Recent content by danielzink

From post #75 above

Hahahahaha.... That's actually *very* funny..... Phone was brand new out of the box 2 years ago....oh wait ?.....exactly 2 years ago...how do I know that ?...because the payment just came off my monthly bill.....:eek: I was saying to the wife...."great...as soon as the phone is paid off it...

3 flashes of the stock firmware and countless reboots....I'm finally back to stock Nougat. Will wait for the OTA Oreo....

Downloaded the stock firmware for Verizon (newest update G930VVRU4BRC2) Flashed 2x.. Still no luck. Phone boots to Blue screen "erasing" Then back to recovery... Reboot from recovery - Blue screen "installing system update".... Back to recovery.... Any reboot from recovery results in one...

I did what you said... Results: After Odin - phone rebooted directly into recovery (much better than last time when I had the dead Android symbol) * I tried to power off from recovery - phone rebooted * Glowing circle "installing system update" * Phone booted directly back into recovery *...

EDITED 4-8-18 for myself and anyone else.... ---------- Post added at 11:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 AM ---------- * Ran Prince Comsy Odin and applied the BRA1 update.. * Upon reboot I got a "glowing multi colored circle" saying "erasing" * I let it go until finally the...

Please bear with me...I'm a bit of a worrier and I like to have everything mapped out before I embark on something like this. I'm on Verizon..... So...If I'm reading right...my plan of attack should be: - Download latest ATT firmware (BRA1) - Use Prince Comsy to apply BRA1 - Put BRA1 to...

Scary thing is...this morning...it started looping again... No SD card inserted at all... I removed the tray and cleaned the SIM card with a pencil eraser (made the contacts nice and shiny) and it hasn't looped in almost an hour. I'll look into reinstalling the firmware and upgrading to...

I've done some searching but not come up with any definitive answers.... Lately my phone(SM-G930V) has taken to bootlooping and heating up at random times... This morning (4-4-18) it took a security update (G930VVRU4BRC2) and became completely unstable... I tried everything...finally...

:eek: Just that easy !! Thanks worked great !

Up and running with pico. Thanks again ! Now if I could just get rid of that pesky search bar...free up some real estate - plus it doesn't really seem to do much for me... :)

Up and running - no real issues other than.....any option to get rid of the Google search bar ? Thanks, Dan

Due to issues I just decided to bin Nougatella and go with Katshmallow. Things are working well.

Hello, Did a full wipe (from TWRP). Installed (in order): ROM: KatKiss-7.1_TF701T_027 SuperSU: SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502 gapps: open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-20180125 Wipe Dalvik/Cache Google play Services keeps crashing, set up email (Gmail) crashes - says "Google Play services keeps...

Couple of relevant threads to check out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/efficient-to-5-0-ota-update-doesnt-t3102204 http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/lollipop-rooted-one-t3100306