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What's going on guys,I've got a problem here that I need your help with.
After flashing a new 2.3.6 ROM my phone just won't boot up, here's how it went down.
I flashed the new ROM and it worked great for about 1 month and suddenly it stopped booting up, since then I've tried flashing a huge load of ROMs trying to get it to work but so far nothing has worked.
I've tried flashing with the MMC in, without it and I've also tried flashing with and without the latona.pit file, as I said above nothing has worked.
After the flashing here's what I see in the Android System Recovery Menu:
Your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions
Meida files copy failed
--Installing package--
Finding update package
Opening update package
Installing update...
Successfully installed package
-- Wiping data
Formatting /data
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcbl0p3
Formatting /dbdata
Formatting /cache
Data wipe failed
--Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/SER/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC
I can get the phone to download mode, and it shows the Samsung animation but without sound, and it keeps bootlooping.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Flashing with latona pit file will solve the problem... do a complete flash from odin... xxkpe first then kpu or xxle4.... it should work for you... were on ics???
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium
anziclone said:
Flashing with latona pit file will solve the problem... do a complete flash from odin... xxkpe first then kpu or xxle4.... it should work for you... were on ics???
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium
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Nah' was never on ICS, could you upload the latona file for me, I'm not sure I have the correct one. Thanks.
anziclone said:
Flashing with latona pit file will solve the problem... do a complete flash from odin... xxkpe first then kpu or xxle4.... it should work for you... were on ics???
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium
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Found the PIT file in the rom zip, did what you said and doesn't work. Anybody out there with ideas help me out here.
if you are stuck in a boot loop go to recovery and and clear user data and clear cache...
that worked for me
PhantomPhreek said:
What's going on guys,I've got a problem here that I need your help with.
After flashing a new 2.3.6 ROM my phone just won't boot up, here's how it went down.
I flashed the new ROM and it worked great for about 1 month and suddenly it stopped booting up, since then I've tried flashing a huge load of ROMs trying to get it to work but so far nothing has worked...
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ok, so you were running a custom rom for a month, and for that month there were no problems. then, all of a sudden, with no further modifications and no alterations of any settings, it quit working? was it having any sort of problems, like difficulty booting or coming out of sleep, etc., or was it really with no warning at all? there was no overheating at all either?
what were your governor settings?
you say that flashing pit, along with the roms listed above, didn't work, but what was the message you got after running it in odin?
supergaijin said:
ok, so you were running a custom rom for a month, and for that month there were no problems. then, all of a sudden, with no further modifications and no alterations of any settings, it quit working? was it having any sort of problems, like difficulty booting or coming out of sleep, etc., or was it really with no warning at all? there was no overheating at all either?
what were your governor settings?
you say that flashing pit, along with the roms listed above, didn't work, but what was the message you got after running it in odin?
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It wasn't a custom ROM that I installed, it was an official one that was posted on XDA.
No errors were shown in ODIN, the only errors are the ones on the phone which I posted above.
Yeah, it stopped working without me doing any modifications.
I flashed a one file rom and it worked great for about a month then it stopped working and I downgraded to a 3-file rom, flashing the 3-file rom WITHOUT the External SD gave the same error I've posted above, I flashed it WITH the External SD and it worked great for a few months but when I removed the SD card while the phone was on, it would just hang and I would have to restart the phone again with the SD card in which made me believe the OS was installed on the SD card. But this stopped working after another month and here I'm.
The problem right now is, I get the error despite whether the SD card is in or out.
I've done some research on this and I see that this problem MAYBE caused by partitioning issues that could be fixed with "dbdata.rfs" IN GALAXY S, (the same error has been fixed on the Galaxy S with the "dbdata.rfs" file) but I haven't been able to find the "dbdata.rfs" file in any of the roms for i9003.
did u unmount ur sd card before removing it?anyway,u can continue trying to flash other rom available since u can still enter download mode.do try flashing with rom that got bootloader(4files rom) on odin.
anyway,this thread actually belongs to general section man.do explore xda properly before u start posting a thread..
in addition to what rarap said, switching your sd cards with the swap is one thing that causes problems. I'm sure you know the purpose of the swap, but in most cases (or all, can't say for sure), these swaps don't fix the commands for ejecting sd cards, so even though you do the "eject" command, it will still give you the warning that you removed a card without stopping it, hence the hang when you removed it.
do a full five file flash. backup first, then reset all data, then flash pit, then 4 files of kpe and then whichever GB you were using (PDA ONLY!) and do not make any mods. then see if you have issues.
Can you get into recovery?
