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[Q] i9505 wont boot or recover

I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled

docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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go with the no wipe factory restore... The file is big, but thats probably the only thing that can get you working.

theidoctor said:
go with the no wipe factory restore... The file is big, but thats probably the only thing that can get you working.
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How do I do that?

docurley said:
How do I do that?
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FOLLOW THIS LINK -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259

theidoctor said:
FOLLOW THIS LINK -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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Thanks will give that a go

docurley said:
Thanks will give that a go
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just be patient... the process takes a while

theidoctor said:
just be patient... the process takes a while
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lol I will, just downloading the file is going to take 20min they got a slow connection

docurley said:
lol I will, just downloading the file is going to take 20min they got a slow connection
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well you're lucky. it took me 3 hours to download that file.

docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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You got a PM.
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DarkMenace said:
You got a PM.
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Great phone working but service mode still buggered, wont allow me to use menu stuck in some sort of information screen.

docurley said:
Great phone working but service mode still buggered, wont allow me to use menu stuck in some sort of information screen.
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Once you installed the Stock Image did you go in to recovery and do the data wipe and cache wipes?
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DarkMenace said:
Once you installed the Stock Image did you go in to recovery and do the data wipe and cache wipes?
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No I did not

docurley said:
No I did not
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Try to reflash and then do the data wipes by pulling the battery before it boots after the stock image is installed.
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Please pay attention to the model number and forum you are in
You can permanently damage your phone by flashing things for the wrong phone
Moved to correct device forum

docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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I have the Original 4.2.2 Stock Firmware for you. I sent you a Pm awaiting your response. The links will be sent to you after the response.

Hard bricked phone?

Hello everyone,
I recently tried to flash a kernel and it seems that it was a corrupted download or something of the sorts and no whenever my phone powers on, the phone sits on a black screen and just vibrates. I have gotten into download mode and ODIN'd it with the stock image but it put me right back at the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue and if so can itt be fixed?
Thanks in advance!

It would help to know what device you have, what firmware you where on and what kernel you tried to flash

hailthethief said:
Hello everyone,
I recently tried to flash a kernel and it seems that it was a corrupted download or something of the sorts and no whenever my phone powers on, the phone sits on a black screen and just vibrates. I have gotten into download mode and ODIN'd it with the stock image but it put me right back at the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue and if so can itt be fixed?
Thanks in advance!
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Can get into recovery?
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I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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hailthethief said:
I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
Sent from my SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
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Does Odin say successful? Do you know what firmware you were on?

hailthethief said:
I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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I'm not for sure about it being hard bricked if you can still get into download mode. Did you use a jig to get into download mode becuz I think that would be the only way to get to it if it was hardbricked,if not you may be able to get the pit file and fix it
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jd1639 said:
Does Odin say successful? Do you know what firmware you were on?
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Odin does say successful. Can you tell me how I could find the firmware version? I odin to amdl then rooted and installed TWLite and tried to flash the KToonzes kernel when this happened.

captivated1971 said:
I'm not for sure about it being hard bricked if you can still get into download mode. Did you use a jig to get into download mode becuz I think that would be the only way to get to it if it was hardbricked
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I did not use the jig.
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hailthethief said:
Odin does say successful. Can you tell me how I could find the firmware version? I odin to amdl then rooted and installed TWLite and tried to flash the KToonzes kernel when this happened.
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In settings, about device would show the firmware. If you odined and you were on the mdl firmware. You can't get into recovery right now? Only download mode? Did you try to flash a rom before the kernel? I assume you have an i337?

id try this again with odin least wise if it works you will have to reroot again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573

jd1639 said:
In settings, about device would show the firmware. If you odined and you were on the mdl firmware. You can't get into recovery right now? Only download mode? Did you try to flash a rom before the kernel? I assume you have an i337?
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Yes. I have a hard time putting it in Download mode. I don't know if I can hit recovery. Ill try though.

hailthethief said:
Yes. I have a hard time putting it in Download mode. I don't know if I can hit recovery. Ill try though.
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After odin says sucessful,you have to remove the battery cause it will be stuck stuck on the download screen and go into recovery and factory reset the phone and it should boot right up.I dont think your phone is hard-bricked if you was able to use odin.

