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guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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when do you see this error? after the phone reboots from flashing or right before the reboot? i've never encountered that particular error before so i might not be much help but i'll try
btw.....you might wanna duck and cover.....you posted in the wrong section so you might see some flaming. just ask a mod to move this to the Q&A section
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guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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First off, this is in the wrong forum. You should be posting this in the section for the rom you are trying to flash. Second off, infected rom is not a rom that I am aware of, that is a website that has quite a few roms on it though. Please elaborate what rom you are trying to flash exactly and I will try to help you out.
sorry for posting in the wrong section .i will post from now on in the question and answer portion of this forum and again im sorry about this ,however, the rom i am trying to use is the infected rom / eternity and what im trying to say is i downloaded the rom to my computer i connected my phone and downloaded the rom to my sd card so when i go to flash the rom i see it but i guesss its not zipped ? i click the rom and it tells me data.system meta.inf
g35slammed said:
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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Is this the ROM you are referring to? If so you will want to get the ROM from here try re-downloading and try the install again. Also are you using a Mac?
bmxrider4444 said:
Is this the ROM you are referring to? If so you will want to get the ROM from here try re-downloading and try the install again. Also are you using a Mac?
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Also, you could always check the md5 sum. Otherwise, I would also suggest redownloading the rom. Are you using amon ra recovery or cwm?
yes that is the rom i am trying to download .i downloaded from the same site and it said decompressing failed twice .and yes i am on a mac
and im using amon recovery thanks for the fast replys
g35slammed said:
yes that is the rom i am trying to download .i downloaded from the same site and it said decompressing failed twice .and yes i am on a mac
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You are most likely using Safari which automatically unzips stuff, you will need to disable that for it to be fixed, open Safari then go to Preferences>General tab>uncheck Open "safe" files after download... And re-download the ROM. The ROMs are supposed to be zipped, happened to me all the time with my Hero back in the day lol.
i just unchecked it and will download it again .i will let you know if this worked wow you guys are great man
That's interesting, and kinda dumb. Does it do it with all types of zip files including apk's?
Boo
g35slammed said:
i just unchecked it and will download it again .i will let you know if this worked wow you guys are great man
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Should fix it, like I said, Safari automatically unzipping ROMs is bad as they are supposed to be zipped, and the unzipping breaks the files signature.
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That's interesting, and kinda dumb. Does it do it with all types of zip files including apk's?
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Nope just files with the .zip extension.
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
g35slammed said:
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
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Do you always use Safari? If so I have no answer, lol, all I know is everything should be fine now.
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i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
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If that doesn't work for you, you could always try downloading directly from your phone and see if that makes the difference. I would have never had that answer though cause I always download from my windows laptop or directly from my phone. Although, I have found RCmix3d to run better on my phone that eternity anyway. I do love virus' work, but he never really finished eternity and is now mostly working on other phones. R46 was just released though, and nobody knows what was changed, so hopefully the issues are fixed. My problem with eternity was that I kept missing text messages, which can't happen for me. Let us know how this goes and I might even try eternity again if the issues are fixed. Good Luck! If not, I suggest either RCmix3d or PrimeXL3d, they are both basically the same as eternity and have both worked better for me at this point
yes i use safari all the time lol ill keep you posted haha .i hope this works
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
g35slammed said:
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
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Anytime glad it worked for you.
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it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
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Great, I'm glad bmxrider helped you out on this one. Please do let me know what happens with the new eternity, mainly if your text messages all come through. I know you can use go sms or whatever, but I am not a fan of adding unneccesary apps to my phone really. I like to stay mainly stock with a few games and root apps as needed.
i will let you know .it looks delicious my god this virus dude is sick man wow great and very smooth .it took some time to load but hey its really nice
Ok, so i've spent endless hours and by endless i mean 8 hrs searching for a cure on my issue. I've hit road blocks in every corner because everyone resorts to either odin or kies, which i cannot use either.
I have a refurbished att i747 that for some reason came with cwm when i bought it from att. I've had it for a couple months now and I just plugged it into my computer to charge it (because my computer or any other has never read my phone) and as soon as I plugged it in, it shut itself off.
