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SM-N915A AT&T 6.0 Update Fear! Please help!

Hey guys,
I have the SAMSUNG-SM-N915A model number and the stock version Build number LMY47X.N915AUCS2C017 Baseband version on my phone. It works like a charm after spending days trying other stock build version I found online that had so many problems restarting the phone over and over. AT&T is trying to force a software update to 6.0 on my phone which simply wont work as the regular software update bricks my phone for some reason. Is there a setting I'm missing the just tells the phone not to accept any software updates from AT&T? I'm almost positive this update will screw weeks of tinkering and I finally got it working with 5.1.1. I want it to stay this way. Any ideas?
Thanks

cruizindruid said:
Hey guys,
I have the SAMSUNG-SM-N915A model number and the stock version Build number LMY47X.N915AUCS2C017 Baseband version on my phone. It works like a charm after spending days trying other stock build version I found online that had so many problems restarting the phone over and over. AT&T is trying to force a software update to 6.0 on my phone which simply wont work as the regular software update bricks my phone for some reason. Is there a setting I'm missing the just tells the phone not to accept any software updates from AT&T? I'm almost positive this update will screw weeks of tinkering and I finally got it working with 5.1.1. I want it to stay this way. Any ideas?
Thanks
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Go to settings/security.
You'll find the update settings in there IIRC.

closest thing I see too that is "security policy updates option which is already check off for automatic updates. It seems to be the Device management that's always trying to download the software update and force update. Is this a hidden stock application?

cruizindruid said:
closest thing I see too that is "security policy updates option which is already check off for automatic updates. It seems to be the Device management that's always trying to download the software update and force update. Is this a hidden stock application?
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Sorry I took so long getting back.
It's been a while since my 5.1.1 days.
Check in the section that says about device.
You should find your updates on/off listed in there.
You might want to turn off the cloud sync'ing settings as well.

bought phone from becetech wont update firmware

im sorry if this is in the wrong section but ,ok so i bought an open box galaxy s6 from becetech online and it would not let me update the firmware past 5.1.1 which made me a bit suss, downloaded root checker app and it came too me rooted. apart from not being able to update the firmware past 5.1.1 as far as im aware the phone has no issues and works perfectly fine. i downloaded the *samsung* phone info app, in general under manufacturer it says Samsung/verizon so im assuming that is part of the reason they rooted the phone as it needed to be unlocked from verizon to be refurbished? so what i want to know is how do i find out exactly what becetech have done to the phone and is there an easy way for me to update the firmware to nougat or at least marshmallow without stuffing the phone, like i said the phones running fine its just really bugging me not being to update. obviously im not able to work it out myself but i can follow instructions so any help from someone would be greatly appreciated so thank you in advance.

Benno81 said:
im sorry if this is in the wrong section but ,ok so i bought an open box galaxy s6 from becetech online and it would not let me update the firmware past 5.1.1 which made me a bit suss, downloaded root checker app and it came too me rooted. apart from not being able to update the firmware past 5.1.1 as far as im aware the phone has no issues and works perfectly fine. i downloaded the *samsung* phone info app, in general under manufacturer it says Samsung/verizon so im assuming that is part of the reason they rooted the phone as it needed to be unlocked from verizon to be refurbished? so what i want to know is how do i find out exactly what becetech have done to the phone and is there an easy way for me to update the firmware to nougat or at least marshmallow without stuffing the phone, like i said the phones running fine its just really bugging me not being to update. obviously im not able to work it out myself but i can follow instructions so any help from someone would be greatly appreciated so thank you in advance.
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Could someone with a bit more knowledge please tell me if the reason I can't update the firmware is because the firmware csc is TGY when I'm in Australia or just because it's rooted or what? I'm getting no answers from the company who I bought it off

Benno81 said:
Could someone with a bit more knowledge please tell me if the reason I can't update the firmware is because the firmware csc is TGY when I'm in Australia or just because it's rooted or what? I'm getting no answers from the company who I bought it off
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Are you trying to update via the phone update feature? If so this won't work as rooting disabled the ability Update using ota

First I tried OTA then downloaded samsung smart switch and gave that a go both no good. What I want to know is, if they had to root the phone to refurbish it will it brick it if I try to update? Won't it reset all the company I bought it off has done to it to refurbish it? Which I'm guessing is quite a process as when I look at the open source licenses there's a long list of files that have been changed. It just sucks that it's locked to a three year old version of the firmware that I'm worried apps will start to stop supporting in the near future? Apart from that I can not fault the phone there's been no problems, maybe I'm asking a bit much for a $400 phone?

