I was trying to install the Kit Kat ROMS on my MK2 phone using the new patches from these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674280
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
I forgot that I was still on Safestrap 1.71, so I clearly am the one that messed this up. They were giving me some kind of error while I was install the patches, so I tried Restoring back to my old backup. It wouldn't boot, so I erased the Rom Slot, reinstalled it, and restored again.
I can't remember if my phone finished restoring, or if I told it to reboot, either way it shut off and I cannot get it to turn back on. The battery was fully charged, and I've been trying to turn it on with/without the battery and the charger.
I still have no idea how to get it to boot back up, so I can get Odin to find it. Fingers crossed that somebody has an idea for me?
So you tried taking the battery out for about 30 seconds. No charger plugged in. Then put the battery back In and boot into Odin mode using the keypress.
Yeah, what's the key press? Definitely possible I'm doing it wrong?
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
Yeah, what's the key press? Definitely possible I'm doing it wrong?
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open1your1eyes0 said:
This is the button combinations you need to enter each mode.
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key(s): Volume Down
While holding this key down simultaneously press the Power button until you see a disclaimer on the screen
Then let go of both buttons and press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Once the green robot is visible on the screen this indicates that handset is in now ODIN/Download mode
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No response. No matter what I do.... I can't believe my luck with phones sometimes.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
No response. No matter what I do.... I can't believe my luck with phones sometimes.
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moving to 4.4 via the leak is probably to soon as there are numerous issues to be worked out. As long as people don't mind bricking their phones in attempting to do so.....
If you can't get the phone to go into odin mode, probably will have to send to jtag service....and hope they can fix it.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
No response. No matter what I do.... I can't believe my luck with phones sometimes.
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So your screen is black and nothing works? Go ahead and plug your phone via USB into a Windows computer. Open Device Manager and tell me if it recognizes a device being plugged in, and what that device's name is. If you get any action on USB, there's hope.
ryanbg said:
So your screen is black and nothing works? Go ahead and plug your phone via USB into a Windows computer. Open Device Manager and tell me if it recognizes a device being plugged in, and what that device's name is. If you get any action on USB, there's hope.
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I have a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and an "SM Bus Controller" under the Other Devices drivers. I'm pretty sure that qhsusb is my phone. So what's your idea? It's got to be worth a try.
decaturbob said:
moving to 4.4 via the leak is probably to soon as there are numerous issues to be worked out. As long as people don't mind bricking their phones in attempting to do so.....
If you can't get the phone to go into odin mode, probably will have to send to jtag service....and hope they can fix it.
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So there's nobody else that can flash an update to my phone? Like Verizon, or anybody that I don't have to wait weeks for?
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
I have a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and an "SM Bus Controller" under the Other Devices drivers. I'm pretty sure that qhsusb is my phone. So what's your idea? It's got to be worth a try.
So there's nobody else that can flash an update to my phone? Like Verizon, or anybody that I don't have to wait weeks for?
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You're in luck. We'll need an unbrick image. You'll want to download the program win32diskimager, and have a blank SD card. @Surge1223 do you have an unbrick image?
If this actually works... I got the program, and the SD card. The only thing is, should I leave my S4 in the PC? I have no idea if it's charging/wasting battery, or if it'll be seen by the computer again.
ryanbg said:
You're in luck. We'll need an unbrick image. You'll want to download the program win32diskimager, and have a blank SD card. @Surge1223 do you have an unbrick image?
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Well I think I have 512mb MK2 debrick.img but this users issue may be a tad more complicated as I believe he was one of the users attempting to upgrade to 4.4.2 with root. So he may require a 4.4.2 NC2 debrick.img depending on which of his bootloaders were written over, (considering its in qhsusb_dload we can assume aboot is toast on his device)
Luckily my bootloaders are on the 4.4.2 NC2 build so I'll make a debrick img and that might help.
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Yeah, I was technically on MJ7. I went to NC2. I was way over my head when I was doing this. I'm really lost as to why I was able to restore once, it just got stuck in a boot loop.
I know I used the NC2 to MK2 downgrade patch too. I'm not entirely sure which one I used last. If there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know. Otherwise, thank you so much just for trying.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
Yeah, I was technically on MJ7. I went to NC2. I was way over my head when I was doing this. I'm really lost as to why I was able to restore once, it just got stuck in a boot loop.
I know I used the NC2 to MK2 downgrade patch too. I'm not entirely sure which one I used last. If there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know. Otherwise, thank you so much just for trying.
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You can download the debrick.img here debrick.img you may need to ask @ryanbg for directions after that, I believe he has successfully restored his device using a debrick.img in the past.
