I have a quick question for you gents, I have attempted to find the answer to my question, with limited success. My wife will soon be inheriting my Note 2, her only request is that it get reset back to complete stock, while I am no stranger to modifying my device her request has left me with one question.....
With the VRALL4 firmware, is there a way to relock the bootloader when returning to factory unrooted?
Thanks,
gio2005 said:
I have a quick question for you gents, I have attempted to find the answer to my question, with limited success. My wife will soon be inheriting my Note 2, her only request is that it get reset back to complete stock, while I am no stranger to modifying my device her request has left me with one question.....
With the VRALL4 firmware, is there a way to relock the bootloader when returning to factory unrooted?
Thanks,
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You will want to Odin the VRALJB (I think that's the exact name) stock image.
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kintwofan said:
You will want to Odin the VRALJB (I think that's the exact name) stock image.
Sent from the dark on a Note 2
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Thanks for the quick response, I saw that flashing the alternate restore was suggested. Am I good to flash the VRALJB odin files? if so, does this roll the bootloader back to the previous version?
Thanks again, I appreciate it.
gio2005 said:
Thanks for the quick response, I saw that flashing the alternate restore was suggested. Am I good to flash the VRALJB odin files? if so, does this roll the bootloader back to the previous version?
Thanks again, I appreciate it.
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Alternate restore won't re lock the bootloader. You will want the full stock image. I know you can get a couple from DROID styles guide that's stickied in development.
Sent from the dark on a Note 2
kintwofan said:
Alternate restore won't re lock the bootloader. You will want the full stock image. I know you can get a couple from DROID styles guide that's stickied in development.
Sent from the dark on a Note 2
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Excellent, I appreciate it. I was looking at that thread, but was not sure since it states to only flash the alternate restore if you're on the L4 firmware.
Thanks again,
gio2005 said:
Excellent, I appreciate it. I was looking at that thread, but was not sure since it states to only flash the alternate restore if you're on the L4 firmware.
Thanks again,
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It says that for the people who bricked their phone with a locked boot loader because it will fail at sboot on LL4. For you to just put it back to stock you will want to overwrite your boot loader which it will work since you are unlocked.
As a side note download triangle away and test your flash counter before doing this and it will be completely sock with no signs or was ever touched.
Sent from the dark on a Note 2
gio2005 said:
I have a quick question for you gents, I have attempted to find the answer to my question, with limited success. My wife will soon be inheriting my Note 2, her only request is that it get reset back to complete stock, while I am no stranger to modifying my device her request has left me with one question.....
With the VRALL4 firmware, is there a way to relock the bootloader when returning to factory unrooted?
Thanks,
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I am doing much the same for other reasons. I have found I am just not a rommer so a few mods with root and I am happy. So time to clean up.
Did you unlock with Mr. Outlers method and are running twrp? If yes would you let me/us know how it goes and what image you ended up using. My goal is to remove twrp and relock the bootloader and fix the flash counter. So I am thinking flash root66 and triangle away then freeze the update apk.
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Good evening,
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I rooted and unlocked my phone and then tried installing a wrong CM10. Then I installed the stock ROM again so that it would at least work. That succeeded.
However, a popup came offering a OTA update and I hit yes without thinking. It rebooted and stayed at boot loop.
Now when I try using ODIN to reflash the stock ROM it does so, reboots, and stays at the boot screen where the LTE and moving stuff shows up after the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in white text screen. Please, I need this fixed urgently as that's my work phone.
I've tried flashing the rooted stock rom and that doesn't work either. When I try to re-root/unlock it says "Firmware problem please connect to Klies" or something along those lines. I can't boot into recovery mode either. The android shows up and a bar and then it reboots when it's close to finishing the boot into recovery.
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I'm confused, where is your phone now. Boot loop, the firmware upgrade problem or other?
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Really basic question here, how long have you let it sit on the boot animation screen? Sometimes it takes a very long time for first boot, especially if davlik was wiped.
