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I'll give as much info as i can and will REWARD whoever can help me with this situation!
I have experience with different samsung phones rooting through odin and others never having much issues. This is first attempt with a tablet fyi.
Samsung tab 2 lte edition from at&t i497 5100
Attempted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957165
root method through odin and everything was going alright until halfway through it said failed. I then rebooted into download and attempted this version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101044
This method seemed to work as i was able to boot into recovery cwm and go through the options. I then ran the supersu zip and verified that the appdrawer had it in there. things looked ok i thought. so now i was ready to download a rom. Attempted the most current CM10 nightly through recovery.- it failed giving me the status 7 error. i then went to the only post about status 7 in the all things tab 2 thread and attempted to download mobile odin but when i loaded the app it said not compatible with my device.
I then attempted to download a stock rom and remove root from phone because sometime in this all i lost the ability to use wifi and my imei showed missing in the settings. no attempt at unrooting seems to work because of the cwm not allowing me to use roms. I attempted to recover the nandroid i made the minute i "rooted" and its giving me the md5 sum error as well.
Please help!!
circa_rider said:
I'll give as much info as i can and will REWARD whoever can help me with this situation!
I have experience with different samsung phones rooting through odin and others never having much issues. This is first attempt with a tablet fyi.
Samsung tab 2 lte edition from at&t 5100
Attempted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957165
root method through odin and everything was going alright until halfway through it said failed. I then rebooted into download and attempted this version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101044
This method seemed to work as i was able to boot into recovery cwm and go through the options. I then ran the supersu zip and verified that the appdrawer had it in there. things looked ok i thought. so now i was ready to download a rom. Attempted the most current CM10 nightly through recovery.- it failed giving me the status 7 error. i then went to the only post about status 7 in the all things tab 2 thread and attempted to download mobile odin but when i loaded the app it said not compatible with my device.
I then attempted to download a stock rom and remove root from phone because sometime in this all i lost the ability to use wifi and my imei showed missing in the settings. no attempt at unrooting seems to work because of the cwm not allowing me to use roms. I attempted to recover the nandroid i made the minute i "rooted" and its giving me the md5 sum error as well.
Please help!!
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I'm worried for you, in that you have corrupted your efs folder - did you make an efs backup? as far as i'm aware, you can only recover your efs if you have backed it up. good luck.
If it helps I am an At&t store manager, and i do have access to a identical tab that is about to be sent back from a return. I am scared though of corrupting that one and then being in a worse situation. If i knew i could create a backup that could be moved to my personal one i would do it. is that possible? I'm not familiar with an efs backup but am researching it to check now.
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I'm worried for you, in that you have corrupted your efs folder - did you make an efs backup? as far as i'm aware, you can only recover your efs if you have backed it up. good luck.
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If it helps I am an At&t store manager, and i do have access to a identical tab that is about to be sent back from a return. I am scared though of corrupting that one and then being in a worse situation. If i knew i could create a backup that could be moved to my personal one i would do it. is that possible? I'm not familiar with an efs backup but am researching it to check now.
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I'm not sure it would, as a store manager you will know imei numbers are specific to each device!...you could swap the tabs over, but I don't condone that
Did you by chance rename the backup after making it? That has caused me problems in the past.
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Samsung tab 2 lte edition from at&t 5100
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Sorry I can't help, but is this the 7" tab? I have the 10.1" tab 2 and my model number is i497... LTE edition.
I totally understand what you mean now, i wasn't thinking a backup would switch over the imei i just thought it would contain whatever identifiers needed not realizing it would have the actual number in that.. I used total commander to look into the root file and there is a efs folder with all the separate folders "bluetooth, wifi, and other folders".
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Did you by chance rename the backup after making it? That has caused me problems in the past.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
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I did rename it when i was going through a fix for the md5 sum issue, i was going through adb and couldn't navigate to the folder so i did rename it... i cant imagine that the recovery would have an issue just because of that? i wouldn't be sure what to name it back to.
I wonder if Samsung has any option for me to send it in and get them to reboot the thing. This sucks!
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I totally understand what you mean now, i wasn't thinking a backup would switch over the imei i just thought it would contain whatever identifiers needed not realizing it would have the actual number in that.. I used total commander to look into the root file and there is a efs folder with all the separate folders "bluetooth, wifi, and other folders".
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There will be, but unforunately they are corrupt now. :crying:
I wonder if Samsung has any option for me to send it in and get them to reboot the thing. This sucks!
i'm pretty sure samsung has an option for you to send it in, but depending on what firmware your running/whether the flash counter has increased in download mode - your warranty would be void - or you may have to pay some $$$$ - they may even refuse. i don't know for sure though.
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There will be, but unforunately they are corrupt now. :crying:
I wonder if Samsung has any option for me to send it in and get them to reboot the thing. This sucks!
i'm pretty sure samsung has an option for you to send it in, but depending on what firmware your running/whether the flash counter has increased in download mode - your warranty would be void - or you may have to pay some $$$$ - they may even refuse. i don't know for sure though.
