Hi,
I bought an S4 which was previously rooted. Last owner unrooted it and used triangle away to make sure all was as stock looking as possible.
Last week I did a factory reset on the phone as I was having issues with it. After the reset it shows all the stock apps and standard Rogers bloatware. BUT it now has a couple of Bell Bloatware apps as well!!!
I need to send the phone in for repair as I am getting "intermittent SIM card not detected, phone is restarting error". Should I be worried that Samsung will detect that the phone was at one time rooted?
What should I do?
Thanks
rezadue said:
Hi,
I bought an S4 which was previously rooted. Last owner unrooted it and used triangle away to make sure all was as stock looking as possible.
Last week I did a factory reset on the phone as I was having issues with it. After the reset it shows all the stock apps and standard Rogers bloatware. BUT it now has a couple of Bell Bloatware apps as well!!!
I need to send the phone in for repair as I am getting "intermittent SIM card not detected, phone is restarting error". Should I be worried that Samsung will detect that the phone was at one time rooted?
What should I do?
Thanks
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When the last owner unrooted the phone, they likely used one of the odin files from here which are all Bell based for I337M (Canadian S4). There is a thread in here where this happened to another user and they returned the phone to stock Rogers instead of Bell, you will need to search for that thread. The bigger concern is Knox is probably tripped on the phone, when it boots up there will be some tiny text it the top left corner, yellow and red I believe, there is a thread about that here too.... If Knox is tripped (pretty sure it is) then all you can do is try to get it repaired by Samsung, I wouold be interested to find out if they do it or not.....
Thanks for the reply.
I shut the phone down and then turned it back on, paying close attention to evenrything. There is no small text in any corner. What is odd id that the phone goes through its boot sequence, gets to the lockscreen, and then goes through the boot sequence again a second time.
And for clarification, I have all the Rogers bloat, but I have three Bell bloat apps too!
I will do a search again to see if I can find the threads you have mentioned.
Gage_Hero said:
When the last owner unrooted the phone, they likely used one of the odin files from here which are all Bell based for I337M (Canadian S4). There is a thread in here where this happened to another user and they returned the phone to stock Rogers instead of Bell, you will need to search for that thread. The bigger concern is Knox is probably tripped on the phone, when it boots up there will be some tiny text it the top left corner, yellow and red I believe, there is a thread about that here too.... If Knox is tripped (pretty sure it is) then all you can do is try to get it repaired by Samsung, I wouold be interested to find out if they do it or not.....
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rezadue said:
Thanks for the reply.
I shut the phone down and then turned it back on, paying close attention to evenrything. There is no small text in any corner. What is odd id that the phone goes through its boot sequence, gets to the lockscreen, and then goes through the boot sequence again a second time.
And for clarification, I have all the Rogers bloat, but I have three Bell bloat apps too!
I will do a search again to see if I can find the threads you have mentioned.
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You have to go into download mode to see the text.
Sent from Black<3's I337 running Foxhound ROM
Put the phone in download mode and no small text.
Now that the phone is not rooted, can I put it in download mode, attach it to a PC and flash a stock Rogers 4.3 ROM via ODIN? Do I need root for this?
rezadue said:
Oh, and one other question. Now that the phone is not rooted, can I put it in recovery mode, attach it to a PC and flash a stock Rogers 4.3 ROM via ODIN? Do I need root for this?
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Not to ODIN it no. Root not required.
Found the other thread, you have spoken of. It seems like that guy got bloatware from Bell INSTEAD of Rogers. I have blaotware from Rogers(ok
) AND Bell(Not ok).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422497
Almost same issue here on my N900W8. My phone is working fine and rooted, except I got the Rogers AND Bell apps too before rooting and flashing CWM (only way I knew of at the time to force boot following seandroid enforcing error). I data wiped, downloaded and flashed the labeled "Rogers" stock ROM from SamMobile, and first time I ever saw bloatware from two carriers on any phone.
I disabled the Bell apps thinking that was all, but instead of 4G, I get H+. LTE connects fine outdoors, but H+ seems slightly slower than the 4G I'm used to. Which makes me wonder if LTE speeds are impacted too, hope not. Anyway, it's a bother because I am rarely in an LTE zone.
Tomorrow, I will try unrooting with SuperSU (is this even important if I'm wiping & flashing?), data wiping with CWM, re-flashing same file from SamMobile and not flashing anything more, and trying emergency recovery with Kies. Anyone know if this will work or change anything in the end? Or is Kies 3 also affected by the Knox counter? CSC (OYA) is the same as the non-rooted up-to-date S4 in the house.
