yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tortuyen:
Hi. It will work.

You MUST use the specific unbrick file and ODIM rom for the version you have installed in your phone. With the wrong version will not boot.

As much as I read after take any upgrade to a new version of OTA is not possible to go back to any other version of OTA and you can´t install a custom rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
You will not lose your unlocked bootloader, use the pre 4.3 debrick file and don't flash a 4.3 stock rom.

You'll be fine, this will most likely work for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatman348:
Can anyone help me?

So i had just rooted my phone today and everything went fine but later i was backing up my phone on rashr and it required me to reboot. Now when i start it the message: "system software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone. please turn off your phone and go to the nearest verizon store for help. When i press the UP VOLUME, HOME KEY & POWER BUTTON it goes into what i think is a bootloop it just vibrates ever 5 seconds or so like it is launching. It also is not detected when i plug it into my computer. PLEASE HELP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krustybaguette:
What happens if you leave your phone on?

[QUOTE}When i press the UP VOLUME, HOME KEY & POWER BUTTON it goes into what i think is a bootloop it just vibrates ever 5 seconds or so like it is launching. It also is not detected when i plug it into my computer. PLEASE HELP[/QUOTE]

Why did you attempt to go into recovery mode? What version of Android is installed on your phone?

Have you accepted any OTA system updates? Have you tried turning it off by pulling the battery and then just trying to boot it normally?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatman348:
Why did you attempt to go into recovery mode? What version of Android is installed on your phone?

Have you accepted any OTA system updates? Have you tried turning it off by pulling the battery and then just trying to boot it normally?[/QUOTE]

I could not leave my phone on it just sat there either with the warning or the bootloop. I ended up fixing it but just going to the recovery menu i hit the volume down button to restart and it took awhile but ended up starting. I just hope it continues to work after i shut it off next time. Any advice for me to stop it from happening or actually brick my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrage22r:
I was running 4.4.2 on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy s3 i535... I downloaded the debrick img file for 4.4.2 and wrote on a 16gb SD but it did not allow the device to boot into recovery.

My phone will only boot into ODIN MODE and displays the message. Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please use software repair assistant & try again.

My phone isn't recognized by Samsung Kies or the ODIN program on my computer where I tried to flash 4.3. (I'm guessing this is what caused the problem.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Install usb driver, plug on the back usb port. If not recognized try on other computer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djphrost1:
This thread has proven to be helpful in gathering information, just in case I brick my S3. I've been having a few issues with Synergy ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krustybaguette:
Just In Case...

If you are still able to run a custom ROM make sure you don't do what I did last January...I accepted the OTA update to JB 4.3. I'm limited to rooting and freezing all the bloat. When I received notice of an available update to KK 4.4.2 it kept crashing and I finally had to flash the ROM using Odin.

If you are still unlocked bootloader, I believe you'd be able to debrick the S3 without locking your bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] layvin1:
Help!

Hello. I have been all through this forum and understand the instructions just fine. I have followed everything to the T. but i can not get my I535 to do anything other than vibrate twice. I was running CyanFox V2 KK 4.4.2 and flashed a kernel and TWRP said it flashed successfully, tried to reboot but nothing happened. why do i have the feeling im stuck with a paper weight. :crying:does the KK image only work for stock roms?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sleeper24:
Creating disk image on Mac

!!!! DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!!

THIS IS FOR MAC USERS ONLY FOR CREATING A DISK IMAGE FOR THE debrick.bin FILE ONTO THE SDCARD.

1) Mount the SDCARD into the SDCARD Adapter and insert into your MacBook Pro or whichever you have.

2) Open up Disk Utility

On the left hand side select your SDCARD

On the right side, go to the Erase tab

For the FORMAT, select MS-DOS FAT (This will make sure your SDCARD is FAT32)

For the Name, put in whatever you want.

Then hit Erase

3) Go to your desktop screen and right click on your SDCARD and select Get Info

Under the General section, look for Format. It should say Format: MS-DOS (FAT32)​

4) Open up Terminal App

Type command "df" and hit enter to get a list of filesystems and where they are mounted

Locate "Mounted On" column heading and locate your SDCARD name it should be "/Volumes/your_SDCARD_name"

On the same line to the far left at the beginning should list where your SDCARD is under Filesysytems column headinng "/dev/disk1s1" is mine but yours might be different. Keep this in mind for later.

MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP WHATEVER IS ON YOUR SDCARD AS IT WILL GET ERASE.

Unmount the SDCARD with the following command "hdiutil unmount /dev/disk1S1" and hit enter. Again, disk1S1 is where your SDCARD is located from above step as I said.

When completed it should say "/dev/disk1S1" unmounted successfully

THIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT SO FOLLOW CAREFULLY!

