hey sorry if this has been posted before but im semi crunched on time and just wanted to get this out there so i could come back to an answer later i have a verizon s5 and im semi exprienced in flashing but my girlfriends s5 is sprint and i was wondering if its possible to root the newest version (OJ4) and are your bootloaders locked or unlocked? because ever since shes taken the new update her phones been running extremely laggy for some reason and i checked some stuff she has alot of space both on sd card and internal storage and ive cleared her cache multiple times (works for a little bit) both through the settings and the recovery boot and she says she factory reset it and the issue is still there so does anyone have any way to fix it or can i root it and downgrade it to an earlier firmware a thanks in advance and would that fix it do you think? thanks in advance
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hey sorry if this has been posted before but im semi crunched on time and just wanted to get this out there so i could come back to an answer later i have a verizon s5 and im semi exprienced in flashing but my girlfriends s5 is sprint and i was wondering if its possible to root the newest version (OJ4) and are your bootloaders locked or unlocked? because ever since shes taken the new update her phones been running extremely laggy for some reason and i checked some stuff she has alot of space both on sd card and internal storage and ive cleared her cache multiple times (works for a little bit) both through the settings and the recovery boot and she says she factory reset it and the issue is still there so does anyone have any way to fix it or can i root it and downgrade it to an earlier firmware a thanks in advance and would that fix it do you think? thanks in advance
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I cant vouch for sprint or verizon but you can root the tmobile S5 OJ4 by flashing hispasian kernel in twrp. this will trip knox and set SELinux to permissive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...lopment/kernel-hispasian-kernel-fog6-t3179010
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I cant vouch for sprint or verizon but you can root the tmobile S5 OJ4 by flashing hispasian kernel in twrp. this will trip knox and set SELinux to permissive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...lopment/kernel-hispasian-kernel-fog6-t3179010
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Lol I meant to say tmobile sorry I posted that in the sprint one for some reason I thought she told me sprint but it's not at any rate one you trio knox is that it? Can you set it back to factory reset and get knox back or no? I know on the Verizon we cab because our bootloaders are locked but tmobile is unlocked right? When I root her phone I can put all her information back on it say using kies or smartswitch or no?
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Lol I meant to say tmobile sorry I posted that in the sprint one for some reason I thought she told me sprint but it's not at any rate one you trio knox is that it? Can you set it back to factory reset and get knox back or no? I know on the Verizon we cab because our bootloaders are locked but tmobile is unlocked right? When I root her phone I can put all her information back on it say using kies or smartswitch or no?
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Once knox is tripped it stays that way however it dont affect anything with the functionality or abilities of the phone. The Tmobile boot loader is not locked. I wouldnt count on kies or smartswitch working but i havnt used them so not sure. I do use my google account and all my stuff is restored with that.
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Once knox is tripped it stays that way however it dont affect anything with the functionality or abilities of the phone. The Tmobile boot loader is not locked. I wouldnt count on kies or smartswitch working but i havnt used them so not sure. I do use my google account and all my stuff is restored with that.
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Okay thanks for the info do you think it would affect her if she tried to sell it back to tmobile when it was time for her to upgrade or if she switched it in for another phone or anything like that?
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Okay thanks for the info do you think it would affect her if she tried to sell it back to tmobile when it was time for her to upgrade or if she switched it in for another phone or anything like that?
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knox is mostly for warranty purposes. If the phone is not in warranty then most likely not.
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knox is mostly for warranty purposes. If the phone is not in warranty then most likely not.
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okay thank you ^_^
destructionj said:
knox is mostly for warranty purposes. If the phone is not in warranty then most likely not.
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one last question is it possible her to downgrade before she takes that kernel? and once she takes the kernel is she rooted or will she have to download towelroot or autoroot?
You can always flash a full tar file to go back to whatever firmware you like. Flash away and if you have issues Odin back to the firmware of your preference.
