I dont know why but I did the Stock 4.3 update via Odin. I was rooted and unlocked 4.1.2
Now I've been stuck on the samsung logo since last night (not the bootloop, just frozen)
I've tried to install older stock roms and they all succeed thru Odin. Ive tried with and without pit files. Ive looked at most of the threads and I feel like Ive tried everything...is there anything else I can do?
Thanks :*(
choobacca80 said:
I dont know why but I did the Stock 4.3 update via Odin. I was rooted and unlocked 4.1.2
Now I've been stuck on the samsung logo since last night (not the bootloop, just frozen)
I've tried to install older stock roms and they all succeed thru Odin. Ive tried with and without pit files. Ive looked at most of the threads and I feel like Ive tried everything...is there anything else I can do?
Thanks :*(
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Welcome to the ranks of regretful upgraders. We're a sorrowful bunch, it seems.
(I also upgraded, so eager to get the latest official update that I forgot about losing my unlocked bootloader. Sigh...)
Your best bet is Verizon's software. Assuming you have the new bootloader (go into Download mode, look for the KNOX flag - if there, you have it), this won't make things any worse.
If you don't have the latest bootloader, DON'T use Verizon's software, as it will apply the latest bootloader and lock you up tight.
With that caveat, here's Verizon's software: http://www.mediafire.com/?887h2dm4d20dk43
Steps are simple:
- install the software
- boot into Download mode (Power+Home+VolDown)
- start the Verizon software
- plug your phone into your computer (wait for driver install, detection)
- click on the 'repair' option in the left column
- click on your phone in the device section
- click on repair button in the bottom right (or next, or start - I don't recall)
- wait for the OTA to download and be installed
You can obtain root, though there is some risk depending on the method you choose (privacy issues with one program).
Good luck!
- Computerslayer
sweet, ill try this as soon as i get home!
quick question about knox...mine says "knox warranty void: 0", im assuming i do have knox then?
thanks again cmputerslayer
choobacca80 said:
sweet, ill try this as soon as i get home!
quick question about knox...mine says "knox warranty void: 0", im assuming i do have knox then?
thanks again cmputerslayer
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That is, indeed, what that means.
Yup, you've got KNOX and the new bootloader. My condolences.
Don't try to flash other bootloader or ROMs - you'll trip the counter and get a softbrick ('Unauthorized Software' message, phone won't boot).
On the flip side, you can still get your phone back to working condition. Verizon Software to the rescue.
(Glad to help, by the way. Nice to be able to offer help!)
computerslayer said:
Yup, you've got KNOX and the new bootloader. My condolences.
Don't try to flash other bootloader or ROMs - you'll trip the counter and get a softbrick ('Unauthorized Software' message, phone won't boot).
On the flip side, you can still get your phone back to working condition. Verizon Software to the rescue.
(Glad to help, by the way. Nice to be able to offer help!)
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dang i feel so helpless...
so i installed the verizon app but the app wont launch. its there in the tab next to the clock but nothing happens when i plug my phone in while download mode, argh!!
I had that happen too.
The way around it is to launch the application from the Start Menu or Desktop a second time. Then it will actually come up, instead of just having an icon in the notification center.
computerslayer said:
I had that happen too.
The way around it is to launch the application from the Start Menu or Desktop a second time. Then it will actually come up, instead of just having an icon in the notification center.
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still no luck here, does it matter that im on 64bit? ill try some other computers i guess
Hmm. What comes up when you right-click on the taskbar icon next to the clock?
I have a 64-bit system as well - no issues to report. I don't think that's your problem.
computerslayer said:
Hmm. What comes up when you right-click on the taskbar icon next to the clock?
I have a 64-bit system as well - no issues to report. I don't think that's your problem.
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dang noob status haha, have to wait five minutes...
check for new device software
launch assistant
options>
close
nothing happens when i click launch
Have you rebooted your computer since you installed the software?
computerslayer said:
Have you rebooted your computer since you installed the software?
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i did, and i just did again
still no action
choobacca80 said:
i did, and i just did again
still no action
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Hmm.
