Hi, I got a 2nd hand J7 pro with Android 7.0 on, no root or anything. I used Odin to install TWRP, and it worked just fine.
The next day I tried to install the official 8.1 update using odin, it took 4 minutes and passed on Odin . But the phone won't boot, it reaches 30% of Android updating progress then it reboots to a blue screen with a yellow triangle and an Android figure with an error no commend. I tried installing multiple ROMs, thinking that the ROM I installed wasn't the right one , no seccess.
After a while, I managed to reinstall TWRP with the touchscreen working, on an official 8.1 Android. but the phone is stuck at the black screen with Samsung J7 Pro. (Not boot looping, just stuck)
Please tell me if there is a hope to get it back, even to the 7.0 and how?
Thank you.
Can u boot to download mode? If yes try to downgrade to 7.1, or use twrp to wipe all the system and install one of the tw based roms avaiable here https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7-2017/development
Edit: did you tried to wipe data and cache before boot? I've had a lot of struggle to boot samsung roms before doing that
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Yes I can boot to download mode. From what I read it's not easy to do downgrade.
No, I didn't wipe anything.
I'll try the TWRP method, I'm downloading this [ROM][8.0][TW][J730X]PrometheusLite A8+ Port V3.0 - EOL. And I'll keep you posted ?
Thanks again!
Doppler Effect said:
Thank you for replying!
Yes I can boot to download mode. From what I read it's not easy to do downgrade.
No, I didn't wipe anything.
I'll try the TWRP method, I'm downloading this [ROM][8.0][TW][J730X]PrometheusLite A8+ Port V3.0 - EOL. And I'll keep you posted
Thanks again!
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I highly recommend you to get the note8 port first, since TW oreo roms may not work on some screens
Doppler Effect said:
Hi, I got a 2nd hand J7 pro with Android 7.0 on, no root or anything. I used Odin to install TWRP, and it worked just fine.
The next day I tried to install the official 8.1 update using odin, it took 4 minutes and passed on Odin . But the phone won't boot, it reaches 30% of Android updating progress then it reboots to a blue screen with a yellow triangle and an Android figure with an error no commend. I tried installing multiple ROMs, thinking that the ROM I installed wasn't the right one , no seccess.
After a while, I managed to reinstall TWRP with the touchscreen working, on an official 8.1 Android. but the phone is stuck at the black screen with Samsung J7 Pro. (Not boot looping, just stuck)
Please tell me if there is a hope to get it back, even to the 7.0 and how?
Thank you.
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since you didnt root send it to samaung. make sure it says warranty 0x0 in download mode. i too bricked my phone but i did not trip the warranty and now i have a brand new phone with new display and everything
05Anjelly said:
since you didnt root send it to samaung. make sure it says warranty 0x0 in download mode. i too bricked my phone but i did not trip the warranty and now i have a brand new phone with new display and everything
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It's not bricked so no need. As long as it boots to download and recovery mode it's possible to recover the device.
Warranty is already blown.
@Doppler Effect
Post a screen shot of download mode.
05Anjelly said:
since you didnt root send it to samaung. make sure it says warranty 0x0 in download mode. i too bricked my phone but i did not trip the warranty and now i have a brand new phone with new display and everything
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oh yes i forgot. you should find your official firmware on sammobile.com
Somehow fixed!
I flashed the A8+ port, the touch didn't work but I was really happy seeing it boot, then I saw your 2nd reply.
The note8 port worked! with some bugs
I had to reroot using a SuperSU zip worked
The Sim is readable yet I can't make phone calls.
I think it has something to do with the CSC and OMC or something like that, working on it.
Thank you to everyone who has replied, much appreciated.
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Hey,
I have following problem:
Few days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 Lte (I9505 jfltexx). I wanted to root it and then flash CM onto it.
Rooting went fine but when I flashed CM it aborted with Error 7. After that it was soft bricked but i managed to flash the Stock Rom back and everything was fine again.
But today I tried it again but got following problem. CWM was gone and i had to reflash it. But then everytime I tried to get into recovery mode the phone freezed at the "Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505" Logo with the little blue "recovery booting" in the left upper corner. I tried to flash CWM and also twr but it did not help.
SO my final thought was flashing the stock rom again to at least have a working phone. But when I tried to flash the Stock Rom ODIN failed and my phone gave this error "SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused:2, Binary: 1".
Then every time it started it booted into download mode and said "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again". I googled how I can solve this and someone said that it has something to do with root. So again I flashed the CF auto root and thank god it booted up normally.
