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Hi,
I live in Shanghai, China. Everyone who lives here knows that any phone you purchase here , even good brands (such as Samsung etc..) will not any have google applications installed. It's almost impossible to get these phones fixed without changing their roms, which is inconveneint and dangerous. From my personal experience once you change the rom of your chinese phone to a foreign one, you will never get the optimum performance. I first purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5660 in China. It worked perfectly expect for the fact that I couldn't use any google app. After being unable to add these applications, I finally flashed some rom from Europe. Then the market etc , all google apps worked fine but the performance was bad. Battery life was really poor. Also I changed several roms after that , none of which gave me the same performance which I had with the original chinese rom.
Now I have got a new Galaxy Note (not N7000), in China it's called I9220. I ran in to the exact same problem. No market, no google , absolutely nothing!! After a lot of research I was able to fix it this morning. If you have got the same problem then follow the steps. Here is how you do it!..
(But I must warn you that I am not responsible for any damage to your phone. Please do it at your own risk).
First use this video guide below :
URL DELETED
//Since this is my first post, I am not allowed to post any links. Please go to the website rootgalaxynote.com and search for the article "how to root ics on galaxy note gt n7000 no computer required".
All credit for this vdeo goes to the guys at rootgalaxynote.
In the above guide follow both recommendations. I mean root your device and then also change your kernel to FrancoICS. Both worked on my I9220 without any problems. My phone started and it was already rooted. Also I got the Clockworkrecovery as the default recovery.
Once you have finished this task, the final task is adding all the google applications. This is quite easy and I did it myself.
1. Go to the website goo.im/gapps and download the latest ICS gapps zip file, currently it is gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip.
2. Save it to your external SD card.
3. Reboot into Clockwork recovery mode (you should know how to do this if you have already succesfully rooted your device using the above method)
4. Choose "install zip file from external sd"
5. Find the Gapps file and install it.
6. Done, and restart your phone.
You now have your Original Stock Chinese rom, but it's rooted and you have installed all google applications. Just make a google account and you can use the android market.
Even with the google market working , you cannot access many application since you are in China. If you want to be able to download all applications available in the USA for example, then you must also install marketEnabler.
Here's the link :
URL Deleted.
//Just google search market enabler, you will find it very easily.
1. After you install it, run it and choose T-Mobile (USA) and then click Fake this provider now.
Now if you use Google Market, you should be able to install or download almost any app (such as youtube, facebook, skype etc...)
I hope this is helpful to all the foreigners in China who are tortured by Chinese android phones that only come with Chinese bloatware and doesn't allow you to install any English app or access google stuff..
Good Luck!
Note : When I got my new phone today, it already had ICS so this whoe process worked for me. If your chinese I9220 isn't ICS, it's gingerbread, then don't attempt it, because it might not work.
Thanks a lot. It works on my Samsung S7562 which bought from China.
i have the same phone Galaxy Note ( I9220) bought it in china, i am faced with the same problems with Google accounts and no play store i was following ur instructions on first rooting my phone using the galaxy note N7000 method without a computer but am stuck at Press Up Volume + Power + Home android system recovery how do you enter that mode?...plz help me as i bet ur phone is the same as mine
keshwhatsup said:
i have the same phone Galaxy Note ( I9220) bought it in china, i am faced with the same problems with Google accounts and no play store i was following ur instructions on first rooting my phone using the galaxy note N7000 method without a computer but am stuck at Press Up Volume + Power + Home android system recovery how do you enter that mode?...plz help me as i bet ur phone is the same as mine
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first switch off your phone then press the three button combination i.e. power +home +volume up and then when you see it getting started(when your phone model no. is shown up) then release the power button and continue pressing the other two buttons i.e. home +volume up
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lol you are funny, Franko kernel was developed at xda, he quit developing, not sure why could have been ungrateful community, Its always had lots of bugs, but if it works for you it works. I wouldnt be surprised the rest originated from xda as well.
You better be careful with cwm. zip its been known to superbrick devices. Safest way to root would be the drPhills superuser and busybox zip, flashable as a upgrade zipbfrom stock recovery.
galaxy s7562
ghar103 said:
Thanks a lot. It works on my Samsung S7562 which bought from China.
