I've done a bit on my phone over the past: installed TWRP, rooted, installed some ROMs, and eventually reverted back to stock Lollipop. Somewhere along the way, I lost the ability to use Download Mode properly, which prevents me from doing a number of things: installing root, a bootloader, ROMS, etc.
If I enter download mode, I'll see the following:
Firmware Update
Do not unplug the USB connection until the process is complete
Progress bar here remains at 0% at all times.
Beneath this section is a box that has two lines (first line is grey, second is in red):
VUSER_G2 B69
Modified
Any idea why my download mode is failing to continue? It should be installing the device to my computer at this time, but it just holds steady.
On a possibly related note, I've tried using various root methods (including a 1-click root program), none of which work. Something seems borked with my phone, though it otherwise functions normally.
Please help!
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I wiped internal sd, then hooked up to computer used Odin 3.09 got the following files:
AP_G900AATT1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CP_G900AATT1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CSC_ATT_G900AATT1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
Checked and placed accordingly... flashed rebooted, then updated back to the G900AUCU2AND3, rerooted / let it rain ( lol ) and poof, back up and running...
That's it and all...
Hope this helps anyone curious...
Only problem I encountered is in about and system status it still says device status is custom...
But everything else still says 0x0 and official...
If anyone knows why device status is custom and how to get it all saying official feel free to post it here...
Thanks...
SAMSUNG-SM-G900A, with 128gb SD & Rooted.
are you using ART (as opposed to DALVIK)? That will set the custom, and also change the boot screen to show the "Custom Android" with an open lock...
Try rebooting twice (or is it three times?) to get the boot screen to change one way or the other (after switching between ART/Dalvik)...
A few days ago I went through the same thing... soft-bricked my GS5 (2AND3) by installing XPosed module while using ART, mild panic, Odin v3.09 and 1ANCE firmware (full flash, three files), and instant fix(I used a USB 2.0 cable based upon two videos I found saying better reliability than USB 3.0 cable). I left it on the older 1ANCE instead of doing the 2AND3 upgrade, re-rooted, KoolKit mod for tweaks, serious de-bloating and TiBu freezing of everything I wasn't using and it's back in action better than ever.
I've done a bit on my phone over the past: installed TWRP, rooted, installed some ROMs, and eventually reverted back to stock Lollipop. Somewhere along the way, I lost the ability to use Download Mode properly, which prevents me from doing a number of things: installing root, a bootloader, ROMS, etc.
If I enter download mode, I'll see the following:
Firmware Update
Do not unplug the USB connection until the process is complete
Progress bar here remains at 0% at all times.
Beneath this section is a box that has two lines (first line is grey, second is in red):
VUSER_G2 B69
Modified
Any idea why my download mode is failing to continue? It should be installing the device to my computer at this time, but it just holds steady.
On a possibly related note, I've tried using various root methods (including a 1-click root program), none of which work. Something seems borked with my phone, though it otherwise functions normally.
Please help!
Hello! If you're reading this i hope you can help me, cause right now i have no idea what to do. First I'm going to tell my phone specs. I have a rooted, Moto X 2nd Edition XT1092, without any custom ROM installed, running Android Lollipop, with the option to upgrade to marshmallow and an unlocked bootloader. It uses the google launcher by default. I am pretty experienced with root as i have used rooted android phones for more than 4 years now (my first one was a Samsung Galaxy S2) and haven't had any problems until now. I had recently downloaded FaceNiff, one of the sniffing apps for android, and when i pressed start, it would automatically stop. I thought it was maybe a problem of the apps compatibility with my phone, but after researching for a long time, nothing came up so i decided to try another sniffing app. I moved on to DroidSniff, yet, I had the same problem, but this one wouldn't only stop, it would crash. I researched on this app too. Nothing. So I later downloaded one called DroidSheep, and when I started this one, I was lucky that an error was displayed, it was something about Position Independent Executables (PIE), it said "Only Position Independent Executables are supported" or something around those lines. So I decided to research PIE, and I found on the XDA Forums that you could fix this by changing the system/bin/linker file for a custom linker file, which a download link was provided for. I downloaded the file, changed it for the old linker file and tried the apps again. Apparently, I didn't have root access anymore! None of the root apps worked, I thought maybe I had to reboot my phone for my root to come back or for the custom linker to work. So i powered off my phone, turned it on, but instead of turning on, it would say the "Warning unlocked bootloader" thing, and then show a picture of and Android lying down with a caution sign, with the text "No Command" underneath. It's currently in this state, and the phone won't stop repeating this until it runs out of battery. The good thing is I can hold the power and volume down button to enter the fastboot menu, and i can then go into recovery. After this happened, I went to recovery and factory reset my phone, but it still didn't work, so I factory reset it again. It still charges, with a wall plug and with a computer. I think the computer recognises the phone, and I'm pretty sure I have USB Debugging enabled.
