Backstory:
At&t and saw the update today. Went through the processing of putting stock recovery and unrooting for the OTA. OTA was installed successfully and I was able to put the newer version of TWRP. However, I tried to root and I flashed the SU zip from lollipop hoping it would work. It got stuck on the boot logo after that. I did a factory wipe as well. In my internal storage now, theres literally nothing except for a folder called "0" and "TWRP."
I've been trying to flash a stock rom to restart this process again but every time I try to flash a rom, it says
"Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found"
Installation fails after that. I'm at a loss right now and i'm not sure what to do...
Somehow after the 100th time or so, the stock recovery tool worked when I was in fastboot. Now I just need to find the modem for wifi to work again...
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So I was pretty content running 2.1 on my vibrant as I had it set up, themed, modded perfectly. A week or so back I started getting bugged by the OTA update but kept putting it off. I knew it would soft brick my phone from my mods so I decided to update by flashing deodexed KA6. It seemed to work. Was working on modding and tried to flash the ASOP lockscreen. I got an error in clockwork recovery about being unable to mount the internal SD card. Tried flashing anything and got the same error. Thought I'd do figure it out today.
So that brings me to this morning. My alarm didn't go off and when I woke up late I checked my phone to find it had reverted itself to the Deodexed stock without any of my changes. All settings were lost, it was exactly as it would be the moment after flashing. I did make a backup last night before I was trying to flash lock screens and things but I can't revert; Error that sd card can't mount comes up.
So I have been trying to find stock KA6 to flash with Odin. The first two downloads I tried (after two hours of download waiting) were corrupt.
So does anybody have working pit and tar files for KA6?
Or does anybody know how to fix the mount error?
you can find the KA6 odin in post by Chainfire in the DEV section...just PDA it no pit needed
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you should unzip it first and rename "T959UVKA6_REV05_home_low_CL860813.tar.md5" to tar files.
have rooted s5 on 4.4.4 nk2. Have been trying to install custom roms via safestrap. Apparently i am missing a step. I wipe data, try to install twi5ted Lollipop on custom rom slot....blank screen for over 30 min after reboot, phone gets real hot, take battery out. Try to install on stock rom slot, reboot then get stuck in boot loop and keeps booting into system recovery. I then saw through my hours of searching to format instead of wipe....so i format then try to install, get stuck again, take battery out, get back to safestrap dash now when i try to wipe/format/or even restore my backup it says unable to mount system. When i click reboot system it says no OS installed. After reboot, my custom slot gets erased.
I was about to try an odin flash back to stock but some how was able to get my phone back to a system restore. Why can i not get anything installed? Do i have to have odin to do a custom rom install?????? i know every rom is different but wtf. I have seen multiple videos and threads of people flashing zip via safestrap and rebooting into new rom without flashing kernals via odin or safestrap after rom install.
Also...my phone will not let me download zip files (ex. cm12.1) says unable to create download folder....how close to F'in my phone up am i? I have successfully rooted all phones in the past...s5 is giving me hell!
I just tried installing rom after format, then flash nk2 kernel from odin, still gives boot loop....ive tried everything i have found..never this much problem with custom rom..
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
mrjiggywiggy said:
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
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thanks, i will try fresh from start ncg. so you have to be on the current kernel that you are flashing a rom for, whether its CM, Twi5ted, Alliance...etc i need to be on rooted 5.0 kernel then flash rom via safestrap?
i was having problems downloading from internet on phone, not downloading rom if thats what you thought i meant. I just tried installing zip for CM 12 via safestrap and got same issue. Phone reboots, goes to black screen and eventually heats up like crazy. .... I just noticed, after my restore ...again... it says safestrap disabled in red on the boot screen, why is that? it says installed and tried reinstalling.
FIXED
So i flashed ncg from odin on the messed up phone and got messed up worse. Ended up getting stuck on first boot image of samsung android s5 boot screen. Finally found original stock firmare file and used odin to complete install stock os and got rid of root. Now back to normal... luckily i figured it out my self! thanks to the 100's who viewed and didnt help and thanks to mrjiggywiggy for giving me some input to help out!
Hi guys,
i have read a lot of articles and tried a lot of combinations... problem still there.
My problem is on GT-I9505 when I start the phone, only after the first start after new firmware update, I could see for a second animated samsung logo but seems that is collorized (some red, lila colors on it ) and then black screen, vibration and restart. The blue light will blink all the time.
I'm able to get into download mode and recovery mode (if is called like that)
What all i tried - some of them:
-tried to install with Odin new/old firmware. Everytime it is successfully but the problem still there
-tried to wipe to the factory
-tried with odin also ROM to put (not sure if is possible this if phone is not rooted and it is not, because i don't know how to do that if i can't boot it)
Any help?
Tnx
You can't put a custom rom on it through Odin. You will need a custom recovery for that, which can be flashed with Odin.
Then you can flash custom roms. Google s4 twrp or i9505 twrp, you should get to the twrp site from where you can download the recovery and you can also find instructions.
GDReaper said:
You can't put a custom rom on it through Odin. You will need a custom recovery for that, which can be flashed with Odin.
Then you can flash custom roms. Google s4 twrp or i9505 twrp, you should get to the twrp site from where you can download the recovery and you can also find instructions.