I went to turn the phone back on and it stalls at the "Galaxy SIII" logo.
I can put it into recovery mode and download mode.
I did a full reset from cwm and also tried putting stock rom on my external storage to flash, but my phone is not reading my external either and I cannot access my internal from my computer to place the rom there.
Im hoping I'm just frustrated and am doing something wrong in this department because i'm thinking it's my only resort.
download mode is useless because my phone does not register on any computer so unfortunately, my best friend odin is out of my reach.
What can I do. I've exhausted almost every option i can think of.
help me!!!
I apologize if this is posted in the wrong forum.
Xda newbie poster, professional lurker
phones dont ship from at&t with anything other than their carrier's stock firmware and stock recovery. if it did, that should have returned immediately.
what stock ROM did you place on your sd card? is that sd card working on any other devices?
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are you sure it isnt just the stock recovery you're booting into? that would be the reason why you cant access the sd card to flash anything.
xBeerdroiDx said:
phones dont ship from at&t with anything other than their carrier's stock firmware. you're saying that you received this device from the actual at&t company??? if so, that should have returned immediately.
what stock ROM did you place on your sd card? is that sd card working on any other devices?
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Ya the sd card was from my old phone never had an issue with it before.
I've done custom work to android before and when I purchased this phone (not new) refurbished from att themselves, I assumed it would be ok to go.
I shouldve returned it when my computer wasnt reading my phone and thats my bad.
I never knew it had cwm on it till it softbricked because i've never had an issue, just the normal power off. never had to do recovery so when I went to recovery and was expecting stock recovery, I was surprised to see cwm on there.
"StockRootedGS3V6.zip" I know it's rooted, but i figured i'd try anyway
"I747UCALEM_174ATTALEM_ATT.zip"
those are the only roms I could find for cwm or was I wrong?
thats bizarre. what version is it?
did you try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers on your pc?
xBeerdroiDx said:
thats bizarre. what version is it?
did you try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers on your pc?
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ya, numerous time. I even installed the s3 toolkit and did it that way w/out prevail.
my brain is fried. and I need my phone for my business.
cant afford another one
RomulousV said:
ya, numerous time. I even installed the s3 toolkit and did it that way w/out prevail.
my brain is fried. and I need my phone for my business.
cant afford another one
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what version
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what version
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4.1.1
sry, thought i put that.
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4.1.1
sry, thought i put that.
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no, i mean what version of cwm. i'm curious. i'm also seeing if i can find anything that may help
xBeerdroiDx said:
no, i mean what version of cwm. i'm curious. i'm also seeing if i can find anything that may help
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o hahahah.. sry hence the fried brain :silly:
5.0.2.7
have you tried going into mounts and storage and mounting the external sd card?
is this sd card reading on your computer and/or other androids? if you had an S3 previously, did it work on that?
xBeerdroiDx said:
have you tried going into mounts and storage and mounting the external sd card?
is this sd card reading on your computer and/or other androids? if you had an S3 previously, did it work on that?
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I have tried, this sd read on my other androids. this is my first s3.
When i select mount external it gives me the option to unmount it, but doesnt say that it's mounted in the under bar (or whatever the area that shows it's called) so im assuming it's mounted. The problem is that I put the roms in the download file on my computer and when i put the sd card in my phone and mount it, it doesn't show up there. Am i using the right roms? I did not unzip them to the sd, just transfered.
RomulousV said:
I have tried, this sd read on my other androids. this is my first s3.
When i select mount external it gives me the option to unmount it, but doesnt say that it's mounted in the under bar (or whatever the area that shows it's called) so im assuming it's mounted. The problem is that I put the roms in the download file on my computer and when i put the sd card in my phone and mount it, it doesn't show up there. Am i using the right roms? I did not unzip them to the sd, just transfered.
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when you first boot into cwm, do you see the option to install zip from external sdcard? and yes, you dont unzip roms
xBeerdroiDx said:
when you first boot into cwm, do you see the option to install zip from external sdcard? and yes, you dont unzip roms
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I knew u didn't unzip roms, Just double checking..
