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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ma70ent:
Hi everyone. I've been meaning to sell my old S4 for awhile now and I haven't been keeping up with the root scene, so clearly I might have screwed something up. I was originally running my S4 rooted with Hyperdrive S15 (Android 4.3) with TWRP + Safestrap 3.71. I deleted the hyperdrive slot and booted into the stock ROM. After that, I used TWRP to wipe everything (dalvik cache/cache/data/factory reset) then after rebooting the phone, it just stays loads up the "Samsung" Screen with the custom symbol under it. I've tried looking at guides online to try to unbrick/fix this phone, but still have no idea what to do. I've tried booting it into download mode, but for some reason, it only goes into recovery mode (I do Vol Up + Home + Power, then as soon as it vibrates, I don't press the power button anymore). I was trying to use Odin but I can't get it to go into download mode, so when I plug it in, Odin doesn't see it. Can anyone give me some ideas/info on how to fix this?

EDIT: And I posted in the wrong section.....sorry guys. Can a mod move/close this one?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
Have you tried posting this in the S4 forum. This is the Verizon Note 4 forum, not the S4 forum. You'll probably get more responses over there. Good luck.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ma70ent:
Yes, i posted this over there after realizing I put this in the wrong area (haha). Sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Hi everyone. I've been meaning to sell my old S4 for awhile now and I haven't been keeping up with the root scene, so clearly I might have screwed something up. I was originally running my S4 rooted with Hyperdrive S15 (Android 4.3) with TWRP + Safestrap 3.71. I deleted the hyperdrive slot and booted into the stock ROM. After that, I used TWRP to wipe everything (dalvik cache/cache/data/factory reset) then after rebooting the phone, it just stays loads up the "Samsung" Screen with the custom symbol under it. I've tried looking at guides online to try to unbrick/fix this phone, but still have no idea what to do. I've tried booting it into download mode, but for some reason, it only goes into recovery mode (I do Vol Up + Home + Power, then as soon as it vibrates, I don't press the power button anymore). I was trying to use Odin but I can't get it to go into download mode, so when I plug it in, Odin doesn't see it. Can anyone give me some ideas/info on how to fix this?

EDIT: Here are the things I have tried doing:

1. I have used both Odin v1.85 and 3.09 to try and flash the VRUEMK2 firmware and the absolute newest firmware (4.4.2 NK2). Here's the log:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I545VRUFNK1_I545VZWFNK1_I545VRUFNK1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/003> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/003> tz.mbn

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> hidden.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Fails on both old and new Odins.....hmmmm...

2. Kies 2.6 and Kies 3 do not seem to be able to find the device when I load them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Klown80:
Download mode is Power + Vol Down + Home. Press and hold all 3 until you see a warning on phones screen. Once you are at warning screen simply press Vol up once. If this doesn't work you may have to get a download mode jig. I had to buy one for my old S2, they can be found on ebay pretty cheap so you know.

Hope this helps!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Wow I feel dumb now....thanks! It's in download mode now. I'll try to do the rest from here!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Hmmm..how long does it normally take for Odin to do it's thing? I'm following this guide:

http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html

It's been in the "downloading" screen for quite awhile.

EDIT: It says "failed". Hmmm. Figured I should have paid attention to when the article was written. I was previously on VRUEMK2 so I'm going to try this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2578209

Would these be the correct files?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Klown80:


Looking at that link it shows 4.2.2 firmware for your VZW S4, going by your first post you were on a stock based 4.3 rom since you are using safestrap recovery. If that is correct then your issue is that you need a 4.3 or higher firmware, Samsung made it so you cannot downgrade most firmwares now. If I remember correctly, xda doesn't want us posting links to Samsung Web pages so please Google "sammobile" this will pull up Samsung mobile firmware download page as first result. Click on that link and then enter you model number in search box in top right of page. Enter model number and hit enter. This will pull up a list of firmwares for your model, make sure you choose 4.3 or higher firmware (4.3, 4.4, 4.4.2, or 4.4.4) and download it. Once downloaded please try Odin again.

You will have to make an acct on Samsung site to download firmware but it only takes a few mins and it's free.

