So after a lot of research in many different forums I can not seem to find a fix for my specific situation and I am hoping to find some help here. Long time member new accounts (To many emails to remember which I used for my first account.) But after snagging a new Phone, Mega LTE from USA Sprint, I decided to root it since I use Tethering constantly and would love to have that LTE power when I am on break.
The Problem is after I decided to root the phone I remembered CMod when I had my Original Photon a few years back and I thought I would check it out on my new phone. Below I will list the results as well the steps to achieve said results. Mind you I am hoping to fix my situation before I go in tomorrow and tell the Techs what I did HA! >.<
- Used TWRPS2
- Once Rooted with Odin 3.07 I found "cm-11-20140210-UNOFFICIAL-meliusltexx"
- I understand what Unofficial Stands for but Thought I would give it a try.
- During the Load Process in Recovery it Says Failed.
- Rebooted my phone and instantly rebooted to recovery and stated I had no OS and backup had been wiped.
- Scoured the net for a Stock rom to reboot back to the original Settings and just say forget modding.
- Found some that seemed to fit what I needed and none worked.
- After that I rebooted into DL Mode and Attempted to use Odin to get it to load.
- Once that happened and Failed I noticed a change.
- Rebooted again and now no Recovery Mode (Buttons or no buttons)
Now I am here:
- Can't get into Recovery to make any changes or even try a new Backup
- Can Boot into DL Mode but Odin will not Attach to it to load anything on.
- Can't Access anything through Kies because it will not connect just keeps loading
- - Does not Recognize the Device and keeps searching.
Hoping to find some help in fixing this on my own with the help of people I know may have been through this and not going back to Sprint knowing they will probably tell me I have to send it to the Insurance and pay a Deductible.
Is there any route that I can take to fix my issue? If you need details on anything ask and I will answer immediately I am up for the next 12 hours till I have to go in for my sprint appointment.
LTE
Today I updated the phone system. Downloaded 370 MB. It said security fixes installed the 126 amendments system and applications pre-installed, but the system remained the same Android 4.2.2. I noticed, however, that in the settings mode cellular networks appeared selection of LTE. In the end, I can surf the speed LTE network in Poland PLAY. Previously this was not and I had only WCDMA and GSM, and bar display only H + as I was in range and now displays the LTE, so that was a 6.3 Mega LTE Samsung lacked settings. You have to wait for updates in your country. I use the store bought version without locks imposed by operators in the international version of my model exactly GT-9205 with LTE. After updating writes I9205XXUCNA2 modem version and kernel version 3.4.0-2338537:fingers-crossed:
Do you remember if you were running Knox enabled firmware? CM works on the sprint mega , @moosiemooses can vouch for it, but LTE doesn't work.
If you want to flash KitKat Roms, you need an updated custom recovery , either one from my signature or philz advanced cwm.
Before I ask you to try anything, I would like to see your bootloader screen.
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Knox
My update includes Knox
Beanstalk as well. By the way lovin it. Thanks Silesh.
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moosiemooses said:
Beanstalk as well. By the way lovin it. Thanks Silesh.
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You are running a KK ROM and have working LTE also? Please share how you did everything if you can because at this point I cannot even get my device to connect to my damn PC, although my Note 3 connects just fine
MikeyLee said:
You are running a KK ROM and have working LTE also? Please share how you did everything if you can because at this point I cannot even get my device to connect to my damn PC, although my Note 3 connects just fine
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Yes. I'm on latest slimkat. LTE works but no data. USB debugging on? I know when I first tried kingo it acted weird had to keep unplugging and plugging it into my computer (pos). What firmware ya on?
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Yes. I'm on latest slimkat. LTE works but no data. USB debugging on? I know when I first tried kingo it acted weird had to keep unplugging and plugging it into my computer (pos). What firmware ya on?
