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[Q] Stuck in boot loop, trying to return to stock, I think I need to use PIT file

Hi all. I'm in a real pickle here and hoping someone can tell me how to get out of this mess. It's a bit of a long story, but I'll summarise as best I can.
I've had my Galaxy Note 2 LTE (N7105) for a year and I rooted it pretty much the day after I got it. I'm not new to rooting at all (fourth Android device since 2010, all rooted), but I still feel like a noob at times. Over this 2014 Easter period I had time off so I decided to change ROMs.
I was previously using CM 11, which I had been using pretty much since I rooted. And I had updated CM at least once a month, sometimes more frequently. So I was looking for some new ROMs, downloaded about 5 and tried them out. The last two I tried was OmniROM (a 4.4.2 ROM) and CM 11 Remix (also a 4.4.2 ROM). I was using TWRP 2.7.0.2 to do the wipes, caches, flashes, etc. I had no issues flashing OmniROM, but when I flashed CM 11 Remix, I couldn't get in the first time. I was stuck in a boot loop. I pulled the battery, got back into recovery and tried flashing again. Still boot looping. I think the mistake I made was a Data Format. Either way, I finally got CM 11 Remix to load by first wiping, flashing the ROM, GApps, a sensor fix, a camera fix, Devil Kernel and then Super SU. However once in the ROM I was getting constant Google Play Store / Services FCs. Oh, and yes, I went through the typical brand new Android setups, entering my Google account and so on... I found that if I cleared data / caches on both Google Play Store app and Google Play Services app, it gave me temporary joy but as soon as I tried to download any app in Google Play I'd get the FC. Also, my signal was totally gone. I tried flashing back to OmniROM as it was my last known good and working ROM, but now that was boot looping. I even tried some of the other ROMs from that bunch I had, including AOKP. All would boot loop.
So after much trying different GApp packages, I decided to best thing to do would be restore it to stock, root again, then go for the custom ROM (hopefully CM 11 Remix) from a nice clean slate. So I did this. I downloaded the Android 4.3 stock ROM from SamMobile here. Installed Odin 3.07, then loaded it up and flashed the stock ROM. All seemed to go great, but when the ROM was done and phone rebooted, I get stuck in another boot loop! This time at the white "Samsung" logo with the glowing blue edges. Not the model number screen. Also my LED light is on blue, if that means anything.
So I found this thread (post at top of page) which suggests I need to flash the PIT file during the stock ROM installation with Odin. So I found the PIT file here, and I'm ready to flash this along with the stock ROM... HOWEVER, I read something somewhere (can't find it now) that implied if I'm on Android 4.3, flashing a PIT is a bad move. Can anyone comment on that? I guessing since the stock ROM is 4.3, I'm technically on 4.3 (even though I can't get into it).
Or if anything else I'm doing immediately stands out as a seriously stupid move, please let me know. I've been without normal use of my phone for a couple days now and ironically I'm at the point where I'm considering going without a phone for the rest of my life... LOL! AS IF I COULD!
Anyways, any help will be much appreciated!
EDIT: I just realised I should have posted in Troubleshooting, not General Questions... If mods want to move this, please do.

i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.

edan1979 said:
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
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I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.

invertedskull said:
I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
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I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.

Banutu said:
I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
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Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?

invertedskull said:
Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
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ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.

Banutu said:
ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
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All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!

invertedskull said:
All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
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I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^

Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!

invertedskull said:
I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
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Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S

Banutu said:
Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
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Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.

invertedskull said:
Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
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What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk

Banutu said:
What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
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Hmmm, I haven't seen that one... Feel free to PM me a link.

Help Me!
Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)

mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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If you have access to anything, and don't get JUST the boot loop, then you DO NOT have the same case I was in. You are probably able to recover from this. Try posting on the Tf Forums. The guys over there are "specialists" in Asus Tf tablets, and as you'll see on this thread (http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...-boot-loop-after-doing-routine-cm-update.html), they gave me a lot of help. Not that I was able to recover, but they were awesome dudes.

mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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mroldman281, You didn't post again, so I don't know, If You found solution, but since I had same simptoms, and after four days of reinstalling different stock roms, wiping and even messing with PIT via Odin etc..I can say, that in my case the reason for boot loop was faulty battery. The phone worked when it was plugged in and restarted soon after i unplugged USB cable, and just lopped afterwards. Replacement battery put everything back in order. And I am one happy Camper!
Hope this info helps someone else with boot loop problem

same problem stuck in bootloop
hey guys i have the same problem bootloop all the time i tryied stock firmware but nothing happend avec i rooted my note 2 and intalled a costom recovery and a many roms but stuck in bootloop i didn't chage baterry , by the way i wiped cache and reset factory and clear dalvick cache but the same always bootloop
what u suggest i do
ps : i can acces to bootloader or download mode it charge normally

woow get back my note 2 lte alone
hey guys i get back my note 2 i don't know how but it was a succes :victory:
first : i tried so many afficial firmware 4.4.2 and costom roms but didn't change the problem of bootloop
then i remembred what version i was in it was 4.1.1 so i download it from sammobiles thenks to them flash it and boooom the note 2 lte start like a charm
i want to thanks everyone for their help even if they didn't help directly but this past 3 days i read almost all the threads about note 2
well i thinks one of the selutions here is to revert back the the original stock firmware like i did so maybe will fix the bootloop

[Q] Rebooting at "Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos GT-I9082"

Hi,
I am new here. the problem similar to which I mentioned has been discussed here already.
the history of the problem is as below:
I had disabled some android built in apps even including google play(by mistake), including some other system app- because I was trying to speed up my phone. I got this remedy (disabling the system apps) from some website. It gave me some problems such as I wasn't able to update or install any apps anymore.
due to this, I used kies to update my phone. This operation failed. Then I tried the emergency recovery. but now kies will not accept the model/serial combination.
having this, I used ODIN to flash a stock ROM. This operations failed at BcmCP.img. I tried several environments for flashing. (tried from 4 different PCs, windows 7 and windows 8, having fresh installation of windows etc. none of them succeed.
I was able to flash Philz recovery and able to enter the recovery mode, but it couldnt solve my issue.(even after wiping cache/dalvin with Philz.)
I tried different version of stock with different versions of ODIN.
finally, I extracted the stock rom in to individual images and converted them to tar.md5 and flashed them immediately. I flashed all images except bcmCP.img. still it didnt solve my issue, but after this even I couldnt enter the Recovery mode.
Later I tried flashing with Philz again. It flashes successfully, but didnt allow me to boot in to recovery. Now I am completely stuck as my phone keeps restarting at the model name.
Please help me to restore my phone.
sorry for the long post, but hope it will explain my problem.

starpluss said:
Hi,
I am new here. the problem similar to which I mentioned has been discussed here already.
the history of the problem is as below:
I had disabled some android built in apps even including google play(by mistake), including some other system app- because I was trying to speed up my phone. I got this remedy (disabling the system apps) from some website. It gave me some problems such as I wasn't able to update or install any apps anymore.
due to this, I used kies to update my phone. This operation failed. Then I tried the emergency recovery. but now kies will not accept the model/serial combination.
having this, I used ODIN to flash a stock ROM. This operations failed at BcmCP.img. I tried several environments for flashing. (tried from 4 different PCs, windows 7 and windows 8, having fresh installation of windows etc. none of them succeed.
I was able to flash Philz recovery and able to enter the recovery mode, but it couldnt solve my issue.(even after wiping cache/dalvin with Philz.)
I tried different version of stock with different versions of ODIN.
finally, I extracted the stock rom in to individual images and converted them to tar.md5 and flashed them immediately. I flashed all images except bcmCP.img. still it didnt solve my issue, but after this even I couldnt enter the Recovery mode.
Later I tried flashing with Philz again. It flashes successfully, but didnt allow me to boot in to recovery. Now I am completely stuck as my phone keeps restarting at the model name.
Please help me to restore my phone.
sorry for the long post, but hope it will explain my problem.
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if u disable some system apps u must enable it..the best solution for that is go to a technician and let them see ur phone

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
I approached the technical service of samsung. they advised me that the phone has been roote and thus the motherboard needs replacement and it will cost almost one third of the cost of the phone.
I dont think I have done any harm to the hardware.
could you please advise me if there is any other option than replacing the motherboard?
Many thanks..

