So I bought this phone for cheap from a friend and everytime I boot it up it says Live demo unit.
It also has the retail mode app, I managed to find the admin passwords for that and performed a factory reset but everything just comes back.
Dows anyone have an idea how I can get rid of this software and install the regular software?
It won't work demo units don't have Sim tray neither
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skivnit said:
It won't work demo units don't have Sim tray neither
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Actually it does have a simtray and sd card slot that work fine
There must be a way to fix it somehow right
It's a normal device been locked in to retail mode we do this in our shop often.
To remove do a complete flash of stock firmware and factory reset before you boot up first time. If retail mode still is on, you need a Samsung rep. To remove the app since it's locked by a code from Samsung sales.
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(Some?) Demo units do not carry radio's on board either, at least the Note 3 demo's didn't, they were totally different and wouldn't work with standard firmware.
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danielfg87 said:
It's a normal device been locked in to retail mode we do this in our shop often.
To remove do a complete flash of stock firmware and factory reset before you boot up first time. If retail mode still is on, you need a Samsung rep. To remove the app since it's locked by a code from Samsung sales.
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Hi Daniel,
I actually found the admin code to unlock the retail mode online and when I disabled the retail mode app I tried resetting to factory settings but when it booted up again everything was restored like it was before
Also, can you tell me how I can firmware flash? I am very unexperienced when it comes to these things
Thanks!
Sellize said:
Hi Daniel,
I actually found the admin code to unlock the retail mode online and when I disabled the retail mode app I tried resetting to factory settings but when it booted up again everything was restored like it was before
Also, can you tell me how I can firmware flash? I am very unexperienced when it comes to these things
Thanks!
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Have a read through the guides for Odin and stock images etc, firstly you'll have to figure out which firmware you can potentially flash, but prior warning, if the device doesn't like the firmware (demos units don't usually like anything but demo fw) it'll send you into a softbrick which can be unrecoverable.
It's a risk messing around, but like I said have a good read and if/when you feel comfortable to experiment then you can have a crack at it if you feel ready :good:
Sellize said:
Hi Daniel,
I actually found the admin code to unlock the retail mode online and when I disabled the retail mode app I tried resetting to factory settings but when it booted up again everything was restored like it was before
Also, can you tell me how I can firmware flash? I am very unexperienced when it comes to these things
Thanks!
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Sure go to sammobile.com register as a user, use the firmware database to find your desired firmware, download Odin 3.09 and extract the firmware and Odin.
Boot the phone in download mode by holding volume down and home button simultaneously when powering on.
Open Odin and ad the tar.md5 as AP.
Make sure only f. Reset time and auto reboot is checked.
Press start and let Odin flash
Now usually the phone would just flash the firmware and reboot if so you need do more, maybe do a factory reset if your csc hasn't changed according to the firmware.
Some people including my self have had some issues with the hidden.img.ext4 part of the firmware it flashes fine to the phone but Odin fails and the phone reports invalid ext4, ignore this for now but do not reboot the phone.
Unplug the USB cable reset Odin and plug the phone back in the add the PIT file from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51998616
make sure repartion is now checked, Press start let Odin flash the phone will afterwards boot automatically.
Beware the PIT file is for SM-G900F 16gb EU using this file on other models may softbrick the device.
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radicalisto said:
Have a read through the guides for Odin and stock images etc, firstly you'll have to figure out which firmware you can potentially flash, but prior warning, if the device doesn't like the firmware (demos units don't usually like anything but demo fw) it'll send you into a softbrick which can be unrecoverable.
It's a risk messing around, but like I said have a good read and if/when you feel comfortable to experiment then you can have a crack at it if you feel ready :good:
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Since your device has Sim slot it's probably not a true demo unit, simply a normal unit turned into a retail show model. so any model specific firmware should do, what model is your device?
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danielfg87 said:
Sure go to sammobile.com register as a user, use the firmware database to find your desired firmware, download Odin 3.09 and extract the firmware and Odin.
Boot the phone in download mode by holding volume down and home button simultaneously when powering on.
Open Odin and ad the tar.md5 as AP.
