This is a guide to revert your phone to a stock rom and recovery from a custom rom
Disclaimar: I have tested this process on my phone and its working perfectly. However, please proceed at your own risk. Neither me nor my cat will be responsible if anything happens to your phone or if a nuclear war starts because of the steps in this guide/tutorial.
Carry out each steps carefully and in order.
Steps-
1)Download the following file, extract it and install the drivers and PDANet from subfolder number 1-
https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=a8c496f804111624&resid=A8C496F804111624!793&parId=A8C496F804111624!788&authkey=!ALSImEVdBsmkGk4&ithint=file,rar
2) Download the offline update package from here and rename it as update-
http://g3.letv.cn/194/1/65/letv-hdt...1S-5.5.012S.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500
3) Place the offline update package at the root of your internal memory. Make sure the name is update and nothing else
4) Enable USB debugging-
Open Settings > About Phone Then tap “Build number” seven times to enable Developer options. ... Go back to Settings menu and now you'll be able to see “Developer options” there. Tap it and turn on USB Debugging from the menu on the next screen.
5) Connect the phone with the computer using a USB cable and wait till the drivers get installed.
6) Lock bootloader-
Open the folder (vishal1286) you downloaded and go to folder 3 > adb. On the computer keyboard press & hold the shift key and right click on the mouse. Now click on "open command window here". In the command window type- adb reboot bootloader Once the phone boots into the bootloader mode, type- fastboot oem lock. Wait for sometime and press the Volume Up button once. Your bootloader will be locked now. Now switch off your phone by pressing and holding the power button of the phone for ten seconds. (Repeat this process of switching off your phone if it powers back on.) Remove the USB cable from the phone.
7) Select scatter file-
Open the folder (vishal1286) you downloaded, go to folder 3 > SP-Flash-Tool-v5.1532.00 and double-click on flash_tool.exe
8) Select scatter file- Click on Scatter-loading and select the scatter file from subfolder 2.
9) Select Userdata.img-
Untick recovery from the populated list below and make sure userdata is ticked. Now click on the download button. Keep pressing the Volume down key and attach the USB cable to the phone. The process of flashing will start and at the bottom you will first see a red bar and then a yellow bar. When it successfully completes you will get a succcess popup. Click on OK in the popup. Remove the USB cable from the phone.
10) Select recovery.img-
Untick userdata from the populated list below and make sure recovery is ticked. Now click on the download button. Keep pressing the Volume down key and attach the USB cable to the phone. The process of flashing will start and at the bottom you will first see a red bar and then a yellow bar. When it successfully completes you will get a succcess popup. Click on OK in the popup.
11) Flashing stock rom-
Press and hold Volume up button and power button together till the phone boots in recovery mode. Select "Update System" and uncheck Clear Data. (If you get a warning click on OK.) Now click on start. The flashing of stock rom will start.
12) Additional Step-
If you are coming from an another rom or if you want a clean phone, its better you do a factory reset. Press and hold Volume up button and power button together till the phone boots in recovery mode. Select "Clear Data" and uncheck Update System. (If you get a warning click on OK.) Now click on start. Once its reset. Click on restart. Dats it.
Credits: naeem210 from Letv India Forum
vishal1286 said:
This is a guide to revert your phone to a stock rom and recovery from a custom rom
Disclaimar: I have tested this process on my phone and its working perfectly. However, please proceed at your own risk. Neither me nor my cat will be responsible if anything happens to your phone or if a nuclear war starts because of the steps in this guide/tutorial.
Carry out each steps carefully and in order.
Steps-
1)Download the following file, extract it and install the drivers and PDANet from subfolder number 1-
https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=a8c496f804111624&resid=A8C496F804111624!793&parId=A8C496F804111624!788&authkey=!ALSImEVdBsmkGk4&ithint=file,rar
2) Download the offline update package from here and rename it as update-
http://g3.letv.cn/194/1/65/letv-hdt...1S-5.5.012S.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500
3) Place the offline update package at the root of your internal memory. Make sure the name is update and nothing else
4) Enable USB debugging-
Open Settings > About Phone Then tap “Build number” seven times to enable Developer options. ... Go back to Settings menu and now you'll be able to see “Developer options” there. Tap it and turn on USB Debugging from the menu on the next screen.
