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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dking72415:
No effect on safestrapped S5

My phone has a locked bootloader running safestrap and I rooted the stock NCE (that came on my phone) with TowelRoot. I bought the Pro version of Flashfire after the free one apparently didn't work. But, I end up with the same results. There is almost no hesitation on reboot. In fact, the deOdexed version doesn't delay on the AT&T logo as long as the other one. The end result is a stock-looking wallpaper with all my apps missing and the version is 4.4.2. Thinking my phone is hosed, I reboot and there is the familiar Safestrap option to go into Recovery. My 2-minute old backup is there and when it's restored, my phone is unchanged. Repeatable.

My phone is heavily de-bloated. System App Safe Remover was used to uninstall nearly all the AT&T apps, almost all the Samsung apps, it even uninstalled Knox. I have a few stock apps frozen with an older program called Super Manager Donation Version which, by the way, is the only app I've found that really freezes apps w/o side effects. If an apps permission had the caveat "This may cost you money", well, that was the benchmark that won its trip to the recycle bin. In the case of Knox, it went bye-bye from the recycle bin. I don't have a Knox to get tripped. And, of course Ad Away is installed.

Perhaps some of my changes made Flashfire not work as expected. I've had this phne rooted like this for 8 months or longer and it is rock solid at 4.4.2. Not wanting to live in the past all my life, I thought I'd check on XDA again to see if there was a method toward upgrade to Lollipop and possibly replace the locked bootloader with something decent like TWERP's Safestrap. But no joy so far.

What am I doing wrong?

d'king
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] skyliner129:
I recently swapped my htc one m7 with a sprint s4 variant. I met root access and stock recovery. so I was able to flash TWRP recovery successfully using TWRP manager.

so I would like to upgrade to a lollipop rom. I'm on the MDC firmware . but flash fire says that current binary is custom under Samsung write protection

and under partitions tab , it shows that a lot are protected like the primary bootloader and secondary bootloader.

can I still proceed with flashfire with all this ? I'm asking so as to avoid bricking the device

and also , will flashing the rom directly in twrp manager update the device to OD2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] adam_ky:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3147094

Achieving Root on OTA 5.0 G900A using keyboard vuln?

The thread creator needs to view this. I think this is our best hope of achieving root access on the att s5 that took the oc4 update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
Never take OTA's. Maybe you will learn from this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] adam_ky:
Didn't take ota. Phone was already on it when I got it. Thanks for the life lesson tho. Not very productive or even relative.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
Did not mean to come off offensive to you. I apologize if i did.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] adam_ky:
No worries sir
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cakletzing:
Bootloader flash?

Provided that I have FlashFire and root, can I flash a new bootloader, OC1, specifically?

I have the OF2 bootloader (took the latest OTA by mistake on my S5), but still have

root. I suspect that the answer is no, but I'm not completely clear on just how FlashFire

works, so this seems like the right place to ask.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] shortydoggg:
I think people will find that hard to believe, since OTAs usually breaks root. So you sure you have the OF2 bootloader, and your rooted apps still work by superuser permissions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cakletzing:
Still have root

Indeed, I still have root - SuperSU works, TiBu doesn't complain, etc. I'm quite

surprised myself. I was on the Lollipop 5.0 Stock plus OC1 bootloader per

Muniz (excellent work, I must say) and mistakenly took the OTA. I was surprised

that it even worked because, in the past, the OTA's wouldn't work if I was

rooted. I have seen one other report that said the same thing - root not lost.

I was wondering if maybe the bootloader hadn't actually been updated, but

the Samsung Phone Info app on GooglePlay says I'm on OF2. Could it be that

it isn't properly reporting the bootloader version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Your BL is indeed OF2 and no you can't downgrade to the OC1 BL. 5.0 ota updates do allow you to keep root as long as the ota is able to complete successfully. Suggest you use your root access carefully since there currenly is no unbrick method for your situation other than Best Buy or an ATT store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cakletzing:
Fortunately, I use root primarily for app access: TiBU, Root Exploere, and WiFI hot spot (which I get for free from AT&T in my plan, but the app I use - WiFi Tether Router - is more stable and easier to use). and others of this type. My biggest concern at this point is that the next update to 5.1 (which knowing AT&T is not an immediate problem) will wipe out root and then I'm stuck.

