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HELP! Custom under Samsung boot logo

I need to return my phone and ive used the guide to reset my flash counter with triangle away (which was never tripped, just did it for piece of mind), then i used odin and used the stock kernel and stock image to reinstall back to stock. Everything passed but when i boot my phone up right under the samsung logo it still says custom with the unlock logo. How do i get rid of this so i can return my phone back to verizon?
EDIT***** So i re-rooted then installed ez-unlocker and locked the bootloader again. Then reinstalled stock image through odin and all is well now

shortguy088 said:
I need to return my phone and ive used the guide to reset my flash counter with triangle away (which was never tripped, just did it for piece of mind), then i used odin and used the stock kernel and stock image to reinstall back to stock. Everything passed but when i boot my phone up right under the samsung logo it still says custom with the unlock logo. How do i get rid of this so i can return my phone back to verizon?
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Try locking your bootloader with Ez-Unlock in the play store.

fr8cture said:
Try locking your bootloader with Ez-Unlock in the play store.
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My phones not rooted so i cant use the app.

I thought using Odin with the stock rom/kernel automatically locks the bootloader?
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Jarredw said:
I thought using Odin with the stock rom/kernel automatically locks the bootloader?
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I thought so as well but when I restarted my phone it still said custom. I tried to factory wipe data after I reflashed stock and still didn't work. So I dont know what happened
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Wish i could help but i have no idea. I guess your gonna have to try your luck.

techgov8 said:
I thought so as well but when I restarted my phone it still said custom. I tried to factory wipe data after I reflashed stock and still didn't work. So I dont know what happened
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that means your bootloader is indeed locked...look around on the forums a bit! When the custom unlock screen is gone then your unlocked. I believe there is a guide in the dev section that explains this. :angel:

droidstyle said:
that means your bootloader is indeed locked...look around on the forums a bit! When the custom unlock screen is gone then your unlocked. I believe there is a guide in the dev section that explains this. :angel:
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Well when you first boot up a brand new phone it doesn't have the custom on the samsung screen and that's locked
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Need to get rid of custom Samsung bootloader screen
techgov8 said:
Well when you first boot up a brand new phone it doesn't have the custom on the samsung screen and that's locked
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. I've tried all the guides and their bot working for me on my galaxy s4 d or s anyone know where I can find a step by step guide I'm a noon on rooting

garygnobriga said:
. I've tried all the guides and their bot working for me on my galaxy s4 d or s anyone know where I can find a step by step guide I'm a noon on rooting
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Wait hold up if you have an s4 why are you on the S3 forums? I am assuming you have at&t , T-Mobile or Sprint go to those threads as it makes much more sense to do that.

My Replacement S3 will not boot into custom recovery??

Hello,
I just got my replacement S3 and I rooted it with SuperSu-GS3_Debugfs and then unlocked my bootloader with the tool posted here and then I downloaded Goomanager and installed a custom recovery but it continues to boot into the Samsung recovery...? I never had this issue before.... Right after Goomanager downloaded the recovery I was able to enter custom recovery once so that I could make a backup but after I made a backup I cannot get back into custom...? Weird, maybe I am just tired but I have done this plenty of times and don't see why it's not working... This is the first replacement that I received with the newest Verizon OTA on it though... Other than that I don't see what the deal is? Thanks in advance!! I'm sure it is something simple I am missing here...

Download ez recovery and just reinstall the recovery.
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kintwofan said:
Download ez recovery and just reinstall the recovery.
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I thought of that but I just don't understand why Goomanager would not do it.... I really want TWRP so that is my main goal here... You think goomanager is the culprit even though it allowed me to enter TWRP to make a backup already....?

