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Hello friends.
I installed Xposed (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401) and now my shiny new S4 won't boot (stuck at Samsung logo).
According to the docs, I need only copy /system/bin/app_process.orig back to /system/bin/app_process but alas I cannot because my stock recovery is not letting me adb shell, reporting the device is offline. Note that adb devices shows the device as connected but offline.
Since there's no working TWRP or CWM (yet!!) I think I'm stuck.
If someone else can unlock me in the mean time. I'll buy you a beer or TWENTY. That's a promise.
Don't know whether it still works, but other SS phones have a save mode boot.
To enter it, you have to power off your phone first. Next, turn it on while holding the menu button and keep menu pressed until you see your homescreen.
hope it works.
Thanks for the reply! Nope. Tried the home button and the menu button. No cigar.
can you enter download mode?
Try and find something like the nexus root tool kit.....maybe there is one like it for Galaxy phones.
Its a great tool for such a thing, it helps you root, un root, lock, unlock, flash and re flash stock, it aslo lets you pick if phone is working as normal or is it soft bricked., and thats what saved my nexus 7 and 10 lol was stuck with bootloops and not able to get into recovery mode.
Anyway have a look see if there is something like that but for Samsung Galaxy.
Have a look at this, used it to flash s3 in the past, unsure what it can do s4 way though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
Thanks for replies.
Yes! I can get into download mode.
There is an S4 toolkit but it's early days and apparently doesn't actually work. I figure with time, a custom recovery will emerge and that will save the day. I'm sure I don't need to explain that I would like this fixed NOW without waiting tho!
bonstio said:
Hello friends.
I installed Xposed (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401) and now my shiny new S4 won't boot (stuck at Samsung logo).
According to the docs, I need only copy /system/bin/app_process.orig back to /system/bin/app_process but alas I cannot because my stock recovery is not letting me adb shell, reporting the device is offline. Note that adb devices shows the device as connected but offline.
Since there's no working TWRP or CWM (yet!!) I think I'm stuck.
If someone else can unlock me in the mean time. I'll buy you a beer or TWENTY. That's a promise.
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Download firmware for Odin from Samsung-Updates or use Pre-Rooted OFFICIAL Rom from here
Turn OFF your phone, press&hold POWER+HOME+VOL_DOWN to enter Odin/Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the computer, use Odin3 v3.04 , load firmware as PDA, make sure that ONLY AutoReboot&F.Reset Time is ticked and click START.
After 5 minutes, all done, it should be back to life...
enjoY
Just flash a Official stock firmware and you will boot normally again.
Download a stock firmware
Download odin
Enter download mode in you unit by pressing power and volume down and home button.
Connect the device to your pc, wait for drivers to install.
Select your unzipped firmware (yeah the .md5 file) in the PDA section
Now start flashing and wait...your phone should boot as normal.
That is about it
no donation required btw...
download mode is great news. now get odin + stock firmware and flash your s4 back to life be aware, that all your data is most likely to be lost in the process.
a small price to pay if you ask me.
As others said, if you can get to download mode then be ready to have babies and fall in love with Odin, another life saver.
voodoochild2008 said:
As others said, if you can get to download mode then be ready to have babies and fall in love with Odin, another life saver.
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Thanks guys. On the download. Server seems slow. Great to know that it's recoverable. I'll update when I'm up and running again.
djembey said:
Download firmware for Odin from Samsung-Updates or use Pre-Rooted OFFICIAL Rom from here
Turn OFF your phone, press&hold POWER+HOME+VOL_DOWN to enter Odin/Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the computer, use Odin3 v3.04 , load firmware as PDA, make sure that ONLY AutoReboot&F.Reset Time is ticked and click START.
After 5 minutes, all done, it should be back to life...
enjoY
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SORTED. Thanks to everyone for jumping on board! djembey, mail me your PayPal for your reward or alternatively a shipping address and what color your S4 is. Which ever you prefer.
