I had been running cwm on my i7337m s4 and decided to change to twrp because I was having problems flashing cm11
twrp did not work to flash cm11 either so i decided to go back to cwm using the app. I tried to boot into cwm recovery using the app but each time it went back to twrp recovery. So I thought I could use mobile odin pro to flash the cwm .tar file. When i tried to flash cwm using mobile odin my phone soft bricked. I think it's a soft brick at least, I can get into download mode but not into any recovery mode. I have tried to connect to 2 different pc's (both recognize my other s4 and s3) using the usb that came with my phone and several others but nothing works
Any advice is appreciated
Have you tried Odin? You're probably going to have to Odin the stock firmware and start over. As a last resort download flashify and flash a twrp or cwm .img file
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jfltecan
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use another PC. install Kies for the SGH-I337 driver and try it again. see if the odin version is compatible. i would get odin from deadly venom kitkat magic tool.
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Hello.First post here.
I currently have been using CM11 for a few months now but miss some features on stock. (multiwindow, air view) so I installed Sacs ROM.
Everything was working great today except a known problem is wifi will not work due to radio opbstructions (i believe). So i attempted to change the baseband to MF9.
At first, Odin started then immidately it failed. The error read 'Fused 4 Binary 1'
So i assumed it was a connection error. I loaded back into download mode and tried again. Failed.
At this point i thought screw it, and took the battery out. tried to reboot and stuck at the soft brick "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
I installed Kies. Plugged in my phone. Drivers installed but Kies will not connect. Try to do 'Firmware Upgrade and Initialization'
However Kies will NOT accpet my S/N number. i tried everything. writing it all out or with a space every 3 numbers or with 'DEC' at the front. nothing worked.
I even called sprint to double check S/N (ESN/DEC)
so basically I'm soft bricked and Kies is screwing me over. Any ideas?
Have you tried to odin back to stock?
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Have you tried to odin back to stock?
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thats the one thing i want to avoid.
by reverting to stock wont i lose root access? i have a backup of my old CM ROM from before i flashed sacs. should i revert to stock then restore to CM then reinstall Sacs?
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thats the one thing i want to avoid.
by reverting to stock wont i lose root access? i have a backup of my old CM ROM from before i flashed sacs. should i revert to stock then restore to CM then reinstall Sacs?
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Yes but it takes all but about 30 seconds to root again
You could go straight to sacs after rooting.
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daniel4653 said:
Yes but it takes all but about 30 seconds to root again
You could go straight to sacs after rooting.
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ok that might leave me with a cleaner install also.
wheres the stock file i can flash on Odin?
also how should i update the radio if it didnt work the first time?
Thank you for the help
whatthe_fuzz said:
ok that might leave me with a cleaner install also.
wheres the stock file i can flash on Odin?
also how should i update the radio if it didnt work the first time?
Thank you for the help
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If you flash a full stock tar you won't have to flash radio.
Do a search please for the tar.
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leaderbuilder said:
If you flash a full stock tar you won't have to flash radio.
Do a search please for the tar.
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i searched around and eventually found a working .md5 file. its apparently is stock. got my phone to start booting but it got stuck at the yellow sprint screen. im going to try to boot into safe mode. any ideas how to access my recovery file? i have one form CWM and one from Ti Backup
which tar did you flash through Odin? MF9, MK2 or NAE?
IF you were on MF9 and flashed the full MF9 tar you can try and flash again. Just power off phone completely, go to download mode, attach and run Odin. (same for MK2 or NAE) BUT if you tried flashing MJA/MK2 or NAE you cannot go back to MF9. Things you should have read about already.
If it hangs on boot after flashing, power off completely, boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset and then let it restart first reboot can take 5 to 10 earth minutes.
You can then root via CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, install goomanager to grab a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) OR Odin said recoveries (Philz, TWRP etc.)
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which tar did you flash through Odin? MF9, MK2 or NAE?
IF you were on MF9 and flashed the full MF9 tar you can try and flash again. Just power off phone completely, go to download mode, attach and run Odin. (same for MK2 or NAE) BUT if you tried flashing MJA/MK2 or NAE you cannot go back to MF9. Things you should have read about already.
If it hangs on boot after flashing, power off completely, boot to stock recovery and do a factory reset and then let it restart first reboot can take 5 to 10 earth minutes.
You can then root via CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, install goomanager to grab a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) OR Odin said recoveries (Philz, TWRP etc.)
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I think i fixed it.
Problems resolved.
The issue was i had Sacs v4 which didnt support wifi and i read that it needed MF9 firmware.
i had a lapse in judgement and without thinking tried to go back from MJA. didnt catch it until now.
