i need pro help. i think i bricked my phone - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

sph-l720 4.3 rooted by cf auto root
I put system files in the phones framework folder to hack free hotspot. I rebooted and the phone was stuck on the yellow sprint logo. I pulled the battery and used odin to i guess flash mf9, then cf auito root. last time i was stuck on this screen this worked.
But now i'm screwed.
I tried a wipe factory reset and it still didn't help.
I flashed a kernel zip file using odin by accident (KERNEL - SPR _ L720vpuamf9-1372121308)
now it boots and gets stuck at the same screen but the screen is blank. only the blue light lights up.
any clues???
now it says set warranty bit kernel, when it used to say set warranty bit recovery

You cannot go back with Odin to MF9 once you are on MjA.
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EDIT NEVER MIND I didn't see that first part about 4.3!
Hello Sprint I've got a TEP claim for you.
Okay well maybe not totally there yet. There are a couple threads on how to get 4.3 to boot do spend some time searching reading, and then read and look some more. Good place to start would be here

brewmanate said:
sph-l720 4.3 rooted by cf auto root
I put system files in the phones framework folder to hack free hotspot. I rebooted and the phone was stuck on the yellow sprint logo. I pulled the battery and used odin to i guess flash mf9, then cf auito root. last time i was stuck on this screen this worked.
But now i'm screwed.
I tried a wipe factory reset and it still didn't help.
I flashed a kernel zip file using odin by accident (KERNEL - SPR _ L720vpuamf9-1372121308)
now it boots and gets stuck at the same screen but the screen is blank. only the blue light lights up.
any clues???
now it says set warranty bit kernel, when it used to say set warranty bit recovery
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Flash KT kernel 4.3 if you are on mja, that should fix it, if not, make sure you have a custom recovery(not TWRP) and flash the stock 4.3 rom in the dev section

thank you...
negamann303 said:
Flash KT kernel 4.3 if you are on mja, that should fix it, if not, make sure you have a custom recovery(not TWRP) and flash the stock 4.3 rom in the dev section
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i just have to get it replaced.
I never fully rooted. I had stock recovery and binary ond kernel. I just has su.
I screwed the pooch on this one. Thanks anyway guys. I will get a new one. Or maybe a note 3 in its place. What do you think?

If you can get to download mode it's not bricked
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Your not bricked
This is exactly the same issue I had. You tried to downgrade after upgrading and flashed some stuff to fix it right? Yeah bad idea. Anyway.
Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506562
Follow it step by step. It solved my issues.

I already sent it out to be replaced
I have insurance through a 3rd party, so it might be forgiven that I rooted it. If not, and they send it back to me, I will have to rely on all your helpful guidance. I am very grateful. You guys rock.
Just so its as clear as can be, here is a list of my mistakes. LOL
1. I did try to take the OTA update. It didnt take and only messed with storage for some reason. Not broke yet.
2. Flashed back to MF9 with Odin 3 v.1.87. Oops.
3. Flashed MF9 and CF auto root a few times back and forth trying to get it to take.
4. It is a bit hazy here, but I tried to use odin 3.07 to go back to mf9, but it wouldn't work. I instead used odin to root the f#cker and to my amazement it worked. Now I was rooted on 4.3! MJA I got the idea from this thread>>>>>>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511209
5. Then it was all gravy for a few days minus the annoying security notifications every so often about an app trying to access the system..blah blah blah. I wanted my hotspot hack back (the entire reason for the root) so I placed the altered system files in the framework to allow for hotspot service
and rebooted. Thats when **** got real. it booted up to the full yellow screen that shows the sprint logo. The blue led was strobing slowly and it just stayed that way for a few minutes. I got scared and tried going through steps 1 through 4 again to no avail.
6. Then I really messed up and flashed the MF9 Kernel zip file by mistake or maybe more out of desperation, and all that did was make the screen black after the samsung logo, but the blue led still illuminated.
All well, I already sent it out. I should get a new one soon.
If they dont let me swap it I will upgrade to the note 3.
Any ideas about the note 3 vs the sgs4, except for the obvious size and Ghz difference?

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[GUIDE] Sprint sph p100 stock firmware RECEOVERY: last resort.

