Recently tried flashing a ROM on my verizon galaxy s4 with goo manager. It had gotten suck on the "downloading" screen while booting into recovery. I figured out how to get out of that and uninstalled goo manager. Now each time I try to factory reset or update, whenever the phone turns off to reset, it somehow boots into the Downloading/Odin mode and gets stuck... even though goomanager is long deleted. Any help would be fantastic.
centrixed said:
Recently tried flashing a ROM on my verizon galaxy s4 with goo manager. It had gotten suck on the "downloading" screen while booting into recovery. I figured out how to get out of that and uninstalled goo manager. Now each time I try to factory reset or update, whenever the phone turns off to reset, it somehow boots into the Downloading/Odin mode and gets stuck... even though goomanager is long deleted. Any help would be fantastic.
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What build are you on?
centrixed said:
Recently tried flashing a ROM on my verizon galaxy s4 with goo manager. It had gotten suck on the "downloading" screen while booting into recovery. I figured out how to get out of that and uninstalled goo manager. Now each time I try to factory reset or update, whenever the phone turns off to reset, it somehow boots into the Downloading/Odin mode and gets stuck... even though goomanager is long deleted. Any help would be fantastic.
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Do you know what ROM/baseband you were on prior to trying to flash a ROM? Were you rooted already, or did you try to install over stock? Are you familiar with Odin?
This may help depending on your answers to the above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL8XwuRYoWU&feature=youtu.be
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What build are you on?
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I am currently on 4.3 and I have MK2. I am trying to reset my phone to remove all the **** I did to it and I am planning on updating after the reset.
To answer the second question, I am very unfamiliar with flashing and modding phones. I did root it though. I just want to be able to reset it to factory without these interferences.
centrixed said:
I am currently on 4.3 and I have MK2. I am trying to reset my phone to remove all the **** I did to it and I am planning on updating after the reset.
To answer the second question, I am very unfamiliar with flashing and modding phones. I did root it though. I just want to be able to reset it to factory without these interferences.
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Use the full wipe as shown in the youtube linked above.
Files and directions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
Don't use goomanager on your S4 in the future, it only works on the original build.
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What build are you on?
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Oishikatta said:
Use the full wipe as shown in the youtube linked above.
Files and directions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
Don't use goomanager on your S4 in the future, it only works on the original build.
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Thanks! I will surely do that
centrixed said:
I am currently on 4.3 and I have MK2. I am trying to reset my phone to remove all the **** I did to it and I am planning on updating after the reset.
To answer the second question, I am very unfamiliar with flashing and modding phones. I did root it though. I just want to be able to reset it to factory without these interferences.
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you need to research before you attempt to do stuff......you can't use goomanger at all with your baseband. The only way to load any custom rom is thru safestrap and you are limited to safestrap compatible roms only.
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I really need some help here. I have an MDK S4 that I sold. Need to mail it out tomorrow. It has TWRP installed and was stock rooted. I tried to wipe all my info, so I went into TWRP, did a factory resent, and wiped data. Now the phone won't boot passed the "Samsung Galaxy S4 screen". I really need some help with this. I promised this person I would ship the phone out tomorrow and take that very seriously. Any help is extremely appreciated.
pyro6128 said:
I really need some help here. I have an MDK S4 that I sold. Need to mail it out tomorrow. It has TWRP installed and was stock rooted. I tried to wipe all my info, so I went into TWRP, did a factory resent, and wiped data. Now the phone won't boot passed the "Samsung Galaxy S4 screen". I really need some help with this. I promised this person I would ship the phone out tomorrow and take that very seriously. Any help is extremely appreciated.
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I would try putting it into download mode and then flash the stock mdk images.
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I would try putting it into download mode and then flash the stock mdk images.
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Can I flash the stock rooted MDK file found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292707 through TWRP? I should mention, I can still boot into TWRP fine, I just can't get the phone to boot normally.
pyro6128 said:
Can I flash the stock rooted MDK file found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292707 through TWRP? I should mention, I can still boot into TWRP fine, I just can't get the phone to boot normally.
