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[Q] Nexus S 4G won't boot past Google Screen!!

I tried rooting my phone, but when I flashed CWM my Nexus S stopped booting... it freezes on the Google screen in the intro. I can boot into Fastboot, and cwm, but I cant connect the Internal memory to the computer without it booting like it is supposed to. Does anybody know of anything I can do to fix my phone and bring it back to stock??

There are guides for returning to stock stickied in the Nexus S 4G Android Development forum.
Before you do that though, try flashing a different recovery, like the one linked to here or here.
Btw, which guide did you use? You're not the first person to have this problem, and it's really bugging me (though probably not as much as it's bugging you :-o).

Maximilian Mary: I tried to post the link, but since I'm a new member I have to wait 8 posts before I can post a URL.... :/
I will try a different recovery, but how would I flash a rom if I can connect my phone via usb mount?

deadzunehd said:
Maximilian Mary: I tried to post the link, but since I'm a new member I have to wait 8 posts before I can post a URL.... :/
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What's the title of the thread?
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I will try a different recovery, but how would I flash a rom if I can connect my phone via usb mount?
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I'm a little out of my depth here, but I think it's
fastboot flash system system.img.
You don't need to put the rom image on the sdcard. Just put it in the same folder as fastboot.

It was titled "How to Root Nexus S!"
And I will try to flash recovery and try that rom command, thank you )

deadzunehd said:
It was titled "How to Root Nexus S!"
And I will try to flash recovery and try that rom command, thank you )
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Hmmm. I can't find that exact title. Could you pm me the link?

deadzunehd said:
thank you )
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There's a button for that.

I got the link. Thanks. I looks like you flashed a boot image that is incompatible with your phone. That guide was for the T-Mobile Nexus S. (Why they're screwing with the boot.img to begin with, I really don't understand.)
Download the attached file, and unzip it to the same folder as fastboot. The md5 sum is d4a9508f9321eb25df3383f00f571e8b. Then
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
You'll probably also want to use one of the recoveries listed above to
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
, but leave system alone for now. Flash that only as a last resort.

deadzunehd said:
I tried rooting my phone, but when I flashed CWM my Nexus S stopped booting... it freezes on the Google screen in the intro. I can boot into Fastboot, and cwm, but I cant connect the Internal memory to the computer without it booting like it is supposed to. Does anybody know of anything I can do to fix my phone and bring it back to stock??
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I had this problem after flashing the wrong ROM onto my phone. I got the phone back to stock using ODIN.
My thread can be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14172335#post14172335
hope it helps

Acnescar said:
I had this problem after flashing the wrong ROM onto my phone. I got the phone back to stock using ODIN.
My thread can be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14172335#post14172335
hope it helps
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OMG!! im having the same issue. could you please post the link for ODIN so i can return to stock and take it from there please? I rely on my phone so much and i need it asap thank you.

same problem with me.
but in my case, the phone not only freeze after the google logo before boot. I tried several times to pull the battery and start the phone again, it took several times until the phone can boot normally again.
After that, my nexus s can work as usual. but it only takes 3-4 hour until it freeze/hangs or reboot automatically and show image of green robot lay down with red alert triangle...
sometimes I noticed all application force closed like gmail, gtalk, etc. (its a basic apps instead of 3rd party app)
History :
- root GB 2.37 using superoneclick
- upgrade OTA to ICS 4.04
- problem happens
- root using guide : nexusshacks.com
- unroot using guide : nexusshacks.com
- back to factory setting on GB 2.34
- upgrade OTA to ICS 4.04
- Still got that problem.....
I'm using Nexus S 4G Sprint, pls help me guys...

nexus s won't boot
I had the same problem and read elsewhere that heating the phone with a hairdryer solves the problem.
I must say, indeed it did.
I removed the battery and the SIM card, then heated up the phone (so it really feels warm) put back the battery and sim and simsalebim the phone started again. and is still working since (now already a few day's)
It seems that a component in the phone is heat sensitive, the question in my mind is when will this show again and do I need to consider buying a new phone.
But sofar it works
PS I also tried hard reset factory reset the lot, but in the end only heating up helped.
Good luck, David

I fixed this problem! but I had to wipe all user data by rooting it using nexusrootICS. It finally boots up and the phone works now... that's all I need.

