These new SPH-L710 are very robust. I recently brought a new SG3 from Boost, now its time to root (piece of cake right). A little background first, I have; Samsung Ultra Transform, Samsung Galaxy Player, HTC Evo3D, Kindle Fire HD, all rooted. I tried 3 different methods to root this SPH-L710, after the first method soft bricked my phone, I figured I did something wrong, re-flashed stock rom and tried a different method. Didn't work. CF-Auto-Root ("I'm pretty sure this is gonna work"), tried it, didn't work. I pulled the battery, tried manually from different recoveries, no mount access to san disk. Every method I tried did not install super user, so i downloaded it from play store, several times, using different version and uninstall them when they didn't work before trying a different one. I use esfile explorer to check for root access, still no root. Looked thru the www, and saw several people are also having this issue, I thought it was just me. Is there any workaround or solution out there that I missed or updated method for this model SPH-L710, it seems like this is the only model with this issue. These new phones are great but without root I'm lost, somebody please point me in the right direction.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34579827
Have a great day!
Thanks for the help, this is the only method that has worked for me. Just in case anyone else comes across this post, I am on boostmobile even though the root instructions says its for sprint only, it has work for me I am now fully rooted! I also followed the instructions to the letter, even reinstalling the drivers I already had, my SPH-L710 works great with root.
Last thing, the easiest way (fool proof) to get into recovery mode is hold VOLUP+Home+Power buttons, the phone will vibrate then show samsung, at that moment ONLY release the power button. your phone will continue to boot to recovery, once in recovery then you can let go of the other buttons.
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So this was sort of a 3 part process that I need to detail to see if anyone has any clues on how to help. I tried to search the forums but had no luck coming across anything. Basically here is what I did, as I'm using a Mac I took a back door route.
1. Rooted phone using UnRevoked3. This worked fine I was using it for a day or two but then wanted to install Cyanogenmod so I could use Froyo. I wasn't able to install and it appeared the consensus was that the way unrEVOked works does not allow the proper access to install cyanogenmod. According to theunlockr.com/2010/07/20/how-to-root-the-htc-evo-4g-unrevoked-method/ it appeared that after installing unrevoked one still needed to unlock the NAND as seen here theunlockr.com/2010/07/20/how-to-unlock-nand-on-the-htc-evo-4g/
2. As this process did not work on Mac I scoured the forums and found this process forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705113 and went through all the steps. Everything worked fine until the end when I installed the Radio an then the ROM (this was backwards from their instructions, ROM then radio which may have cause the problem). Regardless I ran Radio update, but then didn't reboot and installed Cyanogenmod update linked to from here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729367&highlight=brick
3. Everything appeared to work fine. After installing Cyanogenmod it asked if I wanted to reboot. I said yes, it said updating radio then rebooted. This may have been where I made the true mistake. It gave me a thing with an exclamation point after rebooting. At this point I waited for a little while then tried restarting, I took the battery out and tried to press a button. After this it wouldn't turn on. Am I totally screwed? My guess is that I probably am and feel like a total moron... Please let me know if there is anything worth doing...
Thanks,
Greg
also http portions were left out of links due to the fact that xda won't let me post links as a new member
Hey all. Fist off, sorry about the new account and posting here in the Q&A and not development, but let me explain. I have been a member of XDA for a few years- my main account(and only account until being forced to create this one) is andr0id23. However, I am unable to login to that account. I keep getting an incorrect password error message and am constantly locked out of my account. I have emailed the people who can help with this issue, but still not having any luck. They did reset my password(even though I knew my password), but that still doesn't work. I try it once but it says i have used up all my attempts and locks me out for what is supposed to be 15 minutes, but seems to be forever instead. But I digress, just wanted to explain why I am posting from a brand new account and in this section(new accounts are not allowed to post in development). Now on to my issues I am hoping someone can help with. I typed it up in notepad last night while waiting for my account to be accessible and am just going to copy and paste it:
Hi all, I was hoping to get some help on my Galaxy Note 8.0. It is model number GT-N5110. It was given to me by a friend, who likes
to try rooting his devices, but has no experience and is actually quite computer illiterate. When I received it it wouldn't boot up,
but only go do a screen that says something like "Downloading. Please do not power off". I have no idea what is on there as far as firmware
or custom ROMs.
