Hi Folks
I bought a Motorloa Defy XT535 over the internet from a company in Sydney, who imported the phone from China (I live in Australia). When I received the phone, everything was in Chinese and changing the language to English, made little difference. Google Apps was not installed on the phone, and the only App Store software, had only Chinese applications. In this state, the phone was pretty useless to me. I attempted downloading the gapps APK, and installed it succesfully, however, I was still unable to connect to the Google Play store, since the phone did not allow me to create a Google account. The only account that I was able to create, was for and Exchange Server, no other options were available.
I came here and after much searching, found a few links that described how to root the phone, I found an Australian Telstra Firmware update for Gingerbread 2.3.7 one this site, http://www.droidevelopers.com/f437/...-xt535-gingerbread-2-3-7-firmware-update.html. I was able to root the phone successfully using the instructions in the All-in-one-guide on the forum - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982.
I then needed to install a Custom Recovery and found this link to install ClockworkMod - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827338. This is where things went wrong. After I followed the steps and successfully installed CWM (or so it seemed), the phone now does not boot up at all. When I switch it on, the Motorola Logo appears and then nothing further. By holding down both volume keys and switching on the phone, I can get into the stock recovery, but resetting the phone to factory default does not resolve the issue. I can also boot up into the bootloader by holding down the Up Volume key before I switch it on, but the White screen appears and four lines of text, then nothing. There are no options and the only action that does anything, is pressing the power button which then resets the phone.
The original firmware version was 2.3.6. and since I was unable to get past the custom recovery installation, I have not attempted flashing the rom with newly downloaded Telstra Ginderbread 2.3.7 firmware.
Please help if anyone has any ideas?
Thanks
JWinAus
XT535 rooting, and firmware replacement
JWinAus1969 said:
Hi Folks
I bought a Motorloa Defy XT535 over the internet from a company in Sydney, who imported the phone from China (I live in Australia). When I received the phone, everything was in Chinese and changing the language to English, made little difference. Google Apps was not installed on the phone, and the only App Store software, had only Chinese applications. In this state, the phone was pretty useless to me. I attempted downloading the gapps APK, and installed it succesfully, however, I was still unable to connect to the Google Play store, since the phone did not allow me to create a Google account. The only account that I was able to create, was for and Exchange Server, no other options were available.
I came here and after much searching, found a few links that described how to root the phone, I found an Australian Telstra Firmware update for Gingerbread 2.3.7 one this site, http://www.droidevelopers.com/f437/...-xt535-gingerbread-2-3-7-firmware-update.html. I was able to root the phone successfully using the instructions in the All-in-one-guide on the forum - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982.
I then needed to install a Custom Recovery and found this link to install ClockworkMod - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827338. This is where things went wrong. After I followed the steps and successfully installed CWM (or so it seemed), the phone now does not boot up at all. When I switch it on, the Motorola Logo appears and then nothing further. By holding down both volume keys and switching on the phone, I can get into the stock recovery, but resetting the phone to factory default does not resolve the issue. I can also boot up into the bootloader by holding down the Up Volume key before I switch it on, but the White screen appears and four lines of text, then nothing. There are no options and the only action that does anything, is pressing the power button which then resets the phone.
The original firmware version was 2.3.6. and since I was unable to get past the custom recovery installation, I have not attempted flashing the rom with newly downloaded Telstra Ginderbread 2.3.7 firmware.
Please help if anyone has any ideas?
Thanks
JWinAus
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Hi Folks
I just resolved this issue on my phone. Have a look at this post in another forum - http://simply-android.com/discussion/593/how-to-unbrick-or-flash-a-defy-firmware.sbf/p1. It worked, I used this version of RSD Lite http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587. My phone is now up and running and all seems well.
I hope this helps someone ...
Cheers
JW
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My Samsung s5360 stopped working all of a sudden.
I switched on my mobile and typed in the SIM code, I turned on wifi, visited the Google store, had a look at a game and suddenly the screen went black. I thought it's the screensaver that kicked in and clicked the power on button, but from there on it kept rebooting till the "Samsung s5360 young" screen.
I read that these are the symptoms of bricking your device, but I never rooted it nor tried installing a custom ROM. I still have the original Samsung one on it.
I found a website that explains how to simply reset the cache when soft-bricking the mobile, but that didn't help. Do I really have to reinstall the original ROM and lose everything on my mobile? How can such spontaneous bricking happen anyway?
unsmartphone said:
My Samsung s5360 stopped working all of a sudden.
I switched on my mobile and typed in the SIM code, I turned on wifi, visited the Google store, had a look at a game and suddenly the screen went black. I thought it's the screensaver that kicked in and clicked the power on button, but from there on it kept rebooting till the "Samsung s5360 young" screen.
