Hello Community!!
I have come to this website for answers for years leading back to my Fascinate on the Telus network. I have rooted, flashed and used Odin to fix my phones pretty regularly. I have messed up on my Note 2 i317. I'm facing a soft brick right now, and need the stock rom from Telus. The issue I have right now, is that the 2 sites I was able to find it at (including all of the sites that link to them) is not downloading. Rapidgator is showing that it will take 3 days to download, while Sammmobile is taking an hour or two before erroring out on the back end.
What I am hoping for, is that one of the many members of this site would happen to have the file hosted somewhere, or know of a secret link that I can use. I have been on this bricked device going on 4 days now. I have been using an....iphone 4s....:crying:. I know, it's terrible.
If someone would be able to help me out, I would be very grateful.
Thanks a bunch!!
Ryan
olofob said:
Hello Community!!
I have rooted, flashed and used Odin to fix my phones pretty regularly. I have messed up on my Note 2 i317. I'm facing a soft brick right now, and need the stock rom from Telus. The issue I have right now, is that the 2 sites I was able to find it at (including all of the sites that link to them) is not downloading.
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The fact that your service provider is Telus suggests that you're not American, thus you should be able to flash back to stock using Kies. Emergency recovery will ask for the model and serial #, and then should recover your phone back to stock for you.
Also, just a suggestion. Be a little more direct with what you are looking for next time. I almost didn't read your entire post simply because it was drawn out.
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Hey guys, sorry for posting this, but im desperate and have read until my eyes are falling out of my skull. I am willing to work with any dev if they need specific work/software ran/info to make this happen. Is there, or is there not clear concise directions on rooting SGH-T889v (wind mobile variant of note 2)?
remember we use AWS for our signal, the modem stuff is all different. this is were my expertise kinda falls short. BUT I AM WILLING TO HELP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. As far as iv'e seen there are no current methods of rooting this phone which is a damn shame considering its horsepower. i saw the all in one toolkit for note 2's, and i simply cannot afford to donate to unlock the functionality of the update that supports wind. So only ONE guy knows how? I believe dev's should get paid and should accept donations, they are the real workers and smart guys. I don't work for free either, However this kinda defeats the purpose of the ecosystem we fought so hard to have.... open and accessible platforms were we the users are in control. By with holding the method, its no longer donating, it's close sourcing ala apple,microsoft, etc. Zero offence to that guy, id just really love to "own" MY phone. Can someone PLEASE help? pass the word? anything? a peep?
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Hey guys, sorry for posting this, but im desperate and have read until my eyes are falling out of my skull. I am willing to work with any dev if they need specific work/software ran/info to make this happen. Is there, or is there not clear concise directions on rooting SGH-T889v (wind mobile variant of note 2)?
remember we use AWS for our signal, the modem stuff is all different. this is were my expertise kinda falls short. BUT I AM WILLING TO HELP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. As far as iv'e seen there are no current methods of rooting this phone which is a damn shame considering its horsepower. i saw the all in one toolkit for note 2's, and i simply cannot afford to donate to unlock the functionality of the update that supports wind. So only ONE guy knows how? I believe dev's should get paid and should accept donations, they are the real workers and smart guys. I don't work for free either, However this kinda defeats the purpose of the ecosystem we fought so hard to have.... open and accessible platforms were we the users are in control. By with holding the method, its no longer donating, it's close sourcing ala apple,microsoft, etc. Zero offence to that guy, id just really love to "own" MY phone. Can someone PLEASE help? pass the word? anything? a peep?
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Who says there is no way....use donated version of toolkit ...its in there
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
If you don't mind the flash counter, you could simply use an Odin flashable (N7100) CWM tar, push the superuser zip of your choosing to /data/media/ (linked to /sdcard/) and install that from CWM.
What I know is that the rooting part is all fine and dandy, sure its a little harder than the rest, but its okay, it not too hard. The problem I keep reading is that the ROMS aren't truly compatible with the device, as data become atrociously slow. A method one, respected fellow, recommended we take was to flash a modem that is "for" our device variant. I say that because people reported bootloops due to it. Also there's a greater chance for our device to lose its IMEI number...not sure if these problems have been resolved. But yeah your problem really isn't rooting its the whole deal afterwards, again I am going by what I've read, I myself do not wish to take the chance of it becoming unusable, so i stay far until I got time to research more and some brilliant helpful mind comes along and solves all problems.
