Have a verizon s4 that was originally on mdk. I rooted, and have been using hyperdrive for some time. After many sudden random reboots, I decided to change to another rom, Gdux. When I lost wifi, it was recommended to flash a new kernel to restore this functionality. As soon as I did this, I got some screen that said return your phone to verizon, something about unauthorized software.
Searched and searched the net and found that I could odin back to stock again. I followed all instructions,but now phone won't boot past verizon splash screen, and it gets hot. REALLY hot while sitting there on verizon splash screen. I can't get to recovery, only download mode after I pull battery. Going to "lose" phone for warranty replacement if I can't get it to work. Please help!!!
Flash an MDK stock odin tar in download. You'll be good as new and be able to do what you want again
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Flash an MDK stock odin tar in download. You'll be good as new and be able to do what you want again
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Ive tried for 2 days to find one in tar format. Only found one and it won't download on my computer. Know where to find file?
Try this http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22979706399752783
Tried that and get stuck on Verizon screen
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Try this http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22979706399752783
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The phone boots to verizon splash screen and sits there, gets almost too hot to hold, and still nothing. I pulled battery after 30 minutes. Should I try to flash this and then another kernel tar?
Yeah
Make sure you're checking the .tar files MD5 for accuracy. Make sure it's compatible with your radio/baseband version as well.
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RBarnett09 said:
Make sure you're checking the .tar files MD5 for accuracy. Make sure it's compatible with your radio/baseband version as well.
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I know that I originally started with MDK, there's no way to check anything now because it won't boot. I rooted the day I got the phone and haven't taken an OTA.
Still doesn't work, any other files I can try?
bjlandt said:
I know that I originally started with MDK, there's no way to check anything now because it won't boot. I rooted the day I got the phone and haven't taken an OTA.
Still doesn't work, any other files I can try?
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If you haven't taken any OTA's or flashed any radios, then you don't need to worry about that part.
Flashing the .tar file SHOULD have the kernel included... or at least I'm thinking it would. It should.
But after It flashes in Odin, let it sit for a good 20 minutes after it says success. Just so you can be assured that it had the time to flash successfully.
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RBarnett09 said:
If you haven't taken any OTA's or flashed any radios, then you don't need to worry about that part.
Flashing the .tar file SHOULD have the kernel included... or at least I'm thinking it would. It should.
But after It flashes in Odin, let it sit for a good 20 minutes after it says success. Just so you can be assured that it had the time to flash successfully.
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Is there a way to flash a twrp recovery through odin? I have several backups on my sd card, and I think there is one on there where I backed up everything when I first got it.
Yes.
Here's a link to some instructions and and a page that can send you to the TWRP Odin compatible file.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/latest-twrp-recovery-for-verizon-galaxy-s4-android-4-4-compatible/
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Yes.
Here's a link to some instructions and and a page that can send you to the TWRP Odin compatible file.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/latest-twrp-recovery-for-verizon-galaxy-s4-android-4-4-compatible/
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Thank you!!! Found a file that worked!!! Thanks for all the help!
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Thank you!!! Found a file that worked!!! Thanks for all the help!
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Yes sir. Glad I could help.
You're welcome.
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Tried factory restore nothing works tried to unroot with the tar on xda nothing works any ideas???
Could you give some idea of your system now? You know ROM something besides you tried a factory reset. General answer with no details; use triangle away then Odin stock firmware
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Could you give done idea of your system now? You know ROM something besides hot rutted a factory reset. General answer with no details; use triangle away then Odin stock firmware
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Im on stock odex rom 4.1.2. I tried the stock unroot method and the tar file always fails idk why.
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Im on stock odex rom 4.1.2. I tried the stock unroot method and the tar file always fails idk why.
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What's the fail message or the last step. I'd it sboot.bin?
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What's the fail message or the last step. I'd it sboot.bin?