starpluss said:
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
I approached the technical service of samsung. they advised me that the phone has been roote and thus the motherboard needs replacement and it will cost almost one third of the cost of the phone.
I dont think I have done any harm to the hardware.
could you please advise me if there is any other option than replacing the motherboard?
Many thanks..
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ahm try to wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache and dalvik cache.if bootloop happen again then its better to buy a new one because if u buy a motherboard for 1/3 of its price its not a good one in new ur sure that it will boot up

Rommel Espinosa said:
ahm try to wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache and dalvik cache.if bootloop happen again then its better to buy a new one because if u buy a motherboard for 1/3 of its price its not a good one in new ur sure that it will boot up
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I cant enter the recovery mode. it restarts even before that stage.
If I remove and put the battery, it will be in the off state. When I plug the charger, it will automatically start and restart even before I can goto recovery mode.
last day I was able to boot to recovery using Philz. but now I cant. pressing and holding the volumeup+home buttons has no effect.

starpluss said:
I cant enter the recovery mode. it restarts even before that stage.
If I remove and put the battery, it will be in the off state. When I plug the charger, it will automatically start and restart even before I can goto recovery mode.
last day I was able to boot to recovery using Philz. but now I cant. pressing and holding the volumeup+home buttons has no effect.
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Hi,
I found a solution to flash the stock ROM. I checked the model name on the motherboard and it is GT-9082i, while kies detects my phone as GT-9082 only. dont know why. When checked for the stock ROM for GT-I9082i, I found that it is a chinese model and all the stock ROM listed was CHU. the phone is locked to some chinese operator I think.
I need to change this stock ROM anyway or need to unlock the phone.
Could you please help me for that?

starpluss said:
I cant enter the recovery mode. it restarts even before that stage.
If I remove and put the battery, it will be in the off state. When I plug the charger, it will automatically start and restart even before I can goto recovery mode.
last day I was able to boot to recovery using Philz. but now I cant. pressing and holding the volumeup+home buttons has no effect.
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hold power,vol up and home simultaniously

Rommel Espinosa said:
hold power,vol up and home simultaniously
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Thank you. That will take me to recovery mode.
there is correction in my previous reply. the operator is not locked. I can use my operator SIM. since the version is Chines, most of the apps use chinese language.
I know that only due to the difference in "modem" it didnt accept any other stock ROMs. when I purchase the phone, the region of the phone was set to United Arab Emirates. (I have written down the OS details from the "About" menu )
can somebody help me to restore a ROM for my region itself?
I am sure that the phone will not accept the ROm for my region as it fails always at BcmCP.img (the modem).
Many Thanks.

starpluss said:
Thank you. That will take me to recovery mode.
there is correction in my previous reply. the operator is not locked. I can use my operator SIM. since the version is Chines, most of the apps use chinese language.
I know that only due to the difference in "modem" it didnt accept any other stock ROMs. when I purchase the phone, the region of the phone was set to United Arab Emirates. (I have written down the OS details from the "About" menu )
can somebody help me to restore a ROM for my region itself?
I am sure that the phone will not accept the ROm for my region as it fails always at BcmCP.img (the modem).
Many Thanks.
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u may download the stock rom in for ur region mate

Rommel Espinosa said:
u may download the stock rom in for ur region mate
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OK, Thank you. I will try it later. Now anyhow it is working and I changed the language to English. Hope my post is helpful for those who fail while they flash stock ROM.

Today's CM14 bricked my H815 (no bootloader, no fastboot, no recovery)

Hi,
My H815 always suffered from this problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/fastboot-download-mode-problem-t3466649 - the only way I could have fastboot was from an adb shell.
Well, that was not a problem until today: CM14's nightly broke (booting just loops at the moving logo) and now I have no way to go back to fastboot. And if I try the recovery mode, I just have a blurry circle saying "erasing" for a few seconds, then a looping CM logo.
Anyone has a way out of this mess ?

bestouff said:
Hi,
My H815 always suffered from this problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/fastboot-download-mode-problem-t3466649 - the only way I could have fastboot was from an adb shell.
Well, that was not a problem until today: CM14's nightly broke (booting just loops at the moving logo) and now I have no way to go back to fastboot. And if I try the recovery mode, I just have a blurry circle saying "erasing" for a few seconds, then a looping CM logo.
Anyone has a way out of this mess ?
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When you say you try the recovery mode how do you try to get into it? Btw do you have twrp installed?