Relocked bootloader brick

Can someone point me in the right direction?
I updated the S3 Bootloader Unlocker and for some stupid reason i decided that i wanted to relock and unlock the bootloader.
I relocked it to find out that it didnt give me the option to unlock again.
Then i proceeded to reboot the phone and low and behold, The verizon screen of death popped up.
The screen im talking about is the one that says:
"System software not autorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
Is there a way to reflash the bootloader? Odin perhaps?
I just need a little guidance on getting me in the right path. Thanks all!

If you can boot to download mode still, you can Odin back. That's the great thing about Odin, doesn't matter what state your phone is in as long as you can get to download mode, it'll take care of the rest.
Vol Down + home key + power - do this while booting.
I assume you did what several of us did and used the ez-unlock tool? The update for that app actually is broken temporarily, mmeff said he's gonna fix it later tonight. Here is an old v1.2 I managed to find that works flawlessly.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42057363/com.mmmeff.ez.unlock_3.apk

I did a few more searches. I found the soft brick fix page. I just reflashed everything.. But everything is lost......
Im gonna shoot myself.. Had tons of pictures from my daughters first birthday on there.. ALL GONE!!
Didnt think it would flash the internal storage.. FML

Actually it sounds like what he did was re lock his bootloader with a custom kernel on the phone. Because the update broke the unlocking part of the app his bootloader stayed locked and with a custom kernel on the device the subsequent reboot caused it to fail Verizon's signature check.
OP: Use the stock root66 Odin file in the stickies to restore stock.

iSpyder said:
I did a few more searches. I found the soft brick fix page. I just reflashed everything.. But everything is lost......
Im gonna shoot myself.. Had tons of pictures from my daughters first birthday on there.. ALL GONE!!
Didnt think it would flash the internal storage.. FML
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I'm pretty sure that step 8 in that guide is what erased your internal sd card. That's where it says "Nand Erase All." That's tough that you lost all your pics.

JBO1018 said:
Actually it sounds like what he did was re lock his bootloader with a custom kernel on the phone. Because the update broke the unlocking part of the app his bootloader stayed locked and with a custom kernel on the device the subsequent reboot caused it to fail Verizon's signature check.
OP: Use the stock root66 Odin file in the stickies to restore stock.
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This is what i did. I have lost all data that was on there. I even lost the CWM backups that were saved the the internal storage. So i couldnt flash back to any of those. Starting from square one.. and it sucks.
Edit:I found an old back up on my desktop. Flashed it and it was going really slow. I downloaded a rom, and flashed that. Then it took me right back to the VERIZON screen saying there was unauthorized software again.. What am i doing wrong? The bootloader app says the boot loader is unlocked.. maybe ill try the APK file from this thread instead of the market.

iSpyder said:
This is what i did. I have lost all data that was on there. I even lost the CWM backups that were saved the the internal storage. So i couldnt flash back to any of those. Starting from square one.. and it sucks.
Edit:I found an old back up on my desktop. Flashed it and it was going really slow. I downloaded a rom, and flashed that. Then it took me right back to the VERIZON screen saying there was unauthorized software again.. What am i doing wrong? The bootloader app says the boot loader is unlocked.. maybe ill try the APK file from this thread instead of the market.
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Yea, unless EZ Unlock was updated again today you need to use EZ Unlock 1.2 to properly unlock.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Yea, unless EZ Unlock was updated again today you need to use EZ Unlock 1.2 to properly unlock.
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I think that was the problem. The app updated and is thinking that the boot loader was still unlocked so i couldnt unlock it again even after odin.
I just reflashed stock rooted with odin. downloaded unlock apk and rom manager. making back up of stock rooted. looks like it booted back to home screen! TIME TO ROM IT UP AGAIN!
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TechSavvy2 said:
If you can boot to download mode still, you can Odin back. That's the great thing about Odin, doesn't matter what state your phone is in as long as you can get to download mode, it'll take care of the rest.
Vol Down + home key + power - do this while booting.
I assume you did what several of us did and used the ez-unlock tool? The update for that app actually is broken temporarily, mmeff said he's gonna fix it later tonight. Here is an old v1.2 I managed to find that works flawlessly.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42057363/com.mmmeff.ez.unlock_3.apk
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I LOVE YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT APK!!

