I just flashed my MDK device back to stock in Odin because it is having hardware problems and I need to get it exchanged. I tried taking an OTA update to put it on the latest build but the update keeps failing leading me to believe that the system is not fully stock. Now my question is, does anyone know what the flash counter in Download mode is supposed to look like? Everything on my screen says "Official" but I don't know what a stock flash counter is supposed to display. This is what I see when I boot into Download Mode:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I545
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
CSB_OEM_CONFIG_LBS: 0x30
Write Protection: Enable
Can anyone with a stock phone confirm that this is what it's supposed to look like. Thanks!
You can just flash a nc5 (latest firmware) tar file in odin to update.
It's a shame it's on MDK.
joshm.1219 said:
You can just flash a nc5 (latest firmware) tar file in odin to update.
It's a shame it's on MDK.
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Thanks! And I know... My home button stopped working! I'm so sad!
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I have a rooted Sprint Samsung Galaxy note 3.
my current Android version is : 4.3
Build number: JSS15J.N900PVPUBMJ4
I received a notification for an update but since my device is rooted, I can't do OTA updates.
so my questions are; Is it worth going through the trouble of updating, and if so, how do I go about doing it???
And as always, thank a lot guys, for your help.
likeminas said:
I have a rooted Sprint Samsung Galaxy note 3.
my current Android version is : 4.3
Build number: JSS15J.N900PVPUBMJ4
I received a notification for an update but since my device is rooted, I can't do OTA updates.
so my questions are; Is it worth going through the trouble of updating, and if so, how do I go about doing it???
And as always, thank a lot guys, for your help.
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Since you are rooted, you can just goto the Android development forum and use rwilco's one step to go back completely stock and then take the ota (may or may not work to get the ota) or just goto the Android development forum and use one of the methods there to upgrade to KK.
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likeminas said:
I have a rooted Sprint Samsung Galaxy note 3.
my current Android version is : 4.3
Build number: JSS15J.N900PVPUBMJ4
I received a notification for an update but since my device is rooted, I can't do OTA updates.
so my questions are; Is it worth going through the trouble of updating, and if so, how do I go about doing it???
And as always, thank a lot guys, for your help.
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1. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657828
2. Flash this next via Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469904 this will root your device
3. Then either (philz) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596001 or (twrp) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471564
4. Flash your rom of choice or run stock
MrWicked1 said:
1. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657828
2. Flash this next via Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469904 this will root your device
3. Then either (philz) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596001 or (twrp) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471564
4. Flash your rom of choice or run stock
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thanks for this. fixed my problem
MrWicked1 said:
1. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657828
2. Flash this next via Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469904 this will root your device
3. Then either (philz) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596001 or (twrp) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471564
4. Flash your rom of choice or run stock
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Thanks, I rooted my friend's N3 and now he wants to update to kk.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
I read that rooting a phone changes the KNOX counter and, after unrooting, the KNOX counter remains changed so that updates are not possible OTA. Unfortunately, I cannot post the link but it is on the galaxynote3root.com website.
Would someone care to comment on this, please?
My Note3 is rooted at the moment and, before unrooting to update, I would like to know whether after unrooting, the update problem still exists or not
Hope you understand and someone can help. Thanks.
apex2000 said:
I read that rooting a phone changes the KNOX counter and, after unrooting, the KNOX counter remains changed so that updates are not possible OTA. Unfortunately, I cannot post the link but it is on the galaxynote3root.com website.
Would someone care to comment on this, please?
My Note3 is rooted at the moment and, before unrooting to update, I would like to know whether after unrooting, the update problem still exists or not
Hope you understand and someone can help. Thanks.
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Just flash back to stock using Odin then reboot into stock recovery and wipe data .... you will need to have your SD card removed for it to work also .... you may then have to reflash the Odin rom again and you will have official status and be able to accept ota or just use the nc5 Odin tar and you are good
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The KNOX counter has nothing to do with it ... it's the official status
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Epix4G said:
Just flash back to stock using Odin then reboot into stock recovery and wipe data .... you will need to have your SD card removed for it to work also .... you may then have to reflash the Odin rom again and you will have official status and be able to accept ota or just use the nc5 Odin tar and you are good
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The KNOX counter has nothing to do with it ... it's the official status
Sent from my SM-G900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
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Thanks very much for your answer. Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject.
