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I think I bricked my S3

Okay very nervous that my phone hasn't booted, but trying to keep my cool. Well here's what happened:
1. On AOKP JB trying to boot to stock to backup my IMEI.
2. Odin restored fine, but would get stuck booting at the 4G LTE screen.
3. Flashed the stock bootloader found in the R&D thread.
4. Went back into download mode, tried to flash invisiblek's stock rooted.
5. Failed.
6. Tried to flash stock again. Failed.
7. Tried to boot up and got this​
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If you can't read it, it says " Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and & try again"
Any help?

Try setting it back to download mode and reflash recovery. If you can get to download mode its not really bricked. Just a soft brick.
Look for Qball77 link for how to root and how to unroot. All download files and instruction in his videos are super easy to follow.
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jthrift said:
Try setting it back to download mode and reflash recovery. If you can get to download mode its not really bricked. Just a soft brick.
Look for Qball77 link for how to root and how to unroot. All download files and instruction in his videos are super easy to follow.
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Flash a recovery? Should I go back to stock and use EZ recovery?

austin1227 said:
Okay very nervous that my phone hasn't booted, but trying to keep my cool. Well here's what happened:
1. On AOKP JB trying to boot to stock to backup my IMEI.
2. Odin restored fine, but would get stuck booting at the 4G LTE screen.
3. Flashed the stock bootloader found in the R&D thread.
4. Went back into download mode, tried to flash invisiblek's stock rooted.
5. Failed.
6. Tried to flash stock again. Failed.
7. Tried to boot up and got this​
If you can't read it, it says " Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and & try again"
Any help?
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Maybe a stupid question but have you tried selecting recovery mode in Kies and trying again?

Relentless D said:
Maybe a stupid question but have you tried selecting recovery mode in Kies and trying again?
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I honestly have no clue what Kies is.

austin1227 said:
I honestly have no clue what Kies is.
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I don't mean to sounds like a jerk but this may help:
http://bit.ly/w1qkPe

Relentless D said:
I don't mean to sounds like a jerk but this may help:
http://bit.ly/w1qkPe
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No offense taken, I googled " S3 kies vzw"

Was kind of jerky. But find a stock tar file and flash it using Odin.
Can you get back to Download mode? ~Volume Down home and power button all same time. Volume up to accept.~
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jthrift said:
Was kind of jerky. But find a stock tar file and flash it using Odin.
Can you get back to Download mode? ~Volume Down home and power button all same time. Volume up to accept.~
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Wait should I flash the stock zip (I can get into download mode) or use kies first?

austin1227 said:
No offense taken, I googled " S3 kies vzw"
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Did you factory reset in recovery after flashing the stock image? Use section 2 in this guide for returning back to stock. If all else fails, you can try this one.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
This is Verizon right?
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PJnc284 said:
Did you factory reset in recovery after flashing the stock image? Use section 2 in this guide for returning back to stock. If all else fails, you can try this one.
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No, but what should I do first, Kies or Odin?

jthrift said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
This is Verizon right?
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Yes.

Just booted again and no Kies screen, but stuck on the Samusng Galaxy S3 screen.
Also got into recovery and wiped, but still no luck.

Soft Brick
austin1227 said:
Yes.
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Sounds like a Soft Brick if you can get into download mode. Been there several times but is fixable. Use Odin, never have used Kies. Stay calm read first.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
Follow this to the T.......................

Tried to flash the first bootchain in this guide, stuck on PIT mapping.

austin1227 said:
Tried to flash the first bootchain in this guide, stuck on PIT mapping.
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What Windows OS are you using? Google has quite a few related result such as this. If it's early in the odin process like that thread, you can just unplug and pull the battery. Maybe try rebooting the computer and a different USB port?

PJnc284 said:
What Windows OS are you using? Google has quite a few related result such as this. If it's early in the odin process like that thread, you can just unplug and pull the battery. Maybe try rebooting the computer and a different USB port?
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Doesn't matter anymore, I skipped that part mainly because it was optional. Still got a bootloop, maybe the bootchain was the cause?
Edit: still needed to do the recovery. booting now.