Thank you
TechSavvy2 said:
If you can boot to download mode still, you can Odin back. That's the great thing about Odin, doesn't matter what state your phone is in as long as you can get to download mode, it'll take care of the rest.
Vol Down + home key + power - do this while booting.
I assume you did what several of us did and used the ez-unlock tool? The update for that app actually is broken temporarily, mmeff said he's gonna fix it later tonight. Here is an old v1.2 I managed to find that works flawlessly.
apk
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Thank you so much for that apk.

Its been updated to 1.4. I dont know if i want to do even that one until the bugs are taken care of.
Thanks again to everyone that helped me get my phone back up and running.
I got my rom flashed. Apps installed. All is good in this world again. minus the losing pictures and stuff.

I upgraded to 1.4 before seeing this. Do I just uninstall EZunlocker completely and then flash 1.2?

this time back up your pics to the cloud!

im late to this thread but there is a guide in the development section that would of saved you alot of hassle as all your issues are explained there...hmmm I wonder who wrote that?

This was a really useful thread. Learned a lot, prompted me to check my backups and moments after reading the thread, I got an EZ-Lock update pushed to my phone (v. 1.4). Is this the one that addresses the bug?

iSpyder said:
I did a few more searches. I found the soft brick fix page. I just reflashed everything.. But everything is lost......
Im gonna shoot myself.. Had tons of pictures from my daughters first birthday on there.. ALL GONE!!
Didnt think it would flash the internal storage.. FML
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I suggest you to download dropbox and activate the auto upload of pictures and video ( it should be active by default...) you can pick between upload only over WiFi to save your data plan or both WiFi and mobile.
It saved me and my pics many times..
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

iSpyder said:
Its been updated to 1.4. I dont know if i want to do even that one until the bugs are taken care of.
Thanks again to everyone that helped me get my phone back up and running.
I got my rom flashed. Apps installed. All is good in this world again. minus the losing pictures and stuff.
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What the heck is he even updating in the ez unlock app? All it does is copy aboot.

piiman said:
What the heck is he even updating in the ez unlock app? All it does is copy aboot.
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He has a changelog...
v1.4
hotfix for last issue. Bootloader checking is disabled for the time being, so all you will see is UNKNOWN for the status. Fret not, as unlocking and relocking are still working. Sorry about all this, will rectify ASAP. I recommend using 1.2 from the Rootzwiki linked thread in the description.
v1.3
Use SHA-1 to check bootloader status (much more reliable)
removed sound

Bad hash value....???? Help pls?
Hey guys,
Im new, but I am stuck. I am a victim of this as well. I am trying to use the instructions in the [HOW-TO] Unbrick your soft bricked Galaxy S III thread but Odin says that the VRALF bootchain file has a bad MD5 Hash value. The original link is bad, the file does not download. I was able to download from the mirror and the MD5 for that file does match the download, but for some reason Odin doesnt like it....
Im stuck. Can someone send me a file they have used? I just got this phone today....
Any help would be VERY appreciated.

Firstsage said:
Hey guys,
Im new, but I am stuck. I am a victim of this as well. I am trying to use the instructions in the [HOW-TO] Unbrick your soft bricked Galaxy S III thread but Odin says that the VRALF bootchain file has a bad MD5 Hash value. The original link is bad, the file does not download. I was able to download from the mirror and the MD5 for that file does match the download, but for some reason Odin doesnt like it....
Im stuck. Can someone send me a file they have used? I just got this phone today....
Any help would be VERY appreciated.
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Whats the error that Odin is giving you?

apacseven said:
Whats the error that Odin is giving you?
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<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> BOOTLOADER-I535VRALF2-618049-REV09-user-low-ship.tar-2- (2).md5 is invalid.
<OSM> End...

ODIN problems

so im trying to odin back to stock(root666) to attempt to fix my calls not connecting.
check pda, run root666 tar image. everything goes fine, phone passes and it does everything right. until it goes to boot. it just hangs on the 4g lte neon lights screen.
ive tried to redo it twice now. each time ive let the phone sit about 20 minutes and tried a battery pull and reboot before trying again. same thing happens everytime. i can get into the factory recovery but i dont see anything that could help(i tried wiping cache)
im at my wits end now and just want my phone to work again...
help
not on 4.3, d2vzw odin 3.06 stock.vzw_root66.tar
not sure if theres anything else you need to know.
thanks in advance