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Im on stock NA7 JB Have Spart and dont want to lose that either lol Mainly I just want to root this damn thing and get the junk of it. USB Debugging on or off I get nothing. Keis wont connect, Kingo wont connect. It's just like it.s not even plugged in
MikeyLee said:
Im on stock NA7 JB Have Spart and dont want to lose that either lol Mainly I just want to root this damn thing and get the junk of it. USB Debugging on or off I get nothing. Keis wont connect, Kingo wont connect. It's just like it.s not even plugged in
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Can't root NA7 have to Odin to MK1, root with kingo, download an app called ota rootkeeper, run the app, start the ota update. Also that new baseband blows with service.
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Can't root NA7 have to Odin to MK1, root with kingo, download an app called ota rootkeeper, run the app, start the ota update. Also that new baseband blows with service.
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My service here in Phoenix has been just as good at my Note 3 KK update and I have LTE in spots that I dont get it with the Note because of Spark. So I can odin back, root, run rootkeeper and update back to NA7? It's that latest update that enabled Spark
MikeyLee said:
My service here in Phoenix has been just as good at my Note 3 KK update and I have LTE in spots that I dont get it with the Note because of Spark. So I can odin back, root, run rootkeeper and update back to NA7? It's that latest update that enabled Spark
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Yes that's what I did to have root on NA7. MK1 was the 1st.
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moosiemooses said:
Yes that's what I did to have root on NA7. MK1 was the 1st.
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Cool man thanks. I'll give this a shot tomorrow and see what happens
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Cool man thanks. I'll give this a shot tomorrow and see what happens
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No problem let me know how it goes.
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No problem let me know how it goes.
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Will do!
moosiemooses said:
No problem let me know how it goes.
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Hey I thought of something. If I cannot get any PC to recognize my device how am I going to Odin? This is literally the only device I have had this problem with. I'm wondering if it will recognize it when it's plugged in while in download mode
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Hey I thought of something. If I cannot get any PC to recognize my device how am I going to Odin? This is literally the only device I have had this problem with. I'm wondering if it will recognize it when it's plugged in while in download mode
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If it doesn't work in Odin mode then its def no drivers or its the USB cord. Use the factory cord from the mega and depending on the computer you have try all USB ports.
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moosiemooses said:
If it doesn't work in Odin mode then its def no drivers or its the USB cord. Use the factory cord from the mega and depending on the computer you have try all USB ports.
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Yesterday when I was trying to root I was using the factory cable. I also used 2 or 3 others and none worked. Win makes the notification sound that something plugs in and unplugs but there is nothing there. It's definitely not the cable cause I used it for my note 3 and it was fine. Drivers that are available are there so it's possibly something in the NA7 firmware stopping it or maybe something in permissions. Problem is without root I have no way to check. I'm wondering if there is a flashable MK firmware that I can load on the SD and try flashing through stock recovery if Odin doesn't work
MikeyLee said:
Yesterday when I was trying to root I was using the factory cable. I also used 2 or 3 others and none worked. Win makes the notification sound that something plugs in and unplugs but there is nothing there. It's definitely not the cable cause I used it for my note 3 and it was fine. Drivers that are available are there so it's possibly something in the NA7 firmware stopping it or maybe something in permissions. Problem is without root I have no way to check. I'm wondering if there is a flashable MK firmware that I can load on the SD and try flashing through stock recovery if Odin doesn't work
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Don't think you can flash it on stock recovery. Tried a factory reset? Do you have another computer to try it on? Oh and try to toggle back and forth from these options as well.
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Don't think you can flash it on stock recovery. Tried a factory reset? Do you have another computer to try it on? Oh and try to toggle back and forth from these options as well.
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Those options are not there cause nothing happens when the device is plugged in. There is no USB icon in the status bar. I haven't tried a factory reset yet. I'm going to try Odin when I get home today and if it doesn't work I will try that. If that doesn't work then I give up lol
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Those options are not there cause nothing happens when the device is plugged in. There is no USB icon in the status bar. I haven't tried a factory reset yet. I'm going to try Odin when I get home today and if it doesn't work I will try that. If that doesn't work then I give up lol
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Its been a bit since I've been on touchwiz. Gonna nand back and check what's what. Brb
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Is there a way to unroot the GS4 MJ7 if I've rooted it with the Vroot method in the General forum?
