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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] hometech99:
How do I reach a developer to make a backup Odin flashable?

I have a wiped Note Edge Developer.

No OS.

I dont know how--but I stupidly (ok..im stupid) didnt select "system" when I did a TWRP backup initially.

Now its all wiped after a problem I had .

Anyway, i DO have EFS Pro backups of everything except userdata...so, I need to get my "system" back, and I do see it in the TAR file when I list it with Winrar.

Is there a way t o flash the system back?

Or, do I get a retail firmware, and try flashing back just the aboot?

I cant load--being there is no OS.

I can get into TWRP and fastboot, as they are not damaged.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jbombs16:
Odin this to get stock lollipop

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952606240

Or I'd suggest to flash jasmine rom.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] hometech99:
Thanks, but thats not for the Note Edge (N915V)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Try to odin the efs backup of system.tar.gz
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] hometech99:
Well, I have to extract it out of the efs pro backup.

Then what do I have to do to it to prepare it to be Odin flashable?

I saw somewhere about getting some file from a custom rom (none for verizon note edge) to package with it.

STep by step for this noob, please.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Do you still have access to TWRP?

You could try to Odin flash your complete backup. Or if you have TWRP try to flash extracted zip pf system.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] hometech99:
yes--I do have access to twrp.

I tried Odin flash the EFS Pro backup..didnt work.

I took the system image out of the EFS Pro backup..I tried to odin flash that--I see some "secure" error on the phone in download mode..now Im reading

"- Also to be able to do adb push to /system partition for parted binary, you will need insecure boot.img used in your ROM or adbd insecure installed in your device .."

Well, I cant run Chainfire's app to insecure the bootloader because I have no OS!

So--one roadblock after another.

I have this nice tar file with all partitons but userdata--and I cant get the darn partitions flashed back.

Even the EFS program--it COULD work in twrp recovery mode to reflash, but the program asks to check OK for the RSA key from the pc---well- that screen doesnt pop up in recovery mode, so i cant make the program proceed.

?help
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
You are in the woods, but you should be able to get going again.

Some of the partitions in your EFS backup are not Odin flash-able, so it probably choked on one of them.

I take it nobody has any Edge ROMs available yet? That would be too easy.

Having TWRP is good, I am real busy at work, but if you get me your system I could try to make an Odin flashable tar tonight. It's not that hard to do, make a tar md5. The last few lines of the OP mentions the tools needed. search "make Odin MD5 tar"

From your post I read you are studying, GOOD!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
One other thing, your system partition shouldn't need to be trimmed, like we do on Note-4 aboot, Just md5 TAR your system partition., and flash in Odin.

On a side note if you can send me your aboot, I will try to determine if it needs trimming before making a TAR.

Any other DevEd Edge folks got TWRP backup of system partition?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] HBOMB-9000:
Note 4 DE Locked

I locked my bootloader tonight and could really use your help. The history is long, but I'll try to keep it short. I only had the phone for a couple of days when I bought it. The phone had to be sent to Sammy for warranty repair. They replaced a few things (PBA MAIN ASSY, Home Key, IC-MULTI REG).

The DEV that I bought the phone from provided the aboot.tar.md5 files. I know they worked in the past because I locked the bootloader on the 1st night I got the phone (oops). I was able to unlock it after that.

Since I received the phone from the repair center yesterday, I noticed it was having some weird issues like the screen rotation not working, so in my haste to prove Samsung jacked up the repair, the stock TAR got flashed, and I was comfortable that I could unlock the bootloader.

I cannot unlock the bootloader. Even with the aboot. Am I doing this wrong? Can someone look at the phone or the files or my process and tell me if I am hosed? Thanks in advance for any help on this.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
PM me a link to your aboot. I will look at it. Hopefully Sammy didn't change your main board, or update to LP. How are you locking your bootloader twice??? If they didn't change your ID or flash to LP you should be able to Odin restore it.

edit:

Re-read your post, Main board was changed, you are screwed! call this number: 800-757-0280 Try to think up a good story so you can talk them into reflashing it to DevEd.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
They will probably fix it again since you just got it back from repair. You are lucky, less than a year ago Sammy's policy was for DevEd owners to pound sand if the device was locked after 15 day warranty. They have obviously relaxed there stance, Make sure they know it's a locked DevEd, good luck, and for gods sake, stop flashing retail Tars!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
I bought my phone from a guy who had a similar issue. It had a corrupted software from the start. He returned it to Samsung and they reflashed it as a retail phone. He sent it back again and that time they got it right. But in the meantime he switched to T-Mobile so he sold it to me. It's been great since I've had it.

I hope they fix yours HBOMB. If they do and you try again search the forum for the proper software. There's stuff available specifically for the Dev Ed that works right.

