Hello everyone, I am in a bit of a pickle here, I have a galaxy s3 on verizon, and the otherday I tried to root it. and now get a "software unauthorized by verizon is installed, please contact verizon support" message everytime I try to boot the phone up. the phone was stock and unrooted when I did this, (flashed through odin.) Ive read forum after forum after forum but cant find what I need to do. Im trying to get a custom recovery on it so I can install a custom rom, but I really just dont know where to get the correct files. Please help me!
Flashing my galaxy note 2 was litterally so easy how hard can this be?
coffie60percent said:
Hello everyone, I am in a bit of a pickle here, I have a galaxy s3 on verizon, and the otherday I tried to root it. and now get a "software unauthorized by verizon is installed, please contact verizon support" message everytime I try to boot the phone up. the phone was stock and unrooted when I did this, (flashed through odin.) Ive read forum after forum after forum but cant find what I need to do. Im trying to get a custom recovery on it so I can install a custom rom, but I really just dont know where to get the correct files. Please help me!
Flashing my galaxy note 2 was litterally so easy how hard can this be?
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From the sound of it the phone is on 4.4.2 NE1 and it's got a locked bootloader. There are no custom recoveries or custom roms. Post a screen shot of the about phone screen
At this point you would have to Odin back to stock
From my CM11 S3
ShapesBlue said:
From the sound of it the phone is on 4.4.2 NE1 and it's got a locked bootloader. There are no custom recoveries or custom roms. Post a screen shot of the about phone screen
At this point you would have to Odin back to stock
From my CM11 S3
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I cant get to the about phone screen because i cant even boot into the os, because it is stuck at the "unauthorized verizon software detected" screen :/
Nevermind... Didn't scroll down far enough.
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coffie60percent said:
I cant get to the about phone screen because i cant even boot into the os, because it is stuck at the "unauthorized verizon software detected" screen :/
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Alright but you will still have to Odin back to stock. That's pretty much your only option at this point
From my CM11 S3
ShapesBlue said:
Alright but you will still have to Odin back to stock. That's pretty much your only option at this point
From my CM11 S3
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Would you be able to direct me to the necessary files to do so?
coffie60percent said:
Would you be able to direct me to the necessary files to do so?
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I'm looking for the right thread at the moment. Make sure you read before flashing this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2791801
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I need to return my phone and ive used the guide to reset my flash counter with triangle away (which was never tripped, just did it for piece of mind), then i used odin and used the stock kernel and stock image to reinstall back to stock. Everything passed but when i boot my phone up right under the samsung logo it still says custom with the unlock logo. How do i get rid of this so i can return my phone back to verizon?
EDIT***** So i re-rooted then installed ez-unlocker and locked the bootloader again. Then reinstalled stock image through odin and all is well now
shortguy088 said:
I need to return my phone and ive used the guide to reset my flash counter with triangle away (which was never tripped, just did it for piece of mind), then i used odin and used the stock kernel and stock image to reinstall back to stock. Everything passed but when i boot my phone up right under the samsung logo it still says custom with the unlock logo. How do i get rid of this so i can return my phone back to verizon?
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Try locking your bootloader with Ez-Unlock in the play store.
fr8cture said:
Try locking your bootloader with Ez-Unlock in the play store.
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My phones not rooted so i cant use the app.
I thought using Odin with the stock rom/kernel automatically locks the bootloader?
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Jarredw said:
I thought using Odin with the stock rom/kernel automatically locks the bootloader?