But now my problem: I have no root on my phone(superSu says that there are no SU-binarys), I can't update my stock-firmware because the software update says that my phone has been changed. What can I do to 1. gain root access again 2. flash a custom rom(best would be SlimBean)?
Hope you can help me
lup3x said:
Hey,
I have following problem:
Few days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 Lte (I9505 jfltexx). I wanted to root it and then flash CM onto it.
Rooting went fine but when I flashed CM it aborted with Error 7. After that it was soft bricked but i managed to flash the Stock Rom back and everything was fine again.
But today I tried it again but got following problem. CWM was gone and i had to reflash it. But then everytime I tried to get into recovery mode the phone freezed at the "Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505" Logo with the little blue "recovery booting" in the left upper corner. I tried to flash CWM and also twr but it did not help.
SO my final thought was flashing the stock rom again to at least have a working phone. But when I tried to flash the Stock Rom ODIN failed and my phone gave this error "SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused:2, Binary: 1".
Then every time it started it booted into download mode and said "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again". I googled how I can solve this and someone said that it has something to do with root. So again I flashed the CF auto root and thank god it booted up normally.
But now my problem: I have no root on my phone(superSu says that there are no SU-binarys), I can't update my stock-firmware because the software update says that my phone has been changed. What can I do to 1. gain root access again 2. flash a custom rom(best would be SlimBean)?
Hope you can help me
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mate mine says the same as yours. so might just be because it failed not sure tho we will just have to wait and see if someone can come up with a answer. regards
joecool666 said:
mate mine says the same as yours. so might just be because it failed not sure tho we will just have to wait and see if someone can come up with a answer. regards
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thank god somebody with the same problem! Is your device rooted? because whenever i try to root it odin says pass and SuperSu is installed but the phone is not rooted
lup3x said:
thank god somebody with the same problem! Is your device rooted? because whenever i try to root it odin says pass and SuperSu is installed but the phone is not rooted
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not now its not. going to wait for c-f for fix until then i am staying where i am stock unrooted lol just to be safe.
joecool666 said:
not now its not. going to wait for c-f for fix until then i am staying where i am stock unrooted lol just to be safe.
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GOTCHA! I used the auto root from here https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/5ggu7naWtaW and it finally worked! I don't know if it will work for u but i tried it out and i finally got it. Now to the ROM Part
What is this great advantage that rooting and installing cf brings, that makes you run the risk of destroying your brand new, very expensive phone?
YIKES1412 said:
What is this great advantage that rooting and installing cf brings, that makes you run the risk of destroying your brand new, very expensive phone?
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The fact that i really don't like this mess which samsung calls a firmware. When i buy a pc i want to do anything i want with it. Same goes for smartphones.
lup3x said:
The fact that i really don't like this mess which samsung calls a firmware. When i buy a pc i want to do anything i want with it. Same goes for smartphones.
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Ok, I'm just wandering what big difference it makes. What extra does it enable your phone to do? I mean it must be really good to run this risk.
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YIKES1412 said:
Ok, I'm just wandering what big difference it makes. What extra does it enable your phone to do? I mean it must be really good to run this risk.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
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First of all it's the principle that I don't want to have a phone where Samsung tells me what to do and what not. Then there are things like root which are necessary for me because I'm also using it to test my apps which require root access. And also of course apps from the play store which need it. I'm currently using Slimbean because there's no AOKP build for the I9505. It requires less space on the phone, it's heavily customizable and it has the look of vanilla android. And a huge portion of why I am doing this is just me being curious about such things.
In the end it worked and I learned very much new stuff.
Sry 4 bad english
Hey your English is very good mate. And I was just curious as to why you run the risk, thanks for explaining it to me. I rooted and put a new rom onto an orange san francisco (zte blade) once. But that was not an expensive phone. My wife would kill me if I messed up this s4 with almost 2 years of contract to go lol
I am newb to android world.
I have Samsung Note 3 SM-N900.
1. Succesfully installed lollipop 5.0 on this phone after reading for a week on this site.
2. Was planning to root the phone, followed instructions from here:
CF-Auto-Root is pretty much only method for Lollipop at the moment. Yes, it does trigger the KNOX Warranty Void flag though, look it up if you want to know what it means (voids warranty in certain regions apparently, definitely not in EU).
Instructions are in the first post of the CF-Auto-Root topic - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2466423
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/root-note-3-sm-n900-lollipop-5-0-t3027054
Phone was rooted properly, checked from Chainfire su https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
3. Installed Rom Manager PRO, was trying a custom rom boot animation, which warned but I tried anyway and now phone will not boot.
