Hello,
recently I downloaded a Glamour S4 and installed it. Also I downloaded, what is propably obvious, CWM. I used it for some time, but didn't like bacause of many bugs and limitations. I tried to download other rom, Project Chaos, but what is driving me crazy I couldn't download it from mega.co.nz becauze it freezes all the time on 66 or 90%. So after two days of trying to download and having this issue I decided to go back to original. I did everything as in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 but after finishing I realized that the software is branded by one of operators here in Poland, and it was freezing too long (about 30 minutes and samsung logo stayed still).
Fortunetly I had my backup from CWM. So what I did then was:
Installed CWM
backed up software
Installed original recovery
Set binary counter to default
Then I figured that root is still on my phone, so I choosed option in SU to fully unroot
Voila! Soft is smooth and as it was orginally. Status is original. Everything as it was before I changed any software, except one thing - I cannot check if there is a new update. I have internet connection, can access websites through wifi or mobile data etc., but when I check if there is new software, phone only shows "checking if there is new software" and progress bar, and it stays for 5, 10, 30... 60 minutes even, and nothing is happening...
It is annoying cause I wanted to back to fully original and wait for the official update, but right now something is wrong... Do anyone know, why?
Cheers!
Adam.st said:
Hello,
recently I downloaded a Glamour S4 and installed it. Also I downloaded, what is propably obvious, CWM. I used it for some time, but didn't like bacause of many bugs and limitations. I tried to download other rom, Project Chaos, but what is driving me crazy I couldn't download it from mega.co.nz becauze it freezes all the time on 66 or 90%. So after two days of trying to download and having this issue I decided to go back to original. I did everything as in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 but after finishing I realized that the software is branded by one of operators here in Poland, and it was freezing too long (about 30 minutes and samsung logo stayed still).
Fortunetly I had my backup from CWM. So what I did then was:
Installed CWM
backed up software
Installed original recovery
Set binary counter to default
Then I figured that root is still on my phone, so I choosed option in SU to fully unroot
Voila! Soft is smooth and as it was orginally. Status is original. Everything as it was before I changed any software, except one thing - I cannot check if there is a new update. I have internet connection, can access websites through wifi or mobile data etc., but when I check if there is new software, phone only shows "checking if there is new software" and progress bar, and it stays for 5, 10, 30... 60 minutes even, and nothing is happening...
It is annoying cause I wanted to back to fully original and wait for the official update, but right now something is wrong... Do anyone know, why?
Cheers!
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You will need to flash a stock ROM with odin use: SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 UNIFIED TOOLKIT
I recently got a like new second hand Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-I8530.
- The phone is carrier/SIM unlocked. I currently am using it with SIMPLE MOBILE
- When I got the phone it already had Android version 4.1.2 installed.
- I don't install a lot of apps nor do I fall for the trending apps.
Since I got the phone these are the apps I have installed.
Xabber & ChatSecure: Both are "almost" the same thing just different look. One does MUC better than the other.
DoggCatcher
TWIT Pro
Skype
Swype+Dragon
Twitter
Wifi Analyzer
Barcode Scanner
Bank Of America App
ConnectBot: I downloaded this to make sure that the phone wasn't rooted. I only seem to have $. When I type "su" into local I get: su: uid 10134 not allowed to su. This is enough to let me now that the phone is not rooted.
DuckDuckGo App
Firefox
Google Voice
Greenify: I installed this to help me manage the phone's RAM for issues I will describe below.
Nova Launcher: Installed for same reason as Greenify.
OpenVPN Connect
PlayStation App
RealCalc
Running [Nike App]:
||I updated all the stock apps those of Google [e.g. google maps, google search, etc] as well as those Samsung apps that needed updating like Samsung Push Service.
Now this is what's happening to my phone
Sometimes while using the phone this will freeze/lockup yet the ongoing activity stays active. For example, if the freeze/lock happens while I'm watching a downloaded video podcast then I wont know till after I press the volume button or a softkey. We could argue the the press of the button is what caused the phone to freeze but these apps/features are designed to allow you to turn the volume up and down or stop video playback and/or exit application as your own will. Anyways, once the phone freezes I have to either: let the phone mitigate the issue and prompt me with a message acknoledging that said app is not responding with options to report, wait & ok [this can time 1+] OR I just force restart the phone by holding the power button.
The above has happened to me mostly during downloaded video playback but it has also happened while steaming youtube videos, using Firefox, as well as, during a phone call. For the phone call case, this happened right when I press the home button to bring me back to the locked screen. I wanted to access my contacts. No button was responding, yet phone call connection very much stable. Good thing that it wasn't someone I wanted to hang up to.
