S6 Edge SM-G925F
Okay, I've spoken to Samsung about this and they are useless.
I'm stuck in a bootloop which happened during the update installation.
Gone into the recovery menu, wiped cache, reboot, power off, drained battery, tried again, NOTHING WORKS!
I backed the phone up last weekend, but since have put some sensitive work information on there that I NEED to keep, so factory reset is not an option.
Phone has never been rooted, and I have no experience with this.
Any ideas guys?
Kind regards
Callum
Downgrade firmware. Last update sucks!
pister said:
Downgrade firmware. Last update sucks!
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... That isn't really possible when I'm stuck in a boot loop
CalzaS6 said:
... That isn't really possible when I'm stuck in a boot loop
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Sure it is, as long as you can boot into download mode. Just use Odin to restore the stock firmware. However you will lose all your data.
Is there anyway to use ODIN without losing all my data? I have photos and files that are NEEDED for work.
Snowby123 said:
Sure it is, as long as you can boot into download mode. Just use Odin to restore the stock firmware. However you will lose all your data.
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No he wont. Since when does using odin wipe anything? It never has, Odin just reinstalls the different components of the firmware, system, radio, kernel, recovery, etc...it does not touch internal storage.
Download the firmware on sammobile and use odin 3.10.6 to flash. Don't touch any of the options in odin and you will be fine and not have any user data removed
Honestly, I have never been able to preserve the data after using Odin. That being said, I have never looked into it, as every time I use Odin, I am only concerned about the brick. 0
polish_pat said:
No he wont. Since when does using odin wipe anything? It never has, Odin just reinstalls the different components of the firmware, system, radio, kernel, recovery, etc...it does not touch internal storage.
Download the firmware on sammobile and use odin 3.10.6 to flash. Don't touch any of the options in odin and you will be fine and not have any user data removed
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Everywhere online says odin wipes the of all apps and data. I don't have an SD card so everything is on the main storage.
So odin settings are;
Auto Boot - on
F. Reset time - on
EVERYTHING ELSE UNCHECKED.
And load the firmware file into AP?
Then start?
I dont care what it says online, those people are wrong. Odin has NEVER wiped any of my devices and the last time I tested it out was 12 hours ago when a failed rom flash and bricked phone because of a nandroid restore forced me to odin back to stock. After i restored from nandroid my phone bootlooped but odin got me back up and running with all my files restores through recovery were still there. The only other suggestion i have is flash TWRP right now knowing your data is still intact and make a nandroid backup, transfer it to computer and if for some weird reason odin wipes your phone you still have everything in that nandroid backup.
Yes AP only.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
This thread not only gives you the stock firmware, but also a tutorial on how to install it.
If you don't know the complete process of restoring through Odin, use this.
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polish_pat said:
I dont care what it says online, those people are wrong. Odin has NEVER wiped any of my devices and the last time I tested it out was 12 hours ago when a failed rom flash and bricked phone because of a nandroid restore forced me to odin back to stock. After i restored from nandroid my phone bootlooped but odin got me back up and running with all my files restores through recovery were still there. The only other suggestion i have is flash TWRP right now knowing your data is still intact and make a nandroid backup, transfer it to computer and if for some weird reason odin wipes your phone you still have everything in that nandroid backup.
Yes AP only.
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If Odin never wipes the phone storage, why does it erase all the data on my phone every time I use it?
Snowby123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
This thread not only gives you the stock firmware, but also a tutorial on how to install it.
If you don't know the complete process of restoring through Odin, use this.
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If Odin never wipes the phone storage, why does it erase all the data on my phone every time I use it?
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Lets call Sherlock Holmes because i've been on Android since the S2 and had all the phones you can see in my sig and have never been wiped while using odin. If I didnt just spend about 10 hours setting my phone back to how I want it, i'd make a video showing you. I don't know why, or why not, but the only thing I do is download the FW on sammobile, extract it, set it in AP and hit start. Been doing it that way for years with the same result. The flash finishes, i'm back with all my apps installed, all my data intact, minus root and custom recovery.
EDIT: did a small search on google, some people say what I said, others say the apps are gone, but all of them agree personal files such as music, pictures and documents are kept intact. Not sure what the variable is though
Snowby123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
This thread not only gives you the stock firmware, but also a tutorial on how to install it.
If you don't know the complete process of restoring through Odin, use this.
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If Odin never wipes the phone storage, why does it erase all the data on my phone every time I use it?
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are you sure that you have checked only these two options?
polish_pat said:
Lets call Sherlock Holmes because i've been on Android since the S2 and had all the phones you can see in my sig and have never been wiped while using odin. If I didnt just spend about 10 hours setting my phone back to how I want it, i'd make a video showing you. I don't know why, or why not, but the only thing I do is download the FW on sammobile, extract it, set it in AP and hit start. Been doing it that way for years with the same result. The flash finishes, i'm back with all my apps installed, all my data intact, minus root and custom recovery.
