My phone will boot to safestrap but I have no options for loading. Everything seems to be wiped except the directories. I have tried most of the ODIN files to load the system back but to no avail. This was an NC4 that had been rooted using towel root. I mistakenly tried installing a ROM in the Stock ROM Slot. Any help would be appreciated.
Just run the NC4 tar in Odin and you should be good !!
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Edit: if you can boot to safestrap restore your backup if you made one of the original stock Rom !! Are able to at least do that ?
greg2601 said:
My phone will boot to safestrap but I have no options for loading. Everything seems to be wiped except the directories. I have tried most of the ODIN files to load the system back but to no avail. This was an NC4 that had been rooted using towel root. I mistakenly tried installing a ROM in the Stock ROM Slot. Any help would be appreciated.
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I had a similar issue a while back. I couldn't get anything to work until I used the pit file to re-partition it in ODIN. After I did that and re-loaded a tar of one of the stock ROMs I was fine. I am on a Dev unit though.
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Let me preface this by saying I have searched here and other websites and have tried the methods I have found and cannot get the issue fixed. ANY help is greatly appreciated.
I have a sprint s4 l720. I rooted it and installed a custom rom and twrp a few months ago. I recently saw that 4.4 came out and wanted to try a new rom. I first booted into recovery and tried to restore my system back to the original stock rom that I had backed up when I first installed the new one. I was able to restart it and it loaded fine but if I pull the battery or do a restart it gets stuck at the samsung splash screen. I have tried advanced wipe, format data, wipe dalvik and cache and even installing other roms and it still gives me the same behavior. I have tried other methods to re-install the stock rom and I keep encountering issues. I downloaded the most recent ODIN and the samsung USB drivers and "jflterspr16gb.pit" and sprints .tar.md5 file. It loads into odin fine and shows the added on the dialogue box and I load the respective files into odin and it keeps failing. I am at a lost.
All I want is to be able to add either the stock rom or preferably the custom 4.4 rom and work as it used to. Restart when needed and not get stuck at the boot screen. ANY help is much appreciated. any ideas on what I am doing wrong? Thanks guys!
Anything 4.4 at this point is custom. Just boot into recovery, wipe and flash the 4.4 ROM.
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if your at ota MJA then trying to odin md5 will not work. Did you take the MJA update?
frostedunit said:
Anything 4.4 at this point is custom. Just boot into recovery, wipe and flash the 4.4 ROM.
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I have tried that. I boot into twrp and have tried formatting all data and just wipe data and then I restart and load gummy 4.4 and the gapps for it and then wipe the dalvik and cache. It will boot into the gummy rom fine and give me no issues, but it is if I try to restart it or power it down and power it back on is where it gets stuck at the samsung splash screen.
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if your at ota MJA then trying to odin md5 will not work. Did you take the MJA update?
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I am not for sure what the MJA is. Could you pleaes elaborate to me? Thanks.
pgrim85 said:
I have tried that. I boot into twrp and have tried formatting all data and just wipe data and then I restart and load gummy 4.4 and the gapps for it and then wipe the dalvik and cache. It will boot into the gummy rom fine and give me no issues, but it is if I try to restart it or power it down and power it back on is where it gets stuck at the samsung splash screen.
I am not for sure what the MJA is. Could you pleaes elaborate to me? Thanks.
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Where does it stop on the odin error? And dont use the pit file. Try again without the pit file.
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You should always be on a stock ROM of the latest version prior to flashing an unofficial, newer Android ROM.
For example:
If you're trying to flash 4.4, you should be on stock 4.3 such as this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505025
MJA is the latest official 4.3 build for the Sprint S4.
If you're on 4.2, you should update to 4.3 stock, then flash 4.4. This generally prevents any unexpected results.
Furthermore, always ensure you are flashing from a trusted recovery such as TWRP and CWM.
Occasionally, one recovery will not run the install script properly.
If you are certain you are doing the install right, you can try from another recovery.
Additionally: If you are having trouble with Odin on Windows 8, ensure your computer does not report a driver malfunction when you plug your device in after entering download mode.
This can possibly be fixed by running Odin as administrator. Or, you can attempt to manually install the USB drivers by downloading them, disconnecting from the Internet, uninstalling previous drivers, then manually installing the USB package you downloaded.
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R0CKSTAR3N3RGY said:
You should always be on a stock ROM of the latest version prior to flashing an unofficial, newer Android ROM.
For example:
If you're trying to flash 4.4, you should be on stock 4.3 such as this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505025
MJA is the latest official 4.3 build for the Sprint S4.
