Ok, with all my wifi issues I tried a file called jfltevzw-wififix-FN2-NC2-w-modules.zip, as suggested through out the forum. I booted into recovery and installed the NC2 modem and then the fix file mentioned above. When I rebooted, I got hung at the unauthorized verizon software, take your phone back to verizon. I then tried to odin back to stock and start over. I'm on the MDK bootloader and (had) twrp installed. I got into odin and tried to install a stock no wipe rom. This one: VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar.md5. In odin I tried installing this file, but instead of PDA, I did it in bootloader. Now, when I reboot my phone, I see the samsung splash screen, then the verizon splash screen and then it just sits there. I see animation on the verizon logo, but after 15min, I pulled the battery. Also, if I hold vol up and power on, I don't have TWRP, it just goes to the samsung splash, then verizon splash screen. I googled and searched but can find nothing on this situation. When I do start up my phone, I still shows custon unlocked screen before the samsung and verizon logos. How do I start over?
Just an update on my situation, after further attempts of fixing my phone, if I hold vol up and the power button, I can get into some sort of recovery. Its not my normal TWRP blue screen its just a small menu of items to choose from, in tiny blue writing. Hopefully this helps in someone suggesting something.
You're gonna need to flash the full wipe mdk tar to get your system to boot again. Then reroot via towelroot and install TWRP via Flashify. I would then suggest flashing the last NC5 modem.
Do not use those WiFi fix zips if you're on MDK, they're for Safestrap users only. What that zip did was upgrade your modem and nonhlos to nc2. Sometimes it will still boot but you'll have no audio and sometimes it soft bricks your phone.
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If you have WiFi issues with a rom you flashed, PM me and I will help.
krazykevin76 said:
Just an update on my situation, after further attempts of fixing my phone, if I hold vol up and the power button, I can get into some sort of recovery. Its not my normal TWRP blue screen its just a small menu of items to choose from, in tiny blue writing. Hopefully this helps in someone suggesting something.
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If you don't wanr to mess with Odin again since you can get into stock reovery do a factory reset and it should boot
ebsk8er06 said:
If you don't wanr to mess with Odin again since you can get into stock reovery do a factory reset and it should boot
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The factory reset did the trick. Thank you all!
krazykevin76 said:
The factory reset did the trick. Thank you all!
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Glad I could help
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Today I rooted my phone, which was successful. I had the ME7 build. Then I tried to install Google Wallet using this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42029814) and I installed a custom recovery. Then I tried to install a custom recovery. I downloaded Goo manager (or whatever it's called) and did a menu click and installed "OpenRecovery Script" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292565)
And that is where I think I messed up. After I downloaded it, I selected 'reboot recovery' in Goo Manager and then I came to the Green android guy that says Download on it. So cool I figured I would just use Odin to put it back to stock. And for some reason it failed and now it says "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
And that's where I'm stuck. My phone can't seem to connect with Kies and doesn't show up in the list when I go to Tools>Firmware Emergency Recovery.
So any help at all would be greatly appreciated! I assume I can't send it back because the phone's been rooted.
Thank you all again!
A little bit of reading goes a long way. There is a ton of posts and questions asked about this. You cant install a custom recovery on me7. There is only root. For some you can shut the phone all the way off. Use the button combo to boot into download mode and then decline and the phone should boot normally. Everytime you reboot youll have to do it that way so eventually your either going to have flash the stock recovery via odin, dont know where there is one posted but ive seen it on the forums before. Or youll have to use odin and reflash the stock me7 image. You cant flash the mdk image. The odin images and guides are located in the dev section. :thumbup:
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I figured it out. I was being stupid and holding down the wrong keys for recovery. The keys are: Volume Down + Home + Power, and letting go of Power as soon as it vibrates. And it turns out I was trying to flash the wrong file... stupid me. But just make sure you'er flashing the right file in Odin and it should work.
OK so first of, the phone is not rooted, nor have, the boot loader unlocked, and don't have a custom recovery (although if I can get out of the hole I'm stuck in, I'll proceed to do that).
"So now for the actual problem. Awhile back my power button stopped working, but o figure ways around that. Then, yesterday, I was listening to music and my phone just shut off (no it didn't die) and turned back on but it just stayed at the at&t boot animation and stayed like that until it died. After I plugged it in, it turned on and wouldn't go passed the Samsung animation."