EDIT: did a small search on google, some people say what I said, others say the apps are gone, but all of them agree personal files such as music, pictures and documents are kept intact. Not sure what the variable is though
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Brilliant thanks I will do this once the FR finishes downloading. After Odin has completed, what do I do with the phone? Will it still be in download state?
a66fm said:
are you sure that you have checked only these two options?
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Now I understand why we get different results. I never select BL. I select AP. I never read the options menu. Just the logs
a66fm said:
are you sure that you have checked only these two options?
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Wait, so to keep my data do I use BL or AP?
CalzaS6 said:
Wait, so to keep my data do I use BL or AP?
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I always use AP.
I also always lose my data.
That should give you a clue
CalzaS6 said:
Wait, so to keep my data do I use BL or AP?
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dont use BL. Just AP. The BL was directed at another person
polish_pat said:
dont use BL. Just AP. The BL was directed at another person
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And I will keep my data? I have some very sensitive work files on there which are REQUIRED!
FW has downloaded. Ill let you know how it goes :/
CalzaS6 said:
And I will keep my data? I have some very sensitive work files on there which are REQUIRED!
FW has downloaded. Ill let you know how it goes :/
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As i mentionned, if you want to be safe, flash TWRP and make a backup before flashing
polish_pat said:
As i mentionned, if you want to be safe, flash TWRP and make a backup before flashing
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Phone completely in the bootloop and cant flash it.
Started now anyway.... lets hope this doesn't end in me getting fired
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I need help guys! Wanted to restore my original stockrom GT-I9100_SIN_I9100DXKI2_I9100OLCKH1_I9100DXKI1 which I downloaded of a link here. The step I performed are. Reboot in CWM and wipe data/factory reset. Wipe cache, dalvik cache and battery. Reboot into download mode, plug in to Odin and click on pda and load my GT-I9100_SIN_I9100DXKI2_I9100OLCKH1_I9100DXKI1.tar. Click start and the light turns green and the phone reboot with all my user data gone but still on Checkrom V.20. Even the theme are still the same. I repeated the steps twice but no luck! What am i doing wrong???
ok try this
ive tried it a couple of times before
try to find the " format " selection in CWM
this will CLEAN ur phone fully
choose sdcard etc
so there is no way Checkrom will revive again
im not 100% this will work
EDIT:
backup ur efs on ur external sdcard or pc
ull find a tutorial some where here
Tried it, didnt work am i gonna be stucked with checkrom forever?
HBK82 said:
Tried it, didnt work am i gonna be stucked with checkrom forever?
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Ever tried to pull out your battery for some minutes (after factory reset)?
Maybe the phone keeps something in "memory".
Alternatively you should flash the ROM with pit file and repartion option enabled in Odin.
Good luck !
It_ler said:
Ever tried to pull out your battery for some minutes (after factory reset)?
Maybe the phone keeps something in "memory".
Alternatively you should flash the ROM with pit file and repartion option enabled in Odin.
Good luck !
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I should check pit and repartion? Are u sure, I dont wanna brick my phone!?
Anyone??? This checkrom feels like something sinester that just wouldn't go away!
oh darn i completely for got about the 3 tar method
it fixed an issue i had before
repartition formats ur phone and from what i heard it also formats the external sd card (so backup)
do it and report back
qwerty warrior said:
oh darn i completely for got about the 3 tar method
it fixed an issue i had before
repartition formats ur phone and from what i heard it also formats the external sd card (so backup)
do it and report back
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Im scared, are you sure it's safe! I read from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278 that you should PIT refers to the partition information table you only need it if you screw up your partition table or if the firmware specifically requires it because of a change in the partition table layout.
Anyone with similare issues before? How the heck does this rom still stays after I wipe data/factory reset and even format sd card is this rom still able to stays on my device!!! Is it cause I used a usb jig before to reset my binary counter!
HELP!!! Anybody?
This post is to enable me to post on the developers thread!
HBK82 said:
HELP!!! Anybody?
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oh sorry i was playing bf3
yeah do it
ive done it before when i screwed it up
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btw uve bumped way to many times u could get banned
be careful
HBK82 said:
Anyone with similare issues before? How the heck does this rom still stays after I wipe data/factory reset and even format sd card is this rom still able to stays on my device!!! Is it cause I used a usb jig before to reset my binary counter!
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Ok. Wiping data/ factory resetting just deletes apps, settings, accounts etc. It doesn't remove the rom or wipe it from your phone. If you did this on a stock rom, after rebooting you would be on a fresh stock rom. Since your on checkrom, you stay on checkrom.
Formatting SD card also does **** for what you are trying to do. The SD card just hold things like pictures, media etc.
What you want to do is overwrite the system.
I personally flash kh3 (3 part file) over checkrom when i want a fresh start, and it always wipes it clean (but not SD card which is how its meant to be). I don't use any pit file but I believe I do tick repartition (which may do nothing anyway without a pit file).
So, for your problem I would recommend flashing a 3 part firmware, PDA (or on kh3 its called Code), phone & csc. A 3 part firmware should also have a pit file so enter that in its correct area as well. Then tick repartition.
On my S1 I have lost count of how many times I have flashed with a pit file and repartition. Maybe once in a blue moon did it stall or fail but nothing a reboot into download mode and retrying couldn't fix.
