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My Phone is weird!

I flashed my phone with the Valhalla-BlackEdition-2.3.6
And after I've flashed with it, sometimes my phone freezes suddenly and turns off itself.
Actually, it happens with any other ROMs.
What should I do to fix my phone?
firmware 2.3.6
version t959vuvkj6

What are you doing when it freezes? What kernel are you using?

miss_star said:
I flashed my phone with the Valhalla-BlackEdition-2.3.6
And after I've flashed with it, sometimes my phone freezes suddenly and turns off itself.
Actually, it happens with any other ROMs.
What should I do to fix my phone?
firmware 2.3.6
version t959vuvkj6
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Are you using any overclock?
Please provide us with as much info as possible so we can best help you.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

miss_star said:
I flashed my phone with the Valhalla-BlackEdition-2.3.6
And after I've flashed with it, sometimes my phone freezes suddenly and turns off itself.
Actually, it happens with any other ROMs.
What should I do to fix my phone?
firmware 2.3.6
version t959vuvkj6
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This has been happening to me as well and it started wen i flashed Valhalla. But it only happened wen i restore my data either thru CWM or TB. I think its one of my apps that cause the problem but i can't figure which one. :/
-Sent From My Amazing SGS4G-

When I push the power button to see my wallpaper it just freezes.
All the buttons light up and won't click and I can only see the blank wallpaper (no apps, no clock, nothing) and after about one minute, it comes back to normal.
The kenel is 2.6.35. 7-sms-kj6-v0.1.-rc1+

miss_star said:
When I push the power button to see my wallpaper it just freezes.
All the buttons light up and won't click and I can only see the blank wallpaper (no apps, no clock, nothing) and after about one minute, it comes back to normal.
The kenel is 2.6.35. 7-sms-kj6-v0.1.-rc1+
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Hmm,.are you just pressing the power button, or holding the power button? Can you hold the power button and see the power menu? i remember at one point there was an issue with that..
Are you using any certain lock screen from the tweaks app?
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tehgyb said:
Hmm,.are you just pressing the power button, or holding the power button? Can you hold the power button and see the power menu? i remember at one point there was an issue with that..
Are you using any certain lock screen from the tweaks app?
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it wasnt work either way...
and...I don't use lock screen something...just using minimalistic and widgetsoid ...
I don't understand what happened w my phone..

miss_star said:
it wasnt work either way...
and...I don't use lock screen something...just using minimalistic and widgetsoid ...
I don't understand what happened w my phone..
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and did i understand you correctly when you said it happens regardless of which rom you're using?? (in other words of course)
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Yes. It happens with any other ROMs.
First time when I was flashing the odin, I used kc1.
Do I have to one click method instead of odin?
Then would my phone be finend and also can I use the black market & titanum back up too?

I would backup my sdcard, reboot to recovery and wipe everything. Wipe your sdcard (that you backed up). Pull the battery and oneclick sms kj6.
All the wiping is paranoia, but good to make sure. Pull the battery after the pink t-moble screen starts and flash again with bootloaders. This insures param.lfs is right.
You should be good after that to go flash some sgs4g cwm package. I would suggest something with the newer 5.0.2.7 recovery so backup/restore works.
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My phone is weird!
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Sometimes my phone pee's itself.
Sorry, had to do it.
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bhundven said:
I would backup my sdcard, reboot to recovery and wipe everything. Wipe your sdcard (that you backed up). Pull the battery and oneclick sms kj6.
All the wiping is paranoia, but good to make sure. Pull the battery after the pink t-moble screen starts and flash again with bootloaders. This insures param.lfs is right.
You should be good after that to go flash some sgs4g cwm package. I would suggest something with the newer 5.0.2.7 recovery so backup/restore works.
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thank you so much !! I'll try it today
i have one more question.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650 which one should I download it?

miss_star said:
thank you so much !! I'll try it today
i have one more question.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650 which one should I download it?
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None of those, only download roms/software that's for the SGH-T959V, which means whatever is in these forums. If you go into another forum you're just asking to brick your phone.
He was referring to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331

FBis251 said:
None of those, only download roms/software that's for the SGH-T959V, which means whatever is in these forums. If you go into another forum you're just asking to brick your phone.
He was referring to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331
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Technically, I was referencing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
For the oneclick.
And yes, after the oneclick, cwm the latest from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331

bhundven said:
Technically, I was referencing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
For the oneclick.
And yes, after the oneclick, cwm the latest from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331
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okay...
after the oneclick, can i use titanium back up and black market . . . ..?? I'm so sorry Im just scared to try new things...

my galaxy s 4g freezes up like you described and i haven't even flashed it yet. started doing it after the official gb update. That's why I'm about to flash. hopefully I can get something working on it.

bhundven said:
Technically, I was referencing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
For the oneclick.
And yes, after the oneclick, cwm the latest from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331
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My phone used to freeze too, using what bhundven is recommending, no more freezes

thank you so~~~~~~~~much!!!
it worked !!

