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Apps installation screw up. Need help PLEASE!!

I got my S3 today, and of course set out to root it immediately. Everything went fine until I went to install google apps. I inadvertantly chose the wrong zip and installed the ones for my Skyrocket. Now it boots fine, but is stuck in an error notification loop where it says gapps has closed and setup has failed. If I could get back to the recovery panel, I'd know exactly what to do, but I can't get there with this phone for some reason. When I reboot with down volume, it boots into "safe" mode, but still gets stuck in the loop. If I reboot with down volume and home, I go to the Downloading screen. Could someone please help me get back to the recovery panel???:silly:

workingmomjd said:
I got my S3 today, and of course set out to root it immediately. Everything went fine until I went to install google apps. I inadvertantly chose the wrong zip and installed the ones for my Skyrocket. Now it boots fine, but is stuck in an error notification loop where it says gapps has closed and setup has failed. If I could get back to the recovery panel, I'd know exactly what to do, but I can't get there with this phone for some reason. When I reboot with down volume, it boots into "safe" mode, but still gets stuck in the loop. If I reboot with down volume and home, I go to the Downloading screen. Could someone please help me get back to the recovery panel???:silly:
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So close, Volume up home and power, and it should get to to recovery.

If you can't boot into recovery, but you can boot into download mode just flash a stock ROM through Odin then flash the correct version of gapps sand you should be good

m0cha5hake said:
If you can't boot into recovery, but you can boot into download mode just flash a stock ROM through Odin then flash the correct version of gapps sand you should be good
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I can now get into recovery (thank you!) but it's a hobbled recovery, not the touch recovery I installed when I originally rooted. It only gives me four options, including install zip from external sd. When I try to install CM or gapps I get a failed to get permission message and the installation aborts. Unfortunately, fix permissions is not one of the four options I'm presented with
So now I'm trying to flash clockwork mod touch from odin, but it hangs at the Samsung Galaxy boot screen when it goes to reboot. Any ideas out there?

workingmomjd said:
I can now get into recovery (thank you!) but it's a hobbled recovery, not the touch recovery I installed when I originally rooted. It only gives me four options, including install zip from external sd. When I try to install CM or gapps I get a failed to get permission message and the installation aborts. Unfortunately, fix permissions is not one of the four options I'm presented with
So now I'm trying to flash clockwork mod touch from odin, but it hangs at the Samsung Galaxy boot screen when it goes to reboot. Any ideas out there?
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I managed to flash a new cwm via odin and got into my familiar cwm. From there I was able to reinstall cm10 and gapps (the right one this time!) and it no longer hangs at the samsung galaxy boot screen, and is FIXED. Thank you so much for your help!!

Please HELP ! Stuck on Boot Logo .. Tried everything

Ok heres the case
I had a perfectly working Galaxy s5 G900H until i decided to install Xposed for lollipop.
I installed Xposed .. and as they said to ZIP via Recovery ....
as i have CWM 6.0.4.7 it somehow does not show my external card as an option to download Zip files from.
So i used Flashify to install the CWM zip
The device rebooted .. and now stuck to the Samsung logo.
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I also tried to do a factory reset via CWM. But it still is stuck at the boot logo.
PS
My CWM does not show the option of Ext Card at all .. so i cant install any new zip file either to Disable Xposed Framework.
Please help me... My device wont even format and start up fresh ... no matter what im stuck at the boot logo... even after doing a factory reset via CWM, it still shows folders like Whatsapp etc on the Install Zip from menu ... that means the Factory Reset is not working i believe ... i hate this CWM .... can i do something else ?
Please need Help
Edit I tried Flashing TWRP via Odin from here ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725939
Tried to Format via TWRP .. says Failed ... Rebooting still stuck on Samsung Logo.
Still same issues

Flash a stock ROM with ODIN from sammobile dot com
Instructions under the download

please helpe i accidentially wipe all os system and data of samsung s3 neo i9300i

my device is samsung s3 neo i9300i.recently i install twrp 2.7.1.0 and accidently delete all partitions and system and data.so now there are no os system.and i cant boot my phone.phone stucks on samsung logo.but i can boot into twrp recovery mod.then i decide to flash stock rom throgh twrp recovery but it fails and also try cm 12.1 official and unofficial it also fails.its showing no md5 file found.patching system image unconditionlly and updating partitions.so what can i do.i dont have pc.so give me solution which can i solve with twrp 2.7.1.0 .and one que. can i install noble rom 2.1 on this mobile in this situation?please help me......

