[Q] Trouble with root - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

I did the instructions to the t and the last step im getting stuck nand write start when trying to flash backatcha verizon all else goes fine, i did originally root phone with factory rooted image does this have anything to do with my problem? Galaxy note 2 i605 with latest ota update

phnman390 said:
I did the instructions to the t
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which method are you trying to follow? The VRALL4 update broke previous exploits but the Casual method works great http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348

You have to be completely stock..you say its already rooted right'odin back to stock the origanal one and try it again

s10sdeville said:
You have to be completely stock..you say its already rooted right'odin back to stock the origanal one and try it again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not rooted I'm on VR all4 and lost root when I had the update so what can i do now, or how do i get it back to stock

Cant root
Galaxy note 2 trying to root and unlock bootloader i originally rooted phone with prerooted stock image when i got the update i lost root, when i try xda method all the steps go fine untill the last backatcha verizon file will not flash. How do i get this device back to stock in current situation so i can try xda method again

phnman390 said:
Galaxy note 2 trying to root and unlock bootloader i originally rooted phone with prerooted stock image when i got the update i lost root, when i try xda method all the steps go fine untill the last backatcha verizon file will not flash. How do i get this device back to stock in current situation so i can try xda method again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you took an ota while wanting to unlock your bootloader you probably shouldn't unlock. You'll end up bricking your phone
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

My galaxy note 2 was rooted but I took the update when I first came out now I'm just trying to get it rooted again
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

Casual method
thinkingbear said:
Which method are you trying to follow? The VRALL4 update broke previous exploits but the Casual method works great http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
casual method is what im trying to use but it goes great untill last step. cannot write verizon backatcha. Any Sugg

This is the method that use to unlock and root on the 1st day, 3 weeks ago. "Verizon note 2"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAnj9DgMKo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

That's what I'm doing it goes through all the steps perfectly when I go to flash the last back atcha Verizon file it just says starting nand write and that's it never goes any further
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

phnman390 said:
That's what I'm doing it goes through all the steps perfectly when I go to flash the last back atcha Verizon file it just says starting nand write and that's it never goes any further
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you unroot? do you have another computer you can try this on?

No it's not rooted anymore but I did try another computer and it still stops at nand write for backatcha file
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

phnman390 said:
No it's not rooted anymore but I did try another computer and it still stops at nand write for backatcha file
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is everything flashing okay with Oden?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

evolishesh said:
Is everything flashing okay with Oden?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The basline file flashes with oden its the last file that wont

phnman390 said:
The basline file flashes with oden its the last file that wont
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are drivers install? Whether usb debugging is selected or not
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

The newest drivers from Samsung are installed and USB debugging is checked on phone
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

phnman390 said:
The newest drivers from Samsung are installed and USB debugging is checked on phone
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In check usb debugging and plug the phone in. This should install drivers, than put phone into download mode, then reboot into fastboot mode. This will insure that you have all drivers installed
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

I'll try that when I get home I will see what happens although when I run
Casual it rebooted the phone into download mode
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

phnman390 said:
I'll try that when I get home I will see what happens although when I run
Casual it rebooted the phone into download mode
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only reason I said that, is because driver install during fastboot mode and Odin mode. I just hope this helps you
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

Just a quick question how come it would flash the baseline file then go through the exploit with casual and then when I'm ready to flash the back atcha file that's why I'm having the issue
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

