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[Q] ClockworkMOD recovery

When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one

suhas_sm said:
When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one
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When it boots to that, try pressing the home button
Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!

You mean on the exclamation screen? I vl try that but I don't I will help cost I had remove battery to make that screen go away
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

Just give it a go. Battery pulls don't hurt the phone.
Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!

suhas_sm said:
When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one
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What rom are you on?

everything stock ... clockwork mod installed from rom manager .. latest and current are same...but rooted.

kenvan19 said:
Just give it a go. Battery pulls don't hurt the phone.
Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!
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Tried it. Nothing happens. Have to take battery out. But I can still access recovery by rebooting in recovery from rom manager

Try installing it from the bootloader.
Name the image file recovery.img
Put it in the android sdk tools folder(or wherever your fastboot.exe is) and run the command -
"Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
Then reboot, it should work.

The android with a "!" is the stock recovery. You don't have to pull the battery at that screen, just press hold power button, then press volume up, you should end up in stock recovery.
In ROM Mgr, FLASH clockwork recovery (twice for good luck, seriously) before trying to boot/backup from ROM Mgr. That should get you going.
The fastboot flash method mentioned above also works.
Part of your issue is that there's a file called /etc/install-recovery.sh that overwrites clockwork recovery with the stock one every time you boot up normally. Rename/delete that file and clockwork will stick after that.

suhas_sm said:
When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one
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I have found if you to flash Clockworkmod recovery from Rom Manager and you already have the same version, it will remove it all together.
just reboot your phone and run the recovery installer once. Right now, it should be version 3.0.0.5. After you run it. Reboot your phone -> hold power + up (or down don't remember) -> select recovery.
If it is there, you should be able to get to it from the Rom Manager link also.

Serious_Beans said:
Try installing it from the bootloader.
Name the image file recovery.img
Put it in the android sdk tools folder(or wherever your fastboot.exe is) and run the command -
"Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
Then reboot, it should work.
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yeah will keep that as option if Rom Manager doesn't work for me.
distortedloop said:
The android with a "!" is the stock recovery. You don't have to pull the battery at that screen, just press hold power button, then press volume up, you should end up in stock recovery.
In ROM Mgr, FLASH clockwork recovery (twice for good luck, seriously) before trying to boot/backup from ROM Mgr. That should get you going.
The fastboot flash method mentioned above also works.
Part of your issue is that there's a file called /etc/install-recovery.sh that overwrites clockwork recovery with the stock one every time you boot up normally. Rename/delete that file and clockwork will stick after that.
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Thanks for the information That should explain why Clockwork doesnt show up everytime. And yeah didnt have to pull the battery, simply went into default recovery from that screen Thanks. will try renaming install-recovery.sh
GchildT said:
I have found if you to flash Clockworkmod recovery from Rom Manager and you already have the same version, it will remove it all together.
just reboot your phone and run the recovery installer once. Right now, it should be version 3.0.0.5. After you run it. Reboot your phone -> hold power + up (or down don't remember) -> select recovery.
If it is there, you should be able to get to it from the Rom Manager link also.
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I installed once again. It said no recovery or image found. Installed again, could go into clockwork recovery but after rebooting again the same

renaming install-recovery.sh in etc folder worked Now can I go into clockwork recover on every boot

Boot into CWM from power off!

I stumbled upon this today while messing around inside the stock Android recovery. It should work for you if you've applied the bootstrap:
-Power off if you haven't already
-Hold both volume buttons and the power button until it boots into "Boot Mode Selection Menu"
-Use volume down to scroll to "Recovery"
-Use volume up to boot into the stock android recovery. When you see the Android and the exclamation point, press volume up+down
-Press the power button to select the "Reboot" option.
For some reason it will boot into CWM for you! It's already saved me once today .
tl;dr: Boot into recovery then choose to reboot.
Enjoy!