Is there any way to reset the phone? Thanks.
You didn't say which version of stock you were running. Assuming the issue is firmware and not a hardware issue, and it sounds like firmware from your description, you should be able to re-flash stock using Odin and get it to boot. You can find the various stock distributions in the Download Repository (see the link in my signature.) Regardless of the version of stock you were running, I would suggest that you flash the latest stock, I777UCMD8, Jelly Bean 4.1.2. You will need to boot into stock 3e recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset before you flash.
The bootloaders are not locked. The recovery is compiled into the kernel, so to install a custom recovery, you must install a custom kernel. For UCMD8 that would be AJK v4.9 NoSwap.
Feel free to ask questions if you don't understand. You should be able to find enough guidance from previous posts in this forum.
creepyncrawly said:
You didn't say which version of stock you were running. Assuming the issue is firmware and not a hardware issue, and it sounds like firmware from your description, you should be able to re-flash stock using Odin and get it to boot. You can find the various stock distributions in the Download Repository (see the link in my signature.) Regardless of the version of stock you were running, I would suggest that you flash the latest stock, I777UCMD8, Jelly Bean 4.1.2. You will need to boot into stock 3e recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset before you flash.
The bootloaders are not locked. The recovery is compiled into the kernel, so to install a custom recovery, you must install a custom kernel. For UCMD8 that would be AJK v4.9 NoSwap.
Feel free to ask questions if you don't understand. You should be able to find enough guidance from previous posts in this forum.
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It's not actually my phone, but a friends and I was describing the problem (I forgot to put quotations. They're there now) but I assume it's the newest stock version. I've noticed that I cant seem to boot onto recovery. When the phone is off and I try to boot into recovery (by powering on and holding down both volume buttons, right?) It goes to from the Samsung boot animation to a blank screen and back again (and back to the Samsung animation repeatedly). Is there a way (like with my phone [Atrix HD]) to boot into recovery by an emulator command from the computer?
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When u r trying the buttom combo to get into recovery, don't have the micro usb plugged into the phone and connected either to power or a pc.
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There is an adb command that "should" work in bootloop situations. But u need to have had the phone option of Debugging checked in then Settings of the phone already. And adb installed on ur pc. The command from a pc is adb wait-for-device reboot recovery
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Blackest Pain said:
I've noticed that I cant seem to boot onto recovery. When the phone is off and I try to boot into recovery (by powering on and holding down both volume buttons, right?)
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The correct sequence to enter recovery is, from phone off, hold down all three buttons, vol+ vol- and pwr, until the first boot screen (probably rethink possible) appears, then goes black then appears a second time, then release the buttons. If you tried that and it bootloops, you can flash stock through Odin without performing a wipe data/factory reset, then see if you can boot into recovery.
If that does not get the phone going, then we should assume nand read/write corruption, for which there is a specific sequence to flash. So let us know how it goes.
hello,
i got a Samsung Galaxy S4 from verizon [SCH-I545 and mk2] i rooted my phone and put a custom recovery on it. i went to my recovery [Safestrap] and back it up, then i went to wipe and wipe my data, system, and cache. then i went to install and try to install CM11 and gapps, it fail then i hit reboot and forgot to hit restore my backup. now i see Samsung and it shows a unlock lock under it says custom. i try to go to recovery but it takes me to odin mode. and i hit volume down>home>power and till to reboot but still nothing. i plug it in my computer and i hear the sound that it reading it but i don't see it in my computer or a window or my toolbar. is their a way i can download something and delete everything on my phone and re install android 4.3 like it was brand new. Thank You!
TheLamerAndroid said:
hello,
i got a Samsung Galaxy S4 from verizon [SCH-I545 and mk2] i rooted my phone and put a custom recovery on it. i went to my recovery [Safestrap] and back it up, then i went to wipe and wipe my data, system, and cache. then i went to install and try to install CM11 and gapps, it fail then i hit reboot and forgot to hit restore my backup. now i see Samsung and it shows a unlock lock under it says custom. i try to go to recovery but it takes me to odin mode. and i hit volume down>home>power and till to reboot but still nothing. i plug it in my computer and i hear the sound that it reading it but i don't see it in my computer or a window or my toolbar. is their a way i can download something and delete everything on my phone and re install android 4.3 like it was brand new. Thank You!
