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OMG I have an EMERGENCY... please help, I've searched for hours. :-(

So I am not to NOOB but I sure acted like it last night when I was way tired and tried to flash a ROM. Here is what I did...
I didn't catch that I didn't have the CWM but that I had booted into the stock recovery tool... Well I didn't before it was to late that is...
I clicked WIPE DATA
I clicked WIPE CACHE
Then noticed there was no "install from SD"
So it seems like whatever I find to install from ODIN I can't get the CWM to install so I can then flash a ROM!
I need my phone up for work, I am in HOT SH!T!
How can I either flash a rom via stock recovery "update format" OR install CMW via ODIN?
PLEASE HELP ASAP!!
Thank you

why don't you just flash again via odin and then root your phone via odin as well?

Don't quite understand whats your problem. So what if you wiped data and cache the rom is still there. Reboot normally and flash cfroot according to your firmware and then you should have cwm up and running. After that flash desired rom and the end.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Flash one of the CF-Root kernels through Odin, whichever one matches the firmware you're running. They have CWM baked in, along with root so you can flash a ROM afterwards.
If you can't get into download mode, turn your phone off, plug it in and hold down + power + home and it should boot into download mode. Then you can flash with Odin.

I thought the same thing, that so what that I wiped them... but when I rebooted the phone it just sits at the "Rethink possible screen"

I can get into download mode and I did find the "cf" post but I dunno what kernel I am running as I can't boot to go into settings to seek.

if you in recovery mod choose reboot, and it will be ok, than read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399,
or put in download mod: turn your phone off, hold down + power + home. Then flash with Odin.

I know you probably don't want to, but you can try doing a factory reset, that should allow you to get your phone up and running. If you have gmail installed it should put all your contacts back, as long as you backed up to gmail.
If you have an old copy of titanium backup you won't loose ALL your apps, this is why I tend to back up every weekend, I'm only a week behind with everything if problems arise....
Cheers...

Flash stock rom... Download cwm and flash with odin.... Then instal rom u want with cwm...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

like I said, I am not a noob, just made a mistake...
I found the cf-kernel page, but I dunno what kernel I am running and so I dunno what kernel to flash (It seems vital)
"just rebooting" don't work lol I wish... it hangs at the "rethink possible" boot screen...
I was rooted but running the stock rom, if I can get CWM installed I think I will be golden, but whatever I seem to flash from ODIN don't work :-( no matter what nothing will flash as "PDA" but when I flash using "phone" it seems to install "zimage" which is the embedded file and succeeds and phone reboots... but still only to the rethink possible point.

flash any stock firmware then flash supercore 2.0 and do whatever you want from there

Think i know what the problem is,i have same issue sometimes,try flashing anogher rooted Kernel through odin,make sure its like if the rom is a kj3 that it has a kj3 kernel.see if that works

ultramag69 said:
you can try doing a factory reset... Cheers...
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Be glad to but it isn't an option in the recovery?
My options are as follows...
Reboot system now
Apply update from SD
Wipe/reset
Wipe/cache

been in similar, if not same situation, things were missing from cwm recovery, like you wrote...if memory serves me fine,
flash stock fw with pit, repartition and everything...
then some rootec kernel with recovery...

Oh sh!t... just flashed the pit file here... http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-with-odin/#download-a-pit-file-for-the-i9100
and odin said success... and screen went black.
Not responding at all now :-(

let's go in a safe way...as long as you have download mode, you're OK.
Go to samfirmware or somewhere on XDA and find FULL STOCK FIRMWARE with proper .pit file and flash it with odin. Not kernel, not anything that is not full rom.
since you state that you are not noob, you know what from there.

abovenbeyond said:
Oh sh!t... just flashed the pit file here... http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-with-odin/#download-a-pit-file-for-the-i9100
and odin said success... and screen went black.
Not responding at all now :-(
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What on earth are you doing?
It clearly states:
I9000 & I897 owners (not I91000!!!) may also need a PIT file (also included in RE ROM ZIP files). I will explain further what it's for.
Why didn't you follow a tutorial on xda? Can you boot in download mode?

borstri said:
let's go in a safe way...as long as you have download mode, you're OK.
Go to samfirmware or somewhere on XDA and fin FULL STOCK FIRMWARE with proper .pit file and flash it with odin. Not kernel, not anything that is not full rom.
since you state that you are not noob, you know what from there.
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Sounds amazing but after my post above I not can't get the phone to power on although I hear the laptop detect it as I attempt to power down or up, but no screen or led display...
Really worried now... ****!

Lennyz1988 said:
What on earth are you doing?
It clearly states:
I9000 & I897 owners (not I91000!!!) may also need a PIT file (also included in RE ROM ZIP files). I will explain further what it's for.
Why didn't you follow a tutorial on xda? Can you boot in download mode?
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I flashed this...
Download a PIT file for the I9100
Download EXT4.pit file (2KB)
(for the S2 only)

battery pullout, then three button combo for download

[Q] Can't go into recovery. May have softbricked.

