The phone was stuck on Logo and wont start. Now i see this :
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxome1ZSCRIaVHg5a0VvU3VqamM
Thanks in advance
diretouch said:
The phone was stuck on Logo and wont start. Now i see this :
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxome1ZSCRIaVHg5a0VvU3VqamM
Thanks in advance
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Power off the device then try booting to download mode (volume down+home+power, press up when prompted). If you can get to download mode, try flashing the stock firmware.
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The phone is recognised in Odin.
Can i save my personal data while install firmware?
Here
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-i9300
i see 4 BGL version. How to understand which to install ?
I cannot enter recovery. I see the image i showed in first post
There is no a way -that I know of- other than trying to flash twrp, then doing a backup and moving it to the PC this voids warranty
The devices has no warranty.
Then go ahead flash twrp
What is your device model?
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Forgot to mention that if you didn't enable OEM unlock it won't work and cause a trouble
Gt-i9300.
I am located in eastern Europe - Bulgaria
Thanks
diretouch said:
Gt-i9300.
I am located in eastern Europe - Bulgaria
Thanks
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Do u have OEM unlock enabled in dev options before now or not?
Can i see that in Odin mode?
The phone is not mine
diretouch said:
The phone is recognised in Odin.
Can i save my personal data while install firmware?
Here
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-i9300
i see 4 BGL version. How to understand which to install ?
I cannot enter recovery. I see the image i showed in first post
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Of the 4 that you found, you need to install the one that works for the mobile carrier that the device is used with.
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-Hope- said:
Then go ahead flash twrp
What is your device model?
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Forgot to mention that if you didn't enable OEM unlock it won't work and cause a trouble
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The OEM unlock setting itself has nothing to do with whether TWRP can be flashed. That is just a setting that "allows" you to unlock the bootloader, it doesn't unlock the bootloader, it only puts the device in a state that the bootloader "can" be unlocked if there is a known unlock method.
You can enable OEM unlock as many times as you want, that doesn't mean the bootloader is unlocked. The bootloader has to actually be unlocked using an unlock method.
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diretouch said:
Can i see that in Odin mode?
The phone is not mine
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No, you can't, that has to be changed in system settings, you can't get to the settings because of your screen.
Forget about TWRP. Just flash the same android version that the device had before the issue started and the data won't get wiped. When it comes to flashing Samsung devices with Odin, the only time it wipes your data is when a firmware is flashed that has an upgraded or downgraded bootloader compared to what was already on the device. Flash the same thing the device already had and you won't lose anything.
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-Hope- said:
Do u have OEM unlock enabled in dev options before now or not?
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You need to slow down and pay attention to details about what people post when describing their issue. You are so impatient to answer that you are posting irrelevant and confusing information for their circumstances. They can't boot this device or get to settings. If they attempt to flash TWRP while their bootloader is locked, it could make things worse. Consider the consequences of what you suggest and consider that most people don't know what they are doing and don't know the risks involved or how to check that your suggestions are safe before they do them. They could blindly walk into a bigger problem.
In this situation, the bootloader could very well be locked without them being aware that it's locked.
In the future, I wouldn't suggest that they flash TWRP when the bootloader can't be confirmed. Stop making suggestions if you can't confirm anything.
Making suggestions without being certain of the state of their device will at some point lead to you telling them to do something that makes things worse instead of helping them. I know you really want to help, but jumping the gun and making suggestions can lead to causing more harm than helping.
Make suggestions that you are "certain" will work, don't make suggestions that "could" work under the right conditions. In this case, you can't be certain that flashing TWRP will work so you should not have suggested it, understand? If the bootloader is locked and they flash TWRP but it bricks the device because the bootloader is locked, what then? Bricking the device will be your fault because you suggested something without being certain. You should have asked more questions and gotten more information about the exact state of this device and it's bootloader status, then, if everything is correct, suggesting to flash TWRP would be safe.
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Droidriven said:
Of the 4 that you found, you need to install the one that works for the mobile carrier that the device is used with.
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The OEM unlock setting itself has nothing to do with whether TWRP can be flashed. That is just a setting that "allows" you to unlock the bootloader, it doesn't unlock the bootloader, it only puts the device in a state that the bootloader "can" be unlocked if there is a known unlock method.