So I just installed the software on my 64-bit system here. I didn't reboot and when I right-clicked on the taskbar icon and selected 'Launch Assistant', it did right away. When I closed that window and tried to launch from the Start Menu icon, it also opened the application.
I'm wondering if its a goofy install. Care to uninstall and try again?
In the meantime, what version of Windows are you running? If Vista or higher, there could be an administrator access prompt that was denied, which might keep the application from launching.
powers airtsom
just tried another usb port also...nothing
computerslayer said:
Hmm.
So I just installed the software on my 64-bit system here. I didn't reboot and when I right-clicked on the taskbar icon and selected 'Launch Assistant', it did right away. When I closed that window and tried to launch from the Start Menu icon, it also opened the application.
I'm wondering if its a goofy install. Care to uninstall and try again?
In the meantime, what version of Windows are you running? If Vista or higher, there could be an administrator access prompt that was denied, which might keep the application from launching.
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I apologize, but I've got to go to work for a couple hours. Hopefully uninstalling & re-installing will solve it. Post the results here! Plenty of good folks here at XDA to help
Try disabling your Anti Virus.
TonikJDK said:
Try disabling your Anti Virus.
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so now im on another computer (windows 7 32bit), installed verizon software, still wont launch...hrmmmmmmm!
restarted...nothing
disabled anti virus...nothing
ok soo...
for sh*ts and giggles, i decided to run odin again and install stock 4.3. as usual it passed.
however i got passed the samsung logo this time and currently on verizon logo
just waiting now, hopefully its gets passed this!!
thank you tonikjdk and computerslayer for all your help!!!
for some reason when i did odin again, it passed as usual but got passed the samsung logo. got stuck on verion logo but at least i was able to get into stock recovery and wipe everything. now im passed verizon logo and starting to use my phone again, WHOO HOO!!!!
i guess now im waiting for the unlock of the bootloader. unless there i a way to downgrade (which i dont think there is)
again, thank you!!
<happy camper
I am having the same problem what firmware file did you use?
Related
Update is being pushed out slowly, but I figured out a way to forcibly do it in kies.
It simple. Do not plug in your phone while you are doing this.
First, make sure you update to the new version of kies. Then go to the menu bar> tools, then firmware upgrade and initialization.
Click until you get to the screen that asks you to input your S/N and Model name of your phone. Enter in these details. It's behind the battery.
Once you do this, a screen will pop up asking if you are sure you want to upgrade to CSC:LE5. AKA ice cream sandwich.
At this point, plug in your phone and it'll go through.
Your welcome.
EDIT: as of today, Monday June 25th 2012, at 11:00 AM, the update is officially available through KIES. If you don't see it now, a popup telling you to upgrade will appear by tomorrow.
EDIT 2: DO NOT UPDATE TO ICS. IT SUCKS. AND IT IS NOT NEARLY AS SMOOTH AS GINGERBREAD. If you hate android lag, the update will almost certianly piss you off. If you have questions about how its different, just ask. I already downgraded to gingerbread again. ICS = Not missed.
EDIT 3: (copy pasta from a post I made)
amaddux29 said:
Can you "downgrade" unrooted from Kies as easily as upgrading?
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No. I assumed that the update through kies updated the bootloaders, so I found a stock 2.3.4 one click odin executable W/ Bootloaders in the development section and flashed that. Make sure you factory reset and clear cache in 3e recovery before you do so. New bootloaders can't take advantage of the Jig. I also didn't want to find out what flashing gingerbread on ICS bootloaders would do my phone.
I find 2.3.6 has battery issues, and I find 2.3.4 to be THE most stable release.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46
The file you want from this page is the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries, and you want the odin3 one click download. It's one of the ones with the warning text in red.
To restore your phone to stock 2.3.4 once on ICS do the following:
1) Boot into 3e recovery (power + volume down + volume up)
-Wipe Cache
-Factory Restore
2) Pull battery
-boot into download mode (volume down + volume up, then connect phone to computer while buttons are simultaneously pressed)
3) Open the one click executable. Make sure it recognizes the phone
-It will say [COM8] or something. Just make sure its green.
