Hi everyone,
Sorry to bother you with this. I recently purchased a Samsung Note 4 (less than a month ago). I successfully rooted it and it worked fine. But today I was incredibly stupid and I tried to install TWRP on my phone. I followed the instructions on this site (which I can't link because I am a new user) and tried to install TWRP using flashify. However, something went wrong and now when I reboot my phone it goes into downloading mode with a green android and text that says "Downloading.. Do not turn off target".
Now every time I reboot it goes into this. I googled this and I tried
1. to click cancel on the download
Does not work, goes to green android screen anyways
2. to go into recovery mode
Does not work, goes to green android screen anyways
I cannot perform a factory reset because I cannot go into recovery mode. I don't know what to do. Is there any software from the PC that would allow me to reset my phone? Of course it would be ideal if I can get it working without resetting it but at this time I just want the phone to work...
If I take my phone to someone, will they be able to fix it? Please help.
Download Odin and the TWRP .tar file.
In Odin, click the AP button and select the TWRP .tar file. Then just flash it that way and it should work just fine.
If that doesn't work, download a full stock ROM from either Sammobile or one of the mirrors here and flash it the same way using Odin. The stock ROM is probably a .tar.md5 file. Don't extract it further and just select this file in Odin.
You might have to install the Samsung USB drivers for Odin to work.
Nuu~ said:
Download Odin and the TWRP .tar file.
In Odin, click the AP button and select the TWRP .tar file. Then just flash it that way and it should work just fine.
If that doesn't work, download a full stock ROM from either Sammobile or one of the mirrors here and flash it the same way using Odin. The stock ROM is probably a .tar.md5 file. Don't extract it further and just select this file in Odin.
You might have to install the Samsung USB drivers for Odin to work.
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Thank you. If I knew I could have just flashed TWRP in with Odin earlier, I would not have gone through all the trouble. Unfortunately, the method I chose made my phone stuck in downloading mode.
I downloaded the stock ROM and used Odin to install it. I was able to get out of download mode that way but then my phone got stuck in an endless reboot loop. But at that point I was able to access recovery mode again so I just gave my phone a factory reset. It works again now. (Hooray!!)
If I every do try to flash TWRP in again, do you know which version I should use?
Just use the newest one on the official TWRP website.
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I've tried to Odin back to stock, but that didn't do anything.. I can't even get into stock recovery. Did I brick my phone?
s.lee1993 said:
I've tried to Odin back to stock, but that didn't do anything.. I can't even get into stock recovery. Did I brick my phone?
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Did you originally use odin to go back to stock? what were you doing to get stuck?
I rooted then installed twrp to flash a stock mf9 rom. I deleted some apps that I wanted back so I wanted to just go back to stock. After trying everything I still can't get passed the Samsung boot screen
First of all what file are you using to return to stock? You should be downloading the stock mf9 tar file and flash it through odin with your phone in download mode. Make sure after you download the zip file you extract the tar file from it. Use odin 3.0 or higher and make sure you only have auto reboot checked and you load the tar under PDA. After odin loads the file then connect your phone with it already booted into download mode. Once odin shows your phone is connected hit start.
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First of all what file are you using to return to stock? You should be downloading the stock mf9 tar file and flash it through odin with your phone in download mode. Make sure after you download the zip file you extract the tar file from it. Use odin 3.0 or higher and make sure you only have auto reboot checked and you load the tar under PDA. After odin loads the file then connect your phone with it already booted into download mode. Once odin shows your phone is connected hit start.
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im using this file "L720VPUAMDL_L720SPTAMDL_L720VPUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5" and i did exactly what you said. i still cant get passed the screen. tried taking out sd card and doing it again with no luck.
okay, tired again, booted to stock recovery and formatted data. this seemed to fix it. thanks everyone for the help
So
I have been struggling a couple of hours with this issue: Trying to root my samsung galaxy s4 i 9505, with three different odin versions (now last tried v.1.85) and both CWM and TWRP. I finally managed to get a pass from odin, but whenever I go into recovery mode on my phone, I am at the stock recovery "page", saying Android recovery on the top. Which must mean that I am not rooted.
I have no idea what to do, anyone there with some tricks up their sleeves?
