Help with firmware R732 - Samsung Gear S2

Help with firmware R732.
I am flashing through WIFI, the firmware process is flawless, the phone restarts and voila, everything remains as it was, the old firmware and all the old settings. I tried to flash via soldered USB in various ways and programs, everywhere it gives an error during re-patition, although reading the patition and writing the pit file goes fine.
There is another feature (glitch), you change the settings in the watch, change or delete the dials, or record or delete files, and when you restart the clock everything is restored as before the change, even the dials that you deleted.

Welcome in Nightmare...
We are close to ZERO chance... with normal "magic"...
:crying:
If you have time and energy... we could try something with your device...
Because my USB connection is broken... :crying: :crying:
Look here... we are not alone...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/gear-s2/fail-to-hard-softreset-t3746359
This is what I have researched at the moment...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82225983&postcount=262
I was able to kill my device by writing 1 wrong file several times... into rootfs.img...
This file is incompatible...
So IMHO eMCC is not dead but protected...
Maybe by crap Knox crap s h ehm Security...
No idea if really bad Blocks are reason for lock eMMC... or some other reason...
Best Regards

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Struck by an MDA brick!!

Made a huge error.....didnt go through forums and read instructions before trying to Flash a German T-Mobile MDA Compact to a English ROM....
The device is completely dead....
Followed all the steps required to get it back up...It is refusing to do so though....
Used this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=19500
One thing to note is that I am not using the AC charger, am using the USB cable to charge the phone.
Can someone please helpme...
Haven't got past the bootloader mode...
If you followed the instructions from the other thread, it should have started flashing.
Some things to check on:
1) Did you do a full d2s before you attempted the upgrade? It's always good to have something to fall back on.
2) If you can get to a bootloader screen, all is definitely not lost.
3) Sometimes, it takes 4 or 5 minutes for the "Press to flash" comes up on the screen so be patient with that.
4) Make sure you did exactly a 416 byte copy from the original rom file in to the new flash file.
5) You can only write an nb1 file from the pc AFTER it has been created from the pocket pc. If the SD card has been pc formatted, the nb1 file will write to it but the pocket pc won't recognize it and will just sit there at the bootloader screen.
HTH
I think I fired the MDA
Well I did not create the nbf file from the ppc, downloaded it from the the forum FTP. I do not have the backup of the nbf file. As I mentioned I did not read the forums before trying the update.
I just downloaded the T-Mobile ROM update and tried installing it. Obivousioly it didn't work, Game the dreaded the 112 error in the 3rd step.
Am not even getting the bootlader screen now..
Any ideas on how I can get this device up and running.?...
ok, need some clarification here. "What" are you trying to load (nbf files or nb1 files) and how are you trying to load them (SD flash or the standard USB based upgrade)?
Easy enough to check to see if your device can still get to bootload mode....hold the camera and power switches in at the same time and hit soft reset with your stylus. After letting go of those and you see either "Serial" or "USB" at the top of the screen, you should still be able to recover from this.
Tried with the nb1 files not nbf (sorry abt teh error)..
The bootloader screen was showing up ...unitll I tried the T-Mobile MDAcompact_vers11201
After the 112 error while updating...the device now refusing to get to the bootloader mode.
Have I fried the device and made it unusable....?
hey just got back the bootloader screen...
Take the SD card out, disconnect the USB and tell me what happens when you hold the power and camera buttons in at the same time, then hit the soft reset.
Also, has the unit been charged recently?
Its showing Serial v1.00...after the reset.
Its been on the USB chatge all along.....
Great. If you get Serial at the top, this can be recovered.
If you want a good T-Mobile 1.12 rom file, go here and use this one:
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Magician/tmobile-uk_wwe_ROM_1.12.00(thereapermanl).rar
Unpack it and follow all the procedures about copying the 416 bytes, rewriting the file, etc. from the other thread. I have tested this rom file and it installs ok.
Thanks for the encouraging words...
Will it work even if I do not have a backup of the original ROM on my machine?....I only have the tmobile.nb1 file which I got from the XDA forums.
Lemme try using that and editing it.
Thanks a ton for your help.
