[Q] {Help Needed] Rooting Problem - Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help &

Phone: GT-I9305 Optus
OS: Stock 4.1.2
Problem: I decided to root my phone, mainly to be able to use Titanium backup, and followed one of the guides here.
Odin did its thing nice and easy, phone rebooted and installed CF-Root just like it was supposed to.
However, on the reboot after install, it asked for my password (Device is encrypted). No big deal, enter password.....didn't work. I've tried multiple times, and it's not accepting my password at all.
Did I just brick my phone? Is there a way to fix this?
Edit: The phone now says I have seven more tries before it erases everything on it. Honestly, I'm not that fussed about having to re-install everything, I just want to be able to use my phone.
Edit 2: Tried going into the debug/reset menu (Vol Up+Home+Power) All I get is stuck at the S3 splash screen, with a VERY tiny red '!' at the top left corner.

Try the process again but don't let odin reboot your phone. After it flashes cf-root, make sure the reboot option is not thicked, press home button +Volume up +power at the same time. You should get straight in to recovery.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914394
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830D - Semi-bricked - Need Help!

Hey All,
So I'm in the process of helping a friend with his Galaxy Ace from Koodo. As it turns out the phone looks like it's semi-bricked but we may be mistaken all together so here goes:
My buddy tried using SuperOneClick to root his device however half way through the process, it froze and when he restarted his device, it hangs at the Samsung logo during the startup boot sequence.
1. When using a combination of UP Arrow + Home button + Power, he receives a message stating:
"RAMDUMP Mode
(ARM9 mode)"
In this mode he cannot do very much however his PC does recognize the device. Odin does not work in this mode.
2. When using a combination of DOWN arrow + Home button + Power, he received 2 different screens. The first is a bright pink colored screen that states:
"Warning!
A custom OS can cause critical problem in phone and installed applications. If you want to download a custom OS, press Volume UP key. Otherwise, press Volume DOWN key to cancel."
Pressing the down arrow brings him back to the frozen Samsung logo on startup however when pressing the UP arrow, the phone goes into "Downloading..." mode. In this mode, Odin DOES work.
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Now for the troubleshooting we've done. We managed to find a few articles online that asked us to use the Odin tool. We downloaded a few different sets of the files needs (Cooper.ops, CODE, MODEM, CSC & BOOT). Odin then detects the phone in 'Downloading..." mode and proceeds to installing the rom. It completes successfully however it does not reboot. The screen simply flashes with the Samsung logo again.
The original firmware build before the device stopped working ended with TLKI4.
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1. Can anyone suggest anything else we can try?
2. Do you know if the bootloader needs to be flashed first and if so, how?
Note: We can not take the device back to Koodo as it was purchased on Kijiji and no receipt was provided. It's the GT-S5830D.
Thanks in advance,
1- boot into recovery and try to wipe data and cache. u can enter recovery mode by pressing home+power.
2- it doesnt matter, u already flashed new bootloader by flashing the phone via odin.
btw does the "D" in "GT-S5830D" bring any different in hardware with international regular GT-S5830 that most of us here use?
if its different by somehow, u shouldnt flash generic international GT-S5830 rom into it. i know for sure that galaxy ace korean version cannot use generic rom from international galaxy ace.
yep there are some 5830D specific roms on sammobile.. try them instead of generic ace
madman_amit said:
yep there are some 5830D specific roms on sammobile.. try them instead of generic ace
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Can you point me to a certain rom/boot loader to download from sammobile? I was there earlier this morning however I didn't see any mention of Canada anywhere and I left before I messed things up further.
Even if you could just tell me which one it is I have to download, I'll do the rest myself.
Thanks a bunch!
an0nym0us_ said:
1- boot into recovery and try to wipe data and cache. u can enter recovery mode by pressing home+power.
2- it doesnt matter, u already flashed new bootloader by flashing the phone via odin.
btw does the "D" in "GT-S5830D" bring any different in hardware with international regular GT-S5830 that most of us here use?
if its different by somehow, u shouldnt flash generic international GT-S5830 rom into it. i know for sure that galaxy ace korean version cannot use generic rom from international galaxy ace.
