Can't flash recovery on my S3 - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, just bought an used i8190. Since last friday i have been trying to flash a custom recovery on this phone via Odin, but after i flash it returns to the default recovery on next boot.
Yes, i have unchecked the "Auto-reboot" option on Odin. I turn off the phone and then manually enter recovery but with no results. I rooted the phone pretty easily and installed both TWRP and CWM apps to flash from android, but they don't work either (twrp crashes always and CWM just gives me an error.
Mi baseband model is XXAll2
kernel is 3.0.31 [email protected] (root name seems weird)
I searched the forum and found similar cases with the baseband, but even so i haven't found a concrete solution.
I even flashed a new pre-rooted rom from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030282
Mi compilation number has changed to XXAMG1 but the baseband remains the same. I can't flash a recovery whatever i try.
I hope someone can give me an answer, cause i really want to use this phone feautures to it's fullest

Update:
Somehow, i managed to flash CWM via it's app successfully. However, when i tried to flash the TWRP via zip all i got was a blank screen and the phone booted directly to Android. I had to reflash the cwm with the app. However, i tried flashing via odin the Lineage os 14 from novafusion and i got a bootloop, reflashed the old stock firmware and now my device works but the recovery doesn't, and can't even flash this time via the app.
I tried flashing via ODIN stock recovery and other recoverys and i still get the same result. I have downloaded some stock roms, but im afraid to flash them in case i end up in a bootloop and unable to access recovery still
Any clues?

Glass_Arcana said:
Update:
Somehow, i managed to flash CWM via it's app successfully. However, when i tried to flash the TWRP via zip all i got was a blank screen and the phone booted directly to Android. I had to reflash the cwm with the app. However, i tried flashing via odin the Lineage os 14 from novafusion and i got a bootloop, reflashed the old stock firmware and now my device works but the recovery doesn't, and can't even flash this time via the app.
I tried flashing via ODIN stock recovery and other recoverys and i still get the same result. I have downloaded some stock roms, but im afraid to flash them in case i end up in a bootloop and unable to access recovery still
Any clues?
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Flash the stock rom as it will fix bootloops and bricked devices. Make sure to have the right ROM and flash it with Odin. The os may take longer on first boot and make sure to factory reset it as data may cause bootloops, then try flashing the recovery.
I flashed twrp 3.1.1 through Odin

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[Q] Troublehooting with bricked Galaxy Note needed