I might suggest that you make it a bit clearer on the instructions for the FlashFire update version of OF2 that it should not be used if people have taken the OTA for either OC4 or OF2. One could read the instructions to imply that it is possible.

Do I assume correctly that FlashFire is now useless for me? Or, is it possible to flash a version of an update (5.1 whenever it appears, for instance) that does not have the bootloader included? That is, a rooted version that doesn't try to update the bootloader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
I took down my OC4 ROM files and closed that thread for this reason and my new OF2 ROM's do not include the bootloader, again for this same reason. So it's already clear as day for those willing to take the time to read.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cakletzing:
My apologies for not reading through the entire OF2 thread to catch the details on why the bootloader was pulled from the zip for flashing. I have done so now.

A new question: has anyone with root and either the OC4 bootloader (I'm not sure how one would get that and maintain root) or the OF2 bootloader as I have (due to taking the OTA), used FlashFire to install the stock OF2 ROM? From all I've read, it sounds like it should be doable, but I'm curious to know if anyone has actually done it and used FlashFire with the OF2 bootloader to flash a ROM.

I'm really thinking about future updates and whether I can flash a rooted update and maintain root going forward even with the locked bootloader. I suspect I'll have to wait until there is a new update for an answer, but maybe someone has tried this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] flatherskevin:
I know that the chances are low, but can flashfire flash an AOSP ROM on the g900a or am I still stuck with Tizen cause of the bootloader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jimbo1103:
Help. Flashed ne4 kernel now soft bricked on G870A; had been updated to lollipop

Was attempting to downgrade to kitkat.

Odin would not flash stock ne4 in it's entirety but would flash kernel

Now s5 Active only boots to recovery; factory reset and wiped cache to no avail.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
[Xperia Z1 General] migidid:
So Lollipop should be out this week and everyone is going mad but is there any expectations ? good and bad. For starters i expect a better camera quality since it has so much potential and i would like couple things from Z2 and up like timeshift video and gestures what has been proven to work with Z1 already. then again there is some problems with Lollipop on Z2 and they will fix it but what about Z1 ? are they just gonna dump it to us and stop updating it since its the last android version coming to it... i was just getting settled for this bug free Kitkat !

This topic has been spoken a lot so i decided to go ahead an make its own thread. Same as when Kitkat was being relased !
[Xperia Z1 General] TheCraig:
... Knowing Sony we'd just have Lollipop, I doubt they'd put as much effort as they would in the Z3.
[Xperia Z1 General] NexusGTS:
They wont port features from z3/z2 . We will get only what is new on lollipop art material etc . If sony doesn't port those apps from z2 to z1 then the xda member will port them for sure so no stress :)
[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
What I want is new audio stuff.....

Though $ony will most probably drop them from us

Will wait for our legendary jimrnor lol
[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
Moving apps to SD card

Z2 users claimed that 3rd party apps still cant even write on SD card in lollipop (without root)

WTF sony = =""
[Xperia Z1 General] NiM72NiK:
OK NOW THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD START ON LOLLlPOP.CAUSE WITH THIS ALL FEATURES WE HAVE ON KITKAT IT WOULD BE A STEP BACK TO SHIFT TO STOCK 5.0.2

NEW KERNELS AND ROMS WITH LOLLIPOP TASTE WOULD BE GR8 AND I'M WAITING FOR IT :D:D:crying::crying:
[Xperia Z1 General] lee480:
I'm a Z2 user and if the apps uses the proper lollipop APIs (not Jelly Bean or older) it's able to write to SD card.