You can enable OEM unlock as many times as you want, that doesn't mean the bootloader is unlocked. The bootloader has to actually be unlocked using an unlock method.
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No, you can't, that has to be changed in system settings, you can't get to the settings because of your screen.
Forget about TWRP. Just flash the same android version that the device had before the issue started and the data won't get wiped. When it comes to flashing Samsung devices with Odin, the only time it wipes your data is when a firmware is flashed that has an upgraded or downgraded bootloader compared to what was already on the device. Flash the same thing the device already had and you won't lose anything.
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You need to slow down and pay attention to details about what people post when describing their issue. You are so impatient to answer that you are posting irrelevant and confusing information for their circumstances. They can't boot this device or get to settings. If they attempt to flash TWRP while their bootloader is locked, it could make things worse. Consider the consequences of what you suggest and consider that most people don't know what they are doing and don't know the risks involved or how to check that your suggestions are safe before they do them. They could blindly walk into a bigger problem.
In this situation, the bootloader could very well be locked without them being aware that it's locked.
In the future, I wouldn't suggest that they flash TWRP when the bootloader can't be confirmed. Stop making suggestions if you can't confirm anything.
Making suggestions without being certain of the state of their device will at some point lead to you telling them to do something that makes things worse instead of helping them. I know you really want to help, but jumping the gun and making suggestions can lead to causing more harm than helping.
Make suggestions that you are "certain" will work, don't make suggestions that "could" work under the right conditions. In this case, you can't be certain that flashing TWRP will work so you should not have suggested it, understand? If the bootloader is locked and they flash TWRP but it bricks the device because the bootloader is locked, what then? Bricking the device will be your fault because you suggested something without being certain. You should have asked more questions and gotten more information about the exact state of this device and it's bootloader status, then, if everything is correct, suggesting to flash TWRP would be safe.
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Thanks for the advises
i've already asked them if they had it enabled, ik it will cause "custom binary blocked by frp" which means he wouldn't be able to do much but reflashing a system again
it was a question, but yeah i think I've made things complicated sorry
And thanks again
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Tt
reset
The only way to reset is "unroot"
Same as me, you must unroot.
moliverac8 said:
Same as me, you must unroot.
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how do i unroot it?
shpeckoff said:
how do i unroot it?
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Try this thread, has stock recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744645
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acefsw said:
Try this thread, has stock recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744645
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Or go here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and use the drop downs menus to select your device, etc, submit, and it will list the firmware for your device. You may have to downgrade and ota again, not sure.
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acefsw said:
Try this thread, has stock recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744645
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Or go here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and use the drop downs menus to select your device, etc, submit, and it will list the firmware for your device. You may have to downgrade and ota again, not sure.
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Get odin 1.85 here http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32155-guide-tab-2-101-and-70-rootingcwmroms/page__hl__+unroot++gt++p3110 use the sammobile file you dowloaded, not theirs, (wrong file) follow instructions section E
Thank you for these suggestions.
However, they all consist in flashing a stock ROM and bootloader onto the device, overwriting the current setup.
Do I really need to to this, given that the current bootloader is stock (never flashed it, not needed with the method I used) and the ROM is 100% stock also (came from OTA). I am really curious about this thing and would like to understand what went wrong, instead of just overwriting everything and starting over.
Anyways, the suggested method should be fine in case i need to return the tablet for warranty purposes. That was my primary concern. Thanks!
shpeckoff said:
Thank you for these suggestions.
However, they all consist in flashing a stock ROM and bootloader onto the device, overwriting the current setup.
Do I really need to to this, given that the current bootloader is stock (never flashed it, not needed with the method I used) and the ROM is 100% stock also (came from OTA). I am really curious about this thing and would like to understand what went wrong, instead of just overwriting everything and starting over.
Anyways, the suggested method should be fine in case i need to return the tablet for warranty purposes. That was my primary concern. Thanks!
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When you you root you replace stock files and add some new files that are detected by the installation process of the OTA updates. This sets a flag to block further updates from Samsung. You can still update by restoring to stock then getting the updates then rooting again, but OTAs will not be automatically delivered to your device while its rooted.
