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I just wanted to split this discussion from the leaked ROM thread. From what I have gathered and understand, this newest update is the US equivalent of the Europe 2.51 update. I know many of you have already upgraded your devices to this, so users like me who are late/slow to the game, aren't there yet. In my case I still had the stock 3.6.160 up until last night. I know many have had the concern about 2.51 and not being able to go back. Has US TMobile done us a favor by releasing this OTA update? It would seem to me that this is now a sanctioned update, so anything from here on out would be officially supported and updated. It also seems that if the US and Europe version are the same, any thing that works for 2.51, would work for the US version. Like the 3.4.2 Nandroid backups. It should just be a matter of a simple restore and everything should work, correct? Sorry if I seem a little off. Prior to this device all of mine have been HTC devices which didn't have the locked bootloader. So this concept of of firmware/roms is a little off to me. I haven't had a chance to test any of this yet, I just want to know if the theory is correct. If I'm wrong please point me in the right direction. I'd like to be able to contribute to this forum constructively, especially as I am in charge of deploying DEFYs on our corporate network. The nice part of this is my Director is all for rooting our phones. He looks at in the manner that we need to do what needs to be done. If a phone gets bricked in the process, well we will just buy another. Warranty really isn't a concern.I'd like to get playing on it this weekend, especially with Froyo.
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It would seem to me that this is now a sanctioned update, so anything from here on out would be officially supported and updated.
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Nope.
The only update for the US DEFY is an incremental one (still 2.1) and it has only been released to 500 or so users according to the offical Tmo forums.
They are testing that one now.
The official froyo for DEFY is probably still a couple/few months away from public release, but let us hope they get it out faster.
More info in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931212
The Incremental has been released to the wild. Both of my Defy's received it OTA. I also know this is not an OS upgrade. Still stuck at 2.1. But my understanding was that the US update changes the boot loader to the same one as the Europe 2.51 update. If this is indeed true it would mean that we should be able to boot any of the 2.2 Roms out there without using the European update. Thats what I'm trying to confirm/Deny.
I registered for the "testing update", and received it this morning. Overall the phone is so much smoother. I'm now using Blur instead of ADW or LP. As a matter of fact all scrolling is smoother. The homescreens, app drawer, lock screen, widgets. Everything. Before the update if I was on Wi-Fi and sent a MMS I would get a delay, and have both icons in the notification bar for Wi-Fi and 3G, but now they send instantly, and I only have the Wi-Fi icon. Battery seems to be lasting longer today too which is one of the included functions. I'm impressed overall with what they did.
I was on of the very first few to get the Official 3.6.360 and while yes some things have improved. I decided to do a wipe after I had installed it. And I notice something interesting. No more root, Z4Root (using 1.3.0 which is what I used the first time I rooted this phone) no longer works, unexpected failure. So yea the have changed something... I run down the ADB route and see what that turns up.
I will have go the ADB route to get back to rootville.
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I was on of the very first few to get the Official 3.6.360 and while yes some things have improved. I decided to do a wipe after I had installed it. And I notice something interesting. No more root, Z4Root (using 1.3.0 which is what I used the first time I rooted this phone) no longer works, unexpected failure. So yea the have changed something... I run down the ADB route and see what that turns up.
I will have go the ADB route to get back to rootville.
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I noticed the same thing. No more root access after the update. I tried to re-root with z4root, super 1 click to no avail. Not familiar with the ADB process. Kinda nervous to be honest. First Android phone and all. Had it 2 weeks. Hopefully a new 1 click method comes from one smarter than I soon.
That's interesting. I noticed right off the bat that Z4Root no longer worked, so I ran Super1click, and that worked fine for me. The only thing I haven't done is wipe the phone, but at this point it doesn't sound like I'm going too.
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That's interesting. I noticed right off the bat that Z4Root no longer worked, so I ran Super1click, and that worked fine for me. The only thing I haven't done is wipe the phone, but at this point it doesn't sound like I'm going too.