No horror story could scare me because as I said I have lost count (literally) of how many times I've used pit and ticked repartition.
If your still worried first try a 3 part file without the above and if still the same try with.
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Do I have to enable usb debugging mode?
Try this. Boot with checkrom revolution. Boot to download mode (note don't wipe data yet). Flash stock ROM. Boot directly to recovery. Wipe data. Boot directly to Download Mode. Flash stock ROM once more.
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Ok. Wiping data/ factory resetting just deletes apps, settings, accounts etc. It doesn't remove the rom or wipe it from your phone. If you did this on a stock rom, after rebooting you would be on a fresh stock rom. Since your on checkrom, you stay on checkrom.
Formatting SD card also does **** for what you are trying to do. The SD card just hold things like pictures, media etc.
What you want to do is overwrite the system.
I personally flash kh3 (3 part file) over checkrom when i want a fresh start, and it always wipes it clean (but not SD card which is how its meant to be). I don't use any pit file but I believe I do tick repartition (which may do nothing anyway without a pit file).
So, for your problem I would recommend flashing a 3 part firmware, PDA (or on kh3 its called Code), phone & csc. A 3 part firmware should also have a pit file so enter that in its correct area as well. Then tick repartition.
On my S1 I have lost count of how many times I have flashed with a pit file and repartition. Maybe once in a blue moon did it stall or fail but nothing a reboot into download mode and retrying couldn't fix.
No horror story could scare me because as I said I have lost count (literally) of how many times I've used pit and ticked repartition.
If your still worried first try a 3 part file without the above and if still the same try with.
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I am going to try this method. Will report back if it works. Checkrom should have a disclaimer or so saying that you may not be able to revert back to stock if you choose to flash our rom or something.
HBK82 said:
Do I have to enable usb debugging mode?
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Not 100% sure but to be safe just have it on. I have it enabled all the time.
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HBK82 said:
I am going to try this method. Will report back if it works.
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Sorry to hear the problem you're having, hope it works, please let us know, I also want to do a wipe with 3 part + pit.
I've downloaded
GT-I9100_XEO_I9100XXKH3_I9100XXKH3_I9100OXAKH3.exe
it's not 3 part
Noed said:
I've downloaded
GT-I9100_XEO_I9100XXKH3_I9100XXKH3_I9100OXAKH3.exe
it's not 3 part
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Yup. Realized that too.. Anyone else manage to flash back stockrom after using checkrom!?
I'm trying to follow this guide to go from CM10.1.3 to rooted KitKat, which I then plan to de-bloat using Titanium Backup (or similar). It's been so long since I needed Odin that I thought I'd return to this other guide for a refresher.
That just confused me, because it doesn't really cover "how to Odin." It's a very specific guide of "how to return to factory settings/stock condition." Since that's not what I'm doing, I'm hesitant to follow those instructions. I know what files I need to use, I just don't remember how to Odin.
Can someone point me in the right direction? There are a bunch of guides involving Odin, but most of them are "how to use Odin to do a very specific thing," none of which is what I'm trying to do. Is there a very basic "how to Odin" guide that I'm somehow not seeing?
I think I can figure this out, but it seems that flashing up to KitKat is not easily undone (or, it seems, can't be undone at all). So I want to make sure I do it properly, because I feel like I'm essentially burning my ship behind me. So I just want to make sure I Odin properly.
thorvindr said:
I'm trying to follow this guide to go from CM10.1.3 to rooted KitKat, which I then plan to de-bloat using Titanium Backup (or similar). It's been so long since I needed Odin that I thought I'd return to this other guide for a refresher.
That just confused me, because it doesn't really cover "how to Odin." It's a very specific guide of "how to return to factory settings/stock condition." Since that's not what I'm doing, I'm hesitant to follow those instructions. I know what files I need to use, I just don't remember how to Odin.
Can someone point me in the right direction? There are a bunch of guides involving Odin, but most of them are "how to use Odin to do a very specific thing," none of which is what I'm trying to do. Is there a very basic "how to Odin" guide that I'm somehow not seeing?
I think I can figure this out, but it seems that flashing up to KitKat is not easily undone (or, it seems, can't be undone at all). So I want to make sure I do it properly, because I feel like I'm essentially burning my ship behind me. So I just want to make sure I Odin properly.
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Ok first off.. Odin is not as complicated as everyone seems to make it. If you do not use it in awhile I can understand. It is a very good way to mess up your phone though if you do not flash the correct things..bootloader, modem etc etc..
So you need to download Odin from HERE
Next download the 16GB pit file HERE
Next download MJ9 firmware HERE (Thank OP)
Put your phone into Download Mode (Volume button down, Home button, Power button)
Plug your phone into PC you have Odin on
Open Odin (Should see a yellow COM come up in boxes)
Put the pit file in PIT
Put the MJ9 firmware in PDA
Hit start..
You should be good to flash KK now.. The MJ9 firmware is to update your params and tz to get wifi working and also updates your modem
Now if you want to re lock with NO root and update to KK let me know.. There is more steps..