Azzair113 said:
After odin says sucessful,you have to remove the battery cause it will be stuck stuck on the download screen and go into recovery and factory reset the phone and it should boot right up.I dont think your phone is hard-bricked if you was able to use odin.
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yeah i have done the samething. i went from stock rooted and had cyanogenmod 10 successfully downloaded and running one night. The next morning i installed ktoonsez kernel 100% certain it was for my cyano and everything i was running and its 90% hard bricked. The only thing i can do is get it into odin mode. Ive also flashed my att ucuamdl file with odin to try and reset it and it has said successful. The only thing i had checked was t ime reset and reboot. So i pulled the battery to try and fire it back up and nothing happens but a black screen and a little vibration. Kind of pisses me of since im not the only one who has had this happen. So far ive still had no luck with anything about the phone. no recovery, no nothing. Anybody else know anything?

hayden55 said:
yeah i have done the samething. i went from stock rooted and had cyanogenmod 10 successfully downloaded and running one night. The next morning i installed ktoonsez kernel 100% certain it was for my cyano and everything i was running and its 90% hard bricked. The only thing i can do is get it into odin mode. Ive also flashed my att ucuamdl file with odin to try and reset it and it has said successful. The only thing i had checked was t ime reset and reboot. So i pulled the battery to try and fire it back up and nothing happens but a black screen and a little vibration. Kind of pisses me of since im not the only one who has had this happen. So far ive still had no luck with anything about the phone. no recovery, no nothing. Anybody else know anything?
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If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.

Azzair113 said:
If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
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thanks for the reply. i will give it a shot. *Fingers Crossed*

hayden55 said:
thanks for the reply. i will give it a shot. *Fingers Crossed*
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np hope it works

Azzair113 said:
np hope it works
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no success. recovery just isn't there. maybe somebody should ask the kt747 guy?

hayden55 said:
no success. recovery just isn't there. maybe somebody should ask the kt747 guy?
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What kt kernel did you install was it the aosp kt kernel or the tw kt kernel you might flashed the wrong kernel.

Azzair113 said:
If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
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I just tried this with the UAMDB md5 file since thats the one that came with my phone and it didn't work. hmmmm

Azzair113 said:
What kt kernel did you install was it the aosp kt kernel or the tw kt kernel you might flashed the wrong kernel.
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I know that you would think that it would be the newbie mistake to install an tw kernel on top of a aosp ROM, but I made 100% sure to choose the correct ROM. I know the difference between touch wiz and also.
Also, sorry to hijack the thread I just saw it and figured since we both have the same problem we might all solve it together.

[Q] Flashed ROM - it rebooted and died?

Hi,
Sorry if this has been covered but search is down and I am panicking! I have an i-337 ATT Galaxy S4 that was unlocked for Tmobile. I just bought it 2 days ago and tonight I rooted it via motochopper and installed TWRP.
I downloaded Liquidsmooth and Gapps and flashed them via recovery. I did a factory reset and a nandroid backup. After the flash I selected reboot, and the phone turned off like it was rebooting, but never came back on!
I did a battery pull and nothing! I also tried holding down + home + power!
I accidentally forgot to wipe cache/dalvik cache after the install.
Help! I hope this isn't a brick. I've been rooting phones for a while and haven't ran into a problem.
No response when I plug it into the computer, and no charging light (the battery probably has 95% charge)
Thanks

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Nurmi_CEO said:
Hi,
Sorry if this has been covered but search is down and I am panicking! I have an i-337 ATT Galaxy S4 that was unlocked for Tmobile. I just bought it 2 days ago and tonight I rooted it via motochopper and installed TWRP.
I downloaded Liquidsmooth and Gapps and flashed them via recovery. I did a factory reset and a nandroid backup. After the flash I selected reboot, and the phone turned off like it was rebooting, but never came back on!
I did a battery pull and nothing! I also tried holding down + home + power!
I accidentally forgot to wipe cache/dalvik cache after the install.
Help! I hope this isn't a brick. I've been rooting phones for a while and haven't ran into a problem.
No response when I plug it into the computer, and no charging light (the battery probably has 95% charge)
Thanks
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You were holding down the wrong buttons.
Press and hold the VOL-UP button then press and hold the POWER button until
you see tiny blue text on upper left side of screen to go into "Recovery Mode".
If you want download mode do it the same way except instead of the VOL-UP
you need to press and hold the VOL-DOWN.
Good luck with it.
Remember it;s faster to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"!

