Hello all.
I suspect that my Verizon S5 has a bad eMMC. I read that there is a bug in ODIN that allows you to flash a ROM to SD instead (TFlash mode), but I'm not really sure how to do this. A paper was written on this, but I am not at the level to truly understand how this works.
https://www.sstic.org/media/SSTIC20...ticle-attacking_samsung_secure_boot-basse.pdf
Is there anything I can do with this to revive my S5?
All help appreciated.
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Hello and thanks in advance for any help!
I am A NOOB, at the whole android software/rooting/unbricking.
So I am having issues while unbricking my currently bricked tablet, the way it goes is it will get a quarter way through recovery mode and then the entire process stops and I get the caution sign inside the triangle.
I have the update.zip file on my sd card, but unable to mount the image and boot files on the internal SD, so they are also on my sd card.
Startup reads Secure Boot: Image LNX checksum Fail!
So what I'm asking for is a way out, to even go back to stock would be fine with me, with no attempts to go on with systems I am unfamiliar with.
Any help is appreciated so much, currently deployed for the Air Force. So computer access is limited, and all I have is my bricked tablet. So if I am slow, I appologize.
How did you brick it. Do you have a external SD card?
Originally tried to root it.
Silly me, I really didn't know what I was doing, and long story short, Im bricked.
Yes I do have an external SD Card.
There is a thread in the development section about fixing checksum errors. Read it.
Hello, everybody.
First I'd like to thank xda for existing and providing for such a great place for customization of phones, getting information and giving great tools.
Now, I'm a complete and utter newbie when it comes to this, this is my first android device ever and I haven't bothered doing any customization with phones ever since I retired my old Motorolla a925 in 2007 or so.
So I'm trying to be really cautious when installing a new ROM and have some questions:
First one is concerning TWRP. I cannot install it. I downloaded Goomanager like I was told, pushed the 'install OpenRecoveryScript' but it says that "No recoveries were found for your device". I suspect this is because the phone I bought was already rooted. My friends visited Dubai previous week and brought it for me from there.
If this helps, my build is N9005XXUMBMI7. Also, I cannot update my device because "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available."
Do I have to install updates and TWRP manually or change my build?
Second, what kind of ROM would you guys suggest? What are the most popular ones?
There are so many of them and since I'm so new about all of this I have barely any idea how they differ from one another. Someone told me that Cyogenmod is really great for Android devices and suggested Slim Bean but after searching a bit on the net it seems that they are not available for Note 3. Does anyone know if they are developing them for Note 3 yet and when they will be available?
My personal criteria for custom ROMs go like this: improving the performance and batter as much as possible. Removing as much as possible of bloatware, freeing up as much as possible space.
Third,
reading the installation guides I'm not certain if when I'm installing a custom ROM should I keep the ROM files on the computer, connect the phone and then install. Or should I put the files in the internal memory? Or do I put them on the SD card, put the SD card into the phone and install from there?
Thanks for reading this, I apologize if I made an impasse. I tried to search a little bit but couldn't find answers.
DkayBlack said:
Hello, everybody.
First I'd like to thank xda for existing and providing for such a great place for customization of phones, getting information and giving great tools.
Now, I'm a complete and utter newbie when it comes to this, this is my first android device ever and I haven't bothered doing any customization with phones ever since I retired my old Motorolla a925 in 2007 or so.
So I'm trying to be really cautious when installing a new ROM and have some questions:
First one is concerning TWRP. I cannot install it. I downloaded Goomanager like I was told, pushed the 'install OpenRecoveryScript' but it says that "No recoveries were found for your device". I suspect this is because the phone I bought was already rooted. My friends visited Dubai previous week and brought it for me from there.
If this helps, my build is N9005XXUMBMI7. Also, I cannot update my device because "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available."
Do I have to install updates and TWRP manually or change my build?
Second, what kind of ROM would you guys suggest? What are the most popular ones?
There are so many of them and since I'm so new about all of this I have barely any idea how they differ from one another. Someone told me that Cyogenmod is really great for Android devices and suggested Slim Bean but after searching a bit on the net it seems that they are not available for Note 3. Does anyone know if they are developing them for Note 3 yet and when they will be available?
My personal criteria for custom ROMs go like this: improving the performance and batter as much as possible. Removing as much as possible of bloatware, freeing up as much as possible space.
Third,
reading the installation guides I'm not certain if when I'm installing a custom ROM should I keep the ROM files on the computer, connect the phone and then install. Or should I put the files in the internal memory? Or do I put them on the SD card, put the SD card into the phone and install from there?
Thanks for reading this, I apologize if I made an impasse. I tried to search a little bit but couldn't find answers.
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First your device must be rooted. to check if it is rooted get Root checker from playstore and run it. Go to main page of TWRP, search for your device ie Samsung galaxy Note 3, choose your device code ie International hlte or whatever your device code may be. Click it then go down the list of servers to download the file to your computer. once the file has been downloaded, use Odin to flash it under PDA then reboot.
After you have Custom Recovery installed, you can Flash any ROM written for your device model ie N9005 or N900 etc...To flash ROMs you need to have the ROM zip file in either your internal storage or your external SD Card. I most of the time download them straight into my my SD Card to save myself from transferring the file from my computer to my phone.
Good luck.
doodydood said:
First your device must be rooted. to check if it is rooted get Root checker from playstore and run it. Go to main page of TWRP, search for your device ie Samsung galaxy Note 3, choose your device code ie International hlte or whatever your device code may be. Click it then go down the list of servers to download the file to your computer. once the file has been downloaded, use Odin to flash it under PDA then reboot.
