Unable to restore backup a3 - Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe

Hi all, i recently flashed lineage os 16 on my a3 2017 ( A320FL). Before that i obviusly create a backup file with twrp, you know just in case. Now i'm trying to restore the orignal rom but phone get stucked.
I made a total wipe with twrp and then installed the backup (it is on sd), evertything goes fine i reboot first logo appears (galaxy a3 samsung powered by android) second logo appears (the flashing samsung) but then it get stucked. I waited like 30mins but nothig happened. When stucked in this logo i'm unable to power it off, i must enter the "odin mode" then rapidly shut off odin mode and enter recovery mode (if i'm not quick enough it just reboots and get stucked again in samsung logo). Backup is fine, it passed without any problem the checksum. Any suggestion?
Quick update:
I was able to install Lineage os 15, so i don't think is a custom recovery's problem. Still cannot install the stock one from my backup.

cholas_ni said:
Hi all, i recently flashed lineage os 16 on my a3 2017 ( A320FL). Before that i obviusly create a backup file with twrp, you know just in case. Now i'm trying to restore the orignal rom but phone get stucked.
I made a total wipe with twrp and then installed the backup (it is on sd), evertything goes fine i reboot first logo appears (galaxy a3 samsung powered by android) second logo appears (the flashing samsung) but then it get stucked. I waited like 30mins but nothig happened. When stucked in this logo i'm unable to power it off, i must enter the "odin mode" then rapidly shut off odin mode and enter recovery mode (if i'm not quick enough it just reboots and get stucked again in samsung logo). Backup is fine, it passed without any problem the checksum. Any suggestion?
Quick update:
I was able to install Lineage os 15, so i don't think is a custom recovery's problem. Still cannot install the stock one from my backup.
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Does it work if you just restore system and boot?

iloveoreos said:
Does it work if you just restore system and boot?
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Hi, sorry for the delay i was busy in these days, thanks for your answer. However I just tried but nothing. Still stucked on the Samsung screen and unable to shutdwon.

cholas_ni said:
Hi, sorry for the delay i was busy in these days, thanks for your answer. However I just tried but nothing. Still stucked on the Samsung screen and unable to shutdwon.
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Does it work to hold power and volume down for it to shut off?

iloveoreos said:
Does it work to hold power and volume down for it to shut off?
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Thanks again for your answer. However yes, it worked but it immediatly rebooted itself as i mentioned at the beginning of the thread. However, if anyone will ever meet a similar problem here's how i solved it:
I downloaded the last stock firmware and flashed it with odin, overwriting everything (custom recovery too, you can re-flash it in the future if you want). If unsure of the firmware version and you have a (unusable) backup like me check the folder where is saved: by default last digits correspond to your firmware version (mine for example was 320FLXXS3CRK3).

cholas_ni said:
Thanks again for your answer. However yes, it worked but it immediatly rebooted itself as i mentioned at the beginning of the thread. However, if anyone will ever meet a similar problem here's how i solved it:
I downloaded the last stock firmware and flashed it with odin, overwriting everything (custom recovery too, you can re-flash it in the future if you want). If unsure of the firmware version and you have a (unusable) backup like me check the folder where is saved: by default last digits correspond to your firmware version (mine for example was 320FLXXS3CRK3).
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Awesome! Is everything working good now?

iloveoreos said:
Awesome! Is everything working good now?
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Yes, almost 10 hours now and 0 problems. Just like a normal phone after factory reset.

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[Q] Can boot into Recovery, can't flash rom

So my note 2 had been working very well, but just the other night it turned off and then was stuck at the Samsung logo screen. I attempted to boot into recovery, but it would freeze at the TWRP logo screen. I decided to Odin a new recovery and put the latest version of TWRP on there. I can now boot into recovery, but it asks for a password. I assumed I had just used a bad version, so I tried several others which resulted in the same outcome. Pressing cancel lets me get into TWRP, and it seems as though I can browse files, but trying to perform any other action gives an error message saying that TWRP cannot find the partition for data, system, and a few others.
Is the phone dead? Or is there something I can do to bring it back to life?
captterrible said:
So my note 2 had been working very well, but just the other night it turned off and then was stuck at the Samsung logo screen. I attempted to boot into recovery, but it would freeze at the TWRP logo screen. I decided to Odin a new recovery and put the latest version of TWRP on there. I can now boot into recovery, but it asks for a password. I assumed I had just used a bad version, so I tried several others which resulted in the same outcome. Pressing cancel lets me get into TWRP, and it seems as though I can browse files, but trying to perform any other action gives an error message saying that TWRP cannot find the partition for data, system, and a few others.
Is the phone dead? Or is there something I can do to bring it back to life?
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Try to flash a stock rom with Odin.
If this does not work you are facing a compareable problem to mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440687 .
Maybe you find a way to get it work in this link.
Sounds like SDS
Luke44 said:
Try to flash a stock rom with Odin.
If this does not work you are facing a compareable problem to mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440687 .
Maybe you find a way to get it work in this link.
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I just read through that thread, I'm not sure where I could find the correct pit mapping for this phone though =/
muppetmania said:
Sounds like SDS
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I really hope it isn't SDS. I can odin a recovery onto the phone, but so far other odin-able images just fail. I'm downloading a pure factory image currently and will check to see how that works,

