[FIX] Flashing stock FW fails on flashing hidden.img step (ODIN)

I have faced it myself, and somehow I fixed it by myself. Since it fails on Hidden.img, my mind clicked.

Here are the steps:
1 - Download your Stock FW, its file extension should be '.zip'.
2 - Extract it anywhere you like, then you get the PDA file which its extension is '.md5'.
3 - Flash it, and wait till it Fails.
3 - Right click to open the .md5 file and choose WinRAR.
4 - There you will find boot.img, system.img and other files, but you will also find the hidden.img.
5 - Extract hidden.img to your desktop and then rename it as hidden.img.tar.
6 - Import hidden.img.tar into ODIN in the PDA tab.
7 - Finally, restart your device into Download Mode, then flash it.

If you have any issues, feel free to ask.

trouble flashing cwm

hey there, i want to install lollipop 5.1.1 on my galaxy note 1 n7000 4.1.2 but when i am trying to flash the cwm from my android system recovery 3e it gives me signature verification failed then i tried to flash the philz touch through odin and did not work. please help me i had been trying for almost 4 hours

Seeking Clarity Flashing Optimal re: firmware/

So I was fortunate enough to get a warranty replacement that is BOC4 after being stuck with a phone that came in on BOE1. I already have it rooted stock NCG and am preparing to put Safestrap on it.

I am planning on installing the Optimal BOG5 rom on it and want to be sure I am doing this correctly as I MUST have the ability to roll back to stock if I have to return it under the extended warranty.

As I understand it: I flash the ROM. Then I flash flash the firmware. Then I flash the OD5 bootloader.

Questions: Since Optimal is a BOG5 ROM do I flash BOG5 firmware? Or do I need to find OD5 firmware since it is OD5 bootloader?
I am assuming I have to use OD5 bootloader so I can roll back to stock later if needed for warranty as BOE1 and OG5 are locked tight?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was rooted early on in S5 life before there was a 5.0 and am anxious to get back to it but REALLY don't want to bork the phone. This has to last until the S7 drops in January.

Loosing Antenna , flashing screen and restarting

Hi there

I've faced a problem since. I lose my antenna signal (on both 3g & 2g or auto connect) frequently, then when antenna signal bars return, suddenly screen flashes to black and back then I lose antenna bars again. and this happens for a while till it gets restart almost every time this happens.

I see multiple wired things also; while screen flashes,
sometimes some apps would stop working like instagram, battery docter, goole & google gesture and ...
sometimes i see a notification stating my sd card is damaged and needs format! (some times sd card is empty!)
and like that...

while restarting when samsung logo or even note 8 logo comes up, I see these flashing screen continus

I guess these happens while I am at areas with not very satisfying signals, although I had this problem while I had no sim card in it too!
what is wrong guys?

Note 8 5100
android 4.4.2 official ROM
(I thought of it as a software problem and upgraded to kit kat but no chance!)

KF HD 7" - Stuck @ flashing TWRP "teamwin" screen

So I know there's a lot of posts here with a similar situation and I tried to find a solution but I'm at my wit's end.

I recently tried updating my KF using the Cyanogenmod built in nightly update system. When it rebooted after downloading I got stuck in this boot loop for TWRP. It shows the "teamwin" logo, then the screen flashes and it's back to the logo again.

I can connect via adb but unfortunately my device is unauthorized. Obviously, since I'm stuck at this logo I can't authorize it manually on the KF.

I definitely have the latest version of adb as I just downloaded/installed it from the SDK manager seconds ago. I installed all the drivers and added the blurps of code to the Google USB driver and the adb_usb.ini. I tried deleting the adbkey files and restarting adb. I tried different USB cables and different USB ports on my computer. All this to no avail.

Anyone have any ideas besides buying a fastboot cable? That's the only thing left that I can think of to do.

Question about flashing

My questions are simple:
1. Is it possible to flash any partition of phone with its battery removed?
2. Is it posiible to flash a phone when it is turned off (with battery inside)?
3. Is it possible to flash any partition of a phone when it is turned on?
4. Is it possible to flash a non-rooted phone?

