Needing some help here guys, I've got a Verizon SCH-i605.
Phone was originally rooted and unlocked with casual when first released. Phone had always been on stock rom with root and custom recovery. Prior to the 4.1.2 OTA Update from Verizon I flashed factory Recovery followed by using Root Keeper to keep root and successfully updated to 4.1.2. Since that time phone had been kept on Stock Rom with root and factory recovery and life was good until today. The phone received the 4.3 update and it was decided to allow the update. During install the phone rebooted but got stuck on the black screen with the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" that is first displayed when booting up. The phone will not boot past that point and just sticks to that screen. I attempted to book into factory recovery with no luck, but I've been able to boot into Odin.
Steps I have take:
I downloaded the 4.3 system files"VRUEMJ9" from imnuts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I used Odin3 v3.07 and placed the file in PDA and Odin states it was successful but the phone reboots and gets stuck back on the same "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" Screen as mentioned before. At this point i'm at a loss. I flashed the sch-i605-16gb.pit file which was successful flash but no boot. I also tried flashing the system file back to 4.1.2 which failed so I reflashed the VRUEMJ9 File and now back to the same stuck boot screen. Does anyone have any suggestions at this point cause i'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
twofourturbo said:
Needing some help here guys, I've got a Verizon SCH-i605.
Phone was originally rooted and unlocked with casual when first released. Phone had always been on stock rom with root and custom recovery. Prior to the 4.1.2 OTA Update from Verizon I flashed factory Recovery followed by using Root Keeper to keep root and successfully updated to 4.1.2. Since that time phone had been kept on Stock Rom with root and factory recovery and life was good until today. The phone received the 4.3 update and it was decided to allow the update. During install the phone rebooted but got stuck on the black screen with the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" that is first displayed when booting up. The phone will not boot past that point and just sticks to that screen. I attempted to book into factory recovery with no luck, but I've been able to boot into Odin.
Steps I have take:
I downloaded the 4.3 system files"VRUEMJ9" from imnuts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I used Odin3 v3.07 and placed the file in PDA and Odin states it was successful but the phone reboots and gets stuck back on the same "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" Screen as mentioned before. At this point i'm at a loss. I flashed the sch-i605-16gb.pit file which was successful flash but no boot. I also tried flashing the system file back to 4.1.2 which failed so I reflashed the VRUEMJ9 File and now back to the same stuck boot screen. Does anyone have any suggestions at this point cause i'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Try a factory reset in stock recovery if you can get to it.
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akellar said:
Try a factory reset in stock recovery if you can get to it.
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It doesn't even respond to the Vol up + Home + Power button other than going straight to the same "Samsung galaxy Note II" Screen as mentioned before.
I recovered from that
twofourturbo said:
Needing some help here guys, I've got a Verizon SCH-i605.
Phone was originally rooted and unlocked with casual when first released. Phone had always been on stock rom with root and custom recovery. Prior to the 4.1.2 OTA Update from Verizon I flashed factory Recovery followed by using Root Keeper to keep root and successfully updated to 4.1.2. Since that time phone had been kept on Stock Rom with root and factory recovery and life was good until today. The phone received the 4.3 update and it was decided to allow the update. During install the phone rebooted but got stuck on the black screen with the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" that is first displayed when booting up. The phone will not boot past that point and just sticks to that screen. I attempted to book into factory recovery with no luck, but I've been able to boot into Odin.
Steps I have take:
I downloaded the 4.3 system files"VRUEMJ9" from imnuts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I used Odin3 v3.07 and placed the file in PDA and Odin states it was successful but the phone reboots and gets stuck back on the same "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" Screen as mentioned before. At this point i'm at a loss. I flashed the sch-i605-16gb.pit file which was successful flash but no boot. I also tried flashing the system file back to 4.1.2 which failed so I reflashed the VRUEMJ9 File and now back to the same stuck boot screen. Does anyone have any suggestions at this point cause i'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Did you put your phone in download mode before re-applying VRUEMJ9 with ODIN?
Yes. I got the phone into Odin each time I flashed it.
I had the same issue and this is how I got it working.
I start up the phone in download mode, connected to my pc, opened the verizon upgrade assistant and do a repair flash. That worked. I rooted using Kingo. However the bootloader is locked and you won't be able to use any custom recovery.
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rdeluis said:
I had the same issue and this is how I got it working.
I start up the phone in download mode, connected to my pc, opened the verizon upgrade assistant and do a repair flash. That worked. I rooted using Kingo. However the bootloader is locked and you won't be able to use any custom recovery.
