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[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
Yeah i know i tried factory resetting from cwm & it took off my system as well. It use to boot up only to metro screen now its only stuck on the grand prime screen. But i didn't know that until you said that happened to you. I was over here thinking i pressed a wrong button or something & it formatted my whole phone but than i thought about it & i guess same thing happened with what happened with you. & idk i wouldnt risk it I'd still go with the other rooting method we first found out about.

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There is someone else with a fully functional metro pcs grand prime his name on here is TheMDCN
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
First make a backup of the Cache, then put the system image in the same folder.

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[MENTION=7023617]ts_root78[/MENTION] [MENTION=7056028]Eker05[/MENTION]

Which recovery are you using? please link me to it.

meanwhile i am using this TWRP which reboots in middle of the restore.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
This is the other recovery that works for our phone . It is cwm recovery. http://xdaforums.com/grand-prime/development/cwm-clockworkmod-v6-0-5-1-t3199360 So far i believe Dont factory reset through the cwm recovery !! But i believe making back ups does work.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
And restoring the old backup will work?

EDIT:

Wanted to put in that image from his backup in to the clockwordmod file but it looks like it's a different format...

Any insights?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
I believe it should. Just whatever you do don't factory reset through cwm it will erase your system. Ts_root may have more information.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maxnificent:
Another possible solution

My SM-G530T1 is bricked as well after attempting to install Xposed. Anyway, does anyone have a PIT file for this particular model.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
We are all wishing for the same. :crying:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Ok guys.. Here's the deal. The CWM Eker said use does work. I made a backup. When trying to restore it, the phone asks about md5; after input from you it begins the restore. Once it gets to data it mentions that something possibly could be wrong with data folder, then says restore completed successful. Yes, DO NOT factory reset through the recovery. It wipes the whole phone. Phone can be bricked. When you get to the point that you have a warning/hazard symbol upon booting the phone, with a warning about the os is damaged and to connect it to smart switch, intead reboot phone to download mode and flash the recovery through odin. This gets you a recovery back so if someone should make a custom rom as detailed in a link I posted above, you have the recovery ready. Note, if they make the rom from a rooted, but otherwise unmodified phone, it should make it possible to restore bricked phones as long as the rom was the same size. This is what I've gained from my experience.

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The files listed in the recovery backup Idid were boot.img, data.ext4.tar, data.ext4.tar.a, recovery.img, system.ext4.tar, and system.ext4.tar.a .. If someone knows anything about any of these, can we recover a bricked phone with these?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Where's the full backup?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
I have been hesitant to upload it due to my google account was signed in when made. But, a moment and it will be zipped and uploaded.

*edit* Am working on uploading to my drive and generating a link.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
I just looked at one of my back ups from the past for one of my past phones & i looked at the files inside and it contains boot, data, efs, recovery, modem, system.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
This sounds like a raw dump of your phone.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
This is what i need, a full backup!
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Ok guys, here we are... https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4Fq8ki0bN6cdjlPWUw1SGxoNm8 This is the backup from CWM that I zipped up.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
I just opened up the zip & noticed that the system file is only like 13kb isn't that the incorrect size of it.. shouldn't it be almost like a GB .? Just wondering..
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
That is the thing.. I'm clueless as to what size it should be.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
I know one thing for sure is that the system file has to be at least 1 GB or more like 1.50 GB... did you factory reset first & then back up??
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
No, I did not. Which is why I am atmy current predicament.

Uhm, to anyone reading this. Samsung just mentioned something to me when calling. They will re-flash a phone free if you can call them, get an RMA number and mail it to them. They sent me a label for this very reason. Warranty status does not matter for a re-flash. They will ask you to go to a repair center either way.. Once you do, call them again and request the ticket mentioned a moment ago... My plan is to get the phone back, install the recovery and see if it will root the phone and not trip knox. Cross your fingers folks.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supaboii92:
Great idea. Let us know if it works!
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maxnificent:
FINALLY!!!