I do see the option to install zip from sd.
RomulousV said:
I knew u didn't unzip roms, Just double checking..
I do see the option to install zip from sd.
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and when you select install from sd card, there should be an option to choose zip from external sdcard at the bottom. selecting that will bring up all the files on your external card. you able to see those?
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if so, dont flash anything yet. let me know. the 2 stock ROMs you have are old (4.0.4). you would be reverting your firmware
xBeerdroiDx said:
and when you select install from sd card, there should be an option to choose zip from external sdcard at the bottom. selecting that will bring up all the files on your external card. you able to see those?
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if so, dont flash anything yet. let me know. the 2 stock ROMs you have are old (4.0.4). you would be reverting your firmware
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As of right now, my phones not even turning on.. idky the battery is drained. I need to let it charge up a bit before anything. :-/
The last time i did that it brought up all the files and the roms were not on there. maybe because they were ics instead of jb?
RomulousV said:
As of right now, my phones not even turning on.. idky the battery is drained. I need to let it charge up a bit before anything. :-/
The last time i did that it brought up all the files and the roms were not on there. maybe because they were ics instead of jb?
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in the meantime (as your phone is charging), download these 2 files and place them on your micro sd card:
- cwm 6.0.3.0
- at&t 4.1.1 rooted firmware
when the battery is ready, install the micro sd card and boot into cwm. see if those 2 files are listed. keep me posted
xBeerdroiDx said:
in the meantime (as your phone is charging), download these 2 files and place them on your micro sd card:
- cwm 6.0.3.0
- at&t 4.1.1 rooted firmware
when the battery is ready, install the micro sd card and boot into cwm. see if those 2 files are listed. keep me posted
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k I'll let you know. Thank you
xBeerdroiDx said:
in the meantime (as your phone is charging), download these 2 files and place them on your micro sd card:
- cwm 6.0.3.0
- at&t 4.1.1 rooted firmware
when the battery is ready, install the micro sd card and boot into cwm. see if those 2 files are listed. keep me posted
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Nothing..... We shall now label this chapter of s3 history as romulitus..
fml
I just got off the phone with samsung and they will take the phone and repair it unless there is water or physical damage which there is not. Hopefully they get it done. I'll keep you posted.
Thank you for all your help. I know your just as baffled by this as i am.
The uncurable case of romulitus
RomulousV said:
Nothing..... We shall now label this chapter of s3 history as romulitus..
I just got off the phone with samsung and they will take the phone and repair it unless there is water or physical damage which there is not. Hopefully they get it done. I'll keep you posted.
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nothing? like those 2 new files you downloaded dont show up? but other files on it do? did you tell samsung it was rooted?
xBeerdroiDx said:
nothing? like those 2 new files you downloaded dont show up? but other files on it do? did you tell samsung it was rooted?
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its not rooted. thats why i'm confused on cwm being on it. I didn't put it on nor have i done anything custom to the phone. i think att screwed up the refurb or something.
Alright, well I've come to a problem and I'm not quite sure how to fix it.
The title pretty much says it all, I've completely wiped the operating system off of my phone. There is nothing left, absolutely no data or anything. I was much too hasty and irresponsible, and I fear for the worst. I had previously attempted installing multiple ROMs multiple times using CWM to no avail so I re-rooted and switched over to Team Win. I know before installing a ROM you have to wipe your phone, well... I hit advanced wipe and within that I hit "system", went ahead and wiped. There's nothing left on my phone my phone and there are no ROMs on my SD card. I had backed up my phone before wiping but when I wiped that was also deleted. Before restarting it always warns me "No OS installed on your phone, are you sure you want to reboot?" Of course it's bricked and stays at the "Samsung Galaxy SIII" screen. I attempted putting a stock ROM back on my phone through ODIN, but a'las it didn't work (always stops at "SetupConnection"). I have nothing and there is no way for me to get a new ROM on the phone, I obviously cannot connect to my computer unless through download mode because the phone is bricked. So, what do I do? Is there any hope left for me or am I just completely screwed? The phone is less than a month old.
another option is to purchase a micro sd card and place a ROM and gapps (if required) on it, install the card and boot into recovery.
so when you connect your device to your pc, you're getting a yellow com connection in odin? what link did you follow for a stock ROM?
as long as you can still access recovery and download mode, there is hope, buddy.
xBeerdroiDx said:
another option is to purchase a micro sd card and place a ROM and gapps (if required) on it, install the card and boot into recovery.
so when you connect your device to your pc, you're getting a yellow com connection in odin? what link did you follow for a stock ROM?
as long as you can still access recovery and download mode, there is hope, buddy.
