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William31
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I have a Verizon Note 2 running 4.4.2.
I successfully rooted it without unlocking the bootloader or flashing a custom recovery, everything was stock. Everything worked fine after and I was able to use root-requiring apps.
Then, after attempting to flash custom recovery, since the bootloader was locked, I am now stuck at the screen that says: "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone..."
I am able to enter recovery (the stock recovery) as well as go into download mode. Normally this wouldn't be a problem as I could just flash stock through Odin in download mode.
However, ever since the soft-brick Odin won't recognize my phone (the yellow COM square does not come up), which is strange because Odin recognized my Note 2 in download mode before this happened.
And even stranger is the fact that it is not a driver issue, as when I plug in my Note 2 in download mode I get a message from Windows 7 saying that the serial gadget device driver was found and installed successfully (and the phone also shows up in Device Manager in control panel as fully installed while in download mode.
Yet Odin won't recognize it.
I have spent days searching for an answer and have yet to come across an issue identical to mine (everyone seems to be able to just flash stock through Odin to fix this particular soft-brick, but Odin is not recognizing my device), so I finally decided to post here.
Any suggestions at all are welcome as I am somewhat desperate at this point. I'd just like to get it back to stock (or flash a custom rom, it does not matter as long as I can get the phone to work).
I would like to point out that I have already tried the following:
- Different USB ports
- Using different USB cables
- Uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers
- Wipe/Factory Reset in stock recovery
From what I can see, my only options are to either somehow get Odin to recognize the phone (suggestions welcome here), or somehow flash stock through the default recovery (if possible, again, any input is appreciated).
I successfully rooted it without unlocking the bootloader or flashing a custom recovery, everything was stock. Everything worked fine after and I was able to use root-requiring apps.
Then, after attempting to flash custom recovery, since the bootloader was locked, I am now stuck at the screen that says: "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone..."
I am able to enter recovery (the stock recovery) as well as go into download mode. Normally this wouldn't be a problem as I could just flash stock through Odin in download mode.
However, ever since the soft-brick Odin won't recognize my phone (the yellow COM square does not come up), which is strange because Odin recognized my Note 2 in download mode before this happened.
And even stranger is the fact that it is not a driver issue, as when I plug in my Note 2 in download mode I get a message from Windows 7 saying that the serial gadget device driver was found and installed successfully (and the phone also shows up in Device Manager in control panel as fully installed while in download mode.
Yet Odin won't recognize it.
I have spent days searching for an answer and have yet to come across an issue identical to mine (everyone seems to be able to just flash stock through Odin to fix this particular soft-brick, but Odin is not recognizing my device), so I finally decided to post here.
Any suggestions at all are welcome as I am somewhat desperate at this point. I'd just like to get it back to stock (or flash a custom rom, it does not matter as long as I can get the phone to work).
I would like to point out that I have already tried the following:
- Different USB ports
- Using different USB cables
- Uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers
- Wipe/Factory Reset in stock recovery
From what I can see, my only options are to either somehow get Odin to recognize the phone (suggestions welcome here), or somehow flash stock through the default recovery (if possible, again, any input is appreciated).