5) Connect the phone with the computer using a USB cable and wait till the drivers get installed.
6) Lock bootloader-
Open the folder (vishal1286) you downloaded and go to folder 3 > adb. On the computer keyboard press & hold the shift key and right click on the mouse. Now click on "open command window here". In the command window type- adb reboot bootloader Once the phone boots into the bootloader mode, type- fastboot oem lock. Wait for sometime and press the Volume Up button once. Your bootloader will be locked now. Now switch off your phone by pressing and holding the power button of the phone for ten seconds. (Repeat this process of switching off your phone if it powers back on.) Remove the USB cable from the phone.
7) Select scatter file-
Open the folder (vishal1286) you downloaded, go to folder 3 > SP-Flash-Tool-v5.1532.00 and double-click on flash_tool.exe
8) Select scatter file- Click on Scatter-loading and select the scatter file from subfolder 2.
9) Select Userdata.img-
Untick recovery from the populated list below and make sure userdata is ticked. Now click on the download button. Keep pressing the Volume down key and attach the USB cable to the phone. The process of flashing will start and at the bottom you will first see a red bar and then a yellow bar. When it successfully completes you will get a succcess popup. Click on OK in the popup. Remove the USB cable from the phone.
10) Select recovery.img-
Untick userdata from the populated list below and make sure recovery is ticked. Now click on the download button. Keep pressing the Volume down key and attach the USB cable to the phone. The process of flashing will start and at the bottom you will first see a red bar and then a yellow bar. When it successfully completes you will get a succcess popup. Click on OK in the popup.
11) Flashing stock rom-
Press and hold Volume up button and power button together till the phone boots in recovery mode. Select "Update System" and uncheck Clear Data. (If you get a warning click on OK.) Now click on start. The flashing of stock rom will start.
12) Additional Step-
If you are coming from an another rom or if you want a clean phone, its better you do a factory reset. Press and hold Volume up button and power button together till the phone boots in recovery mode. Select "Clear Data" and uncheck Update System. (If you get a warning click on OK.) Now click on start. Once its reset. Click on restart. Dats it.
Credits: naeem210 from Letv India Forum
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##Things you need##
USB cable
S4 GT-i9505
4.4.2 firmware
I9505_XXUAME2 modem
regionlockaway
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1.Download stock firmware 4.4.2 (firmware found on sammobile)
2.Download Laest Odin and install samsung drivers
3.Power off phone
4.Hold power button + volume down, select volume up to enter download mode
5.Once you see the green Android and says Now downloading..you are good to go
6.plug in usb cable and connect your phone..see step 16 and 17 to see how to enter developer mode.
7.Launch Odin and make sure choose Run as administartor
8.Odin will say Added! on ur left..also you will see which com its using..can be for example COM3 or COM4...point is, its not the same for every computer
9.the latest ODin has BL, AP, CP etc
10.now lets do this! Choose AP and Load ur stock 4.4.2 firmware, odin will sometime say not responding but dont worry after a moment it will finish loading..check the logs on the left. also make sure autoreboot is check and reset time..these option are checked by default. DONOT TICK OTHER OPTIONS..JUST DONT.
11.Once loaded, click Start and Odin on top left will show you a progress bar on how much until done..this will take sometime..sit back and relax
12.once done, your phone will restart and start loading the new firmware, if stuck on samsung bootlogo continue to step 13 if not skip to step 15
13.Remove your battery and put it back on and hold power button + volume up to enter recovery mode.
14.Once you see recovery mode, scroll down using volume down, select reset cache/factory setting, press power button to select, scroll down again on YES an click power button to select, once done, go to main menu and select reboot system
15. Ok wait patiently for ur phone to load the firmware, once loaded..skip the user setting as much as possible..like setting user acc,time and date etc...
