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"starting services" does not stop...on boot up

Hi all , just joined xda-developers but i spend straight 14 hours trying to fix this DAMM photon q yesterday
all i got in the end is a normal boot after following this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001108
BUT at the startup , the screen comes like for a millisecond and then this " starting services" logo doesn't go at all...it just continues forever
any help would be appreciate .

Can you explain what your setup is, and exactly what you've done to get where you are?
For example, you were bootloader official unlocked, on CWM and asa-10, etc.
Thanks.

arrrghhh said:
Can you explain what your setup is, and exactly what you've done to get where you are?
For example, you were bootloader official unlocked, on CWM and asa-10, etc.
Thanks.
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bootloader is not qaulified for official unlock... and its my friends phone so he gave to me since he was unable to use it.. i thought i could give it life again.. so...i don't what esle info you want but i did EXACTLY what that thread told me to do... and still the that thing does not go ..

tune345 said:
bootloader is not qaulified for official unlock... and its my friends phone so he gave to me since he was unable to use it.. i thought i could give it life again.. so...i don't what esle info you want but i did EXACTLY what that thread told me to do... and still the that thing does not go ..
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Still doesn't tell me what you've done, what state the phone is actually in, etc.
I thought my question was pretty straightforward. Unless you provide more detail, I don't know how anyone will be able to help you.
Is this a stolen device? Why is it not qualified for the official unlock? Either way, how does that play into what's wrong with the device?
Did you have custom recovery on it? Give some details!!!

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Still doesn't tell me what you've done, what state the phone is actually in, etc.
I thought my question was pretty straightforward. Unless you provide more detail, I don't know how anyone will be able to help you.
Is this a stolen device? Why is it not qualified for the official unlock? Either way, how does that play into what's wrong with the device?
Did you have custom recovery on it? Give some details!!!
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i think i am a noob at explaining things but let me try again...i don't know the exact history of this phone , my friend gave it to me yesterday and its not stolen ... he paid his insurance every month but then who know what he did... i have no idea why its not qaulified for the official unlock probably because he bought a new phone on the same line so the company deactivated this phone..
ok so when i got the phone yesterday , the bootlocker logo appeared and i was unable to do anything ...then i installed CWMrecovery and it was successfull and then i installed every possible rom available online as far as i know but same thing happened with all of them ..... successfully installed , it reboots and little square thing saying " starting services..." and then it does not go away at all ... but at the same time i am able to bring the top menu ..and go to the settings and everything from there but i can't go to home screen since ...it is black and is occupied by "starting services.."
so finally i came accross this thread for master reboot and i followed it ....i installed TWRrecovery and made backup and then restored a backup providers by that guy ... i flashed new stock recovery after that... so following his thread , he told that if all went successful ... it will return to original stock
and now i am at the same screen as previous... " starting serivces..." my friend told me he tired to root it and he messed up really bad ..so i believe there is still some old files in the internal storage from previous rom versions.... but i deleted everything......wiped, data facotry reset and then
installed a clean backup provided by the thread starter...... and everyone else had success except me ...
i hope i answered your questions if not .. i would aprreciate if you tell me what exactly you want to know ..... thanks

i also tired every US ROMS from here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/asanti_c/list.php
and all of them showed " starting services.." after i installed them from sdcard using CWMrecovery.

we have full RSD lite backups now to restore a phone can be found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095536 i think some xml editing is required tho but it explained it in the thread. that will erase everything on the phone and restore it to complete stock minus unlocked bootloader

Rangerbry said:
we have full RSD lite backups now to restore a phone can be found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095536 i think some xml editing is required tho but it explained it in the thread. that will erase everything on the phone and restore it to complete stock minus unlocked bootloader
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i tried that but m getting confused which commands to delete and how to delete them........because its in the zip

tune345 said:
i tried that but m getting confused which commands to delete and how to delete them........because its in the zip
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You have to extract the files and edit the xml file. And you use rsdlite on your pc phone connected thru usb to write it to the phone
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Rangerbry said:
You have to extract the files and edit the xml file. And you use rsdlite on your pc phone connected thru usb to write it to the phone
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ok i will do it right now...give me 1 minute

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ..... DUDE YOU SAVED ME FROM GOING INSANE lol ....thanks
its working now ... i did that yesterday but my dumbass was choosing the whole zip file without extraction haha...
but the questing is which is the lastest update for it ??