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I appreciate you talking me through the different things, even if it doesn't fix my issue. I am probably going to call samsung to see but my flash counter is reset from triangle away and the firmware looks like it did before i ever rooted. but it says modified when i go to download mode so im sure they would know in a second that its my fault
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I appreciate you talking me through the different things, even if it doesn't fix my issue. I am probably going to call samsung to see but my flash counter is reset from triangle away and the firmware looks like it did before i ever rooted. but it says modified when i go to download mode so im sure they would know in a second that its my fault
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if the counter is at 0 it sounds like you still have root access, do you?
you could try flashing a stock firmware through odin , which ever came with the tab - 4.0.4??? get the firmware from sammobile.com - that may :fingers-crossed: get rid of the modified status.
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never thought to ask either - whats the *REWARD?
Try flash this jamaican firmware it works on at&t
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/189517896/ee3001a/I497UMAMA1_I497JDIAMA1_JDI.zip.html
mihaidenis said:
Try flash this jamaican firmware it works on at&t
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/189517896/ee3001a/I497UMAMA1_I497JDIAMA1_JDI.zip.html
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You're missing the point! He has a corrupt imei number. He can flash that but still won't be able to get signal.
I had a simaler issue with my S3 (d2tmo) as well as many others. Qpst I believe is what I used to get the imei back. I had the links all save on the laptop but it died 3 moths back. (10 year old dell). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 try that out see if it will help. I have some of the other stuff saved that I will upload to you. Search the issue on S3 (us variants) it could help.
Samsung Rocks!
Great news! Samsung had me send it in and they repaired it in less than 2 days of having it. their ticket email says this
Problem found: ESN corrupted
Solution: Replaced PBA
-- not sure what a pba is but they didn't charge me for the repair! I'm taking this as a gracious sign from above that i should leave it well enough alone and enjoy it the way it was made! I'll just stick to rooting my s3 and doing what im comfortable with. I appreciate all your words of help and advice to try and narrow down a solution.
First of all, you flashed some things not meant for your device. the CF-Autoroot method is designed for the Pxxx models, NOT the SGH/SCH models. Flashing this on your device flashed partitions it shouldn't have.
Second, the PBA is the mainboard. I bricked my tab a few weeks ago (typo in my updater script) and they replaced the PBA also. Samsung warranty is pretty great. Glad you got it fixed.
Always, ALWAYS, be sure you flash a ROM/recovery/etc designed for your specific device. The pxxx tabs and sgh/sch tabs are 100% different in hardware AND partition layout. If you flash a ROM for the Pxxx tab on a SGH/SCH tab, it will overwrite imei. Moderators REALLY need to suck it up and create separate forums for the lte tabs.
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If you flash a ROM for the Pxxx tab on a SGH/SCH tab, it will overwrite imei. Moderators REALLY need to suck it up and create separate forums for the lte tabs.
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Don't think this will happen, too small community and even no CM.
I think the verizon Tab is the Xperia Pro in the Xperia Arc Forum
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Don't think this will happen, too small community and even no CM.
I think the verizon Tab is the Xperia Pro in the Xperia Arc Forum
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I know... very unlikely which is why I'm currently setting up my own forums to alleviate the issue :good:
get my tab 2 imei back to normal
Dexxmor said:
Don't think this will happen, too small community and even no CM.
I think the verizon Tab is the Xperia Pro in the Xperia Arc Forum
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How I can get my tab 2 10.1 original imei back ? I lost my orignal imei and network not registered after my tab is root...please tell me how I can get it back, hope to have a solutions soon...
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. So I'm new to rooting and new to xda, I looked around the forums a bit but am unable to find exactly what I'm looking for. I have a Sprint note 3 smn900p. I successfully rooted it using towelroot and confirmed with root checker. I then downloaded Rom manager and used it to download cwm. Here is where I need help, I boot up my phone and this is what I get. (Volume down, home button, and power)
Odin mode
Smn900p
Samsung official
0x0
0x1 (towelroot did not trip this, it was either RM or CWM)
Qualcom secure boot enable (csb)
Rp swrev s1 t1 a1 a3 p1
Write protection enable
Udc start
At the bottom it says "downloading" and "do not turn off target"
That's where it stays and the only way to get rid of it is to do a battery pull.
Now if I hold volume up, home button, and power this is what it says.
Recovery booting
recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit enforcing.
Phone then starts up normally.
I am trying to do all of this without a computer because I don't always have access but any help at all is appreciated. The main reason I am rooting is to get free wifi tethering for my note 10.1 and after that possibly getting rid of the bloatware and overclocking the cpu.
Again thanks to all the developers and anyone else who makes this possible. You guys (and girls) rock!
nycemt said:
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. So I'm new to rooting and new to xda, I looked around the forums a bit but am unable to find exactly what I'm looking for. I have a Sprint note 3 smn900p. I successfully rooted it using towelroot and confirmed with root checker. I then downloaded Rom manager and used it to download cwm. Here is where I need help, I boot up my phone and this is what I get. (Volume down, home button, and power)
Odin mode
Smn900p
Samsung official
0x0
0x1 (towelroot did not trip this, it was either RM or CWM)
Qualcom secure boot enable (csb)
Rp swrev s1 t1 a1 a3 p1
Write protection enable
Udc start
At the bottom it says "downloading" and "do not turn off target"
That's where it stays and the only way to get rid of it is to do a battery pull.