Same thing happened to me, tried to install, just got put straight back in to TWRP after boot. Tried installing a stock ROM, CM ROM & using LG Bridge to recover, to no avail. Help appreciated, (i'm assuming LGUP is going to come up a lot)

Tycoon282 said:
Same thing happened to me, tried to install, just got put straight back in to TWRP after boot. Tried installing a stock ROM, CM ROM & using LG Bridge to recover, to no avail. Help appreciated, (i'm assuming LGUP is going to come up a lot)
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The OP has another issue pls do not hijack.

steadfasterX said:
The OP has another issue pls do not hijack.
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Sorry, it's nearly the same issue though, CM14.1 broke phones today.

Today's update broke mine as well. Looking for solutions. Will follow your thread and progress.

Same for me. Tried download mode with lgup to flash stock which worked once - but I kind of bricked it again by trying to install cm14.1 again. Then i tried to go back to stock using lgup again, but now lgup it just crashes. The phone now goes automatically to download mode after turning it on, the progress bar stays at 0%, the phone says "633A B100" and lgup crashes after 9% "prepare dlmode" or something similar. any ideas? :/

Some people seem to have fixed this issue by flashing the official Cyanogenmod Recovery.

thewild said:
Some people seem to have fixed this issue by flashing the official Cyanogenmod Recovery.
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After flashig the CM Recovery via TWRP, i can't use the recovery anymore. If i boot into CM-Recovery the display shows "Ereasing" and start the system. After that i got a bootloop.
Is it possible to use fastboot??

You guys should also check CM14.1 thread because people there are talking about the same problem. The latest post says the only solution was to flash an official kdz with LGUP.

thewild said:
You guys should also check CM14.1 thread because people there are talking about the same problem. The latest post says the only solution was to flash an official kdz with LGUP.
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Did that. Worked once. Then i tried to flash cm again and had the same problems, so i wanted to flash stock again... now lgup crashes at 9% and the phones goes directly to download mode after turning it on.

onlyolli said:
Did that. Worked once. Then i tried to flash cm again and had the same problems, so i wanted to flash stock again... now lgup crashes at 9% and the phones goes directly to download mode after turning it on.
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And the two times you tried to flash CM, that was with the same recovery ?
Can you go into fastboot mode ?

thewild said:
And the two times you tried to flash CM, that was with the same recovery ?
Can you go into fastboot mode ?
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Yes, it was with cm recovery 20161130, if i remember correctly.
Sadly now, i can not go into fastboot. The phone goes directly into download mode. My windows vm detects the phone, and tries to flash a recent kdz, but lgup crashes at 9%. The phone still shows "0%".

Oh that's bad. What about another kdz ?

thewild said:
Oh that's bad. What about another kdz ?
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Already tried like 3-4.... Its always the same. If the tool would at least give me a little bit more information, but it just stops.

I don't know then. Some users seem to have had the same problem (stuck at 9%) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/search/forum/4233?query=lgup 9%

I had the same issue, tried several things, my final solution was:
- Start in download mode (Volumen up and then plug in cable)
- use "LG Brigde" on Mac to install stock Rom ( Software update tab in APP ) guess should also work with Windows
- Boot original android
- enable usb debug
- Start bootloader via ADB
- fastboot flash recovery to twrp 3.0.2
- Boot in recovery via power and vol down (first factory reset from stock appears but after this twrp is starting)
- install cm nighty of 1 DEC via ADB sideload
- reboot and done
In the meantime i updated to twrp 3.0.2-1., installed gapps etc. everything is now working fine again.
Hope this is also working for you.

Which version of cm14 did u download and install? Can u please post the exact version?

Mmh ... LGUP is the Windows utility right ? How do I do if I only have a Linux machine ?

steadfasterX said:
When you say you try the recovery mode how do you try to get into it? Btw do you have twrp installed?
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I'm trying to get to it via power+down, I get to the double "do you want to factory reset ?" question, but then :
- sometimes the CM recovery just says "erasing" for a few seconds and reboots to (non-working) CM
- sometimes it just plainly boots to (non-working) CM
I used to have TWRP installed but it didn't work with CM update, so I let CM install its own recovery.

Oneplus 3 Bricked - Unbrick doesn't work...

