Just when I had my phone dialed in just the way I wanted than I screw things up. Have The Verizon Galaxy S4 and had the Mk1 build on it and rooted to the Galaxy nk2 build. Also had Hyperdrive 20 installed. Really enjoyed the phone and its performance. Thought I would move some files around using Kies....Boy that was a mistake. As soon as i plugged the phone int my laptop and brought up Kies there was a message on the Kies screen that I needed to update the software. I thought it was the Kies Software. Oh no it was the phones. Anyway I got the Nk1 update 4.4.2 and that put it the phone into a bootloop. I got the phone working by do a factory reset but lost root and everything else. And the phone has lost a lot of its functionality, ie, the auto rotation doesn't work along with some other things that i just work around. I tried to restore using Odin, but keep getting a fail message, and I never bothered to see what the fail code was.
I think what Im needing is the Nk1 software to plug into Odin so I can start over. But I've been wrong before.
If someones got a minute could you give me the steps to rebuld the phone back to where I had it before. Im sure I left out something, or for that matter if Im S.O.L. I can understand that.
Thanks
I was having issues with my phone after I installed the wrong build of a rom or program, and I spent hrs and hrs and hrs looking for the right files for odin in order to get the phone working, but failed, then I came across my old usb storage that had all the files that I needed, since I have been through this a few times in the past, and it worked, got the phone back up to speed. I actually saw this post and subscribed to it to see if some one would post the file link but since no one did and I just happen to find my old ones, I will try to send them to ya, your phone should be working today buddy. Give me a few to get the files out.
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Just when I had my phone dialed in just the way I wanted than I screw things up. Have The Verizon Galaxy S4 and had the Mk1 build on it and rooted to the Galaxy nk2 build. Also had Hyperdrive 20 installed. Really enjoyed the phone and its performance. Thought I would move some files around using Kies....Boy that was a mistake. As soon as i plugged the phone int my laptop and brought up Kies there was a message on the Kies screen that I needed to update the software. I thought it was the Kies Software. Oh no it was the phones. Anyway I got the Nk1 update 4.4.2 and that put it the phone into a bootloop. I got the phone working by do a factory reset but lost root and everything else. And the phone has lost a lot of its functionality, ie, the auto rotation doesn't work along with some other things that i just work around. I tried to restore using Odin, but keep getting a fail message, and I never bothered to see what the fail code was.
I think what Im needing is the Nk1 software to plug into Odin so I can start over. But I've been wrong before.
If someones got a minute could you give me the steps to rebuld the phone back to where I had it before. Im sure I left out something, or for that matter if Im S.O.L. I can understand that.
Thanks
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Go to the How to Root NK1 thread in the general section and flash the ODIN NK1 image through ODIN, voilà
Im trying to get the files for sharing but having issues, these files will revert the phone back to stock, but with the new root method, it should be a 1 min process to root it.
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Ok I found the thread that has the files and instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 , scroll to where it says full wipe, and fallow those, I did that one on weds and didnt work, prob using wrong pit file,message me your email and I will email you the pit file to use, but other than that, the pda file has the same name than the one I have "ALL_VZW_I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_1151670_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5" and my pit file name is "JFLTE_USA_VZW_16G.pit" . Hope this helps. Remember this will put you at very stock, but just do the new rooting method, should take less than a min. Any issues just message me and Ill see what I can do.
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I have been trying to update my S4 (vruame7) to the latest. I'm willing to lose root. The issue I'm having though is one that NOBODY seems to have mentioned anywhere: It started where I couldn't update over the air as the update fails. So I tried to update it with Kies on my mac but the program says I need more memory on my phone even though I already have it. This prompted me to unroot my phone and do the update again, but the issue is still there. So I tried booting into recovery and that worked. I decided then to reboot my phone and add CWM touch via ROM toolbox Pro. It said it worked fine, but now I cannot boot into the recovery mode. It just goes straight into ODIN mode and it won't prompt me to confirm it or not. I get into a very soft boot loop if I try and reboot though Rom Toolbox Pro to go into the recovery. I will land in ODIN and then unless I tell the phone manually to go into ODIN and then NOT proceed than it will be in a soft boot loop. So far I've tried unrooting and using Kies, Rooting and trying to load CWM onto my phone and failing, causing OTA to not be able to even start installing, and I've yet tried to go into safe mode and try to reset my phone that way. I might have to do that. if anyone has any other ideas I am open to that.
