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[Q] Rooted phone - can't flash rom and forgot to backup.

Hello, I rooted my galaxy 4 yesterday with odin v.3.07 and flashed CWM. I erased as usual when you flash another rom, but when i try to install a rom it just say something like "Aborted". I can access CMW and download mode, but can't install a rom from CMW, and I don't have any backup. Anybody know what to do? My computer knows that the phone is plugged in as i can see it in the odin program.

SelassieI said:
Hello, I rooted my galaxy 4 yesterday with odin v.3.07 and flashed CWM. I erased as usual when you flash another rom, but when i try to install a rom it just say something like "Aborted". I can access CMW and download mode, but can't install a rom from CMW, and I don't have any backup. Anybody know what to do? My computer knows that the phone is plugged in as i can see it in the odin program.
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Hi,
Try flashing a stock ROM.

malybru said:
Hi,
Try flashing a stock ROM.
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Could you give me a link please? I'm afraid of downloading the wrong stock file since my internet is so slow hehe. My phone is model number: i9505. Do i flash it inside CMW or with Odin? I read something about flashing with odin, but on my other phone i've always used CMW

SelassieI said:
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Could you give me a link please? I'm afraid of downloading the wrong stock file since my internet is so slow hehe. My phone is model number: i9505. Do i flash it inside CMW or with Odin? I read something about flashing with odin, but on my other phone i've always used CMW
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Hi,
You will need to find the right one for your phone HERE
You must know the area your phone came from.
These seem to be zips,so flash with CWM.

malybru said:
Hi,
You will need to find the right one for your phone HERE
You must know the area your phone came from.
These seem to be zips,so flash with CWM.
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Thank you, I found it. But when i tried to install roms with CWM before it just said "Aborted", maybe their is something wrong with CWM. I read something about installing with Odin, but then i'll need a .tar file or something like that

SelassieI said:
Thank you, I found it. But when i tried to install roms with CWM before it just said "Aborted", maybe their is something wrong with CWM. I read something about installing with Odin, but then i'll need a .tar file or something like that
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You have to unzip this file and install the content with Odin.
After unzipping this archive you should end up witch md5 file and this is the file to put in to Odin

SelassieI said:
Thank you, I found it. But when i tried to install roms with CWM before it just said "Aborted", maybe their is something wrong with CWM. I read something about installing with Odin, but then i'll need a .tar file or something like that
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Hi,
Maybe try installing a different recovery.
I heard sometimes these new recoveries need more than one go to install things.

Thank you, problem solved =)

[Q] HELP! Stuck in soft brick!

Can someone please help me get out of this soft brick because I am really stuck. Currently I am getting the error message that "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." but I have done that and it has failed on both mac and windows 7. I have also tried flashing stock build UCUAMDL 4.2.2 firmware via odin 1.7, 1.85 and 3.07 and I have also used the PIT files along with re-partitioning and F. Reset Time. Every single time in odin it has gotten to system.img.ext4 and then failed immediately following. A couple of times I have been able to get into stock recovery mode and it stated an error that the /system partition could not be accessed and I wiped cache/system/data and then tried rebooting and it stayed in the big white galaxy s4 letters and didn't even go to the boot logo. Based on this can anyone help me please???? If there's an existing thread can you please let me know? Thanks!

Which model do you have? What firmware are you on?
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sounds like you wiped your phone when you wiped system/data, why did you do that
you have nothing to boot
kies don't work with iMac
yeah give all the phone info you have, model, build, etc. build may be on your box
i think you can now only flash stock firmware thru Odin to recover, but if you were mf3, you may need to go to bestbuy and see samsung reps to flash phone. don't have any experience at that or using odin
stay on windows pc to do this
may be tomorrow till you get some help from others
good luck

RAID Xero said:
Which model do you have? What firmware are you on?
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Sorry I forgot to mention that it's a SGH-I337 as well and I was running the jamal 4.3 AOSP ROM

well then you are with what custom recovery?
and you are not mf3
sounds like the mf3 update was trying to flash. did you not delete the update files with Titanium so the Update would not run
can you boot into recovery and restore a nandroid
---------- Post added 2nd October 2013 at 12:00 AM ---------- Previous post was 1st October 2013 at 11:54 PM ----------
i gotta call it a nite. maybe some west coasters can help since they are 3 hours behind us
but, please don't say you don't have a nandroid--
i think this is fixable--:good:

restoring a nandroid backup could solve your problem, did you try flashing with fastboot instead? When you installed AOSP ROM were you using a toolkit? If so did you flash a temp recovery?
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Kelevra_96 said:
restoring a nandroid backup could solve your problem, did you try flashing with fastboot instead? When you installed AOSP ROM were you using a toolkit? If so did you flash a temp recovery?
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Do you have an i337. We don't have fastboot. Our bootloader is locked.
Sent From My SGH-I337 Using Tapatalk 4

