I posted this on the Sprint Note 2 forum as well so I hope this isn't taken as me spamming
I have a Sph-L900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2. About a month ago the device started acting up Saying it couldn't connect to my Samsung Account, and the only way I was able to fix it was a factory reset. That soon turned into not being able to connect to my Google account and knox issues where something was trying to access my device administrator, and the only fix was to keep updating the samsung security police. The device began shutting off and restarting about two to three times a day with the same error notifications popping up on start up. I kept doing a factory reset in order to get ride of the issues but would reappear shortly after.
I have never tried to root my phone because I wanted to wait for my contract to be up before messing around with it.The most I have done is install a few 3rd party apps and use the google launcher apk as my everyday launcher. Eventually because it keep restarting so often I thought I would try to put cyanogenmod on it using the installer app.Unfortunately it kept saying it couldn't communicate with my device and had to abandon that option. A few hours later the phone restarted again but this time became stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo on start up. I tried to another factory reset hoping that would fix it but this is what happened
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The whole thing is in red and keeps saying error and fail.
I have no idea what the issue being a noob, but started looking through forums and posts hoping to get an answer. I thought trying to reload the stock rom might be my best bet and started looking into how to unbrick the phone on youtube and forums.
I downloaded Odin and tried [ROM][ODIN]SPH-L900 MK4 (MK4 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted), Galaxynote2root.com, and QBking77 methods and files for putting factory stock rom back on the phone. I spent all day trying each one only to get "nand write start fail" when trying each tar file on odin.
I wanted to see if someone might actually be able to explain to me the exact issue and hopefully a possible solution.
try entering download mode and connect it to kies and run the emergency firmware reset or something like that (it will ask you some numbers that are writen in the battery slot) try disabling antivirus also, it should work.
best,
aka_sirok
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When you tried to flash the stock with odin did you re-partition?
Upgrading to KITKAT on rooted Note II
Hi all, I want to install french KITKAT Rom through Odin. Before doing that I want to factory rest it with out external memory card, I believe if I do not do it, it would wipe off all the data from it. Is it possible to reset with out the card ?
Thanks for your help.
toulan said:
When you tried to flash the stock with odin did you re-partition?
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I didn't re-partition. I keep hearing i need a Pit file for that. Plus A) haven't found one and B) not really sure of the process of how to do so since the videos online keep saying not to select it
mzbeg said:
Hi all, I want to install french KITKAT Rom through Odin. Before doing that I want to factory rest it with out external memory card, I believe if I do not do it, it would wipe off all the data from it. Is it possible to reset with out the card ?
Thanks for your help.
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Why would you butt in with your question in this thread when the OP's concern is no where close to what your query is,so please post your question in the thread that pertains to it or make a new thread
First I want to apologize for posting again couldnt figure out how to upload picture, As I stated my friend rooted his phone and then installed wrong rom. Installed
Rom for lte version, then he had issues with efs file and someone edited them and fixed them, now this image I attachedis stuck on screen, wondering if I unroot and go back to stock will that fix issue that I have shown on attachment, thank you any help is appreciated
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just shooting from the hip here, you don't have a backup of your previous rom? if you do, and can still get to recovery, I'd wipe everything and flash that. Baring that, you could TRY to unroot it, but I wouldn't guarantee anything. Maybe someone else has better info than me
Yea he didn't do a back up, smh, so he attempted to unroot last night and he tried flashing stock 4.3 but Odin gave him a failed. Then asked him what android version he was previously on and he says maybe 4.2 or 4.3 now phone is saying connect to lies and run recovery and still can get to download mode, told him I will try to fix it and leave it alone, any help would be appreciated on what stock rom I should flash
try kies, there is an option for "emergency recovery", then just reroot
Do I need to put phone download mode and run recovery in kies? also to go back to stock which stock rom do i flash?
Cheony81 said:
Do I need to put phone download mode and run recovery in kies? also to go back to stock which stock rom do i flash?
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no, just turn the phone on, then connect to USB... kies will determine the firmware...