Misterjunky said:
You were holding down the wrong buttons.
Press and hold the VOL-UP button then press and hold the POWER button until
you see tiny blue text on upper left side of screen to go into "Recovery Mode".
If you want download mode do it the same way except instead of the VOL-UP
you need to press and hold the VOL-DOWN.
Good luck with it.
Remember it;s faster to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"!
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Tried....no go still nothing

Nurmi_CEO said:
Tried....no go still nothing
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Can you link to the specific rom you flashed. It's sounds to me like you might have flashed a bad or wrong rom.

Yes....I went to original android development and got liquidsmooth...http://goo.gl/jvdfwT. I clicked on the latest version and it's the third from the bottom . says att at the end . sorry I'm on my phone browser.

Nurmi_CEO said:
Yes....I went to original android development and got liquidsmooth...http://goo.gl/jvdfwT. I clicked on the latest version and it's the third from the bottom . says att at the end . sorry I'm on my phone browser.
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I can't tell if the t01teatt is for your specific device. I haven't seen the t01te before. I would have expected something different. The symptoms you describe sounds like a bricked device caused by flashing a rom not for your specific device.

I assume your MDL cause you have a custom recovery.
Did you use Auto Loki recovery?
If you didn't use Auto Loki recovery did you flash the Loki doki zip ?
We need all steps you took from start to end before you rebooted your phone.
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the phone was bone stock locked att i337. I unlocked it via the service hidden menu on YouTube. it worked fine.
next I rooted it with the motochopper, flashed twrp with goo manager and rebooted to recovery. my first load with twrp seemed to hang up and freeze, so I pulled the battery and rebooted into twrp.
I loaded the liquidsmooth to1att and gapps to be flashed. both seemed to flash successfully, and then I hit restart. forgot to wipe cache and dalvik, planned on rebooting back into recovery to wipe/maybe reflash and wipe cache.
the phone turned off and never turned back on.
I had a T-Mobile sim card in the entire time.
thanks and please help. sending this from my crappy evo lte

Did a little searching and I think the t01te is the note ii. Check out mobiletechvideos.com. they might be able to jtag it.

after root the phone was working fine on the stock ROM.

Nurmi_CEO said:
after root the phone was working fine on the stock ROM.
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It's the rom you flashed after that which is causing the problem. Like I said I think it was for the note II and not the i337

Yup we only have liquidsmooth 2.10. Tolteatt is not this phone. This phone is jflteatt. Your only option is JTAG as jd1639 said
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rushi.1986 said:
Yup we only have liquidsmooth 2.10. Tolteatt is not this phone. This phone is jflteatt. Your only option is JTAG as jd1639 said
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send in for repair? only option? thanks for help

Nurmi_CEO said:
send in for repair? only option? thanks for help
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If Odin doesn't recognize it, and I think you said it doesn't, then yea I think that's your only hope. But I'd keep trying to get it into download mode and have Odin recognize it. I haven't seen a hard brick of the i337.
Use the original usb cable, the usb ports in the back of the computer, and if that doesn't work try a different computer.

The build.prop in that ROM you flashed says it is for the SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 which is the Galaxy Note II. That's why it is bricked. Make sure you don't try to flash that one again. If you do get it to come up in download mode make sure you have the correct file before trying to flash again.
Good luck!

Nurmi_CEO said:
send in for repair? only option? thanks for help
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Well that, or if its in warranty, send it off to samsung and play dumb! Just say something like "it turned off during firmware upgrade and never turned back on"

rushi.1986 said:
Well that, or if its in warranty, send it off to samsung and play dumb! Just say something like "it turned off during firmware upgrade and never turned back on"
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...and end up with an MF3 phone?
It's better to send it off for Jtag like JD said. If it never had the MF3 bootloader on it, there shouldn't be a problem with them putting MDL back on it (as long as there isn't a hardware issue). To me, the cost is well worth it.

scott14719 said:
...and end up with an MF3 phone?
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Good point! I didn't think of that..

Help Help Please!!

My galaxy is messing up everytime I turn it on it gets stuck on the Samsung logo and I dont what to do please help if you know how to fix this.

Did it just starting doing this by itself or have you recently flashed our installed anything. Also, what firmware are you on?

jd1639 said:
Did it just starting doing this by itself or have you recently flashed our installed anything. Also, what firmware are you on?
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Im on AT&T i337 MK2 and all I did was reboot it so a new transition when opening apps would apply when it tried rebboting it go stuck on the samsung logo

Pace Sketchy said:
Im on AT&T i337 MK2 and all I did was reboot it so a new transition when opening apps would apply when it tried rebboting it go stuck on the samsung logo
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Have you tried rebooting it again and do you have a backup of your phone. I'm sure we can get it working again but to do that it might wipe your device.

jd1639 said:
Have you tried rebooting it again and do you have a backup of your phone. I'm sure we can get it working again but to do that it might wipe your device.
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I have tried rebooting it multiple times and it wont work. Yes I have a backup. By the way my phone is also rooted.

Pace Sketchy said:
I have tried rebooting it multiple times and it wont work. Yes I have a backup. By the way my phone is also rooted.
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I would try a factory reset in recovery, you'll lose root so you'll have to re-root afterwards.
Wait do you have safestrap

jd1639 said:
I would try a factory reset in recovery, you'll lose root so you'll have to re-root afterwards.
Wait do you have safestrap
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To tell you the truth I really dont know what I have. I just rooted my phone thats all I know. Sorry I cant tell you that part

Pace Sketchy said:
To tell you the truth I really dont know what I have. I just rooted my phone thats all I know. Sorry I cant tell you that part
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Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.

jd1639 said:
Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Ok ill tell you how everything goes

jd1639 said:
Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Ok I did it three times and when I reboot its still doing it but on top of it all its still rooted cause when I reboot it still says Samsung Custom and shows a lock symbol.

Pace Sketchy said:
Ok I did it three times and when I reboot its still doing it but on top of it all its still rooted cause when I reboot it still says Samsung Custom and shows a lock symbol.
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That's not a good sign that it's not working. The next thing to try is to flash the factory firmware. See the attached. You'll want to download the all in one file and flash that in odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
You'll download a .rar file, use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in the PDA slot in odin.

jd1639 said:
That's not a good sign that it's not working. The next thing to try is to flash the factory firmware. See the attached. You'll want to download the all in one file and flash that in odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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Is it the one that says all in one mirrior or the all in one i337 MK2. And I really hope this works cause I cant have this phone break.

All in one mirror

jd1639 said:
All in one mirror
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Ok thanks but also do I download Odin on the computer or go into download mode on my phone?

Pace Sketchy said:
Ok thanks but also do I download Odin on the computer or go into download mode on my phone?
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Download Odin and the all in one onto your computer. You'll run Odin from your computer. Boot your phone into download mode then plug it into your usb cable. Odin should show that your device is connected.

jd1639 said:
Download Odin and the all in one onto your computer. You'll run Odin from your computer. Boot your phone into download mode then plug it into your usb cable. Odin should show that your device is connected.
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Ok thanks. Is there a certain place i should download Odin?

Pace Sketchy said:
Ok thanks. Is there a certain place i should download Odin?
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Doesn't really matter. Somewhere where you'll be able to find it

jd1639 said:
Doesn't really matter. Somewhere where you'll be able to find it
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Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?