Now if I hold volume up, home button, and power this is what it says.
Recovery booting
recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit enforcing.
Phone then starts up normally.
I am trying to do all of this without a computer because I don't always have access but any help at all is appreciated. The main reason I am rooting is to get free wifi tethering for my note 10.1 and after that possibly getting rid of the bloatware and overclocking the cpu.
Again thanks to all the developers and anyone else who makes this possible. You guys (and girls) rock!
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You use Volume DOWN+Home+power button to flash firmware by USB using Odin program or restore original firmware using Samsung Kies.
The only way you can exit the Odin mode is remove the battery or after having successfully flash a firmware.
You use Volume UP+Home+power button to enter recovery mode. In recovery, you may be able to perform:
- backup of the entire OS and data of the phone.
- recover from a backup in case you encounter any problem flashing a custom rom, etc.
- perform a full wipe or factory reset
- install custom rom or firmware file saved on phone memory or external SD card.
You may use ROM toolbox to remove unwanted bloatware and overclock or underclock your device.
Please hit thanks if I helped.
But isn't it possible to flash roms/kernels using just your phone? Also when I do hit volume down home and power shouldn't I at least have options from my phone on what to do next, and shouldn't it say something about using cwm? Btw Thanks for the quick reply!
Did you install CWM?
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But isn't it possible to flash roms/kernels using just your phone? Also when I do hit volume down home and power shouldn't I at least have options from my phone on what to do next, and shouldn't it say something about using cwm? Btw Thanks for the quick reply!
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It's not clear from your post whether your really installed CWM recovery. Use Odin (download mode) to flash tar.gz version of CWM (or TWRP). Search for the links yourself. Then you can enter CWM with vol up+home+power combo.
There on, you can flash any (other) recovery or ROM from phone itself via CWM (or TWRP or Philz).
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But isn't it possible to flash roms/kernels using just your phone? Also when I do hit volume down home and power shouldn't I at least have options from my phone on what to do next, and shouldn't it say something about using cwm? Btw Thanks for the quick reply!
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Yeah, it is possible to flash ROM using your phone memory or external SD card thru Recovery mode (Vol UP+Home+Power).
I suggest you use [root] Mobile Odin Pro (this can be downloaded on play store) if you want to flash kernel/ROM without going to recovery mode. It is also safer to use than flashing in download mode.
For a more user friendly recovery, try using Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP).
It is touch-based recovery. Easier to use.
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Ok so I'm going to download twrp, if I did in fact download cwm will these interfere with each other. Also once I download twrp do I have to open it on my phone or just flash it through recovery mode or through mobile Odin pro. (Sorry for the basic, probably stupid questions)
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Ok so I'm going to download twrp, if I did in fact download cwm will these interfere with each other. Also once I download twrp do I have to open it on my phone or just flash it through recovery mode or through mobile Odin pro. (Sorry for the basic, probably stupid questions)
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I flash mine using mobile odin. It will replace CWM.
Download the TAR file save it on your external SD.
Open odin.
Grant superuser request
Open file...
Select TAR file
Flash firmware
Your phone will reboot in recovery.
Ok so I bought Mobile odin pro from the play store now if I want to flash a Kernel to my device I would need to find it on here and then download it correct or I could find a rom with the kernel already on it and flash the whole thing and would I be able to find it on mobile odin or rom toolbox? Thanks again you guys are so helpful taking it baby steps with me.
What I meant on my previous post was I flash my recovery which is TWRP using mobile odin.
I suggest you flash TWRP recovery first using odin. Perform backup in TWRP before flashing any ROM in case anything goes wrong, you may be able to go back to the original state of your device.
nycemt said:
Ok so I bought Mobile odin pro from the play store now if I want to flash a Kernel to my device I would need to find it on here and then download it correct or I could find a rom with the kernel already on it and flash the whole thing and would I be able to find it on mobile odin or rom toolbox? Thanks again you guys are so helpful taking it baby steps with me.
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defiantly follow the previous reply and backup first (very important).
i personally dont download roms etc from apps. i prefer to find it manually on the forum, so you know you have the correct, most up to date file for your device. also, you can read other users post to get an idea of how its working and the possible problems with it.
Ok sorry I took soo long to respond, work has been busy. So I Bought Wifi Tether Router for $2.50 which is still better than 10 extra dollars a month. It works, granted it takes a long time to start up and im not using the stock tether that is included with the phone which would have been great but it gets the job done and I have no complaints. This was one of the main reasons I wanted to root my phone. Anyway I guess when I have some more time to mess with it I will try flashing roms/kernels (I am just soo afraid of hard bricking my phone) but you guys gave some pretty clear instructions so I don't think I'll have a problem. As soon as I get a chance to do some messing around I will let you guys know how it went. Thanks again hopefully one day I will be able to return the favor.
