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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zidale:
I recently just wipe did a factory reset on a encrypted (factory encryption) Galaxy S3, after rebooting it i have found that i am unable to get past the initial password prompt screen. I have tried to flash stock ROM, multiple times, to no avail as after each reboot i get the same password prompt screen. i have tried to flash custom ROM, multiple times, this to to no avail as it will not even go onto the device through push in Samsung toolkit v7 or slideloader. i have wiped the ROM to the point of nothing being on the phone and re-installed the factory ROM again this to with not avail as it still has the password screen. Now before i go back to t-mobile and see if they will help me, i decided to get community input to see if there is anything that can be done outside of the Factory as i have void warranty using Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit v7.

******UPDATE******* for those with similar problem, i just fixed this. Issue is as follows with possible fix action:

Issue was that encrypting the Samsung Galaxy S3 with the factory encryption and then wiping the system will cause the password file to be deleted but the encryption to stay on the phone. My fix action was that download original ROM from the provider, delete existing ROM on phone till it is basically a brick with USB debugging on and re install the original providers ROM. After it is re install you have to go in and wipe the phone's data one more time. This resulted in the password prompt screen disappearing and the basic start setup being initiated as if you just bought the phone from the store. Although this is my fix and other fixes for future reference would be much appreciated to. *********UPDATE************
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] glopact:
When you say you reinstalled the original provider's ROM, I'm not sure if you mean you used ODIN. I believe ODIN install is the only way to recover from this as it reformats the partitions.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Fuze2009:
An ODIN flash back to OTA did not help my issue.

My company now requires the encrypt device policy for exchange, so I went ahead encrypted the device while running CM10. The encryption succeeded, but every time the screen timed out, it would turn off the device instead of just turn off the screen (CM10 bug?) - didn't want to have to deal with having to cold boot the device every time I want to do something, not to mention the phone being off :/

So I did a nandroid restore to my last known state and now I get prompted for the unencrypt password. However, the password doesn't work. Probably because the password file was deleted, but the system and data partitions are still encrypted.

I've tried doing a full wipe in TWRP and flashing multiple ROMs. I've also tried ODIN flashing root66 and OTA JB 4.1.1 with no success. It still asks for the unencrypt password. I suspect the only way to fix this is to completely re-create the system and data partitions.

If anyone knows how to accomplish this, I'd be grateful because I have a soft brick right now (i.e. can't get past unencrypt password prompt with any ROM)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BTT8:
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. I was in the same exact situation you were in and thank god for this thread. I thought my phone was pretty much done for.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] generationxile:
fix

flash ur rom. then flash CF-Auto-Root, boot to recovery, factory restore, done
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] D150shorty:
Posted this in the I717 Note forum, but might be of interest to you Note II users :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php...een Mods, and Bootanimations (update 1-10-13)Football Wallpapers, Lockscreen Handle Mods, and coming soon, Bootanimations

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[Nexus 7 General] plasmaboltrs:
OK, So I got MultiROM and installed Paranoid Android 2.99 Beta 9 as my "Internal" ROM and Ubuntu as another ROM on the internal storage.

After that I was able to successfully boot both and use Ubuntu with a mouse and keyboard over OTG. Now I wanted to update all of MultiROM because version 6 was released and I was on version 4, this also went fine... I flashed the MultiROM zip, then the custom recovery via an app on my tablet called Flash GUI. Again it went fine and I could still boot everything. Now I was on the MultiROM forum when I noticed that M-Kernel had Kexec-Hardboot support and seeing as it was a kernel I had previously installed and liked, chose to install it again. This time not all went fine and it left my tablet in a state where when selecting "Internal" as my ROM and clicking boot it all froze up, displaying "Booting Internal" but not doing anything. I then tried to use adb logcat but it couldn't see the device. Next I followed the instructions someone else with a similar problem to mine was given. These were to reboot back into recovery and run the command "adb pull /proc/last_kmsg /kmsg.txt" after running this it gave me the kmsg.txt which is one of my attachments.

Extra info:

When I attempted to do the adb command in the frozen state it wouldn't see my device so I did it after reboot into recovery as the next few replies

suggested.

Hope this gets fixed....:crying:
[Nexus 7 General] plasmaboltrs:
Sorry Forgot To Add This...

Here's the attachment I forgot to add to the first post.

I also forgot to mention that when I've force rebooted into recovery I can fix the problem by reflashing the multirom and kexec zips though it then gets rid of the kernel I want.:p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
Hi, I own a sgs gti9003 running froyo.I have been using this for more than a year.I was afraid to root and install custom roms.but today i have seen some easiest steps for rooting.so I decided to root.I read abt the advantage and disadvantages of rooting.but I have some more doubts to clear.

1.I dnt have internet in my pc,do I need internet for rooting.