I tried it. Doesn't work for me.
Sent from my MB865 using XDA

Great find and perfect timing! Thanks....

cogeary said:
I stumbled upon this today while messing around inside the stock Android recovery. It should work for you if you've applied the bootstrap:
-Power off if you haven't already
-Hold both volume buttons and the power button until it boots into "Boot Mode Selection Menu"
-Use volume down to scroll to "Recovery"
-Use volume up to boot into the stock android recovery. When you see the Android and the exclamation point, press volume up+down
-Press the power button to select the "Reboot" option.
For some reason it will boot into CWM for you! It's already saved me once today .
tl;dr: Boot into recovery then choose to reboot.
Enjoy!
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is this true even if one is stock?

You must have the bootstrap applied in order for this to work.
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it working for me... but if it's not working for you try
- Apply bootstrap
- Download ROM Manager from Android Market
- Open it and choose to flash a recovery. Choose "Bionic"
- Wait for it to finish then bootstrap recovery again.
Has anyone else gotten this to work or is my phone just weird?

cogeary said:
You must have the bootstrap applied in order for this to work.
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it working for me... but if it's not working for you try
- Apply bootstrap
- Download ROM Manager from Android Market
- Open it and choose to flash a recovery. Choose "Bionic"
- Wait for it to finish then bootstrap recovery again.
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Will try but I wonder if we need to do same things : apply bootstrap and flash Bionic CWM ?
Edit : followed steps on OP and it worked ! But after going to Android Recovery Mode I chose reboot phone boots normally to present ROM. I guess that it will boot into CWM but it doesn't.

didnt work
it did not work for me, but I just went back to stock and started fresh

cogeary said:
You must have the bootstrap applied in order for this to work.
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it working for me... but if it's not working for you try
- Apply bootstrap
- Download ROM Manager from Android Market
- Open it and choose to flash a recovery. Choose "Bionic"
- Wait for it to finish then bootstrap recovery again.
Has anyone else gotten this to work or is my phone just weird?
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I tried it too. Didn't work for me
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium

I think I know why it worked for me. I had been on 2.3.6 but it wasn't completely 2.3.6 - the /system was up-to-date but Webtop, recovery, and some others were 2.3.5. Today I flashed the fxz and then updated with Moto's update.zip and tried again - no workie.
I don't want to flash the fxz atm because I'm working on something big, but if anyone would like to test my theory go ahead.

Hey, I have an Huawei Ideos X1, ( U8180 ) .. and i cant use thoose shortcuts ..if i press Power Off + Volume UP and Down at the same time, it goes to firmware update
if i press power off + Volume Up, or down..it does nothing..it just begin booting
can anybody help me..because i dont find any post of that kind for my U8180

Huaweiu8180 said:
Hey, I have an Huawei Ideos X1, ( U8180 ) .. and i cant use thoose shortcuts ..if i press Power Off + Volume UP and Down at the same time, it goes to firmware update
if i press power off + Volume Up, or down..it does nothing..it just begin booting
can anybody help me..because i dont find any post of that kind for my U8180
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this is the motorola atrix 2 forum. You need to find the forum for your phone. If there isn't one then post in the Android general or Q&A forums.
Sent from my MB865 using XDA

Can't access Odin, frozen fastboot

Hi,
I tried to restore my Nexus S (european, GT-I9023) which has a broken power button before sending it to Samsung for repair.
I just screwed my ROM flash using Clockworkmod and now my phone only shows a beautiful Google screen.
When I try to use fastboot screen (using vol+/vol-) nothing moves, and even if it moved I wouldn't be able select any option as my power button is broken. I can't also access Odin (vol+ and vol- pressed when the phone is off) as I can't turn off my phone.
What can I do to flash my rom? May I send it to Samsung anyway?
Thanks for your answers!

Txkw said:
Hi,
I tried to restore my Nexus S (european, GT-I9023) which has a broken power button before sending it to Samsung for repair.
I just screwed my ROM flash using Clockworkmod and now my phone only shows a beautiful Google screen.
When I try to use fastboot screen (using vol+/vol-) nothing moves, and even if it moved I wouldn't be able select any option as my power button is broken. I can't also access Odin (vol+ and vol- pressed when the phone is off) as I can't turn off my phone.
What can I do to flash my rom? May I send it to Samsung anyway?
Thanks for your answers!
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I am also facing the exact same problem. Can someone kindly guide us please?

