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Please help im on day 4 of trying :(

I have an s4 and i need to fully redo the whole thing as iv messed up along the road. i tryed using odin and i get fails every time. i have no idea on baseband of the phone as its a live demo model. like an idiot i forgot to do a back up before doing anything so i can not even go bk to original im stuck at the samsung screen. i have tried wipes and resets and still nothing iv looked around and googled and never find a straight answer. Please help me get it running again

Sirus2012 said:
I have an s4 and i need to fully redo the whole thing as iv messed up along the road. i tryed using odin and i get fails every time. i have no idea on baseband of the phone as its a live demo model. like an idiot i forgot to do a back up before doing anything so i can not even go bk to original im stuck at the samsung screen. i have tried wipes and resets and still nothing iv looked around and googled and never find a straight answer. Please help me get it running again
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First step is take off battery cover, look for letter/number combinations on the plastic parts of the phone, I think mine is on the bottom right, figure out which variant you have.

norml said:
First step is take off battery cover, look for letter/number combinations on the plastic parts of the phone, I think mine is on the bottom right, figure out which variant you have.
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this is what i have under the battery
model GT-i9505X
and the S/N
there is no combination of numbers/letters
Thank you for replying

You need to find the whole odin firmware including .pit then when yoi go to flash in odin checkmark repartition
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium

Sirus2012 said:
this is what i have under the battery
model GT-i9505X
and the S/N
there is no combination of numbers/letters
Thank you for replying
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Actions speak louder than words, click on my 'thanks' button if you mean it, LOL, JK, ok great, we got a WINNER!!! Now we know which variant you have. OK, looks like you have the x model, from googling it's from Indonesia or something and it's known as a live demo model like you stated. Find out what fw 9505x uses, try sammobile.com or even here, DL it and flash via odin, that would be my next step, I think, I'm still pretty new to this.

Those demo models were not even made for use.. Their firmware has limitations for what I know..
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

norml said:
Actions speak louder than words, click on my 'thanks' button if you mean it, LOL, JK, ok great, we got a WINNER!!! Now we know which variant you have. OK, looks like you have the x model, from googling it's from Indonesia or something and it's known as a live demo model like you stated. Find out what fw 9505x uses, try sammobile.com or even here, DL it and flash via odin, that would be my next step, I think, I'm still pretty new to this.
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thanks i will try it now and let u know how i get on
Thanks again

You're very welcome sir, good luck dude, handle that sh*t! T.C.B. like they say in state or federal!:silly:

norml said:
You're very welcome sir, good luck dude, handle that sh*t! T.C.B. like they say in state or federal!:silly:
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No joy on that been looking on here and there are others with same problem. This sucks lol knew i should of done a back up lol

Sirus2012 said:
No joy on that been looking on here and there are others with same problem. This sucks lol knew i should of done a back up lol
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I found this on sam...
As you can see, odin stops at flashing modem... Demo units don't have modem hardware, so you need firmware without modem, or just download a pre rooted firmware, rename it by removing .md5 extension, so you'll have i9505XXXX.tar, open it with 7-zip, delete NON-HLOS.bin and modem.bin and flash it... Or download a 3/4 part firmware and flash it without modem file. I've flashed lots of i9300x and i9505x like this...
http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11517
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Sirus2012 said:
this is what i have under the battery
model GT-i9505X
and the S/N
there is no combination of numbers/letters
Thank you for replying
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BTW, are blind? You don't consider GT-i9505X a combination of numbers/letters? LOL JK

norml said:
I found this on sam...
As you can see, odin stops at flashing modem... Demo units don't have modem hardware, so you need firmware without modem, or just download a pre rooted firmware, rename it by removing .md5 extension, so you'll have i9505XXXX.tar, open it with 7-zip, delete NON-HLOS.bin and modem.bin and flash it... Or download a 3/4 part firmware and flash it without modem file. I've flashed lots of i9300x and i9505x like this...
http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11517
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BTW, are blind? You don't consider GT-i9505X a combination of numbers/letters? LOL JK
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lol cheers for ur help im trying that thing now had to unpack to delete files and repack it should work shouldnt it?