Related

So I bought a rooted note 2

Hello I bought a rooted note 2 and when I go to flash a new rom it always fails. Do I need to unroot go srock and re root?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
phatchef1 said:
Hello I bought a rooted note 2 and when I go to flash a new rom it always fails. Do I need to unroot go srock and re root?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Rooting doesn't give you the ability to flash ROMs, you have to have the bootloader unlocked and have a custom recovery such as twrp or cwm.
Thought you needed it unlocked to have a rom on it to start with. It has the cleanrom se1.5 on it now
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
phatchef1 said:
Thought you needed it unlocked to have a rom on it to start with. It has the cleanrom se1.5 on it now
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, you didn't say that you only said it was rooted.
What steps are you taking to flash a new ROM?
You said it fails, what's the failure?
Have you tried going into recovery mode? Turn off your phone, press and hold volume up+home button+and power button till u reach the boot animation then release the buttons. You will either be in cwm or twrp. If you reached this step, then you can flash a rom that is built for your specific note 2 version. From the recovery menus you can follow the necessary steps to install. Let us know what you see.
Ps make sure you do a back up just incase
Sent from my SGH-I317 using xda premium
I can get into recovery mode just when I go to install new rom it fails
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
What recovery are you running?
phatchef1 said:
I can get into recovery mode just when I go to install new rom it fails
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What error message are you getting and what steps are you taking. Also what recovery are you using?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
update your recovery...most likely your on the original twrp that came with adams first unlock method.
droidstyle said:
update your recovery...most likely your on the original twrp that came with adams first unlock method.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To do this get GooManager from the Play Store, and follow the directions in the description. I believe you press menu and then install a script.
phatchef1 said:
Hello I bought a rooted note 2 and when I go to flash a new rom it always fails. Do I need to unroot go srock and re root?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd clean the phone up and return it to stock. Start from there.
Also, are you using a custom recovery like twrp or cwm? also, is your BL unlocked?
More info is needed to assist you further, broseph.
droidstyle said:
update your recovery...most likely your on the original twrp that came with adams first unlock method.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is most likely your problem.
BennyJr said:
This is most likely your problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I didn't update twrp until last week. Prior to that I flashed carbon, rootbox, liquid, beans, eclipse, jedi, and cleanrom.
ok im running clean rom 1.5 and for recovery i have twrp. how do i update the recovery?
geoff5093 said:
To do this get GooManager from the Play Store, and follow the directions in the description. I believe you press menu and then install a script.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll bump this for you
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
ok i updated the twrp. wiped the cache and factory reset and then went to flash a rom and it says FAILED e:sigature verification failed and the next lineerror flashing zip
what did i do wrong? i flashed roms on my old s3 that was rooted this phone just doesnt want to flash roms over
phatchef1 said:
ok i updated the twrp. wiped the cache and factory reset and then went to flash a rom and it says FAILED e:sigature verification failed and the next lineerror flashing zip
what did i do wrong? i flashed roms on my old s3 that was rooted this phone just doesnt want to flash roms over
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you check the md5 and what ROM are you flashing?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
how does a person check the md5 and i have tried the beans11 and jedi10 and both have errors and fail
There is an option in TWRP that makes it look for an MD5 match... but unless you have the MD5 accessible to TWRP it will fail and not install.
Make sure the option is not checked when you go to flash.
To manually check the MD5 yourself to verify your downloads... you need an app on your PC that has the ability. Google will point you right.
Then to check the MD5, you have the app analyze the file and compare it to the MD5 provided in the ROM thread.
thanks unchecked the md5 stuff and it works thanks

help note 2 bricked

my phone was rooted and I hit to get the update by mistake after that when off and never turn on again im stuck on the not authorized software screen I try to get back to stock via odin 3 times and I get stuck in the same screen.please help!
vladimirtm said:
my phone was rooted and I hit to get the update by mistake after that when off and never turn on again im stuck on the not authorized software screen I try to get back to stock via odin 3 times and I get stuck in the same screen.please help!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use the alternate restore file from imnuts thread in development
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
If I had a nickel for every time. ..
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
bond32 said:
If I had a nickel for every time. ..
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no **** this is starting to get a bit monotonous.
droidstyle said:
no **** this is starting to get a bit monotonous.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's reminding me of reprovision your sim on the s3
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Odin isn't recognizing the restore file
droidstyle said:
no **** this is starting to get a bit monotonous.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello droidstyle,
I also bricked my phone today. I searched the forums and found someone in virtually the same situation where there issue was caused by a locked bootloader. I assure you I did unlock mine before trying to flash the Rom that brought me to the "unauthorized software detected" message but I'm guessing the app I used didn't work.
You advised the other guy to download and flash the "restore" file from step 1b instead of the regular one from 1a. After downloading the file and clicking on PDA in Odin, the "restore" file doesn't even show up on the list of files I can pull into Odin. What am I doing wrong?
you gotta have the pda and pit file flashed at the same time
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Cambo48 said:
Hello droidstyle,
I also bricked my phone today. I searched the forums and found someone in virtually the same situation where there issue was caused by a locked bootloader. I assure you I did unlock mine before trying to flash the Rom that brought me to the "unauthorized software detected" message but I'm guessing the app I used didn't work.
You advised the other guy to download and flash the "restore" file from step 1b instead of the regular one from 1a. After downloading the file and clicking on PDA in Odin, the "restore" file doesn't even show up on the list of files I can pull into Odin. What am I doing wrong?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use 7zip to extract the file first. Also you definitely still had a locked boot loader. I'm curious what app you're referring to you used to unlock?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks
kintwofan said:
Use 7zip to extract the file first. Also you definitely still had a locked boot loader. I'm curious what app you're referring to you used to unlock?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks!! I used E-Z Unlock.
Cambo48 said:
Thanks!! I used E-Z Unlock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ez unlock is for the s3 only. There is only one way to unlock the note 2 and is found in original development.
Also not to be a jerk, but why in the world would you think it was gonna work? There is literally not 1 reference to ez unlock in any of the note forums.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

