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Hosed my Fascinate by trying to flash a recovery through Odin -> The recovery also had a kernel in the file that I didn't realize. Phone attempts to boot then reboots into recovery. I would prefer not to do a factory reset until I try reflashing the right kernel.
I am aware of this thread that used to have the file I need, but evidently the guy has removed it from his Dropbox now. Does anyone have a copy they can throw up for me? I think I could use the recovery image, too, but it is a little bit easier to find so don't go to great lengths for the recovery.
Will reflashing the correct kernel even fix my problem? I haven't touched /system. Should all my stuff still be there when I get back in?
Skyroket said:
Hosed my Fascinate by trying to flash a recovery through Odin -> The recovery also had a kernel in the file that I didn't realize. Phone attempts to boot then reboots into recovery. I would prefer not to do a factory reset until I try reflashing the right kernel.
I am aware of this thread that used to have the file I need, but evidently the guy has removed it from his Dropbox now. Does anyone have a copy they can throw up for me? I think I could use the recovery image, too, but it is a little bit easier to find so don't go to great lengths for the recovery.
Will reflashing the correct kernel even fix my problem? I haven't touched /system. Should all my stuff still be there when I get back in?
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If you have access to your sd card via windows, look for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459905 on kernels. The stock is in post 1 at the bottom with the rest of the links. Download it, copy to your sd card and install it via recovery and it should work. If not, find droidstyle's guide, download the CWM 2.5 flash that in Odin, then install kernel.
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Edit: Got it. Thanks!! It's booting up fully!!
Nothing below this line matters anymore, but I am leaving it for Google arrivals. The problem I list in this post was caused by excessive copying of the files. I first downloaded the file from the internet, copied it from Firefox downloads folder to my desktop, copied it up to my LAN server, copied it over to my Motorola Droid Bionic SD card, unmounted the SD card and put it into the Fascinate for installation.
The RIGHT way that worked was removing the network component. I just plugged the Bionic into the PC and mounted USB storage mode, copied files over, unplugged, let the SD card remount on the Bionic, manually unmount on the Bionic, remove the card and put it into the Fascinate.
Thanks for being patient with me. Your thread is obvious at the top of the forum but I ignored that method because it was flashing zips in recovery, which I couldn't get into at the time. I got the CWM 2.5 to work, and I did make a successful nandroid backup (will a factory reset restore the kernel, now that I have a backup?).
I did try to flash both versions of that stock kernel kernel-eh03-GB.zip and kernel-eh03-GB_signed.zip and get the same error on both. I even tried with a different SD card:
-- Installing: SDCARD:kernel-eh03-GB.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/kernel-eh03-GB.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
I've tried downloading the files again, too. I wonder if it's worth noting that I did previously try to mount the SD card to Windows from CWM. It mounted, but when I tried to copy the file over, Windows told me the media was write-protected. WTF? Haven't seen that since floppies.
I think I'm going to call it a night and if I don't hear anything else on this in the morning I'll just do a factory reset and see if that restores the kernel. Then I can reinstall CWM and restore my backup. *long sigh*
Thanks again, man.
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Thanks for being patient with me. Your thread is obvious at the top of the forum but I ignored that method because it was flashing zips in recovery, which I couldn't get into at the time. I got the CWM 2.5 to work, and I did make a successful nandroid backup (will a factory reset restore the kernel, now that I have a backup?).
I did try to flash both versions of that stock kernel kernel-eh03-GB.zip and kernel-eh03-GB_signed.zip and get the same error on both. I even tried with a different SD card:
-- Installing: SDCARD:kernel-eh03-GB.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/kernel-eh03-GB.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
I've tried downloading the files again, too. I wonder if it's worth noting that I did previously try to mount the SD card in CWM. It mounted, but when I tried to copy the file over, Windows told me the media was write-protected. WTF? Haven't seen that since floppies.
I think I'm going to call it a night and if I don't hear anything else on this in the morning I'll just do a factory reset and see if that restores the kernel. Then I can reinstall CWM and restore my backup. *long sigh*
Thanks again, man.
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Thats alright, dont worry about it man. Yeah it does sound like you need a factory reset. your phone isnt accepting the download. for ****s and giggles tho, try not using CWM to put the file onto your SD card, and plug it directly into your computer and redownload and transfer that way and see if it takes, if not then you'll definatly have to factory reset. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070 Follow section 4 to return to stock. That should fix it.
