I'm working on a Galaxy Note 5 that I am trying to reset the firmware on. Someone's installed a custom build (that's verified in the "about phone" details) and it co-opts the volume down button boot sequence, so I can't get into download or safe mode. I've attached a screenshot. Has anyone seen this before and how to I purge this thing?
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Ok, let's hope this works as a link to the image:
This happens with the power-volume down and power-volume down-home sequences, so I can't get it into safe mode. Someone's definitely put a custom image on, but I'm not sure how to clean it/replace it.
The power-volume up sequence works fine, but since this is a custom image, it won't get cleaned off by wiping the cache and/or factory reset.
Apparently, since I'm a newbie here, I can't post external links, which makes the forced external URLs for images a little useless to me right now...
Can't you just power off, boot into download mode and Odin a stock firmware, then re-root after?
blud7 said:
Can't you just power off, boot into download mode and Odin a stock firmware, then re-root after?
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That's the thing - whoever did this co-opted the sequence to boot into download mode - power + volume-down/power + volume-down + home. I did find a way to do it without needing to go into boot mode, but I can't post the link here because I'm a newbie! That should solve my problem - I'm just setting it up on Linux and I'll keep people posted on the solution.
What's happened is that someone's basically done a custom firmware/kernel combo that makes it impossible to get into download mode, so you have to totally backdoor it. When I get it working and verify it, I'll post the solution here.
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its from my friend...
and we need to fix this...
model look like this...
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the error is like this...
i used this solution but still no luck...
1. Keep pressing Comm manager and Voice Command button
2. While they are pressed, push in on the soft reset button (reset hole) once
3. Keep holding the Comm Manager and Voice Command buttons until there is a screen asking you if you want to clear all data.
4. To commit, press the green send key.
I just did it on mine.
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please help what should i do....
moving to wizard upgrading.
You need to enter bootloader mode (search xda wiki for instructions) and run official rom upgrade.
Well,cudn't understand what you are saying,what you want to do ? Plz be a little more specific.Are you stuck on the splash screen and trying to recover or trying to upgrade ? well,if its stuck on splash screen,try the Soft reset or Hard reset,if still it doesn't work,download the official T-mobile Rom and flash it.
Cheers!
maybe it will help you i dont now good luck
Originally Posted by shayd
1. dowenload this t-mobile official rom
2. enter your Charmer into bootloader mode by pressing power + camera + reset, let go of the reset, but keep holding power + camera until the three colur screen will show up (that is bootloader mode).
3. connect the Charmer to your pc (make sure your battery is fully charged)
4. run the t-mobile rom.
5. good luck!
What type of mda is this?
anyone can give me the right model? mda2 or mda 3?
tmobile link here...
Can anyone provide the right link?
thanks montano for this link
Ok, so I've tried installing this ROM for my ATT Galaxy S5 Active
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...m-koolkit-s5-koolactive-v1-0-0b01-07-t2809957
However, I get stuck at step 4: Reboot to SS Recovery. When I try to boot to recovery, I hold the Power, Vol. Up, and Home button, but I jsut go to Android Recovery.
Anyway, I try to continue on with the steps anyway. I do the wipe and I try to install from the external SD card. I get lots of errors: "not valid signature" and similar errors. Then I'm back to stock
any ideas?
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Ok, so I've tried installing this ROM for my ATT Galaxy S5 Active
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...m-koolkit-s5-koolactive-v1-0-0b01-07-t2809957
However, I get stuck at step 4: Reboot to SS Recovery. When I try to boot to recovery, I hold the Power, Vol. Up, and Home button, but I jsut go to Android Recovery.
Anyway, I try to continue on with the steps anyway. I do the wipe and I try to install from the external SD card. I get lots of errors: "not valid signature" and similar errors. Then I'm back to stock
any ideas?
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Yes you really need to read the SafeStrap OP more carefully first of all you don't use power-home-volume up to access SafeStrap recovery. I'm assuming you've installed the SafeStrap apk.but have you actually installed the recovery itself? This is what your SafeStrap screen should look like
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Now here's the link to the SafeStrap thread please spend a little more time reading it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2794087
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Hit seems like you missed a bunch of steps? Rooted? SS installed? I hope so...
Following official Magisk installation guide.
Phone is a Snapdragon S10+, China/HongKong model.
