[GUIDE] Recover Samsung Device from Bootloop or Back to Stock Rom

[GUIDE] Recover Samsung Device from Bootloop or Back to Stock Rom - Galaxy Ace II General

I wanna share my knowledge here
Learning from my experience using Samsung's devices, I found similarities in the way of reversing Samsung devices to stock rom.
So this guide should be practice for almost all Samsung devices
Ok, let's get started
First, download all these stuff
1. Samsung USB Driver or go to this Thread (install it)
2. Samsung Kies (install it)
3. Odin v.4xx or Odin v1-3 or go to this Thread (just open when need it)
4. And of course your stock rom
Download from here (choose the right stock rom and the newest depend on your model)
5. Extract the stock rom using winrar/7zip
-you should 3 files PDA_xx.tar.md5, Phone/Modem_xx.tar.md5 and CSC_xx.tar.md5 or more
-If you have just two files, .xxxx.tar.md5 & SS_DL.dll, i'll give it the guide too
Second, Go to download mode
- For device with Menu button : hold power button+menu button+volume down (vol -)
- For device without Menu button : hold power button+volume down (vol -)
For the 3 Files or more
- Go to download mode
- Plug your device to PC/Laptop
- Open Odin
- Choose PDA (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- Choose phone/modem (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- CSC (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- If there's more files, just put it on the same box of the files names
- Check list auto reboot and f.reset time(look at the left)
- Click start and wait
- If success, should be writen "PASS" on left side
For 2 files only
- Go to download mode
- Plug your device to PC/Laptop
- Open Odin
- Just choose PDA and browse it the file(forget about SS_DL.dll or XX.dll file)
- Check list auto reboot and f.reset time(look at the left)
- Click start and wait
- If success, should be writen "PASS" on left side
If there's something miss or wrong, please tell me, I'll fix it this ASAP
And Let's helping people

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[Q] Rooting doesn't work? on a Spica

So I think I may be bricked....
I always had issues installing the drivers for my Spica (Portal here) on my Win7 laptop, but eventually I sorted it out so that Odin would pick it up and I got a pass from Leshak's kernel.
It was operational until I tried installing the firmware; the one that I had packaged with the kernel couldn't install Busybox. I tried a few other firmwires; an older one (which I had to re-root using the spica.ops rather than spica_jc3), CM 7 and CM 7 from this kitchen rom thing.
Those three all returned something like "Could not format system"
So assumedly recovery doesn't actually have root access, and I have tried rerooting it using Odin to no avail.
Any advice? Could it be drivers, is there an alternative PDA file I could use, am I doing a setting in Odin wrong?
Thanks!

Have you read that ? :
Code:
Prerequisites
- Android 2.1 Firmware Login - (Please register to download)
- Odin Multi Downloader 4.03 Odin4_03-Spica_ops.zip
- Spica Drivers Deposit Files (If it doesn't work install Kies and quit Kies when you need to flash)
Or get http://www.strefapc.pl/download/firmware/USB_Driver.rar .This is samsung's USB driver that comes with KIES
- MicroUSB Cable
- Fully Charged Phone
Warning: DATA WILL BE LOST
A more detailed guide can also be found here written by Lorenz (This 3 flash method will also solve any 0KB issues)
Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica Android 2.1 Flashing Guide | All About Web & Mobile Application Development
1. Backup all your data, copy down your APN settings etc (You can use backup apps which save those into your SD card)
2. Do a factory reset (Menu/App Drawer -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset)
3. Power off the phone, remove your SIM card and SD Card
4. Press and hold Volume Down, Camera and End Call buttons until you see "Downloading... DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET" (Flash Mode)
5. Connect the phone to your PC (It should start prompting for the drivers)
5-1. For Drivers choose "Select from a list or specific location (Advanced)"
5-2. Select the files that was extracted from "Spica Drivers" (If it fails, unplug the phone and install Kies, quit Kies then plug the phone back)
6. Run Odin Multi Downloader (For Vista and Win7 users please Right click and Run As Administrator) [A yellow box with a COM port should show up if connected correctly]
7a. If the zip you downloaded for Android 2.1 Firmware only contains 1 file check "One Package" and click on One Package to select that file you extracted
7b. If the zip you downloaded for Android 2.1 Firmware only contains many files click on each of the option and choose the files accordingly.
8. Select OPS and select the ops file that came with Odin Multi Downloader (It should be 85 bytes)
9. Select Start
10. The phone will start flashing and automatically restart (If it gets stuck remove the battery and set to flash mode and try again)
Note: it can take a while after it restarts.
11. Please check the storage and ensure it is not 0KB (Menu/App Drawer -> Settings -> SD card & phone storage -> Available space
If you have 0KB please follow this guide written by Lorenz
Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica Android 2.1 Flashing Guide | All About Web & Mobile Application Development
And that?
Code:
Prerequisites
- Android 2.1
- Odin Multi Downloader 4.03 Odin4_03-Spica_ops.zip
- LK2.08 Kernel by LekshaK, Select "Download: i5700_LK2-08_PDA.7z" from http://forum.samdroid.net/f9/lk2-08-original-firmwares-root-new-superuser-wifi-tether-bb-12-07-2010-a-1193/
- Spica Drivers Deposit Files (If it doesn't work install Kies and quit Kies when you need to flash)
- MicroUSB Cable
- Fully Charged Phone
1. Backup all your data
2. Power off the phone, remove your SIM card and SD Card
3. Press and hold Volume Down, Camera and End Call buttons until you see "Downloading... DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET" (Flash Mode)
4. Connect the phone to your PC (It should start prompting for the drivers)
4-1. For Drivers choose "Select from a list or specific location (Advanced)"
4-2. Select the files that was extracted from "Spica Drivers" (If it fails, unplug the phone and install Kies, quit Kies then plug the phone back)
5. Run Odin Multi Downloader (For Vista and Win7 users please Right click and Run As Administrator) [A yellow box with a COM port should show up if connected correctly]
6. Select PDA and choose LK2-08 PDA file. (You have to extract i5700_LK2-08_PDA.7z)
7. Select OPS and select the ops file that came with Odin Multi Downloader (It should be 85 bytes)
8. Select Start
9. The phone will start flashing and automatically restart
10. You will then see a screen with green text, select the 1st option and restart the phone if you don't intend to do anything.
11. After restarting your phone should have a SamdroidTools and Superuser Permissions in the app drawer.
I never had a problem with flash spica using Odin. The drivers are compatibile with Win7 - i used Win7 64bit myself

