So I have a Sprint Galaxy Note II... I'm all jumbled up, i did a load of work on it way back and just now read about the knox counter... i got a lil worried and checked to see what mine was... there was NO COUNTER and both of my entries said CUSTOM and my flash count is 4...
I'm Confused cause i cant get my wifi to turn on ATALL and my white back has paint cracks, so i was gonna take it in to sprint... how am i supposed to do that? i have the knox apps on my phone, but no knox counter in odin mode. i know i can root my phone and reset my flash counter and set my phone back up to stock roms and settings... I've attached a picture and odin details to depict this problem. if someone could give me the best solution here, should i take my phone in or keep it seeing as it does not have knox... also, as far as i know i don't have root accesses atm. but every time i boot my phone it says SU permissions has stopped working. when i updated it did it through the sprint network so it was an official rom. i didn't get a choice it just happened one night when i was sleeping. i had 4.2 rooted with custom recovery (e3) and i still have that custom recovery. please help me XDA Forum users.. your my only hope.
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ODIN MODE
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: (4 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
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these are the only listings in odin mode.
Well first of all DO NOT take your phone to the Sprint store the way it is. It's pretty obvious that somehow your phone was able to download and install an OTA on top of your already rooted phone. It sounds like you're gonna have to put your phone back to factory ROM no matter what because you're phone is now pretty messed up and you want to take it in to get it swapped. I see no other choice but to odin your phone back to stock.
Install and flash billards back to stock un root, with counter reset, you won't have any issues..
It's not broken, just flaws to its pretty white look. I would never take it in the way it is. I DO NOT WANT A KNOX COUNTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I just need my wifi working. Can I flash back to 4.2? If so could I get a link to a step by step tutorial? Thanks for the reply guys.
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It's not broken, just flaws to its pretty white look. I would never take it in the way it is. I DO NOT WANT A KNOX COUNTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I just need my wifi working. Can I flash back to 4.2? If so could I get a link to a step by step tutorial? Thanks for the reply guys.
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What you posted is not a knox counter. That is standard for any platform.. I'm currently back to mc2 stock and mine says the same thing.. Knox counter you will have a warranty void entry at the bottom..
supermth2 said:
It's not broken, just flaws to its pretty white look. I would never take it in the way it is. I DO NOT WANT A KNOX COUNTER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE! I just need my wifi working. Can I flash back to 4.2? If so could I get a link to a step by step tutorial? Thanks for the reply guys.
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Here you go. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
download MC2 and put it on your external sd card, then wipe everything EXCEPT your external sd card and flash. it takes just a few minutes and your phone will be like it come out of the box. Once it's done you can then take it to the sprint store for whatever reason.
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one last question. how can i use titanium backup it my root sevices wont work? all i get is "superSU has unfortunetly stoped working." i need all my contacts backed up.
supermth2 said:
one last question. how can i use titanium backup it my root sevices wont work? all i get is "superSU has unfortunetly stoped working." i need all my contacts backed up.
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Back your contacts up to google, not the phone.. When you flash a new rom,then set it up google will install all of your contacts from your google account.. I do not use titanium for anything other than un-installing things I do not want..
UPDATE!
I ran the zip andit seemed to load up fine. I got a "digital sigiture varifacation" error, my phone reset and booted up like it was all puked out, froze trying to acsses settings. I reset it and its all good but i got nowhere... still on the same custom rom that isnt even custom, still dont have root... wifi still not working. what next guys? i appriciate the help btw. thanks.
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I ran the zip andit seemed to load up fine. I got a "digital sigiture varifacation" error, my phone reset and booted up like it was all puked out, froze trying to acsses settings. I reset it and its all good but i got nowhere... still on the same custom rom that isnt even custom, still dont have root... wifi still not working. what next guys? i appriciate the help btw. thanks.
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What steps are you doing? Post and I will see what your issue is and try to get you back on track.
I put the zip in the root of my sd card, backed up my photos, shut down my phone, boot into recovery, and apply update from sd card, select my zip, it begins to load up reading
"install/update from sd..." the next thing I see is "digital signature verification failed" it runs a few lines so quick I can't read them and reboots all messed up, I restart, and I'm right where I began.
That's exactly what I'm doing. Idk what recovery I have, it just says "recovery menu (e3)" with a blue backdrop. Dose this help?
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supermth2 said:
I put the zip in the root of my sd card, backed up my photos, shut down my phone, boot into recovery, and apply update from sd card, select my zip, it begins to load up reading
"install/update from sd..." the next thing I see is "digital signature verification failed" it runs a few lines so quick I can't read them and reboots all messed up, I restart, and I'm right where I began.
That's exactly what I'm doing. Idk what recovery I have, it just says "recovery menu (e3)" with a blue backdrop. Dose this help?
