Not able to install - always standard recovery menu - Samsung Galaxy S II Plus

Hello guys.
Im struggeling to install a custom ROM at the stage of installing a CWM recovery. My S2 plus 9105p runs Android 4.2.2 and everytime I try to upload a recovery img via Odin everything works fine as expected but when I try to start (volume up, home, power) the recovery mode - it gets always into the standard Android one - not CWM recovery!!! It looks like Samsung has integrated some kind of security mechanism which keeps us from running custom ROMs...
I have realy tried maybe 5 different recovery images, but non of those worked for me.
Can you please help?
THX

try flashing the files used in this guide

karamancho said:
try flashing the files used in this guide
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I tried exactly also this particular site and steps described on it, but didn't help... The same problem. Everything was OK, but recovery was not CWM but standard Android one.

When u have flashed ur recorvery, take ur battery out and then plug battery again. And now go to recorvery.

Now it is WORKING !
Hi guys.
I followed the step-by-step guide on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560928
- used the CWM 6.0.4.5 and Odin3 0.7
- after successfull flash of the PDA with this recovery (manualy unset the auto-reboot option) I have pulled the battery out for a couple of seconds
- the battery came back in again and with home-volUP-Power I got directly to the new CWM recovery.
So thanx all for your support and you can lock this thread as everything is working now.
DETAILED STEPS FOR INSTALLING CWM RECOVERY IF THE PHONE AUTOMATICALLY RE_FLASHES IT:
Installation
WITH ODIN
1. Be sure, that your device is on 4.2.2 stock firmware and shut down the phone
2. Be sure that Samsung drivers are installed on your pc. Just install Kies or google for them
3. Download Odin 3.07(google it) and the CWM-Recovery image (in this case CWM 6.0.4.5 )
4. Open Odin as administrator
5. Start-up the phone by pressing Vol_DOWN + Home + Power so you get into the flash-menu.
6. After reading the disclaimer and warning stuff - simply press Vol_UP and plug the USB cable to the PC and Phone
7. In ODIN click on PDA and select the downloaded CWM-recovery (*filename*.tar.md5) . Check - "F. Reset Time" and UNCHECK!! -> "Auto Reboot"
8. Click start and wait until the blue progress bar in your device is graphicaly 100% (I also suggest to wait another minute to make things sure..)
9. Pull out the battery
10. Pull out the uSB cable from PC and phone
11. Wait abou 10-15 seconds and power up your phone to get into the recovery menu by pressing: Vol_UP + Home + Power
12. DONE