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I thought so as well but when I restarted my phone it still said custom. I tried to factory wipe data after I reflashed stock and still didn't work. So I dont know what happened
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Wish i could help but i have no idea. I guess your gonna have to try your luck.
techgov8 said:
I thought so as well but when I restarted my phone it still said custom. I tried to factory wipe data after I reflashed stock and still didn't work. So I dont know what happened
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that means your bootloader is indeed locked...look around on the forums a bit! When the custom unlock screen is gone then your unlocked. I believe there is a guide in the dev section that explains this. :angel:
droidstyle said:
that means your bootloader is indeed locked...look around on the forums a bit! When the custom unlock screen is gone then your unlocked. I believe there is a guide in the dev section that explains this. :angel:
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Well when you first boot up a brand new phone it doesn't have the custom on the samsung screen and that's locked
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Need to get rid of custom Samsung bootloader screen
techgov8 said:
Well when you first boot up a brand new phone it doesn't have the custom on the samsung screen and that's locked
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. I've tried all the guides and their bot working for me on my galaxy s4 d or s anyone know where I can find a step by step guide I'm a noon on rooting
garygnobriga said:
. I've tried all the guides and their bot working for me on my galaxy s4 d or s anyone know where I can find a step by step guide I'm a noon on rooting
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Wait hold up if you have an s4 why are you on the S3 forums? I am assuming you have at&t , T-Mobile or Sprint go to those threads as it makes much more sense to do that.
I have the samsung galaxy s3 through verizon, purchased a few weeks ago. I rooted a couple of weeks ago using CWM and was running CM10. No problems until I decided to fix the camera issue everyone seems to be having. I thought I was flashing back to stock but when my phone restarted, I now have the yellow triangle and a screen that says "Unauthorized software found on phone take to a verizon store" blah blah blah. I can't get back into recovery, but I can get into download mode. I've searched this forum and google and have tried everything, flashing VRALEC, CWM, etc etc and nothing is working. I've been at it all morning and really don't want toadmit defeat and go to Verizon.
Can anyone please help? I can't unlock the bootloader until I can get my phone started. I'm trying to flash stock rom but it doesn't seem to be working. the file I am using is "VRBMB1_bootchain.tar.md5" is this not correct???
Thank you so much in advance!
MissJessa13 said:
the file I am using is "VRBMB1_bootchain.tar.md5" is this not correct???
Thank you so much in advance!
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If you have just recently bought your phone, it is most likely the I535VRBMF1 boot chain found here http://hotfile.com/dl/233901611/1c99bd9/SCH-I535_VZW-I535VRBMF1_Original.zip.html restore to stock using Odin and begin anew.
philosoweed said:
If you have just recently bought your phone, it is most likely the I535VRBMF1 boot chain found here http://hotfile.com/dl/233901611/1c99bd9/SCH-I535_VZW-I535VRBMF1_Original.zip.html restore to stock using Odin and begin anew.
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Thank you! I followed the directions found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436 and was able to get everything working, thank heavens!
Thank you guys so much for your help, I really appreciate it!
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
guy with phone said:
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
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What were you trying to do? Being that your on a locked bootloader you can only flash safestrap and BL roms
From my CM11 S3
guy with phone said:
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
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I have it. I'll shoot one to dev-host later today when I am able.
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guy with phone said:
HELP soft bricked my verizon galaxy s3, last i knew it was running 4.4.2, i can still get to download mode, ive been looking for the odin file for the past 2 hours, cant find it. if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
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VRUDNE1 4.4.2. And here's a separate link as well.
soft bricked my s3
I have a galaxy s3 i535 which was upgraded to kitkat 4.4.2. I was attempting to revert back to 4.1 when i bricked my phone. I can get into odin mode, but I cannot get any files to complete with odin. upon trying to flash the 4.1 rom i got a screen which had a picture of a phone....yellow triangle exclamation....computer and told me to use a repair something or other. I needed a phone so i pulled the main board out of another s3 and was able to get a working phone. I am able to boot into download mode.
any help would be great. I am a noob. and im pretty sure that I didnt have usb debugging enabled when i attempted to flash the rom.
05JSamide27 said:
I have a galaxy s3 i535 which was upgraded to kitkat 4.4.2. I was attempting to revert back to 4.1 when i bricked my phone. I can get into odin mode, but I cannot get any files to complete with odin. upon trying to flash the 4.1 rom i got a screen which had a picture of a phone....yellow triangle exclamation....computer and told me to use a repair something or other. I needed a phone so i pulled the main board out of another s3 and was able to get a working phone. I am able to boot into download mode.
any help would be great. I am a noob. and im pretty sure that I didnt have usb debugging enabled when i attempted to flash the rom.