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Did you need to do anything special with Super1click, or was it as simple as z4root? Can you just run it, and wait for it to finish? I mean I read some stuff that you may need to do the "turn debug off, turn it on, turn it off" thing with it because some phones give a "waiting for device". If you did certain steps other than just clicking root can you share? Thanks.
Nope. Just downloaded it, ran as admin and let it do its magic. Short and simple.
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Nope. Just downloaded it, ran as admin and let it do its magic. Short and simple.
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How long did it take? I tried it, but it keeps hanging on "waiting for device..."
Mine as well. Just keeps saying waiting. It got further once but stuck in a loop and came back to waiting. I unmount the sd, put it in debug, not sure what usb mode to use or where this admin option is found though. Quite frustrated since the bloatware I froze with Titanium Backup is back and all my root permissions are one. Any help for a newAndroid guy would be awesome.
Make sure when you have it connected to your machine that you are in Portal mode, as well as making sure that your machine is actually picking up the MDB interface. I know with mine it took a couple of plug ins to get it to actually install correctly.
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How long did it take? I tried it, but it keeps hanging on "waiting for device..."
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I think your problem might be that you're running it in USB "None" mode (as you would if running ADB). This is a common mistake. With Super1Click, you have to run it in "Portal" mode.
Plug your phone into the computer. You'll get "USB Connection" in your notification bar at the top. Then pull the notification bar down and click "USB connection". Click "Motorola Phone Portal". Then make sure "USB Debugging" is on (in Menu key > Settings > Applications > Development). Now run Super1Click as administrator. Click "Root".
It still takes a while in between steps, especially at the various "Waiting for device" stages. But if you did all the initial steps above, it should work properly. Just BE PATIENT.
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I think your problem might be that you're running it in USB "None" mode (as you would if running ADB). This is a common mistake. With Super1Click, you have to run it in "Portal" mode.
Plug your phone into the computer. You'll get "USB Connection" in your notification bar at the top. Then pull the notification bar down and click "USB connection". Click "Motorola Phone Portal". Then make sure "USB Debugging" is on (in Menu key > Settings > Applications > Development). Now run Super1Click as administrator. Click "Root".
It still takes a while in between steps, especially at the various "Waiting for device" stages. But if you did all the initial steps above, it should work properly. Just BE PATIENT.
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Everyone keeps saying 'as administrator'. There is no option in S1C for that. Nor on my phone. How do I execute this as admin? Am I just being dumb?
Edit: Does this mean as computer admin? Like head honcho on the pc?
This is based on the assumption you are using windows 7 or vista. You right click on the program and in the drop down menu select Run as Administrator. It will then open up the program.
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Everyone keeps saying 'as administrator'. There is no option in S1C for that. Nor on my phone. How do I execute this as admin? Am I just being dumb?
Edit: Does this mean as computer admin? Like head honcho on the pc?
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Exactly, "Head Honcho of the computer"! Do what runeblade said.
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I think your problem might be that you're running it in USB "None" mode (as you would if running ADB). This is a common mistake. With Super1Click, you have to run it in "Portal" mode.
Plug your phone into the computer. You'll get "USB Connection" in your notification bar at the top. Then pull the notification bar down and click "USB connection". Click "Motorola Phone Portal". Then make sure "USB Debugging" is on (in Menu key > Settings > Applications > Development). Now run Super1Click as administrator. Click "Root".
It still takes a while in between steps, especially at the various "Waiting for device" stages. But if you did all the initial steps above, it should work properly. Just BE PATIENT.
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Yep. That was my problem. Didn't have it in portal mode. As soon as I did, it went fast. It went through a bunch of steps. I see it says "Running psneuter... ROOTED" It should be almost done. It's on "Reading OS Version properties..." now, and it's been there for like 10 minutes now.
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Exactly, "Head Honcho of the computer"! Do what runeblade said.
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What if one were running, say, XP? Then head honcho would work? I have no computer here that has 7 or Vista. Just my old, trusty laptop. Thanks for all your help.
And which version of S1C? The one for 2.51 or the 1.63 version?
The 2.51 version.
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The 2.51 version.
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where is that version? I'm using 1.6.3 and it's still stuck on "reading OS" thing.
