So, my phone has 4.3 CML1 on it.
I am running an unlocked bootloader but the stock recovery. And I am UNROOTED.
So, I can't boot into recovery, and I can't flash custom recovery via odin (get auth failed).
Also, I don't think I can ODIN to stock firmware since the download counter > 0.
Any ideas? Ideally I would like it to be unlocked, custom recovery. But if the best I can do is just get it stock firmware that is fine (selling the device on eBay)
RedBullet said:
So, my phone has 4.3 CML1 on it.
I am running an unlocked bootloader but the stock recovery. And I am UNROOTED.
So, I can't boot into recovery, and I can't flash custom recovery via odin (get auth failed).
Also, I don't think I can ODIN to stock firmware since the download counter > 0.
Any ideas? Ideally I would like it to be unlocked, custom recovery. But if the best I can do is just get it stock firmware that is fine (selling the device on eBay)
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U need to be rooted to have custom recovery. But how do u have unlock bootloader on 4.3 and unrooted??? . Reason im asking is cuz wen taken the 4.3 OTA ur on lock bootloader and CANT UNLOCK it. All u can do is root and flash a TW 4.3 ROMS. You CANT flash custom recovery.
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twistedillutions said:
U need to be rooted to have custom recovery. But how do u have unlock bootloader on 4.3 and unrooted??? . Reason im asking is cuz wen taken the 4.3 OTA ur on lock bootloader and CANT UNLOCK it. All u can do is root and flash a TW 4.3 ROMS. You CANT flash custom recovery.
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Yea, it is sort of a long story. It was my device, and I unlocked it and ran CyanogenMod ROM on it. When I gave it to my wife she wanted stock. I could only do that by restring stock recovery and locking bootloader. But the locked bootloader never took, it reverted.
So, here I am. 4.3, unlocked bootloader, Unrooted, stock ROM and stock recovery.
Any ideas?
RedBullet said:
Yea, it is sort of a long story. It was my device, and I unlocked it and ran CyanogenMod ROM on it. When I gave it to my wife she wanted stock. I could only do that by restring stock recovery and locking bootloader. But the locked bootloader never took, it reverted.
So, here I am. 4.3, unlocked bootloader, Unrooted, stock ROM and stock recovery.
Any ideas?
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Strange. In order to get custom recovery. U need to be rooted. Now where it gets tricky. Since its still 4.3 idk if the recovery will stick. I dnt want to tell u yes go ahead and then have ur fone brick. Its up to u if u want to take that chance.
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If u have this. I think ur bootloader is lock
Go into download mode
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
WARRANTY BIT:0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 0
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twistedillutions said:
Strange. In order to get custom recovery. U need to be rooted. Now where it gets tricky. Since its still 4.3 idk if the recovery will stick. I dnt want to tell u yes go ahead and then have ur fone brick. Its up to u if u want to take that chance.
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Any reason adb flash of custom recovery wouldn't work? Even if it doesn't stick, might be enough to get rooted, or might just revert?
RedBullet said:
Yea, it is sort of a long story. It was my device, and I unlocked it and ran CyanogenMod ROM on it. When I gave it to my wife she wanted stock. I could only do that by restring stock recovery and locking bootloader. But the locked bootloader never took, it reverted.
So, here I am. 4.3, unlocked bootloader, Unrooted, stock ROM and stock recovery.
Any ideas?
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You can not unlock the bootloader if you are on the VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1 TW 4.3 otas.
You can only use Saferoot to get root access and Safestrap to flash other TW VRUCML1 based roms. You need to be on VRUCML1 to use Saferoot.
twistedillutions said:
Strange. In order to get custom recovery. U need to be rooted. Now where it gets tricky. Since its still 4.3 idk if the recovery will stick. I dnt want to tell u yes go ahead and then have ur fone brick. Its up to u if u want to take that chance.
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If u have this. I think ur bootloader is lock
Go into download mode
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
WARRANTY BIT:0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 0
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Right, mine says:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: yes (31 counts)
SlimSnoopOS said:
You can not unlock the bootloader if you are on the VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1 TW 4.3 otas.
You can only use Saferoot to get root access and Safestrap to flash other TW VRUCML1 based roms. You need to be on VRUCML1 to use Saferoot.
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It was unlocked before it was upgraded to NC1 (which I did manually)
RedBullet said:
It was unlocked before it was upgraded to NC1 (which I did manually)
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Does download mode have the words:
WARRANTY BIT:0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 0
slimsnoopos said:
does download mode have the words:
Warranty bit:0
bootloader rp swrev: 0
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warranty bit:0
bootloader rp swrev: 1
RedBullet said:
warranty bit:0
bootloader rp swrev: 1
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Ok. Your bootloader is not unlockable, as I said previously.
