So I posted a thread here months ago asking for help but got no help so I'm trying again. Basically the official kitkat update from samsung severely messed up my tablet to the point where it's almost unusable. My question is, is there any way i can do like an ultimate, complete wipe of the tablet? Like wipe partitions, recovery, everything?
I've tried installing nolekat and tranchidakat with still the same problems. I've flashed both the jellybean stock rom and the kitkat stock rom through odin with still the same problems. I even clicked re-partition under odin hoping that would help but still no luck.
Also the problems I'm having are constant reboots, processes and apps just stopping such as systemui, settings, and basically all of my system apps and apps installed from the playstore.
This is a very irritating problem I'm having to the point where I just wanna destroy my tablet. I don't have the money to send it to samsung so I've been trying to find another solution.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
I maybe not have the answer but the reason. How did you update you device kies or OTA. If a custom recovery was install your device it's maybe brick. Me i probably test something like flash a custom recovery only and them flash a rom through to there. Or search to unbrick flash somethings like that.
nannaniel said:
I maybe not have the answer but the reason. How did you update you device kies or OTA. If a custom recovery was install your device it's maybe brick. Me i probably test something like flash a custom recovery only and them flash a rom through to there. Or search to unbrick flash somethings like that.
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It was an OTA. I had no custom recovery installed prior to the update
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Hey guys hopefully you can help me. I was rooted for like 3 or 4 months now and have had not many problems or not anything I couldn't fix my self. My phone gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy s4 screen anytime I reboot. I have tried different roms, different kernels, I even odin back to stock. I was using TWRP 6.0 then reverted back to TWRP 5.2 to see if that was causing the problem. Still have problems. I am going to re download the stock tar to see if it was a bad download but Odin checks the md5 and says it was good. Odin says passed every time also. Odin version is 3.07.
I get a error before and when trying to wipe dalvic cashe. I can wipe reg cash no problem. I think my phone is not mounting the internal storage when it reboots. I could be way off but need help asap. If I format super wipe with twrp then restart twrp and then factory reset I can install or restore a rom some times but still cant restart the phone. Any hope would be greatly appreciated.
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I wanted to edit my previous commet. LiquidSmooth seems to be running fine. So TW roms and GE roms **** up on my phone when I restart. so is it the internal systems when I have TW roms. I think it has something to do with partictions messing around maybe.
I like TW roms and want to continue to use them... Thank you
Get into recovery and do a factory reset, it is a must after you odin back to stock. Make sure you are also using a tmo kernel.
Thanks you
I got this problem a few days ago and found some topic including this one. You should check it out.
Well, what worked for me was Odin to stock firmware, root again, install recovery then custom rom. Now it's working fine. Try to downloading it again to see if it works. I downloaded mine from here, rooted and recovery it using this one.
TheAxman said:
Get into recovery and do a factory reset, it is a must after you odin back to stock. Make sure you are also using a tmo kernel.
Thanks you
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+1 to what he said. I bet if you go into the stock recovery after odin flashing it will say something like cannot mount /data partition. Factory reset there, and it should fix that and make it mountable. (Its important to use the stock recovery factory reset after the odin, don't flash a custom recovery right after flashing)
This was incredibly helpful. I had the same issue. Thank you.
This is also applicable to the Verizon Wireless model.
My I747 is currently running Carbon Rom nightly 20131102 (4.3.1), it's quite old and I want to upgrade to 4.4.
So last night I nandroid backup , format system, data, flashed Carbon KK on it, then gapps, data, cache, delvik, reboot. But it stayed at the CM alien. I reflashed several times but still stuck at there. But I can nandroid back so I'm kind of fine now. But anyone know why?
Second, I notice my \0\ folder is under sdcard\download\0\ than usual sdcard\0\, I must have done something wrong when I first flash the carbon but I don't know what it is. I usually put my .zip in download, could that be why? Could that cause the bricking I have with KK?
Last, I know there's a flash counter and when I first root/flash last year, I went thru many things to avoid that&IMEI, instead of directly flashing a recovery. I think that could be the source of the problems above??? Now 1 year is up and my warranty is already over so I don't have to worry about the counter anymore. If I want to redo everything, and have to noobiest/simpliest method to flash to KK, what should I do?
Sorry if I lack any essential information. I'd be happy to find it to help.
Did you update to the latest CWM before flashing the ROM? Is your current bootloader supported by the ROM?
Not the latest but 6.0.4.3
I'll update it to 6.0.4.7 and try again.
Unfortunately I don't know if my bootloader is supported. I don't really know how to find mine.
I would update to the latest CWM and then try to flash a 4.4.2 custom ROM. If it doesn't install, it should generate an error message.
Most custom ROMs will look for a particular bootloader. If the bootloader is not found, CWM will give you get prop errors.
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I would update to the latest CWM and then try to flash a 4.4.2 custom ROM. If it doesn't install, it should generate an error message.
