So I have a Tmobile Galaxy Tab, and I ****ed it up somehow.
I tried to put clockworkmod on there, and somehow it gives me a black screen every other option, so clockworkmod only shows half the time. But it still works.
Tried to revert to factory via the settings menu, it didn't work. Tried to do it ia clockwork, it didn't work. Tried a few more times and somehow I got it to work, but almost everything that was stock is not here....I"m stuck with nothing but android and some tmobile addons, vending.apk ain't even there.
So, I"m throwing in the towel and would like to know if anyone knows where the stock files for the tab can be found. I looked on the wiki, and it tells you to make a backup before everything is ****ed.
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Yep,
As the wiki says there are no recorded firmwares of stock US/Canada tabs for the most part.
If I were you though I'd simply flash JM6 and then JMC ontop of it.
You'll lose all your stuff but your tab will be better off anyways. Performance of the dev firmwares outdoes any of the stock ones. And you'll get a few extra features while you're at it.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, the Sprint version. I wasn't able to send or receive picture messages and I thought it might have something to do with my APN being wrong (I bought the phone on eBay and had it flashed to nTelos, my provider) but I wasn't able to edit the APN and nTelos was, as usual, no help. So I figured I'd just root it and be able to edit it then!
It was at that moment I stuck my shovel into the soft dirt and started digging.
Essentially, I believe my phone is without an OS at this point. I have tried using ODIN to put a recovery on there so I can at least do something, but now even ODIN is freezing up when I try and flash the Clockwork recovery. I am stuck on the Samsung S4 logo screen and while I can enter download mode I don't think I can enter recovery mode - at least, it hasn't been working tonight. I don't remember everything I've done to my poor phone, but it has to be hurting after the beating I've put it through. I originally tried to root it though I don't think I was successful because the Root Checker said I wasn't, though I'm not sure what I was doing wrong then. Things went downhill from there.
I've read through thread after thread hoping for something that would work, but I've given up trying to use other people's problems to solve my own. This is me saying "Uncle". I require assistance. Let me know what you need from me to provide me with the help I need.
Also - I have ADB on my computer and I think I have a basic understanding of how to use it, but since I can't enter recovery mode I can't do anything other than pat myself on the back for figuring it out. I think my first problem at this point is ODIN. I uninstalled KIES so that's not interfering (and don't even get me started on KIES - I installed KIES and it told me to install KIES3 which told me my device wasn't supported... which is crap because it's running Android 4.3 - or was before I got to it).
Thanks,
If you're sure the phone was on 4.3, then your options are limited thanks to Knox. You can only restore a 4.3 (MJA) based ROM to the phone via Odin, whether it is stock or custom. Easiest giveaway is if you see a line for "Knox" on the Download Mode screen.
At this point you should look in the ROM directory here for a full ROM (xxxxx.tar.md5), either MF9 (4.2.2) if it doesn't have Knox or MJA (4.3) if it does. If you cannot use Odin to put a full ROM on there, then you will need some more serious help.
Odin the stock 4.3 MJA OEM. Will return your phone to a stock unrooted state.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522810
I was getting bored with my standard s4 rom, so in my rush to move forward I flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544474 (►►[AOSP] Official 4.4.2 - S4 Google Edition - v10 - Feel the Experience of Nexus◄◄) thinking I was on a i9505 and not bothering to check and also not bothering to make a backup.
anyway it works but I was getting random reboots (known on this rom) and mad battery drain (what previously was 50% at the end of the day now is flat).
So i decided to go back to stock. It was then that I realised that when I do a system check, my phone actually is a i9505g.
I downloaded a couple of i9505g images from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2569510 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544056 however when I try and flash, ODIN come up with a fail. I have tried changing to stock recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442882 but still no luck.
Interestingly when I try flashing the modems from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452034 these won't flash either.
I'm a bit flummoxed as I can flash other modems to it via odin.
I haven't uninstalled drivers and odin or tried other ports as when i flash modems they do work (they don't all actually work but i can change them) and i can change custom recovery too.
Any suggestions???
jonallwright said:
I was getting bored with my standard s4 rom, so in my rush to move forward I flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544474 (►►[AOSP] Official 4.4.2 - S4 Google Edition - v10 - Feel the Experience of Nexus◄◄) thinking I was on a i9505 and not bothering to check and also not bothering to make a backup.
anyway it works but I was getting random reboots (known on this rom) and mad battery drain (what previously was 50% at the end of the day now is flat).
So i decided to go back to stock. It was then that I realised that when I do a system check, my phone actually is a i9505g.