Ok i decided i post what i did to recovery my sprints tab from a bad kernel flash that i didn't install clock work recovery, I thought my tab was a lost cause which i even chatted with hsn were i bought mine at for a replacement which would've took up to 30days.. So awhile i wait for that i decided to try and get it working till i get the prepaid label lol
Matter what i did it kept getting stuck at the samsung screen and couldn't get into recovery but download mode work luckly. i tried all kernels listed and it still got stuck which at the time i thought my tab was bricked or semi brick.
What i did is keep searching for the stock firmware which was hard to find but i found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9753941#post9753941
Heres a direct link http://www.multiupload.com/WDKOUJSM2G
Thanks to ZoinksS2k for the tab sprint no modem firmware
And downloaded the stock no modem firmware the modem one is listed too but it will kill your gps and 3g might not work so i just did the no modem one.
So i downloaded it and odin was package with it and i couldn't get it to detect my tab in download mode ony when the tab was off it detected it..
So i tried heimdall and at first i couldn't get it to flash the start button was grayed out because i was putting the tar file into pda/code so i open the tar file and found factory.rfs param.ifs and cache.rfs and dbdata.rfs so i loaded all thoes in the heimfall boxes and than loaded the stock zimage which is in the tar too.
And than i flashed and saw the samsung screen and it went right pass it and played the samsung splash screen so i knew i was getting somewhere so it got stuck on the next samsung screen again.. So i turn it off and hold home button and volume up button than i push the power button and hold all 3 buttons till i saw the samsung screen and i left go the power button and the stock recovery loaded right up
So i did the wipe data/factory reset and i also did the wipe cache data just in case but im sure just the factory reset would work, And i restarted the tab and it went pass all screens and it loaded android!!! And everything was working 3g wifi gps and everything else.
So hopefully this guide will help others as a last resort if you ony get the samsung screen and download mode ony,If you get the receovery than just do the factory wipe.
This is worth a try first than sending it back to samsung and having to wait too get your tab back It sure saved me from having to send it back too hsn or samsung.
If you want you can thank me if this help you for providing the info
Gordesky,
Any idea how to go back to stock firmware + stock modem and all that from using the voodoo kernel? I have CWM Recovery 3.0 working.
Because, after going into Voodoo CWM Recovery, using wipe data/factory reset still keeps the kernel that I installed on - which is what makes my camera screwy.
If you want to go back to fully stock then follow his instructions and flash the stock kernel from the Zephyr thread. I actually am in the same boat as the OP and followed his instructions and now I'm fully back to stock.
Yep just do what I said which the tar file also have the stock kernel too.
Right now im on the voodoo kernel which works perfect except that cdrom problem but camera works for me so im gonna still with.this kernel so far. It seems the new sprint update doesint work right with the voodoo kernel problaby why I dont have any problems because I didint install the sprint update.
So when you go back too stock and want too give the voodoo another try dont install the sprint update when it asks you too, And everything should work other than the sdcard cdrom problems, Which I can deal with till it gets fixed because I do love the speed of this voodoo kernel
And the sound
Thank you gordesky1 for posting your experience because I was going through the exact same thing and I was at a loss as to how to resolve it. Unfortunately I did install the update but I'm pretty sure if I flash the same files again that I will go back to the original rom if that's necessary. The big problem with that is that the exchange fix in the update was something i was waiting for =\ so I think i'm going to wait and see if some of these issues are fixed in the next update but I wonder if we have to get Boushh a Sprint tab though =\ every day I curse myself for not getting a t-mobile or at least a Verizon tab *sigh*
No problem
Ya tell me about it... Bad thing for me is the sprint was my ony option which i got it because hsn were i bought it from had a flex pay on this tab which they ony have the sprint tab, and at the time i couldint pay 400 or 600$ right out. And i also got a 3years warranty on top of it from them even if i break it or drop it anywere which i pretty much got for free because they made a mistake at first with some software