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Amazing.. Thanks for your help. Had a little struggle finding the upgrade assistant so I had to pull it from my note 3 and install it with my note 3 before hooking up the note 2. But once it was installed on my computer it picked up the Note 2 in Odin Mode and worked perfectly.. Thanks again for your help..:good:
This was the solution I was searching for. the 4.3 update bricked my wife's note II. this fixed it. thanks.
mustc said:
This was the solution I was searching for. the 4.3 update bricked my wife's note II. this fixed it. thanks.
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I bricked my note II, and CNNOT:crying: find the the software "VZW upgrade assistant" !!!!! Could you upload the installer or email me? Thank you so much!:crying::crying:
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twofourturbo said:
Amazing.. Thanks for your help. Had a little struggle finding the upgrade assistant so I had to pull it from my note 3 and install it with my note 3 before hooking up the note 2. But once it was installed on my computer it picked up the Note 2 in Odin Mode and worked perfectly.. Thanks again for your help..:good:
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I bricked my note II, and CNNOT find the the software "VZW upgrade assistant" !!!!! Could you upload the installer or email me? Win7 x64
Thank you so much!
Will this work for non-verizon devices ? How we fix this problem ? (device is note 2 )
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I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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Flash root66 in Odin with the PIT and check the NAND erase option in Odin.
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heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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What did you do before you started getting the bootloops? Just wondering for background on what happened to better steer you in the right direction.
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BoostedB18C said:
What did you do before you started getting the bootloops? Just wondering for background on what happened to better steer you in the right direction.
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I have the very same problem been without vzw note for about two weeks. What happend to me was i had flashed goodness noteworthy for the sprint/vwz note II i was suppose to flash three files from 3minit in order for the rom to work correctly but i ended up flashing something for the sprint version... Hopefully i can get some help from this too. . . Thank you in advance!
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What did you do before you started getting the bootloops? Just wondering for background on what happened to better steer you in the right direction.
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Not exactly sure what happened with the phone. I bought it from a guy that does lots of flashing to his devices and he said he messed it up and took it to a repair place that tried to reflash it for him and he said the tech said the battery died in the process. I plan to try the idea posted above about checking nand erase in Odin but won't be able to till tomorrow, any other ideas will be much appreciated.
heggood said:
Not exactly sure what happened with the phone. I bought it from a guy that does lots of flashing to his devices and he said he messed it up and took it to a repair place that tried to reflash it for him and he said the tech said the battery died in the process. I plan to try the idea posted above about checking nand erase in Odin but won't be able to till tomorrow, any other ideas will be much appreciated.
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The issue is Root66, and I believe the alternative recovery ROM, doesnt wipe the internal SD so whatever is causing your issue may still be there in some form or fashion. If that doesn't work then you could try the VRALJB or VRALL4 restore Roms and see if they work, if the guy was a flasher then he may have unlocked it before the VRAMC3 update screwed everything up.
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shangrila500 said:
The issue is Root66, and I believe the alternative recovery ROM, doesnt wipe the internal SD so whatever is causing your issue may still be there in some form or fashion. If that doesn't work then you could try the VRALJB or VRALL4 restore Roms and see if they work, if the guy was a flasher then he may have unlocked it before the VRAMC3 update screwed everything up.
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What do you mean by, "the issue is root66?" Are you saying I shouldn't use it to flash? Those other 2 Roms when I have tried normally to flash it only runs for about 30 seconds then Odin says fail (vral4 & vraljb). The vramc3 and root66 actually runs the entire cycle and Odin says pass but phone stays stuck on flashing Samsung note 2 logo.
heggood said:
What do you mean by, "the issue is root66?" Are you saying I shouldn't use it to flash? Those other 2 Roms when I have tried normally to flash it only runs for about 30 seconds then Odin says fail (vral4 & vraljb). The vramc3 and root66 actually runs the entire cycle and Odin says pass but phone stays stuck on flashing Samsung note 2 logo.
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I mean that the Root66 ROM doesn't completely wipe the phone like the VRALJB and VRALL4 Roms do because of the way it was made, like I said earlier though if you check the NAND Erase box in Odin before flashing it should get you back to normal.
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shangrila500 said:
The issue is Root66, and I believe the alternative recovery ROM, doesnt wipe the internal SD so whatever is causing your issue may still be there in some form or fashion. If that doesn't work then you could try the VRALJB or VRALL4 restore Roms and see if they work, if the guy was a flasher then he may have unlocked it before the VRAMC3 update screwed everything up.
