Hello, today i wanted to flash a new rom on my galaxy s4, rooted it a while ago but hadn't flashed a rom. Went to Rom Manager and was gonna do a backup but it was giving me an error so I could not do the backup. Since I had saved all my pictures and everything on dropbox I just went ahead and went to recovery mode and wiped my data so I could flash the new rom. When I tried to wipe the cache partition it just rebooted my phone. When the phone started up I get all the usual setup from TouchWiz. I started setting it all up as usual but when I get to the final screen (learn about key features) I hit finish and then i get the "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." not allowing me to continue on to my home screen. So as of right now my phone is basically a paper weight because I can not to anything. Has anyone else encountered this ? Is there a work around ? Will appreciate all help.
P.s. Sorry if there is already a post about this, I just don't frequent this page very often and don't quite understand how all the search functions and all that work.
abyxjohnson said:
Hello, today i wanted to flash a new rom on my galaxy s4, rooted it a while ago but hadn't flashed a rom. Went to Rom Manager and was gonna do a backup but it was giving me an error so I could not do the backup. Since I had saved all my pictures and everything on dropbox I just went ahead and went to recovery mode and wiped my data so I could flash the new rom. When I tried to wipe the cache partition it just rebooted my phone. When the phone started up I get all the usual setup from TouchWiz. I started setting it all up as usual but when I get to the final screen (learn about key features) I hit finish and then i get the "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." not allowing me to continue on to my home screen. So as of right now my phone is basically a paper weight because I can not to anything. Has anyone else encountered this ? Is there a work around ? Will appreciate all help.
P.s. Sorry if there is already a post about this, I just don't frequent this page very often and don't quite understand how all the search functions and all that work.
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First off what firmware are you on. MDL, mf3, mj6, mj9? To check go to settings - more - about device and check build number. If it is mf3 than you need to go to the general section and read how to odin the md5 file same as other build numbers. You just have to take your time and read.
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Never use rom manage to flash a rom. As stated, we need to know the firmware you're on to help you.
[email protected] said:
First off what firmware are you on. MDL, mf3, mj6, mj9? To check go to settings - more - about device and check build number. If it is mf3 than you need to go to the general section and read how to odin the md5 file same as other build numbers. You just have to take your time and read.
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I cant check because I cannot get into the phone. I cannot complete the initial setup of the phone.
abyxjohnson said:
I cant check because I cannot get into the phone. I cannot complete the initial setup of the phone.
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Can you boot it into download mode?
Edit, do you have a custom recovery on it and did you make a nandroid?
Do you have safestrap or how do you flash roms? Because if you have safestrap than your on mf3.. If you can install Roms without safestrap than you must be on MDL.
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jd1639 said:
Never use rom manage to flash a rom. As stated, we need to know the firmware you're on to help you.
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I didnt use rom manager to flash the rom, I was trying to create a backup of my stock rom with it. I went to recovery mode to try and flash the rom.
[email protected] said:
Do you have safestrap or how do you flash roms? Because if you have safestrap than your on mf3.. If you can install Roms without safestrap than you must be on MDL.
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I dont have safestrap, and I hadn't installed any roms on my S4 yet, this was going to be the first time. I use to flash rome on my S2 a while back and was gonna do it for the first time with my S4 through recovery mode. Sorry if im not really giving you key information, I just don't know it. I learned the basics of flashing roms and that was about it. Obviously the wrong thing to do because I might have just rendered my phone useless.
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Can you boot it into download mode?
Edit, do you have a custom recovery on it and did you make a nandroid?
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Yes I can boot into download mode. Yes, I have clockworkmod installed. No I could not make a backup, It kept crashing and would not allow me.
I would try to odin the mdl firmware in download mode. You can get the firmware at sammobile.com. You'll have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in odin, PDA.
jd1639 said:
I would try to odin the mdl firmware in download mode. You can get the firmware at sammobile.com. You'll have to register but it's free. You'll download a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in odin, PDA.
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Is there a place I can get a step by step of how to do this somewhere ? Really sorry, Im just not very knowledgeable about all this stuff.
abyxjohnson said:
Is there a place I can get a step by step of how to do this somewhere ? Really sorry, Im just not very knowledgeable about all this stuff.