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I just read a post about someone in the same situation that said after about 30 attempts!! with Odin it did finally work.
Also, I have no affiliation with these guys but they seem to know what they are doing and doing it for a reasonable price: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-jtag-brick-repair/
Good luck.
Geezer Squid said:
I just read a post about someone in the same situation that said after about 30 attempts!! with Odin it did finally work.
Also, I have no affiliation with these guys but they seem to know what they are doing and doing it for a reasonable price: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-jtag-brick-repair/
Good luck.
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They're the people to use if needed
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jacampb2 said:
Really basic question here, how long have you let it sit on the boot animation screen? Sometimes it takes a very long time for first boot, especially if davlik was wiped.
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I've let it sit for like an hour in a boot loop.
kintwofan said:
I'm confused, where is your phone now. Boot loop, the firmware upgrade problem or other?
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Boot loop if I try to go to stock ROM. Firmware warning if I try to use boot unlocker/root ROM.
I can't get into recovery under either. When I try to get into recovery under the boot unlock/root ROM I get the firmware problem.
fbernar said:
Boot loop if I try to go to stock ROM. Firmware warning if I try to use boot unlocker/root ROM.
I can't get into recovery under either. When I try to get into recovery under the boot unlock/root ROM I get the firmware problem.
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Your phone had to boot up to unlock so again are you boot looping now? I'm thinking you need to use the alternate restore file. It sounds like your boot loader is still locked. If that's the case that's the only image that will actually flash in Odin.
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here is your problem:
1) NEVER ACCEPT OTA'S
2) You didnt research before flashing
3) Since you accepted the ota, the bootloader from the original vraljb odin file is black listed. meaning you cant ever use that file again.
4) To fix your problem follow section 1b of my guide, make sure to use the alternate restore link as it does not contain a bootloader in the file. it will revert you back to vraljb firmwqre while maintaining the L4 bootloader.
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here is your problem:
1) NEVER ACCEPT OTA'S
2) You didnt research before flashing
3) Since you accepted the ota, the bootloader from the original vraljb odin file is black listed. meaning you cant ever use that file again.
4) To fix your problem follow section 1b of my guide, make sure to use the alternate restore link as it does not contain a bootloader in the file. it will revert you back to vraljb firmwqre while maintaining the L4 bootloader.
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`^^^ all of this
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Noob here, thanks in advance for any help. I have a rooted vzw note 2 through Odin root66, I've tried unsuccessfully to flash a new rom, always get the dreaded yellow triangle from big brother. I need to unlock the bootloader but am still a bit timid in exploiting things. I've tried flashing with clockwork mod and goo, with the same result, and manage to return to root using Odin root66 etc... I wonder if I can use casual since I'm already rooted? I'm on stock Os 4.1.1, so close and yet so far away from flashing... any help appreciated, thanks
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Noob here, thanks in advance for any help. I have a rooted vzw note 2 through Odin root66, I've tried unsuccessfully to flash a new rom, always get the dreaded yellow triangle from big brother. I need to unlock the bootloader but am still a bit timid in exploiting things. I've tried flashing with clockwork mod and goo, with the same result, and manage to return to root using Odin root66 etc... I wonder if I can use casual since I'm already rooted? I'm on stock Os 4.1.1, so close and yet so far away from flashing... any help appreciated, thanks
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You have to use Causal if you want to flash a rom. Rooting just gives you root access, to flash a rom your bootloader has to be unlocked and you have to have a custom recovery installed. Thats what Casual does, it unlocks your bootloader and installs you first custom recovery for you. Once that is done you will be able to flash roms, not before.
How did you miss that? Its written in all the guides.
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missed it
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You have to use Causal if you want to flash a rom. Rooting just gives you root access, to flash a rom your bootloader has to be unlocked and you have to have a custom recovery installed. Thats what Casual does, it unlocks your bootloader and installs you first custom recovery for you. Once that is done you will be able to flash roms, not before.