Hello guys,
my Oneplus 3 is hard bricked, I tried the methods in the Mega Unbrick guide, my device already gets shown as Qualcomm 9008 ... in Device Manager, so I started the MSM DownloadTool and it flashed anything without errors. But when the phone reboots I get a black screen and the white led is on.
I can't even boot to stock recovery (Volume down + power doesn't work and rebooting to recovery through fastboot doesn't work, too....) my bootloader is locked and all attempts to unlock the bootloader are failing with the error "remote: oem unlock is not allowed"
So at the moment I'm stuck in fastboot and nothing else works -.-
Can someone please help me?
The unbrick tool has an old firmware, can I replace the files with files from a newer firmware?
Thanks!

Have you tried the exact steps from Method 2? Maybe unzip it? If that doesn't work which is highly unlikely then there is not much you can do.

Puddi_Puddin said:
Have you tried the exact steps from Method 2? Maybe unzip it? If that doesn't work which is highly unlikely then there is not much you can do.
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Yeah I tried it as I said, the MSM DownloadTool showed me Completed and the phone tried to boot up after that.
I'm now contacting the OP Customer Support, I've read a few times that they have other files to unbrick the phone with the MSM Tool.

min-dfreak said:
Yeah I tried it as I said, the MSM DownloadTool showed me Completed and the phone tried to boot up after that.
I'm now contacting the OP Customer Support, I've read a few times that they have other files to unbrick the phone with the MSM Tool.
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Ye thats the only thing you can currently do... May i ask what you have done how did it get bricked?

I just updated AICP ota and after flashing the update my phone didn't boot up. The screen went black immediately.
So I thought that it is maybe a Problem with the ROM and I tried to go back to stock.
Flashed the stock recovery and locked the bootloader, but I couldn't boot to the stock recovery.
There it started...

Switch off the phone, connect usb ,open unbrick tool full ( method 2),Press vol up,down and power buttons same time ,tool will recognize phone then start , you must unbrick now.
NEVER LOCK YOUR PHONE.

drmuruga said:
Switch off the phone, connect usb ,open unbrick tool full ( method 2),Press vol up,down and power buttons same time ,tool will recognize phone then start , you must unbrick now.
NEVER LOCK YOUR PHONE.
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Please read, I already did that.
The tool completed it successfully, but still black screen after a reboot.
Only the LED is flashing white.
I already contacted the support, they will do it remotely tomorrow.

min-dfreak said:
Please read, I already did that.
The tool completed it successfully, but still black screen after a reboot.
Only the LED is flashing white.
I already contacted the support, they will do it remotely tomorrow.
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Never but never lock your bootloader...

If recovery, boot or system partition is modified. There's no harm in re locking otherwise..

Hi guy i have a big problem i buy a one plus 3 i was using it 1 month and there was a update i don't remember what it was oreo or nougat when the update downloaded i install it and the i got a bootloop 2 hours didn't boot and my device is not rooted and didn't enable developer option i tried to install stock rom by adb and fastboot with sideload it load but it stuck on 50% then it say failed tried to install recovery in fastboot i installed drive oneplus 3 ect but can't flash it i think because i have oem locked i trien to unlocked it says failed 00.6s ect and i don't have guarantee i have dash and cable charger i can charge it and go to fastboot and recovery but when i boot my phone normally i show logo one plus then the two red bullet who move then it power off

Dsn Fouad said:
Hi guy i have a big problem i buy a one plus 3 i was using it 1 month and there was a update i don't remember what it was oreo or nougat when the update downloaded i install it and the i got a bootloop 2 hours didn't boot and my device is not rooted and didn't enable developer option i tried to install stock rom by adb and fastboot with sideload it load but it stuck on 50% then it say failed tried to install recovery in fastboot i installed drive oneplus 3 ect but can't flash it i think because i have oem locked i trien to unlocked it says failed 00.6s ect and i don't have guarantee i have dash and cable charger i can charge it and go to fastboot and recovery but when i boot my phone normally i show logo one plus then the two red bullet who move then it power off
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I'm assuming your device is OnePlus3 and not 3T
Okay. Firstly give a try to Oneplus3 openbeta Nougat special edition.
Oneplus3 : http://downloadmirror.co/Wa9/O2N_OBT_15801_OXYGEN_SIGN_wipe.zip
Method 1 : specific recovery for open beta24 available in Oneplus downloads
https://downloads.oneplus.com
Find legacy roms and find openbeta 24
Method 2: latest TWRP
If your bootloader is locked this isn't gonna work. But if it is still in unlocked .
Download TWRP for Oneplus3 from official TWRP site
Flash the recovery you choose using fast boot.
Now using asn command, try to flash the special edition.
Mostly this solves your issue. It helped me.
Let me know whether you face any issues.
Note: in this method you may lose every data you have on the phone. It boots up (if at all ? ) with fresh firmware and fresh storage (sometimes)