What Happened!?

I followed step by step directions exactly rooted and verified my girlfriends phone. Flashed clockwork mod recovery wiped and installed a ROM from here. On reboot I get a message saying this software is not supported by Verizon! Wtf!? Please help, thank you.
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jtadak said:
I followed step by step directions exactly rooted and verified my girlfriends phone. Flashed clockwork mod recovery wiped and installed a ROM from here. On reboot I get a message saying this software is not supported by Verizon! Wtf!? Please help, thank you.
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Wiped IMEI?
Did you backup IMEI? If not, you're SOL in my knowledge.
Your GF is going to be SUPER MAD

Sounds like the bootloader is still locked. I think IMEI would cause data issues.
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I wiped factory and catche. I saw nothing about this IMEI!
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jtadak said:
I followed step by step directions exactly rooted and verified my girlfriends phone. Flashed clockwork mod recovery wiped and installed a ROM from here. On reboot I get a message saying this software is not supported by Verizon! Wtf!? Please help, thank you.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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DONT USE EZ UNLOCK FROM THE MARKET! Use search!
Go get the ez unlock 1.2 apk from rootzwiki...

How do I at this point. I can't access recovery or anything.
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jtadak said:
How do I at this point. I can't access recovery or anything.
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EZ-unlock is an app. You run it while the device is booted.
Does the device boot up or it stops at that screen saying not supported.
If you can't boot, then you will want to ODIN back to stock. To get into Odin mode, pull your battery and put back in and then I believe it is volume up and power button, You will need to get the stock Rom to run in Odin. You can probably find this in the dev section.
If you can boot into the Rom, then you should not have to Odin.

Ok, I got into oden and will go from there. Thank you guys so much. I really appreciate you're snappy response and help. You guys are awesome.
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Try to flash your phone back to stock with ODIN thats what I did and worked fine.

[email protected] said:
EZ-unlock is an app. You run it while the device is booted.
Does the device boot up or it stops at that screen saying not supported.
If you can't boot, then you will want to ODIN back to stock. To get into Odin mode, pull your battery and put back in and then I believe it is volume up and power button, You will need to get the stock Rom to run in Odin. You can probably find this in the dev section.
If you can boot into the Rom, then you should not have to Odin.
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No Download(Odin) mode is actually volume down+home+power. At the warning screen, tap volume up

Yeah, I just looked at the tutorial and am gonna jump on the PC and get it going. Thank you guys again. Really appreciate it.
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[email protected]optonline.net said:
EZ-unlock is an app. You run it while the device is booted.
Does the device boot up or it stops at that screen saying not supported.
If you can't boot, then you will want to ODIN back to stock. To get into Odin mode, pull your battery and put back in and then I believe it is volume up and power button, You will need to get the stock Rom to run in Odin. You can probably find this in the dev section.
If you can boot into the Rom, then you should not have to Odin.
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You can dd The unlocked aboot Using adb also and would probably be the fastest way to fix.its not the imei. The info is in the unlock bootloader thread

BlackBytes said:
DONT USE EZ UNLOCK FROM THE MARKET! Use search!
Go get the ez unlock 1.2 apk from rootzwiki...
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What's wrong with ez-unlock from the market? That's what I used to unlock my bootloader.
Edit: nvm, I just read the description for the new version. I used it before the G7 update

elecga said:
What's wrongwith ez-unlock from the market? That's what I used to unlock my bootloader.
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It was borked for a short time but I think its been fixed.

elecga said:
What's wrong with ez-unlock from the market? That's what I used to unlock my bootloader.
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since the VZW update i believe this app is ineffective.
the 1.2 version is the one that works currently, as provided.

same problem
billard412 said:
No Download(Odin) mode is actually volume down+home+power. At the warning screen, tap volume up
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my phone is saying downloding..... and below that Do Not turn off target!! this is good i hope?

snowman9031 said:
my phone is saying downloding..... and below that Do Not turn off target!! this is good i hope?
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It is not actually downloading anything unless you are actually doing something. It says that be default.

elecga said:
What's wrong with ez-unlock from the market? That's what I used to unlock my bootloader.
Edit: nvm, I just read the description for the new version. I used it before the G7 update
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If you need it , here is my copy of 1.2
http://db.tt/TtOVCI1W
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Looks like I'm wasn't the only one. There's a guide for fixing soft brick using Odin.
Root.
Unlock.
Flash recovery.
Backup.
I lost all data on the storage after that incident but I learned my lesson. Good luck.
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Yeah, I went on the tutorial and I'm even having issues there. When I'm in Odin the stock rom is not being recognized. Even in the alternate method, the bootloader file is not recognized either. I can only get one of the bootloader files to be recognized and when I run it, it fails! Ugh!
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[Q] HELP PLEASE: Need help with what I think is a soft bricked phone

Hi, can somebody please help me?
I tried to use Odin to return from a custom rom to a stock rom and after following the instructions to do so, something happened and now im getting the following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I727
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1: counts)
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
firmare upgrade encountered an issue.
Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again
and now my phone only boots to this message
.
I am using ODIN 1.85 and it seams like it can read my phone but gets stuck on <ID:0/004>Setup Connection...
I was following this instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
I have read similar theads but found that they get CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO and CURRENT BINARY:STOCK, tried to follow those instructions but im guessing its not working because its not the same issue
is there a way to fix this? please help... don't know what to do

What tar file are you using?
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Upgrades just don't work via kies sometimes. But what stock TAR are you using?
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DrDoctor said:
Upgrades just don't work via kies sometimes. But what stock TAR are you using?
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im using SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar... and im trying to go from custom rom to stock

I have one that should work, but I'm not at my comp right now. I'll post it when I can.
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acviridiana said:
im using SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar... and im trying to go from custom rom to stock
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go to sammobile. You may need to sign up but it's free. They have factory firmware for lots of phones. I've heard lots of bad stuff about k0nane tars.
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stoopendis said:
go to sammobile. You may need to sign up but it's free. They have factory firmware for lots of phones. I've heard lots of bad stuff about k0nane tars.
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I am hosting that stock tar on dev host. There are also a bunch on vincoms sticky thread, including mine.
No big deal, he's still in download mode.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

acviridiana said:
im using SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar... and im trying to go from custom rom to stock
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Here's a UCLF6 TAR for ATT phones. Uploading to devhost.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999

stoopendis said:
go to sammobile. You may need to sign up but it's free. They have factory firmware for lots of phones. I've heard lots of bad stuff about k0nane tars.
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I believe k0nane's works fine except for the fact it trips the flash counter. Sammobile or the sticky threads pointed out are surely your best bet.

extreme noob here
Hey guys, I dont have the exact problem, but i do think my skyrocket i727 is also soft bricked. Ive been researching allot since i dont know too much, and i dont wanna risk my phone dying on me. Any help will be greatly appreciated. While at work (currently deployed, so i can't go into an AT&T store) i used my friends charger to charge my phone. Ok, i put it were all the sockets are, that i always use and have not had any issues with. And it didnt charge, so i plugged it into my friends laptop. I see on my phone the blinking battery, and continue to use my gtalk. Had to step out to work, disconnected the charger and continued on with my day. A few hours later i took my phone out and noticed it kept on vibrating while the screen was black. Took the battery off put it back and nothing. Then took the battery out for like 2 3 hours, and again nothing. It will jus go to the 1st samsung logo, then to the second and go black, then vibrates every other second. I'm going crazy because i dont have a memory card and am soo terrified of losing my pictures and videos. I have read and have had the guys i work with help me, and one friend downloaded the Odis program, but before i use it, i just want to make sure theres nothing else I can do. Again ive read the steps, understand them, but will it delete my pictures?? I apoligize for the length of my thread, just trying to give as much detail as possible. I have never tried to modify my phone, so its still in its original form. Please help. Thank you in advance. Have agreat day

