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[Q] Unable to install CWM or TWRP on Note 3 after 4.4.2 update

So I've been running a rooted Note 3 for a while. When the Note 3 Kitkat update came out, I updated it via Odin as OTA update was not available since I was rooted.
All the posts I read had mentioned that updating to 4.4.2 from 4.3 would erase all my data but after updating via odin all my data was in place. I had only lost root which I rooted again though CF Auto Root.
The problem now is that when I try to install CWM (via Odin) or TWRP (via Goo or Odin), it goes through the installation but then the phone goes into a boot loop of sorts..It's NOT the normal boot loop which gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
What happens is that the phone vibrates twice (with a 1 sec interval in between), then the Samsung Note 3 N-9005 screen appears with "Booting Recovery..." on the top left and within a sec it goes blank and then back to 2 vibrates and the screen come on to show Samsung Note 3 N-9005.
The only way I found to fix this was a battery pull and then turning on the device holding the power, home and down vol key to boot into recovery and then flashing CF Auto Root again.
I don't know why am I not able to install any of these recoveries. I've made sure I try to install the latest versions of them which are Kitkat compatible.
Anyone else with this problem or a solution?
Can a Cache and data wipe fix this? But the problem again being I won't be able to backup my ROM since i can't get these recoveries to install!

There is a script in official firmware that checks for official recovery and if it finds a custom one it tries to overwrite with official one. If i remember correct it's called install-recovery. sh
PhilZ recovery handles it automatically.

It's impossibe to flash anything other than the leaked 4.4.2 stock because you flashed your bootloader to kitkat, no you MUST stay on sammy 4.4.2 till the devs found a solution for this. Thats why you have to read carefully be4 you flash.

silentvisitor said:
There is a script in official firmware that checks for official recovery and if it finds a custom one it tries to overwrite with official one. If i remember correct it's called install-recovery. sh
PhilZ recovery handles it automatically.
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No luck!
I tried PhilZ recovery from the below link.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hltexx
What are my other options?

sid8907 said:
No luck!
I tried PhilZ recovery from the below link.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hltexx
What are my other options?
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This one seems to be the only one working with 4.4.2 right now.

Possible solution
The way I can suggest is to create a little update.zip file with little updater-script to remove install-recovery.sh file from device (just one line needed).
Ok, I found a zip which I am attaching below. You(or anyone) may review the script before flashing.
Place this on your external (or internal) sdcard.
In ODIN don't check Auto reboot
Flash Recovery. Remove phone when it says PASS.
Remove battery. Start in Recovery mode by pressing buttons.
You should now be in new Recovery.
Flash that zip file.
Reboot.
You should be good.

The Auto Reboot for some reason is faded out. Tried different versions of Odin and also tried to open it with the phone connected/disconnected.

I am out of ideas.
I would suggest you to wait for someone to come up with working solution. Being too adventurous with ODIN could brick your device.

sid8907 said:
The Auto Reboot for some reason is faded out. Tried different versions of Odin and also tried to open it with the phone connected/disconnected.
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Clear out all your ODIN caches etc, delete all files and keep 1.85.
Flash this (only working recovery on 4.4.2) via PDA in ODIN, If it doesn't reboot auto after saying PASS or RESET.. just turn phone off, reboot into recovery and it'll be fine.
EDIT: Just re-read, Re flash your Stock 4.4.2 (Use XEO not the leaked one!) and then start again

Thanks!
Maybe a little off topic, but is there a way to install CM11 on Stock 4.4.2 on the Note 3?
I've been reading Samsung is out with a new bootloader so there is no way round this?

radicalisto said:
Clear out all your ODIN caches etc, delete all files and keep 1.85.
Flash this (only working recovery on 4.4.2) via PDA in ODIN, If it doesn't reboot auto after saying PASS or RESET.. just turn phone off, reboot into recovery and it'll be fine.
EDIT: Just re-read, Re flash your Stock 4.4.2 (Use XEO not the leaked one!) and then start again
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Thanks!!