Thanks to all who helped. Got my phone booting! Honestly thank you a ton. I posted this first on Rootzwiki's panic room and didn't even get a reply. :laugh:

Verizon galaxy s3 red triangle

Hello,
Well I did rooted but also in while then I unroot it because had a problem with it. When I turn it off and hold on the buttons then show up red triangle I guess I miss some thing wrong. How do I fix it? Give me info please.
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Thanks

You are on the stock recovery there is nothing wrong with your phone.

Sorry if I make you confused with what I say but I'm deaf and wondering can I do reroot this galaxy? Thanks.

Yes you can I am assuming that you are on jellybean.

Yes I do have jelly bean 4.1.2

Philly145 said:
Yes I do have jelly bean 4.1.2
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the next thing you want to do is download the EZ recovery app from the market and load a custom recovery. CWR or TWRP is our current options.

Do you mind get me link in my inbox for guide?

Philly145 said:
Do you mind get me link in my inbox for guide?
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Here is a the guide for rooting the Verizon Galaxy S3 on Jelly Bean http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439.
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Hey, When I hold the buttons up volume + home then search in download but it say there no files found I did install CWM in this phone.. So what I do??

There's also a guide on how to reset your phone to factory stock around here on this site, if you need it.

Hey, I did install 2nd clockworkmod on odin and hold the buttons up volume + home then search in download but it say there no files found.. What I do??
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To clarify were you able to install clockworkmod? And to get into download mode hold power button + volume down + home button simultaneously. Make sure your phone is connected to your computer and in download mode then start Odin.
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To clarify were you able to install clockworkmod? And to get into download mode hold power button + volume down + home button simultaneously. Make sure your phone is connected to your computer and in download mode then start Odin.
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Yes, I'm able to install it in my phone on obin and did try three times but there still no found files. Should I wipe it then factory reset?

Philly145 said:
Yes, I'm able to install it in my phone on obin and did try three times but there still no found files. Should I wipe it then factory reset?
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I did follow that guide as well but there no SuperSu. So do you think I already have it or what?

Philly145 said:
Yes, I'm able to install it in my phone on obin and did try three times but there still no found files. Should I wipe it then factory reset?
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I did follow that guide as well but there no SuperSu. So do you think I already have it or what?
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Did you download SuperSU and place it onto your SD card? It won't find SuperSU in Clockworkmod Recovery if the files doesn't exist on your sd card if you need to you can download SuperSU here.

shimp208 said:
Did you download SuperSU and place it onto your SD card? It won't find SuperSU in Clockworkmod Recovery if the files doesn't exist on your sd card if you need to you can download SuperSU here.
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Well I did install it in market and open it but it say "there is no Su binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"

Philly145 said:
Well I did install it in market and open it but it say "there is no Su binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
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That's why it didn't work you need to flash the SuperSU zip file found in my previous post in Clockworkmod Recovery in order for you to gain root access properly.
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shimp208 said:
That's why it didn't work you need to flash the SuperSU zip file found in my previous post in Clockworkmod Recovery in order for you to gain root access properly.
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Ok you mean that I have to install Rom manger in market then flash it?

Philly145 said:
Ok you mean that I have to install Rom manger in market then flash it?
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No need to install ROM Manager just boot into Clockworkmod Recovery (Since you said you had installed Clockworkmod successfully on your phone using Odin) a and then flash the zip once it's on your Sd card.
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What's name of zip?
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Philly145 said:
What's name of zip?
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After you download this file http://download.chainfire.eu/315/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.25.zip?retrieve_file=1 it will be called UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.25.zip which you then place on the sd card of your phone and flash in Clockworkmod Recovery the file named UPDATE SuperSU-v1.25.zip.
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The Impossible to root S3.

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using the guide and downloads from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
the first thing i do is flash the proper bootchain from the thread, this flashes fine. no issues, no hiccups.
next thing i do is flash the recovery from the same thread, which is where i run into problems.
on the desktop i get this.
on the phone i get this.
when i reboot the phone and go back into download mode everything is back to normal like nothing bad ever happened.
comepletely confused and fed up with this thing, i've rooted literally dozens of phones and even the historically difficult G2 and Sensation were not this much of a PITA.
any advice on what's causing my issues would be a huge help.

