hi all,
i did a bad root and bad flash( without EFS backup ) ,,
altough ive flashed a stock rom via ODIN, i get no signals ( and blutooth ) and NO IMEI
EFS is messed up basically
as i said above, i made no EFS back up ,, so is there any way i can restore it another way to get my phone working ! ?
regards
firstly, did you flash the proper rom for your device? as the signal and such look modem related to me.
you can find flashable modems (gt-n7105) in the development section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575
about the IMEI, i don't think there's any way you can recover it if you don't have an EFS backup somewhere. Reckon the only thing doable would be flash the stock rom root it, use triangle away to reset the counters and flash back the stock rom so you have the device completely stock again.
afterwards claim waranty and just make up a story about how suddenly your phone stopped working completely. and the only thing it currently is, is an overpriced tablet (do make sure you have the correct stock rom though, as when you flash one for AT&T on a T-Moble, or one of those on a normal international unbranded version they will notice )
don't exactly know what model you have, but getting root on my n7105 was one of the easiest things i ever did to a phone, with cf-autoroot and odin it worked like a charm within seconds.
contramundi said:
firstly, did you flash the proper rom for your device? as the signal and such look modem related to me.
you can find flashable modems (gt-n7105) in the development section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575
about the IMEI, i don't think there's any way you can recover it if you don't have an EFS backup somewhere. Reckon the only thing doable would be flash the stock rom root it, use triangle away to reset the counters and flash back the stock rom so you have the device completely stock again.
afterwards claim waranty and just make up a story about how suddenly your phone stopped working completely. and the only thing it currently is, is an overpriced tablet (do make sure you have the correct stock rom though, as when you flash one for AT&T on a T-Moble, or one of those on a normal international unbranded version they will notice )
don't exactly know what model you have, but getting root on my n7105 was one of the easiest things i ever did to a phone, with cf-autoroot and odin it worked like a charm within seconds.
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phone is used, no warranty
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mmm,
no clue how long the waranty is with samsung,
but i found this page where you can check if you still have waranty http://www.samsunguniverse.com/samtools/samwarranty/
simply enter the digits of your serial number and if it works properly you'll know if you still have warantywithin seconds
will flashing back to stock thru odin be of any use ?
don't know you can always try though, but i don't think it'll help much. as IMEI and such are completely device specific i don't think flashing a stock rom would help in getting it back. as the rom is more aimed at a series of devices.
the stock rom option is mostly due to waranty reasons, having a custom rom and not having reset the flash counter would mean they can instantly see you messed up your own device.
resetting flash counter + flashing back stock rom, they won't really notice you where messing around with stuff yourself just play dumb, did that a few times with my tablet as well after i messed things up on it
Hi Guys,
I am noob and never had a Samsung device before, 3 weeks ago i bought a Samsung Note 2 phone from Malaysia shop, everything works fine, network imei etc,,, till i found XDA and interest to upgrade with custom rom, at that time i dont know anything about Imei loss, EFS back up etc,,
my first rom, is official firmware with a chinese language, and i saw a browser menu in chinese name "UC Browser" with little squirel image,,then after i flash a custom rom (Xperia-Z_ized) i found some problem< IMEI Null, no network and no baseband,,,i have tried several things
1. going to samsung service center in my country Indonesia, but the reject it since i buy outside of my country
samsung technician says, my imei and Serial number is fake,,,i did check my imei and it is register and also with my serial number
2. i try upgrade official rom with KIES thru emergency recovery and also upgrade and initialisation, but still imei null no baseband and no network
3. try several custom rom, DN3, Hurricane, etc,,but still the same
4 Flash recommended kernel, and modem, but no work
all things seem so confuse me and make me cant sleep,,,i have to download many stock and custom rom, flash with ODIN with none of them is work and able to restore my imei baseband and network...
in my give up, i am offer USD 30 for someone who can give a good advice and help me how to make my phone work properly...
here some attachment of my phone,,and hope someone able to help me with this
Thanks
M
Did your phone provided with the imei no?
(Pull out batt..sticker with imei no?)
