Woudl anyone kindly give me a copy of your nandroid backup please? I have a corrupted file system. My /system/app and my /system/priv-app have both been combined together in /data/data. There are some other unique changes too. I don't even know how the phone can operate like this, but it works flawlessly. Unfortunately, I have been hacked and nothing works to get rid of it. If anyone has good adb command skills and can guide me, I'd be happy with that. My adb commands are not extended, and not of them work thus far. I want my phone back in good shape. As of now, there is a bootloader script that erases any changes upon boot.. I need help here. I keep asking, and I see dozens of you reading... but not one reply. Help would be nice. Lol
Why do you just use Odin and reflash the tar
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Yes, odin flash will wack the bootloader partitions as well.
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Why do you just use Odin and reflash the tar
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If it was that simple I wouldn't be here asking for help. I've been flashing for 4 years. Hundreds of times. More than 20 devices. There is a modified bootloader that wipes any updates and keeps the script alive. It takes over my whole OS. I know because I have two Note 5's. One I just got from my friend. It has never been rooted. So when I compare the two, I see lots of major differences. Some of my settings are completely gone. Like the ability to use fingerprints to open websites and verify Samsung account. Then, on the unrooted phone, when I swipe left to briefing, it says "Briefing" wants permission. On my previously rooted, but currently unrooted phone, it says "Touchwiz Home" wants permission. On top of that, I'm not getting the prompts for permissions when I open a app. They are already granted. when I first flash BPC3 and immediately flash TWRP I can see my system files in place. When I boot and look again form ROM Toolbox, the /system folder is empty and I found everything loaded in /data/data. I see several locations with recovery scripts, and one with a fstab.storage in the cache folder. If I delete the cache, the phone will not boot. If I take any of the /data/data apps out, the phone will not boot. I have successfully got it to boot one time and everything seemed fine. However, over the course of a day, little by little, everything reinstalls itself. I'm assuming from a masked backup location. This is a real hack job, and I need some help. I'm not a complete idiot, however, this kind of thing is WAAAAAY over my head. I could start snapping screenshots and posting them here if any of you want to learn more about this and help me get it fixed. I can't use this phone like this. Somebody has complete control of my device.
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Yes, odin flash will wack the bootloader partitions as well.
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Help me bro. This isn't something normal. Please. I'll provide you with whatever information you need. Read the above post.
Oh yeah, one other thing. When I use ODIN I am getting a message that says... "receiving message from bootloader. Please wait two minutes." Then it go the next file and says the same thing, On the third file it fails.
Okay, so I found some logs in the dropbox folder and found a bunch of code linked to a GitHub account owned by this guy. http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1897326 I'm not saying that he is responsible, but I am saying that someone is using his code maliciously. I have it on my phone, I have system logs to verify it, and I have tons of problems with all my accounts being hacked. My phone will not reinitialize on Smart Switch. Nothing works. Sombebody please help me update my bootloader. I don't know how to do this myself and I can not find any information anywhere. Flashing a new sboot.tar with ODIN does not work. Upon reboot, it gets erased and the same old crap comes back.
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Okay, so I found some logs in the dropbox folder and found a bunch of code linked to a GitHub account owned by this guy. http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1897326 I'm not saying that he is responsible, but I am saying that someone is using his code maliciously. I have it on my phone, I have system logs to verify it, and I have tons of problems with all my accounts being hacked. My phone will not reinitialize on Smart Switch. Nothing works. Sombebody please help me update my bootloader. I don't know how to do this myself and I can not find any information anywhere. Flashing a new sboot.tar with ODIN does not work. Upon reboot, it gets erased and the same old crap comes back.
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So what happened ? Did you get it fixed ?
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So what happened ? Did you get it fixed ?
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I'm still working on it. This has some incredibly complicated scripts designed to stop any fixes. I haven't figured it out yet. I have been working non-stop for a week now. I think I'm close to figuring it out, but I'm not as good or even close to his skill set. A lot of this stuff is like looking at Chinese. I'm working on a new initramfs to get everything in order again. I hope to be finished soon. I'll post a detailed fix when I am finished. I'm not going anywhere, I'm here to help others as much as possible. I'll be posting a fix soon.