Try flashing a different kernel... also while at boot logo, does the phone vibrate at any instance?
same thing happened to me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709530
yr internal sd card is currupted
if it is in warranty hen go to service centre at once
and if not then repairs will be costly
you can try to revive yr phone by going to these threads but i cannot guarantee success
i tried but i was stuck, and i dont have the time ( i have to study)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241574
http://translate.google.com/transla...es/2012/05/la-resurreccion-del-i9003.html?m=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644797&page=3
anziclone said:
Can you get into recovery?
Try flashing a different kernel... also while at boot logo, does the phone vibrate at any instance?
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I've tried installing different kernals, none worked.
It doesn't vibrate on boot but it does when I tab onscreen buttons on the UC kernel.
where are you from ? i can help you in person if ur a local
btw you do not need to go to service center :] ur internal card is not corrupted..
first u need to flash XXKPE phone won't boot..
then flash KPU.. phon will still not boot
then install this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1021032&d=1335208703
and got to recovery and wipe everything and restore factory settings and phone will boot... remember it could take a while to boot because dalvik cache needs time to build on the first startup
btw you must be using a cooked rom this is a known problem i also had this prob in the past..
simmer14 said:
where are you from ? i can help you in person if ur a local
btw you do not need to go to service center :] ur internal card is not corrupted..
first u need to flash XXKPE phone won't boot..
then flash KPU.. phon will still not boot
then install this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1021032&d=1335208703
and got to recovery and wipe everything and restore factory settings and phone will boot... remember it could take a while to boot because dalvik cache needs time to build on the first startup
btw you must be using a cooked rom this is a known problem i also had this prob in the past..
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Nah' I've never flashed a cooked rom, only the official ones that were posted on samfirmware.com
Thanks for the reply man, so I flash the bootloader, pda, csc, modem AND the pit file all in one go?.
EDIT: Tried it, doesn't work give the error "E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)"
First let me say that I'm kinda new to android flashing and I'm learning, so please be understanding.
A few days ago I got in my hands an i9003 and decided to root and unlock it, I thought I had made an /efs backup, but, as a matter of fact this backup turned out to be empty, as apparently I didn't backup with root permision. A day later decided to install CM11 and I followed this tutorial: bit.ly/J5d5UL When I tried to install the ROM it rebooted and it got stuck in recovery mode. I read extensively over what to do, so I decided to flash back to stock (UBKB1, as I'm from Argentina and this is the Latin american Froyo stock). I've had no luck with this: it is now stuck with the glowing Samsung logo right after the boot animation. I've read that the CF-Root used in the tutorial, amit.bagaria one, it's intended to work with Gingerbread, and I had Froyo installed when I started the tutorial, ¿can this be the cause of everything? ¿Is there something I can do? I've also read to flash to KPE first and then on to others, but I'm worried that, as I don't have my /efs backup, I could lose my 3g and/or IMEI.
Thanks in advance, and also I apologize any grammar errors I could have as English isn't my native language.
sjvega said:
First let me say that I'm kinda new to android flashing and I'm learning, so please be understanding.
A few days ago I got in my hands an i9003 and decided to root and unlock it, I thought I had made an /efs backup, but, as a matter of fact this backup turned out to be empty, as apparently I didn't backup with root permision. A day later decided to install CM11 and I followed this tutorial: bit.ly/J5d5UL When I tried to install the ROM it rebooted and it got stuck in recovery mode. I read extensively over what to do, so I decided to flash back to stock (UBKB1, as I'm from Argentina and this is the Latin american Froyo stock). I've had no luck with this: it is now stuck with the glowing Samsung logo right after the boot animation. I've read that the CF-Root used in the tutorial, amit.bagaria one, it's intended to work with Gingerbread, and I had Froyo installed when I started the tutorial, ¿can this be the cause of everything? ¿Is there something I can do? I've also read to flash to KPE first and then on to others, but I'm worried that, as I don't have my /efs backup, I could lose my 3g and/or IMEI.
Thanks in advance, and also I apologize any grammar errors I could have as English isn't my native language.
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sometimes while installing rom the phone automatically reboots into recovery.. but tht is normal.. then u have to again flash the rom ... but for now .. try clearing dalvik cache in recovery mode... and reboot .. if tht doesnt work then using odin flash back to kpe .. here is a video link http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2crS2rZgUQc&desktop_uri=/watch?v=2crS2rZgUQc and u can loose ur internal data so backup...
hit thanks if i helped
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry I didn't specify further, when it was booting continuously into recovery I tried to install the ROM, but it threw an error (#7 if I recall correctly) and then it kept looping into recovery.