16.go to settings, more, scroll down, select about device,check os version..should be 4.4.2
17. now scroll down more and see build number..tap on that a few times until its says ur now developer.
18.tap back, in settings menu, you will now see developer options, enter developer options and check usb debugging
19.Now the tricky part, we will now change the baseband to get several option unlock in the service menu..mainly to get this option PERSO SHA256 OFF in the service menu. if most of u have upgraded to 5.01 firmware and tried every unlock method..but not working..This method works 100%.
20.Assuming all drivers working perfecty, usb debugging On, turn phone off and go to download mode, hold power button+volume down, select volume up to continue
21.now ur in download mode again, Download I9505XXUAME2 which can be found in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 and extract the zip file to a folder.
22.Launch ODin (run as ADministrator), make sure ur phone is added!, select CP and select I9505_XXUAME2_MODEM.tar.md5 and click start,when finished ur phone will restart
23. Almost there! , so now go to settings,more, about device,check baseband, should say I9505XXUAME2, if so ur good to go
24.now u can check this http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/ to see how to get to service menu
25.i will tell u anyways..go to dialer, type *#0011#, touch menu on phone, select key input, type 1 (sometimes i type Q0 if 1 doesnt work), press ok, press menu again, press back in menu..wait until u get the service menu, go debug screen, phone control, network lock, and there it is! the damn PERSO SHA256 OFF.click on that, u can continue to follow the guide in the link with photos where its says go back to main menu and go COMMOn, nv rebuild, restore backup..do that too.
26.now ur phone will restart and in my case it didnt unlock my carrier. what a bummer but fear not we shall continue..
27. Now you have to root this phone, iv downloaded kingoroot for this..use whatever method u like to root ur phone.
28.now assuming ur phone is rooted, download regionlockaway follow this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2370437&d=1383564029
29.now copy regionlock to ur phone using usb cable..should be easy ,use file manager on ur phone, install it, requires root access..click accept, launch the app, click on regionlock
30.it will say updating modem, finally it will show patch seems to be successful.blah blah blah ..choose reboot now and thats it your done!
31.if u dont see ur carrier, go to settings, connections tab, more networks, mobile networks..choose ur carrier, wait for it to register and finally ur done
Note:u can update ur modem to new version because the unlock is permanent, changing firmware or baseband will not lock the phone ENJOY
nuback said:
##Things you need##
USB cable
S4 GT-i9505
4.4.2 firmware
I9505_XXUAME2 modem
regionlockaway
##################
1.Download stock firmware 4.4.2 (firmware found on sammobile)
2.Download Laest Odin and install samsung drivers
3.Power off phone
4.Hold power button + volume down, select volume up to enter download mode
5.Once you see the green Android and says Now downloading..you are good to go
6.plug in usb cable and connect your phone..see step 16 and 17 to see how to enter developer mode.
7.Launch Odin and make sure choose Run as administartor
8.Odin will say Added! on ur left..also you will see which com its using..can be for example COM3 or COM4...point is, its not the same for every computer
9.the latest ODin has BL, AP, CP etc
10.now lets do this! Choose AP and Load ur stock 4.4.2 firmware, odin will sometime say not responding but dont worry after a moment it will finish loading..check the logs on the left. also make sure autoreboot is check and reset time..these option are checked by default. DONOT TICK OTHER OPTIONS..JUST DONT.
11.Once loaded, click Start and Odin on top left will show you a progress bar on how much until done..this will take sometime..sit back and relax
12.once done, your phone will restart and start loading the new firmware, if stuck on samsung bootlogo continue to step 13 if not skip to step 15
13.Remove your battery and put it back on and hold power button + volume up to enter recovery mode.
14.Once you see recovery mode, scroll down using volume down, select reset cache/factory setting, press power button to select, scroll down again on YES an click power button to select, once done, go to main menu and select reboot system
15. Ok wait patiently for ur phone to load the firmware, once loaded..skip the user setting as much as possible..like setting user acc,time and date etc...
