Hello everybody, I'm in way over my head here. A few months ago, I rooted my device using odin. I felt that this was fairly simple and I had no issues. Today, I tried updating the software and got a message that said something like "can not update as you have unauthorized software installed". I thought I had better unroot and that's where my problems begin.
I unrooted using supersu, , but it still would not let me download the software update. I thought that the recovery must be the issue, so I tried flashing back to the stock image using odin and now the thing won't even turn on. It goes through the samsung startup screens and then goes into a sequence of 3 or 4 error messages that all read something like "Unfortunately, dialer storage has stopped"
I don't think I've done irrepairable damage but I'm not sure where to go now. It doesn't want to boot into recovery but I can get into download mode. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Flash the stock firmware in Odin to go back to 100% stock. You'll have to find the stock firmware (kitkat or lollipop) in one of these forum threads or download it from sammobile.
Edit: You didn't mention which device you have (8.4 or 10.5; wifi or cellular). Below are stock firmwares for 8.4 and 10.5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/official-firmware-selection-sm-t700-sm-t2960225
HKSpeed said:
Flash the stock firmware in Odin to go back to 100% stock. You'll have to find the stock firmware (kitkat or lollipop) in one of these forum threads or download it from sammobile.
Edit: You didn't mention which device you have (8.4 or 10.5; wifi or cellular). Below are stock firmwares for 8.4 and 10.5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/official-firmware-selection-sm-t700-sm-t2960225
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Thank you! I have the sm-t805w. I have downloaded the firmware from sammobile and will attempt to install it this evening. Do I need to install gapps as with nexus devices or is that included in the firmware files?
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Hello, my first time ever posting on this site. First time/long time.
I have Gn2 Rooted. No roms. Stocked with triangle away. I wasn't able to do the lastest OTA update due to being rooted.
Kies will not let me upgrade to it on its own. Tells me it cannot change my firmware. couldnt figure it out.
I have downloaded the ROM from Sammobile.com and tried to flash it with mobileodin. Mobile odin gave me the blue android guy. I read some more and tried 2 different workaround with flashing the cachefix.zip for the blue android. Couldnt flash it, would fail everytime. I even flashed through desktop Odin. Which wouldn't pass and fail every time.
I stayed up too late last night trying to read wayyy too many threads and figure this out , no luck. I rather not update it at this point.
Is it really necessary to do the update?
Can anyone help with my issue!?
thank you!
leeartavia said:
Hello, my first time ever posting on this site. First time/long time.
I have Gn2 Rooted. No roms. Stocked with triangle away. I wasn't able to do the lastest OTA update due to being rooted.
Kies will not let me upgrade to it on its own. Tells me it cannot change my firmware. couldnt figure it out.
I have downloaded the ROM from Sammobile.com and tried to flash it with mobileodin. Mobile odin gave me the blue android guy. I read some more and tried 2 different workaround with flashing the cachefix.zip for the blue android. Couldnt flash it, would fail everytime. I even flashed through desktop Odin. Which wouldn't pass and fail every time.
I stayed up too late last night trying to read wayyy too many threads and figure this out , no luck. I rather not update it at this point.
Is it really necessary to do the update?
Can anyone help with my issue!?
thank you!
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Try going back to stock, update then root.
colint3 said:
Try going back to stock, update then root.
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+1. stock, update, then re-root
Remove Kies from pc. (It's a Pain in the arse)..just install Samsung drivers. .use another usb port on your pc and use Odin on pc to flash the downloaded rom. ..it should work
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)
I wasn't paying attention to the model numbers I was looking at and tried to install an N7100 ROM on my SGH-T889. I installed it, fudged my IMEI and tried to rollback to the previous ROM I had in place but it didn't resolve my IMEI unknown issue. I tried to restore my backups, nothing. I have tried multiple stock firmware versions for my phone I have found on here but ODIN fails on every single one, most of them sitting at boot.img, MD5 hash invalid or getting stuck on system. I am unable to get into recovery, only the download screen. I think because the ROM I tried was 4.3 it messed up my bootloader and wont let me go back to 4.1.2 but I cant put anything on it at this point. Ive tried multiple versions of ODIN, different USB ports, cables, rebooted my PC and Im out of ideas at this point. I apologize in advance because I'm sure the answer is out there I just cant find it and I've been looking for a few days.
