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Solution to Sim unlock OD3 with no downgrade Bootloader

Sorry for my english before to all, i recently take the OTA od3 and my network shut down, and cant downgrade to KK or JB because this bootloader block to downgrade version, but i solved this using some ideas from varios post here and on highonandroid.com, i can restore my network but data not work, if wanna data working, you should install a custom rom. Procces Here:
1.- Your stocked on OD3 Bootloader, need to install CWM Root http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyS5/CWM/Qualcomm/philz_touch_6.26.2-klte.tar.md5 form odin on download mode.
2.- Download Galaxy S5 Rooted Stock ROMs from here http://galaxys5root.com/galaxy-s5-rooted-stock-roms/ and copy to your SD card.
3.- In to recovery philz and wipe data, cache, and in advance clear daevil cache, back to install zip and install the stock rom, very important install the Galaxy_S5_spr_Stock.Kernel_NK4 from here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=22599 or you will be stuck on samsung logo.
4.- Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2998481&d=1415081045 important disable your antivirus or you sould be on trouble with this app, install app and unlock your network, at this step you gonna be on kk version with od3 bootloader with your phone netwok works, on my case cant get data, you could try to confugure apn but for me doenst works, if you want a data need to follow the next step or stop here on stock version.
5.- OPTIONAL, if wanna data download this rom https://mega.co.nz/#!tEoSyKwT!qVTcxydRgtSIEg6fcstIZ3QkJuFMCTkTf9sbMnB CAXM (copy space CAMXM its part of link) and put on your sd, reboot on recovery, wipe data and cache, install the rom, and this is all.
Note: Each firts time to install a rom (stock and Custom) the phone during too time to into a system dont scary its only 1 time, and dont power off it, if step 5 doesnt turn on install the kernel again.
Too thanks to this persons and pages, all the stuff and links are of this guys, i only put it together here, plz visit their post and thanking to they:
1..- Recovery and stock rooted rom are from http://highonandroid.com/ and http://galaxys5root.com/ are the same guy, the nick name here is zedomax http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2447605
2.- Kernel is from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...irmwareonlyodinflashabl-imagesfor4-4-t2958614 from jrkruse and tdunham http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1949695 http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1042140
3.- SSU app are from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...print-samsung-unlocker-unlock-sprint-t2928250 by aalyatim http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=307784
4.- Custom shohat rom is from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2719386 by Shohat http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=5776004
Sry to put too links i dont know how to put links on letters, im new, thanks to that persons cause my phone is working again xD
posdata: OD3 its avaliable on sammobile if you want to back to lolllipop, the simunlock dont lose it

great job thank you a lot I unlocked my sim card s5 sport sm-g860p I was on lollipop 5. and already have rooted and custom recovery first I flashed here 4.4.4 this link http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS5/SM-G900P/SM-G900P_NI3_ROOTED_ODEXED.zip and then I flashed sm-g860p _Ng3_ Stock kernel everythings went soomth& last thing I downloaded SUU apk unlock sim
sweet my s5 sprint now is unlocked
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Free mobile app

tet1 said:
great job thank you a lot I unlocked my sim card s5 sport sm-g860p I was on lollipop 5. and already have rooted and custom recovery first I flashed here 4.4.4 this link http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS5/SM-G900P/SM-G900P_NI3_ROOTED_ODEXED.zip and then I flashed sm-g860p _Ng3_ Stock kernel everythings went soomth& last thing I downloaded SUU apk unlock sim
sweet my s5 sprint now is unlocked
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Free mobile app
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so you flashed G900P rom on G860P ?????

Hi, I tried this, but everytime I select "reboot system now" after flashing the rooted stock rom and the kernel, it says "root access is missing. root device?" with choices "No, Yes - root device, and No". Then if I select "Yes - root device" it still goes to cwm recovery after rebooting.
Here's what I did:
1. Install CWM using Odin.
2. In CWM, wipe data -> clean for new rom.
3. wipe cache.
4. wipe dalvik cache.
5. flash SM-G900P_NI3_ROOTED_ODEXED.zip.
6. flash Galaxy_S5_spr_Stock.Kernel_NK4.zip.
7. Reboot system -> Yes - root device.
Can you check if I did something wrong? I don't know what to do. Thanks.

has anybody tried to to do this,because i want to do it and i dont want to damage my phone,i have a sprint Galaxy S5 SM-G900P

When trying to download step 5 (MEGA link) it ask for an encryption key.

aamszia said:
so you flashed G900P rom on G860P ?????
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YESSSS! confirmed buddy! went smooth then unlock using SSU.apk

Has anybody tried this on sprint galaxy s5 SM g900p?