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Yeah, when I connect to the PC I get a yellow com connection in ODIN. I followed what is, perhaps, a sketchy looking link for the stock ROM... It's not letting me post a link because I'm a new member to the board, though I've looked over this place plenty of times in the past. Should I look for something a bit more official and retry? I don't think it's going to work. Will a ROM work, without an OS? I know that may sound silly but everything I've tried so far has failed.
here's a link to the stock firmware with root already injected: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
flash the tar in odin like you have been. make sure the auto reboot box is unticked. if you get a PASS after flashing, unplug the device, pull the battery, replace it and press the recovery button combo. once in recovery, wipe data and wipe cache. reboot.
lemme know if that worked, otherwise throw a ROM on a micro sd card as stated and go that route
btw, a ROM is the OS.
And also, my phone has to be rooted for a ROM to be installed, right? Well there's no guarantee my phone is still rooted since I've wiped literally everything on the phone. I like the idea of a placing it all on an SD card but that could be wasted money and I don't have very much money to spend, especially if a ROM isn't going to replace all of the needed system files which have been deleted.
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And also, my phone has to be rooted for a ROM to be installed, right? Well there's no guarantee my phone is still rooted since I've wiped literally everything on the phone. I like the idea of a placing it all on an SD card but that could be wasted money and I don't have very much money to spend, especially if a ROM isn't going to replace all of the needed system files which have been deleted.
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follow my directions above to flash rooted stock firmware
xBeerdroiDx said:
follow my directions above to flash rooted stock firmware
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Alright, thanks a lot. My internet is super slow so it'll probably be a while before the file is completely downloaded. Let's hope this works. I'll get back to you when it's all said and done.
xBeerdroiDx said:
follow my directions above to flash rooted stock firmware
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You have no idea how grateful I am, thank you so very, very much. It worked, I cannot express my gratitude. I truly appreciate it.
NovoAevum said:
You have no idea how grateful I am, thank you so very, very much. It worked, I cannot express my gratitude. I truly appreciate it.
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booyah.
:good: thats why we're called a community. cheers!
NovoAevum said:
You have no idea how grateful I am, thank you so very, very much. It worked, I cannot express my gratitude. I truly appreciate it.
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One small thing you can do is to hit the "Thanks" button on xBeerdroiDx's posts.
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im having the same promblem
post-mortem said:
One small thing you can do is to hit the "Thanks" button on xBeerdroiDx's posts.
:good:
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how did u get your phone to connect to odin
dorvilkervins said:
how did u get your phone to connect to odin
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Have you installed the Samsung drivers?
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Can you explain what happened with your phone? How did you "lose everything?" Is it able to boot up into Android? Can you get into recovery (TWRP)? Did you accidentally wipe something you shouldn't have?
I accidentally wiped my OS on my Galaxy S3 AT&T - Please Help!!!
Hello all,
I am a rookie user of smartphones and I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. I accidentally wiped my OS leaving me with no OS. The good news is that I can still use Team Win and boot into recovery. How can I download and install a new OS? I live in a rural area with no place to go to get this fixed; so I would really appreciate any and all help on this matter. Thanks for reading
Tyler
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Hello all,
I am a rookie user of smartphones and I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. I accidentally wiped my OS leaving me with no OS. The good news is that I can still use Team Win Development. Using Team Win, how can I download and install a new OS? I live in a rural area with no place to go to get this fixed; so I would really appreciate any and all help on this matter. Thanks for reading
Tyler
Check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363882
Hey Bro, xBeerdroiDx, Indeed this is a great community, but, it is the fellas' and ladies, like you,that have the knowledge and experience ,that do not have to assist anyone ,but do anyway. I am just another member here, but as a brother, you get a pat on the back from the gallery. Your willingness to help is very much appreciated.
me too
so twrp and dl mode are cool...but odin fails and zip in recovery kicks a status 7 error...what to do?
sgh-i747 .....i think my build.prop or bootloader is jacked?
hewhoisnotasothers said:
so twrp and dl mode are cool...but odin fails and zip in recovery kicks a status 7 error...what to do?
sgh-i747 .....i think my build.prop or bootloader is jacked?
