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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaipolygon:
tl;dr - Computer does not even acknowledge the phone exists, factory reset doesn't work. The cyan colored recovery is recognized by the computer though.

So yesterday I went on a hike, and before you start assuming "Oh he dropped his phone in the water or dirt or something" no I didn't. The hike is more of a tourist attraction really, with a man made path that you really can't miss... more of a stroll in the forest than a hike. So as I reached the end of the trail, I put my phone into Ultra Power Saving Mode as I needed the battery. While I was texting, the phone started acting up. The charging sound kept on coming on kind of like when a charging connection is sh**. Then the screen went black. The weird thing was though, that the screen was "on". I could attempt to capture a screenshot,and it would say "Unable to capture screenshot" in a message box on the bottom, and the ringtones would still go off. The phone stayed like this for a while, when I got into my car I noticed it seemed like the phone was charging from the car port, but the charging light was still on when the charger was unplugged from the car (which shouldn't happen normally). After I stopped in town, the phone worked again, but I had to rechoose my keyboard, theme, and wallpaper. I thought all was fine. However when I got home I noticed I couldn't connect my phone to my laptop. It would say charging, but Windows doesn't acknowledge the phone and I can't choose MTP or PTP on my phone.. it just says charging. I am 99.9% sure it has to do with what happened on the hike because it was working fine before. I tried a factory reset/cache wipe and going back to stock ROM (from CleanROM). Still not recognized. I tried toggling USB debugging, pretty much everything the Internet has thrown at me... I'm past my 14-day return period so I hope this isn't a problem over the next two years?

Yes... different USB and computers don't work. Samsung drivers installed. Kies and SmartSwitch don't recognize the phone. Tried rebooting both phone and computer. Using original cable that came with phone. I've pretty much exhausted everything... If I didn't list it you can suggest to see if I didn't try that.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danjmarsh33:
Cant access device from Windows

Same problem but no previous reasoning behind it. I have installed the samsung galaxy S6 driver for windows and I get a beep on my PC when I connect it but no detection of device. I have enabled USB Debugging and clicked on connect device as Mass storage device.

AAAArrgghhhh.

WHY?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezio:
No clue what it contains but i am downloading as i type this sprint note 4 owner...lets hope for the best!!!!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] copc:
http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-pushes-out-small-updates-galaxy-note-4-and-galaxy-s5

version N910PVPU3BOF5
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Anyone have the zip file ??
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] w7excursion:
Don't think the zip would help you.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Oh yea custom system
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] copc:
Installed, rebooted a few times. Manual restart, cleared cache,

MSL hotspot hack is still working

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-sprint/general/lollipop-hotspot-root-flashing-t3048163
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Wrong forum
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] mickalismudd836:
i was wondering if its possible for me to flash this if i am oe1 with twrp and a custom rom?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] w7excursion:
Anyone order a brick?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Androidwarrior:
Why is everyone so eager to take the OTA? I would wait until a developer can decompile it, see what's in it, and then extract what isn't needed and update they're custom roms. For me I'm still on ob7 and I'm waiting until a dev updates a rom.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] bonebeatz1234:
If you want to take update download kies for pc and update that way. Don't just take it the way you are now it's going to fail.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] mickalismudd836:
Well cant get the oe1 recovery so im stuck forever
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8BTicPL5ldqbjNUQVlsS2p2dWs/edit?usp=docslist_api

Not stuck forever

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8BTicPL5ldqbjNUQVlsS2p2dWs/edit?usp=docslist_api

Oel recovery
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] mickalismudd836:
Still stuck forever.Thanks for the help though
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] rwright64:
Flash via Odin?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Flashify
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] PeteSeiler2010:
I just flashed this with flashify, it shows as NIE in recovery.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] rwright64:
Same here
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BlackSheepA1:
pbedard the stock recovery image is it N910PVPU3BOF5 (Latest Update) or N910PVPU2BOE1.

Could you do a stock nandroid backup for the stock rom too please! The last person I asked didn't follow through.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] G U C C I:
+1
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
I've been lurking for a bit and watching all of this develop. I'm on rooted stock OE1 with TWRP. Is this something I could do as well?