[Q] TWRP brick

OK, I did search and found nothing. So, I need to ask this somewhere, hopefully this is the place. The similar threads search did not seem to help much.
I have a Tab S 8.4 WiFi. I rooted it and was running Cyanogen 12. I noticed the TWRP 2.8.3.0 update, so I went to install it. TWRP manager kept crashing, so I went to the TWRP site and downloaded the SM-T 700 klimti wifi img file. I used Flashify to flash this, as I have done numerous times. I wish I'd extracted and flashed the zip in TWRP, but I did not. Everything acted normal but when the tab went to boot up it got to the Black screen that announces Samsung Galaxy S, SM-T700, Powered by android. This was it. It flashed this screen constantly every second or so. Non stop. There was nothing any button combination would do. Except it will go into download mode. Nothing else. No hard reset, nothing. Download mode is it. I spent lots of time looking at various tutorials to see what I'd missed, nothing but download mode. So, I had Odin on the computer and the latest firmware from SamMobile, so I figured I could start over and get the tablet functioning. I've used Odin a fair amount before, including the original Galaxy, S III, S4, so I'm not unfamiliar with the process. I've yet (until now) had the privilege of having a wreck like this one.
So, Odin acts like it is doing its thing, runs through all the steps, says at the end Pass and all threads succeeded, none failed. At the end of the Odin process the tablet acts like it is booting. Up comes the Samsung name with the Bluish sparkly oval along with the standard Samsung tones we hear heading into the boot. That is as far as it goes. The blue and pink colors fade out and I am left with a black screen with SAMSUNG in the middle. Again, no button combination except download mode works at all. It just stays there. Pass showing proudly on the Odin screen (EDIT: I left it there for an hour or so to see if boot would finish before disconnection). I downloaded and tried flashing all of the various firmwares, same result. I even let the battery drain to zero hoping that would shut it off. It seemed to, but the results were the same, only the download mode combination will do anything. The power button starts up the phone in an initially normal manner, but it goes right to SAMSUNG in a black screen.
EDIT 2: I used the Cellular South firmware, saw nothing else US and thought I remembered reading this was what worked here.
There is likely user error here (and realize I might kick myself in the end...Oh wait, I already have), but I've run in circles enough to realize I'm probably doing the same sequence with the same error and I not able to see what it is.
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong or how to fix this? I hope it is fixable. I had hope since download and Odin at least go through the motions. I would greatly appreciate any advice, suggestions, or help. Thanks in advance.
Since you installed cm12 my guess is that its trying to switch back to davlik runtime. Have you tryed flashing twrp, then transfer another rom/custom rom too it and flash it with twrp?
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Since you installed cm12 my guess is that its trying to switch back to davlik runtime. Have you tryed flashing twrp, then transfer another rom/custom rom too it and flash it with twrp?
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I did wonder about conflicts, including dalvik vs art. But I have a tab I can't do anything with except go to download. Since I tried stock firmware flashes, I imagine root is toast and so is flashing another TWRP, assuming I can do that with Odin. Never tried zip files with Odin. So short answer is no I have not tried flashing TWRP over Odin (which is now my only option). I also wondered if I was stuck with this paperweight until Samsung gets Lollipop to the Tab S, when I can get a stock 5.0 firmware from SamMobile, or someplace.
At any rate thank you.
SteveC485 said:
I did wonder about conflicts, including dalvik vs art. But I have a tab I can't do anything with except go to download. Since I tried stock firmware flashes, I imagine root is toast and so is flashing another TWRP, assuming I can do that with Odin. Never tried zip files with Odin. So short answer is no I have not tried flashing TWRP over Odin (which is now my only option). I also wondered if I was stuck with this paperweight until Samsung gets Lollipop to the Tab S, when I can get a stock 5.0 firmware from SamMobile, or someplace.
At any rate thank you.
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What I mean is to flash twrp with odin then flash zips with twrp. If you cant reboot into recovery, if you installed adb then yoi can do adb reboot recovery.
I`m having same issues. I was on stock rooted ROM and flashed latest TWRP from the app. Now I`m stuck in bootloop.
EDIT: flashed TWRP 2.8.1.0 via Odin and everything works fine now.
senel said:
I`m having same issues. I was on stock rooted ROM and flashed latest TWRP from the app. Now I`m stuck in bootloop.
EDIT: flashed TWRP 2.8.1.0 via Odin and everything works fine now.
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Thanks. When Christmas stuff winds down, I will give Odin a go. Thanks to both of you who answered. Merry Christmas.
OK, Odin says the TWRP is successful, goes through all motions, up to and including PASS. The tablet still will only go into Download Mode. At this point I'm wondering about trying Kies. Also thought what might happen if I unchecked Auto reboot in Odin and tried that again.
SteveC485 said:
OK, Odin says the TWRP is successful, goes through all motions, up to and including PASS. The tablet still will only go into Download Mode. At this point I'm wondering about trying Kies. Also thought what might happen if I unchecked Auto reboot in Odin and tried that again.
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? You can boot into twrp? It should be power, home, vol up buttons. And to force reboot its power, home and vol up and down buttons at the same time.
