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Hi guys,,, just bought myself a X10i to play with,,, figured I,ve flash the thing with a rom from the developers forum,
This is where I came unstuck,,,, cant for the life of me get it into flash mode.
Instructions were as follows
1 With fone OFF. Hold down back button and insert usb cable, green light comes on and hit enter. What bloody enter, on the fone or on your keyboard. I,ve tried both, fone just keeps on booting into the main screen, nothing even resembles a flash mode screen. Tried this untill my thumb nearly bled.
Someone help please.
Read the tuts in the dev forum. P.S. no custom roms yet but there is root.
TrevvyD said:
Hi guys,,, just bought myself a X10i to play with,,, figured I,ve flash the thing with a rom from the developers forum,
This is where I came unstuck,,,, cant for the life of me get it into flash mode.
Instructions were as follows
1 With fone OFF. Hold down back button and insert usb cable, green light comes on and hit enter. What bloody enter, on the fone or on your keyboard. I,ve tried both, fone just keeps on booting into the main screen, nothing even resembles a flash mode screen. Tried this untill my thumb nearly bled.
Someone help please.
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Try hold down "back button" without battery then insert USB cable and then insert battery.
When it says to hit enter, that is to continue from the screen (on the PC) that says "press any key to continue" when you are doing the steps for rooting. If you don't have that window ready the phone will only stay in flash mode for about 5 seconds and then it will continue to boot. So, just make sure you are ready with the PC before entering flash mode.
Dr_Wolodya said:
Try hold down "back button" without battery then insert USB cable and then insert battery.
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thanks!!
this really helps!
My phone is also x10i.I have trouble to enter in flash mode.It shows up the green LED but flash tool says it occurs error and plug your phone in flash mode.
What should I do?Help me , plz.
johnmin said:
My phone is also x10i.I have trouble to enter in flash mode.It shows up the green LED but flash tool says it occurs error and plug your phone in flash mode.
What should I do?Help me , plz.
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check drivers (install SE PC suite and let it atleast detect the phone once in FLASH mode)...
also it might help to disable any antivirus (worked for me)
cannot enter the flash mode
Hi,
I know this post is pretty old, but still I'm struglig the second day now to get into flash mode and still no luck despite trying every method there is on the web.
I've got Xperia X10i mini pro, reinstalled standard ROM with PC companion just to make sure it's nothing with the software or any modifications I made to it.
I'm guiding myself with instruction given here:
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_Mini_Pro:_Full_Update_Guide
in order to get my bootloader unlocked
what I've done so far:
-installed Android SDK incl. SDK Tools, SDK Platform-tools, Google USB driver package. Not installed any API from SDK.
-put android_winusb.inf (18 KB size) in C:\android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver
-in general- everyting given here: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK#Windows
command
Code:
adb devices
rerurns
Code:
List of devices attached
43423531315537465737 device
in my opinion meaning it works as it should.
So I turn the phone off, unplug the cable both from computer and the phone, take the abttery out, plug both end of USB cable where these should be, hold the Back button (tried with Volume up too) and put the battery in.
The result is it only goes into flash mode for several seconds (confirmed by SuperOneClisk log) and then goes into charging mode. nothing gets displayed on the screen. Only when PC Companion is on it detects it, than looses it and pops up with a window on how to properly connect the device... :/
So can someone please tell me what I do wrong?
Why it doesn't stay in flash mode?
PS. when I enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu, after pressing the last * the numbers just disappear and nothing happens...
Pls help
Edit:
I somehow got around that with s1tool and Flashtool. But eventually I could not go along the way given at cyanogenmod.com and unlocked with the help of this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225
I was using ODIN to install a new rom (I'm pretty sure I used PDA, not phone). It was getting stuck on "Setting up Connection" or something like that.
Now my phone is completely broken. It now only shows a "phone .. ! .. computer" on the screen.
Please help. I can't get into download mode or recovery mode. This is the only screen that shows up. Please help.