Had a read through and it's everything I've done already!

Note: Recovery can't clear the dalvik cache or wipe the SD card either - seems like a permissions kind of thing

So maybe option "fix permission" could help.
You can find it in a advanced settings in recovery.
You can also try flash in Odin cyanogenmod 8.3 for odin. Is avaible on samdroid somewhere.
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Rooting Galaxy Ace II (for newbie)

Here's the complete steps for rooting Samsung Galaxy ACE II (for newbie) thanks to this site (http://support.evanhe.com/2012/11/13/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-ace-ii/)
1. Download this (https://www.opendrive.com/files/63284615_5VxZV/RootPack.zip)
2. Connect your phone to the PC with the USB cable and open it up in the file manager. (You can then also backup all your stuff.)
3. Right click RootPack.zip and choose extract here, then copy upd.zip to “Phone” on the file manager. Leave your phone connected to the PC via USB up to step #8
4. In the extracted files of RootPack.zip open Odin3-v1.85 -> Odin3 v1.85.exe
5. Click on PDA and choose I8160XXLD8_ready_to_root_ANT.tar.md5 that you’ll find in the extracted files of RootPack.zip Do not click start.
6. Boot your phone in download mode (hold vol down + home + power) and wait a few seconds so that your PC detected it.
7. Now click start in Odin. If the box on the left upper side isn’t turning green hit start a 2nd time.
8. Once odin has finished, disconnect your phone from the USB and boot your phone into recovery mode (vol up + home + power)
9. Select update from SD Card via the volume keys and select upd.zip and flash it.
This is for newbie like me. Credits to evanhe

Cache
can we install the cwm from cahce
if our device is rooted ?

Rebooting phone after flashing TWRP on Galaxy S Plus GT-I9001

1. Open Odin.exe (UnZip from Odin.zip)
2. Go into Download mode (Put your device in Download Mode by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power and plug it to your PC)
3. Select OPS - AriesVE.ops (UnZip from AriesVE.zip)
4. Select BOOT - Boot_loader.tar
5. Flash it and bootloop into recovery never gona happen.
All the files is attached...

thanks

[GUIDE] Recover Samsung Device from Bootloop/Back to Stock Rom(Almost for All Model)

I wanna share my knowledge here
Learning from my experience using Samsung's devices, I found similarities in the way of reversing Samsung devices to stock rom.
So this guide should be practice for almost all Samsung devices
And for mod, please make sticky for this thread, so for Samsung owner can easily find it
Ok, let's get started
First, download all these stuff
1. Samsung USB Driver or go to this Thread (install it)
2. Samsung Kies (install it)
3. Odin v.4xx or Odin v1-3 or go to this Thread (just open when need it)
4. And of course your stock rom
Download from here (choose the right stock rom and the newest depend on your model)
5. Extract the stock rom using winrar/7zip
-you should 3 files PDA_xx.tar.md5, Phone/Modem_xx.tar.md5 and CSC_xx.tar.md5 or more
-If you have just two files, .xxxx.tar.md5 & SS_DL.dll, i'll give it the guide too
Second, Go to download mode
- For smarphone : hold power button+menu button+volume down (vol -)
- For tablet : hold power button+volume down (vol -)
For the 3 Files or more
- Go to download mode
- Plug your device to PC/Laptop
- Open Odin
- Choose PDA (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- Choose phone/modem (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- CSC (browse it from your extracted stock rom)
- If there's more files, just put it on the same box of the files names
- Check list auto reboot and f.reset time(look at the left)
- Click start and wait
- If success, should be writen "PASS" on left side
For 2 files only
- Go to download mode
- Plug your device to PC/Laptop
- Open Odin
- Just choose PDA and browse it the file(forget about SS_DL.dll or XX.dll file)
- Check list auto reboot and f.reset time(look at the left)
- Click start and wait
- If success, should be writen "PASS" on left side
If there's something miss or wrong, please tell me, I'll fix it this ASAP
And Let's helping people
Credit goes to
@nasheich (For the tutorials)
@daerragh (For Usb Driver and Odin)

Thanks for ur reply, but in my case,device can't go into download mode,it only go in cwm recovery mode with all effort,
So what to do now?

zeeshantayyab said:
Thanks for ur reply, but in my case,device can't go into download mode,it only go in cwm recovery mode with all effort,
So what to do now?
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if you can't go to the download mode, you should find other custom rom fir your device and flash it through recovery,
make sure it's custom recovery, not Recovery that came from the device(Samsung)

Samsung firmware sites has been fixed