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I wasn't paying attention to the model numbers I was looking at and tried to install an N7100 ROM on my SGH-T889. I installed it, fudged my IMEI and tried to rollback to the previous ROM I had in place but it didn't resolve my IMEI unknown issue. I tried to restore my backups, nothing. I have tried multiple stock firmware versions for my phone I have found on here but ODIN fails on every single one, most of them sitting at boot.img, MD5 hash invalid or getting stuck on system. I am unable to get into recovery, only the download screen. I think because the ROM I tried was 4.3 it messed up my bootloader and wont let me go back to 4.1.2 but I cant put anything on it at this point. Ive tried multiple versions of ODIN, different USB ports, cables, rebooted my PC and Im out of ideas at this point. I apologize in advance because I'm sure the answer is out there I just cant find it and I've been looking for a few days.
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Its possible that when you tried to flash 4,3 rom you also ended up with the stupid KNOX security thing. Which means you cant go back to older roms only 4.3. (as far as i know, im still a bit of a noob with this stuff)
It might be usefull to post what you get on the screen when in download mode, hat will give people more info to help you with i guess.
I did a similar thing too you a while ago and lose my imei and such, i cant exactly remember how i fixed it, i think i just flashed a stock from from sammobile.
If you havent tried that, then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849
Did you try flashing stock 4.3 ROM for SGH-T889 from sammobile ?
Try flashing the MK7 modem ? You can find it under development forums.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
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Its possible that when you tried to flash 4,3 rom you also ended up with the stupid KNOX security thing. Which means you cant go back to older roms only 4.3. (as far as i know, im still a bit of a noob with this stuff)
It might be usefull to post what you get on the screen when in download mode, hat will give people more info to help you with i guess.
I did a similar thing too you a while ago and lose my imei and such, i cant exactly remember how i fixed it, i think i just flashed a stock from from sammobile.
If you havent tried that, then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849
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Thanks for your reply. I forgot to mention in my post what I have on the download screen currently:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 COUNT)
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: A2
I have tried a 4.3 stock ROM, to no avail. I will try it again now though.
ciphercodes said:
Did you try flashing stock 4.3 ROM for SGH-T889 from sammobile ?
Try flashing the MK7 modem ? You can find it under development forums.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
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I did indeed, although The modem I tried now that I am looking back through my downloads I believe was for the N7000 model. I will look through it and try to find it. Thanks for your reply.
I seem to have gotten myself out of the hole Ive dug. Hopefully if anyone else gets this deep, this will help. Given the fact that I erroneously flashed a 4.3 ROM I screwed myself over for going back but I was able to flash the latest firmware from sammobile (4.3) The file should be named T889UVUCMK7_T889TMBCMK7_TMB. I unzipped it, reinstalled ODIN 3.09 and tried a few times with negative results. However, Ive seen several conflicting posts about Kies, some say delete it completely, some say use it so I reinstalled it BUT I ended the process in task manager before I connected my phone and opened ODIN. I flashed only the firmware in the PDA section, no .pit files, no .phone files. It completed after about 10 minutes and I now have a stock 4.3 note 2, wifi capable and data service enabled. My download screen still shows custom binary download8 counts) which I know I can revert using triangle away but current binary and system status both show samsung official. The Knox warranty void still shows:1. Tmobile has sent me a replacement due to my negligence and ignorance in reaching out to them and I have 2 phones, the one I just fixed and the warrantied replacement on 4.1.2 sitting next to it. Should I just return the replacement back to them and tell them I fixed my issue or should I send them the old phone and keep the refurb? Im not familiar with the procedures phone companies follow when it comes to inspecting phones that are sent back to them but it seems to me that it is an expensive gamble because if they get my old one and see the Knox tripped, I imagine they would claim its out of warranty and charge me some astronomical amount.