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There is no option to wipe the device. In fact, I have had other Galaxy S models and I'm pretty familiar with the screen however the Ace does not load into that recovery. Either it goes to "Downloading.." or "RAMDUMP (Arm9 mode)".
Thanks
well seems like sammobile haven't got for 5830L
but not to worry alternative site has one specifically rare rom of "D"
download it from this link
http://hotfile.com/dl/137128537/a629597/GT-S5830D_TLS_S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4.rar.html
which you originally were using.. no other things for D
password : sampro.pl
Happy Flashing
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merrybob said:
There is no option to wipe the device. In fact, I have had other Galaxy S models and I'm pretty familiar with the screen however the Ace does not load into that recovery. Either it goes to "Downloading.." or "RAMDUMP (Arm9 mode)".
Thanks
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he was talking about recovery menu which can be accessed pressing down home button while booting.. if device is in bootloop then try to wipe data from recovery first as that might help
madman_amit said:
well seems like sammobile haven't got for 5830L
but not to worry alternative site has one specifically rare rom of "D"
download it from this link
http://hotfile.com/dl/137128537/a629597/GT-S5830D_TLS_S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4.rar.html
which you originally were using.. no other things for D
password : sampro.pl
Happy Flashing
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he was talking about recovery menu which can be accessed pressing down home button while booting.. if device is in bootloop then try to wipe data from recovery first as that might help
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Thanks buddy! I tried that exact ROM however it didn't seem to work either. I used the 'Coopers_V1.0.ops" file under the "OPS" option in Odin and the "S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4_HOME.tar.md5" file under the "One Package" option. Like I said before, the flash went through in "Downloading..." mode, and Odin said "PASS" however, when it came time for the phone to reboot itself, the screen started flashing and did nothing new. Same Samsung logo appears and it seems to hang right there.
Also I dont think the device has a same recovery menu anymore because even though I hold down the Home + Power buttons, it does nothing. It simply flases the screen at the Samsung logo screen.
Any other tips for me to try? Thanks again!
wierd that u cannot enter recovery mode while u can enter download mode and successfully flash it using odin.
even if u messed up recovery when u first use superoneclick earlier, flashing via odin should also flash it with new fresh recovery. so how long did u hold the home+power? i'm asking just to be sure. maybe u not hold it long enough for recovery mode to kick in.
an0nym0us_ said:
wierd that u cannot enter recovery mode while u can enter download mode and successfully flash it using odin.
even if u messed up recovery when u first use superoneclick earlier, flashing via odin should also flash it with new fresh recovery. so how long did u hold the home+power? i'm asking just to be sure. maybe u not hold it long enough for recovery mode to kick in.
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I held it down for more than a minute just to make sure. As soon as I put the battery back in and try and restart the phone, it goes into an infinite loop at the Samsung screen.
Even I find it odd that the phone will go into Downloading mode but not recovery.
Any other suggestions?
try to install qtadb (google for it). connect the phone with pc via usb, launch qtadb and boot the phone. qtadb should display some logcat. paste the logcat output here. maybe we might have a clue whats wrong by looking into the logcat
but even if phone still stuck, just wait a few moment. if qtadb had access to the phone system via its native filemanger, it means u can use adb. use adb to reboot phone into recovery
an0nym0us_ said:
try to install qtadb (google for it). connect the phone with pc via usb, launch qtadb and boot the phone. qtadb should display some logcat. paste the logcat output here. maybe we might have a clue whats wrong by looking into the logcat
but even if phone still stuck, just wait a few moment. if qtadb had access to the phone system via its native filemanger, it means u can use adb. use adb to reboot phone into recovery
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As far as I can tell QtADB isn't even detecting the phone. I have tried to complete the procedure over and over however no show. I may not have installed ADB correctly though so I'll give it a shot again a little later.
Thanks!
edited due to same soloution already posted.