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Surge1223 said:
You can download the debrick.img here debrick.img you may need to ask @ryanbg for directions after that, I believe he has successfully restored his device using a debrick.img in the past.
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Is there somewhere I can find mdk debrick.img or can someone give me the rundown on creating my own or link me to directions?
I already had to pay out of pocket for this phone, so yes somebody please give me some instructions on how to do this. Or a link to a forum is fine. I'm usually not an idiot, just want lazy sometimes. I want to be fully aware of what I'm doing with this. I can't stand going back to my old RAZR.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
I already had to pay out of pocket for this phone, so yes somebody please give me some instructions on how to do this. Or a link to a forum is fine. I'm usually not an idiot, just want lazy sometimes. I want to be fully aware of what I'm doing with this. I can't stand going back to my old RAZR.
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If you're device shows QHSUSB_anything, you typically can do an SD boot. What I need you to do is download that image, format your SD card in an SD card reader directly into the computer, not through your phone. Use Win32DiskImager and write the image file to your SD card. Pop it in your phone, and try turning it on or going to download mode.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
I already had to pay out of pocket for this phone, so yes somebody please give me some instructions on how to do this. Or a link to a forum is fine. I'm usually not an idiot, just want lazy sometimes. I want to be fully aware of what I'm doing with this. I can't stand going back to my old RAZR.
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Awesome. I don't have a card reader here, though. Think I can just use that program running through my old RAZR as an SD card reader, or just better to go pick up a reader? I could use one anyway, just don't want to wait.
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Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
Awesome. I don't have a card reader here, though. Think I can just use that program running through my old RAZR as an SD card reader, or just better to go pick up a reader? I could use one anyway, just don't want to wait.
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You'll need to use an actual card reader. The phone wouldn't really let you write directly to the card.
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Doesn't seem to be working... The phone still isn't turning on with the SD Card in. I plugged it back into the computer; every time I try turning the phone on, it disappears from the Driver Manager for a few seconds but it shows back up.
I can't see anything on the phone change
When I write this image to my SD Card, should it still be seen by my PC? Whenever it Writes Successfully, it disappears from my computer. I can find it in Disk Management, which is good because I can reformat it. However, it makes about 30 different volumes, and most are about 3 MB if that large.
Haven't not done this before, but having created Linux LiveCDs under Windows before this sounds about right. I would imagine the volumes are just a format that Windows doesn't recognize.
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Hey guys. These posts are all too common but I really am distressed here (I'm worried I bricked my phone and don't have technical skill to bring it back to life), and please, any help would be really appreciated.
Here's the last thing that happened before I acted stupidly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15708254&postcount=394
long story short: tried to update to new cwm but couldn't do the step to delete a file in system/etc called install-recovery
I could not find a way to delete the file I needed to delete, install-recovery, I just gave up and thought "well, whatever. I have tenfar's older CWM on my phone anyway, and I never end up NEEDING it because everything goes fine if I follow the directions (ironic thing to think when not following directions).
So I continued following kennethpenn's guide on brief mobile, doing all steps except for #2:
Prerequisites
Unlocked bootloader
CWM recovery
External SD card
Gingerbread zip (download above)
Backup PDS partition
Backup data and applications
Installation
1.Unlock your bootloader
2.Download CWM recovery and flash it
3.Mount your device to USB
4.Put the Gingerbread .zip file on your external SDcard
5.Click “install zip from sdcard”
6.Choose zip from sdcard
7.Pick the gingerbread .zip
8.Install it!
9.Reboot
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I was definitely rooted, and am pretty confident that I unlocked the bootloader, because it took me a long time but I followed all the steps and got all the right responses on the phone and it said (and still says) Unlocked in the upper left corner during bootup, and I learned a lot this morning and was feeling good...
Flashing went fine, until after I rebooted in the recovery menu, and.... boot loops; the M would swirl around, turn dead, come back 3 seconds later, go dead again, on and on, until I did a battery pull
One last thing that I didn't think about now but may be a huge reason for the problem: I was on 1.8.3 but deodxed and running the latest "P-ROM" Ginger Blur.
So I can get into the fastboot, stock android recovery, and like ten other options during bootup. What I want to do is just start fresh because it'll set me back a lot, but right now I just want a functional phone. So can I do a factory reset in the boot menu, or would that just permanently brick it forever considering I unlocked the boot-loader, was themed, etc etc?
Thanks - any suggestions greatly appreciated.
To all the other newbs that love this stuff, but don't really know wtf you're doing, the moral of my story is "follow the directions EXACTLY and if you're unsure that you can do that, then don't proceed.
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did you fix it? I can help..
Foka002 said:
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Are you asking me or a mod? Either way, why?
