Hello I was trying to root my 2015 J550M last night fallowing these instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg1ZpW7LspU and everything went fine until I tried to install the supersu zip. When I rebooted like it said to it sent my phone into boot-loop and I haven't had any luck finding a way out of it. I can still boot into TWRP but I don't really know enough to go poking around with out doing more damage. I have already wiped it via TWRP(data,cache, and Dalvik not including internal storage) but that still did no good. Here comes the kicker I ordered this phone off of Amazon so all I know is that it originally came from Brazil but I don't have the slightest idea what region so I cant just flash the stock firmware. I have an sent email to the company who I bought it from but the auto reply said at least 2 days. Any advice will be GREATLY appreciated. I just want to get it working again I am not worried about rooting or anything else right now. Thanks in advance.
You can install firmware from any region and your phone will still work
If you do try to root again, make sure you are on the latest twrp for your firmware version and then flash supersu.
Make sure you also download the latest supersu from their website.
Just flash the stock firmware for region that you currently live in, it will work don't worry
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Hi everyone,
Before blasting away with comments as to why I would do this, here's my story,
I live in Canada and just brought home a i9508, a China variant of the S4. It belonged to my dad and he didn't want it so I just took it. The i9508 doesn't have Play Store, and it doesn't work on Canadian 3G network.
So to me, the phone is useless right off the start (don't intend on selling it either, who wants it?) So I had 2 options:
1) Leave the phone as it is, and probably use it once every 1-2 years when I visit HK
2) Flash custom roms on it fully aware of the risk it will have so that there's a possibility I can make it more usable
So in the end I went with option 2.
I followed a guide and flashed TWRP for i9505 using Odin onto the phone, and used TWRP to install chainfire SU, and it actually worked (but SU wouldn't open because some sort of security on the phone is blocking it)
Next step, I downloaded the CM version for i9505 and flashed onto the phone, and that worked too. Only problem I've encountered was that the phone would only boot after a fresh install. If I installed CM, turned the phone off after the initial start up, the phone wouldn't boot pass the Samsung logo.
Up until this point, I didn't make a backup, because of my arrogance, cause I have available a copy of the official firmware, in case anything happens.
So I figured at this point, maybe if I restore the original firmware, and try the whole process again, the custom rom would work. So I went into Odin, flash the firmware with PDA, and failed. It just wouldn't work. After retrying it a couple of times, and downloading different updates of the firmware, nothing worked. Only thing working right now is, I can get into Download mode, and I can get into TWRP recovery (but for some reason, I can't flash the zips that I've adb pushed onto the phone, zip can't open)
For me, if it can't be fixed, then it's really SOL. But if there's a way to fix it, I'm open to testing anything people have in mind, cause afterall, this phone is paper weight either way. I'm interested in seeing if I could enable 3G by flashing a i9505 radio, despite warnings, although, I've never actually came across a thread where someone had actually tried it before.
Either way, if someone has any idea on how to fix the phone, and wouldn't mind sharing it, that'll be greatly appreciated.
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I can get into Download mode, but Odin is failing (if you need the error please let me know and I'll post it)
I can get into TWRP recovery, but can't flash files
I can get into adb
This isnt the correct forum for your phone. XDA don't follow clones
Unfortunately a section for i9508 doesn't exist, so I figure the closest one would be i9505.
Anyhow, if someone has an idea of how to fix it, I'm more than happy to do testing on it, like flashing other roms or radios.
So, before I begin, I'd like to point out that I'm an idiot. I don't know how or why, but I'm an idiot.
I've been running danv's ROM for the longest time without issues (galaxy s4 on Rogers) and then decided to update the ROM today. After making my titanium backups and everything like that, (haven't made a ROM backup in a while though - again, idiot) I decided it was time to flash the ROM.
Well, I went and did a full wipe, and then all of a sudden when my phone rebooted, it rebooted into download mode with the whole "could not do normal boot" in the top left corner.
I was able to get into my phone by doing volume up/home/power and then canceling when it said to install new OS or not. So I do have access to my phone, but anytime it restarts it goes into download mode, I can't even get into recovery mode to flash the ROM.
Any ideas what to do to be able to flash this ROM? I have a rom backup from March of this year, would that fix the issue and then just try to flash the new ROM again once I was able to get into recovery mode?
Any help anyone can provide me would be much appreciated. I'm currently downloading the stock firmware from sammobile to see if that would fix the issue since I can install that over odin.
Thanks in advance.
*Edit* So recovering from a ROM backup didn't work either. I've done some researching and I think trying to flash through odin is my only option unless I've missed something. I'm running firmware NE3, so does that mean I should get the stockfirm ware for my device (S4 Rogers NI2) or get the firmware for the same NE3 that I have on my phone (In this case it would be Puerto Rico firmware)?
If someone could let me know if this would work, I would very much appreciate it.
I just swapped from my Amaze 4g, to a used Note 3, and I'm a little lost as far as where I should start.
It says that it's on 4.4.2, and that I cannot update due to a modified system.
Basically, I would like to get updated to 5.1.1 (or as close as is official for the Note 3), and root it.
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with Samsung devices, and because I purchased this from ebay, I don't know how to tell the exact state that the former user put it in (I expected they would return it to stock prior to selling).
It's currently a T-Mobile branded, SM-N900T, on 4.4.2, build is KOT49H, security software MDF v1.0 release 2. Kernel is 3.4.0-660648.
It is supposedly unlocked for carriers, though I have not attempted a SIM card use yet, until I can tell that what I have is a valid device and the IMEI is checked out.
Any thoughts on how to validate the IMEI, and sort out how to get my new phone up to date would be appreciated. As I stated, I expected the vendor would have returned it to stock, but that is clearly not the case, so I don't want to accidentally boot loop it by doing something I shouldn't. I have not owned a Samsung before, so I want to be careful on how it differs from my Nexus 7, Amaze 4g, and Droid X, as they're all obviously very different in the OS area.
