Recovery is not seandroid - N900W8 - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was trying to root my GN3 SM-N900W8 but after using Odin, it gave me a boot loop with the error
Recovery is not seandroid
My phone was running 4.4.2 (I think)
Canadian Note 3

Tsukihi said:
I was trying to root my GN3 SM-N900W8 but after using Odin, it gave me a boot loop with the error
Recovery is not seandroid
My phone was running 4.4.2 (I think)
Canadian Note 3
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Try this file instead.

hey_joe said:
Try this file instead.
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Thank you, I have no idea why this one worked and the N900W8 one failed.
:good:

Tsukihi said:
Thank you, I have no idea why this one worked and the N900W8 one failed.
:good:
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The one for N900W8 hasn't been updated for 4.4.2.

hey_joe said:
The one for N900W8 hasn't been updated for 4.4.2.
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Ended up getting the same error trying to install TWRP.
:silly:

Tsukihi said:
Ended up getting the same error trying to install TWRP.
:silly:
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Which version did you try?

The one downloaded by GooManager.
I suppose that one won't work since I'm on a n9005 root?

Tsukihi said:
The one downloaded by GooManager.
I suppose that one won't work since I'm on a n9005 root?
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I've seen goomanager screw up some phones on few posts recently. Just download this and flash through odin.

hey_joe said:
I've seen goomanager screw up some phones on few posts recently. Just download this and flash through odin.
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How can I tell if twrp was installed successfully?
Figured it out, it worked successfully.
If I want to download custom ROMs(Cyanogenmod specifically), what version should I be looking for?

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Cannot flash stock firmware??

Hey all ive been trying to flash my orginal firmware for my galaxy s4 at&t i337. Ive been using odin 3.07 but I keep having a fail to complete error. It boots up fine and I attempted to root it but it seems like it works but I run root checker and it tells me that it has rooted incorrectly. A lot of other people have been saying that samsung block this exploit in 4.2.2 and im basically screwed till the new update comes out. Ive tried everything, help would be appreciated
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joearvelo1987 said:
Hey all ive been trying to flash my orginal firmware for my galaxy s4 at&t i337. Ive been using odin 3.07 but I keep having a fail to complete error. It boots up fine and I attempted to root it but it seems like it works but I run root checker and it tells me that it has rooted incorrectly. A lot of other people have been saying that samsung block this exploit in 4.2.2 and im basically screwed till the new update comes out. Ive tried everything, help would be appreciated
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I think that's the wrong odin i think it's 1.85 or something like that you need
jaythenut said:
I think that's the wrong odin i think it's 1.85 or something like that you need
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3.07 works too since it has compatibility with all devices that work with 1.85 and dev recommends to use v3.07...
kingzain900 said:
3.07 works too since it has compatibility with all devices that work with 1.85 and dev recommends to use v3.07...
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I've tried both and get nothing but a fail here's this mornings attempt on Odin v1.85, if I got the wrong firmware please let me know, I don't think I do though...
joearvelo1987 said:
I've tried both and get nothing but a fail here's this mornings attempt on Odin v1.85, if I got the wrong firmware please let me know, I don't think I do though...
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You're not supposed to decompress the tar file.
You need to flash the xxxxxxx.tar
kingzain900 said:
You're not supposed to decompress the tar file.
You need to flash the xxxxxxx.tar
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What do you mean by decompress? Unzipp?
joearvelo1987 said:
What do you mean by decompress? Unzipp?
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Exactly
sajlence said:
Exactly
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No good, different fail error this time. Fail(auth) ??
joearvelo1987 said:
No good, different fail error this time. Fail(auth) ??
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Were you on mf3 firmware? If you were Odin is not going to work