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Are you on a custom rom now? or are you stock? I need to know so I can get a better idea of how to move you into the right direction once and for all.
See that's the thing. Odin says I'm on custom everything with a count of 4. But my phone updated through the sprint network while I was sleeping one day so It used an official rom, but I never got a Knox counter, and my recover and everything never went back to stock.
Sorry if the problem is innoying, if you want I could make a video showing the problem and link you to it.
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supermth2 said:
See that's the thing. Odin says I'm on custom everything with a count of 4. But my phone updated through the sprint network while I was sleeping one day so It used an official rom, but I never got a Knox counter, and my recover and everything never went back to stock.
Sorry if the problem is innoying, if you want I could make a video showing the problem and link you to it.
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Everytime to flash a rom, you will have a flash count. With the knox thing that is a prart of the MK4 update, but it can be ridden with no problem.
Flash back to 100% pure stock unrooted with stock recovery.. When you are done, and you go back to download mode,you will not see the knox count, only the normal one you would see if flashing a none MK4 rom.. If your phone is out of warranty, then do not worry about the knox counter.. If it is still under warranty, when you need to go to the Sprint store, by flashing back to unroooted stock MC2, the knox counter will not show, and everything will show normal instead of custom..
So follow these steps once again.
1)Put (if you have not already) Billards Stock MC2 unrooted with counter reset on your external Sdcard.
2) If you do not already have one, install a custom recovery.
3)Boot to your custom recovery and do a complete wipe cache, delvik cache, data, system..
4) once done install the zip
5) Once the zip starts billards version of TWRP will start. when it does do a complete wipe again.
6) Go to install and choose the billards zip again and run it
7) When it is done it choose reboot, but it will reboot into a special feature included, but you have to do nothing else. Once it is done it will boot let it do its thing, and when done you should be back to 100% MC2 stock..
When it is all done, set up your phone like you would normally do.. At some point sprint will tell you about a system update.. Let it run on its own and you should be at MK4. Yes you will have the know counter, but that is no real big deal,as I mentioned earlier.
Yesssss! - update
I got knox disbled and got clockworkmod recovery going. got the zip installed after wipeing my cache and then got stuck in the wonderful boot loop.
got into stock recovery, wiped cache again, factory reset the device....... AND BAMN!!!! just like new thanks for your help guys. so happy to be able to take my phone in and get it replaced.
Congtats see it is not all that complicated.
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This is to confirm that I managed to install the most recent OTA JB leak from my out-of-the-box Bell Galaxy S3, without having to flash anything, no CWR, no rooting required. Also didn't have to wipe any data or factory reset, after the update all my apps and data were in order as if I did a Kies update.
This is all you need to do - keep in mind this only works for UNROOTED stock Bell firmare (I747MVLALH) cannot by any means guarantee results for any other carrier/version.
Download latest OTA leak here
Save zip file to EXTERNAL SD CARD of your phone, do not unzip or rename.
Boot phone in stock recovery (Turn off phone & start up by holding down Volume Up+Home+Power, let go when the Samsung logo appears)
From Recovery menu select ->Wipe cache partition (this step, if ignored may be the reason why this didn't work for other users)
From Recovery menu select ->Apply update from external storage->select zip file you saved on external SD earlier and let the phone do its thing. It will take a few minutes before the slider bar shows up so don't panic thinking that its not working, in my case the upgrading process took about 15min
Restart phone, and enjoy JB!
All apps and data were still there, no need to reconfigure anything. Flash counter did not get tripped, ROM still shows as "Samsung Official".
Bell TV app still works, which means that Bell still recognizes the phone, however KIES does not, so for upcoming official OTA update you will need to revert back to stock ROM.
Google Now works great, the speech recognition is almost flawless, has recognized everything I said and I have a pretty thick accent in English. To get it working, you just need to update Google Voice search, for me the update request showed up automatically.
As far as bugs, only thing I found so far is WiFi tethering will only work when set as open (no password) and grey notifications bar (which may be just part of design). Some people reported issues with music player but its working fine for me.
As for performance, I find that apps open with zero lag, I did find some choppiness when scrolling lists in certain applications and websites. See attached quadrant result.
For those who try it please post experience and other issues/bugs that may be there.
Update: To enable voice response from Google Now, download this from Play Store, then select US English language, thats it!(credits to DEEZENUTSZ)
Update: some users reported GPS inaccuracies, this can be resolved by clearing cache data for the maps application. Mine works great so far.
