Hi,
So Im New to this whole Flashing and stuff with android, I only flashed a Rom Once, So... But, Thats not my issue.
My issue is, My Uncle gave me his Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, He said he forgot his Password to Unlock it, I said Okay, well I should be able to just format it through Stock android recovery to help you, So I did, I wiped the phone... It went pretty smoothly, Until, I connected to WiFi, And it done its Checking for updates and stuff, then It came up with Google's Factory reset protection, I never heard of it nor knew what to do, I called my Uncle, and he said he didnt even know what a google account was, So I was saying to myself "Im Screwed" So, I went back and Googled how to bypass it with no Success. I have been Reflashing Partitions with Odin, And Nothing Working, What do i do?
Braggie said:
Hi, So Im New to this whole Flashing and stuff with android, I only flashed a Rom Once, So... But, Thats not my issue..........
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I don't have this device but, the following area of the forum is specific to your device and variants.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime
With that guidance...
The following thread may be helpful for what you are trying to do that's specific to your device as well.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3776174
Good Luck!
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Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this device but, the following area of the forum is specific to your device and variants.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime
With that guidance...
The following thread may be helpful for what you are trying to do that's specific to your device as well.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3776174
Good Luck!
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I actually Found this website called UnlockJunky, paid about $50 CAD and they unlocked it in like 10 mins...
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I managed to root my phone and install Rom manager from the marketplace so I could flash a stock 2.2 rom (instead of the 02 one I have)
But I cannot get it to boot into clockwork recovery or install from SD card.
any ideas?
Moving to Q&A SECTION
Wot phone is it 02 or at&t you need to install streakmod recovery or clockwork mod recovery
lufc said:
Moving to Q&A SECTION
Wot phone is it 02 or at&t you need to install streakmod recovery or clockwork mod recovery
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Its 02, I installed Rom manager (previously clockwork mod). I successfully flashed the recovery but when It reboots it doesn't boot into recovery.
Flash THIS Recovery
Or THIS Recovery
And both will let you into recovery but you can only flash a custom rom with those recoverys
If you want to flash THE OFFICIAL 2.2 Then Flash THIS Recovery
Hope that helps
Edit: Ah posted at the same time.. will have a look and report back shortly, thanks!
EDIT 2: Ok, had a look.... how to I flash recovery's? ROM manager has the option to use different recovery greyed out? And there no way im doing that fastboot, takes far too long!
So have you figured out that ROM Manager doesn't work for the Streak?
Hmm... QDL and Fastboot seem to take a little less time than say AT&T OTA
Start Here:
http://streakdroid.com/?page_id=92
What I missed ? Everytimes , I tries to flash a new rom on my Dell Streak , with Rom Manager , when I finished the step " reboot and install " , then my Streak simply rebooted and then no further action taken .
To everyone trying to use ROM Manager on the Streak:
STOP!
ROM Manager has never worked on the Streak and continuing to try to use it will only result in headaches on your part. The only accepted method of flashing a ROM on a Streak is through the Recovery. Speaking of the Recovery, it should NOT be Clockworkmod, because that recovery doesn't work properly with the Streak. Streakmod is the recommended recovery.
Now, had you ROM Manager guys actually searched the forums you would have found this out rather than posting yet another thread on how the app doesn't work.
Next time use the damn search engine on this site. It's not there just to make the site look pretty, and in using it you will in fact be following the site's rules.
Any questions?
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Next time use the damn search engine on this site. It's not there just make the site look pretty, and in using it you will in fact be following the site's rules.
Any questions?
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you all over the place with this. You are my hero right now.
Sadly the folks will still post without searching.
Quite honestly, I have little enough patience for people as it is. People who seek the "quick fix" and are unwilling to put the time in to learn about their devices are annoying enough. Lazy ass people who can't be bothered to spend the time looking for answers to their questions before posting are a plague. Both deserve to be taken to the back of the tool shed and flogged.