I'm seriously in a bad spot without my phone, I use it for everything, even just the GPS I need for work, so my life will be really ****ty rather quickly if I don't get it working soon.
mramirezusa said:
did you fix it? I can help..
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No, no updates. After posting my question I put all my atrix stuff to the side and slipped my sim card into one of those ugly Nokia bar phones everyone had in the late '90s - early '00s. I was so frustrated that I had to walk away from it for a while.
Thanks for the offer mramirezusa, if you or anyone else could please give me some help, I'd really really appreciate it
Don't worry yours seem fixable I writing instructions in a second post
Komodo Rogue said:
Are you asking me or a mod? Either way, why?
I'm seriously in a bad spot without my phone, I use it for everything, even just the GPS I need for work, so my life will be really ****ty rather quickly if I don't get it working soon.
No, no updates. After posting my question I put all my atrix stuff to the side and slipped my sim card into one of those ugly Nokia bar phones everyone had in the late '90s - early '00s. I was so frustrated that I had to walk away from it for a while.
Thanks for the offer mramirezusa, if you or anyone else could please give me some help, I'd really really appreciate it
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What do you have pc, mac or linux?
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I have a mac, 32 bit OSX 10.6, and I have access to my roommate's little windows netbook thing, but the netbook is kinda unreliable so mac is preferred.. but any help would be GREAT!
Ok right now I just have a PC so I made an automatic script to fix it
So follow this steps:
1. Turn off the phone
2. Press and hold vol down and turn on the phone
3. Check and confirm if the tag unlock show up in the upper left corner?
4. The tag "fastboot" will show up now press vol up to enter to fastboot
5. Now connect the phone to the netbook PC and wait until be recognize
Last part I am uploading a zip file with the repair file I will post in few minutes...
Komodo Rogue said:
I have a mac, 32 bit OSX 10.6, and I have access to my roommate's little windows netbook thing, but the netbook is kinda unreliable so mac is preferred.. but any help would be GREAT!
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Wow, thanks SO MUCH! No worries about the PC, I'm happy with whatever works!
mramirezusa said:
1. Turn off the phone
2. Press and hold vol down and turn on the phone
3. Check and confirm if the tag unlock show up in the upper left corner?
4. The tag "fastboot" will show up now press vol up to enter to fastboot
5. Now connect the phone to the netbook PC and wait until be recognize
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I can definitely do that, and yeah the unlock tag is still there. I know I'm just saying "thanks" but I really mean it, I don't know what I was going to do. I owe ya one!
Komodo Rogue said:
Wow, thanks SO MUCH! No worries about the PC, I'm happy with whatever works!
I can definitely do that, and yeah the unlock tag is still there. I know I'm just saying "thanks" but I really mean it, I don't know what I was going to do. I owe ya one!
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8 minutes more to finish uploading the file!
mramirezusa said:
8 minutes more to finish uploading the file!
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I can't wait to have my phone again! It's only been two days but there have been so many times I needed to use it, I never realized how dependent I am on my phone. It's going to be so great, like when you go to a bad camp for summer, and you're hot and covered in bugs the whole time, and when you finally ge back home to all the creature comforts, like air conditioning, TV, computers, video games, microwaves, etc, and you feel like "this is absolutely amazing!!" and appreciate everything anew
Ok last part:
download and unzip in a new folder the file in the following link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MTXAXY3T
6. Phone ready in fastboot
7. Run repair.bat
8. Press on each step "any key to continue" until the phone reboot
mramirezusa said:
Ok last part:
download and unzip in a new folder the file in the following link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MTXAXY3T
6. Phone ready in fastboot
7. Run repair.bat
8. Press on each step "any key to continue" until the phone reboot
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Should I have any particular program running on the PC? Just finished downloading I'm a happy man either way, but what is this anyway, back to factory stock or updated?
No you dont need any additional program. Stock 1.83 so then you can proceed according to GB.
Komodo Rogue said:
Should I have any particular program running on the PC? Just finished downloading I'm a happy man either way, but what is this anyway, back to factory stock or updated?
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No you dont need any additional program.
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Oooh right right, I see, the program is repair.bat, thanks
Running right now...
mramirezusa said:
No you dont need any additional program. Stock 1.83 so then you can proceed according to GB.
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DONE!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
If you're ever around Hershey or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA, let me know
Your Welcome! I just saw this:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
THE REAL CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, if you really need it I can do a script like the one that I just send you, just ask!
Currently I have a rooted Sensation.
I tried to install a theme using Rom Manager.
It said it installed successfully.
I reboot.
And when I boot up everything is weird. The drop shadow on all windows is green.
The Desktop isn't showing at all.
I can select applications from the locked menu. (Before I unlock) Like camera, mail etc.
