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Hello guys, I recently received my refurb phone back from Bestbuy. I flashed MIUI on to it and about 2 days later I'm caught in this boot loop. After reading several threads, I called and got the battery replaced. That did not resolve my issue. I used GTG's unbrick method with KEIS downloaded. ODIN "passed" it and I got rebooted into 3e recovery (not sure where my clockworkmod recovery went, unless that went with the reset). I selected reboot now, and I'm still stuck in the boot loop with samsung popping up. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Try this... all credit and thanks to qkster, one of the most helpful people on the infuse forums. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
I would run Odin again
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I've now tried Heimdall, it allowed the phone to turn on. When I turned the phone off it got caught back in the boot loop again. So I retried while checking "flash bootloaders". All seemed to be well, it turned off and the battery charge indicator came on. I turned it back on and checked a few things out, I didn't download or change anything. Shut it back down and it's caught back in the boot loop again.
I've retried Odin 3 times too.
What the heck do I do now?!
j_e said:
I've now tried Heimdall, it allowed the phone to turn on. When I turned the phone off it got caught back in the boot loop again. So I retried while checking "flash bootloaders". All seemed to be well, it turned off and the battery charge indicator came on. I turned it back on and checked a few things out, I didn't download or change anything. Shut it back down and it's caught back in the boot loop again.
I've retried Odin 3 times too.
What the heck do I do now?!
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after using the one click did you do a factory reset/wipe with in 3e recovery...or if you using one click, and put cwm on just do a data/factory wipe to clean all...
what i would do...because something is not cleaning...
do the one click reboot
and do the one click to get cwm....
then go into CWM
When in CWM:
1. Wipe data/factory reset.
2. Wipe Cache.
3. Go to Advance: wipe dalvik cache.
4 Go back and into Mount and Storage: format system, format data, format cache.
5. Go back and one click again to put gb back on with nothing left over...if you want to stay stock...of if you want to add custom rom
put cwm again to go to a custom rom...
may seem time consuming but sometimes it take a few strokes to clean up...
believe me i have had to do this before...
and let us know...kk
Ok guys, thanks for all of the replies.
I've tried and tried this Heimdall now 4 times, twice clicking flash bootloaders. I've gone into 3e recovery and wiped everything.
It will start and get to the setup wizard (for first time use). I click through it and I get to the main screen. I locked the screen and went to unlock it and after I "swiped" it shut down and went back into the boot loop. I retried the Heimdall again, samething happened with the setup wizard, got to the main screen, unplugged the USB cable and it shut down and back into the boot loop.
Any other ideas? I'd love to use this thing...I just got it back and haven''t been able to use it because of this.
Something similar happened to me like a week ago ..i did not know what to do so i odin back to stock about 7 times before i could reach de home screen,the first 3 times i had bootloops,3 other time i went to initial setup but as soon as i was finishing it ..bootloops,the last time i tried i was able to go into the homescreen but it had some apk left over from previous flash..so i use sgs kernel flasher to flash infusion and get back my red recovery ,then i flashed qster total wipe and flashed emencipation.....im so scared now ..i dont think i will flash anything for a while...anyway hopefully you will find the perfect combination to save your infuse good luck
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iTchill said:
Something similar happened to me like a week ago ..i did not know what to do so i odin back to stock about 7 times before i could reach de home screen,the first 3 times i had bootloops,3 other time i went to initial setup but as soon as i was finishing it ..bootloops,the last time i tried i was able to go into the homescreen but it had some apk left over from previous flash..so i use sgs kernel flasher to flash infusion and get back my red recovery ,then i flashed qster total wipe and flashed emencipation.....im so scared now ..i dont think i will flash anything for a while...anyway hopefully you will find the perfect combination to save your infuse good luck
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How do I use SGS kernal flasher if I can't get it to turn on? From what I read it requires root and superuser?
So I retired Odin again with no luck. Retried Heimdall by selecting Flash Bootloaders, loaded to main screen, it went back into the boot loop after I locked the phone.
update #3, got into 3e recovery and it rebooted itself from there too.
If you flashed miui you must be rooted ...and yes to use shs kernel flasher you must be in the homescreen ..can you acces cwm? If so flash qster total wipe
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iTchill said:
If you flashed miui you must be rooted ...and yes to use shs kernel flasher you must be in the homescreen ..can you acces cwm? If so flash qster total wipe
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I may be confused now, when I reflashed to stock didn't that unroot my phone? 3e recovery is all I can get to.
j_e said:
I may be confused now, when I reflashed to stock didn't that unroot my phone? 3e recovery is all I can get to.
