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Hi!
I got my phone from service as a result of being bricked. Now its fixed and besides poor assembly, my phone works.
When I press Power+Vol up+Vol down, the pink screen shows, but on PC, there is no drive, from which I could switch recovery.img and install custom ROM.
The phone has now stock 2.3.5. Any solutions for this matter, because I am now stuck at the stock Huawei ROM.
Thank you!
I think it is because they installed 2.3.5 final and it has locked bootloader, so you dont have acess to files. My suggestion would be to downgrade to 2.2, then upgrade to 2.3 beta 2, it works for me without problem and bootloader is unlocked. Or maybe someone knows easier way to do it?
I totaly forgot about that option! I will try it ASAP. Thank you!
BTW, you work at TUSMOBIL (provider)? The guys at TUSMOBIL are great, I cannot say the same as the guys at TELERAY (service) did not assembled my phone right, the panel above the volume up, isnt attached well and it sticks out. I am really mad, I was so careful, bought the silicone case, protective screen cover, really cared for my phone and now it looks like I dropped it, defective.
edit: Can I ask you to upload the froyo(or post link), you used for reverting? If you have u8800 and not samsung i5500, ofcourse.
I found another way to do it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415352 . Maybe it will be easier. And no I dont work with Tusmobil. I dont have link to froyo as I found it here on forum and did not remember where, sorry.
Thank you!
If youre from Ljubljana, I will buy you a beer!
Ha ha it is a small world, I work in Ljubljana, I am glad to help you,have a nice day!
R4DK0 said:
Thank you!
If youre from Ljubljana, I will buy you a beer!
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Hey, that is my solution. You will buy me a beer. I will be Ljubljana in May.
But I am a muslim, i don't drink beer.
No problem I will buy beer or coffe to both of you! Send me a PM, when you arrive.
And so that you know, I am now able to flash custom ROMs again. One problem persists with my backups, youtube crashes everytime after selecting a video. I am currently in a process of reflashing it with the newest CM7, and then again for safety measures. So far, the ROM does not recognize the battery and SIM card. The phone works with battery, but it shows a question mark (?) where the percentage should be. Neither it asks me for a PIN, flight mode doesnt do anything.
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No worryies tho, I tried your method and I didnt want to bother with root, so I installed stock B138 and CWM, restored my backup, which didnt work quite well.
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No problem I will buy beer or coffe to both of you! Send me a PM, when you arrive.
And so that you know, I am now able to flash custom ROMs again. One problem persists with my backups, youtube crashes everytime after selecting a video. I am currently in a process of reflashing it with the newest CM7, and then again for safety measures. So far, the ROM does not recognize the battery and SIM card. The phone works with battery, but it shows a question mark (?) where the percentage should be. Neither it asks me for a PIN, flight mode doesnt do anything.
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No worryies tho, I tried your method and I didnt want to bother with root, so I installed stock B138 and CWM, restored my backup, which didnt work quite well.
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How did you went back from 2.3 to 2.2?
And about the problems: The .35 kernel ROMs only work when you have official 2.3.5 instlled and then flash them from there, otherwise they perform like you described. You can use oxygen, older MIUI and older CM7 if you dont want to upgrade to official 2.3. And did you rooted 2.2 before restoring/flashing or did you just changed the recovery.img?
btw I am from Slovenia too so you can buy me a beer (just kidding I am under age anyway...)
Hey!
Nice to already see two from Slovenia!
If you want and if you are from Ljubljana, I can pick you up, go for a coffe and debate this then, I have an appointment with a doctor within an hour, cause I am sick for the two weeks. Or if you do not want;
I Googled (I mean really Googled) for B138 stock ROM, uploaded it to my SD card and flashed it, then replaced recovery.img, uploaded my titanium backups and restored. Looked perfect, only the youtube app was crashing, as it is now on the official 2.3.5 ROM, I am really dissapointed. Phone was off to repairs for a whole week and now it is not functioning properly. And to top it out, the guys at the Teleray really screwed my case, so the plastic sticks out.
