Really getting frustrated, I softbricked my device (i think) - General Questions and Answers

Okay backstory time....
I have the Samsung Tab 3 Lite, T110 something and I decided to root it.
I used Odin to flash CWM and root it.
Well it was a bit laggy, so I installed this rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780068
It worked for awhile.
Later on, SuperSU said it needed to be updated, so I clicked update and it restarted the entire device and I got stuck on CWM-based recovery v6.0.4.8 and everytime I tried to reboot it kept going back to this recovery screen.
Well I tried flashing it again.
No dice.
Then I tried flashing ANOTHER rom from a different device (which I didn't realize at the time) and I'm still stuck.
To make matters worse my laptop doesn't detect the device, though it makes the noise like it's connected.
Well it DOES detect it, but it calls it an unspecified SAMSUNG_ANDROID.
I've tried updating drivers, turning pc off and back on, letting tablet die and plugging it in, different cables, everything.
It also says this weird thing when I try factory resetting in CWM: E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
Not a darn thing works.
I'm frustrated and I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong place but I'm at my wits end.

Bro try flashing stock ROM or any other custom ROM meant for your device from you device's recovery. And wipe data and dalvik cache before doing this ,and this can be done from recovery
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[Q] Will only boot to recovery.

Hi All.
So I'm not new to rooting / ROMs (nor am I an expert, as you'll see), but somehow have totally screwed up my tab. I've now honestly done so many things to try to recover, that I couldn't begin to summarize how I got into this mess, but I'll try.
Model is GT-P5113. Most recent working ROM was SlimLP 5.1
I went to flash CM12.1 (using CWM) and God only knows what happened. After it flashed, I tried to reboot and it would only go to CWM recovery. If I chose to reboot device, it would only shutdown, not reboot (This was actually one of the issues I was having with SlimLP as well, so I don't think the flashing had anything to do with that???)
After many attempts at reinstalling CM and SlimLP (I used the same Zip that had worked previously with SlimLP, and the flashing would say installed) it would still only boot to recovery. I finally said, screw it, I'll just start completely over
So attempted to go back to stock 4.2.2 using Odin3.09. Got the stock ROM off SamMobile site. ODIN seemed to flash,but again when it would go to reboot, it would just power down and a charging battery would show up. So I would unplug from the computer, push power button. When it powered up, it would say Installing system update, then after the status bar moved a bit, it would say Error and shut down. When I restart, it very briefly says installing system update, then show the dead android with a red triangle and No Command, and it would boot to the stock android system recovery (I assume CWM was taken off in the process). In yellow, under the stock recovery it says
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : XAR
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
I've tried installing the other ROMs again, this time with TWRP, but only for it to boot to recovery after the Samsung Tab 10. 1 logo.
I have no clue where to go from here. No clue if I'm still rooted (doubt it). At this point I don't care. I just want a functioning tab. I've spent hours searching, but nothing works. I'm open to any / all ideas.
Thanks
Aw, show me a little love, bros. Someone' gotta know something. I'm not above begging / pleading.
I can give more info, less info, post somewere else. Just let me know,and help me resuscitate my tab.
thanks again!

Can't boot into recovery - Galaxy S7 G930

Hello all.
I'm new to modifying my android (Galaxy S7 G930A) and could use some help. I have successfully rooted my phone, but have had some issues trying to flash a custom recovery. I was trying to flash TWRP but for some reason it didn't work, and I would always boot into the stock recovery.
Today, I screwed something up while trying to figure out my host of issues (I was also trying to figure out why I kept getting a "dm-verity verification failed" notice when flashing). Using the TWRP Manager app, I tried to install the recovery that way and it kept giving me an error that it was either already installed or encountered an issue of some kind. Knowing it wasn't installed, I looked for a different route. Long story short, I downloaded Flashify and then manually downloaded and flashed the TWRP recovery img and a "no-verity-opt-encrypt" file - which I read would fix the dm-verity error I was receiving.
I believe that's all I did before this recovery boot issue starting occurring.
Now, when attempting to boot into recovery (no matter what way, through an app, manually, etc) the blue text "Recovery Booting..." appears for half a second and then disappears. If I'm holding down the buttons it will flash again and disappear again, over and over. If I don't hold down the buttons, when it disappears the phone boots up as normal. So now I can't seem to access recovery at all. I wanted to try going the hard/factory reset route, but obviously can't because I can't access recovery.
Also, I don't know if this is related or not, but now my laptop will not recognize my phone at all. Doesn't give me any options - it will charge, but no connection. I was hoping to load it into Odin and do a stock reset to start from scratch before flashing a custom ROM.
Edit: I tested and connected to a different computer just fine, so there's obviously some miscommunication going on between my phone and laptop.
Can anyone help me out here? Sorry for the long post, I'm just really frustrated. :crying:

