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[Q] Secure Fail: Kernel after downloading Clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager

I have Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon.
Rooted with Kingo ROOT.
I was trying to install a custom ROM so I had to download ROM Manager to install Clockworkmod Recovery and installed CWM.
After doing so, however, whenever I try to go into recovery mode, a screen with SECURE FAIL: KERNAL, a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark, and the message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" comes up.
Then the the only way to access the device is to go to download mode and then cancel it because if I try to turn the device on the normal way, it keeps on going to recovery mode and the fail message.
I installed an app that checks whether or not CWM is installed or not. It says it's not installed. So, I tried manually installing CWM using a computer, but when I type in "fastboot devices", nothing shows up. I tried everything including pdanet and other stuff but none work.
I can't even factory reset or anything.
Don't know what to do.
I just want to install a custom ROM.
Please help. I have been stuck on this problem for days.

mrWOOhooh said:
I have Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon.
Rooted with Kingo ROOT.
I was trying to install a custom ROM so I had to download ROM Manager to install Clockworkmod Recovery and installed CWM.
After doing so, however, whenever I try to go into recovery mode, a screen with SECURE FAIL: KERNAL, a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark, and the message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" comes up.
Then the the only way to access the device is to go to download mode and then cancel it because if I try to turn the device on the normal way, it keeps on going to recovery mode and the fail message.
I installed an app that checks whether or not CWM is installed or not. It says it's not installed. So, I tried manually installing CWM using a computer, but when I type in "fastboot devices", nothing shows up. I tried everything including pdanet and other stuff but none work.
I can't even factory reset or anything.
Don't know what to do.
I just want to install a custom ROM.
Please help. I have been stuck on this problem for days.
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More than likely your on 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't downgrade or install a custom recovery
Your options for recovery are limited to safestrap and bootloader locked roms only
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
More than likely your on 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't downgrade or install a custom recovery
Sent from my Nexus 5
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So I can't install a custom ROM?

mrWOOhooh said:
So I can't install a custom ROM?
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If your on a locked bootloader which it seems like you are then no you can't
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
More than likely your on 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't downgrade or install a custom recovery
Your options for recovery are limited to safestrap and bootloader locked roms only
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Alright. Thank you.
Do you know a way to return to stock recovery?

mrWOOhooh said:
Alright. Thank you.
Do you know a way to return to stock recovery?
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You'll have to flash the rom itself back to stock which should in turn restore stock recovery
Sent from my Nexus 5

mrWOOhooh said:
"Then the the only way to access the device is to go to download mode and then cancel it because if I try to turn the device on the normal way, it keeps on going to recovery mode and the fail message.".
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I have this same problem now. How did you get to the 'download mode' to cancel it so the phone would start up?

zman2468 said:
I have this same problem now. How did you get to the 'download mode' to cancel it so the phone would start up?
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Hi, it's been a couple years so I have no clue but here's an article I found by Googling.
https://www.technewscentral.com/enter-recovery-mode-odin-modedownload-mode-galaxy-s3/id_7924
Best of luck to you!

[Q]Hard bricked s6 (am-g920f), Odin fails every time

So I flashed a rom on the s6, it ended up being the wrong model number, I went to recovery, factory reset, then the os system was deleted. I've been trying for 8 hours looking everywhere with no help.
I used odin with no success.
I can't boot into recovery because it boot loops on the cf auto root.
I have downloaded the stock rom, pit file, etc and anything won't work when I use Odin.
On smart switch, my device isn't supported.
Can any of you guys help me? I'm new here..

Never use auto root, always use twrp and install supersu through that

shotgun10ga said:
Never use auto root, always use twrp and install supersu through that
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Is there a way to fix it?

No that is not a way to fix it. You have a galaxy s6 but what model number you get? G920F/I/....etc. You should find it in settings and about device. You didn't hard brick your phone you soft bricked your phone. Can you get into recovery/download mode?

bahmonkeys said:
Can you get into recovery/download mode?
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He said he can't:
I can't boot into recovery because it boot loops on the cf auto root.
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I'd try to flash the TWRP file thru Odin, for you don't need to boot into the recovery, you need download mode-
can you achieve that (vol down+home+power)?
If so, just flash TWRP, do a full swipe, install the right ROM and you're good.