No problem, I dunno man, I've had this phone for less than 2 months, my first smartphone/android ever, so I'm still learning man, str8 up. I AM and consider myself a total newbster, and a lot of newbs here make us newbs look bad by asking for basic simple help that they can look up themselves. Your problem seems pretty serious so I was jus tryin' to look out for you and still will, GL!! If that dude is telling the truth, then you should be able to, he mentioned he did it on A LOT of phones.

[Q] Did I just turn my G2 into a masonary block?

So, I think I've bricked my LS980. Was rooted runing the stock rom happily when I stupidly accepted a LG UIUU? update. Phone rebooted into TWRP recovery and thats all it will do. Didn't make a backup yet because as I alluded to earlier, I'm stupid. When I power off from TWRP it asks to Install Supersu to gain root yet that does nothing. When I boot into download mode it says rooted on the bottom. I have no idea where to go from here. Is there even an option? I'd love to go back to stock and never mention this again... Any idea? Sorry that I suck

You are not alone! Here is the first thing you can try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Any way to block update requests on stock ROM when you have custom recoveries? That would be a good idea to prevent mishaps.

qipengart said:
Any way to block update requests on stock ROM when you have custom recoveries? That would be a good idea to prevent mishaps.
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When you get ota and is ready to install just use root explorer or root browser and go into cache and delete the update....then click install an it will fail or do nothing and just cancel!

ozzyager said:
You are not alone! Here is the first thing you can try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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I get "no space left on device" Sigh. Am I doing something wrong? Tried in ABD and TWRP. Blocking updates is great idea in hindsight

cmm67 said:
I get "no space left on device" Sigh. Am I doing something wrong? Tried in ABD and TWRP. Blocking updates is great idea in hindsight
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Unfortunately I think you'll probably need to revert to stock, then. Unless something has changed since I had to do this with my vs980, you will lose all data, but the good news is your phone won't be bricked anymore:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

cmm67 said:
I get "no space left on device" Sigh. Am I doing something wrong? Tried in ABD and TWRP. Blocking updates is great idea in hindsight
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Looks like you have to flash to stock....there's a thread in the general forum....

ozzyager said:
Unfortunately I think you'll probably need to revert to stock, then. Unless something has changed since I had to do this with my vs980, you will lose all data, but the good news is your phone won't be bricked anymore:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
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I'd be so happy to at least get stock! Unfortunately, when I get to Step 4 (of the Verizon variant cause Sprint doesn't use .kdz) and unplug and start download mode it doesn't connect and start flashing What in the world is going on??

cmm67 said:
I'd be so happy to at least get stock! Unfortunately, when I get to Step 4 (of the Verizon variant cause Sprint does use .kdz) and unplug and start download mode it doesn't connect and start flashing What in the world is going on??
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If you have the sprint files use the Verizon method but with sprint files...lg support tool method

RubbleTea said:
If you have the sprint files use the Verizon method but with sprint files...lg support tool method
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Using the Sprint files with the Verizon method, still wont ever start downloading. It says it happens immediately, mine sits at 0%. 3 week old phone

cmm67 said:
Using the Sprint files with the Verizon method, still wont ever start downloading. It says it happens immediately, mine sits at 0%. 3 week old phone
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Might have to read some of the threads other ppl have had it stay at %0 did you use lg recovery from file?....I'm sure your answers would be in the thread unless someone can chime in

RubbleTea said:
Might have to read some of the threads other ppl have had it stay at %0 did you use lg recovery from file?....I'm sure your answers would be in the thread unless someone can chime in
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I haven't been able to find any threads with my problem. I've got like 20 tabs open I keep switching to haha. LG recovery from file?

cmm67 said:
I haven't been able to find any threads with my problem. I've got like 20 tabs open I keep switching to haha. LG recovery from file?
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Crap I read something like that in the back to stock thread....theirs a lot of pages...I'll see if I can help...since it sucks having phone like that