4) Flash it. It will work. after you boot up into gingerbread, If the system freezes after the At&t logo just go back into 3e recovery and wipe cache + factory reset again. It will work. Trust me.
Note: ODIN is a very tricky piece of software. When you click flash, it will probably not work and say "failed" or something along those lines. Try it again. It will work. It took me almost 20 tries to get the flash to go through. Also try flashing it as soon as you plug in your phone (not even 2 seconds after it is recognized). That seems to work. Don't be worried if it never seems to go through.
Note: YOU ARE FLASHING BOOTLOADERS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE CAREFUL. If ODIN DOES NOT WORK OR YOUR COMPUTER SHUTS OFF HALFWAY THOUGH, OR ODIN QUITS, NEVER PULL THE BATTERY FROM YOUR PHONE. As long as you see a downloading sign on your phone, your phone is ALWAYS recoverable. Just open up the odin executable again, make sure your phone is recognized, and restart the process. If odin freezes halfway through the process, always restart odin, NEVER touch your phone. Your phone can always be written to while in the download state. This is how 99% of all bricking happens, because people always feel the need to turn off their phone in the middle of the process.
Cookies for the effort.
Already common knowledge for forcing OTA updates, at least to anyone that actually takes the time to read/search the forums.
BROKKANIC said:
Cookies for the effort.
Already common knowledge for forcing OTA updates, at least to anyone that actually takes the time to read/search the forums.
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Except its not ota......
Nice trick by the way op
Thanks for the trick. One question - how long did it take for you (or for anyone else who decided to use this method)? It's been stuck at the 90% value for about 2 hours for me, and I'm beginning to get a little worried, since these things don't normally take so long (according to friends I've asked, anyhoo). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nawhdee said:
Thanks for the trick. One question - how long did it take for you (or for anyone else who decided to use this method)? It's been stuck at the 90% value for about 2 hours for me, and I'm beginning to get a little worried, since these things don't normally take so long (according to friends I've asked, anyhoo). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Are you talking about 90% fnished downloading/extracting? or 90% putting it on the phone (with the green bar going across the phone)?
If it hasn't started putting it on the phone yet you should be fine to unplug it and start over. If you remove cable while it's actually putting in on the phone, you will have problems. not sure which kind though. maybe just a soft brick. you should be able to get back to download mode though.
jack man said:
Are you talking about 90% fnished downloading/extracting? or 90% putting it on the phone (with the green bar going across the phone)?
If it hasn't started putting it on the phone yet you should be fine to unplug it and start over. If you remove cable while it's actually putting in on the phone, you will have problems. not sure which kind though. maybe just a soft brick. you should be able to get back to download mode though.
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I apologize for not being specific - 90% putting it on the phone, I presume, since that green bar you mentioned is there (with the "Downloading..." underscored with a "Do not turn off target !!").
Assuming this is beyond the norm, do you think I have no choice but to risk the soft brick?
EDIT: Oops, it's actually a blue bar. My bad. So it's safe to disengage then?
Nawhdee said:
I apologize for not being specific - 90% putting it on the phone, I presume, since that green bar you mentioned is there (with the "Downloading..." underscored with a "Do not turn off target !!").
Assuming this is beyond the norm, do you think I have no choice but to risk the soft brick?
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Yeah, if it's been at that point for that long, you will have to risk it. do you have a jig? if you don't, invest in one. they are worth having around.
Let us know if it works out. I'm crossing my fingers for you.
BobbyBlue said:
Update is being pushed out slowly, but I figured out a way to forcibly do it in kies.
It simple. Do not plug in your phone while you are doing this.
First, make sure you update to the new version of kies. Then go to the menu bar> tools, then firmware upgrade and initialization.
Click until you get to the screen that asks you to input your S/N and Model name of your phone. Enter in these details. It's behind the battery.
Once you do this, a screen will pop up asking if you are sure you want to upgrade to CSC:LE5. AKA ice cream sandwich.
