I need some help. I have been searching and trying everything i found but nothing seems to work. I have a 920i 5.0.2. I accidently installed the 920F 5.1.1 bootloader and modem. I am stuck on the samsung screen with "kernel seandroid enforcing." I am able to get back into download mode. Using odin, i tried to flash the stock 920i 5.0.2 and 5.1.1 firmware but neither are working. I tried installing the 920i 5.1.1 bootloader and modem via odin but no dice. An suggestion and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Try flashing stock firmware via Smart Switch.
1. Download Smart Switch.
2. Put your phone in download mode
3. Press "more"
4. Press "Emergency software recovery and initialization"
5. Device initialization
6. search for you device - i guess SM-G920i
7. Type in S/N number that was on the back of your phone.
8. Follow the steps and it should reinstall stock android for you.
Beware that your files and stuff will be gone.
I figured out, I was able to put my phone into recovery. I first had to go into download mode, but press cancel so it doesn't actually go into download mode, then quickly press/hold the buttons to go into recovery. I restored my backup from here.
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mtt311 said:
I figured out, I was able to put my phone into recovery. I first had to go into download mode, but press cancel so it doesn't actually go into download mode, then quickly press/hold the buttons to go into recovery. I restored my backup from here.
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Can you please provide a more detailed solution, please?
I am stuck at this all the time.
I did not use smart switch. My phone was stuck on the Samsung logo screen. Evenn though i tried to enter recover by pressing home+power+volume up, my phone would not go into recover. In order to enter recover, I first had to enter download mode but only as far as the warning screen. I canceled instead of entering download mode and quickly pressed volume up+home+power which allowed me to enter recovery. In recovery I was able to restore and flash as appropriate. This fixed my phone which was stucked on the Samsung logo. Hope this helps.
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I rooted with Casual and selected TWRP for Custom Recovery. Everything seems to be working fine, but I have been unable to start TWRP. With phone off, I hold volume down + Power. The phone will vibrate every few seconds until I release the power button. Then it starts in normal Android mode. Am I trying to start this in the wrong way or is there something messed up with TWRP on my phone?
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I rooted with Casual and selected TWRP for Custom Recovery. Everything seems to be working fine, but I have been unable to start TWRP. With phone off, I hold volume down + Power. The phone will vibrate every few seconds until I release the power button. Then it starts in normal Android mode. Am I trying to start this in the wrong way or is there something messed up with TWRP on my phone?
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Until you flash a rom that has a custom menu to boot to recovery you have to hold volume up plus the home key while hitting the power button. Let the power button go but keep holding the volume up and home key then TWRP should start up.
Edit: You can also download Quick Boot by Sirius app from the play store and see if that gets you to your recovery until you get a rom on that let's you boot straight to recovery.
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Until you flash a rom that has a custom menu to boot to recovery you have to hold volume up plus the home key while hitting the power button. Let the power button go but keep holding the volume up and home key then TWRP should start up.
Edit: You can also download Quick Boot by Sirius app from the play store and see if that gets you to your recovery until you get a rom on that let's you boot straight to recovery.
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The buttons worked BUT TWRP isn't. I have an Android Robot, out for the count, he is on his back. The recovery must be messed up.
joekiv said:
The buttons worked BUT TWRP isn't. I have an Android Robot, out for the count, he is on his back. The recovery must be messed up.
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That's the stock recovery. Download too manager and install twrp from the settings menu
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jhoutz said:
That's the stock recovery. Download too manager and install twrp from the settings menu
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Thanks, but I already tried redoing TWRP with Goo Manager. Program ran fine & finished, but when I rebooted into recovery I got the dead Android Robot again. Don't know how to proceed at this point. May try re-running Casual. Still reading everything I can find on this situation before doing anything.
From a powered off state, hold volume UP, home, and power. Let go of the power button when the phone vibrates.
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From a powered off state, hold volume UP, home, and power. Let go of the power button when the phone vibrates.
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Done that multiple times, same result - Android on back. Tried redoing TWRP with Goo manager, also Checked on lock/unlock with Ez Unlock - got "status unknown". Did not risk pressing either 'Lock' or 'Unlock' and exited app. Not sure what to do next.