To make things more fun, I sometimes get the following error. This error happens out of nowhere.
[RST_STAT = 0x00000008]
Android logo with a voice cloud thing which inside has a loading loop but this is not looping.
Then it says: KERNEL PANIC UPLOAD MODE
This is very annoying for this automatically render the phone as unreliable. Nothing more would suck than to miss important call just because felt like going into a panic attack. [insert Dream Theater's Panic Attack song here] :silly:
What I have & have not done to this phone
I've not rooted, not even the attempt to.
I did disabled almost all the stock Samsung apps. I see not need to use them sign my soul away with the another devil when I already have with Google. Moreover, the system does allow me to disable them.
ChatOn
S Planner
S Planner Widget
Samsung Account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Backup
Samsung Backup Provider
Samsung Broswer Sync
Samsung Calendar Sync
Samsung Setup Wizard
And the rest of the like.
I did not disable those apps which names are follows:
com.samsung.app.playeradyui
com.samsung.InputEventApp
and the like.
I did disable widgets that I would never use. Widgets like: live wallpapers or weather. For weather I use Google search.
In further troubleshooting my phone I did re-enable all of the stuff I had disabled. To be honest. The Kernel Panic error happened more often during the period in which the above apps widgets were disabled. Now the phone still locks up and the kernel panic has happened only once.
Given that the phone freezing/locking-up is very similar to low RAM availability/management is how I arrived to installing:
Greenify: Said to be very good for RAM management [sadly it requires root]
Nova Launcher: For its said priority on speed & performance without eating too much resources
Questions
During my research I've ran into a vast sea of technical knowledge regarding custom ROMs to how to gain root access in my phone [source being this very forums]
Rooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809784&page=1
Custom ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39769056&postcount=75
Even information about a firmware update. This info is always accompany with a region/country. I have no idea how to find out my phones country.
http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...laxy-beam-firmware&catid=57:how-to&Itemid=104
- Would doing any of the above help me fix my ongoing phone issues: Kernel panic & phone freezing/locking up?
- Would rooting the phone knowing that something is wrong if the kernel be a good idea?
- How do I know if my phone has the latest firmware?
I've read and also told to replace the kernal. To which i said "huh?"
My kernel version is 3.0.31-928810-eng [email protected] #2 some more stuff and the the date Tue Feb 5 21:42:02 KST 2013
I've been told to clear the system cache in recovery. How would I do that?
I read that, in the case of other phones models, that reflashing the stock ROM could help. When I got my phone it already had android 4.1.2 & why would I want to bring it back to gingerbread. For what I've read, the Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-8530 originally came with gingebread and later on Samsung released an update which brought it up to Jelly Beam.
Miscellaneous
I could tell my pnone was not rooted because Greenify nor Nova Launcher could gain root access. What drove me to doubt this was the fact that under BUILD NUMBER it displays "test-keys"
So it is: GT-I8530-eng 4.1.2 blah blah then it ends with test-keys.
I've not been able to find anything related to "test-keys" in Android as the operating system. I've only been able to find articles dealing "test-keys" with android app development.
Furthermore, if i were to try to check for a system update I get the following message [perhaps this is the starndard message for when there is no new updates for your system]
I go to system settings > about phoone > software update then I press Update
Software Update
Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available.
Please excuse the long first post. So much research has left me in "information overload"
Thanks
AFAIK the kernel panic mode happens when incompatible kernel modules are there inside the kernel. Changing to a custom kernel might fix the issues. The Software Update saying device modified is because flash counter is raised in Download mode(for more info search triangle away thread)
Its Going to be LEGEND--wait for it--DARY!-Barney Stinson(How I Met Your Mother)
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Ironman38102 said:
AFAIK the kernel panic mode happens when incompatible kernel modules are there inside the kernel. Changing to a custom kernel might fix the issues. The Software Update saying device modified is because flash counter is raised in Download mode(for more info search triangle away thread)
Its Going to be LEGEND--wait for it--DARY!-Barney Stinson(How I Met Your Mother)
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Of course you are right. I've wondered what the constant "triangle" references that I've run to were all about. I had come to assumed it was some kind of terminology. I turns out that there really is a triangle
With that said. Frak!, this phone has indeed been flashed before. Putting the phone on download mode volume-key down+Home button+Power does show a yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside. As far as a count of how many times it has been flashed, that is not shown.