Did you extract the recovery???
http://androidfirmwares.net/Guide/Details/9
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I had a problem with the TWRP recovery on the site like this and switched to the CWM recovery and it flashed. remember to check MD5s.
ps.. remember to close odin after you flash the first bootchain. and reopen it to flash the recovery.

By the way the filename looks, it looks like he did not extract the file.
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Casper34 said:
By the way the filename looks, it looks like he did not extract the file.
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He did. It's supposed to be a tar.md5.
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tylerlawhon said:
He did. It's supposed to be a tar.md5.
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http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3254/odin2ng.jpg
Look at the way the file name is. It still shows .tar.md5.
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I just flashed the no wipe version of blk3 or later firmware and go from there. I do this since the no wipe firmware already comes with a modified boot chain.

OP try this
http://d-h.st/GXW
I've personally used this successfully. Just download and use in ODIN.
Once rooted, you can easily change/update recovery using the EzRecovey.apk

andybones said:
OP try this
http://d-h.st/GXW
I've personally used this successfully. Just download and use in ODIN.
Once rooted, you can easily change/update recovery using the EzRecovey.apk
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flashed the bootchain from the other thread, rebooted back into Download mode, attempted to flash your file, same result.
can i flash back to VRBLK3 and and proceed from there?
kidhudi said:
I had a problem with the TWRP recovery on the site like this and switched to the CWM recovery and it flashed. remember to check MD5s.
ps.. remember to close odin after you flash the first bootchain. and reopen it to flash the recovery.
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Checked MD5's and both of the recovery options with no change.

crazy talk said:
flashed the bootchain from the other thread, rebooted back into Download mode, attempted to flash your file, same result.
can i flash back to VRBLK3 and and proceed from there?
Checked MD5's and both of the recovery options with no change.
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That doesn't make any sense
I would yes, flash back to LK3, and proceed from their..
Best of luck, friend.

try it like this.
make sure you checked usb debugging enabled
open odin.
boot phone into download(odin) mode
plug in phone
flash bootchain as a pda
once rebooted unplug phone.
Close odin.
restart odin
uncheck auto reboot
boot phone into odin mode.
connect phone.
flash recovery.
pull battery and go from there.

flashed the no wipe BLK3 then started with the steps from the guide in the first post and got stuck in the exact same place.
is there any other option?

When you flashed the vralec bootchain you kept "auto reboot" checked correct? Then waited after the phone rebooted and odin said success before disconnecting? Did you run odin as administrator on your pc? Are you using the oem usb cable? I've recently flashed com 6.0.2.3 and twrp 2.4.4.0, so I know they've both at least worked. I once made the mistake of disconnecting my phone from odin when the status light was blue and the scroll log said finished, but now I always wait for the green success status light, idk if that might have happened to you.
Surge1223

I'm having the exact same issue. Is this a common problem?

Surge1223 said:
When you flashed the vralec bootchain you kept "auto reboot" checked correct? Then waited after the phone rebooted and odin said success before disconnecting? Did you run odin as administrator on your pc? Are you using the oem usb cable? I've recently flashed com 6.0.2.3 and twrp 2.4.4.0, so I know they've both at least worked. I once made the mistake of disconnecting my phone from odin when the status light was blue and the scroll log said finished, but now I always wait for the green success status light, idk if that might have happened to you.
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yes i'm giving everything plenty of time before disconnecting. running in admin mode, using a known good USB cable, port and PC that i've used Odin through on my Note II without fail.

crazy talk said:
yes i'm giving everything plenty of time before disconnecting. running in admin mode, using a known good USB cable, port and PC that i've used Odin through on my Note II without fail.
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Could you try using another computer?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Could you try using another computer?
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no change.
EDIT: as an aside, i can flash the complete BLK3 rom successfully without issue. so i don't believe it's a communication issue.

