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Hi All,
After flashing new ROM, my first time, the device couldn't connect to the network due to missing IMEI.
I don't know how and why it was deleted.
I have tryied to revert back to the Stock ROM and the same.
I have no support from my service provider because the device is hacked...
Any solutions?
same case happened to me
hi there, just the same thing happened to me when I newly bought samsung galaxy S2, I did many trials to find a solution and a lot of internet research but I could not find any, and a lot of new flashes.
At the end, I re- installed again a stock ROM and went to the service shop where it is still under guaranty, the guys there did not know how to fix it back although they have contacted the VENDER (samsung firm), and at the end they replace it with BRAND New one, I was lucky.
However, when you get a new one, you have to back up a directory called "efs" using root explorer application (have to buy it from market),while u must be rooted, they folder includes the imei data needed, and if you have it already back it up some time back, try to restore it and may be you will have your imei back, (i could not dare to try this after i got the replacement).
My cousin had this problem when he flashed lite'ning rom 6.1 on his new galaxy s 2. I flashed it back to stock XXKH3 and imei and baseband returned. Tried flashing back to 6.1 and again went off so back to stock and everything working fine.
Try restore IMEI technqiues (part of my reserches atthat time):
www(dot)youtube(dot)com(slash)watch?v=JqLK_2I-SBM
and
www(dot)youtube(dot)com(slash)watch?v=SluVXRxgvpc&feature=related
Good Luck
chipxtreme said:
My cousin had this problem when he flashed lite'ning rom 6.1 on his new galaxy s 2. I flashed it back to stock XXKH3 and imei and baseband returned. Tried flashing back to 6.1 and again went off so back to stock and everything working fine.
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Can you please provide me a link for the stock XXKH3 ROM ?
Thanks in advance.
gentle10 said:
hi there, just the same thing happened to me when I newly bought samsung galaxy S2, I did many trials to find a solution and a lot of internet research but I could not find any, and a lot of new flashes.
At the end, I re- installed again a stock ROM and went to the service shop where it is still under guaranty, the guys there did not know how to fix it back although they have contacted the VENDER (samsung firm), and at the end they replace it with BRAND New one, I was lucky.
However, when you get a new one, you have to back up a directory called "efs" using root explorer application (have to buy it from market),while u must be rooted, they folder includes the imei data needed, and if you have it already back it up some time back, try to restore it and may be you will have your imei back, (i could not dare to try this after i got the replacement).
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Using the root explorer method I'm not sure you will be able to restore the IMEI if you corrupt the /efs folder. Have a look at this!
Dude, read the f**king rules!
This is the wrong section, and you obviously haven't even tried to use the search button.
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sagytb said:
Hi All,
After flashing new ROM, my first time, the device couldn't connect to the network due to missing IMEI.
I don't know how and why it was deleted.
I have tryied to revert back to the Stock ROM and the same.
I have no support from my service provider because the device is hacked...
Any solutions?
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If your /efs directory got erased due to a flash.. Short answer: Without a backup you cannot restore it. A support request from samsung maybe, but unlikely due to the modified nature of the device.
bruflot said:
Dude, read the f**king rules!
This is the wrong section, and you obviously haven't even tried to use the search button.
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How hard was that? A civil and informative response in same time it took you to swear at him..
bruflot said:
Dude, read the f**king rules!
This is the wrong section, and you obviously haven't even tried to use the search button.
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wow, how helpful you were, you should be "flashed" to CEO of XDA-developers and not remaining senior member.
you amazed us really...
bruflot said:
Dude, read the f**king rules!
This is the wrong section, and you obviously haven't even tried to use the search button.
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If only. It's funny how people lose their efs folder then come complaining and researching afterwards. All they have to do is simply back it up.
Return the phone to samsung under warranty and hope for the best OP.
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for me, after installing Lite... Rom 6.1, i miss my IMEI, but after installing first rom(with three files!) of middle east, its back to me!!!
Lost IMEI
Are you sure the IMEI is realy lost? sometimes when the modem ****s up or compatibility issues.
I think maybe you should download only the modem which corasponds to the rom you are using, ie, use KH3 modem if KH3 ROM etc.
Give that a try my friend...dont forget to read the instructions in the other threads about the use of odin, I know this is not the appropriate place for this thread but there is no need to be agresive towards people who are learning the ropes
indeed try to flash back to stock rom and then root Backup your efs folder then try flashing a rom again.
i got this also that my Imei was gone flashed back to stock and it was back again.
Someone knows how to reproduce this?
I already have an efs backup but want to try to get a new sgs2 (yellow tint prob).
Cheers
Same here, have had Litening Rom 6.1 (for a couple of months already) and IMEI gone since this morning. The phone can't find the network anymore. It also has problems booting up sometimes. In some cases I need to pull the battery and boot it 5 times in a row before it boots past the first screen.