I am getting series of errors:
Unfortunately Gallery has stopped
Unfortunately text-to-speech engine has stopped
Unfortunately Settings has stopped
Unfortunately System UI has stopped
Unfortunately Task Manager has stopped
Unfortunately Internet Speed meter has stopped
even after clicking ok for several times waiting since last 15 minutes, phone will not boot.
Please help.. sorry for being a newb..
BRO just reflash same russian rom again using odin.... problem will be solved.....
Or try to flash lollipop 5.0 bootloader may be it can solve booting problem
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Thanks mahi,
I am able to boot into download mode hoding volume down button and recovery mode holding volume up button. Should i try to do following in present condition without Reflash lollipop rom
Wipe cache
OR
factory reset
Data is not important as I have all my important data on memory card (video/images)
Phone is alive again:
Did following things to recover the phone which was not booting:
1. wipe cache partition
Nothing happened, was still getting those application stop issues, phone was unable to boot.
2. wipe/reset data
Phone came back alive.. all applications got uninstalled except Super-Su Free from Chainfire.
I am able to open the application Super-su properly.
How can i confirm.. If there is nothing wrong and proceeding ahead with setting upon the mobile again.
Edit 2
Went to Recovery Mode and Download Mode, did nothing..
Again started having the same boot issues, all applications getting stopped
WEIRD !!
Probably.. should reflash entire thing again.. ?
IODroids said:
Edit 2
Went to Recovery Mode and Download Mode, did nothing..
Again started having the same boot issues, all applications getting stopped
WEIRD !!
Probably.. should reflash entire thing again.. ?
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Reflash the ROM via odin, then factory reset and clear cache before first boot.
you have one solution go to download mode , go to sammobile download the official firmware for you device and your country connected your device with pc download the lateest version of odin . install and oppen odin go to pda .chose the firmware that you downloaded from sammobile install clik start and the problem soved
Not sure.. How i updated lollipop last time or rooted device . (local mobile repairers who work for rooting when paid are not at all knowledgeable)
I always got STOCK recovery MODE option, just tried to get into recovery MODE on a Note 2, and got same menu options.. like i have in NOTE 3.
Few minutes later, followed all instructions in this thread again:
Thanks to dr.ketan and cryostasis25..
I used same file again = n900-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-kk_L5.0(0812).tar
And now I am getting a different recovery MODE option..
(PROBABLY, i have to MYSELF spend more time reading/understanding terms.. before going ahead).
Now top title of recovery mode displays "CWM-based reocovery v6.0.5.0"
Giving few many options to select from list. (I never got this recovery mode before ??? )
All my last wiped applications are intact as well.. (wiped around 6-8 hours ago)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58775300&postcount=5
I am not sure still, what i tried/did.. Any guidance shall be a miracle.. for a newb
Tried going to recovery mode/download mode several times now, and phone wont crash
Kindly let me know what/where i did wrong..
Edit 1
I am also getting an option now to install dr.ketan ROM from recovery mode.. will try that for sure 
Once I receive some responses (to a newb)
Edit 2
I can still find I am rooted, Chanfire su app still appears installed and runs perfectly fine..
Regards,
edied using fre love xda
No worries man....you are on cwm recovery.....its a custom recovery.....that file which you were to flash before(signature verification error) will now flash easily
Karamvir said:
No worries man....you are on cwm recovery.....its a custom recovery.....that file which you were to flash before(signature verification error) will now flash easily
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Thanks m8.
Did lot of crashing and now finally learnt basics.
Yaar XDA is great to learn I have around 10+ android sites but now I barely visit those except XDA.
People are great here, probably newbie like me should search more. {search here sucks a bit, I want results only for forum and I get portal article too}
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Yeah xda is just.....you know after a few years you'll be laughing at all the stupid things you did as a noob......u know what brought me to xda in the first place .....I wanted to install iOS on my puny galaxy 551.....lol.....
Another one .....once I replace the build.prop file of my galaxy 551 with that from galaxy note......device choked while booting up.....that was the first time i flashed something with odin....
So the point is every one has gone through the same thing over here....so other's understand your situation.....and are willing to help....long live xda
Hello all!
First of all i want to thank this site (and the people behind it) that makes everything android possible.
I feel privileged to be a member of this forum specially on rough times like what i am facing right now.
I rooted my Galaxy A8-A800i the other day and everything went great. I followed the instructions that i found here. Unfortunately, yesterday i turned off the OEM Unlock on my phone. Now, as the thread title says it. it is stuck on the Logo Screen with the annoying " Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock ". i read a guide that ashyx made and i felt stupid. I didn't know that turning the OEM Unlock will do that to my Phone.
