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Flashed wrong restore image. Download mode only

Hey.
I wanted to restore my note from my first backup made, backup just after root/cwm. I made a new backup of current rom (lightning rom 1.0) GB and afterwards flashed the first restore. After this the phone wont boot. When power on or plug charger it shows display in 2 sec, then making gfx mess and I need to pull the battery. I can get it into download mode though, so I guess my plan is to find an image for my region (Denmark in Scandinavia). The phone was unbranded and factory uncloked.
How should I proceed?
When I look at roms in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 I can't find any specific for my country, but I know it's the same phones in danmark, sweden, norway, finland.
Can you help me choose a file and how can I flash eveything including default recovery, unroot, etc?
I had the phone for test purpose and have to return it, so as close to original as possible
Thanks in advance

Try same kernel as backup was from
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How to choose and flash kernel and from where?
I have the cwm backup on my laptop, but I guess these files cant be used in Odin?
Which kernel to flash via odin?
As I can only get into download mode I think Odin is my only option? (please correct me if I'm wrong).

sirholm said:
Hey.
I wanted to restore my note from my first backup made, backup just after root/cwm. I made a new backup of current rom (lightning rom 1.0) GB and afterwards flashed the first restore. After this the phone wont boot. When power on or plug charger it shows display in 2 sec, then making gfx mess and I need to pull the battery. I can get it into download mode though, so I guess my plan is to find an image for my region (Denmark in Scandinavia). The phone was unbranded and factory uncloked.
How should I proceed?
When I look at roms in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 I can't find any specific for my country, but I know it's the same phones in danmark, sweden, norway, finland.
Can you help me choose a file and how can I flash eveything including default recovery, unroot, etc?
I had the phone for test purpose and have to return it, so as close to original as possible
Thanks in
Find it here.www.sammobile.com
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what version of the Galaxy Note do you own? the international (N7000) or the AT&T one (i717)?

I think he has the international one bud.. after all, he said that he wants to find an image to flash a Rom for his region (Denmark) and he explicitly said its the unbranded, factory unlock one.
@OP
Anyway, since you want to flash to stock GB (unroot as what you said) and you want to be as close to the said country your in right now...
here's the link of the stock GB ROM for Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden and Norway)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=2488
Hope that helps you finding the specific ROM that you're looking for.
Don't forget to hit me a "Thanks' button if I've helped you some way or the other.

Thank you for your help. I'm downloading the image as I write this. I saw it was a zip file, will I unzip it and get a tar file or md5 so I can flash it with Odin?
Is it 1 file containg recovery, kernel, rom, etc or how should I flash this file with Odin?
Thanks in advance.

sirholm said:
Thank you for your help. I'm downloading the image as I write this. I saw it was a zip file, will I unzip it and get a tar file or md5 so I can flash it with Odin?
Is it 1 file containg recovery, kernel, rom, etc or how should I flash this file with Odin?
Thanks in advance.
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you can flash this using PC Odin (you need the tar file only) or you can flash it also using Mobile ODIN, find the md5 and flash firmware (inside the app)
Do always be extra careful and PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MAKE A WIPE DATA on your phone, before you flash it okay?
There's a 'bug' circulating the flashing universe and this can leave a very nasty sting if your not careful with it.

Solved
I flashed the file and now it tries to boot atleast and can stay alive for more than a few seconds.
Next issue, it is in bootloop. Keeps showing Samsung boot image, turns off, and boots again, same cycle.
What to do next?
Reflash or anyone have another image that I could try?

Normal into bootloop in the 1st time after flash stock...boot into rexovery..wipe cache n dalcik..reboot
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Wipe in recovery
Thank you.
I've wiped cache and did a facotory reset/wipe and now it's alive and fully working. Thanks alot for your help.

sirholm said:
Thank you.
I've wiped cache and did a facotory reset/wipe and now it's alive and fully working. Thanks alot for your help.
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You did recovery data wipe/factory reset. Be thankfull you did not meet the superbrick bug. Dont do that again on unsafe kernel my friend. Person their only said cache and dalvik not data.
Superbrick bug info. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659768

Okay. Lucky me then. But as I've read, I only thought it was ICS kernel where wipe data wasn't safe. In Samsung recovery there are only these two options of wipe, så couldn't do it another unless I changed kernel/recovery?
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[Q] Cant Access Internal Memory Through PC