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Hi,
i've also this phone bought in china.
did you use the files for the galaxy note to root your phone?
because i didn't find the files for the s7562.
thanks in advance for your reply.
maoli40
good, shanghai ning.
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how to Root the phone galaxy note I9220? can someone help me
good afternoon
I'm new here and would like to Root my phone, but not which program to use
he and a replica of galaXY NOTE I9220 Replica note.
can someone help me?
please
this configuration and it
I 9220 PAD
Modelo: A520
android 4.0.3
Kernel 2.6.32.9
numero da versao 20120926
EMEI -1: 355128115011595
EMEI -2: 355128115011603
System Information
SDK Version: 4.0.3
ID: 20120926
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 2.6.32.9
DEVICE
Model: A520
Product: A520
Board: Unknown
Brand: Augusta
Fingerprint: augusta/A520/a520:2.3.7/20120926/20120926:user/test-keys
CPU
Name: ARMv6-compatible
Processor rev 6 (v6l)
Current Freq: 312 Mhz
Max Freq: 1001 Mhz
Min Freq: 156 Mhz
da_gud_guy said:
Hi,
I live in Shanghai, China. Everyone who lives here knows that any phone you purchase here , even good brands (such as Samsung etc..) will not any have google applications installed. It's almost impossible to get these phones fixed without changing their roms, which is inconveneint and dangerous. From my personal experience once you change the rom of your chinese phone to a foreign one, you will never get the optimum performance. I first purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5660 in China. It worked perfectly expect for the fact that I couldn't use any google app. After being unable to add these applications, I finally flashed some rom from Europe. Then the market etc , all google apps worked fine but the performance was bad. Battery life was really poor. Also I changed several roms after that , none of which gave me the same performance which I had with the original chinese rom.
Now I have got a new Galaxy Note (not N7000), in China it's called I9220. I ran in to the exact same problem. No market, no google , absolutely nothing!! After a lot of research I was able to fix it this morning. If you have got the same problem then follow the steps. Here is how you do it!..
(But I must warn you that I am not responsible for any damage to your phone. Please do it at your own risk).
First use this video guide below :
URL DELETED
//Since this is my first post, I am not allowed to post any links. Please go to the website rootgalaxynote.com and search for the article "how to root ics on galaxy note gt n7000 no computer required".
All credit for this vdeo goes to the guys at rootgalaxynote.
In the above guide follow both recommendations. I mean root your device and then also change your kernel to FrancoICS. Both worked on my I9220 without any problems. My phone started and it was already rooted. Also I got the Clockworkrecovery as the default recovery.
Once you have finished this task, the final task is adding all the google applications. This is quite easy and I did it myself.
1. Go to the website goo.im/gapps and download the latest ICS gapps zip file, currently it is gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip.
2. Save it to your external SD card.
3. Reboot into Clockwork recovery mode (you should know how to do this if you have already succesfully rooted your device using the above method)
4. Choose "install zip file from external sd"
5. Find the Gapps file and install it.
6. Done, and restart your phone.
You now have your Original Stock Chinese rom, but it's rooted and you have installed all google applications. Just make a google account and you can use the android market.
Even with the google market working , you cannot access many application since you are in China. If you want to be able to download all applications available in the USA for example, then you must also install marketEnabler.
Here's the link :
URL Deleted.
//Just google search market enabler, you will find it very easily.
1. After you install it, run it and choose T-Mobile (USA) and then click Fake this provider now.
Now if you use Google Market, you should be able to install or download almost any app (such as youtube, facebook, skype etc...)
I hope this is helpful to all the foreigners in China who are tortured by Chinese android phones that only come with Chinese bloatware and doesn't allow you to install any English app or access google stuff..
Good Luck!
Note : When I got my new phone today, it already had ICS so this whoe process worked for me. If your chinese I9220 isn't ICS, it's gingerbread, then don't attempt it, because it might not work.
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Samsung GT-S7568 China Model
Hi There.
