Hello,
After trying to flash CM 10.2 to my AT&T Galaxy S4 last night, it will now only boot to download mode. I cannot flash a stock rom or TWRP via Odin, as it always returns "Complete(Write) operation failed." in the output window and " SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 binary :1" in the top left of the phone. Upon booting, the top left of the phone reads:
"Could not do normal boot
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-l337
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: ENABLE"
I don't care about any personal data, I just want my phone to be usable again. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
DorkCat
Dude, you have the mf3 firmware. I can tell by the "fused 2". You can not use Odin. At this point, take the battery out and then put it back in. When in tries to boot to download mode cancel out by vol down. That should get it to boot.
I'm assuming you hadn't done any research and didn't know that you were on the MF3 firmware build. A quick search through the Q&A and general sections will yield plenty of information on this matter.
Yeah, I was pretty stupid about this whole thing. Didn't do nearly enough research before I went and tried to flash CM. Holding vol down fixed it though, so thanks for that.
jd1639 said:
Dude, you have the mf3 firmware. I can tell by the "fused 2". You can not use Odin. At this point, take the battery out and then put it back in. When in tries to boot to download mode cancel out by vol down. That should get it to boot.
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That is, if he hadn't wiped before trying the firmware flash. By going a step further and trying to install a rom in addition to a recovery, his device might be on standby until there is more help available.
xBeerdroiDx said:
That is, if he hadn't wiped before trying the firmware flash. By going a step further and trying to install a rom in addition to a recovery, his device might be on standby until there is more help available.
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I know, wish people would have a better understanding of their phone and would read a little before messing with them. Your right, he may be hosed.
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Hi I have a big problem because since I tried to reboot to install an add-blocker, I can't go into recovery and I can't start my gt-n9005 anymore because following error message comes:
Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock.
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL
And when I want to flash something with odin in download mode following error message appears:
SECURE CHECK FAIL: Recovery
Please help me I don't know what to do. Thank's in advanced...
Could please someone help me?
Can you boot your phone? If you, can, you can go to settings and uncheck the reactivation lock..after that, you should be able to enter recovery normally.
Regards!
empat said:
Can you boot your phone? If you, can, you can go to settings and uncheck the reactivation lock..after that, you should be able to enter recovery normally.
Regards!
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My dear fellow please read the title of the OP , it says that mani1999 is not able to boot his phone !!! That's the major issue...
ketani73 said:
My dear fellow please read the title of the OP , it says that mani1999 is not able to boot his phone !!! That's the major issue...
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Sorry, I misread the statement..my bad!
To the OP: what happens when you try to boot? I am asking because I just recovered my device from a similar condition...
Regards, sorry again!
empat said:
Sorry, I misread the statement..my bad!
To the OP: what happens when you try to boot? I am asking because I just recovered my device from a similar condition...
Regards, sorry again!
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Apology not needed bro , sometimes such things happen to me as well (we are all humans & subject to making such errors) ....
Maybe a factory reset?
Regards!!
mani1999 said:
Hi I have a big problem because since I tried to reboot to install an add-blocker, I can't go into recovery and I can't start my gt-n9005 anymore because following error message comes:
Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock.
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL
And when I want to flash something with odin in download mode following error message appears:
SECURE CHECK FAIL: Recovery
Please help me I don't know what to do. Thank's in advanced...
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Try flash back your country firmware with correct CSC.
Try this it might help if that is the thing you did before - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46389503&postcount=2 scroll down to section mention
HELP! I flashed N9005XXUBMJ3_N9005OXABMJ1 and now I am stuck in download mode! What do I do?!
You are mostly going to trip the KNOX Warranty at this point.
Flash this AP N9005XXUBMJ3_N9005OXABMJ1_BTU_RECOVER.tar.md5 (2.05 GB) and this CSC N9005OXABMJ3_CSC.tar.md5 (38.0 MB)
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Factory reset won't help, as Reactivation is blocking you if you had use different country CSC and you did it before you un-tick the Reactivation Lock.