Ok just double checked and now I need to ask another question. Mobile Odin states that my reactivation lock needs to be turned off but when I go to settings, general, security, there is no option to turn it off. It doesn't even show it in the list. Do I absolutely need to turn it off, would it be somewhere else?
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Ok sorry I took soo long to respond, work has been busy. So I Bought Wifi Tether Router for $2.50 which is still better than 10 extra dollars a month. It works, granted it takes a long time to start up and im not using the stock tether that is included with the phone which would have been great but it gets the job done and I have no complaints. This was one of the main reasons I wanted to root my phone. Anyway I guess when I have some more time to mess with it I will try flashing roms/kernels (I am just soo afraid of hard bricking my phone) but you guys gave some pretty clear instructions so I don't think I'll have a problem. As soon as I get a chance to do some messing around I will let you guys know how it went. Thanks again hopefully one day I will be able to return the favor.
Ok just double checked and now I need to ask another question. Mobile Odin states that my reactivation lock needs to be turned off but when I go to settings, general, security, there is no option to turn it off. It doesn't even show it in the list. Do I absolutely need to turn it off, would it be somewhere else?
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i don't know. i looked into it and it appears it should be under security, but that was on a s5. maybe your device doesn't have that option.
Do you know what would happen if I backup or flash a rom and the reactivation lock is enabled?
nycemt said:
Do you know what would happen if I backup or flash a rom and the reactivation lock is enabled?
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i dont know exactly, but through some research it looks like you could run into issues with a custom recovery. i can only assume a rom would be the same.
That really sucks, I'm gonna try and hopefully find a way around it but until then I guess I'm gonna have to wait. Would you happen to know how to check and see if it's activated? (Besides the normal spot in security that it should be)
nycemt said:
That really sucks, I'm gonna try and hopefully find a way around it but until then I guess I'm gonna have to wait. Would you happen to know how to check and see if it's activated? (Besides the normal spot in security that it should be)
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sorry, i don't know. i had to google search to find the previous information.
What device do you use? Have you enabled this feature (reactivation lock) before? I've made a research that this is an anti-theft feature of galaxy s5 and note 3 which prevents fatory reset of the phone using your samsung acccount when stolen.
I think you don't need to worry about disabling this feature if you never enabled it. I'm using galaxy s3 international version (i9300). And I also don't have this feature. Mobile odin is only reminding you that you should disable reactivation lock (in case you have one) before flashing any rom.
I "guess" reactivation lock enabled will prevent you to format certain partition in your phone since it will be password protected.
I suggest that you use TWRP or CWM when flashing ROMs that are not touchwiz based (Cyanogenmod, AOKP, etc). I only use Mobile odin when flashing recovery and flashing stock firmware. Flashing custom ROMs other than stock, in my opinion, will be safer if you do it in recovery after a backup.
I hope I answered your question.
Hi all,
So I've decided to root my Exynos International Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900) using Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root. Problem is, Odin gets stuck at cache.img, then fails after a couple of minutes. Phone then displays BSOD whenever I try to boot. I can access download mode again, but not recovery. My phone is stock 4.2.2.
It's the first time I have such a problem, I flashed a couple of phones before without any trouble. I searched XDA for a solution and tried other Odin versions, different cable/ports, even tried on another computer, still doesn't work.
My first concern is not to lose any data as I didn't back anything up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ask about any missing info.
Thanks!
I see. It didn't say on the XDA thread it was only for Lollipop, but I checked in CF's website and you're right. I've wanted to update to LL ages ago but I didn't get it through OTA. The only LL release that's available for SM-N900 in SamMobile is Russian :/ I don't know if I should flash that one...
Would it be safe to flash back my stock 4.2.2 to at least get my phone back working? Or would the Russian release work for me (assuming it has language choice)?
Also, once I choose which ROM to use, would I loose my data when I flash it? I assume it is flashed the same way than root.
Thanks!
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I assume you've seen this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423. In regards to flashing a Rom you should always clear data, dalvic cache and cache before flashing. That will erase data so backup first. You should look into titanium backup on the play store.
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I assume you've seen this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423. In regards to flashing a Rom you should always clear data, dalvic cache and cache before flashing. That will erase data so backup first. You should look into titanium backup on the play store.
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Yes, that is the thread I've used to flash the root. Now I have a BSOD phone and need to fix it without losing data :/ I didn't back up so I guess flashing ROM is out of the question. Any suggestions ?
GST_Diandre said:
Yes, that is the thread I've used to flash the root. Now I have a BSOD phone and need to fix it without losing data :/ I didn't back up so I guess flashing ROM is out of the question. Any suggestions ?
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You're not going to like it, but you need to flash the stock firmware in Odin and lose your data. It's the only way to get your device working again.
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jd1639 said:
You're not going to like it, but you need to flash the stock firmware in Odin and lose your data. It's the only way to get your device working again.
