Spring L720T "Spark" model Samsung S4 running 5.0.1 phone is rooted but running stock ROM.
This is wife's phone so I don't have every detail as she apparently didn't pay a ton of attention to what was going on.
Some sort of OTA update apparently came through and tried to install itself. It warned that there as not enough room to perform the install. She uninstalled a program, went back to the system update and hit 'try again'.
The next time she looked it had booted into recovery mode with the following errors:
Finding update package....
E:unknown volume for path [@cache/recovery/block.map]
E:Can't mount @/cache/recovery/block.map
E:invalid volume path...check recovery.fstab
It gave this message twice and then aborted installation. I didn't see that information until just now or I would have tried to find recovery.fstab already. As it is, I don't know where that file lives but I will go try to find it.
She rebooted the phone and now when it boots, it gives a "unfortunately, system ui has stopped error".
Because of that, Touchwiz doesn't seem to be working. Home button does nothing, the notification bar is gone, no swipe down, etc.
I tried rebooting.
I tried taking out SIM, sdcard, and battery, letting it sit for a minute, then reinstalling all three and rebooting - no luck.
I tried booting into recovery, clearing the cache partition and then rebooting - no change.
I decided I would install a new launcher and maybe that would fix it. I can't get a launcher to complete the installation process within the play store. It will download and get partway through installing and then just hang.
Any ideas about what we can do to fix the problem? Is there a touchwiz update somewhere that I can install to fix the issue maybe? Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Well first, questions regarding your device belong in the Sprint S4 forums. However, your question is easy enough to answer. As long as you can still get into download mode by pressing volume down, home, and power, you can install a firmware package. Take a look in the general forum here or in the Sprint forums. There should be instructions on how to flash the firmware.
DOH! I posted too quickly without paying attention. Thought I was in the wrong forum, sorry.
My wife is hoping to keep her current setup (folders, etc) so I was trying to avoid flashing, but if I can't figure anything else out I will certainly do that. I wonder what went wrong with the update and if this is an isolated issue.
Any way to move this thread to the appropriate forum?
Problem solved. I did a factory reset and all is well - though bloaty.
It's good that you got it solved. To move this thread from the International forums where it was originally posted, report your opening post on the thread to a moderator and ask them to move the thread to the Sprint forums.
Me too here. I will try factory reset.
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Hello I have messed up my Sprint S4 quite a bit I am posting in case anybody would be nice enough to shoot me some pointers. I hope I following the guidelines here.
Things I did that screwed up my L720 :
First I installed the hotspot mod via filesystem on the phone. ( this didn't seem to harm anything though but worth mentioning )
Second I took it upon myself to delete some system apps ( this is what seemed to messed me up)
Third I factory reset the phone ( now all is hell)
Notes:
The reason I factory reset the phone is that when I would try to install a new app from the play store that would not work.
Now when the phone boots it optimizes 122 apps then goes on to give me an alert box I believe for each one saying it is busted overlaying the samsung account wizard thing. And it doesn't let me past the boxes.
I never enabled USB Debugging
Attempted Solutions:
I tried to re-root it with the CF Auto Root thread using ODIN but that doesn't seem to help.
Then I wanted to download that Samsung-Updates.com-SPH-L720-SPR-L720VPUAMDC-1365579188.zip file from that thread and follow that tutorial but hotfile lost connection and is now having me wait 30 minutes before I can attempt to download it again.
I figured during this time I would post my problem seeing if anybody had a quick fix. That I am not thinking of, possibly some kind of recovery deal. Not that I have ever backed anything up.
Thank you for any suggestions
Pull the power plug on your router for thirty seconds then plug it back in again. That will give you another ip address. Restart browser and make sure you clean all history and cache and cookies. Now go back to download mdc again or try a mirror. Flash in Odin then reboot back into stock recovery and do a full factory reset wipe. That should put you back to stock. Next time, don't be as careless removing things or you'll be in another mess.
Thanks for the response, I was not able to get back to stock but I flashed cynogen rom so now my phone is functioning. Now I am going to see if I can follow the tutorial of getting stock rom back on.
Hello all.
I was having major crashes and issues with the latest two versions of the Samsung OS, so I decided to use CyanogenMod... Well, that didn't go too well; I had issues with the camera and Youtube apps which made them unusable (others weren't suitable either). I had a number of problems with how apps and the OS worked and couldn't find solutions to all of the problems, so I decided that I'd go back to the stock firmware, but from a few months ago before I had any issues.
So, as I've done before, I plugged the phone in, opened ODIN and selected the official ROM that I downloaded, started the thing and 10 minutes later, I was back on official firmware. But I kept getting "Google Play Services has crashed", along with a couple of other services occasionally crashing too. So, I tried stopping the Google Play Service and somehow made it worse.