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
? You can boot into twrp? It should be power, home, vol up buttons. And to force reboot its power, home and vol up and down buttons at the same time.
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No, the power, home, volume up does nothing, I even held it there for maybe 15 minutes. The power, home, and volume up/down gets the download screen, or rather it gets the warning screen about the dangers of flashing a custom OS. Continue goes into download and reboot get me the same old attempt to reboot then stuck on Samsung screen. That last is the ONLY button combination I can get to work.
I'll let the thing use up the battery and shut itself off and try the manual reboot to recovery again. I've chased this thing around so much I'm likely in a boot loop myself and can't see my error.
SteveC485 said:
No, the power, home, volume up does nothing, I even held it there for maybe 15 minutes. The power, home, and volume up/down gets the download screen, or rather it gets the warning screen about the dangers of flashing a custom OS. Continue goes into download and reboot get me the same old attempt to reboot then stuck on Samsung screen. That last is the ONLY button combination I can get to work.
I'll let the thing use up the battery and shut itself off and try the manual reboot to recovery again. I've chased this thing around so much I'm likely in a boot loop myself and can't see my error.
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Hmm did you use the latest twrp? Ive alwayed use twrp 2.7. 1,1 Something. Never had problems in that version.
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Hmm did you use the latest twrp? Ive alwayed use twrp 2.7. 1,1 Something. Never had problems in that version.
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Used 2.8.1.0. I had the issues trying to update to 2.8.3.0. I used 2.8.1.0 because it was working. I was thinking about trying the 2.8.3 because maybe I had a bad download and maybe a new flash might fix stuff.
Quick question, can Odin flash zip files? Never tried one.
SteveC485 said:
Used 2.8.1.0. I had the issues trying to update to 2.8.3.0. I used 2.8.1.0 because it was working. I was thinking about trying the 2.8.3 because maybe I had a bad download and maybe a new flash might fix stuff.
Quick question, can Odin flash zip files? Never tried one.
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nope. Odin only flashes tars and files with md5 or a few otheres. You flash zips with twrp.
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
nope. Odin only flashes tars and files with md5 or a few otheres. You flash zips with twrp.
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Thanks, that's what I thought.
For whatever reason, this time the power, home, and volume up combination booted me into TWRP. Restored a backup and everything is up and running normally (at least so far).
I'm perfectly willing to admit error,but don't quite know where my error came in. I would swear I used the power, volume up, and home combination when I hit the download mode. But maybe not. I don't know why it worked now, except that I was inadvertently hitting the wrong combination, thinking I was doing it right. I remember thinking the first time it went to download mode, that I just did it wrong and used the wrong volume key. Thought I was more careful the succeeding tries.
At any rate thanks for the help. I will remember this particular lesson for a while .
hard brick
My sm-t700 hard brick with the last twrp... I don't know if it is the twrp but it's hard brick when I do a restore with twrp...now it is just dead... no power.. no nothing lol... j'ai été le échanger. . Vive future shop.. mais la j'ai peur de recommencer mon root et etc...
faztecnyk said:
My sm-t700 hard brick with the last twrp... I don't know if it is the twrp but it's hard brick when I do a restore with twrp...now it is just dead... no power.. no nothing lol... j'ai été le échanger. . Vive future shop.. mais la j'ai peur de recommencer mon root et etc...
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2838473
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2838473
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Thanks.. but I said hard brick and not soft brick..
SteveC485 said:
Used 2.8.1.0. I had the issues trying to update to 2.8.3.0. I used 2.8.1.0 because it was working. I was thinking about trying the 2.8.3 because maybe I had a bad download and maybe a new flash might fix stuff.
Quick question, can Odin flash zip files? Never tried one.
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A lot of Tab S owners have had issue with TWRP 2.8.3. There is another thread on it. I installed 2.8.3 with Odin and it was pretty wonky. Went right back to 2.8.1.
If none of the methods worked for anyone try this. If your tablet keeps trying to boot into twrp or stuck at the galaxy tab s screen try this if you cant boot into download mode.
Let completely die. Then put it in the charger and quickly press the combination of buttons to get into download mode. That should over ride booting into twrp. another way is to plug it into your computer and try different combinations of buttons.
I have the samsung galaxy tab s 8.4 and I rooted it a few days ago and I thought to myself lets install a custom recovery, but before I did that I backed up my stock kernal and my stock recovery through flashify, also im on stock firmware, after I backed those things up I installed twrp 2.8.3.0 and I booted into recovery to back up my rom and data just in case I soft bricked my tablet like I used to do on my nexus 7, when trying to boot into twrp it went in to boot loop I have tried all button combination I know and have seen in this thread but none works except for going into download mode. I dont know if I should flash an older version of twrp and see if it works or should I install stock firmware on my device and im not sure what version of odin I should use if I flash a older version of twrp. The version I used to root my tablet is 3.07 of odin.