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I cant vouch for sprint or verizon but you can root the tmobile S5 OJ4 by flashing hispasian kernel in twrp. this will trip knox and set SELinux to permissive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...lopment/kernel-hispasian-kernel-fog6-t3179010
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i tried to root it today but whenever i tried to flash twrp it wouldnt work when i had the auto reboot unticked it would just stay there and when i did have the auto reboot ticked it would just turn back on and wouldnt give me the option to boot into twrp
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i tried to root it today but whenever i tried to flash twrp it wouldnt work when i had the auto reboot unticked it would just stay there and when i did have the auto reboot ticked it would just turn back on and wouldnt give me the option to boot into twrp
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Untick auto-reboot, then you have to hard boot into TWRP recovery (hold down home, vol+, and power) when the Odin bar is full on the PC screen and the phone screen. Then flash the supersu zip
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Untick auto-reboot, then you have to hard boot into TWRP recovery (hold down home, vol+, and power) when the Odin bar is full on the PC screen and the phone screen. Then flash the supersu zip
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Alright sweet thanks I'll try that and let you know if it works
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Untick auto-reboot, then you have to hard boot into TWRP recovery (hold down home, vol+, and power) when the Odin bar is full on the PC screen and the phone screen. Then flash the supersu zip
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i installed the hispasian kernel and now the playstore app wont work it also says the kernel is not seenforcing
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i installed the hispasian kernel and now the playstore app wont work it also says the kernel is not seenforcing
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dont you also need a modified or third party ROM? though i dont have many other ideas since i use CM without google
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dont you also need a modified or third party ROM? though i dont have many other ideas since i use CM without google
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I'm not sure I was having a blonde moment and realized the WiFi wasn't on lol that's why it wasn't connecting but I installed the stock rom for OL and it says the baseband is oj4 for some reason
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I'm not sure I was having a blonde moment and realized the WiFi wasn't on lol that's why it wasn't connecting but I installed the stock rom for OL and it says the baseband is oj4 for some reason
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And she's also saying that she's not getting my text messages
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The USB port for my S4 recently stopped working. I called verizon for a replacement. Unfortunately, I am unable to unroot my S4 because it will not connect to ODIN. I could not find a mobile ODIN app compatible with the sch-i545. Does anybody have any suggestions how I could unroot my device. All and any help is greatly appreciated!!!!
I have TWRP and am running the Jelly "Beans" ROM
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The USB port for my S4 recently stopped working. I called verizon for a replacement. Unfortunately, I am unable to unroot my S4 because it will not connect to ODIN. I could not find a mobile ODIN app compatible with the sch-i545. Does anybody have any suggestions how I could unroot my device. All and any help is greatly appreciated!!!!
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Did you try to do the factory reset?
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Did you try to do the factory reset?
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I don't believe that would work. I am rooted running a custom stock rom. I'll include that in the original post
not sure but maybe triangle away and try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBPUdazXh6c if you cant clear the bianary counter it will still say modified .. didnt realize mobile odin didnt work with sch-i545
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I don't believe that would work. I am rooted running a custom stock rom. I'll include that in the original post
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What ROM? That will work if you still have access to a reset method inside the UI. If you have a ROM on there you must be running MDK, can't you just wipe the data off the phone with CWM or TWRP? The Root binary should be un-installed when you boot back up. Just delete the SuperSu app and you should be home free.
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not sure but maybe triangle away and try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBPUdazXh6c if you cant clear the bianary counter it will still say modified .. didnt realize mobile odin didnt work with sch-i545
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I have used triangle away successfully and it did reset the counter.
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What ROM? That will work if you still have access to a reset method inside the UI. If you have a ROM on there you must be running MDK, can't you just wipe the data off the phone with CWM or TWRP? The Root binary should be un-installed when you boot back up. Just delete the SuperSu app and you should be home free.
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Please correct me if im wrong or misunderstanding what you are saying but i dont believe that would work. If I boot into TWRP and clear all the data I don't believe there will be anything for the phone to boot into. There wont be a rom for it to boot into and it would still have a custom recovery instead of the stock one.
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I have used triangle away successfully and it did reset the counter.
Please correct me if im wrong or misunderstanding what you are saying but i dont believe that would work. If I boot into TWRP and clear all the data I don't believe there will be anything for the phone to boot into. There wont be a rom for it to boot into and it would still have a custom recovery instead of the stock one.