Not only that, but it didn't seem to clear anything; all of my apps were still installed, all of my files were still there and I think that may have had something to do with the crashes.
I guess the above two issues were something to do with the fact that I went from CM on 4.4.4 and went back to Official on 4.4.2.
So without doing any research, I just decided to press "Nand erase all" and tried again, thinking that it might simply wipe the old OS and data. Now it's stuck at the SAMSUNG logo (starts just fine but stops after a second or two). So, I went to Google!
I found a few threads with similar issues, but I can't seem to find things that have a solution.
This one seems most helpful, but I can't find any "PIT" files, or anything of the like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/help-nand-erase-t2863345
What would you experts suggest?
Thanks in advance.
Do you even read before you start messing with your phone?
All the errors you had could be solved by wiping properly in the recovery.
You can find the .pit file here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
I would suggest following the same steps as the member in the thread you posted.
Lennyz1988 said:
Do you even read before you start messing with your phone?
All the errors you had could be solved by wiping properly in the recovery.
You can find the .pit file here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
I would suggest following the same steps as the member in the thread you posted.
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Thank you. Unfortunately, no, I didn't read much. It seemed so simple; perhaps too simple.
I shall just try it now and see how it goes.
EDIT: Works perfectly now, thanks!
Hi guys,
I have searched around the forums and still unsure, weary of what to do. I got my nexus when they first came out. I used it for a while and eventually unlocked it so that i could get certain apps that needed root access. I dont think i flashed a custom rom on it though. I havnt updated android to 4.4 yet. Its been a long time since i updated anything. Hence the start of my dilemma. I went to backup my tablet. It told me SuperUser or the bootloader needed to be updated. So im like oh fine update. Tablet then restarts brings me to my boot screen and says downloading target do not turn off. Its been stuck like this and nothing happens. I held down the power and rocker buttons and got back to boot option screen. Here's where im lost and dont remember what to do. I have tried start, recovermode, restartbootloader, and nothing seems to work. They all bring me back to the dead little android guy
Here's the device info.
product name: manta
variant: wifi
h/w version 8
bootloader version: mantam03
carrier info: none
serial: ****
lock state: unlocked
reboot mode flag: recovery
I slightly recall when i first unlocked it using twrp or clockworkmod? I could be wrong. Either way i no longer have the rootkit nor the computer i originally used to unlock it. What software do i need to install to get me back up and running. I was worried i may brick it if i installed the wrong version kit. That maybe newer version wouldn't work with my n10 because it was running an old version. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Jshannon22 said:
... I was worried i may brick it if i installed the wrong version kit. That maybe newer version wouldn't work with my n10 because it was running an old version. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Considering that you have not used the N10 in a very long time your user data may not be all that important so here are some options.
1) You could flash the factory image for Android 5 which will wipe out your user data but give you a clean system including stock recovery.
2) You could flash the factory image for Android 5 but first you need to change the "flash-all".(bat,sh) script by removing the "-w" option which will prevent your userdata from being wiped. That takes some knowledge to edit the script but all you need is a simple text editor.
After either of those options you can root and replace your recovery. Root before you change your recovery or you will run into an issue due to specific changes in Android 5.
Instructions for installing a factory image.
Nexus 10 lollipop factory image.
How to install Android Lollipop factory image on Nexus 5, 7 and 10 (and keep your data)
Good Luck
I'm having similar issues! When trying to install lollipop over sideload it always errors and states not enough space.
I've formated all the data so I'm at a loss.
Any ideas to install lollipop?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Free mobile app
I'm concerned I've bricked the device. To be honest I'd be happy just to get kitkat back!
When the device powers up it automatically goes into a "no command" bootloop. With the android on its side with an exclamation point sign coming out.
Holding power and the volume it then goes to the android recovery where I have four options: reboot, apply update from adb, factory reset, wipe cache.
When in command, typing adb devices shows my device.
Using adb sideload I've tried to update, but I always get the error "creating parent of system/app/KoreanIME/KoreanIME.apk failed. error no space left on device
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip
status 7 installation aborted"
So I downloaded the kitkat image and tried to run the script "flash all". But then the command screen just says "waiting for device"
After all that failed, I tried to hold power and the volume button when it restarts. That takes me to the odin screen, where it just states "downloading, do not remove target" The volume buttons do nothing. pressing the power button just reboots.
Any help would be much appreciated!
I have the same issue. There does not seem to be a way to install any (old) version of android. All I get is the same error message "creating parent of system/app/KoreanIME/KoreanIME.apk failed. error no space left on device
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip status 7 installation aborted"
I did not root my device nor did I install a custom rom. I just started installing the OTA update and that's when the tablet got stuck in the boot loop thingy.