Flash gone wrong. N9005

Hey everyone.
I tried updating my CWM via odin, I did everything as normal.
However when the phone boots back up, It says ( in the top left hand corner )
RECOVERY BOOTING
set warranty bit : recovery
When I put it back into download mode and back into odin, it came up with the green 'pass'
I have tried taking out the battery, and then entering into bootloader, but the phone just resets and comes back up with the same message. There is no way for me to get into bootloader
I need help please guys
kentykentkent said:
Hey everyone.
I tried updating my CWM via odin, I did everything as normal.
However when the phone boots back up, It says ( in the top left hand corner )
RECOVERY BOOTING
set warranty bit : recovery
When I put it back into download mode and back into odin, it came up with the green 'pass'
I need help please guys
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It's normal. The Knox bootloader only like its modules stock.
Whit a Customer Recovery we have : set warranty bit: recovery
Whit a new modem we have : set warranty bit: modem
Whit a new kernel we have : set warranty bit : kernel but in this case we can have at boot "Secure Fail: Kernel" in red and not reboot. May be.
This arrived to me on another device w/ Knox bootloader also.
SO what do I do mate?
ValenteL said:
It's normal. The Knox bootloader only like its modules stock.
Whit a Customer Recovery we have : set warranty bit: recovery
Whit a new modem we have : set warranty bit: modem
Whit a new kernel we have : set warranty bit : kernel but in this case we can have at boot "Secure Fail: Kernel" in red and not reboot. May be.
This arrived to me on another device w/ Knox bootloader also.
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Hey mate.
Ok, so what do I do now?
Just wait for it to boot?
kentykentkent said:
Hey mate.
Ok, so what do I do now?
Just wait for it to boot?
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having the same issue and using a fooking mac aint helping...:silly:
check out my thread pc user using mac, maybe either one of us will get a response/fix and can help each other
apanayis said:
having the same issue and using a fooking mac aint helping...:silly:
check out my thread pc user using mac, maybe either one of us will get a response/fix and can help each other
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Ah I hate when people aren't online and can't help.
I can get into download mode, but I can't even get into bootloader...
Did evrything the same as I have done 10x before, I am guessing it could be a dodgy file we flashed?
Have you tried flashing an older version of CWM ?
I am going to try now..
kentykentkent said:
Ah I hate when people aren't online and can't help.
I can get into download mode, but I can't even get into bootloader...
Did evrything the same as I have done 10x before, I am guessing it could be a dodgy file we flashed?
Have you tried flashing an older version of CWM ?
I am going to try now..
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my problem is im using a Mac, JOdin 3 casual is slightly different and im not having any luck...its going toend in two ways...source a pc tomorrow and try and fix it or ill end up with a lovely door stop lol
Did you get to read my thread? Same issue?
apanayis said:
my problem is im using a Mac, JOdin 3 casual is slightly different and im not having any luck...its going toend in two ways...source a pc tomorrow and try and fix it or ill end up with a lovely door stop lol
Did you get to read my thread? Same issue?
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I am using a PC and have the same issue.
No idea what is going on, very frustrating !!!!
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kentykentkent said:
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yep i get the same thing, any chance you can take a pic of the screen in download mode too?
also if you have charging does your battery indicator just show empty with no animation?
apanayis said:
yep i get the same thing, any chance you can take a pic of the screen in download mode to?
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Sure.
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kentykentkent said:
Sure.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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OK, mine is exactly the same apart from the RP SWREV, mines showing S2, T2, R2, A2, P2
WTF this is i have no idea...
apanayis said:
OK, mine is exactly the same apart from the RP SWREV, mines showing S2, T2, R2, A2, P2
WTF this is i have no idea...
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No idea what that means, we will wait for smarter ppl to help us lol.
kentykentkent said:
No idea what that means, we will wait for smarter ppl to help us lol.
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LMAo i agree, besides its 4:25am here in Dubai, if i hear anything ill hit you up
apanayis said:
LMAo i agree, besides its 4:25am here in Dubai, if i hear anything ill hit you up
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As will I.
Were you just trying to upgrade your CWM so you could run 4.4 kk ROM's
Or were you going from Stock to root?
kentykentkent said:
As will I.
Were you just trying to upgrade your CWM so you could run 4.4 kk ROM's
Or were you going from Stock to root?
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Trying to upgrade CWM...
You need to flash KK with ODIN then let it boot.
You need to either root it using CF-Autoroot or CWM will. Both of these need to support KK.
Latest CF-Autoroot can be found here - http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
And the latest CWM here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454079
I don't know how it will play with a Mac though...
ultramag69 said:
You need to flash KK with ODIN then let it boot.
You need to either root it using CF-Autoroot or CWM will. Both of these need to support KK.
Latest CF-Autoroot can be found here - http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
And the latest CWM here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454079
I don't know how it will play with a Mac though...
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Hey mate
Thanks for your reply.
I was already rooted and running JB 4.3
When you say I need to flash KK with ODIN, is that KK ROM or a KK supported CWM ?
Seriously confused here...
And I already tried downloading the latest CWM which is what got me into this mess in the first place
kentykentkent said:
Hey mate
Thanks for your reply.
I was already rooted and running JB 4.3
When you say I need to flash KK with ODIN, is that KK ROM or a KK supported CWM ?
Seriously confused here...
And I already tried downloading the latest CWM which is what got me into this mess in the first place
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Grab the correct CWM for JB 4.3 and flash it, it'll fix you presuming you are running JB -- If not re-flash KK and run the latest CWM - then If if bootloops, take battery out place back in and boot into recovery, wipe cache and boot up into Android
radicalisto said:
Grab the correct CWM for JB 4.3 and flash it, it'll fix you presuming you are running JB -- If not re-flash KK and run the latest CWM - then If if bootloops, take battery out place back in and boot into recovery, wipe cache and boot up into Android
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apanayis said:
Trying to upgrade CWM...
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ultramag69 said:
You need to flash KK with ODIN then let it boot.
You need to either root it using CF-Autoroot or CWM will. Both of these need to support KK.
Latest CF-Autoroot can be found here - http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
And the latest CWM here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454079
I don't know how it will play with a Mac though...
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Thanks again for everybody's help. What I did was just flashed the old CWM I was using prior to this new one.
Flashed it via ODIN as usual and it booted perfectly.
Still doesn't help me to upgrade my ROM to 4.4 kk LOL...
Just glad my phone is working again, thanks.

