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Mesmerize won't boot

My phone will not turn on. I was doing a factory reset, but it seemed to freeze, so I did a battery pull. Now my phone is either stuck on the samsung logo, or an empty batter symbol with a white circle. Please help.

Only thing I can think of is to try to get into download mode (remove the battery, plug the phone into a computer, and press the volume down button). If you can get to download mode, you should be able to flash a stock rom via Odin (instructions for this can be found in multiple threads on this forum.
Sent from my voodoo froyo Mesmerize

Mesmerizeuser said:
Only thing I can think of is to try to get into download mode (remove the battery, plug the phone into a computer, and press the volume down button). If you can get to download mode, you should be able to flash a stock rom via Odin (instructions for this can be found in multiple threads on this forum.
Sent from my voodoo froyo Mesmerize
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Yes, do that.

download odin and the stock 2.1 build. then place your phone in download mode. flash the rom the way the instructions tell you too. then walk into your local uscell and complain til they give you a new mesmerize. that should solve all your probs

Got mine to reboot
i got my samsung mesmerize to turn on by pressing in the startup button on the right AND the volume control button on the left (up, don't know if that matters) at the same time for a few seconds (at least 5) and eventually the SAMSUNG logo appeared and it is now working fine.
I hope this helps anyone who has the same issue!

lately EVERY time i reboot my phone (running ics build 2, 3 and 4, stock kernel) it gets stuck on samsung logo.. somehow my phone will only boot into the frigging cm7 recovery which as im sure youre all aware is rather useless to fix any problems im having in ics and leaves me unable to flash, backup, or restore anything. it's quite frustrating and i have no idea how to fix it but by going back to bml, re-partitioning, then odin ei20 modem, cm7 fixed recovery, then flash back to ics but doin this every reboot it getting very tedious..
ive read about recovery loops, but the fix doesnt work for me as i cant mount the ICS /system partition in cm7 recovery...and ive been all over trying a zillion things to get it to work and havent pulled dmesg or logcat but if someone thinks it would be useful ..i wish i knew why EVERYTHING is great, then BANG, reboot and it's FML city.

How to fix the boot loop on the new att capticates.

This is for the people who got a new captivate through return or purchase or how ever you obtained it. If you tried flashing a new rom and now are stuck at the att boot loop or the battery loop and your phone will not boot up here is help.
1. See if your phone will do the 3 button recovery to get into download mode.
2. If you cant get into download mode you might need a Jig or do the resistor technique to get into download mode.
3. See if this odin (I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.exe) will flash your phone back to the stock 2.1.
4. If after flashing the 2.1 odin and your phone still has boot loop then try the 2.2 stock odin
5. Next do the same as previous but try with this odin (I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears_1_.exe) which is the 2.2 stock odin.
Note all of these flashes require you to be in download mode and have odin fired up on your pc the plug in your phone so odin can recognize it so
a. be in download mode (not connected to PC)
b. have odin open on pc
c. Plug in phone to pc and start odin.
odin likes to stop flashing when setting pit file so if it freezes give a sec and if nothing try it again.
if odin freezes on the set pit file your phone will have the dreaded phone to pc icon during boot but dont panic set your phone into download mode and try again.
If any questions should arise PM me or leave a comment and others and i will try and help.
Took me two days to fix my phone after flashing to stock to root it but i hope this helps you turn your 400 dollar paper weight back into a phone.

umm thanks but we know how to use odin there are a million guides in every ginerflash and captivate sticky.
and the 2.2 odin is actually an internal samsung beta 2.2 not official.
returning it with the designgears 2.2 will be an obvious warranty breach if they notice.
and your Step 4 and 5 seem to say the same thing... "flash 2.2 odin" (which isnt official)
and THE REAL FIX FOR THE BOOTLOOP:
reboot into RECOVERY > (not download)
wipe cache and data! (or factory reset)...
DONE!
reboot into the rom that you were trying to use!
takes 20 seconds and no reflashing anything.

i ran into this a few days ago while trying to root a friends captivate(1008) purchased from walmart recently. after trying to flash back to stock i was stuck on att boot loop and could not get into download mode via button combo to save my life. tried everthing minus a jig....after getting fed up with it, i sat it aside. to my amazment, after about 10-15 minutes the mf booted up. i had to use adb to reboot into download mode. flashed with odin(from aio toolkit) back to 2.1. everything worked fine, no problems except for one thing...sometimes it will still loop for a few minutes before it boots...sometimes it boots right away. Im still investigating the whole ordeal but my point here is: if you think your phone is stuck on att screen, just let it sit for a while....maybe a long while. and it should boot. then use adb to get back to download mode. i read every forum post on the web about this issue...just found this thread and thought id give ppl a heads up. hope it helps