Sent from my SM-N910V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
OK, I almost wanna puke here and wish to god I had found this thread right after I got my phone....

I've had my Note 4 DE direct from Sammy for about a week. Got it, rooted it and was finally loving life after hating my Nexus 6. I started looking into putting xposed on the phone and found a guide to do it...... before I ever found the other guide that said it wouldn't work on this phone. It locked the phone up and I tried multiple things and nothing was working. Looked all over for a stock DE firmware and saw nothing. I then made the ignorant ASSumption that it was the same as stock....

Now, I'm stuck and can't install the CF root as it fails during the Odin install. I had no idea baout the back ups so I don't have that. Am I screwed?!?!? :crying:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Call the DevEd number Monday: 800-757-0280. Make sure they know it's a DevEd that had Stock Retail firmware flashed after problems with your new device. If your are under 14days, they will probably fix without any hassle. A good story might help, something not working right on your unmodified stock DevEd; Bluetooth, wi-fi, dropped calls, something like that. A CSR recommended re-flashing at a Kiosk, or kies. Now the bootloader is locked. Don't fess up to any modifications, or rooting.

Good Luck
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
Thanks so much, I'll try that! Dang sure enough will be back here to get all kinds of back ups before anything is done going forward.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] bagery77:
Once you're back up and running, Xposed is working with hack for Lollipop Touchwiz. Some modules don't play nice. Xposed is working 100% on Kitkat Touchwiz. In order to remain completely stable with no surprises and keep all Xposed functionality, I've settled on 4.4.4 for now.

---------- Post added at 05:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:50 PM ----------

I emailed this place with the same problem and received very swift service. I told them I accidentally flashed the wrong firmware, wanted to bring it in if possible, and left it at that.

http://www.repairsvc.com/
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
They sent me out the return label to get the phone sent back to get the firmware reloaded. Thank you guys SOOOO much for the help!! I'll be back on when it gets back to make like 50 backups this time!! :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Cool,

let us know when it comes back.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] brianm66:
Another guy that locked my bootloader in my haste to play with Lollipop here. I've got an EFS backup of aboot bit I can't seem to flash it. It's there any chance someone could help? Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Link me to your aboot. I will create a flashable copy.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
OK,

hope it works, I am late to bed, so I won't be able to respond again until tomorrow eve. Please let me know if it worked OK.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Glad it worked, I will sleep well ;)

Using old Tapatalk pro cause I like to know where I go.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jal3223:
Hey [MENTION=5609185]radionerd[/MENTION], thanks for putting this together. If the dev edition comes with lollipop retail and you back up the aboot and flash the kitkat bootloader, could the same lollipop aboot be used to unlock the kitkat bootloader? Or is the aboot the same regardless of the version of the OS bootloader? Thanks for your time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
You should keep the aboot that came with your DevEd. Don't ever flash any stock retail TARS. They will overwrite your aboot, and lock the device.

aboot did change between KK and LP versions. There are DevEd safe Tars for both LP and KK, you can go up or down, Just flash one of the DevEd modified Tars, they have aboot removed so your original aboot will remain.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
Is it a problem to have an LP rom with a KK bootloader? I've been told that could be the reason for the long app optimization times. There's probably no way to change the aboot partition from KK to LP right?

Sent from my SM-N910V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
OK, got my phone back today and back to the stock developer settings. Where should I start to make sure I CYA myself against this process again?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
NM and thanks anyway, I just followed the post "[GUIDE] VZW Note-4 DE Backup Developer Partitions" and made two different back ups! Thanks again guys for the help!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Glad your backup and running ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] TechSavvy2:
I have a full factory restore tar md5 file I created for the Dev Edition if anyone would like a copy. I just noticed we do have the ones created that are partial, but don't have system image etc in them. I basically created 2 different files, one with EVERYTHING including my own personal aboot image, and a second one that includes everything the full factory tar would include but minus aboot obviously. I'd just need to upload it somewhere first obviously, but wanted to check if anyone even wants a copy before I start a 3GB upload.... :eek:

Oh and BTW, thanks [MENTION=5609185]radionerd[/MENTION] for the creation of the aboot file from my backup for me :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanbg:
Not at all. You're perfectly okay having a KK bootloader with LP. If you send me your aboot image, we can attempt the first developer edition upgrade.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
I have the aboot.tar.md5 that Misterxtc fixed up for me inside my laptop. The thing is my laptop won't start up. We had a storm that killed the power the other day. The next 2 times I started it I had to enter the time and date before it would start. This time it won't do anything.