Hi,
This is my first post here on the XDA forum so if I make any mistakes, please do tell.
So, I got a Galaxy Ace 2 (I8160) which was running unrooted and stock at Android 2.3.6 (if I recall correctly).
I decided I wanted the phone to run at a newer Android version (KitKat preferred), so I decided to look into Cyanogenmod 11.0.
I succesfully installed the Clockworkmod Recovery after soms attempts and after that I was able to install Cyanogenmod 11.0 running on Android 4.4.4.
My first impression was positive, until I noticed I regularly got some error messages about com.android.phone which stopped working.
On top of this, the phone had no service and I was unable to make any calls (also selecting a service provider made com.android.phone crash).
After a lot of looking around on the internet, I found out this could be caused because I flashed Cyanogenmod 11.0 directly from Android 2.3.6.
On another tutorial I read I should've flashed Cyanogenmod 11.0 from any Jellybean version but as I stated earlier, I flashed it from a Gingerbread version.
On another forum I found someone who used to have the same issue and stated that he made the same mistake as I did (flashing from a non-Jellybean version).
He said he flashed a stock Jellybean ROM to his phone, installed Clockworkmod Recovery and at last flashed Cyanogenmod again and everything seemed to be working just fine.
I decided to do the same and flashed a stock Jellybean ROM for the I8160 using Odin v3.07.
After Odin told me the flash process passed, the phone rebooted but was stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 logo.
When trying to get into the recovery, I got the same problem and the only thing I saw was the startup logo.
If I'd turn off the phone and plug in to my computer (which normally shows the battery percentage) it'd be stuck at the loading icon (normally this loading icon is visible for about 5 seconds and after that the battery percentage is visible).
I'm still able to get into download mode, so I tried reflashing the same ROM but unfortunately without success.
I used the following stock ROM: samsung-updates.com/details/28857/Galaxy_Ace_2/GT-I8160/XEN/I8160XXNB1.html.
I've been using the Cyanogenmod 11.0 and GApps files from: maclaw.pl/downloads/.
Does anybody have any idea about how I coud fix this?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Just tried flashing a stock ROM with Android 2.3.6, problem is still there: samsung-updates.com/details/18868/Galaxy_Ace_2/GT-I8160/H3G/I8160NELG2.html
In my opinion, You should flash 3-parted Firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53921158&postcount=8
PS. Sorry for my bad English.
ChuckMichael said:
In my opinion, You should flash 3-parted Firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53921158&postcount=8
PS. Sorry for my bad English.
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Thanks for you reply.
I came across this 3-parted firmware flash a few hours ago.
I'm trying it right now. I'll let you know what the results are.
Alright, another update. (My problem seems to be fixed!)
At first I tried downloading the 3 files neccessary for the new flash method, but for some reason it'd take me hours to download them.
I started looking on the internet for the same files and found a torrent link on another forum leading to a torrent file uploaded here, on the XDA forums: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1757643&d=1361735404.
I downloaded the files in the torrent and used them properly in Odin.
The flashing process started and at about 80% Odin gave me a nasty error message saying the flash failed...
At that moment I was seriously hopeless and pretty sure I've just succesfully hard-bricked my phone.
I tried to start it and I got a weird message saying a firmware update went wrong and that I should fix it using Samsung Kies.
As it stated, I tried using Samsung Kies but was unable to get my phone to work.
I was out of options so I decided to give the 3-way flashing method a second chance.
Oding started flashing and for some reason finished succesfully this time.
The phone reboots, and shows the 'Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160' message for a few minutes.
After that the Samsung logo pops up and I've waited for another few minutes until a new screen pops up.
I see the Android guy and a blue progress bar underneath and patiently waits untill it's done.
After this I see the Samsung logo again and the phone finally boots to Android! Great Success!