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Did you try \the latest CWM or TWRP? Maybe the ROM needs a more recent bootloader?
gottam
audit13 said:
Did you try \the latest CWM or TWRP? Maybe the ROM needs a more recent bootloader?
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the bootloader may have been corrupted by a 4.x downgraded flash....i'm not sure how to proceed...
hewhoisnotasothers said:
the bootloader may have been corrupted by a 4.x downgraded flash....i'm not sure how to proceed...
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Were you on stock 4.3 ROM?
audit13 said:
Were you on stock 4.3 ROM?
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yes...I have tryed everything i can think of....i can flash recoverys just fine, but i havent found a rom that will boot past the splash screen...most just fail in odin...i don't want to jtag if i dont have to...in theory there should be hope since i can get into DL and twrp....
HAS BEEN FIXED...
I have TWRP recovery, and wiped EVERYTHING before trying to install the Rom, never had a phone that didn't really have a MicroSD, and I guess I wiped the internal memory also... meaning I have no rom to flash...
"adb devices" is not recognizing the phone so I can't Push/Sideload...
I can boot into recovery, but can't do much else without being able to use adb
HELP... any suggestions.
lexknight said:
I have TWRP recovery, and wiped EVERYTHING before trying to install the Rom, never had a phone that didn't really have a MicroSD, and I guess I wiped the internal memory also... meaning I have no rom to flash...
"adb devices" is not recognizing the phone so I can't Push/Sideload...
I can boot into recovery, but can't do much else without being able to use adb
HELP... any suggestions.
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Have you tried mounting the usb storage via recovery and copying the rom from there?
Payton95 said:
Have you tried mounting the usb storage via recovery and copying the rom from there?
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I see the mount button, but when I go in there I dont see anything about usb storage?
Am I missing something?
install the driver on your computer again and try ADB...
if not...gluck man I dont think there is another way.
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I see the mount button, but when I go in there I dont see anything about usb storage?
Am I missing something?
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No. Sorry, I believe it is just Cwm that allows usb storage in recovery.(I could be wrong) As stated above, install the drivers to try to fix adb if that fails then you may need to take a look at this. Good Luck:good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
[Guide] Unroot/Unbrick - flash official factory firmware with LG Launcher
Payton95 said:
No. Sorry, I believe it is just Cwm that allows usb storage in recovery.(I could be wrong) As stated above, install the drivers to try to fix adb if that fails then you may need to take a look at this. Good Luck:good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
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I tried that "[Guide] Unroot/Unbrick - flash official factory firmware with LG Launcher"
It seems to see the phone, and all, but when it goes to download the firmware from LG, it just hangs, reading the posts there, looks like others have it hang at the same place mine did...
I think I am just SOL, till someone figures out how to make a tool that will fix this...
I am sure I am not the only one that will accidently wipe everything leaving it in a state where you don't have a rom to flash back on it...
so I am sure someone will make something soon...
till then will just have to go back to my old phone.
Thanks.
I would assume you need to try to get fastboot working, but I have never tried to get into the G2's bootloader. But you'll get ADB - Fastboot working, you will, you just need to keep trying. Try someone else's computer if you have to.
I really need to just find the kdz firmware for the Sprint LG G2... I think I have a way of flashing it... just need to find it...
I have found about every G2 except the Sprint one...
lexknight said:
I really need to just find the kdz firmware for the Sprint LG G2... I think I have a way of flashing it... just need to find it...
I have found about every G2 except the Sprint one...
