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GUIDE TESTED ON THE SAMSUNG GALAXY SKYROCKET SG2 LTE: MODEL# "SGH-I727" FOR ATT & "SGH-I727R" FOR ROGERS.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME PHONE AS THE FIRST GENERATION SG2 I9100, FLASHING ANYTHING HERE FOR THE I9100 WILL HARD BRICK THE I9100
PLEASE DO NOT PM ME, ALL ANSWERS ARE IN THIS THREAD, PM'S WILL BE IGNORED, SORRY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS POST IT HERE OR IN THE Q&A FORUM.
TUTORIALS THAT WERE MOVED TO A SEPERATE THREAD:
INSTALL A CUSTOM RECOVERY TWRP ON A STOCK PHONE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659 .... WORKS ON GB, ICS & JB - its a sticky in Q&A FORUM
INSTALLING TWRP IS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING YOU NEED TO DO TO YOUR SKYROCKET - ONCE TWRP IS INSTALLED YOU CAN THEN FLASH CUSTOM ROMS AND/OR ROOT THE PHONE
HOW TO ROOT/TEMP UNROOT/UNROOT .... WORKS ON GB, ICS & JB - same link as above but its the second post
HOW TO INSTALL STOCK ICS USING TWRP ....for a phone w/a DEAD USB Port , warrany repair/return and for MAC users!
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE:
1 . TUTORIAL: HOW TO RESTORE STOCK FIRMWARES USING ODIN - GB, ICS & JB.... A step by step tutorial
2. STOCK FIRMWARES - GB, ICS AND JB
3. TROUBLESHOOTING ODIN
4. HOW TO ENTER INTO THE RECOVERY MODE
5. FACTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING ON FLASHING STOCK FIRMWARES
6. DOWNLOADS & LINKS
THE ITEMS BELOW ARE NOW AT THE 1STOP STICKY
FIRMWARES - TWRP FLASHABLE
RADIOS/MODEMS
UTILITIES
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST BEFORE YOU PROCEED especially if your are a n00b, newb, newbie:
Newbie, newb, n00b or noob is a slang term for a novice or newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in any profession or activity.
IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, STOP!! AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTANT!
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ODIN IS A WINDOWS PROGRAM FOR INSTALLING STOCK FIRMWARES AND RECOVERIES ONTO SAMSUNG PHONES.
NOTE: THIS METHOD IS ONLY FOR WINDOWS, FOR MAC'S YOU NEED TO USE HEIMDALL OR USE BOOT CAMP, I DONT HAVE A MAC SO I CANT HELP YOU THERE.
NOTE: MICROSOFTS INTERNET BROWSER SOMETIMES HAS ISSUES DL'ING "TAR.MD5" FILES, IF HAVING A MD5 ERROR USE GOOGLE CHROME/FIREFOX BROWSERS TO DOWNLOAD THE FIRMWARE FILES.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your devices, these methods have been proven to work, but sh*t happens!
I WILL REFER TO THE CUSTOM RECOVERY CALLED CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY AS "CWM" AND TEAM WIN RECOVERY PROJECT AS "TWRP"
1. HOW TO RESTORE STOCK FIRMWARES
PEREQUISTE: DRIVERS FOR USB INSTALLED CORRECTLY. IF NOT INSTALLED USE EITHER USB DRIVERS FILES OR INSTALL KIES WHICH INSTALLS USB DRIVERS.
MAKE SURE KIES, ADB OR ANYTHING THAT HAS USB ACCESS LIKE VM'S ARE NOT RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND - CHECK WITH WINDOWS TASK MANAGER
DO NOT! CHECK "REPARTITION" IN ODIN! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! > -See Computer Sreen Pics Below-
1. GETTING PHONE INTO DOWLOAD MODE(aka odin mode):
DO NOT TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON FOR THIS PROCEDURE.
Download mode is NOT the same as recovery mode
a. Remove and Reinsert the battery, have usb cable inserted to computer usb port but NOT to your phone until step (c).
b. ATT PHONES - Press and keep down both Volume Up and Volume Down keys simultaneously.
ROGERS PHONES - Press and keep down only the Volume Down key.
DO NOT RELEASE THE VOLUME KEY(S) UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO IN STEP (d)
c. While still holding the volume key(s) down insert the USB cable into your device.
The phone will turn itself on when usb cable is inserted. * DO NOT TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON *
d. When You see the screen warning you about installing a rom w/a yellow triangle RELEASE the volume key(s)
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e. 1ST PIC: Now press and release the volume "up" key, you should now be at the Download Mode screen w/odin recognizing your phone.
2ND PIC: this is also download/odin mode - the screen will display this when odin or kies has failed/not completed a previous flash, flash the firmware again w/odin and/or read "section #3 troubleshooting odin" below
1ST PIC >>
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2. Download the stock firmware of your choice - links in section "2. STOCK FIRMWARES" below
3. Extract the stock firmware with 7-ZIP or winrar the contents of the stock firmware file (only 2 files , read section 2 below) to a folder.
DO NOT CHANGE the name of the extracted MD5 file or else it wont install.
4. Download Odin-1.85.zip , Extract the contents of odin-185.zip to a folder, within that folder start "Odin3 v1.85.exe" .
5. Prepare Odin: Check "auto-reboot" and UNCHECK ALL OTHER OPTIONS.
Only Click "PDA" and navigate/select the firmware file you extracted in step #2, it will have a md5 extension.
DO NOT! CHECK "REPARTITION" IN ODIN! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! SEE COMPUTER SREEN PICS BELOW.
ON YOUR COMPUTER THIS IS WHAT YOUR SCREEN MUST LOOK LIKE WHEN YOUR PHONE IS IN DOWNLOAD MODE AND ODIN IS RECOGNIZING YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU HIT THE START BUTTON.
6. Click Start in Odin, it will flash the firmware, give it approx. 10mins. When its done flashing it will autoreboot the phone. Thats it, your done.
ON YOUR COMPUTER THIS IS WHAT YOUR SCREEN MUST LOOK LIKE WHEN ODIN HAS FINISHED FLASHING YOUR PHONE
7. IF YOU HAD ERRORS OR PROBLEMS USING ODIN, GO TO SECTION #3 - "TROUBLESHOOTING ODIN"
8. IF ODIN SUCCESSFULLY FLASHED THE FIRMWARE BUT ARE HAVING FIRMWARE ISSUES AND/OR HAVING BOOT ERRORS OR FORCE CLOSES:
BOOT INTO RECOVERY AND PERFORM A FACTORY RESET AND WIPE BOTH CACHES(PARTITION AND DALVIK) THIS WILL WIPE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED APPS AND SETTINGS.
IF STILL NOT RESOLVED REFLASH W/ODIN THE STOCK FIRMWARE AGAIN TO SEE IF ANY ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. ALSO READ SECTION #5 " TROUBLESHOOTING STOCK FIRMWARE"
2. STOCK FIRMWARES
THESE ARE UNMODIFIED STOCK FIRMWARE'S
THESE ARE EXACT COPIES OF ROGERS AND ATT STOCK FIRMWARE'S w/STOCK RECOVERY, RADIO, KERNEL, BLOATWARE AND ALL.
YOU CAN FLASH ANYONE OF THESE TO EITHER ATT OR ROGERS PHONES.
THE FILES WILL BE IN A ZIP FORMAT.
USE 7-ZIP OR WINRAR TO EXTRACT.