And please, stop expecting Z2/Z3 features, you guys qre never getting it from Sony. It's a standard marketing protocol by manufacturers, including Samsung, not to include new features. Too bad you guys can't say "I'm going to change to a Galaxy" lolol
[General Questions and Answers] iamchanel:
Has anyone figured out how to tether for free on s6 yet? I know all the old apps I used since I've had Android has since been shut down. I know iOS jailbreak offers this in a few ways. Also, prefer to not root because I'm on payment plan and can't mess up warranty. It was easy to restore iPhone.... but I hear rooting can't be completely undone.
[G4] abhayjeet:
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[G4] snggwt:
re-upgrade...

on current rom...

u re-upgrade you rom with current rom....

it will solve problem 100%
[G4] owleng:
Or upgrade your ROM with Smart1 v3
[G4] haunterx:
Remember to do a hard reset after flashing!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mthatch:
What programmes do you guys recommend for the best benchmark tests and comparisons? I'm currently using AnTuNu, but their information seems a bit lean for decent comparisons to highest achieved scores. Also, I wanted to share my benchmark, it's quite impressive compared to the standard SM-G725 variants average.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Kiwironic:
Hi guys,

I have been trying to get the Motorola connect to work for a month now, been working fine before and for a brief time.

The problem is the chrome extension and the app on the phone are not connected. It keep trying to connect and fails. After some researching I found that this is a common problem for Moto Maxx (Droid turbo)

Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidinAndStuff:
It will not boot due to system being wiped but it will go into download mode. I'd like to get it up and running, root it and then put another ROM on it.

If you have links to what I need to flash and explicit instructions for a non-dev savant, that would be appreciated. The search feature on this site isn't the greatest and the navigation often has me ready to pull out the rest of the hair remaining on my head.

There are not 247 toothpicks on the floor.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjiggywiggy:
Boot into download mode, open Odin on your computer, and flash any of the *full stock tars* on your phone (for new roms I would suggest ncg if you don't want to update to ni2+ roms or ni2 if you want any other) from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2842069 then do what you did to root and safestrap before.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] almhmudi.:
id like to root my htc m7 lollipop 5.0.2 ,

i have twrp recovery , i did the previous way by installing super su.zip but it didnt work

plz what to do?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
flash twrp 2.8.6.0, boot in recovery and exit. Select yes when asked if you want to root.

Or download and flash supersu.zip version 2.46 and flash it in recovery.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alawy.:
Ill try that .thank u.
[Sony Xperia T3] mirosaw2:
Xperia™ T3 (D5103) MEA firmware FTF

Android version: 4.4.4

Build number: 18.1.A.2.25

File System Version: GLOBAL-LTE_18.1.A.2.25

Customization Version: 1285-5298

Branding: Debranded

Country: MEA

#Download:

MEGA

#NOTE:

It's Highly Recommended to Use MegaDownloader.

Mirrors Are Welcomed.

Please Hit

THANKS

If It Helps You.
[Sony Xperia T3] petric1:
Upload it to another service this one suck!

[IMG="Page"]http://i68.tinypic.com/der520.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia T3] vmlc:
repost?
[Sony Xperia T3] dermo529:
Sorry to bump an old thread but its still at the top of the forum. Anyways, I figured I'd just inform people that this can be flashed on a D5106 phone. However, the splash screen will be replaced with one that yells at you for mismatching firmware (oh well). It's a good way to free up more space from /system and have less bloatware to worry about.
[Sony Xperia T3] Hemphiz:
So this is debloated? [MENTION=5749025]dermo529[/MENTION]
[Sony Xperia T3] dermo529:
Barely. It still has a bunch of Sony bull**** but no carrier bloat.
[Sony Xperia T3] Hemphiz:
Ah ok, cheers for the reply
[Sony Xperia T3] noriel2591:
help pls

Cant you help me to my sony xperia t3 i can not flash my stock rom because my debbuging is off what cant i do to fix my sony xperia t3....

Sorry for my bad english...:crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Sony Xperia T3] n1ck210:
Fix

Debugging is not required.
[Sony Xperia T3] mmnusair:
Bricked Xperia T3 D5103 while sony software repair

Hi.

My sony Xperia T3 D5103 was having sudden death problem, it used to stuck with no led no response to the keys, I had to wait for battery to drain completely to reboot. So, I flash the software and the problem still persist. So I planned to repair using sony companion, halfway to repair it gets sudden death, now i cant flash it because Flashtool ask me to enable usb MPT mode and sony companion doesnt recognise too. Please help.

Thanks in advance
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE! scroll to the bottom if you wanted to know what happened to my phone before it get fixed.

....

I was able to resolved the problem and was able to return back the BASEBAND - PTTYCMD1 missing - dev/radio missing and most of all missing IMEI without using any image from other sources...

