Hi! I have a Galaxy S5 G900A (AT&T), Which I wanted to change to a stock Galaxy S5 ROM, to get rid of all those AT&T apps that no-one uses. So I searched it up! Long story short, I found out that AT&T locked the bootloader and I can't do anything about it. Then I found this post to root my phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g900and3tong3keeprootota-zip-t2862299 . Then I just realized how I wanted root, so I did every thing they said, turned off reactivation lock, installed towelroot, and then flashed the file they said (G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel) with Odin. After that, My phone just showed the Galaxy S5 logo for a minute like it's booting for the first time, and then it restarted to recovery (stock recovery). I clicked on reboot device in the recovery mode, and it just did the same. Afterwards, I tried to flash the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar file to go back to normal. Flashed it, and it said "firmware encountered an issue". I went to kies but it didn't see the device. Then I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfgq6bYfKLg . It had a "All recover Samsung.tar" file which should be flashed with Odin. And, I flashed it in odin. Odin said fail but it went back to the state when it was rebooting to recovery. I tried downloading so many AT&T ROMs and flash it but all say "Fail(auth)!" in odin. Any help? Thanks.
Hope this helps, just ask I will help you further if I can.
I did this too. It's a noob mistake. But from what I understand there is still no way to root Galaxy S5 SM-G900A after the 5.0 Lollypop update. This has to do with the bootloader being locked and not enough dev support on these now considered too old phones to be worth their time.
It took me 3 months to fix it and basically from what I gathered, from you, using the same method. Shoot in the Dark Flashing.
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Just keep flashing **** and hope it works. LOL. It can't get any worse, right? After three moths of trial and error Flashing and just a LITTLE wiser in these areas, I think I might be able to help you. You need to Flash something at least 5.0+. Nothing below this will work and will always get "Auth Fail!". That is your locked bootloader preventing you from downgrading and rerooting and reupgrading with an already unlock, root access, stock Rom.
This is the one I used to finally unbrick my phone:
Link it was posted at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/help/g900aucu4coi5-file-t3231450
Link to Download: 5.1.1 OI5 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B11_scgy1qonMW45T0lRbXQ3ZHM/view
But any of these should work...
5.1 PA2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-update-to-g900aoi5-5-1-unrooted-t3235774
6.0.1 PH2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g900a-mm-odin-package-g900aucu4dph2-t3477515
6.0.1 PH4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/galaxy-s5-android-version-6-0-1-t3419016
P.S. I was on KitKat before all the above. My biggest mistake was just Flashing random stuff. I inadvertently flashed a lollypop kernel and that is what forced me into an update I could not get out of. So no more root access for me. Lesson learned!
Oh and btw, Hello this is my first post. Never even saw a need to register an account until after be a reader for at least 5 months. The POWER of SEARCH. I did what 5 cell phone repair shops could not. Unbrick my Galaxy S5. All with the resources of this amazing forums.
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Hello guys, my model is samsung GT-I9000M from canada.
the firmware version is 2.3.3, build number: GINGERBREAD.GKG3. baseband version: I9000UKG3.
i want to unlock the network.
i cant root the phone. superOneClick seems not working on 2.3.3 yet. busybox is found in market. i've read many threads and tried many approaches working on I9000, however, it's just not working on this model.
pls give me some hints how to figure it out.
Thanks in advance.
Refer to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379650
Just follow the steps for "Flashing Root and CWR via Odin"
adslee said:
Refer to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379650
Just follow the steps for "Flashing Root and CWR via Odin"
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Geeze. I think I screwed up. Here is the issue:
when i first time connected to the odin, two more COM box turned yellow.(so in total was three) I think I might disconnect it in the middle, i got a FAIL. and my phone kept rebooting, showing one GT-I9000M, and then GT-I9000 logo.
But then when i connect it again, it only shows two yellow box in total, including the default one at startup. then i run the PDA, it always shows success 1/fail 1. it still kept rebooting.
Then i tried the kg3 backup in the link "in case sheet! happens", I finally got my interface back. However it still showed "success 1/fail 1" in the process.