I've literally tried every method on the internet to root the GSM Galaxy Nexus and I keep getting stuck at the very beginning: I can't get past the driver step and making sure the computer recognizes the phone as an ADB device. I've tried Samsung driver install, pdaNET drivers and just about any other method and I still can't get my computer to show that the device is a ADB device and therefore cannot root the phone.
Its a Play Store Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.4
all help is incredibly appreciated. I've been working on this problem since Friday.
I'm on a 64bit Windows 7 on a Dell XPS 15 computer
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If your Command Prompt displays the message "waiting for device" your driver wasn't successfully installed.
Close the Command Prompt window and open Device manager while your phone is still plugged in. (Search for it using the search option).
Right Click the "Android" option and select Update Driver. Choose to "Browse My Computer" and "Let Me Pick From A List." Pick the Samsung driver with the newest date and install it. Now retry the code above.
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Try this.
I've tried updating via device manager. The problem is, it always says its up to date or when I manually select one it still doesn't work. Should I just not pick the newest driver? Pick an older version when selecting a new driver?
EDIT: also, another issue is that with Wug's when it searches for the adb device is searches in an odd folder that doesn't exist and I can't figure out how to change where it looks
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Or download the GNex Toolkit. Was having driver issues as well today (they were installed but for some strange reason Windows didn't recognize it anymore) and used the ones that come with this toolkit to reinstall through device manager. Of course as always with these things, use at your own risk, fiddling with drivers can be tricky .
What are you getting from your adb devices command? I had a problem with mine showing as consistantly offline. I had to change from a frontal USB port (usually a bad idea anyway) to a rear port. Some device/computer combinations make adb unhappy when using a USB hub, which most frontal USB ports essentially are.
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What are you getting from your adb devices command? I had a problem with mine showing as consistantly offline. I had to change from a frontal USB port (usually a bad idea anyway) to a rear port. Some device/computer combinations make adb unhappy when using a USB hub, which most frontal USB ports essentially are.
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When I use WugFresh and check for ADB it checks a nonexistent directory and returns an error. I found another method on google (I think the webpage was Foolproof method or something) and I check through command prompt and when I do it says List of Devices: then a blank line underneath
EDIT: just installed the GNex toolkit and drivers, plugged in, adb devices and it returned the blank line
EDIT 2.0: I just witnessed the most beautiful thing in the world. I plugged in again and it miraculously worked. I think I might tear up and cry a little
Yeah, for some reason the USB Driver in the Android SDK does NOT work. This was incredibly frustrating when I was trying to unlock my phone originally. I spent probably 30 minutes googling and trying different driver downloads.
I have attached the ones I used that DO work.
So here is the new story:
unlocked bootloader but it did not factory reset. It rebooted and my phone is as it was.
When I went to do fastboot boot boot.gsm.img, It says boot.img downloads and then it takes me to the google logo screen and gets stuck
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So here is the new story:
unlocked bootloader but it did not factory reset. It rebooted and my phone is as it was.
When I went to do fastboot boot boot.gsm.img, It says boot.img downloads and then it takes me to the google logo screen and gets stuck
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I've never rooted an already installed ROM for the Galaxy Nexus, but might I ask why you're not just installing a pre-rooted ROM from recovery? It'll save you a lot of headaches for sure. Even if you're not into custom builds, there's plenty of AOSP pre-rooted builds out there
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I've never rooted an already installed ROM for the Galaxy Nexus, but might I ask why you're not just installing a pre-rooted ROM from recovery? It'll save you a lot of headaches for sure. Even if you're not into custom builds, there's plenty of AOSP pre-rooted builds out there
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I don't think the pre-rooted ROMs get OTAs, or do they? I've been trying to root on stock so I can still get OTAs and I like how stable it is. I've messed with other ROMs on other phones and I almost always go to stock or CM but I'd rather stick to stock on this for now
Okay I can understand that. However do realize that once you install an OTA, your root will probably be gone and you'll have to root manually once more ...
i actually delete any driver and use the pdanet works just fine, i had the same problem that you. is just mather of patience.