Update: ***IMPORTANT PLS READ*** All app related issues reported by users in this thread (GPS, maps, bluetooth, music player etc) are resolved by clearing cache and data for each app. Alternatively, you can do a factory reset and it will take care of every app issue and force closes. Again, the above method works only for STOCK UNROOTED Bell ROM, any other ROM would require ODIN flashing and/or flashing stock Bell ROM first. I will no longer reply to issues that have already been discussed, so before you start firing your negativity bombs, please take the time to carefully read this step-by=step guide and all the updates I added. Oh, and don't forget to thank me once in a while
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cozanostra said:
This is to confirm that I managed to install the most recent OTA JB leak from my out-of-the-box Bell Galaxy S3, without having to flash anything, no CWR, no rooting required. Also didn't have to wipe any data or factory reset, after the update all my apps and data were in order as if I did a Kies update.
This is all you need to do - keep in mind this only works for stock Bell firmare (I747MVLALH) cannot by any means guarantee results for any other carrier/version.
Download latest OTA leak here
Save zip file to EXTERNAL SD CARD of your phone, do not unzip or rename.
Boot phone in stock recovery (Turn off phone & start up by holding down Volume Up+Home+Power, let go when the Samsung logo appears)
From Recovery menu select ->Wipe cache partition (this step, if ignored may be the reason why this didn't work for other users)
From Recovery menu select ->Apply update from external storage->select zip file you saved on external SD earlier and let the phone do its thing. It will take a few minutes before the slider bar shows up so don't panic thinking that its not working, in my case the upgrading process took about 15min
Restart phone, and enjoy JB!
All apps and data were still there, no need to reconfigure anything
Bell TV app still works, which means that Bell still recognizes the phone, however KIES does not, so for upcoming official OTA update you will need to revert back to stock ROM.
Google Now works great, the speech recognition is almost flawless, has recognized everything I said and I have a pretty thick accent in English. To get it working, you just need to update Google Voice search, for me the update request showed up automatically.
As far as bugs, only thing I found so far is WiFi tethering will only work when set as open (no password) and grey notifications bar (which may be just part of design). Some people reported issues with music player but its working fine for me.
As for performance, I find that apps open with zero lag, I did find some choppiness when scrolling lists in certain applications and websites.
For those who try it please post experience and other issues/bugs that may be there.
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Thanks for the info. I'm on stock rooted, will this work or do I have to revert to the non-rooted? If it works with stocked rooted will I lose root?
MagicMan3 said:
Thanks for the info. I'm on stock rooted, will this work or do I have to revert to the non-rooted? If it works with stocked rooted will I lose root?
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I believe you will loose root, so maybe better off reverting it before you apply update
cozanostra said:
I believe you will loose root, so maybe better off reverting it before you apply update
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Is there a way to root this one without tripping the flash counter?
MagicMan3 said:
Is there a way to root this one without tripping the flash counter?
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Just went in download mode to check, and surprisingly the counter was not tripped, more specifically:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
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cozanostra said:
Just went in download mode to check, and surprisingly the counter was not tripped, more specifically:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
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You flashed over a rooted rom?
I got error 7 with both rooted stock and just stock.
Odd though, I went into download mode by accident first and System Status showed "custom"... hmm...
MagicMan3 said:
You flashed over a rooted rom?
I got error 7 with both rooted stock and just stock.
Odd though, I went into download mode by accident first and it showed "custom"... hmm...
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That might be your problem, bring the phone back to its out-of-the-box state. Here's the stock rom: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170455695/ba5821b/I747MVLALH1_I747MOYCALH1_BMC.zip.html
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That might be your problem, bring the phone back to its out-of-the-box state. Here's the stock rom: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170455695/ba5821b/I747MVLALH1_I747MOYCALH1_BMC.zip.html
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I will try that again.
If it works, how can you root without tripping the counter?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1758914.html
I can confirm this works! I'm on stock Bell not rooted and installed the OTA file and worked like a charm. Got 5178 in Quadrant right after update. Seems to be some issue with WidgetLocker not always engaging on the lock. Also the ebay app is constantly stop working so I uninstalled it for the time being. So far loving the changes
UPDATE: I guess eBay recalled the 2.0 update of their app so once I unistalled 2.0 and re-installed from the app store I am no longer having the crashing issues!
Who's going to try it on the AT&T SG3?
Works Amazing!
Confirm it works AMAZING!
Upgraded from the L1 patch earlier this week from Bell!
0 issues with any apps!
Smooth AS BUTTER!
NO MEMORY LEAK!
NO LAG!
VERY RESPONSIVE!
Only issue! Tethering is as the original post confirms not working.
Any fix would appreciate.
THANK YOU! HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL BELL/VIRGIN S3ers!
*DAMN I HATED THAT L1 UPDATE! MADE MY PHONE SLOW AS HELL!*
it will fail on ATT when i verifies the system image. flash team insomnia's rom of this, it is modded in the build.prop for att.
I have noticed if you flash stock LH1 through MOBILE odin with ever root. the JB update will fail system verification.
