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Rooted phone refuses to activate fully

Hey there. I have a rooted Sprint Galaxy S5. Recently I realized the WiFi Hotspot I'm paying for just doesn't work. It enables. It allows devices to connect. It remains turned on. But any device that connects to my phone fails to achieve an Internet connection.
Yesterday I took my phone in to a Sprint representative who spent a valiant amount of time trying to fix my phone. Unfortunately when he entered ##72786#, the phone started an update process that completely screwed up my activation. I believe he later reprogrammed the phone, but the S5 is still obsessively trying to "finish" activating.
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(fun fact: right now when I google "reporting firmware version to server ", nothing is returned. Maybe this'll put it on the map.)
When it's done trying, I see "firmware update not completed."
I've been seeing these messages since yesterday. And I hadn't no idea if any of this has to do with my device being rooted. Rooting is really all I've done, no ROMs or anything of that nature have been attempted... only SDFix and SELinux Mode Changer were run using it.
But I HAVE had activation woes before. When I enabled tethering on my phone, it took the better part of the day for sprint to reactivate it. And I was flying, so the process took several major cities before its success. And this was well before I rooted.
Tl;dr is it possible to use the stock Hotspot and reactivate your sprint phone while rooted with your device in a Custom status?
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.... bump
I'm probably just going to factory reset my phone. Is it safe to do when rooted?
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primetechv2 said:
.... bump
I'm probably just going to factory reset my phone. Is it safe to do when rooted?
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Yeah, it's safe. I've never heard of such a problem so let us know if it works after f.resetting it

koragg97 said:
Yeah, it's safe. I've never heard of such a problem so let us know if it works after f.resetting it
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I did it via Samsung Kies... this seemed safest. I used to have negative experiences with custom ROMS and ultimately decided this was the best way to go forward.
P.S. Kies is like iTunes but it doesn't suck and it doesn't require a whole lot of authentication. I just learned this. I did a text message backup and restore and that worked great. An app backup was a lot more hit-and-miss; only the apps were backed up, not the data.

So you fixed it this way? ☺
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Did Factory Reset fix the message="reporting firmware version to server ", as I'm considering doing it...Thank You...

[Q] Noob just softbricked a fresh S4

Since Sprint decided to pull the plug on WiMAX, I had to get rid of my trusty Evo 4G for a S4. Rooted with Odin, but followed an ancient guide on youtube to get tether unlocked without reading the comments. Now I'm stuck at a yellow "Sprint Spark" screen. Tried a hard reset (a few times), no change.
I think I need to flash a stock rom, but I have no clue which one I should use (and am fearing breaking more stuff). At this point, I just want to get the phone usable .. probably as stock as possible for now. The phone is brand new, assuming 4.4.2? Not sure if there's a way to check exactly what it was running. Recovery says KOT49H.L720VPUFNAE
Any advice, is much appreciated

tagged said:
Since Sprint decided to pull the plug on WiMAX, I had to get rid of my trusty Evo 4G for a S4. Rooted with Odin, but followed an ancient guide on youtube to get tether unlocked without reading the comments. Now I'm stuck at a yellow "Sprint Spark" screen. Tried a hard reset (a few times), no change.
I think I need to flash a stock rom, but I have no clue which one I should use (and am fearing breaking more stuff). At this point, I just want to get the phone usable .. probably as stock as possible for now. The phone is brand new, assuming 4.4.2? Not sure if there's a way to check exactly what it was running. Recovery says KOT49H.L720VPUFNAE
Any advice, is much appreciated
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I'm pretty sure everything you need is in this thread-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621862
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bilgerryan said:
I'm pretty sure everything you need is in this thread-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621862
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Maybe, but 250 pages is a lot to sort through (no offense). Does a stock rom (no root) even exist?

tagged said:
Maybe, but 250 pages is a lot to sort through (no offense). Does a stock rom (no root) even exist?
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Try looking at the first post[emoji6]

Lol

Slow Down Guys

I think a few of us are getting too carried away with root lol. I, myself, sure had to catch myself. Don't forget that most of us do not have a custom recovery which means if you brick your device, you'll probably have to pm the devs and if a lot of that happens, they'll end up with an even bigger inbox than before root lol but my main reason for the thread is that everybody is speaking on unlocking the bootloader but I haven't heard one word on a bump'd recovery like on the G3? Is that even possible on this phone? By the way, would it be risky if I tried the universal init.d app? Kinda wanna try L Speed on this.

Lg flash tool.
We can get custom stock roms if any dev wants to do it. We just flash the img file.
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soulysephiroth said:
Lg flash tool.
We can get custom stock roms if any dev wants to do it. We just flash the img file.
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but what about bump'd recoveries?

iieatturdz said:
slow down guys
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your authority isn't recognized inside fort kickass.

bobloadmire said:
your authority isn't recognized inside fort kickass.
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We have custom recovery TWRP works just fine and I'm already running a debloated ROM, I guess I don't understand your issue.

