[Q] Might be a VRUEMJ7 restore image???? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

i plugged my phone in today verizon software updater started download an update for my phone i'm already on 4.3 rooted i downloaded MI1 already so i know this is 4.3.. and its full size image tell me what you think would this possibly be an odin image can somebody change the format for use with odin to help people like me who bricked thier device? i cant delete this post i am wrong it downloaded the same restore twice wierd thought i had something sorry folks

todd92578 said:
i plugged my phone in today verizon software updater started download an update for my phone i'm already on 4.3 rooted i downloaded MI1 already so i know this is 4.3.. and its full size image tell me what you think would this possibly be an odin image can somebody change the format for use with odin to help people like me who bricked thier device?
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Theres already an mj7 odin image available. If your bricked and on ml1 why not use the ml1 factory image.
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thought it would be big news
hexitnow said:
Theres already an mj7 odin image available. If your bricked and on ml1 why not use the ml1 factory image.
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i bricked it on 4.3 trying to see if i can downgrade and i read all over and didnt see the mj7 odin image a couple days ago and like the title said i thought it would be big news thats its available a lot of people has had problems with keeping root and bricking thier device trying to revert back to mi1. you acting like this is old news i was trying to help out and see what i had but i'll leave it to you guys

todd92578 said:
i bricked it on 4.3 trying to see if i can downgrade and i read all over and didnt see the mj7 odin image a couple days ago and like the title said i thought it would be big news thats its available a lot of people has had problems with keeping root and bricking thier device trying to revert back to mi1. you acting like this is old news i was trying to help out and see what i had but i'll leave it to you guys
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Thanks for the concern and trying thats alwats appreciated. As for acting like it was old news, I wasnt trying to, just stating its already available.
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[Q] cannot factory reset

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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hexitnow said:
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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hexitnow said:
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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[Q] Where can I get the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant?

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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hexitnow said:
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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[Q] Unbrick Samsung Galaxy S4

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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hexitnow said:
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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I think I destroyed my stock recovery.....

I rooted my MJ7 s4 and everything was fine, until I got bored and wanted to flash a ROM. I stupidly didn't read up about MJ7 not being able to run custom roms and now I can't update to the new OTA update that just came out recently due to the "downloading target" screen. I've read up on ODIN and how to use it, and was told that there is a stock file I can flash using ODIN that will reset my stock recovery and make it able to update using the OTA update. I can't seem to find it and found different people posting different things, so I'm wondering if this file is out there can someone please link me to this, so I can get this update and get my phone back to stock before I screwed up the recovery thank you!
ickray said:
I rooted my MJ7 s4 and everything was fine, until I got bored and wanted to flash a ROM. I stupidly didn't read up about MJ7 not being able to run custom roms and now I can't update to the new OTA update that just came out recently due to the "downloading target" screen. I've read up on ODIN and how to use it, and was told that there is a stock file I can flash using ODIN that will reset my stock recovery and make it able to update using the OTA update. I can't seem to find it and found different people posting different things, so I'm wondering if this file is out there can someone please link me to this, so I can get this update and get my phone back to stock before I screwed up the recovery thank you!
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you can find the file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253
Mtsprite said:
you can find the file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253
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Thank you! Downloading now and fingers crossed it works :fingers-crossed:!
It worked flawlessly! Anyone else in my predicament download the link he posted above and follow the directions!