I'll try to flash CWM now (as I don't have it flashed after flashing stock) and do the wipes.
EDIT: I've flashed CWM for the firm I had installed, wiped everything, reflashed and it still doesn't work, I'd like to avoid KPE until I'm sure I can recover the /efs folder as I don't want lo lose connectivity of any sort. Update: during wiping CWM said it can't mount /datadata
Thanks anyway
Last Update:I've got a KPE for my region so I've flashed it, I've also flashed amit.bagaria's universal CWM, it kept looping, so I tried to install the rom, unsuccessfully, it reboots on a different version of CWM, and if I try to install it again it says:
Installing update...
"assert failed: run_program("/tmp/updater.sh")==0
E:Error in /storage/sdcard1/cm-11-20131209-UNOFFICIAL-galaxysl.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
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sjvega said:
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry I didn't specify further, when it was booting continuously into recovery I tried to install the ROM, but it threw an error (#7 if I recall correctly) and then it kept looping into recovery.
I'll try to flash CWM now (as I don't have it flashed after flashing stock) and do the wipes.
EDIT: I've flashed CWM for the firm I had installed, wiped everything, reflashed and it still doesn't work, I'd like to avoid KPE until I'm sure I can recover the /efs folder as I don't want lo lose connectivity of any sort. Update: during wiping CWM said it can't mount /datadata
Thanks anyway
Last Update:I've got a KPE for my region so I've flashed it, I've also flashed amit.bagaria's universal CWM, it kept looping, so I tried to install the rom, unsuccessfully, it reboots on a different version of CWM, and if I try to install it again it says:
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leave amit bagaria zip aside... flash this on kpe using odin link:- http://www.mediafire.com/download/vh701fh312la2v9/ZHKPE-CFROOT-25-05-2012.tar . after odin detects your device. go to PDA option and select this zip file from your computer and flash.. this will root your device and add a cwm recovery. and let me know what happened.. and even iam not a professional. but i were u i would have tried all possible ways.. have fun.. we ill get a way out of it..
hit thanx if i helped
Excuse me but, ¿PIT? ¿isn't it PDA? Also, that CWM isn't for the firm of the region I have, ¿wouldn't I have problems flashing that one?
I've been reading that it could be that the internal memory is corrupted, ¿is there a way to check this?
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I've been reading that it could be that the internal memory is corrupted, ¿is there a way to check this?
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sorry bro ! its pda .. i havent used odin for months so.... and iam not sure region would cause any problem ! it will be better to consult a professional.... and even ill read about it and post if i get something..
Ok, so I kept reading about it and it doesn't seem to be a corrupted memory, there are some errors that should appear and they don't.
I've been recomended to flash to XXKB3 as it doesn't modify the IMEI file, and then if that doesn't work flash XXKPE; I'm having a hard time finding it though, as all hotfile links are dead.
Ok! I've flashed XXKP3 and finally it booted. I'll see to take other problems I might have somewhere else.
Hi long story short. I flashed a custom rom on device. I wanted to return to stock rom but in the process my hard drive went out on my laptop (all my backups were on there). I had to d/ld stock rom Tab 3 sm-t217s flashed it using oden. Started to flash twrp to re-root got pit mounting error in oden. Did a little research here online found magic pit. Used same model tab to create pit file with magic pit. I loaded the pit file in oden along with twrp but i just want to be sure about this. Tab works fine just can't flash anything to it appreciate any and all help
Been working to fix this problem but haven't found a solution yet. Originally I installed negalite wonderom. I did a backup with titanium backup and also did a nandroid backup image. I wanted to go back on to stock but when I tried to recover the stock rom it wouldn't go back it just restored the negalite rom. So I go to retrieve my backups and my laptop wouldn't boot. So I used my desktop to find and d/ld stock rom and flashed it and now im herebut during this process I've also discovered that my galaxy tab 3 Sm-t217s won't go into recovery it gives me an error msg. I'm stumped the pit that i got from my wife's tab wouldn't flash Oden got stuck at do not remove target and every tool that i tried gave me an error because the tab needs root permission. Tab works fine just want to figure this out and fix it if at all possible. It's consuming a lot of my time and patience. Thanks in advance for any and all help
Hey everyone, so I have from what I researched here is a "soft" bricked phone as my recovery mode (TWRP) and download mode works fine but no boot.
First let me say this is the Canadian version of the Note 5 SM-N920W8. I posted here because there is no forum for that version everything seems to be the same and posted under 920T version.