One PlusOne recovery loop- Help needed

Hello, I need serious help with my phone.
So, after a long while of having my phone rooted, and had a case of boot loop with twrp, I decided to go back to stock os and hung up the root days. I thought i did it right by getting a stock os and flashed it, and it worked for couple months, until yesterday.
My phone keeps going into Cyanogen Recovery, I tried rebooting so many times, once it did boot up to OS, but it went back after i restarted phone or it died.
Now I can't no longer get back, I thought factory resetting will work but it didn't. (Tried both wipe cache partition and Full factory reset option from the recovery) I found unroot your phone toolkits, thinking it could help fix my problem and just unroot/ give me back to OS (I wished i found this before flashing that custom stock rom).
But the toolkit doesn't work for me, it finds adb devices, but it cant find fast boot devices, because my phone cant even go into fast boot.
I tried manual, and the option from the recovery, it keeps going back to recovery. I have an option for apply update, and then apply from ADB, that was the only way for my pc to recognize my phone from adb devices. Any clues on how to fix?
Hi !
I may suggest you this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/tool-oneplus-one-return-to-stock-t2970390
Good luck !
xanthrax said:
Hi !
I may suggest you this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/tool-oneplus-one-return-to-stock-t2970390
Good luck !
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Will try, Ill respond back if anything happens!
Hmm I'm still having trouble because, I can't get into fast boot for some reason. It's keep going back to Cyanogen recovery. It has the option to reload into bootloader, but goes into cyanogen recovery again.
There is an option in dev options, uncheck the "update cyanogen recovery" and flash twrp again
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5110 bootloop

Hi! So, my father's old Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5110 (bought 5 years ago) has gotten into a bootloop. It's an odd case. Basically, it's like the device is completely read-only.
To describe the symptoms:
It boots into the OS, but after 30 seconds or so it suddenly restarts. The device cannot be turned off (it just reboots and reboots and reboots...), so it empties the battery if left unplugged.
I can enter download mode and recovery mode, where the device is stable.
The device is not rooted.
I tried to flash it with TWRP recovery (it worked on my mother's tablet; exact same model, but no problem like this), but the recovery mode is always unchanged. I've flashed with Odin 1.8*, Odin 3.0*, and latest Heimdall; it always completes, but nothing changes. I've learned about having to boot to recovery after flashing due to a script replacing custom recovery, but even when I go directly to recovery mode, it's the same old stock recovery.
I decided to try another approach, by uninstalling apps during those short 30 second intervals of functioning OS; I got to uninstall one app (AVG anti-virus software), but after the reboot, the app was installed again.
I tried to go into recovery mode to do "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition", but even that did nothing! Everything is where it was.
I can use ADB in recovery mode, so I tried to see if I could do some damage there, but the tablet is unrooted, and no rooting works either. (Tried rooting with Odin and "apply update from external storage" in stock recovery.) Couldn't find a writable directory to upload a su executable into either.
Just now I finished a 90 minute flashing of some Chilean stock firmware -- although I'm Swedish -- to see if that made things "rewritable", but guess what? All the old apps and files and settings were still there, in Swedish.
At this point I'm starting to suspect that I could hit it with a sledgehammer and it would just return to normal after a minute.
My father is not poor (just a bit cheap!), so buying a new tablet isn't a big deal, but I'm ostensibly a computer engineer...ing student, so it feels like a surrender to leave it unsolved. What might be the problem? Can memory in these devices become read-only due to some hardware fault?
Risky suggestions are welcome. If it's bricked, that's no problem.
EDIT: Whoops! My father ordered a new tablet; I was still going to experiment on the old one, maybe get it working again, but it seems that he went and tried the sledgehammer mode on it. But what happened is still an open question.

Possibly bricked galaxy tab A? flickering screen, won't flash anything

Hi all! I have been trying to fix this tablet for weeks. It's an SM-T580 Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablet. It's actually my girlfriend's tablet and she tried to root it first and she royally screwed it up and I am having a lot of trouble cleaning it up.
So, when I got to it, she already had it stuck on the downloader mode and if you tried to boot it, it went to the blue screen that says "An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the smart switch PC software."
So here is everything I did as well as I can remember it:
1. Tried every version of smart switch and KIES software. It does not recognize it ever.
2. Tried to flash custom recovery, but FRP lock is still enabled. She must not have correctly changed the settings in the tablet before beginning the root.
3. Tried to flash stock firmware, but it says it needs to be repartitioned. I downloaded what I thought was the pit file, and repartitioned the chip, but it still won't successfully boot. I tried several different cables and ports.
4. Tried to flash probably 10 different firmwares to see if anything would stick. Used several different versions of Odin all the way from 1.3 up to 13.5. Nothing will successfully boot.
5. Found stock recovery (I believe) and got stock recovery on there but when i get to recovery it says it can't mount anything. It gets a huge list of errors like "can't mount E..." I am able to ADB sideload, but so far nothing I try to sideload works because it says it has the wrong footer and the wrong signature.
Am I boned? She left it plugged in for like a week at least, so my assumption is the emmc chip burned out. Any and all help massively appreciated!

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