Hope this helps, good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Went to sammobile, registered, and downloaded the VRUEMK2 firmware (android 4.3). I tried using Odin 3.09 for this and it failed again. Should I try to flash 4.4 firmware on it? I'm only selecting the "AP" option. Should I use any other options other than f.reset, auto reboot, and AP?

Also, when I try to turn it on normally or even try recovery mode (vol up + home + power) it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Klown80:
You could try the 4.4, or you could just download Kies and see if it will restore it for you. Yes you are using correct space (AP) and right things checked. Another though would be to try a lower version of Odin and use the PDA slot to flash it, I vaguely remember someone having trouble on here using newest version to restore phone, he had to use older version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Yup. Tried Kies 3 and it says device wasn't compatible, but Kies 2.6 seems to be "Connecting" forever. I'll just wait until my 4.4 firmware finishes downloading and I'll try both the new Odin and the old Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Okay I just went at it again. Quick question, if Odin runs through but fails right at the end (literally write as the thing is almost over, it says "Complete Write Operation Failed"), should I just keep trying?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Klown80:
What part is it failing on, system? That is strange that it's still failing since you are trying to flash the newest firmware available for your device. You can try it again but if it failed once it will most likely keep failing. You might want to check md5 sums on the downloads to be sure your not getting a corrupt download.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Here's the log:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I545VRUFNK1_I545VZWFNK1_I545VRUFNK1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/003> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/003> tz.mbn

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> hidden.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Fails on both Odins.....hmmmm...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Alright. Actually, I did a lot of online searching and actually switched the usb port that I was using. After switching USB ports, I tried Odin again, flashed it, and it actually worked. Wow.

Anyways, I've thanked all of your posts, and of course, I thank you for spending the entire day with my problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Klown80:
Sweet! Glad to hear you got it fixed! That was going to be my next suggestion. We're you by chance using a USB3 port? (it is blue if you look inside the USB port if it's usb3). For some reason most Android programming needs USB2 ports as they don't play very well with USB3.

Either way, Congratz on fixing your device, I may have given you a few pointers or helpful hints but you fixed it all on your own! ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Actually my desktop has usb ports in the front (which aren't a direct connection to the mobo as far as I know) and of course, there are the normal usb ports in the back of it. I switched from the front one to the back one and all was well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Klown80:
Yep it is usually best to connect directly to mobo instead any type of a USB hub, Android doesn't play very nice with those either!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ma70ent:
Hopefully this thread will help those in the future who make the same dumb mistakes I have. Haha...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jessicaryan:
Hi, my 2 years old note II got hard bricked and now only option is to replace motherboard. I tried everything but no solution. Samsung service is charge $150 for that and I am damn confused whether to replace the motherboard or get a new phone costing $200 (Moto G 2nd Gen) since I am short of budget..

So my question is

1) Will the performance of note II be better than MotoG by just replacement of the motherboard? I don't game but i just need a good battery life and browsing

2) Is it worth getting new phone or just get MB replaced?

Please help :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soyuz4u:
way better than moto g

even if u r into gaming, i would suggest u to get the motherboard replaced as it will be cheaper and note 2 performance is way better than moto g. aso the battery life is good.

thats my personal opinion.

have ui tried flashing ?

whats the exact symptoms which led u to the conclusion that its dead and not soft bricked
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbhuvi:
Sometimes Its the emmc that is dead. If you could get some local repairmen to change it you could get it done in $ 20 to 25
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahtsiz_bedevi:
If you can't wait, buy a note 4 (exynos version)

But if you can, wait for the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
[G2 General] prratha93:
​

Hello Everyone.

As you all know our G2 has a Back Button LED /Power Button LED. What I noticed is usually on AOSP based ROMS [CM, Omni, AOKP, PA.....] this LED does not work at all. I have been trying various LED controlling apps but none of them were detecting backlight LED (Including Light Flow). So I did a bit research on how to control LED behavior & now I proudly present you Few of my Profiles

What it Does?

1) Blink LED On The Wake-up.

2) Slow LED Blinking while on call. (2 Profile for this, both are necessary.)