Also, the information about OE1 is spread out over a few different threads with lots of doomsayers saying you're stuck if you're root on OE1. However, it looks like some people are hopeful about unrooting OE1 to take any future OTAs? What's the current status on this possibility? I can't seem to find a definitive answer. Can we flash the above recovery successfully?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BlackSheepA1:
Yes of course! You can help! You can upload your STOCK Nadroid backup so people can try to recover, or where to start. Its like making an antidote maybe far from it but at least we have a Nandroid backup to tinker with. It will be an Attempt to help those recover from this OE1 disaster. I had made a backup in TWRP but I didn't realized I had accidentally backed it up in the internal storage thinking by default I had saved it on my SD like I always do. Next thing you know its *BOOM* gone.... Its a theory in recovering with a Nandroid Backup so I can't say 100% sure but its a gamble I'm willing to take. But in the future somone is bound to crack the OE1 case! someday :laugh:
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
Great. Happy to try and help. What exactly will I need to upload? I'm currently running a full backup of my device right now. Afterwards, I'll do a system restore to wipe any personal data and then I can backup and upload whatever is needed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BlackSheepA1:
Factory Reset then after make a Nandroid Backup do be sure to check all the boxes when making one. Access your SD card or external storage you saved it to and then extract that back up you saved. Upload it trough mediafire or any site of your choosing. DO BE SURE you SAVED to External storage! not Internal! I made that mistake! :(
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
Alright... I factory reset my device and did a full nandroid backup in TWRP. Below is a link to the backup for my Stock OE1 with TWRP recovery. Hopefully, this can help someone get to the bottom of this OE1 problem.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/fa5a62v5ks76mrr/TWRP.zip
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] freeza:
Is it pre-rooted?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
I started with an OE1 phone direct from Sprint. I rooted via CF Autoroot, installed TWRP (via Odin), and then did a factory reset and complete TWRP backup (which is linked above). Does root hold after a factory reset? If so, I suppose the answer is yes? I would check, but I already nandroid back to my initial setup.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] bighleo114312:
And how can i flashed this on my note 4. Just do a restore?

Enviado desde mi SM-N910T mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BlackSheepA1:
It works! Only issue is that I noticed a lag. Only thing I can think of is probably I didn't download it right perhaps. But everything works out of the box! IT WORKS!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] EpicBarbecue:
I tried but no OE1 recovery
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
My link above was for my device which has TWRP not stock recovery. Are you guys trying to get the OE1 recovery from elsewhere?

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I don't believe you can since you're coming from a different N910 version (especially a GSM version). Please be careful.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] EpicBarbecue:
Yes stock recovery:D
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] bighleo114312:
Oh no. I have a tmo variant my friends is sprint.

Enviado desde mi SM-N910T mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
So are you back on stock rom and recovery?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Devotech:
I am stock oe1 rooted via CF, with stock recovery. Would a backup of the Stock recovery taken with Flashify help?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] woodyth:
So flash this in TWRP and I will be able to get back to stock? I can't wait any longer for someone to figure out how to get gear app work on noterized...... :( I pay for this gear s so I might as well use it!

THanks

Woody
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
I believe so, but I would verify with [MENTION=5401698]BlackSheepA1[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4127960]EpicBarbecue[/MENTION] both of whom I think have done just that. I just want to make sure this doesn't end up bricking anyone's phone! I suppose we do flash at our own risk though.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
Yes, please. I'd like to try something.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] woodyth:
tried flashing in twrp and it fails.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
Does it give you an error? You're coming from Noterized with an OE1 baseband and TWRP recovery correct?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] woodyth:
correct, just get "install failed" error in TWRP.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BlackSheepA1:
Yes im back to stock recovery back to OE1! :D

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#1. Unzip the files in a computer.

#2. Copy TWRP folder in an external drive (microSD)

That folder should contain the following BACKUPS/d8b9ce49/LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1

#3. Boot phone into recovery and hit recover

#4. Select which storage contains the recovery. If you did it correctly it LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1 should appear as an option for recovery.

#5. Reboot system and you're good to go. I'll provide images on how to do it if you guys still have problems.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Devotech:
Here you go:

*Link Removed*

Use at your own risk. Made with the current version of Flashify.

* I removed the link, as it looks like I do in fact have the NIE recovery, not what we needed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
Cool, thanks. I won't be able to test until later this evening. [emoji106]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] nacron:
Does the new update allow odin flashing again?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
That's great! So this proves that we're not stuck forever on OE1 right? Which recovery did you install? Perhaps, you could put together a complete guide to help those who are stuck?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] woodyth:
Just trying to go back to un-root and go back to stock. How do I do that?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ba1731:
I used this image to restore system, but the WiFi connection info can't save. When I reboot the phone,the WiFi connection config was reset, I need connect input WiFi info again. How to fix it. I try to install CM12,the WiFi settings is well.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
Did you unzip and install the files in your TWRP directory then nandroid restore?

The zipped files are not flashable as downloaded. Follow the TWRP directory file system and drop it in there.

That said, I still think this is NIE stock recovery created by CF Auto Root flash in Odin. Need to recover the stock OE1 recovery from a non CF Auto rooted device. Not sure how that's done without tar. I don't know the answer despite posting a possible method. It's untested and may yield permission denied.