I am new to this site but feel the solution posted would have fixed my problem had I found it before I tried messing around with ROM’s.
I have just returned from Shanghai where I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Trend GT-S7568. This model appears to only be available in china from my research. It is an original Samsung product not one of the many fakes out there.
In my attempts to get it to work with an English ROM, being the idiot that I am. I never created a backup of the system. I appear to have soft bricked the phone and I am unable to find a tool that can fix it. I am also unable to find an original stock ROM to attempt to get it back to the original Chinese firmware.
I have tried OneClick and I have also tried a firmware for the GT-S7562 (possibly what caused my current issue). I have found the Samsung official open source download page and have downloaded the correct files from there but have no idea how to prepare them to be transferred to the device as the “read me” file is not much help that came with the download.
Currently the Phone will boot into Download Mode but no matter what ROM I try The Oden Tool keeps failing at the complete Write operation.
I am hoping that I have posted this in the correct forum. If I not I am sorry but it is the closest I could find to my situation.
Any help or direction anyone may have would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
HELP !!
i followed the video from the guide How to Root ICS/Jelly Bean on Galaxy Note GT-N7000! [No Computer Required!] but when i get to the part after i enter the recovery mode and try to install the files i get an error that says :
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
please help i really need to do it......
worked on n8000 star
thanks a lot worked on my n8000 star now its perfect :angel:
Thanks, it works for my GT-I9220
da_gud_guy said:
Hi,
I live in Shanghai, China. Everyone who lives here knows that any phone you purchase here , even good brands (such as Samsung etc..) will not any have google applications installed. It's almost impossible to get these phones fixed without changing their roms, which is inconveneint and dangerous. From my personal experience once you change the rom of your chinese phone to a foreign one, you will never get the optimum performance. I first purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5660 in China. It worked perfectly expect for the fact that I couldn't use any google app. After being unable to add these applications, I finally flashed some rom from Europe. Then the market etc , all google apps worked fine but the performance was bad. Battery life was really poor. Also I changed several roms after that , none of which gave me the same performance which I had with the original chinese rom.
Now I have got a new Galaxy Note (not N7000), in China it's called I9220. I ran in to the exact same problem. No market, no google , absolutely nothing!! After a lot of research I was able to fix it this morning. If you have got the same problem then follow the steps. Here is how you do it!..
(But I must warn you that I am not responsible for any damage to your phone. Please do it at your own risk).
First use this video guide below :
URL DELETED
//Since this is my first post, I am not allowed to post any links. Please go to the website rootgalaxynote.com and search for the article "how to root ics on galaxy note gt n7000 no computer required".
All credit for this vdeo goes to the guys at rootgalaxynote.
In the above guide follow both recommendations. I mean root your device and then also change your kernel to FrancoICS. Both worked on my I9220 without any problems. My phone started and it was already rooted. Also I got the Clockworkrecovery as the default recovery.
Once you have finished this task, the final task is adding all the google applications. This is quite easy and I did it myself.
1. Go to the website goo.im/gapps and download the latest ICS gapps zip file, currently it is gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip.
2. Save it to your external SD card.
3. Reboot into Clockwork recovery mode (you should know how to do this if you have already succesfully rooted your device using the above method)
4. Choose "install zip file from external sd"
5. Find the Gapps file and install it.
6. Done, and restart your phone.
You now have your Original Stock Chinese rom, but it's rooted and you have installed all google applications. Just make a google account and you can use the android market.
Even with the google market working , you cannot access many application since you are in China. If you want to be able to download all applications available in the USA for example, then you must also install marketEnabler.
Here's the link :
URL Deleted.
//Just google search market enabler, you will find it very easily.
1. After you install it, run it and choose T-Mobile (USA) and then click Fake this provider now.
Now if you use Google Market, you should be able to install or download almost any app (such as youtube, facebook, skype etc...)
I hope this is helpful to all the foreigners in China who are tortured by Chinese android phones that only come with Chinese bloatware and doesn't allow you to install any English app or access google stuff..
Good Luck!
