Dear all,
I'm in serious problem now. I'm using Samsung Galaxy Note II - N7100 and I'm from Malaysia.
For my country, the Android 4.3 not yet released but I had flashed my ROM to the India ROM which released last few days ago.
And after tested for few days, I found there is some issue and I tried to downgrade it to 4.1.2 but it failed. Until at the end, I end up my device with soft brick. I lost my IMEI number previously and now I successfully get back.
FYI, sorry that I'm newbie and I don't know that the KNOX security prevent to downgrade until now I know it.
Now, I have a device that is rooted. FYI, I didn't root the device but it rooted itself and also now I'm in trouble is whatever official ROM I tried to flash, it will be failed. I had tried to flash back to Android 4.3 with ODIN but it show me failed. Only one ROM that is allowed which is the ROM that come with my phone, Android 4.1.1.
One more weird thing is that I did do Factory Reset, Wipe Cache and Partition but when it goes into the Android interface, I could still see my previously connected Wi-Fi SSID there. It seem doesn't delete at all but for other things like my files, all are deleted.
I had tried many method to unroot the phone, reset the binary count and etc. But all my efforts were in vain.
I using ODIN to flash my phone. Please, Please and Please help me. I really had no idea what to do.
I'm very depress now. Please help me.... Please....:crying:
As i don't know anything about knox security or something like that, i don't really know how to help, but i found a link which could help you eventually....especially now, where you are rooted.
Good luck :thumbup:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528461
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I recently user rooted my device per the forum excellent instructions but now am unable to to update the firmware for the android OS. When I get the popup notifying me that an upgrade has been downloaded, I go through the drill of rebooting to the Odin screen and then reboot but am then advised that the upgrade failed and something about using Kies. I user rooted the device in anticipation of installing Ubuntu but haven't done it yet. I intended to be able to dual boot depending on what I am working on. I use the android OS most of the time and it works ok but will not upgrade itself. I have searched the posts regarding the inability to upgrade android when the system is rooted but haven't found anything that I understand or that tells me whether or not it is even possible to upgrade the android OS when user rooted. Can anyone answer the question succinctly and if it is possible point me to instructions on how to do it. Any help is sincerely appreciated.
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Hi. That's right, you can't make OTA official updates anymore if you rooted the tablet.
You can however download the new firmware version from sammobile (official non-rooted) or some custom version from XDA, then flash it with odin or mobile odin (for official), or CWM (for custom "zip").
Here's a tutorial for Galaxy Note, but it might work for your tablet too - anyway it gives you an idea of how that can be done. The written procedure is here.
going through the same issue...
I am having the same troubles as the person who started this thread. I rooted my samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 from the instructions that I found on this forum. I also installed ClockWork Mod recovery as per the rooting instructions. Now that I am hearing that I will be unable to update to jelly bean (official) because I rooted my device what can i do to work around this problem?
What if we reboot into Clock Work Mod recovery and use the option to restore device to stock firmware? If we did that option it would restore the tablet back to its factory resetting and then could we upgrade to Jelly Bean using the "software update" option?
Or is downloading a firmware from sammobile the best option?
I am really not sure about what to do next...
Hope to hear some kind of response on what to do next...
You can get JB stock from sammobile and flash it with odin. Or you can get a custom JB rom from xda and flash it with cwm. There's nothing complicated about upgrading, both ways are good. I would pick the second one, this way you stay rooted.
Spent the last few weeks trying to get a rom with black backgrounds on my I9505 that still has full camera functionality. Installed slimkat which was fine but the camera barely worked at all so decided to go back to stock 4.4.2 which is where my problems started. Upon doing this I got a message saying I might loose root and did I want to fix it, I said yes and from that time on I have never been able to instal another 4.4.2 system. I am however able to instal stock lollipop.
I suspect this is a knox issue and I have tripped the counter but I have no idea what I could try next as the graviton rom (4.4.2) seems to be my best option for a black background rom still with touchwiz camera stuff. I also find every custom recovery I instal gets over ridden back to the stock recovery and Im constantly reinstalling them.
This is truly driving me around the bend, Could someone point me in the right direction on what the problem is please?
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. The Samsung devices usually have qfuses which get "blown" when updating to the latest firmware. This prevents you from downgrading the firmware to earlier versions. I would suggest you follow this to flash the stock firmware in Odin and start over. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41072377 You'll have to reinstall your custom recovery, however, you should still be able to flash 4.4.2 custom roms.
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Hey, so basically I'm in a situation where I have no idea what to do.
I recently just got a new phone, and am going to give my Samsung Galaxy S3, SGH-T999V model - from Wind Mobile to my Dad. Basically, when I first got the phone - a couple months after, I decided to try Rooting it, and I did, successfully. Since I didn't really know what to do with my rooted phone, I decided to unroot it - then tried rooting it again some months later, but it didn't work successfully. Basically my phone wasn't rooted, but I had the "Team-Win" recovery on it.
I wanted to bring my phone back to it's original state - and have the stock recovery on it. After some Googling, my solution seemed to be to flash the stock rom for the SGH-T999V model onto my phone using Odin. And I did that - and it worked successfully. But I still couldn't check for OTA updates or anything, it said my phone had still been modified in an unauthorized way.
