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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] The K-Zoo Kid:
I recently put CM on a buddies sprint s4 and he came back to me wanting to go back to stock because he wanted to sell the phone.

I got Odin 3.07 and downloaded the most recent download (L720VPUEMJA) from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2258107

and flashed the MD5 file via Odin.

Everything looked as if it had worked, except when i tried to boot up the phone it just gets stuck at the yellow sprint screen. I never had a backup (I'm an idiot, I know) but I can still get into download mode.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Try going into recovery and factory reset.

GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget,8SMS(Stock Messaging,KitKat)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tronac:
Go in to recovery mode and do a full wipe. Reboot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shobeira:
Hi all,

I have experienced my first rooting on GT-i9300. After rooting and flashing to CM10, the display quality is not what it was before. I am able to watch HD video on youtube, but that is not as perfect as before also.

Am I missed any display driver to be installed or any display management app?

Is there anyway to improve the display quality?

Does that mean CM does not support HD? (it seems not right to me)

Regards,

Shobeir
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xx98burak98xx:
Driver ?

S III has ne driver for display bruh :( u shouldnt install anything so it will work everytime without driver this is not pc
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
I think I might have done it, this time. I installed RebelROM on my phone, as I was curious if it would be more battery friendly. I decided that it wasn't, and went to reboot into recovery to reinstall the nandroid I had made earlier in the afternoon. Oops. My only available recovery was CWM, not TWRP. No problem, I thought, I will just reinstall with CWM. Give me a chance to learn the new recovery, I thought. But, CWM wasn't seeing my external SD card, so I went back and forth to move the nandroid I had made to the internal SD, so CWM could see it. I also installed TWRP to the internal SD, as CWM was proving to be a pain. Unfortunately, TWRP wasn't able to access my internal SD, where the nandroid was now stored, so I tried to recover into an older nandroid. Now, though, the phone won't boot at all, past the screen that describes the phone as an Exhibit from T-Mobile. I can't boot back into recovery. I can't access the drives through the USB cord, either. Any suggestions? Skyukillparanormal has disappeared. Ironically, I'm up in his neck of the woods. Any assistance would be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
Pull the battery. After replacing, push down the power button and volume up at the same time. Hole them down for a few seconds. CWM should reappear. Either restore your recovery if it was CWM created or reflash the ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Unfortunately, AD, CWM is not reappearing. I had been holding down the power and volume down keys to no avail. Now I know why. It seems, though, that the power/volume up combo has the same (lack of) effect. Am I screwed?
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
If that isn't working there are more serious problems. Try 2 or 3 times as it doesn't always work the first time. You can try ODIN but it's for advanced users. If you don't know how to use it probably not the best option. I hope you didn't brick your recovery because in that case that's the only option that will save you.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
I tried multiple times. I was thinking ODIN might be my only option, but I would never do that myself. I will have to do some research to learn if there is someone near where I am now, or where I live. Thanks for your help. I thought we'd lost you to the S2 fora....
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
Well soon that will be the case but not yet! Anyway here the link to get ODIN: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2012979&d=1370213005

Instructions here:

2. With your phone powered off, go into the Download (or Odin) mode by pressing the volume down and power buttons. When the screen with the exclamation mark appears, select the volume up button. You should now be in download mode.

3. Connect your Galaxy Exhibit to your PC.

3. Open Odin Multi Downloader v4.43.exe on your PC.

4. click on the OPS-Button and navigate to the folder with the extracted files and select Ancora.ops file.

5. Select the options: One Package, Protect OPS. I did not touch the Auto Reboot, Reset Time options.

6.Click on the One Package-Button and select the md5 file in the extracted folder.

7. Click on the Start button. The flashing process took around 5 minutes for me, at which point the phone rebooted into recovery mode to finish the process. I selected reboot the system.

ODIN flashable CWM here: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1962398&d=1368560948

If you do this, keep in mind I can't be responsible for the results. Otherwise then yes, seek assistance from somebody who can help you in person.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Thank you for the link, but I can already tell that there will be a problem with that solution, as well. I tried over and over to press the power volume down button. I never saw a screen with an exclamation point. I never see anything until I release both buttons, at which point it starts up normally, but like I said, freezes before the rom loads, or before loading any recovery. There seems to be no difference if I hold down the vol up or the vol down button.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
Just like CWM, it can take a few tries. Yeah I know that gets old but sometimes it's taken me 4 or 5 attempts before I can get the phone into download mode. Don't give up until you're sure there is nothing to be done. It really just sounds like a soft brick to me.