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I found it herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 and am in the exact same boat as you. I was about to flash a recovery I made and accidentally wiped EVERYTHING including my recovery image. I'm downloading the Sprint kdz as we speak and please let me know what else you are thinking as a way of flashing that file. I can get into TWRP, stock hard reset mode (which doesn't seem to do anything) and download mode.
InsanePostman said:
I found it herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 and am in the exact same boat as you. I was about to flash a recovery I made and accidentally wiped EVERYTHING including my recovery image. I'm downloading the Sprint kdz as we speak and please let me know what else you are thinking as a way of flashing that file. I can get into TWRP, stock hard reset mode (which doesn't seem to do anything) and download mode.
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You are looking at doing the same thing I am going to try, but when I went to where you download... the only Sprint image I see is a .zip... not a .kdz... and that program they use only recognizes .kdz's...
In reading that feed, they said that in the US they don't use .kdz's... so still looking into that, I have a post in that thread and maybe we can get more help...
But your in the EXACT spot I am in, I can get into TWRP, hard reset, and download
If you can figure it out PLEASE post here, and I will be doing the same, I am sure there will be a lot of people doing what we did without thinking, and I guess we were the first, and will be the leaders... LOL
Thanks.
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You are looking at doing the same thing I am going to try, but when I went to where you download... the only Sprint image I see is a .zip... not a .kdz... and that program they use only recognizes .kdz's...
In reading that feed, they said that in the US they don't use .kdz's... so still looking into that, I have a post in that thread and maybe we can get more help...
But your in the EXACT spot I am in, I can get into TWRP, hard reset, and download
If you can figure it out PLEASE post here, and I will be doing the same, I am sure there will be a lot of people doing what we did without thinking, and I guess we were the first, and will be the leaders... LOL
Thanks.
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well ****. I'm going to try the method listed in that thread but I don't know if it's going to work. Nothing seems to identify my phone properly. The LG mobile support tool recognizes it as "testdevice" and when I try updating recovey through the program it hangs once it says "downloading files". I'll post anything I can find as soon as I find anything. Please do the same. I just bought this phone yesterday and already managed to f it up.
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well ****. I'm going to try the method listed in that thread but I don't know if it's going to work. Nothing seems to identify my phone properly. The LG mobile support tool recognizes it as "testdevice" and when I try updating recovey through the program it hangs once it says "downloading files". I'll post anything I can find as soon as I find anything. Please do the same. I just bought this phone yesterday and already managed to f it up.
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Mine does the same with the hanging in "downloading files" I sort of think they might not actually have the file up for Sprint yet... I think its just to new... I bought mine 2 days ago also, just long enough to say, what a cool phone, let me BRICK IT... LOL
Will keep you posted on anything I find...
thanks again.
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Mine does the same with the hanging in "downloading files" I sort of think they might not actually have the file up for Sprint yet... I think its just to new... I bought mine 2 days ago also, just long enough to say, what a cool phone, let me BRICK IT... LOL
Will keep you posted on anything I find...
thanks again.
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I got adb to recognize my device as "02f1a913c6922256" but it says it's offline. if I can get it online somehow you think i could sideload a zip?
Also where do I get the "LGE Android MTP Device" drivers? They say failed and I'v tied the newest available drivers package. Or iss this just an error cause of the state of the phone?
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I got adb to recognize my device as "02f1a913c6922256" but it says it's offline. if I can get it online somehow you think i could sideload a zip?
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You should be able to, as long as you can get adb to see it, you are good, you can even just adb push a rom over to the "NON" SDCard... and then just flash from TWRP...
The main problem we have is that without a SDCard that you can take out and put a rom on, we are stuck.
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You should be able to, as long as you can get adb to see it, you are good, you can even just adb push a rom over to the "NON" SDCard... and then just flash from TWRP...
The main problem we have is that without a SDCard that you can take out and put a rom on, we are stuck.
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wonderful... i guess i'll have to activate my old phone for the time being
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wonderful... i guess i'll have to activate my old phone for the time being
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I'm guessing there's no way to unroot either in order to try and get it covered by the warranty?
