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Cant take update (Q)

So first off im gonna start off and say that I dont really care about being rooted in the first place. I thought id be flashing a lot more stuff but It turns out that I never flashed anything. So on my phone as of now I just have root and I have twrp installed onto it. I did that process to take off the custom recovery status from using motochopper as well. Now my problem is that every time i try to take the ota I get booted right into twrp and then i am unable to take the update. I even downloaded the zip file and tried flashing it and I just get a failed message. Can anyone tell me whats going on? Or point me into the right direction so i can uninstall twrp so I can take the update?

Odin back to stock, then do a factory reset in settings.

Sledutah said:
Odin back to stock, then do a factory reset in settings.
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Will this make everything on my phone get deleted?

blackguy101 said:
Will this make everything on my phone get deleted?
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It did not wipe either internal or extral sdcards when I used odin, been awhile though.

TheAxman said:
It did not wipe either internal or extral sdcards when I used odin, been awhile though.
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Well actually I have one more question. Arent I already stock? I havent even flashed another rom. I literally just got root status and put twrp recovery on it. Do I still need to use odin?

blackguy101 said:
Well actually I have one more question. Arent I already stock? I havent even flashed another rom. I literally just got root status and put twrp recovery on it. Do I still need to use odin?
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You say you are rooted, then do a factory reset, and un-root, then you will be able to get the update.

blackguy101 said:
Will this make everything on my phone get deleted?
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Like axman said, flashing with Odin to stock nothing gets deleted. If you do a factory wipe, everything gets deleted.
You could also try to update with kies instead of ota. Maybe that will work.

The problem is not that you removed root you still are using a custom recovery you need to get back to full stock use odin to get the phone back to full stockso you'll have a stock recovery
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Where can I find a good copy of the full stock recovery for odin

Roadk1ng said:
Where can I find a good copy of the full stock recovery for odin
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40976805

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Hi guys, I flashed a jamal's 4.3 rom coming from omega's google edition rom and i did the usual stuff like I always have factory reset etc.. and i reboot the system and fix permissions as usual and my phone is now stuck on the omega's spinning boot up animation with the phone vibrating.
HELP!!!

Re-download the rom, could be a bad download. Did you check the md5sum?

jd1639 said:
Re-download the rom, could be a bad download. Did you check the md5sum?
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what's a md5sum? :L i can't since my phone doesn't show up on my computer

sbouzyk said:
what's a md5sum? :L i can't since my phone doesn't show up on my computer
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It's a long alpha-numeric number that is associated with the file. Next time you download a rom look for it on the download page. When you down load a file the md5sum should match the original indicating a good download. There are apps that check the md5 and most file managers will show it in properties

ok, but how do i get out of the bootloop

sbouzyk said:
ok, but how do i get out of the bootloop
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If you've done the factory reset and that doesn't get you out I'm guessing the rom you flashed was a bad download. You made a nandroid backup before you flashed the rom, right. Boot back into recovery and restore it. Then re download the rom and try it again

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If you've done the factory reset and that doesn't get you out I'm guessing the rom you flashed was a bad download. You made a nandroid backup before you flashed the rom, right. Boot back into recovery and restore it. Then re download the rom and try it again
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i didn't make a nandroid backup...

sbouzyk said:
i didn't make a nandroid backup...
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Live and learn, I was afraid of that. You're probably going to have to use Odin then which will return you back to stock. And then start everything over again. Have you let the boot loop go for like 5 minutes. Sometimes it can take that long on first boot, but the vibration isn't normal.

jd1639 said:
Live and learn, I was afraid of that. You're probably going to have to use Odin then which will return you back to stock. And then start everything over again. Have you let the boot loop go for like 5 minutes. Sometimes it can take that long on first boot, but the vibration isn't normal.
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the thing is though, i have flash this download of the rom before, and it was fine. i just got bored of it and downloaded another rom. i then decided to go back to the rom again.