Nice
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You flahsed a rom, then delete it, then CF autoroot? WHAT?
Well, lesson learned the hard way. Read before you do something "dangerous".

Hallo. Try to get in to download mode.
Ignore the message your phone not supported.
Use kies 3 go to tab emergency.
Select firmware upgrade initialization .
Fill in your type number like SM-G920F and enter your serie number of the phone then it will download and restore your phone for you.. be patient cause it could take 30 mins easily . Good luck.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G920F met Tapatalk

What if the phone don't go in download mode??

Need Help With Bricked Note 5

Tried to root my Note 5 using Zedomax's method for 6.0.1 and I think something went wrong. My phone ran through the Odin flashing process and passed, but on reboot I was left with red letter saying "recovery is seandroid enforcing" or something to that effect along with a boot loop. I was unable to boot into TWRP. I can still get the phone in download mode, but it seems like every firmware/recovery I try to flash leaves me in the same predicament or it freezes odin before I can flash it. My note 5 is a 920p Sprint model and on 6.0.1. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

timsmooth said:
Tried to root my Note 5 using Zedomax's method for 6.0.1 and I think something went wrong. My phone ran through the Odin flashing process and passed, but on reboot I was left with red letter saying "recovery is seandroid enforcing" or something to that effect along with a boot loop. I was unable to boot into TWRP. I can still get the phone in download mode, but it seems like every firmware/recovery I try to flash leaves me in the same predicament or it freezes odin before I can flash it. My note 5 is a 920p Sprint model and on 6.0.1. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Uncheck auto reboot in Odin and Odin twrp.
Reboot straight from download mode into twrp and flash either smoar rom or the deodexed rom by tdunham. Did you make sure you oem lock is off ?
Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

djxn40 said:
Uncheck auto reboot in Odin and Odin twrp.
Reboot straight from download mode into twrp and flash either smoar rom or the deodexed rom by tdunham. Did you make sure you oem lock is off ?
Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
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I already helped him get back to stock so he's at least up and running.

timsmooth said:
Tried to root my Note 5 using Zedomax's method for 6.0.1 and I think something went wrong. My phone ran through the Odin flashing process and passed, but on reboot I was left with red letter saying "recovery is seandroid enforcing" or something to that effect along with a boot loop. I was unable to boot into TWRP. I can still get the phone in download mode, but it seems like every firmware/recovery I try to flash leaves me in the same predicament or it freezes odin before I can flash it. My note 5 is a 920p Sprint model and on 6.0.1. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Use the twrp 3.0.2.0 tar.tar found via @tdunham moar for mm threads note 5 recoveries link. I had same issue until using it.

This thread can be closed. Mrmike2182 helped me fix my issue in another thread.

Please help me!
MrMike2182 said:
I already helped him get back to stock so he's at least up and running.
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I have the same exact problem with my phone. Same model and everything. I can make it to Odin mode but when I try and boot the phone I'm stuck on the boot screen with kernel is not seandroid enforcing in red.

N_MBU said:
I have the same exact problem with my phone. Same model and everything. I can make it to Odin mode but when I try and boot the phone I'm stuck on the boot screen with kernel is not seandroid enforcing in red.
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Download one of these for your phone. .
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920P/
Make sure you uncheck auto reboot in Odin and as soon as it's done and says success disconnect the phone and immediately press and hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time and when the screen comes back up you HAVE to select factory reset wipe if you don't you'll be stuck again just let the little android dude install the update and then the phone will reboot and you'll be ok.
Unzip the md5 you get from the sammobile site and flash only the .tar
This is what he told me that got my phone up and working again. Be warned it is the nuclear option. All of your data will be lost upon recovery good luck.