Phone is working. Can make calls, messages, use & install apps and change settings. SuperSU is working, TB Pro is working. I did TB Backups & uninstalled multiple locked apps (Bloatware) before discovering that I cannot get into a working TWRP Recovery.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Done that multiple times, same result - Android on back. Tried redoing TWRP with Goo manager, also Checked on lock/unlock with Ez Unlock - got "status unknown". Did not risk pressing either 'Lock' or 'Unlock' and exited app. Not sure what to do next.
Phone is working. Can make calls, messages, use & install apps and change settings. SuperSU is working, TB Pro is working. I did TB Backups & uninstalled multiple locked apps (Bloatware) before discovering that I cannot get into a working TWRP Recovery.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Odin flash a TWRP tar. Uncheck auto-reboot, once it successfully flashes, pull the battery then try booting directly into twrp.
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Odin flash a TWRP tar. Uncheck auto-reboot, once it successfully flashes, pull the battery then try booting directly into twrp.
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Will Odin work if I am unable to get the phone into a working bootloader?
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Will Odin work if I am unable to get the phone into a working bootloader?
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It should. There's download mode and there's recovery mode. You are having issues flashing a recovery. I don't see anything in your prior posts about difficulty accessing anything else.
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It should. There's download mode and there's recovery mode. You are having issues flashing a recovery. I don't see anything in your prior posts about difficulty accessing anything else.
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Your link above for the "TWRP Tar" goes to a page that instructs to go into odin mode on the 'device' by pressing Vol down, home and power. When I do that I get the Android Robot standing and a message that says "Downloading Custom, do not turn off device". At this point no buttons work and I have no choices do do anything and have to do a battery pull to get out. If I go in any other way I get the Robot on its back.
EDIT: You link was only for the purpose of getting the tar file, not a suggestion to use Odin Mobile. I think that all of the time I spent reading about this issue is affecting my brain.
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Your link above for the "TWRP Tar" goes to a page that instructs to go into odin mode on the 'device' by pressing Vol down, home and power. When I do that I get the Android Robot standing and a message that says "Downloading Custom, do not turn off device". At this point no buttons work and I have no choices do do anything and have to do a battery pull to get out. If I go in any other way I get the Robot on its back.
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Yes, you use Odin from a computer and boot your phone into download mode then connect it via usb to flash files. Based on your post, you haven't used Odin before have you?
Edit: If it makes it easier, this thread has a [HOW TO] for Odin and the process of flashing tar files as well.
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Yes, you use Odin from a computer and boot your phone into download mode then connect it via usb to flash files. Based on your post, you haven't used Odin before have you?
Edit: If it makes it easier, this thread has a [HOW TO] for Odin and the process of flashing tar files as well.
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No I haven't, but I realized (slowly) what you meant and edited my last post, Probably while you were posting this.
joekiv said:
No I haven't, but I realized (slowly) what you meant and edited my last post, Probably while you were posting this.
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Ahh, I see that now. Also, per your earlier statement about EZ Unlock. If you have v1.2, just tapping unlock does not harm the phone in any capacity. In fact, fact I encourage you to do so just before using Odin (from a computer) to flash TWRP or CWM. EZ Unlock v1.2 only unlocks the bootloader.
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Did your suggestion and Ran Ez Unlock again and pressed 'Unlock', Status now says UNlocked. Now that it does I'm going to give Goo Manager 1 more shot at fixing TWRP before I run Odin with the TWRP Tar you linked to.
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Did your suggestion and Ran Ez Unlock again and pressed 'Unlock', Status now says UNlocked. Now that it does I'm going to give Goo Manager 1 more shot at fixing TWRP before I run Odin with the TWRP Tar you linked to.
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Cool, let me know what happens.
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Cool, let me know what happens.
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Ran Goo Manager, but no success. Put phone in download mode and used Odin to flash recovery with openrecovery-twrp-2.6.1.0-d2vzw.tar. Odin ran through to end and showed "Pass" and rebooted. Used Vol UP, Home & Power keys to enter TWRP got the Robot on his back with a Red Exclamation mark with this message below:
# Manual Mode #
"...Applying Multi ...CSC
Applying the CSC Code: VZW
Successfully applied Multi-CSC
I have 6 choices on this screen.
1 Reboot System Now (I pressed power and phone booted normally)
2 Apply Update from ADB
3.Apply Updated from External Storage
4 Wipe Data/Factory Reset
5 Wipe Cache Partition
6 Apply update from Cache
So I still can't get into TWRP and the only difference is now the Red Exclamation Point.
Did you uncheck "auto reboot" and pull the battery and boot into TWRP like I said before?