sbouzyk said:
the thing is though, i have flash this download of the rom before, and it was fine. i just got bored of it and downloaded another rom. i then decided to go back to the rom again.
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Try flashing it again then. Do all the wipes first then flash it and then flash gapps. Did you flash the gapps package? I'm not sure what rom you're trying to flash but it probably requires gapps too.

jd1639 said:
Try flashing it again then. Do all the wipes first then flash it and then flash gapps. Did you flash the gapps package? I'm not sure what rom you're trying to flash but it probably requires gapps too.
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gapps isn't on my phone so i cant flash it. i've flash it about ten times now and it won't work. it must be a bad download even though i flashed it before. after i flash the rom, it shows the boot animation of the rom i had been using before. werid huh? the only option i have now is to buy a micro sd card and put the rom on that and flash it that way. i really don't want to use odin.

sbouzyk said:
gapps isn't on my phone so i cant flash it. i've flash it about ten times now and it won't work. it must be a bad download even though i flashed it before. after i flash the rom, it shows the boot animation of the rom i had been using before. werid huh? the only option i have now is to buy a micro sd card and put the rom on that and flash it that way. i really don't want to use odin.
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The sd card is a good idea. You're going to want one anyway.

jd1639 said:
The sd card is a good idea. You're going to want one anyway.
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thanks for all your help mate. guess I'm going to be a LOT more careful in the future. now im phoneless anyway cheers for the help

sbouzyk said:
thanks for all your help mate. guess I'm going to be a LOT more careful in the future. now im phoneless anyway cheers for the help
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Np

sbouzyk said:
thanks for all your help mate. guess I'm going to be a LOT more careful in the future. now im phoneless anyway cheers for the help
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You're just going to give up? Seriously? It's really easy to flash stock fw with Odin. And also easy to root afterwards, to each their own.

norml said:
You're just going to give up? Seriously? It's really easy to flash stock fw with Odin. And also easy to root afterwards, to each their own.
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What do you mean giving up? I'm going to wait until my microSD card comes and then I will transfer the zip file that way. I don't have time to fiddle with odin. Besides I don't even have a pc, i have bootcamp, which takes a year to boot.

[Q] Galaxy s4 Rooted and Custom Rom Problems

I have a Canadian S4 and rooted using the twrp method and then installed the vigin google play edition rom. Everything worked fine at first when I installed it but i was fiddling around after in twrp and thought i should format the internal storage and start completely fresh and now if I install any rom including my original backup the device will boot up into the system fine for the first time but if the device resets after that it just hangs on the galaxy S4 logo and i have to reboot into recovery and flash again. Any ideas on how i could fix this? Thanks!!!

Try this, in twrp go into advanced wipe and wipe dalvik cache, cache, system, data and android secure. Then flash your nandroid.

I don't have a nandroid I have a twrp backup

Jaygrippa said:
I don't have a nandroid I have a twrp backup
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That is a nandroid.

Dont use TWRP for the S4
From what I have experience and I believe others have as well, if you used TWRP to format where you had to type yes, you are pretty much screwed trying to get things working properly again. Maybe it is certain phones, sd cards, roms, who knows, but after I typed yes in TWRP to format everything, I could flash a rom but couldnt restart and things were buggy. I had to use odin to flash back to stock, re-root and flash the rom again. Now everything is 190% considering my battery life went from 6 hours to 28 with medium usage.
I have always loved TWRP on my other phones, but for the S4, its more frustration and using with caution than its worth.
Another word of caution, use windows to fix your phone. Im on linux and its too much of a pain in the ass to use odin/heimdall to go back to stock for newbs. On windows I went to stock and rooted again in no time.
Good luck!

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That is a nandroid.
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After doing that stuff in twrp should I flash right back to my backup of stock touch wiz or straight into the ROM of my choosing? Whenever I would have to reflash I would have to format he internal memory or it wouldn't work

Ya I did the thing where I typed yes... Crap ya its my first time doing all this stuff so you suggest I Re do all of the rooting stuff and then flash my backup I made?