Somebody share their 100% stock nandroid with me. If you are worried about your data, restore the backup, do a factory reset then back up that nandroid and send me a link in a pm. I need it badly. This crap that i have isnt going away with anything. In four years, this is the ONLY device that I have not been able to fix. I know somebody was smart and backed up their factory image before they rooted. I need that person to step forward please. My device is severely f**ked up. ODIN doesnt fix it, neither does smartswitch. It has been altered with linux folders that get over looked. Please. Im a good guy. Im not gonna abuse anything you send me. Promise on everything. If you prefer to email me a link, its [email protected].
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Somebody share their 100% stock nandroid with me. If you are worried about your data, restore the backup, do a factory reset then back up that nandroid and send me a link in a pm. I need it badly. This crap that i have isnt going away with anything. In four years, this is the ONLY device that I have not been able to fix. I know somebody was smart and backed up their factory image before they rooted. I need that person to step forward please. My device is severely f**ked up. ODIN doesnt fix it, neither does smartswitch. It has been altered with linux folders that get over looked. Please. Im a good guy. Im not gonna abuse anything you send me. Promise on everything. If you prefer to email me a link, its [email protected].
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If you have two note 5 why dont you just root the other one and make a nandroid backup or just use one of the many resources here like the marshmellow tar or a custom rom to get what you need. Just seems odd
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If you have two note 5 why dont you just root the other one and make a nandroid backup or just use one of the many resources here like the marshmellow tar or a custom rom to get what you need. Just seems odd
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If I could use a .tar or a zip file to fix my phone, I wouldn't be here asking for a nandroid. Rooting my second Note 5 would be stupid because I see the same app data already infected on this one. Once I fix my 64GB Note 5 I'm going to sell this 32GB . Nobody buys a rooted phone. I own a cell phone repair shop. I know they won't buy rooted phones unless they are stupid. They always come back complaining about Samsung pay or something security wise that alerted them to the fact that is has been rooted. I'm seeing some of the same **** on my unrooted phone that I see on my rooted phone. It is the app-data, but at least with this phone, I can factory reset and get rid of it and start over. I 'm going to send emails to Google and ask them to clear my stored app-data on every app that is on my account. I can't keep this **** off my phone. This mother***ker wrecked my device. I have removed two of the 6 extra partitions, and now it won't boot. Even if I flash a new .tar with a pit file and nand erase. This is my first phone is four years of flashing and modding that I have not been able to fix. I am not getting any help. Just dumb questions like this one over and over. Lol IF I COULD DO ANY OF THAT, I WOULD NOT BE ASKING FOR HELP. I need a nandroid because that will fix my phone. The one I have is altered and the rest got wiped from my computer when I posted that I had logs. Those got wiped too. This person behind this is all up in my computers and phones and I can't keep them out. I've done everything. Wiped hard drives and started with a clean install on both, bought a new router and set up new passwords. and flashed my phones. It slows them down, but hey get right back in everything over the course of a week. I'm so f**king sick of this. The funny part, I bet more that half of you have the same problems, but you aren't intimate with your devices enough to know that someone is there. This person behind this is highly skilled.... to say the least. This **** was on my phone for at least 3 months, maybe four, before I even realized something was wrong. That is how smooth this is. The phone works flawlessly still. (until I removed two partitions anyways. Now it won't boot.) Share your stock nandroid after wiping it with a factory reset. I don't need any of your personal information.... Just your legit partitions layout. What is so funny about that? I have seen this request a few times in the last four years. I never thought it would happen to me though.
You wanna know a little secret? The app power saving feature has been hacked to allow apps to retain some of the battery power when the device is turned off. Here is the deal. It is not really turned off. It is in a hibernate mode that retains the app-data so that when you turn the phone back on, everything comes back. You think this is not possible? Lol you better study more, and start opening scripts on your device and reading them. You'll find all sorts of neat things if you have been flashing and modding.
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You wanna know a little secret? The app power saving feature has been hacked to allow apps to retain some of the battery power when the device is turned off. Here is the deal. It is not really turned off. It is in a hibernate mode that retains the app-data so that when you turn the phone back on, everything comes back. You think this is not possible? Lol you better study more, and start opening scripts on your device and reading them. You'll find all sorts of neat things if you have been flashing and modding.
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I'm a flashaholic I've been flashing and rooting since my first smartphone back in 2009 the HTC Evo 4g but I always remember rule number one make a nandroid backup I make them weekly even if I change nothing on my phone
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Are you wanting a marshmallow one or a lollipop one they take different bootloaders
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I'm a flashaholic I've been flashing and rooting since my first smartphone back in 2009 the HTC Evo 4g but I always remember rule number one make a nandroid backup I make them weekly even if I change nothing on my phone
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Are you wanting a marshmallow one or a lollipop one they take different bootloaders
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I'll take anything that I can get as long as you are 100% sure that it is unaltered. I'd love to have the L and the M if you don't mind. Just so I have options. I'm dying to end this b.s. Please send me either one or both. I promise I"m not gonna abuse you in any way.
The truth is, it doesn't matter. You can still revert all the way back to OI6 from PC3. I tried AOK but it wouldn't flash. Send me anything bro. I'd be grateful.
I'll see what I can do when I get home at work now what version is your phone currently running??
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Also is rooted gonna be OK because all of my backups are from a rooted device
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I'm a flashaholic I've been flashing and rooting since my first smartphone back in 2009 the HTC Evo 4g but I always remember rule number one make a nandroid backup I make them weekly even if I change nothing on my phone
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Are you wanting a marshmallow one or a lollipop one they take different bootloaders
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You are absolutely correct. I used to always make nandroids, but I got cocky and lazy and quit doing it. Now I regret totally regret that. I will never in my life root another phone without making a nandroid and keeping it safe in two spots. One in the cloud, and the other on a OTG all by itself. I need you bro. Please send me a good nandroid so I can end this nightmare. Lol
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I'll see what I can do when I get home at work now what version is your phone currently running??
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Also is rooted gonna be OK because all of my backups are from a rooted device
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Yeah, that is fine. Rooted is great as long as you didn't mod it before that nandroid. If so, the partition layout will be intact and when I flash it, it will wipe my device completely and I'll be good again. I have seen a few others with this problem over the years, and the only way they fixed it was by using someone's nandroid. I'm am a big fan of the Evo 4G! That is what started it all for me! Lol I made some pretty awesome JB roms for the Evo. You can see them here. http://android.aokforums.com/roms-vf3.html When I get this cleared up, I'm going to make something nice for the Note 5. It's been awhile since I've compiled any roms, but I am suddenly eager to start up again. Thank you for stepping up here bro. I won't forget this.
I can send you a backup of my current setup now but it's the deodexed marshmallow rom with sky-high kernel version 3.0
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I for the life of me can not figure out how to get my imei back, nor do I know how to rewrite in in hex editor. I am current running GO V2 rom. I did the blaze flash yesterday now my phone is basically junk. I can no longer receive mms/pic's, my qik video app wont work, no imei. Its really aggravating me to know end, has caused noting but trouble for me. Can some one please help me to fix my imei so my phone will work properly again?
I already have hex editor on my phone and superuser access, root explorer, and all that other stuff. I just need help. I also have my imei handy as well.
I forgot to mention, I odined back to factory image, then rerooted with superoneclick, did the whole recovery in the system/bin thing, put the update.zip in root of sd card, installed quick boot and then followed flash instructions on GO V2 page. I have done this 4 times already and am getting faster at it lol. Not a good thing. So I have been through all that already.
So, you went ahead and restored the clockworkmod backup recovery image that you regularly archive to your sdcard and that didn't fix the problem?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Guaranteed to work.
You may have to expand your horizons in the process... But, it will work.
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So, you went ahead and restored the clockworkmod backup recovery image that you regularly archive to your sdcard and that didn't fix the problem?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Guaranteed to work.
You may have to expand your horizons in the process... But, it will work.
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Sadly, I have tried everything he listed to do. Im scared I will never be able to fix it lol. The bad part is, I dont have the money to buy another phone right now either so Im kinda screwed both ways.
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Sadly, I have tried everything he listed to do. Im scared I will never be able to fix it lol. The bad part is, I dont have the money to buy another phone right now either so Im kinda screwed both ways.
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So, you have the Android SDK installed and you managed to get through the instructions at the command line?
Don't get upset with me, I just need to establish that you really completed the steps.
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So, you have the Android SDK installed and you managed to get through the instructions at the command line?
Don't get upset with me, I just need to establish that you really completed the steps.
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Im not upset with you, im actually happy someone decided to chime in. I am currently odin'ing back to stock with the clear efs option checked. Its my last resort.
at the command line, it told me no such file or folder, so i was at a dead end on that one. It was however, a good try/suggestion.