Make sure only f. Reset time and auto reboot is checked.
Press start and let Odin flash
Now usually the phone would just flash the firmware and reboot if so you need do more, maybe do a factory reset if your csc hasn't changed according to the firmware.
Some people including my self have had some issues with the hidden.img.ext4 part of the firmware it flashes fine to the phone but Odin fails and the phone reports invalid ext4, ignore this for now but do not reboot the phone.
Unplug the USB cable reset Odin and plug the phone back in the add the PIT file from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51998616
make sure repartion is now checked, Press start let Odin flash the phone will afterwards boot automatically.
Beware the PIT file is for SM-G900F 16gb EU using this file on other models may softbrick the device.
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You said "Beware the PIT file is for SM-G900F 16gb EU"
My device is SM-G900X 16gb EU, why can't I find the firmware for SM-G900X anywhere online?
Can I just use the SM-G900F firmware?
Sorry if I seem like a noob but I want to be very careful
Not really sure, the EU one wasn't easy to find. But it should be possible to find.
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Sellize said:
You said "Beware the PIT file is for SM-G900F 16gb EU"
My device is SM-G900X 16gb EU, why can't I find the firmware for SM-G900X anywhere online?
Can I just use the SM-G900F firmware?
Sorry if I seem like a noob but I want to be very careful
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Quick edit
Your device is a true demo unit.!!!
SM-G900X is a wifi only demo unit.
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danielfg87 said:
Not really sure, the EU one wasn't easy to find. But it should be possible to find.
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Quick edit
Your device is a true demo unit.!!!
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Does that mean the ****er sold me a demo unit?!
Sellize said:
Does that mean the ****er sold me a demo unit?!
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Yes he did
http://m.ebay.ca/itm?itemId=301155626207
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danielfg87 said:
Yes he did
http://m.ebay.ca/itm?itemId=301155626207
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And it is not possible to turn this into a good working phone?
Sellize said:
And it is not possible to turn this into a good working phone?
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If it only has WiFi radio on board as I suspected then yes, I am afraid there is no way to make this a working phone, either return or take the hit and use as a media player.
Sellize said:
And it is not possible to turn this into a good working phone?
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Sadly mot the device has no radio board as the note 3 demo units correctly stated earlier in the thread.
It only has wifi, so it more like a little wifi tablet.
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As I said anything with x next to mode number won't work as a normal phone
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so , what we can do? i have the same phone , how I can flash it or make a small tablet.
inu-shippo said:
so , what we can do? i have the same phone , how I can flash it or make a small tablet.
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You might be interested in this thread then: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733083
ok. I read that post before but I can found this program ;;;;;;A program named "cgywin" for create your own firmware for the Live Demo Unit http://cygwin.com/setup .......... and I can't reply that thread because I'm a noobie. but thanks anyways.
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thefinaldegree said:
You might be interested in this thread then: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733083
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Sellize said:
Hi Daniel,
I actually found the admin code to unlock the retail mode online and when I disabled the retail mode app I tried resetting to factory settings but when it booted up again everything was restored like it was before
Also, can you tell me how I can firmware flash? I am very unexperienced when it comes to these things
Thanks!
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Could you share the admin code please.
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Hello, i own a 9505x not a normal 9505, and flashing the existing custom recoveries, do nothing, since i cant boot them.
The root works fine.
Since this 9505x is a demo unit, it has some software restrictions i want to eliminate, like it wont turn off the screen and will keep on playing a Samsung demo, it wont take over 20seconds videos and some other annoying stuff, i am trying to make it a retail unit.
Any suggestions ?
Why did you post this here in "Android Development"?
Can some admin post it in q and a?
Noone owns one?
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
c2s.vdg said:
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
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Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
sedde said:
Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
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i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
c2s.vdg said:
i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
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Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
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1337RYoN said:
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
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Its working, i just messed up the recovery mode by flashing a i9505 recovery and now i cant restore it. I want to unroot it and flash the mew firmware from kies. Thats why i need the stock recovery
Any chance you can extract the stock firmware for your GT-I9505X and upload it please. I have the same device given to me by a Samsung Rep and I stupidly tried to install the stock formware for the i9500 varient and now its had it. It loads the samsung boot screen as soon as you turn it on and then just keeps restarting every 5 seconds. Im hoping if I can get hold of the original firmware and reflash it will work! Cant find the firmware anywhere!