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app
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I'm surprised. Can you at least explain why the root didn't work? I did everything as stated in the tutorial. I didn't expect a simple root operation would result in me losing everything on my phone; some data I cannot afford to lose.
Also, the phone says that using Kies in recovery mode is what should be done. Kies doesn't recognize the phone as needing repair. Any info?
Thanks !
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I'm surprised. Can you at least explain why the root didn't work? I did everything as stated in the tutorial. I didn't expect a simple root operation would result in me losing everything on my phone; some data I cannot afford to lose.
Also, the phone says that using Kies in recovery mode is what should be done. Kies doesn't recognize the phone as needing repair. Any info?
Thanks !
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Sorry, but live and learn. Always backup before doing any thing new on your phone. Especially rooting and flashing roms as they sometimes go wrong and rooting bypasses some of the safe guards the manufacture builds into the phone to avoid problems. Kies is crap. Learn to use Odin, if your rooting and roming you'll need it sooner or later. And you're at the sooner stage.
Edit, I'd really try asking your question here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help. I'm not sure on your device if you can go back to nb1, 4.4.4, firmware. I'm assuming there is no 5.x firmware for your device at this time. You can check at sammobile.com. But Samsung has updated the bootloader with each update and you have to flash the firmware with the same bootloader version. You can't go backwards.
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jd1639 said:
Sorry, but live and learn. Always backup before doing any thing new on your phone. Especially rooting and flashing roms as they sometimes go wrong and rooting bypasses some of the safe guards the manufacture builds into the phone to avoid problems. Kies is crap. Learn to use Odin, if your rooting and roming you'll need it sooner or later. And you're at the sooner stage.
Edit, I'd really try asking your question here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help. I'm not sure on your device if you can go back to nb1, 4.4.4, firmware. I'm assuming there is no 5.x firmware for your device at this time. You can check at sammobile.com. But Samsung has updated the bootloader with each update and you have to flash the firmware with the same bootloader version. You can't go backwards.
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I will, thank you. I can't afford losing anything as of now. Really hope there's a way of getting it to boot back up.
GST_Diandre said:
I will, thank you. I can't afford losing anything as of now. Really hope there's a way of getting it to boot back up.
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SOLVED. I can't believe how easy it was. I was about to flash it over from scratch but then it struck me.
Chainfire ships Odin with all its root bundles, a version where you cannot untick "Auto Reboot". Because of Auto Reboot being ticked, Odin freezes at "cache.img". It might not freeze for some people but for me, having Auto Reboot activated causes the freeze
Downloading a different version of Odin (any version, I used 3.09) that allows changing parameters and LEAVING EVERYTHING UNTICKED BUT F. RESET TIME works like a charm.
Don't forget to reboot your phone after Odin displays PASS or RESET (Long press power).
I'm going to PM Chainfire about this, and tell a max of people about it.
Thank you for your support
EDIT: Also going to NANDroid my phone. I'm tired of panicking over failed roots
I recently purchased the Metropcs version of this device. The Google, Metro and Samsung apps constantly want to update after a reboot although I've updated them several times. Other apps I've installed and setup to my preferences reset as if I just installed them. I've factory reset and also reinstalled via Smart Switch using PC. Still the same issues persist. I've been unable to enjoy my device. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, where can I find the latest Odin flashable firmware ending in APK6. None of the suggested links/sites in this forum have it. Thank you.
imakulate said:
I recently purchased the Metropcs version of this device. The Google, Metro and Samsung apps constantly want to update after a reboot although I've updated them several times. Other apps I've installed and setup to my preferences reset as if I just installed them. I've factory reset and also reinstalled via Smart Switch using PC. Still the same issues persist. I've been unable to enjoy my device. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, where can I find the latest Odin flashable firmware ending in APK6. None of the suggested links/sites in this forum have it. Thank you.
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You have a Nandroid problem brother. Go to sammobile.com and look up your model, SM-J700T1 (you can also flash the SM-J700T firmware the devices are identical) and download the APK6 firmware update. You can find a download for Odin here at xda. Now, before you flash anything at anytime ever, make sure you have USB debugging and OEM unlock ticked in developer options or you're screwed. After you download the zip extract it with 7z or Winrar on your computer and put the file in the AP slot in Odin. Once it confirms the md5 go to options (the second tab) in Odin and click Nandroid erase all, bootloader update and factory reset time. Make sure auto reboot is NOT clicked. Flash your phone, once finished unplug your phone and drop the battery for about thirty seconds. Power your phone on holding the recovery buttons so the update can erase your system, data and files and install it's system. You should see this screen twice. Once recovery runs twice you're good to go bro. Let me know how it goes.