Now this has me not fully trusting the current ROM. Is there a possibility that the Triangle is a result of the upgrade from Gingerbread to Jelly Beam? The Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-I8530 was originally shipped with Gingerbread 2.3.6 and later Samsung released and update which brought it to Jelly Beam 4.1.2
With the above question in mind, if I were to re-flash the original Samsung release of Jelly beam 4.1.2 for GT-I8530 would I still have the triangle issue?
I was not able to find any official downloads at the Samsung website. The best I've found is on this website
http://www.mobiada.com/06881/update...-4-1-2-xxamf1-firmware/?ModPagespeed=noscript
What I don't like about the article is that the download link clearly says Jellybeam 4.1.1. Firmware Update Package. Whatever happened to 4.1.2?
OK, now all I need is to be sure of what to do next
- Can I just reflash the official Samsung release of Jellybeam 4.1.2 for GT-I8530 [if I can find it somewhere] back to to the phone? Would automatically remove the Triangle or would I still have to make use of Triangle Away?
I prefer the above for it just might fix the Kernel issue I'm experiencing.
Btw, just to be sure I need confirmation that I found the right Triangle Away thread [Triangle Away being an app].
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Thank you for your help :good:
SevenFactors said:
Of course you are right. I've wondered what the constant "triangle" references that I've run to were all about. I had come to assumed it was some kind of terminology. I turns out that there really is a triangle
With that said. Frak!, this phone has indeed been flashed before. Putting the phone on download mode volume-key down+Home button+Power does show a yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside. As far as a count of how many times it has been flashed, that is not shown.
Now this has me not fully trusting the current ROM. Is there a possibility that the Triangle is a result of the upgrade from Gingerbread to Jelly Beam? The Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-I8530 was originally shipped with Gingerbread 2.3.6 and later Samsung released and update which brought it to Jelly Beam 4.1.2
With the above question in mind, if I were to re-flash the original Samsung release of Jelly beam 4.1.2 for GT-I8530 would I still have the triangle issue?
I was not able to find any official downloads at the Samsung website. The best I've found is on this website
http://www.mobiada.com/06881/update...-4-1-2-xxamf1-firmware/?ModPagespeed=noscript
What I don't like about the article is that the download link clearly says Jellybeam 4.1.1. Firmware Update Package. Whatever happened to 4.1.2?
OK, now all I need is to be sure of what to do next
- Can I just reflash the official Samsung release of Jellybeam 4.1.2 for GT-I8530 [if I can find it somewhere] back to to the phone? Would automatically remove the Triangle or would I still have to make use of Triangle Away?
I prefer the above for it just might fix the Kernel issue I'm experiencing.
Btw, just to be sure I need confirmation that I found the right Triangle Away thread [Triangle Away being an app].
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Thank you for your help :good:
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Newer samsung phones dont show the flash counter but they do show that the phone is Custom(CURRENT BIN: CUSTOM ,SYSTEM MODIFIED etc) in download mode and even if u flash the original firmware ur phone will still have the flash count. Although Im not sure if ur device is supported by Triangle Away and if isnt install the Triangle Away app and launch it(it will obviously say not support) and choose the option create triangle away dump file and request for support in the triangle away thread.
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Ironman38102 said:
Newer samsung phones dont show the flash counter but they do show that the phone is Custom(CURRENT BIN: CUSTOM ,SYSTEM MODIFIED etc) in download mode and even if u flash the original firmware ur phone will still have the flash count. Although Im not sure if ur device is supported by Triangle Away and if isnt install the Triangle Away app and launch it(it will obviously say not support) and choose the option create triangle away dump file and request for support in the triangle away thread.
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Thanks for following up.
Under ODIN mode, my phone did indeed say "CUSTOM"
Because of this I decided to go ahead and cross the unknown waters of the Flash Rom ocean. I found several other post about Jelly Beam for GT-I8530. All of them point to the same download link [isn't that something. I wonder who copy who]
Anyways, Flashing the ROM went very smoothly and my phone is now more responsive than before.
The Built number no longer includes "test-keys"
The Software Update message now has changed to "The latest Updates Have already been insalled"
Under ODIN mode now it does clearly says that the device has been flashed once "Yes (1 counts)" Furthermore, it says Current Binary: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Triangle Away
I'm not yet able to post on the development forums. I will have to stay active for a while before being able to ask a questions on the thread. Furthermore, I need to buy a USB jig [already on its way from amazon]
Now what i need to find is a way to gain root [SU] this phone. The one I previously found is meant for android Gingerbread, not Jelly Beam =(
About a week ago, I was reading about Samsung will start pushing an OTA update to limit the phone more and maybe brick them so we can return them.
