Hello,
I am recently having trouble finding a way to get my phone to where I want it to be. Long story short, I softbricked my phone, and I used ODIN to flash it to stock. I would like to get back to 5.0.1 legitimately, but I cannot find a straightforward way to update my phone through the steps. For some reason, I cannot get my phone to update past 4.4.4 to 5.0.1. Has anyone encountered this before? The upgrade to 4.4.4 from 4.4.2 worked just fine, so I am not sure what the problem is.
I had a similar situation and ended up going to the AT&T tech service center. They updated the phone to recover it with no questions other than its phone number and who you are to verify ownership. I got the 5.0.1 OC3 package but lost everything saved on the phone. Fortunately I backed up the most critical stuff before I started down the path that bricked it.
Depending on who your carrier is that may be your easiest option.
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Brand new Note 3 owner. Just came from a Razr Maxx that I've had for quite awhile. I'm very familiar with flashing and roms... what I did not realize (and it is my fault completely for not paying attention) is that the latest KK update dropped the day I got my phone. (Like... not even a week ago.) Being a new phone, I turned it on, there was an update, I hit yes.. and took it.
Found out tonight (after the fact...) that the root method I was trying to flash using Odin must have been for the 4.3 system. So, naturally, I got a fail when trying to write: cache.img.ext4 and now the phone throws the firmware update error. So, I'm in the process of getting the correct and latest firmware to put on here to hopefully fix this.. but was just wondering:
Am I going to have to flash / wipe the entire phone to get back to 4.2.2 stock, or... is there a way that I can write the correct version of cache.img.ext4 out to this phone in download mode, without having to lose all my data and such. Not a big deal if I can't, just trying to see if there was a way that I could save some time and not be forced to setup my phone again.
This is only my third android phone... first was a Droid X (loved it), then the Razr Maxx, and now this. So, the process of using Odin and such is all new to me, but I'm pretty sure I can get this back to stock, as long as the firmware I downloaded is the right one.
flashed this morning. came back up with ALL data still intact. so, just an FYI in case someone else might be wondering the same thing.
Hi everyone,
Its been a long time since the bootloader was version MDL. As you may be aware this was the last version that could be fully rooted and custom recovery'd before the MF3 firmware locked everybody down. Well a year and a half later and my MDL Phone is having an issue that I can't fix. The Phone keeps failing to recognize the SIM card that is in it (Image), and previously it would randomly disconnect (Image). I've tried getting a new SIM card and that failed to fix the issue; I clean-installed by ROM to eliminate that as a cause, but no luck.
I'm fairly sure my only option now is to go to AT&T and have them fix or more likely replace the phone. Is there any possible way I could get a phone with MDL still? Or are there any alternatives I could try? I don't know what to do now. Thank you.
Tryer1234 said:
Hi everyone,
Its been a long time since the bootloader was version MDL. As you may be aware this was the last version that could be fully rooted and custom recovery'd before the MF3 firmware locked everybody down. Well a year and a half later and my MDL Phone is having an issue that I can't fix. The Phone keeps failing to recognize the SIM card that is in it (Image), and previously it would randomly disconnect (Image). I've tried getting a new SIM card and that failed to fix the issue; I clean-installed by ROM to eliminate that as a cause, but no luck.
I'm fairly sure my only option now is to go to AT&T and have them fix or more likely replace the phone. Is there any possible way I could get a phone with MDL still? Or are there any alternatives I could try? I don't know what to do now. Thank you.
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I wouldn't go to at&t. The first thing they'll do is "upgrade" you to nj4. You said you Chan installed the rom, does that mean you odin'd the stock firmware? If not I'd flash the mdl firmware in Odin
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Well, there are several options; if you are on mdl, with a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP, you can flash updated modem firmware (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496517), to see if it is just the firmware (this will not affect the bootloader); you might also be suffering from the "sim removed" problem, documented here and here
Good luck!
Hello everyone.
N910W running stock Samsung firmware, 5.1.1 Lollipop.
I had my phone rooted a few months back and decided I wanted to try a Marshmallow rom. I created a backup of my pre-rooted device a few days prior, so I wasnt worried.
The rom I flashed for some reason would not allow me to use my carriers network, but only other networks. So i restored my unrooted backup.