What custom recovery are you using?
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Br4nd3n said:
What custom recovery are you using?
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I don't have one, although do you think that I can flash a custom recovery with a PIT file because that seems to be the only thing that works. Also I do not have a nandroid backup. Is there somewhere that I can download someone's already made?

adambombz said:
I don't have one, although do you think that I can flash a custom recovery with a PIT file because that seems to be the only thing that works. Also I do not have a nandroid backup. Is there somewhere that I can download someone's already made?
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It's been asked a couple of times, but do you know what firmware your phone was on? It's important to know to be able to help you.

jd1639 said:
It's been asked a couple of times, but do you know what firmware your phone was on? It's important to know to be able to help you.
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I was running a custom ROM AOSP 4.3 that's all I know sorry

adambombz said:
I was running a custom ROM AOSP 4.3 that's all I know sorry
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That's close enough. That means you aren't on mf3.
Edit, have you tried to odin the stock firmware? Never mind I see you have
I would download the stock firmware from sammobile.com and try Odin again on a pc. Either version of odin is ok, 1.85 or 3.07.
When you use Odin only have auto-reboot checked, Don't check re-partition.

also, if you are running a custom rom you have a custom recovery
cwm or twrp?

jd1639 said:
That's close enough. That means you aren't on mf3.
Edit, have you tried to odin the stock firmware? Never mind I see you have
I would download the stock firmware from sammobile.com and try Odin again on a pc. Either version of odin is ok, 1.85 or 3.07.
When you use Odin only have auto-reboot checked, Don't check re-partition.
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I have tried doing this many, many times and each time it gets to the system.img.ext14 and then fails.

rugmankc said:
also, if you are running a custom rom you have a custom recovery
cwm or twrp?
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They key word here is that I WAS running a custom recovery when all of this started. It was actually the recovery that started all of this. What happened specifically was I tried to update TWRP via goo manager and whenever I tried to go into recovery it gave me the error that at&t has detected unauthorized software on my phone which I thought was weird because I believe that goo manager auto-lokis. Anyway I tried using other apps to add a custom recovery like ROM manager by clockworkmodz and nothing worked. I then tried to flash TWRP 2.6.3.0 via odin and that's what sent my phone into the state that it's in now. Something that confuses me even more is is that whenever I plug in my phone a battery logo comes up that I don't recognize and then freezes.

adambombz said:
I have tried doing this many, many times and each time it gets to the system.img.ext14 and then fails.
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Have you re-downloaded the firmware? It could be a bad download. Are you using the .tar.md5 file

When you get it sorted use twrp 2.5.0.2. I think I posted a zip for you.

jd1639 said:
Have you re-downloaded the firmware? It could be a bad download. Are you using the .tar.md5 file
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Yes I have tried multiple files and builds and I am using .tar.md5

adambombz said:
Yes I have tried multiple files and builds and I am using .tar.md5
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When you flashed twrp with odin are you sure it was for your device? I think you might have borked your partitions.

jd1639 said:
When you flashed twrp with odin are you sure it was for your device? I think you might have borked your partitions.
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That is possible, I know what is causing this has something to do with the partitions being messed up since I can't access /system in the stock recovery mode

[Q] Need s4 19500 MJ5 Stock Kernel

Can anyone Help, I'm looking for the Stock s4 19500 XXUEMJ5 Kernel, as you may know Hot File is now dead and I can't seem to find one. After checking the "fake system status" option in wanam Xposed I was surprised to see after reboot a package update downloading, I try install the update via CWM recovery but the android robot has a cardiac arrest, I'm assuming the install needs to be installed via the Stock recovery to work, (right or wrong?). Anyone know where I may find the Stock Kernel/recovery or does anyone know a trick to install via CWM recovery.
Many Thanks in advance.

If the android robot has a cardiac arrest.. this mean u haven't install one CUSTOM Recovery in ur phone. Try flashing by Odin: TWRP, CWM or Philz Touch

Joku1981 said:
If the android robot has a cardiac arrest.. this mean u haven't install one CUSTOM Recovery in ur phone. Try flashing by Odin: TWRP, CWM or Philz Touch
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Many Thanks for Your Reply! I Was Flashing the Update using CWM but as I said it failed, I was assuming the reason being that the md5 signature reading is different between stock recovery, (but I'm Just a noob), and that of CWM. I tried to find the downloaded file but with no success, I assume it was in the Cloud with Samsung otherwise I if I had the downloaded file in my hands so to speak I my have been able to investigate it a little further. If you have any ideas "Prey Tell" Again Thanks for Your Reply and Kind Regards to You!:good:

asia559571 said:
Many Thanks for Your Reply! I Was Flashing the Update using CWM but as I said it failed, I was assuming the reason being that the md5 signature reading is different between stock recovery, (but I'm Just a noob), and that of CWM. I tried to find the downloaded file but with no success, I assume it was in the Cloud with Samsung otherwise I if I had the downloaded file in my hands so to speak I my have been able to investigate it a little further. If you have any ideas "Prey Tell" Again Thanks for Your Reply and Kind Regards to You!:good:
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What is the name of the file downloaded?