OMG_VTEC said:
so im trying to odin back to stock(root666) to attempt to fix my calls not connecting.
check pda, run root666 tar image. everything goes fine, phone passes and it does everything right. until it goes to boot. it just hangs on the 4g lte neon lights screen.
ive tried to redo it twice now. each time ive let the phone sit about 20 minutes and tried a battery pull and reboot before trying again. same thing happens everytime. i can get into the factory recovery but i dont see anything that could help(i tried wiping cache)
im at my wits end now and just want my phone to work again...
help
not on 4.3, d2vzw odin 3.06 stock.vzw_root66.tar
not sure if theres anything else you need to know.
thanks in advance
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Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Should boot up after that.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Should boot up after that.
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im so glad someone finally replied, however i already did that on my own, got it to boot and now im stuck with a 0 imei and cant seem to find a current way to restore it. i did back it up a long time ago and have the synergy_backup_hwkeys_signed zip but dont know how to use it properly. also cant seem to find that info out.
slim can you be my hero and answer any of those questions?

OMG_VTEC said:
im so glad someone finally replied, however i already did that on my own, got it to boot and now im stuck with a 0 imei and cant seem to find a current way to restore it. i did back it up a long time ago and have the synergy_backup_hwkeys_signed zip but dont know how to use it properly. also cant seem to find that info out.
slim can you be my hero and answer any of those questions?
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Comprehensive IMEI/EFS Backup. I'm not sure why your IMEI would reset to 0 after doing a factory reset following an Odin flash of root66. I can't recall that happen off the top of my head.
Edit: I haven't had any issues with Odin flashing VRBMF1 tar, if you want that then here it is as well.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Comprehensive IMEI/EFS Backup. I'm not sure why your IMEI would reset to 0 after doing a factory reset following an Odin flash of root66. I can't recall that happen off the top of my head.
Edit: I haven't had any issues with Odin flashing VRBMF1 tar, if you want that then here it is as well.
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I dont think thats what caused it. im pretty sure it was borked before i tried the odin stuff but its still borked.
ive been trying to fix it but its not working. i found a program that says it can write a imei to the phone but it wont connect to the phone...im about to lose my mind...ive never had this problem before...

OMG_VTEC said:
I dont think thats what caused it. im pretty sure it was borked before i tried the odin stuff but its still borked.
ive been trying to fix it but its not working. i found a program that says it can write a imei to the phone but it wont connect to the phone...im about to lose my mind...ive never had this problem before...
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Restoring your previously made IMEI backup has no effect? Does your IMEI restore itself when you Odin flash VRBMF1?

cant get mf1 tar yet. afh is blocked at work and i dont have internet at home
i might be able to get it tonight or tomorrow though(i hope)
does doing that factory reset make me lose root also? i cant get busy box to install. two different apps and they both crash when trying to install

[Q] Nexus 5 Bootloop

So let me start by saying I am 100% a noob, and I have read many threads trying to get to the bottom of my problem to no avail. I am sorry if there is a solution for my problem somewhere, I've been working on this issue for 24 hours and have yet to find it.
My girlfriend was apparently using google maps on here relatively new phone (running 5.0.1) and it crashed. Upon restarting it was stuck on the coloured dots screen for several hours. She has not installed any third party apps, only those from the playstore and not too many of them at that.
I tried factory reset and received a bunch of errors about failing to load the E:// or something like that. The phone still would not boot up.
I downloaded minimal fastboot thinger on my windows 8.1 laptop and tried to flash a new image of 5.0.1 on it, IIRC I received errors about E:// again
Got Wugfresh NRT and tried TWRP wiped all (still saw some stuff about E:// failing to mount and such) then tried to unroot flash stock with soft brick/bootloop checked.
Still bootlooped for over an hour when I started it up.
Tried flashing 4.4.4 instead. It worked. Phone booted up. Gallery/Camera do not work however at this point. Tried updating to 5.0.1.... phone restarted bootloop for 8 hours and counting.
Flashed 4.4.4 again, Followed Full Driver Installation Guide in NRT exactly. Tried Flash Stock + Unroot with Device is on/Normal checked this time instead. Now it has been colored dots screen for about 20 minutes.
So I can load 4.4.4 but no matter how I've tried to install lollipop 5.0.1, it stays on booting screen forever.
What do?
Thank you so much in advance and apologies for being a noob.
EDIT: More googling today. Looks like my E:/Persist partition is corrupted or something, trying to figure out how to repair it right now.