Maybe if all else fails just say the hell with it, and if you can, get the Galaxy Light on HSN ($150). They'll let you pay in installments if you can't/don't want to pay all at once. You won't be able to root it just yet since it's new, but man maybe it's for the best. At least you will not be able to brick that phone! It has JB on it anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Soft brick is what I was thinking, too.

Man, that Galaxy Light is perfect! I have been looking for exactly that phone for a while. When did it come out? And paying in installments makes it even better. Plus, I've now learned my lesson. When I do root that phone, I will be more careful about my flashaholic tendencies. If I get it, that is. We'll have to see.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
Came out in just the past couple of months. The hardware is so much better than the Exhibit. Again keep in mind, there presently is no way to root it and there are no custom ROMs right now. Activity on XDA for this device has been pretty light, only downside to this phone and the main reason I passed on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
I understand about there being no xda activity. That's a consideration. With 8 GB of internal storage _plus_ a removable SD card, though, I can't see bloatware being a problem for a bit. By then, the Slimroms guys will have gotten ahold of it and put together something, I am sure. Can I live with stock jb? Can I even pick this up? Hmmmmmm...... Food for thought.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
sorry, AD. I have one more question. Once I reboot into recovery mode, can I just reflash a nandroid, or do I have to reload the rom and kernel again?
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
You should be able to restore the nandroid. Since you have CWM working again, you can always do a full wipe & flash the ROM again if that doesn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
My thought, exactly. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
I got everything going to the point where I was to select the md5 file. There was no md5 file in the Odin folder I downloaded and extracted. Where should I look for the md5 file to restart the phone? It also seems that ODIN doesn't recognize that the phone is connected. The phone says it's in ODIN mode, but the program isn't showing any indication that the phone is connected. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
Wow, then that means you don't have the Samsung drivers installed. This is getting more complicated. You'll have to have the drivers installed for this device. Unfortunately it might be too late because after you get them installed to your PC, you have to connect your phone and it would have to be in a usable state for the drivers to finish installing if I remember correctly.

Anyay you can still try it, here's the drivers you need: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T679DBBTMB?
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] teerout:
it sure is nice being able to reach out and having people give assistance. thanks guys.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Actually, all is not lost. The drivers have been located and installed and the phone is now detected. Exactly which boxes are checked on the ODIN panel? You had mentioned that you didn't touch two of them (Protect OPS and Reset Time, I believe), but those were already selected when the program started. Right now, all 4 options are selected. Is the CWM .tar file all you need for the One Package link, or is there something else?
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ArtfulDodger:
No the CWM file is all you need. After you flash that you're done.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit running AOIP.

---------- Post added at 09:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:05 AM ----------

That's what the community should be all about. If I need something I'd hope someone would do the same for me and usually they do.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit running AOIP.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Error message saying an unnamed file was not found and operation terminated...

edit-never mind. it's fine. it's doing its thing....

It says "pass" and the 5 min timer is done, but the phone has not rebooted. Is there something else I need to do? Auto-reboot is selected, but it doesn't seem to be booting. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Well, although I was able to get the phone to boot into CWM, I couldn't load any of my old nandroids other than with an adb sideload. For that technique to work, i need to put AndroidSDK on my computer.... the command prompt on the computer does not currently recognize adb as a command. So, the saga continues....
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Maybe, by this point, I'm just talking to myself, but the phone is no longer recognized by the computer. I have figured out how to push a new zip to the sdcard. I have to use the internal, as the external has been misplaced. Once I get home, I may be able to use an adapter to write directly to another external sd card and then load the zip files I have stored on my computer, but i was trying to load the rom from the computer. Any ideas why the computer does not recognize the phone? It's connected via USB and was seen before. I am not sure why it stopped, unless i wiped something needed. if I can just push the zip files to the sd, I can use TWRP to load them. i am sure of it. I downloaded the drivers from the samsung site and installed them (twice). I have Android SDK.... I am scratching my head. Help!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] jfbs:
What happens when you type 'android' from a terminal? You may need to be in the android SDK directory to use the commands.