It looks like I fixed it...
All I did was batt pull, plugged into USB, held down - volume button, powered on phone.
I thought I had done that but apparently I didn't do it with USB plugged in (only on battery).
It's flashing via ODIN now...
yep, that fixed it.
Hi community, this is the first time i start a thread here over XDA Dev coz i'm really in trouble, i tried to change bootlogo for my spica through recovery (rooted and using spicagendmod beta 2) but the phone turned off, since then, never turn on, if i plug the usb charger in, it will charge till 100% but nothing more! lost even recovery/download modes. when i try to turn it normally it's just like "dead". i think i bricked it right ???? here in algeria where i live, there's no samsung representation.... i'm lost.. dunno what to do..... i fuc*ked up things this time i guess ...!!!
try to re-flash ure baseband ... that's work !
Follow this tutorial :
Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
Click Reset Files to clear the fields.
In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJA1_CLI32638_Bootloader.tar into BOOT field,I570XXJB4_Phone.tar into PHONE field, I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar into CSA field, and let the PDAfield empty.
In Debug Option panel, tick Debug Only and PDA Format option. Don’t tick One Package option in Option Panel.
Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
Disconect the phone from PC, remove and insert the battery, start the phone in download mode again then continue to Flash III.
then:
Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
Click Reset Files to clean the fields.
In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJCE.tar into PDA field.
If you get an error dialog, rename the I570EXXJCE.tar into I570EXXJCE_PDA.tar and insert into PDA field again.
Don’t select One Package option and Debug Option.
Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
The phone will restart and you will get the Eclair screen .
You can DL that files from samfirmware.com
thank's dude for your reply but... i can't even go on download mode.... the phone is just chargin while off or "dead" when i try to turn it on, whatever is on recovery, download or just a normal boot, everything remains off and the screen black, the phone is nolonger detectable by my laptop, tried in XP, vista and Win7! ithink this time... it's GAME OVER!
I seem to remember the bootlogo being the only way of bricking the Spica ... :-(
Maybe try over at samdroid.net? That's where the Spica community hangs out, mostly.
If you flashed too big bootlogo (biggest tested was 182 kB) there is no way to recover the phone by yourself yet- we are waiting to test a possible solution but samdroid member with the same problem is offline for some time (work related)
thank's mate, YES i flashed a big bootlogo(192ko) and what you said is the same as what i read on a forum, i forget where exactly. hope this member will be online soon cheers
One way. In the service center.
master89q said:
try to re-flash ure baseband ... that's work !
Follow this tutorial :
Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
Click Reset Files to clear the fields.
In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJA1_CLI32638_Bootloader.tar into BOOT field,I570XXJB4_Phone.tar into PHONE field, I570EOLBJB3-CSC-CL167487-OLB.tar into CSA field, and let the PDAfield empty.
In Debug Option panel, tick Debug Only and PDA Format option. Don’t tick One Package option in Option Panel.
Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
Disconect the phone from PC, remove and insert the battery, start the phone in download mode again then continue to Flash III.
then:
Keep spica_jc3.ops in Select OPS field.
Click Reset Files to clean the fields.
In Select Images to download panel, Select I570EXXJCE.tar into PDA field.
If you get an error dialog, rename the I570EXXJCE.tar into I570EXXJCE_PDA.tar and insert into PDA field again.
Don’t select One Package option and Debug Option.
Click Start and watch the progress bar and timer, wait untill PASS message appear on Message box.
The phone will restart and you will get the Eclair screen .
You can DL that files from samfirmware.com
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My Gio has the same problem now.
It can only go into download/dload/ramdump mode and can't startup normally nor recovery.
I tried to use odin with "pda format" checked but the odin always crash.
I tried many versions of odin4.xx, all crashed.
Could anyone tell me which version will run without crash?
Thanks,
William
my device : lenovo tab A3000H , the box says the CPU is MTK8389 , dead boot , cannot power on.
detected in windows as " MTK USB PORT 3" , cannot install DA USB VA COM.
baterry is built in , cannot be de attached without opening inner casing and screws.