[Q] Bricked Tablet - Downloading only

Hi Guys,
After playing with a lot of different roms on this tablet, i was content with CM12. I thought also now would be a good time to update TWRP from the ROM itself. So, i downloaded the TWRP manager, told it my device and told it to update. It asked me if the location for recovery was ok, and i (assumed....so its me being stupid) told it it was.......
Now my tablet wont boot anymore, i only get to see the "downloading" screen with the android dude. I love the android dude, but not so much that he's all i want to see
I tried using odin to re-apply the TWRP file from there, but it just is stuck at "initialization". I tried doing the same with the stock firmware from Sammobile, but the same thing happens.
I know there HAS to be a way to get it working again as it is still powering on...but i am running out of ideas. Can anyone please help me? If you're in town i will treat you to a nice Jopen bier
Thanks guys,
Yves
yvessparks said:
Hi Guys,
After playing with a lot of different roms on this tablet, i was content with CM12. I thought also now would be a good time to update TWRP from the ROM itself. So, i downloaded the TWRP manager, told it my device and told it to update. It asked me if the location for recovery was ok, and i (assumed....so its me being stupid) told it it was.......
Now my tablet wont boot anymore, i only get to see the "downloading" screen with the android dude. I love the android dude, but not so much that he's all i want to see
I tried using odin to re-apply the TWRP file from there, but it just is stuck at "initialization". I tried doing the same with the stock firmware from Sammobile, but the same thing happens.
I know there HAS to be a way to get it working again as it is still powering on...but i am running out of ideas. Can anyone please help me? If you're in town i will treat you to a nice Jopen bier
Thanks guys,
Yves
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What Device you have? When you flash TWRP with Odin, do you uncheck Auto Reboot? I always uncheck it then power off then press Power, Home and Vol up to boot TWRP. Maybe no help.
Rooted i747 said:
What Device you have? When you flash TWRP with Odin, do you uncheck Auto Reboot? I always uncheck it then power off then press Power, Home and Vol up to boot TWRP. Maybe no help.
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Sorry, Samsung galaxy tab pro 10.1, sm-t520 aka picassowifi.
Auto reboot does not change anything... Still stops at 'initialization'.
I cannot get anywhere else but the downloading screen...
Thanks so far
I know you can't take the battery out but I been reading to let it die. Then plug it in works for some.
Note 4 Port Evolution 3.0
I drained it...when I get home I will try the Odin method. I'm starting to worry though....
Thanks again
Thanks for your help guys! The battery drain did the trick! I successfully installed the new TWRP and new CM 12.1
Thanks guys!
Yves
yvessparks said:
Thanks for your help guys! The battery drain did the trick! I successfully installed the new TWRP and new CM 12.1
Thanks guys!
Yves
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Glad it's working! :good:
How to drain battery?
Good to hear it worked for you but how did you drained the battery. I dont know how to drain it if I cant use the tablet ( and I believe my tablet is fully charged)
I am in a similar situation.
I have SM-T900 (Galaxy Tab PRO 12.2) and when I flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 (for v2wifixx) for the first time over the stock recovery. It was successful and booted into recovery, but then it was not able to wipe any data. It gave some errors which I do not remember right now.