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[Q] I need help

Hey guys, i've recently changed from iphone to android and i'm using galaxy note which i found it an amazing phone, i successfully updated it to the latest version and it was working great then today i tried to update it to the jelly bean and i followed dome steps i found online by downlading some files on the sd card and going to the recovery mode and installing them but suddenly my phone shut down and pressing the power button + volume up button + home button is not doing anything and i don't know what to do so can anyone help me please to solve this problem????
Dr.Andreww said:
Hey guys, i've recently changed from iphone to android and i'm using galaxy note which i found it an amazing phone, i successfully updated it to the latest version and it was working great then today i tried to update it to the jelly bean and i followed dome steps i found online by downlading some files on the sd card and going to the recovery mode and installing them but suddenly my phone shut down and pressing the power button + volume up button + home button is not doing anything and i don't know what to do so can anyone help me please to solve this problem????
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Did u flash safe kernel before flashing the JB rom? Or did u factory reset/wiped on stock kernel?
dude just saying downloading files and installing wont work.. you need to let us know the exact files you downloaded, method followed, and state of the phone before installing the new rom, as in if it was rooted or what version of rom? anything
shyamub4u said:
Did u flash safe kernel before flashing the JB rom? Or did u factory reset/wiped on stock kernel?
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No, i just chose the security wipe and if you please can you show me how to just restore my phone to the factory settings without having to go to the recovery mode and i'm sorry but i dont really understand what is the root, flash and kernel excuse me but i am an iphone user.
nokiamodeln91 said:
dude just saying downloading files and installing wont work.. you need to let us know the exact files you downloaded, method followed, and state of the phone before installing the new rom, as in if it was rooted or what version of rom? anything
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ok the files i've downloaded and put them on the sd card were aokp_n7000_jb_build-2 and gapps-jb-20121011-signed and after copying them on the sd card i pressed the power+volume up+home buttons and chose to wipe everything then i went and chose the aokp_n7000_jb_build-2 and it started installing it then suddenly it turned off and nothing is working since then
hmmm..
ok check if something happens if you press the (vol down + power + home) for a while. report back
nokiamodeln91 said:
hmmm..
ok check if something happens if you press the (vol down + power + home) for a while. report back
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well nothing is happening at all when pressing the 3 buttons together, all i wanna do is restoring it to factory settings and nothing more but i don't know how to do this now
its the vol down this time not up..
Remove battery
reinsert it after a few secs
again vol down power and home
if nothing happens try charging the battery for a while and try the above steps
1) Charge your phone.
2) Install Kies on your computer.
3) Restart computer
4) Plug phone into computer. Is it detected?
5) Repeat step 4 but after pressing volume down/power/home
6) Repeat step 5 but after using samsung USB jig (you have to buy it but it's cheap)
the samsung USB jig will try to 'force' your phone into the same mode that volume down/power/home does.
I would never ask a regular xda user this question but...
are you sure you have an N7000? does it have a home button? how many contacts are on the battery?
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Dr.Andreww said:
i successfully updated it to the latest version and it was working great then today i tried to update it to the jelly bean and i followed dome steps i found online by downlading some files on the sd card and going to the recovery mode and installing them but suddenly my phone shut down
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i hate to say it but he updated to the latest stock and then tried to flash files from recovery.
it sounds to me like mmc_cap_erase bug
assuming, of course, that he doesn't have an i717 and flashed N7000 files over it.
which would just as easily brick
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OP all hope is not lost though, if you can get into download mode we can save your phone. on the other hand if you are under warranty, go to the Samsung store and tell them you tried to factory reset from stock and it wouldn't boot again (and nothing about rooting etc). you will not be under warranty if you are in the USA or Canada and have an N7000
sounds to me like your flash counter should still be 0
guitarplayerone said:
1) Charge your phone.
2) Install Kies on your computer.
3) Restart computer
4) Plug phone into computer. Is it detected?
5) Repeat step 4 but after pressing volume down/power/home
6) Repeat step 5 but after using samsung USB jig (you have to buy it but it's cheap)
the samsung USB jig will try to 'force' your phone into the same mode that volume down/power/home does.