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I installed the xda app, so hopefully I'll see new posts faster.
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I can't drink and drive so coffee would be good
You just flashed B138 over the official 2.3.5? Thats funny because I bricked mine by doing this... but the great guys at teleray fixed it under warranty (they were great for me ). On tuesday at 14:00 I bringed them my phone and just said that I was doing an update and in the middle it said "update failed" and from then it didnt power on. Next day (wednesday) at 11:00 I already got an SMS that they fixed (changed motherboard) it and is now waiting for me so it was less than a day for a service.
So actually it is quicker if you carry the phone to teleray and not to tusmobil? It took 8 days for me and 24h for you
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yep It takes them 0,5 hour to change a motherboard (thats how its written on a service paper). The rest of time phone was probably just waiting to be shipped back to tusmobil office...
Nevermind
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Thanks, but I am not from Ljubljana... I am from Domžale (cca.20km away) And I have school and all that stuff so I probably wouldnt even have time...
P.S. Dont you think this is going a bit off-topic
Hello guys I have been struggling for a couple days after my phone was soft bricked and I was searching for a nandroid backup of the US version Virgin mobile backup. I have finally found one, thanks to a friend whos name I really dont know...
If you have time to Read through my whole post then go ahead otherwise I will post the backup link below...
So it it all started when I got my HTC Desire 816 from virgin mobile, and the day I got it I was so impressed by the phone... snappy processor and excellent display as well as the speakers.. I then went on rooting the device and installed a custom recovery CWM, and started experimenting from there. What came around and bit me in the butt is the fact that I have been using an iPhone (5s 64GB) for Virgin Mobile and completely forgot about the whole android backup/restore system that was designed in the custom recovery... I have gone back and forth between apple and android devices but i have always found myself back using android and my experience with it has been remarkable.. I have bricked many devices before but not once have I ever bricked and one of my devices ( Galaxy S2, Galaxy s3, Volt, ) to a point where it became a expensive paperweight. In other words every bricked device I had i found a solution to unbrick it. This was the case with the HTC desire 816 as well. My original intent was to get the Galaxy s5 from Virgin Mobile but the same day I found out that Virgin Mobile released a new phone the HTC desire 816 and for half the price of the s5. I know it was destiny and the same day I bought the htc desire 816. I bragged to my friends that this is a new phone that just came into the us and only Virgin mobile has this phone. The negative part to having a phone that was just released into US are the fact that there are no accessories for this phone in any stores in the US, and everything needs to be bought online, and the second part is that no online forums have yet to talk about the US version of this phone.
I am now beggining to get to the part of my adventure with the HTC Desire 816. If you have read everything so far, i can only say that this will be over soon.,,, lol So after rooting the HTC desire 816, I looked through many forums looking for information about tweaks and apps for this phone. Since i have been using an iphone ffor the last couple months I forgot all the tweaks and apps I used to use for my previous androids, and because of this i also forgot to create a nandroid backup of my device. This is when I came into trouble when i was removing bloatware from my device installed by virgin mobile, and I installed Titanium backup and I started freezing (Disabling) apps that i though i wouldnt need and that would cause my device to run slower. So here I am sitting at work messing around with my phone and deleting system apps. I ran into this app called HTC Blinkfeed and I thought that this app was like the others and just caused my device to run slower. Little that i knew that this following action would cause a snowball affect and screw me over. So right after I disabled HTC Blinkfeed I tried to go to my home page but i was greeted with a simple black screen. At this point my whole life would have been made easier if I just went back into the setiings and unfroze the app. But no i then restarted my phone and I was stuck on the HTC boot logo screen... I was so scared thinking that i bricked my device after only a week... I tried to enter recovery mode several times but I failed to, and the reason was that fastboot was on and the only way to turn off fastboot was to disable that in the settings... At that point I knew that my phone was bricked and I am screwed... thank goodness that htc has a built in feature where that if the bootloader is tampered with and the usb cable is connected to a computer then it automatically goes into recovery mode. At that point I started to looking through threads about HTC Blinkfeed being disabled and what should i do next. After no success in the HTC Desire 816 forum I went onto looking to the HTC one m8 (Sprint) forum because i knew that these phone are