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The story so far...
Bought a new Optimus Black and gave it to my girlfriend for her birthday a couple of days ago. After playing with it for about an hour she put it down, I picked it up and decided to have a tinker. I installed Cyanogen mod 3.5.1 after rooting it with Gingerbreak. So far so good but I didn't really like the look of the ROM and the absence of a Market seemed like hassle so I used ClockworkMod to restore the backed up stock ROM.
It's still working fine but now I see there is an official update from inside the phone. I presume it's the upgrade to Android 2.3 so run it and reboot the phone. That's when it all goes wrong. I'm now stuck in the CWM recovery screen. I try all the options, following any online guides I can find that were supposed to have worked for people. I try restoring the backup, restoring cyanogen, clearing the cache, dalvik, everything but nothing happens and I keep booting back into the CWM recovery screen.
Next day I try the LGUnitedMobileDriver and the phone recovery option but despite trying several times I can get no further. A friend tried to use Odin to restore it but got no success. Finally, we tried restoring with a KDZ file with
KDZ_FW_UPD_EN, Windows Enabler and LG B2CTool and now the phone got stuck in yet another loop - a black screen with 'updating firmware'. The LEDs flash for a minute and it reboots and does the same again.
What's more, the phone will now no longer charge or turn on without being connected to the mains.
What are my options here?
Follow the tutorial given below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275315
Thanks, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I'm forever stuck in the firmware update screen.
pickarooney said:
Thanks, but I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I'm forever stuck in the firmware update screen.
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have you tried the CS_EMERGENCY option in R&D TOOLS? Wait I'll find the link..
Here >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18841596&postcount=8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18740082&postcount=45
The CS_EMERGENCY is the only thing worked, he used a german V10A ROM. If you managed to unbrick it, you can flash it again with your desired KDZ, or use CS_EMERGENCY and flash directly your desired KDZ. TRIAL AND ERROR.
Emergency c-section... nope, I will try that now!
Said that it will get stuck at 4% but it is still flashing. Just wait for the phone to reboot by itself.
It just crashes with a fatal error as soon as it gets to the second tab (downloading) on both PCs I tried it on. I tried several KDZ files with the same result.
Does anyone know if it's possible to physically change the ROM on this phone and if it would be worth trying that before binning the thing?
pickarooney said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to physically change the ROM on this phone and if it would be worth trying that before binning the thing?
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Does it have warranty? Why not RMA it, I think it has a hardware problem now since you mentioned it doesn't charge anymore. Also, have you tried a different USB cable?
The warranty gets voided as soon as you root or mod a phone and it's probably as expensive to get it fixed outside of warranty as to buy a new one.
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The warranty gets voided as soon as you root or mod a phone and it's probably as expensive to get it fixed outside of warranty as to buy a new one.
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Most of the time they change the board right away if it can't boot (as many as I've read) board was changed and none just revived the OS. So they won't know you rooted it. Just specify that they should contact you first before making any changes.
gabwerkz said:
Most of the time they change the board right away if it can't boot (as many as I've read) board was changed and none just revived the OS. So they won't know you rooted it. Just specify that they should contact you first before making any changes.
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true.. you can just tell them that you received an update and upon getting it the phone wont boot anymore.. just dont tell them that you rooted it or tinkered it in any way.. i'm sure you'll be able to get your warranty that way..
darkzorn said:
true.. you can just tell them that you received an update and upon getting it the phone wont boot anymore.. just dont tell them that you rooted it or tinkered it in any way.. i'm sure you'll be able to get your warranty that way..
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Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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Fingers crossed for you !!!
pickarooney said:
Well, that's exactly what I did so we'll see in two weeks if I get a fixed phone free of charge
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IT will mostly work..Good luck though and please do reply here and let us know if it worked..
