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This issue was solved for myself and another member here by tracking down the appropriate latest stock firmware for our regions and flashing it with Odin. Note that it took multiple flashes of the same firmware in Odin before it was actually fixed.
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Hi All,
I have a SGH-I337M from Rogers (Canada) and I'm having a hell of a time getting my phone working again. Here's the complete history. I originally took it from stock 4.2.2 to 4.4 Gummy ROM. Everything was working fine with that. I then found out about the easy sim unlock with the stock touchwiz ROM, so I plugged it into Kies to restore it to factory. However, I didn't realize (about a week ago) that they were rolling out the 4.3 update, so lo and behold I wound up with 4.3.
The unlock method was not working on this, so I got hold of the 4.2.2 official ROM and flashed it with Odin. It was at this time that I realized the 4.3 update included the knox bootloader (I think that's the bootloader? I'm still pretty green with this stuff), so of course I wind up with persisting flags showing warranty void, kernel is not seapermissive or whatever the error is, etc etc. ALSO, it was at the time of the 4.3 update that I realized wifi and sound do not work anymore. I flashed back to the Gummy rom, wifi starts working again but not sound.
PHEW, if you made it through that, thanks for your time! Anyway I'm now back at 4.2.2 because I figured I'd try the unlocking at least and... it doesn't work. I read from others that the wifi and sound not working had to do with the modem firmware not matching what the kernel expects, so I took my wifes phone (which is still running 4.2.2 and the unlock worked, also a SGH-I337M), ran the following:
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su
cd mnt/sdcard/
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=backup-NON-HLOS.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=backup-modem.bin
Copied those dumps, wrote them to my busted phone with:
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su
dd if=NON-HLOS.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
reboot
And.... all that to no avail. I'm literally just fumbling through this now because this stuff is going beyond the scope of what I know. Anyone who can help or point me in the right direction would be most appreciated! Thanks for your time!
Fixed
Alright so, as I mentioned the official rogers 4.3 update over Kies is what I believe caused these problems in the first place. What I did however was get hold of the latest official build from this link (RWC-I337MVLUEMK6-20131125124040) and flash it in Odin. Oddly enough after the flash, all is working. Perhaps there is a broken version being pushed out over Kies.
Stock Kernel After Install Cyanogenmod 11 | Kitkat | Build 8 | 29 Nov ]
I have many problems with my phone after install CM11, i follow the instructions step by step and the installation complete without any problems but,
First. I have, at turn on the phone in the first screen "Samsung Galaxy S4" there is something written in red at the top left corner : "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" In yellow just above : "Set Warranty Bit : kernel"
I investigate that and this is call, stock kernel.
Second. The Wifi is tethering i can´t active, don´t work.
Third. the sound is @%&)*, i can hear nothing.
Fourth. The mic on the phone is dead too, i can do calls on my phone because the other person don´t hear me nothing.
Somebody knows how fix all of this problems or my phone is @%&)* forever?
Thanks anyway, i appreciated any kind of help. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays for all. God bless you.
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
I have many problems with my phone after install CM11, i follow the instructions step by step and the installation complete without any problems but,
First. I have, at turn on the phone in the first screen "Samsung Galaxy S4" there is something written in red at the top left corner : "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" In yellow just above : "Set Warranty Bit : kernel"
I investigate that and this is call, stock kernel.
Second. The Wifi is tethering i can´t active, don´t work.
Third. the sound is @%&)*, i can hear nothing.
Fourth. The mic on the phone is dead too, i can do calls on my phone because the other person don´t hear me nothing.
Somebody knows how fix all of this problems or my phone is @%&)* forever?
Thanks anyway, i appreciated any kind of help. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays for all. God bless you.
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Buddy! You're having the exact same problems I had. Can you tell me what carrier you are with and post your exact model here (like mine is SGH-i337M). The solution for me was to end up flashing (for the 4th or 5th time) the original stock touchwiz from branded by my carrier. The kernel warnings and such all went away, all sound and wifi works again (see my above posts). You might also be able to just flash the modem file for your phone, the CM version. Anyway post that stuff (exact model, carrier etc) and I'll see if I can help!
Furinax said:
Buddy! You're having the exact same problems I had. Can you tell me what carrier you are with and post your exact model here (like mine is SGH-i337M). The solution for me was to end up flashing (for the 4th or 5th time) the original stock touchwiz from branded by my carrier. The kernel warnings and such all went away, all sound and wifi works again (see my above posts). You might also be able to just flash the modem file for your phone, the CM version. Anyway post that stuff (exact model, carrier etc) and I'll see if I can help!
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Thanks Furinax, i appreciated all the help could you give me, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M, mi carrier is Telcel in México, i tried to download the original ROM, the android version 4.3.3, but that you know, the FBI goes down Hotfile and SamMobile still upload all the ROM´s in Terafile, if you know another site where i can download this original ROM i thank you so much, my best regards.
Found it!
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Thanks Furinax, i appreciated all the help could you give me, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M, mi carrier is Telcel in México, i tried to download the original ROM, the android version 4.3.3, but that you know, the FBI goes down Hotfile and SamMobile still upload all the ROM´s in Terafile, if you know another site where i can download this original ROM i thank you so much, my best regards.
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Here ya go buddy, found it on terafile. Click this link here. ProTip! Use Bitcomet to do the HTTP download (copy the link once it starts downloading) and set the max connections to 20. This way you'll bypass the download throttle and download at full speed. Follow up and let me know if it works out for you!
In case you don't know, extract the zip, open Odin, click "PDA" and select the .md5 file you extracted. Put your phone into download mode by powering off and then powering on while holding the volume down rocker. It'll ask you to press volume up to confirm. Plug the phone in now and Odin will recognize the phone is ready for flashing (will say added! in the text field). Go ahead and click start. Note that this is a very big file so after you select it in Odin it will freeze for a while while it calculates the MD5 sum.
TCE-I337MUMUEMK6-20131128165859.zip
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If anyone else is looking for their stock roms for SG4, most of them can be found at this link.
Furinax said:
Here ya go buddy, found it on terafile. Click this link here. ProTip! Use Bitcomet to do the HTTP download (copy the link once it starts downloading) and set the max connections to 20. This way you'll bypass the download throttle and download at full speed. Follow up and let me know if it works out for you!
In case you don't know, extract the zip, open Odin, click "PDA" and select the .md5 file you extracted. Put your phone into download mode by powering off and then powering on while holding the volume down rocker. It'll ask you to press volume up to confirm. Plug the phone in now and Odin will recognize the phone is ready for flashing (will say added! in the text field). Go ahead and click start. Note that this is a very big file so after you select it in Odin it will freeze for a while while it calculates the MD5 sum.