You might be a little stuck for an nb1 flash if you don't have an original flash back up but don't fear. You can go here and get this WWE1.12 file and just do a USB type upgrade:
ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Magician/Shipped_ROMS/WWE_11200_128_11210_ship.exe
I know this one works too. It's ROM 1.12, Radio 1.12 and Ext_ROM 1.12. When you try to run the upgrade program though, it might give you a Country ID error. If so, use the attached upgrade program instead. If this one gives you a Country ID error again, close the program and just run it again. I've been down all these roads already.
Lemme get this right this time: I will be doing the following
1. Install the ROM as you have mentioned. With the country id hack if necessary
2. Hopefully by now the device would be alive. If so will take a backup of the ROM on the SD card
3. From then on follow the instruction given in the doc.
Hope I get it righ this time else Its going to be a long night for me.
Lemme know if I have to do anything else.
Either ROM will work fine for you. It just depends on whether or not you want I-Mate stuff on it or T-Mobile stuff on it.
Doing the USB upgrade will put the I-Mate ROM on but after that, it should be working and you can then do an SD backup, follow the SD flashing procedures and get the T-Mobile ROM on.
Good Luck!
The masupgrateut is throwing up a ruu.dll error?...you seen that one before?
What sort of error? Not found?
yup...
I extracted the ROM exe and found teh file...copied it to the windows folder..and ran the no id program...no error this time round but the update is still giving a COuntry ID error...
Been looking at various posts...specially this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14973
Thinks thats gonna help?
ok...two things.....just run it again. The no ID program sometimes does that on the first time 'round so just run it again.
Second, stick this at the end of the RUU.conf file:
[CHECKCEID_TYPE]=1
ran the program multiple times...still getting the COuntry ID error...
Are you running this program? MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe
...with the change in the RUU.conf file?
I just noticed something....did you extract all the files to a single directory and just run it from there or did you just pull a few out?
ALL the files have to be in the same directory. This is also where you need to execute the installer program.

[Q] Lockscreen pin removal - as per posted hack

Hi All,
I've been having a nightmare with my phone, my PIN lockscreen wont accept my pin number on my S2. Now before you think i've nicked it check my posting history on the S2 forums, you'll see i've been posting there for a while.
I've CAN access the phone by removing settings.db, from
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
the lockscreen request dissapears then, but it wont let me create a new pin as it still thinks a pin is set.
I've followed this thread:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409304
regarding removing a pin, but when i try to reset my pin it wont take it, or more to the point it does take the values (i checked them using an SQL browsing tool) but it still asks me for a pin.
Reformatting System, Cache and Data via clockwork mod recovery and flashing 2different roms didnt help either as the pin screen keeps coming back for some reason.
Would anyone know if flashing back to stock via Odin would help, does that Wipe the phone completely? Or even better, anyone know why this is happening and prevailing between wipes?
The only thing i havent tried yet is wiping /emmc/ (internal memory card) and trying again.
I've been at this for 2 days now, can anyone shed some light on this?
Ok as per above a follow up:-
I have fixed this by removing cryptlockscreen* files in EFS. I can also now enter new pins or patterns etc as before.
The is a problem however when i try to create a new pin, it takes it and everything looks ok, but when i try to enter my pin on the lockscreen again it still wont take it and i have to do the same process again. (Wipe out the relevant files in EFS)
I've been able to secure my device simply by using a pattern lock instead but its not an ideal solution.
Does anyone know why, after deleting the files above i should STILL have an issue?
Remember, this went from working perfectly to not, possibly due to wavesecure and it would be good to get to the bottom of this.
TheBlueRaja said:
Ok as per above a follow up:-
I have fixed this by removing cryptlockscreen* files in EFS. I can also now enter new pins or patterns etc as before.
The is a problem however when i try to create a new pin, it takes it and everything looks ok, but when i try to enter my pin on the lockscreen again it still wont take it and i have to do the same process again. (Wipe out the relevant files in EFS)
I've been able to secure my device simply by using a pattern lock instead but its not an ideal solution.
Does anyone know why, after deleting the files above i should STILL have an issue?
Remember, this went from working perfectly to not, possibly due to wavesecure and it would be good to get to the bottom of this.