I believe from now on, in addition to calling out people for being total idiots, I'll be reporting the posts as well. Because this bulls**t has got to stop. Searching before posting is the number one site rule on XDA, and it's about damn time it gets enforced. The only way for it to BE enforced is by letting the moderators know about it.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
. . . I'll be reporting the posts as well. Because this bulls**t has got to stop. Searching before posting is the number one site rule on XDA, and it's about damn time it gets enforced. The only way for it to BE enforced is by letting the moderators know about it.
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Post #2 is from the moderator, too often these threads get shuffled around and are not closed and/or deleted.
Yeah, I know Lufc moved the thread. He's pretty proactive on that. But unless people report the thread as violating the site rules he really can't do much about it.
I've been pretty lenient in just posting reminders to get the noobs and lazy people among us to actually use the tools that are present on this site. But my patience for that crap is at an end. If someone can't be bothered to use the search tools on this site, expect to be called out on it and the post reported.
EDIT: Looking back at the thread, can someone explain to me just how in the heck you can come upon a thread that details the problem you are having and not at least read the thread before you post to it?
I'm starting to notice a trend. I think that as our phones get older more people are ditching them, selling them, and the new owners are stumbling on XDA.
I know I was a total Android noob when I got my Streak, but had been on XDA for a while, so was well aware of the search function. Not to mention reading the stickies.
I think this is gonna keep getting worse!
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I almost cried. Maybe next time I'll post on a forum where someone isn't on their period.
Just rooted my Samsung Galaxy S2 AT&T with the Zedomax Kernel and it also flashed Clockworkmod recovery. Everything went great. Can I update the recovery using rom manager? I ask this because the GS2 combines the kernel with the recovery I think and to use rom manager for anything you must flash the recovery from rom manager. Coming from HTC phones where this was never a problem. Just don't want to screw anything up.
Thanks for any help,
Vinny
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Just rooted my Samsung Galaxy S2 AT&T with the Zedomax Kernel and it also flashed Clockworkmod recovery. Everything went great. Can I update the recovery using rom manager? I ask this because the GS2 combines the kernel with the recovery I think and to use rom manager for anything you must flash the recovery from rom manager. Coming from HTC phones where this was never a problem. Just don't want to screw anything up.
Thanks for any help,
Vinny
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The forum has been changed radically in the past couple of days, and I'm not sure if this is still evident to new users, but it used to be plastered all over the forum. DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER WITH THIS PHONE.
In particular, you can not install ClockworkMod Recovery from Rom Manager, as it will not work. You must use a ClockworkMod Recovery that is integrated into the kernel. I would suggest that you flash Entropy512's Daily Driver kernel.
It still is plastered.. why don't new people follow the etiquette of any one new to anything that they should read the FAQs!
As you can see by the amount of posts and years I have been a paid member I am no rookie. As for reading before asking, I did. I even went to the search section and asked without any luck so being a long time paid member I thought I could ask without getting my ass chewed out. If you see by my question I already flashed a kernel with CWmod recovery. I asked if I could use Rom Manager to update the Kernel.
Thanks for the help.
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As you can see by the amount of posts and years I have been a paid member I am no rookie. As for reading before asking, I did. I even went to the search section and asked without any luck so being a long time paid member I thought I could ask without getting my ass chewed out. If you see by my question I already flashed a kernel with CWmod recovery. I asked if I could use Rom Manager to update the Kernel.
Thanks for the help.
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To be honest, I didn't even look over in the left column to see your post count before I posted my answer. (I usually do.) However, from the way you worded your question, it is obvious that you are new to this phone and the I-777 forums, even though you are not new to XDA. Over the previous months, there have been a large number of questions asked that are already answered if the person had just read a little first. And your question about ROM Manager, in one form or another, has been one of the chief offenders. You say, "As for reading before asking, I did." But go to the sticky post in this forum, (or the one in the General forum or the similar one in the development forum as they're all about the same) and click on the link that says FAQ topic. You'll see what I meant in my previous post.
Don't get bent out of shape over this. You're an experienced member who can pitch in and help other folks out, so when you come around the forums, do that. The moderators are just asking us all to be responsible.
As mentioned before do not use room manager to flash roms kernels or whatever.you can use it to download different roms but even those can be corrupted or not finished a many users saw with the CM9 build that was posted there.