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OK, so I have tried the ticking Hand Erase All in Odin 3 times now with root66, did not work either. But now there is a difference, not sure if its good or bad. When I try to power on the phone it goes to the android downloading logo without the Odin mode script in the top left hand corner, instead of bootlooping the note 2 logo.
shangrila500,
I'm up and running now. I tried the vraljb rom after the 4th attempt of root66 failing and vraljb worked. I guess doing the erase in Odin made that work, thanks very much. the phone is now on 4.1.1, should I do a manual update or no?
heggood said:
shangrila500,
I'm up and running now. I tried the vraljb rom after the 4th attempt of root66 failing and vraljb worked. I guess doing the erase in Odin made that work, thanks very much. the phone is now on 4.1.1, should I do a manual update or no?
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Its up to you what you want to do, if you would like to update to VRAMC3 and keep the phone locked then you can go ahead and take the OTA. If you wanna unlock I would go ahead and unlock on VRALJB instead of updating, then flash the ROM of your choosing.
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if your stuck in a boot loop like i was, try the verizon wireless software upgrade assistant and use the repair assistant... worked for me!!
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if your stuck in a boot loop like i was, try the verizon wireless software upgrade assistant and use the repair assistant... worked for me!!
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Do you mind uploading a copy of this program. I cant seem to find it anywhere and I desperately need it!
I can't find that verizon program anywhere either. I've tried most everything suggested. I even tried plugging in my wife's SCH-i605 and it didn't load the verizon program.
try the verizon wireless software upgrade assistant and use the repair assistant
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Me three. Where's that software upgrade assistant at?
ok i got the same problem i took the ota 4.3 and im stuck in boot loop on samsung note 2 screen it just keeps flashing..
I have tried pulling the battery out i cant get into recovery it doesnt get that far... any ideas?
hayabusa3303 said:
ok i got the same problem i took the ota 4.3 and im stuck in boot loop on samsung note 2 screen it just keeps flashing..
I have tried pulling the battery out i cant get into recovery it doesnt get that far... any ideas?
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I've been at this constantly since my earlier posts. I can't reliably say what's causing it but the only fix that I have is to restore a Nandroid backup of Clean ROM that I have then try again. Sometimes it reboots, sometimes it's bootloop. Weird.
I have same original issue. My i605 is stuck on Samsung boot screen and I cannot access recovery mode. Download works. I've tried root66 with PIT and NAND Erase via Odin 3.09 several times. Odin says PASS but phone never gets past boot screen. I rooted phone about 18 months ago and don't recall steps. I was running CM11 for past 6 months. Any ideas?
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heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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just simply flash under the "PDA" tab.. i can include the link to it if u want
ive got the same kind of issue
heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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i get the go to verizon, go directly to verizon, do not pass go and bring 200 bucks for a new chump phone message after installing the new twrp app from the freekin play store. my device is supported as per their list of supported devices and i was trying to install 2.84 like they advised before going to 3.0. i cant even get it to turn off without cracking the case and removing the battery. plz advise... i love that phone so much, ghetto ass cracked screen and all. its rooted and running alliance rom 26 or 30 at the time of this most unfortunate event. send donations in lieu of flowers PLZ HELP
Hello, I've been rooting my phones for a long time and have never had any issues with the phone bricking on me. I made some noobish mistakes when flashing illusion ROM and formatted the system partition and thats where everything went downhill. After that i could get into TWRP and I tried several different ROMS and nandroid backups and nothing would work, just kept giving me the Galaxy Note 2 start screen that wouldn't go away, I waited hours several times I tried this. I found out how to get back to stock with Odin so I tried that and finally got back to stock 4.1.2.
I then tried the casual root method and got partition errors and when I unplugged my phone and tried to boot it back up all I get is a yellow triangle saying that my phone is trying to run unauthorized software and to take it to my nearest Verizon store. I can boot into download mode still but now my computer(Windows 8) will not recognize my phone. It makes the connection sounds but it doesn't show up in my device list or in my device manager. From here I tried uninstalling and re-installing the Samsung drivers but to no avail it still doesn't recognize my phone. Neither my computer or Odin recognize it plugged in. Can someone please help me? give me anything else to try, please.
casual killed the odin driver...the same thread you restored to stock look at the bottom of the section for the link to restoring the odin driver.