How did you miss that? Its written in all the guides.
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I rooted before I ever found this forum...so I missed it....until now. My question is can I use Casual now that I'm rooted? I don't want to brick....I'm running stock rom and rooted and what I've read doesn't address my situation...or I totally missed it if it does...
Mahalo for your reply
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I rooted before I ever found this forum...so I missed it....until now. My question is can I use Casual now that I'm rooted? I don't want to brick....I'm running stock rom and rooted and what I've read doesn't address my situation...or I totally missed it if it does...
Mahalo for your reply
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I wish you could. I didn't see the Casual One Click until 5 minutes after I rooted. When you try casual, it will check your bootloader and give you a long message saying a lot of things that basically call you dumb for not reading. I'm currently trying to return to stock but I can't extract an .xz file to get it back to stock because it fails at sboot.bin. Sorry man
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I wish you could. I didn't see the Casual One Click until 5 minutes after I rooted. When you try casual, it will check your bootloader and give you a long message saying a lot of things that basically call you dumb for not reading. I'm currently trying to return to stock but I can't extract an .xz file to get it back to stock because it fails at sboot.bin. Sorry man
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It sounds like I am in that boat. There has to be some sort of fix for this right? It has been a long week for me this time rooting, wow.
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I wish you could. I didn't see the Casual One Click until 5 minutes after I rooted. When you try casual, it will check your bootloader and give you a long message saying a lot of things that basically call you dumb for not reading. I'm currently trying to return to stock but I can't extract an .xz file to get it back to stock because it fails at sboot.bin. Sorry man
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If it fails at sboot.bin use the alternative recovery ROM in droidstyles guide and flash it in Odin.
As far as I knew you can use CASUAL to unlock, you just have to use the newest version.
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Same problem
I brought this VZW Note 2 off of craigslist and it was already rooted. I was wanting to flash jelly beans v19 and tried to install TWRP but CWM was already installed and I really forgot what I did its been 10 hours already following guides and the only thing that works is odin, pit and root66 but anything else I try after getting the phone back up fails and root66 would not pass the last several times but this last time it did. I suspect the bootloader is locked but I'm rooted. I want to clear everything and install a fresh rom since I don't know the history and the phone was freezing and glitchy but I did not check see what rom the previous owner had installed and by the way Im a total newb but really have been seaching threads to solve this before posting but with no luck. Any help much appreciated
jmc71 said:
I brought this VZW Note 2 off of craigslist and it was already rooted. I was wanting to flash jelly beans v19 and tried to install TWRP but CWM was already installed and I really forgot what I did its been 10 hours already following guides and the only thing that works is odin, pit and root66 but anything else I try after getting the phone back up fails and root66 would not pass the last several times but this last time it did. I suspect the bootloader is locked but I'm rooted. I want to clear everything and install a fresh rom since I don't know the history and the phone was freezing and glitchy but I did not check see what rom the previous owner had installed and by the way Im a total newb but really have been seaching threads to solve this before posting but with no luck. Any help much appreciated
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Flash Root66 or the alternative restore with the NAND erase box in Odin checked. If it won't flash just the ROM in Odin try flashing the ROM + the PIT by following the instructions in droidstyles guide in Android Development.
You would do better to make your own thread too.
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I'm kinda newbie at flashing, i download the stock 4.1.2 and flash with odin. everything went smoothly and odin show pass 1, fail 0. now the phone just keep flashing Samsung Galaxy Note II and doesn't go anywhere.
I tried to flash back the 4.1.1 from stock samsung using odin, but keep getting the pass 0, fail 1.
Any ideas to help is greatly appreciated.
this is verizon i605.
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I'm kinda newbie at flashing, i download the stock 4.2.2 and flash with odin. everything went smoothly and odin show pass 1, fail 0. now the phone just keep flashing Samsung Galaxy Note II and doesn't go anywhere.