Hey guys,
New to Xperia SP modding, just rooted my phone following the instructions on the forums, unlocked my bootloader and flashed CWM recovery.
Since then I have tried to access my storage through PC to drop in some ROMS, and I get 'Error: device has been removed' messages.
It allows me to copy from the device but not to it.
If I change the storage method to MSC I can copy to external storage but CWM calls the ROM's bad files.
I have tried fix permissions, wipe dalvik and a full factory reset. No luck whatsoever.
Anyone offer any advice please?

blackassassinuk said:
Hey guys,
New to Xperia SP modding, just rooted my phone following the instructions on the forums, unlocked my bootloader and flashed CWM recovery.
Since then I have tried to access my storage through PC to drop in some ROMS, and I get 'Error: device has been removed' messages.
It allows me to copy from the device but not to it.
If I change the storage method to MSC I can copy to external storage but CWM calls the ROM's bad files.
I have tried fix permissions, wipe dalvik and a full factory reset. No luck whatsoever.
Anyone offer any advice please?
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have you tried using different usb ports on your computer? check the size of the rom file, if its below 500 mb the download was probably corrupt.

Start again. Flash a stock ROM using flash tools, flash a kernel tha already has CWM in it and auto roots - check everything works.
Sounds like something has gone wrong along the way - someone may be able to help, but rather than waiting for an answer, it's sometimes best/quicker to do all the steps again. Unless your phone has faulty hardware, the vast majority of problems can be solved this way.

Parkside said:
Start again. Flash a stock ROM using flash tools, flash a kernel tha already has CWM in it and auto roots - check everything works.
Sounds like something has gone wrong along the way - someone may be able to help, but rather than waiting for an answer, it's sometimes best/quicker to do all the steps again. Unless your phone has faulty hardware, the vast majority of problems can be solved this way.
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For this to do your bootloader need to be unlocked if im not mistaken

mrjraider said:
For this to do your bootloader need to be unlocked if im not mistaken
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He says he has unlocked his bootloader...

Parkside said:
He says he has unlocked his bootloader...
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Whoops.. My bad... Did not read properly

FlashTool
Have you use FlashTOOl to put the original software on your phome

Fixed this eventually something had gone wrong with the rom I was on. I ended up reflashing a different kernel via flashtool and it worked to flash another rom in Cwm.

Help - Did I soft-brick my i9305???

Hello knowledgeable people!
I did a very stupid thing!... I took an official Samsung ROM package .tar.md5, remove the .md5 extension, extracted it, replaced boot.img with a custom kernel boot.img and re-compressed into a .tar package.
Then I took this .tar package and flashed it on the phone with Odin on my PC.
That didn't work, as expected.
The process blocked at one point.
I thought I will then just have to flash the Samsung official ROM to get everything back.
Well... not! I can flash the Samsung official ROM with Odin on my PC, but when the phone starts, it get stucked on bootloop on the glowing samsung logo.
I tried many things, including:
* wipe cache
* wipe data
but nothing worked...
At this point, I think I need to repartition/format everything and start from scratch but I don't know how to do this...
I tried to flash the Partition Identification Table kindly uploaded by @lyriquidperfection, but it didn't work (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950591) and it gets stuck in Odin as @narcarsiss mentions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33145970&postcount=2
Anyone has an idea?
> How to re-partition/re-format properly?
> Any other method to solve the bootloop?
Thanks for your help!

Why not to flash stock Sammy rom through Odin? This time - not modified?

Flash stock Sammy latest ROM .
Wipe everything in recovery and it should work.
I always have to wipe **** when installing official Sammy ROM.
Else it will stay at Samsung screen with flashing letters
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Hbohd said:
Why not to flash stock Sammy rom through Odin? This time - not modified?
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This is what I tried... but it still get stuck at glowing samsung logo...

toeterbaas said:
Flash stock Sammy latest ROM .
Wipe everything in recovery and it should work.
I always have to wipe **** when installing official Sammy ROM.
Else it will stay at Samsung screen with flashing letters
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Thanks for the answer.
What do you mean "wipe ****"?
Could you detail the steps?
1. Flash official sammy ROM through odin
2... enter recovery? (please confirm)
3... wipe what?
Thanks!