Hi guys,
I'm a little new to posting on XDA itself, so I'm not quite sure if I'm in the right section, as I don't have my 10 posts yet. So apologies in advance. Move me where you need to.
Alrighty. I'm running 4.1.1 (stock firmware) and I've been getting notifications to update OTA since about a month ago. However, when I try to update, it stops in the middle of the update, restarts the phone, and gives me an error 402. Not quite sure what that means, though an old Verizon forums posts pointed to a corrupt file in the phone's software itself, preventing the update from happening. Aside from that, the phone's been a mite glitchy with home screen transitions, and it's eating up a bunch of my battery life (not going into deep sleep; overheating) when it hasn't done so in the past.
I don't want to give my phone back to Verizon and get a like-new one back, but that seems like it has been the only option I've been given. I've factory reset, cleared cache through recovery, and still no luck. The error 402 keeps happening when updating.
So my question lies here - What should I do? How can I fix this error? How can I update my phone? Or better yet, is there a ROM of the original ICS software (Day one of GS3 release on Verizon) that I can flash through Odin? Then I'd just log in with Google, and let the phone update for about three hours until I'm on current software, and it really wouldn't be susceptible to software corruption if I just let it update all the way through.
Anyone with a similar problem, or does anyone know what I should do?
Thanks, and hope you can help me with this.
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Hi guys,
I'm a little new to posting on XDA itself, so I'm not quite sure if I'm in the right section, as I don't have my 10 posts yet. So apologies in advance. Move me where you need to.
Alrighty. I'm running 4.1.1 (stock firmware) and I've been getting notifications to update OTA since about a month ago. However, when I try to update, it stops in the middle of the update, restarts the phone, and gives me an error 402. Not quite sure what that means, though an old Verizon forums posts pointed to a corrupt file in the phone's software itself, preventing the update from happening. Aside from that, the phone's been a mite glitchy with home screen transitions, and it's eating up a bunch of my battery life (not going into deep sleep; overheating) when it hasn't done so in the past.
I don't want to give my phone back to Verizon and get a like-new one back, but that seems like it has been the only option I've been given. I've factory reset, cleared cache through recovery, and still no luck. The error 402 keeps happening when updating.
So my question lies here - What should I do? How can I fix this error? How can I update my phone? Or better yet, is there a ROM of the original ICS software (Day one of GS3 release on Verizon) that I can flash through Odin? Then I'd just log in with Google, and let the phone update for about three hours until I'm on current software, and it really wouldn't be susceptible to software corruption if I just let it update all the way through.
Anyone with a similar problem, or does anyone know what I should do?
Thanks, and hope you can help me with this.
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Maybe just root(; lol and flash clean Rom stock 4.1.2
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I'd really like to avoid rooting at all costs. This phone's been great for me when it's unrooted, unlike my Droid2 which needed Liberty.
But other than that, any options that don't involve rooting?
buckoman said:
I'd really like to avoid rooting at all costs. This phone's been great for me when it's unrooted, unlike my Droid2 which needed Liberty.
But other than that, any options that don't involve rooting?
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Not unless you can remove the update and try again. Verizon soft bricked you. Don't know if you can remove the update file from memory and try to download again without root. Get a file explorer and look for the file. Not sure of name as I have only taken one OTA over all the years and it worked. If want to Odin the full MB1 update image is on SamMobile. If Odin that don't have to worry about OTA and will have same thing.
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Not unless you can remove the update and try again. Verizon soft bricked you.
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Which is kind of what I'm asking. Is there a way to re-flash the software completely through Odin? Or just flash the 4.1.2 through Odin? I haven't really been able to find the image online, though. I'd be happy with any software version as long as it deleted and overwrote my current system files with fresh, non-corrupted ones so I could start over. Since backing up files isn't a problem, or even a concern since I could really care less about keeping my files intact at this point, what can I do?
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Which is kind of what I'm asking. Is there a way to re-flash the software completely through Odin? Or just flash the 4.1.2 through Odin? I haven't really been able to find the image online, though. I'd be happy with any software version as long as it deleted and overwrote my current system files with fresh, non-corrupted ones so I could start over. Since backing up files isn't a problem, or even a concern since I could really care less about keeping my files intact at this point, what can I do?
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I was editing when you responded. The Full OTA Odin Image is on SamMobile. Just Odin that and you are done.