The other tabs have cheaper 3g too like 5gb for 15 too 30$ a month.. But so far sprint is treating me good and the 3g has been stable so far and pretty fast loading webpages and can usely watch a youtube video but dont want too use up my monthy usage lol i usely use up too 500 too 600mbs max out of 2g and i useit every day and even download apps with it when im not near a wifi spot and listen too pandora too so i was suprized i didint get close too the 2gb limit yet.
Hopefully this thread will help more and save them from having too send it back too samsung or were they got it from, i know how it feels not having this tab which i use everyday at work.
I knew not to flash the modem from the restore package posted but when I tried to restore I used the .pit and the .tar. Failed at modem. So, being dumb I flashed the modem file. ugh.
Now I know all you need to do is flash the .tar, nothing else, no pit.
Your Post Saved Me!!!!!
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Your welcome and glad it helped I figure it was worth posting sense it brought my tab back too life which i thought i would've had too sent it back and waited a month or so, And wanted others too get there tab back too life with out playing the wait game which i really hate .. lol
this worked! I was able to get rid of CWM, my tab is 100% stock again! thanks a bunch!
well, I tried installing the update from sprint and goes back to CMW and starts doing the freaking back up again!! What the heck!!! anyone can tell me how to get back to stock recovery!! this is driving me nuts!
jcaf77 said:
this worked! I was able to get rid of CWM, my tab is 100% stock again! thanks a bunch!
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I flash the above .tar and .pit with Odin and I still can't get rid of CWM. I had CWM 3.0 working. Then I flashed a Kernel (Khasmek) with kernel flasher and the damn thing froze on the splash screen. So I odin and it doesn't do a full factory reset. CWM folder is still there. Does anbody know how to completely revert back to stock firmware?
I basically want to start over from scratch and never use Kernel flasher.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
lphillips80 said:
I flash the above .tar and .pit with Odin and I still can't get rid of CWM. I had CWM 3.0 working. Then I flashed a Kernel (Khasmek) with kernel flasher and the damn thing froze on the splash screen. So I odin and it doesn't do a full factory reset. CWM folder is still there. Does anbody know how to completely revert back to stock firmware?
I basically want to start over from scratch and never use Kernel flasher.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Flash the zImage from the stock rom in the recovery slot using hiemdall and it will flash the stock recovery over cwm.
I performed that action and it works it does get rid of CWM but now I am still unable to install sprint updates they fail half way into it
jcaf77 said:
I performed that action and it works it does get rid of CWM but now I am still unable to install sprint updates they fail half way into it
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I am having the exact same problem, really wish I had read your post before I attempted to get CWM on my sprint galaxy tab.
I believe the update failed for me due to mismatch baseband (EB28) and system build (DJ30), I am looking for a roto backup copy of system build EB28, if anyone have it, please help and upload!
Many thanks.
I flashed the zImage with heimdall and it still wont do a sprint system update and also I cannot do the cwm process again to format to ext4.
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lphillips80 said:
I flashed the zImage with heimdall and it still wont do a sprint system update and also I cannot do the cwm process again to format to ext4.
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Check out the newly leaked EA24 flasher, it will update both system and baseband to EA24 and you will be able to update after that.
Thanks technote. I used the above and worked awesome!
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okay, im farily new to the galaxy tab forums, only reason im here is because my friend bricked his tab and figured i could take a stab at it, i mean im good at fixing my galaxy s so i figured, how hard can this be. Wrong, my head is killing me because i cant figure this out. His tab is stuck in a boot loop mean it goes to the "samsung" screen and then stays there forever. I tried using odin with the stock firmware with no modem, everything went good but when it attemped to restart still nothing ? can someone please school me on how to do this properly please. Im a pretty good listener if im given descent instructions lol please by all means HELP lol