Tried unlocking the bootloader last night using the guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225)...
went back to stock rom (just to be safe) did everything all right up to step 5c.
started flashtool, plugged in my device however flashtool could not recognize it. it kept asking me what phone i had, after i ticked th e15 ( i have e15i) it could not let me do anything undere plugins. after closing flashtool and restarting the procces a couple of times i guess i disconnected the cable without closing flashtool and then it happened.
all of that just because i wanted wifi tethering. Ironicly, I found out about Barnacle about an hour after it happened. right now my phone is at the shop, waiting for news.
So.... to sum up. If anyone wants to know how not to unlock his bootloader, THIS IS HOW
woahh.. that's pain..
OMG I DIED AT THE SAME PART U DID ..high 5 ...so yea..i oso sent mine to the repairman...lets hope for good news for both of us =) , mine just wont respond to anything and ended up being a brick
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Tried unlocking the bootloader last night using the guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225)...
went back to stock rom (just to be safe) did everything all right up to step 5c.
started flashtool, plugged in my device however flashtool could not recognize it. it kept asking me what phone i had, after i ticked th e15 ( i have e15i) it could not let me do anything undere plugins. after closing flashtool and restarting the procces a couple of times i guess i disconnected the cable without closing flashtool and then it happened.
all of that just because i wanted wifi tethering. Ironicly, I found out about Barnacle about an hour after it happened. right now my phone is at the shop, waiting for news.
So.... to sum up. If anyone wants to know how not to unlock his bootloader, THIS IS HOW
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I broke my phone ( radio off ) using this same guide too, have to re-lock in order to get back to work. Read other guides and finally managed to unlock the ootloader! Basically this guide is rather confusing and somehow the flow of processes are not well written! After having gone through the whole experience, it's actually a very simple process!
You have my sympathy!
does anyone know why it happened? Why weren't our phones recognized leading to the brick?
what do we have to do differently?
saintckk said:
I broke my phone ( radio off ) using this same guide too, have to re-lock in order to get back to work. Read other guides and finally managed to unlock the ootloader! Basically this guide is rather confusing and somehow the flow of processes are not well written! After having gone through the whole experience, it's actually a very simple process!
You have my sympathy!
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I have to agree with u those steps are confusing for first time unlocker and you have to re-read multiple times to summary and simplify it (i use that tutorial though).
Relocking bootloader is kinda confusing too..
Return to the official original edition
I think you have to download a Flashtool up to date.Then fash to the official original edition
Actually, re-locking is pretty simple, connect your phone to S1tool-1, and press " RESTORE" button, viola, done. Only the guide tries to get very technical complicated and confuse everyone!
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Actually, re-locking is pretty simple, connect your phone to S1tool-1, and press " RESTORE" button, viola, done. Only the guide tries to get very technical complicated and confuse everyone!
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Dont forget,u need to use stock kernel to relock bootloader
Sent from my XPERIA X8 using xda premium
saintckk said:
I broke my phone ( radio off ) using this same guide too, have to re-lock in order to get back to work. Read other guides and finally managed to unlock the ootloader! Basically this guide is rather confusing and somehow the flow of processes are not well written! After having gone through the whole experience, it's actually a very simple process!
You have my sympathy!
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I too find the guide rather confusing... Which other guides did you read? I couldn't find any. Thanks!
and @dovdevan05: Dont expect too much of barnacle. Lot's of people have problems with it. Like in my case I can connect to my phone but my computer wont get an IP and hence no internet. + barnacle only offers Ad-Hoc-Wifi which means that you cannot connect other devices like a tablet ot phones to it because they usualy dont support Ad-Hoc. Like in my case my XOOM wont even see the barnacle Ad-Hoc network and I would have to unlock and root it to install AdHoc support. Well. I'd rather brick my X8 than my XOOM...
Morning all,
I apologise if this is in the wrong section but I am new to the forum and in a bit of pickle.