Sent from my 01v21_v89_jbl1a698 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Might be worth a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700479
bichoudandy said:
Hi Guys,
I am noob and never had a Samsung device before, 3 weeks ago i bought a Samsung Note 2 phone from Malaysia shop, everything works fine, network imei etc,,, till i found XDA and interest to upgrade with custom rom, at that time i dont know anything about Imei loss, EFS back up etc,,
my first rom, is official firmware with a chinese language, and i saw a browser menu in chinese name "UC Browser" with little squirel image,,then after i flash a custom rom (Xperia-Z_ized) i found some problem< IMEI Null, no network and no baseband,,,i have tried several things
1. going to samsung service center in my country Indonesia, but the reject it since i buy outside of my country
samsung technician says, my imei and Serial number is fake,,,i did check my imei and it is register and also with my serial number
2. i try upgrade official rom with KIES thru emergency recovery and also upgrade and initialisation, but still imei null no baseband and no network
3. try several custom rom, DN3, Hurricane, etc,,but still the same
4 Flash recommended kernel, and modem, but no work
all things seem so confuse me and make me cant sleep,,,i have to download many stock and custom rom, flash with ODIN with none of them is work and able to restore my imei baseband and network...
in my give up, i am offer USD 30 for someone who can give a good advice and help me how to make my phone work properly...
here some attachment of my phone,,and hope someone able to help me with this
Thanks
M
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
This looks like it might help. Its a guide on the galaxy s2 thread so read it carefully before you start
Odin odin odin!!!
bichoudandy said:
Hi Guys,
I am noob and never had a Samsung device before, 3 weeks ago i bought a Samsung Note 2 phone from Malaysia shop, everything works fine, network imei etc,,, till i found XDA and interest to upgrade with custom rom, at that time i dont know anything about Imei loss, EFS back up etc,,
my first rom, is official firmware with a chinese language, and i saw a browser menu in chinese name "UC Browser" with little squirel image,,then after i flash a custom rom (Xperia-Z_ized) i found some problem< IMEI Null, no network and no baseband,,,i have tried several things
1. going to samsung service center in my country Indonesia, but the reject it since i buy outside of my country
samsung technician says, my imei and Serial number is fake,,,i did check my imei and it is register and also with my serial number
2. i try upgrade official rom with KIES thru emergency recovery and also upgrade and initialisation, but still imei null no baseband and no network
3. try several custom rom, DN3, Hurricane, etc,,but still the same
4 Flash recommended kernel, and modem, but no work
all things seem so confuse me and make me cant sleep,,,i have to download many stock and custom rom, flash with ODIN with none of them is work and able to restore my imei baseband and network...
in my give up, i am offer USD 30 for someone who can give a good advice and help me how to make my phone work properly...
here some attachment of my phone,,and hope someone able to help me with this
Thanks
M
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DISCLAIMER:- I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK / RUIN YOUR PHONE IN ANY WAY OR YOUR PHONE BRICKS YOU OR YOU LOSE YOUR JOB FOR YOUR PHONE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BOOT OR WHATEVER.
BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED
Brother I can help you out. I am listing the steps so do accordingly. Your phone is booting that means it can be recovered no matter what.
1. Install ODIN 3.04
2.GO TO www.sammobile.com, register yourself on the website, select your phone and download the latest firmware for note-2.
3. You should download the firmware by selecting the name of the country from where you bought your phone. EXAMPLE- if you bought it from INDIA then select country as INDIA.
4.Open ODIN and run it as administrator.
5.UNRAR the firmware so that it has got a .tar.md5 extension.
6.Select PDA tab in ODIN and navigate to the .tar.md5 firmware and select it.
7.Put your note 2 in download mode by pressing VOL DN+POWER+HOME BUTTON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
8.Press the VOL UP button after it enters download mode.
9.Connect it to PC via USB.
10.DISABLE the Auto Reboot option in ODIN
11.Select START
12.After successfully flashing it, remove the battery and boot into recovery.
13.Wipe data and wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache.
14.REBOOT THE PHONE.