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When you reflash to stock, it does not take out the root unless you erase the proper files yourself. The only thing you lose is the modded 3e recovery and CWM recovery.
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Hey all, first time posting here,
So, I rooted my phone a few days ago and flashed Invisiblek's CM10(Running the August 10th build), using the instructions found here. Haven't had any problems at all until now. I had to reboot my phone, and now it's stuck in a boot loop. The CWMR screen is missing the background, and it won't let me boot into ODIN mode. What do I do?
Thank you for any help!
Krog216 said:
Hey all, first time posting here,
So, I rooted my phone a few days ago and flashed Invisiblek's CM10(Running the August 10th build), using the instructions found here. Haven't had any problems at all until now. I had to reboot my phone, and now it's stuck in a boot loop. The CWMR screen is missing the background, and it won't let me boot into ODIN mode. What do I do?
Thank you for any help!
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You should be able to boot into odin by taking the battery out, and then putting it back in while holding Volume Down + Home + Power at the same time. And then just flash a stock or stock rooted image in odin.
There we go. Thank you very much!
Flashed the ROM linked from here. Now I'm stuck on the 4G LTE screen. Suggestions?
Flashed it again. Still nothing. Did I brick it?
If you can get into Odin mode, I suggest flashing back go stock and starting over. If you can't get Odin to work, or even enter download mode then you might have other problems.
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I am (thankfully) able to get into odin mode. Where can I get the stock ROM for the US VZW version? I haven't been able to find that anywhere, and the thread on here only has dead links.
Flashed again, still nothing. I get stuck at the 4G LTE loading screen.
Found a stock ROM and flashed back to it. Still stuck at that screen. Did I brick it?
dont forget to wipe data/cache...
it happens
you can do this by booting into stock recovery
Volume UP + Home + power.
vega04 said:
dont forget to wipe data/cache...
it happens
you can do this by booting into stock clock work
Volume UP + Home + power.
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Oh my god I love you.
It works!!!
Krog216 said:
Oh my god I love you.
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i love you too.. lol ive been there..
So, I've got it worked out so that I have a recovery image made of a rooted version of the stock ROM. However, I SWEAR a kitten dies every time I look at the TouchPiss interface, but whenever I try to flash Invisiblek's CM10 I get stuck in a boot loop. Any ideas as to what's causing it? I've tried clearing data/cache/davlik cache before flashing the ROM, after flashing the ROM...
Would there be any way at all that I could flash it through ODIN?
Just got the D2VZW back from the repair shop, which put it back to factory specs/locking/unrooted.
Used Casual All-In-On to gain root. Used EZ Recovery to flash the latest TWRP, but forgot to unlock the bootloader first.
Tried to boot into recovery, but got a message about unauthorized software to to take it to Verizon. Phone wouldn't boot anymore. Booted into downloader mode and tried to Odin back to stock, but received a failed message.
Now I can only boot into Downloader / Odin mode. Any other mode gives me an error about "Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue...".
I read that you can use Kies to do an emergency firmware recovery, but when I do that it just stays at 0% when trying to flash to the phone.
Any idea how to resolve this?
EDIT: And the Search function on XDA is out of service at the moment, which makes things more of a challenge.
Uploading an all in one restore tool for you hold tight!
markdapimp said:
Uploading an all in one restore tool for you hold tight!
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Thanks for the help!
I THINK I got it working in Odin by flashing the MB1 bootchain (even though device is updated to MF1).
The strange thing is now I am still unable to Odin back to LG1 (stock) and take all the OTAs to MF1. I get a failed message. Device boots now though, which is good.
MrBrady said:
Thanks for the help!
I THINK I got it working in Odin by flashing the MB1 bootchain (even though device is updated to MF1).
The strange thing is now I am still unable to Odin back to LG1 (stock) and take all the OTAs to MF1. I get a failed message. Device boots now though, which is good.
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So your phone was originally on MF1 not MB1 Correct?
markdapimp said:
So your phone was originally on MF1 not MB1 Correct?
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Correct. I took an OTA to MF1 and then tried rooting/unlocking/recovery and failed. But since I don't see an MF1 bootchain Odin file available, I flashed the MB1.
MrBrady said:
Correct. I took an OTA to MF1 and then tried rooting/unlocking/recovery and failed. But since I don't see an MF1 bootchain Odin file available, I flashed the MB1.