I think you still need to find any PC with samsung drivers installed and Odin. Boot into download mode (vol down + power) and flash service firmware to recover partitions. Maybe exist any other solutions, but this, IMHO, is what you need to do.

After installing cm12.1, doesn't it boot?
Don't worry about the md5 file warning or patching system unconditionally. If you got no errors (other than what i mentioned here), it should boot fine.

in twrp there is an option of terminal command.but i dont know how to use it.when i click to open this terminal conmand then open systems folders and files and bottom line there is a option of select current folder.so how can i use it to flash rom with this.anyone have idea then please help me

I several times wiped everything at once through TWRP, then just restarted into recovery, copied .zip files for the ROM and gapps from a computer and flashed them, so can't really see where is the problem in your case. Doesn't the PC find your phone as a storage drive after wipe and restart?

yesterday i successfully install nobel rom 2.1 in my device.but now problem is i cant boot my phone.its showing samsung logo and then automatically going in download mod.before this installation i several time wipe every partitition and succedsfully install noble rom 2.1 but cant boot my phone.problem always there.please please help me

Maybe the problem is with the ROM and it's incompability with your phone. What if through Odin you flash a stock ROM from a computer in download mode and then try another custom ROM?
But of course first try to enter recovery and directly flash (another) working ROM, because going through stock with Odin takes much more time and nerves. Also, with Odin you have to be extremely careful to use the exact stock ROM for your device, so this is kind of a last-case scenario.

Plz check the rom u r downloaded is not corrupted
Or download again by any other phone and save it to external sd card then plug it on ur s3 and flash it

plz can any provide me twrp nandroid backup of system and boot partition of s3 neo i9300i plz plz plz

because in my area downloading speed is too slow.so i cant download stock firmware.its getting corrupted.i try to download it 4 to 5 times but its getting corrupted.so plz provide me backup file

U can't install stock firmware with twrp.
It can be flash using odin for pc only

ya.i know that.u mistaken me.i don't want stock rom.i want backup file of rom.just like that when we do full system backup with twrp recovery before installing new custom rom.are u understand my friend.please help me yaar.my phone is off from 2 months so please please help me .i want backup file of system and boot partition using twrp recovery.

if u have then please upload

required twrp recovery backup file which includes system and boot partition. for samsung s3 neo i9300i.

vinayak1910 said:
required twrp recovery backup file which includes system and boot partition. for samsung s3 neo i9300i.
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Sorry but i don't have that files U have to flash cm or any other custom rom again

but in my phone i wiped my operating system.so there is no os installed.so is it possible for me to flash cm rom?can i install cm rom with clean installation and is that possible then which version have to install?please reply

If you deleted ALL partitions, you have to flash Stock. If not, then just install something.

vinayak1910 said:
but in my phone i wiped my operating system.so there is no os installed.so is it possible for me to flash cm rom?can i install cm rom with clean installation and is that possible then which version have to install?please reply
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Yes of course you can. Flash whichever version you want. Just make sure it is only for your device s3 neo not any other Samsung phone. If you have solved the problem, then reply here and all moderator to close this thread.
Hit thanks of it helped!