Then I tried re-flashing the same but it is not booting back into recovery, anymore after more than 5 attempts. When am re-flashing the TWRP, it is showing SUCCESS in Odin but the device is not booting into recovery. Current situation is that I cannot power it off nor boot into recovery. All it is allowing me is to get into download mode. Also, I have Kies 3/Smart Switch installed and NONE of them is recognizing the device in download mode either. However, am able to login to the download mode and reflash the twrp recovery image file.
Currently, opened the back cover and removed the battery connector and re-connected it and that is only way I could get the power off. I will try to re-flash TWRP again in the evening today.
I am posting here to ask for any other ideas. Is there anything else that I can try?
Thanks.
yvessparks said:
Thanks for your help guys! The battery drain did the trick! I successfully installed the new TWRP and new CM 12.1
Thanks guys!
Yves
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Finally fixed the issue.
I downloaded the firmware from www.sammobile.com for SM-T900 (Cellular South) having the PDA version as T900UEUBOI2 and this is for US. I downloaded the latest (v5.1.1) as of this writing.
I switched ON the tab in download mode and connected to computer using the USB. It appeared in Odin (I used v3.10.7). I flashed the firmware file downloaded (link in above para) and it roughly took 3 mins to show SUCCESS. Since, I selected the Auto Reboot in Odin, it tried to reboot but the device has been going through bootloop. At this point, I powered OFF the device and tried to boot into recovery. After couple of trials, it booted into recovery. I did a "wipe data - factory reset" an rebooted the device and it worked guys. I finally happy to see the device coming back to life.. however with the stock rom. However, I did not root the device as of this writing.
It worked finally. Hope this would help others.
uresh.kuruhuri said:
I am in a similar situation.
I have SM-T900 (Galaxy Tab PRO 12.2) and when I flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 (for v2wifixx) for the first time over the stock recovery. It was successful and booted into recovery, but then it was not able to wipe any data. It gave some errors which I do not remember right now.
Then I tried re-flashing the same but it is not booting back into recovery, anymore after more than 5 attempts. When am re-flashing the TWRP, it is showing SUCCESS in Odin but the device is not booting into recovery. Current situation is that I cannot power it off nor boot into recovery. All it is allowing me is to get into download mode. Also, I have Kies 3/Smart Switch installed and NONE of them is recognizing the device in download mode either. However, am able to login to the download mode and reflash the twrp recovery image file.
Currently, opened the back cover and removed the battery connector and re-connected it and that is only way I could get the power off. I will try to re-flash TWRP again in the evening today.
I am posting here to ask for any other ideas. Is there anything else that I can try?
Thanks.
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Hi I am in a similar situation. I flashed CM12 on my Tab pro 8.4 wifi. Left it untouched for a month or 2. That mean battery fully drained. Then I tried to charged but no luck. The tab only shows a hollow grey battery icon with a static circle in the middle. Cannot boot to recovery mode but only download mode. No charging at all.
I tried the button combo like holding down power + vol up 20s, etc. No luck. I then bought a battery and changed it....shxt, same!
Then I used KIES to flash stock rom. A bit better now I can see the samsung text but freezed there. Anyone can help?