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Nope fails after it says modem and recovery which is strange even tried putting the pit file with it
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Nope fails after it says modem and recovery which is strange even tried putting the pit file with it
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That is a little strange. Is your boot loader even unlocked since you're still on stock. If not you should be able to just use the supersu app to unroot
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That is a little strange. Is your boot loader even unlocked since you're still on stock. If not you should be able to just use the supersu app to unroot
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Its unlocked now would that be the reason the stock tar wasnt working before cause it wasnt unlocked before and cant I use twarp to install the stock tar or do I gotta use odin
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Its unlocked now would that be the reason the stock tar wasnt working before cause it wasnt unlocked before and cant I use twarp to install the stock tar or do I gotta use odin
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Being unlocked won't make it fail. Also to relock you will need to use Odin. Can you link the stock image you're using?
By the way don't forget to use triangle away to reset your flash counter before locking out back up.
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Being unlocked won't make it fail. Also to relock you will need to use Odin. Can you link the stock image you're using?
By the way don't forget to use triangle away to reset your flash counter before locking out back up.
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Since stock tar not working with odin will root 66 lock my boatloader???
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Since stock tar not working with odin will root 66 lock my boatloader???
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FOUND OUT WHY I KEPT UNZIPING THE TAR FILE LIKE A IDIOT THANKS STOCK ROM RECOVERY FILE WORKING lol.
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FOUND OUT WHY I KEPT UNZIPING THE TAR FILE LIKE A IDIOT THANKS STOCK ROM RECOVERY FILE WORKING lol.
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Yep that'll do it
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I recently flashed the latest Hyperdrive ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S4 Device. Everything was perfectly fine until I started getting weird unmounting errors from my SD card. I thought nothing of it as my camera still had access to files on the SD card. But tonight after eating dinner I came up to find my phone on the Samsung Custom screen with the lock icon as if it were booting up. I learned that this was a boot loop. So I instantly tried to do a factory reset and the problem arose when I couldn't access recovery. It would show the text in the top left corner then it would disappear and reboot and get stuck in the same loop. When I plug in the charger it gets stuck on this battery icon but it is frozen.
After hours of searching I downloaded the original verizon rom from stockroms.net. After having trouble with it saying PIT not found I realized that it was the USB port. It successfully flashed the original firmware. It then went back into the boot loop. The video I was watching to do this said this could happen so I tried once again to go into recovery. This time I knew the recovery was even back to default (I was using goo manager) as the text at the top left changed. But it once again rebooted and got stuck in the boot loop not letting me into recovery.
If anyone has anything I can do to fix this, I am all ears. Sorry if this has been answered previously but I have found nothing. Trust me. I have searched.
EDIT: I was able to get into ODIN nothing else. I flashed with ODIN.
Were you flashing the stock rom through recovery? If you werent grab the odin flashable images from the dev section and flash that. Should get you running again.
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Were you flashing the stock rom through recovery? If you werent grab the odin flashable images from the dev section and flash that. Should get you running again.
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I flashed with Odin if that is what you mean. I can't get into recovery but I used Odin to flash the original firmware.
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I flashed with Odin if that is what you mean. I can't get into recovery but I used Odin to flash the original firmware.
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After you said u grabbed the stock firmware from stockroms you didnt specify your flashing method I wasnt sure how you were doin it. Your download might be corrupted so I would delete it, redownload it, then verify the md5 is correct, and then try again. Your flashing under pda and not phone right?
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After you said u grabbed the stock firmware from stockroms you didnt specify your flashing method I wasnt sure how you were doin it. Your download might be corrupted so I would delete it, redownload it, then verify the md5 is correct, and then try again.
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How do I verify the md5 is correct? Also, I'm wondering if the problem lies with it being a nowipe version of the rom. Is there anyway to find a rom that WILL wipe? I can't find any around the forum nor on google.
Google md5 checker or md5 verifier. I checked the link but sadly there wasnt an md5 posted for the file. I would still download a verifier tho they come in handy. There is wipe versions in the dev section. I decided to be nice and I grabbed the link for you. Also your flashing under pda and not phone right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
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Google md5 checker or md5 verifier. I checked the link but sadly there wasnt an md5 posted for the file. I would still download a verifier tho they come in handy. There is wipe versions in the dev section. I decided to be nice and I grabbed the link for you. Also your flashing under pda and not phone right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
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Thanks, I will try and download this. And yes, I'm using the PDA section.
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Thanks, I will try and download this. And yes, I'm using the PDA section.
