Hi guys, I don't post here much, but boy I have a doozy. Working with a stock Fascinate, non-root, nothing. End user ended up locking out the device with too many pattern attempts. User doesn't remember the Gmail username or password (it wasn't set up by them).
Now we cannot get the device unlocked. Master reset did not work. Odin did not work. USB debugging wasn't on, so I cannot ADB into the phone to try anything.. is the phone completely borked? Would Samsung REALLY make this an irreparable scenario?? I've been around Android for a while but I've never seen anything like this..
even a master reset doesn't work? that is really strange as it should erase all of the phone's data.
Have you tried putting the phone in to download mode and using Odin to push it back to stock?
Odin Restore files to get you to stock
I've done it a couple of times. It should get you back to the way it shipped new.
I did use Odin to restore the files, but it immediately came back up to this screen.
I actually found a way around it that does not require any hacking or Odin or anything. I'll be making a writeup later once I'm off work.
hey i'm having the same issue with my fascinate and haven't been able to find any solution, would you mind helping me out sometime?
Hello,
I've been scouring these forums for a hot minute, spent about 6 hours last night alone trying to solve this. I've found a ton of useful information that's helped me get to where i am now.
Verizon SM-N900V Galaxy Note 3
5.0 Lolliop
build is OF1
So here's the issue: from a completely fresh ODIN flashed stock rom, wiped factory reset with volume up, power and home. When phone finally rebooted, it wouldn't activate. Called verizon, sent activation signal, phone activated and had 4G LTE. No problems. Power cycled phone for something, boots up and has no signal. IMEI is showing null/unknown. Phone has never had a custom rom or anything flashed to it before I did the stock rom flash most recently. (OTA wasn't working, kies wasn't working, etc.) I've done a ton of research, and it appears somewhere down the line my EFS partition became corrupt or some form of jacked up.
Last night, I attempted a fix i found so the phone is now rooted on stock rom, with supersu and busybox, all verified by EFS Pro. Unfortunately, I can't use any of the Qualcomm tools as it just says "phone not connected!" everytime i try. The EFS side of it reads everything just fine, let me play with samsung tools options and what not.
So currently the phone is fully activated, has signal and everything, I've backed up the EFS while its working properly.
What can i do?
I appreciate any help in advance.
Look on your main phone under the Verizon app the one you can check data upgrades ect. See if your note 3 is activated. You should be able to activate it yourself it may be suspended.
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I'm completely at a loss at this point.
I attempted to root my Samsung S7 (AT&T) with Odin, and received an error. This is my first time ever rooting a phone, and I am generally oblivious to this kind of stuff. I disconnected the phone, and it began bootloop. I loaded it into download mode, and attempted to reset to stock. However, I have had endless issues trying to flash the stock firmware to my phone. At one point I unplugged the device once again, and I received the "use Emergency Restore" error screen. I tried to restore with Smart Switch, but I was not able to access my S/N (box is nowhere to be found, managed to find a S/N on Samsung's website since I registered it but Smart Switch wouldn't take it). So, I figured trying to restore with Odin was my last option. I have tried at least 3 different Odin versions, both modified and not, and not a single one of them has worked. I've received Complete(write) errors, Model Dispatch Fail errors, and Re-Partition errors. I've tried about 3 different firmware files as well, and while I think the one I have right now is most recent, none of them seem to be working. I thought maybe an issue I was encountering was that USB debugging or whatever it's called was disabled, but I have no way of telling because I cannot boot my phone.
I was fiddling around with all of this from 11pm to 6am last night, and picked it back up as soon as I woke up. I've been freaking out about this for hours.
I feel like I'm running in circles here. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm recovery bootlooped as well. The only thing I can boot is download mode.
I wasn't very cautious with this process, and I am completely unfamiliar with most lingo on these forums and the whole process in general. I really regret trying to do this. So -- is there anything else I can try to do to fix it? Or is my phone bricked for good??? I'm endlessly frustrated and have honestly felt like crying a few times over this. I shouldn't have messed with something I know nothing about. :crying:
I thank you for your patience in dealing with me as a beginner + appreciate any help you're able to give.
Cheers.
aerialslam said:
I'm completely at a loss at this point.