Another thing i'm not sure is i didn't do this part :
PIT = 512
PDA = CODE_I9000XXJVP_CL264642_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.m d5
CSC = GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVP.tar.md5
all i did is
"PDA the CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS.tar"
i'm so frustrated now, Could you help me fix it? thanks a lot.
I'm not sure why you are getting the other yellow COM boxes.
Do you have any other devices plugged into your USB ports that ODIN might find?
Did you just want to root your KG3 2.3.3 so you could run the unlock program?
If so, just grab the KG3 rooted kernel from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16589476&postcount=183
and flash that as PDA.
Black Rose said:
I'm not sure why you are getting the other yellow COM boxes.
Do you have any other devices plugged into your USB ports that ODIN might find?
Did you just want to root your KG3 2.3.3 so you could run the unlock program?
If so, just grab the KG3 rooted kernel from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16589476&postcount=183
and flash that as PDA.
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yes. it works. thank you sooo much.
i just want to show you this:
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this is what i get rooted finally through your link. two yellow boxes. there were three at first. no other device plugged in, i even pulled the mouse to check. and you can see still one fail in the message.
the only problem now is i could just open one disk on the computer when i turn on the USB mass storage. suppose could open both of them earlier. The one with the system files i can't open, the mounted sdcard is fine. i'm not sure if it's related.
great tutorial! Thanks!
Black Rose said:
I'm not sure why you are getting the other yellow COM boxes.
Do you have any other devices plugged into your USB ports that ODIN might find?
Did you just want to root your KG3 2.3.3 so you could run the unlock program?
If so, just grab the KG3 rooted kernel from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16589476&postcount=183
and flash that as PDA.
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Anyone have another location to catch this file from? Seems megaupload is gone
Hi, I have checked this thread as I experienced the same issue(If confused what I'm talking about read
www chinaphonearena com/forum/Thread-Question-LeEco-Le-S3-X626-Helio-X20-Bricked ), I was able to get past the phone buttons not working and was able to flash a new firmware. But this led to another issue considering the system.
For one, I am unable to unlock my bootloader, I just receive the error : FAILED (remote: unlock operation is not allowed), and there is no way fro me to get in my android as it always stays on the LeEco POWERED BY ANDROID screen, which then shuts down and reboots.#
As well as this, the display is now very unusual: the LeEco logo is coloured green white and yellow, the display is flipped horizontally and mirrored vertically.
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It's VERY annoying and I hope it can be solved.
NOTE!! I can still use locked bootloader/fastboot, can't use adb and can use SP FLASH TOOL
You need to power the phone and wait till boots. Enter the flipped UI enable developer mode and unlock the bootloader.
All the control are flipped so be patient.
After that enter fastboot and flash the original rom
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You need to power the phone and wait till boots. Enter the flipped UI enable developer mode and unlock the bootloader.
All the control are flipped so be patient.
After that enter fastboot and flash the original rom
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Thanks for the reply, I fixed the issue the same day, I just fixed it using the second part to tickernel's red light unbrick tutorial, I completely missed it out. The rom I was using where everything was inverted was just to unbrick the phone, then after I'd have to flash the rom provided by tickernel to fix. It worked again and an advantage was that there was no more ORANGE state, I didn't have to patch to hide the message nor wait the 5 seconds, so now I can flash custom roms on my phone without the message. The method you provided wasn't the fix, before opening this thread I double checked and saw your method, but thanks anyway .
it was necessary to use a mirror. for example, in the bathroom
after brick and ressurect what write in (telephone settings) model?
Shekor said:
after brick and ressurect what write in (telephone settings) model?
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it depends on which model is taken ROM. It does not play any role. Can be changed to Build.prop
Kychera22 said:
it depends on which model is taken ROM. It does not play any role. Can be changed to Build.prop
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after bad ressurects i return my device le x626. to le x620 with eui 5.8.018S (stab.) it works normal. But was some bugs with 4g on (turn phone off) and google programs don's start.
