ok well installed the honeycomb rom just to mess around with it see what it looked like. then i went and wiped my tab and restored my backup. now when it starts up all it goes to is the cwm voodoo, nothing ive tried to do has fixed it. i'm sure i'm just dumb but could use the help after hours of looking for a answer with no luck
thanks
How are you trying to revert to stock? I installed the honeycomb alpha 2 release. I was able to go back to a stock rom using Heimdall.
I've tried just flashing my back up I've tried flashing other roms but everytime boots back up to the cwm menu. I haven't been able to try heimdall because I can't get into download mode
I've tried to get into it with no success
PM sent...You are actually experiencing an issue most likely with the GSM bootloaders. The VZW tab has it's own individual bootloaders compared to every other TAB variant. As of now, no VZW bootloaders for ODIN exist online anywhere. The few I found were actually corrupt and not complete for ODIN flashing.
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So I had a cappy for all of 1 week before the ota update a few days ago came out. It bricked my phone so i took it back to AT&t and got a new one, only to find that I cant use button combinations to get into DL or recovery modes (my original cappy could use button combos). Has anyone else gotten a cappy that cant use button combos to get to the recovery mode?
Oh and before everything was stock, except for the "one click lag fix" from the app market, which i used to root as well as EXT4 i think.
I have heard that the new Cognition rom has done just the opposite for people. People that had the Captivate without the button combination working got it working after the flash. It must not be in the device itself but in the kernel. Flashing the Cognition rom is done through Clockwork, so even if you do not want to keep it (which I do not know why you wouldn't, as Cognition is GREAT), you can flash it to get to whatever kernel you really want. Please, experts, correct me if I am wrong.
thank you! ill try Cognition. ill post back here if it doesnt help me.
Don't you have to be rooted to flash with ROM manager? How would you root the phone without recovery mode?
GuitsBoy said:
Don't you have to be rooted to flash with ROM manager? How would you root the phone without recovery mode?
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Not really, you can ADB reboot recovery after loading the recovery-update.zip (renaming to update.zip) and cognition or whatnot *.zip into \sdcard. Then reinstall packages and it will load Clockwork recovery and allow you to install ZIP from SD Card.
the new OTA will fix the 3 button issue as well. if you are 100% stock this update should work.
ahhh i wish you had posted that a couple hours earlier! I just rooted my captivate and flashed coginative. can i still get back to 100% stock? i have a backup of the stock rooted rom. does un-rooting it count as 100% stock?
Plenty of info on this forum use the search button imo if you don't have button combo.. Take out back your playing with fire
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Try this to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Follow the directions EXACTLY!
If you can't get the OTA update of JH7 to work, go here and do it manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790080
when you were factory fresh. You should have done OTA. it would have worked flawless ly.
if you are only root right now, you can still TRY OTA update. Worked for my friend. assuming you dont have anything else like lag fix etc.
If you have done a lot of stuff to your phone. Then use Odin3 to go back to stock (google odin3).
Then update, more then likely, it will fail at 50% like it did for me but it made the 3 button recovery start working. so that was the plus to it.
Then I just flashed Cog 2.1.
voila.
I've been trying to switch in between backed-up ROMS using Clockworkmod without success. I have to use ODIN to flash back to STOCK Eclair, and root it before I can flash another fresh ROM using Clockworkmod.
None of the backups I make work when restored, and goes into the AT&T-screen-reboot-loop.
I don't want to use ODIN because it's froze during the flash & bricked 2 phones that I've had to send back for warranty replacement. NOT GOOD!
I know that in the market Clockworkmod states that you must use a "compatible" ROM, but I've never seen a ROM in XDA that specifically state's it's compatible (I've installed Cognition & Perception's latests.)
I've read about having to remove any lag-fixes before installing, but if it's built into the ROM how is this done?
Even if I have to flash back to a backed-up stock ROM before re-flashing a new ROM that'd be fine, but this has never worked. No ROM I back-up with Clockworkmod has ever been restored successfully, making me use ODIN, which twice has bricked my phone.
Is there a solution?
Nope, odin is it. You can try to flash the rom you have a backup of over your current then try the backup but you are playing with fire.
How did you manage to brick two phones with odin? That program is used by everyone who flashes for the most part, and although I have heard of issues the over whelming consensus its that it its easy and reliable
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mcord11758 said:
How did you manage to brick two phones with odin? That program is used by everyone who flashes for the most part, and although I have heard of issues the over whelming consensus its that it its easy and reliable.p
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How? I dunno! lol
ODIN basically freezes and won't progress while doing the actual flash. I've used ODIN before w/o problems, but twice now it's frozen in the middle of the flash & bricked the phone. The phone was 100% dead (didn't try a jig as some suggested yet though.) Won't power on, go into download mode/recovery. Nothing.