Or if you have any other ?'s just post here..
Allright. I appreciate the quick how-to. But again, you're not telling me how Odin works. You're giving me specific instructions to solve my problem.
I'm grateful for that, but I'm just going to be asking again in a week when I need to do something slightly different because I still don't know how to use the software. Is there no guide out there explaining Odin in detail? Or even in broad strokes? I just want a quick run-down on what everything in the Odin window means, because none of it is self-explanatory.
Will using Odin do a wipe?
If not, is there an option to have it do a wipe?
thorvindr said:
Allright. I appreciate the quick how-to. But again, you're not telling me how Odin works. You're giving me specific instructions to solve my problem.
I'm grateful for that, but I'm just going to be asking again in a week when I need to do something slightly different because I still don't know how to use the software. Is there no guide out there explaining Odin in detail? Or even in broad strokes? I just want a quick run-down on what everything in the Odin window means, because none of it is self-explanatory.
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Those are the two boxes you will ever need to use or know about..
I do not know of a Guide that specifies everything.. But you can check out this site
http://odindownload.com/
kirwoodd said:
Will using Odin do a wipe?
If not, is there an option to have it do a wipe?
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Depends what you are flashing and what you check.. If you are flashing a official tar yes it will wipe your phone.. If you are flashing just a modem or recovery, No it will not..
Also, if you check Erase All, it will wipe everything (You should never have to/use this option)
lacoursiere18 said:
Those are the two boxes you will ever need to use or know about..
I do not know of a Guide that specifies everything.. But you can check out this site
http://odindownload.com/
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Thanks. I will definitely check that out.
Depends what you are flashing and what you check.. If you are flashing a official tar yes it will wipe your phone.. If you are flashing just a modem or recovery, No it will not..
Also, if you check Erase All, it will wipe everything (You should never have to/use this option)
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Shouldn't have to use it, or really should avoid it? I'm having problems wiping my phone. Using the wipe/delete/format tools in CWM is for some reason not actually wiping. It's just deleting all my apps and all my settings, but none of the app data. For intsance, the MP3s I've downloaded from Amazon stay, but the app itself is gone. All my Kindle books are still there, but the app is gone. I want to remove everything from the device that might be considered "user data." I could just plug it into my laptop and format the drive, but I don't know if that would affect the OS or the bootloader or anything like that.
So is using the erase all option safe, or will it mess things up?
thorvindr said:
Thanks. I will definitely check that out.
Shouldn't have to use it, or really should avoid it? I'm having problems wiping my phone. Using the wipe/delete/format tools in CWM is for some reason not actually wiping. It's just deleting all my apps and all my settings, but none of the app data. For intsance, the MP3s I've downloaded from Amazon stay, but the app itself is gone. All my Kindle books are still there, but the app is gone. I want to remove everything from the device that might be considered "user data." I could just plug it into my laptop and format the drive, but I don't know if that would affect the OS or the bootloader or anything like that.
So is using the erase all option safe, or will it mess things up?
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My suggestion to you would be to flash TWRP. I do not think CWM/Philz has a wipe internal option.. In TWRP it is under Advance Wipe. If you still have issues wiping you may need to pursue down a different road..
thorvindr said:
Thanks. I will definitely check that out.
Shouldn't have to use it, or really should avoid it? I'm having problems wiping my phone. Using the wipe/delete/format tools in CWM is for some reason not actually wiping. It's just deleting all my apps and all my settings, but none of the app data. For intsance, the MP3s I've downloaded from Amazon stay, but the app itself is gone. All my Kindle books are still there, but the app is gone. I want to remove everything from the device that might be considered "user data." I could just plug it into my laptop and format the drive, but I don't know if that would affect the OS or the bootloader or anything like that.
So is using the erase all option safe, or will it mess things up?
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Are you wiping internal storage? I don't know how it is done on cwm but with twrp you have to specify you want to wipe internal, totally separate wipe from factory reset, and then confirm it by typing yes.
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Okay. I suppose I'll have to look into TWRP. I've always used CWM because it's what I "grew up with," so to speak. But if there's something out there that will better do what I need, I suppose it's time to trade up.
thorvindr said:
Okay. I suppose I'll have to look into TWRP. I've always used CWM because it's what I "grew up with," so to speak. But if there's something out there that will better do what I need, I suppose it's time to trade up.
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I am not saying twrp is better. I enjoyed using twrp for a LONG time, ui is GREAT. But since 4.3 came out it has had a data corruption bug and sometimes root issues. So no I have used philz for the past couple weeks with aroma file manager and it has been great.
The only reason I recommended twrp was because of the available wipe options and that I do not know of anything like that in cwm recoveries..
Wondering if this is just me having problems with these updates and keeping root. My first phone I only had for a couple of months. I was rooted on NF6 and updated to BNG3 through Mobile Odin pro, after which VoLTE disappeared and WiFi calling just stays grayed out on "enabling". Completely wiped the phone, re-installed stock software and still could not get these options to work or enable. T-Mobile replaced the phone.