I hate bringing old posts back to life....But I'm stuck in a series of boot loops that I can't get out of.
I was rooted on MM, decided to go back to stock for a Gallery error I was having.
Downloaded the PD2 from Sammobile, Odin'd it, appears successful.
Reboot
I get to the stock ROM setup screens and the boot loop occurs. I can't complete setup.
I've tried unticking the reboot in Odin and going directly into system recovery...then I do a Factory reset which appears successful.\\Reboot phone, back into the stock ROM Welcome screen....start the setup, and usually after adding WiFi or during Activation reboot.
Any help??

hotspace said:
I hate bringing old posts back to life....But I'm stuck in a series of boot loops that I can't get out of.
I was rooted on MM, decided to go back to stock for a Gallery error I was having.
Downloaded the PD2 from Sammobile, Odin'd it, appears successful.
Reboot
I get to the stock ROM setup screens and the boot loop occurs. I can't complete setup.
I've tried unticking the reboot in Odin and going directly into system recovery...then I do a Factory reset which appears successful.\\Reboot phone, back into the stock ROM Welcome screen....start the setup, and usually after adding WiFi or during Activation reboot.
Any help??
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It's extremely common and has one simple solution. Let the battery completely die and then charge it up a little and you won't loop anymore

Thanks for the reply. Earlier today I visited my local Sprint store and gave them a crack at it. After about 30 minutes in the store, the tech suggested I leave with it them and they were going to completely wipe it and load the stock image.
After about an hour I went back to the store and he gave me the bad news that he was unable to get it out of the boot loop as well. They've ordered me a new device.
I really trust what you say about letting the phone battery die...but I fear that would fix it and I'd be out a new replacement device.

954wrecker said:
It's extremely common and has one simple solution. Let the battery completely die and then charge it up a little and you won't loop anymore
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Dude!! It worked. I put the phone in download mode and just let it sit until it died.
Booted it back up and it went straight into hands free activation. And no reboots.
Why does this work?

Blank TWRP on Sm-g530h

Hello guys. I need your help badly.
I am using Galaxy Grand Prime smg530h
The problem is when I push the power button, my phone automatically boots to recovery mode which is Twrp, yeah I was my only problem last time. I guess I wipe something using twrp, my phone says "NO OS INSTALLED" . Then I googled some ways to fix so I installed a custom rom using twrp. I though my problem was solved but still when I turn on my phone it automatically boots recovery. I googled again and did something. But a big problem shows up, When I turn on my phone, it boots automatically to twrp but after the samsung logo flashes, black screen appears. Its just blank but the my phone black light is on and I think im on twrp since everytime I touch the screen it vibrates.
Please help me

Htxenuj said:
Hello guys. I need your help badly.
I am using Galaxy Grand Prime smg530h
The problem is when I push the power button, my phone automatically boots to recovery mode which is Twrp, yeah I was my only problem last time. I guess I wipe something using twrp, my phone says "NO OS INSTALLED" . Then I googled some ways to fix so I installed a custom rom using twrp. I though my problem was solved but still when I turn on my phone it automatically boots recovery. I googled again and did something. But a big problem shows up, When I turn on my phone, it boots automatically to twrp but after the samsung logo flashes, black screen appears. Its just blank but the my phone black light is on and I think im on twrp since everytime I touch the screen it vibrates.
Please help me
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Have you tried to re-install everything including your recovery? Perhaps even your bootloader or try to flash your ROM manually from fastboot or adb.

RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Have you tried to re-install everything including your recovery? Perhaps even your bootloader or try to flash your ROM manually from fastboot or adb.
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Hmm. Can you show me a guide sir? On reinstalling? 'cos I dont know what to do since I am stuck on a blank screen.

Htxenuj said:
Hmm. Can you show me a guide sir? On reinstalling? 'cos I dont know what to do since I am stuck on a blank screen.
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There is already a guide available for how to flash stock rom, which you can check out here. You can get the stock rom from sammobile, the official samsung firmware resource which you can check out here.
Good luck!
Edit: You can then try to reflash twrp and if it doesn't work, post about it in the twrp thread for your device.

RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Have you tried to re-install everything including your recovery? Perhaps even your bootloader or try to flash your ROM manually from fastboot or adb.
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Samsung doesn't use fastboot, they use download mode and flash with Odin. Be familiar with these kinds of specifics about a device if you're going to give advice, otherwise you might tell someone something very wrong unintentionally.
Sent from my SM-S903VL using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
Samsung doesn't use fastboot, they use download mode and flash with Odin. Be familiar with these kinds of specifics about a device if you're going to give advice, otherwise you might tell someone something very wrong unintentionally.
Sent from my SM-S903VL using Tapatalk
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Adb: Recover > Update from ADB
Fastboot: Boot to download mode > fastboot access on most devices (confirmed on my S4)

RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Adb: Recover > Update from ADB
Fastboot: Boot to download mode > fastboot access on most devices (confirmed on my S4)
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adb works on Samsung, fastboot does not.
Sent from my SM-S903VL using Tapatalk

RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Have you tried to re-install everything including your recovery? Perhaps even your bootloader or try to flash your ROM manually from fastboot or adb.
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How can I boot to Download mode since I am stuck at blank screen?

