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So, I was on 4.1.2 (running CM 11), and I downloaded the toltevzw_mj9_official_firmware1.tar.md5 and Odin 3.07.
I loaded the toltevzw_mj9_official_firmware1.tar.md5 into the PDA section of ODIN, and booted into download mode.
I ran Odin, and it seemed to work--restarted, Odin said it was successful, but now I have no cellular service and my Baseband Version is "unknown".
I've tried this multiple times, with different computers and different cords. I even flashed back to stock to get the modem back, then tried again. Same result.
Am I using ODIN wrong? Can anyone help me? Please? I have searched these forums, but every thread I found was unhelpful.
Thank you.
beans3660 said:
So, I was on 4.1.2 (running CM 11), and I downloaded the toltevzw_mj9_official_firmware1.tar.md5 and Odin 3.07.
I loaded the toltevzw_mj9_official_firmware1.tar.md5 into the PDA section of ODIN, and booted into download mode.
I ran Odin, and it seemed to work--restarted, Odin said it was successful, but now I have no cellular service and my Baseband Version is "unknown".
I've tried this multiple times, with different computers and different cords. I even flashed back to stock to get the modem back, then tried again. Same result.
Am I using ODIN wrong? Can anyone help me? Please? I have searched these forums, but every thread I found was unhelpful.
Thank you.
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What I have found to help me and not run into this issue is flash back to stock, and re-root using the causal tool. Then I would install the lastest CWM or TWRP, install 4.3TW rom, boot up, reboot back into download mode, run odin package of the firmware (make sure you have a good md5, a bad download can affect it accepting the upgraded firmware), then wipe data,cache, dalvik and reboot. Then once rebooted confirm your modem was accepted and working, then get a GPS lock, then upgrade to CM11 if thats what you prefer.
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What I have found to help me and not run into this issue is flash back to stock, and re-root using the causal tool. Then I would install the lastest CWM or TWRP, install 4.3TW rom, boot up, reboot back into download mode, run odin package of the firmware (make sure you have a good md5, a bad download can affect it accepting the upgraded firmware), then wipe data,cache, dalvik and reboot. Then once rebooted confirm your modem was accepted and working, then get a GPS lock, then upgrade to CM11 if thats what you prefer.
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So I did most of this, installed Alliance Rom. Now, ODIN won't recognize my device when it is in download mode. It will recognize it when I boot up normally, however. Yet, as soon as I boot into download mode, nothing.
Why is this such a pain in the ass for me? I haven't seen anyone have this much trouble.
beans3660 said:
So I did most of this, installed Alliance Rom. Now, ODIN won't recognize my device when it is in download mode. It will recognize it when I boot up normally, however. Yet, as soon as I boot into download mode, nothing.
Why is this such a pain in the ass for me? I haven't seen anyone have this much trouble.
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That is a common problem, no worries man.
You need to go into device manager and delete/uninstall the casual/Samsung driver. Look under android development, then droid style, a sticky thread which shows you to delete driver. When you do that, that should do the trick for you!
Thank you bigmike35, so much. Everything you said worked.
To anyone else with this problem, try installing a 4.3 rom first before the mJ9. I wasted hours and hours by not doing this.
beans3660 said:
Thank you bigmike35, so much. Everything you said worked.
To anyone else with this problem, try installing a 4.3 rom first before the mJ9. I wasted hours and hours by not doing this.
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Can you post a Link to this 4.3 Rom? or even the Rom name? thanks
Was wondering if someone can give me a link to a thread showing how to put my phone back to stock. Planing on upgrade phone and guess it needs to be back to stock. Currently running Hyperdrive 18.1 on MJ7.
Thanks!
Ok, Download Odin 3.07 From http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168421&d=1341114315 and the NC5 Factory Odin Tar File from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 . Also make sure you have your samsung drivers on your pc. Once you have everything downloaded, extract both odin and the nc5 factory stock.tar to a folder, and open odin. Find the PDA tab, and click it. Now search for the .tar file and wait for odin to confirm it. Now put your phone into download mode by turning it off, and turning it on by holding vol down+home+power and get it into download mode. From there, Plug your phone into your pc, and make sure odin finds it, then you can click start, and wait for it to do its thing. Once its done, you will be on a very recent update, and it will be like getting an s4 today, and you can now take it to the store for upgrade
Thanks for the information and links. Will try that when I get home. Just to ask, is the flash counter reset after that?
Thanks again!
Yes it will.
OK... I just tried the steps and odin said PASSED. Tried the no wipe file. Now it gets to the Verizon Activation screen and start getting "unfortunately android.phone has stopped" click ok and keep getting same message, also messagins has stopped, mail has stopped. should I try the other file? full wipe file?
I was able to downgrade from the NG6 update released a few days ago back to NC5.