closely alike. No success there either and I started thinking of other alrternatives... I though that if i found a flashable zip of htc blinkfeed that flashing that through recovery would fix this problem. But unfortunately it did not. I was very disappointing about this phone, and the only help i could find was about indian and chinese versions of this phone. I contacted HTC and asked them if they had a backup or RUU for this phone and VM version but no luck there. I then found a nandroid backup of this device... but it was a thailand version and i decided that I might as well of just install that and use it as a tablet with wifi.... That worked well and the phone was restored and working... but now i had no service and running in a foreign language. I started looking and messaging members who posted on xda about having problems with the hTC desire 816 VM variant. I couldnt find any help there and I went to anther forum in search for help. I searched through youtube videos and messages members there asking for their help... not a single person responded and I was stuck using a fancy wifi tablet phone. then I started searching for this phone on Craigslist hoping that someone was selling this phone in my local area hoping that it was rooted and that they could help me out. I only found 1 post of this phone in craigslist for virgin mobile and he lived about 200-300 miles away. I started text messaging him asking about the phone and he said that it was not rooted.... I knew that my luck ran out and that was my last straw and I should wait untill this phone came out of sprint and then i would surely find a backup. I started texting this person and it came out that he is also well versed in the art of the root... lol he knew about rooting and recovery and ruus... I started asking him if he could create a backup of the device and after a very long conversation he said that he would give it a shot. I thought that this was a typical excuse to get me off him. So i deicded to keep on searching for other ways to fix this issue. I found a post of the RUU for europe and thought that I could install it and maybe this version would work. I then talked to some staff on a different forum and they told me that I should not under any circumstances install a ruu for a different version of this device and that it could fry my phone. I then thought that perhaps running a Thailand backup would fry my sim card and then i was left hopeless of every having this phone workingt again.
Then I receive a message from my CL friend saying that he rooted the device and he is creating a backup... that was the best news i have heard and i knew that this could revive my phone. The worst thing about it was that my friend had 100 kb/s upload speed and the backup was 2GB.... It took several hours and his computer froze... So i had to wait another couple hours after that before his backup was uploaded.
I am proud to say that my faith in humanity is restored and I have a working HTC Desire 816! I dont know this persons name but I am very happy that there are people on this planet that would go out of there way to help another person. I have learned alot through this experience and I hope that this backup of the US version will help you too! Link will be posted below.
VM_HTC_Desire_816_Rooted_NandroidBackup download [URL="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxGhh7zma95MMUtaVzRuQjlSYjA&export=download"]here[/URL]
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Thanks for posting this, I may not be rooted or anything yet but I am still downloading this in case I ever might need it in the future.
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Thanks for posting this, I may not be rooted or anything yet but I am still downloading this in case I ever might need it in the future.
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I am so glad that you found someone to help you. I got the same phone from Virgin Mobile. Let us help each other.
Glad you guys have the VM version too. I had made a backup when I first rooted, but deleted it on accident, I still have a backup and my phones working, but I'm still downloading this to have a safe stock backup. Thanks for the upload!
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FoxyDrew said:
Glad you guys have the VM version too. I had made a backup when I first rooted, but deleted it on accident, I still have a backup and my phones working, but I'm still downloading this to have a safe stock backup. Thanks for the upload!
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any instructions on how to root?
dwest3784 said:
any instructions on how to root?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2775801
Thanks for the Nandroid backup. I forgot to make one when I rooted my phone
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is there anyone who can upload the stock recovery img. in case I wanted to unroot? VM Htc desire
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is there anyone who can upload the stock recovery img. in case I wanted to unroot? VM Htc desire
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I have yet to try it but as far as I know, this is what we have right now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=3490#downloads
I don't think this comes directly from a VM variant but I know the CWM posted there worked for our phones. The stock recovery is probably the same for all 816's.