If you're on 4.2, you should update to 4.3 stock, then flash 4.4. This generally prevents any unexpected results.
Furthermore, always ensure you are flashing from a trusted recovery such as TWRP and CWM.
Occasionally, one recovery will not run the install script properly.
If you are certain you are doing the install right, you can try from another recovery.
Additionally: If you are having trouble with Odin on Windows 8, ensure your computer does not report a driver malfunction when you plug your device in after entering download mode.
This can possibly be fixed by running Odin as administrator. Or, you can attempt to manually install the USB drivers by downloading them, disconnecting from the Internet, uninstalling previous drivers, then manually installing the USB package you downloaded.
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Is there a way I can fresh restart my phone? I do not have any recovery files since I wiped my phone in its entirety and I had no backed it up on the SD card, rookie mistake, I know. I don't necessarily need 4.4, but what I do need is my phone to boot up properly whenever I choose and not have to boot into recovery, wipe the phone and then when I turn it on have to go through the setup process.
ROMANTiC KiD said:
Where does it stop on the odin error? And dont use the pit file. Try again without the pit file.
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I will have to look where it stops again tonight. but it does connect by showing the "pass" on the odin box on the left. could it be that I have the wrong odin? I noticed the top of odin it shows epic 4g when I have a galaxy s4, is this ok or is there a way I can change that? I dl the odin from a forum that was specifically a tutorial on how to flash the galaxy s4, sprint specifically, so I figured it would be the correct one. Also, I did try again without the pit file and it still failed.
Thanks for the help so far guys
Some of the Odin packages have multiple versions thrown together. Make sure to use the highest version number (3.07?) And that you are putting the .tar in the PDA slot. If all else fails, try deleting the .md5 off the end of the file before you load it in Odin. Used to work on OG Epic sometimes.
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My note 3 on t-mobile was acting up after i went back from CM to stock with exposed modules. I accidently wiped internal storage doing a reset and now only can boot into TWRP. I downloaded stock firmware and am trying to flash it using Odin but i get a failed to write error after a few seconds. Phone says SWREV checkfail sb(1)fused 2> binary 1. Phone is recognized by computer but nothing seems to work. I've tried older versions of Odin and even stock firmware for 4.3. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Screenshot of odin will be included soon. i can't include a link in my first posts.
Have you tried flashing cm11 from an sdcard in TWRP just to make sure the device is okay? Or even a stock rom.
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celderic said:
Have you tried flashing cm11 from an sdcard in TWRP just to make sure the device is okay? Or even a stock rom.
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I just was able to side load CM11 from adb so it looks like the device is good. I was a bit worried. I am guessing that i will be okay to go back to stock from CM using Odin now if i wanted to. Thanks for the help.
Ok so now I have a brand new S4. Came in the mail yesterday. So I rooted it. No problem...... went to add a custom rom. (Sacs custom rom to be exact) reboots ok. Galaxy S4 screen. Then the custom rom screen and it stays there........ phone gets extremely hot. I went into recovery. Wiped data. Wiped cache. Wiped dalvik cache. Nothing. So I says ok, forget it. I'm going to Just take the root off and go back to stock firmware. Odin fails to unroot every time. I get Fail (Auth). I downloaded the right tar files to unroot. I even deleted them and re downloaded them. Same results. I'm going crazy because I just got this phone and I can't use it. Any help on what I'm doing wrong? Mind you I've been rooting for years and I've never had this problem before. Also it's a newer S4 that has the Sprint Spark screen. Anything would help. Thanks
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Ok so now I have a brand new S4. Came in the mail yesterday. So I rooted it. No problem...... went to add a custom rom. (Sacs custom rom to be exact) reboots ok. Galaxy S4 screen. Then the custom rom screen and it stays there........ phone gets extremely hot. I went into recovery. Wiped data. Wiped cache. Wiped dalvik cache. Nothing. So I says ok, forget it. I'm going to Just take the root off and go back to stock firmware. Odin fails to unroot every time. I get Fail (Auth). I downloaded the right tar files to unroot. I even deleted them and re downloaded them. Same results. I'm going crazy because I just got this phone and I can't use it. Any help on what I'm doing wrong? Mind you I've been rooting for years and I've never had this problem before. Also it's a newer S4 that has the Sprint Spark screen. Anything would help. Thanks
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sph-l720t?? I've heard conflicting reports about compatibility with custom sph-l720 ROMs and spark capable sph-l720t. Best case scenario is you get it to boot, I doubt you will have working Spark functionality, however.
