I had a near-brick experience today, managed to get it mostly solved.
Working:
Boots to system, call, text, wifi
ZVC radio [came stock with ZVA] and Optimus DE rom
TWRP recovery, with ADB
Not working:
Download mode [freezes at the screen that says 'download mode']
fast boot mode? not sure how to get into it
I'd like to flash back to stock, but I messed something up earlier and for most of the day I could only boot into recovery. Managed to get ADB working and flash a working system back on. if I could boot into download mode, or fastboot mode to fix download mode, I think I'd be alright, but I don't know how with the tools I have.
EDIT;Fixed network data! I'd still like to fix download mode though
Hi,
I have S4 SGH-I337 (AT&T) Today I did power off my mobile then when I was power on it again it automatically boots into recovery mode.
It's not even booting in download mode or bypassing recovery mode. I have also tried to update manually by applying update from external storage but it also not worked.
All Is I can go into stock recovery mode.
My phone is currently on 5.0.1 OC4
Looking forward for help.
Thanks.
Not sure if you looked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/guide-odin-to-stock-updating-rooting-t2926642
Last week I rooted my phone (with magisk) but wasn't really satisfied so I decided to unroot it. After unrooting I also decided to lock the bootloader. After locking the bootloader however my phone booted into recovery mode where I get 3 options; Download latest version and recovery / Reboot / Shutdown. When I reboot the phone it will get back to this menu and the same happens when I shut down and turn it off. When I choose the first option I get the ''Restore your system with WIFI'' menu. I can choose between Download and Recovery or go back. When I hit Download and recovery my phone will start connecting to the WIFI and after that it's ''Getting the package info from the server'', after about 10 seconds I get the error ''Getting package info failed''. This is where I'm lost, I basically can't do anything at this point because my phone will continue to boot into recovery mode and the package will keep on failing.
Is there any fix for this? Please help!
i have verizon s7 edge. nougat. attempted to use odin to load engineering bootloader. succeeded and proceeded to reboot phone. then stuck in a boot loop. (tries to boot, vibrates, then tries again). tried to wipe cache partition and do factory reset w/o resolution. cant force power off but somehow stumbled into mode to boot into safe mode which also did not work. phone not rooted, was loading above to unlock (obviously). of note, did just update to nougat the day prior to doing this but phone working fine (although slow) after the update. any help appreciated.
ok...flashed factory rom and now working fine. still not sure what i did wrong to crash it initially. any ideas welcome.
Make sure your using the correct eng boot for nougat.
After fresh rom flash set up phone go to settings developer options and make sure oem unlock is checked.
Flash eng boot in ap slot.
Let phone reboot and start back up then you can run root.bat
Seems I found a way to semi brick my SM-T500. I was attempting to install the LOS 18.1 ROM just posted in the guide section. Some how I got the "can only install official" error message on my download screen after flashing TWRP. Made the mistake of flashing only the stock AP without BL or CSC and now I can't get into either recovery or download modes. Holding vol up and down and plugging in USB cable does nothing. Same with holding power button and either vol up or down. Blank screen. Can only power on and boot to system.
Did you install twrp and can you get into recovery. I had similar problem but was still able to get into download mode from power off. However to do so I had to boot into twrp and select reboot and power off... from that menu you can also boot directly to download mode... I know that doesnt halp much if you hadnt installed twrp yet... but thought I would throw that out there...
wizzdome said:
Did you install twrp and can you get into recovery. I had similar problem but was still able to get into download mode from power off. However to do so I had to boot into twrp and select reboot and power off... from that menu you can also boot directly to download mode... I know that doesnt halp much if you hadnt installed twrp yet... but thought I would throw that out there...
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I can't boot TWRP or download. The only thing that will boot is system. Can't even get to the lock/unlock screen.
can you connect to adb shell? and try #reboot download
or #reboot twrp. I figure if you get to download you can reflash stock and start over.
Also when your trying to boot into recovery try not being plugged in. Not sure about this device but a lot of older Samsung's that I had would not let me get into recovery if I was plugged in during boot.
Locked oem mode
Locked download mode
Locked wipe factory
Locked update from sd card
Recycling item...
Need factory reset
I saw alot of issues with twrp so I tried Magick for first time ever on my SM-T500 and had a minor hiccup bc I wasn't paying attention to firmware and installed an old AP with newer firmware but ended up just reflashing the whole tablet with the same firmware as the AP that is required for Root and presto it worked! AND HEY IM DEF A NEWBIE!
housemusix said:
Locked oem mode
Locked download mode
Locked wipe factory
Locked update from sd card
Recycling item...
Need factory reset
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Yeah I've run into the same thing, I originally missed the step to run Magisk after I flashed the patched tar and rebooted into the System and it triggered the "Prenormal KG state" problems. Finally I managed to flash stock ROM back and got to exactly where you are now.
I was able to just flash the patched Magisk AP without CSC and BL, and now it will only go to stock recovery and was able to get TWRP to work once but couldn't factory reset or wipe cache due to (which I assume was) a ton of mounting failures when it loaded.
Anyone else have suggestions to get this thing stable so I can flash LOS? I can get to Download mode.
hello, I post this because it's seems the same subject. I have to password protected (forget password) original rom tablet (non root). For me the datas are not important , I just want to remove the password or reflash with original rom. I downloaded Odin , usb driver and correct firmware. I select AP firmware with Odin, I see the connexion (COM3 green) and it's stuck to "setup connexion".
My problem is that it's impossible to enter in download mode.
When I try to shutdown the tablet, it ask me for a password.
When I press for seconds the power button , after few second I see the Samsung Logo and the tablet restarts.
I try to press volume up, volume up and volume down etc...but each combinaison...no recover, no download mode, nothing and impossible to flash . is it normal ? how to do to unsticked SetupConnetion ?
regards
bruno
housemusix said:
Locked oem mode
Locked download mode
Locked wipe factory
Locked update from sd card
Recycling item...
Need factory reset
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This is not the same as my problem. My problem is that I flashed AP without BL and the two don't match. It isn't that things are locked but that I can't boot to anything but system. Can't boot recovery or download so I can't flash ANYTHING. Not even stock.