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Did a Google and forum search and couldn't find anything concrete. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Did a Google and forum search and couldn't find anything concrete. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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With 4.3, the bootloader is locked permanent and at the moment there's no way to unlock. Once on 4.3 you can't downgrade or flash custom rom/kernel or custom recovery, however, you can root 4.3 with saferoot here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
So no CWM? Is anyone working on it? What about this "Safestrap"?
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So no CWM? Is anyone working on it? What about this "Safestrap"?
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Yes no CWM or TWRP since the bootloader is locked. Safestrap is a method of installing a separate loader from the locked one, it's working on some model like att S4, note, but not Verizon S3. The software is not stable yet, still have many bugs and glitches. I won't touch it...not just yet.
Lol ok. Well at least we have root.
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Lol ok. Well at least we have root.
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I'm still keeping my ears open for an unlocked bootloder. Root is all well and good, but I'm getting jittery about flashing a different rom. Any news about progress on this?
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I'm still keeping my ears open for an unlocked bootloder. Root is all well and good, but I'm getting jittery about flashing a different rom. Any news about progress on this?
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The bootloader will never be unlocked. The original bootloader on the Verizon s3 wasn't even "unlocked." It was a completely different boot image that was leaked. AFAIK, no bootloader has ever been unlocked through hard coding. There are simply loopholes & workarounds. Kexec and Safestrap are two examples of workarounds. They are pretty much just as good as the real thing so there is still hope for those crack-flashers taken off guard by the new update.
Still, I can't sympathize with people who start threads like these: There have been countless "I took the 4.3 update. How do I flash ROMs?" posts. If you were really into flashing, you would never be in this situation.
It's the cardinal rule. NEVER ACCEPT OTAs!!!!!!
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The bootloader will never be unlocked. The original bootloader on the Verizon s3 wasn't even "unlocked." It was a completely different boot image that was leaked. AFAIK, no bootloader has ever been unlocked through hard coding. There are simply loopholes & workarounds. Kexec and Safestrap are two examples of workarounds. They are pretty much just as good as the real thing so there is still hope for those crack-flashers taken off guard by the new update.
Still, I can't sympathize with people who start threads like these: There have been countless "I took the 4.3 update. How do I flash ROMs?" posts. If you were really into flashing, you would never be in this situation.
It's the cardinal rule. NEVER ACCEPT OTAs!!!!!!
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You didn't have to word it in that way. You sounded as if you were talking to a child, and then told me, in not so many words "Boo hoo, cry about it". This thread is old and I've learned quit a bit since then so next time you necro post, how about not being such a ****?
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You didn't have to word it in that way. You sounded as if you were talking to a child, and then told me, in not so many words "Boo hoo, cry about it". This thread is old and I've learned quit a bit since then so next time you necro post, how about not being such a ****?
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Didn't mean to come off as a ****. I was just responding to the bootloader comment and went off on a rant. Sorry if you were offended.
I was, but you are one of the few who take responsibility for offending someone, so it's cool.
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Still, I can't sympathize with people who start threads like these
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This was the part that offended me the most. Now, I'm by no means a noob, but I am man enough to admit there are LOTS of things I don't know. This phone was my brothers. HE took the OTA then traded it to me. So I was trying to find a way out of it. I've come to terms (I think) with being stuck with a locked bootloader but I am hopeful about kexec. Who knows?
Apology accepted.
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Yeah since I didn't even know your whole story, I wasn't necessarily referring to you (even though it sounded like that). I was more referring to people that said they knowingly accepted the OTA. I just worded it very poorly.
That's unfortunate how you ended up with the locked bootloader, but the devs we have are outstanding and I'm sure they'll get a workaround going very soon. :good:
Haha This is what happened when no one unlocked the boot loader..lol
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Don't do it!!!I unlocked the boot loader with ez unlock app and booted into recovery and hard bricked my sch i535. Just got it back got fixed with jtag. Gabbyanne on eBay is a life saver... Don't do it to yourself. Trust me
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Don't do it!!!I unlocked the boot loader with ez unlock app and booted into recovery and hard bricked my sch i535. Just got it back got fixed with jtag. Gabbyanne on eBay is a life saver... Don't do it to yourself. Trust me
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Out of curiosity did jtag get you back to 4.1.2? I don't think anyone has reported one way or the other. From what I understand it should be impossible even for jtag but it's always good to verify.