2.if I rooted and installed any ics rom,is dat possible to download apps for ics like nova launcher,chrome browser directly from playstore.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dewasathya:
Hi and welcome to the Galaxy SL Forum, if you want to root update first to Gingerbread, try searching 'General Guide for i9003 Noob'

And for your questions:

1. No, you don't need internet, you only need it when you download ROMs, tweaks and CF-Root.

2. For downloading ICS apps on Froyo, no you can't . You can run ICS apps if you install custom ROMs that based on CM9 or CM10

Good luck with the phone mate
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] BassBlaster:
He didnt say he wanted ICS apps on froyo. He was asking if he would be able to download ICS apps straight from Play Store if he installed a ICS/+ custom rom. The answer is yes.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dewasathya:
Ohh... Sorry :o, change my number 2 anwser with the BassBlaster has.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
So if my fon is 2.3,can i root it via gingerbreak.I just read this yesterday and tried it in my fon.didn't worked.updating gingerbread may cause bricking..? Srry am a newbie
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Hetalk:
Kindly post your complete firmware information here.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
GT-I9003

2.2.1

I9003DDKA5

2.6.32.9

root@SE-S605#1

FROYO.DDKB2

Is this what u asked..?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Hetalk:
Yes. My procedure to go to ICS or JB based CROM is

1) flash xxkpe as per guide here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1133787 .. download ROM file from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004647

2) flash ddlf2 per http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1741370

3) Use CF-Root to root ddlf2 per http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331253

4) Flash ICS or JB ROM of your choice, ONLY AFTER READING THE PARTICULAR THREAD

I'd still prefer you do more searching and reading before attempting something that you dont understand completely.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Hetalk:
I'll answer your PM here. :)

As per what I read here, it is advised (by people's experience) that it's better to flash xxkpe(using ODIN) 1st then to a gingerbread valuepack firmware(i used ddlf2) of your choice, then to root it. Then flash any ICS/JB ROM of your choice.

Also, you need to understand you'll lose everything on your phone when you flash xxkpe using odin. Also, once rooted, you'll be unable to use Kies to restore your data. So, before attempting all this, make sure you backup everything that you'll regret losing.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
Confused...okay..is there any youtube tutorial..?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dewasathya:
Sorry mate, there are no YouTube tutorial for SL. Try to follow the guide here.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
Isme koi indian developers hein..?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] AmmarGitham:
Arre Jo top k developers hai woh Indians hi hai. But let's not judge talent on basis of location. :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] varunthapliyal999:
:D lmao
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
Lol..its not judge anyones talent..can u read my via signature..?

എന്റെ സാംസങ്ങ്* ഗാലക്സിയിൽ നിന്ന് അയച്ചത്*.. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] RockIndia:
well said

supper like
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ramezabd:
Back to topic

I have downloaded and installed samsung kies,superone click on my lap(running win7).then set my usb option to kies and checled usb debug.then I opened superone click and plugged usb to pc and to my phone.nothing happened both pc and phone.my phone charging itself via usb.nothing happened in superoneclick..why is that..?

എന്റെ സാംസങ്ങ്* ഗാലക്സിയിൽ നിന്ന് അയച്ചത്*.. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] AmmarGitham:
Read the guides pinned in the General Section.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustafahussain:
there are many youtube tutorials and you can easily search for them and choose what is best for you but the thing you need to know about is that for upgrading your firmware from froyo to gingerbread you dont need rooting.. you can do it officially by downloading Samsung Kies or by following the simple steps from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1894737

Now after upgrading to gingerbread you can root your phone by following the simple steps using the link as above.

its okay to get confused the first time but follow the amazing simple steps from the above link and it should be just fine :)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] thegreatergood:
TeamWin Recovery Project

Introduction:

Team Win Recovery Project 2.3, or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features.

It’s a fully touch driven user interface – no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.

Key Features:

-Built In File Manager

-Touchscreen driven with real buttons and drag-to-scroll

-XML-based GUI that allows full customization of the layout – true theming!

-Settings are saved to the sdcard and persist through reboots

-Ability to choose which partitions to back up and which to restore

-Ability to choose to compress backups – now with pigz (multi-core processor support for faster compression times)

-Onscreen keyboard

-Decryption of /data

-Easy selection of internal/external storage

-See changelog below for 2.3 features

Current Issues:

USB to PC mount not working :/

Device assert issue - some packages wont install

Credit:

Terinfire(Source)

Dman(Source)

TWRP TEAM
​
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ninthsense:
He he.. we are par with other devices now.. excellent work thegreatergood..
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
the greater good will the twrp version that you have work with any one of the roms here or is there a specific rom that the twrp is supposed to be flashed with. Also can you give me an easier way to root. can you also put together an auto root which would install either clock work mod or twrp with super su in an automated package that i can flash through odin an then from there go to ggoo manager and then flash the rom, gapps an the curnal once these are in more stable releases. I truely appreciate all the great work that you do on all of these package just would like to now have an automated proces to do all this and then there will be even more people wanting to go through the approach of rooting and flashing when there is an automated way. automation is much easy and can make things much easier for a new bee. again thanks for the great work that you and the d mand all the other developers who i dont know there names but will giv them credit all the time for wonderful and awsom projects.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] terinfire:
Nice work!
[Samsung Captivate Glide] lorddavid:
2 files? the firs is via odin right? what is more recommendable? odin or CWM flashable? I want to try it :D
[Samsung Captivate Glide] vistmarckh:
:good:will themes work on this??? working nice!!!

