, sorted a ~bricked phone (when it won't power off and sits at the first screen until the battery dies, all you can do is hold the buttons until it forces a reboot and then you can only get to the Odin downloader screen or it sits on the first screen, all flash attempts fail until you do the trick, then it's sorted )

Soft-Tech643 said:
Hey,
Please listen to me ! It's work.
When the device reboot after this error : Fail Device Info. Repress immediately Volume- / Bixby / Power to enter a second time in download mode. Normally you enter directly in the mode, and you don't have the Splash Screen ( Samsung Power BY Android )
Now you can flash with Odin, and tis problem diseapear !
The more important is the rapidity ! when you click start in Odin, the phone reboot and you must immediately re-enter in download mode.
Enjoy
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I agree with this claim, I was almost frustrated on how to cure my S8+ , you only have to be fast when pressing the combination buttons for download mode. I attached a screen shot showing the "FAIL! (DeviceInfo)" and followed by the logs which represents a continuous flow of good flashing of firmware. Credits to the discoverer of this method :good::good::good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Soft-Tech643 said:
Hey,
Please listen to me ! It's work.
When the device reboot after this error : Fail Device Info. Repress immediately Volume- / Bixby / Power to enter a second time in download mode. Normally you enter directly in the mode, and you don't have the Splash Screen ( Samsung Power BY Android )
Now you can flash with Odin, and tis problem diseapear !
The more important is the rapidity ! when you click start in Odin, the phone reboot and you must immediately re-enter in download mode.
Enjoy
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Sorry for necroposting, but i need to say THANK YOU to Soft-Tech643, After 10 different firmware, download, zip, unzip, tar, md5 file, download mode, and FAIL with this suggest i finally flashed my s8 with an official update. Thanks mate, it work!!!

Thanks a lot it's work for me. you save my life

Try Odin 3.13.1, it fixed this problem

Note 4 SM-N910K bootloader question. Please Help!

I just got a Note 4 (Korean variant). I plan to root it with CF auto-root and flash a ROM. I am on MM update and my build number is same as the one as in the CF auto-root so I have worries about that. However, I wanted to check my bootloader first and the dialer trick won't work so I installed adb on my laptop. When I enter the command "adb devices" my device would read and thus I proceeded with the command "adb reboot-bootloader". My phone then would ONLY Restart and when typing the command "adb fastboot-devices" nothing would appear. What am I doing wrong? Can someone please help me because it would like to know if my bootloader is locked before proceeding with rooting since my main reason of rooting is to flash a custom ROM. :crying:

AJtheAndroidNoOb said:
I just got a Note 4 (Korean variant). I plan to root it with CF auto-root and flash a ROM. I am on MM update and my build number is same as the one as in the CF auto-root so I have worries about that. However, I wanted to check my bootloader first and the dialer trick won't work so I installed adb on my laptop. When I enter the command "adb devices" my device would read and thus I proceeded with the command "adb reboot-bootloader". My phone then would ONLY Restart and when typing the command "adb fastboot-devices" nothing would appear. What am I doing wrong? Can someone please help me because it would like to know if my bootloader is locked before proceeding with rooting since my main reason of rooting is to flash a custom ROM. :crying:
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Bootloader is not locked.
Just get twrp recovery and flash via odin.
Boot into twrp.
Then flash supersu.zip from twrp.
Thats it you will be rooted and ready to flash any rom.
Twrp N910K/S/L
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347844773
Supersu.zip
https://mega.nz/#!TE1VFIQD!XoaYaXoLfMDjxvO-uYvDnxejNC-QQlYex0P_UWlDCZ0

Trex888 said:
Bootloader is not locked.
Just get twrp recovery and flash via odin.
Boot into twrp.
Then flash supersu.zip from twrp.
Thats it you will be rooted and ready to flash any rom.
Twrp N910K/S/L
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347844773
Supersu.zip
https://mega.nz/#!TE1VFIQD!XoaYaXoLfMDjxvO-uYvDnxejNC-QQlYex0P_UWlDCZ0
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So I don't have to worry about the bootloader? What should be ticked in Odin (and what version of Odin preferably)?
P. S (Out of Topic) isn't there anything to be worried about the emmc error on my Note 4 SM-N910K?