Thank you for answering my question.:angel:

Bootloop and unable to get into TWRP recovery after flashing with fastboot

I installed an older version of TWRP and accidentally wiped all data. Now there is no OS installed and normal booting results in bootloop.
But when I hold power and volume button, I always get fastboot instead of TWRP recovery. I tried flashing twrp-2.8.7.0-cancro.img but I still get booted into fastboot instead of TWRP recovery.
I tried unplugging USB cable, then rebooted normally and then rebooted with volume and power buttons but couldn't get TWRP loaded.
Is there a way I can get back my Mi4i to MIUI, or get TWRP recovery working?

Will at&t note 4 will lock after flashing

I have AT&T note 4 unlocked with kitkat on it, if i flash lollipop will it again get locked? plz help

Flashing CM12.1 on one phone causes baseband & IEMI to become "Unknown"...

Hey,

So, I've flashed 2x Samsung S2 GT-i9100 devices and one worked perfectly but the other has an issue...

1. I flashed I9100XWMS2_I9100VODLSF_VOD.zip onto each device via Odin [Successful]
   
   


2. I flashed CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar & I91001GB_6GB.pit which is a 1GB system partition, 6gb data partition and remaining goes to internal storage via pit files.zip simultaneously via Odin [Successful]
   
   


3. I rebooted into recovery (cwm) and flashed Apolo-8.0-CM-Beta9_Regular-TWRP.zip via CWM in order to get access to TWRP. [Successful] - I have tried without this step but the same thing happens.
   
   


4. I rebooted into recovery, mounted internal storage and USB Mounted. I formatted internal SDcard via Windows. [Successful] - I have tried without this step but the same thing happens.
   
   


5. I rebooted into recovery again and flashed cm-12.1-20151006-NIGHTLY-i9100.zip and tk_gapps-modular-micro-5.1.1-20150927.signed.zip [Successful]
   
   


6. I rebooted into the ROM which loaded and as soon as it finished loading one phone showed there was "No SIM" which remained there all though initial setup and setup told me to insert a sim card even though there is a working SIM card inserted in it already, I went into settings and it showed mobile connection disabled, if I go down into About, the basedband and IEMI are both unknown, where as the other phone has a baseband of I9100BULS3, an IEMI and works perfectly. [Partial Success]

If I flash back to stock partition tables and then flash I9100XWMS2_I9100VODLSF_VOD.zip then the baseband returns, IEMI returns and mobile connectivity works perfectly...

How/what am I doing wrong and how do I fix this?

Thanks

Trouble after flashing 5.1.1

Hello everyone,
I just flashed 5.1.1 stock rom (build lmy47z) via twrp (I've also tried following tutorials on this site with "flash-all" sh files, but still same results). Everything seems going fine, except when I'm asked to insert my google credentials: after I've inserted them, it takes me back to wifi selection. So I can't complete first boot configuration. Any solutions? thank you :)

Nokia Lumia 930 Dead after flashing

Hello. I was using windows 10 on my phone since it was released as insider preview. Today I decided to go back to 8.1 via the microsoft official tool and then update again to 10, because of the new updates that I wasn't able to get by the normal way. I have done this before, totally works. I connected the phone into the PC via the USB and the software started to download the package, then started installing. In the middle of the installation, the connection between the PC and the phone broke.(Later on I discovered that the USB didn't work properly....) and yeah, after that the only thing that was on the phone was a RED screen(I see this for the first time and yet I have done this before) with Nokia text on it and a progress bar. I tried to turn off the phone, but it didn't work. Couple of minutes ago the phone turned down itself and that was it. Since then, I can't turn it on. I tried holding the volume down button + power button - nothing, I tried with holding the volume down button + power button + camera button - still nothing. When I try to connect it to my PC(with working USB lol) it only says that the device is not recognized....

So, is there any way I can fix this without returning it to the store? I still can't figure out why the screen was RED and why an installation failure didn't just sent me back to the version I was on, instead of doing this... Any suggestions?