Note : When I got my new phone today, it already had ICS so this whoe process worked for me. If your chinese I9220 isn't ICS, it's gingerbread, then don't attempt it, because it might not work.
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Thanks,my phone is GT-I9220, And this thread truly helps in rooting installing google apps.
What I want to add is to prepare an external sdcard before watching the video,
ar....
i have the i9220.
All i have to do is odin the stock rom from Hong Kong. (available @ SamMobile)
It is fast and stable, no problem whatsoever, and it has good battery life too. (that is only if you do not activate everything and keep you account in sync as little as possible, i only have google and facebook under sync.)
jeanelkhoury said:
i followed the video from the guide How to Root ICS/Jelly Bean on Galaxy Note GT-N7000! [No Computer Required!] but when i get to the part after i enter the recovery mode and try to install the files i get an error that says :
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
please help i really need to do it......
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i'am new here and new with android...i have this china android too...and i have same this problem...
after go in recovery mode,have this file
android system recovery <3e>
android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cacha partition
and i use "apply sdcard:update.zip"
install CWM.zip
__install /sdcard...
finding update package...
opening update package...
verifying update package...
E:failded to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation abored..
can you all help me?:crying::crying::crying:
ghar103 said:
Thanks a lot. It works on my Samsung S7562 which bought from China.
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Hy, i'd like to root my S7568 as you did. Did you use the same files for Galaxy note as it is showed in the video?
Thanks!
Can't root my chinese mobile! Please give me some hope!
Hy everybody!
As I have bought a chinese samsung mobile, I can't use google play. So I'm trying to root it. I went through many software as Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v30 , SRSRoot for Android , SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse and more. I also tried to do it as it is said in thoses previous post but there is nothing to do...
I think it's because my mobile:
Samsung GT-S7568
Ice cream sandwich 4.0.4
Is only available in China and all thoses software may not support my device.
So here comes my question. Do I have still any chance to take?
Thanks a lot!
Denffy
PS: the mobile is not a fake!
Chuckkey said:
Hi There.
I am new to this site but feel the solution posted would have fixed my problem had I found it before I tried messing around with ROM’s.
I have just returned from Shanghai where I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Trend GT-S7568. This model appears to only be available in china from my research. It is an original Samsung product not one of the many fakes out there.
In my attempts to get it to work with an English ROM, being the idiot that I am. I never created a backup of the system. I appear to have soft bricked the phone and I am unable to find a tool that can fix it. I am also unable to find an original stock ROM to attempt to get it back to the original Chinese firmware.
I have tried OneClick and I have also tried a firmware for the GT-S7562 (possibly what caused my current issue). I have found the Samsung official open source download page and have downloaded the correct files from there but have no idea how to prepare them to be transferred to the device as the “read me” file is not much help that came with the download.
Currently the Phone will boot into Download Mode but no matter what ROM I try The Oden Tool keeps failing at the complete Write operation.
I am hoping that I have posted this in the correct forum. If I not I am sorry but it is the closest I could find to my situation.
Any help or direction anyone may have would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
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Hey! I got the same phone and the troubles coming with... Did you find a solution since then? I tried many differents softwares to root it but nothing does the job... At least mine is still working cose your story warned me not to use any rom from different mobile. Hope you found something to make it work!
If you have any news...
Thanks,
Denffy
Any solution about the GT-S7568 ?
denffy said:
Hey! I got the same phone and the troubles coming with... Did you find a solution since then? I tried many differents softwares to root it but nothing does the job... At least mine is still working cose your story warned me not to use any rom from different mobile. Hope you found something to make it work!
If you have any news...
Thanks,
Denffy
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Hi, any solution yet? I have the same problem and can only get my GT-S7568 into downloading mode but that is it. So please help.
Thank you.
René
Rrebel37 said:
Hi, any solution yet? I have the same problem and can only get my GT-S7568 into downloading mode but that is it. So please help.
Thank you.
René
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Guys help me out I have the exact problem did you get help, after installing the franco kernel all I get is a black screen
Delete - Bad forum
Just update HK firmware N9100ZHU1BOF2 to my note 4 SM-N9100 (China version) Don't feel any differences, except it's not so warm like before. And Sim selection is not slow like before.