With all the tools that i used such as MIUI, SN WRITER, MOBILEUNCLE, AT COMMAND via ADB, NVRAM IMAGE from other users, MTK DROID TOOL (which will not work since baseband and META MODE is damaged), the only thing that was able to fix this is the SP FLASH TOOL with the right phone drivers installed for p780 such as the USB VCOM which is very important!:)

We are all aware that some of us have tried everything to fix it... I will tell you how..

Just a quick tip: A phone with no BASEBAND and damaged meta mode will not be resolved using restoration tools but only SP Flash will..

Simple - but deadly steps... You need to full format the phone and then download stock ROM using SP Flash tool. But before you do that make sure that the VCOM Drivers are installed. (i saw it being used when the phone auto-detects and SP Flash downloads the stock rom back to the phone).

After restoring the phone back, the baseband is there already and you need to use the SN Writer tool and add the BT,IMEI,Mac Address of the phone. Restart and everything will be back to normal.

:)

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Model: Lenovo P780 8GB ROW

O.S: Kitkat

I followed one of the instructions on how to root at this website:

http://xdaforums.com/lenovo-p780/help/rooting-tutorial-kitkat-t2835605

After doing the steps below... The phone does not detect IMEI anymore. It is saying invalid.

I tried using MTK Droid Tools -> does not work

MIUI: does not detect phone in meta mode anymore (meta mode is gray when phone open, there is no text that says phone is in meta mode.)

MobileUncle IMEI Restore: I have a backup of this, but after rebooting it still does not have the IMEI.

SN Writer: same with MIUI, it does not detect phone.

tried reflashing back using SP Flash tool: but when I reverted back to jellybean the IMEI is still not there...

Maybe any masters could help me. Lenovo P780 is a nice phone. But i never thought of running into this type of problem wherein i dont have a backup of NVRAM.

:(
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
Hi there. Post here some screen shots of MTK Droid Tool when you plug the phone.

Look in to the /dev/radio/ and tell us what you have in there.

Sent from my Lenovo P780
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Hi Stympy,

I already downgraded to Jellybean but the problem still persists. The DEV/RADIO folder doesnt have anything inside it using root explorer.

I attached a screenshot of the MTKDROID Tool Information about my phone.
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
This is indeed a problem, pttycomand1 file is mussong and your imei could not be readed.

I am trying to solve this problem too.

Sent from my Lenovo P780
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
:crying: stympy you broke my heart after i read your comment. I am thinking of seeing a different reply. hahaha.

Anyway I hope you find a solution. i tried searching already cannot seem to find answer to my problem.

Indeed pttycommand is missing ,reason mtkdroid wont work properly.

Even when it goes to meta mode its just gray(?)

The only problem with this phone is it cannot detect any sim right now.

wifi, bluetooth all other functions are working.
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
Hi again. Here is alot of information about lost NVRAM.

Maybe this will help you.

I did not readed all! I dont have time this days!

If by any chance find something good and restore IMEI share with others and an little tutorial will be most then wellcome!

Use Google Chrome for translation or Yandex translator.

Good luck.
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Thanks for your reply stympy. I hope others who has the same issue share their story as well.. regarding how they were able to fix it.
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
I read it, though english translation was bad. I am scared doing what they wanted to do like cleaning the NVRAM by formatting the phone and checking only the preloader in SP Flash tool and then downloading back an original rom to P780, and start from working back on the NVRAM like adding the Btooth, WIFI, Serial, IMEI codes back again.

The only problem on this phone is the IMEI. Wifi is working, bluetooth as well.

Sad part is pttycommand is missing. The reason why MTKDROID was not working. Even the other tools cannot detect phone in META MODE because its just gray and no words saying tthe phone is in meta just like before.
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Hi Stympy,

Is there a website on how to format the phone using SP Flash without the consequence(s) of bricking it? I want to format it and flash stock rom again and see if the IMEI will work back again.
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
Hi. Flash tool has an option to format internal memory! That depends on flash tool! The tested flash tool for Lenovo p780 are uploaded in my post Rooting Tutorial for KitKat.

DO NOT USE OTHERS! YOU WILL ERASE NVRAM!
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
I used other flash tool when i rooted my kitkat based on your instruction that might have caused this issue.

