S5 Bricked - Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So, I flashed the wrong thing via Flashfire, and boom, it bricked. I just need to be pointed in the right direction in which files I need to download.

Let me go more indepth, I tried to uninstall Xposed, but I accidentally flashed the x86 one. And now it bootloops.

UnshiftedStorm said:
Let me go more indepth, I tried to uninstall Xposed, but I accidentally flashed the x86 one. And now it bootloops.
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That's not a brick when it boots. Regardless, there is an xposed uninstaller in their section of xda. Try there. Then you'd probably want to reflash your rom.

UnshiftedStorm said:
So, I flashed the wrong thing via Flashfire, and boom, it bricked. I just need to be pointed in the right direction in which files I need to download.
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Kitkat stock firmware (Still be able to root it when you are on kitkat )

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[Q] Re-root after unroot?

In typical amateur fashion, I managed to remove root access from my previously rooted I337 running LiquidSmooth 2.9. I was thinking it wouldn't be difficult to "switch it on or off". Evidently, not the case! Tried Casual and motochopper, but failed to gain root again. I've been searching my butt off, but can't seem to find the right advice. Do I need to go back to stock and start all over again? Suggestions? Let me know if I need to provide more details about my configuration. Thanks!
I assume you have an i337 on mdl. I'd try to download super su form the play store and install that. It may work. Otherwise you might have to start all over.
jd1639 said:
I assume you have an i337 on mdl. I'd try to download super su form the play store and install that. It may work. Otherwise you might have to start all over.
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Thanks! Yes, I have MDL, and yes, I tried SuperSu... no dice...
mdaudioguy said:
Thanks! Yes, I have MDL, and yes, I tried SuperSu... no dice...
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One other thing I'd try is flash supersu-busybox in your recovery, twrp or cwm. It's a zip file. Not sure if that would work on your device though.
jd1639 said:
One other thing I'd try is flash supersu-busybox in your recovery, twrp or cwm. It's a zip file. Not sure if that would work on your device though.
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i was going to suggest that.
here is chainfire's recovery-flashable superSU zip: http://download.chainfire.eu/342/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip
Bingo! Problem solved! Many thanks to both of you. :highfive:

TWRP Reboots During Flash

Ok so I just got this tablet today (sm-t230nu) and I got it rooted. Rebooted into TWRP, and in my excitement, forgot to make a backup. I wiped everything, minus SD card. Went to flash a ROM, and it reboots TWRP. I've tried a few different ROMs, with same result. Zip file verification is unchecked, as well. Normally I could just restore the backup, but I didn't think anything would go wrong, and now I'm kinda stuck lol. I am downloading the stock ODIN file to flash now, but in the meantime I thought I'd try and fix this issue, too. Thanks
Bump. Anyone?
ChrisAC84 said:
Bump. Anyone?
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i have sm-t230 and i didnt have this issue.... which twrp version you have?
thelous said:
i have sm-t230 and i didnt have this issue.... which twrp version you have?
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I'm using 2.8.0.1
EDIT: Flashed stock firmware, then rerooted and tried again. It worked this time around. I think I forgot to install busybox last time, that's the only thing I did different
ChrisAC84 said:
I'm using 2.8.0.1
EDIT: Flashed stock firmware, then rerooted and tried again. It worked this time around. I think I forgot to install busybox last time, that's the only thing I did different
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i dont think it was busybox's fault because custom recoveries dont need even root if they are installed thru odin
thelous said:
i dont think it was busybox's fault because custom recoveries dont need even root if they are installed thru odin
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I'm not sure what the issue was, then. A fresh install fixed it, though, so I dunno. Thanks anyways

