Looking for some help, and though my title may sound familiar, in all the OTA when rooting threads I've read I didnt see anyone with it.
So Ive had the phone a couple of weeks, I stupidly forgot to check for updates before unlocking and rooting. Phone was unlocked and rooted using the All in One kit, custom recovery is CWM touch GSM. First thing after unlocking I made a nandroid backup. Then unrooted, setup the phone like i wanted and made another backup (rooted). It was at this point I checked for updates, see there is the new update (ending in .15) that enables the LTE bands. Tried to update and it fails, from the research I then did (shouldve done first, I know) it seems to be because I need stock recovery/unroot. Everything Ive read seems to point to people with the original unlocked/rooted ROM needing to reflash the stock recovery and OTA should work.
So I track down the stock recovery (have tried with 2 different files-same results), go into the whole thing, phone reboots, I sit through the recovery screen (blue circle made of arrows,phone, blue progress bar) progress bar completes, phone shuts off...and then nothing.(Having tried this a few times I have given it at least 5 minutes before trying to turn it on) When I pushed the power the capacitive buttons blink but nothing happens. I have to hold down the power button long before the phone finally boots.
Seems fine and then a message pops up saying update failed, to wait for a future update. I check the phone info and the it lists the new version (ending in .15, original was .12). I was thinking maybe it did update and was going to give it a try but then noticed my Wifi will not turn on, the switch is moved to on, its says its turning on but then eventually times out and gives me an error. I cant for the life of me figure out what step I missed or where I went wrong. I went back to my original nandroid backup and re-rooted and started from scratch which is what Ive been using.
Any help would be appreciated, sorry for the length.
Incredibly short version: Stock unlocked rooted, flashed stock recovery to do OTA update, update fails and breaks wifi, totally lost
A few months ago I came here and used the detailed instructions to unlock boot-loader and root my tablet. Everything worked awesome. easy to do and easy to follow instructions. Thank you
Now, Verizon has released some kind of update for my tab. I will be in the middle of doing something and the window will pop up asking if I want to install or defer. when I install it does the download, shuts down, comes back on with the lil android guy. the blue progress bar gets halfway done and all a sudden there is a red triangle thing above the open part of the android dud. Its shuts off, reboots and says it failed.
Well, not a big deal as far as i can see, but the window prompting me to update comes to the front all the time. Tried to force close it, still comes back up. I was thinking about downloading something that will freeze the app. but don't want to mess anything else up.
Sense this problem started i have unrooted my tablet. Done countless factory resets. and nothing works. So could this problem be because its a custom boot loader? How do I fix this problem?
Model Number
SCH-i705
Android Version
4.1.2
Baseband Version
I705VRBLL2
Kernel Version
3.0.31-918075
Build Number
JZO54K.I705VRBLL2
Hardware
VersionI705.03
So I've seen this question covered a few times but not sure if my situation is the same as the ones that have been answered prior.
I have a 1-1/2 year old S4 that I rooted when I received it, using whatever flavor of the day rooting method was out there. I have never used any kind of custom firmware with this device, just rooted and disabled some of the built in features like jedi hand wave mode, follow my eyes, etc. (yeah I know those aren't the real names)
Over the past few days I've been noticing apps not being able to open, the screen would go black for a second like the app was launching and then it would return to the home screen. Also a few times the notification bar would flicker while trying to open an app. So I decided to reboot today and now it is stuck at the verizon boot screen.
I've tried all of these options:
Pull battery for 30 sec, remove and replace sim card, replace battery boot.
go into recovery mode and wipe cache
go into recovery and do factory reset
Of course none of these options worked, which is why this thread exists.
now the next option I'm seeing when I'm looking for an answer is either
replace/update the firmware
return to verizon
I guess I'm wondering if the first option is even available to me since I never flashed anything custom before? If it is, I'm sure there's a wonderful thread here that would walk me through the process, if anyone would be so kind as to point me there. I'm just a little confused over what's available in my particular flavor of firmware.
Or, is there a verizon flavor that I could update to and be able to root as well? I remember when I originally rooted it was suggested to keep the older version so you wouldn't get locked in to not being able to do any custom stuff, but not sure if that's been overcome since. I don't need anything fancy, just a rooted phone works for me.
If updating is not an available option for me, is a verizon return my next step? And if so, can/should I remove signs of rooting before sending it in?
