Samsung kiosk at Best Buy phone fixer program. - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone, I have a question about something. First I'll start with this, I rooted my phone (GS4) and I screwed around too much. Long story short I deleted my recovery by accident so people on xda told me to take it to Best Buy. I took it there and they hooked me up I said "Kies broke my phone" and I think they bought it, but anyway the woman at the desk hooked my phone up to the computer, put my phone in Odin download mode and installed something. She fixed my phone, recovery is all good, got rid of root and got all the bloatware back, but my phone was fixed and none of my stuff was missing. How? What was the program they used? I was going to ask what she did but I was short on time. Does anyone have a clue so I can get my hands on this in case it happens again? If anyone knows and could tell me I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!
PS. I think I posted this in the right forum. Hope so.
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I think she flashed the firmware through Odin. Did you try it before you sent your S4 there?
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Yeah she would of just flashed stock firmware with Odin
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They use a commercial only software named samsung smart care I believe.
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tatperson said:
I think she flashed the firmware through Odin. Did you try it before you sent your S4 there?
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No I didn't try it myself. I was going to but I figured I'll let the pros do it. If she flashed it back to stock, wouldn't it delete my data? Data as in music, pics and apps.
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Nope
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Quick question about the update

Hi I'm not on the stock rom do I have to odin ba,k to stock
And click on software update and I should get it right
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Anyone ?
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its being pushed out ota, so you can odin back and not have it waiting on you, the best thing to do is just wait for a dev or Sammy to release a downloadable version so you wont be stuck on stock waiting up to 3 weeks for an update.
From what I understand and have gathered from the numerous other questions posted about this exact thing on the forum... I believe custom roms will not receive the ota through their phone, but you should seriously read through other threads before posting something like this
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After odin back to stock I'm going to call tmobile and tell them that I did not get the update
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Ok, along similar lines. I flashed the leaked JI2 rom (no other fixes) via ODIN. Should I expect an OTA update? How do I get back to stock?
Odin back to stock
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2012iawait said:
After odin back to stock I'm going to call tmobile and tell them that I did not get the update
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Are you dumb or something?
2012iawait said:
Hi I'm not on the stock rom do I have to odin ba,k to stock
And click on software update and I should get it right
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yes u need to go to the stock room. Now the update, if is TRUE, is been released in groups, not everybody will get it at the same time.
Why is that dum?
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i am back to stock now did any one in ny queens get it?
2012iawait said:
Odin back to stock
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And now I have a brick. Started the process in odin with a tar and pit file from this thread.
This was a freshly exchanged Vibrant (my old one, with a wonky USB port is sitting in the return shipping box). So now, I've got ANOTHER Vibrant on the way. I have to take the one I was exchanging and take it out of the sealed shipping box I was going to send back Friday and use it in the meantime. Since I have to break the tamper proof seal I have to wait to send back the bricked phone until they send me another shipping label and seal. Sheesh!!
You are clearly to noob to mod with your phone lol.
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You are clearly to noob to mod with your phone lol.
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You would think so, but...umm no.
Never had this problem with my G1(flashed, re-flashed and then some), oh how I miss it!! I think the Vibrant hates me!!
Phone 1) swapped it out for GPS issue (when they were still thinking it was isolated) Phone 2) horrid call quality for some reason and dropping off of network (switched out sim card first) Phone 3) stopped being recognized by PC and now Phone 4) this one was my fault

