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my phone don´t turn on! PLEASE HELP ME! T.T

PLEASE HELP ME!
I WAS TRYING MODIFY JPA ROM, I DELETED SOME APPS (MAPS, WIDGETS...) AND I TRIED TO INSTALL IT. I ENTERED IN DOWNLOAD MODE AND INSTALLED IT BUT ODIN SAYS ME: Big partition size!! AND IT NOT CHARGE, AND I DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FOR INSTALL THE NORMAL ROM, BUT MY PHONE NOW DON´T TURN ON! I CAN´T ENTER IN DOWNLOAD MODE, IN RECOVERY....
PLEASE HELP ME! T.T

Looks bad, didn't you remove boot.bin and sbl.bin when flashing? Did you try to remove battery, wait one minute, replace battery and turn on using the three button combo? If this does not help you bricked your phone and have to take it to a service center. But don't tell em what you did, just claim it went off and does not turn back on... they will reflash it using their jig box and the phone will work again.

ok, a lot of thanks! I going to try remove the battery and turn on the phone...
No, I don´t remove the boot.bin and nothing, only removed some apps from factoryfs.rfs and changed the android.policy.odex from framework...=(

To bad, you should always remove the bootloader files to avoid the risk of bricking. Looks like the flash stoped during bootloader replacement...

And I can do now? T.T

Your phone is bricked... =/
It happen to me too! I was modifying an JPX ROM file, by removing files from tar and add files from other roms...
Don't try to do this, never! I send my phone back to Samsung, to use the 1 year warranty, i told him my phone was charging and never turns on later it...
Now, after 28 days (Brazil), i have my phone back with a new motherboard.
Samsung says: "Phone don't power on, waiting OS bootloader and imei, nand memory lost..."
I tried all techinics to solve: warm phone with hair dryer, "unbricker" with 301K resistor, keys combination and many other, but take no effects, cause my "custom rom" was modified, and we can't do this just removing a file and add others, make a new tar file doesn't works too.
Use the Samsung warranty! If you have...

Belive me, it has not much to do with modifying the rom, it can happen also if you flash a bootloader with unmodified rom, we had some cases like this on German forum also...

Then? What I can say in Vodafone, when this evening I´m going to the shop?
Explain me slowsly, because I dont understand English very well!

Pulchinelli said:
Use the Samsung warranty! If you have...
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But my phone was rooted, my warranty work?
THANKS!

fersago said:
But my phone was rooted, my warranty work?
THANKS!
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Thats why you should not tell em what happened. If it don't boot they wont see it was rooted

Sending 3113 in for service

My touchscreen on the GT P3113 went out on me today. I was told to take it back to best buy to return it. The unit was previously rooted. How to I erase all traces and counters that the device has been rooted.. I flashed the P3113UEALD3_378347_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 and un rooted.
Is there a counter that the tech can tell if the device has been rooted? If so how can i reset it?

fsubartender said:
My touchscreen on the GT P3113 went out on me today. I was told to take it back to best buy to return it. The unit was previously rooted. How to I erase all traces and counters that the device has been rooted.. I flashed the P3113UEALD3_378347_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 and un rooted.
Is there a counter that the tech can tell if the device has been rooted? If so how can i reset it?
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Use triangle away if your download screen needs to be reset to stock.

Can triangle away be used on a non rooted device?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Let us know if and how it works.

It won't work unless you're rooted. You could root, run Triangle Away, then flash stock through Odin.

It worked, took it back to Best Buy today..after having to go across the county to get a replacement Student Edition White Tab..Im back in business.:laugh::good:

fsubartender said:
My touchscreen on the GT P3113 went out on me today. I was told to take it back to best buy to return it. The unit was previously rooted. How to I erase all traces and counters that the device has been rooted.. I flashed the P3113UEALD3_378347_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 and un rooted.
Is there a counter that the tech can tell if the device has been rooted? If so how can i reset it?
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EDIT: Ignore my post, It worked like a charm. The tablet is now running on two OTA updates, the last one is 242.23MB
When you made that, did recovery was removed from the device ? And how you unrooted it ?
Just by flashing a stock rom ?
I am planning to return my device too (I still have 7 days left for a full refund)
My "counter" is reseted at the moment, I just have to unroot this crap (that was my first tablet and I hate that,
it's not for me)
I'll take a try with CWM and install IML74K-P3113UEALCB-stock.zip & factory reset/flash dalvik etc.
Thanks.