I downloaded a couple of i9505g images from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2569510 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544056 however when I try and flash, ODIN come up with a fail. I have tried changing to stock recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442882 but still no luck.
Interestingly when I try flashing the modems from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452034 these won't flash either.
I'm a bit flummoxed as I can flash other modems to it via odin.
I haven't uninstalled drivers and odin or tried other ports as when i flash modems they do work (they don't all actually work but i can change them) and i can change custom recovery too.
Any suggestions???
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I'm going to start by saying you're damn lucky you haven't totally bricked your phone.
You really need to slow down and understand what you're doing.
It sounds like you do have an i9505, otherwise the GE ROM you flashed would of giving you an error 7.
Anyway because you have flashed a Google Edition ROM onto your i9505 it has changed the build prop so now your device says it's an i9505G.
You should be fine to flash any stock firmware for an i9505 to restore your phone.
In future read instructions very carefully and make sure you actually know what you're doing before attempting to flash your phone.
Hope you can get it back up and running as an i9505
Obagleyfreer said:
I'm going to start by saying you're damn lucky you haven't totally bricked your phone.
You really need to slow down and understand what you're doing.
It sounds like you do have an i9505, otherwise the GE ROM you flashed would of giving you an error 7.
Anyway because you have flashed a Google Edition ROM onto your i9505 it has changed the build prop so now your device says it's an i9505G.
You should be fine to flash any stock firmware for an i9505 to restore your phone.
In future read instructions very carefully and make sure you actually know what you're doing before attempting to flash your phone.
Hope you can get it back up and running as an i9505
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I thought I did, I've been flashing phones, for years now, to a lesser degree, and though I've got in deep water, I 've never drowned.
I presumed that regardless of what you flashed onto the phone, system info it would report back what it actually was - so when I checked and saw that it was listed a i9505g I didn't know you could change what it was reported back. Live and learn.
I will have a go with a i9505 ROM and see what happens...
Hi everyone,
Before blasting away with comments as to why I would do this, here's my story,
I live in Canada and just brought home a i9508, a China variant of the S4. It belonged to my dad and he didn't want it so I just took it. The i9508 doesn't have Play Store, and it doesn't work on Canadian 3G network.
So to me, the phone is useless right off the start (don't intend on selling it either, who wants it?) So I had 2 options:
1) Leave the phone as it is, and probably use it once every 1-2 years when I visit HK
2) Flash custom roms on it fully aware of the risk it will have so that there's a possibility I can make it more usable
So in the end I went with option 2.
I followed a guide and flashed TWRP for i9505 using Odin onto the phone, and used TWRP to install chainfire SU, and it actually worked (but SU wouldn't open because some sort of security on the phone is blocking it)
Next step, I downloaded the CM version for i9505 and flashed onto the phone, and that worked too. Only problem I've encountered was that the phone would only boot after a fresh install. If I installed CM, turned the phone off after the initial start up, the phone wouldn't boot pass the Samsung logo.
Up until this point, I didn't make a backup, because of my arrogance, cause I have available a copy of the official firmware, in case anything happens.
So I figured at this point, maybe if I restore the original firmware, and try the whole process again, the custom rom would work. So I went into Odin, flash the firmware with PDA, and failed. It just wouldn't work. After retrying it a couple of times, and downloading different updates of the firmware, nothing worked. Only thing working right now is, I can get into Download mode, and I can get into TWRP recovery (but for some reason, I can't flash the zips that I've adb pushed onto the phone, zip can't open)
For me, if it can't be fixed, then it's really SOL. But if there's a way to fix it, I'm open to testing anything people have in mind, cause afterall, this phone is paper weight either way. I'm interested in seeing if I could enable 3G by flashing a i9505 radio, despite warnings, although, I've never actually came across a thread where someone had actually tried it before.
Either way, if someone has any idea on how to fix the phone, and wouldn't mind sharing it, that'll be greatly appreciated.
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I can get into Download mode, but Odin is failing (if you need the error please let me know and I'll post it)
I can get into TWRP recovery, but can't flash files
I can get into adb
This isnt the correct forum for your phone. XDA don't follow clones
Unfortunately a section for i9508 doesn't exist, so I figure the closest one would be i9505.
Anyhow, if someone has an idea of how to fix it, I'm more than happy to do testing on it, like flashing other roms or radios.
Hello everybody,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, i9505, withe the Snapdragon 600. It is also the AT&T variant (the i337). I do not know if that matters, but that is the phone. A couple days ago, I rooted it using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577.
I rooted it successfully, and then I tried to install a recovery. I followed the steps listed in this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577.