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Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
Follow those instructions and you should be good
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Also go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Lot of things there to help you know what you can and can't do.... Like you can't install any aosp ROMs on SafeStrap for instance lol
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TheLamerAndroid said:
hello,
i got a Samsung Galaxy S4 from verizon [SCH-I545 and mk2] i rooted my phone and put a custom recovery on it. i went to my recovery [Safestrap] and back it up, then i went to wipe and wipe my data, system, and cache. then i went to install and try to install CM11 and gapps, it fail then i hit reboot and forgot to hit restore my backup. now i see Samsung and it shows a unlock lock under it says custom. i try to go to recovery but it takes me to odin mode. and i hit volume down>home>power and till to reboot but still nothing. i plug it in my computer and i hear the sound that it reading it but i don't see it in my computer or a window or my toolbar. is their a way i can download something and delete everything on my phone and re install android 4.3 like it was brand new. Thank You!
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If you used Safestrap, then you should still have your stock ROM - just boot into Safestrap recovery and activate the stock slot.
If you used Safestrap to flash the stock slot, well, now you know why that's not recommended. Use the recovery images mistertac pointed you to, and spend some time reading before you flash again.
I followed this video to install Cyanogenmod. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQdSOTdV06Q
during the install I got a red error stating there was some problem with the gapps zip. Now my phone gives a quick samsung flash and nothing else happens. If I hold power,home and volume up I can still get into the cyanogenmod screen with the option to install.
I downloaded the files again and tried installing. It got as far as flashing file 1 of 2 and the working bar keeps spinning and doesn't make anymore progress. The screen eventually went black and now I cant even get into the recovery screen. The screen flashed the samsung logo with small blue writing in the top left and then goes black again.
Please help...
Update - If I hold power, volume down and home I am able to get into the downloading screen.
Try to reflash cyanogen mod again but before that format you device completely by going to recovery mod!
Or try to download the cyanogen mod and gapps from xda thread or from somewhere else!
Before flashing any ROM, it is strongly recommended to completely format your device!
Hope it will help you
skiiermike said:
I followed this video to install Cyanogenmod. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQdSOTdV06Q
during the install I got a red error stating there was some problem with the gapps zip. Now my phone gives a quick samsung flash and nothing else happens. If I hold power,home and volume up I can still get into the cyanogenmod screen with the option to install.
I downloaded the files again and tried installing. It got as far as flashing file 1 of 2 and the working bar keeps spinning and doesn't make anymore progress. The screen eventually went black and now I cant even get into the recovery screen. The screen flashed the samsung logo with small blue writing in the top left and then goes black again.
Please help...
Update - If I hold power, volume down and home I am able to get into the downloading screen.
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Since you can get into download mode and not into the recovery I would try to flash back to stock following the info in the sticky.
Thanks to the both of you for the help.
FireBlazeGT said:
Try to reflash cyanogen mod again but before that format you device completely by going to recovery mod!
Or try to download the cyanogen mod and gapps from xda thread or from somewhere else!
Before flashing any ROM, it is strongly recommended to completely format your device!
Hope it will help you
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Thanks but I can't get into the recovery screen, only the download screen.
Darke5tShad0w said:
Since you can get into download mode and not into the recovery I would try to flash back to stock following the info in the sticky.
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I found this but it is very vague
IF YOUR PHONE MATCHES OPTION 1 LOOK HERE!!
A soft brick is easily fixed in most cases, here is what you can do to fix your phone!
-Boot into Recovery (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and wipe your data/cache/delvik cache and factory reset and start all over.
-If Recovery fails, try booting into Download Mode (Vol Down + Home Button + Power Button) and use Odin to get into stock firmware and start again.
(if youre using a Mac, Linux or Ubuntu Heimdall can be used to flash stock firmware)
-Also make sure the downloaded ROM/GApps are not corrupt when youre flashing. You can do this by checking the MD5.
-If youre getting a "STATUS 7" error, please update your recovery, or update your bootloader.
I also found this one that I will try an follow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
To confuse things a little, this phone is a telus phone that I had unlocked to use on Bell. I assume I reflash the telus firmware, am I correct?
Bro just download your phone's custum recovery .
Now go to Odin mod in your phone volume down,home,power.then select volume up.now connect your phone in to PC.