I can't boot my phone and i can't boot recovery...i always get the message "Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock. Secure fail: Kernel" with a yellow alert triangle underneath, even if I normally try to boot my phone. And when I than press the power button the phone turns off again.
I tried to flash cwm with odin but that also failed.
So before i go downloading another firmware (i live in a dormatory and only have 10gb internet a month) do you really think that would work?
mani1999 said:
I can't boot my phone and i can't boot recovery...i always get the message "Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock. Secure fail: Kernel" with a yellow alert triangle underneath, even if I normally try to boot my phone. And when I than press the power button the phone turns off again.
I tried to flash cwm with odin but that also failed.
So before i go downloading another firmware (i live in a dormatory and only have 10gb internet a month) do you really think that would work?
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I had this exact problem recently and I booted by going into download mode and then pressing volume up to reboot. Somehow or other that would boot. Powering off and back on would always get that error that you are getting.
Thank you very much RP that let me boot and uncheck the lock. I had just installed Goo and put twrp on my device.
rp1790 said:
I had this exact problem recently and I booted by going into download mode and then pressing volume up to reboot. Somehow or other that would boot. Powering off and back on would always get that error that you are getting.
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I put my phone into download mode but volume up mean geting into download mode. Its volume down to reboot but it still says the same when trying to boot. Custom Binary Blocked by Reactivation Lock. Secure Fail: Kernal. Kindly help please
Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock
njan_ivide said:
I put my phone into download mode but volume up mean geting into download mode. Its volume down to reboot but it still says the same when trying to boot. Custom Binary Blocked by Reactivation Lock. Secure Fail: Kernal. Kindly help please
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Hey guys.
Had the same problem with a similar message after Flashing the N3EchoeSlimV2.zip. (was running on Xnote V3 europeen firmware )
Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock.
SECURE FAIL: RECOVERY
Only way to boot, was the download mod
So i went back stock rom with Odin.
But i coudnt flash any Custom recovery or Cfroot. Many tries with différent Odin version.
I finally installed a recovery after took the battery off a couple of hours.
Sorry for my bad english
Same problem here with the slim version!
Anybody have an idea?
Kinoal said:
Same problem here with the slim version!
Anybody have an idea?
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I had posted the solution here on a different thread but let me make it easier for you:
Solution.
1. download KIES 3 (for note 3)
2. Click tools>Firmware upgrade and initialization
3. Put phone into download mode (press Volume down+Home Button+Power Button and then volume up)
4. Connect your phone (it is OK if it is not recognized by KIES, just keep it connected)
5. Now do as it says by typing in your Phone model number (check the battery compartment).
6. Type in the S/N.
7. Let it do its business and download the firmware.
8. Once firmware is downloaded, It will start communicating with the phone.
9. You can see a blue progress line on the screen under the android guy.
10. Let it finish and restart.
DONE! you are back to stock..
NOTE: This doesnt make your KNOX warranty 0x0 if it is already 0x1.
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Calm down guys
What I did was enter into download mode like rp1790 suggested and maybe he did a typing error. When in download mode press down to restart the phone. It bypassed the custom binary block error and booted as normal.
njan_ivide said:
I had posted the solution here on a different thread but let me make it easier for you:
Solution.
1. download KIES 3 (for note 3)
2. Click tools>Firmware upgrade and initialization
3. Put phone into download mode (press Volume down+Home Button+Power Button and then volume up)
4. Connect your phone (it is OK if it is not recognized by KIES, just keep it connected)
5. Now do as it says by typing in your Phone model number (check the battery compartment).
6. Type in the S/N.
7. Let it do its business and download the firmware.
8. Once firmware is downloaded, It will start communicating with the phone.
9. You can see a blue progress line on the screen under the android guy.
10. Let it finish and restart.
DONE! you are back to stock..
NOTE: This doesnt make your KNOX warranty 0x0 if it is already 0x1.
Click Thanks if it helped!!
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This doesn't work if you install a firmware with the new bootloaders... You CAN'T flash an older bootloader over the new one. It just sends you into a bootloop....