YOU WILL NOW HAVE 2 FILES UNZIPPED, ONE IS THE TAR FILE WITH A MD5 EXTENSION(do not change the name) WHICH YOU USE WITH ODIN, THE OTHER IS A DLL WHICH WE DONT NEED:
NEW: GOTO SAMMOBILE.COM/FIRMWARES ENTER I727 AS MODEL
YOU MIGHT NEED TO CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT B4 DOING THAT
CURRENT FILES LINKED FROM SAMMOBILE.COM:
NOTE: SOME FIRMWARES ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON SAMMOBILE SO IM HOSTING A FEW OF THEM AS NOTED BELOW:
ATT JB 4.1.2 I727UCMC1 .. <androidfilehost> - <devhost>
ATT ICS 4.0.4 I727UCLF6
ATT GB 2.3.5 I727UCKJ2
ROGERS JB 4.1.2 I727RUXUMA7 .. <androidfilehost> - <devhost>
ROGERS ICS 4.0.4 I727RUXLF3 .. <androidfilehost> - <devhost >
ROGERS GB 2.3.5 I727RUXKJ7
TELCEL(MEXICO) UMLH2
3. TROUBLESHOOTING ODIN
READ ALL / DO ALL OF THE STEPS BELOW UNTIL PROBLEM IS RESOLVED
If Odin Shows An md5 Error: Unzip The Firmware Tar File Again And/Or Redownload The File Again
If The Phone Boots Into Any Rom, Make Sure Windows Can Transfer From And To Internal And External Sdcards To Rule Out Driver Issues
Does Kies Recognize Your Phone, Even If You Are On A Custom Rom Kies Will Recognize Your Phone, This Rules Out Driver Issues
Make Sure You Are In Download Mode On Your Phone
If having trouble getting into dl mode try this>> take out the battery and leave it out. Plug the phone into the micro usb cable. Plug the USB end into your comp. Hold volume rockers down(either both or vol "-") and reinsert the battery
Make Sure Kies, Adb Or Anything That Has Usb Access Like Vm's Are Not Running In The Background or Running As A Service - Check With Windows Task Manager.
Disable Your Antivirus
Run Odin As Administrator
Restart Computer
Make Sure Battery Is Charged
Try Different Usb Port, Preferably The Rear Ones On Computer
Use Original Samsung Usb Cable, Or Try Different Cable But Still Oem
Uninstall drivers and kies, unplug phone & reboot comp, then just reinstall the USB Drivers from here
Try A Different Computer
Clean Phones Usb Port W/no Battery Installed
If You Tried All Of Above Tests And Phone Is Not Recognized By Your Computer You Then Have A Hardware Problem With The Phones Usb Port. Read this for possible fix - FIX FOR PHONES USB PORT
If Phone Boot Loops Or Enters Into Recovery Mode While Trying To Get Into Download Mode(and you are sure you followed above procedure and also did not touch the power button), You Could Have A Stuck Power Button. To Fix That Try To Repeatedly Keep Pushing The Power Button Hard To Try To Unstick It.
If All Else Fails And You Can Boot Into twrp, You Can Use This Method To Install Stock Ics HOW TO INSTALL STOCK ICS USING TWRP even w/a DEAD USB Port
If Odin hangs at "Getting PIT for mapping" or giving a pit error - Read This Thread and post number 15 for solution
4. HOW TO ENTER INTO THE RECOVERY MODE:
ENTERING IN TO RECOVERY MODE IS THE SAME METHOD FOR BOTH ATT AND ROGERS PHONES
ENTERING IN TO RECOVERY MODE IS THE SAME METHOD FOR BOTH STOCK AND A CUSTOM RECOVERY TWRP
Now turn off your phone, unplugged(might work plugged in)
Press and keep both volume keys down
Then press the power button while still holding down the volume keys
When you feel the phone vibrate or see a logo on the screen, release the power button but not the volume keys.
When screen goes black release the volume keys.
Wait a few seconds to boot in to recovery
You are now in recovery mode
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5. FACTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING ON FLASHING STOCK FIRMWARES
NOTE: IF HAVING FIRMWARE ISSUES AND/OR HAVING BOOT ERRORS OR FORCE CLOSES - BOOT INTO RECOVERY AND PERFORM A FACTORY RESET AND WIPE BOTH CACHES(PARTITION AND DALVIK) - IF NOT RESOLVED REFLASH THE STOCK FIRMWARE AGAIN TO SEE IF ANY ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.
IF UPGRADING OR DOWNGRADING, FROM USING KIES OR ODIN AND ARE EXPERIENCING LAG, FC, PERFORM A FACTORY RESET/WIPE FROM WITHIN RECOVERY, DOING SO YOU WILL LOSE YOUR APPS AND DATA SO PERFORM A BACKUP BEFORE YOU PROCEED, THIS WILL MAKE YOUR PHONE AS WHEN IT IS SHIPPED OUT.
YOU CAN USE THE TUTORIAL POSTED ABOVE TO FLASH STOCK FIRMWARE EVEN WHEN KIES FAILED DURING THE UPGRADE PROCESS
THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO USE ODIN IS THAT YOUR PHONE CAN ENTER INTO DOWNLOAD MODE AND YOUR COMPUTER RECOGNISES THE PHONE:
Does Not Matter If Your On A Stock Or Custom Rom Or If Phone Is Rooted
IF ON CUSTOM ROM:
Cwm/Twrp Does Not Wipe The Radio, Flash The Relevant Stock Radios Twice With Cwm/Twrp Before Proceeding. Links For Stock Radios Are In The Download Section
In Cwm/twrp Perform A full wipe >factory Reset, System, Partition And Dalvik Caches, Do That To All Of Them 2 Times Each.
If Performed Above Procedure You Could Also Reflash The Stock Firmware Again To See If Any Issues Are Resolved
DOWNGRADING FROM STOCK ICS BACK TO GB, A FACTORY RESET MUST BE PERFORMED EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER FLASHING THE FIRMWARE FROM RECOVERY
How To Get Into Recovery is Shown Above in Section 4.
UPGRADING FROM GB TO ICS, ICS TO JB DOES NOT WIPE YOUR APPS/SETTINGS:
Perform A Backup Just In Case
Will Lose Data If You Performed A Factory Reset Before Or After Upgrading
If Experiencing Lag Or Force Close Perform A Factory Reset From Within Recovery, But Then You Will Lose Your Settings And Installed Apps
FLASHING STOCK FIRMWARES ON ROOTED PHONES WILL LOSE ROOT
FLASHING SAMMOBILE STOCK FIRMWARES DOES NOT TRIP THE FLASH COUNTER.
FLASHING FIRMWARES DOES NOT WIPE YOUR SDCARDS, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL: note: back them up just in case.
YOU CAN UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE AS YOU LIKE
STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH FIRMWARE - Ok try this:
update twrp goto the recovery section in the 1STOP STICKY
remove sim(eliminates sim card issues)
remove external sdcard
backup internal sdcard then format it
then perform a full wipe: in twrp recoveryformat/wipe >both caches, data,system,android secure
copy ucmc1 radio onto sdcard and flash it twice w/out cable plugged in
then use odin to flash jb stock firmware x2.
if still having issues after doing this then its some kind of hw failure, what hw failure idk but most likely emmc (memory) failure
6. DOWNLOADS & LINKS
MOVED TO THE 1STOP STICKY
STOCK FIRMWARES
RADIOS/MODEMS
UTILITIES
Nice write up. I actually did this exact method yesterday. After installing AOKP my phone started doing some weird sheeit(and i lost my internal) so I flashed this to get back to stock and it works great. Plus ICS side is just bugging the crap out of me with the bugs, also I'm a flashaholic so I've been going back and forth anyways. Before I flashed CWM I did the software update to get to 2.3.6 UCLA3, then flashed CWM, backup, root and I'm back to bug free.....for now..... Nice to be able to do this without tripping the counter, k0nanes did, but he did save my arse more than once.