If CF Auto Root can be modified to start backing up stock recovery, this scenario with needing a recovery when tar hasn't released wouldn't be the issue it is now. No faulting, just an observation. Maybe a full tar well release with Android 5.1.1 update along with the OTA (it's usually some time after... Hoping, anyway; sometime soon).

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Did you root with CF Auto Root? Probably NIE recovery, if so.

For those that asked about kingroot, it's a one-click method which makes it riskier. Unknown if it modifies recovery or writes over it.

Best suggestion: if you're on these OE1 and OF5 builds, you're risking losing the stock with root. Flashing Odin or trying to flash a lesser build ROM will cause even more issues. Hope for a tar to be released and stay un-rooted and wait for a newer tar I'd my suggestion for those reading and not sure what to do.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] jivany:
So i flashed my rooted OE1 TWRP backup then flashed 0E1 recovery thru flashify. Then i used superuser pro to unroot my phone completly. Then i rebooted to stock recovery and factory data reset. Complete stock no root. ..... Now my phone status still says custom which in return wont let me update ota nor thru kies.... so i guess we are stuck untill we get a tar unless someone knows another way to take ota or use kies with custom status.....

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Edit : now that im checking i believe i might of flashed the NIE recovery someone posted as a OE1 not realizing cf autoroot changes it... i guess ill look for an official oe1 recovery flash that and check and see if my status is still custom
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
The "custom" is most likely the NIE recovery. It was once a theory but seems to be confirmed.

Still looking for OE1 recovery method.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Can't download it says I don't have permission
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Devotech:
I removed the link, as it looks like I do in fact have the NIE recovery, not what we needed.

I can put it back up if it helps in any way, but didn't want the confusion to continue.

Sorry everyone...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
How???? I can't figure how to put TWRP in my phone.... I know CF Auto can't flash it because it's zipped nor unzipped. I tried to drag it to MircoSD but it didn't work.

The message popped in. It said, "Cannot copy boot.emmc.win" The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.

Same to "Cannot copy efs1.emmc.win", "modem.emmc.win", "recovery.emmc.win", "recovery", "system.ext4.win000", and "system.ext4.win001.

Tell me how did you do.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
First, you need to flash the Odin TWRP tar.

On your ExtSdCard, create this folder and path, (TWRP/BACKUPS/117bdad2/2015-07-11--03-49-37_LRX22C.N910PVPU1BOB7) *that's actually a copy of my backup path and file name; substitute the file there with its name as found in zip* Power down your phone, remove sdcard and write to it in PC

Install Odin 3.10.0 or latest on PC and flash TWRP

https://dl.twrp.me/trltespr/twrp-2.8.7.0-trltespr.img.tar.html

Uncheck auto boot option; use AP slot. Once done, pull USB cable and battery, reinstall and boot to recovery. Factory reset a few times and restore from file you installed.

Prerequisites: battery charged to 60% or higher, USB debugging enabled in developer mode, and Samsung driver installed on PC. A recognized file system for TWRP to pull from on your ExtSdCard.

Edit: From your post edit, looks like you're trying to flash from stock recovery. Each time you flash CF Auto Root, you get stock NIE recovery as your recovery. In this case, you flash TWRP in Odin. If you're not getting TWRP to install try Odin flashing CF Auto Root and then TWRP. Close Odin and reopen each flash.

QUESTION: if CF Auto Root is still not installing, what happens if you Odin flash with auto boot unchecked, pull USB and battery after complete, reinstall battery and boot into recovery? Red android confirmation? If not, do it per the OP.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BlackSheepA1:
If you have TWRP wipe your OS clean except your SD card obviously.

Your SD card has to have a TWRP folder already if you had already backed up any previous roms.

unzip the file until you get to LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1

copy LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1 to your TWRP/BACKUPS/(whatever folder TWRP generated for you)/(you'll see all your backups paste LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1 folder.

Hit recover on TWRP and you should be good to go.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
I followed what you said about. In TWRP Install, it said No MD5 file found. Where did I find it?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
Are you referring to an error in TWRP restore of nandroid? If so, uncheck option to verify md5; I think that's in settings.

If not, are you seeing this error in Odin? When you check the box near the tab, press the tab and navigate to the directory the file is in and select the tar file. It helps to put both the Odin.exe and tar files in same folder.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
Well, ODIN has passed. SO I am in TWRP setting now, I see all unchecks including "Skip MD5 generation during backup" and "Enabe MD5 verification of backup files".
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
For a safe flash check, you check the enable md5 verification but not sure if the user you're borrowing the backup from generated a md5 file during backup. Go with checked verification and temporarily uncheck if fails.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
I clicked "Enable MD5". It failed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
So do you have a good download or was there no md5 generated? To be sure, ask the backup sharer to share the md5 of the zip and check that with a md5 generator/checker application.