Switch off. Press Volume Up and plug in the charging cable. Now, see if you tackle with the Fastboot mode.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

a2zRulz said:
I am also facing the exact same problem. Can someone kindly guide us please?
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My power button is broken too.
I solved the problem flashing ClockworkMod Touch from Windows Terminal.

DJBhardwaj said:
Switch off. Press Volume Up and plug in the charging cable. Now, see if you tackle with the Fastboot mode.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2
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He might not be able to. When the power button breaks, it stays in a "on" state and that messed up fastboot as it doesn't let you scroll or initialize properly.
a2zRulz said:
I am also facing the exact same problem. Can someone kindly guide us please?
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If your rom starts booting (you see a quick flash after initial Google logo) you might be able to ADB from there (while it's not booting and the rom logo is showing, I know weird but often works). Check it out.
Edit: Oh and if you get adb access, then what you want to do is "reboot recovery" to reboot to recovery, and then wipe/flash a rom and whatnot.

polobunny said:
He might not be able to. When the power button breaks, it stays in a "on" state and that messed up fastboot as it doesn't let you scroll or initialize properly.
If your rom starts booting (you see a quick flash after initial Google logo) you might be able to ADB from there (while it's not booting and the rom logo is showing, I know weird but often works). Check it out.
Edit: Oh and if you get adb access, then what you want to do is "reboot recovery" to reboot to recovery, and then wipe/flash a rom and whatnot.
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You are absolutely right. The phone thinks that the power button is pressed and doesn't let us move up and down using the volume keys.
Also, even if I get adb access after the Google logo, how do I use fastboot mode? I actually wanted to flash a recovery as my Power button doesn't work even in the recovery. Moreover, I can boot into recovery without adb, from inside the rom power menu.
So adb doesn't help here

a2zRulz said:
You are absolutely right. The phone thinks that the power button is pressed and doesn't let us move up and down using the volume keys.
Also, even if I get adb access after the Google logo, how do I use fastboot mode? I actually wanted to flash a recovery as my Power button doesn't work even in the recovery. Moreover, I can boot into recovery without adb, from inside the rom power menu.
So adb doesn't help here
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What recovery do you currently have? All custom recoveries enable you to scroll with menu and home key, go back with the back key and select with the search key. So if you can get adb while it's "not booting" and reboot to your custom recovery, then you can navigate, mount usb and transfer a rom if needed or flash one that is on your phone.
Edit: Also, I was under the impression you couldn't boot your ROM. If you can, what is it exactly that you are trying to do??

polobunny said:
What recovery do you currently have? All custom recoveries enable you to scroll with menu and home key, go back with the back key and select with the search key. So if you can get adb while it's "not booting" and reboot to your custom recovery, then you can navigate, mount usb and transfer a rom if needed or flash one that is on your phone.
Edit: Also, I was under the impression you couldn't boot your ROM. If you can, what is it exactly that you are trying to do??
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I have ClockworkMod (CWM) 6.0.2.5 Non-Touch from this thread:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032337
I flashed this earlier when my power button was working. And I have tried all the capacitive buttons. None of them work with this recovery. That's why I was looking forward to flashing a touch based recovery.

a2zRulz said:
I have ClockworkMod (CWM) 6.0.2.5 Non-Touch from this thread:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032337
I flashed this earlier when my power button was working. And I have tried all the capacitive buttons. None of them work with this recovery. That's why I was looking forward to flashing a touch based recovery.
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From the same thread you can simply download any of these (highly suggest ClockworkMod (CWM) 5.8.0.2 Touch, one if not the most reliable) and flash them from within your current CWM.

polobunny said:
From the same thread you can simply download any of these (highly suggest ClockworkMod (CWM) 5.8.0.2 Touch, one if not the most reliable) and flash them from within your current CWM.
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Dear sir,
Please understand. That's what I am trying to tell you. I cannot use power button or any other button to select anything in the recovery. So how will I install this one?

a2zRulz said:
Dear sir,
Please understand. That's what I am trying to tell you. I cannot use power button or any other button to select anything in the recovery. So how will I install this one?
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Ok let's get this right
What is your goal? Flash a different recovery? Then you can flash a recovery from within something such as ROM Manager if your rom still boots.