Jaygrippa said:
Ya I did the thing where I typed yes... Crap ya its my first time doing all this stuff so you suggest I Re do all of the rooting stuff and then flash my backup I made?
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You might have to. I had the same problem today where if the phone rebooted I would just get a black screen. I ended up using Odin with the stock rom, reinstalling twrp and then restoring my backup. I'm pretty sure it was a rom I flashed that caused the initial problem and only Odin would clear things up.

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Jaygrippa said:
Ya I did the thing where I typed yes... Crap ya its my first time doing all this stuff so you suggest I Re do all of the rooting stuff and then flash my backup I made?
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Actually its going back to stock, then rerooting. All I did was follow androidrootz guide here:
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html
After that, motochopper back to get root and followed this guide to install OUDHS recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
This worked for me, at least for now. Hope it can help you out.

ericchaffey said:
Actually its going back to stock, then rerooting. All I did was follow androidrootz guide here:
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html
After that, motochopper back to get root and followed this guide to install OUDHS recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
This worked for me, at least for now. Hope it can help you out.
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Hey thanks a bunch ill try that out later. I am at work right now and i can still use my phone on the rom i have just as long as i dont reset it. Ill try all of this out when i get home and see if that works. Thanks for everyones help
Now the only problem is i have to find a Fido ROM

Jaygrippa said:
Hey thanks a bunch ill try that out later. I am at work right now and i can still use my phone on the rom i have just as long as i dont reset it. Ill try all of this out when i get home and see if that works. Thanks for everyones help
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A couple other notes, to avoid other possible problems, use the original samsung cord when connecting to your computer. Switching USB ports can help if there are transfer or other issues. Its pretty easy and straight forward if everything works out well, but there are so many gawt dayum variables that minor issues can cause problems, though may never manifest.
Hopefully this works and please post some results to help the same in need.

ericchaffey said:
A couple other notes, to avoid other possible problems, use the original samsung cord when connecting to your computer. Switching USB ports can help if there are transfer or other issues. Its pretty easy and straight forward if everything works out well, but there are so many gawt dayum variables that minor issues can cause problems, though may never manifest.
Hopefully this works and please post some results to help the same in need.
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Ya thinks i will, now im just in the process of finding a rom for Fido, they are owned by rogers so im not sure if the rogers rom will work, This android stuff is so stressful its my first android phone so i hope all goes well!

Jaygrippa said:
Ya thinks i will, now im just in the process of finding a rom for Fido, they are owned by rogers so im not sure if the rogers rom will work, This android stuff is so stressful its my first android phone so i hope all goes well!
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I get firmware from sammobile.com. You have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin, PDA.

jd1639 said:
I get firmware from sammobile.com. You have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin, PDA.
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ya even they dont have a specific "Fido" firmware...

Anyone know if I can just use the Rogers ROM its pretty much the same company

Jaygrippa said:
Anyone know if I can just use the Rogers ROM its pretty much the same company
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It'll work. It'll just put their bloatware on and the boot animation will be theirs

Reflashed
Ok so i reflashed to the stock rom using odin and bam it works again, im just wondering what is a good way now too root, and install the same rom i had

This will have everything you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391

Thanks everyone for your help, I got my phone back up and running stock, then i rooted using CF- Autoroot and installed twrp again. I then reinstalled the rom i wanted to use and everything is in tip top order

Jaygrippa said:
Thanks everyone for your help, I got my phone back up and running stock, then i rooted using CF- Autoroot and installed twrp again. I then reinstalled the rom i wanted to use and everything is in tip top order
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Glad to here it. Have fun.

[Q] Problem updating to lollipop 5.0

Hello,
As many of you know, lollipop has been released for verizon very recently. I just unrooted my phone fully by using tot method to go back to stock. When I try to install the second update for lollipop, when my phone reboots after installing, it is stuck at the lg logo screen. I have tried factory reset and have used tot method to go back to stock and retry installing lollipop 3 times now. Any help on why the update isn't working would be appreciated, thank you

So it is doing the update to the previous version before Lollipop? Then the Lollipop update itself fails? That is odd, which model is it?

