Hello everyone.
My friend brought me a Samsung Galaxy s 2 gt i 9100m, iit has the unlock password on it. What the password is we dont know.
When i get to the bootloader mode (power+vol down) i have the follolwing on the screen:
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ODIN MODE
Product name: GT-i9100M
Custom binary download: NO
Current binary: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Android logo
Downloading...
Do not turn off target!!!
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Even though i am computer literate i am not really smart phone literate. I havent tinkered with smartphones even though i have 2 androids myself.
I looked around on the web here and there but all i can find is bits and pieces.
As of now i downloaded
Odin3-v1-1.85
cm-9-20120420-ODIN-galaxys2.tar.tar
cm-9-20120609-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip that has
META-INF folder
system folder
boot.img
Bottom line, what do i do with it now.
I want to wipe it clean, make it usable again. and since i have to go through all of that might as well root it and install ICS on it.
What i am looking for here is step-by-step instructions at "i am the dummy level".
Or, if community here preferrs to teach instead of telling my what to do - few links to good threads...
Or both... i am good with both and if i do it once myself when someone tells me what to do i will remember for the next time.
Thanks!!!
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akolos77 said:
Hello everyone.
My friend brought me a Samsung Galaxy s 2 gt i 9100m, iit has the unlock password on it. What the password is we dont know.
When i get to the bootloader mode (power+vol down) i have the follolwing on the screen:
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ODIN MODE
Product name: GT-i9100M
Custom binary download: NO
Current binary: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Android logo
Downloading...
Do not turn off target!!!
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Even though i am computer literate i am not really smart phone literate. I havent tinkered with smartphones even though i have 2 androids myself.
I looked around on the web here and there but all i can find is bits and pieces.
As of now i downloaded
Odin3-v1-1.85
cm-9-20120420-ODIN-galaxys2.tar.tar
cm-9-20120609-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip that has
META-INF folder
system folder
boot.img
Bottom line, what do i do with it now.
I want to wipe it clean, make it usable again. and since i have to go through all of that might as well root it and install ICS on it.
What i am looking for here is step-by-step instructions at "i am the dummy level".
Or, if community here preferrs to teach instead of telling my what to do - few links to good threads...
Or both... i am good with both and if i do it once myself when someone tells me what to do i will remember for the next time.
Thanks!!!
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Hi, i think that first you should try to aaces the phone and after that think of ICS. To erase all user data go into recovery mode, that way you don't have to flash your phone. To go into recovert simply turn off your phone and hold (vol. up + home + power) until it boots into recovery, there use the volume buttons to move up and down.
Once there select wipe data/factory reset you can select it by pressing the power button. Then confirm the action and once it's done press reboot now.
Your phone will now start with no password.
If you want to install a custom rom just let me know and i'll guide you through it.
Cheers
akolos77 said:
My friend brought me a Samsung Galaxy s 2 gt i 9100m, iit has the unlock password on it. What the password is we dont know.
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Might be best to just turn it over to the police.
It is still asking me for the password in the recovery mode...
akolos77 said:
It is still asking me for the password in the recovery mode...
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Go to www.sammobile.com and download your stock firmware. Put phone in download mode, flash through odin. I think that should get rid of the password.
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Hi guys.
i installed Launcher Pro Plus 0.8.5 for Galaxy S by mistake on my Galaxy Ace.
First the phone was laggy about 5 seconds, then rebooted itself and i'm a stuck at "samsung" screen. Phone just vibrates, but won't boot. I removed battery a tried to start it again, same issue....passes boot animation, but then bootloops.
could anyone help me please?
the phone is 2 days old from orange store.
This is pretty critical, i need to get it working till sunday.
But i don't want to lose warranty. I can enter download mode atm.
Could anyone please help me?
how do i remove that app from my phone, when cannot boot?
i tried to search samfirmware, that i would ODIN stock rom, but i don't know my PDA key - i cannot select the best PDA key.
I am from Slovakia, phone bought in slovakian store, if anyone could give me correct PDA.
thank you guys
Wait.. Isn't LauncherPro an universal app? I mean how could you say its SGS specific when anybody with different phones can download it from the same place?
That aside, since the download mode are OK, you can just try to re-flash your current ROM.
The warranty will be void only if you root it or put different ROM into your phone.
If this helped you, would you mind pressing that lil thanks button below?