At this point, plug in your phone and it'll go through.
Your welcome.
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jack man said:
Yeah, if it's been at that point for that long, you will have to risk it. do you have a jig? if you don't, invest in one. they are worth having around.
Let us know if it works out. I'm crossing my fingers for you.
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No, I don't...I'll be sure to purchase one as soon as possible.
As for the phone, I shut down my computer and unplugged it - received a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. At the moment, I'm looking around for a fix. This seems to be a soft brick, though, so I'm optimistic. If there is anything you could suggest for me, it'd be greatly appreciated.
jack man has posted those instructions two days ago
Look Here
Nawhdee said:
No, I don't...I'll be sure to purchase one as soon as possible.
As for the phone, I shut down my computer and unplugged it - received a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. At the moment, I'm looking around for a fix. This seems to be a soft brick, though, so I'm optimistic. If there is anything you could suggest for me, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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see if this works: hold down both volume keys at the same time. then, while holding them, plug in your usb cable. hold the keys until you see a screen with green text. you will then hit the vol up key o get to download mode. then you could start the whole process over again through KIES.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but when I enter the imei into the s/n blank it tells me it's not a valid serial number. I've tried entering the actual s/n and I get a weird message in what looks like Chinese. Any other suggestions?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA
dnf007 said:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but when I enter the imei into the s/n blank it tells me it's not a valid serial number. I've tried entering the actual s/n and I get a weird message in what looks like Chinese. Any other suggestions?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA
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Yeah, the IMEI won't work anyway.
That weird message was coming up the day that Samsung said their servers would be down (yesterday). They may have figured out that people were getting the "recovery" firmware that way and disabled it. Who knows.
So any word if that method will work now?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA
I tried this method but now my phone only shows the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue error." I tried doing the recovery process on kies and tried to install the firmware again but to no avail. Does anyone have an idea how to work around this?
adypac said:
I tried this method but now my phone only shows the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue error." I tried doing the recovery process on kies and tried to install the firmware again but to no avail. Does anyone have an idea how to work around this?
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You could try the one-click downloader in the Download Repository. The link is there, but the file is still uploading to dropbox. You'll get a 404 error until the upload is complete. Dropbox is really slow uploading things. Link to the Download Repository is in my signature.
Kies is crap
I've been trying and trying to download from Kies but when I plug in my phone it says I'm up to date and when I try to do the manual update it tells me my serial number is wrong and to try again...any suggestions?
dnf007 said:
...any suggestions?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
go back to GB
Hi,
I followed the process and successfully updated to ics, but the phone is hanging frequently. Can I go back to GB? If so how. Please help. I did this on officially unlocked att galaxy s2. Also the tethering also not working properly. I am using this phone in India.
Thanks
urgent pls help
I am loosing the network on and off pls help what is the process to go back to GB
I have what I think is an unusual booting splash screen. It is the first thing to show up after turning on.
I also booted in to the Odin menu just to see the status and took a picture of that.
I just got my phone today and have done nothing other than install normal applications, I haven't tried to root or flash anything.
I watched a video of some other verizon SGS3 owner turning on their device and that unlocked lock icon and custom do not appear.
Anyone know what this means?
What I believe is normal boot up image (5:13)
http://youtu.be/VaVyWfS69J0
You will probably get a better response if you post this in Q&A. I don't know the answer to your question though. I am curious what they answer is.
it comes up once you've flashed something using odin
if you'll notice on the third image, next to "SYSTEM STATUS:" it says "Custom" this means something other than something official has been flashed to it
i'd really like to know how you did this
me too
Like I said, I haven't done anything. I have actually not even plugged it into my computer yet via usb cable.
Maybe it came rooted
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Its not rooted
I suspected that and tried to just download superSU and it doesn't work, says phone isn't rooted.
Assuming you bought yours brand new from the store, I'd go back. But first I'd try removing the microsd card and booting up. Then try the SIM card, then boot up again. If its still the same, something is up with your device. It keeps booting up into download mode. :S
I don't think he was saying it boots into DL mode on its own, just that he went into DL mode to confirm he's not running anything custom, which it appears he is not.