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What I know is that the rooting part is all fine and dandy, sure its a little harder than the rest, but its okay, it not too hard. The problem I keep reading is that the ROMS aren't truly compatible with the device, as data become atrociously slow. A method one, respected fellow, recommended we take was to flash a modem that is "for" our device variant. I say that because people reported bootloops due to it. Also there's a greater chance for our device to lose its IMEI number...not sure if these problems have been resolved. But yeah your problem really isn't rooting its the whole deal afterwards, again I am going by what I've read, I myself do not wish to take the chance of it becoming unusable, so i stay far until I got time to research more and some brilliant helpful mind comes along and solves all problems.
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i think thats the issue, we just generally need someone more brilliant xD as per the "gentleman" that again, suggested using the donating kit, please re-read my post. whats this business about a flash counter????
darn shame still nothing regretting purchasing this phone completely due to this :/
I used the toolkit to root my N2 (Videotron T889v) without any problems. Just used the T-Mobile option since they are the same phone, just different software. The only difference is the modem from what I've read. Rooting does not change the modem that you currently have right now. If you decide you want to install a custom rom, then you may have to flash your modem back. I am currently using Jedi X rom without any problems and I can honestly say that it's faster than stock. He also provides a link with our modem so we can flash it after the install. All the T-Mobile software has been taken out, so you won't have to deal with any of it. Here are the links for the toolkit and rom.
Toolkit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957720
Jedi X rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987634
There are 2 Jedi Roms available. Jedi X has the multi-window function working but no wifi calling. I believe the other is called Jedi Master and that one has wifi calling but no multi-window. I'm not sure if the wifi calling is a T-Mobile thing but I never installed that rom and can't really give much more info on it. In the end, you can always go back to stock if you're not satisfied. You can find a copy of your stock rom at sammobile. I would suggest making sure it's still available before doing anything.
As for the OP, this is my first time dealing with a flash counter although not my first time rooting. The flash counter is some type of software that Samsung puts in their phones to be able to tell if you have "tampered" with the phone's software. From what I've noticed, when you put your phone in the "download" state and install anything, that triggers the counter to rise. If you send your phone to Samsung for service and the counter is not 0, they will deny service since you would have broken your warranty. There is a program called Triangle Away that will return your counter back to 0, should you need to return the phone to Samsung. Although in my case it would only take it back down to 1 using their instructions. I finally got it back to 0 by adding an extra step. From what I've read, I think it depends on the kernel that you're using. Here is the link for the program.
Triangle Away - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
I'm not an expert on any of this, just trying to help. I can say that I've rooted, unrooted and reset my flash counter back to 0 along with my stock Videotron rom.
Good luck
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I used the toolkit to root my N2 (Videotron T889v) without any problems. Just used the T-Mobile option since they are the same phone, just different software. The only difference is the modem from what I've read. Rooting does not change the modem that you currently have right now. If you decide you want to install a custom rom, then you may have to flash your modem back. I am currently using Jedi X rom without any problems and I can honestly say that it's faster than stock. He also provides a link with our modem so we can flash it after the install. All the T-Mobile software has been taken out, so you won't have to deal with any of it. Here are the links for the toolkit and rom.
Toolkit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957720
Jedi X rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987634
There are 2 Jedi Roms available. Jedi X has the multi-window function working but no wifi calling. I believe the other is called Jedi Master and that one has wifi calling but no multi-window. I'm not sure if the wifi calling is a T-Mobile thing but I never installed that rom and can't really give much more info on it. In the end, you can always go back to stock if you're not satisfied. You can find a copy of your stock rom at sammobile. I would suggest making sure it's still available before doing anything.
As for the OP, this is my first time dealing with a flash counter although not my first time rooting. The flash counter is some type of software that Samsung puts in their phones to be able to tell if you have "tampered" with the phone's software. From what I've noticed, when you put your phone in the "download" state and install anything, that triggers the counter to rise. If you send your phone to Samsung for service and the counter is not 0, they will deny service since you would have broken your warranty. There is a program called Triangle Away that will return your counter back to 0, should you need to return the phone to Samsung. Although in my case it would only take it back down to 1 using their instructions. I finally got it back to 0 by adding an extra step. From what I've read, I think it depends on the kernel that you're using. Here is the link for the program.