Type the command "sudo dd if="Absolute path to debrick.bin file here without quote" of="path to where your SDCARD is located from above without quote" and hit enter. Type your login password if prompt for password since you've used the sudo command. This will take a few minutes or more so be patient. When completed it will display "records in and records out" with some digits in front of both and below that is bytes transferred.

5) Now go to your desktop and double click on your SDCARD as it should be mounted after the last command. You should see an "image" directory (folder) which contains other files. If you see this, you are good. This produces the same result as if you were using win32diskimager on Windows.

6) Pat yourself in the back and breath. ENJOY!!!!

7) Continue following the guide from post 1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zallap:
Hey all,

I just bought a verizon GS3 and received it yesterday. It was factory refurbished, running I believe 4.1.2. I went through and used towelroot for root, installed SuperSU and let it install the su stuff then it tried to disable Samsung Knox and sat there for awhile, so I rebooted. Upon rebooting it seemed I had su permissions and proceeded to get ROM manager and let it install CWM. Then I tried to perform a backup from ROM manager and my phone rebooted, and upon trying to boot it showed a verizon "this software is not supported etc." message which I got around by going through download mode. So to unlock the bootloader, I got EZ Unlocker and ran it. It said it was unlocked successfully. I went back into ROM manager and tried to do a backup again. The phone immediately shut off, and now no combination of buttons will turn it on, the only thing I get is a red light when it's plugged in without the battery, and that only stays lit for maybe a minute.

So my phone is hard bricked. I've been attempting to follow the steps in here all day, I'm able to write a debrick image to my 16GB sd card (for my 16GB S3) and I've done it several times, with both the pre and post-4.3 images. I'm having no luck so far getting the phone into download mode. Is this perhaps because of the age of the android version it is running? Is there anyone out there with a 4.1.2 GS3 that would like to dump their bootloader for me? Or should the pre-4.3 work with this version?

Thanks all, any help is appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] esjames:
Well, I can thank my lucky stars that this worked. I was trying to downgrade my firmware back to MB1 (keep in mind im on the MF1 bootloader) and when I rebooted......nothing but black screen (GASP!!!!).:eek:

I followed this to the T and my phone was restored to its former unlocked glory!!!!

That should teach me for using a TW rom and using the ML1 modem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redusk:
It worked, but...

So this method worked for me (I needed to use a 32GB SD card for some reason), but I'm wondering something. If I were to hard-brick my phone again, using EZ-Unlock to corrupt the bootloader, and I boot from my SD card with the debrick image, would it be possible to ODIN an older version of Android to my phone, say 4.1.2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Won't work, corrupting your bootloader doesn't change the hardware. It would still need either 4.3 or 4.4 depending on what version you're on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redusk:
Well, it was worth a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Seks:
Hi, I'm new, clearly, and I wanted to try all the stuff you wrote here and stuff from other posts around the forum. I still dont know what to do. I figured the linux section of your post would work with my Mac being it has a unix core with terminal command line. I guessed wrong. I'm not sure what to do.

I rooted my S3 (on 4.4.2) with towel root. I then wanted to make a full backup. It rebooted and gave me triangle of death. Now I can't get back to stock at all. I can't even get past the triangle. ;\ I can get into downloading mode tho. I've resorted to using an old, cracked HTC Thunderbolt so you can understand my dispair lol.

So on my mac i used Jodin and got the added pit file and flash and it wont work ;\ i'm not sure why. i dont understand all the jargon and the results.

---------- Post added at 10:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:14 PM ----------

Oh wow. I didnt see this. I will give this a try and get going. Thank you. Will this work if I can only boot into download mode or yellow triangle? What do the highlighted parts mean?

Thank you in advance!

---------- Post added at 11:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 PM ----------

This didnt work. i unmounted it then tried the command "sudo dd if= of=" and it didnt work. said operation not supported.

---------- Post added 23rd July 2014 at 12:25 AM ---------- Previous post was 22nd July 2014 at 11:38 PM ----------

Ok so Terminal says "resource busy" that's about it. lol. Anything I'm missing? will bin file work for my phone if I had 4.4.2? Am I suppose to leave the bin file on computer (like my desktop) then run the command, or put it on SD card then run command? I'm not sure whats wrong but the size of the SDCARD increases a little bit but nothing ever happens in terminal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] P8ej2Et:
I am currently running Sacs custom rom v5.0. I want to return to complete stock mja or mkwhatever, including the stock recovery. I have tried searching the forums and have found the deodexed version but no stock recovery. Can someone help me out?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Guido Fawkes:
You can try inlineboy's thread located http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2303917 hope this helps .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
If you're still in search for a complete stock rom go here :

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720&details=Galaxy_S_4_Sprint

GS4 Stock Rooted MJA 4.3,Philz Touch CWM,HotSpot Mod,Transparent Weather Widget...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] P8ej2Et:
Thanks, I actually found this link not too long ago and should have posted on this thread. This has been resolved. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] smilingcruel:
Hi,

I have mhl cable

I have HDMI cable.