Around a week ago I rooted my lovely new note 3 to hopefully one day install some nice new ROM to get rid of the horrid touch wiz and actually see the full potential of the phones power. However, for some silly reason while I was using titanium backup on my phone I thought it would be a good idea to uninstall touch wiz thinking it would magically go back to basic android however it didn't. It is completely broken now, woops. The first issue I had was it would boot up and stick to the Samsung logo and just glow so I thought it would be an idea to install stock ROM via ODIN to try and revert it back to normal. Once I downloaded the correct stock ROM it was uploading through download mode however at the last minute it failed with a ext4 error which I think it means it's bricked? Not sure, completely new to this. I am now a bit stuck as I am not 100% sure what to do next.
The phone will only boot into either the firmware upgrade has encountered an issue, basically Odin mode or download mode. I have tried recovering it through kies however it cant connect to it. It knows it is there as it will start searching for it when it's connected however says it can't find it.
My phone is a note 3 SN SN-9005. The system status is custom, reactivation lock is off, Knox kernel lock 0x0, Knox warranty void 0x1 and write protection is enabled.
Obviously I would like to get the phone back to normal, I don't care if it has to be completely wiped and brought back to normal I would like it to just work. I've been an complete idiot and fiddled with something I'm not 100% sure on and I would like to not have a 600 quid paper weight hehe.
I will greatly appreciate any help or feedback.
You won't get the best feedback for a 9005 model here. We are the 900A version stuck on AT&T. Yes, however, we have plenty of intelligent people here. It's best to post your question here in the main Samsung Galaxy Note 3 thread next time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help
Next, since you've voided your warranty as Knox being 0x1 - you're pretty much screwed for a refund or replacement based on PRESENT development from what I have read all over the AT&T threads. Understand this. Now, that being said, did you install a custom recovery or have your original recovery?
Here's my input/help. Forget about ODIN. You don't need that if all you did was remove your touch wiz.
Take out your battery, put it back in and hold VOLUME UP, POWER, and HOME together until you reach a recovery. Then if it's the stock recovery, wipe your cache partition, then wipe data/factory reset. Then reboot and you're good back to starting over. Check with a rooting application to see if you still have or not. If not, then obviously reroot
Also, don't ever do anything like that again without thinking what it could do, lol . Always tread carefully whenever you are new to something. Just my two cents for you. If you came here to root and learn it, don't be afraid to ask questions about applications and expanding your knowledge. No one will ignore you if you ask a simple question in the right manner/thread.
Good luck!
Thank you for the feedback. I have defiantly learnt from my mistake with this one. I have usually been lucky diving into things blindly hehe. I have tried to put it into recovery mode however it just vibrates like it should and then comes back up to firmware upgrade issue with the two computer screens an a attention sign in the middle. Is there anyway to get recovery mode back.
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Thank you for the feedback. I have defiantly learnt from my mistake with this one. I have usually been lucky diving into things blindly hehe. I have tried to put it into recovery mode however it just vibrates like it should and then comes back up to firmware upgrade issue with the two computer screens an a attention sign in the middle. Is there anyway to get recovery mode back.
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Wish you had come here when you deleted touchwiz only instead of playing with Odin. Looks like you messed it up even further and have to now use Odin to reinstall your firmware. I'm about to go to sleep, but do this.
1) Take out battery and put it back in. Then press and hold VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER at the same time until you reach DOWNLOAD MODE.
2) Follow the steps here and use your odin or latest odin (shouldn't matter):
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/10/how-to-unrootunbrick-galaxy-note-3.html
Oh, and google is your friend. It's how I learned things over the years...READING, then tinkering....you're welcome .
I wish I did as well. I will try this when I get back from uni this evening and post back results.
Thank you again.
apdnote said:
I wish I did as well. I will try this when I get back from uni this evening and post back results.
Thank you again.
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You're very welcome, bro.
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You're very welcome, bro.