Ok cool when I turn phone on it shows the connect to kies to recovery but recovery ask for some kind of code
Cheony81 said:
Ok cool when I turn phone on it shows the connect to kies to recovery but recovery ask for some kind of code
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also when i turn the phone on and put it into download mode this is what i have on top left corner
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:SGH-T999
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: no
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung official
SYSTEM STATUS: none
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOADER AP SWREV: 1
You don't need to be in odin mode to use Kies, but since you can put the phone in odin mode, go to samfirmware and download the latest firmware, then flash it. You still might have to fix the EFS though.
ok cool thank you,, ok i flashed stock rom,everything went good, but i am stil having that image on screen still,which i attached earlier,any help on how to remove that image on screen? will rooting the device and flashing rom remove that image from screen?
ok after searching on google found out its factory mode image thats on the screen, i tried doing this(http://www.droidforums.net/threads/how-to-exit-factory-mode-to-user-mode-in-s3-help.239945/) but folder is empty and no back up, would like to know if there is a fix and can someone help please.thank you
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ok after searching on google found out its factory mode image thats on the screen, i tried doing this(http://www.droidforums.net/threads/how-to-exit-factory-mode-to-user-mode-in-s3-help.239945/) but folder is empty and no back up, would like to know if there is a fix and can someone help please.thank you
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So is this what you did?
su
echo -n ON > /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
Are you absolutely certain you typed it in correctly? What did it say after you entered the command?
You said the folder is empty, did you actually look at the /efs folder and it was empty??? If so, I'm not sure if theres much you can do tbh. There is device specific information there so it is unique for every device. You might be able to get some stuff back (non-unique type things), but I don't know about the rest.....DRM keys and more.....
If the folder is empty, how did you determine this? What app did you use to check it out?
You said you flashed your firmware via Odin right? Not Mobile Odin? Big difference so i just want to make sure.
It would be a big help if you could elaborate on your OP. What exactly did he flash, and how did he flash it? What was the original problem? What were the efs issues you eluded to? And more importantly what did someone edit and supposedly fix?
The only problem I have ever seen related to the efs on this device is the one you originally posted about, the FactoryMode window. Aside from that very rare issue, I have never seen any problem with the efs on the Qualcomm S3's. Many people automatically go there because OTHER devices store different information there and they expect it to be the exact same for some reason. Anyway, what I am trying to say here, is other than getting rid of FactoryMode, I can't think of anything else anyone would need to touch on that partition. This is why it is very important to know what the other person "fixed", and how.
In the meantime, go to Settings > About Device > Status, and verify the IMEI is there and that it matches the one printed on the sticker under the battery. (Am I correct in guessing all of this started with some sort of IMEI issue?) If the IMEI is anything but correct (missing, zeroed, incorrect, etc), PM me directly. Do not worry about posting again until we solve that. Chances are, if the IMEI is the problem, fixing it will solve the rest too. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to post, link or discuss that in the public forum, so I can only help via PM if that is the problem.
Hello everyone,
I didn't want to do anything too hard but it seems I made a mess out of it. I have an old xperia z1 that was working properly. All I wanted to do was to root it, make an app as system app and unroot it.
I made the first 2 steps correctly but unfortunately I couldn't unroot it. I used KingRoot and it didn't allow me to unroot. I saw in a solution it was suggested to flash to stock ROM instead of hard resetting it.
So I tried, downloaded flashtool, latest version.
Didn't go right... it seems that release has a bug that doesn't allow you to locate the ROM files.
To make it short.. after various attempts I find a previous version of flashtool and finally I manage to arrive at the end of the flashing process... here it goes totally wonrg..
The phone is now stuck in a rebooting process. I see for 1 second or 2 a screen saying "NFC firmware update" and then it keeps restarting. May I please ask you to help me fixing this? Thanks in advance!
I have a Samsung Galaxy J2 Dash. The info on this site says that it has 8Gs of storage. I actually have 16Gs. Why the discrepancy? And can you please help me with figuring out how to root this phone. I'm new to this and don't wanna mess up my phone. Thank you.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy J2 Dash. The info on this site says that it has 8Gs of storage. I actually have 16Gs. Why the discrepancy? And can you please help me with figuring out how to root this phone. I'm new to this and don't wanna mess up my phone. Thank you.
