hello friends,
i tried to update my Note 4 (N910c) but it is now boot looping and i couldn't fix it. i tried to get into recovery but it is not. only odin mode. i flashed stock, cwm and twrp recoveries too. but non of them are working. but for the firmware i don't know the region of the phone, i bought it from ebay and it came from dubai. i really need help guys. i have tried all i know and non of it helped.
thanks
nemo0002253 said:
hello friends,
i tried to update my Note 4 (N910c) but it is now boot looping and i couldn't fix it. i tried to get into recovery but it is not. only odin mode. i flashed stock, cwm and twrp recoveries too. but non of them are working. but for the firmware i don't know the region of the phone, i bought it from ebay and it came from dubai. i really need help guys. i have tried all i know and non of it helped.
thanks
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Download this all samsung recovery and flash via odin. Helped for me with bootloop.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3byn50jvboo7nv/All samsung recovery.tar?dl=0
Thank you @dewingerd for your reply.
I have tried the recovery and it is still stuck at the logo.
nemo0002253 said:
Thank you @dewingerd for your reply.
I have tried the recovery and it is still stuck at the logo.
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Install the latest verson of kies on you computer.
Then in kies under "Tools" choose "firmware upgrade and initialisation".
Then give you model number "SM-N910?", next give serial number of the phone (you can find that on the sticker behind the battery in your phone).
Then you get a message that the "device can be initialised to its original setting"
Press ok and ok again. Then put your phone in download mode and connect to the computer and press "start upgrade".
Not working @dewingerd
Kies doesnt detect my phone. Bt drivers are installed correctly. It only opens in downloading mode
nemo0002253 said:
Not working @dewingerd
Kies doesnt detect my phone. Bt drivers are installed correctly. It only opens in downloading mode
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Happened to me also 2 days ago.
Your mobile only can enter download mode ? but when u try to go to recovery or just power it , nothing happened , right ??
Well , you should do as @dewingerd said carefully do these steps :
Initially you need to upgrade kies to the latest version (mine is : 3.2.15072_2) or this will fail cuz it failed with me the first time.
1) take of your battery , and write down your Serial number .
2) open kies first.
3) open mobile in download mode then connect it . KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE
4) Choose : Tools >> Firmware upgrade and initialisation
5) Kies will ask you about your mobile name , TYPE : SM-N910C , ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT
6) if you did not type the name correctly , you will get a message that kies does not know this name , so start again , type SM-N910C
7) then you will get another box asks for your serial number , enter it (Not case sensitive).
8) Kies then will inform you that it is going to prepare the phone and download the firmware for your device and that you have to connect it in download mode.
9) unplug your mobile , plug it again and click start.
10) Now the process is going to take a while depending on your internet connection (downloading about 2GB), do not unplug the phone and do not allow your laptop/PC to sleep.
11) cautions that I read before : you better not connect or disable any usb devices during the process.
12) suddenly , you will hear you mobile starting up again , congratulations
Q: What about my data , apps and stuff ?
A: All is gone except for those on your External card , sorry , nothing can be done for that (May be you should remove your SDcard first just in case).
Good Luck
APCOtech said:
Well , do as @dewingerd said
Initially you need to upgrade kies to the latest version (mine is : 3.2.15072_2) or this will fail cuz it failed with me the first time.
1) take of your battery , and write down your Serial number .
2) open kies first.
3) open mobile in download mode then connect it . KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE
4) Choose : Tools >> Firmware upgrade and initialisation
5) Kies will ask you about your mobile name , TYPE : SM-N910C , ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT
6) if you did not type the name correctly , you will get a message that kies does not know this name , so start again , type SM-N910C
7) then you will get another box asks for your serial number , enter it (Not case sensitive).
8) Kies then will inform you that it is going to prepare the phone and download the firmware for your device and that you have to connect it in download mode.
9) unplug your mobile , plug it again and click start.
10) Now the process is going to take a while depending on your internet connection (downloading about 2GB), do not unplug the phone and do not allow your laptop/PC to sleep.
11) cautions that I read before : you better not connect or disable any usb devices during the process.
12) suddenly , you will hear you mobile starting up again , congratulations
Q: What about my data , apps and stuff ?
A: All is gone except for those on your External card , sorry , nothing can be done for that (May be you should remove your SDcard first just in case).