Your on me7 so you half to use safestrap that's the on way you can have a recover...... You probably half to Odin your phone back to me7 for the update to work. You can't use cwm or twrp on me7, unless u have safetrap installed and the its a version of twrp in it
hyperdrive powered s4
ebsk8er06 said:
Your on me7 so you half to use safestrap that's the on way you can have a recover...... You probably half to Odin your phone back to me7 for the update to work. You can't use cwm or twrp on me7, unless u have safetrap installed and the its a version of twrp in it
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Thanks. I've got safestrap installed sucessfully (it was so easy), and I'm now trying to install the update by wiping my phone and then doing it. I'll see if that works.
Well, it looks like I may have wiped my phone too far as I'm stuck at the Samsung custom logo and It's not booting farther. i can get into odin but I have a mac, so what do I do?
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Well, it looks like I may have wiped my phone too far as I'm stuck at the Samsung custom logo and It's not booting farther. i can get into odin but I have a mac, so what do I do?
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Heimdall is like odin but its mac.compatible
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
Use oden or Heimdall (guess its a Mac thing) to flash back to stock and then you can take the update. You haven't bricked yet but it sounds like you are getting close so be careful.
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Well, it looks like I may have wiped my phone too far as I'm stuck at the Samsung custom logo and It's not booting farther. i can get into odin but I have a mac, so what do I do?
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Sounds like you did a full wipe on non safe side "stock rom" of safestrap so your gonna have to flash a whole factory image cause it all gone the whole os
So after working for hoursx and hours, of working at it, I finally found http://sonofgeektalk.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/heimdall-on-a-mac/ <-- that webpage and it helped walk me through using Helmdall and it worked after much fiddling and discovering that I had to plug in my phone AFTER it got into odin but BEFORE I confirmed I wanted to be in odin. I then had to not wipe the phone clean but just do the install with the right files. It worked and I'm so happy. Now to see if I can update the darn phone. Don't know if I can or not but hey, I've got my phone back up and running and that's a GOOD thing.
I don't care about root as much as I care about getting the latest software if it provides enhancements I like, or security features I want. I think that root is fun, but it can be a pain in the butt as I just saw. Now that I know how to do the whole shtick, I should be able to do a lot more with my phone. I remember when I had to learn the ins and outs of my old Xperia Play. Horrible battery life and sub-par graphics chip but an awesome phone that had an awesome utility that could do just about anything with the phone with minimal work.
Looks like the system is updating itself just fine using OTA. What a LONG workaround I had to do. Thank you all for helping me teach myself a lot more about my phone
I'm having trouble trying to update as well. I unrooted and did a factory reset but the update still fails. What should I be trying?
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beez1717 said:
So after working for hoursx and hours, of working at it, I finally found http://sonofgeektalk.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/heimdall-on-a-mac/ <-- that webpage and it helped walk me through using Helmdall and it worked after much fiddling and discovering that I had to plug in my phone AFTER it got into odin but BEFORE I confirmed I wanted to be in odin. I then had to not wipe the phone clean but just do the install with the right files. It worked and I'm so happy. Now to see if I can update the darn phone. Don't know if I can or not but hey, I've got my phone back up and running and that's a GOOD thing.
I don't care about root as much as I care about getting the latest software if it provides enhancements I like, or security features I want. I think that root is fun, but it can be a pain in the butt as I just saw. Now that I know how to do the whole shtick, I should be able to do a lot more with my phone. I remember when I had to learn the ins and outs of my old Xperia Play. Horrible battery life and sub-par graphics chip but an awesome phone that had an awesome utility that could do just about anything with the phone with minimal work.
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I think the problem here was that you tried to take an official update AFTER you messed with your phone... you should take this as a lesson to always flash back to stock before trying any 'official' updates, or better yet just have some patience for the updated files to show up here on the forums so you don't have to deal with OTAs at all. I don't really see the big rush to get the newest MI1 update anyway, it really doesn't provide any huge benefits at all and plus will possibly void your warranty through that stupid Knox thing if you try to root.