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Using Odin to flash the stock image is pretty much the best way to get it to stock so I wouldn't even bother with TWRP honestly
Crawshayi said:
Using Odin to flash the stock image is pretty much the best way to get it to stock so I wouldn't even bother with TWRP honestly
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Can I use Odin to get back to stock rooted though? Can I flash the image I linked to above through odin?
pyro6128 said:
Can I use Odin to get back to stock rooted though? Can I flash the image I linked to above through odin?
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If youre selling it i wouldnt worry about keeping it rooted unless that was one of the selling.points. yes you can also use the stock rooted mdk rom as well but it cant be flashed via odin it has to be flashed via recovery. But once again I would odin to return it to out of the box software.
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If youre selling it i wouldnt worry about keeping it rooted unless that was one of the selling.points. yes you can also use the stock rooted mdk rom as well but it cant be flashed via odin it has to be flashed via recovery. But once again I would odin to return it to out of the box software.
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Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
pyro6128 said:
Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
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have you tried to use it through ODIN? going through TWRP is not the same.
Are you using twrp 2.5.0.2?
Here is a flashable version 2.5.0.2 I did not make this but got it from the twrp thread and many have used it. Just flash in recovery.https://db.tt/YeZ3cp4c
Twrp 2.6+ is known to have issue's.
pyro6128 said:
Yea, it was one of the selling points, the fact that it was MDK and already rooted. Anyway, I just tried flashing the stock rooted file through TWRP and it didn't work. Still won't boot passed the samsung galaxy s4 splash screen. Guess its time to try Odin. Should I be concerned about the phone updating on its own? MDK is the big selling point.
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If you have to resort to using odin put it in airplane mode, root, disable airplane mode and update binaries then remove sdm.apk or rename it and the ota update wont hastle you anymore.
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If you have to resort to using odin put it in airplane mode, root, disable airplane mode and update binaries then remove sdm.apk or rename it and the ota update wont hastle you anymore.
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Using Odin to restore it right now. I'll throw it in airplane mode once its done. Thanks for the assistance. This thing is killing me and I have work in the morning, but I need to get this done or it'll bother me all night haha.
Edit: Just odin'ed using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259 and it still won't boot past the Galaxy s4 screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.
Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
Travisdroidx2 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.
Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
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^^ this
Yes sometimes up to 10 min for some ROMs but I've never have had it take more then 4 or 5 min on a fresh flash.
Travisdroidx2 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Original full stock images. Will also wipe data.
Did the Odin process pass the first time you tried and then stock froze at splash screen? How long you letting sit on the first boot? That first boot can take a while sometimes.
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I did a battery pull, then booted into the regular recovery, did another factory reset, and was finally able to boot back into android. Then I was able to follow all of the root/recovery steps. Finally got it sorted out!!!!! Thanks to everyone who helped me, its silly, but it helped that I didn't feel stranded with this thing. XDA is the best!
I was originally trying to just go to the new kitkat rom, i believe that was CM11 or something of the sort. But for some reason i cannot do anything with my phone when it comes to installing or changing the recovery. Odin fails every time. One-Click-Root fails every time (which i think is what i used from the beginning to root). I even upgraded ROM manager to pro so i could try the touch based recovery and it will not successfully install a recovery that i can boot into even though it says that it has and shows(ed) the current recovery being the most up-to-date version. And now since ive tried several different today, i have lost root somehow...even thought i just had it and didnt change anything with the root process...just trying to regain even the stock recovery. Basically what happens if i try to boot into recovery mode is it tries for half a second then boots to ODIN mode and in the top left corner it says failed normal boot or something of the sort.
Can someone point me in the right direction? would a factory reset within the android OS help anything? every thing is backed up, so that wont be an issue as far as apps/data and important files goes.
The phone still boots to my "rooted" 4.3 that i have installed, just dont have root privelages any longer...the phone still works as normal...just cant do anything root based...like run titanium backup or supersu, and even ROM manager is NOW giving me an error when trying to install a custom recovery.
I would like to restore to stock MDK so i can start from scratch and install the CM11 KitKat Rom if at all possible...