Good Luck
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I have done all you have stated here and still end up on the Samsung boot logo, i have flash a stock firmware from sammobile and my note 4 still ends up on the Samsung boot animation logo
please help i don't know what else to do
Ify2gen2 said:
I have done all you have stated here and still end up on the Samsung boot logo, i have flash a stock firmware from sammobile and my note 4 still ends up on the Samsung boot animation logo
please help i don't know what else to do
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Now , this is another case , as long as you can press power and the mobile starts up , showing the first logo , and next the animation , then this is no big problem .
just first tell me what is your note4 variant ? C F H ? can you root and install recovery ?
What happened to your mobile and resulted this ?
APCOtech said:
Now , this is another case , as long as you can press power and the mobile starts up , showing the first logo , and next the animation , then this is no big problem .
just first tell me what is your note4 variant ? C F H ? can you root and install recovery ?
What happened to your mobile and resulted this ?
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thank for your quick reply, my variant is n910c ans yes i can still install recovery. I upgraded from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 poland using odin and everything works well. I flashed Googy N4 kernel using TWRP 2.8.1.1 and everything still works well. My problem began when I made a backup of my 5.1.1 stock rom and flash infinity rom which end up in bootloop. So I tried restoring my backup but whenever it got to DATA RESTORING it keeps failing and flashing back the 5.1.1 poland stock firmware through odin keeps ending up on the SAMSUNG boot animation screen.
Ify2gen2 said:
thank for your quick reply, my variant is n910c ans yes i can still install recovery. I upgraded from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 poland using odin and everything works well. I flashed Googy N4 kernel using TWRP 2.8.1.1 and everything still works well. My problem began when I made a backup of my 5.1.1 stock rom and flash infinity rom which end up in bootloop. So I tried restoring my backup but whenever it got to DATA RESTORING it keeps failing and flashing back the 5.1.1 poland stock firmware through odin keeps ending up on the SAMSUNG boot animation screen.
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which version of googy kernel ?
Well whatever , TWRP 2.8.1.1 won't work with 5.1.1 bootloader , try TWRP 2.8.7.0
APCOtech said:
which version of googy kernel ?
Well whatever , TWRP 2.8.1.1 won't work with 5.1.1 bootloader , try TWRP 2.8.7.0
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GoogyMax N4 v2.0. I have tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 but still the same.
After flashing stock firmware using odin, on my stock recovery i found this error
"E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
dm-verity verification failed.......
need to check drk first......."
I have search through the internet but i can't get a clear picture of what it meant.
Does anyone has an idea of what it meant and how to resolve the error?
Ify2gen2 said:
GoogyMax N4 v2.0. I have tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 but still the same.
After flashing stock firmware using odin, on my stock recovery i found this error
"E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
dm-verity verification failed.......
need to check drk first......."
I have search through the internet but i can't get a clear picture of what it meant.
Does anyone has an idea of what it meant and how to resolve the error?
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Hi again ,
Looks like a locked phone and was unlocked in a wrong way or something like that.
read this thread , looks like the same problem.
in short , you need the 4 files firmware to be flashed via oden and as stated in page 2 there , you flash them without pit file.
You can find the 4-files firmware here but this is not 5.1.1 firmware , give it a try , if failed too , search for 5.1.1 4-files firmware.
here is another site but I do not really know if they are 4-files or the single file .
Good luck.
APCOtech said:
Hi again ,
Looks like a locked phone and was unlocked in a wrong way or something like that.
read this thread , looks like the same problem.
in short , you need the 4 files firmware to be flashed via oden and as stated in page 2 there , you flash them without pit file.
You can find the 4-files firmware here but this is not 5.1.1 firmware , give it a try , if failed too , search for 5.1.1 4-files firmware.
here is another site but I do not really know if they are 4-files or the single file .
Good luck.
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thanks i will give a try and post my feedback
APCOtech said:
Hi again ,
Looks like a locked phone and was unlocked in a wrong way or something like that.
read this thread , looks like the same problem.
in short , you need the 4 files firmware to be flashed via oden and as stated in page 2 there , you flash them without pit file.
You can find the 4-files firmware here but this is not 5.1.1 firmware , give it a try , if failed too , search for 5.1.1 4-files firmware.
here is another site but I do not really know if they are 4-files or the single file .