I am pretty comfortable with Android development as far as flashing custom ROMs, rooting, unlocking bootloaders, etc, but haven't been active for
some time now. I have owned a Droid, Droid 2, HTC Incredible, Droid X, HTC Thunderbolt, and Motorola Xoom and have rooted,
unlocked, and/or installed custom ROMs on all of them, ass well as doing so on several devices that aren't mine. I have used "one click" type methods
as well as more hands-on adb methods. I just mention so to show that while I am far from an expert, I do have some experience.
But I am stuck on this tablet. I can boot into Download Mode and was able to flash CWM Recovery via Odin. In CWM I tried
wiping data, cache and Dalvik cache, but when I go to reboot I get a message saying the device is not rooted and would I like to root. It doesn't seem to do any
good. I did try rooting thru odin, and it said it was successful. I have also flashed the stock firmware thru odin, but am still not able to boot. The
closest I get is a boot loop. Also, Kies does not recognize my device.
So, I can boot into download mode and CWM Recovery(though I don't know if I am actually rooted
and it will be of any use), and Odin does recognize the device. I have tried flashing stock firmware to no avail. If anyone
has any suggestions, I would be greatly appreciative and definitely willing to try. I can give you any additional info you
request. I was thinking of flashing a custom ROM, but not sure as I don't know what the tablet is currently running. If anyone
has anything to try as far as flashing a ROM or firmware, a d/l link would be greatly appreciated if at all possible.
I have been having the worst luck with samfirmware or sammobile(two sites that are named something like that). I have spent
literally hours waiting for the downloads, and the 2 times i did get lucky, the files were messed up. Again, I would be
extremely greatful for any and all help.
Nashtar said:
Hey all. Fist off, sorry about the new account and posting here in the Q&A and not development, but let me explain. I have been a member of XDA for a few years- my main account(and only account until being forced to create this one) is andr0id23. However, I am unable to login to that account. I keep getting an incorrect password error message and am constantly locked out of my account. I have emailed the people who can help with this issue, but still not having any luck. They did reset my password(even though I knew my password), but that still doesn't work. I try it once but it says i have used up all my attempts and locks me out for what is supposed to be 15 minutes, but seems to be forever instead. But I digress, just wanted to explain why I am posting from a brand new account and in this section(new accounts are not allowed to post in development). Now on to my issues I am hoping someone can help with. I typed it up in notepad last night while waiting for my account to be accessible and am just going to copy and paste it:
Hi all, I was hoping to get some help on my Galaxy Note 8.0. It is model number GT-N5110. It was given to me by a friend, who likes
to try rooting his devices, but has no experience and is actually quite computer illiterate. When I received it it wouldn't boot up,
but only go do a screen that says something like "Downloading. Please do not power off". I have no idea what is on there as far as firmware
or custom ROMs.
I am pretty comfortable with Android development as far as flashing custom ROMs, rooting, unlocking bootloaders, etc, but haven't been active for
some time now. I have owned a Droid, Droid 2, HTC Incredible, Droid X, HTC Thunderbolt, and Motorola Xoom and have rooted,
unlocked, and/or installed custom ROMs on all of them, ass well as doing so on several devices that aren't mine. I have used "one click" type methods
as well as more hands-on adb methods. I just mention so to show that while I am far from an expert, I do have some experience.
