just a helpful little tip

[Veid71]

so samsung has reps at most best buys that will help you free of charge ( i had to go there when i first started rooting because i softbricked my phone and had no idea what to do and needed it the next day so if you dont feel like waiting or need something done that second or just dont wanna post on here you can always head up there and just tellem your question and theyll try and help you with what you need

 

[cyberfem]

so samsung has reps at most best buys that will help you free of charge ( i had to go there when i first started rooting because i softbricked my phone and had no idea what to do and needed it the next day so if you dont feel like waiting or need something done that second or just dont wanna post on here you can always head up there and just tellem your question and theyll try and help you with what you need

Thank you for your post. I soft bricked my S5 (bootloop) and will keep this in mind. For now I am at home and want to see if I can figure it myself. I need help to push a working ROM to my device SD card. I found a toolkit on root page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64744448&postcount=2
***Is there a tutorial that can help me know how to use the toolkit?

 

[Veid71]

Thank you for your post. I soft bricked my S5 (bootloop) and will keep this in mind. For now I am at home and want to see if I can figure it myself. I need help to push a working ROM to my device SD card. I found a toolkit on root page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64744448&postcount=2
***Is there a tutorial that can help me know how to use the toolkit?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370

check that out if you werent previously rooted if you were previously rooted then try this

Use Odin to flash the lollipop kernel you were using. Then go into the stock recovery (hold Home + Vol UP and Power) and clear the cache and reboot. If that doesn't work, go back into the stock recovery, clear cache and select factory reset, then reboot. That should allow MOAR (whatever rom you want i stole this post from one of my other topics about when i softbricked mine) to boot, then you can reinstall SafeStrap Lollipop.

 

[painiac]

If you're getting any kind of logo screen showing up on boot, you are only "soft" bricked (not "hard" or permanently bricked) and you can fix it easily.

If you're only getting a logo, try what Veid71 said in the post above mine. If that doesn't work, then worst case you just need to flash a factory restore image with Odin and start over.

A word of caution, though: if your firmware version was updated to BOE1, BOG5, BOK3, do NOT flash an earlier factory image or you will brick because after BOD the bootloader was locked and you can't downgrade it.

 

[cyberfem]

If you're getting any kind of logo screen showing up on boot, you are only "soft" bricked (not "hard" or permanently bricked) and you can fix it easily.

If you're only getting a logo, try what Veid71 said in the post above mine. If that doesn't work, then worst case you just need to flash a factory restore image with Odin and start over.

A word of caution, though: if your firmware version was updated to BOE1, BOG5, BOK3, do NOT flash an earlier factory image or you will brick because after BOD the bootloader was locked and you can't downgrade it.

I get the logo screen like it is turning on then it goes to recovery mode options. I can get to Download mode and Odin has a blue port connection but my Win8 and Win7 PCs do not see the device at all, so I cant' flash in Odin. Background - I attempted to root using jrkruse method and got stuck and never rooted. Anyone know a way around this maybe using the external SD card?

 

[painiac]

I get the logo screen like it is turning on then it goes to recovery mode options. I can get to Download mode and Odin has a blue port connection but my Win8 and Win7 PCs do not see the device at all, so I cant' flash in Odin. Background - I attempted to root using jrkruse method and got stuck and never rooted. Anyone know a way around this maybe using the external SD card?

When it boots into the recovery mode options, try clearing cache and then reboot. If that doesn't work, do it again, clearing cache and also factory reset. That may allow your phone to boot back up normally.

The SDcard Unbrick method is only needed if your phone cannot boot into Download mode. In this case, it wouldn't help you because your phone is functioning in that regard.

When you have the phone in Download mode, your computer won't show it as a device in "My Computer" because it's not connected as a media device., but software that knows how to look for it can see it. If Odin is lighting up blue in the first ID:COM box, it IS seeing the phone and you will be able to flash to it.

If you're to a point where you need to flash a factory restore image, click the "AP" button in Odin to select it. The image needs to be one that ends with a file extension "tar.md5", or Odin can't see it. If what you've downloaded is a zip archive, the image is inside that and you need to extract it first. Use the image in "step 2" of the root thread

 

[cyberfem]

I figured out what went wrong from your response thanks! I had saved the .tar.md5 on the external SD card rather than pc. Now attempting to re-root, .bat sees device but doesn't root.

 

[Veid71]

I figured out what went wrong from your response thanks! I had saved the .tar.md5 on the external SD card rather than pc. Now attempting to re-root, .bat sees device but doesn't root.

yeah its really annoying youll have to unplug and plug it back in and x out of the thing like 20 times before it acutually does it