Hi there. I think I soft-bricked my phone. I am running mf3 firmware on my i337 galaxy s4 and i tried to flash Graviton. I was using safestrap and I, like an idiot, didn't use a romslot and did it over my stock. Seemed to work fine until I actually booted the phone. It can't access wifi and therefore wont go past the find wifi screen. I try to enter recovery but it just keeps going to the download screen. After trying every way I could find I still cant either wipe my phone or flash the stock firmware. I have tried kies and odin but nothing works. Can anyone help me out or am I royally screwed?

LCubed22 said:
Hi there. I think I soft-bricked my phone. I am running mf3 firmware on my i337 galaxy s4 and i tried to flash Graviton. I was using safestrap and I, like an idiot, didn't use a romslot and did it over my stock. Seemed to work fine until I actually booted the phone. It can't access wifi and therefore wont go past the find wifi screen. I try to enter recovery but it just keeps going to the download screen. After trying every way I could find I still cant either wipe my phone or flash the stock firmware. I have tried kies and odin but nothing works. Can anyone help me out or am I royally screwed?
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as long as the phone can go into download mode, you can use odin to reflash the stock firmware (and factory recovery). Check samsungupdates for your model/region and stock/official firmware. You'd have to re-root after. I did the same thing a while back, lost my recovery and this is the method I used to bring my phone back to life, was just sitting at the samsung logo and had no recovery (but had download mode).

LCubed22 said:
Hi there. I think I soft-bricked my phone. I am running mf3 firmware on my i337 galaxy s4 and i tried to flash Graviton. I was using safestrap and I, like an idiot, didn't use a romslot and did it over my stock. Seemed to work fine until I actually booted the phone. It can't access wifi and therefore wont go past the find wifi screen. I try to enter recovery but it just keeps going to the download screen. After trying every way I could find I still cant either wipe my phone or flash the stock firmware. I have tried kies and odin but nothing works. Can anyone help me out or am I royally screwed?
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Does Odin recognize the phone? Also, when you say it won't go past the "find wifi" screen, does that mean it booted to the "Welcome" screen?

nerdyblonde said:
Does Odin recognize the phone? Also, when you say it won't go past the "find wifi" screen, does that mean it booted to the "Welcome" screen?
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Sorry should have edited the first post. I actually fixed my original problem and am now having a different one. I got all the way through nd did a restore of my stock rom. I then tried to flash the graviton one to a different rom-slot in safestrap. So now there is a completely different partition in the storage and the flash didnt work so I'm now completely stuck in download mode. I have tried to flash the tar files in odin and it fails every time. I should have all of the necessary files for mf3.

LCubed22 said:
Sorry should have edited the first post. I actually fixed my original problem and am now having a different one. I got all the way through nd did a restore of my stock rom. I then tried to flash the graviton one to a different rom-slot in safestrap. So now there is a completely different partition in the storage and the flash didnt work so I'm now completely stuck in download mode. I have tried to flash the tar files in odin and it fails every time. I should have all of the necessary files for mf3.
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If you have the 16GB Galaxy, try flashing this file in the PIT slot in Odin.. Don't put any other files in the PDA slot, etc. It's worked many times when phone would only boot to download..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fptxnxsqevjhnt9/SGS-I337_16GB.pit

Hey Nerdyblonde, what does this pit file do?
I softbricked my phone when trying to flip from CWM to TWRP. (Thought I could just wipe phone and odin flash on top of CWM... VERY WRONG). Now I can't get into recovery and my phone is telling me to use kies recovery *shudder*. So I tried kies when I couldn't Odin flash to stock rom and still nothing.
nerdyblonde said:
If you have the 16GB Galaxy, try flashing this file in the PIT slot in Odin.. Don't put any other files in the PDA slot, etc. It's worked many times when phone would only boot to download..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fptxnxsqevjhnt9/SGS-I337_16GB.pit
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snoops609 said:
Hey Nerdyblonde, what does this pit file do?
I softbricked my phone when trying to flip from CWM to TWRP. (Thought I could just wipe phone and odin flash on top of CWM... VERY WRONG). Now I can't get into recovery and my phone is telling me to use kies recovery *shudder*. So I tried kies when I couldn't Odin flash to stock rom and still nothing.
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Sorry it took a few days to answer.. The Kies screen was the same thing that happened to me... I have the MF3 version, so I can't install custom recovery, but I couldn't boot into recovery period. I flashed that pit file in the pit box on Odin, it restored my recovery.
Do you have MDL or MF3? If you have MDL, I would be really careful not to flash MF3 unless you want to stick with basically stock until one of the geniuses here figures out how to unlock the bootloader.

[Q] stuck please help

I have i337m MODEL. It was rooted and i downloaded odin app from market. downloaded "BeanStalk 4.4.215 jfltecan" rom and tried to install through odin app. I thought i didnt need anything esle. the installation failed and now my phone is stuck on "Samsung galaxy s4" screen. i tried to wipe data and cache but still no help. still stuck. can someone please help.
Thanks

khanbaba59 said:
I have i337m MODEL. It was rooted and i downloaded odin app from market. downloaded "BeanStalk 4.4.215 jfltecan" rom and tried to install through odin app. I thought i didnt need anything esle. the installation failed and now my phone is stuck on "Samsung galaxy s4" screen. i tried to wipe data and cache but still no help. still stuck. can someone please help.
Thanks
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You don't flash ROMs through ODIN. You'll need to use ODIN from your computer to flash the stock firmware, reroot, install a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, and flash the ROM through the custom recovery.

