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Hello all,
I recently rooted my Galaxy S3 only to have my Mic fail on me 2 weeks later... Very dissatisfied with my Samsung about that - even though I am loving the phone. Anyways, back to the issue. Verizon has agreed to send me a replacement and I have to send them mine back. The problem is that I know that if I send them a rooted phone they will not honor the warranty, and I am having a very hard time flashing the Verizon Stock rom.
More specifically, and to see if I am doing anything wrong.. I used ODIN to flash a custom rooted rom onto my phone which worked perfectly, and now I am once again trying to use ODIN in order to flash the stock rom which I downloaded from goo.im - the file that I am using is HOME_I535VRALF2_I535VZWALF2_618049_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5
Simple steps - reboot into downloading mode -> check auto-reboot and reset time on ODIN and choose the file above under PDA. All works fine, the phone reboots and I get a PASS, and yet my phone is stuck on the Verizon 4G loading intro. I think that's what they call a soft brick.
The first time this happened, I flashed a different rom and the phone loaded properly but it had the open lock symbol under Samsung which I think means that it was unlocked.. Either way, it was not the unrooted and official stock rom which is what I need on my phone in order to keep my warranty. The file that DOES work is COMBINATION_I535VRBLJ1_I535VZWBLJ1_381038_REV09_user_low_ship(NO_WIPE).tar.md5
I have followed the above steps over and over again and I always get the same result - stock doesn't work, the other one does.
Any ideas? What could the issue be?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Personally I would try the files found in section 5 of this thread.
According to Droidstyles guide before his recent edits, if it freezes on the boot logo after a successful Odin factory flash then you're supposed to pull the battery, boot into recovery, and do a factory reset. Try that.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
According to Droidstyles guide before his recent edits, if it freezes on the boot logo after a successful Odin factory flash then you're supposed to pull the battery, boot into recovery, and do a factory reset. Try that.
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Yes this works, also had this happen to me, and to boot to recovery just hold home+volume up+power button. It should work.
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You should probably factory reset after flashing, for you don't want to be running a buggy phone.
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Use a full wipe version and this would not happen...part of the reason why i removed nowipe versions such as f2. But yes as slimsnoop said, data wipe /factory reset will fix that.
So I bought the s3 Verizon it was rooted and switched to cricket pre paid before my friend sold it to me he tried to root back to Verizon but of course he failed, is there anyway to get the phone completelyback to stock even though he switched providers cuz the phone is stuck on the activating part I'm no noobe at rooting just don't know much bout this phone
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FhtmChandley85 said:
is there anyway to get the phone completelyback to stock even though he switched providers cuz the phone is stuck on the activating part I'm no noobe at rooting just don't know much bout this phone
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Follow section 5 of Droidstyle's (the guy above you) guide. Click the link in his signature. I'm not sure about how this handles modified network configuration though, that's not something I remotely know anything about.
I thought there was a way to bypass the activation screen? On older phones, you could tap the four corners of the screen or something like that? Anyone ever heard that before?
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Has any one perhaps used this app
Essentially ist an app that allows you to back up and restore your root access therefore allowing you to take updates over the air and then afterwards allowing to restore your root. I saw a couple videos on you tube but they were all dated months ago I was wondering if any one had any comments or feedback based on there own experience using this tool cause in theory it sounds pretty awesome
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I used it with the most recent jb update on two vzw gs3s. It works as promised. Just make sure your bootloader is still unlocked after the update.
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Firealoha said:
I used it with the most recent jb update on two vzw gs3s. It works as promised. Just make sure your bootloader is still unlocked after the update.
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is there any chance you could list the steps you did involving ota rootkeeper....i still have ics 4.0.4, stock rooted unlocked. didnt take the jb update cause i didnt want to lose everything....thanks
Both times I used it I was running CM10 stable and CWM touch 6.0.2.3. I then did a full wipe, restored my stock back up, downloaded voodoo and hit "protect root", and then accepted the OTA. It was that easy.
The first phone I carelessly forgot to re-unlock my bootloader using ez-unlock and when I rebooted I got the dreaded triangle. Learned my lesson with the second one. I remember something about having to answer some ?'s during the reboot process about keeping my custom recovery, but I don't remember exactly what they were. The answers were pretty obvious.
Also, I just tried ez unlock now and it says device status unknown. After the update I remember getting that msg too for some reason. I just locked the bootloader and then unlocked it for good measure, making sure to get the "your bootloader has been successfully unlocked“ msg.
Good luck and lmk how it turns out
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So flash or return to stock rooted ics in my case download the app hit protect root and then it says temporary un root then go through the notions of the update and then after it reboots just double check that the boot loader is unlock wit ez unlock before attempting to flash custom roms correct???
