So I am an absolute root noob, I figured I'd preface the post with that. Anyway A while back I had one of my buddies root my gs4 just for optimization purposes. Anyhow all was great until we left for school pretty far away. I switched to my brother's old iPhone due to some issues with hooking up to wifi. Well now that iPhone is **** (shocker) and I wanted to switch back over to my gs4. I factory reset it and it is stuck in the downloading screen. And I don't have access to any backups. Please help.
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So a few months ago, I decided to root my stratosphere and it worked! Then I got a little cocky as it was my first time rooting a phone. It wasn't my main phone so that's why I decided to sacrifice it. I downloaded an app that would remove the bloatware and it did just that, but I messed up and had it delete some apps that are apparently pretty important... like setup wizard among many other things. So basically, I'm just trying to get this to work now. The only computer I have is a Macbook Pro running OS X, so Odin isn't an easy option for me, I do have Heimdall but I honestly can't understand how to use it right now... Can anyone lead me in the right direction to fix this problem?
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I am new to all this. I am a Samsung owner and think I have owned more than my fair share. However, I seem to be able to learn to save a life just fine but my son's phone is kicking my butt.
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He cracked the screen and when I went to replace it I broke the housing. So I replaced that. Then the camera stopped and then the WI-FI stopped. I think I have the back camera working but the front one isn't I have replaced the WI-FI wire twice, I cant get kies to do an update even using 3. I tried flashing it with odin it said it passed but yet nothing.
I was able to get my gs3 working and now the s4 well i'm frustrated. Is there anyone willing to work with me and be willing to walk me through this. He loves the phone and I don't want to have to buy a new one while i'm in nursing school.
Then maybe we can work on my phone.. nothing wrong with it. would just like to know more about it. I have the g900a (galaxy s5). My ex is taking me to court me is there anyway to get deleted text off this phone???? Its not rooted and well I'm a little scared to try to afraid I'll screw it up or something. lol
PLEASE help i'm not stupid just lost with things right now....i catch on quick :fingers-crossed:
Greetings all,
I had a Razr Maxx HD for about two years. loved it. Then one day the date and time stopped syncing. I spent weeks trying to fix it, scouring the internet and tried every possible fix I could find; from fiddling with airplane mode, soft/hard resets, replaced the screen (found several people who claimed this fixed the problem) and I even went so far as to flash a Verizon ROM onto the phone I grabbed from the net. (VZW_XT926_4.1.2_9.8.1Q_62_VQW_MR-2_VQW_CFC.xml)
I've been using a backup phone for a while now but would really like my razr back. I have nothing to lose at this point so I'm willing to try anything. Assuming this is a software glitch and not a hardware problem, I would like to completely wipe out the phone. Like EVERYTHING. I don't need anyone to hold my hand but would appreciate it if someone could post some resources that I can read through/follow. Googling the topic brings up alot of info on unlocking and rooting. I feel like those are things I might want to do on a healthy phone that I just want more control over. I want to do the equivalent to my phone of what I'm familiar with on a PC. (format HDD/creating partitions/loading OS) Don't know if this is even possible with a cell phone.
Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: so my understanding of a Kernel is that it manages communications between the hardware and software. I have wondered if something went wonky with that and if I can flash a basic android kernel/OS onto my phone to see if it fixes the problem. Forgive me if I'm not using terminology right.
So, about a month ago I decided to factory reset my phone. I got it to factory binary mode, that was what I wanted to do because the phone kept messing up, getting hot, etc. I figured I’d reset it, download my apps back that I used a lot and everything else would be erased so I could start fresh, rather than going through every single thing in my phone and deciding what to get rid of, and what to keep.
Of corse, I have a AT&T phone that apparently makes this complicated with the Samsung factory reset protection. I got this phone from someone I've semi-lost connection with, and I did ask for the help from them, they couldn’t remember the login info (password/recovery info) for their old phone.
Basically what I’m asking here is when in factory binary mode, with FRP on, can I get back to the phones regular system? I’ve never done this before, and now I regret it more than anything. I didn’t backup my phone or anything, I’ve tried several times reading countless thin about flashing a phone and blah blah, so, does ANYONE know what I should do? I recently lost my job and buying anything isn’t an option, espicaly those websites that say you have to pay to get the FRP deleted.
Is there ANYTHING I can do a thing this point? I’ve heard with the FRP still on, that I can’t download the stock rom back or really do anything, is this true? Can anybody please help! This is my last resort, I’ve spent countless hours trying to google and read articles and this forum was the only place I saw people actually getting help and getting their problems resolved.
I have posted this once on the normal forums just found this section, so hopefully It'll be more helpful. Thanks.
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it's a Samsung Galaxy s6 edge (sm-g925a)
i have a LG L164VL it is rooted or was I don't use it as a phone anymore it's my streamer gotta have one right I do a lot of streaming to tv I'm a cord cutter in sorts i did a factory reset now it will not get past where it says looking for updates i thinking it might be bricked or might be easy fix. I've used it t
As just a streamer for a few years worked great for little things and streaming hope you guys know maybe how I can get it back thanks have a great day
Help with the messaging here
I get a message saying someone replied I can't see anything I don't know how to use this site I guess
How did you root it?
KingO root
I used king O Root everything was great for a week or so then something happened it just started acting funny I shut it off and the next morning I powered it up and everything was downhill it stopped at the safe start so that's what I did and it took off to start loading. It was like it was factory reset it started going through the steps of that got past where it looks for the sim card well I took that out long ago its sole purpose is just for streaming and you know searching internet for streams it wasn't a phone anymore never used it as one other than at the beginning when I first got it got past that into the looking for software updates and that is where it got to and that's as far as it will go I don't know what do you think I have did a factory reset to try that was no help same stopping point I don't see any of the backup apps not 1 Ann I know they were there.....Thanks for looking I hope someone has answers so I can get my streamer going Thanks
well, if it is bric you can try anything and see how it goes? have you done anything besides KingRoot?
IDK if there is any downloads for this like stock images or whatever, guess not.
I'm hoping for some info of ANY sort other than 'no root' or 'brick'.