If you installed the asa-14 then it should be. Make sure you flash the right one dont flash the us cellular unless thats what you have
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Rangerbry said:
If you installed the asa-14 then it should be. Make sure you flash the right one dont flash the us cellular unless thats what you have
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asanti_c-user-4.0.4-7.7.1Q-6_SPR-125_ASA-10-11-release-keys-Sprint-US.xml
i installed that one... can i make over the air update on it ... and is this like stock rom ... everything will work ..hdmi ..wifi ??

tune345 said:
asanti_c-user-4.0.4-7.7.1Q-6_SPR-125_ASA-10-11-release-keys-Sprint-US.xml
i installed that one... can i make over the air update on it ... and is this like stock rom ... everything will work ..hdmi ..wifi ??
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You should be able to and everything should function its a complete stock just as sprint flashed it
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is there any other way around for bootlocker ...without official ??
Thank you so much Rangerbry.........

If you Flashed CWM and TWRP your bootloader is already unlocked

Rangerbry said:
If you Flashed CWM and TWRP your bootloader is already unlocked
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This.
Glad you got it workin with RSD lite.

Alright thank you .....all of you guys..
I meant to say remove the boot locker screen at startup ....
Another question is can i reactivate in sprint ?

tune345 said:
Alright thank you .....all of you guys..
I meant to say remove the boot locker screen at startup ....
Another question is can i reactivate in sprint ?
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For bootlogos: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873834
Reactivate in Sprint? What do you mean? Only Sprint can tell you whether the phone can be activated or not. Call them. Not sure why you would even worry about that if it's not stolen.....

Ok I think I will go in store and see what happens...
Ok I have this anither problem now....batteryy life is very short..I charged in the morning and after straight 3 hours.of use its out ..from 96 ,%
M looking into market ...can someone throw some light on battery calibration ...mine phone is not rooted
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Help with possibly hard-bricked LG G4.

So I have an AT&T G4 and I was attempting to root it, something went wrong, when I completed the rooting process I unplugged my phone and got an Authentication fail #11. So I decided I would flash the H810PR ZDK on to the phone hoping I could fix it using this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848) after I completed that I got nothing..... black screen. Now it wont turn on and when I plug it in hear a failed driver sound and this shows up http://imgur.com/EGgdiYL . I've read like two success stoires of people with my problem actually getting AT&T to replace their phone with my problem under warranty, what can I do?

LunaticHD said:
So I have an AT&T G4 and I was attempting to root it, something went wrong, when I completed the rooting process I unplugged my phone and got an Authentication fail #11. So I decided I would flash the H810PR ZDK on to the phone hoping I could fix it using this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848) after I completed that I got nothing..... black screen. Now it wont turn on and when I plug it in hear a failed driver sound and this shows up http://imgur.com/EGgdiYL . I've read like two success stoires of people with my problem actually getting AT&T to replace their phone with my problem under warranty, what can I do?
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Its look like your device's hard brick, nothing can do except changing the device.

faizalotai said:
Its look like your device's hard brick, nothing can do except changing the device.
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I'm under warranty still, do you think that I can exchange it with AT&T?

LunaticHD said:
I'm under warranty still, do you think that I can exchange it with AT&T?
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I guess the phone are not booting, as long as there's no showing of leaking or damage..I think its possible to get new one..
Just says the phone not boot after charging or so..

faizalotai said:
I guess the phone are not booting, as long as there's no showing of leaking or damage..I think its possible to get new one..
Just says the phone not boot after charging or so..
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Correct, it isnt booting at all, so I should just tell them it broke or somthing along those lines?

LunaticHD said:
Correct, it isnt booting at all, so I should just tell them it broke or somthing along those lines?
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Yup, and pray..

faizalotai said:
Yup, and pray..
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Okay thank you for the help! I'll probably contact them tomorrow and just tell them it stopped working and hopefully they will just replace it, after all its their fault for not giving us a proper ZDK to fix it ourselves

LunaticHD said:
Okay thank you for the help! I'll probably contact them tomorrow and just tell them it stopped working and hopefully they will just replace it, after all its their fault for not giving us a proper ZDK to fix it ourselves
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What if I don't have a warranty on my phone?

Who's your carrier?