Here's a third method if the above does not work. Download EZ Recovery from the Play Store. Once you've done so, you can use my prior link from Rootzwiki and download a TWRP img (image) and use EZ Recovery to install that img file. For this method, make sure to use TWRP.img. Do not use the "tar" file, for this method, tar files are for Odin only.
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Did you uncheck "auto reboot" and pull the battery and boot into TWRP like I said before?
Here's a third method if the above does not work. Download EZ Recovery from the Play Store. Once you've done so, you can use my prior link from Rootzwiki and download a TWRP img (image) and use EZ Recovery to install that img file. For this method, make sure to use TWRP.img. Do not use the "tar" file, for this method, tar files are for Odin only.
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SUCCESS! Flashed the recovery again, BUT this time with Auto reboot unchecked as you previously told me to do and that I missed. Thank you, not only for your help, but for all your patience as well.
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SUCCESS! Flashed the recovery again, BUT this time with Auto reboot unchecked as you previously told me to do and that I missed. Thank you, not only for your help, but for all your patience as well.
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Ahh, sweet! haha glad I could help you out!
So I have TWRP on but it was mistakenly the T-Mobile version TWRP so the touch screen doesn't work and I can't hold down Vol Up+Home+Power to go to Odin. And if I hold Vol Dow+Home+Power and release right when it turns off, it just will boot back into recovery! Is there a way to reboot into download mode or anything on the main screen of TWRP? ADB? Anything?
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So I have TWRP on but it was mistakenly the T-Mobile version TWRP so the touch screen doesn't work and I can't hold down Vol Up+Home+Power to go to Odin. And if I hold Vol Dow+Home+Power and release right when it turns off, it just will boot back into recovery! Is there a way to reboot into download mode or anything on the main screen of TWRP? ADB? Anything?
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So now I'm in recovery and I tested Fastboot and ADB to see if anything would work. I got ADB to work, BUT here's the catch. The device is "Offline." Check image below....
Did the same with TWRP... awhile back..But I knew it was for the T-Mobile.
I was checking to see if it work (SCREEN WAS NOT RESPONDING, STUCK IT WAS..ALL i DID WAS VOL+ MENU-B+PWR. AND I FLASH A COPY OF THE FIRMWARE I PICKED FROM SAMSUNG WEB SITE .BACK TO STOCK NO ISSUES)
CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t
WORKED FOR ME..
HOPE YOU FIND A SOLUTION.
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So I have TWRP on but it was mistakenly the T-Mobile version TWRP so the touch screen doesn't work and I can't hold down Vol Up+Home+Power to go to Odin. And if I hold Vol Dow+Home+Power and release right when it turns off, it just will boot back into recovery! Is there a way to reboot into download mode or anything on the main screen of TWRP? ADB? Anything?
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If all else fails just Odin the firmware
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How I fixed my Sprint Galaxy S6 stuck in TMobile TWRP boot loop:
I have a lot of my music I made, pictures of my kids and family and did not want to lose my data.
SO, IF YOU VALUE YOUR DATA, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS
1.) Download Odin 3.10.6 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451
2.) Download Sprint TWRP Recovery Image:
https://dl.twrp.me/zerofltespr/twrp-2.8.6.0-zerofltespr.img.tar.html
3.) Enter Galaxy S6 Download Mode:
Here are the few simple steps to boot Galaxy S6 download mode:
Turn your Samsung Galaxy S6 off completely...
you could run the battery down by resetting the phone several times,
but you could probably avoid this by trying this following button sequence:
Boot into Galaxy S6 recovery mode by pressing and holding each button, one at a time
(Volume Down>Home >Power) keys at the same time.
Release all three buttons when Samsung Galaxy S6 screen flickers and you see a warning sign.
Press Volume Up to continue booting into to Recovery mode.
4.) Flash the Sprint TWRP Recovery package:
1. Add the tar file to the "AP" section of ODIN.
2. Under Options make sure to ONLY select "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time".
DO NOT select repartition, or anything else!
3. Click start and it will immediately flash and reboot.
4. Click reboot system and you have your phone back to a working condition.
MafiaIlluminati said:
How I fixed my Sprint Galaxy S6 stuck in TMobile TWRP boot loop:
I have a lot of my music I made, pictures of my kids and family and did not want to lose my data.