I eventually found the correct stock file. eventually got into the phone. rerooted and in the process of install the proper sacs ROM (v5.6)
this was a simple error that i shouldve caught thanks guys!
hopefully this ROM will work with wifi...
BTW, all my backups were wiped
Your backups weren't on your external sd? Ooo, that sucks. Glad you got it.
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Hi guys,
A few weeks back I was trying to update the modem for my Galaxy S4 i9505, and downloaded odin via the Play Store which reset my recovery mode as well. I had clockwork installed previously but now go into odin mode whenever I try to boot to recovery. I've also tried reflashing clockwork using Odin which supposedly succeeds, but then I'm still stuck booting into odin mode for recovery when I press volume down + power. How can I get back to clockwork? I'm not able to flash roms using odin and I'm having problems with my current installation. Any help would be amazing!
Thanks!
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Hi guys,
A few weeks back I was trying to update the modem for my Galaxy S4 i9505, and downloaded odin via the Play Store which reset my recovery mode as well. I had clockwork installed previously but now go into odin mode whenever I try to boot to recovery. I've also tried reflashing clockwork using Odin which supposedly succeeds, but then I'm still stuck booting into odin mode for recovery when I press volume down + power. How can I get back to clockwork? I'm not able to flash roms using odin and I'm having problems with my current installation. Any help would be amazing!
Thanks!
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Why arent u able to flash roms by odin?
Joku1981 said:
Why arent u able to flash roms by odin?
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I want to flash zip files, Odin will only flash .tar files.
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I want to flash zip files, Odin will only flash .tar files.
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The combination for go custom recovery is Volume up + Power button
As title says. It happebed a few days ago. I flashed the sacs rom on my l720 and keeps crashing so i tried to install new rom but theres no recovery. It says a unauthorized rom is installsd. I tried to install stock rom using odin but it keeps failing. Im stuck with sacs rom now and can barely use my phone. Also i have tried twrp using odin and still nothin. Plz help
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As title says. It happebed a few days ago. I flashed the sacs rom on my l720 and keeps crashing so i tried to install new rom but theres no recovery. It says a unauthorized rom is installsd. I tried to install stock rom using odin but it keeps failing. Im stuck with sacs rom now and can barely use my phone. Also i have tried twrp using odin and still nothin. Plz help
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Have you tried Rom Installer from the Play Store? That's how I installed CWM 3 times now in the past week without any issues. It also has twrp. Give that a shot.
READ the OPs on the recoveries.
There should be NO issue in installing a recovery.
Odin is your best friend.
AND make sure you completely turn off your phone and NOT use a 'rebooter' app to enter download mode.
Surely if you take some time you'll get one installed.
I know odin is my friend but for some reason it not working. If i go into recovery after using odin for twrp it says not a authorized rom by samsung. I tried so many way and aas working on my phone for over 5 hours yesterday and nothin
Are you running Odin (3.07 or 3.09) 'As administrator'?
You must on Vista, Win7 or Win8.
Are you placing the recovery .tar in the PDA slot? and unchecking F.Reset as suggested in many recovery install posts?
If the TWRP recovery you are attempting to somehow install is not working why not try another recovery like Philz CWM
You MUST shut off your phone completely. Go into Download mode then connect to you PC that has Odin running (as admin). Start the flash (uncheck the F.Reset), let it finish then power off your phone by holding the power button.
Somewhere somehow you are not doing something correctly. Do some more reading if necessary I have NEVER had installing recoveries fail using Odin (though sometimes I have had to do it a couple times - missing that 'don't reset' caceat in some of the discussions; should have read through all first.)
Im using odin 3.09 on window 7. Ill try phils cwm.
Hello.
I want to factory reset my ATT S4....
i tried installing a recovery with TWRP...did not worked...then tried with Safestrap....this caused my phone to get the recovery messed up..when i do into the recovery it goes to could not do normal boot odin, odin mode......
thing is i want to know how to fix this....
i want to factory restore my phone so i can upgrade to kit kat...
the firmware version is a MK2
You need to get into Odin mode and then I'd flash the nb1 tar in Odin. Pull the battery, put it back in and then use the key combination to get into Odin mode.
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I was running on dark aurora rom and i tried to use flashify to download twrp so i can flash CM12.1 with it (Since cmw didnt work for some reason) and when i opened twrp it says that my phone has no OS and it cant read my backups or my files (including the cm12.1 zip file) and right know when i try to power up the phone it opens up twrp and i dont know what to do
Tried flashing stock firmware with odin and i cant boot into the system just stuck at samsung logo
Does it read an SD card? If so, try flashing a rom through TWRP. Else, try a PIT flash through Odin.
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What version of TWRP?
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Flash TWRP 2.8.7.x via Odin one more time .
Make sure your phone is rooted