I get this error when I start my S4. "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon wireless store for help. Any idea how to fix this?
androidguy91 said:
I get this error when I start my S4. "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon wireless store for help. Any idea how to fix this?
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Sounds like the bootloader got locked.
Probably should provide more details like MDK vs. ME7, Locked bootloader or not, what recovery, etc. but the best fix is to Odin back to stock and start over.
Also what was the last thing you tried to do like maybe installing a recovery or a ROM
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Sounds like the bootloader got locked.
Probably should provide more details like MDK vs. ME7, Locked bootloader or not, what recovery, etc. but the best fix is to Odin back to stock and start over.
Also what was the last thing you tried to do like maybe installing a recovery or a ROM
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I was trying to install the stock android ROM. The phone is ME7 and I think a locked bootloader.
You cant unlock the bootloader on the s4, just a heads up. Only bypass it via loki but that only works on mdk. Anyhow like nil said I wold odin and start over. If you were on me7 you cant flash mdk and itll error when it gets to flashing aboot so you can always try if you want. Flashing the me7 stock image via odin should get rid of it tho.
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You cant unlock the bootloader on the s4, just a heads up. Only bypass it via loki but that only works on mdk. Anyhow like nil said I wold odin and start over. If you were on me7 you cant flash mdk and itll error when it gets to flashing aboot so you can always try if you want. Flashing the me7 stock image via odin should get rid of it tho.
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Know of any good places to get the stock ROM for ME7?
androidguy91 said:
Know of any good places to get the stock ROM for ME7?
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Its posted in the development section.
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Its posted in the development section.
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I looked there any links?
androidguy91 said:
I looked there any links?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43420116
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I accidentally tried to install a custom recovery on my galaxy s4. Its running me7 and it got bricked. I can reboot it and everything works fine but if I try to factory reset the phone in the settings it gets stuck in download mode. Is there anyway around this?
Kwc0055 said:
I accidentally tried to install a custom recovery on my galaxy s4. Its running me7 and it got bricked. I can reboot it and everything works fine but if I try to factory reset the phone in the settings it gets stuck in download mode. Is there anyway around this?
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First off your phone isnt bricked, its not even soft bricked. Your phone cant boot to stock recovery because you attempted to overwrite it with a custom version. Youll have to flash the stock me7 image via odin to get back your stock recovery. All the stock images can be found in the dev section. There is also a no wipe version if you apps/data you dont want to be wiped during the process.
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First off your phone isnt bricked, its not even soft bricked. Your phone cant boot to stock recovery because you attempted to overwrite it with a custom version. Youll have to flash the stock me7 image via odin to get back your stock recovery. All the stock images can be found in the dev section. There is also a no wipe version if you apps/data you dont want to be wiped during the process.
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I did try to odin it over after the fact thinking I did brick it i found a youtube guide on how to unbrick it via odin, sadly odin kept giving me failure messages. I think the me7 update blocks any kind of flashing.
Kwc0055 said:
I did try to odin it over after the fact thinking I did brick it i found a youtube guide on how to unbrick it via odin, sadly odin kept giving me failure messages. I think the me7 update blocks any kind of flashing.
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If it failed after flashing aboot you were trying to flash mdk which you cant do. Prior firmwares are blocked. Me7 doesnt block odin flashing you just have to flash the me7 stock file.
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If it failed after flashing aboot you were trying to flash mdk which you cant do. Prior firmwares are blocked. Me7 doesnt block odin flashing you just have to flash the me7 stock file.
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I think I tried both honestly but I'm redownloading the me7 as we speak and I'll try it out again. I'll post again after and let u know if it works. I appreciate you taking the time to help me.
Kwc0055 said:
I think I tried both honestly but I'm redownloading the me7 as we speak and I'll try it out again. I'll post again after and let u know if it works. I appreciate you taking the time to help me.
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Not a problem, yeah just make sure its the me7 image or it wont flash. Also when flashing me7 if youre still getting errors it could be a corrupted download so verifying the md5 after the download is suggested.
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it worked! thank you so much! many thanks
Kwc0055 said:
it worked! thank you so much! many thanks
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No problem, glad you got it sorted out.
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I want to update from MDK to ME7.
When I plug the phone into the computer it mounts as a media device.
How do I get the Upgrade assistant?
You don't want to update
Luke
lukesdiesel said:
You don't want to update
Luke
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Surprised at how many psychics are on this forum. If you upgrade to me7 you lose the exploitable bootloader and cant flash custom recovery. Me7 still has root and safestrap so you can still get custom roms that route. If youre still interested you could always try taking the ota or download the stock me7 image and flash via odin. When it comes to the upgrade assistant ive never used that so sorry cant help on that front.
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Surprised at how many psychics are on this forum. If you upgrade to me7 you lose the exploitable bootloader and cant flash custom recovery. Me7 still has root and safestrap so you can still get custom roms that route. If youre still interested you could always try taking the ota or download the stock me7 image and flash via odin. When it comes to the upgrade assistant ive never used that so sorry cant help on that front.
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Thanks I upgraded using kies and it worked like a charm but then i tried to do a backup using twrp and got stuck in a odin bootloop but thanks to this site I was able to get out of that boot loop with vol down and power. thank God. I thought I bricked it.
pego99 said:
Thanks I upgraded using kies and it worked like a charm but then i tried to do a backup using twrp and got stuck in a odin bootloop but thanks to this site I was able to get out of that boot loop with vol down and power. thank God. I thought I bricked it.
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Like I was saying you cant flash a custom recovery on me7. Safestrap is your only option if youre looking to rom.
