I have been trying to follow the [How-To] Update to I537_OC7 - 5.0.1 and KeepRoot guide for my SGH-I537, but have been unsuccessful. I did it about a year ago with I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM, but something happened that it got stuck in the AT&T logo and had to re flash to 4.4.2 NE3.
I have rooted and tried many times to flash I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM and I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_ROM using FlashFire v. 0.55.1, per the instructions on the thread, but it keeps freezing on the AT&T Logo. I have to wipe the cache partition to be able to boot the normally again, but on the same firmware.
Papote13 said:
I have been trying to follow the [How-To] Update to I537_OC7 - 5.0.1 and KeepRoot guide for my SGH-I537, but have been unsuccessful. I did it about a year ago with I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM, but something happened that it got stuck in the AT&T logo and had to re flash to 4.4.2 NE3.
I have rooted and tried many times to flash I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM and I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_ROM using FlashFire v. 0.55.1, per the instructions on the thread, but it keeps freezing on the AT&T Logo. I have to wipe the cache partition to be able to boot the normally again, but on the same firmware.
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Having same problem. Wondering if newer version of flashfire is even working at all since nothing seems to be updated.
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me too
I've been having the same problem, too.
I wonder if my safestrap is messing with the install?
Are you guys running safestrap?
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Few days ago I bought the Samsung Galaxy S5 G900A unlocked. There was Android 5.0 preinstalled whith baseband vOC4! I tried to make the downgrade to 4.4.2 because of the root, and always gettin the brick. Saw the post about flasjing G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions and it helped me a lot with unbricking! I tried all the ways of downgrades: recovery ZIP update (including OC4 firmware w/ OA1 bootloader) , ODIN flashing different stock roms, custom roms, kernels etc. Can I make a downgrade with that baseband? I've read somewhere that it's impossible to do in this case...
Really confused now after all this.
No need for confusion. There is no way known to humanity that will allow you to downgrade from 5.0 to anything else.
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RK said:
No need for confusion. There is no way known to humanity that will allow you to downgrade from 5.0 to anything else.
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Ah, that's a shame..... Any chances of developing the 5.0 root for g900a?
Im in the same situation let me know if anything changes im about to return mine and hopefully get one still on kitkat or get a tmobile version
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ODIN back to OC4 to unbrick and remember; if you can't root you, can't do anything but wait for root or buy a different model phone.
ODIN back to OC4?
There is no way at this time to ODIN back to OC4, OA1, or whatever.
There is only a ".exe" file for OC4.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2QQ1ShKpLTtYjU0aDJCLVFFSFk/view
similar situation
Hello guys,
my situation is quite similar to the posters one. i've bought the S5 active (AT&T) with some custom TMS5 rom, when i boot i sie unlocked lock icon.
the version is 5.0: the kies is showing info like: G900FXXU1BOC7/G900AATT3BOC4/G870AUCU1BOC5/G900FXXU1BOC7 (ATT)
the question is can i get somehow to the STOCK firmware? maybe upgrading to the 5.1.1 will get rid of this "custom stuff"?
if so, what's the best way to do it?
I purchased a new G870A Galaxy S5 Active this week, which was preloaded with OC5 (5.0, Lollipop) firmware. I was able to root the device by downgrading to 4.4.2; the guide here was very helpful: http://www.droidviews.com/update-att-galaxy-s5-active-to-lollipop-root-it-and-enable-wifi-tethering/
The exact procedure I used:
1. Flash NE4 firmware with Odin (The latest heimdall from git didn't work; I had to boot Windows 7 and install Odin & Samsung USB drivers)
2. Reboot the phone in recovery (power+volume up+home). Use the options to clear cache & reset to factory default
3. Reboot the phone normally. It might appear bricked & take up to 5 minutes to get past the AT&T logo.
4. Root with Towelroot
5. Follow the instructions on the linked page to install pre-rooted OF3 (Lollipop) firmware and the OC5 bootloader.
6 (important). Kill OTA updates by renaming /etc/security/otacerts.zip & /system/priv-app/wssyncmldm and then rebooting. Delete anything in /data/fota for good measure. (Use your favorite root-enabled file explorer or shell.)
Note that this will not work if the phone has received OTA updates beyond OC5. See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-update-to-g870aoc5-5-0-keeproot-t3083841
My last post got no attention, so here is my second attempt.
A software update rolled out for my 5.1 Lollipop S5 Active, and since I wasn't really utilizing my root extensively, I decided I'd get rid of it to receive this update. Unfortunately, I didn't do a whole lot of research and decided I should start by uninstalling my SuperSU. After all, it seemed harmless. I then rebooted, and the thing will not surpass the AT&T boot animation.
The symptoms pointed towards a simple soft brick (i.e. gets to animation, recovery and bootloader not locked). However, I have not been able to successfully flash a fresh firmware onto the device with Odin. SamMobile only has one firmware release for this device, and it is the 4.4.2 version. Is this why the file is failing to flash? If so, how can I get around this issue? Thanks in advance!
sk8chkn said:
My last post got no attention, so here is my second attempt.
A software update rolled out for my 5.1 Lollipop S5 Active, and since I wasn't really utilizing my root extensively, I decided I'd get rid of it to receive this update. Unfortunately, I didn't do a whole lot of research and decided I should start by uninstalling my SuperSU. After all, it seemed harmless. I then rebooted, and the thing will not surpass the AT&T boot animation.
The symptoms pointed towards a simple soft brick (i.e. gets to animation, recovery and bootloader not locked). However, I have not been able to successfully flash a fresh firmware onto the device with Odin. SamMobile only has one firmware release for this device, and it is the 4.4.2 version. Is this why the file is failing to flash? If so, how can I get around this issue? Thanks in advance!
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Now if I remember correctly (if i am wrong someone please correct me) if your phone was on 5.0+ then you can not downgrade. Same thing with the build number where the old is NF4 i think, and the newest is OF3 with 5.0. my advice is to scour the internet and find the newest flash file. i know there is a 5.0 out there somewhere.
I have a XT1060 (Dev Ed), running Lollipop 5.1, it's rooted, has xposed, and TWRP. I got a notification for a system update, would it be okay for me to do the update? Or would it soft/hard brick my phone?
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I have a XT1060 (Dev Ed), running Lollipop 5.1, it's rooted, has xposed, and TWRP. I got a notification for a system update, would it be okay for me to do the update? Or would it soft/hard brick my phone?
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I'm in the same boat (although mine is not dev edition, I have unlocked the bootloader & rooted running xposed) and would love an answer!
So I attempted to install it since no one was giving me any warnings, I flashed it back to the custom recovery, and now my phone is in a bootloop.
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So I attempted to install it since no one was giving me any warnings, I flashed it back to the custom recovery, and now my phone is in a bootloop.
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You can't update if you've modified the system partition, ex. being rooted, having xposed etc.To update you need to be completely stock.
I received the same notification on my XT1060DEV. I chose to ignore it.
Anyone know what the update is for? Someone posted in the general section to "never update a rooted unlocked XT1060 ever" because it bricked it or something. My guess is they didn't know what they were doing. I've been having issues lately with my XT1060 not wanting to connect to 2.4GHz wireless networks, only 5GHz. I've tried removing apps one-at-a-time but no luck. Maybe a reset back to square one and the update is due.
Not sure what the update is for though.
So I'm unlocked and rooted on 5.1 with TWRP... but I don't have stock recovery. XT1060 verizon dev edition doesn't have a stock recovery for anything but 4.4.4. So how do I flash recovery to take the update? I'm assuming that flashing recovery from 4.4.4 is a bad idea? If so, what's the solution?
i have 2 1060s one is retail 16 gb (one daughter) the oher is 32 gig dev tooted twrp expoesd. dev daugher tried to do the update it failed and hten she rebooted. it kept tying to apply booting to recovery after 3 minutes and and failing until I removed the update form cache.
I shoul have captured it so I could examine and fix the script.
retail 16 gb updated just fine.
anybody know what this is?
if it not an image maybe we can apply the frixes directly
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Anyone know what the update is for?.......
Not sure what the update is for though.
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Its the security update patch upto 1st April, 2016.
https://motorola-global-portal.cust...detail/a_id/110538/p/30,6720,8696/reg/1417809
I'm on completely stock 5.1 ROM but I have TWRP 2.8.7.0, Xposed installed. So in order for OTA to succeed I'll have to undo all the modifications including the removal of Xposed? The other changes I've made to the system are the removal of some of the Motorola bloatware.