Animatorman said:
We have custom recovery TWRP works just fine and I'm already running a debloated ROM, I guess I don't understand your issue.
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TWRP is only working on a very small number of devices.

the_scotsman said:
TWRP is only working on a very small number of devices.
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Yeah well "we" meaning I, sorry about that.

Animatorman said:
Yeah well "we" meaning I, sorry about that.
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.when being a donkey goes wrong

iiEatTurdz said:
.when being a donkey goes wrong
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Lol who's being a "donkey"?

Only the 815EU and 811 have unlocked bootloaders hence TWRP the rest of the g4 community does not have this benefit... On the subject of bumped, pretty sure that exploit used has been closed by LG...if you guys thought root took long the wait for another BL exploit likely will be much longer. I hope I'm wrong but I can't see another one being found for a while. Seems this time around LG really wants to lock every avenue down. The next coming soon firmware update will patch the current root backdoor, also the root that vnmobile discovered seems to be patched as well, although he hasn't released any details, it could very well be the same backdoor.
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How to root Samsung Galaxy Note 5

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You can easily root your note 5 at this link
MOD Edit: Please do not direct traffic to your own ad infested blog to make money for you
Try all available rooting ways in this post ,maybe you will get your phone rooted ,or you can wait until i find the 100% working rooting way, and i will post it here .

This looks fishy

This does not work for me. Device gets not detected...

Fake

Need to wait for Chainfire to release autoroot for note 5 then...
Sent from my Nexus 6

Sorry for all,if it not working, but i updated my post with other rooting tools, Check it out please ,
Also i will search daily for other rooting option that help you rooting dat phone

bill340 said:
This does not work for me. Device gets not detected...
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you have to download Samsung drivers first for your not 5 from here or you can search it on xda forum And you have to enable usb debugging

I did, but it is stuck at "Detecting device".

I updated this post with another rooting tools

Any opinions regarding rooting Note 5....
... with respect to Sprint, T-Mobile vs AT&T and Verizon?
Will there be the same problems with Verizon and AT&T Note 5 with locked bootloader as there were with the Note 4s?
Based on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpongroot-s6-root-tool-t3103016,
maybe all Note 5 versions will behave similarly, since it's just a knock-off off the Galaxy S6 ?!?
Any help appreciated a lot! - Looking to buy next Friday and Sprint is more expensive, but I need some chance of proper root in the not too distant future...
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I suppose the guys behind ping-pong root can help us out....

rohit25 said:
I suppose the guys behind ping-pong root can help us out....
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Not unless they find a brand new exploit. The ping ping root exploit has been closed and never open for business again.
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This is fake. Don't risk flashing nonsense. Especially by someone named Mohamed mustafa
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Thread closed
If someone finds a REAL root method they will post it
Not guessing games!

Sim Unlocked Sph-L720

Hey All,
It's been a while since I've posted in here, but I have some questions I need answered that I have not found completely. I managed to sim unlock my Sprint Sph-L720 running android 5.0.1 and i'm currently using it under Cricket network. Where i'm going is, I want to put a custom rom on it but i'm not sure if it'll undo my unlock. Also, which rom would I use considering when I plug it in to my computer, it reads as a GT-I9505? Would I use SPH-L720 or GT-I9505? I see all over that an re-lock is unlikely, but not impossible. I just haven't seen anything to connect it to my experience (GT). Any help would be excellent and i'd be incredibly grateful.:silly:
Thanks again :good::good:

RomulousV said:
Hey All,
It's been a while since I've posted in here, but I have some questions I need answered that I have not found completely. I managed to sim unlock my Sprint Sph-L720 running android 5.0.1 and i'm currently using it under Cricket network. Where i'm going is, I want to put a custom rom on it but i'm not sure if it'll undo my unlock. Also, which rom would I use considering when I plug it in to my computer, it reads as a GT-I9505? Would I use SPH-L720 or GT-I9505? I see all over that an re-lock is unlikely, but not impossible. I just haven't seen anything to connect it to my experience (GT). Any help would be excellent and i'd be incredibly grateful.:silly:
Thanks again :good::good:
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The unlock is in your modem, don't change your modem or firmware and you won't lose your unlock. As for the other, go by what the sticker under the battery says the model number is.
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bilgerryan said:
The unlock is in your modem, don't change your modem or firmware and you won't lose your unlock. As for the other, go by what the sticker under the battery says the model number is.
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So as long as I stay MDC 5.0.1 I'm all clear?

RomulousV said:
So as long as I stay MDC 5.0.1 I'm all clear?
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Yep, make a nandroid backup before flashing anything just in case.

bilgerryan said:
Yep, make a nandroid backup before flashing anything just in case.
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Awesome, thanks for the quick responses. #hoosiers
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RomulousV said:
I managed to sim unlock my Sprint Sph-L720 running android 5.0.1
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Can you please tell me what modem are you on and how did you unlock? Thanks