Keep reading.... at least thats how I fixed my phone today. I didnt realize I needed to unlock the bootloader so I ended up with the unauthorized software yada yada yada.....lots of reading, youtube video research, xda posts, trial and errors and sheer luck not to brick it worse and I was back up and running in a few hours learning a lot on the way....dont give up!!!
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How did you fix your phone?
I got the message about unauthorized software on my i605 note2. When I boot into recovery, I get the message. If I boot into download mode, I can use odin. I tried in reroot with root66 (just grasping at straws) and it took it. Then, the minute I unplugged, boom, the message.
I tried note 2 toolbox and got now where.
I downloaded original firmware from Sammobile.com. I have to unzip it, then look for it with odin I guess.
Amy ideas? Help??
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How did u get back to stock w odin?
I have the message when I boot into recovery. I can boot into download mode and odin sees my phone.
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ciniob said:
How did you fix your phone?
I got the message about unauthorized software on my i605 note2. When I boot into recovery, I get the message. If I boot into download mode, I can use odin. I tried in reroot with root66 (just grasping at straws) and it took it. Then, the minute I unplugged, boom, the message.
I tried note 2 toolbox and got now where.
I downloaded original firmware from Sammobile.com. I have to unzip it, then look for it with odin I guess.
Amy ideas? Help??
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How did u get back to stock w odin?
I have the message when I boot into recovery. I can boot into download mode and odin sees my phone.
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Stay away from that toolbox. Only use droidstyle's guide. Did you try the vramc3 file? That will make it completely stock again. Then use casual. Then flash roms again
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How do I get Odin to recognize I605.zip file?
BoostedB18C said:
Stay away from that toolbox. Only use droidstyle's guide. Did you try the vramc3 file? That will make it completely stock again. Then use casual. Then flash roms again
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I downloaded odin and unzipped it. I downloaded I605vramc3_I605VZ...zip.
I unzipped odin (I've used it before but I decided to unzip the latest copy just in case there were some upgrades...). I pressed "Pit" and looked for the file. I was unable to find it. So per the guide, I unzipped the .zip file with 7zip. Odin is still unable to find something that I can use. It's like Odin doesn't see the .zip or the unzipped .zip.
How do I get all those files that unzipped turned into something that Odin can find and that I can use?
I know Odin works. Grasping at straws I injected Root 66 into my note2. But of course that didn't remove the offending files so I still get the Unauthorized Software notice.
So in sum, can you tell me how to get Odin to locate the files I downloaded per the guide?
Thank you so much in advance for your patients. I'm not really new to this it's just that this is the first time that I've bricked my phone. Funny thing is the S4 took the goo manager just fine and then I was able to load TWRP onto the S4 with no problem.
I have not unlocked the S4 and I don't thing I unlocked the Note2. I know I used Easy Unlock on one of my phones but I think it was the Razr Maxx.
Anyway, the Note 2 was doing just fine until I tried to put TWRP on it. then I got the dreaded message.
Can't get Odin working
Bean running Beans v21 since it came out and loving it. Yesterday I installed the NBC Million Second Quiz app from the play store, and it froze my phone on a black screen....capacitive buttons would light up, and I could get the reboot menu, but selecting reboot did nothing. No worries -- I pulled the battery and restarted, and was stuck on boot animation. No worries -- booted into TWRP recovery, wiped cache and davlik. Reboot. Still stuck on boot animation. Now worried. Go back into TWRP and re-install Beans v21...It goes through Aroma, but stays on 0% installing forever. Now I figure that somehow the boot loader got re-locked, though can't imagine how that would happen. Boot into Bootloader, and it does say that it is the Samsung standard. Next I put it into download mode and ran CASUAL for 605. It takes, says it rewritten the bootloader, but when it tries to reboot the phone, I am again stuck on the boot animation forever. No problem -- now I should be able to go back into TWRP, wipe data, re-install a ROM since the phone is unlocked again, and move forward. But now when I go into recovery I no longer get TWRP..now I get the Verizon yellow triangle, I assume becuase CASUAL couldn't reboot to complete. I downloaded odin, the pit, and the 605 image and tried to restore to factory, but odin can't connect. I am guessing that this is because CASUAL replaced Odin.
I see a link to a youtube video, but can't open it from work.
So ... Can someone outline for me how to get odin to connect again after using CASUAL. Or, if there is a better next step, I'm all ears!
I am starting to think that someone at Verizon stumble across some way to slam that dreaded triagle onto our note2. Mine worked just fine until a few days ago when i tried to load twrp.