Thanks again.
bonstio said:
SORTED. Thanks to everyone for jumping on board! djembey, mail me your PayPal for your reward or alternatively a shipping address and what color your S4 is. Which ever you prefer.
Thanks again.
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I'm happy for you! Next time be more careful with your new Baby
I've got white i9505 and love it to the bits (my first white phone...)
Under my avatar you'll see "DONATE TO ME" ..... if you want to....
Did you try my Pre-Rooted Rom?? If not, you should
djembey said:
I'm happy for you! Next time be more careful with your new Baby
I've got white i9505 and love it to the bits (my first white phone...)
Under my avatar you'll see "DONATE TO ME" ..... if you want to....
Did you try my Pre-Rooted Rom?? If not, you should
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You just got a donation my friend!
Didn't try the prerooted... didn't see it for I9505XXUAMDF. Still, I'm used Chainfire's root and I'm back in business. No apps or data were wiped after the flash either, much to my surprise.
Waiting now for a working recovery and a decent ROM, like a Paranoid Android or CM10.1 port. In the mean time, I'm putting up with the TouchWiz jank + 320 DPI in spite of the odd scaling of some apps.
Cheers.
bonstio said:
You just got a donation my friend!
Didn't try the prerooted... didn't see it for I9505XXUAMDF. Still, I'm used Chainfire's root and I'm back in business. No apps or data were wiped after the flash either, much to my surprise.
Waiting now for a working recovery and a decent ROM, like a Paranoid Android or CM10.1 port. In the mean time, I'm putting up with the TouchWiz jank + 320 DPI in spite of the odd scaling of some apps.
Cheers.
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Thanks a LoT! ) Appreciated
There's XXUAMDF on the list but it will give you just basic root permissions, no access to the system... In your case better use CF as it will give you full access..
Anyway, be more careful in future and enjoy it
S4 i9500 (I9500XXUAMDK with root) has soft brick
Dear friends. I would like your help, if possible! Please!
I did the actualization on my S4 i9500 (I9500XXUAMDK, with root) and after this, I was trying to put more space in sdcard (editing vold fstab files to try to change extSdCard into sdcard).
During this process, appeared a message on the phone about one error there is in sdcard and it suggested me to unmount the sdcard to try solve the problem. So, when I click yes, the phone froze and then I turned it off, but it stock now in Sangung Logo and go to recovery mode. In recovery mode I tryed to clear/mount/unmount any file, but it returns with error to mount any directories.
I think the phone has the files or some partition corrupted!!! . I can access it through ODIN and adb shell as well. There is (in adb commands) a command to fix the partition? How can I do?
With ODIN, I tried to re-install the original FW. It did well (complete the re-install perfectly), but the phone cant finish the instalation after this, because it cant mount anything, and goes to recovery mode with many messages about that it cant mount directories (list a vary directories that wasnt mounted correct).
Everything I try to do, the phones (in recovery mode) returns "cant mount... or error to mount something". I cant too clear cache, format /sdcard or other directory, or reset it to the factory data as well (because I think, the system cant mount any directories).
Somebody had this problem? or could help me to solve it, please!!!
Tks in advance!
Barros
I am newb to android world.
I have Samsung Note 3 SM-N900.
1. Succesfully installed lollipop 5.0 on this phone after reading for a week on this site.
2. Was planning to root the phone, followed instructions from here:
CF-Auto-Root is pretty much only method for Lollipop at the moment. Yes, it does trigger the KNOX Warranty Void flag though, look it up if you want to know what it means (voids warranty in certain regions apparently, definitely not in EU).
Instructions are in the first post of the CF-Auto-Root topic - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2466423
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/root-note-3-sm-n900-lollipop-5-0-t3027054
Phone was rooted properly, checked from Chainfire su https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
3. Installed Rom Manager PRO, was trying a custom rom boot animation, which warned but I tried anyway and now phone will not boot.