Hello everyone I'm new to modding htc. I bought a htc one x that can only enter download mode. Can someone help me to fix it.
P.S Yes the bootloader is unlocked
How do you know the bootloader is unlocked if the device is bricked? What do you mean by download mode? You're gonna need to provide more information than that.
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timmaaa said:
How do you know the bootloader is unlocked if the device is bricked? What do you mean by download mode? You're gonna need to provide more information than that.
Sent from my Evita
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Its soft bricked, download mode is entered when you press volume down and the power button. It doesn't have a recovery.
There's no such thing as a soft brick, a phone is either bricked or it isn't, so if your phone powers on at all it isn't bricked. You've got your terminology mixed up a bit, the screen you enter with the volume down + power button combo is called the bootloader screen. What details are listen in that screen? Is there a custom recovery installed, and if so, what version?
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Further to what I've just posted, you'd do really well to read my Evita FAQ thread and my How-To Guide For Beginners thread, both links are in my signature. They contain some essential information.
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For now though if you just give me the information I asked for I can get you sorted out.
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timmaaa said:
There's no such thing as a soft brick, a phone is either bricked or it isn't, so if your phone powers on at all it isn't bricked. You've got your terminology mixed up a bit, the screen you enter with the volume down + power button combo is called the bootloader screen. What details are listen in that screen? Is there a custom recovery installed, and if so, what version?
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Further to what I've just posted, you'd do really well to read my Evita FAQ thread and my How-To Guide For Beginners thread, both links are in my signature. They contain some essential information.
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For now though if you just give me the information I asked for I can get you sorted out.
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Just type soft brick into a search engine please. Also I attached pictures showing all the phone displays while on the bootloader screen.
purelight97 said:
Just type soft brick into a search engine please. Also I attached pictures showing all the phone displays while on the bootloader screen.
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First, get rid of those pictures. Your imei is there.
next, that isn't a brick. You can turn it on and go to boot loader.
And finally, go to Timmaaa's help thread. All your info that you need is there man
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purelight97 said:
Just type soft brick into a search engine please. Also I attached pictures showing all the phone displays while on the bootloader screen.
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I'm aware that people use the term soft brick, I'm saying that the use of that term is incorrect. A brick is a brick, it isn't subject to gradation, if a phone is bricked it will not power on at all. Your situation isn't close to being bricked, you just don't have an OS installed. You probably just need to install a recovery and then a ROM.
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timmaaa said:
I'm aware that people use the term soft brick, I'm saying that the use of that term is incorrect. A brick is a brick, it isn't subject to gradation, if a phone is bricked it will not power on at all. Your situation isn't close to being bricked, you just don't have an OS installed. You probably just need to install a recovery and then a ROM.
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Thanks for that. Sorry if I came off as rude ,by the way.
No worries, how did it go? Are you sorted out now?
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purelight97 said:
Its soft bricked, download mode is entered when you press volume down and the power button.
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Qualcomm download mode is vol up and power. And I don't ever recommend doing it.
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purelight97 said:
Just type soft brick into a search engine please.
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Just because folks use the term, doesn't mean its correct.
For this device, if the screen comes on, it can be recovered.
A brick is a phone that can't be recovered without opening it (replacing motherboard, JTAG, etc.).
Folks like to say "soft brick", but all they really mean is "I did something wrong to my phone, and now I don't know how to make it boot up normally".
redpoint73 said:
Qualcomm download mode is vol up and power. And I don't ever recommend doing it.
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Just because folks use the term, doesn't mean its correct.
For this device, if the screen comes on, it can be recovered.
A brick is a phone that can't be recovered without opening it (replacing motherboard, JTAG, etc.).
Folks like to say "soft brick", but all they really mean is "I did something wrong to my phone, and now I don't know how to make it boot up normally".
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Turns out the phone currently is s-on can someone help me achieve s-off?
redpoint73 said:
Qualcomm download mode is vol up and power. And I don't ever recommend doing it.
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Just because folks use the term, doesn't mean its correct.
For this device, if the screen comes on, it can be recovered.
A brick is a phone that can't be recovered without opening it (replacing motherboard, JTAG, etc.).
