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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 2008304673:
Wow... You really saved my day. Dusted out an abandoned and badly damaged G900A (Samsung s5 AT&T) variant. Changed the necessary parts: batteries, screen, etc. Booted it up only to discover that I was locked out in the setup wizard with this annoying 'abnormal reset' bullcrap. Tried every possible means to resolve it including flashing with Odin but no way.... Almost smashed the phone out of annoyance. Then came about a tutorial on YouTube where I was able to somehow bypass the reactivation lock by using some tricky manoeuvres. Nevertheless, reactivation lock was still in place and I was stuck at android 5.0 (which was too outdated for my liking). Any attempt to flash android 6 will lock me out again. Also, bypassing reactivation lock in android 6 was practically impossible. Did not sleep for two days because of this issue until I came across your post. You're indeed a genius 👏
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bbsc:
Glad it helped. And thanks for your kind words.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Man I never saw this thread I made an almost exact same method on my root thread but I simplified it a bit but I feel I owe you some credit since you have had this posted before I did. I didnt take your method but I am going to credit you as you had it posted before me. Good job! If you feel like it you can grab my simplified method and post it in your OP if you want

https://xdaforums.com/t/2023-emmc_1...custom-roms-to-be-used.4182491/#post-83800053
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bbsc:
Wow, I'm proud to see you here.

But I think you are wrong: this guide is the result of many people efforts, including yours:

- your work on flashing the G900V (mostly);

- authors of tovelroot, safestrap and superSU;

- the idea of downgrading to KitKat was spied somewhere too.

I've just put all these wonderfull things together and made a manual (Ok, I've added something from me, but just a little).

So, it was you the first, not me. Somewhere in this thread, I guess.

I no longer own the G900V and can't test new solutions. It would be definitely wrong to make changes without testing.

Therefore, the manual will remain in the form in which it has been confirmed working by many users.

BTW, a similar method was widely used earlier (regardless of CID) to make G900V more "European" by flashing G900F firmware with a native "V" pit and kernel.

This worked on G900A/P/T too. The method was not widely presented here but the original post is dated as 28.07.17 on a local forum.

Thank you for your kind words, anyway.

wbr
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kevthen:
I just tried this technique to remove Samsung Account lock from my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900V. I can at least get into my phone now. But after logging into my Samsung Account, I wasn't able to disable it again. I think it has something to do with how the login for the Samsung account changed in recent years. I believe it was originally using a login as the userid whereas it now uses an email address. And the kitkat Samsung Account app can't handle it. After backing up the current setup, I plan to try a different ROM with a more modern version of Android.

Thanks to your well written instructions, this install went quickly and smoothly. Thank you!

11/9/2023
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nikos3194:
The same thing happens to me as to kevthen. Samsung has changed its login method and no longer validates the email in the ID and it is not possible to do so with the installation of the official Samsung Account APK within Android 4.4.2 because all old versions of the app no longer works.

Among the things I have tried are:

- Use the forgotten password recovery option (FAIL)

- Create a new Samsung account from the mobile (FAIL)

- Create Samsung account from the web and use it to log in on the phone (FAIL)

- Use Google account login instead of Samsung (FAIL)

- Install the official Samsung Account APK (not possible on Android 4.4.2 since all older versions prior to Android 8 no longer allow to login)

- In the "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_ ....tar.md5" ROM, I tried to install the latest version of TWRP to place a new updated custom ROM like LineageOS (FAIL, because the Reactivation Lock is still active and the Android KitKat 4.4.2 ROM from this post, "kltevzw_NCG_eLLiKat1_0.zip", has some special configuration that allows bypassing the Reactivation Lock to be installed and that no other stock or custom ROM for this phone has)

- Stay with the TWRP version of this post (3.0.2) and install a custom ROM compatible with that version of TWRP such as CyanogenMod (FAIL, same as the previous case)

I'm worried about the fact that I found a message from kevthen with a mention that their phone was hard bricked, so I didn't want to try to do anything weird like flash unknown files in the bootloader or other parts of the firmware using Odin.

I guess I'll have to look for another solution, in the meantime I'll continue with Android 4.4.2 from this post because although I can't install whatsapp or telegram, at least I can use the other functions of the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nikos3194:
Update: Here I found an alternative solution, it's aimed at the Samsung Note 3 but worked for me with the G900V

Apks:

- com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro-11.0 (Package Disabler Pro)

- eu.airwatch.mdm_2017-10-19 (PDP Engine V1.0)

I took the links from the description. I recommend checking the comment section on the video to resolve doubts
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kartik_GG:
Hey man I have the same issue white box when logging in maybe it's a Android system webview issue or the Samsung Account apk in 4.4.2 isn't working.

Maybe we can make 5.0 apk compatible with 4.4.2 via changing the minSDK in manifest property. Idk I haven't got any other ideas.