So you were mdk and loki'd correct...
safestrap powered Hyperdrive 12
decaturbob said:
So you were mdk and loki'd correct...
safestrap powered Hyperdrive 12
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MDK yes, the loki part im not sure of...but i did try to do that again since having this problem...with no success...
MURD3RD said:
MDK yes, the loki part im not sure of...but i did try to do that again since having this problem...with no success...
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you would have to to use the loki process to gain root and install the custom recovery at the time. I really can't help as I got into the S4 with ME7 base and been using safestrap.
i also tried following this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
and it doesnt get past the first ODIN step and gets a fail
attached are some snips of the ODIN screen when it fails
decaturbob said:
you would have to to use the loki process to gain root and install the custom recovery at the time. I really can't help as I got into the S4 with ME7 base and been using safestrap.
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you got a link to a good working Loki tutorial?
Here's a link to the stock mdk tar file. This will totally wipe your phone. http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
Ryno77 said:
Here's a link to the stock mdk tar file. This will totally wipe your phone.
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i did find that link before and am currently downloading it...but it is taking forever...everything else i download is blazing fast (50Mb D/L speed here at my buddies apartment) but yet this file is only downloading at 50KB/s...and is showing over 9-10 hours for the download to be complete...does anybody have a faster download source?
i know my connection is phenomenal since i downloaded a 9 gig file last night from a different source and it took under an hour...this .tar is less than 2 gigs...shouldnt take that damn long...
i also tried flashing the recovery .tar.md5 from that link...same exact result...
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Questions and Help issues go in Q&A and Help section
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THANKS!!!
I knew i hadn't put it in the right place...hopefully it'll get more view here...and i can get this thing sorted out
so right now the screen shows (phone)--(yellow triangle)--(computer) and says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
this is after trying to install the stock restore .tar files in the link mentioned above...the device will NO LONGER boot the os and goes to this screen every time. I can still get it into download (Odin) mode though.
MURD3RD said:
i also tried following this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
and it doesnt get past the first ODIN step and gets a fail
attached are some snips of the ODIN screen when it fails
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The "fail (auth)" means that you're likely no longer running an MDK bootloader. It's refusing to load the MD2 that's used by Loki.
Do you get the same failure when you try to flash the stock MDK ROM image? What text shows up on your phone when you try to flash the stock?
Since you're stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." it indicates that the bootloader rejected a flash, which means you may have somehow updated to MI1 or later. The message on the phone when the flash fails will tell for sure.
k1mu said:
The "fail (auth)" means that you're likely no longer running an MDK bootloader. It's refusing to load the MD2 that's used by Loki.
Do you get the same failure when you try to flash the stock MDK ROM image? What text shows up on your phone when you try to flash the stock?
Since you're stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." it indicates that the bootloader rejected a flash, which means you may have somehow updated to MI1 or later. The message on the phone when the flash fails will tell for sure.
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i can't remember what exactly the messages were right now...but currently Kies is trying a recovery "upgrade and initialization"...hopefully this works and my phone can at least be usable again...and THEN ill get back at trying to get the new KitKat, lol
MURD3RD said:
i can't remember what exactly the messages were right now...but currently Kies is trying a recovery "upgrade and initialization"...hopefully this works and my phone can at least be usable again...and THEN ill get back at trying to get the new KitKat, lol
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You won't be on MDK, so no KitKat.
k1mu said:
You won't be on MDK, so no KitKat.
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but i have had no problem flashing back to get rooted when i first got the device...even though several threads said it couldnt be done...all i need is to get back to stock and start from scratch...at least i hope this is the case. If it goes ahead and installs the newest 4.3 update...and i truly cant change it due to no exploits yet...then i guess ill have to wait...lol, it could be worse, haha
so kies just finished doing its thing and the phone booted up and is now running 4.3 MK2
MURD3RD said:
so kies just finished doing its thing and the phone booted up and is now running 4.3 MK2
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That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
gnubian said:
That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
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EDIT: well nevermind...i think i was just crazy to think something different...i am definitely running the latest release of 4.3 from vzw...fml...well at least it can still be rooted. Is there any development for KitKat on the new MK2 software? Ill do some searching around...
i do remember, however, doing something that a tutorial said specifically not to do...and it worked anyway...even though several people responding to the thread said not to do or it would brick the phone...o well i guess...if i find the link ill post it up...
gnubian said:
That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
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would you happen to have a link to the safestrap tutorial? i cant seem to locate it...im gunna do some more searching, but if you had a link at the ready, that'd be awesome!!!