Nohemy73 said:
Hey guys, I dont have the exact problem, but i do think my skyrocket i727 is also soft bricked. . Had to step out to work, disconnected the charger and continued on with my day. A few hours later i took my phone out and noticed it kept on vibrating while the screen was black. Took the battery off put it back and nothing. Then took the battery out for like 2 3 hours, and again nothing. It will jus go to the 1st samsung logo, then to the second and go black, then vibrates every other second.
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u have a sticky power button, below is a copy from the 1 stop sticky,
[INFO] Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals ...... possible sticky power button and solution
[INFO] Another thread with a bootloop problem
[INFO] Video of Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals
you can also search for more threads using "sticky power button"

stoopendis said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
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ok, im currently getting ready to try and flash I727UCLF6_I727ATTLF6_ATT.zip fom sammobile... hope this works, becuase this phone sure scared the hell out of me and I don't want to be left with a 400dll brick.

acviridiana said:
ok, im currently getting ready to try and flash I727UCLF6_I727ATTLF6_ATT.zip fom sammobile... hope this works, becuase this phone sure scared the hell out of me and I don't want to be left with a 400dll brick.
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Just follow Vincoms directions for using Odin to a T. Specially what to check in what box.
Sent from my SGH-I727 using xda premium

stoopendis said:
Just follow Vincoms directions for using Odin to a T. Specially what to check in what box.
Sent from my SGH-I727 using xda premium
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Ok, so i'm statting to worry... its been a little over 10min and Odin is still on <ID:0/004> system.img.ext4
last time this happened, after 3 hours of waithing on this message, my phone I guess crashed because it started to disply the original message I posted.
What should I do?

its been 30 min now... should I wait? should I unplug the phone and start over or should I just close Odin and start over?

acviridiana said:
its been 30 min now... should I wait? should I unplug the phone and start over or should I just close Odin and start over?
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Ya you need to figure out what has happened. Are you sure you have Odin setup correctly? you have the file in the right Box (PDA I think). Every other box unchecked except auto reboot..?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28785461&postcount=1
You extracted the TAR file from the zip?

yes, I followed all instructions posted on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398 and even reinstalled the drivers before beginning.
its still stuck there...should I just unplug the phone and start all over or should I close Odin?

acviridiana said:
yes, I followed all instructions posted on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398 and even reinstalled the drivers before beginning.
its still stuck there...should I just unplug the phone and start all over or should I close Odin?
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Yes I think you can safely disconnect. You don't have Kies running in the background? And your phone shows up in the the upper left small window of Odin?

yes kies is not even installed and the phone does show up in the upper left corner of Odin

[Q] {q} HELP! MORON ATTACK! This thing is like a soap opera

So, yesterday, I had a perfectly functioning, stock 4.1.1/rooted unit.
Got a little frisky and decided to try out Liquid Smooth. Flashed that through recovery (it's a 4.2.1 Beta 2) but forgot to do the bootlocker.
The latest LS has a Bluetooth sound problem that's pretty bad. So, I thought I'd switch over to CM10.1, their 4.2.1 effort.
Well, without the bootlocker in place, you can pretty much guess how that worked out.
So now, I've odin'ed a variety of roms and so forth; no clue what happened to my backup.
My main focus has been what I call the dunce-cap routine, of going back to stock and starting over.
The problem? I did that and now I'm stuck in roaming mode and my calls don't work.
I'm dead without this phone (considering how long I've been working on this, since 8 pm or so yesterday except for a couple of hours of sleep, I might be dead, period.) and I've got to have one functioning. It's so bad that I'm considering just trashing it and buying another one, even thought THAT would hurt.
Almost everything I try winds up either getting the yellow triangle or the odin fail.
Now, thanks to some help I've gotten here that focused me into understanding this total screw up is MY fault completely, I believe I know what has to be done.
The plan was to go back to stock, root and DO THE DAMNED BOOTLOCKER, then go back into CM10.1 and make some changes in subscribing to CDMA or something (don't have that in front of me this second) to get the phone part of the phone operational but I can't get there.
In the guide here I have completed step 1, flashing the factory image.
The next step is blowing me up. I have used the file I have for the Recovery: CWM6023TouchVZW.tar.md5.tar, maybe 4 times.
NOW when I try it, odin fails and the phone tells me "secure check fail : recovery."
And help would be appreciated. Before I feed this thing to my Doberman Cavalier Spaniel. Or something.

Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
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Jarredw said:
Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
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Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.
That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.

Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
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kage87z said:
Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.
That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.
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Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
Sent from my VS920 4G using xda app-developers app

If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
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kintwofan said:
Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
Sent from my VS920 4G using xda app-developers app
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OK.... working this.
Looks good. Booted into the rom with no warnings... It says "pass."

