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[Q] What kind of brick and what to do about it?

Update The likely culprit, at least for the "install button" problem, appears to be an app called Velis Auto Brightness. A little over three weeks after this problem first arose, I switched my ROM to Dandroid. In deciding what apps gradually to add back, I ran across comments like the following for Velis:
Cannot press install from an APK Found a bug that needs fixing. With this app enabled for some reason installing from an APK it renders the Install button useless but the cancel button still works. As soon as I disabled this App, the Install button worked again.
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Nice, but one slight issue I really like this app. Very useful and easy to use. My only issue is that when the app is active, if I turn off system auto brightness and try to raise the brightness, Velis overrides this and forces auto brightness.
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Recently, I had problems with my S3, on which I'd been running Stockorama v2. Starting July 3, the install button stopped working. The eventual solution, alas, was only temporary. I restored a June 27 nandroid and reinstalled apps, except for one that I suspected of causing the problem because it had only recently been installed before the problem occurred,
That worked for almost three weeks, until the phone function stopped working. Whatever telephone number I entered, the phone tried to call 333223. At that point, I had available to me a phone that couldn't make, but could receive, calls or, if I restored a different nandroid, a phone the seemingly functioned fully, except that I could not install any app that required pressing the on-screen install button.
From reading the latter thread and general considerations, I decided to do a clean reinstall of Stockorama. First, I wiped everything and used Odin to install mrRobinson's root66. I wiped again and used mobile Odin to install Stockorama v2. Before doing so, I backed up IMEI and EFS.
Reinstalling Stockorama was frustrating because the Aroma installer kept hanging. Late last night (early this morning), the installer completed. Leaving the phone plugged in to an electric outlet, I went to bed with the screen displaying "Samsung Galaxy SIII." I figured that, come morning, I'd be able to complete the process of setting up the phone.
Instead, I have some kind of brick. When I awoke and checked the phone, the screen had the same display as when I went to bed. Foolishly, perhaps, I thought that pressing the power button might help. It didn't.
Now, although the phone was continuously plugged in, pressing the power button first does nothing or, eventually displays a completely discharged battery with no indication that the phone is charging.
Pressing the power button just now with the phone unplugged again displayed "Samsung Galaxy SIII." FWIW, I've plugged the phone back in.
What to do next is a mystery to me, however.
As always, all advice is appreciated.

I managed to get into Download mode and am using Odin to install, again, root66. Assuming that succeeds, I expect I could use baby-step guidance to prepare the phone for and, once again, install Stockorama. Alternatively, at this point I'd consider another custom ROM that, like Stockorama, is lean and close to stock.

RebDovid said:
I managed to get into Download mode and am using Odin to install, again, root66. Assuming that succeeds, I expect I could use baby-step guidance to prepare the phone for and, once again, install Stockorama. Alternatively, at this point I'd consider another custom ROM that, like Stockorama, is lean and close to stock.
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1) Aroma is notorious for freezing. Until the recent update, it could, at times, be pretty much unusable. This is not a problem with your device. The new update seems to have fixed those problems, but since Stockorama has not been updated, it is still using the old version.
2) Your issues sound a lot like malware (can't install, can't make outgoing calls). I'm not familiar with any Android malware, but crippling the phone's main functions seems like a good target.
3) You flashed root66 with Odin. Then go on to say you used Mobile ODIN to flash Stockorama. This would imply that your root66 setup was functioning before you flashed Stockorama. Is this true, or have I misunderstood you?
4) Describe to me your "complete wipe" process. Are you using the stock recovery's factory reset? Are you manually wiping the system partition as well? If not stock, what custom recovery are you using, and what version?
5) When you get stuck on the splash screen, you need to factory reset. But, going from one TW ROM to another TW ROM would not require this usually, and could be indicative of another issue. Like bad hardware.
6) If root66 is fine, and you are blaming the ROM, you could go for another one. I personally use S3Rx. I would try Dandroid if it had Wifi Calling. Don't see the point in using TW if I can't have Wifi Calling. Sorry. It's actually pretty handy to have with T-Mobile's less than stellar coverage when out of the city.
7) What firmware are you running? It's an educated guess that you are trying to use the MD5 root66, but what about your bootloader, baseband, rpm, rz, sbl? What versions are those?

Aerowinder said:
1) Aroma is notorious for freezing. Until the recent update, it could, at times, be pretty much unusable. This is not a problem with your device. The new update seems to have fixed those problems, but since Stockorama has not been updated, it is still using the old version.
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Understood
2] Your issues sound a lot like malware (can't install, can't make outgoing calls). I'm not familiar with any Android malware, but crippling the phone's main functions seems like a good target.
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You may be right. But I use both Lookout and Avast.
3) You flashed root66 with Odin. Then go on to say you used Mobile ODIN to flash Stockorama. This would imply that your root66 setup was functioning before you flashed Stockorama. Is this true, or have I misunderstood you?
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Yes, root66 appeared to be functioning. I signed into my Google accounts; reinstalled Root Checker; checked root; and reinstalled Mobile ODIN.
4) Describe to me your "complete wipe" process. Are you using the stock recovery's factory reset? Are you manually wiping the system partition as well? If not stock, what custom recovery are you using, and what version?
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It was late last night, and I didn't write down my steps. (My bad.) So far as I can recall, from the current TWRP recovery I checked all the available wipe boxes. After wiping, I then went into Download mode, connected the phone to my pc, started Odin, added root66 as the PDA, and clicked start.
I'm not sure what you mean by manually wiping the system.
In installing Stockorama, I chose the full wipe option.
5) When you get stuck on the splash screen, you need to factory reset. But, going from one TW ROM to another TW ROM would not require this usually, and could be indicative of another issue. Like bad hardware.
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What kind of hardware problem could I have? How do I check?
6) If root66 is fine, and you are blaming the ROM, you could go for another one. I personally use S3Rx. I would try Dandroid if it had Wifi Calling. Don't see the point in using TW if I can't have Wifi Calling. Sorry. It's actually pretty handy to have with T-Mobile's less than stellar coverage when out of the city.
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I'm not blaming the ROM. I'm simply at a loss.
Why do you use S3Rx? What do you like and dislike about it?
7) What firmware are you running? It's an educated guess that you are trying to use the MD5 root66, but what about your bootloader, baseband, rpm, rz, sbl? What versions are those?
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I don't know what all the acronyms stand for. But this is what I can tell you.
From "About device," I'm running Android version 4.1.2 and Baseband version T999UVDMD5. The Kernel version is
3.0.31-1128078
[email protected] #2
SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 15 11:59:10 KST
2013
The Build number is JZ054K.T999UVDMD5

RebDovid said:
Understood
You may be right. But I use both Lookout and Avast.
Yes, root66 appeared to be functioning. I signed into my Google accounts; reinstalled Root Checker; checked root; and reinstalled Mobile ODIN.
It was late last night, and I didn't write down my steps. (My bad.) So far as I can recall, from the current TWRP recovery I checked all the available wipe boxes. After wiping, I then went into Download mode, connected the phone to my pc, started Odin, added root66 as the PDA, and clicked start.
I'm not sure what you mean by manually wiping the system.
In installing Stockorama, I chose the full wipe option.
What kind of hardware problem could I have? How do I check?
I'm not blaming the ROM. I'm simply at a loss.
Why do you use S3Rx? What do you like and dislike about it?
I don't know what all the acronyms stand for. But this is what I can tell you.
From "About device," I'm running Android version 4.1.2 and Baseband version T999UVDMD5. The Kernel version is
3.0.31-1128078
[email protected] #2
SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 15 11:59:10 KST
2013
The Build number is JZ054K.T999UVDMD5
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This may not be the case on android, but I know on pc having mulyiple av programs causes all sorts of fun problems! Personally, I don't think any android av apps are worth anything.
Anytime you get hung up at the splash screen, you have to factory reset. If this were hw related it would do this regardless of your rom. And just to clarify, when moving between touchwiz roms, this can happen when when you go backwards from something like MD5 to LJA. This doesn't always happen, but it does happen.
Manually wiping means going into recovery and choosing wipe/format system before flashing your rom.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

DocHoliday77 said:
This may not be the case on android, but I know on pc having mulyiple av programs causes all sorts of fun problems! Personally, I don't think any android av apps are worth anything.
Anytime you get hung up at the splash screen, you have to factory reset. If this were hw related it would do this regardless of your rom. And just to clarify, when moving between touchwiz roms, this can happen when when you go backwards from something like MD5 to LJA. This doesn't always happen, but it does happen.
Manually wiping means going into recovery and choosing wipe/format system before flashing your rom.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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I failed again with Stockorama. To get a working phone, I restored my root66 nandroid.
At all relevant times, I've been on MD5.
I wonder whether I should try:
(a) restoring stock and trying (i) Stockorama or (ii) S3Rx; or
(b) installing S3Rx.
Before trying either, or something else, I'll pull the PIT file for you. Please just give me instructions.