I would never ask a regular xda user this question but...
are you sure you have an N7000? does it have a home button? how many contacts are on the battery?
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Of course i'm sure that i have Galaxy Note N7000, the only issue is that i'm just new to the android world and i'm not familiar with the android terms like Root, Flash, Kernel and stuff like these and that's why i'm stuck here
But my question is why can't i go to the recovery mood normally like why pressing the home+power+volume down is not working for me?? btw i'm not in the united states and unfortunately i bought this phone when i was on a vacation and i'm in another country right now
i hate to say it but he updated to the latest stock and then tried to flash files from recovery.
it sounds to me like mmc_cap_erase bug
assuming, of course, that he doesn't have an i717 and flashed N7000 files over it.
which would just as easily brick
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OP all hope is not lost though, if you can get into download mode we can save your phone. on the other hand if you are under warranty, go to the Samsung store and tell them you tried to factory reset from stock and it wouldn't boot again (and nothing about rooting etc). you will not be under warranty if you are in the USA or Canada and have an N7000
sounds to me like your flash counter should still be 0
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Of course i'm sure that i have Galaxy Note N7000, the only issue is me being new to the Android world and i'm not familiar with those terms like Root, Flash,Kernel....etc. i'm just wondering, is there a way so i can fix my phone??
Can you get into download mode or not.
Pull battery. Wait a minute. Put battery back in. Hold home power DOWN (not up)
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asf58967 said:
Can you get into download mode or not.
Pull battery. Wait a minute. Put battery back in. Hold home power DOWN (not up)
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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Unfortunately i can't
If you can't enter download mode then you're superbricked. You can repartition the chip which is a pretty advanced process and I imagine you'd struggle with it, or you can claim warranty. In future read the forums thoroughly before doing any sort of flashing, start with the stickies and make yourself aware of any and all issues before you flash.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
not sure even the battery has any juice left

[Q] Failed to verify whole file signature

Hello folks,
I somehow soft bricked my phone yesterday. I have bee trying to recover it by flashing to Odin because doing a restore on the phone through CWM did not do anything except throw my phone into looping hte Samsung logo. I originally rooted it using the first method in this first post a year ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26860509
So I do have CWM 6.0.12 but when I tried to use Odin and having hte phone in Download mode as described in the XDA Wiki to return to factory settings (using "uvlg3.flash2stock"), it will go through, but upon the phone rebooting it returns the error "failed to verify whole file signature" and the installation of the phone fails.
Now because I have CWM, I can try using an external SD, but before I got out of my way to buy an external SD to flash, I was wondering if there was something else I might be missing. I have already tried doing clear cache, clear rom, clear dvlekch, etc. Is the Kernel corrupt (is this possible?) Should I be using one of the other Rooted Roms instead of the Factory restore?
In order to avoided problems it is best to do a full wipe before flashing ANY rom even returning to stock. It is the only way to make sure your data isn't corrupt or that it won't be incompatible with the rom your flashing. Too many people skip this step. WIPE, WIPE, and just for good measure WIPE AGAIN. Flash rom, gapps if needed. Reinstall Apps Only. DO NOT RESTORE DATA, save yourself the headaches, force closes, and boot loops.
Also, if you have CWM flash with that not Odin.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
Downloaded that Odin once about a year ago, worked fine for me but it was a bit of a pita, mainly cause I didnt have a clue. Some have luck with it some dont. Try downloading again with a different browser.
BTW does cwm 6012 not have a mount option?
NomadSpin said:
Downloaded that Odin once about a year ago, worked fine for me but it was a bit of a pita, mainly cause I didnt have a clue. Some have luck with it some dont. Try downloading again with a different browser.
BTW does cwm 6012 not have a mount option?
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Cwm 6012 mount option is in advance setting.
Tried with an external SD Card flash did absolutely nothing when I selected the external, it was as if hitting "enter" just acted the same as hitting the "back" button. I got no on screen acknowledgement of anything and it would just go back to the previous screen.