Anjo_Smash said:
So let me start by saying I am 100% a noob, and I have read many threads trying to get to the bottom of my problem to no avail. I am sorry if there is a solution for my problem somewhere, I've been working on this issue for 24 hours and have yet to find it.
My girlfriend was apparently using google maps on here relatively new phone (running 5.0.1) and it crashed. Upon restarting it was stuck on the coloured dots screen for several hours. She has not installed any third party apps, only those from the playstore and not too many of them at that.
I tried factory reset and received a bunch of errors about failing to load the E:// or something like that. The phone still would not boot up.
I downloaded minimal fastboot thinger on my windows 8.1 laptop and tried to flash a new image of 5.0.1 on it, IIRC I received errors about E:// again
Got Wugfresh NRT and tried TWRP wiped all (still saw some stuff about E:// failing to mount and such) then tried to unroot flash stock with soft brick/bootloop checked.
Still bootlooped for over an hour when I started it up.
Tried flashing 4.4.4 instead. It worked. Phone booted up. Gallery/Camera do not work however at this point. Tried updating to 5.0.1.... phone restarted bootloop for 8 hours and counting.
Flashed 4.4.4 again, Followed Full Driver Installation Guide in NRT exactly. Tried Flash Stock + Unroot with Device is on/Normal checked this time instead. Now it has been colored dots screen for about 20 minutes.
So I can load 4.4.4 but no matter how I've tried to install lollipop 5.0.1, it stays on booting screen forever.
What do?
Thank you so much in advance and apologies for being a noob.
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If I can bet it must be a corrupted persist partition. Lollipop will not boot if its gets corrupted but kitkat will do. If you could tell what is the actual error you see in twrp or cwm recovery then we could identfy the actual problem. But I am 90% sure the mount error is about persist partition.

bitdomo said:
If I can bet it must be a corrupted persist partition. Lollipop will not boot if its gets corrupted but kitkat will do. If you could tell what is the actual error you see in twrp or cwm recovery then we could identfy the actual problem. But I am 90% sure the mount error is about persist partition.
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You are correct sir I literally just identified that as the problem 5 minutes ago. Now the question is how do I fix it.

Anjo_Smash said:
You are correct sir I literally just identified that as the problem 5 minutes ago. Now the question is how do I fix it.
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I made a thread about it. Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576

bitdomo said:
I made a thread about it. Here is it http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
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I'm actually looking at that right now! Downloading Java and Android SDK atm. Of course still a little shaky on a couple terms in your guide hopefully I can sort it out. Really confused as to how Google Maps on a vanilla nexus 5 could corrupt a partition like that, its all google endorsed and official. They should be fixing my phone not me lol.

Anjo_Smash said:
I'm actually looking at that right now! Downloading Java and Android SDK atm. Of course still a little shaky on a couple terms in your guide hopefully I can sort it out. Really confused as to how Google Maps on a vanilla nexus 5 could corrupt a partition like that, its all google endorsed and official. They should be fixing my phone not me lol.
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If you want to make it quick then allow me to join to your pc through teamviewer. Send your ID and Passowrd to my e-mail: [email protected]
If you try to do it alone and you face a problem then I might not be here, because it is already past 11:30pm here.

bitdomo said:
If you want to make it quick then allow me to join to your pc through teamviewer. Send your ID and Passowrd to my e-mail: [email protected]
If you try to do it alone and you face a problem then I might not be here, because it is already past 11:30pm here.
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Thanks for the offer. I'll try on my own and get back to you maybe tomorrow if I can't get it down.

Alright so I am definitely having problems running adb shell. even if I change the directory in cmd to my adb.exe location (android\android-sdk\platform-tools) I keep getting the error adb shell is not a recognized blah blah blah....
NVM got it working. Whenever I get frustrated enough to make a post I end up finally finding a solution.

ALRIGHT I have Lollipop up and running thanks to your guide on fixing persist partition. Thank you so much! Question: I have a nexus 5 and it does not have an sd card. I'm not sure how to proceed in doing the steps you described involving mac addresses. I did use a hex editor and make those files, but not sure where to put them in my phones internal storage, and how to direct adb to said location. Any help with that?