But if you flash LH1 stock through regular odin it works like a charm.
Flash unrooted LH1 stock with odin
Boot into recovery and flash the JB update from external SD
Odin flash CWM.CWM_Recovery_6.0.1.2.tar (yes trips flash counter. but use triangle away app chickens.)
Use cwm to root with the CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip
Bluetooth audio for music doesn't come through my headset but call audio does
EDIT: After a reboot looks like Audio now comes through the headset. Not sure if it will always stay working but it's working for now
Trussello
Please make working CWM image out of this, aye! With root and about. This manual steps and Odin usage make me nervous. And everybody else.
TRusselo said:
it will fail on ATT when i verifies the system image. flash team insomnia's rom of this, it is modded in the build.prop for att.
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team insomnia HAS a working rooted CWM image out of this... i said that in the post you quoted.
{09/11/2012}(V2)TeAm_InSoMnIa ARISTODEMOS JELLY BEAN BELLS NEW LEAK VLALI3
direct link....
http://team-insomnia.org/GalaxyS3ROMs.html (then click the jelly bean Tab)
and personally i prefer Odin to heimdall or cwm... i have used it on all my samsung devices hundreds of times with no real problems... odin works. odin is safe. odin is samsungs tool for loading firmware.
Can anybody confirm if this would work for telus? Heard that it does!
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TRusselo said:
it will fail on ATT when i verifies the system image. flash team insomnia's rom of this, it is modded in the build.prop for att.
I have noticed if you flash stock LH1 through MOBILE odin with ever root. the JB update will fail system verification.
But if you flash LH1 stock through regular odin it works like a charm.
Flash unrooted LH1 stock with odin
Boot into recovery and flash the JB update from external SD
Odin flash CWM.CWM_Recovery_6.0.1.2.tar (yes trips flash counter. but use triangle away app chickens.)
Use cwm to root with the CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip
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Thanks for the added info. Question: would re-flashing the stock unrooted LH1 with odin affect the counter? I'm thinking of doing that when the official JB OTA is out but would need to bring it to a state that Kies recognizes first.
RageATheM said:
Bluetooth audio for music doesn't come through my headset but call audio does
EDIT: After a reboot looks like Audio now comes through the headset. Not sure if it will always stay working but it's working for now
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Can you give any more details on this? I just went down to try on my motorola hands free box, and media audio was disabled by default, so I enabled it. but with bluetooth on, the music player crashes, but works fine again when I disable bluetooth.
codo27 said:
Can you give any more details on this? I just went down to try on my motorola hands free box, and media audio was disabled by default, so I enabled it. but with bluetooth on, the music player crashes, but works fine again when I disable bluetooth.
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I have the motorola S10-HD bluetooth headphones. They were already paired before I did the upgrade. After the upgrade the first time I turned them on, they auto synced to the phone as usual (including both media and phone checked in settings) but when I pressed play on my music it came through my phone speaker. Next I called the phone and answered with the headphones and audio came through the headphones. I rebooted the phone. Turned the headphones back on, auto connected and everything worked. I get no crashing just wasn't putting the audio through the right device at first.
I attempted to restore my fiance's S3 to full factory stock about a month ago now, after I received a prompt for the ~82MB OTA update, and she didn't... She was tired of me taking her phone and keeping it out of her hot little hands whilst I made nandroids and flashed the latest updates to BlazerROM, and she didn't have a problem with stock ROM, so I figured I'd put it back for her.
Well, I did, and I KNOW I left CWRecovery in, and not sure if I left root or not, but she STILL has not received the OTA update which still bugs me... So I need to know what is the BEST method for FULL STOCK RECOVERY? I don't want her missing out when the Jelly Bean official drops, and I may flash mine back when it hits just to test it out...
I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935973
Which directed me to QBKing's site, but also warned that the video was now somewhat dated...
Am I assume that by saving her text messages and contacts, and flashing the ODIN .tar listed on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919919 and just letting her re-install her apps, is an effective way to return to FULL and UNMODIFIED stock? Should I run Triangle-Away before proceeding? Will this return the device status to Unmodified (or whatever it says) as opposed to "Custom" in the Status page, as it currently shows for her, in case of warranty needs?
Sorry to be "That Guy", but some of the other topics where a bit vague and lacked details, so I figure if we can get something Semi-Detailed and answering most of the big/general questions, perhaps this could serve as a Go-To thread for others who wish to do this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
Thread youve mentioned above also works fine. If using odin method, run triangle away beforehand. Neither method will wipe data. Depending on the rom you're coming from, it may not be necessary. If you flash without wiping and the rom fails to boot(hangs on glowing samsung logo), go back to recovery and factory reset. Itll boot right up
billard412 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
Thread youve mentioned above also works fine. If using odin method, run triangle away beforehand. Neither method will wipe data. Depending on the rom you're coming from, it may not be necessary. If you flash without wiping and the rom fails to boot(hangs on glowing samsung logo), go back to recovery and factory reset. Itll boot right up
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i cant thumbs-up you hard enough.... thanks for that awesome pile of resources
JUST TO CLARIFY!