---------- Post added at 03:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 PM ----------

kinda confusing, what i meant was recovery works, just wondering if themes work on this...:laugh:
[Samsung Captivate Glide] AzraelsKiss:
**delete**
[Samsung Captivate Glide] greeneyez15o:
Thanku thank u thank u

---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:14 PM ----------

Just tried it, backed up and went back with no problem, try reflashing
[Samsung Captivate Glide] thegreatergood:
lol
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Devian50:
I saw you said USB mounting doesn't work, does that mean ADB doesn't work as well, or is ADB separate? I tend to adb file transfer ROMS and such through recovery so there is less going on (slightly faster transfer I've noticed)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] thegreatergood:
i think there is an issue wit TWRP .... remove this in the installer script of the zip ur trying to flash for now ... ill get it fixed

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGHI927R" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGHI927" );
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGHI927R" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGHI927" );
[Samsung Captivate Glide] greeneyez15o:
Only problem I'm having, when I'm trying to get to recovery,it takes a while to get their like 20 to 30 seconds. Lags @ samsung screen. Is that normal it did it in cwm too
[Samsung Captivate Glide] roothorick:
I do hope you're new to this... "It doesn't work", "it won't let me", "it failed" et al are utterly worthless by themselves. What does it say on the screen?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] AzraelsKiss:
I do hope you realize if I thought it was truly an issue with TWRP, I wouldn't keep saying that my phone is "special". I don't remember demanding anyone to fix this for me. I was just providing my view of things, while I try to fix my issues myself. Please forgive me for my indiscretions. I will remove the offending posts.

BTW... I removed the lines in the updater-script as thegreatergood suggested, and resigned the zip, and cm10.1-keyboard-lights-fix installs for me now. I'll attach the resigned zip, so you can check it out. I'm not an expert at all this, so I'd suggest to just use the file as an example, although it hasn't yet broke the "special" phone, as far as I can tell so far.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] amppcguru:
I am having an issue after backing up, it seems I cannot get back to the main menu & have to force reboot using the power button. Was wondering if anyone else is having this issue?

Sent from my Rooted Samsung SGH-i927 Captivate Glide

Running Android ICS 4.0.4 LiteRom 0.9.0 LiteKernel 1.2.4 & ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.2 using xda-dev app.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] AzraelsKiss:
I have the same issue, but others aren't, so it seems like it may only be an issue with some phones.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] :
Thanks for TWRP, have been looking forward to this recovery software. Works fine for bugfix updates. :thumbup:

Sent from the jar of Jelly Beans
[Samsung Captivate Glide] elban:
I do as well... but everything else seems fine till now (I've installed cm10.1 and gapps without issues with this recovery).
[Samsung Captivate Glide] roothorick:
Failed asserts are usually a symptom of something strange in the build.prop, so I gotta wonder if you're doing some weird mod you're not telling us... That's why I want to see the error.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] :
Yep, that's it. Build.prop is usually compared against each other by recovery software (either CWMR or TWRP) - ran into this problem two (or three) weeks ago on different phone.

Sent from the jar of Jelly Beans
[Samsung Captivate Glide] AzraelsKiss:
No Mods... Just plain cm10.1 20130111 build. I'm not "new". If I had done any modifications, I wouldn't have posted my experiences, or would have qualified it with a list of mods. I probably shouldn't be so thinned skin, but unfortunately that's they way I am. That's probably why I normally limit my posts to reporting experiences and it's definitely why I don't bother to try to become a developer.

If you absolutely must know. Flashing the keyboard lights fix would originally fail on the lines thegreatergood mentioned and when they were removed, it would fail with a bad argument. Once I resigned the package, it flashed just fine.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] thegreatergood:
This is a recovery problem not a rom problem remove those asserts in the zips installer script and it WILL flash .....
[Samsung Captivate Glide] :
thegreatergood, your recommendations on assert tag in the installer script will work - I had to do it on LG Thrill 4G (will need to fix IMEI later). Everyone, the installer script (and the assert tag contained herein) thegreatergood spoke of is in META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script - you may have to unzip the installation package in a folder, remove the assert, then zip the files (without zipping the folder the files are in).