I have LG LED HDTV

I connected the mhl cable to my s4 and connected HDMI cable to the mhl port. I switched on TV and selected the HDMI as the input but nothing is coming up on my TV screen.

In my knowledge, using mhl cable or adaptor I should be able to share my screen on my TV.

Any idea why it's not working as intended. Also is there is any way to play games on to my TV from my phone?

Your help is much appreciated.:thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xdapowerapps:
Which MHL cable/adapter are you using? There are a lot of knockoffs and cheap-O brands.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] melqui2004:
Buy a real one those cheap from China on eBay won't work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] smilingcruel:
Hi,

Happy Christmas

Am using Samsung mhl adaptor which I bought along with my galaxy s2.... now am trying to use it with my s4... but it's not working....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] tylerholbrook:
You need the new mhl 2.0 adapter. The s3 started with the new adapter and the one for the s2 won't work anymore
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Robot916:
Try The Samsung Brand

Samsung Makes a MHL to HDMI OTG style converter, I got one from amazon and it works for me, They tend to be a little bit more money compared to other though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] smilingcruel:
Thanks All for your replies. that makes sense.

i will try to buy one, any recommendations apart from the Samsung brand?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] smilingcruel:
Thanks!!! Any Recommendations?

Thanks All for your replies. that makes sense.

i will try to buy one, any recommendations apart from the Samsung brand?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidFamily:
Like the title says I need a Stock factory Rom for the g2 on vzw not rooted can someone point me in the right direction
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vepaot:
Google "flash LG G2 to stock".

Sent from CAMACHO, my Verizon G2 (VS980) running PAC ROM 4.3.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] AC!D:
hi

i've got a wizard from the german provider o2, here its called o2 xda mini s

synchronisizing is no problem, but if i want to install new sotware, or transfere a file (its the same) then it starts and after a few seconds, its variable, it stops and brings me sound like i disconnect the device.

i've got active sync 4.1, the problem is on my homepc as on my pc in work

hope you could help me

solong

acid
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Failbringer:
Forgive me if this question has already been asked. I've tried searching xda and Google with no real answers to my specific question. I have a Sprint GS3. I had it flashed to cricket. I am rooted and I'm running M.O.A.R. 4.1.2. It's a great ROM but I'm used to AOSP. I had to flash a touchwiz ROM in order for the cricket guys to flash the phone because they had no idea how to flash a 4.3 ROM But apparently it can be done. Anyways my question is, is there a way to backup all the cricket settings from my phone and flash a new 4.4 AOSP or 4.3 TW rom to the phone. Then restore the cricket settings so that I don't have to pay cricket or attempt to re-flash the settings myself. I would attempt to flash the cricket settings myself but i have not found a very detailed tutorial on flashing a AOSP GS3 rom to cricket. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xahjun:
I'm not sure if this is considered a boot loop but when turned on, after the logo it turns into a blank screen.

Anyway, I was stupid enough to install 3D chainfire when it's not compatible :rolleyes: (I neglected the description since it worked on my previous galaxy ace) ... Soooo can anyone help me on this?

I've tried going to recovery mode to:

- wipe data/factory reset

- wipe cache partition (but shows error)

Not sure what else can I do anymore. I'm noob at these. :( Since Ace 3 is fairly new, it's quite hard to find a solution with google haha.. Also, I have zero knowledge about flashing ROM or of the sort..

Extra info in case it helps:

- My phone is Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 GT - S7275R

- Rooted with a Chinese universal rooting program

- When entering recovery mode, it shows "no command" for a few seconds before entering the menu.

Thanks in advance for helping!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohel.vishal:
try

try 1 goto recovery and wipe cache/data

try 2 download adb shell install kies in pc

goto recovery mode and connect phone to pc

type in adb shell remove your.apk in aystem app
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xahjun:
For try 1, it's not working

For try 2, I don't really understand the way to do it. I'd downloaded adb, installed kies. Other than that, I'm not sure what to do.

Sorry, really a noob here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohel.vishal:
try

.

goto recovery & connect to pc

open folder where is adb

press shift+right click

open command prompt here

type adb shell

in adb shell

type su

goto system/app

ls

look at your chainfire app and delete type rm xxx.apk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xahjun:
This is embarrassing, but I don't really know if I'm even doing it right or wrong. After all, I don't fully understand how adb work(even after reading about it).

Anyway, this is what I get after typing adb shell.

h t t p ://s18 .postimg .org/ov55a21pz/Untitled .png (sorry can't post image cause I'm a new user)

Though I think I'm actually doing it wrong.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohel.vishal:
never

i have never seen error like that i cant help you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xahjun:
Ahh I see... Thanks anyway for those quick reply :good: Appreciate it.