HELP!!

So I recently rooted my LTE Tab 10.1 after some errors on my part. I finally got root, and the bootloader unlocked (thanks to six5alive's post here) Here's what I have:
CWM recovery
unlocked bootloader
Rom Manager installed
SU permissions
I've tried flashing two different ROMs, and both flash without a problem. But when I attempt to reboot, I get the Samsung logo and a yellow triangle below it, and then the tablet shuts down. At first I thought it was just the ROM, but after flashing two, I'm getting suspicious. I have a Nandroid backup of the stock rooted ROM, and that restores & boots properly every time.
What am I doing wrong?
You might have root but from the sounds of it the tab does not like the insecure kernel hence the yellow triangle on the logo screen. On a tab, I am not sure how to get around this.
Why not run stock and use TiBu to get rid of the bloatware until you can find a solution? Keep a Nandroid of bone stock then another for your custom settings...
Mardenator said:
So I recently rooted my LTE Tab 10.1 after some errors on my part. I finally got root, and the bootloader unlocked (thanks to six5alive's post here) Here's what I have:
CWM recovery
unlocked bootloader
Rom Manager installed
SU permissions
I've tried flashing two different ROMs, and both flash without a problem. But when I attempt to reboot, I get the Samsung logo and a yellow triangle below it, and then the tablet shuts down. At first I thought it was just the ROM, but after flashing two, I'm getting suspicious. I have a Nandroid backup of the stock rooted ROM, and that restores & boots properly every time.
What am I doing wrong?
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What roms did u flash...?
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Strange, when I flashed the ISI-Galaxy rom on my P7100 i got then same thing as you, when i turned the device off it automatically went back on with the same result. I had the idea that i was going to have to bring it back to the shop for repairs but... This happened while i was at work. So i placed the Tab in my backpack but when i got home a half an hour later the device was functioning again. So maybe yours needs some time to get over this 'boot up'.
ZangetsuNX-01 said:
Strange, when I flashed the ISI-Galaxy rom on my P7100 i got then same thing as you, when i turned the device off it automatically went back on with the same result. I had the idea that i was going to have to bring it back to the shop for repairs but... This happened while i was at work. So i placed the Tab in my backpack but when i got home a half an hour later the device was functioning again. So maybe yours needs some time to get over this 'boot up'.
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Tried this, got the same result I've been getting..
I flashed these, wiped after flashing each one obviously.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372432
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155023
Both caused the triangle issue, so I just restored the rooted stock ROM I'm running.
Mardenator said:
I flashed these, wiped after flashing each one obviously.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372432
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155023
Both caused the triangle issue, so I just restored the rooted stock ROM I'm running.
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Next time please use the edit button.
I think I have an explanation as to why its crashing. The ISI-Galaxy Rom and P7500XWKK4 Galaxy Tab 10.1 / HC 3.2 ROM are for the P7100 model. Yours is the SCH-I905 model so the roms you tried to flash are incompatible.
Just realized that ZangetsuNX-01 is right, I've been flashing WiFi-only ROMs, not ROMs for the Tab 10.1 LTE. Downloading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17858660#post17858660 now, will flash and post results here asap.
UPDATE: got a leaked TW ROM to install via Odin and boot, posting this from the tablet. Added a screenshot for kicks.
BTW, for anyone with an LTE Tab, flash this via ODIN NAO!!!!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/10463-ro...x-leak-build-for-vzw-galaxy-tab-101-lte-only/
It's unrooted, with stock recovery, but you can follow the directions on the page to get root, it's simple. Just Odin a recovery .tar file, go to recovery, flash SU zip, and voila. Running it at 1.4GHz max, 1GHz min, and it's awesome. TouchWiz is also a nice step up from stock HC.
@Mardenator
your screenshot a looke liek from my adwluncher from my tab...
Lol I'm using ADW Ex.
ok i dont untersant waht you with them post, sorry.
Conan179 said:
ok i dont untersant waht you with them post, sorry.
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I'm not sure what the question here is, but I was suggesting that if you have an LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1, you should flash the ROM that I provided a link to. It's a good ROM, and I've been running it for 2 days now.
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[Q] Stuck at Yellow Sprint Screen