Why Dont you try entering in recovery mode and do a wipe data/factory reset to enter recovery press home key + pwr on key, you mevo trough options with volume keys and select wit home button jus select wipe data/factory reset
i just wiped data..i was trying volume up + home key + power button, like on SGS.
well with that launcher pro....i guess it will be other version for ace...sure you can download it from market, but i think it's some different build or something.
anyways, wiping data/factory reset solved this issue for me..
thank you guys!
i personaly would root the phone in first 30 minutes i get it, install some cool custom rom and enjoy the power of the phone, like i did on SGS, but it is my GFs phone..she almost killed me when this happened
wipe is more than enough to reset. and i can't help myself stop thinking people on xda abuse all this flashing thing - it's everybody's solution for every problem - RE-flash. NO NEED to reflash if you haven't rooted/flashed your phone before - flashing just voids your warranty in this case. and it ain't only topic affected...
sorry for being picky, but i'm in exactly same shoes here - i've been doing whatever with my SGS, but my missus's ACE is no go (until good rom comes ) - so i can imagine being given advise to flash, because i got bootloop... bit silly...
some sort of noobs guide/tutorial topic from OP/someone respected e.g. devs regarding whole flashing idea would be beneficial for many,many people. it's my opinion only. thanks
Hi,
###Feel free to skip this part:[For starters, i want to give a very brief introduction of myself, as a new member of this board. I'm a soon to be language teacher in Germany. I often choose Usernames with "Hank" in it, as i used to be a Turbonegro Fan in my Teens and still like'em. I got to know this forum from former Problems with my old phone, my Motorola MS. I know signed up due to problems my girlfriend has with her phone, i wasn't able to find solutions without asking som questions]#####
last night, my batterie died, so i charged it and then thought of turning on my Ace, nothing bad in mind...
But then it just stuck when the "Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830" Screen appeared.
So i started researching some Android/Samsung Forums and the first thing i tried is to "reset" it by pushing "Home + Power" Buttons simultaneously. Didn't work. Same Screen as mentioned above appears and stays.
The next thing i found was "Vol. Down + Home + Power" - now i got a screen that says "Downloading..." in little yellow letters. I was happy first but unfortunately nothing happend after that.
It's a new phone, so there's still waranty and i might have to send it to Samsung. Maybe someone here knows a method i might try where i wont lose the waranty.
But either way i'm curios how this might have happened!? I didn't try any flashing or modding, because it's my girlfriends phone and she's more than satisfied with it's functions!?
try to go to recovery and wipe everything
or flash cwm recovery and flash roms
or go to download mode the downloading signs
and use odin to flash stock firmware
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
thanks for your quick answer....
there's no way i can enter recovery mode. It's Power + Home for several seconds, isn't it?
Flashing sth leads to loss of warranty, right? I think that's too risky due to my knowledge...
Do you have an idea hwo this could have happened?
Obviously he on stock rom with stock kernel, maybe even no root
So I'm gonna suggest a simplest way.
Boot into recovery (hold home+power button simultaneously) and when it do go into recovery, just do reset to factory. I can't remember correctly what the exact menu because only got experience with stock recovery for a hour or so
Btw navigate up/down via volume up/down button and make selection with home button. Good luck
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an0nym0us_ said:
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...from mine? Don't think so...;-)
Yeah, i tried that, but I just can't enter recovery mode. It just starts to the "Samsung Galaxy Ace...) screen and freezes there, even if i start with the button-combination.
....desparate :-(
hank1two said:
...from mine? Don't think so...;-)
Yeah, i tried that, but I just can't enter recovery mode. It just starts to the "Samsung Galaxy Ace...) screen and freezes there, even if i start with the button-combination.
....desparate :-(
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But Download Mode works for you . (Home + Power + Vol Down)
You're going to have to flash a firmware via ODIN .
Follow my newbie guide on how to flash something via ODIN .
Be sure to download a full package ROM
Herpderp Defy.
So do u still remember what android version and from what region the stock rom is? As u stated that u still can access download mode, just download the same firmware from sammobiles.com and flash it via Odin.
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...but i've seen two different pic's that show DL-Mode. One looks like what i see on my phone: Black screen, yellow letters saying "Downloading....".
The other one is a black screen with white letters saying "MDL something something" this screen, i don't get on my phone!?
Is the first screen fine or is do i have to get to the second one!? (Because i don't)
Will the warranty get lost, when i do that?
the first screen black background with green yellowish downloading
is download mode
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hank1two said:
...but i've seen two different pic's that show DL-Mode. One looks like what i see on my phone: Black screen, yellow letters saying "Downloading....".
The other one is a black screen with white letters saying "MDL something something" this screen, i don't get on my phone!?