Did it ever boot into recovery? The first time I was in cwm recovery it went then I clicked through a screen that asks you to click yes to boot into it every time. When I rebooted to recovery it took me to stock recovery. I went into rom manager and flashed it again, then made sure I chose yes on the screen that warns you that it might boot into stock recovery.
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edjm711 said:
Did it ever boot into recovery? The first time I was in cwm recovery it went then I clicked through a screen that asks you to click yes to boot into it every time. When I rebooted to recovery it took me to stock recovery. I went into rom manager and flashed it again, then made sure I chose yes on the screen that warns you that it might boot into stock recovery.
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Yes I made my first backup in TWRP after I flashed it.... Now it will go straight to Samsungs recovery...
EDIT: Just tried the recovery program from the app store and it's doing the same thing....? I can get into custom recovery once and after I reboot I seem to lose it? This **** is weird!

Anybody??

What build number is it? I remember on my droid charge Samsung put a command to flash stock recovery on boot. You could just install the recovery, boot into it and immediately install a custom ROM.
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kintwofan said:
What build number is it? I remember on my droid charge Samsung put a command to flash stock recovery on boot. You could just install the recovery, boot into it and immediately install a custom ROM.
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It is baseband version I535VRLG7
IMM76D.I535VRALG7- build number
This is just the latest build right? I should not have any issues... Its got me sooo pissed off right now!

Ya that's strange? You could try to Odin rout66 or a stock ROM and try again
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kintwofan said:
Ya that's strange? You could try to Odin rout66 or a stock ROM and try again
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Ya I am trying that now.... Thanks for the replies though! :good:

kintwofan said:
What build number is it? I remember on my droid charge Samsung put a command to flash stock recovery on boot. You could just install the recovery, boot into it and immediately install a custom ROM.
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Okay... So as you said earlier about your Charge, I think Verizon is getting tricky here cause I tried EVERYTHING and I had to flash a custom rom to get my custom recovery to stick on the latest build and I have never had to do that.... This has never been an issue so something has changed?? I finally got Cleanrom on it with TWRP cause I was determined not to go back to the old build! I installed TWRP again and again but it would not stick after a reboot so I just quickly flashed a rom while I was in TWRP and I'm golden now so idk what the deal was.... Verizon is a pain in my ASS!!! I never had to go through all this **** to install a rom on this device. Glad I had patience today cause I was gettin angry!! Oh well it is solved for the moment.... :victory: I am glad that at least one person tried to help me out ( kintwofan).... I thought I would have gotten more feedback but I guess that's what I get for thinkin...

Glad you got it going
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kintwofan said:
Glad you got it going
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You just about got all my thanks today just because you at least tried to give me a solution.... Soooo Thanks! LOL

No problem, since I can't develop I try to help in some way.
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kintwofan said:
No problem, since I can't develop I try to help in some way.
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Ya me too but I was kinda let down today.... Oh well, people got their own **** to deal with I guess but this was really my first time I was REALLY in need for some help and no one showed up to the party.... LOL Have a good night buddy! Thread closed!

That also happened to me.
After upgrading to latest AT&T OTA same thing happened to me.
I downloaded ROM Manager and instaled CWM recovery.
I was able to reboot in recovery once and then at boot a message would appear saying (something really fast) and then back to stock recovery.
Anyway in ROM manager it would recognize again that I had flashed the CWM recovery.
After I installed CWM touch it stop doing it. SO.
Best luck

I'm due to get my replacement tomorrow but what's funny is I ran into the same issue with my current device after I had gone back to stock and rooted again. Thinking it just has something to do with the update they pushed but ill report back tomorrow after I get it all rooted to see if I run into it again.
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There is a file somewhere I'm not sure that you can delete and it should stop this. It is strange though because I don't recall this being an issue with this phone. I'll see if I can't find where that file would be.