I rooted my me7

and tried to install open recovery script using goomanager. It put me into the download mode. I was finally able to get out of it. Do I need to do anything to clean up anything or just wait till the me7 is able to install a custom recovery?
Today I was using nav a bit and my device turned off on me several times. I don't know what's causing that to happen. Don't know if it has something to do with root or not. Hasn't happened before I rooted.
If your device is in the window it could be overheating. You could try uninstalling any updates/data and re update if that doesnt work then I would flash the me7 image through odin and re root and see if that solves the problem. Im on an me7 based rom and dont have that problem.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
hexitnow said:
You could try uninstalling any updates/data and re update
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was in my hand...
How do I do that? I can't use Odin because I have a Mac.
Hey Hexitnow...Didn't want to hijack the other thread but you said to reflash. Do I just do that by running the script in the terminal emulator on the phone again like I did the first time?
That im not sure about i dont think there is an odin version for mac. I could be wrong tho because ive never really looked either. There is another program called heimdall (google it and you can find it, instructions are in the readme) and you should be able to flash using that. But I would try uninstalling any updates/data before hand and see if that solves it.
Edit:
Rerun the script? Sorry im a little lost there.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
hexitnow said:
But I would try uninstalling any updates/data before hand and see if that solves it.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do I do that? ...and in the other thread you said I should reflash so I would have a stock recovery.
This is the method I used.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380325
I gotcha. You can do it through application manager. After you get me7 reflashed then yeah you just do the same process over to get root back.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
hexitnow said:
I gotcha. You can do it through application manager. After you get me7 reflashed then yeah you just do the same process over to get root back.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm bit of a noob again. I had Android for several years but I've had an iphone for the last 4 or 5 years and I've forgotten everything. Could you give me a step by step on what I should do? And does reflash mean going back to unrooted?
If you go into settings, more, application manager then scroll to the app in question youll see the options. When i say reflash I mean flashing the me7 stock image. After flashing it it puts your phone back to how it was when you first pulled it out of the box.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks for explaining!
CatsTide said:
Thanks for explaining!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You bet.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2

I am reaching out for help. ODIN not flashing, and bricked.

Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
jeffysonp said:
Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Mistertac said:
What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
aircooledbusses said:
Alright, I know this is not the help/question/noob thread, but I'm I'm a pickle. Redirect me if you must. Verizon s4 that was on nc5 baseband-i don't know the bootloader, but it was 4.4.2 if that helps. Rooted with towel root and twrp through too manager. Yeah, I know that's where the problem came from. So now the phone is (hopefully) in a soft brick state stuck in down load or Odin mode. Odin recognizes the phone. I don't care to keep DAT or retain root, I just was it to function. Is the nc5 full wipe with the pit my correct next step? Thank you in advance, razz me if you must, I deserve it
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
aircooledbusses said:
Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Mistertac said:
Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
aircooledbusses said:
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Mistertac said:
Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
aircooledbusses said:
Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's definitely hope. If Odin can't bring you back I bet Heimdall could. It's a little more involved but obviously worth it.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Awesome! I've never used hemidal yet, but have recently been doing much better with adb commands, so I'm totally willing to learn. I'll post back here in a few days
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I was trying to flash Hyperdrive and ended up having to update to NC5, I can't remember what my phone was out of the box, I will be able to tell you in a few hours when I get my box. I just got the phone last week, so probably 4.3.
aircooledbusses said:
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
sent by safestrap powered echo v26
decaturbob said:
Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
sent by safestrap powered echo v26
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
aircooledbusses said:
Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
also odin is very touchy with using usb cables, usb ports and computers
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
decaturbob said:
yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Yep, from the thread you suggest.......... "The number one reason people brick their Verizon Galaxy S4 phones is due to attempts to flash recovery using Goo Manager, dd, and other tools without understanding when those will or won't work. The Verizon S4 is very locked down, and will reject such attempts in most cases."
Sent from my GT-I9070 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NC5 is in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Slowbalt said:
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
jeffysonp said:
So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Also once you're back to stock run Tri Angle Away to get rid of that annoying CUSTOM screen at boot lol can't stand that thing and on my phone it can make getting into CWM a pain as well.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Mistertac said:
Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't seem to get into stock recovery either. I tried re-flashing and I still get the same results, when I try to boot into recovery I get the Samsung logo with the unlocked padlock, and then it just shuts down. :/

Note 2 Verizon Screwed.... SCH-I605.... Help!

