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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
OK. First things first. Let's examine the state your phone is currently in before you flash anything.

My educated guesses are that (a) your bootloader is NOT unlocked, and possibly (b) the phone is "stuck" always trying to boot into the recovery - which gives you the Verizon screen, or (c) something worse - for example if you flashed the custom recovery into the wrong partition.

The not-unlocked condition means that whatever is trying to be booted (either the recovery partition or the boot partition) has something non-Samsung in it. Either one would give you the Verizon message about unauthorized software.

When the phone boots from a cold startup, it looks at something in NVRAM called the "BCB" - the Boot Communication Block. If it is "empty" it will do the normal thing - try to boot the phone normally, starting with the "boot" partition. But, the BCB can contain other instructions, such as "boot to recovery", or "boot to Odin mode". And experience seems to indicate that the conditions under which the BCB is cleared (i.e., goes back to the default) is a little bit buggy or quirky - so that the phone can get "stuck" always trying to boot either the recovery or Odin/Download mode.

The "three-finger salute" of Vol-Down + Home + Power - which you normally use to start up Odin - seems to clear the BCB when you choose the "Cancel" option (Vol-Down) from that initial splash screen, and it usually will attempt to boot the normal ("boot") partition if you select "Cancel" ( = Vol-Down ).

So FIRST: Pull your battery. Re-insert. Vol-Down+Home+Power until you get that "do you want to install custom software?" screen. Press Vol-Down to cancel.

===> Does your ROM boot correctly?

If so, then you can attempt to unlock again without any flashing. I suppose you are still rooted if your phone still boots.

===> If your ROM still boots, please report it's exact firmware version. It makes a big difference whether it is a M-series or an N-series. (Note: I am asking about the bootloader firmware, not the ROM version).

If your ROM does not boot, then you are going to have to use Odin in one way or another.

I can help you out with that and point you at the correct custom recovery, depending on which bootloader firmware you want to end up with. (Especially if you have a copy of the NC2 firmware at home (it's the only one I don't have).) DON'T FLASH NJ6 OR ABOVE IN ODIN - yet. (Towelroot V3 is trivially easy on anything from MI9 through NC4, and rooting appears to be a pain in the rear beyond that)

let me know what you find.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
That certainly is a mandatory prerequisite to success. But it doesn't mean that something won't go wrong during the unlock process. To be sure, just boot into Odin mode after you think everything has succeeded and look for that "MODE: Developer" message on the Odin screen to verify that the unlock process succeeded.

There are a couple different versions of the unlocker binary in that Unlock thread, and most of the variations have to do with how the program went about reading the CID value out of the volatile filesystem /sys during initial sanity checks. As that location seemed to change from firmware release to release, there was some dependency between the unlock binary version and the OS release level of the rooted ROM it was used on. So a "safety check" in the code was what was making it non-portable; the actual CID change and binary patching of the "aboot" partition was the same in every version.

I might have used [MENTION=1923941]donc113[/MENTION]'s original variant (post #218) when I was on MJE. If you are rooting with M* or N* ROM firmware, that version should work.

The other thing that happened was that (I think?) someone released an app that was really just a wrapper around the binary file. That had the unfortunate side effect of hiding the status and error messages the unlock binary produces if someone happened to use it on the wrong OS version. It's possible that someone that is rooted could slip a different version of the "unlock" binary underneath that app (in it's appropriate /data/data/* location), but that's asking a lot from people who gravitate towards using "one click" apps.

You didn't mention whether you were using the app or just the command line. If it was the latter I think that careful inspection of the unlock binary's output would have indicated success or failure.