My wife's GS4 has lost core functionality ever since the 4.3 OTA push from Samsung. She couldn't even open the dialer up and place a call, it simply crashes.
I decided to root her phone for her with the Vroot method, after doing a factory reset. (The Verizon rep in store said the 4.3 software was conflicting with the 4.2.2 and that a factory reset would be necessary.)
Alas that neither rooting nor the factory reset fixed the dialer issue. She still can't dial a call. Obviously at this point I need to take it into Verizon and have them give her a new phone. Pretty unacceptable that an OTA before even being rooted caused this issue for her.
So, is there an image I can put on for MJ7 with Odin?
Check this thread for a complete device wipe/repartition and emergency recovery image you can flash with Odin. I would bet that this may solve your problem. You will obviously lose all your data, so take the necessary precautions. Good luck.
larue05 said:
Is there a way to unroot the GS4 MJ7 if I've rooted it with the Vroot method in the General forum?
My wife's GS4 has lost core functionality ever since the 4.3 OTA push from Samsung. She couldn't even open the dialer up and place a call, it simply crashes.
I decided to root her phone for her with the Vroot method, after doing a factory reset. (The Verizon rep in store said the 4.3 software was conflicting with the 4.2.2 and that a factory reset would be necessary.)
Alas that neither rooting nor the factory reset fixed the dialer issue. She still can't dial a call. Obviously at this point I need to take it into Verizon and have them give her a new phone. Pretty unacceptable that an OTA before even being rooted caused this issue for her.
So, is there an image I can put on for MJ7 with Odin?
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If your a Verizon customer you can use the software tool to restore to factory after using Vroot to root your s4. I did backed up everything as well.
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Chris-M. said:
If your a Verizon customer you can use the software tool to restore to factory after using Vroot to root your s4. I did backed up everything as well.
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Do you have link where I can DL software tools.
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Do you have link where I can DL software tools.
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Plug your phone in to your PC. A drive will show up with the Verizon Recovery Agent.
Yea just plug into pc
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Plug your phone in to your PC. A drive will show up with the Verizon Recovery Agent.
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I'll try again not at comp right now. Tried last night kept getting error...ty
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I'll try again not at comp right now. Tried last night kept getting error...ty
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No problem. This recovery will wipe the phone, but it does avoid the whole ODIN thing.
If you can't get it to work, PM me and I'll get you a copy of the software.
A video of this would be awesome! But does this method remove the lock on bootup?
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A video of this would be awesome! But does this method remove the lock on bootup?
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Making a video would require me to wipe my phone. Not happening.
Yes, this will remove the "Custom" flag that shows up at boot time.
Thank you, great info
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The verizon software works great. Just to let people know, after its done the phone will reboot. It will show 'custom' when it reboots. Once its finished booting up, turn off your phone and then turn it on again. The 'custom' text and icon will be gone.
Thanks to those who shared this method
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Plug your phone in to your PC. A drive will show up with the Verizon Recovery Agent.
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Hmm.
I wish I could say that I see that Recovery Agent. When I connect to my PC all I see is the S4 Portable Media Player -- which when opened shows the Card and the Phone.
And oddly enough the device is listed as an S4 Active -- which it is not it is a plain vanilla S4 (Rooted)
Where might I find the Recovery Agent?
thanks
maplewood said:
Hmm.
I wish I could say that I see that Recovery Agent. When I connect to my PC all I see is the S4 Portable Media Player -- which when opened shows the Card and the Phone.
And oddly enough the device is listed as an S4 Active -- which it is not it is a plain vanilla S4 (Rooted)
Where might I find the Recovery Agent?
thanks
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Are you running a fully stock ROM? If so, the drive should show up when you plug in your phone. At least that's the case with mine.
I just tried it on my MJ7 phone - the drive shows up for a minute or so then disappears. Disabling USB debugging doesn't seem to change that.
Sounds like Kies may be your only choice.
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Are you running a fully stock ROM? If so, the drive should show up when you plug in your phone. At least that's the case with mine.
I just tried it on my MJ7 phone - the drive shows up for a minute or so then disappears. Disabling USB debugging doesn't seem to change that.