Again, this is just an assumption so please take it as it is.
Is it working with a5dug?
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any other download mirrors for nandroid backup?
Just wondering if there's another site to get this nandroid backup. Every time I try to grab it, google tells me there have been too many downloads and I need to come back. Only when I do, I just get the same message again. Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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Hello guys I have been struggling for a couple days after my phone was soft bricked and I was searching for a nandroid backup of the US version Virgin mobile backup. I have finally found one, thanks to a friend whos name I really dont know...
If you have time to Read through my whole post then go ahead otherwise I will post the backup link below...
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larysius, Try again. I just tried the link in the first post and it worked fine.
Link Down?
Sorry folks is the link down or just temporarily locked due high traffic? I've been unable to download the NandroidBackup for the past 3 days?
Edit: Scratch that......tried the link 4 times in a row and it failed. On the 5th time it allowed me to download. Seems to be fickle?
Ill re-upload it and get back with a new link
When trying to download it, webpage just died and i refreshed it then it downloaded, the original nandroid backup was not on my google drive, i just re uploaded it to my Google drive ad i will update the link
I can't thank you enough for the stock restore. I had no working Wi-Fi until I got this up and running.
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I have yet to try it but as far as I know, this is what we have right now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=3490#downloads
I don't think this comes directly from a VM variant but I know the CWM posted there worked for our phones. The stock recovery is probably the same for all 816's.
Again, this is just an assumption so please take it as it is.
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I flashed it to the a5chl and it worked, I quickly went back to CWM though.
I restored the backup and it went back to Cyanogen mod?
You didnt clear cache or data?
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Hello. I risenly bought an desire 816 from virgin mobile, and i bought and unlock code from a page. The problem is that when i insert other sim card the unlock screen don't appear. I factoy reset the phone but still nothing.
So this only my devise or is the same for all or what iam missing?
I got my wife a S4 I337 today to finally get her away from her dinosaur s3 just to discover issues...The phone works fine but the WIFI and BLUETOOTH will not turn on.
I have tried the following as many have mentioned but to no prevail...
1. Remove battery trick while on or off
2. Hard reset about 7 times and still no change
3. Down loaded WIFI manager but still wont turn on...
Here is the Version and info it currently has PLEASE HELP!!
JDMJAY said:
I got my wife a S4 I337 today to finally get her away from her dinosaur s3 just to discover issues...The phone works fine but the WIFI and BLUETOOTH will not turn on.
I have tried the following as many have mentioned but to no prevail...
1. Remove battery trick while on or off
2. Hard reset about 7 times and still no change
3. Down loaded WIFI manager but still wont turn on...
Here is the Version and info it currently has PLEASE HELP!!
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Reflash the NB1 tar file in ODIN and see if it works then. You can find it in the general section, either search for the thread or find it in the [INDEX] thread.
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Search for wifi fix or non hlos for ur model. It worked for some
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Reflash the NB1 tar file in ODIN and see if it works then. You can find it in the general section, either search for the thread or find it in the [INDEX] thread.
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started working for 5 hours then returned same issue...
I used Odin to root it using Nc1 Then finished with J4 ...
im guessing this must be a problem many are facing. a friend of mine gave me a an S4 logic board i337m variant and it has the same issue i have tried everything from flashing new roms flashing stock frimwares tried different kernels modems nothing seems to work. i second this post to see if we can find a solution. my phone is a I337m and have flashed GOLDENEYE to get the lollipop experience a month before the official Lollipop came out for the canadien variants and i have not had any problems i was wondering if i made a backup with trwp and see if this might fix this problems and if it does i can upload my exact backup to help other. but i was wondering if a dev can help me out and see if this could be a possible solution.
In the same boat aswell
I gave my phone to someone to update it to lollipop GPE about 2 months ago.... wifi would work but my data connection would cut out the minute the screen shut off.... after contemplating going back to the guy.... i downgraded to hyperdrive kitkat rom witch gave me better connectivity but no wifi... I ve been living with that for up until now until I decided enough is enough and flashed the stock lollipop rom yesterday. still no wifi. whats even more frustrating is I cant find the file path thats being mentioned so commonly as the solution.... and yes I am rooted. Also wifi was working no problem before I updated..