I attempted to root my Samsung S7 (AT&T) with Odin, and received an error. This is my first time ever rooting a phone, and I am generally oblivious to this kind of stuff. I disconnected the phone, and it began bootloop. I loaded it into download mode, and attempted to reset to stock. However, I have had endless issues trying to flash the stock firmware to my phone. At one point I unplugged the device once again, and I received the "use Emergency Restore" error screen. I tried to restore with Smart Switch, but I was not able to access my S/N (box is nowhere to be found, managed to find a S/N on Samsung's website since I registered it but Smart Switch wouldn't take it). So, I figured trying to restore with Odin was my last option. I have tried at least 3 different Odin versions, both modified and not, and not a single one of them has worked. I've received Complete(write) errors, Model Dispatch Fail errors, and Re-Partition errors. I've tried about 3 different firmware files as well, and while I think the one I have right now is most recent, none of them seem to be working. I thought maybe an issue I was encountering was that USB debugging or whatever it's called was disabled, but I have no way of telling because I cannot boot my phone.
I was fiddling around with all of this from 11pm to 6am last night, and picked it back up as soon as I woke up. I've been freaking out about this for hours.
I feel like I'm running in circles here. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm recovery bootlooped as well. The only thing I can boot is download mode.
I wasn't very cautious with this process, and I am completely unfamiliar with most lingo on these forums and the whole process in general. I really regret trying to do this. So -- is there anything else I can try to do to fix it? Or is my phone bricked for good??? I'm endlessly frustrated and have honestly felt like crying a few times over this. I shouldn't have messed with something I know nothing about. :crying:
I thank you for your patience in dealing with me as a beginner + appreciate any help you're able to give.
Cheers.
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If you can at least get into download mode, then simply flash it with the latest STOCK firmware for your particular model.
That will bring it back to life, and you can attempt rooting it again, if you dare
aerialslam said:
I'm completely at a loss at this point.
I attempted to root my Samsung S7 (AT&T) with Odin, and received an error. This is my first time ever rooting a phone, and I am generally oblivious to this kind of stuff. I disconnected the phone, and it began bootloop. I loaded it into download mode, and attempted to reset to stock. However, I have had endless issues trying to flash the stock firmware to my phone. At one point I unplugged the device once again, and I received the "use Emergency Restore" error screen. I tried to restore with Smart Switch, but I was not able to access my S/N (box is nowhere to be found, managed to find a S/N on Samsung's website since I registered it but Smart Switch wouldn't take it). So, I figured trying to restore with Odin was my last option. I have tried at least 3 different Odin versions, both modified and not, and not a single one of them has worked. I've received Complete(write) errors, Model Dispatch Fail errors, and Re-Partition errors. I've tried about 3 different firmware files as well, and while I think the one I have right now is most recent, none of them seem to be working. I thought maybe an issue I was encountering was that USB debugging or whatever it's called was disabled, but I have no way of telling because I cannot boot my phone.
I was fiddling around with all of this from 11pm to 6am last night, and picked it back up as soon as I woke up. I've been freaking out about this for hours.
I feel like I'm running in circles here. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm recovery bootlooped as well. The only thing I can boot is download mode.
I wasn't very cautious with this process, and I am completely unfamiliar with most lingo on these forums and the whole process in general. I really regret trying to do this. So -- is there anything else I can try to do to fix it? Or is my phone bricked for good??? I'm endlessly frustrated and have honestly felt like crying a few times over this. I shouldn't have messed with something I know nothing about. :crying:
I thank you for your patience in dealing with me as a beginner + appreciate any help you're able to give.
Cheers.
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Did you finally recover your phone? I'm in the same problem here since yesterday and feel your frustration right now. My phone is a Samsung S7 model SM-G930A from AT&T.
I found this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039 and I following the "Return to stock part", now downloading the firmware. Hope it helps.
I'm stucked in the blue screen "An error ocurred while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software". Of course I try the Smart Switch but says that my model is not supported!
How can you recovered the download mode? I press the on/off button for some seconds and the screen turn of, but it turn on again with the freaking blue screen "An error ocurred while updating the device software. ...". I tried all the possible button combinations.
Thanks and good luck.