Silentwidow said:
So it is doing the update to the previous version before Lollipop? Then the Lollipop update itself fails? That is odd, which model is it?
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I have model number vs980 4g. I have a couple pictures which may help. Any advice would be greatly appreciated i really want this update

The same thing happened to me. Had to tot back to stock and Im on 27a not sure if I want to try again

ThatKidDrew said:
The same thing happened to me. Had to tot back to stock and Im on 27a not sure if I want to try again
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Ive tried 4 times now. I have to keep using tot to go to 11a and update from there. I get the first part of 5.0 (28a) successfully, but the second part always ends up sitting at the lg logo screen. Last thing i know i could try is a factory reset before the second update.

When was the last time your phone was rooted, and were there any problems you had before you went back to stock? Because for me i tried to update and i was unrooted but still had twrp. My phone was stuck going into recovery mode and i had to input that command in the terminal so i could go into download mode.

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Ive tried 4 times now. I have to keep using tot to go to 11a and update from there. I get the first part of 5.0 (28a) successfully, but the second part always ends up sitting at the lg logo screen. Last thing i know i could try is a factory reset before the second update.
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I'm on my second try right now waiting for the first part to install. I can try factory resetting before the second part

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I'm on my second try right now waiting for the first part to install. I can try factory resetting before the second part
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Ya try that and tell me how it goes please! if that doesnt work i also saw talk of using verizon upgrade assistant

sk8ergun234 said:
Ya try that and tell me how it goes please! if that doesnt work i also saw talk of using verizon upgrade assistant
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I actually went ahead and started the second part without wiping. My dad updated his G2 to lollipop without any issues and he hasn't wiped the phone since it came out. I think it might be a heat issue so I let it sit in the freezer for a little before I started it the second part of the update. If this doesn't work I'm either gonna try and use the upgrade assistant or go to 27A and then root and flash the 39a firmware through twrp. If you try wiping in between updates let me know how it goes!

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I actually went ahead and started the second part without wiping. My dad updated his G2 to lollipop without any issues and he hasn't wiped the phone since it came out. I think it might be a heat issue so I let it sit in the freezer for a little before I started it the second part of the update. If this doesn't work I'm either gonna try and use the upgrade assistant or go to 27A and then root and flash the 39a firmware through twrp. If you try wiping in between updates let me know how it goes!
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What makes you think its a heat issue?

ThatKidDrew said:
I actually went ahead and started the second part without wiping. My dad updated his G2 to lollipop without any issues and he hasn't wiped the phone since it came out. I think it might be a heat issue so I let it sit in the freezer for a little before I started it the second part of the update. If this doesn't work I'm either gonna try and use the upgrade assistant or go to 27A and then root and flash the 39a firmware through twrp. If you try wiping in between updates let me know how it goes!
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http://lg-phone-firmware.com/mobile/index.php?id_mod=36
You can find the firmware file there, that might help you

sk8ergun234 said:
What makes you think its a heat issue?
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Just a theory, maybe the phone doesnt want to boot completely because it's too hot. Either way freezing it for a little didnt work so Im gonna have to tot back to 11a and restart and try the upgrade assistant

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Just a theory, maybe the phone doesnt want to boot completely because it's too hot. Either way freezing it for a little didnt work so Im gonna have to tot back to 11a and restart and try the upgrade assistant
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Yeah I just tried again without wiping since my phone's temperature seemed fine and it didn't work either lol. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to use the upgrade assistant. Tell me if that works though please

sk8ergun234 said:
Yeah I just tried again without wiping since my phone's temperature seemed fine and it didn't work either lol. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to use the upgrade assistant. Tell me if that works though please
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I decided to stop updating after the 24A update and Im going to root and install twrp with autorec from here. Then i'm gonna follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g2/development/vs98039a-stock-fw-t3051560 to get to lollipop so I can keep root, recovery, and install custom ROMs

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I decided to stop updating after the 24A update and Im going to root and install twrp with autorec from here. Then i'm gonna follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g2/development/vs98039a-stock-fw-t3051560 to get to lollipop so I can keep root, recovery, and install custom ROMs
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alright, im going to try the verizon upgrade assistant tomorrow and post how that goes

sk8ergun234 said:
alright, im going to try the verizon upgrade assistant tomorrow and post how that goes
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Using the assistant does work for anyone wondering