One thing I've learned is use patients dont jump the gun and if your not sure before you do something look here cause someone has already screwed up so the right way will be here somewhere and video will be on youtube!!
I got a Note 2 yesterday, bought it used. I turned it on, everything seemed normal. I took it to Verizon, they activated it for me in the store, and while I was there, the lady activating it also accepted an OTA software update. I have no idea what version I was on, or what the OTA was. When I got home, the phone shut down as part of the OTA, and everything appeared normal. The little android with a box screen came up, cycled through the progress bar, etc. However, when it was done, the phone rebooted, and froze on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. I gave it a while, then battery pulled, tried everything I could think of. Couldn't get into the recovery menu. It would get to Odin, but that was it. Anyways, after a very stressful night working on it, I found the thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I downloaded the "Alternate Restore Mirror" link, put the phone in download mode, and installed from Odin on my computer. The phone booted up, everything worked beautifully.
Then, tonight at work, I checked for software updates, and was informed that there was an available update. I downloaded and installed it(I think the phone said it was 7MB?), and THE SAME THING HAPPENED. Phone is frozen on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. I plugged it into my laptop, put it in download mode, and did exactly what I did this morning. Odin says everything was successful, and reboots the phone. But it hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen, no matter what I do. I've tried searching, and followed every guide on how to unbrick it I can find, but no matter what software package I use, it fails on "sboot.bin". The only one that will work and not fail is the "Alternate" in the link above, but when I use that one I still have a bricked phone.
I -really- need advice here, guys. I'm in way over my head.
So, a little more information. If I have a ROM that doesn't have an sboot.bin attached to it, it will write just fine and not show any errors. However, the phone will hang up on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. If I write a ROM that tries to write sboot.bin, it fails. Every time.
Maybe try following the "return to stock" section of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
This thread includes the .pit which should not only restore the factory rom, but restore the factory system partitions. This had worked for me in the past when I was stuck in a situation where nothing would boot.
Jiggabitties said:
Maybe try following the "return to stock" section of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
This thread includes the .pit which should not only restore the factory rom, but restore the factory system partitions. This had worked for me in the past when I was stuck in a situation where nothing would boot.
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I did. When it tries to write either image, it fails on sboot.bin. Every image that includes sboot.bin fails on sboot.bin so far. I -really- don't know what to do.
after you do whatever with odin, can you get into recovery? you need to wipe cache and dalvik. at least thats the problem i had when i used odin to go back to stock
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after you do whatever with odin, can you get into recovery? you need to wipe cache and dalvik. at least thats the problem i had when i used odin to go back to stock
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No. I can get into Odin mode, but that's it. I took the phone to Verizon today, and they're going to send me a warranty replacement(Gotta love total equipment coverage). Now, though, I'm scared that when they get the phone they're going to charge me for whatever reason, so I'm still trying to figure this out.
So, no matter what image I flash, if it has sboot it fails. Period, no ifs ands or butts. So I think my problem is sboot? Which I think is the bootloader? For what it's worth, the rest of the image always seems to write just fine, and if I write an image with no sboot file, it goes swimmingly, but hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen, and I can't get into recovery.
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No. I can get into Odin mode, but that's it. I took the phone to Verizon today, and they're going to send me a warranty replacement(Gotta love total equipment coverage). Now, though, I'm scared that when they get the phone they're going to charge me for whatever reason, so I'm still trying to figure this out.
So, no matter what image I flash, if it has sboot it fails. Period, no ifs ands or butts. So I think my problem is sboot? Which I think is the bootloader? For what it's worth, the rest of the image always seems to write just fine, and if I write an image with no sboot file, it goes swimmingly, but hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen, and I can't get into recovery.
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not sure what else to tell you that would help
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not sure what else to tell you that would help
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Well, the best place I can think to start is to nail down exactly what's happening, then try to figure out WHY it's happening. Once I know the what and why, the solution should be apparent. While I'm not against someone chiming in with a fix that works but I don't understand, I'm here to learn, and would like to come to a better understanding of the issue.
First: what is sboot.bin?
Second: do I need a specific sboot.bin for a specific ROM?
Third: what can cause sboot.bin to fail?
Fourth: is there a way to push just sboot.bin to the phone through Odin or other software?
Fifth: am I fixating on sboot.bin when it's not my issue?
