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[Q] Constantly booting into CWM Recovery

Hi, this is my first root/custom ROM attempt and I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong.
I started by installing the Android SDK and following these instructions. I got into the ClockworkMod Recovery, made a backup and installed the zip in this thread. This is the start of my troubles. When I tried to reboot, it would attempt to boot, then reboot into the Samsung recovery. I could get back into the CWM Recovery fine holding the 3 buttons.
From here I've tried everything to get back into the OS. I've wiped it several, restored my backup, tried installing a custom ROM, tried installing the stock rom, and installed the stock ROM from Odin.
Now all that happens is I see the Samsung logo for about 4 seconds before CWM Recovery shows up. Every time I reboot and any time I turn on the power from taking the battery out, it's the only thing I see.
What can I do to get back on the path and get my device working again?

ODIN your device back to stock (EC05 is the latest, use the pre-rooted one)
Then continue about your life.

063_XOBX said:
ODIN your device back to stock (EC05 is the latest, use the pre-rooted one)
Then continue about your life.
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I think that I have done this. Is the .tar in this thread the right one? Because I have flashed that with Odin twice to no avail.

I had this same exact issue. Even after I Odin'd back to EC05. I ended up Odin'ing back to EB13...allowing it to boot up completely....then Odin'd to EC05. Then all worked just fine. Trust me...I was flipping **** when this happened to me so I just because trying anything and everything.

Quis89 said:
I had this same exact issue. Even after I Odin'd back to EC05. I ended up Odin'ing back to EB13...allowing it to boot up completely....then Odin'd to EC05. Then all worked just fine. Trust me...I was flipping **** when this happened to me so I just because trying anything and everything.
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Wow! This did the trick! Thanks a mil!

[Q] Stuck on custom screen after ODIN?

Hey guys,
I flashed back to stock with ODIN. Everything passes. But when the phone reboots it comes up with Samsung custom logo and seems to get stuck there? Any ideas?
EDIT: this is the ATT I337, I have flashed with ODIN before and it worked out fine. I am doing everything I normally did.

evolution2012 said:
Hey guys,
I flashed back to stock with ODIN. Everything passes. But when the phone reboots it comes up with Samsung custom logo and seems to get stuck there? Any ideas?
EDIT: this is the ATT I337, I have flashed with ODIN before and it worked out fine. I am doing everything I normally did.
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Have you made any changes since you last used ODIN? Did you flash a different version? How long are you waiting?

hamzer11 said:
Have you made any changes since you last used ODIN? Did you flash a different version? How long are you waiting?
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I waited like 3 minutes or so. But it never passes the custom Samsung screen at boot. Maybe I need to give it more time? I flashed Loki and I installed slimbean. Slimbean was a little buggy as it is still in beta so I went to restore my recovery. My recovery was missing from TWRP so I tried flashing back to stock odin to start over from square one.
I am using ODIN 3.07 on a PC running Windows 8. If I find out that all i have to do is wait longer I am gonna feel like an idiot lol.

evolution2012 said:
I waited like 3 minutes or so. But it never passes the custom Samsung screen at boot. Maybe I need to give it more time? I flashed Loki and I installed slimbean. Slimbean was a little buggy as it is still in beta so I went to restore my recovery. My recovery was missing from TWRP so I tried flashing back to stock odin to start over from square one.
I am using ODIN 3.07 on a PC running Windows 8. If I find out that all i have to do is wait longer I am gonna feel like an idiot lol.
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Initial boots can be long but I don't know about more than 3 minutes? Not really sure about what happens if you ODiN back after TWRP? I'll let more technical folks take a stab at it. It can't hurt to wait though.

Well I don't know what was ailing the odin flash, but I just used Kies emergency recovery and all is fine now. Weird... Appreciate your help.

evolution2012 said:
Well I don't know what was ailing the odin flash, but I just used Kies emergency recovery and all is fine now. Weird... Appreciate your help.
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Question for you, does recovering this way wipe everything? Apps, root, settings, all mods? Just want to know for my own reference.

hamzer11 said:
Question for you, does recovering this way wipe everything? Apps, root, settings, all mods? Just want to know for my own reference.
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This was my first time ever using KIES recovery. As far as I could tell everything is wiped. I did a factory reset afterwards just to be safe so I can't say with 100% certainty. I had the custom logo after reboot for 10 seconds, then after a manual reboot it boots regularly without the custom logo.