Right now, I am digging deep on this forums to try and revive my phone that is currently in Brick state.
i am downloading a firmware from sammobile for my phone, the problem i have is... i don't know how to use it. I don't know much about my phone but I do want to learn a lot and i know that this is the right place. I would like to ask assistance on how to use the firmware that I am downloading right now, and also, can i make the Knox Counter go "0" again?
Thanks for everything guys. I highly appreciate everything i've learned here so far.
rissered said:
Hello all!
First of all i want to thank this site (and the people behind it) that makes everything android possible.
I feel privileged to be a member of this forum specially on rough times like what i am facing right now.
I rooted my Galaxy A8-A800i the other day and everything went great. I followed the instructions that i found here. Unfortunately, yesterday i turned off the OEM Unlock on my phone. Now, as the thread title says it. it is stuck on the Logo Screen with the annoying " Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock ". i read a guide that ashyx made and i felt stupid. I didn't know that turning the OEM Unlock will do that to my Phone.
Right now, I am digging deep on this forums to try and revive my phone that is currently in Brick state.
i am downloading a firmware from sammobile for my phone, the problem i have is... i don't know how to use it. I don't know much about my phone but I do want to learn a lot and i know that this is the right place. I would like to ask assistance on how to use the firmware that I am downloading right now, and also, can i make the Knox Counter go "0" again?
Thanks for everything guys. I highly appreciate everything i've learned here so far.
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you can try flashing the official firmware I hope it fixes your phone.
and knox cannot be reset to 0
nepalbiraj said:
you can try flashing the official firmware I hope it fixes your phone.
and knox cannot be reset to 0
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Thank you!... i downloaded the stock firmware from sammobile. but whenever i extract it there's a rar message saying it is corrupted so i DLed a new one, it has the same result. I haven't tried using it to fix my phone but i will try right now. Ill give an update on how it goes.
Tried flashing the new firmware but Odin can't detect my phone. i have the latest Driver for SAMSUNG and i have the latest Odin. I tried restarting my phone and my computer several times but it still fails. i am really frustrated and our of options right now. Even if Odin detects my phone there's no guarantee that the stock firmware will be installed properly since it always shows corrupt when i extract it from zip
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Tried flashing the new firmware but Odin can't detect my phone. i have the latest Driver for SAMSUNG and i have the latest Odin. I tried restarting my phone and my computer several times but it still fails. i am really frustrated and our of options right now. Even if Odin detects my phone there's no guarantee that the stock firmware will be installed properly since it always shows corrupt when i extract it from zip
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Install the Samsung drivers first, reboot your pc.
Start odin in Admin mode then put your device in download mode, plug in the usb cable. Your device should be detected.
Don't try flashing a corrupt firmware, it will be rejected anyway as it will fail the md5 check.
I suggest you use a different browser to download.
@ashyx hey! thanks for all your help. my internet went offline while i was trying to respond to the other thread. my phone is now fixed with your help. Thank you so much! only took 3 mins for the while Odin flashing to complete
This issue is now FIXED
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This issue is now FIXED
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but how? I have installed official firmware and flashed via odin and it shows"success", but then it gets stuck in the samsung logo. please help
Ok so I received my new carrier unlocked s5 phone today I tried the brick bug app it says its a 11 device, the android version is BPB1 = 5.0
what can I actually do with this device?
I went threw the setup wizard and then downloaded kingroot to the phone and ran the app and it did not work for rooting. says (root failed no strategy now)
so I was unable to root is this device even root-able. can I do anything to get a custom recovery I would prefer philz touch or Clockwork mod recovery should I just pitch this phone ?
feeling hopeless.
ok so since the kingroot app did not work I tried the method located here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
rebooted the phone and then was stuck in a boot loop had to reflash to get it to boot back up still no root...
please help me I have no idea what to do now.
is this phone root able at all is any devs still working on this or no.
what do I do ?
Did you follow the instructions that were displayed in root.bat?
leotakacs said:
Did you follow the instructions that were displayed in root.bat?
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yes It rebooted my phone and downloaded/flashed whatever u call it with Odin but after the phone rebooted it would not boot just was stick on the loading samsung screen for about 5 mins so it bricked on me I had to download the stock flash from the official website and re flash the AP to get the phone to even come back on as restoring it from the stock recovery did nothing.
It bricked after flashing NK2_kernel, correct?
leotakacs said:
It bricked after flashing NK2_kernel, correct?