fbl0droid said:
EDIT: Ignore my post, It worked like a charm. The tablet is now running on two OTA updates, the last one is 242.23MB
When you made that, did recovery was removed from the device ? And how you unrooted it ?
Just by flashing a stock rom ?
I am planning to return my device too (I still have 7 days left for a full refund)
My "counter" is reseted at the moment, I just have to unroot this crap (that was my first tablet and I hate that,
it's not for me)
I'll take a try with CWM and install IML74K-P3113UEALCB-stock.zip & factory reset/flash dalvik etc.
Thanks.
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****, after the update I noticed that the keyboard doesnt look the same (more like an Idevices)
I looked at my box, it's written SW-VER UEBLE4, now I am with UEBLG5....
The interface look's better and more fast, more's apps etc, but...
Anyone know if they are going to sue me (sarcasm) if I return this device
with UEBLG5 ? The counter is still at zero.

Ok.
1. I wiped everything factory reset/ dalvik cache.
2. I installed TriangleAway-v1.90 and reset the counter.
3. Then install the GT-P3113 XAR file (unzip the file) , the link is in the first post of the thread below...and flash thru Odin. I reinstalls the stock bootloader, firmware, and recovery.
I used this page as a guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645295

fbl0droid said:
****, after the update I noticed that the keyboard doesnt look the same (more like an Idevices)
I looked at my box, it's written SW-VER UEBLE4, now I am with UEBLG5....
The interface look's better and more fast, more's apps etc, but...
Anyone know if they are going to sue me (sarcasm) if I return this device
with UEBLG5 ? The counter is still at zero.
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I returned the device for a full refund, then the girl sent the tablet to the tech section of the shop,
for a checkup, they didn't see anything.
And I was refunded.

Rooted, but never flashed. Best way to unroot to take the updates?

Hi there, quick question. Searched like crazy, but I think the keywords were just too generic to get any useful results.
Status:
Verizon Galaxy S3
Running 4.1.2 Touchwiz via Verizon
Rooted with some apps frozen & some greenified
Never flashed anything, there are no triangles.
The unlocked icon & "custom" appears at boot.
Issues: None, except my micro USB port doesn't work anymore, so I'm a battery swapper day to day.
I'm on the last few months on my phone, but decided I'd like to take the kitkat update. The quickest & easiest way to do this seems to be to install Universal Unroot from the play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universal.unroot
Run it. Then take the updates once I'm no longer rooted.
Before I did this, wanted to get your feedback on this as a process and if anyone has experience with a similar set up??
Thanks!!

aarontsuru said:
Hi there, quick question. Searched like crazy, but I think the keywords were just too generic to get any useful results.
Status:
Verizon Galaxy S3
Running 4.1.2 Touchwiz via Verizon
Rooted with some apps frozen & some greenified
Never flashed anything, there are no triangles.
The unlocked icon & "custom" appears at boot.
Issues: None, except my micro USB port doesn't work anymore, so I'm a battery swapper day to day.
I'm on the last few months on my phone, but decided I'd like to take the kitkat update. The quickest & easiest way to do this seems to be to install Universal Unroot from the play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universal.unroot
Run it. Then take the updates once I'm no longer rooted.
Before I did this, wanted to get your feedback on this as a process and if anyone has experience with a similar set up??
Thanks!!
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Make sure you revert back to factory as much as you can remembered, like build.props, unfreeze all system apps, unroot with Universal unroot, then take the update. But first make a backup of all your apps/settings with Tibu. Worst come to worst it just failed without any harm done and if it failed and you couldn't figure out what's wrong then the fastest way and most reliable way is to Odin stock ML1, then use the OTA to upgrade to 4.4kk then root with Towelroot app, then restore all your apps with Tibu.

buhohitr said:
Make sure you revert back to factory as much as you can remembered, like build.props, unfreeze all system apps, unroot with Universal unroot, then take the update. But first make a backup of all your apps/settings with Tibu. Worst come to worst it just failed without any harm done and if it failed and you couldn't figure out what's wrong then the fastest way and most reliable way is to Odin stock ML1, then use the OTA to upgrade to 4.4kk then root with Towelroot app, then restore all your apps with Tibu.
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Thanks! That's what I'm thinking. Thinking unfreeze, ungreenify, then unroot. Do a nice reboot for good measure then take the update.
If it fails and I'm still on 4.1.2, just re-root, grab mobile odin, and **** it, let's flash!