While trying to do the hotspot mod on my Sprint Galaxy s4, something went wrong. Phone will not boot past Yellow Sprint screen. I have tried full system reset by flashing stock rom with odin, but still no go. It says pass, but when rebooting, still stuck at yellow screen. Any ideas?
How long are you letting it sit there. It takes a few minutes to boot sometimes after a reset.
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did you make sure you installed the right version??
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strange odin always works for me...it takes mad long to boot but it works
Did you not take a Nandroid backup before trying this? If so restore.
This happened to me as well. Went ahead and restored. Then flashed stock with no root. Installed root and TWRP. Flashed through Odin Noobnl's bootloader upgrade file and then the latest stock kernel. Then I did a factory reset and the hotspot mod appeared finally and all is good.
I'm pretttyyyy sure the hotspot mod is for deodexed ROMs only. Make sure you are deodexed and not odexed. That will cause you to get stuck at the Sprint boot up screen.
Joe0113 said:
I'm pretttyyyy sure the hotspot mod is for deodexed ROMs only. Make sure you are deodexed and not odexed. That will cause you to get stuck at the Sprint boot up screen.
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there is hotspot mod for odex and deodex
LIL_ROOKIE said:
there is hotspot mod for odex and deodex
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Oh my fault, didn't know that! Maybe he flashed the opposite one that he was supposed to then?!
PS- To the OP... this thread is probably gonna be moved to Q&A.
I had this happen the other night while flashing both hotspot mod and 4 in 1 reboot mod. The only thing I could come up with (why it didn't work the first time but worked fine second time) is that I flashed from internal sd the first time but from my external the second time. Unfortunately I couldn't restore my nandroid because my phone wouldn't recognize my 64gb sd card while in recovery. (OUDHS)
To get out of it I just flashed crawj's stock rooted odexed ROM and then re-flashed both mods (from external sd) with no problems at all.
GiantJay said:
How long are you letting it sit there. It takes a few minutes to boot sometimes after a reset.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk 2
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Over 3 hours
jeffvb9 said:
Did you not take a Nandroid backup before trying this? If so restore.
This happened to me as well. Went ahead and restored. Then flashed stock with no root. Installed root and TWRP. Flashed through Odin Noobnl's bootloader upgrade file and then the latest stock kernel. Then I did a factory reset and the hotspot mod appeared finally and all is good.
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I did not make a nandroid backup. I tried flashing crawj's stock mdl kernel.
Esoteric68 said:
I had this happen the other night while flashing both hotspot mod and 4 in 1 reboot mod. The only thing I could come up with (why it didn't work the first time but worked fine second time) is that I flashed from internal sd the first time but from my external the second time. Unfortunately I couldn't restore my nandroid because my phone wouldn't recognize my 64gb sd card while in recovery. (OUDHS)
To get out of it I just flashed crawj's stock rooted odexed ROM and then re-flashed both mods (from external sd) with no problems at all.
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I will try that ROM. I am downloading it now, but it says over an hour remaining. I'll try it as soon as it is finished.
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Try just doing a factory reset and reboot.
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chjlfox said:
I will try that ROM. I am downloading it now, but it says over an hour remaining. I'll try it as soon as it is finished.
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Ok. Downloaded Crawj's Stock root MDL data wipe zip file and flashed it from recovery mode. Still same problem. It was on Yellow sprint screen all night. I don't know what else to try.
chjlfox said:
Ok. Downloaded Crawj's Stock root MDL data wipe zip file and flashed it from recovery mode. Still same problem. It was on Yellow sprint screen all night. I don't know what else to try.
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Try doing a factory reset and reboot.
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OK GOT IT! Flashed a stock MDC ROM. It reset but keeps asking for a software update. I am a little nervous about doing update because I don't want to lose root.
My friend has sort of the same problem..but his is not app related. His phone just rebooted itself out of nowhere yesterday...he is 100% stock..not even rooted...it also hangs on the horrid yellow Sprint boot screen....it will boot fine into safe mode. So I rooted it, installed a new stock rom/modem/kernel...and still he is having the same problem. it can not be the battery otherwise safe mode would reboot too...but I am at a loss here..some other random hardware failure from some app that isn't loaded while in safe mode??
Same issue, please help
chjlfox said:
OK GOT IT! Flashed a stock MDC ROM. It reset but keeps asking for a software update. I am a little nervous about doing update because I don't want to lose root.
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Did you figure out a fix for the stuck at yellow sprint screen? I too, installed the odex file and am now stuck on the yellow sprint screen. my phone doesn't boot up. I went into the cwm boot up and selected restore but that didn't fix it. I went into the normal boot recovery mode and selected data wipe/factory reset and it said that this was completed; however, I'm still stuck at the Yellow Sprint Screen.
Does anyone have a fix? Any help is greatly appreciated.
lanekelley said:
Did you figure out a fix for the stuck at yellow sprint screen? I too, installed the odex file and am now stuck on the yellow sprint screen. my phone doesn't boot up. I went into the cwm boot up and selected restore but that didn't fix it. I went into the normal boot recovery mode and selected data wipe/factory reset and it said that this was completed; however, I'm still stuck at the Yellow Sprint Screen.
Does anyone have a fix? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Please help somebody! I am in the same boat. Call me an idiot (I deserve it) for not making a backup after rooting.
Can someone please do a step by step on how to get past the annoying ugly yellow Sprint logo screen?
So I'm stuck as well on the Yellow Sprint Screen on boot. All I did was qbking77 root and wifi mod. At the end following his video he said to reboot the phone. Well now I'm stuck. I'm ODEX MF9 with 4.2.2. I followed the instuctions step by step, not sure what happened. Any help please? Thanks

[Q] Unable to boot phone.