Pace Sketchy said:
Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
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Start it up. You'll see a PDA slot where you can browse for a file. Browse to where the.tar.md5 file you downloaded is. Then boot your phone into download mode and plug the usb cable into it. Odin should have a com in the upper left hand corner turn yellow or blue, it depends on the Odin version you're using. Once you see that your phone is being recognized by Odin and you can hit start. If everything goes right it should take about 10 minutes for it to do its thing. If it's successful boot into recovery and do a factory reset

Pace Sketchy said:
Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
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I don't want to steal your thunder JD. Sketchy do you live near a BestBuy? If so some have a Samsung Experience Shop which they can do that for you if you are unsure how to use Odin. Tell them Kies broke your phone and ask them to reflash it. Its free. Try not to show them the custom logo.
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S4 WIll Not Update

I'm trying to update to lollipop OTA and when it is done downloading and trying to install it stops at 30%, reboots and says the install has been interrupted. I'm not rooted and have been running stock tw ever since i had the phone. I've tried like 5 times now. WTF do i do?

RLeWorm said:
I'm trying to update to lollipop OTA and when it is done downloading and trying to install it stops at 30%, reboots and says the install has been interrupted. I'm not rooted and have been running stock tw ever since i had the phone. I've tried like 5 times now. WTF do i do?
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My mom's phone is having the same issue, but i have not had a chance to mess with it. Are you using a launcher other than Touchwiz or have tried plugging the phone into a computer and updating with Kies? Thouse are just some ideas I had off the to of my head. This might sound dumb but do you have enough free space for the update on your phone?

It will not update if your not fully stock, this means no custom recovery, ROM, root or removed\frozen apps.

BehrendsTech said:
It will not update if your not fully stock, this means no custom recovery, ROM, root or removed\frozen apps.
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I did a factory reset and it still will not update for me and my mother has done nothing to here phone and it will not update either

Id try kies it sounds like the download corrupts.

BehrendsTech said:
Id try kies it sounds like the download corrupts.
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when I plug into with kies it says I am up to date

I am having the same issue. I was going to do a factory reset, but it looks like that did not work for you. It also is making me wait 24 hours before I can try again. Guess it is off to the AT&T help line to spend hours on hold.

Ylinen said:
I am having the same issue. I was going to do a factory reset, but it looks like that did not work for you. It also is making me wait 24 hours before I can try again. Guess it is off to the AT&T help line to spend hours on hold.
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try twitter first, more prone sevice and you don’t have to deal with someone having an attitude for making them do their job
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pettyfan45 said:
try twitter first, more prone sevice and you don’t have to deal with someone having an attitude for making them do their job
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You can try to Kies Emergency Recovery / Reflash or a odin flash and do factory defaults on top of it.
Just remember this CLEARS EVERYTHING
So make sure you read the guides very carefully and backup everything.
Other people are having the same issue but they just disappear so I have no idea if this fixes it, so if it does please let us know.
Full reset is a PITA but it usually works.

LR07 said:
I'm trying to update to lollipop OTA and when it is done downloading and trying to install it stops at 30%, reboots and says the install has been interrupted. I'm not rooted and have been running stock tw ever since i had the phone. I've tried like 5 times now. WTF do i do?
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Talking to friends today and seeing a couple posts I didn't realize that it's about a 1GB update. Make sure you have enough free space, I'd try freeing up a ton of space and see if that helps.

BehrendsTech said:
You can try to Kies Emergency Recovery / Reflash or a odin flash and do factory defaults on top of it.
Just remember this CLEARS EVERYTHING
So make sure you read the guides very carefully and backup everything.
Other people are having the same issue but they just disappear so I have no idea if this fixes it, so if it does please let us know.
Full reset is a PITA but it usually works.
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I was at 4.4.2 then 4..4.4 - Rooted and installed Safestrap. Now 5.0.1 update says interrupted as OP says.
Are you sure if I odin back to 4.4.2 - the update to 5.0.1 is possible? - I know its PITA - but atleast if somebody has done before
that motivates me to try .
thanks

BehrendsTech said:
Talking to friends today and seeing a couple posts I didn't realize that it's about a 1GB update. Make sure you have enough free space, I'd try freeing up a ton of space and see if that helps.
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This was my problem. Finally got it to install. Feels like a new phone! Wish my s4 wasn't so badly damaged now lol