RubbleTea said:
Crap I read something like that in the back to stock thread....theirs a lot of pages...I'll see if I can help...since it sucks having phone like that
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I really appreciate it, i'm looking too. Its been 2 days without a phone, driving me crazy. I'd actually prefer it stock at this point, cant screw it up haha. Would a Sprint Store tell me to get lost at this point you think? Thought of just taking it in and begging...I'm out of dignity

cmm67 said:
I really appreciate it, i'm looking too. Its been 2 days without a phone, driving me crazy. I'd actually prefer it stock at this point, cant screw it up haha. Would a Sprint Store tell me to get lost at this point you think? Thought of just taking it in and begging...I'm out of dignity
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I think sprint would b a no go....in lg support tool do you click option the "upgrade recovery" and let it download?
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You should try Verizon method again with sprint files and make sure its com 41

RubbleTea said:
I think sprint would b a no go....in lg support tool do you click option the "upgrade recovery" and let it download?
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You should try Verizon method again with sprint files and make sure its com 41
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I'm using LGFlashTool....no upgrade recovery option. shows in port 41 after the milky way error

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
You could try this method up to you, I'm starving and gonna go eat.....good luck man just reading and asking I guess....

RubbleTea said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
You could try this method up to you, I'm starving and gonna go eat.....good luck man just reading and asking I guess....
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Thanks so much man, I really appreciate the help. I'll be here searching haha

cmm67 said:
Thanks so much man, I really appreciate the help. I'll be here searching haha
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NP best of luck I'll stop by later hopefully you'll be good by then

Hey cmm67 I don't know if this will help you but I was trying to get my phone back to stock a couple days ago and was having trouble. Mine would stay in download mode at 0% every time until I retried the instructions for the lgflashtool. I was extracting the file into the LG flash tool folder using Zipeg but once I tried 7zip it seemed to work. Once again sorry if this doesn't help at all I'm writing this from memory (hence being so vague about the instructions) and on my phone. Hope you get it fixed!
Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

[Q] how to root note 3 SM-N9005 running lollipop ?

how to root note 3 SM-N9005 running lollipop ?

You just can't. Nobody has done it before. There are no tutorials here on xda. If you search on Google no results will come up. Maybe in an year or so.
Sent from my N9005

Someone said kingo root works not yet tried it as I just read it from the lollippp thread for n9005

Stop being lazy and search! No one likes lazy people....

Two steps,
1- Flash TWRP (the latest version),
2- Install the SuperSU zip package from TWRP.
Done.

Is there a way without tripping knox?

devilsdouble said:
Two steps,
1- Flash TWRP (the latest version),
2- Install the SuperSU zip package from TWRP.
Done.
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I can confirm it's working

speedyjay said:
Stop being lazy and search! No one likes lazy people....
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Stop being an AH....it is a legitimate question because there is not much info on this.
Jeez man

devilsdouble said:
Two steps,
1- Flash TWRP (the latest version),
2- Install the SuperSU zip package from TWRP.
Done.
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Tried it. Used the 4.4 zip version to flash in stock recovery bit get the message footer is wrong. I am on lollipop with new bootloader and modem. Stock firmware.
Any ideas ?

Cf auto root

PassieWater said:
Stop being an AH....it is a legitimate question because there is not much info on this.
Jeez man
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That's what Google is for!

speedyjay said:
That's what Google is for!
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If you google you wil come to cf auto root. But in the explanation it says its only for 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader. If you are on 5.0 bootloader its confusing.
So the question is still legit....you dont wanna brick your phone...or do something else wrong.
So google is not always the answer....experience from other users is more important..thats what xda is all about.
So please...think again before posting rubbish. Contribute in the way of helping. If you know how to do it....share.