Folks like to say "soft brick", but all they really mean is "I did something wrong to my phone, and now I don't know how to make it boot up normally".
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Turns out the phone currently is s-on can someone help me achieve s-off o flash clockworkmod mod or how to flash a recovery without s-off?
purelight97 said:
Turns out the phone currently is s-on can someone help me achieve s-off o flash clockworkmod mod or how to flash a recovery without s-off?
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You don't need s-off to flash recovery. See timmaaa's beginner guide for instructions on how to flash recovery, sticky at the top of the General forum.
redpoint73 said:
You don't need s-off to flash recovery. See timmaaa's beginner guide for instructions on how to flash recovery, sticky at the top of the General forum.
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I did what the thread said and it just kept saying waiting on device.
purelight97 said:
I did what the thread said and it just kept saying waiting on device.
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Did you put the phone in fastboot mode?
redpoint73 said:
Did you put the phone in fastboot mode?
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Yes I did.
Then you probably need to work out your drivers, which os are you running on your PC?
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timmaaa said:
Then you probably need to work out your drivers, which os are you running on your PC?
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I downloaded the drivers. I'm running Windows 8 by the way.
Windows 8 or 8.1?
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timmaaa said:
Windows 8 or 8.1?
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8.1
Odin says i need a pit file to flash the original recovery onto the phone.
But I cant find this PIT file anywhere on the internet, please if anyone can get this PIT file for this MODEL i would greatly appreciate it!
http://ir-file.com/?p=Firmware/samsung/original/s-series/sm-s906l/sm-s906l_pit
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You probably shouldn't be posting on a million sites & pages. Found this with a Google search in 10 minutes.
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Dude wtf
DarryDoo said:
http://ir-file.com/?p=Firmware/samsung/original/s-series/sm-s906l/sm-s906l_pit
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You probably shouldn't be posting on a million sites & pages. Found this with a Google search in 10 minutes.
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That costs money to download.
I need it for free!
chocolote4444 said:
That costs money to download.
I need it for free!
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$20 to fix your phone. Sounds pretty cheap.
See how much it costs from a repair shop.
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Connect phone to your PC in download mode and do "firmware rescue" via Smart Switch.
Nevermind! I fixed it!!!!!!
chocolote4444 said:
Nevermind! I fixed it!!!!!!
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Care to elaborate, so others can benefit from your success?
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What do you mean?
I added the correct pit file and was able to flash the original recovery.img into the phone
Pls, i need the rom you're running on that phone (SM-S906l)
My phone's bricked and it's the exact model you've got.
Current Condition of the Phone
1. Powering on
2. I can access stock recovery
3. I can access download mode
4. I've tried wipe cache/factory reset
5. Phone's still stucked in boot loop
doesn't get past the tracfone wireless screen, boots pasts samsung logo and hangs at tracfone wireless screen..
Help is seriously needed. Also, anyone know how i can carrier unlock the phone?????
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chocolote4444 said:
I added the correct pit file and was able to flash the original recovery.img into the phone
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Pls, i need the rom you're running on that phone (SM-S906l)
My phone's bricked and it's the exact model you've got.
Current Condition of the Phone
1. Powering on
2. I can access stock recovery
3. I can access download mode
4. I've tried wipe cache/factory reset
5. Phone's still stucked in boot loop
doesn't get past the tracfone wireless screen, boots pasts samsung logo and hangs at tracfon..
Help is seriously needed. Also, anyone know how i can carrier unlock the phone?????
Dreysus said:
Pls, i need the rom you're running on that phone (SM-S906l)
My phone's bricked and it's the exact model you've got.
Current Condition of the Phone
1. Powering on
2. I can access stock recovery
3. I can access download mode
4. I've tried wipe cache/factory reset
5. Phone's still stucked in boot loop
doesn't get past the tracfone wireless screen, boots pasts samsung logo and hangs at tracfone wireless screen..
Help is seriously needed. Also, anyone know how i can carrier unlock the phone?????
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Pls, i need the rom you're running on that phone (SM-S906l)
My phone's bricked and it's the exact model you've got.
