Hello, please help me.
I rooted my phone few months back and it was working fine.
I had the brilliant idea of trying to back everything up so i can install the stock rom to get the new 4.1.2 update on my note 2 from verizon.
I downloaded this recommended back up app that only works on rooted phones.
After i downloaded and installed, it went blank and it said i had an invalid system something and i needed to take to the verizon store.
I did that, they told me they cant help obviously because its a rooted phone
i tried following steps in installing the stock rom such as:
Getting odin:
Installing the driver:
But when i download the file from various sources and extract, it does not become a valid file name to load into odin.
I tried many roms and none of them work.
I tried extracting with 7zip win zip winrar, and nothing works.
I keep getting the file .xz
someone please help me get my phone back to work.
I cant do anything...now i get a new message saying the firware is invalid or something.
Im so desperate im not sure what else to do.
Thank you for reading this.
the .xz is fine. click on pda, then click on file extension and types, select all, the file should show up. select it, hit start and odin will verify the md5.
So i have never had so many problems with a phone, but this would be the first one a customer tried doing on their own.
So he downloaded the latest file from sammobile for his SCH-i605. he used odin to flash and was stuck in boot loop. I have tried many different methods to try and get his phone working. I have tried all of the alternate method files to no avail. the current file i have flashed is the VRAMC3 restore out of all the files i have tried this is 1 of very few that make it through the write. All the others fail on sboot. It currently sits on the unauthorized verizon blah blah blah. Its had no recovery since he brought it over and havent been able to get recovery back. All i have access to is download mode, some firmwares give me the kies screen talking about an error but cant get it seen in kies versions 2 and 3.
If you need any other info just ask, if i know the answer i will give it. He has no clue as to what OS he was on or even what the ROM that was on there.
BCityModz said:
So i have never had so many problems with a phone, but this would be the first one a customer tried doing on their own.
So he downloaded the latest file from sammobile for his SCH-i605. he used odin to flash and was stuck in boot loop. I have tried many different methods to try and get his phone working. I have tried all of the alternate method files to no avail. the current file i have flashed is the VRAMC3 restore out of all the files i have tried this is 1 of very few that make it through the write. All the others fail on sboot. It currently sits on the unauthorized verizon blah blah blah. Its had no recovery since he brought it over and havent been able to get recovery back. All i have access to is download mode, some firmwares give me the kies screen talking about an error but cant get it seen in kies versions 2 and 3.
If you need any other info just ask, if i know the answer i will give it. He has no clue as to what OS he was on or even what the ROM that was on there.
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If the person tried to ODIN flash the latest firmware version for the SCH-I605, then it would have been VRUFND7 4.4.2 Kit Kat. (Unfortunately... once you install 4.3 or 4.4.2 on our Note 2's, both of those firmwares lock the bootloader with no current do it yourself method to unlock it. You can't successfully flash a prior Android version onto the phone after you upgrade past 4.1.2 either because of the locked bootloader).
Check out Droidstyle's Restore Guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181. You will probably need to flash the pit file with the firmware to get it to Odin flash successfully. You can grab the SCH-I605 16gb Pit file from the guide.
Even though Droidstyle's guide is a little old, it is still the same steps for restoring to 4.4.2, so if you follow the guide (section 1b), it should help you fix the phone.
He doesn't have a link for the 4.4.2 firmware, but you can grab it from Sammobile. It looks like the Sammobile site is currently down for maintenance, but the link is here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/30950/I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip/
If you're using an older ODIN, then I would probably try to use a newer Odin version like 3.0.9 or 3.10.0. Make sure you run it with Administrative privileges and disable antivirus programs.
Good luck!
mattnmag said:
If the person tried to ODIN flash the latest firmware version for the SCH-I605, then it would have been VRUFND7 4.4.2 Kit Kat. (Unfortunately... once you install 4.3 or 4.4.2 on our Note 2's, both of those firmwares lock the bootloader with no current do it yourself method to unlock it. You can't successfully flash a prior Android version onto the phone after you upgrade past 4.1.2 either because of the locked bootloader).
Check out Droidstyle's Restore Guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181. You will probably need to flash the pit file with the firmware to get it to Odin flash successfully. You can grab the SCH-I605 16gb Pit file from the guide.
Even though Droidstyle's guide is a little old, it is still the same steps for restoring to 4.4.2, so if you follow the guide (section 1b), it should help you fix the phone.
He doesn't have a link for the 4.4.2 firmware, but you can grab it from Sammobile. It looks like the Sammobile site is currently down for maintenance, but the link is here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/30950/I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip/
If you're using an older ODIN, then I would probably try to use a newer Odin version like 3.0.9 or 3.10.0. Make sure you run it with Administrative privileges and disable antivirus programs.
