Brick - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

So I think i bricked my phone. i was rooted with motochopper then twerp recovery then loki then aokp. i tried to update and without the auto loki and it said it dont have a genuine att software. so i downloaded the orginial firmware that adam put up and i odin flashed it and its stuck on the att logo. any ideas?

shiftkenny said:
So I think i bricked my phone. i was rooted with motochopper then twerp recovery then loki then aokp. i tried to update and without the auto loki and it said it dont have a genuine att software. so i downloaded the orginial firmware that adam put up and i odin flashed it and its stuck on the att logo. any ideas?
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As long as you are in a bootloop, you are not bricked. A brick would get no response, no charge or anything. If you odin back to stock, get into stock recovery and do a factory data reset. If you had a twrp nandroid back up saved to your ext sd card, you could re-root, re-install twrp, and restore back up.

dxwilliams40 said:
As long as you are in a bootloop, you are not bricked. A brick would get no response, no charge or anything. If you odin back to stock, get into stock recovery and do a factory data reset. If you had a twrp nandroid back up saved to your ext sd card, you could re-root, re-install twrp, and restore back up.
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So i downloaded the factory rom and odin but its stuck on the att logo. and my phone heats up slowly. im screwed lol

shiftkenny said:
So i downloaded the factory rom and odin but its stuck on the att logo. and my phone heats up slowly. im screwed lol
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CAN YOU GET INTO RECOVERY????? problem is you have something that is loaded conflicting. I bet that worthless keis.
Go back to the thread where the stock rom is posted, and READ! do exactly as the directions state..step by step. before you even odin, there are somethings that says to do BEFORE you start.
I have odin to stock several times with not even 1 issue.

TheAxman said:
CAN YOU GET INTO RECOVERY????? problem is you have something that is loaded conflicting. I bet that worthless keis.
Go back to the thread where the stock rom is posted, and READ! do exactly as the directions state..step by step. before you even odin, there are somethings that says to do BEFORE you start.
I have odin to stock several times with not even 1 issue.
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I GOT IT TO WORK!! so i found out that i had to wire cache partition. it froze so i took out the batt again and put it in then it booted. thanks so much axman time to root again lol

shiftkenny said:
I GOT IT TO WORK!! so i found out that i had to wire cache partition. it froze so i took out the batt again and put it in then it booted. thanks so much axman time to root again lol
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glad to hear..next make a backup first thing...then do whatever.

Also if you can't get to recovery then load kies on your computer and try and use that to flash or recover your phone
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bull $ hit or something like
that. ..

So..I managed to do the same thing that shiftkenny did originally, but I can't seem to get mine working at all.. it freezes at the AT&T logo and that's it. I can get into download mode, and have tried flashing the stock and updated firmwares, as well as the kernals (since that is what got me in this situation in the first place). I can't, however, get into recovery mode.. Is there anything I can do? shiftkenny, what exactly did you do to get it to work? How did you wipe cache partition? Any help on this would be great, thanks!

ricketrash said:
So..I managed to do the same thing that shiftkenny did originally, but I can't seem to get mine working at all.. it freezes at the AT&T logo and that's it. I can get into download mode, and have tried flashing the stock and updated firmwares, as well as the kernals (since that is what got me in this situation in the first place). I can't, however, get into recovery mode.. Is there anything I can do? shiftkenny, what exactly did you do to get it to work? How did you wipe cache partition? Any help on this would be great, thanks!
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for me odin with the original firmware doesnt work on my sg4, it always just hangs at the att boot up logo... however using kies always does the trick for me.

ejbmvp said:
for me odin with the original firmware doesnt work on my sg4, it always just hangs at the att boot up logo... however using kies always does the trick for me.
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I'm not 100% familiar with the kies method.. could you run it by me please?
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also, I can't seem to get kies to recognize my phone..Is there a certain way i have to prepare the phone before it does?

ricketrash said:
I'm not 100% familiar with the kies method.. could you run it by me please?
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also, I can't seem to get kies to recognize my phone..Is there a certain way i have to prepare the phone before it does?
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You just need to go into recovery and wipe cache....

