I've posted in here a couple times before about my phone being stuck in a bootloader loop.
Ever since JB came available all roms would bootloader loop.
Now that there is an OTA update it also bootloaders loop.
The only things I can think of is that I bought my phone from Rogers and I am using it with Telus.
Telus doesn't actually sell Galaxy Nexus' just the Note and the S3 and stuff.
So would that be a problem in causing my bootloader loop? Did anyone else have a problem like this and how was it fixed? Will I ever be able to get JellyBean or future updates on Telus if they don't sell Nexus?
I guess just confused on what to do from here if I can actually get JellyBean on this phone...
Thanks!
Mackie011 said:
I've posted in here a couple times before about my phone being stuck in a bootloader loop.
Ever since JB came available all roms would bootloader loop.
Now that there is an OTA update it also bootloaders loop.
The only things I can think of is that I bought my phone from Rogers and I am using it with Telus.
Telus doesn't actually sell Galaxy Nexus' just the Note and the S3 and stuff.
So would that be a problem in causing my bootloader loop? Did anyone else have a problem like this and how was it fixed? Will I ever be able to get JellyBean or future updates on Telus if they don't sell Nexus?
I guess just confused on what to do from here if I can actually get JellyBean on this phone...
Thanks!
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Follow the instructions here to flash the stock JB ROM.
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I just got a Verizon Galaxy Nexus and got the update for 4.1.1. I am wondering if someone can point me to a good rooting and unlocking thread. All I've seen is stuff for older builds, so I'm wondering what will work the best for the new update. Thanks.
jpen said:
I just got a Verizon Galaxy Nexus and got the update for 4.1.1. I am wondering if someone can point me to a good rooting and unlocking thread. All I've seen is stuff for older builds, so I'm wondering what will work the best for the new update. Thanks.
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Got the same issues. Would also be glad for new links.
This if you haven unlock your bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894717
This if you have already unlocked your bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Can't unroot VZW Galaxy Nexus
I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus which I rooted in order to install Jelly Bean. But now I'm having some serious issues with it.
It will randomly shut off and every time I plug in the USB cable, it dies and won't boot until it's unplugged.
How can I get back to stock without plugging it in?
Alright thanks. Also I see a lot of jelly bean roms but is there any built off the OTA update that came out?
19093er said:
I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus which I rooted in order to install Jelly Bean. But now I'm having some serious issues with it.
It will randomly shut off and every time I plug in the USB cable, it dies and won't boot until it's unplugged.
How can I get back to stock without plugging it in?
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dont cross-post, there's at least one thread here with your issue, find it
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Hi everyone i am new to this.
Basiclly I have a Galaxy Note 2 LTE and i recently flashed a stock rom of Jelly Bean 4.1.2
My problem is before i flashed it, my startup and shut down was the stock Samsung one and now its the annoying T-mobile one
After flashing it also installed a few T-mobile apps and also T-mobile ringtones. Can someone tell me how to get back to the original Startup animation and also how to remove all this T-mobile crap!
You flashed a T-Mo branded firmware. Flash any unbranded on from sammobile and branded apps and boot logos will revert to sammy ones.
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Haha just do what he said and flash a stock firmware.
You can just replace the startup and shutdown animation files if you want. But its easier to just flash an unbranded rom if you don't know what your doing. All your apps and data should stay in place.
Zip included just in case. Ps this zip is not for flashing, do im manually with root explorer Instructions included.
thanks for all the replies.
this rom i flashed wasnt an official UK one and it said nothing about t-mobile. it said i needed an unlocked phone before flashing so was kinda shoked to see the t-mobile logo lol.
so do i just wait for the stock UK rom to come out then???
thanks again
It has already came out
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r8umar said:
thanks for all the replies.
this rom i flashed wasnt an official UK one and it said nothing about t-mobile. it said i needed an unlocked phone before flashing so was kinda shoked to see the t-mobile logo lol.
so do i just wait for the stock UK rom to come out then???
thanks again
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I'd imagine it would be rather odd seeing a network logo on an unlocked phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696&highlight=cf+autoroot
Yes, no UK one is out yet for unlocked. I'm waiting for the O2 or unlocked one. But I think it doesn't matter which one you use since it's only the first initial start up screen will come in that particular language, so you could use another countries. I just want to wait Should come out some time this month, if not in a few days.