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Ok just checkin. Hope it works out for ya :thumbup:
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Ok just checkin. Hope it works out for ya :thumbup:
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This rom worked! Thank you so much! Any idea what happened so I can prevent it from happening again?
I would assume it was probably just a bad download. Glad to hear you got 'er up and running.
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Long story short.. I used odin to flash the new mi5 tar and then took the mj4 update. Everything was good but I flashed a mod from old software and got stuck on the splash screen. Now whenever I use Odin it fails except for flashing twrp it works. I pretty much want to start from scratch but not sure how to get to Stock without Odin. Any help would be great! Thanks..
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Long story short.. I used odin to flash the new mi5 tar and then took the mj4 update. Everything was good but I flashed a mod from old software and got stuck on the splash screen. Now whenever I use Odin it fails except for flashing twrp it works. I pretty much want to start from scratch but not sure how to get to Stock without Odin. Any help would be great! Thanks..
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Gave you some options on the other thread. Also could try kies.
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Kies won't let me do anything...
bigmase23 said:
Long story short.. I used odin to flash the new mi5 tar and then took the mj4 update. Everything was good but I flashed a mod from old software and got stuck on the splash screen. Now whenever I use Odin it fails except for flashing twrp it works. I pretty much want to start from scratch but not sure how to get to Stock without Odin. Any help would be great! Thanks..
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Which mod?
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Which mod?
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Freeza's 4 in 1 reboot..
i ran into the same problem and haven't been able to get anything to work...the phone won't even go into recovery and i have a firmware upgrade encountered an issue when i turn the phone on...
edit: flashed the cf auto root and twrp in odin then flashed jellybomb...back up and running
Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
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Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
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What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
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What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
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aircooledbusses said:
Alright, I know this is not the help/question/noob thread, but I'm I'm a pickle. Redirect me if you must. Verizon s4 that was on nc5 baseband-i don't know the bootloader, but it was 4.4.2 if that helps. Rooted with towel root and twrp through too manager. Yeah, I know that's where the problem came from. So now the phone is (hopefully) in a soft brick state stuck in down load or Odin mode. Odin recognizes the phone. I don't care to keep DAT or retain root, I just was it to function. Is the nc5 full wipe with the pit my correct next step? Thank you in advance, razz me if you must, I deserve it
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Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
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Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
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Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
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Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
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I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
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Mistertac said:
Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
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Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
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Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
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There's definitely hope. If Odin can't bring you back I bet Heimdall could. It's a little more involved but obviously worth it.
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Awesome! I've never used hemidal yet, but have recently been doing much better with adb commands, so I'm totally willing to learn. I'll post back here in a few days
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I was trying to flash Hyperdrive and ended up having to update to NC5, I can't remember what my phone was out of the box, I will be able to tell you in a few hours when I get my box. I just got the phone last week, so probably 4.3.
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I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
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Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
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Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
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Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
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yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
also odin is very touchy with using usb cables, usb ports and computers
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
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decaturbob said:
yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Yep, from the thread you suggest.......... "The number one reason people brick their Verizon Galaxy S4 phones is due to attempts to flash recovery using Goo Manager, dd, and other tools without understanding when those will or won't work. The Verizon S4 is very locked down, and will reject such attempts in most cases."
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NC5 is in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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Slowbalt said:
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
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So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
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So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
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Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
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Also once you're back to stock run Tri Angle Away to get rid of that annoying CUSTOM screen at boot lol can't stand that thing and on my phone it can make getting into CWM a pain as well.
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Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
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I can't seem to get into stock recovery either. I tried re-flashing and I still get the same results, when I try to boot into recovery I get the Samsung logo with the unlocked padlock, and then it just shuts down. :/
So I have been working on a friend of mines Verizon Note 2 (SCH-I605) and have run into an issue... I had rooted it successfully to root66 VZW stock sys, then attempted to unlock the bootloader according to the [email protected] galaxynote2root(dot)com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-verizon-galaxy-note-2-sch-i605.... without reviewing the multiplicity of comments below the article which should have caught my attention and let me know that many people were unsuccessful with that method.