Has anyone updated?
which Note 4 do you have?
I tried to flash it to my N9106W but it cannot complete "security check fail: aboot" is displayed on the phone (usb debugging is on, reactivation lock is off). Odin says <ID:0/009> FAIL! (Auth)
You can't flash on N9106W. It is only for Note 4 SM-N9100 and I did mention at the subject.
thinking about flashing now. did twrp and root work fine?
ive that firmware and root and twrp working fine ...
did anyone managed to download a rom called "sva rom for n9100" its russian rom with int languages , its perfect, i cannot download it ...
search google
I have tried to but i can only find it as paid for. Not doing that for sure. Have no problem with donating and will do so if i like a rom but no payment up front for me.
Yes I will try it out if I can find a copy.
Theres also a rom by a user named bawffg85, you can search the forums in here.
Thanks, came accros that one a few days ago. Still in beta. Monitoring that tread but there is little activity.
same problem here!
Hi, i'm a new member of this community and i'm here 'cause i've many problems with a samsung NOTe 4 SM-N9100 (HK).
here a list of the problems:
-i can't flash any stock rom.
-maybe i can't get root permissions (i haven't try because the phablet have a warranty but i don't want to use it)
-i can't make an hard reset and when i make it, when i restart the mobile i find all data, mail and password unmodified
-i can't delete anything permanently. after a restart i find all what i've deleted.
-sometimes, the phone freeze and restart...sometimes 2 or 3 times in a row and sometimes 1 time a day. i suspect i'ts a lollipop's update problem but i don't know...i've read something about this problem in internet..
i accept ALL of your suggestions: root, reflash, change kernel (if possible).
please help me.
And i'm very sorry for ANY language/grammar error. i'm italian... :| i really hope you understand what i've said.
thanks for all in advance!
Hi everybody. For some reason, I got an unknown country code after trying to update to Android N and failing in root (I did something wrong and endeded in a bootloop) My TWRP of the stock N does not work and stuck in lenovo logo. I returned to my last working TWRP and everything worked ok except that I couldn't update because an error caused by not having a country code. I tried a lot of things but in the end, I restore the tablet to stock. I did the first update OTA just to check, and it worked. I did the second via ADB, but it resulted in something like /country reported in the tablet (something like, easyimage code = ), and I lost the country code again. Trying to change with ####6020# results in an error about cannot find OTA patch on sd card. I read that copying easyimage.zip to the sd card worked on other tablets to change the country code, but not for me, I always get the error. Does anybody known how to restore the ability to change the country code, without going again to stock and start over?
Acorrales said:
Hi everybody. For some reason, I got an unknown country code after trying to update to Android N and failing in root (I did something wrong and endeded in a bootloop) My TWRP of the stock N does not work and stuck in lenovo logo. I returned to my last working TWRP and everything worked ok except that I couldn't update because an error caused by not having a country code. I tried a lot of things but in the end, I restore the tablet to stock. I did the first update OTA just to check, and it worked. I did the second via ADB, but it resulted in something like /country reported in the tablet (something like, easyimage code = ), and I lost the country code again. Trying to change with ####6020# results in an error about cannot find OTA patch on sd card. I read that copying easyimage.zip to the sd card worked on other tablets to change the country code, but not for me, I always get the error. Does anybody known how to restore the ability to change the country code, without going again to stock and start over?
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hi . try to dial *#*#682#*#* and let me know
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Hi guys,
So, a few days ago I decided to tryout One UI Beta 2.0. A few days it worked perfectly fine, but today, it said my pattern was wrong. So I read on the forums that more people had this issue, and that it was because of the beta. So I downloaded the original firmware for my device from SamFirm, and flashed it in Odin. Phone booted perfectly and I got through the setup progress. Then I wanted to set up a pattern but it wouldn't work. I need to register my pattern 2 times like always, but after that it ask me that I need to back up my pattern, so when I click continue, something comes up for a second that says please check your network connection. And then it just doesn't add it. I tried to install firmware 2 times now with Odin, but no luck, I keep getting the same message.