PassieWater said:
If you google you wil come to cf auto root. But in the explanation it says its only for 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader. If you are on 5.0 bootloader its confusing.
So the question is still legit....you dont wanna brick your phone...or do something else wrong.
So google is not always the answer....experience from other users is more important..thats what xda is all about.
So please...think again before posting rubbish. Contribute in the way of helping. If you know how to do it....share.
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Or even YouTube! We're here to help others with anything they may need however, we're not Google and we're most certainly not here to spoonfeed other users. It's not called forum.xda-spoonfeeders.com! There are plenty of threads which explain how to root 5.0 but I guess the OP's search button is broken, yeah?

speedyjay said:
Or even YouTube! We're here to help others with anything they may need however, we're not Google and we're most certainly not here to spoonfeed other users. It's not called forum.xda-spoonfeeders.com! There are plenty of threads which explain how to root 5.0 but I guess the OP's search button is broken, yeah?
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It's not called xdatrolls.com either, how many times are you going to post that same message? I am tired by reading it, don't you get tired by typing it?

speedyjay said:
Or even YouTube! We're here to help others with anything they may need however, we're not Google and we're most certainly not here to spoonfeed other users. It's not called forum.xda-spoonfeeders.com! There are plenty of threads which explain how to root 5.0 but I guess the OP's search button is broken, yeah?
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Are you friends or family with Dejan Sathanas ? He also has around 1500 to 2000 posts.....and like you probably half of it complains and putting people down for the questions they put here.
I'm very sorry if you guys don't have anything to say at home...were your mothers or wives call all the shots...but dont try to be " the man" here with those stupid comments.
We are all not born with knowledge. ...wwe learn...but you guys seem to keep stupid.
Further i rest my case!
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devilsdouble said:
It's not called xdatrolls.com either, how many times are you going to post that same message? I am tired by reading it, don't you get tired by typing it?
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I guess he has stiff fingers by pressing CTRL-V with that message...lol

PassieWater said:
Are you friends or family with Dejan Sathanas ? He also has around 1500 to 2000 posts.....and like you probably half of it complains and putting people down for the questions they put here.
I'm very sorry if you guys don't have anything to say at home...were your mothers or wives call all the shots...but dont try to be " the man" here with those stupid comments.
We are all not born with knowledge. ...wwe learn...but you guys seem to keep stupid.
Further i rest my case!
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I guess he has stiff fingers by pressing CTRL-V with that message...lol
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No i dont get tired typing it because its true! Coming from a person with 300+ posts, i dont think you're in a position to start ranting. At the end of the day....yes, we're here to help, but we're not here to do other users work for them! They're quite capable of searching for themselves!

BRICKED G935F , IMEI LOST PLEASE HELP.

Hi after flashing a rom not on xda my phone's IMEI became erased. unfortunately the EFI backup that I had wouldn't fix either. I tried going back to stock using SmartSwitch emergency recovery. Still no fixes.
Please help my phone cannot use cellular service!
Any idea Im all ears. I tried various methods for older Galaxys around the xda, none worked.
I know my IMEI and S/N how can I fix it.
Please help!!!!

solrazr said:
Hi after flashing a rom not on xda my phone's IMEI became erased. unfortunately the EFI backup that I had wouldn't fix either. I tried going back to stock using SmartSwitch emergency recovery. Still no fixes.
Please help my phone cannot use cellular service!
Any idea Im all ears. I tried various methods for older Galaxys around the xda, none worked.
I know my IMEI and S/N how can I fix it.
Please help!!!!
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My all means come here and ask for help but whatever happened on a different forum stay's on there please.
If people don't want to help fine but we won't have developer bashing or user flaming on xda. Everyone be nice to each other please or action will be taken
Regards
Moderation Team

Have you tried flashing stock in Odin?
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Yes, I tried Stock flashing in odin, as well as using samsung emergency recovery

sawdoctor said:
My all means come here and ask for help but whatever happened on a different forum stay's on there please.
If people don't want to help fine but we won't have developer bashing or user flaming on xda. Everyone be nice to each other please or action will be taken
Regards
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With all do respect.... I don't think he was bashing anyone....he was just saying he flashed a ROM that wasn't posted to XDA...more than likely there wasn't any other option to ask for help elsewhere since XDA is very helpful with responses from developers and others.

I was wondering if anyone that is overseas (outside america) could share an EFI backup partition with me so I can fix my phone. Maybe that would fix.

keep watching the echorom thread someone else had the issue as well.

I cant they banned me from seeing their forum when I reported the bug.