Current Condition of the Phone
1. Powering on
2. I can access stock recovery
3. I can access download mode
4. I've tried wipe cache/factory reset
5. Phone's still stucked in boot loop
doesn't get past the tracfone wireless screen, boots pasts samsung logo and hangs at tracfon..
Help is seriously needed. Also, anyone know how i can carrier unlock the phone?????
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Was your phone rooted before it got bricked? Also, I can help you, but you will a custom recovery if your phone is rooted.
chocolote4444 said:
Was your phone rooted before it got bricked? Also, I can help you, but you will a custom recovery if your phone is rooted.
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I have this same phone......rooted. Can use your help. I want flash any working verizon rom. But more importantly I want to know how to recover from a brick..............
Noticed you were able to recovery from a brick......with Odin? Curious how. I tried to flash a stock Verizon rom, while rooted with ODIN, and pit file.......but it fails.
I am nervous of trying to flash TWRP and custom rom, if I don't know of a full proof recovery method.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Lucky Day
poog said:
I have this same phone......rooted. Can use your help. I want flash any working verizon rom. But more importantly I want to know how to recover from a brick..............
Noticed you were able to recovery from a brick......with Odin? Curious how. I tried to flash a stock Verizon rom, while rooted with ODIN, and pit file.......but it fails.
I am nervous of trying to flash TWRP and custom rom, if I don't know of a full proof recovery method.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
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Here's the link to stock firmware. Just load into odin and flash.
http://*******/1fuJAE
Dreysus said:
Here's the link to stock firmware. Just load into odin and flash.
http://*******/1fuJAE
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Dude that link doesn't work
New Link
https://mega.nz/#!coQzVaoL!OxkuLxfqFsowAd82Yo51C2oKbSg7lcDQMPGeOWb_3e8
Dreysus said:
https://mega.nz/#!coQzVaoL!OxkuLxfqFsowAd82Yo51C2oKbSg7lcDQMPGeOWb_3e8
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Last question, does that stock contain the modem (modem.bin)? My phone is unbricked but the EFS is messed up because I flashed a marshmallow update via TWRP and did not backup my EFS. I eventally had to restore my original 5.0.2 stock rom.
chocolote4444 said:
Last question, does that stock contain the modem (modem.bin)? My phone is unbricked but the EFS is messed up because I flashed a marshmallow update via TWRP and did not backup my EFS. I eventally had to restore my original 5.0.2 stock rom.
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Password is required? Is it possible to get it?
beehivemx said:
Password is required? Is it possible to get it?
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Yes you can get the file without the need of a password
chocolote4444 said:
Yes you can get the file without the need of a password
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May I ask how?
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beehivemx said:
May I ask how?
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I've been told this file is only available to VIP members of ClanGSM. Don't bother with this fix...
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beehivemx said:
May I ask how?
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I've been told this file is only available to VIP members of ClanGSM. Don't bother with this fix...
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Unless you have paid to be a member...Damn.
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beehivemx said:
May I ask how?
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I've been told this file is only available to VIP members of ClanGSM. Don't bother with this fix...
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Unless you have paid to be a member...Damn.
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I'm done with XDA. Most useless site I've ever dealt with... I have a $400.00 dollar phone that is useless based on the information on this site. They say this file works for your model but....BRICK. No one test what they post as proven...Don't trust what you read on this forum. Go elsewhere...although there is not much else to go to...
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beehivemx said:
May I ask how?
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I've been told this file is only available to VIP members of ClanGSM. Don't bother with this fix...
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Unless you have paid to be a member...Damn.
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I'm done with XDA. Most useless site I've ever dealt with... I have a $400.00 dollar phone that is useless based on the information on this site. They say this file works for your model but....BRICK. No one test what they post as proven...Don't trust what you read on this forum. Go elsewhere...although there is not much else to go to...
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Oh, I know this will get deleted, but hopefully someone will see this before it does. Nothing of value for the U.S.
:crying::crying::crying:
If I were you I would try to boot into w.e it allows you to, where you can use adb and fastboot commands and try to install the factory image, you should never do anything to the phone internally before unlocking the bootloader
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Also this website provides a. I've little box to put, more details about what's wrong with your phone besides sad faces, that well, doesn't give us much to work with on helping you, I would delete this and create a proper post with
1. Pixel or pixel XL
2 nougat or Oreo
3. What provider you have
4. Who you came into this circumstance.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyp5n11ibmtzvr0/G892_ENGROOT.tar?dl=0
Please, don't overshare! Leave some of the magic to be discovered
So how do I turn this into root access on my g892u?