Android Anonymous XDA Discussion Thread

This thread is for discussing all themes, mods and rom's made by Android Anonymous.
Our rom was not locked due to safety issues. It is perfectly fine to.flash.
I never accepted donations... I don't do it for money... and it is a pain to find and put all of that together with no issues manually if someone didn't put it in a 'rom'. There are alot if other rom development that do the same thing. I didn't bring any 'wonders' to the epic. People like the people you listed. I didn't know the kernel was part of a payed rom and neither did b-reezy. Someone else (unnamed) sent us a link to the rom without informing us it was donate ware. On a side fact, requiring money of a firmware based on a free os by Samsung and Google without proper permission would be illigal and since it is just a modified Samsung kernel without permissions to require money for the rom that contains it, it is technically free. But it wasnt do to anything about being donate-ware, it was due to with it cantaining a part of bonsai. Stop spamming the thread with this crap. I won't switch to a different kernel until ext4 is made by someone other than bonsai... Hopefully that clarifies it all.
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We will kindly follow anything the xda moderators say. We will just post everything on our website so we can keep ext4.
Due to some XDA rules please do not post any links to the Android Anonymous website! Just Google it.
DONT DISCUSS THE LOCKING OF ANY THREADS OR ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO XDA!!!
DO NOT TROLL!!
marcusant said:
This thread is for discussing all themes, mods and rom's made by Android Anonymous.
Due to some XDA rules please do not post any links to the Android Anonymous website! Just Google it.
DO NOT TROLL!!
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/me trolls....
Bro, love your work you're doing to help keep this community moving forward. I like the i1 rom and running it right now. My only issue the pain in the a$$ time I have with gps, though I know that's not your fault.
This thread follows all of the rules
So does this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017220
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Why is your ROM under investigation? If that's not out of the question to ask.
Aside from that, I do love your work. You really get **** done
Great idea.... You have been doing good work man.
I have some sort of glitch going on here. All of a sudden my touchscreen became totally unresponsive when the keyboard is closed. I flashed my nandroid backup and its still not working. Is there possibly some button I could have accidently hit while my phone was in my pocket that disables touchscreen?
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JohnCorleone said:
I have some sort of glitch going on here. All of a sudden my touchscreen became totally unresponsive when the keyboard is closed. I flashed my nandroid backup and its still not working. Is there possibly some button I could have accidently hit while my phone was in my pocket that disables touchscreen?
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Its a freeze caused by a force close.
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JohnCorleone said:
I have some sort of glitch going on here. All of a sudden my touchscreen became totally unresponsive when the keyboard is closed. I flashed my nandroid backup and its still not working. Is there possibly some button I could have accidently hit while my phone was in my pocket that disables touchscreen?
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Guna have to try CWM clear dalvik,cache and fix permissions. if that fails, ODIN time. IF THAT fails.. well time for new epic?
Shoulon said:
Guna have to try CWM clear dalvik,cache and fix permissions. if that fails, ODIN time. IF THAT fails.. well time for new epic?
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Thank goodness for my insurance. Wiping didn't work. Going to try fixing permissions next then Odin. I will report back shortly. Thanks for the quick responses guys.
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Your work kicks ass. Keep on doing what you're doing!
MikeyLee said:
Your work kicks ass. Keep on doing what you're doing!
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Its because we made it fast. Someone probably had a fully functional cm7 lol.
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fixing permissions didnt work. whats odd is that the touchscreen is totally fine when i slide open the keyboard. damn, odin is next i guess. any more suggestions?
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Man I love ur work where ever u go ill follow
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JohnCorleone said:
fixing permissions didnt work. whats odd is that the touchscreen is totally fine when i slide open the keyboard. damn, odin is next i guess. any more suggestions?
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Wipe 3x and reflash. Sounds like a hardware disconnection...
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marcusant said:
Wipe 3x and reflash. Sounds like a hardware disconnection...
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did that as well. I didnt drop my phone, bump it or anything. I will try Odin now. thanks
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got another q 4 u.... dl-ed the beta again and now im on the samsung screen and it just vibrates? shoud i odin? and if yes what tar do you recommend?
thanks
apatcas said:
got another q 4 u.... dl-ed the beta again and now im on the samsung screen and it just vibrates? shoud i odin? and if yes what tar do you recommend?
thanks
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I would delete /.bonsai/ and the beta on your sdcard then download the beta on a PC and put on your phone.
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marcusant said:
I would delete /.bonsai/ and the beta on your sdcard then download the beta on a PC and put on your phone.
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can u pm me the link again? thanks
apatcas said:
got another q 4 u.... dl-ed the beta again and now im on the samsung screen and it just vibrates? shoud i odin? and if yes what tar do you recommend?
thanks
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Use a different sdcard. Have no clue why no rational explanation but it worked first try for me no vibrates at all
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Question about bypassing lockscreen