Since you can access download mode are you also able to boot into the stock rom? If not, do these steps to get your phone back into working order. If you're planning on selling the phone, just Odin flash VRUCML1 tar and you should be all good. You can not boot into recovery because of whatever attempts you did to unlock the bootloader, which is not possible on TW 4.3 OTAs. I assure you, you have a locked bootloader.
Basically, there is no and (likely will not be) a bootloader exploit for 4.3+. Here is some general info on the status of 4.3 and root/roms.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Ok. Your bootloader is not unlockable, as I said previously.
Since you can access download mode are you also able to boot into the stock rom? If not, do these steps to get your phone back into working order. If you're planning on selling the phone, just Odin flash VRUCML1 tar and you should be all good. You can not boot into recovery because of whatever attempts you did to unlock the bootloader, which is not possible on TW 4.3 OTAs. I assure you, you have a locked bootloader.
Basically, there is no and (likely will not be) a bootloader exploit for 4.3+. Here is some general info on the status of 4.3 and root/roms.
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It boots into stock just fine. When it boots the first splash screen says SAMSUNG Custom and shows an unlock symbol.
RedBullet said:
It boots into stock just fine. When it boots the first splash screen says SAMSUNG Custom and shows an unlock symbol.
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Aight, everything for obtaining root has been laid out already. The presence of the lock symbol on boot only symbolizes that there was some modification that wasn't reset before the phone was last restored to stock. It's nothing more than that, although it is harmless. It is not an indication of an unlocked bootloader. If it was, you would not receive that error with Odin when flashing a custom recovery (assuming it was meant for Verizon S3 of course). With Safestrap installed, only TouchWiz 4.3 VRUCML1 roms can be flashed. This means no AOSP, at all.
If you just want to see about getting a working stock recovery again, try Odin flashing the VRUCML1 tar. This will wipe the phone again and should restore the stock recovery. It may also get rid of the lock symbol but that's probably beyond the scope of what can be done once on the official 4.3 OTAs.
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I want to, like everyone, safely install a custom ROM. I have my phone rooted, ClockWorkMod is installed and all that good stuff. Now, how do I check if the bootloader is locked on my Samsung Transform Ultra (Boost Mobile)? How can I then, if it is not unlocked (the bootloader), go about unlocking it? I've searched everywhere I can think and on here. I see countless posts referring to rooting and how to install custom ROMs , but NOTHING about either unlocking the bootloader or checking if it is already unlocked so you can safely do so... So, anyone have any hints or clues?
Oh, and is there a ROM I can install without unlocking the bootloader for this phone? I thought it might be possible if the ROM supported this locked bootloader.
Info:
Phone/Model Number: Samsung Transform Ultra (SPH-M930BST)
Carrier: Boost Mobile
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Version: S:M930.02 x.FF27
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.FF27
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7
Rooted, has ClockworkMod installed. Terminal, Root File Explorer and other tools installed.
Worth Mentioning?: I had this same phone, but Sprint. Followed instructions to Install a MegaTron ROM, it seemed to successfully install, but failed to restart and it was bricked. I just wanna be sure it's safe on the current one I have and not mess up the bootloader.
Good Morning,
After I forgot my security code I went a did a hard reset only to find that my phone wasn't passing the boot logo.
I went ahead and tried to use ODIN but after many attempts all have failed, after reading up I realised am in fact on firmware 4.3 and cannot downgrade to firmware 4.11 thats on sammobile site. Is there anyway I can get firmware 4.3 and still use ODIN to flash?
Also tried updating from SD Card but failed.
Also, when I am in Download mode this is what I am seeing:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-i747
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP Swerv: 2
What does all this mean?
Hi,
I tried downloading a custom Rom but I cant use ODIN to install it, I have to send it to my SD Card and try to install it there.
Can you tell me how to install the Custom Rom using ODIN ?
I have this Custom ROM I747UCUEMJ2.7z
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Hello I have A41 (SM-A415F) with last Android 12.
I like to downgrade to android 10.
I tried Odin but I get error SW rev check fail (boot) fused:2 -> binary: 2
and the phone briched until I restore last FW with Odin.
I unlocked boot loader but the same appened and when I replace last firmware boot loader locks again
Anyone can help?
Thanks in advance
Anyone can help? I unlock bootloader but is not still possible flash old firmware (I think due to fused sw version)
Are any custom rom available for this device? Or at least I can installa another offiial rom with less blootware?
Read to remove these bloatwares
: https://us.norton.com/blog/online-scams/bloatware#
There is no custom rom for you device to date. Please, read the post above.
The problem is that you are using an old firmware. Your phone is up-to-date. I think the only solution is to unistall the bloatwares.