Sounds like Kies may be your only choice.
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yes, stock rom.
A drive does show up -- but there is not Agent on it.
The device shows up as a separate entry but that doesn't have it either.
No big deal. There is a .99 app and if I've got ten minutes Kies or Odin will do it I suspect.
Sorry to bring up an older thread, but I'm having a peculiar issue that has to do with this thread.
I'm trying to upgrade to MK2 on my VZW S4 (which is currently rooted via VROOT on MJ7), but I keep reading that I need to unroot my phone before taking the upgrade and rooting again. Well, that's all fine and dandy, especially when I ran across this thread saying I could simply use the Verizon Recovery Agent. The only problem is, When I follow the instructions to get to the recovery agent, I instead get a "VZW Upgrade Assistant".
Is there a way to bypass the upgrade assistant to get to the recovery agent?
Is it actually necessary to unroot prior to taking the upgrade? Can I do a system recovery from the phone itself and then do the upgrade?
Thanks!
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Sorry to bring up an older thread, but I'm having a peculiar issue that has to do with this thread.
I'm trying to upgrade to MK2 on my VZW S4 (which is currently rooted via VROOT on MJ7), but I keep reading that I need to unroot my phone before taking the upgrade and rooting again. Well, that's all fine and dandy, especially when I ran across this thread saying I could simply use the Verizon Recovery Agent. The only problem is, When I follow the instructions to get to the recovery agent, I instead get a "VZW Upgrade Assistant".
Is there a way to bypass the upgrade assistant to get to the recovery agent?
Is it actually necessary to unroot prior to taking the upgrade? Can I do a system recovery from the phone itself and then do the upgrade?
Thanks!
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Can't say I know the answer to your direct question but running MJ7 I too do not get the Recovery Agent.
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Can't say I know the answer to your direct question but running MJ7 I too do not get the Recovery Agent.
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When I plug in my (MK2) phone, I get a drive offering the Upgrade Assistant. I assume that's what it's currently called.
so here is the deal go throught with the software assistant and it istall it after it is installed then it will give u 2 options to upgrade assistant and software repair assistant use that one one of my recommendations is to use back of pc usb ports it kept freezing at 66 percent and that seemed to have solved it good luck i am at 73 percent and moving...
Have a sch-i545 from verizon.it updated to mk2 . Went to safe strap root it and after if rebooted twice all the phone will do is go to download mode or stay on screen that says firmware has detected issues with software please go to Kies and update firmware. I did many times from different computers and every time it would download and stop and freeze computers. Anyone have any help.
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Have a sch-i545 from verizon.it updated to mk2 . Went to safe strap root it and after if rebooted twice all the phone will do is go to download mode or stay on screen that says firmware has detected issues with software please go to Kies and update firmware. I did many times from different computers and every time it would download and stop and freeze computers. Anyone have any help.
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Safestrap doesn't root, so there's things that you've done that you're not telling us. How did you root your phone? What else did you do after you rooted?
The "firmware detected issues" usually means that you tried to flash recovery, custom kernel, etc. Did you try to flash custom recovery?
james581 said:
Have a sch-i545 from verizon.it updated to mk2 . Went to safe strap root it and after if rebooted twice all the phone will do is go to download mode or stay on screen that says firmware has detected issues with software please go to Kies and update firmware. I did many times from different computers and every time it would download and stop and freeze computers. Anyone have any help.
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How did u root your phone?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
I used get root link. Not safe strap my fault guys. I used Odin 3.7 and the o lyrics thing I did was put the tar.md5. Hit start and it had 1 fail but the phone did reboot twice and now says firmware needs updated.
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james581 said:
I used get root link. Not safe strap my fault guys. I used Odin 3.7 and the o lyrics thing I did was put the tar.md5. Hit start and it had 1 fail but the phone did reboot twice and now says firmware needs updated.
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Why were you in odin? What were you flashing?
james581 said:
I used get root link. Not safe strap my fault guys. I used Odin 3.7 and the o lyrics thing I did was put the tar.md5. Hit start and it had 1 fail but the phone did reboot twice and now says firmware needs updated.