DeadlySin9 said:
You don't flash ROMs through ODIN. You'll need to use ODIN from your computer to flash the stock firmware, reroot, install a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, and flash the ROM through the custom recovery.
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ok any idea where to donload the stock firmware?

khanbaba59 said:
ok any idea where to donload the stock firmware?
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sammobile.com should have it. You'll need to make a free account, and search for your model. I'm not sure what firmwares you can and can't downgrade on i337m, so try and get the same one you were on before. You might also want to use a CSC changer to make sure it identifies with your correct carrier, but I don't believe it's necessary.

DeadlySin9 said:
sammobile.com should have it. You'll need to make a free account, and search for your model. I'm not sure what firmwares you can and can't downgrade on i337m, so try and get the same one you were on before. You might also want to use a CSC changer to make sure it identifies with your correct carrier, but I don't believe it's necessary.
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Thank you so much for your help.

Tried to flash CWM with odin and it failed, i think its bricked

A friend tried to flash CWM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860 ) for s4 and it failed...and now the phone is stuck..it says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again
Phone model: i9505
Some help please? I don't know what to do
EDIT: i found that i can flash the firmware with odin..but i still have a question..im not really sure what firmware i had before..so is there any problem if i install firmware from other country or carrier?

You can find latest stock fw for your phone here.
wvw.sammobile.com/firmwares/checker/
I can't post external links so change wvw to www

waynevan2000 said:
You can find latest stock fw for your phone here.
wvw.sammobile.com/firmwares/checker/
I can't post external links so change wvw to www
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thanks but.. the phone isnt starting that's why i have to flash a firmware..so i can't check what firmware i have..
The flashing process failed at half of it..:/......

Just pick one of the latest.
btw if the flashing of the recovery fails then just try the standard stuff
- different usb port
- different cable

Lennyz1988 said:
Just pick one of the latest.
btw if the flashing of the recovery fails then just try the standard stuff
- different usb port
- different cable
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Finally worked to flash a firmware..i used europe firmware from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41072392&postcount=2
Aaaaand when the phone started, a error keeped showing up: samsung keyboard stoped working...and i entered in recovery menu and did a factory reset, and that error is still showing.... some help?..maybe i should flash other firmware? which firmware? i really don't know what firmware it had before..
And one more thing..i cant even connect to wifi because it says something about security error something that the system blocked an unwanted action or something like that :/..something from knox :/
PS: i flashed just the AP file but the firmware had more files :/..

raulx222 said:
Finally worked to flash a firmware..i used europe firmware from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41072392&postcount=2
Aaaaand when the phone started, a error keeped showing up: samsung keyboard stoped working...and i entered in recovery menu and did a factory reset, and that error is still showing.... some help?..maybe i should flash other firmware? which firmware? i really don't know what firmware it had before..
And one more thing..i cant even connect to wifi because it says something about security error something that the system blocked an unwanted action or something like that :/..something from knox :/
PS: i flashed just the AP file but the firmware had more files :/..
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Why did you want to flash a custom recovery, to just flash a custom rom? If so, then just flash the custom recovery again and then flash the custom rom you want.
And why would you just flash the ap file if the firmware has more files? Makes no sense to me.

Lennyz1988 said:
Why did you want to flash a custom recovery, to just flash a custom rom? If so, then just flash the custom recovery again and then flash the custom rom you want.
And why would you just flash the ap file if the firmware has more files? Makes no sense to me.
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Thanks! i managed it.. 2 S4 devices got Imperium v13 ROM

Galaxy A510F bricked

Hi all,
I bricked my phone installing nougat and after i formatted all. Now my phone can start in download mode only or loops on Boot logo.
Ca anyone help me to fix it? How can I find the right OEM firmware?
Thanks.

Hi. What do you mean by formatted all? If you formatted system your os is gone and phone won't boot.
Check updato for firmware fownload and flash with Odin.
Skickat från min Honor5X

From Recovery i clicked on all wipe functions. My phone is empty now. I flashed a PIT file and a bootloader but I got error flashing CSC and other.
Can you help me to find a full backup to restart my phone?
Originally it was brand tim but It'n not important for me.

creativesound said:
From Recovery i clicked on all wipe functions. My phone is empty now. I flashed a PIT file and a bootloader but I got error flashing CSC and other.
Can you help me to find a full backup to restart my phone?
Originally it was brand tim but It'n not important for me.
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You got twrp recovery? If you do, you probably wiped system partition too.
You don't need to flash pit, bootloader etc. You can just flash any custom rom to get it booted again.
Otherwise you'll have to download firmware to flash in odin. You probably need one starting with FXXU3 if you was updated to latest MM version, or N.

I wiped all. Can you guide me to download right file?