Rogers S4 4.3 MK6...Can't install Recovery. HELP?

I finally pulled by S4 out of the box from December and foolishly took the OTA update to 4.3 MVLUEMK6.
I managed to root it, and install SuperSU. I cannot get any recovery installed......
Help?? I'm guessing it's an MK6 (from the build #).... Can anyone provide some insight??
I've had no issues with my S3 loading every ROM out there..........
Thanks in advance guys.
DSSKing
dssking said:
I finally pulled by S4 out of the box from December and foolishly took the OTA update to 4.3 MVLUEMK6.
I managed to root it, and install SuperSU. I cannot get any recovery installed......
Help?? I'm guessing it's an MK6 (from the build #).... Can anyone provide some insight??
I've had no issues with my S3 loading every ROM out there..........
Thanks in advance guys.
DSSKing
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I have the same phone, loaded twrp through goo manager....some say you shouldn't do it that way ( no guarantee) is there a particular recovery your trying to load? Also be careful because our phone i337m shares the same forum as the US i337, they are different even though they are Galaxy 4S. I am sure there are likely Odin files kicking around here somewhere too....
I have TWRP on my S3.... But I'm assuming I can't load the same file via odin on the s4??
Gage_Hero said:
I have the same phone, loaded twrp through goo manager....some say you shouldn't do it that way ( no
guarantee) is there a particular recovery your trying to load? Also be careful because our phone i337m shares the same forum as the US i337, they are different even though they are Galaxy 4S. I am sure there are likely Odin files kicking around here somewhere too....
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I have TWRP on my S3.... But I'm assuming I can't load the same file via odin on the s4??
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I think Iwould try to find the proper file, I not certain it would be the same.
dssking said:
I have TWRP on my S3.... But I'm assuming I can't load the same file via odin on the s4??
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DO NOT use the same file as your s3
Sent from my Nexus 5
Okay, can someone direct me to the file I can load via odin or however for thte MK6 S4?
Thanks guys.
jd1639 said:
DO NOT use the same file as your s3
Sent from my Nexus 5
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dssking said:
Okay, can someone direct me to the file I can load via odin or however for thte MK6 S4?
Thanks guys.
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Google i337m twrp files xda.
Sent from my Nexus 5