Do u do factory reset in stock recovery or in rom privecy? After flashing tar?
hcyplr29 said:
Nice write up. I actually did this exact method yesterday. After installing AOKP my phone started doing some weird sheeit(and i lost my internal) so I flashed this to get back to stock and it works great. Plus ICS side is just bugging the crap out of me with the bugs, also I'm a flashaholic so I've been going back and forth anyways. Before I flashed CWM I did the software update to get to 2.3.6 UCLA3, then flashed CWM, backup, root and I'm back to bug free.....for now..... Nice to be able to do this without tripping the counter, k0nanes did, but he did save my arse more than once.
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Aokp is alpha, non functioning internal is in the op. They're working on it. All you had to do is flash the backup you should of made (per the op)
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odeccacccp said:
Do u do factory reset in stock recovery or in rom privecy? After flashing tar?
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"wipe data/factory reset" format and clear caches b4 u start." u would be doing this in cmw b4 u flash the stock firmware with odin, after odin flashes the firmware, odin will reboot ur phone for u, no need to wipe anything after flashing the stock firmware. i will add this to op
Dang. can't fine the stock firm ware out on SamMobile anymore. Searched for "i727" and nothing. I'm a noob so any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
techsican said:
Dang. can't fine the stock firm ware out on SamMobile anymore. Searched for "i727" and nothing. I'm a noob so any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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It's still there, just checked. Go to firmware tab, enter 727, at&t and rogers versions are the last two in the list, might have to scroll down.
techsican said:
Dang. can't fine the stock firm ware out on SamMobile anymore. Searched for "i727" and nothing. I'm a noob so any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668792
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Got it. Thank you!
My phone seems to have developed some...quirks...that carry over between roms (problems with MMS, largely...)
Would restoring stock fix this?
CirAzrael said:
My phone seems to have developed some...quirks...that carry over between roms (problems with MMS, largely...)
Would restoring stock fix this?
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ur not wiping correctly, use touch cmw to do a wipe data/factory reset, format- system, data and cache, and clear the caches, do that to all of them 3 times
touch cmw http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472954&highlight=sk8erwitskils
techsican said:
Dang. can't fine the stock firm ware out on SamMobile anymore. Searched for "i727" and nothing. I'm a noob so any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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This is the link I found on the page
http://hotfile.com/dl/145854065/0a77172/I727UCKJ2_I727ATTKJ2_ATT.zip.html
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk 2
vincom said:
ur not wiping correctly, use touch cmw to do a wipe data/factory reset, format- system, data and cache, and clear the caches, do that to all of them 3 times
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I definitely do all of that - though I'm using CWM Touch 5.8.1.3. Should I be using 5.5.0.4?
Man this thing works wonders!
confirmed that it does not trigger counter!!
Thank you!
If I was always stock (never installed modded roms) and would flash this stock 2.3.5 , will that appear in download mode counter ? I am now at zero..thanks
mahanddeem said:
If I was always stock (never installed modded roms) and would flash this stock 2.3.5 , will that appear in download mode counter ? I am now at zero..thanks
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NO it wont. If you do it the right way.
Is there a way to reset the download mode counter? I must've screwed something up a while back, and I've got it at 1 right now.
Does that matter for anything other than warranty purposes?
mahanddeem said:
If I was always stock (never installed modded roms) and would flash this stock 2.3.5 , will that appear in download mode counter ? I am now at zero..thanks
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restoring to stock using my method does not trip the counter
Is there a way to reset the download mode counter? I must've screwed something up a while back, and I've got it at 1 right now.
Does that matter for anything other than warranty purposes
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just for warranty
u can try this to reset http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
or restore to stock which should reset the counter, but i never tripped the counter myself so if someone can confirm or use search to find out, restoring to stock using my method does not trip the counter, so u can try it and c what happens
CirAzrael said:
I definitely do all of that - though I'm using CWM Touch 5.8.1.3. Should I be using 5.5.0.4?
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they should both b doing the same thing, u can try DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE_EXT4.zip, if anything is getting carried over i assure u ur not doing the full wiping or possably some apps r using ur sdcard(int or external) to auto restore their data, r u installing any apps upon flashing the stock
I've tried all of that, SD cards wiped, and just tried reverting to stock, so I guess that's not the issue either.
Color me frustrated.
That said, your stock revert advice was very helpful.
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I'm confused now. So I bought this phone used it, rooted it, used da_g's kernel, flashed the UCLA modem and used stockmod rom. now i need to get it back to stock.
i removed the sd card, then did the ODIN instructions and went into download mode and flashed it 'back to stock.' after reboot all my stuff is still on there; so i went into privacy and formatted erased everything. rebooted now i'm at my screen and i went to about, android version 2.3.5, baseband version i727ucla3, kernel 2.6.35.11, build number GINGERBREAD.UCKJ2.
why is my baseband version still at ucla3? i thought flashing the ODIN stock it would set everything back to stock. basically i want to give this to a family member but i want it in the condition that it truly is stock and they can run updates just fine. i ran the 'software update' to try to get the OTA for 2.3.6 but it said 'Current software is up to date' -- isn't the newest 2.3.6.. is my baseband preventing the update. is my kernel back to stock? can i ODIN 2.3.6 stock straight to the device?
also why cant i get back into the 'download mode' i saw previously, all i get when i hold vol up and down is an 'android recovery 3e' what is that.. if i can't get download mode how can i ODIN? im thinking i need to CWM this guy to flash the old baseband then do the process over again to get stock rom and stock kernel... help!
thanks in advance.
Download 'root check free' and see what it says. Also make sure the superuser app is uninstalled
haroonie said:
I'm confused now. So I bought this phone used it, rooted it, used da_g's kernel, flashed the UCLA modem and used stockmod rom. now i need to get it back to stock.
i removed the sd card, then did the ODIN instructions and went into download mode and flashed it 'back to stock.' after reboot all my stuff is still on there; so i went into privacy and formatted erased everything. rebooted now i'm at my screen and i went to about, android version 2.3.5, baseband version i727ucla3, kernel 2.6.35.11, build number GINGERBREAD.UCKJ2.
why is my baseband version still at ucla3? i thought flashing the ODIN stock it would set everything back to stock. basically i want to give this to a family member but i want it in the condition that it truly is stock and they can run updates just fine. i ran the 'software update' to try to get the OTA for 2.3.6 but it said 'Current software is up to date' -- isn't the newest 2.3.6.. is my baseband preventing the update. is my kernel back to stock? can i ODIN 2.3.6 stock straight to the device?
also why cant i get back into the 'download mode' i saw previously, all i get when i hold vol up and down is an 'android recovery 3e' what is that.. if i can't get download mode how can i ODIN? im thinking i need to CWM this guy to flash the old baseband then do the process over again to get stock rom and stock kernel... help!
thanks in advance.
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My best advice for you is to do more reading before you really mess something up. If you don't know the difference between 3e recovery -vs- CWM you haven't read nearly enough to do what you want to do. I am not telling you this to be a smart-a*s, but because I don't want to see you brick your phone. And, almost everyhting you have asked has been discussed in detail.
The modem / radio (baseband) lives on its own little partician so you will probably need to flash the radio you want by itself (while you still have CWM). You can find the different radio zips in the "Radio" thread in the "Dev" section.
But you will first need CWM back. You will need to be rooted to have CWM and you can get CWM (after root) by using ROM manager to download it or you can ODIN CWM if you use Copperhed's root method.
Once you are rooted and have CWM installed, you can flash whichever modem / radio you want. Then, go to K0nane's "Return to stock" thread and follow the directions completely! Read the entire thread first...JUST DO IT!