Please note my previous edit. Thanks, again!
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Please note my previous edit. Thanks, again!
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Lol didn't see that till after I clicked reply. No problem. Glad you got it working bro
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Ok i was on ICS passion then all of a sudden my phone said something about encryption an that it had failed an only option was to reset phone so i hit reset then it went to recovery mode an green android came up with chest open then error message happened an so i booted in to recovery then i try to go in sd an it would not allow me to so i then tried to odin an flashed then i powered on it gies to vibrant screen then it just shuts off so i then flashed Eugene froyo that does not brick then it takes me to stock recovery an says an i cant click on anything in recovery can only move -- movi_checking done!...
update media, please wait
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(No such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI me
nu for format and reboot actions.
Here are instructions i have followed an no luck http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043892
Ok I think you got some extra cache or some other piece of data that did not get wiped. either way, do this in this sequence and you should be ok
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
doing this method will get everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box
It is #7 that is important when it reboots into recovery after froyo that does not brick then pull the battery and go back into download mode and flash the JFD, This will clear everything out and put you back into stock
Good luck
Got it started
I got it booted though a very hard process an now i cant get my sd card to mount it says when i go into anything media related it says "Your phone does not have a SD card inserted" an Externel dont mount either
Which sd card isnt working... internal sd, or external sd?
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Which sd card isnt working... internal sd, or external sd?
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Both of them aren't working
Jasonhunterx said:
Both of them aren't working
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Don't use eugene's rom, since you were using an ICS rom follow these steps
flash froyo bootloaders
flash regular jfd and TICK REPARTITION ( ICS/CM7/CM9 change the partition layout and you need to flash correct partition table for stock rom to work )
back in bussiness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
jrafael said:
Don't use eugene's rom, since you were using an ICS rom follow these steps
flash froyo bootloaders
flash regular jfd and TICK REPARTITION ( ICS/CM7/CM9 change the partition layout and you need to flash correct partition table for stock rom to work )
back in bussiness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
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it never booted on Eugene rom it just went to recovery an gave me an error the one time i got it booted was on 2.1 Stock all the phone does is go to vibrant screen then shut down an no boot loop just off it has done this before an i fixed but Sd was not working an first time apps worked but then 2nd time no apps worked besides browser messenger
Jasonhunterx said:
it never booted on Eugene rom it just went to recovery an gave me an error the one time i got it booted was on 2.1 Stock all the phone does is go to vibrant screen then shut down an no boot loop just off it has done this before an i fixed but Sd was not working an first time apps worked but then 2nd time no apps worked besides browser messenger
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Hey Jason. I'm in the exact situation you're in. Loaded Passion for about 1 week, got the encryption screen and was forced to reset. Now my SD cards (internal and external) won't load. Have you found a work around for it yet? Cheers Mate.
nope nothing
either of you find a solution? Im having same issue
In the same boat
I am in the same boat. I was using the Euphoria ROM. Yesterday things slowed down on the phone. I rebooted a few times and it crashed. The last couple of times it told me about the encrypted data. That was when I tried to take it back to stock and it won't do anything now other than boot to the vibrant logo and shutdown. Searching for a way to odin a ROM/Kernel that has a CWM recovery so I can go in and manually format the SDcard.
Do what I did, sell it to someone as a wifi hotspot and buy yourself a hercules. You'll never look back
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BUMP
BUMP!
I have had a paper weight for three weeks now because of this partition issue.
there has to be a way to fix this.
webstas said:
BUMP!
I have had a paper weight for three weeks now because of this partition issue.
there has to be a way to fix this.
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Try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580902
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Webstas- Just out of curiousity, were you trying to mount your phone to your computer while on ICs when this happened? I have a theory that I believe I know why this is happening. Just need you to see if you remember a few weeks ago and if you had any problems mounting to your PC and then your next reboot you got the Ecnryption Error.
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Webstas- Just out of curiousity, were you trying to mount your phone to your computer while on ICs when this happened? I have a theory that I believe I know why this is happening. Just need you to see if you remember a few weeks ago and if you had any problems mounting to your PC and then your next reboot you got the Ecnryption Error.