Prerequisite

1) TASKER App You can get it here At Playstore (Note: This is a Paid application and I am NOT advertising this application in case if you don't know what Tasker is)

2) ROOT (if You are on AOSP based ROM most probably you have Root too)

3) File Explorer / Computer to extract Content of ZIP

DO NOT FLASH THE ZIP

Method:

1) Install Tasker application.

2) Copy and Extract the Contents of Zip file in the attachment to /sdcard/Tasker/ ( Create tasker folder if its missing).

3) Now Open the tasker. Select Tasks and Tap on Tasks tab once again that should provide you a menu to Import And Sort. Click on Import and navigate to /sdcard/Tasker/tasks. Import all tasks one by one.

4)Select Profiles and Tap on Profiles tab once again that should provide you a menu to Import And Sort. Click on Import and navigate to /sdcard/Tasker/tasks. Import all Profiles one by one.

5) Enable all the profiles.

[YOUTUBE]LAYtbyFa3xM[/YOUTUBE]

TESTED WITH LG D802.
[G2 General] dalla89:
Trying now on my D802 with CM11-M12

Seems to work good.

Nice idea!

Thank you very much!
[G2 General] prratha93:
Thank you for testing :D
[G2 General] khaytsus:
I personally found that the location of the LED's is not necessarily consistent, although the names generally are. I wrote a script a long time ago to blink various LEDs on the G2.

So if anyone finds it doesn't work, it's probably a path issue. But now that I look at my script, I was looking in /sys/devices and yours points to /sys/class/leds so maybe your path is better, maybe I'll update. :)

I have my torch flash twice when I get a call and the rear lights flash when I get a notification. But I never did figure out how to do RGB on the front LED, only individual colors.
[G2 General] prratha93:
That Explains......

That may be the reason why Light Flow isn't able to find Backlight led on few G2s.
[G2 General] Eslam Hanafy:
really good

its works perfect

but its blink once during call can u modify it for me to make it activated always during call (like stock rom) :D
[G2 General] prratha93:
During call it blinks continuously on mine version.

Can you test it again ?
[G2 General] Eslam Hanafy:
Try it again same issue :D

I don't recognized problem :D
[G2 General] prratha93:
Umm just tested works in mine.

I want you to do following checks

1.Run the task LED BLINK REPEAT CALL

see if back led is blinking as it should during call

2. Run the task stop led. To stop blinking

Let me know if it works
[G2 General] nimrodsv:
Thanks for your hard job.

I confirm that it's running great on my D801.

Could you add an option that the front led will blink as well when waking up the phone, like in stock?
[G2 General] ceza1380:
This works thanks.
[G2 General] prratha93:
In D802 front led never blinked when my phone woke up. Can you tell me the color of LED and for how long it used to blink, I can try ;)
[G2 General] Eslam Hanafy:
I did what u say

LED work continuously And still blinking :/
[G2 General] nimrodsv:
It's blinks once in white.

I've also added a profile based on your tasks for notifications so it will blink in this case as well.
[G2 General] prratha93:
Did you run stop led ? That should stop led from blinking
[G2 General] prratha93:
Will Blue LED do? For Now I can Give Blue or Green or Red Led (tested RED and Blue)
[G2 General] Eslam Hanafy:
I run LED call repeat in tasks

And then run stop LED

(LED Stopped)

What's should I do then ?
[G2 General] prratha93:
Oh, I thought LED was still blinking.

Anyways, that means shell script is running fine. Now the problem may be with profile. I suggest deleting the profile Call blink and import it again.

If that doesn't work remove every profile that were given by me, Remove every task that I gave. and follow this sequence.

1) Import all PROFILES first that should automatically import your tasks (Provided you have extracted the contents of ZIP in /sdcard/Tasker).

2) Turn on Any profile if off
[G2 General] Eslam Hanafy:
I try first way and same the problem and when I tried second way and importing the 3 profiles (Call Blink - Stop Call Blink- Wakeup Blink) I found that (LED Blink Repeat Call - Stop LED -LED Blink) only imported automatically and (LED 2 times notify - LED Blink Repeat Fast ) Not Imported

I imported 2 tasks manually but still same issue

:(
[G2 General] nimrodsv:
Offcourse :)
[G2 General] sandys1:
does anybody know if this can be done as part of the ROM itself ? which files need to be worked on ?