I tried re-downloading the zip and flashing through the Download mode of the phone again, and it got as far as rebooting and then...it reached an error.
E: error in cache/recover/sec_csc.zip
(Status7)
Installation aborted
EDIT: Ok tried again with SD Card: using Root Stock 2.36. worked. Rebooted. Hangs at "Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4g" screen. At this point, I'm not sure what the heck my actual problem is. Is my phone permanently bricked? Is the Kernel corrupt?
Just to be clear here you were using the uvlg3.odin.zip in download mode (post 2)
And uvlg3.flash2stock.zip when trying through cwm?
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CnP from the wiki
Flash to stock via Odin
Thanks to stubbakatt for the original back to stock directions.
DISCLAIMERS:
This works with Windows XP/Vista/7. It also works with Win7 running via VMWare Fusion on Macs running Snow Leopard and Lion.
FILES NEEDED:
Download Odin (Google it) and the stock factory images: uvlg3.odin.zip
Samsung USB Drivers: click here - if you're rooted/rommed, you probably already have these
Samsung Drivers for "Download" mode: click here or click here - if phone is not recognized by PC when in Download mode
STEPS:
Odin does not reset /data, so do a factory reset - this will wipe out the /data partition,leaving you ready to flash back to stock. If you don't do a reset, your stock install most likely will not work.
Make sure the computer recognizes your phone with the drivers above (again, this is probably already the case if you're having to do this!)
Unzip the uvlg3.odin.zip to wherever you want - preferably somewhere easy to get to (desktop?).
Power down your phone. Once it's off, hold down the volume-down button and press power. Hold both down until you see the "Warning!!" message with the yellow triangle at the bottom. Once you see that, hit the volume-up button. This puts you into Odin/download mode.
Plug your phone into your computer.
Open "Odin Multi Downloader v4.43.exe". Once it opens, the Message window at the bottom left should read "Added!!!" and "Detected!!!".
Make sure all four of the Options are checked (One Package, Auto Reboot, Protect OPS, Reset Time [mine's set to 300 seconds]). I don't know if this is all necessary, but at the very least One Package and Auto Reboot appear to be.
On the right side, click the "OPS" button, and select/open the Ancora.ops file.
At the bottom, click the "One Package" button, and select/open the "T679LG3.tar" file.
The Message window should do an md5 check and end with "Check MD5... ok". If it doesn't, try redownloading again - don't want to flash a corrupt file!
If all of that is good to go, then select the "Start" button.
Your mileage will vary, but it should take around 5 minutes, then the phone reboots itself into recovery mode (the little white box with the progress bar), then about 30 seconds after that and the phone fully reboots. Don't unplug it yet. After a few minutes (actually, the 300 seconds set in the "reset time" in Odin), it will say "Pass!!!" and you're good to go and can unplug the phone.
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Its been a year or better but seems to me all that was needed for odin was unpacking, the zip already has everything you would need. Someone correct me if i am wrong there.
You can mount your pc through cwm advanced setting, just copy the ROM over and flash. Wipe everything before copying of course.
Yes I did.
However I managed to find another solution. I flashed Peach and my phone is now working! Yay.
However I'm still not sure what happened? Did flashing to stock ROM not work because I had a modified Kernel?

Straight Talk Galaxy S5

Hello Fellow Straight Talk S5 Users!!
I have some exciting news!
Basically our devices are fully functioning developer model Verizon S5's. What this means for us is this:
1. Your standard root method and recovery flashing method thru Odin will work. I will address how to do this in post #2
2. Unlike our Verizon or AT&T counterparts, we do not have a "Locked" bootloader, so we do not need apps like flashfire, flashify or SafeStrap. We can access our download mode and custom recovery the normal way, which I will address in post #2 as well.
3. Most Verizon S5 roms will work on our phone. (I only say most simply because I haven't tried them all, lol!) As well as many Intarnational roms, thanks to a patch made by my good friend @jrkruse and a small mod from myself. I will go over flashing custom roms in post #3.