My counter shows 1 and my kernel shows custom (hence giving verizon a way out of the warranty). Funny thing though, i never opened the bootloader, i never re-rommed. I just rooted.
I am stuck. I can't get odin to see the original firmware i downloaded from this forum. I tried unzipping it w 7zip. I have the unzipped files but still odin can't see them.
What am i doing wrong here?
What does your counter show? Does it show a custom kernel ("yes" displayed when you open the note into downloadmode under kernel)?
Where did u c the video? Point me in that direction and I'll watch it for u and me and let u know.
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It WORKS!! My Note2 is back!!
ciniob said:
I am starting to think that someone at Verizon stumble across some way to slam that dreaded triagle onto our note2. Mine worked just fine until a few days ago when i tried to load twrp.
My counter shows 1 and my kernel shows custom (hence giving verizon a way out of the warranty). Funny thing though, i never opened the bootloader, i never re-rommed. I just rooted.
I am stuck. I can't get odin to see the original firmware i downloaded from this forum. I tried unzipping it w 7zip. I have the unzipped files but still odin can't see them.
What am i doing wrong here?
What does your counter show? Does it show a custom kernel ("yes" displayed when you open the note into downloadmode under kernel)?
Where did u c the video? Point me in that direction and I'll watch it for u and me and let u know.
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For those of you who have been following my saga. I have now recovered my Note2. I installed I605Vramc3 using Odin for the S3. I had to find the file that I downloaded (C:\Users\John\Desktop\KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5). I then copied that file into DESKTOP on my notebook. Now, I was able to point Odin in that direction. I plugged in my note while in Download mode, injected the file, and waited for the reboot. Botta bang, botta boom, the note rebooted with a flurry on downloaded new app updated.
The only problem I have is that I don't have root. Now I have to figure out how to inject root. But that's for another day!! As for now, I am up an running. I thought for sure I had a $600 paper weight.
The warning is gone and thank God it all works.
Thank you to everyone that participated in this saga. It's nice to know that I am not alone.
By the way, Casual repartitions your device. That may be why it failed for an earlier poster.
Update!
I just finished installing No You Verizon R515. My Baseband is I605VRAMC3. I am on 4.1.2. The instalation was a breeze. I am now safely backed up w TWRP.
Many thanks to Adam. Also thanks to Droidmotter video.
I am stoked I am so looking forward to going back into the Verizon store I went to for help and telling them I will not be spending $700 bones on a new note2!!
What kind of computer are you using?
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ciniob said:
I am starting to think that someone at Verizon stumble across some way to slam that dreaded triagle onto our note2. Mine worked just fine until a few days ago when i tried to load twrp.
My counter shows 1 and my kernel shows custom (hence giving verizon a way out of the warranty). Funny thing though, i never opened the bootloader, i never re-rommed. I just rooted.
I am stuck. I can't get odin to see the original firmware i downloaded from this forum. I tried unzipping it w 7zip. I have the unzipped files but still odin can't see them.
What am i doing wrong here?
What does your counter show? Does it show a custom kernel ("yes" displayed when you open the note into downloadmode under kernel)?
Where did u c the video? Point me in that direction and I'll watch it for u and me and let u know.
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I have had a rooted for for 3 years now. G Nexus and now note 2. Wiped....flashed....backed up....wiped and flashed again hundreds of times. 2 days ago I wiped and tried to flash a nightly and bam.... nothin. Went to nandroid back and nothing there! Re booted and got yellow triangle. Wouldnt let me even boit into odin. After hours of screwing around I threw it against a wall.....dunked it in the toilet.... poured gas on it and lit that mofo. Paid 99 bucks and had assurion send me a replacement. My wife said I better not root it! Have made it 24 hours so far. Dont think im gonna make it much longer..... m u s t r o o o o t!
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My wife said I better not root it! Have made it 24 hours so far. Dont think im gonna make it much longer..... m u s t r o o o o t!
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You..., must..., root. You..., will..., root. TWRP, Titanium backup, they are calling you from the path less traveled. You can not resist. Your wife does not understand. You..., will..., ROOT..., ROOt..., ROot..., Root..., root..., roo... , ro... , r...,
You now it was funny. When I finally recovered my note2, I paused to contemplate my success.
I spent a few minutes then reading the posts of those who unsuccessfully tried to root using Casual. All I could think of was the fact that after a week of not being able to use my Note, I was not going to risk it.