Benno81 said:
First I tried OTA then downloaded samsung smart switch and gave that a go both no good. What I want to know is, if they had to root the phone to refurbish it will it brick it if I try to update? Won't it reset all the company I bought it off has done to it to refurbish it? Which I'm guessing is quite a process as when I look at the open source licenses there's a long list of files that have been changed. It just sucks that it's locked to a three year old version of the firmware that I'm worried apps will start to stop supporting in the near future? Apart from that I can not fault the phone there's been no problems, maybe I'm asking a bit much for a $400 phone?
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From what I can tell you have a g920v variant if the phone Shows Verizon but the sure fire way to know what variant you have is turn the phone off once off hold home-power-volume down, this will take you to download mode but should tell you your variant. You don't need to root a phone to refurbish It, you can flash Stock firmwares via Odin. I really don't know why they would have Rooted It tbh, you'd need to contact them, but I know for sure you can manually download the latest Verizon firmware and the phone should work. Maybe they Rooted it as part of making it network unlocked, o really can't say

Ok I tried that and a bright blue screen came up warning about custom OS then press up volume for download and down volume for reset? I just pressed down as there was no other info on the screen but it does say it's a sm-g920v in the settings as well as the root checker app. Another thing was I did ring samsung support gave them the serial number and IMEI and they said an authorized modification had been done on the phone but could offer no other support as it wasn't an Australian phone. I'll keep trying to get some info out of the company I bought it off and try to sort it out thanks for your help :good:

Is there a fix for this error yet?

S8 plus stuck in recovery with following message:
"Support SINGLE-SKU
Supported API: 3
dm-verity error
failed code : 0x02"
Is there a fix for this yet?
cheers
Matt

...? Elaborate?
What did you flash that lead to this?
dm-verity is what you usually get when you flash something incompatible, or when some insecure fw image is rejected.
Reflash the firmware using ODIN, and the latest FW package for your model / region. (in the AP box)
If you end up with DRK error afterwards, then you're boned. You need Samsung to help you out.
TL;DR: Careful when flashing stuff next time, always verify what you're flashing is for your device's model.

OP, did you found a solution to your problem? i'm asking because now i have the exact same problem as you do so i would really appreciate if you could tell me what you've done.

Comarrid92 said:
OP, did you found a solution to your problem? i'm asking because now i have the exact same problem as you do so i would really appreciate if you could tell me what you've done.
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Took it back to Samsung and had to pay them £290 to fit a brand new board.
Out of warranty coz i rooted it.
only way out.
Gutted.
Matt

Guess the problem was that you didn't flash dm-verity bypass when u tried to root.

CoreyHUN said:
Guess the problem was that you didn't flash dm-verity bypass when u tried to root.
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Wrong.
I did flash it, and it was rooted for about a week, but for some reason, i was bored, just potching around with my phone and decided to uncheck 'allow OEM' unlock, but forgot to re-check it before i restarted the phone...too late though...as Samsungs awesome security basically said...NO WAY...he's tinkering about with root triggered the efuse on the board and the ONLY way to fix that was a brand new board.
I'm not a newbie (hence my 371 thanks meter) when it comes to rooting phones....i've been on here since 2011 and rooted stacks of phones....HTC HD2, HTC Sensation, Desire HD, LG G2, LG G3, LG G4, HTC One-X, HTC One-x Plus, HTC Desire eye and a LOT more...Just made a silly mistake a week AFTER I rooted the phone.
I gotta be hnonest, I thought i'd miss root, but can hand on heart say....i'm not missing it one single bit.
My lovely Samsung still has 20 months warranty and i'm keeping it that way by not rooting.
LOVE my S8 Plus and to be honest, with Knox etc....I'd advise everyone not to root this EXPENSIVE beast of a phone!:good:
Matt

In some countries (like the EU ones) it is legal to modify the software on your phone, without voiding HW warranty, so if ur phone dies, and they can't prove that it is because the modification, they have to replace / repair it.