Can you please provide the decryption key for the file in the link for mega? Thank you
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bto001, you Rock! my S5 unlocked, been trying for a long time with different guides, yours work, I'd be more than happy to contribute if you post your info. Thank You!!
if you can, please provide the decryption key for the Mega file

what version
Hey eled what version galaxy s5 do u have?
Because i want to do it but I'm not sure if this is for the sprint version sm g900p

SM-G900P it's working on Telcel and it has data elpesao23, I flashed lollipop and it didn't loose the unlock, it lost root and I have not tried to root again, it's all good, thanks again bt001 !!

I did the ota update to OD3, so now I'm on OD3 l lost root too,if i follow this instructions I'll gain root and the sim unlock?
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Also eled did u do all the steps in post #1?

can anybody writes the steps of doing this starting from CWM root, i'm not really familiar of how to do this ,thanks

Thanks I did it ,but I want domestic unlock

Does not work for me on sm-g900p. All attempts of flashing recovery fail in odin.

Just adding the link to the file I've been requesting, it's a custom rom by Shohat, I have not tried this myself but it looks good, I will let you know if I try it.
mega.co.nz/#!tEoSyKwT!qVTcxydRgtSIEg6fcstIZ3QkJuFMCTkTf9sbMnB CAXM

Solution tested 100% OK
Good job my freind tested on samsung SM-G900P sprint .

STOCK ROM][5.0] OD3 Android L Deodexed
Hey i would like to know if i can install this rom after i did all steps on post one,thanks

You ROCK men, work great
Nice men, work great on my Galaxy s5 g900p OD3. remember:
*need root access.
*install CMW recovery or TWRP with ODIN and back up all data except cache. Wipe data, cache.
*place Zip Stock ROM_NI3 in SD card or ext-card.
*install zip ROM_NI3_with CMW or TWRP and NO BOOT First wipe data and cache.
*NO BOOT, put the phone in download mode and flash ND5_kernel with ODIN.
*normal reboot and enjoy.
Note: in this Rom my data works, you need configure APN depending you provider and asing port number.

djsonoman said:
When trying to download step 5 (MEGA link) it ask for an encryption key.
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The decryption key is qVTcxydRgtSIEg6fcstIZ3QkJuFMCTkTf9sbMnBCAXM
I found that on the official xda's Shohat ROM V5 thread

Don't we need to unlock bootloader?? Confused

Please answers my questionS cause this will help all the "noobs" here cause they don't ask right questions and thus remain unhelped...
Im on MARSHMALLOW stock and i am planning to use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/k3-note/development/official-build-lenovo-k3-note-k50a40-6-t3370537
Its a backup of stock de-bloated rooted
There are many tutorials for k3 note on how to root
And then there are some rom and a backup threads
The methods given are different in each one of them (not totally different)
My questionS ARE
1.Don't we need to unlock bootloader? Askin this cause some rooting tutorial here don't mention it and some does.
2.If so how to unlock bootloader in MARSHMALLOW
Settings -> Developer options -> Enable OEM Unlock Right ???
2.2.What happened if i just flick this 'Enable OEM Unlock' button ? Does the Phone Factory resets ?
2.3. What exactly is the purpose of unlocking bootloader?
3.Whats the correct order of doing it?
Like what we have to do first
Unlock bootloader -> flash custom recovery -> flash rooting/rom zip . Am i right ?
On my old device that was Sam Galaxy fit therr was no matter of bootloader and stuff
What i usually did with this snapdragon device was flash stock firmware/recoveries via odin and anf flash roms via cwm thats it . But im new to this processor and unfamiliar with bootloader..
RANT: (don't read below from here if u don't have time)
Nearly none of the threads clarify the instructions they just redirect to other threads and if questions are asked then they say "don't spam thread" like my one post will make the site look dirty and don't answer in straightforward way AND they say "follow the instructions and its not my responsibility of u brick yo fone"...