On your thread you updated just this morning with the flash-counter reset included, just run in CWR, and all is good, if not, then factory reset, and all is good? Or factory reset, reflash, all is good?
EDIT: FLashed
In download mode;
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L710
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (not sure what that one is haven't done more than root with oden and flash)
System status troubles me... ODEN flash, or let it full reboot? I went into download to check before first initial boot after flash. will allow full boot and see what happens...
EDIT 2: Well, android system status shows Normal... Girl woke up and took her phone back, so will check oden later.
Yup the one updated today is just that. Flash and reboot. Youll be 100% stock
The system status in odin will probably fix itself after booting. If not a factory reset should do it
billard412 said:
Yup the one updated today is just that. Flash and reboot. Youll be 100% stock
The system status in odin will probably fix itself after booting. If not a factory reset should do it
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Seems to have worked. I wish I had money to donate to your wonderful work. Hopefully she'll be receiving prompts for OTA updates for JellyBean shortly... Thanks for also having it up to date. At least I gather it DOES include the ~82MB update she's been missing... Keep up the wonderful work friend!
Glad to hear it. Much appriciated. Now if only the damn thing would be stickied...XD
billard412 said:
Yup the one updated today is just that. Flash and reboot. Youll be 100% stock
The system status in odin will probably fix itself after booting. If not a factory reset should do it
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billard412 said:
Glad to hear it. Much appriciated. Now if only the damn thing would be stickied...XD
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Whoever I need to tell, I support sticky'ing the thread.
I have a 32GB S3 with only 5.73GB of available space. Looking in my storage settings the reason is System Memory is gigantic at 19.95GB.
How can system memory take up so much space? I mean most S3 phones are only 16GB total.
Something is obviously amiss but not sure how to get to the bottom of this. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
TIA
Superorb said:
How is that different from installing from a file manager?
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Are you rooted?
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bilgerryan said:
Are you rooted?
Yes but everything is fully stock.
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Are you rooted?
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Yes but everything is fully stock.
Oops, sorry for double post.
That's definitely not right, if I was in that situation I would try to make a backup in recovery (if system is actually 20GB I doubt you'll have enough space) and then I would wipe everything (system, data, cache, and dalvik) thoroughly in recovery and reinstall the ROM to see if this issue persists.
If you go to Storage, in settings, and tap on the various categories shown there (Used Space, Miscellaneous files) you can dig down and maybe see what is taking up so much space. Give the phone a minute or so to calculate the space each time you go to a new page.
bilgerryan said:
That's definitely not right, if I was in that situation I would try to make a backup in recovery (if system is actually 20GB I doubt you'll have enough space) and then I would wipe everything (system, data, cache, and dalvik) thoroughly in recovery and reinstall the ROM to see if this issue persists.
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I am fully stock so I can't make a backup in stock recovery. And I am stock ROM so there is nothing to reinstall.
meyerweb said:
If you go to Storage, in settings, and tap on the various categories shown there (Used Space, Miscellaneous files) you can dig down and maybe see what is taking up so much space. Give the phone a minute or so to calculate the space each time you go to a new page.
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That's what I did, that is how I know the System Memory is taking 20GB. That is where I can see that. Clicking on the System Memory category does not give you any further breakdown.
See the attachment.
You might want to try an app like SD Maid. It has an option to find large files, and it can clean up all the cruft that collects over time.
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You might want to try an app like SD Maid. It has an option to find large files, and it can clean up all the cruft that collects over time.
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I'll give it a go but this phone isn't even two weeks old.
I'm totally baffled here.
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You might want to try an app like SD Maid. It has an option to find large files, and it can clean up all the cruft that collects over time.
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That was quick and easy. I just ran it and there are no egregious offenders, as I expected.
This 20GB of system memory usage on a new & stock phone is ridiculous...
Before I installed a new rom and kernel, I was showing like 13gigs of memory use. What I did was formatted my system, data, and storage, and I ended up with 9 gigs of available storage after installing everything. Of course everything is backed up so I had nothing to worry about.
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schlepprock said:
Before I installed a new rom and kernel, I was showing like 13gigs of memory use. What I did was formatted my system, data, and storage, and I ended up with 9 gigs of available storage after installing everything. Of course everything is backed up so I had nothing to worry about.
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That's what I suggested
This is ridiculous.
First I tried a factory reset. After rebooting I skipped everything end went right into my phone settings. Didn't even associate a Google account with the phone (so no data was automatically restored). Still 19.95GB used for system memory.