With the galaxy s4 TW custom ROMs you need to reboot recovery after doing your wipes and before flashing your ROM. Also, IIRC, it is best to boot to download mode from fully powered off (maybe even recovery, but I've never needed to do so).
It is also best to be on the newest custom recoveries, like twrp 2.7.0.1 and latest philz (6.25?? not sure on this one)
The steps should look like this.
1 - boot to recovery and do all your wipes.
2 - reboot recovery
3 - flash rom
3.1 wipe dalvik and cache
4 - Boot and let it settle, if you are stuck on the splash screen for longer than 10 minutes chances are it is not going to boot.
Holler back and let us know.
sonny82 said:
Ok so now I have a brand new S4. Came in the mail yesterday. So I rooted it. No problem...... went to add a custom rom. (Sacs custom rom to be exact) reboots ok. Galaxy S4 screen. Then the custom rom screen and it stays there........ phone gets extremely hot. I went into recovery. Wiped data. Wiped cache. Wiped dalvik cache. Nothing. So I says ok, forget it. I'm going to Just take the root off and go back to stock firmware. Odin fails to unroot every time. I get Fail (Auth). I downloaded the right tar files to unroot. I even deleted them and re downloaded them. Same results. I'm going crazy because I just got this phone and I can't use it. Any help on what I'm doing wrong? Mind you I've been rooting for years and I've never had this problem before. Also it's a newer S4 that has the Sprint Spark screen. Anything would help. Thanks
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If Odin fails then you DID download the wrong tar file. Since you said you just got your phone then you need to know what version you have, there are 2: the L720 & the L720T. If your phone was brand new when you bought it than most likely it is the L720T and none of the roms on this site are compatible with your phone. Some of them will work but you will loose features or have to take extra steps to get the rom working. Once you know which phone you have, you will need to download the correct tar file. If you do have the L720 than the only tar file that will get your phone up and working is the full NAE tar. If you have the L720T then you will need the NC6 ful tar. Any older tar files will fail.
wilzard said:
sph-l720t?? I've heard conflicting reports about compatibility with custom sph-l720 ROMs and spark capable sph-l720t. Best case scenario is you get it to boot, I doubt you will have working Spark functionality, however.
With the galaxy s4 TW custom ROMs you need to reboot recovery after doing your wipes and before flashing your ROM. Also, IIRC, it is best to boot to download mode from fully powered off (maybe even recovery, but I've never needed to do so).
It is also best to be on the newest custom recoveries, like twrp 2.7.0.1 and latest philz (6.25?? not sure on this one)
The steps should look like this.
1 - boot to recovery and do all your wipes.
2 - reboot recovery
3 - flash rom
3.1 wipe dalvik and cache
4 - Boot and let it settle, if you are stuck on the splash screen for longer than 10 minutes chances are it is not going to boot.
Holler back and let us know.
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it worked!!!!! you are the man!!!! thanks a lot!!!!!
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If Odin fails then you DID download the wrong tar file. Since you said you just got your phone then you need to know what version you have, there are 2: the L720 & the L720T. If your phone was brand new when you bought it than most likely it is the L720T and none of the roms on this site are compatible with your phone. Some of them will work but you will loose features or have to take extra steps to get the rom working. Once you know which phone you have, you will need to download the correct tar file. If you do have the L720 than the only tar file that will get your phone up and working is the full NAE tar. If you have the L720T then you will need the NC6 ful tar. Any older tar files will fail.
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cool so where would i find these new tar files?
cruise350 said:
If Odin fails then you DID download the wrong tar file. Since you said you just got your phone then you need to know what version you have, there are 2: the L720 & the L720T. If your phone was brand new when you bought it than most likely it is the L720T and none of the roms on this site are compatible with your phone. Some of them will work but you will loose features or have to take extra steps to get the rom working. Once you know which phone you have, you will need to download the correct tar file. If you do have the L720 than the only tar file that will get your phone up and working is the full NAE tar. If you have the L720T then you will need the NC6 ful tar. Any older tar files will fail.
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im on L720. now this new NAE tar. will it put me back to stock firmware? because thats what i want to do. no rrot on this phone.
sonny82 said:
im on L720. now this new NAE tar. will it put me back to stock firmware? because thats what i want to do. no rrot on this phone.
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You can download the NAE tar file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663619
You should use Odin 3.07 or 3.09 to install. Make sure you run Odin in administrator mode.
sonny82 said:
it worked!!!!! you are the man!!!! thanks a lot!!!!!