Alright I'm now going to ask.
Been searching for two days and am ready to take a hammer to this thing.
Posted already in stock rooted thread:
Really having problems here.
Downloaded both (on PC) Odexed and DeOdexed no data tar.rar's and the md5s matched..
Extracted the tar.md5 and attempted to use in Oding and get md5 mismatch and it won't flash either file.
I've downloaded so many times in the past day in a half it's silley
Just trying to get a completely stock system so I can clear up all the issues I've been having with all the ROMs and seem unable to do so.
Anyone have a working PC Odin'able tar.md5 of stock (rooted or not I don't care I can fix that) MF9?
Dying here.
Tried Stock Rooted Deodexed (no data wipe) zip and it won't get past yellow Sprint screen now. :/ arrr
SOOO f&cking pissed.
Edit.
Looks like I'm able to start Odin the Odexed full .tar.
Hopefully I'll have a working phone again and stick with my personal tweaking just adding mods (from great the great devs and contributors) instead of whole ROMs for now.
I'll update if this finishes well.
Well not going well - still stuck at yellow Sprint boot screen (going on 5 minutes now) after reboot. And phone is hotter than hell.
WELL. CAN'T GET PAST YELLOW SPRINT SCREEN!!
I can get into download mode I Odin'd Stock tar and it completed but still no boot. FUUUUUU .....
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I have no stock recovery I can get into.
I can ONLY get into download mode and even then when I flash any available ROM I can't get past yellow sprint screen.
I've been at this for almost two days (12 hours yesterday and another 6 today)
ANYONE have any ideas?
Still nothing:
Wasn't able to get into recovery so:
Created a .tar.md5 of twrp 2.5.0.2 from the recovery image.
Flashed that via PC Odin and got into recovery.
But That still leaves me in a bind.
Flashed Stock MF9 kernel.zip and see what happens.
NOPE still stuck at Sprint screen.
Going to keep on f'n with it...
F it. After installing stock recovery and factory resetting a few times the thing is still jacked up.
WiFi will not stay connected and the phone is useless to me.
Worst experience I've personally ever had with a device
leaderbuilder said:
Alright I'm now going to ask.
Been searching for two days and am ready to take a hammer to this thing.
Posted already in stock rooted thread:
Really having problems here.
Downloaded both (on PC) Odexed and DeOdexed no data tar.rar's and the md5s matched..
Extracted the tar.md5 and attempted to use in Oding and get md5 mismatch and it won't flash either file.
I've downloaded so many times in the past day in a half it's silley
Just trying to get a completely stock system so I can clear up all the issues I've been having with all the ROMs and seem unable to do so.
Anyone have a working PC Odin'able tar.md5 of stock (rooted or not I don't care I can fix that) MF9?
Dying here.
Tried Stock Rooted Deodexed (no data wipe) zip and it won't get past yellow Sprint screen now. :/ arrr
SOOO f&cking pissed.
Edit.
Looks like I'm able to start Odin the Odexed full .tar.
Hopefully I'll have a working phone again and stick with my personal tweaking just adding mods (from great the great devs and contributors) instead of whole ROMs for now.
I'll update if this finishes well.
Well not going well - still stuck at yellow Sprint boot screen (going on 5 minutes now) after reboot. And phone is hotter than hell.
WELL. CAN'T GET PAST YELLOW SPRINT SCREEN!!
I can get into download mode I Odin'd Stock tar and it completed but still no boot. FUUUUUU .....
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I have no stock recovery I can get into.
I can ONLY get into download mode and even then when I flash any available ROM I can't get past yellow sprint screen.
I've been at this for almost two days (12 hours yesterday and another 6 today)
ANYONE have any ideas?
Still nothing:
Wasn't able to get into recovery so:
Created a .tar.md5 of twrp 2.5.0.2 from the recovery image.
Flashed that via PC Odin and got into recovery.
But That still leaves me in a bind.
Flashed Stock MF9 kernel.zip and see what happens.
NOPE still stuck at Sprint screen.
Going to keep on f'n with it...
F it. After installing stock recovery and factory resetting a few times the thing is still jacked up.
WiFi will not stay connected and the phone is useless to me.
Worst experience I've personally ever had with a device
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First off go back to stock MF9 which will be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
You can use odin for it.
Then go to stock recovery (volume up + power button) and do a factory reset.
After let it boot and settle down. Once you have pass initial screen. Go turn it off and odin the tar files from which you downloaded. If your using 3.07 of odin then let it run even if it says odin not responding. If your using 1.85 make sure you delete .md5 extension (if you want the deodex version and your using 3.07 also delete .md5 extension appearently it will give you md5 error.) Once thats done you will boot up and will be rooted.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
First off go back to stock MF9 which will be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
You can use odin for it.
Then go to stock recovery (volume up + power button) and do a factory reset.
After let it boot and settle down. Once you have pass initial screen. Go turn it off and odin the tar files from which you downloaded. If your using 3.07 of odin then let it run even if it says odin not responding. If your using 1.85 make sure you delete .md5 extension (if you want the deodex version and your using 3.07 also delete .md5 extension appearently it will give you md5 error.) Once thats done you will boot up and will be rooted.
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I waited for for over 3.5 hours for that to download.
But by that time I'd already said F it.
I appear to have two lemons instead of phones.
Both are packed up with call tags/RMA's.
When I get my refund(s) for the phones I might be back.
At least I know have every possible zip, tar, tar.md5. .img and other file I could possibly need ready.
I posted some more info that may help others with regards to phone setups, and WiFi problems here.

