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Well to start off I have Verizon GS4 i bought back around July. I rooted it shortly there after. Skip to now, with the latest OTA update to 4.2.2 I kept postponing it everytime my phone would try to ask me to download and install it. Unfortunately my wife or kid I guess had my phone and when that prompt came up they did not tell it to postpone it and at 1 am one night my phone took the update. That was about a week or so ago. Since then my phone lost root, and has not been acting right, very slow at times, random restarts.... So I was trying to flash using ODIN which I have never done before back to a stock image and just take the OTA and wait to root again in the future. I am 99.9% sure I checked my phone and saw that the OTA did install and I was on 4.2.2 build ML1. But in my haste to get my phone back to stock it seems I may have try to flash an incorrect file or some other mistake and now when I put the battery back into my phone it goes directly to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please use Software Repair assistant & try again." or I can boot into download mode. Those are my only two options. I have downloaded multiple files from all over this site, but the majority of them I have having problems opening them with 7zip which seems to be the popular choice. When I attempt to unzip a file to place it in ODIN, 7zip error message says "cannot open 'blahblah blah.tar.zip' as archive. This error goes for the majority of the files I am downloading. Are they corrupt? Should I try something different with 7zip? Thanks everybody.
Jacef8 said:
Well to start off I have Verizon GS4 i bought back around July. I rooted it shortly there after. Skip to now, with the latest OTA update to 4.2.2 I kept postponing it everytime my phone would try to ask me to download and install it. Unfortunately my wife or kid I guess had my phone and when that prompt came up they did not tell it to postpone it and at 1 am one night my phone took the update. That was about a week or so ago. Since then my phone lost root, and has not been acting right, very slow at times, random restarts.... So I was trying to flash using ODIN which I have never done before back to a stock image and just take the OTA and wait to root again in the future. I am 99.9% sure I checked my phone and saw that the OTA did install and I was on 4.2.2 build ML1. But in my haste to get my phone back to stock it seems I may have try to flash an incorrect file or some other mistake and now when I put the battery back into my phone it goes directly to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please use Software Repair assistant & try again." or I can boot into download mode. Those are my only two options. I have downloaded multiple files from all over this site, but the majority of them I have having problems opening them with 7zip which seems to be the popular choice. When I attempt to unzip a file to place it in ODIN, 7zip error message says "cannot open 'blahblah blah.tar.zip' as archive. This error goes for the majority of the files I am downloading. Are they corrupt? Should I try something different with 7zip? Thanks everybody.
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The "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" is what you get when you try to flash software that's older than what the phone expects. (As well as other issues, like corrupt firmware.)
If you're having problems unzipping the downloaded image, you're probably getting a corrupt download. However, if you're on windows, I'd just use the built-in ZIP handling and see if that is able to open the file.
To make sure you're downloading the right thing:
What you need to do, since you're on MI1 (not ML1), is to get the no-wipe image for that phone and flash it in ODIN.
The no-wipe images can be found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
Read the first post, get the proper ROM for your phone, then flash it over what you have.
Alright i'll give it another go. Ive been to that thread many times and I have downloaded those files but i am at work with a different internet connection and I will download again and see if they will work this time. Thanks
Well I attempted to download the files you linked too but once again they wouldn't unzip for some reason. But I did do some searching and found this link. w w w droidviews.com/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505 It has information and files to unbrick many of the big carriers GS4's. I downloaded the file for the verizon one and flashed useing ODIN and in 10 mins all is good.It did wipe everything but no big deal. Better than an expensive paperweight.
So the stock ROM was deleted. I can still access download mode, but not recovery mode.
The phone originally came with NK1 build then OTA to NK4. I since flashed NC5 and rooted.
I tried to flash a NC5 recovery tar.md5 file with Odin, but it keeps getting stuck when the log says 'Flashing recovery.img'
I'm looking for a I545VRUFNK1 recovery file, but only source I can find is hosted by rapidgator.com, which has a horrible throttle of 50kbps. not good for a > 1gb file.
Any better sources for this recovery file?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Downloaded I545VRUFNK1_I545VZWFNK1_I545VRUFNK1_HOME.tar.md5 , loaded in the AP field of Odin 3.10, and it hangs up when the log reads '<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4'
Any suggestions?
I have an s4 unrooted currently with nk1, anything I can do to help? I'm about to root it actually
there's a link here. Make sure to download the file for odin and not safestrap
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if that doesnt work, I'll try to upload a copy i have. I don't have access to it right now, but will upload when i get back home
I downloaded the file from the link provided, and was in the same situation.
