This is probably the worst thing that has happened but i rooted my gs4 and was trying to install a custom recovery but knowing my smart self i forgot to safestrap and like bricked my gs4. I am dealing with SECURE FAIL: KERNEL any suggestions??
R800x_user said:
This is probably the worst thing that has happened but i rooted my gs4 and was trying to install a custom recovery but knowing my smart self i forgot to safestrap and like bricked my gs4. I am dealing with SECURE FAIL: KERNEL any suggestions??
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If you see this while booting into stock recovery, that can be ignored as we don't use the stock recovery for anything other than ota.
If you see this during normal boot, you would have to Odin back to stock and start over.
Well I can't boot into recovery I get this all the time
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No, not recovery, ODIN mode. Volume down and power.
Even after Odin restoring I still get this screen
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Thanks for helping out, I have found a solution.
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Thanks for helping out, I have found a solution.
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What was it, in case others have similar problem--
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I'm giving up my GS4 and need to wipe absolutely everything and put it back to complete stock, however I only have access to a Mac. What's the safest and easiest way to do so and reset the flash counter on the way?
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I'm giving up my GS4 and need to wipe absolutely everything and put it back to complete stock, however I only have access to a Mac. What's the safest and easiest way to do so and reset the flash counter on the way?
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Need more info. What baseband are you on?
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Thankfully, still on MDL, currently running CM11
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Go to DL mode and use Kies to do an emergency recovery.
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Will that reset the flash counter?
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No. If you need to reset that, you will need to root on stock, and then use triangle triangle away to reset it, then use SuperSu to unroot.
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Is kies the easiest way? It's terrible software, and is rather avoid it if I can.
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Is kies the easiest way? It's terrible software, and is rather avoid it if I can.
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You can go to sammobile.com look for the MDL tar file for odin and flash through Odin.
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The same that I said before goes for Odin as well.
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Looks like kies it is, since I'm stuck on Mac.
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Actually, is there a 100% stock ROM of the latest, or second to latest, that I could flash through TWRP, and then update to whatever the latest is through it?I can delete everything manually, but that would be an easy way to stock, right?
kies didn't play well on my iMac in as far as phone being recognized. you may fair better--
here is a mac thread where OP is fairly helpful and can you restore with heimdall--might take some learning of the commands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
heimdall--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441
just giving options--do what feels best--:good:
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kies didn't play well on my iMac in as far as phone being recognized. you may fair better--
here is a mac thread where OP is fairly helpful and can you restore with heimdall--might take some learning of the commands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
heimdall--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441
just giving options--do what feels best--:good:
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It sounds like flashing files through ADB/fastboot on a Nexus. But man do I miss One-Click packages like they had back in my E4GT days. If only there was... I'd even do what I can and get to a Windows computer ASAP if I could get a One-click.
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It sounds like flashing files through ADB/fastboot on a Nexus. But man do I miss One-Click packages like they had back in my E4GT days. If only there was... I'd even do what I can and get to a Windows computer ASAP if I could get a One-click.
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I liked adb/fastboot on my nexus one. Lots of versatility. I only have the iMac bc my daughter-in-law gave me one when my sony vaio crashed. kinda liking it though.
I did a full restore on a mac using Heimdall and I did not need to use the command line. I did not look at the linked thread very carefully so you may have found what you are looking for. If you'd prefer my method of using the Heimdall GUI, shoot me a PM and I'll post instructions here. I'd actually been meaning to work out how to make a Heimdall package...hmmm....
Hello xda community.
i just purchased a galaxy s4 from a friend he he updated it to kitkat 4.4.2. i rooted itbut im having an issue installing a custom recovery. i tried the cmd method, the twrp apps on the market but although it says succesfull when i try to reboot into recovery it goes onto download mode. Someone please help me. i know samsung has a security system for the boatloader and i dont care tripping the securty system because im not with at&t nor on contract.
please help me i want to flash cm11 so bad.