The first time when I installed the firmware when I got from the beta, I forgot to disable my google and Samsung account, IDK if that may caused it someway.
Edit: I updated apps in galaxy store, and now it doesn't say check your connection, it says backup completed. But it won't change to pattern for some reason. Stays on swipe to unlock.
I hope anyone can help me with this problem,
Kind regards,
Crewz
Flash your original firmware (not the One UI 2 beta) and after ODIN says done or successfully or whatever, unplug ya phone and boot into recovery and do a data factory reset. This should fix it.
ItsCrewz said:
Hi guys,
So, a few days ago I decided to tryout One UI Beta 2.0. A few days it worked perfectly fine, but today, it said my pattern was wrong. So I read on the forums that more people had this issue, and that it was because of the beta. So I downloaded the original firmware for my device from SamFirm, and flashed it in Odin. Phone booted perfectly and I got through the setup progress. Then I wanted to set up a pattern but it wouldn't work. I need to register my pattern 2 times like always, but after that it ask me that I need to back up my pattern, so when I click continue, something comes up for a second that says please check your network connection. And then it just doesn't add it. I tried to install firmware 2 times now with Odin, but no luck, I keep getting the same message.
The first time when I installed the firmware when I got from the beta, I forgot to disable my google and Samsung account, IDK if that may caused it someway.
Edit: I updated apps in galaxy store, and now it doesn't say check your connection, it says backup completed. But it won't change to pattern for some reason. Stays on swipe to unlock.
I hope anyone can help me with this problem,
Kind regards,
Crewz
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A lot of people had this issue and it was fixed 3 days ago. After beta 2 I also faced the same issue. Dont do factory reset. Just install the third update which was emergency update to fix this specific issue. Download it from beta thread.
kazim.asghar said:
A lot of people had this issue and it was fixed 3 days ago. After beta 2 I also faced the same issue. Dont do factory reset. Just install the third update which was emergency update to fix this specific issue. Download it from beta thread.
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Hi,
Okay, so with samfirm I downloaded my firmware and installed it with odin. So i tried the emergency update. I am trying to install beta 1 atm ( I read on the forums that you need to beta 1, 2 and the emergency ). but for some reason whenever I am trying to install it, I get the error "E3005 (LINK) has unexpected contents. Error in package.zip Status 7" I have no idea what to do anymore....
Hello,
Here is my problem.
2 days ago, I wanted to root my phone to get rid of any Google stuff (at this point I didn't know the existence of ADB commands :crying: ).
I followed a step by step youtube tutorial (youtube.com/watch?v=ZD-5twDm6XI), which works with TWRP, magisk and Odin (factory reset is needed).
Once everything is finished, my phone is finally rooted, and I grant superuser rights to Titanium app to uninstall google, and only SOME apps uninstalled totally (maps, chrome, facebook) BUT google play services won't uninstall. So, I try with System App Removal to uninstall google play stuff, and the same happens.
I reboot my phone, and it seems that everything disappeared... Not so sure... Indeed, the play store reinstall all applications as soon as I connect to the WiFi! and I have a persistent message "google play services stopped" that prevents me from browsing for example.
At this point, I use ADB commands, to remove anything which contains "com.blahblah.google.blahblah" and the play store (com.android.vending) with -k command. And it worked totally fine !!!!! I disconnect my phone, ready to backup my data. Idkw, i wanted to uninstall system app removal. IMPOSSIBLE from the phone, which says : "samsung One UI stopped" (I was in safe boot mode). My phone doesn't answer, so I reboot it.
Once it has booted, the TWRP menu screen appears. Ok, isn't that weird ? I swipe to allow changes, then I go to system to boot "normally" my phone.
A warning says : NO OS INSTALLED !!!! I don't understand, I panic, but finally boots my phone. Black charging screen. Forever.
I started first to flash an "official" Samsung ROM from Sammobile. TWRP indicates it is an invalid .zip, adb too. Odin doesn't manage to boot from the ROM too. I take a deep breathe and cry. Then I download the /e/ ROM which works fine !! but it has become impossible to backup my data from my samsung account....
