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hello,
i am trying to flash a cutom rom, i started by rooting my phone through the samsung stock recovery, then i download cwm.zip recovery and install it from stock recovery (update from zip file).
when i wipe data/factory reset the phone restart and never boot again into the os, i tried to boot into recovery by pressing volume up + home + power button but nothing happen and the phone remain on the samsung logo.
please help me.
thanks a lot
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1. Where you find cwm.zip can you link me that page (not file)
2.Are you able to entre in download mode
3.You were on which ROM while doing this?
i downloaded cwm.zip with the busybox from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647148
yes i can enter the download mode
i am on the stock ics rom (which i upgraded the 2.3 to it)
please help me
and thanks for the fast reply
First you didn't know that zip is not available now, and you must have this which you downloaded earlier, that zip is abandonas it proved to use unsafe and can brick device.
Not only that, you souldn't have to wipe anything on stock ICS.
Anyway if you are able to enter download mode then flash any GB ROM you have already with you, otherwise download from my signature (pre rooted) and flash with Odin
ok i wasn't know that, anyway i downloaded odin, what did i need else? what you mean by "download from my signature (pre rooted) and flash with Odin"?
i didn't understand this sentence, did it mean that i need specific type of rom to flash it from odin?
thank you a lot
Yes download this
http://d-h.st/HJM
Extract it and flash with PC odin.
dr.ketan said:
First you didn't know that zip is not available now, and you must have this which you downloaded earlier, that zip is abandonas it proved to use unsafe and can brick device.
Not only that, you souldn't have to wipe anything on stock ICS.
Anyway if you are able to enter download mode then flash any GB ROM you have already with you, otherwise download from my signature (pre rooted) and flash with Odin
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ok i see the link in your signature and i am downloading the rom, and when it finish i must flash it with odin? and it must work? and when it work how can i get ics again? can i update system from android settings?
please reply thanks
with my respect
See everything is on your luck, I hope you get device working again with above said ROM.
But remember even after flashing ROM successfully, it may not boot up, dont worry. enter to recovery(vol up+hole+power) and wipe cache, delvik cache and data. then it should fine.
But if while flashing ROM, if it stuck then your luck is not with you and chances will be high you have bricked device.
Let report back, n Me or someone will guide you for next step.
dr.ketan said:
See everything is on your luck, I hope you get device working again with above said ROM.
But remember even after flashing ROM successfully, it may not boot up, dont worry. enter to recovery(vol up+hole+power) and wipe cache, delvik cache and data. then it should fine.
But if while flashing ROM, if it stuck then your luck is not with you and chances will be high you have bricked device.
Let report back, n Me or someone will guide you for next step.
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if it is depends on my luck, so it is a problem anyway thank u a lot and wish me a good luck.
B'coz what you did was totally wrong and risky, and if any damage you had can only rule out once your device gets life again. So pray before flashing and GoodLuck from ourside.
dr.ketan said:
B'coz what you did was totally wrong and risky, and if any damage you had can only rule out once your device gets life again. So pray before flashing and GoodLuck from ourside.
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yes it was been a wrong, and i didn't have the enough experience to do like this step,
i install the ore rooted rom (in your signature) and i flash it, before it finish flashing it stop and then give an error, and when i turn on the phone to the recovery mode it give a message "firmware upgrade encourtted an issue, please select recovery mode is kies and try again" what can i do please.
thanks
You should have noted down the error on that flash before you went to recovery mode. Every error is an essential part and you should take a note of it as this can lessen your upgrade issues.
So here's what your going to do. Turn the phone to Airplane Mode.
Try to reflash again the pre prooted GB room in download mode Once your successful doing it, download stock ICS firmware (in your region) from www.samfirmware.com. Don't use OTA updates as this will mostly fail. Just use PC KIES to update your phone back to 4.0.4 ICS.
Take it one step at a time and again next time, remember try not to be in a hurry doing it. It takes patience and a bit of luck in flashing and upgrading.
Yes as above said, reflash ROM by putting device in download mode
hello again
in the begining thank you for your help
i fixed my phone, in a shop specialized for these cases but i dont know how.
and my phone now returned to the stock ics rom.4.0.3
i would ask if i can flash a custom rom (jelly bean 4.1 for example) and what are the safety steps that can i follow to avoid any another brick to my phone? what do you advise?
thanks again.
if u on ics u need to flash a safe kernel like philz or hydracore. that's it. Now u r good to go
Is there any danger if i flash any of the kernels u mentioned? And does the phone remain working after i flash the kernel? And after i flash the kernel what is the next step? Flash the rom? Or there is any step required before?
Thanks a lot
yes the phone will work after flashing any of the mentioned kernels.
philz is the best for ics as it can be installed from stock recovery and it's safe and gives u root and cwm
then u can boot into cwm and do a factory reset format system, data, wipe cache and dalvik then install the new rom.
Greetings Everyone,
I am really stuck with this phone that I am working on right now. I wanted to simply flash a new rom to this phone and I started by rooting the phone which was successful. Once I had done that I downloaded Rom Manager and flashed the recovery mod to the phone. However, It seems that the recovery mod that I had chosen for the P990 was incorrect. As a result when I try to flash any rom or even revert back to my back ups from CWM I simply get the Boot Loop. I am almost convinced that the problem lays with the CWM version that is installed. Therefore, My question is how do I flash a different CWM and I need a step by step help with this since I dont know very much about this process.
All your help is greatly appreciated.
Hello,
I am on latest stock firmware, and want to completely erase my phone and install a fresh copy of latest OS.
Now, I am not at all feeling comfortable in flashing myself as I am having limited knowledge and I fear I will end up screwing phone.
If I visit Samsung service center, they just reset the phone... when told to install fresh copy of OS.
So, what to tell them so they understand that I want all old OS related things to be deleted and install a fresh copy of OS. Also what I have to see to make sure they are indeed doing what I am saying... what will screen display ?
Sum pointers plz.
craige said:
Hello,
I am on latest stock firmware, and want to completely erase my phone and install a fresh copy of latest OS.
Now, I am not at all feeling comfortable in flashing myself as I am having limited knowledge and I fear I will end up screwing phone.
If I visit Samsung service center, they just reset the phone... when told to install fresh copy of OS.
So, what to tell them so they understand that I want all old OS related things to be deleted and install a fresh copy of OS. Also what I have to see to make sure they are indeed doing what I am saying... what will screen display ?
Sum pointers plz.
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Pointers:
1. Install a philz kernel.
2. Wipe all the partitions after that.
3. Download the stock firmware from sammobile.com or Dr Ketans thread from XDA (this thread also has instructions/how-to for how to flash using odin)
4. Use odin to flash stock rom in download mode.
Before you proceed and make any mistake read about all the above and understand the risk associated.
LOL. ok ill try not to laugh
goto settings about phone. check your version ... there may not be a update.
restart your phone "hold volume up and the menu button" when u get to factory recovery. use the "wipe/factory reset" that is as close as your going to get, (without using a custom rom). once done. u can goto the same "settings / about phone" and check "software update". if there is an update, you can download and apply it from there.
also check you have enough battery life before doing this.
R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
restart your phone "hold volume up and the menu button" when u get to factory recovery. use the "wipe/factory reset" that is as close as your going to get, (without using a custom rom)
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Cant I just go to settings and under backuo & reset --> factory data reset.
Is the this the same as the method u suggested above ?
First of all make sure wat u want to do, if updated stock firmware is wat u want then reset your phone and then update it if there is any.. this is the safe mode.
Now the other option u got is root it, install cmw, install kernel, n lastly custom ROM it will allow you to change CPU frequency and much more.. choose any custom ROM its olwAys better in the most criterias. But if you wanna stick to the stock ROM. . Just reset it.
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craige said:
Cant I just go to settings and under backuo & reset --> factory data reset.
Is the this the same as the method u suggested above ?
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yes, almost the same, except. none of the files will be in use. if you use the restart method.
actually i think if you do the FACTORY reset from the phone while its booted. it will just restart and do the same "recovery" method? right?
sorry been a while since i did booted WIPE.