Knox Warranty Void: 0x0
I used the info and tut from this post
I used the full wipe method, I'm unsure if the no wipe one works
Information:
1. ROOT METHOD can be found here
2. Otherwise, Download Odin 3.09 here (Note: Bootloader = BL , PDA = AP , Phone = CP)
Download: VRUFNC5 No-Wipe SCH-I545_VZW_1_20140330160240_yni63xq6zh.zip
MD5: 71d1c7ea58d2ba81ccadd965b54a2215
Download: VRUFNC5 Full-Wipe SCH-I545_VZW_1_20140330160240_8il17ls9o2_fac.zip
MD5: 8a22dd4a47c2c5f890227fd952657d38
Directions:
No-Wipe
1. Unzip the file and you should have a tar.md5
2. Select the tar.md5 in Odin under PDA (or AP if using Odin 3.09) and keep Odin's default settings
3. Click start and wait for it to say Pass!
Full Wipe ( AKA Emeregency Repair)
1. Unzip the file and you should have a ALL_VZW_I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_1151670_REV06_user _low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
2. Select the tar.md5 in Odin under PDA (or AP if using Odin 3.09) and keep Odin's default settings
3. Extract the PIT file from your phone or Odin tar, also I've uploaded it here just in case.
4. Put the PIT file in PIT and load the the Odin tar.md5 in PDA (or AP if using Odin 3.09) then click start.
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Just confirming that this downgrade from ng6 worked for me too. im back to nc5 and yet to see if there will be no more reboots that everyone is having issues with on ng6.
Is there a way to do this with out using odin on a computer?
Im trying this right now via odin..... wish me luck.
brewer15650 said:
Im trying this right now via odin..... wish me luck.
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Good Luck!!
Let everyone know how it went. I don't intend to take this update, but others will and will, undoubtedly, need to take the path you are now on...
snickerzz said:
I was able to downgrade from the NG6 update released a few days ago back to NC5.
Knox Warranty Void: 0x0
I used the info and tut from this post
I used the full wipe method, I'm unsure if the no wipe one works
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No-Wipe works fine.
jwhistler said:
Good Luck!!
Let everyone know how it went. I don't intend to take this update, but others will and will, undoubtedly, need to take the path you are now on...
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Worked like a charm. I did the full wipe and repartion(PIT). Took me a 1st timer using odin maybe 30mins to do.
npjohnson said:
No-Wipe works fine.
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I am having a hellish time with no-wipe. Constant errors prevent input of even the lockscreen PIN. I've tried different cables, ports, running Odin as administrator and not... Ideas?
posaune76 said:
I am having a hellish time with no-wipe. Constant errors prevent input of even the lockscreen PIN. I've tried different cables, ports, running Odin as administrator and not... Ideas?
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turn on usb debugging in the settings and turn off the lock code
snickerzz said:
turn on usb debugging in the settings and turn off the lock code
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Damn. That probably was the thing that was killing me. After the first attempt, though, I could barely fight through the errors to a home screen, let alone change settings (delete corporate account to get rid of PIN, turn on dev mode, etc.). Ended up doing full wipe. Thanks for the thought. Lesson learned in case there's a next time.
Using Odin 3.09 for the no-wipe method, I load the NC5 .md5 file, and select it as instructed, but once I hit start, I get message stating "All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0) " instantaneously without anything actually happening. I have both developer mode and USB Debugging enabled.
Am I missing something?
Ignore all of that. I loaded the .md5 file up before the phone was connected in Download Mode. Re-loading it fixed everything.
I flashed NC5 over NG6. constant ERROR!! process.acore HELP
It flashed successfully via ODIN. MD5 checker matched. So no corrupt rom. After booting, i keep getting non-stop android.process.acore & android.process.media stopped working every 1 sec, and hitting ok keeps bringing it back and I cannot do anything !!! This is so frustrating. I specifically wanted no wipe. Please tell me i dont have to Full Wipe it. How did it work for you, tell me the step by step. My NG6 was rooted, should I have unrooted first. Tell me what to do!!!
I tried to do this method,but I have had no luck. My phone returned the error "fused 6 binary 5" - What is it that I'm missing?
i keep getting errors
Going to try it.
fyi, after error upon error I tried a different cable using a different USB port. Worked like a charm!
I did the no-wipe method and got the android.process.acore & android.process.media errors. I ended up doing a full wipe and it worked fine. Unfortunately my Titanium Backup I ran the night before didn't run quite right ><. Live, learn and check backups!
NG6
Was NG6 released with a new update from VZ, or was this ported from the S5?
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Let everyone know how it went. I don't intend to take this update, but others will and will, undoubtedly, need to take the path you are now on...
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Is there a way unrooted to stop the update??
I had to take the wipe method but no biggie.
rfd177 said:
Is there a way unrooted to stop the update??
I had to take the wipe method but no biggie.
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Are the problems with NG6 isolated to rooted phone, custom roms, or both at the same time?
Hi all, I recently rooted my Verizon galaxy s4 i545vrufng6 4.4.2 and ever since I did I have had some issues. The way I did it was by flashing the ng5 kernel and using towelroot then reflashing ng6. After I did that my wifi was stuck on the dull green light but I read on a forum on how to fix that by going into the system and deleting one of the wifi files. After I did that everything worked fine for a few days! Then I went out of state and when I got on the airplane my phone was put on airplane mode, by the time I landed and took off airplane mode wifi wouldn't work at all. I tried to do the same thing I did earlier but it didn't work. Matter of fact, i cannot even find that file anymore Wifi will no longer even go dull green, i can hit it as many times as I want and it will stay in the off position. I thought if I flashed a custom rom it would restart the wifi, so I looked up how to install cyanogenmod and followed the YouTube vid from wwjoshdew (30minute). I didn't get through the whole thing because when my phone restarted it had an unlocked padlock at the bottom of the Samsung start up logo and when it went into recovery mode it came up with a yellow triangle saying that system software is not authorized by Verizon wireless. I can boot it up normally or I can go into download mode but I can't access recovery mode meaning I cannot do a factory reset. I took it to Verizon and they said they couldn't help me cuz I void the warranty. If anyone could please help me get my phone back to normal I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
Garrett11 said:
Hi all, I recently rooted my Verizon galaxy s4 i545vrufng6 4.4.2 and ever since I did I have had some issues. The way I did it was by flashing the ng5 kernel and using towelroot then reflashing ng6. After I did that my wifi was stuck on the dull green light but I read on a forum on how to fix that by going into the system and deleting one of the wifi files. After I did that everything worked fine for a few days! Then I went out of state and when I got on the airplane my phone was put on airplane mode, by the time I landed and took off airplane mode wifi wouldn't work at all. I tried to do the same thing I did earlier but it didn't work. Matter of fact, i cannot even find that file anymore Wifi will no longer even go dull green, i can hit it as many times as I want and it will stay in the off position. I thought if I flashed a custom rom it would restart the wifi, so I looked up how to install cyanogenmod and followed the YouTube vid from wwjoshdew (30minute). I didn't get through the whole thing because when my phone restarted it had an unlocked padlock at the bottom of the Samsung start up logo and when it went into recovery mode it came up with a yellow triangle saying that system software is not authorized by Verizon wireless. I can boot it up normally or I can go into download mode but I can't access recovery mode meaning I cannot do a factory reset. I took it to Verizon and they said they couldn't help me cuz I void the warranty. If anyone could please help me get my phone back to normal I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
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Sooooo.... you soft bricked your phone by flashing an unsupported ROM on your particular firmware. Cynanogenmod or ANY OTHER pure AOSP Rom is not compatible with firmwares later than MDK. Don't do that again.
You need to flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin. Instructions are in the thread. You are going to be downgrading back to NC5 (the firmware version before NG6). This may fix your wifi issues as well.
Sent from my SCH-I545
liljoe727 said:
Sooooo.... you soft bricked your phone by flashing an unsupported ROM on your particular firmware. Cynanogenmod or ANY OTHER pure AOSP Rom is not compatible with firmwares later than MDK. Don't do that again.
You need to flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin. Instructions are in the thread. You are going to be downgrading back to NC5 (the firmware version before NG6). This may fix your wifi issues as well.
Sent from my SCH-I545
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Thanks so much for the reply. I have downloaded the full wipe and have unzipped it. When i try to put it in Odin it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid" i cannot continue to start the process because of this.
Garrett11 said:
Thanks so much for the reply. I have downloaded the full wipe and have unzipped it. When i try to put it in Odin it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid" i cannot continue to start the process because of this.
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Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
Sent from my SCH-I545
liljoe727 said:
Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
Sent from my SCH-I545
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Thanks so much for everything. I got it passed in Odin and everything is working this far . One last question, will I be able to root without it messing up again? Id love to have my phone rooted but if it means it wont work while rooted i would rather have it just be able to work regularly
Thanks for everything!
Garrett11 said:
Thanks so much for everything. I got it passed in Odin and everything is working this far . One last question, will I be able to root without it messing up again? Id love to have my phone rooted but if it means it wont work while rooted i would rather have it just be able to work regularly
Thanks for everything!
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Towelroot.com will work for you as far as root goes as long as you stay on NC5 firmware. Just download the APK, install it and go into the app to "make it rain"...profit.
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liljoe727 said:
Towelroot.com will work for you as far as root goes as long as you stay on NC5 firmware. Just download the APK, install it and go into the app to "make it rain"...profit.
Sent from my SCH-I545
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Awesome. Much thanks man!!!!
