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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PandaLion98:
If you mean "The reflash didnt work" as in there was an error flashing hidden.img, and if you simply want to regain access to your encrypted data, you may be in luck.

I found myself in the same exact situation. What I did was use 7zip to extract the .tar.md5 file, and use 7zip again to create another .tar file that didn't include hidden.img. Then, I simply used Odin to flash the new file. I made sure that the firmware I was flashing was the exact, same firmware that was on my phone before this happened. Just search on Sammobile.

The key to regaining access to your encrypted data was to simply have your system marked as "Samsung Official", which you can check by going into download mode and looking at "current binary". If it says Custom, Verification fails as far as I can observe. This is true even if stock recovery says that dm-verity is okay. As long as you modified your system somehow (boot and recovery are the only ones I've tested), verification fails.

Since I regained access to my data, I may as well backup everything and start from a freshly reformatted /data, since everyone says that one should root before encrypting.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PandaLion98:
Update: I found out that, if you do encounter the "Verification Failed" message, you don't need to flash everything with the fresh bootloader. Instead, flashing the stock version would work fine.

For example, if you flashed TWRP and encountered the verification failed message (read-only mode), then flashing the stock recovery solves the error message and you can boot.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Hoodeddeathman:
Just putting the feelers out to gauge whether or not it was a coincidence.

Installed developer preview 4 when it released in the AM, used all day, happy as Larry with the speed and battery improvement. Went to bed later that day with the phone on charge and come morning fingerprint sensor was unresponsive, power button did nothing, went for reset and zilch. No access to bootloader, recovery, USB unresponsive and 3 different chargers did nothing.

I'm not after diagnostics as I just took it back to the EE store and they sent it off, yesterday it was marked as exchange requested so they've certified it FUBAR too.

Has anything similar happened after installing DP4?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TheAnarchist1:
I would have to call a negative from my end. DP 4 has been about as rock solid as 7.1.2. The only issues I have had pertain to bluetooth and they aren't anything I wasn't having with the 7.0 builds. I am pretty sure that software can't kill your hardware quite like that. If anything. You'd still have some trace of life (a lit screen or something).
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mikaole:
First

How did you install dp4

If via fastboot have you installed it on both slots or only one.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WhiteEVO:
Does it make a difference if it's fatsbooted to both slots or not?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] flex360:
nope
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jhs39:
I know that the bootloop of death on the Nexus 6P (which is different from what you are experiencing) would frequently follow an OTA update. For a fairly long while Huawei was trying to claim that Android Nougat was to blame for the bootloops and that there were no hardware problems with the phone--which was eventually proven to be untrue. But a lot of Nexus 6P owners were afraid to update from Marshmallow because they thought it would nuke their phones. I'm on DP4 and have had no issues. It sounds like there was a hardware failure on your phone. Considering Google's poor track record with the 5X and 6P I wouldn't be surprised if a lot more of these phones start failing since we're getting close to the one year mark since the Pixels came out. That was around when those Nexus phones started dying in large numbers. And even though Pixel owners and devs on XDA seem to be in a complete state of denial about this both the CPU and the battery run at higher temperatures on the Pixel than they did on either of the Nexus devices that failed.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mikaole:
Of course it makes a difference. If you are not flashing both slots you have whatever was on the other slot left. Old boot old Bootloader etc. That can lead to serious problems. If you were on a custom you even have a not stock boot on 2nd slot. Same problems starting with twrp when you don't have stock on both slots. So my advice before trying something new flash stock to both slots.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fatapia:
This is the world's smallest violin, and it's playing just for you.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jhs39:
Really? Because I've read at least a dozen different posts on XDA and elsewhere where Pixel owners describe the exact same thing that this user experienced --ond day they pick up their Pixel and it seems to be completely dead, not responding to being plugged into a charger or holding down the buttons or anything else.

It's a shame that there are so many people in the XDA Pixel threads who are either genuinely stupid or willfully blind when it comes to this phone. If you actually dare to leave the safe caccoon of XDA and check out the official Google Support threads for the Pixel XL you will probably be shocked to find out how many people are actually having serious problems with these phones. XDA is pretty much an alternative universe where discussion of the Pixel is concerned.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fatapia:
i have also read a number of those posts for any other electronic device,

it's called a lemon

. Oh and if a phone dies in the manner that happened to OP, Google will actually replace their device for free because it's part of their warranty. That's an actual device failure.