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Actually I have it here. Don't know which one is faster. Forgot I uploaded it to my server.
http://d-h.st/Xfe
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I was editing when you responded. The Full OTA Odin Image is on SamMobile. Just Odin that and you are done.
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Actually I have it here. Don't know which one is faster. Forgot I uploaded it to my server.
http://d-h.st/Xfe
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And just making sure, using Odin will completely wipe the phone, yes?
Anyone read about the new root method for all G4s?
I can't link it for some reason but it is in the non carrier G4 section
Yup. Already rooted and debloated.
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Link, pics, and/or video or it didn't happen.
Or you could not be lazy and go look in the main forums for it.
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See this:
[ROOT] TMO/VZW/ATT/SPRINT/INTL Root your LG G4 with Low Effort Root!
Yeah, works like a charm.
Has anyone tried this on a H810 10B VERSION?
How did you do the debloat? I tried manually going through and nuking various things with Titanium Backup and have managed to get into a spot where I randomly get errors like existing apps are missing dependencies. I should have stopped at nuking all ATT stuff and having most of the LG stuff not being loaded but not removing them completely. .
Anyone know where I can find all the LG Apps or a way to pull them back down without going back to a stock image then rerooting?
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Yup. Already rooted and debloated.
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soulysephiroth said:
Yup. Already rooted and debloated.
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I see that you had success with your root on the AT&T variant. I'm using to rooting Samsung phones, so this is definitely different.
Did you encounter any weirdness by just following the original post instructions? Any tips you can pass along before I take the plunge?
Thanks!
I found it very easy but I'm also familiar with low level tools.
If you follow the guide exactly, it should be easy. Just be careful with what you "clean" afterward or you'll end up like me with some weird issues.
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I see that you had success with your root on the AT&T variant. I'm using to rooting Samsung phones, so this is definitely different.
Did you encounter any weirdness by just following the original post instructions? Any tips you can pass along before I take the plunge?
Thanks!
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Has anyone tried this on a H810 10B VERSION?
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Don't do it, it'll brick the phone. They only have a rooted image up for the H81010g.
Follow their directions for making a system image file of your phone.
There are directions somewhere on how to root your image file so look around if you feel comfortable with that.
You can also upload your 10b image to Mega or Androidfilehosts for others to use.
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How did you do the debloat? I tried manually going through and nuking various things with Titanium Backup and have managed to get into a spot where I randomly get errors like existing apps are missing dependencies. I should have stopped at nuking all ATT stuff and having most of the LG stuff not being loaded but not removing them completely. .
Anyone know where I can find all the LG Apps or a way to pull them back down without going back to a stock image then rerooting?
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Block or freeze first! There may be some files you need uploaded on Androidfilehosts.com.
If you post a list of files you need in a new thread here, someone will help you. My phone is bricked, so I can't help today.
What do you freeze to stop the automatic over the air updates?
I removed most of what on the list in the "debloater" link to stop updates. Only drawback is I think I destoryed my MMS because I removed some thing I shouldn't have.
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I removed most of what on the list in the "debloater" link to stop updates. Only drawback is I think I destoryed my MMS because I removed some thing I shouldn't have.
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Check my Debloat thread, I think someone mentioned which file nuked MMS for them, but on another carrier. You can also try another MMS app. I don't like the stock one.
I also got carried away and deleted some necessary apps. I did a factory reset and went through the root process again and it restored the deleted apps and now all is well.
I didn't freeze the apps, I removed them completely. I need to return to stock to resolve it more than likely hah
Did you do the basic factory reset on the phone? If that's all you did, I might do the same .
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I also got carried away and deleted some necessary apps. I did a factory reset and went through the root process again and it restored the deleted apps and now all is well.
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I couldn't get past the startup screen once I reset because of the blocks. LGstartup keeps crashing making it so I can't get past it. Stock it is. And now the damn stock restore keeps failing too.