I had someone try to break into a property that I own and they dropped their phone which happens to be a Samsung epic 4g obviously, my question is I wanted to find out who this person is by going through their phone but its password locked. Is there a way I can by pass the lock screen somehow without resetting the device?
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You could get them clockworkmod 5 through odin, root them through it, then backup their phone, then flash a ROM and then you could go through there SD card for maybe some more evidence...
Sorry I can't post any links on how to, I'm in the middle of a class right now actually lol hopefully someone will be able to though. If they don't, ill be sure to later for most help on this stuff though you can just go to QBKING77 on youtube, he'll show you how to do all things on the Epic.
I'd take the ESN and call Sprint, tell them someone lost their phone and ask them to tell you the owner/address so you can return the phone. Then call the police and give them the info. Or just get the police involved now. Playing detective can be fun and all, but its almost always best to just contact the cops and let them handle it.
However, academically:
If you want to read the contents of the SD Card, just remove it an put it in a card reader...lol.
Now if you wanted to actually get into "their stuff" e.g. e-mail, sms. You'd need to do some more work as noted above. I think you could make a backup of their data in CWM and then purchase titanium backup pro to restore app+data or data only of their info.
Yup odin cm5 then back up, advanced restore data. Bingo
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isn't there an ADB command to unlock the screen? I wonder if it still works if it is a password protected lock screen.
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You aren't the thief are you? Or are you? Dum dum dummmmmm!
Thanks for all the help. I'll try using Odin. And no I'm not the thief otherwise why wouldnt I just reset the phone and use it? I have a galaxy nexus.
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crookone10 said:
Thanks for all the help. I'll try using Odin. And no I'm not the thief otherwise why wouldnt I just reset the phone and use it? I have a galaxy nexus.
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hehehe. Its your name.
gastricpenguin said:
hehehe. Its your name.
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hummm
but ya just odin cwm5 nandroid the phone then flash Clean GB rom to the phone, boot it up then go back to cwm & advised restore the data. Then hopefully find there home & lite in on FIRE. burn burn BURN mother f(ker heheheheheh
crookone10 said:
Thanks for all the help. I'll try using Odin. And no I'm not the thief otherwise why wouldnt I just reset the phone and use it? I have a galaxy nexus.
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Btw if you have no use for it pm me please
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Lol my last name is Crook
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i9505 modem on i377?

Is it possible to flash i9505 modem on i377?
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Why would you want to do that in the first place?
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Exactly my question, for what reason? What would be the benefit?
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Why would you want to do that in the first place?
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Because device doesn't catch 3g where others devices (sgs3, sgs3 mini, nexus n7 3g, zte mf30 3g-wifi router) catch.
Please answer rather than ask back.
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NO then, because it is NOT going to fix the data issue, that was the reason for the ask. You want help, answer the questions, otherwise move along. Just flash one and see for yourself.
The Ax says, YOUR WELCOME
TheAxman said:
NO then, because it is NOT going to fix the data issue, that was the reason for the ask. You want help, answer the questions, otherwise move along. Just flash one and see for yourself.
The Ax says, YOUR WELCOME
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I see you don't know answer for the question.
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I gave you the answer, have you tried it? Flash it and see.
The Ax says, how long are you going to wait? The answer has been given.
Lets move along.
TheAxman said:
NO then, because it is NOT going to fix the data issue, that was the reason for the ask. You want help, answer the questions, otherwise move along. Just flash one and see for yourself.
The Ax says, YOUR WELCOME
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@TheAxman...this is why we have froobs here messing up devices. All they do is flash, flash, and more flashing without reading first. Then they come here crying thinking we have all the answers for them.
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doktor buknasty said:
@TheAxman...this is why we have froobs here messing up devices. All they do is flash, flash, and more flashing without reading first. Then they come here crying thinking we have all the answers for them.
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I don't know, and when you question them, they get seriously bent out of shape. I don't know if anyone has ever done tech work on a phone or on a a forum, in order to get an accurate fix/answer the tech must ask what you have done to get where they were, and so on, also accurate information would aide in a quick fix. It is important.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR CARRIER LISTED IN YOUR USER PROFILE
Service provider
If you have multiple SIMs, select the provider you use most:
I am not going to even get involved, I am tired of playing the guessing game.
TheAxman said:
I don't know, and when you question them, they get seriously bent out of shape. I don't know if anyone has ever done tech work on a phone or on a a forum, in order to get an accurate fix/answer the tech must ask what you have done to get where they were, and so on, also accurate information would aide in a quick fix. And I for one and standing up to this little issue.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR CARRIER LISTED IN YOUR USER PROFILE
Service provider
If you have multiple SIMs, select the provider you use most:
I am not going to even get involved, I am tired of playing the guessing game.
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This video sums up the majority of froobs on xda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwleOote5M0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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doktor buknasty said:
This video sums up the majority of froobs on xda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwleOote5M0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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hehe that's some funny stuff right there....on the nosey.
You just gave me an idea. everytime someone gets pissy when I am trying to help, I springing this on them.
Thanks
doktor buknasty said:
This video sums up the majority of froobs on xda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwleOote5M0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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HAHA:good::good:

[Q] Root after update?

I updated my Galaxy s5 AT&T before o knew that it would compromise rooting it. Will there be a root available for the updated version anytime so? If not, is there anyway to revert back to the old version?
This has been answered hundreds of times. No you can currently root and there is no way to go back. Only time will tell when a root method will be found
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IgnitedBeast said:
I updated my Galaxy s5 AT&T before o knew that it would compromise rooting it. Will there be a root available for the updated version anytime so? If not, is there anyway to revert back to the old version?
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jd1639 said:
This has answered hundreds of times. No you can currently root and there is no way to go back. Only time will tell when a root method will be found
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To the OP, please search the forum next time. 10 times a day users come in here and ask the same question. Some search and post in existing threads while most just begin a new thread without doing any kind of research.
As jd has said, you are now in a waiting game. Get comfortable. Cheers
IgnitedBeast said:
I updated my Galaxy s5 AT&T before o knew that it would compromise rooting it. Will there be a root available for the updated version anytime so? If not, is there anyway to revert back to the old version?
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You got a Galaxy s5 !!!!
AWESOME!!
joeybear23 said:
You got a Galaxy s5 !!!!
AWESOME!!
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Yea, unfortunately his boot loader is locked down tighter than an s4 on mf3.
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I think this answer should be stickie'd for now.
jd1639 said:
This has been answered hundreds of times. No you can currently root and there is no way to go back. Only time will tell when a root method will be found
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The Verizon OTA that locked everything down just like our update was just recently solved, so maybe there is hope!
I understand it's a completely different network type, but at least it's encouraging news! :thumbup:
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Thanks for the replys guys! Sorry im such a n00b to this website! Another question, is there a rom for the S4 (not s5 im an idiot) that is stock android but includes features like air view, air gestures, smart pause, etc?
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Thanks for the replys guys! Sorry im such a n00b to this website! Another question, is there a rom for the S4 (not s5 im an idiot) that is stock android but includes features like air view, air gestures, smart pause, etc?
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...and yet you still don't search?
IgnitedBeast said:
Thanks for the replys guys! Sorry im such a n00b to this website! Another question, is there a rom for the S4 (not s5 im an idiot) that is stock android but includes features like air view, air gestures, smart pause, etc?
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No
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I've been using SHOstock and those features are intact
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IgnitedBeast said:
Thanks for the replys guys! Sorry im such a n00b to this website! Another question, is there a rom for the S4 (not s5 im an idiot) that is stock android but includes features like air view, air gestures, smart pause, etc?
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Unfortunately things like Samsung's air gestures, air view and really anything else that is exclusive to android on the s4 is owned and copyrighted (hopefully that's the right word) to Samsung. So it wouldn't be right, morally or legally, to use those in a custom rom. Perhaps in the future some of these features may be recreated. For example I know Task650's rom has stated he has the infrared blaster working, but I haven't confirmed myself due to using a rom other than aokp.
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lodidarkening said:
Unfortunately things like Samsung's air gestures, air view and really anything else that is exclusive to android on the s4 is owned and copyrighted (hopefully that's the right word) to Samsung. So it wouldn't be right, morally or legally, to use those in a custom rom. Perhaps in the future some of these features may be recreated. For example I know Task650's rom has stated he has the infrared blaster working, but I haven't confirmed myself due to using a rom other than aokp.
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Is not so much copyright rules as it is custom code. The proprietary features from Samsung are not open source and not part of Android. In order for them to be included in another non-Samsung rom somebody would have to get source for these features.

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