Edit: there may have been a windows update from Samsung that could be the cause as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
I have been in the androidsdk directory. i have been trying an adb push from users/daniel/androidsdk/sdk/platform-tools. for some reason, the terminal is not recognizing the phone. The computer says that the device driver was not installed correctly. Regardless, ODIN now sees the phone. If someone can host a .tar file of either a rom or a nandroid I can download, I could install it on my phone through ODIN. i was using AD's Slimbean concoction, but any would work, just so i get an operable phone again. at that point, i can flash what i need. is this a possibility? thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] jfbs:
Try http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390077933525139936
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Thanks, jfbs, but I'm not sure what that file is. it's a .zip, so ODIN won't load it.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] jfbs:
Extract the zip. Install the tar.

Ed: and point Odin to to the ops file.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
got it. downloading now. fingers crossed! and should i use the phone button in ODIN? I realized that the instructions I read said to use the PDA button, but it wasn't for the exhibit.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] jfbs:
reference http://androidforums.com/exhibit-2-...bit-ii-4g-back-its-factory-out-box-state.html

or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20394682#post20394682
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
Thanks. I will reroot when it's done.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] jfbs:
Re-root.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
IT'S ALIVE!!!! Thank you so much, jfbs, for all your help. I will reroot it pretty quickly, though. This bloatware is annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ILCooL:
cwm error Can't mount /system & /cashe....

Where can I get stok or smth else for Odin Multi?
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Tivolijr:
At Samsung-updates, they have most of the original firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Proud2banoob:
After all of that, I am going to go back to Slimbean and the updated kernel. That was the system I liked best. Rooted stock was alright, but I think JB is going to be better. Just don't tell my wife... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] Jayfeather787:
Try going to mounts and storage. After that, select mount /system and mount /cache.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
Having just rooted and unlocked boot loader, my N5 is giving the "android is upgrading" message for 80+ apps (half the usual) on EVERY reboot. This behaviour is only seen with ART runtime. Not with Dalvik. It was also not seen when on ART in stock form. Running Franco r14 kernel with stock rom. Any ideas?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
Thats how it is every boot it has to pre compile the code for apps
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
Hmm...but in pre root form, this only happened the first time after selecting runtime. Now its happening every reboot! Is this supposed to be normal for a rooted phone?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I don't see that issue on my s2 skyrocket running 4.4 art. I'm not running art on my n5. I'm guessing it's an issue with the franko kernel, but that's just a guess
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dorkythegreat:
This happens to my N5 as well. Omni 12/01 nightly + Franco r14
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
chill out guys, this is normal behavior when using ART.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdandashly:
This is not normal behavior at all on stock ROM. When you switch to ART, it only does the upgrade/compile thing on the first boot. Having it redo it after every reboot is probably a compatibility issue with the ROM you are running.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
That's my recollection as well. It still is on stock ROM. But it looks like other people who have rooted are facing issues that might have arose from kernel or app issues.

I have already wiped cache and rebuilt dalvik fwiw. Also uninstalled titanium backup while no weird odex files are noted. Only Franco kernel left as last data point but I wanted to see if others faced this problem before taking the plunge to reinstall stock kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistahseller:
It does not happen on stock rooted for me either. I would suggest returning to stock rooted to use ART. According to Omni threads they are in nightlies so stuff is expected to be wrong.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
Fwiw. I've flashed stock kernel, reflashed the patched libart.so (ie. Whatsapp compatibility fix) , reinstalled whatsapp. Still no joy.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
Ah... from According to:

[url]https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61916

The problem is identified as an extra unbalance check between MonitorEnter / MonitorExit JVM instructions, which ART does and Dalvik doesn't. Some apps (such as Whatsapp) fail to have those balanced.

The fix will be probably fixed in AOSP sooner than later...

Sooo ... everybody relax and have a cup of tea (me included) :good:[/QUOTE]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alienmind:
Hmmm... sorry for the bad news but the problem discussed in that thread is unrelated with yours. We were discussing the (initial) whatsapp incompatibility.

BTW: Using ART here (Nexus 4), absolutely no problems now
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it will depend on your apps. this is normal behavior. my n7 doesnt go through it, but my n4 does. they have different apps installed. my n5 goes yhrough it as well(but only 3 apps upgrading on a reboot). its fine if you want to freak out over it, but in reality it is normal.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
I have 80 apps upgrading on reboot..and these are pretty standard apps.... This is quite a mysterious situation.