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Hello xda community.
i just purchased a galaxy s4 from a friend he he updated it to kitkat 4.4.2. i rooted itbut im having an issue installing a custom recovery. i tried the cmd method, the twrp apps on the market but although it says succesfull when i try to reboot into recovery it goes onto download mode. Someone please help me. i know samsung has a security system for the boatloader and i dont care tripping the securty system because im not with at&t nor on contract.
please help me i want to flash cm11 so bad.
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Try this one. It's what I use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427125
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Try this one. It's what I use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427125
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I've seen that but I heard/read if you mess up that's it for your phone. Plus toy never truly have a Susie stable recovery. Seems like a lot of risk
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I've seen that but I heard/read if you mess up that's it for your phone. Plus toy never truly have a Susie stable recovery. Seems like a lot of risk
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I can't say I have ever heard of anyone messing up the installation process before. It's load the apk to your SD card, install it to your phone and then tapping the install button once you open it. That's it.
As long as your root method installs busybox and your SU app disables Knox, you should be fine.
androidfine16 said:
Hello xda community.
i just purchased a galaxy s4 from a friend he he updated it to kitkat 4.4.2. i rooted itbut im having an issue installing a custom recovery. i tried the cmd method, the twrp apps on the market but although it says succesfull when i try to reboot into recovery it goes onto download mode. Someone please help me. i know samsung has a security system for the boatloader and i dont care tripping the securty system because im not with at&t nor on contract.
please help me i want to flash cm11 so bad.
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Trying to load a custom recovery on a locked bootloader could mess up your phone. Safestrap was made for our phones. Read up a bit you'll see we can't do normal custom recoveries and we can't flash normal roms cause we're locked. Only thing we can do is root and safe strap. I'll suggest odin nb1 update to nc1 root. The reason I say odin to nb1 is because right now you don't have a recovery at all due to you trying to install cwm or twrp.
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I can't say I have ever heard of anyone messing up the installation process before. It's load the apk to your SD card, install it to your phone and then tapping the install button once you open it. That's it.
As long as your root method installs busybox and your SU app disables Knox, you should be fine.
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So I'll be able to install cm 11. Without any complications?
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I don't have a current recovery. Your right about that . How do I fix it
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So I'll be able to install cm 11. Without any complications?
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Do you have an AT&T S4? If so then no. It will not load if you try. Until someone figures how to crack the locked bootloader, we are stuck with ROMs that use stock Samsung (you'll also hear them referred to as TouchWiz or TW) kernels. I believe CM uses their own custom one.
I am able to use the Google Edition one because a user modified it to work on aTouchWiz kernel, and even then things like USB file transfer does not work.
I do not believe anyone has done the same for CM.
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I don't have a current recovery. Your right about that . How do I fix it
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You need to odin nb1 (flash back to stock) this will put your recovery back.
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Do you have an AT&T S4? If so then no. It will not load if you try. Until someone figures how to crack the locked bootloader, we are stuck with ROMs that use stock Samsung (you'll also hear them referred to as TouchWiz or TW) kernels. I believe CM uses their own custom one.
I am able to use the Google Edition one because a user modified it to work on aTouchWiz kernel, and even then things like USB file transfer does not work.
I do not believe anyone has done the same for CM.
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Yes I have the at& t s4. And that sucks I was really looking forward to flashing cm 11s. I don't care for the knox being ticked off being that I'm on no contract. Do you think I can use Odin or something to revert back to 4.2 safely without bricking the device. I hate touch wiz. And the battery drains quickly plus the phone gets hot when used for a while
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You need to odin nb1 (flash back to stock) this will put your recovery back.
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Won't this look the bootloader cause I read downgrades are practically unsafe on this device. If not than I'd much rather go back to 4.2 so I can load a custom recovery being that u don't mind tripping knox. So long that it doesn't Brick or render the phone use less
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Won't this lock the bootloader cause I read downgrades are practically unsafe on this device. If not than I'd much rather go back to 4.2 so I can load a custom recovery being that u don't mind tripping knox. So long that it doesn't Brick or render the phone use less
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Won't this look the bootloader cause I read downgrades are practically unsafe on this device. If not than I'd much rather go back to 4.2 so I can load a custom recovery being that u don't mind tripping knox. So long that it doesn't Brick or render the phone use less
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Odining back to NB1 will not trip Knox. Also, I believe downgrading to 4.2 will not touch your bootloader, if it were that easy we'd all be rocking CM.