LunaticHD said:
Who's your carrier?
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AT&T

I did the same I flash the wrong kdz files.All we need some one to uploads the complete eMMC IMAGE to try to revive the phone

The biggest error, is to not make a backup of your stock system.img before flashing.
I encountered the error #11, and fixed it by flashing back to stock, then flashing the correct rooted system image version.
It's caused by flashing a system image that doesn't match your current installed software version.
Ie- you have 10g installed but attempt to load a rooted 10o system image, or vice versa.

same happen to me but i have no opcion im outside the united states so im stuck with this bricked phone. theres a tool for the lg g3 called boarddiag that only works for g3 maybe in a future g4 is added

Help Note 5 continuously restarts during calls after root

After I rooted my Note 5 the phone will randomly restart/reboot. Sometimes it happens hours in between each other and sometimes it's minutes in between. I factory reset it I've tried unrooting through SuperSU I've flashed a different rom, the phone would still restart randomly after that. I'm just getting tired of my phone restarting during calls. Someone plz help me I don't want a refurbished phone from my cellular provider ...

ricosuave88 said:
After I rooted my Note 5 the phone will randomly restart/reboot. Sometimes it happens hours in between each other and sometimes it's minutes in between. I factory reset it I've tried unrooting through SuperSU I've flashed a different rom, the phone would still restart randomly after that. I'm just getting tired of my phone restarting during calls. Someone plz help me I don't want a refurbished phone from my cellular provider ...
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Well if you did some more research you would see that it's your kernel causing problems. I won't tell you what kernel to flash because that would be too easy.

ricosuave88 said:
After I rooted my Note 5 the phone will randomly restart/reboot. Sometimes it happens hours in between each other and sometimes it's minutes in between. I factory reset it I've tried unrooting through SuperSU I've flashed a different rom, the phone would still restart randomly after that. I'm just getting tired of my phone restarting during calls. Someone plz help me I don't want a refurbished phone from my cellular provider ...
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Bro when u asking for help give all the info u have. Are u using a Rom any mods. When issue occurs how long does it take to happen. More info is better or your gonna get told to search.
BADASS NOTE 5 & 4 & LG G4

ricosuave88 said:
After I rooted my Note 5 the phone will randomly restart/reboot. Sometimes it happens hours in between each other and sometimes it's minutes in between. I factory reset it I've tried unrooting through SuperSU I've flashed a different rom, the phone would still restart randomly after that. I'm just getting tired of my phone restarting during calls. Someone plz help me I don't want a refurbished phone from my cellular provider ...
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Try skyhigh kernel 2.1 and you're laughing. [emoji5] [emoji5]

I'm having that same issue. I rooted using the guide on here, using Oden, TWRP, and the Noble root Kernal. The phone is only rebooting while making phone calls. It usually happens right around 1 minute into the phone call. I have searched on here and tried coming up with something onew google. From what I have read is it something wrong with the kernal? Just hoping someone can point me in the right direction on how to correct this problem, and is all that needs to be done is flash a different kernal? If so what kernel should I use. Sorry for hijacking your thread, just didn't want to make another one asking the same question. Any help is greatly appreciated

It's a kernel issue, guys. Flash a different one and you should be good.

That's kinda what I gathered, just wanted to verrify that was the issue before I went screwing around and messed something up, thanks for the reply though.

What kernel should we try ? I'm on a tmobile note 5

Well I'm running forever Loco rom no mods except for what comes with rom as stated b4 I have went back to stock backup and still the same problem if anyone who posted in the thread would be so kind to tell me which kernel I should try would be gladly appreciated

ricosuave88 said:
Well I'm running forever Loco rom no mods except for what comes with rom as stated b4 I have went back to stock backup and still the same problem if anyone who posted in the thread would be so kind to tell me which kernel I should try would be gladly appreciated
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Arter's is currently the most stable. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347814397

Akw6190 said:
Arter's is currently the most stable. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347814397
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+1 that's the one 1 flashed and haven't had any reboots since flashing.
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shooter445 said:
+1 that's the one 1 flashed and haven't had any reboots since flashing.
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Same here. Use a new kernel and that problem will be gone.

can i flash kernel with odin pls because i have the same issue with noble kernel
thanks in advance

soulless angel said:
can i flash kernel with odin pls because i have the same issue with noble kernel
thanks in advance
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Yes you can

soulless angel said:
can i flash kernel with odin pls because i have the same issue with noble kernel
thanks in advance
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Twrp flash. Come on people!