Anyway I have the MyNote4_Aboot.tar.gz I got with EFSPro. Could you make me another .tar.md5 image in case I can't get my laptop to work. You should be able to make a copy to do the new one right? Here's the file.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Check your PM's
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
Thanks man. That's one thing I don't need to worry about. Good luck with the LP aboot conversion.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
I don't know how to get a modified aboot past secure file check, [MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] I might be interested in being a Guenna Pig. I have my KK sha hash in a LP aboot
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] HBOMB-9000:
flashable aboot

Hey guys, I was able to backup my aboot stuff. Can someone help me make this flashable? I would really appreciate the help! Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Just got off work, send it to me ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
[MENTION=5609185]radionerd[/MENTION]. My laptop is dead but I was able to retrieve all the data. Thanks for hooking me up with the aboot.tar.md5. If I couldn't get it off my old computer I'd have been freakin out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] labratss:
Guess i read this one too late. i flashed the retail firmware on my DevEd Note 4. If i have a TWRP backup can it be gotten form there? OR am i basically SOL? This is what i have
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
You now have a retail vzw Note 4....some have had luck getting Samsung to flash back Dev....

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / Custom Kernel-ed/ TWRP 2.8.7.0.trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] TBacker:
Another request for a volunteer to make my aboot flashable. Thanks in advance!

Wish there was a guide somewhere for this process so those of us who aren't afraid to "get dirty" wouldn't have to bug you guys...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] doubledragon5:
If you paid cash for that phone.. And I understand you had to for the dev edition.. Then they should change it back.. If not I would seek legal action... Unless they told you, that they were going to lock you out after a certain point.. Then they basically committed a fraud..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] xFLiP227x:
HELLLLP. Formatted system by accident.

Ok so here goes. I'm no stranger to rooting and adding custom roms, HOWEVER, this is my first DE device....That being said, I received my GN 4 DE just last week. It was already loaded with LP 5.0.1. I did ROOT successfully as well as make a backup of ABOOT as well as a separate backup minus /cache & the GINORMOUS data directory. NOW I'm up sh*t's creek. My nephew decided to play with my phone and pressed the button to take an OTA. Fortunately, I caught it just in time...It started to reboot into TWRP recovery, and I pulled the battery. After that, I accidentally deleted the system directory and now have NO OS installed BUT I still have access to TWRP recovery. Can anyone please help me resolve this issue? I don't wanna take any action that would irrevocably brick my new shiny investment OR make it the god forsaken retail version.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gcounts:
Try this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61828120

sent from my "Morom'ed" SM-910V
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Follow [MENTION=1915913]gcounts[/MENTION] link. Careful Flash only DE safe rom.

You should be ok,
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] xFLiP227x:
So I should flash the " N910VVRU2BOF1_StockRestore.tar.md5" found in the link that gcounts gave me? It won't lock my bootloader right?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gcounts:
Read the op carefully and follow those directions. DO NOT flash the bootloader. There are special instructions for DE.

sent from my "Morom'ed" SM-910V
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
You can link me to your aboot backup. I will make a flashable backup for you.

I do plan to supply instructions for self backup. It's super busy season for me, so it might take a few days, or weeks, depending on my work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] xFLiP227x:
Totally understandable. I followed the instructions to the letter and YES woo-hoo...I"m back up and running. I would still like to have a working backup method just-in-case...Works pretty busy for me as well...I'll PM you when I get back to my laptop where my ABOOT backup is. Thanks again!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] powder012:
Please mod aboot

Would one of you kind devs please mod my aboot. I haven't done any futzing around besides root and twrp, so no rush, but I want to have my insurance on hand before I start doing custom ROMs or updates.

I would also be interested in learning the process to modify the aboot so that I can help others.

link to my aboot file upon pm. Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanbg:
Hit me up.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
My phone is now rooted with TWRP on it. I do have the EFS backups now as well now. So I don't mess up again, what is the proper or best way to go back to the stock developer rom unrooted and stock recovery?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
I'm back, been absent for 16days, hope I didn't miss anything :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
You did. Samsung has stopped selling the VZW Note 4 Dev Ed and the Note 5 is out and we all hate it.

Sent from my SM-N910V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
LOL,

My Note 4 is running smooth, I had planned to buy a Nexus 6 a few months ago but never did, mostly because no removable battery and no ext SD ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
I think I'm going to use my Note 4 a long time.

Sent from my SM-N910V DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
Any idea about this sir?:

My phone is now rooted with TWRP on it. I do have the EFS backups now as well now. So I don't mess up again, what is the proper or best way to go back to the stock developer rom unrooted and stock recovery?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] doctor-cool:
Question, Dose the T-Mobile Note 4.....

Question, Does the T-Mobile Note 4.....have the aboot partition?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanbg:
Yes. You do not need to back it up. T-Mobile is factory bootloader-unlocked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] doctor-cool:
I don't have a T-Mobile, I was just wondering...........