Then I went into stock recovery to wipe everything. (Remember my phone is bone stock except it is rooted.)
First I get a "no command" message. Then it says "error" and then it goes back to "no command." Then I have the android guy with a red exclamation sign coming out of his body along with all the stock recovery options.
I then wiped the cache partition and wipe data/factory reset.
When I select the option to reboot I get "error" one more time and it reboots.
Same problem. I go into the Android OS with no associated Google account and it still shows 19.95GB of system memory being used.
Any other suggestions?
After every type of reset and wipe failed I tried reinstalling the stock unrooted 4.3 ROM. No joy. Phone still shows 19.95BG used for System Memory.
And when I boot into stock recovery I still get the android guy with the red exclamation mark sign coming out of his body.
Anybody have any ideas as to what in the world is going on here? I've done everything I can possibly think of and none of it helps.
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After every type of reset and wipe failed I tried reinstalling the stock unrooted 4.3 ROM. No joy. Phone still shows 19.95BG used for System Memory.
And when I boot into stock recovery I still get the android guy with the red exclamation mark sign coming out of his body.
Anybody have any ideas as to what in the world is going on here? I've done everything I can possibly think of and none of it helps.
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Odin MK3 unrooted. If that doesn't fix your problem I don't know what will.
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Odin MK3 unrooted. If that doesn't fix your problem I don't know what will.
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That's what I did. I used the tar file from this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972 and still 19.95GB system memory used without even associating the phone with a Google account.
Is their any significance to having the android guy laying on his back with the red exclamation mark and the message "no command" when I am in recovery? What is the meaning of this?
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That's what I did. I used the tar file from this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972 and still 19.95GB system memory used without even associating the phone with a Google account.
Is their any significance to having the android guy laying on his back with the red exclamation mark and the message "no command" when I am in recovery? What is the meaning of this?
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That is stock recovery
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Odin MK3 unrooted. If that doesn't fix your problem I don't know what will.
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That's not stock recovery. I've never changed recovery. Per the thread that is "MK3 FULL stock tar extracted from Kies." And after I flashed it I was back to virgin unrooted state.
If this isn't what you are suggesting I use, what exactly are you suggesting I flash? I'll try just about anything at this point.
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That's not stock recovery. I've never changed recovery. Per the thread that is "MK3 FULL stock tar extracted from Kies." And after I flashed it I was back to virgin unrooted state.
If this isn't what you are suggesting I use, what exactly are you suggesting I flash? I'll try just about anything at this point.
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Yeah, FULL STOCK includes recovery. I suggest you flash a custom recovery and a custom ROM. Stock is obviously causing you problems.
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Yeah, FULL STOCK includes recovery. I suggest you flash a custom recovery and a custom ROM. Stock is obviously causing you problems.
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Is flashing a custom ROM going to trip knox if I keep stock recovery?
If a hard reset and flashing stock ROM doesn't clear this problem up I'm not convinced that flashing a different ROM is going to fix this. As strange as it sounds it seems to me like I have a hardware problem.
I'm happy enough with the stock ROM and don't feel like spending hours researching all the ROM options. Can anyone recommend the most stable alternate ROM for the S3? And I don't just mean stable as in it doesn't crash, I mean stable as in everything works as it should - camera, GPS, screen rotation, wifi, bluetooth, etc.
When I'm in stock recovery why do I have the android guy laying on his back with a red exclamation mark and the message "no command?" Is this normal for a stock rooted phone?
I have a Sph-L900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2. About a month ago the device started acting up Saying it couldn't connect to my Samsung Account, and the only way I was able to fix it was a factory reset. That soon turned into not being able to connect to my Google account and knox issues where something was trying to access my device administrator, and the only fix was to keep updating the samsung security police. The device began shutting off and restarting about two to three times a day with the same error notifications popping up on start up. I kept doing a factory reset in order to get ride of the issues but would reappear shortly after.
I have never tried to root my phone because I wanted to wait for my contract to be up before messing around with it.The most I have done is install a few 3rd party apps and use the google launcher apk as my everyday launcher. Eventually because it keep restarting so often I thought I would try to put cyanogenmod on it using the installer app.Unfortunately it kept saying it couldn't communicate with my device and had to abandon that option. A few hours later the phone restarted again but this time became stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo on start up. I tried to another factory reset hoping that would fix it but this is what happened
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The whole thing is in red and keeps saying error and fail.
I have no idea what the issue being a noob, but started looking through forums and posts hoping to get an answer. I thought trying to reload the stock rom might be my best bet and started looking into how to unbrick the phone on youtube and forums.
I downloaded Odin and tried [ROM][ODIN]SPH-L900 MK4 (MK4 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted), Galaxynote2root.com, and QBking77 methods and files for putting factory stock rom back on the phone. I spent all day trying each one only to get "nand write start fail" when trying each tar file on odin.