4. We can create and restore back ups from our custom recovery so it is fairly safe for us to get a little flash happy. Just ask me, I flashed and restored like 4 different roms in one day, lol! I will go over backing up and restoring in post #4
5. Most developments for the Samsung S5 will work for our S5. We are actually very fortunate to have our devices. We basically have dev model phones for about half the price of what verizon and att charge.
I will put links to roms, recoveries, patches and tools needed to do all of this in there respective posts and centrally in post # 5.
Thanks to XDA for the platform to share what we do with the world. I take no credit for any roms recoveries or tools found here in this thread. I will give credit to the original devs as I share links to their work, THANK THEM they have done and continue to do a lot for us, and ask very little in return. I especially want to thank @malbert16442 and @jrkruse for there help, again you guys do a lot for the community without asking for much in return, thank you.
respect and education, respect and education my friends.
thank you
In doing this you void any warrant and accept all responsibility for anything that happens to your device. And your device will be wiped and factory reset.
To root your Straight talk s5 you'll need to go get some files. These are the links for what you need to get:
1. Odin (pc only) *http://odindownload.com/download/Odin3_v3.10.6.zip
2.TWRP Recovery *https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys5qualcomm.html
3. SuperSu 2.46 https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/
4. Samsung Kies ( if you need drivers for your phone) http://www.samsung.com/in/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
Connect your phone to your pc. Copy the SuperSu file you downloaded to the root of your SD card. Once it has copied, immediately disconnect your phone from your pc.
Right click on the Odin file you just downloaded and select "run as administrator"
Once Odin has fully launched, make sure to UNCHECK the auto reboot option. Then click the "AP" button on the right side in Odin. Navigate to the TWRP 3.0 file you just downloaded and select it. Make sure that your TWRP file populates in the window next to the "AP" button.
Now you need put your phone into "download mode". To do this:
1. Power your phone off. Once it is completely off
2. Press and hold volume down + home button +
Power buttons at the same time.
3. You'll see a screen asking if you want to go
Into "download load" press volume up to
confirm download mode.
4. You should now see the little green Android
Guy, and it should say "downloading.... please
Do not turn off"
Now you should connect your phone to your pc. If your phones drivers are installed correctly, com and a random number should show up in the first spot in the upper left corner of Odin.
Once your phone shows up in Odin and you have your TWRP file in the AP spot in Odin, click the "start" button in the lower right corner of Odin. The whole process should take like 10 seconds. If Odin was successful the spot where your phone shows up in Odin should turn green and say reset.
Now disconnect your phone and remove the battery. Leave it out for a count of 5 seconds. Put the battery back in.
Now you need to boot into recovery. To do this your phone must (should still) be powered off:
1. Press and hold Volume up button + Home button + Power button at the same time until you feel the little wake vibration.
2. You should see the "Team Win" logo on your
Screen. The next screen should show a bunch
Of options.
3. Select the option that says install.
4. Click the top of the screen where it says "
Storage and make sure it is set to "ext SD"
5. Now find your SuperSu file you downloaded
And copied over earlier. Click on it. It will take
You to a screen that says "swipe to flash" at the
Bottom of the screen.
6. Swipe to flash.
7. Once it is done flashing, press the back button
Until you are at the screen you started on.
8. Select the "reboot" option, then
9. Select the "reboot system" option.
Your phone should reboot and be factory reset.
Complete your normal set up and you now have a fully rooted straight talk galaxy s5 w/ custom Recovery! Enjoy!
So, now that you are rooted and on the stock touchwiz, the first thing you'll want to do is create back up (some will call this a "nandroid" back up). This is how you make a back up:
1. Power off your phone. Once it is completely shut down
2. Press and hold the Volume up + home + power at the same time until you feel that little wake vibrate. You
should now be in Recovery mode.
3. Select the option that says "back up". Make sure that Dalvik, Boot, System and efs are all checked, at least for
this first back up.
4. Swipe across the bottom to start the back up.
*****This may take 5 minutes or so, so don't get to antsy and try to restart or do anything else with your phone while *****it is backing up. That would be bad.*****
5. Once it is done, press the back button again until you are at the recovery home screen.
6. Select "reboot"
7. Select "reboot system"
Boom! You just created your stock rooted back up. Always back up before you flash a mod or a new rom!