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I used what you have said to do and downloaded the correct firmware however when I try and install it via odin in download mode I get a FAIL(SIZE!) message at the end. Its not an ext4 error anymore but im worried at what is going on now. I have tried searching it up on google however nothing has come up. Looks like ive completely broken it... ='(
apdnote said:
I used what you have said to do and downloaded the correct firmware however when I try and install it via odin in download mode I get a FAIL(SIZE!) message at the end. Its not an ext4 error anymore but im worried at what is going on now. I have tried searching it up on google however nothing has come up. Looks like ive completely broken it... ='(
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You have the 9005 right? I think you have the wrong file to odin. What is the exact model number of your phone and where are you located in the world? (reason I ask is there are different regions to choose from)
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You have the 9005 right? I think you have the wrong file to odin. What is the exact model number of your phone and where are you located in the world? (reason I ask is there are different regions to choose from)
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SSN: SM-N9005GSMH
S/N: RF1D96B6ELB
United Kingdom Vodafone.
Im sure I downloaded the 9005 for samsung in the uk but I wil try again from a different site that specficly says what country and code.
If not would you be able to post me a link to the exact one?
Many thanks
Thank you so much everyone for your input. I hunted out the correct EU snapdragon firmware and booted it on, emptied the cache and restored to factory settings and its finally running! Only took 2 days hehe but at least its working. Thanks again everyone
Good to hear!
apdnote said:
Thank you so much everyone for your input. I hunted out the correct EU snapdragon firmware and booted it on, emptied the cache and restored to factory settings and its finally running! Only took 2 days hehe but at least its working. Thanks again everyone
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Your welcome, don't forget to hit the thanks button for anyone that helped you!
apdnote said:
Thank you so much everyone for your input. I hunted out the correct EU snapdragon firmware and booted it on, emptied the cache and restored to factory settings and its finally running! Only took 2 days hehe but at least its working. Thanks again everyone
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Hi, I am using same SSN. Can you please confirm the working rom download URL? Appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Hi I'm trying to set up my lock screen whit finger print but no matter homw many time i try i keep getting an error has occurred whit the fingerprint sensor if this messages appears repeatedly restart you phone i restarted the phone multiple times and same problem tried diffrent roms same problem any one else has this problem ?
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Hi I'm trying to set up my lock screen whit finger print but no matter homw many time i try i keep getting an error has occurred whit the fingerprint sensor if this messages appears repeatedly restart you phone i restarted the phone multiple times and same problem tried diffrent roms same problem any one else has this problem ?
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Interesting, this happened to me as well yesterday along with some incredible lag with keyboard and scrolling pages. Like the phone is doing something, ive Odin flashed stock fw 4 times with full wipes. seems something just suddenly defected my phone..
EDIT: BTW this happened after trying to flash a custom rom to my phone, phone was running great when i got it.
i got it working i had to flash back to stock via odin that's the only way it works for me as soon as i flash a custom rom it will stop working if you figure out how to get it working whit a custom rom let me now pls
COCODRILO45 said:
i got it working i had to flash back to stock via odin that's the only way it works for me as soon as i flash a custom rom it will stop working if you figure out how to get it working whit a custom rom let me now pls
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Really? flashing back to stock worked for you? hmm wonder if my stock fw from sammy is damaged, but usually if it was it wouldn't flash via Odin it fail.
yea that worked for me im about to flash it back to stock again i just cant get it to work on any rom I keep getting that error i guess ill go stock rooted for now
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yea that worked for me im about to flash it back to stock again i just cant get it to work on any rom I keep getting that error i guess ill go stock rooted for now
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Now when you got that fingerprint error, did you experience and hard core lag in scrolling or in the keyboard? like every 3 seconds it pause like it's doing something?
not really im using nova launcher and for keyboard swiftkey running preety smooth im on firekat rom
Having the same issue with Hyperdrive. Restore my stock rooted backup and it works fine. Really looking forward to an answer on this one.
Must setup first time before rooting and flashing roms. This has been discussed in other threads.
Did that, still didn't work.
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Having the same issue with Hyperdrive. Restore my stock rooted backup and it works fine. Really looking forward to an answer on this one.