I rooted recently using towelroot and uninstalled a bunch of bloat. What would I need to do in order to take the upgrade?

buhohitr said:
Make sure you revert back to factory as much as you can remembered, like build.props, unfreeze all system apps, unroot with Universal unroot, then take the update. But first make a backup of all your apps/settings with Tibu. Worst come to worst it just failed without any harm done and if it failed and you couldn't figure out what's wrong then the fastest way and most reliable way is to Odin stock ML1, then use the OTA to upgrade to 4.4kk then root with Towelroot app, then restore all your apps with Tibu.
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Huh. Went ahead and gave it a go. Twice. Won't take the update. It's confirmed unrooted. Huh.

my suggestion if you're still on 4.1.2 is to wait till a custom 4.4.2 rom comes out and flash that. or sell me your 4.1.2 lol. this whole locked bootloader stuff is so apple like. shame on you vzw/samsung

suchavibrantthang said:
my suggestion if you're still on 4.1.2 is to wait till a custom 4.4.2 rom comes out and flash that. or sell me your 4.1.2 lol. this whole locked bootloader stuff is so apple like. shame on you vzw/samsung
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yeah, I may do that. I'm down to the last few months which is why I was like "screw it, let's go vzw". With that in mind, I do need to think about clearing off my personal data, so I may do a factory reset soon because why not and see what happens.
You don't want my phone. While it is in really good condition, the lack of usable micro usb (it flat out doesn't work) gets old.

aarontsuru said:
yeah, I may do that. I'm down to the last few months which is why I was like "screw it, let's go vzw". With that in mind, I do need to think about clearing off my personal data, so I may do a factory reset soon because why not and see what happens.
You don't want my phone. While it is in really good condition, the lack of usable micro usb (it flat out doesn't work) gets old.
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had a problem w/ a refurb they gave me where the usb port was screwy. i had to firmly hold the cable in at a weird angle and luckly got through a 9min ODIN flash after 4 tries. you could probably chat w/ tech and see if they'll still send you another. i've been outta warranty for awhile but they were really cool, gave me another (although it was a locked 4.3).

suchavibrantthang said:
had a problem w/ a refurb they gave me where the usb port was screwy. i had to firmly hold the cable in at a weird angle and luckly got through a 9min ODIN flash after 4 tries. you could probably chat w/ tech and see if they'll still send you another. i've been outta warranty for awhile but they were really cool, gave me another (although it was a locked 4.3).
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Giving it one more go, found this little bit of advise on a verizon support board when someone was getting a 402 failure on a Note 2:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/813932
Please wipe your cache partition, then try again. This will not erase data.
• Turn off the device.
• Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time:
• Volume Up key
• Home key
• Power key
• When 'GALAXY Note II' appears on the screen, let go of the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
• When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
• Press the Volume Down key to highlight 'wipe cache partition.'
• Press the Power key to select and wipe the cache.
• With 'reboot system now' highlighted, press the Power key to restart the device.
MarquiaF_VZW
Follow us on Twitter @VZWSupport
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We'll see! Yeah, if i'm stuck on 4.1.2 and get annoyed, I may re-un-root and give them a shout.

aarontsuru said:
Giving it one more go, found this little bit of advise on a verizon support board when someone was getting a 402 failure on a Note 2:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/813932
We'll see! Yeah, if i'm stuck on 4.1.2 and get annoyed, I may re-un-root and give them a shout.
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Nevermind.
It failed 402.
lol

I'd wait. If you install OTA, you will NEVER be able to go back and install normal, custom ROMs.

cozzbp said:
I'd wait. If you install OTA, you will NEVER be able to go back and install normal, custom ROMs.
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Looks like I have no choice. Every attempt to take the OTA has failed.

[Q] Galaxy s6 after rooting

Hello, I have rooted my galaxy s6 international version and the only thing I am using is some CSC (?) features like alphabetacilly sorting the app drawer, adblocker and whatsmapp. Actually, I kind of regret it, I want back my factory galaxy s6, warranty, clean rom, is there any way to get like a new device? Installing the stock rom I had will fix it?