Besides, I have my rooted S3. I am running android apps on my BB Q10. Hell, I even have the Nexus 10 and the Ipad (and two ipods) (I devices jb'n of course).
Did I really want to take the time and risk the yellow triagle?
I rooted it. No hick ups what-so-ever.
You must root. You can't not root.
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BoostedB18C said:
Stay away from that toolbox. Only use droidstyle's guide. Did you try the vramc3 file? That will make it completely stock again. Then use casual. Then flash roms again
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Vramc3 was the solution, well, almost... I couldn't get Odin to see the file. Fortunately I placed it in the desktop folder on my notebook, odin saw it and i'm up and running.
Thank you for your help.
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Bean running Beans v21 since it came out and loving it. Yesterday I installed the NBC Million Second Quiz app from the play store, and it froze my phone on a black screen....capacitive buttons would light up, and I could get the reboot menu, but selecting reboot did nothing. No worries -- I pulled the battery and restarted, and was stuck on boot animation. No worries -- booted into TWRP recovery, wiped cache and davlik. Reboot. Still stuck on boot animation. Now worried. Go back into TWRP and re-install Beans v21...It goes through Aroma, but stays on 0% installing forever. Now I figure that somehow the boot loader got re-locked, though can't imagine how that would happen. Boot into Bootloader, and it does say that it is the Samsung standard. Next I put it into download mode and ran CASUAL for 605. It takes, says it rewritten the bootloader, but when it tries to reboot the phone, I am again stuck on the boot animation forever. No problem -- now I should be able to go back into TWRP, wipe data, re-install a ROM since the phone is unlocked again, and move forward. But now when I go into recovery I no longer get TWRP..now I get the Verizon yellow triangle, I assume becuase CASUAL couldn't reboot to complete. I downloaded odin, the pit, and the 605 image and tried to restore to factory, but odin can't connect. I am guessing that this is because CASUAL replaced Odin.
I see a link to a youtube video, but can't open it from work.
So ... Can someone outline for me how to get odin to connect again after using CASUAL. Or, if there is a better next step, I'm all ears!
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Follow up -- Simply put: Delete installed samsung drivers in applications and device manager (plug in the device so you can see them, then delete them) and then plug in the phone and allow it to re-install drivers from windows update (or you can download yourself, since windows update can take a long time).
Once I got connected, I was able to ODIN in a stock image -- couldn't use Route 66, as it still gave me the yellow triangle, but VRAMC3 stock worked. Then back to Casual, TWRP, and freedom once again.
Hey guys,
I thought I would come here because I have tried all other options besides going to Bestbuy. My Samsung Galaxy S4 model SCH-I545 is currently without an operating system for it seems in the Odin process to flash it back to stock it failed and now I am in quite the bind. I cannot access the stock recovery mode or boot normally. Whenever I boot my phone I get the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I'm kinda stuck at this point help would be much appreciated
I can still access Odin mode and the computer still recognizes my phone so that is a plus
Thanks,
Adog115
ADog115 said:
Hey guys,
I thought I would come here because I have tried all other options besides going to Bestbuy. My Samsung Galaxy S4 model SCH-I545 is currently without an operating system for it seems in the Odin process to flash it back to stock it failed and now I am in quite the bind. I cannot access the stock recovery mode or boot normally. Whenever I boot my phone I get the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I'm kinda stuck at this point help would be much appreciated
I can still access Odin mode and the computer still recognizes my phone so that is a plus
Thanks,
Adog115
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Need more info. What version are you on? MDK? ME7?
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heath2805 said:
Need more info. What version are you on? MDK? ME7?
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I actually followed a different thread and got the correct version ME7 and had a successful flash. All is well right now thanks anyways
What was the correct version of ME7 and where did you get it?
cal0987 said:
What was the correct version of ME7 and where did you get it?
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Theres a copy of the stock me7 imaged posted here on xda, in the development section.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
ADog115 said:
Hey guys,
I thought I would come here because I have tried all other options besides going to Bestbuy. My Samsung Galaxy S4 model SCH-I545 is currently without an operating system for it seems in the Odin process to flash it back to stock it failed and now I am in quite the bind. I cannot access the stock recovery mode or boot normally. Whenever I boot my phone I get the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I'm kinda stuck at this point help would be much appreciated
I can still access Odin mode and the computer still recognizes my phone so that is a plus
Thanks,
Adog115
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Dog,
What did you do to fix it, specifically?
