***Emergency Thread*** Here To Help!

...Awesome... said:

You are correct I hope you have insurance on your phone.

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Hello Awesome, great thread.

I was wondering if whatllitbenext could just get a usb jig to get into download mode and then Odin flash a stock ROM to fix the phone?

phdeez said:

I'm sure this is a stupid question, but why can't I roam over to ATT? I have a Tmo value plan (post-paid unlimited) and when I'm in my companies datacenter, my Tmo connection is very poor- to the point where I miss calls and texts sometimes don't come through. I try manually choosing ATT from the provider list but it reports "not registered".

Am I doing something wrong? I should be able to roam over to ATT, right??

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premiatul said:

Settings-More Settings-Mobile Settings-Data Roaming (check).

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Seems like that is for Data only, right? Is there any way to *force* it over to ATT for a short period of time? I really don't even need data on ATT most of the time.

Also, is there a way to force it to use 2G? I know about the force WCDMA/GSM... Just wondering...

Also, thank you for your response!

...Awesome... said:

Try and get into download mode without the jig? Not possible?

Entering download mode is very simple. First you will need to turn off your device. Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button. Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up. Once you’re there, you will be requires to press volume up to enter the download mode..

If you can using Odin to flash a stock firmware might work.

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Hi Awesome --

ok, thanks.

I was able to get Odin to work and connect to the phone and flash stock and I got a "PASS".

However it's still getting stuck at the Samsung screen.

Do I need to change bootloader settings?

whatllitbenext said:

Hi Awesome --

ok, thanks.

I was able to get Odin to work and connect to the phone and flash stock and I got a "PASS".

However it's still getting stuck at the Samsung screen.

Do I need to change bootloader settings?

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Is it stuck at the samsung screen or in a bootloop? I happen to be in the same position. All I tried to do is odin the latest update to get back to stock.

edit: I booted into the stock recovery, did a factory reset and rebooted. Profit.

ridobe said:

Is it stuck at the samsung screen or in a bootloop? I happen to be in the same position. All I tried to do is odin the latest update to get back to stock.

edit: I booted into the stock recovery, did a factory reset and rebooted. Profit.

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Thanks for the reply.

I've been doing that to no avail.

Still stuck at the Samsung screen.

I have tried flashing both the secure and insecure versions that come with Odin to no avail.

HELP! I'm close -- at least Odin and the GNII are talking. Does anyone know what I need to do?

What ROM were you on when you on when you installed the font installer?..I'm asking because if you were on CyangenMod 10.1 you would need to flash a script to return to a stock ROM.

Jerry D said:

What ROM were you on when you on when you installed the font installer?..I'm asking because if you were on CyangenMod 10.1 you would need to flash a script to return to a stock ROM.

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I was running stock 4.1.2 with the only mod being the xposed framework multi-window mod. Other than that I hadn't changed anything.

UPDATE: I was just able to use Odin to flash CWM Recovery so at least now I have CWM Recovery instead of stock. Now, though, it's not seeing my external SD Card...

UPDATE: SUCCESS! I downloaded the stock TMobile 4.1.1, unzipped it, and used Odin to flash it and it worked!

Now, back to that font mod....

I'm glad you fixed it!

...Awesome....Thread man thanks for helping the community out.

Ran out of thanks for the day, try to sneak some from tapatalk lol.

So, im not having any Emergencies personally but I have noticed throughout the forum some issues with the following that could use some clarification/solutions, this seems like the place people may go if the SHTF..

1. EFS/imei backup's not saving properly through TWRP/CWM (files that are being saved are only a few kb's even though they should be way bigger)... any insight on a reliable EFS/imei backup-restore method would be great.

2. How to avoid bootloops when modding fonts and themes... how to fix the bootloop (as described earlier in this thread) when encountered, and probably more imprtantly how to properly undo fonts and themes by either flashing stock rom or restoring individual mods manually

3. What additional steps need to be addressed when going from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 to 4.2.1 and vice versa... (if im on CM10.1 and want to go back to Jedi X9 or even stock-for warranty purposes)

4. Some people are (after reading various threads) worried about rooting their phones, simply because of some distant lte update that Tmobile will OTA... probably because they are unaware or misinformed about the unrooting/flash counter reset... more improtantly they are unaware of how to set their phone up manually to enable LTE... insight on this is a must for people who are litterally planning on waiting 6 months to a year+ for this OTA

This thread should also contain links with various "how-to's" and "when to use" to the "official" threads (containing downloads and instructions) regarding rooting, custom recovery, backing up stock rom/kernal/EFS/data/etc, unbrick method, all the various drivers (kies, adb, samsung default),

..for instance, I remember when I first started my addiction with flash-aholicism, I know it sounds stupid, but something as simple as a heads up on things like, unchecking the "USB Debugging" box in settings (so when i go to plug my phone in to the cpu thru usb, the proper driver is automated, allowing me to transfer media) was all that was needed instead of me spending hours of downloading replacement drivers and research trying to figure out "why my drivers weren't working"

Some noobs are better reminded and no "official" tutorial or how-to can be redundant or silly if atleast all the bases are covered

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Ok Odined flashed n7100 cwm in how to root , rebooted got the pass green light on odin , rebooted into recovery and I got android system recover ( is this right ? CWM Im used to from other devices says clockwork mod recovery )

Next update from external selected x9 got Install /scard message it hung the went back to recovery menu again

back into update from external chose jedi x9 it got a signature verification failure hung for a minute went back to choose a package to install and now have a blue progress bar moving very slowly on the bottom.

Is this what it supposed to look like ?? thanks

It sounds like your device doesnt have custom recovery, are you sure it does?

Ive heard that installing roms from external installs slower, but if your recovery doesnt have the CWM/Rom Manager icon in the center of the screen (with the version build listed up top) then Id say your issue is getting custom recovery to stick

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PhxDroid86 said:

It sounds like your device doesnt have custom recovery, are you sure it does?

Ive heard that installing roms from external installs slower, but if your recovery doesnt have the CWM/Rom Manager icon in the center of the screen (with the version build listed up top) then Id say your issue is getting custom recovery to stick

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I had auto reboot checked in odin during CWM flash .

Auto reboot needs to be checked when flashing through odin but you cant flash CWM before you root first... without Root, you dont have SuperSU... without SuperSU you dont have Root Access,... without Root Access you cant write to the core of the phone... if you cant write to the phone then trying to flash CWM or Jedi X isnt going to work... find the root method thread that refers to your particular Carrier and that also refers to your particular stock platform (android 4.1.1, etc)

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If you wiped ur imei partition and didnt backup there is no way to recover from this?