Now I see more problems with the s6 like fingerprint sensor isn't working, I'm so afraid without the warranty, don't you?

The burned eFuse-Chip is in fact a hardware damage caused by rooting from the user --> no more warranty by Samsung! You can check that in several reports online, in magazins and even at Samsung
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Saw this in the other thread located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/penalties-flashing-rooting-t3097277
So yeah you can never restore original, never...You can only flash stock firmware.
I did root my Galaxy S6, at first I was very disapointed that I did that, but now I'm thinking that sooner or later I would still have done the same thing, because without root your phone is kind of limited to some things, root gives you more power over the phone so you can control it how you like.
Edit: Fingerprint scanner works fine for me, for you it's probably software related issue, that could be solved by flashing other firmwares.

Giancarlo456 said:
Saw this in the other thread located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/penalties-flashing-rooting-t3097277
So yeah you can never restore original, never...You can only flash stock firmware.
I did root my Galaxy S6, at first I was very disapointed that I did that, but now I'm thinking that sooner or later I would still have done the same thing, because without root your phone is kind of limited to some things, root gives you more power over the phone so you can control it how you like.
Edit: Fingerprint scanner works fine for me, for you it's probably software related issue, that could be solved by flashing other firmwares.
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Im curious if thats the same case with rooting with PingPong root. It doesnt trigger KNOX so can it also mean that the efuse doesnt get triggered?

MaxieA said:
Im curious if thats the same case with rooting with PingPong root. It doesnt trigger KNOX so can it also mean that the efuse doesnt get triggered?
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I'm not sure, but it may save the Efuse-chip by rooting with PingPong. It's a shame that I didn't knew about it before rooting...

Giancarlo456 said:
I'm not sure, but it may save the Efuse-chip by rooting with PingPong. It's a shame that I didn't knew about it before rooting...
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Well we can hope that it doesn't! Yeah mate it sucks ive been wanting to root ever since the SGS6 released but been torned incase I want to return to completly stock so this is a nice choice. But as you said yourself, you would have eventually rooted sooner or later and I don't think you will miss out on anything important

JusTeN_ said:
Hello, I have rooted my galaxy s6 international version and the only thing I am using is some CSC (?) features like alphabetacilly sorting the app drawer, adblocker and whatsmapp. Actually, I kind of regret it, I want back my factory galaxy s6, warranty, clean rom, is there any way to get like a new device? Installing the stock rom I had will fix it?
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Install Samsung Smart Switch and use it to make a backup of your things and then use the recovery option in the program. It will download the right firmware for you and re-install your phone to fabric settings.

ZoZo- said:
Install Samsung Smart Switch and use it to make a backup of your things and then use the recovery option in the program. It will download the right firmware for you and re-install your phone to fabric settings.
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Thx everyone.. really disappointed of rooting, at least I wish I could restore it and root with ping-pong root.
And Zozo,
Its just to transfer files from my previous device to my current device. .

JusTeN_ said:
Thx everyone.. really disappointed of rooting, at least I wish I could restore it and root with ping-pong root.
And Zozo,
Its just to transfer files from my previous device to my current device. .
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If you press the "More" button up to the right there's an option called "Emergency software recovery initialisation". There you can re-install your whole phone to completely factory settings
It will not untrip your KNOX if you rooted the phone in any other way than with PingPong Root, that is not possible for the time being.

ZoZo- said:
If you press the "More" button up to the right there's an option called "Emergency software recovery initialisation". There you can re-install your whole phone to completely factory settings
It will not untrip your KNOX if you rooted the phone in any other way than with PingPong Root, that is not possible for the time being.
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Actually, I don't have the More button, nevermind I will just keep it this way, not a big deal I hope,thx.

bricked s8+ trying to root

ive tried to root my s8+ following the step by step guide but now its a brick
i have never rooted before and tried it for the first time, everything seemed to be going correctly until i pressed wipe and swiped to confirm, i got error message unable to mount storage, now i have a continuous loop of samsung s8 logo
i have tried connecting to odin again and no joy.
is there any hope or is it for the bin ?
gutted

What model do you have? If it's a Snapdragon, they are locked down tight and not rootable. You may have just made a drink coaster....

i have model SM-955F

Download the stock ROM and download mode should be reachable, where you can then flash it

Pedroc1999 said:
Download the stock ROM and download mode should be reachable, where you can then flash it
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i need more information if possible ? i have no idea how to do it, its my first and probably last attempt at rooting

It's probably not binned, don't worry. Can you get into Download mode again?
- Press and hold the Bixby, Volume down and Power buttons together until you see anything on screen.
- When you see a warning screen, hit Volume Down to continue to download mode.