root problem

ive tried rooting my galaxy note 4 sm-n910f version by the guide here and it worked ive had superSU installed and used root required apps.
then for some reason after a week or so ive noticed that my phone isnt rooted anymore how can that be? ive check via "Root checker basic" app from the playstore and it says the device is not rooted.
and the superSU app is gone aswell.
ive tried to root it again 3 more times and it seems not to work...
what can be the problem?
Did you take an ota by any chance? That's all I can think of, if you did you might have to Odin stock again before you reroot
ota
sawdoctor said:
Did you take an ota by any chance? That's all I can think of, if you did you might have to Odin stock again before you reroot
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whats an ota?
satlot said:
whats an ota?
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Ota over the air update. If you are rooted and accept/download an update to your phone it can cause this type of issue
sawdoctor said:
Ota over the air update. If you are rooted and accept/download an update to your phone it can cause this type of issue
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didnt accept any updates that i know of...
satlot said:
didnt accept any updates that i know of...
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have you turned on your reactivation lock ?? if yes then turn it off and try rooting again
Er. Aditya said:
have you turned on your reactivation lock ?? if yes then turn it off and try rooting again
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nope reactivation off and been off...
satlot said:
nope reactivation off and been off...
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how exactly are you rooting and what are the errors your getting bro ??
get twrp and flash this zip by chainfire
http://download.chainfire.eu/636/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
Er. Aditya said:
how exactly are you rooting and what are the errors your getting bro ??
get twrp and flash this zip by chainfire
http://download.chainfire.eu/636/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
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well im using the root files from chainfire for n910f im doing the usual way rebot to download mode and flash with odin every thing is seccessful its not bricking or something but it seems that i does not really root the phone cuz i dont have the supersu installed and "root checker basic" says im not rooted... tried several times... funny thing that i was rooted like a week ago.
how do i flash the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip ? with odin? PDA?
satlot said:
well im using the root files from chainfire for n910f im doing the usual way rebot to download mode and flash with odin every thing is seccessful its not bricking or something but it seems that i does not really root the phone cuz i dont have the supersu installed and "root checker basic" says im not rooted... tried several times... funny thing that i was rooted like a week ago.
how do i flash the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip ? with odin? PDA?
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no bro get custom recovery like twrp and flash it via recovery
Er. Aditya said:
no bro get custom recovery like twrp and flash it via recovery
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thanks alot man it worked, rooted ones again
satlot said:
thanks alot man it worked, rooted ones again
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pleasure brother :good::highfive:

G900V Stock On Boot Loop

I have an S5 G900V that was rooted to Lollipop. For a couple of days now, when you wake it up the screen sometimes would not work. I would have to turn the screen off for about 30 seconds then it was fine. Well, today I restarted it and now it just reboots. I have gone through odin, with a couple of firmware's for it. Really all I would like to do now, is clear the custom logo. Verizon is sending me a new one, so I dont care if it even works... Thank you for any help,
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I have an S5 G900V that was rooted to Lollipop. For a couple of days now, when you wake it up the screen sometimes would not work. I would have to turn the screen off for about 30 seconds then it was fine. Well, today I restarted it and now it just reboots. I have gone through odin, with a couple of firmware's for it. Really all I would like to do now, is clear the custom logo. Verizon is sending me a new one, so I dont care if it even works... Thank you for any help,
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Try elliwigy's Extreme Syndicate.
Rapunzl said:
Try elliwigy's Extreme Syndicate.
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That would be nice, but it just reboots so I don't have anyway of flashing besides odin.
budies3 said:
That would be nice, but it just reboots so I don't have anyway of flashing besides odin.
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If you can't get into safestrap, you may have to start over with the unrooted retail tar.
Rapunzl said:
If you can't get into safestrap, you may have to start over with the unrooted retail tar.
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I'm sorry to say, but Safestrap is not showing up for some reason..... It only brings up the default recovery. I tried to wipe it there as well, but it will just bootloop as well...
There wouldn't be some way of shooting a file to it, that would render it useless? I don't want to send it back with the custom logo showing up
budies3 said:
There wouldn't be some way of shooting a file to it, that would render it useless? I don't want to send it back with the custom logo showing up
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You flash the tar in Odin, not SS.
Rapunzl said:
You flash the tar in Odin, not SS.
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Yes sir, tried that 4 times last night...
budies3 said:
Yes sir, tried that 4 times last night...
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First, Rapunzl isn't a sir lol...
You're not giving any information. You said you tried to flash the retail tar in Odin... what happened?
Rapunzl said:
First, Rapunzl isn't a sir lol...
You're not giving any information. You said you tried to flash the retail tar in Odin... what happened?
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Sorry Yes Ma'am... And it flashed just fine, but still bootloop's.
budies3 said:
Sorry Yes Ma'am... And it flashed just fine, but still bootloop's.
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And you flashed the AO8 kernel or firmware after installing the ROM? You have to flash NK2 kernel now to get into Safestrap and AO8 when you're done. SS isn't compatible with 5.0, so you always have to downgrade the kernel to use it.
Rapunzl said:
And you flashed the AO8 kernel or firmware after installing the ROM? You have to flash NK2 kernel now to get into Safestrap and AO8 when you're done. SS isn't compatible with 5.0, so you always have to downgrade the kernel to use it.
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Yes, I tried both of those kernal's with firmware.... Its odd how its acting like nothing it being flashed to it. My replacement phone should be delivered today, so I guess I will just shoot some juice to it. I was hoping to at least get it running and back to stock, maybe its just not ment to happen.

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