@ sushantp606
judging from the responses and stuff here. I am thinking this user is not at the stage to consider the stuff you posted, they are only after a basic wipe and update of the rom.
The problem is everybody always speak abt wipe... I don't wana wipe, I wana install fresh clean copy of latest official OS.
Stock Rom Flashing
Hello Ketanji
I am a newbie ,but i have done few things and want to flash original rom .So i needed your help and suggestion .
I have rooted my phone into clockword recovery using some phzil zip file ,and tried several roms like jelly bean ...slim roms etc .But didnt liked it so restored my orginal which i took backup using clockword recovery before installing this rom .
So i wanted to know whether i can flash my note gt7000 or not ..I have read few forums which says its not safe to flash before knowing whether one has safe kernel or not ..and other things ...Can you please tell me how i should go about . And if i need to install safe kernel ..how can i do the same .
Please tell me more about the risks associated .And also can anyone send me link to download directly rootable or rooted original ROM for this mobile .
Hope to receive your repy soon .
Thank You.
Hello friends,
I need urgent help !!!
Yesterday one of my very close friend gave me his Note to upgrade to JB (he was on ICS. LF4 if I remember correct)
So I did following :
1. Downloaded couple of Custom ROMs and PhilZ 6.26.6 on to his phone (External SD)
2. Tried to boot into Recovery and voila.....his HOME button is not working. Anyways I booted and adb reboot recovery
3. Then I flashed PhilZ and it flashed successfully. Since I couldn't boot into Recovery without Home button I did Reboot System.
4. Stuck in N7000 Blackscreen and adb shows Device Offline
What I am planning to do now
1. Put device to DOWNLOAD mode through USB JIG
2. Flash Stock JB (Here's 2nd problem - download links are not working for Stock JB at least not Indian one Can somebody with fast internet plz upload it on dev host or Mediafire and share with us. Thanks !!! )
3. Reboot into Recovery and flash PhilZ
4. Flash Custom ROM
Am I doing things right? Is my direction correct?
I would still prefer if I somehow could boot in current OS, put some Custom Recovery and flash Custom ROM. Saving Stock ROM flash path and ODIN.
Plz help and advise !!!!!
Thanks !!!
You installed a kernel that doesn't fit to ICS. So it's no suprise the system doesn't boot. Install an ICS kernel and at least the system should start again.
And after that: give it back to your friend and let him repair the home button first. Don't risk being the fool who ruined his device.
Update: just read again and saw that right now you don't get a connect with adb. So yes, it seems to be the only solution to install an stock rom with Odin. After that I still would give it back for repair.
ThaiDai said:
You installed a kernel that doesn't fit to ICS. So it's no suprise the system doesn't boot. Install an ICS kernel and at least the system should start again.
And after that: give it back to your friend and let him repair the home button first. Don't risk being the fool who ruined his device.
Update: just read again and saw that right now you don't get a connect with adb. So yes, it seems to be the only solution to install an stock rom with Odin. After that I still would give it back for repair.
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Can you give me link for safe ICS kernel ? Will this work http://www.mediafire.com/download/32ik5mg6bgg8q1d/PhilZ-cwm6-XXLRK-XEU-3.99.tar.md5
I need to boot in the current OS once to take backup of EFS (I heard JB wiped off EFS of few).
Thanks for coming forward to help !!!
Yes this is an ICS kernel with Philz recovery. Should work and give you the chance to reboot into the OS.
And a backup of EFS is a very good idea (after a repair in Thailand I'm using a developer imei).
Good luck.
Hello All,
I've spent the last 6 months learning how to flash roms, realise you need the right kernel and made many mistakes which resulted in bricking my phone. I've learnt a lot and as you often suggest on this site, read and learn. I've been trying my best to do this over the months and have managed to even use Odin, after about 70 hours reading, track down a kernel XXLT to get my phone back into recovery and many other painful experiences.
I thought i had the basics down pat by now but i've bricked my phone this time and I'm truly stumped as it brings up an EMMC message and nothing i do with Odin or flashing kernels afterwards brings the phone back at all. I'm sure it's on here somewhere and you will point it out to me but I have tried as it's the only way to learn. Now, if you are willing, i could really benefit from some expert advice?