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Awesome, dude. Very happy to hear that.
tar files
Where can I get the NC6 tar file. I have the SPH720T , I rooted it fine, then tried to get the native tether to work and now my phone starts up and then gets stuck on the Sprint Sparks screen, I've tried 4 different tar files and all fail. I'm using Odin 3.9
I was performing the Lillipop update and accidentally restored the system and cache partitions after flashing the new ROM. I now am in a Bricked position where I cannot get past the black & white Samsunug Custom screen. I have tried to ODIN NCG & NK2 with no avail. If any one can point me in the right direction to at least get access to using my phone again, that would be awesome. Thanks.
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I was performing the Lillipop update and accidentally restored the system and cache partitions after flashing the new ROM. I now am in a Bricked position where I cannot get past the black & white Samsunug Custom screen. I have tried to ODIN NCG & NK2 with no avail. If any one can point me in the right direction to at least get access to using my phone again, that would be awesome. Thanks.
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You would need the NK2 ROM and Kernel, and both would have to be flashed via Odin.
kprice8 said:
You would need the NK2 ROM and Kernel, and both would have to be flashed via Odin.
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OK, thanks. I have the kernel. What about the ROM? That is Zip file, how is that flashed in ODIN? Im only used to doing them in safe strap via the SD card.
RyanS107 said:
OK, thanks. I have the kernel. What about the ROM? That is Zip file, how is that flashed in ODIN? Im only used to doing them in safe strap via the SD card.
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See this thread. First post, near the end. Should have what you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
@kprice8, do you know if there is a way to then restore data either after re-installing the NK2 firmware, Rom or Lillipop? When i tried with NK2 SafeStrap said it worked, but it hangs on Red Verizon logo. When I restored Data in Lollipop, it says it failed.
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@kprice8, do you know if there is a way to then restore data either after re-installing the NK2 firmware, Rom or Lillipop? When i tried with NK2 SafeStrap said it worked, but it hangs on Red Verizon logo. When I restored Data in Lollipop, it says it failed.
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How long does it hang at the logo, it can take time.
also if it hangs really pot a couple time. That had worked for me.
I have a soft bricked SGH-1337 from AT&T. I was running NJ4 firmware. I have installed Safestrap on it. I tried using SS to install a Touchwiz-based custom ROM, and it failed. Now if I try to boot the system by touching "continue" on the Safestrap boot screen, it just turns off and restarts (this is a boot loop, right?).
So basically, this is what I've tried. First I tried doing a wipe. I got this error:
Code:
E : Unable to mount '/system'
Then I tried doing an advanced wipe, same error. I tried format. Same error. I went to Mount and tried mounting /system, but it won't mount.
I tried using Safestrap to install the backup I made (with SS). No luck. Then I tried making a ROM slot (I had been using the stock slot) to see if that would work. It didn't. Then I tried using Odin to flash the NJ4 firmware. Nope. Then I tried flashing with a PIT file. All of them caused Odin to fail when "re-partition" was checked except the one I've attached. I tried flashing with just the PIT file, the PIT file and the stock NJ4, and with "re-partition" checked and unchecked. Nothing works. The phone keeps rebooting and failing to mount /system.
Flash the nb1 tar file with Odin. Do not have re-partition checked. You're going to have to start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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OK that worked and now I'm on NB1. I rooted and installed Safestrap again. I'm still interested in installing a custom ROM. What guide should I use?
namlem said:
OK that worked and now I'm on NB1. I rooted and installed Safestrap again. I'm still interested in installing a custom ROM. What guide should I use?
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Try here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
post 2 has flashing instructions
post 3 has the list of compatible ROMs
Following all posted instructions, used various versions of Odin and trying to get I337UCUFNB1_TWRootable_Full_Odin.tar to flash. No luck. Gets to hidden something and fails. I've uninstalled Kies, tried different ports and cables.
Any/all help gladly accepted with MUCH appreciation.
EDIT: Well, as luck would have it, I came across another thread that told me to use the PDA slot in Odin. It worked and I'm up and running.
Same here, am briked!
After safestrap, TWRP, Philz touch failed me, I headed to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/174 where I got an .img, in terminal emulator elevated su as required.
next
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21
Code:
reboot recovery
and I'm stuck withdownload mode as the only thing the phone shows after boot logo..
My question is: can I just get stock recovery.img make it odin-able and Odin it?
It may sound silly but am on a seriosly unreliable internet access to pull down a 1.4GB++ file
build is MK2