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I have a Full KIES Recovery image for MF1 for everything even modem etc
witch i am uploading right now
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This should work
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23125694133305576
markdapimp said:
I have a Full KIES Recovery image for MF1 for everything even modem etc
witch i am uploading right now
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This should work
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23125694133305576
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I downloaded that earlier, but the MD5s didn't match. I'll re-download and give that a shot. Thanks!
Boot to download mode then open odin
click PDA, Navigate to this folder and select the file you download (odin might freeze for a second just wait)
4. Press Start and let it finish till it says Reset OK or in the message box when it says Done
5. Your phone should be stuck @ the Verizon Screen to fix this pull battery and boot into stock recovery
Volume UP, Home, Power HELD until Message is displayed on top left corner "recovery booting" then you can release all 3 buttons
navigate to factory data reset using volume down then power to select then after done select Reboot to system and enjoy
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let me know if that works because im still uploading the full recovery image witch appears to be bigger
669MB vs 1.19GB
im assuming this recovery image is the all in one
markdapimp said:
Boot to download mode then open odin
click PDA, Navigate to this folder and select the file you download (odin might freeze for a second just wait)
4. Press Start and let it finish till it says Reset OK or in the message box when it says Done
5. Your phone should be stuck @ the Verizon Screen to fix this pull battery and boot into stock recovery
Volume UP, Home, Power HELD until Message is displayed on top left corner "recovery booting" then you can release all 3 buttons
navigate to factory data reset using volume down then power to select then after done select Reboot to system and enjoy
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let me know if that works because im still uploading the full recovery image witch appears to be bigger
669MB vs 1.19GB
im assuming this recovery image is the all in one
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Will do. I've got about 5 minutes left on the download. Then I'll check MD5 and flash.
EDIT: MD5s matched this time. Unzipped file is 1.24GB. Flashing now.
EDIT2: Still fails after trying to write aboot.mbn
EDIT3: When booting, I get the message again about there was an error with the firmware. But now since I flashed a kernel, I get the Software not authorized by Verizon message with the "Secure Fail: Kernel" in the corner.
MrBrady said:
Will do. I've got about 5 minutes left on the download. Then I'll check MD5 and flash.
EDIT: MD5s matched this time. Unzipped file is 1.24GB. Flashing now.
EDIT2: Still fails after trying to write aboot.mbn
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this recovery image im uploading should work because i forgot to flash the insecure aboot before and had the same problem
then i odin this image and wallah all good however the flash counter remains at 1 triangle away cant get rid of it
but it all works good i re rooted, flash insure aboot and flashed CWM and got CM11 Kitkang rom on
markdapimp said:
this recovery image im uploading should work because i forgot to flash the insecure aboot before and had the same problem
then i odin this image and wallah all good however the flash counter remains at 1 triangle away cant get rid of it
but it all works good i re rooted, flash insure aboot and flashed CWM and got CM11 Kitkang rom on
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Wanted to see if the upload completed successfully. Phone is working fine, but still can't Odin, which worries me.
Thanks!
VZW SGSIII
markdapimp said:
this recovery image im uploading should work because i forgot to flash the insecure aboot before and had the same problem
then i odin this image and wallah all good however the flash counter remains at 1 triangle away cant get rid of it
but it all works good i re rooted, flash insure aboot and flashed CWM and got CM11 Kitkang rom on
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Looks like I'm SOL again. I tried to follow Hero's method for de-bricking which involved flashing the route66 odin file, but telling it to clear data. I did that, but the flash failed, which erased part of my data. Now the phone hangs at the boot logo since the data was erased. When I try to boot into recovery it gives me the Unauthorized Software Error.
MrBrady said:
Looks like I'm SOL again. I tried to follow Hero's method for de-bricking which involved flashing the route66 odin file, but telling it to clear data. I did that, but the flash failed, which erased part of my data. Now the phone hangs at the boot logo since the data was erased. When I try to boot into recovery it gives me the Unauthorized Software Error.
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You can't boot into regular ODIN?
Some of what you're describing reminds me of the hell I went through with this phone last week.
I had similar issues with mine - I couldn't boot to anything but download mode - tried the root66 bit and no luck: ODIN kept coming back in FAIL!
In the end, there were a couple of things that got me back. Figuring I had nothing left to lose, I flashed the PIT for the phone in ODIN to re-partition. This allowed be to boot to stock recovery, but things were still messed up and the phone wouldn't boot to system. Recovery complained about missing /data, but that went away with a wipe/restore/factory reset in recovery. I forgot to bookmark the location of the PIT for this particular phone, otherwise I'd post it here. It shouldn't be too hard to find, though. Just be certain it's the I535 Verizon PIT, and be sure it's for the correct 16/32GB version.