I'm stuck in a bootloop right now on the Galaxy S animation screen and this wipe cache and data method doesn't seem to work for me.

so i recently tried flashing a darky rom theme onto my captivate running mosaic 8.
it worked the first time. then i tried another theme didnt like it, so flashed the darky rom one, and now, bootloop....
i can get my cappy into download mode, but odin doesn't recognize it.
i cannot get it into recovery mode with holding down the volume up and down and power button.
i need help
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fixed!
biggest help i have EVER had in custom roms/rooting etc..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351224

TRusselo said:
umm thanks but we know how to use odin there are a million guides in every ginerflash and captivate sticky.
and the 2.2 odin is actually an internal samsung beta 2.2 not official.
returning it with the designgears 2.2 will be an obvious warranty breach if they notice.
and your Step 4 and 5 seem to say the same thing... "flash 2.2 odin" (which isnt official)
and THE REAL FIX FOR THE BOOTLOOP:
reboot into RECOVERY > (not download)
wipe cache and data! (or factory reset)...
DONE!
reboot into the rom that you were trying to use!
takes 20 seconds and no reflashing anything.
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ok cmw is not mounting cache or anything else any other ideas

Something went wrong when flashing

So I rooted my phone a few months ago but there weren't many mods out yet, so I waited until just today. I saw this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157593
I followed everything until I got to the part where I had to go into recovery mode, but before I was supposed to reinstall packages to get into CWM I accidently clicked on delete all user data and delete cache date because I misunderstood. So I got into CWM after and followed it and rebooted but nothing happened and the SGS4G screen just goes on and off. I didnt know what to do so I gave this a try. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
I thought it would bring my phone back to stock and rooted because I couldnt recover or restore anything. It just put me in a more confused situation. When I reboot in recovery or just turn the power button on, the SGS4G screen goes on and off still.
So all I can do is this. Go to recovery. reboot,reinstall,delete user data or cache data. It says "signature verification failed" then "installation aborted" when I reinstall packages. And like I said, when I reboot the system all it does is the SGS4G screen problem.
Is there a way to start me fresh to a stock and rooted point? I dont think I have any files or anything on my phone anymore(if that is possible). I wanted to try this over again, but correctly obviously
Thanks for any help. I really need my phone soon

Were you in download mode when you used Odin? It should have worked. Make sure that it shows a yellow symbol with the android alien holding a shovel.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

Thanks for the reply! And yeah i was in download mode. Odin said it went through and it lead my phone into recovery phone. After that I rebooted but I'm still experiencing the SGS4G screen going on and off still. Nothing else loads.

How did you set up Odin? You got the correct file loaded into the PDA box?
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

mrchovee said:
So I rooted my phone a few months ago but there weren't many mods out yet, so I waited until just today. I saw this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157593
I followed everything until I got to the part where I had to go into recovery mode, but before I was supposed to reinstall packages to get into CWM I accidently clicked on delete all user data and delete cache date because I misunderstood. So I got into CWM after and followed it and rebooted but nothing happened and the SGS4G screen just goes on and off. I didnt know what to do so I gave this a try. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
I thought it would bring my phone back to stock and rooted because I couldnt recover or restore anything. It just put me in a more confused situation. When I reboot in recovery or just turn the power button on, the SGS4G screen goes on and off still.
So all I can do is this. Go to recovery. reboot,reinstall,delete user data or cache data. It says "signature verification failed" then "installation aborted" when I reinstall packages. And like I said, when I reboot the system all it does is the SGS4G screen problem.
Is there a way to start me fresh to a stock and rooted point? I dont think I have any files or anything on my phone anymore(if that is possible). I wanted to try this over again, but correctly obviously
Thanks for any help. I really need my phone soon
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signature verificaton failed means u dont have a modified recovery record
u can get that out of the cwm final thread and push it to system/bin folder overwrite the one dont replace it that will solve that issue for u

I did exactly what the thread for Odin said. I already had the 64bit drivers installed. I downloaded the link that was provided for the ROM and then Odin. The rom took a while to download but it finally did. After that I held both volume buttons and then plugged in the usb and then it went into download mode. After that I opened odin and then clicked on PDA. The only thing that I could click on was the non-extracted rom that I downloaded aforementioned above.Gave it time to download and it said successful. Then I rebooted once it sent me to recovery mode. It also states to try and do it without sim and sd card in the phone which i just tried. It went through as well, but still has the SGS4G going on and off

RaverX3X said:
signature verificaton failed means u dont have a modified recovery record
u can get that out of the cwm final thread and push it to system/bin folder overwrite the one dont replace it that will solve that issue for u
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I would try that but idk how i would be able to push it into the system/bin folder when all my phone is letting me do is go into recovery mode

Did u flash ext4 yet?