Not sure where I can go from here.
Guys I could really use some input on this one.
I've tried for days and am burnt out.
I'm not sure if you can use any of this, but the post seems like he has a recovery file in there... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
Found the nc5 full stock file here. Same file I have. Sorry for late response.
Thanks guys. I did try downloading the files, and it still hangs up at the same spot.
70+ hour work weeks haven't left much time to help bring my phone back to life.
Maybe it's beyond repair, any other suggestions before I write this off as a $200 life lesson?
I'm in search of firmware for the S4 running 4.3 or 4.4. I haven't gotten this phone yet but verizon is selling it through Walmart on prepaid. I know the firmware isn't gonna be the same as if it was on contract verizon. I have the S3 right now and it's prepaid. Many argued that there wasn't a NF5 firmware but turns out there is and i used it many times to fix soft bricks on the S3 using Odin. So I'm pretty sure the prepaid side of the S4 will have different firmware then one on contract verizon would have. So that being said, does anyone have 4.3,4.4 or even 5.0 firmware they can share that will work with Odin? Not sure if the S4 got the 5.0 update. Just assuming it did. Any help is appreciated!
Anyone? Please?
If no one can then someone at least tell me how it direct me to where I can make a tar or md5 firmware out of adb pulls of the system an stuff?
bjf189 said:
If no one can then someone at least tell me how it direct me to where I can make a tar or md5 firmware out of adb pulls of the system an stuff?
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OK never mind. I need 5.0.1 firmware. Not 4.3 or 4.4. Any help would be great
I can't think of any reason as to why post paid firmware would be different than prepaid. You can use the phone for either.
And you're posting jn the wrong forum, which is probably why nobody is helping you. Because you didn't bother to read the rules before posting.
Try the general section or Android development section. Click the search button and type firmware. I'm sure you'll find it faster than it took you to make all these posts. Good luck
still no help
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I can't think of any reason as to why post paid firmware would be different than prepaid. You can use the phone for either.
And you're posting jn the wrong forum, which is probably why nobody is helping you. Because you didn't bother to read the rules before posting.
Try the general section or Android development section. Click the search button and type firmware. I'm sure you'll find it faster than it took you to make all these posts. Good luck
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still no help
I think what sob372 was saying is the hardware in the phone is the same as the contract so you can just follow the SCH-I545 stuff and it will work.
being that I just got this same phone S4 prepaid used I'll be playing with it to root it, install safestrap and probably downgrade it from Lollipop to Kitkat. So I'll let you know if you don't find more here by searching and I'm sure there are relevant posts if you dig around a bit.
BTW the S4 PP does have a SIM slot.
droidzer1 said:
BTW the S4 PP does have a SIM slot.
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It just seems really sketchy to do with the contract firmware. Like I get the feeling that if I flash the firmware from contract, I'll lose any cell phone service under prepaid. I just don't want to end up with a big paper weight. The modules could be different. With the S3 I had which was prepaid also. I used safestrap and superlite rom was the best one I got to work with the prepaid version. The system always kept crashing but it would load if I put it under stock an not a rom slot. I had to get the i535pp module to fix the Wi-Fi problem but if I had no service cause of the sim issue then I didn't want it. Also I'm not sure but I think there is no safe strap for the s4 running lollipop. I believe the forum said it would cause bootloops if you tried. Just like you need to deodex for xposed cause of the changes in art
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BTW the S4 PP does have a SIM slot.
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If you can confirm all is in working order with the contract firmware (can't remember what the build is) with the prepaid phone, I'll give it a go.
Update
A member already tried the OC1 postpaid firmware on the prepaid. They said all works but the camera and charging don't work. So that's out of the question
I been looking around on the net and best I've come up with is backing up the firmware. I tried using flash fire to get back ups of every partition. Then I used Odin package creator to try an make a firmware file to use with Odin but when I tried it out in Odin, it stopped at data so I took out my personal data then it stopped at something with number 3 at the end. Can't recall what it was. So if anyone can test more on this to have any luck. Maybe then we can get the firmware out to people in case sammobile decides not to or takes another year to release it
I've been trying a different approach to getting a copy of the OH7 firmware. I've been attempting to use Fiddler4 + the Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant tool that comes on my phone (Verizon Prepaid Galaxy S4 model SCHI-545KPP) to get a download link to the original rom file... I can't get the bloody link to download with Fiddler or an internet browser, as i get a 403 forbidden error. I'll keep trying, maybe I can find the downloaded file in my temp files while attempting to recover my phone? It will take some time but I'll keep trying.