Triangle Away - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
I'm not an expert on any of this, just trying to help. I can say that I've rooted, unrooted and reset my flash counter back to 0 along with my stock Videotron rom.
Good luck
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so you flashed the modem that ptmr3 provided for the t889v along with his jedi x rom and all good is good? no signal issues ? you get hspa+?
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I'm on Wind Mobile T889v Note 2. And I cant wait for this phone to get rooted so that I can run debian or whatever have you full blow linux desktop experience on my phone.
The current limited version of android on its own is too limiting for the processing beast that this phone is.
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so you flashed the modem that ptmr3 provided for the t889v along with his jedi x rom and all good is good? no signal issues ? you get hspa+?
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That is correct. Never had any issues whatsoever. Always get full signal strength, no disconnections and overall great service. As long as you flash after the rom, you will get your modem back. To be honest, the rom itself has never changed my modem, I always just flash it in case it's just reporting it as an error. In the directions it states that it will change it but I always check it and it has remained the same every time.
you mean by letting bootup and set up first then go back to twrp or cwm? and then flash the modem...my exams are done hoping to do it by tomorrow.
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you mean by letting bootup and set up first then go back to twrp or cwm? and then flash the modem...my exams are done hoping to do it by tomorrow.
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After you flash the rom (if you're flashing Jedi) you need to let it sit for 10 minutes on the first boot up (after the android logo, just use the reboot option after the 10 minutes). Once you've booted up and finished your setup, just go back into cwm or twrp and flash the modem.
how did you reset the flash counter with triangle away? it doesnt seem to work on my 889V
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so i'm in need of some big help here. i have a t-mobile galaxy note 2(SGH-T889). I recently rooted my phone(clockwork) as was looking around for some custom roms to put on it. then i came across the hawkish extreme on here(was blown away by it by the way, pure awesome). me being foolish as i am opted to put this on my phone. just i didn't realize until it was too late that it was for international phones only. so now i have no service with circle and the diagonal line through along with the imei saying unknown. i'm completely lost i've seen a couple threads on here as to how to recover but not any dealing with my type of situation. i don't have efs backed-up. i'm a little freaked out right now so any help would be grateful.
any other information you need just let me know.
thanks in advance.
[edit]: i fixed thanks to teshxx SGH-T889 Factory Images, Roms, Kernels, & Modems thread
Start with flashing stock t mobile with odin. You might get lucky and it will be fine, if not the are guides to help you get your imei and signals back.
I have a Telus S3 (SCH-I747M). I've flashed many roms since I purchased it a year ago. Lately I have been running LiquidSmooth v2.3. When I discovered that I needed an upgraded boot loader to flash LS 2.4, I commenced flashing stock LK4, rooted, added cwm with Odin, then flashed LS 2.4. Everything seemed fine as I was doing this, except my phone would not connect to the mobile network.
I came to discover my IMEI was lost, and ERI was not available... and regretfully i had no backup... so out came the xda research.
After many hours, I was able to restore my IMEI. However, my ERI still says not available, and my phone (using any rom) has either no signal or says its roaming. Many Google searches indicate threads that might help, but they've been either deleted or moved. When searching within xda, I've had no luck.
I found one thread that offered an eri_0 file that it suggested I could replace with qpst. However the link was broken. It's probably what I need.
Someone please help.
Check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
You could also put the phone back to stock, use triangle away and send for warranty service.
saj222 said:
Check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
You could also put the phone back to stock, use triangle away and send for warranty service.
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Funny you should say that... I've already spoken to Samsung and arranged to send out for service. I even flashed stock and used triangle away to be sure it could be done with no problems. However I will not be sending for a couple days and if I find a solution before it will be much quicker.
Thanks for posting the thread, however I had already read that one. The link to the tool that i would need on that page is dead.
any one have any other suggestions?
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Funny you should say that... I've already spoken to Samsung and arranged to send out for service. I even flashed stock and used triangle away to be sure it could be done with no problems. However I will not be sending for a couple days and if I find a solution before it will be much quicker.
Thanks for posting the thread, however I had already read that one. The link to the tool that i would need on that page is dead.
any one have any other suggestions?