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no i got up an took a shower then came back it gave me an encryption error then i odin back an more trouble odined a couple more times an now it boot loop an also wont start with eugenes froyo
I know it has been awhile but think back. Were you mounted to your PC at anytime between your last reboot and the Encryption Error? Doesn't have to be right before, the error gets throw on your "next" reboot. And as you know, reboots can happen manually or for something as simple as wrong UV settings.
Looking back in this thread, I saw that you got it to boot up. See if you can do that again and then mount your External via ADB and you should to push the proper commands then. Pretty much your internal is hosed, but me and a few others are working on that too.
Can't get it to boot it makes it to Vibrant screen an shut off an on Eugene"s froyo it gives me a couple of errors an I just can't get it to start anymore it there anyone who has encountered this an got it fixed like I really need this fix I am using a blackberry please save me
YAY
I got it fixed but now im on step 13 of that guide where you have to use ADB an i cant get the phone to show up on my PC what drivers do i need i already have Vibrant drivers but still nothing an the usb works its a samsung USB so can anyone help me with ADB
I am having a similar problem. Was running ICS 4.0.3 w/Euphoria without issue until this morning. Got a couple of errors after a normal recharge. Pulled battery and rebooted, but is stuck in boot loop. Cannot access either recovery or fastboot screen. Vibrant logo flashes and release buttons, but never enters mode. Then cycles to Android screen and would likely stay there until battery died. This is primary phone and need to put back into service quickly. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
JIM in FLA
Go back to stock 2.1
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i tried to flash paranoid android on my n7 running stock 4.2( i was rooted and unlocked ) after flashing all i get is setup wizard has stopped repeatedly i can boot back to recovery but when i click on install zip there are no files there anymore and the backup i made is no longer there either im not sure what to do next i can get to bootloader and recovery but i cant mount sd card or do anything really any help would be greatly appreciated ive been googling for a couple of hours and cant find my specific problem thanks
Recovery > Factory Reset / Wipe
^ that should get it back to working
You can also "adb shell" in while in recovery and look if your backups are in a subfolder of /data/media, like /data/media/0 most likely.
And in the future always keep a copy of your backups on your PC
HellcatDroid said:
Recovery > Factory Reset / Wipe
^ that should get it back to working
You can also "adb shell" in while in recovery and look if your backups are in a subfolder of /data/media, like /data/media/0 most likely.
And in the future always keep a copy of your backups on your PC
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i tried recovery but it does nothing im trying to set up adb but it just makes no sense to me at all its almost like the computer doesnt even see the phone i know it has to be something simple as to why i cant access the files from clockwork recovery but for the life of me i cant figure it out
Download Google Nexus 7 Toolkit V3.2.0
choose option "9. Download, Extract + Flash Google Factory Stock Rom and follow the instructions..
i had the exact same problem with my nexus 7 and this worked like a charm
hope it helps.
Thanks for the help but I fixed the problem. I let it boot to the setup screen where it kept saying setup wizard has stopped. From there I could recognize the device on a computer and transfer files over even though it read grouper on full android and not nexus 7. Now I'm on eclipse and it seems to be working great but I'm going to get rid of clockwork and install twrp just so I can hopefully not have that happen again. One weird thing though when I look for my backup I made prior to all of this and even the paranoid android ROM and gapps I can't find them anywhere on my SD card its like they literally vanished.
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oogabooga912666 said:
Thanks for the help but I fixed the problem. I let it boot to the setup screen where it kept saying setup wizard has stopped. From there I could recognize the device on a computer and transfer files over even though it read grouper on full android and not nexus 7. Now I'm on eclipse and it seems to be working great but I'm going to get rid of clockwork and install twrp just so I can hopefully not have that happen again. One weird thing though when I look for my backup I made prior to all of this and even the paranoid android ROM and gapps I can't find them anywhere on my SD card its like they literally vanished.
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Where did you copy the files to? I have the same thing. The only folders I have are: Alarms, android, carbon, clockworkmod, dcim, digital editions, download, mobile systems, movies music notifications pictures podcasts and ringtones?
Unless there is a wy for it to be an actual drive right now it shows up as a music device in my computer.
when you did a wipe did you wipe all data? I know when I went to flash a ROM I wiped data like I did with my bolt and it erased everything on my n7.
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Hi guys, I hope this thread is still active...