A suggestion for you.
If you can get into Down load mode which it sounds like you can, I would use ODIN to flash KC1 with its pit, PDA, Phone and CSC files and let it fully load up. Then ODIN Whitehawk's deoxed KD1 + root and try to flash your other ROM again.
It is very hard to hard brick these phones. Always take care to make sure the mount points in recovery are set to unmount, mount, mount and finally unmount when instructed to do so.
If your getting stuck with the ext4 section which causes this boot loop alot, what I have done is to disable voodoo lagfix, reboot into the newly flashed ROM then go back into recovery and enable voodoo. Has always worked for me.
This is my first post so I apologize if I don't make any sense lol. I develop android apps for a medical software company and I'm wanting to start creating ROMs to help out this great community.
I forgot to mention: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554 - [REF]{BIBLE} Galaxy S 4G (7/24/11) <5:00pm cst> is your best friend

icbinb is a great rom. you will definitely have to odin, as bytesfree says. you should use kc1 by raver. after you odin kc1, boot up normally and let the rom settle in for 10 minutes. then get a root manager, such as super manager or root explorer. download the 2 files from krylons final cwm thread. move both to the proper location using the root manager. make sure the recovery file is named properly. if it has the extra .bin extension in the filename, remove it. then shut down the phone, reboot into recovery, go to reinstall packages and the orange cwm will load. once that loads up, factory reset, wipe cache, go to mounts and check the mounts (u,m,m,u), go to install from sd card, flash the ext4 converter immediately followed by icbinb. all of these zip files should be on the root of your sd. let me know how it goes.
if you get it to flash, remember to leave the phone sitting for 10-15 minutes in order for it to settle in.
also, bytefree, welcome to xda. glad to have you contributing.

As Jager said, ICBINB and others such as Black Ice are great ROMS with lots of tweaks and features. The guys that create these ROMs are awesome in their intellect and programming abilities. Mrchovee, once you get the hang of the steps required to flash a ROM it becomes second nature, just keep at it and don't let a gimped flash bring ya down man. As I said before, these little phones are hard to brick.

[Q] Beyond Bricked my infuse

Hey there, apologies in advance if I have submitted this thread in the wrong section. I really looked as hard as I could before posting.
Well I rooted my phone, got super user on there, then got clockworkmod red, and then attempted to put the ice cream sandwich mod on my phone, thats where everything went sour. Phone would not go past screen that says samsung. I tried a few times to get it to go past that point, and just nothing. I then attempted to use odin to have my phone put back, but now I cannot even get the phone to open up clockworkmod.
To put it very simply. The only thing I have access to now is the download option (holding both volume up and down while inserting the usb cable from the computer) I have searched the internet high and low for something to run through odin to put my phone back to the way it was. I keep coming up with dead links and long dead downloads. I was able to use the gtg ultimate unbrick, but all that managed to accomplish was to have my phone say at&t instead of rogers.
Im still at the screen that says samsung, with no access to a recovery menu at this point. I only have the download option.
Can anyone help me salvage my phone?
edit: I appear to have been able to reput clockworkmod back on the phone with odin. Thats all I have been able to do.

When flashing any ics Rom/port from.gingerbread/red recovery you will need to double flash...I'm seeing a lot of people.with bricks lately and I think the problem is they are not reading enough before flashing ics...
So you have cwm correct? Boot into cwm by holding volume up down and power button. If you have no roms hen go to mounts and storage and mount USB then plug it into the pc and copy over the Rom...if its gingerbread Rom.just one flash...if its ics then flash, you will get stuck on Samsung screen so boot back into cwm...you will either boot into a blue or some distorted rainbowy cwm...just reflash he Rom
If you can't do that...then idk what else to do as I don't know much about rogers phones and what is and isn't compatible with them...but u would suggest qksters heimdal one click back to stock uclb3...its always worked for me...but not sure if it will work with rogers...
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using XDA