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After the data wipe you could reinstall the original ROM couldn't you? Long as you have the file on your microsd card. That would probably just reflash your ROM though, it may not erase the binaries. Damn. Well I'm sure there is a way to do it like this. It's just been a while since I've messed around with the TWRP recovery mode.
Do you have cwm on the phone. . If you do your sol. You can't wipe that without an odin to my knowledge. . But if your just rooted.. triangle away. .undo root. Remove su factory reset. . Should be clear. .
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After the data wipe you could reinstall the original ROM couldn't you? Long as you have the file on your microsd card. That would probably just reflash your ROM though, it may not erase the binaries. Damn. Well I'm sure there is a way to do it like this. It's just been a while since I've messed around with the TWRP recovery mode.
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Hey so I'm in a similar boat - I have a Verizon S4 with the ME7 firmware that the usb port will no longer connect and won't charge unless the phone is off (and only when it's plugged in to a computer, not a wall). It was rooted so I followed the instructions above to unroot it.
But here's where I think I'm in trouble - I had loaded the TWRP bootloader before I found out it wouldn't work with the ME7 firmware, and never bothered flashing the phone back (stupid, I know). Is there no way to flash back to stock rom via the SD card? Right now when I go into recovery mode, it just goes to the "Downloading" screen. Does anybody know a way I can get TWRP off?
Sorry hope I'm not thread-jacking but this is the most relevant thread I've found to ask this in.
Sure it's not the cable.. if your in a position where you need to stock odin me7 you need usb.. Make sure it's not the cable although it could be phone usb is screwed due to your phone error.. you have insurance??
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Hey so I'm in a similar boat - I have a Verizon S4 with the ME7 firmware that the usb port will no longer connect and won't charge unless the phone is off (and only when it's plugged in to a computer, not a wall). It was rooted so I followed the instructions above to unroot it.
But here's where I think I'm in trouble - I had loaded the TWRP bootloader before I found out it wouldn't work with the ME7 firmware, and never bothered flashing the phone back (stupid, I know). Is there no way to flash back to stock rom via the SD card? Right now when I go into recovery mode, it just goes to the "Downloading" screen. Does anybody know a way I can get TWRP off?
Sorry hope I'm not thread-jacking but this is the most relevant thread I've found to ask this in.
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The only way I know to solve your problem is to reflash ME7 using ODIN. If you have the ME7 firmware already you can't use the TWRP or CWM recovery partitions at all. With out those operating your stuck using ODIN and your USB port. Have you tried another cable?
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The only way I know to solve your problem is to reflash ME7 using ODIN. If you have the ME7 firmware already you can't use the TWRP or CWM recovery partitions at all. With out those operating your stuck using ODIN and your USB port. Have you tried another cable?
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Yeah I've tried a couple different cables, a couple different pc's, a couple different chargers. It will only charge when it's off, connected to a pc. When turning it on "usb cable connected" flashes up top, even though it's not. When it is connected and turned on and below 15%, it tells you to connect to a power source. I searched this and low and behold, several other s4 owners are having the same issue. It started happening two nights ago after I didn't get the phone on a charger before it died, then I charged it overnight - next morning it wouldn't start up. I don't think it has anything to do with having the twrp bootloader though, because it had been on there a couple weeks and restarted more than once with no issues.
If anyone knows how to fix the usb thing, I've got...lets say a $50 reward up for grabs. Not much but it's all I can afford to not void my warranty.
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Yeah I've tried a couple different cables, a couple different pc's, a couple different chargers. It will only charge when it's off, connected to a pc. When turning it on "usb cable connected" flashes up top, even though it's not. When it is connected and turned on and below 15%, it tells you to connect to a power source. I searched this and low and behold, several other s4 owners are having the same issue. It started happening two nights ago after I didn't get the phone on a charger before it died, then I charged it overnight - next morning it wouldn't start up. I don't think it has anything to do with having the twrp bootloader though, because it had been on there a couple weeks and restarted more than once with no issues.
If anyone knows how to fix the usb thing, I've got...lets say a $50 reward up for grabs. Not much but it's all I can afford to not void my warranty.