Yes sir, my goal is to flash a touch based recovery just so that I can flash new ROMs and kernels without the help of the power button.
Koushik charges for in-app flashing of CWM Touch which is otherwise free. So that's the main issue here. I guess I'll have to live with it

a2zRulz said:
Yes sir, my goal is to flash a touch based recovery just so that I can flash new ROMs and kernels without the help of the power button.
Koushik charges for in-app flashing of CWM Touch which is otherwise free. So that's the main issue here. I guess I'll have to live with it
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Ok.
You can use this Flash Image GUI to flash a recovery of your choice from within Android then:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453617
It's free. Make sure to download the right recovery for your device and select recovery image in Flash Image GUI.

polobunny said:
Ok.
You can use this Flash Image GUI to flash a recovery of your choice from within Android then:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453617
It's free. Make sure to download the right recovery for your device and select recovery image in Flash Image GUI.
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You sir, are my hero... Many thanks for this :highfive: :victory:

If you are flashing a touch version of CWM recovery, I highly suggest v6.0.1.0. The later version (up to 6.0.2.5) have a bug that will make you unable to mount the SD card within the recovery. Otherwise TWRP is very interesting, but backups made with CWM are not compatible with TWRP.

Thanks, I'll try TWRP this time

Possible brick into CWM HELP PLEASE

okay so i flashed cwm recovery 6.0.1.3 to my asus transformer infinity and it was put on there fine. i went into cwm and found out that the volume keys wouldn't toggle up or down. so i thought id try to factory reset the device and maybe that will uninstall cwm and i would be able to fastboot a newer version. so i clicked on wipe when in the mode before going into cwm with the 4 options (i think its 4 cant really remember) from left to right. once i clicked on this it went into cwm so i clicked reboot device and now when i reboot it shows it asus and in top left device is unlocked then goes back to cwm where i cant toggle anything except reboot. please help i dont know what to do
your help will be greatly appreciated :good: :good:

at5678 said:
okay so i flashed cwm recovery 6.0.1.3 to my asus transformer infinity and it was put on there fine. i went into cwm and found out that the volume keys wouldn't toggle up or down. so i thought id try to factory reset the device and maybe that will uninstall cwm and i would be able to fastboot a newer version. so i clicked on wipe when in the mode before going into cwm with the 4 options (i think its 4 cant really remember) from left to right. once i clicked on this it went into cwm so i clicked reboot device and now when i reboot it shows it asus and in top left device is unlocked then goes back to cwm where i cant toggle anything except reboot. please help i dont know what to do
your help will be greatly appreciated :good: :good:
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I don't like cwm with tf700, can you reflash twrp version 2.3.3.0 or 2.3.1.0??

buhohitr said:
I don't like cwm with tf700, can you reflash twrp version 2.3.3.0 or 2.3.1.0??
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thats what i was thinking of doing but i dont know how if i cant get into fastboot mode via the option when going into recovery

at5678 said:
thats what i was thinking of doing but i dont know how if i cant get into fastboot mode via the option when going into recovery
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once you in recovery (see 4 icons), use volume down to switch to USB icon, then use volume up hit it twice, now your device is in fastboot mode. Connect your usb cable (make sure usb debugging and unknow source are checked in settings). From your pc now you can flash using script or manuall push it.

buhohitr said:
once you in recovery (see 4 icons), use volume down to switch to USB icon, then use volume up hit it twice, now your device is in fastboot mode. Connect your usb cable (make sure usb debugging and unknow source are checked in settings). From your pc now you can flash using script or manuall push it.
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yes this what i want to do but it doesnt give me these options it just goes straight from the asus emblem to cwm nothing inbetween

at5678 said:
yes this what i want to do but it doesnt give me these options it just goes straight from the asus emblem to cwm nothing inbetween
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Possible unable to boot to system, can you use cwm to flash cromi rom and see if it boot?

limits rafromg
buhohitr said:
Possible unable to boot to system, can you use cwm to flash cromi rom and see if it boot?
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i dont think so i cant toggle down or up in cwm, is there some other way to flash it?