If you found any solutions please share if not then we can both work together and solve it.
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] shinebuzz:
Change the file system of these partitions from ext4 to f2fs and back again to ext4. This will restore your partitions.
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] anandhunt:
Tried this 100 times but not going through, i guess its the twrp version which is linked with oreo 8.1 for lenovo a6000 plus.

last time when i installed it was twrp 2.8.7
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] shinebuzz:
You have to be on Oreo compatible latest TWRP 3.2.1.
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] shreyanshk134:
Same thing happened to me, do you find any solution?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] alisara:
Hi every body, First of all sorry me for my poor English, let me describe the problem from the first.

I wanted to flash new stoke 4 files Oreo android 8 to my phone but the Odin version was 3.12 and it couldn't able to flash and I think it just flash BL or CP to my phone and after 5 seconds it shown pass and reboot. after that my IMEI convert to null and network not detected. unfortunately I didn't backed up the EFS folder.

what I do to repair but didn't worked :

1. try flash official Roms in different versions as many as I can but it just put my phone in January security lock and I am not able to root the phone any more.

2. try to flash EFS from similar phone to mine with Z3X box but I think it make it worse because now there is a lag in sounds of the phone.

3. try to change IMEI with exposed, it change that but oh come on, it just a mask and network provider don't use that IMEI code.

4. try to flash different modems to my phone but guess what?! nothing happened.

5- try doing this post, but not work

6- try reading and searching all the web for that for 2 weeks and didn't find anything that helps me.

in my last hope I decide to post my problem here so if somebody can help me. :crying:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] alisara:
No body can help me yet? :(
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Tanle11:
you can try flashing combination rom
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] alisara:
I flashed combination but didn't help
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Daniel Martínez kdkd:
Hola intenta instalar la rom android 8.0 con odin 13 y funcionará, me paso lo mismo, pero fue porque use un odin que no es apto para instalar 8.0 y aparecía "pass" unos segundos después y encendía con el imei null.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] shosho54:
Alisara did you find a solution ?

I of course have the same problem but i dont figure it out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] gage67401:
I am fairly new to the whole process of flashing ROMs. I am aware if you have android 7.0 and go back to 6.0.1 I will lose service, I've already dealt with that issue. If I go to a custom ROM will I face the same issues? I am not having much luck finding a ROM based on 7.0, so options are very limited if not able to go backwards. thanks
[OnePlus 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dibyajyoti:
The guys at OnePlus recently conducted a photo blind test for different categories. They've published the result on their forums.

Apparently, OnePlus 6 wins the low-light portrait mode. While iPhone X wins best Architecture photo, Pixel 2 wins Low-light and S9 wins the best portrait photo.

The blind test - https://www.oneplus.in/blindtest-6

The result - https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...-guess-who-won-the-portrait-low-light.838746/

What do you guys think?

I think overall, the OP6 is pretty great. I honestly think Pixel 2 wins though. The low-light is just great
[OnePlus 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] CommanderROR:
Sadly, results IRL don't seem so good right now. Very inconsistent...

It shows in the various YT Videos as well. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.
[OnePlus 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] blinkin:
My wife's iPhone x camera is also hit and miss so I would say it's probably not something we should worry about?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Hello all, my old Nexus 5's wifi stopped working back in January for no apparent reason. Everytime I tried turning it on for some strange reason it just Grey's out. The MAC Address is also really weird. I tried looking for a solution but to no avail. I'm starting to think that it's a hardware issue. These are what I've done so far for the past 4 months or so:

- rebooted the phone

- wiped the cache

- wiped data using TWRP

- letting the battery drain and charging it again after a couple weeks

- smacking the back side on my hand (lightly of course)

Any help would be much appreciated. Also, it's not my primary phone anymore so I can't tell whether cellular connection would be working or not.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Just did a factory reset and wiped everything, still nothing. MAC Address is just a solid 2.00.000.00. Also, Bluetooth still works.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Try running a stock 4.4 or 5.01 rom. If the problem still exists, I'd say it's a hardware issue.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
I flashed stock marshmallow but I couldn't find Lollipop or KitKat anywhere on Google's website, only marshmallow.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
https://developers.google.com/android/images#hammerhead
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Ahh okay I see them now. Thanks, I'll update what happens once I get the chance to do it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Keeps giving me an error Everytime I try flashing the latest KitKat/lollipop. Only marshmallow works
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajatgupta1998:
Hmm, I had a similar problem few months ago, tried flashing the latest stock firmware; didn't help and then moved back to a custom ROM. Strangely, it didn't work at that time too but kept the phone the same for an hour and out of nowhere it started working. Seems like the phone is really dying now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
What is the error? Did you try flashing each img file separately rather than using flashall?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Damn you got lucky then. I think mine is just a hardware issue, which is much worse.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Gives me an error about MDU or something like that. I'll send a screenshot in a bit
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Still doesn't work for me. I'm gonna try taking apart the phone to see if the wifi chip is ok, hopefully it's not a hardware issue.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ph4:
Same problem here, even on custom ROMs and factory images,

Is there any hardware solution? Maybe an external WiFi antenna or something like that?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Not that I know of unfortunately. Guess we'll have to buy a new Mobo for the phone
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeeza:
Hi guys! Since today I hopped on the "activating wifi" train too!