Have you tried flashing another kernel?Boeffla Etc then use KIES or Odin to flash back to stock
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Yes enter recovery after flashing with Odin.
When u power on hold volume up home key and power all at the same time release them when u see Samsung gt i9305 then wipe cach and wipe the other one. There are 2 wipe options.
Your phone should boot now it takes some time the first time around a minute.
Let me know if it worked
- flash stock Samsung ROM for your country with Odin
- go to recovery wipe the 2 options When u power on hold volume up home key and power all at the same time release them when u see Samsung gt i9305
-phone should boot takes a minute before he goes trough the flashing Samsung screen.
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---------- Post added at 09:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:47 AM ----------
All you have to do is follow my steps.
It should work now
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Looki75 said:
Hello knowledgeable people!
I did a very stupid thing!... I took an official Samsung ROM package .tar.md5, remove the .md5 extension, extracted it, replaced boot.img with a custom kernel boot.img and re-compressed into a .tar package.
Then I took this .tar package and flashed it on the phone with Odin on my PC.
That didn't work, as expected.
The process blocked at one point.
I thought I will then just have to flash the Samsung official ROM to get everything back.
Well... not! I can flash the Samsung official ROM with Odin on my PC, but when the phone starts, it get stucked on bootloop on the glowing samsung logo.
I tried many things, including:
* wipe cache
* wipe data
but nothing worked...
At this point, I think I need to repartition/format everything and start from scratch but I don't know how to do this...
I tried to flash the Partition Identification Table kindly uploaded by @lyriquidperfection, but it didn't work (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950591) and it gets stuck in Odin as @narcarsiss mentions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33145970&postcount=2
Anyone has an idea?
> How to re-partition/re-format properly?
> Any other method to solve the bootloop?
Thanks for your help!
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Tnx for the mention, but i heade bad news. I had to send my phone away to fix the issue.
This was a long time ago that this happened and better methods may of been discovered. Good luck:good:

narcarsiss said:
Tnx for the mention, but i heade bad news. I had to send my phone away to fix the issue.
This was a long time ago that this happened and better methods may of been discovered. Good luck:good:
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Thanks for your answer!
I fear sending S3 to Samsung for repair is the only way, unfortunately... This is what I will do tomorrow (in 10hrs from now) unless a white knight arrives on this thread and gives me the golden solution!

You havent mentioned what rom version you tried.
I guess you used 4.3 official?
I could only guess but ther is probably more then just boot.img containing Knox code.
Knox is hindering users from downgrading bootloader and that maight be your problem now.
You did not mention wich version you try to recover to either.
So if you try with the old 4.1.2 it may be impossible.
Perhaps you need the newest official rom to get it working.
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tissot said:
You havent mentioned what rom version you tried.
I guess you used 4.3 official?
I could only guess but ther is probably more then just boot.img containing Knox code.
Knox is hindering users from downgrading bootloader and that maight be your problem now.
You did not mention wich version you try to recover to either.
So if you try with the old 4.1.2 it may be impossible.
Perhaps you need the newest official rom to get it working.
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Thanks for your answer.
The home made package was on 4.3 base.
Then I tried to reflash official 4.3.
I will give a try with 4.1.2...

Well... didn't work either... since I already had knox bootloader...
It shows "unsupported version".
Oh well...

tissot said:
You havent mentioned what rom version you tried.
I guess you used 4.3 official?
I could only guess but ther is probably more then just boot.img containing Knox code.
Knox is hindering users from downgrading bootloader and that maight be your problem now.
You did not mention wich version you try to recover to either.
So if you try with the old 4.1.2 it may be impossible.
Perhaps you need the newest official rom to get it working.
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You can't flash the old version. Odin will revert it back while installing.
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Looki75 said:
Thanks for your answer.
The home made package was on 4.3 base.
Then I tried to reflash official 4.3.
I will give a try with 4.1.2...
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Okey
A bit far feched but is it possible your download is broken? Try DL again.
And either it is or not you could try installing 4.3 from different region as yours. Just to try every possability.
It shouldnt be impossible to fix this stupid phone
You dont have any nandroid backup some where.
Last option. Throw it on a brick wall to release som aggrevation and then you buy a Nexus 5. Problem solved.
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tissot said:
Okey
A bit far feched but is it possible your download is broken? Try DL again.
And either it is or not you could try installing 4.3 from different region as yours. Just to try every possability.
It shouldnt be impossible to fix this stupid phone
You dont have any nandroid backup some where.
Last option. Throw it on a brick wall to release som aggrevation and then you buy a Nexus 5. Problem solved.
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You made me laugh!
Seriously: DL is OK (I flashed this very official ROM many times in the past) and I do have a nandroid, but result is the same (stuck at glowing samsung logo).
The issue is way deeper.
Thanks for your help! Before trying the brick wall, I will try to make it repaired by Samsung!