Now that I need to give the phone to my Dad, I have to format the device and erase everything. This is where my problem starts. When I try to format it (using the Stock recovery), I see a bunch of error messages, with the Android logo falling down in a kind of dead way. I reboot my device, and nothing changes.
It still has all my data, and everything on it.
Sorry if this is the wrong area to post this (I'm relatively new to the forum), and if my problem doesn't make much sense - I've tried being as detailed as possible. Could anyone help?
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Flashing the stock firmware should show you to get ota's. This should have everything you need,http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/samsung-galaxy-s3-sticky-roll-thread-t2344125. Also, you can ask further questions here,http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/help-thread-galaxy-s3-question-t2690307
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OK first off this is my gfs phone, I had rooted it using Kingroot with no problem. I flashed a custom ROM I used cynogen 12.1 and also flashed a synthetic v3 kernel. Her phone was working just fine until she let some know it all at her work mess with it! I was wondering why the hell I couldn't get into recovery thru my twrp. I have to manually do it now. Even then everything I try to do it says it fails. So I can't back it up at all. Nor flash the old stock KitKat THST it originally came with. Her screen has been blacking out to every since that dumbass friend of hers downloaded pimp my rom. He had no clue wtf he was doing. Now thru that app it allows me to delete all added **** he did to it. But somehow her phone lost her permanent root!!?? Beats me, but it explains why I can't use device control anymore. And why I can't wipe the cache to the dalvik machine. I can't flash any roms, I can't do ****. I tried using kingroot but no work! It worked on my 4th try last time but I was using her stock Android 4.44 KitKat rom. I recall reading somewhere that kingroot doesn't support lollipop 5.2 which is what I put on her phone using Cynogen 12.1!!! So basically if I can't gain access to permanently root her phone I won't be able to fix it at all! Which is bs! Van anyone help me? I manually go into recovery mode it won't even let me do a factory reset. No matter what I do it keeps saying Fail!!! I'm growing very impatient, I need to fix her phone asap. I'd appreciate it if any of you guys can help me out please. Thank you for your time...hope someone helps me.
NowImHigh said:
OK first off this is my gfs phone, I had rooted it using Kingroot with no problem. I flashed a custom ROM I used cynogen 12.1 and also flashed a synthetic v3 kernel. Her phone was working just fine until she let some know it all at her work mess with it! I was wondering why the hell I couldn't get into recovery thru my twrp. I have to manually do it now. Even then everything I try to do it says it fails. So I can't back it up at all. Nor flash the old stock KitKat THST it originally came with. Her screen has been blacking out to every since that dumbass friend of hers downloaded pimp my rom. He had no clue wtf he was doing. Now thru that app it allows me to delete all added **** he did to it. But somehow her phone lost her permanent root!!?? Beats me, but it explains why I can't use device control anymore. And why I can't wipe the cache to the dalvik machine. I can't flash any roms, I can't do ****. I tried using kingroot but no work! It worked on my 4th try last time but I was using her stock Android 4.44 KitKat rom. I recall reading somewhere that kingroot doesn't support lollipop 5.2 which is what I put on her phone using Cynogen 12.1!!! So basically if I can't gain access to permanently root her phone I won't be able to fix it at all! Which is bs! Van anyone help me? I manually go into recovery mode it won't even let me do a factory reset. No matter what I do it keeps saying Fail!!! I'm growing very impatient, I need to fix her phone asap. I'd appreciate it if any of you guys can help me out please. Thank you for your time...hope someone helps me.
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Hi and thank you for using XDA Assist
Try to ask over here:
ZTE Zmax [Z970] ROOT GUIDE, FAQ, DISCUSSION, if permrooted with Kingroot.
Good luck!
Hello major Android world. I come to ask for help about a problem that occurred at my Android phone Galaxy S3 I535 4.4.2 (I535VZWDNE1) . Last time I wanted to go through rom manager pro to install CWM above. Obviously the TOUCH release was offered to me. And once accepted, there was an error when downloading this one. I repeat this action several times but the error still occurs. I finally installing the CWM (no touch). Once the phone start in recorvery I get a message like :
<<system software not authorized by verizon wireless galaxy s3 >>.
Help me solve this problem. well thank you to all
Sent from my SCH-I535 4.4.2
torskint said:
Hello major Android world. I come to ask for help about a problem that occurred at my Android phone Galaxy S3 I535 4.4.2 (I535VZWDNE1) . Last time I wanted to go through rom manager pro to install CWM above. Obviously the TOUCH release was offered to me. And once accepted, there was an error when downloading this one. I repeat this action several times but the error still occurs. I finally installing the CWM (no touch). Once the phone start in recorvery I get a message like :
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Help me solve this problem. well thank you to all
Sent from my SCH-I535 4.4.2
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You can't solve this problem. You are on 4.4.2, the bootloader on your phone is locked, and it cannot be unlocked. You cannot install CWM or any other custom recovery. Your only option is safestrap and a couple of ROMs you can flash if that is your end goal. There is a safestrap thread here in the Galaxy S3 forum. Find it and you can read up on it. For starters, you may have to flash the full 4.4.2 factory tar file in ODIN.