Metabolic12 said:
You have a Nandroid problem brother. Go to sammobile.com and look up your model, SM-J700T1 (you can also flash the SM-J700T firmware the devices are identical) and download the APK6 firmware update. You can find a download for Odin here at xda. Now, before you flash anything at anytime ever, make sure you have USB debugging and OEM unlock ticked in developer options or you're screwed. After you download the zip extract it with 7z or Winrar on your computer and put the file in the AP slot in Odin. Once it confirms the md5 go to options (the second tab) in Odin and click Nandroid erase all, bootloader update and factory reset time. Make sure auto reboot is NOT clicked. Flash your phone, once finished unplug your phone and drop the battery for about thirty seconds. Power your phone on holding the recovery buttons so the update can erase your system, data and files and install it's system. You should see this screen twice. Once recovery runs twice you're good to go bro. Let me know how it goes.
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Thank you so much for the reply. Believe me I searched for the answers using the Xda Google Advanced search as I've been around the forum for a minute and understand the dangers of being flamed. If there is a Xda link to the latest firmware for Metropcs please link me to it. At this moment I'm downloading the SM-J700T firmware. I never could find a straight answer as if it was compatible with Metropcs. As far as USB debugging, OEM unlock and unknown sources, I enable those on any phone/rom. Anyway, as soon as the download is finished I will follow your instructions and get back to you. Btw, are you using Titanium Backup and have you had good results restoring backups?
Yeah I only use and trust TB! Works great most of the time, I've only had a few issues with restoring data. That could be related to switching ROMS though. I haven't seen any APK6 firmware downloads on xda yet, unfortunately. I trust sammobile though, I've never had a problem with their firmwares.
Metabolic12 said:
Yeah I only use and trust TB! Works great most of the time, I've only had a few issues with restoring data. That could be related to switching ROMS though. I haven't seen any APK6 firmware downloads on xda yet, unfortunately. I trust sammobile though, I've never had a problem with their firmwares.
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I did everything as instructed and everything went well, but I still encountered the same problem. Maybe that's why the phone is selling for $100 with a $60 rebate..bad batch or something. Never had this problem..highly annoyed.
imakulate said:
I did everything as instructed and everything went well, but I still encountered the same problem. Maybe that's why the phone is selling for $100 with a $60 rebate..bad batch or something. Never had this problem..highly annoyed.
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Was the phone used when you bought it from metro?
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Was the phone used when you bought it from metro?
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No, not apparently so..I saw the guy cut the seal. I may return it for another one. Thank you for your help.:good:
Hi OP, not sure if this will still help or not but last night I downloaded the APK6 software from this site:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=B165AF8AC6E611E69215FA163EE8F90B
Once downloaded, all I did is flash it in Odin via AP. I did not delete any data, and just let Odin reset the phone after it was done. Not only did it get me back to stock completely, but I also am now able to check for official updates. I am on Metro PCS as well, and it works great so far. Hopefully this helps, and hopefully you don't have just a bad lemon. All the best of luck to you.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that once I flashed ROM, I did have to factory reset due to apps that were on the custom ROM I flashed from not being present in the official build. After that, everything was golden.
TurtlePwr82 said:
Hi OP, not sure if this will still help or not but last night I downloaded the APK6 software from this site:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=B165AF8AC6E611E69215FA163EE8F90B
Once downloaded, all I did is flash it in Odin via AP. I did not delete any data, and just let Odin reset the phone after it was done. Not only did it get me back to stock completely, but I also am now able to check for official updates. I am on Metro PCS as well, and it works great so far. Hopefully this helps, and hopefully you don't have just a bad lemon. All the best of luck to you.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that once I flashed ROM, I did have to factory reset due to apps that were on the custom ROM I flashed from not being present in the official build. After that, everything was golden.
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Thanks for the direct link! Downloading now..if the problem persists after flashing this, it's back to Metro it goes.
imakulate said:
Thanks for the direct link! Downloading now..if the problem persists after flashing this, it's back to Metro it goes.
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I've never seen anything like this man. I've had to delete all data and system before but once Odin ran nandroid I didn't have any problems. Good luck bro.
Hey guys, just an update. I have not returned the phone, but this is what's going on. I believe Google Play Services is the culprit. I can't get it to be stable. I've tried uninstalling updates and installing a update via a downloaded apk, wiping chache and data..all to no avail. But I discovered multiple copies of various files duplicated over and over. I was wondering why my nandroid backup was over 9 GB. I want to try to flash a custom rom to see if it remedies the issue. I see that there are only 2 in this particular forum and they both seem to have issues. Are there any others that are compatible from the other variants. Again I've searched, but there seems to be no straight answers. Here a screenshot of what I found in data/app. These files are multiple copies of Google Play Services. There were many more copies of maps and other apps.
where can i find a list of stock firmwares for this phone my is metropcs j700t1,im trying to remove frp
MY BAD, PLEASE MOVE THIS TO THE CORRECT SECTION. I'M REALLY SORRY.
Hello!, my mother bought this phone for her in the US and from day 0 it has been having problems. She couldn't use wifi or bluetooth for example, and sometimes it just kept restarting till it worked again, but without any connectivity functions, except mobile data.
I tried to fix this updating the phone using Samsung Smart Switch to the last build (AQL1) but now the phone is stuck on the boot screen no matter what I do.