Is the first screen fine or is do i have to get to the second one!? (Because i don't)
Will the warranty get lost, when i do that?
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First one is correct
Herpderp Defy.
From what country and operator is your phone?
So we can suggest a rom for you to flash!
If you do this yor warranty will not be voided! (hopefully :b)
I wouldn't worry about the warranty too much.
It all sounds scary but when you've done it a couple of times you'll notice It's not so big of a thing.
Just always take your time and read up on things before you start doing stuff.
My phone is an S3 i9300. Some weeks ago I installed an XXUGMK6 Android 4.3 version. At that time I was directed to an East European site (Russian?) which had one of the first releases. Everything have worked ok until I decided to try another ROM (Slimrom). I enabled USB debugging and tried to restart the phone in download mode (Power+Home+volume down buttons) to start the rooting process. I arrive at a screen saying:
Warning!!
A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.
If I press the volume up key it apparantly starts downloading (text on screen: Downloading. Don't switch off your Phone). Nothing more happens even after almost 3 hours, and I have to force restart the phone.
I have tried to factory reset the phone, but it is still impossible to past the Warning!! screen.
Any suggestions on how to solve the problem are much appreciated.
tskjaerpe said:
My phone is an S3 i9300. Some weeks ago I installed an XXUGMK6 Android 4.3 version. At that time I was directed to an East European site (Russian?) which had one of the first releases. Everything have worked ok until I decided to try another ROM (Slimrom). I enabled USB debugging and tried to restart the phone in download mode (Power+Home+volume down buttons) to start the rooting process. I arrive at a screen saying:
Warning!!
A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.
If I press the volume up key it apparantly starts downloading (text on screen: Downloading. Don't switch off your Phone). Nothing more happens even after almost 3 hours, and I have to force restart the phone.
I have tried to factory reset the phone, but it is still impossible to past the Warning!! screen.
Any suggestions on how to solve the problem are much appreciated.
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Sorry litttle confused by your post
First thing first you do not need to root your phone to install a custom rom they come already rooted...Second thing you do not install custom roms in download mode you flash them via a custom recovery such as PhilZ recovery,Twrp or Cwm recovery.
Are you saying you are stuck in download mode? If so did you pull the battery?
Op is missing most of the basic knowledge from sticky thread in general forum, suggest he go read all the posts before doing anything else.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
tallman43 said:
Sorry litttle confused by your post
First thing first you do not need to root your phone to install a custom rom they come already rooted...Second thing you do not install custom roms in download mode you flash them via a custom recovery such as PhilZ recovery,Twrp or Cwm recovery.
Are you saying you are stuck in download mode? If so did you pull the battery?
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Thank you for such a prompt replay. Sorry for the double posting. You probably already guessed that I am a little confused, too.
Well, my chain of thoughts was that since I didn't have a custom recovery installed, I had to boot in download mode to install it with Odin. Then I planned to boot to recovery to flash the SlimKat ROM.
I am now embarrassed to realize that when I arrived at the "Downloading... Don't switch off your Phone" screen, and didn't know how to proceed, the phone was, in fact, in download mode. I didn't notice the very small, red letters in the upper left corner saying "Odin mode". Things are a lot clearer to me now, and I have successfully flashed the ROM. I hope you are a little bit less confused, too.
Could I spend just a little more of your time? The reason for using the SlimKat ROM was to speed up the rather laggy Galaxy i9300. Do you have an idea which ROM would serve that purpose best?
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Thank you for such a prompt replay. Sorry for the double posting. You probably already guessed that I am a little confused, too.
Well, my chain of thoughts was that since I didn't have a custom recovery installed, I had to boot in download mode to install it with Odin. Then I planned to boot to recovery to flash the SlimKat ROM.
I am now embarrassed to realize that when I arrived at the "Downloading... Don't switch off your Phone" screen, and didn't know how to proceed, the phone was, in fact, in download mode. I didn't notice the very small, red letters in the upper left corner saying "Odin mode". Things are a lot clearer to me now, and I have successfully flashed the ROM. I hope you are a little bit less confused, too.
Could I spend just a little more of your time? The reason for using the SlimKat ROM was to speed up the rather laggy Galaxy i9300. Do you have an idea which ROM would serve that purpose best?
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Glad you sorted it .Like @boomboomer said try to do a little bit more research before attempting any sort of software change on your phone one little mistake can turn into a big problem.
Unfortunately I can't give any advice on which rom is fastest/best because that kind of post is not allowed on Xda and they will close the thread..Only thing I can suggest is read the user reports in the different rom threads and basically try them out because each user as a different opinion on each rom..Good luck.
