I used the internarional toolkit v1.0 to root my phone the day after T-Mobile released it, and had minor stability issues frequently; if an app locked up, a battery pull was required to fix it, sometime "system" would request superuser access 8-10 times in a row before the phone would reboot itself, stuff like that. I wrote it off as something that I would worry about when I had more time to switch to a new ROM. Boy, do I regret waiting.
My phone locked up, like normal, and I performed a battery pull. When I replaced it and booted the device, I was greeted by a holo-style popup saying "Android is updating" or something to that effect. It would then load my lockscreen and respond for about 10 seconds before completely freezing again.
A full wipe fixed this, so I took this opportunity to switch to a different ROM. I lost my SMS' and all app data aside from the few Titanium backups I had. I don't know if the OS just borked itself, or if it somehow tried to download an OTA update, or what.
But if you experience these issues, or used the original international version of the toolkit with options 4-3-1, then you might want to switch to a custom ROM before it's too late.
Heeeeeed my waaaaarrrrnnniiiiinnnngggg...
EDIT: I guess I wasn't terribly clear due to my wording and being tired. Yes, I know doing a full wipe and flashing a ROM will cause me to lose my data. I was just saying that due to the fact that the only way to fix the device was a full wipe, I lost my data. All I'm saying really is to watch out for these issues or else you'll be in the same boat I was with no backups to restore from.
I don't understand. If you switch your ROM you're going to lose previous data unless you back it up. You do a backup before anything.
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A full wipe fixed this, so I took this opportunity to switch to a different ROM. I lost my SMS' and all app data..
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Confused too - of course you're going to lose your data after a full wipe.
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I don't understand. If you switch your ROM you're going to lose previous data unless you back it up. You do a backup before anything.
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Confused too - of course you're going to lose your data after a full wipe.
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I added a clarification to my first post. All I was saying was that if anyone else is having issues similar to mine, back up your data before it's too late, like it was for me.
No problems here. I rooted my SGN2 with v1.0.0 and just de-bloated all tmobile apps with Titanium since first day release and never had an issue. Of course, some apps don't work with the SGN2, but it just tries to start and then after a few seconds it comes back, but this probably has more to do with the apps. This also happens with custom roms too.
I'm now just using rooted stock debloated tmobile rom. Seems to run the best without any issues.
might be off topic but i noticed when i tried to go back to factory with odin it flashed the rom and i lost root but it did not erase data at all. is this normal when using odin? or do i need the PIT file to go 100% stock?
I rooted threw odin. Whats the difference threw toolkits?
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whats with all of these 'warning" threads lately? is this user error or a legitimate fault of the device because at this point im ready to swap this out for a gs3.
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whats with all of these 'warning" threads lately? is this user error or a legitimate fault of the device because at this point im ready to swap this out for a gs3.
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Its people taking an isolated incident blowing it out of proportion the phones fine I rooted that way and have had no issues disregard this loons rant
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whats with all of these 'warning" threads lately? is this user error or a legitimate fault of the device because at this point im ready to swap this out for a gs3.
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You must not know the gs3 is where all this came from
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You must not know the gs3 is where all this came from
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I had a gs3 on verizon and never had any issues after i backed up my efs with terminal manager. Flashed tons of roms too including aosp.
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I had a gs3 on verizon and never had any issues after i backed up my efs with terminal manager. Flashed tons of roms too including aosp.
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Efs is the only thing that worry me with Galaxy Note 2. Several methods of backing up. But seems that it is unclear if any method is really backing up efs within Galaxy Note 2. There seems to be differences between GS3 efs and GN2 efs.
No real solid clear evidence or clarification which and if any efs backup method actually backs up Galaxy Note 2 efs. And no real solid clarification on how to restore Galaxy Note 2 efs. And no solid clear evidence or clarification that if the Galaxy Note 2 efs restore method actually restores the efs correctly.
