So here is the rundown. I tried flashing a custom recovery on my Verizon s3 4.3, needless to say it was a bad idea. I got the triangle saying unapproved software .. Blah blah blah. I managed to reboot my phone by going into download mode and choosing the restart phone option and it bypassed the check.
So I thought I'd just do a factory reset and all would be good.. Nope, it still blocks me when it enters recovery. So, any advice? Do I reflash the official 4.3 firmware using Odin?
PS. Burn in H*ll Verizon..
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XXDroidZillaXX said:
So here is the rundown. I tried flashing a custom recovery on my Verizon s3 4.3, needless to say it was a bad idea. I got the triangle saying unapproved software .. Blah blah blah. I managed to reboot my phone by going into download mode and choosing the restart phone option and it bypassed the check.
So I thought I'd just do a factory reset and all would be good.. Nope, it still blocks me when it enters recovery. So, any advice? Do I reflash the official 4.3 firmware using Odin?
PS. Burn in H*ll Verizon..
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Do you have a link to the official 4.3 update im gonna try doing that if you do have a link.
Unfortunately no. I thought it'd be posted on sammobile but it hasn't made it yet.
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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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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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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
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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
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OK.... working this.
Looks good. Booted into the rom with no warnings... It says "pass."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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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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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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..
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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..
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Have you changed the subscription type to sim and toggled airplane mode
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Like the title says. I went to flash a kernel and then it wouldnt boot. Comes up saying the software isnt official and I need to take it into verizon. Will flashing stock image with odin fix it?
Yes.
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apophis9283 said:
Like the title says. I went to flash a kernel and then it wouldnt boot. Comes up saying the software isnt official and I need to take it into verizon. Will flashing stock image with odin fix it?
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Make sure your bootloader is unlocked
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you must of recieved OTA from verizon which locked your bootloader again. Unlock your bootloader and problem solved :victory:
Yeah, went into panic mode when there was no reason to...lol
All is well and Im compiling aokp for my wifes phone... Never had to use odin before.
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Kind of a dumb question but I was wondering if I lock my bootloader (using ez unlock) and flash the Odin file in the subject line isn't it the same as using the ics file that automatically locks your bootloader? I need to return my phone to stock and have the blk3 file downloaded from previous adventures. Anyway, I'm on Cleanrom. Thanks for any help.
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Okay, don't do that then hit reboot. It did lock my bootloader but when I rebooted the triangle of death appeared. Anyway, all is well and my phone is back to stock. I would suggest not doing it this way :silly:
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Kind of a dumb question but I was wondering if I lock my bootloader (using ez unlock) and flash the Odin file in the subject line isn't it the same as using the ics file that automatically locks your bootloader? I need to return my phone to stock and have the blk3 file downloaded from previous adventures. Anyway, I'm on Cleanrom. Thanks for any help.
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Ryno77 said:
Okay, don't do that then hit reboot. It did lock my bootloader but when I rebooted the triangle of death appeared. Anyway, all is well and my phone is back to stock. I would suggest not doing it this way :silly:
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Lol well that's the expected result when you lock the bootloader via EZ Unlock then reboot. You're supposed to Odin flash next and the yellow triangle warning let's you know, as a user, to Odin flash back to stock. That's perfectly normal.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Lol well that's the expected result when you lock the bootloader via EZ Unlock then reboot. You're supposed to Odin flash next and the yellow triangle warning let's you know, as a user, to Odin flash back to stock. That's perfectly normal.
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Yeah, hindsite is always 20/20. That was really freaking stupid. Duh, locking bootloader then rebooting tells the "system" the software is unauthorized. Would have been okay if I locked and booted directly into odin. Glad I made you lol
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I don't know why this is but my phone on stock is fast as hell. Fresh Odin install? I hate to say this but it's way faster than it was running a rom. All bloat is installed and enabled.
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Ryno77 said:
I don't know why this is but my phone on stock is fast as hell. Fresh Odin install? I hate to say this but it's way faster than it was running a rom. All bloat is installed and enabled.
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Yea, that doesn't surprise me haha when I first got this phone I was flat out shocked about the speed coming from a Droid Incredible. I would say lighter roms like Cleanrom and Bone Stock would keep it quick. We are dealing with unofficial software after all. I prefer the rooted/unlocked lifestyle way too much to go back except to upgrade my partitions with OTA's though.
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I recently updated to 4.3 and when i turn on or reboot my device the first screen says Samsung and has an open lock at the bottom with "custom" under it. Anyone know what this means? Also going in to my files it says "emulated", is that normal? i cant recall before the update. Thanks for any help
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I recently updated to 4.3 and when i turn on or reboot my device the first screen says Samsung and has an open lock at the bottom with "custom" under it. Anyone know what this means? Also going in to my files it says "emulated", is that normal? i cant recall before the update. Thanks for any help
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I'm pretty sure the "emulated" thing is a new feature introduced in 4.2 which has to do with multi-user support.
The custom is probably from your flash counter being tripped. Triangle away from the play store would fix that.
BattsNotIncld said:
I'm pretty sure the "emulated" thing is a new feature introduced in 4.2 which has to do with multi-user support.
The custom is probably from your flash counter being tripped. Triangle away from the play store would fix that.
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I just updated a couple days ago, I haven't flashed anything. I cant, root is gone and bootloader is locked.
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XXDroidZillaXX said:
I just updated a couple days ago, I haven't flashed anything. I cant, root is gone and bootloader is locked.
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The flash counter persists through flashes/ota's, so if you ever flashed a custom ROM/recovery, it was tripped. You need to reset it manually. Boot into download mode (hold volume down, home and power at the same time) and see what it says for your device stats.
It showed "bootlaoder ap swerv 1” that what you're talking about?
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I tried to update from a rooted stock room. The upgrade downloads then reboots then suddenly goes into recovery and asks if I want to flash the unrecognized file. It will fail if you at yes and then gives you this. Any idea what to do?
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It showed "bootlaoder ap swerv 1” that what you're talking about?
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I'm not sure if there's a different download mode screen in 4.3, but it it's the same there should be a big android symbol in the middle with "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" underneath and a little menu in the top left that has all your device info. The flash counter is "custom binary download." Also if you made any changes to /system (i.e. rooting), it would say "custom" next to "system status"
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I tried to update from a rooted stock room. The upgrade downloads then reboots then suddenly goes into recovery and asks if I want to flash the unrecognized file. It will fail if you at yes and then gives you this. Any idea what to do?
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You need to be at 100% stock MF1 to update, so you'd have to ODIN to a a stock MF1 unrooted or a previous stock/un-rooted ROM and take all the OTAs.
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I'm not sure if there's a different download mode screen in 4.3, but it it's the same there should be a big android symbol in the middle with "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" underneath and a little menu in the top left that has all your device info. The flash counter is "custom binary download." Also if you made any changes to /system (i.e. rooting), it would say "custom" next to "system status"
You need to be at 100% stock MF1 to update, so you'd have to ODIN to a a stock MF1 unrooted or a previous stock/un-rooted ROM and take all the OTAs.
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OK. Custom binary download is a 0. System does say custom, i kept superuser after update but it can't download binary or whatever and root checker says I'm not rooted. Superuser is also not uninstallable.
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Sounds like we might be better off and wait. Is it true that an efuse will be implemented not allowing any future rooting or flashing?
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