After you have Custom Recovery installed, you can Flash any ROM written for your device model ie N9005 or N900 etc...To flash ROMs you need to have the ROM zip file in either your internal storage or your external SD Card. I most of the time download them straight into my my SD Card to save myself from transferring the file from my computer to my phone.
Good luck.
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Thanks.
My device is definately rooted. I didn't root it myself though. I checked with the rootchecker and even have few apps istalled which need root, like
Adaway.
The TWRP installation through Goomanager seemed to be the most retard-proof so I'm concerned that if I get error messages doing it that way there might be something wrong with my phone so I didn't try other methods (even though I was aware of them)
To clarify, 'External SD card' is the normal card which you can put in and out of the phone (like SIM)? Because when I heard 'external' I tend to think about something that is outside the phone connected by usb.
Ok guys, can someone explain me how to use Odin? Assume that I'm a complete retard.
What version do I use for Note 3 n9005? I searched around but couldn't find any versions that explicitly said that they are compatible with my phone. I am talking about the desktop version of course not the mobile one.
How do I use it? Could I get step by step instructions, please? I downloaded the TWRP file from their site, now what?
There are guides and videos on the net and I watched/read some of them but none for my device. I am (understandably) nervous about my very first attempt at installing a custom ROM. Don't want to turn my expensive phone into a brick. Still, I'm willing to take chances to remove all the bloatware and improve the battery life.
Also could I get answers for my previous questions about ROMs?
Use mobile odin pro. Purchase if needed. Its all you need for flashing. Didnt look at pc eversince. Anyway back to topic. Download .tar file for twrp for ur phone model. Open mobile odin. Download whatever needed by mobile odin. Load the twrp recovery.tar file and flash away.
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hayabusa08 said:
Use mobile odin pro. Purchase if needed. Its all you need for flashing. Didnt look at pc eversince. Anyway back to topic. Download .tar file for twrp for ur phone model. Open mobile odin. Download whatever needed by mobile odin. Load the twrp recovery.tar file and flash away.
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I was hoping on doing this without using any money. Is doing it with the mobile version the safest method? If it is really much safer than other variants, I'll spend some money just for that.
DkayBlack said:
I was hoping on doing this without using any money. Is doing it with the mobile version the safest method? If it is really much safer than other variants, I'll spend some money just for that.
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here you are have a look and all will come clear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcWkKuU9Fyo
I have a question. Let's say we don't want somebody to ever recover our stuff like user data and pictures on internal memory after we sell them a phone. What's the most secure and thorough way to destroy all data on the S4, making it impossible to recover, short of destroying the phone? As far as my experience..I am rooted, Ive used odin a bit, and Ive flashed several ROMs in the past. Help would be greatly appreciated!
Throw it in a fire.
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Short of Daniel's suggestion, which is the best by the way to be absolutely sure of it; format your internal and externalSD cards (can be done inside of Android). Then use PC Odin to flash a stock ROM - all depending on what version your one now. Probably best to go with MK2 since you're selling it.
leaderbuilder said:
Short of Daniel's suggestion, which is the best by the way to be absolutely sure of it; format your internal and externalSD cards (can be done inside of Android). Then use PC Odin to flash a stock ROM - all depending on what version your one now. Probably best to go with MK2 since you're selling it.
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Thanks!
Hello everyone,
Before anyone tries to point out that this thread has similar predecessors, let me clarify. I have checked the other threads, and they are either outdated, or do not apply to my case.
I use the SGH-i337 with mk2 firmware, rooted with superSU installed and binary counter reset via TriangleAway.
So here's the situation:
Since I have quite a bit of music, I purchased a 32GB MicroSD that I use with the device. The thing is, since there is so much music, and I can only use FAT32 out of the box, data loss is quite severe. I end up with a quarter of my library virtually unusable (tracks blend in with each other, random segments are inserted and removed from files).
As most of us know, EXT4 has none of these problems, nor does it have that 4GB limit per file that FAT has, but the OEM rom simply does not support (or rather blocks support of) the filesystem format. I have thought about switching to a custom rom, but the problem is that AT&T locked this down pretty well even on mk2, so that the bootloader is virtually unchangeable.
Could someone help me with this? Also, if there is a "safe" way of unlocking the bootloader, I'd be up to that as well.
Thanks before hand.
There is no way to unlock the boot loader.
Have you tried the exfat format?
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jmjoyas said:
There is no way to unlock the boot loader
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Too bad
I have tried using exfat, and although the results are quite a bit better, there is still file loss occurring.
I was doing root and unlocking the Samsung bootloader (using EZ-Unlock14.apk) to install a rom with a newer Android, I ended up bricking the cell phone.
I've always done these processes using ODIN on Samsungs and on other phones, it had never given problem. Unfortunately this time gave
I wanted to ask for help if anyone knows a method that really works and that will not be expensive.
I've been researching:
I tried USB JIG. but it does not seem to have worked;
I also saw one that uses the Win32 Disk Imager, to put the unbrick file in SD. But it looks like it has to be a class 10 SD of 16GB or more (I don't have one of that kind);
And finally, the JTAG.
I'm worried about having to be the last one, because I've seen that it's expensive and it would not pay for me to pay. :crying:
If anyone knows and can help me, I would be very grateful!
I'm sorry for my English, I'm learning.
Does the phone power up? If not, I think jtag is the only solution.