Anyway, some TWRP custom recovery links:

TWRP for hltevzw

If you have a M* series bootloader use the -4.3.img recoveries, otherwise use -4.4 for N*, O*, or P* firmware

(The AryaMod ROM uses the Aroma installer, which apparently needs the twrp-2.8.7.0-hltevzw version, not the twrp-3.0.2-0-hltevzw. So... grab both of them)

PS I recently "upgraded" my bootloader from MJE to NC4. I did this because the M* series bootloader is incompatible with later kernels (due to technical issues about how the "DTB" (Device Tree Blob) attached to the kernel is parsed and initialized by the bootloader). I probably would have gone with NC2 instead of NC4, but all the links for the NC2 leak firmware were dead. At least NC4 is easy to root with Towelroot v3, and so far I've been able to boot and run not only lolipop roms (e.g. CM13) but a marshmallow rom (AryaMod) without major troubles. So I have an Odin-back-to-stock method for device recovery that is easily rootable (in contrast to NJ6, NK1, or PL1 which have no root method, or OB6/OF1 which have crufty/difficult rooting methods (& perhaps dodgy too)).

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkhawkff:
Any chance of just using Odin and flashing a stock recovery image? Rather than killing the entire os too?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkhawkff:
I can't find just a recovery image though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
That works when the bootloader is unlocked (even with unsigned recoveries such as TWRP). Not sure about the locked case.

tar -H ustar -c -f my_recovery_only_Odin_bundle.tar recovery.img
md5sum my_recovery_only_Odin_bundle.tar >> my_recovery_only_Odin_bundle.tar
mv my_recovery_only_Odin_bundle.tar my_recovery_only_Odin_bundle.tar.md5

Note that the above technique for preparation of Odin flashables isn't restricted to adding just a single file. For instance, someone that had a bootlooping stock ROM in need of repair could probably create a tar.md5 bundle that only contained "boot.img" and "system.ext4.img"* Note that when Odin does the MD5 checking, it wants the filename to be unchanged (other than the .md5 extension). So don't change the name of the .tar.md5 file to something else or the MD5 check in Odin will fail.

It's inside the stock Odin tar.md5 bundle. Just extract it.

Is it even important at the moment? So long as your phone boots normally, what's in the recovery partition simply doesn't matter

Did you try the Vol-Down+Home+Power startup (followed by Cancel == Vol-down) that I suggested above? What happens?

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* There is one place where partial firmware flashes would be extremely ill-advised: if you were flashing a bootloader (dear lord why?) ALL five pieces (aboot.mbn, sbl1.mbn, rpm.mbn, tz.mbn, sdi.mbn) need to be flashed as a group all in one go
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkhawkff:
Yup. Just tried that finally (was busy at work).

Fixed. I'm unlocked bootloader.

Yup, I'm still on NC2 (not that it's a surprise).

Still haven't been able to find the files at home. I thought I might have them saved somewhere, but apparently not. Still have 1 or 2 places to look, but I'm going to guess that I don't have it anywhere.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
:cool: hope I helped.

Make a backup of your current ROM in TWRP and get it off the phone into a safe place. Then you will feel free to experiment with different ROMs as time allows. I would also suggest it is really a good idea to save that "debrick" image on the SD card in case a utter disaster happens (probably you will never use it though).

(before reformatting the SD card to get it back to usefulness)

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1 bs=4096 count=65536 of=/data/local/debrick.img

(or, too-late... get a debrick image with the modded "aboot" partition unlocked bootloader)

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=4096 count=65536 of=/sdcard/debrick.img

I'll archive the NC2 if you can find it (send me a PM) even though I can't use it any longer as I recently flashed NC4 bootloader. I have all the other firmware releases, just not that one.

The NC2 (leak) engineering bootloader appeared at a time when the kernel DTB blobs were changing structure; hopefully it is able to boot all later kernels. Please drop a note somewhere in these forums if you discover problems booting newer kernels - whether custom or stock. As I mentioned, if NC2 won't work, NC4 seems decent enough so far and it preserves a full-stock Odin recovery/rescue to a ROM version which is easily rooted with Towelroot v3

As to modems, I've done a few pairings of my flashable-stock ROMs with different modem releases (see the flashable stock thread for downloads) and - strangely - the NC4 modem won't work at all with NJ6 or NK1 (no service) kernels/ROMs, but it will work with later kernels/ROMs e.g. OB6-PL1. Just mentioning it because the NC2 modem might behave in a similar strange fashion since it is of the same vintage. I haven't had any troubles flashing modems up-version or down-version.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkhawkff:
Well, all great!