sid8907 said:
Thanks!
Maybe a little off topic, but is there a way to install CM11 on Stock 4.4.2 on the Note 3?
I've been reading Samsung is out with a new bootloader so there is no way round this?
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You may have to do a little reading but I believe CM11 is now working on the KK bootloader...

sid8907 said:
So I've been running a rooted Note 3 for a while. When the Note 3 Kitkat update came out, I updated it via Odin as OTA update was not available since I was rooted.
All the posts I read had mentioned that updating to 4.4.2 from 4.3 would erase all my data but after updating via odin all my data was in place. I had only lost root which I rooted again though CF Auto Root.
The problem now is that when I try to install CWM (via Odin) or TWRP (via Goo or Odin), it goes through the installation but then the phone goes into a boot loop of sorts..It's NOT the normal boot loop which gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
What happens is that the phone vibrates twice (with a 1 sec interval in between), then the Samsung Note 3 N-9005 screen appears with "Booting Recovery..." on the top left and within a sec it goes blank and then back to 2 vibrates and the screen come on to show Samsung Note 3 N-9005.
The only way I found to fix this was a battery pull and then turning on the device holding the power, home and down vol key to boot into recovery and then flashing CF Auto Root again.
I don't know why am I not able to install any of these recoveries. I've made sure I try to install the latest versions of them which are Kitkat compatible.
Anyone else with this problem or a solution?
Can a Cache and data wipe fix this? But the problem again being I won't be able to backup my ROM since i can't get these recoveries to install!
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here's the link for twrp for ya'll http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50333147&postcount=398

sid8907 said:
So I've been running a rooted Note 3 for a while. When the Note 3 Kitkat update came out, I updated it via Odin as OTA update was not available since I was rooted.
All the posts I read had mentioned that updating to 4.4.2 from 4.3 would erase all my data but after updating via odin all my data was in place. I had only lost root which I rooted again though CF Auto Root.
The problem now is that when I try to install CWM (via Odin) or TWRP (via Goo or Odin), it goes through the installation but then the phone goes into a boot loop of sorts..It's NOT the normal boot loop which gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
What happens is that the phone vibrates twice (with a 1 sec interval in between), then the Samsung Note 3 N-9005 screen appears with "Booting Recovery..." on the top left and within a sec it goes blank and then back to 2 vibrates and the screen come on to show Samsung Note 3 N-9005.
The only way I found to fix this was a battery pull and then turning on the device holding the power, home and down vol key to boot into recovery and then flashing CF Auto Root again.
I don't know why am I not able to install any of these recoveries. I've made sure I try to install the latest versions of them which are Kitkat compatible.
Anyone else with this problem or a solution?
Can a Cache and data wipe fix this? But the problem again being I won't be able to backup my ROM since i can't get these recoveries to install!
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jp.26 said:
here's the link for twrp for ya'll http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50333147&postcount=398
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so.... yeah i just updated my bootloader to 4.4.2 and this drove me literally insane. ive been working on it for 4 hours now. i encountered so many problems with installing the bootloader. exact same problem as SID8907. i gotta tell you tho.... you worked some magic my friend. i tried almost everything. then i came across your link. i was like why not? so i flashed the img in odin..... anddddd :drumroll pleaseeeeee:: IT WORKED. ahhh....... so much frustration and the problem is solved!!! thank you so much JP.26 :good::laugh:

is there any word on how to fix this been looking for hours tmobile note beast dont want to put any roots down on my phone before i find a way to flash cm or a non bloated note rom would be nice.

I'll that I've managed is to root and flash twrp I found a way to turn cwm recovery into a tar file and flash through odin. But i just get into a boot loop with cwm due to the boot loader I presume but tarp works fine I just can't flash cm11. I get boot loop every time
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im sorry but im confused here... does this all simply mean that there is not yet a working cwm for 4.4.2 yet? and that while we can root, there is no working recovery for this version?