I wanted to see if someone might actually be able to explain to me the exact issue and hopefully a possible solution.
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I have a Sph-L900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2. About a month ago the device started acting up Saying it couldn't connect to my Samsung Account, and the only way I was able to fix it was a factory reset. That soon turned into not being able to connect to my Google account and knox issues where something was trying to access my device administrator, and the only fix was to keep updating the samsung security police. The device began shutting off and restarting about two to three times a day with the same error notifications popping up on start up. I kept doing a factory reset in order to get ride of the issues but would reappear shortly after.
I have never tried to root my phone because I wanted to wait for my contract to be up before messing around with it.The most I have done is install a few 3rd party apps and use the google launcher apk as my everyday launcher. Eventually because it keep restarting so often I thought I would try to put cyanogenmod on it using the installer app.Unfortunately it kept saying it couldn't communicate with my device and had to abandon that option. A few hours later the phone restarted again but this time became stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo on start up. I tried to another factory reset hoping that would fix it but this is what happened
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The whole thing is in red and keeps saying error and fail.
I have no idea what the issue being a noob, but started looking through forums and posts hoping to get an answer. I thought trying to reload the stock rom might be my best bet and started looking into how to unbrick the phone on youtube and forums.
I downloaded Odin and tried [ROM][ODIN]SPH-L900 MK4 (MK4 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted), Galaxynote2root.com, and QBking77 methods and files for putting factory stock rom back on the phone. I spent all day trying each one only to get "nand write start fail" when trying each tar file on odin.
I wanted to see if someone might actually be able to explain to me the exact issue and hopefully a possible solution.
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Not sure what the issue is, but if your not rooted you can not use method you tried.. If you can get back into your phone, root it using the toolkit found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 it will install a custom recovery for you during the process. once done you can us the restore method you tried.. You might want to also, uninstall all the apps you have installed one at a time, until you find the one, that might be given you the problem..
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Not sure what the issue is, but if your not rooted you can not use method you tried.. If you can get back into your phone, root it using the toolkit found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 it will install a custom recovery for you during the process. once done you can us the restore method you tried.. You might want to also, uninstall all the apps you have installed one at a time, until you find the one, that might be given you the problem..
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Thanks for replying, unfortunately I'm not able to get into my phone as it is just stuck on the Galaxy note 2 logo image on start up. Someone on the google+ community said that it could of happened from the 4.1 to 4.3 update. I guess my best bet is to go to the Samsung kios at Best Buy and see if they can reflash my phone. If I do get it up and running I will install a custom recovery like you mentioned.
Can you reboot and hold the power, home button, & up arrow to get into download mode?
If you can, flash things from there. Odin. I would do the billiard back to stock. Or possibly try the philz recovery.
Please let us know what happens.
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Can you reboot and hold the power, home button, & up arrow to get into download mode?
If you can, flash things from there. Odin. I would do the billiard back to stock. Or possibly try the philz recovery.
Please let us know what happens.
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This is the best I can do with what I have to show you the process. I'm using this download SPH-L900_MK4_Full Restore_UNROOTED one click process as an example. It happens when I use the regular versions of oden and add the tar. files where it says PDA. I have used several versions like Sammobile that people have recommended, but In the end it always says Fail
I tried using the billiard one but since it's set up for twrp I'm not sure how to istall it with odin on the PC
I don't know. I'm just guessing. I'm not an expert. Post in the billiards forum.
I guess i would go to my "prepatory" thread and try flashing a new recovery. I guess try TWRP first. Then try the billiard back to stock. If still no. Try philz and then back to stock. I can't promise anything, but that is my advice.
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This is the best I can do with what I have to show you the process. I'm using this download SPH-L900_MK4_Full Restore_UNROOTED one click process as an example. It happens when I use the regular versions of oden and add the tar. files where it says PDA. I have used several versions like Sammobile that people have recommended, but In the end it always says Fail
I tried using the billiard one but since it's set up for twrp I'm not sure how to istall it with odin on the PC
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That is a very old version of Odin I might add. Download and use Odin 3.07. When using make sure you right click and choose run as administrator. Flash philz 6.0.7.9 do a full wipe reboot into recovery then flash billards return to full stock with counter reset, you should not have any issues..
Hey. If i knew the answer i would tell you. Lol. I'm sorry that i don't. But you need to get something going through odin. Something is messed up on your phone and you need to replace it with something works. If you can't get Anything to flash from odin.... Well i can't imagine what else there would be to do. Except take it in for a replacement.
Sorry to hear this. I remember bricking my phone and was really scared as I did not want to go to the sprint store and go through all that nonsense. I hope you get it up and running. I know someone in this awesome community will help u out.