I now have another phone, rooted and was on NF6 and was worried about updating to BNG3 due to what happened on my first phone. I got an update notice about BNG4 and decided to download the full .tar and update through Mobile Odin pro and then flash the firmware via PC Odin. Did that and now I cannot use WiFi calling again and VoLTE is gone from call settings once again.
Is anyone else having this issue, or does it seem like I am doing something wrong? Any help or responses would be helpful before I go back to T-Mobile again.
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You are right, my initial information was not very detailed. I was writing in a hurry at the time. I did not notice these problems as I was out of state on business and calling over WiFi was not needed. I only use it at home as signal is not the greatest, and that is when I noticed the issue and from reading I could not find an issue relating to mine.
When I have updated, I have not cleared cache or so forth. I just used Mobile Odin with the stock .tar to get the latest update and inject root/superuser and that is pretty much it. I have after the fact, done a factory reset and PC Odin back to a stock state (no root, etc) and this has not fixed my issue with WiFi calling. I have seen other threads in regards to WiFi calling, however I have not seen anything that refers to my issue at hand after updating in the manner that I have.
Can you actually do a full backup while running a stock ROM? I have used other custom recoveries on other phones and completed backups that way but not on a stock rooted phone.
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Cleared cache as recommended through recovery (no change). Used PC Odin to revert back to the stock .tar the phone came with (ANE6), as well as not having root. Also no change with the problem, still cannot use Wifi calling.
Something very interesting just happened. I got a notice from T-Mobile about an update after restoring to ANE6 and I let it download and now I'm on BNG3 and Wifi calling is working, just no root right now. I can take care of that later.
Thanks for you time with trying to help and giving good information.
legendindisguise said:
Cleared cache as recommended through recovery (no change). Used PC Odin to revert back to the stock .tar the phone came with (ANE6), as well as not having root. Also no change with the problem, still cannot use Wifi calling.
Something very interesting just happened. I got a notice from T-Mobile about an update after restoring to ANE6 and I let it download and now I'm on BNG3 and Wifi calling is working, just no root right now. I can take care of that later.
Thanks for you time with trying to help and giving good information.
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It definitely seems like a problem with mobile odin pro.
How exactly have you gone about the update process with mobile Odin?
What I would do is simply follow the threads on here that explain in details what you need to do to update and keep root. The flashing process is what is preventing you from using those features. Something is definitely not being flashed properly and carrying over from the update.
elesbb said:
It definitely seems like a problem with mobile odin pro.
How exactly have you gone about the update process with mobile Odin?
What I would do is simply follow the threads on here that explain in details what you need to do to update and keep root. The flashing process is what is preventing you from using those features. Something is definitely not being flashed properly and carrying over from the update.
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These are the steps that I went by: I used this method when going from NE6 to NF6 (worked great). When I did these same steps trying to update to NG3 or NG4 is when I had problems.
Download the NF6 Full Stock TAR
Extract the single *.tar.md5 file from the downloaded ZIP in step 1
Copy this extracted file (G900TUVU1BNF6_G900TTMB1BNF6_G900TUVU1BNF6_HOME.ta r.md5) to your sdcard (I used my external sdcard)
Throw down the $4.99 and purchase Chainfire's Mobile ODIN Pro from Play Store (link)
Open Mobile ODIN PRO and click 'OK' to the warning about bootloaders and grant it root access when prompted
Scroll down to 'Open file ...' and click it.
Here I was prompted for either 'Internal SD-card' or 'External SD-card'. Select which ever location you copied the TAR to in step 3
Now select the actual folder and file for the location of the TAR you copiend in step 3
You'll be presented with the list of partitions your TAR contains. Click 'OK'
Leave all partitions as-is and be sure to check/tick both 'Enable EverRoot' and 'Inject Superuser (SuperSU)'
Optionally, you may also check to wipe Dalvik and/or data & cache. <-- Not required, but I checked 'Wipe Dalvik cache' because it's harmless.
Click 'Flash firmware'
legendindisguise said:
These are the steps that I went by: I used this method when going from NE6 to NF6 (worked great). When I did these same steps trying to update to NG3 or NG4 is when I had problems.
Download the NF6 Full Stock TAR
Extract the single *.tar.md5 file from the downloaded ZIP in step 1
Copy this extracted file (G900TUVU1BNF6_G900TTMB1BNF6_G900TUVU1BNF6_HOME.ta r.md5) to your sdcard (I used my external sdcard)
Throw down the $4.99 and purchase Chainfire's Mobile ODIN Pro from Play Store (link)
Open Mobile ODIN PRO and click 'OK' to the warning about bootloaders and grant it root access when prompted
Scroll down to 'Open file ...' and click it.
Here I was prompted for either 'Internal SD-card' or 'External SD-card'. Select which ever location you copied the TAR to in step 3
Now select the actual folder and file for the location of the TAR you copiend in step 3
You'll be presented with the list of partitions your TAR contains. Click 'OK'
Leave all partitions as-is and be sure to check/tick both 'Enable EverRoot' and 'Inject Superuser (SuperSU)'
Optionally, you may also check to wipe Dalvik and/or data & cache. <-- Not required, but I checked 'Wipe Dalvik cache' because it's harmless.