HISTORY OF THE PHONE:
It was a while ago that I rooted but let me describe to the best of my memory how my note 5 ended up in the state that it is in. So stock was lollipop 5.1.1. I flashed the skyhigh kernel which gave root access but had random reeboot issues which led me to flashing TWRP recovery so I could flash boot.img as an image file which did take away the random reeboot problem and removed that red error on startup "kernel is not SEANDROID enforcing". Life was good at this point! Everything worked great woth no issues. I greenified everything and underclocked the cpu with system tuner and used system app removed to manually all the bloatware as I didnt want to start using custom roms I stuck with the stock firmware. Part of the reason that I didnt want to use custom roms is because I started reading up on xposed framework, so I decided to flash it and give it a try. I read the xposed framework thread followed the download link to my version downloaded it and flashed with TWRP. Immediately after this was a bootloop.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Unfortunately I had no backup in TWRP.. In a panic before researching I started flashing other kernels like arters kernel and I think space x whcih can be used on some note 5s.. which brought back that SEANDROID error message in the bootloop. I flashed the skyhigh kernel but flashing the boot.img didn't get rid of that error message again.
A friend of mine at work recommended that I just wipe everything and flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com with odin since I still have recovery mode then just re root. So I went into TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING. I think there was 4 or 5 boxes in twrp data wipe but I selected all the boxes. Now the phone doesn't even get the Samsung logo on boot or anything but download mode works so I flashed twrp again which loads up. I downloaded my version of the Samsung firmware which was about 1.6gb from sammobile.com. I open odin load the file that I extracted. A tar.md5 file which took longer than normal to load into the AP but I didn't change any settings or anything. Should I have? Because after I hit start it failed. I retried at least 3 times. Does this firmware contain all the AP CP and all the other boxes or do I need to find those separately? Should I just try a custom rom?
Im not sure what to do here I have a completely blank phone but twrp and download mode works so it recoverable right?
I read up on adb sideloader but didn't get too far.. is that worth trying for recovery in this case?
I also read a few threads on here for other samsung versions where they say to flash a PIT file with odin but they all say that it only works specifically for that phone and I couldn't find one for this version of the note 5.
I know the #1 rule here is to research before posting and Ive really made my best attempt to research on here and Google over the last few days but I really need my phone back. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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bloewen4 said:
Hey everyone, so I have from what I researched here is a "soft" bricked phone as my recovery mode (TWRP) and download mode works fine but no boot.
First let me say this is the Canadian version of the Note 5 SM-N920W8. I posted here because there is no forum for that version everything seems to be the same and posted under 920T version.
HISTORY OF THE PHONE:
It was a while ago that I rooted but let me describe to the best of my memory how my note 5 ended up in the state that it is in. So stock was lollipop 5.1.1. I flashed the skyhigh kernel which gave root access but had random reeboot issues which led me to flashing TWRP recovery so I could flash boot.img as an image file which did take away the random reeboot problem and removed that red error on startup "kernel is not SEANDROID enforcing". Life was good at this point! Everything worked great woth no issues. I greenified everything and underclocked the cpu with system tuner and used system app removed to manually all the bloatware as I didnt want to start using custom roms I stuck with the stock firmware. Part of the reason that I didnt want to use custom roms is because I started reading up on xposed framework, so I decided to flash it and give it a try. I read the xposed framework thread followed the download link to my version downloaded it and flashed with TWRP. Immediately after this was a bootloop.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Unfortunately I had no backup in TWRP.. In a panic before researching I started flashing other kernels like arters kernel and I think space x whcih can be used on some note 5s.. which brought back that SEANDROID error message in the bootloop. I flashed the skyhigh kernel but flashing the boot.img didn't get rid of that error message again.
A friend of mine at work recommended that I just wipe everything and flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com with odin since I still have recovery mode then just re root. So I went into TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING. I think there was 4 or 5 boxes in twrp data wipe but I selected all the boxes. Now the phone doesn't even get the Samsung logo on boot or anything but download mode works so I flashed twrp again which loads up. I downloaded my version of the Samsung firmware which was about 1.6gb from sammobile.com. I open odin load the file that I extracted. A tar.md5 file which took longer than normal to load into the AP but I didn't change any settings or anything. Should I have? Because after I hit start it failed. I retried at least 3 times. Does this firmware contain all the AP CP and all the other boxes or do I need to find those separately? Should I just try a custom rom?
Im not sure what to do here I have a completely blank phone but twrp and download mode works so it recoverable right?
I read up on adb sideloader but didn't get too far.. is that worth trying for recovery in this case?