Strange that it would show the custom boot image when you're running the official ROM. I don't know that that's a bad thing, or that it's worth returning the phone. Might be worth calling Verizon and talking to them about it. At the least you then have a record that your phone was doing that from the beginning, so if you have to return it later on after installing custom ROMs, you can say it was always like that
silasrye said:
I have what I think is an unusual booting splash screen. It is the first thing to show up after turning on.
I also booted in to the Odin menu just to see the status and took a picture of that.
I just got my phone today and have done nothing other than install normal applications, I haven't tried to root or flash anything.
I watched a video of some other verizon SGS3 owner turning on their device and that unlocked lock icon and custom do not appear.
Anyone know what this means?
What I believe is normal boot up image (5:13)
http://youtu.be/VaVyWfS69J0
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We need a dump. It might help with Root.
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cue_32 said:
Assuming you bought yours brand new from the store, I'd go back. But first I'd try removing the microsd card and booting up. Then try the SIM card, then boot up again. If its still the same, something is up with your device. It keeps booting up into download mode. :S
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you aren't from around here are ya'? :silly:
IN8skillz said:
We need a dump. It might help with Root.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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this +1
jamesnmandy said:
you aren't from around here are ya'? :silly
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James is right; whatever you do, DO NOT return your device to the store. You might have the golden ticket in your palms.
silasrye said:
I have what I think is an unusual booting splash screen. It is the first thing to show up after turning on.
I also booted in to the Odin menu just to see the status and took a picture of that.
I just got my phone today and have done nothing other than install normal applications, I haven't tried to root or flash anything.
I watched a video of some other verizon SGS3 owner turning on their device and that unlocked lock icon and custom do not appear.
Anyone know what this means?
What I believe is normal boot up image (5:13)
http://youtu.be/VaVyWfS69J0
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Do you have access to a computer? Are you familiar with ADB?
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Odin Dump
I've hooked up to Odin 3.07.
The options for dumping are grayed out. I don't know if that's normal or if Odin is even how I should dump.
Of note, My ODIN MODE screen the top left corner of the phone.
(in my linked post i have image) (Purple text is actually written in white)
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Yes, I am familiar with ADB... "familiar but not too familiar, but not too not familiar"
cue_32 said:
Assuming you bought yours brand new from the store, I'd go back. But first I'd try removing the microsd card and booting up. Then try the SIM card, then boot up again. If its still the same, something is up with your device. It keeps booting up into download mode. :S
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Ahahahahahahaha... you funny man
ummmmmmmmmmm WTF!!!!!! VZW bootloader is locked meaning you SHOULDN'T be able to have custom system binaries
DON'T SELL YOUR PHONE YOU COULD SAVE ALL VZW sIII!!!!!
silasrye said:
I have what I think is an unusual booting splash screen. It is the first thing to show up after turning on.
I also booted in to the Odin menu just to see the status and took a picture of that.
I just got my phone today and have done nothing other than install normal applications, I haven't tried to root or flash anything.
I watched a video of some other verizon SGS3 owner turning on their device and that unlocked lock icon and custom do not appear.
Anyone know what this means?
What I believe is normal boot up image (5:13)
http://youtu.be/VaVyWfS69J0
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Please please don't return to VZW. See if a dev can help you to get dump. You could be holding the key to save tens of thousands of us.
This is very interesting. Subscribing to thread!
Although yours isn't rooted and perhaps not unlocked, the devs can check out what's different in your device through a dump and it could assist them in achieving root and unlocking the bootloader. I don't really know a whole lot about developing, so maybe that's not possible
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NightxFall said:
Although yours isn't rooted and perhaps not unlocked, the devs can check out what's different in your device through a dump and it could assist them in achieving root and unlocking the bootloader. I don't really know a whole lot about developing, so maybe that's not possible
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it is! it has been done before (different phone of course)
This may be the key to having an awesome phone on Verizon. Whatever you do don't return it.