shooter445 said:
That's kinda what I gathered, just wanted to verrify that was the issue before I went screwing around and messed something up, thanks for the reply though.
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If you don't know what you're doing then you should do plenty of research... You shouldn't ever "screw around" if you don't know what you're doing. Keep reading and learn how to properly flash everything before you do this stuff or else you'll end up with a fancy paperweight.

bdonovan said:
If you don't know what you're doing then you should do plenty of research... You shouldn't ever "screw around" if you don't know what you're doing. Keep reading and learn how to properly flash everything before you do this stuff or else you'll end up with a fancy paperweight.
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Exactly why I did read and ask for confirmation that I was going in the right direction. Thanks

same here Back to stocks
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Couldnt find the way to instal
arter97-kernel-n920tw8-4.3.zip
how to intall this ,,, odin is not recognizing ,
kindly guide me,

alee.tariq said:
arter97-kernel-n920tw8-4.3.zip
how to intall this ,,, odin is not recognizing ,
kindly guide me,
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You need to flash that file through custom recovery. You have to download it to your phone then boot into your custom recovery to install it. Just follow the directions on aryer97's thread where you downloaded the kernal.

Unlocked T-Mobile Note 5 not getting signal

Hello everyone!
I bought a Unlocked note 5 like a week ago and it was working perfect I was using it with At&t, since I root every phone I buy I decided to root this one, after rooting; the phone started rebooting by itself ( I used Max's High on android root process ) since it was buggin me out and rebooting too many times I decided to flash another stock image ( being this 6.0 Marsmallow test http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...eral/note-5-t-mobile-marshmallow-tar-t3250744 ) to see if it fixed the issue, gues what? it didn't! And on top of that I got this message:
"Security Error: This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software & is locked. Call your mobile operator for additional support. Please note that repair/return for this issue may have additional cost"
So it gave me the option to restart, I did, but I had signal and my messages were coming through, after it rebooted ( by itself ) like a 3rd time I stopped getting signal, when I have my at&t sim in it stays (Searching), I've tried everything I can think of, Changing apn's, I downgraded to 5.1.1 Stock and still get the same Security Error and still have no signal.
Please anyone that can help me, I've never had this issue when rooting any other phone, does this have a fix?

iYuseffitou said:
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Please anyone that can help me, I've never had this issue when rooting any other phone, does this have a fix?
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Robot to recovery. Backup your stuff to an otg USB and then wrote the phone completely. Flash COD6 with Odin and see what happens
Wait, before you rooted the device, did you turn on OEM Unlock in developer menu?
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Jammol said:
Robot to recovery. Backup your stuff to an otg USB and then wrote the phone completely. Flash COD6 with Odin and see what happens
Wait, before you rooted the device, did you turn on OEM Unlock in developer menu?
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Yes I did my good sir, will try this now.
Edit: COD6 is for Note 4 lol or at least I can't find it.

iYuseffitou said:
Yes I did my good sir, will try this now.
Edit: COD6 is for Note 4 lol or at least I can't find it.
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Crap my bad. Note 4 was last device I had before this. COD6 was pretty popular and most likely still is. Good thing you caught that! @TEKHD has a thread that has instructions on how to Odin the latest firmware for the Note 5. It's in the General section I believe. Do a full wipe first though before you flash with Odin.
Oh yeah, and I advise staying away from the Marshmallow Beta build for now.

Help rooting cricket s7 g930az

I've looked everywhere and haven't found anything on rooting for the 930az. Found an xda rep that said his root or the root he got if from was for all s7 . Followed the instructions step by step till I reached flashing ,then my phone got stuck in a bootloop .luckily I found a post on the inputs of Oden to return to stock but I'm still persistent on finding a root for it please help!!!

Jay351 said:
I've looked everywhere and haven't found anything on rooting for the 930az. Found an xda rep that said his root or the root he got if from was for all s7 . Followed the instructions step by step till I reached flashing ,then my phone got stuck in a bootloop .luckily I found a post on the inputs of Oden to return to stock but I'm still persistent on finding a root for it please help!!!
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When you say flashing, fhalsing what exactly got you the bootloop? Was it flashing the engineering Boot.img through Odin or the fix S7 zip through Flashfire... Or something else?
I don't have a Cricket branded S7, but always offering to help you research.
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
When you say flashing, fhalsing what exactly got you the bootloop? Was it flashing the engineering Boot.img through Odin or the fix S7 zip through Flashfire... Or something else?
I don't have a Cricket branded S7, but always offering to help you research.
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Thanks for the help it was https://youtu.be/KawiIZ4bAV8
As soon as I got to the boot.img and downloaded it to my phone that when it started.