CoreyHUN said:
In some countries (like the EU ones) it is legal to modify the software on your phone, without voiding HW warranty, so if ur phone dies, and they can't prove that it is because the modification, they have to replace / repair it.
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WRONG!
Hardware problems -> YES
Problems due to wrong use of your phone (i.e. root and phone won't do anything anymore): NO
And I do agree with Samsung: if you temper with the FW, and your phone doesn't do anything anymore -> IT'S YOUR OWN F...... FAULT ! ! !

Here's the nice big fat bill I got for repairing it.

Eeeuuurrreekkaaaaaa!
So after being presented with this error due to my own stupidity (trying to diagnose why MTP wasn't working on windows 10 and disabling Developer Options and not re-enabling OEM Unlock), I managed to get around it quite simply although at the cost of my data... BUT at least its not bricked.
The solution is simple;
1. Use SamFirm and download the latest firmware
2. Using Odin Load all the firmware options (BL, AP, CP and CSC) and in the options tab select all the checkboxes except "Flash Lock" and "T-Flash".
3. Press start and hold your breath.
Upon completion the phone may not reboot automatically so you will have to manually reboot using the Bixby, Volume Down and Power Buttons. Once rebooted you'll see it erasing the remaining userdata and finalising the re-partitioning process but a few minutes later you'll see the samsung logo and the welcome screen.
I hope this helps someone. Good Luck Peeps

I have the same problem guys but my odin isn't working the ID thing specifically the computer isn't recognising the phone.

[REQUEST] Nokia 7 TA-1041 Official Firmware

My partner from Chinese 7to forum had made TWRP adaption for Nokia 5, 6 and 8. Now it's time to find out how to install custom recovery and root Nokia 7.
To achieve that, I need the official firmware of Nokia 7 TA-1041.
That's it. It will benefit a lot for both XDA and Chinese Android communities.
Current version is 00CN_0_64C I think.
Thanks a lot!
UPDATE: I got the Nokia 7 firmware, filename is C1N-0430-0-00CN-B05.rar. But I won't release it until @blackpanther0582 or @Quixote78 got Nokia 2 and 7 firmware.
UPDATE IN Mar 12th 2018 (UTC+8): I released this firmware. You can find it from https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-7/development/nokia-7-stock-firmware-t3762166

Can you help me with this firmware bro

hikari_calyx said:
UPDATE: I got the Nokia 7 firmware, filename is C1N-0430-0-00CN-B05.rar. But I won't release it until @blackpanther0582 or @Quixote78 got Nokia 2 and 7 firmware.
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Any specific reasons for not releasing it for others to download?

singhnsk said:
Any specific reasons for not releasing it for others to download?
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I got this firmware from local Nokia Service center where I sent a bricked Nokia 6 to them.
To protect the employee who gave me the firmware, I won't release it immediately.

hikari_calyx said:
I got this firmware from local Nokia Service center where I sent a bricked Nokia 6 to them.
To protect the employee who gave me the firmware, I won't release it immediately.
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That's sweet of you. I've just got my Nokia 7 and I might just brick it while playing with it. So, can I at least stay assured that if something wrong happens, you'll privately provide me with the firmware? ?

Phone won't boot
Some help would be fantastic and greatly appreciated. I received the phone brand new just yesterday and have turned it on to set it up but it will not go past the "Powered by Android" screen. I have tried so many times to enter reset menu to factory restore it but it is not possible. I think my only option left is to somehow flash the phone with the original firmware but as I've never used a newer Nokia before, I am unsure of that too. I contacted Nokia online support who refuse to help me because the phone is exclusive to China and I am based in Australia. I feel like I have been scammed with a brand new phone that I can not use.

asking for rom to unbrick Nokia TA 1041
Hello everyone.
I would like to know if you have the rom and firmware of TA 1041 CCN 4GB ram.
I bought it on AliExpress.
After 2 hours of using it , it stopped booting normally.
The phone stays on the Nokia screen.
I cannot turn it off!
When trying to hook it to the PC , the Android driver is there , but their no device detected!
I wonder if some part of the boot chips are dead?
Can someone help him please?
Best regards

hikari_calyx said:
My partner from Chinese 7to forum had made TWRP adaption for Nokia 5, 6 and 8. Now it's time to find out how to install custom recovery and root Nokia 7.
To achieve that, I need the official firmware of Nokia 7 TA-1041.
That's it. It will benefit a lot for both XDA and Chinese Android communities.
Current version is 00CN_0_64C I think.
Thanks a lot!
UPDATE: I got the Nokia 7 firmware, filename is C1N-0430-0-00CN-B05.rar. But I won't release it until @blackpanther0582 or @Quixote78 got Nokia 2 and 7 firmware.
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Hello everyone.
I would like to know if you have the rom and firmware of TA 1041 CCN 4GB ram.
I bought it on AliExpress.
After 2 hours of using it , it stopped booting normally.
The phone stays on the Nokia screen.
I cannot turn it off!
When trying to hook it to the PC , the Android driver is there , but their no device detected!
I wonder if some part of the boot chips are dead?
Can someone help him please?
Best regards

Ausssie said:
Some help would be fantastic and greatly appreciated. I received the phone brand new just yesterday and have turned it on to set it up but it will not go past the "Powered by Android" screen. I have tried so many times to enter reset menu to factory restore it but it is not possible. I think my only option left is to somehow flash the phone with the original firmware but as I've never used a newer Nokia before, I am unsure of that too. I contacted Nokia online support who refuse to help me because the phone is exclusive to China and I am based in Australia. I feel like I have been scammed with a brand new phone that I can not use.
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The same problem with "Powered by Android", only I'm from Belarus. Waiting for an answer from support.

Any update on this?
Got this phone recently from china (as it is unavailable yet in my country), its great but has a ton of software issues: setup screen constantly freezing, google play fires errors faster then a tommy gun, widgets and apps crashing, etc...
Really would like to be able to flash a clean rom.
Cheers!

I sent my phone back and going to claim a refund. I really want the phone because it has the specs that I want, the size that I want, the build quality that I want, and the look that I want. But it seems there is a software issue that means it doesn't function correctly out of China.

Voronko said:
Any update on this?
Got this phone recently from china (as it is unavailable yet in my country), its great but has a ton of software issues: setup screen constantly freezing, google play fires errors faster then a tommy gun, widgets and apps crashing, etc...
Really would like to be able to flash a clean rom.
Cheers!
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I have the same problem as you, the phone hangs on download mode after I reboot or power down consecutively 5 to 6 times after flashing the rom.
I cannot force flash the ROM, with OST LA, it hangs on "hwcfg" (C1N-0-0430-hwcfg.img) after 117 seconds of attempting to flash.
Google Play Store has been flashed in the original firmware, it is buggy as it doesnt update any application.
I think google applications are causing the phone to hang out and to bug.
I cannot seem to find a clean rom for this phone!

sithounet3k said:
I have the same problem as you, the phone hangs on download mode after I reboot or power down consecutively 5 to 6 times after flashing the rom.
I cannot force flash the ROM, with OST LA, it hangs on "hwcfg" (C1N-0-0430-hwcfg.img) after 117 seconds of attempting to flash.
Google Play Store has been flashed in the original firmware, it is buggy as it doesnt update any application.
I think google applications are causing the phone to hang out and to bug.
I cannot seem to find a clean rom for this phone!
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My biggest problem is updating/installing apps, as you said. I'm getting error 404 and no solutions from webs fix it. A funny related issue is that the phone is not showing up in the web version of Google Play (when you do a remote install). At least I think these issues are related.
Did you experience anything similar?

Voronko said:
My biggest problem is updating/installing apps, as you said. I'm getting error 404 and no solutions from webs fix it. A funny related issue is that the phone is not showing up in the web version of Google Play (when you do a remote install). At least I think these issues are related.
Did you experience anything similar?
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Yes I have experienced the same thing.
I have asked the reseller on Aliexpress for the original firmware.
I am waiting for his answer ...
What concerns me , I cannot find ANY ROM available for this Nokia 7 and the bootloader is locked and cannot be unlocked on fastboot.
I hope one day a developer on xda could give us a clean ROM+GAPPS, with a TWRP recovery.

Support for the firmware is not responding. The theme on community.phones.nokia.com/support/discussions constantly removes.

Any update?
Mine got stuck in "Powered by Android"

To everyone who subscribed this topic:
I released this firmware. You can find it from https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-7/development/nokia-7-stock-firmware-t3762166

Motog8 plus root

Does anyone know how to root? Till yet ?
Today IT was my Christmas.present
Thanks
Daniel

No source from motorola, nor updates yet.

Hello you can root your moto with magisk.

Mounib BOULAABI said:
Hello you can root your moto with magisk.
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If you have a copy of the boot.img
Sent from my mata using XDA Labs

Thanks by the way. I found i way to root my Device.

Please do tell, how?