Most custom ROMs will look for a particular bootloader. If the bootloader is not found, CWM will give you get prop errors.
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Thanks, I'll try when I get home.
I installed the ROM fine last night without any error. So I believe the bootloader is supported then.
afyaff said:
Thanks, I'll try when I get home.
I installed the ROM fine last night without any error. So I believe the bootloader is supported then.
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To be sure, look at the bootloaders mentioned in the ROM's updater script.
Greetings,
I was attempting to install a ROM through CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery and it failed during the installation. More like crashed as I did not get an error message or have the robot fall over. After this happened my galaxy s3 started bootlooping. During the bootloop I could still see the cyanogen mod icon present which I thought was strange as I had done a full wipe/factory reset/system format before attempting to install the other ROM. I have been flashing ROM's for over a year but am still learning. Anyway I got back into CWM recovery and attempted to wipe user data/factory reset again to make sure I had a clean install before making a 2nd attempt and I was able to wipe both caches no problem but when I attempt to do factory reset it crashes. I thought maybe it was the recovery so I flashed TWRP through ODIN and tried to factory reset and it also crashes.
I am still able to access download mode and get into custom recoveries but I am not sure what to do now. I have attempted to flash back to CM 11 and Task 650 4.4 but I receive status 7 errors. I have not been able to locate stock restore tar files for 4.3 as all I have read is that 4.3 was an OTA and there is no tar file for it. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
ladd76 said:
Greetings,
I was attempting to install a ROM through CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery and it failed during the installation. More like crashed as I did not get an error message or have the robot fall over. After this happened my galaxy s3 started bootlooping. During the bootloop I could still see the cyanogen mod icon present which I thought was strange as I had done a full wipe/factory reset/system format before attempting to install the other ROM. I have been flashing ROM's for over a year but am still learning. Anyway I got back into CWM recovery and attempted to wipe user data/factory reset again to make sure I had a clean install before making a 2nd attempt and I was able to wipe both caches no problem but when I attempt to do factory reset it crashes. I thought maybe it was the recovery so I flashed TWRP through ODIN and tried to factory reset and it also crashes.
I am still able to access download mode and get into custom recoveries but I am not sure what to do now. I have attempted to flash back to CM 11 and Task 650 4.4 but I receive status 7 errors. I have not been able to locate stock restore tar files for 4.3 as all I have read is that 4.3 was an OTA and there is no tar file for it. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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Are you using the AT&T i747 or the i747M? Looks like your phone does not have a working OS. Please see the post below for a similar problem. If you have the AT&T version, you may try the same recommended solution to get your phone back to working condition via stock restore which you can do from custom recovery ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743241
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Are you using the AT&T i747 or the i747M? Looks like your phone does not have a working OS. Please see the post below for a similar problem. If you have the AT&T version, you may try the same recommended solution to get your phone back to working condition via stock restore which you can do from custom recovery ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743241
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yes i747 thanks
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
audit13 said:
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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That is actually what i was flashing when I encountered my problem. I was finally able to get one of my old ROM's to install after re-flashing the newest CWM through ODIN and reinstalling my bootloader. I am not sure what the problem was as the stock rom 4.3 shouldnt have downgraded it? Perhaps a random crash which corrupted something. The developer on the stock rom has provided a tar file which I may try this time around. Thank you all for your help.
Hey guys, I'm REALLY hoping someone can help me. My phone was rooted on 4.3 and I stupidly accepted the KitKat OTA update without unrooting, and now my phone wont boot pass the AT&T logo. I have tried factory data wipe, doing an emergency firmware recovery on kies, tried flashing a stock rom on odin, and tried putting stock update on sd card and doing it that way, but it either wont flash or STILL wont boot past the at&t logo. Besides the root access, everything on my phone was stock. I just want to be able to use my phone again! Can someone please help me? I NEED my phone lol
I just installed a custom recovery. Now what?
Have you waited a bit for the boot process to go through it took me like 5 minutes after a ota to KK.....IF the little att chime at the att logo by all means it should boot
yeah I let it sit like half an hour...
Did you get the att chime?
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I just installed a custom recovery. Now what?
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Can you boot into your custom recovery? If you can, try flashing a custom KK ROM.
yes I get the AT&T chime. sometimes the chime is real choppy tho. what KK rom should I flash?
Any of your choice
do you recommend any? Im new to custom firmwares on android
Try Carbon or Valudus.
Thanks Guys! I installed a custom ROM and its working like new! I dont think I can ever get stock back, but I dont see much of a difference. Now that my warranty is gone, whats the benefits of having a custom ROM and what one has the best features? I am on hyperdrive ATM, but I would like a good kitkat rom
same issue, only....
I can not get ANY rom to get past the boot screen,.... I have no idea why it is getting stuck...
