I found this phone (Samsung Galaxy A8 au SCV32) and the owner didn't try to contact me so I will try to unlock it. It is currently stuck with FRP (Verify Google account). I tried the RootJunky method with the OTG cable but the file explorer just won't launch so I was thinking of downgrading the Android version, not sure if that would help.
The problem is that I can only find the Android 5.1.1 stock rom for this model. I was wondering if it would be safe to flash a different Galaxy A8 model rom like SM-A810F, SM-A810Y or SM-A810S. I guess the hardware is exactly the same and if something goes wrong I could still go into recovery mode and flash the stock rom. What do you think?
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I was installing Cyangenmod couple of months ago and i kinda messed up and my phone got softbricked and i didnt know what to do and the cell phone repair shop said he will charge $100 to fix it but i heard you can fix it for free i saw the post for the same problem but that phone had andriod 2.3 So can someone help me in un softbricking my phone and i dont have the backup files on my SD card do i tried looking for the andriod 4.1.2 rom but i couldnt find it so any help will be amazing
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Can you still boot to recovery? If so you can try the normal wipes in recovery and reboot, you can restore a nandroid backup if you ever made one, you can download another custom ROM for your model and try flashing it.
If none of that works and you can boot to download mode, you can flash the stock firmware, most Samsung firmwares are available at Sammobile.com and at samsung-updates.com, you will have to use your exact model number(located behind the battery), get the firmware for your exact model, it doesn't have to be 4.1.2, any firmware version will work as long as it is for your exact model number, it cannot be for another model number. If you want to root after restoring the stock firmware then you need to check if the firmware you find is rootable before you flash it, some are not rootable depending on your device.
When I search your model number on XDA, it comes up that your device is compatible with the T-Mobile custom ROMs, see if you can find one for download that doesn't have a dead link and flash it through recovery if you can get to recovery, dont forget ot get the right gapps to go with the ROM you find if you decide to go that route. The ROMs can be found in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-tmobile/development
If you have trouble finding what you are looking for, try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.
thanks
i looked through the sites and i found out one of my friends goes here so he fixed it for me
I'm not technical but I have had my experience in this situation. I rooted my galaxy grand prime SM-G530H because I wanted to recover something lost. This incurred no possible way of booting up the phone without going through odin mode and rooting it over and over again. No factory reset, no supersu fully unroot, nothing could fix it. To unroot it with stock firmware, you should get md5.tar file for your exact build of the model. You should get your build number in the about device, with your model number, android version and baseband version (which is the build number). If you have a file for your model, it may still fail if you don't have the exact file for the build and thus would not work, so ensure you search for the right file.
If this goes for other models? Well I am not sure but try it and see what happens.
Hi,
I would like to know if you know how to downgrade the android version of the Glalaxy a8.
As several A8 users, my phone is becoming really slow and I would like to do something about that. I tried to flash Android Nougat and Oreo official stock rom through Odin, but that didn't work. I have been told that Samsung had set in place some procedures to block any downgrading non-approved by Samsung itself. But I am wondering if there is a way for me, maybe by installing TWRP I could be able to install whatever ROM I want ?
I need your help I don't know what to do with this the model is: Samsung galaxy A70 (sm - a705mn)
ElBlack15 said:
I need your help I don't know what to do with this the model is: Samsung galaxy A70 (sm - a705mn)
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That is due to flashing something on your device without unlocking the bootloader before you flashed it. You probably knew that before you flashed it but you flashed it anyway because you couldn't find a way to unlock the bootloader and decided to try it anyway. Next time, don't flash anything if you can not unlock the bootloader.
To fix this, do a Google search for:
"SM-A750MN stock firmware"
Download the firmware.
Then, do a Google search for:
"Return to stock SM A750MN"
That should find the tools and instructions.
Hey, I've been searching for a custom rom for my device, the Samsung Galaxy J7 Refine (Boost Mobile), and I came to no results. My phone doesn't even have a OS installed, making it rather useless unless I find a ROM. Any help is appreciated. I'm really new to this custom rom thing.
Things I know:
Running TWRP Version 3.2.3-0
When attempting to flash a ROM that was intended for the j7elte (ik, really dumb) it came up with the result of:
E3004: This package is for device: j7elte; this device is jackpotlte.
TL;DR:
Looking for a custom rom for my Samsung Galaxy J7 Refine (Boost Mobile).
Update:
I managed to look up the IMEI on samfw and I got the result of Samsung J7 Top. So I downloaded the firmware for my device and I flashed it using ODIN. I'm honestly confused why I got that result but I'm glad my phone isn't bricked. I noticed that when I flashed the firmware using ODIN, TWRP was gone from my phone, so that's nice to know.