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sedde said:
Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
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i'm stuck with a costum recovery as well... no luck! f**k
I'll be very grateful too , if someone can share the original firmware....
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
Give this a try mate. Cheers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
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I also bricked my i9505 X. Stock Rom from i9505 does not fit to i9505X.
i9505X it's demo unit :
GT-i9505X
I9505XGSMH
PDA : I9505XXXUAMDE_LLK
Android Version: 4.2.2 – Build JDQ39
Phone does not turn on at all now, stands on live demo unit.
sorry for bad english
PiotrMmX said:
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
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Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
I9505x
Hello everyone!!!!
I have the same problem here too. Im trying to make my I9505x to work not as a Demo Unit but as an normal one.
I also couldn't Enable USB Debugging from your phone’s Android Developer Options menu because i can't find this menu. I thing thats the reason that i cant root my phone either.
So Im waiting to hear news from you...
Thanks a lot in advance!!!!!!
sedde said:
Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
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No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
PiotrMmX said:
No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
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Oh no, its much more complicated than that. Anyhow thanks for considering it even.
Hello Everybody,
I am an owner of Huawei P8 and have some experience on root and flash . Now I asked but firmly the garkein Custom Rom there for Huawei . What do you think will be this as it may do in the near future a little ? Otherwise I probably made the wrong decision .
What I find very impressive is that there are several custom ROM for my Xixoon , and that was a really cheap China phone .
Best Regards from Germany
Hi, I like the overall speed of this ROM. Thanks.
I only have an annoying problem: when I clock the Home button to wake up the de vice it takes sometimes about 10 seconds. Randomly. If I click it twice it wakes up immediatly.
Anyone else has this?
I also look for a custom rom, something like CM12 or other thats close to "stock" Android.
jmsvl said:
Hi, I like the overall speed of this ROM. Thanks.
I only have an annoying problem: when I clock the Home button to wake up the de vice it takes sometimes about 10 seconds. Randomly. If I click it twice it wakes up immediatly.
Anyone else has this?
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...there is no home button on the P8...
In progress...
Help needed P8 bricked following OTA update
Firstly sorry to post in this thread but I don't appear to be allowed to start a new one. I need help, I took an OTA update this morning on my GRA-L09, it was about 108mb and I think it was to update to B161 but I might be wrong on that. Update downloaded OK and appeared to install OK as well but on reboot its stuck on the Huawei logo and no matter how long I leave it wont go any further. I can get into recovery (stock) and factory reset but this doesn't seem to function properly, it starts to countdown the %age completed but when it gets to about 10% it jumps to complete and invites a reboot but that just takes me to the logo and no further. Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted but I didn't think that would be a barrier to accepting an OTA. HiSuite doesnt recognise that the device is connected and I'm stumped. Can anyone help me out of this mess?
Try this one
http://www.android-hilfe.de/thema/fix-b132-fix-huawei-p8.702384/
Thanks for the reply but I'm afraid I can't make head nor tail of that.
£note said:
Thanks for the reply but I'm afraid I can't make head nor tail of that.
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What you can try is : get into bootloader mode, or recovery. Try to do adb reboot fastboot, and flash TWRP, do factory reset from that. If that doesnt work, you can get a friend who has P8 to backup via TWRP and restore to your device?
I can look into the exact commands in about 10 hours
Main focus : try to get into Fastboot mode, and flash twrp (if you know how to)
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Hello , i bought an huawei p8 from a friend , it's looks pretty but i have one problem with him , the screen doesn't lock , is show me a reclaim from huawei and doesn't stop this , how i can close that reclaim ? Please help me , the battery drain very fast because he stay on every time
Huaweip8 said:
Hello , i bought an huawei p8 from a friend , it's looks pretty but i have one problem with him , the screen doesn't lock , is show me a reclaim from huawei and doesn't stop this , how i can close that reclaim ? Please help me , the battery drain very fast because he stay on every time
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Can you screen it, and upload it? Have you tried to install an update? Or factory reset?