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no change.
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Aight, and how about trying Odin 1.85? I remembered someone from awhile back saying they used this and it helped them in their case. Here's one such thread mentioning Odin 1.85. There are a few more.
Edit: Wait, I reread your OP. All you're trying to do is flash CWM correct? And it does the same thing when you Odin flash TWRP? How about if you download and flash either recovery via Odin from Invisiblek on Rootz?
Alternatively, could you Odin flash the rooted VRBLK3 or VRBMB1 by mrRobinson? If so, how about downloading GooManager then installing TWRP by pressing Menu/Install OpenRecoveryScript. Since these are pre-rooted, you could install TWRP this way.

This is so strange. You probably already tried but you may have a bad download.
I agree with snoop, as long as you have a rooted Rom you can use goo manager to install TWRP through that app. Alternatively, you can try flashing a recovery through ez recovery. Andybones keeps a thread maintained in the themes and apps section for all recent recovery images. All you have to do is load it in the directory and hit flash.
If that still doesn't work, I'm speculating that you might have a problem with your recovery partition. I'd guess that a PIT file may fix it, however I wouldn't necessarily try that without further input from someone with more experience. A PIT file would repartition your phone and possibly fix the error you're getting in ODIN. This could happen if ODIN is attempting to place the file in your recovery partition, but is unable to properly locate the space for it. This may explain why everything you're trying is failing.
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Wait just reboot the phone in recovery by holding power button+ menu + vol up and see what comes up, it might ask you to disable system recovery
Surge1223

Need help after losing root on CM10.2

Could someone please advise on how to keep me from doing any further real damage to my phone?
Here's my story...
Tried to flash Mastamoon's 8/9 build of CM10.2 on my VZW Galaxy S3 from CleanRom7. Used Cwm recovery. It flashed fine but I realized as I was setting up the phone that I lost root. In a panic, I booted into recovery and tried to restore 2 of my CleanRom nandroids but I got an md5 mismatch on both. So then I was able to restore my original 4.0.4 nandroid I made directly after rooting my phone last year. But still no root.
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My phone is functioning right now but I would greatly appreciate any help trying to reroot and get back to where I was. Can I try to flash 4.3 again and then follow the steps in mastamoon's op to achieve root again? Thanks in advance
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sijak said:
Could someone please advise on how to keep me from doing any further real damage to my phone?
Here's my story...
Tried to flash Mastamoon's 8/9 build of CM10.2 on my VZW Galaxy S3 from CleanRom7. Used Cwm recovery. It flashed fine but I realized as I was setting up the phone that I lost root. In a panic, I booted into recovery and tried to restore 2 of my CleanRom nandroids but I got an md5 mismatch on both. So then I was able to restore my original 4.0.4 nandroid I made directly after rooting my phone last year. But still no root.
Pls note the baseband version as I flashed invisiblek's firmware zip about a week ago while on CleanRom. I realize now that there was a procedure in Mastamoon's thread about what to do if root was lost but I didn't read it before trying to restore my nandroids.
My phone is functioning right now but I would greatly appreciate any help trying to reroot and get back to where I was. Can I try to flash 4.3 again and then follow the steps in mastamoon's op to achieve root again? Thanks in advance
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Are you absolutely sure root is gone? Try to download SuperSU and try to update the binaries.
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Hey thanks for the quick response. I followed your advice. Dl'd Supersu from play store. Tried to update binaries and it said failed.
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sijak said:
Hey thanks for the quick response. I followed your advice. Dl'd Supersu from play store. Tried to update binaries and it said failed.
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Look in the CM10.2 thread for a superuser.zip file that you can flash in recovery. Once you boot up CM10.2 you need to go into the Developer Options and change Root Access to apps and ADB.

So is it safe to boot into recovery from where I am now and flash 10.2 again. Then download and flash the superuser zip file? Just not sure what order to do things. Also I know i have to go into developer settings and change root access to apps and adb there. I'm a bit of a noob and just wanna do things in the right order. Thanks for taking the time to help out.
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sijak said:
So is it safe to boot into recovery from where I am now and flash 10.2 again. Then download and flash the superuser zip file? Just not sure what order to do things. Also I know i have to go into developer settings and change root access to apps and adb there. I'm a bit of a noob and just wanna do things in the right order. Thanks for taking the time to help out.
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I'd boot into recovery and flash SU first then flash your ROM.