I also read a few threads on here for other samsung versions where they say to flash a PIT file with odin but they all say that it only works specifically for that phone and I couldn't find one for this version of the note 5.
I know the #1 rule here is to research before posting and Ive really made my best attempt to research on here and Google over the last few days but I really need my phone back. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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If you have either a custom or stock rom installed or the official Samsung firmware installed
then it should be an easy fix, you must have flashed a incompatible kernel or perhaps you
deleted the kerned. (the phone will not boot without a kernel)
You need to find a compatible kernel and flash it using twrp recovery.
Here is a link you may want to try, it's for kernels for the Note 5 only:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-note5/orig-development
It might even be better if you were to Odin flash a fresh copy of your Note 5 specific
firmware using download mode, that's the surest way to get your phone working again.
Give it a try...
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Good luck!
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
A friend of mine at work recommended that I just wipe everything and flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com with odin since I still have recovery mode then just re root. So I went into TWRP and wiped EVERYTHING. I think there was 4 or 5 boxes in twrp data wipe but I selected all the boxes. Now the phone doesn't even get the Samsung logo on boot or anything but download mode works so I flashed twrp again which loads up. I downloaded my version of the Samsung firmware which was about 1.6gb from sammobile.com. I open odin load the file that I extracted. A tar.md5 file which took longer than normal to load into the AP but I didn't change any settings or anything. Should I have? Because after I hit start it failed. I retried at least 3 times. Does this firmware contain all the AP CP and all the other boxes or do I need to find those separately? Should I just try a custom rom?
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Unfortunately I had no backup in TWRP.. In a panic before researching I started flashing other kernels like arters kernel and I think space x whcih can be used on some note 5s.. which brought back that SEANDROID error message in the bootloop. I flashed the skyhigh kernel but flashing the boot.img didn't get rid of that error message again
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bloewen4 said:
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
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Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
or flashing firmware is the same process in odin. Use the AP slot.
And now I know what messed up your phone... it was as I posted before either
flashing the wrong kernel or the kernel got deleted who knows how.
That's all I can tell you except if you want the link to the official Samsung
N920T firmware here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/rom-android-6-0-marshmallow-note-5-t3250812
The link also guides you thru the odin flashing process and other important things.
Good luck!
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Originally Posted by bloewen4
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
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I was researching some methods of flashing firmware to a completely wiped phone and read somewhere that there is a method to download all the files individually and put them into all the other sections in odin but I guess these tar.md5 files are a package of everything and one file is enough for a completely wiped phone? If all I need to k ow is to download that firmware unzip and flash in AP then awesome So longlong as they both have the same effect.
Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
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Just to clarify the order of this; first download that firmware via that link. 2nd wipe everything in twrp except for recovery so I can go back into twrp and factory reset in twrp? This alone will boot my phone before flashing the firmware? Or do I need to factory reset in twrp then flash that firmware in odin to get a boot? And is this custom firmware do I need to root again after I get boot?
Thanks for the link to that firmware going to be trying this right after work
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Originally Posted by bloewen4
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
I was researching some methods of flashing firmware to a completely wiped phone and read somewhere that there is a method to download all the files individually and put them into all the other sections in odin but I guess these tar.md5 files are a package of everything and one file is enough for a completely wiped phone? If all I need to k ow is to download that firmware unzip and flash in AP then awesome So longlong as they both have the same effect.
Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
Just to clarify the order of this; first download that firmware via that link. 2nd wipe everything in twrp except for recovery so I can go back into twrp and factory reset in twrp? This alone will boot my phone before flashing the firmware? Or do I need to factory reset in twrp then flash that firmware in odin to get a boot? And is this custom firmware do I need to root again after I get boot?
Thanks for the link to that firmware going to be trying this right after work
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Wait. You have a W8 variant. Odin won't flash a T variant on your W8 device, I don't believe. You need to download your carrier specific, hopefully 6.0.1 version, of the firmware for your specific carrier version, and flash that in the latest 3.10.7 version of odin.
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bloewen4 said:
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Originally Posted by bloewen4
Hi thanks for the reply! I did try that already unless flashing a stock firmware is different than putting it in AP as I flashed the kernel. Do I need to select some different optioms in odin since I data wiped everything and need all the necessary files to boot the phone? Oh and I did put the skyhigh kernel back on.
I was researching some methods of flashing firmware to a completely wiped phone and read somewhere that there is a method to download all the files individually and put them into all the other sections in odin but I guess these tar.md5 files are a package of everything and one file is enough for a completely wiped phone? If all I need to k ow is to download that firmware unzip and flash in AP then awesome So longlong as they both have the same effect.
Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
Just to clarify the order of this; first download that firmware via that link. 2nd wipe everything in twrp except for recovery so I can go back into twrp and factory reset in twrp? This alone will boot my phone before flashing the firmware? Or do I need to factory reset in twrp then flash that firmware in odin to get a boot? And is this custom firmware do I need to root again after I get boot?
Thanks for the link to that firmware going to be trying this right after work
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What carrier are you on? Go to sammobile and find out exactly what firmware is the latest for your variant on your carrier, for us T variants it's dpd1, but yours will be different, and sammobile is slow so if you can find a mirror somewhere for the stock firmware do that, download it...should be a tar.md5....if you get an error loading it you can often remove the .md5 from the extension...now first reboot recovery and you only need to wipe art/dalvik cache, system, data, cache, and if you want to internal storage but I normally don't...if you wipe efs and everything else you'll be sorry because only thing that will restore it is a full factory odin firmware flash...which is exactly what we're doing...so wipe those partitions then reboot download mode....launch odin and load your downloaded image into the AP slot. Make sure it's at least 3.10.7 version of Odin...when you connect the usb after rebooting to download mode you should see a green/blue box with COM:x (where x is a com port number on your pc) and it should say added...now flash it and wait until it finishes, it'll reboot maybe even a couple times, but it'll eventually make it to the setup screen- from here you can continue stock or flash twrp in odin then recovery flash a rooted kernel for stock rooted or continue with a custom rom, there's a fix in the note 5 gen section for making t/w8 devices work with call audio on intl roms and there's some stock Deodexed stuff at this point and certainly tekhd's mm rom...so from there the choices are yours...but your device is fine you just NEED to flash the correct stock firmware for your variant and use the latest version of odin with a factory usb cable and latest usb drivers from Samsung on your pc when you do it...you'll find links to all this stuff in most of the guides that are abundantly available...
Wait. You have a W8 variant. Odin won't flash a T variant on your W8 device, I don't believe. You need to download your carrier specific, hopefully 6.0.1 version, of the firmware for your specific carrier version, and flash that in the latest 3.10.7 version of odin.
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I realize I have a W8 and hes providing the firmware for a T. I rooted with a kernel that was for a T version and everything worked fine. I researched rooting note 5 SM-N920W8 and they said do everything the same for the T version because theyre basically identical and isnt much info on the w8 version. So far Ive had no issues flashing everything designed for the T version on my W8. Actually Ive only tried flashing stock w8 firmware from.sammobile.com and got a fail in odin so now Ill try the version MisterJunkie provided me with for the T version unless considering all this you think I should still try a different firmware all together for the W8?
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Your best bet is to download the official Note 5 N920T odin flash firmware,
unzip it so you will end up with a TAR.MD5 file.
Then do a full wipe including system, data, cache, dalvik and last but not least
a factory reset in twrp recovery.
Once you do that your phone will be working properly again, flashing a kernel
or flashing firmware is the same process in odin. Use the AP slot.
And now I know what messed up your phone... it was as I posted before either
flashing the wrong kernel or the kernel got deleted who knows how.
That's all I can tell you except if you want the link to the official Samsung
N920T firmware here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/rom-android-6-0-marshmallow-note-5-t3250812
The link also guides you thru the odin flashing process and other important things.
Good luck!
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Bud, that's not the official tmo pd1 firmware, and I'm not sure if the leaked (alright it would likely run) would be the best here...plus he scares me when he says he cleared EVERYTHING cuz I'm thinking back to exactly how much twrp will wipe, but it's a lot so I fear he's going to need some partitions restored that are only going to come from a full pit file mapping...I don't believe official pd1 would flash in odin, nor would I recommend doing so- I would locate the most recently official firmware to ensure all partitions are restored, then if he doesn't have official mm support he can look into the leak, but if he had official for his variant and carrier that's his best bet to ensure 100% fix and give him a solid foundation to start from if he wants to root, rom, mod, etc
Not to discount your advice, I'd just hate to see him in a worse place than he is...which he's not even bricked YET...but he's starts screwing with wiping efs or messaging with csc stuff from different variants and he could back himself into a corner...
