My Note 3 won't factory reset, update or let me install a recovery! PLEASE HELP

droid_life

New member
Nov 15, 2015
1
0
0
I got a Note 3 Neo (SM-9005) as a hand me down and factory reset it and it was on 4.4.2. I figured I would do the lollipop update later. Thats when I thought of putting Cyanogenmod 12.1 through a recovery, and installed Odin on my PC.

TWRP would not install any way I tried. I checked Auto reboot, unchecked it, I even rooted my phone and installed their app but it bricked my phone. Since there was no OS on the phone the download mode kept coming up. My stock recovery wasn't there anymore. I tried installing TWRP but even though that didn't happen it got me into Touchwiz.

I decided to give up on the whole CM thing and tried to update my phone, but it said that since I modded it or something they wont allow me to do that. And when I click the reset button I get some other error. I cant do a hard reset through the stock recovery since it doesn't exist anymore. I unrooted my phone but still no luck.

So now Im stuck on a rooted phone that needs a computer to turn on. I just want to get back to stock Touchwiz and forget about CM. The stock software is taking too long to download and even after that I'm not sure whether it will work or not because Odin doesnt work on my phone for some reason.

Is there anything else I can do?
 

itguyjax8430

Retired Moderator
Mar 15, 2013
6,822
0
0
I got a Note 3 Neo (SM-9005) as a hand me down and factory reset it and it was on 4.4.2. I figured I would do the lollipop update later. Thats when I thought of putting Cyanogenmod 12.1 through a recovery, and installed Odin on my PC.

TWRP would not install any way I tried. I checked Auto reboot, unchecked it, I even rooted my phone and installed their app but it bricked my phone. Since there was no OS on the phone the download mode kept coming up. My stock recovery wasn't there anymore. I tried installing TWRP but even though that didn't happen it got me into Touchwiz.

I decided to give up on the whole CM thing and tried to update my phone, but it said that since I modded it or something they wont allow me to do that. And when I click the reset button I get some other error. I cant do a hard reset through the stock recovery since it doesn't exist anymore. I unrooted my phone but still no luck.

So now Im stuck on a rooted phone that needs a computer to turn on. I just want to get back to stock Touchwiz and forget about CM. The stock software is taking too long to download and even after that I'm not sure whether it will work or not because Odin doesnt work on my phone for some reason.

Is there anything else I can do?

Welcome to Android Central!

Give this guide below a try and it should get you back to stock.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...amsung-emergency-recovering-samsung-kies.html