Joku1981 said:
What is the name of the file downloaded?
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Hi Joku1981. It's headed as Update Package, 48.5MB in size and its for Improved stability with an option to install now or later. Oh! the updater widget is called, Software update v3_1309_2_1 and v6_1309_3_1 in Titanium.

[Q] ClockWorkMod is not working

Hi,
I have Note 3 - SM-N900. with ROM SER [Russia].
After flashing the ClockWork, It's not working, see the attachment! I can't choose ZIP file.

Reflash it, that looks like the stock recovery. Make sure you flash the correct one for your device.
Sent from my SM-N9005 beast of a phone.

Sammath said:
Reflash it, that looks like the stock recovery. Make sure you flash the correct one for your device.
Sent from my SM-N9005 beast of a phone.
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Did it, no success. I have 4.4.2, just flashed the Kitkat version of the ClockWork, just the same.

asus_boy said:
Did it, no success. I have 4.4.2, just flashed the Kitkat version of the ClockWork, just the same.
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Does odin shows 'pass' message?. After successful cwm flash, you phone will reboot and automatically enter cwm. Then after some times it will attempt to reboot to OS. If it ask to flash stock recovery then choose no

asus_boy said:
Hi,
I have Note 3 - SM-N900. with ROM SER [Russia].
After flashing the ClockWork, It's not working, see the attachment! I can't choose ZIP file.
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Extract the attached .zip and flash the extracted file "recovery.tar.md5" using Odin.

Rosli59564 said:
Does odin shows 'pass' message?. After successful cwm flash, you phone will reboot and automatically enter cwm. Then after some times it will attempt to reboot to OS. If it ask to flash stock recovery then choose no
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Yes, the PASS message showed. and then rebooted.
Extract the attached .zip and flash the extracted file "recovery.tar.md5" using Odin.
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Okay, going to do it.

No success the same. What is the problem? after reflashing the stock rom, I got 2 updates from samsung. Aren't they limiting this process? maybe?

asus_boy said:
No success the same. What is the problem? after reflashing the stock rom, I got 2 updates from samsung. Aren't they limiting this process? maybe?
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Strange, try a factory reset and re-flashing the ROM again, there has been a issue of CWM n TWRP not working after flashing on ND1 "I personally faced it" but the file I provided should have worked without any probs , anyways try a reset...

RuchRha said:
Strange, try a factory reset and re-flashing the ROM again, there has been a issue of CWM n TWRP not working after flashing on ND1 "I personally faced it" but the file I provided should have worked without any probs , anyways try a reset...
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My build number is DND1, I think the problem is that. actually I don't want to reset it. It's working fine now. maybe later

Make sure reactivation lock is OFF
Sent from my leanKernel 2.5.1 powered stock 4.4.2 (NE6) SM-N900T

asus_boy said:
No success the same. What is the problem? after reflashing the stock rom, I got 2 updates from samsung. Aren't they limiting this process? maybe?
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Sry if u did it already, but did u activate dev mode and check USB debugging in settings?

4aces said:
Sry if u did it already, but did u activate dev mode and check USB debugging in settings?
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No, the USB debugging wasn't enable, just did it now, going to try it.

[Q] lost root and can't get it back

Hi all,
I rooted my smg900f two days ago and flashed a recovery, everything went fine, I tried a couple of custom rom and at some point I noticed that I didn't have root access anymore (checked with root checker). I launched towelroot again, and now it says that my device is not supported yet. Does anybody encountered the same issue ?

ElChouch said:
Hi all,
I rooted my smg900f two days ago and flashed a recovery, everything went fine, I tried a couple of custom rom and at some point I noticed that I didn't have root access anymore (checked with root checker). I launched towelroot again, and now it says that my device is not supported yet. Does anybody encountered the same issue ?
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Just flash the latest superSU.zip with a custom recovery, link http://download.chainfire.eu/452/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.02.zip.