After installing this (don't install (download is fine) this unless you know what you're doing).
It then proceeded to reboot and now when i try switch it on the "Galaxy Note 3" stuff pops up, then it blinks and i can't turn it on without taking off the battery (then i get the white "galaxy note 3" screen as usual again".
I can only get into recovery mode and i really don't want to factory reset as i just went on holiday and didn't back-up my pics yet.
1H4X3R said:
After installing this (don't install (download is fine) this unless you know what you're doing).
It then proceeded to reboot and now when i try switch it on the "Galaxy Note 3" stuff pops up, then it blinks and i can't turn it on without taking off the battery (then i get the white "galaxy note 3" screen as usual again".
I can only get into recovery mode and i really don't want to factory reset as i just went on holiday and didn't back-up my pics yet.
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Well, if we had any clue what you were trying to do on which phone, providing help would probably be a bit easier.
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es0tericcha0s said:
Well, if we had any clue what you were trying to do on which phone, providing help would probably be a bit easier.
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Oops looks like the hyperlink didn't work.
I am too new to post links. Type www . datafilehost . com / d / 58831a1e without the spaces.
I granted it root access then my phone restarted, then the normal galaxy note 3 white text appeared but then the phone crashed.
I went into recovery mode, however now if i try go to recovery mode it simply restarts the phone one again then crashes.
I can't even reset it now since i can't get into recovery mode (this may be due to me (noob) accidentally pressing restart with ADP or something like that).
My phone is a galaxy note 3 (rooted with kingo root) SM-N9005 (got this mobile phone from a1 . net on a contract).
1H4X3R said:
Oops looks like the hyperlink didn't work.
I am too new to post links. Type www . datafilehost . com / d / 58831a1e without the spaces.
I granted it root access then my phone restarted, then the normal galaxy note 3 white text appeared but then the phone crashed.
I went into recovery mode, however now if i try go to recovery mode it simply restarts the phone one again then crashes.
I can't even reset it now since i can't get into recovery mode (this may be due to me (noob) accidentally pressing restart with ADP or something like that).
My phone is a galaxy note 3 (rooted with kingo root) SM-N9005 (got this mobile phone from a1 . net on a contract).
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If you pirate, crap happens. Do not pirate.
Anyway, you should contact Chainfire because he is the creator of Chainfire3D. Don't know if he will help you because you pirated his application... :screwy:
Anyway, I will update this after I get his email. UPDATE: [email protected], send an email to that with the title "[root] Chainfire3D"
Sent from my stock, untouched Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on the xda-developers app
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LoopingCreeper said:
If you pirate, crap happens. Do not pirate.
Anyway, you should contact Chainfire because he is the creator of Chainfire3D. Don't know if he will help you because you pirated his application... :screwy:
Anyway, I will update this after I get his email.
Sent from my stock, untouched Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on the xda-developers app
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Looks like i learnt the hard way to not pirate. I usually pirate something i really like but as i am not 18 yet i can't pay for it.
On another note, is there any way to get into recovery mode as i screwed that up as well (read previous post).
Need to restore the phone via Odin and Download Mode.
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es0tericcha0s said:
Need to restore the phone via Odin and Download Mode.
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What do you mean by that? (especially since i can't get into recovery) Sorry for being so un-knowledgeable in this topic :S
1H4X3R said:
What do you mean by that? (especially since i can't get into recovery) Sorry for being so un-knowledgeable in this topic :S
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It's ok to not be knowledgeable, but less ok to not even try to research the topic. It's not exactly a secret...
http://androidromupdate.com/2014/08/09/install-n9005xxugng1-4-4-2-firmware-galaxy-note-3-sm-n9005/
Make sure to grab the update for your region for best results.
*You don't need recovery for this and this will bring back the stock recovery as well.
es0tericcha0s said:
It's ok to not be knowledgeable, but less ok to not even try to research the topic. It's not exactly a secret...
Make sure to grab the update for your region for best results.
*You don't need recovery for this and this will bring back the stock recovery as well.
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I would recommend instead getting the OEM rom and following recovery procedure.
sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31797
or search for your model number & carrier here:
sammobile.com/firmwares/
kung fu grep said:
I would recommend instead getting the OEM rom and following recovery procedure.
sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31797
or search for your model number & carrier here:
sammobile.com/firmwares/
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Little late to the party... The link I provided has everything they need.
es0tericcha0s said:
Little late to the party... The link I provided has everything they need.
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Wrong.