[MENTION=803902]ctasich[/MENTION] Can you elaborate on this? Did you generate the md5 with backup in TWRP? Do you have a zip md5 you can share to compare to? Or if anyone that had success with this download, did it have a md5 that resolved in TWRP? Did you disable md5 verification? Do you have a zip md5 to share/compare to?

Feedback should determine if bad download or at least get a zip md5 to compare yours to. If it matches, good download and temporarily uncheck md5 verification. If bad download; try again. If there was a md5 generated; don't uncheck unless advised by others that used this with success. Just don't want to give advice; I'd suggest waiting for some feedback. If no feedback, PM ctasich and request some info.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
I did and it didn't work!

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Groan. I have been struggle with my phone for 3 straight days! OK, I don't want confusion anymore.

IN TWRP, when I reboot, the same message pops in all the times. It said "Install SuperSU? Your device does not appear to be rooted. Install SuperSU now? This will root your device". And it's bootloop forever. SERIOUSLY, there is EMPTY SuperSU in the device. I DON"T KNOW. I FEEL LIKE KILL ME ALREADY.

Sorry about ranting....

Back to this point: Where do I find a clear MD5? So far, ODIN flashed .tar successfully. So I copied LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1 to TWRP/Backup/LRX22C.N910PVPU2BOE1 in EX MicroSD. Nothing happened.................... Did I mess up?!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I don't think you messed with TWRP install but the safety of md5 verification is enabled. It either means the md5 wasn't generated with backup or you have a bad download. Unclear.

Root is a problem. If you keep trying to install CF Auto Root and it doesn't install, you continually write over TWRP each attempt. TWRP requiring root is news to me; a new wrinkle due to the new changes in OE1 and up would be a guess. Did you try TWRP backup without saying yes to install SuperSU? It's up to you if you want to risk proceeding without feedback on the md5 on backup or zip md5 to compare.

Not meaning to sound critical but not making the same mistake and having to work myself out of same situation, I'm relying on what I know and best understanding of both recall and interpretation of steps others have used to get out of what you're experiencing and that also involves some interpretation of what you and then report. Sorry it's taking so long. Others like myself and those that have been through this are also trying to help. I trust them to speak up if I'm not following what you're saying or asking for. It takes a collaboration of knowledge, experience and a bit of interpretation and imagination to help in this case. Screenshots would help a bit more but I try to give you the benefit of trust when you report what you see and say.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
I just looked through my backup and there are indeed md5 checksums present. I would try redownloading the zip [MENTION=6822520]idavyko[/MENTION].
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I could of, should of done that myself by asking him to look at the backup. Wasn't thinking that well.

But now I don't have to. Thanks. LOL.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ctasich:
Of course! Would it be helpful to upload the backup without the directory tree intact? I only did this so people could unzip it and immediately put it on their SD card as is. It seems to be causing more trouble than it's worth though.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
Screenshots help but I wanted to show you how my PHONE is. How do I show you? Do I take a camera and picture it every time? Sound a lot busy... :(

I tried TWRP backup without saying yes AND with saying yes. The result is SAME BOOTLOOP.

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OK let me know how it is!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
TWRP verifies that. That suggests your download is bad. I think I saw a suggestion to use another browser if download won't verify.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
REALLY? I can't even find a right download? :(
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
What you done already is fine. I'd only recommend a zip md5 to check directly against the download. That way the unzipped files should be OK to use. Verified.

I'm not in front of my computer but there's a free or shareware md5 checker you can download that doesn't have a trial period. If you don't have it Google it. I often check uploads that verify md5 against my own so I know the upload is good. It falls upon users to verify the md5 to check downloads.

If your uploaded file is not supported by md5, you could download your uploaded file and compare the md5 of uploaded against downloaded to confirm upload is good.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] idavyko:
Show me to find a right MD5. I don't want to mess up again. Just show me?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I don't have the original zip to generate the zip md5 sum. I can't flash OE1 backups so I can't help there either.

If TWRP rejects it, I can only assume it's a bad download.

Hopefully someone can verify.

In the meantime, you could google and find your own copy of md5 checker. But only use it to compare against .zip md5 sums and you know the uploaded md5 sum. I haven't tried looking into the TWRP backup for md5 to compare to. Anyone else have any insight on TWRP md5 verification? Is it broke? I wouldn't think that true with all the updates to TWRP.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] PeteSeiler2010:
At least the tar for OF5 has been posted on SAMFIRMWARE now. So we should be able to flash our phones if we are rooted through Kies or use Odin to flash the OF5 tar.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910P/
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Download the of5 tar u will be good
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] PeteSeiler2010:
What he said.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] pbedard:
Seams faster i switched back to cm 12.1