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Is anyone able to provide a link to download original firmware for a UK spec GRA-L09, I can find firmware for other variants but not this one. Really appreciate some help with this as I need to get my phone back to life.
Thanks
Now my Custom Rom is online. But just for GRA-L09
http://www.android-hilfe.de/index.php?threads/709504/
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Blackball said:
Now my Custom Rom is online. But just for GRA-L09
http://www.android-hilfe.de/index.php?threads/709504/
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So its just B132 edited? Added options etc? Still great work! Have you edited kernel etc? Got the correct source?
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£note said:
Is anyone able to provide a link to download original firmware for a UK spec GRA-L09, I can find firmware for other variants but not this one. Really appreciate some help with this as I need to get my phone back to life.
Thanks
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Its already posted on XDA, search google for "Huawei P8 XDA" then click first result. Then open thread "new firmware for P8"
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Just edited.. But a lot of work.
Its the first one.. More mods coming later
Blackball said:
Just edited.. But a lot of work.
Its the first one.. More mods coming later
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Nice! how did you do it? Backup factory resetted rom in TWRP and edited? Or you have some sort of source?
Its already posted on XDA, search google for "Huawei P8 XDA" then click first result. Then open thread "new firmware for P8"
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Oops. Thanks for that, I have seen the thread but obviously didn't read properly.
Thanks again
The original Update.APP was my source
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Blackball said:
The original Update.APP was my source
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Since its german instructions, I need to backup my rom, Factory reset, copy the file to sdcard, then flash from sdcard?
Flashed TWRP and now it isnt booting to system or bootloader -_-
What caused it : I used ADB reboot recovery... What now ._.
If its only reboot to twrp you need to turn off your phone.
If you dont have a update.app in your dload folder please press vol+ and vol - and your power button. Then its reboot into recovery and there you can boot system ..
Its a twrp bug
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So... I haven't rooted in a while, and after rooting my girlfriends note, i decided to check to see if a root was out for my sm-g928t (had the phone since the day it came out and been on these forums every once and a while looking)
so I searched and found this
(guess I cant post links) its the root from android soul.. i googled "edge plus root"
I can read and follow instructions, and I did. (although the disable "find my phone" completely was kind of ambiguous i just turned off all options inside of the menu)
Anyways, odin works, passes and then my phone reboots. it started up normally and then i unlock it to use it and BAM, it reboots. Repeats this process multiple times. I delete cache, no help.
So I look over the forums and see someone says their tmobile edge+ reboots when it tries to connect to wifi. So I scramble to put my phone into airplane mode after a reboot. This actually works, so I wonder where to go from there..
This is where things get crappy. I open supersu, and check the uninstall/disable button in the options. Whatever, I think, this should stop my phone from rebooting when it gets tries to connect to wifi. I uncheck airplane mode and as soon as it connects to my 4g network(my wifi was off) bam, another reboot. THIS TIME, it gets stuck at the tmobile screen. looks like the led is kinda pulsing. it persists so long I restart the phone in recovery, delete the cache again. Same result. use the autoroot again through odin (this called flashing?) same result. I am currently downloading firmware from samsung although I am not 100% confident I know how to flash it back. same process as the autoroot?
Anyways, I'm guess I'm asking how I can do, in order of what I want the most to least..
1. Complete the root/supersu whatever. I havent rooted in a long time so I'm not even sure what I want (besides xposed. looks dope)
2. Remove the root and return to the state before I got the bright idea of messing with my 900$ phone.
3. Reset my phone to factory
Otherwise I'll just "lose it" and file insurance.
Oh yeah, earlier I said I can read and follow directions. Yeah, I didn't follow the directions of backing up the phone before I did the auto root. Yeah, dumb move, right?
Thanks for the help.
Download the original firmware for your S6 Edge+, then put your phone in download mode and use Odin to flash the new firmware then you should be good to go.