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Hey. Yeah I was wondering the same. It also says that it is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, has me scratching my head right now
Hi everyone,
I'm new to XDA and have arrived with a pretty annoying issue that I hope can be fixed.
lately I have been able to up until recently install Custom Rom's on my Samsung SM-G532 however for some reason once installing a rom and installing Open GApps I encounter a security error while attempting to booting the device into either Recovery or the Kernel. Booting into download mode works fine. I have tried everything from resetting the stock rom before re-flashing to completely wiping all sys data and dalvik and cache partitions but to no avail. Hopefully some insight can be provided since this annoying issue has brought my playing around to a stand still. the red text at the the top says custom binary blocked by frp but there wasnt a reset after putting my account on the new rom
Thanks
Sam
Hi, I'm new to the forum and was wondering if someone could help me just clarify a few things specific to my S9 that I am trying to remove frp from.After trying a lot of the youtube guides on bypassing the FRP using the "easy tools" and failing I thought of reflashing the OS. Since that doesn't exactly just work and you need a combination file, I was looking to figure out what combo file I need. The number from recovery menu is 10/QP1A.###/G960WVLS7ETH1 and the IC on the back of the phone is 649E-SMG960U.I found a tutorial saying you can make the combination file from the official firmware, but after getting that from SamMobile I could not find the sboot.bin.Iz4 in BL section. Then I tried looking online for a faster download of my firmware but none had the exact numbers right or the correct files in BL. (They had the right Ap files though). I also tried looking for a combo file directly but the same problem is I don't know the exact numbers/version that I need to make sure its correct for me to apply it into ODIN.I found a few links to combo files but they are all usually for android 8
Samsung SM-G960W Combination File ROM (Flash File)
Download Samsung SM-G960W Combination File (original flash file, rom) without any password for Free. We also provide the combination file for all Samsung devices.
samsungcombinationfile.com
Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G960W Combination Firmware
Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G960W Combination Firmware Samsung G960W Galaxy S9 Combination Firmware is a stable
www.full-repair-firmware.com
I just need to figure out what the software version (or baseband version?). Some threads say your phone model number must be the same and others say it only matters for the processor to be the same. Can I download the G960U files instead of a G960W or am I reading the wrong thing. Also can someone help with the bootloader version / build version. I think it is bootloader version 7 but its in place of the U that is written in most guides. and then the revision would be 1 right?Just would like some confirmation that I am looking for the right file. By what I have looked into so far the combo file with version G960U + android 8, bootloader version 7, and revision 1 will work regardless of the other numbers. or does it have to be G960W? F? X? any letter that has the same processor? Anything else I need to make sure of, is there an easier way to remove frp?Any help is appreciated, Thanks!
Update: Finally got into my frp locked S9. For anyone wondering I went with the combination file titled: COMBINATION_FAC_FA80_G960USQU7ASJ1_FACFAC_CL13230190_QB26521439_REV01_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar that I got from the second link above.
I can conclude that the version of android does not make a difference since the combination file is simply like entering safe mode on your device. I'm not an expert but the SM-G960U file worked on SM-G960W phone and I made sure to get a file with same boot loader version and revision number, ignoring the letters that tell dates. From there I was able to OEM unlock and then reinstall the latest firmware I got from SamMobile.
Hi, I also needed to remove the google frp on my phone. I've tried so many different solutions online but nothing would work. ive tried every file in the link you've posted. a lot would Fail when it was loading it into my phone through Odin. always got Auth Fail or some other failure. some would cause infinite boot loop. some i couldnt use because it had password protection to unzip, i doubt it would have worked anyway lol.
My phones recover screen code or PDA? was G960WVLU9FUE2 I do not know what any of the letters or numbers mean after G960w, but i assume the 9 and the 2 are what are important and no files online match those numbers in the same file. I actually didnt find any combination files for U9 without needing to pay for it.
In the end i ended up just guessing the pattern password. I found a glitch that lets me keep guessing without a timer cool down. Now idk if this glitch is caused by my attempts of using these combination files then restoring it with the files from sammobile. but the glitch is easy to do.
First i did a factory reset. then when it boots up it asks to enter a network then to enter the pattern or sign into google. i dont know both so i started guessing the pattern. after a few tries it starts giving a timer cool down. I noticed you can bypass this timer by simply turning the screen off and on, then u can attempt again. when you fail the timer is still counting down from the previous attempt. like a 30 second cool down, but after screen turn off and a failed guess, the timer would be counting from like 22 seconds. then another attempt the timer would be at like 8 seconds until it resets back to 30 seconds when the timer runs out after another failed attempt.
I hope this info helps others get into their phones if Odin can't help you. Even if guessing passwords is a long tedious task.
Here's a tip for guessing node patterns. most people start from the top left corner and usually only use 5 maybe 6 nodes.