16.go to settings, more, scroll down, select about device,check os version..should be 4.4.2
17. now scroll down more and see build number..tap on that a few times until its says ur now developer.
18.tap back, in settings menu, you will now see developer options, enter developer options and check usb debugging
19.Now the tricky part, we will now change the baseband to get several option unlock in the service menu..mainly to get this option PERSO SHA256 OFF in the service menu. if most of u have upgraded to 5.01 firmware and tried every unlock method..but not working..This method works 100%.
20.Assuming all drivers working perfecty, usb debugging On, turn phone off and go to download mode, hold power button+volume down, select volume up to continue
21.now ur in download mode again, Download I9505XXUAME2 which can be found in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 and extract the zip file to a folder.
22.Launch ODin (run as ADministrator), make sure ur phone is added!, select CP and select I9505_XXUAME2_MODEM.tar.md5 and click start,when finished ur phone will restart
23. Almost there! , so now go to settings,more, about device,check baseband, should say I9505XXUAME2, if so ur good to go
24.now u can check this http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/ to see how to get to service menu
25.i will tell u anyways..go to dialer, type *#0011#, touch menu on phone, select key input, type 1 (sometimes i type Q0 if 1 doesnt work), press ok, press menu again, press back in menu..wait until u get the service menu, go debug screen, phone control, network lock, and there it is! the damn PERSO SHA256 OFF.click on that, u can continue to follow the guide in the link with photos where its says go back to main menu and go COMMOn, nv rebuild, restore backup..do that too.
26.now ur phone will restart and in my case it didnt unlock my carrier. what a bummer but fear not we shall continue..
27. Now you have to root this phone, iv downloaded kingoroot for this..use whatever method u like to root ur phone.
28.now assuming ur phone is rooted, download regionlockaway follow this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470551 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2370437&d=1383564029
29.now copy regionlock to ur phone using usb cable..should be easy ,use file manager on ur phone, install it, requires root access..click accept, launch the app, click on regionlock
30.it will say updating modem, finally it will show patch seems to be successful.blah blah blah ..choose reboot now and thats it your done!
31.if u dont see ur carrier, go to settings, connections tab, more networks, mobile networks..choose ur carrier, wait for it to register and finally ur done
Note:u can update ur modem to new version because the unlock is permanent, changing firmware or baseband will not lock the phone ENJOY
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Please the link u provided for the modem is "rar" instead of "tar" are they the same thing?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA-Developers mobile app
I was hoping to see more development for the Samsung Galaxy A5 2015. I know that there are some posts but in limited variants, specially if I want to have "theme store" or the white notifications panel which we have seen in the S6 or A5 (2016)... and we do have Marshmallow, but I guess that this version is more light, to make us buy the next phone and with these limited aestetics it gets boring or outdated. Anyway, my variant is SM-A500M and I've just recently found a method to root this variant with Marshmallow but honestly there's not much to do with this variant. I just want to request more mods and a way to have a refresh for this phone because it gets boring as hell to swipe the homescreens and it feels with lags, there's no more dynamic.
Thanks.
Can you post how you managed to root your phone ? I have the same model and i want to root too
Kaleu Farias said:
Can you post how you managed to root your phone ? I have the same model and i want to root too
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Before starting, please be aware that rooting will void your warranty and if the steps I have given below are not done properly, you will brick your device. Please don't blame me if you got your device bricked.
1. Firstly, you need a windows pc and then go to this link and download the whole folder with the name "Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 Root Method". Do not miss a file and extract all the files from the zip into the folder with a name "Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 Root Method" . Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...lP?usp=sharing
2. Then navigate to the folder called "Odin3_v3.09" and run the file with name "Odin3 v3.09.exe". Run it with admin rights.
3. In you phone, navigate to developer options and turn on "USB debugging and (OEM unlock (if it is there))". I am pretty sure that this option will be there. If you don't know how to get developer options, go to setting, about, and tap 3 times on the build number and you will unlock developer options.