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I don't really know what's going on here as you're a little confusing but figured I'd chime in here..
If you were on mk2 then you should just rooted the phone using SafeRoot, very easy and reliable and Safe!
Then you should have installed SafeStrap by simply downloading the. Apk file from that thread. Boooom you'd be all set and ready to flash.
None of that requires Odin. Unless I missed the post where you said you were trying to Odin back for a fresh start??!!
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I don't really know what's going on here as you're a little confusing but figured I'd chime in here..
If you were on mk2 then you should just rooted the phone using SafeRoot, very easy and reliable and Safe!
Then you should have installed SafeStrap by simply downloading the. Apk file from that thread. Boooom you'd be all set and ready to flash.
None of that requires Odin. Unless I missed the post where you said you were trying to Odin back for a fresh start??!!
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I used Odin because the get root string wasn't working it rooted phone then after a reboot it rebooted itself twice and went to screen saying firmware issue detected. but I b no longer have that phone I have a replacement one that followed safe root and everything working good to the best of my knowledge. . I am a noob and have a lot to learn. thanks for all the feedback.
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I used Odin because the get root string wasn't working it rooted phone then after a reboot it rebooted itself twice and went to screen saying firmware issue detected. but I b no longer have that phone I have a replacement one that followed safe root and everything working good to the best of my knowledge. . I am a noob and have a lot to learn. thanks for all the feedback.
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a sticky thread is set up and is a WIP for S4 people in the general section to assist those who wish to mod their phones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49335074
I ask because my computer is fried and I so badly wanna use 4.3tw ROMs. Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware without any issues with WiFi, etc? I wanna give it a go but I like to look before I leap. I've had only one person here tell me they've successfully done it but I just wanna know if there is success with others.
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iflip said:
I ask because my computer is fried and I so badly wanna use 4.3tw ROMs. Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware without any issues with WiFi, etc? I wanna give it a go but I like to look before I leap. I've had only one person here tell me they've successfully done it but I just wanna know if there is success with others.
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Did you ever find an answer to this?
What you see is what you get. I have no luck with any feedback. Looks like everyone used PC Odin.
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What you see is what you get. I have no luck with any feedback. Looks like everyone used PC Odin.
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Well if it helps, I tried flashing MJ9 with mobile odin, it flashed, and my base is now MJ9, but my wifi still isn't working...
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Well if it helps, I tried flashing MJ9 with mobile odin, it flashed, and my base is now MJ9, but my wifi still isn't working...
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Yup I'm aware of that problem. PC Odin well fix that. I'm gonna hold off and use aosp kitkat ROMs to tie me over until I get my mac back running.
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Yup I'm aware of that problem. PC Odin well fix that. I'm gonna hold off and use aosp kitkat ROMs to tie me over until I get my mac back running.
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I tried running JOdin on my mac, and it would not recognize my phone on download mode. Right now I'm installing Parallels to see if I can get it to work on windows, on my mac, eh.
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A little update: So I finally managed to install windows on my mac, and after going through hell and back (Installing kies, etc), Odin finally noticed my phone while it was on download mode, flashing the firmware took like 10 seconds max, and my wifi was fixed.
I just finished flashing N3bula, and so far everything works.
So yea, definitely need Odin on windows to flash the firmware, JOdin wont work, neither will heimdall, nor Mobile Odin
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A little update: So I finally managed to install windows on my mac, and after going through hell and back (Installing kies, etc), Odin finally noticed my phone while it was on download mode, flashing the firmware took like 10 seconds max, and my wifi was fixed.
I just finished flashing N3bula, and so far everything works.
So yea, definitely need Odin on windows to flash the firmware, JOdin wont work, neither will heimdall, nor Mobile Odin
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Glad you got it up.. And picked N3bula:thumbup:
Mobile Odin usually says it goes through but it definitely doesn't work..