I was also trying to run ODIN through a Virtual Machine, which always worked flawlessly for me in the past, but seemed to have been causing issues whenever I'd try flashing anything other than the PIT through ODIN. I booted to a native PC, re-installed the Samsung drivers and followed the soft-brick recovery procedure. This got the root66 images back on and the phone came back to life. I then ran Triangle Away to reset the counter and used ODIN to push the initial VZW image (VRALG1) to the phone and followed all OTA updates to the most recent 4.1.2 (MF1).
The phone's behaved itself since. I did root it and pushed TWRP, but other than that, it's back to stock and I'm a bit hesitant to go back to any other firmware after this mess. I'm waiting to flash the MF1 bootchain to re-lock the bootloader, but it's hard to come by and I'm still waiting on my PM to DarkMenace, who has a copy.
I'm not sure how similar your situation is to mine, but maybe some of this info is useful?
david_hume said:
You can't boot into regular ODIN?
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Yes.
I actually just figured out my problem. I was trying to use Odin through VMWare Fusion (emulator) on a Mac. This has worked in the past, but either it's something with the latest Mac OS update or VMWare update that breaks it now. I installed Windows nativly through Apple Bootcamp and Odin works as expected.
Thanks everyone for the advice.
I have stock recovery and can't boot. My model is currently reported as "g2" thanks to the mahdi rom which I screwed up flashing.
Has anyone been able to flash back to a stable firmware by bypassing the model check (using a special .dll, anything?).
datdude_tc said:
I have stock recovery and can't boot. My model is currently reported as "g2" thanks to the mahdi rom which I screwed up flashing.
Has anyone been able to flash back to a stable firmware by bypassing the model check (using a special .dll, anything?).
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i had that problem once and this is what i did...
i booted back into recovery,TWRP or CWM,
i had TWRP , went to advanced wipe and wiped everything,
system,data,cache,dalvik cache
powered down and put it back in download mode and reflashed stock.
it seems that if you dont wipe system it is still picking it up as whatever model rom you flashed.
hope that helps...
podagee said:
i had that problem once and this is what i did...
i booted back into recovery,TWRP or CWM,
i had TWRP , went to advanced wipe and wiped everything,
system,data,cache,dalvik cache
powered down and put it back in download mode and reflashed stock.
it seems that if you dont wipe system it is still picking it up as whatever model rom you flashed.
hope that helps...
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Appreciate the response, but I mentioned in my post that I have stock recovery. Not CWM or TWRP. No dice for me
datdude_tc said:
Appreciate the response, but I mentioned in my post that I have stock recovery. Not CWM or TWRP. No dice for me
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well how did you flash mahdi? anyways do a adb push through stock recovery.
podagee said:
well how did you flash mahdi? anyways do a adb push through stock recovery.
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So adb is accessible through stock recovery? I hold down+power until the LG logo, then release both, and press both again. This takes me to hard reset menu, not recovery. I press power three times, the andriod guy appears with a progress bar (i think it is attempting to factory reset here) and then it reboots. Everything I seem to find on Google/XDA indicates the only way to access a recovery mode is through a custom recovery.
If it's really this simple I'm going to flip.......ha
datdude_tc said:
So adb is accessible through stock recovery? I hold down+power until the LG logo, then release both, and press both again. This takes me to hard reset menu, not recovery. I press power three times, the andriod guy appears with a progress bar (i think it is attempting to factory reset here) and then it reboots. Everything I seem to find on Google/XDA indicates the only way to access a recovery mode is through a custom recovery.
If it's really this simple I'm going to flip.......ha
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there is a recovery menu even through stock that you can reach. not sure how to get there except through your phone being on in the kk ui. i will try looking around. kinda busy at work so if i dont respond quickly im sorry. in the mean time try again through lgflashtool. make sure your sim card is out when doing it
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how did you get stock recovery back on your phone?
URGENT HELP NEEDED PLEASE;
Can you please help my buddy Tyler, he just got the T-Mobile Note 5, and he rooted it, and installed TWRP Recovery, and flashed a ROM for the first time, but he's afraid he may have bricked his device ?
Here's the thread I have been coaching him at. Any opinions ?
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1869279&page=23
Thank you.
As long as he knows what he's doing and has a unlock bootloader he should be fine
airam0931 said:
As long as he knows what he's doing and has a unlock bootloader he should be fine
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He did get the whole root thing figured out, and his phone does have SuperSU installed, he then installed TWRP Recovery through Odin, and is running the latest Modem COI5.