Anyone else can give me a helping hand?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohel.vishal:
so

goto samsung service center ...

or try to flash stock rom google it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xahjun:
Can't find Ace 3's stock rom...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohel.vishal:
go to here and choose your country and download

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-S7275R
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xahjun:
Thaaaaaaaanks!

Thanks a lot!! It worked! I took long to try because the file size is huge and my internet connection is unstable. Regardless, thanks for the help! Really appreciate it! :good:
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] blazin6969:
Alright well I have flashed this with 3 roms and all are giving me issues with when pressing C in portrait it gives me xv and when I do T in lanscape it gives me RY. Now I would just think maybe its a rom, but I did flash 2 kindle fire HD today one a 16gb and one a 32gb. The 16gb runs fine no issues, I also used hashcode thread for that. Now for the other one I used the easier one and installed the firefire app and well I guess the easy wasnt so easy. Anyway is there anyway I can remove this bootloader and start fresh from stock? Without bricking it?
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
Can you explain what you mean by pressing "T" and getting "RY? Just a little confusing. also, did you use FireFalsh or FireFireFire. What 16gb and 32gb Kindle Fire HD file did you flash? (to large of files) Where are you at and where do you want to get to? What tablet are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] User0269:
Hello to all that see this

I would like to know if any of you have been able to find a cover like this for the samsung galaxy mega 6.3

if you have can you please reply with the URL, thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
I can't give you another link. but i think if you search amazon or ebuy or Google then you can found it easily..;)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynUnlimited:
Has anyone successfully rooted Kitkat yet? I've looked around and haven't come across any threads about it yet.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Considering only like 3 people have it, I'd say no.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynUnlimited:
Guess I'm one of the lucky few then.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
And we all hate you :p
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkeingel:
I find this funny.

First of all you come here seeking for help from the community, but in the same time you are absolutely not involved in the same community from which you're seeking help - while others actually try to do something for all of us.

I find this thread offensatory as a user that is trying to help and contribute to the community
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Who are you talking to?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkeingel:
OP, obviously
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
Well considering you said something about leeching for 6 years, and OP's join date is Jan 2013, it threw me off.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaftenberg:
So, when the OP got Kitkat, he can dump the system (without root), provide it to us and we tell him, if he can root - win/win.

But hell, yeah, I know... "Community" ;)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddvys:
You can

gain root flashing SuperSU - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott_doyland:
To root can't you just unlock bootloader.

Download superSU to /storage

http://download.chainfire.eu/372/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip

Then download CWM and boot recovery (don't even need to flash it) using the following (apologies if syntax not 100%, I'm not at my laptop to check)

fastboot boot recovery cwmrecovery.img

Then just flash superSU via CWM.

You don't really need any special rooting 'tool'. Its just basic stuff.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
I know that for booting simply recovery it s not need unlock bootloader. Only for boot recovery obviously, not flashing it permanently.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynUnlimited:
Tried both flashing CWM and just straight booting it and it just restarts the phone and doesn't boot into recovery. Also tried TWRP same results.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZealotRush:
dont work any method, uploadig kitkat ota for global gsm model xt1032 : Cruzando los dedos-:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ryannathans:
I'm trying to find radio roms for my Vivid. (Telstra Australia varient)

I can't get 4g/lte, the phone radio just dies when I'm in 4g areas. I want to flash a new radio rom. Both Telstra (the phone) and the carrier I'm with Optus both use the same band/frequency and such I should probably just need to use any recent telstra radio rom.

I've searched but can't find any vivid radio roms. Where are they?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] projectisaac:
I'm not an expert, but I believe flashing radios is more of a hassle than regular ROMs. The radio is in a protected partition, which is not modifiable without S-OFF (or maybe some very specific and unknown code from the carrier). I also recall reading that the radio is on a different CPU (FCC regulations?), and that the phone first boots the radio through that CPU, and once that's ok, THEN the main CPU is activated to boot the rest of the phone. So if you screw up your radio, it could be very bad.

I found this thread kind of discussing flashing radios:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1827634
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Rad ryan:
I'm trying to decide between the sgs4 for $50 and HTC one for $200. My main reason for going with the one, as of now at least, is the speakers/sound and sense 5.5, but I haven't used touch wiz in a long time do I don't know if it's better than it used to be. I like the screen on the s4 better than the htc bc of the deep blacks and rich colors and size, but don't really know how it fairs in sunlight. I would also really like to know what the sound quality is like, how loud can it get, and if there are any mods that can make it better. Lastly, do any of you actually use any of the software gimmicks daily, such as the air gestures, and others?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Rad ryan:
Anyone. . . Is there no opinions?