I'm having the same problem here. I tried installing cyanogenmod onto my n7 and am now getting the same "unfortunately, setup wizard has stopped" message. I've tried wiping the data and rebooting, to no avail. I have the toolkit, but it won't recognize the tablet so I can't reboot from there. I have a backup on my PC, but can't get to it! Sigh...
Thanks in advance for the help
Hello.
I just rooted my phone for the first time with Motochopper and flashed the Google Wallet Mod. Everything was working fine until after a while I tried turning my screen on and it wouldn't turn on. I rebooted the phone and the Samsung Logo with the Custom Lock logo appears for a short while, then the screen goes black. After about 20 seconds the blue LED stays constantly lit and slowly fads in and out - after a few minutes the device becomes really hot. The screen stays black and I can't do anything. Is there any way to get my phone back to normal without deleting everything off my phone and restoring the stock ROM?
I have a US AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB (SGH-I337).
Any help is appreciated,
Thank you.
-Problem fixed.
You have any backups? try restoring one and see if you get the same result. If not, odin back to stock would be your only option.
TheAxman said:
You have any backups? try restoring one and see if you get the same result. If not, odin back to stock would be your only option.
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Unfortunately I don't have any backups. This is my first Android phone, coming from an iPhone, and I'm still getting used to rooting as opposed to jailbreaking. I installed TWRP before I flashed the Google Wallet mod but thought I would be fine until I get an external micro SD card to create the backup on. Is there any way I can access and transfer my photos that are on the device either via Recovery Mode or Download Mode to my computer before I loose everything restoring back to stock?
If you just rebooted thru power menu, try pulling battery--
Did you try manually booting into recovery--
rugmankc said:
If you just rebooted thru power menu, try pulling battery--
Did you try manually booting into recovery--
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The first time I rebooted, I used some combination of the power and home button because when I tried to turn it on the screen was black. Something must have happened while the device was idle because everything was fine but when I turned it on it wouldn't come on so I rebooted. When it boots, the screen stays black with the blue LED and if I try to reboot, the same thing happens - it's stuck in a loop and the only way to turn it off is to pull the battery out. I can manually boot into recovery, but I have no backups. I've tried doing a Factory Reset in the TWRP, but no dice.
Wow--lesson learned hard way--ALWAYS have backup on phone and pc, including a copy of your sdcard--
That should be at top of every phone forum stickies--
I am not expert on Samsung yet. But, on my HTC phone we would have downloaded a rom to the pc and thru adb pushed it to phone then wiped and flashed it.
It is easy, but you will need to get adb files on your pc or download and install Android ADK. I think if someone has them for this phone you can copy them to pc and put in adb folder and bypass SDK. They are in some of the exploits like motochopper. Matter of fact you could probably extract motochopper and put in your download folder or to desktop and run adb from there. It has all the commands.
Some one else more expert on phone can confirm that and give exact push command to get rom to phone. I can Google it, just haven't used those commands for awhile,
It will be something like putting motochopper extracted folder onto pc. Opening a terminal window and cd'ing to where ever you put it
Then typing adb push rom.zip /sdcard rom.zip
Of course you need to rename rom to "rom.zip" or use the exact name of the rom you put on pc.
That command will have rom.zip on root of sdcard
I pretty much had this happen to my phone -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2331112
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Bilateral Pneumothorax said:
Unfortunately I don't have any backups. This is my first Android phone, coming from an iPhone, and I'm still getting used to rooting as opposed to jailbreaking. I installed TWRP before I flashed the Google Wallet mod but thought I would be fine until I get an external micro SD card to create the backup on. Is there any way I can access and transfer my photos that are on the device either via Recovery Mode or Download Mode to my computer before I loose everything restoring back to stock?
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Connect the phone to PC, then you can access the internal folders
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Bilateral Pneumothorax said:
Unfortunately I don't have any backups. This is my first Android phone, coming from an iPhone, and I'm still getting used to rooting as opposed to jailbreaking. I installed TWRP before I flashed the Google Wallet mod but thought I would be fine until I get an external micro SD card to create the backup on. Is there any way I can access and transfer my photos that are on the device either via Recovery Mode or Download Mode to my computer before I loose everything restoring back to stock?