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As you can see by the amount of posts and years I have been a paid member I am no rookie.
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Nevertheless, had you read the main (and now only) sticky in here or in General, you would know not to use RomManager on this phone and would not have had to ask.
And with that, topic closed.
Search more people... please! Use Google, use XDA.. but SEARCH. REad the FAQ's before posting.. it is FORUM RULES.
Haven't been on this forum in years and now back. Looking at getting the Galaxy S3 from ATT as the new iphone doesn't seem worth it after all this wait. I have never used any android device before so know nothing about their OS or anything really. I've used HTC Tilt2 device which was probably my last device on this forum and flashed roms and all that just fine. Looking on here though for the past hour i can't find like a tutorial on how to flash roms? Do i need to unlock my stock phone first?
I see people talk about using Odin which sounds like this is a flashing software for roms?
I'm really interested in flashing this rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334 as it seems like a stock rom but with all the upgrades in speed/stability/etc. How would i do this and safely?
What are the fail safe procedures such as i get a bad flash what do i do? Phone doesn't finish flash and gets stuck on boot logo what do i do? If im at work and this happens can i fix it via SD card while on the go?
I remember there usually being a sticky that answers this kind of stuff but have read all the stickies for this sub-forum device and found none that in layman's terms describes the above?
I will be reading much more on this site trying to figure this thing out but this really all is Chinese to me as i know nothing about android and their OS or flashing procedures. Remember the days of a simple rom flash on my Tilt2 device took about 30 seconds no brainer. I some how can't understand this stuff though. Greatly appreciate if anyone can answer the above questions and/or point me in the right directions as a total 100% noob to android and this phone. Thank you for your time.
Unless you want a bricked device....do not flash any roms from this section! These are for the international variant only!
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Go here for At&t:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802160
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First root your CURRENT ROM and than make a nandroid backup on SD card and than go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1705 forum and you can find everything about the AT&T variant Galaxy sIII...
Happy Flashing....
Check
www.Galaxys3root.com
It contains all guidance about rooting and flashing roms in all international And S3 variants.
You may also search for zedomax profile on xda about all these things. He is a helping guy host of www.Galaxys3root.com
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hello guys.im trying to unlock my bootloader via adb but when i run fastboot command it says waiting for device i have searched on the internet how to fix this but when i go to bootloader mode there is no device in device manager on computer.any idead?SM-J710F
paranoic(d) said:
hello guys.im trying to unlock my bootloader.........
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I don't have this device myself but, if you take a look at the first post (aka OP), on following thread, it has the steps for Unlocking the Bootloader that may hopefully be helpful for you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3896190
Don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within it too.
Good Luck!
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Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this device myself but, if you take a look at the first post (aka OP), on following thread, it has the steps for Unlocking the Bootloader that may hopefully be helpful for you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3896190
Don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within it too.
Good Luck!
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wow thanks for the thread but i have tried many times flashing the twrp and i end up with the stock recovery.as the thread says if you end like this try again.i tried it plenty of times and i have found in an xda forum that there is stock recovery because the bootloader is locked :/ i have rooted in nougat but i decided that it was time to install oreo and know i dont know why it isnt working.In nougat i did it with first try :/
i need help in my note 2 lte gt n7105 always fail in odin i already download in updata,samfirm always fail
pharvey050395 said:
i need help in my note 2 lte gt n7105 always fail in odin i already download in updata,samfirm always fail
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I don't have this device myself but, I believe that one or more of the following threads should be helpful for what you are looking for that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
Also, the following area of the forum is specific to your device and variants.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2
Just keep in mind that there's threads that may be a bit older but, the information (for the most part) is still valid too.
Good Luck!
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Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this device myself but, I believe that one or more of the following threads should be helpful for what you are looking for that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
Also, the following area of the forum is specific to your device and variants.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2
Just keep in mind that there's threads that may be a bit older but, the information (for the most part) is still valid too.
Good Luck!
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thanks for reply and for information i think my cellphone is dead i cant hard reset it either it say E : FAILED TO MOUNT / CACHE ( NO SUCH FILE CR DIRECTORY)