Rockstar.garvit said:
Please answers my questionS cause this will help all the "noobs" here cause they don't ask right questions and thus remain unhelped...
Im on MARSHMALLOW stock and i am planning to use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/k3-note/development/official-build-lenovo-k3-note-k50a40-6-t3370537
Its a backup of stock de-bloated rooted
There are many tutorials for k3 note on how to root
And then there are some rom and a backup threads
The methods given are different in each one of them (not totally different)
My questionS ARE
1.Don't we need to unlock bootloader? Askin this cause some rooting tutorial here don't mention it and some does.
2.If so how to unlock bootloader in MARSHMALLOW
Settings -> Developer options -> Enable OEM Unlock Right ???
2.2.What happened if i just flick this 'Enable OEM Unlock' button ? Does the Phone Factory resets ?
2.3. What exactly is the purpose of unlocking bootloader?
3.Whats the correct order of doing it?
Like what we have to do first
Unlock bootloader -> flash custom recovery -> flash rooting/rom zip . Am i right ?
On my old device that was Sam Galaxy fit therr was no matter of bootloader and stuff
What i usually did with this snapdragon device was flash stock firmware/recoveries via odin and anf flash roms via cwm thats it . But im new to this processor and unfamiliar with bootloader..
RANT: (don't read below from here if u don't have time)
Nearly none of the threads clarify the instructions they just redirect to other threads and if questions are asked then they say "don't spam thread" like my one post will make the site look dirty and don't answer in straightforward way AND they say "follow the instructions and its not my responsibility of u brick yo fone"...
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2.2 if you click oem then still nothing happenes..
It personally tested..

adikri said:
2.2 if you click oem then still nothing happenes..
It personally tested..
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Did you did this on stock rom ??

Yes, Nothing happens because of it
This is because it is made for prevention of clearing data. If you will use command "fastboot oem unlock" using fastboot it will allow you unlock bootloader
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Personally tested on stock marshmallow Indian ROM

Rockstar.garvit said:
Did you did this on stock rom ??
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Nope... always on custom rom...

adikri said:
Nope... always on custom rom...
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Hey dude can u help me a little plz
I want to install twrp on and root the stock firmware
Plz tell me do i need to unlock bootloader before flashing recovery via spf tool
One other thing i want to ask is do i need to flash the patched boot img to b able to boot stock with custom recovery ??
Basically i neee to install this and i need to know steps from Start to end plz help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/k3-note/development/official-build-lenovo-k3-note-k50a40-6-t3370537

There is no need to unlock the bootloader if you are using SPF tools Because MTK devices use the MTK preloader which turns on for 5 seconds on boot if you flash anything that time it will be directly written.

Actually OEM is android device default security service.
If you turn it off you will turn off the protection of your Android, though nothing happens if you turn it off.
You don't need to unlock bootloader while flashing custom recovery.
Important point always clear caches before and after flashing of roms and always be sure you know how to recover from bootloops.
First of all perform a nandroid backup. There are some cases when recoveries show unable to mount system, and then you literally can't do anything except repairment of the device partitions.
While installing custom roms, steps are:–
1. Rooting the device
2. Installation of custom recovery.(Remember to backup your stock recovery)
3. Clearing of cache and dalvik–cache.
4. Flashing of rom.
5. Clearing of cache.
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Rockstar.garvit said:
Hey dude can u help me a little plz
I want to install twrp on and root the stock firmware
Plz tell me do i need to unlock bootloader before flashing recovery via spf tool
One other thing i want to ask is do i need to flash the patched boot img to b able to boot stock with custom recovery ??
Basically i neee to install this and i need to know steps from Start to end plz help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/k3-note/development/official-build-lenovo-k3-note-k50a40-6-t3370537
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You don't need to unlock your bootloader to install recoveries (always backup your stock one).
Boot.img is a patch file for some devices that use super su.zip to root their device, basically it is not needed, but some devices exploits​ are very rare. So if it is mentioned to flash that boot.img you should flash it otherwise it will cause your device to go in bootloop and if it happens the only way to recover would be unrooting your device.
So my conclusion would be it depends, but if it is said you should flash it too.