Jarredw said:
If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
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this was going to be my suggestion also.

ddurandSGS3 said:
this was going to be my suggestion also.
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Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?
The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
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The problem is that when I unzip it, I don't get an md5 file, I get an "image" file of some sort.

kage87z said:
Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?
The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
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Update: OK... have gone through the guide which went brilliantly.
Now, do I just boot this thing into recovery and flash the CM10.1?
Is there anything I've overlooked? Anything else I need to do?
And do I do the factory reset/wipe dalvik and the rest before, or after?
I presume I have to use ezlock to unlock the bootloader again after this, right?

No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.
I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.

HHF2 said:
No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.
I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.
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When I try this method to back up the IMEI it doesn't do anything after entering the *#7284# and if I hit the phone, it just sends me to a Verizon intercept operator.
The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5
Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.
This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.
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4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.

Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
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kintwofan said:
Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
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OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."

kage87z said:
The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5
Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.
This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.
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4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.
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If you can't figure it out you can pm me
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kage87z said:
OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."
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Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
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kintwofan said:
Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
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OK... it did... I'm going for it.
Stuck on "waiting for network."
Used the four taps method to get past it
I have no APN listed..

kage87z said:
OK... it did... I'm going for it.
Stuck on "waiting for network."
Used the four taps method to get past it
I have no APN listed..
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Have you changed the subscription type to sim and toggled airplane mode
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[Q] Tried rooting my phone first time, soft bricked it.

I got it rooted, installed a few apps and everything seemed to be working fine, i shut it off for the night and woke up yesterday morning and it gave me this screen.
(I cant post a link, but if you google Firmware Upgrade Encountered, it pulls up quite a few pictures of this same situation.
I can't get into download or recovery mode. The samsung logo will appear for a split second before this screen appears. Kies does not reconize the phone. All i want to do is get my phone to turn on and go back to stock settings.
Can anybody please help me?

Use odin to flash the stock rom. Did you pull the battery?
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Im not sure where to get the stock rom.. and when i get it should i put it next to PDA and tick the same boxes i used to root it? Also, do i need to use a pit file?
EDIT: Also yeah, i did pull the battery out. Thats the only way to turn the phone off now, as it is completely unresponsive.

Go to Sammobile.com. you'll down load a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file out of it. Use that in PDA. Only have auto-reboot and f.reset checked.
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Sorry to be such a noob.. but I looked around on that site and can't seem to find a .zip file to download.. the only files i can find are for phones that aren't mine.

You'll have to register, it's free. There is a firmware section on the site. It'll walk you through the type of phone,etc. And then give you s couple of files available for Doreen load. The newest one is ics
Damn spell correction
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Awesome! I think i found the file, 1 hour download time but hopefully this will fix it.

Kincayd said:
Awesome! I think i found the file, 1 hour download time but hopefully this will fix it.
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But if you can't get in download mode (per your op) downloading the file will do you no good. I don't understand why the other poster told you to Odin. You can't Odin unless it is in download mode. :what:

pre4speed said:
But if you can't get in download mode (per your op) downloading the file will do you no good. I don't understand why the other poster told you to Odin. You can't Odin unless it is in download mode. :what:
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Oh.. .well what should I do then?

If you can get the com port to light up in Odin chances are it'll flash. That'll be the next step.
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Does the com need to light up yellow or light blue?

Yellow
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alright, thanks for all the help. 13 mins left on the download

While it's downloading, does odin recognize your phone? Also, I'm assuming you put the battery back in and having the same problem, it didn't boot.
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jd1639 said:
While it's downloading, does odin recognize your phone? Also, I'm assuming you put the battery back in and having the same problem, it didn't boot.
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Im not sure how to tell if its recognizing it, I did try that with the battery, and after it downloaded there as an MD5 File and an application extension. what should I do with the extension?

You don't need the extension, just the md5. When you plug your phone into the computer with Odin running, the batter needs to be in, does the com port light up? I'm also assuming your Odin version is 1.85
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Im using Odin v3.07 do i need the older one?

I've not had good luck with the newer one. I'd recommend 1.85.
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Oh my god it worked! You are my new best friend!!!
EDIT: I spoke too soon, now it is stuck at the Rethink Possible logo
EDIT 2: Never mind.. just taking a long time to load, thanks for all of your help man!

Great! Been there so figured it would. Now you can start over.
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