I guess that I can flash back to stock using Odin quite easily, but how do I "reboot into stock recovery and wipe data"?
And, what is "the nc5 Odin tar"?
This is the latest ota nc5 .... it has directions in the op for using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712205
After flashing this volume up home key and power from the off position will get you into stock recovery
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updating without unrooting?
Sorry if the answer is here, but I can't seem to find it. I want to be able to record conversations on my phone, but can't because it was Android 4.4.when I rooted. I absolutely do not want to unroot. So, my question is, can I update without unrooting and if so, how do I do it?
Steve01351 said:
Sorry if the answer is here, but I can't seem to find it. I want to be able to record conversations on my phone, but can't because it was Android 4.4.when I rooted. I absolutely do not want to unroot. So, my question is, can I update without unrooting and if so, how do I do it?
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No you have to be unrooted to take an OTA update. But there are other options. First what version of KitKat are you on ? If you are on say 4.4.2 NC5 and you want to get to 4.4.4 NH7 or 4.4.4 NK4, you can unroot your device and take the OTA. Or you can flash a complete new version of KitKat 4.4.4 with odin, and then root your device again.
However, if you are rooted on 4.4.2 NC5 with TowelRoot, and no custom recovery installed. Chances are you have not tripped KNOX yet. So, if you update to 4.4.4 NH7 or NK4 or install a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM you will trip KNOX. Here is my thread for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440 .
As for recording conversations have you checked the play store for an app here is a link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.killermobile.totalrecall&hl=en Enjoy !!!
Many thanks. All I really wanted was to be able to record conversations. I tried 4 of the apps listed in the Play store. 2 of them recorded just my side of a conversation with blanks where the other side should be - and the other 2 just recorded static. Total Recall works like a charm though. Thanks again.
Sprint MJ4 Upgrade without data loss
MrWicked1 said:
1. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657828
2. Flash this next via Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469904 this will root your device
3. Then either (philz) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596001 or (twrp) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471564
4. Flash your rom of choice or run stock
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I'm in the same boat, I've got an app I need to run, but can't due to the version difference. I used Odin with one click flash (no data loss) to root. Awesome because I didn't loose any apps or any data whatsoever. My question is this, being I'm already rooted with MJ4 by TWRP. Is there a way to upgrade without losing my data (apps , contacts or any sort of complete reset that loses everything) or having to unroot?
My apologies on not knowing this well enough, can I flash the newer version as it is, or will that cause an issue? I'm not even sure what version we're currently on.
Thank you for your work and all that has gone into creating these tools and available sources for us to work on our phones.
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Any thoughts?
I have a verizon S4 (SCH-i545), I had it rooted, saw the 4.2.2 update today and downloaded and it failed... I figured because I was rooted.
I tired to unroot today and things have gone bad. Using odin tool and following a tutorial Odin failed.
I now see:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
In the top left:
odin mode
product name: sch-i545
current bianary: samsung official
system status: official
knox kernal lock: 0x0
know warranty void: 0x0
csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enable
emmc burst mode enabled.
I need to just restore it with the stock firmware but apparently the one I download which was labeled "Verizon Stock 4.2.2" and not SCH-i454 must have been the wrong one.
Does anyone have a RELIABLE link for the 4.2.2 firmware? Or is there something I should be doing beyond getting a reliable file and restoring again. I just installed kies and it wont connect to the phone to do an energency firmware recovery.
Also, what is this "i9500, i9505, i9505G, i9506" that is this forum title, my s4 isnt any of those as far as I know and there isnt a i545 anywhere?
:/ I wish I had found this forum first...