SO, IF YOU VALUE YOUR DATA, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS
1.) Download Odin 3.10.6 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451
2.) Download Sprint TWRP Recovery Image:
https://dl.twrp.me/zerofltespr/twrp-2.8.6.0-zerofltespr.img.tar.html
3.) Enter Galaxy S6 Download Mode:
Here are the few simple steps to boot Galaxy S6 download mode:
Switch your Samsung Galaxy S6 off completely...
you could run the battery down by resetting the phone several times,
but you could probably avoid this by just trying this following button sequence:
Boot into Galaxy S6 recovery mode by pressing and holding each button, one at a time
1. Volume Down, 2. Home and 3. Power keys at the same time.
Release all three buttons when Samsung Galaxy S6 screen flickers and you see a warning sign.
Press Volume Up to continue to the main screen of Recovery mode.
4.) Flash the Sprint TWRP Recovery package:
1. Add the tar file to the "AP" section of ODIN.
2. Under Options make sure to ONLY select "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time". DO NOT select repartition, or anything else!
3. Click start and it will immediately flash and reboot.
4. Click reboot system and you have your phone back to a working condition.
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This just saved me! Thank you!
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This just saved me! Thank you!
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You're welcome! I couldn't imagine anyone else losing their data like I almost did mine. :angel:
Which .tar file should i put into AP?. I have a G925I version.
currently it boots ONLY into TWRP.
help please i have tried to root my s7 edge didnt work was saying failed cashe so tried some tips on changing the data file to FAT but phone bat went while it was doing it and now phone loads up the team win recovery screen and freezes on that
twrp stuck on exit: s6 edge
twrp getting stuck when i press reboot or power off..so i cant go back now.whatever i do the screen again open twrp.plz help
update: just download latest version from twrp site and flash it using odin..dont download anyfile from other pages or links. now my problem is solved.
Hi,
I have a Samsung S6 Duos.
Model: SM-G920FD
I tried a firmware update with Smart Switch which went wrong. Now I have a blue screen with !:
"An error has occured while update the device software. Use the Ermergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software."
Emergency recovery isn't working. I tried powering off and then using three buttons to get into download mode. But it doesn't seem to turn off.
What can I do? Is there an alternative way to get into download mode? I thought about ADB but I never turned on developer mode in settings. So how can I go into download mode?
To power off push volume down and power buttons for 10 seconds, immediately after shut down use the 3 buttons to switch to the download modus
First try recovery?
I did it with the usb cable connected and then followed the steps which seems to help.
I'm now in download mode (Power-Home-Volume Down = Download Mode). But I have to find a custom rom first.
Can I try a recovery with Smart Switch before doing that? So can I ignore the screen of my S6 Duos:
Downloading Do not turn off target...
And go into recovery mode? By power off push volume down and power buttons for 10 seconds, immediately after shut down use the 3 buttons: Power-Home-Volume Up = Recovery Mode ?
Or will this get me into problems?
Have you installed a custom recovery? If not, the stock recovery won't do a thing for you.
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I tried to get into recovery mode. But I'm just able to get into download mode. Somehow I can't get into recovery mode.
But what do you mean with custom recovery?
DarryDoo said:
Have you installed a custom recovery? If not, the stock recovery won't do a thing for you.
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Like TWRP or clockworkmod.
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Hello, so my Samsung galaxy j7 (SM-J700F with android version 6.0.1) goes on bootloop after I tried to install xposed updates after rooting the device using odin and installing custom recovery twrp without much thinking (my bad). I tried to go to recovery mode by pressing volume up, power, and home buttons, but failed because it says "can't boot on normal mode invalid kernel length" , also I can't boot the device normally because it says the same thing and goes on bootloop. I searched for guides but all of them tell me to go to recovery mode which I can't. I can only go to download mode by pressing vol down, power and home buttons. I already backed up important files to external drive before the whole process, if I have to do a factory reset to fix this it doesn't matter. I'm very noob I'm not familiar with the language also I really appreciate your help asap thank you very much
You have to factory reset. Since your bootloader is still working (download mode), download your device firmware from sammobile and flash using odin.
Welcome to the android community and good luck!
I made a huge mistake, unticked OEM unlock in developer settings when I was on DEVBASE rom (G930FXXS6ESGD_DevBase_v6.0_encrypt.zip), and now what I'm able to do is:
- flash combination file: COMBINATION_FA60_G930FXXU3ARI2_CL7964511_QB19635501_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5, this way I am able to enter recovery and download mode.