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Out of curiosity did jtag get you back to 4.1.2? I don't think anyone has reported one way or the other. From what I understand it should be impossible even for jtag but it's always good to verify.
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It is impossible, you can't jtag the bootloader over the 4.3 baseband. It's more complicated after the update because the hardware keys are different. Changing the bootloader is only changing the software.
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It is impossible, you can't jtag the bootloader over the 4.3 baseband. It's more complicated after the update because the hardware keys are different. Changing the bootloader is only changing the software.
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I know just waned to make sure. You can never be sure until it is tried. For example invisiblek said that the ml1 firmware will brick the phone if you upgrade from a phone with the insecure bootloader because that's what happened to the s4 that took a 4.3 upgrade. Well I know from experience that wasn't true. Theory is just that until it has been tested who knows what samsung might have forgotten to do that might allow jtag to do that. Plus I have yet to hear if anyone has tried. Not saying it hasn't been done I just haven't seen anyone say more than got it back and it works.
*edit* I just found that thread he said you will brick and I must of missed the part where he said you probably wont if you upgrade the entire boot chain. But how would you end up in that scenario of being bricked? The root66 tars took out the entire boot chain and added only the insecure bootloader.
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I know just waned to make sure. You can never be sure until it is tried. For example invisiblek said that the ml1 firmware will brick the phone if you upgrade from a phone with the insecure bootloader because that's what happened to the s4 that took a 4.3 upgrade. Well I know from experience that wasn't true. Theory is just that until it has been tested who knows what samsung might have forgotten to do that might allow jtag to do that. Plus I have yet to hear if anyone has tried. Not saying it hasn't been done I just haven't seen anyone say more than got it back and it works.
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I get what you're saying, if it wasn't hardware coded then it could theoretically work.
The same thing could be accomplished through Odin though by flashing boot chains, ez unlock also proves it's hardware signed. Jtag would do the same thing ez unlock does, just on a more holistic level.
Best bet would be to Jtag a 4.3 developer edition bootloader, but I don't think it exists, because making one widely available for developer edition phones would be handing us an unlocked bootloader. They'd have to be made on a per phone basis with specific keys for each device. I highly doubt it exists, but if it did it might work if we could figure out how it's getting around the bootloader, like what step it's bypassing.
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I get what you're saying, if it wasn't hardware coded then it could theoretically work.
The same thing could be accomplished through Odin though by flashing boot chains, ez unlock also proves it's hardware signed. Jtag would do the same thing ez unlock does, just on a more holistic level.
Best bet would be to Jtag a 4.3 developer edition bootloader, but I don't think it exists, because making one widely available for developer edition phones would be handing us an unlocked bootloader. They'd have to be made on a per phone basis with specific keys for each device. I highly doubt it exists, but if it did it might work if we could figure out how it's getting around the bootloader, like what step it's bypassing.
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Truth but I had a idea a couple months ago but I don't have the balls to try it. With these qualcomm gs3 phones there is a emergency boot from sd card for the aboot. If you were hard bricked it might be possible to boot to the insecure bootloader that way. You could never do the flash back trick with terminal emulate so it wouldn't be a true fix but who cares unless you need your sd card (I do but I have learned to love 4.3).
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Truth but I had a idea a couple months ago but I don't have the balls to try it. With these qualcomm gs3 phones there is a emergency boot from sd card for the aboot. If you were hard bricked it might be possible to boot to the insecure bootloader that way. You could never do the flash back trick with terminal emulate so it wouldn't be a true fix but who cares unless you need your sd card (I do but I have learned to love 4.3).
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Really?
Ya, if you could do that you could simply run straight from the aboot file without the secure checks. That might actually work, but you'd have to get the insecure aboot loaded without it locking the phone, you'd have to try it immediately after loading the aboot image before a reboot.
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Really?