Any thoughts on what might be wrong and how to fix?
Themes may require you to have a de-odexed rom. Is the rom you have odexed or de-odexed?
Either that, or you downloaded a bad file. Re-download and install again to see if it works.
Dave2582 said:
Themes may require you to have a de-odexed rom. Is the rom you have odexed or de-odexed?
Either that, or you downloaded a bad file. Re-download and install again to see if it works.
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I don't know what odexed means.
I have tried to install it again.
And maybe I should mention that I installed it through bootloader? Recovery or what it is called.
I saw that you were able to install other themes simply using the apk file. But this one required you to install it through recovery.
Currently I am able to take photos and call people. There's no home screen.
When I try to view messages I get an error.
Is there any way I can like reset it to before I installed the theme? I was told to back it up before installing the theme, which I didn't do. Any other way to fix this?
Check out this thread. It will help you get back to a stock rom, since you never made a backup.
I would strongly advise to to backup up everything before you start messing around. That way you have a backup to fall back on in case something like this issue happens.
When I first started messing around with root and custom roms, I never did a nandroid, and the phone was bootlooping. So I had to start over from scratch.
Dave2582 said:
Check out this thread. It will help you get back to a stock rom, since you never made a backup.
I would strongly advise to to backup up everything before you start messing around. That way you have a backup to fall back on in case something like this issue happens.
When I first started messing around with root and custom roms, I never did a nandroid, and the phone was bootlooping. So I had to start over from scratch.
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Tried Method 2 of debranding since it was the easiest one. Made no difference.
Trying Method 1 right now. Will report back with progress.
Just realized that I am not able to use Method 1 since it requires me to have USB Disk Drive mounted, which I can only do from recovery mode. And since I did not remove the image file it now constantly asks me if I want to update in HBOOT. So I can't really get past it.
If I update, it updates and reboots. If I click cancel it reboots.
What should I do?
Run a RUU. Which carrier are you coming from?
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Run a RUU. Which carrier are you coming from?
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Did you not read my post?
I can not do anything in recovery mode, I.e not enable disk drive.
Just to clarify: There is no way of transferring ANY files from my PC to my phone that I am aware of at the moment.
You should take this into consideration before you come telling me to install stuff.
P1raten said:
Just to clarify: There is no way of transferring ANY files from my PC to my phone that I am aware of at the moment.
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ever tried plugging your sdcard into your computer?
P1raten said:
You should take this into consideration before you come telling me to install stuff.
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i smell a little attitude. you should take into consideration that this is not a customer support site. no one has to help you. so please be courteous, even if it means repeating what youve already said.
sweetnsour said:
ever tried plugging your sdcard into your computer?
i smell a little attitude. you should take into consideration that this is not a customer support site. no one has to help you. so please be courteous, even if it means repeating what youve already said.
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I do not have an adapter.
P1raten said:
Did you not read my post?
I can not do anything in recovery mode, I.e not enable disk drive.
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I said to run a RUU. It stands for Rom Utility Update. This is an executable program that you can run from the PC to your phone. It will take an image that was made specifically for your phone and flash over what you currently have, and once it's done and you power your phone on, it should look like you just took the phone out of the box. Download the RUU that matches your phone to the PC. Be sure that you pick the right one. Run the RUU on your PC. It will instruct you what to do as far as plugging your phone to the PC, when to turn it on/off, etc.
Once the program finishes, your phone should be reset, stocked, and back to normal.
Dave2582 said:
I said to run a RUU. It stands for Rom Utility Update. This is an executable program that you can run from the PC to your phone. It will take an image that was made specifically for your phone and flash over what you currently have, and once it's done and you power your phone on, it should look like you just took the phone out of the box. Download the RUU that matches your phone to the PC. Be sure that you pick the right one. Run the RUU on your PC. It will instruct you what to do as far as plugging your phone to the PC, when to turn it on/off, etc.
Once the program finishes, your phone should be reset, stocked, and back to normal.
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How do I check which version is on my phone so I do not pick the wrong one.
P1raten said:
I do not have an adapter.
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Buy one off EBay it only cost £2
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Ok, I was able to fix so that I can moun the USB Mass Storage device in Revolutionary CWM(In HBOOT). But the setup can not find my phone.
Any tips on how to deal with this? Is there maybe a way of installing a zip from the sdcard?
Okay, so I got my phone semi running like before.
And I plugged it into my computer and choose HTC Sync.
My phone was picked up by the computer.
So I tried starting the setup. And it worked!
Great success!
P1raten said:
Okay, so I got my phone semi running like before.
And I plugged it into my computer and choose HTC Sync.
My phone was picked up by the computer.
So I tried starting the setup. And it worked!