I got Aryamod installed and going well.

NC2 bootloader yet too! TWRP obviously installed and OK, with 2.8.7 I believe. Installing apps now.

It really makes a difference with this phone too. I'm quite surprised by it to be honest.

All I know, is I might actually switch back to using my note 3 instead of my note 5 as my daily driver again.

Thank you again for the help. I really appreciate it. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Good deal.

AryaMod is a pretty nice ROM. Marshmallow FTW!

(I'm glad I bought a device with 3GB of RAM.)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Worm78:
Could you please message me at liketotalk961@gmail.com I tried to root my sm-n900v note 3 on 5.0 and it's soft bricked. I can't get Odin to flash..keeps failing. I need to talk to someone just bought it week ago man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nebjamins:
I changed the imei number but do not have stock sim card. The person who changed the imei sad to just buy a new sim card but the phone store person told me the pone doesn't have GSM hardware is this correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] TheMadScientist:
It still has to be gsm unlocked. Just cause the imei num has been changed. Which is ileagal in most countries. Doesnt make it unlocked.

Why did u have the imei changed anyways?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nebjamins:
I guess I don't know what I'm doing. I put the sim card from an active tmoble account and it made one call but then crashed I guess that means it can run on gsm?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] TheMadScientist:
yea shouldnt of crashed but if it reconized the sim and attempted to make a call its unlocked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] bonebeatz1234:
It works just change your radio order to T-Mobile for best service. In using metro PC which use T-Mobile towers on my sprint note 5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] horr1blek1tten:
Off topic, but are you able to use hotspot? I'm using this phone on tmobile but cannot get hotspot to work, and it's not in settings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] birdpwr:
Exactly HOW do you do this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] TheMadScientist:
what?? unlock the device???? or somthing else?

---------- Post added at 01:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 PM ----------

yea if u put a custom rom on it most support hotspot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] birdpwr:
My bad. Wrong quote.

---------- Post added at 08:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------

Exactly HOW do you do this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] rivan15pa:
Change csc

Could I change the csc code on the note as I'm in the UK on ee and Sprint only has 3g but t mobile has 4g any advice pls would be great
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] TheMadScientist:
As in what to unlock your device? To use on tmobile?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] rivan15pa:
My note is SIM unlocked but the version I have an n 920p won't work on ee 4g in the UK so could I change the csc code to say the 920g which will work on 4g many thanks for replying
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] TheMadScientist:
Im pretty sure its not like that. Have u set networks to global and proper lte apn
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] rivan15pa:
I used www.willmyphonework.net and it tells me the 920p will only work on 3g over here so looks like I'm stuck with the 3g ... pretty new to all this

Ant thanks again Paul
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] TheMadScientist:
That was my next question is what lte 4g freqs or bands do ure carrier use. Then google the sprint note 5 radio frequencys
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Obamaloominaty:
It's all in the title. Says on my s7 the newest version is 6.0.1 yet I know this isn't true for other s7s. Anyone know when we're getting the update, or how to get it early?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] yaro666:
samsung push it partially, so if there are bricks or some issues, just some of users will have to provide phones to service. just wait for a few days or flash it with odin stock rom is available on sammobile
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MineDr3ft:
is there already a s8 rom out?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yazeed_twb:
No
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
i havent seen one either
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yungzenny:
I'm stuck in a bootloop because I turned it off on the lockscreen and know I can't boot the andriod
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bocadillosnake:
Can you access recovery?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xavario:
do you have a custom recovery installed?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Aslher:
Enjoy !

Any more?
[Windows Mobile Themes] lepsyfou:
THANK you very much :)
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
htc Weather icons.