And thats before you include the re-activation lock error...
Kinoal said:
Same problem here with the slim version!
Anybody have an idea?
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I have also just encountered the same error as the OP, however the above method doesn't work for me, kies 3 gives me an unknown error (i.e. it doesn't say what error) and just fails.
Same deal as me, was using X-Note and installed the add blocker, rebooted, BAM.
Any help is going to be greatly appreciated!
:crying:
yop
i've the same problem and a full wipe fix it
Just got it fixed
I recently had this problem.
I've read from this thread to boot into download mode and just cancel. It will boot normally after that. I'll never reactivate it again.
Alright i flashed the new golden eye rom and it was all fine when writing everything but now i think i bricked my friends s4
Please note the phone is
i337m
MG1
For some reason i cna't boot into recovery with vol up + power + home, it usually just boots up but now i get sent to download mode only....
What it says "
Could not do normal boot.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I337M
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enabled
And im guessing that golden eye doesn't work with my phone?
Are you saying it won't boot normally? What happens when it boots, does it loop at the logo or something? I cant rememeber the exact steps to manually enter recovery but if your using the above steps and your entering download mode then id assume your pressing the wrong button sequence but its a good thing you can still gain download mode. You may need to use odin...its a good thing you can still gain DL mode. I breifly checked out that GoldenEye ROM, it listed a different version for the ROM, this isn't to say its not compatible with your phone. This is why I said in your other thread "read, read and read...make sure said ROM is compatible with your phone"
brought to you by my not so sexy GS4 MF3
Sir you really need to start reading. Post multiple thread about this isn't going to help. You doing this on a friends phone and not understanding the risks are the first issue. The second issue is if you have a problem with a rom ask the question in that forum. Search will be your help. Search and read and once you do all that then read again.
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Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
Any ideas?
Thank you
Go into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and Factory reset Data & Wipe Cache Partition...
moin786 said:
Go into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and Factory reset Data & Wipe Cache Partition...
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Still get the same thing. It starts to boot to recovery then says something that fails then goes to the screen I have posted previous.
This is what first loads (pretty quick - had to reboot about 10 times to get it)
recovery booting...
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : no version
Secure : Secure Version Failure (recovery.img)
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
norem0rz said:
Still get the same thing. It starts to boot to recovery then says something that fails then goes to the screen I have posted previous.
This is what first loads (pretty quick - had to reboot about 10 times to get it)
recovery booting...
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : no version
Secure : Secure Version Failure (recovery.img)
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
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What did you do prior to this? It looks like you flashed a custom recovery but Knox is terminating the boot process.
Have you tried to odin back to stock?
Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 ?
Trying to use Odin - downloading a stock ROM now.
No. You must get into download/Odin mode by pressing volume down + home + power simultaneously, then launch Odin, then connect phone to computer.
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norem0rz said:
yes, I was using clockwork and did something wrong...
doesn't the phone need to boot up before I can use Odin?
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If you have a Verizon retail version of the Note 3, you can not use Clockworkmod recovery. Because your bootloader is locked. You can only use Hashcode's Safestrap (in the Development section).
cam30era said:
If you have a Verizon retail version of the Note 3, you can not use Clockworkmod recovery. Because your bootloader is locked. You can only use Hashcode's Safestrap (in the Development section).
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+1
Which means you must be rooted first, then install Safestrap, which is a modified TWRP recovery. You can thank Verizon for that bullsh!t
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Thank you all - using Odin with this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Got me back up and running.