If you don't care about root, use the Odin VRUFNC5 file that Surge has posted HERE
So my attempts to return my phone back to unrooted condition (odin stock rom back in) so I can OTA update from Jellybean to KitKat failed. I now tripped knox (I suppose who cares right?) and the rom wouldn't install and discovered I had to reinstall a PIT file to be able to boot again. I don't think I have a stock one because now when I try to OTA update it tells me it can't because it's been tampered with. Does anyone have the stock Sprint Note 3 PIT file for Android 4.3? I'm hoping after putting a stock PIT in there the OTA update will work? Or is it because I'm rooted?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I did do a search didn't find any stock PIT files on this forum. If I missed the thread apologies.
Just tried factory reset, no go =(.
stripedrex said:
So my attempts to return my phone back to unrooted condition (odin stock rom back in) so I can OTA update from Jellybean to KitKat failed. I now tripped knox (I suppose who cares right?) and the rom wouldn't install and discovered I had to reinstall a PIT file to be able to boot again. I don't think I have a stock one because now when I try to OTA update it tells me it can't because it's been tampered with. Does anyone have the stock Sprint Note 3 PIT file for Android 4.3? I'm hoping after putting a stock PIT in there the OTA update will work? Or is it because I'm rooted?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I did do a search didn't find any stock PIT files on this forum. If I missed the thread apologies.
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Odin stock tar, factory data reset, take the ota or download the nc5d update zip and flash in stock recovery, if thats what you are after. Then root. ota wont take if system status is custom.
idone said:
Odin stock tar, factory data reset, take the ota or download the nc5d update zip and flash in stock recovery, if thats what you are after. Then root. ota wont take if system status is custom.
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Thank you sir. Actually turns out I was loading the wrong stock ROM. The right one was here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50486348&postcount=45
Hopefully this helps someone else out that stumbles on to this. If you appear to have bricked your phone with the wrong ROM just reflash the PIT then try this one (I was Sprint Note 3 Android version 4.3).
I'm in the middle of an OTA update now =).
Always getting either "Not authorized by Verizon" or "Upgrade encountered an issue"
Hey guys, hoping someone can help me out with what appears to be a soft brick on my phone.
Background
Bought phone in January 2013, immediately rooted and installed custom recovery. Phone stayed this way until yesterday, when I restored with ODIN and then installed all OTA's to prepare for a replacement under a Best Buy service plan, expecting it to work like it used to where I go into the store and drop off the phone, then a new one is sent to the store. I then installed all OTA's up to 4.4.2 (I think that one is ND7 but not sure as I was using AOSP-based ROMS while rooted). The ODIN restore brought me back to saying the firmware was all official.
Currently
Replacement process changed and I am stuck with this phone for another week while a replacement gets mailed to my home, so I decided to play around with ODIN to restore to MJ9 since most root methods seemed to work for MJ9, but I accidentally chose the LJB image that I had downloaded yesterday for the PDA in ODIN. When running this, it failed on sboot.bin.
I restarted the phone and it said "Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue" and tells me to connect it to Kies, which I tried, but for some reason Kies just runs on Connecting to Device and won't do anything else. I didn't spend a whole lot of time on that though, as it also changed the "System Status" to Custom while leaving Current Binary as Official, and from what I read Kies will refuse to do a recovery if anything is Custom.
I tried to install MJ9 through ODIN and it also fails at sboot.bin, resulting in the same message as above. I downloaded the alternate MC3 from this thread and it ran through ODIN fine since it does not have an sboot.bin, but it gives the error about the firmware not being authorized by Verizon and changes both Current Binary and System Status to Custom (I think MJ9 was the first locked bootloader, so I would assume that is why, but I don't know for sure). There was no alternate for MJ9 so I tried to make my own by extracting, removing sboot.bin, and then putting the rest of the files in a new tar file, but ODIN won't run it and gives an error about the MD5 not matching.
At this point the phone working is not so much of an issue since I already have a replacement on the way to my house, but I would prefer to fix this so a) I have a phone for the next few days, and b) so I don't have to go short something inside on purpose to hard-brick it and prevent them from refusing my replacement claim.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael
Once you updated the phone to factory stock 4.4.2, you permanently locked the bootloader and you can't downgrade to any other pre 4.4.2 ND7 firmwares. The easiest thing to do now would be to use Odin to restore the device back to to factory 4.4.2 stock firmware. There is GhettoRoot for 4.4.2 if you're wanting to root the device again on 4.4.2... and people are reporting that safestrap works as well for flashing 4.4.2 touchwiz roms. Good luck!