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You cannot do this. You need to extract the password salt to quickly brute force such a thing. Use adb to extract data for sqlite. If rooted attempt a factory reset in recovery. Seriously this is some forensics stuff.
Good luck.

My Huawei y520-u22 \data partition is read only

It's my sister's phone and I don't know What she did exactly all she said that she tried to install candy crush from google play and then the problem begun each time the mobile reboots after 5-8 seconds I get a ton of stopped working notifications mainly about google apps like "error com.google.process.gapps has stopped" which repeatedly appear each time I press OK and a ton of other stopped working errors like weather,settings and anything I try to open. No matter what I do uninstall any app, change settings, change wallpaper after reboot everything revert back I tried to wipe/factory reset but no dice, I tried to flash the stock rom using SP flash tool and flashed the rom successfully but nothing changed the same apps the same wallpaper I am not talking about the default apps and wallpaper no I am talking about the apps that my sister installed before like Facebook, whats app etc...
I thought about flashing a custom rom and picked one but it required custom recovery which in turn required root access I tried several programs like kingroot, oneclickroot through PC but didn't work then I tried to flash CWM recovery through SP flash tool following the instructions I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61359133&postcount=4 and again the recovery was flashed successfully but when I tried to go to recovery I found the stock recovery instead I tried to flash the recovery using Fastboot but Fastboot came up with this error:
"FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" which when I looked around turn out to be an error related to locked bootloaders but as far as I know the bootloader on Huawei y520-u22 is unlocked but wanted to make sure so I tried this command "fastboot oem device-info" but it gave me ... as in processing and nothing for a very long time until I gave up and closed the cmd. I then tried to boot into safe mode after pressing the power button then tabbing the shutdown option and selecting boot into safe mode but the phone rebooted into normal mode as usual.
and now I am out of options what should I do ?
Edit: eventually I found that my problem like this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895628 was that the \data partition is read only but I can't fix it the way he did since he used advanced partitioning in clockworkmod recovery but I can't flash it or any other custom recoveries.
mostafa_0017 said:
It's my sister's phone and I don't know What she did exactly all she said that she tried to install candy crush from google play and then the problem begun each time the mobile reboots after 5-8 seconds I get a ton of stopped working notifications mainly about google apps like "error com.google.process.gapps has stopped" which repeatedly appear each time I press OK and a ton of other stopped working errors like weather,settings and anything I try to open. No matter what I do uninstall any app, change settings, change wallpaper after reboot everything revert back I tried to wipe/factory reset but no dice, I tried to flash the stock rom using SP flash tool and flashed the rom successfully but nothing changed the same apps the same wallpaper I am not talking about the default apps and wallpaper no I am talking about the apps that my sister installed before like Facebook, whats app etc...
I thought about flashing a custom rom and picked one but it required custom recovery which in turn required root access I tried several programs like kingroot, oneclickroot through PC but didn't work then I tried to flash CWM recovery through SP flash tool following the instructions I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61359133&postcount=4 and again the recovery was flashed successfully but when I tried to go to recovery I found the stock recovery instead I tried to flash the recovery using Fastboot but Fastboot came up with this error:
"FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" which when I looked around turn out to be an error related to locked bootloaders but as far as I know the bootloader on Huawei y520-u22 is unlocked but wanted to make sure so I tried this command "fastboot oem device-info" but it gave me ... as in processing and nothing for a very long time until I gave up and closed the cmd. I then tried to boot into safe mode after pressing the power button then tabbing the shutdown option and selecting boot into safe mode but the phone rebooted into normal mode as usual.
and now I am out of options what should I do ?
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Hmm...
First, tell her to quit using Facebook app, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and other social media and texting apps. I know she just HAS to keep up with all her friends and the latest gossip but her device can't handle all those system demanding apps, they are literal HELL on mid-low end devices. They all constantly run scanning for updates and notifications, CONSTANTLY. They are notorious for making devices act crazy, especially when you have more than one of them.
For Facebook, its best to bookmark the Facebook page in mobile browser then create a shortcut for that bookmark on her homescreen, then it has to be set so that it loads the desktop site for Facebook, then she can view her Facebook messages, if it isn't set to load desktop site it will request she install messenger but she won't need to if she uses the desktop site to view messages. Then she can set her Facebook notifications to go to her gmail account, then in gmail app she needs to make sure it is set to receive notifications for gmail, then when she gets messages or activity on Facebook she will get a gmail notification in her status bar letting her know to check Facebook, then she can open the bookmark to view it. That is just as convenient as having the two apps but without all the strain on the device, also takes less space on internal and has less junk running in the background eating mobile data and draining battery.
As for her texting apps such as WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, etc., she needs to pick 1 or at the most 2 of them and leave the others alone, her device will run much faster and smoother.
You can try booting to recovery and wipe cache partition(not factory reset).
As for fastboot and SP flashtool not working, do you have USB debugging enabled in developer options on the device?
well thanks for your reply your advice about phone usage is great but wouldn't matter If I can't revive this phone anyway yes I tried both to wipe cache partition and wipe data and yes I enabled USB debugging but in case of SP flash tool all i need to do is have the proper drivers shutdown the phone click download in SP then connect the phone using USB cable then the red bar would fill up then another yellow one then a big green OK tick and nothing would change in the phone and for Fastboot all I need to do is shutdown then power + volume up then select fastboot then connect the phone then open cmd and type fastboot devices it would show the device Id then use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-y520.img then I get the error "FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" interestingly I got my hands on a normally working similar set which I tried several things on it like *#*#7378423#*#* It accepted the code but didn't do/show me anything just like my broken set then having the set in Fasboot mode I tried "fastboot oem device-info" which yielded nothing but ... just like my broken set other things I tried on my broken set I tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5 using "Mtk_Droid_Tool_v2.5.3" to create CWM recovery for my phone and got the error
error :no find kernelgz
error: no split boot image
then I tried to use easy magic Philz touch installer which eventually asked for root access on the phone
but I can't since I tried every root method and didn't work.
I even made a logcat if it would help I could attach it
mostafa_0017 said:
well thanks for your reply your advice about phone usage is great but wouldn't matter If I can't revive this phone anyway yes I enabled USB debugging but in case of SP flash tool all i need to do is have the proper drivers shutdown the phone click download in SP then connect the phone using USB cable then the red bar would fill up then another yellow one then a big green OK tick and nothing would change in the phone and for Fastboot all I need to do is shutdown then power + volume up then select fastboot then connect the phone then open cmd and type fastboot devices it would show the device Id then use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-y520.img then I get the error "FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" interestingly I got my hands on a normally working similar set which I tried several things on it like *#*#7378423#*#* It accepted the code but didn't do/show me anything just like my broken set then having the set in Fasboot mode I tried "fastboot oem device-info" which yielded nothing but ... just like my broken set other things I tried on my broken set I tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5 using "Mtk_Droid_Tool_v2.5.3" to create CWM recovery for my phone and got the error
error :no find kernelgz
error: no split boot image
then I tried to use easy magic Philz touch installer which eventually asked for root access on the phone
but I can't since I tried every root method and didn't work.
I even made a logcat if it would help I could attach it
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The advice does more than help, its actually the REAL solution to the problem. If you get it fixed and she's still using all that crap it'll just cause issues again, I'm sure you don't want to have to go through all of this a second time, right?
Droidriven said:
The advice does more than help, its actually the REAL solution to the problem. If you get it fixed and she's still using all that crap it'll just cause issues again, I'm sure you don't want to have to go through all of this a second time, right?
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God no of course not I will till her to keep her apps in check and use as minimum social apps as possible but right now that won't help me revive this phone :crying:
mostafa_0017 said:
God no of course not I will till here to keep here apps in check and use as minimum social apps as possible but right now that won't help me revive this phone :crying:
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I don't get how installing a game caused this, I believe there has to be more to the story somewhere, somehow.
Besides, with some of the steps you've taken, you've probably created other issues than it started with. Whatever you do, don't format the device in SP flashtool, you'll probably lose IMEI if you do that.
Droidriven said:
I don't get how installing a game caused this, I believe there has to be more to the story somewhere, somehow.