But I am stuck on this tablet. I can boot into Download Mode and was able to flash CWM Recovery via Odin. In CWM I tried
wiping data, cache and Dalvik cache, but when I go to reboot I get a message saying the device is not rooted and would I like to root. It doesn't seem to do any
good. I did try rooting thru odin, and it said it was successful. I have also flashed the stock firmware thru odin, but am still not able to boot. The
closest I get is a boot loop. Also, Kies does not recognize my device.
So, I can boot into download mode and CWM Recovery(though I don't know if I am actually rooted
and it will be of any use), and Odin does recognize the device. I have tried flashing stock firmware to no avail. If anyone
has any suggestions, I would be greatly appreciative and definitely willing to try. I can give you any additional info you
request. I was thinking of flashing a custom ROM, but not sure as I don't know what the tablet is currently running. If anyone
has anything to try as far as flashing a ROM or firmware, a d/l link would be greatly appreciated if at all possible.
I have been having the worst luck with samfirmware or sammobile(two sites that are named something like that). I have spent
literally hours waiting for the downloads, and the 2 times i did get lucky, the files were messed up. Again, I would be
extremely greatful for any and all help.
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I would download stock ROM and flash with Odin 3.07. There are a number of threads that explain the process. Here is one... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2728370&page=3
GT-N5110 & GT-N5120 - 64GB 633x on board, Status Official on SafeRooted OEM ROMs with Wanam Xposed and RootCloak. The only way to fly 8+ hours!
This badboy don't play with Play & Triangle away!
gooberdude said:
I would download stock ROM and flash with Odin 3.07. There are a number of threads that explain the process. Here is one... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2728370&page=3
GT-N5110 & GT-N5120 - 64GB 633x on board, Status Official on SafeRooted OEM ROMs with Wanam Xposed and RootCloak. The only way to fly 8+ hours!
This badboy don't play with Play & Triangle away!
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I was never able to grab any downloads from SamMobile or SamsungUpdates. It just loads forever until it times out. I did, however, grab a stock firmware download from another thread. I flashed it with Odin 3.07 but it did nothing for me. I am attempting to download the files from the 2 sites again now. Hopefully I'll have better luck. Thanks
Idiot
Ok so I am a complete tool. I was able to get it going. I knew what to do, and was doing it, but was doing it wrong. The thread you linked made it dawn on me. I was able to flash the stock firmware through odin 3.7. Sorry if I wasted your time and I thank you wholeheartedly. Now time to root and have some fun :good:
So I used to be able to access Service Mode via *#197328640# but I haven't used it in like a year. I tried to fiddle with it today and the code no longer works. I'm guessing I never used it since I updated from 4.1.x to 4.3. Still running a stock ROM.
Is there an easy way to bring it back without rooting or flashing (unless there's a simple one click root out there)? I read a bunch of threads for other devices and tried a few things but nothing worked.
I read somewhere I needed a hidden menu apk which I did not have so I downloaded one and installed it but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make it do anything.
And yes, I'm a pretty big noob when it comes to messing with Android devices.
Thanks.
Ok, so I have a Kindle Fire 2, running 10.5.1. About a year or so ago I bricked the board completely. I recently bought a replacement motherboard, but it said it can't be registered on Amazon, which it cant, (it cannot recognize any account information, new or existing). I have tried the root method found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075959 but the binary root method never does anything to the device, (it does at least recognize it), and Quemu can't seem to do anything successfully either. I'd like to just wipe the thing and put on a custom rom if it's possible, but if not, even returning to a working stock rom that I can register my account to would be ok. Anyone know what I can do to ge this thing back up an running again?
*Update*
Ok, I managed to get root, (I think), running option 3 in binarys root, followed by quemu, but I still cant get any apps running via Amazon, (Still can't register), nor does trying to side load apps work via adb.
