I've got root, but I don't have a recovery. I'm using odin3 and all boxes are checked right on there. My phone has dev mode so settings are set according. With odin I get an error half way though the process of flashing TWRP denies permission, no idea why. I followed the threads on here, it's a verizon variant.
ItsBryanTho said:
I've got root, but I don't have a recovery. I'm using odin3 and all boxes are checked right on there. My phone has dev mode so settings are set according. With odin I get an error half way though the process of flashing TWRP denies permission, no idea why. I followed the threads on here, it's a verizon variant.
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You can not flash a recovery with the retail variant because the bootloader isn't unlocked. Dev mode is not the same as developer edition, those have a unlocked bootloader and the retail dose not. You will need to go back to stock, re-root and start from scratch. Go here and follow the instructions to get your phone back to normal if you messed the stock recovery up and can not boot normally. These are for the retail Verizon S5 only.
Ohh I don't know what I was thinking, and thanks for the link but I didn't hurt anything lol thankfully. Well I guess I'll just wait for someone to unlock it haha
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I am on MK2 4.3 and I have Safestrap installed and I installed the recovery and when I reboot into recovery It goes to the Custom screen then it fails to Go to the Splash screen where I can choose to go into TWRP . I had this working on MF3 but I had bricked my phone and and had to flash the allin one to fix it . I am successfully rooted with safestrap installed .. ANY IDEAS would be greatly appreciated...Thanks By the way it Says Safe system : Not Active. I thought I remember it saying Active before
Also is there another way to install a Recovery. Im coming from a Tmobile GS2 where you could flash recovery once within Odin and after that you could just flash different versions of Twrp or Cwm when needed. No locked boot loader . I always thought HTC was the only phones with locked boot loaders . I have been doing a lot of reading prior to posting this question and have been up all night . After bricking last night and recovering from it I got a crash course with this device.
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I am on MK2 4.3 and I have Safestrap installed and I installed the recovery and when I reboot into recovery It goes to the Custom screen then it fails to Go to the Splash screen where I can choose to go into TWRP . I had this working on MF3 but I had bricked my phone and and had to flash the allin one to fix it . I am successfully rooted with safestrap installed .. ANY IDEAS would be greatly appreciated...Thanks By the way it Says Safe system : Not Active. I thought I remember it saying Active before
Also is there another way to install a Recovery. Im coming from a Tmobile GS2 where you could flash recovery once within Odin and after that you could just flash different versions of Twrp or Cwm when needed. No locked boot loader . I always thought HTC was the only phones with locked boot loaders . I have been doing a lot of reading prior to posting this question and have been up all night . After bricking last night and recovering from it I got a crash course with this device.
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Check your root condition is valid. If you do not have root you can not install the safestrap recovery.
To go to the safestrap you do not need to reboot into the recovery. You simply reboot as normal and safestrap splash screen would come up.
You can use odin to flash the recovery in the download mode or you can use adb command to push the recovery.
AT&T and verizon G4 bootloaders are locked. You can not unlock like HTC S-off. You can only exploit the bootloader with different methods based on your firmware version.
Simply reboot the phone and on boot up it will show you the splash screen. Not active means that stock slot is still selected.
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sway8966 said:
Check your root condition is valid. If you do not have root you can not install the safestrap recovery.
To go to the safestrap you do not need to reboot into the recovery. You simply reboot as normal and safestrap splash screen would come up.
You can use odin to flash the recovery in the download mode or you can use adb command to push the recovery.
AT&T and verizon G4 bootloaders are locked. You can not unlock like HTC S-off. You can only exploit the bootloader with different methods based on your firmware version.
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Im an idiot. I just realized I have been using the safestrap.apk I had on my sd that was for MF3. This will be my problem
jmjoyas said:
Simply reboot the phone and on boot up it will show you the splash screen. Not active means that stock slot is still selected.