..........How it works compared to the Verizon Note 4 and Could it be possible to start with the T-Mobile ROM and modify it to work on a Verizon Note 4? Just thinking out loud.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tunez23:
Doc, I have all of the backups and everything done on my Verizon Note 4 including the EFS backups. What is the procedure to go back to completely stock . I screwed this up last time I tried. :cyclops:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] doctor-cool:
I ask that question hypothetically here ..............................

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon...-partition-t3116468/post60935530#post60935530

Read the first response. I made backups of everything I thought I could possibly need. You got to use the correct files for Retail or DE
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] pdtp:
Would a dev be kind enough to make my aboot flashable? I want to start messing around with some roms and want to have the ability to mess up :p

Thank you in advance!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanbg:
PM me a link.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd01:
[MENTION=4250053]sunshilpa[/MENTION] check your pm's
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Your backup of aboot won't restore DevEd after flash of retail 5.0.1 +

Careful Note 4 DevEd owners!

Several owners have accidentally flashed full retail FW 5.0.1+ (OF1 or newer). These unsafe retail TARS increment the efuse, no going back to DevEd with your efuse 1 aboot backup. (KK Note 4 DevEd AP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1)

If a retail tar is accidentally flashed the fuse will trip to 2. (read tripped fuse on Odin download screen: AP SWREV: S1, T2, R1, A2, P1) Odin will reject your aboot backup. So far we can't fix these efuse tripped phones. Samsung has reluctantly fixed several note 4's, and one S5's.

Samsung recently told one of theses unfortunate DevEd owners that they will not be selling anymore Verizon Developer Edition devices.

Please, only flash Developer Edition safe tars. These tars have had aboot.mbn safely removed. The Dev will always make a note that the tar is "DevEd safe".

Odin error:

"SW REV CHECK FAIL" : [aboot] Fused 2 > Binary 1
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
This is a little confusing to me. It just seems to me like at least something good should come from the amateur development community. Why is it considered to be such a bad thing?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newbe101:
May have locked my DE Note 4

I was trying to do a safe rollback to KK and may have use the retail version.

Back in may 2015 I used EFS Professional to make the aboot backup.

Can anyone HELP?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
If you have a backup from your original DevEd, and you didn't flash 5.0.1 (N910VVRU1BOAF) or higher retail, it might be recoverable. If < 5.0.1 retail was flashed you will have to beg Samsung to Flash it back to DevEd.

PM me a link to your aboot, I will make it flashable.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newbe101:
I sent it. Anyone else interested? Before I made the fatal mistake I was on MultiSystem_v5.5-RC1-SM-N910V and the s-pen was not doing the copy and paste function. That is why I was doing the roll back. Instead of re-downloading the correct file I used one that had been saved on my computer. I may have navigated to the wrong folder. This is where I'm at now.

I wanted to include a screenshot of my phone info but I got the message from XDA.

The following errors occurred with your submission:

To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
I have your aboot, will mod it for you.

Meanwhile put your note 4 into Odin download mode and look at lines 7 and 8, efuses and mode.

How To: (Power off, then hold power, home, vol down until starts, then press vol up to see diagnostics.. Take a picture, or copy down text. When you are ready to restart device: Hold Power, Home, vol down until display goes blank, then release buttons . Now it will enter Maintenance Boot Mode. Press Home for normal boot, or perform other options.

Normal DevEd below

AP SWREV: S1, T1 R1, A1, P1 (Should all be 1's on DevEds sold before 5.0.1, if 2's old aboot backup is worthless)

MODE: Developer (This shows that the device is still a DevEd

Click on image for large view
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newbe101:
All my #'s are 1's but it does not say MODE: Developer and it says CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official and SYSTEM STATUS is Official
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
OK,

You retailed it, Flash the modified aboot I sent you, and report back
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newbe101:
It must have worked ODIN now says MODE: Developer. I going to try to install TWRP, Thanks, Is this the first verified aboot restoration? Can you recommend a rom for business use. Thanks......................................again
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Great!

I use mine for business too, Jasmin ROM or MoROM, both are very reliable. I'm on the latest Jasmin now.

Be very careful not to flash retail, especially above 5.0.1 because your aboot backup won't fix retail 5.0.1 or higher. 5.0.1 blows the efuse to 2, aboot won't fix.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
I've done about 10, [MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] did it 1st, I just copied his work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanbg:
I just discovered the method, [MENTION=5609185]radionerd[/MENTION] has been diligent in helping out the community by using this method and assisting members. He is a great asset to this community.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newbe101:
Is a Flash upgrade to Marshmallow possible?

Is a Flash upgrade to Marshmallow possible?

I understand it would lock the boot loader of an unlocked Verizon Note 4 but would it be possible to do a one time flash upgrade to Marshmallow? And would it be possible to incorporate superuser / root into that flash. I understand there would be no going back and there may be better ways to do it.