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me too man me too I didn't believe it at all installing an app won't do all of this but at one point when I was rebooting I got this suspicious message which I took a couple of bad quality pictures for it here http://imgur.com/a/RIGqD
actually I have grown very confident dealing with the phone that no matter what I do It wouldn't matter since it will come back just as always and now I didn't create any other issues since no matter what I hit a dead end the device revert back no matter what I do, Do you feel me I am starting to go insane I am pretty sure even If I tried to brick this device on purpose I won't be able to.
mostafa_0017 said:
me too man me too I didn't believe it at all installing an app won't do all of this but at one point when I was rebooting I got this suspicious message which I took a couple of bad quality pictures for it here http://imgur.com/a/RIGqD
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Your pic keeps directing me to the imgur app to view it, I'm not installing the app just to view it, why not just upload the pic as an attachment to your post and it will display in your post instead.
Sorry old habits die hard I used to talk in this one forum before and their rules forbid to upload images or anything actually as attachments except in extreme cases here they are
hmmmm strange can't find the attachment button guess I will just post direct links hope they work
http://i.imgur.com/OrSWbzE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EcmrDlI.jpg
mostafa_0017 said:
Sorry old habits die hard I used to talk in this one forum before and their rules forbid to upload images or anything actually as attachments except in extreme cases here they are
hmmmm strange can't find the attachment button guess I will just post direct links hope they work
http://i.imgur.com/OrSWbzE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EcmrDlI.jpg
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When did you say it displayed that? That looks fishy, the grammar is a little off as if whoever made that didn't quite know the language, kinda like the way grammar isn't quite right like some of the questionable Chinese apps known to be malware.
If you're using a browser you have to select "go advanced" under the box you reply in, then you'll see "manage attachments"
If you're using an app you should see a paperclip symbol or a pic thumbnail.
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When did you say it displayed that? That looks fishy, the grammar is a little off as if whoever made that didn't quite know the language, kinda like the way grammar isn't quite right like some of the questionable Chinese apps known to be malware.
If you're using a browser you have to select "go advanced" under the box you reply in, then you'll see "manage attachments"
If you're using an app you should see a paperclip symbol or a pic thumbnail.
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Yeah thanks found it and it displayed this only one time when I was rebooting after doing various things and I never saw it again and yeah the grammar felt really strange when I googled its content I only found a couple of Spanish forums talking about this but couldn't get any information about the source of this message and that's why I thought about the logcat in the first place.
the same problem
hi i have the same probleme with my huawei y520 u22 i can do nothing just start up the phone i got the message and i can do nothing when i try to unistall any app the phone restart and go back to the same situation wipe cache and wipe data nothing change flashing 1000000000000000000 roms nothing change any one can tell me there the problem is
as i think the flash memory is the problem its blocked in write and read.
any solution plz
I read this and just think, what the hell... i can not understand why "/data" is write protected. Just some thoughts running through my head:
- phone is not rooted and completely stock, but factory reset not working!? in this case ask for warranty and send it back to seller!
- if no warranty, ask Huawei for support. don't tell much, just claim factory reset is not working.
- ask any mobile repair shop, they have special hardware like Octoplus Box and can do factory reset.
- if possible - make a "backup user data" with Android system recovery, you may restore it on working phone, later.
- if you have read-access to "/cache/recovery" look for file "last_log" and copy to sdcard. "/proc/emmc" and "/proc/partitions" are another useful files. keep this in case you have to manually create the scatter file.
- you can use MediaTek SP Flash Tool Readback function in download mode to make a ROM backup dump. for readback you need to install VCOM Drivers, then first click Read back, then connect the phone to PC while switched off and insert battery. MTK Droid Tools will then help to segment the partitions from it. or readback every partition separately with scatter file. the most important files are "nvram.bin", "preloader.bin", "boot.img", "recovery.img".
- if phone is locked, ask Huawei for unlock code (not sure if this works on broken phone). there are different kinds of S-ON some will lock only bootloader, some lock all partitions, too.
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/362724-official-code-request-to-unlock-the-bootloader-final-post
- try fastboot mode factory reset (not sure if working, just googled this stuff i found).
http://www.hardresetandroid.com/hard-reset/huawei-hr/huawei-ascend-y520-hard-reset-code-format-solution
- once you have unlocked the phone, do factory reset. phone should boot now. its hardly imaginable that "/system" is damaged because of never rooted the phone.