Does anyone know what could be stopping photo lock from working? I'm hoping that's what it is anyeay
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Does anyone know what could be stopping photo lock from working? I'm hoping that's what it is anyeay
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Just an fyi it's called "content lock" just found it
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I am quite frustrated with MM at this point. My wife's phone Sprint S6 had Lollipop on it, and she set up fingerprint unlock. It did not ask for a pin and there was no backup pin/password set up on the phone. The new MM update rolls around and the policy has changed so that it now requires a pin for the fingerprint unlock and it will not use fingerprint authentication after a reboot or 24 hours of not being used. Well her phone went straight to asking for a pin without one ever being set up and refuses to unlock with a fingerprint. Sprint sent us another phone and I have set it up, but so far the old phone is on and I can do anything you can do with a locked phone on the main screen, take pictures or screenshots, open and close the top menu, but I can't sign in to make any changes. The wifi is on, and it connects to my network. I signed into Android Device Manager and can get it to ring, attempt to reset the lock code which does put up another lock screen but it will not let me unlock the phone. Just keeps going back to the pin. She didn't have a Samsung account so I can't use the unlock on the Samsung page. Took it to a Sprint service center and they couldn't do squat of course. It was another center that told me to go to that one for help. Guess that was just a couple hours drive time wasted.
I now have a spreadsheet of pins I have attempted and it's an hour between attempts but I am getting nowhere fast, and feel like I am wasting time. Since the bootloader is locked I can't get Odin to update it to TWRP, and I have downloaded 5.1.1 to try and push it back but that too is locked out when I try Odin. I logged into the bootloader and have tried to Apply Update from ADB, but I can't seem to find an OTA version of 5.1.1 for Sprint SM-G920P. I can find the .tar.md5 version bit Odin will not let me put it on, I am assuming because it isn't letting me go backward.
I did manage to get all of my contacts off the phone because we still hadn't deleted the bluetooth connection to our car, and it pulls all of the contacts to the car when you connect a phone. So I let it connect to the car, pulled the contacts and then used my phone to video as I scrolled through the contacts and expanded the ones that were truncated on the screen.
The only thing I want now would be some of the pictures, and I can't get to those since there's no micro SD card on an S6. So at this point I don't know if this is just a rant or if someone knows if there is anything I can possibly Update through ADB to help me get into my phone? I have a few more days before I have to send it back to Sprint as they called and wanted it already, but I told them they needed to give me more time since someone (Sprint, Google, or Samsung) let this particular scenario slip by before they pushed this update. Having the phone just sitting here beeping with updates and updating software all the while not letting me in is like it's just screwing with me. If it would just allow the fingerprint to unlock this would be done. Anyone have any ideas?
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I am quite frustrated with MM at this point. My wife's phone Sprint S6 had Lollipop on it, and she set up fingerprint unlock. It did not ask for a pin and there was no backup pin/password set up on the phone. The new MM update rolls around and the policy has changed so that it now requires a pin for the fingerprint unlock and it will not use fingerprint authentication after a reboot or 24 hours of not being used. Well her phone went straight to asking for a pin without one ever being set up and refuses to unlock with a fingerprint. Sprint sent us another phone and I have set it up, but so far the old phone is on and I can do anything you can do with a locked phone on the main screen, take pictures or screenshots, open and close the top menu, but I can't sign in to make any changes. The wifi is on, and it connects to my network. I signed into Android Device Manager and can get it to ring, attempt to reset the lock code which does put up another lock screen but it will not let me unlock the phone. Just keeps going back to the pin. She didn't have a Samsung account so I can't use the unlock on the Samsung page. Took it to a Sprint service center and they couldn't do squat of course. It was another center that told me to go to that one for help. Guess that was just a couple hours drive time wasted.
I now have a spreadsheet of pins I have attempted and it's an hour between attempts but I am getting nowhere fast, and feel like I am wasting time. Since the bootloader is locked I can't get Odin to update it to TWRP, and I have downloaded 5.1.1 to try and push it back but that too is locked out when I try Odin. I logged into the bootloader and have tried to Apply Update from ADB, but I can't seem to find an OTA version of 5.1.1 for Sprint SM-G920P. I can find the .tar.md5 version bit Odin will not let me put it on, I am assuming because it isn't letting me go backward.
I did manage to get all of my contacts off the phone because we still hadn't deleted the bluetooth connection to our car, and it pulls all of the contacts to the car when you connect a phone. So I let it connect to the car, pulled the contacts and then used my phone to video as I scrolled through the contacts and expanded the ones that were truncated on the screen.
The only thing I want now would be some of the pictures, and I can't get to those since there's no micro SD card on an S6. So at this point I don't know if this is just a rant or if someone knows if there is anything I can possibly Update through ADB to help me get into my phone? I have a few more days before I have to send it back to Sprint as they called and wanted it already, but I told them they needed to give me more time since someone (Sprint, Google, or Samsung) let this particular scenario slip by before they pushed this update. Having the phone just sitting here beeping with updates and updating software all the while not letting me in is like it's just screwing with me. If it would just allow the fingerprint to unlock this would be done. Anyone have any ideas?