Thanks for the tip but it didn't work

ElChouch said:
Thanks for the tip but it didn't work
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What recovery do you have and what did you do exactly?

gee2012 said:
What recovery do you have and what did you do exactly?
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I have clockwork recovery, I had Omega ROM running on my phone (maybe at this moment I already lost root but I only noticed it after), I tried to flash this mod, it didn't work so after a few tries I full wiped my phone and insalled Omega 8.0 again. Then I noticed I lost root access when trying to open some apps.
I also flashed the bootloader for SMG900F featured in the Omega rom thread
That's about it

ElChouch said:
I have clockwork recovery, I had Omega ROM running on my phone (maybe at this moment I already lost root but I only noticed it after), I tried to flash this mod, it didn't work so after a few tries I full wiped my phone and insalled Omega 8.0 again. Then I noticed I lost root access when trying to open some apps.
I also flashed the bootloader for SMG900F featured in the Omega rom thread
That's about it
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Flash CF Auto Root with Odin, your KNOX flag is tripped anyway. Link http://download.chainfire.eu/397/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip.

gee2012 said:
Flash CF Auto Root with Odin, your KNOX flag is tripped anyway. Link http://download.chainfire.eu/397/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip.
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Might be a stupid question but in which slot should I load the tar file ? BL/AP/CP/CSC ?

ElChouch said:
Might be a stupid question but in which slot should I load the tar file ? BL/AP/CP/CSC ?
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AP is the right one.

gee2012 said:
AP is the right one.
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This didn't work neither :-/

ElChouch said:
This didn't work neither :-/
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Then i suggest you flash a stock rom, factory reset and root/flash custom recovery from scratch. Its seems some files are messed up that prevents you to root. Backup important files to the pc/sdcard first. That is what i would do at least

gee2012 said:
Then i suggest you flash a stock rom, factory reset and root/flash custom recovery from scratch. Its seems some files are messed up that prevents you to root. Backup important files to the pc/sdcard first. That is what i would do at least
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I ll try this asap thanks for the help

ElChouch said:
I ll try this asap thanks for the help
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Good luck mate. After the flash and factory reset flash a custom recovery and then the superSU.zip and you`re rooted.

gee2012 said:
Good luck mate. After the flash and factory reset flash a custom recovery and then the superSU.zip and you`re rooted.
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Last question (I hope) I have backup files (from my stock rom) I generated with CWM recovery, but it seems I lost CWM too, can I flash this backup with Odin ?

ElChouch said:
Last question (I hope) I have backup files (from my stock rom) I generated with CWM recovery, but it seems I lost CWM too, can I flash this backup with Odin ?
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There should be a folder on the sdcard named Clockworkmod with the backup, save it to the sdcard before you factory reset. No a backup can`t be flashed with Odin, only in recovery

gee2012 said:
There should be a folder on the sdcard named Clockworkmod with the backup, save it to the sdcard before you factory reset. No a backup can`t be flashed with Odin, only in recovery
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Ok so I got this rom Alvin's_G900F_XXU1ANG2_Deodexed I boot in regular recovery, start flashing the rom, but it doesn't work and I'm still stuck on Omega rom with no root nor custom recovery :-/ what did I do wrong ?

ElChouch said:
Ok so I got this rom Alvin's_G900F_XXU1ANG2_Deodexed I boot in regular recovery, start flashing the rom, but it doesn't work and I'm still stuck on Omega rom with no root nor custom recovery :-/ what did I do wrong ?
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Did you flash a stock rom with Odin or flash a custom rom in 3rd recovery? Just do a data factory reset in recovery, pull the battery and wait 20 seconds and flash a stock rom with Odin.

gee2012 said:
Did you flash a stock rom with Odin or flash a custom rom in 3rd recovery? Just do a data factory reset in recovery, pull the battery and wait 20 seconds and flash a stock rom with Odin.
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There is definitely something i miss... The Rom I downloaded is a .zip with the regular boot.img and all that stuff into it, I can't flash that with Odin right ? I need a .tar right ?

ElChouch said:
There is definitely something i miss... The Rom I downloaded is a .zip with the regular boot.img and all that stuff into it, I can't flash that with Odin right ? I need a .tar right ?
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You need a md5/tar file for Odin, look on Sammobile/firmwares for it.

gee2012 said:
You need a md5/tar file for Odin, look on Sammobile/firmwares for it.
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I did it all as you said, everything went fine, Odin said it passed the rom flashing, but then I'm stuck in a boot loop any idea ?
I'm about to try to flash a stock bootloader

ElChouch said:
I did it all as you said, everything went fine, Odin said it passed the rom flashing, but then I'm stuck in a boot loop any idea ?
I'm about to try to flash a stock bootloader
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No, pull the battery andere wait 20 seconds. Then boot into recovery and data factory reset and reboot.