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For some of you out there with a possessed HTC EVO there is a FIX!! it is not a touch sensor problem but a software problem (no it can't be fixed by wiping everything in recovery) it seems that even though we wipe our phones and flash new roms. Data from previous roms seems to be stored in NAND(yes I tried superwipe). I dealt with this annoying screen problem for months and I tried everything and even went to a Sprint repair center. If you have this problem and can't resolve it (I solved it this way) download the latest RUU and flash it .
LATEST EVO RUU(DOWNLOAD LINK):
http://www.filefactory.com/file/cd5....15.00.0808_NV_2.15_release_209995_signed.exe
MY wifes EVO seems to be posessed. I actually rooted it yesterday and put on a new ROM and the problem didnt go away. The phone is only like 1 month old and it keeps not necessarily freezing, but the touch buttons at the bottom of the screen rarely work and when they do they dont do what they are supposed to. Where do I get the latest RUU and does this sound like something that the new RUU would help?
Yes it will help a lot.
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ok thats perfect, where can I find it?
The link has been posted above
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checked your thank you button. This safe to do with my root? Wife will kill me if she has to backup and restore all her apps again lol!
No it will remove root but root can be so easily obtained once again .as for the apps backs them all up through Titanium Backup.
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checked your thank you button. This safe to do with my root? Wife will kill me if she has to backup and restore all her apps again lol!
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Back up your apps and data with Titanium Backup, texts with SMS Backup and Restore. After running the RUU, you can simply reflash recovery via PC36IMG.zip through hboot and flash a new rom.
Whether or not this will actually work for you or not, I don't know. I would think wiping system & boot would get whatever issues that wiping data doesn't, but I have never experienced the issue.
Make a nandroid backup first, and if the RUU doesn't fix the problem just flash your recovery and restore the backup. If it does work, don't restore the backup, start fresh. Good luck!
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I would have returned the phone back to sprint before rooting since it could be a hw issue.
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Apparently its a pretty common issue. Her first EVO kept going wierd crap too. At this point she cant wait till her contract is up so she can switch to Tmobile like me and get the Hercules. Right now the only advantage her phone has is higher MP Camera and FFC. My phone is faster, better screen, better service, and smaller and lighter and i have a rooted and ROMd vibrant. Ive heard a lot of good about the EVO but at this point my Vibrant buries it. It seems to me like if this were a software issue then rooting it and putting on a new rom after the wipe would have solved it. Ill have to see if I can convince the wife to let me redo everything again even tho a lot of what I have read says that this new software version doesnt fix this issue. But I do see that it inscreases speed and battery life and that would be nice! Thanks for all the help!
What the heck is a ruu? In need of a super-developer!
Noob here (obviously from my title). I have the possessed evo issue (HTC Evo 4G Design) but don't understand the language on how to fix ('flash the ruu'). Anyone up for making this process idiot-proof? I use my phone for business so it would be a disaster if I screwed it up and had to wait for a new phone. It's only about 14 months old. : (
I need help I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 from at&t 1317. Right know it changed since I rooted with cm-10.1-20130219-NIGHTLY-t0lte to model number GT-N7105 kernel 3.0.31. The thing is I rooted first with chainfire auto root and it went all well and I was happy, but I saw the themes and changes the other more advanced (in my opinion) and decided to root with the cm10. I followed the instructions and made a backup with clockwork mode touch recovery and all. When the backup was finished I copied it to my laptop just in case. I used rom manager to install the cm10 and all went smoothly or so I thought. The phone turned on and showed the Samsung name and the it showed the custom boot animation of the android pissing on the apple. But it got stuck on that for more than 15 minutes. I panicked and tried to turn off the phone but to no help. I removed the battery and put it in recovery mode and tried to use the backup but said it wasn’t functioning I tried using the Samsung toolkit or odin to flash it but nothing. The toolkit said waiting for adb and did nothing. I still have the backup. I in my panick did a factory reset thinking that would put the stock rom but to my disaster it erased everything. I then rooted on top of it to see if it would get rid of cm10 I did it with the auto root from chainfire but cyanogenmod doesn’t want to leave my phone. At first I didn’t even have google play store but just now thanks to something clockwork did I have it again. Please I just want my phone to get restored with the backup I did im not asking for more I have important files I cant ever replace if they are lost forever. The contacts, app data, documents on the internal storage is what most needs help. The other things on the external tips would be appreciated too.