I guess I need to downgrade as well. (Or upgrade to the latest Litening version, but I'll first downgrade to the original firmware.)
on newer phones they have made it harder to fff up your imei the efs directory no longer exists and the data is saved in a private partition instead..
that is the way it is on my wifes galaxy s gio that i just setup..
just info for thought.
Hey all,
So after flashing a bunch of custom ROMs I reverted back to stock. Once I had stock I ignorantly upgraded OTA...I now have that damn Knox crap. Fine. But all of a sudden I can't hear any sound, anywhere, I can't play any video (YouTube or browser embedded), my camera video recorder doesn't function at all, my phone doesn't work, and who knows what else.
I've flashed back to stock multiple times with Odin, as well as tried my custom ROM of choice (SlimBean) and it's always the same. I have no idea what could have caused this and don't know how to get back to a functioning phone.
With my warranty now void I don't know what to do. TriangleAway said it worked but it didn't, it remains 18...I tried twice. I'm thinking I might just have to say to Telus that after I upgraded with their OTA it got messed so I tried flashing back to stock 18 times lol
Ideas?
I just found out about the Best Buy Samsung centres. I'm going to go to them and see what happens!
UPDATE:
So the Samsung guy played with my phone for a bit and agreed it needed a flash, blah blah blah. He was about to do it and then asked if I rooted. I decided not to lie. He then went on to tell me it was against the integrity of his company to flash it for me. I tried a few different logical angles but he just kept saying no. Pretty lame since him helping wouldn't do anything except give me my phone back. If they don't want people flashing a phone that had previously been flashable then there should be some sort of front-facing warning for customers. If I had known that I would not be able to freely flash my phone I may have reconsidered Samsung.
I downloaded the new "stock" 4.3 and flashed that with Odin. Everything works again. Should I never flash a custom ROM again?!
EDIT:
The file I used was I337MVLUEMK6_I337MOYAEMK6_I337MVLUEMK6_HOME
AZDJedi said:
I downloaded the new "stock" 4.3 and flashed that with Odin. Everything works again. Should I never flash a custom ROM again?!
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Yeah don't, you now have a locked bootloader.
possible sound fix ?
AZDJedi said:
Hey all,
So after flashing a bunch of custom ROMs I reverted back to stock. Once I had stock I ignorantly upgraded OTA...I now have that damn Knox crap. Fine. But all of a sudden I can't hear any sound, anywhere, I can't play any video (YouTube or browser embedded), my camera video recorder doesn't function at all, my phone doesn't work, and who knows what else.
I've flashed back to stock multiple times with Odin, as well as tried my custom ROM of choice (SlimBean) and it's always the same. I have no idea what could have caused this and don't know how to get back to a functioning phone.
With my warranty now void I don't know what to do. TriangleAway said it worked but it didn't, it remains 18...I tried twice. I'm thinking I might just have to say to Telus that after I upgraded with their OTA it got messed so I tried flashing back to stock 18 times lol
Ideas?
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i had the same issue, but i had no sound, no mic, no wifi, and no signal...
only way i got it back was to use the CDR-I337MUMUAMI1-20131121212713 mexican 4.3 update in odin,
then reflash the RWC-I337MVLUEMK6-20131125124040 canadian 4.3 rogers stock.
everything now works *but* its triggered the 0x1 knox BS..
Fyi... my counter is at 30 for trying everything under the sun i saw to get my phone back to "normal"
hope this helps...:good:
I think the issue with the Knox security crap is the ROM version. Once I flashed 4.3 stock (the one Telus released last week) everything worked fine; if I flashed 4.2.2 (the one that came with the phone) it didn't. After putting 4.3 on, and learning that by using that ROM I could always return to normal, I decided to try SlimKat again. It worked!
I'm happy to have my custom ROM back...it's way better .
I'm waiting until the hackers figure out how to get rid of Knox. It's only a matter of time IMO.
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I think the issue with the Knox security crap is the ROM version. Once I flashed 4.3 stock (the one Telus released last week) everything worked fine; if I flashed 4.2.2 (the one that came with the phone) it didn't. After putting 4.3 on, and learning that by using that ROM I could always return to normal, I decided to try SlimKat again. It worked!
I'm happy to have my custom ROM back...it's way better .
I'm waiting until the hackers figure out how to get rid of Knox. It's only a matter of time IMO.
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yup.. if you mentioned you were canadian, could have helped you sooner. we have had the 4.3 odin files for a couple weeks now. ( add your location to your profile )
screw knox. its built into the bootloader. and its not stopping us from flashing, it is not a priority at all for anyone to hack. Bootloaders are a pain to hack, and there is no benifit to hacking this UNLOCKED knox bootloader.
my trigger is tripped, i dont care. i have the extended smartphone care plan from bell. if i crack the screen, loose the phone or drop it in water, i get a new phone (or upgrade) for 160$. kinda hard to tell if a phone is tripped its flash counter if you cant read the screen....