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Okay I can understand that. However do realize that once you install an OTA, your root will probably be gone and you'll have to root manually once more ...
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Yea re-rooting is fine. I really only need root for a few days to get my phone set up but K really don't need root privileges in everyday use so losing root once I've done what I need is ok
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Okay I can understand that. However do realize that once you install an OTA, your root will probably be gone and you'll have to root manually once more ...
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Maybe not. SuperSU has a feature to keep root when installing an OTA.
The 4th Derivative said:
Yea re-rooting is fine. I really only need root for a few days to get my phone set up but K really don't need root privileges in everyday use so losing root once I've done what I need is ok
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Man.. as easy as this:
Go to bixie's jb rom thread, he has there linked a supersu+busybox cwm flashable zip, dl that and copy it to the device. Dl also a non-touch cwm image.
Unlock your bootloader, bla bla follow guides on how to set up/use fastboot, BOOT cwm (not flash it) with 'fastboot boot cwm.img', flash that supersu zip, reboot. Done, you rooted jb, install voodoo root keeper or something, back up root. Thats one way how to root a Nexus. You can even relock your bootloader after you finished customizing.
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Sorry guys, forgot to post last night. I finally got root. Thanks to all who helped! You all made my life so much easier
The 4th Derivative said:
Sorry guys, forgot to post last night. I finally got root. Thanks to all who helped! You all made my life so much easier
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hey, i have the same problem as you do on updating the usb driver. mind telling me how you do it? thanks!
I put it in a different USB port (my sata+ if it matters) and found a method online. I cant remember where on mobile but I'll look it up once I'm home
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The 4th Derivative said:
I put it in a different USB port (my sata+ if it matters) and found a method online. I cant remember where on mobile but I'll look it up once I'm home
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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its okay already. i have found the solution. thanks
The 4th Derivative said:
So here is the new story:
unlocked bootloader but it did not factory reset. It rebooted and my phone is as it was.
When I went to do fastboot boot boot.gsm.img, It says boot.img downloads and then it takes me to the google logo screen and gets stuck
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EDIT
I recently picked up a D851 (TMobile). I rooted it, but did not replace the ROM or install a custom bootloader.
Last weekend, the phone started randomly rebooting. Watching logcat via adb showed me several random apps throwing sig11s, after which the phone would give up and reboot. Cycle repeats.
This looks like a hardware issue, as the apps that crash change on each boot cycle.
I arranged with TMobile to swap the device, but they cautioned me that the phone must be returned to an unrooted state.
I've had a hell of a time with it from here. My first try was to install the LG drivers and the PC Suite under a Windows VM, as I do not run Windows at home. Enabling USB passthrough for the phone to the VM let Windows see the phone, but the LG drivers would invariably fail with 'Device cannot start. Code 10.'. Likewise, the PC Suite couldn't find the phone.
Next step was to throw together some spare hw and install Windows 7 on that (a desparate move, to be certain. ). The LG drivers can now recognize the phone, so that's a definite plus. The LG PC Suite, though, claimed that my phone could not be upgraded. Wonderful.
Next step was to try this tutorial: http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants.html . I was able to get further with this method, but as it begins to flash SYSTEM, it pauses, and then dies with 'We can't communicate with Phone'. End result - I now have a soft bricked phone. On the phone, I see the port - COM41 - appear, and the usb animation starts to spin ... and after a few seconds, stops. It's at this point that Flashtool throws the Can't Connect error.
I next tried following this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089 to flash a KDZ. The newer LG Flash tool used here can't create a connection to my phone for flashing.
I've run into a wall here. Any ideas on where to go next? I need to reset this phone back to a working stock state so that I can send it back.
http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-to-unrootunbrick-lg-g3/
Use this and follow video carefully. Has worked many times. Use all his links not what you have downloaded.
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http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-to-unrootunbrick-lg-g3/
Use this and follow video carefully. Has worked many times. Use all his links not what you have downloaded.
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Also - as silly as it sounds, make certain you're using the USB cable that came with the phone. This has solved problems for a lot of people when trying to revert to stock.