I did not realize that this was for the international version. That was for the i9500. So after that, the phone went a little crazy. It still works and is not bricked, but some things are different. There is no lock screen anymore. At the home screen, a dialog box pops up and shows some factory device information. When I go to turn it off, it just shuts down when I hold the power button, no dialog. It still works fine, but I want to know how to fix it. I want to see if I could find the original mmcblk0p10 file and somehow push it over. If anyone can proved this file for me, I would be very thankful.
The download mode still shows everything as official. Nothing reads as custom.
I know that I can probably fix this by flashing the recovery image, but I want to try to replace the mmcblk0p10 with the original file and see if it works. I want to learn how to fix it manually, if at all possible.
Thanks in advance.
Better dont play with mmcblk0p10 files. You will have a beatiful paperweight then. Flash again stock rom for solve ur problems (it install stock recovery too) :highfive:
why do some experiments after your phone still works
Flash the normal stock firmware and fix phone as they should without further experiments that can destroy it
This is a personal opinion and does not bind anyone to anything
I wanted to root my Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910F UK carrier H3G) so I could use the mirroring option in Airdroid.
Long story short, I'm severely disabled so wanted full access to my phone whilst on my pc, without struggling to get my phone all the time. (SWTOR Security Key is one of the many reasons for wanting to not have to grab my phone every time I need to do something on it)
(I can't put phone where it's easily accessible whilst on pc, because of the board I use for keyboard and mouse rested across the arms of my chair)
I THOUGHT I had it sussed, as I had successfully rooted and booted my S3, S4 and Note 2, 3 and 8.0 devices.
However, I didn't read the fine print when using CF-autoroot in that it doesn't work on 5.1.1 atm. Or something along those lines...
Anyway, with my usual eagerness and impatience to do geeky/nerdy deeds, I ended up with my phone in a constant boot loop no matter what I tried.
I scoured the Internet for 3 hours, trying to find the original stock rom for my device and was livid that my usual Google-Fu was failing miserably.
I found one, so I thought, installed the kernel, (couldn't find stock kernel either) installed SuperSU, installed Twprs or whatever it is, (excuse my lack of knowledge please) then installed this "stock" rom.
Turns out it possibly IS the H3G network's Stock Note 4 (SM-N910F) ROM. IF I lived in Italy.
I still would like root access on my phone, but I would like to try and get stock rom back, or something EXCEPTIONALLY similar.
Please, again, excuse my apparent thickness... (and I'm not talking sliced bread here) is it the kernel where rooting takes place, the ROM, or do both have to be involved in the adaptation?
I know very very little about Linux and kernels etc.
I hope that I have described my predicament clearly, and that when one has picked oneself up off the floor from rolling around with much merriment, one (anyone) is able to assist with my screw up.
Best wishes,
(Applebogies for waffling on more than the meat content of a Belgian Blue, (I'm not talking Blue Waffle, but of four legged animals that chew the cud)
(Applebogies also for mentioning The Waffle of Blue-ness in more than one sense of the word, if it makes you Google it and you only just ate and you've never seen it before)
(Finally, applebogies for my rotten and feeble attempts humour, please try to cut through my crap and get to the point ofwhat my conundrum actually is)
So basically in a nutshell, you've bricked your phone? I do know that when I flashed stock ROM the other day, I had to pull the battery, boot into recovery (vol up + home + power) and wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache too. Then it booted just fine try that.
you can find different stock roms for your phone at sammobile (google it) download the firmware from there and flash it with odin. Watch youtube videos on how to flash firmware with odin. its simple
See if you can boot the phone into Download Mode via volume up+home+power. If it boots into download mode that means its not hard bricked. If it doesnt boot into DL the first time you try, do a battery pull for 15-20 seconds, then try again. If that doesnt work, then check your specific device versions forum for an unbrick method, and check for a general unbrick that can be used for all N4's.
If it does boot into download mode, download the stock firmware for your specific N4, flash it via Odin, (instructions are generally included in the thread where you find the stock ROM download) and you should be good to go after that.
Edit: SamMobile does indeed have a firmware for your specific device. Do a google search for sammobile, go to that site, and input SM-N910F into the device search bar. That will take you to a page with a list of firmwares. Theres a list box where you can select your country, that includes country and carrier combinations. Yours will be listed as United Kingdom (H3G)(H3G). Select firmware with PDA version N910FXXU1COJ3.
Not sure why you all think my phone is bricked, I am on it now?
I am however, currently running the Italian version of 3 mobile rom. Looks like asrah has solved that problem though xD
To shorten my previous post:
Where does root happen, on kernel or rom?
Ie - can I have stock rom but still have root access on my phone?
Thank you to asrah for finding my rom.
Thanks all and a very Merry Christmas!