Flash PIT - this will fix it
You need to flash the PIT with ODIN, latest version (3.09, I believe). Google for a download mirror that hosts the PIT for whichever type of note 3 you have, then flash it with odin (should work while in the invalid software screen). Then, if it doesn't reboot, just remove the battery and unplug that sucka. When it reboots, it should go back to download mode or just regular bootup. I recommend setting up adb, which makes it much easier to put the phone into whatever mode you desire with a simple dos command.
got out of it
this happened to me last night, I went into Odin mode "home, volume down, power button" instead of selecting odin mode from that menu I selected "reboot phone" (or something to that effect) My note 3 restarted......PHEW...... hope this helps someone
enable android recovery mode
SM-N90OV
ok so I once got to the point to where I could not but factory reset my phone and so I did settings > backup and restore > factory reset > YES I'M SURE!!! then my phone when into recovery mode as it should normally only to tell me that it could not enter recovery. Verizon's fault and now I cant access my recovery mode. is there a way to get back into it so I can finally flash a new rom. oh I had figured out how to get out of the boot loop thing by entering download mode and canceling. but it would be nice to be able to mess with this beast of a phone. please help me. I don't want to do something I wasn't supposed to. im not sure want to do with klms agent deals with knox right?
Em also one of the victim
hi
i am rooted (de la Vega ) safestrap installed using Jelly beans 6 & stock Rom as well. i don't know how but i am not being able to get in the recovery to format the device.
Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
What i do is getting into the download mode and only pressing Volume down to continue boot and Viola my phone restarts every time, but the thing which is pinching me is i can't able to format the phone.. Help required please.
xaneey said:
hi
i am rooted (de la Vega ) safestrap installed using Jelly beans 6 & stock Rom as well. i don't know how but i am not being able to get in the recovery to format the device.
Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
What i do is getting into the download mode and only pressing Volume down to continue boot and Viola my phone restarts every time, but the thing which is pinching me is i can't able to format the phone.. Help required please.
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look at page one towards the bottom, the OP posted how to fix your problem
Solution
HI all
What worked for me is just ODIN
MI9 t0 MJE
and this is the beauty of ANDROID really happy to get it back..
Downloaded MJE for N900V http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=23535
Root through this in my case Vroot worked Kingo didn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707
Thn safe strap and all done
you guys and gals rock
saved my bacon ,was a little confusing to my novice self but downloaded odin to pc and ran it,downloaded clean vzw file and pit file ,plugged phone into pc and drivers loaded then ran odin and followed the steps.
Thank you very very much
Hello there, beginner here.
I'm having issues getting my SM-G900F rooted, which is running Android 5.0. My phone doesn't reboot into recovery after flashing cf-auto-root, and the trouble shooting section about this issue doesn't help me too.
I used this cf-auto-root release, as it states to be the one for SM-G900F and Android 5.0.
I then followed these steps with the Odin version included in the download.
However, after flashing, my phone does not reboot into recovery, and just stays in Download mode, with Odin saying PASS.
I know that there's a trouble shooting section below in the steps I linked, but it is not helping me, or I don't understand it. In fact, I have several questions about these steps, and maybe someone can help me about it. Let me cite the original post and my questions about it.
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- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
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First question arises here. How should I put my device into download mode if I wanted to use the "ADB reboot download" command? According to the steps, it is not connected to my PC at the moment. So I chose to get into download mode with VolDown+Home+Power.
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
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As said, my phone does not reboot, even after Odin states "PASS". So I tried the steps explained in the following note:
NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens.
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What is meant with "do the entire procedure again"? My phone is now sitting in download mode, with Odin saying PASS. Should I just press "Start" again in Odin? That does nothing on my phone.
Should I pull the battery? My phone is still on then, since it takes the power from the USB connection. So I disconnect it too? If I do that and put the battery back in, it immediately automatically boots, and I get the following error on my screen:
RECOVERY BOOTING...
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
And then it just hangs there, and installs nothing. If I try to restart it normally, it goes back to this screen, all the time.
If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, pull the battery, and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.
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This does not work together with the behavior I stated before. When I pull the battery and the USB connection to turn it off, and insert the battery back in, it immediately boots up. I'm not sure if I was too slow pressing VolUp+Home+Power, but my phone still says the aforementioned SEAndroid error.
Can anybody help the noob I am? In what state is my phone now? Do I understand correctly that it indeed wants to boot into Recovery, but does not like it because it is not fulfilling some "SEAndroid security stuffs"? =3
Thanks for all the help in advance.