So now i appear to be screwed because it will boot into ODIN but thats it. I cant even get into stock recovery. Upon boot the Galaxy Note 2 splash stays on indefinitely, as it does when i follow the instructions on this site to restore it from a failed unlock, or unroot...... ODIN 3 + sch-I605-16gb.pit + Root66-VZW-stock_sys, when it reboots following flash the splash screen stays on. I have checked the NAND erase All as suggested on this site, and it makes no difference.
When vol up/home/power is pressed it says something to the effect that 'you are a dumb*ss and have screwed up your firmware dipsh*t'....
So what now? Id hate to have to replace my buddies Note 2.... and I had absolutely 0 difficulties unlocking and rooting my HTC One, so this sucks....
Use this guide to flash back to the appropriate version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
It's a great guide. Saved me last week after I flashed the wrong file in Odin.
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Use this guide to flash back to the appropriate version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
It's a great guide. Saved me last week after I flashed the wrong file in Odin.
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yea i did that already to no avail.... used odin to flash the pit and root66... doesnt boot...
Moridin68 said:
yea i did that already to no avail.... used odin to flash the pit and root66... doesnt boot...
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Have you tried using a different image? What version of stock was on it before you messed with it?
Edit: If the stock version wasn't MJ9 or above then don't flash those. There currently isn't and probably won't be a way to unlock the bootloader on MJ9 and above.
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Have you tried using a different image? What version of stock was on it before you messed with it?
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well, thats a good question... it was already in a messed up state when i got ahold of it... i tried flashing root66 and it kept failing, i checked NAND ERASE ALL and flashed CI605_I605VRLJB_I605VRALJB_CL414933_HWID04_HW-Rev0406_low_ship_user.tar
as per a suggestion i read on xda.. it too failed as well, but then when i flashed root66 again (also i think with NAND ERASE on) it booted up beautifully...
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well, thats a good question... it was already in a messed up state when i got ahold of it... i tried flashing root66 and it kept failing, i checked NAND ERASE ALL and flashed CI605_I605VRLJB_I605VRALJB_CL414933_HWID04_HW-Rev0406_low_ship_user.tar
as per a suggestion i read on xda.. it too failed as well, but then when i flashed root66 again (also i think with NAND ERASE on) it booted up beautifully...
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i have recently read on a site that offers a bootloader downgrade service that if it has a knox counter, then it was updated to a version with a 'permalocked' bootloader... and if this is referring to the counter on the ODIN screen that says KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0 then this one is such a device.....
Moridin68 said:
well, thats a good question... it was already in a messed up state when i got ahold of it... i tried flashing root66 and it kept failing, i checked NAND ERASE ALL and flashed CI605_I605VRLJB_I605VRALJB_CL414933_HWID04_HW-Rev0406_low_ship_user.tar
as per a suggestion i read on xda.. it too failed as well, but then when i flashed root66 again (also i think with NAND ERASE on) it booted up beautifully...
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When you enter download mode does it say anything about Knox?
Edit: I didn't see your last post. Since it had the updated firmware with Knox, you should be at least able to get the phone working again by flashing that version of the firmware in odin. If it was on Android 4.3 then you should be able to odin MJ9 and it will work again. If it was on 4.4.2 then using odin to flash the ND7 image should fix it.
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When you enter download mode does it say anything about Knox?
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on the download screen there is a line that says KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0
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When you enter download mode does it say anything about Knox?
Edit: I didn't see your last post. Since it had the updated firmware with Knox, you should be at least able to get the phone working again by flashing that version of the firmware in odin. If it was on Android 4.3 then you should be able to odin MJ9 and it will work again. If it was on 4.4.2 then using odin to flash the ND7 image should fix it.
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he hadnt had service on that phone for several months so i guess ill try the older one first. 4.4.2.
and do i flash the pit file with those as well?
this bs is so much more tedious than working with my HTC One.
Moridin68 said:
So I have been working on a friend of mines Verizon Note 2 (SCH-I605) and have run into an issue... I had rooted it successfully to root66 VZW stock sys, then attempted to unlock the bootloader according to the [email protected] galaxynote2root(dot)com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-verizon-galaxy-note-2-sch-i605.... without reviewing the multiplicity of comments below the article which should have caught my attention and let me know that many people were unsuccessful with that method.