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You can try this guide. It's not for the s4 but all the steps are the same. Just don't use any files except for Odin linked in it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
jd1639 said:
You can try this guide. It's not for the s4 but all the steps are the same. Just don't use any files except for Odin linked in it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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Did everything with Odin and downloaded the file I needed but when I try to flash with Odin it says Fail. And at the messages you get at the bottom it says "Cant open the serial (COM) port."
abyxjohnson said:
Did everything with Odin and downloaded the file I needed but when I try to flash with Odin it says Fail. And at the messages you get at the bottom it says "Cant open the serial (COM) port."
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You doing it on a Windows pc? Use the usb ports in the back, not the front. You the usb cable that came with your phone.
jd1639 said:
You doing it on a Windows pc? Use the usb ports in the back, not the front. You the usb cable that came with your phone.
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Im using a laptop. Trying all the USB ports with the original cable that came with the phone.
abyxjohnson said:
Did everything with Odin and downloaded the file I needed but when I try to flash with Odin it says Fail. And at the messages you get at the bottom it says "Cant open the serial (COM) port."
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Check to see if there are any popups that you have to allow before a connection can be made. Sometimes they appear behind the ODIN screen (on the PC). Also, make sure you have the proper drivers installed.
If you can get to clockwork, just copy a new rom to your SD card and flash it. You'll be up and running in 5 minutes.
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I have tried to update manually but cant. I have downloaded the file from samsung, put on root of card as update.zip and tried to install from clockwork. Is this the wrong way to do it.
I am on all stock and have clockwork installed. I downloaded from the link that has been provided from samsung It says E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
Firmware version-2.1-update1
Build Number-SPH-D700 ECLAIR.DI18
So is there something I am doing wrong?
If you're using clockwork, you aren't on stock. Last resort is to use the flash utility that Samsung provided. It completely wipes your phone (not your sd card).
nubsors said:
If you're using clockwork, you aren't on stock. Last resort is to use the flash utility that Samsung provided. It completely wipes your phone (not your sd card).
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Is there a way to remove clockwork besides going back to stock? Also since I do have clockwork installed, will I not get the ota update to work correctly?
I can tell you what I know.
1) The official OTA update does not work with non-stock roms. In your case, your rom became non-stock once you installed CWR.
2) The flash utility provided by samsung will take any epic and clear it of user data and the existing rom and then flashes the 2.2.1 official rom. Your SD card will be untouched, at least mine was.
3) You can always re-root after you've flashed the official release. Do a search in this forum and you can find threads that explain how.
Good luck sir.
Just go get the cwm flashable pre-rooted eb13 rom that dameon87 posted in the dev section. There's also a link to it in the wiki.
DiGi760 said:
Just go get the cwm flashable pre-rooted eb13 rom that dameon87 posted in the dev section. There's also a link to it in the wiki.
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Any difference between that and the one you can download from samsung or what you would get from OTA?
mynewepic10 said:
Any difference between that and the one you can download from samsung or what you would get from OTA?
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Need to know too.
DiGi760 said:
Just go get the cwm flashable pre-rooted eb13 rom that dameon87 posted in the dev section. There's also a link to it in the wiki.
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That one did not work. Do I need to try to get the one that is not signed. I dowloaded the signed one and it did not work. After the install it tried to boot up, but went to the samsung screen and then into the official factory restore mode and tried to reboot and stuck on samsung screen.
Use the unsigned one. The only difference betwen the flashable and the one from samsung is the flashable is deodexed.
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s9ortner said:
Use the unsigned one. The only difference betwen the flashable and the one from samsung is the flashable is deodexed.
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Thanks doing that now.
I had the same problem. Will try odin method when I get home, but I doubt that will work. Didn't work with the developers froyo.
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I can't get the manual to work - mine is rooted and rommed, but my husband's is stock.
I have downloaded direct from Samsung 3 times. Once loaded on computer and opened, the Eula doesn't even have the Next button which is needed to proceed.
So strange, guess he will wait for the OTA and drain his battery at an inconvenient time!!
s9ortner said:
Use the unsigned one. The only difference betwen the flashable and the one from samsung is the flashable is deodexed.
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I tried both of them and neither one of them worked.
nmoreman said:
I can't get the manual to work - mine is rooted and rommed, but my husband's is stock.
