[Q] I don't get it - Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I had to Odin and went back to ncg. I have searched and posted in relevant forums and no answers that work. I am rooted have safestrap and I have flashfire. I would like to go up to the new MOAR rom. For some reason when I try to flash anything with safestrap it fails everytime, just shows updating partitions and then a red failed.
When I try with flashfire I can not see zips on my SD or internal. Everyone says it should work fine. It doesnt. I did repatriation with pit when going to ncg. I try flashing the stock rooted OA8 and it fails. Any help is super appreciated. I did not have trouble when I first got the phone and rooted but I started at OA8 and went to ncg.

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Bootloop on hyperdrive rom, please help

I need help. lol. my Samsung note 3 is stuck in bootloop. I posted this in the thread for the hyperdrive rom because its what I was trying to flash.
i wiped and flashed in the stock slot. and now im stuck in the bootloop problem. it says recovery booting in the upper left of the screen and just keeps rebooting. I tried going in to odin and reloading the "n900v kk firmware" and nothing. anyone know a fix for this. is there something I can download to flash to fix this. I know I will have to use odin, just not sure what.
donelam304 said:
I need help. lol. my Samsung note 3 is stuck in bootloop. I posted this in the thread for the hyperdrive rom because its what I was trying to flash.
i wiped and flashed in the stock slot. and now im stuck in the bootloop problem. it says recovery booting in the upper left of the screen and just keeps rebooting. I tried going in to odin and reloading the "n900v kk firmware" and nothing. anyone know a fix for this. is there something I can download to flash to fix this. I know I will have to use odin, just not sure what.
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Hi I'm kinda new to the community and Android, but I'll try to help. I've been having issues trying to use safestrap to install my custom roms. I know that 3.72 had issues with the extra slots. That was supposed to be fixed in 3.75. In short I haven't reached a loop but have had to flash to stock several times with Odin. I had to remove my battery to get the phone in "power off" mode. From there, I booted to download for odin (assuming you can get it to boot to download-volume down/home/power buttons to get there).
Once I got there, I just made sure I had the firmware version I wanted to go back to, plugged it into odin and bam! Back to stock to start over.
Bryotch said:
Hi I'm kinda new to the community and Android, but I'll try to help. I've been having issues trying to use safestrap to install my custom roms. I know that 3.72 had issues with the extra slots. That was supposed to be fixed in 3.75. In short I haven't reached a loop but have had to flash to stock several times with Odin. I had to remove my battery to get the phone in "power off" mode. From there, I booted to download for odin (assuming you can get it to boot to download-volume down/home/power buttons to get there).
Once I got there, I just made sure I had the firmware version I wanted to go back to, plugged it into odin and bam! Back to stock to start over.
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I can boot in to the download mode. has no problem. even tried flashing the n900v_kk_firmware.tar.md5 tar,
ALL_N900VVRUBMJE_N900VVZWMJE_2106277_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
and even tried the N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_N900VVRUCNC4_HOME.tar.md5
and when I do the MJE one it says invalid. am I flashing the wrong file is there something else I should be using. when I get in to manual mode after it boots in to manual recovery mode it says im on NC4. it says in the upper left corner the following:
Android stem recovery <3e>
KOT49H.N900VVRUCNC
volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select.
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
is there a way to flash safestrap or CWM in odin.
donelam304 said:
I can boot in to the download mode. has no problem. even tried flashing the n900v_kk_firmware.tar.md5 tar,
ALL_N900VVRUBMJE_N900VVZWMJE_2106277_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
and even tried the N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_N900VVRUCNC4_HOME.tar.md5
and when I do the MJE one it says invalid. am I flashing the wrong file is there something else I should be using. when I get in to manual mode after it boots in to manual recovery mode it says im on NC4. it says in the upper left corner the following:
Android stem recovery <3e>
KOT49H.N900VVRUCNC
volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select.
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
is there a way to flash safestrap or CWM in odin.
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You're running the same build I have, been having similar issues. I used Odin no completely repartition and wipe the phone. I used N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_N900VVRUCNC4_HOME.tar.md5 and the HLTE.pit file (for this build). In Odin You put the pit and md5 files in (.pit file in the PIT slot and md5 in the AP slot on Odin 3.09) This took me back to the KK NC4 build, granted, I lost alot of data but I didn't use a Nandroid backup either. This got me back to a functional device but i'm still having issues getting ANY custom roms to work. I did flash to NC2 kernel since then and still no luck. Let me know if that helps. I can get the files I used if you can't find them, but most everything came from xda.
PS. you can find some firmwares with recovery and other things added. I avoided these just to make sure I could get back to stock. I use Towelroot, BusyBox, SuperSU, and Safestrap 3.75 b04
Bryotch said:
You're running the same build I have, been having similar issues. I used Odin no completely repartition and wipe the phone. I used N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_N900VVRUCNC4_HOME.tar.md5 and the HLTE.pit file (for this build). In Odin You put the pit and md5 files in (.pit file in the PIT slot and md5 in the AP slot on Odin 3.09) This took me back to the KK NC4 build, granted, I lost alot of data but I didn't use a Nandroid backup either. This got me back to a functional device but i'm still having issues getting ANY custom roms to work. I did flash to NC2 kernel since then and still no luck. Let me know if that helps. I can get the files I used if you can't find them, but most everything came from xda.
PS. you can find some firmwares with recovery and other things added. I avoided these just to make sure I could get back to stock. I use Towelroot, BusyBox, SuperSU, and Safestrap 3.75 b04
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i done a search on the stock firmware you mentioned and after about 2 dozen websites and and trying about 15 flashes I finally got it to work. this has been one heck of a day. I finally got it to work. I am in the process of trying to get safestrap and stuff on it now. I already used towelroot to rot it. what version of safestrap do you recommend. I was told 3.72 was for KK. and 3.75 was for the Samsung galaxy S5.
donelam304 said:
i done a search on the stock firmware you mentioned and after about 2 dozen websites and and trying about 15 flashes I finally got it to work. this has been one heck of a day. I finally got it to work. I am in the process of trying to get safestrap and stuff on it now. I already used towelroot to rot it. what version of safestrap do you recommend. I was told 3.72 was for KK. and 3.75 was for the Samsung galaxy S5.
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here is the link I found with all the carriers for the note 3
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-repair/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-3/
donelam304 said:
here is the link I found with all the carriers for the note 3
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-repair/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-3/
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thanks so much by the way. I greatly appreciate the assistance.