[Q] Help flashing Alcatel C7 that boots automatically when plugging the USB

Hello,
During the past days I've been trying to flash my C7 with no success. When pressing power button, it turns on and displays the Alcatel logo but stays there, it does not load the OS.

I have tried to use SPtools to flash it, I have the mtk drivers installed in my PC. When I plug the switched-off phone to the computer it turns on and couple seconds after my PC detects it (I can see the preloader mtk loaded on the device manager); however, one second right after it is detected, it is disconnected as it keeps booting to show the logo and stay there. Obviously, if the phone is not detected I cannot use SPtools to flash it.

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.

PS: I have also tried to connect to it with adb, and dump a ROM using sideload with no sucess, the PC recognizes it from the recovery but after copying the image nothing new happens on reboot.

Need help on Flashing Xperia SP C5302. Its gone dead while flashing.

I'm using Xperia SP from 3 years. Recently, I was about to flash CM12.1 Lollipop ROM.

I did these things seqentially as below -
1. I rooted the phone via Towelroot app.
2. Backup DRM keys with Bakup_TA_Master.
3. Then, Unlocked the Bootloader via Fastboot cmd. (link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2354721 )
4. After that I flashed CWM v6.0.3.5 & created full Backup.
5. Wiped Chahe, Dalvik Chahe, Data & System.
6. Tried to Flash CM 12.1 ROM (downladed from LINK: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andro...e_sony_huashan )

BUT soon after a few minutes of installalation my device showed an error message and it shut down and doesn't started.
It don't shows bootloader, no SONY logo, not reboots to CWM Recovery. It is almost dead, But.....
The only two things it allows me to do is boot to Fastboot Mode & Flashboot Mode when connecting to PC via usb cable.

I dont know what to do now..........

Flashing a Note3, asking for help...

First, I have installed a ROM on my phone before and I followed very specific instructions. I am a developer in the land of microsoft so I recognize I am very much a newbie here.

Now, on to what I have now and what I want to do.
1. I have a Note 3. The SM-N9005. The baseband version is: N900W8.... suffice to say it is a canadian phone. If the rest of the baseband numbers are important I will post them, just ask.
2. I want to install the Alliance ROM, it seems to have what I am looking for.
3. When I rooted and ROMed my phone years ago I used the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2614772
4. Currently my phone is running a Jedi ROM from the vintage of that thread. However I must have made a mistake back then because the Hotspot feature does not work. Making the hotspot feature work again is my primary reason for undertaking this operation. The 4G works, I can use the Internet on the phone just fine. The wireless works I can connect to a wireless signal and use the internet that way (I confirmed this was working with mobile data off). The hotspot will allow a connection from a device (such as my laptop), but no data passes between the 4G connection and the connected computer.(yes, I turned on Mobile Data On) I have tried this using different computers connected to the hotspot to confirm it is the fault of the Note3.

Back when I did this flashing thing before I had to be careful to get the right CSC file and modem file and a few other steps. I had to specify the correct CSC file in addition to the rom I wanted to flash.

With that background, my questions are below (if you need any more info to point me in the right direction, just ask):
One last note... I will be performing any and all instructions from a macbook pro Mid 2012 with no other devices on the usb host controller running a near virgin copy of windows 7.
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Do I need to worry about CSC files, modem files and so on to Flash to Alliance ROM and still have everything work? I ran across a thread that said that some ROMs have all the CSC files in them, but I cannot find any direct information (or I missed it) about the Alliance ROM with regards to CSC files and the like.

I thought I had TWRP installed, but when I boot to recovery the top two lines read
line1: Android system recovery <3e>
line2: KOT49H.N9005XXUENB4
Is this TWRP? Should I download the latest TWRP for my device and flash it using the AP button from Odin 3.10? If there is a different technique I should use, I will try it.

The instructions say that if I am not installing from stock 4.4.2 or stock 5.0 that I should install stock first, then install the alliance rom. I visited the sammobile website and there are no ROMs for the USA or Canada there... am I missing something or should I just use the UK ROM from that website? I guess I am not sure how to identify the correct ROM for Canada.