Just Odin'd Android 12, rebooted and installed Magisk app, repaired tar with recovery option because no ramdisk then Odin'd all again with new fixed AP tar.
The problem now is according to the guide I have to get into android's recovery mode somehow.
I've tried all manner of key combinations like Bixby+vol up+ power etc and nothing works except download mode again.
Do I really have to wait for the phone to run out of power?
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This is driving me nuts, anyone have any ideas?
I'm pretty sure the original firmware is damaged..here is what it would look like in English.
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Zxalilh said:
I'm pretty sure the original firmware is damaged..here is what it would look like in English.
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Also you should reinstall official Samsung firmware.
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Also you should reinstall official Samsung firmware.
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It is official originally. That message is because I flashed a magisk repaired AP tar to try and gain root. The next step was to enter recovery.
From https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#magisk-in-recovery
Heading: system-as-root
Tried again using a Canary build magisk, was able to finally get into recovery after flashing modified tar however the only option was a factory reset. Oh well..back to the drawing board.
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Tried again using a Canary build magisk, was able to finally get into recovery after flashing modified tar however the only option was a factory reset. Oh well..back to the drawing board.
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Oh ok
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Hey I got it working. Went back to magisk 24.3.
Was checking recovery option box before the AP patching as advised because no Ramdisk but a friend told me not to check recovery anyway and I successfully rebooted twice and now have root and Zygisk.
Thanks for your input!
Okkaayy guys, so, i'll take you to the end of the whole thing which is, I installed and downgraded 2 versions in stock rom, which was V12.5.1.0 worked like a charm, then I updated the version with Xiaomi's original it's own system updater to newer version and it was still fine then I updated it to Android 12, MIUI 13 and it bootlooped.
So, I wasn't able to get into recovery, trieedd soo many times and neither I was able to get in to fastboot mode. What did I do? Flashed it again with Format All + Download option. I got the bar and everything but I waited a bit and nothing happened. I'm like, is this working? And I did the mistake. I pulled the plug. And here I am. Surely I've 60+ battery. Besides that I charged it for more than 15 minutes. No power button works, no fastboot, no recovery. Nothing "HAPPENS". Literally. No matter what I do, how long I press to any button, device won't turn on in any sort of way. Libusb still detects it as Mediatek driver but I can't use SP Flash Tool because simply device won't turn on. Bypass utility stays like this.
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Held power button for 5 min (literally I did) nothing happened
No fastboot or recovery
SP Flash Tool simply can't do the trick because device doesn't turn on
I have 60+ battery %100 surely.
USBLIB still able to detect the port.
What do? Is it even possible to rescue this poor guy? It was my main phone btw...
EDIT - UPDATE: I have no idea how but I was playing around with SP Flash Tool, trying to do some things, nothing was actually happening but like after few minutes phone just gone back into bootloop, It turned on, I genuinely don't know how and just for confirmation, after I installed stock rom back my charge is %73 so surely it wasn't related to my battery. IDK this devices are weird. Sorry for the topic mods..
Hello, i have a galaxy a40, first unlocked BL, then tried to flash TWRP via ODIN in DL mode, and now the phone is lock on "downloading screen" even if I restart.... (not possible de power off...)
Any one would have a solution please ?
Thanks
Read, it is official
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01212623/
@Samarimama I have edited your post to point to the article you searched. Please don't post long links.
@bilatche What happens if you hold down the Power button for at least 10 seconds?
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Read, it is official
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01212623/
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thanks, but doesn't seem to be a case/buttons issue....
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@bilatche What happens if you hold down the Power button for at least 10 seconds?
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absolutely nothing.... I have tried to recharge the phone, but still booting on DL screen....
The only solution I see : go back on last stock firmware via odin.
I will try this week.
bilatche said:
absolutely nothing.... I have tried to recharge the phone, but still booting on DL screen....
The only solution I see : go back on last stock firmware via odin.
I will try this week.
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If you're unable to reboot the phone, this won't help you. Have you tried holding down the power button until the phone does something?
nothing with long press on power....
here is the screen appearing 1 second at boot before being stuck on DL screen:
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I will see if reinstall stock rom fixes the DL issue...
maybe it's an error due that I didn't have flashed vbmeta after twrp ?
bilatche said:
nothing with long press on power....
here is the screen appearing 1 second at boot before being stuck on DL screen:
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You don't have the official firmware, you need to flash the official.