What carrier are you on? Go to sammobile and find out exactly what firmware is the latest for your variant on your carrier, for us T variants it's dpd1, but yours will be different, and sammobile is slow so if you can find a mirror somewhere for the stock firmware do that, download it...should be a tar.md5....if you get an error loading it you can often remove the .md5 from the extension...now first reboot recovery and you only need to wipe art/dalvik cache, system, data, cache, and if you want to internal storage but I normally don't...if you wipe efs and everything else you'll be sorry because only thing that will restore it is a full factory odin firmware flash...which is exactly what we're doing...so wipe those partitions then reboot download mode....launch odin and load your downloaded image into the AP slot. Make sure it's at least 3.10.7 version of Odin...when you connect the usb after rebooting to download mode you should see a green/blue box with COM:x (where x is a com port number on your pc) and it should say added...now flash it and wait until it finishes, it'll reboot maybe even a couple times, but it'll eventually make it to the setup screen- from here you can continue stock or flash twrp in odin then recovery flash a rooted kernel for stock rooted or continue with a custom rom, there's a fix in the note 5 gen section for making t/w8 devices work with call audio on intl roms and there's some stock Deodexed stuff at this point and certainly tekhd's mm rom...so from there the choices are yours...but your device is fine you just NEED to flash the correct stock firmware for your variant and use the latest version of odin with a factory usb cable and latest usb drivers from Samsung on your pc when you do it...you'll find links to all this stuff in most of the guides that are abundantly available...
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My carrier is Rogers. I did goto sammobile.com already and downloaded and flashed what I thought was the current stock firmware for my 920w8, but I flashed without wiping all data as previously stated. Maybe doing this will allow my firmware to flash? Will try when Im home from work. Will also post the link from sammobile.com for the exact firmware I download just to verify ots the right one.
Yeah I literally wiped everything I checked all the boxes and I remember having to manually type y e s to proceed so yeah pretty serious wipe lol.
I have the latest version of odin 3.10.7 and tried installing drivers on my pc said theyre already installed.
When I connect my phone to usb in download mode it says com:4
I thought also that just flashing the stock firmware would be the solution since I get download mode and twrp I just have a blank phone but as I said I did get the stock firmware from sammobile.com and try but it failed. Maybe I grabbed the wrong one but it looked pretty straightforward. Maybe with MM coming out Wednesday for rogers note 5 Im downloading the wrong version.
Im worried like you wrote earlier that I deleted too much with twrp if I needing mapping partitions and PIT files I will need some serious help that stuff is beyond me.
Go to sammobile and find out exactly what firmware is the latest for your variant on your carrier, for us T variants it's dpd1, but yours will be different, and sammobile is slow so if you can find a mirror somewhere for the stock firmware do that, download it...should be a tar.md5....if you get an error loading it you can often remove the .md5 from the extension...now first reboot recovery and you only need to wipe art/dalvik cache, system, data, cache, and if you want to internal storage but I normally don't...if you wipe efs and everything else you'll be sorry because only thing that will restore it is a full factory odin firmware flash...which is exactly what we're doing...so wipe those partitions then reboot download mode....launch odin and load your downloaded image into the AP slot. Make sure it's at least 3.10.7 version of Odin...when you connect the usb after rebooting to download mode you should see a green/blue box with COM:x (where x is a com port number on your pc) and it should say added...now flash it and wait until it finishes, it'll reboot maybe even a couple times, but it'll eventually make it to the setup screen- from here you can continue stock or flash twrp in odin then recovery flash a rooted kernel for stock rooted or continue with a custom rom
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Goodmorning, as I mentioned I would try this right after work. Heres what I did.. I verified that I had the 3.10.7 version of odin which I do, checked drivers on pc which I have. I re downloaded the firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920W8/ Its was the Canadian Rogers version 5.1.1 near the bottom as mm isnt out for rogers yet.. Oh and I checked my cable ot connected another device to my PC.. so after all this I went into twrp wiped everything you mentioned. After that I was looking for the factory reset option in twrp but couldn't find anywhere only restore which I have no rom backups made. Do I need this step?
Went into download mode pressed vol up.. opened odin 3.10.7. I did notice a change after wiping. Its now says com:6 instead of com:4 if that means anything.. I loaded the firmware into AP it took a while to load but it did without errors. Flashed and failed If you need I can copy the error message from odin in here tonight.
Do you think I need to remap partitions as you said earlier? Getting PIT files? Im lost here... appreciate any help
Still with a blank phone, any ideas?
Or if anyone could direct me to another thread that might be useful for re mapping partitions?
Have you tried flashing twrp again in Odin?
I hit too many buttons before when wiping. It even erased my recovery.
Once I had recovery again I could Odin flash the official firmware.
Could try Philz recovery as well.
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Yeah I did try that heres the link where I got the firmware and yeah twrp is on there.