So, I came to ask you a few things. WHY did it happen ? How can I be sure that there is no trace of TWRP anymore ? However, my phone storage is 64 GB and there is only 53,5 Gb free of internal storage !? Do you think the original firmware could be "hidden" in my files (e ROM is about 800Mos compressed) ?
It is stupid, but after my mistakes, I miss google...
I will do my best to reply asap.
Thank you for your help !
PS: -I'm a newbie in informatic, don't make things too complicated
-sorry for bad English, not my mother language
Google writes and distributes android.
There are many things in android that you cannot remove and still have a viable system.
imho you will have to flash a rom but we need your phones information (found in settings/system/about phone) model, version baseband, etc. etc
Others more knowledgeable can step in and help.
also read:
https://www.androidcentral.com/factory-reset-protection-what-you-need-know
KrisM22 said:
Google writes and distributes android.
There are many things in android that you cannot remove and still have a viable system.
imho you will have to flash a rom but we need your phones information (found in settings/system/about phone) model, version baseband, etc. etc
Others more knowledgeable can step in and help.
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Thank you for your reply ! I've read your article about FRP but I'm afraid it's not my problem...
Here are some of my phone specifications :
model : SM-G950F
version baseband : G950FXXS8DTC1
OS : /e/ version 0.9-p-dev-dreamlte (LineageOS API : Ilama 9)
Android 9
I've been digging the web for ROMs but each time I feel unsecure about it (virus, etc...) so I hope maybe you have something trustworthy
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S8recovery said:
Hello,
Here is my problem.
2 days ago, I wanted to root my phone to get rid of any Google stuff (at this point I didn't know the existence of ADB commands :crying: ).
I followed a step by step youtube tutorial (youtube.com/watch?v=ZD-5twDm6XI), which works with TWRP, magisk and Odin (factory reset is needed).
Once everything is finished, my phone is finally rooted, and I grant superuser rights to Titanium app to uninstall google, and only SOME apps uninstalled totally (maps, chrome, facebook) BUT google play services won't uninstall. So, I try with System App Removal to uninstall google play stuff, and the same happens.
I reboot my phone, and it seems that everything disappeared... Not so sure... Indeed, the play store reinstall all applications as soon as I connect to the WiFi! and I have a persistent message "google play services stopped" that prevents me from browsing for example.
At this point, I use ADB commands, to remove anything which contains "com.blahblah.google.blahblah" and the play store (com.android.vending) with -k command. And it worked totally fine !!!!! I disconnect my phone, ready to backup my data. Idkw, i wanted to uninstall system app removal. IMPOSSIBLE from the phone, which says : "samsung One UI stopped" (I was in safe boot mode). My phone doesn't answer, so I reboot it.
Once it has booted, the TWRP menu screen appears. Ok, isn't that weird ? I swipe to allow changes, then I go to system to boot "normally" my phone.
A warning says : NO OS INSTALLED !!!! I don't understand, I panic, but finally boots my phone. Black charging screen. Forever.
I started first to flash an "official" Samsung ROM from Sammobile. TWRP indicates it is an invalid .zip, adb too. Odin doesn't manage to boot from the ROM too. I take a deep breathe and cry. Then I download the /e/ ROM which works fine !! but it has become impossible to backup my data from my samsung account....
So, I came to ask you a few things. WHY did it happen ? How can I be sure that there is no trace of TWRP anymore ? However, my phone storage is 64 GB and there is only 53,5 Gb free of internal storage !? Do you think the original firmware could be "hidden" in my files (e ROM is about 800Mos compressed) ?
It is stupid, but after my mistakes, I miss google...
I will do my best to reply asap.
Thank you for your help !
PS: -I'm a newbie in informatic, don't make things too complicated
-sorry for bad English, not my mother language
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I've been browsing through my root files and folders ( / ) ...
So :
/system is occupied with 2.33 GB
/vendor with 577 MB
/mnt with 9.01 GB
/proc with ... 236.9GB but every under-folder is empty... (explanations welcome !)