Ok ,
I tried to extend the lifetime of my Galaxy Note through replacing the official (sloooow) rom with a custom one. I read so many how-to's online that I got confused. Here is what I did:
First I rooted my phone.
Then I installed CWM via RomManager, which did not work. Altough Rommanager shows an installed CWM the phone always start into Stock Recovery.
I learned that the N7000, in order to use CWM needs a flashed kernel.
I flashed the kernel via Heimdall (Mac OS) with this philz_touch_6.48.4-n7000.tar.md5.
The flashing went successfull (according to Heimdall), and the phone rebooted automatically, but all I see since then is the Samsung Logo (Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000) and a yellow triangle. From there is goes nowhere. I can enter Download Mode, but is does not boot. Also no Recovery Mode. Weird.
Any advice where to take it from here? Do I have to flash back the original kernel?
Try an older philz. That one you used is to new gor Stock Samsung Rom. What rom is currently installed?
grosserzampano said:
Ok ,
I tried to extend the lifetime of my Galaxy Note through replacing the official (sloooow) rom with a custom one. I read so many how-to's online that I got confused. Here is what I did:
First I rooted my phone.
Then I installed CWM via RomManager, which did not work. Altough Rommanager shows an installed CWM the phone always start into Stock Recovery.
I learned that the N7000, in order to use CWM needs a flashed kernel.
I flashed the kernel via Heimdall (Mac OS) with this philz_touch_6.48.4-n7000.tar.md5.
The flashing went successfull (according to Heimdall), and the phone rebooted automatically, but all I see since then is the Samsung Logo (Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000) and a yellow triangle. From there is goes nowhere. I can enter Download Mode, but is does not boot. Also no Recovery Mode. Weird.
Any advice where to take it from here? Do I have to flash back the original kernel?
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The phone doesn't boot because the kernel you flashed is a kitkat kernel.
You should have recovery mode. Try to remove the battery for couple of seconds and then try to get into recovery. If still no go..
Go to Philz thread and look for tw kernels link. Go there and flash XXLTA kernel using odin. Now try recovery mode again.
User_99 said:
Try an older philz. That one you used is to new gor Stock Samsung Rom. What rom is currently installed?
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I have the Stock Samsung Android 4.1.2 installed. I'll try it again with an older kernel. Thanks for your help.
nokiamodeln91 said:
The phone doesn't boot because the kernel you flashed is a kitkat kernel.
You should have recovery mode. Try to remove the battery for couple of seconds and then try to get into recovery. If still no go..
Go to Philz thread and look for tw kernels link. Go there and flash XXLTA kernel using odin. Now try recovery mode again.
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I tried it several times, also after removing the battery. no success. Is is necessary to use ODIN? I use Heimdall as I mentioned, because I am running Mac OS.
I'll try it with a different kernel and report back here about my results. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for your help. I searched through that Philz Thread and found the link to the older kernels. Then I picked this version after asking google for a compatible kernel with N7000 Samsung Rom Android 4.1.2.
Kernel PhilZ-cwm6-XXLTA-ATL-5.15.0
I flashed it with Heimdall and finally the device boots again. Still not able to boot into Clockworkmod. Device does not enter Recovery mode at all. But at least I have a working device for now again.
What
grosserzampano said:
Thanks for your help. I searched through that Philz Thread and found the link to the older kernels. Then I picked this version after asking google for a compatible kernel with N7000 Samsung Rom Android 4.1.2.
Kernel PhilZ-cwm6-XXLTA-ATL-5.15.0
I flashed it with Heimdall and finally the device boots again. Still not able to boot into Clockworkmod. Device does not enter Recovery mode at all. But at least I have a working device for now again.
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Install terminal emulator and try the command
su
reboot recovery.
Now that is weird. After the device booted again I seemed to lost root access to the device. I tried to get root again with Framaroot, also installed SuperUser again since it was magically deinstalled. Now the device booted into the logo with the yellow triangle and then the screen turned black. Nothing happened from there.
Fortunately I had the idea to use adb on the device before trying to flash an original Samsung Rom back on the device out of pure despair. adb listed the device and stated that the device is in recovery mode. It seems that the device always booted into recovery, altough I tried to boot normally. Recovery still not working. But using "adb reboot" helped to reboot the device again.
Trying to start in recovery mode, i.e. with adb reboot recovery always ends up in a black screen. Somehow this is broken.
I think I have to go back to zero and try to follow a good guide from the beginning without mixing several guides.
grosserzampano said:
Now that is weird. After the device booted again I seemed to lost root access to the device. I tried to get root again with Framaroot, also installed SuperUser again since it was magically deinstalled. Now the device booted into the logo with the yellow triangle and then the screen turned black. Nothing happened from there.
Fortunately I had the idea to use adb on the device before trying to flash an original Samsung Rom back on the device out of pure despair. adb listed the device and stated that the device is in recovery mode. It seems that the device always booted into recovery, altough I tried to boot normally. Recovery still not working. But using "adb reboot" helped to reboot the device again.
Trying to start in recovery mode, i.e. with adb reboot recovery always ends up in a black screen. Somehow this is broken.
I think I have to go back to zero and try to follow a good guide from the beginning without mixing several guides.
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May be the recovery partition is messed up due to the usage of rom manager earlier. Try to flash a stock rom.
grosserzampano said:
Ok ,
I tried to extend the lifetime of my Galaxy Note through replacing the official (sloooow) rom with a custom one. I read so many how-to's online that I got confused. Here is what I did:
First I rooted my phone.
Then I installed CWM via RomManager, which did not work. Altough Rommanager shows an installed CWM the phone always start into Stock Recovery.
I learned that the N7000, in order to use CWM needs a flashed kernel.
I flashed the kernel via Heimdall (Mac OS) with this philz_touch_6.48.4-n7000.tar.md5.
The flashing went successfull (according to Heimdall), and the phone rebooted automatically, but all I see since then is the Samsung Logo (Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000) and a yellow triangle. From there is goes nowhere. I can enter Download Mode, but is does not boot. Also no Recovery Mode. Weird.
Any advice where to take it from here? Do I have to flash back the original kernel?
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go to download mode and flash stock rom of note 1 via odin then after successful installation u can go to recovery mode and install this zip ur phone will be rooted and phliz touch will be installed
for any help u can PM me

[HELP] Soft-brick my phone (I think)

Hello, I have been trying to flash for 2 days now but still couldn't get it working.
Initially, my I9305 is running on stock without root. I wanted to root it and then install recovery and ROM.
And so I prepare the necessary files, and start to flash.
I used CF-Auto-Root to root my device first, then got Resurrection ROM and Gapps to flash.
Then I started to get some issue, as it always fail. Error message like no file context and so on. So I read online resources, and found out that I had a older version of TWRP installed which may cause the install.
I then tried to upgrade TWRP but it doesn't allow me to. No choice, I had to flash philz touch, and I did.
I then tried to flash Resurrection again, boot up, and it keep giving me bootloop. After which I downloaded nameless ROM, and CM11 but same issue.
Yesterday night, I downloaded the stock firmware to try. I flashed it, and it is successful based on ODIN, but it still won't boot up.
I just tried it again and it stuck on the Samsung logo screen.
Can anyone tell me what else to do? What I have to do?
This is the stock firmware that I have downloaded and flash - I9305XXUENH1_I9305EVRENH1_EVR.
Let me know what other information I have to provide.
Thanks!
Here's the Download mode information.
Custom binary count: 9 counts
Current binary: samsung offical
System status: custom
Knox void: 1
RP SWREV: A2
Update: 16/1
I just tried to go into my recovery mode and apparently, it has been changed back to stock recovery which I assume is because I have flashed the stock firmware.
I am trying it yet again after wiping in stock recovery, to flash the stock firmware again now.
P.S: I have posted it in http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help-i9305/qa-samsung-galaxy-s3-lte-roms-kernels-t2999494 but no reply. So trying my luck here.
Ok, this is funny. I waited for 2-3 days before posting here for help. And it doesn't work for all those days.
Now that I just posted, it finally worked. I am getting into the setup screen.
Anyway, for those people who may have the same issue as me in the future, try to wipe everything after flash to stock firmware. then flash stock firmware again.
After flash
It's a good call,as per your last post,to wipe data and factory reset after a flash and even a second install.Need to give time for changes to occur.Don' go too fast.HTH.

S3 LTE won't go past bootscreen no matter what

So last time my phone was stuck on the device name and model number screen. I solved that issue by flashing TWRP using Odin.
but now the phone would not go past the boot screen no matter what I do. I re-flashed CM11 4 times now, factory reseted and wipe cache and dalvik cache. What should I do?
1. change your thread title please. Need help is not really helpful or directs to your issue.
2. what version of TWRP are you using? The official TWRP 2.8.7.0 does not work. Too long to explain why's that. To fix this issue there are some solutions if you flashed the faulty recovery:
- flash Stock ROM again and stay on TWRP 2.8.5.0
- some users fixed this issue by just flashing another recovery or just flashing a stock based custom rom to get their phone working. You still need to change recovery.
In my case I had to flash stock again and flash my preferred recovery again to get my phone working.
maultasche said:
1. change your thread title please. Need help is not really helpful or directs to your issue.
2. what version of TWRP are you using? The official TWRP 2.8.7.0 does not work. Too long to explain why's that. To fix this issue there are some solutions if you flashed the faulty recovery:
- flash Stock ROM again and stay on TWRP 2.8.5.0
- some users fixed this issue by just flashing another recovery or just flashing a stock based custom rom to get their phone working. You still need to change recovery.
In my case I had to flash stock again and flash my preferred recovery again to get my phone working.
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So I should flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 and flash CM11 again? (because I don't have stock rom for S3 LTE)
Where can I get stock rom fro S3 LTE I can't seem to find it all, I find is firmwares.
Also, a few questions
1) If I give it into my phone carrier (Optus) would they know that it is rooted?
2) If they know it is rooted and with a custom rom and don't fix it for free is it possible to get it fixed by paying money??
The firmware provided by Samsung is the stock ROM I'm talking about
No, since you tried to flash a ROM through the faulty recovery you need to flash either official firmware from Samsung or a custom ROM based on Samsung stock like AMCHA or N4 Elite. I'd recommend to go with official Samsung firmware. After that go to stock recovery (it will come when you flash official firmware), do a factory reset and let the phone boot once. After that you can flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 and flash any ROM you want.
The new recovery from TWRP is too big for the S3. The S3 recovery is a little over 8MB, the new one needs more and messes up partitions etc. You won't be able to mount /system, /data and the recovery can't read your internal partitions as it should. Go with the way I provided. It seems like a lot of work but it's done in a few minutes.
For your two questions: yes and yes. But you can fix that on your own and don't need your operator or Samsung to get your phone fixed.
Thanks a lot for helping. I was scared to death cause if something happened I would've had to start using a old brick Nokia phones
Is it possible that after I flash the stock firmware, my phone still doesn't boot up?
I am basically a level above newbie, so I don't get what is happening. I see tutorials and do what they tell me to do. sometime I get what I am doing sometime I don't
as i said, after flashing stock, go into the recovery and do a factory reset. The phone will boot then
maultasche said:
as i said, after flashing stock, go into the recovery and do a factory reset. The phone will boot then
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Ok sorry for doubting you! My phone is working now, thanks a lot for your help
Glad it's working now, you're welcome
I have rooted my s3 via odin and now i wont to flash twrp via flashify. Now i have a bootloop on my s3. How can i recover the phone. i am a noob on s3 and i don*t know how i could go into fastbootmode. Please help me.
what S3 do you have? Which recovery did you flash?
maultasche said:
2. what version of TWRP are you using? The official TWRP 2.8.7.0 does not work. Too long to explain why's that. To fix this issue there are some solutions if you flashed the faulty recovery:
- flash Stock ROM again and stay on TWRP 2.8.5.0
- some users fixed this issue by just flashing another recovery or just flashing a stock based custom rom to get their phone working. You still need to change recovery.
In my case I had to flash stock again and flash my preferred recovery again to get my phone working.
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I had this problem too! Flashed stock rom, then flashed TWRP 2.8.5.0 (I was using 2.8.7.0) and then flashed cyanogenmod 12 and boom it booted and worked!
Thank you very much!