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Cant take update (Q)

So first off im gonna start off and say that I dont really care about being rooted in the first place. I thought id be flashing a lot more stuff but It turns out that I never flashed anything. So on my phone as of now I just have root and I have twrp installed onto it. I did that process to take off the custom recovery status from using motochopper as well. Now my problem is that every time i try to take the ota I get booted right into twrp and then i am unable to take the update. I even downloaded the zip file and tried flashing it and I just get a failed message. Can anyone tell me whats going on? Or point me into the right direction so i can uninstall twrp so I can take the update?
Odin back to stock, then do a factory reset in settings.
Sledutah said:
Odin back to stock, then do a factory reset in settings.
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Will this make everything on my phone get deleted?
blackguy101 said:
Will this make everything on my phone get deleted?
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It did not wipe either internal or extral sdcards when I used odin, been awhile though.
TheAxman said:
It did not wipe either internal or extral sdcards when I used odin, been awhile though.
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Well actually I have one more question. Arent I already stock? I havent even flashed another rom. I literally just got root status and put twrp recovery on it. Do I still need to use odin?
blackguy101 said:
Well actually I have one more question. Arent I already stock? I havent even flashed another rom. I literally just got root status and put twrp recovery on it. Do I still need to use odin?
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You say you are rooted, then do a factory reset, and un-root, then you will be able to get the update.
blackguy101 said:
Will this make everything on my phone get deleted?
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Like axman said, flashing with Odin to stock nothing gets deleted. If you do a factory wipe, everything gets deleted.
You could also try to update with kies instead of ota. Maybe that will work.
The problem is not that you removed root you still are using a custom recovery you need to get back to full stock use odin to get the phone back to full stockso you'll have a stock recovery
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Where can I find a good copy of the full stock recovery for odin
Roadk1ng said:
Where can I find a good copy of the full stock recovery for odin
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40976805

Bricked S4?

So I have been trying to get multiple roms to work and it seems as only the TouchWiz roms worked for me (getting LTE) Jellybean wouldn't let me connect to any LTE but gave me data.
So I tried to do a few wipes, I deleted my backups (like an idiot) and now I'm stuck with just being able to get into TWRP.
I get into TWRP factory reset and wipe everything then do a internal wipe and install a rom the rom installs but when i go to reboot the rom it gets stuck at the Samsung Galaxy s4 screen and won't move.
What do I do?
I just want to have a jellybean rom...
I can get into TWRP
How long have you let it boot? The first boot can take a long time.
jd1639 said:
How long have you let it boot? The first boot can take a long time.
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It was sitting for atleast 7 mins... way too long
and the fist boot was already finished this was the first Reboot after me being on the rom
honeyp0t said:
So I have been trying to get multiple roms to work and it seems as only the TouchWiz roms worked for me (getting LTE) Jellybean wouldn't let me connect to any LTE but gave me data.
So I tried to do a few wipes, I deleted my backups (like an idiot) and now I'm stuck with just being able to get into TWRP.
I get into TWRP factory reset and wipe everything then do a internal wipe and install a rom the rom installs but when i go to reboot the rom it gets stuck at the Samsung Galaxy s4 screen and won't move.
What do I do?
I just want to have a jellybean rom...
I can get into TWRP
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You need to read about TWRP before using it. You should not be wiping "everything" with it.
honeyp0t said:
It was sitting for atleast 7 mins... way too long
and the fist boot was already finished this was the first Reboot after me being on the rom
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Can you get into download mode? If so you might want to odin the stock firmware.
jd1639 said:
Can you get into download mode? If so you might want to odin the stock firmware.
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yeah i can i never used odin before.
if i do this will i be able to re-root? or will it update me to mf3?
EDIT: i just let it sit there and got my old recovery back. im on tw 4.2.2 goldeneye. let me check if i can reboot it without it getting stuck.
EDIT2: ok i just let it reboot and it now reboots fine..
I have read 3 of your posts, you really need to start reading before you go any further...if your phone boots on 4.2.2 GoldenEye, stop there until you find more information on what you are trying to do. If you don't you will for sure be using Odin soon, may want to read up on that also...
Good luck.
BTW, you do not need to make a different thread for every question, go back to one of the threads you started, and ask ALL of your questions there...

[Q] Help! Nexus 4 stuck in bootloop after 4.4 update.

