Well, after ROM hassles, TWRP hassles and most important of all, GAPPS hassles, I finally got the bastard working.
I tried literally a dozen different ways and zip files, poring over thread for the better part of an entire day, but finally the instruction on this thread, worked on my RN2: http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=118691
I installed the four .APK files and rebooted. I was able to login to the play store (first time after like 15 attempts to get this working) and not only that, I was able to download an app I previously purchased.
So much simpler in the end, than any other method via recovery and so forth. My phone isn't rooted yet, that wasn't an issue either.
Let me know how it works for you and give me some sugar (or Thanks!)
Flashing the 5.0 ARM64 version off opengapps.org with TWRP worked fine for me. Only worked with the micro version though; it complained about no free space left with anything above.
Where did you find the correct version of TWRP? Did you put it in the downloaded rom folder as update.zip, and flash it in the MIUI stock recovery?
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This all started when I ran out of data on my device and decided to root it so that I could use the SD card. I had previously rooted a droid 2 and a galaxy nexus so I wasn't a complete noob but I'm not in any way a programmer and I had never used Odin. So not wanting to mess with things without having a back up I followed some tutorials and downloaded the android sdk and used adb to back up. I thought I was doing a full system backup but whether I made a mistake or this simply doesn't back up everything I don't know. The file size should have been a clue but I missed it. I did get my apps
I then proceeded to follow the tutorials on this site for rooting the device. They are all for the GT-S7710 but I was hoping the letter (L) was a program only type thing and wouldn't make a difference. I used this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40232503&postcount=45 and downloaded the DEODEXED Version. I then rebooted the phone and everything appeared to be working fine and I was rooted. I could have sworn I had data. I then realized that I didn't have CWM as a recovery so I downloaded and installed CWM recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43294839 It was after rebooting (and maybe a reset I can't remember at this point) that I noticed I had no data.
So I flashed a few other ROMs including VANIR (and the recovery he suggests) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689519 I and CM 11 plus a stock rom (S7710LUBAMC1_S7710LUUBAMC1_CHO Samsung kies tells me CHO is the region for my device) but didn't have mobile data in any of them.
Still hoping to get mobile data working again I flashed a stock Recovery and A stock Boot.img from here...(Well I can't seem to find the thread now). It was a link to the stock boot.img and stock recovery.img (GT-S7710) from someone wanting a CWM recovery built. I then reflashed the stock ROM from above still no mobile data. My flash count in download mode is up to 26 lol and nothing I have tried restores the mobile data although as long as the phone boots, I do have wifi.
Is there ANYthing else I can try? I would really like to have my mobile data back even if it means I don't get to root.
No data connection
It turned out my no data was caused by not having any APN settings after flashing the custom ROM. I copied the settings from hubbies phone and now data works fine. I can't believe I spent so much time working on this and trying different things when it was something so simple.
Hey guys,
I have been running CM Kit Kat forever on my phone and I decided to switch to Lollipop.
I can't, for the life of me, get the phone working again.
I cleaned everything off the phone (full format) and installed flashed CM 12.1 from the download.cyanogenmod site for GS4 AT&T (18Sep2015 nightly)
I installed Gapps from the opengapps site (ARM/5.1/Mini)
When I boot up, it optimizes 104 apps and then it says "starting apps", then something about updating contacts, and then "Unfortunately, [Every app] has stopped". When I clear all those, I can't even get in because I can't use the keyboard.
I tried installing without the Gapps and I can get it running, but without the play store, I'm pretty sunk.
I tried about 4 different links for Gapps and 2 different links for CM.
I tried repairing Root, not repairing root, installing gapps first, wiping dalvik/cashe between flashes. (this is everything I could find on people having the same issue).
I'd really like to get this working. Does anyone have any advice or proven method for doing this? I'm a little illiterate on all of these things. My brother did the install/flash stuff for me 2 years ago and I haven't really learned how to do much besides putting stuff on my SD card and booting into recovery to install it.