Is this file for flashing in Odin? Please elaborate for those of us who lack expertise.
Thanks a million to anybody who is working on a root for this amazing phone!!
Anyone try this yet? And I assume this is the engineering BL. Based off the title, so wouldn't we still need someone like chainfire to release root for the device? Also I wonder if this is for 892A or 892U.
To many unanswered questions.
I flashed this and it did work for the T-Mobile 892U variant. However all it appears to be is the unlocked/engineering bl and nothing more. It does seem to be a step in the right direction. I was successfully able to flash back to stock afterward so we do at least have that small comfort that the stock images are out. I tested flashing the s8 and s8 plus images and there's no compatibility between this and them. If anyone can find anything more I'll use my phone as the guinea pig for it.
If someone has the 892a like myself and we are on bootloader 2, we don't currently have Odin files to return to stock. The only files available are BL1. I assume the u fw is still on the same BL as the released Odin files.
It is. Have you tried flashing this and then following up with the fw for the u to see if it can put the a on the u fw? And last I looked you do have Odin files for the a. Let me find the link.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g892a-galaxy-s8-active-stock-odin-t3667204
infyrno676767 said:
It is. Have you tried flashing this and then following up with the fw for the u to see if it can put the a on the u fw? And last I looked you do have Odin files for the a. Let me find the link.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g892a-galaxy-s8-active-stock-odin-t3667204
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Those are ota zips posted, the a Odin files are still BL1, so we can't use them anymore. And I have not tried flashing u for that exact reason. The inability to get back.
And a locked bootloader...
infyrno676767 said:
And a locked bootloader...
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The bootloader doesn't need to be unlocked to reflash fw w Odin. That's the point of having the Odin files.
How does that work, having multiple bootloaders? I've never had to deal with that before.
You don't have multiple bootloaders.s, you would flash the engineering BL in place of our current. But again there is no way to revert right now.
So I have the a active I understand I cannot revert back but will this achieve root?
dscblu said:
So I have the a active I understand I cannot revert back but will this achieve root?
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Theoretically it could but we would need a way to implement SU you can try this and then install SuperSU but I have a feeling that we need a binary built for this phone.
If what you are asking is if only flashing this file and Odin will give you root the answer is no however it is the first step to root assuming that the Eng bootloader allows root. I won't test this or go any further until there are Odin files released for bootloader 2
Had a feeling that would be the case, I didn't want to try anything until I knew for sure. If we're on BL2 wouldn't this never technically work since it's BL1?
dscblu said:
Had a feeling that would be the case, I didn't want to try anything until I knew for sure. If we're on BL2 wouldn't this never technically work since it's BL1?
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I don't know, sometimes the Eng AP is still flash able.
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infyrno676767 said:
I flashed this and it did work for the T-Mobile 892U variant. However all it appears to be is the unlocked/engineering bl and nothing more. It does seem to be a step in the right direction. I was successfully able to flash back to stock afterward so we do at least have that small comfort that the stock images are out. I tested flashing the s8 and s8 plus images and there's no compatibility between this and them. If anyone can find anything more I'll use my phone as the guinea pig for it.
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Infyrno was able to flash it to his 892u per his post, I'm not sure what BL he was on, or what BL the 892u is at perhaps T-Mobile is still on BL1
Help me please?
I'm looking to root my phone, and got here with all my looking. Can someone point me in the right direction from here? It's my understanding that this isn't all I need, or is it?
eleanorriggedme said:
I'm looking to root my phone, and got here with all my looking. Can someone point me in the right direction from here? It's my understanding that this isn't all I need, or is it?
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You are correct this is only the Eng bootloader. We do not have full root confirmed yet.
This isn't even an "engineering" bootloader, it's just the one from the factory firmware called "combination" on the various sites online. It's the active version of the same one used to root the s8 s8+ and n8
The real engineering bootloader and boot won't boot on our phones, as somehow the engineers devices are marked for it