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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???
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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???
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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???
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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)"
See image attachment first: I beloved the SD card slot on my infuse is corrupted or broken. Would this keep a custom recovery from installing or being usable? Every time I flash back to stock and then flash an insecure kernel with cwm and root and busybox and what not I try to boot back into recovery and the 3e recovery is still on there. I'm almost positive the SD card slot is broken cause it doesn't detect it even when I flash to stock and boot normal. Will this keep me from getting a custom recovery?
Have you tried backing up and reformating your internal USB storage (the one that is approx. 13.3GB in total size)? The one the phone calls SD Card is actually your external SD card. Confusing, because in CWM sdcard is internal storage and and sd-ext refers to an app2sd partition not supported by Infuse kernels.
That's assuming that the SD card is the issue. You may just not have root permissions required to flash the kernel from the phone or CWM.
Best bet is to use Heimdall (recommended) or Odin (also good but a bit more finicky) to flash the kernel you desire. This should get you an unsecure kernel that you can use to flash the rom of your choice. Make sure your internal sdcard is working properly first and copy at least one rom install file to your internal sdcard before starting.
Follow the link in my sig to the super everything thread (ISET) for Heimdall and Odin options (should be in the first group, might be in the 2nd or 3rd post of the thread).
Yeah let me give you a little more background on the device. Ive odin'd and heimdalled it back to stock multiple times at which the device works, but the play store and multiple other apps do not work. The Sd card (external) I am assuming, cannot be recognized either. Ive fixed this phone before for a friend but IDK if I ever got the sd card to work but everything else did. Now I'm trying (and I had problems with this before) to get a custom recovery on here but the SD card error I keep getting (internal or external I dont know) keeps me from doing that. It keeps reverting back to the 3e recovery. I have flashed many different heimdalls icluding Entrophy's kernel that is supposed to give me CWM but it never works. Is there a heimdall one click that also includes kernels, custom recoveries, and so on? Cause I have searched trust me it took like 5 days of searching last time to fix it and now I have to do it again. Thanks! Oh and P.S. Odin keeps failing to flash tar.md5 files as well. Idk if its the version im using (Odin3 v1.7) or what. Oh and the phone is now in the connect phone to PC screen and not download mode. Thats happened before so I know its not bricked but I forget how I got it out of that mode. Thanks again Zen!
Oh and also every time I use Heimdall and install the drivers so it can comunicate with my infuse it causes Odin to not detect the device and vice versa. If I want to use odin I have to install a different driver, and with heimdall I need a different one haha. Its a dumb circle I'm stuck in ;P
Last item first. I've been able to get around the Odin vs Heimdall thing by using different USB ports for each. If you've been trying both on multiple ports you may need to run device mgr on your PC and remove some hidden devices. See here for instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33980291&postcount=11
As for the sdcard, I'm still recommending that you backup both sd cards and try a reformat. You can do this via the phone, or while connected via USB. You may also want to flash a stock package (with pit) after backups and before the formats.
The recovery is part of the kernel, so something else may be at work here.. if you get a good kernel flash you should get the recovery that comes with it. Try running CPU Spy and look at the bottom of the page to see the details. Post a screenie if you can.
The problem you described could be due to where installed apps are stored on the phone. Android creates a hidden area on one of your two SD cards (somewhat annoying if it ends up being the removable one..)
If the sd card is a problem this would explain why some things don't work correctly. You can try via the Settings-->Manage Applications interface to move apps to the phone. This relocates them to the /data partition and off either SD Card. If you get errors attempting this that further confirms sd card problems.
Not sure why a blown SD card would block a kernel flash though... have you confirmed that you have root? Have you tried flashing a zImage file directly using SGS Kernel flasher? Try to extract a zImage from a CWM zip file and copy to your phone then run the app to flash. Make sure the kernel matches the firmware (i.e. Froyo, GB, etc..)
Wow that was a lot of information haha. Alright I got my phone out of the connect to pc screen and i used odin to fully reformat including PIT, PDA, and Phone files. After that completed flashing it rebooted into 3e recovery on its own for some reason and it comes up with some errors saying it cant mount /data. This i believe is on the internal SD card and has to do with the system apps. The phone bootlooped at the att splash screen. After that I used another Heimdall reformat "Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click" which successfully flashed but still bootloops at the att screen. I got it fixed before but I have do idea how haha. If I can get it to boot back up I'm just gonna tell my friend I cant fix it because I believe there are deeper problems at hand here. Any tips on how to fix the boot looping? Cause two successful flashes via heimdall and odin didn't do it :/
Here's a screen shot of what I have now. I went back to odin and did a full reformat and repartition witht the pit pda and phone this time without the sd card in it and I'm still getting the /data doesn't exist. Quick question: I work at a cell phone repair shop and I know some devices internal memory is actually just an sdcard covered by a shield that can be replaced. If that were the case with the Infuse could I possibly put another sd card in that slot and fully reformat it on the new card? Seeing as this could be a corrupt internal sd card just currious.