[Q] No ROMs taking, keep getting no MD5 message, phone close to bricked.

I apologize in advance if any of this makes you roll your eyes at my stupidity.
Good Afternoon
I have an ATT samsung galaxy s3, Because of the glitches with 4.3 I was experiencing I decided to install custom software on my phone. So I looked up guides and got everything I needed. I did manage to get root access, and verified with super user. I also installed TWRP and CWM because each kept giving me errors when I tried to install CM 11 onto my phone. I tried CWM first, and when that didn't work I tried TWRP. It says there was no MD5 information found when I try to install any mod. how ever I have used the md5 file checker program and the MD5 matches up to what was listed in this one for example.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2518998
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CM 11.0 Unofficial Beta 7 for d2tmo and d2att
MD5: ef93957db1e6704f23f9015231a82826
So the MD5 matches, yet when I try to install it keeps giving me errors. I also tried other versions of CM that I found on here via links. Right now my phone has no OS as another guide I read some where also said to wipe system data (sorry if that was stupid, I was just following a guideline) And even more stupid, no I don't have a backup because in my naivety and stupidity I didn't think I'd need one as it seemed so simple from all the guides and videos I'd seen.
Yesterday a friend of mine knowledgeable with tech stuff took one of the original stock Image ROMs I'd downloaded and using linux and some program he managed to do some crazy stuff I can't even describe on here. All I saw was a lot of typing of command lines and it got my phone working again, how ever it wasn't exactly the stock image I guess because the phone would not make or receive calls/texts.
Since my phone was powering on again and the android OS was loading I figured I could connect it to my computer and use KIES to download the official latest update so my phone would be back on the legit software. But trying to do that...well broke my phone again. So I'm at a loss now of what to do. Right now I can still get to download mode on my phone, but when I try to get into recovery mode I get an error that "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in KIES & try again." Which I've tried, and every time I try it gives me an error message.So I'm at a loss of what to do next.
So I'd like to get a working OS on my phone asap so I can get calls and texts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And being new I'm sorry if I broke any taboos or did not give some information that is typically given when describing a problem.

gvazquez82 said:
I apologize in advance if any of this makes you roll your eyes at my stupidity.
Good Afternoon
I have an ATT samsung galaxy s3, Because of the glitches with 4.3 I was experiencing I decided to install custom software on my phone. So I looked up guides and got everything I needed. I did manage to get root access, and verified with super user. I also installed TWRP and CWM because each kept giving me errors when I tried to install CM 11 onto my phone. I tried CWM first, and when that didn't work I tried TWRP. It says there was no MD5 information found when I try to install any mod. how ever I have used the md5 file checker program and the MD5 matches up to what was listed in this one for example.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2518998
Download:
CM 11.0 Unofficial Beta 7 for d2tmo and d2att
MD5: ef93957db1e6704f23f9015231a82826
So the MD5 matches, yet when I try to install it keeps giving me errors. I also tried other versions of CM that I found on here via links. Right now my phone has no OS as another guide I read some where also said to wipe system data (sorry if that was stupid, I was just following a guideline) And even more stupid, no I don't have a backup because in my naivety and stupidity I didn't think I'd need one as it seemed so simple from all the guides and videos I'd seen.
Yesterday a friend of mine knowledgeable with tech stuff took one of the original stock Image ROMs I'd downloaded and using linux and some program he managed to do some crazy stuff I can't even describe on here. All I saw was a lot of typing of command lines and it got my phone working again, how ever it wasn't exactly the stock image I guess because the phone would not make or receive calls/texts.
Since my phone was powering on again and the android OS was loading I figured I could connect it to my computer and use KIES to download the official latest update so my phone would be back on the legit software. But trying to do that...well broke my phone again. So I'm at a loss now of what to do. Right now I can still get to download mode on my phone, but when I try to get into recovery mode I get an error that "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in KIES & try again." Which I've tried, and every time I try it gives me an error message.So I'm at a loss of what to do next.
So I'd like to get a working OS on my phone asap so I can get calls and texts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And being new I'm sorry if I broke any taboos or did not give some information that is typically given when describing a problem.
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same error happened to me yesterday and spent the whole day figuring it out. get into download mode. boot up ODIN and reflash your preferred custom recovery. after that, i couldn't find anything else to restore my phone with so i installed 4.3 leaked from here. doesn't matter which one you select. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233. place it on your sd card and head into recovery mode, wipe data/factory reset and cache. head to install zip from sd card and select the 4.3 zip you downloaded. reboot system and it should work. the at&t boot screen takes a while so be patient

MrHaPpY66 said:
same error happened to me yesterday and spent the whole day figuring it out. get into download mode. boot up ODIN and reflash your preferred custom recovery. after that, i couldn't find anything else to restore my phone with so i installed 4.3 leaked from here. doesn't matter which one you select. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233. place it on your sd card and head into recovery mode, wipe data/factory reset and cache. head to install zip from sd card and select the 4.3 zip you downloaded. reboot system and it should work. the at&t boot screen takes a while so be patient
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First of all thank you for trying to help me, I hope you are having a good Thanks Giving.
I used the thread you linked to, and downloaded the version with out knox. I followed the instructions
transferred ROM and flashed kernel file to SD card
used odin to flash TWRP,
used twrp to flash rom and kernel file.
and it takes the file thankfully, there's only one issue. My phone can't make or receive calls/texts. Is yours able to?

I messed up and was playing with things That I had no business playing with and decided that I should do a restore of a backup (TWRP) I made as soon as I rooted the 4.3 OTA. well it has soft bricked my phone. it was a TWRP 4.3 Nandroid and has me messed up a little.
so far I tried My nandroid (no dice now a soft brick) cleared cache and dalvik, It was booting as far as the white at&t spinning thing,
Factory reset same on booting,
Tried a format of the internal sd this is where it gets sketchy it now goes as far as the second samsung screen(the one that says Samsung GALAXY S III)
4.3 OTA .zip (no dice TWRP wont flash it) same on the booting 2nd samsung boot screen
Tried the files in the link above and got a Hard brick
Used the debricking .IMG file and got TWRP and download mode back
Any suggestions?
Looks like I might need a JTAG/RIFF BOX for this one. If nothing else I spent many Hours of darkness discovering the darkness of android 4.3
If I get recovered from this and with a different rom like 4.1.2 I will be happy. the 4.3 OTA was very stable but I did miss wifi tether and the whole hardbrick thing was kind of a bummer. it would be real nice to have an ODIN file to fix this (AHEM samsung) or atleast perhaps stopped the progression of it to a hard brick.
New update
I got my phone booting up again however there is a catch. That unbrick.img file on my 16GB sd card is still required to boot the phone and I have no cell service what so ever. Tried to check apn settings because at home I sometimes get poor service and I run net10 so I was going to fix my apn and it says insert sim??? the sim is properly inserted???
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the bootloader I flashed apparently flashed to the external sd card? I flashed another one and it is booting from the internal sd. I had to flash a different modem the one in the bootloader/modem file I flashed from the link above didnt take? I got most everything sorted out, but im getting tired, it has been an all night adventure. its 08:23 est now
sorry for the delay in updating this I had to get some rest.