Bootloops After ODIN back to Stock Firmware

Hi guys,
I have the t-mobile s6 edge
After messing around with my device last night and this morning, I decided to go back to stock for a bit.
I have ODIN 3.10.6. I went into download mode on my phone. extracted the stock firmware from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
loaded the "G925TUVU1AOCG_G925TTMB1AOCG_G925TUVU1AOCG_HOME.tar.md5" file into the ap box for odin
connected my phone to computer, odin recognized it. hit start. ran successfully. rebooted, android guy came up briefly and said installing system update, then it changed to "Erasing..." then it rebooted again
now it's just bootloops forever after the tmobile screen. I can boot to recovery and it says installing system update each time I boot to recovery, but selecting reboot system there shows a no command error. force the phone to power off... power on again to bootloops.
tried to go into download mode again and reflash everything through odin, same issue!
I started last night by rooting using chainfire, then installing TWRPv2, then I flashed the 5.1.1 ROM available from @eousphoros (sorry for the tag, just thought you might want to be apprised of the issues in getting back to stock after using the 5.1.1 ROM).
with 5.1.1 loaded, smart switch didn't recognize the phone for a reset so I decided to go with the ODIN method and now i'm in bootloop city
any help would be greatly appreciated
kswa1987 said:
Hi guys,
I have the t-mobile s6 edge
After messing around with my device last night and this morning, I decided to go back to stock for a bit.
I have ODIN 3.10.6. I went into download mode on my phone. extracted the stock firmware from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
loaded the "G925TUVU1AOCG_G925TTMB1AOCG_G925TUVU1AOCG_HOME.tar.md5" file into the ap box for odin
connected my phone to computer, odin recognized it. hit start. ran successfully. rebooted, android guy came up briefly and said installing system update, then it changed to "Erasing..." then it rebooted again
now it's just bootloops forever after the tmobile screen. I can boot to recovery and it says installing system update each time I boot to recovery, but selecting reboot system there shows a no command error. force the phone to power off... power on again to bootloops.
tried to go into download mode again and reflash everything through odin, same issue!
I started last night by rooting using chainfire, then installing TWRPv2, then I flashed the 5.1.1 ROM available from @eousphoros (sorry for the tag, just thought you might want to be apprised of the issues in getting back to stock after using the 5.1.1 ROM).
with 5.1.1 loaded, smart switch didn't recognize the phone for a reset so I decided to go with the ODIN method and now i'm in bootloop city
any help would be greatly appreciated
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You probably need to do a factory reset
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kswa1987 said:
Hi guys,
I have the t-mobile s6 edge
After messing around with my device last night and this morning, I decided to go back to stock for a bit.
I have ODIN 3.10.6. I went into download mode on my phone. extracted the stock firmware from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
loaded the "G925TUVU1AOCG_G925TTMB1AOCG_G925TUVU1AOCG_HOME.tar.md5" file into the ap box for odin
connected my phone to computer, odin recognized it. hit start. ran successfully. rebooted, android guy came up briefly and said installing system update, then it changed to "Erasing..." then it rebooted again
now it's just bootloops forever after the tmobile screen. I can boot to recovery and it says installing system update each time I boot to recovery, but selecting reboot system there shows a no command error. force the phone to power off... power on again to bootloops.
tried to go into download mode again and reflash everything through odin, same issue!
I started last night by rooting using chainfire, then installing TWRPv2, then I flashed the 5.1.1 ROM available from @eousphoros (sorry for the tag, just thought you might want to be apprised of the issues in getting back to stock after using the 5.1.1 ROM).
with 5.1.1 loaded, smart switch didn't recognize the phone for a reset so I decided to go with the ODIN method and now i'm in bootloop city
any help would be greatly appreciated
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AHH!! Sorry to have made this post... here's what I did to get it actually boot:
reflahed the stock firmware through odin again, tried to reboot, it failed, obviously. rebooted to recovery, factory reset in recovery, power down option in recovery, then turned the phone on again and it magically worked!
hopefully this post will help someone who encountered the same issue
eousphoros said:
You probably need to do a factory reset
In the future you should make a full backup before installing a rom
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thank you so much for the quick reply, I ended up figuring out the solution while you were typing. sorry to pull you away from other tasks. I have several backups saved to my PC but thank you for the reminder!! :laugh::laugh:
kswa1987 said:
AHH!! Sorry to have made this post... here's what I did to get it actually boot:
reflahed the stock firmware through odin again, tried to reboot, it failed, obviously. rebooted to recovery, factory reset in recovery, power down option in recovery, then turned the phone on again and it magically worked!
hopefully this post will help someone who encountered the same issue
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I had the same excat same thing happen when flashing this via Odin. I didnt need to Odin stock twice though . I just booted stock recovery and did a factory reset. After that I went ahead an powered down and rebooted . All good now
How long did you have to wait in the stock recovery to get past the "installing system update" screen? Mine just sits there and I'm unable to view other options in recovery.
EDIT for noobs (like me): wait 30 seconds on the "installing system update" screen.
I'm still stuck in boot loop
Im in the same exact situation , but I'm still stuck in boot loop. I followed your restore instructions and nothing. Please help.
Creel711 said:
Im in the same exact situation , but I'm still stuck in boot loop. I followed your restore instructions and nothing. Please help.
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Looks here, may apply to your case. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=63226466
Pp.
I initially used odin to flash OI1 update, after a rom I was using caused problems and I got bootloop. It changed bootloader value to b:3 and I'm unable to downgrade now so I used smart switch which didn't recognize device so used emergency recovery and still bootloop. I have factory reset and wipe cache multiple times along with adb side load and individual flashes of bootloader, modem, kernel, flashed custom kernel and twrp to access fix permissions and to mount partitions with advanced wipe etc and still wont boot past logo. Also during one fix attempt phone said can't mount system.. Idk I'm not understanding where the problem is .everything says successful but I'm still in bootloop. Please help. I've spent hours everyday for the past week searching & trying different things that seem might help so open to any suggestions.
Problem with Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9195
Hi everyone
I'm new to the whole ROM flashing and using Odin. I had a bootloop problem and recovery mode showed all the options but has a green android man laying down with red icon above him and No Command below the android man. Tried the factory wipe and cache wipe but it gives some red writing with the word failed in the coding and the word error under the android man. Tried to flash a stock ROM from sammobile using Odin. Odin gives a pass but the same problems persist. Can someone please help?
any solution, i have this problem to? only bootloop, nothing else. Updatet bootloader with 4up
kswa1987 said:
Hi guys,
I have the t-mobile s6 edge
After messing around with my device last night and this morning, I decided to go back to stock for a bit.
I have ODIN 3.10.6. I went into download mode on my phone. extracted the stock firmware from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
loaded the "G925TUVU1AOCG_G925TTMB1AOCG_G925TUVU1AOCG_HOME.tar.md5" file into the ap box for odin
connected my phone to computer, odin recognized it. hit start. ran successfully. rebooted, android guy came up briefly and said installing system update, then it changed to "Erasing..." then it rebooted again
now it's just bootloops forever after the tmobile screen. I can boot to recovery and it says installing system update each time I boot to recovery, but selecting reboot system there shows a no command error. force the phone to power off... power on again to bootloops.
tried to go into download mode again and reflash everything through odin, same issue!
I started last night by rooting using chainfire, then installing TWRPv2, then I flashed the 5.1.1 ROM available from @eousphoros (sorry for the tag, just thought you might want to be apprised of the issues in getting back to stock after using the 5.1.1 ROM).
with 5.1.1 loaded, smart switch didn't recognize the phone for a reset so I decided to go with the ODIN method and now i'm in bootloop city
any help would be greatly appreciated
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had the same issue ... did a factory wipe...(had lineage os 14 installed with gapps 7.1.1) flashed stock rom using odin(success) . stuck in bootloop(samsung logo fades in and out) pleaase help (sm-g900H)
Very usefull post, same issue, solved trough recovery->wipedata/factoryreset. Thanks!!!!
my s6 was freezing and restarting again and again, I reinstalled the firmware for odin and then it didn't encounter any problem for a whole day but now i have the same problem again - freezing and restarting
any help would be appreciated
I am already done with factory reset and wiping cache partition but still nothing turnout to be helpful
Hi Please help me.
I did everything that mentioned but no succes at all. Any new suggestion?
Btw my phone passing ODIN and stuck in "installing system updates then erasing"
hello
i need downgred g925t frome androide 7 to 6 or 5.1.1
can anyone help me
im flashed phone whit dis frimwer from anroide 7 G925TUVS6FRC1_G925TTMB6FRC1_TMB
im dawnloaded this frimwer 4Files-G925TTMB3EPD1-6.0.1-By-NoLoGiG but not work or not flashed have error