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Im an idiot. I just realized I have been using the safestrap.apk I had on my sd that was for MF3. This will be my problem..Problem solved.When you said the wrong slot was selected it made a light bulb light up in my head..Thanks bro
So I was able to root for the first time with Towelroot. That was successful and the I downloaded the clockwork mod and rom manager to attempt to flash Cyanogenmod. however after installing those two apps I restarted and when it booted up it now only shows the error message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help. I do believe that I created a backup on my SD card but I cannot access it and I cant seem to be able to even use Odin to get my phone back to stock Kit Kat firmware. Can somebody please help figure out how to get my phone to boot back up and hopefully keep my root intact?
If your on a retail note, you can't run cm so you would need to Odin back to stock nc4 and re root with towel root and install safe strap recovery . If on developer note 3 dis regard and wait for someone with a dev phone to answer.?
thanks
Okay thanks but wouldn't that just put me back into a bootloop again? using safestrap and towelroot put me in this situation and I don't know what caused this issue and I would like to avoid it at all if possible on my next attempt. Is it because I didn't unlock the bootloader?
Tay-lin said:
Okay thanks but wouldn't that just put me back into a bootloop again? using safestrap and towelroot put me in this situation and I don't know what caused this issue and I would like to avoid it at all if possible on my next attempt. Is it because I didn't unlock the bootloader?
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You can't unlock the bootloader on a retail Note 3.
Towelroot and Safe strap didn't get you in this situation.
You need to do a bit more research and read up before continuing.
All we have is root.
Safe strap is needed to run custom roms.
There are no custom kernels available since the bootloaders locked.
So don't try to use cwm.
Try to get your phone in download mode and odin the stock tar then root again and install Safstrap 3.75 build 4.
I booted into recovery using TWRP and my device went straight into download mode and I could not get out. I have a unlocked at&t SGH i337 originally with the old bootloader or MDL.
Tried installing the tar file with Odin and it failed. The only tar file I can get to work is NB1 4.4.2. I can't install a custom recovery now cause every time I boot to recovery the whole process starts over.
My device is rooted and shows custom in the bootloader so I'm sure I'm unlocked but even so I went through the unlock procedures just to be sure.
Does this mean I need to use SafeStrap now???
Thanks for your help
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I booted into recovery using TWRP and my device went straight into download mode and I could not get out. I have a unlocked at&t SGH i337 originally with the old bootloader or MDL.
Tried installing the tar file with Odin and it failed. The only tar file I can get to work is NB1 4.4.2. I can't install a custom recovery now cause every time I boot to recovery the whole process starts over.
My device is rooted and shows custom in the bootloader so I'm sure I'm unlocked but even so I went through the unlock procedures just to be sure.
Does this mean I need to use SafeStrap now???
Thanks for your help
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Yep. If you ODIN'd the NB1 tar, welcome to the club... your bootloader is now locked and safestrap is the only recovery you can use.
Just to verify, double check your bootloader...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51067793&postcount=4
Got this thing unlocked once sure there's a way there's a will ?
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PapaMag said:
Got this thing unlocked once sure there's a way there's a will ?
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The first stage is denial.
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The first stage is denial.
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It was a short denial, looks as though my flashing days are over for the most part
I have a g900v with android 6.0.1 I downloaded OTA. I know nothing about this topic, I was an apple user for 4 years then switched to this. I've tried to downgraDE using firmware from sammobile, don't know if that's what I am supposed to do... but nothing ever works, it either gets stuck on verizon screen or Odin says fail and I have to flash 6.0.1. Can anyone help? And remember I'm a noob so if you do help, please post links and stuff.
I have the same question.
I've looked all over XDA and other places and it seems that we have to use safestrap, but that requires root, and root requires an unlocked bootloader, but to unlock your bootloader requires root. I'm finding a circular reference that makes it impossible to do anything!
My CID starts with 15, im on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow (received OTA), not rooted, bootloader locked, on verizon. Is it possible to root this phone?
Did you guys see the stickies at the top? It's all (all of it) spelled out for you there. Read the guides
Guys, there are 2 guides you HAVE to read. Only the OP should do it.
In general, odin back to official PB1, then root the PB1 .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
Then unlock bootloader and flash to a MM rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
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Guys, there are 2 guides you HAVE to read. Only the OP should do it.