After reading a few threads, I downloaded package disabler. Unfortunately, the package disabler developer was contacted by Samsung or whatever to not show the OTA packages so that they can push the update.
I have to say, I'm not sure if this is just a rumor or if it's true, a lot of stuff like this can be found in any forum.
Also disabled update automatically and disabled the play store's automatic update as well. Paranoid much...
But I still received the notification of a new update. Now I know that this is what they want so I tried to avoid it. Then it started bugging me, so I'm like let me click on it and cancel it. Don't be fooled, there's no cancel button! There's a counter too! Which was funny. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode in hopes that it would cancel the update, but after the phone rebooted it just installed the updates.
Phone will only charge to 60, and a more annoying pop up will show saying it's illegal to have the phone or give it and have to return it and so on.
Anywhooo, I managed to get the stock rom from the previous version and decided to try and flash it maybe it'll override the update.
IT DID!!! Now my phone charges to 100 again the recall pop up is still there and its the old one not the scary one. I downloaded package disabler 6.3 and managed to block the correct packages to avoid this from happening again.
You can Google "note 7 stock rom" and find yours or you can message me and I'll send you the link.
My phone is a Roger's phone. Downloaded this N930W8VLU2API3 (release date 16.09.2016) this is the build from September.
The download was very slow speed, so be patient!
Settings, developer options, and checked "OEM unlock" and "USB debugging". Then lock screen and security and disabled SD encryption. Screen lock settings none.
TIP
Go to phone and type *#06# and write down the IMEI and S/N just incase something goes wrong and you have to use smart switch to recover the firmware. Also, back up the phone.
After downloading the firmware, I downloaded another copy. I did this to check the files' sizes and see if the download was interrupted or caused files to break.
TIP
UNZIP THE FILES FROM THE FOLDER, do not attempt to only open the zip and choose the files as it might crash.
Files should have "AP, BL, CSC, CP". I opened Odin(3.12), plugged the phone.
Odin should say that the phone is connected in port X.
Chose the files from the unzipped folder. One of the files is almost 4 GB in size, so it will take time for Odin to read. Windows might display (application not responding) on top, ignore it and wait.
Selected and checked all the files in Odin. If there's no check next to it, it won't work.
Put the phone in recovery mode (vol down + home + power), then click (vol up).
Start on Odin. It should pass.
Phone displayed the blue screen and that its installing the "update" which really should be a downgrade. Then it took a while displaying the Samsung logo. It was waving so waited.
Now the phone went back to how it was before the OTA update. :good:
That's exactly what I did after I received the OTA update. not sure if I was lucky or not but my data was still there. Didn't have to restore it. If it deleted your date, it should be fine since you backed it up.
Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update packages!!!
This has worked for me few days ago!! All went too smooth!
Good Job Raider! This will be useful to so many people.
knight-raider said:
About a week ago, I was reading about Samsung will start pushing an OTA update to limit the phone more and maybe brick them so we can return them.
After reading a few threads, I downloaded package disabler. Unfortunately, the package disabler developer was contacted by Samsung or whatever to not show the OTA packages so that they can push the update.
I have to say, I'm not sure if this is just a rumor or if it's true, a lot of stuff like this can be found in any forum.
Also disabled update automatically and disabled the play store's automatic update as well. Paranoid much...
But I still received the notification of a new update. Now I know that this is what they want so I tried to avoid it. Then it started bugging me, so I'm like let me click on it and cancel it. Don't be fooled, there's no cancel button! There's a counter too! Which was funny. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode in hopes that it would cancel the update, but after the phone rebooted it just installed the updates.
Phone will only charge to 60, and a more annoying pop up will show saying it's illegal to have the phone or give it and have to return it and so on.
Anywhooo, I managed to get the stock rom from the previous version and decided to try and flash it maybe it'll override the update.
IT DID!!! Now my phone charges to 100 again the recall pop up is still there and its the old one not the scary one. I downloaded package disabler 6.3 and managed to block the correct packages to avoid this from happening again.
You can Google "note 7 stock rom" and find yours or you can message me and I'll send you the link.
My phone is a Roger's phone. Downloaded this N930W8VLU2API3 (release date 16.09.2016) this is the build from September.
The download was very slow speed, so be patient!
Settings, developer options, and checked "OEM unlock" and "USB debugging". Then lock screen and security and disabled SD encryption. Screen lock settings none.