Mytheos said:
Hey there, apologies in advance if I have submitted this thread in the wrong section. I really looked as hard as I could before posting.
Well I rooted my phone, got super user on there, then got clockworkmod red, and then attempted to put the ice cream sandwich mod on my phone, thats where everything went sour. Phone would not go past screen that says samsung. I tried a few times to get it to go past that point, and just nothing. I then attempted to use odin to have my phone put back, but now I cannot even get the phone to open up clockworkmod.
To put it very simply. The only thing I have access to now is the download option (holding both volume up and down while inserting the usb cable from the computer) I have searched the internet high and low for something to run through odin to put my phone back to the way it was. I keep coming up with dead links and long dead downloads. I was able to use the gtg ultimate unbrick, but all that managed to accomplish was to have my phone say at&t instead of rogers.
Im still at the screen that says samsung, with no access to a recovery menu at this point. I only have the download option.
Can anyone help me salvage my phone?
edit: I appear to have been able to reput clockworkmod back on the phone with odin. Thats all I have been able to do.
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If u can get to dl ur fine
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381
Use this link/program from download mode to get to stock 2.3.6.

Wait, if you can get to download mode, you can reflash JScott's option C from here, then get into CWM red, flash the ICS of your choice, reboot into CWM blue (press and hold vol up/vol dn/power 5 seconds when stuck at sammy screen), wipe data/cache/dalvik, reboot and you should have ICS.
I understand that some people will never get "it", but reading the entire post for flashing/modding firmware is a MUST.

Upload Mode: MODEM CRASHED!

I was running the NKD Odexed ROM, and out of nowhere my phone just froze up and eventually went to Upload Mode where I was able to see that my Modem Crashed. When I pulled the batter and restarted my phone, I had no mobile service, and my Baseband and Software information both say Unknown. I cannot reboot into recovery, it just keeps bootlooping . I was able to flash the NK4 full restore, but when that loads up, even though it shows the LTE icon, my mobile data network status is set to disconnected. I also cannot boot to recovery from NK4 or any 4.4 bootloader to restore a backup. Any help would be incredibly appreciated. I'll be more than happy to buy some beers for anybody who can help me with this. Sprint is unable to help me on their end.
Edit: I should also note that I've tried Odin'ing the NKD modem several times when I am on android L, and the NK4 when on 4.4, neither do a thing to help.

jsmcmahon89 said:
I was running the NKD Odexed ROM, and out of nowhere my phone just froze up and eventually went to Upload Mode where I was able to see that my Modem Crashed. When I pulled the batter and restarted my phone, I had no mobile service, and my Baseband and Software information both say Unknown. I cannot reboot into recovery, it just keeps bootlooping . I was able to flash the NK4 full restore, but when that loads up, even though it shows the LTE icon, my mobile data network status is set to disconnected. I also cannot boot to recovery from NK4 or any 4.4 bootloader to restore a backup. Any help would be incredibly appreciated. I'll be more than happy to buy some beers for anybody who can help me with this. Sprint is unable to help me on their end.
Edit: I should also note that I've tried Odin'ing the NKD modem several times when I am on android L, and the NK4 when on 4.4, neither do a thing to help.
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I had almost the same problem yesterday and was able to restore my backup this morning.
Here's the steps I took:
1. Using Odin 3.10.0
2. Make sure your phone is completely off (battery pull if necessary).
3. Go into Download Mode (Volume Down, Home, Power), then Volume UP
4. Plug phone via USB to computer, run Odin. Make sure you have a blue ID:COM light in Odin.
5. Uncheck Auto-Reboot.
6. Odin either NE5 firmware or NK4 firmware (depending on what your nanoid was).
7. Wait till Odin gives you a PASS, unplug USB and immediately go into Recovery (Volume UP, Home, Power).
8. Restore your nanoid and reboot.
This is assuming you have an extSD card and your nanoid is on it. If you don't you'll need to get one. If you don't have a nanoid, copy the rom you want to flash onto extSD and replace step 8.
Edit: FYI, the firmware files include the modem and TWRP recovery.
Edit: My reading skills are a little slow today, if you prefer the firmware with Philz, here's NE5 and NK4 firmware with Philz.