Once you are back to stock and have the modem you want, use ODIN to install the 3e recovery (original Samsung revovery) back to your phone. There is a thread that has the 3e recovery .TAR but you will have to do a search to find it.
THEN...you will be back to stock. Of course the AT&T 2.3.6 updates have been pulled (again, discussed in many threads) so you probably won't get the OTA update anyway. But it won't hurt to check. Again, read everything before you do anything and if you still have questions after reading everything...ask before you jump.
Good luck.
android recovery 3e is recovery mode. Holding the volume keys + power button is how you get into recovery, not download mode. To get into download mode:
1 - power off the phone.
2 - plug in your USB cable into your computer/laptop (but not the phone yet)
3 - now hold down the volume keys and plug in the usb cable to the phone while still holding down the volume keys. The phone will vibrate and you can release the volume keys once you see that you're in download mode. I can't remember, but it might actually just be the volume down key and not both.
If that still doesnt work, try taking out the battery and then reinserting it after you power off the phone. Then try again.
scott14719 said:
My best advice for you is to do more reading before you really mess something up.
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m4570d0n said:
android recovery 3e is recovery mode. Holding the volume keys + power button is how you get into recovery, not download mode. To get into download mode:
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Thanks for the help, very informative and you basically confirmed what i was thinking. i come from the iOS world where the firmware files when restored it was back to stock, contained the os/modem fw and kernel; plus wiped everything so that just added to the confusion!
so here's how i think it works - your post says the modem, kernel, OS & recovery all live on separate partitions and since some aren't contained in K0nane's stock ODIN; i need to be sure to flash each to be considered "fully stock." if you do K0nane's stock ODIN (does not contain modem, but has orig 3e recovery, kernel, OS) and it is incompatible with the existing modem; you could be in deep sh*t or a brick. also if you flash stock ODIN, you loose the ability to flash kernel or modem because you're now unrooted and without cwm to do that...
two questions - where in android can i see if i'm truly on stock kernel because can't the build string be spoofed? if i restore my cwm backup from post-root-stock state, does that restore / contain modem or kernel?
TIA again.
haroonie said:
Thanks for the help, very informative and you basically confirmed what i was thinking. i come from the iOS world where the firmware files when restored it was back to stock, contained the os/modem fw and kernel; plus wiped everything so that just added to the confusion!
so here's how i think it works - your post says the modem, kernel, OS & recovery all live on separate partitions and since some aren't contained in K0nane's stock ODIN; i need to be sure to flash each to be considered "fully stock." if you do K0nane's stock ODIN (does not contain modem, but has orig 3e recovery, kernel, OS) and it is incompatible with the existing modem; you could be in deep sh*t or a brick. also if you flash stock ODIN, you loose the ability to flash kernel or modem because you're now unrooted and without cwm to do that...
two questions - where in android can i see if i'm truly on stock kernel because can't the build string be spoofed? if i restore my cwm backup from post-root-stock state, does that restore / contain modem or kernel?
TIA again.
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OK, I see K0nane's thread has the .TAR stock (Odin flash) and apparently already has the 3e recovery included so if you use K0nane's .TAR, you should not have to re-root or install CWM after the flash. So the only reason you would need to re-root and install CWM is if the modem still remains unchanged.
If the modem (radio) is still wrong after the "return to stock .TAR Odin flash, you will need to do what I wrote above (ie. re-root and install CWM) then flash the correct radio through CWM, then re-odin the return to stock .TAR. Others have reported that they were able to get the OTA update (when it was available) using this method. Maybe a .TAR (ODIN flashable modem) exists, but I'm not sure if I've read anything about anyone trying it if it does. If it does, and it works, you can use ODIN to flash the radio as well.
Yes, the modem itself does live on a different partician. Some custom ROMS include the modem and a script for installing it, but usually mention this up front. If the modem doesn't change after a ROM flash, it must be flashed seperately. I've never seen a phone bricked because of a modem mismatch with a ROM (as long as it is an AT&T (I727) skyrocket ROM and modem). But there may be issues with lost data connectivity or APNs.
But you are on the right path, just make sure you read everything and you will be fine.
As far as spoofing the build, I guess the only way to be sure if it is 100% stock is if you restore a nandroid (if you made one) and then ODIN 3e recovery. Or if you use Kies to reurn to stock.
scott14719 said:
But you are on the right path, just make sure you read everything and you will be fine.
As far as spoofing the build, I guess the only way to be sure if it is 100% stock is if you restore a nandroid (if you made one) and then ODIN 3e recovery. Or if you use Kies to reurn to stock.
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Thanks for the details man, really appreciate it. I read through the threads you suggested and they helped, but no mention of modem. After my initial k0nane stock flash, modem was incorrect so i did the below steps and everything looks good. Still no OTA, but thats fine because it may be because of other reasons (2.3.6 pulled).
You mentioned 100% stock if i have my nandroid, but i would still have to 'un-root' my device afterwards. (i could then just goto settings > privacy > factory data reset would delete everything including the root then?) i am under the impression you needed to be rooted to create a nandroid so you would be restoring to the rooted state. is it true if you restore a nandroid you restore all partitions including the modem and kernel then?
Here's how i finally went back to stock when my device was not rooted but had a different modem.
0. DO NOT ODIN WITH RE-PARTITION OPTION ON, UN-CHECK THIS!
1. re-rooted with superoneclick SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.zip
2. odin to enable cwm SkyrocketCWMrecovery.tar
3. use cwm to flash modem to stock ATTKJ2 Radio_RIL__I727ATTKJ2.zip
4. use cwm to wipe data/factory reset
5. odin k0nane's stock SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar
6. verify in about section modem, kernel and software versions.
7. Voila!
jt1134's Rootzwiki thread
Entropy512's xda thread
Downloads and prerequisites:
jt1134's CM9 ROM:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/22877-ro...ha-port-for-infuse4g-build2-0414/#entry616031 - get the latest ROM, CWM, and gapps
Heimdall/multi-platform solution:
Custom Heimdall UCLB3 One-click package (bootloaders + recovery image)
Pending further testing: use at your own risk!!!
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zc1btl2cg4f5wg2
Odin/Windows-only solution:
Samsung Kies/USB drivers
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
Odin3
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?11fa6eatiob9cmd - v1.85
Przekret's stock UCLB3 ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22755366&postcount=1
Installation:If you're already on Gingerbread bootloaders (ex. a UCLB3-based ROM; Rogers bootloaders seem to to work as well), jt's installation instructions should work without incident.
Heimdall
Backup everything! (perform a nandroid backup from CWM at least)
Copy over the CM9 ROM and gapps onto your sdcard
Run the Heimdall One-click package (you may have to setup the USB driver) and place your phone into Download Mode
Pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold the two volume keys while inserting the USB cable (don't press the power button)
Make sure the Device Status says "Connected"
Reboot and enter the ICS CWM recovery by holding down power and the volume rockers from a powered off state
Ensure that it's the blue v5.5.0.4 recovery
Wipe data/factory reset and format /system under mounts and storage
Install zip from sdcard and flash the CM9 ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot and enjoy the glorious CM9 boot animation
Odin
Backup everything! (perform a nandroid backup from CWM at least)
Copy over the CM9 ROM and gapps onto your sdcard
Install the Samsung USB drivers or the full Kies installation
Unzip Odin3-v1.85.zip and SGH-I997_I997UCLB3_UC_ATT.rar
Take note of the file I997UCLB3-Homebinary.tar.md5
Run Odin3 v1.85.exe and place your phone into Download Mode
Pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold the two volume keys while inserting the USB cable (don't press the power button)
Check that the message box in Odin says "Added!!"