15.VOILA!!!
bichoudandy said:
Hi Guys,
I am noob and never had a Samsung device before, 3 weeks ago i bought a Samsung Note 2 phone from Malaysia shop, everything works fine, network imei etc,,, till i found XDA and interest to upgrade with custom rom, at that time i dont know anything about Imei loss, EFS back up etc,,
my first rom, is official firmware with a chinese language, and i saw a browser menu in chinese name "UC Browser" with little squirel image,,then after i flash a custom rom (Xperia-Z_ized) i found some problem< IMEI Null, no network and no baseband,,,i have tried several things
1. going to samsung service center in my country Indonesia, but the reject it since i buy outside of my country
samsung technician says, my imei and Serial number is fake,,,i did check my imei and it is register and also with my serial number
2. i try upgrade official rom with KIES thru emergency recovery and also upgrade and initialisation, but still imei null no baseband and no network
3. try several custom rom, DN3, Hurricane, etc,,but still the same
4 Flash recommended kernel, and modem, but no work
all things seem so confuse me and make me cant sleep,,,i have to download many stock and custom rom, flash with ODIN with none of them is work and able to restore my imei baseband and network...
in my give up, i am offer USD 30 for someone who can give a good advice and help me how to make my phone work properly...
here some attachment of my phone,,and hope someone able to help me with this
Thanks
M
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@Larner had the same issue and i assisted him to recover
Return to stock rom
what I guided first unroot the device completely
Now go to stock recovery and perform a hard reset that should fix the problem if this does not happen nothing can be done.
mynonama said:
Did your phone provided with the imei no?
(Pull out batt..sticker with imei no?)
Sent from my 01v21_v89_jbl1a698 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Hi
yes i have my Imei and S?N on the back of my battery,,,,
EnGiNeEr123 said:
DISCLAIMER:- I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK / RUIN YOUR PHONE IN ANY WAY OR YOUR PHONE BRICKS YOU OR YOU LOSE YOUR JOB FOR YOUR PHONE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BOOT OR WHATEVER.
BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED
Brother I can help you out. I am listing the steps so do accordingly. Your phone is booting that means it can be recovered no matter what.
1. Install ODIN 3.04
2.GO TO www.sammobile.com, register yourself on the website, select your phone and download the latest firmware for note-2.
3. You should download the firmware by selecting the name of the country from where you bought your phone. EXAMPLE- if you bought it from INDIA then select country as INDIA.
4.Open ODIN and run it as administrator.
5.UNRAR the firmware so that it has got a .tar.md5 extension.
6.Select PDA tab in ODIN and navigate to the .tar.md5 firmware and select it.
7.Put your note 2 in download mode by pressing VOL DN+POWER+HOME BUTTON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
8.Press the VOL UP button after it enters download mode.
9.Connect it to PC via USB.
10.DISABLE the Auto Reboot option in ODIN
11.Select START
12.After successfully flashing it, remove the battery and boot into recovery.
13.Wipe data and wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache.
14.REBOOT THE PHONE.
15.VOILA!!!
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HI,
since i bought the phone in Malaysia, i have download stock rom Malaysia and flash thru Odin,,but still my Ime is null
tonylee000 said:
Might be worth a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700479
---------- Post added at 06:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
This looks like it might help. Its a guide on the galaxy s2 thread so read it carefully before you start
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Hi Tonylee,
i have flash MJ5 bootloader before but its failed
is Blpatch the same like MJ5?? how do i know which bootloader i have now??
is this a stock rom N7100XXDMG1_N7100ODDDMG1_INU_Prerooted.rar ??
i will try your advice and hope it will help me to make my phone work again....
Us an app called Phone Info https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo to.see what bootloader you have installed already. Post here what that is. The blpatch is the dmg1 bootloader, you cannot flash the dmg1 rom if mj5 is installed. Yes the dmg1 rom is totally stock. just pre rooted.