theramsey3 said:
I messed up and was playing with things That I had no business playing with and decided that I should do a restore of a backup (TWRP) I made as soon as I rooted the 4.3 OTA. well it has soft bricked my phone. it was a TWRP 4.3 Nandroid and has me messed up a little.
so far I tried My nandroid (no dice now a soft brick) cleared cache and dalvik, It was booting as far as the white at&t spinning thing,
Factory reset same on booting,
Tried a format of the internal sd this is where it gets sketchy it now goes as far as the second samsung screen(the one that says Samsung GALAXY S III)
4.3 OTA .zip (no dice TWRP wont flash it) same on the booting 2nd samsung boot screen
Tried the files in the link above and got a Hard brick
Used the debricking .IMG file and got TWRP and download mode back
Any suggestions?
Looks like I might need a JTAG/RIFF BOX for this one. If nothing else I spent many Hours of darkness discovering the darkness of android 4.3
If I get recovered from this and with a different rom like 4.1.2 I will be happy. the 4.3 OTA was very stable but I did miss wifi tether and the whole hardbrick thing was kind of a bummer. it would be real nice to have an ODIN file to fix this (AHEM samsung) or atleast perhaps stopped the progression of it to a hard brick.
New update
I got my phone booting up again however there is a catch. That unbrick.img file on my 16GB sd card is still required to boot the phone and I have no cell service what so ever. Tried to check apn settings because at home I sometimes get poor service and I run net10 so I was going to fix my apn and it says insert sim??? the sim is properly inserted???
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Go into Settings, About Phone, Status and check to see if your IMEI and Serial Number are present. If you only lost your IMEI there's a guide on how to inject it back (I'm not sure where the guide is). However if you've lost your serial number and don't have a Nandroid that can restore it I don't know what to do.

spongdangly said:
Go into Settings, About Phone, Status and check to see if your IMEI and Serial Number are present. If you only lost your IMEI there's a guide on how to inject it back (I'm not sure where the guide is). However if you've lost your serial number and don't have a Nandroid that can restore it I don't know what to do.
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i have my serial number showing but no IMEI number. So is that all that's needed for me to be able to call and text again?

gvazquez82 said:
i have my serial number showing but no IMEI number. So is that all that's needed for me to be able to call and text again?
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I updated my post above and showed my soultion. I simply had to flash a new modem and almost everything was kosher. I also had to flasah a different kernel but that was for preference not because things werent working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47817339&postcount=23 Modem download
I used that modem, flash it and see if your problems go away. I use Net10 so after I flashed the Modem I had to create an APN aswell, but that is nothing new for me.

theramsey3 said:
I updated my post above and showed my soultion. I simply had to flash a new modem and almost everything was kosher. I also had to flasah a different kernel but that was for preference not because things werent working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47817339&postcount=23 Modem download
I used that modem, flash it and see if your problems go away. I use Net10 so after I flashed the Modem I had to create an APN aswell, but that is nothing new for me.
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I will give that a shot, but what's an APN, sorry. And how do I create one, and is it needed for me to do so?

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i have my serial number showing but no IMEI number. So is that all that's needed for me to be able to call and text again?
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It should be, I'm working right now so I don't have time to fine the guide on how to inject your IMEI. If I remember correctly it involves using QPST. If you have an old (or any) working Nandroid backup that should fix the problem.
FYI, make sure you don't use the guide for the international S3 as it has different hardware and folder structure/contents.
As for the APN, it should automatically fill itself in since it reads it off the SIM Card (I might be wrong).

theramsey3 said:
I updated my post above and showed my soultion. I simply had to flash a new modem and almost everything was kosher. I also had to flasah a different kernel but that was for preference not because things werent working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47817339&postcount=23 Modem download
I used that modem, flash it and see if your problems go away. I use Net10 so after I flashed the Modem I had to create an APN aswell, but that is nothing new for me.
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I tried it and it work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
67 texts just came in. Sir, I thank you oh so kindly. You have made this gloomy rainy day oh so joyous.

No problem. Glad I could help you.
The real credit should go to -Mr.X-, loserskater and anyone else(no disrespect there were alot of files) whose stuff I tried to flash lastnight thank you all in the dev community who contribute.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

So I guess the next question, do I try again to install kit kat on my phone.
I've already made bucks of my existing working phone haha....but I'd still like to have kitkat in place. I believe the issue of my phone not reading MD5 confirmations would still be in place, does anyone know how to remedy that situation?
At the same time I'm more than happy to leave my phone as is.

gvazquez82 said:
So I guess the next question, do I try again to install kit kat on my phone.
I've already made bucks of my existing working phone haha....but I'd still like to have kitkat in place. I believe the issue of my phone not reading MD5 confirmations would still be in place, does anyone know how to remedy that situation?
At the same time I'm more than happy to leave my phone as is.
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Pretty sure you can turn off MD5 checks in TWRP. Probably in CWM too. Sorry if this has been mentioned. Didn't have time to read the whole thread. Just skimmed through.
2nd, there is a major difference between an IMEI that reads 0 and an IMEI that shows unknown. If it shows an unknown simply reflash your ROM and modem and you will be good to go. Sometimes a reboot is all you need. If your IMEI is showing a 0 on the other hand its gone and will require that it be injected back in which is a messy situation that usually results in tour phone being stuck on EDGE.
3rd, as someone mentioned on the previous page, restoring a working nandroid will NOT reinject your IMEI if it shows up as 0. No amount of flashing anything will get it to come back. Not even stock. It needs to be reinjected manually.

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Pretty sure you can turn off MD5 checks in TWRP. Probably in CWM too. Sorry if this has been mentioned. Didn't have time to read the whole thread. Just skimmed through.
2nd, there is a major difference between an IMEI that reads 0 and an IMEI that shows unknown. If it shows an unknown simply reflash your ROM and modem and you will be good to go. Sometimes a reboot is all you need. If your IMEI is showing a 0 on the other hand its gone and will require that it be injected back in which is a messy situation that usually results in tour phone being stuck on EDGE.
3rd, as someone mentioned on the previous page, restoring a working nandroid will NOT reinject your IMEI if it shows up as 0. No amount of flashing anything will get it to come back. Not even stock. It needs to be reinjected manually.
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do you know of a good stable kit kat like ROM I could use for the s3? And any speculation as to why the ROMs werent taking for me?

What the What?!