If it doesn't, reinstall the USB drivers
Select PDA and choose the I997UCLB3-Homebinary.tar.md5 file you unzipped a while ago
Hit start and wait for your device to reboot into the stock 3e recovery; let it finish the operations
Put your phone back into Download Mode; in Odin, select PDA and choose the ICS recovery file, infuseICSrecovery.tar, then hit start
Reboot and enter the ICS CWM recovery by holding down power and the volume rockers from a powered off state
Ensure that it's the blue v5.5.0.4 recovery
Wipe data/factory reset and format /system under mounts and storage
Install zip from sdcard and flash the CM9 ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot and enjoy the glorious CM9 boot animation
If people can follow this they should not have rainbows at all. This is a very easy guide so there should not be any problems. I stay on lb3 based roms so this is what i would use if i needed to. Thanks for posting this for everyone. Hopefully there won't be to many with issues.
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium
superweapons said:
jt1134's Rootzwiki thread
Downloads and prerequisites:
jt1134's CM9 ROM:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/22877-ro...ha-port-for-infuse4g-build2-0414/#entry616031 - get the latest ROM, CWM, and gapps
Samsung Kies/USB drivers
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
Odin3
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?11fa6eatiob9cmd - v1.85
Przekret's stock UCLB3 ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22755366&postcount=1
Installation:
Backup everything! (perform a nandroid backup from CWM at least)
Copy over the CM9 ROM and gapps onto your sdcard
Install the Samsung USB drivers or the full Kies installation
Unzip Odin3-v1.85.zip and SGH-I997_I997UCLB3_UC_ATT.rar
Take note of the file I997UCLB3-Homebinary.tar.md5
Run Odin3 v1.85.exe and place your phone into Download Mode
Pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold the two volume keys while inserting the USB cable (don't press the power button)
Check that the message box in Odin says "Added!!"
If it doesn't, reinstall the USB drivers
Select PDA and choose the I997UCLB3-Homebinary.tar.md5 file you unzipped a while ago
Hit start and wait for your device to reboot into the stock 3e recovery; let it finish the operations
Put your phone back into Download Mode; in Odin, select PDA and choose the ICS recovery file, infuseICSrecovery.tar, then hit start
Reboot and enter the ICS CWM recovery by holding down power and the volume rockers from a powered off state
Ensure that it's the blue v5.5.0.4 recovery
Wipe data/factory reset and format /system under mounts and storage
Install zip from sdcard and flash the CM9 ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot and enjoy the glorious CM9 boot animation
Post-Install:
in the near future...
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Heimdall would have been easier...you just downloadit, check flash boot loaders, click flash and wait till it finishes...
Still good guide
Sent from my SGH-I997 using XDA
qkster's Heimdall one-click takes 4 hours for me to download (~15kB/s ); it was faster for me to do it through Odin. I'll add a method for Heimdall soon.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was about to make this
was getting a littler annoyed with the same Qs over and over again lol
but you should include Heimdall as an option since its just one click and it has
the bootloader option
include this video in the bigenning too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
lol but good guide nonetheless
1) You should make it clear that bootloaders should ONLY be flashed if the user experiences rainbows in recovery. Unnecessary bootloader flashes should be avoided.
2) You can flash just the bootloaders without flashing the whole damn UCLB3 release
jayRokk said:
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was about to make this was getting a littler annoyed with the same Qs over and over again lol
but you should include Heimdall as an option since its just one click and it has the bootloader option include this video in the bigenning too http://www.youtube.comwatch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
lol but good guide nonetheless
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Maybe put this thread...in the original thread op..but will still fall on blind eyes...with so many jumping on the "i want ics, will you install it for me" wagon...not wanting to educate one self...
bigjoe2675 said:
Maybe put this thread...in the original thread op..but will still fall on blind eyes...with so many jumping on the "i want ics, will you install it for me" wagon...not wanting to educate one self...
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Very good point.
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium
superweapons said:
qkster's Heimdall one-click takes 4 hours for me to download (~15kB/s ); it was faster for me to do it through Odin. I'll add a method for Heimdall soon.
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Understandable
Sent from my SGH-I997 using XDA
Entropy512 made a thread for this...where it should be...good on him...
With xda support...
Stuck in recovery boot loop. After flashing UCLB3 through odin it shows a few errors. Tried flashing twice so far with no luck.
Using entropy's file got me into cm9.
Heimdall one-click including UCLB3 bootloaders and jt1134's ICS recovery image:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zc1btl2cg4f5wg2
I flashed it on top of my current ICS configuration and it still works fine. Any feedback from GB or Froyo users would be appreciated. You still have to flash the ICS system ROM and gapps over it.
Whats wrong with rogers bootloaders? Ive never had to flash bootloaders and ive never had rainbow issues.
I found a very nice video on Heimdall. I've never had to use Odin or Heimdall so I was hesitant, this makes it look a lot easier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TgyaUbjcm4
I did the ODIN one as per OP and it works like a charm. I now have CM9 on my Infuse!!!
threi_ said:
Whats wrong with rogers bootloaders? Ive never had to flash bootloaders and ive never had rainbow issues.
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Nothing at all. That's why I said that people should only flash BLs if they have rainbows in recovery.
In fact you guys are lucky - I believe you have Gingerbread bootloaders without the infamous flash counter. It sucks that dumped bootloaders never seemed to want to flash.
@threi: I was working under the assumption that AT&T GB bootloaders were preferred, since jt used the AT&T kernel to develop the ROM. It might actually be a better solution to use an older GB bootloader because you don't have the Download Mode flash counter and the downgrade process isn't as tricky (from what I hear). Either way, I changed the OP, thanks for the heads up
stuck
i have an infuse sghi997 and im trying to get cm9 working, so far i have flashed cm9 threw cwm, cm9 booted fine, back to cwm flash gapps, boot into recovery every time, try wipe data/cache restore backup, no good, flash with odin to 2.3.6 deodexed with red cwm voodoo lagfix and can restore backup fine, ok maybe i was on 2.2 bootloaders, but the 2.3.6 rom would bump me to gb bootloaders, so i try cm9 once agian, boots fine, flash gapps and loop agian, have to odin back, am i missing something?
Recently I hard-bricked my Tab whilst installing a Rom on it (Brick Bug). Now I have a replacement, and it's about time I replaced the HC with something else.
I plan to use the 'Singha ROM ICS P6800DXLP7' ROM and ' Dedraks' GT-P6800' kernel. I'm guessing installation for both is via CWM, but that is how I bricked my tab last time. How can I work around this as to not brick it again? Odin? Which do I install first? Any guidance would really be appreciated!
Thanks
Which cwm you using that cause it to brick?
Share some detail procedure...wipe on stock rom, custom rom, kernel...etc which end with brick?
For now I believe safe atm..
- From stock ICS
- Root with this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849235
- Install cwm using Mobile Odin
- Boot to cwm recovery
- Flash custom rom and custom kernel
- Reboot recovery NOT reboot system.
- Full wipe and fix permission
- Reboot system to home screen
That what I always do
Here's what works for me
first, d/l CWM to SD card.
then power down.
reboot into download mode ,PC Odin is my install of choice for the roms...
then power down again after the new rom installs and re-boots
re-boot into recovery and choose install zip from SD and choose CWM (which is a temporary install)
dont wipe anything, just choose to install zip and then choose your new kernel.
After kernel (a safe one) installs, then re-boot system.
Ive never bricked this tab or my GN7000 Note
good luck
correct me if im wrong, but as long as you do not factory reset in stock ics recovery you are okay. Right?
Some Note GT 7000 guys reported that they bricked their phablets by copping large files (being on ICS). If this doesn't affect our P6800s, then you are not wrong.
I had installed LQ2 without wiping anything. But had many Screen Offs and Shut Downs, so I considered to risk the clean install.