If it fails whilst trying to.flash the mj5 then.its likely you have a mk4 or.newer bootloader wbich means you cannot.flash dmg1.
in that case the only thing I coukd.suggest is to.flash the very latest rom specifically for.you carrier
bichoudandy said:
Hi Tonylee,
i have flash MJ5 bootloader before but its failed
is Blpatch the same like MJ5?? how do i know which bootloader i have now??
is this a stock rom N7100XXDMG1_N7100ODDDMG1_INU_Prerooted.rar ??
i will try your advice and hope it will help me to make my phone work again....
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tonylee000 said:
Us an app called Phone Info https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo to.see what bootloader you have installed already. Post here what that is. The blpatch is the dmg1 bootloader, you cannot flash the dmg1 rom if mj5 is installed. Yes the dmg1 rom is totally stock. just pre rooted.
If it fails whilst trying to.flash the mj5 then.its likely you have a mk4 or.newer bootloader wbich means you cannot.flash dmg1.
in that case the only thing I coukd.suggest is to.flash the very latest rom specifically for.you carrier
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Thanks i will install it in my phone,,,
thats is why when i donwload some stock rom, sometime Odin is failed,,,at that time i was taught, every stock rom will be compatible and succesfully install in my phone......................i did back to stock rom 4.3 using KiES firmware upgrade and initialisation,,,but still dont know the bootloader i have,,
i will send you the screenshot,,,my phone being repair in local service center,,,since samsung reject it,,,,;(
bichoudandy said:
Thanks i will install it in my phone,,,
thats is why when i donwload some stock rom, sometime Odin is failed,,,at that time i was taught, every stock rom will be compatible and succesfully install in my phone......................i did back to stock rom 4.3 using KiES firmware upgrade and initialisation,,,but still dont know the bootloader i have,,
i will send you the screenshot,,,my phone being repair in local service center,,,since samsung reject it,,,,;(
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Im willing to bet then that you have MK9 bootloader. This means you cannot flash any stock rom that has a bootloader MJ9 or older. Only MK4 and newer.
tonylee000 said:
Im willing to bet then that you have MK9 bootloader. This means you cannot flash any stock rom that has a bootloader MJ9 or older. Only MK4 and newer.
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Hi Tonylee,
do you know how to install MJ9 bootloader?? from MK9
by truth i dont know what to do after a week trying to flash a different rom but nonw of the were succesfully restor my imei back and network...
bichoudandy said:
Thanks i will install it in my phone,,,
thats is why when i donwload some stock rom, sometime Odin is failed,,,at that time i was taught, every stock rom will be compatible and succesfully install in my phone......................i did back to stock rom 4.3 using KiES firmware upgrade and initialisation,,,but still dont know the bootloader i have,,
i will send you the screenshot,,,my phone being repair in local service center,,,since samsung reject it,,,,;(
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HI tonylee,,
please find the attached pict, hope may will able to solve this
bichoudandy said:
HI tonylee,,
please find the attached pict, hope ma will able to solve this
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Right as id guessed your on mk9 bootloader. Ignore that now. Your knox warranty is 0x1 which is the tripped state.
You cant downgrade the bootloader lower than mk4. You cant flash a stock 412 rom If it is loaded with a bootloader Which I think Is the norm.
you have your imei so you can flash a stock 4.3 rom for your carrier or a custom recovery and custom rom such as ARHD
tonylee000 said:
Right as id guessed your on mk9 bootloader. Ignore that now. Your knox warranty is 0x1 which is the tripped state.
You cant downgrade the bootloader lower than mk4. You cant flash a stock 412 rom If it is loaded with a bootloader Which I think Is the norm.
you have your imei so you can flash a stock 4.3 rom for your carrier or a custom recovery and custom rom such as ARHD
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Hi Tony Lee,
Thanks for your advice,
I send email to samsung malaysia and just got reply and they told me my serial number is belong to samsung in spain, do you have any idea where I can download and flash a compatible 4.3 rom from my device?
How do I downgrade my bootloder lower than MK4, since I flash some stock 4.1.2 rom but always failed..
Once again thanks
bichoudandy said:
Hi Tony Lee,
Thanks for your advice,
I send email to samsung malaysia and just got reply and they told me my serial number is belong to samsung in spain, do you have any idea where I can download and flash a compatible 4.3 rom from my device?