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I am on an iMac and use Android File Transfer. Not sure how they do it on PC as I thought we still can't mount sdcard in Recovery. Maybe Kies if it works for you. But, if you can only get to recovery and no backup, pushing a rom may be the answer. Come morning you'll get more answers. One thing I noticed coming from TMobile HTC to US ATT, not much overnite posts since we are all within 3 hour time zones. With Tmobile, lots of Europe folks.
rugmankc said:
Wow--lesson learned hard way--ALWAYS have backup on phone and pc, including a copy of your sdcard--
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Lesson well learned. When I get my phone up and running my first priority after re-rooting will be making a backup.
rugmankc said:
I am on an iMac and use Android File Transfer. Not sure how they do it on PC as I thought we still can't mount sdcard in Recovery. Maybe Kies if it works for you. But, if you can only get to recovery and no backup, pushing a rom may be the answer. Come morning you'll get more answers. One thing I noticed coming from TMobile HTC to US ATT, not much overnite posts since we are all within 3 hour time zones. With Tmobile, lots of Europe folks.
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I was actually able to mount USB Storage via TWRP and use the ADB command adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera to extract the photos off my phone to my computer. Now it's not so bad if I have to restore to default.
Always always backup FIRST before attempting to do anything, that is lesson one period.
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Bilateral Pneumothorax said:
Lesson well learned. When I get my phone up and running my first priority after re-rooting will be making a backup.
I was actually able to mount USB Storage via TWRP and use the ADB command adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera to extract the photos off my phone to my computer. Now it's not so bad if I have to restore to default.
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Great. Since you are up on adb you can easily push a rom. I will have to try to mount in recovery again. I think android file transfer messes with mounting.
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Great. Since you are up on adb you can easily push a rom. I will have to try to mount in recovery again. I think android file transfer messes with mounting.
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Instead, I used Odin to flash the stock GS4 firmware. Now my phone is working again. Oh and I made a backup this time.
Thank you to all who helped me.
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Super. Having not used Odin and on an imac, not sure that was an option in your case. Glad you got it.
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Hello,
I wonder if you could help me. I'm going mad here. I've broken my S4 and I wasn't even tinkering with it, really.
I've had it since May.. When I set it up, I rooted it, but haven't actually used the feature for anything. I've been running stock kernel and ROM ever since.
I've also had that widespread issue that people seem to get all the time with SD cards where every single time you turn the phone off and on again, it comes up with a warning that the SD card is damaged and only a manual mount will fix.
It happened yesterday but on this occasion, my card wouldn't mount.. It just said that it was damaged and refused to mount.And that's when the trouble started.. i restarted the phone on multiple occasions, did battery pulls but it was just behaving oddly.. the camera kept saying 'camera failed' before and after the pulls (the SD card was out of it by this point)..the phone was overheating.. it kept on crashing..etc
So I did a reluctant factory reset.. It crashed several times in doing so and has now restarted without going through the Google welcome setup. That's because there are no Google apps on it.. there is no playstore and a thing comes up in the notification area telling me i need to install Google services but then crashes when I tap on it. I've sideloaded Google Play but it tries to sign me in and then crashes because it needs this Google Services thing.
I can't update the software because it's rooted so it comes up with a warning saying I have modified my device and don't have access to updates. Which means I can't take it back under warranty.
Without the Play Store, I can't access Triangle Away (which I assume I would need before de-rooting even if I haven't installed a custom ROM or kernel, just to remove any trace of rooting) and I can't download CWM to try to flash a new ROM to try to fix it myself.
I must also say I don't have access to a Windows machine to do anything on.. Just my MacBook Pro.
It's 30 degrees outside, I have a useless phone on my hands and I'm baking up here as I lose my will to live. Please, if anybody can help, let me know.
Thanks so much in advance.
try reflashing to stock firmware using odin follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41072426
i dont think you will need this still .... if flashing back to stock firmware doesnt solve the whole problem try this....
here -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2060897&d=1371888678
apk for TriangleAway v3.00 install it using file manager on your phone..
dont worry your phone can be unbricked * most probably * :good:
noobismyname said:
try reflashing to stock firmware using odin follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41072426
i dont think you will need this still .... if flashing back to stock firmware doesnt solve the whole problem try this....
here -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2060897&d=1371888678
apk for TriangleAway v3.00 install it using file manager on your phone..
dont worry your phone can be unbricked * most probably * :good:
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Thank so much for taking the time to help me out here. I'm gonna try all this.
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Thank so much for taking the time to help me out here. I'm gonna try all this.