Moderators, please forgive me in not in the right place...
Came home from a glorious week of camping and decided to check out some 4.4.4 ROM's on my phone...
Already running older version of C-ROM, so backed up and flashed the KK 4.4.4 version. That's where it the wheels came off my bus..
Phone booted so damn slow, then there were hundred's of FC's, rendering the phone unuseable. Rebooted, cleared Dalvik and Cache but same difference. The phone died, the battery would NOT charge! No matter what! Try as I may...NO GO!!! For hours! Feared it was that issue wherein the S3 motherboard dies and the phone has to be replaced by Samsung. Kept trying...finally get the phone to boot into TWRP. Whew!!! Still the phone kept complaining that the battery was dead. WTF?!
Restored the back up I had made...accidentally grabbed another backup from december of last year (Cyanogenmod), so had to recover my C-ROM back instead...RESTORE FAILS! Tried a few times but still failed. Tried to re-flash the latest C-ROM, but STILL fails...everything I'm trying fails.
I read the output and see an error, "Unable to wipe /system" ...found a thread where a user, using TWRP, had the same error with their ROM they were trying to flash. Eventually, the fix was to delete the make_4fs (or whatever it's called) from /sbin directory. Did so and was able to flash my Cyanogen, but could not restore my C-ROM backup. That STILL fails, however, no error in the live output while it's restoring. Just ends up Failing at the end of the restore process. The live logs indicate that it's using the 2fs (or whatever it's called), which was successful in flashing my Cyanogen ROM...why will it not restore my C-ROM back? :crying:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

kojam said:
Moderators, please forgive me in not in the right place...
Came home from a glorious week of camping and decided to check out some 4.4.4 ROM's on my phone...
Already running older version of C-ROM, so backed up and flashed the KK 4.4.4 version. That's where it the wheels came off my bus..
Phone booted so damn slow, then there were hundred's of FC's, rendering the phone unuseable. Rebooted, cleared Dalvik and Cache but same difference. The phone died, the battery would NOT charge! No matter what! Try as I may...NO GO!!! For hours! Feared it was that issue wherein the S3 motherboard dies and the phone has to be replaced by Samsung. Kept trying...finally get the phone to boot into TWRP. Whew!!! Still the phone kept complaining that the battery was dead. WTF?!
Restored the back up I had made...accidentally grabbed another backup from december of last year (Cyanogenmod), so had to recover my C-ROM back instead...RESTORE FAILS! Tried a few times but still failed. Tried to re-flash the latest C-ROM, but STILL fails...everything I'm trying fails.
I read the output and see an error, "Unable to wipe /system" ...found a thread where a user, using TWRP, had the same error with their ROM they were trying to flash. Eventually, the fix was to delete the make_4fs (or whatever it's called) from /sbin directory. Did so and was able to flash my Cyanogen, but could not restore my C-ROM backup. That STILL fails, however, no error in the live output while it's restoring. Just ends up Failing at the end of the restore process. The live logs indicate that it's using the 2fs (or whatever it's called), which was successful in flashing my Cyanogen ROM...why will it not restore my C-ROM back? :crying:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you tried using ODIN to restore back to stock? If you can get the phone up and running, you may be able to restore from your old backups.

Bass_Man25 said:
Have you tried using ODIN to restore back to stock? If you can get the phone up and running, you may be able to restore from your old backups.
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Thanks bud.
Oh, I got the phone up and running on the Cyanogen dated dec/2013.
ODIN? Never thought of it. Been such a long time. I do need to get stock on here so I can all the latest official radios etc, then put custom ROMs.
Been such a loooooong time since used ODIN though. Shouldn't be hard to get back on the horse.
Thanks for the suggestion!!!

any idea why this happened? anyone?
as an fyi, I tried to put the lastest SlimROM on but same difference. (i'm really pressed for time always. so I decided this is the quickest thing to try). seems the only thing that will flash is my Cyanogen from December. Strange...
Will have to give ODIN a try if I can ever get the time some day..

Odin shouldn't be a much longer process. Start flash, walk away. When you return 10 minutes to a few hours later, it'll be sitting there waiting for you, all nice and stock!
Anyway, one thing I dont recall seeing you tried is a factory reset. Chances are, that's what caused all your FC. Roms will always take a while on first boot. But all those FC were likely due to incompatible data. Then you may have encountered more data corruption as the system worked overtime trying to resolve all those conflicts.
Its purely a theory, but there's a good chance you will never be able to find exactly what caused all of your issues. Dont lose sleep over it is my best advice! A couple of tips though....
Never wipe/format system! Had you been able to successfully do so, and then nothing would still flash, there would no longer be an o/s to boot into! All roms will format your system partition as the first step in the flash, so there's just no need to do this manually. Most flash failures occur before the flash actually starts, meaning if there's a problem, most times you'll still be able to reboot normally.
Update your firmware. If its been a while since taking an ota or updating via Odin, you're probably on an older firmware build which is known to cause problems with many more recent roms. Most simply will not flash if not updated.
Also, by flashing your up to date firmware in Odin, you will likely fix any corruption which may have occurred on some of those partitions. Good chance you'll be able to flash whatever you want after an Odin firmware update and factory reset.
Hope that helps! Good luck!

DocHoliday77 said:
Odin shouldn't be a much longer process. Start flash, walk away. When you return 10 minutes to a few hours later, it'll be sitting there waiting for you, all nice and stock!
Anyway, one thing I dont recall seeing you tried is a factory reset. Chances are, that's what caused all your FC. Roms will always take a while on first boot. But all those FC were likely due to incompatible data. Then you may have encountered more data corruption as the system worked overtime trying to resolve all those conflicts.
Its purely a theory, but there's a good chance you will never be able to find exactly what caused all of your issues. Dont lose sleep over it is my best advice! A couple of tips though....
Never wipe/format system! Had you been able to successfully do so, and then nothing would still flash, there would no longer be an o/s to boot into! All roms will format your system partition as the first step in the flash, so there's just no need to do this manually. Most flash failures occur before the flash actually starts, meaning if there's a problem, most times you'll still be able to reboot normally.
Update your firmware. If its been a while since taking an ota or updating via Odin, you're probably on an older firmware build which is known to cause problems with many more recent roms. Most simply will not flash if not updated.
Also, by flashing your up to date firmware in Odin, you will likely fix any corruption which may have occurred on some of those partitions. Good chance you'll be able to flash whatever you want after an Odin firmware update and factory reset.
Hope that helps! Good luck!
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What's up, Doc? Sorry for that...
I downloaded Odin this morning. I should have gotten the link from XDA. The site i got it from looked official, however, tons of endless pop-ups after I installed it. Freak!!!
Then found the xda links. Not sure which version to get because i didn't see which one handles the S3. The latest version (3.09) should, no?
As well, where do i get the stock ROM from? Forgive me for all these questions. Been extremely busy with work these past few months. No time to play around with my phone everything. I'm forgetting more than I know.
A full wipe was done. In TWRP, system was check (it's always checked) automatically when wiping to flash a new ROM.
Thanks again!

Everything you need is in my sig. Go to the firmware thread and the stock or root66 firmware listed there us what you flash in odin. Version 3.09 is fine btw.

DocHoliday77 said:
Everything you need is in my sig. Go to the firmware thread and the stock or root66 firmware listed there us what you flash in odin. Version 3.09 is fine btw.
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Thanks!

S.O.S!!!
kojam said:
Thanks!
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Downloaded the rooted firmware from your link and the ODIN (3.09)...
Flashed the firmware (making sure to get the correct one for WIND)...ODIN did it's thing...got a green pass...the phone rebooted...got the Samsung symbol, little swoosh animation, and the accompanying sound effect that goes with the swoosh-thing...THE PHONE NEVER BOOTED UP AN O/S!
Did it at about 11:30 last night, left it, got up this morn, and phone STILL in same status!
Found out that site where I downloaded the firmware had an issue last night. They posted this morn, apologizing to people about a D.O.D attack that may have caused dropped downloads. I downloaded the firmware again this morn, flashed with ODIN, got a pass....SAME THING!!! Phone
Had to quickly pack up my laptop to bring with me to the office. Will try the official, non-rooted firmware to see if I can get it to go.
Problems' that my team went from 12 to 2 people...my partner's off today...and I got a LOUD MOUTH across from me who WILL NOT leave me alone, no matter what I say or do. LOL.
Any suggestions?

In the words of George Costanza:
"I'm BACK, babyyyyyyy!!!!!"
The official firmware worked!
Phone's back online. Thanks for all your help. Will have to see about rooting later...as well, want to see how the battery operates on stock firmware. I've tried EVERYTHING under the sun to preserve batt life and NOTHING worked!!!
Tried EVERY KERNEL noted to be good on battery life, tried TONS of apps that were supposed to help, turned off as much as I could, etc....
batt still not good. I give up. Every diagnostic app says batt is very good. I dunno...