O I see. If something gets posted that might help I'll let you know. But 1 thing I saw already is trying to flash multiple times with Odin
It might not work the first time. Or the second... or the third. Try like 10 times in the mean time until someone can help. If all else fails there has to be a way to make a working imei again since you know it anyway
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

stormonya said:
With all do respect.... I don't think he was bashing anyone....he was just saying he flashed a ROM that wasn't posted to XDA...more than likely there wasn't any other option to ask for help elsewhere since XDA is very helpful with responses from developers and others.
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The post was to everyone as I had to clean the thread that's all
Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk

sawdoctor said:
The post was to everyone as I had to clean the thread that's all
Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk
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By the way I'll have to upload screenshots of what I see in my phone settings. Maybe that will help?

Hello
it seems like you tried to unlock it
if you tried to unlock than there must be an backup write that backup imei will back same
Next time when need unlock better click read codes

jayshaa said:
Hello
it seems like you tried to unlock it
if you tried to unlock than there must be an backup write that backup imei will back same
Next time when need unlock better click read codes
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It was not because of unlock. My phone was already unlocked. It happened after flashing a bad rom.

solrazr said:
It was not because of unlock. My phone was already unlocked. It happened after flashing a bad rom.
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write stock rom

This happened to me before in a old Tmobile S3 (T999) I had only edge network...
It was a headache and I was only able to put it back working going to a store that had BOX for flashing and do it myself with their box
and rewrite my IMEI manually during flash, as they were not able to do it (more say didn't have patience) .
I dunno if there is a easier way to do it... but this was how I fixed mine back then. But one thing is true, I lost a lot of time back then trying to fix it and if it happens me now again I would do a quick search and if not quick solution, try to find a guy that owns a box as it will literally save you days and sleep. However there are excellent devs around so they might be able to help..

insaned said:
This happened to me before in a old Tmobile S3 (T999) I had only edge network...
It was a headache and I was only able to put it back working going to a store that had BOX for flashing and do it myself with their box
and rewrite my IMEI manually during flash, as they were not able to do it (more say didn't have patience) .
I dunno if there is a easier way to do it... but this was how I fixed mine back then. But one thing is true, I lost a lot of time back then trying to fix it and if it happens me now again I would do a quick search and if not quick solution, try to find a guy that owns a box as it will literally save you days and sleep. However there are excellent devs around so they might be able to help..
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Would u have any suggestions on where I could go to fix?

Quick question. What csc is in your phone now? Have to tried changing it again with a new one or the one that was originally on it when you got it? Like a flashable zip? Cos it looks like somehow the one you used must corrupt something in the efs... which is bizzare
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solrazr said:
Would u have any suggestions on where I could go to fix?
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I went to local store that usually unlocks/fixes phones, but I had a friend connection around.. hence they allowed me to go inside and do it myself.
Try to search 1st around if there is a solution, as it might be... I can't remember how it happened to my phone, but I was flashing lots of ROM without a problem and then it happened for some reason. There is a reason for it, however I couldn't find it as my knowledge is limited. I do remember that I tried, stock, odin, kies, whatever... and nothing worked until I went to try with a BOX.
IF you can't find a quick solution try to search around physical stores that flash phones, as they usually have a BOX and probably they might pull the S7 image already for their box... try to search a friendly one and take the purchase papers with you as most are not very comfortable with anything that might involve IMEI if you odn't know anybody.

MRDOCA said:
Quick question. What csc is in your phone now? Have to tried changing it again with a new one or the one that was originally on it when you got it? Like a flashable zip? Cos it looks like somehow the one you used must corrupt something in the efs... which is bizzare
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It was the German based CSC
G935FDBT1APC5
However I flashed back STOCK which has
G935FNZC1APAX
The bizzare thing is my phone appears to still get a signal, but emergency calls only. When I #06# It shows 00000000000000 for 2 MEIDs. Which is weird as I don't have a dual sim model. This is even after Odin stock, no root.