HELP! Phone stuck in boot cycle, cannot flash rom

Hi everyone! Surfed the forums in the past for some minor help but never needed to register till now. I've tried everything and can't get my phone to boot.
So last night while camping my phone started boot cycling out of nowhere. I let it try a few times and then removed the battery and went to sleep. This morning I woke up and tried a few more times, replaced the battery with a non-stock double-capacity one I have, and still cycled. Sometimes it restarts on the Galaxy Note 4 logo, and sometimes on the Sprint logo. It will do this indefinitely. At one point It finally booted and said it was updating apps (like from an Android update, not the regular app updates.) Before I could do anything else with it though, the battery wiggled loose and it started power cycling again. Because of this one boot I think the root cause is related to an Android update that decided to run without my permission.
So I gave up and drove hoe from camping. Tonight I had tried everything I could find from factory reset to the toolkit to Odin and nothing has had any effect. The toolkit didn't see the device, and Odin failed to flash. Can anyone help me? I can boot to recovery and I can get into download mode, but nothing seems to work. The phone isn't hard bricked, but everything I can find on soft brick solutions hasn't worked. Thanks in advance!
~Evan

Oh also, when I boot into recovery mode it says "installing system update" with the android open chest logo, and then goes to a dead android and says "no command" before getting into the recovery mode menu.

ekuest said:
Oh also, when I boot into recovery mode it says "installing system update" with the android open chest logo, and then goes to a dead android and says "no command" before getting into the recovery mode menu.
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If you able to go download mode then flash twrp recovery in odin and go to twrp recovery for your specific model and do clean wipe system then flash any rom for your model.then wait 10 to 15 minuts until phone boot.

Trex888 said:
If you able to go download mode then flash twrp recovery in odin and go to twrp recovery for your specific model and do clean wipe system then flash any rom for your model.then wait 10 to 15 minuts until phone boot.
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Ok thanks that worked! I got into TWRP by setting Odin to not reboot. If I let it reboot then it just restarted after the TWRP flash and kept power cycling like before. If I uncheck auto reboot in Odin then after the flash I can pull the battery (can't figure out any other way to turn the phone off) and then when I restart in recovery mode it goes into TWRP. From there I tried a factory reset (wipe data, cache, and dalvik) and that didnt fix the power cycling. Do I have to flash TWRP and then immediately flash a rom right after? Or should I try an advance wipe in TWR, or maybe "repair or change file system" from the advanced wipe menu?

Bump? I still can't boot my phone. Got into TWRP but no idea what to do from there. I can't flash any rom successfully in Odin and I can't get the phone to boot. Now it just hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Note 4" splash screen, doesnt even go to the "Samsung" screen or the "Sprint" screen like it used to.

Trex888 said:
If you able to go download mode then flash twrp recovery in odin and go to twrp recovery for your specific model and do clean wipe system then flash any rom for your model.then wait 10 to 15 minuts until phone boot.
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how do you do the "then flash any rom" part? i have no idea how to do that since Odin doesn't seem to work.

ekuest said:
how do you do the "then flash any rom" part? i have no idea how to do that since Odin doesn't seem to work.
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1,Flash twrp recovery in odin
2,press volume up+home+power button and boot into twrp
3,in twrp go to wipe/advance wipe and wipe system/cache/data/dalvik cache
4,Flash any custom rom for your model from twrp recovery
If you allready have twrp installed then skip 1 and download any rom like cm12 and gapps
Then flash from twrp

Trex888 said:
1,Flash twrp recovery in odin
2,press volume up+home+power button and boot into twrp
3,in twrp go to wipe/advance wipe and wipe system/cache/data/dalvik cache
4,Flash any custom rom for your model from twrp recovery
If you allready have twrp installed then skip 1 and download any rom like cm12 and gapps
Then flash from twrp
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Do I just go to install in TWRP and then select the zip file on my microSD card? I tried that with N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip and if says "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file. Error installing zip file '/external_sd/N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip'" Then I tried with a CM called cm-12.1-20161016-NIGHTLY-trltespr.zip and it seemed to work, and showed a little blue android face but then it still wouldnt boot. Now when I try to start the phone it says "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" in tiny text on the top right of the Galaxy Note 4 splash screen, then boots to the blue android face and then powers off after about 2 seconds. After that, I cant even recovery boot the phone until I remove and reinstall the battery. Then the same thing happens, boot to blue android face and then shut down. I'll try some more android zips I found but I think there is a deeper problem with the phone here.