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Is it just Hyperdrive or have you tried one of the other ROMs? I am Dynamic Kat and do not have the issue although other people do, ones that did not setup before flashing that ROM.
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Is it just Hyperdrive or have you tried one of the other ROMs? I am Dynamic Kat and do not have the issue although other people do, ones that did not setup before flashing that ROM.
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Haven't tried any others yet. Going to wait it out a few days and hopefully we will have a solution.
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Hi I'm trying to set up my lock screen whit finger print but no matter homw many time i try i keep getting an error has occurred whit the fingerprint sensor if this messages appears repeatedly restart you phone i restarted the phone multiple times and same problem tried diffrent roms same problem any one else has this problem ?
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I have your same problem but even worse, not going to solve it stock still gives the same result I am losing faith
CapitanFantasma said:
I have your same problem but even worse, not going to solve it stock still gives the same result I am losing faith
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I tried using odin, I was on NIH firmware with no luck... and then flashed odin with NJ7 with no luck from that, I must of flashed the firmwares over 8 times,
I went and replaced my white note 4 at a corporate near me, with a black note 4.. no one had them in stock, dialing 611 was no help, they said since u bought it at a store, I had to go there, I found a corp store that had 2 left, I rushed over cause they don't hold it for anyone. employee wanted to charge a $50 restocking fee, I told them the phone is defective, and the manager override the sale..
I am having the same problem of the fingerprint scanner not working after flashing a custom ROM. I followed everything to a T & it didn't install (& yes, it is for my N4). I went back to stock using Odin, several times & have not resolved it yet. I do not want to take it back but I do like having the fingerprint scanner. Luckily, I have another N4 cause I bought 2 when they came out cause I planned on trying to turn a profit on 1 of them, but I'll be damned if everybody didn't make it easy as hell for anyone to get one. I guess I can use the 1 that doesn't work right for flashing & playing around on & then when I find "THE" ROM that I'm happiest with, I can flash it on the good 1. IDK. This is BS though. Somebody has to know how to get it back working right. I know that people that helped create this phablet, are members of this site, so I hope that they or someone else that has fixed this problem replies to our question. I flashed this ROM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/rom-alpha-semper-fi-t2926682 & the fingerprint scanner still worked, but after flashing this ROM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/25-october-2014-n4-echoe-rom-1-t2917941 it no longer worked & hasn't since. I am going back to stock (again) & hoping this will work. I'll update if it works.
See this post/thread, it worked for me....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56896357&postcount=85
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ure-fingerprint-scanner-t2919478/post56896357
Looks like these are for T-Mobile. What about Sprint? N910P
Sent from my SM-N910P
JoeBear1975 said:
I am having the same problem of the fingerprint scanner not working after flashing a custom ROM. I followed everything to a T & it didn't install (& yes, it is for my N4). I went back to stock using Odin, several times & have not resolved it yet. I do not want to take it back but I do like having the fingerprint scanner. Luckily, I have another N4 cause I bought 2 when they came out cause I planned on trying to turn a profit on 1 of them, but I'll be damned if everybody didn't make it easy as hell for anyone to get one. I guess I can use the 1 that doesn't work right for flashing & playing around on & then when I find "THE" ROM that I'm happiest with, I can flash it on the good 1. IDK. This is BS though. Somebody has to know how to get it back working right. I know that people that helped create this phablet, are members of this site, so I hope that they or someone else that has fixed this problem replies to our question. I flashed this ROM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/development/rom-alpha-semper-fi-t2926682 & the fingerprint scanner still worked, but after flashing this ROM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/25-october-2014-n4-echoe-rom-1-t2917941 it no longer worked & hasn't since. I am going back to stock (again) & hoping this will work. I'll update if it works.