Did it with Mobile Odin Pro, but first
Ensured that I already have CWM 6.0.0.1
Flashed Dedraks Kernel.
In Mobile Odin chosen "open file..." and then the particular md5 file,
BUT EXCLUDED:
1. Kernel
2. Recovery
Then I selected "wipe" and "clean", crossed my fingers and everything went OK.
Not quite everything, because I lost root, although I am pretty sure that I did not unselect "everroot'.
It was not a big issue. Installed again "root.zip" via CWM recovery.
Its about a week since then and I have nothing to complain.
...
Thanks for the responses guys.
Does this sound safe?:
Flash LQ2 via PC Odin
Root from universal recovery
Flash CWM 6.0.11 via PC Odin
Flash Dedraks Kernel via CWM
Then root again if needed.
Thanks
rumpypumpy said:
Thanks for the responses guys.
Does this sound safe?:
Flash LQ2 via PC Odin
Root from universal recovery
Flash CWM 6.0.11 via PC Odin
Flash Dedraks Kernel via CWM
Then root again if needed.
Thanks
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Yeah, with these steps you should be safe.
Happy flashing
I just installed VRBLK3 official 4.1.1 TouchWiz update WITH full wipe onto my SG3, and was going to install ClockWorkMod Recovery onto my phone and used the CWM download for BLK3 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114&highlight=root
I put my phone into ODIN mode and hooked it up to the computer, loaded up the correct .md5 file into the PDA section, and the file is verified. I click "Start" and it is about to finish and fails and says (Auth). I've tried using a different USB port and still no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Had to use a different guide due to the fact that I was running off of a full wipe, and everything is working now.
Hey everyone, so I have from what I researched here is a "soft" bricked phone as my recovery mode (TWRP) and download mode works fine but no boot.
First let me say this is the Canadian version of the Note 5 SM-N920W8. I posted here because there is no forum for that version everything seems to be the same and posted under 920T version.
HISTORY OF THE PHONE:
It was a while ago that I rooted but let me describe to the best of my memory how my note 5 ended up in the state that it is in. So stock was lollipop 5.1.1. I flashed the skyhigh kernel which gave root access but had random reeboot issues which led me to flashing TWRP recovery so I could flash boot.img as an image file which did take away the random reeboot problem and removed that red error on startup "kernel is not SEANDROID enforcing". Life was good at this point! Everything worked great woth no issues. I greenified everything and underclocked the cpu with system tuner and used system app removed to manually all the bloatware as I didnt want to start using custom roms I stuck with the stock firmware. Part of the reason that I didnt want to use custom roms is because I started reading up on xposed framework, so I decided to flash it and give it a try. I read the xposed framework thread followed the download link to my version downloaded it and flashed with TWRP. Immediately after this was a bootloop.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Unfortunately I had no backup in TWRP.. In a panic before researching I started flashing other kernels like arters kernel and I think space x whcih can be used on some note 5s.. which brought back that SEANDROID error message in the bootloop. I flashed the skyhigh kernel but flashing the boot.img didn't get rid of that error message again.
A friend of mine at work recommended that I just wipe everything and flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com with odin since I still have recovery mode then just re root. So I went into TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING. I think there was 4 or 5 boxes in twrp data wipe but I selected all the boxes. Now the phone doesn't even get the Samsung logo on boot or anything but download mode works so I flashed twrp again which loads up. I downloaded my version of the Samsung firmware which was about 1.6gb from sammobile.com. I open odin load the file that I extracted. A tar.md5 file which took longer than normal to load into the AP but I didn't change any settings or anything. Should I have? Because after I hit start it failed. I retried at least 3 times. Does this firmware contain all the AP CP and all the other boxes or do I need to find those separately? Should I just try a custom rom?
Im not sure what to do here I have a completely blank phone but twrp and download mode works so it recoverable right?
I read up on adb sideloader but didn't get too far.. is that worth trying for recovery in this case?
I also read a few threads on here for other samsung versions where they say to flash a PIT file with odin but they all say that it only works specifically for that phone and I couldn't find one for this version of the note 5.
I know the #1 rule here is to research before posting and Ive really made my best attempt to research on here and Google over the last few days but I really need my phone back. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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bloewen4 said:
Hey everyone, so I have from what I researched here is a "soft" bricked phone as my recovery mode (TWRP) and download mode works fine but no boot.
First let me say this is the Canadian version of the Note 5 SM-N920W8. I posted here because there is no forum for that version everything seems to be the same and posted under 920T version.
HISTORY OF THE PHONE:
It was a while ago that I rooted but let me describe to the best of my memory how my note 5 ended up in the state that it is in. So stock was lollipop 5.1.1. I flashed the skyhigh kernel which gave root access but had random reeboot issues which led me to flashing TWRP recovery so I could flash boot.img as an image file which did take away the random reeboot problem and removed that red error on startup "kernel is not SEANDROID enforcing". Life was good at this point! Everything worked great woth no issues. I greenified everything and underclocked the cpu with system tuner and used system app removed to manually all the bloatware as I didnt want to start using custom roms I stuck with the stock firmware. Part of the reason that I didnt want to use custom roms is because I started reading up on xposed framework, so I decided to flash it and give it a try. I read the xposed framework thread followed the download link to my version downloaded it and flashed with TWRP. Immediately after this was a bootloop.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Unfortunately I had no backup in TWRP.. In a panic before researching I started flashing other kernels like arters kernel and I think space x whcih can be used on some note 5s.. which brought back that SEANDROID error message in the bootloop. I flashed the skyhigh kernel but flashing the boot.img didn't get rid of that error message again.
A friend of mine at work recommended that I just wipe everything and flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com with odin since I still have recovery mode then just re root. So I went into TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING. I think there was 4 or 5 boxes in twrp data wipe but I selected all the boxes. Now the phone doesn't even get the Samsung logo on boot or anything but download mode works so I flashed twrp again which loads up. I downloaded my version of the Samsung firmware which was about 1.6gb from sammobile.com. I open odin load the file that I extracted. A tar.md5 file which took longer than normal to load into the AP but I didn't change any settings or anything. Should I have? Because after I hit start it failed. I retried at least 3 times. Does this firmware contain all the AP CP and all the other boxes or do I need to find those separately? Should I just try a custom rom?
Im not sure what to do here I have a completely blank phone but twrp and download mode works so it recoverable right?
I read up on adb sideloader but didn't get too far.. is that worth trying for recovery in this case?
I also read a few threads on here for other samsung versions where they say to flash a PIT file with odin but they all say that it only works specifically for that phone and I couldn't find one for this version of the note 5.
I know the #1 rule here is to research before posting and Ive really made my best attempt to research on here and Google over the last few days but I really need my phone back. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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If you have either a custom or stock rom installed or the official Samsung firmware installed
then it should be an easy fix, you must have flashed a incompatible kernel or perhaps you
deleted the kerned. (the phone will not boot without a kernel)
You need to find a compatible kernel and flash it using twrp recovery.
Here is a link you may want to try, it's for kernels for the Note 5 only:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-note5/orig-development
It might even be better if you were to Odin flash a fresh copy of your Note 5 specific
firmware using download mode, that's the surest way to get your phone working again.
Give it a try...
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Good luck!
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
A friend of mine at work recommended that I just wipe everything and flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com with odin since I still have recovery mode then just re root. So I went into TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING. I think there was 4 or 5 boxes in twrp data wipe but I selected all the boxes. Now the phone doesn't even get the Samsung logo on boot or anything but download mode works so I flashed twrp again which loads up. I downloaded my version of the Samsung firmware which was about 1.6gb from sammobile.com. I open odin load the file that I extracted. A tar.md5 file which took longer than normal to load into the AP but I didn't change any settings or anything. Should I have? Because after I hit start it failed. I retried at least 3 times. Does this firmware contain all the AP CP and all the other boxes or do I need to find those separately? Should I just try a custom rom?