GibMcFragger said:
What model do you have? If it's a Snapdragon, they are locked down tight and not rootable. You may have just made a drink coaster....
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Come on man, if you had a snapdragon version, you can't root or even get that far.

yes i can get into the screen where it says downloading do not turn off

It does look like it's the usual snapdragon variant, yeah. You need the Exynos version for its unlocked bootloader, if you want root and whatnot.
Honestly unless you have specific reasons for root, you probably don't need it.
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I don't miss it so far, but I can't speak for everyone else. I know Brava27 wouldn't dare.
Edit: Okay good. So the Stock ROM is basically the factory image always intended for your phone, from Samsung. You just have to find and download that, then flash it as usual via Odin.
PLEASE triple check around and do your research on whether this link provides you the right one, but here is a first-hit I found when searching for a stock rom for your model. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g955f-stock-odin-firmware-t3585022

brilliant thank you i will give it a try
does it unroot it also if i flash it back to stock and put knox back to normal or is that history now ?

That's right, it's completely stock, so it'd be like you got the phone fresh. It'll be unrooted if you get it working.
So that said, ensure your SIM is in the phone before you set it up, or it'll reset on you again when you insert it later.
I'm not sure what Knox's status would be and if the e-fuse has triggered... you'll know when you're powering on the device, I think. It's no real matter, unless you're concerned about warranty. In which case, you were going to stop caring about that right after attempting to root anyway.
I'm still not certain on what firmware file you want. Might want to search around for something that matches your carrier.

once you root knox is triggered forever, no way to use samsung pay or samsung health in stock not rooted firmware.

galarond said:
once you root knox is triggered forever, no way to use samsung pay or samsung health in stock not rooted firmware.
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can you use them on rooted devices with knox triggered ?

No, I was not able to use Samsung Pay on my Note 5 after I tripped knox. It does some sort of security check on start-up of the app.

The bigger question is whether it "rooted" yet or not. With some luck, the e-fuse has not triggered yet and it's a clean device still.

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yes with custom roms can be done or with some build.prop mods too.

So the snapdragon version is not rootable? Damn, I didn't know that.

woohoo somehow and i have no idea how i managed to get it working again and its rooted
couple of things though now its rooted
i have a security notice always popping up saying there is a problem with my phone and it needs repaired, how do i stop that ?
i found a post about changing a 1 to a 0 to get s health working but when i edit it and try to save it i get error read only file unable to save.
the main reason i wanted it rooted was to stop the annoying heads up display so i installed the noheadsup app which said it installed but i cannot see it on my phone anywhere to change the settings
also the battery drain , normally overnight it uses about 5% battery, last night 32% overnight
apart from that it all seems to be working as normal thanks to the help from people on here

widget2k13 said:
woohoo somehow and i have no idea how i managed to get it working again and its rooted
couple of things though now its rooted
i have a security notice always popping up saying there is a problem with my phone and it needs repaired, how do i stop that ?
i found a post about changing a 1 to a 0 to get s health working but when i edit it and try to save it i get error read only file unable to save.
the main reason i wanted it rooted was to stop the annoying heads up display so i installed the noheadsup app which said it installed but i cannot see it on my phone anywhere to change the settings
also the battery drain , normally overnight it uses about 5% battery, last night 32% overnight
apart from that it all seems to be working as normal thanks to the help from people on here
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For the "Security notice" try this:
root explorer go to /system/app/SecurityLogAgent delete folder
For "S-Health" to work, follow this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-s-health-devices-knox-t3543306
Good luck.

Totaly different sittuation but I think I have this right from what you say in this thread.
That Knox being tripped cant be reversed? and that Knox is a fuse so it cant be bypassed with otg cable backup?