So I have a S4 i9545 for Verizon. It was on 4.2.2 rooted and I upgraded using Fireflash with I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL.zip. Everything seemed fine so I was using Titanium back up to remove the bloatware and then my battery died. When I charged it and booted up it got to the Verizon screen and hung there. I reset and tried several more times. I tried to use odin and flash a stock ROM SCH-I545_VZW_1_20140330160240_yni63xq6zh and I also tried one more. Odin gave a an error and failed. I then tried going into the boot loder and flash the I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL.zip. Not sure if this was foolish or not. When I booted up I got to a black screen and there was a voice talking, maybe some sort of training, but I couldn't do anything.
If anyone can point me in the right direction on how to unbrick my S4 I would appreciate it. I know I screwed up.
Right now when I turn on the phone it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. I tried connected to my computer and opening kies but it doesn't find it.
Try disconnecting your phone, completely closing Kies, then re-launching it with your phone still disconnected. Then click Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization then follow the prompts
Is my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Bricked ?
I got the phone from Ebay on July 6,2015 everything was great
But on the morning of Sep 21st looking at my gallery pictures, I found they deleted themselves?
not knowing what that meant I went looking for recovery software "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android"
it was not working so I had to root(?) my phone, so I went to the google play store and found a root app that seem
to have high reviews, tried it and did not work out right the phone restated saying "Samsung's firmware upgrade encountered an issue" so the next day did some research first before trying anything. I downloaded Odin3 and entered download mode & flashed the Samsung it restarted had it on for 3-4 hours
then turned it off & turned it on later to find it would not go pass the Samsung logo so I went to hold the off button shutting the phone off that happen 2 times and on the 3rd try turning it on It did not come on at all. Went to see if google had anything on this some say it is bricked and need to use a jig so I got one from a USA seller on ebay and returned it because it did not work at all. Not the phone still won't come on & I can't enter download mode, how do I fix this, is it a boot loader problem? is it hard bricked? do I need to take it to someone if so who & how much would that cost? you think.
Other Info of the phone
70% of battery is on the phone
It's factory Unlocked
Root Software I tried to use was (Kingo SuperUser)[Root]
I found they deleted themselves?
not knowing what that meant I went looking for recovery software "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android"
it was not working so I had to root(?) my phone, so I went to the google play store and found a root app that seem
to have high reviews, tried it and did not work out right "UNQUOTE"...........What was the reasoning behind the rooting your phone for lost pictures??? if had wanted to get into the stock 3E recovery of your phone, all you had to do was, rocker up on Volume,pwr on, and menu key......dr phone may have flashed the wrong Bootloader, which makes you extremely lucky it even turned on to Odin it.....the problem your facing with it not turning on at all could be either [1] you have the wrong primary boot loader on it, which means its hard bricked, but im thinking you have a bad battery, because you were able to restart it after you flashed what exactly with Odin??......what did you flash with Odin??...an entire ROM, a bootloader file, or a kernel file by wrong chance, whatever it was we need to know... your not giving out enough info here, to determine if it was the correct SW for the phone you have, also what did you tick or not tick with Odin??.... extremely weak or going bad battery's cause abnormal voltages and abnormal symptoms as well...you might have a battery that finally went completely bad!!....there's usually only 3 things that cause a phone to not power on!...1] flashing wrong firmware, corrupting the primary bootloader...2]bad internal/failed hardware...3] a bad battery either its causing abnormal voltages or producing nothing from being totally dead!!...you state you cant power on anything, nothing visually illuminates, plus your saying it wont go into DL mode....volume rocker down, menu button and the pwr button all together will get you into DL mode, if you can power on a DL mode to the phone it is NOT HARDBRICKED!!...that means a softbrick situation= SW corruption....we need further more detailed info here!!...BTW YOU POSTED THIS QUESTION IN THE WRONG FORUM, THIS IS DISCUSSION FORUM , OTHER FORUM IS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR TRYING TO DO HERE!!!
dseldown said:
I found they deleted themselves?