Danieldergrosse said:
Thanks by the way. I found i way to root my Device.
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Would you mind sharing your way to root your device? Every piece of knowledge can help other users here on XDA.
Sent from my Moto G5 Plus using XDA Labs

http://androidbiits.com/root-motorola-moto-g8-plus-xt2019-2-xt2019-1-easily/
This method

Danieldergrosse said:
http://androidbiits.com/root-motorola-moto-g8-plus-xt2019-2-xt2019-1-easily/
This method
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your link seems dead or not correct. - edit: link correct, was not working due to my vpn...
I assume he patched a G8+ boot.img with magisk manager.
boot image can be extracted from official Doha firmware found here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/doha/official/
manual on how to do this can be found on official magisk manager website.
be aware that when unlocking bootloader your phone will reset to factory settings.

This is what I did. Yes..

Worked great for my G8+. I guess people should just check which stock ROM file they get from lolinet to make sure it's the right one. I say that because, in my case, lolinet list had two files for the Brazilian stock ROM. I went to Settings / About / Version number and downloaded the matching file. Don't know whether the other file would work the same or not. Just didn't want to risk having any issue since G8+ is somewhat new and there's not much info on solving root problems on the Internet.

Hi,
Couple of questions
Does the Bootloader have to be Unlocked to flash the modified Boot image?
Or can I use update option?
Are Motorola releasing unlock numbers for Bootloader now?
Thanks, Carl

carl.13 said:
Hi,
Couple of questions
Does the Bootloader have to be Unlocked to flash the modified Boot image?
Or can I use update option?
Are Motorola releasing unlock numbers for Bootloader now?
Thanks, Carl
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Hello, Carl. I guess it's not possible unless there's a flaw in the security. There are some articles on the Internet about that. Google "is-there-a-way-to-root-an-android-phone-without-unlocking-the-bootloader". I can't post URLs yet.
As for Motorola devices, I was able to unlock the bootloader without problems on my G8+, last week. The only caveat, I'm my case, is that I had to wait some days for the unlock bootloader option be available under developer options. It was disabled by default in my G8+. And, yes, they're releasing bootloader unlocking codes.

THANKS!

Have anybody with a rooted device tried to get wide angle camera working in gcam ports?
Thanks.

successfully rooted my Moto G8 Plus using the info in this thread
but for some reason I can't delete bloatware, even by deleting apps from root browsers or trying few solution I found on google

esrd43 said:
successfully rooted my Moto G8 Plus using the info in this thread
but for some reason I can't delete bloatware, even by deleting apps from root browsers or trying few solution I found on google
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magisk module debloater and also sdmaid helped with most of the bloatware, the only thing I could not remove was google files but I just deactivated it.

a really weird thing happened with the April 1st update, basically the update started automatically and it failed at 3/6 so I tought I should restart my phone and test it again, but it got stuck in bootloop and I had to reflash a rom with fastboot cmd.
I think that's because I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my phone, cause u lose the right for updates after you do that, but for some reason lenovo/moto update system goes automatically the next second u connect to the internet and fails halfway thru so u have a higher chance to ruin your phone or something, instead of denying the update from the start
so the solution I found was to try and delete "moto update service" app that I can't force stop or disable but I couldnt find it in system/app or system/priv-app, that's because the app name is "3c_ota", so deleting that with SD Maid app worked and the "update system" option in settings is reverted to a sort of default android one that lets you check manually.

Had a similiar issue. I soft bricked my phone (bootloop) and installed a stock rom from an unofficial source. The funny thing is, this version did make like 3 or 4 system upgrades to PPSI.29.65-51 without any issue. But the 1st April updated failed to install. I then flashed the official 1st april stock image with the moto rescue and smart assistant. After that, the official ROM tells me my phone is not allowed to do updates because the security of this phone is compromised and I should contact lenovo support
Those upates are kinda annoying if they don't work, I guess I'll just completey flash the phone every 6-12 months with the moto assistant.

yeah you should always have a backup rom that you can download with moto assistant or from lolinet g8 roms (https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/doha/official/)
I also got the same message saying that my phone is compromised ( unlocked bootloader + rooted) and it won't receive any further updates, but I just deleted the "3c_ota" app (the moto update service) which is bad cause if forces automatic updates the second u connect to internet.
I'm not going to touch any further updates or security patches until android 10, which I will attempt to flash via moto assistant