In general, odin back to official PB1, then root the PB1 .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
Then unlock bootloader and flash to a MM rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
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I have tried to do all of this, but I don't have an unlocked bootloader and every time I flash pb1 it's a soft brick. Any help with this would be appreciated!
nsol1 said:
I have tried to do all of this, but I don't have an unlocked bootloader and every time I flash pb1 it's a soft brick. Any help with this would be appreciated!
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Right after flashing pb1, reboot into recovery and do a factory reset.
You mean it will softbrick when you flash pb1 tar file in Odin?
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You mean it will softbrick when you flash pb1 tar file in Odin?
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Yes, I flash it, the oNE from sammObie which has pb1 and is for g900v and I soft brick no matter what I do, so I flash back to 6.0.1
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Yes, I flash it, the oNE from sammObie which has pb1 and is for g900v and I soft brick no matter what I do, so I flash back to 6.0.1
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Right after flashing pb1, reboot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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nsol1, read what Lightn1ng has stated and you should be fine. If not, try downloading PB1 from the link here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571
When you download it verify the md5 to make sure the file isn't corrupt in any way.
Also make sure you are following the guides EXACTLY as instructed from the link provided earlier in this thread. You must follow the two links in order, the top being the first that allows you to root, and the second link being last that unlocks your bootloader. This is not an easy process going from Marshmallow back to Lollipop, then unlocking bootloader to flash rooted Marshmallow, but take small steps at a time, pay attention to details and instructions and you should be able to do this with no problems. I am actually going to do this later today with a family member's S5. In about 24 hours I will update if I am unable to complete the steps provided. If I am able to get it working, then I will make sure to tell you what steps I took, if it was any different than what I stated in this post.
Research is always a good thing to do before taking the jump. I have already downloaded the necessary files onto my laptop before I proceed, including the files to flash in the event I make a mistake. That way I don't spend half a day downloading everything while the phone is unusable. And I have read through the majority of the comments to see what problems others have had issues with so I know what fixes there are.
This phone has been such a pain in the ass. My s4 was easy and my sprint s5 was cake to work with. This VZW s5 has been a royal headache.
Im living in a homeless shelter so I really dont wanna end up softbricked overnight before I can try to fix it at the library the next day.
Iam currently downloading a Deodexed/Debloted PF4 Rom for my VZW phone, got it on droidviews, PM me for the link it wont let me post it
So it looks like it has you use flashfire to install the rom and then has you Odin the proper Bootloader. Is this going to work for me?
When I was rooting the phone it had me messing with different kernals and stuff so I just wanted some clarification or something if anybody can provide some.
Thanks,
Raedon
I have both the Roms. The one for the unlocked bootloader and the locked one as well. Is there any easy way to see if my bootloader is unlocked?
Im pretty tech savvy but this **** is ridiculous.
Boot to download mode if you see a line that says developer mode you are bootloader unlocked
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In download mode it looks like my bootloader is locked. Is installing MM as simple as flashing the rom with flashfire and then flashing the new bootloader in odin?
Sounds like cake for real.
Yes you can install it in flash fire by having the firmware on your device then open flash fire app and click plus symbol in bottom right corner and choose flash firmware and choose the firmware let it check md5
then make sure inject su or root is off
Then click flash
You will lose root if you flash an official mm firmware and there is no way to root mm
Well I softbricked my phone and Im boned until tomorrow. I followed the instructions in the thread
"[How-To] Update to G900V_PF4 - 6.0.1"
It says at the top "**You can begin the following process from any Build/ROM but you must already have Root Access**"
You have to be rooted since it requires FlashFire. I downloaded the locked bootloader version since my bootloader is still locked. Followed all the directions and ended up stuck on the samsung screen. I have 40 minutes to try and fix this until Im stuck all night.
Im just gonna try to put the stock factory PB1 back on with the PB1 bootloader. Id love to get this 6.0.1 on my phone tomorrow tho
Boot to recovery and wipe data and cache
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