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The problem with the custom recovery partition you have on there is that it prevents you from doing a factory reset in the settings menu. At least as far as I'm aware. If mobile ODIN worked on our phones I would say download that and re-flash with the tar file on your msd card. SafeStrap might be a way to give this a try. I can't link to another forum in here but I would look into that.
Maybe replace the usb port yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5e3r_2N15c
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The problem with the custom recovery partition you have on there is that it prevents you from doing a factory reset in the settings menu. At least as far as I'm aware. If mobile ODIN worked on our phones I would say download that and re-flash with the tar file on your msd card. SafeStrap might be a way to give this a try. I can't link to another forum in here but I would look into that.
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Well I'm not exactly sure what did it, but I used a small flathead screwdriver to bend the connector inside the usb port up a little, as I read that can be an issue with these phones, and used an old cable from a blackberry, and one of the two let me get it connected to the pc and flashed back to the stock rom via ODIN. Still won't charge with any combination of wall chargers/cables, so I'm going to take it in to Verizon. But it's a huge sigh of relief knowing that they won't be able to claim I damaged it by putting a custom bootloader on. Thanks for the input. Hope OP gets his problems sorted also.
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But here's where I think I'm in trouble - I had loaded the TWRP bootloader before I found out it wouldn't work with the ME7 firmware, and never bothered flashing the phone back (stupid, I know). Is there no way to flash back to stock rom via the SD card? Right now when I go into recovery mode, it just goes to the "Downloading" screen. Does anybody know a way I can get TWRP off?
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If you were on me7 you shouldn't have been able to get twrp as your recovery. So if you are on me7 then your recovery is still stock even if you tried to flash twrp.
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If you were on me7 you shouldn't have been able to get twrp as your recovery. So if you are on me7 then your recovery is still stock even if you tried to flash twrp.
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That may have been true, I might have been trying the wrong buttons to get to recovery. Still learning some stuff. But the twrp loader definitely changed the splash and download screen enough that I needed to get it off so that no red flags will be thrown when I take it in to Verizon to have them look at it.
Thanks for everybody's help! I managed to connect to ODIN by pushing the usb in different ways until I got a connection and sent it back to Verizon completely stock
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official Rom should be rolling out as we speak!
bigmixxx said:
official Rom should be rolling out as we speak!
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hmm dont see the zip or an article yet on sammobile
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hmm dont see the zip or an article yet on sammobile
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Hit Sammobile and search firmware. Then type i605...And boom....
Yea its there
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I downloaded the file last night. However, please don't odin it, it will lock your bootloader.
I'm not worried about the bootloader as all I need the 4.3 for is gear support...do you load the zip in the bootloader spot, the pda spot, or phone spot in odin?
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I'm not worried about the bootloader as all I need the 4.3 for is gear support...do you load the zip in the bootloader spot, the pda spot, or phone spot in odin?
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Just to warn you. If this locks your bootloader, its probably locked forever a la the S4 and N3. If you previously used a custom recovery, you will no longer have this option, likely ever again with this phone. In addition, getting Hashcode to develop SS for this phone is unlikely in my opinion because we've been unlocked for so long and the phone is over a year old. Many times users take root and unlocked bootloaders for granted, thinking that if they take the OTA, someone will figure out how to reunlock or reroot the phone, the former is HIGHLY unlikely. If you can wait a day, someone will likely post an unmodified flashable zip of the newest OTA that won't jeopardize your unlocked bootloader. If you truly don't care about losing this option for good, then by all means go ahead and odin the OTA, the PDA slot should do it.
So this is what I am pondering. I'm running cleanrom which is no longer supported; should I stick with 4.2 forever or take the 4.3 build from verizon ?
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Just to warn you. If this locks your bootloader, its probably locked forever a la the S4 and N3. If you previously used a custom recovery, you will no longer have this option, likely ever again with this phone. In addition, getting Hashcode to develop SS for this phone is unlikely in my opinion because we've been unlocked for so long and the phone is over a year old. Many times users take root and unlocked bootloaders for granted, thinking that if they take the OTA, someone will figure out how to reunlock or reroot the phone, the former is HIGHLY unlikely. If you can wait a day, someone will likely post an unmodified flashable zip of the newest OTA that won't jeopardize your unlocked bootloader. If you truly don't care about losing this option for good, then by all means go ahead and odin the OTA, the PDA slot should do it.