Need help! The clock is ticking! Accidentally wiped my OS with TWRP Galaxy S5

Hello everyone, this is my first post and I'm in a total panic!
I accidentally wiped everything, including my OS which I was not intending on wiping. I could not get my phone to boot, just stuck on the samsung screen for ages so I decided to wipe everything and start a fresh. I have a SM-G900F. I got it online from hong kong a while ago at digital rev but I can't provide a link as I'm a new user.
Is my phone totally dead now or is there a way back from this nightmare? I followed all the steps to install the framework from here correctly but my phone would not get past the reboot stage and now in an attempt to undo that I have seemingly destroyed my phone!
Flash a stock ROM with ODIN
Hundreds of threads and guides and links here
Check it is the G900F in download mode first though
*Detection* said:
Flash a stock ROM with ODIN
Hundreds of threads and guides and links here
Check it is the G900F in download mode first though
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Awesome, managed to get it working ! Will this now be unrooted? Couldn't care less if it is because I can't get the xposed framework running without bootlooping on this phone.
Michaelneedshelp said:
Awesome, managed to get it working ! Will this now be unrooted? Couldn't care less if it is because I can't get the xposed framework running without bootlooping on this phone.
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Yes ... This will unroot Your Phone
Michaelneedshelp said:
Awesome, managed to get it working ! Will this now be unrooted? Couldn't care less if it is because I can't get the xposed framework running without bootlooping on this phone.
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It will unroot yea, but easy enough to root the G900F again
Flash TWRP with ODIN, then boot into TWRP recovery and flash SuperSU
*Detection* said:
It will unroot yea, but easy enough to root the G900F again
Flash TWRP with ODIN, then boot into TWRP recovery and flash SuperSU
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Ok, I didn't use SuperSU before, don't even remember which root I used tbh. I got it rooted & then couldn't get the framework going. Could you point me in the right direction?

Struggling with J500FN

Hey all.
I'm in need of a bit of help. I have a J5 and was getting sick of being told theres never any space to install apps, so I rooted it hoping to be able to remove the stock apps that come inbuilt like word, excel etc.... Anyway, I then decided to take it a step further and try and install a custom rom, long story short, im stuck with a green screen
I've been googling and following tutorials for hours now and I'm really at the point of giving up, so thought I would reach out incase i'm just over tired from it all and making silly mistakes.
I have TWRP 3.1.1-0 on my phone, I installed Lineage 14.1 figured out how to change the updater-script, green screen. I then installed a stock rom advanced I found here, green screen. I tried Aokp nightly nougat, green screen. After googling green screen I found a post saying its something to do with incompatibility from TWRP and that I need to install lollipop 5.1.1 firmware first before I can change to lilneage 14.1... Ive been googling for ages and I'm either coming to sites that want me to pay to download it at a reasonable speed or wait for hours. I'm a bit dubious as no other rom seems to have worked and I'm not sitting here with an empty phone.
Thanks.
LowKee84 said:
Hey all.
I'm in need of a bit of help. I have a J5 and was getting sick of being told theres never any space to install apps, so I rooted it hoping to be able to remove the stock apps that come inbuilt like word, excel etc.... Anyway, I then decided to take it a step further and try and install a custom rom, long story short, im stuck with a green screen
I've been googling and following tutorials for hours now and I'm really at the point of giving up, so thought I would reach out incase i'm just over tired from it all and making silly mistakes.
I have TWRP 3.1.1-0 on my phone, I installed Lineage 14.1 figured out how to change the updater-script, green screen. I then installed a stock rom advanced I found here, green screen. I tried Aokp nightly nougat, green screen. After googling green screen I found a post saying its something to do with incompatibility from TWRP and that I need to install lollipop 5.1.1 firmware first before I can change to lilneage 14.1... Ive been googling for ages and I'm either coming to sites that want me to pay to download it at a reasonable speed or wait for hours. I'm a bit dubious as no other rom seems to have worked and I'm not sitting here with an empty phone.