Omen123 said:
I'd imagine it would be rather odd seeing a network logo on an unlocked phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696&highlight=cf+autoroot
Yes, no UK one is out yet for unlocked. I'm waiting for the O2 or unlocked one. But I think it doesn't matter which one you use since it's only the first initial start up screen will come in that particular language, so you could use another countries. I just want to wait Should come out some time this month, if not in a few days.
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I just flashed this ROM on my uk N7105, working great,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072621
OK its been tweaked to be rooted etc but I always root anyway.
Nice one
So, I have an i317 At&t note 2. It was originally on 4.3, but I wanted to unlock it. I followed some forum posts and reverted back to 4.1 and was able to unlock it. It worked with a tmobile sim on 4.1.1, but now when I try to update it (either through Kies or through update on phone), it updates but then gets stuck at the samsung galaxy note 2 display. I found another forum post (thanks, but cant find thread atm ) which had a file to download. I installed that using Odin, but that only got it to work on 4.1.1.
I guess my question is I have the note 2 running on 4.1.1 that I factory unlocked, but now it wont let me update. How do I get 4.3 on it? Thanks
Ok there's plenty of 4.3 Rom's in the development section...
Just have to search for them!
Q: »»»»
Is it rooted?
Do you have a custom recovery installed?
Are you sure your familiar flashing Rom's?
Etc etc etc......
SENT FROM MY SAMMY i317 USING TAPATALK4
Bajanman said:
Ok there's plenty of 4.3 Rom's in the development section...
Just have to search for them!
Q: »»»»
Is it rooted?
Do you have a custom recovery installed?
Are you sure your familiar flashing Rom's?
Etc etc etc......
SENT FROM MY SAMMY i317 USING TAPATALK4
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It is not rooted. All I have done to it is downgrade it to 4.1.1, then unlocked it. Is there a stock ROM. I want to be able to go into settings -> about phone -> and update it that way whenever a new version comes out and not have to install custom ROMS. Is that possible?
No, I don't have a custom recovery installed and I am not familiar with flashing Rom's.
I thought I could downgrade to 4.1.1, unlock, then update to the newest stock version through updates in the phone, but thats not the way it works when you unlock the note 2??
thanks
Pardon me if I sound ignorant. I am new to android (switched over from apple a month ago). The note 2 had 4.3 on it. I followed thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
to unlock my phone, but had to revert back to 4.1.1 in order to do so. I followed posting
http://wccftech.com/guide-to-downgrade-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-devices/
to downgrade to 4.1.1. That went successfully and I successfully unlocked the note and all was good. It was running 4.1.1 and I was using a tmobile sim. I went to updates through settings on the phone and tried to update. After that point, it just boots up to "samsung galaxy note 2" screen. I used Odin3 v3.07 to reinstall 4.1.1 and its working again.
I would ideally like to be able to go through software updates on the phone to update it and not need to use custom roms. Is the problem I am trying to update from 4.1.1 to 4.3 and I need to manually update to 4.2.x first, then go to 4.3?
I don't understand why unlocking it prevents me from updating from 4.1.1. I have tried through the phone and through Kies, which keeps getting an error. Does this make sense? Am i doing something wrong? The phone is originally At&t. Do I need an At&t sim inserted to update through the phone?
thanks for all the help and once again, sorry if these questions seems elementary. I am reading through forum posts and trying to understand what all this means. I'm not sure what rooting or flashing means and how flashing is different then unlocking.
Thanks for the help
scottrf8 said:
Pardon me if I sound ignorant. I am new to android (switched over from apple a month ago). The note 2 had 4.3 on it. I followed thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982
to unlock my phone, but had to revert back to 4.1.1 in order to do so. I followed posting
http://wccftech.com/guide-to-downgrade-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-devices/
to downgrade to 4.1.1. That went successfully and I successfully unlocked the note and all was good. It was running 4.1.1 and I was using a tmobile sim. I went to updates through settings on the phone and tried to update. After that point, it just boots up to "samsung galaxy note 2" screen. I used Odin3 v3.07 to reinstall 4.1.1 and its working again.