Ps after you or I unlocked my boot loader it too says device status unknown so much like you I lock it and then unlock it to be sure
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So flash or return to stock rooted ics in my case download the app hit protect root and then it says temporary un root then go through the notions of the update and then after it reboots just double check that the boot loader is unlock wit ez unlock before attempting to flash custom roms correct???
Ps after you or I unlocked my boot loader it too says device status unknown so much like you I lock it and then unlock it to be sure
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Sorry was to busy watching the Super bowl and didnt have acces to a computer on my last post. Hopefully this is a little easier to follow.
1) Return to stock rooted/unlocked ics (in my case it was the backup I made of my phone straight out of the box)
2) Download the app and when you run it, it should have all but one of the boxes checked (you'll see what I mean when you open the app). Click on "protect root" and the final box should now be checked (indicating that a protected su copy is available)
3) I did not select temp unroot as an option, so I cannot attest to what selecting this will do. Once I selected "protect root", I went and initiated the OTA download. I did this with two gsIII's following the above sequence and had zero problems (well, except for forgetting to re-unclock my bootloader).
4) After the phone has downloaded the update it will ask you if you want to allow CWM (or whatever your recovery is) to install the unsigned.zip - select YES and answer YES to keeping root.
5) Once the phone is done booting up go into ezunlock and re-unlock your bootloader before booting into recovery or rebooting the device.
I think most people will agree that this is kind of a waste of time as their are a number of debloated Stock JB ROMS on this forum that you can flash without having to go through all the hassle of doing all this. I chose to do it as more of a learning tool. This is my first Samsung device having owned and rooted/S-Off''ed two previous HTC devices. I am by no means an expert, but this community has been so helpful to me over the last few years,that I figured it's about time I started spreading the Aloha. Good Luck!
I'm already rooted with unlocked bootloader but I'm s on. Is there a just s off tutorial because I hate having to fastboot flash a new Rom from my computer each time I want to install a new one. I'd also like to get 4ext working instead of cwm.
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http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?cat=6. For 4ext just install it from the updater apk from its website.
Unfortunately I'm not that advanced to do that method of s off and iv tried installing the 4ext from within the app and it says installed but when I boot in recovery it's still cwm. As for the s off I feel safer just fast booting from my computer till I grasp a better concept with the advanced way. Witch is a bummer.
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Unfortunately I'm not that advanced to do that method of s off and iv tried installing the 4ext from within the app and it says installed but when I boot in recovery it's still cwm. As for the s off I feel safer just fast booting from my computer till I grasp a better concept with the advanced way. Witch is a bummer.
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If you familiarize yourself with adb and fastboot this process isn't really that hard. It just seems complex to the un-trained eye. You already did the dev unlock process and there are other tutorials about making a gold card that go into more depth. As always though don't do anything unless your sure of success or are willing to brick a device trying.
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i was going to s-off the this morning and flash illusion 2.0 but instead i am beating my head off the keyboard. i have been reading all day. i have like 12 tabs open and my main problem is that adb isn't working. not sure what i'm doing wrong. i need to get to supercid. instructions seem easy enough. i go to command prompt, change my directory, everything good here just as usual. when i type "adb shell" i get "error: device offline" don't know what i'm doing wrong. thanks in advance.
I had the same problem. First make sure ADB debugging in advanced options is checked. Next try booting into fastboot. If your on stock try putting it into charge only mode. Try the multiple different ways
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I had the same problem. First make sure ADB debugging in advanced options is checked. Next try booting into fastboot. If your on stock try putting it into charge only mode. Try the multiple different ways
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i'm on a custom rom. where is adb debugging? advanced options in the phone or on computer? really appreciate the response.
Its under developers option on the phone
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Its under developers option on the phone
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do you mean usb debugging? or is adb debugging different? because i don't see adb debugging anywhere.
Check these things right here in the picture. Have USB debugging enabled and select root access and choose apps and adb
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do you mean usb debugging? or is adb debugging different? because i don't see adb debugging anywhere.
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It's usb debugging that you need to check. You mentioned that you are on a custom rom ... Is it sense based or aosp? I was still on the stock ics rom when I changed to super cid. Everything went just fine, although I didn't proceed to do Facepalm s-off immediately. I did flash cm10, and came back to finish s-off a couple of weeks later. Nearly drove myself crazy, until I realized it works best when done on a sense rom. Flashed a stock rooted rom, and it literally took about 10 minutes to finish s-off. Restored my cm10 backup, and all is well.
I really appreciate the info. I'm on bb8, which isn't sense. I have USB debugging on. Should I be on a stock rpm to get supercid or just for s-off? My problem is adb won't my phone.
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ok so, back on task...i can not get adb to work. i'm trying to get supercid. i can't find anything on adb. i get "error: device offline"
And you've tried putting it into fast boot? Also have you set up android SDK?
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And you've tried putting it into fast boot? Also have you set up android SDK?