*update* So I located where the Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant stores its files (compressed and extracted). The location is C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Verizon_AR .
I unfortionally didn't figure this out until after I royally soft bricked my phone. Right now I have a OF1 recovery installed on the phone, and the assistant keeps trying to install the OF1 firmware (and it fails). If anyone could check that folder for the OH7 firmware, or post a backup of the OH7 recovery, you'd be doing me a huge favor. I think we'll have the OH7 firmware after this one way or another.
*edit* This is 100% confirmed now. C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Verizon_AR\SCH-I545_I545VRUGOF1_FACTORY\decrypt produced a zip file that is 100% identical to the OF1 firmware zips out there. This decrypt subfolder didn't appear until after the file was completely downloaded, and the Software Repair Assistant had started to try and flash the rom. This data is deleted after the phone completes flashing (or fails to flash). If you select "delete" after this information is downloaded, the encypted rom file is deleted and you must start all over again.
If someone could check that folder who has used the Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant to recover their phone, using the tool on your phone again and you'll get the decrypt folder... if you zip/rar that folder, we'll finally have the backup files we can post somewhere.
the PP phone uses the same firmware as the normal one that guy that tried it
did something wrong
just flash the OF1 tar via odin and be done with it
TheXev said:
*update* So I located where the Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant stores its files (compressed and extracted). The location is C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Verizon_AR .
I unfortionally didn't figure this out until after I royally soft bricked my phone. Right now I have a OF1 recovery installed on the phone, and the assistant keeps trying to install the OF1 firmware (and it fails). If anyone could check that folder for the OH7 firmware, or post a backup of the OH7 recovery, you'd be doing me a huge favor. I think we'll have the OH7 firmware after this one way or another.
*edit* This is 100% confirmed now. C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Verizon_AR\SCH-I545_I545VRUGOF1_FACTORY\decrypt produced a zip file that is 100% identical to the OF1 firmware zips out there. This decrypt subfolder didn't appear until after the file was completely downloaded, and the Software Repair Assistant had started to try and flash the rom. This data is deleted after the phone completes flashing (or fails to flash). If you select "delete" after this information is downloaded, the encypted rom file is deleted and you must start all over again.
If someone could check that folder who has used the Verizon Wireless Software Upgrade Assistant to recover their phone, using the tool on your phone again and you'll get the decrypt folder... if you zip/rar that folder, we'll finally have the backup files we can post somewhere.
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I'm trying out your idea. If i can get the file them I'll upload it. If not, I'll still be able to at least send you a back up of the oh7 recovery. Mines all still stock. Id hate to get stuck with a paperweight until the correct firmware is released. That's why I'm careful lol. The firmware is downloading right now. It says it's a enc4 file though. Maybe just cause its downloading at the moment. I'll just wait an see an I'll let you know
Legitsu said:
the PP phone uses the same firmware as the normal one that guy that tried it
did something wrong
just flash the OF1 tar via odin and be done with it
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A few people who used of1 on the pp version had issues. Not one came out with no issues far as i know. So I'd rather be safe then sorry. Not saying your incorrect but I'm just trying to play it safe and careful. Appreciate the input though
bjf189 said:
I'm trying out your idea. If i can get the file them I'll upload it. If not, I'll still be able to at least send you a back up of the oh7 recovery. Mines all still stock. Id hate to get stuck with a paperweight until the correct firmware is released. That's why I'm careful lol. The firmware is downloading right now. It says it's a enc4 file though. Maybe just cause its downloading at the moment. I'll just wait an see an I'll let you know
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Yes, while it is downloading it will be a .enc4 file. Even after downloading it will stay like that, but when you got to actually flash the file, it will decrypt and the encrypted version will appear in that /decrypt folder.
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Yes, while it is downloading it will be a .enc4 file. Even after downloading it will stay like that, but when you got to actually flash the file, it will decrypt and the encrypted version will appear in that /decrypt folder.