ekuest said:
Do I just go to install in TWRP and then select the zip file on my microSD card? I tried that with N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip and if says "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file. Error installing zip file '/external_sd/N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip'" Then I tried with a CM called cm-12.1-20161016-NIGHTLY-trltespr.zip and it seemed to work, and showed a little blue android face but then it still wouldnt boot. Now when I try to start the phone it says "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" in tiny text on the top right of the Galaxy Note 4 splash screen, then boots to the blue android face and then powers off after about 2 seconds. After that, I cant even recovery boot the phone until I remove and reinstall the battery. Then the same thing happens, boot to blue android face and then shut down. I'll try some more android zips I found but I think there is a deeper problem with the phone here.
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Which android version you ware running last time before this issues start happning ? 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 ?
And i think you are trying to flash firmware file from twrp thats not possible you will require a custom rom.
If you are on 5.1.1 then try any lojjipop n910p based roms like cm 12
If you are on 6.0.1 then try n910p marshmallow based rom like cm13

Trex888 said:
Which android version you ware running last time before this issues start happning ? 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 ?
And i think you are trying to flash firmware file from twrp thats not possible you will require a custom rom.
If you are on 5.1.1 then try any lojjipop n910p based roms like cm 12
If you are on 6.0.1 then try n910p marshmallow based rom like cm13
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I always run the updates so I'm pretty sure I was on 6.0.1. I tried again with CM13 with and without GApps and same thing always happens. No matter what I do, the phone always hangs and shuts off when it gets to the CM splash screen. I will upload a video soon. Do you know why the phone says that SEANDROID thing?
I am using CM13 from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44727
I am using GApps from here: http://opengapps.org/?download=true&arch=arm&api=6.0&variant=pico

ekuest said:
I always run the updates so I'm pretty sure I was on 6.0.1. I tried again with CM13 with and without GApps and same thing always happens. No matter what I do, the phone always hangs and shuts off when it gets to the CM splash screen. I will upload a video soon. Do you know why the phone says that SEANDROID thing?
I am using CM13 from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44727
I am using GApps from here: http://opengapps.org/?download=true&arch=arm&api=6.0&variant=pico
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Seandroid thing is normal if you are running custom rom. Cuz any custom comes with root and custom kernel so nothing to worry.
Did you tried another battery?
And how long did you wait to phone boot after flashing cm13 ?
Go to sprint note 4 xda forum and try different roms and be patient and wait atleast 20min to phone boot
You cannot flash cm13 without gapps and make sure gapps is for 6.0.1 marshmallow.
Once your phone boot normal go to download mode and flash 6.0.1 firmware in odin and after finish flash immediately go to stock recovery and do factory reset your phone will be normal.
Make sure your battery is not damaged maybe it is causing shut off. Issue.

Well since I can't flash CM13 with TWRP and I can't flash a stock rom with Odin, what other options do I have? Is there any way to get a bcakup file that someone else has made on their Note 4 in TWRP and try restoring from that? I've also read about ADB sideloading and another recovery called CWM or something and I don't know if those will be any different or just more failed flashes. I think the problem is deeper in the phone since it wouldn't boot with the stock rom and now it won't boot with CM13.
EDIT: Just saw your last post. I have 2 batteries, one samsung stock and one aftermarket TechOrbits double capacity. The phone does the same thing with either one so I ruled out the battery a while ago. Think there's any chance theyre both bad and I should order a new one? I don't really want to invest more money into a dead phone. I don't think I waited that long after installing CM13. I'll try it again and give it a half hour. I doubt that will change anything though.
EDIT2: Also when I go to download mode (says "ODIN MODE <HIGH SPEED>" at the top) it has some red text at the bottom I think might mean something. Does this mean anything to you or is it typical?
UDC START
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 1
[1]eMMC write fail: ABOOT

