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Failing Update

Hi everyone, there is a 1.8mb update for android 4.3. Mine always fails. At first I had CWM and IN HERE I switched to TWRP and it's not working again! Please help
Rooted, Stock rom, TWRP recovery

You need stock recovery also
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Zehlek said:
You need stock recovery also
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Why the stock recovery? And how I do that?

alipashang77 said:
Why the stock recovery? And how I do that?
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you have made alterations to your phone so its not longer stock. the file you are flashing is for a stock rom and to be flashed in a stock recovery. to flash the update simply re-flash a stock recovery and allow the update to go through. you can also simply wait and flash an updated custom stock rom.
Edit: link deleted....may confuse you
Edit2: Using the toolkits you should be able to find the stock recovery image and flash it back

playya said:
you have made alterations to your phone so its not longer stock. the file you are flashing is for a stock rom and to be flashed in a stock recovery. to flash the update simply re-flash a stock recovery and allow the update to go through. you can also simply wait and flash an updated custom stock rom.
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I got the idea, ho do I re-flash the stock recovery? any easy way?

alipashang77 said:
I got the idea, ho do I re-flash the stock recovery? any easy way?
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Try the toolkits you would need the stockrecovery image

[Q] Help? Galaxy S4 i337 can't boot TWRPs or CWM

Hey!
I recently rooted my GS4 i337. Everything is all working as of now. However, I want to flash an AOSP ROM onto it. So, I followed instructions and at first, I flashed TWRP to my phone. It said it was successful, but when I go to recovery it puts me in ODIN. I then uninstalled TWRP and got the latest version that is said to support i337 GS4. Flashed successfully, but when I boot it still goes ODIN.
I tried both manually recovery booting with the buttons, and the UI on the actual app. Boots ODIN both ways.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? How can I boot into TWRP or CWM so I can make a quick ROM backup and flash an AOSP ROM?
Cheers! And if this is the wrong section, can a moderator please move it? I'm new to this forum.
Thanks. :laugh:

Check your firmware version then do a lot of reading.

jd1639 said:
Check your firmware version then do a lot of reading.
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Explain please?

nhannon9 said:
Explain please?
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Unless your on mdl firmware you can't flash twrp or cwm. I'm guessing you're not.

jd1639 said:
Unless your on mdl firmware you can't flash twrp or cwm. I'm guessing you're not.
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Don't think so, my baseband is UCUEMK2 on 4.3. So, there's no way to get any custom ROMs on this? What can I do so I can?

nhannon9 said:
Don't think so, my baseband is UCUEMK2 on 4.3. So, there's no way to get any custom ROMs on this? What can I do so I can?
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Google i337 safestrap mk2 xda

jd1639 said:
Google i337 safestrap mk2 xda
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I found this a video on how to use Safestrap on 4.3.
It's for the Verizon variant but the SE Linux matches, can I give Safestrap a shot?
EDIT: Scratch that, I've found an ATT compatible version (3.71) and it booted into it perfectly! Now I can backup my stock ROM real quick and flash on my new one! Thanks!!

[Q] Flashing stock 4.4.2 (Mobile ODIN)

Hi all, I have not touched my S4 (i9505) for a while and still running stock rooted 4.2.2 with (wanam) Adam kernel 1.6
Now I want to flash stock 4.4.2, can I use mobile Odin? Will my phone be REGION LOCKED ? I don't care about Knox. Thanks

anyone ???

If you say untouched, means not rooted? Mobile ODIN needs root access.
And some part will NOT be flashed by mobile ODIN, you have to do with PC

qtwrk said:
If you say untouched, means not rooted? Mobile ODIN needs root access.
And some part will NOT be flashed by mobile ODIN, you have to do with PC
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I meant I have not messed with it for a few months. It's rooted and running stock 4.2.2 with adam kernel 1.6

nm8 said:
I meant I have not messed with it for a few months. It's rooted and running stock 4.2.2 with adam kernel 1.6
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Hmmmm, for stock firmware I don't think so, mobile ODIN will flash, but some of part like bootloader it won't flash. And I am not sure if it's working on 4.2 bootloader.
Personal suggestion is that you flash recovery and then using recovery to flash KNOX-free ROM

qtwrk said:
Hmmmm, for stock firmware I don't think so, mobile ODIN will flash, but some of part like bootloader it won't flash. And I am not sure if it's working on 4.2 bootloader.
Personal suggestion is that you flash recovery and then using recovery to flash KNOX-free ROM
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Thanks man, I just also finished reading this:
https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/MPmRtxjxGgf

[Q] recovery missing

Hi everyone. I accidently flashed a 4.3 rom over a 4.4 one and my note 3 was bricked. I flashed stock rom via odin and got the phone alive and running again but I found out the recovery was missing/recovery bootloop. I tried flashing cwm through odin but it didnt work.Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you in advance. -sorry if my english is bad-

Nota3 said:
Hi everyone. I accidently flashed a 4.3 rom over a 4.4 one and my note 3 was bricked. I flashed stock rom via odin and got the phone alive and running again but I found out the recovery was missing/recovery bootloop. I tried flashing cwm through odin but it didnt work.Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you in advance. -sorry if my english is bad-
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Which recovery are you referring to, the stock one or custom? Stock is hard to messed with except in extreme cases.

hey_joe said:
Which recovery are you referring to, the stock one or custom? Stock is hard to messed with except in extreme cases.
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Thank you for your reply.I dont know because I have never seen the recovery after i flashed the stock firmware.After I flashed firmware via odin should it be stock recovery or custom? I wish to obtain cwm recovery for my phone.

Nota3 said:
Thank you for your reply.I dont know because I have never seen the recovery after i flashed the stock firmware.After I flashed firmware via odin should it be stock recovery or custom? I wish to obtain cwm recovery for my phone.
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Flashing stock firmware will also replace any custom recovery you had with the stock one.
I've been using only CWM 6.0.4.7 by Chenglu. If you want to use this one, choose the correct version for your phone and flash using odin.

hey_joe said:
Flashing stock firmware will also replace any custom recovery you had with the stock one.
I've been using only CWM 6.0.4.7 by Chenglu. If you want to use this one, choose the correct version for your phone and flash using odin.
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thank you very much. it works like a charm.

Nota3 said:
thank you very much. it works like a charm.
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Glad it worked out for you.
Enjoy

How to return to stock recovery grand prime from cwm

Hi
I flashed cwm recovery and I want to return to stock recovery
with cwm I can't flash stock recovery via oden
and I can't update to lollipop

Ahmed Nasr Fawzy said:
Hi
I flashed cwm recovery and I want to return to stock recovery
with cwm I can't flash stock recovery via oden
and I can't update to lollipop
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Just flash new firmware through Odin.

Kade Sonix said:
Just flash new firmware through Odin.
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if I flash lollipop everything will be good

Ahmed Nasr Fawzy said:
if I flash lollipop everything will be good
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Technically Speaking. Yes.