Ya, if you could do that you could simply run straight from the aboot file without the secure checks. That might actually work, but you'd have to get the insecure aboot loaded without it locking the phone, you'd have to try it immediately after loading the aboot image before a reboot.
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well you would need the debrick file from the insecure bootloader. that is what the debrick image is its the aboot image. So now that I think about it a little more the only way that would work is if qualcomm has its own bootchain and I would not doubt if it did but I am not technical enough to figure that out. the only way for people like me to find out is try and I will not purposelessly brick to try. I cant even justify asking someone who is hard bricked to try it. They are already mad it happened why add that extra stress.
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holy cow its 3:23 here I better go to bed so I can wake up at 9 and hopefully not fall asleep driving tomorrow.
Hey,
I have a m8 and recently the camera app just does not work. I tired factory reseting, clearing data and chace...trying safe mode and the camera cannot load. In snapchap, the rear camera works but only the top camera used for distance so it's essentially dead. The selfie and main rear camera just don't work. I don't know what's up.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!
That's probably a good thing. Now you can quit wasting your time trying to take a good picture with the M8's crappy camera. LOL
Sorry, I have no idea how to fix it.
Yeah that wasn't helpful...and I find the camera quality to be sufficient.
I bought my m8 from the verizon kisok from costco about 10 months ago so it's under a year. Perhaps I should call verizon tomorrow and see what they can do? The website says itll be free if its under a year, but my phone is rooted so I'm a little anxious. I'm not interested in a 400 fee for modifying my phone.
Anyone deal with their (verizon) repair center before?I could also try sending it back to htc?
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Yeah that wasn't helpful...and I find the camera quality to be sufficient.
I bought my m8 from the verizon kisok from costco about 10 months ago so it's under a year. Perhaps I should call verizon tomorrow and see what they can do? The website says itll be free if its under a year, but my phone is rooted so I'm a little anxious. I'm not interested in a 400 fee for modifying my phone.
Anyone deal with their (verizon) repair center before?I could also try sending it back to htc?
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You can always revert that if you decide to send it in. I take it you tried ruu already?
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You can always revert that if you decide to send it in. I take it you tried ruu already?
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No I havent. I rooted using sunshine so I imagine s-off is good. If I can restore my phone to as if it wasn't modified then I will read about it. I just heard some horry stories of people getting caught and fined my their carriers so I'm anxious and wanted some feedback haha.
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No I havent. I rooted using sunshine so I imagine s-off is good. If I can restore my phone to as if it wasn't modified then I will read about it. I just heard some horry stories of people getting caught and fined my their carriers so I'm anxious and wanted some feedback haha.
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Ruu doesn't change s-off status or boot loader status. Run the ruu and see if the camera behaves. If not we can lock it back up for warranty work.
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Ruu doesn't change s-off status or boot loader status. Run the ruu and see if the camera behaves. If not we can lock it back up for warranty work.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zip-ruu-m8vzw-5-0-1-s-off-onlynewest-t3047103
This guide correct? It will return my phone to stock (and rooted). If this doesn't work, then I'll need to restore to stock and ship my phone by contacting Verizon?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zip-ruu-m8vzw-5-0-1-s-off-onlynewest-t3047103
This guide correct? It will return my phone to stock (and rooted). If this doesn't work, then I'll need to restore to stock and ship my phone by contacting Verizon?
Thanks
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If that doesn't work let me know before you get ready to contact vzw or htc
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If that doesn't work let me know before you get ready to contact vzw or htc
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Hey,
Hope you had a good weekend. Tried using the downloaded app in the description but fastboot kept failing. REbooted into my bootloader, which isnt twrp anymore....rebooted android and despite the failed FUU it is stock, but my camera does not work. My recovery is stock (i think?) and no longer TWRP. My bootloader still says *Software status: offical **unlocked**
How should I proceed for sending my phone to verizon? I want to remove any traces of modifcations so my request isnt void. since I have until the end of October I can hopefully get it fixed. WOuld like to send it out in the next couple of days!
Thanks again!