not knowing what that meant I went looking for recovery software "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android"
it was not working so I had to root(?) my phone, so I went to the google play store and found a root app that seem
to have high reviews, tried it and did not work out right "UNQUOTE"...........What was the reasoning behind the rooting your phone for lost pictures??? if had wanted to get into the stock 3E recovery of your phone, all you had to do was, rocker up on Volume,pwr on, and menu key......dr phone may have flashed the wrong Bootloader, which makes you extremely lucky it even turned on to Odin it.....the problem your facing with it not turning on at all could be either [1] you have the wrong primary boot loader on it, which means its hard bricked, but im thinking you have a bad battery, because you were able to restart it after you flashed what exactly with Odin??......what did you flash with Odin??...an entire ROM, a bootloader file, or a kernel file by wrong chance, whatever it was we need to know... your not giving out enough info here, to determine if it was the correct SW for the phone you have, also what did you tick or not tick with Odin??.... extremely weak or going bad battery's cause abnormal voltages and abnormal symptoms as well...you might have a battery that finally went completely bad!!....there's usually only 3 things that cause a phone to not power on!...1] flashing wrong firmware, corrupting the primary bootloader...2]bad internal/failed hardware...3] a bad battery either its causing abnormal voltages or producing nothing from being totally dead!!...you state you cant power on anything, nothing visually illuminates, plus your saying it wont go into DL mode....volume rocker down, menu button and the pwr button all together will get you into DL mode, if you can power on a DL mode to the phone it is NOT HARDBRICKED!!...that means a softbrick situation= SW corruption....we need further more detailed info here!!...BTW YOU POSTED THIS QUESTION IN THE WRONG FORUM, THIS IS DISCUSSION FORUM , OTHER FORUM IS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR TRYING TO DO HERE!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Should I post this in the Troubleshooting Forum?
The pictures I took on the phone disappeared all 300+ pictures disappeared .I am the only one using the Samsung
and it was on my table all that day. So I went to google to find a photo recovery software & found a software called
Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android (you can find videos on youtube) & using the software it can do 2 things, auto root the phone to find the photos and bring it back to normal or you Have to have your phone rooted. The auto root setting was not working on the Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android software so I went to the google play store on my Samsung and found a root app that a lot seem to like as it was 4.4 stars, went to install that the app stated I should have "Kingo SuperUser" on my computer so had that put on the went to root the phone & it did not work.
I got a screen on the Samsung saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Youtube had a video on this same problem so I went to Sammobile's site and download the firmware what was
"2014-06-11 USA(Verizon) Version 4.4.2 PDA (I605VRUFND7) Kies. After I downloaded that I downloaded Odin3_v3.10.6 opened it had auto "Reboot & F.Reset Time" selected and added the firmware MD5 file add in the "AP" secion then Entered Download mode on the Samsung & hooked it up to my computer
then I hit start about 30min later it Passed with a green light and everything seem back to normal 3 hours later I went to turn the Samsung off and latter that night when I went to turn it on it got stuck at the Samsung logo that happen 2 times and on the third time it did not come on & so can't "enter download mode" and the "usb Jig" did not
work. What happen & what do I need to next. Do I take the phone to someone to fix this.
Short version of the story
.Pictures I took 300+ disappeared so when looking for recovery software
.Found a software called "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android" (the software had "2" Options for recovering. 1 the software would
Auto Root and bring the Samsung back to normal after recovering the pictures or I would have to had the phone already rooted.
. When to the google play store with the Samsung, found a root app download that & "It stated I should download "Kingo SuperUser" to my computer so I did that.
.It failed & got a screen on the Samsung Saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".
.Went to Sammobile's site and download Firmware 2014-06-11 USA(Verizon) Version 4.4.2 PDA (I605VRUFND7) Kies
.Download Odin3_v3.10.6 had auto "Reboot & F.Reset Time" selected and added the firmware MD5 file add in the "AP" secion
Entered download mode & the Samsung passed
.Everything was back I had it on for 3-4 hours then shutdown the phone later that night went to turn on and it got stuck
at the Samsung logo 2 times and on the 3rd time it would not turn on nor enter "Download Mode"
.Got a "usb Jig" & that did not work and now I am here wondering what do next & what happen to my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 do I need to take to someone to fix it ?