Tried flashing with Odin, it worked, but the phone is still on boot loop. I read somewhere in this forum that you can install an older version of the bootloader to take the phone out of this hell and I did it, using the build AQK2 bootloader but no luck, same problem.
Also, the phone doesn't have USB debugging enable nor OEM unlock either. I can access both recovery and download mode though.
At this point I'm out of ideas, can someone help me with this one?
Thanks in advanced.
fefin
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MY BAD, PLEASE MOVE THIS TO THE CORRECT SECTION. I'M REALLY SORRY.
Hello!, my mother bought this phone for her in the US and from day 0 it has been having problems. She couldn't use wifi or bluetooth for example, and sometimes it just kept restarting till it worked again, but without any connectivity functions, except mobile data.
I tried to fix this updating the phone using Samsung Smart Switch to the last build (AQL1) but now the phone is stuck on the boot screen no matter what I do.
Tried flashing with Odin, it worked, but the phone is still on boot loop. I read somewhere in this forum that you can install an older version of the bootloader to take the phone out of this hell and I did it, using the build AQK2 bootloader but no luck, same problem.
Also, the phone doesn't have USB debugging enable nor OEM unlock either. I can access both recovery and download mode though.
At this point I'm out of ideas, can someone help me with this one?
Thanks in advanced.
fefin
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Have you reached out to Samsung yet?
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Have you reached out to Samsung yet?
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Thanks for answering. Where I live there is not a single Samsung Service, only at like 1800km from here, that's why I'm trying to solve this by myself but seems that this is a hard one... I hope someone can help me to deal with this as it was a big investment :/
Thanks again!, if someone knows a way to help please tell me.
fefin
fefin said:
Thanks for answering. Where I live there is not a single Samsung Service, only at like 1800km from here, that's why I'm trying to solve this by myself but seems that this is a hard one... I hope someone can help me to deal with this as it was a big investment :/
Thanks again!, if someone knows a way to help please tell me.
fefin
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I mean have you called or emailed Samsung?
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I mean have you called or emailed Samsung?
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No I haven't, I will give a try soon through web chat.
I mean, this shouldn't be happening, it's a brand new phone, all over the internet are people with the same problems as me and looks like so far there is no solution.
Maybe it's a faulty phone/hardware? My knowledge is not enough in this matter.
See you!,
Federico.
I need a couple things from you
1. What model does it say on the back of the phone i understand you posted it in the header but please for safety sake .
2. Go into download mode for me so i can see what carrier it lists
3. Try wiping data cache in recovery
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I need a couple things from you
1. What model does it say on the back of the phone i understand you posted it in the header but please for safety sake .
2. Go into download mode for me so i can see what carrier it lists
3. Try wiping data cache in recovery
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Thanks for answering!, here it goes:
1. It says SM-G955U1
2. Carrier: XAA
3. Done, still the same.
An update from my last post:
After a few bootloops the FRP screen showed up, as the phone can't use wifi yet I managed to access using mobile data and enabled the USB debugging, but after trying to enable wifi the phone froze and went on bootloop again, so still the same but with the USB debugging enabled. I'm currently on the build AQK2.
Thanks again, and I hope we can fix this.
Update 2:
I cleared the cache, after a few bootloops the phone actually boots (gets to the lock screen), and it restarts again while the message "Android is starting" is loading, so now it's a different type of bootloop I guess. It does the same even in safe mode.
I will turn it off for now.
fefin said:
Thanks for answering!, here it goes:
1. It says SM-G955U1
2. Carrier: XAA
3. Done, still the same.
An update from my last post:
After a few bootloops the FRP screen showed up, as the phone can't use wifi yet I managed to access using mobile data and enabled the USB debugging, but after trying to enable wifi the phone froze and went on bootloop again, so still the same but with the USB debugging enabled. I'm currently on the build AQK2.
Thanks again, and I hope we can fix this.
Update 2:
I cleared the cache, after a few bootloops the phone actually boots (gets to the lock screen), and it restarts again while the message "Android is starting" is loading, so now it's a different type of bootloop I guess. It does the same even in safe mode.
I will turn it off for now.
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Ok i want you to do a couple things for me
1.Download this file http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=F837B5F2EC0611E7A5F9FA163EE8F90B this is the latest update for the G955U1
2. extract the zip file using 7zip so you have 5 .tar.md5 files
3. go to the CSC_OYM_G955U1OYM2AQL1_CL12513005_QB15986651_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and right click on the file and goto 7-zip and then click open archive
4. you will see a file called DREAM2QLTE_USA_SINGLE.pit i want you to extract it to the folder you have Odin in if not quick search forums for it
5. Open odin and go to the the pit tab it will do a pop up just click ok and ignore
6. click the pit button and find the pit file that you extracted and select it
7. now go to options tab
8.check to make sure you have auto reboot, re-partition, and f reset timer checked
9.Load BL,AP,CP,CSC in respective slots on right side
10. click start and let the phone flash, as soon as it is done hold volume up bixby and power button wait for recovery to load and wipe data and factory reset.