EDIT: Found it...no worries
gnubian said:
That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
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so i found the thread for this ROM and it doesnt say anything about being able to run on MK2 build...can anyone shed some light on this? it only says MJ7...
Hi.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S4 upgraded to NC5 kitkat 4.4.2.
I was on Hyperdrive Rom 17.1 and I wanted to try out other roms so I installed the latest version of Chaos rom. I know how to install other roms because I've done so on other phones. So after I installed the rom all worked great. But after I rebooted my phone the phone wont go past the Samsung Galaxy S4 Splash. When ever I reboot it shows the splash then the screen goes black. I've spent hours trying to fix this. NOTE: I can go into Download Mode and Recovery Mode.
What should I do? Is there any method to fix this? Ive tried reinstalling normal stock via oden and the default recovery mode
Im stumped at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ace The Creator said:
Hi.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S4 upgraded to NC5 kitkat 4.4.2.
I was on Hyperdrive Rom 17.1 and I wanted to try out other roms so I installed the latest version of Chaos rom. I know how to install other roms because I've done so on other phones. So after I installed the rom all worked great. But after I rebooted my phone the phone wont go past the Samsung Galaxy S4 Splash. When ever I reboot it shows the splash then the screen goes black. I've spent hours trying to fix this. NOTE: I can go into Download Mode and Recovery Mode.
What should I do? Is there any method to fix this? Ive tried reinstalling normal stock via oden and the default recovery mode
Im stumped at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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You will need to boot into recovery and wipe everything except internal SD and factory reset. Surge has a thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209 with all of the ODIN files you will need. I'm not sure what you mean by "tried to reinstall normal stock with ODIN". Do you mean the ODIN flash failed or that the flash worked but you are still unable to access your phone?
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Ace The Creator said:
Hi.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S4 upgraded to NC5 kitkat 4.4.2.
I was on Hyperdrive Rom 17.1 and I wanted to try out other roms so I installed the latest version of Chaos rom. I know how to install other roms because I've done so on other phones. So after I installed the rom all worked great. But after I rebooted my phone the phone wont go past the Samsung Galaxy S4 Splash. When ever I reboot it shows the splash then the screen goes black. I've spent hours trying to fix this. NOTE: I can go into Download Mode and Recovery Mode.
What should I do? Is there any method to fix this? Ive tried reinstalling normal stock via oden and the default recovery mode
Im stumped at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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This process worked for me in the past also. Wipe/factory reset and then start from scratch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2763834
liljoe727 said:
You will need to boot into recovery and wipe everything except internal SD and factory reset. Surge has a thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209 with all of the ODIN files you will need. I'm not sure what you mean by "tried to reinstall normal stock with ODIN". Do you mean the ODIN flash failed or that the flash worked but you are still unable to access your phone?
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Thanks for the reply!!!
How do I do that? I just go into the recovery and choose the wipe data option? And I only have the standard android recovery. I dont have SS or TWRP or CWM installed atm
And yeah Odin Flash failed. But I didnt use the MK2 files though. I used the NC5 files. Im not sure if that could be the issue but I'll give it a try.
Ace The Creator said:
Thanks for the reply!!!
How do I do that? I just go into the recovery and choose the wipe data option? And I only have the standard android recovery. I dont have SS or TWRP or CWM installed atm
And yeah Odin Flash failed. But I didnt use the MK2 files though. I used the NC5 files. Im not sure if that could be the issue but I'll give it a try.
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Yes, boot into normal recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvik/factory reset then try the ODIN flash. You can try the full wipe method to get back to NC5 right away but you may need to start at MK2.
liljoe727 said:
Yes, boot into normal recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvik/factory reset then try the ODIN flash. You can try the full wipe method to get back to NC5 right away but you may need to start at MK2.