Looki75 said:
You made me laugh!
Seriously: DL is OK (I flashed this very official ROM many times in the past) and I do have a nandroid, but result is the same (stuck at glowing samsung logo).
The issue is way deeper.
Thanks for your help! Before trying the brick wall, I will try to make it repaired by Samsung!
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I had a brick once, butthe situation was a bit different. I have knox bootloader and tried to downgrade to a 4.1.2 rom without the bootloader package. The flash went ok, but my phone was stucked on Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9305 screen. After that, i was quite desperate and tried to reflash stock 4.3 via odin, but it failed :S
Then i tried to flash official Germany's 4.3 again, this time with the ODIN version inside CF-Root package (http://download.chainfire.eu/232/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.zip?retrieve_file=1), put the cable in another USB port, killed every kies proccess and rebooted phone in dowwnload mode. This time the flash went ok, i rebooted the phone into recovery (got bootloop) and wipe cache and factory reset. After this the phone booted up normally. Hope you can fix your phone

shucrut said:
I had a brick once, butthe situation was a bit different. I have knox bootloader and tried to downgrade to a 4.1.2 rom without the bootloader package. The flash went ok, but my phone was stucked on Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9305 screen. After that, i was quite desperate and tried to reflash stock 4.3 via odin, but it failed :S
Then i tried to flash official Germany's 4.3 again, this time with the ODIN version inside CF-Root package (http://download.chainfire.eu/232/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.zip?retrieve_file=1), put the cable in another USB port, killed every kies proccess and rebooted phone in dowwnload mode. This time the flash went ok, i rebooted the phone into recovery (got bootloop) and wipe cache and factory reset. After this the phone booted up normally. Hope you can fix your phone
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Thanks! Any idea is valuable!
How did you create the ball pack of "4.1.2 rom without the bootloader" - in other words: how did you remove the bootloader from there?

Looki75 said:
Thanks! Any idea is valuable!
How did you create the ball pack of "4.1.2 rom without the bootloader" - in other words: how did you remove the bootloader from there?
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I'd used this tutotial (just the part of commands, added everything that the original ".md5" has, removing just the "sboot.img", i'm not 100% sure if this is the only file to be off the new package, as i said, didnt work for me ), the only difference is that i'm using cygwin instead of linux itself, it worked like a charm
Basically all u need to do is unpack a original .md5 firmware (use winrar or so) and move the files (except sboot.img) to your home directory of linux or, in my case, cygwin (originally C:\cygwin\home\user-name), start the console and type the command bellow, switching the ".imgs" to match yours, of course:
Code:
cd $HOME
tar -H ustar -c image_1 image_2 > your_odin_package.tar
After this you must have a 1Gb+ .tar file (considering you will make a stock samsung flashable), now you will add md5 checksum to that, just to avoid troubles:
Code:
md5sum -t your_odin_package.tar >> your_odin_package.tar
mv your_odin_package.tar your_odin_package.tar.md5
and voilà, you have your flashable odin package. Of course you can try making one with just the system.img, boot.img and modem.img. If the phone boots up, do a factory reset. I have no idea if this will work in any occasion having knox bootloader trying to flash official 4.1.x, but you can also try with a samsung 4.3 rom.
In the last scenario, try to CF auto-root your phone, then flash an official CWM recovery via odin using this method i told u, boot into recovery and flash a custom rom, do a factory reset and wiping cache and dalvik cache. I hope one of the options work for you.
I'd recommend trying to flash a custom recovery and then a custom rom. If phone boots up and is functional, try to flash samsung official 4.3 again (if your desire is having the stock of course), not forgeting to factory reset via cwm first to avoid troubles.