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Also - as silly as it sounds, make certain you're using the USB cable that came with the phone. This has solved problems for a lot of people when trying to revert to stock.
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I wasn't initially, but I did switch to it last night. Still no go.
I suspect it's either the phone itself (see above: re suspected hw failure), or the PC in question (nVidia chipset on this old motherboard, and I've had more than a few problems with adb talking to phones on nVidia motherboards). I'm going to try Bacardilimon's suggestion tonight, on a PC that has *nothing* nVidia-related in it, before I throw in the towel. As it is, the failing phone needs to be back to TMO by the middle of next week, so I'm all but out of time to resolve this.
Drake Maijstral said:
I recently picked up a D851 (TMobile). I rooted it, but did not replace the ROM or install a custom bootloader.
Last weekend, the phone started randomly rebooting. Watching logcat via adb showed me several random apps throwing sig11s, after which the phone would give up and reboot. Cycle repeats.
This looks like a hardware issue, as the apps that crash change on each boot cycle.
I arranged with TMobile to swap the device, but they cautioned me that the phone must be returned to an unrooted state.
I've had a hell of a time with it from here. My first try was to install the LG drivers and the PC Suite under a Windows VM, as I do not run Windows at home. Enabling USB passthrough for the phone to the VM let Windows see the phone, but the LG drivers would invariably fail with 'Device cannot start. Code 10.'. Likewise, the PC Suite couldn't find the phone.
Next step was to throw together some spare hw and install Windows 7 on that (a desparate move, to be certain. ). The LG drivers can now recognize the phone, so that's a definite plus. The LG PC Suite, though, claimed that my phone could not be upgraded. Wonderful.
Next step was to try this tutorial: http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants.html . I was able to get further with this method, but as it begins to flash SYSTEM, it pauses, and then dies with 'We can't communicate with Phone'. End result - I now have a soft bricked phone. On the phone, I see the port - COM41 - appear, and the usb animation starts to spin ... and after a few seconds, stops. It's at this point that Flashtool throws the Can't Connect error.
I next tried following this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785089 to flash a KDZ. The newer LG Flash tool used here can't create a connection to my phone for flashing.
I've run into a wall here. Any ideas on where to go next? I need to reset this phone back to a working stock state so that I can send it back.
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There is a link in the general thread on how to return to stock including a method using twrp. It's a sticky thread at the top I've never done the twrp method myself but it can more than likely be done without a computer. Twrp can be installed via Playstore if you don't already have it
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httx://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-to-unrootunbrick-lg-g3/
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Holy hell. That site's links are absolutely infuriating. Anyone who puts each and every download link for software referenced by a howto behind separate timed appearance links that you have to ALSO enter an annoying captcha to enable should be shot out of a cannon - or, at the very least, have their howto ignored by the rest of the world.
Suffice it to say, the quality of that page doesn't give me much confidence that this will work any better than what I've tried already. Since I've already wasted a crapload of time on this project, and more on following those damned links, I'll give it a try tonight, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Is the author of that page an XDA member? If so, please let me know who he is, so I can berate him personally. Thanks.
Toneman07 said:
There is a link in the general thread on how to return to stock including a method using twrp. It's a sticky thread at the top I've never done the twrp method myself but it can more than likely be done without a computer. Twrp can be installed via Playstore if you don't already have it
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I'd consider doing that, except as I mentioned, the G3 in question disconnected during a run of Flashtool, rendering it without a working OS to boot to. The phone now boots straight to download mode. The good news is, it's now officially unrooted. The bad news is, it's also officially bricked until I can get an OS flash to work.
Drake Maijstral said:
Holy hell. That site's links are absolutely infuriating. Anyone who puts each and every download link for software referenced by a howto behind separate timed appearance links that you have to ALSO enter an annoying captcha to enable should be shot out of a cannon - or, at the very least, have their howto ignored by the rest of the world.
Suffice it to say, the quality of that page doesn't give me much confidence that this will work any better than what I've tried already. Since I've already wasted a crapload of time on this project, and more on following those damned links, I'll give it a try tonight, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Is the author of that page an XDA member? If so, please let me know who he is, so I can berate him personally. Thanks.