The trick is now to get the right SBF from Motorola.
Yeah to take the ota you gotta go back to stock. Honestly, I ended up just dong a factory reset, downloaded a marshmallow ROM for my xt1060, and that was that!
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Yeah to take the ota you gotta go back to stock. Honestly, I ended up just dong a factory reset, downloaded a marshmallow ROM for my xt1060, and that was that!
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Marshmallow?!
So far it's not to bad.
What do you mean by Marshmallow update!? This is just a security update so it should still be Lollipop.
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So I attempted to install it since no one was giving me any warnings, I flashed it back to the custom recovery, and now my phone is in a bootloop.
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If you are boot-looping after trying the update with TWRP, you will have to delete the update file using TWRP.
From the TWRP main menu, Choose Advanced, then File Manager.
Go into /cache, and delete the Blur_Versionxxxxblahblahblah.zip file.
That'll stop your boot loop.
I recently pulled my old Note 3 out of the drawer to do some misc tweaks, and think i screwed it all up...LMFAO!!!
Quick specs of phone...
Samsung Galaxy Note III (AT&T SM-N900A) 64gb (yes, i said 64gb and not 32gb)...but NOT why I am posting, so please don't even comment about it.
Steps that led to where I am...
First off I will say the device was originally rooted 4.3 back in 2013, and never updated since. Today I decided I wanted to update the phone to the last OS that worked perfect for a root, no i didn't just update it. I followed SuperSU's & TWRP instructions on first bringing the phone back to stock, didn't work and left me in recovery mode. Again, doubtful but may have been caused by me. So I was left with a wipe/restore because every time I attempted recovery via OneClickBin it would fail. After wipe/restore I was able to reinstall SuperSU and device was still rooted, obviously. So I attempted to completely remove root through SuperSU and it just kept getting stuck on spinning wheel. So then I attempted to reinstall TWRP and now I am stuck at the screen shown below in screen shots. Thanks in advance for any and all assistance, regarding this matter.
-Semper Fi
Oh yeah...and I'm a total and permanent disabled Veteran who doesn't have the ability to "go to AT&T store". So lets please try to fix this without going anywhere. Thanks again in advance.
Wrong forum you want the. A&TT note 3 forum .
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If the phone doesn't have a locked bootloader, you can try flashing back to stock with Odin and then run ota updates until the phone is running the latest stock ROM.
AT&T variant have a locked bootloader. You can't use TWRP or any other custom recovery.
Please follow this guide to fix your softbrick, root and update.
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AT&T variant have a locked bootloader. You can't use TWRP or any other custom recovery.
Please follow this guide to fix your softbrick, root and update.
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This was EXACTLY what I needed and worked flawless!! And I am so sorry for not responding sooner, as I have been in the hospital again.
DONE!! Thank You to those that helped!!
Hi all,
I was on 5.1.1 and rooted for quite a while with no changes on my part. Little by little some apps began misbehaving and I finally got irritated enough to upgrade in an effort to get everything behaving correctly again. I moved to 6.0.1 which went fine except in the process I lost root. I've tried several times to achieve root again and so far no luck. I went so far as to flash a new BL and move to 7.0 but got stuck on the boot screen. So I went back to 6.0.1 and the device is back to where I was without root.
Any ideas on how to get rooted once again on 6.0 or later (hopefully without wiping all data)?
SM-G920T
G920TUVS4EPH2
MMB29K.G920TUVS4EPH2
Thank you in advance
DryFlyer said:
Hi all,
I was on 5.1.1 and rooted for quite a while with no changes on my part. Little by little some apps began misbehaving and I finally got irritated enough to upgrade in an effort to get everything behaving correctly again. I moved to 6.0.1 which went fine except in the process I lost root. I've tried several times to achieve root again and so far no luck. I went so far as to flash a new BL and move to 7.0 but got stuck on the boot screen. So I went back to 6.0.1 and the device is back to where I was without root.
Any ideas on how to get rooted once again on 6.0 or later (hopefully without wiping all data)?
SM-G920T
G920TUVS4EPH2
MMB29K.G920TUVS4EPH2
Thank you in advance
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You need to flash TWRP using Odin. Once successful, boot the phone and copy the Superuser.zip onto the device. Reboot the phone to TWRP and then install the Superuser.zip
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