But i fixed it all, now it works great, but i think is it bad?
take the stock firmware 28. and install. why use the old version? maybe get my firmware.
to use google apps. you need to download google installer, then after installation, in the settings give permissions to all Google apps.
and correctly to do so: to install firmware, then to start system and to configure it. and then only install the google gapps.
Update on unbrick
With my phone unbricked, it now works perfectly. But now the battery drains very fast. It drops by around 25% in less than half an hour with normal use such as watching videos on youtube in "360p" with all my apps closed, but still the battery drains. I have tried flashing different roms and clearing all partitions in twrp and flashing the CUOCO AND WOLFRED x.28s custom stock roms, but still the issue persists. This is very unusual as before my phone bricked, the battery would hold up for at least an hour before falling by 10 to 20 %. Does anyone have any speculations on why or any fixes? Please help.
UPDATE: I fixed by flashing the international version system.img only if you need it send me a message and I'll put up a link.
Hello, I was watching YT a few weeks ago and the phone (ASUS ROG Phone 2 tencent edition version 8/128) decided to reboot by itself. It done it before but this time it wouldn't get past the starting logo and restart again! It would keep looping until the battery ran empty... SO I booted in recovery mode, tried to factory reset and get E:Failed to save locale.
A friend has been trying to help me fix the phone and this was the result (screenshot). He can't figure it out.
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I've tried searching the forum with no luck. Anyone know if this problem is fixable and could guide us in the right direction?
did you backup your phone precautiously before
if you havent u lost all your important files
is your phone under warranty
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if you havent u lost all your important files
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Hey, haven't backed up before at any point and don't have warrenty. Is there a way to get the phone working again?
Can't find old screenshot; if I remember correctly the first time I tried to factory reset after looping it said "driver E missing" something along that line. Up to that point never tried to change anything on the device by using a usb or PC.
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Hello, I was watching YT a few weeks ago and the phone (ASUS ROG Phone 2 tencent edition version 8/128) decided to reboot by itself. It done it before but this time it wouldn't get past the starting logo and restart again! It would keep looping until the battery ran empty... SO I booted in recovery mode, tried to factory reset and get E:Failed to save locale.
A friend has been trying to help me fix the phone and this was the result (screenshot). He can't figure it out.
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I've tried searching the forum with no luck. Anyone know if this problem is fixable and could guide us in the right direction?
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Do it this way:
1. Make a Wipe
2. Download this file https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=8889791610682901175
3. Run fastboot bootloader and connect to computer (side port)
4. Unpack and run "flashall_AFT.cmd" wait for the phone to reset and start up.
Should help.
mosa00 said:
Hey, haven't backed up before at any point and don't have warrenty. Is there a way to get the phone working again?
Can't find old screenshot; if I remember correctly the first time I tried to factory reset after looping it said "driver E missing" something along that line. Up to that point never tried to change anything on the device by using a usb or PC.
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i dont think so you can retrive your old files
Hi,
So I've been putting off this last update for some time and finally decided to update it yesterday. Not sure what happened during the process as I left it unattended, came to find out it's stuck on this downloading screen (attacehd image). tried several restarts with no luck.
At one point, after reading a few threads here, I decided to do a firmware restore using ODIN. But, by the time I got to a point to get things going, the phone just shut off! I had it plugged in on the outlet but I guess it wasn't charging? Phone wouldn't start back up anymore!
I would really appreciate some help and guidance on my options now. I'm guessing the battery drained completely Is there any way to get it recharged and revived? If I have to replace the battery with a new one, I can attempt that as well.
Please advise.
Thank you for your input.
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have you tried smartswitch?
Hmm, does it do anything if you hold all 3 buttons down for up to 30 seconds?
Perhaps try leaving it attached to whatever device you were trying to flash from, your connection to the outlet may not be working?
The phone is ALIVE!
Display came on! It's plugged in and back to the same screen. What do I try in smartswitch?
What's the best way to recover from that screen that I posted in my first post? Please advise.
Smartswitch fails to connect to the device. What else can I try?
You can try the emergency firmware recovery feature of Smart Switch. Let us know if that does anything.