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surenzxx said:
I recently installed CyanogenMod with the Unlock Bootloader for noobs and I noticed the internal SD wasn't mounted. So I tried to flash an ICS ROM to see if it would work but it didn't. I was stuck at the boot screen. I tried restoring an ICS CWM backup and a JB backup but it didn't work. Currently, I have a flashed JB backup with a messed up touchscreen (because of the way I unlocked the boot-loader). It won't boot and I don't know how I can install the stock ROM. I really just want my phone to work at this point. I don't know if there's any way to use the offline method to flash a .kdz since I can't access android. I tried hard resetting, but when I do it starts up Clock Work Mod which I believe happens because of the way I unlocked boot-loader.
I'm trying to use this guide to fix it using SW upgrade. I did find a .bin and .fls which i'm downloading right now.
If anyone could help or give some advice that would be great. I really just want to use my phone, I don't care about flashing a custom ROM right now. As long as my phone works, I'll be happy.
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Let me know if this works for you! Also you can do the offline fix just as long as you can get into S/W Upgrade mode. But I am curious to see if you can use the bin/fls files tool that you mentioned to get your phone working again.
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surenzxx said:
Thanks for the reply! I'm planning on trying this method out tomorrow and ,if you don't mind, could you please elaborate on how I can do the offline fix with S/W Upgrade mode? I'll check back on the forum tomorrow!
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Well just get your phone into S/W Upgrade mode and follow this tutorial. Getting into S/W Upgrade:
1. Get stock ROM here.
2. Turn off your phone
3. Press and hold the vol + button while inserting USB to computer
4. Keep holding the vol + until you see the S/W upgrade mode
5. Flash ROM with tutorial mentioned above.
Good Luck!
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surenzxx said:
Isn't that just an infobank of all the KDZs? I'm pretty new, but can you flash a kdz with the offline method? To clarify, I was asking how to flash the kdz with the offline method in S/W upgrade mode. So ROMs/KDZs are essentially the same, right?
Edit: I read everything over again and realized what KDZs really are. I'm just wondering now if I could just hard reset in some other way because the LG Update Tool doesn't recognize my phone even though I see all the drivers. It's stuck at 15%.
Edit 2: I tried the method I suggested and it resulted with "Magic number does not concide".
So I'm stuck here with a phone that is stuck in bootloop, and has CWM installed. Can anyone help?
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alright, this is all from memory but the offline flash didnt work as well for me when stuck in weird bootloops.
Step one-going back to online flash---->
A---
the easiest way i found was to go to C:/windows/system32/drivers/ect/hosts
right click>open with notepad
there should be two lines at the bottom
"127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.com
127.0.0.1 csmgdl.lgmobile.com"
i would cut them out and paste them in a text doc in the same folder for reference later...
but either way you should remove them from the hosts file and save
B----
Make sure your small server is closed! once you minimize it it should go down to your status bar (shttps)
Step two-LGMS---->
make sure you have LG mobile support installed or install it.
open lg mobile support
install needed drivers for your phone
power your phone off/remove the battery
put battery back in
connect it to your computer holding down the volume up button
S/W UPDATE mode should pop up, if it doesn't preform and hardreset and try again til it works (it will)
then in the top right corner there should be a button or two click them both until you see
"restore update" or Update restore or something to that effect
select that
and let it ride man
i got my phone ****ed many times and just had to keep redoing this until it worked. if your bootloader is truely unlocked you can probably go through all that again and get CM10 working, i did but im still working through kinks.....
GOOD LUCK feel free to ask any more Q's about this process if you run into any problems
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surenzxx said:
Hello! Sorry for the late reply. Before I start, do you mean LG Mobile Support form when I unlocked the boot-loader, if not could you provide a link to it? And by the way, when I tried hard resetting, the phone sent me back to CWM, any ideas why?
I was reading the CM10.2 notes yesterday and I realized there isn't supposed to be an internal SD card showing up when you plug in your phone to your PC. So I did tried fixing what wasn't broke.
