N8000 stuck in boot loop - HELP! - Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok,
GT-N8000 was on stock Samsung 4.1.2 Rom. Rooted using Chainfire, installed CWM 6.0.3.6 and then flashed a CM11 rom from here on XDA.
Rebooted happily, logged in, set-up the tablet and happily worked for about 24 hours.
Tablet at some point rebooted, got only as far as the first "Samsung Note 10.1" white text on the screen and the tablet refused to do anything else.
Can boot into CWM recovery
Can boot into Odin Mode "Downloading"
When booting into Recovery, I can browse all the options, but when selecting any action, the tablet reboots.
Have tried downloading a fresh stock rom (4.4.2 from Vietnam from Samfirmware), and flashing via ODIN. Odin seems to flash OK, but when the device reboots, straight back into "Samsung Note 10.1" screen.
After that flash, when trying to boot into recovery, it still goes to CWM and not the stock Recovery.
Have tried downloading a new PIT and flashing that when flashing the new stock ROM.
Have tried Googling several items, and here on XDA, but not entirely sure where to try next. Suggestions would be welcome.

cdinoz said:
Ok,
GT-N8000 was on stock Samsung 4.1.2 Rom. Rooted using Chainfire, installed CWM 6.0.3.6 and then flashed a CM11 rom from here on XDA.
Rebooted happily, logged in, set-up the tablet and happily worked for about 24 hours.
Tablet at some point rebooted, got only as far as the first "Samsung Note 10.1" white text on the screen and the tablet refused to do anything else.
Can boot into CWM recovery
Can boot into Odin Mode "Downloading"
When booting into Recovery, I can browse all the options, but when selecting any action, the tablet reboots.
Have tried downloading a fresh stock rom (4.4.2 from Vietnam from Samfirmware), and flashing via ODIN. Odin seems to flash OK, but when the device reboots, straight back into "Samsung Note 10.1" screen.
After that flash, when trying to boot into recovery, it still goes to CWM and not the stock Recovery.
Have tried downloading a new PIT and flashing that when flashing the new stock ROM.
Have tried Googling several items, and here on XDA, but not entirely sure where to try next. Suggestions would be welcome.
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Have you tried full erase(factory reset) via recovery mate including the internal SD? And remove the external SD just to make sure, then reinstall the stock 4.4.2 firmware. Can I ask why did you install vietnam version when you are in Australia? Where did you get the pit file? Is it for 4.4.2?

filchi756 said:
Have you tried full erase(factory reset) via recovery mate including the internal SD? And remove the external SD just to make sure, then reinstall the stock 4.4.2 firmware. Can I ask why did you install vietnam version when you are in Australia? Where did you get the pit file? Is it for 4.4.2?
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When in CWM and trying to full reset, the tablet reboots a few seconds after selecting the option. Have removed sim and sd card prior to flashing.
Vietnam was one of three roms I was d/l from Sam mobile. I was trying to grab various roms, but they were getting to 70/75% and then failing. I have also tried flashing now a Singapore rom and a German rom. Cannot find an Aussie stock rom on that site anywhere, or anywhere else for that matter, which will download.
Have successfully flashed other region roms on other Samsung devices, so assumed this model would be no different.
PIT file was a last resort effort, found here....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730188
After flashing any stock rom, the tablet continues to not restart, but still let's me boot into CWM oddly (should flashing a stock rom via Odin reinstall stock Recovery?).

cdinoz said:
When in CWM and trying to full reset, the tablet reboots a few seconds after selecting the option. Have removed sim and sd card prior to flashing.
Vietnam was one of three roms I was d/l from Sam mobile. I was trying to grab various roms, but they were getting to 70/75% and then failing. I have also tried flashing now a Singapore rom and a German rom. Cannot find an Aussie stock rom on that site anywhere, or anywhere else for that matter, which will download.
Have successfully flashed other region roms on other Samsung devices, so assumed this model would be no different.
PIT file was a last resort effort, found here....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730188
After flashing any stock rom, the tablet continues to not restart, but still let's me boot into CWM oddly (should flashing a stock rom via Odin reinstall stock Recovery?).
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Suppose to be when you install full rom the custom recovery is erased and back to stock recovery. What version of pc Odin are you using? Try ver.1.85 or 3.07 if you haven't yet. And just to be sure have you installed any other 4.4.2 rom prior to stock 4.4.2?And maybe you can try philz recovery for custom recovery.

filchi756 said:
Suppose to be when you install full rom the custom recovery is erased and back to stock recovery. What version of pc Odin are you using? Try ver.1.85 or 3.07 if you haven't yet. And just to be sure have you installed any other 4.4.2 rom prior to stock 4.4.2?And maybe you can try philz recovery for custom recovery.
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Odin - have tried 1.85, 3.07 and 3.09
Rom - When the tablet was on stock 4.1.2, was rooted following method (2) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831152 and had installed CWM 6.0.3.6. After gaining root, copied zip files for this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550308 to the externalSD and performed a factory reset, wiped data etc and flashed OminRom 4.4. This booted happily, and worked for about 24 / 36 hours (ish) when it's owner claimed it rebooted at some point, and came back only the the "Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" white text boot screen, and went no further
Recovery - Since the issue first started, have tried various flavours of re-flashing CWM (both Touch and Non Touch), TWRP mostly from here: https://goo.im/devs/Darkman/Recoverys/ and a Philz Touch recovery sourced from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2202714
Each time have been flashed using Odin and using the .tar.md5 file types (as the CWM simply crashes and the tablet reboots now when trying to flash a zip via recovery). Have set Odin NOT to auto-reboot, however whilst Odin reported no obvious sign of error, upon reboot to Recovery, went straight to the previous CWM 6.0.3.6 recovery.
And now my head hurts......
Note: I did say in the opening post was a CM11 based rom, but it actually was an AOSP based rom,