Don't panic. You did a factory reset and may have wiped all. Was this a cwm factory reset or twrp factory reset? It sounds like cwm. Which is, like you said, a full wipe. Your best bet is to use data restore apps. Disk digger in the store can restore all kinds of photos. But you may have to use a different one. Unfortunately the phone attached via MTP so computer software has a hard time seeing it as a drive.
You should read and re-read before flashing
You have not rooted with cm10 you flashed cm10 which happens to be rooted.
Rooting is simply allowing advanced administration privileges for the phone. Nothing more. Flashing a ROM is your whole operating system.
What kind of files are you trying to restore?
Also on cm10 when you flash cm10 in recovery you should flash gapps with it. That's how you get play store. You may have burned yourself due to a lack of understanding.
Go to file manager. Go to settings and enable root mode.
Then grant permission. On the pop up.
Then go to the highest folder /
Then go to /data
Then /data/media
What do you see in here? All your files? Or just like 2 folders. One named 0 and one named legacy (I believe.)
Anyone if the files aren't in /data/media then you erased them. And your vest bet is a file restoring app. And this may be difficult. Don't use your phone for anything. The longer you wait. The more likely these files will be written over.
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Don't panic. You did a factory reset and may have wiped all. Was this a cwm factory reset or twrp factory reset? It sounds like cwm. Which is, like you said, a full wipe. Your best bet is to use data restore apps. Disk digger in the store can restore all kinds of photos. But you may have to use a different one. Unfortunately the phone attached via MTP so computer software has a hard time seeing it as a drive.
You should read and re-read before flashing
You have not rooted with cm10 you flashed cm10 which happens to be rooted.
Rooting is simply allowing advanced administration privileges for the phone. Nothing more. Flashing a ROM is your whole operating system.
What kind of files are you trying to restore?
Also on cm10 when you flash cm10 in recovery you should flash gapps with it. That's how you get play store. You may have burned yourself due to a lack of understanding.
Go to file manager. Go to settings and enable root mode.
Then grant permission. On the pop up.
Then go to the highest folder /
Then go to /data
Then /data/media
What do you see in here? All your files? Or just like 2 folders. One named 0 and one named legacy (I believe.)
Anyone if the files aren't in /data/media then you erased them. And your vest bet is a file restoring app. And this may be difficult. Don't use your phone for anything. The longer you wait. The more likely these files will be written over.
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First of all thank you for answering. The files Im trying to recover are some photos of my girlfriend and documents of my university. The photos were hiding by the app hide it pro that looks like an audio manager but in reality its an hide app. I had it their because im kind off jealous and dont like people seeing her from photos. The first step took it the one off the file manager. Thanks now how do i restore the phone because in all reality this experience has turned me off cyanogen I want the old root because in the future plan to root but with other when im more able to do it.
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First of all thank you for answering. The files Im trying to recover are some photos of my girlfriend and documents of my university. The photos were hiding by the app hide it pro that looks like an audio manager but in reality its an hide app. I had it their because im kind off jealous and dont like people seeing her from photos. The first step took it the one off the file manager. Thanks now how do i restore the phone because in all reality this experience has turned me off cyanogen I want the old root because in the future plan to root but with other when im more able to do it.[/QUOT
The pics are no longer the problem, it was in the external sd, the thing now is the contacts and app data that was on the internal storage. If someone can be of help I'd appreciate it.