Anjo_Smash said:
ALRIGHT I have Lollipop up and running thanks to your guide on fixing persist partition. Thank you so much! Question: I have a nexus 5 and it does not have an sd card. I'm not sure how to proceed in doing the steps you described involving mac addresses. I did use a hex editor and make those files, but not sure where to put them in my phones internal storage, and how to direct adb to said location. Any help with that?
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Just copy them to the root of your internal storage, then follow the guide.
I mean you just open the phone's internal storage from your PC and you dont open any folder. You just copy it there.
The guide is for nexus 5, but some people refer to the internal storage as sdcard too. I know it is a bit confusing. Thanks to point it out. I will make clear in my guide now.

AH I see ok I will do that tonight. Ran in to another problem though it may be related to the mac address thing I haven't done yet, not sure how that all works. The phone randomly restarts every few minutes and it won't connect to the carrier either. Also if it matters I left the boot loader unlocked for now until the phone is working properly, if that affects anything.

Anjo_Smash said:
AH I see ok I will do that tonight. Ran in to another problem though it may be related to the mac address thing I haven't done yet, not sure how that all works. The phone randomly restarts every few minutes and it won't connect to the carrier either. Also if it matters I left the boot loader unlocked for now until the phone is working properly, if that affects anything.
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The lock state of the bootloader does not matter, but this random reboots after a few minutes is something to worry about. Your phone should not do that after formating persist partition.

bitdomo said:
The lock state of the bootloader does not matter, but this random reboots after a few minutes is something to worry about. Your phone should not do that after formating persist partition.
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Should I try formatting it again?

Anjo_Smash said:
Should I try formatting it again?
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Give another try formating persist, but I am here now. So, if you want I can do everything for you through teamviewer. You just have to send the log in informations to my email address.

bitdomo said:
Give another try formating persist, but I am here now. So, if you want I can do everything for you through teamviewer. You just have to send the log in informations to my email address.
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Ok I'm going to install team viewer then.

bitdomo said:
Give another try formating persist, but I am here now. So, if you want I can do everything for you through teamviewer. You just have to send the log in informations to my email address.
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I'm all set up, so let me know when you are available friend, thanks for your help.

Anjo_Smash said:
I'm all set up, so let me know when you are available friend, thanks for your help.
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I am here, send the login infos -> [email protected]

Apps Gone Wild

I recently purchased the Metropcs version of this device. The Google, Metro and Samsung apps constantly want to update after a reboot although I've updated them several times. Other apps I've installed and setup to my preferences reset as if I just installed them. I've factory reset and also reinstalled via Smart Switch using PC. Still the same issues persist. I've been unable to enjoy my device. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, where can I find the latest Odin flashable firmware ending in APK6. None of the suggested links/sites in this forum have it. Thank you.

imakulate said:
I recently purchased the Metropcs version of this device. The Google, Metro and Samsung apps constantly want to update after a reboot although I've updated them several times. Other apps I've installed and setup to my preferences reset as if I just installed them. I've factory reset and also reinstalled via Smart Switch using PC. Still the same issues persist. I've been unable to enjoy my device. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, where can I find the latest Odin flashable firmware ending in APK6. None of the suggested links/sites in this forum have it. Thank you.
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You have a Nandroid problem brother. Go to sammobile.com and look up your model, SM-J700T1 (you can also flash the SM-J700T firmware the devices are identical) and download the APK6 firmware update. You can find a download for Odin here at xda. Now, before you flash anything at anytime ever, make sure you have USB debugging and OEM unlock ticked in developer options or you're screwed. After you download the zip extract it with 7z or Winrar on your computer and put the file in the AP slot in Odin. Once it confirms the md5 go to options (the second tab) in Odin and click Nandroid erase all, bootloader update and factory reset time. Make sure auto reboot is NOT clicked. Flash your phone, once finished unplug your phone and drop the battery for about thirty seconds. Power your phone on holding the recovery buttons so the update can erase your system, data and files and install it's system. You should see this screen twice. Once recovery runs twice you're good to go bro. Let me know how it goes.