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yes I believe so
That was supposed to happen. Restart the process but read ALL of the instructions in root.bat
meistfx said:
yes It rebooted my phone and downloaded/flashed whatever u call it with Odin but after the phone rebooted it would not boot just was stick on the loading samsung screen for about 5 mins so it bricked on me I had to download the stock flash from the official website and re flash the AP to get the phone to even come back on as restoring it from the stock recovery did nothing.
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Put the phone in the download mode and odin the pb1 kernel .
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Put the phone in the download mode and odin the pb1 kernel .
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No, that would disrupt the rooting process. Part of the rooting process is the phone getting softbricked.
Yes I tired phone was in download mode, debugging was on pc was set to remember, verify was unchecked. flashed via odin but the phone never reconnected after words
Idk why but that has happened to me before so yeah That can happen sometime
So flash nk2 kernel again and use root2 bat
Ok after about a hour or so I was fully able to do this on a 11 device using Kingroot/Safestrap .
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Hey there everyone,
I wanted to root my s8 (sm-950f) and when I flashed twrp my phone initially got stuck in Samsung logo. After managing to shut it down I tried to go to recovery mode to wipe everything and perform a factory reset but I can not do it. All that happens is I get to s8 screen and it reads in red on top left of the screen "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed" and it keeps resetting itself. I can access download mode but that's it, I can't do anything else. Currently downloading a stock firmware to try and flash it but with the free downloads it's taking its time. Any help appreciated, I really want to unbrick my phone
note: It shows FRP and OEM lock to be off in download mode, i dont even know if i'll even be able to flash a new fw. Do I just have a very expensive brick in my hands now?
nekropok said:
Hey there everyone,
I wanted to root my s8 (sm-950f) and when I flashed twrp my phone initially got stuck in Samsung logo. After managing to shut it down I tried to go to recovery mode to wipe everything and perform a factory reset but I can not do it. All that happens is I get to s8 screen and it reads in red on top left of the screen "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed" and it keeps resetting itself. I can access download mode but that's it, I can't do anything else. Currently downloading a stock firmware to try and flash it but with the free downloads it's taking its time. Any help appreciated, I really want to unbrick my phone
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This must be a international S8... Did you activate oem unlock in developer settings before flashing twrp
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I'm not sure if it's international, it's most likely a Turkish version.
And yeah to your question
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I'm not sure if it's international, it's most likely a Turkish version.
And yeah to your question
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But you know for a fact that there's a twrp version for your device.... Not good to do these expensive phones like that without officially having all the facts
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Well it's too late for that now, I need actual solutions. I also tried smart switch - it doesn't recognize the phone
nekropok said:
Well it's too late for that now, I need actual solutions. I also tried smart switch - it doesn't recognize the phone
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On the xda thread for your device there aren't no stock roms uploaded to Android host for fast download so you can flash in Odin and start the process of twrp again or just leave it alone you have a S8 it's good money
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WHEW. Flashing a stock firmware seems to have fixed the issue. Mods can lock the thread.
nekropok said:
WHEW. Flashing a stock firmware seems to have fixed the issue. Mods can lock the thread.
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You going to give up on twrp
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I do want to root, but I don't want to approach it without knowing all my facts, do you have any suggestions for guides for Android 9.0?
nekropok said:
I do want to root, but I don't want to approach it without knowing all my facts, do you have any suggestions for guides for Android 9.0?
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Just look in your device forum everything Is there however your device is a international cause it ends in with the F so twrp does work for your device..... You just need to find the specific one for your model once you have twrp you can install a android 9 custom rom
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I had same issue as you and was pointed towards this thread may be of some use to you?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...w-to/guide-root-install-twrp-samsung-t3747535
Problem on my S8
PoochyX said:
This must be a international S8... Did you activate oem unlock in developer settings before flashing twrp
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Sorry but I have a serious problem. I have activated oem and debug usb on developer option, but I can't install TWRP. I have tried with odin, prince cosmy odin, odin patched but FAIL everywhere, please help me, I just want twrp and i want to install a custom rom. thanks in advance everyone. If is a problem answer me here, you can send me a pvt message. I tried it from 3 days with the same FAILS :_(
I had this problem too a year ago but wasn't able to reflash the official firmware, but when I went to Samsung they fixed it for free even though Knox was already tripped
FabiusMod said:
Sorry but I have a serious problem. I have activated oem and debug usb on developer option, but I can't install TWRP. I have tried with odin, prince cosmy odin, odin patched but FAIL everywhere, please help me, I just want twrp and i want to install a custom rom. thanks in advance everyone. If is a problem answer me here, you can send me a pvt message. I tried it from 3 days with the same FAILS :_(
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are you able to flash the stock firmware on it and get it to boot without TWRP installed?
I am with a stock rom now, The device works fine.