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so im confused. do i need the encrypted or decrypted file for it to work with odin? i tried changing the file to zip format and open it with winrar after it downloaded in the software but it came up as an unknown archive or damaged. so im not sure what im doing wrong but ill keep trying
UPDATE: i have tried getting the file through verizons handy tool and i did get the decrypted folder along with the unzip folder during it was finishing up repairing my s4. i just copied the file from the decrypted folder and extracted it during the repair. so now im using odin 3.10.7 and testing it out now to see if it will flash successfully. if all goes well, i will make new thread with the firmware link inside it so users dont need to scroll through pages to find the link. first anyone know a good or popular upload storage i can use to upload the firmware to for others to use? i tried uploading onto here but i keep getting a connection timeout
UPDATE 2: ive got it! i made the firmware of OH7! finally. you can go ahead and head over to this thread TheXev. use it and youll be back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nt/firmware-release-galaxy-s4-i545pp-t3365371
bjf189 said:
so im confused. do i need the encrypted or decrypted file for it to work with odin? i tried changing the file to zip format and open it with winrar after it downloaded in the software but it came up as an unknown archive or damaged. so im not sure what im doing wrong but ill keep trying
UPDATE: i have tried getting the file through verizons handy tool and i did get the decrypted folder along with the unzip folder during it was finishing up repairing my s4. i just copied the file from the decrypted folder and extracted it during the repair. so now im using odin 3.10.7 and testing it out now to see if it will flash successfully. if all goes well, i will make new thread with the firmware link inside it so users dont need to scroll through pages to find the link. first anyone know a good or popular upload storage i can use to upload the firmware to for others to use? i tried uploading onto here but i keep getting a connection timeout
UPDATE 2: ive got it! i made the firmware of OH7! finally. you can go ahead and head over to this thread TheXev. use it and youll be back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nt/firmware-release-galaxy-s4-i545pp-t3365371
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Thank you so much. I was close to taking this phone back and not getting another simply because I really need a phone to replace my S3 for tethering soon. But if you got the firmware, I can flash it back to working order, and hopefully get some deodexed roms (that way I can install Xposed framework). Thanks again!
Wife is complaining that her S5 is lagging, sometimes becoming unresponsive, and she doesn't seem to always get Hangout messages until a few minutes later.
I was thinking I should just install a fresh Samsung Stock version. I've seen tutorials, but do I really need to download a 1.5gb file?
From what I can read in the tutorial, I downloaded Odin3, installed Samsung drivers, need to grab the .tar file from Samsung Stock version, then open Odin3 and flash that way.
Also, I did just update it via OTA to the latest firmware, going to have her play around on the phone while I wait for responses.
dinggus said:
I was thinking I should just install a fresh Samsung Stock version. I've seen tutorials, but do I really need to download a 1.5gb file?
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The stock firmware files are approximately 1.5 GB when compressed into a zip file, when you extract the tar for use with Odin they're around 2.2 GB (again, approximately). If you don't feel like waiting a few hours for the file to download, I would strongly recommend you download from the following link (should take less than five minutes):
G900TUVS1FOL1 Download Link
FYI I successfully used that file with Odin v3.10.7 to update my phone from KitKat to the latest lollipop, so point being yes that file is confirmed working.
thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
The stock firmware files are approximately 1.5 GB when compressed into a zip file, when you extract the tar for use with Odin they're around 2.2 GB (again, approximately). If you don't feel like waiting a few hours for the file to download, I would strongly recommend you download from the following link (should take less than five minutes):
G900TUVS1FOL1 Download Link
FYI I successfully used that file with Odin v3.10.7 to update my phone from KitKat to the latest lollipop, so point being yes that file is confirmed working.
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Thank you!
Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but I've been searching other threads and just can't find what I'm looking for. I rooted my Blu Vivo 5 a few weeks ago, and then tried to do any ota update. The phone will no longer do anything except boot into stock recovery mode. I've downloaded the stock firmware from another thread on this forum, however I'm not entirely sure of the process for flashing the firmware to the device. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
where did you get the stock firmware. I need the same.
found this. https://www. mediafire. com/folder/thsqttbrydqxc/Vivo#jozjsw5g9ppde for the download. Unzipped it. Loaded the scatter file into spflashtool. chose firmware upgrade. hit download. Unplugged usb and plugged back in. It is a fresh install but it works so far.
Just to confirm using this method you were able to unbrick your blu vivo 5?
confirmed, it works I just unbricked my vivo 5 using this method thank you.
AvariceInfest said:
found this. https://www. mediafire. com/folder/thsqttbrydqxc/Vivo#jozjsw5g9ppde for the download. Unzipped it. Loaded the scatter file into spflashtool. chose firmware upgrade. hit download. Unplugged usb and plugged back in. It is a fresh install but it works so far.
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Could possibly show some ss of the process
send link again