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Tnx for the answer. I have tried with twrp (i flash that recovery) but every time checking MD5 of ROM (zip) is failing. I also tried with zip.md5 file next to rom with content like : 11111xxsx3333 *file_name.zip
But is not working still...
specko1987 said:
Tnx for the answer. I have tried with twrp (i flash that recovery) but every time checking MD5 of ROM (zip) is failing. I also tried with zip.md5 file next to rom with content like : 11111xxsx3333 *file_name.zip
But is not working still...
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Redownload the rom zip.
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Redownload the rom zip.
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In progress. Just to mention that phone is not rooted. I think that shouldn't be a problem ? And also debug mode is not enabled (because i can't turn on my phone)
Ah... I tried also another ROM. Still same.
Checking for MD5 file... (it took about 1,2 min)
E: Aborting zip install
MD5 does not match
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/.....
Updating partition details...
...done
specko1987 said:
Ah... I tried also another ROM. Still same.
Checking for MD5 file... (it took about 1,2 min)
E: Aborting zip install
MD5 does not match
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/.....
Updating partition details...
...done
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MD5 errors are usually caused by the file not being downloaded correctly.
I know, but if i don't put I md5sum file nexto to the zip ROM, then immediately check error appears. I'm using check md5 app and i have checked the file also on SD card...
This S4 is from Austria T-Mobile...seems so hard to install custom ROM. I'm not able also from CWR to install from zip.
I tried also different ROM-s. Is not possible that all 5 zip ROM are corrupted in download. When i check with MD5 checker says OK.
Only what I could install from SD was Supers user.zip (that should be root phone)
If somebody has some suggestion I would appreciate otherwise i will give up.
Long story short for my Samsung Galaxy A3 SM-310F:
1. Installed TWRP recovery
2. Rooted my phone
** phone worked perfectly **
3. After a while the phone didn't charge when it was or got recognized by Odin (first it would charge when I first rebooted it)
4. Wanted to upgrade from Android 5 to 6 so I could flash fallen a3angel rom and try fix the charging issue
5. Downloaded original Android 6 firmware
6. Tried to flash it with TWRP did not work**
7. Decided to make the phone stock again
8. Downloaded original Android 5 firmware
9. Tried to flash it with TWRP did not work**
10. Decided to install stock recovery and unroot the phone
11. Extracted recovery.img from the original Android 5 firmware
12. Installed flashify and flashed the original recovery.img
13. Did not saw the message "dm-verity verification failed" in the original recovery
13. Deleted all the data and rebooted the phone
** "Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found" and "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file". "Error installing zip file". "Failed".
So now I've got a phone that not get recognized by Odin, with the stock recovery with the message "dm-verity verification failed" and no root. None of the options in the recovery menu work except for the reboot function :').
I guess the plus side is that it still boots and works and I can charge it when its off . I suspect that the USB port is broken and I want to return it for warranty. But everywhere the phone says it's been customized and it's not original anymore.
Is there anything left I could try?
You can't flash stock firmware with twrp or any other recovery.
You need ODIN, Heimdall or you can use Flashfire if you have root.
However flashfire cannot flash bootloaders.
You could flash the stock lollipop firmware with FLASHFIRE and then take the OTA to MM.
Unfortunately this means you will lose root and won't be able to reroot. So no custom recovery either unless you use Flashfire to flash the OTA.
I suggest you repair your USB port.
It should be a simple repair as they are usually a separate pcb that can be swapped.
ashyx said:
You can't flash stock firmware with twrp or any other recovery.
You need ODIN, Heimdall or you can use Flashfire if you have root.
However flashfire cannot flash bootloaders.
You could flash the stock lollipop firmware with FLASHFIRE and then take the OTA to MM.
Unfortunately this means you will lose root and won't be able to reroot. So no custom recovery either unless you use Flashfire to flash the OTA.
I suggest you repair your USB port.
It should be a simple repair as they are usually a separate pcb that can be swapped.
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
hi
ive got a s8, which was rooted using magisk, but was having issue, so was advised to unroot, remote and try superSU instead.
in the process of flashing stock rom AND 8.0, the phone now boots up to black screen showing verification failed, only option to reset.
when i press reset, all it does is restarts, loads up TWRP which had been installed before,
TWRP runs some program and fails and then phone goes back to black screen showing verification failed.
ive booted it into download mode, in the hope that i can just start again by simply lashing fresh stock rom, but it connects to odin fine, but when i click start, it gives a red error every time.
so i cant access the standard recovery menu as ive got TWRP so that loads instead and it looks as that is corrupted and i cant flash new fresh rom from download as odin brings up issue
ive check another phone and there is no issue with odin or the usb-c cable,
there is an issue with the s8 and odin does not like something in the s8 so wont let me flash anything to it,
any advice would be greatly appreicated.
When you flashed the stock rom using odin did you flash a bootloader aswell as the rom or did you just flash the rom the problem might be that the bootloader was for pie and the rom is oreo or vice versa whenever I flash back to stock I fill all but one of the boxes in odin
i suspect it was all oreo, as i downloaded as a complete file but ill check and get back to you
thanks for advice.