Phone Won't Boot After Installing Hide It Pro

Help...
I had a working phone with 3.0 golden eye.
I had installed Hide it Pro and File Hide it.
I was able to use the File Hide it but after reboot, the screen got stock at Samsung S4 Logo screen and I tried to restore and was TWRP says restored but during reboot it will get stock still at the Samsung S4 logo.
Now, I am trying desperately how to even just make it work.
I remember last time I had installed Hide It Pro and it also got my older phone get stock in the same situation and had used a different ROM.
this is the 2nd phone that is stock after installing Hide It Pro.
Any suggestions on how to revive my phone?
I am currently downloading the stock "I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_ATT.zip" and will try to Odin it.
I am looking to use the later UCUADML stock rom.
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
Help...
I had a working phone with 3.0 golden eye.
I had installed Hide it Pro and File Hide it.
I was able to use the File Hide it but after reboot, the screen got stock at Samsung S4 Logo screen and I tried to restore and was TWRP says restored but during reboot it will get stock still at the Samsung S4 logo.
Now, I am trying desperately how to even just make it work.
I remember last time I had installed Hide It Pro and it also got my older phone get stock in the same situation and had used a different ROM.
this is the 2nd phone that is stock after installing Hide It Pro.
Any suggestions on how to revive my phone?
I am currently downloading the stock "I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_ATT.zip" and will try to Odin it.
I am looking to use the later UCUADML stock rom.
Thank you.
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Actually have you tried a factory reset yet? I would try that first before Odin.
That will work, make sure after you odin, you do a factory reset, or you will still see the same issue, odin does NOT do a factory reset.
Good luck.

head over to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares. you'll have to register as a user but they have the MDL firmware you are looking for.

xBeerdroiDx said:
head over to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares. you'll have to register as a user but they have the MDL firmware you are looking for.
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I will check this link too. Thanks.

TheAxman said:
Actually have you tried a factory reset yet? I would try that first before Odin.
That will work, make sure after you odin, you do a factory reset, or you will still see the same issue, odin does NOT do a factory reset.
Good luck.
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You are right. I did a factory reset first, did not work so my last resort was ODIN.
I did ODIN and I was able to see the apps and play with it. after reboot, got stock again at Samsung Galaxy S4 logo.
I wil ODIN again and after reboot in the phone, I will do a factory reset since I believe the phone is non-rooted at this point.
I will post back what happens.
Thanks.

qwer43 said:
You are right. I did a factory reset first, did not work so my last resort was ODIN.
I did ODIN and I was able to see the apps and play with it. after reboot, got stock again at Samsung Galaxy S4 logo.
I wil ODIN again and after reboot in the phone, I will do a factory reset since I believe the phone is non-rooted at this point.
I will post back what happens.
Thanks.
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It's getting frustrating.
I had ODIN my phone, reboot and factory reset by using the vol up+power+home.
stock was fine.
rooted the phone and installed SHOstock 2.0 by wiping all including format data.
at first reboot, gets stock on the samsung logo...
what else can I do to fix this even if i had already rolled it back to stock/factory reset?
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
It's getting frustrating.
I had ODIN my phone, reboot and factory reset by using the vol up+power+home.
stock was fine.
rooted the phone and installed SHOstock 2.0 by wiping all including format data.
at first reboot, gets stock on the samsung logo...
what else can I do to fix this even if i had already rolled it back to stock/factory reset?
Thank you.
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Flash the KT att loki kernel and see what happens, it will boot.