Now if you ever get in trouble, like a bootloop or system crashes, you can always boot into recovery and restore your stock rooted back up. Here's how:
1. Power down your phone. Once it is completely shut down.
2. Volume up + Home + power to boot into recovery
3. Select restore
4. Select storage at the top and make sure you select "ext sd" then go back.
5. Select the twrp folder, then select the back ups folder.
*****Your back up name will start with the date you made the back up.*******
6. Select your back up
7. Swipe across the bottom to restore your back up.
******Here again this could take 5 to 10 minutes. So sit still and have a drink or a smoke and LET IT DO IT'S THING. do ******not stop it, shut it off or interrupt it for any reason.******************************************* ************
8. Once it is done push the back button untill you are at the recovery home page.
9. Select "reboot"
10. Select "reboot system"
If all went well, you should be back on a freshly rooted stock system. Enjoy
I always back up any rom I flash that is working well, that way I can restore it at a later time if need be.
Here is a quick rom install tutorial and review:
Great thread! Keep posting
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Any chance of getting marshmallow for us?
ddjr said:
Great thread! Keep posting
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Any chance of getting marshmallow for us?
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Cm13 will work. And that is based on Android 6.0. You will probably need Jrkruse patch for it to work.
But cm13 Is gsm- is that what jrkruse' patch does?
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And where can I get it?
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But cm13 Is gsm- is that what jrkruse' patch does?
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And where can I get it?
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You can get it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ent/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-android-6-0-t3237502
You will want the one that says G900* Unified-GSM*
Make a back up first.
Then flash the rom. !! do not reboot when it is done!!
Once the rom is finished flashing go back and flash jrkruse patch.
Once jrkruse patch is done flashing then reboot
Ok so grab the cm13 rom entitled g900* unified gsm... got it. but where is the jrkruse patch? That thread is 594 pages long!
This is jrkruse patch. Download from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24421527759882706
But if you are patient I will cook one up specifically for straight talk.
Remember to back up your stuff first
I will wait as patiently as possible and look forward to it! Thank you!
well I waited about 10 minutes before I got so antsy that I backed up, wiped and installed c13 and patch. didn't work, had no cellular data or connection. also, he phone recognized itself as a g900f.
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well I waited about 10 minutes before I got so antsy that I backed up, wiped and installed c13 and patch. didn't work, had no cellular data or connection. also, he phone recognized itself as a g900f.
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The g900f part is normal. Thats what my phone says as well. Did you reboot before flashing the patch?
No. Should I?
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I wonder why I had no cell service
i rooted with Odin fine, but when I try to use Odin for the twrp recovery I can't find the file that is saved on my desktop. do I need to change the name of the image?
I see there are a few different patches related to certain baseband versions. I wonder if I need a different one. I've flashed so many roms at this point I'm not sure what I have for a modem, baseband, or anything important!
I've installed maverick rom with the patch... wow I love it!
It looks like Wanam doesn't work with this roms firmware. But so what, maverick rocks! I would like to see 4g or lte up in the top bar though. That is my only complaint.
Kxhan15, where are you? Are international Roms that will work for our phone with the patch any g903f rom?
So at this point, I can make phone calls and send text messages but no pictures and no online. The phone tells me my data is turned off. I know it is turned on there's just something not right

Downgrade from pie to oreo == eternal boot screen

Hello all,
I followed the guides on here, and downloaded the samsung firmwares from samsmobile. The first time I didn't read correctly and downloaded android vs 9, which I was already on, and flashed successfully. So I know the flashing itself is being performed [hopefully] correctly.
However, when I went back and downloaded the version 8, [N950U1UEU5CRL2_N950U1OYM5CRL2_TMB.zip & N950U1UEU5CRK1_N950U1OYM5CRK1_TMB & N950U1UEU5DSD4_N950U1OYM5DSD4_TMB ] the phone seems to flash successfully [ according to ODIN ] yet, it stays stuck at the SAMSUNG Galaxy Note8 black boot screen.