Additional, potentially useful information:
AT&T version/SIM
16GB storage version
I don't care about any data at all-everything I need is backed up to the cloud
I don't have any of the software I used to originally put CM on or root/custom recovery.
I have TWRP on it but I don't remember how to install or change that.
Edit: Well now I'm really screwed. I can't even get it to boot past the "Samsung Galaxy S 4" screen. I'm in so far over my head! Please bail me out!
Hi,
So I have a Note 3 N900W8, Stock 4.4.2, rooted with SuperSU & the usual xposed & busybox config.
I had TWRP working fine but I hadn't gone to recovery in a while, probably a few months or so & when I went a few days ago somehow recovery had reset to stock recovery.
I usually download TWRP off their website & install using a terminal on the phone itself. But the TWRP website wasn't working so I couldn't download the file, so I installed TWRP (the latest version for hltecan) from TWRP Manager which is on the PlayStore.
It got installed just fine & TWRP loads up perfect. Right after that I wiped my cache & dalvik/art. That also went just fine.
But since then, my internal SD card has been going nuts. The phone turns on perfect, everything works, apps still function for the most part. What isn't working is, SD card is not entirely readable I think & definitely not writable through apps.
ES explorer shows the sdcard as blank in every location (not a single folder).
Titanium backup doesn't even load up, just stuck at loading screen says loading app data.
Lucky patcher says SD card not mounted
Camera doesn't work, can take pictures but they of course don't get saved & videos say recording failed.
I'm guessing a factory reset would probably fix it, or not. But before trying that I want to know if there's any other way?
Please help!
Thanks!
Cheers!
Personally, I would flash the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com, set up the phone to make sure everything works, then flash TWRP and a custom ROM of your choice.
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Personally, I would flash the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com, set up the phone to make sure everything works, then flash TWRP and a custom ROM of your choice.
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Hey yeah, exactly my thoughts, unfortunately sammobile hasn't been working for a while I think, their free servers are down :/ But 5.0 is finally available for the Canadian Note 3s! Should get on that!
But anyhow, I found the fix, there's this app on the PlayStore; Int-SdCard Write Fix (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vinny.intsdfixer&hl=en), does the trick! I'm guessing it's just a small bit of code but bloody brilliant!
Hello! Long time lurker on here but first time posting. I follow this guide to unlock bootloader and install twrp on the zc553kl. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/zenfone-3-max-zc553kl-bootloader-unlock-t3691837
It kind of worked, and it did flash twrp. The only problem is that the twrp although launching, didnt seem to have permissions to access storage, probably due to a data encryption problem. all the storages had 0mb sizes and i couldn't do anything.
So naturally i googled my problem and tried a few methods.
Nothing seemed to work, and i ended up doing an advance wipe. That also failed and it said it didnt have access or permission to do it (something along those lines). Next day i decide to try again and now my internal storage seemed to show.
So i ended up formatting it, and while the files seem to be still there, i changed .ext4 to .ext2 and back again, and then it stopped recognizing the stock rom i still had installed. Please note that before all of this, although twrp didnt work properly, the phone still worked fine and booted into android. My problem is now the stock rom is gone, twrp says no OS installed, and i have tried my best to reinstall the stock rom, but that hasn't worked. Any ideas or help would be welcome thanks guys
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Hello! Long time lurker on here but first time posting. I follow this guide to unlock bootloader and install twrp on the zc553kl. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/zenfone-3-max-zc553kl-bootloader-unlock-t3691837
It kind of worked, and it did flash twrp. The only problem is that the twrp although launching, didnt seem to have permissions to access storage, probably due to a data encryption problem. all the storages had 0mb sizes and i couldn't do anything.
So naturally i googled my problem and tried a few methods.
Nothing seemed to work, and i ended up doing an advance wipe. That also failed and it said it didnt have access or permission to do it (something along those lines). Next day i decide to try again and now my internal storage seemed to show.