I did load the Alliance ROM 8.2 onto my SD card and attempted to use the option apply update from external storage and it failed. Nothing happened at all and the phone eventually rebooted and the ROM never installed.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide me on this endeavour. I am largely looking for resources that I have not been able to find up until now. I am okay with help such as Read This Post! and so on.

Flashing other roms than Andro X doesn't work

I just updated my bootloader and whenever i try to flash a rom, the booting process takes forever until i wipe my phone myself. But when i flash Andro X rom than it takes max. 3min to boot and then it works.
But i want another rom, how do i fix this?

Screen flashing when pressing home button

Hi,
I've been having screen issues with my phone. First green lines started showing on the screen, I turned auto brightness off, and it fixed the issue. But now when I want to wake my phone, it flashes white, but the screen stays off, and it does this for~3 more clicks, the fourth one turns the screen on though.
I'm on stock by the way. Not rooted.
Figured I'd ask before taking it to Samsung.

S3 i8190l stuck in loop after flashing CM12.1

Hey everyone,

I'm having a problem after trying to flash CM12.1 on a i8190l.

The instructions I basically followed are the ones mentioned here: novafusion.pl/tutorials/installation-guide-golden/ and I used the rom Lollipop 5.0.2 (CyanogenMod 12.0) 20150428 stable with the Odin app to install it.

All went well up to the point 12. Click on Wipe, then use slider on the bottom to let process begin.

At this point I received a FAILED message with an error message saying below that /data couldn't be mounted. After that, I rebooted the phone, and it started loading the first android screen apparently. After a few minutes, Android threw up an error saying that it couldn't encrypt the data and had to reboot. After that reboot, the system won't stop going over a loop boot that flashes TeamWin over and over again.

I can still get to the download mode, what is the recommended step to take from here? Is it possible to recover the OS? Do I have to worry about the battery running out, or does it charge up while on download mode/other mode?

Thanks for your help

S3 i8190l stuck in loop after flashing CM12.1

Hey everyone,

I'm having a problem after trying to flash CM12.1 on a i8190l.

The instructions I basically followed are the ones mentioned here: novafusion.pl/tutorials/installation-guide-golden/ and I used the rom Lollipop 5.0.2 (CyanogenMod 12.0) 20150428 stable with the Odin app to install it.

All went well up to the point 12. Click on Wipe, then use slider on the bottom to let process begin.

At this point I received a FAILED message with an error message saying below that /data couldn't be mounted. After that, I rebooted the phone, and it started loading the first android screen apparently. After a few minutes, Android threw up an error saying that it couldn't encrypt the data and had to reboot. After that reboot, the system won't stop going over a loop boot that flashes TeamWin over and over again.

I can still get to the download mode, what is the recommended step to take from here? Is it possible to recover the OS? Do I have to worry about the battery running out, or does it charge up while on download mode/other mode?

Thanks for your help

Help With bricked xperia LT26ii, error while flashing !

Hi!
I hope that someone can help me with my problema

I have an xperia lt26ii, I was trying to flash the lollipop rom,

I was following this guide

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1005010

Any way, everything was going perfect (i have flash like 5 Android phones with no problems at all)
but when I was finally flashing the room I copy the worng file in the device, It was an error grabbing a file that was for the Galaxy s4 gt9500, so while un TWRP, I started flashing this file, a few moments after the program started, it asked again if I wanted to continue and I notice at that time that I was about to flash a totally different room, so I click cancel.

ok, so right now The phone wont start, I am following this guide

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1849170
I cant post there since this is a new account

I have full Access to TWRP

I can Enter flash mode

I have 40% of battery

I tried to flash the stock firmware and the kernel for my LT26ii but short after the process starts, I get an Error message

I hope that someone can help with my case, I dont know if it is posible to transfer the correct .zip file to the phone in TWRP mode

Thanks in advance!!

[Q] Kernal Flashing

Since I could not find it I have decided to ask it here. What would happen if I had a bad Kernal flash or flashed a wrong kernal?
Thanks!