Earplugs! Lol! I definitely feel for you about your work status! Been there!
About the firmware though, if the download had been corrupted, it would've failed the initial check done by Odin. You are probably ok. Dont worry just yet!
If it is hanging up at the Samsung screen, you probably just need to factory reset. Almost always fixes this. (It happens due to incompatible data left from your previous rom)
This will wipe internal sdcard though, so if you haven't backed up yet, the next thing to fo is flash TWRP via Odin. You can then use its built in file manager to copy whst you need first. Or you can then flash an insecure kernel and use adb if you're familiar with that.

The Doc is in!
if the download had been corrupted, it would've failed the initial check done by Odin
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That's EXACTLY my thought too. That was really perplexing...
I am up again...
Facotry Reset? How do I do that if stuck at the Samsung splash though?
Now that i know the official firmware works, maybe i'll, try again with the rooted firmware, try to factory reset when stuck, and continue to flash TWRP as you described above. Don't mind factory resetting. I've taken everything I need.
Oh!!!!
I noticed that all the apps I had before flashing the firmware are STILL on my phone. I would have thought that they would have been wiped out completely when lord ODIN was doing her thing.

....and battery life is STILL pretty bad...
Phone's been charging...became fully charged...unplugged it..it was down to 84% after only about 30/mins.
Will see how it goes after doing the factory wipe.
Again, how do i do a factory wipe if stuck at the Samsung swoosh after I re-flash the rooted firmware ?

Maybe your battery is dying. it happens. That would explain a big drop from the start.

To factory reset if you're stuck at boot up, turn the phone off, then boot up into recovery. Hold volume up, home and power. After it vibrates, release power only, continue holding the other two until you see recovery booting up.
If stock recovery is installed, choose factory reset.
In TWRP (probably similar in cwm) go to Wipe and choose factory reset there. In TWRP and CWM, factory resetting does not wipe your internal sdcard. Stock recovery will.
And as for Odin, it doesn't actually touch the user data partition, so all your apps and data are preserved. This is great when just upgrading from one build to the next, but is the reason a factory reset is required if coming from a non touchwiz rom.
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How old is your battery? The S3 is at the age where people who bought it when it was first released will start to notice the battery is beginning to degrade.
You can also get an app called Better Battery Stats here on xda (paid version in the play store). Its the goto utility for investigating problems with battery drain. Run it for a day after a full charge and then check its logs for persistent wakelocks. The app thread should explain its use better than I can, but if you are having trouble you can always post your bbs log here for one of us to look over. (This isnt my strongest area, but there are a few others around that may also be able to help. )

Step-by-step guide to get Dr.Ketan M5 rom on Sprint network (sms included)

USE THIS IF YOU WANT TO USE DR.KETAN COMPLETELY ON SPRINT NETWORK
I got the rom working on my N910P here are the EXACT steps and links to files i used.
1) Make sure you are on OK1 bootloader: I flashed BOTH the baseband and the Firmware.tar with ODIN
Failure to flash both could lead to WIFI not turning on and Camera not focusing
provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/basebandsbootloaders-ok1-pc1-pb5-t3358357 BIG THANKS TO @freeza
2) Flash the M5 rom
Provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/n910g-dr-ketan-custom-rom-t2928568 another big thanks to @dr.ketan for the great rom!
3)Flash just the H-Vitamin Kernel alone not the MM5 fix or anything just the kernel
Provided Here: http://galaxynote4root.com/t-mobile-note-4-roms/how-to-convert-galaxy-note-4-into-galaxy-s7-edge/2/
Special Thanks to @zedomax! He also has a good video on this if you want to follow there, just use the files I give you rather than the ones he does!
3) Flash the Verizon data fix V2 ( located in attached files under first paragraph). I know you want the phone to work on sprint but for some reason this lead to me getting the rom to work.
provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/marshmallow-6-0-1-ports-data-fixes-t3379978 Thank you @louforgiveno
4) Flash SuperUser I used beta 2.74
provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133
@chainfire thank you!
5) Boot the phone and set up APN. You don't have to speed through set up, I went ahead and did a full restore before doing all of this.
Name-Whatever you want
APN-n.ispsn
MMSC-http://mms.sprintpcs.com
Multimedia message proxy- 68.28.31.7
Multimedia message port- 80
MCC-310
MNC-120
everything else leave as is go ahead and save.
6)Set Network Mode to LTE/CDMA then go ahead and try to test SMS and MMS
if it doesn't work boot to recovery and go to next step. It didn't work for me but hey you guys might get lucky.
*Note that stock messages app may not work, in my case if i went to attach a file the app crashed so every time so i continued on with Google Messenger*
7)Flash this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/steps-to-install-dr-ketans-rom-g-t3379659/post67086423#post67086423
Thank you @KLPFL
I'm not sure if this fix overwrites what the Verizon V2 fix does, or if its the same thing but like i said these are the steps and files that worked for me!
8)Reboot phone go to settings make sure network is LTE/CDMA, check and make sure APN is set right, now try texting if nothing happens turn off mobile data for a minute. Turn it back on and you should be good to go with sending SMS and MMS (calling and receiving and data work)
Took me a week to figure out all the files and all the fixes to use! I don't take credit for any of the files or fixes or rom I simply got things to work!

@redxblood85 Check your Inbox.

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USE THIS IF YOU WANT TO USE DR.KETAN COMPLETELY ON SPRINT NETWORK
I got the rom working on my N910P here are the EXACT steps and links to files i used.
1) Make sure you are on OK1 bootloader: I flashed BOTH the baseband and the Firmware.tar with ODIN
Failure to flash both could lead to WIFI not turning on and Camera not focusing
provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/basebandsbootloaders-ok1-pc1-pb5-t3358357 BIG THANKS TO @freeza
2) Flash the M5 rom
Provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/n910g-dr-ketan-custom-rom-t2928568 another big thanks to @dr.ketan for the great rom!
3)Flash just the H-Vitamin Kernel alone not the MM5 fix or anything just the kernel
Provided Here: http://galaxynote4root.com/t-mobile-note-4-roms/how-to-convert-galaxy-note-4-into-galaxy-s7-edge/2/
Special Thanks to @zedomax! He also has a good video on this if you want to follow there, just use the files I give you rather than the ones he does!
3) Flash the Verizon data fix V2 ( located in attached files under first paragraph). I know you want the phone to work on sprint but for some reason this lead to me getting the rom to work.
provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/marshmallow-6-0-1-ports-data-fixes-t3379978 Thank you @louforgiveno
4) Flash SuperUser I used beta 2.74
provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133
@chainfire thank you!
5) Boot the phone and set up APN. You don't have to speed through set up, I went ahead and did a full restore before doing all of this.
Name-Whatever you want
APN-n.ispsn
MMSC-http://mms.sprintpcs.com
Multimedia message proxy- 68.28.31.7
Multimedia message port- 80
MCC-310
MNC-120
everything else leave as is go ahead and save.
6)Set Network Mode to LTE/CDMA then go ahead and try to test SMS and MMS
if it doesn't work boot to recovery and go to next step. It didn't work for me but hey you guys might get lucky.
*Note that stock messages app may not work, in my case if i went to attach a file the app crashed so every time so i continued on with Google Messenger*
7)Flash this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/steps-to-install-dr-ketans-rom-g-t3379659/post67086423#post67086423
Thank you @KLPFL
I'm not sure if this fix overwrites what the Verizon V2 fix does, or if its the same thing but like i said these are the steps and files that worked for me!
8)Reboot phone go to settings make sure network is LTE/CDMA, check and make sure APN is set right, now try texting if nothing happens turn off mobile data for a minute. Turn it back on and you should be good to go with sending SMS and MMS (calling and receiving and data work)
Took me a week to figure out all the files and all the fixes to use! I don't take credit for any of the files or fixes or rom I simply got things to work!
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i m already on stock PE1 .... is it necessary to go back to lollipop OK1 and then again move upwards?