I see from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1723749 - that this kind of thing is usually done using services.jar
[G2 General] prratha93:
Those 2 are extra files which are for user to use their

(LED 2 times notify - LED Blink Repeat Fast ). I guess Tasker is not detecting call. That may be the only reasons. Voz its working with others.
[G2 General] Eslam Hanafy:
Is there any solution for this issue ?
[G2 General] prratha93:
If you could design some profile using same context but different task thn we might come to know.

Add profile select State>>Phone>>Call
[G2 General] prratha93:
Here you go. I was out of the station yesterday .
[G2 General] prratha93:
[MENTION=6216897]Eslam Hanafy[/MENTION] Did you try? PM me if u need some help
[G2 General] nimrodsv:
Thanks, but for some reason Tasker is not able to import this file.
[G2 General] prratha93:
This one should work .
[G2 General] nimrodsv:
Thanks, it works great now!

A little suggestion, It may be a bit different than the stock but i think it's behave better this way:

Changed the "Led 2 Times Notify" to repeat itself every 2 seconds

Under Profiles added a new profile for notifications and assign the "Led 2 Times Notify" for it

Added the Wakup Blue

This way i can have the rear backlight notify me regarding sms / calls/ missed calls or any other notification on the phone, and still enjoy the in-call backlight.

I didn't liked it blinking so fast so i've used the Led 2 Times Notify looping every 2 seconds.

What do you think?
[G2 General] prratha93:
Yeha those 2 tasks were for users so that they can personalize it even More. I liked to stock so i am currently using it :)
[G2 General] cityneversleepz:
works on LS980 running running Mike's AOSPA 5+. Now if you can solve the the android L problem with the 505 playstore error, my Christmas will be complete. :) thanks for your work.
[G2 General] prratha93:
:)

Its fixed in 5.0.1 right? I haven't encounter that error yet. Am on 5.0.2 right now.
[G2 General] cityneversleepz:
the only problem I'm having now on 5.0.1 is I can not install both tasker and utter. I can install either one only if the other is uninstalled. I still get the 505 error. Tried everything but nothing works. Hate choosing between the two, but if I must, I choose tasker.
[G2 General] prratha93:
Did you tried 5.0.2 based rom?
[G2 General] GetPatriotized:
WOW works great!
[G2 General] ConradP:
I'm curious to[emoji5]

Wysłane z mojego SM-T310 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[G2 General] Nirzhar:
Error: Bad packed data format

Lg G2 D802 Rom: 5.0.2
[G2 General] prratha93:
Error?? Dont tell me u tried flashing it!!
[G2 General] jakal46:
Hi!

works very well :good:

greetings
[G2 General] Darriousx:
Hi! So Im very unfamiliar with tasker. I was SO happy to see the backlight working but I have no idea how to assign it to anything such as calls, notifications, etc. Would someone be able to advise me on how to set this up? Thanks!
[G2 General] TryingAll:
Front LED

Enabling LED while turning the screen (Front)

Need app Tasker

Instructions:

1) Set Tasker

2) The contents of the archive to put in the folder / sdcard / Tasker /, if there is not, then create it.

3) Open the tab Profiles, presses inscription Profiles - import - choose Screen_ON_LED

4) Enable the profile.

All you can select three colors: red, green, blue. Go to the tab Tasks, click Scren ON - LED, continue to see the command "Run shell", each of them is registered color. That is, you can do so immediately flashes red + blue + green or choose any other sequence.
[G2 General] darknessmessiah:
Is it possible to stop blinking after the call was answered?