- SP Flash Tool v3.1316.0.150 / SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1604
- ROM : A3000_A422_011_022_140127_WW_CALL_FUSE / A3000_A421_000_029_130327_CN_3G by Azam / A1000F_A412_01_23_130822_ROW_USER by Azam
1. i run flashtool , any version is same results
2. i load scatter file : MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt , try few scatter file that available on xda forum
3. i tick marck DA DL Checksum
4. i load FAC IMG file
5. i click DOWNLOAD
6. Flash tool searching , then i connect the Lenovo TAB , at COM3
7. DA Agent running (RED BAR)
8. after 5 seconds idle , pop up shows thats says " BROM ERROR : ENABLE DRAM FAILED (4032) "
also same result with " firmware upgrade ", also with " format all + download"
please help , i am so grateful if someone can give solution
same here
Hello anyone have solution on this? I have same problem
I need help too.. please dear experts..
I flashed my A3000, but it stopped at 87% at stay there all evening ans night. So today I try to switch it on - nothing happens, long pressing buttons: nothing, dead device.
I connected it to PC, and in device manager it shows "unknown device" (not: mt65xx unknown device!) So it seems it is not completely dead!
I try to install the mt65xx driver, but I cant.
So any hint what I can try to revive it? I would apreciate anything very much, that you!
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EDIT: Windows shows CODE 43 for the A3000. What can I do?
Solved..
I let the battery drain for some day, then after pushing reset button, It starts to load the battery again. Then it repeatly starts to boot every 3 seconds. Switching it off and try to flash it again - bingo! Everything is fine again
biokeks said:
I flashed my A3000, but it stopped at 87% at stay there all evening ans night. So today I try to switch it on - nothing happens, long pressing buttons: nothing, dead device.
I connected it to PC, and in device manager it shows "unknown device" (not: mt65xx unknown device!) So it seems it is not completely dead!
I try to install the mt65xx driver, but I cant.
So any hint what I can try to revive it? I would apreciate anything very much, that you!
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EDIT: Windows shows CODE 43 for the A3000. What can I do?
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hi
biokeks said:
I let the battery drain for some day, then after pushing reset button, It starts to load the battery again. Then it repeatly starts to boot every 3 seconds. Switching it off and try to flash it again - bingo! Everything is fine again
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can you give me link of your rom
Hi all !
I have a Samsung A8 (model SM-A800F) which was working great. I ran Kingo Root to try to install Youtube ad free. The next time I restarted it, it didn't load, and restarted in an endless loop to where "Samsung" logo appears (then restarted again). I booted into System Recovery and chose to reset to factory, but it didn't help. Then I tried flash it using Odin in Download mode. I installed the Windows drivers, downloaded the 6.0.1 firmware for Vietnam (where it was purchased), loaded the file into the AP field, and once verified clicked Start. The progress was frozen when reaching mid-way every time I tried, until it said "an error occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software"...
I downloaded Smart Switch and installed in Windows, but the drivers were not able to install correctly, and failed on the component referring to the ID or something... while Modem driver was installed correctly and the phone appeared in Device Manager. Smart Switch didn't recognize my phone and said "unsupported device".
Now I cannot get the phone stay constantly ON, and the screen shuts down and loads in an endless loop, to the "Error occured" screen... When trying to boot to the ODIN Download page, it loads, I press UP for Continue, and then it again shuts down and loads to "Error Occured".
I tried to charge over night but it didn't help. It does the same thing when the phone is connected to the charger...
However it seems that by IMEI it is sill under warranty. I'm not sure if I voided it :/
Here's what the Download mode page says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-A800F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
FAP LOCK: ON
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0
AP_SWREV: 1
Would appreciate any help, this phone is almost new but now it's dead :/
Your warranty is not voided. Your Knox E-Fuse still intact.