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I decided to stop updating after the 24A update and Im going to root and install twrp with autorec from here. Then i'm gonna follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g2/development/vs98039a-stock-fw-t3051560 to get to lollipop so I can keep root, recovery, and install custom ROMs
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alright, im going to try the verizon upgrade assistant tomorrow and post how that goes
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There are multiple (39a kdz with instructions how to attain root and a recovery, flashable stock 39a zip, and a debloated stock 39a ROM) ways to get on Lollipop but it will help you both to look in the Verizon section.
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Help, lost my sound!

Hello fellow romers!
I recently decided to go back to Touchwiz but I failed. So then I went back to Temasek's CM12.1. Everything was fine until I decided to go full wipe and go v.15 (I was previously on 12.4 I think) and then I did something wrong. I went and did a full wipe on System (don't ask me why, I'm just stupid). So now I have no sound! Everything works as it should but the sound is completely gone.
I have tried reinstalling the phone to complete stock via odin but nothing works. I tried go back to a previous working backup that I have saved but it didn't solve the problem either.
So, to me it sounds like my drivers to my sound is gone or corrupt. Can I reflash it or something? This is really screwing me over since I really don't have the money to buy another Note 3. Help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

BunnyPig said:
Hello fellow romers!
I recently decided to go back to Touchwiz but I failed. So then I went back to Temasek's CM12.1. Everything was fine until I decided to go full wipe and go v.15 (I was previously on 12.4 I think) and then I did something wrong. I went and did a full wipe on System (don't ask me why, I'm just stupid). So now I have no sound! Everything works as it should but the sound is completely gone.
I have tried reinstalling the phone to complete stock via odin but nothing works. I tried go back to a previous working backup that I have saved but it didn't solve the problem either.
So, to me it sounds like my drivers to my sound is gone or corrupt. Can I reflash it or something? This is really screwing me over since I really don't have the money to buy another Note 3. Help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.
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What version of tw did you try to flash?

kenny1991 said:
What version of tw did you try to flash?
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5.0.2

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5.0.2
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Thought maybe you flashed a lower version.
Why don't you give it a fresh start? Absolutely cleaning whole internal memory. With latest cm12.1

kenny1991 said:
Thought maybe you flashed a lower version.
Why don't you give it a fresh start? Absolutely cleaning whole internal memory. With latest cm12.1
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Well, that's what I'm trying to do right now. But ever since I installed the stock firmware my computer refuses to connect to my phone. So I can't do a backup of all my files. This is just getting weird now. The phone is extremely slow and it keeps saying "Music has stopped working." and it won't let me do anything because of that window... I am seriously thinking about breaking the phone in half at this point. I don't even know if my modem works, and I'm going back to work tomorrow! Damn, I'm getting really stressed out because of this.

Alright, I am in deep **** here and I really need help! How do I do to go back to complete stock?! Like, totally cleaning out my device and reinstalling it?! The phone is absolutely useless and I need to go back to a working state with everything working.
How do I hard reset my phone using odin?

Just got it to work. Apparently I had a bad version of Odin which made it impossible to flash a rom. After I redownloaded Odin to 3.04 it worked perfectly.

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Just got it to work. Apparently I had a bad version of Odin which made it impossible to flash a rom. After I redownloaded Odin to 3.04 it worked perfectly.
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All good now?

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All good now?
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Yeah, everything is working now. I flashed the stock firmware with the right region code and everything went back to normal. Why I couldn't flash it was because of a bad version of Odin. Felt kinda stupid for not trying that before I posted here. Thank you for the replies!

BunnyPig said:
Yeah, everything is working now. I flashed the stock firmware with the right region code and everything went back to normal. Why I couldn't flash it was because of a bad version of Odin. Felt kinda stupid for not trying that before I posted here. Thank you for the replies!
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So it may help others.