Now open Odin select PDA then browse custum recovery. And start button click.
I was able to get my original firmware back with odin.
Can someone link me to the current files for my phone so I don't screw this up again? Its a Telus i747m, which I believe falls under AT&T.
Thanks
skiiermike said:
I was able to get my original firmware back with odin.
Can someone link me to the current files for my phone so I don't screw this up again? Its a Telus i747m, which I believe falls under AT&T.
Thanks
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Bro go to this site:http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Then create free account select your phone model and download latest firmware.
Then flash via Odin.
Best of luck.
I want to say thanks for all the replies.
I was able to sort out my problem and here is the solution.
I was trying to install the zip files from the micro sd and it was failing every time. I then tried the same sd card in a usb-otg cable and it worked perfectly.
It must have something to do with the built in sd reader.
I'm stuck on a bugged version of Pie... ZRJ8 build. None of the firmware science builds will upgrade to the newer builds. I have no idea how to downgrade back to BRJ6/BRJ5... please can someone help me I've tried SmartSwitch, it doesn't even show my phone in the emergency software menu.
My phone works, but I'm stuck in limbo with a half-baked Pie. How can I directly use odin to flash to the latest (G965USQU3CRKK)? I have update.zip, but I can't use this with odin...
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I'm stuck on a bugged version of Pie... ZRJ8 build. None of the firmware science builds will upgrade to the newer builds. I have no idea how to downgrade back to BRJ6/BRJ5... please can someone help me I've tried SmartSwitch, it doesn't even show my phone in the emergency software menu.
My phone works, but I'm stuck in limbo with a half-baked Pie. How can I directly use odin to flash to the latest (G965USQU3CRKK)? I have update.zip, but I can't use this with odin...
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Very easy, buddy! Just download BRJ5 for Odin, enter download mode after installing Samsung drivers on your pc and putting the phone in developer mode with ADB...extract BRJ5 and put the BL, AP AND CP in the correct spots...use CSC HOME IF YOU WANNA SAVE DATA. USE CSC if you want to wipe data, which I recommended.
THEN, once the phone is flashed and re-set up, flash the CRKK update.zip.
Should be good to go.
More help with Odin here, follow the Snapdragon S9+ instructions - https://www.xda-developers.com/install-one-ui-beta-samsung-galaxy-s9-galaxy-s9-plus/
CRKK is the latest so use that for the update.zip steps.
jreed3786 said:
Very easy, buddy! Just download BRJ5 for Odin, enter download mode after installing Samsung drivers on your pc and putting the phone in developer mode with ADB...extract BRJ5 and put the AP, BP, AND CP in the correct spots...use CSC HOME IF YOU WANNA SAVE DATA. USE CSC if you want to wipe data, which I recommended.
THEN, once the phone is flashed and re-set up, flash the CRKK update.zip.
Should be good to go.
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When I flashed BRJ5, my phone is stuck in a boot loop. It gets to "Starting Android - Optimizing app 82 of 82" and then reboots and tries again, over and over.. never gets past optimizing apps.
EDIT: Nevermind, doing a factory reset fixed the problem!! Now I am on BRJ5 Hopefully CRKK is not as buggy! Thanks a ton
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When I flashed BRJ5, my phone is stuck in a boot loop. It gets to "Starting Android - Optimizing app 82 of 82" and then reboots and tries again, over and over.. never gets past optimizing apps.
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All you gotta do is restart phone and hold POWER, VOLUME UP AND BIXBY BUTTON...When it powers on, release POWER....you'll be in recovery. Just wipe data three times and cache. It'll boot. I had the same thing.
jreed3786 said:
All you gotta do is restart phone and hold POWER, VOLUME UP AND BIXBY BUTTON...When it powers on, release POWER....you'll be in recovery. Just wipe data three times and cache. It'll boot. I had the same thing.
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At first it wasnt getting into recovery... But eventually it did. Factory reset fixed it. God I forgot how ugly 8.0 was!! Do you know if CRKK is the latest version?
cmcjacob said:
At first it wasnt getting into recovery... But eventually it did. Factory reset fixed it. God I forgot how ugly 8.0 was!! Do you know if CRKK is the latest version?
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Yep. It is. I agree! Pie looks way better! Now you can flash CRKK in recovery. Enjoy!