Thanks.
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Flashing LP / MM / N ROMs based on AOSP/LOS over stock MM/ROMs based on stock MM --> green screen.
How to flash MM/N ROMs based on AOSP/LOS:
1) Install 5.1.1 stock firmware.
2) Install TWRP 5.1.1 (Nick's or Vince's).
3) Flash the MM/N ROM you want.
#Henkate said:
Flashing LP / MM / N ROMs based on AOSP/LOS over stock MM/ROMs based on stock MM --> green screen.
How to flash MM/N ROMs based on AOSP/LOS:
1) Install 5.1.1 stock firmware.
2) Install TWRP 5.1.1 (Nick's or Vince's).
3) Flash the MM/N ROM you want.
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Don't suppose you know where I can find a copy, as I said in earlier post all the sites I find either take ages or want paying to upgrade to premium.
LowKee84 said:
Don't suppose you know where I can find a copy, as I said in earlier post all the sites I find either take ages or want paying to upgrade to premium.
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Updato.
Awesome, went from 3 hour download to 15 minute download, finally some progress, thank you
LowKee84 said:
Awesome, went from 3 hour download to 15 minute download, finally some progress, thank you
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Meh, tried to install but saying invalid zip file format.
LowKee84 said:
Meh, tried to install but saying invalid zip file format.
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You extract the .zip and install it with Odin...
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You extract the .zip and install it with Odin...
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Okay, done that. So now I can install another rom from twrp or do I do it via odin?
LowKee84 said:
Okay, done that. So now I can install another rom from twrp or do I do it via odin?
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TWRP.
You install only stock ROM with Odin (.tar format).
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TWRP.
You install only stock ROM with Odin (.tar format).
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Okay.
Anything else I need to do first? Do I need to root it again?
LowKee84 said:
Okay.
Anything else I need to do first? Do I need to root it again?
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Most of the roms comes with root. In case it doesnt have root, you flash it after flashing the ROM.
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Most of the roms comes with root. In case it doesnt have root, you flash it after flashing the ROM.
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When I installed 5.1.1 it changed back to android recovery so I had to reinstall twrs recovery, then root again to be able to flash, but this time Lineage 14.1 finally installed
Thank you for your help.
LowKee84 said:
When I installed 5.1.1 it changed back to android recovery so I had to reinstall twrs recovery, then root again to be able to flash, but this time Lineage 14.1 finally installed
Thank you for your help.
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So... I wanted to remove audioFx as I have no need for it, I had to root again... I tried the same root that I used originally but made it so it kept getting stuck on lineage boot screen and gave me no response on trying to boot to recovery. Any idea what went wrong?
Back to lineage again without root.
LowKee84 said:
So... I wanted to remove audioFx as I have no need for it, I had to root again... I tried the same root that I used originally but made it so it kept getting stuck on lineage boot screen and gave me no response on trying to boot to recovery. Any idea what went wrong?
Back to lineage again without root.
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Did you flash the official SuperSU module from the lineage site?
No, I used Odin with the cf autoroot for my device.
I had problems with cf auto root, particularly the green screen on boot,try flashing the supersu from their site.
Tried it, used first one on the site, installed okay but can't see the su app anywhere, then tried the x86 version in case but wouldn't install.
Oh never mind, had to enable dev mode and enable root for apps and adb first, there is no actual app. I ran another app and it asked for root permission.
LowKee84 said:
Oh never mind, had to enable dev mode and enable root for apps and adb first, there is no actual app. I ran another app and it asked for root permission.
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So it works?
It work