I have downloaded direct from Samsung 3 times. Once loaded on computer and opened, the Eula doesn't even have the Next button which is needed to proceed.
So strange, guess he will wait for the OTA and drain his battery at an inconvenient time!!
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I'm getting the same problem with the samsung update software. I click yes to accept
And there is nothing that says next, just exit. I am getting errors using odin too. My computer
will see my phone just fine.....until I put it in download mode and try to connect with odin.
I keep trying to repair modem and restart computer to no avail. Its just weird how it all changes for the worse in DL mode. I don't know what to do....
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funeralplanner said:
I'm getting the same problem with the samsung update software. I click yes to accept
And there is nothing that says next, just exit. I am getting errors using odin too. My computer
will see my phone just fine.....until I put it in download mode and try to connect with odin.
I keep trying to repair modem and restart computer to no avail. Its just weird how it all changes for the worse in DL mode. I don't know what to do....
Sent from my epic that is stuck forever on 2.1
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If you are using odin try this.
Start odin on your PC first and have it up.
Put phone into download mode
Plug in your phone via usb and see if that helps.
It already sounds like you have the samsung drivers installed, but check to make sure.
mynewepic10 said:
If you are using odin try this.
Start odin on your PC first and have it up.
Put phone into download mode
Plug in your phone via usb and see if that helps.
It already sounds like you have the samsung drivers installed, but check to make sure.
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Well I gave that a try. No go. I have tried everything I know. Two different computers, both xp. I can't even use the samsung utility because I keep getting the cant connect to usb. When it isn't in download mode i can connect to the computer, both computers just fine. It will tell me what phone I have and all. I just don't get it. Maybe I will just delete driver and install again. Is it a phone problem?
funeralplanner said:
Well I gave that a try. No go. I have tried everything I know. Two different computers, both xp. I can't even use the samsung utility because I keep getting the cant connect to usb. When it isn't in download mode i can connect to the computer, both computers just fine. It will tell me what phone I have and all. I just don't get it. Maybe I will just delete driver and install again. Is it a phone problem?
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I have used a different version of odin with no issues at all. I have never used this one before.
Hello, a theme ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328950 ) did brick my device, am using Task650 version 10 ROM WiFi only model 16GB, i installed the "Layers In Paris V3 theme zip file over his rom and now my device get passed the the booth animation, i wiped/reset factory setting, wiped dalvick, cache, and wiped system, it wouldnt get passed it, now i formatted system from recovery and it won't get passed the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 writing you see when you power the Tab on, i need help on what to do because i can't even access the memory to load a ROM zip to reflash it.
someone wrote to me "to set up adb which lets you push files to your tab"
So the question is this too
What is adb ? "to set up adb which lets you push files to your tab" When i went to mount SD card in recovery, the systems keep telling me that "E:unable to open ums file lunfile (No such file or directory) Couldn't open directory," Then what do i do to load new ROM and flash it again or get my tablet working ? Please i need help here
Well you've just learned rule #1 the hard way. Always do a nandroid backup from CMW.
You could restore back to stock using ODIN. All the files you need are in the How To Root thread.
Jay Evans said:
Well you've just learned rule #1 the hard way. Always do a nandroid backup from CMW.
You could restore back to stock using ODIN. All the files you need are in the How To Root thread.
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Yes i really learnt it the hard way, besides now i know, but can you provide a link to that thread ? but the tablet wouldn't mount on SD Card anymore ? the computer don't see it as a removable drive like it always does, so how would i restore back to stock when i can't load the zip file ?
install Kies at first
zinty said:
Yes i really learnt it the hard way, besides now i know, but can you provide a link to that thread ? but the tablet wouldn't mount on SD Card anymore ? the computer don't see it as a removable drive like it always does, so how would i restore back to stock when i can't load the zip file ?
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This is the wrong place to ask these questions and there will be people telling you that soon
If you can get into download mode, use Odin to flash stock. Thread below with all info how to do that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
xpakage said:
This is the wrong place to ask these questions and there will be people telling you that soon
If you can get into download mode, use Odin to flash stock. Thread below with all info how to do that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
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Stock What ? ROM or recovery and after that, what happens since i have wiped off the OS inside it when i did system/format ? Yes i have kies a long time ago in my computer but Kies doesnt see the tab if i connect it to the computer but i can still go into downloading mode.
zinty said:
Stock What ? ROM or recovery and after that, what happens since i have wiped off the OS inside it when i did system/format ? Yes i have kies a long time ago in my computer but Kies doesnt see the tab if i connect it to the computer but i can still go into downloading mode.
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Odin restore will return your device (ROM AND RECOVERY) back to stock. Just boot your tab into download mode then connect to your computer with odin running and you will see a yellow box showing your device is connected. If it doesn't detect it, you need to get the correct drivers.
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zinty said:
Stock What ? ROM or recovery and after that, what happens since i have wiped off the OS inside it when i did system/format ? Yes i have kies a long time ago in my computer but Kies doesnt see the tab if i connect it to the computer but i can still go into downloading mode.
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Cromius said:
Odin restore will return your device (ROM AND RECOVERY) back to stock. Just boot your tab into download mode then connect to your computer with odin running and you will see a yellow box showing your device is connected. If it doesn't detect it, you need to get the correct drivers.
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And then from the stock ROM listed in the provided link, you will then flash the CWM/Recovery to be able to flash a ROM you want to run/flash.
xpakage said:
And then from the stock ROM listed in the provided link, you will then flash the CWM/Recovery to be able to flash a ROM you want to run/flash.
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Ok thanks so much guys, i have flashed the stock recovery with Odin but it still stops at Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 welcome message and won't open the USB Storage for me to load the stock rom, so how do i flash it into the Tab with this Odin i used to restore stock recovery, please i help me one more time, i have learnt my lessons already
Get an ipad
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Get an ipad
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Bro, that's not cool, anyone can make a mistake, besides i was only trying to flash a theme, like i always did, no one told me to choose android, i know the best so i went for it, this a place to help everyone not to laugh at them, if you have answers to my last request, please give it to me, thanks.
Ok thanks so much guys, i have flashed the stock recovery with Odin but it still stops at Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 welcome message and won't open the USB Storage for me to load the stock rom, so how do i flash it into the Tab with this Odin i have used to restore stock recovery, please i need help here one more time, i have learnt my lessons already
One more lesson you need to learn is, post in the right section? You think QaA stands for Quinn and Anderson? Since you didnt even manage to read the forum rules and post right it was only a mather of time before you bricked something
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FLASH STOCK ROM FROM ODIN ALSO FLASH FLASH FLASH ODIN ODIN. You should manage the rest
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zinty said:
Ok thanks so much guys, i have flashed the stock recovery with Odin but it still stops at Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 welcome message and won't open the USB Storage for me to load the stock rom, so how do i flash it into the Tab with this Odin i used to restore stock recovery, please i help me one more time, i have learnt my lessons already
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Try going into download and Odin flash the stock ROM again.
If the stock ROM flashed correctly, after up to a 10 minute wait, it should boot into the stock ROM. Then you will go into download again, Odin flash either the recovery from that link or the newer recovery from the below link. You should be able to place the Rom of choice on the SD and flash through recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090289
norpan111 said:
One more lesson you need to learn is, post in the right section? You think QaA stands for Quinn and Anderson? Since you didnt even manage to read the forum rules and post right it was only a mather of time before you bricked something
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Isn't there also a rule against flaming, and letting mods do the modding?
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Questions or Problems Should Not Be Posted in the Development Forum
Please Post in the Correct Forums and Read THIS
Moving to General
iaminflames said:
Get an ipad
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+1. Considering the questions, I think a leappad might make more sense.
Thanks guys, my tablet is back, i really appreciate the help and sorry Admin, i didn't know the right place to put the thread, besides that's the side i visit always, that was why i dropped it there, please for some of us, next time, don't joke about things, no one is perfect. Am so happy, thanks everyone.
So i used goo manager to install twrp on my att s4. I was running the new firmware. MF3. I rebooted my phone to find my self set right to download mode and it says, Could not do normal boot! Please help me, i would like the re flash that firmware but cant find it.
nicholascap said:
So i used goo manager to install twrp on my att s4. I was running the new firmware. MF3. I rebooted my phone to find my self set right to download mode and it says, Could not do normal boot! Please help me, i would like the re flash that firmware but cant find it.
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so you were rooted and running MF3, you simply installed twrp via goo manager and the device only boots to the error/warning screen, right? normally, flashing the stock firmware via odin clears up this issue but in this case, you cannot flash back to MDL or MDB from MF3, nor is there an MF3 firmware tar that i've seen anywhere. hmmm...
Link me to a stock MF3 recovery.img and I can make it a .tar for you...
;44285866 said:
Link me to a stock MF3 recovery.img and I can make it a .tar for you...
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Yea, good luck with that! Linking to the image I mean.
jd1639 said:
Yea, good luck with that! Linking to the image I mean.
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Someone pulled it about a week back trying to make an MF3 ROM that doesn't lock things down... I'm not looking for it, my phone has and always will work...
Try this open back panel take out batt. get you s/number put everything back together and run kies emergency recovety. All you need is module number and s/number and it will reinstall back to stock had a similar issue my first hr with my SGS4
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VICIOUSVIC1 said:
Try this open back panel take out batt. get you s/number put everything back together and run kies emergency recovety. All you need is module number and s/number and it will reinstall back to stock had a similar issue my first hr with my SGS4
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That will also work, but wasn't he rooted on MF3? I've stopped following XDA for the most part since i have to lay low... MF3 has been rooted after a full update to it?
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That will also work, but wasn't he rooted on MF3? I've stopped following XDA for the most part since i have to lay low... MF3 has been rooted after a full update to it?
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Mf3 has been rooted, but no way to put on a custom recovery or return to stock via odin. There's no firmware available.
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That will also work, but wasn't he rooted on MF3? I've stopped following XDA for the most part since i have to lay low... MF3 has been rooted after a full update to it?
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Rooted, yes, but no exploit or recovery.
jd1639 said:
Mf3 has been rooted, but no way to put on a custom recovery or return to stock via odin. There's no firmware available.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
Rooted, yes, but no exploit or recovery.
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Kies it is then...
@OP
Uninstall the Samsung USB Drivers
Run CCleaner
Reboot
Install Kies and do an Emergency firmware recovery with the phone in download mode
Ljs is hopefully here to stay.
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Ljs is hopefully here to stay.
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Never know...
No luck
xBeerdroiDx said:
so you were rooted and running MF3, you simply installed twrp via goo manager and the device only boots to the error/warning screen, right? normally, flashing the stock firmware via odin clears up this issue but in this case, you cannot flash back to MDL or MDB from MF3, nor is there an MF3 firmware tar that i've seen anywhere. hmmm...
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Ya I have looked every where for the MF3 firmware no one has it. I'll try the kies idea
nicholascap said:
Ya I have looked every where for the MF3 firmware no one has it. I'll try the kids idea
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Look in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378946
That recovery.img can be made into a .tar
EDIT - I dont see recovery.img, use KIES
Recovery img
Where on that page is the recovery.img? Is the it rom file?
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Look in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378946
That recovery.img can be made into a .tar
EDIT - I dont see recovery.img, use KIES
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But will the efuses allow it to be flashed?
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Where on that page is the recovery.img? Is the it rom file?
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I was mistaken, it's not there... Those are just dumps of his partitions... You are having a reccovery issue, since the stock 3e recovery is gone...
Just use KIES, follow my steps a few posts back to prevent a connectivity issue.
can you see if you can find that for me. thx
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You're going to have to better than that... I can and will create as many accounts as I please, spam if I want, and do everything I can to make your job harder.
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KIES
KIES will only pull up a old firmware not the new one so it wont flash. IDK what to do now,
My galaxy is messing up everytime I turn it on it gets stuck on the Samsung logo and I dont what to do please help if you know how to fix this.
Did it just starting doing this by itself or have you recently flashed our installed anything. Also, what firmware are you on?
jd1639 said:
Did it just starting doing this by itself or have you recently flashed our installed anything. Also, what firmware are you on?
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Im on AT&T i337 MK2 and all I did was reboot it so a new transition when opening apps would apply when it tried rebboting it go stuck on the samsung logo
Pace Sketchy said:
Im on AT&T i337 MK2 and all I did was reboot it so a new transition when opening apps would apply when it tried rebboting it go stuck on the samsung logo
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Have you tried rebooting it again and do you have a backup of your phone. I'm sure we can get it working again but to do that it might wipe your device.
jd1639 said:
Have you tried rebooting it again and do you have a backup of your phone. I'm sure we can get it working again but to do that it might wipe your device.