4. Now power off your device and reboot into download mode by pressing power button, home button and volume down all together. Press volume up when you see the screen. (the screen is a blue-green colour and it says either press volume up or down, press volume up)
5. Now connect your phone to pc with usb debug enabled on phone.
6. In Odin, If you see device is added, you are good to go. If not reconnect your device.
7. Now in odin, press the button named "AP" and navigate to the "Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 Root Method" and click on the file named "twrp_20191005_a5ultexx (1).tar" and open it.
8. Now in the options section, uncheck "Auto Reboot" and check (if not already) "F. Reset Time". Leave everything else as it is.
9. Press The button "Start"
10. Wait until you see "Pass" in odin.
11. In your phone, you will see that it is "downloading" and there is a white line that is completed. Now to get out of download mode, press power button, home button and volume down all together until you see a black screen.
12. Immediately, you need to press power button, home button and volume up all together until you see the boot screen with yellow text saying "set warranty bit: recovery"
13. Now you will boot into recovery.
14. Now download "Magisk v20.zip" from this link on your pc. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11O2...ew?usp=sharing
Don't extract it.
15. Now drag or copy and paste "Magisk v20.zip" to the phone's internal storage.
16. In your phone, in twrp recovery. press the install button and navigate to "Magisk v20.zip". Press on it.
17. Now swipe to install and wait a few seconds or minutes.
18. After completion, press the "Wipe Cache/Dalvik" button.
19. Afterwards, press reboot (system)
20. If you see the boot screen with "set warranty bit: kernel", you are good to go and wait till it boots the system.
21. Congratulations, your phone is now rooted!
In step 20, if you see "set warranty bit: recovery" and red text above it, try this: Power off the device in twrp (recovery) in the reboot section and connect to a power supply. If you see 'set warranty bit:kernel' and a charging sign, you are good to go. You just need to hold the power button and wait till it turns off and turns on again. Just wait until it boots the system and you are rooted.
I've got a new Tablet SM- T385. A tried to root it and successfully install TWRP and after that I flash Magisk without DM Verification. My phone could not boot up, it asked me to do Verification many times. Then I switch off and Start in TWRP again and flash DM Verification manually again then Reboot into System. After that My phone do not startup and struck in SAMSUNG diming and lighting. It's been more than a half an hour. When I tried to switch off manually no button works. WHAT SHALL I DO? Please help.
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When no button including even any combination key does nit work, follow the steps here:
1. Plug your charger.
2. Press the Power Button at least for 10 seconds.
3. Unplug the Charger.
4. Then Press Home Button + Volum Down then Power Button
5. As soon as the screen goes black, before it start up; Press Volume + Home Button Only
6. Phone will Start into Recovery
7. Then, Wipe Data and Factory Reset.
8. Start into System.
9. Wait for a while......
10. SMILE NOW
Hi,
Out of nowhere my nexus 10 is in april bootloop. At the Google logo it restarts, so after about 5 seconds. I've tries power button + volume down, this results in the screen with android bot on back, text below: Downloading, do not power off. This is not the screen with a red exclamation Mark. I cannot get to this screen.
Then after 2 seconds in the screen, it reboot again. The buttons do not work in this screen.
The computer does not detect the tablet (because it keeps rebooting probably.
Thnx in advance for advice
Put your device in Bootloadermode by pressing all the buttons. An android without text should be in the middle. (if u wanna boot in recovery push volum up or down to navigate and with the power button you do what is written on the left side like"start" or "recovery" etc.)
For resetting it to Stock rom just follow this guide
u will need to download "Nexus Root Toolkit" for this Guide
1.Put your device in bootloader like mentioned befor but dont start anything just let it be. Plug the tablet in.
2. Open"Nexus Root Toolkit"
3. Open it up and then select "Softbricked/Bootloop" then klick on "Flash stock + Unroot"
4.If it says that your device isnt unlocked or u noticed that the Lock state of the device is on Locked then u can unlock it with the "unlock bootloader" option and then repeat step 3.
5. Follow the setup on the screen and then you are good to go.