Hi guys,
I tried to update my Nexus 4 to 4.4 when Google pushed the update out for it yesterday, I forgot I had unlocked the phone (I don't have any custom ROMs on it, just SuperSU.)
Every time I try and power it on, the loading screen is endless, although I can hold power and volume down to enter recovery mode, nothing seems to be working.
I am a bit of a novice so any help or suggestions would be really appreciated!
Thanks.
The first few pages of the forum is littered with posts like this, i was in the same situation.
What i did was download the 4.3 rom from google, and flash /boot and /system onto the phone. I suspect the 4.4 rom would also work.
This got the phone booting without harming (most of) my data, but much of the UI was mangled and didnt work properly. I tried to backup my images over USB but it didnt work, you might have a better result. I also wanted to backup my SMS but they had all vanished.
I rebooted the phone to recovery (TWRP) and used adb to backup the sdcard (adb pull /sdcard sdcard) then did a full flash using the 4.4 rom downloaded from google and that got it working again. Then i reflashed the latest version of TWRP recovery and SuperSU.
Hope that helps.
That's really helpful, thanks! Is there ANY chance of a step-by-step? I'm a complete 'noob' probably a mistake to root in the first place :crying:
If you're busy don't worry, just don't want to **** things up more than I have haha.
Thanks, appreciate it.
GeorgeAmodio said:
That's really helpful, thanks! Is there ANY chance of a step-by-step? I'm a complete 'noob' probably a mistake to root in the first place :crying:
If you're busy don't worry, just don't want to **** things up more than I have haha.
Thanks, appreciate it.
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
gee2012 said:
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
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Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
arffrhn said:
Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
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Cheers guys, a lot more helpful than the bloke from Google. Will try it in the morning!
This will surely help
If somebody is facing boot loop after kitkat update on nexus 4 and no data backup can try to go to safe mode and backup their data. To goto safe mode on boot screen just keep pressing up and down volume button for some time phone will get into safe mode and can be backed up.
Hi,
It also happened to me, dont know if it is related to having ROOT or not, but i had to manually flash factory image (4.4) and it worked. I flashed everything except userimage.img but on first boot it took like 15 minutes to reboot and then all my personal data (photo, music...) was gone....
So just be cautious before upgrading!
Hi,
It also happened to me, dont know if it is related to having ROOT or not, but i had to manually flash factory image (4.4) and it worked. I flashed everything except userimage.img but on first boot it took like 15 minutes to reboot and then all my personal data (photo, music...) was gone....
So just be cautious before upgrading!
gee2012 said:
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
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Yeah that is pretty much what I did to fix mine except that I did not flash the userdata (step 10 in chapter D) so that I would't loose my data.
arffrhn said:
Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
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What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
iamj00 said:
What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
arffrhn said:
I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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I don't know what any of that means or how to do it...
iamj00 said:
I don't know what any of that means or how to do it...
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This is sideload guide. And the is the rom I used to sideload before: Purity. After I had successfully booted into the system. I flashed 4.4 factory images using this awesome noob friendly guide for a clean kitkat update.
arffrhn said:
I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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iamj00 said:
What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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Installing the driver. Refer to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992345
Boot to bootloader and connect to your PC, usually Windows will find the driver automatically

[Q] LG G2 Recovery bootloop?