PS: These are the lines if I get back into download mode:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (2)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
UDC START
Looks like I go another way now... just installing TWRP, what I mostly wanted (I think at least)...
When I was stuck with the SEAndroid boot all the time, I turned it off again and booted back into download mode, then flashed TWRP from here dl.twrp.me/klte/ (using the most recent *.tar file, and selecting it in ODIN as the PDA file).
After I did that, my S5 booted normally again. But as soon as I turned it off and tried to enter Recovery mode with VolUp+Home+Power, it first still spit out the 3 SEAndroid lines, but then TWRP showed up a second later... it offered me to install SuperSU as I wanted to reboot, which worked. When entering the SuperSU installer after my system booted, I selected the TWRP method to finally root my phone, and that seems to have worked. moving on now...
I just wonder if this is a normal procedure, or if I messed up somewhere so that it became so complicated.
Or maybe I'm just dumb.
I have a VZW S5 running 4.4.1, rooted, with TWRP (don't remember which version, possibly 2.6.1). I wanted to do a full backup straight to an OTG USB drive, and it seemed like I needed an updated version of TWRP to be able to mount the OTG drive. So I installed the TWRP app and tried to flash the latest version (I believe it was twrp-3.2.1-0-klte.img, but I can confirm when I get home). After I selected the file and accepted, I rebooted to recovery from the TWRP app. And I got a screen that says:
RECOVERY BOOTING
SYS REV CHECK FAIL: NO VERSION
SECURE: SECURE VERSION FAILURE (recovery.img)
I get that screen if I power off and back on, or if I hold vol up and home when powering up. Either way, the phone then goes to a second screen with a large yellow triangle on it, and SECURE FAIL: RECOVERY in the upper left. Under the triangle it says System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help.
If I power on while holding vol down and home, I get
WARNING!
A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications...
Vol. up CONTINUE
Vol. down CANCEL
Hitting vol. down restarts as above. Vol up gets me to a screen that says:
Odin mode
Product name SM-G900V
Current Binary Samsung official
System status Official
Reactivate Lock (KK) off
Qualcom Secureboot: Enable (CSB)
AP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
UDC Start
Downloading
I'm hoping that this means that I haven't completely killed my phone. What I would like to do is get it working again and rooted. All of my apps/data have been backed up with TiBu, so I figure restoring data should be easy once I'm back up. Ideally I would like to get the phone running something higher than Kit Kat (which was my original goal in all this, as a few apps I use no longer support KK.
Thanks in advance!
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I have a VZW S5 running 4.4.1, rooted, with TWRP (don't remember which version, possibly 2.6.1). I wanted to do a full backup straight to an OTG USB drive, and it seemed like I needed an updated version of TWRP to be able to mount the OTG drive. So I installed the TWRP app and tried to flash the latest version (I believe it was twrp-3.2.1-0-klte.img, but I can confirm when I get home). After I selected the file and accepted, I rebooted to recovery from the TWRP app. And I got a screen that says:
RECOVERY BOOTING
SYS REV CHECK FAIL: NO VERSION
SECURE: SECURE VERSION FAILURE (recovery.img)
I get that screen if I power off and back on, or if I hold vol up and home when powering up. Either way, the phone then goes to a second screen with a large yellow triangle on it, and SECURE FAIL: RECOVERY in the upper left. Under the triangle it says System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help.
If I power on while holding vol down and home, I get
WARNING!
A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications...
Vol. up CONTINUE
Vol. down CANCEL
Hitting vol. down restarts as above. Vol up gets me to a screen that says:
Odin mode
Product name SM-G900V
Current Binary Samsung official
System status Official
Reactivate Lock (KK) off
Qualcom Secureboot: Enable (CSB)
AP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
UDC Start
Downloading
I'm hoping that this means that I haven't completely killed my phone. What I would like to do is get it working again and rooted. All of my apps/data have been backed up with TiBu, so I figure restoring data should be easy once I'm back up. Ideally I would like to get the phone running something higher than Kit Kat (which was my original goal in all this, as a few apps I use no longer support KK.