Zealex said:
Hey,
Hope you had a good weekend. Tried using the downloaded app in the description but fastboot kept failing. REbooted into my bootloader, which isnt twrp anymore....rebooted android and despite the failed FUU it is stock, but my camera does not work. My recovery is stock (i think?) and no longer TWRP. My bootloader still says *Software status: offical **unlocked**
How should I proceed for sending my phone to verizon? I want to remove any traces of modifcations so my request isnt void. since I have until the end of October I can hopefully get it fixed. WOuld like to send it out in the next couple of days!
Thanks again!
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Want to do it via team viewer or all by yourself?
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Want to do it via team viewer or all by yourself?
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I could do it by myself, however if I find it hard perhaps we could schedule a time for team viewer?
I'd hate to inconvenience you like that.
Zealex said:
I could do it by myself, however if I find it hard perhaps we could schedule a time for team viewer?
I'd hate to inconvenience you like that.
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Lol. It would take longer for me to type it out again or even go find the post where I spelled it out than to show you it over teamviewer
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Lol. It would take longer for me to type it out again or even go find the post where I spelled it out than to show you it over teamviewer
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
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How long would it take? I could perhaps do team viewer but I don't know if I'll have a chance tonight since im running around haha
also if I need to forward ports im on a campus so I'm unsure if I'll be able to do that to utilize teamviewer.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
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How long would it take? I could perhaps do team viewer but I don't know if I'll have a chance tonight since im running around haha
also if I need to forward ports im on a campus so I'm unsure if I'll be able to do that to utilize teamviewer.
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Here's the post lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61772177
Give it a try
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Here's the post lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61772177
Give it a try
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so do I follow the quoted text ? I don't have TWRP but you said thats a crazy method haha.
Zealex said:
so do I follow the quoted text ? I don't have TWRP but you said thats a crazy method haha.
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Yeah. Simply flash twrp from fastboot and pick it up from there
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Yeah. Simply flash twrp from fastboot and pick it up from there
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boot phone into twrp recovery,
load fastboot and run those commands?
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Yeah. Simply flash twrp from fastboot and pick it up from there
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I have time off tomorrow so I'm going to do this and hopefully return my phone sunday. Am I just applying your post or am I doing the first post? There's a multitude of directions so I don't want to execute the wrong thing.
Ran echo -ne '\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 bs=1 seek=33796 on terminal on my phone and permission was denied.
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I have time off tomorrow so I'm going to do this and hopefully return my phone sunday. Am I just applying your post or am I doing the first post? There's a multitude of directions so I don't want to execute the wrong thing.
Ran echo -ne '\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 bs=1 seek=33796 on terminal on my phone and permission was denied.
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Were you booted into twrp?
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Were you booted into twrp?
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went into twrp terminal emulator.
typed echo blah blah
exited and rebooted into botloader....it shows Software Status: Offical and ***locked ***
I ran the applicable s-on RUU and removed root I believe (i didnt see supersu anymore but my apps werent deleted)
now I turned usb debugging on and used adb to reboot into bootloader and turned fastboot on and ran:
Fastboot oem writesecureflag 3. and I got some weird text in the command prompt.. I ran the code again and the second time the text ended with permission denied so I assume my phone is ready to be shipped for repairs?
OK sorry. I will be blunt. when I was updating my MOTO g xt1544 by OTA from motorola my phone brick. my phone is 100% original no root no unlock. after that he just gets the boot screen. he no longer accepts the android 5.1.1 did not work hard reset. and its fastboot is from android 6.0, it's been three weeks and no one managed to help me nowhere. there came up to you guys!
As you yourself said on the other thread, you can't unlock the bootloader because it wasn't enabled. So use the warranty, because that's your only option.
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As you yourself said on the other thread, you can't unlock the bootloader because it wasn't enabled. So use the warranty, because that's your only option.
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OMG thats F********
supriki said:
OMG thats F********
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Try charging your phone
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Try charging your phone
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maybe if the update roll out today we can see a image factory right?
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maybe if the update roll out today we can see a image factory right?
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You won't see the factory image that soon.
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You won't see the factory image that soon.