I'm on Lineage 14.1 CAF, and did a full wipe and flash, no changes.

I followed a guide in a post here on XDA to recreate the MAC address file, after that wifi worked for a couple of minutes, then went down again.

I thought about flashing MM stock image, but after reading your posts I think i'll keep my phone this way until I buy an OP6.

Luckily I have 15Gb of cellular data ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
What I did was I opened the phone and took out the motherboard and disconnected the battery from everything, then took out the heatsink that's on top of the wifi chip. It worked for a bit then it stopped working for good. It definitely has to be a software issue because Bluetooth is working fine.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
It could be a hardware problem. I have two Nexus 5 motherboards where the wifi tries to turn on and, eventually, the slider goes back to the off position.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
Damn, I guess I'll have to change the motherboard to get it working again. I might just sell it as is or for parts since it hasn't been my main phone for a while. But I did want to give it to my nephew...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aniki43:
My Solution {Nexus 5 stuck on "Turning wifi on"}

MY Nexus5 got the same problem WiFi just stopped working suddenly. The mac got some stupid address like 2.00.00.00. I tried every thing still nothing. I have already rooted my nexus so tried different roms but issue still remains.

Then i just remembered about the ROM UBUNTU Touch i have installed it and WiFi in Ubuntu start working again with original mac address. I am currently using Ubuntu touch and didn't try to reinstall the android rom again.if some one try this and got WiFi working like me please inform me that if the WiFi still works if i reinstall android system.

If you want to download Ubuntu touch download it from ubports
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aniki43:
Hi guys i have tested as mentioned before and reinstalled stock room after installing ubuntu my WiFi is working again perfectly :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed: . Who has the problem of this kind should try doing this method it will reinsert or reset the mac address and get rid of the problem of the mac address of 2.00.00.00.00. and your original mac address will be restored. It worked for me hope it can help you also
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsacter:
I'll try it out but what's the process in doing it? Is there a step by step guide anywhere by any chance?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STDupont:
I have this problem, too. And I believe it should NOT be a hardware issue, in my case, when I tried to TURN it ON, sometimes, it works, sometimes it does not, even if it works for 10 minutes, it turns OFF again.

From the same forum here, I heard / read about "FirstEver Android 8", anyone tried that before?? If possible, I would like to stay with Andriod family, unless no other choice, also, ....since WiFi is not working, is there a way I can backup my Nexus 5 with connecting to my computer? How do I go by doing it? Million thanks...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giggiuss:
woah..

I'm having this wifi turning on problem, + restarting ( probably of RAM ),sometimes it keeps to restart right after the start.

It happens that suddenly wifi connects automatically, I even made several app updates, but in 2-3 minutes it turns off, and stays for days on now....

I will be very happy if I get help here.

:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STDupont:
Hello Giggiuss,

My understanding is that the phone will try to turn ON the WiFi, and exactly because of this, when it cannot, the system will restarts itself , another attempt to do so. For the time being, I just turn OFF the WiFi just so that to avoid the system restarting.

From ebay, I ordered the WiFi and GPS atenna and hopefully by replacing the WiFi one, it will work. But my gut feeling is that it is NOT a hardware issue anyway, but i will try.

Come to think of it, perhaps Nexus 5 is a model still using Android 6, may be it is the reason??

As another fellow wrote in the above, when he switched to another OS, his problem was solved. I am hoping when I have a chance to upgrade to Android 8 or 9 by the FirstEver, it will work?! I just need to do the ADB backup before installing that custom ROM. Hope it gives you some light....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giggiuss:
hello hello,

thanks for your reply,

the thing is that I can't control WiFi switch button, it stucks, goes grey, I mean - I can not turn it on or off with just clicking, mostly it's non-active button (in status bar it is OFF) and in most of situations it restarts.

for example today, after I switched to airplane mode and off, and after 5-7 mnutes it got connected to wifi for a minute.