Sixth: did you really read my whole post and get to this point? Wow, thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to try and help me, folks like you are what make the community so strong!
I don't understand a thing you posted. I just came to offer a fix that worked for me on a similar problem. Sorry it doesn't help you. Hopefully someone comes along that can help you
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I don't understand a thing you posted. I just came to offer a fix that worked for me on a similar problem. Sorry it doesn't help you. Hopefully someone comes along that can help you
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No worries. Thanks for the effort at least!
Okay, a bit of an update... I unzipped and removed sboot from a couple of the ROMs I have, and they flashed successfully, but the phone still hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen... I feel like I'm on the verge of figuring this out, I -know- it's got something to do with sboot now.
Can I write JUST a bootloader to the phone without writing anything else? If so, how?
if u were on 4.1.2 b4 u went to verizon, and the person there accepted a ota update while setting your n2 up, it could of been the 4.3 update which has the knox bootloader in it, and theres no going back from that. thats probably why the s.boot is failing
also try flashing the pit file.
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if u were on 4.1.2 b4 u went to verizon, and the person there accepted a ota update while setting your n2 up, it could of been the 4.3 update which has the knox bootloader in it, and theres no going back from that. thats probably why the s.boot is failing
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I think it was the 4.3 update. So, what's the knox bootloader, and what ROM can I flash to the phone that'll work with the knox bootloader?
I've seen a lot of posts here on how to unroot from SS and then upgrade. I had read the documents plenty of times with no luck. None. I spent over 3 hours trying to figure it out. All of the methods would not work for me.
What I had to do was make sure my modem matched up with ME7's baseband. Once I did that, I tried the update. It kept saying it was the NC5 update but it kept coming up with a recovery failed message. I said screw it and plugged it into my computer via Kies. Voila, it was as simple as that for me. Well, relatively speaking. I hope this can help someone in the future. Once it installed, it took away root and SS. I suppose it was kind of like ODIN flashing it? I ended up still doing a factory reset to clear the old data though. If I did something wrong here as well, please let me know. I've been crack flashing for a while and don't exactly consider myself an expert but I'd like to try to give back to this community! Good luck! :good:
I'm familiar with rooting and ROMs and have been flashing HyperDrive on my S4 as updates came out. I have a Verizon S4 on NC5. Last night I messed up my phone big time. I was going to install the new version of Hyperdrive and put all the necessary files on my sd card. While in Safestrap when I went to wipe the phone I accidentally checked to wipe the sd card also. So now the phone was wiped and there was nothing to flash. I panicked and shut down the phone, took out the SD to connect to my PC and put the necessary files back on. When I turned the phone back on it doesn't go to safestap it just hangs at the samsung galaxy s4 logo.
I was up all night reading and trying everything I could think of. I tried to use Odin 3.09 using the .tar for no wipe and the .tar with .pit for full wipe and Odin fails every time. I checked the md5s. I tried downloading Odin from another source and it still just says it fails every time.
I'm not due for an upgrade till late this year. I'm desperate. Please someone help.
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I'm familiar with rooting and ROMs and have been flashing HyperDrive on my S4 as updates came out. I have a Verizon S4 on NC5. Last night I messed up my phone big time. I was going to install the new version of Hyperdrive and put all the necessary files on my sd card. While in Safestrap when I went to wipe the phone I accidentally checked to wipe the sd card also. So now the phone was wiped and there was nothing to flash. I panicked and shut down the phone, took out the SD to connect to my PC and put the necessary files back on. When I turned the phone back on it doesn't go to safestap it just hangs at the samsung galaxy s4 logo.
I was up all night reading and trying everything I could think of. I tried to use Odin 3.09 using the .tar for no wipe and the .tar with .pit for full wipe and Odin fails every time. I checked the md5s. I tried downloading Odin from another source and it still just says it fails every time.
I'm not due for an upgrade till late this year. I'm desperate. Please someone help.
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Did you make sure Odin found the S4?