[Q] Unbricking AT&T Galaxy S4; tried everything, no luck

I have a soft bricked SGH-1337 from AT&T. I was running NJ4 firmware. I have installed Safestrap on it. I tried using SS to install a Touchwiz-based custom ROM, and it failed. Now if I try to boot the system by touching "continue" on the Safestrap boot screen, it just turns off and restarts (this is a boot loop, right?).
So basically, this is what I've tried. First I tried doing a wipe. I got this error:
Code:
E : Unable to mount '/system'
Then I tried doing an advanced wipe, same error. I tried format. Same error. I went to Mount and tried mounting /system, but it won't mount.
I tried using Safestrap to install the backup I made (with SS). No luck. Then I tried making a ROM slot (I had been using the stock slot) to see if that would work. It didn't. Then I tried using Odin to flash the NJ4 firmware. Nope. Then I tried flashing with a PIT file. All of them caused Odin to fail when "re-partition" was checked except the one I've attached. I tried flashing with just the PIT file, the PIT file and the stock NJ4, and with "re-partition" checked and unchecked. Nothing works. The phone keeps rebooting and failing to mount /system.
Flash the nb1 tar file with Odin. Do not have re-partition checked. You're going to have to start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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OK that worked and now I'm on NB1. I rooted and installed Safestrap again. I'm still interested in installing a custom ROM. What guide should I use?
namlem said:
OK that worked and now I'm on NB1. I rooted and installed Safestrap again. I'm still interested in installing a custom ROM. What guide should I use?
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Try here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
post 2 has flashing instructions
post 3 has the list of compatible ROMs
Following all posted instructions, used various versions of Odin and trying to get I337UCUFNB1_TWRootable_Full_Odin.tar to flash. No luck. Gets to hidden something and fails. I've uninstalled Kies, tried different ports and cables.
Any/all help gladly accepted with MUCH appreciation.
EDIT: Well, as luck would have it, I came across another thread that told me to use the PDA slot in Odin. It worked and I'm up and running.
Same here, am briked!
After safestrap, TWRP, Philz touch failed me, I headed to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/174 where I got an .img, in terminal emulator elevated su as required.
next
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21
Code:
reboot recovery
and I'm stuck withdownload mode as the only thing the phone shows after boot logo..
My question is: can I just get stock recovery.img make it odin-able and Odin it?
It may sound silly but am on a seriosly unreliable internet access to pull down a 1.4GB++ file
build is MK2

Help Recovering after Full Wipe

Hi there. I was prepping to install JasmineRom 5.0.2 tonight but messed up and am hoping someone can help.
I was coming from Eclipse 2.2 (Android 4.4.2) with the NC2 firmware (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53508270#post53508270).
I booted into Safestrap and did a full wipe, but I got the error "E: Unable to mount internal storage". I then rebooted recovery thinking it would just reboot me back into Safestrap so I could try wiping again. Instead it booted me into what I guess is the stock recovery and now I can't get back into Safestrap.
Any thoughts? Everything is the same, I just lost my ROM. Any way to ODIN back to a working rooted state to try again?
Thanks!
Edit:
Since I'm on the NC2 firmware, could I just do the following?
1. ODIN the NC4 Stock Tar.
2. Root with Towelroot. Install Busybox, etc.
3. Install Safestrap 3.75.
4. Pickup where I left off with trying to install JasmineROM 5.0.2
Edit 2:
Alright I recovered with stock NC4 and re-rooted with Towelroot. Common knowledge to the rest of you, I'm sure! Sorry for a dumb post! Mods, feel free to delete.