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OK I gonna keep it real with you. You can either enter the captcha and fix the issue or throw the phone away. Yes he is a member and for every phone that is out their he has its own page doing this for us. If you can't fix your phone with his method then it not the method but you. I have used this for many bricks. It works and it works great. Sorry if he making you do a little typing but like I said u can use his method or keep trying the other methods. Good luck
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OK I gonna keep it real with you. You can either enter the captcha and fix the issue or throw the phone away. Yes he is a member and for every phone that is out their he has its own page doing this for us. If you can't fix your phone with his method then it not the method but you. I have used this for many bricks. It works and it works great. Sorry if he making you do a little typing but like I said u can use his method or keep trying the other methods. Good luck
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After going through the painful process of clicking his links, I found that everything I downloaded is the same thing I already had, except for Flashtool - lgg3root's is actually older. Even the TMO firmware for my phone and the dll are both exactly the same, and I checked by running md5sum on them.
But hey, it must be me. There's clearly no other technology-related cause for this issue. I obviously don't know how to follow a howto, right?
Thanks for 'keeping it real'.
Drake Maijstral said:
After going through the painful process of clicking his links, I found that everything I downloaded is the same thing I already had, except for Flashtool - lgg3root's is actually older. Even the TMO firmware for my phone and the dll are both exactly the same, and I checked by running md5sum on them.
But hey, it must be me. There's clearly no other technology-related cause for this issue. I obviously don't know how to follow a howto, right?
Thanks for 'keeping it real'.
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See we agree.
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Not likely.
In any case, it failed again. The video he did gave me the exact same steps I followed elsewhere, and unsurprisingly, it failed with 'We can't communicate with Phone', after beginning the flash process. There is something else wrong here, though I'm not certain if the failing phone is at fault or the PC in question is causing the issue. To be crystal clear, the flash process starts, and then, at a random point during the flash, it completely stops, and Flashtool eventually gives up and throws the aforementioned error.
Any other ideas? If not, I'm going to have to try another PC to rule that out as the culprit. Sigh.
Mine gave the same error as well as couldn't communicate with server but the flash process continued running and the phone rebooted took about 3 minutes u learned not to touch any of the popups on the screen during flash and sorry I missed the part about no OS I thought you were booting to recovery... Driving while reading not the best idea
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Mine gave the same error as well as couldn't communicate with server but the flash process continued running and the phone rebooted took about 3 minutes u learned not to touch any of the popups on the screen during flash and sorry I missed the part about no OS I thought you were booting to recovery... Driving while reading not the best idea
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Nope, the phone is definitely not doing anything - the usb animation on the G3 completely stops before Flashtool throws the error.
And damnit, quit reading while driving. You can do that later.
Moved the hdd Windows is installed on to another PC with a different chipset. After it updated drivers, I tried again. Flash proceeded partway, then died. Reset phone, Flashtool reststarted flash from scratch, flash died at 15%.
15% is interesting. While I've seen the flash die at various points, 15% is the one that was most often repeated. This tells me the failure follows the phone, not the PC - which makes sense, as the phone has a suspected RAM failure.
At this point, it appears that flashing this phone is impossible due to faulty hw. Hopefully TMO (and eventually, LG) will accept the faulty phone back with no OS, because there's no way an OS is being written to this device ever again.
Thank you for answering
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Thank you for answering
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No problem. There's nothing I hate more than stumbling across a thread where the OP has the same problem I have, only to find it was never updated with the solution.
Good luck man let us know what tmobile says
Hi, just got my note 4 3 days ago and I'm not new to rooting, however I can not get Odin to recognize, I've tried several Odin versions, 3 computers and 4 cables. I also just finished the last update to PL1 today. What gives, I need trwp to root, not unless there's an adb method.
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Hi, just got my note 4 3 days ago and I'm not new to rooting, however I can not get Odin to recognize, I've tried several Odin versions, 3 computers and 4 cables. I also just finished the last update to PL1 today. What gives, I need trwp to root, not unless there's an adb method.
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Install samsung usb drivers.