/storage is empty
If anyone could check on his device (S8 Exynos with android 9.0 Pie and One UI) if the files' sizes approximately matched, it would be great !
The one I just received is G950FXXS8DTC6 / G950FOXM8DTC1 / G950FXXS8DTC1 (after it took the Apr 1 update) so probably identical - a Yateley GU46 6GG UK phone. I am running it on ATT Prepaid(US) , which gave me the Apr 1 update. I don't know its history but it hasn't been modified - knox=0.
What you would need to do is get that zip and flash it with odin, but having no experience flashing the S8 myself, or any idea where to get that zip, I can be of no help to you. (I just came off a moto x4 which I ruined by flashing a couple custom rom's to try to help others on that forum - the blessings of Pie on that device!)(plus, taking the Apr 1 update on that phone requires a factory reset/wipe.) I needed a dependable phone here and in Europe on vacation.
Keep posting and ask someone to help you re-flash it.
EDIT: I wonder what a settings/general management/factory reset would do. But don't do one until someone here much more experienced with the S8 suggests it.
EDIT: WARNING WARNING WARNING -> Before flashing, ACTIVATE PIN in "Secure startup" (You'll be asked for it AFTER flashing!)
lockscreen and security / secure startup / require pin
I also see a note to delete your google account before doing this. Don't know if necessary.
EDIT: I believe I have found the rom - see pic This is from the SamFirm exe. 0.3.7 I put VOD for the region.
Remember: don't do anything with this until someone experienced in S8 tells you to!
Hi KrisM22,
I've already flashed with Odin, and I have talked about this on different forums, seen tutos on websites,... I hope this time it will work
I have the ROM required, selected activate pin, followed step by step the recommendations, and if I figured it out I will keep you up to date !
KrisM22 said:
The one I just received is G950FXXS8DTC6 / G950FOXM8DTC1 / G950FXXS8DTC1 (after it took the Apr 1 update) so probably identical - a Yateley GU46 6GG UK phone. I am running it on ATT Prepaid(US) , which gave me the Apr 1 update. I don't know its history but it hasn't been modified - knox=0.
What you would need to do is get that zip and flash it with odin, but having no experience flashing the S8 myself, or any idea where to get that zip, I can be of no help to you. (I just came off a moto x4 which I ruined by flashing a couple custom rom's to try to help others on that forum - the blessings of Pie on that device!)(plus, taking the Apr 1 update on that phone requires a factory reset/wipe.) I needed a dependable phone here and in Europe on vacation.
Keep posting and ask someone to help you re-flash it.
EDIT: I wonder what a settings/general management/factory reset would do. But don't do one until someone here much more experienced with the S8 suggests it.
EDIT: WARNING WARNING WARNING -> Before flashing, ACTIVATE PIN in "Secure startup" (You'll be asked for it AFTER flashing!)
lockscreen and security / secure startup / require pin
I also see a note to delete your google account before doing this. Don't know if necessary.
EDIT: I believe I have found the rom - see pic This is from the SamFirm exe. 0.3.7 I put VOD for the region.
Remember: don't do anything with this until someone experienced in S8 tells you to!
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The flashing WORKED :victory: !!! It frightens me right now to check if TWRP has disappeared... But thank you anyway !z
S8recovery said:
The flashing WORKED :victory: !!! It frightens me right now to check if TWRP has disappeared... But thank you anyway !z
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Excellent! What ROM did you flash it with?
KrisM22 said:
Excellent! What ROM did you flash it with?
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I flashed a ROM from https://www.imei.info/download-firmware/samsung/samsung-g950f-galaxy-s8/SM-G950F/ , then I just followed the steps and flashed with Odin. TWRP has disappeared (the classic recovery menu came back). I think I have found my issue with the "no OS installed" bug : it could be because I deleted the essential API com.google.android.packageinstaller, what may have prevented the phone from booting and launching the OS and its apps .
I should have read this excellent post before...
*I ran antivirus analysis with virustotal and Bitdefender, which both declared the extracted files were safe : I didn't notice anything different by my phone compared to the original OS too, so...