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Check your PM tonight.
I forgot to ask which recovery you use. I've used TWRP exclusively and had no issues.
Back last year when this ugly problem reared it's head it was noted that TWRP seemed to have less occurrences of this issue.
The same problem happen to me, now I have the imei but the ERI isnt available and I cant find any tool to restore it. If u find a solution please share in this page. Thanks
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ERI = Enhanced Roaming Indicator = not applicable while not roaming.
Should say "version unavailable" or something to that effect.
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Ok so I recently moved across the country and my pre-paid cell service I was using before is not supported in this state. I have been to every pre-paid provider in town and they are shocked they cannot seem to get my phone on their prepaid networks. I am using the toro CDMA Verizon branded GN. Everyone seems to agree they cannot activate my phone because I am running Cyanogenmod 11 and if I would just go back to Stock ROM I would be fine. Even people on the cyanogen mod forums.
The problem is I cannot seem to get this phone flashed back. I tried all 3 of the galaxy nexus verizon CDMA roms at this link:
EDIT: it won't let me post links because I am new. I was linking to the google galaxy nexus roms page.
Odin crashes whenever I try and flash. I spent 4 hours yesterday googling solutions to Odin crashing and none of them work for me.
My next thought was using Clockwork to reflash my phone to stock........................but I cannot find any roms flashable by clockwork.
Can anyone offer a link or advice? I NEED a damn phone here. I gave my self a cutoff limit of tonight. If I can't get this phone back to stock I am just going to buy a new phone tomorrow.
Thanks.
Well.. erm.. you've probably bought a new phone now! But anyway, Google "Nexus Root Toolkit". I have used this many times to return to Stock Rom.
Adam
My wife and I have decided to hang onto our Note 7s, because why risk it with just one when you can play life in hard-mode? Sadly, she upgraded via the forced OTA, not knowing any better. Now that her battery is limited to 60%, she's extremely irritated by the popup notice she has to close every time the screen is turned on. I have tried searching, but cannot find instructions on resetting the phone back to stock (pre-OTA). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
* Please spare this thread of the "omg you're crazy, return your bombs immediately" posts.
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My wife and I have decided to hang onto our Note 7s, because why risk it with just one when you can play life in hard-mode? Sadly, she upgraded via the forced OTA, not knowing any better. Now that her battery is limited to 60%, she's extremely irritated by the popup notice she has to close every time the screen is turned on. I have tried searching, but cannot find instructions on resetting the phone back to stock (pre-OTA). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
* Please spare this thread of the "omg you're crazy, return your bombs immediately" posts.
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Hi, well I won't say your crazy because I truly love my N7 and was very reluctant to do as requested and return and purchase a new phone. But I finally relented and bought the new Google Pixel Xl and have now been waiting over a month to receive it. Called Verizon last week they said I would have it Monday(yesterday), never did get it. Meanwhile I've managed to keep postponing this update I knew was the battery limiting ota for more than a week now. That is until tonight when I accidentally hit update. I am extremely pissed as I work for a government contractor and am constantly on my phone, and now must deal with only a 60% max battery to get me through a day when even a fully charged one couldn't. My only thought is maybe if I rooted the phone I would somehow be able to do something that way, perhaps by flashing the original factory software prior to the OTA. But I am just waiting on my new replacement and don' t really want to root for what could only be a day then un root to send back when my Pixel XL arrives. But it may be worth a shot on your wife's N7. Although I understand your decision to keep your N7's , as I really love mine, this deliberate hijacking of my personal property by Samsung and Verizon, has only streangthened my resolve to never purchase another Samsung phone again, I've owned every Note that has been made and as much as I love owning and using them, this will be the last time I allow them to take my money and reneder my phone useles. Samsung may not go under because of losing me as a customer, but they are definatally feeling the loss of the many who chose a different brand to replace their N7's. Good luck to you with your wife's N7. Please update if you try the root method so that others may also benefit.
Best wishes.
LvnInOC
Sadly, I believe it's impossible to revert back to 100% battery if you've already taken the update.