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Really? i am almost giving up from this and buying a new phone
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Really? i am almost giving up from this and buying a new phone
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Motorola can fix it
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Send it in
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Motorola can fix it
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Send it in
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i know but i dont have the time to wait the repair here in my city will be like 40 days i already ask :crying: in 40 days i already get image factory for sure
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Really? i am almost giving up from this and buying a new phone
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Motorola is pretty awesome about fixing phones with bad ota updates. Either they'll fix the phone by setting it completely back to stock or they'll get you a brand new one for free. And they're fast about it.
When your phone is all fixed, make sure there isn't any hiccups when your phone is updating. It should be smooth as butter. Sounds like a freak accident happened to your phone while updating. Just call them and tell them what happened. They'll be happy to fix everything and make it brand new. I've had to send in my phones more times than I can count.
Unless you're living with Santa in the North pole, I guarantee it won't take 40 days to get your phone back. I'm not even sure why you waited 3 weeks
Relax man, it'll be all good.
no one know anything that i can still trying?
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Motorola is pretty awesome about fixing phones with bad ota updates. Either they'll fix the phone by setting it completely back to stock or they'll get you a brand new one for free. And they're fast about it.
When your phone is all fixed, make sure there isn't any hiccups when your phone is updating. It should be smooth as butter. Sounds like a freak accident happened to your phone while updating. Just call them and tell them what happened. They'll be happy to fix everything and make it brand new. I've had to send in my phones more times than I can count.
Unless you're living with Santa in the North pole, I guarantee it won't take 40 days to get your phone back. I'm not even sure why you waited 3 weeks
Relax man, it'll be all good.
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You must have an inside contact if you can guarantee that because I can guarantee you that isn't always the case. I've seen one replacement take 3 weeks because the replacement was shipped from China, where they ship most of their phones from. Maybe the North pole wouldn't require the phone sitting in a container somewhere waiting for customs clearance.
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You must have an inside contact if you can guarantee that because I can guarantee you that isn't always the case. I've seen one replacement take 3 weeks because the replacement was shipped from China, where they ship most of their phones from. Maybe the North pole wouldn't require the phone sitting in a container somewhere waiting for customs clearance.
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ok the android 6.0 image factory get out for XT1557 can i try put it on my XT1544 just to get in the OS and unlock the bootloader and get back to the 5.1.1 xt1544?????
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ok the android 6.0 image factory get out for XT1557 can i try put it on my XT1544 just to get in the OS and unlock the bootloader and get back to the 5.1.1 xt1544?????
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No. Your bootloader is locked.
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No. Your bootloader is locked.
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and restore a nandroid backup using fastboot can do that?
Tel864 said:
You must have an inside contact if you can guarantee that because I can guarantee you that isn't always the case. I've seen one replacement take 3 weeks because the replacement was shipped from China, where they ship most of their phones from. Maybe the North pole wouldn't require the phone sitting in a container somewhere waiting for customs clearance.
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Sounds unlucky... the worst I've ever had is maybe a week. Reading through this thread though, it looks like the only option is to send it in. We live in the US, so you might be right about the phone repair taking longer since supriki is in Brazil. But really, I'm not seeing another way out of this.
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and restore a nandroid backup using fastboot can do that?
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I wish it was that simple. In order to restore a nandroid backup, you must have a custom recovery on your phone. In order to have a custom recovery, you must have the bootloader unlocked. In order to have the bootloader unlocked, you must have checked the option in the settings app to be able to unlock it. In order to check the option in the settings app, you must be able to boot your phone. Since you can't boot your phone correctly, you must put the stock rom onto it. In order to put the stock rom onto it, you must have your bootloader unlocked. And of course, to be able to unlock the bootloader, you must check the option in settings. Which requires your phone to boot. It won't boot, so you need to fix it. That requires an unlocked bootloader. Unlocked bootloader requires settings option to be checked. Option can't be checked because you can't boot. To boot, needs stock rom. To get stock rom, need unlocked bootloader.
Then it just repeats over and over. It goes full circle. There's not really a clear way out of this. The best option right now is to send your phone in as far as I know.
(Somebody let me know if I missed a step or something. Pretty sure this is right though.)
