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Hello everyone
I just got a I9505, and I'm coming from the first Note. Before I had rooted my Note only once, I dont remember how I got Custom Recovery (CWM) into the phone, but I used it for every rom flash, I have never used Odin before.
So far What I have seen here is that the guide for flashing appears to not include Custom Recovery (CWM I guess, there appears to be one other variation now), but in every ROM thread all I see are download links to flash with odin, looks like nobody is using CWM to flash roms anymore.
The main advantage of CWM is that for me it appeared to be safer (My friend who likes to use Odin he has difficulties flashing most of the time), and it does not increase the counter.
Also, I'm not sure if to obtain ROOT I can just flash a pre-rooted rom from Odin while not being rooted. Does it work?
Thanks in advance
sniperbr0 said:
Hello everyone
I just got a I9505, and I'm coming from the first Note. Before I had rooted my Note only once, I dont remember how I got Custom Recovery (CWM) into the phone, but I used it for every rom flash, I have never used Odin before.
So far What I have seen here is that the guide for flashing appears to not include Custom Recovery (CWM I guess, there appears to be one other variation now), but in every ROM thread all I see are download links to flash with odin, looks like nobody is using CWM to flash roms anymore.
The main advantage of CWM is that for me it appeared to be safer (My friend who likes to use Odin he has difficulties flashing most of the time), and it does not increase the counter.
Also, I'm not sure if to obtain ROOT I can just flash a pre-rooted rom from Odin while not being rooted. Does it work?
Thanks in advance
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We use CWM to Flash only Custom ROMs/Kernels.
We use ODIN to flash Stock ROMs/Kernels.
The easiest way to have Root and CWM is HERE
Or you can Flash a Pre-rooted Stock ROM
Good luck
Hello,
I am facing weird problem, I am not able to install custom recovery, I have tried almost everything.. nothing helped.
I am still getting stock recovery..I have tried to flash it via Odin, via some apps, unfortunatelly nothing worked.
My Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 is running KK 4.4.2.
Any idea?
Thank you.
I had this problem too. keep flashing cwm recovery through the app (needs root I think). and reboot into recovery, once you get cwm you can flash a custom rom or another recovery like twpr or philz.
s4 i9505 stock KK
I have that problem too. I have stock KK 4.4.2 XXUGNG8 updatet ota. When i try to flash flashable zip file cwm of philz or twpr i get some error like:
E:footer bad
Mds check
Something like that and cant flash it. I tryed with odin but no luck. Does anyone have same problem?
I had this problem to
I fixed it by checking te root options.
If u use a root app, make sure it gives always root acces.
After this, install a custom recovery rom
After that you'll have no problem installing a custom ROM
Good luck.
Xehk said:
I had this problem to
I fixed it by checking te root options.
If u use a root app, make sure it gives always root acces.
After this, install a custom recovery rom
After that you'll have no problem installing a custom ROM
Good luck.
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But my phone is not rooted, its new, with stock recovery, knox 0x0 still....
Have any idea?
Ok, but what if my phone is not rooted, how am I supposed to root it? When I tried CF-Auto-Root my phone started to reboot randomly during the phone call.
I have found one solution, but I am not sure if it works, it says that if you are flashing custom recovery via odin, you have to take out the battery after the flash is done so you won't allow your phone to restart and rewrite the recovery back to stock. Have anyone heard about it?
No, no idea.
Thats crappy.
Only know how I fixed it
icefun said:
I have found one solution, but I am not sure if it works, it says that if you are flashing custom recovery via odin, you have to take out the battery after the flash is done so you won't allow your phone to restart and rewrite the recovery back to stock. Have anyone heard about it?
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Just uncheck auto-reboot before you flash the recovery. That will fix your problem.
I have tried it, but it didn't help still looking for solution, is there any way how to RENAME RECOVERY RESTORE FILES so I can finally flash custom recovery? (non-rooted phone)
OK, so the solution that worked was simple and I have already mentioned it, you have to take out you battery on samsung galaxy s4 logo, before it reboots.
My solution
Hi I had the same problem too,
I solved it this way: (My phone was rooted)
Download the .zip file from the recovery you want (I used CWM 6.0.4.7)
Next download 'SGS4 flasher' from the playstore.
SGS4 flasher needs root (I think) andyou can flash your recovery through that app.
Next boot into the recovery and you should probably end up in your custom revovery every time now.
If you don't end up in your custom recovery, download ROM manager and then choose the option boot into recovery.