I have a fix to get the SM-G530T1 [Galaxy Grand Prime - MetroPCS] working after a soft brick. As explained earlier, I bricked mine while trying to configure/tweak it a little a few days ago. Well, now I'm back up and running making/receiving calls/texts, but Wi-Fi is not working and my device starts off in recovery. Still need to test out everything else though. Also, my settings say Galaxy Core Prime now meaning everything in the ABOUT DEVICE section will be altered until we have a firmware for our device to download. I used TrapKernel from ShinySide, the provided TWRP for the SM-G530H, some files from both firmwares of the SM-G360T1 and SM-G530T devices.

Anyway, using ODIN, put my file in the AP slot and flash your phone...GOOD LUCK!

Sorry, I am still too new to post external links. Contact me through other means and I will provide the file until I am allowed to share it here on XDA.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Tried restoring this backup and it failed by restoring /data

I probably messed something up with the partitions when i tried flashing the T-Mobile firmware....
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Hmm, good point. I'm not certain the backup was doing right. I'm only testing these in hopes we can find something because there is very little out there for our phones. I'm having to send mine in for reflash. When I get it back I will try flashing the recovery and then mking a backup on a clean phone. The recovery offers the option to root after rebooting from it, so I am hoping that works.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Thank you!! :good::good:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
works as described. my phone is not frp locked. waiting for a wifi fix and im good to go.

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heres the link for the odin file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwc0-nq1NcZcM0wwSWpHakUyTjQ/view
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
So is this a rom for the phone? I only ask because I mailed mine in for a reflash tonight. I am going to hopefully get it back just before the holidays. HOPEFULLY being the key word. They shipped it there 2 day air. Once I get it back I plan on following the directions listed here. I am hoping these files will work for bringing a phone back should it need to be reflashed. I may make the files available for both, heimdall and odin. I am kind of hoping that I will be able to make these images so others can benefit. While I am not a developer, I feel the urge to donate more than just my knowledge.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
its a work in progress till a proper backup shows or a dev takes interest.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Ok. Thanks for the answer.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Will I be able to use metropcs after flashing?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maxnificent:
Still MetroPCS

Yes, I have a MetroPCS number and I still am able to make and receive calls. Plus, I'm making this post using my data connection.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
With 4G LTE no connection problems? when it says it turns on ill be in recovery what should i do then? Also, when my phone boots up will everything be normal to use or theres some steps i need to take before using apps, mobile data, calls, etc? or do i need to insert sim before flashing or keep it in there? i go into Downloading do not remove target mode right? Except for wifi not working will i notice any MAJOR changes? Please assist me. Thank you.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Is this the stock firmware?? I am downloading it now, but can you explain to me what this is??

Thanks :good:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
Is there anyone with a stock odin file x.x
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
[MENTION=3280075]silentgumm[/MENTION] I flashed it and somehow i still have a old TWRP that i flashed a long time before i flashed CWM...

Takes a long time to boot but phones boots up!! And i see that it can't connect to wifi.

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This is the best stock firmware that we have so far.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
I plan to try to make one once my phone is back from re-flashing IF the procedure goes right.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
get ths error when trying to flash that file :crying:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> boot.img

<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Interesting i just used it and it unbricked my phone.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Ooooops! Probably OEM unlocking was turned off :crying:

You will need to wait for a official full firmware that [MENTION=7023617]ts_root78[/MENTION] will extract from his device!

BTW i am also waiting for it, cuz wifi isn't working with this unbrick firmware :highfive:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
Sounds about right :p phone got soft bricked after being rooted with king root.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Stay Positive People...

Me too... :rolleyes::eek::silly: Got the frp yellow triangle too? I did. anyway we have to wait for a stock firmeare backup with twrp or cm or cwm on it? and will it be rooted? if not I'mma stay away from rooting for a while after I get mines fixed... I just need to get to a windows computer that'll give me the permissions I need to use :mad: Librarys didn't work... You're not trying the TrapKernel Firmware on Page 10? Are you using the MetroPCS Variant (SM-G530t1?) BTW Someone please answer my questions in Page 11
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
From what I know the only way to restore the phone is by flashing the stock firmware through odin. Can't even flash a recovery with the frp lock on.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
You are right.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maxnificent:
Bugs...