Been in maybe like pratically the same situation
1st flash philz touch recovery ( install latest version)
2nd backup ur efs in external sd and copy it to a pc just in case (important if u mess up imei )
3rd Copy and rom in the external sd
4th Wipe data,cache,dilvik
5th In mount and storage Format everything except external sd ( u can backup ur internal sd card with 3rd step)
6th Flash Rom and reboot
7th If no imei then try a newer modem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572432
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2607279
Notice I only could get to run 4.3 to run after formating everything through philz touch recovery

[Q] Xperia Soul and Prime HD made my phone just a brick :|

Hi,
I had Prime HD 9 on my X8 with stock kernel. I took a backup from my device with CWM 4 and then I had installed the last version of Xperia Soul rom by FoRRoX by a zip file. finally I didn't like it and decided to restore my previous rom, but I had forget to format Data and Cache before restoring. So, after that my phone sucks at startup Sony Ericsson logo and I cannot do anything with that and my device doesn't charge.
I don't know what is the reason and that isn't my first time that I change my rom and I don't know what I can do? I have tried to flash my phone with Androxyde Flash Tool, but I couldn't find a .ftf firmware. Can you help me about this problem ??
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pm1371 said:
Hi,
I had Prime HD 9 on my X8 with stock kernel. I took a backup from my device with CWM 4 and then I had installed the last version of Xperia Soul rom by FoRRoX by a zip file. finally I didn't like it and decided to restore my previous rom, but I had forget to format Data and Cache before restoring. So, after that my phone sucks at startup Sony Ericsson logo and I cannot do anything with that and my device doesn't charge.
I don't know what is the reason and that isn't my first time that I change my rom and I don't know what I can do? I have tried to flash my phone with Androxyde Flash Tool, but I couldn't find a .ftf firmware. Can you help me about this problem ??
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Please help me ((((((((

pm1371 said:
Hi,
I had Prime HD 9 on my X8 with stock kernel. I took a backup from my device with CWM 4 and then I had installed the last version of Xperia Soul rom by FoRRoX by a zip file. finally I didn't like it and decided to restore my previous rom, but I had forget to format Data and Cache before restoring. So, after that my phone sucks at startup Sony Ericsson logo and I cannot do anything with that and my device doesn't charge.
I don't know what is the reason and that isn't my first time that I change my rom and I don't know what I can do? I have tried to flash my phone with Androxyde Flash Tool, but I couldn't find a .ftf firmware. Can you help me about this problem ??
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You can see this link to know how to flash stock rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481630
and this link for stock rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29907849#post29907849

just use the sony ericsson update service ..
you will surely get your phone back

Thanks guys. Ihave flashed my phone with 2.1.1.A.0.6_Baseband_15 and it shows that flashing process is complete, but my phone sucks in logo again. I have attached Flash Tool log. So can you help me that where is the problem and what I should do after flashing process? Thanks again.

pm1371 said:
Thanks guys. Ihave flashed my phone with 2.1.1.A.0.6_Baseband_15 and it shows that flashing process is complete, but my phone sucks in logo again. I have attached Flash Tool log. So can you help me that where is the problem and what I should do after flashing process? Thanks again.
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hmm it's a long time i haven't used flash tool so i can't remember exactly. you can read this thread and do it step by step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481630
remember to install flashtool drivers.exe in the drivers folder. good luck!!!

pm1371 said:
Thanks guys. Ihave flashed my phone with 2.1.1.A.0.6_Baseband_15 and it shows that flashing process is complete, but my phone sucks in logo again. I have attached Flash Tool log. So can you help me that where is the problem and what I should do after flashing process? Thanks again.
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Try Flashing this file via FlashTool:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6rmr0olxp8auxdm/E15a_Android2.1_OFW.ftf

[Q] Razr I stuck in bootloader

Hi. I've been using Omar Avelar's ROM for very long time with no problems until today
I downloaded 28th August version to my cel, put it in recovery with CWM, wipe cache and install the zip like every single time but at the end of the instalation it failed, the I reboot it and get stuck in bootloader
Fortunately still have access to recovery, try to reinstall the zip and still failed at the end
Finally, I did wipe data and reboot it and still stuck in bootloader
I dont know what else to do
Thanks

Paulomp91 said:
Hi. I've been using Omar Avelar's ROM for very long time with no problems until today
I downloaded 28th August version to my cel, put it in recovery with CWM, wipe cache and install the zip like every single time but at the end of the instalation it failed, the I reboot it and get stuck in bootloader
Fortunately still have access to recovery, try to reinstall the zip and still failed at the end
Finally, I did wipe data and reboot it and still stuck in bootloader
I dont know what else to do
Thanks
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Good u can get into recovery. But i have the feeling u have a serious bug. In the EMMC firmware. It is also called a superbrick in the galaxy s2 forums.
Try to flash your stock firmware back. Latest stock firmware from your region. Don't use RSD-Lite. Use mFastboot and only try to flash the boot image, system image and erase userdata and cache. Don't use rsd-lite or flash your recovery. We maybe can get it all to work if your recovery keeps working.