Metabolic12 said:
You have a Nandroid problem brother. Go to sammobile.com and look up your model, SM-J700T1 (you can also flash the SM-J700T firmware the devices are identical) and download the APK6 firmware update. You can find a download for Odin here at xda. Now, before you flash anything at anytime ever, make sure you have USB debugging and OEM unlock ticked in developer options or you're screwed. After you download the zip extract it with 7z or Winrar on your computer and put the file in the AP slot in Odin. Once it confirms the md5 go to options (the second tab) in Odin and click Nandroid erase all, bootloader update and factory reset time. Make sure auto reboot is NOT clicked. Flash your phone, once finished unplug your phone and drop the battery for about thirty seconds. Power your phone on holding the recovery buttons so the update can erase your system, data and files and install it's system. You should see this screen twice. Once recovery runs twice you're good to go bro. Let me know how it goes.
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Thank you so much for the reply. Believe me I searched for the answers using the Xda Google Advanced search as I've been around the forum for a minute and understand the dangers of being flamed. If there is a Xda link to the latest firmware for Metropcs please link me to it. At this moment I'm downloading the SM-J700T firmware. I never could find a straight answer as if it was compatible with Metropcs. As far as USB debugging, OEM unlock and unknown sources, I enable those on any phone/rom. Anyway, as soon as the download is finished I will follow your instructions and get back to you. Btw, are you using Titanium Backup and have you had good results restoring backups?

Yeah I only use and trust TB! Works great most of the time, I've only had a few issues with restoring data. That could be related to switching ROMS though. I haven't seen any APK6 firmware downloads on xda yet, unfortunately. I trust sammobile though, I've never had a problem with their firmwares.

Metabolic12 said:
Yeah I only use and trust TB! Works great most of the time, I've only had a few issues with restoring data. That could be related to switching ROMS though. I haven't seen any APK6 firmware downloads on xda yet, unfortunately. I trust sammobile though, I've never had a problem with their firmwares.
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I did everything as instructed and everything went well, but I still encountered the same problem. Maybe that's why the phone is selling for $100 with a $60 rebate..bad batch or something. Never had this problem..highly annoyed.

imakulate said:
I did everything as instructed and everything went well, but I still encountered the same problem. Maybe that's why the phone is selling for $100 with a $60 rebate..bad batch or something. Never had this problem..highly annoyed.
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Was the phone used when you bought it from metro?

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Was the phone used when you bought it from metro?
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No, not apparently so..I saw the guy cut the seal. I may return it for another one. Thank you for your help.:good:

Hi OP, not sure if this will still help or not but last night I downloaded the APK6 software from this site:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=B165AF8AC6E611E69215FA163EE8F90B
Once downloaded, all I did is flash it in Odin via AP. I did not delete any data, and just let Odin reset the phone after it was done. Not only did it get me back to stock completely, but I also am now able to check for official updates. I am on Metro PCS as well, and it works great so far. Hopefully this helps, and hopefully you don't have just a bad lemon. All the best of luck to you.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that once I flashed ROM, I did have to factory reset due to apps that were on the custom ROM I flashed from not being present in the official build. After that, everything was golden.

TurtlePwr82 said:
Hi OP, not sure if this will still help or not but last night I downloaded the APK6 software from this site:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=B165AF8AC6E611E69215FA163EE8F90B
Once downloaded, all I did is flash it in Odin via AP. I did not delete any data, and just let Odin reset the phone after it was done. Not only did it get me back to stock completely, but I also am now able to check for official updates. I am on Metro PCS as well, and it works great so far. Hopefully this helps, and hopefully you don't have just a bad lemon. All the best of luck to you.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that once I flashed ROM, I did have to factory reset due to apps that were on the custom ROM I flashed from not being present in the official build. After that, everything was golden.
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Thanks for the direct link! Downloading now..if the problem persists after flashing this, it's back to Metro it goes.

imakulate said:
Thanks for the direct link! Downloading now..if the problem persists after flashing this, it's back to Metro it goes.
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I've never seen anything like this man. I've had to delete all data and system before but once Odin ran nandroid I didn't have any problems. Good luck bro.

Hey guys, just an update. I have not returned the phone, but this is what's going on. I believe Google Play Services is the culprit. I can't get it to be stable. I've tried uninstalling updates and installing a update via a downloaded apk, wiping chache and data..all to no avail. But I discovered multiple copies of various files duplicated over and over. I was wondering why my nandroid backup was over 9 GB. I want to try to flash a custom rom to see if it remedies the issue. I see that there are only 2 in this particular forum and they both seem to have issues. Are there any others that are compatible from the other variants. Again I've searched, but there seems to be no straight answers. Here a screenshot of what I found in data/app. These files are multiple copies of Google Play Services. There were many more copies of maps and other apps.

where can i find a list of stock firmwares for this phone my is metropcs j700t1,im trying to remove frp