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I gave my phone to someone to update it to lollipop GPE about 2 months ago.... wifi would work but my data connection would cut out the minute the screen shut off.... after contemplating going back to the guy.... i downgraded to hyperdrive kitkat rom witch gave me better connectivity but no wifi... I ve been living with that for up until now until I decided enough is enough and flashed the stock lollipop rom yesterday. still no wifi. whats even more frustrating is I cant find the file path thats being mentioned so commonly as the solution.... and yes I am rooted. Also wifi was working no problem before I updated..
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Well last night I went from 4.4.4 back to 4.4.2 to see if thus would solve the wifi and blue tooth head ache. It all started working just fine and did all the way up till tonight then back to not working. I then resulted to cleaning the Wifi prongs on the phone and it worked again for few hours. Now the weird thing happens I put it back into the phone case and just from snapping it in it stop working AGAIN. I restarted the phone once taken out of the case and it was working so I think I'm at a conclusion it's a mechanical issue not software. Maybe the wifi circuit us faulty
I've had lots if Galaxy and worked on a few friends but this wifi and blue tooth crap us unbearable.
My Bluetooth is fine. My wifi broke after downgrading to kit kat so I know it works It just seems the wifi files are corrupted or missing. I'm sure it's simple I'm just not savvy enough to implement it
Rooting was easy but putting a custom recovery was challenging and one step wrong proved to me a disaster. Last night I was thinking whether I should give another shot or not? I wanted to get rid of this slow stock ROM and get a nice slick and smooth ROM for my G3. I had kept some bookmarks and and I followed one of the videos on youtube. There was a step that showed during the firmware update do not pull the usb cable and wait for a min to perform to root your device. If not 1 min then it means root has failed... well 3 minutes passed and i was looking here and there.. GOD Heavens what to do . So I pulled the cable and remove the battery. When I turn on and notice supersu was installed and I was surprised at how it just happened... Any of you who have gone through this? Let me know.. 2nd step proved to me a blessing... Bless that guy who made app for custom recovery 1 click on play store. It took hardly a min to put it. I finally got the ROM I was looking for and it is awesome ! ... Share your experience of rooting !
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Be sure you are using a USB 2.0 ONLY port when using Odin. I ran into multiple issues myself rooting and installing recovery until I switched to a strictly USB 2.0 port on my PC.
Never ran into any issues by using other port like USB 3.0. Worked like a charm in Samsung. LG G3 is 2.0
Touchsense said:
Never ran into any issues by using other port like USB 3.0. Worked like a charm in Samsung. LG G3 is 2.0
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This was just from my personal experience. What is the model of your phone, who is your provider, and what is the version of firmware installed on your phone? I'll try to help you out best I can.
Edit: Okay, I failed to realize you had gotten the ROM you wanted installed. Apologies. Glad you got it working! I love this phone.
Hi guys
I have a spare phone now my son upgraded, the S5 SM-G901F. I thought it wound be fun to install another software, possibly more up to date. So I first set out to root it but I haven't played around much with this sort of thing for long while.
I googled and found it seemed to be Odin to use so I downloaded 3.10. Also downloaded cf root. I went into download mode and when I plugged it in, the light in Odin lit up showing successfully connected. When I added the cf file and clicked start it went through some steps but stuck at Recovery. Img and wouldn't progress further.
I tried multiple times, tried a different cable and USB port and also Odin 3.07 and a different cf file even though I think it was the same one but from a different site. All no better.
Originally I bought it a few years back, used from a colleague. I think it was a carrier phone, EE iirc, and I had to get a code to unlock the SIM to use with mine. Maybe that also means it's software is locked?
Any help much appreciated
Thanks, marc
No one guys?
Please help
Marc
Please help
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well to be honest, i would need to spend some time, "Googling" your model .... . I believe , your S5 is a Dev phone, meaning, it was not set up for any carrier, just for running demo's and such. IF this is true, I have no true answer for you.