AJtheAndroidNoOb said:
So I don't have to worry about the bootloader? What be ticked in Odin (and what version of Odin preferably)?
P. S (Out of Topic) isn't there anything to be worried about the emmc error on my Note 4 SM-N910K?
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Dont worry just follow the steps given below correctly.
1 download odin version 3.10 is stable in my opinion.
2,download Twrp & supersu.zip.( do not extract any file ) move supersu file to phone and Twrp to pc
3,open odin and go to options and uncheck autoreboot.
4,choose AP tab in odin and upload Twrp file.
5, put your device into download mode.
6 connect device in your pc and hit start.
7,once odin shows pass remove battery then insert again.
8,now boot into twrp by pressing 3 buttons (volume up+home+power)
9,in twrp go to install and search for supersu file where it's located.
10, swipe confirm to flash supersu.zip and reboot system.
Your device may reboot twice so dont worry its normal dont touch anything until it reboot to system.
Go to app drawer you will see supersu icon open it and thats it you are rooted 100% with Twrp recovery to flash custom roms.

Trex888 said:
Dont worry just follow the steps given below correctly.
1 download odin version 3.10 is stable in my opinion.
2,download Twrp & supersu.zip.( do not extract any file ) move supersu file to phone and Twrp to pc
3,open odin and go to options and uncheck autoreboot.
4,choose AP tab in odin and upload Twrp file.
5, put your device into download mode.
6 connect device in your pc and hit start.
7,once odin shows pass remove battery then insert again.
8,now boot into twrp by pressing 3 buttons (volume up+home+power)
9,in twrp go to install and search for supersu file where it's located.
10, swipe confirm to flash supersu.zip and reboot system.
Your device may reboot twice so dont worry its normal dont touch anything until it reboot to system.
Go to app drawer you will see supersu icon open it and thats it you are rooted 100% with Twrp recovery to flash custom roms.
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BTW, I am on Marshmallow 6.0.1. Is there no problems? So sorry for my repetitive questions. :crying:

AJtheAndroidNoOb said:
BTW, I am on Marshmallow 6.0.1. Is there no problems? So sorry for my repetitive questions. :crying:
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No problem This method works on any os 4.4.4/5.0/5.1.1/6.0.1.
Make sure to follow all steps correctly and most importantly make a backup of your whole device from twrp to microsd card before start flashing any roms or stuff just in case if anything goes wrong you will be able to restore it.

Trex888 said:
No problem This method works on any os 4.4.4/5.0/5.1.1/6.0.1.
Make sure follow all steps correctly.
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Once I pressed start it is stucked at
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
What to do?

AJtheAndroidNoOb said:
Once I pressed start it is stucked at
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
What to do?
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Did you got samsung usb drivers installed on your pc ?
Close odin and open again
Upload twrp file into odin
Remove battery and insert again
Boot into download mode
Hit start
If it hapoens again just restart your pc and try again

Trex888 said:
Did you got samsung usb drivers installed on your pc ?
Close odin and open again
Upload twrp file into odin
Remove battery and insert again
Boot into download mode
Hit start
If it hapoens again just restart your pc and try again
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Wooooot! I just changed USB ports and tried again. Now I have SuperSU and custom TWRP recovery! Thank you very much, to be honest I was scared to try and doubted at first but now I know it does work. Thank you! I can now flash custom ROMs without any problems right?

AJtheAndroidNoOb said:
Wooooot! I just changed USB ports and tried again. Now I have SuperSU and custom TWRP recovery! Thank you very much, to be honest I was scared to try and doubted at first but now I know it does work. Thank you! I can now flash custom ROMs without any problems right?
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Yes you can but make sure roms that you are going to flash are compatible with your model otherwise you will face some issues.
Dont forget to backup your current rom from twrp.
Congrats and enjoy the freedom and power of root

Screenshot of proof!
Trex888 said:
Yes you can but make sure roms that you are going to flash are compatible with your model otherwise you will face some issues.
Dont forget to backup your current rom from twrp.
Congrats and enjoy the freedom and power of root
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Woooot! Here's a screenshot
https://imgur.com/a/NHnjd

AJtheAndroidNoOb said:
Woooot! Here's a screenshot
https://imgur.com/a/NHnjd
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Don't forget to thanks @Chainfire for supersu root and Team win recovery project (TWRP) who made this possible.
All the credits goes to them.