Stuck in Boot loop after weeks of normal usage

Hi.
I have a problem with my D855. My phone is rooted and runs the fulmics ROM. Everything was working fine, , on Fulmics 5.3, except than one day, I was using my phone normally and then it crashed. I saw the phone rebooting, but for some reason it got stuck. The phone tried to boot unsuccessfully until the "firmware update" went through, after what it reboots again (unsuccessfully) and so on.
At that time, I was able to access twrp, do some backup, and flash properly with a downgraded version of fulmics (from 5.3 to 4.1).
It was able to boot again and use my phone like before. Yet, after one month of usage, the same problem happened on version 4.1. The phone crashed and now cannot boot.
Any idea of where it is coming from? Should I go back to stock? Should I contact customer service?
What did you do before the phone crashes ?
I think you probably should flash the stock ROM and wait for an other crash... or not.
Jb-kun said:
What did you do before the phone crashes ?
I think you probably should flash the stock ROM and wait for an other crash... or not.
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I haven't done anything special. I think that the first time I was playing on candy crush. The second time I was just looking at pictures in my gallery.
I was using the ROM without any tweaks or extra modules such as Xposed. Just regular use.
Update on my situation: I switched back to stock ROM and it seems to work OK for now (it has been 4 days). So I will wait and see if new problems happen. By the way, it was extremely difficult for me to get back to Stock directly from fulmics ROM. I tried several methods that I have found on xda based on LGUP or LG Flash tool without success. For some reason I was not able to connect the phone to my PC in download mode.
The only way that I found was to use a nandroid backup that I did just after rooting the phone and that was based on stock ROM.
shewshain said:
I haven't done anything special. I think that the first time I was playing on candy crush. The second time I was just looking at pictures in my gallery.
I was using the ROM without any tweaks or extra modules such as Xposed. Just regular use.
Update on my situation: I switched back to stock ROM and it seems to work OK for now (it has been 4 days). So I will wait and see if new problems happen. By the way, it was extremely difficult for me to get back to Stock directly from fulmics ROM. I tried several methods that I have found on xda based on LGUP or LG Flash tool without success. For some reason I was not able to connect the phone to my PC in download mode.
The only way that I found was to use a nandroid backup that I did just after rooting the phone and that was based on stock ROM.
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You can also use the Stock rom flashable from twrp. So you can wipe the system partition and get a "better situation" than a nandroid backup that should be with an old version.
Or use this that has also root and other improvements.
shewshain said:
Hi.
I have a problem with my D855. My phone is rooted and runs the fulmics ROM. Everything was working fine, , on Fulmics 5.3, except than one day, I was using my phone normally and then it crashed. I saw the phone rebooting, but for some reason it got stuck. The phone tried to boot unsuccessfully until the "firmware update" went through, after what it reboots again (unsuccessfully) and so on.
At that time, I was able to access twrp, do some backup, and flash properly with a downgraded version of fulmics (from 5.3 to 4.1).
It was able to boot again and use my phone like before. Yet, after one month of usage, the same problem happened on version 4.1. The phone crashed and now cannot boot.
Any idea of where it is coming from? Should I go back to stock? Should I contact customer service?
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Same problem here. Normal usage suddenly started to reboot and now it's stuck in boot loop
Coming from Fulmics too - stopped working one fine day.
Now, continues to boot-loop at the initial LG screen. Trying to get into the recovery shows me the the 'Factory Reset' screen, but beyond that leads to boot-loops again. Even the Download mode loops!
I'm at my wits end without a solution in sight.
Blysterk said:
You can also use the Stock rom flashable from twrp. So you can wipe the system partition and get a "better situation" than a nandroid backup that should be with an old version.
Or use this that has also root and other improvements.
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Thank you for this advice. I was able to update my stock ROM after the Nandroid backup through LGUP, but your method would have been faster.
But anyway, I am waiting to see if I am stuck with bootloops again, using non-root stock version, so I can send it to customer service if this happen again.
AhmadAlmousa said:
Same problem here. Normal usage suddenly started to reboot and now it's stuck in boot loop
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abourdeau said:
I have the exact same problem, I even bought a second battery with no success.
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Are you using Fulmics ROM as well? Can you have access to TWRP? I was able to connect to a PC in the recovery mode and to transfer files before flashing, in case you need some basic backup...
prakhargr8 said:
Coming from Fulmics too - stopped working one fine day.
Now, continues to boot-loop at the initial LG screen. Trying to get into the recovery shows me the the 'Factory Reset' screen, but beyond that leads to boot-loops again. Even the Download mode loops!
I'm at my wits end without a solution in sight.
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Silly question, but are you sure that you selected "Yes" when the screen asks you about factory reset? you have to press "volume down" and the "power button", since the default answer is no.
shewshain said:
Silly question, but are you sure that you selected "Yes" when the screen asks you about factory reset? you have to press "volume down" and the "power button", since the default answer is no.
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Yes, of course I was able to access TWRP successfully earlier.
Curiously enough, the phone boot-loops in regular startup, Download mode and trying to get to recovery. However, it doesn't restart itself and fall into a loop, while on the Factory Reset menu. Am I correct in assuming that the battery could not be the root cause of the overall problem? Because if it was, it would likely loop even on this Factory Reset menu as well as far as I understand.
Unfortunately, the phone restarts as soon as it lands in the Download mode so I cannot even restore to stock.
EDIT: Okay, weirdly enough it just booted and reached the homescreen before restarting again. What I did was let it charge to a 100% and tried booting while plugged in. Could it be the battery after all? Though this exact set of steps hasn't been helpful before.

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