Thanks Furinax, i really appreciated your time and your help, i´m downloading already, i have philz recovery in the phone, do you reccomends do the flashing from philz or is better with Odin? i have the Odin v3.09, i hope fix my phone with this Original ROM, i will inform what happen, thanks again, my best regards, take care you.
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Furinax said:
If anyone else is looking for their stock roms for SG4, most of them can be found at
Thanks again Furinax, i will keep in contact, i will see what happens, my best regards.
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Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Thanks Furinax, i really appreciated your time and your help, i´m downloading already, i have philz recovery in the phone, do you reccomends do the flashing from philz or is better with Odin? i have the Odin v3.09, i hope fix my phone with this Original ROM, i will inform what happen, thanks again, my best regards, take care you.
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You can't flash it through recovery you have to use Odin and yes 3.09 should work fine. Make sure you extract the zip first and select the .md5 file that gets extracted from the zip. ALSO note that this will replace your custom recovery. I have not yet attempted to replace the stock recovery after flashing and fixing my phone, so I cannot tell you if it will work or not. At this point I'm just happy to have my phone working again so I'm not tampering and leaving it at stock. Also note that once you flash 4.3 the boot loader will be replaced so that if you tamper with the phone (flash anything new etc) it will permanently set a flag that you cannot change which indicates that your warranty is now void.
Stock Kernel Fix It but ....
Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Furinax said:
You can't flash it through recovery you have to use Odin and yes 3.09 should work fine. Make sure you extract the zip first and select the .md5 file that gets extracted from the zip. ALSO note that this will replace your custom recovery. I have not yet attempted to replace the stock recovery after flashing and fixing my phone, so I cannot tell you if it will work or not. At this point I'm just happy to have my phone working again so I'm not tampering and leaving it at stock. Also note that once you flash 4.3 the boot loader will be replaced so that if you tamper with the phone (flash anything new etc) it will permanently set a flag that you cannot change which indicates that your warranty is now void.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.[/QUOTE]
What happen Furinax, i´m very happy, after flashing my phone for second time, it fix all, my phone is back, i have WiFi, sound, and calls again, i learn the lesson, i will never flashing again with Customs RoM´s and i recommend to everyone don´t do it, thanks for helping me, have a great Christmas and a very vary happy new year, my best regards, salutes from Guadalajara, México, take care you, and god bless you.:good:
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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What happen Furinax, i´m very happy, after flashing my phone for second time, it fix all, my phone is back, i have WiFi, sound, and calls again, i learn the lesson, i will never flashing again with Customs RoM´s and i recommend to everyone don´t do it, thanks for helping me, have a great Christmas and a very vary happy new year, my best regards, salutes from Guadalajara, México, take care you, and god bless you.:good:[/QUOTE]
Yay! Glad to hear it. Just gotta watch and read lots before flashing custom roms. Some phones are a pain in the rear, some are fine. Usually stick to flagship phones for this. For example the Nexus series from Google, never had an issue flashing any of those phones. Anyway buddy I'm glad to hear it's all working, merry Christmas and happy new year to you too and God bless you as well. Take care!
I am going through this right now as we speak. I bought a S4 I337M tonight locked to Telus and am trying to unlock it for bell.....it was on 4.3 so yeah I tripped the knox bootloader which is ok because I do not have warranty on the phone BUT I installed 4.2.2 and tried the unlocking and of course it does not seem possible on the Telus i337m .....I followed all suggestions to a T so we must have to pay for codes....
Anyways I lost wifi and sound so i used odin to push back telus factory firmware mk6 and still have no wifi and sound ? Any ideas?
I am currently using odin and pushing it once again , fingers crossed
Any tips on both the unlocking and regaining sound and wifi ? thanks
stevenca said:
I am going through this right now as we speak. I bought a S4 I337M tonight locked to Telus and am trying to unlock it for bell.....it was on 4.3 so yeah I tripped the knox bootloader which is ok because I do not have warranty on the phone BUT I installed 4.2.2 and tried the unlocking and of course it does not seem possible on the Telus i337m .....I followed all suggestions to a T so we must have to pay for codes....
Anyways I lost wifi and sound so i used odin to push back telus factory firmware mk6 and still have no wifi and sound ? Any ideas?
I am currently using odin and pushing it once again , fingers crossed
Any tips on both the unlocking and regaining sound and wifi ? thanks
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Hey. So a couple of things. First, if you did the unlock process with the 4.2.2 rom, you unfortunately have to re flash the 4.2.2 rom and this time in the menu turn sim lock back on. Then, you can proceed to flash 4.3.3 and buy an unlock code. The reason you have to re flash and explicitly re - enable sim lock using the 4.2.2 menu is that once it fails, if you don't do that then even your purchased unlock code won't work!
So make sure you do that. I believe it's #*0101 then hit menu key, select back. Hit menu again, select number input, enter 1. Get the ddms main menu or whatever it's called where you can see network lock options and then select on instead of off. There is actually a video on YouTube of this exact issue and fix, I've just been moving for 4 days and am beat so if you get really stuck here I can find it tomorrow.
Once you do that re flash 4.3.3 with Odin but before you do, enter recover mode and wipe/factory reset/cache everything and of course ensure you are backed up first.
It has been my experience and others experience that you may need to re flash 4.3.3 multiple times before the wifi and other issues will be fixed. Don't panic, it'll work. Once you've got that all sorted, I bought my unlock codes (did this painful process on three sgh-1337m's) from cellunlocker.net and all went perfect. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Thanks! took 3 times to get back wifi and sound.....so odd.
I am now flashing 4.2 again and i will change the settings you mentioned back to locked than clear cache/factory wipe before going back to 4.3 and ordering my unlock code online....I dont understand why it works for some and not [email protected]!!!
stevenca said:
Thanks! took 3 times to get back wifi and sound.....so odd.
I am now flashing 4.2 again and i will change the settings you mentioned back to locked than clear cache/factory wipe before going back to 4.3 and ordering my unlock code online....I dont understand why it works for some and not [email protected]!!!
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Glad you got sound/wifi back! As far as why it sometimes works, phone had to be shipped with 4.2.2. Once they get upgraded to 4.3, the functionality is gone for reasons I'm not 100% on so I won't shoot my mouth off like I'm an expert. Lol enjoy your unlocked phone once you get it all sorted!