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I have tried rebooting it multiple times and it wont work. Yes I have a backup. By the way my phone is also rooted.
Pace Sketchy said:
I have tried rebooting it multiple times and it wont work. Yes I have a backup. By the way my phone is also rooted.
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I would try a factory reset in recovery, you'll lose root so you'll have to re-root afterwards.
Wait do you have safestrap
jd1639 said:
I would try a factory reset in recovery, you'll lose root so you'll have to re-root afterwards.
Wait do you have safestrap
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To tell you the truth I really dont know what I have. I just rooted my phone thats all I know. Sorry I cant tell you that part
Pace Sketchy said:
To tell you the truth I really dont know what I have. I just rooted my phone thats all I know. Sorry I cant tell you that part
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Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Ok ill tell you how everything goes
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Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Ok I did it three times and when I reboot its still doing it but on top of it all its still rooted cause when I reboot it still says Samsung Custom and shows a lock symbol.
Pace Sketchy said:
Ok I did it three times and when I reboot its still doing it but on top of it all its still rooted cause when I reboot it still says Samsung Custom and shows a lock symbol.
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That's not a good sign that it's not working. The next thing to try is to flash the factory firmware. See the attached. You'll want to download the all in one file and flash that in odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
You'll download a .rar file, use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in the PDA slot in odin.
jd1639 said:
That's not a good sign that it's not working. The next thing to try is to flash the factory firmware. See the attached. You'll want to download the all in one file and flash that in odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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Is it the one that says all in one mirrior or the all in one i337 MK2. And I really hope this works cause I cant have this phone break.
All in one mirror
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All in one mirror
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Ok thanks but also do I download Odin on the computer or go into download mode on my phone?
Pace Sketchy said:
Ok thanks but also do I download Odin on the computer or go into download mode on my phone?
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Download Odin and the all in one onto your computer. You'll run Odin from your computer. Boot your phone into download mode then plug it into your usb cable. Odin should show that your device is connected.
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Download Odin and the all in one onto your computer. You'll run Odin from your computer. Boot your phone into download mode then plug it into your usb cable. Odin should show that your device is connected.
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Ok thanks. Is there a certain place i should download Odin?
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Ok thanks. Is there a certain place i should download Odin?
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Doesn't really matter. Somewhere where you'll be able to find it
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Doesn't really matter. Somewhere where you'll be able to find it
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Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
Pace Sketchy said:
Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
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Start it up. You'll see a PDA slot where you can browse for a file. Browse to where the.tar.md5 file you downloaded is. Then boot your phone into download mode and plug the usb cable into it. Odin should have a com in the upper left hand corner turn yellow or blue, it depends on the Odin version you're using. Once you see that your phone is being recognized by Odin and you can hit start. If everything goes right it should take about 10 minutes for it to do its thing. If it's successful boot into recovery and do a factory reset
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Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
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I don't want to steal your thunder JD. Sketchy do you live near a BestBuy? If so some have a Samsung Experience Shop which they can do that for you if you are unsure how to use Odin. Tell them Kies broke your phone and ask them to reflash it. Its free. Try not to show them the custom logo.
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I have an S4, Bell. I had installed CM11 via their application that you download, was pretty slick.
But then I wanted to try and unlock my phone, but don't get the service menu out of the dialer, so was trying to flash a vanilla rom.
It said status 7 abort. I thought no problem and went to just use the restore I had created and saved to the SD card. But it couldn't find the sd card, and when I put it in my computer it says it is corrupt and can not be read.
So I got a different sd card and put CM11 on it, status 7, so I put a nightly on, status 7. Tried the vanilla again, status 7. Tried the Pac rom, status 7. Tried the Chaos rom, status 7.
Downloaded philz recovery 6.15.4, and man that is a slick recovery, but again everything was status 7.
If I leave the phone to just reboot, it just goes into recovery.
Any ideas on how to fix? Seems like an odd issue to be having.
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Trying to install TWRP zip I get status 7 too.
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Ok I made a backup from another s4 and got it back working. But still can not flash anything without status 7, and can not get TWRP to install, even from the goo app, it says sytem error or something.
I really just want to be able to get into the service menu so I can unlock this phone.
Should I put this somewhere else maybe?
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No, you are OK here just no one with a solution yet. I am at work and only scanned your post. Are you in a position to reformat your internal card. You said ext is now ok?
Can you Odin back to stock--never used Odin so not much help there
What recovery is working for you--Philz
After you flash a rom did you flash your carriers kernel?
Hopefully someone can get you sorted--:good:
I would definitely try to Odin back to stock. What firmware are you on? It'll make a difference if and what to flash to get back to stock.
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Jeffrey000 said:
I have an S4, Bell. I had installed CM11 via their application that you download, was pretty slick.
But then I wanted to try and unlock my phone, but don't get the service menu out of the dialer, so was trying to flash a vanilla rom.
It said status 7 abort. I thought no problem and went to just use the restore I had created and saved to the SD card. But it couldn't find the sd card, and when I put it in my computer it says it is corrupt and can not be read.
So I got a different sd card and put CM11 on it, status 7, so I put a nightly on, status 7. Tried the vanilla again, status 7. Tried the Pac rom, status 7. Tried the Chaos rom, status 7.
Downloaded philz recovery 6.15.4, and man that is a slick recovery, but again everything was status 7.
If I leave the phone to just reboot, it just goes into recovery.
Any ideas on how to fix? Seems like an odd issue to be having.
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Trying to install TWRP zip I get status 7 too.
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Ok I made a backup from another s4 and got it back working. But still can not flash anything without status 7, and can not get TWRP to install, even from the goo app, it says sytem error or something.
I really just want to be able to get into the service menu so I can unlock this phone.
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Is a youtube video how to fix this issue, did worked for me last time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1znjDLe-k
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I would definitely try to Odin back to stock. What firmware are you on? It'll make a difference if and what to flash to get back to stock.
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How do I find out what firmware?
I've never used Odin before.
Thanks
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Is a youtube video how to fix this issue, did worked for me last time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1znjDLe-k
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I'll have to try that tonight.
Thanks.
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How do I find out what firmware?
I've never used Odin
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From a terminal emulator (from play store) on your phone type getprop ro.bootloader. What does it give you?
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jd1639 said:
From a terminal emulator (from play store) on your phone type getprop ro.bootloader. What does it give you?
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Says I337MVLUAMDJ
Trying to install Odin (And damn they try and get you to install a lot of garbage... wtf) and it says click here to finish and it opens up a new window in chrome, but nothing ever show up, and I can't find anywhere on my computer to open the program.
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Trying to install Odin (And damn they try and get you to install a lot of garbage... wtf) and it says click here to finish and it opens up a new window in chrome, but nothing ever show up, and I can't find anywhere on my computer to open the program.
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Google Odin 1.85. You shouldn't be getting a lot of crap installed
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jd1639 said:
Google Odin 1.85. You shouldn't be getting a lot of crap installed
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That worked perfect. But now that I have it, what do I do?
Jeffrey000 said:
That worked perfect. But now that I have it, what do I do?
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Download the firmware for your device from sammobile.com. it's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract a .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc with Odin running. Odin should detect your device. Hit start
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Download the firmware for your device from sammobile.com. it's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract a .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc with Odin running. Odin should detect your device. Hit start
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That site is down for updating. I tried looking on samsung-updates.com but there are a lot of different ones, and none of them look to be Canada.
Odin doesn't find the phone in download mode, although my computer does find the phone. Odin finds the phone if I boot it normally though.
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That site is down for updating. I tried looking on samsung-updates.com but there are a lot of different ones, and none of them look to be Canada.
Odin doesn't find the phone in download mode, although my computer does find the phone. Odin finds the phone if I boot it normally though.
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Did you register on sammobile? Its free. I just checked the site and I can download the firmware
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Did you register on sammobile? Its free. I just checked the site and I can download the firmware
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It's not up for me???
https://www.dropbox.com/s/edeahrb1j47be18/IMG_20140417_165929.jpg
Ok, site is back up, but I can not find Canada in the list anywhere??? Or USA for that matter.
And how come I can't unlock the phone from a custom rom?