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what do you mean by tried putting it into fast boot? & by that i mean i thought it had to be in fastboot. also, i believe i have sdk set up but that's maybe where i'm going wrong. in cmd i actually got it to say "daemon started successfully" which it's suppose to, but then it said "error: device not found" not sure what i'm doing wrong.
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what do you mean by tried putting it into fast boot? & by that i mean i thought it had to be in fastboot. also, i believe i have sdk set up but that's maybe where i'm going wrong. in cmd i actually got it to say "daemon started successfully" which it's suppose to, but then it said "error: device not found" not sure what i'm doing wrong.
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Fast boot is when you boot into boot loader using power + volume down. Once you get to boot loader there's an option for fast boot use you power button to select it
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Fast boot is when you boot into boot loader using power + volume down. Once you get to boot loader there's an option for fast boot use you power button to select it
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yes, i'm familiar with fastboot. no luck.
Dir you install android SDK with the guide here on xda
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skinzy98 said:
Dir you install android SDK with the guide here on xda
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yes, i'm not that familiar with it, but i did install it. & it just won't read my device.
Neither was I. Their is one more thing I wanna try. Download a galaxy nexus toolkit. And tell use it to install ADV drivers onto your computer
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Neither was I. Their is one more thing I wanna try. Download a galaxy nexus toolkit. And tell use it to install ADV drivers onto your computer
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i serched the android sdk guide and it looks like i have everything in order. i will dl the gn toolkit. also, i've heard that some things work better with a sense rom. i did switch to trickdroid, which has wifi issues and will not be a daily driver, but i can't remember if it was with scid or s-off or something else.
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i serched the android sdk guide and it looks like i have everything in order. i will dl the gn toolkit. also, i've heard that some things work better with a sense rom. i did switch to trickdroid, which has wifi issues and will not be a daily driver, but i can't remember if it was with scid or s-off or something else.
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Wheni cid I was on stock and was able to choose charge only mode
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Wheni cid I was on stock and was able to choose charge only mode
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if the gn toolkit doesn't work i'll have to give that a try. i'm tmobile us. which is the correct ruu i should flash if i want to try that? i read about don't get the ota updates. your help is greatly appreciated.
i fired up the toolkit and it says there is an update. but it wants version. i'll put a gsm version but should i put 4.2.2 or 4.1.2 or something different?
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if the gn toolkit doesn't work i'll have to give that a try. i'm tmobile us. which is the correct ruu i should flash if i want to try that? i read about don't get the ota updates. your help is greatly appreciated.
i fired up the toolkit and it says there is an update. but it wants version. i'll put a gsm version but should i put 4.2.2 or 4.1.2 or something different?
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It doesn't matter. Don't hook your phone up with the toolkit. Also what's your hbootM
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Just replaced Samsung Galaxy Nexus with this razor. Should be a step up right? Apparently I'm spoiled. Wife has the bionic so I'm familiar with the basic process.
Doing research, resetting the device like 15 times and reading a ton of threads in the last couple days, it looks like I have the phone itself actually rooted however I'm not able to fully install safe strap.
What's interesting to me is that I can use programs that require root access far as I can tell with no issue, root checker shows root is available as well. Trying to reboot into recovery though does not give me the safety strap splash screen to choose any kind of recovery option. Just rolls into DROID...
Is this pretty normal if the previous owner accepted the OTA update to take me to 9.18.79? Are we stuck?
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Did you open safestrap and install recovery?
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Sure did. Says installed and from all the videos I've seen explaining the install/usage and my wife phone installation, I'm quite sure it's installed.
I've tried multiple versions just to be sure clearing data and uninstalling previous versions etc.
At this point I'm just not sure if this is normal or not because of the OTA version that's on here.
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Thinking that the safe strap process should be the same but realized that there is a set of HD XT926 forums I should probably be posting in. Didn't realize the differences.
Mod move this post if needed.
Thanks anyways.
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You can prove with BMM hmmmmm!!!
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You can prove with BMM hmmmmm!!!
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Tried to install bmm from the Play Store however it did not seem compatible with my XT 926. Am I missing something?
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Going to try something called philz touch. Let's see if I get better results. Anyone try it?
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Just wondering, it wasn't clear, are you on the 9.18.79 build or not sure? A screen shot of your "about phone" screen could tell unless someone rolled back. Only reason I ask is, safest rap is great if there are no options but unlocked is where the real profit is.
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Just wondering, it wasn't clear, are you on the 9.18.79 build or not sure? A screen shot of your "about phone" screen could tell unless someone rolled back. Only reason I ask is, safest rap is great if there are no options but unlocked is where the real profit is.
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yep, that's the version I'm at. I think I mentioned that in the original post. From everything I'm reading I should be able to install and run safe strap with no issues but it just doesn't ever bring up the menu. At this point I'm looking for alternatives I guess.