I still have 4G LTE it seems. If powering on or restarting takes you to recovery, just reboot from recovery and the phone will restart and load the kernel. After your phone comes on, it'll behave like a brand new phone without Wi-Fi. The other issue I'm having is no camera even with an app.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Yeh. I have all the above bugs, didn't even notice that camera isn't working :D

We just gotta wait for a stock stock firmware....
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
When do u think that would be?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Possibly within the next week; But this is dependent upon samsung getting it back to me within the week. It could be the week of Christmas. I am hoping I can get these images done so we have stock images so if this happens again we will be able to reflash them ourselves.

At about 9:30 EST I checked the tracking for my phone and it shows that it's only 30 minutes from the repair center. It being back by the end of this week would be awesome. Since it is traveling to Plano from the east coast it's doing good since I'd dropped it off on Friday and it made it there this quick. I hope samsung will be quick so I can research a tad bit more and make custom roms... I do not think it would be that hard. I've tinkered in linux some and cygwin a tad bit more so... Cross your fingers and happy holiday guys.. Hope Santa is good this year and brings it home early.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
thanks for the update! patience is key lol. happy holidays.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Thanks...

Thanks for doing this... Hopefully we'll have a stock image in our hands before the month is over... I would use the image that was posted a few pages ago but It said to be buggy and the camera doesn't work :crying: I can't do that... I still need apps like snapchat, facebook, etc

Will This image be like, the "Official" Image that the manufactures use for the (SM-G530t1 metroPCS) and will it have already been rooted and modded?

Thanks Again

Kenny54
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
I'm unsure of whether root will be in it or not. I know that the directions require your phone to be rooted to make the images I plan to make. But, if I had to make a guess, yes. The only difference between stock and what I will do will be rooting and recovery. I will install the recovery Eker pointed out earlier, then I will see if it will root the phone. should that be the case, I will then d/l Supersu and install it, then make the images. I will do a factory reset through the phone after everything, but before the images are made so I get a phone with root capabilities, and a custom recovery, and hopefully I can also get everyone else the roms. With that being said, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I am doing more research over making custom roms because I think having more space and less bloatware would be nice.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
All im hoping for is that it's flashes on odin with frp lock on
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShineLikeMe:
Please [MENTION=7023617]ts_root78[/MENTION] make that happen for us that dont have the skills or knowledge. I need that firmware like yesterday.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
May I make a suggestion? Maybe It would be nice if you had some sort of system app uninstaller to come with the firmware so the people could choose which bloatware apps they wouldn't want since not everyone has the same preference... Anywho I'll go check out the recovery you just mentioned Eker said. Will this image have some sort of permenant OEM unlocking or something so this whole "FRP Kernel Lock" won't happen again? because that's whats stopping me from using the phone at the moment, the Lock and i THINK that was the problem, not having it turned on in developer options. I want to use this phone, it was a great phone for the one and a half day span i used it for, then messed around with KingRoot and ended back here, The Forums... Another thing is hopefully the image will, indeed have pre-flashed root so I won't have to stress over doing it before like it did with my mom's samsung galaxy note 2, so i can use apps like Wifi Tether, Emoji Switcher, Titanium Backup, etc and i could just jump right in...
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
If you attempted to root it, and it formatted(bricked) it, then the lock should be off. Ok, because these images will be "custom" because they would not be "official", they may or may not worked. I did check the time and it said it was out for delivery, which means it will be at the shop today. I know Samsung put in the notes to try and expedite the order to their shop because I'd told them I'd be out of my phone for a month with these two weeks. Once I do get it back, I'm going to follow the guide. As for me adding in programs. I'd have to find them ahead of time and install them w/o adding my google account. I think there is a way to do this through the web. Once I get the phone I will set about prepping it by rooting it and all. Not once will I do a factory reset through the CWM or any other recovery. It's how I got into this mess in the first place.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Then it will need to be done before rooting or touching anything on the ROM