Click 'Flash firmware'
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I think that's right. It definitely seems like something isn't being flashed properly though preventing you from using WiFi calling. After you update, what does your baseband version say?
elesbb said:
I think that's right. It definitely seems like something isn't being flashed properly though preventing you from using WiFi calling. After you update, what does your baseband version say?
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I'm not 100% right now, I believe that when I was using Mobile Odin to do the updates, the baseband was staying the same. On my last attempts I used Mobile Odin to update versions and then used PC Odin to update the firmware as so everything was the same.
The phone is working now since I restored back to NE6 and it connected with T-Mobile to do OTA updates and now on NG4. I might just use CF Auto Root and not worry about Knox.
legendindisguise said:
I'm not 100% right now, I believe that when I was using Mobile Odin to do the updates, the baseband was staying the same. On my last attempts I used Mobile Odin to update versions and then used PC Odin to update the firmware as so everything was the same.
The phone is working now since I restored back to NE6 and it connected with T-Mobile to do OTA updates and now on NG4. I might just use CF Auto Root and not worry about Knox.
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You can flash just the modem using the PC Odin. I think that is why you weren't able to use WiFi calling and such when upgrading with just mobile odin.
elesbb said:
You can flash just the modem using the PC Odin. I think that is why you weren't able to use WiFi calling and such when upgrading with just mobile odin.
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I understand that. But wouldn't PC Odin the firmware include the modem when flashing? I will try just doing the modem next and see how it goes. Thanks for the advice.
legendindisguise said:
I understand that. But wouldn't PC Odin the firmware include the modem when flashing? I will try just doing the modem next and see how it goes. Thanks for the advice.
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It does include the modem, however, they don't always get applied. I know you need to boot to stock recovery after flashing the modem, and the recovery does something, then you can reboot and it should be applied. But I am 99 percent confident that is why those things weren't working for you.
elesbb said:
It does include the modem, however, they don't always get applied. I know you need to boot to stock recovery after flashing the modem, and the recovery does something, then you can reboot and it should be applied. But I am 99 percent confident that is why those things weren't working for you.
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Cool, thanks for the info and help. I will try flashing tonight and see how it goes and report back.
I appreciate both of you trying to help. I do try to read as much as possible before posting and cluttering the forums, but I could not figure this one out.
Cheers
elesbb said:
It does include the modem, however, they don't always get applied. I know you need to boot to stock recovery after flashing the modem, and the recovery does something, then you can reboot and it should be applied. But I am 99 percent confident that is why those things weren't working for you.
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THANK YOU! That was the issue. Flashing the modem individually and now everything is working as it should. I owe you a beer my friend.
Thanks again.
legendindisguise said:
THANK YOU! That was the issue. Flashing the modem individually and now everything is working as it should. I owe you a beer my friend.
Thanks again.
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I don't drink, but I will definitely take a starbucks or Cinnabon xD Haha glad you got it all resolved! That's what xda is for my friend
heya Legend,
I just had the same thing happen to me today when i ran pc odin to upgrade to NH5. I previously was stock rooted with NG3 and everything worked fine. Ran the firmware, rebooted to download and then installed bootloader. wifi calling was sitting at Greyed out saying enabling. never would turn on. installed TWRP 2.8 to wipe cache and dalvik and also ran a fix permissions. at that point phone wouldnt reboot, sat at Galaxy s5 splash screen. pulled battery, went back and tried to wipe again. still hung at splash. so i downgraded back to NG3 doing firmware, then bootloader. now phone boots fine but wifi calling still will not turn on. Which sucks because i just got my personal Cellspot up and runnin yesterday.
Can you tell me exactly what you did to get your wifi calling running again? or anyone else have any ideas/thoughts?
Thanks in advance
erider
erider said:
heya Legend,
I just had the same thing happen to me today when i ran pc odin to upgrade to NH5. I previously was stock rooted with NG3 and everything worked fine. Ran the firmware, rebooted to download and then installed bootloader. wifi calling was sitting at Greyed out saying enabling. never would turn on. installed TWRP 2.8 to wipe cache and dalvik and also ran a fix permissions. at that point phone wouldnt reboot, sat at Galaxy s5 splash screen. pulled battery, went back and tried to wipe again. still hung at splash. so i downgraded back to NG3 doing firmware, then bootloader. now phone boots fine but wifi calling still will not turn on. Which sucks because i just got my personal Cellspot up and runnin yesterday.
Can you tell me exactly what you did to get your wifi calling running again? or anyone else have any ideas/thoughts?
Thanks in advance
erider
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I used PC Odin to just install the modem. Technically the firmware flash should load the modem but it didn't work for me.
This is what was recommended to me and it fixed the problem.
Damn, that did not work for me. tried flashing a few different modems too.
legendindisguise said:
I used PC Odin to just install the modem. Technically the firmware flash should load the modem but it didn't work for me.
This is what was recommended to me and it fixed the problem.