[Q] Galaxy S5 Dev Edition (Verizon) TOTALLY WIPED

im in big trouble on this one, i rarely EVER ASK FOR HELP, but this time im done. i was on fusion 4.4.2 and decided i wanted to try lollipop. so i found the dev edition roms and tried loaading the with philz recovery. got it up and running but only had data NO MOBILE SERVICE. so i started loading different roms with no luck, tried different kernels thinking i mismatched them. still no luck so i tried couple different modems NO LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! got totally lost, upset and agarvated. well thats when i made a BIG BIG MISTAKE. i boot in philz touch and went to advanced menu i formatted EVERYTHING data, system, media EVERYTHING. now i load (thru odin) fresh Philz recovery found the ODIN TO STOCK thread have tried loading ALL the dev files complete stock firm, the kernel modems EVERYTHING. it takes on the phone but when it reboots gets stuck on GALAXY S5 sceen. still says custom and has unlock but wont boot up. so i go back into recovery go to load zip menu and alls thats on my phone is /0 folder and /clockmod folder. so the phone is wiped out and wont take anything thru odin. i can still get to philz but no way to get zip into phone to load. PLEASE TELL ME i didnt lock my bootloader????????? i really need some help here been working on this thing for 3days now. thanks in advance

			
				
1tonv said:
im in big trouble on this one, i rarely EVER ASK FOR HELP, but this time im done. i was on fusion 4.4.2 and decided i wanted to try lollipop. so i found the dev edition roms and tried loaading the with philz recovery. got it up and running but only had data NO MOBILE SERVICE. so i started loading different roms with no luck, tried different kernels thinking i mismatched them. still no luck so i tried couple different modems NO LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! got totally lost, upset and agarvated. well thats when i made a BIG BIG MISTAKE. i boot in philz touch and went to advanced menu i formatted EVERYTHING data, system, media EVERYTHING. now i load (thru odin) fresh Philz recovery found the ODIN TO STOCK thread have tried loading ALL the dev files complete stock firm, the kernel modems EVERYTHING. it takes on the phone but when it reboots gets stuck on GALAXY S5 sceen. still says custom and has unlock but wont boot up. so i go back into recovery go to load zip menu and alls thats on my phone is /0 folder and /clockmod folder. so the phone is wiped out and wont take anything thru odin. i can still get to philz but no way to get zip into phone to load. PLEASE TELL ME i didnt lock my bootloader????????? i really need some help here been working on this thing for 3days now. thanks in advance
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Factory reset after flashing back to stock?
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Factory reset after flashing back to stock?
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tried that AT LEAST three times no luck
You should be able to recover from any problem scenario you cause in recovery, using ODIN
Stock ROM from sammobile, maybe you'll need a PIT file to re-partition the phone, there is a thread on XDA in these S5 forums with PIT files
EDIT - 2nd post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2737448
After wiping everything AGAIN and letting it sit on galaxy screen it finally booted up. 1st thing I did was made a backup now I guess I'm gonna do A BUNCH MORE READING them I'll get this thing rooted and try some other rooms. Seems there's the A08 I'm on then NK2, N12 and other versions and seems only certain roms use certain kernels and firmware. So I need to get the right configuration for each b4 even trying to install them or they don't boot up.
A lot more to this galaxy s5 unlike my Nexus in the past. B4 just load the rom and go. With this s5 a lot more things to do and know about. All part of the game I guess

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