I also searched the internet and all I found were similar instructions on how to install factory images etc. using adb sideload.... as I mentioned, following those instructions lead to the error message.
I can' believe this.
Thanks for your help
I also have similar issue. I had non rooted Kitkat 4.4.4 installed on N10. I received update intimation to Lollipop hence downloaded the update. While installing, message regarding error came followed with message "No command" . Now nothing is done further. Even tablet is not getting power off. Periodically screen displaying Google is coming followed with message "No command" I just checked. I can enter in to download and recovery. I now downloaded also Lollipop update for manual updating.
While connecting to PC, it starts searching for driver and after sometime message flashed "Driver not installed successfully" might be due to non detection of MTP. In such case if I try to maually install then ADB also is not recognising the connected device. As novice even I do not know to install ADB sideloaded.
Can you suggest how best I can revive N10?
Regards,
Guys,
I also had the exact problem. What finally worked for is to flash custom recovery (TWRP latest version) with "fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>" command.
Then from the recovery I installed custom ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998585), as the official ROM also failed.
Hope it will help someone.
Shleim, this seems to just have worked out fine. Many thanks for your help!
I'm still kinda wondering why it wouldn't work with the official ROM. In any case, this is by far better than having a bricked tablet and at least now I know it still works.
Awesome, thanks for this tip!!!
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Shleim, this seems to just have worked out fine. Many thanks for your help!
I'm still kinda wondering why it wouldn't work with the official ROM. In any case, this is by far better than having a bricked tablet and at least now I know it still works.
Awesome, thanks for this tip!!!
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No worries, glad it helped you.
I hope I'm posting this at the right place. I have to start off by saying that I'm almost a complete noob regarding rooting and things that have to do with it. I rooted my phone about 6 months ago I think and the reason why I did that was only because I wanted to be able to freeze down some apps with titanumbackup. Since it's been such a long time ago I've forgotten almost all those steps I did when I rooted my phone.
Anyways back to the issue. So today I got a notification from SuperSU saying that it needed to update. I didn't think too much about it so I just followed the notification and updated it. When I started SuperSU I got 2 choices. Either updating normal or by TWRP/CWM. The dumb me just pressed TWRP/CWM for no reason and the phone rebooted into recovery mode. A lot of text started scrolling down at the bottom left corner and when it finally stopped it said something along the line with update failed. I pressed "reboot the system now" from the list and after that my phone rebooted. The samsung logo popped out as usual but after that the screen was completely black. Then I got a lot of popups telling me that this and that app stopped working. Contacts stopped working, whatsupp stopped working, messenger stopped working etc. Like all the apps stopped working.
So I've been trying to google a solution to this but it doesn't seem like someone has had the exact same problem. I've been trying to research things about rooting and such again to see if it can help me someway but I don't think I can't fix this problem by doing just that, so therefore I'm writing this to see if you guys can help me since you have waaay more experience than me when it comes to rooting. I've tried flashing CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505 again using odin but the problem stays. I've tried updating to the latest stable SuperSU by downloading the zip file and putting it on the sd card and then using recovery mode but it didn't work either (I got an error E: signature verification failed). So after reading about the error I tried flashing a CWM but everytime I do that with odin I either get a FAIL or I keep getting the messages (Added, removed, added, removed). I download kies to get the drivers but it didn't help. and now when I try to boot into recovery mode my phone just keep rebooting.
I really don't know what to do now guys so I hope you guys can help me out :crying:
My phone:
Samsung galaxy s4 GT-I9505
Rooted with CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar
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I hope I'm posting this at the right place. I have to start off by saying that I'm almost a complete noob regarding rooting and things that have to do with it. I rooted my phone about 6 months ago I think and the reason why I did that was only because I wanted to be able to freeze down some apps with titanumbackup. Since it's been such a long time ago I've forgotten almost all those steps I did when I rooted my phone.
Anyways back to the issue. So today I got a notification from SuperSU saying that it needed to update. I didn't think too much about it so I just followed the notification and updated it. When I started SuperSU I got 2 choices. Either updating normal or by TWRP/CWM. The dumb me just pressed TWRP/CWM for no reason and the phone rebooted into recovery mode. A lot of text started scrolling down at the bottom left corner and when it finally stopped it said something along the line with update failed. I pressed "reboot the system now" from the list and after that my phone rebooted. The samsung logo popped out as usual but after that the screen was completely black. Then I got a lot of popups telling me that this and that app stopped working. Contacts stopped working, whatsupp stopped working, messenger stopped working etc. Like all the apps stopped working.