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You cannot downgrade once your on the locked bootloader. All you can do is flash TW bootloader locked roms at this point. You'll have to just Odin back to stock
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Samsung galaxy SCH-I535, rooted, stock rom (im pretty sure it was 4.3), Power button removed. The other day I was driving, I had my phone sitting on the passenger seat, checked the time everything was fine on the phone. Checked my phone again about 20 mins later and nothing, black screen. I knew the battery was full and I didn't have a charger to turn it back on (no power button) so I forgot about it until I got home. When I got home I went to turn it on ( hold down home + vol down while plugging it in.) pops up into download menu and I hit cancel and back to battery charge mode. I recently changed out the screen (after I removed the power button) so i thought maybe some loca glue got into the power button contacts on the board. I tore it down and thoroughly cleaned out my frame and board, put back together and now it will boot into download mode, hit cancel, popps up with samsung galaxy s3, then the samsung splash screen, then the verizon splash screen, then back to black screen/charge mode at that point every time. I can get into download mode but if I try to get into recovery it just vibrates every 5 sec or so on a black screen until I release a button then goes to charge mode. I am downloading stock firmware I535VRUCNC1 right now and plan to flash with ODIN am I on the right track or could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks to all XDA has saved me multiple times in the past this is the first time I have posted and I'm sure you guys can help a noob out again THANKS ALL!!
Ok So I tries to flash both ML1 and NC1 also with a re-partition via ODIN 3.07 with a fail every time.... Finally got ML1 to flash but now it bootloops at the galaxy s3 logo again.... frustrated still cant get into recovery
If Odin is failing every time your more than likely on the locked bootloader. If so you cannot flash any custom roms which is why it isn't working
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I am not flashing any custom roms.... both of the roms I am trying to flash (NC1 and ML1) are both stock 4.3 roms....
I'm pretty sure I am on a locked bootloader I never did anything with safestrap or never tried a custom rom. on a side note when I used to boot my phone up it showed a picture of an unlocked lock and said custom under it (never sure why it did this unless maybe rooting with towelroot) but it no longer shows this icon when boot(looping)
SpinalMushroom said:
I am not flashing any custom roms.... both of the roms I am trying to flash (NC1 and ML1) are both stock 4.3 roms....
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If your on NC1 you cannot flash ML1 as it's the previous rom/modem. You'll have to flash back to NC1 using Odin. Even if it is stock what your trying to do will not work
Take a look at this thread, it should be of help to you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653902
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I figured as much that I cannot go back to ML1 after the NC1 update but I got the phone used and am not totally sure which one it had so I tried both of them. And the links in the thread you posted are the exact same as the ones I am using following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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I figured as much that I cannot go back to ML1 after the NC1 update but I got the phone used and am not totally sure which one it had so I tried both of them. And the links in the thread you posted are the exact same as the ones I am using following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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True they point to the same thing but are by two separate people. Just trying to help here
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True that... I am just trying to give as much information as I can to anybody who might see this thread
think Im at the point of giving up... Will try again to flash NC1 when I get off work... If I get fails again I guess ill have to finda new board for it. Thanks for trying anyways.
ok so I can (ALMOST) get into my recovery. boots recovery but I get error message "Secure fail: Kernel". Tried Flashing the stock recovery as well there is a .tar file on here I just don't want to look around for the link right now. I can flash the recovery via ODIN with success.... still cant boot recovery on the phone
ShapesBlue said:
True they point to the same thing but are by two separate people. Just trying to help here
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Seems like you are the only one trying to help..
I don't know if it is possible but could I try going up to 4.4.2? I think I'm also gonna try the Hardbrick fix on here cuz why not I don't think it'll hurt it any
SpinalMushroom said:
Seems like you are the only one trying to help..
I don't know if it is possible but could I try going up to 4.4.2? I think I'm also gonna try the Hardbrick fix on here cuz why not I don't think it'll hurt it any
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Yea you could try that if you want to. You will have to unroot first. Some people will try to help where they can, I can't really speak for anyone else
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ShapesBlue said:
Yea you could try that if you want to. You will have to unroot first. Some people will try to help where they can, I can't really speak for anyone else
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How do I Unroot without getting into recovery?