Tks I'll give it a try.
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Would it be ok to flash supersu first then the rom and gapps in the same session?
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sijak said:
Would it be ok to flash supersu first then the rom and gapps in the same session?
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It should be fine.

I'm not able to boot into cwm via Rom manager. Nothing happens when I click ok. Is there another way to get in to cwm to flash those files? Btw, thanks for your patience.
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sijak said:
I'm not able to boot into cwm via Rom manager. Nothing happens when I click ok. Is there another way to get in to cwm to flash those files? Btw, thanks for your patience.
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With the phone off hold down home, volume up and power until you see the Samsung logo flash, it should then boot into recovery. You could change your recovery to TWRP through the Goo Manager app if you wanted. Do you have Recovery showing in your Power menu when you go to turn the phone off?

airmaxx23 said:
With the phone off hold down home, volume up and power until you see the Samsung logo flash, it should then boot into recovery. You could change your recovery to TWRP through the Goo Manager app if you wanted. Do you have Recovery showing in your Power menu when you go to turn the phone off?
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There's no option in the power menu to boot into recovery. I was hesitant to manually boot into recovery figuring I'd end up in the stock recovery not cwm.

sijak said:
There's no option in the power menu to boot into recovery. I was hesitant to manually boot into recovery figuring I'd end up in the stock recovery not cwm.
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You'll be fine, you really can't mess it up, you no longer have a stock recovery since you have CWM installed.

sijak said:
There's no option in the power menu to boot into recovery. I was hesitant to manually boot into recovery figuring I'd end up in the stock recovery not cwm.
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do some more reading. you don't seem to fully understand what you are doing. if you have CWM , your stock recovery is no longer existent.

airmaxx23 said:
You'll be fine, you really can't mess it up, you no longer have a stock recovery since you have CWM installed.
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I ended up in Android System Recovery so I just rebooted. Would this have anything to do with a locked bootloader? I had previously used Ez-unlock v1.2 when I first rooted but its not on my phone anymore.

sijak said:
I ended up in Android System Recovery so I just rebooted. Would this have anything to do with a locked bootloader? I had previously used Ez-unlock v1.2 when I first rooted but its not on my phone anymore.
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So you're on a stock Rom right? Just accept an ota update then reroot again.
If not, then odin back to stock and reroot.
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BadUsername said:
So you're on a stock Rom right? Just accept an ota update then reroot again.
If not, then odin back to stock and reroot.
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Yes, stock rom. I am on the first nandroid I made right after rooting before I started flashing custom roms. I should read up about odin-ing back to stock. But I think I'll take the ota and reroot. Would the firmware I flashed a couple of weeks ago cause any problem with an ota update? Guys, thanks for your time and advice.

Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
do some more reading. you don't seem to fully understand what you are doing. if you have CWM , your stock recovery is no longer existent.
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Before I lost root, I was using cwm as my custom recovery. When I was finally able to restore this stock rom nandroid, I downloaded rom manager again and it shows cwm 6.0.3.1 as my current recovery. But I can't boot into it as I described earlier. I also tried to flash cwm again thru rom mgr but it gave me an error notice.

sijak said:
Yes, stock rom. I am on the first nandroid I made right after rooting before I started flashing custom roms. I should read up about odin-ing back to stock. But I think I'll take the ota and reroot. Would the firmware I flashed a couple of weeks ago cause any problem with an ota update? Guys, thanks for your time and advice.
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No it wouldn't, if you take the ota it'll rewrite your rom, firmware, kernel, and recovery and put everything on the same base. Then once you reroot everything will be on the vrbmf1 base and you should be good to go.
The reason nothing is able to flash recoveries is because you lost root permission. The only way for you to get it back is to reroot since you're unable to use SuperSU.
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BadUsername said:
No it wouldn't, if you take the ota it'll rewrite your rom, firmware, kernel, and recovery and put everything on the same base. Then once you reroot everything will be on the vrbmf1 base and you should be good to go.
The reason nothing is able to flash recoveries is because you lost root permission. The only way for you to get it back is to reroot since you're unable to use SuperSU.
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Well, the ota failed to update. Tried a few times. So i'm gonna start reading about odin-ing back to stock. Hope i can count on advice from you guys as I move ahead. Thanks again.