If you already have installed then uninstall them and install new again then reboot pc.
See if it fix the issue
I've tried that, thanks for the suggestion
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I've tried that, thanks for the suggestion
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Cheap hackers number one attack is to uninstall drivers. Once you get rooted I suggest you chown your USB settings to no where. I have to reinstall by samsung drivers before I use Odin every time. There's some great apps like pdanet that will fix your windows drivers but in some cases to well. You basically got a debugging bridge for the world. As far as the drivers in your note the scam is to get you to pay for remote help. I chowned the drivers in it and it's good but I can't get them to let up on my son's S4. Here's the trick - it they don't stay inactive in recovery or dl mode. When you boot into dl they default disable (this may even be Samsung). Pull the battery and wait for about 30 seconds - replace the battery and boot straight to dl. This works for me every time.
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ddarkone said:
I've tried that, thanks for the suggestion
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Sorry if this is redundant, I can't see that my first reply posted. To get your usb too work in DL mode you have to give it a cooling period from the time you shut it of. The more I think off it it is a samsung thing on new firmware. All though when it happens too me I always get a link from people wanting money to fix it. Pull the battery, wait 30 seconds then boot straight to dl = volume down + home + power. The USB resets after the cool down.
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ddarkone said:
I've tried that, thanks for the suggestion
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Are you using stock usb cord? I've heard of people having problems with cheap cords.
finally, got it just now, I have never went through this before, I had to remove driver and disable driver about 8 times, and Odin finally did it's thing for me. Now to get rid of those ads!, thanks
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finally, got it just now, I have never went through this before, I had to remove driver and disable driver about 8 times, and Odin finally did it's thing for me. Now to get rid of those ads!, thanks
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It has been getting way bad for my Note 4 S4 and puter. My S4 got so it wouldn't even charge after cold boot. If I didn't have extra batteries and a wall charger I probably would have never figured it out. My pc updated to a invalid copy of sevice pack one and when I plugged my note in to it a note popped up saying this device can not communicate with the device it is connected to. It said that you have to make windows like Mac for it to work right and a bunch of other absuuird stuff. It gave me a link to androidfilesystems.com and said I'll find it there. I downloaded a package called android drivers to check it out. This app says you have to fet your ADB drivers for windows from your android. I was lauging my ass the whole time but I had to check it out. This app opens and it prtends to be pulling stuff from your device. Once out it tries to install and then says it failed becuase my device has been tampered with but they can fix it for me remotely for $200. It seems to have come with stalk firmware from SamM##### They haven't been watching me as closely as I thought. Because the would have noticed the APK decompiler the PDAnet (which has a straight awesome ADB for windows driver. The fast ADB, the android SDK and all of the other things that show that not only do I know windows drivers don't come from android, I will also be taking their app apart to figure out if they are infecting me worse. I pulled it a part and it does have a pretty good driver package for windows and the only malice had to come pre installation and the lie about what they are doing. I still have the apk. it gves me a good laugh when I'm down.
If you had this issue it will persist. Your going to have to fix your driver issues every time you adjust your firmware, unless your straight change all of it. The first step is to not install busy box. A couple of apps will refuse to try but for the most part will run better. It makes way to many sym links to ever break them all. Another is in recovery use the terminal to go to /sbin/recovery chmod the dev files and then chown the usb file -Rwith -L. They are all ready set. There is no reason for it to be sym linked other than for malicious outsiders to turn it off. When you go to sbin you are going to notice TW home has been given down load capabilities and crypto files. Neither of those serve a purpose for the user. I don't know how to break the download on the tw other than to freeze and/or uninstall it and use a differnt driver. You can lose the crypto files with chmod 0755 and cmd wipe_data_crypto. Good luck.
Hi,
I have applied firware update for years without problems but today I am stumped.
I tried to update todate from 6ETLL firmware to the newer 6FUBD both Android 11.
Set up Odin using 3.14.4 and started ok.
Then I had the install stopping and disconnecing to the phone.
Eventually I disconnected the phone lead and it now wont boot passed the error message -
An error has occurred while updating the device software.