Wish I could help.
What version of odin are you using?
Let's see if this helps.
First download this Toolkit. It's an awesome tool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
(you will need to read those instructions for drivers install etc)
There really should be no reason why you can't simply reboot your phone into download mode and flash it back to stock. Just make sure you enable usb debugging mode within developer options BEFOREyou begin.
If you want a custom ROM right away, use the toolkit to root and install custom bootloader and recovery, then flash the ROM from recovery per usual.
From that point you can either flash a stock unrooted MK4 ROM or a stock rooted ROM or you can go with a custom rooted ROM. You will need to decide what you want right now.
If you want to stay on a stock unrooted MK4 ROM then you can go ahead and download this stock MC2 with flash count reset. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 then once that completes you can simply let the OTA update your phone to MK4 and that will put you back at stock MK4.
You can also just flash the stock MK4 ROM via this page. Follow the instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2591898
So recently I had a Galaxy S3 whose charger port failed and I could no longer use the phone. So I had a replacement sent to me via my phone insurance company.
I stuck with TouchWiz for a few days since the phone was new, and everything worked just fine, camera, snapchat, chrome, you name it. I attempted to use the CMInstaller to remove Touchwiz and go to CM. However, during the installation process, everything appeared to be going smoothly, then the android with its chest open with the red triangle popped up briefly and the phone asked me to choose to root the phone. I hit yes, and the phone rebooted, at first with the CM logo, then it proceeded to boot into TouchWiz, with no sign of Cyanogen.
I did some research and found that this is because the replacement phone has Knox on it, preventing tampering. While I'm fine with TouchWiz for now until I can get a new phone in November, my phone has been acting a bit strange.
I can't download pictures from anywhere, whether its Chrome or Facebook or Twitter (where profile pictures won't even load). In Snapchat, I can only view pictures sent to me, but I can't view videos, I can't send pics or videos, and I can't load stories. Instagram closes when a video post pops up in my feed, but photos are fine. The Spider-Man game that I downloaded from the Play Store won't download the additional file that's needed to even start the game. My camera tells me to insert an SD card before using the camera, even though there is an SD card in the phone that I store music on for Poweramp (which works fine).
Other than these instances, the phone works fine. I'd just like to be able to use the apps I want. I did a factory reset from the settings menu to wipe stuff off the phone and see if that would get these apps to function correctly with no success.
Device info:
Model: SGH-I747
Android 4.4.2
Baseband: I747UCUFNE4
Kernel: 3.4.0-1514807
Build: KOT49H.I747UCUFNE4
I checked with Kies to see what it would do with the Firmware upgrade and initialization, since that was what the guide on here said to do. It's saying it will initialize my phone to 4.1.1 Baseband I747UCDDLK3, but downgrading will brick my phone, if I'm not mistaken.
So I don't know what to do now.
So my question is this: Can/Should I use Kies to attempt to restore my phone or did I permanently bork the hardware?
Try flashing the stock NE4 rom from enewman17s thread in development section. If im not mistaken it will have tge fix for external sd and the insecure kernel should solve the internal sd issues.
This is due to seLinux primarily, not knox. So its something we will have to deal with on every device running stock from now on. The alternative I believe is to format the card and factory reset. If you start everything fresh it should work ok when full stock.
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The problem I'm having with that idea is that I'm not sure I have root access, so I don't think I can flash a rom. If I can boot into recovery, I'll give it a try, but I'm not positive if it'll work.
Thanks for the tip!
You dont need to be rooted. Just need custom recovery.
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Try flashing the stock NE4 rom from enewman17s thread in development section. If im not mistaken it will have tge fix for external sd and the insecure kernel should solve the internal sd issues.
This is due to seLinux primarily, not knox. So its something we will have to deal with on every device running stock from now on. The alternative I believe is to format the card and factory reset. If you start everything fresh it should work ok when full stock.
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Hi again,
I tried formatting and factory resetting. So I'm going to try the NE4 ROM, but I can't seem to find it. Would you mind pointing me in the right direction? Thanks for all your help!
This thread may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
Okay, so I flashed that ROM from enewman's thread and it said it flashed successfully.
After it flashed, I went to do all three wipe options, and it rebooted in the middle of doing so. My phone rebooted normally into TouchWiz, and nothing was wiped and all my apps were still present.
I'm still having the same persistent problems as before. I think attempting another wipe may help, but I figured I'd check in with progress and see if anyone has any suggestions.
Thanks again.
Boot back into recovery and instead of factory resetting, choose Format /data.
This will wipe your internal sd card, just so you know. If that doesn't help, go back to the thread audit13 linked, reflash the rom, then the stock recovery. Reboot recovery and factory reset again. Then reboot and test. Pretty sure choosing format /data will be enough though.
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