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mlin said:
Just to warn you. If this locks your bootloader, its probably locked forever a la the S4 and N3. If you previously used a custom recovery, you will no longer have this option, likely ever again with this phone. In addition, getting Hashcode to develop SS for this phone is unlikely in my opinion because we've been unlocked for so long and the phone is over a year old. Many times users take root and unlocked bootloaders for granted, thinking that if they take the OTA, someone will figure out how to reunlock or reroot the phone, the former is HIGHLY unlikely. If you can wait a day, someone will likely post an unmodified flashable zip of the newest OTA that won't jeopardize your unlocked bootloader. If you truly don't care about losing this option for good, then by all means go ahead and odin the OTA, the PDA slot should do it.
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Well....I flashed it and now my phone is stuck in an endless bootloop. It flashes to the "Galaxy Note II" screen for about one second, then reboots and does the same thing over and over...I can still put it into download mode, but cannot boot it into recovery...ODIN says it cant open the Serial (COM) port to my phone....ugh
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So this is what I am pondering. I'm running cleanrom which is no longer supported; should I stick with 4.2 forever or take the 4.3 build from verizon ?
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There are more than just those two options. You can stay on clean ROM til a rooted, stable OTA flashable is posted. Beans is working on that now I believe. That way you'll have the same experience that the OTA gives, but you'll retain the option to root or even flash a different ROM should you desire. Beans will also be updating his custom ROM build to my knowledge based on this new OTA.
How do I track this? I mean is there a thread that Bean post to that will indicate wehn this is ready ?
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There are more than just those two options. You can stay on clean ROM til a rooted, stable OTA flashable is posted. Beans is working on that now I believe. That way you'll have the same experience that the OTA gives, but you'll retain the option to root or even flash a different ROM should you desire. Beans will also be updating his custom ROM build to my knowledge based on this new OTA.
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How do I track this? I mean is there a thread that Bean post to that will indicate wehn this is ready ?
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Check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48286377&postcount=1
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Well....I flashed it and now my phone is stuck in an endless bootloop. It flashes to the "Galaxy Note II" screen for about one second, then reboots and does the same thing over and over...I can still put it into download mode, but cannot boot it into recovery...ODIN says it cant open the Serial (COM) port to my phone....ugh
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any tips or is my phone probably bricked?
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any tips or is my phone probably bricked?
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If you can get to download mode it's not bricked. Try doing a factory reset in stock recovery or figure out why your drivers aren't recognizing the device.
akellar said:
If you can get to download mode it's not bricked. Try doing a factory reset in stock recovery or figure out why your drivers aren't recognizing the device.
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I cant get to stock recovery, unfortunately. The device IS being recognized (its showing up in the [ID:COM] spot) but for some reason after flashing Odin seems to have stopped talking to the device...
This is the message I get in ODIN when connecting the device
"<ID:0/004> Added!!"
As the release of 4.3 is now unleashed into the world. Going to retitle the original post title to make this the general discussion thread.
Enjoy 4.3
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I cant get to stock recovery, unfortunately. The device IS being recognized (its showing up in the [ID:COM] spot) but for some reason after flashing Odin seems to have stopped talking to the device...
This is the message I get in ODIN when connecting the device
"<ID:0/004> Added!!"
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That should mean its ready to flash. But you tried already, right? What exactly happened? Did Odin finish successfully or was there an error?
Finally got my 4.3 update around 1pm today! I've been waiting for the update solely for the Galaxy Gear full functionality. Nice Christmas gift :good:
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I cant get to stock recovery, unfortunately. The device IS being recognized (its showing up in the [ID:COM] spot) but for some reason after flashing Odin seems to have stopped talking to the device...
This is the message I get in ODIN when connecting the device
" Added!!"
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You need to flash the PIT file in Odin. The same thing happened to me.
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Hey wont framaroot grant me root access i didnt delete it or my other mods i put to sleep without deleteing i hate odin and wont mess with it but i hate the green battery logo and pull down green icons i want um back blue any thoughts
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I bought her an unlocked i9205 back in December. It was rooted already. I put SU and TWRP on it and did a backup of it. Well she kinda trashed it so I did a TWRP restore which ended with an error. Now it just boots to the Samsung logo. Do I need to load a new ROM now? I'm hoping I can find something to just put on an SD card and flash with TWRP. Any help is good. I have a PC setup with drivers for it. PDANET, ADB, etc.. No Odin though.
- Joe
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I bought her an unlocked i9205 back in December. It was rooted already. I put SU and TWRP on it and did a backup of it. Well she kinda trashed it so I did a TWRP restore which ended with an error. Now it just boots to the Samsung logo. Do I need to load a new ROM now? I'm hoping I can find something to just put on an SD card and flash with TWRP. Any help is good. I have a PC setup with drivers for it. PDANET, ADB, etc.. No Odin though.
- Joe
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if you can get into recovery. try installing a new ROM
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if you can get into recovery. try installing a new ROM
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I can get into TWRP recovery. Will any ROM work with that? Can you recommend any ROMs? The stock one was fine but it was so full of Samsung bloat it really didn't have much available RAM left of it's 1.5GB after boot. I guess I don't care as long as it's stable and works so I can get out of the doghouse...LOL
- Joe
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I can get into TWRP recovery. Will any ROM work with that? Cahttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608110 you recommend any ROMs? The stock one was fine but it was so full of Samsung bloat it really didn't have much available RAM left of it's 1.5GB after boot. I guess I don't care as long as it's stable and works so I can get out of the doghouse...LOL
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Try megafire mj2 v3x her3 in xda, it is stock with all the bloatware removed. Its is completely lag free.
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I can get into TWRP recovery. Will any ROM work with that? Can you recommend any ROMs? The stock one was fine but it was so full of Samsung bloat it really didn't have much available RAM left of it's 1.5GB after boot. I guess I don't care as long as it's stable and works so I can get out of the doghouse...LOL
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Grab Odin and flash stock ROM
*S.O.F.A*2SHAYNEZ*K.C.C.O*
Thanks guys. I'm trying a MegaFireMj2V3 just cuz I already downloaded it. Stock kinda sucked. I'd look and she'd have 3 apps running with low memory warnings. It was rooted and I'd uninstall a lot of bloat, but somehow it would auto update all the bloat right back within minutes. I'll go back to stock if needed but I want to try something de-crapped first.
- Joe
It's worse now.
Ok. Flashing MegaFireMj2V3 was a fail. It seems as if the system partition always fails. So I got Odin and a stock ROM. That failed also, and now I just have a couple of little red lines telling me to use Kies Recovery or something. And I can't get Kies to connect to it. My PC sees it. Samsung USB drivers install. Kies sees it plugged in but just lays there saying CONNECTING. I paid like $400 for this turkey for my wife for Christmas and now she's yelling at me that I blew it up.. I guess I can keep trying Kies but it's looking fail so far. This really stinks. I bought it on Amazon. It's supposed to have a 2 year warranty. It's Unlocked International Version with Warranty. But I don't know what country?
- Joe
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Thanks guys. I'm trying a MegaFireMj2V3 just cuz I already downloaded it. Stock kinda sucked. I'd look and she'd have 3 apps running with low memory warnings. It was rooted and I'd uninstall a lot of bloat, but somehow it would auto update all the bloat right back within minutes. I'll go back to stock if needed but I want to try something de-crapped first.
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JoeLansing said:
Ok. Flashing MegaFireMj2V3 was a fail. It seems as if the system partition always fails. So I got Odin and a stock ROM. That failed also, and now I just have a couple of little red lines telling me to use Kies Recovery or something. And I can't get Kies to connect to it. My PC sees it. Samsung USB drivers install. Kies sees it plugged in but just lays there saying CONNECTING. I paid like $400 for this turkey for my wife for Christmas and now she's yelling at me that I blew it up.. I guess I can keep trying Kies but it's looking fail so far. This really stinks. I bought it on Amazon. It's supposed to have a 2 year warranty. It's Unlocked International Version with Warranty. But I don't know what country?