I can't fully blame the android, while there was no system updates in past period, and 6.0.1. for a long period.

don't know, something can help, but i do not know what exactly and that makes me sad. :confused:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STDupont:
Hello Giggiuss,

I tried suggestions from youtube:

-turn the airplane mode ON/OFF

-turn t mobile, bluetooth ON/OFF

-reset network connection, ( that only brings my t mobile ON)

-Developer mode ON, select legacy DHCP,

But like you said, did'nt solve the error. But I notice, when the WiFi came back ON, although for a brief moment, it tells, it is NOT the WiFi card hardware error/ motherboard error, for sure, if it were, it would not gives us WiFi , not even a minute ! Many people said it's hardware issue, perhaps that's their phone, certainly not everyone.

I believe it is the MAC address, ( WiFi...click the 3 dots...advanced....below WPS button/switch....when the MAC address shows 02.00.00.00.00....that's what the problem is, if the WiFi works, MAC address shows something different.

A few things I have to handle now in life....., so I did not have enough time to back up the phone using ADB, by the time when i back home, it's around 11pm, plus, i myself no-PRO.....i know computer, but not cellular phone Andorid OS. Hopefully, if/ when i do the FirstEver OS upgrade to 8.0 or 9.0, it will solve the error.

Here it is: https://www.firstever.eu/first-ever-android-9-0-for-nexus-5/

In case you would like to take a look, other people on this forum had touched base on FirstEver before,....but I would like to check it out more before i do....

Meanwhile, if you just tried anything else, please let me know,...sure would like to be informed what works what 's NOT....Thank you,
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] fardeen20:
hi! i have upgraded my o2xd with i mate rom vs 1.02

and when i tried to upgrade it back to o2 rom vs 1.20.my phone got stuck nd now its not even getting on just blank screen written with "usb" on top and" vs 1.02" at the bottom plz help how to start it back i am a new user plz help
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] nosaj13:
Wife submerged her phone in a pool for about 5 seconds and now sound from mic is garbled. This was two days ago. I've tried locating the LDI in the sim slot but don't see it and haven't found any pics online showing exactly were it Is. Is it possible that the phone is damaged from such limited exposure to water?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] mehra1:
I have submerged my phone several times for seconds and few times for minutes inside pool and also used in heavy rainfall but my phone's speakers &mic recovered every time after few hours of use.

Try to keep your phone in a box full of rice for 24hrs that might solve the issue and mostly it will be a temporary issue.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] bilbo60:
I fell into salt water with my phone (for about 10 seconds) and phone survived fine. This was about 2 months ago.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] nosaj13:
Just back from tmobile and there's no water damage. Doesn't seem to be related to the dip in the pool. Since I'm withing the 14 day window, Just did an even exchange for a new device.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
So, IP68 works. ;)
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] petar_b:
My V30 was submerged like 20 times shortly, no more than a minute or two on a very shallow depth of sea water. I desalted phone in sweet water quickly each time. I sail and my pockets are always wet, and somehow humidity got inside of the phone and now I get message "charging disabled until usb connector is dry" - and it's dry, it's been drying for days. when I tilt phone backwards, it starts to charge, then when I put it vertically it stops. Really weird.

I either have bad luck because other ppl are happy with IP68 OR not every V30 was build equally. I will buy one more V30 as they are cheap now and retry if it's luck or just bad build - and if it fails again then this phone is no IP68 whatever other ppl or articles say.

Temporary fix, maybe bad idea is to turn off the moisture sensor in service menu: type in dialer:

*#546368#*931# then service menu and disable moisture sensor. Sounds retarded approach but phone works for now. This secret number tends to vary from model to model and even stops working when you change setting or two, so you might need trying other codes to restore setting: *#546368#*930#. Totally weird, but worked here.

Funny thing - now I use Butterfly 3 for water sports because that one I don't care much about that phone due to some software bugs in dialler (exit code issue for these who know) - but that one just doesn't want to die. I was even diving with it to +10 meters many times, each time an hour of surface or deep recording to film bottom of the yacht and phone just works., wet pockets, driving on the rain, all slippery and mess from fish, and it still works.

So what is going on with these IP ratings?? They aren't right, I am telling you - they are misleading. HTC is plastic unibody with some evil glue beneath LCD and has caps for some major ports, while LG is glass sandwich design and ho caps over holes or whatever, but IP57 can't be better than IP68 but it turns HTC did better job with glue lol
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] rayxanber:
Hi !

After flashing UK Oreo image with the steps provided here on my t-820 (original firmware, stock recovery, no root )

As you can see Odin log shows all OK when i flash

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> Total Binary size: 4920 M

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

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

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

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

<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/005> boot.img

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> persist.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> userdata.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> modem.bin

<ID:0/005> adspso.bin

<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/005> RES OK !!

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/005> Remain Port .... 0

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

but after the tablet restart for the first time after the upgrade it got stuck on bootloop showing samsung logo back and forth and doesnt start at all, ive tried to get into recovery mode but it also gets a bootloop the only option available is get to download mode. I still can get my S3 detected by Odin when i get to download mode.

Please advice.