I'm not sure myself tarp works but I can't flash cm11
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

Phillz cwm Dev edition I think that's the name works its a themed touch cwm. This works great but still can't flash cm so gayyyy
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

I was wondering what happened to the cmw too.
The modded cmw by Chenglu is the only one working that I know of.
Link to thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454079

[Q] unable to install Gapps after installing latest 4.4.2 firmware

Hi there,
Long time lurker on the forums here, and have been browsing around the whole day to find a solution to my problems without luck .
Yeasterday I received my Galaxy Note 3 (N900T), but I had very poor reception, I thought this was because the N900T was appearantly a US model which I wasn't aware of, but since hardware was the same I decided a custom rom might fix things up.
I installed the latest CM 11 nightly and appropriate google apps but without any luck (reception still bad)
Then I decided to install the origional 4.4.2 firmware for T-mobile N900T, now the reception and everything works just fine, but I get a bunch of errors that google app x (youtube, playstore etc) have stopped working, so I get alot of these pop-ups and can't use the playstore.
I thought: Ok I just need to install the latest Gapps for the 4.4.2 version, there's where the problem comes in. When I booted into recovery it would boot into the standard android recovery and not CWM recovery. I couldn't do anything in the normal recovery mode to install gapps. So I managed to download the rom manager through my browser and just installed that without the playstore, after this i installed the recovery, found out my root was undone after the patch.
I then downloaded the chainfire thingy and flashed it with odin, which all worked fine and I managed to root my phone again. When opening SuperSU it says there was some 'KNOX thingies remaining which I said ok take away. After this I installed the CWM recovery, and said: Launch ClockworkMod recovery so I could install the new version of Gapps there. However: This is where it gets stuck in a loop trying to launch the bootloader, and I was unable to get into the bootloader. The only way to stop the bootloader loop was to take out the battery, boot into download mode and cancel the download mode after which my phone would continue to boot normally.
After this I tried to flash the 4.3 version of android with odin, and even reflashing the current 4.4.2 version, but I can't flash any roms with odin anymore as it gives me the Fail! Auth. error everytime in odin.
If anybody could help me that would be greatly appreciated!

Just to clarify:
I am still working on this, I downloaded Goomanager and installed TWRP recovery, but no luck, my phone will simply get stuck in a loop when i try to boot it into recovery. I can still startup my phone normally, but it's quite useless without gapps.
Thanks in advance for any assistance, I really feel lost on this one :/

Maybe its too late but I wonder if it would have helped if you install another kernel when you had CM11. Maybe that would have had solve the problems with the reception? I'm a total noob at this, so I don't know, its just something that I thought of.

grafgever said:
Just to clarify:
I am still working on this, I downloaded Goomanager and installed TWRP recovery, but no luck, my phone will simply get stuck in a loop when i try to boot it into recovery. I can still startup my phone normally, but it's quite useless without gapps.
Thanks in advance for any assistance, I really feel lost on this one :/
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Not sure but when i upgraded my N9006 to KitKat and tried to root it using cf-auto-root for my phone it went into a boot loop. I ended up using the one designed for N9005 as it specifically stated it was made for the 4.4 boot loader. I'm guessing the other ones are for 4.3?

locn said:
Not sure but when i upgraded my N9006 to KitKat and tried to root it using cf-auto-root for my phone it went into a boot loop. I ended up using the one designed for N9005 as it specifically stated it was made for the 4.4 boot loader. I'm guessing the other ones are for 4.3?
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I managed to flash the philz recovery with odin, I got the phone working now, except when I make a call I'll loose all mobile network signal afterwards. Unsure how to solve this. Could I flash a European stock firmware to my n900t?

[Q] Note 4 Bootloop!!! PLEASE HELPP!!!

2 days ago i rooted my note4 sm-n910f (with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428)and it was working fine, but today it when installed swiftkey it just switched off. It then turned on again and got stuck in a bootloop.
I tried to root it again and it didn't do anything. When i go in recovery mode it says at the bottom: dm-verity verification failed...
What the hell should i do!!!