Also this is for S8 not A8 forums.
Paradoxxx said:
Your warranty is not voided. Your Knox E-Fuse still intact.
Also this is for S8 not A8 forums.
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Thanks,
I just couldn't find any A8 forum, and thought there would be more people here who can help.
Would appreciate any help on this... thanks in advance
wurlitzer99 said:
Thanks,
I just couldn't find any A8 forum, and thought there would be more people here who can help.
Would appreciate any help on this... thanks in advance
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No worries, your phone is not dead.
Try to find a firmware that correspond to the one you got :
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?exact=1&q=SM-A800F
and use ODIN : http://dl.sammobile.com/Odin3-v3.12.7.zip
You should be good to go.
EDIT : Also for that error occurred thing, try to be faster than it by starting odin flash before it appears.
Thanks,
The problem is that neither the error nor the Odin page would stay on for more than a few seconds. Once they appear, the screen would go dark after 5-10 seconds and then the "error" page would load again (after being darks for another 10 seconds or so). So I can never have ODIN or Smart Switch connecting to the device (the drivers won't connect in Windows)... making it impossible to upload any firmware.
wurlitzer99 said:
Thanks,
The problem is that neither the error nor the Odin page would stay on for more than a few seconds. Once they appear, the screen would go dark after 5-10 seconds and then the "error" page would load again (after being darks for another 10 seconds or so). So I can never have ODIN or Smart Switch connecting to the device (the drivers won't connect in Windows)... making it impossible to upload any firmware.
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Could you take a picture of that error ? I've never heard/seen such thing
Hi, thanks for the help !
The error is this:
http://statics1.grupoandroid.com/up...1850.jpg.d2bb2a8b77e4fba5fc6467f3d1547886.jpg
I *think* I have some direction... here's what I did/found:
- I installed Smart Switch on my Mac, and chose "Reinstall Device Driver" from the menu. Then restarted the MAC
- I loaded Smart Switch, and Chose "Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization". Then chose the "Device Initialization" tab
- Added the model number "SM-A800F" and the device's serial number (which are physically written on my device).
Smart Switch determined the firmware version to be used for initialization, as:
PDA:QC3 / PHONEG3 / CSCH4(XXV)
- Smart Switch asked to:
1. Power the device down
2. Load recovery mode by pushing Power+Vol Down+Home, then connect the device to the MAC and choose "Continue" to start the initialization...
The problem/s:
My device won't turn on at all, if I do not connect it to either the charger or the MAC (which acts as a supply source?) - which makes me think the battery is fully drained ? i.e when not connected at all, it won't power on.
But when connected to either the charger or MAC, it would bootloop endlessly. i.e it will load the "error" page mentioned above, shut down itself, reload again, shut down and so on.
(I have to mention, that when I first noticed the bootloop, I reset everything to factory settings, cleared cache etc, and it still bootlooped on the Samsung logo).
If when it shuts down during the loop, I push Power+Vol Down+Home, it would boot to ODIN recovery page, where I can push UP for the Download page, but it will still reboot and will again load into the "error" page, which will again reboot endlessly. If I take the charger off the device, it powers off and won't load with any combination of button push.
I also cannot just make it shut down when the charger is connected, using any of the possible button combinations...
I wonder:
- Is there there's a problem which prevents the battery from being charged at all ?
What's strange is that the original problem which made me get into this whole issue, was that is was endlessly booting to the "samsung" logo - but when I booted to System Recovery or Download/ODIN modes, it stopped rebooting endlessly and stayed on... it was also showing the charging indication when powered off... the battery was charging well ever since.
- Why would it bootloop when connected to the charger ? is it possible that the bootloader went bad during my attept to install firmware using ODIN ? I know it always went through the boot.img and recovery.img successfully and only got stuck at about 50% when installing system.img...
I think the current bootloop problem began only once the battery ran out of power. But why wouldn't it charge at all now ??? It's supposed to still charge in this state, isn't it ?
wurlitzer99 said:
Hi, thanks for the help !