I attempted flashing 4 more times, redownloading the zip file each time just in case of corruption, yet still this same result for all but the version 9 firmware.
Anyone have any suggestions?
If you upgraded to Pie and bootloader changed, you cant go back to Oreo. Now if the version of Pie you went to has the same bootloader version as the Oreo you want then you can go back. But lets say you went to bootloader S5 or U5 and last Oreo was S4 or U4 you cant go back.
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Ok wait what build are you on.
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Your good to go back to Oreo. Just do a factory wipe first then flash with Odin again. Sometimes going back to Oreo from Pie causes issues..sometimes not always. It happened to me when I went back to Oreo and used Home_csc to save data.
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Had me worried for a moment there lol. Saw that issue about the bootloader in a few other threads, and thought I'd eliminated that as a possibility given the numbers involved in the filenames. I <think> that you just confirmed the same.
Not sure how to do a factory wipe with my phone stuck at the boot loader screen though. It doesn't even want to boot into safe mode.
I suppose I could flash pie back on, do the wipe, then go back to oreo?
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So went back to pie, did a factory reset, then attempted to throw oreo back on aaaaaand, it's once more frozen at the boot screen :/
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Had me worried for a moment there lol. Saw that issue about the bootloader in a few other threads, and thought I'd eliminated that as a possibility given the numbers involved in the filenames. I <think> that you just confirmed the same.
Not sure how to do a factory wipe with my phone stuck at the boot loader screen though. It doesn't even want to boot into safe mode.
I suppose I could flash pie back on, do the wipe, then go back to oreo?
edit:
So went back to pie, did a factory reset, then attempted to throw oreo back on aaaaaand, it's once more frozen at the boot screen :/
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Try going to recovery mode and click reboot.. if that doesn't work format from there and reboot
To get into recovery, boot to download, press volume up. Then do the 3button combination again as if booting to download. The very moment screen goes black keep power button pressed and home button.. but move to volume up.This will get you into stock recovery. Wipe from there.
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To get into recovery, boot to download, press volume up. Then do the 3button combination again as if booting to download. The very moment screen goes black keep power button pressed and home button.. but move to volume up.This will get you into stock recovery. Wipe from there.
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By home button, do you mean the bixby button below the volume keys, or the invisible home button by pressing the center of the screen at the bottom?
Either way, attempted both and doesn't seem to want to get into recovery mode. just keep hitting the black boot screen time and time again from the download mode.
I'll keep attempting, perhaps my timing is the issue.
Edit: Ok, after a quick google search [all hail the oracle]it's the bixby button. Not great news, as this still doesn't seem to be doing the trick.
Putting it back on version 9, then seeing if that allows me to get into recovery.
Ohhhh kay,
threw 9 back on, this let me get into the recovery mode. Used the same methodology I had been attempting with the 8 firmware, so I know that I was using the correct set of keys. Did the cache and factory format, then went straight back into download mode and threw 8 on.
Back to the endless boot screen
Perhaps I'm odin'ing wrong? I only have the AP box checked when I'm doing 8 and 9 flashes, perhaps it's different for 8 than it is 9?
Im so sorry didnt mean home was messing around with Note FE when I sent message and it has home button..again sorry.
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You should have BL..AP..CP..and CSC
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Dont know why your only flashing AP in Odin. When you download the firmware you have to extract it and you should have BL..AP..CP..CSC..HOME_CSC depending on the firmware you loaded. To keep data put HOME_CSC in CSC spot. But if you want a wipe just use csc
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https://www.getdroidtips.com/flash-firmware-samsung-odin-downloader/
Apparently I read an outdated guide, or just an unclear one. I'll chalk it up to inexperience.
Whelp, looks like the issue was found. I appreciate you assisting me through this.
Adding in the BL/CP/CSC as well as the AP in Odin gave success!
Now I can start the hours of tweaking and app downloads lol.
Thanks again mate.
No problem at all, glad you're up and running.
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