Jay351 said:
Thanks for the help it was https://youtu.be/KawiIZ4bAV8
As soon as I got to the boot.img and downloaded it to my phone that when it started.
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Only a few things I can think to ask:
1) You are using the Odin version by PrinceComsy... not the original version of Odin?
2) When you download the engineering boot image, you're downloading it for your phone model (S7 for S7, S7 Edge for the S7 Edge)? Maybe you accidentally downloaded the wrong one?
3) When uploading the boot image through Odin, the boot image TAR file is in the AP slot of Odin?
4) Last thing I can think is easy, is the boot image is still a TAR file correct? Its not a ZIP or any other file extension?
Have you tried downloading the image again? I invite you to check out a thread I'm part of if you want another location to download the S7 engineering boot image, that thread located here and the boot image file can be downloaded directly from here

POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Only a few things I can think to ask:
1) You are using the Odin version by PrinceComsy... not the original version of Odin?
Yes and I tried the original also
2) When you download the engineering boot image, you're downloading it for your phone model (S7 for S7, S7 Edge for the S7 Edge)? Maybe you accidentally downloaded the wrong one?
Correct s7 for s7
3) When uploading the boot image through Odin, the boot image TAR file is in the AP slot of Odin?
Yes
4) Last thing I can think is easy, is the boot image is still a TAR file correct? Its not a ZIP or any other file extension?
I made sure it was still a tar file.
Thanks for your help I'll check it out
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Jay351 said:
POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Only a few things I can think to ask:
1) You are using the Odin version by PrinceComsy... not the original version of Odin?
Yes and I tried the original also
2) When you download the engineering boot image, you're downloading it for your phone model (S7 for S7, S7 Edge for the S7 Edge)? Maybe you accidentally downloaded the wrong one?
Correct s7 for s7
3) When uploading the boot image through Odin, the boot image TAR file is in the AP slot of Odin?
Yes
4) Last thing I can think is easy, is the boot image is still a TAR file correct? Its not a ZIP or any other file extension?
I made sure it was still a tar file.
Thanks for your help I'll check it out
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You're welcome, just trying to figure it out. Though I see this is a common thing, so I wonder what is different with the Cricket version?
And you're rooting the Nougat version of the phone? This seems to be a topic floating around with no one explaining it. I've tried looking to see if maybe the processor might be somehow a "reduced" version of the 820 compared to the others... but everything makes it look like it should work.
Only other thing I would say is go back through all the steps, and make sure you're not accidentally skipping one. I did that a bunch of times when I first started off. I ended up printing off instructions and making note edits. Took me a few different sets of instructions until I found a formula that worked for my G930P
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Jay351 said:
You're welcome, just trying to figure it out. Though I see this is a common thing, so I wonder what is different with the Cricket version?
And you're rooting the Nougat version of the phone? This seems to be a topic floating around with no one explaining it. I've tried looking to see if maybe the processor might be somehow a "reduced" version of the 820 compared to the others... but everything makes it look like it should work.
Only other thing I would say is go back through all the steps, and make sure you're not accidentally skipping one. I did that a bunch of times when I first started off. I ended up printing off instructions and making note edits. Took me a few different sets of instructions until I found a formula that worked for my G930P
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I'm sorry no we haven't received the update yet I'm still on 6.0.1. Do you mean like mixing up the steps and finding which worked with your phone?
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Jay351 said:
POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
I'm sorry no we haven't received the update yet I'm still on 6.0.1. Do you mean like mixing up the steps and finding which worked with your phone?
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Oh I'll have to go back and do some rereading then, because I thought I saw some websites saying that phone was already on Nougat. If you're still on MM this should be easier I would think... hmmm
For me, it took me about 4 or 5 different threads of talking about how they rooted their Sprint S7 phone, for me to find the right instructions for myself to root my phone. But I know along the way I would miss a step, then my phone wouldn't boot or bootloop like yours. That's why I went back and printed out instructions and checked off to make sure I didn't skip anything. After awhile I could wrap my head around it.
Just saying we are all human, so it's easy to skip a step. Though it doesn't seem like you're the only one having this problem. But if all the branded US phones are pretty much rooted one way or another, I don't see why yours would be any different.
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Jay351 said:
Oh I'll have to go back and do some rereading then, because I thought I saw some websites saying that phone was already on Nougat. If you're still on MM this should be easier I would think... hmmm
For me, it took me about 4 or 5 different threads of talking about how they rooted their Sprint S7 phone, for me to find the right instructions for myself to root my phone. But I know along the way I would miss a step, then my phone wouldn't boot or bootloop like yours. That's why I went back and printed out instructions and checked off to make sure I didn't skip anything. After awhile I could wrap my head around it.
Just saying we are all human, so it's easy to skip a step. Though it doesn't seem like you're the only one having this problem. But if all the branded US phones are pretty much rooted one way or another, I don't see why yours would be any different.
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Your probably right I'll try those steps again and see if anything changes. The only model I see that's close to g930az would be the at&t which is g930a. I know I got lucky with the last attempt to try with it in soft brick. I just don't want to try to many and it be completely screwed. Because on cricket you have to buy all of you phones up front well at least I had to with mine. I'll try it again and let you know if it worked or I have a paper weight haha. Thanks again
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Jay351 said:
POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Your probably right I'll try those steps again and see if anything changes. The only model I see that's close to g930az would be the at&t which is g930a. I know I got lucky with the last attempt to try with it in soft brick. I just don't want to try to many and it be completely screwed. Because on cricket you have to buy all of you phones up front well at least I had to with mine. I'll try it again and let you know if it worked or I have a paper weight haha. Thanks again
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With following the steps you are and what you have happening, you should be OK with being able Odin back to factory firmware.
Yeah Cricket is kind of the double edge sword, you have to buy the phone up front, but they have CHEAP prices for good service. I had them when I first moved to Arizona and would have kept them, if I didn't travel so much.
Report back if anything changes.
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Jay351 said:
I've looked everywhere and haven't found anything on rooting for the 930az. Found an xda rep that said his root or the root he got if from was for all s7 . Followed the instructions step by step till I reached flashing ,then my phone got stuck in a bootloop .luckily I found a post on the inputs of Oden to return to stock but I'm still persistent on finding a root for it please help!!!
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hey can you help get my s7 g930az back to stock. i also happen to be stuck in a bootloop and i've searched everywhere and nothing