Unlike leaving a phone sitting on the dash in the middle of the summer connected to an unsupported charger with no AC running and wondering why thermal protections are being tripped...

Come on man, this community did nothing but try to help you when you first came to us with your issues but your attitude... calling devs lazy because they develop what they want on their free time (instead of things that have been deprecated lol), calling other users fanboys for making suggestions, or calling the collective community genuinely stupid or willfully blind because you're singing your song in the manner that you do.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jhs39:
Check the official Google Support thread. More than 50 people have reported the exact same problem as you since November. And I mean exactly the same. The problem has nothing to do with DP4 or flashing. It's a build problem with the phone. XDA Pixel XL threads are much closer to being propoganda threads than genuine support threads. People here for some reason will not acknowledge that there are serious problems with this phone.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fatapia:
propaganda is me saying "pixels are the best, best battery life, buy it!".

What we have been saying is "contact google, our phones dont have the issues you've been experiencing you may need to replace your device"

I can understand how those two things sound similar... lol. Believe it or not, those same people on those forums are either gonna replace their device or buy a new one. We are but a fraction of the pixel user base, just because your experience is negative does not mean ours must be as well. You got a bad phone man, replace it.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] toknitup420:
50 people is nothing bro. That's not a build defect at all if it's only 50 people. 500-1000 and then I would agree it's a defect. 50 is not nearly enough to say that. There's over a million of these devices in circulation right now. 50 being broken with you're issue is nothing.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jhs39:
50 people reporting an identical problem as serious as the phone completely dying without warning is clearly not nothing. You also aren't taking into account the fact that everyone who encountered the problem obviously didn't report that fact on the Google Support Thread--that number just represents the people who encountered the issue and also use the support thread and bothered to add themselves to the thread. The complaints also aren't spaced evenly between November and today--the rate of phones reported dying has increased as the phone has been out longer. The number of Pixel phones that have actually died is obviously much higher than 50 and this is a phone that didn't even sell that many units in the first place--Otterbox reduced the price of their Defender Case for the Pixel XL from $60 to just $20 within months of the phone's release, which is something I have never seen with any other phone. Since the Pixel XL was priced so high and only offered by a single carrier that clearly suppressed sales.

There have also been multiple reports on XDA of Pixel XL phones dying without warning but people on XDA have chosen to not see any connection between the individual posts and treat each one as if it is happening in a vacuum. The specific person who reported his issue clearly had no idea that other people previously reported the same thing and the responses tried to make it seem like this was a completely isolated incident likely caused by a flashing error on the part of the phone's owner. When I suggested that the cause was actually a hardware issue, which is unquestionably the case, the response to my post was mocking derision.

I have no idea why Pixel owners on XDA are in such a complete state of denial when it comes to this phone to the point of knee jerk defensiveness but a quick comparison between the posts on the XDA Support Thread and the ones on the Google Support Thread make it very obvious that its happening.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] toknitup420:
You have absolutely no proof this issue is as wide spread as you say. Many many people have told you they don't have any issues like this. And you insult them and call them fanboys. You're so one sided with this it's ridiculous. You can't say you know this issue is wide spread because you found a few threads on xda and 50 reports on Google's support threads. I've seen the threads on xda that you're referencing. You're in every one of them. You're merely speculating that there's way more of these issues than the amount reported.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Tech_Savvy:
may i ask how you flash a factory image to both slots...thank you
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] toknitup420:
Flash it to you're current slot. Then use command "fastboot set_active _a" or "_b" to switch slots. Then flash the image again. Then reboot.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Tech_Savvy:
just a followup question, the active slot that it was flashed to is shown in fastboot screen correct? so just run the command will switch it ...will it the current active slots switch from a-b or b-a be shown on the fastboot screen? hope i don't sound confusing, just want to make sure i understand it correctly as I don't want to end up with a bricked device bc i booting into a slot that was empty:p im new to pixel
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] toknitup420:
I did forget one step. After you run the command to switch. Reboot the bootloader. The active slot will change after rebooting the bootloader. It will show right in the bootloader.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Tech_Savvy:
ok i was wondering if it was safe to reboot to bootloader after running the command, thank you sir....wish a dev could find a way to disable slot a or b for users who unlock their bootloaders, it would simplify thing...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bayar16:
Hello there,