After the second flashing works, be patient
Furinax said:
Hey. So a couple of things. First, if you did the unlock process with the 4.2.2 rom, you unfortunately have to re flash the 4.2.2 rom and this time in the menu turn sim lock back on. Then, you can proceed to flash 4.3.3 and buy an unlock code. The reason you have to re flash and explicitly re - enable sim lock using the 4.2.2 menu is that once it fails, if you don't do that then even your purchased unlock code won't work!
So make sure you do that. I believe it's #*0101 then hit menu key, select back. Hit menu again, select number input, enter 1. Get the ddms main menu or whatever it's called where you can see network lock options and then select on instead of off. There is actually a video on YouTube of this exact issue and fix, I've just been moving for 4 days and am beat so if you get really stuck here I can find it tomorrow.
Once you do that re flash 4.3.3 with Odin but before you do, enter recover mode and wipe/factory reset/cache everything and of course ensure you are backed up first.
It has been my experience and others experience that you may need to re flash 4.3.3 multiple times before the wifi and other issues will be fixed. Don't panic, it'll work. Once you've got that all sorted, I bought my unlock codes (did this painful process on three sgh-1337m's) from cellunlocker.net and all went perfect. Let me know if you have any more questions!
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Hello stevenca, i reflash a second time with the original ROM and normalized, do the reflash for a second or third time with the original ROM of your phone and I guarantee it will work, Furinax help me a lot, have a happy new year. I will keep in contact if i can help you.
I need help. ASAP
ok heres the deal I upgraded to 4.3 via wifi on the phone then i rooted using cf autoroot and i restored my data,cache, and boot that i had from 4.2.2 and then it went to a black screen when booting with the led functioning. so i flashed to stock using odin and it worked but wifi sound and sd card did not work so i tried to upgrade via kies thinking it would solve my problem, it didnt it crashed at 43% and put me in firmware encountered issue mode so i went to download mode and flshed 4.2.2 stock multiple times but no success with wifi or sound please help. it is all stock i erased all memory and restored to stock. 4.2.2 stock Bell Canadian i337m. Please help i'm a noob. also when i turn on my phone it says in red text KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and underneath in yellow text it says SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL
Pavandeep Dhillon said:
ok heres the deal I upgraded to 4.3 via wifi on the phone then i rooted using cf autoroot and i restored my data,cache, and boot that i had from 4.2.2 and then it went to a black screen when booting with the led functioning. so i flashed to stock using odin and it worked but wifi sound and sd card did not work so i tried to upgrade via kies thinking it would solve my problem, it didnt it crashed at 43% and put me in firmware encountered issue mode so i went to download mode and flshed 4.2.2 stock multiple times but no success with wifi or sound please help. it is all stock i erased all memory and restored to stock. 4.2.2 stock Bell Canadian i337m. Please help i'm a noob. also when i turn on my phone it says in red text KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and underneath in yellow text it says SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL
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- U cant come back of 4.3 to 4.2.2. And u cant restore ur DATA/boot of 4.2.2 to one new firmware 4.3 either
- U will have to install now TWRP for ex.
- Go to Recovery and wipe all (data, system, cache and dalvik cache)
- Reboot in Download Mode
- Flash this firmware by ODIN
- Take a look in XDA the terms im writing u (TWRP, Recovery, Download mode, ODIN, Flashing firmware). They are very important steps for solve ur problems :highfive:
Thank you very much i'll come back with the results.
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How do i get TWRP on to my phone?
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Nevermind, i got TWRP through goomanager but the link you gave me for 4.3 partially works, the link itself is working but when im on the page and click download it creates a download link that doesnt work
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Pavandeep Dhillon said:
Thank you very much i'll come back with the results.
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How do i get TWRP on to my phone?
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Nevermind, i got TWRP through goomanager but the link you gave me for 4.3 partially works, the link itself is working but when im on the page and click download it creates a download link that doesnt work
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ok i have to be the most annoying poster, sorry. TWRP through goomanager didnt work so im stuck with no download and no TWRP.
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OK i got TWRP and wiped everything just waiting on link, thank you.
I did everything you said still doesnt work.
I have a sprint galaxy s4 running cyanogenmod 11. I just bought the phone from someone. I went and got a new SIM for the device and tried to activate online. Did not work. I opened chat window with sprint and they put in the device's numbers and sim card number and asked me to make a test call, which did not work. They then asked me to type in ##72786#. They said it would auto reboot the device. It did nothing. They then started asking questions about if this was a used device. Obviously I don't want to have to go to the sprint store, I'm sure they would tell me they cannot activate a modded device.
Can anyone tell me how to activate?
edit: also had me enter ##659143# and said it should bring up a menu screen. It did nothing
Pretty sure those codes won't do anything unless you're on a TW based rom. I would flash the stock rom, then call and try to activate.
(And please remember questions go in the Q&A section)
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As said above you'll need a touchwiz rom to get activated. I had the same problem when I got my phone.
Beezer80 said:
As said above you'll need a touchwiz rom to get activated. I had the same problem when I got my phone.
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Thanks. I really like this rom and how its performing... can you please point me to a tutorial on how to bring back to stock, then to reinstall the same rom after activation? Person I got it from said the files are on the sd card
Download a touchwiz rom to your SD card. Boot into recovery and make a backup of your current setup. Then flash the touhwiz ROM. Activate your phone then boot back into recovery and restore your CM11 ROM.
Beezer80 said:
Download a touchwiz rom to your SD card. Boot into recovery and make a backup of your current setup. Then flash the touhwiz ROM. Activate your phone then boot back into recovery and restore your CM11 ROM.
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Where do I get touchwiz? Cannot find it on google or xda.
You really need to learn ALOT before you start using a rooted phone. And flashing.
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Touch wiz refers to any Samsung bloated ROM. There are numerous ones in the development section.
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daniel4653 said:
You really need to learn ALOT before you start using a rooted phone. And flashing.
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Touch wiz refers to any Samsung bloated ROM. There are numerous ones in the development section.
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What's done is done, I have a rooted phone. At this point I need to get through this. All help is appreciated.
I used a youtube tutorial, downloaded touchwiz and odin. Tried to install but it hung up in the middle and failed install. Now won't install through odin and I get the error 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again".
Installed Kies, went to tools>firmware upgrade initialization... but it keeps saying incorrect serial.
Any ideas?
Boot into Download Mode, post what the text is in the upper-left-hand corner. (after saying "yes" to the warning.) As long as you don't do anything with Odin nothing will download.
There's nothing in that text that has any personally identifiable information.
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What's done is done, I have a rooted phone. At this point I need to get through this. All help is appreciated.