Use the Emmergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software.
So I installed this on my pc it it fails to recognise the phone even in Emmergency recovery mode.
I have tried all methods of trying to reboot the phone but it always comes back to the above arror message and wont go into recover mode or download mode.
I did not but this from O2 but directly from Samsund and its just out of warrantee.
I dont know wheer the service center is in the Uk and thats a lst resort anyway.
Any suggestions please.
Repaste from my other reply on the UI3 update :
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Odin hates thunderbolt - If you plan on using a USB-C port make sure it's not thunderbolt. It will fail half way in and freeze. Get a well rated cable and do it via USB concentrator directly
If you get stuck and you cannot access recovery via key combo or smartswitch emergency recovery use Odin
Open options and select get device info - It will reboot directly to the recovery if it was previously written (check the log). After that disable the get device info option and reconnect the cable (select files for flashing again - should go smoothly.
If after the reboot and setup you get a moisture warning on the USB port - this does not make nay sense but it works - Turn off the Note, plug in a usb cable on the PC and reboot the phone connected to the cable - It will reset the sensor warning and should work flawlessly.
Hope to have helped - Had a bit of a jarring adventure setting this one up this time.
The lag in the animation is there, however, I think it's the animation timer that is set higher (slower) it's not slow "per se" but it shows. "
Bomm,
I must say.... I dont know how to thank you. Your post saved my Note 10.
I emailed Samsung repair and after 2 days they said phone xxxxx if you need it repaired under warrantee.
I waited a week for the phone to lose its battery and when booted back on charge cane up with the same error.
So I went back on xda and you had kindly posted the exact fix I needed. I didn't expect that. I know now if I have the same issue again. It was my pc I think using usb-c to usb-c like you said. Thank you so much.
I didn't get any warnings at all. booted up fine.
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I didn't get any warnings at all. booted up fine.
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had the same issue. I was stumped at first too
I've tried all the posts but when I say start in odin, the phone restarts and gives an error
As you say you are super, my friend, I applied it step by step, the phone entered the download mode.
Not sure why you want Q or above on the 10+.
I'm still running on Pie/One UI. Fast, very stable and zero issues. Last reload was back in June.
If the OS is running well and fulfilling its mission let sleeping dogs lie.
One issue is if we don't keep up to date then at some point Samsung will stop support on a particular phone and the phone can be years out if date.
They may then be on a version unsupported by the apps suppliers and will be more difficult to sell if you want to buy a new phone.
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One issue is if we don't keep up to date then at some point Samsung will stop support on a particular phone and the phone can be years out if date.
They may then be on a version unsupported by the apps suppliers and will be more difficult to sell if you want to buy a new phone.
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No problem here. All my PCs, their XPx64/W7 OSs as well as my Androids Kitkat/Pie OSs are now unsupported.
No issues and all continue to fulfill their missions.
Forced learning curves waste my time and offer little in return. My last learning curves were from Kitkat to Pie and XPx64 to W7.
I stopped updating with the best versions of both MS and Android. I don't rat's arse if it stays like that for the next 10 years... or if my Windows machines mutate into Pie or Linux machines
Whatever works best for me.
It's not just the bugs that won't get fixed it's the vulnerabilities as well, then the apps stop working. I actually enjoy upgrading my kit and amon Windows 10 21h1. Anti virus packages mat stop working as well.
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It's not just the bugs that won't get fixed it's the vulnerabilities as well, then the apps stop working. I actually enjoy upgrading my kit and amon Windows 10 21h1. Anti virus packages mat stop working as well.
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I've never had a malware or virus issue that required a factory reset in over 7 years of using Android. More than half of the time was using out of date OS's. My current Pie OS is over a year out of date.
99% of rootkits, viruses etc are uploaded by the user. There's no protecting the stupid.
I have redundant complete backups so a factory reset will cost me normally 2 hours and at worst case 6-8 hours if I need to restore the SD card.
You waste far more time then this fighting with the bugs, the learning curve and the forced factory reset that a major firmware update requires.
I get to use the OS of my choice... you get whatever they throw at you and the ride that comes with it.