Good luck.
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All methods on the links you pasted didn't work, however i have been able to resolve it using this method from this link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOOwZs-kwQ
thanks for your support and help.
Ify2gen2 said:
All methods on the links you pasted didn't work, however i have been able to resolve it using this method from this link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOOwZs-kwQ
thanks for your support and help.
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You are welcome , what matters is your phone is back
APCOtech said:
You are welcome , what matters is your phone is back
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yes my phone is back but not fully back. I am having a bad IMEI, phone is not registering on network and i have mistakenly delected my EFS backup........my bad!
Can i get a working EFS backup of the same phone model (n910c) and restore it on my note 4 n910c? will it restore back my IMEI?
APCOtech said:
Well , you should do as @dewingerd said carefully do these steps :
Initially you need to upgrade kies to the latest version (mine is : 3.2.15072_2) or this will fail cuz it failed with me the first time.
1) take of your battery , and write down your Serial number .
2) open kies first.
3) open mobile in download mode then connect it . KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE
4) Choose : Tools >> Firmware upgrade and initialisation
5) Kies will ask you about your mobile name , TYPE : SM-N910C , ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT
6) if you did not type the name correctly , you will get a message that kies does not know this name , so start again , type SM-N910C
7) then you will get another box asks for your serial number , enter it (Not case sensitive).
8) Kies then will inform you that it is going to prepare the phone and download the firmware for your device and that you have to connect it in download mode.
9) unplug your mobile , plug it again and click start.
10) Now the process is going to take a while depending on your internet connection (downloading about 2GB), do not unplug the phone and do not allow your laptop/PC to sleep.
11) cautions that I read before : you better not connect or disable any usb devices during the process.
12) suddenly , you will hear you mobile starting up again , congratulations
Q: What about my data , apps and stuff ?
A: All is gone except for those on your External card , sorry , nothing can be done for that (May be you should remove your SDcard first just in case).
Good Luck
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Hi APCOtech im trying to solve mine too.. But my device not suppotred with kies3.. Any suggestion?? My device SM-N910S
Thanks man.
vzaen said:
Hi APCOtech im trying to solve mine too.. But my device not suppotred with kies3.. Any suggestion?? My device SM-N910S
Thanks man.
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Try to download the appropriate firmware with Samfirm_reborn0.3.6.2 you'll find on Github. Unpack the .zip and start as admin.
Insert full device name and region and additionally check "binary nature" box.
It should download the latest! ROM multiple file format from Samsungs servers directly, at least it did for all my 7 devices (just in case) before I rooted them.
BUT I know that for N910V nothing is found and don't know about S model.
KIES I never used as I read it sometimes conflicts with Odin.
If files are downloaded flash with Odin adding the different files in their input fields. (selve explaining names)
I just bought note 3 N9005 , with android 4.4.2 , but the software update tab in the settings is not appearing , and when I used setting search and click on update it displays error message " unfortunately settings has stopped" , I tried to flash it with lollipop , but I noticed that in the ODIN download mode that my phone model is N900P not N9005 as it seen on the box and in the battery area .. and the flashing FAILED , then I discovered that the IMEI is different in the settings that from the written one in the back of the battery area .....
what is the wrong with this mobile ?? and how can I fix it ??
P.S. the mobile is working fine now in this status but I want to be able to update ...
dodaloda said:
I just bought note 3 N9005 , with android 4.4.2 , but the software update tab in the settings is not appearing , and when I used setting search and click on update it displays error message " unfortunately settings has stopped" , I tried to flash it with lollipop , but I noticed that in the ODIN download mode that my phone model is N900P not N9005 as it seen on the box and in the battery area .. and the flashing FAILED , then I discovered that the IMEI is different in the settings that from the written one in the back of the battery area .....
what is the wrong with this mobile ?? and how can I fix it ??
P.S. the mobile is working fine now in this status but I want to be able to update ...
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It's possible that you bought a Franki. Install this APP and add screenshots to help you better with your model.
* Council: Return the device to the seller if you can fastly.
Boot into download mode. The model # will be displayed. You can then boot into recovery mode. I think the second line will give you the recovery version.
You can then compare the two items to the firmware on sammobile.com to help verify the motherboard in the phone.