Hazou said:
Good u can get into recovery. But i have the feeling u have a serious bug. In the EMMC firmware. It is also called a superbrick in the galaxy s2 forums.
Try to flash your stock firmware back. Latest stock firmware from your region. Don't use RSD-Lite. Use mFastboot and only try to flash the boot image, system image and erase userdata and cache. Don't use rsd-lite or flash your recovery. We maybe can get it all to work if your recovery keeps working.
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I forgot to say that my PC doesnt recognize my cell when i plugged it.
I'm not an expert in this programming stuff but I understand most of the steps that you told me.. Can I still flash the latest stock firmware even though my PC doesnt recognize my cel? and do you have a link of mFastboot please?

Paulomp91 said:
I forgot to say that my PC doesnt recognize my cell when i plugged it.
I'm not an expert in this programming stuff but I understand most of the steps that you told me.. Can I still flash the latest stock firmware even though my PC doesnt recognize my cel? and do you have a link of mFastboot please?
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See my signature for it. There is a mFastboot file in there. If you are in ap fastboot mode the PC should see your device almost always. If not, you don't have the usb drivers correctly installed. U can find that also somewhere in my signature.

Hazou said:
a serious bug. In the EMMC firmware. It is also called a superbrick in the galaxy s2 forums.
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Hi Hazou,
did u have more infos about this "emmc superbrick"?
I´m a little afraid because there are more and more people getting this brick...
what is the cause? broken memory cells due to wear?

5m00v3 said:
Hi Hazou,
did u have more infos about this "emmc superbrick"?
I´m a little afraid because there are more and more people getting this brick...
what is the cause? broken memory cells due to wear?
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This is just what i observed. I totally don't know if it is true that we have the same problem as the superbrick, but the evidence is "almost" undeniable.
I never had a problem as the superbrick. never had a galaxy or a device with it, so i know this only through research from the internet.
Here is an explanation. It has to do with the blkdiscard command. When the device performs a partition wipe, there is a chance that a sector will get corrupt (beacuse of bad eMMC firmware). Everything before the corrupted sector still will work. Everything after it is unreachable. We can reach it by changing the partition table, but there is no research in it for the Razr I.
This bug has only been seen in just a couple emmc modules. so it affects just some devices after android 4.0.4. And our Razr I can be one of them. The bug got introduced in jellybean.
The problem can be easy avoided with a patch in kernel/ext4_utils, not solved when it already happened. But i am waiting for 4.4.2 and see if it is still present in the firmware or i will contact motorola for it.
This bug happens it both unlocked as locked bootloader. U can't avoid it. U just are unlucky when u have it. And in almost all cases it appears only when updating your rom. So if u don't do anything to your phone, then the chance is slim.
I personally have wiped/flashed (for cm10) my device many, many times. And never had it. I just hope that it is solved with 4.4.2 so the chance that u get it will get even slimmer then it now is.

Did you copy the ROM's zip file from your computer? It uses MTP instead of mass storage mode and I've found that it doesn't always copy the the whole file, but cuts off half way through. This leaves a zip file that is around 200MB and it can still be flashed through recovery. I usually download the ROM from the phone's browser, but if it is on the computer, I copy it on to my external SD using a USB card reader.
I had this problem on Windows 7 and now the same with Windows 8.1. Or there could be something wrong with my phone..
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Thx for the detailed explanation!
interesting link, hope 4.4.2 will improve it...

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Totally fix my cell, thank you so much Hazou for all the help
Grettings from Peru

Paulomp91 said:
Totally fix my cell, thank you so much Hazou for all the help
Grettings from Peru
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Now that everything works again, u can use rsd-lite and everything again. Luckily it had nothing to do with the eMMC bug. U got off clean
Glad it all works