There used to be a flash binary that worked with adb (I.e. via recovery). I've not seen or heard of it for a while, but the fact that recovery can still be flashed from booted Android tells me it's still available. ROM Manager and GooManager both allow you to install recovery, so I would start with decompiling those...

First you need to access you tablet (while it's booted in CWM) via adb shell.
Second, you need to verify that the recovery can access the internal eMMC - "ls /dev/block/mmcblk0*" should list at least 8 partitions.
Then, you can put a flashable zip into and the installation command onto the cache partition - the procedure is exactly the same as the method to manually install incremental dlpkgfile updates.

at5678 said:
i dont think so i cant toggle down or up in cwm, is there some other way to flash it?
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Just want to be clear, turn off your device, then hold down volume down and power button until you see white text displayed on the screen then let go both buttons, you did not see the 4 icons?

buhohitr said:
Just want to be clear, turn off your device, then hold down volume down and power button until you see white text displayed on the screen then let go both buttons, you did not see the 4 icons?
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my device cant turn off it just keeps rebooting and when i try to turn it off it just reboots. and no the 4 options dont come up. it just goes to asus startup it flashes then it goes straight to cwm

Hold down the power button, as soon as screen went black, let go and immediately, hold volume down and power button, until it boot up again, see if that get you into recovery.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda premium

buhohitr said:
Hold down the power button, as soon as screen went black, let go and immediately, hold volume down and power button, until it boot up again, see if that get you into recovery.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda premium
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didnt work. is it possible that could fix in adb shell. but when im in adb the device is not found

[Q] Problem in CWM

please help me
i dont know wat is version of my cwm
But it shows only six options that are as listed below:
1. Reboot
2. Apply update from ADB
3. Apply update from SDCARD
4. wipe data/factory reset
5. wipe cache partition
6. apply update from cache
when i try third option i.e. Apply update from SDCARD, it gives an error msg unknown volume for path
please help me, i want to install lollipop os on my phone or atleast kitkat rom, but not able to install
please kindly help :crying:
model no. GT-I8552
Samsung galaxy grand Quattro

Hmmm...
Are you sure this is CWM?
The options you see come from a stock recovery.
Try flashing another version of CWM.

How???
janekmuric said:
Are you sure this is CWM?
The options you see come from a stock recovery.
Try flashing another version of CWM.
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the question arises how???
please tell procedure for flashing another version of cwm

CWM
jaskeerat11 said:
the question arises how???
please tell procedure for flashing another version of cwm
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YOU ARE DOING EVERYHING ON YOUR OWN RISK.
I DID NOT TEST THIS.
Download Samsung drivers here: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-USB-Driver-for-Mobile-Phones-15270.shtml
Download odin: http://d-h.st/er8
The CWM revovery itself: http://d-h.st/0Fw
1. First be sure USB Debugging is checked in ur device ( Settings>Developer Options>USB Debugging )
2. Extract the Odin file from the zip.
3. Open Odin3 (Run As Administrator).
4. Put your device in download mode. To do so, press Volume Down And Home And Power Button all together and when it vibrates release
Power Button but keep pressing left ones. You should have a triangle with an android janitor while it's saying downloading ..
VOL UP TO CONTINUE...
5. Now connect USB to PC ,you should see a blue rectangle with COM:xx and saying Added. It means that your device is ready to be flashed!
6. Go into the PDA section and select your .tar file.(CWM Recovery)
7. Dont check any option (F.reset time and Auto reboot are checked by default) So just uncheck Auto Reboot.
8. Now click Start.
9. When it's finished, it should say that "Res OK" in Odin..
10. Now remove ur USB and remove ur battery and put it back and go to Recovery Mode (Volume UP And Home And Power Button all
together and when it vibrates release Power Button but keep pressing left ones).
If you don't see Developer options go to Stettings>About phone> press Build version 10 times quickly

I dont know. problem?