He downloaded a T-Mobile ROM, and Arty97 Kernel, flashed the ROM + Kernel, and he said been stuck on the boot screen for 25 minutes, and can't get back into Recovery.
Suggestions ?
Actually never mind after reading that whole thread I would reccomend download the stock rom and then flashing it . This happened to me when I flashed the wrong framework for my device. It got stuck on the same screen . I flashed in with my stock rom and it went back to normal and I didn't lose anything.
Tyler made this comment, can't seem to even power off the phone.
amn, you really are trying to help. That's awesome. Sadly however, the thing won't turn off no matter how long I hold the power button.
I saw one thread on reddit that suggested downloading a stock ROM and flashing through Odin. But, I can't find a stock ROM and I don't think you can flash ROMs through Odin.
He did manage to get this after trying to power down./
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Now what he asked ?
Tell him to put it into download mode then flash his stock rom . I Googled it and found it super easily and even found instructions
This is Tyler, the guy Zorachus has tried so hard t help. I've been googling for stoc ROMs but haven't found any to download. Can I flash a ROM through Odin?
I'm iPhone jailbreaker guy, so all this Android stuff is new t me.
I want to post the link I found but I can't because this site has a 10 post rule to post links and I haven't done 10 posts and don't worry this is my first Android phone . I've been jailbreaking since 4.1.2 so the switch was weird for me too haha but yes you can flash flash a rom through Odin
Here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/56127/N920TUVU2COI5_N920TTMB2COI5_TMB/
Make sure it is the correct model and follow the instructions.
Don't worry, you should be fine.
If he got stuck again, hold down volume up and down and power at the same time and it reboots
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Get back to download mode by holding home power and volume down at same time and Odin right stock rom for n920t and should be fine you can find all you need in the n5 t-mobile forum on xda-developers most everyone in forum are very helpful
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matteosaeed said:
If he got stuck again, hold down volume up and down and power at the same time and it reboots
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Just the volume down and power does the trick ?
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I had this same issue, I found out that TWRP did not actually flash the rom so the phone sat on the boot logo with no OS to load, then read up on arter97's kernel and he recommends switching to PhilZ touch recovery instead of TWRP. He provides a download to this recovery on his thread I do believe. Luckily I had downloaded the recovery and simply flashed it via TWRP (Hint: while I was stuck on the boot up logo, the only thing that worked for me is holding Vol-, home and power, then as soon as the screen goes dark, switch from holding Vol- and hold Vol+ instead, wait a bit and recovery should boot).
Once I got Philz touch installed, I rebooted the recovery and voila, no more TWRP. I simply flashed the ROM through it and rebooted again, back in business.
So to conclude, I get the feeling you're experiencing the same problem, where you went wrong is using TWRP with the arter97 kernel.
EDIT: You're in luck! Go here: http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/kernel/5.0/n920tw8/
Grab the tar.md5 file and flash with Odin with the phone in download mode, then reboot to new recovery and flash your rom again
micfinn said:
I had this same issue, I found out that TWRP did not actually flash the rom so the phone sat on the boot logo with no OS to load, then read up on arter97's kernel and he recommends switching to PhilZ touch recovery instead of TWRP. He provides a download to this recovery on his thread I do believe. Luckily I had downloaded the recovery and simply flashed it via TWRP (Hint: while I was stuck on the boot up logo, the only thing that worked for me is holding Vol-, home and power, then as soon as the screen goes dark, switch from holding Vol- and hold Vol+ instead, wait a bit and recovery should boot).
Once I got Philz touch installed, I rebooted the recovery and voila, no more TWRP. I simply flashed the ROM through it and rebooted again, back in business.
So to conclude, I get the feeling you're experiencing the same problem, where you went wrong is using TWRP with the arter97 kernel.
EDIT: You're in luck! Go here: http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/kernel/5.0/n920tw8/
Grab the tar.md5 file and flash with Odin with the phone in download mode, then reboot to new recovery and flash your rom again
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Hey thanks!!!! You saved my a$$ I have been dealing with this for 6+ hours now & couldn't get past the boot logo & your suggestion worked! I <3 you! Lol
Thank **** I found your post mate, I was stuck in a never ending boot loop with no way to get into recovery either.
The trick about holding down Vol-, home and power, and then switching to vol+ at blackscreen but keeping the others down, that thing worked and I was able to make it into my recovery!
Sadly however I made the most foolish mistake of all in my hurry and went for a factory reset.
On top of that I don't think that Titanium Backup was set to auto sync on my new phone so I might possibly have lost everything I have. Let's find out.