I am getting series of errors:
Unfortunately Gallery has stopped
Unfortunately text-to-speech engine has stopped
Unfortunately Settings has stopped
Unfortunately System UI has stopped
Unfortunately Task Manager has stopped
Unfortunately Internet Speed meter has stopped
even after clicking ok for several times waiting since last 15 minutes, phone will not boot.
Please help.. sorry for being a newb..
BRO just reflash same russian rom again using odin.... problem will be solved.....
Or try to flash lollipop 5.0 bootloader may be it can solve booting problem
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Thanks mahi,
I am able to boot into download mode hoding volume down button and recovery mode holding volume up button. Should i try to do following in present condition without Reflash lollipop rom
Wipe cache
OR
factory reset
Data is not important as I have all my important data on memory card (video/images)
Phone is alive again:
Did following things to recover the phone which was not booting:
1. wipe cache partition
Nothing happened, was still getting those application stop issues, phone was unable to boot.
2. wipe/reset data
Phone came back alive.. all applications got uninstalled except Super-Su Free from Chainfire.
I am able to open the application Super-su properly.
How can i confirm.. If there is nothing wrong and proceeding ahead with setting upon the mobile again.
Edit 2
Went to Recovery Mode and Download Mode, did nothing..
Again started having the same boot issues, all applications getting stopped
WEIRD !!
Probably.. should reflash entire thing again.. ?
IODroids said:
Edit 2
Went to Recovery Mode and Download Mode, did nothing..
Again started having the same boot issues, all applications getting stopped
WEIRD !!
Probably.. should reflash entire thing again.. ?
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Reflash the ROM via odin, then factory reset and clear cache before first boot.
you have one solution go to download mode , go to sammobile download the official firmware for you device and your country connected your device with pc download the lateest version of odin . install and oppen odin go to pda .chose the firmware that you downloaded from sammobile install clik start and the problem soved
Not sure.. How i updated lollipop last time or rooted device . (local mobile repairers who work for rooting when paid are not at all knowledgeable)
I always got STOCK recovery MODE option, just tried to get into recovery MODE on a Note 2, and got same menu options.. like i have in NOTE 3.
Few minutes later, followed all instructions in this thread again:
Thanks to dr.ketan and cryostasis25..
I used same file again = n900-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-kk_L5.0(0812).tar
And now I am getting a different recovery MODE option..
(PROBABLY, i have to MYSELF spend more time reading/understanding terms.. before going ahead).
Now top title of recovery mode displays "CWM-based reocovery v6.0.5.0"
Giving few many options to select from list. (I never got this recovery mode before ??? )
All my last wiped applications are intact as well.. (wiped around 6-8 hours ago)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58775300&postcount=5
I am not sure still, what i tried/did.. Any guidance shall be a miracle.. for a newb
Tried going to recovery mode/download mode several times now, and phone wont crash
Kindly let me know what/where i did wrong..
Edit 1
I am also getting an option now to install dr.ketan ROM from recovery mode.. will try that for sure 
Once I receive some responses (to a newb)
Edit 2
I can still find I am rooted, Chanfire su app still appears installed and runs perfectly fine..
Regards,
edied using fre love xda
No worries man....you are on cwm recovery.....its a custom recovery.....that file which you were to flash before(signature verification error) will now flash easily
Karamvir said:
No worries man....you are on cwm recovery.....its a custom recovery.....that file which you were to flash before(signature verification error) will now flash easily
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Thanks m8.
Did lot of crashing and now finally learnt basics.
Yaar XDA is great to learn I have around 10+ android sites but now I barely visit those except XDA.
People are great here, probably newbie like me should search more. {search here sucks a bit, I want results only for forum and I get portal article too}
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Yeah xda is just.....you know after a few years you'll be laughing at all the stupid things you did as a noob......u know what brought me to xda in the first place .....I wanted to install iOS on my puny galaxy 551.....lol.....
Another one .....once I replace the build.prop file of my galaxy 551 with that from galaxy note......device choked while booting up.....that was the first time i flashed something with odin....