To sum this up, I changed the file system/bin/linker for a modified version of it and my phone won't boot up.
Custom linker file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2821644&d=1403933203
Link to the website where it said you can change the linker files to fix the PIE problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...x-bypassing-pie-security-check-t2797731/page1
You are booting into recovery. I think when the android is laying down you hold power and press the volume up key. You will probably have to restore the backup of the file you changed (you did back it up right?).
If that doesn't work, you will most likely have to flash your system partition with the stock one and root again.
Red_81 said:
You are booting into recovery. I think when the android is laying down you hold power and press the volume up key. You will probably have to restore the backup of the file you changed (you did back it up right?).
If that doesn't work, you will most likely have to flash your system partition with the stock one and root again.
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Ill try flashing the stock one, see if it works, thank you
For LG L90 D415, upgrading to Marshmallow 6.0 and doing stupid stuff along the way!
I'm new to flashing and ROMs, but I had to piece this together over eight hours last night, so I wanted to share the results in case anyone else ends up in the same situation. I'll include step-by-steps and download links below.
What Happened:
Decided to leave T-Mobile and use Hangouts over wifi for free phone service. (Which totally works, btw - I pay $15 a month for high speed wifi at home, and wifi is everywhere now, so there are just small travel gaps when I'm not reachable. You can use any wifi capable phone or tablet to do this without any kind of paid phone service.)
Got tired of T-Mobile bloatware and decided to break phone free by converting from Android 5.02 to Marshmallow.
Rooted phone with LG OneClickRoot.
Used Flashify, TWRP, CM13 and gapps to convert.
Internal storage was nearly full after conversion, so newbishly decided to delete CM13 and gapps zips from storage, deleted TWRP and Flashify folders, *and backups, doh* and then-
Tried activating Encrypt Phone function, which failed, locking me in a bootloop from LG logo to CM face to Decryption Unsuccessful - Reset Phone screens.
Being new to all this, I Googled solutions like crazy. I watched YouTube videos and tried anything I could find. If you're a newbie too and none of these work for you, now you know you're not alone.
What Didn't Work:
Powering off, then restarting while holding down Power and Volume Down. This sent it into TWRP, which would process something for a few seconds that I had no control over, and inevitably dumped me back into the bootloop.
Powering off, then restarting while holding Power, Volume Down and Volume Up. Apparently that isn't a function of this kind of phone.
Updating Drivers - Device Manager wouldn't let me install LG or universal ADB drivers. When the phone showed up at all, it registered as "MTP Device" and declared it had the correct drivers. Hand-picking drivers with Have Disk didn't work either.
All other attempts to get back into TWRP so I could wipe and reinstall.
Downloading Minimal ADB and Fastboot - "adb devices" in the command prompt couldn't find my phone.
Downloading Odin in the vain hope it would somehow see my device and magically make everything better.
Smashing phone repeatedly against forehead.
What Finally DID Work:
I found a page suggesting I power off, then immediately hold down Volume UP and Power, and plugged my phone by USB into my computer at the same time. This finally broke the cycle into a Firmware Upgrade screen.
This screen will tell you not to unplug the phone until the process is complete. Its progress bar will rest at 0% forever while you do other stuff to fix it.
While it waited, I downloaded the entire LG L90 firmware .KDZ file, and a program called LG Flash Tool 2014.
I extracted LG Flash Tool 2014, then extracted the .KDZ file into its folder.
I ran LG Flash Tool 2014, set Select Type to 3GQCT, set PhoneMode to EMERGENCY, selected my KDZ file and clicked Normal Flash.
It then asks you for country and language - select Different Country and English.
The first time it ran, all the text was ?????????, and the program errored out and closed. My phone *did* process the FirmWare Upgrade even after LG Flash Tool 2014 errored out, so I waited until it reached 100%.
I ran it again with the same settings, and this time the text was English. The Firmware Upgrade on my phone processed to 100% again. I think LG Flash Tool 2014 still errored out, but it looked successful.
On reboot, it took me to LG logo, CM face, and then a white "draw a pattern to unlock" screen, which is what I'd set as my security before I screwed everything up. However, drawing the pattern did nothing, it just stayed locked.
On re-reboot, I held Volume Down and Power, and this time it went to the Factory Reset screen. I selected Yes, and it loaded into TWRP again. PHEW.
At this point, I think my computer could see my phone again, so I plugged it in with USB and copied the CM13 and gapps zips back where they'd been.
In TWRP, I ran Wipe, then Installed CM, then gapps.
I selected Reboot System, and voila, booted properly into Marshmallow.