TIP
Go to phone and type *#06# and write down the IMEI and S/N just incase something goes wrong and you have to use smart switch to recover the firmware. Also, back up the phone.
After downloading the firmware, I downloaded another copy. I did this to check the files' sizes and see if the download was interrupted or caused files to break.
TIP
UNZIP THE FILES FROM THE FOLDER, do not attempt to only open the zip and choose the files as it might crash.
Files should have "AP, BL, CSC, CP". I opened Odin(3.12), plugged the phone.
Odin should say that the phone is connected in port X.
Chose the files from the unzipped folder. One of the files is almost 4 GB in size, so it will take time for Odin to read. Windows might display (application not responding) on top, ignore it and wait.
Selected and checked all the files in Odin. If there's no check next to it, it won't work.
Put the phone in recovery mode (vol down + home + power), then click (vol up).
Start on Odin. It should pass.
Phone displayed the blue screen and that its installing the "update" which really should be a downgrade. Then it took a while displaying the Samsung logo. It was waving so waited.
Now the phone went back to how it was before the OTA update. :good:
That's exactly what I did after I received the OTA update. not sure if I was lucky or not but my data was still there. Didn't have to restore it. If it deleted your date, it should be fine since you backed it up.
Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update packages!!!
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How do you go about doing this"Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update package" where in the phone i much go to uninstall and disable update package
joseph- said:
How do you go about doing this"Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update package" where in the phone i much go to uninstall and disable update package
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In my case, my date wasn't deleted. I had "Package Disabler Pro" application installed (the latest update which didn't show the OTA packages).
I uninstalled it, then downloaded the 6.3 version (which shows the packages) and disabled the OTA files
knight-raider said:
About a week ago, I was reading about Samsung will start pushing an OTA update to limit the phone more and maybe brick them so we can return them.
After reading a few threads, I downloaded package disabler. Unfortunately, the package disabler developer was contacted by Samsung or whatever to not show the OTA packages so that they can push the update.
I have to say, I'm not sure if this is just a rumor or if it's true, a lot of stuff like this can be found in any forum.
Also disabled update automatically and disabled the play store's automatic update as well. Paranoid much...
But I still received the notification of a new update. Now I know that this is what they want so I tried to avoid it. Then it started bugging me, so I'm like let me click on it and cancel it. Don't be fooled, there's no cancel button! There's a counter too! Which was funny. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode in hopes that it would cancel the update, but after the phone rebooted it just installed the updates.
Phone will only charge to 60, and a more annoying pop up will show saying it's illegal to have the phone or give it and have to return it and so on.
Anywhooo, I managed to get the stock rom from the previous version and decided to try and flash it maybe it'll override the update.
IT DID!!! Now my phone charges to 100 again the recall pop up is still there and its the old one not the scary one. I downloaded package disabler 6.3 and managed to block the correct packages to avoid this from happening again.
You can Google "note 7 stock rom" and find yours or you can message me and I'll send you the link.
My phone is a Roger's phone. Downloaded this N930W8VLU2API3 (release date 16.09.2016) this is the build from September.
The download was very slow speed, so be patient!
Settings, developer options, and checked "OEM unlock" and "USB debugging". Then lock screen and security and disabled SD encryption. Screen lock settings none.
TIP
Go to phone and type *#06# and write down the IMEI and S/N just incase something goes wrong and you have to use smart switch to recover the firmware. Also, back up the phone.
After downloading the firmware, I downloaded another copy. I did this to check the files' sizes and see if the download was interrupted or caused files to break.
TIP
UNZIP THE FILES FROM THE FOLDER, do not attempt to only open the zip and choose the files as it might crash.
Files should have "AP, BL, CSC, CP". I opened Odin(3.12), plugged the phone.
Odin should say that the phone is connected in port X.
Chose the files from the unzipped folder. One of the files is almost 4 GB in size, so it will take time for Odin to read. Windows might display (application not responding) on top, ignore it and wait.
Selected and checked all the files in Odin. If there's no check next to it, it won't work.
Put the phone in recovery mode (vol down + home + power), then click (vol up).
Start on Odin. It should pass.
Phone displayed the blue screen and that its installing the "update" which really should be a downgrade. Then it took a while displaying the Samsung logo. It was waving so waited.
Now the phone went back to how it was before the OTA update. :good:
That's exactly what I did after I received the OTA update. not sure if I was lucky or not but my data was still there. Didn't have to restore it. If it deleted your date, it should be fine since you backed it up.
Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update packages!!!
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Click to collapse
Funny because i tried same thing and odin failed. It won't allow rolling bk to original rom.
knight-raider said:
About a week ago, I was reading about Samsung will start pushing an OTA update to limit the phone more and maybe brick them so we can return them.
After reading a few threads, I downloaded package disabler. Unfortunately, the package disabler developer was contacted by Samsung or whatever to not show the OTA packages so that they can push the update.
I have to say, I'm not sure if this is just a rumor or if it's true, a lot of stuff like this can be found in any forum.
Also disabled update automatically and disabled the play store's automatic update as well. Paranoid much...
But I still received the notification of a new update. Now I know that this is what they want so I tried to avoid it. Then it started bugging me, so I'm like let me click on it and cancel it. Don't be fooled, there's no cancel button! There's a counter too! Which was funny. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode in hopes that it would cancel the update, but after the phone rebooted it just installed the updates.
Phone will only charge to 60, and a more annoying pop up will show saying it's illegal to have the phone or give it and have to return it and so on.
Anywhooo, I managed to get the stock rom from the previous version and decided to try and flash it maybe it'll override the update.
IT DID!!! Now my phone charges to 100 again the recall pop up is still there and its the old one not the scary one. I downloaded package disabler 6.3 and managed to block the correct packages to avoid this from happening again.
You can Google "note 7 stock rom" and find yours or you can message me and I'll send you the link.
My phone is a Roger's phone. Downloaded this N930W8VLU2API3 (release date 16.09.2016) this is the build from September.
The download was very slow speed, so be patient!
Settings, developer options, and checked "OEM unlock" and "USB debugging". Then lock screen and security and disabled SD encryption. Screen lock settings none.
TIP
Go to phone and type *#06# and write down the IMEI and S/N just incase something goes wrong and you have to use smart switch to recover the firmware. Also, back up the phone.
After downloading the firmware, I downloaded another copy. I did this to check the files' sizes and see if the download was interrupted or caused files to break.
TIP
UNZIP THE FILES FROM THE FOLDER, do not attempt to only open the zip and choose the files as it might crash.
Files should have "AP, BL, CSC, CP". I opened Odin(3.12), plugged the phone.
Odin should say that the phone is connected in port X.
Chose the files from the unzipped folder. One of the files is almost 4 GB in size, so it will take time for Odin to read. Windows might display (application not responding) on top, ignore it and wait.
Selected and checked all the files in Odin. If there's no check next to it, it won't work.
Put the phone in recovery mode (vol down + home + power), then click (vol up).
Start on Odin. It should pass.
Phone displayed the blue screen and that its installing the "update" which really should be a downgrade. Then it took a while displaying the Samsung logo. It was waving so waited.
Now the phone went back to how it was before the OTA update. :good:
That's exactly what I did after I received the OTA update. not sure if I was lucky or not but my data was still there. Didn't have to restore it. If it deleted your date, it should be fine since you backed it up.
Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update packages!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
WORKED FOR ME AS WELL!!! Green Battery is back! now lets see if it charges over 60%
I've downloaded Package Disabler Pro 6.3 on my Note 7 after sucessfully using Odin to go back one software update.
However, I've disabled all the following...
com.policydm
com.sec.android.soagent
com.samsung.android.omcagent
com.wssyncmldm
com.sec.spp.push
Except for the most important ones...
com.samsung.firmware.sensorhub
com.samsung.android.firmware.tsp
Because they don't come up.
Will this be an issue?
Can you not just root and install a custom rom?
marvi0 said:
Can you not just root and install a custom rom?
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No root for the snapdragon
Maiesta_Miyabi said:
I've downloaded Package Disabler Pro 6.3 on my Note 7 after sucessfully using Odin to go back one software update.
However, I've disabled all the following...
com.policydm
com.sec.android.soagent
com.samsung.android.omcagent
com.wssyncmldm
com.sec.spp.push
Except for the most important ones...
com.samsung.firmware.sensorhub
com.samsung.android.firmware.tsp
Because they don't come up.
Will this be an issue?
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Did you have a previous version installed?
knight-raider said:
About a week ago, I was reading about Samsung will start pushing an OTA update to limit the phone more and maybe brick them so we can return them.
After reading a few threads, I downloaded package disabler. Unfortunately, the package disabler developer was contacted by Samsung or whatever to not show the OTA packages so that they can push the update.
I have to say, I'm not sure if this is just a rumor or if it's true, a lot of stuff like this can be found in any forum.