Odin yes, you need that, that is true! (Believe 3.07, 3.09 and 3.10 work the best for these phones. Had tried a very newer version, several month back, and it did not do the job.. something like 3.14 or 16)
I recommend going to Sam Mobile, and run your model # through them. They will give you all the info about your model and possibly the latest firmware for it.
Sorry that I can not give you all that you are needing. I just don't know a ton about those S5 Plus models. (( I had to even look 'em up too) the plus has a slight better chip was well as graphics, but again, I dont know of any that actually work on a modern carrier like sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile , etc.)
Thanks for the reply mate.
It definitely isn't a Dev phone, my colleague definitely had it on contact from a carrier initially.
I hadn't actually realised or noticed it being a Plus model as some sites mention the Plus and some don't.
Any other help from anyone appreciated
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Thanks for the reply mate.
It definitely isn't a Dev phone, my colleague definitely had it on contact from a carrier initially.
I hadn't actually realised or noticed it being a Plus model as some sites mention the Plus and some don't.
Any other help from anyone appreciated
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OK, Was only going off your model # you had given.
Did check... Odin and a good copy of CF auto root... That should be that.
Then of course, get away from a really old non sucure os (6.01 MM was their last made) .
Other than those 2 pieces, you should be good to root
Not pushing, or anything but LineageOS is rather good and does run well on these!
Plus, get a monthly security injection!
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OK, Was only going off your model # you had given.
Did check... Odin and a good copy of CF auto root... That should be that.
Then of course, get away from a really old non sucure os (6.01 MM was their last made) .
Other than those 2 pieces, you should be good to root
Not pushing, or anything but LineageOS is rather good and does run well on these!
Plus, get a monthly security injection!
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That's the problem as i mentioned in the first post, I've tried with odin and cf root and it doesn't work. That's why i posted on here. I wondered whether the phone was locked to the carrier.
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That's the problem as i mentioned in the first post, I've tried with odin and cf root and it doesn't work. That's why i posted on here. I wondered whether the phone was locked to the carrier.
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Well, I would have to say NOPE!
Well only trying to keep your Q, on the top, so folks that might know, could help!
BTW, when I looked your model up, totally different CPU and GPU, which might need a different CF auto root zip, or a different one to actually work... Since hardware is different.
Just guessing on that, but, could be wrong. Rather busy at the moment, but will look up your specs again, and see if I find something for ya.
Mean time, Hopefully someone could chime in and point you towards the correct path to take...
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Q- What sort Recovery do you currently have? (Stock or custom (e.g. TWRP))
Might want to check for one for your phone.
I would actually start with TWRP, see what they have for ya.
( Will need Odin for this! BUT, once you have a Recovery in/on the phone, then you could use Magisk to root ot try CF and see 8f that works for you (I use Majisk) Plus add in the fact that you should make a Back up, of your current system! In case of issues, you can always jump back to Stock. )
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Well, I would have to say NOPE!
Well only trying to keep your Q, on the top, so folks that might know, could help!
BTW, when I looked your model up, totally different CPU and GPU, which might need a different CF auto root zip, or a different one to actually work... Since hardware is different.
Just guessing on that, but, could be wrong. Rather busy at the moment, but will look up your specs again, and see if I find something for ya.
Mean time, Hopefully someone could chime in and point you towards the correct path to take...
OH
Q- What sort Recovery do you currently have? (Stock or custom (e.g. TWRP))
Might want to check for one for your phone.
I would actually start with TWRP, see what they have for ya.
( Will need Odin for this! BUT, once you have a Recovery in/on the phone, then you could use Magisk to root ot try CF and see 8f that works for you (I use Majisk) Plus add in the fact that you should make a Back up, of your current system! In case of issues, you can always jump back to Stock. )
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Cheers mate
It's stock recovery at the minute
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Cheers mate
It's stock recovery at the minute
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Sorry, that I have not gotten back sooner. Issues to deal with.... Just like many others these days...