Thanks in advance!
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The screen you described is download mode
You enter it by holding Vol down home button power button
Download the latest firmware for your device from sammobile.com and then flash it via odin whilst your phone is in download mode & connected to the PC via USB by putting the firmware in the AP section of odin
I thought so, but it just looked different than i remember it. Although last time I entered that was a few years back.
Is there a specific firmware that I should choose so I can re-establish root?
Also, is there any way to access data on the phone that I didn't have a chance to back up yet?
Try to flash this via Odin first and see if the phone boots:
link removed
Unzip it first, of course.
Use AP slot in Odin.
Actually i was about to post that after trying unsuccessfully to flash all sorts of TWRP versions, I finally decided I have no choice and have to flash the firmware. I chose the 4.4.2 NCG, because it's what I thought I was running before. After flashing and rebooting, my lock screen wallpaper was the same as I had left it. Cautiously optimistic I swiped the screen, and lo and behold, everything was intact! Except root, which i easily regained with towelroot. Only issue is I do not have TWRP any more. What's the best way to regain that?
bbsc said:
Try to flash this via Odin first and see if the phone boots:
https://mega.nz/#!3hNhEAoY!vkI12WptC0_OWiN4hpTxo5R_6KCLBJ76vUvvd98NL80
Unzip it first, of course.
Use AP slot in Odin.
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Can't access this site from work. What is this?
bgg1 said:
Can't access this site from work. What is this?
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That was APA1 firmware only, without system partition.
Forget it if flashing ANCG gave you the necessary result.
You cannot directly flash TWRP at the moment because of the locked bootloader.
If you really need root, it would be wise to install Memory Brickbug Test from the Market and determine the CID of your phone.
It will help to plan the future actions.
BTW, there's a nice G900V section on the forum.
So I have root again from towelroot. I don't remember how I originally did it, but I previously had TWRP, but never an unlocked bootloader. Does that make sense?
bgg1 said:
I previously had TWRP, but never an unlocked bootloader. Does that make sense?
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It's impossible on SM-G900V.
Most likely you had SafeStrap Recovery, they look similar.
But SafeStrap Recovery is a part of the system partition, not a real recovery as TWRP.
Unlocked bootloader on SM-G900V looks like on the screenshot (MODE: Developer)
So I meant to post here but you beat me to it. On my drive home the other day it hit me that I had safestrap. Because once you boot to recovery it looks like TWRP, and it's been so long since first installing it, I simply forgot.
Anyway, at this point I regained root with towelroot, but was having difficulty installing safestrap, until I realized that I hadn't installed busybox or supersu. Finally got thos going, and after a couple of hours of multiple slowdowns, freezes, and crashes, I finally got everything back. So now I'm rooted and safestrap is back.
Questions:
Prior to this whole mess I had backed up the recovery image from safestrap. Is there any reason to restore that if everything seems to be working?
Also, I believe that TWRP can mount an OTG USB. Can this be done with safestrap?
Thanks
bgg1 said:
Prior to this whole mess I had backed up the recovery image from safestrap. Is there any reason to restore that if everything seems to be working?
Also, I believe that TWRP can mount an OTG USB. Can this be done with safestrap?
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I don't see any reason to repair a working thing.
Don't remember exactly, but seems it worked, for some version at least.
Again: install eMMC Brickbug Check from the market and see the CID of your phone.
It can be 11 or 15.
If it is 15 then you'll be able to unlock bootloader and flash TWRP.
It is 15.
I think I'd like to get up to lollipop just for some app compatibility issues. I've seen a few different approaches. Any way to do this without wiping? or is that just wishful thinking? Besides the ability to flash ROMs (not a major interest for me, as with bloatware disabled or removed I kind of like Touchwiz), and install TWRP (again, not sure I need it if I can use safestrap for recovery), should i still look to unlock the bootloader? Better to do that now or after upgrade?
Thanks