TRusselo said:
yup.. if you mentioned you were canadian, could have helped you sooner. we have had the 4.3 odin files for a couple weeks now. ( add your location to your profile )...
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I figured having "Telus" as my provider would be enough info. I've added Toronto though, thanks for the pointer
Ya, I don't really care about the Knox flag either. I have the red and yellow warning when my phone boots, but who cares...as long as my custom ROM works, I'm happy!
You pay $5 a month for the priviledge of paying $160 to replace your phone, right?
missed the telus part.. lol
8 bucks but ya. already came in handy. broke my s3 screen after 8 months or so, got my s4 as a replacement for 160$ fee. a new screen off ebay for the s3 was 160$ plus risk of install to keep an s3.... ill upgrade.
TRusselo said:
missed the telus part.. lol
8 bucks but ya. already came in handy. broke my s3 screen after 8 months or so, got my s4 as a replacement for 160$ fee. a new screen off ebay for the s3 was 160$ plus risk of install to keep an s3.... ill upgrade.
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That's 160 + (8*8+HST) = $232. Not bad I suppose.
Warranty fraud and discussions promoting it are NOT allowed on XDA. Telling someone tourposely bricking a phone to get a warranty replacement is promotion of warranty fraud.
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See above...thread cleaned. ..
Consider this your final warning.
waranty
AZDJedi said:
Hey all,
So after flashing a bunch of custom ROMs I reverted back to stock. Once I had stock I ignorantly upgraded OTA...I now have that damn Knox crap. Fine. But all of a sudden I can't hear any sound, anywhere, I can't play any video (YouTube or browser embedded), my camera video recorder doesn't function at all, my phone doesn't work, and who knows what else.
I've flashed back to stock multiple times with Odin, as well as tried my custom ROM of choice (SlimBean) and it's always the same. I have no idea what could have caused this and don't know how to get back to a functioning phone.
With my warranty now void I don't know what to do. TriangleAway said it worked but it didn't, it remains 18...I tried twice. I'm thinking I might just have to say to Telus that after I upgraded with their OTA it got messed so I tried flashing back to stock 18 times lol
Ideas?
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I hope this helps...
I got the update and it blew my sound and wifi. I flashed my i337m with stock 4.2 and it was still locked and showed void warranty so I rooted and used triangle away(Paid for on Goog) and it kept rebooting until I held volume up during one of the reboots and it went into stock recovery mode and SUCCESS counter reset. I still had the bootloader lock and no sound but my warranty was back. I updated to 4,3 again in hopes my wifi and sound would return but it did not. I took the phone back to koodo and five days later had it returned with 4.2.2 no bootloader lock!!!! The guy said they replaced the main board. But I'm not suggesting you do this....but this was what happened to me. I wish I took some pictures and documented it better, but I was so pissed at Samsung for yet another DOWNGRADE. We freakin buy these phones and Samsung acts like they still own it.
P.S. Don't forget to unroot.
and turn off the updates on your phone and kies!
Hello,
First, let me introduce myself, I have just registered myself. I am Demy, seventeen years old and I live in The Netherlands. I've got a Samsung Galaxy SIV, previous I had a Samsung Galaxy SII.
I have seen some people talking about 'rooting' your phone. It makes to get the 'superuser' status, which means I can do everything I want with my device which I could not do previously. My questions are as follows.
When I root, will my device lose it's warranty? If so, can I unroot it in order it getting it's warranty back?
What will be the benefits, and what are the downsides?
I understood that there are multiple 'stocks'(?) What is the difference in those?
I hope you can help me.
Demy.
Hi and welcome to the xda.
Which model of s s4 do you own? ( i9500, i9505, etc)
The answer of all of those questions depends on the model of your s4.
I almost forgot, which version of android are you running on your device?
arminale said:
Hi and welcome to the xda.
Which model of s s4 do you own? ( i9500, i9505, etc)
The answer of all of those questions depends on the model of your s4.
I almost forgot, which version of android are you running on your device?
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Thank you.
I am owning a GT-I9505, running android 4.3. I read that android 4.4.2 has been released for the Galaxy S4, but mine has been branded. The update for android 4.3 was really late, also. When I root my phone, will brand go away?
Demy.
Demy. said:
Thank you.
I am owning a GT-I9505, running android 4.3. I read that android 4.4.2 has been released for the Galaxy S4, but mine has been branded. The update for android 4.3 was really late, also. When I root my phone, will brand go away?