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My device freezed..plz help

Plz somebody help me.i have rooted my device today. Rooting was fine and I have installed reverse thethering app. Then I have installed Titanium Backup and change some settings to freeze apps.then the phone freezed and restarted itself. but it is stuck in samsungs logo..What to do..plz somebody help
ramezabd said:
Plz somebody help me.i have rooted my device today. Rooting was fine and I have installed reverse thethering app. Then I have installed Titanium Backup and change some settings to freeze apps.then the phone freezed and restarted itself. but it is stuck in samsungs logo..What to do..plz somebody help
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My phone is not entering in download mode. When i try to enter the screen fades and restarts. I tried to enter in recover mode and selected factory reset then a logo appearslike a hat and an orange symbol...plz someone help me plzzzz....
ramezabd said:
My phone is not entering in download mode. When i try to enter the screen fades and restarts. I tried to enter in recover mode and selected factory reset then a logo appearslike a hat and an orange symbol...plz someone help me plzzzz....
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I guess you have to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411768
Then flash stock ROM again [KPE], hope this can help.
first unplug your battery,and then press home and volum first and then power,untill go to download mode:angel:
malungkot said:
I guess you have to do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411768
Then flash stock ROM again [KPE], hope this can help.
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My phone was in Froyo 2.2, then I updated via kies to 2.3.6. So which stock I have to reflash. I sthis bricking..? I have successfully rooted my phone. I think The problem happened because of titanium backup.
MR.Volkf said:
first unplug your battery,and then press home and volum first and then power,untill go to download mode:angel:
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Normally the device is not entering in download/recovery mode.
update. Its now entered to dwload mode.Now what I have to do..? My phone was in froyo 2.2 and I have updated it to 2.3.6 via kies
ramezabd said:
Normally the device is not entering in download/recovery mode.
update. Its now entered to dwload mode.Now what I have to do..? My phone was in froyo 2.2 and I have updated it to 2.3.6 via kies
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great!!! since you can enter download mode I am gonna say you the easiest way to get your phone back in running condition..
*Download ODIN (google for the download link or search here in forums)
*Download a stock firmware from samfirmware (www.sammobile.com/firmwares/) or from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004647 and extract the downloaded file to .tar.md5
*Install samsung USB drivers.
*Get your phone into Download mode and connect it to PC via usb cable.
*Open ODIN and check if the com port section and turned yellow(this means your phone is recognised by ODIN).
*Once the port section is yellow open the PDA section in ODIN and point the downloaded stock firmware in it.(the firmware file should be of format "I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_I9003DDLE1_HOME.tar.md5").This format is just for example and it may vary depending on the stock ROM you dowloaded.
*Click the start button.
*Once finished the ODIN com port section will turn green and should report "PASS"
*Disconnect your phone and Power on.. wait for some time as its the first boot so it will take time so be patient.
mustafahussain said:
great!!! since you can enter download mode I am gonna say you the easiest way to get your phone back in running condition..
*Download ODIN (google for the download link or search here in forums)
*Download a stock firmware from samfirmware (www.sammobile.com/firmwares/) or from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1004647 and extract the downloaded file to .tar.md5
*Install samsung USB drivers.
*Get your phone into Download mode and connect it to PC via usb cable.
*Open ODIN and check if the com port section and turned yellow(this means your phone is recognised by ODIN).
*Once the port section is yellow open the PDA section in ODIN and point the downloaded stock firmware in it.(the firmware file should be of format "I9003DDLF2_I9003ODDLF2_I9003DDLE1_HOME.tar.md5").This format is just for example and it may vary depending on the stock ROM you dowloaded.
*Click the start button.
*Once finished the ODIN com port section will turn green and should report "PASS"
*Disconnect your phone and Power on.. wait for some time as its the first boot so it will take time so be patient.
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Yes you are awesome... It was okay last night, I followed the steps Thanks for every XDA n who replied for me...
I have one more question. I rooted again my phone,And I found these new apps, Superuser,tweak and cwm. I dnt understand for what these 2nd and third apps for..And I am not installed any custom rom,so is there any themes available for rooted stock roms..?
ramezabd said:
Yes you are awesome... It was okay last night, I followed the steps Thanks for every XDA n who replied for me...
I have one more question. I rooted again my phone,And I found these new apps, Superuser,tweak and cwm. I dnt understand for what these 2nd and third apps for..And I am not installed any custom rom,so is there any themes available for rooted stock roms..?
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tweeks are to to edit your build.prop and CWM(ClockWorkMOD) which allows you to create a backup point which you can restore via recovery and also let you flash ROM,MOD,etc and SuperUser is the app which comes into play after rooting which give root access to your phone/apps.