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Alright. But it only shows wipe data/factory reset.
I assume this is it though.
Again thanks for the help!
Ace The Creator said:
Alright. But it only shows wipe data/factory reset.
I assume this is it though.
Again thanks for the help!
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I couldn't remember what all was there but yes, wipe everything you can except the internal storage. You are very welcome. I have bricked my phone about four times now, I know how it is. I just hope I can help.
liljoe727 said:
I couldn't remember what all was there but yes, wipe everything you can except the internal storage. You are very welcome. I have bricked my phone about four times now, I know how it is. I just hope I can help.
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Im gonna give it a go after the files finish downloading. Hope this works!
Im glad theres people like you in this community. In the PS3 community everyone is to them selves :\
liljoe727 said:
I couldn't remember what all was there but yes, wipe everything you can except the internal storage. You are very welcome. I have bricked my phone about four times now, I know how it is. I just hope I can help.
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It didnt work
I followed TheTechGuys method and I failed on both attempts .
What am I supposed to do?
I followed it and when it says it fails its completely normal then when I put in the other tar and uncheck the re partition box it still fails me.
What should I do?
Ace The Creator said:
It didnt work
I followed TheTechGuys method and I failed on both attempts .
What am I supposed to do?
I followed it and when it says it fails its completely normal then when I put in the other tar and uncheck the re partition box it still fails me.
What should I do?
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Did you try the "Full Wipe AKA Emergency" on the first thread I linked to by Surge?
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liljoe727 said:
Did you try the "Full Wipe AKA Emergency" on the first thread I linked to by Surge?
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
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Yeah I did. Im now stuck with the firmware upgrade encountered an issue error.
What do I do now?
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Yeah I did. Im now stuck with the firmware upgrade encountered an issue error.
What do I do now?
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The only thing that has ever worked for me when I see that screen is to try to install firmware through KIES it will fail but it seems like it puts some sort of driver on your phone that allows ODIN to work. That may make no sense but I have gotten that stupid yellow triangle twice and KIES and then following the instructions, to the letter,on TechGuys thread worked both times.
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liljoe727 said:
The only thing that has ever worked for me when I see that screen is to try to install firmware through KIES it will fail but it seems like it puts some sort of driver on your phone that allows ODIN to work. That may make no sense but I have gotten that stupid yellow triangle twice and KIES and then following the instructions, to the letter,on TechGuys thread worked both times.
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I tried using KIES but it says that my S/N is wrong when ever I put it in.
Im really lost right now. Everytime I try doing the ODIN methods it works for a couple seconds then fails.
Ace The Creator said:
I tried using KIES but it says that my S/N is wrong when ever I put it in.
Im really lost right now. Everytime I try doing the ODIN methods it works for a couple seconds then fails.
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If you are doing everything correctly on your end, I do not know why none of these methods are working for you. They have worked for me in the past. The only other thing I can point you to is this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL8XwuRYoWU&feature=youtu.be which is step by step instruction on how to use the method on Surges thread.
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Ace The Creator said:
I tried using KIES but it says that my S/N is wrong when ever I put it in.
Im really lost right now. Everytime I try doing the ODIN methods it works for a couple seconds then fails.
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Did you try using a different USB cable? That may be the issue.
Sent from my rooted Verizon Galaxy S4 with Hyperdrive ROM using XDA Free Mobile App
liljoe727 said:
If you are doing everything correctly on your end, I do not know why none of these methods are working for you. They have worked for me in the past. The only other thing I can point you to is this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL8XwuRYoWU&feature=youtu.be which is step by step instruction on how to use the method on Surges thread.
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Did you try using a different USB cable? That may be the issue.
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I can try using another one. The original one that I had stopped working so I've been using another.