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So you have tried the sprint stock Marshmallow Odin tar and it's not working ? AND BY YOU CONNECTING YOUR PHONE TO THE PC I'M GUESSING YOU CAN'T SEE THE PICS BECAUSE OF THE NEW MARSHMALLOW PERMISSIONS U HAVE TO ALLOW IT FIRST CAN'T JUST CONNECT IT LIKE BEFORE AND THE STUFF POPS UP ?
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So you have tried the sprint stock Odin tar and it's not working ?
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Yes. The file I tried to upload was the stock 5.1.1 (1648503226 Apr 27 18:36 G920PVPU2BOF7_G920PSPT2BOF7_SPR.zip wrong file this is the one I tried with Odin - 3662786727 Jun 12 2015 G920PVPU2BOF7_G920PSPT2BOF7_G920PVPU2BOF7_HOME.tar.md5 ) for the G920P. The phone has always been stock. I get an error with if I recall LRP and it shows the version numbers and will not allow the update to load. Odin fails pretty quickly. If I try and upload the TWRP bootloader it will show it uploading and then fails the write as the bootloader lock is on.
Correct, I can't see the pics, and didn't have USB debugging turned on either, otherwise there was a chance that I could have used adb to do a backup. It was my wifes phone so I didn't mess with it. In hindsight I guess I should have, and will definitely be correcting this on the replacement.
Try the sprint 6.0.1 tar
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr.../sprint-galaxy-s6-sprint-mm-6-0-odin-t3333530
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Try the sprint 6.0.1 tar
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr.../sprint-galaxy-s6-sprint-mm-6-0-odin-t3333530
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It currently has 6.0.1 on it, and I don't think reloading the same version will help any, since it's the policy of the new MM update to require a pin on a restart, which is what happened here. When the new phone came in it still had 5.1.1 on it, and I went through and verified that setting up fingerprint authentication didn't require a pin. I did turn it back off so we wouldn't get bit by the same issue twice. I also took a screenshot of the 6.0.1 MM update where it mentions the new fingerprint rules. Seems to me they forgot about people who might have set up fingerprint verification and not had a required pin. I have tried over 30 different pins that we can think of, including the last 4 of the phone number, etc. No luck and I am just about to give up.
You never know with the stock Odin android is full of surprises lol I didn't have this problem when I upgraded that's crazy man
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Let me do a quick search on something and I'll get back to you
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Look in this thread a new root method u could root it with cf auto root use the new twrp in the thread and flash the custom rom there that should get you past it
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You never know with the stock Odin android is full of surprises lol I didn't have this problem when I upgraded that's crazy man
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Let me do a quick search on something and I'll get back to you
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Look in this thread a new root method u could root it with cf auto root use the new twrp in the thread and flash the custom rom there that should get you past it
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You never know with the stock Odin android is full of surprises lol I didn't have this problem when I upgraded that's crazy man
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Let me do a quick search on something and I'll get back to you
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Look in this thread a new root method u could root it with cf auto root use the new twrp in the thread and flash the custom rom there that should get you past it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-how-to-root-marshmallow-sm-g920p-t3338694
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I will go read that right now. I am almost ready to go to the bootloader and "Wipe Cache Partition" also to see if that will maybe get it to where it let's me attempt to get back in using the gmail account.
Which leads me to a side rant. The gmail account on the phone was set to sync everything and I figured when I logged into the new phone it would all (at least contacts and calendar entries) just re-sync and download. Nope. Nothing. So I entered new contacts into the new phone, made sure sync was set up, and logged into google with the account and nothing had synced up. I had to tell it to sync manually on the PC before it pulled anything from the phone. Make sure and check your google account folks. Make sure it's actually syncing your data and not just saying it is.
Off to read the thread and see how it goes. I will report back.
Yea I noticed that with Google and the syncing learned that a few years back lol but that thread should be able to help and once u put a custom rom u should be good to go
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Yea I noticed that with Google and the syncing learned that a few years back lol but that thread should be able to help and once u put a custom rom u should be good to go
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It didn't work. I get "Custom Binary(RECOVERY) Blocked by FRP Lock. And I can't get in to turn on the OEM Unlock. I guess my next step will be deleting the cache from the bootloader and see if that resets something to let me re-try via the google account. I am not going to do the factory reset until I am putting it back in the box, but at this point I don't have much to lose.