"Recovery is not seandroid enforcing" CF-Auto-Root Samsung J3 sm-j320w8

To begin. My device, as mentioned in the title, is the Samsung Galaxy J3 sm-J320W8 running Android 7.1.1.
I tried to root it with the CF-Auto-Root. I matched all the info as needed, that being Model number and android version, and continued with the root as you normally would with Oden. After Oden says it passes. My device reboots, but instead of going into recovery and installing SuperSU it gives me the "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing" error at the top left of the screen. It then reboots once again and the phone starts as normal so thankfully I didn't break anything. But SuperSU was not installed and my device remains unrooted. I did notice that the SuperSU zip was transferred to my SD card though.
Does anyone know what the problem is? Hopefully with a solution as well.
MissCherry1241 said:
To begin. My device, as mentioned in the title, is the Samsung Galaxy J3 sm-J320W8 running Android 7.1.1.
I tried to root it with the CF-Auto-Root. I matched all the info as needed, that being Model number and android version, and continued with the root as you normally would with Oden. After Oden says it passes. My device reboots, but instead of going into recovery and installing SuperSU it gives me the "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing" error at the top left of the screen. It then reboots once again and the phone starts as normal so thankfully I didn't break anything. But SuperSU was not installed and my device remains unrooted. I did notice that the SuperSU zip was transferred to my SD card though.
Does anyone know what the problem is? Hopefully with a solution as well.
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Just use twrp to install SuperSU.
ashyx said:
Just use twrp to install SuperSU.
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I have yet to find twrp available for my device and I don't know how to compile one myself. CF-Auto-Root is the only root I have found so far for the j320w8
MissCherry1241 said:
I have yet to find twrp available for my device and I don't know how to compile one myself. CF-Auto-Root is the only root I have found so far for the j320w8
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Looking back over some posts it seems it was unclear whether this device has a locked bootloader or not.
I never actually got a real confirmation.
Check out the thread below, you will find a root method as yet unconfirmed!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j3-2016/help/samsung-j3-root-t3544157/page15
ashyx said:
Looking back over some posts it seems it was unclear whether this device has a locked bootloader or not.
I never actually got a real confirmation.
Check out the thread below, you will find a root method as yet unconfirmed!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j3-2016/help/samsung-j3-root-t3544157/page15
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From what I can tell in that thread since I have seen it prior to posting this one they have yet to have any confirmed rooting methods. And the j320w8 rooted boot file from what I remember is the one that soft bricked my device last time. I can try again though. I have a backup and recovery image so it's not a big deal if I get soft bricked again.
I could also check if there is a way to unlock the bootloader on my device... If that's even a thing. I'm still trying to learn what some of this stuff means.
MissCherry1241 said:
From what I can tell in that thread since I have seen it prior to posting this one they have yet to have any confirmed rooting methods. And the j320w8 rooted boot file from what I remember is the one that soft bricked my device last time. I can try again though. I have a backup and recovery image so it's not a big deal if I get soft bricked again.
I could also check if there is a way to unlock the bootloader on my device... If that's even a thing. I'm still trying to learn what some of this stuff means.
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If the bootloader is locked there's no way to unlock it.
What was the soft brick, gave you got details?
ashyx said:
If the bootloader is locked there's no way to unlock it.
What was the soft brick, gave you got details?
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After installing one of the files through oden it just got stuck and wouldn't turn on. Couldn't access the Android Recovery and trying to turn on the device basically just made it get stuck on the samsung loading screen. I did still have access to the Download so I was able to reflash the original 7.1.1 firmware back into it
MissCherry1241 said:
After installing one of the files through oden it just got stuck and wouldn't turn on. Couldn't access the Android Recovery and trying to turn on the device basically just made it get stuck on the samsung loading screen. I did still have access to the Download so I was able to reflash the original 7.1.1 firmware back into it
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It wouldn't have worked as it's a Marshmallow firmware and you are running Nougat. The 2 are not compatible.
ashyx said:
It wouldn't have worked as it's a Marshmallow firmware and you are running Nougat. The 2 are not compatible.
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Ah. Would it be possible for me to downgrade firmwares in order to get the root? I'll take older rooted firmware over newer unrooted any day
MissCherry1241 said:
Ah. Would it be possible for me to downgrade firmwares in order to get the root? I'll take older rooted firmware over newer unrooted any day
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What is your current firmware build?
ashyx said:
What is your current firmware build?
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Right now I am on Android version 7.1.1
MissCherry1241 said:
Right now I am on Android version 7.1.1
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No, please post the firmware build version in settings/about.
ashyx said:
No, please post the firmware build version in settings/about.
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Sorry. I'm not familiar with what that is. Here's a screenshot of my software information.
https://imgur.com/EL0E84O
https://imgur.com/46m4P8L
MissCherry1241 said:
Sorry. I'm not familiar with what that is. Here's a screenshot of my software information.
https://imgur.com/EL0E84O
https://imgur.com/46m4P8L
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OK you should be able to downgrade to J320w8VLU2AQA1 then flash the rooted boot with odin.
ashyx said:
OK you should be able to downgrade to J320w8VLU2AQA1 then flash the rooted boot with odin.
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Goodie! I'll try that out now and come back to confirm whether or not it works
MissCherry1241 said:
Goodie! I'll try that out now and come back to confirm whether or not it works
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OK. Ensure you make a note of what odin and the device screen reports.
ashyx said:
OK. Ensure you make a note of what odin and the device screen reports.
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I seem to have run into an Issue. I reinstalled Android 6.0.1 successfully and set up my device. Made sure that it was J320w8VLU2AQA1 and confirmed it through the about section.
Then I flashed the rooted boot that you linked. Oden showed success and my device rebooted as normal. But... My phone started as if nothing happened. No SuperSU installed and when I go into recovery mode it just has the basic Android Recovery. No TWRP.
MissCherry1241 said:
I seem to have run into an Issue. I reinstalled Android 6.0.1 successfully and set up my device. Made sure that it was J320w8VLU2AQA1 and confirmed it through the about section.
Then I flashed the rooted boot that you linked. Oden showed success and my device rebooted as normal. But... My phone started as if nothing happened. No SuperSU installed and when I go into recovery mode it just has the basic Android Recovery. No TWRP.
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It's not TWRP its a rooted boot image.
Install the Superuser app from the Play store and hopefully you should have root priveledges.
After installing, open the Superuser app and report back its status.
ashyx said:
It's not TWRP its a rooted boot image.
Install the Superuser app from the Play store and hopefully you should have root priveledges.
After installing, open the Superuser app and report back its status.
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Alright. I installed SuperSU. It did an update and rebooted my device. Checked with Root checker app and I am in fact rooted!
I didn't realize that's what I had to do. So all of this is working and I have rooted my J320W8
MissCherry1241 said:
Alright. I installed SuperSU. It did an update and rebooted my device. Checked with Root checker app and I am in fact rooted!
I didn't realize that's what I had to do. So all of this is working and I have rooted my J320W8
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Finally a proper confirmation.
Glad its worked for you. :good: You MAY be able to update to Nougat by flashing the stock firmware with FLASHFIRE.
Just ensure EverRoot is enabled.

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