The error is this:
http://statics1.grupoandroid.com/up...1850.jpg.d2bb2a8b77e4fba5fc6467f3d1547886.jpg
I *think* I have some direction... here's what I did/found:
- I installed Smart Switch on my Mac, and chose "Reinstall Device Driver" from the menu. Then restarted the MAC
- I loaded Smart Switch, and Chose "Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization". Then chose the "Device Initialization" tab
- Added the model number "SM-A800F" and the device's serial number (which are physically written on my device).
Smart Switch determined the firmware version to be used for initialization, as:
PDA:QC3 / PHONEG3 / CSCH4(XXV)
- Smart Switch asked to:
1. Power the device down
2. Load recovery mode by pushing Power+Vol Down+Home, then connect the device to the MAC and choose "Continue" to start the initialization...
The problem/s:
My device won't turn on at all, if I do not connect it to either the charger or the MAC (which acts as a supply source?) - which makes me think the battery is fully drained ? i.e when not connected at all, it won't power on.
But when connected to either the charger or MAC, it would bootloop endlessly. i.e it will load the "error" page mentioned above, shut down itself, reload again, shut down and so on.
(I have to mention, that when I first noticed the bootloop, I reset everything to factory settings, cleared cache etc, and it still bootlooped on the Samsung logo).
If when it shuts down during the loop, I push Power+Vol Down+Home, it would boot to ODIN recovery page, where I can push UP for the Download page, but it will still reboot and will again load into the "error" page, which will again reboot endlessly. If I take the charger off the device, it powers off and won't load with any combination of button push.
I also cannot just make it shut down when the charger is connected, using any of the possible button combinations...
I wonder:
- Is there there's a problem which prevents the battery from being charged at all ?
What's strange is that the original problem which made me get into this whole issue, was that is was endlessly booting to the "samsung" logo - but when I booted to System Recovery or Download/ODIN modes, it stopped rebooting endlessly and stayed on... it was also showing the charging indication when powered off... the battery was charging well ever since.
- Why would it bootloop when connected to the charger ? is it possible that the bootloader went bad during my attept to install firmware using ODIN ? I know it always went through the boot.img and recovery.img successfully and only got stuck at about 50% when installing system.img...
I think the current bootloop problem began only once the battery ran out of power. But why wouldn't it charge at all now ??? It's supposed to still charge in this state, isn't it ?
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Hmmm, the thing is, the battery charging process is actually held on some kind of "mini-boot" OS on Samsung I believe, where the phone boots into a certain state, with that said mini-os to display the battery charging info and this kind of things.
My guess is that you *might* have, or more likely your phone did corrupt the flash at some point for x or y reason.
What I'd do is :
Let the phone on a charger a whole night doing its bootlooping thing. And see from there if the battery would charge.
I'd try another computer with Odin just to be sure something is not triggering the reboot process at some point.
And if all the above fails, you still have the warranty, so beside time, you would not be losing any money..
I'm going to write a long post. But I believe it will help a lot of people having a similar problem.
Long story short - problem solved! but it took much of my nerves (and time).
I'll start with the "warranty". The so-called Samsung "warranty" which basically worths nothing!
Calling Samsung international service center, they "informed" me that I must contact Samsung Vietnam, where I bought the device, although I am not there anymore... Needless to say the local dealer in my country refused to take care of this situation, saying Samsung's warranty is regional based, rather than international... which means, only Samsung in the original country where the device was sold in, are responsible for the warranty (and therefore repair!). I had a chat with a Samsung Vietnam representative, who just kept saying "I'm sorry", and refused to let me sent the device out to them for repair! asking me to "bring it to them", although I noted him a few times that I bought it as a tourist and I am not in Vietnam anymore.... Thank you Samsung !! From now on every traveler in the world will know they basically have NO WARRANTY if they buy any Samsung device in a "foreign" country while traveling abroad!