Now whenever I try to root my phone, I get a bootloop. Every method I've tried so far (TWRP flash and ODIN, pretty much) has produced similar results. I could find the original samsung firmware for the device and flash it over and start from scratch, but I don't want to lose my data if I don't have to.
Halp. Send halp.
thanks guys.
P.s. i tried using the search, but this is either a unique problem or the search bar sucks.
Quick, recap, I own a galaxy S5 Lolipop 5.1.1 SM-G900W8 build #LMY47X.G900W8VLU1COI4, previously rooted.
It all begin, when my phone been experiencing some battery draining issue. So I decide to do factory rest. But get this at that time my phone was fully rooted, w/Lolipop 5.1.1...
So I've read all the informations I could get online made sure to unroot the phone ( using CF-Auto Root ktlevl-sm G900W8.), with Odin, and reflash the phone with custom recory (G900W8VLU1COI4.tar.md5 file). I've made sure to get the exact one matching my phone carrier.
And after rooted the phone...All went well...Then 24-48 hours after the **** hit the fan.!!!!
They weere dialogue box keep poping up, from Touchwiz has closed, to Unified Daemond has closed just to name a few...
I decided to factory rest the phone again, reflash and rooted same problem occuring occuring.
So I decide not to root and the issue stop but now I'm unable to fully use my phone because it anin't root so certain function of my phone can't benefit such like using Airplane mode or Mobile data toggle using tasker. When my phone was fully rooted I was able to take full advantage of my Tasker profile. I've google the web and came acrros people who expericing the same issue as I did, but can't find a solution.
If there anyone who had that problem and manage to solve it, kindly share your story and solution with me....
Thank you in advance on getting back to me,
Hello all,
I recently discovered that my S5 was only running KitKat despite Marshmallow having been released for it. I checked for OTA updates and it found nothing, so I decided to flash a custom 6.0 ROM onto it (and for some reason I ended up deciding not to make a backup of the phone beforehand, the ultimate mistake).
The problem became that it didn't recognize Tracfone for my service provider and wouldn't connect to the mobile network. I then downgraded it to a 5.0 ROM, and it no longer even recognized the SIM card, saying there was none.
So I tried to flash the original stock ROM a few times, but every time either got errors from ODIN, the phone itself, or the TWRP bootloader.
Long story short, I seem to have screwed up multiple times trying to install a ROM to get around KitKat and now my phone appears to be softbricked. I can get into the TWRP menu and the "download" mode, but when trying to start the phone, it sits on the "Samsung Galaxy S5" screen with the "Set Warrenty Bit : kernel" text at the top left.
I'm just wondering if there's a way to fix it at this point, or if I've completely trashed the phone.
If anybody has suggestions or experience with this, all help is welcome!
Thanks!
MevNav said:
Hello all,
I recently discovered that my S5 was only running KitKat despite Marshmallow having been released for it. I checked for OTA updates and it found nothing, so I decided to flash a custom 6.0 ROM onto it (and for some reason I ended up deciding not to make a backup of the phone beforehand, the ultimate mistake).
The problem became that it didn't recognize Tracfone for my service provider and wouldn't connect to the mobile network. I then downgraded it to a 5.0 ROM, and it no longer even recognized the SIM card, saying there was none.
So I tried to flash the original stock ROM a few times, but every time either got errors from ODIN, the phone itself, or the TWRP bootloader.
Long story short, I seem to have screwed up multiple times trying to install a ROM to get around KitKat and now my phone appears to be softbricked. I can get into the TWRP menu and the "download" mode, but when trying to start the phone, it sits on the "Samsung Galaxy S5" screen with the "Set Warrenty Bit : kernel" text at the top left.
I'm just wondering if there's a way to fix it at this point, or if I've completely trashed the phone.
If anybody has suggestions or experience with this, all help is welcome!
Thanks!
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Are you sure you have the stock firmware for the 902l and not the 903vl? The reason you didn't get the update for 6.0 is you have the 902l model. If you had the 903vl model you'd have 6.0. Straight talk never released it for the 902l model. No idea why being both models are very similar. Im not sure but if you make it back to stock on kitkat. I think you can use safestrap from the Verizon s5 to use some custom roms that run kitkat. If your bootloader is in fact unlocked and you can install a custom recovery other then safestrap. I believe you can install pretty much anything but I'm pretty sure straight talk ships the phones with the Toshiba chip so the bootloader isn't unlockable