Goodmorning, as I mentioned I would try this right after work. Heres what I did.. I verified that I had the 3.10.7 version of odin which I do, checked drivers on pc which I have. I re downloaded the firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920W8/ Its was the Canadian Rogers version 5.1.1 near the bottom as mm isnt out for rogers yet.. Oh and I checked my cable ot connected another device to my PC.. so after all this I went into twrp wiped everything you mentioned. After that I was looking for the factory reset option in twrp but couldn't find anywhere only restore which I have no rom backups made. Do I need this step?
Went into download mode pressed vol up.. opened odin 3.10.7. I did notice a change after wiping. Its now says com:6 instead of com:4 if that means anything.. I loaded the firmware into AP it took a while to load but it did without errors. Flashed and failed If you need I can copy the error message from odin in here tonight.
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Yeah I did try that heres the link where I got the firmware and yeah twrp is on there.
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Since you have twrp on the phone.. Tap to create a backup even if there's no system on it so that you can at least make it create the folder.. Try using adb to push a ROM and kernel to the phone so you can use twrp to flash it. If you can get into the phones storage using Windows then just drop a ROM and kernel for your device in the folder and then use twrp to flash.
By the way.. Use the SkyHigh kernel.
Follow the directions to a T!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/orig-development/kernel-skyhigh-tw-6-0-1-kernel-t3321646
If you can get into the phones storage using Windows then just drop a ROM and kernel for your device in the folder and then use twrp to flash.
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I did try immediately to connect with Windows to my phone so I could try flashing stock firmware with twrp but its currently not allowing me access to view storage on Windows though it does connect with odin saying com:6.
Since you have twrp on the phone.. Tap to create a backup even if there's no system on it so that you can at least make it create the folder..
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I will do this as soon as I am home from work. Will this perhaps allow access with Windows and/or adb sideloader?
Try using adb to push a ROM and kernel to the phone so you can use twrp to flash it.
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I will be researching how to do this. Have you any threads to learn adb? So basically this will allow me to put ROMS or other files into the internal memory?
By the way.. Use the SkyHigh kernel.
Follow the directions to a T!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note...ernel-t3321646
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Is this the right kernel for SM-N920W8?
* SAME kernel for ALL supported variant !!
** If other party cannot hear voice when on speaker phone ** Then read Post #636
SM-N920 C / CD / G / i [ v3.2 ]
SM-N9200_HK [ v3.2 ]
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Also Marshmellow isnt out officially for SM-N920W8 so Ill need a kernel for lollipop 5.1.1 unless you suggest to wait for marshmellow then try a mm kernel?
Thanks for helping!
How about this adb sideloader does anyone think that will work to load the firmware? If so any good threads to guode me?
What did you end up doing? I have a similar problem except no recovery mode, just download mode for Odin.
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Goodmorning, as I mentioned I would try this right after work. Heres what I did.. I verified that I had the 3.10.7 version of odin which I do, checked drivers on pc which I have. I re downloaded the firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N920W8/ Its was the Canadian Rogers version 5.1.1 near the bottom as mm isnt out for rogers yet.. Oh and I checked my cable ot connected another device to my PC.. so after all this I went into twrp wiped everything you mentioned. After that I was looking for the factory reset option in twrp but couldn't find anywhere only restore which I have no rom backups made. Do I need this step?
Went into download mode pressed vol up.. opened odin 3.10.7. I did notice a change after wiping. Its now says com:6 instead of com:4 if that means anything.. I loaded the firmware into AP it took a while to load but it did without errors. Flashed and failed If you need I can copy the error message from odin in here tonight.
Do you think I need to remap partitions as you said earlier? Getting PIT files? Im lost here... appreciate any help
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Where did you get your firmware from?
Why oh why did I bother reading through this entire thread, with intentions to help OP. Lol I didnt realize the date till the last post.
I really messed up and hope someone can help me fix what I did.
I was on stock rom, unlocked bootloader, went to odin, flashed twrp, everything was fine. Then I followed the installation for the klauxasaur rom (together with the partition script), then after the whole installation it rebooted me to odin downloading again. Then I tried different roms, same result, when at last I downloaded a wrong partition script but it was exynos 7870 but for the a series not j, after I installed that script and formatted that data, the internal storage showed 0b free out of 12 or 14 gb. Then I did more research and got the right pit file and used odin. But when I used odin to flash pit, it showed security check failed (pit) or something like that. And right now I'm clueless on how to fix my phone. Someone please help.
Right now I have 2 questions, one, how do I repartition the internal storage to the way it was before and two, how do I go back to stock rom or at least get a custom rom up and running without always rebooting to odin downloading. And also if possible someone give a nandroid backup of their phone.