All, I am having an issue very similar to this, I'm on MJ7 and have the developers unlocked phone. Even thought the bootloader is unlocked the root functionality is not enabled. In trying to achieve root through flashing a file (it failed because of signiture validation error it went into a boot mode where it sounds like it is booting normally but there is no visual indicators and the LED light is a pulsing blue color (don't know what that means). Does anyone know where i can find an original factory firmware file and instructions to flash it successfully? I noticed there are several people in these forums who say they have had luck with a couple of the restore methods yet none have succeeded for me. If this is a developers edition why is the bootloader unlocked but not rooted? Thanks for any help you might be.
ADog115 said:
Hey guys,
I thought I would come here because I have tried all other options besides going to Bestbuy. My Samsung Galaxy S4 model SCH-I545 is currently without an operating system for it seems in the Odin process to flash it back to stock it failed and now I am in quite the bind. I cannot access the stock recovery mode or boot normally. Whenever I boot my phone I get the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I'm kinda stuck at this point help would be much appreciated
I can still access Odin mode and the computer still recognizes my phone so that is a plus
Thanks,
Adog115
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I used the one from Kies
still not working
****s ****ed.
I have a gs4 was on me7 running hyperdrive 9.1. Hyperdrive had been bugging me to update for months, so I finally did. I had installed 9.1 on my stock rom slot so I wiped and tried to update to rls 15 of hyperdrive. I got a black screen with a pulsing blue led. so I wiped and tried to go to rls 14 same thing. I wiped and created a new rom slot installed rls 15 and got stuck in boot loop. Rls 14 did the same thing here. Then I tried to restore my stock rooted back up and just call it a day, but it didn't work everytime I tried it said failed. So then I went to Odin and tried to flash the stock firmware, being very cautious to pick the verizon one every time. I would say I have downloaded three separate firmware files with no luck even tried a one click stock restore with no luck. Please if you have any thoughts. I just need my phone to work.
Dazac said:
****s ****ed.
I have a gs4 was on me7 running hyperdrive 9.1. Hyperdrive had been bugging me to update for months, so I finally did. I had installed 9.1 on my stock rom slot so I wiped and tried to update to rls 15 of hyperdrive. I got a black screen with a pulsing blue led. so I wiped and tried to go to rls 14 same thing. I wiped and created a new rom slot installed rls 15 and got stuck in boot loop. Rls 14 did the same thing here. Then I tried to restore my stock rooted back up and just call it a day, but it didn't work everytime I tried it said failed. So then I went to Odin and tried to flash the stock firmware, being very cautious to pick the verizon one every time. I would say I have downloaded three separate firmware files with no luck even tried a one click stock restore with no luck. Please if you have any thoughts. I just need my phone to work.
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Follow this but flash hyperdrive 15 instead of 11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278
joshuabg said:
Follow this but flash hyperdrive 15 instead of 11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278
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Thanks for the reply but I have already solved the problem.
It wasn't that I couldn't follow directions. My **** was soft bricked.
After hours (26 to be exact) of scouring the forums, I finally found a combo that worked.
For any one else having this problem I posted steps to fix it here
heres the situation i have a note 2 on verizon service, i was running jellywiz and got the ota firmware update, needless to say they dont like each other and i was stuck in a boot loop. well yesterday i got it working and today i tried to reroot my phone. now today i can still access odin mode and i have been trying to get even stock back and i cant seem to find the right file, i believe its because my firmware got updated to 4.3 . i have tried the following md5 files the i605vraljb, the i605vzwamc3 and the root66_vzw_stock system. all which fail. the root66 gets stuck in a boot loop and the vraljb fails sboot in odin and wamc3 is unsupported version. any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
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d73jester said:
heres the situation i have a note 2 on verizon service, i was running jellywiz and got the ota firmware update, needless to say they dont like each other and i was stuck in a boot loop. well yesterday i got it working and today i tried to reroot my phone. now today i can still access odin mode and i have been trying to get even stock back and i cant seem to find the right file, i believe its because my firmware got updated to 4.3 . i have tried the following md5 files the i605vraljb, the i605vzwamc3 and the root66_vzw_stock system. all which fail. the root66 gets stuck in a boot loop and the vraljb fails sboot in odin and wamc3 is unsupported version. any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
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If you installed the Ota for 4.3 from Verizon your bootloader is locked and can't downgrade to a previous version. Easiest way to tell if this is the case is when in odin mode it will say something about Knox warranty.