I have been running CM11 for the last week, really enjoying how it worked on my n7000. I was doing some further reading and came across the page for the Forest Kernel for CM11 on the n7000. I thought no problem, download file, follow flash instructions (wipe dalvik) and proceed as normal. But the zip file would not load and the recovery aborted. I was using CWM touch and in the malaise that followed, i now can't rememer which one it was but it was the grey screen one with the touch functionality.
I thought maybe i didn't have the right CWM to flash this file so I thought I would try a later version of CWM but use PHilz' touch version - using the 'about in recovery' it has v 6.0.3.7.
So i flashed the file again using Philz' version and then i just got a lot of fast scrolling text and I was stuck in recovery from that point on. I tried wiping for reinstall , installing raw kernels and everything i think i know about trying to fix it myself.
However, with lots of fast scrolling text going by, i started looking more closely at it and noticed this message:
Created filesytem with 11/32768 inodes and 4206/131072 blocks
warning wipe_block_device: wipe via secure discard suppressed due to bug in emmc.
now flash a new rom
Since this message, nothing works from the flashing a new ROM in recovery onwards. I just get message like cannot load .ini or failed to open zip etc.
Now i did spend time months ago reading about teh ICS emmc recovery problem but because I've been on 4.4.3 to begin with i thought I'd already surpassed the problem.
I've been running Slimsaber and recently CM11 on KK 4.4.4 so i didn't think i could initiate an 'emmc' problem.
So now i'm stuck and of course, bricked my phone just when i need it most. I only undertook flashing the Forest kernel because it seemed such a low level risk, wipe dalvik and flash.
If any of you could offer some advice, yes, even if you tell me to read it etc, I will understand. It's just after having taught myself so much from these pages I seem to have met my match this time in recovering my phone, so any advice or assistance will be appreciated.
I understand though if asking for this help is inappropriate.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Paul
For my part I simply do not understand when you did what thing in which order. It's a little bit chaotic.
So if you want to check if you really bricked your device:
download a stock rom and try to flash it with PC Odin.
If there are errors post them with snapshots.
No need to write a complete story...
Did you try to flash a stock Samsung JB rom using Odin and start fresh?
I didn't read the complete post, title is enough for me, I had same problem some time ago. Flash a 2.3.6 Rom, do wipe data from recovery and then flash 4.1.2 rom.
Greetings.
ThaiDai said:
For my part I simply do not understand when you did what thing in which order. It's a little bit chaotic.
So if you want to check if you really bricked your device:
download a stock rom and try to flash it with PC Odin.
If there are errors post them with snapshots.
No need to write a complete story...
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Dear ThaiDai,
Sorry, when it goes wrong, it certainly is chaotic. The whole process of going wrong snowballs.
I'll try and follow your advice, thanks for your help.
Cheers,
nokiamodeln91 said:
Did you try to flash a stock Samsung JB rom using Odin and start fresh?
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Hello Nokiamodel. Thanks for your help. No, i didn't. As i ended up stuck in Philz touch recovery, I tried pushing a raw kernel on via Odin.
When i bought this phone, it came with Gingerbread on it so does that mean i should use gingerbread to return to stock?
cheers,
p
majaretilla said:
I didn't read the complete post, title is enough for me, I had same problem some time ago. Flash a 2.3.6 Rom, do wipe data from recovery and then flash 4.1.2 rom.
Greetings.
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Majaretilla, thanks for this advice.
I was about to do this when i remembered reading somewhere on another forum that sometimes taking the battery out can sort something like this out. I took out the battery, and when i put it back in, it did not boot into philz touch recovery but what i now realise is the stock recovery. It's the one where you move the cursor by using power and volume keys.
This recovery flashed over the kernel and then roms I had onboard the phone until i got it back to CM11.
The only thing I can't crack now is why that Forest CM11 kernel won't flash using CWM or Philz. It gets aborted. I've tried v2, v4 and v5 and it never works.
I can't find out why or how to overcome the problem so I think i'll leave well alone. It's justfrustrating not knowing why it doesn't.
Thanks again for your help,
p