Hi all... I have an at&t d800 that was running stock, rooted, and using Xposed. I was at work when I noticed that it was on the recovery TWRP screen. Weird I thought as I didn't restart it. I was having no issues with it prior. When I tried to reboot to system, it went right back to bootscreen. So I did a complete wipe and tried a system restore to a nandroid stock backup. reboot continues to go to the TWRP home screen... anyone have suggestions? I have a feeling its going to take a factory restore of some sort, but wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions beforehand. I can turn it off and on, but cannot get past the recovery home screen.
Thanks...
mholmes05 said:
Hi all... I have an at&t d800 that was running stock, rooted, and using Xposed. I was at work when I noticed that it was on the recovery TWRP screen. Weird I thought as I didn't restart it. I was having no issues with it prior. When I tried to reboot to system, it went right back to bootscreen. So I did a complete wipe and tried a system restore to a nandroid stock backup. reboot continues to go to the TWRP home screen... anyone have suggestions? I have a feeling its going to take a factory restore of some sort, but wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions beforehand. I can turn it off and on, but cannot get past the recovery home screen.
Thanks...
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try flashing another rom, if that doesnt work use the LG software from PC to recover
G1_enthusiast said:
try flashing another rom, if that doesnt work use the LG software from PC to recover
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Yea that was the first thing I tried to do after the nandroid didn't work... still doesn't work. boots into recovery every time.
Didn't want to have to do the LG stock firmware but it looks like I'm going to have to... wish I knew what would've caused it to randomly do that. Wasn't playing with the phone or anything...
mholmes05 said:
Yea that was the first thing I tried to do after the nandroid didn't work... still doesn't work. boots into recovery every time.
Didn't want to have to do the LG stock firmware but it looks like I'm going to have to... wish I knew what would've caused it to randomly do that. Wasn't playing with the phone or anything...
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Same thing happened to me, I rebooted and then noticed that the at&t update went through automatically without permission, popup said phone will reboot in 30 seconds, on reboot I am stuck on TWRP, every reboot is back to recovery screen.
Looking for a way now to get some kinda ROM on phone, at&t has really pissed me off.
ossito2012 said:
Same thing happened to me, I rebooted and then noticed that the at&t update went through automatically without permission, popup said phone will reboot in 30 seconds, on reboot I am stuck on TWRP, every reboot is back to recovery screen.
Looking for a way now to get some kinda ROM on phone, at&t has really pissed me off.
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That's exactly what it is for me. Only they did the download while I was working. Bastards. I'm currently downloading the zip file from that link where we do the firmware reload and uproot and go back to stock... the host site is brutal... downloading at 115 kb/sec... once this is down I'll just stay unroot and get the update and move on for a bit. Wait until the kitkat alphas are in release mode.
I'll post with results when it's complete.
Man after reading Some of these horror stories I'm nervous about flashing twrp just got phone 2 days ago and I'm rooted with twrp ready to flash with flashify. I am brand new to this phone and Im not filmiliar with what some stuff you guys are talking about. I guess I should start with a lot if reading. Hope u guys fix your phone's..good luck.
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I am currently hosed by this as well. Those bastards!
I can't even get to download mode to restore the stock tot file.
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Can you guys get to download mode?
Barsky said:
I am currently hosed by this as well. Those bastards!
I can't even get to download mode to restore the stock tot file.
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Can you guys get to download mode?
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Can not get into download mode either, I tried sideload adb and was able to flash stock rom and I tried CleanROM 2.0, recovery bootloop anyways, I have a copy of backup lg g2 recovery from flashify but I have no idea how to flash that.
Starting to understand the main disadvantage to this phone when compared to Samsung and Nexus. Nexus 5 looking real good right about now.
wow. if they bricked our phones this will be the last business I ever do with att or lg. This is inexcusable.
Barsky said:
wow. if they bricked our phones this will be the last business I ever do with att or lg. This is inexcusable.
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I can't get into download mode either.... This is surreal - Never had this issue before.. Am I without a phone right now? I can't do a damn thing here...
This seems malicious
I knew not to run the OTA - I chose to postpone or ignore the notice from AT&T -- it looks like they pushed it through without my OK and ended up bricking my phone.... can anyone verify a workaround to get into download mode??
I really hope there's a workaround here.... I can't belive that I would be the only one this happened to because I made no selection to run the OTA -- it pushed itself through without my authorization, so I gotta imagine it did the same to a lot of other people here.... Hoping for a response by morning.. Thanks!
Just to confirm some facts about this update....
Are you rooted?
Are you on a custom recovery. If so, twrp or cwm?
Barsky said:
Just to confirm some facts about this update....
Are you rooted?
Are you on a custom recovery. If so, twrp or cwm?
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Rooted with latest twrp recovery. Cannot boot into download mode for the uproot post...
mholmes05 said:
Rooted with latest twrp recovery. Cannot boot into download mode for the uproot post...
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Same. I have to believe cwm or twrp has no bearing on our situation. Hoping our very wise devs figure something out for us
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Rooted with latest twrp recovery. Cannot boot into download mode for the uproot post...
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+1
This has happened to me also. With my s4 .att pushed update in middle of night and it messed my phone up. Anyhow after two days or so of arguing with att they agreed on a eairly upgrade replacement and I got brand new lg g2 instead of a refurbished s4 .so now I am learning about this phone and I just took the new update. I rooted and was getting ready to flash twrp threw via flashify but I think now im gunna chill with just being rooted until I get a chance to do a lot of reading I guess before I go flashing anything..
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Isn't there something that could be froze to prevent OTA's from coming through?
EDIT: Also, what is the Software version for said update?
EDIT2: Nevermind, found that it's D80010o.. i'm still D80010d.
EDIT3: For those stuck in the bootloop, have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Apparently the bastards will only allow you to decline downloading it up to 3 times at 4 hours per decline, then it 'automagically' downloads and installs itself.
I saw that info on the AT&T website for the LG G2 update, they are such asses.
I used Titanium Backup to search for 'update' and then froze that. That is the easiest way to fix it for now, but, will cost you some money to buy titanium backup. Other apps can probably freeze stuff too tho.
There are other apps/processes running in the background, but, the one I froze was the update after I d/l'd it to my phone, but, chose not to run it. Later on I will disable the rest of the BS on this phone so it won't be AT&T'ified.
There is a 'Cleantool' somebody here on XDA wrote that can run via ADB and remove all the AT&T crap, but, I wanted to make a nandroid backup of the configured initial setup before I start carving the turkey so to speak.
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btm fdr said:
EDIT3: For those stuck in the bootloop, have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
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I'm not sure if that will work or not, my knowledge of Linux and the phones is too limited to say. It was however originally intended for Verizon phones as I'm sure you realize.
Just wanted to point that out so that nobody tries it and potentially messes up their D800 to a state that can't be fixed later on when hopefully some kind soul cleans up after AT&T flaming bag of dog poop they just left on our doorstep.