Demy.
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Hi Demy, well i got the same phone just recently updated from stock to 4.3 and it is all the same i used the safe root took maybe 3-5min and it was done and it does not void your warranty either as the laws of eu says that rooting does not void warranty, after you rooted you can install root explorer or es fileexplorer and easily de-bloat your phone
Hagis2k said:
Hi Demy, well i got the same phone just recently updated from stock to 4.3 and it is all the same i used the safe root took maybe 3-5min and it was done and it does not void your warranty either as the laws of eu says that rooting does not void warranty, after you rooted you can install root explorer or es fileexplorer and easily de-bloat your phone
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Hello Hagis2k,
If I understand correctly, de-bloat is unrooting my phone?
I saw a guide on YouTube where people are using the Chainfire method, it look really easy to me. What is the difference between different rooting methods?
Demy.
Demy,
Hi im jeremy (mejakola97) you can call me meja, jeremy, mejakola, jak, whatever you like,
Im in the usa and I am 17 as well AWESOME!!!
Ok you know those apps that you never use that came with the phone and you cant uninstall? Debloating is where you use your root access to bypass your carriers "block" and uninstall it anyway. the block is kinda like a firewall, ill talk more about that later in this novel
Debloat is NOT unroot. it is removing apps preloaded to the phone by your carrier that you normally would not be able to uninstall
I have the i337 (at&t) running 4.3 mk2 build,
In settings>more>about phone
Under the phone info, scroll down to the build number and what are the last three characters? Also tap on it about 5 times in a row to enable devoper mode if you haven already done so. This just gives you some cool settings that you can use, you will need to turn on usb debugging of course.
Going back,those three characters can help determine what method to use to root,
Saferoot is a good way to go because of KNOX
Knox is the new security feature that came with 4.3 with the soul purpose to make our live harder and piss us all off. XD
Anyway it has a "trip wire" that is supposed to "void" your warrenty
However, I have heard people who have a problem and the company fixes it for them anyways, they just wipe the phone beforehand. All the tripwire is is it changes a number in the download mode display in the top left from "0x0" to 0x1
If you had a problem idk if you have a BestBuy store there but they are miraculously good at fixing Samsung, I had a friend that didnt know what he was doing and flashed an old htc rom on his gs4active, and of course bricked it... they fixed it for free flashed the stock firmware for free.
So to talk about stock, stock refers to "the origanal" the real copy, of your firmware, so there is one set of stock files per phone per update. Your stock 4.3 is different from mine even though we both have gs4.
It would be a good idea to go to the samsung website and download 4.3 stock firmware and keep it on your computer just in case you need it. make sure you get the one for your i9505
So, for rooting, each way is different, they all try to find loopholes "exploits" on the phone to try and get around like the phones personal firewall. its put there so we dont do anything dumb like when uninstalling system apps that are bloatware, accitentally uninstalling the phone app and no longer being able to make phone calls, in fact now i wonder if i actually can do that,
Then they install superuserSU developed by chainfire and copied by many. And superuser acts as an on off switch to allow certain things through the firewall to the root side of the phone, (someone should really buy that guy a beer, chainfire is such a badass)
Now with knox people are worried about it messing up the warranty but I mean you can get away with it im sure,
So there is saferoot, 1st choice even though I couldnt get it to work
Second choice, kingo root, you put it on your computer, install the phone drivers, (I would just install kies since its got it all the drivers), enable usb debuging, plug it in, wait, click root.
There were some rumors about kingo sending imei's to like a chinese database but idk... it was also rumored that kingo tripped knox but im still 0x0 so...
Third preferred methood is a little trickier, odin.
This is where you flash a file with your computer and it roots your phone, again it didnt work for me but im weird.
Now there is a chinese rooting methood called "vroot"... DONT DOWNLOAD IT!!! Just dont, it bricked my phone by trying to root it when I already had root capabilities... that was a nightmare!
there are other ways for older phones such as downloading an apk like gingerbreak for gingerbread or framaroot... but there arent very many of those now that dont need a computer i think.
Um I know I jumped around on the answering part but thers a lot of info here for you to digest im sure, ill be willing to give you as much knowledge as I have, I know its hard to learn everything at once so its nice to be able to have questions answered.
so what else you got for us?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
Jeremy, mejakola97
ps you should totally hit the thanks button for me, it'll be my first like.
mejakola said:
Demy,
Hi im jeremy (mejakola97) you can call me meja, jeremy, mejakola, jak, whatever you like,
Im in the usa and I am 17 as well AWESOME!!!