Sent from the jar of Jelly Beans
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
can the greater good fix this for the twrp if that is all. i am not that technick so i would not be able to do this. i am still waiting for the greater good to put together a package that can have root injected into stock with the twrp recovery so then i can flash through odin and go through goo manager to flash the roms. as i have told the greater good for me being blind is a challenge to get into the recovery portion of the phone to do this so that is why i am just looking for an all in one package to do this an then from there to use goo manager to flash the rom which would make things more easier for me as i'm blind and i would like to have the ability to test one of these roms on one of my pphones one of these days.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] dudejb:
Can you have TWRP and CWM installed on the same phone? Is it only 1 or the other? I noticed you have a version that can be installed viz CWM that is why I am asking. How do you get into TWRP? Same button combo as getting into CWM?

Thank you, just trying to learn about TWRP.

JB
[Samsung Captivate Glide] terinfire:
They both write to the Recovery partition -- so you can only have one or the other. When CWMR loads, it should load itself fine. When you have a CWMR-based Recovery-flash, it basically runs appropriate scripts in CWMR that will allow you overwrite the actual partition on the "disk" (the internal memory), while the actual program for CWMR (the actual process you interact with) is running in your RAM memory (temporary memory).

Long-story short, if you flash a new recovery that can be installed via CWMR, it basically does a kind of swap to allow it to do such -- but you lose the old CWMR after you reboot.

Think of it this way. Imagine, you have a file open in Microsoft Word or Paint or something. If you have it loaded, you could technically potentially delete the file you are editing (unless the program locks the file -- some programs do that to prevent you from screwing things up). The program is still in memory. Then, imagine you adjust the document and save it -- this saves a new file in the same place the old one was. Maybe not the best analogy, but something similar to this.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
any new news or threads on development of twrp. had not seen any new threads so just wondering. Still waiting patiently for the greater good to hopefully develop a package for me and new bees to flash a root stock script with the custom twrp or clock work mod recovery and to be able to flash roms through goo manager.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
can i ask for any one on this list to make it easier for a blind user like myself to install twrp recovery from a rooted stock injected with the twrp custom recovery, with necessary fixes to twrp recovery, so then i can install through od in. Can you do it for me dr. mario. All I ask is for some one who has more technical or programming knowledge to help me get the twrp recovery on to my phone then from there i can install the rom through goo manager. my only issue is to get a root stock with a custom recovery to install through od in and from there i will be fine to install the rom and the gapps through goo manager. Can anyone help me so i can also experience The greater Goods roms on my phone as well.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] dudejb:
I understand the change replace thing on the fly, I do that with batch files already in Windows scripts. So you explained to me that you can only have 1 recovery type application on your phone at 1 time other then the default Download mode. Interesting thank you for the information.

JB
[Samsung Captivate Glide] terinfire:
Bingo.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] greeneyez15o:
Can someone help me , twrp all of the sudden stopped working i cant backup it stays stuck on generating md5 and i cant flash kernels it says failed :(
[Samsung Captivate Glide] soadzoor:
same here, I have never managed to make a backup with twrp, it always gets stuck. I can flash kernels though
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
any new news or updates for twrp project. hopefully we will get some new threads on this .
[Samsung Captivate Glide] jbstanford:
I enjoyed using this with the new rom I've flashed. However, it's rather frustrating that the USB mount doesn't work - I used that quite regularly to transfer files back and forth. Any status on work to fix that?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
any new development or new news on twrp project that is being worked on by d man an the greater good. as i have not heard anything on this i figured i would just ask.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] thegreatergood:
right now i am focusing on a massive kernel update ... will include automatic EFS backup, silky smoothness ;) ... and some IO tweaks... after that ill take a closer look at TWRP
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
thanks greater good. gget the main projects out of the way. i wil just patiently wait for what we have talked about doing for me and the rest of the newbees, which will be hopefully a script root stock injected with twrp custom recovery to be flashed through odin. i'm patiently waiting as i have lots of blind friends who are patiently waiting for that so then from there on through goo manager then your roms can be flashed. we will be supporting your efforts.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mrk2815:
terinfire, are you helping the greater good with the twrp project to get that working with the roms for the captivate glide. i would like to be able to get twrp on to my phone an then to install roms, gapps from the goo manager to make my life much simpler when it comes to the rom and all these updates. Also can you tell me what the status is with the twrp project. Will that be fixed with the two issues that i think it has so far. Can you also keep us up to date on that as well.

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[Samsung Captivate Glide] terinfire:
mrk2815,

I've offered some of my stuff to thegreatergood and it has helped with a few pieces, earlier on. I am not currently working on any ROMs/recoveries as I have no time for it at the moment. thegreatergood is an excellent developer and will release stuff as work progresses. Last s/he said, progress was being made for a kernel-level fix and then work would resume on TWRP. I imagine that is still the same plan and that we merely need to wait for progress, as it occurs.