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Root help with note 4 root stuck with faulty firmware and offset touch

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David Trudeau

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My Note 4 was running 4.4.4 kitkat and I just decided it was time to update the firmware to Lollipop 5.0.1. I made backups of all my stuff and downloaded the lollipop firmware from Sammobile.com. I put my phone into recovery and used odin 3.0.9 to install it. After it booted up it was working fine for a few minutes. Then i installed the CWM but i accidentally installed the wrong one. I have the note 4 SM-N910P but i installed the CWM for the SM-N15P. And i flashed it using BL instead of AP in odin. After it booted up I started having issues. The touch screen wont respond correctly. When i touch the screen it actually clicks around 1.5 cm diagnolly down to the right and sometimes it doesn't respond at all. After that I tried several options

Re installing the firmware full wipe - didn't work
Reinstalling the wrong CWM the right way on AP and then factory resetting - didn't work
Wiping it from CWM recovery mode- didn't work
Wiping it from settings menu - - didn't work
Wiping it from reg Recovery mode- didn't work
Installing an older version of firmware. (4.4.4 KITKAT)- when i did that it didn't even install, it was still running lollipop. - didn't work
Installing the correct CWM and wiping it from CWM and Stock Recovery - didn't work

So ive tried all this several times in different orders to no luck. I still cant uninstall lollipop or factory/hard reset it. Is there some other program or method i can use to fix my note 4 touch issues and reinstall the firmware for real.

Thanks in advance
 
Hello David!
Well, flashing the firmware via ODIN with the file from Sammobile is the stock firmware which will unroot you.
You needed to root before flashing CWM (recovery I assume?)
That's what boogered you up. :(

Anyway, to the current state of your device....
Have you tried a fresh download of the firmware, fresh download of ODIN, reboot the computer?
Does ODIN fail the flash of the LL firmware?
What error do you get?
 
I am also having this exact same problem, last night i tried to Install CM 12.1 with TWRP, I didn't pay attention enough when searching devices on the TWRP site and accidentally downloaded the Edge version of TWRP and flashed it. I have the exact same problem now as you, touches register completely wrong but the S Pen works 100%. I tried flashing back to the stock firmware with ODIN but still no luck. I went from 5.0.1 originally, i have also tried re-installing the proper version of TWRP but it doesn't seem to make any difference what i do.
 
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