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Makkish said:
Download the original firmware for your S6 Edge+ then put it in download mode and use oden to flash the new firmware then you should be good to go.
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Thanks for the help. I actually wrote this while waiting for it to download. I did so last night and was all good.
But.. I really do want to root. Do I have to use arter kernel if I do root? It says no 928t support yet, but there is someone who used it successfully in a different thread. I rooted my nexus 4 and my galaxy 3 before, but that was long ago.
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SiameseCities said:
Thanks for the help. I actually wrote this while waiting for it to download. I did so last night and was all good.
But.. I really do want to root. Do I have to use arter kernel if I do root? It says no 928t support yet, but there is someone who used it successfully in a different thread. I rooted my nexus 4 and my galaxy 3 before, but that was long ago.
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You have to look through the s6 edge+ forums.
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Where can I find the S6edge+ forum???
SiameseCities said:
Thanks for the help. I actually wrote this while waiting for it to download. I did so last night and was all good.
But.. I really do want to root. Do I have to use arter kernel if I do root? It says no 928t support yet, but there is someone who used it successfully in a different thread. I rooted my nexus 4 and my galaxy 3 before, but that was long ago.
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At the moment the 'T' isn't rootable, you will have to wait till it becomes rootable with further development. i cant give a timeframe as thats not my expertise - If someone in another forum has done it please feel free to link it so we can look into the details.
STOWEO777 said:
Where can I find the S6edge+ forum???
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Your in the S6 Edge+ forum already...
I've scoured the net all day and I cannot find a way to fix my new tablet. I thought I had it on http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/link-original-firmware-images-tab-4-7-t2978495 but I got a 404 error. Does anyone have that file?
I had forgotten that you could not do a permanent root on 5.1.1 and used kingo root on it. Now i'm in deep trouble. My new unlocked (once at&t) tablet is boot looped and it has the custom icon, which means once the seller sees that they will know that I tried to root it if they are techy enough. So I must at least get rid of the custom before I can send it off to them for a replacement. (I might be able to blame it on a kid but I don't know how that will fly) I've tried kies, odin and everything else I can find but haven't be able to fix it. So I was hoping that someone here could advise me. I don't care about the info on it, that's replaceable but I really want to know how to fix my tablet. I can get it into recovery mode and download mode but it's stuck on the at&t logo. Can anyone help me? Thanks
From now on I'll leave lollipop alone
InsaneXade said:
I've scoured the net all day and I cannot find a way to fix my new tablet. I thought I had it on http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/link-original-firmware-images-tab-4-7-t2978495 but I got a 404 error. Does anyone have that file?
I had forgotten that you could not do a permanent root on 5.1.1 and used kingo root on it. Now i'm in deep trouble. My new unlocked (once at&t) tablet is boot looped and it has the custom icon, which means once the seller sees that they will know that I tried to root it if they are techy enough. So I must at least get rid of the custom before I can send it off to them for a replacement. (I might be able to blame it on a kid but I don't know how that will fly) I've tried kies, odin and everything else I can find but haven't be able to fix it. So I was hoping that someone here could advise me. I don't care about the info on it, that's replaceable but I really want to know how to fix my tablet. I can get it into recovery mode and download mode but it's stuck on the at&t logo. Can anyone help me? Thanks
From now on I'll leave lollipop alone
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I am in the same boat. No luck. Help definitely needed!
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I wound up returning mine to the seller....they accepted my explanation and agreed to RMA it. I wont touch this next one, I learned my lesson. Samsung loves to lock the boot loader, I'm lucky it didn't happen to my old note 4 when kingroot unlocked it. It's a shame we cant find or make a good flashable image for odin. Then it would be safe to play. But I know nothing about android except how to use it.
InsaneXade said:
I wound up returning mine to the seller....they accepted my explanation and agreed to RMA it. I wont touch this next one, I learned my lesson. Samsung loves to lock the boot loader, I'm lucky it didn't happen to my old note 4 when kingroot unlocked it. It's a shame we cant find or make a good flashable image for odin. Then it would be safe to play. But I know nothing about android except how to use it.