- flash stock rom via Odin: G930FXXS3ERLF_G930FORX3ERKF_ORX. After flashing, phone reboots blue screen "sotware update", then "Erasing" , unexpectedly restarts before finishing erasing, and then yellow triangle, " no command". Unable to enter recovery(black screen: #fail to open recovery_cause....), device is stuck in bootloop or I can get to Download mode, but can't turn off the phone.
what can I do? any help appreciated:angel:
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I made a huge mistake, unticked OEM unlock in developer settings when I was on DEVBASE rom (G930FXXS6ESGD_DevBase_v6.0_encrypt.zip), and now what I'm able to do is:
- flash combination file: COMBINATION_FA60_G930FXXU3ARI2_CL7964511_QB19635501_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5, this way I am able to enter recovery and download mode.
- flash stock rom via Odin: G930FXXS3ERLF_G930FORX3ERKF_ORX. After flashing, phone reboots blue screen "sotware update", then "Erasing" , unexpectedly restarts before finishing erasing, and then yellow triangle, " no command". Unable to enter recovery(black screen: #fail to open recovery_cause....), device is stuck in bootloop or I can get to Download mode, but can't turn off the phone.
what can I do? any help appreciated:angel:
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when it goes to the "no command" screen, what happens if you let it sit on that screen for about 3 min or so? also, have you tries keis? i hate keis, but it helped me recover a phone a time or 2 in the past
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when it goes to the "no command" screen, what happens if you let it sit on that screen for about 3 min or so? also, have you tries keis? i hate keis, but it helped me recover a phone a time or 2 in the past
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1. it keeps rebooting and heats up
2. Kies doesn't want to connect, but even if it could....I think there is only 1 way: "Firmware upgrade and initialization" menu.... entering model number SM-G930F, and Serial Number ??????
(I was able to look my serial number up in this Factory Binary rom/Combination rom, but Kies states it's not correct which I believe - it looks kinda weird though. I am unable to find my box, since I got this phone used. I don't want to disassemble the back cover to check it on the battery because I would loose water resistance :/ )
Update: I have the box, also I spot the S/N on the back cover
I'm able to flash via Odin U3/S3 roms only(which are designed to my region), but it doesn't remove FRP LOCK...It was be good if any rom could start the google auth process, cause I have access to my google account, it's a silly thing that I got locked out from my system... :crying:
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I'm able to flash via Odin U3/S3 roms only(which are designed to my region), but it doesn't remove FRP LOCK...It was be good if any rom could start the google auth process, cause I have access to my google account, it's a silly thing that I got locked out from my system... :crying:
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have you tried entering your own gmail account info in the fields where its asking for the previous users info?
the problem is that I can't even get into this menu, none of the stock roms I'm able to flash are booting up, except the Factory Binary (Combination rom). Even the lowest security rom is S3...? That one is actually not bootlooping, able to turn off device, but not booting up, recovery is working here and download mode.
I'm afraid that only a Z3X box software, with the physical box and cable could save this phone....
After ~20h work finally got into the phone!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NplMF8O2aTk
this tutorial helped!
So the steps:
1. flash your device compatible Combination file with Odin
2. boot up, enable developer options, check usb debugging to be enabled
3. reboot into recovery, do a factory reset
4. enter Download mode
5. repack your device compatible stock rom's "AP.... .tar.md5" file into a new .tar file so it only contains: boot.img, sboot.bin, system.img
6. flash with odin, enjoy!
7. thank to this guy from the video
lulzor said:
the problem is that I can't even get into this menu, none of the stock roms I'm able to flash are booting up, except the Factory Binary (Combination rom). Even the lowest security rom is S3...? That one is actually not bootlooping, able to turn off device, but not booting up, recovery is working here and download mode.
I'm afraid that only a Z3X box software, with the physical box and cable could save this phone....
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lulzor said:
After ~20h work finally got into the phone!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NplMF8O2aTk
this tutorial helped!
So the steps:
1. flash your device compatible Combination file with Odin
2. boot up, enable developer options, check usb debugging to be enabled
3. reboot into recovery, do a factory reset
4. enter Download mode
5. repack your device compatible stock rom's "AP.... .tar.md5" file into a new .tar file so it only contains: boot.img, sboot.bin, system.img
6. flash with odin, enjoy!
7. thank to this guy from the video
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awesome to hear that you got past the FRP lock!