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I don't wanna come off as mean, but you need to read up alot more on rooting and what it does. You installed a rom, not a different root. When you install any rom, you have to factory reset your phone and that wipes apps and their data. Before you wipe anything you should backup aps and their data with something like titanium backup. I'm guessing you didn't do that so as far as I know your app data is gone. It is a learning experience, now you know what not to do next time. Just read up a little more
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I don't wanna come off as mean, but you need to read up alot more on rooting and what it does. You installed a rom, not a different root. When you install any rom, you have to factory reset your phone and that wipes apps and their data. Before you wipe anything you should backup aps and their data with something like titanium backup. I'm guessing you didn't do that so as far as I know your app data is gone. It is a learning experience, now you know what not to do next time. Just read up a little more
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I didnt use titanium but I used clockwork. The problem was I didnt know how to use it. The root thing I know Im no expert (sadly). But right know I managed to use but only part of the phone has backed up. Question when the back up is used do i delete it then from my files because of the storage? As you said yourself I dont know much but with help from people like you I hope that I can change that if at least a little
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My phone is back to the other rom it had just needed to move the backup file to the folder of clockwork. Im gonna change rom in the near future but how do I prevent loosing again the data and keeping the new rom I instal?
I would read up alot about flashing custom roms and using an app like titanium backup to backup your apps and data. I would go on YouTube and search on how to use clockwork and what everything does. There are plenty of videos on doing all of that stuff on YouTube. I would stay on what you are on right now until you feel comfortable
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I would read up alot about flashing custom roms and using an app like titanium backup to backup your apps and data. I would go on YouTube and search on how to use clockwork and what everything does. There are plenty of videos on doing all of that stuff on YouTube. I would stay on what you are on right now until you feel comfortable
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Thanks man I'll take your advise to heart.
No problem I like to help if I can. I only started rooting with my last phone and was scared of bricking it and messing stuff up but from reading info and watching videos and just doing things with my phone and messing with it I have learned a lot.
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No problem I like to help if I can. I only started rooting with my last phone and was scared of bricking it and messing stuff up but from reading info and watching videos and just doing things with my phone and messing with it I have learned a lot.
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I recently changed to android from blackberry and its a world I didnt know existed. Its awesome so I was scared stiff lol but like you said with time you learn and by reading and watching. I have read somewhat but havent seen much videos.
Custom roms are fun to play with but can get out in trouble.. sometimes you spend more time fixing the problem you caused then having fun, maybe by wiping or not wiping the right areas, maybe a bad flash or just an all around bad flash... soo agreed, learn more about cwm and teamwin and roms before you attempt anything.. but there are always ppl willing to help...
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so true like this time for me but even thought the experience was bad I still loved the custom rom if it didnt cause this much trouble I would have stayed with it.
It is fun putting the different roms on your phone and making it your own. It's an addiction and a nice hobby
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nice hobby if you know what you're doing lol
I was on Tweaked 1.0 and was loving every minute of it. Until i heard that we had just got new kit kat roms. So i made a back up and proceeded to install the new Liquid. Coming from Note 2, It felt like I was in AOSP heaven again. But needless to say i shouldn't have been so excited for a alpha build just yet. A couple of things i needed weren't working just yet so i went back into twrp and wiped everything. Once i had restored my tweaked backup i booted up and it started constantly boot looping. So this is what i did. I wiped everything again (including system) and just flashed the tweaked rom. It kept loading up over and over to a screen that said "Process System is not responding, Close it?" So i wiped again and re-flashed the Liquid and i got nothing. Lastly i grabbed the Stock MI7 md5 and flashed it with odin three times. It finishes every time, but still the same system error when booting up. Can anyone please help me fix my phone. All help is much appreciated.