So I've been trying to google a solution to this but it doesn't seem like someone has had the exact same problem. I've been trying to research things about rooting and such again to see if it can help me someway but I don't think I can't fix this problem by doing just that, so therefore I'm writing this to see if you guys can help me since you have waaay more experience than me when it comes to rooting. I've tried flashing CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505 again using odin but the problem stays. I've tried updating to the latest stable SuperSU by downloading the zip file and putting it on the sd card and then using recovery mode but it didn't work either (I got an error E: signature verification failed). So after reading about the error I tried flashing a CWM but everytime I do that with odin I either get a FAIL or I keep getting the messages (Added, removed, added, removed). I download kies to get the drivers but it didn't help. and now when I try to boot into recovery mode my phone just keep rebooting.
I really don't know what to do now guys so I hope you guys can help me out :crying:
My phone:
Samsung galaxy s4 GT-I9505
Rooted with CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar
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Did you try to just uninstall supersu and redownload it from the play store?
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Did you try to just uninstall supersu and redownload it from the play store?
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When I boot up the phone the screen is totally black. The only thing that shows are those popups (a lot of them) that tells me that this and that app stopped working. :/
durantala said:
When I boot up the phone the screen is totally black. The only thing that shows are those popups (a lot of them) that tells me that this and that app stopped working. :/
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Right now I don't see any other choice than flashing a stock rom.
Or you could try reflashing the recovery.
Make sure you are using the back USB ports and the original cable. Odin is quite sensitive with this.
G'day all,
Hoping someone can help. (firstly I've searched on here over and over and some things have really helped, but can't find this issues on here)
Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 (originally with Vodafone rom)
Back story, I managed to put google rom via WINTEAM at some point in time (I don't recall how I did this now) this file - crdroid-6.0.0-20151208-jfltexx.zip (I still have this but not a md5 file)
Anyway, I wiped it under settings and basically stuffed it right up. Loops on WINTEAM (this part I had found in search and downloaded Odin3 v3.13) and Samsung Rom and a couple of others.
I9505XXUHOJ3_I9505VAUHOJ1_I9505XXUHOJ3_HOME.tar.md5
I9505XXUHQK1_I9505MAXHQK1_I9505XXUHQK1_HOME.tar.md5
I9505XXUHOL3_I9505TELHOL2_I9505XXUHOL3_HOME.tar.md5
CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5
The last one actually fixed up the google install but was hoping to place the original Samsung ROM back on and now it doesn't help at all when I run again.
The top 3 are Vodafone, Telstra and Max a forum had suggested (from a page on here somewhere). All of these say pass in Odin3 when installing onto phone. But once it gets to the Samsung with what looks like dots shooting out from the word it never gets past this at all.
When I power up the S4 phone, to get to download screen. I have volume up to download or volume down to restart phone. Some places I've read say to select wipe, I don' t have this option at all.
I saw an option to install s8 rom to s4 which I would like to do, but the how to do that requires working software first and install TWRN or something like that.
I'm not sure if this will run fast or ok on this phone, but it isn't a MD5 file either.
I would like Samsung ROM back on as it (for me cleaner than google or maybe just what I've been used to). I'd like to give to my youngest child as their first phone.
I also had tried to place zip files and also unzipped files on the SD card on the phone, nothing worked for me as it looks like it is expected ODIN3 to work.
At this stage of the day, I would just like to have it functioning again with anything that works.
Any advice on what to do now would be greatly appreciated, also I'm truly sorry if this problem has been documented, I really did try to do my research first before putting this up here. I've been on this for weeks now
So quick update. through more research, I have managed to install TWRP and now have access to additional utilities through WINTEAM. I've now tried to install ROM through the Micro SD card.
I think it comes up with a mount error, but has rebooted and still stuck so can confirm just yet.
I've managed to go through the entire process of installing the PurifieD+ROM+v3.5.zip through the micro SD card in the phone. Asked me about all the options etc during the install. There didn't appear to be any errors at all. Asked to reboot. etc....
I even had sound on the bootup, Now I have the Samsung word on the main screen with a blue backlight just flashing. Been like that for nearly 10 minutes. Not looking good.
Have I got bad memory or am I doing something wrong?
I managed to do a wipe after I did an install and it booted up find. I had no WiFi but than installed the vodafone install that should be the original and all works now.
The amount of time I had been working on this, I really didn't think I was going to get it going. I honestly thought I had some hardware error going on.
In the end it runs now, I can setup and had to my child
so I've managed to now use several different ROMs but now I can't root the phone (it should be able to, has been before)
When I run Motochopper I get this error
error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported.
Seems to happen no matter what rom I've installed. I can't seem to find an older rom running android version 5.01 now
Any help on how to root this. Would be great
Now says it has been rooted, but I do not get the teamwin boot menu option at all. more like just a text style menu for wiping and loading other roms.