TheAxman said:
Flash the KT att loki kernel and see what happens, it will boot.
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What is the "KT att loki kernel"? I tried searching for these strings "KT att loki kernel" but nothing relevant.
I would appreciate your assistance.
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
What is the "KT att loki kernel"? I tried searching for these strings "KT att loki kernel" but nothing relevant.
I would appreciate your assistance.
Thank you.
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I have now Goldern 3.0 ROM but after the 1st boot, it is stock again at the logo.
Will the "KT att loki kernel" all ROMs?
Thank you.

here's the link to KT's kernel thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292341
there are 2 kernels. download the correct one for your type of firmware (touchwiz or aosp).
cheers

xBeerdroiDx said:
here's the link to KT's kernel thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292341
there are 2 kernels. download the correct one for your type of firmware (touchwiz or aosp).
cheers
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I had downloaded AOSP kernel. I have this ROM "
[ROM]★GOLDENEYE★[ATT&CAN][►XXUBMF8◄][APPS2SD][JB][TW][4.2.2][LOKi'D][July.14.13]"
Flashed it.
While clearing Cache/Dalvik, ok
Fix permission : ok
Reboot. it showed logo then phone turned-off screen, no response...
help.... needed...

You downloaded the aosp kernel and flashed it on a touchwiz (TW) rom. Can you get into recovery mode?

xBeerdroiDx said:
You downloaded the aosp kernel and flashed it on a touchwiz (TW) rom. Can you get into recovery mode?
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Ooops, my bad. Golden ROM is a Touchwiz?
I will try to recover it and flash the Touchwiz Kernel.
going back to original issue.
AFter I had ODIN my phone and flashed a new ROM, I should not be having these issues(?). right?

qwer43 said:
Ooops, my bad. Golden ROM is a Touchwiz?
I will try to recover it and flash the Touchwiz Kernel.
going back to original issue.
AFter I had ODIN my phone and flashed a new ROM, I should not be having these issues(?). right?
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I had ODIN it again.
After reset/reboot, since it is connected to my pc the invisible batter in the background appears and does nothing after the ATT logo with sounds came out.
disconnected from pc and tried to reboot. it will only show the logo during power button push, release the power button and the logo disappears and dies.

qwer43 said:
I had ODIN it again.
After reset/reboot, since it is connected to my pc the invisible batter in the background appears and does nothing after the ATT logo with sounds came out.
disconnected from pc and tried to reboot. it will only show the logo during power button push, release the power button and the logo disappears and dies.
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I tried reboot in recover, power+vol up and home, the phone will show the logo and release power and it dies, does not continue to recovery.
Is there any other way to recover the phone?
Thank you.

qwer43 said:
I tried reboot in recover, power+vol up and home, the phone will show the logo and release power and it dies, does not continue to recovery.
Is there any other way to recover the phone?
Thank you.
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my bad again...
battery was dead.
now, after ODIN, I am in stock ROM, none rooted.
restarted = ok
power off > start = ok
next rooting steps.
what I can't understand is when flashing a new ROM will start to freeze at start-up... ???

qwer43 said:
my bad again...
battery was dead.
now, after ODIN, I am in stock ROM, none rooted.
restarted = ok
power off > start = ok
next rooting steps.
what I can't understand is when flashing a new ROM will start to freeze at start-up... ???
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because you must use a kernel for your device...PERIOD! If you do not, you will hang at boot.

[Q] S4 Bootloop, Can enter download but not recovery

Hi,
I have been searching and searching. I tried to install a kernel to my phone, its been forever so i don't remember which one.
It just reboots every 5 seconds without any screens coming up. I can not get into recovery mode
I can get into download mode and have flashed stock I337UCUAMDB_ATTAMDB_I337UCUAMDB with odin, but it doesnt fix anything.
What can I do to get to stock recovery and fix my phone?

What happens if you put it on download mode and then cancel with vol down

It falls back into the bootloop of restarting every 5 seconds with no screens coming up. No entry into recovery.

And if you pull the battery and put it back in does it try to boot?

What firmware were you on and was it loki'd if you were on mdl?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

I have taken the battery out and replaced it. It does not automatically try to boot. After pressing power it goes into the same boot cycle. Also, thank you for your quick attention!

megatilter said:
I have taken the battery out and replaced it. It does not automatically try to boot. After pressing power it goes into the same boot cycle. Also, thank you for your quick attention!
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When did it start doing what's it's going. Did you do anything before hand? Do you know what firmware you where on before you tried odin? Was it mdb?