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I'm familiar with rooting and ROMs and have been flashing HyperDrive on my S4 as updates came out. I have a Verizon S4 on NC5. Last night I messed up my phone big time. I was going to install the new version of Hyperdrive and put all the necessary files on my sd card. While in Safestrap when I went to wipe the phone I accidentally checked to wipe the sd card also. So now the phone was wiped and there was nothing to flash. I panicked and shut down the phone, took out the SD to connect to my PC and put the necessary files back on. When I turned the phone back on it doesn't go to safestap it just hangs at the samsung galaxy s4 logo.
I was up all night reading and trying everything I could think of. I tried to use Odin 3.09 using the .tar for no wipe and the .tar with .pit for full wipe and Odin fails every time. I checked the md5s. I tried downloading Odin from another source and it still just says it fails every time.
I'm not due for an upgrade till late this year. I'm desperate. Please someone help.
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You're trying to flash a version that's too old. There's a check in place called rollback protection that prevents you from using older versions of software. I'd try flashing NC5 or NK1 via tar. Let me know if you need more help.
FIXED!
Thanks guys. I really appreciate your input. I was so desperate a actually went to a Verizon store in the morning even though I had no faith they would do anything. I just told them it wouldn't boot after I wiped it and they said we don't fix phones we only give replacements. Thanks for nothing. I saw some people posting that Odin failed on one computer and worked on another so I figured I'd try on my work computer. I downloaded an NK1 .tar file from SamMobile this time instead of the xda thread. It worked the first time. No problems at all. I have no idea why it worked but I'm just thankful it did. My phone is running like new.
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Thanks guys. I really appreciate your input. I was so desperate a actually went to a Verizon store in the morning even though I had no faith they would do anything. I just told them it wouldn't boot after I wiped it and they said we don't fix phones we only give replacements. Thanks for nothing. I saw some people posting that Odin failed on one computer and worked on another so I figured I'd try on my work computer. I downloaded an NK1 .tar file from SamMobile this time instead of the xda thread. It worked the first time. No problems at all. I have no idea why it worked but I'm just thankful it did. My phone is running like new.
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Glad to see the issue was resolved :good:
It's pretty difficult to permanently brick these devices, just takes a little patience and the know-how.
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Glad to see the issue was resolved :good:
It's pretty difficult to permanently brick these devices, just takes a little patience and the know-how.
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Agreed! This is the only thing I really like Samsung for is Odin! Now if LG or Moto could put in a form of Odin it would make them way more appealing!
So the other day I tried installing SacsPorted Lollipop 5.0 Rom for my girlfriend's Galaxy note 3 for sprint and I managed to fully wipe everything off the phone by accident. Luckily the recovery still worked and I was able to install said Rom. But now this phone is riddled with problems. I get a message every time I boot up the phone that says "Unfortunately SAE has stopped working" and then when I try to use it to take a video for any app (Snapchat, original camera, or just about any camera app) the phone freezes for about 10-15 secs and crashes. Also battery life is terrible and the phone's signal might actually be worse because it can never get past about 2 bars on 4g or 3g while my GS3 gets max or close to max bars in the same area with the same carrier. Idk if that's just the update or I really may have messed up this phone because Kies does not even recognize this phone anymore and I have a lot of backed up data on it for this phone that I can't access I know its not my wire or ports because the phone can be recognized by the PC. I've tried reading on forums for help but can't find it for the life of me. I would tremendously appreciate anyone's help :fingers-crossed:
I think you need to wipe the phone and restore the backup.
The thing is I actually don't have the backup system files for this phone I wiped it by accident I had a chance to backup some usual phone stuff like contacts, apps, etc. I'm trying to download 4.4.2 from a website but its gonna take 7 hours atm.. Do you know of a site where I can download it faster? Thank you for replying so fast!!
Odin the Lollipop tar.
start with this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3095540
then, if for some reason, your ladyfriend still wants you to f**k with her phone, it's easy to root.
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Odin the Lollipop tar.
start with this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3095540
then, if for some reason, your ladyfriend still wants you to f**k with her phone, it's easy to root.
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Thanks man I'm going to try this out right now. I'll update when finished
just so you know, this will set it to STOCK. Like nothing but stock. not rooted. but it's should set everything straight.
please, READ THE WHOLE THREAD.
JUST DO IT.
you'll understand any potential problems and the fixes.
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also, I'm about to head home, and won't be around to help, but people in that thread should be around periodically! ?
Thanks it worked I'm stupid forgot to factory reset after I installed!!!