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So
I have been struggling a couple of hours with this issue: Trying to root my samsung galaxy s4 i 9505, with three different odin versions (now last tried v.1.85) and both CWM and TWRP. I finally managed to get a pass from odin, but whenever I go into recovery mode on my phone, I am at the stock recovery "page", saying Android recovery on the top. Which must mean that I am not rooted.
I have no idea what to do, anyone there with some tricks up their sleeves?
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1. Reflash Stock Rom.
2. Root your phone with latest version of ODIN following this GUIDE or you can:
- Download and unzip this FILE in your pc.
- Take your device in DOWNLOAD MODE.
- Flash it via ODIN.
3. Install SUPERSU of Play Store app if you don't see it in desktop of your device.
4. Reboot in DOWNLOAD MODE and flash TWRP via ODIN. Your phone will reboot or reboot manually.
5. Done, your have root and custom recovery installed. Good luck :highfive:
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1. Reflash Stock Rom.
2. Root your phone with latest version of ODIN following this GUIDE or you can:
- Download and unzip this FILE in your pc.
- Take your device in DOWNLOAD MODE.
- Flash it via ODIN.
3. Install SUPERSU of Play Store app if you don't see it in desktop of your device.
4. Reboot in DOWNLOAD MODE and flash TWRP via ODIN. Your phone will reboot or reboot manually.
5. Done, your have root and custom recovery installed. Good luck :highfive:
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Cheers for your reply, unfortunately I haven´t gotten longer than the first step. I try to flash stock rom, but it seems like i need a pit file and i cannot find a working one anywhere around the internet. Is there some way to find the pit file stored in my phone? Or another place where I can find a working pit file other than the one called CSB_signed_Fusion3_EUR_0325_V2?
Edit: Now I successfully reflashed stock rom and installed CWM recovery. Problem is that whenever I try to flash a rom I get the message "installation aborted".
What to do?
Hello!
I've flashed a stock ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) using ODIN 3.07 and now the phone is bootlooping. I guess It's because I need to wipe data and cache partitions and here's the problem.
My home button is not working, so I can't boot in recovery mode. Adb does NOT recognize my device. I'm only able to access download mode using a JIG.
So, is there any way to wipe those partitions or to be able to access recovery using ODIN?
Thanks in advance for your help!
That is a challenging situation! I'd try flashing the stock ROM once more, just on top of the one you already did using Odin and see if it boots this time.
If it didn't, see if Samsung kies would recognize your phone on download mode and get kies to flash the proper stock rom because I know kies does a full wipe before flashing automatically every time.
Yea, you shouldn't need to wipe anything if you use the correct tar in Odin, it should do it automatically. I would try again as stated above. Are you sure you have the correct tar file?
Thank you so much!!
The problem is that I was trying to flash an older firmware to use Towelroot. I've flashed the same firmware and now it's working again!
Now, I really need to root because I need virtual keys (hardware ones don't work) and i have to edit build.prop file.
What's the easiest way to root on a Lollipop firmware? I don't care about Knox and warranty void.
Also, I already tried CF-Auto Root but when the phone rebooted It gave me this message: "RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" and it didn't start anymore, that's why I needed to flash the stock firmware again.
EDIT: Nevermind. I flashed TWRP using Odin and then I flashed SuperSU in the recovery. I've booted in the recovery using "adb reboot recovery". Thanks again!
Glad you got it working!