I would ideally like to be able to go through software updates on the phone to update it and not need to use custom roms. Is the problem I am trying to update from 4.1.1 to 4.3 and I need to manually update to 4.2.x first, then go to 4.3?
I don't understand why unlocking it prevents me from updating from 4.1.1. I have tried through the phone and through Kies, which keeps getting an error. Does this make sense? Am i doing something wrong? The phone is originally At&t. Do I need an At&t sim inserted to update through the phone?
thanks for all the help and once again, sorry if these questions seems elementary. I am reading through forum posts and trying to understand what all this means. I'm not sure what rooting or flashing means and how flashing is different then unlocking.
Thanks for the help
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What is unclear is why ware you trying unlock it, what carrier it was on and what carrier you are changing to,
You're asking if it needs an ATT SIM to update, so I'm lost on what carrier it was on.
The original carrier is at&t. I unlocked it and now am using a tmobile sim. However, when I got to settings and check for updates, it says "checking at&t servers for updates". So it is working for tmobile now, but only on 4.1.1. I don't mind downloading custom roms (and definitely appreciate the work), but I would like the option to not have to.
And when I boot up the phone, even though the network says tmobile, it shows at&t start up screen when it boots up into 4.1.1. Which is why u was thinking maybe the reason it won't do updates through the phone is cause there is no at&t sim inserted when it is "checking at&t server for updates"
scottrf8 said:
And when I boot up the phone, even though the network says tmobile, it shows at&t start up screen when it boots up into 4.1.1. Which is why u was thinking maybe the reason it won't do updates through the phone is cause there is no at&t sim inserted when it is "checking at&t server for updates"
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Well, over my head here. I think you have figured out technically why it's not working.
You are operating on a T-mobile network and you will not see ATT servers.
Even though it's says you are on T-mobile is anything working? Like texting, surfing or cell calls?
I would imagine texting is not since the config should be pointing at ATT servers.
I would think you should be running one of these factory images
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969551
I personally do not know if the T-889 is close to the ATT Note 2 model.
You may want to bounce over to this forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-tmobile
See if anyone has attempted what you are doing.
In my mind you need to flash a T-mobile image to do what you want.
I am not suggesting you do this, I am merely giving you an opinion.
You may want to investigate this custom ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568537
||ROM|| Jedi MasterX2 ||4.3||MULTICARRIER
Yeah, I dunno. It's an i317 on at&t. And it was definitely on tmobile cause it let me send text messages and it showed "tmobile" across the top as well as their 4g icon.
All I was trying to do was unlock my at&t note 2. Now its unlocked but stuck to 4.1.1. Lol
scottrf8 said:
Yeah, I dunno. It's an i317 on at&t. And it was definitely on tmobile cause it let me send text messages and it showed "tmobile" across the top as well as their 4g icon.
All I was trying to do was unlock my at&t note 2. Now its unlocked but stuck to 4.1.1. Lol
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You may want to investigate this custom ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2568537
||ROM|| Jedi MasterX2 ||4.3||MULTICARRIER
It is customized to install for multiple carriers. It's a user configurable install. You can pick which carrier you are, which apps to install etc.
It is 4.3
hey dicksteele, the page isnt found....
scottrf8 said:
hey dicksteele, the page isnt found....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568537
Main page
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So to start I went from my s3 to the Z2 when it first came out. I am with bell and for some reason they are not supporting updates and my Z2 is ridiculously glitchy, i'm looking to update the firmware and expect to take sometime to do this and i dont like downtime. Due to some legal reasons my old s3 was confiscated... so i picked up an S3 off kijiji. Unknown carrier but still I747M. I rooted, unlocked and ran cm on my old s3 so i figured i would give this one a rip and see what had come out.
Without thinking i found slimkat and rooted and updated to 4.4.4. Great rom, kind of glitchy, but smooth.
And then i through my sim in... didn't work. So i started trying to unlock it. And my quest begins
I have CM11 boot
I tried the easy modem dialer fix. didnt work
I tried the sim generator, couldn't find my nv data bin file
I then tried downgrading to 4.3 and 4.1.1 stock roms and also mod roms didn't work. Got them off of sammobile and also xda as the sammoblie one didn't work.
What are my options? should i just put this s3 back into the realm of kijiji?