Ok you know those apps that you never use that came with the phone and you cant uninstall? Debloating is where you use your root access to bypass your carriers "block" and uninstall it anyway. the block is kinda like a firewall, ill talk more about that later in this novel
Debloat is NOT unroot. it is removing apps preloaded to the phone by your carrier that you normally would not be able to uninstall
I have the i337 (at&t) running 4.3 mk2 build,
In settings>more>about phone
Under the phone info, scroll down to the build number and what are the last three characters? Also tap on it about 5 times in a row to enable devoper mode if you haven already done so. This just gives you some cool settings that you can use, you will need to turn on usb debugging of course.
Going back,those three characters can help determine what method to use to root,
Saferoot is a good way to go because of KNOX
Knox is the new security feature that came with 4.3 with the soul purpose to make our live harder and piss us all off. XD
Anyway it has a "trip wire" that is supposed to "void" your warrenty
However, I have heard people who have a problem and the company fixes it for them anyways, they just wipe the phone beforehand. All the tripwire is is it changes a number in the download mode display in the top left from "0x0" to 0x1
If you had a problem idk if you have a BestBuy store there but they are miraculously good at fixing Samsung, I had a friend that didnt know what he was doing and flashed an old htc rom on his gs4active, and of course bricked it... they fixed it for free flashed the stock firmware for free.
So to talk about stock, stock refers to "the origanal" the real copy, of your firmware, so there is one set of stock files per phone per update. Your stock 4.3 is different from mine even though we both have gs4.
It would be a good idea to go to the samsung website and download 4.3 stock firmware and keep it on your computer just in case you need it. make sure you get the one for your i9505
So, for rooting, each way is different, they all try to find loopholes "exploits" on the phone to try and get around like the phones personal firewall. its put there so we dont do anything dumb like when uninstalling system apps that are bloatware, accitentally uninstalling the phone app and no longer being able to make phone calls, in fact now i wonder if i actually can do that,
Then they install superuserSU developed by chainfire and copied by many. And superuser acts as an on off switch to allow certain things through the firewall to the root side of the phone, (someone should really buy that guy a beer, chainfire is such a badass)
Now with knox people are worried about it messing up the warranty but I mean you can get away with it im sure,
So there is saferoot, 1st choice even though I couldnt get it to work
Second choice, kingo root, you put it on your computer, install the phone drivers, (I would just install kies since its got it all the drivers), enable usb debuging, plug it in, wait, click root.
There were some rumors about kingo sending imei's to like a chinese database but idk... it was also rumored that kingo tripped knox but im still 0x0 so...
Third preferred methood is a little trickier, odin.
This is where you flash a file with your computer and it roots your phone, again it didnt work for me but im weird.
Now there is a chinese rooting methood called "vroot"... DONT DOWNLOAD IT!!! Just dont, it bricked my phone by trying to root it when I already had root capabilities... that was a nightmare!
there are other ways for older phones such as downloading an apk like gingerbreak for gingerbread or framaroot... but there arent very many of those now that dont need a computer i think.
Um I know I jumped around on the answering part but thers a lot of info here for you to digest im sure, ill be willing to give you as much knowledge as I have, I know its hard to learn everything at once so its nice to be able to have questions answered.
so what else you got for us?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
Jeremy, mejakola97
ps you should totally hit the thanks button for me, it'll be my first like.
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Hello Jeremy,
Thank you so much for your novel! Do you also have a GT-I9505?
I liked your post, although I would've liked to like it for another 10 times. It is really nice to see you putting so much effort in this, for me. Thank you!
I would love to remove all the apps I can't remove, because I don't use like 95% of them. Just to make sure, when I have rooted my phone, I can remove those? (De-bloat)?
The last digits are MKF. I also activated developer mode, what can I do with this?
We don't have a BestBuy store in The Netherlands, as far as I know. But there are more stores. Let's pretend I will never have to go there, shall we? Haha
When I root my phone, I will get a custom stock, right? I saw a custom ROM called cyanomen 11 or something. A stock is something else than a ROM right?
The Chainfire root looks pretty easy to me, would you recommend this for me?
Thank you again for this comprehensive post!
Demy.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
Demy. said:
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
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Rooting your phone using chainfire's magic trick can void your warranty .. Anyways Your country is part of EU... so no need for a warranty if something happen to your phone . Such as Hardware failure . (The Best thing you can do is call your provider about it. ) Im sure you have 2 years warranty for your phone but if any chance you broke your screen , your warranty is now gone. that's what my Provider told me
Repulsa said:
Rooting your phone using chainfire's magic trick can void your warranty .. Anyways Your country is part of EU... so no need for a warranty if something happen to your phone . Such as Hardware failure . (The Best thing you can do is call your provider about it. ) Im sure you have 2 years warranty for your phone but if you broke the screen , your warranty is now gone. that's what my Provider told me
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Hello Repulsa,
I had my screen broken one time, but I had to pay for it. I think my phone does not have warranty, so that is not a problem.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
Demy. said:
Hello Repulsa,
I had my screen broken one time, but I had to pay for it. I think my phone does not have warranty, so that is not a problem.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
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Well if you think your phone doesnt have warranty then feel free to do what you want with your Phone such as Rooting/flashing custom rom etc.. But Remember do it at your own risk . Always follow the Dev's tutorial on how to do it .Goodluck and Have a nice day.