A blinking light may draw unwanted attention in some places...
[G2 General] prratha93:
It is possible. Just create a profile that will call stop led whn call in answered
[G2 General] Azharkanorwala:
[MENTION=4813139]prratha93[/MENTION] WIll These Work When I Get A Notification like Msg Or Call,so the back led should blink like the front one,it comes handy when the phone is kept with back cover facing up?
[G2 General] prratha93:
[MENTION=4763243]Azharkanorwala[/MENTION] Yes it is possible. You have to make profile which will invoke led task
[G2 General] sandys1:
Can this functionality be integrated into services.jar of the core CM? other phones have done something like tgat
[G2 General] hpbrasil:
I could not understand'm from Brazil, you can post a video tutorial please someone? Thanks :/
[G2 General] prratha93:
That may be possible, but it will become Complicated. And thus new users won't be able to use it.
[G2 General] Azharkanorwala:
Okay. Will It Blink Or It Will Be always on,till the notification gets checked if a profile is created.
[G2 General] sandys1:
Actually services.jar means it will be part of the default CM and everyone will get it without having to set up Tasker ;)
[G2 General] prratha93:
I will try to upload it soon. Am actually not using the AOSP LP based room due to touchscreen issues (may be my touch panel is failing). I will upload a video in STOCK ROM, but the procedure will be same.
[G2 General] prratha93:
Use LED 2 Times notify task. That will blink back led 2 times. I hope you want it to be in that way.
[G2 General] prratha93:
Yes, I got it but that's something you need to ask to a ROM developer.

Another thing is that users wont be able to customize them according to their need as i guess it will create conflicts with the system. I have seen that happening to front LED. (Some times System overrides the led control eg. During charging led will be solely used by the System)
[G2 General] Shaolin007:
It does not work on lollipop roms fr lg g2 d802(Simple rom v1.2) [MENTION=4813139]prratha93[/MENTION]
[G2 General] prratha93:
[MENTION=5907408]Shalz[/MENTION]

That's not AOSP based ROM. As its a STOCK ROM similar functionality is already included (although it is buggy as far as I know, As BOTH LED don't light up simultaneously) The system will override my Tasker profile. Although you can use it to notify a custom notification which is not notified by System.
[G2 General] IMohy2:
works great for me

tanks dude :3 ​
[G2 General] sameerm02:
not working on 5.1.1 roms

All profiles worked perfectly for me on rr 5.3.9 (5.0) rom, but now on rr 5.4.3 and blispop (1may nightly) or 5.1.1 roms, only screen on LED blink is working. In call LED blink is not working :confused:
[G2 General] prratha93:
umm actually I am not using AOSP lollipop builds anymore as my digitizer is broken. till i repair it wont be able to test any ROM. but that's quite odd if screen on led is working that mean the script is working. are there any in-call implementation for REAR LED in that ROM ? any led setting that would activate REAR LED or Has access to REAR LED ?. This mod fails to work if there are system level implementations for REAR LED (just as it fails in STOCK 5.0 rom)
[G2 General] sameerm02:
Hey it worked on latest rr 5.4.4 (5.1.1) :good::good: both profile are working, screen on led and incall led

this time after all the installation procedure I cleared cache & dalvik, now its working perfectly :D :highfive:

Edit: tasker is a paid app from play store, but trial ver can be downloaded from here (its developers own link)
[G2 General] ferriswheel:
Help?

I have all the tasks and profiles imported, and the tasks work perfectly when run in Tasker, but, when I wake up my phone, the back LED doesn't flash. I can't figure out why it's doing this, but any kind of help would be appreciated. Thanks!
[G2 General] v.konvict:
Hello sir. I love your mod its working great. However my light doesnt flash when i get notifications.i dont see the profile for notifications. I see for waking screen up , call and end call. Could you make a profile for notifications...so the light blinks whenever there are notifications.
[G2 General] ghayyurious:
Tried it on RR 5.5.6 r18 and the inCall Backlight LED doesn't work. Wiped dalvik and system cache and still no luck!

Everything else seems to be working. Only during the Call, led doesn't turn on. Any help shall be highly appreciated.
[G2 General] ghayyurious:
Works fine now, i guess u gotta call a Real phone number, not the Call Center one :P Strange though!
[G2 General] prratha93:
Thats Strange indeed. may be Tasker is not considering calls to IVR as CALL :p