Hi all, I recently rooted my Verizon galaxy s4 i545vrufng6 4.4.2 and ever since I did I have had some issues. The way I did it was by flashing the ng5 kernel and using towelroot then reflashing ng6. After I did that my wifi was stuck on the dull green light but I read on a forum on how to fix that by going into the system and deleting one of the wifi files. After I did that everything worked fine for a few days! Then I went out of state and when I got on the airplane my phone was put on airplane mode, by the time I landed and took off airplane mode wifi wouldn't work at all. I tried to do the same thing I did earlier but it didn't work. Matter of fact, i cannot even find that file anymore Wifi will no longer even go dull green, i can hit it as many times as I want and it will stay in the off position. I thought if I flashed a custom rom it would restart the wifi, so I looked up how to install cyanogenmod and followed the YouTube vid from wwjoshdew (30minute). I didn't get through the whole thing because when my phone restarted it had an unlocked padlock at the bottom of the Samsung start up logo and when it went into recovery mode it came up with a yellow triangle saying that system software is not authorized by Verizon wireless. I can boot it up normally or I can go into download mode but I can't access recovery mode meaning I cannot do a factory reset. I took it to Verizon and they said they couldn't help me cuz I void the warranty. If anyone could please help me get my phone back to normal I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
Garrett11 said:
Hi all, I recently rooted my Verizon galaxy s4 i545vrufng6 4.4.2 and ever since I did I have had some issues. The way I did it was by flashing the ng5 kernel and using towelroot then reflashing ng6. After I did that my wifi was stuck on the dull green light but I read on a forum on how to fix that by going into the system and deleting one of the wifi files. After I did that everything worked fine for a few days! Then I went out of state and when I got on the airplane my phone was put on airplane mode, by the time I landed and took off airplane mode wifi wouldn't work at all. I tried to do the same thing I did earlier but it didn't work. Matter of fact, i cannot even find that file anymore Wifi will no longer even go dull green, i can hit it as many times as I want and it will stay in the off position. I thought if I flashed a custom rom it would restart the wifi, so I looked up how to install cyanogenmod and followed the YouTube vid from wwjoshdew (30minute). I didn't get through the whole thing because when my phone restarted it had an unlocked padlock at the bottom of the Samsung start up logo and when it went into recovery mode it came up with a yellow triangle saying that system software is not authorized by Verizon wireless. I can boot it up normally or I can go into download mode but I can't access recovery mode meaning I cannot do a factory reset. I took it to Verizon and they said they couldn't help me cuz I void the warranty. If anyone could please help me get my phone back to normal I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
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Sooooo.... you soft bricked your phone by flashing an unsupported ROM on your particular firmware. Cynanogenmod or ANY OTHER pure AOSP Rom is not compatible with firmwares later than MDK. Don't do that again.
You need to flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin. Instructions are in the thread. You are going to be downgrading back to NC5 (the firmware version before NG6). This may fix your wifi issues as well.
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liljoe727 said:
Sooooo.... you soft bricked your phone by flashing an unsupported ROM on your particular firmware. Cynanogenmod or ANY OTHER pure AOSP Rom is not compatible with firmwares later than MDK. Don't do that again.
You need to flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin. Instructions are in the thread. You are going to be downgrading back to NC5 (the firmware version before NG6). This may fix your wifi issues as well.
Sent from my SCH-I545
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Thanks so much for the reply. I have downloaded the full wipe and have unzipped it. When i try to put it in Odin it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid" i cannot continue to start the process because of this.
Garrett11 said:
Thanks so much for the reply. I have downloaded the full wipe and have unzipped it. When i try to put it in Odin it says "md5 error! Binary is invalid" i cannot continue to start the process because of this.
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Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
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liljoe727 said:
Download the file zip again and check the md5. You may have a bad download.
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Thanks so much for everything. I got it passed in Odin and everything is working this far . One last question, will I be able to root without it messing up again? Id love to have my phone rooted but if it means it wont work while rooted i would rather have it just be able to work regularly
Thanks for everything!
Garrett11 said:
Thanks so much for everything. I got it passed in Odin and everything is working this far . One last question, will I be able to root without it messing up again? Id love to have my phone rooted but if it means it wont work while rooted i would rather have it just be able to work regularly
Thanks for everything!
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Towelroot.com will work for you as far as root goes as long as you stay on NC5 firmware. Just download the APK, install it and go into the app to "make it rain"...profit.