Good to know its happening. Perhaps next ota will address this...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
my nexus 4 has 92 apps that upgrade after every reboot while on ART. 92 apps, out of 183 apps.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Han Solo 1:
I’m using ART. Running Purity ROM with ElementalX. No long boot issue. I did have a long boot with apps optimization when I switched to ART the first time, but since then it boots normally and quickly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanc74:
Updated to 4.4.1. Had to flash stock boot and system IMG along the way. Updated, rooted and now it seems fine. Fast reboot with no data loss!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham.12:
i am running stock 4.4.2 on N5 with bootloader unlocked and after each reboot i face the same cache rebuilt thing (android is upgrading) for all the user applications i have. Is it normal for stock rom too? have you seen any one on stock who is having otherwise?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomoms:
I have this problem on my sony xperia sp running cm11, but it is happening since 5 days. Maybe it is the new version of a custom kernel, or link2sd.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Nope it's not normal. What else have you installed or flashed?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomoms:
I've installed some apps and a custom kernel. I switched to stock cm11 kernel but the prolem is still there. Now I think that some apps are causing this problem.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomoms:
I di a full wipe And reinstalled cm11 but the problem is still there! I thinks it's a ROM problem now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mximer:
Happened to me only two times after switching to ART.

The first time, all apps were updatet but the second time only half of them. The last few reboots, my phone started normally :)

Running DroidKang v19 and ElementalX 0.38
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PascalA:
Happens to me also on a clean install : HTC Desire, evervolv bravo nightly ROM 4.4.4, ART enabled through and updatable ZIP at the end during the initial flashing sequence (confirmed in dev settings panel). During this sequence, I'm also flashing Cronmod INT2EXTV2+ no-swap2int. AT the very end, wiping cache through 4EXT recovery feature, not doing Dalvik wipe with recovery feature, but by flashing one time the dedicated CronMod wipe zip.

SD is 1xfat32 (all remaining space) + 1xEXT4 (512 MB).

On first boot, upgrading processes all apps (system + user, ~80 total). On next boots, only user apps are processed. If uninstalling all apps, clearing cache + dalvik, then installing some free apps from market, the same issue occurs (upgrading all the user apps on every boot).

I never installed LuckyPatcher (other threads mention it as a cause).

I did not try without INT2EXTV2+: do you all use this tool here? If not, this is also to exclude from the issue.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhavstech:
i guess its bcoz you made changes to system partition
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omoithesane:
Are you still having this problem?

I used FXP-325 with ART and never had that issue. Did a clean install with FXP-328, it always optimizes 40 Apps on reboot.

Is there any way to check which apps are updated?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temuulenchoi:
I dunno if it helps:

I use TWRP recovery and super SU.

First I unrooted using super SU. Then i booted into recovery, in Advanced there is an option called Fix Permissions. Fixed em. After that as I tried to reboot into system TWRP asked if it should root my phone, which i chose yes. And somehow is the damn upgrades are gone!

Let me know if it works on your devices
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EzraGarrison:
My two cents, for what they're worth... When I got my Note 4 it was defaulted to Dalvik. After about 2 weeks I switched to ART and it started doing the "Android is upgrading" thing on every boot. (In fact, it's doing it as I type this) I just rooted a few minutes ago and I'm on the second reboot after flashing custom recovery and it's doing it again. I'm about to flash FireKat ROM, so I guess I'll see if it keeps "Upgrading" on every boot after that... Just my experience.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabuck:
I'm still on stock Note 4 Verizon and I get Optimizing app x of 227 on every reboot since switching to ART. It takes about 30-40 minutes to finish. This isn't normal. On my old Note 2 that I had rooted and stock debloated from AT&T, switching to ART only caused optimizing after the first reboot, but not every time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acf150:
No sorry, but this is not normal.

OK I have a nexus 5 and its on stock lollipop 5.1. Stock, locked bootloader. I feel like having fun with my device so I decided just to unlock the bootloader just to start. After I unlocked the bootloader every time I rebooted the device I got the same android upgrading/ optimizing apps 113 of + apps. I went into stock recovery and cleared cache and user data. Still kept doing the optimizing apps thing on every boot. Don't know what may be causing this but I know its not a normal thing to happen as I have a nexus 6 and it doesn't do this. So I decided to clear cache, user data, and do a factory reset. Then it asks you which backup you want to restore from. 5.1 shows backups of almost all the android devices I've owned. I tried them all and the optimizing apps thing continued after every boot. I then chose restore as a new device. It still had the issue, so I did a factory reset, closed the bootloader using fastboot, and chose restore as new device. Now no more optimizing of apps thing. Can anyone tell me how I can unlock the bootloader and not have the optimizing apps thing happen? Weird I have never encountered this problem before until now.