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sorry dude, I don't know what it was, but when it happened to me, I was on NIH, and had the fingerprint saved, i tried everything, and when i deleted the saved fingerprint, it didn't want to work, nothing worked, i tried for 2 days searching and trying out my own stock odex roms and the firmware, it did not work.. sucks i know...
i had to return it to tmobile corporate store, if u have insurance on it, just play stupid and return it, if u have someone you know on tmobile, just let them put it on their account with put the $8 insurance, have them wait 1 week, call 611 and just say the fingerprint sensor went bad, and just pay $5 and have a replacement sent out,
lucky for me it happened less than a week for me, and went to a tmobile corporate store and they gave me a new phone in a box, but a replacement is still good it is not a refurbished phone...
I got it figured out & will post a file once it finally uploads, but in the mean time. If you have registered at SamMobile.com go there, click on the firmware tab, scroll halfway down to where it says FIRMWARE on the left side of the column & search device here on the right side. Type in your model number & it will show up right below the search area. Click & download the newest file. Here is the link for the Firmware site with search field filled in with N910 http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ While that is downloading, do a factory reset on your phone, DO NOT backup your info, you will need to restart it, but it's worth it. Once the reset is done, your phone will reboot, don't worry about going into setup, just turn the phone off & go into download mode (while phone is completely off, hold, in this order, VOLUME DOWN, HOME & POWER, press VOLUME UP when prompted. Connect your phone to computer. After the file downloads, open Odin (I'm assuming you already have Odin installed on your computer, if not you can find the link here http://odindownload.com/ I didn't have luck with Odin 3.09, but the 3.07 version works great. Your Firmware file should be done downloading by now, if it is, put it in your Note 4 folder (or whatever folder you have designated for your N910-) & extract it to there. Open Odin & click on the PDA button (& DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING ELSE), click on the file you just extracted & then click Start. Once that loads, your phone will reboot & be just like it was from the factory. Hope this helps everybody. Once the file uploads to my Dropbox, I'll post it on here to save you some time.
Here's the link for N910P https://www.dropbox.com/s/f5f63rb4d8ybsm3/N910PVPU1ANK2_N910PSPT1ANK2_XAS.zip?dl=0
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sorry dude, I don't know what it was, but when it happened to me, I was on NIH, and had the fingerprint saved, i tried everything, and when i deleted the saved fingerprint, it didn't want to work, nothing worked, i tried for 2 days searching and trying out my own stock odex roms and the firmware, it did not work.. sucks i know...
i had to return it to tmobile corporate store, if u have insurance on it, just play stupid and return it, if u have someone you know on tmobile, just let them put it on their account with put the $8 insurance, have them wait 1 week, call 611 and just say the fingerprint sensor went bad, and just pay $5 and have a replacement sent out,
lucky for me it happened less than a week for me, and went to a tmobile corporate store and they gave me a new phone in a box, but a replacement is still good it is not a refurbished phone...
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I stuck with it & fianlly got it figured out. What a pain in the a$$ that was, lol
So i have a Moto g xt1072 wich i got second hand.. i got it into recovery mode and eventually got it working, but it was really unstable, so i wanted to reflash the stock rom, because it looked like the current one on the phone was corrupted (i was running android 6.0) (btw i have a xt1068 as my daily driver, but i want this to work again)
So i started flashing http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-lte/general/stock-6-0-marshmallow-europe-reteu-t3338075 <-this
but i had errors and it was failing multiple times.. so i looked up some tutorials, and most of them were unlocking the bootloader at the beginning, so i was unlocking and locking the bootloader trying to get the commands to work,
then i found a tutorial wich coppyd all of the commands at once, so i tried that.. screen went black..
Wont boot into recovery, 3sec method or 120 sec method, and connects to my pc as QHSUSB_BULK
luckily i made a picture of the recovery when i tried to flash:
http://imgur.com/8avCk3T
I think i may need to blank flash, but im not certain..
I would also like to find the firmware for this phone that wont brick it..
Can anyone help?
Need more info?