Htxenuj said:
How can I boot to Download mode since I am stuck at blank screen?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYA3ZMlDO3Q

Htxenuj said:
Hello guys. I need your help badly.
I am using Galaxy Grand Prime smg530h
The problem is when I push the power button, my phone automatically boots to recovery mode which is Twrp, yeah I was my only problem last time. I guess I wipe something using twrp, my phone says "NO OS INSTALLED" . Then I googled some ways to fix so I installed a custom rom using twrp. I though my problem was solved but still when I turn on my phone it automatically boots recovery. I googled again and did something. But a big problem shows up, When I turn on my phone, it boots automatically to twrp but after the samsung logo flashes, black screen appears. Its just blank but the my phone black light is on and I think im on twrp since everytime I touch the screen it vibrates.
Please help me
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i have 2 of this devices,they all go to same trouble,never show twrp. no change no picture just blank (seems grey into black)

Suryo75 said:
i have 2 of this devices,they all go to same trouble,never show twrp. no change no picture just blank (seems grey into black)
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It fix by using cwm, twrp is not compatible with twrp especially g530h which is has xxu based

Suryo75 said:
It fix by using cwm, twrp is not compatible with twrp especially g530h which is has xxu based
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Can you help with a working link for CWM for 530H? I cant seem to find anything apart from TWRP

dv8ted said:
Can you help with a working link for CWM for 530H? I cant seem to find anything apart from TWRP
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Just visit link with quote cwm for g530h

dv8ted said:
Can you help with a working link for CWM for 530H? I cant seem to find anything apart from TWRP
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CWM is a dead project, it is no longer supported, that is why you are only finding TWRP. If you want custom recovery, use TWRP, it is a much better recovery than CWM anyway.
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dv8ted said:
Can you help with a working link for CWM for 530H? I cant seem to find anything apart from TWRP
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try this

Is their any solution to use twrp on g530h xxu based?
On flashing many custom roms through cwm, their is nothing on screen but gray broken lines.
Please help if anyone have it's solution.

[Recovery] Stuck in TWRP splash screen and cant boot into anything else

As the title says, I flashed TWRP onto my S7 and now it only boots into TWRP and its stuck on the splash screen. Any help will be appreciated since this is my main phone, I thought I could do it since I have done this on my S3 before.

MuscularCrab said:
As the title says, I flashed TWRP onto my S7 and now it only boots into TWRP and its stuck on the splash screen. Any help will be appreciated since this is my main phone, I thought I could do it since I have done this on my S3 before.
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Flash stock firmware then flash twrp again but untick auto reboot

kpwnApps said:
Flash stock firmware then flash twrp again but untick auto reboot
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Now I can't boot into anything, its been on charge for 10+ hours and if anything, I get a flash of the fastmode then it turns off. I've seriously screwed up my phone...

MuscularCrab said:
Now I can't boot into anything, its been on charge for 10+ hours and if anything, I get a flash of the fastmode then it turns off. I've seriously screwed up my phone...
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Can u get into twrp

kpwnApps said:
Can u get into twrp
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No. Nothing. Maybe sometimes I can get into fastboot or recovery (but it comes up with a green screen saying An error has occurred while updating the device software) I've really messed my phone up XD. Is there anything else I can do? It doesn't seem I can boot to anything now (not even fastboot).

MuscularCrab said:
No. Nothing. Maybe sometimes I can get into fastboot or recovery (but it comes up with a green screen saying An error has occurred while updating the device software) I've really messed my phone up XD. Is there anything else I can do? It doesn't seem I can boot to anything now (not even fastboot).
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If it says An error has occurred while updating the device software connect to pc and flash firmware with odin