Good luck!
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Ive tried that one as well and almost all the files in that thread. When he flashed the 4.4.2 firmware the phone wouldnt boot all it did was flash the Note 2 screen. Ive used the pit file as well with no luck. Using the top file on the link fails almost instantly, VRAMC3 writes and passes but will not boot, shows the unauthorized firmware screen.
I'm wondering if he flashed a firmware onto the phone that was from a different carrier like ATT or something. If so, he may have messed up the phone so bad that it might need jtag to repair it.
You've probably already tried all the normal Odin tips like using a different usb cable, different ports on the computer (usb 2.0 port is recommended), etc... so I won't go over all those.
I've never tried it and don't know if I'd recommend it, but I recall reading some threads a while back where someone discussed trying the Nand Erase function in Odin.... (again.... I'm not saying to do that... but you may want to research it to see if it might be an option if nothing else works).
I've also read where people say that they've used Cygwin to create custom tar files... then they ODIN installed each of the separate partition files (e.g. recovery, boot, modem, system, etc...), onto their Samsung device.
I'm not knowledgeable enough to offer guidance with Cygwin and I'm not sure if either of these ideas would work, but I just thought I'd throw them out there for the sake of brainstorming for ideas. Maybe someone will respond to your request who has more knowledge and ideas.
I wish you luck with getting it fixed.
I'm on SaberMod 5.0.2 and have the VRUEMJ9 modem. I've had the VRAMC modem as well and my LTE coverage has generally been appalling. I'd like to try the ND7 modem (or even one of the older VRALLJB or VRALL4 modems)--I'm under no illusion that it will magically fix anything, but again my current service is so bad that I'll try anything.
I found the nd7_radio.zip file easily enough, and the older modem files are at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577809. My problem is that I can't get any of them to install through TWRP, as I keep getting the "error executing updater binary in zip" error.
I thought these files were flashable through TWRP (I do have the latest 2.8.6.0 version). I've read some posts that it's easier to use Odin, but I've also seen plenty of posts that say TWRP should work.
I'd rather not use Odin--if that means I'm stuck with my current modem then I can live with that. But if there is a way to install another I'd like to try. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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I'm on SaberMod 5.0.2 and have the VRUEMJ9 modem. I've had the VRAMC modem as well and my LTE coverage has generally been appalling. I'd like to try the ND7 modem (or even one of the older VRALLJB or VRALL4 modems)--I'm under no illusion that it will magically fix anything, but again my current service is so bad that I'll try anything.
I found the nd7_radio.zip file easily enough, and the older modem files are at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577809. My problem is that I can't get any of them to install through TWRP, as I keep getting the "error executing updater binary in zip" error.
I thought these files were flashable through TWRP (I do have the latest 2.8.6.0 version). I've read some posts that it's easier to use Odin, but I've also seen plenty of posts that say TWRP should work.
I'd rather not use Odin--if that means I'm stuck with my current modem then I can live with that. But if there is a way to install another I'd like to try. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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I installed nd7 through twrp that's weird. The modem won't make your signal better. With that said the mj9 has always been a fan favorite. I'd just stick with that.
I have a SCH-1545 model galaxy s4. I posted about this already on a year old thread so I thought I'd try a new thread entirely. I also see that many people have this issue with my particular model. Odin fails at aboot.mbn. It just says failed. I'm using the .tar (SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5) file to flash to. Is this the latest build? I was using Odin3 v.1.85, is that the latest version? I assumed as much when following the youtube tutorial video. I'm a newbie at all this and would appreciate all the help i can get. I got tired of all the failed update messages I'd get when I had the custom rom and now the phone won't boot normally or in recovery mode.
Hi. I've just posted a separate thread asking for help finding firmware. In the meanwhile I found some and now think I've f*cked my phone.
The firmware I found was on a thread on this forum. I am in the UK but it was some German firmware.
I flashed the device using odin.
Now I am getting an error saying "Cannot load android system. Your data may be corrupt".
Can anyone help?
Will flashing with a different firmware (I am now downloading some from Samfrew) help?
llyamah said:
Hi. I've just posted a separate thread asking for help finding firmware. In the meanwhile I found some and now think I've f*cked my phone.
The firmware I found was on a thread on this forum. I am in the UK but it was some German firmware.
I flashed the device using odin.
Now I am getting an error saying "Cannot load android system. Your data may be corrupt".
Can anyone help?
Will flashing with a different firmware (I am now downloading some from Samfrew) help?
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I recommend to download the latest officially released stock firmware (e.g. with (Frija) and flash it with Odin to your phone. I hope that you used Home_CSC file. Otherwise your data will be wiped.