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So, I'm stuck at the first hurdall.. I have no PC access.. Only my MacBook Pro.. I can't seem to find a working version of Odin for Mac.. the search on here brings up something called Heimdall.. Am I ok to use that?
UPDATE: Jeez, Heimdall looks complex! I don't think I can do it. It doesn't seem to want to play with the .tar files in the original FW I've downloaded and God knows how I'm supposed to extract it. This is way too complex for me. I am not exaggerating.. I have no access to a PC that I can use (other than my work one which has a strict IT policy stopping installation of anything on it.)
I'm looking around for Odin for Mac.. some places say it exists but I can't find an actual programme and I haven't a clue where to start with terminal. I'm a bit tech savvy - I'm not that much so though
@philliplavelle
Here's a link to a Dropbox folder containing an app called Sgs4 flasher install this, with this you can flash the PhilZ CWM recovery .tar file (also in the same folder) and I have also included Triangle Away by Chainfire.
http://db.tt/IUnFGpP6
Once you have PhilZ CWM installed you can then perform factory reset, wipe data and dalvik. If that doesn't work then go to mounts and storage and format system, data and cache. BEFORE YOU DO THIS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FLASHABLE ROM. ZIP FILE ON YOUR PHONES INTERNAL SD CARD, DO NOT FORMAT SD CARD.
then you can go to install zip from SD card and flash new ROM
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@philliplavelle
Here's a link to a Dropbox folder containing an app called Sgs4 flasher install this, with this you can flash the PhilZ CWM recovery .tar file (also in the same folder) and I have also included Triangle Away by Chainfire.
http://db.tt/IUnFGpP6
Once you have PhilZ CWM installed you can then perform factory reset, wipe data and dalvik. If that doesn't work then go to mounts and storage and format system, data and cache. BEFORE YOU DO THIS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FLASHABLE ROM. ZIP FILE ON YOUR PHONES INTERNAL SD CARD, DO NOT FORMAT SD CARD.
then you can go to install zip from SD card and flash new ROM
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Thank you for this. The file I have of the FW was downloaded from the post the first person who answered quoted. On my Mac, it's not a .zip file, it's a folder with a .tar.md5 file and another ssl one or something. Am I not able to flash these? They are not .zip. Apologies if I'm being extremely stupid.
UPDATE: Flashed PhilzCWM - but the phone won't enter recovery mode. It boots up, and the little tiny blue writing at the top implies it is going into recovery mode, but it doesn't. Screen just sits at black and then it vibrates again and goes to normal boot.
UPDATE 2: And now it just sits on the black screen with the words: Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and tiny blue writing in the top left and doesn't do anything.
philliplavelle said:
Thank you for this. The file I have of the FW was downloaded from the post the first person who answered quoted. On my Mac, it's not a .zip file, it's a folder with a .tar.md5 file and another ssl one or something. Am I not able to flash these? They are not .zip. Apologies if I'm being extremely stupid.
UPDATE: Flashed PhilzCWM - but the phone won't enter recovery mode. It boots up, and the little tiny blue writing at the top implies it is going into recovery mode, but it doesn't. Screen just sits at black and then it vibrates again and goes to normal boot.
UPDATE 2: And now it just sits on the black screen with the words: Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and tiny blue writing in the top left and doesn't do anything.
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Just flash your phone with stock firmware and it is fine. Samsung still repair your phone for a fee. So if anything goes wrong take the phone to Samsung
Thanks for the response but as per the above post, I am unable to even flash anything because I can't get into recovery mode!
To go to recovery mode try two things:
Either press volume up+home and power and hold all 3, you will see the words 'recovery booting' keep all button held down still. Your phone will restart back at that i9505 screen and you'll see the blue words again, keep holding those buttons! You're fingers will be sore but this second time you should boot into recovery mode. Let go of buttons when in recovery
Or wait till you see blue writing the second time and when it appears wait 1 sec then release power button but still hold home ad volume up.
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Tried mobile Odin from the play store? Then flash stock firmware from sammobile?
philliplavelle said:
Thank you for this. The file I have of the FW was downloaded from the post the first person who answered quoted. On my Mac, it's not a .zip file, it's a folder with a .tar.md5 file and another ssl one or something. Am I not able to flash these? They are not .zip. Apologies if I'm being extremely stupid.
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Its not a meant to be flashed through recovery.... flash it using odin....donot extract it just flash it
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