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I tried rooting my S4 using motochopper and it didnt work or so it seemed. Phone booted up then updated to kit kat automatically. I noticed some phishy types of things on my phone so i decided to restore to factory and everything went to hell. I tried to reflash back to factory firmware using Odin 3.09 and I keep getting a fail. It seems ive tried a ton of different firmware downloads from various site with no luck. they are all supposedly factory. Kies doesnt work because i cant get a Serial number only a IMEI. I can get to the download screen to try flashing with odin but it always fails otherwise im stuck on the 'Firmware upgrade has encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
The top left corner says
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME; SCH-I545
CURRENT BINARY; Samsung Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK; 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID; 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB; 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION; Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
Please help ive been doing this for hours with no luck. I tried sammobile firmwares. not all but I did try I545VRUEMK2 which i imagined was appropriate
You need to Odin the NC5 firmware if you took the OTA, you can't Odin full versions of older software like MK2.
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joshm.1219 said:
You need to Odin the NC5 firmware if you took the OTA, you can't Odin full versions of older software like MK2.
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Ok i see what youre saying.t Well that would be strange if that works because stock i didnt have kit kat and verizon never let me update to it until i started messing around. I'm waiting for the NC5 file to download now.
chachachazippo2 said:
Ok i see what youre saying.t Well that would be strange if that works because stock i didnt have kit kat and verizon never let me update to it until i started messing around. I'm waiting for the NC5 file to download now.
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Didnt work. I grabbed this file "I545VRUFNC5" from sammobile and still failed right away
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You need to Odin the NC5 firmware if you took the OTA, you can't Odin full versions of older software like MK2.
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OK I got it! Thank you. Now I have kitkat so idk if I'm supposed to but that was my point in trying to root. Well anyways I tried the NC5 File and it didnt work. Then i was doing some more reading on it and realized my usb cord wasnt plugged into a USB port directly from the motherboard. It was plugged into the front USB from my case. I plugged it into the MOBO and it worked. Thanks alot!
I never got an email like I usually do when someone quotes me so sorry I couldn't respond sooner. Anyway glad to hear you got it all figured out!
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Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
jeffysonp said:
Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
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What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
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Mistertac said:
What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
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aircooledbusses said:
Alright, I know this is not the help/question/noob thread, but I'm I'm a pickle. Redirect me if you must. Verizon s4 that was on nc5 baseband-i don't know the bootloader, but it was 4.4.2 if that helps. Rooted with towel root and twrp through too manager. Yeah, I know that's where the problem came from. So now the phone is (hopefully) in a soft brick state stuck in down load or Odin mode. Odin recognizes the phone. I don't care to keep DAT or retain root, I just was it to function. Is the nc5 full wipe with the pit my correct next step? Thank you in advance, razz me if you must, I deserve it
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Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
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aircooledbusses said:
Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
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Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
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Mistertac said:
Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
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I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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aircooledbusses said:
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
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Mistertac said:
Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
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Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
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aircooledbusses said:
Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
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There's definitely hope. If Odin can't bring you back I bet Heimdall could. It's a little more involved but obviously worth it.
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Awesome! I've never used hemidal yet, but have recently been doing much better with adb commands, so I'm totally willing to learn. I'll post back here in a few days
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I was trying to flash Hyperdrive and ended up having to update to NC5, I can't remember what my phone was out of the box, I will be able to tell you in a few hours when I get my box. I just got the phone last week, so probably 4.3.
aircooledbusses said:
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
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Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
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Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
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aircooledbusses said:
Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
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yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
also odin is very touchy with using usb cables, usb ports and computers
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
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decaturbob said:
yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Yep, from the thread you suggest.......... "The number one reason people brick their Verizon Galaxy S4 phones is due to attempts to flash recovery using Goo Manager, dd, and other tools without understanding when those will or won't work. The Verizon S4 is very locked down, and will reject such attempts in most cases."
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NC5 is in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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Slowbalt said:
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
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So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
jeffysonp said:
So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
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Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
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Also once you're back to stock run Tri Angle Away to get rid of that annoying CUSTOM screen at boot lol can't stand that thing and on my phone it can make getting into CWM a pain as well.
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Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
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I can't seem to get into stock recovery either. I tried re-flashing and I still get the same results, when I try to boot into recovery I get the Samsung logo with the unlocked padlock, and then it just shuts down. :/