@themes:since you are on stock you can download any launcher like go launcher from market and download themes from there
so, how can i install jb or ics themes on my phone, I just want theme not the whole rom. or is there any custom gingerbread rom(stable like stock rom) for installing jb themes..? :0
Hi
I have just been notified by private message
to enter download mode you must press simultaneously in the following order
Volume down > Power > Home about 5 seconds then release
You can also try to get a JIG
first step format your micoSD
make a copy of all your data on your PC
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
Odin 1.85 only
- drivers samsung.rar - 5.58 MB
- Open Odin 1.85 only !!!
- KPE FULL (do not forget the PIT) (Froyo only ! no forget bootloader)
reset odin then remove cable and battery after samsung logo
- LF2 (PDA only with Odin)
reset odin then remove cable and battery after second samsung logo
- CF Root LF2 (PDA only with Odin)
reset odin then remove cable and battery after samsung logo
- Wipe data/factory reset
do not worry if you remain alert you every chance to find your phone as you've never seen before
there are plenty of experienced members here to help you
enjoy...
ramezabd said:
so, how can i install jb or ics themes on my phone, I just want theme not the whole rom. or is there any custom gingerbread rom(stable like stock rom) for installing jb themes..? :0
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you can download "Go launcher".. open it and browse for ics or JB themes and also there are many Gingerbread ROMs which have commom interface and JB ..
Enjoy
LoLaTiOn said:
Hi
I have just been notified by private message
to enter download mode you must press simultaneously in the following order
Volume down > Power > Home about 5 seconds then release
You can also try to get a JIG
first step format your micoSD
make a copy of all your data on your PC
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
Odin 1.85 only
- drivers samsung.rar - 5.58 MB
- Open Odin 1.85 only !!!
- KPE FULL (do not forget the PIT) (Froyo only ! no forget bootloader)
reset odin then remove cable and battery after samsung logo
- LF2 (PDA only with Odin)
reset odin then remove cable and battery after second samsung logo
- CF Root LF2 (PDA only with Odin)
reset odin then remove cable and battery after samsung logo
- Wipe data/factory reset
do not worry if you remain alert you every chance to find your phone as you've never seen before
there are plenty of experienced members here to help you
enjoy...
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Its fine now..thanks for your word.
mustafahussain said:
you can download "Go launcher".. open it and browse for ics or JB themes and also there are many Gingerbread ROMs which have commom interface and JB ..
Enjoy
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I have downloaded the frankenstain rom for flashing,But when I try to enter in recovery mode The screen fades and restarting normally. Is there any other settings for installing a rom..?
BTW when I opens the CWM in my menu it shows 'this version of CWM manager should be used with CF-ROOT v5.0 or newer.It appears you are running on a different kernel. Various features have been disabled.' Is that the problem with the kernel i have rooted..?
ramezabd said:
I have downloaded the frankenstain rom for flashing,But when I try to enter in recovery mode The screen fades and restarting normally. Is there any other settings for installing a rom..?
BTW when I opens the CWM in my menu it shows 'this version of CWM manager should be used with CF-ROOT v5.0 or newer.It appears you are running on a different kernel. Various features have been disabled.' Is that the problem with the kernel i have rooted..?
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To enter recovery mode you should press Volume UP+Home Button+Power Button.press it long enough till samsung logo passes by.. and even my screen fades when I try it manually... try it for 4-5 times till you enter in recovery and dont worry when screen fades,its not an issue...
maybe your kernel is not compatible with the present version of CWM and since its not compatible some features might have been disabled and its no big deal....Custom ROM is zip and should be flashed via recovery so that you can wipe data/cache/dalvik..
mustafahussain said:
To enter recovery mode you should press Volume UP+Home Button+Power Button.press it long enough till samsung logo passes by.. and even my screen fades when I try it manually... try it for 4-5 times till you enter in recovery and dont worry when screen fades,its not an issue...
maybe your kernel is not compatible with the present version of CWM and since its not compatible some features might have been disabled and its no big deal....Custom ROM is zip and should be flashed via recovery so that you can wipe data/cache/dalvik..
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So, I have downloaded the rom and placed it in my external sd. Then I must go to recovery mode and select install zip from sd card. thats it or any other steps to follow. The rom file must place in External sd or in device memory..? I will try this now after getting a reply.. <excited>
ramezabd said:
So, I have downloaded the rom and placed it in my external sd. Then I must go to recovery mode and select install zip from sd card. thats it or any other steps to follow. The rom file must place in External sd or in device memory..? I will try this now after getting a reply.. <excited>
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if you have a CWM recovery then you can go to recovery.. wipe data/cache/dalvik.. the flash rom then again wipe cache/dalvik and reboot... the first reboots always take more time so be patient