Now for the solution:
I started by letting the device staying connected to the charger overnight, which didn't help. With the OS now installed, I realize that the battery was NOT CHARGED ! it was completely drained, although connected to a charger for long hours... So, know from now on that if your boot data is corrupted, it may cause the device NOT TO CHARGE THE BATTERY at all. Luckily, my desktop PC could use the device while connected to it although the battery was empty, until the problem was sorted out. I did get a crash on my MAC tough (Log said it was USB related), while using Smart Switch, so one option is that it could not supply enough power to the device to keep it keep working at all, or working correctly... So my suggestion is to use a desktop Windows PC in this case, which can potentially provide more power to a device with 0% battery power.
After scratching my head, and considering removing the front panel for replacing the battery (a very risky procedure) I decided to keep on investigating....
I followed a youtube video who suggests that you should install Smart Switch on a PC, choose "reinstall driver" from the menu, restart the PC, then use Emergency Recovery and Initialization, enter the phone model number in the search box (as appearing on the back of the device) , and once it recognizes the model, also to enter its serial number. Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yXQUFrEWg4
This basically brings up a popup message saying Smart Switch detects a compatible firmware for this device, and is about to download and install it. It then asks the user to do the Power+Vol Up+Home push combination trick + pushing UP once the page is loaded in order to "Continue" and bring up the ODIN Download screen, which worked for me if did that as soon as the device shuts down (in the middle of the bootloop). As I couldn't make it load at all with no charger connected, I had it connected to the charger, and once I saw the Smart Switch message asking to do the push combination, I quickly connected it to the computer using another cable which was already connected to the PC USB port on its other end.
Somehow, I could at last make Smart Switch finally start downloading the firmware from the web, and the device again disconnected (bootlooped), but luckily Smart Switch didn't care about it disconnecting, and kept on downloading the firmware. At about 85% of the progress bar state, I could find the downloaded firmware on the temp folders, which are described in this thread:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f777/samsung-firmware-download-belongs-his-serial-number-2038404/
I had to make sure it wasn't still downloading, and watched the "last modified" state of the file to make sure they are not being downloaded anymore. CAUTION: although the AP was not downloading anymore, I know it was probably not good as ODIN couldn't verify it when I tested it. USE ONLY SMART SWITCH !
I quickly copied the folder to which the app extracted the BL and AP files it downloaded, and finally had an officialy bootloader (BL) image, which I could use in ODIN in order to reupload a correct, "official" bootloader to the device....
I hoped the device won't bootloop in the middle, but luckily ODIN was fast enough to send the image successfully, with a "PASSED" status, and the device booted with a nice "Samsung" logo directly to a System Recovery page!
What I exactly did, was loading ODIN, then loading ONLY the BL file into the BL field in ODIN, having it verifying it, and once verified I connected the device, and as soon as ODIN recognized it, pushed START. It managed to upload the image into the device in a few seconds! It seems then, that the bootloop was not caused by a bad battery, but as a result of a corrupt upload of an AP image through ODIN - or because I possibly was using an incorrect version when I tried to upload an AP files to the device on my first attempt to flash it.
Note that I did search for the correct, compatible AP file, by country and model (on Sammobile) but it didn't' work (stuck at 50% in ODIN) ! so I really suggest everyone TO ONLY USE SMART SWITCH if they want to be sure that the correct firmware is being used, and avoid similar situations...
I then deleted the temp files from the PC (the actual ones which were in the temp folder), reinstalled the drivers from inside Smart Switch (just in case), booted the device to Download mode (WHICH DIDN'T BOOTLOOP this time), let Windows installing the drivers (checked in Device Manager), then restarted the PC, and ran Smart Switch again. I repeated the procedure of loading Emergency and Initialization, entering the model and serial number, having it fully downloading the firmware (again) from the web, and installing the firmware into the device. This time it completed the process, and I finally had the device installing and booting into a fresh version 6.0.1 of Android!
Hope it helps!