So i ended up formatting it, and while the files seem to be still there, i changed .ext4 to .ext2 and back again, and then it stopped recognizing the stock rom i still had installed. Please note that before all of this, although twrp didnt work properly, the phone still worked fine and booted into android. My problem is now the stock rom is gone, twrp says no OS installed, and i have tried my best to reinstall the stock rom, but that hasn't worked. Any ideas or help would be welcome thanks guys
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i downloaded a previous rom version from asus site and that flashed fine.
G'day all,
Hoping someone can help. (firstly I've searched on here over and over and some things have really helped, but can't find this issues on here)
Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 (originally with Vodafone rom)
Back story, I managed to put google rom via WINTEAM at some point in time (I don't recall how I did this now) this file - crdroid-6.0.0-20151208-jfltexx.zip (I still have this but not a md5 file)
Anyway, I wiped it under settings and basically stuffed it right up. Loops on WINTEAM (this part I had found in search and downloaded Odin3 v3.13) and Samsung Rom and a couple of others.
I9505XXUHOJ3_I9505VAUHOJ1_I9505XXUHOJ3_HOME.tar.md5
I9505XXUHQK1_I9505MAXHQK1_I9505XXUHQK1_HOME.tar.md5
I9505XXUHOL3_I9505TELHOL2_I9505XXUHOL3_HOME.tar.md5
CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5
The last one actually fixed up the google install but was hoping to place the original Samsung ROM back on and now it doesn't help at all when I run again.
The top 3 are Vodafone, Telstra and Max a forum had suggested (from a page on here somewhere). All of these say pass in Odin3 when installing onto phone. But once it gets to the Samsung with what looks like dots shooting out from the word it never gets past this at all.
When I power up the S4 phone, to get to download screen. I have volume up to download or volume down to restart phone. Some places I've read say to select wipe, I don' t have this option at all.
I saw an option to install s8 rom to s4 which I would like to do, but the how to do that requires working software first and install TWRN or something like that.
I'm not sure if this will run fast or ok on this phone, but it isn't a MD5 file either.
I would like Samsung ROM back on as it (for me cleaner than google or maybe just what I've been used to). I'd like to give to my youngest child as their first phone.
I also had tried to place zip files and also unzipped files on the SD card on the phone, nothing worked for me as it looks like it is expected ODIN3 to work.
At this stage of the day, I would just like to have it functioning again with anything that works.
Any advice on what to do now would be greatly appreciated, also I'm truly sorry if this problem has been documented, I really did try to do my research first before putting this up here. I've been on this for weeks now
So quick update. through more research, I have managed to install TWRP and now have access to additional utilities through WINTEAM. I've now tried to install ROM through the Micro SD card.
I think it comes up with a mount error, but has rebooted and still stuck so can confirm just yet.
I've managed to go through the entire process of installing the PurifieD+ROM+v3.5.zip through the micro SD card in the phone. Asked me about all the options etc during the install. There didn't appear to be any errors at all. Asked to reboot. etc....
I even had sound on the bootup, Now I have the Samsung word on the main screen with a blue backlight just flashing. Been like that for nearly 10 minutes. Not looking good.
Have I got bad memory or am I doing something wrong?
I managed to do a wipe after I did an install and it booted up find. I had no WiFi but than installed the vodafone install that should be the original and all works now.
The amount of time I had been working on this, I really didn't think I was going to get it going. I honestly thought I had some hardware error going on.
In the end it runs now, I can setup and had to my child
so I've managed to now use several different ROMs but now I can't root the phone (it should be able to, has been before)
When I run Motochopper I get this error
error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported.
Seems to happen no matter what rom I've installed. I can't seem to find an older rom running android version 5.01 now
Any help on how to root this. Would be great
Now says it has been rooted, but I do not get the teamwin boot menu option at all. more like just a text style menu for wiping and loading other roms.