cdinoz said:
Odin - have tried 1.85, 3.07 and 3.09
Rom - When the tablet was on stock 4.1.2, was rooted following method (2) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831152 and had installed CWM 6.0.3.6. After gaining root, copied zip files for this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550308 to the externalSD and performed a factory reset, wiped data etc and flashed OminRom 4.4. This booted happily, and worked for about 24 / 36 hours (ish) when it's owner claimed it rebooted at some point, and came back only the the "Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" white text boot screen, and went no further
Recovery - Since the issue first started, have tried various flavours of re-flashing CWM (both Touch and Non Touch), TWRP mostly from here: https://goo.im/devs/Darkman/Recoverys/ and a Philz Touch recovery sourced from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2202714
Each time have been flashed using Odin and using the .tar.md5 file types (as the CWM simply crashes and the tablet reboots now when trying to flash a zip via recovery). Have set Odin NOT to auto-reboot, however whilst Odin reported no obvious sign of error, upon reboot to Recovery, went straight to the previous CWM 6.0.3.6 recovery.
And now my head hurts......
Note: I did say in the opening post was a CM11 based rom, but it actually was an AOSP based rom,
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So that means you can't even install custom rom?Can I ask what version is written in download mode is it still N8000?

filchi756 said:
So that means you can't even install custom rom?Can I ask what version is written in download mode is it still N8000?
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Correct. If I try to flash via CWM, the tablet goes thru the motion of flashing the rom (the bit where the developers ascii logo appears) followed by the little blue line telling you the custom rom is installing, and after a few seconds tells you that the flash is complete.
The giveaway is that this entire process takes about 15 seconds - and you just know that the rom has not flashed. The second is that immediately when it completes, the tablet (yes you've guessed what happens next...) just reboots back to the Samsung logo.
But yes, when in download mode, the tablet is definitely reporting as still as a GT-N8000. Its also has some other text (sorry the thing is not in front of me right now) about the binary counter of 3...?
Cheers

cdinoz said:
Correct. If I try to flash via CWM, the tablet goes thru the motion of flashing the rom (the bit where the developers ascii logo appears) followed by the little blue line telling you the custom rom is installing, and after a few seconds tells you that the flash is complete.
The giveaway is that this entire process takes about 15 seconds - and you just know that the rom has not flashed. The second is that immediately when it completes, the tablet (yes you've guessed what happens next...) just reboots back to the Samsung logo.
But yes, when in download mode, the tablet is definitely reporting as still as a GT-N8000. Its also has some other text (sorry the thing is not in front of me right now) about the binary counter of 3...?
Cheers
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About the binary thats not a problem. So your problem now is error flashing via CWM right? Try Philz recovery mate in custom rom installing. And make sure your custom rom is fully working and tested mate. Try to open the zip in pc if it had any error. And how about installing a custom recovery any luck with it installing too?

filchi756 said:
About the binary thats not a problem. So your problem now is error flashing via CWM right? Try Philz recovery mate in custom rom installing. And make sure your custom rom is fully working and tested mate. Try to open the zip in pc if it had any error. And how about installing a custom recovery any luck with it installing too?
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But there lies the problem.
I have tried flashing Philz both via Odin and via CWM.
It "appears" to flash in Odin, but when the tablet starts, its still CWM.
When flashing in CWM, it fails to flash. (I'll get you the error message when I'm back in front of the tablet).

So, here is Philz Recovery flashing in CWM, showing a successful flash:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
[/IMG]
And after a reboot:
Still in CWM 6.0.3.6 (apologies for the terrible image - using my Tab Lite)

cdinoz said:
So, here is Philz Recovery flashing in CWM, showing a successful flash:
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And after a reboot:
Still in CWM 6.0.3.6 (apologies for the terrible image - using my Tab Lite)
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lastly mate can you take a picture of you download mode were the binary is written.

cdinoz said:
So, here is Philz Recovery flashing in CWM, showing a successful flash:
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And after a reboot:
Still in CWM 6.0.3.6 (apologies for the terrible image - using my Tab Lite)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ot-charge-power-off-efs-t2809821/post54680214

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Do you want CWM or TWRP? If TWRP, you could just download GooManager from the Play Store and press Menu/Install Open Recovery Script.
For flashing either via Odin, deselect auto reboot in Odin then flash the recovery tar. Once its passed, pull the battery and boot directly into your custom recovery.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Try this
I have phillz recovery on it right now....can't get into the recovery though since it says a firmware update was interrupted. Would TWRP be better than phillz? and would flashing that get it past the firmware interrupted message?
I tried starting by flashing TWRP but that fails too....any other suggestions?
Can't flash anything in Odin, everything fails. Any other ideas before this thing goes for a swim in the sink?

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Hi
This is really frustrating. I own many Samsung devices and never had any issue installing twrp, so I am not a noob when it comes to firing up Odin and flashing the image however I am stuck with this device.
I used couple guides with no success. ;( I cant get rid of the Samsung recovery and replace with TWRP. Odin says success but that is just a lie.
I tried both the lollilop bootloader and the older one then TWP with various versions (3.1x , 2.8.x) No luck.
Can anyone please provide me "working files" with "simple steps" in case I am missing out on some minor details. This is SM-P900 Kitkat 4.4.2 version.
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This is a follow up
The only guide that worked for me is this one. It might be helpful to others.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...guide-install-official-lollipop-p900-t3154362
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try do a full wipe from stock recovery . after that flash twrp selecting the ap and bl in ODIN twrp3.1....tar booth of them (AP & BL)
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