Man I'm telling you the smarter the phones are becoming the more problems it gives us. I used to be a flashaholic back on the note 2 now with the note 3 I had a brickloop out of nowhere. I'm freaked as to flash things unto my rom for real
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Exactly what i mean. With my Note 2 i flashed very frequently, but almost never had problems like these. I'm also glad to hear i'm not the only one whose had those random brickloops. It doesn't seem to matter what rom it is. Everything goes fine for a good while then out of nowhere, constant rebooting. I think if I can fix my phone this time i'm gonna just go stock rooted
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Exactly what i mean. With my Note 2 i flashed very frequently, but almost never had problems like these. I'm also glad to hear i'm not the only one whose had those random brickloops. It doesn't seem to matter what rom it is. Everything goes fine for a good while then out of nowhere, constant rebooting. I think if I can fix my phone this time i'm gonna just go stock rooted [/QUOT
If you read through the forum for the note 3 this is a common problem after a restore of the efs partition on older twrp editions. flash this to fix
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Ill flash roms and mods to my hearts content.. One thing you won't catch me doing its restoring a backup. Hell I won't even make a ⊼ nandroid .. Lol
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I was on Tweaked 1.0 and was loving every minute of it. Until i heard that we had just got new kit kat roms. So i made a back up and proceeded to install the new Liquid. Coming from Note 2, It felt like I was in AOSP heaven again. But needless to say i shouldn't have been so excited for a alpha build just yet. A couple of things i needed weren't working just yet so i went back into twrp and wiped everything. Once i had restored my tweaked backup i booted up and it started constantly boot looping. So this is what i did. I wiped everything again (including system) and just flashed the tweaked rom. It kept loading up over and over to a screen that said "Process System is not responding, Close it?" So i wiped again and re-flashed the Liquid and i got nothing. Lastly i grabbed the Stock MI7 md5 and flashed it with odin three times. It finishes every time, but still the same system error when booting up. Can anyone please help me fix my phone. All help is much appreciated.
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Don't restore jack. No recovery is right as of yet for this. Phones are very temper mental
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BACARDILIMON said:
Don't restore jack. No recovery is right as of yet for this. Phones are very temper mental
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second to last release of twrp (2.6.3.7) says it fixed the efs back-up does this not address the back up issue?
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second to last release of twrp (2.6.3.7) says it fixed the efs back-up does this not address the back up issue?
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I know they said that bit it did for a few. Just don't trust me been thru it
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Lesson learned. No more backing up with twrp. I was fine with good ol' Titanium Backup. But anyways, found a fix for this. Took a couple minutes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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Lesson learned. No more backing up with twrp. I was fine with good ol' Titanium Backup. But anyways, found a fix for this. Took a couple minutes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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That fix works but has also failed me. Just try and not use backups
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Lesson learned. No more backing up with twrp. I was fine with good ol' Titanium Backup. But anyways, found a fix for this. Took a couple minutes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471421
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the file i attached is just a script that does exactly this flashed through recovery.
What about CWM?
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Don't restore jack. No recovery is right as of yet for this. Phones are very temper mental
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I have restored multiple multiple backups already on twrp latest and more recently with cwm.. So they are pretty solid guys.. I do have the brickloop fix on SD though.. Thanks to twrp,, and Just in case I need it again.
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I have restored multiple multiple backups already on twrp latest and more recently with cwm.. So they are pretty solid guys.. I do have the brickloop fix on SD though.. Thanks to twrp,, and Just in case I need it again.
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I have used both and they both are the same. But do a restore and if ur phone likes it ur ok if not then u get boot loop or brick. As long as he knows it it is his gamble to make
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i was using jedi rom then i tried to flash darthstalker romnow i'm stuck in a boot loop and when it does finally boot it says process system isn't responding, if i choose wait i get the drop down menu with toggles and that's it rest of the screen is black if i hold power button i get power off or reboot option only. if i choose close it goes into a boot loop. haven't got anything that's been able to fix it yet. help pls
Yea this happened to me a couple of days ago. Im done restoring from backups now.
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In past devices I've owned lately (can remember which cuz there's been A LOT) I've noticed that at times, when i restore a back up i suddenly have bugs that weren't there b4. I'm not saying it's common but i HAVE seen it. I wanna try installing some mods my phone but b4 i do I'm gonna create a back up. Im just hoping that if i do have too restore a back up that it's not gonna suddenly create problems. My set up is dam near perfect right now. So I'm just putting some feelers out here: has anyone restored a back up using TWRP? And if so, was everything running perfectly afterwards?
Thanks.
Never had an issue.
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If I restore a backup I usually do a factory reset first and foremost everything, that way its restoring to a clean space.
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Just did it today. No problems at all.