imurg said:
After upgrading to latest AT&T OTA same thing happened to me.
I downloaded ROM Manager and instaled CWM recovery.
I was able to reboot in recovery once and then at boot a message would appear saying (something really fast) and then back to stock recovery.
Anyway in ROM manager it would recognize again that I had flashed the CWM recovery.
After I installed CWM touch it stop doing it. SO.
Best luck
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bc760 said:
I'm due to get my replacement tomorrow but what's funny is I ran into the same issue with my current device after I had gone back to stock and rooted again. Thinking it just has something to do with the update they pushed but ill report back tomorrow after I get it all rooted to see if I run into it again.
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JBO1018 said:
There is a file somewhere I'm not sure that you can delete and it should stop this. It is strange though because I don't recall this being an issue with this phone. I'll see if I can't find where that file would be.
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Ya this was my first time I had ever encountered a problem and I have had 3 different refurbs.... So what they are doing is forcing the device to go into Samsung's recovery instead of your custom... But as long as you transfer a rom over the first time you boot into custom recovery and flash it your all good.... Just took me awhile to figure it out... Them bastards!! LOL

I did mine this weekend but it had been rooted prior to the OTA update, and I didnt do the update, I'm running AOKP JB..
My GFs has the update and just now I tried doin hers to put JB on it and it won't boot into CWM, just keeps goin to the Samsung recovery. I used the EZ-unlock tool v1.2, and Odin to put CWM on.
Hopefully we can get some help....
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OK, HA, shoulda read some first
So if I flash a custom rom through odin I can do this? Can someone point me to somewhere there is a guide?
I'm new to this stuff, my last phone was a motorola i3. LOL

Took Update. Can't get into Recovery.

Hey All.
I tried to DL the new verizon update today for my S3 and it didn't work. Now I can't even start my phone, i get an error "System software not authorized by VZW has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest VZW store for help."
This happened to me the last time there was an update because i was rooted at the time, but i never rooted again after that. Any ideas on how to get my phone back on?

You will most likily need to use Odin and restore a stock image. I'll PM you a link to the stock image of 4.1.2. It's on my personal website .

Just flash cmr in odin..I had to do it as well
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I appreciate the input! I did end up rooting again and flashing cmw and everything worked out.

[Q] KitKat ROM Attempt gone horribly wrong!

So after seeing KitKat in action, I hunted down an Android phone eligible for a KitKat ROM. I traded my iPhone for a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (i535) I got it rooted and CWM on it just fine, and the boot loader unlocked. (or so I thought) Went into recovery and did all the steps to install the ROM, got it installed, along with G-Apps and rebooted. My phone came to a screen saying
"system software not authorized by Verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
As far as I can tell, the boot loader was not successfully unlocked. So, it's back to stock ROM via Odin, right? :laugh:
NO! All the guides I find say to download an app to reset the binary counter. How do I do that if I have no OS to boot to?
Any Ideas? Did my enticement for KitKat get the best of me?

You shouldn't need triangle away to Odin back to stock. Triangle away would be for if you were trying to take your phone back to Verizon or Samsung for warranty work and didn't want them to know it was previously rooted.
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dustin_b said:
You shouldn't need triangle away to Odin back to stock. Triangle away would be for if you were trying to take your phone back to Verizon or Samsung for warranty work and didn't want them to know it was previously rooted.
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O, thanks for clearing that up. So what's my next step to getting it back to a working phone?

jcaauwe said:
O, thanks for clearing that up. So what's my next step to getting it back to a working phone?
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Follow the instructions in section 5 of this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709. This will get you back to stock and unrooted. Then you will have to do the root unlock processs again.
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dustin_b said:
Follow the instructions in section 5 of this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709. This will get you back to stock and unrooted. Then you will have to do the root unlock processs again.
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and or use the casual all in one tool and follow root, and flash insecure aboot then download Rom manager from google play and install latest CWM

I just had my s3 replaced under warranty. The new one, I used casual to root/unlock, etc. Worked great! I think I let casual install everything then flashed CM from recovery.
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jcaauwe said:
O, thanks for clearing that up. So what's my next step to getting it back to a working phone?
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Not sure what you are trying to achieve, but once you get it back to functional and rooted, I would recommend you try out some of the wonderful custom TouchWIz ROMs on the forum here. They have most of if not more features than are in Kit Kat and there are no fully functional Kit Kat ROMSs for the S3 yet. Plus thse ROMs are stable and all your Samsung features will work properly . MORA, Hyperdrive, Synergy, and Jelly "beans" are good examples of excellent ROMs.