You could run this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767026
Its technically not a TW ROM, but it has its quirks. It was never intended to work on locked bootloader phones, but it has been retrofitted on to them.
Wrote this if you would like a guide on how I got 4.4.4 version up and running, it's kind of tricky.
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Won't this look the bootloader cause I read downgrades are practically unsafe on this device. If not than I'd much rather go back to 4.2 so I can load a custom recovery being that u don't mind tripping knox. So long that it doesn't Brick or render the phone use less
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Nb1 and nc1 are the same. Nb1 is just a small update over nb1, there isn't even a tar file for nc1 because it's such a small update. You won't be able to odin back to anything prior to nb1 unfortunately without bricking. Now I do understand the hatred of touchwiz but once you're rooted you're able to delete a lot of the garbage bloatware put on by Samsung and AT&T. This makes the phone so much better along with super long battery life. I've been able to get 4.5 hours of on screen time and about 16 - 17 hours of off the plug time like this.
When deleting bloat you can easily Google and find lists of what people have deleted off their phones using titanium backup (amazing app, let's your freeze or delete what you don't want). Also one thing I found out which is dumb. Deleting Samsung hub breaks auto rotation (what one has to do with the other I'll never know) but you can download the file needed to fix that here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51260826
I've had my touchwized sgs4 for about 3 weeks now and can say I'm not as upset with it as I thought I would be. Let me know if you have any questions about certain things. I've found a lot of workarounds and little edits here and there to get my phone a lot closer to how I want it.
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Are there people working in unlocking our bootloader because this thing is really annoying .
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Ps: No one answered my question. If I don't care for tripping the bootloader being that I'm on no contract. Is their a way to trip the flash counter and get on a recovery? I don't care for Samsung security knox or their bootloader security.
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Ps: No one answered my question. If I don't care for tripping the bootloader being that I'm on no contract. Is their a way to trip the flash counter and get on a recovery? I don't care for Samsung security knox or their bootloader security.
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Nope. Bootloader and knox are completely different. Knox will just give annoying messages once tripped. Bootloader without unlock we're pretty much dead in the water. There has been some talk about ways to possibly unlock the bootloader so it's definitely being worked on. I've also read that the black hat even (hackers convention) might have something promising. Also anything that is done on the s5 could very well apply to the s4. It's all just a matter of time
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Nope. Bootloader and knox are completely different. Knox will just give annoying messages once tripped. Bootloader without unlock we're pretty much dead in the water. There has been some talk about ways to possibly unlock the bootloader so it's definitely being worked on. I've also read that the black hat even (hackers convention) might have something promising. Also anything that is done on the s5 could very well apply to the s4. It's all just a matter of time
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Sounds great that the s5 and s4 integrate . Also there's a bunch of stuff online which shows how to disable certain aspects of the bootloader using linux (Ubuntu) . Do you think that'll work. It's a huge risk.
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Sounds great that the s5 and s4 integrate . Also there's a bunch of stuff online which shows how to disable certain aspects of the bootloader using linux (Ubuntu) . Do you think that'll work. It's a huge risk.
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If it hasn't been done to give us anything I wouldn't do it. Only thing we have right now is safestrap. Which is similar to a dual boot
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If it hasn't been done to give us anything I wouldn't do it. Only thing we have right now is safestrap. Which is similar to a dual boot
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Similar to dual boot but can't load any rom you want on it
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Just had my phone screen crack completely and totally, making it impossible to see anything but black in the screen. I plan to exchange it for a refurbished version with my insurance plan, but I need to uninstall Safestrap, the custom recovery, the custom ROM and possibly Towelroot.
Will I be able to overwrite the custom recovery using Odin in the download mode? Is there anything I can do without having access to the screen?
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Just had my phone screen crack completely and totally, making it impossible to see anything but black in the screen. I plan to exchange it for a refurbished version with my insurance plan, but I need to uninstall Safestrap, the custom recovery, the custom ROM and possibly Towelroot.