I have noticed stuff like google play services needing to be updated even though it was just updated and smart cards stop working. Never anything major though and it only happens every now and then.
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If I restore a backup I usually do a factory reset first and foremost everything, that way its restoring to a clean space.
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Yeah, i do too. I think it was a while back on the note 3 that even when wiping fully you'd still get issues. Just glad to see others aren't having problems with this device. Thanks.
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Yeah, i do too. I think it was a while back on the note 3 that even when wiping fully you'd still get issues. Just glad to see others aren't having problems with this device. Thanks.
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That's because TWRP was horribly broken on the Note 3 for a long time. It wasn't restoring SELinux contexts properly so you'd wind up with a non-functional device (e.g. every app FC'd on launch, device would bootloop, etc.). It was also corrupting exFAT-formatted SD cards due to a buggy FUSE implementation. (I helped bigbiff troubleshoot and fix all of it over the past year.)
I had to restore contexts manually via adb after a TWRP restore before rebooting into Android. They only fixed that in the 2.7.1.0 release IIRC.
I haven't had a single problem. Restores perfectly. I do wipe like 3 times first though.
So my friends Boss' son tried to be all "l33t h4x3r" and mess with his S6(sm-g920p). First he ruined his EFS section of the phone, the Baseband is Unknown, no IMEI number, Software Version is Unknown, and his radio wasn't working. I think he then tried to do some crazy **** in ODIN, "No Clue he doesn't remember". Well i've never ran into a constant reboot issue with any Android phones i've owned. I've had bootloops but this is throwing me for a loop. I've tried:
Loading TWRP wiping everything and trying a Custom ROM
Using Odin to Recover back to Stock
Honestly im not sure whats up anymore or if his phone is even fixable at this time.
Link to Probs: http5://youtu.be/QVLgYF_7tGU
Hi, you certainly have a challenge there. It sounds like you need to restore both the partitions and the stock OS.
If the phone is a 32 GB model, please see the whole thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/help/operating-smg920p-t3263325
There is a PIT file linked at post 16, instructions for using it at post 22. Also a link for the latest stock TAR file.
Again, this would be for 32 GB model, but you want to flash first the PIT and then the TAR.
I think I may have done that already too but I'll look again once in home and see if maybe I did it in the wrong order. Thanks for the quick reply friend. ?
Well i did as instructed but Baseband is still unknown and it is still rebooting over and over :/
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Well i did as instructed but Baseband is still unknown and it is still rebooting over and over :/
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If he messed up the efs partition, like it's empty, without a backup. I'm pretty sure the phone is done.
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If he messed up the efs partition, like it's empty, without a backup. I'm pretty sure the phone is done.
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I recommend he brings it to Sprint, after they "diagnose" it and declear its broken they should be able to replace it. Just make sure its as close to stock as possible that way it does not seem rooted.
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I recommend he brings it to Sprint, after they "diagnose" it and declear its broken they should be able to replace it. Just make sure its as close to stock as possible that way it does not seem rooted.
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That is about the only option left. There are other options to restore the efs (pretty much rebuild it from scratch) but that is not something an every day user can do. I had an efs issue on my S4. I was tinkering with things I shouldn't have, forget exactly what I was doing, it was on T-Mobile so I think I was trying to remove the data cap (was on prepaid). Was pretty much in the same boat as OP but was able to completely from scratch rebuild the stuff that belongs in the efs directory. Some stuff I never restored but didn't seem to affect the device.
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That is about the only option left. There are other options to restore the efs (pretty much rebuild it from scratch) but that is not something an every day user can do. I had an efs issue on my S4. I was tinkering with things I shouldn't have, forget exactly what I was doing, it was on T-Mobile so I think I was trying to remove the data cap (was on prepaid). Was pretty much in the same boat as OP but was able to completely from scratch rebuild the stuff that belongs in the efs directory. Some stuff I never restored but didn't seem to affect the device.
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Huh, if you remember, write a guide that way you can help people.
1619415 said:
Huh, if you remember, write a guide that way you can help people.