I read that these are the symptoms of bricking your device, but I never rooted it nor tried installing a custom ROM. I still have the original Samsung one on it.
I found a website that explains how to simply reset the cache when soft-bricking the mobile, but that didn't help. Do I really have to reinstall the original ROM and lose everything on my mobile? How can such spontaneous bricking happen anyway?
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You can restore your phone,you will have to flash odin firmware package.But yes,you will lose your phone data i.e. SMS,call log,contacts,bookmarks etc.To prevent this,you should keep a timely backup of all your stuff.Goodluck
Is there any way to save content from this bricked phone before resetting it? I only used it as a secondary mobile to use a few apps and I think I saved them all to the SD card when installing them, but just in case I forgot some apps or other content...
maybe power button need replacement
mohamedrashad said:
maybe power button need replacement
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When I at least managed to boot into the options screen and wipe the cache without success?
probleme of the power button
i had this problem befor but a fixed the power button is not work properly
you need to fix it
Guys, if I keep pressing the power button+up+home or power+down, I can get into the reset-menu and Odin mode without the mobile switching off by itself. So stop it, the power button is not broken.
Anyway, I found a stock ROM for my country. I flashed my mobile using Odin3. As soon as it was done, I saw some blue text on my mobile and it reset immediately, but right afterwards the boot loop restarted. I flashed it again for about three times and I still get the boot loop.
Alright, could flash my mobile after an odyssey of downloading hundreds of wrong or faulty ROM archives from dubious sources, unpacking them with Odinatrix which didn't help, going through the hassle of installing Cygwin and searching for Info-Zip, load the single files into Odin3 and finally, finally having my mobile boot up to the home screen.
No, my power button is still not broken.
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Alright, could flash my mobile after an odyssey of downloading hundreds of wrong or faulty ROM archives from dubious sources, unpacking them with Odinatrix which didn't help, going through the hassle of installing Cygwin and searching for Info-Zip, load the single files into Odin3 and finally, finally having my mobile boot up to the home screen.
No, my power button is still not broken.
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why are you searching around various sites for stock roms when they are all on my firmware thread already split with splitfus2 ready for flashing with odin - they are all wipe packs too so they will automatically format system and data to avoid bootloops
My firmware thread as ever is at the top of the dev section or links in my signature
marcussmith2626 said:
why are you searching around various sites for stock roms when they are all on my firmware thread
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Because what you state here is not true. The Swiss stock ROM is not listed in your thread.
unsmartphone said:
Because what you state here is not true. The Swiss stock ROM is not listed in your thread.
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its classed as European - you will find that the baseband across all Europe stock roms are the same and the firmware - the only thing that could be different is the csc however I post open csc which means it will work on any device as they are not locked to a certain provider unless stated - eg the teltra Australian one
If you see my which firmware do I need thread you would see that any firmware that starts XX is classed as European
If you require a certain region you need the csc of that region the csc included does not meet your needs
I also have a splitfus2 guide for leaning how to split the firmware yourself from sammobile if you require any firmware which isn't listed on my thread
First of all, I may be posting this in the wrong section. But I desperately need your help on this.
I got a Jiayu S3, and couldn't not try to flash a custom rom on it, so I tried with "Pure AOSP V1 TF".
All went well, untill i found this app which was included with the rom, "Kinguser" (should be Superuser, i believe), which game me the option to toggle root.
At first and only time I opened this Kinguser app, option root was active. I did deactivate it, and reactivated immediately after.
As soon as i reactivated root, the privacy pin screen showed up.
I didn't set any PIN on my phone, so at first i thought it could be something like 1111 or 0000. Tried 5 times and it made me wait 30 seconds. Then tried another 3-4 times.
Here began the real mess: "forgot pin" (or psw) didn't show up, but at the time i didn't even know about that recovery option.
I didn't know what to do, so I just thought that a factory reset would certainly solve the problem, how couldn't it? Well, wiped everything, but PIN lock screen didn't go away.
So, wiping everything, I also deleted my gmail account from the phone, and I lost the possibility to lock phone and give it a new password (Android Device Manager). Too bad at the time I didn't know about this recovery option as well...
Now I'm out of ideas. I think I've tried every method I could find with a search of "Smartphone PIN locked". Tried with resets, plugins, deleting files with adb..
How do I unlock my phone?
little update: after a factory reset, for 2-3 seconds, it shows the default initial screen, but it doesn't last more that and i just can't do anything.
Now i managed to bring back the stock rom, but with that i lost the twrp recovery, and i can't find a way to make pc recognize the phone to reflash it.
It seems it's going worse instead of better...