n70shan said:
i m already on stock PE1 .... is it necessary to go back to lollipop OK1 and then again move upwards?
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Yeah you gotta be on OK1, any marshmallow bootloader will cause the phone to not boot. Once it's set you can try flashing back to PE1. I ran the rom with Beast mode kernel, and PC1 and it worked once it was set up. But yeah for initial set up you need to be on OK1

hey red, I did the install the way you have it set, but after I installed everything and let it boot, I cant access the settings portion? It just says unfortunately settings has stopped? and there is no way to access through the apps launcher because its not there? Where did I go wrong? I started from fresh OK1 as well.

divineazn716 said:
hey red, I did the install the way you have it set, but after I installed everything and let it boot, I cant access the settings portion? It just says unfortunately settings has stopped? and there is no way to access through the apps launcher because its not there? Where did I go wrong? I started from fresh OK1 as well.
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I've never heard of that happening. I would try reflashing the rom and kernel then letting that boot alone. If that boots then go back and flash the fix. Also just to make sure, wipe your data, cache, system, and dalvik before flashing everything

Hey red, sorry for the late reply, I just got out of work, but to update you on my issue, I went to ok1 stock it I didn't wipe data and cache stuff etc. I finally received did it and I have phone calls and data. When I sms it takes forever to send, like 7 minutes to be exact, I know this by texting my wife and seeing how long it takes. It does eventually send the text, but also I tried to send mms and that does NOT send? I'm not sure why? I did the mobile setup the way you said in the beginning. Then I had to flash the mod afterwards because I was not able to send sms. Afterwards I decided to turn off mobile data for a minute to see if it helped but it was the same. I also tried turning mobile data off and rebooting and turned it back on but still no luck. Is there anything else you suggest I try? I greatly appreciate your work!

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Hey red, sorry for the late reply, I just got out of work, but to update you on my issue, I went to ok1 stock it I didn't wipe data and cache stuff etc. I finally received did it and I have phone calls and data. When I sms it takes forever to send, like 7 minutes to be exact, I know this by texting my wife and seeing how long it takes. It does eventually send the text, but also I tried to send mms and that does NOT send? I'm not sure why? I did the mobile setup the way you said in the beginning. Then I had to flash the mod afterwards because I was not able to send sms. Afterwards I decided to turn off mobile data for a minute to see if it helped but it was the same. I also tried turning mobile data off and rebooting and turned it back on but still no luck. Is there anything else you suggest I try? I greatly appreciate your work!
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are you using the stock messaging app? If so then try a third party like google messenger. For OK1 did you flash both baseband and firmware? Also are you using KLPFL data fix for the second fix flash?

Yes I tried the stock and then I downloaded the Google messenger app. Was Dr kreton rom suppose to already have the Google messenger? Yes I flashed ok1 full. I didn't do it separately, I have a tar file from back then to flash it full. Should all this information be correct?

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Yeah you gotta be on OK1, any marshmallow bootloader will cause the phone to not boot. Once it's set you can try flashing back to PE1. I ran the rom with Beast mode kernel, and PC1 and it worked once it was set up. But yeah for initial set up you need to be on OK1
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ok i was on 6.0.1 PE1 and then i turned off my phone and flashed OK1 baseband and firmware then i flashed twrp recovery and then this rom etc but my phone is not booting up it is stuck at samsung logo... now what?

n70shan said:
ok i wan on 6.0.1 PE1 and then i turned off my phone and flashed OK1 baseband and firmware then i flashed twrp recovery and then this rom etc but my phone is not booting up it is stuck at samsung logo... now what?
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Hey I ran into that problem too, after you went back to the OK1, did you wipe as stated before you flashed the rom? make sure you wipe first or else you'll have problems.

divineazn716 said:
Hey I ran into that problem too, after you went back to the OK1, did you wipe as stated before you flashed the rom? make sure you wipe first or else you'll have problems.
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yes when i installed twrp i first wiped system, data, cache etc and then installed rom but my phone is stuck at samsung... now what should i do? i have to odin back PE1 to make my phone alive for now

n70shan said:
yes when i installed twrp i first wiped system, data, cache etc and then installed rom but my phone is stuck at samsung... now what should i do? i have to odin back PE1 to make my phone alive for now
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Did you try to ODIN OK1 again? after you ODIN OK1 again let it run and see if it boots up with stock OK1. If it doesnt and it keeps bootlooping try going to wipe the usual and THEN ODIN OK1. I had to try so many things to figure it out, isnt it fun? lol even though it takes up hours of your day.... =/

n70shan said:
yes when i installed twrp i first wiped system, data, cache etc and then installed rom but my phone is stuck at samsung... now what should i do? i have to odin back PE1 to make my phone alive for now
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i think this is issue with downgrading from PE1 to OK1 but on contrary they are saying this is how it works... i m confused now... @dr.ketan can confirm
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divineazn716 said:
Did you try to ODIN OK1 again? after you ODIN OK1 again let it run and see if it boots up with stock OK1. If it doesnt and it keeps bootlooping try going to wipe the usual and THEN ODIN OK1. I had to try so many things to figure it out, isnt it fun? lol even though it takes up hours of your day.... =/
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ok i tried again to wipe everything then flash rom , kernel , fixes and then powered off my phone and flashed OK1 baseband and firmware but still stuck at samsung logo, nothing is working

FYI.... Sprint N4 User(s): You need to be in OK1 or older BL/FW (LP). You can't be on MM BL/FW it will give you bootloop. You can Odin the BL/FW (getting from Freeza in Dev Thread).
1. Wipe everything Except Internal & External SD
2. Flash Rom
3. Flash Data Fix ( Verizon V2 - One I posted which I edited the APN - (All credit go LouForgiveNo)) Don't ask me but that is the only thing I found to work perfectly for our Sprint Phone
4. Flash Kernel ( Vitamin-H, AEL 10.3 (somehow is not really stable), Nameless MM (in N4 Snapdragon thread under the rom, 2 post), Freeza Beasmode (lost Wifi))
5. Do you Normal Setup
6. After complete go to Setting -> Mobile Network -> Network Mode ( Select LTE/CMDA (MUST). Then Access Point Names and select LTE - SPRINT test IPS (last one on the list)
7. Reboot.. Test mms and sms by sending it to yourself. It will take a little bit to go but once it go, it will work find afterward
8. Option - The network has as Roaming Indicator Off... If you want to say Sprint, You would need to flash eri.xml file ( I found this on the web, I only edit to match Sprint. I'm not taking any credit on this.. don't remember who credit too).. User @JWnSC is the one who found the fix.

n70shan said:
yes when i installed twrp i first wiped system, data, cache etc and then installed rom but my phone is stuck at samsung... now what should i do? i have to odin back PE1 to make my phone alive for now
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Okay try flashing stock OK1, let it get to initial set up screen. Then flash twrp, wipe dalvik, system, data, and cache, then flash the rom, kernel, verizon v2 fix. See if it boots.