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Unfortunately I had no backup in TWRP.. In a panic before researching I started flashing other kernels like arters kernel and I think space x whcih can be used on some note 5s.. which brought back that SEANDROID error message in the bootloop. I flashed the skyhigh kernel but flashing the boot.img didn't get rid of that error message again
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bloewen4 said:
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
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Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
or flashing firmware is the same process in odin. Use the AP slot.
And now I know what messed up your phone... it was as I posted before either
flashing the wrong kernel or the kernel got deleted who knows how.
That's all I can tell you except if you want the link to the official Samsung
N920T firmware here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/rom-android-6-0-marshmallow-note-5-t3250812
The link also guides you thru the odin flashing process and other important things.
Good luck!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bloewen4
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
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I was researching some methods of flashing firmware to a completely wiped phone and read somewhere that there is a method to download all the files individually and put them into all the other sections in odin but I guess these tar.md5 files are a package of everything and one file is enough for a completely wiped phone? If all I need to k ow is to download that firmware unzip and flash in AP then awesome So longlong as they both have the same effect.
Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
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Just to clarify the order of this; first download that firmware via that link. 2nd wipe everything in twrp except for recovery so I can go back into twrp and factory reset in twrp? This alone will boot my phone before flashing the firmware? Or do I need to factory reset in twrp then flash that firmware in odin to get a boot? And is this custom firmware do I need to root again after I get boot?
Thanks for the link to that firmware going to be trying this right after work
bloewen4 said:
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bloewen4
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
I was researching some methods of flashing firmware to a completely wiped phone and read somewhere that there is a method to download all the files individually and put them into all the other sections in odin but I guess these tar.md5 files are a package of everything and one file is enough for a completely wiped phone? If all I need to k ow is to download that firmware unzip and flash in AP then awesome So longlong as they both have the same effect.
Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
Just to clarify the order of this; first download that firmware via that link. 2nd wipe everything in twrp except for recovery so I can go back into twrp and factory reset in twrp? This alone will boot my phone before flashing the firmware? Or do I need to factory reset in twrp then flash that firmware in odin to get a boot? And is this custom firmware do I need to root again after I get boot?
Thanks for the link to that firmware going to be trying this right after work
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Wait. You have a W8 variant. Odin won't flash a T variant on your W8 device, I don't believe. You need to download your carrier specific, hopefully 6.0.1 version, of the firmware for your specific carrier version, and flash that in the latest 3.10.7 version of odin.
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bloewen4 said:
re: not sure what you mean
Quote:
Originally Posted by bloewen4
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
I was researching some methods of flashing firmware to a completely wiped phone and read somewhere that there is a method to download all the files individually and put them into all the other sections in odin but I guess these tar.md5 files are a package of everything and one file is enough for a completely wiped phone? If all I need to k ow is to download that firmware unzip and flash in AP then awesome So longlong as they both have the same effect.
Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
Just to clarify the order of this; first download that firmware via that link. 2nd wipe everything in twrp except for recovery so I can go back into twrp and factory reset in twrp? This alone will boot my phone before flashing the firmware? Or do I need to factory reset in twrp then flash that firmware in odin to get a boot? And is this custom firmware do I need to root again after I get boot?
Thanks for the link to that firmware going to be trying this right after work
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What carrier are you on? Go to sammobile and find out exactly what firmware is the latest for your variant on your carrier, for us T variants it's dpd1, but yours will be different, and sammobile is slow so if you can find a mirror somewhere for the stock firmware do that, download it...should be a tar.md5....if you get an error loading it you can often remove the .md5 from the extension...now first reboot recovery and you only need to wipe art/dalvik cache, system, data, cache, and if you want to internal storage but I normally don't...if you wipe efs and everything else you'll be sorry because only thing that will restore it is a full factory odin firmware flash...which is exactly what we're doing...so wipe those partitions then reboot download mode....launch odin and load your downloaded image into the AP slot. Make sure it's at least 3.10.7 version of Odin...when you connect the usb after rebooting to download mode you should see a green/blue box with COM:x (where x is a com port number on your pc) and it should say added...now flash it and wait until it finishes, it'll reboot maybe even a couple times, but it'll eventually make it to the setup screen- from here you can continue stock or flash twrp in odin then recovery flash a rooted kernel for stock rooted or continue with a custom rom, there's a fix in the note 5 gen section for making t/w8 devices work with call audio on intl roms and there's some stock Deodexed stuff at this point and certainly tekhd's mm rom...so from there the choices are yours...but your device is fine you just NEED to flash the correct stock firmware for your variant and use the latest version of odin with a factory usb cable and latest usb drivers from Samsung on your pc when you do it...you'll find links to all this stuff in most of the guides that are abundantly available...
Wait. You have a W8 variant. Odin won't flash a T variant on your W8 device, I don't believe. You need to download your carrier specific, hopefully 6.0.1 version, of the firmware for your specific carrier version, and flash that in the latest 3.10.7 version of odin.
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I realize I have a W8 and hes providing the firmware for a T. I rooted with a kernel that was for a T version and everything worked fine. I researched rooting note 5 SM-N920W8 and they said do everything the same for the T version because theyre basically identical and isnt much info on the w8 version. So far Ive had no issues flashing everything designed for the T version on my W8. Actually Ive only tried flashing stock w8 firmware from.sammobile.com and got a fail in odin so now Ill try the version MisterJunkie provided me with for the T version unless considering all this you think I should still try a different firmware all together for the W8?
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Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
or flashing firmware is the same process in odin. Use the AP slot.
And now I know what messed up your phone... it was as I posted before either
flashing the wrong kernel or the kernel got deleted who knows how.
That's all I can tell you except if you want the link to the official Samsung
N920T firmware here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/rom-android-6-0-marshmallow-note-5-t3250812
The link also guides you thru the odin flashing process and other important things.
Good luck!
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Bud, that's not the official tmo pd1 firmware, and I'm not sure if the leaked (alright it would likely run) would be the best here...plus he scares me when he says he cleared EVERYTHING cuz I'm thinking back to exactly how much twrp will wipe, but it's a lot so I fear he's going to need some partitions restored that are only going to come from a full pit file mapping...I don't believe official pd1 would flash in odin, nor would I recommend doing so- I would locate the most recently official firmware to ensure all partitions are restored, then if he doesn't have official mm support he can look into the leak, but if he had official for his variant and carrier that's his best bet to ensure 100% fix and give him a solid foundation to start from if he wants to root, rom, mod, etc
Not to discount your advice, I'd just hate to see him in a worse place than he is...which he's not even bricked YET...but he's starts screwing with wiping efs or messaging with csc stuff from different variants and he could back himself into a corner...
What carrier are you on? Go to sammobile and find out exactly what firmware is the latest for your variant on your carrier, for us T variants it's dpd1, but yours will be different, and sammobile is slow so if you can find a mirror somewhere for the stock firmware do that, download it...should be a tar.md5....if you get an error loading it you can often remove the .md5 from the extension...now first reboot recovery and you only need to wipe art/dalvik cache, system, data, cache, and if you want to internal storage but I normally don't...if you wipe efs and everything else you'll be sorry because only thing that will restore it is a full factory odin firmware flash...which is exactly what we're doing...so wipe those partitions then reboot download mode....launch odin and load your downloaded image into the AP slot. Make sure it's at least 3.10.7 version of Odin...when you connect the usb after rebooting to download mode you should see a green/blue box with COM:x (where x is a com port number on your pc) and it should say added...now flash it and wait until it finishes, it'll reboot maybe even a couple times, but it'll eventually make it to the setup screen- from here you can continue stock or flash twrp in odin then recovery flash a rooted kernel for stock rooted or continue with a custom rom, there's a fix in the note 5 gen section for making t/w8 devices work with call audio on intl roms and there's some stock Deodexed stuff at this point and certainly tekhd's mm rom...so from there the choices are yours...but your device is fine you just NEED to flash the correct stock firmware for your variant and use the latest version of odin with a factory usb cable and latest usb drivers from Samsung on your pc when you do it...you'll find links to all this stuff in most of the guides that are abundantly available...