Also disabled update automatically and disabled the play store's automatic update as well. Paranoid much...
But I still received the notification of a new update. Now I know that this is what they want so I tried to avoid it. Then it started bugging me, so I'm like let me click on it and cancel it. Don't be fooled, there's no cancel button! There's a counter too! Which was funny. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode in hopes that it would cancel the update, but after the phone rebooted it just installed the updates.
Phone will only charge to 60, and a more annoying pop up will show saying it's illegal to have the phone or give it and have to return it and so on.
Anywhooo, I managed to get the stock rom from the previous version and decided to try and flash it maybe it'll override the update.
IT DID!!! Now my phone charges to 100 again the recall pop up is still there and its the old one not the scary one. I downloaded package disabler 6.3 and managed to block the correct packages to avoid this from happening again.
You can Google "note 7 stock rom" and find yours or you can message me and I'll send you the link.
My phone is a Roger's phone. Downloaded this N930W8VLU2API3 (release date 16.09.2016) this is the build from September.
The download was very slow speed, so be patient!
Settings, developer options, and checked "OEM unlock" and "USB debugging". Then lock screen and security and disabled SD encryption. Screen lock settings none.
TIP
Go to phone and type *#06# and write down the IMEI and S/N just incase something goes wrong and you have to use smart switch to recover the firmware. Also, back up the phone.
After downloading the firmware, I downloaded another copy. I did this to check the files' sizes and see if the download was interrupted or caused files to break.
TIP
UNZIP THE FILES FROM THE FOLDER, do not attempt to only open the zip and choose the files as it might crash.
Files should have "AP, BL, CSC, CP". I opened Odin(3.12), plugged the phone.
Odin should say that the phone is connected in port X.
Chose the files from the unzipped folder. One of the files is almost 4 GB in size, so it will take time for Odin to read. Windows might display (application not responding) on top, ignore it and wait.
Selected and checked all the files in Odin. If there's no check next to it, it won't work.
Put the phone in recovery mode (vol down + home + power), then click (vol up).
Start on Odin. It should pass.
Phone displayed the blue screen and that its installing the "update" which really should be a downgrade. Then it took a while displaying the Samsung logo. It was waving so waited.
Now the phone went back to how it was before the OTA update. :good:
That's exactly what I did after I received the OTA update. not sure if I was lucky or not but my data was still there. Didn't have to restore it. If it deleted your date, it should be fine since you backed it up.
Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update packages!!!
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So this is funny but i kinda fixes my phone lol now it charges up to 100. I tried koodo firmware and i was able to restore it. Originally i tried the general Samsung firmware for note 7 nd it kept on failing in odin then i realized wen i put my simcard in back wen first got the phone it looked to koodo. Now i used pkg disabler to disable updates too.
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Mine is SM-930A. It's the AT&T version. Please help.
knight-raider said:
About a week ago, I was reading about Samsung will start pushing an OTA update to limit the phone more and maybe brick them so we can return them.
After reading a few threads, I downloaded package disabler. Unfortunately, the package disabler developer was contacted by Samsung or whatever to not show the OTA packages so that they can push the update.
I have to say, I'm not sure if this is just a rumor or if it's true, a lot of stuff like this can be found in any forum.
Also disabled update automatically and disabled the play store's automatic update as well. Paranoid much...
But I still received the notification of a new update. Now I know that this is what they want so I tried to avoid it. Then it started bugging me, so I'm like let me click on it and cancel it. Don't be fooled, there's no cancel button! There's a counter too! Which was funny. I tried putting the phone into recovery mode in hopes that it would cancel the update, but after the phone rebooted it just installed the updates.
Phone will only charge to 60, and a more annoying pop up will show saying it's illegal to have the phone or give it and have to return it and so on.
Anywhooo, I managed to get the stock rom from the previous version and decided to try and flash it maybe it'll override the update.
IT DID!!! Now my phone charges to 100 again the recall pop up is still there and its the old one not the scary one. I downloaded package disabler 6.3 and managed to block the correct packages to avoid this from happening again.
You can Google "note 7 stock rom" and find yours or you can message me and I'll send you the link.
My phone is a Roger's phone. Downloaded this N930W8VLU2API3 (release date 16.09.2016) this is the build from September.
The download was very slow speed, so be patient!
Settings, developer options, and checked "OEM unlock" and "USB debugging". Then lock screen and security and disabled SD encryption. Screen lock settings none.