Great success!
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I'm glad you got it working. Just have some patience if you run into problems.
So I think I messed up somehow. I tried to flash from Aroma to CWM 10.1. I wiped well but CWN failed to install and somehow it seems the bootloader locked and Odin will not see my Verizon Note 2. How the hell am I supposed to fix this, I dont think the Verizon still will help meh.
R u able to get into recovery mode
ajeteja said:
R u able to get into recovery mode
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With down+home+power yes. But not sure what I can do. It just laughs at me with the "downloading"
Droidhsv said:
So I think I messed up somehow. I tried to flash from Aroma to CWM 10.1. I wiped well but CWN failed to install and somehow it seems the bootloader locked and Odin will not see my Verizon Note 2. How the hell am I supposed to fix this, I dont think the Verizon still will help meh.
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If I try to get into my TWRP it get the software message. I cannot start the phone, if I try to I get the boot logo then it shuts off. Really think im screwed here
Let's clarify. You tried to install cwm, it failed and now your phone says unauthorized software take to Verizon? Your post honestly doesn't make sense. Oh and now Odin won't see your phone?
If this is correct then your phone is far from screwed up. Very common it's what happens when you don't unlock the bootloader. So let's get your phone seen by Odin. Are you in download mode? What os is your computer? Have you trired different usb ports? Are drivers installed?
Oh ya Here's A Little reading material for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39299305
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Let's clarify. You tried to install cwm, it failed and now your phone says unauthorized software take to Verizon? Your post honestly doesn't make sense. Oh and now Odin won't see your phone?
If this is correct then your phone is far from screwed up. Very common it's what happens when you don't unlock the bootloader. So let's get your phone seen by Odin. Are you in download mode? What os is your computer? Have you trired different usb ports? Are drivers installed?
Oh ya Here's A Little reading material for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39299305
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Seeing as when I tried to switch to CWM I was already on Aroma I am confused as to how my bootloader got locked. I have been installing, uninstalling all over the place. in fact im still doing it. to answer your questions: yes,7 and 8,yes,covered.
And believe me I know that article inside and out. If I could get my odin to work Id be in fields of gold. Conveniently I have a new computer arriving today that I will try to get it to work with. It seems that my computer cant figure out how to communicate with it.
It calls it a "Gadget Serial" downloading PC studio didnt seem to help
Droidhsv said:
Seeing as when I tried to switch to CWM I was already on Aroma I am confused as to how my bootloader got locked. I have been installing, uninstalling all over the place. in fact im still doing it. to answer your questions: yes,7 and 8,yes,covered.
And believe me I know that article inside and out. If I could get my odin to work Id be in fields of gold. Conveniently I have a new computer arriving today that I will try to get it to work with. It seems that my computer cant figure out how to communicate with it.
It calls it a "Gadget Serial" downloading PC studio didnt seem to help
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You can't be on aroma. Aroma is a method used by ROM devs to allow the user to select options during install of their ROM. There are two recoveries, CWM and TWRP.
So you are seeing unauthorized software? Then your bootloader is locked, if it was unlocked then we'll figure that out later.
You should see gadget serial. Is it installing the drivers for that? How did you install drivers, Windows update our manually?
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kintwofan said:
Let's clarify. You tried to install cwm, it failed and now your phone says unauthorized software take to Verizon? Your post honestly doesn't make sense. Oh and now Odin won't see your phone?
If this is correct then your phone is far from screwed up. Very common it's what happens when you don't unlock the bootloader. So let's get your phone seen by Odin. Are you in download mode? What os is your computer? Have you trired different usb ports? Are drivers installed?
Oh ya Here's A Little reading material for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39299305
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kintwofan said:
You can't be on aroma. Aroma is a method used by ROM devs to allow the user to select options during install of their ROM. There are two recoveries, CWM and TWRP.
So you are seeing unauthorized software? Then your bootloader is locked, if it was unlocked then we'll figure that out later.
You should see gadget serial. Is it installing the drivers for that? How did you install drivers, Windows update our manually?
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Crud I meant CleanRom 4.8, not Aroma. Not sure what I was thinking.Yeah bootloader locked for sure.When I try to access recovery I get the System software not authorized....etc. I let it automatically install then tried manual install, removed kies,added kies. what do you mean by windows update?
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Crud I meant CleanRom 4.8, not Aroma. Not sure what I was thinking.Yeah bootloader locked for sure.When I try to access recovery I get the System software not authorized....etc. I let it automatically install then tried manual install, removed kies,added kies. what do you mean by windows update?