Ahh, I wasn't aware that ND7 couldn't be downgraded at all; I thought anything past MJ9 would work since that was when the bootloader became locked. I don't see any ND7 ODIN images available anywhere and Kies won't allow me to restore the device. Is there another method I should be using to restore? My wife has an i605 on 4.1.1 right now (same background as mine, just not bricked and no OTAs downloaded); if we updated until ND7 was downloaded but not installed, would I be able to pull the OTA from hers and flash in ODIN, or are they not ODIN-compatible?
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Ahh, I wasn't aware that ND7 couldn't be downgraded at all; I thought anything past MJ9 would work since that was when the bootloader became locked. I don't see any ND7 ODIN images available anywhere and Kies won't allow me to restore the device. Is there another method I should be using to restore? My wife has an i605 on 4.1.1 right now (same background as mine, just not bricked and no OTAs downloaded); if we updated until ND7 was downloaded but not installed, would I be able to pull the OTA from hers and flash in ODIN, or are they not ODIN-compatible?
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Here's a link to the Verizon stock 4.4.2 firmware from Sammobile. You'll have to register, but the download should be free. You should be able to use Odin to restore the device with this firmware file and the pit file from Droidstyle's restore guide. If Odin 3.07 doesn't work, try Odin 3.09 from Sammobile... or try Odin 3.10, which I've been using lately with no problems.
Thanks for that link, I was able to download and restore my phone with the ND7 download. I wasn't aware that SamMobile keeps a firmware database, so I also appreciate that piece of info.
Thanks,
Michael
Flashed stock Lollipop 5.1.1 ROM using ODIN, Device binary & status are CUSTOM? Help!
Hey guys! First time poster!
A few months back, I tried using CF-Auto root in order to gain root access on my phone, but I flashed something incorrectly and I was never able to get root working correctly. I know because of this, I tripped KNOX, and whenever I rebooted, there was a "Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" at the top of the device.
Due to the recent Marshmallow 6.0.1 upgrade, I want to unroot and get stock firmware, so I decided to do some research and go ahead and try to flash the stock G900T 5.1.1 FOJ4 firmware (tar.md5 file), so I can get my ability to update my phone via OTA updates. I looked up my matching firmware (FOJ4) through Android File Host and then unzipped it to my desktop.
I followed a guide and used ODIN 3.10.7 to flash the stock firmware file onto my phone. I also wiped cache/ factory reset before and after flashing the stock image.
Everything went well and I no longer see the "Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" when I boot. The problem I have is that when I go into download mode, the CURRENT BINARY and SYSTEM STATUS are both CUSTOM.
I was under the impression as long as you flash a stock firmware to your device, you will unroot and your device will be official, and then you'll be able to do OTA updates. Maybe its because I have KNOX tripped? Maybe can someone clarify that for me?
My main questions/concerns are:
1.) Is there anyway to make my device status/binary as OFFICIAL, in order to regain OTA updates?
2.) If I want to download the 6.0.1 Marshmallow update, should I just try through KIES or downloading the tar.md5 file to flashing via ODIN like I did with stock?
3.) Will there be any risk of bricking since my device is still "custom", if I go the above route?
4.) As a last ditch effort, should I just try downloading a different stock Lollipop firmware, and try flashing with ODIN again?
5.) What does this sub think of Marshmallow 6.0.1 update? Is it worth it?
Thank you guys in advance! Hope you have an awesome day!
@Root_S5_Please
#2 with Odin will work and is the correct way to go, #3 will not happen as long as you use Odin, you can't untrip Knox but that's OK since it doesn't have any effect on functionality. #4 is unnecessary and won't do anything to help. Someone else will have to answer #5, I Odined the update and immediately went back to CM13