[Q] Bricked Note 2 i605

So I tried to root my Note 2 today. I had rooted it once before using Casual this past summer, but due to circumstances i had to get a new one.The replacement came in today, and i tried to root it with the same methods. I believe my mistake was using Casual while i had 4.3 installed on my device. I'm not TERRIBLY android savvy, but i knew enough to know that if i ****ed up i should stop while i'm ahead and ask you guys.
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Long story short, while using Casual to root my Note 2 with 4.3 on it, i got this message
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!ERROR: recovery upload failed!ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!waiting for device
waited for a good 30 minutes, nothing was changing, turned off phone and now it's bricked, looping at the "Samsung Galaxy Note 2" Splash screen.
I believe i have to use Odin for something but i could really use some help and reassurance before i continue.
Needless to say i will be jamming f5 on my thread until everything is resolved!
Thanks in advance!
mzaric said:
So I tried to root my Note 2 today. I had rooted it once before using Casual this past summer, but due to circumstances i had to get a new one.The replacement came in today, and i tried to root it with the same methods. I believe my mistake was using Casual while i had 4.3 installed on my device. I'm not TERRIBLY android savvy, but i knew enough to know that if i ****ed up i should stop while i'm ahead and ask you guys.
tl;dr
Long story short, while using Casual to root my Note 2 with 4.3 on it, i got this message
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!ERROR: recovery upload failed!ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!waiting for device
waited for a good 30 minutes, nothing was changing, turned off phone and now it's bricked, looping at the "Samsung Galaxy Note 2" Splash screen.
I believe i have to use Odin for something but i could really use some help and reassurance before i continue.
Needless to say i will be jamming f5 on my thread until everything is resolved!
Thanks in advance!
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UPDATE: Since i posted this, i tried to flash a stock firmware on Odin (4.1.2 i believe) and it failed halfway through the procedure. with nothing more to be done, i reset my phone, and where before it was just bootlooping, it now shows me an entirely different screen reading "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
Since then i have tried a different firmware file, still 4.1.2, Odin get's to the very end of the procedure, and crashes at what i assume is the reboot portion. Desperately need assistance!
You can't flash anything other than 4.3 if you have the 4.3 bootloader.
akellar said:
You can't flash anything other than 4.3 if you have the 4.3 bootloader.
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OH. That makes a lot of sense....
I will try to flash a 4.3 firmware right now. Will i need some sort of .pit file or something to fix the initial bootloop? Or is that problem just totally blown out of the water at this point?
mzaric said:
OH. That makes a lot of sense....
I will try to flash a 4.3 firmware right now. Will i need some sort of .pit file or something to fix the initial bootloop? Or is that problem just totally blown out of the water at this point?
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I cant seem to find the file anywhere. Only on terafile via SamMobile, but the download link doesn't seem to work.
What are my options as far as this bootloader go?
Did you look in the general section at the unbricker thread?
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palmbeach05 said:
Did you look in the general section at the unbricker thread?
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I did a bunch of searches on the site as i was f****ing my phone up, systematically. Im really sorry if this thread doesn't go here, i just didn't know who else to ask
YES!
Found the proper 4.3 file, flashed it via Odin. Everything is stock and ready. If anybody wishes to help me root it from here or point me in the right direction that'd be great but other than that, thanks for letting me post here and thanks to those who helped me out!
mzaric said:
YES!
Found the proper 4.3 file, flashed it via Odin. Everything is stock and ready. If anybody wishes to help me root it from here or point me in the right direction that'd be great but other than that, thanks for letting me post here and thanks to those who helped me out!
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Currently the only way to root your OTA 4.3 Note 2 is to use saferoot, read this thread carefully
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48392009&postcount=1
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I found myself in the same situation. Where might I find the PIT file? I can't reboot the phone to get the PIT file because it's soft bricked like mzaric's phone was. I'm using Mac OS X so I'm having to use JOdin3 to flash the stock 4.3 firmware back, but without the PIT file I can't continue and I've searched endlessly to find the PIT file. Also a somewhat related question, I heard JOdin isn't good for flashing big files, but I have no alternative, is the stock firmware which is 1.1gb too big to flash?
EDIT: I sadly didn't search hard enough thank you droidstyle for the guide. But my next question is I'm unsure of what version the phone is because when I originally tried to do the CASUAL unlock I believe it was on 4.1.2, but I think it softbricked to begin with because it was 4.3. Should I just try doing the 4.1.2 and if it doesn't take, retry with the 4.3?
If you flashed n7100 firmware you are screwed. If not just Odin back to stock. You were on 4.1.2 if you were unlocked using casual. Don't go to 4.3
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