i need help with fixing my phone, i tried to change the model of the phone by changing the build.prop file, like everyone else who does something like this for the first time. i bricked my phone and it went into a bootloop.

after ton of research on multiple websites and especially xda-developers, i managed to flash the phone with a suitable frameware form the galalxy S5, the first time i did it i accidently put the firmware into the BL position into ODIN. then i put it into AP and reset the device.

the download was succesfull, but the phone didnt start up. the next day i turned the phone on, and after 5 mins being stuck on the Samsung logo, it finally booted up and i managed to get inside the phone. i thought it has been fixed, the device asked if i wanted to apply updates, which i said yes to. It updated and tried to restart itself.

now it wont turn on, everytime i try restarting it it is just shutting itself again animated samsung logo fades.

i don´t know what i should do right now, i tried looking for similar situations to mine but i couldn´t find anything similar.

Can someone tell me what i should do in oder to get it fixed pls.

model: SM-g900f

thanks in advance.

edit: it is working again, but it has been completely reset. for now it worked. going to update it again, i will put if the same problem accours again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
Most likely you forgot to set permissions 0x644 for this file after editing it.

It's a common mistake.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Brokerzhang:
How to restore defult animation?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] parkerj7uc:
Paragraph 4 of OP
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] B@RRY78:
System ui force close on s8 running minotourus rom v10
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] parkerj7uc:
I'm running a custom rom by NoName Roms and the missing link choice is fantastic. Great work my friend!

Note 5 s8+
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] kin201303:
work note5 n7.0

I'm running my custom rom

and my friend htc n7.0 work

Great work my friend!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] partcyborg:
Checking these out now!!!

Assuming they work fine on stock room with new snapdragon root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] parkerj7uc:
[MENTION=364033]stangdriver44[/MENTION] do you have any other work our?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] stangdriver44:
Actually I do have a few things in the works, but my main efforts are being directed towards my initial release of my LG rom.

Once that's out of the way, you'll see some more stuff from me over here!

Anything in particular you are looking for?

I do nee to break away from my Rom stuff from time to time for a break and am always open to suggestions.

Thabks for your interest.

Have a good one bro!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] parkerj7uc:
I know you were working on a theming apk, wonder how it is coming along. So you work on Samsung and LG? Nice! Thanks for this aroma, it spiced things up a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] eqbirvin:
They working for you??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] partcyborg:
Sadly they did not. I got constant FC's and had to reflash :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] eqbirvin:
yeah and I can confirm I had the same issues :/
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] doctorbatman:
Tried on my Exynos Galaxy S8 stock rooted. Constant FC of several apps, including settings. Recovery zip does not fix it, neither does factory reset. Have to reflash and reroot. OP should update post.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DanteXDA:
It's good to provide video of these effects :) Thx for your work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] DanteXDA:
I met constant FC in several apps as well. Recovery zip doesn't help.

Hope OP can provide some solutions, thanks.

Exynos Galaxy S8+ stock based ROM rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] stangdriver44:
Look guys, I am all about development progress and supporting my work to help everyone have a good experience and enjoyable time using my stuff.

But I am not about doing things blind or fixing things that I can not troublehoot via a log or ability to recreate myself!

Check the OP for my instructions to get my support for issue#

just today in a different thread (right here in the S8 community), a Mod had to step in and give you a reminder of what XDA is about and what kind of posts are useful for development!

Do any of you see ANY helpful or useful info that I can use from your posts to help fix or even begin to look at fixing anything?

NO! Why don't you try reading and following instructions before leaving worthless posts in the future!

If you want support, give me something I can work with!

