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[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?

[Help][G900F] Android 5.0 Downgrade to 4.4.2 (BootLoop)

Hi there, Currently i am using android 5.0 (Malaysia) (G900FDXU1BNL3_G900FOLB1BNL3_G900FDXU1BNL1_HOME.tar) downloaded from sam mobile and i would like to downgrade back to 4.4.2 PhoeniX ROM but i am currently having an issue
First i used philz_touch recovery and wipe data etc
Secondly i installed phoenix rom
Third i rebooted to download mode and flashed the modem and bootloader from Phoenix rom
fourth phone rebooted and once Samsung logo appeared the animation will than stuck and boot loop over and over again :crying: tired for days now and currently flash back 5.0 and everything works fine but i wanna downgrade :crying: help plox!
(Not sure where can i download 4.4.2 g900f stock (singapore singtel) if by downloading stock would fix my problem could someone link it to me thanks!

heartkeeper9 said:
Hi there, Currently i am using android 5.0 (Malaysia) (G900FDXU1BNL3_G900FOLB1BNL3_G900FDXU1BNL1_HOME.tar) downloaded from sam mobile and i would like to downgrade back to 4.4.2 PhoeniX ROM but i am currently having an issue
First i used philz_touch recovery and wipe data etc
Secondly i installed phoenix rom
Third i rebooted to download mode and flashed the modem and bootloader from Phoenix rom
fourth phone rebooted and once Samsung logo appeared the animation will than stuck and boot loop over and over again :crying: tired for days now and currently flash back 5.0 and everything works fine but i wanna downgrade :crying: help plox!
(Not sure where can i download 4.4.2 g900f stock (singapore singtel) if by downloading stock would fix my problem could someone link it to me thanks!
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Do a full wipe after downgrade from recovery.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58381871

qubbus said:
Do a full wipe after downgrade from recovery.
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58381871
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Thanks!

Installed a custom kernel and now cannot get into boot.

I had recently installed the kernel Amplitude 4.2 for AOSP 5.1 devices and my GS5 W8 model was running Lollipop 5.1.1 w/CM12.1 with Xposed modules. The phone boots into the GS5 screen it says the Yellow text at the top (Warranty Bit: kernel) and then immediately shuts down and reboots. It is not recognized by my computer and I cannot get into recovery or download mode. Is there any way to revert changes to the kernel???
Please Help.
EDIT: Got into Download Mode

Not being able to get to download mode with your 3 button combo is a bit of a problem.
However, you can pick up a galaxy S5 usb jig for a couple of bucks from eBay or just ask your friends for it. It will boot the phone straight to download mode and that is all you need at this point.

Commodore 64 said:
Not being able to get to download mode with your 3 button combo is a bit of a problem.
However, you can pick up a galaxy S5 usb jig for a couple of bucks from eBay or just ask your friends for it. It will boot the phone straight to download mode and that is all you need at this point.
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After Some tinkering I was able to boot it into Download mode. I am lost ... I know its not hard bricked.
Thank You for the fast reply.
EDIT: Never been in this situation, so I don' know what to do and I am really nervous.

Once you're in download mode, it is best to flash the stock ROM (5.1.1) for your SM-G900W8. Use either odin or use Samsung Kies 3 suite. Then go to stock recovery and do a full factory reset from there. Most of issues are resolved by this process.
Then either stay stock or flash a custom recovery (twrp or cmw), and install the custom ROM of your choice.

Commodore 64 said:
Once you're in download mode, it is best to flash the stock ROM (5.1.1) for your SM-G900W8. Use either odin or use Samsung Kies 3 suite. Then go to stock recovery and do a full factory reset from there. Most of issues are resolved by this process.
Then either stay stock or flash a custom recovery (twrp or cmw), and install the custom ROM of your choice.
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I can't find the stock ROM for 5.1.1, Unsure if you mean Touchwiz or CM because they do not have an update for 5.1.1.
The latest version I could find is 5.0 will this work?.
Thanks for the reply.

Yes, by stock I mean touchwiz. And 900w8 might not have received touchwiz 5.1.1 yet.
But the general idea is cleaning (factory reset and wipes) in touchwiz recovery is the best way to bring things back to normal and start out fresh.

Commodore 64 said:
Yes, by stock I mean touchwiz. And 900w8 might not have received touchwiz 5.1.1 yet.
But the general idea is cleaning (factory reset and wipes) in touchwiz recovery is the best way to bring things back to normal and start out fresh.
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I am downloading the TouchWiz Bell Canada 5.0 Firmware, and I will use Odin to Flash it on in download mode, then I will factory reset, install TWRP and then go back to CM12.1.
Hopefully everything will go swiftly. I have said exactly what I am going to do because if you see something wrong you can assist me.
Thanks for your replies.

That sounds great. Oh and right after you installed CM12.1, do a clear cache in twrp, and then flash your gapps and reboot. You should be good to go now. BTW, I use Deltadroid's gapps base package, and it works flawlessly with CM12.1 for klte.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/app-minimal-gapps-gapps-lp-20150107-1-t2997368
Best of luck!

Commodore 64 said:
That sounds great. Oh and right after you installed CM12.1, do a clear cache in twrp, and then flash your gapps and reboot. You should be good to go now. BTW, I use Deltadroid's gapps base package, and it works flawlessly with CM12.1 for klte.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/app-minimal-gapps-gapps-lp-20150107-1-t2997368
Best of luck!
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It booted and I am currently running android 5.0 on touchwiz. Im gonna flash TWRP and SuperSU.
Thank you for replying.

need help with t530

hi I have my wifes old tab. It is the sm t530 nook editon. A while bacl i had installed blispop on it. but it never really worked well. So currently it is bricked. I wiped everything off of it including internal storage and tried to instal unoffical los 14.1 It just hangs at the boot screen. I used odin to install the latest twrp. I am currently trying to find the offical stock lollipop software to install via odin but i cant seem to find it anywhere. I figured if i install offical stock lollipop i can then start the whole process over. Can anyone point me in the right direction and give me some pointers on how to fix this?

Note 3 SM-N9005, Can't Boot to recovery.

My N9005 is unable to boot into recovery, whenever i try it will start to boot and then just restart itself.
When trying to reboot normally the cyanogenmod loading screen is very laggy and it just reboots after a while.
occasionally it will start normally (1/20 tries).
I tried to reflash twrp with odin but it makes no difference.
Cyanogenmod version 12.1-20161016-NIGHTLY-hlte.
Any help is highly appreciated.

Flash stock rom via Odin to get a working phone.
Or restore your Nandroid.

Reflashed stock rom and phone was working perfectly. stock recovery was also working.
Then rooted with CF-autoroot and it went well.
Then i tried to install TWRP custom recovery and it still won't let me boot to recovery.
Android version is 5.0 if that matters?
Edit: Managed to make it work with another version

Did you find a solution? I have thee same issue
Thanks

HELP with n9005 custom recovery
HI i have the same problem with n9005 i have rooted but whenever i flash twrp or cwm i end up with no recovery..phone shows set warranty but recovery msg then reboot to system...any help?

CWM no longer used .
You are probably flashing the wrong TWRP .

No i have verified the info and I have the correct twrp but still can't get it to run

same here
good evening everyone,
I come back to this forum because I have this beautiful phone that I can not update the android version 9.
On the recovery I can not go beyond the version 2.8.7.0, if I try to put a more recent version it remains in bootloop even if I restart manually.
To know that I have the HTLE model, the only thing is that I replaced the screen with a Chinese model.
then I put the original version back via odin and it goes back to version 5.
I am completely desapointed, I do not know what to do to put it under android 8+ !!!!
PLEASE HELP