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yep, that's the version I'm at. I think I mentioned that in the original post. From everything I'm reading I should be able to install and run safe strap with no issues but it just doesn't ever bring up the menu. At this point I'm looking for alternatives I guess.
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are you sure its not already unlocked?
if you havent already, i would flash back to clean stock, not just wipe/"reset", and try again. wiping wont get rid of or fix anything in the system directory.
First off don't attempt to flash any aftermarket recovery if your BL is locked, you might run into issues. Second, SafeStrap doesn't replace your stock recovery because you can't replace your stock recovery if you have a locked BL. To get into SS, just boot your phone normally. Once the phone boots, you'll get the SS screen that allows you to go into SS recovery or boot into OS normally. Once in SS, then you can start running backups, flashing, etc.
i didnt see anyone suggest he flash a stock recovery.
he got the phone used, maybe its already unlocked, i didnt see that possibility confirmed or denied.
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are you sure its not already unlocked?
if you havent already, i would flash back to clean stock, not just wipe/"reset", and try again. wiping wont get rid of or fix anything in the system directory.
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When you say UNLOCKED, are you referring to the Boot Loader? If so, I do not believe that it is, just Root at this time.
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First off don't attempt to flash any aftermarket recovery if your BL is locked, you might run into issues. Second, SafeStrap doesn't replace your stock recovery because you can't replace your stock recovery if you have a locked BL. To get into SS, just boot your phone normally. Once the phone boots, you'll get the SS screen that allows you to go into SS recovery or boot into OS normally. Once in SS, then you can start running backups, flashing, etc.
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100% agree with this, should be that simple. Happens properly on the Mrs Bionic so I'm familiar with that process. This phone doesn't produce the menu no matter what version of Safe Strap is installed (tried multiple).
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i didnt see anyone suggest he flash a stock recovery.
he got the phone used, maybe its already unlocked, i didnt see that possibility confirmed or denied.
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Planning to go back to stock stock, beyond the wipe. I believe a previous poster mentioned that the standard wipe doesn't remove root. A fresh start may be my next step. Hoping the 1.32 Droid Razr Utility by Mattlgrof http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474393 will do that for me.
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When you say UNLOCKED, are you referring to the Boot Loader? If so, I do not believe that it is, just Root at this time.
100% agree with this, should be that simple. Happens properly on the Mrs Bionic so I'm familiar with that process. This phone doesn't produce the menu no matter what version of Safe Strap is installed (tried multiple).
Planning to go back to stock stock, beyond the wipe. I believe a previous poster mentioned that the standard wipe doesn't remove root. A fresh start may be my next step. Hoping the 1.32 Droid Razr Utility by Mattlgrof http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474393 will do that for me.
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just boot into the bootloader screen (vol+power) and see if it says device locked or unlocked (may have to choose "fastboot", to see it i dont recall)
yes Matts utility will clean the phone for you, i updated it to 1.3+ for him
Used the utility to wipe the phone and reflash back to stock, at least that version. All seems good however moto chopper doesn't fully install root with superuser. I get the typical su binary needs to be installed and that fails.I did tried to run the updates in Play Store that was available as well as clearing data etc with no luck. I think the last time that I was able to successfully Foot I used a different Root program, razor maybe?
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Used the utility to wipe the phone and reflash back to stock, at least that version. All seems good however moto chopper doesn't fully install root with superuser. I get the typical su binary needs to be installed and that fails.I did tried to run the updates in Play Store that was available as well as clearing data etc with no luck. I think the last time that I was able to successfully Foot I used a different Root program, razor maybe?
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read the post from the utility, the root in the utility is not the one you need to use. the correct one is in the post. (it actually says it in the command window of the tool too)
when i get time, ill try to integrate the new root.
Okay, my apologies, I thought it was updated 2 or 3 times in the last couple days and thought that was updated that as well. :thumbup:
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Okay, my apologies, I thought it was updated 2 or 3 times in the last couple days and thought that was updated that as well. :thumbup:
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np, i did update it a few times, but working 6 days a week, i dont feel like messing with the root right now.
So I've just done option 1 with the factory reset, then ran moto chopper 1.32 and have good root. Confirmed. Ver. 9.20.1
Safe strap seems to be the only issue I keep having. The menu just simply doesn't come up while booting. Doesn't matter if the phone is completely shut off and turned on or rebooted.
Puzzled.
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i didnt see anyone suggest he flash a stock recovery.
he got the phone used, maybe its already unlocked, i didnt see that possibility confirmed or denied.
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Grns did mention that he might try flashing PhilZ recovery, that's why I said what I did. His OP also mentioned that the previous owner took the latest OTA, so it's highly probably that he's locked up (though, not 100% certain). I'm only suggesting these things in advance, so that he doesn't run into problems.
As for your SS issues, that's kind of weird. You should get the options as soon as the phone boots up.