SivaMaxwell said:
I'm assuming your device is OnePlus3 and not 3T
Okay. Firstly give a try to Oneplus3 openbeta Nougat special edition.
Oneplus3 : http://downloadmirror.co/Wa9/O2N_OBT_15801_OXYGEN_SIGN_wipe.zip
Method 1 : specific recovery for open beta24 available in Oneplus downloads
https://downloads.oneplus.com
Find legacy roms and find openbeta 24
Method 2: latest TWRP
If your bootloader is locked this isn't gonna work. But if it is still in unlocked .
Download TWRP for Oneplus3 from official TWRP site
Flash the recovery you choose using fast boot.
Now using asn command, try to flash the special edition.
Mostly this solves your issue. It helped me.
Let me know whether you face any issues.
Note: in this method you may lose every data you have on the phone. It boots up (if at all ? ) with fresh firmware and fresh storage (sometimes)
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Yeah i have oneplus 3 my bootloader is locked can't flash anything im going to try method 1
By the way why beta 24 why not lastest update ? And whene i download it do you want me to flash it with sideload like #adb sideload openbeta24.zip ?

Dsn Fouad said:
Yeah i have oneplus 3 my bootloader is locked can't flash anything im going to try method 1
By the way why beta 24 why not lastest update ? And whene i download it do you want me to flash it with sideload like #adb sideload openbeta24.zip ?
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The file I gave link to is a special edition by Oneplus for Openbeta-Nougat. You can go to Nougat from any rom.
Rom: http://downloadmirror.co/Wa9/O2N_OBT_15801_OXYGEN_SIGN_wipe.zip
Specific recovery should be downloaded from Oneplus website.
You can sideload using adb or store internal storage and flash.
I tried with latest TWRP recently and it worked.
Note that all your data gets wiped if you use oneplus-recovey and asn sideload

SivaMaxwell said:
The file I gave link to is a special edition by Oneplus for Openbeta-Nougat. You can go to Nougat from any rom.
Rom: http://downloadmirror.co/Wa9/O2N_OBT_15801_OXYGEN_SIGN_wipe.zip
Specific recovery should be downloaded from Oneplus website.
You can sideload using adb or store internal storage and flash.
I tried with latest TWRP recently and it worked.
Note that all your data gets wiped if you use oneplus-recovey and asn sideload
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The problem is i dont have store internal storage and when i try to flash anything it say oem locked not allowed and when i flash a rom with adb sideload jfjd.zip it stuck on 60% will it be complete if i use your beta ?

Dsn Fouad said:
The problem is i dont have store internal storage and when i try to flash anything it say oem locked not allowed and when i flash a rom with adb sideload jfjd.zip it stuck on 60% will it be complete if i use your beta ?
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Yes, it won't stick at 60% with this beta. I'm not the owner. It was provided on Oneplus forums. Try that one and tell me the result. It is a signed zip. So it will work on official Oneplus-recovery

SivaMaxwell said:
Yes, it won't stick at 60% with this beta. I'm not the owner. It was provided on Oneplus forums. Try that one and tell me the result. It is a signed zip. So it will work on official Oneplus-recovery
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Thanks i will download and give it a try

SivaMaxwell said:
Yes, it won't stick at 60% with this beta. I'm not the owner. It was provided on Oneplus forums. Try that one and tell me the result. It is a signed zip. So it will work on official Oneplus-recovery
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Before that i downloaded msm download tool 3.0.8 i tested it and it boot but it say enter pin password i dont know what is the pin i didn't use a pin before it was working