Anyway, thanks for the info!
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that could work, but i just downloaded the LG Mobile Support that i found from a google search. im pretty sure it was just from lg's website
GOOD LUCK
was your phone off before you hit the vol up and home, then clicked power for three-five seconds?
CROSSFREEZE said:
that could work, but i just downloaded the LG Mobile Support that i found from a google search. im pretty sure it was just from lg's website
GOOD LUCK
was your phone off before you hit the vol up and home, then clicked power for three-five seconds?
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Such a late reply, sorry! I did nothing. Before you replied I flashed CM10.2 but never bothered to boot up my phone. Preparing to connect my phone to my comp, I couldn't start CWM so I figured " I'll just leave my phone plugged in for a few hours." Two hours later, my phone has a blank screen, i'm thinking "This shouldn't be blank? What the hell?." I pressed the power button and was greeted with Cid. I screamed out loud: "**** yeah!"
If people have the same problem as me all I did was: Reflash my my phone with 10.1, stock, 10.1 again, and then 10.2. I did that, only that.
What's funny is that I never checked to see if my phone was working after I flashed CM10.2. :silly:
Can't wait for Kit-Kat. Thank you for keeping up with my post, CROSSFREEZE I appreciate it!
Edit: I might submit a really specific and simplified version of the "Unlock Bootloader for Noobs P769" for the take of contributing.
surenzxx said:
Edit: I might submit a really specific and simplified version of the "Unlock Bootloader for Noobs P769" for the take of contributing.
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love that idea, theres al;ot of reading i skimmed it and watched the video and after skippiing half the steps it worked for me but there was alot of messed up stuff to fix
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.
I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.
Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.
Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.
So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:
1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.
2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.
So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.
So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.
Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.
This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.
I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.
What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?
At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.
I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
jaytee23 said:
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.
I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.
Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.
Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.
So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:
1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.
2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.
So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.
So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.
Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.
This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.
I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.
What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?
At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.
I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
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Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.
Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.
Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
adfurgerson said:
Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.
Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.
Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
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First of all, thank you very much for replying!
LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.
I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
jaytee23 said:
First of all, thank you very much for replying!
LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.
I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
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I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
adfurgerson said:
I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...
Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
jaytee23 said:
I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...
Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
adfurgerson said:
I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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Is this the file you wanted me to dl?
LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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I found it just before you posted that... DLing now.....
So flashing this *may* repair my phone without losing everything? I'm guessing it will overwrite all the Android OS, LG and AT&T files?
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Is this the file you wanted me to dl?
LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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or does the com port only show up when the phone is attached?
jaytee23 said:
aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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on it... hold on...
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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okay, the phone is in download mode and plugged in... it showed up in LGNPST on COM4
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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I selected the DLL and the BIN file.. i'm guessing i'm ready for the transfer?
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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is there a way to use LGNPST to try to back up my phone book before I flash this?
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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I think i'm screwed.. I did the flash, it rebooted, but is stuck on white AT&T screen...
I think I have to do the factory reset.
well, that's it. did the factory reset. that worked.
>sigh<
the only stuff I wish I could have saved would have been the contacts and the text messages. They are gone now.
Thank you, adfurgerson, for the hand holding. I appreciate it!
jaytee23 said:
got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
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Sorry I didn't reply back of was set for email alerts but they didn't come through. Your contacts don't sync to google.?
So I may have bricked my phone and need some serious help right now...
I was ready to flash October's monthly update. I had downloaded the factory image, and extracted everything from the factory image. I patched the magisk image and had it ready in the same directory. I edited the flash_all.bat script and removed the "-w" flag. I disabled all modules on magisk, and had got the phone to bootloader mode. I then ran the flash_all.bat script, and then for some reason the bootloader flashing failed. My phone now won't turn on and is a complete black screen. I need some major help here.
EDIT: My PC cannot see it on EITHER ADB or Fastboot devices
Can you boot manually into bootloader mode?
Cheers
tom1807 said:
Can you boot manually into bootloader mode?
Cheers
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No I can't. Holding power and volume down gets me nothing.