This worked for me at least :laugh:
have rooted s5 on 4.4.4 nk2. Have been trying to install custom roms via safestrap. Apparently i am missing a step. I wipe data, try to install twi5ted Lollipop on custom rom slot....blank screen for over 30 min after reboot, phone gets real hot, take battery out. Try to install on stock rom slot, reboot then get stuck in boot loop and keeps booting into system recovery. I then saw through my hours of searching to format instead of wipe....so i format then try to install, get stuck again, take battery out, get back to safestrap dash now when i try to wipe/format/or even restore my backup it says unable to mount system. When i click reboot system it says no OS installed. After reboot, my custom slot gets erased.
I was about to try an odin flash back to stock but some how was able to get my phone back to a system restore. Why can i not get anything installed? Do i have to have odin to do a custom rom install?????? i know every rom is different but wtf. I have seen multiple videos and threads of people flashing zip via safestrap and rebooting into new rom without flashing kernals via odin or safestrap after rom install.
Also...my phone will not let me download zip files (ex. cm12.1) says unable to create download folder....how close to F'in my phone up am i? I have successfully rooted all phones in the past...s5 is giving me hell!
I just tried installing rom after format, then flash nk2 kernel from odin, still gives boot loop....ive tried everything i have found..never this much problem with custom rom..
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
mrjiggywiggy said:
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
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thanks, i will try fresh from start ncg. so you have to be on the current kernel that you are flashing a rom for, whether its CM, Twi5ted, Alliance...etc i need to be on rooted 5.0 kernel then flash rom via safestrap?
i was having problems downloading from internet on phone, not downloading rom if thats what you thought i meant. I just tried installing zip for CM 12 via safestrap and got same issue. Phone reboots, goes to black screen and eventually heats up like crazy. .... I just noticed, after my restore ...again... it says safestrap disabled in red on the boot screen, why is that? it says installed and tried reinstalling.
FIXED
So i flashed ncg from odin on the messed up phone and got messed up worse. Ended up getting stuck on first boot image of samsung android s5 boot screen. Finally found original stock firmare file and used odin to complete install stock os and got rid of root. Now back to normal... luckily i figured it out my self! thanks to the 100's who viewed and didnt help and thanks to mrjiggywiggy for giving me some input to help out!
Hi there, I rooted this phone a while back and for some reason decided to also load a custom recovery (Pretty sure it's TWRP) even though I was using stock firmware and just wanted root. Now the phone's trying to do an OTA and it won't work of course because of my custom recovery. I was wondering if someone had a link to a stock recovery I could flash via ODIN/Heimdall? Thanks!
P.S. If you could include a step-by-step on what I need to do, that'd be nice. As far as I remember it's just putting the phone in Download Mode and flashing the .tar file via ODIN.
I was able to flash custom roms(CM,AICP,etc), but not anymore.
flashed the vanilla FW via batch file(5.1.1 xt1575), cannot ota to 6.0(fails.).
trying to flash CM13? No dice. always gets stuck on the alien screen. even after 30 minutes. any idea?
MortaLPortaL said:
I was able to flash custom roms(CM,AICP,etc), but not anymore.
flashed the vanilla FW via batch file(5.1.1 xt1575), cannot ota to 6.0(fails.).
trying to flash CM13? No dice. always gets stuck on the alien screen. even after 30 minutes. any idea?
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I suggest go back to stock rom ie flash the latest 6.0.1
https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto X Pure (XT1575)/
This contain lots of stock from lollipop to Marshmallow...
I recommend u to flash mm if it fails flash lp and it shud work
Then u root ur phone install twrp and flash any rom...
It will work..
MortaLPortaL said:
I was able to flash custom roms(CM,AICP,etc), but not anymore.
flashed the vanilla FW via batch file(5.1.1 xt1575), cannot ota to 6.0(fails.).
trying to flash CM13? No dice. always gets stuck on the alien screen. even after 30 minutes. any idea?
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I have the same problem. I can flash stock ROM and everything is good but if I try to flash any custom ROM, I bootloop.
MortaLPortaL said:
I was able to flash custom roms(CM,AICP,etc), but not anymore.
flashed the vanilla FW via batch file(5.1.1 xt1575), cannot ota to 6.0(fails.).
trying to flash CM13? No dice. always gets stuck on the alien screen. even after 30 minutes. any idea?
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Why would you flash Lp? Your issue is that you're trying to force a MM ROM to boot with a Lp bootloader.
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Yup, flash 6.0 agian, and all files
try reflashing twrp, see if it helps