Samsung Galaxy Not 2 Unlocked
SCH-I605V version (Verizon)
my battery was %70 full
You may have a possible hardware problem then= a bad motherboard and possible replacement!!!....Can you power it on in anyway shape or form??...meaning can you toggle it into recovery??...can you toggle it into DL mode??....does it pwr on to the bootloader screen and continuously loop???.....if you can do any of those things then its not hardbricked, which means you need to reconstuct the SW and then see if the Hardware holds stable....If it doesn't....then it could be a severe HW problem!!!....For the future be advised that, you completely took the wrong road to achieving blindly what you intended to do!!...meaning ....you should've completely took control of the situation and been totally proactive in your rooting and unlocking the bootloader...you wrongly turned to 3rd party APP's when you should've read first...educated yourself completely on what you were to embark on, and then set everything up with 3 different choices of rooting/unlocking..again depending on what ROM version your operating on, before engaging!!.....NEVER TRUST 3rd party APP's to do something only you should have step by step control of = lazy!!!.....I personally wouldve 1st tried to get to the stock 3e recovery, and attempt a nandroid backup of the phone as it was...then afterwards try to get the phone detected on my computer, so as to access the file containing the photos, transferred them to the computer safely... then flash the phone to a stock ROM with root already baked in or not = equals totaly factory stock.. doesnt really matter!!!.... and then set up the phone again, and see what it WILL!!! or WONT!!! do!!...point is, easter-egging a problem carelessly, will cause you to either install the wrong stuff or go completely outta proper sequence and either hose the SW, or worst case scenario....corrupt the primary Bootloader and hardbrick it!!....if you can power it into DL mode!!!.... Then, 1st BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING!!.... go get Odin 3.07....then get the Samsung drivers for your computer to detect the phone...then DL the Pit file "sch-1605-16gb.pit"....then the proper stock ROM..4.1.1...4.1.2 in .TAR files only, BTW there is a stock 4.1.2 with rooted already in it!!....and then flash your phone using Odin with the pit file and then tick the PDA .tar file of whatever ROM. you choose.....I suggest 4.1.2 as a base to start with and reconstruct it, re-root it if necessary, that's if you choose the one W/O rooted baked into the ROM and unlock it with advice above using ghetto root, do not use adams outlers unlocker, there seems to be problems with it, triggering KNOX, and YOU DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!!....relying on 3rd party app's will FK you up....use your head...not your heart!!...and yes you really should post NEXT time in the trouble-shooting forum, but for now leave it here!!...for your benefit!!
dseldown said:
You may have a possible hardware problem then= a bad motherboard and possible replacement!!!....Can you power it on in anyway shape or form??...meaning can you toggle it into recovery??...can you toggle it into DL mode??....does it pwr on to the bootloader screen and continuously loop???.....if you can do any of those things then its not hardbricked, which means you need to reconstuct the SW and then see if the Hardware holds stable....If it doesn't....then it could be a severe HW problem!!!....For the future be advised that, you completely took the wrong road to achieving blindly what you intended to do!!...meaning ....you should've completely took control of the situation and been totally proactive in your rooting and unlocking the bootloader...you wrongly turned to 3rd party APP's when you should've read first...educated yourself completely on what you were to embark on, and then set everything up with 3 different choices of rooting/unlocking..again depending on what ROM version your operating on, before engaging!!.....NEVER TRUST 3rd party APP's to do something only you should have step by step control of = lazy!!!.....I personally wouldve 1st tried to get to the stock 3e recovery, and attempt a nandroid backup of the phone as it was...then afterwards try to get the phone detected on my computer, so as to access the file containing the photos, transferred them to the computer safely... then flash the phone to a stock ROM with root already baked in or not = equals totaly factory stock.. doesnt really matter!!!.... and then set up the phone again, and see what it WILL!!! or WONT!!! do!!...point is, easter-egging a problem carelessly, will cause you to either install the wrong stuff or go completely outta proper sequence and either hose the SW, or worst case scenario....corrupt the primary Bootloader and hardbrick it!!....if you can power it into DL mode!!!.... Then, 1st BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING!!.... go get Odin 3.07....then get the Samsung drivers for your computer to detect the phone...then DL the Pit file "sch-1605-16gb.pit"....then the proper stock ROM..4.1.1...4.1.2 in .TAR files only, BTW there is a stock 4.1.2 with rooted already in it!!....and then flash your phone using Odin with the pit file and then tick the PDA .tar file of whatever ROM. you choose.....I suggest 4.1.2 as a base to start with and reconstruct it, re-root it if necessary, that's if you choose the one W/O rooted baked into the ROM and unlock it with advice above using ghetto root, do not use adams outlers unlocker, there seems to be problems with it, triggering KNOX, and YOU DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!!....relying on 3rd party app's will FK you up....use your head...not your heart!!...and yes you really should post NEXT time in the trouble-shooting forum, but for now leave it here!!...for your benefit!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess it's the hardware? as It won't come on nor enter Download mode.
Now what, Do I take it somewhere? to fix it what ever it is ?
http://mobiletechvideos.com/
bigmike35 said:
Are you saying I can take it to them to fix it ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
SamsungNoteFan said:
bigmike35 said:
Are you saying I can take it to them to fix it ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You cant take it but you can mail it. They unbricked my phone awhile back when something happened. It was good service. I rec'
Click to expand...
Click to collapse