Repulsa said:
Well if you think your phone doesnt have warranty then feel free to do what you want with your Phone such as Rooting/flashing custom rom etc.. But Remember do it at your own risk . Always follow the Dev's tutorial on how to do it .Goodluck and Have a nice day.
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Yet another question, I'm such a nooby haha. What is flashing a ROM?
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Demy. said:
Yet another question, I'm such a nooby haha. What is flashing a ROM?
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
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Flashing rom is an alternative name for the device firmware, basically means to load a different version of the Android OS.It is the process used to change/Modify/Tweaks Such as completely changing the user interface/auto root/providing additional features and such Feel free to visit this website . and Please use the search button or ask first before you do something with your Phone. So once again "Do it at your Own risk"
Can I unbrand my phone when I have rooted it, so I will get the newer android versions earlier? T-mobile is very late with the new android versions. If yes, is this done when rooting, or do I have to do this myself?
Ok so to explain stock another way, you have stock firmware right now, stock refers to the original, is this case its the original firware,
If you flash a custom rom for your phone then that would be a custom firmware essentially.
Sometimes people refer to stock as "official firmware".
So when you root your phone you will still have the same firmware, and thus still have stock.
I have a sgh-i337, its almost the same as yours except for I cant update as frequently because my carrier is mean.
Check out this page, hopefully it wont still be blank, I just made it last night.http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/samsung
Just look at the bottom one, I have the at&t version, you have the international version.
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Chainfires way is definitely the way, I mean he made superuserSU.
I would still rather use kingo, because I dont have to do any thing, just install the drivers and king on my computer.
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Ok so to explain stock another way, you have stock firmware right now, stock refers to the original, is this case its the original firware,
If you flash a custom rom for your phone then that would be a custom firmware essentially.
Sometimes people refer to stock as "official firmware".
So when you root your phone you will still have the same firmware, and thus still have stock.
I have a sgh-i337, its almost the same as yours except for I cant update as frequently because my carrier is mean.
Check out this page, hopefully it wont still be blank, I just made it last night.http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/samsung
Just look at the bottom one, I have the at&t version, you have the international version.
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Chainfires way is definitely the way, I mean he made superuserSU.
I would still rather use kingo, because I dont have to do any thing, just install the drivers and king on my computer.
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What is the point in rooting my phone, when I keep the same stock?
My phone is T-mobile branded, the update for Android 4.3 came like 2 months later than other carriers. That why I want to unbrand my phone.
Demy.
Demy. said:
What is the point in rooting my phone, when I keep the same stock?
My phone is T-mobile branded, the update for Android 4.3 came like 2 months later than other carriers. That why I want to unbrand my phone.
Demy.
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The point is that you gain full rights of what you own, imagine you bought a new car but they locked the hood for you so you can not check
your oil and fill windscreen wiper fluid and so that pretty stupid ?
I have the same MKF too believe my phone was imported from france by swedish reseller anyway there is a special saferoot for the s4 that works like a charm, and the EU laws says that if you root your device does not void warranty it is up to the manufacturer to prove that your "rooting" has caused the issues and lets say your battery fails happens sometimes... then they can't just come and say hey you rooted your device your out of warranty if the service center tell you that then just call samsung
This guide i followed:
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Safe-Root-Android-4.3-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note-No-Warranty-Void.html
And i have de-bloated my phone a lot runs smother and less garbage in it
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The point is that you gain full rights of what you own, imagine you bought a new car but they locked the hood for you so you can not check
your oil and fill windscreen wiper fluid and so that pretty stupid ?
I have the same MKF too believe my phone was imported from france by swedish reseller anyway there is a special saferoot for the s4 that works like a charm, and the EU laws says that if you root your device does not void warranty it is up to the manufacturer to prove that your "rooting" has caused the issues and lets say your battery fails happens sometimes... then they can't just come and say hey you rooted your device your out of warranty if the service center tell you that then just call samsung
This guide i followed:
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Safe-Root-Android-4.3-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note-No-Warranty-Void.html
And i have de-bloated my phone a lot runs smother and less garbage in it
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That was a good comparison! That video looked really easy, thank you!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when I have rooted my phone I can flash(?) a custom rom, like Cyanogenmod 11, to my phone?
I want to do a factory reset, so my phone is clean when rooted. Do I have to do this myself or is this happening when rooted?