But a factory reset would not delete your pics and stuff that might be what u need because that's a bug
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I did not know it would keep the data. When I go to the bootloader there is the option "Wipe data/Factory reset". So I just assumed that was the nuke option. Or do I need to google or search here for factory reset? I am also downloading the 6.0.1 stock firmware to attempt to see if it will upload through Odin. This phone gets sent back in a few days so I can't really screw it up and I am not worried about tripping Knox or anything like that. So it's about another 5 hours to dl, as I am on a sloooow connection. Might read up on the factory reset and hit the hay. It's 1:30AM here and I can pick this up tomorrow. Appreciate all of the help and sticking with me.
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I did not know it would keep the data. When I go to the bootloader there is the option "Wipe data/Factory reset". So I just assumed that was the nuke option. Or do I need to google or search here for factory reset? I am also downloading the 6.0.1 stock firmware to attempt to see if it will upload through Odin. This phone gets sent back in a few days so I can't really screw it up and I am not worried about tripping Knox or anything like that. So it's about another 5 hours to dl, as I am on a sloooow connection. Might read up on the factory reset and hit the hay. It's 1:30AM here and I can pick this up tomorrow. Appreciate all of the help and sticking with me.
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Let me know how those 2 methods work out for u mate
Am saving the factory reset for a last resort as from what I read it wipes everything and since the S6 has no card to remove... The download didn't complete so I just restarted. Couple of hours to go.
I got the MM update to successfully upload, but as I figured I am in the same position. I even tried swapping out the recovery.img with another from a rooted firmware, but the FRP lock kept it from loading. So now it's just back to trying pin numbers. And I am about up to about the 40th one since I started logging them. I am sure I have duplicated some of the ones we tried earlier, but since there was nothing set initially I am really just wasting my time I guess. So I will keep an eye here and maybe by the end of the week just wipe the device and put it in the mail back to Sprint. Again, thanks for the help.
Officially gave up on it tonight. Sprint is calling and threatening that if we don't send the phone back they will charge us the full amount so times up. Tried well over 40 possible pins, tried flashing a different firmware, tried flashing twrp, even tried cobbling together a firmware package with twrp stuck inside. No dice. You win Samsung/Google/Sprint.
So beware folks, if you are running Lollipop and using fingerprint authentication and don't have a pin set, switch to another type of unlock before it updates to Marshmallow. Or else you could be stuck in the same predicament as I was. I realize it's a possibly rare combo of settings, but I saw someone in the Sprint repair center the same time I was in there with the same problem.
Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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tr4nqui1i7y said:
Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
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tr4nqui1i7y said:
Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
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I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
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I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
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He's got the SD data. We're working on the /data/ partition now. I think it's mainly notes and pics if I'm not mistaken. I'm really hoping that he's rooted and just forgot or something.
We can make it into odin mode.
You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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I'm thinking of trying to flash stock via Odin to see if that will make it boot. Otherwise, it may have to go jtag route.
I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
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I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
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Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
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Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
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Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
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Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
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@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
Also that file you posted first is the newest one, assuming it's legit it would work. That would for sure wipe everything.
Bottom one is old, probably won't work. Odin should just fail and not let you flash it. If it did work, it would fail at the bootloader stage and brick your phone anyway.
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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
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That's what I was afraid of. I have no idea how updated he kept the device. And since I can only get into stock recovery and download mode I can't learn much about the device. I wish I could just adb in and grab the data partition off of it. Verizon is hounding him to send the device back or they will charge him $500 or something absurd. Which seems extra crazy since he has had that device since it was released. I thought for sure he would own it by now. Verizon has never asked me for a device back.
Have you found any helpful odin stuff out?
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
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I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
@BadUsername Do you know if there is a list of odin files anywhere? This sub seems so disorganized imo. I can't find a helpful sticky or anything.
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I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
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You can still pull nearly everything off the phone with adb from download mode if USB debugging was enabled, you can literally pull every partition and extract what you need.
You can load a very old version of cwm recovery through Odin and flash aroma file manager if you are rooted, if you can get into recovery. Then you can move whatever you want to an external SD card.
Other than that you're likely stuck.