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Official firmware is now available for that tablet.
MikeSaya2 said:
Official firmware is now available for that tablet.
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kind of hard to try and fix it since I bought a tab S 8 inch and am quite happy that I got the extra money do so. Thanks for replying
MikeSaya2 said:
Official firmware is now available for that tablet.
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Awesome thanks for the good news! I'll try and fix it today!
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kn1ghthawk said:
Awesome thanks for the good news! I'll try and fix it today!
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After you fix it. Root with Kingroot only and you will be fine. Then search for triangle away online, you can get it free. Open that up and click to reset counter. That will remove the custom lock that you are seeing. Every time you reboot, you will lose root, just reroot with Kingroot and you will be fine.
MikeSaya2 said:
After you fix it. Root with Kingroot only and you will be fine. Then search for triangle away online, you can get it free. Open that up and click to reset counter. That will remove the custom lock that you are seeing. Every time you reboot, you will lose root, just reroot with Kingroot and you will be fine.
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Where did you find this firmware? I can't seem to find the download file anywhere.
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kn1ghthawk said:
Where did you find this firmware? I can't seem to find the download file anywhere.
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I have created it. Here is the link to my Google drive where you can flash it with Odin. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz2tL1qNCFeAUzhUQW5kbW5HOWM
MikeSaya2 said:
I have created it. Here is the link to my Google drive where you can flash it with Odin. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz2tL1qNCFeAUzhUQW5kbW5HOWM
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You're the best! I'm downloading it now. I'll let you know how it goes
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I have created it. Here is the link to my Google drive where you can flash it with Odin. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz2tL1qNCFeAUzhUQW5kbW5HOWM
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My forum post is also located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/official-att-lollipop-firmware-tab-4-sm-t3439252
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kn1ghthawk said:
You're the best! I'm downloading it now. I'll let you know how it goes
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It will be fixed. Just put file in the AP slot in Odin and flash.
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My forum post is also located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/official-att-lollipop-firmware-tab-4-sm-t3439252
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It will be fixed. Just put file in the AP slot in Odin and flash.
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So I ran it in Odin in the AP slot. It runs all the way through and succeeds however when it boots up it is still stuck on the ATT logo... is there any settings within Odin I have to change possibly?
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So I ran it in Odin in the AP slot. It runs all the way through and succeeds however when it boots up it is still stuck on the ATT logo... is there any settings within Odin I have to change possibly?
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It can take up to 5 mins to boot from att logo but it will boot.
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It can take up to 5 mins to boot from att logo but it will boot.
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YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
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kn1ghthawk said:
YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
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Glad to help out. It is safe to root it with Kingroot but after you reboot, root will be lost. Just reroot with Kingroot and you will be rooted again without a problem. Ive been working on a way to maintain root but no luck yet. Just don't replace Kingroot with SuperSU or you will brick it again but at least it can be fixed again if you do brick.
Link please
Link to the firmware for SM-T377A mine is bricked!
As the title says I am facing a really big problem.
Yesterday I installed Hong Kong ver. os to my 7100 for fun but it has too much apps i hate so I want to install another OS but I forgot to log off from my Google ID.
So there it goes.
Now I can't boot to Android because it will stuck in to "SAMSUNG" and never goes further.
And I can't access to Recovery because it was banned from FRP.
And I can't install a new one via Odin because it is also banned !
Can anyone give me a advice?
THANKS.
What do you mean with banned? You can't be banned from download mode.
Post the odin log. It may help to see where the problem is.
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tys0n said:
What do you mean with banned? You can't be banned from download mode.
Post the odin log. It may help to see where the problem is.
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Somehow I made a mistake.
I odined my phone which has already logged in my Google ID.I used a modifyed OS and it starts in FRP mode.
BTW I've soved this problem by buying some service on Taobao.
THANKS.
BobLao said:
Somehow I made a mistake.
I odined my phone which has already logged in my Google ID.I used a modifyed OS and it starts in FRP mode.
BTW I've soved this problem by buying some service on Taobao.
THANKS.
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U can still go to odin mode chk that again