I tried to flash back the 4.1.1 from stock samsung using odin, but keep getting the pass 0, fail 1.
Any ideas to help is greatly appreciated.
this is verizon i605.
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So you can still get into download mode? How about into recovery?
chiefsfan69 said:
So you can still get into download mode? How about into recovery?
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Yes, i can still boot into download mode, not recovery.
drti2 said:
I'm kinda newbie at flashing, i download the stock 4.2.2 and flash with odin.
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There is not a stock 4.2.2 for our phone. So I have no idea what you used. I hope you weren't trying to flash a custom ROM with odin. You need to follow droidstyle's guide to try to get back to our stock software.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
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BoostedB18C said:
There is not a stock 4.2.2 for our phone. So I have no idea what you used. I hope you weren't trying to flash a custom ROM with odin. You need to follow droidstyle's guide to try to get back to our stock software.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
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my mistake, i meant the 4.1.2 VRAMC3 was the one i tried to flash. and i tried to flash back w/ the originail VRALL4 4.1.1, using the exact same instruction on the thread you pointed me to.
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my mistake, i meant the 4.1.2 VRAMC3 was the one i tried to flash. and i tried to flash back w/ the originail VRALL4 4.1.1, using the exact same instruction on the thread you pointed me to.
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Did you use casual to unlock the phone first?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41243013
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BoostedB18C said:
Did you use casual to unlock the phone first?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41243013
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Yes, i did use run Casual, but Casual fail. so the phone hasn't been unlock. it did root successfully though.
drti2 said:
Yes, i did use run Casual, but Casual fail. so the phone hasn't been unlock. it did root successfully though.
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Wow. You need to read a LOT more before you start trying anything. At this point, all you are going to do it screw things up and once that happens I guarantee you are going to go back to Verizon and say "I don't know what happened."
Stop randomly attempting things. Your first step is figure out why casual failed and fix it.
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official Rom should be rolling out as we speak!
bigmixxx said:
official Rom should be rolling out as we speak!
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hmm dont see the zip or an article yet on sammobile
monkeyass408 said:
hmm dont see the zip or an article yet on sammobile
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Hit Sammobile and search firmware. Then type i605...And boom....
Yea its there
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I downloaded the file last night. However, please don't odin it, it will lock your bootloader.
I'm not worried about the bootloader as all I need the 4.3 for is gear support...do you load the zip in the bootloader spot, the pda spot, or phone spot in odin?
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_jfo_ said:
I'm not worried about the bootloader as all I need the 4.3 for is gear support...do you load the zip in the bootloader spot, the pda spot, or phone spot in odin?
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Just to warn you. If this locks your bootloader, its probably locked forever a la the S4 and N3. If you previously used a custom recovery, you will no longer have this option, likely ever again with this phone. In addition, getting Hashcode to develop SS for this phone is unlikely in my opinion because we've been unlocked for so long and the phone is over a year old. Many times users take root and unlocked bootloaders for granted, thinking that if they take the OTA, someone will figure out how to reunlock or reroot the phone, the former is HIGHLY unlikely. If you can wait a day, someone will likely post an unmodified flashable zip of the newest OTA that won't jeopardize your unlocked bootloader. If you truly don't care about losing this option for good, then by all means go ahead and odin the OTA, the PDA slot should do it.
So this is what I am pondering. I'm running cleanrom which is no longer supported; should I stick with 4.2 forever or take the 4.3 build from verizon ?
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Just to warn you. If this locks your bootloader, its probably locked forever a la the S4 and N3. If you previously used a custom recovery, you will no longer have this option, likely ever again with this phone. In addition, getting Hashcode to develop SS for this phone is unlikely in my opinion because we've been unlocked for so long and the phone is over a year old. Many times users take root and unlocked bootloaders for granted, thinking that if they take the OTA, someone will figure out how to reunlock or reroot the phone, the former is HIGHLY unlikely. If you can wait a day, someone will likely post an unmodified flashable zip of the newest OTA that won't jeopardize your unlocked bootloader. If you truly don't care about losing this option for good, then by all means go ahead and odin the OTA, the PDA slot should do it.