[Q] I don't get it

I had to Odin and went back to ncg. I have searched and posted in relevant forums and no answers that work. I am rooted have safestrap and I have flashfire. I would like to go up to the new MOAR rom. For some reason when I try to flash anything with safestrap it fails everytime, just shows updating partitions and then a red failed.
When I try with flashfire I can not see zips on my SD or internal. Everyone says it should work fine. It doesnt. I did repatriation with pit when going to ncg. I try flashing the stock rooted OA8 and it fails. Any help is super appreciated. I did not have trouble when I first got the phone and rooted but I started at OA8 and went to ncg.
Is there no solution?
jhr5474 said:
Is there no solution?
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Odin back to NCG but using the full wipe tar file found here. Then root again with towelroot. Download supersu from playstore. Update binaries and reboot. Install busybody from playstore and install. Install safestrap. You should be good to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
Tulsadiver said:
Odin back to NCG but using the full wipe tar file found here. Then root again with towelroot. Download supersu from playstore. Update binaries and reboot. Install busybody from playstore and install. Install safestrap. You should be good to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
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I have done this 3 times now thinking that I had a bad flash or something. Still I am not able to flash any roms with safestrap. I get failed EVERYTIME! This is with multiple downloads so I know they are not bad downloads. I have also tried using flashfire. I am wondering if I should odin and flash up then back to ncg since the newer ones repartition differently?
jhr5474 said:
I have done this 3 times now thinking that I had a bad flash or something. Still I am not able to flash any roms with safestrap. I get failed EVERYTIME! This is with multiple downloads so I know they are not bad downloads. I have also tried using flashfire. I am wondering if I should odin and flash up then back to ncg since the newer ones repartition differently?
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it sure can't hurt.
jhr5474 said:
I have done this 3 times now thinking that I had a bad flash or something. Still I am not able to flash any roms with safestrap. I get failed EVERYTIME! This is with multiple downloads so I know they are not bad downloads. I have also tried using flashfire. I am wondering if I should odin and flash up then back to ncg since the newer ones repartition differently?
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Seems like that pit file messed things up. I've always stayed away from it. I'm guessing you used it with Beantowns full NGC tar. Maybe you should try it again. You could use Misterxtcs this time. Other than that you could try connecting a thumb drive directly to your phone and see if Flashfire can see zips on it. Won't fix anything but it might get you on Moar. I know you've tried a lot of times and this is getting old. I've also heard of people trying different versions of Odin in trying to find one that works for their specific problem.
You could also try connecting to kies to see if their emergency recovery might help.
Edit: everything I read says to leave that pit file alone unless you are bricked. Your idea of flashing a firmware from higher up sounds like a good plan. Maybe OC4.
SOLVED! I bought a crappy SD from geek.Com 128gb put a 4 gb in and I was able to see zips and flash fine with flashfire.
Running themed MOAR and loving it. Thanks guys.

safestrap....unable to mount /system...potential brick??

have rooted s5 on 4.4.4 nk2. Have been trying to install custom roms via safestrap. Apparently i am missing a step. I wipe data, try to install twi5ted Lollipop on custom rom slot....blank screen for over 30 min after reboot, phone gets real hot, take battery out. Try to install on stock rom slot, reboot then get stuck in boot loop and keeps booting into system recovery. I then saw through my hours of searching to format instead of wipe....so i format then try to install, get stuck again, take battery out, get back to safestrap dash now when i try to wipe/format/or even restore my backup it says unable to mount system. When i click reboot system it says no OS installed. After reboot, my custom slot gets erased.
I was about to try an odin flash back to stock but some how was able to get my phone back to a system restore. Why can i not get anything installed? Do i have to have odin to do a custom rom install?????? i know every rom is different but wtf. I have seen multiple videos and threads of people flashing zip via safestrap and rebooting into new rom without flashing kernals via odin or safestrap after rom install.
Also...my phone will not let me download zip files (ex. cm12.1) says unable to create download folder....how close to F'in my phone up am i? I have successfully rooted all phones in the past...s5 is giving me hell!
I just tried installing rom after format, then flash nk2 kernel from odin, still gives boot loop....ive tried everything i have found..never this much problem with custom rom..
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
mrjiggywiggy said:
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
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thanks, i will try fresh from start ncg. so you have to be on the current kernel that you are flashing a rom for, whether its CM, Twi5ted, Alliance...etc i need to be on rooted 5.0 kernel then flash rom via safestrap?
i was having problems downloading from internet on phone, not downloading rom if thats what you thought i meant. I just tried installing zip for CM 12 via safestrap and got same issue. Phone reboots, goes to black screen and eventually heats up like crazy. .... I just noticed, after my restore ...again... it says safestrap disabled in red on the boot screen, why is that? it says installed and tried reinstalling.
FIXED
So i flashed ncg from odin on the messed up phone and got messed up worse. Ended up getting stuck on first boot image of samsung android s5 boot screen. Finally found original stock firmare file and used odin to complete install stock os and got rid of root. Now back to normal... luckily i figured it out my self! thanks to the 100's who viewed and didnt help and thanks to mrjiggywiggy for giving me some input to help out!

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