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I really need some help here. I have an MDK S4 that I sold. Need to mail it out tomorrow. It has TWRP installed and was stock rooted. I tried to wipe all my info, so I went into TWRP, did a factory resent, and wiped data. Now the phone won't boot passed the "Samsung Galaxy S4 screen". I really need some help with this. I promised this person I would ship the phone out tomorrow and take that very seriously. Any help is extremely appreciated.
pyro6128 said:
I really need some help here. I have an MDK S4 that I sold. Need to mail it out tomorrow. It has TWRP installed and was stock rooted. I tried to wipe all my info, so I went into TWRP, did a factory resent, and wiped data. Now the phone won't boot passed the "Samsung Galaxy S4 screen". I really need some help with this. I promised this person I would ship the phone out tomorrow and take that very seriously. Any help is extremely appreciated.
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I would try putting it into download mode and then flash the stock mdk images.
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I would try putting it into download mode and then flash the stock mdk images.
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Can I flash the stock rooted MDK file found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292707 through TWRP? I should mention, I can still boot into TWRP fine, I just can't get the phone to boot normally.
pyro6128 said:
Can I flash the stock rooted MDK file found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292707 through TWRP? I should mention, I can still boot into TWRP fine, I just can't get the phone to boot normally.
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Using Odin to flash the stock image is pretty much the best way to get it to stock so I wouldn't even bother with TWRP honestly
Crawshayi said:
Using Odin to flash the stock image is pretty much the best way to get it to stock so I wouldn't even bother with TWRP honestly
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Can I use Odin to get back to stock rooted though? Can I flash the image I linked to above through odin?
pyro6128 said:
Can I use Odin to get back to stock rooted though? Can I flash the image I linked to above through odin?
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If youre selling it i wouldnt worry about keeping it rooted unless that was one of the selling.points. yes you can also use the stock rooted mdk rom as well but it cant be flashed via odin it has to be flashed via recovery. But once again I would odin to return it to out of the box software.
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hexitnow said:
If youre selling it i wouldnt worry about keeping it rooted unless that was one of the selling.points. yes you can also use the stock rooted mdk rom as well but it cant be flashed via odin it has to be flashed via recovery. But once again I would odin to return it to out of the box software.
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Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
pyro6128 said:
Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
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have you tried to use it through ODIN? going through TWRP is not the same.
Are you using twrp 2.5.0.2?
Here is a flashable version 2.5.0.2 I did not make this but got it from the twrp thread and many have used it. Just flash in recovery.https://db.tt/YeZ3cp4c
Twrp 2.6+ is known to have issue's.
pyro6128 said:
Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
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If you have to resort to using odin put it in airplane mode, root, disable airplane mode and update binaries then remove sdm.apk or rename it and the ota update wont hastle you anymore.
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If you have to resort to using odin put it in airplane mode, root, disable airplane mode and update binaries then remove sdm.apk or rename it and the ota update wont hastle you anymore.
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Using Odin to restore it right now. I'll throw it in airplane mode once its done. Thanks for the assistance. This thing is killing me and I have work in the morning, but I need to get this done or it'll bother me all night haha.
Edit: Just odin'ed using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259 and it still won't boot past the Galaxy s4 screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.
Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
Travisdroidx2 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.
Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
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^^ this
Yes sometimes up to 10 min for some ROMs but I've never have had it take more then 4 or 5 min on a fresh flash.
Travisdroidx2 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.
Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
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I did a battery pull, then booted into the regular recovery, did another factory reset, and was finally able to boot back into android. Then I was able to follow all of the root/recovery steps. Finally got it sorted out!!!!! Thanks to everyone who helped me, its silly, but it helped that I didn't feel stranded with this thing. XDA is the best!
So i have Samsung Galaxy S4 that is stuck in the Firmware upgrade encountered error mode. I was attempted to root it with the Odin and Root_de_la_vega.
My phone is a Galaxy S4 SCH-I545 - VRUDMl1
I already attempted to do a Kies Recovery but it is telling me my S/N is not correct. I tried every word/letter underneath the battery.
I already saw the No-Wipe Factory Image Guide. I tried that but it fails everytime when it gets to the point that says ABoot. Don't really know whats left i can try.
Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks
Tuffguy721 said:
So i have Samsung Galaxy S4 that is stuck in the Firmware upgrade encountered error mode. I was attempted to root it with the Odin and Root_de_la_vega.
My phone is a Galaxy S4 SCH-I545 - VRUDMl1
I already attempted to do a Kies Recovery but it is telling me my S/N is not correct. I tried every word/letter underneath the battery.
I already saw the No-Wipe Factory Image Guide. I tried that but it fails everytime when it gets to the point that says ABoot. Don't really know whats left i can try.
Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks
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Did you try to upgrade to mj7. If so that is the best option is to flash that odin image. Can't go backwards.
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Mightycaptain said:
Did you try to upgrade to mj7. If so that is the best option is to flash that odin image. Can't go backwards.
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I have not attempting to upgrade yet. I was doing everything that was for ME1.
Tuffguy721 said:
I have not attempting to upgrade yet. I was doing everything that was for ME1.
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You sure you had the ml1 image when trying to flash a previous firmware it fails at aboot. Verifying the md5 is also good to make sure you didnt get a corrupted download.
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You sure you had the ml1 image when trying to flash a previous firmware it fails at aboot. Verifying the md5 is also good to make sure you didnt get a corrupted download.
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I just downloaded and upgraded to MJ7 and to actually completed. Lost everything but got the phone back up and running at least. Now i will go read up but can this new MJ7 be rooted yet?
Thanks for the help
Tuffguy721 said:
I just downloaded and upgraded to MJ7 and to actually completed. Lost everything but got the phone back up and running at least. Now i will go read up but can this new MJ7 be rooted yet?
Thanks for the help
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It can if you saved root from ml1. People are working on it right now tho theres a thread in the general section about 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
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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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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
_jfo_ said:
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?
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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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