These have been cropped to 48px wide x 32px high, in order to fit on the current version .97

To put larger icons on screen, the app would need to place them using their top-left pixel as a locator, which I don't think it currently does.

Anyway, these work as they are:
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
and Medweather 23x23

There are tons on the SBSH site but you'll need to use Photoshop to batch convert them to png filetypes and keep the transparency.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Aslher:
One more.

Enjoy
[Windows Mobile Themes] godzillaman:
Hi. First of all, don't judge me, because I'm new here.

My question is: How do I change the weather icons. I moved them to the weather files in gfx in S2U2 file. Soft-reseted, not nothing. My source of weather informations is SPB weather... CAN YOU HELP ME...

THANKS.
[Windows Mobile Themes] ekin101:
I also encounter the same problem. I overwrite the weather png files in s2u2 folder and the weather icons is gone on s2u2.
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
If your sourc is spb Weather...

these icon won't work.

spbWeather uses a single bmp file with a transparency channel laid alongside the icon images.

Pocket Weather and Weather Panel use individual icons.

For more spbWeather icons, you can go here:

http://www.spbclub.com/skins.php

You'll need to register to download them
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bobo Xni:
Hi,

my sourceweather program is HTC Home but i'm not be able to use this icon set.

Can you give me some suggestion ?

Thank's in advance...

BYE, Bobo ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] godzillaman:
Hi. I installed another pack of icons, but it only recognizes the default one. What can I do with the icons to make it recognise them?

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Bobo Xni:
Hi,

anyone can help us ?

BYE, Bobo ;)
[Windows Mobile Themes] kevystyles:
Once I've downloaded the icons I like to have from there, I noticed inside the zip file for the themes within Spb weather it shows two lines of icons side by side in a single bmp file how would I go about making these show on S2U2?

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
They should be in the gfx\weather folder

and it should just show, as long as you've selected spb as your weather source in the S2U2 Settings application.
[Windows Mobile Themes] kevystyles:
So I should just copy the zip files over into gfx\weather or should I extract them first?
[Windows Mobile Themes] davehutch:
The file called...

weather.bmp should be extracted and inside the \gfx\weather folder

If you're i8n any doubt, uninstall S2U2 and re0install from the .cab file. All files will be re-instated in their corect positions, including the spb icons
[Windows Mobile Themes] sinoo:
If you use HTC Home Customizer you are able to add a new iconset to the HTC Home Plugin. Some of the downloaded iconsets will also change the icons used for S2U2. Don't know why, but it works!

greetz

sinoo
[Windows Mobile Themes] hohoeyo:
Missing png files

Hi

Thanks for the icons ... but the zip file is missing icons for conditions 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42. Any chance you can post those missing files.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] Andersonlee:
Thank you for your sharing
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sharma Manu:
HI,

I Want Turbo Kernel for my grand 2 and download link is http://d-h.st/VzzH I Want This Kernel Urgently Any One Please create Mirror link of Turbo Kernel For Me d-h.st Is not work for last 2 days 4 me.......

Thankzzzzzzzzzz
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mo7aMMaD 3Li:
Please search on the Turbo kernel thread

there is a another link (chinease one) it is working

the link is in the last pages
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sharma Manu:
OMG

OMG Thanxzzz Bro U Save My Day
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mo7aMMaD 3Li:
Welcome
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Serie:
Hey,

Does any one here have screens of the galaxy S8 or S8+ ?

i want to see the difrrent of the colors.

the most important color is blue coral.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Serie:
Can you link Please?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Serie:
Why does the coral blue not for sell?

someone knows?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] piscesjoey:
Here in the US we only have the option of silver, gray, or black. I was hoping for the blue color myself.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] 24pavk:
Hi guys!

I've owned g2, 3, 4, 5 and v10 and 20.

I really like lg phones but I got a bit disappointed on my g5.

Has anyone bought g6 and if you did what's your first impressions on the phone?