I had just bought this Jiayu S3 and planned to bring it on holidays on wednesday, but i'm starting to think i won't be able to fix it before then
Did you have any resolution to this problem. I am currently sitting in the exact same boat. Did the factory reset, pass code screen still there, I didn't set a pass code. Basically hands tied, can't update firmware, guessing i'll have to get a new phone, but hoping maybe you found a miracle cure! ha! - Thanks for any guidance. - Arden (Seattle, WA)
Just flash another rom (stock/original) and start over.
How have you done that?
Can you help please?
I tried factory reset (volume plus+ power button), hard reset (volume- plus power button), update, and nothing works; I also went to two different specialized stores and they failed to find a way to reinstall the original Android version or a recent one.
Comparing the files with the factory version installed in the phone, the phone report identified three changes:
- a new file: /system/priv-app/7mK0T6e8Z5.apk
- the lost of a file: /system/app/com.android.fallen.apk
- and a modified file: /system/bin/debuggerd
AzulFogo said:
How have you done that?
Can you help please?
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To flash firmware you can use SP Flash Tool on a windows or linux computer (not sure about macosx). You have to decide which firmware you want (which one do you have now?). The 'official' firmwares can be found on needrom. SP Flash Tool can be found there as well. There are 2 popular LP firmwares built by Jiayu resellers in Europe (Xtreme from Spain and Jiayu.de from Germany). Guides on how to flash are often present at the place where you find the firmware.
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To flash firmware you can use SP Flash Tool on a windows or linux computer (not sure about macosx). You have to decide which firmware you want (which one do you have now?). The 'official' firmwares can be found on needrom. SP Flash Tool can be found there as well. There are 2 popular LP firmwares built by Jiayu resellers in Europe (Xtreme from Spain and Jiayu.de from Germany). Guides on how to flash are often present at the place where you find the firmware.
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Thank you!
I found "Xtreme from Spain":
needrom.com/download/rom-xtreme-rom-tf/
I found the "SP Flash Tool":
needrom.com/download/sp-flash-tool-v5-1424-00/
but it is for Linux... can you send me the link of the windows version?
And I could not found the "Jiayu.de from Germany": can you send the link?
Also, can you recommend some good manual for dummies?
Thanks again for your patient and help!
latest sp flash tools is 5.1532
search needrom with "5.1532" will leed you to the download page
no link allowed here, so ...
for beta 10 from jiyau.de, search google with "jiyau.de Lollipop 5.1.1 - Beta 10 (14.10.2015)".
it will leeds you to the rom.
Good hunting
tuto sp flash tool
https://youtu.be/ztI8sc8MUNo
AzulFogo said:
Thank you!
I found "Xtreme from Spain":
needrom.com/download/rom-xtreme-rom-tf/
I found the "SP Flash Tool":
needrom.com/download/sp-flash-tool-v5-1424-00/
but it is for Linux... can you send me the link of the windows version?
And I could not found the "Jiayu.de from Germany": can you send the link?
Also, can you recommend some good manual for dummies?
Thanks again for your patient and help!
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see jaunedoeuf's answers
I would like to add: if you come from KK and go to LP, you must use firmware upgrade to update/adjust internal SD partition layout. Good Luck! if you succeed, and are happy with firmware, consider voting @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/firmware-jiayu-s3-t3212184 (almost 100 votes)
First, thank you for your great help!
With your suggestions, I managed to install Lolipop in my Jiayu S3S (upgraded from Kit Kat) - Xtreme ROM TF (JiayuS3-5.1Extreme1.1SP.zip).
However the problem remain... the phone still is asking for a PIN (that I never had put there, in first place)...
What should I do now?
you could try factory reset and are you sure its the phone asking for pin and not the sim card
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!
Hi guys,
Desperately require your assistance!
When I first purchased this unit (last year maybe oct-nov) I wanted to get rid of the bloatware that Telstra decided to include so I spent days researching how to root the phone and succeeded in installing CWM boot recovery with SuperUser. Unfortunately I ran out of time to find the right CM ROM for my phone and decided to just load the Telstra ROM again.
The phone had been working fine until a few mths ago when GPS stopped working and a cpl weeks ago the bluetooth gave up too.
I was told that the unit may need a factory reset and forgetting that I had rooted it I went and soft bricked it by running the reset the wrong way - via the os rather than via recovery mode.
I managed to reload CWM and had access to CWM boot recovery however every kernel or rom I tried would not work.
I finally decided to try a d/l of the Telstra ROM (lost the original, long story), which I attempted to install and now I have no access to CWM boot recovery and i just get a boot screen with boot recovery in blue at the top.