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Hi all, I recently rooted my Verizon galaxy s4 i545vrufng6 4.4.2 and ever since I did I have had some issues. The way I did it was by flashing the ng5 kernel and using towelroot then reflashing ng6. After I did that my wifi was stuck on the dull green light but I read on a forum on how to fix that by going into the system and deleting one of the wifi files. After I did that everything worked fine for a few days! Then I went out of state and when I got on the airplane my phone was put on airplane mode, by the time I landed and took off airplane mode wifi wouldn't work at all. I tried to do the same thing I did earlier but it didn't work. Matter of fact, i cannot even find that file anymore Wifi will no longer even go dull green, i can hit it as many times as I want and it will stay in the off position. I thought if I flashed a custom rom it would restart the wifi, so I looked up how to install cyanogenmod and followed the YouTube vid from wwjoshdew (30minute). I didn't get through the whole thing because when my phone restarted it had an unlocked padlock at the bottom of the Samsung start up logo and when it went into recovery mode it came up with a yellow triangle saying that system software is not authorized by Verizon wireless. I can boot it up normally or I can go into download mode but I can't access recovery mode meaning I cannot do a factory reset. I took it to Verizon and they said they couldn't help me cuz I void the warranty. If anyone could please help me get my phone back to normal I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
Garrett11 said:
Hi all, I recently rooted my Verizon galaxy s4 i545vrufng6 4.4.2 and ever since I did I have had some issues. The way I did it was by flashing the ng5 kernel and using towelroot then reflashing ng6. After I did that my wifi was stuck on the dull green light but I read on a forum on how to fix that by going into the system and deleting one of the wifi files. After I did that everything worked fine for a few days! Then I went out of state and when I got on the airplane my phone was put on airplane mode, by the time I landed and took off airplane mode wifi wouldn't work at all. I tried to do the same thing I did earlier but it didn't work. Matter of fact, i cannot even find that file anymore Wifi will no longer even go dull green, i can hit it as many times as I want and it will stay in the off position. I thought if I flashed a custom rom it would restart the wifi, so I looked up how to install cyanogenmod and followed the YouTube vid from wwjoshdew (30minute). I didn't get through the whole thing because when my phone restarted it had an unlocked padlock at the bottom of the Samsung start up logo and when it went into recovery mode it came up with a yellow triangle saying that system software is not authorized by Verizon wireless. I can boot it up normally or I can go into download mode but I can't access recovery mode meaning I cannot do a factory reset. I took it to Verizon and they said they couldn't help me cuz I void the warranty. If anyone could please help me get my phone back to normal I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
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Sooooo.... you soft bricked your phone by flashing an unsupported ROM on your particular firmware. Cynanogenmod or ANY OTHER pure AOSP Rom is not compatible with firmwares later than MDK. Don't do that again.
You need to flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin. Instructions are in the thread. You are going to be downgrading back to NC5 (the firmware version before NG6). This may fix your wifi issues as well.
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liljoe727 said:
Sooooo.... you soft bricked your phone by flashing an unsupported ROM on your particular firmware. Cynanogenmod or ANY OTHER pure AOSP Rom is not compatible with firmwares later than MDK. Don't do that again.
You need to flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin. Instructions are in the thread. You are going to be downgrading back to NC5 (the firmware version before NG6). This may fix your wifi issues as well.
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Thanks so much for the reply. I have downloaded the full wipe and have unzipped it. When i try to put it in Odin it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid" i cannot continue to start the process because of this.
Garrett11 said:
Thanks so much for the reply. I have downloaded the full wipe and have unzipped it. When i try to put it in Odin it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid" i cannot continue to start the process because of this.
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Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
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liljoe727 said:
Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
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Thanks so much for everything. I got it passed in Odin and everything is working this far . One last question, will I be able to root without it messing up again? Id love to have my phone rooted but if it means it wont work while rooted i would rather have it just be able to work regularly
Thanks for everything!
Garrett11 said:
Thanks so much for everything. I got it passed in Odin and everything is working this far . One last question, will I be able to root without it messing up again? Id love to have my phone rooted but if it means it wont work while rooted i would rather have it just be able to work regularly
Thanks for everything!
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Towelroot.com will work for you as far as root goes as long as you stay on NC5 firmware. Just download the APK, install it and go into the app to "make it rain"...profit.
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liljoe727 said:
Towelroot.com will work for you as far as root goes as long as you stay on NC5 firmware. Just download the APK, install it and go into the app to "make it rain"...profit.
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Awesome. Much thanks man!!!!