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Download tbe stock 4.4.2 rom and use odin to install. Then you will get the OTA updates.
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There is no stock 5.1.1 for note 3, only cm12.1/ aosp. Latest is 5.0 and you can use odin to flash. Maybe it's rooted that's why you can't update.
bladebarrier said:
I just swapped from my Amaze 4g, to a used Note 3, and I'm a little lost as far as where I should start.
It says that it's on 4.4.2, and that I cannot update due to a modified system.
Basically, I would like to get updated to 5.1.1 (or as close as is official for the Note 3), and root it.
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Thank you for the help1
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Some apps to install from Play Store...
Phone INFO Samsung - this will tell you all about your phone and the firmware etc.
Root Checker Basic - tells you if you are rooted or not.
SuperSU - this is so valuable you should buy the Pro licence. Chainfire does some great work for our phones.
TWRP - I have the zip version on my extSDCard and an Odin version on PC in case I have to rebuild from a Stock firmware. CWN works OK but most ROM builds seem to be for TWRP I think and a backup from one will not work on the other.
I don't know your previous phone so you probably need Odin v3.09 - this sits on PC and lets you flash firmware to the phone. (connected by USB)
For which you need Samsung USB drivers so the PC will recognise the phone. Install on PC before connecting phone.
Then do some browsing and find the processes to root your phone and install the ROM you want. If you just want Stock and access to all your phone, you can root it after flashing the original v5.0 download (from Sammobile or similar site - note on Sammobile you need a free account to DL) and then install Custom recovery (if wanted - it WILL trip the Knox flag but that may not matter given it's 2nd hand and might already be tripped anyway)
Read, make SURE you understand what is being said BEFORE you do anything - ask if you don't.
Good luck...
N9005 Lollipop brick
Hi All, just need a huge help here, a friend of mine has been using a N9005 which was auto restarting, she went online and downloaded this firmware...N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_HOME.tar.md5....2.5GB in size...and flashed it, but the phone is stuck in boot loop even after recovery wiping data and cache, the phone can boot into download mode but re flashing the firmware always fails.....is there a solution for this.....please help
Thank you all for the info, especially the detailed info from Journyman16. I checked, and it is flagged as custom, which is fine, so I'm going to go ahead and try to return to mostly stock, update it, and root it.
Ok, everything went well. I had to do two attempts at rooting, but I think it's just one of those things where sometimes it doesn't restart into the process every time.
All seems good. I'm on 5.0, rooted, busyboxed, and smooth sailing.
Thank you all, again, for the tips. The Note 3 is running very well. Thank you to all of the devs that have made this process so refined. I've donated to you before, and did so again today. It's outstanding to have such well versed coders, on XDA, helping out the community.
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Hi All, just need a huge help here, a friend of mine has been using a N9005 which was auto restarting, she went online and downloaded this firmware...N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_HOME.tar.md5....2.5GB in size...and flashed it, but the phone is stuck in boot loop even after recovery wiping data and cache, the phone can boot into download mode but re flashing the firmware always fails.....is there a solution for this.....please help
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You have never learned not to ask in others posts? What does your problem has to do with this topic at all?
When you need help. Just click on Q&A then Create a new thread. How hard is it?
ok so i just got this phone coming from s5.its on the latest firmware QC5. the nougat root worked flawless and was able to flash things with flashfire..well messing around i flashed twrp just to see what would happen.well now it wont go in to recovery at all and the first time it did the l9ck said it was on..everythinh else still works still rooted.my qiestion is how to fix this? do i have to factory reset and start over or if i can find the lateest firmware and flash via odin?any help would be appreciated...
hey-o, So i wanted to root my phone quick and easy just afew ahours ago, after i odin'd in TWRP on my S7 Edge, it couldn't read data, i was pretty confused, i restarted my phone, told me verfication had failed, and in base, the entire OS has basicly went corrupt, am really not sure how, but has anyone else had this problem? SM-G935F EE UK, need more info i can provide.
Correction, I installed the EE firmware AFTER i had to fix my phone due to what TWRP did, My phone is actualy BTU Firmware.
Knox has been tripped.
Video visualization: https://youtu.be/o-9aKxWXaG8
Minerspark said:
hey-o, So i wanted to root my phone quick and easy just afew ahours ago, after i odin'd in TWRP on my S7 Edge, it couldn't read data, i was pretty confused, i restarted my phone, told me verfication had failed, and in base, the entire OS has basicly went corrupt, am really not sure how, but has anyone else had this problem? SM-G935F EE UK, need more info i can provide.
Correction, I installed the EE firmware AFTER i had to fix my phone due to what TWRP did, My phone is actualy BTU Firmware.
Knox has been tripped.
Video visualization: https://youtu.be/o-9aKxWXaG8
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Update: After serveral attempts, i finaly got it running a CFW, i had to flash the OFFICAL firmware, and leave download and reenter it before the phone even boots and then flash TWRP, and i installed magiskmanager and everythings looking alright from here, i'll update if i have any problems.
3rd update, i offical cannont find the firmware this phone was on, it WAS SIM-FREE when i bought it, now i installed this version every app crashes on launch, am pretty lost myself. anyone know a way i can get or know the Very first firmware?
Considering i've got literly no help, this thread can be closed, i installed some random stock firmware and i suppose i will have to put up with broken settings menu and a barly working keyboard for now.
Minerspark said:
Considering i've got literly no help, this thread can be closed, i installed some random stock firmware and i suppose i will have to put up with broken settings menu and a barly working keyboard for now.
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If you are US flash the smg935u as it works for every carrier