Will I be able to overwrite the custom recovery using Odin in the download mode? Is there anything I can do without having access to the screen?
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Odin the nb1 tar file. See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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jd1639 said:
Odin the nb1 tar file. See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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I don't need to uninstall Safestrap through the app within the OS? Will using Odin and a stock rom remove the need for this?
I read somewhere someone was still getting the Safestrap screen during boot up even after they've removed the custom flash without using the app within the OS.
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I don't need to uninstall Safestrap through the app within the OS? Will using Odin and a stock rom remove the need for this?
I read somewhere someone was still getting the Safestrap screen during boot up even after they've removed the custom flash without using the app within the OS.
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Odin will return your device to like it was when it was new
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Odin will return your device to like it was when it was new
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I had a partially related question, do you know if the Nexus series has something similar to Odin where I can tinker with the ROM and recovery without using the screen in case something like this happens again with the Nexus 6?
noheroez said:
I had a partially related question, do you know if the Nexus series has something similar to Odin where I can tinker with the ROM and recovery without using the screen in case something like this happens again with the Nexus 6?
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Nexus devices have fastboot. Not quite the same as Odin but more versatile
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Nexus devices have fastboot. Not quite the same as Odin but more versatile
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Sweet, thanks dood, I got the recovery and ROM replaced using Odin, can't tell if the Safestrap screen still shows up or not, I'd say not because I don't have to press anything to proceed into the OS like I would normally.
Whenever I install a rom, it gets stuck in boot loops or I lose my wifi
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Whenever I install a rom, it gets stuck in boot loops or I lose my wifi
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What firmware, bootloader, version are you on?
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How do I find out those? I'm very new to this stuff.
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How do I find out those? I'm very new to this stuff.
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Let's start wit going into settings, more, about device. What are the last three characters of you build number?
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NC1
mikeyjay199215 said:
NC1
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Do you have an i337m?
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1337U
mikeyjay199215 said:
1337U
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I'm not familiar with the i337u but I'm guessing it's a Canadian variant and the bootloader is unlocked. If so root it with this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41791701
Then download twrp manager from the play store and install twrp
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It's at&t
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It's at&t
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Do you have a custom recovery on it now? Which one?
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Safestrap.
Ok, I'm sorry, I'm with you now. After flashing a rom you need to flash the nc1 module to get Wi-Fi working. See the third post of this, the first spoiler.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53758227 Download the nc1 module and flash that in safestrap
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Which roms am I able to use?
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Which roms am I able to use?
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See in the link I gave you. You can use any of the 4.4.4 roms.
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I can't use any of the custom ones. It says for nj4 only
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I can't use any of the custom ones. It says for nj4 only
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They'll work as long as you flash the nc1 module after flashing the rom
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Which one do you recommend?
This is still me. I'm on my laptop now so this is the account for the laptop. I was on my phone earlier. Anyways, flashing the modules didn't fix the wifi.
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This is still me. I'm on my laptop now so this is the account for the laptop. I was on my phone earlier. Anyways, flashing the modules didn't fix the wifi.
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I'm not sure then
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Alright. Thanks for trying to help. Guess I'm screwed :/
Okay, I've messed up real bad. I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by using this method.
I followed it through, Used the correct download (SM-N910F (International, Qualcomm)) andeverything.
Odin reboots my device, but all it says is
RECOVERY BOOTING...
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
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What am I supposed to do? I've tried to pull the battery out, reflashing it, manually put it in recovery mode and everything.
Still, I Get the annoying bootloop.
I know there is ways of fixing this without wiping it.
Thanks - Mackedack
EDIT: I don't actually care about not wiping it now. (If I have to wipe it, I will)
Flash twrp for your device through odin
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Flash twrp for your device through odin
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Where do I find this twrp?
Do you perhaps have a link?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2923509
Here you go & one more tip do some research before messing up with your device
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Where do I find this twrp?
Do you perhaps have a link?
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Hey buddy!! same issue here is that fixed????