Recovery unaviable after Nougat update

Hey people,
I've updated to the unofficial Nougat leak here and ever since I can't get into the recovery. The ROM is OK but no matter what I do I can't get into the recovery. After "adb reboot recovery" I just get stuck in a boot loop and I must get into the upgrade utility and restart phone into the system from there. I've tried to flash few other recovery but nothing works. So far I'm fine with the system and I'd like to also try LineageOS but I have no way to flash the ROM. I have tried "Fastboot flash zip xx.zip" from the bootloader to flash LineageOS but it told me I don't have permissions so it was no good.
So do you folks here have any idea what I did wrong and how to make the recovery work again? I'm kind of learn from the tutorial guy so I'll post the sources I've been using to do the flash.
Unlocking bootloader and flashing new recovery
I've only used the unlock bootloader and flash twrp sections with their provided recovery. I've also tried to flash THIS recovery by Meticulus after the nougat update.
Flashing the ROM + used ROM
Used the old process because upgrade with system utility kept giving me errors.
Model number - VNS-L21
Also if this issue can't be (yet) fixed do you know any way to safely flash ROMs without recovery?
Thanks for any kind of help

You cannot flash any ROM in the nougat recovery, because it does not support /data mounting. Downgrade to MM and install the ROM you want from there.

@SALVO9
Ok, thank you for the reply. I'll probably try to downgrade and flash it afterwards to know which ROM suits me better. All I need to do is find the stock ROM copy it to the phone and restart with all buttons pushed right? Also, do you have any info about when there will be a nougat recovery that can mount /data?

TheAstaros said:
@SALVO9
All I need to do is find the stock ROM copy it to the phone and restart with all buttons pushed right?
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No.
Flash proper OEMinfo first!

@Schlengge
Thanks for the advice. I did my research because I didn't know a thing about oeminfo and I have hit a wall since my phone is not rooted(Should have mentioned that earlier I know) and I'm supposed to replace custom.bin and then flash the img. So afterwards I searched how to root this nougat ROM and found nothing no app was working and everything I found was just using the phone's recovery which I can't access. Does anything come to mind? I will continue getting through the pages of google but I don't think I'll find anything useful.
EDIT> After some searching I found the official rollback package. I have yet to test it (downloading on slow connection atm) and I hope it will work.

Ok it's finally done and I'm back at old stock ROM(EMUI 4.1.1 VNS-L21C432B160) after hours of searching I gave up on the oeminfo or rooting the phone. I searched for the stock firmware and found some rollback packages on the Huawei site. I will post the links in there you even have instructions packed with the zip.
LINK1
LINK2
Download both start with the smaller one because it's flashing first and follow the instructions in the pdf. Worked for me so hope it also helps you.
Also as I found out just now this rollback also locks back your bootloader so be sure to unlock it back again with the code.

Original BOOT

Dear friends,
I'm a bit tired of custom roms and I have installed the last official b12 (the one from this week)
now, I would like also to remove twrp in order to remove the message that appears when restarting (the one that says is not official, wait 5 seconds...)
Can you please advise on which boot should I install?
Thanks a lot!!!!

Anyone?

julioforo said:
Dear friends,
I'm a bit tired of custom roms and I have installed the last official b12 (the one from this week)
now, I would like also to remove twrp in order to remove the message that appears when restarting (the one that says is not official, wait 5 seconds...)
Can you please advise on which boot should I install?
Thanks a lot!!!!
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how did you install b12? if you do it in edl,twrp should be removed.And the warning is ther because your bootloader is unlocked.Lock your bootloader again and the screen/message is gone.I cant help with locking bootloader,i dont recommend it

Or keep TWRP and unlocked bootloader and install NFound patch (modified aboot) to remove warning.

julioforo said:
Dear friends,
I'm a bit tired of custom roms and I have installed the last official b12 (the one from this week)
now, I would like also to remove twrp in order to remove the message that appears when restarting (the one that says is not official, wait 5 seconds...)
Can you please advise on which boot should I install?
Thanks a lot!!!!
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just leave twrp as-is and use one of the "remove inscription" zips. You should use Raystef66's zip.
unclear what "boot" has to do with this, but FYI the kernel doesn't really change this at all.
Don't relock the bootloader, it's just plain stupid. If you NEED OTA updates then you can extract the recovery.img from one of the stock ROMs (provided that you already are on stock ofc) and TWRP - Install - Install image - Recovery. The bootloader doesn't need to be locked for anything really, hell they don't even check it if you send it in for repairs lol

Choose an username... said:
just leave twrp as-is and use one of the "remove inscription" zips. You should use Raystef66's zip.
unclear what "boot" has to do with this, but FYI the kernel doesn't really change this at all.
Don't relock the bootloader, it's just plain stupid. If you NEED OTA updates then you can extract the recovery.img from one of the stock ROMs (provided that you already are on stock ofc) and TWRP - Install - Install image - Recovery. The bootloader doesn't need to be locked for anything really, hell they don't even check it if you send it in for repairs lol
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Thanks a lot my friend.
i'm just reading the whole post and I'm not sure if I should use the zip.
I have the android bootloader, not TWRP and I'm on the B12 stock ROM from this week.
Shoud I?
I tried also the method with ADB but it says permission denied!...
Sorry for so many question.