ok so let me start by saying im not the best tech savy person here but a few months i rooted my sm-g550t1 with twrp and everything was fine i do not know what happened but i erased something im thinking a parition or partition that when i went to reboot my phone it said their was no os on it i tried to fix it via odin and i cant remember exactly what happen but i got the emergency firmware blue that would allow me to do any but put it into download mode from the i flashed twrp back on to the phone now im trying to flash it back to stock firmare gain i really dont know what im doing in odin it say sboot.bin then fail when i go into twrp and try to flash custom rom it says so systlink not extracted or something like im all out of ideas i need some one to walk me thru step by step on how to get my phone back up and running
tjanon said:
ok so let me start by saying im not the best tech savy person here but a few months i rooted my sm-g550t1 with twrp and everything was fine i do not know what happened but i erased something im thinking a parition or partition that when i went to reboot my phone it said their was no os on it i tried to fix it via odin and i cant remember exactly what happen but i got the emergency firmware blue that would allow me to do any but put it into download mode from the i flashed twrp back on to the phone now im trying to flash it back to stock firmare gain i really dont know what im doing in odin it say sboot.bin then fail when i go into twrp and try to flash custom rom it says so systlink not extracted or something like im all out of ideas i need some one to walk me thru step by step on how to get my phone back up and running
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Did you ever do a back up if your system in twrp that you can restore in twrp? If not, do you know what your stock operating system is? When you flag in Odin the phone needs to be in download mode and you should have 4 files that you place in the different sections that are shown in Odin (the BL file goes in the BL section, AP goes in AP section, and etc.) In Odin you flash .tar files, not .bin files. Google the correct build for your phone and model and download the 4 files. For twrp, you need a flashable .zip that will work for your model or a version that you would put in a twrp backup file and restore from twrp.
Just Download You'r Firmware from the link and flash it with odin.
Dont use any .pit file
Link: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-on5/SM-G550T1/TMK/download/G550T1UVU2AQC4/206346/
I recently upgraded my phone software from 4.4.2 to 5.0.1 and i need to download xposed again and when i searched online it showed that i need to download twrp and i tried this method using adb
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-twrp/
but after entering the step 4 ,the command control just "showed a searching for device message" .
i had also tried via odin but recovery did'nt show up when i pressed volumeup+power+home . just a bunch of letters on the top right corner . Pls help me (i am a noob)
Forum for the 337m is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att
Use Odin to flash the tar version of TWRP.
could'nt boot into twrp recovery
audit13 said:
Forum for the 337m is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att
Use Odin to flash the tar version of TWRP.
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i tried your method and decided to see if it was working properly and i followed the instruction for rooted devices in https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-boot-to-recovery/
Not only it did'nt work now my phone is just displaying the samsung galaxy s4 logo with words on the top left corner that says
recovery booting. . . .
recovery is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit : recovery
i just also checked the twrp manager app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmz.soft.twrpmanager
it shows "custom recovery not installed or not detected"
How did you flash TWRP? You confirmed that the model # of the phone is sgh-i337m?
I could never get the fastboot instructions in the original post to work since all Samsung phones (non-Google Play versions) I have used did not support fastboot commands.
audit13 said:
How did you flash TWRP? You confirmed that the model # of the phone is sgh-i337m?
I could never get the fastboot instructions in the original post to work since all Samsung phones (non-Google Play versions) I have used did not support fastboot commands.
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I downloaded the .tar file from the team win website for the samsung galaxy s4 canada and i opened odin .
switched off my phone , put it in download mode (volume down+power+ home ,pressed volume up again for confirmation)
connected to computer , odin shows added , clicked AP selected the .tar file and clicked start without making any changes in the options tab . Phone restarts
Flashing TWRP with Odin on a phone running a stock ROM will replace the stock recovery; however, if auto reboot is selected in Odin, rebooting the phone after flashing TWRP will cause the stock recovery or overwrite TWRP and this is one reason some people uncheck auto reboot.
I suggest starting over by flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com with Odin 3.07.
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Flashing TWRP with Odin on a phone running a stock ROM will replace the stock recovery; however, if auto reboot is selected in Odin, rebooting the phone after flashing TWRP will cause the stock recovery or overwrite TWRP and this is one reason some people uncheck auto reboot.
I suggest starting over by flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com with Odin 3.07.
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I have just flashed my phone with stock rom from sammobile , after that i put into download mode again and did'nt select the autoreboot . when it was completed i tried going into recovery mode without switching on my phone so i removed the battery and placed it again and pressed volume up+power+home and i still got the same things that showed up before .
Did you try flashing different versions of TWRP? I suggest starting with 2.87. You can then use TWRP itself to flash newer zip versions.
audit13 said:
Did you try flashing different versions of TWRP? I suggest starting with 2.87. You can then use TWRP itself to flash newer zip versions.
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Thank you so much . It finally loaded twrp and i started with version 2.8.4.0 FYI .
That's great