"What firmware were you on and was it loki'd if you were on mdl?"
Previous to my obvious blunder with the kernel download, I was using goldeneye rom from android develepment, sucessfully.
Dont know if that answers the question but i have also tried to flash AMDL with odin but have the same results.

megatilter said:
"What firmware were you on and was it loki'd if you were on mdl?"
Previous to my obvious blunder with the kernel download, I was using goldeneye rom from android develepment, sucessfully.
Dont know if that answers the question but i have also tried to flash AMDL with odin but have the same results.
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When you used odin did you only have f.reset and auto-reboot checked and flashed the md5 file in PDA

jd1639 said:
When you used odin did you only have f.reset and auto-reboot checked and flashed the md5 file in PDA
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I have done it multiple times, perhaps panicking, I checked the re-partition button. I have tried to get a PIT file downloaded and tried to use that.
However, this behavior was happening before I did that. It started boot looping as soon as i tried to use TWRP to flash the kernel (I know i am an idiot, and didn't read first). As soon as this started happening, that's when I immediately tried to flash AMDL (exactly as you described with only those options checked) through odin and it didn't do anything different. That's when i tried other options. I fear i may have broken my phone. Again thank you for your attention.

megatilter said:
I have done it multiple times, perhaps panicking, I checked the re-partition button. I have tried to get a PIT file downloaded and tried to use that.
However, this behavior was happening before I did that. It started boot looping as soon as i tried to use TWRP to flash the kernel (I know i am an idiot, and didn't read first). As soon as this started happening, that's when I immediately tried to flash AMDL (exactly as you described with only those options checked) through odin and it didn't do anything different. That's when i tried other options. I fear i may have broken my phone. Again thank you for your attention.
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I think you've broken it too. Sounds like you flashed the wrong kernel and at that point you were more or less hosed. Look into jtag, mobiletechvideos.com. They can probably fix it. It'll cost you $60.00 +
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jd1639 said:
I think you've broken it too. Sounds like you flashed the wrong kernel and at that point you were more or less hosed. Look into jtag, mobiletechvideos.com. They can probably fix it. It'll cost you $60.00 +
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I957 using xda app-developers app
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i've never seen a kernel hard brick a device or corrupt the recovery partition. i also rarely see a user flash a file and not remember what they just flashed. he/she possibly flashed an incompatible kernel or flashed a non-loki'd kernel without flashing loki-doki. either way, recovery would still be accessible to correct this issue. i feel that there is more to this.
OP, see jd's jtag post above.

megatilter said:
I have done it multiple times, perhaps panicking, I checked the re-partition button. I have tried to get a PIT file downloaded and tried to use that.
However, this behavior was happening before I did that. It started boot looping as soon as i tried to use TWRP to flash the kernel (I know i am an idiot, and didn't read first). As soon as this started happening, that's when I immediately tried to flash AMDL (exactly as you described with only those options checked) through odin and it didn't do anything different. That's when i tried other options. I fear i may have broken my phone. Again thank you for your attention.
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Well I finally was able to get Kies working and did a firmware update. That gave me back regular recovery. Now Im stuck at bootloop att screen.
I then re flashed AMDL stock via odin and VIOLA!
Im back to stock baby!
And from there ill probably go back to Goldeneyes Rom and never think about this ever again. Thanks for your time. My phone is working again!
Also
Thank you for helping me at least by giving this thread attention. So much appreciation to the fine people here at XDA

megatilter said:
Well I finally was able to get Kies working and did a firmware update. That gave me back regular recovery. Now Im stuck at bootloop att screen.
I then re flashed AMDL stock via odin and VIOLA!
Im back to stock baby!
And from there ill probably go back to Goldeneyes Rom and never think about this ever again. Thanks for your time. My phone is working again!
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Thank you for helping me at least by giving this thread attention. So much appreciation to the fine people here at XDA
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Great news! You got lucky, make sure you read and learn on xda. And always know what you flash.

megatilter said:
Well I finally was able to get Kies working and did a firmware update. That gave me back regular recovery. Now Im stuck at bootloop att screen.
I then re flashed AMDL stock via odin and VIOLA!
Im back to stock baby!
And from there ill probably go back to Goldeneyes Rom and never think about this ever again. Thanks for your time. My phone is working again!
Also
Thank you for helping me at least by giving this thread attention. So much appreciation to the fine people here at XDA
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Care to share how you got Kies working? I have a similar problem and I can't get Kies to recognize my phone.