Dsn Fouad said:
Before that i downloaded msm download tool 3.0.8 i tested it and it boot but it say enter pin password i dont know what is the pin i didn't use a pin before it was working
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Simply reboot to recovery and say yes to wipe every data.
Note1:
all your internal data is wiped in the method I suggested. I can recall there is a method to recover data only if bootloader is unlocked. If your bootloader is locked there is no other way.
Note2: your data will be formatted to f2fs file system. If you want to flash any custom ROM, YOU SHOULD CHECK COMPATIBILITY WITH F2FS in that ROM forums.
It's better to always have EXT4 file system. You can change this file system with TWRP

SivaMaxwell said:
Simply reboot to recovery and say yes to wipe every data.
Note1:
all your internal data is wiped in the method I suggested. I can recall there is a method to recover data only if bootloader is unlocked. If your bootloader is locked there is no other way.
Note2: your data will be formatted to f2fs file system. If you want to flash any custom ROM, YOU SHOULD CHECK COMPATIBILITY WITH F2FS in that ROM forums.
It's better to always have EXT4 file system. You can change this file system with TWRP
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Bootloader is locked i tryed to flash the 24 beta yoi give me but it stuck on 47 and say failed im just going to sell it

Dsn Fouad said:
Bootloader is locked i tryed to flash the 24 beta yoi give me but it stuck on 47 and say failed im just going to sell it
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Even if the bootloader is locked, you can boot into the current rom and unlock simply by going to advanved options.
It is a very simple process.

Question Soft brick no backup

Hi all!
Long story short, I beefed it...
I tried flashing the unofficial twrp and accidentally did format all on spflashtool.
I'm two months in and for the life of me I can't fix my phone... I've even tried to learn how to write a custom OS myself to fix it but I'm definitely not smart enough.
So, here's where I'm at right now:
When I flash the engineering ROM, the phone boots normally and all that seems to work, but flashing the official MIUI causes a bootloop to the stock recovery.
In there, there's the message "NV data is corrupted".
I'm 2 months in now, so I've seen almost all google pages, so yes, I've tried flashing using the official tool, flashed vbmeta with --disable-verity and --disable-verification.
It's my phone and I have the box here, so I have both IMEI numbers which I managed to flash in the engineering ROM, but flashing the normal MIUI somehow deletes the IMEI numbers again.
I can get into fastboot so the bootloader is unlocked, but I can't boot into the system so I can't enable dev options.
please, if you can help I'm more than happy to answer any other questions and being called an idiot :')
help me, XDA, you're my only hope

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BootLoop not letting me access fastboot
Okay so when I flashed Magisk boot image my device activated boot problems. And when I tried to access recovery mode via adb (from Android Studio), my phone entered a bootloop from which I cannot exit. Vol down + power buttons does not work...
forum.xda-developers.com

I'm in the same exact boat as you...That guide was absolute trash and I can't find anything.

historypm said:
I'm in the same exact boat as you...That guide was absolute trash and I can't find anything.
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Hold tight, I'm very close to fixing it!
Got everything working except mobile network. As soon as I figure that out, I'll post a fix here

RadixMalum said:
Hi all!
Long story short, I beefed it...
I tried flashing the unofficial twrp and accidentally did format all on spflashtool.
I'm two months in and for the life of me I can't fix my phone... I've even tried to learn how to write a custom OS myself to fix it but I'm definitely not smart enough.
So, here's where I'm at right now:
When I flash the engineering ROM, the phone boots normally and all that seems to work, but flashing the official MIUI causes a bootloop to the stock recovery.
In there, there's the message "NV data is corrupted".
I'm 2 months in now, so I've seen almost all google pages, so yes, I've tried flashing using the official tool, flashed vbmeta with --disable-verity and --disable-verification.
It's my phone and I have the box here, so I have both IMEI numbers which I managed to flash in the engineering ROM, but flashing the normal MIUI somehow deletes the IMEI numbers again.
I can get into fastboot so the bootloader is unlocked, but I can't boot into the system so I can't enable dev options.
please, if you can help I'm more than happy to answer any other questions and being called an idiot :')
help me, XDA, you're my only hope
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Good evening, sorry for my bad English, but I have the same problem when this happened, I had miui V13.0.7.0 there, I got bootlop, I loaded V12.5.2.0 there and the phone worked everything except the network, try and let me know

You have to download the firmware and paste it into the platform tools folder and click flash all.bat