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Okay, thanks for clarifying. That is a little strange then. I mean did you let Windows download the drivers for you, which you answered. You can try to put phone in download mode and keep plugging and unplugging it (give it time to recognize it first). There was a guy that said it eventually just recognized hos phone after 16 times. You did restart your computer correct?
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Yea restarted many times. Ill plug it in and in. not much hope for that though. I dont know what else to try
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Yea restarted many times. Ill plug it in and in. not much hope for that though. I dont know what else to try
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Your new computer that's on the way
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kintwofan said:
Your new computer that's on the way
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-_- na shizz
Well problem solved. Threw a last ditch effort and went to Verizon. BEST SERVICE EVER. no problems free replacement with free overnight shipping. All you win are belong to me naow
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So I think I messed up somehow. I tried to flash from Aroma to CWM 10.1. I wiped well but CWN failed to install and somehow it seems the bootloader locked and Odin will not see my Verizon Note 2. How the hell am I supposed to fix this, I dont think the Verizon still will help meh.
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I cant figure out how to get aroma to launch my aosp lockscreen from download mode while sideloading odin. HELP. Im running jellybam cm-7 beans on my galaxy note 1.5. Please... im stuck.. now i cant boot.
Sorry...had to do it.
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Chance77 said:
I cant figure out how to get aroma to launch my aosp lockscreen from download mode while sideloading odin. HELP. Im running jellybam cm-7 beans on my galaxy note 1.5. Please... im stuck.. now i cant boot.
Sorry...had to do it.
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Someone woke up on the butthurt side of bed this morning
You're most likely not bricked if it will turn on at ALL! Here's what you need to do:
1. Make sure your computer is setup with the proper drivers/ODIN.
2. Go here and download the stock ODIN image
3. Get a different USB cord you know works or try the most rearest USB port and put your phone in ODIN mode as stated above.
4. If ODIN doesn't recognize your phone, restart the computer with it plugged in and unplug it and replug it...
5. Flash ODIn in the PDA, not the Phone section (Follow the directions given by Imnuts).
That should fix you up, if it doesn't, chances are you missed a step. Good luck:victory:
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Droidhsv said:
Well problem solved. Threw a last ditch effort and went to Verizon. BEST SERVICE EVER. no problems free replacement with free overnight shipping. All you win are belong to me naow
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You didn't win, since you don't know what you did wrong. You should read a lot more before you mess up this phone. Give it time and you probably will be in the same place again. Read, read read read read and did I mention read???? Better luck though with your new device
andrewjt19 said:
You're most likely not bricked if it will turn on at ALL! Here's what you need to do:
1. Make sure your computer is setup with the proper drivers/ODIN.
2. Go here and download the stock ODIN image
3. Get a different USB cord you know works or try the most rearest USB port and put your phone in ODIN mode as stated above.
4. If ODIN doesn't recognize your phone, restart the computer with it plugged in and unplug it and replug it...
5. Flash ODIn in the PDA, not the Phone section (Follow the directions given by Imnuts).
That should fix you up, if it doesn't, chances are you missed a step. Good luck:victory:
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You didn't win, since you don't know what you did wrong. You should read a lot more before you mess up this phone. Give it time and you probably will be in the same place again. Read, read read read read and did I mention read???? Better luck though with your new device
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Well did ALL that before. Surprise none of it worked. I'm not going to repeat the same process over and over. I'm pretty sure I know why I couldn't get it to work, and I know what went wrong even though I'm not sure how managed it. And getting a new scratch free phone for no cost sounds pretty good.
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Well did ALL that before. Surprise none of it worked. I'm not going to repeat the same process over and over. I'm pretty sure I know why I couldn't get it to work, and I know what went wrong even though I'm not sure how managed it. And getting a new scratch free phone for no cost sounds pretty good.
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Good luck.
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Droidhsv said:
Well did ALL that before. Surprise none of it worked. I'm not going to repeat the same process over and over. I'm pretty sure I know why I couldn't get it to work, and I know what went wrong even though I'm not sure how managed it. And getting a new scratch free phone for no cost sounds pretty good.
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If you went thru VZW and they are shipping you a new phone then it isnt new. They send out refurbished phones as replacements, I think they referr to them as CLN phones.
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My phone is stuck in the "Quietly brilliant" screen after it was submerged in water. I don't care about saving the device (though that would be cool), what I really want are the pictures on it. We took it to a cell phone repair company and they said they soaked in in some solution, but it didn't help. The pc doesn't recognize it when its plugged in. It sees something is attached, but says usb drive malfunctioned or something along those lines and no drives show up in explorer.
What are my options (hopefully I have one)?