Ramer said:
I had almost the same problem yesterday and was able to restore my backup this morning.
Here's the steps I took:
1. Using Odin 3.10.0
2. Make sure your phone is completely off (battery pull if necessary).
3. Go into Download Mode (Volume Down, Home, Power), then Volume UP
4. Plug phone via USB to computer, run Odin. Make sure you have a blue ID:COM light in Odin.
5. Uncheck Auto-Reboot.
6. Odin either NE5 firmware or NK4 firmware (depending on what your nanoid was).
7. Wait till Odin gives you a PASS, unplug USB and immediately go into Recovery (Volume UP, Home, Power).
8. Restore your nanoid and reboot.
This is assuming you have an extSD card and your nanoid is on it. If you don't you'll need to get one. If you don't have a nanoid, copy the rom you want to flash onto extSD and replace step 8.
Edit: FYI, the firmware files include the modem and TWRP recovery.
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Unfortunately, I can't count how many times I've tried this, both the firmware with TWRP, and firmware with Philz, my recovery will not boot. I get RECOVERY BOOTING.... in blue, RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING in red and Set Warranty Bit : recovery in yellow. This lasts about 30 seconds, and then it reboots to the same thing. The only way to get out of the recovery bootloop is to flash a firmware and not try to boot into recovery after, but then stuck with my modemless problem .
I can't even just go back Stock everything because I won't have service, my phone is basically a paperweight at this time.

jsmcmahon89 said:
Unfortunately, I can't count how many times I've tried this, both the firmware with TWRP, and firmware with Philz, my recovery will not boot. I get RECOVERY BOOTING.... in blue, RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING in red and Set Warranty Bit : recovery in yellow. This lasts about 30 seconds, and then it reboots to the same thing. The only way to get out of the recovery bootloop is to flash a firmware and not try to boot into recovery after, but then stuck with my modemless problem .
I can't even just go back Stock everything because I won't have service, my phone is basically a paperweight at this time.
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Have you tried to odin the .tar version of Philz?
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As a last resort type thing, this is a one-click file from @rwilco12 to bring you back to stock unrooted NE5.

Ramer said:
Have you tried to odin the .tar version of Philz?
---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:05 PM ----------
As a last resort type thing, this is a one-click file from @rwilco12 to bring you back to stock unrooted NE5.
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Yes, a previous version of Philz I can try this newer one though. I've also tried just TWRP. It's looking more and more like the weirdest brick I've ever heard of :-\.

Ramer said:
Have you tried to odin the .tar version of Philz?
---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:05 PM ----------
As a last resort type thing, this is a one-click file from @rwilco12 to bring you back to stock unrooted NE5.
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Thanks for your attempted help , I actually ran both a NI3 and NE5 restore today . It would be safe to say I am not a noob at this stuff, I think I just got me a lemon :-\. I've been doing this for way too long now, I just don't get it.

jsmcmahon89 said:
Thanks for your attempted help , I actually ran both a NI3 and NE5 restore today . It would be safe to say I am not a noob at this stuff, I think I just got me a lemon :-\. I've been doing this for way too long now, I just don't get it.
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It just seems to me that if you can get into Download Mode, it should be solvable. @tdunham, do you have anything to add that I didn't cover?

Try to do a phone reset with ##786# from the dialer. It's possible the phone cant authenticate with the network and that is why you're not getting signal.
I think this wipes internal storage but its worth a try to begin.
Next...
Pull the SD and the Sprint sim card.
Odin custom recovery and wipe absolutely everything including internal storage.
Power off the phone again, either from the recovery menu or battery pull.
Reinsert the sim card only, no SDcard, and do FULL factory Odin tar install, not the mini-bootloaders.
Let the rom boot fully but skip logging into Google and anything else and go straight into settings/backup and reset/factory reset.
Reboot again and see how it goes.
As a last resort you can try to re-pit (repartition) the phone but lets see how it goes from here.

tdunham said:
Try to do a phone reset with ##786# from the dialer. It's possible the phone cant authenticate with the network and that is why you're not getting signal.
I think this wipes internal storage but its worth a try to begin.
Next...
Pull the SD and the Sprint sim card.
Odin custom recovery and wipe absolutely everything including internal storage.
Power off the phone again, either from the recovery menu or battery pull.
Reinsert the sim card only, no SDcard, and do FULL factory Odin tar install, not the mini-bootloaders.
Let the rom boot fully but skip logging into Google and anything else and go straight into settings/backup and reset/factory reset.
Reboot again and see how it goes.
As a last resort you can try to re-pit (repartition) the phone but lets see how it goes from here.
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I pulled the SD and Sim Card, and odin'd a custom recovery, but I cannot reach a custom recovery, just goes through the RECOVERY BOOTING.... boot loop explained in the OP. From there I've already done everything else close to 50 times now it just doesn't work.
When you go into settings/backup and restore/factory reset it's supposed to do something on it's own, mine just goes to recovery (ONLY IF STOCK RECOVERY IS INSTALLED OTHERWISE IT RECOVERY BOOTLOOPS) and the android guy falls over. It does not do the reset, I have to manually do it from stock recovery, but it doesn't seem to be helping.
Also, ##786# doesn't do anything. Neither does ##72786# as the Sprint rep was suggesting. My dialer (for one is lagging to all hell along with my keyboard) does not react, it just continues to show that #. This is on 100% stock too.