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I think I figured it out dude. Follow these instructions from this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960 Only using the Sprint files located in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
EDIT: The flash program, DLL's, and Sprint .tot file are located here in this link to avoid confusion http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda%2FLG+G2%2FStock%2FSprint+LS980%2F. These are the only files you need. So get that zip and extract it then use those files with the instructions in the first link I posted.[/URL]
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It worked!!!! I"m back baby.
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wonderful... i guess i'll have to activate my old phone for the time being
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I'm guessing there's no way to unroot either in order to try and get it covered by the warranty?
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I think I figured it out dude. Follow these instructions from this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960 Only using the Sprint files located in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
EDIT: The flash program, DLL's, and Sprint .tot file are located here in this link to avoid confusion http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda%2FLG+G2%2FStock%2FSprint+LS980%2F. These are the only files you need. So get that zip and extract it then use those files with the instructions in the first link I posted.[/URL]
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It worked!!!! I"m back baby.
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Downloaded it all, installed the LGFlashTool, put into download mode, changed to port 41, and when I try to run the LGFlashTool program after saying yes to ??? Korean camp, I get "LG USB/Paralle Lock Key is not detected"... when I hit the "OK" I then get a Login screen with Country Republic of Korea, ID, PASSWORD ...
lexknight said:
Downloaded it all, installed the LGFlashTool, put into download mode, changed to port 41, and when I try to run the LGFlashTool program after saying yes to ??? Korean camp, I get "LG USB/Paralle Lock Key is not detected"... when I hit the "OK" I then get a Login screen with Country Republic of Korea, ID, PASSWORD ...
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you have to extract the megalock.dll from its archive and overwrite the existing one in the LG flash tool directory. Then launch the program.
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you have to extract the megalock.dll from its archive and overwrite the existing one in the LG flash tool directory. Then launch the program.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I HAVE A PHONE AGAIN... NOT JUST A COOL BRICK !!!...
IF YOU WERE A WOMAN, I WOULD GIVE YOU A BIG KISS !!!!!!!
THANKS MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW...
Now, time to root and try to brick it again... LOL
lexknight said:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I HAVE A PHONE AGAIN... NOT JUST A COOL BRICK !!!...
IF YOU WERE A WOMAN, I WOULD GIVE YOU A BIG KISS !!!!!!!
THANKS MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW...
Now, time to root and try to brick it again... LOL
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Haha no problem. Many others deserve credit for the files and instructions. I just did the heavy searching.
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Haha no problem. Many others deserve credit for the files and instructions. I just did the heavy searching.
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Just read the info in the links - thanks for posting about your success. Good to know there's a way out if I get into the same situation flashing a ROM on my G2.
Is there anway to root this phone been looking around with no luck. version 4.2.2 kitkat
Try Kingoroot, Framaroot, and Towelroot
I had success on this device with Kingroot, just be careful with OTA updates from Blu when you have rooted
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Try Kingoroot, Framaroot, and Towelroot
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I don't know how affiliated you are with blu-dev.com, but you wouldn't happen to know where a guy could find the stock software for the Blu Advance 4.0L? The last OTA update from Blu bricked me and factory reset from the stock ecovery didn't do anything :crying:
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I don't know how affiliated you are with blu-dev.com, but you wouldn't happen to know where a guy could find the stock software for the Blu Advance 4.0L? The last OTA update from Blu bricked me and factory reset from the stock ecovery didn't do anything :crying:
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I code, manage, and designed blu-dev.com myself. I dont have anything for the Blu Advance 4.0L though.
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I code, manage, and designed blu-dev.com myself. I dont have anything for the Blu Advance 4.0L though.
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Well thanks anyways, you offer a great service
I got one too but it has 4.4.2 kikat on it,I rooted it with Kingroot and it still works Whew..!
So my question is first of all, if I use a root tool to root a phone then where is the password for root ? I want to change it to something secure obviously so someone in china does not have root control of my device as well as thousands of others. I used the newest version 4.5 and it installed at least 2 other apps that I want to toss as well.Another question ,Even though I got it rooted it is incapable of moving apps to SD and seems the ROM was stripped of the capability intentionally.Is there an alternate custom ROM for this device?