So now i appear to be screwed because it will boot into ODIN but thats it. I cant even get into stock recovery. Upon boot the Galaxy Note 2 splash stays on indefinitely, as it does when i follow the instructions on this site to restore it from a failed unlock, or unroot...... ODIN 3 + sch-I605-16gb.pit + Root66-VZW-stock_sys, when it reboots following flash the splash screen stays on. I have checked the NAND erase All as suggested on this site, and it makes no difference.
When vol up/home/power is pressed it says something to the effect that 'you are a dumb*ss and have screwed up your firmware dipsh*t'....
So what now? Id hate to have to replace my buddies Note 2.... and I had absolutely 0 difficulties unlocking and rooting my HTC One, so this sucks....
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Did ID:COM turn blue in Odin? . You might have a driver problem.
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Did ID:COM turn blue in Odin? . You might have a driver problem.
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no driver problem... it recognizes the device.... it is blue
Moridin68 said:
he hadnt had service on that phone for several months so i guess ill try the older one first. 4.4.2.
and do i flash the pit file with those as well?
this bs is so much more tedious than working with my HTC One.
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The older one would be 4.3 which is MJ9. And yes use the pit file with it.
And just in case, I know you probably don't need it, the instructions for flashing with odin are in the return to stock section of the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
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The older one would be 4.3 which is MJ9. And yes use the pit file with it.
And just in case, I know you probably don't need it, the instructions for flashing with odin are in the return to stock section of the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
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right you are about 4.3 being older... i was looking through the stock roms in that very guide and saw 4.1.2 and thought that was the one you had mentioned... im downloading MJ9 now..... thanks... hope this works...
so let me ask you this, if i get it back to stock, and rooted again... even though i cant unlock the bootloader, can i get it network unlocked? this entire dilemma occurred because he wants to be able to throw a straight talk sim in this phone.
i had intended to try this www(dot)scottsroms(dot)com/showthread.php?2786-How-I-turned-my-Verizon-Note-2-into-a-World-capable-GSM-phone
once i fixed the disaster....
Moridin68 said:
right you are about 4.3 being older... i was looking through the stock roms in that very guide and saw 4.1.2 and thought that was the one you had mentioned... im downloading MJ9 now..... thanks... hope this works...
so let me ask you this, if i get it back to stock, and rooted again... even though i cant unlock the bootloader, can i get it network unlocked? this entire dilemma occurred because he wants to be able to throw a straight talk sim in this phone.
i had intended to try this www(dot)scottsroms(dot)com/showthread.php?2786-How-I-turned-my-Verizon-Note-2-into-a-World-capable-GSM-phone
once i fixed the disaster....
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Once you get the phone working you can use Saferoot to root it, that is as long as it's working on MJ9. If the phone had been updated to ND7 which is Android 4.4.2 then there currently isn't a way to root it.
Remember even if you get root you won't be able to use a custom recovery to flash stuff.
Also the sch-i605 is already Sim unlocked from Verizon. You just have to be able to edit the apn settings.
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Once you get the phone working you can use Saferoot to root it, that is as long as it's working on MJ9. If the phone had been updated to ND7 which is Android 4.4.2 then there currently isn't a way to root it.
Remember even if you get root you won't be able to use a custom recovery to flash stuff.
Also the sch-i605 is already Sim unlocked from Verizon. You just have to be able to edit the apn settings.
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ok one last thing before i try this MJ9.... if it had been updated then how was i able to flash it to root66 prior to attempting to unlock the bootloader?
i really appreciate your time bro..thanks btw..
Moridin68 said:
ok one last thing before i try this MJ9.... if it had been updated then how was i able to flash it to root66 prior to attempting to unlock the bootloader?
i really appreciate your time bro..thanks btw..
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Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
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Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
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cool then.. thanks...
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Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
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booting up on MJ9... nicely done.
so ill check out saferoot as you said, and then edit the APN
Moridin68 said:
booting up on MJ9... nicely done.
so ill check out saferoot as you said, and then edit the APN
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Glad it worked.
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Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I don't know a lot about root66 so I can't help you much there, but I do know that while in download mode if it says something about Knox warranty then the bootloader had been updated to a version with Knox which started with mj9 for the i605.
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so now i have stock recovery menu and download menu and it boots and then hangs at the white verizon screen... i have already done a factory reset, and it still hangs.