Please help me ASAP

Hi i tried rooting my phone and it failed and now it just stays on the logo saying recovery is not seandroid enforcing. I've tried using odin to bring it back to stock form but it just fails. I only got the phone on saturday and if my mum finds out she'll kill me. Please help me ASAP.

I have same problem b4 bro but when i flashed stock rom downloaded from sammobile then flash it via odin then it works again.

itsme...KG said:
I have same problem b4 bro but when i flashed stock rom downloaded from sammobile then flash it via odin then it works again.
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Do you know a way to fix this, and thanks for replying

So you want to reflash your phone to make it stock again?
If that's the case you can download the newest stock files from sammobile (WARNING SLOW ASS DOWNLOAD)
Once you've downloaded the latest firmware you can flash it to your phone with odin, it will make your phone stock again
Once you have done that, go into the recovery and factory reset. (By holding the powerbutton+home+volume up whist the phone is turned off)
This will however wipe your data. I advice you to make a backup beforehand.
Then just setup the phone like a new phone, or restore it from a backup on samsung's cloud (if you have a backup there).
Hope this helped.

BillyLeader said:
Hi i tried rooting my phone and it failed and now it just stays on the logo saying recovery is not seandroid enforcing. I've tried using odin to bring it back to stock form but it just fails. I only got the phone on saturday and if my mum finds out she'll kill me. Please help me ASAP.
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Most probably you flashed wrong ROM. So please let us your model number ? (g920i or g920f or g920t,...) and your country. .. so you can take right stock rom to revert back..
Galaxy s6 very very hard to hard brick. . So don't worry you can get the phone [emoji1]
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sendhiloo7 said:
Most probably you flashed wrong ROM. So please let us your model number ? (g920i or g920f or g920t,...) and your country. .. so you can take right stock rom to revert back..
Galaxy s6 very very hard to hard brick. . So don't worry you can get the phone [emoji1]
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Doesn't the "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" appear at the top left of the boot screen regardless of the rom? I thought it was because of the non-stock recovery.

Yes.now he want to back to stock rom
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sendhiloo7 said:
Yes.now he want to back to stock rom
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Okey, so we are on the same page

teleqraph said:
Okey, so we are on the same page
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Yeah. Once he provide the info. We can help him
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When you flash a custom recovery, you need to boot to recovery on your first reboot, otherwise your phone will override it. Flash your custom recovery again, and when you restart your phone, hold volume up, power and home button.

my model is G920F

Billy Leader said:
my model is G920F
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Which country?
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recovery is not seandroid enforcing <- this text means you have custom recovery.
But as the guy said s6 replaces the custom recovery as soon as you reboot it after flashing custom recovery,so you need to boot back in recovery mode(hold the vol up,power,home button as soon as it reboots).
and just go to any website (sam mobile and download the suitable stock rom for your mobile,country p.s slow download)
have you disabled knox before trying to root it or before flashing stock rom with odin?
try to put it in download mode then flash that stock rom
and as you said its in boot loop,you can fix it,its not bricked

sendhiloo7 said:
Yeah. Once he provide the info. We can help him
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My model G920F

If you want to restore stock back. Please download stock rom for g920f from samfirm tool.
In the tool put model and region . Once you downloaded , flash the rom using odin tool.
In the tool pls check decrypt automatically
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sendhiloo7 said:
If you want to restore stock back. Please download stock rom for g920f from samfirm tool.
In the tool put model and region . Once you downloaded , flash the rom using odin tool.
In the tool pls check decrypt automatically
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First time I find this tool. Is this usable for any version?

jefkim666 said:
First time I find this tool. Is this usable for any version?
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Yes. I always use this tool download stock firmware.
we will get full download speed, not like sammobile.com dead slow speed.

Where do i get the file?

sendhiloo7 said:
Yes. I always use this tool download stock firmware.
we will get full download speed, not like sammobile.com dead slow speed.
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I recommend anyone to follow these instructions from @sendhiloo7 if you need to download stock firmware. It is WAY faster than other methods. ?