Unfortunately, Marshmallow was working, but Google Play was freaking out - I kept getting multiple "Unfortunately, Google has stopped working" messages every ten seconds. But I found downloading a different version of gapps, and using TWRP to wipe the system again, back it up properly, and reinstall fresh copies of CM13 and the new gapps fixed the problem.
Also, the CM13 zip I installed is apparently not the most current, so my phone told me there was a Nightly update available. I did a fresh wipe and install with that new one in TWRP. I don't know how to link to it, but your phone should tell you automatically that you can download it once Marshmallow is running.
Links to the programs I used to fix my phone and properly install Marshmallow:
LG OneClickRoot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzczCljwgNnuSDZoSXBNTUptcDA&authuser=0
Flashify (you can download and install TWRP straight through this program): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=en
CM13 (The original I used before my phone told me I could update): http://quarx2k.ru/index2.php?m&dir=lg_l90
gapps (The one that fixed the Google problem): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347835438
LG Flash Tool 2014: http://lgflashtool.com/download/
LG Drivers (straight from official LG site): http://tool.lime.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00120120425
LG D415 Firmware KDZ (To use with LG Flash Tool 2014): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347759872
Theoretically, I think if you follow the steps here to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/general/root-lg-optimus-l90-44-2-5-0-2-android-t3110257
And here to install Marshmallow:
http://www.droidviews.com/install-android-6-0-marshmallow-for-lg-l90-with-cm-13/
But use the Benzo gapps from the link above, it should install properly the first time with no Google problems.
I hope this helps, and good luck to other newbs out there!
After months of deliberation I finally decided to root my Note 9. It was the first time I've ever tried rooting and it seems to have gone horribly wrong. To root the phone, I followed the guide in the video titled 'How to Root Galaxy Note 9! [EASIEST METHOD]' on youtube which has an instruction link in the description. As a new user here, the forum doesn't allow me to post links yet, so please just type the title on youtube and it'll come up as the first result.
What I did was:
- unlocking bootloader
- Flash AP file with TWRP version 3.4.0
- Wipe data
- Since I was worried about using a software from an unknown source, I then flashed the official magisk v20.4 instead of the 'N9-S9_root_for_oem_issue_devices_v3' file recommended in the video.
After doing so, the note 9 restarted and showed the error message "Verification Failed, Unable to restart your device. The Integrity verification has failed. You need to reset your device to factory default settings. This will erase all your data.". I allowed the phone to reset.
Following this, the phone restarted and showed exactly the same message of 'verification failed' and no amount of going through the rebooting process resolved the issue. I googled the issue and was advised to flash the phone with Odin by going into download mode. I then tried to go into download mode, but the phone will simply not go into it and tries to restart the normal way. I also tried to connect to my laptop to see if I can flash with odin but the phone was not recognised at all by the computer.
I then tried to reboot using the twrp key combo and this worked. I then decided to try flashing with the 'N9-S9_root_for_oem_issue_devices_v3' file in the tutorial. Yet, this led to the same issue as with the official magisk file.
Looking at some rooting tutorials, I see that some of them recommend flashing CSC, AP, BL and CP instead of just the AP in the tutorial I followed. I then thought that perhaps the issue is I need to install a ROM on the device. I therefore tried to load the lineage 17.1 ROM in the micro SD card and installed it (top left option on twrp 'install') as well as the magisk and disable_dm_verify_forceencrypt zip files.
In hindsight, this was a stupid move from me - I did so I was in full panic mode at that point and desperate for a solution.
After doing so, the phone rebooted and showed a booting animation of a single blue curved line stuck with a circle rolling from right to left on it.
I left it for a while, hoping that it meant the new ROM was booting. 30 min later it was still stuck on the animation!
I then tried to reboot the phone. Pressing power button did nothing. I then tried different combinations and eventually power + volume up + bixby allowed it to restart in TWRP mode.
As of now, the phone is still in TWRP mode. The phone is still not recognised by my laptop and will not enter download mode if I press volume down + bixby when restarting.
I am fully aware that I've screwed up the rooting process and feel awful about it. It was the first time I've ever tried rooting and I really hope it is only a 'soft brick' and that my phone can be saved. I would really appreciate if anyone here could advise what I can do to complete the root process correctly from here?
Many thanks,
Sam
Is there a "download" or "bootloader" option when you press the reboot button in TWRP? My Note9 is on stock, so I'm not 100% certain myself. However if there is, that should take you to Samsung's download screen. This way you can send yourself back to stock if you give up on rooting your device.
BTW, I do recommend following a note9 rooting guide on XDA (it's not too hard to find) over a youtube video, since YouTube videos can often be out of date or a little sketchy.