So I figured out what went wrong, and I'm still kicking myself for how stupid of problem it was. The reason Odin didn't want to work was because I was using the front USB ports on my system, which are not USB 2.0... I spent 6 hours trying to figure it out. So I hooked it up to a rear USB port, flashed it back to stock ROM, redid the Root, unlocked bootloader (which I didn't do in the first place) and now I'm getting Cyanogenmod on it.
Thanks everyone for the help! I hope anyone else who comes across this who where in the same boat I was can figure it out.
Sometimes it's a user-error.

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jcaauwe said:
So after seeing KitKat in action, I hunted down an Android phone eligible for a KitKat ROM. I traded my iPhone for a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (i535) I got it rooted and CWM on it just fine, and the boot loader unlocked. (or so I thought) Went into recovery and did all the steps to install the ROM, got it installed, along with G-Apps and rebooted. My phone came to a screen saying
"system software not authorized by Verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
As far as I can tell, the boot loader was not successfully unlocked. So, it's back to stock ROM via Odin, right? :laugh:
NO! All the guides I find say to download an app to reset the binary counter. How do I do that if I have no OS to boot to?
Any Ideas? Did my enticement for KitKat get the best of me?
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i know you say you are ROOT but why dont you check using ROOT CHECKER download it from the play store its gonna tell you if you are root or not. im using sspencer10 KITKAT 4.4 CM11 and is running pretty smooth why don't you try it out just download the .zip reboot into RECOVERY i preffer you use TWRP (last version) go to whipe>advanced wipe and clear, Dalvik Cache>System>Data>Cache (optional i alwayz check mark Internal storage looking for space and alwayz make a clean flash same as Format Data) make sure you backup everything first using Titatinium Backup go back, then go to Install search for your .zip file on ur SDCard or Internal Storage first select the ROM ADD MORE FILE and add the GAPPS click REBOOT SYSTEM AND ENJOY YOUR NEW KITKAT 4.4 CM11 ON YOUR SGS3.

Don't be scared of Kit Kat! Once u get ur issues figured out and get 4.4 up and running you will see its all worth it!

Help soft brick verizon galaxy s3

HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.

guy with phone said:
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
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What were you trying to do? Being that your on a locked bootloader you can only flash safestrap and BL roms
From my CM11 S3

guy with phone said:
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
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I have it. I'll shoot one to dev-host later today when I am able.
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guy with phone said:
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
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VRUDNE1 4.4.2. And here's a separate link as well.

soft bricked my s3
I have a galaxy s3 i535 which was upgraded to kitkat 4.4.2. I was attempting to revert back to 4.1 when i bricked my phone. I can get into odin mode, but I cannot get any files to complete with odin. upon trying to flash the 4.1 rom i got a screen which had a picture of a phone....yellow triangle exclamation....computer and told me to use a repair something or other. I needed a phone so i pulled the main board out of another s3 and was able to get a working phone. I am able to boot into download mode.
any help would be great. I am a noob. and im pretty sure that I didnt have usb debugging enabled when i attempted to flash the rom.

05JSamide27 said:
I have a galaxy s3 i535 which was upgraded to kitkat 4.4.2. I was attempting to revert back to 4.1 when i bricked my phone. I can get into odin mode, but I cannot get any files to complete with odin. upon trying to flash the 4.1 rom i got a screen which had a picture of a phone....yellow triangle exclamation....computer and told me to use a repair something or other. I needed a phone so i pulled the main board out of another s3 and was able to get a working phone. I am able to boot into download mode.
any help would be great. I am a noob. and im pretty sure that I didnt have usb debugging enabled when i attempted to flash the rom.
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You cannot downgrade once your on the locked bootloader. All you can do is flash TW bootloader locked roms at this point. You'll have to just Odin back to stock
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