There are 2 flash tools on your tutorial.

SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1352.01

SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1304.0.119.rar

What am i going to download?

Do you have a tutorial how to use the flash tool you posted in formatting internal memory?

Thanks Stympy
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
Both are configured for P780.

Tutorial... ill try to write one... tomorow...
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Thank you very much stympy. I will be looking forward for that. :D
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
I think the only way to restore IMEI is to restore using a backup copy of the firmware, probably using mtkdroid tool to create a backup.

If you are on P780 ROW 8GB Model. Maybe you can help by creating a backup copy of everything using mtkdroidtool and posting it here OR if you know a link where to download let me know.

Mine is damaged.. cannot create backup.
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Hi Stympy...
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
hi... yes ... i forgot to write the tutorial ! :( Sory ! :angel:

Not my fault ! i am not in town and i do not have my PC! when i will be back or i will find one PC i will write one!

Crapp... I reaaallyy forgot this think...

Look on SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1352.01 at the first Tab called Wellcome!

There you will find one icon called Format!

Press more info!

Voila! A small realy good tutorial !

Tell me if this helped you !
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
Hi all. For those of you who flashed wrong firmware and your IMEI are gone look what happent to me:

1. i flashed a custom recovery who errased my IMEI. That happent because the recovery was 7.5 mb instead of 6 and i was "blind" and careless and stupid and...nevermind

2. after restart surrpriseee.. no IMEI.

3. allmost total panic here.On MTK Droid Tool 2.5.3 IMEI NULL paniC again, and my worst nightmare PTTYCMD1 ERROR FILE NOT FOUND. Panic panic panic, used hard words #@$^%&(&&%$%& words alot.

4. after a little cooling i reflashed my old TWRP back and started to look in my computer for the firmware i allready have installed wass Baralajbi v6 (i like the partitioning of internal memory) firmware from needrom. Before that i tried to restore the NVRAM from TWRP. It did not work. No IMEI has appeared after restoring with TWRP.So i have rebooted the OS back and i immediatly go to /dev/radio where the PTTYCMD1 and the folder was empty.Again *&^%&$%^#^%#%^#^&(*(^* words.

5. Then i have reflashed Baralajbi firmware and after flash i have installed Root Explorer. Again i immediatly go to /dev/radio where the PTTYCMD1 and the folder was this time all the files were there.

6. So if this file PTTYCMD1 is in the /dev/radio folder you can restore your IMEI safely with any tool.

7. I hope this little problem of mine will help you other users to restore your IMEI.
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Hi Stympy!

Can you give us a link or instruction how to install Baralajbi firmware?

Worth a try.. have not formatted my phone yet... :) I am seeing the solution here.. I want to try it!

UPDATE:

I notice a lot of links pertaining to Baralajbi firmware p780 row 8GB.. can you post the link of the same firmware you used?
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
Hi. The problem is that i have 4gb Lenovo P780. I will study the problem and send you the link.

Sent from my Lenovo P780
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
Thanks stympy... by the way, how did you reflash? did you click on format in sp flash or just the download or update?

i am testing other roms in needroms as we speak.
[Lenovo P780] stympy:
I have reflashed with firmware upgrade.

Sent from my Lenovo P780
[Lenovo P780] handshake1234:
i was able to solve the problem!
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
A project that I never finished but now is! Here is a custom bootanimation for ironrom which I made. Its kinda low resoultionish as I couldnt find a full hd one.

Bugs

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-Low Res which cant be fixed

Features

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Ironrom reboot, shutdown and boot up animation

Installation

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Copy the qmgs to system/media and paste and overwrite the old bootanimations

Video

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http://youtu.be/gxiO8_Q4fAA

Download

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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934554361

Hope you all enjoy this! Lollipop(ironrom) made the bootanimation faster which I had to fix lol
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Might need this :D
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] Hookmt:
I tried this out and it works fine, thanks! Would the qmgs for the LCARS boot animations work as well or do they need to be adjusted for the timing too. If they would work, do you have the files? I loved those boot animations! :D
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
The LCARS bootanimation works fine on lollipop. Here are the files http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=58247633 Enjoy!

-DUHA
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] Hookmt:
Thank you so much! You da man! :D