So the point is every one has gone through the same thing over here....so other's understand your situation.....and are willing to help....long live xda
Hi all... Sorry for barging in.. I would like to ask for help about my samsung galaxy core 2 (SM-G355H). About 3 days ago, this phone suddenly restart and all settings just exactly like new factory settings. Almost all my applications gone and the internal memory only have 100 MB left. Theres around 2 GB files inside my internal memory, yet I cannot find it anywhere. I've tried ES File explorer, unhidden the files, windows explorer, and all... But I can still couldn't find the files.
So, I decided to let things over and flash my phone using official stock ROM from sammobile via Odin. After I finished the procedure, this warning comes out:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again
The condition is:
1. Whenever I try recovery mode, it will show the above sign (not working at all..)
2. Download mode is working
What I've tried until today:
1. Flash using Odin+stock ROM. When it's done & reboot, it will comes back to 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again'. not even samsung logo ever appear again
2. Flash using recovery.tar > Same result when reboot
3. Flash using Odin+stock ROM+PIT files > Same result when reboot
4. Kies recovery. It's done, reboot and the warning sign is the same..
Can anyone give me any suggestion? I'm already at desperate stage right now... I've searched in this forums for few days, yet I haven't found any solution yet (mostly because I'm a noob i guess.... :silly: )please help......
Thank you for all your help
Nb: I'm sorry if this thread is in the wrong place.... Please notify me and I'll fix it...
huv u fixed ur problem
Nadeem1122 said:
huv u fixed ur problem
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i have nearly the same problem. any ideas?
Also too
And i tray by adb ..........also i can,t solve this FU** problem >>>>>>IF someone know how to fix it ,pleas tell us !!! :crying::crying::crying:
Brick
When i flaahed cm 12. Phne has been bricked showing no sim card. I tried to insatall firmware data cable is not supporting otherwise phone is charging well. When i cheked EMI No. Showing NULL.
SO WHAT I SHOULD TO DO ???
AT SERVICE CENTER FOUND SAME PROBLEM THEY CAN'T RECOGNISED THEM.
Attach screen shot if possible...may i can figure out the problem...but first u need to install recovery via adb or ODIN...Uncheck reboot option in ODIN...waiting for u replay
Best official stock rom
motomuzieq said:
Hi all... Sorry for barging in.. I would like to ask for help about my samsung galaxy core 2 (SM-G355H). About 3 days ago, this phone suddenly restart and all settings just exactly like new factory settings. Almost all my applications gone and the internal memory only have 100 MB left. Theres around 2 GB files inside my internal memory, yet I cannot find it anywhere. I've tried ES File explorer, unhidden the files, windows explorer, and all... But I can still couldn't find the files.
So, I decided to let things over and flash my phone using official stock ROM from sammobile via Odin. After I finished the procedure, this warning comes out:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again
The condition is:
1. Whenever I try recovery mode, it will show the above sign (not working at all..)
2. Download mode is working
What I've tried until today:
1. Flash using Odin+stock ROM. When it's done & reboot, it will comes back to 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again'. not even samsung logo ever appear again
2. Flash using recovery.tar > Same result when reboot
3. Flash using Odin+stock ROM+PIT files > Same result when reboot
4. Kies recovery. It's done, reboot and the warning sign is the same..
Can anyone give me any suggestion? I'm already at desperate stage right now... I've searched in this forums for few days, yet I haven't found any solution yet (mostly because I'm a noob i guess.... :silly: )please help......
Thank you for all your help
Nb: I'm sorry if this thread is in the wrong place.... Please notify me and I'll fix it...
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Try this Official Firmware with Odin : https://firmwarefile.com/samsung-sm-g355h :fingers-crossed::good:
Somebody help me please
I have note 4 Sm-n910c
I updated it to android marshmallow 6 via ota
After installing the update
the phone started working normally...
but when the screen is off it cannot work again unless i remove the battery and restart the phone again Please somebody help me solving this
Try performing a hard factory reset on your device but wipe the cache partition in the Recovery Mode menu first.