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erider said:
Damn, that did not work for me. tried flashing a few different modems too.
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When you flashed the modems are you sure they actually installed? A lot of people are having problems with getting modems to stick when flashed. You have to pull the battery for several seconds before you boot into download mode then flash the modem, and after it boot go to your about device screen to make sure you have the new modem.
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When you flashed the modems are you sure they actually installed? A lot of people are having problems with getting modems to stick when flashed. You have to pull the battery for several seconds before you boot into download mode then flash the modem, and after it boot go to your about device screen to make sure you have the new modem.
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Yeah i got into the habit of pulling battery every time i've flashed modems on this phone just for that reason. :/
Here are 2 ways to download the new Lolipop 5.0 firmware from T-Mobile. This file was downloaded from Sammobile and is in .tar file format. I am just hosting the file as a torrent on my PC which is on 24/7 and I have Fios 75/75 internet so should download fast and also added a link to the Mega mirror link I made. Enjoy and hope I help people download faster.
G900TUVU1DOB1_G900TTMB1DOB1_TMB - Feb. 18th 2015 - Andriod 5.0 - 1.44gb
Mirror 1 - Torrent
Mirror 2 - Mega
Please be aware this is a stock .tar file and you phone should be on stock recovery. I took my rooted 4.4.2 and backed it up via Kies and then did a factory reset/initialization to factory which will give you the new lolipop software. This file was posted as a backup mirror to the Sammobile.com site as they are on slow servers.
Is this the same as what would get pushed to our phones as an OTA if we were completely stock?
highaltitude said:
Is this the same as what would get pushed to our phones as an OTA if we were completely stock?
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yes
And here I was looking for this in a different forum, silly me. Thanks!
I used the 2'nd mirror, and used Odin to flash it. now my phone is stuck on "recovery booting" [on top of the screen] on Samsung logo. I can't get in download (via power down + volumedown) or recovery (power up + volumeup)
essentially i might have bricked my phone, with no way of recovering it :crying:
-any thoughts on how to fix this?
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I used the 2'nd mirror, and used Odin to flash it. now my phone is stuck on "recovery booting" [on top of the screen] on Samsung logo. I can't get in download (via power down + volumedown) or recovery (power up + volumeup)
essentially i might have bricked my phone, with no way of recovering it :crying:
-any thoughts on how to fix this?
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You also need to use the home key with either of those other key combinations. All three at the same time.
eventheodds1 said:
I used the 2'nd mirror, and used Odin to flash it. now my phone is stuck on "recovery booting" [on top of the screen] on Samsung logo. I can't get in download (via power down + volumedown) or recovery (power up + volumeup)
essentially i might have bricked my phone, with no way of recovering it :crying:
-any thoughts on how to fix this?
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Take the battery out, then boot with volume down+home+power and you will get to download mode. From there you can do it again. Don't unplug until you see the white T-Mobile boot screen!
brees75 said:
Take the battery out, then boot with volume down+home+power and you will get to download mode. From there you can do it again. Don't unplug until you see the white T-Mobile boot screen!
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Also you may have to factory reset after flashing the full tar with Odin. So if you go into a bootloop after Odin reports "success", pull the battery, replace battery, volume up+home+power should get you into stock recovery, from there factory reset and wipe cache partitions. You will lose data, but sometimes that's how the cookie crumbles.
hahaha i know how to get in boot-loader etc, just didn't typed in the comment. i have another issue, i have managed to flash D0B1 (lollipop) but the problem is get constant issue of rebooting, "e:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)".
and it show up as "factor mode on" as toaster when i 1st turn it on! flashed it couple times with odin, thoughts?
Thanks for the file man.
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how long does it take to install? I've been on odin now for about 10 minutes on System...
Any Odin-flashable tars of just the bootloader and modem?
I'm still getting "E: failed to mount/efs (invalid argument)" i did the flash with "NAND Erase all" and "phone EFS Clear" (mod warning - don't do this!)
eventheodds1 said:
I'm still getting "E: failed to mount/efs (invalid argument)" i did the flash with "NAND Erase all" and "phone EFS Clear"
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You're going to need a pit file, you weren't supposed to wipe those as they are the partition info.
adj998 said:
You're going to need a pit file, you weren't supposed to wipe those as they are the partition info.
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how can i get those? links?
Can anyone post the modem, bootloader, etc from the new update? Thanks!
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You're going to need a pit file, you weren't supposed to wipe those as they are the partition info.
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eventheodds1 said:
how can i get those? links?
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Pit file isn't going to restore your efs. efs is specific for each device(i think).. I think you now have a glorified brick. Maybe, just maybe, you will be able to restore it if taken to a repair company. However, if you were getting efs issues before checking wipe efs, it may still be there and just an issue of accessing it (ie permissions or incomplete flash)
Pit files are partition size/location information, hence P-artition I-nformation T-able. Has nothing to do with restoring your efs directory.
You should still be able to reboot to android though. You just won't get signal or anything. I honestly think you are bricked though if your efs is truly wiped without a backup saved. Maybe Samsung can repair it.