Ok I got it all working. These are the steps I took.
Odin ok1 if you haven't and let it boot up so you know it's working
Next after you have twrp installed,
Wipe everything except internal and external so
I wiped 3 times and then factory reset 3 times. Sorry just a habit.
Next I installed the Dr kreton rom
Next I installed the @KLPFL mod data fix he adjusted.
Next I installed vitamin h
Then I rebooted.
I didn't install supersu yet like @KLPFL directed.
I let it boot and put in the information.
When the Dr kreton window fix popped up I just ignored it for now and went to do what @KLPFL said and made sure his access points that he created at the bottom was clicked.
Then made sure to change from global to the Lte/CDMA.
Then I rebooted after the searching lte/CDMA popped up briefly.
After it rebooted I tested everything and it worked fine. Thank you guys for us support!
Oh yea I installed supersu after I made sure everything was connected and then installed Dr kreton fix.

divineazn716 said:
Ok I got it all working. These are the steps I took.
Odin ok1 if you haven't and let it boot up so you know it's working
Next after you have twrp installed,
Wipe everything except internal and external so
I wiped 3 times and then factory reset 3 times. Sorry just a habit.
Next I installed the Dr kreton rom
Next I installed the @KLPFL mod data fix he adjusted.
Next I installed vitamin h
Then I rebooted.
I didn't install supersu yet like @KLPFL directed.
I let it boot and put in the information.
When the Dr kreton window fix popped up I just ignored it for now and went to do what @KLPFL said and made sure his access points that he created at the bottom was clicked.
Then made sure to change from global to the Lte/CDMA.
Then I rebooted after the searching lte/CDMA popped up briefly.
After it rebooted I tested everything and it worked fine. Thank you guys for us support!
Oh yea I installed supersu after I made sure everything was connected and then installed Dr kreton fix.
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Glad you got it to work.. The only reason I said flash supersu is because sometime you don't get root and you can't apply the fix on your initial bootup.

Hello, anyone using this rom on sprint?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3374171
Sent from my SM-N920P using XDA-Developers mobile app

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FYI.... Sprint N4 User(s): ...
6. After complete go to Setting -> Mobile Network -> Network Mode ( Select LTE/CMDA (MUST). Then Access Point Names and select LTE - SPRINT test IPS (last one on the list)
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I followed the instructions in the OP and reference your procedure here. Everything seems to be working, except I cannot get mobile data. I don't see the APN "LTE - SPRINT test IPS".
I do see the APN I configured from Step 5 in the OP.
Could I have missed something obvious? On OK1 bl and fw.
Thanks!
mike

Help - Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Bootloop Out of Nowhere

So...
Last week, my wife's Tab S went into a bootloop. She runs complete stock, we haven't rooted, or anything. There had been a notification about an update, but she hadn't touched it. She'd updated to Lollipop at some point last year, but hadn't applied the absolute latest update. One day last week, she just turned it on, and it started bootlooping.
Because it was so stock, there were no backups, no nandroids, or anything like that. No Custom Recovery. I told her "well, we can just do a factory reset. You'll lose everything, but once we get you back up and running, it'll just re-download everything from the Goog." So we factory reset it. Looked good for a minute, booted into the first screen, enter in your Wi-Fi password, all that. As soon as we got the Wi-Fi password entered, however, it re-booted. And keep rebooting. Bootloop city. No problem. I walked her through (over the phone) using Odin to flash the latest Lollipop firmware. No dice. It appeared to flash successfully, but still bootlooped.
Over the weekend, I tried using Kies to flash the most official firmware I could find. Everything was successful -computer recognized the device, was able to download "direct from the source," as it were, but it got stuck at 69% twice before failing. I read somewhere that one had to run Kies in administrator mode to get it to successfully complete. So I did, and it got past 69%, successfully completing the flash. STILL NO LUCK. STILL WITH THE BOOTLOOPS.
Last night, I realized that I hadn't flashed in Odin using Administrator Mode. Tried it, using latest 5.0.2 (XAR-Cellular South). Flashed successfully, all appeared well. Still bootlooped.
So, I'm stuck. I can get into recovery, I can get into Download Mode, I can successfully flash. I just can't get the darn thing booted.
Thoughts, anyone? Should I try flashing a Custom ROM? How hard is that using Odin? Thanks in advance.

Ok this will take a few tries but here is my method of dealing with this situation
1) Flash stock using Odin
2) AS SOON AS the screen goes blank, start holding Power+Volume Up+Home
3) When recovery boots, release the buttons
4) Use the volume buttons to select "Wipe data/factory reset"
5) Press power to confirm
6) Reboot
If that doesn't work, you may either:
1) (more likely) Installing a ROM will fix the problem
2) (unlikely but possible) You might have worn NAND pages, which I doubt but could cause this behavior.

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
Ok this will take a few tries but here is my method of dealing with this situation
1) Flash stock using Odin
2) AS SOON AS the screen goes blank, start holding Power+Volume Up+Home
3) When recovery boots, release the buttons
4) Use the volume buttons to select "Wipe data/factory reset"
5) Press power to confirm
6) Reboot
If that doesn't work, you may either:
1) (more likely) Installing a ROM will fix the problem
2) (unlikely but possible) You might have worn NAND pages, which I doubt but could cause this behavior.
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Thanks, I'll try these steps tonight when I get home, and report back!

All right, here's something interesting. Before I tried your first step, I remembered that the other night, I left it stuck at the Samsung logo -it was just kind of stuck there, and since the behavior was a little different than I'd seen before (not continuous bootlooping), I thought I'd boot into recovery and wipe. I did, I wiped (factory reset), and rebooted. The tablet booted into the first screen, Accessibility/Wi-Fi, blahblah. This was where it usually rebooted. On a hunch, I bypassed entering in my WiFi key. I then bypassed almost everything else (Samsung account, Google account, etc.), expecting that the tablet would reboot at any moment. But I made it to the front apps page, where it shows you the side-launcher, the Magazine-Flipboard thingie, and whatnot. Wi-Fi still not connected, though. I opened up the app drawer, and scrolled around. Looked really good for a moment. I even took a picture with the camera, and viewed it in Gallery! Feeling brave, I thought, "well, maybe it just needed a couple of minutes before firing up the radio." So I went into settings, and inputted my WiFi key. It connected. And rebooted into its bootloop. (getting so tired of that boot-sound).
Went ahead and flashed the most original stock firmware I could find. As always, flashed successfully. As soon as it booted, I made my way to recovery, and wiped, per your instructions. No luck. Bootloop again.
It's something in the WiFi is what I've come to think as a result of the above. Which I don't entirely understand, as I thought the radio got re-flashed with the firmware.
I'm ready to try flashing a Custom Rom. Can I do that through Odin, or should I try and flash TWRP, and do it through there? Will TWRP flash without a working (bootable) OS?
All right. Thanks for your response!

Try this as a test.
First make a full backup of every partition with twrp including the EFS <<IMPORTANT!
Get it booting again without wifi then root the device and delete the EFS folder or delete it in recovery.
Reboot the device and try and enable wifi.

ashyx said:
Try this as a test.
First make a full backup of every partition with twrp including the EFS <<IMPORTANT!
Get it booting again without wifi then root the device and delete the EFS folder or delete it in recovery.
Reboot the device and try and enable wifi.
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Got TWRP installed. Won't backup. Fails at 16% (system partition, I think). Just powers down to battery indicator in the middle of the backup. Looks like it backs up the EFS, though, since it's the first one. And when I go into TWRP's Restore option, there's a backup there (though I don't dare try and restore it).
Now I have to figure out a way to get the Custom ROM and GAPPS I downloaded onto the tablet without a reliable boot... It's gotten to the front screen a time or two tonight, but starts looping even when I bypass the WiFi setup.

Entered adb/TWRP interface. Tried to push two files, a Custom ROM file, and a GAPPS file. The ROM failed, with some sort of "Error 7," incompatible data, blahblah... Just out of curiosity, I tried to push the GAPPS file, and that failed after about 6%, and the tablet powered off.
I'm running out of ideas.

copied a custom rom to a USB/OTG stick (thumbdrive), and plugged it in. Fired up TWRP, tried to install. Wouldn't. Wouldn't install GAPPS, either. Looks like the only way it wants to flash anything is through ODIN or KIES.