[Q] Tablet only boots in recovery mode P3110

I have a Galaxy Tab 2 7'' Wifi (P3110) with CM 10.1.3.
Thing is, I wanted to install the latest nightly, so I booted in Recovery mode, tried to install the zip file and I had a Status 7 error. So after that I decided to stay with my CM version, but when I try to boot the tablet it goes to recovery mode and doesn't boot! I tried to wipe everything and still. I can't flash anything else (not even the CM version I already have) because I keep getting the Status 7 error.
I am desperate, I don't know what to do!
Well, you attempted to flash CM11/Omni with the wrong recovery, that's why you got the "Error 7"
Anyway, the problem should be easy to rectify.
1. Install ODIN3 on your computer (don't forget to also install the Samsung USB drivers as well).
EDIT In case you are about to install the drivers by installing "Kies" ... make SURE that NONE of the Kies components are running in the background (on Windows) once you try to flash with ODIN3 - or it won't work. If you Google around for a bit, there are several Downloads for JUST the USB drivers - I can upload you the USB drivers installer I used for my P3110 (flashed back to Stock to sell it off)) /EDIT
2. Download the correct .tar.md5 recovery file for the ROM you're going to use from Android Andi's file repository.
For CyanogenMod 11 you want to grab either PhilZ Touch or CWM Swipe Edition, for OMNI you want to grab TWRP.
3. Start ODIN3 and select the <recovery>.tar.md5 as a PDA file (make sure that nasty checkmark at "Repartition" is NOT checked"!)
4. Power on the tablet and make sure you get it into Download Mode
If it boots into Download Mode itself, that fine. If not just press... was it Power + VOL Down?... until you see the screen telling you to pres VOL up to proceed into Download Mode.
5. Connect the tablet to the computer (wait a second in case Windows decides to install the driver)
6. Flash the recovery
7. Disconnect after flash, jump into the recovery, flash CM11 or OMNI
Of course you can also flash back to Stock ROM (given you have the ODIN flashable tar.md5 at hand), verify that it boots after flashing, get into download mode, flash the custom recovery, flash the custom ROM.
BoneWithABeagle said:
Well, you attempted to flash CM11/Omni with the wrong recovery, that's why you got the "Error 7"
Anyway, the problem should be easy to rectify.
1. Install ODIN3 on your computer (don't forget to also install the Samsung USB drivers as well).
EDIT In case you are about to install the drivers by installing "Kies" ... make SURE that NONE of the Kies components are running in the background (on Windows) once you try to flash with ODIN3 - or it won't work. If you Google around for a bit, there are several Downloads for JUST the USB drivers - I can upload you the USB drivers installer I used for my P3110 (flashed back to Stock to sell it off)) /EDIT
2. Download the correct .tar.md5 recovery file for the ROM you're going to use from Android Andi's file repository.
For CyanogenMod 11 you want to grab either PhilZ Touch or CWM Swipe Edition, for OMNI you want to grab TWRP.
3. Start ODIN3 and select the <recovery>.tar.md5 as a PDA file (make sure that nasty checkmark at "Repartition" is NOT checked"!)
4. Power on the tablet and make sure you get it into Download Mode
If it boots into Download Mode itself, that fine. If not just press... was it Power + VOL Down?... until you see the screen telling you to pres VOL up to proceed into Download Mode.
5. Connect the tablet to the computer (wait a second in case Windows decides to install the driver)
6. Flash the recovery
7. Disconnect after flash, jump into the recovery, flash CM11 or OMNI
Of course you can also flash back to Stock ROM (given you have the ODIN flashable tar.md5 at hand), verify that it boots after flashing, get into download mode, flash the custom recovery, flash the custom ROM.
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Thanks! I didn't know that was a recovery problem!
Somehow I couldn't reboot into Download mode with the key combo so I used ADB for that, and flashed the new recovery with Heimdall (in the CMW official website the versions are old, maybe that was the problem...).
Then I installed CM.
Thanks again!
ultrachilled said:
Somehow I couldn't reboot into Download mode with the key combo so I used ADB for that
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I am aware you managed to flash the ROM, but just as a hint about "this is a trap for young players":
IF your tablet is connected to the wall wart (power supply) or to the USB port of computer while trying to trigger the key-combo to hop into download mode or recovery it won't work! Your tablet needs to be _disconnected_!
Update Recovery!
hey you can try update your custom recovery to latest version by downlading the zip file here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548257
and than try re-flash your current rom or any kitkat room for your device

[Q] tablet not working properly

when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:
Help cache partication error
yolo squad dodo said:
when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:
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Can anyone help me please!!!!!!!
yolo squad dodo said:
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery
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You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.
BoneWithABeagle said:
You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.
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Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob
yolo squad dodo said:
Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob
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Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))
BoneWithABeagle said:
Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))
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odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal
I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips
yolo squad dodo said:
odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal
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For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN UP held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
yolo squad dodo said:
I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips
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Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.
BoneWithABeagle said:
For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.
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Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
jrc2
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jrc2 said:
Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
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Now that you mention it... yes, you're right jrc... "VOL DOWN" == Download Mode / "VOL UP" == Recovery (I failed to recall the "UP as in update.zip" association).