- Joe
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I you have the twpr try to change the recovery to the latest one.....try philz touch recovery
I think u have an old recovery
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shazzl said:
I you have the twpr try to change the recovery to the latest one.....try philz touch recovery
I think u have an old recovery
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I don't have any recovery anymore. It boots to a small failed update message. It's toast unless I can get Kies to work somehow.
- Joe
there is a way to use Kies to get Stock on there.. It involves typing in the words of your model or something like that./
maybe someone here can remember better than I.
On the Note, Ive seen it alot. there is a certian way that you have to type in the make and model and it will stock-ize you.
That is "IF" you can get it to connect to Kies..
I'll suggest you use a different USB cable..
Some will and some wont connect.....
good luck
Why don't you to flash a stock rom with Odin, I think you have dounload mode (as you don't have custom recovery it is the only way) ?
Search YOUR rom on sammobile, or the same level (not possible to doungrade you shall have more problem ! )
Lol this also happened to me but to recover, since you now only have download mode, connect it to Odin on your PC and find a brand new firmware. Try the latest versions because that's your best shot of recovering it. It doesn't matter what region you pick as long as that the model number is the same. Do note however that if you fail the flash KNOX will trip up and you will void the warranty. If it doesn't fail, it should boot up to the Samsung logo. If it still bootloops, go into recovery (since it should be there now), and wipe everything. Then your phone should boot up nicely.
Note: New firmware contains KNOX so rooting and installing custom recovery is now dangerous.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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liljoe727 said:
Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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Awesome. Much thanks man!!!!
Was running Hyperdrive 21. I switched to Straight Talk and my data connection was getting dropped about every few days. So I decided to wipe and update to Lollipop. Wiped, and used Odin upgrade. Worked great. In my infinite wisdom I wanted to go back. So downloaded a 4.4 tar and flashed it with Odin. Could not root. So wiped and TRIED to flash back to Lollipop. now I am getting failed when I try to flash with Odin 3.09.
If I try to go to other menu. It says software updated failed.
In Download Mode
Odin Mode
Product Name: I545
Current Bianary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Reactivation Lock: Off
CSD-CONFIG-LSB:0X30
Secure Download: Enable
Write protection: Enable
Burst Mode: Enabled
Fail! (Auth)
This is what I am trying to flash.
I545VRUGOC1_Neutered_Full_Odin.tar.md5
Default settings in Odin
Please any help would be appreciated.
Yeah, you cannot go back from OC1 to previous(as you know now).
Best bet is to get a FULL STOCK tar with PIT.... @muniz_ri has one somewhere I think.
XxD34THxX said:
Yeah, you cannot go back from OC1 to previous(as you know now).
Best bet is to get a FULL STOCK tar with PIT.... @muniz_ri has one somewhere I think.
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Thanks for the reply! I will wait and see if they reply before I do anything. I don't wont to get it any worse.
Haligan said:
Thanks for the reply! I will wait and see if they reply before I do anything. I don't wont to get it any worse.
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Got the phone up and running. To be honest I did not do anything to it just let it set. It is running lollipop now BUT when it boots I still have the Samsung logo with the unlock picture. So i don't think it is loading correctly.
Haligan said:
Got the phone up and running. To be honest I did not do anything to it just let it set. It is running lollipop now BUT when it boots I still have the Samsung logo with the unlock picture. So i don't think it is loading correctly.
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Yes is running correctly
Yep. You'll have the Custom/unlock icon unless it's completely bone stock factory image now. (you can install Xposed now and Wanam and fake system status though)
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Yep. You'll have the Custom/unlock icon unless it's completely bone stock factory image now. (you can install Xposed now and Wanam and fake system status though)
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It does not appear to be rooted.
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It does not appear to be rooted.
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I was more meaning that if you did root, you could install Wanam and fake system status.
I see a lot of talk about Kingroot. Is it safe or trustworthy?
Haligan said:
I see a lot of talk about Kingroot. Is it safe or trustworthy?
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What I, and many others have done is go ahead with Kingroot, (reboot, verify root) and then download Super-sume app from the Play store. The Super-sume app will replace all of Kingroot with normal SuperSu.