Any help would be appreciated
So first off I know I messed up bad. I had 4.4.2 bell s3 i747m. I was able to go from 4.1.2 to 5.1 with cwm. I wanted 4.1 to unlock sim. I saw the warnings but they were a cpl years old. Nothing new. And it said 4.3 and above only. Since I could get to 4.1.2 I thought maybe it wasn't still ongoing. I downgraded the bootloader. Phone went black from recovery and now nothing. The tuts are for 4.3. What works on 4.4.2? Does the sd card boot work for 4.4.2?
The phone was running a stock 4.4.2?
Did you try using the 4,3 de-brick image?
I did. It doesn't boot. And yes stock 4.4.2
I need the 4.4.2 bootloader
Also is it Knox bricking the phone? And if so will removing it (if I can boot it) stop future bricks? Anyone out there got a bell s3 they can get the bootloader and debrick from on 4.4.2
godkingofcanada said:
Also is it Knox bricking the phone? And if so will removing it (if I can boot it) stop future bricks? Anyone out there got a bell s3 they can get the bootloader and debrick from on 4.4.2
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It's not Knox, it's just the newer bootloaders. Disabling Knox doesn't make any difference. You still can't downgrade the more recent bootloaders.
They might be somehow related. The bootloaders that produce bricks when downgraded emerged at the same time as Knox when Samsung started their corporate device push. Better to brick a phone than risk it running on a downgraded bootloader, when the bootloaders are all unlocked and will run unsigned code anyway It always seemed a little half-baked, but I'm sure there's something I'm failing to grasp.
Me as well. And I've only got mild understanding about this brick. I'm thinking with the right 4.4.2 bootloader and whatnot I may be able to use my 16 gig sd card to boot the phone. Is there any way to connect it in raw data mode? I remember older phones had to be off and have a button held while plugging it in to flash firmware.
I'm really stuck here
Also does anyone know where the extra hidden files internally are? I know it won't boot the phone because the phone knows the bootloader is invalid. Maybe if I just reinstall the right one I may revive it. But I assume I need sd boot for that to get to cwm
You should try different sd cards. Some members had to try a few different cards.
Has anyone out there successfully debrick the s3? On 4.4.2? Or should it let me force 4.3 rom and bootloader to work? I'm not sure if the method posted works for kit kat
I gotta locate a member with a bell s3 for the 4.4.2 debrick img. I can't just flash any 4.4.2 I wouldn't imagine. Maybe at&ts will work since that's i747 and this is i747m? I'm fine having to fix the modem and all that good stuff manually. I just need to get it on n I can fix the rest. Never bricked a phone before
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I gotta locate a member with a bell s3 for the 4.4.2 debrick img. I can't just flash any 4.4.2 I wouldn't imagine. Maybe at&ts will work since that's i747 and this is i747m? I'm fine having to fix the modem and all that good stuff manually. I just need to get it on n I can fix the rest. Never bricked a phone before
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did you check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
sorry , that's all I got. good luck.
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
Yeah that's not going to work thanks tho. Anyone know how to flash to the boot sector while device off? Like raw data read/write?
so to clarify where im at. im at the dreaded QHSUSB - DLOAD with my s3. meaning there is hope. its hard bricked but it still connects in fast download mode. is there a program i can use to connect to it at this point? im not able to find usb drivers for that. so it must be an app that reads it
What do you mean fast download mode? You mean you see the android guy with the shovel?
No I mean even tho the phone doesn't turn on or do anything it pops up on the computer.
You will have to have the phone repaired via jtag if you can't get it to work using a de-brick image.
I can. I just need a 4.4.2 bell debrick img. It's got to be the exact same no? Isn't 4.4.2 a different bootloader? Also does it matter if I flash a non bell bootloader and rom? Say at&t? It's i747 instead of i747m but I've used an at&t rom n it worked fine. I just don't know what works at bootloader level. Anyone out there got a bell s3 they can take the files from?
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I can. I just need a 4.4.2 bell debrick img. It's got to be the exact same no? Isn't 4.4.2 a different bootloader? Also does it matter if I flash a non bell bootloader and rom? Say at&t? It's i747 instead of i747m but I've used an at&t rom n it worked fine. I just don't know what works at bootloader level. Anyone out there got a bell s3 they can take the files from?
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might be one in here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"