Stock firmware
Make sure when you go into download mode and flash that plugging the phone in is the LAST thing you do. I.e. plug phone in only after it is in download mode and only after you open Odin. Secondly, make sure you flash the STOCK firmware, as in Android Marshmallow v6.0.1 . Additonally, make sure that the re-partition option is NOT ticked, and also you might want to try turning off auto-reboot, and just hold the power button after unplugging once the status bar is all the way full and Odin says complete. Also, you need to make absolutely sure that you're getting the firmware for your exact device. I.e. SM-G930A stock firmware is NOT compatible with SM-G930F models. You could also try reinstalling the Samsung drivers. I just flashed to stock firmware then updated back to Nougat yesterday, mostly without a hitch by following these guidelines. There is a download page on rootmygalaxy with all the stock firmwares, that's what I used (I'd link but I just registered here). There is a very helpful guide on droidviews about how to update to Nougat 7.0 once you have finished flashing the stock firmware.
If I were you, I would just avoid rooting altogether. Rooting for me caused very bad performance and battery life, and it wasn't really worth the trouble. Sure, getting in-app-purchases for free was nice but I never tried flashing a custom ROM or anything because most of the stories I read involved soft bricks, bootloops, etc.
Hopefully not having USB Debugging and OEM unlock ticked doesn't brick your phone, I'm doubtful that it will. For the poster above me, make sure your phone is all the way off, the download mode button combo is vol. down+power+home all at the same time, and hold them. A screen should pop up saying press vol. up to continue. If you're still having problems, I regret to say that I am also relatively new to this and I am not all that knowledgeable.
I just made a post about my unrooting process, hopefully it helps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ryOQepX2Q Video shows booting into Download Mode. Or take it to a Best Buy that has a Samsung Sales section.
Hello there,
i need help with fixing my phone, i tried to change the model of the phone by changing the build.prop file, like everyone else who does something like this for the first time. i bricked my phone and it went into a bootloop.
after ton of research on multiple websites and especially xda-developers, i managed to flash the phone with a suitable frameware form the galalxy S5, the first time i did it i accidently put the firmware into the BL position into ODIN. then i put it into AP and reset the device.
the download was succesfull, but the phone didnt start up. the next day i turned the phone on, and after 5 mins being stuck on the Samsung logo, it finally booted up and i managed to get inside the phone. i thought it has been fixed, the device asked if i wanted to apply updates, which i said yes to. It updated and tried to restart itself.
now it wont turn on, everytime i try restarting it it is just shutting itself again animated samsung logo fades.
i don´t know what i should do right now, i tried looking for similar situations to mine but i couldn´t find anything similar.
Can someone tell me what i should do in oder to get it fixed pls.
model: SM-g900f
thanks in advance.
edit: it is working again, but it has been completely reset. for now it worked. going to update it again, i will put if the same problem accours again.
bayar16 said:
i tried to change the model of the phone by changing the build.prop file, like everyone else who does something like this for the first time. i bricked my phone and it went into a bootloop.
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Most likely you forgot to set permissions 0x644 for this file after editing it.
It's a common mistake.
Hi,
I've recently rooted my s7 edge (SM-G935F) and all seemed to go quite well until I uninstalled xposed and my phone went into an FRT lock. This was probably due to a wipe I did while rooting after which I forgot to enable OEM changes. To fix this I flashed firmware using Odin to this one G935FXXU1DQL8
Only updating PA, after which the lock was removed but I only had a samsung logo which I was unable to progress from. I waited until the battery run out (could not shut the phone down) and then booted into recovery mode and did a factory reset. The phone came back to life, but was weird.
Apart from loosing all of my app data (logins etc) the keyboard was wonky. It lagged and the predictive text would work in passwords, essentially eating every letter as I pressed it. The spellcheck wasn't working even tho it was selected. The keyboard would also lag, often taking 5 or more seconds to respond at first after which it worked fine but this only occurred during logging into an account, and the shift key never worked properly, and required holding down to capitalize as the one tap to do the first letter didn't work.
I didn't think too much of it and went back to trying to get myself sorted with xposed. The moment I flashed TRWP again, suddenly my internal storage disappeared. The phone no longer saw it and no matter what I did it was totally dead. I had to change the file system and remount in order for it to come back.
When I came back I flashed PA, SCS and CP and since then my phone has lost the ability to recognize a telephone carrier. Mobile networks is plainly missing from the options, and I do not get any bars, just a circle with a line through it. I have since then tried other firmware from sammobile such as G935FXXS1DRA5
And used samfirm to download the newerst one directly from Samsung all of which result in the same problem - No telephone carrier options, phone cannot make calls and I can't do anything about it.
Can anyone help in bringing them back? What did I do wrong? Thanks in advance.