I used a youtube tutorial, downloaded touchwiz and odin. Tried to install but it hung up in the middle and failed install. Now won't install through odin and I get the error 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again".
Installed Kies, went to tools>firmware upgrade initialization... but it keeps saying incorrect serial.
Any ideas?
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First of all, what baseband version are you on? Mdc, mdl, mf9,mk2, mja? That is important to know. If on say mf9, then flash with odin a stock mf9, therevare plenty of videos on youtube as to how to use odin. As for the kies error page or wathever justbpull the battery and go into download mode again and start over again. If it only goes half way and stops try a different usb port and make sure you are using the factory original usb cable, I had that same problem you describe of the kies error and itvwas the usb port. Give it a try, just take your time and don't loose your patience. Odin is pretty safe but at the same time you do not want to mess up. Triple check your settings and make surebyou have the right files. Good luck sorry about the typos.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
Link to all roms, just scroll down to the stock touchwiz roms and choose the one you need.
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First of all, what baseband version are you on? Mdc, mdl, mf9,mk2, mja? That is important to know. If on say mf9, then flash with odin a stock mf9, therevare plenty of videos on youtube as to how to use odin. As for the kies error page or wathever justbpull the battery and go into download mode again and start over again. If it only goes half way and stops try a different usb port and make sure you are using the factory original usb cable, I had that same problem you describe of the kies error and itvwas the usb port. Give it a try, just take your time and don't loose your patience. Odin is pretty safe but at the same time you do not want to mess up. Triple check your settings and make surebyou have the right files. Good luck sorry about the typos.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
Link to all roms, just scroll down to the stock touchwiz roms and choose the one you need.
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I also have the same issue with my secondary phone line that is an S4. I wasn't quite sure what the heck the issue was with my device since it was working perfectly fine in one month and then all of a sudden I can no longer dial out anymore! I was puzzled as all hell and was wondering whats going on? So i had thought instantly that its either needing a PRL Update or it has to upgrade the radio and at the time i had just literally updated the radio from MF9 i believe. everything worked BUT the phone line kept saying that wonderful "we are sorry but your account could NOT be validated" line and again and again didnt realize that untill reading this post that i didnt remember to upgrade to the latest firmware update. So your saying that is the issue? Doesn't a PRL update help some of those issues with connectivity as well right? that way if you wanted to downgrade your firmware in your radio you could still do so and just update your PRL correct me if i am wrong but i haven't messed with the issue in about 4-5 months so im a lil dusty and need some clarification. I also CANT find an option to Update the PRL in CM 11 at all and sprint had told me that was what i needed to do and i couldnt find that anywhere when i changed my number i basically got data connectivity ONLY... has the Update PRL option in CM11 become obsolete or removed? does just a radio firmware update solve all the connectivity issues? or i should say just most not all... Thank you too by the way I have been stumped and just needed another head to miss what was so an obvious issue if this works out to be the problem that has agitated me time and time again!
Hi guys, I will try and explain this as simple as possible.
I as trying to install cyanogenmod 11 on my phone, and everything seemed to go alright until I made a mistake. I used TWRP to first backup my stock rom on the phone, and then when I was supposed to reboot into the app, I accidently rebooted the phone.
Now the problem is that the phone does not have any OS installed, so what is happening is that it's trying to boot into an OS that's not there, and instead ends up being stuck on the Samsung logo. I can enter Odin mode just fine, but for the love of god I cannot seem to figure how to get back into the TWRP application, or if it is even possible.
I do have the backup of the ROM stored on my SD card, and I've now moved it over to my PC, but it still does not seem to help me in any way. I've trid to launch the Odin3 program on my pc, in an attempt to to try and launch in TWRP through that, but it has all been without any success, so now I come to this board of guinesses, asking for help!
As an added bit of information, this was my first time trying to install a custom rom, so yeah.. Puff..
- The lost Dane.
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I tried to "flash" by doing what this link said, in the hopes that my phone would boot into the program, but alas, it only booted back to the logan saying "samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005" :/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30694404
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To make it super clear ... If I could get back into TWRP, I would be able to run my backup. I know how that app works, I just simply cannot get back into, and I do not know if it is even possible. I've searched and tried various guides to "flash TWRP through Odin" but it has all been without any success... :/
Thaelern said:
Hi guys, I will try and explain this as simple as possible.
I as trying to install cyanogenmod 11 on my phone, and everything seemed to go alright until I made a mistake. I used TWRP to first backup my stock rom on the phone, and then when I was supposed to reboot into the app, I accidently rebooted the phone.
Now the problem is that the phone does not have any OS installed, so what is happening is that it's trying to boot into an OS that's not there, and instead ends up being stuck on the Samsung logo. I can enter Odin mode just fine, but for the love of god I cannot seem to figure how to get back into the TWRP application, or if it is even possible.
I do have the backup of the ROM stored on my SD card, and I've now moved it over to my PC, but it still does not seem to help me in any way. I've trid to launch the Odin3 program on my pc, in an attempt to to try and launch in TWRP through that, but it has all been without any success, so now I come to this board of guinesses, asking for help!
As an added bit of information, this was my first time trying to install a custom rom, so yeah.. Puff..
- The lost Dane.
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I tried to "flash" by doing what this link said, in the hopes that my phone would boot into the program, but alas, it only booted back to the logan saying "samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005" :/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30694404
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To make it super clear ... If I could get back into TWRP, I would be able to run my backup. I know how that app works, I just simply cannot get back into, and I do not know if it is even possible. I've searched and tried various guides to "flash TWRP through Odin" but it has all been without any success... :/
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Did you hold volume up+home+power button to get into recovery mode?
In case your twrp get corrupted due to flashing failure previously
1. Download twrp from the following. 2.6.3.7 if you were running 4.3 or 2.6.3.8 if you were running 4.4.2(not sure if 2
6.3.8 is 4.3 compatible). For odin flashable use the one with .tar
http://www.techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hlte
2. Get into download mode(vol down+home+power)
3. Link the downloaded .tar to pda in odin. Odin log should show 'added' once you connect phone to pc
4. Start the process. Once finish phone should boot into recovery automatically but it'll try to boot back into OS. Just hold vol up+home+power button to get back into recovery
Rosli59564 said:
Did you hold volume up+home+power button to get into recovery mode?
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When I do that, I get an ultra short blue text appearing on the screen, before it goes into downloading mode, with a red text saying "Could not do normal boot." So it basically goes right into odin mode.
Thaelern said:
When I do that, I get an ultra short blue text appearing on the screen, before it goes into downloading mode, with a red text saying "Could not do normal boot." So it basically goes right into odin mode.
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I edited my post. You need to reflash twrp
You are an absolute god. I wish I could show my appreciation, but I fear words isn't even enough to even begin.. I managed to get into TWRP now, though my backup rom doesn't show up anymore, but I suppose that's because I run a different version of TWRP than I did first? Idk, but really appreciate that you were able to get me back into TWRP.
Thaelern said:
You are an absolute god. I wish I could show my appreciation, but I fear words isn't even enough to even begin.. I managed to get into TWRP now, though my backup rom doesn't show up anymore, but I suppose that's because I run a different version of TWRP than I did first? Idk, but really appreciate that you were able to get me back into TWRP.
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Yes if you know your previous twrp version than you can restore your old rom backup
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Thaelern said:
You are an absolute god. I wish I could show my appreciation, but I fear words isn't even enough to even begin.. I managed to get into TWRP now, though my backup rom doesn't show up anymore, but I suppose that's because I run a different version of TWRP than I did first? Idk, but really appreciate that you were able to get me back into TWRP.
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Right you need your previous twrp version to use the backup
Hehe you can actually press the thanks button
Rosli59564 said:
Yes if you know your previous twrp version than you can restore your old rom backup
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Right you need your previous twrp version to use the backup
Hehe you can actually press the thanks button
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I really do appreciate the help you've given, but I have one final request, and I really do hope it isn't too much to ask. Say I am unable to find the same version of TWRP, I will have to actually flash cyanogenmod onto my device. I don't think it should be too tough now that I've managed to launch into TWRP, because now I should be able to just put the rom on my SD card, and then install the files, no?
if it helps you, my device is SM-N9005, and I had 4.3 when I started this whole thing. Cheers!
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I tried to download the Nighty build from CyanogenMod's own homepage, but when I try and install it, it says failed, giving me an erro that says "This package is for "hlexx" devices: This is a." That's all it says ... Hmfh. Sooooooooo... Yes! I'm in recovery mode now, but without any rom. :/
Thaelern said:
I really do appreciate the help you've given, but I have one final request, and I really do hope it isn't too much to ask. Say I am unable to find the same version of TWRP, I will have to actually flash cyanogenmod onto my device. I don't think it should be too tough now that I've managed to launch into TWRP, because now I should be able to just put the rom on my SD card, and then install the files, no?
if it helps you, my device is SM-N9005, and I had 4.3 when I started this whole thing. Cheers!
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I tried to download the Nighty build from CyanogenMod's own homepage, but when I try and install it, it says failed, giving me an erro that says "This package is for "hlexx" devices: This is a." That's all it says ... Hmfh. Sooooooooo... Yes! I'm in recovery mode now, but without any rom. :/
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Yes you can flash any cm based rom.
You can also flash any stock rom such as SweetRom/X-Note/BobCat as most developers still keeping 4.3 rom in their thread.
Thaelern said:
I really do appreciate the help you've given, but I have one final request, and I really do hope it isn't too much to ask. Say I am unable to find the same version of TWRP, I will have to actually flash cyanogenmod onto my device. I don't think it should be too tough now that I've managed to launch into TWRP, because now I should be able to just put the rom on my SD card, and then install the files, no?
if it helps you, my device is SM-N9005, and I had 4.3 when I started this whole thing. Cheers!
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I tried to download the Nighty build from CyanogenMod's own homepage, but when I try and install it, it says failed, giving me an erro that says "This package is for "hlexx" devices: This is a." That's all it says ... Hmfh. Sooooooooo... Yes! I'm in recovery mode now, but without any rom. :/
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Try this link: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=hlte
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blackknightavalon said:
Try this link: [
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Will that work on the international version of the Note 3 ? I'm starting to believe that's the whole culprint of why I can't get it to work. :/
Thaelern said:
Will that work on the international version of the Note 3 ? I'm starting to believe that's the whole culprint of why I can't get it to work. :/
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Believe so. It's because of updater script i guess as described in the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600648&page=2
Try flashing chenglu's 6.0.4.5 recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454079
Just the same as you did for twrp. I think i read somewhere that changing recovery helped some people.
The worst just download sweetrom/x-note/bobcatrom or any stock 4.3 based rom if you deperately need the phone to boot up
Rosli59564 said:
Believe so. It's because of updater script i guess as described in the link
Try flashing chenglu's 6.0.4.5 recovery.
Just the same as you did for twrp. I think i read somewhere that changing recovery helped some people.
The worst just download sweetrom/x-note/bobcatrom or any stock 4.3 based rom if you deperately need the phone to boot up
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So after having spent the better half of the night, I actually managed to get my phone to boot into cyanogenmod 11 ! But that joy was shortlived when I came to realize that wi-fi wasn't working, and I couldn't get it to work. I tried to factory reset as I had read would help, but alas it did no good. I figured I should try and run back a stock 4.4.2 rom and just be done with it, but that was when I realized I had lost my root (?!) so that wasn't really a possibility either, next I set out to try and find a way to root my phone now running cyanogenmod 11. I found a file here on XDA called "CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.tar" but whenever I try and flash that onto my phone, my phone just stays stuck saying "trying to enter into recovery mode" and does not really go anywhere from there. I can get back into recovery mode if I flash "n9005-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.5(1116)" onto the phone, like you said, but that still leaves me without root access, which I need to throw a rom onto my device?! Arrrgh, this is getting silly, I just wish I could go back to my backup/ default rom on the device, but I can't.
Thaelern said:
So after having spent the better half of the night, I actually managed to get my phone to boot into cyanogenmod 11 ! But that joy was shortlived when I came to realize that wi-fi wasn't working, and I couldn't get it to work. I tried to factory reset as I had read would help, but alas it did no good. I figured I should try and run back a stock 4.4.2 rom and just be done with it, but that was when I realized I had lost my root (?!) so that wasn't really a possibility either, next I set out to try and find a way to root my phone now running cyanogenmod 11. I found a file here on XDA called "CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.tar" but whenever I try and flash that onto my phone, my phone just stays stuck saying "trying to enter into recovery mode" and does not really go anywhere from there. I can get back into recovery mode if I flash "n9005-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.5(1116)" onto the phone, like you said, but that still leaves me without root access, which I need to throw a rom onto my device?! Arrrgh, this is getting silly, I just wish I could go back to my backup/ default rom on the device, but I can't.
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About the cf auto root make sure you flash the one for 4.3. I believe you flashed the one for 4.4.2.
Doesn't really matter whether you have root access or not as long as you can boot into custom recovery. Just flash any custom rom. It'll give you root anyway.
Still if you need root just make sure you flash cf auto root then flash twrp or chenglu recovery. Flash the one for 4.3 that's the most important
Rosli59564 said:
About the cf auto root make sure you flash the one for 4.3. I believe you flashed the one for 4.4.2.
Doesn't really matter whether you have root access or not as long as you can boot into custom recovery. Just flash any custom rom. It'll give you root anyway.
Still if you need root just make sure you flash cf auto root then flash twrp or chenglu recovery. Flash the one for 4.3 that's the most important
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But when I have cyanogenmod 11 installed, is that then not 4.4.2 ? I suppose that's what's giving me trouble... I'll try and see if I can find the cf auto root for 4.3 and return back if I was successful or not. Again, thank you for being so patient..
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This seems to be the only one I can find; http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
And I've already tried that one 3 times, but every time I flash it, the phone reboots and keeps trying to enter into recovery mode, and is unable to do so before I've flashed n9005-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.5(1116) again
this is what it says;
"recovery booting...
Recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : Recovery "
Thaelern said:
But when I have cyanogenmod 11 installed, is that then not 4.4.2 ? I suppose that's what's giving me trouble... I'll try and see if I can find the cf auto root for 4.3 and return back if I was successful or not. Again, thank you for being so patient..
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This seems to be the only one I can find; http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
And I've already tried that one 3 times, but every time I flash it, the phone reboots and keeps trying to enter into recovery mode, and is unable to do so before I've flashed n9005-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.5(1116) again
this is what it says;
"recovery booting...
Recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : Recovery "
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You flashed 4.4.2 cm rom but you're on 4.3 booloader. So you need to use cf auto root for 4.3 which is available here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
read third post(download section)
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Rosli59564 said:
You flashed 4.4.2 cm rom but you're on 4.3 booloader. So you need to use cf auto root for 4.3 which is available here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
read third post(download section)
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Just enter download mode and reflash twtp. I saw there are 4 different versions for 4.3(2.6.3.0/2 6.3.5/2.6.3.6/2.3.6.7). Flash 1 by 1 and see if it can restore your backup
Rosli59564 said:
You flashed 4.4.2 cm rom but you're on 4.3 booloader. So you need to use cf auto root for 4.3 which is available here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
read third post(download section)
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Just enter download mode and reflash twtp. I saw there are 4 different versions for 4.3(2.6.3.0/2 6.3.5/2.6.3.6/2.3.6.7). Flash 1 by 1 and see if it can restore your backup
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You really are a boss with a heart of gold! I used the file you linked me, ran it, and sure enough it installed and gave me root access. Believe it or not, but I am learning from this! The whole thing about bootloader being different from the rom version was new to me. But I am up and running with root access now, so now I hope it shouldn't be too hard to get a stock rom thrown in. I've kinda given up on my backup. I no longer care for the files I had before, now I just want the phone up and running with wifi.. X_ X
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Or do you have any clue as to what is causing wifi to not work? I really don't mind the rom at all, I quite like it, but where I live wifi is mandatory as it's a lowered area with mountains around me, meaning LTE really isn't viable while at home.
Thaelern said:
You really are a boss with a heart of gold! I used the file you linked me, ran it, and sure enough it installed and gave me root access. Believe it or not, but I am learning from this! The whole thing about bootloader being different from the rom version was new to me. But I am up and running with root access now, so now I hope it shouldn't be too hard to get a stock rom thrown in. I've kinda given up on my backup. I no longer care for the files I had before, now I just want the phone up and running with wifi.. X_ X
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Or do you have any clue as to what is causing wifi to not work? I really don't mind the rom at all, I quite like it, but where I live wifi is mandatory as it's a lowered area with mountains around me, meaning LTE really isn't viable while at home.
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Not sure about the wifi problem but yes you're good to go with a new rom. Make sure to choose only for 4.3 bootloader else you will run into problem later
Rosli59564 said:
Not sure about the wifi problem but yes you're good to go with a new rom. Make sure to choose only for 4.3 bootloader else you will run into problem later
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Could you be so kind and to link me to a rom that works for 4.3 bootloader? I am so paranoid I'll end up picking something for 4.4.2, like I was about to do now. :S
Thaelern said:
Could you be so kind and to link me to a rom that works for 4.3 bootloader? I am so paranoid I'll end up picking something for 4.4.2, like I was about to do now. :S
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2495688
Post 1 choose V6
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472301
Post 3
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498687
Post 1 v3.0
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498687
Post 2 V5
There's a lot more in developement section. Just take a look there. Most developers still providing link for 4.3
Rosli59564 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2495688
Post 1 choose V6
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472301
Post 3
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498687
Post 1 v3.0
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498687
Post 2 V5
There's a lot more in developement section. Just take a look there. Most developers still providing link for 4.3
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Alright.. Time to get things done right! So just being sure I do it alright. I pick this one; http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2498687
Download the one for 4.3 bootloader, once download I place the zip folder on my SD card
- Then boot into Recovery mode, wipe phone clean, and then install the rom directly from inside of Recovery mode?
I am using the Note 4 N910G variant. I have rooted using CF Autoroot(5.0.1) and flashed CWM Recovery. I have also tried TWRP.
For some reason, I can't boot into Emotion Revolution ROM and most of the other ROMs would give me errors such as can't open file during installation.
I am seeing messages such as Recovery is not Seandroid enforcing and set warranty bit: kernel.
I have rooted and flashed ROMs before without a hitch many times. This is the first time I am coming across such problems. Forgive me for my ignorance I'll try my best to provide any extra information that is required to fix this issue.
Help would be greatly appreciated
Erm..anyone? I desperately need help fixing this!
BickWhale said:
Erm..anyone? I desperately need help fixing this!
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Hi mate!
Can you please explain what have you done just before the problem started and what is happening now when you turn on the phone?
Can you boot into recovery?
_mone said:
Hi mate!
Can you please explain what have you done just before the problem started and what is happening now when you turn on the phone?
Can you boot into recovery?
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Thanks for the response by the way. Much appreciated I used CF AutoRoot and rooted my phone with Odin V3.07. Pretty much followed the steps here
http://galaxynote4root.com/galaxy-note-4-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-4/
My phone worked just fine after the root. I went on to flash a custom recovery. (TWRP) and it went without a hitch. After which, I wiped my phone and flashed a custom ROM (Without backing up which was foolish, I know..)
http://www.emo-troid.com/tw-rom-downloads.html
Now, everytime I try to boot my phone, I would just get stuck in a bootloop. I can boot into recovery and download mode just fine for now.
Did you flash (via odin) the right modem and bootloader for the rom that you want to use?
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Download and extract this: N910GDTU1BOF1_Bootloader_Modem.tar.zip than flash the .tar.md5 file via odin.
_mone said:
Did you flash (via odin) the right modem and bootloader for the rom that you want to use?
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Download and extract this: N910GDTU1BOF1_Bootloader_Modem.tar.zip than flash the .tar.md5 file via odin.
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Alright, I've flashed it. What now?
Now you should be able to boot into the rom..
_mone said:
Now you should be able to boot into the rom..
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Still stuck in a bootloop with a yellow text at the top left corner saying set warranty unit: kernel. I've just flashed the same ROM I have linked earlier...
BickWhale said:
Still stuck in a bootloop with a yellow text at the top left corner saying set warranty unit: kernel. I've just flashed the same ROM I have linked earlier...
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It doesn't show even the samsung boot animation?
_mone said:
It doesn't show even the samsung boot animation?
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Oh it does, it shows me the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Powered by Android text along with that tiny yellow text in the top left. It would constantly reboot into that screen, doesn't go beyond that.
BickWhale said:
Oh it does, it shows me the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Powered by Android text along with that tiny yellow text in the top left. It would constantly reboot into that screen, doesn't go beyond that.
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Did you wipe data/cache/dalvik/system before flashing the ROM?
If not, please try it. If yes and still bootloop try to download and flash a different ROM like this one.
Let us know.
_mone said:
Did you wipe data/cache/dalvik/system before flashing the ROM?
If not, please try it. If yes and still bootloop try to download and flash a different ROM like this one.
Let us know.
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Alright. Apparently I can't use adb push for my CWM recovery. Any other way?
Edit: I have resolved the matter with the ABD push., had to simply replug my phone.
My phone booted up but is still in the Samsung animation. It got pass the Powered by Android galaxy Note 4 screen at least.
MY PHONE ****ING BOOTED INTO ANDROID. Thank you so much dude You have helped a stranger across the planet save 800 dollars, you're amazing
I'm happy that you fixed the problems with your note 4!
Enjoy your "reborn" phone!
Firstly my thanks to all the experts here - I'm a complete noob, yet I've managed to use the threads here to install a custom ROM on an old Sony Experia and more recently my Galaxy S3.
However, my S5 is sick and I'm stuck. Sorry to start yet another thread on this topic, but they mostly suggest things I've tried and in any case my head is spinning with it all so I'm starting afresh.
History: I was using the S5 as normal (RealCalc, IIRC - nothing exotic) and it became a bit non-responsive, so I restarted the phone. It hung at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android' screen. Tried again, same; took the battery out and tried again, same.
After much Googling and searching here, here's what I've tried:
Used Odin (various versions) to flash a recovery (can't remember which one). It appeared to work but on booting into recovery (power, home, vol-up), it hung at the 'recovery booting' screen.
Used Odin to flash a TWRP recovery. This gave me 'recovery booting (blue), recovery is not seandroid enforcing (red), set warranty bit: recovery (yellow) but still hung.
Eventually, after several attempted flashes, it booted into TWRP; the first thing I thought I should do was take a backup. It was late at night, so I left it backing up to the SD card (connected to USB power). In the morning, the screen was saying that the backup had completed ok, but the phone was completely frozen. Since then, it's never got past the initial boot screen
I also tried Odin to flash a stock ROM obtained from SamMobile. This failed right at the end (FAIL! (Ext4)).
I found a PIT file for the 900F, and with this and the stock ROM, got Odin to a PASS at the end. However, it still hangs on reboot.
The only thing that seems to work reliably is getting into download mode and flashing with Odin, but it never boots after that. I've tried other variations of the above but foolishly I didn't take notes and in any case they all had the same result.
Completely stuck. Would very much appreciate any suggestions.
Did you try flashing custom ROM?
thickymcthick said:
Firstly my thanks to all the experts here - I'm a complete noob, yet I've managed to use the threads here to install a custom ROM on an old Sony Experia and more recently my Galaxy S3.
However, my S5 is sick and I'm stuck. Sorry to start yet another thread on this topic, but they mostly suggest things I've tried and in any case my head is spinning with it all so I'm starting afresh.
History: I was using the S5 as normal (RealCalc, IIRC - nothing exotic) and it became a bit non-responsive, so I restarted the phone. It hung at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android' screen. Tried again, same; took the battery out and tried again, same.
After much Googling and searching here, here's what I've tried:
Used Odin (various versions) to flash a recovery (can't remember which one). It appeared to work but on booting into recovery (power, home, vol-up), it hung at the 'recovery booting' screen.
Used Odin to flash a TWRP recovery. This gave me 'recovery booting (blue), recovery is not seandroid enforcing (red), set warranty bit: recovery (yellow) but still hung.
Eventually, after several attempted flashes, it booted into TWRP; the first thing I thought I should do was take a backup. It was late at night, so I left it backing up to the SD card (connected to USB power). In the morning, the screen was saying that the backup had completed ok, but the phone was completely frozen. Since then, it's never got past the initial boot screen
I also tried Odin to flash a stock ROM obtained from SamMobile. This failed right at the end (FAIL! (Ext4)).
I found a PIT file for the 900F, and with this and the stock ROM, got Odin to a PASS at the end. However, it still hangs on reboot.
The only thing that seems to work reliably is getting into download mode and flashing with Odin, but it never boots after that. I've tried other variations of the above but foolishly I didn't take notes and in any case they all had the same result.
Completely stuck. Would very much appreciate any suggestions.
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androidtweaker1 said:
Did you try flashing custom ROM?
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No, I did download a CyanogenMod one, but I can't install it from recovery, as I can't get into any recovery now.
Are there any custom ROMs that can be flashed from Odin?
did you try to remove and format your extSD (possibly partly corrupted) and reinsert and flash again? Or change to other extSD?
Perru said:
did you try to remove and format your extSD (possibly partly corrupted) and reinsert and flash again? Or change to other extSD?
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Well, I removed the card completely and reflashed with Odin. No difference.
I can't flash from a ROM on the SD card because I can't successfully boot into recovery.
I suppose, you already tried to flash twrp-2.8.7.0-klte directly from here: https://dl.twrp.me/klte
and latest stock rom for G900F and your country directly from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900F/
via ODIN 3.10.7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451?
Perru said:
I suppose, you already tried to flash twrp-2.8.7.0-klte directly from here: https://dl.twrp.me/klte
and latest stock rom for G900F and your country directly from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900F/
via ODIN 3.10.7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451?
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I have, yes.
And earlier stock ROMs, and with earlier ODINs too, in various combinations.
Every time, the flash appears to work but it then hangs, booting into recovery. I get the blue 'recovery booting' line at the top, on the Samsung initial boot screen.
thickymcthick said:
Firstly my thanks to all the experts here - I'm a complete noob, yet I've managed to use the threads here to install a custom ROM on an old Sony Experia and more recently my Galaxy S3.
However, my S5 is sick and I'm stuck. Sorry to start yet another thread on this topic, but they mostly suggest things I've tried and in any case my head is spinning with it all so I'm starting afresh.
History: I was using the S5 as normal (RealCalc, IIRC - nothing exotic) and it became a bit non-responsive, so I restarted the phone. It hung at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android' screen. Tried again, same; took the battery out and tried again, same.
After much Googling and searching here, here's what I've tried:
Used Odin (various versions) to flash a recovery (can't remember which one). It appeared to work but on booting into recovery (power, home, vol-up), it hung at the 'recovery booting' screen.
Used Odin to flash a TWRP recovery. This gave me 'recovery booting (blue), recovery is not seandroid enforcing (red), set warranty bit: recovery (yellow) but still hung.
Eventually, after several attempted flashes, it booted into TWRP; the first thing I thought I should do was take a backup. It was late at night, so I left it backing up to the SD card (connected to USB power). In the morning, the screen was saying that the backup had completed ok, but the phone was completely frozen. Since then, it's never got past the initial boot screen
I also tried Odin to flash a stock ROM obtained from SamMobile. This failed right at the end (FAIL! (Ext4)).
I found a PIT file for the 900F, and with this and the stock ROM, got Odin to a PASS at the end. However, it still hangs on reboot.
The only thing that seems to work reliably is getting into download mode and flashing with Odin, but it never boots after that. I've tried other variations of the above but foolishly I didn't take notes and in any case they all had the same result.
Completely stuck. Would very much appreciate any suggestions.
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What s u model number
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R u now able go to download mode.
tharik816 said:
What s u model number
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SM-G900F, as in the thread title. Is this what you meant?
R u now able go to download mode.
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No, nothing's changed since I last tried.
https://youtu.be/m1eRM-kSNNs
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Try this ...http://www.gsmindia.in/forum/samsun...fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-dead-boot.html
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https://youtu.be/m1eRM-kSNNs
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This video just shows starting up in download mode. Not sure how this helps. I can do this, flash a stock rom or recovery with ODIN, which appears to work (get PASS at the end).
Then on reboot to recovery, it just hangs at the Recovery booting message.
http://www.gsmindia.in/forum/samsun...fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-dead-boot.html
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thickymcthick said:
This video just shows starting up in download mode. Not sure how this helps. I can do this, flash a stock rom or recovery with ODIN, which appears to work (get PASS at the end).
Then on reboot to recovery, it just hangs at the Recovery booting message.
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download mode working or not
tharik816 said:
http://www.gsmindia.in/forum/samsun...fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-dead-boot.html
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download mode working or not
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Appears to be, as I've said. It's the reboot to recovery after flashing that hangs.
I don't have access to a working G900F, unfortunately.
Well, it turned out to be hardware. Needed a replacement board, seems fine now. Thanks for the various suggestions, but none of them worked.
thickymcthick said:
Well, it turned out to be hardware. Needed a replacement board, seems fine now. Thanks for the various suggestions, but none of them worked.
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wow you have an identical problem with my device. Did you go to samsung service center or a unofficial service center? and may i know how much you spend to fix that? i'm afraid it'd be expensive for a student. thanks before.
firareza said:
wow you have an identical problem with my device. Did you go to samsung service center or a unofficial service center? and may i know how much you spend to fix that? i'm afraid it'd be expensive for a student. thanks before.
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I took it to a local (I live near London, England) Samsung authorised service centre and they replaced the board.
It cost me GBP 169... :crying:
Worse still, it turned out that it had a 2-year warranty, not the one year one that I thought it had. If I hadn't tried to reinstall Android, thereby tripping the Knox counter, it would have cost me precisely nothing...
An expensive mistake there - check your warranty carefully.
thickymcthick said:
I took it to a local (I live near London, England) Samsung authorised service centre and they replaced the board.
It cost me GBP 169... :crying:
Worse still, it turned out that it had a 2-year warranty, not the one year one that I thought it had. If I hadn't tried to reinstall Android, thereby tripping the Knox counter, it would have cost me precisely nothing...
An expensive mistake there - check your warranty carefully.
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My warranty isn't valid since i bought a mint condition second-handed G900F from SG. I'm Indonesian. My knox is 0x1 today when i tried to fix that using boot.tar (i didn't know if it'd make my knox avoid! desperately tried every possibilities. Ended up sobbing to see that 0x1).
I thought the problem is on the software, not the hardware. So i'm bit shocked reading your statement that you replace the board. Hope the local service center near the city helps. Thanks for the info!
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...So i'm bit shocked reading your statement that you replace the board.
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Well the thing is, flashing a new Recovery and booting into recovery mode isn't difficult - I've done it several times with other phones, and it's a straightforward procedure.
So the fact that the phone wouldn't boot to Recovery was (in retrospect at least) a bit of an indication that all wasn't well with the hardware. I wasn't messing with the phone when it failed initially, either - I was just using it.
Booting to the stock recovery was the first test I did on the repaired phone, and it worked fine. I'll be leaving the ROM as stock, though, till the warranty runs out.
A bit strange for the board to just stop working though - I've looked after the phone very carefully since new.
Is it common with the S5, does anyone know?
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Well the thing is, flashing a new Recovery and booting into recovery mode isn't difficult - I've done it several times with other phones, and it's a straightforward procedure.
So the fact that the phone wouldn't boot to Recovery was (in retrospect at least) a bit of an indication that all wasn't well with the hardware. I wasn't messing with the phone when it failed initially, either - I was just using it.
Booting to the stock recovery was the first test I did on the repaired phone, and it worked fine. I'll be leaving the ROM as stock, though, till the warranty runs out.
A bit strange for the board to just stop working though - I've looked after the phone very carefully since new.
Is it common with the S5, does anyone know?
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Were you able to resolve the issue?
@mike_sausage said:
Were you able to resolve the issue?
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Er, did you read my earlier posts? #14 and later.