I have a S4 i545 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 4.2.2 ROM SCH-I545_VZW_1_20140330160240_yni63xq6zh and I also tried a 4.4.2 rom. Odin gave a an error and failed. I then tried going into the boot loader and flash the I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL.zip also. Not sure if this was foolish or not but when I booted up I got to a black screen and there was a voice talking, maybe some sort of app that was running, but I couldn't do anything.
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 connecting it to my computer and opening kies but it doesn't find it. If anyone can point me in the right direction on how to unbrick my S4 I would appreciate it. I know I screwed up.
as long as you can access ODIN you can unbrick. since your on 4.4.2 get the original rom and install. re root and install your rom of choice. from there if you have a previous backup in titanium you can restore
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I was on 4.2.2. I tried downloading the original ROM for this but it didn't work in Odin.
Problem is I can't get into download mode now, or recovery mode even. It's just at that screen I mentioned above. So Odin isn't recognizing my phone.
thats outside my knowledge base. sorry. good luck
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dr0832 said:
Problem is I can't get into download mode now, or recovery mode even. It's just at that screen I mentioned above. So Odin isn't recognizing my phone.
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so if you hold down VOL- and power it doesn't go into download mode?
It won't be recognized in Odin until you get back to download mode. - in Odin then you'd want to flash the PIT file and the ROM you need.
The only other way to fix would be to get ahold of a copy of Verizon's Software Upgrade Assistant/Software Recovery Assistant, which looks like someone has uploaded here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469615
The Software Recovery Assistant should fix it if nothing else does, I have used it before.
No when I turn it on it goes straight to the screen I mention with a yellow triangle and it does the same if I hold all the buttons down like you normally would to get in recovery.
I assume a battery pull didn't help. Since you have MDK, it MIGHT be worth it to get the JTAG dongle, which will boot the phone into download mode. It is about 3 bucks.
I tried installing in windows xp, windows 7 and windows 8 with no luck. I clicked the exe and it does nothing. I then tried installing on a MAC. It installed but when I went to run it the software opened for 1 second and then close with an error software closed unexpectedly. The I updated the software on the MAC and the software opened but the second I plugged in the phone it gave the same error. The MAC did find the phone though but windows did not.
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Just plug the phone (on that screen) into your PC and see if it shows up in Odin.
If not, pull the battery, and hold the volume down and power buttons as you put the battery back in. Then choose Continue.
Did you read my post? I have done that. My phone is hard bricked. I can't get into recovery mode and therefore I can't get into download mode so therefore odin won't find my phone.
dr0832 said:
Did you read my post? I have done that. My phone is hard bricked. I can't get into recovery mode and therefore I can't get into download mode so therefore odin won't find my phone.
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Which ROM did you flash, link?
Ahhh. The linked version of the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant doesn't work. Sorry about that.
I just pulled the .iso from my S4 and posted it up, try this one: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347780563
Per npjohnson advice I was able to get the phone into download mode. I misread your post at first so sorry about that. Now I need to figure out how to fix this. I flashed Lollipop originally so does that mean I can't actually go back to 4.2.2 using a stock ROM? Can someone point me to a ROM I should try to flash since the so called stock ROM's I have tried are failing in Odin.
I tried flashing this one:
http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS4/SCH-i545/VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar.zip
It came from here:
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
As for the Verizon assistant that was just posted it does not install just like the other. I click it and the screen flashed and then it does nothing.
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Per npjohnson advice I was able to get the phone into download mode. I misread your post at first so sorry about that. Now I need to figure out how to fix this. I flashed Lollipop originally so does that mean I can't actually go back to 4.2.2 using a stock ROM? Can someone point me to a ROM I should try to flash since the so called stock ROM's I have tried are failing in Odin.
I tried flashing this one:
http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS4/SCH-i545/VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar.zip
It came from here:
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
As for the Verizon assistant that was just posted it does not install just like the other. I click it and the screen flashed and then it does nothing.
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What lollipop did you flash originally? OTA?
I was rooted and then I flashed I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL which I think is android 5.0.1. I used flashfire.
This was the thread I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-to-update-to-i545oc1-5-0-1-keeproot-t3096558
Did the battery die on you? I think this is where you need the debrick image....
dr0832 said:
I was rooted and then I flashed I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL which I think is android 5.0.1. I used flashfire.
This was the thread I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-to-update-to-i545oc1-5-0-1-keeproot-t3096558
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Probably should try the full factory image linked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...pment/odin-i545vrugoc1-factory-image-t3160125
That will put you on 5.0.1 OC1 including bootloader. You'll then root with Kingroot, use Super-sume to replace Kingroot with SuperSu and then you can use the NON-MDK ROM with FlashFire. (odex, or deodex if you want to use xposed modules.