Screen stuck on preparing to start.. starting app.. after flashing crdroid 6.0.1

I had rooted my phone by unlocking the bootloader using adb fastboot method, then flashing the TWRP revocery V2.8.7.0, and then flashing superSU v2.46.
After rebooting my yureka plus, and going to recovery it started cynogen recovery only, even though update cynogen recovery option was disabled.
So I flashed TWRP again and without rebooting again, just flashed crDroidAndroid-6.0.1-20160827-tomato.zip and GApps zip file from internal memory. The phone rebooted and worked fine after that..
but while playing a game the phone automatically rebooted and ever since have been stuck on Preparing to start.. Starting apps..
I had disabled the developer options because I thought it was working fine.
The phone is working behind the preparing to start screen.. I can hear the message notification and caller ringtone when someone messages or calls.
Any suggestions what I should do now? I have tried doing a factory reset from recovery but the problem persists.

khushboop said:
I had rooted my phone by unlocking the bootloader using adb fastboot method, then flashing the TWRP revocery V2.8.7.0, and then flashing superSU v2.46.
After rebooting my yureka plus, and going to recovery it started cynogen recovery only, even though update cynogen recovery option was disabled.
So I flashed TWRP again and without rebooting again, just flashed crDroidAndroid-6.0.1-20160827-tomato.zip and GApps zip file from internal memory. The phone rebooted and worked fine after that..
but while playing a game the phone automatically rebooted and ever since have been stuck on Preparing to start.. Starting apps..
I had disabled the developer options because I thought it was working fine.
The phone is working behind the preparing to start screen.. I can hear the message notification and caller ringtone when someone messages or calls.
Any suggestions what I should do now? I have tried doing a factory reset from recovery but the problem persists.
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Try flashing it with stock rom or simple wipe the whole system and cache from twrp from advance wipe option ( but backup first ) and again flash the custom rom u used previously.

sk.shehbaz said:
Try flashing it with stock rom or simple wipe the whole system and cache from twrp from advance wipe option ( but backup first ) and again flash the custom rom u used previously.
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It still opens in cyanogen recovery only, and there is no option for wiping dalvik cache or system. Since the usb debugging is of,f I cannot used cmd to flash twrp recovery again. By the way I still don't understand why twrp recovery is not loading.

khushboop said:
It still opens in cyanogen recovery only, and there is no option for wiping dalvik cache or system. Since the usb debugging is of,f I cannot used cmd to flash twrp recovery again. By the way I still don't understand why twrp recovery is not loading.
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Get into fastboot and flash the stock rom via fastboot method.
I hope this guide can help u out
http://www.thetechnotriad.com/393/how-to-unbrick-yu-yureka/

sk.shehbaz said:
Get into fastboot and flash the stock rom via fastboot method.
I hope this guide can help u out
thetechnotriad.com/393/how-to-unbrick-yu-yureka/
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Phone's hard bricked now.. even though I downloaded the flashing tools for lollipop from YUPlayGod's github page.

khushboop said:
Phone's hard bricked now.. even though I downloaded the flashing tools for lollipop from YUPlayGod's github page.
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I still have no idea why it got bricked. So after searching on google and youtube I came across this: https://androidmtk.com/download-yu-stock-rom-for-all-models . I followed the steps and now KitKat is running except launcher is not working, instead play store open's every time I try to go to home screen. So tried the nova launcher but that still doesn't work with home button, have to open through playstore->my apps, every time. But rest is working.

sk.shehbaz said:
Get into fastboot and flash the stock rom via fastboot method.
I hope this guide can help u out
http://www.thetechnotriad.com/393/how-to-unbrick-yu-yureka/
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dude!! i tried the above method and thankfully my phone is working now the only major problem now is whatsapp is not opening...when clicked opens for 0.01 sec and returns back to previous screen (flashes) ....please somebody help me with this. Anybody can help me, Thanks in Advance.