11. reboot and let it boot if you are still in a bootloop after these steps pm me and i will help you the last way i know how to fix these phones.
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Ok i want you to do a couple things for me
1.Download this file http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=F837B5F2EC0611E7A5F9FA163EE8F90B this is the latest update for the G955U1
2. extract the zip file using 7zip so you have 5 .tar.md5 files
3. go to the CSC_OYM_G955U1OYM2AQL1_CL12513005_QB15986651_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and right click on the file and goto 7-zip and then click open archive
4. you will see a file called DREAM2QLTE_USA_SINGLE.pit i want you to extract it to the folder you have Odin in if not quick search forums for it
5. Open odin and go to the the pit tab it will do a pop up just click ok and ignore
6. click the pit button and find the pit file that you extracted and select it
7. now go to options tab
8.check to make sure you have auto reboot, re-partition, and f reset timer checked
9.Load BL,AP,CP,CSC in respective slots on right side
10. click start and let the phone flash, as soon as it is done hold volume up bixby and power button wait for recovery to load and wipe data and factory reset.
11. reboot and let it boot if you are still in a bootloop after these steps pm me and i will help you the last way i know how to fix these phones.
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Sadly it didn't work. The phone is still loading till "android is starting" sign and then restarting again.
I will write you so you can help me through pm, could this be a faulty hardware?
I'd like to know the other solution too.
I will tell you all what todo as a last resort.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOUR DEVICE STOPS WORKING OR DOES NOT TURN ON!!!
Follow all previously said steps i outlined but when you go into the options tab select nand erase all also then flash device.
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try installing PartCyborgRom
@fefin -Sorry to hear that you're having issues - But I'd like to clear one thing up - Your comment that this is an issue "all over the internet" sim isn't true... I don't know how many Millions of S8 / S8+ have been sold - But your post is the first that I've ever heard of anything like this... I concur with the recommendation that you call or Chat with Samsung Technical Support - Preferably before you find the phone completely unable to Boot into Download Mode - Get Samsung to help you - or you may risk voiding the warranty if Samsung determines that you are ultimately responsible for the state of the phone ??
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I will tell you all what todo as a last resort.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOUR DEVICE STOPS WORKING OR DOES NOT TURN ON!!!
Follow all previously said steps i outlined but when you go into the options tab select nand erase all also then flash device.
Sent from my SM-G955U1 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.
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try installing PartCyborgRom
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Thanks for your suggestion, I will look into it.
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@fefin -Sorry to hear that you're having issues - But I'd like to clear one thing up - Your comment that this is an issue "all over the internet" sim isn't true... I don't know how many Millions of S8 / S8+ have been sold - But your post is the first that I've ever heard of anything like this... I concur with the recommendation that you call or Chat with Samsung Technical Support - Preferably before you find the phone completely unable to Boot into Download Mode - Get Samsung to help you - or you may risk voiding the warranty if Samsung determines that you are ultimately responsible for the state of the phone
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Thanks for answering!, sorry for my late response.
Well, if you check samsung's official forum there are a few threads with 15+ pages of people complaining about wifi issues (https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/GS8QA/thread-id/862/page/1 and https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/GS8QA/thread-id/30601/page/1) about bootloop problems, (https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...id/GS8QA/thread-id/3920/highlight/true/page/1) also there is a post on another webpage talking about bootloops on this model and how to fix them (https://thedroidguy.com/2017/12/sol...p-issue-s8-turns-screen-remains-black-1079013).
I know it's not representative, as you said, millions of phones has been sold, but what I meant when I said "all over the internet" is that you can easily find people with this same problem. This shouldn't be happening, not on any phone even less on such an expensive phone.
I think the phone is officially dead, I took it to a well known local technician and even him couldn't fix it. My nearest official samsung service is 1600km away. On the other hand, my aunty got for herself an S8 and it's working perfect, so it's just bad luck for my mom I guess.
The phone had issues since she bought it (wifi and bluetooth didn't worked at all, but she is not really a tech person so she thought it was fine), the phone was working with some bootloops from time to time and after a while it fell from and got a little crack on the top but it didn't change the behavior of the phone, it was still ****ed up. That's the thing, because of the crack I'm pretty sure they won't take it back or even try to fix it (for free at least), they will say the problem is because of the fall. I'd been reading a lot about this and seems that I'm pretty screwed D:
I will sell the phone for parts. At least I will recover 60% of the initial investment.
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That's the thing, because of the crack I'm pretty sure they won't take it back or even try to fix it (for free at least), they will say the problem is because of the fall. I'd been reading a lot about this and seems that I'm pretty screwed D:
I will sell the phone for parts. At least I will recover 60% of the initial investment.
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If you have some 'proof' the problem existed, before the crack, and can prove when the crack occurred, or reasonable determinate approximation, small claims court will vindicate you, and Samsung will have to pay.
Sad to say would take a little time of yours to get them there, but it is an easy process, and with reasonable ability to determine/evidence those two things, a sure win.
But still a PITA.