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Here's a screen shot of what I have now. I went back to odin and did a full reformat and repartition witht the pit pda and phone this time without the sd card in it and I'm still getting the /data doesn't exist. Quick question: I work at a cell phone repair shop and I know some devices internal memory is actually just an sdcard covered by a shield that can be replaced. If that were the case with the Infuse could I possibly put another sd card in that slot and fully reformat it on the new card? Seeing as this could be a corrupt internal sd card just currious.
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you're still on secure stock kernel..that is what you're seeing.
in the heimdall uclb3 thread, after you flash the uclb3 stock, put phone back in download mode.
flash the kernel in the second or the third post to get your cwm recovery
qkster said:
you're still on secure stock kernel..that is what you're seeing.
in the heimdall uclb3 thread, after you flash the uclb3 stock, put phone back in download mode.
flash the kernel in the second or the third post to get your cwm recovery
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Even if I were to flash the stock uclb3 it will just bootloop. The phone isn't cooperating with either heimdall or odin. Well I guess I shouldn't say that b/c they both flash fine but the phone doesn't boot straight to the system, as soon as a flash is finished it reboots into recovery (3e) and installs some update package. I'm not sure what it is but it never boots straight to the system. Then after the update finishes it just bootloops :crying:
I'm losing hope. But I'll give your advice a try. Heimdall or Odin?
is there a way to format /data on the internal memory? I read your post and it says it does not wipe the data partition. I think that may solve my problem, but probably not lol
Flashing Odin or Heimdall stock with a pit file should take care of that... You could try qkster's cwm wipe or the infuse toolkit complete wipe.. That will clear /data.
The bootloops sound like non-stock file systems with a stock kernel/recovery.... Likely, since you are still seeing stock recovery.... The real mystery is why this is so after apparently successful flashes of a new kernel and rom..
What was running on the phone before all this? What exactly are you flashing now?
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Okay I fianally got it to boot up and I am putting this thing away FOR GOOD! No root, no custom recovery just stock JB haha. Let me see if I can describe this to you guys and get your opinion it is literally the weirdest thing. I remember the Sd card messing it up the last time and i remember what I had to do to fix it and tell me if this makes sense. If I had the sd card in the phone and tried to boot up it would boot loop or if I tried to boot into recovery I would get all those red errors. So what I did to remedy this was to somehow put the sd card in AFTER I had applied power to it with the 3 finger technique. This was done by putting the sd card in its slot but not clicking it, taking a small flat blade and putting it against it, putting the battery in the device with the blade in between the battery and the unlicked sd card, used the 3 finger method to get into recovery and just before it starts up i clicked the sd card in place with the blade..... No clue why this worked but when recovery started up I had absolutely no errors, it finally was able to find AND format /data and I did a factory data reset and wiped cache and rebooted to stock JB. Dont ask why it worked but it did? haha I remember having to do this last time I just couldn't remember the sequence. Does that make any sense to you guys? why would this happen, if you know?
so now that I finally got it booted and the market and all is working would it be possible to flash a kernel with the SGS kernel flasher that has cwm in it cause I dont wanna deal with either odin or heimdall again. would this bypass those or do I need root first?
That's a wacky fix for a wacky problem. Glad to hear you got it working.
I'll bet that you'd be OK just leaving that external card out. Reformat still recommended...
You will need root to use sgs kernel flasher. If you are running uclb3 (gb) stock you will need to flash a custom kernel via the dreaded Odin or Heimdall method. Try with the sdcard removed... Maybe you will have better luck....
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what do you mean by reformat still recommended? I wouldn't wanna have to go through all that again by flashing someother insecure kernel or another version of android or something. Its weird though why do you think when I flash a kernel that has a different recovery on it it doesnt stick?
Backup and reformat the external sdcard since that seems to be an issue...
The rest is if you want the ability to flash custom kernels and roms. If you are good as is... Well, there you go...
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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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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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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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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?
Misterjunky said:
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 oding. 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
Damn that's bad. Did you ever figure out how to fix? Because I was thinking of flashing rom but if there's no way to go back to stock i don't wanna do anything.