That said, I take it, that you have a custom Recovery, and also Root?
Hope so, if not, I'm still here for ya
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godofsalt said:
Sorry, that I have not gotten back sooner. Issues to deal with.... Just like many others these days...
That said, I take it, that you have a custom Recovery, and also Root?
Hope so, if not, I'm still here for ya
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Cheers mate. So, some progression.
Firstly i didn't have a custom recovery or root. I was getting stopped at the first hurdle.
So, i figured it had something to do with it using a carrier firmware, EE, in the UK. So i found a stock European firmware and successfully used odin to flash it. Then i flashed CF root and TWRP. All good.
So with new confidence i flashed Resurrection Remix Android 9. Although it seemed to have worked, each time i tried to complete set up, straight after imputting my gmail address, the screen was black. Not BSOD type though, if i pressed home it went back to the home screen to i just couldn't complete set up.
So i tried Lineage and that was a boot loop.
Not sure if part of the issue was Gapps but i was definitely using the correct version. ARM, Android 9, stock.
I gave up, reinstalled the stock Android marshmallow and rooted again and installed TWRP. that's where i am now.
Shame really as i fancied a more up to date OS.
Thanks, Marc
marc.knuckle said:
Cheers mate. So, some progression.
Firstly i didn't have a custom recovery or root. I was getting stopped at the first hurdle.
So, i figured it had something to do with it using a carrier firmware, EE, in the UK. So i found a stock European firmware and successfully used odin to flash it. Then i flashed CF root and TWRP. All good.
So with new confidence i flashed Resurrection Remix Android 9. Although it seemed to have worked, each time i tried to complete set up, straight after imputting my gmail address, the screen was black. Not BSOD type though, if i pressed home it went back to the home screen to i just couldn't complete set up.
So i tried Lineage and that was a boot loop.
Not sure if part of the issue was Gapps but i was definitely using the correct version. ARM, Android 9, stock.
I gave up, reinstalled the stock Android marshmallow and rooted again and installed TWRP. that's where i am now.
Shame really as i fancied a more up to date OS.
Thanks, Marc
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Wait, isn't what you were wanting?
Well at least you now have a Recovery installed! Now, with that of course you can now make a back up of your stock!!!
( other words,.. MAKE A BACK UP! That way, you only have to wipe the system, data, cache and BAM, in the Flash of zip, your back at square one...)
OK, not sure if you picked up a new info about LineageOS, across the pond....
But
They ran into some issues, (soon and hopefully sooner, it will be fixed). Now, after that, they will be dropping LineageOS 17.1 Official!! Yes, for Galaxy S5 too
So, keep an eye out for that, cause am in same Boat, waiting for the Official release.
( personal, I run LineageOS, Magisk (Root and some goodies.. Unfortunately I do tend to add Ggogle, but like Pico, nothing larger. Do flash a kernel also. That said, rather stable, and most everything works) at least for me.... Just waiting for Official 17.1 to roll out! (like just about anyone left that has these phones...)
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godofsalt said:
Wait, isn't what you were wanting?
Well at least you now have a Recovery installed! Now, with that of course you can now make a back up of your stock!!!
( other words,.. MAKE A BACK UP! That way, you only have to wipe the system, data, cache and BAM, in the Flash of zip, your back at square one...)
OK, not sure if you picked up a new info about LineageOS, across the pond....
But
They ran into some issues, (soon and hopefully sooner, it will be fixed). Now, after that, they will be dropping LineageOS 17.1 Official!! Yes, for Galaxy S5 too
So, keep an eye out for that, cause am in same Boat, waiting for the Official release.
( personal, I run LineageOS, Magisk (Root and some goodies.. Unfortunately I do tend to add Ggogle, but like Pico, nothing larger. Do flash a kernel also. That said, rather stable, and most everything works) at least for me.... Just waiting for Official 17.1 to roll out! (like just about anyone left that has these phones...)
Sent from my Galaxy S5 using XDA Labs
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Thanks mate