- if still not working, you should now be able to flash custom recovery, too. be careful, select tested binary for your special phone model only! flash in fastboot mode. avoid flashing with SP Flash Tool as long as you not absolute sure that scatter file is 100% correct (MTK Droid Tools may give you wrong scatter files for devices > 4 GB!)
- from custom recovery, you should able to root the phone via adb root method or install the "supersu.zip"
- once you have root, you can mount data partition read-write from adb shell (in recovery mode) and format or delete it. of course the custom recovery has a wipe data option, too.
- installing aroma file manager zip is another way to browse and modify everything in recovery mode. you can copy files from similar phone into "/system" folder, if phone still not working properly.
- don't restore a full backup from similar phone (especially NVRAM folder), this may clone IMEIs and WiFi MAC address.
- you can install a stock rom zip from custom recovery instead, and use my script bckp2cwm.zip to convert the user data backup into cwm format and restore "/data" folder only (converting script requires linux pc).
- delete suspicious apps from "/data/app" + "/data/dalvik-cache" + "/data/data" (every app has three entries with similar name). do it in recovery mode with aroma file manager, or on linux pc from backup file during converting (at this point where script is waiting for user input).
- search and read for "unbrick guides" on forum.xda-developers.com, as long as it is not a physical damage (Vol keys not working, emmc wearing out, etc) there must be a solution to get this phone working
- if no warranty, ask Huawei for support. don't tell much, just claim factory reset is not working.
yeaah I don't think they would respond with any helpful answer and would probably tell me to send my phone to the nearest service center.
- ask any mobile repair shop, they have special hardware like Octoplus Box and can do factory reset.
That's what I settled for eventually and I already sent it to my sister and told her to visit any mobile repair shop that has boxes like miracle box and such.
- you can use MediaTek SP Flash Tool Readback function in download mode to make a ROM backup dump. for readback you need to install VCOM Drivers, then first click Read back, then connect the phone to PC while switched off and insert battery. MTK Droid Tools will then help to segment the partitions from it. or readback every partition separately with scatter file. the most important files are "nvram.bin", "preloader.bin", "boot.img", "recovery.img".
done that already but what I got in the end didn't help me to fix the phone note that I don't care about the phone's content sure I care about the IMEI but the phone is not affected by any write attempts so I am not so worried.
- if phone is locked, ask Huawei for unlock code (not sure if this works on broken phone). there are different kinds of S-ON some will lock only bootloader, some lock all partitions, too.
I searched online and in threads talking about custom roms and recoveries for this phone and not a single one of them mentioned anything about the bootloader being locked.
- try fastboot mode factory reset (not sure if working, just googled this stuff i found).
haven't tried that but will try it ASAP since I don't have the phone right now.
One last note the phone boots normally but as I described in my later posts I can't edit anything without it reverting back after restart like changing the wallpaper or uninstalling an app.
And anyway thank you for your respond.
did you try to get (temporary) root access?
aIecxs said:
did you try to get (temporary) root access?
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Not sure of What you mean but I think I tried and failed you can tell me What you mean exactly and I will tell you If I tried .
Edit: Alright I googled it and turn out to be temporary root for locked bootloader devices no special procedure just the same procedure as in permanent root but will lose root as soon I reboot again I tried a lot of rooting methods including kingoroot and 360root.
Not sure, too.. installing kingoroot.apk and root the phone may give root access until reboot (can't remember if rooting requires a reboot)?
Brainstorming. Lets come from other side. When you intend to write a malware - how would you realize this setting?
one thing is remount /data partition read-only, but is this really enough? what happen if /data is not writeable anymore - apps should crash or give errors on write cycle, didnt they?
but you claim phone is changeable until reboot. so we need the possibility to let them write in some other memory without noting that it storage has changed.
another way is copying /data to any hidden storage, and restore it on each reboot, but this should be time consuming, didnt it? and where can this amount of data be stored? sdcard? cache partition?