DarkGuyver said:
Try performing a hard factory reset on your device but wipe the cache partition in the Recovery Mode menu first.
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I have already done this before. .
But no changes
gomaaarafa said:
I have already done this before. .
But no changes
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I did wipe data/factory reset. . Is that what you mean ?
gomaaarafa said:
I did wipe data/factory reset. . Is that what you mean ?
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Now i did what you asked me to do
I went to the Recovery Mode; wiped the cache partition ; wipe data/ factory reset
Also the problem.
Even i tried to downgrade to lollipop 5.1.1 ;which was working before ; through Odin but it didn't succeed
I don't know what to do now...
Please somebody help me solving this problem
Try reinstalling Marshmallow manually using Odin.
DarkGuyver said:
Try reinstalling Marshmallow manually using Odin.
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Same issues with my note 4. Multiple resets but no results. How to reinstall Marshmellow on non rooted phone. PLs guide. ANYONE with solution pls pitch in.
DarkGuyver said:
Try reinstalling Marshmallow manually using Odin.
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Let me try
I hope it will succeed
AKBhola said:
Same issues with my note 4. Multiple resets but no results. How to reinstall Marshmellow on non rooted phone. PLs guide. ANYONE with solution pls pitch in.
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Here is the guide on how to do that:
Download Odin http://odindownload.com/ and extract it to a directory you can easily find.
Head to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for the firmware of your phone using the model number. Make sure that the firmware model number matches that of your device.
Once found, download it to your computer and extract its contents to a directory you can easily access.
Navigate through the directory where you extracted Odin and run it as administrator.
Now turn off your Samsung android device and boot it in Download Mode (press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power keys together). You will know if you’re in Download mode as you’ll be seeing “Downloading… Do not turn off target.”
You may now connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.
Odin should be able to detect your device, otherwise, you need to install necessary drivers. Which you can get from http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117
Click on the PDA or AP button (depending on the version of Odin you’re using) and navigate through the directory where you extracted the contents of the firmware file you downloaded.
Look for the .md5 file and select it.
Now, click on Start button to begin the flashing. (DO NOT disconnect, turn off or use your Samsung device while the process is ongoing.) Now let it alone and do something else while the firmware is installing onto your device.
If the flashing is successful, you should see “RESET” or “PASS” on Odin interface (depending on the version you’re using). The phone should reboot by itself after that.
Go through the set up process but don't set it up properly. Turn off your device and boot it into Recovery Mode. Wipe the cache partition, wipe data/factory reset and reboot system now.
You can now setup you Samsung device properly using your Google/Samsung Account details.
DarkGuyver said:
Here is the guide on how to do that:
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Thanks DarkGuyver, I will try this over the weekend. For now temporary solution seems to work. Just a quicky on above "the process you suggested will not root or require rooting my device. Am i Correct
AKBhola said:
Thanks DarkGuyver, I will try this over the weekend. For now temporary solution seems to work. Just a quicky on above "the process you suggested will not root or require rooting my device. Am i Correct
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Nope, if you follow my guide on how to install the stock firmware back onto your device. It will restore it to stock as if it was just fresh of the factory floor with the latest firmware installed on it. If you want root access you will have to root your device yourself. As I don't like doing that with any of my android devices, unless I have too. So I don't provide advice on how to do that.
DarkGuyver said:
Here is the guide on how to do that:
Download Odin http://odindownload.com/ and extract it to a directory you can easily find.
Head to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for the firmware of your phone using the model number. Make sure that the firmware model number matches that of your device.
Once found, download it to your computer and extract its contents to a directory you can easily access.
Navigate through the directory where you extracted Odin and run it as administrator.
Now turn off your Samsung android device and boot it in Download Mode (press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power keys together). You will know if youâ??re in Download mode as youâ??ll be seeing â??Downloadingâ?¦ Do not turn off target.â?
You may now connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.