Please just ask me, i will respond immediately
i dont care what i need to do.. even if i need to hardwire (because im really good at those finicky things)
Thanks for reading XD
Same issue here. I flashed a stock image and something must've gone wrong at some point
hamzahrmalik said:
Same issue here. I flashed a stock image and something must've gone wrong at some point
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you probably also flashed the vootloader and the bootanimation, these are known to give problems, but ive foubd a test point on the pcb which brings the phone in a les hard bricked state, but ive yet to find a method to unbrick the phone..
ill keep you posted
ora69 said:
you probably also flashed the vootloader and the bootanimation, these are known to give problems, but ive foubd a test point on the pcb which brings the phone in a les hard bricked state, but ive yet to find a method to unbrick the phone..
ill keep you posted
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Sorry could you please explain. How can a phone be less hard bricked. Thanks
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hamzahrmalik said:
Sorry could you please explain. How can a phone be less hard bricked. Thanks
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okay, so there are different types of hardbricks, all act the same, but one is harder to unbrick than the other, there is qh usb bulk and qhas bulk with numbers behind it, search for force unbrick lg g2,
now the problem is, it should be easy to unbrick the phone at thsi point, but im not an expert in that and have no idea what to do now xD so i posted it on xda, but no one answered me.. xD hopefully this clears it up some more
ora69 said:
okay, so there are different types of hardbricks, all act the same, but one is harder to unbrick than the other, there is qh usb bulk and qhas bulk with numbers behind it, search for force unbrick lg g2,
now the problem is, it should be easy to unbrick the phone at thsi point, but im not an expert in that and have no idea what to do now xD so i posted it on xda, but no one answered me.. xD hopefully this clears it up some more
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Oh ok I get you. Mines USB bulk 9000 or something i can't remmeber now
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ora69 said:
So i have a Moto g xt1072 wich i got second hand.. i got it into recovery mode and eventually got it working, but it was really unstable, so i wanted to reflash the stock rom, because it looked like the current one on the phone was corrupted (i was running android 6.0) (btw i have a xt1068 as my daily driver, but i want this to work again)
So i started flashing http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-lte/general/stock-6-0-marshmallow-europe-reteu-t3338075 <-this
but i had errors and it was failing multiple times.. so i looked up some tutorials, and most of them were unlocking the bootloader at the beginning, so i was unlocking and locking the bootloader trying to get the commands to work,
then i found a tutorial wich coppyd all of the commands at once, so i tried that.. screen went black..
Wont boot into recovery, 3sec method or 120 sec method, and connects to my pc as QHSUSB_BULK
luckily i made a picture of the recovery when i tried to flash:
http://imgur.com/8avCk3T
I think i may need to blank flash, but im not certain..
I would also like to find the firmware for this phone that wont brick it..
Can anyone help?
Need more info?
Please just ask me, i will respond immediately
i dont care what i need to do.. even if i need to hardwire (because im really good at those finicky things)
Thanks for reading XD
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So that link to another thread in XDA forum, I think I had a similar experience. I too have the XT1072 as I live in the UK. now here on XDA you have to be careful and ask 3 4 maybe 5 times before someone listens properly. I know it is hard for the devs with so many dumb noobs asking so many dumb questions, I include myself as a noob so no worries. Anyway to get to the point that link is not referring to our phone the XT1072. You should ignore LTE in your search criteria, it will always point you towards the 2015 model and believe you me all roms in my experience area very device specific. You need to simply put Moto G 2nd gen 2014 in search criteria when it comes to searching for custom recoverys and/or stock ROMS. The Titan.IMG is always a safe bet if I remember correctly, dont take my word for it, I have been known to have a memory like a sieve now and again, the problem with getting older, cache gets smaller and smaller, lol! Best of luck!
hamzahrmalik said:
Sorry could you please explain. How can a phone be less hard bricked. Thanks
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Read the beginning on this article: http://rootmyandroid.org/how-to-unbrick-your-android-device-the-ultimate-guide.html/
the bricked term is a common misconception for phones that still turn on..