Demy.
Demy. said:
That was a good comparison! That video looked really easy, thank you!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when I have rooted my phone I can flash(?) a custom rom, like Cyanogenmod 11, to my phone?
I want to do a factory reset, so my phone is clean when rooted. Do I have to do this myself or is this happening when rooted?
Demy.
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neither.
if you do a true factory reset then you WILL lose root.
i think i know what your wanting to do, when you go to flash a custom rom, your supposed to wipe the phone,
a factory wipe using safestrap bootloader, wipes everything on the phone except media, pictures etc.
if you want i can get you all set up with what you need to root and flash.
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neither.
if you do a true factory reset then you WILL lose root.
i think i know what your wanting to do, when you go to flash a custom rom, your supposed to wipe the phone,
a factory wipe using safestrap bootloader, wipes everything on the phone except media, pictures etc.
if you want i can get you all set up with what you need to root and flash.
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I would really appreciate it if you're willing to do that!
Demy.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
Demy. said:
I would really appreciate it if you're willing to do that!
Demy.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505
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so you know where to get saferoot from. download all that and should be pretty simple.
if it doesnt work, just google kingo and try that. way...
next this one has got to be the most important out of all of them, DOWNLOAD TITANIUM BACKUP from google play. i would recomend the pro version.
open it and grant it SU access, it will tell you to enable 'install from unknown sources' and 'enable usb debuging' if you have not already done so.
hit your menu button, and then select preferences, then change the backup folder location to your external sd card (/storage/extSdCard)
now in the main screen of TB hit the checkmark in the top right corner, for the first time find 'backup all user apps + system data' and hit RUN, it will take a while, then do the same thing except for this time run "create 'update.zip' from app+data backups"
make sure its on your external sd card and that you can find it... I would also recommend FREQUENTLY putting the copies of both the TB backup and the .ZIP file on your computer... just in case...
now we can start having some fun.
download safestrap: custom recovery for locked devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
follow the instructions and flash SS.
IF YOU HAVE AT&T I337 YOU MUST DO THIS STEP!!!
now i337 users (not you demy) you have a locked bootloader so you must use loki. or check this out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
again this is only for i337 users, and also i337 users as stated in the above thread, dont even try any other custom recovery, they wont work with our locked bootloaders.
next go into the safestrap app and click 'reboot to recovery' and in the top left corner hit that button, not sure exactly what it says off the top of my head but... then hit rom one and hit create. note that the only thing that you should flash is the update.zip file you created in TB else you run the risk of soft bricking like i did two days ago.
so go find your rom and make sure it is supposed to work with your phone and also with SafeStrap. follow any extra instructions on how to flash the rom that are given in the thread, and you should be good to go there.
last, download TB if its missing, and restore your missing apps ONLY .... this applies to in a rom.
if you just went back to stock and have a wiped phone what i do is restore missing apps and data and system apps too.
any questions about this just let me know. or if you brick it and get stuck in a bootloop or something stupid like i did the other day while attempting to flash ShoStock, lol let me know gs4 users, BUT REMEMBER YOU DID IT AND ITS NOT MY FAULT
if you arent a gs4 user, i may be able to help you just not as quickly most likely.
Hi everyone, I'm a new poster on XDA, long time lurker. I am an Android users, previous owner of several 'classic' android phones, such as GS3.
I've always flashed on my own, but now that I own a 9005 Note 3, I thought I'd jump on here and request some info before checking, due to the whole Knox thing and the higher degree of complexity involved in the process.
I have tried looking for the help posts on my own but I usually found 2 or more different versions for things like rooting and rom flashing which left me a bit dubious, so I decided to open one thread:
I would like to flash either the Hyperdrive ROM or the XNote one, can someone help me through the process directing me to a clear post about all the required steps for an SM 9005?
I am obviously updated to 4.4.2 Android version, and my Kernel is 3.4.0-1168347.
Thanks in advance to anyone who will answer, and congrats to everyone who contributes to the forum, your work is astonishingly helpful!
+1 im in the same predicament as you and im sure theres more..
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I suggest you go to the relevant rkm thread and read up. There shpuld be tutorial ln what you need and how to do it.
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I suggest you go to the relevant rkm thread and read up. There shpuld be tutorial ln what you need and how to do it.
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Rkm? Is that the user who opened the thread you're suggesting?
Are you guys worried about the warranty, if not then i can help as i just flashed mine 2 days back.
You need to flash CF Root using ODIN(do a search) pretty easily done. Post that flash Philz latest recovery(search) using ODIN.
Take a EFS backup using any tool on playstore and rom back up. Download xnote and then keep it in your internal sd card.
Go to recovery menu(search howto) either manually follow the clearing process or use the flash a new room menu item. and then go ahead and flash ur new rom.