I have tried CM - various nightlies and screenshots. validus, c-rom, all to no avail.
i am going nuts over here...any one know what I might be doing wrong?
i have tried all the formating, cache, dalvik wipe, format system, reset all user data etc....
could it be a kernel I need?
Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
Reflash in Odin.
Make sure you have the correct stock rom. If you flash the "md5" you may have flashed the wrong thing. The md5 is not tge firmware, that is just the code that verifies your firmware file is not corrupted.
If your old apps were still there, you flashed the wrong thing. There is no way to flash stock firmware in odin and not wipe the data partition.
You are correct then
Yeah, I flashed a tar.md5 in Odin. It gave me a new ROM but all my apps are there. After all that, I still can't go to recovery. I tried using the terminal and ROM Toolbox to go there, both didn't work. Can I just leave it as it is and find a way to recovery or is the only way to go to bootloader and flash a correct file to get to recovery?
Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
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Flash twrp and see if it will reboot into recovery, then factory reset and flash latest firmware with Odin right after. Odin will NOT wipe data. It has to be done manually
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It depends on what you ate flashing.
If you are flashing a full stock factory image it will wipe user data. If you are just flashing a system partition it won't.
Essem G said:
Hello everyone,
After a long fight to try and get this phone back to normal, everything seemed good,
except not really
I started on a buggy CM11 version. Sick of it, I downloaded a 4.4.4 stock rom. I had to disable firewall and defender, but I got Odin to flash my md5. I got through everything and it booted successfully. After signing in and all that jazz, I find out that my WiFi isn't working. After a few reboots, My 4G finally works and everything seems to be steady.
Then, after exploring the rest of the phone I find out that all my apps from last ROM are still there. I know that you are supposed to wipe before flashing, but I was told that Odin will take care of that. It obviously didn't.
After THAT, I try to boot into Recovery as the next sensible step is to try to wipe my data and cache. I turn the phone off and press (Vol up + Home + Pwr) and the first boot screen shows for a moment. It says in blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" in the corner. Right after, it disappears and in another second it does the same screen without the "RECOVERY BOOTING". And as presumed, it does a regular boot.
What did I miss? How can I wipe my phone from recovery? How can I fix my problem with Wifi?
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Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
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Fkash twrp and format system, data, cache and preload and install a deodexed stock os
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Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
Skipjacks said:
Also this. This gives you more control over the whole process
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How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
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How do I know whatever I download is deodexed? And I went to a page of ROMs someone gave me and I downloaded the NK2 version, which also gave me a tar.md5. If I want the correct thing to flash, what should I flash?
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The first post of any customized stock rom will tell you if its deodexed. If it doesn't say it...its not.
@Essem G:
Any updates for us? I'm following this thread because I have similar problems with my WiFi not working after upgrading from 4.2.2.
Any luck getting TWRP flashed?
Also I believe that the stock firmwares do come as tar.md5's, as in the file: M919UVUFNK2_M919TMBFNK2_M919UVUFNK2_HOME.tar.md5 from ShinySide's stock firmware thread.
As for the WiFi issue, from the hours of reading I've done it looks like this problem occurs when you upgrade your firmware, but it no longer matches the bootloader. Such as bootloader (Baseband) showing MDL, but Build Number showing NH7, NK2, etc. What does your show?
This thread may be of use to you when you get back to a working ROM. Good luck!
@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
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@RavenMind1
Everyone has been saying different answers and i've put off fixing my device for a while. I'm just afraid i'll brick it forever and have another nightmare after this current one. So no, there has been no progress. I think i'm gonna try to flash Philz and format my system, then flash a deodexed rom. @g7755725 said that you can flash TWRP, but I usually use Philz. It appears to be that I have lost root access because no root features work and SuperSU won't recognize it. Will everything work or am I setting my self up for disaster?
Edit: Where can I find a deodexed rom? I desperately need one, thanks
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Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
g7755725 said:
Look in the forums for deodexed rom theirs a bunch and untouched as well i had philz but it eoukdnt boot my s4 so i had to switch to twrp because it does better then any recovery
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Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks
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Thanks for the support so far, but has this problem occured before? do you think the steps i've listed will solve this? Im just trying to make sure that I know exactly what to do before I go in. Thanks[/Q] it should
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@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
Essem G said:
@g7755725 I downloaded a deodexed rom from the SkipJacks guy (different page than what you sent me) and it's a little under 9MB... how could this possibly be a ROM?
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Have you tried my gamerrom Ultimate 1 its basically stock touchwiz of if Official NK2 M919UVUFNK2 with stweaks and no bloatware here is the thread gru 1 is in.the botyom of the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/development/stock-os-gamerrom-ultimate-2-touchwiz-t3078467
Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
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Sounds cool but i would have been interested a few months ago. I'm trying to sell the phone so I need to get it back to stock. Appreciate all the help and I think it's cool that you make ROMs
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If you're trying to go back to complete stock then just Odin NK2 firmware. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508 I used the NK2 from here about 2 days ago to go back to stock.