Did you try to power it down completely (pull battery for about a minute to be safe), reboot into download mode and run CF auto root again? I got stuck in a bootloop early on and this fixed it for me. If it doesn't work, try the same steps, but try pushing TWRP (just released a few days ago for this phone) so you can boot into recovery and do a factory wipe and see if that helps. I'm basically a noob here, but these seem to be logically steps to start with...
Good luck!

wineguy said:
Did you try to power it down completely (pull battery for about a minute to be safe), reboot into download mode and run CF auto root again? I got stuck in a bootloop early on and this fixed it for me. If it doesn't work, try the same steps, but try pushing TWRP (just released a few days ago for this phone) so you can boot into recovery and do a factory wipe and see if that helps. I'm basically a noob here, but these seem to be logically steps to start with...
Good luck!
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i tried that and then during the auto root is said: recovery is not seandroid enforcing at the top soooooooo what now?

Playing with his phone, now it doesn't work anymore and other people may come with a solution!
When you modify something on your phone, know first what you're doing and what todo when something goes wrong!

pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff my phone is working again, i downloaded the stock rom and flashed it using odin.
I rooted phone again and everything is working fine, this time i will backup everyything!! because i didn't have anything backed up :good:

fcbmootje said:
pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff my phone is working again, i downloaded the stock rom and flashed it using odin.
I rooted phone again and everything is working fine, this time i will backup everyything!! because i didn't have anything backed up :good:
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I had a similar problem today when trying to boot into recovery. Thank god I had Odin running at my work to install a recovery rom.

Help
I have tghe 910f version and I used odin and its stuck in bootloop.
kevmille said:
I had a similar problem today when trying to boot into recovery. Thank god I had Odin running at my work to install a recovery rom.
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Sprint Galaxy Note 4 bootloops before turning on
Hi so I have my Sprint Galaxy Note 4 with CM12.1 installed and all is fine and dandy when all of a sudden out of nowhere it shuts down and bootloops. I tried restoring my backup of stock TW that I had on TWRP and even then that got stuck in a bootloop. So I decided to unroot it and it still bootlooped then I did a factory reset and even then it's still stuck in a bootloop. It's like no matter what I do my phone is stuck in a bootloop. PLEASE HELP!!

same problem
i just rooted my note 4 for the firts time and is just boop loop i tried factory reset cache wipe and CF again and nothing can anyone help?n i running android 5.1.1 i think this was the problem

yulmerced said:
i just rooted my note 4 for the firts time and is just boop loop i tried factory reset cache wipe and CF again and nothing can anyone help?n i running android 5.1.1 i think this was the problem
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hi,
Firstly, CF auto root does not work on Note 4 Android v5.1.1 you have to flash a permissive kernel for your device.(if there is one for your device /phone. I have a N910F device and had to flash the kernel via TWRP, then i was able to root.I have got no idea what model /device you got etc. so can't help.
To get out of bootloop try flashing your Android v 5.1.1 Rom again
good luck

willcor said:
hi,
Firstly, CF auto root does not work on Note 4 Android v5.1.1 you have to flash a permissive kernel for your device.(if there is one for your device /phone. I have a N910F device and had to flash the kernel via TWRP, then i was able to root.I have got no idea what model /device you got etc. so can't help.
To get out of bootloop try flashing your Android v 5.1.1 Rom again
good luck
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its a sprint note 4 sm-910p

yulmerced said:
i just rooted my note 4 for the firts time and is just boop loop i tried factory reset cache wipe and CF again and nothing can anyone help?n i running android 5.1.1 i think this was the problem
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I don't know if u fixed it yet, but I did and I had the same think u have.
I used Odin to flash TWRP. (Look up ur model, I had twrp dot me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4qualcomm.html (I can't post links yet))
After that I used TWRP to install CF Auto Root (look up ur model once again). I had CF Auto Root already on my phone storage from some previous attempt so if u dont have that u might need to get it on your phone somehow. I don't know how to get all that working since I'm a root newb so.
Hope this got u starting at least!
(First post!)

willcor said:
hi,
Firstly, CF auto root does not work on Note 4 Android v5.1.1 you have to flash a permissive kernel for your device.(if there is one for your device /phone. I have a N910F device and had to flash the kernel via TWRP, then i was able to root.I have got no idea what model /device you got etc. so can't help.
To get out of bootloop try flashing your Android v 5.1.1 Rom again
good luck
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Can you please provide a link to this kernel ? I have also 910F,thanks in advance.:good:

ludoke said:
Can you please provide a link to this kernel ? I have also 910F,thanks in advance.:good:
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hi ,
if you read my post in linked thread post #8 ( below ) i have all links to correct TWRP recovery version to use ,to permisive kernel I have all relevant info in this post how to flash etc
,plse read( link to my post .........)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...exed-stock-t3194008/post62691219#post62691219
good luck