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Sounds unlucky... the worst I've ever had is maybe a week. Reading through this thread though, it looks like the only option is to send it in. We live in the US, so you might be right about the phone repair taking longer since supriki is in Brazil. But really, I'm not seeing another way out of this.
I wish it was that simple. In order to restore a nandroid backup, you must have a custom recovery on your phone. In order to have a custom recovery, you must have the bootloader unlocked. In order to have the bootloader unlocked, you must have checked the option in the settings app to be able to unlock it. In order to check the option in the settings app, you must be able to boot your phone. Since you can't boot your phone correctly, you must put the stock rom onto it. In order to put the stock rom onto it, you must have your bootloader unlocked. And of course, to be able to unlock the bootloader, you must check the option in settings. Which requires your phone to boot. It won't boot, so you need to fix it. That requires an unlocked bootloader. Unlocked bootloader requires settings option to be checked. Option can't be checked because you can't boot. To boot, needs stock rom. To get stock rom, need unlocked bootloader.
Then it just repeats over and over. It goes full circle. There's not really a clear way out of this. The best option right now is to send your phone in as far as I know.
(Somebody let me know if I missed a step or something. Pretty sure this is right though.)
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Yep, it's right. In short, the offices software can't be modified, however official the software may be, with a locked bootloader.
As I said before, it could be that all the phone needs to work is a full charge.
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Hi,
I just got a notification on my Z3 saying that Marshmallow-update is available. When I first tried to download it, it said I needed more space. I now have 1.84GB available (the update is about 980mb). When I install it, it reboots and I see the update screen. Then it suddenly boots back into phone and says "The update could not be installed. Try again."
Do I need even more space? The phone is rooted, in case that matters.
I have same issue with Hydro Icon update to lollipop. Is it because the phone doesn't have service? (Which might be my problem.)
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RealWelder said:
I have same issue with Hydro Icon update to lollipop. Is it because the phone doesn't have service? (Which might be my problem.)
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I have service, never had issues with updates. Im thinking either its lack of space (while the update is 980mb, and I do have more than that, it might be a compromised file?) Other than that it might be because its rooted, but I have no idea to be honest.
I could be... My Icon is rooted too... Maybe that IS stopping it.
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RealWelder said:
I could be... My Icon is rooted too... Maybe that IS stopping it.
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I just read up on it and it seems you cant get OTA updates if you have a rooted phone. You need to flash original firmware (which I assume completely wipes your phone, so remember to backup). After that, you can get the OTA update.
Also make sure its the correct original firmware you get for your specific model (ie. for my Z3 there are different firmwares for different models).
Thanks. Good piece of info right there... All I did was root so I assume if I unroot I'll be able to get the update.
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RealWelder said:
Thanks. Good piece of info right there... All I did was root so I assume if I unroot I'll be able to get the update.
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Yep, you will. How it is done is different from phone to phone though I believe. Just make sure you get the correct firmware!!!
Im gonna wait to update for now, since it seems Sony's Stamina Mode still isn't on MM at the moment.
Is there any way to get Android pay to work with just an unlocked bootloader completely stock otherwise?
Edit: I'm willing to reroot or whatever but I just updated to most recent ota so as of right now I'm stock.
S8ntsHaz3 said:
Is there any way to get Android pay to work with just an unlocked bootloader completely stock otherwise?
Edit: I'm willing to reroot or whatever but I just updated to most recent ota so as of right now I'm stock.
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You need a custom kernel that hides the unlock. Hit the dev forum, there are several custom that so it. ElementalX and Francos. Also aome stock kernels modded to hide the unlock.
So the kernel only hides the unlock. Got to jump through some other hoops to hide root if you go back down that road.
Edit. Not the dev forum, the Rom forum.
I've tried quite a few times but can never fully get it to enter a card
S8ntsHaz3 said:
I've tried quite a few times but can never fully get it to enter a card
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Could be your bank. Can you get it to work if the bootloader is locked?
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bobby janow said:
Could be your bank. Can you get it to work if the bootloader is locked?
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I got it to work after complete clean set up. No back up of any sort(Google included).