Also I have to say that in my setting says that my phone is encrypted...
So I guess NFOUND option is not valid as per his warnings

julioforo said:
Also I have to say that in my setting says that my phone is encrypted...
So I guess NFOUND option is not valid as per his warnings
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never use nfound's way. it's russian roulette all the way
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julioforo said:
Thanks a lot my friend.
i'm just reading the whole post and I'm not sure if I should use the zip.
I have the android bootloader, not TWRP and I'm on the B12 stock ROM from this week.
Shoud I?
I tried also the method with ADB but it says permission denied!...
Sorry for so many question.
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you mean fastboot? Then what do you have as recovery? Stock MiFavor recovery?
Get TWRP and flash raystef's stuff, then also do what i said and flash the stock recovery (first flash the remove inscription zip, then test if it worked, THEN install stock mifavor recovery)

Please help! I need to relock my bootloader.

Hey guys, how are you? So, let me explain my situation - I have a Redmi 7A (the 16 GB version) and I recently unlocked its bootloader to root, and uninstall some bloatwares ...... I managed to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP recovery, but I was unable to root, and i tried in a lot of ways, in a lot of times........... I'm on version 11.0.6 of MIUI, and I saw that some users here were having problems with this version too. Anyway, recently a MIUI update came out, and soon it will update to MIUI 12, but I'm not able to install the OTA update, after the phone restarts, it goes to TWRP recovery and shows an error message - so, I would like to go back to my original recovery and re-lock my bootloader, but for that I need the original recovery of the Redmi 7A, and I can't find it anywhere........
Someone here have this original recovery available to send or do upload? It would help me a lot! Thanks

eriksparks1 said:
Hey guys, how are you? So, let me explain my situation - I have a Redmi 7A (the 16 GB version) and I recently unlocked its bootloader to root, and uninstall some bloatwares ...... I managed to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP recovery, but I was unable to root, and i tried in a lot of ways, in a lot of times........... I'm on version 11.0.6 of MIUI, and I saw that some users here were having problems with this version too. Anyway, recently a MIUI update came out, and soon it will update to MIUI 12, but I'm not able to install the OTA update, after the phone restarts, it goes to TWRP recovery and shows an error message - so, I would like to go back to my original recovery and re-lock my bootloader, but for that I need the original recovery of the Redmi 7A, and I can't find it anywhere........
Someone here have this original recovery available to send or do upload? It would help me a lot! Thanks
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I have detailed instructions - How to install TWRP + ROOT [Magisk] for redmi 7A HERE. Very easy. Please use google translate

sjcbank said:
I have detailed instructions - How to install TWRP + ROOT [Magisk] for redmi 7A HERE. Very easy. Please use google translate
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Hi! I tried that way, but when i use the patched boot.img, it doesn't boot, and go straight to TWRP :/

eriksparks1 said:
Hi! I tried that way, but when i use the patched boot.img, it doesn't boot, and go straight to TWRP :/
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If you can't do it, look down and read lesson #3, download ROM zip and txt files for flash via twrp. will definitely work 100%

eriksparks1 said:
Hi! I tried that way, but when i use the patched boot.img, it doesn't boot, and go straight to TWRP :/
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Soo... I have problem too with root and I make temp root (unsafe method) . Patching boot img is idiot idea now , same as re-lock bootloader . I'm DEV and i'm know (look on my threads if you don't think). Better idea for you is download global rom or rom designed for your region . Actually i wipe my global rom and I install rom with android 10 . I have english only without polish support . All rom's is here : https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/pine/ If you want to unbrick your device , download correct rom , and flash . For your bricked device is only fastboot rom for unbrick . In google you find how to install adb and fastboot drivers , disable check signatures of drivers in your windows , adb and fastboot exe file (if you have windows as me) etc. . Good luck . Disclaimer: After re-lock bootloader , your software and data be bricked , you must flash all with data too . Make copy of data to google or sd card
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https://flashxiaomi.com/download-install-miui-rom-for-xiaomi-redmi-7a-all-miui-firmwares/
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https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/pine/