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mlin said:
Just to warn you. If this locks your bootloader, its probably locked forever a la the S4 and N3. If you previously used a custom recovery, you will no longer have this option, likely ever again with this phone. In addition, getting Hashcode to develop SS for this phone is unlikely in my opinion because we've been unlocked for so long and the phone is over a year old. Many times users take root and unlocked bootloaders for granted, thinking that if they take the OTA, someone will figure out how to reunlock or reroot the phone, the former is HIGHLY unlikely. If you can wait a day, someone will likely post an unmodified flashable zip of the newest OTA that won't jeopardize your unlocked bootloader. If you truly don't care about losing this option for good, then by all means go ahead and odin the OTA, the PDA slot should do it.
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Well....I flashed it and now my phone is stuck in an endless bootloop. It flashes to the "Galaxy Note II" screen for about one second, then reboots and does the same thing over and over...I can still put it into download mode, but cannot boot it into recovery...ODIN says it cant open the Serial (COM) port to my phone....ugh
jake21 said:
So this is what I am pondering. I'm running cleanrom which is no longer supported; should I stick with 4.2 forever or take the 4.3 build from verizon ?
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There are more than just those two options. You can stay on clean ROM til a rooted, stable OTA flashable is posted. Beans is working on that now I believe. That way you'll have the same experience that the OTA gives, but you'll retain the option to root or even flash a different ROM should you desire. Beans will also be updating his custom ROM build to my knowledge based on this new OTA.
How do I track this? I mean is there a thread that Bean post to that will indicate wehn this is ready ?
mlin said:
There are more than just those two options. You can stay on clean ROM til a rooted, stable OTA flashable is posted. Beans is working on that now I believe. That way you'll have the same experience that the OTA gives, but you'll retain the option to root or even flash a different ROM should you desire. Beans will also be updating his custom ROM build to my knowledge based on this new OTA.
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jake21 said:
How do I track this? I mean is there a thread that Bean post to that will indicate wehn this is ready ?
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Check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48286377&postcount=1
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Well....I flashed it and now my phone is stuck in an endless bootloop. It flashes to the "Galaxy Note II" screen for about one second, then reboots and does the same thing over and over...I can still put it into download mode, but cannot boot it into recovery...ODIN says it cant open the Serial (COM) port to my phone....ugh
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any tips or is my phone probably bricked?
_jfo_ said:
any tips or is my phone probably bricked?
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If you can get to download mode it's not bricked. Try doing a factory reset in stock recovery or figure out why your drivers aren't recognizing the device.
akellar said:
If you can get to download mode it's not bricked. Try doing a factory reset in stock recovery or figure out why your drivers aren't recognizing the device.
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I cant get to stock recovery, unfortunately. The device IS being recognized (its showing up in the [ID:COM] spot) but for some reason after flashing Odin seems to have stopped talking to the device...
This is the message I get in ODIN when connecting the device
"<ID:0/004> Added!!"
As the release of 4.3 is now unleashed into the world. Going to retitle the original post title to make this the general discussion thread.
Enjoy 4.3
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I cant get to stock recovery, unfortunately. The device IS being recognized (its showing up in the [ID:COM] spot) but for some reason after flashing Odin seems to have stopped talking to the device...
This is the message I get in ODIN when connecting the device
"<ID:0/004> Added!!"
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That should mean its ready to flash. But you tried already, right? What exactly happened? Did Odin finish successfully or was there an error?
Finally got my 4.3 update around 1pm today! I've been waiting for the update solely for the Galaxy Gear full functionality. Nice Christmas gift :good:
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I cant get to stock recovery, unfortunately. The device IS being recognized (its showing up in the [ID:COM] spot) but for some reason after flashing Odin seems to have stopped talking to the device...