Thanks
OP, have you tried using someone else's SIM card? Just a thought.
I have tried everything I can possibly think of in a short period of time, and need an answer in a hurry. The phone (Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N-900V) was rooted back when kitkat was the main OS using geohot's towelroot (or possibly kingo root I can't remember which i used after I got the phone and upgraded from ICS). I have 2 of these exact same phones, used the exact same rooting method, and unrooted by uninstalling the superuser app, rebooted, and installed the OTA update to lolipop. My phone works fine, (the one I'm typing from) however, my other phone decided to take a dump. It's a software bug between the samsung firmware and the new lolipop OS. It was working for several months, then all the sudden it wouldn't recognize/register the APN. Now it doesn't see anything just about with the phone. Not even the IMEI from the phones serial number. The sim card has been replaced twice and has worked for a matter of a few hours, however, upon restarting the phone, it goes back to no service, and nothing is registered or recognized. I reflashed the phone with the stock 5.0 Lolipop using Odin several times to no avail. My phone (one I'm using now) once did this months ago, and I was able to access the service menu and reregister the SIM card and phone has worked fine since. With this other phone, I can't get into the service menu at all because nothing is registering. So, after reflashing 4 or 5 times, factory reseting from both the OS and from recovery booting, it still has the same issue. Here is my question. It used to be when I reflashed, the custom padlock would disappear. I'm getting a new phone tomorrow, and I need to get rid of the custom padlock before I return the old phone. I can use Odin, or whatever but it has to be something, I can do while it stays stock. The knox counter has not been tripped, and the flash counter is not tripped nor showing anything on the download mode. Everything lools, and feels stock, except that custom padlock. Is there a way to get rid of that custom padlock unrooted, by reflashing? I even used a pit file to repartition, but that didn't work either. Need help A.S.A.P.!
I would just hard brick the phone just before returning it...they will just throw it out at that point and your secret will be safe.
Hard Brick
xxperrin said:
I would just hard brick the phone just before returning it...they will just throw it out at that point and your secret will be safe.
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You thinking maybe a NAND erase?
Hard Brick
I've thought about flashing the wrong rom too but dunno if that will work 100%. I either need to fix it, or make it 100% unrecoverable. Any advice?
The other night my gs4 running OC3 decided it didn't want to live anymore and randomly rebooted and hung at the ATT splash screen. Took the phone to best buy and had them reflash it. The phone would then boot but ran incredibly slow and certain apps just wouldn't open. Fast forward to last night and the network died. My IMEI is gone and everything having to do with the phones identification was wiped out.
I'd like to downgrade the phone from 5.0.1 to 4.2.2 and possibly get twrp onto it. I don't care about tripping knox or bricking the phone as I've already gone and got a new one. Worst case scenario I have a brick, best case I can install custom roms and use it as a multimedia device. Can anyone point in the right direction for experimental methods people are too afraid to test or guides that might help out? I did some searching and found a few relevant posts but nothing concrete relating to this situation. Any help is appreciated!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370699
Could try hear to get imei back
I need help with restoring samsung galaxy s7 SM-G930P to its original state. My main goals is to unlock SIM card and that i can use KNOX and OTA. I bought it as a used phone,wich was showing "custom" and unlock sign when it boots up. But in system,it was saying that its SM-G930V. KNOX warranty is still 0x0,i flashed it with SM-G930P firmware and that locked my SIM card. And when i tried usink KNOX it said that because of custom os being installed i cant use it. Is there any way to bypass that and to use official samsung updates,becouse they are also not working. And also Android secret codes are not working. I tried flasing again and did not help. Model is with snapdragon processor and also software is showing slightly different IMEI from the DEC code on the back of my phone. I used IMEI online converters and found out the difference. Any help is appreciated.
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I was thinking about triangle away but phone,obviously is not rooted. Anything would help. Even if it cant be returned,so i dont search for answers anymore. If nayone needs more info,in glad to give. And,will that IMEI difference be a problem in some cases? You guys know more than me
I am really needing to root my s7 edge for various useful purposes. I tried it the first time using Odin, then it became stuck at the samsung logo (the second one), and would not stop until it ran out of battery. I had to take it to a repair shop where they fixed it but had to wipe it. I then installed firmware so that if it did screw up again, I could get it back to normal without wiping it. So I tried rooting a number of times, but it will not work and ive had to use the firmware to get it back on. Even the repair shop I took it to said they couldnt root it for whatever reason. Anyone know if this is possible to fix? Thanks
Which way did you try??? And what type of s7 edge do you have?
What are the reasons your rooting for