Any custom recovery for this phone??? This would be greatly appreciated Im smart enough to flash one just dont know how to port one read thw guides so no links to doing it my self just help please
Jacblack, did you find a solution for moving apps to the sd card?
I too have a Blu Advance 4.0L that hasn't yet been rooted. Much like everyone else I run out of room after installing a single game, despite having a 8gb sd card in the phone. Pathetic how Google designed this, ain't it?
Tried moving the apps to the sd card, managed to install another small game and once again out of room. Is my best bet rooting the phone? Scared to do it now seeing how it can be bricked, should Blu update it as Deuler93 has learned the hard way.
Wtf is the use of a phone if you can't install apps to it? Is this the norm with Android phones? I'm used to iphones and still scratching my head trying to understand how incredibly pathetic Android is, if in fact you are unable to take advantage of the space in the sd card. Am I missing something? Can it really be this retarded?
want to network unlock the blu advance 4.0 can anyone help
imei #351991078242810
>I believe that this phone is only available as a "network unlocked" phone. So you don't need to unlock it, just take it to the carrier you want.
>Mine has Android 4.4.2
>My experience so far has been that I can install apps on internal or external storage. I have about 2gb usable internal storage. But with not even 1/2 gb total ram, most of my games are useless because they crash.
>I've tried towelroot and it didn't work. The Kingroot app has always given me trouble with other phones so I would be very cautious when using it and when uninstalling it. It will automatically try to install it's own apps.
>Better than some other cheap phones because USB OTG and mobile wifi hotspot are supported
>The screen is disappointing and the brightness adjustment seems limited.
>The battery is draining too fast....
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No success with framaroot.......
BLU Advance OTA Problems
Hello Guys !
I have a BLU Advance 4.0 A010L and I just received an OTA update.
The package seems to be corrupted on the source (BLU servers), because I am receiving an error when the phone try to apply the update :
Have anyone here faced the same problem ?
Thank you everybody !
Att
Sérgio
Hey you might want to take the time to learn how to back up the user data through the recovery and then if you need to you could just do a factory reset before updating. Yours seems to be different but when I tried to update mine, it was have problems getting and unzipping the update. Eventually it seemed to work but now it just says "no command". If yours still works, try turning it off, and turn it on while holding the volume down button. Go into recovery mode, and that will give you some options to explore.
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Here's another forum that may help if things get sticky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gen...a010u-roms-t3199006/post66248296#post66248296
good.m. said:
Hey you might want to take the time to learn how to back up the user data through the recovery and then if you need to you could just do a factory reset before updating. Yours seems to be different but when I tried to update mine, it was have problems getting and unzipping the update. Eventually it seemed to work but now it just says "no command". If yours still works, try turning it off, and turn it on while holding the volume down button. Go into recovery mode, and that will give you some options to explore.
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Here's another forum that may help if things get sticky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gen...a010u-roms-t3199006/post66248296#post66248296
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Hi friend !
thank you very much for your reply.
I will try again format the cellphone and check if it will work.
my best regards,
Sérgio
kingo root
kingo root worked for me on the global version of 4.0l twice now actually. first time pc method 2nd by apk. still cant unlock bootloader though.
it took a couple of attempts with kingo root for me, then I used the supersu me app to transfer control to SuperSU
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it took a couple of attempts with kingo root for me, then I used the supersu me app to transfer control to SuperSU
Sent from my BLU ADVANCE 4.0 L using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Unlocking the bootloader would be the next step. Anyone? Thanks
Sent from my BLU ADVANCE 4.0 L using XDA-Developers mobile app
this phone uses an mtk chipset so if you look around for an auto compiler for the recovery of your choice you should have no problems.... you can also look around i beleive this phones an mtk6752 and easily port a rom using a kitchen
CWM for Blu Advance 4.0l
Hey Guys im new here but i have searched months for CWM for the Blu Advance 4.0l and finally found one and came to upload it to the public so everyone can use it. Here is the link adf?ly/1lZgeb but instead of ? replace it with a . because im new and they stop new people from posting links. Have a nice day!