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Are you guys worried about the warranty, if not then i can help as i just flashed mine 2 days back.
You need to flash CF Root using ODIN(do a search) pretty easily done. Post that flash Philz latest recovery(search) using ODIN.
Take a EFS backup using any tool on playstore and rom back up. Download xnote and then keep it in your internal sd card.
Go to recovery menu(search howto) either manually follow the clearing process or use the flash a new room menu item. and then go ahead and flash ur new rom.
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I don't really mind voiding my warranty, I just want to be sure the ROM flashing is successfull and I am able to restore the phone to the original status if needed. If there isn't a way to keep from tripping the knox flag, so be it.
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I've always flashed on my own, but now that I own a 9005 Note 3, I thought I'd jump on here and request some info before checking, due to the whole Knox thing and the higher degree of complexity involved in the process.
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+1 im in the same predicament as you and im sure theres more.
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Hey,
I was in the same position as you guys. Been with android and flashed for years without issue. If you don't mind voiding your warranty (depending on the country you live in) start here, I'm sure you have heard of chainfire and know of his awesome work, just follow the install instructions, it's too easy. Like chainfire says if it takes you more than 30 seconds you need practice. Next you need a custom recovery, my suggestion is Chenglu's CWM, this was one thing I had issues with. When flashing certain ROMs I had issues (apps crashing or built in apps not installing while flashing etc...), I later found out that it was due to the recovery I was using, I switched to Chenglu's CWM and haven't had an issue. I've since flashed just about everything on offer with no problems. Just make sure you do plenty of reading and you will be fine.
Good luck.
PS: Depending on what firmware you are on now you maybe able to RDLV, take a look here. I just noticed you said about restoring to the original state. If you trip Knox, at present there is no way to un-trip it, meaning your Knox status will always show 0x1 warranty void and gives Samsung service centres the right to refuse warranty claims. Like I said it depends on where you live (in Australia we have laws that protect consumers from stupid things like Knox, as long as it is a manufacturer fault). The only thing I didn't like about the idea of RDLV is, you can't install a custom recovery, stopping you from doing all the fun stuff having a rooted device allows you to do. But each to there own. Hope this helped.
Hey guys, I have Note 3 SM-N9005. Android version is 4.3 (Israeli stock Rom, still no update for that).
Current firmware is something that ends with CSC:MJ4. I tried to update to NF4 using Kies 3 but there is some kind of error that prevents me from doing so. The error occurs when download of firmware components gets to about 70%. It happened several times now.
My device is completely stock, and I like to root it. Should I try to solve the firmware update issue before rooting? Is there an easy way to root without voiding KNOX? I tried to search information in the forum but haven't managed to completely understand what should I do.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.
ItayPBM said:
Hey guys, I have Note 3 SM-N9005. Android version is 4.3 (Israeli stock Rom, still no update for that).
Current firmware is something that ends with CSC:MJ4. I tried to update to NF4 using Kies 3 but there is some kind of error that prevents me from doing so. The error occurs when download of firmware components gets to about 70%. It happened several times now.
My device is completely stock, and I like to root it. Should I try to solve the firmware update issue before rooting? Is there an easy way to root without voiding KNOX? I tried to search information in the forum but haven't managed to completely understand what should I do.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Sorry i cant help you, but i need to do some commenting so i can take part in developing treads, (stupid rule)
That's okay, does anyone know what to do?
Use ODIN to flash Original Samsung Firmware
ItayPBM said:
That's okay, does anyone know what to do?
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Hi Itay,
Not that I am an expert by any measure, however I have been quite successful (and lucky!) with flashing my Note 3 (so far) and previously with my S2. There is so much good information on XDA, provided by people who really what they are doing and are willing to share their knowledge, work and help us 'users' (as opposed to developers) out.
That said, I hope (expect) that a more experience member will correct me if I'm wrong, it should be possible to flash an original Samsung ROM via ODIN. Browse around on XDA, and you will find the files and instructions you need. There are many good tutorials available, and you need to read up on whether you will lose all your data (very likely!), and whether you will trip KNOX 0x1, which I understand you can avoid using Samsung original files. For me personally, I don't require KNOX to interface at work, so am using a custom ROM, which tripped KNOX to 0x1.
Good luck, and I hope you figure out how to update your device without issues.
That's part of my problem, there is so much information that I kind of get lost in it, and don't manage to understand what exactly I should do.
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Try kies in different pc at different place, spl if u r trying at work place avoid using kies as security will be high.
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ItayPBM said:
That's part of my problem, there is so much information that I kind of get lost in it, and don't manage to understand what exactly I should do.
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Read into the Odin method - You can flash software version of your choice, without the risk of voiding KNOX and keeping a completely stock device (if you choose to)