TIP
Go to phone and type *#06# and write down the IMEI and S/N just incase something goes wrong and you have to use smart switch to recover the firmware. Also, back up the phone.
After downloading the firmware, I downloaded another copy. I did this to check the files' sizes and see if the download was interrupted or caused files to break.
TIP
UNZIP THE FILES FROM THE FOLDER, do not attempt to only open the zip and choose the files as it might crash.
Files should have "AP, BL, CSC, CP". I opened Odin(3.12), plugged the phone.
Odin should say that the phone is connected in port X.
Chose the files from the unzipped folder. One of the files is almost 4 GB in size, so it will take time for Odin to read. Windows might display (application not responding) on top, ignore it and wait.
Selected and checked all the files in Odin. If there's no check next to it, it won't work.
Put the phone in recovery mode (vol down + home + power), then click (vol up).
Start on Odin. It should pass.
Phone displayed the blue screen and that its installing the "update" which really should be a downgrade. Then it took a while displaying the Samsung logo. It was waving so waited.
Now the phone went back to how it was before the OTA update. :good:
That's exactly what I did after I received the OTA update. not sure if I was lucky or not but my data was still there. Didn't have to restore it. If it deleted your date, it should be fine since you backed it up.
Don't forget to uninstall package disabler then install the 6.3 version and disable the update packages!!!
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worked thank you
I did the same thing as instructed and was able to downgrade my note 7 snap dragon to a previous stock version before the forced update. Battery is back to 100%, no update messages everything seems to be running great. However I noticed my Secure folder is no longer working. Has anyone else having this issue? When I try to open secure folder or setup the folder it gives me a error message saying " Secure folder cannot be set up because unauthorized software was installed on the device. I got the rom from Sam mobile for my Rogers phone Sept update. Sometimes the error messages says " Failed to create knox mode. Try again. When I use an app to check my if my knox has been tripped is says everything is normal, 0x0 valid warrenty. Any ideas what a solution could be?
By the way... Thanks for posting how to downgrade and get my note 7 back to normal working condition!
goldensun7 said:
I did the same thing as instructed and was able to downgrade my note 7 snap dragon to a previous stock version before the forced update. Battery is back to 100%, no update messages everything seems to be running great. However I noticed my Secure folder is no longer working. Has anyone else having this issue? When I try to open secure folder or setup the folder it gives me a error message saying " Secure folder cannot be set up because unauthorized software was installed on the device. I got the rom from Sam mobile for my Rogers phone Sept update. Sometimes the error messages says " Failed to create knox mode. Try again. When I use an app to check my if my knox has been tripped is says everything is normal, 0x0 valid warrenty. Any ideas what a solution could be?
By the way... Thanks for posting how to downgrade and get my note 7 back to normal working condition!
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Ok looks like I fixed the problem. I only flashed the larger AP file and not all the files in the stock rom. Once I flashed the other files, secure folder became available.
Be sure to flash all files in the stock rom.
oh man I cant thank you enough for helping me bring some life back into my phone! the 60% was brutal! back to 100% charge now!!!
I did run into some issues, and in case this helps anyone else who couldnt get odin to pass the most important thing is to make sure your downloading the right carrier version of the firmware. You need to use the carrier version that matches the same one the phone was originally activated. In my case, my Bell note 7 was originally activated using a virgin mobile sim card so odin would fail until I used the VMC region instead of BMC.
Thanks again!
would someone be kind enough to post a youtube video for those of us who are not so familiar with using ODIN
Thank You.
Its great that some of you are able to fight back against the 60 percent update, i blocked mine before it even happened but nothing will help us when the carriers block our devices... i just got off the phone with sprint (US) and they told me they will definately block the note 7s in the near future long before the 8 comes out... if someone has a solution, please pm me or post it here if you can...
Personally my story about keeping the no seven is probably a lot different than most people...
In February my now ex wife stole my Note Edge and kicked me out of my own house at gunpoint.... thankfully i got away with my tab 4... but it got stolen when i was homeless from being kicked out and living in my car...
So two devices stolen from me in less than a year, but hope was on the horizon. I had heard the note seven was coming out and so I stayed without a phone for three to four months and got the note seven the day it was released.
The note 7 is my trophy, it is my monument to not ever getting robbed again and then samsung wants to take it.
rkawli said:
would someone be kind enough to post a youtube video for those of us who are not so familiar with using ODIN
Thank You.
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check youtube there are a lot of instructional vids. the process is the same for every ROM. you can download the ROM from sammobile.com firmware section. let me know if you can't figure it out still. I can try and help.