Odin should be able to detect your device, otherwise, you need to install necessary drivers. Which you can get from http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117
Click on the PDA or AP button (depending on the version of Odin youâ??re using) and navigate through the directory where you extracted the contents of the firmware file you downloaded.
Look for the .md5 file and select it.
Now, click on Start button to begin the flashing. (DO NOT disconnect, turn off or use your Samsung device while the process is ongoing.) Now let it alone and do something else while the firmware is installing onto your device.
If the flashing is successful, you should see â??RESETâ? or â??PASSâ? on Odin interface (depending on the version youâ??re using). The phone should reboot by itself after that.
Go through the set up process but don't set it up properly. Turn off your device and boot it into Recovery Mode. Wipe the cache partition, wipe data/factory reset and reboot system now.
You can now setup you Samsung device properly using your Google/Samsung Account details.
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Can one of these versions in the next link work with me ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...lollipop-5-0-1-multiple-t3028939/post58800901
It must be because of Marshmallow...
gomaaarafa said:
Somebody help me please
I have note 4 Sm-n910c
I updated it to android marshmallow 6 via ota
After installing the update
the phone started working normally...
but when the screen is off it cannot work again unless i remove the battery and restart the phone again Please somebody help me solving this
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Strangely this was happening sometimes on a Marshmallow custom rom by eRobot as well. It must be something to do with marshmallow. Sometimes it still happens but when I press the power button shortly few times, the problem disappears. After flashing the latest version of eRobot Rom, it has been happening a lot less and it is okay without removing the battery. Just need to give a little time between power button presses...
gomaaarafa said:
Can one of these versions in the next link work with me ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...lollipop-5-0-1-multiple-t3028939/post58800901
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Any of them would work as they are all designed for use with the N910C.
DarkGuyver said:
Any of them would work as they are all designed for use with the N910C.
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I will try it today
gomaaarafa said:
I will try it today
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I'm using Galaxy note 5
Many applications( like viber, WhatsApp, Skype. ..) has been blocked in the country where I am staying .
Can somebody recommend me a good vpn app .
Please help me .
By the way.. i have tried hotspot sheild; hideninja and other applications..but no changes... please recommend me a good vpn app for Galaxy note 5..
And thanks again
My N910F had a terminal accident this evening, it received a blow to the screen and now there's no way fo me to use it. I tried to use google's remote device app to wipe it and though I'd managed it. But I'm not sure that it has!
I was running a custom rom with twrp and when I tried a button combo that's supposed to initiate a wipe, I noticed something pop up on the screen and when I connected it to my pc I could not only see the phone on windows explorer, it actually showed the files! From one of the very few times I saw something on the screen, I recognized the TWRP homescreen, so it had been put into recovery!
I'm not bothered about putting the phone back to stock, I just want to wipe it so I can sell it for parts. I can't do anything in KIES as it's locked (fingerprint with password backup). I cant even try using a usb mouse with my otg as whenever I disconnect from the pc, the screen goes off (it's rarely even showing anything anyway.
Is there any way to just install stock firmware or even my rom, directly through odin? I'm used to flashing roms through twrp.
woldranger said:
My N910F had a terminal accident this evening, it received a blow to the screen and now there's no way fo me to use it. I tried to use google's remote device app to wipe it and though I'd managed it. But I'm not sure that it has!
I was running a custom rom with twrp and when I tried a button combo that's supposed to initiate a wipe, I noticed something pop up on the screen and when I connected it to my pc I could not only see the phone on windows explorer, it actually showed the files! From one of the very few times I saw something on the screen, I recognized the TWRP homescreen, so it had been put into recovery!
I'm not bothered about putting the phone back to stock, I just want to wipe it so I can sell it for parts. I can't do anything in KIES as it's locked (fingerprint with password backup). I cant even try using a usb mouse with my otg as whenever I disconnect from the pc, the screen goes off (it's rarely even showing anything anyway.
Is there any way to just install stock firmware or even my rom, directly through odin? I'm used to flashing roms through twrp.
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If the emmc is still sane, u can try stock with odin - google 4 files repair firmware for your model. Not a custom rom, it need the custom recovery which seems not to work anymore.
w41ru5 said:
If the emmc is still sane, u can try stock with odin - google 4 files repair firmware for your model. Not a custom rom, it need the custom recovery which seems not to work anymore.
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I tried to flash it with 2 different versions of odin, 3.09 which is what I always used to use and 3.12.3 as this seemed the most recent. Ran with and without admin privilege and got a fail every time.
I've gone back onto the Sammobile site to download another version of the firmware but it's sooooo slow - when did they slow things down so much??
Is there likely to be any difference between the versions of the firmware? I'm running a N910F here in the uk. But at the end of the day, all I want to do is to wipe my personal data by flashing any stock N910F rom
So I managed to get through the flashing process but it doesn't appear to have worked! The device still shows up as it was before I tried flashing it - I repeated the process but still nothing.
I need to remove any data before I can try and sell it - what do you suggest?
Any suggestions guys? Sorry to bump an old thread but I never did get it sorted. I'm running an LG V20 now but would like to be sure that the N910 is wiped clean of any and all personal data before selling it.
USB debugging isn't active so I can't do anything with adb - I've tried lots of options.
Flash stock bootloader
start phone in recovery mode (vol up + home buttons)
press down 4 (3) times to select factory reset (5 (4) for cache wipe) and press power depend on bootloader factory reset is 4-th or 5-th option
press down 7 times and then power again.
But why to bother of it if it is finger and password protected?
Another option is to sell me the board, my emmc chip just died. I'm in UK too.
Alex[Y] said:
Flash stock bootloader
start phone in recovery mode (vol up + home buttons)
press down 4 (3) times to select factory reset (5 (4) for cache wipe) and press power depend on bootloader factory reset is 4-th or 5-th option
press down 7 times and then power again.
But why to bother of it if it is finger and password protected?
Another option is to sell me the board, my emmc chip just died. I'm in UK too.
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I'll give that a try, but I don't know how I'd find out if it had been successful?
I'd rather not risk someone being able to access ALL the info on there for the money I'd get for it on ebay.
woldranger said:
I'll give that a try, but I don't know how I'd find out if it had been successful?.
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No personal files when connected to PC should be enough.
woldranger said:
I'd rather not risk someone being able to access ALL the info on there for the money I'd get for it on ebay.
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Another option go to repair shop and ask them to wipe it with their test display. Display removal (with its full destruction) will be required.
Alex[Y] said:
No personal files when connected to PC should be enough.
Thanks for jumping in!
"Should"? I wouldn't want to risk someone recovering my personal data.
Another option go to repair shop and ask them to wipe it with their test display. Display removal (with its full destruction) will be required.
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But that would involve me paying - I won't get much for the phone as it is anyway.
I finally managed to flash the phone back to stock with Odin! :highfive:
It was last on N910FXXS1DQFA so I tried Odin v3.10.7 and flashed N910FXXS1DQE91 with no issues. Obviously, nothing of note shows up on the pc, but when I click on the device in windows explorer and look up the properties, it shows the new firmware is installed!
So, FINALLY, my Note 4 is fully wiped and I can try and sell it for spares - thanks a lot for any and all input and comments guys! :good::good:
woldranger said:
I finally managed to flash the phone back to stock with Odin! :highfive:
It was last on N910FXXS1DQFA so I tried Odin v3.10.7 and flashed N910FXXS1DQE91 with no issues. Obviously, nothing of note shows up on the pc, but when I click on the device in windows explorer and look up the properties, it shows the new firmware is installed!
So, FINALLY, my Note 4 is fully wiped and I can try and sell it for spares - thanks a lot for any and all input and comments guys! :good::good:
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For my knowledge user data is wiped out by odin only if you tick "NAND erase all" but I'm not sure if it is not wiping some other important data like EFS partition. When phone is connected to PC try unlock it with the finger. Another possibility is that by downgrading you have corrupted EFS partition, but not sure of that.