Recent content by Everhopefull

Yes. It says System Status is custom and System Binary is custom.

change Apparently a different battery helped, as my local Verizon put in one from a demo S5, and the phone began its routine of booting to a screen as I originally described, and where the main notice in big letters is “Start Up Failed” followed by the directions to use Verizon Repair...

I was on G900VVRU1BBOA8. It was a towelrooted version which began with kit kat, the exact version of which I do not remember, and was upgraded to OA8, the first version of Lollipop, while still retaining root. I do not know what bootloader was being used. However, unless I can get some life...

Yes, it did say locked or unlocked. Since my phone was rooted, and the “unlocked” icon appeared on the screen when booting, I assumed it was unlocked. Clearly an error on my part. I had to leave shortly after my last post, and when I got back home this morning and went to try your suggestion...

Since I currently cannot boot, I am unable to determine if I am on the 15 Samsung eMMC or the Toshiba 11. Is there another way to find out other than through checking /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/cid? If I attempt recovery using the thread you mentioned, which is for the 15 and I am on the wrong...

As I stated, I was running OA8, the first 5.0 Lollipop. Specifically, G900VVRU1BBOA8. As to the 15eMMc chip, you have passed my knowledge level. Where would I locate that information, and what is its relevance? The OP stated **You can begin the following process from any Build/ROM but you...

Soft (?) brick After carefully following the steps in the OP (I have been using my rooted S5 for well over a year and half on OA8), the result of my flash with Flashfire of the stock rooted pf4 rom was the notice that “start up failed” and a suggestion to use Verizon software assistant. No...

Busybox install failure? While I am rooted, and everything works perfectly, including Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, SQLite Editor, Flashfire, etc., I am unable to install the free Busybox. It always says installation failed. It is trying to install in /su/xbin, and traces of that attempt...

Are you aware of any way to stop the constant notifications of the update from appearing? It is quite annoying, and I am sure there must be a way which I don't yet know to avoid this.

---------- Post added at 12:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:48 AM ---------- After applying the latest firmware from sammobile, it then required starting over from scratch to initialize the phone, which in part involved entering a Google account. When I did so, it said “wrong...

A Google item. Something everyone but me may know. When logging into the phone following a flash, do NOT change your Google password even though the phone may not accept the correct one initially. If you do, you are LOCKED OUT for 72 hours from the day in which you made the password change...

FINALLY! Odin recognized, and stock firmware flashed. Of the options to select for odin were a choice between CSC and HOME-CSC. Not sure of the difference or which I should select. Your input, please? EDIT: I found the difference - one deletes everything, the other (Home) saves data. So...

Thanks, saf4xdadev. But I am not home yet. This morning, I am again unable to transfer files. No menu appears on the pc, the phone does not appear in windows explorer (nor in Computer Management >Disk Management), and no notice from the phone pull-down menu to instigate that process, and...

Perhaps if I had read all 258 pages of this thread your statement might be correct. However, a search did not provide what I needed, so I inquired instead. I do thank you for your apparently grudging decision to help, which you did, despite the failures you pointed out. Be that as it may, I...

Using this guide, I recently rooted my Verizon S7. Shortly thereafter I discovered I could no longer transfer files by USB, since the pull-down menu of selections usually available when I connected the cable no longer existed. So I attempted to return to stock and begin again, as that appears...