Thank you for any help
Were you rooted? Could try holding power and volume down to get to bootloader. From there go to recovery. May or may not work
Edit: in recovery mount (not sure if internal can be mounted this way, been a while since I've done it)
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Were you rooted? Could try holding power and volume down to get to bootloader. From there go to recovery. May or may not work
Edit: in recovery mount (not sure if internal can be mounted this way, been a while since I've done it)
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It has not been rooted. Will I lose anything going to the bootloader and recovery mode?
Thank you for the reply
jaybuffet said:
It has not been rooted. Will I lose anything going to the bootloader and recovery mode?
Thank you for the reply
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When you root and install a recovery you get the options to do certain things. From my understanding, there's no usable recovery otherwise? Are you trying to recover the internal sd data? It's possible you could flash the signed htc stock JB update through bootloader. The only thing that would resolve is maybe the system going corrupt, it's worth a shot. That said, it may not do anything. I don't think you can flash the recovery without booting the phone up and going through root process, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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When you root and install a recovery you get the options to do certain things. From my understanding, there's no usable recovery otherwise? Are you trying to recover the internal sd data? It's possible you could flash the signed htc stock JB update through bootloader. The only thing that would resolve is maybe the system going corrupt, it's worth a shot. That said, it may not do anything. I don't think you can flash the recovery without booting the phone up and going through root process, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Yeah, I would like to recover the contents on the internal sd.
If I took it to someone good with a soldering iron, do you think the internal memory could be transplanted to a donor phone?
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If I took it to someone good with a soldering iron, do you think the internal memory could be transplanted to a donor phone?
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No.
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decayer177 said:
No.
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care to elaborate?
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care to elaborate?
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micro soldering skills that only percision robots can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJS_Jqw3Sy0
Now just imagine that video on a micro cell phone kinda scale.
mbaseball3 said:
micro soldering skills that only percision robots can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJS_Jqw3Sy0
Now just imagine that video on a micro cell phone kinda scale.
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So its not like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogd3KFfE0Cg
Well I'm stuck with a black screen.....nothing. I know I can send it in for jtag but this is my daily driver so I'm hesitant and need it running soon. I was running stang5litre's oc1 rom and tried to flash gigilies port of albe96's super6 v1.87 ROM. I followed instructions to the T. I wiped then installed through flashfire. That could have been the problem but it was supposedly tested with it so idk. Any way I could fix with an sdcard or something? Thanks in advance!!!
Can you get into download mode?
Hold down the volume down, Home key, and Press and Release power
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No sir completely hard bricked.
Will it turn on at all?
BtoGS488 said:
Will it turn on at all?
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No sir won't do anything.
Although when I plug it in it says searching for drivers for qhusb_dload. But after awhile it says that this device has malfunctioned.
turn it off again, hold Vol- and power.... (release power when screen light up) still nothing?
No sir but I meant when I plug it into the computer the computer says that.
That's really not good at all. I think JTAG repair is the only hope.
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That's really not good at all. I think JTAG repair is the only hope.
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OK thankyou. I was afraid that was what I was gonna have to do. But I still have hope for some kind of sdcard repair. Lol
hard bricked I545 also!
Looking to see if theres a SD Card method before I have to look into getting it JTagged. I dont know anything of how or what firmware it has but its a friends phone and he doesnt even know how it hardbricked. I've been trying to read before I posted anything so this is where im at as I am a newb lol.
I have win32diskimager. I need a debrick img for sch-I545. I also have a 32gb class 10 microsd card.
I'm guessing I get the img, write it to the sd using win32disk. put it in phone, then try to power on correct?
I got a debrick img somewhere on xda, but it was labeled backup.bin, and I didnt really know how to convert it to .img correctly nor do i know how to check if its been written properly?
Any help would be awesome! thank you
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Looking to see if theres a SD Card method before I have to look into getting it JTagged. I dont know anything of how or what firmware it has but its a friends phone and he doesnt even know how it hardbricked. I've been trying to read before I posted anything so this is where im at as I am a newb lol.
I have win32diskimager. I need a debrick img for sch-I545. I also have a 32gb class 10 microsd card.
I'm guessing I get the img, write it to the sd using win32disk. put it in phone, then try to power on correct?
I got a debrick img somewhere on xda, but it was labeled backup.bin, and I didnt really know how to convert it to .img correctly nor do i know how to check if its been written properly?
Any help would be awesome! thank you
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First off if your friend didn't do any type of modding or flashing then the problem could be that the power button is stuck in the open position and you may need to get that replaced.