Camera, battery life etc..

Thank you!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Blars1206:
I've had mine since Wed night and so far, I really like it. The deciding factor for me was the promotions with the purchase through Sprint, which included a Google Home and 49" 1080p TV and the placement of the finger print reader. I previously had S7 Edge and I think I liked the bright colors and true blacks on the S7 screen more, but the G6 screen is by no means a disappointment. The colors are more accurate than the AMOLED screens and it is really clear plus the finger print reader works WAY better than the S7 did and it's quick. The G6 feels solid and it's easy to hold. I feel the speaker is decent but not great. As for battery life, it's too hard to tell at this point because "doze" learns behavior and usually takes a few days to really optimize battery life, but out of the box I would say decent so far, considering I'm on it all the time LOL. I also feel the camera is better than the S7 and I'm going to really get use out of the wide-angle lens. I do not regret the choice at this point. I've had LG "G" series phones in the past and feel it's the best one by far. I prefer Google Assistant over Bixby since it's has the google knowledge base behind it and it already works with so many other smart home devices.

If you are all about specs, then S8 is probably the way to go because it's got the new generation processor.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] 24pavk:
That's really helpful thanks!

I don't mind specs. I'm currently on xiaomi mi max and just figured out that specs mean nothing!

I really prefer lg's camera over samsung's and I'm glad to know its good.

I've read some reviews saying that the camera is a disappointment over the past cameras and I got a bit worried!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] wingzfan:
In low light the camera struggles. Any motion in the image turns into a blur. The shutter speed is entirely to slow in low light but theres hope an update is coming soon. Other than that the phone is incredible. Battery has been amazing. 6 1/2 hours screen on time every single day.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] 24pavk:
Wow if you're getting 6 hours screen on time its impressive!

Specially for an lg phone.

I don't mind low light photos that much..

I mean we mostly use that aspect just for testing our cameras out.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] wingzfan:
Totally agree about the low light. In normal use the camera is outstanding and wide angle is so useful. I'm seeing others getting 7 hours SOT which is remarkable for a 3300 battery. I haven't really turned anything off on mine as far as settings go so for me 6 1/2 is way more than I expected.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] 24pavk:
Nice to know man!

Sounds like it Worth's it.

Hows the LCD display?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] wingzfan:
Looks great. Its something like 561dpi if I remember correctly. Extremely crisp and great color. Dims a little lower on auto than I'm used to but plenty bright enough.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] 24pavk:
Really good to hear! I don't use auto b at all anyway!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] franki_667:
HI There! Just wanted to share my experience so far. I'm coming from an S7 and have used LG phones in the past. The user experience in general has been great. I love the screen, love the feel in the hand and I really enjoy software experience too.

BUT - The camera is not good. I have a little boy, so I literally take about 20 photos a day - So far this camera has been really disappointing. For this reason I will sell the phone and get something else.

I also received a really weird error / phone warning earlier today, which is actually detailed here if you wanted to take a look: http://g.co/ABH

edit: sorry I didn't explain why I don't love the camera. Colours look pretty good, however there is a massive issue with focus. Even just the slightest movement causes the picture to blur. This is very noticeable with the wide angle lens, which obviously doesn't have OIS, however this issue is still present with the primary shooter. If i didnt rely on the camera so much, I'd really love this phone. However I'd rather have a phone that i didn't love, for the sake of good photos.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] 24pavk:
That's weird I've never seen seen that before.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Orbiting234:
Man, I don't know what to think. On one hand I really want to get this phone as I held the S8 and BB and really don't like the fingerprint sensor location or curved screen. Those SOT reports some of you have is amazing! On my S6 I'm lucky to get 2hrs! :( So mostly I want the G6 because of a beefy battery, flat screen, and better camera (the OIS has been wonky in my S6 since early in it's life...I have to shake/smack the phone to get it to kick in and actually focus). But this motion blur has me a bit wary. I guess every phone choice is a compromise of some sort or another.