This is the message I get in ODIN when connecting the device
" Added!!"
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You need to flash the PIT file in Odin. The same thing happened to me.
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Hey wont framaroot grant me root access i didnt delete it or my other mods i put to sleep without deleteing i hate odin and wont mess with it but i hate the green battery logo and pull down green icons i want um back blue any thoughts
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Okay well...I was messing around with some roms and such and found i needed to have "You must be on MJ5 bootloader or higher, or you will have reboots & freezes!!!"
Alright well I have/had no idea what that was and seen a thread that showed me a link to mj5 bL and all it said was flash it thru odin so i figured it was a good idea and I did that
Now to give some info I have a NOTE 2 for verizon
16gb
and from what I knew it was the one with I605VRAMC3 <--- this lol
cant think of the wording.. my product name WAS sch-i605
Ok now for some reason I flashed a BL in odin and now my phone says GT-N7100!!!
I have lost my imei and efs and all that =(
I cannot figure out how the hell to get back to my regular firmware i guess..I am so lost lol
I tried to flash "KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV0 4_us er_low_ship.tar.md5" and it doesnt work always fails at system.img
and i tried to flash
I605VRUEMJ9_I605VZWEMJ9_VZW.zip and it doesnt work fails also at system img
Please any +++++ feedback is good feedback
I know Im missing info for you to make a judgement , maybe, just ask me and I will tell. Im a nervous wreck atm xD
This is not development so you should not have posted here. You are trying to flash things when you don't know what you are doing and are not thoroughly reading things. There are several stickied guides to help you out. Read them.
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You bricked your phone. Why are so many people flashing bootloaders for other variants? Read, read, read people.
akellar said:
You bricked your phone. Why are so many people flashing bootloaders for other variants? Read, read, read people.
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Its not really bricked. I can work my way around things pretty easy.
I just need to know how can i change it from gt-n7100 to sch-i650
homeboy773 said:
Its not really bricked. I can work my way around things pretty easy.
I just need to know how can i change it from gt-n7100 to sch-i650
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Does it boot? Can you Odin back to stock? If not, its bricked. If you can you would be the first I've ever heard of being able to.
akellar said:
Does it boot? Can you Odin back to stock? If not, its bricked. If you can you would be the first I've ever heard of being able to.
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Thats whats really messing with my head. I know i fd up but I sort of understand all this.
I can flash a rom doing certain steps going back to philz recovery.
The thing is I can do anything GT-N7100 Wise... I can flash that pit and that stock... But the problem is thats not my the original firmware so basically my phone service wont work.
Its odd
I can get into download mode easily
I tried to flash my original pit file but it just fails at system.img
I also tried just flashing the "I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_VZW" in pda but it fails also.
Its confusing why it even let me flash a different firmware in the first place but it wont let me flash back?
homeboy773 said:
Thats whats really messing with my head. I know i fd up but I sort of understand all this.
I can flash a rom doing certain steps going back to philz recovery.
The thing is I can do anything GT-N7100 Wise... I can flash that pit and that stock... But the problem is thats not my the original firmware so basically my phone service wont work.
Its odd
I can get into download mode easily
I tried to flash my original pit file but it just fails at system.img
I also tried just flashing the "I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_VZW" in pda but it fails also.
Its confusing why it even let me flash a different firmware in the first place but it wont let me flash back?
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just flashed twrp and a rom, maybe the BL re locked? going to see if re rooting will help to flash a new BL IDK lol
homeboy773 said:
just flashed twrp and a rom, maybe the BL re locked? going to see if re rooting will help to flash a new BL IDK lol
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If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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ok
akellar said:
If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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this is going to sound ignorant but is I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_VZW a boot loader?
Or where can i find i605 bootloader?
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If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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In a backup file from a past rom, Where, If, Would efs be located?