So I have been working on a friend of mines Verizon Note 2 (SCH-I605) and have run into an issue... I had rooted it successfully to root66 VZW stock sys, then attempted to unlock the bootloader according to the [email protected] galaxynote2root(dot)com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-verizon-galaxy-note-2-sch-i605.... without reviewing the multiplicity of comments below the article which should have caught my attention and let me know that many people were unsuccessful with that method.
So now i appear to be screwed because it will boot into ODIN but thats it. I cant even get into stock recovery. Upon boot the Galaxy Note 2 splash stays on indefinitely, as it does when i follow the instructions on this site to restore it from a failed unlock, or unroot...... ODIN 3 + sch-I605-16gb.pit + Root66-VZW-stock_sys, when it reboots following flash the splash screen stays on. I have checked the NAND erase All as suggested on this site, and it makes no difference.
When vol up/home/power is pressed it says something to the effect that 'you are a dumb*ss and have screwed up your firmware dipsh*t'....
So what now? Id hate to have to replace my buddies Note 2.... and I had absolutely 0 difficulties unlocking and rooting my HTC One, so this sucks....
Use this guide to flash back to the appropriate version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
It's a great guide. Saved me last week after I flashed the wrong file in Odin.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk
michigan66 said:
Use this guide to flash back to the appropriate version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
It's a great guide. Saved me last week after I flashed the wrong file in Odin.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea i did that already to no avail.... used odin to flash the pit and root66... doesnt boot...
Moridin68 said:
yea i did that already to no avail.... used odin to flash the pit and root66... doesnt boot...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried using a different image? What version of stock was on it before you messed with it?
Edit: If the stock version wasn't MJ9 or above then don't flash those. There currently isn't and probably won't be a way to unlock the bootloader on MJ9 and above.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
BluGuy said:
Have you tried using a different image? What version of stock was on it before you messed with it?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well, thats a good question... it was already in a messed up state when i got ahold of it... i tried flashing root66 and it kept failing, i checked NAND ERASE ALL and flashed CI605_I605VRLJB_I605VRALJB_CL414933_HWID04_HW-Rev0406_low_ship_user.tar
as per a suggestion i read on xda.. it too failed as well, but then when i flashed root66 again (also i think with NAND ERASE on) it booted up beautifully...
Moridin68 said:
well, thats a good question... it was already in a messed up state when i got ahold of it... i tried flashing root66 and it kept failing, i checked NAND ERASE ALL and flashed CI605_I605VRLJB_I605VRALJB_CL414933_HWID04_HW-Rev0406_low_ship_user.tar
as per a suggestion i read on xda.. it too failed as well, but then when i flashed root66 again (also i think with NAND ERASE on) it booted up beautifully...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have recently read on a site that offers a bootloader downgrade service that if it has a knox counter, then it was updated to a version with a 'permalocked' bootloader... and if this is referring to the counter on the ODIN screen that says KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0 then this one is such a device.....
Moridin68 said:
well, thats a good question... it was already in a messed up state when i got ahold of it... i tried flashing root66 and it kept failing, i checked NAND ERASE ALL and flashed CI605_I605VRLJB_I605VRALJB_CL414933_HWID04_HW-Rev0406_low_ship_user.tar
as per a suggestion i read on xda.. it too failed as well, but then when i flashed root66 again (also i think with NAND ERASE on) it booted up beautifully...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When you enter download mode does it say anything about Knox?
Edit: I didn't see your last post. Since it had the updated firmware with Knox, you should be at least able to get the phone working again by flashing that version of the firmware in odin. If it was on Android 4.3 then you should be able to odin MJ9 and it will work again. If it was on 4.4.2 then using odin to flash the ND7 image should fix it.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
BluGuy said:
When you enter download mode does it say anything about Knox?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
on the download screen there is a line that says KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0
BluGuy said:
When you enter download mode does it say anything about Knox?
Edit: I didn't see your last post. Since it had the updated firmware with Knox, you should be at least able to get the phone working again by flashing that version of the firmware in odin. If it was on Android 4.3 then you should be able to odin MJ9 and it will work again. If it was on 4.4.2 then using odin to flash the ND7 image should fix it.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
he hadnt had service on that phone for several months so i guess ill try the older one first. 4.4.2.
and do i flash the pit file with those as well?
this bs is so much more tedious than working with my HTC One.
Moridin68 said:
So I have been working on a friend of mines Verizon Note 2 (SCH-I605) and have run into an issue... I had rooted it successfully to root66 VZW stock sys, then attempted to unlock the bootloader according to the [email protected] galaxynote2root(dot)com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-verizon-galaxy-note-2-sch-i605.... without reviewing the multiplicity of comments below the article which should have caught my attention and let me know that many people were unsuccessful with that method.
So now i appear to be screwed because it will boot into ODIN but thats it. I cant even get into stock recovery. Upon boot the Galaxy Note 2 splash stays on indefinitely, as it does when i follow the instructions on this site to restore it from a failed unlock, or unroot...... ODIN 3 + sch-I605-16gb.pit + Root66-VZW-stock_sys, when it reboots following flash the splash screen stays on. I have checked the NAND erase All as suggested on this site, and it makes no difference.
When vol up/home/power is pressed it says something to the effect that 'you are a dumb*ss and have screwed up your firmware dipsh*t'....
So what now? Id hate to have to replace my buddies Note 2.... and I had absolutely 0 difficulties unlocking and rooting my HTC One, so this sucks....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did ID:COM turn blue in Odin? . You might have a driver problem.
doctor-cool said:
Did ID:COM turn blue in Odin? . You might have a driver problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no driver problem... it recognizes the device.... it is blue
Moridin68 said:
he hadnt had service on that phone for several months so i guess ill try the older one first. 4.4.2.
and do i flash the pit file with those as well?
this bs is so much more tedious than working with my HTC One.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The older one would be 4.3 which is MJ9. And yes use the pit file with it.
And just in case, I know you probably don't need it, the instructions for flashing with odin are in the return to stock section of the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
BluGuy said:
The older one would be 4.3 which is MJ9. And yes use the pit file with it.
And just in case, I know you probably don't need it, the instructions for flashing with odin are in the return to stock section of the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
right you are about 4.3 being older... i was looking through the stock roms in that very guide and saw 4.1.2 and thought that was the one you had mentioned... im downloading MJ9 now..... thanks... hope this works...
so let me ask you this, if i get it back to stock, and rooted again... even though i cant unlock the bootloader, can i get it network unlocked? this entire dilemma occurred because he wants to be able to throw a straight talk sim in this phone.
i had intended to try this www(dot)scottsroms(dot)com/showthread.php?2786-How-I-turned-my-Verizon-Note-2-into-a-World-capable-GSM-phone
once i fixed the disaster....
Moridin68 said:
right you are about 4.3 being older... i was looking through the stock roms in that very guide and saw 4.1.2 and thought that was the one you had mentioned... im downloading MJ9 now..... thanks... hope this works...
so let me ask you this, if i get it back to stock, and rooted again... even though i cant unlock the bootloader, can i get it network unlocked? this entire dilemma occurred because he wants to be able to throw a straight talk sim in this phone.
i had intended to try this www(dot)scottsroms(dot)com/showthread.php?2786-How-I-turned-my-Verizon-Note-2-into-a-World-capable-GSM-phone
once i fixed the disaster....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Once you get the phone working you can use Saferoot to root it, that is as long as it's working on MJ9. If the phone had been updated to ND7 which is Android 4.4.2 then there currently isn't a way to root it.
Remember even if you get root you won't be able to use a custom recovery to flash stuff.
Also the sch-i605 is already Sim unlocked from Verizon. You just have to be able to edit the apn settings.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
BluGuy said:
Once you get the phone working you can use Saferoot to root it, that is as long as it's working on MJ9. If the phone had been updated to ND7 which is Android 4.4.2 then there currently isn't a way to root it.
Remember even if you get root you won't be able to use a custom recovery to flash stuff.
Also the sch-i605 is already Sim unlocked from Verizon. You just have to be able to edit the apn settings.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok one last thing before i try this MJ9.... if it had been updated then how was i able to flash it to root66 prior to attempting to unlock the bootloader?
i really appreciate your time bro..thanks btw..
Moridin68 said:
ok one last thing before i try this MJ9.... if it had been updated then how was i able to flash it to root66 prior to attempting to unlock the bootloader?
i really appreciate your time bro..thanks btw..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
BluGuy said:
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cool then.. thanks...
BluGuy said:
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
booting up on MJ9... nicely done.
so ill check out saferoot as you said, and then edit the APN
Moridin68 said:
booting up on MJ9... nicely done.
so ill check out saferoot as you said, and then edit the APN
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad it worked.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
BluGuy said:
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so now i have stock recovery menu and download menu and it boots and then hangs at the white verizon screen... i have already done a factory reset, and it still hangs.

Categories

Resources