insaned said:
I went to local store that usually unlocks/fixes phones, but I had a friend connection around.. hence they allowed me to go inside and do it myself.
Try to search 1st around if there is a solution, as it might be... I can't remember how it happened to my phone, but I was flashing lots of ROM without a problem and then it happened for some reason. There is a reason for it, however I couldn't find it as my knowledge is limited. I do remember that I tried, stock, odin, kies, whatever... and nothing worked until I went to try with a BOX.
IF you can't find a quick solution try to search around physical stores that flash phones, as they usually have a BOX and probably they might pull the S7 image already for their box... try to search a friendly one and take the purchase papers with you as most are not very comfortable with anything that might involve IMEI if you odn't know anybody.
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Fair enough, I still have the original purchase, I got it from overseas, receipt, and sticker still on the phone. Even the box. at the same time i was wondering if anyone overseas, (not in the usa) would be willing to backup EFS and PM me with a G935F because I could use that meid in the usa. I have no intentions of going overseas to Europe anytime soon but I might go abroad if its oceana or Asia.

Pretty Please Help. Bricked S5 and Lost

So, I'm at a total and complete loss as to what to do. I have spent hours upon hours googling, and searching xda and trying step after step after guide after guide and I canNOT fix my S5! I've tried recovery, I've tried Odin and there has got to be something I'm missing. When I plug up the phone into my laptop, it sort of recognizes it, in the sense that it makes the notification noise of it being recognized, as with any external device. Odin picks it up as well. The issue is when trying to boot up the phone, it's stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S5 custom, android etc screen. it will not go past this. i'm almost in tears right now, and just want to get the phone working again. Is there anyone out there that can help???

Tiny update.
So I tried another method, and still having issues. Only difference is, I get past the powered by android screen, but then when getting to the Samsung with the color and oval it freezes and shuts down. One step forward, 2 steps back.

which G900 model do you have? like is it a G900F? Mine is a G900P

youdoofus said:
which G900 model do you have? like is it a G900F? Mine is a G900P
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it is the 900a (at&t). after spending hours upon hours. i finally managed to do something and get it back to working again. the band and the firm ware match, and i managed to get rid of the unauthorized actions detected message.

good to hear!! (or see, rather LoL) usually a flash in Odin with the correct tarball fixes most issues with S5's

youdoofus said:
good to hear!! (or see, rather LoL) usually a flash in Odin with the correct tarball fixes most issues with S5's
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I'm just sad that I don't know which one or who it was that posted it so I could give my thanks, but I just tried so so so many I don't even know lol.

ahervey85 said:
I'm just sad that I don't know which one or who it was that posted it so I could give my thanks, but I just tried so so so many I don't even know lol.
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what do you mean? the posts should still be wherever you found it. And giving thanks to the folks who helped out is one of the things that makes this forum so great. this place is so selfless in the time, energy and knowledge shared by its users!

youdoofus said:
what do you mean? the posts should still be wherever you found it. And giving thanks to the folks who helped out is one of the things that makes this forum so great. this place is so selfless in the time, energy and knowledge shared by its users!
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well, let's just say i have a folder of 26 links, majority from here on trying to find a solution on how to root and consequently unbrick my phone when I messed it up. that's probably not even all of them. I only posted on one asking a question, but it was about upgrading the firmware (still waiting on a reply on that, lol). so I have no clue which post it was that was finally successful in restoring my phone.

ahervey85 said:
well, let's just say i have a folder of 26 links, majority from here on trying to find a solution on how to root and consequently unbrick my phone when I messed it up. that's probably not even all of them. I only posted on one asking a question, but it was about upgrading the firmware (still waiting on a reply on that, lol). so I have no clue which post it was that was finally successful in restoring my phone.
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ahhhh, the clusterf--k of saved links, gotcha. whats your question about upgrading firmware?

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ahhhh, the clusterf--k of saved links, gotcha. whats your question about upgrading firmware?
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This is my phone. Just wondering if I can upgrade it following this https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/galaxy-s5-android-version-6-0-1-t3419016
Or not.

ahervey85 said:
This is my phone. Just wondering if I can upgrade it following this https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/galaxy-s5-android-version-6-0-1-t3419016
Or not.
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oh holy [email protected]!!! according to samsung, no :/
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900A/
thats the only firmware release on their database... thats so weird tho, i have the G900P and it has a dozen or so firmware releases