As mentioned I have the GT-I9506, can't be any more specific unfortunately, I have no access to any further info on the model, unless you guys know something I don't(well, obviously plenty!). Purchased from Telstra, Australia.
I have Odin access so can load that way only at this stage.
Any advice would be hugely appreciated!
Resolved
OK, so after trawling the interwebs for a cpl days I finally put it all together.
Via Odin I managed to reinstall the CWM recovery version 6.0.4.8
Then I loaded these files onto my SD card:
cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-ks01lte.zip
arter97-kernel-i9506-3.4.zip
gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip
arter97-ks01ltexx-cm-patch-2.0-1.zip
I then loaded each of these in the order I have listed them.
Reboot, and CyanogenMod loaded.
This is now one happy noob!
Thanks to xda and all associated developers and sources for all the info, links and knowledge that I gained by taking the time to read as much as possible before loading successfully.
Hello, everyone,
I tried to install LineageOS on my S10 Plus yesterday. That worked so far, but I found that it didn't have a decent camera app and the Samsung Watch wasn't that easy to connect either. So I thought I'd just go back to the Stock ROM again. I then downloaded the latest stock firmware according to this guide and installed it with Odin. The installation also runs through, after the installation the mobile phone starts and after the start screen there is an Android man with the signature "Erasing". After a few seconds, the device turns off and stays black. Even if I put it on the charger or try to restart it, nothing happens. I keep getting into download mode and recovery, but that's about it. Multiple reinstallations and resets via the recovery didn't help - the phone just won't start.
I used the CSC_... and not the HOME_CSC_... at the firmware is the right one for my phone.
Is there any way I can salvage the device? I'm afraid that something in the memory is defective now, which has nothing to do with the flashing itself. Do you have any ideas?
Many thanks!
tefracky said:
Hello, everyone,
I tried to install LineageOS on my S10 Plus yesterday. That worked so far, but I found that it didn't have a decent camera app and the Samsung Watch wasn't that easy to connect either. So I thought I'd just go back to the Stock ROM again. I then downloaded the latest stock firmware according to this guide and installed it with Odin. The installation also runs through, after the installation the mobile phone starts and after the start screen there is an Android man with the signature "Erasing". After a few seconds, the device turns off and stays black. Even if I put it on the charger or try to restart it, nothing happens. I keep getting into download mode and recovery, but that's about it. Multiple reinstallations and resets via the recovery didn't help - the phone just won't start.
I used the CSC_... and not the HOME_CSC_... at the firmware is the right one for my phone.
Is there any way I can salvage the device? I'm afraid that something in the memory is defective now, which has nothing to do with the flashing itself. Do you have any ideas?
Many thanks!
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same thing happened to me today. but I flashed my s10e the bootloader and modem file of android 9 from twrp, the phone did not boot up and I loaded the stock rom again, then when I open it, it's the same as yours, I really need urgent help.
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EDİT: Anyway, I solved the problem, I flashed the bootloader and modem file that is suitable for my current version from the same site with twrp and the phone turned on. maybe you can solve it by flashing the bootloader and modem file suitable for the current version. try if you want
Thanks a lot, this worked!
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Thanks a lot, this worked!
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I'm glad it worked.
I was very afraid that the phone died, what did you do for 5 days in this state?
Now I have a question in my mind: When Samsung releases an update in the future, will the bootloader and modem files be updated when we update it with odin? won't it be updated? After that, do we will always update manually as twrp? do you have any idea?
Well, I simply didn't use a mobile phone in these days. It was a very "interesting" experience, but not a huge problem. I sometimes opened WhatsApp as Windows App (interestingly, which works without phone).
I don't know, what happens at a Samsung Update, but until Android 13, I will not update (so probatly never). In our German forum (www.android-hilfe.de), a pre rooted and debloated "Stock"-Firmware is provided, but I can't install it, since my Bootloader is too new (V15 instead V14 for the ROM). When it is possible, I will install this firmware. If you are interested, here is the link: https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...3-2022-stock-rom-v2-0-pre-rooted.1000713.html
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Well, I simply didn't use a mobile phone in these days. It was a very "interesting" experience, but not a huge problem. I sometimes opened WhatsApp as Windows App (interestingly, which works without phone).
I don't know, what happens at a Samsung Update, but until Android 13, I will not update (so probatly never). In our German forum (www.android-hilfe.de), a pre rooted and debloated "Stock"-Firmware is provided, but I can't install it, since my Bootloader is too new (V15 instead V14 for the ROM). When it is possible, I will install this firmware. If you are interested, here is the link: https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...3-2022-stock-rom-v2-0-pre-rooted.1000713.html
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thanks, if i'm going to use stock rom i prefer to root it myself