~A little caveat supporting Samsung's decision to go through with Knox: This is the exact reason why they implemented it. People were returning phones with similar issues saying "it just stopped working" as a warranty replacement. While I'm not pointing fingers as anyone here saying it is their fault, I just remember people complaining about Knox not being fair and such and saw how this issue was a perfect example as to why they went through with it.
elesbb said:
Pit file isn't going to restore your efs. efs is specific for each device(i think).. I think you now have a glorified brick. Maybe, just maybe, you will be able to restore it if taken to a repair company. However, if you were getting efs issues before checking wipe efs, it may still be there and just an issue of accessing it (ie permissions or incomplete flash)
Pit files are partition size/location information, hence P-artition I-nformation T-able. Has nothing to do with restoring your efs directory.
You should still be able to reboot to android though. You just won't get signal or anything. I honestly think you are bricked though if your efs is truly wiped without a backup saved. Maybe Samsung can repair it.
~A little caveat supporting Samsung's decision to go through with Knox: This is the exact reason why they implemented it. People were returning phones with similar issues saying "it just stopped working" as a warranty replacement. While I'm not pointing fingers as anyone here saying it is their fault, I just remember people complaining about Knox not being fair and such and saw how this issue was a perfect example as to why they went through with it.
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thank you for clearing it up! the weird thing i still have mobile date, i can call/text people fine . just the thing is the wifi wont stick and it reboots at random. (does that change the anything?) Everything else works just fine!
eventheodds1 said:
thank you for clearing it up! the weird thing i still have mobile date, i can call/text people fine . just the thing is the wifi wont stick and it reboots at random. (does that change the anything?) Everything else works just fine!
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Luckily it seems like you haven't wiped your efs then. WiFi may be an issue with a bad kernel flash or /data partition. Have you wiped your data?
elesbb said:
Luckily it seems like you haven't wiped your efs then. WiFi may be an issue with a bad kernel flash or /data partition. Have you wiped your data?
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yea i wiped my data, than i used odin in order to flash the mirrors of D0B1. it stable epect for the wifi, and reboots after 1min or so (than does endless reboot unless i wipe cache and date)
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Hi all,
I've got a pal that has a VZW note 2 and he contacted me last night after he started having issues. I did some basic troubleshooting/recovery attempts but sadly I'm stuck now. Since you guys know more about this device that I've never owned, I'm hoping someone here has a bit of experience with this issue.
He had vrmac3 bootloader unlocked and twrp installed via casual like last year, and had a custom rom installed. All was fine until this last week. Now phone won't boot past Sammy logo during normal boot, and if he boots to twrp, he is unable to mount ANYTHING, Not sd card, internal storage, cache, efs, data... Nothing..
So I figured a fresh install of stock amc3 via Odin would sort things out. This is where it gets weird, we tried flashing the stock amc3-restore Odin file (vramc3 firmware minus bootloader) and it said pass and I had him reboot to recovery to wipe data and cache. Lo and behold, he still had twrp! Then we tried the full stock official amc3 tar and it said pass, but when we booted to recovery for factory reset, twrp again! He even tried running the amc3 tar again and he used the pit file and it too said pass but still twrp is the recovery on the phone. We even tried just flashing only the stock amc3 recovery and then pull battery and then boot directly to recovery and guess what, twrp! We've tried using a few different versions of Odin but it seems like the phone is somehow read only now, Odin always reports pass but it's like nothing actually gets written to the phone. Also wanted to add, after each of these attempts if we tried normal boot, it always freezes at Samsung logo.
Any ideas anyone?
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Any ideas anyone?
Did you load the stock bootloader? You need to put this in the BL section of Odin.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/79c1q66ayhqwa5m/BootloaderBaseline2.tar.md5.gz?dl=0
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Also have a look at these links, could be memory failure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/sudden-death-syndrome-t3282788
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/stuck-boot-file-exists-t3286946
Droid_Nut said:
Did you load the stock bootloader? You need to put this in the BL section of Odin.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/79c1q66ayhqwa5m/BootloaderBaseline2.tar.md5.gz?dl=0
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Also have a look at these links, could be memory failure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/sudden-death-syndrome-t3282788
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/help/stuck-boot-file-exists-t3286946
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It's worth a shot with trying the stock bootloader, I will pass the info along to my buddy and have him try it, thank you! But, wouldn't the stock AMC3 firmware from Sam mobile include the bootloader? I don't have that firmware file on my PC now but I thought I saw it in there. At any rate, thank you for offering assistance. I was thinking of dead EMMC too, hopefully for my pals sake that isn't it.
He did say he contacted Samsung directly for support and he says one of their techs told him he needs to use Apache Harmony (ever heard of it?) to reset the directory structure. I thought that is what the PIT (Partition Information Table) did?
Bootloader is separate, I would put in the official rom, the bootloader and the pit, with erase and format, and give that a shot. My one phone was all messed up with the TWRP bootloader, and that is what worked for me. After wards I reinstalled the TWRP with casual, and installed CM 12.1
I have some modem files if you need them as well. All credit goes to the people that uploaded them to begin with.
Good luck