besides this, guess the malware needs root access to modify /data. or is it imagineable to change it without root access? lets find a conception to understand whats going on
No reboot is fast and not time consuming and I am always working on the phone without the SD card and about apps sometimes uninstallation is complete and the app disappear to show again after reboot and sometimes the phone restart upon uninstallation of an app

Fail to hard and softreset

Hello everyone
I have problem with my gear S2 info says that is sm-r720 with soft r720xxu2eqj2
My smartwatch suddenly starts to drain the battery (about 2-4 hours after full charge) ordinary restart didn't help, also i can't uninstall watchfaces, they return after a restarts. When I tried to perform a soft reset, I take a while and after a reboot look like nothing happens, all watch faces, apps remain. Its also paired to my smartphone. So i tryied hard reset too, restart when i see title "restarting" i clicked until i see "Select BOOT MODE" i choosing "recovery" and hold power button for a couple of seconds, and watch boots normally. So there is any other way to fix power drain? I thinking about re-flashing gear but I don't know where I can find suitable soft? I know there is many subversions of gear S2 I don't want to make things worst by flashing with wrong software.
Thanks a lot for help
Strange...
Few hours/days ago somebody else report something similar...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/help/gear-s2-wont-perform-factory-reset-t3737448
Can you please try to enter this Code:
Code:
*#9900#
Try to run log dump...
Please report if this Code is accepted or not...
Look at this attached Video... Gear S2 have similar menus...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75472253&postcount=419
Best Regards
Hello
The symptoms look the same I bet that samsung released flawed update, that affecting some gears.
I have typed code and watch says:
Log file is created /opt/user/media/SLP_debug
How to get log out of gear 2? I have googling with no luck...
I am using Tool SDB...
Look here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330
Command to pull files from media folder in Tizen 2.3:
Code:
sdb pull /opt/usr/media
In theory also in other ways possible... for instance with Filemanger App...
But I know only 1 for free... all other Filemanagers are for money only in Store...
So I have no own tests...
But SDB is no Rocket Science.
Best Regards
Hello Again,
I installed two paid file managers, none of them was able to locate and send log file.
I think the only way is to flash with new ROM, could you point a proper ROM software?
@CyCNIK
1 reason could be:
. in filename... so hidden file...
Please, try SDB Tool before you try to flash...
It is really no Rocket Science... nearly all instruction is inside this Link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330
I mean I have 2 userS with write protected devices...
User 1 with Gear S2... and he allready tried flashing more then 1 Firmware without success...
And SM-R760 has write protected Bootloader...
Maybe better to have Log files... before waste time with same result...
Btw... risk to render your Gear S2 useless... if really something happens to Security... or eMMC damaged...
Thanx in advance.
Here is Log dump from SM-R765A... as example:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75472253&postcount=419
It contains infos about Booting process etc...
Maybe we can find problems by analyzing your Log File...
WARNING!
Not share in public your LOG... possible contains private data...
PM me if done...
Best Regards
Hello
It's easier then i think
I'm sending now a private message with log
Hmmm.
No idea yet.
Next attempt is to flash Firmware... but chance is low... for success/repair...
netOdin and frew Infos like Videos are here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73503787&postcount=150
Firmware you can find hopefully here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/tutorial-downgrade-gear-s2-sport-t3334123
No matter.. use this Firmware which Link is not expired...
Be sure you find SM-R720 Firmware.
EQH1 could be here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/gear-s2-firmwares-r720-r732-t3684789
Or older BOKK:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73948041&postcount=178
Yes, Link seems alive:
https://www.file-upload.net/download-12731427/smR720_BOKK_OXA.zip.html
So better first try with BOKK... lower Security s h i ttt.
Again.
Possible not flashed correctly...
Or worst case scenario... you will brick...
Only if big BIG luck this repairs your device...
Good luck.
For me it looks like Hardware damage... maybe eMMC could be half dead...
Anyway, without trying... we will not know.
Best Regards
Hello
I flashed with new firmware and... nothing happened. When Odin finished uploading new ROM, (all 3 files), gear restart.. with no change.
I assume that new ROM should be installed. I repeat procedure twice for make sure, with no luck. I think the only way to fix it is to replace the mainboard, as could be more expensive than a new watch.
Thanks for help
Best Regards
@CyCNIK
Only to be sure.
You have tried the Combination Firmware too?
Best Regards
My eMCC seems really dead:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82026221&postcount=258
Because I am stuck in Combination Firmware I can perform few system Tools...
Best Regards

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