EDIT: Oops, I didnt read your comment on how Smart Switch doesnt connect to your phone... Try a different PC or USB cable maybe?
The phone gets detected in ODIN but smartswitch says failed to connect to the device. please remove cable and try again.
I would like to see if I can recover without losing my data. Do you think that's possible at this point?
I'm downloading the firmware using Frija at this point and thinking of flushing using ODIN. but would like to avoid resetting if at all possible.
kimbhoot said:
The phone gets detected in ODIN but smartswitch says failed to connect to the device. please remove cable and try again.
I would like to see if I can recover without losing my data. Do you think that's possible at this point?
I'm downloading the firmware using Frija at this point and thinking of flushing using ODIN. but would like to avoid resetting if at all possible.
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Try using HOME CSC when flashing, if provided. From what I know, it retains user data if flashed with HOME CSC (please look this up yourself however as I havent done much research on this).
Can someone please advise the proper firmware and filesets to flush using the home csc and not lose the data?
I have downloaded a firmware using Frija by providing my phone details and using USC as the CSC. I purchased this phone unlocked.
Below are the files in the archive:
AP_G991U1UES5DWA4_G991U1UES5DWA4_MQB61413430_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta_OS13.tar.md5
BL_G991U1UES5DWA4_G991U1UES5DWA4_MQB61413430_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CP_G991U1UES5DWA4_CP23593197_MQB61413430_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CSC_OYM_G991U1OYM5DWA4_MQB61413430_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
HOME_CSC_OYM_G991U1OYM5DWA4_MQB61413430_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
Just use HOME_CSC file and the rest of AP, BL and CP to flush?
Thanks so much.
Phone is back up and running with all data restored after firmware flush was done with ODIN.
Thank you for all your help.
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Phone is back up and running with all data restored after firmware flush was done with ODIN.
Thank you for all your help.
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Youre welcome!
I have a camellia device, I tried to use a custom rom(pixel experience) the other day and some time later I wanted to revert back to stock rom.
I mistakenly flashed "camellian" rom instead of "camellia" rom through PE recovery.
Since then the device kept bootlooping.
So while troubleshooting, I tried to use the Sp flash tool.
For the roms I get them from "mifirm.net". I downloaded all the necessary drivers that I can find.
But the first version of SP flash tool, Sp flash tool v6,
the app asks for the "download-XML" file which I can't find ( screenshot in pic1).
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So I downloaded another version.
In this version though, the app doesn't recognize the xml file and gives the error
"5011; the scatter file has incorrect format! Please ask for help!"
I googled the reason why it gives me the error but the fix that people are giving didn't seem to fix this particular case. (pic 5,6,7).
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I can't find any other fixes so I gave up on Sp flash tool.
I tried to use "mi flash tool" this time with Global rom.
Again, wrongly I flashed it with the Qualcomm settings a bunch of times and also got the bootloader locked. But the flash got successful somehow?
(I can't provide any pics because I am making this thread now after I've sent the phone to the Xiaomi service and I didn't take screenshots before sent it)
At this point I noticed that the stock recovery is back into the device.
Anyway, I used some 'shady' workarounds to get it unlocked again and when it was unlocked the phone said something like "your device is corrupt and can't be trusted".
It went away when I flash the stock rom with Mi flash tool again. ( I still used the Qualcomm settings)
When it's done it's still bootlooping but at least the "your device is corrupt and can't be trusted" message is gone.
I tried again a couple of times with different versions of roms; miui 12, 13, 14, global, china, india.
It was after that I discovered that there is "MTK" option in Mi flash tool.
I selected the "scatter, auth, and DA" files in it. But there seem to not have the "refresh" buttom to detect the device. I tried plugging into it with Fastboot mode and again while pressing volume down, up, and all buttons. Nothing showed up. (pic.8)
So what do you guys think? Do you have answers to any of the problems that I got during this journey? Please share your thoughts because there is no answers of a lot of my questions when I was trying to google it. I could not even use reddit because as you know, that site is under strike and apparently dead for the moment. I would love to know what experienced people have to say about this post. ^_^