Toronadian said:
No I can't. Holding power and volume down gets me nothing.
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How long are you holding it? I have found that it takes a *really long time* (like, a full minute) of holding that power button to get any response. But if still nothing, "black screen with no response" does sound like the "bad bootloader" brick. :x Might be fixable under warranty, I'm not sure.
.......I'm getting a feeling that I did the wrong device's bootloader and it failed. Now it's stuck....
Toronadian said:
So I may have bricked my phone and need some serious help right now...
I was ready to flash October's monthly update. I had downloaded the factory image, and extracted everything from the factory image. I patched the magisk image and had it ready in the same directory. I edited the flash_all.bat script and removed the "-w" flag. I disabled all modules on magisk, and had got the phone to bootloader mode. I then ran the flash_all.bat script, and then for some reason the bootloader flashing failed. My phone now won't turn on and is a complete black screen. I need some major help here.
EDIT: My PC cannot see it on EITHER ADB or Fastboot devices
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Did you have the A13 bootloader flashed to both slots before trying to update today?
Maybe try the phone support? Flash a rom to Sd card even?
Lughnasadh said:
Did you have the A13 bootloader flashed to both slots before trying to update today?
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Yes I did. OK...so I screwed up HARD and I think I might have did the Pixel 5's bootloader, or at least it tried. It just said failed and that was it. Now I'm just getting a black screen.
Both slots have the September 2022 A13 bootloader. I was on September 2022 update. Is there anyway to get to the other slot and at least get bootloader from there??
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Yes I did. OK...so I screwed up HARD and I think I might have did the Pixel 5's bootloader, or at least it tried. It just said failed and that was it. Now I'm just getting a black screen.
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Have you tried to see if Android Flash Tool will recognize your phone?
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Have you tried to see if Android Flash Tool will recognize your phone?
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Yep, doesn't recognize it.
Toronadian said:
Yep, doesn't recognize it.
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May want to try to RMA it. Can't think of anything else. Sounds like it's pretty dead if it's not turning on and not recognizing anything.
What hurts hard is that I've taken exceptional care of this, like battery was still at 100%. Ugghh. Traded in my 4a 5G for this at launch.
Unfortunately , if you flash bootloader from another model.. you're f***d...
RMA only option
cultofluna said:
Unfortunately , if you flash bootloader from another model.. you're f***d...
RMA only option
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Except ur not...
Toronadian said:
What hurts hard is that I've taken exceptional care of this, like battery was still at 100%. Ugghh. Traded in my 4a 5G for this at launch.
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Well if you're willing I'm trying to start a small team for testing existing methods to unbricking.
I've come to the conclusion that all you need to talk to the phone is a USB c to 2.0 cable then hold vol up/dwn. This exposes the bootROM output and messages from the phone in serial output on COMM5, and if you're on Unix then it's on ttyACM0. Interestingly enough it's in Exynos downloading mode. The computer gives us the USB descriptor and a bulk in and bulk out endpoint.
I believe Exynos uses Syn/Ack/Dwn/Up
So an update, I took it today to a UBreakIFix location since here in Canada they're an authorized repair place. I fortunately still had 2 weeks warranty on it (of a year) so the repair is supposedly covered (they emailed Google and got authorization on it). After doing the diagnosis, they said the issue is with the motherboard or something (I'm assuming it flashed the wrong thing and bricked) so they had to replace it. They have the part in stock so I'm getting the phone back tomorrow. Hoping this gets everything back in place and repair holds up. Nothing was wrong with it otherwise, just hope their repair handiwork is good and all the pieces are placed correctly. I did lose all my data and messages though as I had been choosing not to save a number of things to my Google account (I had it on pause) so it will take quite a bit of time to just get it back to the way I like it. Also hoping that they don't then also prevent the bootloader from being unlocked, which I've read has happened after Google RMA's your device.
Thank you everyone. And @NonStickAtom785 , hope for all the best in your testing into unbricking methods and look forward to having you share your findings, in case for whatever reason others or hopefully NOT me runs into that situation.