I was really hoping to avoid using ODIN. Crap!
metalgeek said:
I've been trying to switch in between backed-up ROMS using Clockworkmod without success. I have to use ODIN to flash back to STOCK Eclair, and root it before I can flash another fresh ROM using Clockworkmod.
None of the backups I make work when restored, and goes into the AT&T-screen-reboot-loop.
I don't want to use ODIN because it's froze during the flash & bricked 2 phones that I've had to send back for warranty replacement. NOT GOOD!
I know that in the market Clockworkmod states that you must use a "compatible" ROM, but I've never seen a ROM in XDA that specifically state's it's compatible (I've installed Cognition & Perception's latests.)
I've read about having to remove any lag-fixes before installing, but if it's built into the ROM how is this done?
Even if I have to flash back to a backed-up stock ROM before re-flashing a new ROM that'd be fine, but this has never worked. No ROM I back-up with Clockworkmod has ever been restored successfully, making me use ODIN, which twice has bricked my phone.
Is there a solution?
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What others have said is it possibly is related to CWM and our file system. Something along the lines of if you are flashing a ROM over another ROM and the kernels, modem, etc being different will cause the boot loop. That seems to be what has happened to me. It is always recommended by Dev's (even though it is not always necessary) to go back to stock and flash your Rom. Remember though, once you have your update.zip for CWM on your phone you do not need to root. Just do 3 button combo or ADB command to get to recovery mode.
I decided to root my phone and try some ROMS last night on my Captivate. Love it by the way except one problem that I can not seem to figure out.
Before I did any flash I used ROM Manager to take 2 backups of my stock ROM and also used Titanium to backup all user apps and data.
Everytime I try to go back to stock and the phone reboots after recovery mode I get the AT&T logo and it never goes anywhere.
How do I get back to stock?
THANK!
If you are trying to restore stock through nancroid backup that won't work. You need to use odin.
What build is your phone? You can find it under your battery, something between 1006-1012
It is 1012. I thought you could just restore from those backups to get back to stock.
I have never used odin before. How do I go about that?
Thanks!
I can not find a good download for Odin. Could somebody provide please?
Thanks!
With your build you need to be careful what odin you use
You wavy to follow this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
Clockwork does not restore kernel and modem. You are stuck at at&t screen because your system is ext 4 used on roms, and your nandroid is rfs. Long and short it won't work
So.... I am a bit confused now. Is there even a way to get back to stock at this point?
The link I posted
Your stock is jh7, odin One click is jf6. The procedure laid out in the link will get you back to jh7, although it takes a couple steps.
As long as you can get into recovery you can probably reflash any rom you have on your sd
Yikes thats a tall order to get back. Thought it would be more simple. So it is easy getting to a point to flash ROMS... Not so easy going back.
I'm also stuck in the same vicious cycle as we type.
I got 2 different stock rom backups and a cognition backup and can't get nothing to restore factory. I got premium ROM Manager. I can get into 2 different recovery screens. 1 from the Clockwork v2.5.1.3-voodoo lagfix and 1 using the update.zip on my root. Can't restore anything that gets me past the ATT logo.
ChokeD said:
I'm also stuck in the same vicious cycle as we type.
I got 2 different stock rom backups and a cognition backup and can't get nothing to restore factory. I got premium ROM Manager. I can get into 2 different recovery screens. 1 from the Clockwork v2.5.1.3-voodoo lagfix and 1 using the update.zip on my root. Can't restore anything that gets me past the ATT logo.
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What is your build number, under battery
Between 1006-1012
I don't see a 1006-1012 anything. Where exactly would it be listed under the battery ??? ON the battery ? my phone is 3 days old.
EDIT: oh I think its a 1010 ...I think I found it
Thanks for the help by the way.
Link listed earlier in thread
Yeah it is the same for me.... Sucks!
And I can not download any of the files in that link because I am at work and those hosting sites are blocked for us. :-(
larryroberts said:
Yeah it is the same for me.... Sucks!
And I can not download any of the files in that link because I am at work and those hosting sites are blocked for us. :-(
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Have you tried this
Phone off
Hold volume up and down and power
Let go when at&t comes up
Should be green recovery
Select install zip from sd
Choose zip
Select rom file that is saved on your sd, any you may of tried
Confirm
If your lucky maybe you can flash the rom
Uhh ??? Somehow from the recovery mode I just re-installed Cognition 3.04 back on my phone by browsing to the ROM.zip an installing it. I have to charge my phone for a few but I'll definitely come back and tell how I did it after a while. I think it was by browsing to cognitionv3.zip from 1 of the recovery menus insead of going to the update.zip. That beats the hell out of going through all the steps of going back to stock.
Thanks for the help.
EDIT:
Yeah somewhat like above post, only I had the Cognition (red) recovery menu and I went to install .zip and browsed to the cognitionv3.zip on my sd and installed it. *BLAM* back to Cognitionv3.04 I'll work with that till I got more time to mess with the other.
mcord11758 said:
Have you tried this
Phone off
Hold volume up and down and power
Let go when at&t comes up
Should be green recovery
Select install zip from sd
Choose zip
Select rom file that is saved on your sd, any you may of tried
Confirm
If your lucky maybe you can flash the rom
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Yep I have tried that. Or at least I guess....
I go into the recovery screen but the problem is the only zip files I have are my custom ROMS. I did a complete backup with ROM Manager of the stock ROM before flashing however it did not create a zip file, it created a folder which contains everything that was backed up. I have tried to restore from that but when I do and the phone restarts it sticks on the AT&T white logo screen.
I am not saying restore stock, I am saying flash a rom. it may get you a working phone
Oh yeah I have done that just fine. I am using Cognition.
I am just trying to find my path back to stock.
mcord11758 said:
I am not saying restore stock, I am saying flash a rom. it may get you a working phone
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Exactly, If you flashed a ROM on the phone the ROM is still there. Just use the recovery mode and choose "install a zip from sd" then go to "choose a zip from sd" then it will let you browse the sd for the .zip(rom) you just had. (not stock). It should be successful. Worked for me.
At least you will have a working phone and you can then look into going stock once you've read up a little more on it.
Just trying to help.
EDIT: oh, OK, I myself was in a panic and had just found that possible.
No problem. Thank you for the help!
I was thinking that when I did the backup with ROM Manager that it was creating a ROM version of the stock so I could flash back. Guess not though.
So I updated the MIUI on my Cappy from whatever I had before to 2.3.30 that is GB 2.3.7 from this location:
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/archived-miui-versions-captivate-gb.16558/
I didnt care for it so I downloaded SlimICS. I downloaded the base and the cappy essentials. Put them both on my internal sd. I factory reset, wiped data, cache and system and dalvic, just as i do for every phone i work on. I ran the SlimICS base and now it keeps rebooting and going back into recovery and doing this:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Slim ICS
Once Slim ICS pops up, it reboots and does it all over. I can yank the battery and manually go into recovery, but if i try to boot it up normal, it goes back into the loop. I am on CWM 5.0.2.7 also.
So what did i miss?
GB bootloaders most likely missing - flash 'em using Heimdall. And SlimICS doesn't have modem. So. Flash my ROM for a change may be.
Sounds like you just need to flash again. You have to do that when you are going from GB to ICS, and vice versa I believe.
And you flashed the base and the cappy essentials right? Not just the base
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korockinout13 said:
Sounds like you just need to flash again. You have to do that when you are going from GB to ICS, and vice versa I believe.
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trying to flash again just put it back in the loop. And I read that that does happen alot going from GB to ICS on the Cappy. But for Slim it didnt work.
Wdustin1 said:
And you flashed the base and the cappy essentials right? Not just the base
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I never could get that far because it was the base that I started to install and it got bootlooped on, everytime it restarted, it went back into recovery and started to run the base again, and repeated boot loop. I read somewhere that teamhacksung's rom would get me over the GB to ICS bridge. This one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
It did the bootloop to, but when i yanked the battery and went back in and installed it a 2nd time, it didnt restart and installed correctly. After that I installed SlimICS. But I dont like it as much as i thought i would and now when i try to reinstall teamhacksung ROM, it errors out during the beggining of the installation. The MD5 is still fine. I dont think it likes the version of CWM recovery that SlimICS installed. I know CWMR went to an older version when i went from teamhacksung to SlimICS.
Flash glitch kernel first. Also, don't use the builds from that thread, it is old. Just flash the latest CM9 nightly
Swyped from my ICS Samsung Captivate
Stuck in A boot loop after flashing paranoid rom to cappy i897
I downloaded all needed files to internal SD just as the (how to upgrade the captivate i897 to Paranoid ROM said to do )
wipe data factory reset,wipe cache,selected install zip zip>package (pa_captivatemtd-1.99-13AUGUST2012.zip, md5sum: cc03bacf0f07a94bf25b482d64b94e63) then it started boot looping / att screen twice then android guy ,, then falling over with exclamation point in the middle of him , let it go considering options of 3 button combo weren't working ,, beside guide said 5-10 min to install then it made it to devil kernel installed gapps >> (gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip, md5sum: f62cfe4a827202899919fd932d5246d7) now back in the boot loop again>>
i did make a nandroid backup but cant seem to get into cwm recovery or download mode . I did follow that guide to a tee.
any help or suggestions on this i would greatly appreciated if this post in wrong spot sry im new.
Also stuck in bootloop reverting to Gingerbread
I am also stuck in boot loop after attempting to restore back into Gingerbread.
Here's how I got in this mess: I had been running Gingerbread on my Captivate for several months (rooted). I decided it was time to try upgrading to Jelly Bean (cm9 version). I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and that appeared to be working, so I made a NANDroid and proceeded to install CyanogenMod on my phone.
It booted OK, but I didn't like it and figured I'd just revert by restoring my NANDroid. Only thing is, it didn't restore correctly and my phone was stuck at the initial AT&T "bars" screen.
So I attempted to reboot in recovery and restore my latest update.zip. This did not seem to help at all. My phone would just boot to the AT&T screen and be stuck there. I checked to see adb was reachable behind the scenes but it wasn't.
After that I loaded Odin 1.85, downloaded a copy of the stock Captivate ROM, unzipped it and loaded it to my ROM (using the method described in this link I'm not allowed to show you because I'm a new user), more or less.
Odin said it was successful, but the phone is now still stuck in a boot loop. The ClockworkMod Recovery options are gone from the recovery menu. Now it looks like my stock recovery menu. There are some diagnostics on the recovery screen:
-- Copying media files --
E: failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mont /dbdata
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions.
Meida files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied CSC-code 'ATT'
Successfully copied multi-CSC.
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the bold text indicating errors appears in orange.
I tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" and rebooting. This had no apparent effect. The Captivate still continues to loop on reboot.
What next? It seems like it's missing something it needs to boot that's not in the standard Gingerbread Captivate image I downloaded with Odin. What else do I need to do? Keep in mind that right now the only way I can get files onto the phone is Odin (or similar) via the USB port. The phone never gets booted enough to get to it with adb, let alone mounting as a drive on my computer.
Thanks
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HG_User said:
I am also stuck in boot loop after attempting to restore back into Gingerbread.
Here's how I got in this mess: I had been running Gingerbread on my Captivate for several months (rooted). I decided it was time to try upgrading to Jelly Bean (cm9 version). I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and that appeared to be working, so I made a NANDroid and proceeded to install CyanogenMod on my phone.
It booted OK, but I didn't like it and figured I'd just revert by restoring my NANDroid. Only thing is, it didn't restore correctly and my phone was stuck at the initial AT&T "bars" screen.
So I attempted to reboot in recovery and restore my latest update.zip. This did not seem to help at all. My phone would just boot to the AT&T screen and be stuck there. I checked to see adb was reachable behind the scenes but it wasn't.
After that I loaded Odin 1.85, downloaded a copy of the stock Captivate ROM, unzipped it and loaded it to my ROM (using the method described in this link I'm not allowed to show you because I'm a new user), more or less.
Odin said it was successful, but the phone is now still stuck in a boot loop. The ClockworkMod Recovery options are gone from the recovery menu. Now it looks like my stock recovery menu. There are some diagnostics on the recovery screen:
-- Copying media files --
E: failed to mount /dbdata (Invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mont /dbdata
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu
for format and reboot actions.
Meida files copy failed.
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Applied CSC-code 'ATT'
Successfully copied multi-CSC.
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the bold text indicating errors appears in orange.
I tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" and rebooting. This had no apparent effect. The Captivate still continues to loop on reboot.
What next? It seems like it's missing something it needs to boot that's not in the standard Gingerbread Captivate image I downloaded with Odin. What else do I need to do? Keep in mind that right now the only way I can get files onto the phone is Odin (or similar) via the USB port. The phone never gets booted enough to get to it with adb, let alone mounting as a drive on my computer.
Thanks
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While searching threw all this mess on this site and various other :
I did stumble on something that might help u get your cwm
mode Look up Captivate Q&A the scroll to T, Russel thread has file needed to get your cwm mode working using rageagaistcage method.
Odin has multi file upload for stock alone check to make sure you selected right one . then just reflash should be good
mine i examine really thoroughly and figure out i try to jump to high .
i had stock then firefly then darkfire which is based off i900 <> Cappy rom bad <>idea on my part i try to jump to paranoid rom from darkfire '
don't think files were save to SD internal card - download section instead so firmware lost track of it self .
reviewing errors made on my part order 2 jig for my 2 cappys
my plan use jig get into download flash back to stock using odin one click using kies flash to froyo and stick with it for another six months
while reading everything i need to know about flashing that high up , besides that rom will become more stable less bugs and it will give me
time to see what errors occurs with this phone model on that rom last time i check there was only 7 posted user using it
again i was trying to flash paranoid rom for Samsung captivate SGH_I897'' I hope you get your issue resolved.
If u try one click unbrick and on win xp uninstall kies the drivers will not work together log in to administrator account <> just Google it if not on welcome screen there a few ways to get into that account,, but that did work for me on my cappy . let me know how u make out. ??
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321321wrick said:
While searching threw all this mess on this site and various other :
I did stumble on something that might help u get your cwm
mode Look up Captivate Q&A the scroll to T, Russel thread has file needed to get your cwm mode working using rageagaistcage method.
Odin has multi file upload for stock alone check to make sure you selected right one . then just reflash should be good
mine i examine really thoroughly and figure out i try to jump to high .
i had stock then firefly then darkfire which is based off i900 <> Cappy rom bad <>idea on my part i try to jump to paranoid rom from darkfire '
don't think files were save to SD internal card - download section instead so firmware lost track of it self .
reviewing errors made on my part order 2 jig for my 2 cappys
my plan use jig get into download flash back to stock using odin one click using kies flash to froyo and stick with it for another six months
while reading everything i need to know about flashing that high up , besides that rom will become more stable less bugs and it will give me
time to see what errors occurs with this phone model on that rom last time i check there was only 7 posted user using it
again i was trying to flash paranoid rom for Samsung captivate SGH_I897'' I hope you get your issue resolved.
If u try one click unbrick and on win xp uninstall kies the drivers will not work together log in to administrator account <> just Google it if not on welcome screen there a few ways to get into that account,, but that did work for me on my cappy . let me know how u make out.
There also Ginger Bread Boot loaders Needed for it to start up Correctly - i personally don't know that much bout gingerbread rom i didn't like it as much as froyo WiFi issues'' the the stock odin should erase all info on your part thou 'e use Is OCD 1 i897UCJF6>lowercase work every time for me.
cept now because my usb is not able to charge phone or enter download mode or recovery which leaves jig option .
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HG_User,
U can't go back to GB (or froyo/eclair) from CM, MIUI, ICS, JB, AOSP etc., etc. without using Odin or Heimdall---because of the different partitions used---Stock firmware is bml/rfs and all the AOSP etc etc are mtd/yaffs(2).
And u can only restore a backup when u r back running the base rom where u made the back up.
Use this...Stock i897ucKK4 GB 2.3.5 with or without bootloaders... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
This kk4 should get u going. Then u can use Odin to flash Corn Kernel to get a cwm back...:thumbup:
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... one step on the way: Back to Eclair
thanks for the advice. Ultimately, I decided I should use Odin 3 1-click to revert back to original (2.1 Eclair) firmware that I found on the first post of thread titled
[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY
This is a huge step forward because it makes my phone work, but it's also a step back in time to the early Eclair days.
Now my next step is to upgrade back to Gingerbread...
Edit: Thanks to all who pointed me in the right direction. I took the phone back to Eclair then used Samsung KiesMini (twice) to get it back to Gingerbread. After re-rooting and removing the AT&T Bloatware, it works fine again. I might try upgrading again to ICS or JB, but I didn't like Cyanogen 9 at all. Maybe I'm just used to the way AT&T polishes the UI, but Cyanogen didn't appeal at all. Now looking for a relatively polished but lightweight ICS or JB version... Also, it would be nice if when I upgrade it preserves the installed apps and what's on my home screens, but that seems unlikely going from AT&T-branded Gingerbread to an independent ICS or JB.
Ok I know I'm gonna get a little flame for this but I flashed without really thinking about (and I know better). I was on a version of serindipity and I'm not sure which one it was but it had to be either a froyo or gingerbread build...I decided to update (made a back up before flashing) to Slimbean (latest build) and everything seemed fine except I could't get a connection to at&t network. I saw there was no APNs in the settings and then I also saw I lost my IMEI as well, I tried restoring my efs files but that didn't get my IMEI back. I decided I would just restore my backup and it failed three times before the phone rebooted. Now I'm stuck on the at&t bootscreen and can't get back into recovery but I can get into download mode...Just wondering what my next step should be. Thanks in advance!!
From Download mode u will probably need to Odin/Heimdall back to Stock KK4 & after that boots then get back into download and Odin KK4 Corn Kernel and proceed from there. Links that u will need are in my signature below.
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