jsmcmahon89 said:
I pulled the SD and Sim Card, and odin'd a custom recovery, but I cannot reach a custom recovery, just goes through the RECOVERY BOOTING.... boot loop explained in the OP. From there I've already done everything else close to 50 times now it just doesn't work.
When you go into settings/backup and restore/factory reset it's supposed to do something on it's own, mine just goes to recovery (ONLY IF STOCK RECOVERY IS INSTALLED OTHERWISE IT RECOVERY BOOTLOOPS) and the android guy falls over. It does not do the reset, I have to manually do it from stock recovery, but it doesn't seem to be helping.
Also, ##786# doesn't do anything. Neither does ##72786# as the Sprint rep was suggesting. My dialer (for one is lagging to all hell along with my keyboard) does not react, it just continues to show that #. This is on 100% stock too.
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It sounds like you corrupted your efs but I cant say for sure because I haven't seen it happen too often. You can always try to flash pit through odin and repartition. I'll attach the pit file in a zip so you can try it.

It seems like I would be more likely to have luck on Android L because at least when I flash that I have a phone that somewhat functions, I am missing a modem, and can not get one to stick at all, but I can at least connect to wifi, log into gmail accounts and do anything else. Where as on a stock 4.4 refresh I have a sick lag, it shows I have a modem but I am not provisioned for data, and sprint support is no help. They want me to bring my phone to a tech which is not something I am looking to do knowing I tripped the KNOX flag.

tdunham said:
It sounds like you corrupted your efs but I cant say for sure because I haven't seen it happen too often. You can always try to flash pit through odin and repartition. I'll attach the pit file in a zip so you can try it.
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I odin'd that pit and tried to start fresh, no luck. I can't thank you guys enough for your continued effort
Edit: I am reading this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
I have never used the Nand Erase All or Phone EFS Clear options in Odin, but this seems like it might help?
2nd Edit: After flashing the PIT file with NE5 stock rom I achieved data. Now I have an incredibly laggy stock rom, which might just have to do for now, because I still can't get to a custom recovery.
I did not use Nand Erase All or Phone EFS Clear, but am still very interested.

Realized a new issue today. My phone will only charge when off. Still open to suggestions.

Im haveing the exact same issue you are and no clue what to do about it.

Wow I must be lucky all I did was a battery pull and my phone worked again (back when I was on moar 5.0) (i haven't encountered it on moar 6.1)
Sent from my SM-G900P

gtuansdiamm said:
Wow I must be lucky all I did was a battery pull and my phone worked again (back when I was on moar 5.0) (i haven't encountered it on moar 6.1)
Sent from my SM-G900P
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I don't think you are haveing the same issues we are.

I had similar happen to me and the only thing that fixed it was to go back to the first stock, ND2 I think and work my way back up. It happened to me on NKD also, not sure if it was the same exact thing but sounds close. IIRC after flashing back to the first stock ROM thing started working but prior to that I Odin flashed every package that came with a pit file.

miked63017 said:
I had similar happen to me and the only thing that fixed it was to go back to the first stock, ND2 I think and work my way back up. It happened to me on NKD also, not sure if it was the same exact thing but sounds close. IIRC after flashing back to the first stock ROM thing started working but prior to that I Odin flashed every package that came with a pit file.
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i was on nkd last i could remember but as far as know you cant downgrade the bootloader.

jackrabbit72380 said:
I don't think you are haveing the same issues we are.
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well back when i had the issue id randomly take out my phone from my pocket and see it stuck on a screen that said upload mode modem crashed
lets hope that there isnt a second issue out there as well
back then it was a 50/50 shot doing a battery pull and getting the phone to boot
sometimes even while i had charge i would have to plug phone into a power supply and then try turning it on
but regardless i wish you guys best of luck

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i was on nkd last i could remember but as far as know you cant downgrade the bootloader.
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Downgrade on the sprint s5 is possible with Odin, no negative side effects. FWIW theres a few threads around too that back this statement.