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Not able to install - always standard recovery menu

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

P3100 - Soft bricked

Hello everybody!
I wanted to put a new ROM on my tablet so I downloaded the ROM and the GAPPs on my tablet.
I booted in the recovery mode, where I " factory reset", "wipe cache" and "format system". After formatting the system step, I saw that I put the old ROM file so I rebooted the tablet.
Now I got stuck on Samsung logo.
I CANT manage to get in recovery mode, neither in download mode. The only mode I can get is "Forced Upload by key Pressing"
What can I do to redo the life of my tablet?

I manage to see the tablet in ODIN using the "Forced Upload by key Pressing" mode, but its getting stuck at "setup connection" when I try to flash a stock ROM and a pit file.

peslap said:
I manage to see the tablet in ODIN using the "Forced Upload by key Pressing" mode, but its getting stuck at "setup connection" when I try to flash a stock ROM and a pit file.
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Have you got drivers on PC? If you have adb on PC, connect tab on PC and if it recognizes tab (adb devices) type adb reboot recovery (or adb reboot download)
Greets

I was to a service. My motherboard is dead..
Eh...

I was to another service and they fix my tablet with 10Euros. lol
Fixed

well it is only possible if you can go to the recovery mode
peslap said:
Hello everybody!
I wanted to put a new ROM on my tablet so I downloaded the ROM and the GAPPs on my tablet.
I booted in the recovery mode, where I " factory reset", "wipe cache" and "format system". After formatting the system step, I saw that I put the old ROM file so I rebooted the tablet.
Now I got stuck on Samsung logo.
I CANT manage to get in recovery mode, neither in download mode. The only mode I can get is "Forced Upload by key Pressing"
What can I do to redo the life of my tablet?
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These type of problems often occur when you do not clear the DALVIK CACHE.
try hard to go to the recovery mode and then perform a factory reset and try rebooting .
if that doesn't work you can always go for odin.
first install odin on your pc.
- now try going to download mode(if you cannot go to download mode try pressing the buttons hard)
-now download the firmware for your model in the below link.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
-now open odin in your pc
-go to download mode and connect your device to your pc.
-now select PDA in odin and browse for the firmware you downloaded before.
-now click start, this might take some time.
-if it is a success it will show pass!
-now try rebooting your device , if you still get stuck in the bootlogo try going to recovery mode, you will see your stock recovery. now do a factory reset.
-now try rebooting it should be fine.
NOTE:keep your device charged more than 50% before doing these processes.
hope this helps you............
If you still have any problems please let me know.
link for odin:http://odindownload.com/

[GUIDE] How to unbrick Galaxy Tab 3 10.1

Hey, in this tutorial I'll tell you how to unbrick hard-bricked Tab 3.
So, if you have message that you must repair your Tab 3 in Samsung Kies, and you can't recover it (you have corrupted system and have no recovery), first thing that you must do is to download Odin here: http://odindownload.com/ and TWRP recovery (make sure that you downloaded the version for your tablet): version for model P5200 - https://goo.gl/mzY5kV and for model P5210 - https://goo.gl/mcxy3E. Then download stock ROM from sammobile.com. WARNING! Never flash ROM on the tablet in such a state. When you do this, you'll see FAILED message in Odin and you won't repair anything. Then you must turn off tablet and boot into download mode (hold power+volume down+home). Then connect your tablet to the computer and open Odin with administrator rights. Now you gonna to click AP button and locate and open twrp file (with .md5 extension) and when it is loaded click Start button. When recovery is flashed, plug off the cable and then you must turn off your tablet and boot into recovery mode (hold power+volume up+home). Now you must click Wipe>Advanced Wipe and mark everything (without USB-OTG and SD Card) and click button Wipe. After wiping, you must click Reboot and Download. You'll be in download mode and make sure that there isn't any text in the upper left corner. When there isn't anything then this means that you haven't anything on your tablet. Now you must open Odin again and plug the cable in. Then click AP button and locate and open your ROM. Now you must click Start and wait. When the ROM is flashed, the tablet should restart automatically. Then unplug the cable and wait for the tablet to boot. After few minutes, you should see the welcome message. When you see it, it means that tablet is working and the repair is completed.
I hope that this tutorial helped you

this is not hard bricked this is soft bricked. hard bricked is when you cannot turn on your device to enter the recover and download mode. i hope you do your research. please correct the title.

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!

Root SM-N910T loops

I've tried to root my phone using this procedure:
How to root Samsung Note 4 SM-N910T and after I used Obi3 to load CF-Auto-Root.tar file, phone went to this page:
RECOVERY BOOTING.....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
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And whatever I do it boots only in this page now...
Is it any way to recover from this?
Thank you in advance!

This is very serious problem. Phone starts only with the screen mentioned in my first post. There is no Android Recovery available (if I press VolumeUP+Power+Home it goes to the same screen only). I can only go to Download mode and try to update it with CF-Auto-Root.tar file. But it doesn't help. Phone boots only into one screen only and there is no way to bypass it now.
Please help!

Do not ever use the procedure from the site, mentioned in my first post! It's full of BS (to go to Download mode you have to press VolumeDOWN+Home+Power and not VolumeUP+Home+Power) and the file provided there will soft-brick your phone with endless loop as I've described above
Here is the proper procedure to root SM-N910T phone:
1. Download and install Samsung USB driver Samsung-Usb-Driver-v1.5.63.0
2. Download and extract CF-Auto-Root-trltetmo-trltetmo-smn910t.tar.md5 file. See list of all devices - CF-Auto-Root
3. Turn off phone and boot into Download mode. Press VolumeDWN+Home+Power buttons
4. In Download mode if you see warning yellow triangle, then press VoumelUP to continue
5. Run (as admin) Odin3 and connect phone to computer
6. Once device is detected, click on AP button and select CF-Auto-Root-trltetmo-trltetmo-smn910t.tar.md5 file
7. Wait for couple minutes until rooting is completed and you see PASS! becoming green on top
Now you phone will boot normally and will set its root