How do I downgrade my bootloder lower than MK4, since I flash some stock 4.1.2 rom but always failed..
Once again thanks
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You could flash a spanish stock rom but id go with twrp recovery and arhd.
You cant downgrade your bootloader your stuck with what youve got now. Dont fret, im also stuck on mk9 since I flashed an mk9 rom for a developer to test something. If.you want to use 412 specifically there are custom 412 roms but you might as well.go.with 4.3 now
tonylee000 said:
You could flash a spanish stock rom but id go with twrp recovery and arhd.
You cant downgrade your bootloader your stuck with what youve got now. Dont fret, im also stuck on mk9 since I flashed an mk9 rom for a developer to test something. If.you want to use 412 specifically there are custom 412 roms but you might as well.go.with 4.3 now
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hi tony lee
i have download a europe stock firmware (suppose to spain rom too) N7100XXDME6_N7100OXXDMF1_N7100XXDMF1_Prerooted-EUR.tar.md5
when i flash thru odin, it failed..
do you know how to flash this firmware and downgrade my MK9 bootloader to older version MJ5??
there are also many stock rom failed when i falsh with odin,,but some is succes like this rom N7100XXALJ3_N7100OLBALJ3_N7100DXALJ1_HOME.tar.md5
bichoudandy said:
hi tony lee
i have download a europe stock firmware (suppose to spain rom too) N7100XXDME6_N7100OXXDMF1_N7100XXDMF1_Prerooted-EUR.tar.md5
when i flash thru odin, it failed..
do you know how to flash this firmware and downgrade my MK9 bootloader to older version MJ5??
there are also many stock rom failed when i falsh with odin,,but some is succes like this rom N7100XXALJ3_N7100OLBALJ3_N7100DXALJ1_HOME.tar.md5
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You cant downgrade you bootloader. You cant.flash these roms because they contain a bootloader that is older than mk4 which means it will fail.
the only.option you have for.flashing stock.is.to.flash a 4.3 one.
if you want older android on your phone you will have to go.down the custom.route
the only stock.roms that will flash ok are 4.3 roms or roms that dont contain a bootloader update (most of.them.do.do)
tonylee000 said:
You cant downgrade you bootloader. You cant.flash these roms because they contain a bootloader that is older than mk4 which means it will fail.
the only.option you have for.flashing stock.is.to.flash a 4.3 one.
if you want older android on your phone you will have to go.down the custom.route
the only stock.roms that will flash ok are 4.3 roms or roms that dont contain a bootloader update (most of.them.do.do)
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hi tonylee,
i did flash stock FW spain 4.3 rom N7100XXUEMK9 N7100OXXEMK4 PHE.zip but still my imei null and no baseband and no network,,,
soo give up now, none of the process suggested succesfully to return my imei and network back
Have you looked at this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420881
bichoudandy said:
hi tonylee,
i did flash stock FW spain 4.3 rom N7100XXUEMK9 N7100OXXEMK4 PHE.zip but still my imei null and no baseband and no network,,,
soo give up now, none of the process suggested succesfully to return my imei and network back
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I just recently purchased the S4 Mini i9195 factory unlocked phone preinstalled with KitKat and was wondering whether or not to accept a small 33mb update? (See pictures)
I plan to shortly root my phone but I'm wondering whether or not this update will hinder me further in the routing process. I know the bootloader in KitKat is already knox enabled, but I'm worried this update will patch the use of things like towel root?
Should I be safe to update?
I dont think so. I mean it does not matter if you update or not, it can be easily rooted. For example i keep flasing custom roms and sometimes i flash the stock firmware also. And last time ( 4 days back) when i flashed the stock firmware (4.4.2) there were some updates available( forgot...may be around 50 mb) and i went for it. The only changes i saw were some new apps installed. Again yesterday i flashed a custom rom, root was there.
Note: my device s4 mini (duos) GTI9192.