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My carrier is Rogers. I did goto sammobile.com already and downloaded and flashed what I thought was the current stock firmware for my 920w8, but I flashed without wiping all data as previously stated. Maybe doing this will allow my firmware to flash? Will try when Im home from work. Will also post the link from sammobile.com for the exact firmware I download just to verify ots the right one.
Yeah I literally wiped everything I checked all the boxes and I remember having to manually type y e s to proceed so yeah pretty serious wipe lol.
I have the latest version of odin 3.10.7 and tried installing drivers on my pc said theyre already installed.
When I connect my phone to usb in download mode it says com:4
I thought also that just flashing the stock firmware would be the solution since I get download mode and twrp I just have a blank phone but as I said I did get the stock firmware from sammobile.com and try but it failed. Maybe I grabbed the wrong one but it looked pretty straightforward. Maybe with MM coming out Wednesday for rogers note 5 Im downloading the wrong version.
Im worried like you wrote earlier that I deleted too much with twrp if I needing mapping partitions and PIT files I will need some serious help that stuff is beyond me.
Go to sammobile and find out exactly what firmware is the latest for your variant on your carrier, for us T variants it's dpd1, but yours will be different, and sammobile is slow so if you can find a mirror somewhere for the stock firmware do that, download it...should be a tar.md5....if you get an error loading it you can often remove the .md5 from the extension...now first reboot recovery and you only need to wipe art/dalvik cache, system, data, cache, and if you want to internal storage but I normally don't...if you wipe efs and everything else you'll be sorry because only thing that will restore it is a full factory odin firmware flash...which is exactly what we're doing...so wipe those partitions then reboot download mode....launch odin and load your downloaded image into the AP slot. Make sure it's at least 3.10.7 version of Odin...when you connect the usb after rebooting to download mode you should see a green/blue box with COM:x (where x is a com port number on your pc) and it should say added...now flash it and wait until it finishes, it'll reboot maybe even a couple times, but it'll eventually make it to the setup screen- from here you can continue stock or flash twrp in odin then recovery flash a rooted kernel for stock rooted or continue with a custom rom
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Goodmorning, as I mentioned I would try this right after work. Heres what I did.. I verified that I had the 3.10.7 version of odin which I do, checked drivers on pc which I have. I re downloaded the firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920W8/ Its was the Canadian Rogers version 5.1.1 near the bottom as mm isnt out for rogers yet.. Oh and I checked my cable ot connected another device to my PC.. so after all this I went into twrp wiped everything you mentioned. After that I was looking for the factory reset option in twrp but couldn't find anywhere only restore which I have no rom backups made. Do I need this step?
Went into download mode pressed vol up.. opened odin 3.10.7. I did notice a change after wiping. Its now says com:6 instead of com:4 if that means anything.. I loaded the firmware into AP it took a while to load but it did without errors. Flashed and failed If you need I can copy the error message from odin in here tonight.
Do you think I need to remap partitions as you said earlier? Getting PIT files? Im lost here... appreciate any help
Still with a blank phone, any ideas?
Or if anyone could direct me to another thread that might be useful for re mapping partitions?
Have you tried flashing twrp again in Odin?
I hit too many buttons before when wiping. It even erased my recovery.
Once I had recovery again I could Odin flash the official firmware.
Could try Philz recovery as well.
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Yeah I did try that heres the link where I got the firmware and yeah twrp is on there.
Goodmorning, as I mentioned I would try this right after work. Heres what I did.. I verified that I had the 3.10.7 version of odin which I do, checked drivers on pc which I have. I re downloaded the firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920W8/ Its was the Canadian Rogers version 5.1.1 near the bottom as mm isnt out for rogers yet.. Oh and I checked my cable ot connected another device to my PC.. so after all this I went into twrp wiped everything you mentioned. After that I was looking for the factory reset option in twrp but couldn't find anywhere only restore which I have no rom backups made. Do I need this step?
Went into download mode pressed vol up.. opened odin 3.10.7. I did notice a change after wiping. Its now says com:6 instead of com:4 if that means anything.. I loaded the firmware into AP it took a while to load but it did without errors. Flashed and failed If you need I can copy the error message from odin in here tonight.
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Yeah I did try that heres the link where I got the firmware and yeah twrp is on there.
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Since you have twrp on the phone.. Tap to create a backup even if there's no system on it so that you can at least make it create the folder.. Try using adb to push a ROM and kernel to the phone so you can use twrp to flash it. If you can get into the phones storage using Windows then just drop a ROM and kernel for your device in the folder and then use twrp to flash.
By the way.. Use the SkyHigh kernel.
Follow the directions to a T!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/orig-development/kernel-skyhigh-tw-6-0-1-kernel-t3321646
If you can get into the phones storage using Windows then just drop a ROM and kernel for your device in the folder and then use twrp to flash.
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I did try immediately to connect with Windows to my phone so I could try flashing stock firmware with twrp but its currently not allowing me access to view storage on Windows though it does connect with odin saying com:6.
Since you have twrp on the phone.. Tap to create a backup even if there's no system on it so that you can at least make it create the folder..
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I will do this as soon as I am home from work. Will this perhaps allow access with Windows and/or adb sideloader?
Try using adb to push a ROM and kernel to the phone so you can use twrp to flash it.
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I will be researching how to do this. Have you any threads to learn adb? So basically this will allow me to put ROMS or other files into the internal memory?
By the way.. Use the SkyHigh kernel.
Follow the directions to a T!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note...ernel-t3321646
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Is this the right kernel for SM-N920W8?
* SAME kernel for ALL supported variant !!
** If other party cannot hear voice when on speaker phone ** Then read Post #636
SM-N920 C / CD / G / i [ v3.2 ]
SM-N9200_HK [ v3.2 ]
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Also Marshmellow isnt out officially for SM-N920W8 so Ill need a kernel for lollipop 5.1.1 unless you suggest to wait for marshmellow then try a mm kernel?
Thanks for helping!
How about this adb sideloader does anyone think that will work to load the firmware? If so any good threads to guode me?
What did you end up doing? I have a similar problem except no recovery mode, just download mode for Odin.
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Goodmorning, as I mentioned I would try this right after work. Heres what I did.. I verified that I had the 3.10.7 version of odin which I do, checked drivers on pc which I have. I re downloaded the firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920W8/ Its was the Canadian Rogers version 5.1.1 near the bottom as mm isnt out for rogers yet.. Oh and I checked my cable ot connected another device to my PC.. so after all this I went into twrp wiped everything you mentioned. After that I was looking for the factory reset option in twrp but couldn't find anywhere only restore which I have no rom backups made. Do I need this step?
Went into download mode pressed vol up.. opened odin 3.10.7. I did notice a change after wiping. Its now says com:6 instead of com:4 if that means anything.. I loaded the firmware into AP it took a while to load but it did without errors. Flashed and failed If you need I can copy the error message from odin in here tonight.
Do you think I need to remap partitions as you said earlier? Getting PIT files? Im lost here... appreciate any help
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Where did you get your firmware from?
Why oh why did I bother reading through this entire thread, with intentions to help OP. Lol I didnt realize the date till the last post.