leonardo879 said:
hey can you help get my s7 g930az back to stock. i also happen to be stuck in a bootloop and i've searched everywhere and nothing
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Do you have the stock firmware and Odin? Flash that will get you back to stock and functional. Does take awhile to flash the full imagine, but can pretty much fix any software brick issues.
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Do you have the stock firmware and Odin? Flash that will get you back to stock and functional. Does take awhile to flash the full imagine, but can pretty much fix any software brick issues.
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Yes i have the stock firmware and Odin but it always fails. is there any other way to fix it? i tried smart switch and it stops at 69% and it says error so idk what else to try.

leonardo879 said:
Yes i have the stock firmware and Odin but it always fails. is there any other way to fix it? i tried smart switch and it stops at 69% and it says error so idk what else to try.
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What's the failure error? OEM Unlock in Android was turned on correct?
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
What's the failure error? OEM Unlock in Android was turned on correct?
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It says "Encrypt Error" in smart switch. What does OEM Unlock mean?

leonardo879 said:
It says "Encrypt Error" in smart switch. What does OEM Unlock mean?
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By default the phones are locked so someone can't steal your phone and Reimage it. If you boot your phone up after trying to flash do you get an FPR or some sort of error like that?
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
By default the phones are locked so someone can't steal your phone and Reimage it. If you boot your phone up after trying to flash do you get an FPR or some sort of error like that?
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No it doesn't. The phone is just stuck in a boot loop after i tried installing a .tar file in Odin that i got from a youtube video showing how to root it but it doesn't work so now i'm stuck on he boot loop.

leonardo879 said:
No it doesn't. The phone is just stuck in a boot loop after i tried installing a .tar file in Odin that i got from a youtube video showing how to root it but it doesn't work so now i'm stuck on he boot loop.
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Yes but if you try to Odin back to the stock firmware what happens then?
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Yes but if you try to Odin back to the stock firmware what happens then?
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It says "Fail. Model Mismatch fail" something a long that

leonardo879 said:
It says "Fail. Model Mismatch fail" something a long that
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I would recommend going to sammobile or updato to get the firmware for your phone. Sounds like you have the wrong model. If you need help I can help in an hour or so when I get home.
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