But if it hardbricked during a flash or something of that sort then The sdcard has to be the same amount as phone storage. So if you have the 32gb then in theory that would work. But if you have 16gb phone you would need a 16gb sdcard. I haven't had any luck but I don't have a class 10 sdc so that's probably the problem. Also from the videos ive watched on youtube (so i could be wrong) you don't need to change the file to img just click on the bottom right corner when you are searching for the file press where it say ".img" ".IMG" and change it to "." Then you will be able to find the backup.bin file. Then me know if this helps and or if it worked then I may have to buy myself a class 10 sdc. Thanks
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First off if your friend didn't do any type of modding or flashing then the problem could be that the power button is stuck in the open position and you may need to get that replaced.
But if it hardbricked during a flash or something of that sort then The sdcard has to be the same amount as phone storage. So if you have the 32gb then in theory that would work. But if you have 16gb phone you would need a 16gb sdcard. I haven't had any luck but I don't have a class 10 sdc so that's probably the problem. Also from the videos ive watched on youtube (so i could be wrong) you don't need to change the file to img just click on the bottom right corner when you are searching for the file press where it say ".img" ".IMG" and change it to "." Then you will be able to find the backup.bin file. Then me know if this helps and or if it worked then I may have to buy myself a class 10 sdc. Thanks
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Ya he works for verizon so im guessing he did or tried to flash something. He said it was hardbricked but didnt say how or what he did. I was able to write to the card changing IMG to . allowing me to choose the bin file. The phone didn't boot up or anything, could be wrong debrick img? wish I had different ones to try. This looks like it could be leaning to a JTAG repair, but I still have hope with the SD method.
I have the debrick image for gs4 oc1 I made it from another gs4 thru terminal if you would like me to upload.
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I have the debrick image for gs4 oc1 I made it from another gs4 thru terminal if you would like me to upload.
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sure! definitely, anything is worth a shot at this point. Thank you
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I have the debrick image for gs4 oc1 I made it from another gs4 thru terminal if you would like me to upload.
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please upload the file, i need it my i545 is getting hardbrick
thanks before
i have vwz GS4 i try to unlock boot loader using EZ-unlocker that hard brick my device .neeed help to brind it back to life kindly upload debrick img and procedure
Same exact problem happened to me. All the way down to flashing the same ROM. I believe my battery popped out while flashing with FF, once I put it back in my phone wouldn't turn on. I'm in a bit of a panic over here :/
Unlocked to bricked
You can not unlock the boot loader there is no method yet to do so. I wonder if some of you have drained you battery & that's why it won't boot up to at least down loading screen. Try plugging it in to a charger for 1/2 hour or so then try.
If you can get to down loading screen you can hook id to computer & load the stock firmware with Odin.
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You can not unlock the boot loader there is no method yet to do so. I wonder if some of you have drained you battery & that's why it won't boot up to at least down loading screen. Try plugging it in to a charger for 1/2 hour or so then try.
If you can get to down loading screen you can hook id to computer & load the stock firmware with Odin.
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i try with new battery full charged but still no sign of life in it after using ez-unlocker to unlock boot loader and pc wont detect:silly::crying: any thing when i connect phone with it
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Well I'm stuck with a black screen.....nothing. I know I can send it in for jtag but this is my daily driver so I'm hesitant and need it running soon. I was running stang5litre's oc1 rom and tried to flash gigilies port of albe96's super6 v1.87 ROM. I followed instructions to the T. I wiped then installed through flashfire. That could have been the problem but it was supposedly tested with it so idk. Any way I could fix with an sdcard or something? Thanks in advance!!!
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funny i just did the opposite I bricked flashing stang's new 2.0 on my OC1 OTA phone (got it for cheap after the update) just had rooted it and flashed my gDux to it no problems then flashed stang's and bam. the issue resides in the fact that when I made the OP for Super6 it was based on my downgrading to 4.42 Kernel then using Safestrap. Which a kernel flash has to have the -orig tag at the end of the block in order to flash over the stock kernel. This means that if your on OC1 and you flash a ROM you must not flash a kernel and if you do on accident you need to pull the battery before the install finishes and if thats not possible hold the vol down button in hopes of getting to download mode before trying to boot the phone or it will brick. so if your going to try and flash Stang 2.0 don't use his FF instructions the only time you need to flash a kernel in FF is if your upgrading with mdk, or Safestrap is installed on the phone. otherwise make sure the block for the kernel doesnt have the -orig because that wont work obviously. sucks Im usually more careful when flashing other's releases. if someone has the OTA installed and bootloaders at 5.0 an SD .img for debricking would be useful could someone please zip a result of this command from terminal in the Stock ROM:
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dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1048576 count=128
if you zip the .img you'll save a lot of bandwidth. I'd like to try and attempt to revive via sdcard (doubt its possible I didnt have luck with NK and an SD) but if nothing else theres been some improvements the qhs_usb department it might be possible to force write the debrick.img I'll do some investigating but if anyones already fixed this issue please let me know