SpinalMushroom said:
How do I Unroot without getting into recovery?
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By chance are you using supersu?
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ShapesBlue said:
By chance are you using supersu?
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I believe so... cant remember tho honestly.
SpinalMushroom said:
I believe so... cant remember tho honestly.
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If you have supersu there's an option to unroot within the app but off hand I forget if its only in the pro version or not. I'll look around to find another option
If not here's another possible option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...laxy-siii-stock-updates-t1710613/post27407556
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Stock 4.4.2 NE1 is currently flashing its already gotten farther than NC1 or ML1 will keep you posted... If I can't boot I don't think I can get into SU
SpinalMushroom said:
Stock 4.4.2 NE1 is currently flashing its already gotten farther than NC1 or ML1 will keep you posted... If I can't boot I don't think I can get into SU
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That's great man. Glad I could help. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with
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ShapesBlue said:
If you have supersu there's an option to unroot within the app but off hand I forget if its only in the pro version or not. I'll look around to find another option
If not here's another possible option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...laxy-siii-stock-updates-t1710613/post27407556
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That's great man. Glad I could help. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with
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4.4.2 flashed successfully.... still bootlooping tho... when I try to get into recovery it popps up in blue "booting recovery" then it goes back to the galaxy s3 logo then back to charge mode... Im not sure but it seems to be the power button causing this since it is the power button you hit to execute commands in recovery (I think)... but since the power button is removed it looks like im back to finding a new board
Hey everyone! I'm new to the XDA forums, and I just purchased my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 about a month ago. I thankfully just successfully rooted it using PingPong Root yesterday. But I was curious if anyone knew how to access the bootloader to find out if I can flash custom Roms and all that. I didn't need to unlock the bootloader to root it. But I don't want to brick my phone trying to flash anything. I tried to do the -power off- -up- and all that to get bootloader, but all I was able to get was the stock recovery and some sort of thing g that looked slightly like a bootloader, but allowed me to reboot, factory reset, and reboot I'm debug mode.
Someone please help!!! I don't know if this is the right place I'm the forums, so please don't delete this post, if I did anything wrong. Thanks everyone.
I also forgot to mentiom, when I boot my phone up, it has an unlock symbol and says Custom underneath it. Could that by chance mean that the bootloader is unlocked aswell? Opinions? Suggestions? All help would be appreciated
VZW bootloader is locked. Doubtful that will change.
There isn't a way around that even if my device is rooted, without getting the Dev edition?
Do I have to have the bootloader unlocked to flash custom ROMS and any thing other than stock stuff, such as a recovery, etc?
No recovery as long as we have locked bootloader. You can flash roms using flashfire.
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This may be a noob question, but what exactly is the use of a ROM and what would be the best ROM to flash? Will it erase everything on my phone, doing so? Contacts, Apps, etc? Where can I find flashfire? I already have flashify from Google play store.
Not flashify, you need flashfire by chainfire do a search on Xda for it. As for roms we don't have alot to choose from but go to the Android Development sub forum and take a look. Most the roms have significant better battery life because they are debloated etc.
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Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433
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Right on, thank you very much for all your help. I appreciate it a lot!
No problem
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So is it safe to day that CyanogenMod will never be an option for this device? I'm running an old s3 and itching to upgrade! I just love CyanogenMod!
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Pretty safe to say I would think, and but you never know
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Cam the bootloader still be locked to change the stock boot animation?
78hilux said:
Cam the bootloader still be locked to change the stock boot animation?
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It IS locked and cannot be unlocked.
I meant am I still able to change the boot animation even if it is locked, without messing anything up
78hilux said:
Cam the bootloader still be locked to change the stock boot animation?
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78hilux said:
I meant am I still able to change the boot animation even if it is locked, without messing anything up
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See this thread to change the boot animation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/themes-apps/bootanimations-pas2001-style-t3138820