So it seems most of my problems stemmed from using windows 8.1 to try and do most of the work I was doing via adb. I managed to get it rooted, although the root gives me very little usability. for whatever reason, this board is locked out of being able to register on Amazon, (not that I care all that much). I have been trying to load a new rom, via the instructions on this link, (after switching to Windows 7 to do the work), http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963 Everything seems to have gone fine through fastboot, but when I try to load into TWRP, is just sits there saying its booting into TWRP, but never actually does so. Anyone know why, or what could cause this? I'd love to be able to load a working rom that has google apps access and make this thing useful again.
Got It...
So I eventually got TWRP to work, but I needed to use the 2.8.0.0 to do it, which is fine since I wanted to load a kit kat rom anyway. the only weird thing is that in order to use twrp, I have to go through the entire flashboot steps of loading twrp anytime I actually want to be able to successfully boot into twrp. I have no idea why this is, and although it is a pain in the rear, it still allowed me to, (after having to push the roms onto the device via adb since that was the only thing that would work), install PAC-Mans official 4.4 rom. I dont really need twrp anymore, so having to re-do the whole process to get into it doesn't make a difference. I am still kind of curious of what it is the place I bought the replacement board from did to it to cause so many problems, and why it could never register to amazon, but since I have a working kit kat tablet, I suppose it doesn't really matter. Still, if you are ever in the same pickle as I was, feel free to contact me and hopefully I can help you get through it.
After tinkering with my Androids over the years, (Infuse, Captivate, G2, and now G3) I have finally decided to become a member of the forum that I primarily use as a source of information and links to downloads. I'd like to first say thank you to all those that have unknowingly help me over the years with my roots. Great place you've got here.
Now the fun part, after two days of ownership, I have experienced the first issue was not able to resolve on my own, what appears to be a hard brick. I downloaded Flashify after my initial root, installed TWRP Manager, ran the patch for writing to the SDcard, and installed TWRP Recovery from AutoRec. All appeared to go well and it said the instal was successful. I followed the instructions I found online that had great results for my particular model and version 5.0.1. Well, when I went to boot into recovery to make my initial backup, the phone shut down and would not come back up. No response at all. It wont power up by any method, tried letting the capacitors drain, still no go. After tinkering with it for a few hours (I've owned this phone for a total of 2 days now), I finally came to the conclusion that it would need JTAG and the original boot image flashed over the one that I mucked up.
Any ideas on where I made my mistake? I'm near 100% certain I downloaded the proper files for my phone model.
Also forgot to mention, I have not changed anything else on the phone. Only installed apps and root browsers I planned on using. So stock kernel, stock ROM, nothing until I started getting ready to make myself a save point, ironic really!
jamguitarist said:
After tinkering with my Androids over the years, (Infuse, Captivate, G2, and now G3) I have finally decided to become a member of the forum that I primarily use as a source of information and links to downloads. I'd like to first say thank you to all those that have unknowingly help me over the years with my roots. Great place you've got here.
Now the fun part, after two days of ownership, I have experienced the first issue was not able to resolve on my own, what appears to be a hard brick. I downloaded Flashify after my initial root, installed TWRP Manager, ran the patch for writing to the SDcard, and installed TWRP Recovery from AutoRec. All appeared to go well and it said the instal was successful. I followed the instructions I found online that had great results for my particular model and version 5.0.1. Well, when I went to boot into recovery to make my initial backup, the phone shut down and would not come back up. No response at all. It wont power up by any method, tried letting the capacitors drain, still no go. After tinkering with it for a few hours (I've owned this phone for a total of 2 days now), I finally came to the conclusion that it would need JTAG and the original boot image flashed over the one that I mucked up.
Any ideas on where I made my mistake? I'm near 100% certain I downloaded the proper files for my phone model.
Also forgot to mention, I have not changed anything else on the phone. Only installed apps and root browsers I planned on using. So stock kernel, stock ROM, nothing until I started getting ready to make myself a save point, ironic really!
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Post the guide that you followed
You would have to kick your phone into Qualcomm USB Loader 9008 in order to fix it
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick-recover-your-dead-lg-g3-all-variants/