Fix!
So What you gota do
1. Pull Out Battery Put back in
2.Go To Download Mode
3. Download The TWRP.tar For Your Phone
4.Run Odin as Admin, Tick Pda, for pda select the TWRP.tar
5. Hit Start, Then Pull Out battery put it back in
6.Get A Micro Sd And Put The Cyanogenmod Rom, and the gapps the ones for your phone
7.Insert microsd in phone
8. Boot Recovery and go to mounts and mount the microsd
9, Go Advansed, file manager, ext sd, And Copy the cyanogenmod and the gapps to internal storage
10. Flash the cyanogen mod and the gapps. DO THIS PART CAREFULLY OR MIGHT HARD BRICK!
11. Reboot And youl boot to cyanogenmod! OH yeah! Replay if this helped or if you have any problems

SM-n9005 major problem!

Hey
I just flashed my note 3 to android 5.0 with Odin, and if I would boot it up it the Samsung logo would freeze and then the phone would restart in a weird way- the screen flashes and phone vibrates a couple of times. I wiped data and cache but then it would get stuck at "Android is upgrading", everytime it got stuck at upgrading certain number of apps (like 32 out of 190) and at that point I would take out the battery. After this I boot up the phone and now the number of apps that needed to be upgraded were decreasing so I repeat the process of taking the battery out until I get it to boot up. So finally the phone boots up and I start setting it up and the "S health has stopped working" pops up and after a short time the phone freezes and restarts in a same way I mentioned above.
Does anybody know a solution for that? Phone works fine when I flash it to 4.4.2.

thecreator101 said:
Hey
I just flashed my note 3 to android 5.0 with Odin, and if I would boot it up it the Samsung logo would freeze and then the phone would restart in a weird way- the screen flashes and phone vibrates a couple of times. I wiped data and cache but then it would get stuck at "Android is upgrading", everytime it got stuck at upgrading certain number of apps (like 32 out of 190) and at that point I would take out the battery. After this I boot up the phone and now the number of apps that needed to be upgraded were decreasing so I repeat the process of taking the battery out until I get it to boot up. So finally the phone boots up and I start setting it up and the "S health has stopped working" pops up and after a short time the phone freezes and restarts in a same way I mentioned above.
Does anybody know a solution for that? Phone works fine when I flash it to 4.4.2.
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did you update Modem and Bootloader before flashing lollipop??

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did you update Modem and Bootloader before flashing lollipop??
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No I didn't, can this be the cause of the problem? If so what kind of modem and bootloader do I have to install?

It might be best to start over by flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com via Odin.

audit13 said:
It might be best to start over by flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com via Odin.
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I've tried it already. Flashed a stock rom via odin and even through kies, didn't work... Flashing new modem and bootloader doesn't seem to work either.

Were you able to successfully flash the latest stock ROM successfully or did it fail in Odin?

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Were you able to successfully flash the latest stock ROM successfully or did it fail in Odin?
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It was successful in Odin but still doesn't work on my note 3.

thecreator101 said:
It was successful in Odin but still doesn't work on my note 3.
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Is that firmware does not work ??
Are you sure you are flashing the firmware for your model ??
have you upgraded with no apps installed as it could be an app that's the problem .

JJEgan said:
Is that firmware does not work ??
Are you sure you are flashing the firmware for your model ??
have you upgraded with no apps installed as it could be an app that's the problem .
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Yeah, im flashing sm-n9005 firmware as i have the same model, even tried flashing different regions. Im not sure how to flash with no apps installed, can you explain?

You're using the latest stock ROM from sammobile? Performed a factory wipe before booting the stock ROM for the first time? Tried flashing with a pit file?

thecreator101 said:
Yeah, im flashing sm-n9005 firmware as i have the same model, even tried flashing different regions. Im not sure how to flash with no apps installed, can you explain?
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Are you plugged directly into a USB port, not a hub, Pc Usb only, it can make a difference, also check ya dont have Kies installed, this can also be a nuisance, AND IF you use a pit file, make sure you use the right one, Quite often phones become unflashable and report errors after an incorrect pit was used.

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You're using the latest stock ROM from sammobile? Performed a factory wipe before booting the stock ROM for the first time? Tried flashing with a pit file?
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Not from sammobile, i used other site to download. I did do a factory wipe though, but haven't tried flashing with a pit file.