RuffBuster said:
I just recently purchased the S4 Mini i9195 factory unlocked phone preinstalled with KitKat and was wondering whether or not to accept a small 33mb update? (See pictures)
I plan to shortly root my phone but I'm wondering whether or not this update will hinder me further in the routing process. I know the bootloader in KitKat is already knox enabled, but I'm worried this update will patch the use of things like towel root?
Should I be safe to update?
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If the firmware on your phone is build earlier then june 2014 u can use towelroot . Do not update yet until u investigate what version u have atm on your phone. If u have an build after that date, if u update or not is egal, u can`t use toweltoor and u must root with other methods that will most likely trigger Knox to 0x1
L.E. Now i saw second screen, u have an build older then june 2014 .
U can try to flash an stock kernel for 4.4.2 earlier then june . towelroot it, then flash stock kernel what u have now ( extract from rom u download from sammobile )
So yeah I got impatient and updated my stock firmware OTA and now my build and kernel are dated March 23rd 2015. Still 4.4.2.
I tried towel root before and after the update and yeah it didn't work.
@SilviuMik
If I were to flash a previous 4.4.2 kernel would that maybe trip knox?
I'm so used to having a rooted phone I don't want to have to wait 6 months before I'm sure my phone doesn't have any faults before tripping the knox and voiding my warranty.
Only thing that is really holding me back from rooting is that I've heard some reports of people saying that tripping knox causes issues with the phone like poorer signal... though I'm hoping this is a myth.
RuffBuster said:
So yeah I got impatient and updated my stock firmware OTA and now my build and kernel are dated March 23rd 2015. Still 4.4.2.
I tried towel root before and after the update and yeah it didn't work.
@SilviuMik
If I were to flash a previous 4.4.2 kernel would that maybe trip knox?
I'm so used to having a rooted phone I don't want to have to wait 6 months before I'm sure my phone doesn't have any faults before tripping the knox and voiding my warranty.
Only thing that is really holding me back from rooting is that I've heard some reports of people saying that tripping knox causes issues with the phone like poorer signal... though I'm hoping this is a myth.
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As i said many times ... i don`t have knox at all. All i "try to help" is from what i read here and there . In theory when u flash a stock kernel it should not trigger knox. But then again, some ppl triggered knox just by applying OTA so ... try to figure
For first just see if u have that big problem with battery draining in deep sleep with all OFF ( wifi / 3g / gps etc )
If u do, first go and replace phone / motherboard until u get one without this bug . Then look for root and so . ( i can live without root, i don`t need it at all, but i have a heavy debloated rom )
SilviuMik said:
As i said many times ... i don`t have knox at all. All i "try to help" is from what i read here and there . In theory when u flash a stock kernel it should not trigger knox. But then again, some ppl triggered knox just by applying OTA so ... try to figure
For first just see if u have that big problem with battery draining in deep sleep with all OFF ( wifi / 3g / gps etc )
If u do, first go and replace phone / motherboard until u get one without this bug . Then look for root and so . ( i can live without root, i don`t need it at all, but i have a heavy debloated rom )
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Many thanks for your help! Tripping knox from an OTA? That's a *****. You'll have to forgive me for making you repeat yourself, I always find it a little daunting with a new phone. I've done a lot reading here on the S4 Mini forum and seen many people have different results. Being as there are at least 4 different S4 Mini phones and many stock versions. I just like to be 100% sure when messing with my phone.
As for the hardware battery drain bug I think I may be all good. I tested my phones battery drain over the first night with everything but phone signal turned off and had 0% drain over 8 hours. Couldn't find a phone build date or country of manufacture anywhere on the phone or box, but the battery was made in march of this year, so I'm guessing I have one of the latest production models. Though I'm sure I've read a couple of people were maybe hit with this bug months down the line. Fingers crossed this doesn't happen.
My next step now is to re read everything again on here and find a safe way to root with my current firmware.
It may be my imagination but after that last small update things seem to be smoother than on my November 2014 firmware. But that might be all in my head.
Again thank you for your advice with my new phone.
One last thing. With this update. Has the "BOOTLOADER RP SWREV" increased on the new update or has it always been 2? Maybe my imagination again... took a picture.