This mod os posted in several communities for different devices, including the S8+, has nearly 3,000 downloads and with the exception of a few post about issues, that are know and documented in the OP, the mod works fine and people are very happy with their results!

If the people here are all running the same variant and device, that could be helpful. I wouldn't know because mot one of you post any details!

If the version of recovery is the same and causing issues, that would ne helpful! But i wouldn't know because I have NO details about Rom, device, model number, option selected from Aroma, other possible conflicting mods etc...,

Normally I don't even reply to posts about issue that don't have details for me to work with, but this thread is out of control and I need to set it straight for possible new users that are being scared away by the worthless posts here!

This mod works fine (with the exception of the MIUI option)

The mod only makes changes to 1 single file of which a backup is made of your current working one and placed in a folder on your phones storage for later use if you do run into problems! It only keeps 1 backup, which will be overridden everytime you make a change. If the system in working prior to making a change, then the restore zip will work perfectly to bring you back. If you have issues and decide to select another option without restoring your backup, then you will not be able to recover using the restore zip!

If that last part doesn't make sense to you, then I can not help you and you should maybe reconsider making any changes to your phones system! I fear that is you continue to do so it is only a matter of time until you do permanent damage to you device!

I would like to ensure there are ZERO issue for anyone and the help from you is essential to achieve this!

I do plan to continue this project with and to expand the options to include new backup/restore option, build your own animation with individual options with various choices for fine tuning and of course the quickpick one click options gor full system animations!

Here is a more complete, but very short preview of the animations.

SYSTEM ANIMATIONS PREVIEW PAGE:​

Good day to everyone!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] partcyborg:
Are you high?

Go back and read the date and I made my inial comment. Go head I wait. Just in case ill use big words:

NEWS FLASH

THE OP WAS NOT WRITTEN LIKE IT IS NOW WHEN I POSTED

NO details or pics or anything but a bare boans thing actually more like simple Craigslist ad. The specific phones were not listed, and j remember a "you should be able to figure this out and it should work everywhre" vibe.

You did not make the op an actual useful read till much later

SECOND OF ALL

As if one wasn't enough!

I ASKED YOU IF YOU SUPPORTED SNAPDEAGON WITH SYSTEM ROOT. NO ANSWER

So now at this point I've a brand new system root,. Dev asleep at the wheel of his own. Post, and absolutely no guidance on whether I'm going to get chewed out for using it.

Guess WHAT?! I STILL WANTED TO USE IT, BUT DIDNT WORK.

I tried like 29 times if I remember right,no I don't remember what happened except it crashloop systemui. So I said to myself "oh well, it was worth a shot, if he asks because later for help with an s8 port maybe I could help."

So WITHOUT COMPLAINT, I went to home, and moved on IN Life. Didn't sit by the phone, but I was curious I admit

It was not for M O N T H S later thst I get a flippant "well did It?". OH SO YOU CARE NOW! Well it is a lite late for that to get actionable feedback from my last attempt.

SO TO SUMMARIZE

I adk If it works on

You ignore

Get abyaZy

Ask again Seven flippant non answers

Ignore

Try myself to do something,

Crashes, fcs, you name it it happens.

STILL NO WORD FRKM DEVS

Reinstall os

To be clear. I SAID NOT ONE WORD about the project, the fact that it did or did r work, I recommend it none nor streered jrbo Mee a

-- MONTHS LATER

Get asked about my experience, give honest report. Best I can remember since it was so long ago

GET *****ED OUT BY DEV WHO APPARENTLY PAY ATTENTIO. TO HIS OWN TINYTHREAD.

All you had to do was one iota of actual critical thinking, and you could have avoided all the foot-n-mouth-prickish bull****. Hell you could have just ASKED ME and maybe I would have reinstsalled it and tested again. Now that SamFail is out the door I I deal with a lot of repeat questions and "it don't wornk help" statements that can be frustrating, but you won't be seeing me treat users this way, much less than the ones who ACTUALLY DID THE RIGHT THIG
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] asjstian:
Wow!! really like this, and want to say thnx!! 2700 downloads, and only 10 thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] kins342:
works perfect and as described on my s8. didn't try the miui option though. great job, thanks.