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This was many many years ago. What saved me was the fact that Notepad++ keeps a copy of the file you have open even when you close the program. I just had to remember what things needed to be reverted back and the edits undone. I guess I didn't really rebuild it from scratch lol.
elesbb said:
This was many many years ago. What saved me was the fact that Notepad++ keeps a copy of the file you have open even when you close the program. I just had to remember what things needed to be reverted back and the edits undone. I guess I didn't really rebuild it from scratch lol.
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Lol
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Lol
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Yeah sadly I have no idea how the efs is populated. The second instance I get a new phone, dd is done on the efs partition and created into a .img file.
jbowman21 said:
So my friends Boss' son tried to be all "l33t h4x3r" and mess with his S6(sm-g920p). First he ruined his EFS section of the phone, the Baseband is Unknown, no IMEI number, Software Version is Unknown, and his radio wasn't working. I think he then tried to do some crazy **** in ODIN, "No Clue he doesn't remember". Well i've never ran into a constant reboot issue with any Android phones i've owned. I've had bootloops but this is throwing me for a loop. I've tried:
Loading TWRP wiping everything and trying a Custom ROM
Using Odin to Recover back to Stock
Honestly im not sure whats up anymore or if his phone is even fixable at this time.
Link to Probs: http5://youtu.be/QVLgYF_7tGU
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Koop's firmware didn't work with my phone either. This version of it fixed mine for some reason. Try flashing it to yours
mediafire.com/download/c55xaeb7geq0i2d/G920PVPU3BOJ7_G920PSPT3BOJ7_SPR.zip
Now i got same issue i accidently restored efs and ah man ive tried every thing it reboots after 2 or 3 mins no matter what rom back up i have and i have efs and radio with all my back ups ive restored it also no luck. Guess im going to the sprint store tomorrow even after i flashed stock 6.0.1 i can get to about half way through wifi setup before it reboots no matter what 2-3 minutes phone reboots unless in twrp
Still no luck becareful and dont try to restore efs i suppose in twrp. Your phone may never stop rebooting ive flashed 2 different 6.0.1 builds one was the revo other was from sammobil both @koop1955 has them PB6 6.0.1 odin doesnt fix this.
YOYOYO
Well wtf or omg it completely died left it for a day. Now its working so far it hasnt rebooted in 30 mins LOL but dude sucks going to a phone with kitkat after using marshmallow and one of the fastest phones made for awhile. I did pull the sim card out and try it in a old boost maybe that reset something idk its working though.My problems were Rebooting constantly after 2-3 mins no matter what rom i had even stock.
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Saafir said:
Backed up my EFS before ever even rooting. Stuck that bad boy in Dropbox for safety. *pats self on back*
Last one of these topics I seen, end result was JTAG.
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BEcareful if u restore that efs. i backed up too but once in twrp. Now all i did was check restore efs by accident just tried restoring a renegade rom system,boot, and data. Tell you what i wont be rushing through crap and am fine with stock for awhile. Probably will still take the replacement when it comes its white the black one i got is too blue.
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I've got a raw partition backup as well as one through TWRP. If you check md5/sha hashes for data integrity, and only install software instances specific to your device, aside from manually monkeyin around
Hey needless to say im researching full partition backups did you use a app by wanam partitions back up and restore? Or just simple adb commands. Last used adb on a moto e 2nd with success on unlocking. Once i got a new harddrive haven't needed it.
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Theres similar issues happening on sprint note 5s as well and has a couple threads currently speaking about this problem. Strange strange. It happened to me after updating to mm and then rooting.
Well i did try the note rom right before and when i did hit restore efs it after wiping system data boot from moar MM rom phone rebooted for days then after few resets and odin flashes i let it die then a day later it worked.
Correct but have always preferred the 925p roms.
Well i helped another with the rebooting issue on any rom.
He tried everything then but let it die after battery died plug it in and bingo his worked to
IF CONSTANT REBOOTING.
LET THE BATTERY COMPLETLY DRAIN.
AFTER FLASHING STOCK.