[Q] Problem in CWM

please help me
i dont know wat is version of my cwm
But it shows only six options that are as listed below:
1. Reboot
2. Apply update from ADB
3. Apply update from SDCARD
4. wipe data/factory reset
5. wipe cache partition
6. apply update from cache
when i try third option i.e. Apply update from SDCARD, it gives an error msg unknown volume for path
please help me, i want to install lollipop os on my phone or atleast kitkat rom, but not able to install
please kindly help :crying:
model no. GT-I8552
Samsung galaxy grand Quattro
Hmmm...
Are you sure this is CWM?
The options you see come from a stock recovery.
Try flashing another version of CWM.
How???
janekmuric said:
Are you sure this is CWM?
The options you see come from a stock recovery.
Try flashing another version of CWM.
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the question arises how???
please tell procedure for flashing another version of cwm
CWM
jaskeerat11 said:
the question arises how???
please tell procedure for flashing another version of cwm
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YOU ARE DOING EVERYHING ON YOUR OWN RISK.
I DID NOT TEST THIS.
Download Samsung drivers here: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-USB-Driver-for-Mobile-Phones-15270.shtml
Download odin: http://d-h.st/er8
The CWM revovery itself: http://d-h.st/0Fw
1. First be sure USB Debugging is checked in ur device ( Settings>Developer Options>USB Debugging )
2. Extract the Odin file from the zip.
3. Open Odin3 (Run As Administrator).
4. Put your device in download mode. To do so, press Volume Down And Home And Power Button all together and when it vibrates release
Power Button but keep pressing left ones. You should have a triangle with an android janitor while it's saying downloading ..
VOL UP TO CONTINUE...
5. Now connect USB to PC ,you should see a blue rectangle with COM:xx and saying Added. It means that your device is ready to be flashed!
6. Go into the PDA section and select your .tar file.(CWM Recovery)
7. Dont check any option (F.reset time and Auto reboot are checked by default) So just uncheck Auto Reboot.
8. Now click Start.
9. When it's finished, it should say that "Res OK" in Odin..
10. Now remove ur USB and remove ur battery and put it back and go to Recovery Mode (Volume UP And Home And Power Button all
together and when it vibrates release Power Button but keep pressing left ones).
If you don't see Developer options go to Stettings>About phone> press Build version 10 times quickly
I dont know. problem?

Fix any samsung android stucked at boot screen!

Hi guys in today's topic iam going to tell you that how you can fix any Samsung android phone that is stucked at booting screen.
It doesn't matter that in which point of boot you phone is stucked. It usually happen when you do something wrong while rooting, flashing, modifying, etc with your device. Do worry with the help of this post you will definitely fix your device. And if you have any questions you can comment down below.
So for fixing you device you have to flash a new firmware on your device using Odin.
**Firmware is a file or zip that contains all the partitions of you device.
**Odin is a flash tool that is use to flash firmware files on any Samsung.
1) Download Samsung usb driver from here and install it.
2)Now download Odin 3.07 from here and extract it on you pc. ( There are latest versions available for Odin but i recommend to use this 3.07 version because i think its easy to use and understand.
3) Then download you Samsung device firmware from here.
Now let's start the flashing process!
1) Remove you phone battery and reinsert if you haven't already. If you device battery is non-removable then it's ok.
2) Now press volume down+ home+ power button to boot into download mod.
3) Press volume up key to continue.
4) Now go to your pc and start odin.
5) Then connect your android device to your pc through usb cable. It's better to use the original usb cable that comes with your device.
6) After your device connected you can see "added" message in the Odin message box.
7) Now make sure that Auto reboot and f. time reset is checked and everything is unchecked. It's important!!!!
8) Then click on "PDA" and select the tar.md5 file (Stock firmware) that you have downloaded.
9) And then just click on start to start the flashing process.
** It will take some time to flash and just sit back don't touch your phone or usb.
10) After that you will see a reset or pass message in Odin. You can now disconnect your phone.
11) After that you phone will boot it will take some time to boot for the first time.
12) Sometimes phone still don't start after flashing the stock firmware because the phone has some corrupt data and cache. So if this happen to you the just go to recovery by pressing volume up+ home+ power and then just factory reset your device and clear the cache and then click on reboot.
** In some device when you clear cache fron recovery it doesn't clear it and just reboot the device automatically. If this happen to then the its totally fine.
After that your phone will definitely boot and fixed!!!
So now you can use your device again.
**You can also check my video tutorial!

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