Ok so i rooted my phone a bit back but i keep getting firmware upgrade notifications so i just wanted to unroot and be vanilla firmware. well i tried with Odin and it didnt work so im stuck in Odin mode and i cant get back to using the phone. Please HELP!
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I am trying to unroot my verizon s4 and i tried 2 different files and each of them fail in ODIN. Can somone PM or reply with a link for a stock ROM so i can unroot my S4, i need to sell it tomorrow. It won't let me do a factory reset when im rooted. IDK if this matters i originally rooted when i was on MDK then took the OTA update to ME7 so im currently on ME7. Now i cant turn my phone on it just boots to the screen that says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
svtcobra said:
I am trying to unroot my verizon s4 and i tried 2 different files and each of them fail in ODIN. Can somone PM or reply with a link for a stock ROM so i can unroot my S4, i need to sell it tomorrow. It won't let me do a factory reset when im rooted. IDK if this matters i originally rooted when i was on MDK then took the OTA update to ME7 so im currently on ME7. Now i cant turn my phone on it just boots to the screen that says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
That should be all you need.
I picked up a Verizon Galaxy S4 today, and it installed the OTA update.
Tonight I tried to root the phone, and it did not work, and now I can't get the phone to start back up. It gives me the "firmware update encountered an issue message."
I can get the phone into download mode, but I haven't been able to install a stock rom using ODIN. I think maybe I'm using the wrong ROM.
What should I be doing?
Mechachrome said:
I picked up a Verizon Galaxy S4 today, and it installed the OTA update.
Tonight I tried to root the phone, and it did not work, and now I can't get the phone to start back up. It gives me the "firmware update encountered an issue message."
I can get the phone into download mode, but I haven't been able to install a stock rom using ODIN. I think maybe I'm using the wrong ROM.
What should I be doing?
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You're probably using the wrong ROM.
Which OTA? What baseband were you on prior to and after the OTA? What errors did you see in ODIN and on the phone.
If you were on MJ7 and updated to MK2, then you should be able to flash the MJ7 no-wipe ROM to recover.
Failing that, install Samsung Kies and use it to recover your phone.
Hi guys,
I am trying to help someone get their phone back to stock. It's a verizon galaxy note 2 and all the information I have is that they tried to root or rom it and now it doesn't start (and to get it to boot you have to remove/put in the battery)
I'm following droidstyle's guide and I can get as far as starting the odin flash process to stock, but it goes for a few minutes and then I just get a FAIL.
UPDATE1: So I tried again but with the root66 stock VRALJB and it passed but I'm getting the system software not authorized message. I'll keep trying some things..
Anyway I can get this thing up and running again?
UPDATE2: I'm flashing the stock roms semi-successfully, but even after a PASS on the flash, I get the "Verizon has detected unauthorized software" message. Any ideas?
Bascotie said:
Hi guys,
I am trying to help someone get their phone back to stock. It's a verizon galaxy note 2 and all the information I have is that they tried to root or rom it and now it doesn't start (and to get it to boot you have to remove/put in the battery)
I'm following droidstyle's guide and I can get as far as starting the odin flash process to stock, but it goes for a few minutes and then I just get a FAIL.
UPDATE1: So I tried again but with the root66 stock VRALJB and it passed but I'm getting the system software not authorized message. I'll keep trying some things..
Anyway I can get this thing up and running again?
UPDATE2: I'm flashing the stock roms semi-successfully, but even after a PASS on the flash, I get the "Verizon has detected unauthorized software" message. Any ideas?
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What version of stock firmware was on the phone when the person tried to root it? If it was mj9 4.3 or above you will have to flash the version that was installed through Odin to get it to work. The bootloader starting in mj9 4.3 doesn't allow to downgrade to previous version.
BluGuy said:
What version of stock firmware was on the phone when the person tried to root it? If it was mj9 4.3 or above you will have to flash the version that was installed through Odin to get it to work. The bootloader starting in mj9 4.3 doesn't allow to downgrade to previous version.
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Good question. He doesn't really know as he was even newer to this than I am (I've done it on a couple phones in the past only a few times, so I do kinda have the hang of it, but this phone's a bit different).
Can I just try flashing 4.3 or above and see if that works? What would be the way to go if I don't know what was flashed previously?
I have the Verizon Galaxy s4 and I rooted it and attempted to install the cm-12.1 custom rom. I could not get CWM to work so I went to the safestrap route. My phone got stuck booting into recovery so I flashed stock everything VIA Odin. It failed. So now I'm stuck with the message at start up "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again".
Please HELP.
P.S It is the SCH-I545 model.
WarCrazy said:
I have the Verizon Galaxy s4 and I rooted it and attempted to install the cm-12.1 custom rom. I could not get CWM to work so I went to the safestrap route. My phone got stuck booting into recovery so I flashed stock everything VIA Odin. It failed. So now I'm stuck with the message at start up "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again".
Please HELP.
P.S It is the SCH-I545 model.
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What were you on... CM-12 does not work on any bootloader besides MDK. It does not work with safestrap. It will not work with CWM. Odin with a FULL NC5 WIPE. If that does not work, its bricked. Possibly JTG, but I doubt it. Read more before you do something. This could have been avoided.
XxD34THxX said:
What were you on... CM-12 does not work on any bootloader besides MDK. It does not work with safestrap. It will not work with CWM. Odin with a FULL NC5 WIPE. If that does not work, its bricked. Possibly JTG, but I doubt it. Read more before you do something. This could have been avoided.
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Well, I did everything from a different site instructions. But I appreciate the reply. I did thankfully fix my phone by connecting it to Kies which restored firmware. Problem now, I lost root access and I upgraded to 5.0.1 lollipop from 4.2.2 kitkat and I now can't seem to find a rooting option now. Running SCH-I545 VRUGOC1.
Can you point me to the right direction? I've decently looked around, don't see any way to do it?
WarCrazy said:
Well, I did everything from a different site instructions. But I appreciate the reply. I did thankfully fix my phone by connecting it to Kies which restored firmware. Problem now, I lost root access and I upgraded to 5.0.1 lollipop from 4.2.2 kitkat and I now can't seem to find a rooting option now. Running SCH-I545 VRUGOC1.
Can you point me to the right direction? I've decently looked around, don't see any way to do it?
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No root for OC1. No downgrade either as a qfuse has been blown.
So I was on lineage 7.1 when I decided to update TWRP for some reason . Anyway after that my phone only booted to download mode and Unauthorized software warning thingi.
So I thought hmm well I can fix this by going back all the way to VRUAMDK. So I flash VRUAMDK-No-Wipe with odin 3.07 but now get a boot loop at the verizon logo.
Followed this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
My question is, does anyone have the fully stock VRUAMDK firmware? I cant find an active link anywhere. OR Should I just try flashing some available stock firmware and lose my unlocked bootloader?
Really any advice would be welcome.
Thanks!
Edit- after exhaustive searching I have found https://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devices/Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) (SCH-I545)/Stock ROMs/ with a stock rom that worked. I hope that link helps anyone out there looking for a working mdk rom.