[Q] Odin Troubles... >_<

So here we go again...
I tried using Odin to get back to stock but, Odin just kept crashing
every time I tried loading the 'MD5' file. I tried multiple versions as well..
Then I realized even though the computer would say Odin was
'Not Responding' I continued to wait, and finally it loaded the MD5!
So I went ahead and tried going back to stock, but when I did
every stock MD5 file causes my device to close
Google Play, Google Location, and SystemUI rapidly...
I was able to get my original Recovery in there and restore a backup,
but I'd really like to try and go back to stock for a bit and start fresh.
What the heck in the world is going on with my phone?!
I thought Odin was my safety net, here to help me, but
instead I'm getting more and more hassle trying to get it workin'...
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!!!
Just tried flashing MK6 using Odin
(MK6 came on my phone originally)
and I get the same issue..
Everything I try ends up failing..
Egads!​
Adizzzle said:
So here we go again...
I tried using Odin to get back to stock but, Odin just kept crashing
every time I tried loading the 'MD5' file. I tried multiple versions as well..
Then I realized even though the computer would say Odin was
'Not Responding' I continued to wait, and finally it loaded the MD5!
So I went ahead and tried going back to stock, but when I did
every stock MD5 file causes my device to close
Google Play, Google Location, and SystemUI rapidly...
I was able to get my original Recovery in there and restore a backup,
but I'd really like to try and go back to stock for a bit and start fresh.
What the heck in the world is going on with my phone?!
I thought Odin was my safety net, here to help me, but
instead I'm getting more and more hassle trying to get it workin'...
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!!!
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What firmware are you on? What version of Odin are you using? Perhaps try using a different version. Also use original usb cable not universal one. Seems to make a difference.
Adizzzle said:
So here we go again...
I tried using Odin to get back to stock but, Odin just kept crashing
every time I tried loading the 'MD5' file. I tried multiple versions as well..
Then I realized even though the computer would say Odin was
'Not Responding' I continued to wait, and finally it loaded the MD5!
So I went ahead and tried going back to stock, but when I did
every stock MD5 file causes my device to close
Google Play, Google Location, and SystemUI rapidly...
I was able to get my original Recovery in there and restore a backup,
but I'd really like to try and go back to stock for a bit and start fresh.
What the heck in the world is going on with my phone?!
I thought Odin was my safety net, here to help me, but
instead I'm getting more and more hassle trying to get it workin'...
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!!!
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So the flash was successful but when booting up u get FC's correct? If that is the case then I would guess it's because u didn't wipe data/factory reset preflash. Doing this from recovery should solve ur problem if I understood u right
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What firmware are you on? What version of Odin are you using? Perhaps try using a different version. Also use original usb cable not universal one. Seems to make a difference.
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Im on MK6 originally, on Pac ROM
While I figure all this out…
I have used every 'newer' version
of Odin available and am using the
Original cable..
blankingblank said:
So the flash was successful but when booting up u get FC's correct? If that is the case then I would guess it's because u didn't wipe data/factory reset preflash. Doing this from recovery should solve ur problem if I understood u right
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So Odin doesn't wipe / factory reset
on its own?
The first time I forgot to wipe but
every other time Im sure I wiped in
recovery before hitting up download
mode.
I did make a ROM using NC1
firmware and added KT kernel to
it. The ROM was a dud and that's
why I wanted a fresh start.
Adizzzle said:
Im on MK6 originally, on Pac ROM
While I figure all this out…
I have used every 'newer' version
of Odin available and am using the
Original cable..
So Odin doesn't wipe / factory reset
on its own?
The first time I forgot to wipe but
every other time Im sure I wiped in
recovery before hitting up download
mode.
I did make a ROM using NC1
firmware and added KT kernel to
it. The ROM was a dud and that's
why I wanted a fresh start.
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The way I understand it there are 2 types of Odin flashable fws: full wipe and no full wipe. Full wipe fws are the ones that come in separate parts, i.e. BL, AP, CP etc. and no full wipe fws are the complete tar.md5 files. I recently went back to stock to get a fresh start as well and had the same issue with FC's on boot up. Factory reset fixed it
blankingblank said:
The way I understand it there are 2 types of Odin flashable fws: full wipe and no full wipe. Full wipe fws are the ones that come in separate parts, i.e. BL, AP, CP etc. and no full wipe fws are the complete tar.md5 files. I recently went back to stock to get a fresh start as well and had the same issue with FC's on boot up. Factory reset fixed it
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So I was using an .md5 file, therefore Odin
wasn't able to fully wipe my S4?
I could have sworn I tried wiping..
Will give it another go though! :highfive:
Adizzzle said:
So I was using an .md5 file, therefore Odin
wasn't able to fully wipe my S4?
I could have sworn I tried wiping..
Will give it another go though! :highfive:
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They're all .md5's. One comes in 4 parts and the other all bundled in one. The latter, as has been my experience, does not wipe data
blankingblank said:
They're all .md5's. One comes in 4 parts and the other all bundled in one. The latter, as has been my experience, does not wipe data
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I hate to sound dumb here but where
would I find individual parts to do a full
restore of my phone?
Adizzzle said:
I hate to sound dumb here but where
would I find individual parts to do a full
restore of my phone?
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The single all in one tar will restore all parts of your phone.
Sent from my Nexus 5
jd1639 said:
The single all in one tar will restore all parts of your phone.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Well it sure didn't work last time I tried..
I can get the phone to boot but Wifi remains
locked in the off position and my baseband
remains at MK6 when I was trying to flash
the 4.4.2 NC1 build..
Could this be due to the KT kernel I
flashed before trying to restore?
I flashed the Kernel before all this
happened, then realized the kernel
dropped my wifi, so that's why I tried
restoring to stock, but the wifi still
drops on me after odin'ing back to
stock…
jd1639 said:
The single all in one tar will restore all parts of your phone.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Ya that's what I used too. I just formatted all the individual partitions first using philz to be sure I got a clean start. Also, if u wanna try it, the leaked NC1 firmware that dropped right before the official OTA's came out, I think that was a 'full restore' fw as it came in 4 sections.
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Adizzzle said:
Well it sure didn't work last time I tried..
I can get the phone to boot but Wifi remains
locked in the off position and my baseband
remains at MK6 when I was trying to flash
the 4.4.2 NC1 build..
Could this be due to the KT kernel I
flashed before trying to restore?
I flashed the Kernel before all this
happened, then realized the kernel
dropped my wifi, so that's why I tried
restoring to stock, but the wifi still
drops on me after odin'ing back to
stock…
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There is a boot.img inside the stock fw if I'm not mistaken, and that should overwrite anything you've done to /boot (where the kernel lives).
So if I understand this correctly I have a couple of options one of them being I do the full firmware update using the 4 files provided from the leak. Or somehow install the boot.img and that should fix the wifi drop issues?

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