Hello,
I am having a bootloop after i rooted my device using custom kernel but forgot to turn off auto update.
Does anyone know where to download Stock Lollipop 5.1.1 for 950C ?
Yes sammobile does have it but the download speed is ridiculous.

emu558 said:
Hi so I have my Sprint Galaxy Note 4 with CM12.1 installed and all is fine and dandy when all of a sudden out of nowhere it shuts down and bootloops. I tried restoring my backup of stock TW that I had on TWRP and even then that got stuck in a bootloop. So I decided to unroot it and it still bootlooped then I did a factory reset and even then it's still stuck in a bootloop. It's like no matter what I do my phone is stuck in a bootloop. PLEASE HELP!!
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did you ever fix this problem i am currently dealing with the same thing

Bootlooping After TWRP Upgrade

Something told me not to do this but I did anyway. I attempted to update TWRP to latest version. I am using Sm(900p). When I turn my phone it goes to samsung screen and keeps bootlooping. I try to boot into recovery and still does not get pass the samsung screen. Can someone please tell me what I need to do to fix this?

Pull the battery for 2 minutes, then see if it boots.

Thanks. I fixed by loading twrp with Odin.

gmarkiek said:
Thanks. I fixed by loading twrp with Odin.
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Where did you get the .tar file. My recovery is in error and I can still get into download mode. I'm on CM12.1 for HLTE and I dont think there is a TWRP recovery for HLTE on 5.1.1 yet? I dont have gapps installed either. So it has left me with very few options.

[Q] SM-T537R4 Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 will not load! Only has download and stock recovery

Rooted the device with Odin. But couldn't for the life of me find a recovery for it. Flash a ton through Odin then final got a TWRP recovery to work.. When I wiped everything I was instructed to I tried to flash the rom I found (Bliss) I got a could not mount preload error.. And another error I can't recall. Then it just kept looping. So I ran the root file through Odin again.. And it now just boots straight to the Samsun logo and sits there until you hold power vol down (or up) and home till it switches to download or recovery. The TWRP is gone somehow and its stock again.
Hope this isn't confusing... I'll answer any questions and try any suggestion... PLEASE HELP

eatfleshzombie said:
Rooted the device with Odin. But couldn't for the life of me find a recovery for it. Flash a ton through Odin then final got a TWRP recovery to work.. When I wiped everything I was instructed to I tried to flash the rom I found (Bliss) I got a could not mount preload error.. And another error I can't recall. Then it just kept looping. So I ran the root file through Odin again.. And it now just boots straight to the Samsun logo and sits there until you hold power vol down (or up) and home till it switches to download or recovery. The TWRP is gone somehow and its stock again.
Hope this isn't confusing... I'll answer any questions and try any suggestion... PLEASE HELP
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As far as I know there aren't any custom recoveries or roms working for your model number, so that's why nothing is working properly. Your only solution would appear to be to download the stock firmware and flash back to stock with Odin.

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
As far as I know there aren't any custom recoveries or roms working for your model number, so that's why nothing is working properly. Your only solution would appear to be to download the stock firmware and flash back to stock with Odin.
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Thanks for the link! I'll do that as soon as I get home.
Do you know if there's any way to get a custom rom onto my tablet?

eatfleshzombie said:
Thanks for the link! I'll do that as soon as I get home.
Do you know if there's any way to get a custom rom onto my tablet?
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Unfortunately I'm fairly certain there are no custom Roms available for your tablet

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Unfortunately I'm fairly certain there are no custom Roms available for your tablet
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Thats ok
I started the flsh of the stock firmware...seems hung up...does it take very long time to load?... the status hasnt changed in like 5 minutes.

did you get twrp to work? Im trying to get that installed so I can use xposed on the same model I believe sm-t537r4 I have it currently rooted