I also count 5 different apps with "knox" in their title. Sure I read there was only 4 before?
RuffBuster said:
One last thing. With this update. Has the "BOOTLOADER RP SWREV" increased on the new update or has it always been 2? Maybe my imagination again... took a picture.
I also count 5 different apps with "knox" in their title. Sure I read there was only 4 before?
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Bootloader v2 comes with late jellybean builds / new kitkat builds . So u had v2 with nov update.
http://pastebin.com/JCKYULfp knox apk`s
There are more i did not discover yet , for example there is a libknox.so file that when u delete u can`t boot your phone anymore.
Concerning Samsung devices, does flashing a stock firmware clean of careers, without enabling root, void the warranty?
Flashing stock original firmware packages with odin does not trip knox, or void warranty.
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tys0n said:
Flashing stock original firmware packages with odin does not trip knox, or void warranty.
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Thanks :victory:
That is very reliving to know...
Because I accidentally bought a A5 2017 from a lazy career from Brazil that take too much time to liberate updates, that is when it do liberate...
So I want to flash the clean stock firmware...
Can I only find the firmware at Sammobile and such or is there some Samsung official channel?
I couldn't find at the Samsung site
I think doing a factory data reset will revert you back to a clean, stock device.
korwynkim said:
I think doing a factory data reset will revert you back to a clean, stock device.
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Wow, that would be better if it works this way
Anyway, for flashing another stock firmware, I have to factory reset the phone, than I will see what happens! Thank you guys ^^
Do you know how to make phone and notification volume increase and decrease together? I still couldn't find it at settings : / I'm a still a noob to Samsung things lol
Factory reset only didn't solve the question.
But flashing clean stock firmware, with odin, did it flawlessly!
Thanks guys, now I can receive ota updates exactly when they're released :victory:
I flash my stock firmware with odin fro time to time when I mess phone up doing things I should not. It will revert your phone back until the the day u purchased. It will remove root and TWRP if installed.
burnt_31 said:
I flash my stock firmware with odin fro time to time when I mess phone up doing things I should not. It will revert your phone back until the the day u purchased. It will remove root and TWRP if installed.
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But does it also restore your device status to official?
AndreCalado said:
But does it also restore your device status to official?
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I am not sure what u mean by official status. It puts it back to stock.
App Secure Folder doesn't work anymore
AndreCalado said:
Factory reset only didn't solve the question.
But flashing clean stock firmware, with odin, did it flawlessly!
Thanks guys, now I can receive ota updates exactly when they're released :victory:
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I am from Brazil as well and I did the same thing, bought my A5 (2017) at a mobile carrier (TIM) and it came with a custom rom, I downloaded and flashed the official stock rom from samsung. There is a problem though, the app Secure Folder does not work anymore. It says that I installed a non-authorized software. Do you know any solution?
disenna said:
I am from Brazil as well and I did the same thing, bought my A5 (2017) at a mobile carrier (TIM) and it came with a custom rom, I downloaded and flashed the official stock rom from samsung. There is a problem though, the app Secure Folder does not work anymore. It says that I installed a non-authorized software. Do you know any solution?
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I did not even enable it when I set up after flashing the clean stock rom, so I don't know whether I too have this issue or not. I only know that the device status is official both in the settings session of phone status and in recovery. In recovery - or download mode, can't remember exactly - there is some kind of counter on the upper left or right side, showing phone status and what I guess is the amount of times roms had been flashed or root access had been granted.
Sorry for the unclear infos, but I'm new to flashing and stuff with Samsung.
Check your phone status in those both places and wait for OTA from Samsung. If you receive OTA, that should mean your device is recognized as stock as it were with that sad TIM carrier stock rom. As soon as I set up and the home screen appeared for the firstly time, Samsung's OTA had shown up, so I was sure my device is recognized as a stock, official one, without Knox having been triggered.
Hope it helps make things clearer ^^
burnt_31 said:
I am not sure what u mean by official status. It puts it back to stock.
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Guess I kind explained it now, right above lol