soft brick after SIM swap, need help - Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

small SOS situation... my N5 was soft bricked after sim swap and restart (yes, i know, strange)
was on Dr Ketan M11 MM in flight mode, removed sim (while on, my bad) put new sim, then reboot.
ended up with FRP lock and custom binary so can't boot even into recovery
found a way around the FRP but now i get to TWRP and reboots with "unable to mount data" in several options... i prefer not to delete are reset the whole phone as i have stuff there.
any advice?

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Herald wont turn on, only bootloader mode

my phone is hard spled. things went fine after hard spl, i was able to flash 2 roms, the last one was juststablev2. after one day my phone started to freeze, random crashes, finishing with a "white screen" and then resets. and after a couple of crashes the phone coulnt even load windows anymore, after the splash screen it continiued to reset. and now, the phone dosnt gets on anymore, it only goes to bootloader (not when you turn on the phone, it cant be turned on, only pressing cam button and resetting turns the phone on and you can only be in bootlader. ) i tried everything, readed almost everything in xdadevelopers, tried to flash with shipped roms, tried to flash with custom roms, tried to flash from pc, to flash from sd card (and yes i know everything to do becouse i did my earlier flashed with sd card, all went without any problem). it just looks the phone is dead, but can enter into bootloader. do anyone have any idea ? ill be realy very thankfull if someone can think something about my problem.
ps : my SPL is 4.70.yang
You can't flash your carrier ROM from bootloader mode via USB?
No, i can not. i forgot to mention that every rom install attempt is turning back with the error 244 : invalid model id.. Just one time, i did get a message, when i was trying flash with the juststablev2, it gave me an error about certificate. but not the same sd card, same rom, gives me nothing, just goes to bootloader mode after checking the sd card.
same problem with me(bendede aynı sorun war osman kardes:/))
help help help

Stuck at S screen - tried everything with no results

This is yet another thread on an GT I9000 stuck at boot, but with a twist!
The diference is that it hapened without me doing anything to it. No flashing roms, no rooting, no unlocking, nothing.
One day it turned itself off, turned on again, get pass the initial screen, gets pass the carrier animation, and it is stuck at the big shiny S screen.
I'm not new to XDA or to flashing (old windows mobile), so I decided to come here and look as usually I can find my answers. The thin is it seems no one else has a similar problem! Not here nor the entire web!
I've been searching and experimenting (it doesn't work anyway, so it is ok to test every solution) for 2 consecutive weeks and still nothing!
I am able to get into download mode, into recovery mode, I am able to flash rooted (or rooting) kernels, I can do everything (except update from SD card with Cyanogenmods, it always says the file is BAD).
I've flashed stock roms, following all the procedures, with Odin, with Heimdall, I've tried everything suggested by "Android Solutions" but nothing!
I'm really frustrated, so I'm reaching to see if there's someone that can shine some light on how to solve this... I feel I'm about to smash the thing with a hammer! (but this won't solve the problem, right...)
Thank you in advance
G
GAlves said:
(except update from SD card with Cyanogenmods, it always says the file is BAD).
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I assume you had rooted and had CWM when trying to flash CM from SD cards? if not, it will not work, using 2e or 3e recovery
First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
Also assume you had tried everything in My Android Solutions did not get you out of bootloops?
so, boot into CWM > mounts and Storage> to copy your entire SD card to PC, after which you should format every partition (you will in-effect lose everything by doing this,) and do not reboot
after this, you must pull out battery and powerup into download mode to flash JVU+Root ROM with 512 PIT (repartition and update boot loader ticked in odin3) from My Android Collections
Hi xsenman,
Thank you for the reply.
in fact, I tried to CM from the SD card after having flashed CWM rooted kernel with Odin, but at this point the phone was not booting anymore. The whole reason I wanted to flash it in the first place was because it started bootlooping by itself while completely stock.
So I came here to xda, and follewed the instructions. I thought it would be a simple matter of flashing with a new rom and everything would be a-ok. It didn't.
I've tried every single trick mentioned in "my android solutions" (great information repository by the way, lots of work there) and still nothing. Today when I get home (forgot the phone at home) I'll flash the stock everything and try to follow the SD format procedure you mention.
I'll post back
Cheers
G
Hi again,
I've tried xsenman's suggestion and still nothing.
I could understand if this was a SD card error (because it was damaged in some way), but I have no indication of a SD card error. It can read everything and I even can see the file structure inside the SD card (and I do not mena the external SD card ofc). I was even able to copy some files to and from it!
I think I'll "fix it" with a big hammer and buy me an iphone! This is soooo frustrating!
anyone has any other ideas? I'll try anything and everything.
Cheers
G
GAlves said:
in fact, I tried to CM from the SD card after having flashed CWM rooted kernel with Odin, but at this point the phone was not booting anymore.
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CM needs to be flashed twice, try this method or this
Check Here to chose your forum/Guide by Version of your phone or you will have more problems by using wrong solutions due to different versions of Galaxy S
Use only ROM and solution for your model and Wipe x3
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
(Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.)
Hi again,
Tried everything and got always the same result. Nothing.
Maybe the problem was with some piece of hardware (but I find it strange). As I said before I firstly tried to flash it because it had come to a bootloop by itself so maybe it had a deeper problem.
Now I got it solved. I bought me a brand new iPhone 5 (LOL) and flashed a stock rom on the SGS and sent it to the carrier customer support. It had one year guaranty. Lets see what they say about it.
If they can solve it I'll have 2 very nice phones!
Thank you anyway for you help.
Had same problem some time ago.
THIS should help you too
Hi again!
I had tried that too, and the result was the same as all the other things I've tried. Nothing.
Today I had some feedback about the phone (I sent it to repair). The phone is on its way back to my hands, and the repair status says:
"Software update and power circuit repair. Tested OK".
Let's see if it does tests ok when I get it back!
Two weeks ago I got an e-mail from the tech support asking what was wrong with the phone because they could find nothing wrong with it. I asked them to turn it on and try to make a phone call for example, or connect to a wi-fi network. It doesn't really matter, I just wanted them to try to do something that involved turning it completely on and use the device in any way they wanted. Clearly they hadn't even tried to turn it on. Otherwise they would have figured out that there was a problem...
This was the carrier support, not Samsung (I think). Anyway it SUCKS bigtime!
Now I need to figure out what to do with it...
Thanks anyway for your support!
Cheers
G
Just to let people know how this ended up.
My SGS i9000 went to the repair shop for two times. The first they replaced the charger plug, the second they say they replaced nothing (but I don't belive them )
As I still think this was some sort of issue with the samsung firmware, I just flasher CM10 and it's been stable since then.
My girlfriend got it as a present and she's quite happy with it!
Thank you all for the help!

SOLVED!! Erased my IMEI numbers. How would I get them back?!!

UPDATE
I have just found that there are no IMEI numbers on my phone, that is why it is not detecting the sims and dual card management option is not working. Please help me retrieve it. Thanks.
My phone is not detecting the sim cards. When I press Dual Sim Management nothing happens. It does not open. I have a phone but I can not use it as a phone. It was working alright untill i did this:
I rooted my Huawei P0 AL100 by unlocking bootloader and installing TWRP. I installed SuperSU and it was rooted. Then I removed some Chinese bloatware. I tried to install Google Assistant. For that, I installed Xposed Framework through TWPR. Then I installed Android N-ify and Google assistant module and checked them in Xposed Module App. My Google assistant got activated and was working well. But the problem came with my sim cards. My phone did not detect my sim cards and when I checked in Settings, "Dual Sim Card Management" was not opening. I restarted my phone and again it started working. Today when i restarted my phone, again it did not detect the sim cards. I tried restarting my phone a few times but nothing helped. Heres the blunder I made. I switched off my phone, Pressed Power UP + power and went into TWRP, go into WIPE, Advanced Wipe and checked System and wiped. I have wiped out the OS. Now I am stuck with a bricked phone.
TIA
Update:
In the meantime, i tried to flash EVA-19, but it could not load. Then I tried to flash fRomFuture NewWorld 4.1, it worked and my phone got booted. I got all my apps and data back with just a layer of this rom, but the main problem is still there. Again, my phone cant read the sim cards. "Dual Card Management" is still not opening. What should I do now in order to use my phone as a phone.
Update
Whatever I try to do with TWRP,the screen prompts as Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument). Can not take backup or reset.
I have even try to factory reset the phone from settings, but its not happening.
PROBLEM SOLVED
I loaded the stock recovery by SRK Toll and then perform the factory reset. The Sim cards appeared after the reboot.

Stuck on AT&T logo and cannot enter recovery mode

This is my first post, but I've had my phone rooted for a few months now with no problems until today out of the blue. What I've done to root my phone in the first place was flash to 4.4.2 NE3, root it, then upgrade to 5.0.1 OC 7 DeOdexed while keeping the root according to the link below. And then I put Xposed framework on it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-active/general/how-to-update-to-i537oc6-5-0-1-t3089355
And this has worked well for me for a few months since that was back at the end of December. Flash forward to today when my phone was being rather slow to respond to my actions so I decided to restart it. And upon restarting it, it's been stuck on the AT&T logo screen for a very long time. I can power it down with the power button, but think it actually just restarts it because then it boot ups again on its own. I cannot enter recovery mode with power+home+volume up, but I can get to the custom OS screen with power+volume down. My computer cannot see it as an adb device either. I've also tried removing the SIM card and the SD card and it's still gets stuck at the AT&T logo.
I've done nothing different with the OS or Xposed recently. The only new thing was about 2 hours prior to restarting it, I connected it to my computer to transfer some video files to the sd card. While I had it connecting to the computer and looking at the files on it through the phone's My Apps, it was sluggish to respond to my actions. But after disconnecting it, it was fine. I don't know if this is related, but I haven't done anything else different with it. Is there anyway to get my phone to boot up correctly? Or am I going to have to reflash it all over again? Thank you for any help.
Edit: I can enter recovery mode and I tried wiping the cache. It still gets stuck at the AT&T logo screen. I should also note that it no longer shows the Samsung "custom" boot screen anymore like it used to after rooting, now it just has the default Samsung boot screen, so it would certainly seem like my OS has been corrupted.

Need Help ASAP - Phone Asking for PIN on Each Boot, Even After Factory Reset.

"To start android, please enter your PIN".
I am getting this message even after performing a factory reset, and wiping dalvik, cache, and system.
I have tried re flashing BlissPop. It seems like the phone is still encrypted somewhere. This all started because I was trying to transfer from Cricket to Mint, and when I put in the SIM card the SIM was asking for an unlock PIN. I couldn't get that to work, so I tried a factory reset, which got me to this point, and now the phone won't boot to anything besides recovery at all.
Any help is VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. This is the only phone I have that's used as a primary POC for several contacts - I did not anticipate problems switching carriers to this level.
Edit: I now even went as far as formatting internal storage, and the phone is still prompting for a PIN on boot.
Was able to get it to boot again after using this method, and then flashing a new ROM again. Now I just need to figure out why the stupid SIM won't communicate.
https://nexus5.gadgethacks.com/how-...ption-nexus-6-for-faster-performance-0158696/

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