Get the PHE firmware from SamFirm, since SamMobile has removed all US Note 7 firmware, and use Odin to reflash it and then block the PK1 update (60% battery) with PDP or PDP+ (use manual mode to enter the package names) by disabling these 2 packages.
com.sec.android.soagent
com.samsung.sdm
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Woofa59 said:
Get the PHE firmware from SamFirm, since SamMobile has removed all US Note 7 firmware, and use Odin to reflash it and then block the PK1 update (60% battery) with PDP or PDP+ (use manual mode to enter the package names) by disabling these 2 packages.
com.sec.android.soagent
com.samsung.sdm
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For those of us who have not yet learned the technical jargon, could someone help with more details about exactly how to do what you described. Is there a another thread or instructions somewhere that would detail this step-by-step for the novice? Better yet, if there is someone in the Tucson/Phoenix Arizona area who is in EXPERT at doing these and have been successful, I would be happy to pay a small success fee to have them do this for me..
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For those of us who have not yet learned the technical jargon, could someone help with more details about exactly how to do what you described. Is there a another thread or instructions somewhere that would detail this step-by-step for the novice? Better yet, if there is someone in the Tucson/Phoenix Arizona area who is in EXPERT at doing these and have been successful, I would be happy to pay a small success fee to have them do this for me..
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Here's a link to what I believe he's talking about: http://samfirm.net/threads/update-safely-firmware-galaxy-note7-all-model-22-09-2016.119/ For Verizon, click the link next to the SM-N930V with the long filename. Be careful which download button you press! I downloaded the file, which is 2.66 GB, and scanned it with antivirus. FYI, I have not tried flashing the ROM yet as my phone has not been updated.
You'll also need the Odin software, which there is a link to, with instructions, towards the bottom of that page. EDIT: After looking more closely, the download link for Odin is impossible to read. Here is a better link: http://odindownload.com/download/#.WCzsCCRGZgE If none of this makes sense, dig in to the XDA forums. Everything you need is here.
Please report back if this actually works!
Also, PDP = Package Disabler Pro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-note-7/help/update-forced-to-phone-verizon-t3495730
Verizon shut down service ?
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Here's a link to what I believe he's talking about: http://samfirm.net/threads/update-safely-firmware-galaxy-note7-all-model-22-09-2016.119/ For Verizon, click the link next to the SM-N930V with the long filename. Be careful which download button you press! I downloaded the file, which is 2.66 GB, and scanned it with antivirus. FYI, I have not tried flashing the ROM yet as my phone has not been updated.
You'll also need the Odin software, which there is a link to, with instructions, towards the bottom of that page. EDIT: After looking more closely, the download link for Odin is impossible to read. Here is a better link: http://odindownload.com/download/#.WCzsCCRGZgE If none of this makes sense, dig in to the XDA forums. Everything you need is here.
Please report back if this actually works!
Also, PDP = Package Disabler Pro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-note-7/help/update-forced-to-phone-verizon-t3495730
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Thanks,
BUT, what is your opinion - will / can verizon stop service to all N7 phones eventually. Then all this is for nothing . What is the consensus on that one ???
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Here's a link to what I believe he's talking about: http://samfirm.net/threads/update-safely-firmware-galaxy-note7-all-model-22-09-2016.119/ For Verizon, click the link next to the SM-N930V with the long filename. Be careful which download button you press! I downloaded the file, which is 2.66 GB, and scanned it with antivirus. FYI, I have not tried flashing the ROM yet as my phone has not been updated.
You'll also need the Odin software, which there is a link to, with instructions, towards the bottom of that page. EDIT: After looking more closely, the download link for Odin is impossible to read. Here is a better link: http://odindownload.com/download/#.WCzsCCRGZgE If none of this makes sense, dig in to the XDA forums. Everything you need is here.
Please report back if this actually works!
Also, PDP = Package Disabler Pro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-note-7/help/update-forced-to-phone-verizon-t3495730
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Using that link, next to the SM-N930V has a link to the PHE firmware, which is precisely what I don't want, correct? If I'm correct, I'm guessing the PH1 firmware is what I would want to flash, yes? Is it as simple.? Just...flashing back the stock PH1 firmware via ODIN? I see people having issues that try and root after accepting the PHE update, so why wouldn't they be able to just do this (flash PH1 and complete the root process)?
FYI: PH1 stock firmware here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...-your-verizon-note-7-and-quick-guide-t3443994