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liljoe727 said:
Towelroot.com will work for you as far as root goes as long as you stay on NC5 firmware. Just download the APK, install it and go into the app to "make it rain"...profit.
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Awesome. Much thanks man!!!!
So been on HD since the beginning and had no issues until today.
Installed rls21 per the OP and everything ran pretty smooth. Was unable to get HD Tweaks to load
and it would cause settings to FC then touchwiz home would FC.
I went into recovery, cleared cache and rebooted. Still had the same issues. Re-installed the rom from
the beginning and still same problem.
Downloaded new copies of rls21 and the UI and installed. Now my phone wont boot past the samsung logo with the lock.
I tried to odin back to stock and it is still stuck at the logo.
I can get into recovery and the download screen but cant get anything to boot after that.
It will let me run aroma and install any build but wont boot the OS.
Seems I've lost root as well.
I'm on an MDK build. Please someone help me figure this out...
Update: Tried re-partitioning and loading stock MDK firmware and also tried to load stock recovery via Odin.
Now I can still get into download mode, phone wont boot past samsung screen and when i try to enter recovery I have the yellow triangle and a statement about unauthorized software...
TJ2713 said:
So been on HD since the beginning and had no issues until today.
Installed rls21 per the OP and everything ran pretty smooth. Was unable to get HD Tweaks to load
and it would cause settings to FC then touchwiz home would FC.
I went into recovery, cleared cache and rebooted. Still had the same issues. Re-installed the rom from
the beginning and still same problem.
Downloaded new copies of rls21 and the UI and installed. Now my phone wont boot past the samsung logo with the lock.
I tried to odin back to stock and it is still stuck at the logo.
I can get into recovery and the download screen but cant get anything to boot after that.
It will let me run aroma and install any build but wont boot the OS.
Seems I've lost root as well.
I'm on an MDK build. Please someone help me figure this out...
Update: Tried re-partitioning and loading stock MDK firmware and also tried to load stock recovery via Odin.
Now I can still get into download mode, phone wont boot past samsung screen and when i try to enter recovery I have the yellow triangle and a statement about unauthorized software...
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Did you also flash the stock MDK recovery as well? Which package did you flash no wipe or full?
Illogi.xbone said:
Did you also flash the stock MDK recovery as well? Which package did you flash no wipe or full?
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I flashed pretty much every file I could in odin to restore mdk. Failed to notice all the file sizes on every site I downloaded
from were 8MB or smaller. Am downloading the full 1.83GB MDK system file now to see if that will work.
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I flashed pretty much every file I could in odin to restore mdk. Failed to notice all the file sizes on every site I downloaded
from were 8MB or smaller. Am downloading the full 1.83GB MDK system file now to see if that will work.
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You probably got the MD5 file I have done that before.
So I was unable to Odin back to MDK. Think I lost root and my boot image. I was able to Odin to the newest build fnk1 which is MDF.
Guess I'm gonna figure out this whole safe strap game now :*(
TJ2713 said:
So I was unable to Odin back to MDK. Think I lost root and my boot image. I was able to Odin to the newest build fnk1 which is MDF.
Guess I'm gonna figure out this whole safe strap game now :*(
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Well good news is HD is good for Safestrap =D
Illogi.xbone said:
Well good news is HD is good for Safestrap =D
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Yeah but cant get rls 21 to work without tons of fc's. So now im no better than where i started since safestrap blows and i'm back on rls20
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Yeah but cant get rls 21 to work without tons of fc's. So now im no better than where i started since safestrap blows and i'm back on rls20
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You could always go stock rooted until they get SS working with custom kernels. Just sayin.
Illogi.xbone said:
You could always go stock rooted until they get SS working with custom kernels. Just sayin.
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Been on hyperdrive for almost 2 years. The concept of stock is just gross lol
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Been on hyperdrive for almost 2 years. The concept of stock is just gross lol
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I know the feeling, personally with MDK I prefer lollipop, but I use S Translator all the time now (Dating a Chinese girl) and the optical reader and I have found 0 apps that could compare for free so HD is my DD for now until we get an S4 Lollipop rom with those included.