Cc [MENTION=7023617]ts_root78[/MENTION]
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Well, it says delivered. I know that when I spoke with the shop yesterday they said once they opened it they would send an email and that they'd probably open it tomorrow, Wednesday. After that, re-flashing will take three days then it will be mailed back. Re-flashing will take three days due to first, diagnostics, then flashing. Basically they ensure everything works, then they flash it. Hope it will be back by next Tuesday. As far as frp lock, if it is hard bricked, you may be able to flash that recovery to unlock it. After that, the recovery will be overwritten by the stock, if the images are made correctly. I've followed quite a few tutorials here, and have been very successful, so I am hoping this will be the same.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
So the Samsung customer service basically doesn't care about knox tripped? lol

I knew that the carriers don't care but didn't know that the official Samsung center doesn't care either.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Actually, re-flashes are covered either way.. They get you with broken screens, handsets dropped into water/other items, and other acts not mentioned specifically. Basically knox being tripped does not affect a flash. They still list my handset under warranty on their site last I checked.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShineLikeMe:
TS_root78 i dont care about root because i can do that i just wanna get my phone up and running. Please do that when you can....
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
So the firmware file he's gonna eextract might not work.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
I plan on following the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=926546, which gives the directions. If the user has outlined the info correctly, then when followed they should yield a set of odin images. I cannot guarantee that it will work. But, I also know that if I do it right and take my time, it will take a day or two to make said images. As such, there is more research to be done. I need to figure out which device block is which... As far as rooted or not, it will be rooted. I do not have plans at this moment to add in other apps, but may do so. I do not have a developer's skill set, but that does not mean I cannot complete this.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
"If you attempted to root it, and it formatted(bricked) it, then the lock should be off." Uhh... Yes I did try to root it (W/ KingRoot) Formatted? Not sure what you mean... if the Lock is a brick or a soft-brick then i guess i did... Well... Hopefully, this new image will get rid of that lock... It's going to have CWM right?

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"As far as frp lock, if it is hard bricked, you may be able to flash that recovery to unlock it."

So the FRP Lock is a Hard Brick...? If so well it's not very hard (pun not intended). When the incident first happen I tryed to open the phone in stock recovery and i tried pressing the installed through sd card, internal, and the last option and they as said disabled. What the hell... Luckily Custom Rom download mode still works, is that how i flash it once I get the image

"After that, the recovery will be overwritten by the stock, if the images are made correctly."

Sorry if seem a little dumb :silly: but we'll flash the image recovery and then we'll flash the stock? :eek:: :confused:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
the only info i could find on frp lock says we need the stock firmware that is not available till samsung releases it. im lead to believe that if you dont oem unlock it may frp on reset after flashes.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
FRP is actually a way to "protect" from "accidently" formatting the phone, or bricking it. A soft brick is when you get it to boot into recovery and not an os.

A hard brick is when the phone does not boot at all. A hard brick can be fixed flashing a recovery, but you will only have the recovery.

A soft brick is when the OS(android) is gone, but the recovery is still there. I am certain that the opposite could also old true, the recovery gone, but the OS still operational.

Alas, you cannot make anything idiot proof. I'm a living example of that at times. I have oops moments sometimes.

As far as it being stock, it will be except rooted with the su binaries. I plan on using SuperSU. Otherwise, it would be stock. I will leave everything except it being rooted.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
Really hoping your unofficial stock firmware Will work. Good luck on it.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
At 8:30 AM EST, I received the email that they have received it. I am awaiting details now. The flashing and mailing back comes next!!!
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
In Good Hope and Pray this will work in our favor!
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost909:
I'm new to this but did this happen because people tried to root their phone with KNOX being active? I currently wish to root this same phone, I checked the security settings on phone and it says KNOX is not active and I have the option of turning it on / installing it....

if i use king root with KNOX disabled will my phone get bricked?

Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Use the trap kernel to root and enable OEM unlocking in developer options, but watch what you do cuz as of now there's no unbrick firmware.

Good luck :good: