Database Users

A Couple of Questions

hello guys,
here's a list of questions I have compiled which were bothering me since i bought my SGS, hope you take your time and answer these:
What is "root"-ing. How different is it from flashing a firmware on motherboard and installing an OS on to a hard drive?
Does rooting an android device kill its warranty?
Which way is the best and reliable way to root my SGS?
How do I bring back my SGS to Factory state after I root my phone?
Is there a way that I can download the AOSP off the android site and install it on my phone.
I'm with O2 (UK) and I'm required to send blank text to a number. My SGS doesnt allow me to send blank texts. How do I send blank texts? :/
How do I integrate my contacts with the ones from Facebook/Google, when I dont want all the contacts from other sources to be shown in my contacts?
regards,
emc

Quick answers:
1. Root = full control of os ( linux superuser capability) it has nothing to do with flashing firmwares
2. YES
3. search the forum or google for Galaxy s rooting (very easy 10 min max)
4. firmware reflash or
*#*#7780#*#*
This code can be used for a factory data reset. It'll remove following things:
Google account settings stored in your phone
System and application data and settings
Downloaded
5. no. that is vanilla android with no drivers. look for vanilla custom rom for SGS on forum
6. I work for a carrier in Romania so i know : IT DOESN'T MATTER IS YOU PUT TEXT IN IT (just put a letter in it and send)
7.CONTACTS->Menu-> Display options
Hope it helps. Good luck.

thanks, your answers were helpful, but raised a few more question now.
if rooting has nothing to do with flashing firmwares, why does one have to reflash fimware to return to factory state? (can you explain technically?)
I still need to figure out how to setup friends in contacts, I've already enabled contacts from facebook/google.. What I wanted to know is how do I filter people from the list so that I can see only selected of them in my contacts and not all?
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just saw that my Kies asked me to upgrade to JM1. should I do it?
If I do it will *#*#7780#*#* bring my phone back to JF3 (default)? or will it bring to JM1

emclondon said:
if rooting has nothing to do with flashing firmwares, why does one have to reflash fimware to return to factory state?
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You don't HAVE to reflash the firmware technically, rooting basically just overwrites a few files (generally, the kernel). Technically, it should be possible to simply revert the files to unroot the phone. But the only reason you would probably want to unroot anyway is to send the phone in for service, and first thing they'll do is reflash your phone with a firmware which is known to work anyway.. So you might as well.
In regards to the warranty status after rooting, it's actually a grey area as to whether it affects the warranty. If you flash with the I9000M rom, yes, Samsung probably wont be impressed. It is always better to reflash with clean firmware before returning it to service, but unless there is evidence that rooting messed up the hardware on your phone, it's probably unlikely they would reject warranty. But better to be safe.
I don't think Samsung encrypted the bootloader sequence, and had they been concerned, they would have probably disabled USB debugging within the firmware.

ok thanks ^_^
now a few more questions:
whats a clockworkmod recovery?
whats a samset?
whats an odin?
do you suggest me to upgrade my firmware?
how do i backup my current firmware?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it is my moto . Do you experience any problems with your handset ? Like lags , lockups or anything of that sort? If you don't, then I think its better if you leave it as it is. Just apply the lagFix if you want to, but I see no reason to flash your phone to a different version right now.
I have flashed many phones before (where it was much riskier than Galaxy flashing) But I still didn't flash my Galaxy S , because I simply dont see the need to change to another 2.1. I'm waiting for Samsung to release official froyo 2.2. I suggest you wait for that too.

my phone lags a lot

I share phonix view and motto. If you do experience problems post symptoms before doing something like reflash or factory reset.
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Lag can be easely fixed with a patch. You get root and lag patch in one pack. Will try to post a link.
http://***forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7587405&postcount=417
Delete the 3 stars in front of forum
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emclondon said:
just saw that my Kies asked me to upgrade to JM1. should I do it?
If I do it will *#*#7780#*#* bring my phone back to JF3 (default)? or will it bring to JM1
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updgraded my phone and did a factory reset, phone DOES NOT GOES BACK TO JF3!
just for your info

that's because u upgraded/flashed a complete new rom which replaced the old one there for factory reset will give u the latest firmware/upgrade that u have installed.

Updated to 2.2.1

Previously when i updated to 2.2. It lagged very much every where. Even the virtual keyboard used to open with a short delay but now finally updated to 2.2.1 Baseband I9000XXJPY and believe me its fast. All the lag problems are almost gone. Option to update firmware directly from handset now available.

What is your product code? XEU ? mine DBT and i'm desperately need to update to 2.2.1

off update or flash?

cldwar said:
Option to update firmware directly from handset now available.
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Be interesting to know when this will be implemented. Currently only shows "unable to connect to server". Elsewhere on the forum there is a thread on a new version of Kies. http://tinyurl.com/368p4a7
Anyway I agree it is fast, pretty well lag free and I am getting satisfactory battery life after dumping some apps that I no longer needed after update. I do use Juice Defender BTW.

Mine connects to the server (you must have a Samsung account) but reports no updates available.

amwebby said:
Mine connects to the server (you must have a Samsung account) but reports no updates available.
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Yes I have an account.

imkr1 said:
What is your product code? XEU ? mine DBT and i'm desperately need to update to 2.2.1
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dnt knw hw to see that . ..

Rofa1 said:
Be interesting to know when this will be implemented. Currently only shows "unable to connect to server". Elsewhere on the forum there is a thread on a new version of Kies. http://tinyurl.com/368p4a7
Anyway I agree it is fast, pretty well lag free and I am getting satisfactory battery life after dumping some apps that I no longer needed after update. I do use Juice Defender BTW.
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I got the option to update from cell phone after updating to 2.2.1, so no new update available as i have just updated to the latest version ...

repllccax said:
off update or flash?
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Using samsung Kies

Rofa1 said:
Yes I have an account.
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Have you logged into that at the Update section? I only got the error message you mention prior to entering that information.

Have you reseted the phone after 2.2.1?
I haven`t, the phone was very fast and every apk was working then after swapping batteries it freezed on boot for 2min then reseted itself, all numbers gone,
I`m really affraid this gone happen again, because I switch often between batteries.

amwebby said:
Have you logged into that at the Update section? I only got the error message you mention prior to entering that information.
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Yes I am logged in. Just tried again as a matter of interest and it spent 2 mins "connecting to server" and then disconnected with a brief message flash which said "connection failed". Maybe it's a regional thing. I'll come back to it in a week or so.

sonci said:
Have you reseted the phone after 2.2.1?
I haven`t, the phone was very fast and every apk was working then after swapping batteries it freezed on boot for 2min then reseted itself, all numbers gone,
I`m really affraid this gone happen again, because I switch often between batteries.
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No problem. Froze on one app (now uninstalled) and had to remove battery to reset and boot.

Rofa1 said:
Yes I am logged in. Just tried again as a matter of interest and it spent 2 mins "connecting to server" and then disconnected with a brief message flash which said "connection failed". Maybe it's a regional thing. I'll come back to it in a week or so.
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Could be regional. Where are you? I'm in the UK. This update seems regional specific as, when I did a factory reset, UT asked me which SIM scheme I was on; o2 postpay, o2 prepay or Tesco.

I'm in Finland. Certainly sounds regional and/or operator. Seem to remember reading that one of the US versions used OTA updating.

mine wouldnt reset after removing system apps.. (boot loop). so i reflashed and reset immiately after install.. someone else pointed out that factory reset does not work if you have removed any system apps.. so that couldve been the reason.. havent retried cause dont want to reinstall everything.

sonci said:
Have you reseted the phone after 2.2.1?
I haven`t, the phone was very fast and every apk was working then after swapping batteries it freezed on boot for 2min then reseted itself, all numbers gone,
I`m really affraid this gone happen again, because I switch often between batteries.
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no i have not reset my phone . . its working better then ever . .. ! didnt tried taking out the battery . . will do later den will reply

Now after using 2.2.1 for a couple of days i came to the conclusion that battery life has improved a lot ! i dont know what Samsung did , .. .. but they did the right thing .. now if only they could announce a date for 2.3 !

Not avaible in Finland.. any clue when it is gonna be available trought KIES

Kies FirmWare update

Hey guys, i recently bought my GS2 from 02. I am on the original firmware and have not updated to KE1 or KE2. I recently downloaded the latest version of Kies and plugged in my device. All the drivers were successfully installed and i could sync all my music fine.
I plugged the device in yesterday and it said latest firmware (KE2) was available. i said yes, backed up my device, and said started downloading. Once the firmware was downloaded it said preparing device for download.
Now is when the error message - 'FirmWare update stopped working' (on vista 32bit)
so anyone had this problem or know how to fix this?
i am not rooted or anything just stock

Its nothing with being rooted or anything else wrong with your device.. The problem is with Kies, it hangs sometimes.. Trying again, might help you..
kar111 said:
Hey guys, i recently bought my GS2 from 02. I am on the original firmware and have not updated to KE1 or KE2. I recently downloaded the latest version of Kies and plugged in my device. All the drivers were successfully installed and i could sync all my music fine.
I plugged the device in yesterday and it said latest firmware (KE2) was available. i said yes, backed up my device, and said started downloading. Once the firmware was downloaded it said preparing device for download.
Now is when the error message - 'FirmWare update stopped working' (on vista 32bit)
so anyone had this problem or know how to fix this?
i am not rooted or anything just stock
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nasgilani said:
Its nothing with being rooted or anything else wrong with your device.. The problem is with Kies, it hangs sometimes.. Trying again, might help you..
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I've tried about 10 times and i just tried it. Still the same error... Also i can't uninstall applications anymore! Once i click uninstall it says comandroid.vending stopped working and the market crashes. then as as soon as i hit OK TW launcher also force stops so basically my phone is crippled and i have to reboot it... i really dont know whats going on!! it was fine for the past week

Just flash it using odin 2 mins your done read how to in devolpment section of forum
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Or bother Samsung so they make Kies better. Goes like this: call them, say "Bother, bother, bother, bother"
Nah but still, contact them

I found Kies works much better on my netbook running windows XP 32bit than on my desktop running windows 7 64bit. If you have a windows xp PC you can use, I would suggest you give that a try.

I will contact them, also because im using o2 firmware i dont think i can flash using odin or can i?
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You need to turn of your anti virus when updating with kies . the anti virus will delete a file half way.though update. so turn it off

AV and Firewall OFF .
Factory reset phone if you can
Kies no update try emergency firmware recovery if problems .
I will contact them, also because im using o2 firmware i dont think i can flash using odin or can i?
Flash with Odin if its a stock Samsung rom then O2 can refuse warranty Samsung will hour the warranty ..
O2 firmware and debrand rebrand O2 posted in dev section .
jje

JJEgan said:
AV and Firewall OFF .
Factory reset phone if you can
Kies no update try emergency firmware recovery if problems .
I will contact them, also because im using o2 firmware i dont think i can flash using odin or can i?
Flash with Odin if its a stock Samsung rom then O2 can refuse warranty Samsung will hour the warranty ..
O2 firmware and debrand rebrand O2 posted in dev section .
jje
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Have you been a telegrapher in a past life?

Have you been a telegrapher in a past life?
Part Time Contract Killer .
What does a telegrapher do ???
jje

Kills contract killers lol
Sorry couldn't resist

Thanks guys! turning the firewall did the trick and i am now on the latest firmware
So what are the major differences? I heard that the Auto-Brightness issue had been fixed (although my brightness is always set manually).

OH DAMN IT! The uninstalling problem still remains. whenever i go into manage applications and try and uninstall something it says 'The application market (processcom.android.vending.) has stopped unexpectadly. Please try again'
and it says uninstall finished but once i reboot its still there. I also cant install stuff from the market anymore after that message appears! I also cant get on the internet it makes me force close.
I have to reboot to get the internet working again... this really sucks anyone know why?

The final step would be to try a full hard reset of the phone but that would wipe everything on it so worth saving as a last resort.
As a first step have you tried going into
Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All tab, selecting Market and press ing the Clear data and Clear cache buttons, just in case there's something in there that's causing a problem ?

Matchstick said:
The final step would be to try a full hard reset of the phone but that would wipe everything on it so worth saving as a last resort.
As a first step have you tried going into
Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All tab, selecting Market and press ing the Clear data and Clear cache buttons, just in case there's something in there that's causing a problem ?
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I just tried that, and then this time when i tried uninstalling the TW launcher force closed! now i have to reboot or i cant even use the phone. I would probably do a full hard reset of the phone... How can i do that? using kies?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069015
Also in settings .
Try flashing just a kernel worked for me with that problem .
Post 2 here .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056334
jje

JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069015
Also in settings .
Try flashing just a kernel worked for me with that problem .
Post 2 here .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056334
jje
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About the root im gonna wait until the guy has the kernel for KE2 which he said would be around the 23rd. And about the first link... why all the codes? i cant find a code with a full reset :?

You can use the current insecure kernel with KE2.
You install KE2 (of course), install the insecure KDD kernel via ODIN, root and install superuser via SuperOneClick then finally flash back the stock KE2 kernel.
The rooting works fine even after flashing back the stock KE2 kernel.

Matchstick said:
You can use the current insecure kernel with KE2.
You install KE2 (of course), install the insecure KDD kernel via ODIN, root and install superuser via SuperOneClick then finally flash back the stock KE2 kernel.
The rooting works fine even after flashing back the stock KE2 kernel.
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so i just follow chainfires guide as it is and basically once ive finished everything just flash back the KE2 he supplied? that sounds great i will do that.
one quick question though my phone is O2 branded.. does that affect rooting in anyway?

Galaxy S4 problem

Dear all,
After using the S4 (Unlocked 9500) for 6 months, suddenly the phone suffered from the following:
- Network loss, not even emergency calls nor other network related matters are accessible, the phone shows the circle with the crossing line whether it has a sim card or not, I tried every single setting and none work. Also removed the micro sd.
- Flight mode can be enabled but can only be disabled from the settings and not from the startup menu
- Bluetooth cannot be disabled/enabled
- Phone not recognized by PC/ODIN even in download mode on several pcs
- Weird behavior where phone acts by itself
- Keyboard problem, you press a letter it presses the next letter and doesn't stop pressing.
- Reset phone from recovery works but clearing cache gives and error and restarts
Most probably the phone has a corrupted rom (radio/modem is lost along with several other problems) and I cannot root it and install a new rom since no access to the phone via PC/Odin and Mobile Odin needs root and root not available without PC.
Any advice?

first try a different rom, fresh install. if that doesnt work. return it and get another one.

U r using I9500 for 6 months ??? How is this possible ?
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Moisture exposure. Also, Kof200440 makes a valid point.

fadishehadeh said:
Dear all,
After using the S4 (Unlocked 9500) for 6 months, suddenly the phone suffered from the following:
- Network loss, not even emergency calls nor other network related matters are accessible, the phone shows the circle with the crossing line whether it has a sim card or not, I tried every single setting and none work. Also removed the micro sd.
- Flight mode can be enabled but can only be disabled from the settings and not from the startup menu
- Bluetooth cannot be disabled/enabled
- Phone not recognized by PC/ODIN even in download mode on several pcs
- Weird behavior where phone acts by itself
- Keyboard problem, you press a letter it presses the next letter and doesn't stop pressing.
- Reset phone from recovery works but clearing cache gives and error and restarts
Most probably the phone has a corrupted rom (radio/modem is lost along with several other problems) and I cannot root it and install a new rom since no access to the phone via PC/Odin and Mobile Odin needs root and root not available without PC.
Any advice?
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it's easy..
almost same with me & others user around the globe. Just flash stock rom, make it official.
Just send to Samsung service Centre. Normally they will do some recovery on ur device, like mine last week. Then, S4 will back to normal.

kof200440 said:
U r using I9500 for 6 months ??? How is this possible ?
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Since released.

zaki aziz said:
it's easy..
almost same with me & others user around the globe. Just flash stock rom, make it official.
Just send to Samsung service Centre. Normally they will do some recovery on ur device, like mine last week. Then, S4 will back to normal.
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I cant access the phone since it is not recognized by the pc whether in download or normal mode even Odin cannot recognize it. Anyway to install rom directly from phone without root? or even root the phone directly from the phone without pc? If I can root from phone i might be able to install mobile odin and flash a rom.
Also phone never rooted and has stock rom.

Same happened to me, i had backups with efs-pro (all partitions ticked) and nandroid backup. But i wasn't able to recover my imei & baseband. Brought it to samsung service center. they blamed me for rooting, but they had no proof because everthing was back to normal and no cutstom counters. they told me, no problem, we wil flashed it to orginal with emei. but after 3 hours, sorry it won't work. we have to sent it to samsung and replace motherboard.
Now my biggest concern, a lot of people complaning about there lost of emei and baseband. so what's happening ?

Cybertom said:
Same happened to me, i had backups with efs-pro (all partitions ticked) and nandroid backup. But i wasn't able to recover my imei & baseband. Brought it to samsung service center. they blamed me for rooting, but they had no proof because everthing was back to normal and no cutstom counters. they told me, no problem, we wil flashed it to orginal with emei. but after 3 hours, sorry it won't work. we have to sent it to samsung and replace motherboard.
Now my biggest concern, a lot of people complaning about there lost of emei and baseband. so what's happening ?
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yupp..
when i sent to samsung service centre they do imei recovery.everything back to normal.i no idea why few digit of imei missing or hidden.
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fadishehadeh said:
I cant access the phone since it is not recognized by the pc whether in download or normal mode even Odin cannot recognize it. Anyway to install rom directly from phone without root? or even root the phone directly from the phone without pc? If I can root from phone i might be able to install mobile odin and flash a rom.
Also phone never rooted and has stock rom.
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so..ur S4 still official status.
don't let ur head get sick better send it to samsung.

Currently I cant reach samsung, I need to solve it myself.
Can I install a stock rom from stock recovery? Where to get a signed stock rom?
Can I install cwm without rooting and from cwm flash a rom?
Can I root without a pc using an apk?
Any help is appreciated.
Thx
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SM-N9005 HARD BRICKED, can't flash any ROM without flashing error.

Some background... this phone was bought back in the day when Note 4 was about to be released. I have been the unique owner and I have treated the device with an abnormal amount of care and respect. Updates were about to come up but for my device... the bloody thing was getting said updates way too late (2-3 months later than everybody else such as UK or Poland). I grew tired of waiting so I did it, I force updated my own device using an image from sammobile.com with Android 4.4.2 using ODIN. It worked. The phone updated flawlessly in around 3 minutes it started the boot up sequence but the only difference was that the software inside was for UK not my European region which was Romania.
Fast forward... I rooted the device, did a lot of firmware tests (even after 5.0 came out, I still installed a ton of firmwares on it and they all functioned properly even if I was dealing with Android 6.0 or even 7.0) and the phone generally functioned very very well.
Now my **** up was that I wanted to reformat the phone to a 100% stock image (which I could do with ease at any given moment) and for some strange reason I ticked "Nand Erase All" and the reformat went trough... the software fully installed. My phone booted up and what do you know? I suddenly have 16 GB of storage instead of 32. I panic a little... I try to firmware upgrade a normal stock image for the romanian version of the Note 3. Stock Romanian based software for SM-N9005. Fails mid update 100% of the time me trying it well over 20 times. A bit of research, I end up realizing I ****ed up the phone seriously bad. So one guy saves me with a "repair firmware" which is named: N9005XXUGBNL8_OXAGBNL8_v5.0_Repair_Firmware. I manage to flash the whole thing onto the phone and it works... but things are off. Apps are crashing at random, the phone is laggy at times... heck, there's a "android.media has stopped working" popping up every 2-3 minutes or even faster if I use internal storage. I can barely do anything... it also destorys the SD Card. As in, I gotta connect it to a micro SD reader to repair the micro SD from within Windows to be able to copy what's on it or even copy something on it... internal storage is zippy but again, it stops working once this android.media crashes. A few months pass, my girlfriend gives me a chance to repair the phone one hopeful last time. So I said "**** it" and I tried flashing again, the latest RO ROM for the phone. It fails mid way. I try restarting the phone and... it's bricked. It says that the software update failed and I need to connect it to Kies to update. Did just that and I find out Samsung doesn't allow the Note 3 to be emergency software updated anymore.....
I have the repair software, and another 2 different softwares. I have tried so many times to update the device using different cables and ports. Heck, I even installed Windows 7 to see if it works (until one guy told me I can install it trough VMWare and I will get the same exact result as if I were to have Windows 7 directly installed on the PC)... nothing works. My main error message is the one attached as a picture.
I tried every ODin, port and cable I could. I just... don't know what to do anymore. The phone is great but do I really have to buy a secondary display broken phone and transfer the mainboard from that phone to this one to have a "functioning" phone again or are there other options I missed out on?
Thanks for your message! I shall try to respond as soon as possible.