TWRP on 5.1.1 problems

I tried to flash TWRP recovery with odin, everything went fine. But when I try to boot into recovery, my device (G800F) boots into Samsung recovery. I flashed recovery image 3 times but it doesn't work anyway. Any idea to fix it?
Back to 4.4
passie99 said:
I tried to flash TWRP recovery with odin, everything went fine. But when I try to boot into recovery, my device (G800F) boots into Samsung recovery. I flashed recovery image 3 times but it doesn't work anyway. Any idea to fix it?
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I used Android 5.1.1 too but wanted Cyanogenmod on my phone. So I flashed twrp in Odin and it boots in Samsung recovery.
I had to return back to 4.4 and root my phone. Downlaod the pit file from sammobile, flash it with odin and after that I rooted it. In supersu I had to deactivcate knocks. Only then I could install twrp and then it work fine!!!
Thanks a lot

cant flash anything using odin

the galaxy tab 8.9 is quite aged so i thought that i could pump some newer juice in it. bad luck, it got bricked. stuck at the samsung logo, bootlooping over n over
it started when i tried to install twrp, my current recovery is cwm. currently, i can only boot into download mode. so, i tried flashing back cwm, twrp and even stock recovery but all of it failed. i also tried flashing another stock rom but it also failed. odin didnt even tried, it stucked at "SetupConnection"
can anyone hand out a helping hand?
when i tried to reboot it back now, it asks me to "select recovery from kies" something like that about an error.
?*
bumayang said:
the galaxy tab 8.9 is quite aged so i thought that i could pump some newer juice in it. bad luck, it got bricked. stuck at the samsung logo, bootlooping over n over
it started when i tried to install twrp, my current recovery is cwm. currently, i can only boot into download mode. so, i tried flashing back cwm, twrp and even stock recovery but all of it failed. i also tried flashing another stock rom but it also failed. odin didnt even tried, it stucked at "SetupConnection"
can anyone hand out a helping hand?
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I have a similar problem. I am waiting for tablet to die (battery dead) then plug into wall charger and it should bring up download mode.
Do you have the LTE model?
droiduzr2 said:
I have a similar problem. I am waiting for tablet to die (battery dead) then plug into wall charger and it should bring up download mode.
Do you have the LTE model?
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im afraid i dont
Going to necro this because I've had the same problem as the OP (but not 2nd message).
I had CWM 5, tried to flash TWRP (so I could get Nougat), ended up with no recovery bootable. Can anyone help me get back with a recovery?
Tried to flash TWRP 3 but stuck at "failed". The tab was stuck in like 2% status, and wouldn't respond to Odin commands to flash again, so I had to reboot it.
Then there was no recovery I could boot into (icon would just flash when I tried to enter recovery from bootloader menu).
If I don't try to boot into bootloader menu, it sometimes would show the message "Software update failed", but would still accept Odin flashing.
I tried flashing via odin TWRP 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, CWM 5.5, Stock recovery and all did not work. TWRP <=2.7 and CWM would flash OK but still could not enter it, icon would just flash the icon but not change screen.
It doesn't display "Software update failed" screen anymore, but when I try to boot it normally with power button, it will always go into bootloader mode. If I restart with power + vol -, it would go into bootloader menu for you to choose between recovery and bootloader mode.
What should I do next to get a recovery back?
I haven't tried from Odin flashing a full stock image since I can't find a working download link anymore since hotfiles and devhost are down. Does anyone have a .tar or .tar.md5 for Odin flashing they could link me?
Never mind. I managed to find a stock image flashable by odin, flashed that and recovered stock recovery (and a stock ROM). I used the stock recovery to flash TWRP and then used TWRP to flash a new ROM, and all seems to be well now!
pd12 said:
I used the stock recovery to flash TWRP and then used TWRP to flash a new ROM, and all seems to be well now!
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It is not possible with Stock recovery to flash the TWRP Recovery.
I think your Stock image has an CWM Recovery ( its a modified Stock Recovery ) and it is possible to flash TWRP.
pd12 said:
I managed to find a stock image flashable by odin, flashed that and recovered stock recovery (and a stock ROM).
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Hi, that's great news! Would you be able to share where you got the ROM from and what version of Odin you used (and where you got it) please?
I am stuck on the boot screen with my GT-P7300. The stock images I have found so far don't flash through Odin and also fail in the recovery.
Many thanks in advance
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