Your link provides untrusted downloads from filesharing sites.
Mine is a trusted download directly from the manufacturer.
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kung fu grep said:
Wrong.
Your link provides untrusted downloads from filesharing sites.
Mine is a trusted download directly from the manufacturer.
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Ah, if you only knew what you were talking about...
Sammobile is not directly from Samsung / the manufacturer and they have used rapidgator as one of their upload sites along with terafile as their official uploads and most of the guides you find just link to those sites. Plus if you understand how Odin works, you know that it checks the md5 first to assure the file is not corrupted. That and the OP wanted instructions, which you didn't bother helping with either. We obviously have a different idea what "wrong" is, it would appear.
Hi guys, I am new to this rooting thing and android/samsung in general. I bought this Galaxy S5 as a gift for a relative in Vietnam because she is paying about $200 total in monthly payments for a Galaxy S3. I have tried searching the forums too but I can't find the answers I am looking for.
It is model SM-G900T Android 6.0.1
I can go into download mode and all that but the root files I have (ODIN)don't work, it just goes back to the "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" screen.
I think my root failed because I was watching tutorials on how to root it from like a year ago. I am trying to get a language pack for this phone so I can change it to Vietnamese. Can anyone link me the proper procedures and download links? I'll pay you like $20 in paypal if it works... Please assist, thanks!
Pull the Back of the Phone off, Remove the battery Verify you have a SM-G900T and not a G900T1 or G900T3. Look at the battery to see if it was Made in China too (as a precaution)
You need to Go back to the Stock ROM of the phone, Get Odin Version 3.11.1, ff you don't have the samsung driver already, get it, then get the Android Version you had-What ever baseband it was before you goofed it up. Put the Phone into download mode -Press and Hold Volume Down, Home Button, and then Press and Hold Power until you see the the Download option, then hit install ROM, Hook Phone Up to a computer and then Run Odin and select the ROM on the AP button
once that is done,
follow these directions to the T
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...l/root-how-to-root-sm-g900t-firmware-t3358190
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You will need to do a carrier unlock to the phone to work in other countries since this phone is designed to work in the US only.
By the way we are not accepting any money here, this forum is free so the help is too.
eidairaman1 said:
Pull the Back of the Phone off, Remove the battery Verify you have a SM-G900T and not a G900T1 or G900T3. Look at the battery to see if it was Made in China too (as a precaution)
You need to Go back to the Stock ROM of the phone, Get Odin Version 3.11.1, ff you don't have the samsung driver already, get it, then get the Android Version you had-What ever baseband it was before you goofed it up. Put the Phone into download mode -Press and Hold Volume Down, Home Button, and then Press and Hold Power until you see the the Download option, then hit install ROM, Hook Phone Up to a computer and then Run Odin and select the ROM on the AP button
once that is done,
follow these directions to the T
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...l/root-how-to-root-sm-g900t-firmware-t3358190
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You will need to do a carrier unlock to the phone to work in other countries since this phone is designed to work in the US only.
By the way we are not accepting any money here, this forum is free so the help is too.
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Hey bro, is there a way to see which baseband I have if I cant check it on my device? If I can't, is it possible to try every stock rom until I get the correct one or will I just mess it up more?
Michaeln93 said:
Hey bro, is there a way to see which baseband I have if I cant check it on my device? If I can't, is it possible to try every stock rom until I get the correct one or will I just mess it up more?
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since your phone is goofed up, I would verify if you have a SM-G900T or G900T1, etc go to sammobile.com and enter SM-G900T, T1 etc which ever phone you have, just grab a 4.4.2 Version, enter download mode and open up ODIN
eidairaman1 said:
since your phone is goofed up, I would verify if you have a SM-G900T or G900T1, etc go to sammobile.com and enter SM-G900T, T1 etc which ever phone you have, just grab a 4.4.2 Version, enter download mode and open up ODIN
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Hello, sorry If I am being bothersome but I did what you told me. The phone boots now but it's stuck at the "T-Mobile 4G LTE" screen (screen before it goes into the lock/swipe screen). How long should it stay there?
Michaeln93 said:
Hello, sorry If I am being bothersome but I did what you told me. The phone boots now but it's stuck at the "T-Mobile 4G LTE" screen (screen before it goes into the lock/swipe screen). How long should it stay there?
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if it doesnt boot up in 15 minutes, put the phone into stock recovery by shutting off the phone, press and hold the volume up key, home key and power key until it says recovery, once there wipe the cache and also do a factory reset.
then the phone should boot, leave it be at that point