Search Nand Erase .
My guess is you need a service centre with a Rif box .
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I'm not sure but is it possible to flash the phone with a 32 GB pit file?

fogoticus said:
Some background... this phone was bought back in the day when Note 4 was about to be released. I have been the unique owner and I have treated the device with an abnormal amount of care and respect. Updates were about to come up but for my device... the bloody thing was getting said updates way too late (2-3 months later than everybody else such as UK or Poland). I grew tired of waiting so I did it, I force updated my own device using an image from sammobile.com with Android 4.4.2 using ODIN. It worked. The phone updated flawlessly in around 3 minutes it started the boot up sequence but the only difference was that the software inside was for UK not my European region which was Romania.
Fast forward... I rooted the device, did a lot of firmware tests (even after 5.0 came out, I still installed a ton of firmwares on it and they all functioned properly even if I was dealing with Android 6.0 or even 7.0) and the phone generally functioned very very well.
Now my **** up was that I wanted to reformat the phone to a 100% stock image (which I could do with ease at any given moment) and for some strange reason I ticked "Nand Erase All" and the reformat went trough... the software fully installed. My phone booted up and what do you know? I suddenly have 16 GB of storage instead of 32. I panic a little... I try to firmware upgrade a normal stock image for the romanian version of the Note 3. Stock Romanian based software for SM-N9005. Fails mid update 100% of the time me trying it well over 20 times. A bit of research, I end up realizing I ****ed up the phone seriously bad. So one guy saves me with a "repair firmware" which is named: N9005XXUGBNL8_OXAGBNL8_v5.0_Repair_Firmware. I manage to flash the whole thing onto the phone and it works... but things are off. Apps are crashing at random, the phone is laggy at times... heck, there's a "android.media has stopped working" popping up every 2-3 minutes or even faster if I use internal storage. I can barely do anything... it also destorys the SD Card. As in, I gotta connect it to a micro SD reader to repair the micro SD from within Windows to be able to copy what's on it or even copy something on it... internal storage is zippy but again, it stops working once this android.media crashes. A few months pass, my girlfriend gives me a chance to repair the phone one hopeful last time. So I said "**** it" and I tried flashing again, the latest RO ROM for the phone. It fails mid way. I try restarting the phone and... it's bricked. It says that the software update failed and I need to connect it to Kies to update. Did just that and I find out Samsung doesn't allow the Note 3 to be emergency software updated anymore.....
I have the repair software, and another 2 different softwares. I have tried so many times to update the device using different cables and ports. Heck, I even installed Windows 7 to see if it works (until one guy told me I can install it trough VMWare and I will get the same exact result as if I were to have Windows 7 directly installed on the PC)... nothing works. My main error message is the one attached as a picture.
I tried every ODin, port and cable I could. I just... don't know what to do anymore. The phone is great but do I really have to buy a secondary display broken phone and transfer the mainboard from that phone to this one to have a "functioning" phone again or are there other options I missed out on?
Thanks for your message! I shall try to respond as soon as possible.
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20 days later it happens to another guy (me)
help me save me from this mess, please, im desperate

neeharv said:
20 days later it happens to another guy (me)
help me save me from this mess, please, im desperate
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I have tried myself. You have a chance of actually flashing it if you have the original cable that came with the phone. If not, the service is the only spot that can help.
I went to a shop and using an NS Pro box thr phone flashed problemlessly. Found out about my bad usb cable and here we are. The phone cost me 35 euros but it functions again.

fogoticus said:
I have tried myself. You have a chance of actually flashing it if you have the original cable that came with the phone. If not, the service is the only spot that can help.
I went to a shop and using an NS Pro box thr phone flashed problemlessly. Found out about my bad usb cable and here we are. The phone cost me but it functions again.
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will this work: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
it said it will fix partition corruption (like what happens when you do nand erase all without pit file)

neeharv said:
will this work: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
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Probably. Try it.

Here's the fix, it is the proper way to use "nand erase all" and to fix problems encountered while trying to use it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
You can find the you the PIT files you need for it
https://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30482
(make sure you download the one coresponding to the stock firmware just in case)
For other devices just google it.