The Latest...
All right...
I remembered that sometimes the TWRP version mattered. When I installed TRWP last night, I installed the latest and greatest, 3.0.2. Last night after I gave up, I remembered that sometimes, the latest and greatest TWRP doesn't install things perfectly. So, this morning, I downloaded TWRP 2.8.6-ish onto the USB/OTG device, and re-flashed the recovery partition. To be honest, I was surprised that TWRP was even able to flash that (but the TWRP image is only like 9.8 MB, so...)...
Got TWRP 2.8.6.0 flashed, and rebooted into TWRP. Immediately decided to try and re-flash the custom ROM that I'd tried unsuccessfully to flash last night, since the thumbdrive was still plugged in. Resurrection Remix Lollipop. Lined up GAPPS in the queue, as well. The ROM *appeared* to flash better than it had in TWRP 3.0.2, but it was sort of hard to see... GAPPS failed, and I was prepared to watch another round of bootloops. It did bootloop, sort of. The RR splash screen appeared, said that it was installing (or preparing) xx out of XX apps. Then, it rebooted. I figured it was doing its bootloop thing. However, it got to the same screen, "installing xx out of XX apps. Except that XX number had gone down, and the xx number had gone up. It repeated this action about 4 times --the last time I saw it reboot, it was "installing 1 out of 2 apps." And then...?
It booted into the RR lockscreen.
Of course, there were no GAPPS. In fact, there are something like only 20 apps total on the tablet. But it appears somewhat stable at the moment. (See picture).
Afraid to try and connect WiFi, afraid that it'll just bootloop.
Speaking of bootloop. At one point, once we got it booted, my wife hit an option in the Settings. LCD Density, I believe. As soon as she hit it (she literally just placed her finger over the 320 default option), the tablet rebooted. No loop, though. Rebooted straight back to the RR lockscreen.
So I appear to have a somewhat stable OS flashed onto the tablet at the moment. No GAPPS, though. No WiFi.
Anybody have a suggestion on where to go from here? I have my doubts as to whether or not I can even back up this configuration.
Sorry about all the updates. I kind of figured that if *anyone* else ever goes through what I'm going through, they'll have some sense of all the different things that can be tried in resurrecting a bricked/bootlooping device. I appreciate everyone's efforts to date -thank you so much, @Lightn1ng and @ashyx.

All right, because I can't leave well enough alone....
I got WiFi up and working. Tablet still stable and working. Wheeeee.... No GAPPS, though.
Downloaded GAPPS, second-smallest package from opengapps- only 128M (5.1 ARM package). Downloaded it in Android, from the tablet! Tried to flash it in TWRP. Failed, tablet rebooted halfway (not even) through. Now it's bootlooping again...
I should've left well enough alone, and waited for someone. Have tried re-installing Resurrection Remix, but tablet keeps failing to flash. Might have to try and flash a different TWRP. I don't know...

Have you tried another Gapps? Also, is this the WiFi only model or the LTE model we're talking about?

Lightn1ng said:
Have you tried another Gapps? Also, is this the WiFi only model or the LTE model we're talking about?
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It's the WiFi-only model - SM-T800.
It's kind of weird. I thought it might be some sort of internal memory problem (like the worn Nand pages you mentioned), since almost anything I try to do in TWRP fails (although I was able to flash an entire Custom ROM the one time AND get it booted) -but backing up isn't working, whether it's to internal/external SD. And the fact that I can flash perfectly (subjective term there) well using Odin or Kies tells me that whatever problems the tablet is having, something's getting through.
I'll try a different GAPPS package. Right now, though, TWRP isn't letting me flash hardly anything, and moving files back and forth on this thing is just awful.
AGH - I was so close!

daina said:
It's the WiFi-only model - SM-T800.
It's kind of weird. I thought it might be some sort of internal memory problem (like the worn Nand pages you mentioned), since almost anything I try to do in TWRP fails (although I was able to flash an entire Custom ROM the one time AND get it booted) -but backing up isn't working, whether it's to internal/external SD. And the fact that I can flash perfectly (subjective term there) well using Odin or Kies tells me that whatever problems the tablet is having, something's getting through.
I'll try a different GAPPS package. Right now, though, TWRP isn't letting me flash hardly anything, and moving files back and forth on this thing is just awful.
AGH - I was so close!
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I'm running out of ideas!
Maybe somebody else with a T800 could backup their entire EMMC using
Code:
dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/full_nand_dump.bin
And you take the file on your tablet and do
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/full_nand_dump.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0
And restore YOUR efs folder using TWRP.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS OPERATION AND I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG!
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@ashyx Any more ideas before I go ahead with my evil world domination plan to recover this device?

I wouldnt carry out any risky operations until a full backup can be made with twrp or you may end up with an unrecoverable device.
If twrp cannot backup the system partition then there is an issue with the partition.
Try backup again and post the recovery log, it may contain some relative information.

I have the same issues and have tried eveything. I was rooted and running the latest Pheonix rom on my sm-t800. Last Wednesday (8-10) I starting getting boot loops out of nowhere, no new apps nothing just a daily driver. I've been through everything on here and have gone back to bone stock but to no avail, the boot loops just keep coming. I can connect to wifi and get things set up but if I try to use anything more than 'light usage' the tab starts its boot loops again and rows fits for about 10 minutes and always different timing on the boot. Sometimes it will make it to the Samsung logo, sometime only to Tab S and sometimes about 10 seconds of usage.. I know this isn't helping much but wanted to let you know there are more of us with the same problem. Will be blab to try anything to help said issue.

Exactly the same issue on my LTE version.
Samsung support just asked me 230€ for a new motherboard.
I refused to repair. I think it is related to nand memory..

Hello I have both the 8.4" and 10.5" I updated the 8.4" to Android 5.02 nothing but boot loops my other is still on 442 and I wont be updating it as its working fine. I have been reading a few posts and the problem was right in front of me all the time I have 2 internet connections 2.4 GHZ and 5.0 GHZ if I connect to the 5.0 GHZ I get boot loops but if I stay on 2.4 GHZ no problems what so ever so I may just install a custom rom and my 10.5 tab and stay clear of the faster internet.

srfairhurst said:
Hello I have both the 8.4" and 10.5" I updated the 8.4" to Android 5.02 nothing but boot loops my other is still on 442 and I wont be updating it as its working fine. I have been reading a few posts and the problem was right in front of me all the time I have 2 internet connections 2.4 GHZ and 5.0 GHZ if I connect to the 5.0 GHZ I get boot loops but if I stay on 2.4 GHZ no problems what so ever so I may just install a custom rom and my 10.5 tab and stay clear of the faster internet.
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Why not just update to Marshmallow? Absolutely no issues for me.

ashyx said:
Why not just update to Marshmallow? Absolutely no issues for me.
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Now i figured out its the wifi thats causing the problem i will update to android 6.01 or if i can find a good custom rom il risk that.

daina said:
It's the WiFi-only model - SM-T800.
It's kind of weird. I thought it might be some sort of internal memory problem (like the worn Nand pages you mentioned), since almost anything I try to do in TWRP fails (although I was able to flash an entire Custom ROM the one time AND get it booted) -but backing up isn't working, whether it's to internal/external SD. And the fact that I can flash perfectly (subjective term there) well using Odin or Kies tells me that whatever problems the tablet is having, something's getting through.
I'll try a different GAPPS package. Right now, though, TWRP isn't letting me flash hardly anything, and moving files back and forth on this thing is just awful.
AGH - I was so close!
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DrinkSlinger said:
I have the same issues and have tried eveything. I was rooted and running the latest Pheonix rom on my sm-t800. Last Wednesday (8-10) I starting getting boot loops out of nowhere, no new apps nothing just a daily driver. I've been through everything on here and have gone back to bone stock but to no avail, the boot loops just keep coming. I can connect to wifi and get things set up but if I try to use anything more than 'light usage' the tab starts its boot loops again and rows fits for about 10 minutes and always different timing on the boot. Sometimes it will make it to the Samsung logo, sometime only to Tab S and sometimes about 10 seconds of usage.. I know this isn't helping much but wanted to let you know there are more of us with the same problem. Will be blab to try anything to help said issue.
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Hello,
and the rest of story??
i can flash TWRP in download mode, and i can intall zip by TWRP , the lineage rom,
but, cant odin flash official md5 file, it stucks on logo.