Conclusion in my case: The 3-parted firmware seemed to do the trick for me.
As I stated above, the first flash failed but the second one was totally succesfully and revived my phone.
kolsthoorn said:
Alright, another update. (My problem seems to be fixed!)
At first I tried downloading the 3 files neccessary for the new flash method, but for some reason it'd take me hours to download them.
I started looking on the internet for the same files and found a torrent link on another forum leading to a torrent file uploaded here, on the XDA forums: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1757643&d=1361735404.
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Yeb - you can use also the 3-parted MB4 (which was an very early JB FW).
But as the MB4 is not 100% complete - I still recommend only to use the 3-parted FWs linked by me (which ChuckMichael shows you)
But anyway - If your Phone booted you are done - You do not need to to it again. Just flash afterwards the newst original FW available.
Following the root instructions for the Tab Pro 12.2" I kept soft bricking my device and found the post about installing P900XXUANB3-RecoveryImg first. It along with CF-Auto-Root are now installed and I'm rooted and good to go but now my screen constantly blinks out. Reading around apparently it's a software issue that was fixed by an update but now that my device is modified I can't do ota updates... How do I correct this issue?
Update: I flashed CM11 and it's still doing it, so I assume it's firmware?
Update 2: actually not seeing it on CM11 now, did it a few times while installing app updates at first but not since.
omniomi said:
Following the root instructions for the Tab Pro 12.2" I kept soft bricking my device and found the post about installing P900XXUANB3-RecoveryImg first. It along with CF-Auto-Root are now installed and I'm rooted and good to go but now my screen constantly blinks out. Reading around apparently it's a software issue that was fixed by an update but now that my device is modified I can't do ota updates... How do I correct this issue?
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It might be better to start all over.
There's no need to go back to the "B3" version any longer. The T900UEUANI1 is available on SamMobile, to be flashed w. Odin.
The cf-auto-root listed as "B3" on chainfire's site will work.
Hi, I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Active and while updating, it went into a bootloop. I cant boot into recovery, odin fails to flash the stock rom, and all I get when booting is:
SAMSUNG
Galaxy S7 Active
Powered By
android
screen. It doesn't even go to that, all it does is boots into recovery. I don't want to send it out for repairs (Mostly because I am broke).
If also, may I get answers from people that own one and been in this problem before and/or people that know how to repair this issue.
Also, I can only use the Stock Recovery.
Thanks, Nysean01'
Edit: I have also been to this. It was no help what so ever and got me deeper to this point in the post.
Edit 2: I have a backup phone and that one is currently working. I still wanna keep using my newer one.
which rom/version was you on?
which you trying to get to?
which ones have you tried in odin?
are you loading all the files ?
does it say it completes successfully ?
miniminus said:
which rom/version was you on?
which you trying to get to?
which ones have you tried in odin?
are you loading all the files ?
does it say it completes successfully ?
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7.0
Not trying to change
Yes, I'm loading all the files
Nope. It says in red, FAIL.
then i would guess that the file is currupt, or maybe the cable is dodge...
but which version was you on before (QB2) and which you tried so far ? (QD4 ?)
miniminus said:
then i would guess that the file is currupt, or maybe the cable is dodge...
but which version was you on before (QB2) and which you tried so far ? (QD4 ?)
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I was running the latest version of everything. 7.0 for phone, 10 for computer, and a mod odin.
Try a different Odin package, an older stock ROM and a different cable.
Which ones would you recommend?
Odin 3.12.4 and PI2, that is the earliest on BL2, try that, and if it works you should be able to OTA back up.
Mark as closed. I took it to the store, and even they said that they cant do nothing about it. So, Since I had the warranty (didn't know, was a hand me down), Samsung is sending me a new phone.
I have the same problem, got stuck on Nand writel. Already try different odin versions, I was on the last stock room, the problem was that I heva virus and had to do a hard reset, but when I finish got stuck on google verification, after try a lot of times I decided to fls stock room, but I fail.
What I can do it?