Hi guys
So I did a restore on my note using the volume up/power restore method, and it worked fine, but then I decided to go back to my later version which I backed up before restoring to the earlier one, and now it sits on the 'samsung galaxy note gt-n7000' screen.
I downloaded the correct firmware from samfirmware, and a .pit, and used heimdall to do a recovery (I have a macbook) and it hasn't made any difference.
any suggestions?
yours glumly
Robsa
Robsa said:
Hi guys
So I did a restore on my note using the volume up/power restore method, and it worked fine, but then I decided to go back to my later version which I backed up before restoring to the earlier one, and now it sits on the 'samsung galaxy note gt-n7000' screen.
I downloaded the correct firmware from samfirmware, and a .pit, and used heimdall to do a recovery (I have a macbook) and it hasn't made any difference.
any suggestions?
yours glumly
Robsa
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Did the firmware flash fine?
And can you still access download mode / recovery?
Which rom where you restoring and from what rom?
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Hi guys
I was running ice cream sandwich after an ota update, then I rooted it and installed franco r5 kernal via CMW.
I backed up using CMW then today a week later I backed up using the backup/resotre option you get when doing vol up/power/home
I went back to my original backup which worked, but then decided I wanted to go back to my current set up, which is when it stopped working.
I downloaded the firmware for the irish/uk n7000 N7000XXLQ2_EULP4_XEU and the 16meg pit from the site as well.
I selected 'restore' in heimdall and chose 'repartition' and the .pit I had downloaded and the firmware I downloaded. Heimdall said it had done it all ok but it sits on the boot screen, then goes blank after 10-15 seconds, then the boot screen reappears and stays there.
ETA .pit file was: N7000_I9220_Q1_20110914_16GB.pit and I cannot access recovery, just the volume down reset to use Heimdall
OK, try to flash a stock gb with heimdall. If it gets stuck, let us know at which point ie factoryfs.img
Usually if a rom flash gets stuck at Samsung logo, wiping cache and dalvik cache will let it proceed.
Using a pit file should always be a last resort as its a risky process.
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Sorry, I'm a noob at this - only had the phone 13 days!
I have already used Heimdall to flash recovery and .pit and it said it all worked fine. The screen showed a green bar transferring the files and then it restarts, only to sit there on the boot screen again...
So what do you mean about flashing a stock GB? Is that not what I have already downloaded?
-R
Okay, I have located the firmware for gingerbreas 2.3.6 on samfirmware and I'm downloading that.
I assume I just factory restore using the same .pit and the 2.3.6 as before? Think it will work?
Otherwise I will have to take it back to the shop tomorrow and tell them its not working
You don't need a pit file, that's just for repartitioning the chip in extreme circumstances, should only be used for emergencies.
Just flash the gb rom (which contains 3 files, rom, csc and modem). I haven't used heimdall myself so can't advise on setup. Once flashed let me know if it worked or not and if not where it got stuck.
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Thanks ST
Heimdall makes you locate a .pit file before you can select the firmware. It then gives you the options:
BOOT
EFS
SBL1
SBL2
PARAM
RECOVERY
CACHE
MODEM
FACTORYFS
DATAFS
UMS
HIDDEN
GANG
KERNEL
So I chose 'Recovery'. most of the others wont let you choose the .tar.md5 file, then mainly ask for either a .bin file or a .img file. KERNEL lets me select it with the .tar.md5 firmware though.
So I will just try RECOVERY again, this time using the 2.3.6 firmwares, not the 4.0.3?
Sorry, I don't mean to act thick! it doesn't help using Heimdall because there is so little online about how to use it compared to ODIN
R
OK. Again, I'm not sure as never used it, so you may want to get some confirmation on this before accepting my response.
If you unzip the gb tar file with 7zip, you'll expose those files, cache.img, zimage (kernel), boot.bin, modem.bin, sbl.bin,factoryfs.img, hidden.img, param.lfs
Perhaps try to allocate each of these to the corresponding section and flash that if recovery option doesn't work.
Is there any reason you choose heimdall over Odin? Are you a Mac user?
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when I try to manually upload Kernel, Cache, FactoryFS, Hidden and Modem it does the kernel but falls over at the cache saying:
"ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence! CACHE upload failed!"
what does that mean then?
Okay, so it looks like pretty much all the parts are failing in Heimdall - factoryFS, cache etc. Kernel copied Ok, but all the others return some sort of error.
I have tried both GB and ICS, both fail at the same-ish point in factoryFS.
Robsa said:
Okay, so it looks like pretty much all the parts are failing in Heimdall - factoryFS, cache etc. Kernel copied Ok, but all the others return some sort of error.
I have tried both GB and ICS, both fail at the same-ish point in factoryFS.
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Sorry youre bricked
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so back to the shop tomorrow then I guess?
ssss69 said:
Sorry youre bricked
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No you're not. Find a friend with a PC and load up Odin. Give that a whirl before declaring defeat. Odin and heimdall are similar but not identical.
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ian577416 said:
No you're not. Find a friend with a PC and load up Odin. Give that a whirl before declaring defeat. Odin and heimdall are similar but not identical.
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+1 for this. Odin is really simple. Make sure samsung drivers are installed on pc (can just load kies). Run odin as administrator, put the phone in download mode (volume down, power and select button held down until it reboots into download) connect to PC, Odin will change to yellow colour if connection good, then all you do is point to the tar file in "pda" and it will sort out all the partitions for you. Really simple. Don't need any pit or repartitioning.
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sounds sweet if only I had a PC.... thanks for all your help guys
I think I've finally sorted it! Just restoring ICS now.
The way I fixed it was this:
Download Heimdall 1.3.1 (NOT 1.3.2) and flashed HIDDEN, KERNEL, CACHE, MODEM - FACTORYFS wouldnt flash.
she is restoring now and I pray all will be well
fingers crossed!
BUT now I stupidly went and flashed a non-genuine kernel so I have a yellow triangle
Can I use Triangle Away do you think?
Okay, now I can get both reset screens but still stuck on boot screen. What do I need to do now?
I suggest you use odin first.. if you still can't flash factoryfs, your emmc is toasted...
i installed safe strap and got gold finger rom working now im locked out when i try to boot in recovery it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again i have download mode no recovery what can i do to fix stock recovery for samsung galaxy s4 can it be fixed i tried flashing with odin the stock recovery that fixed it last time it fails when it get to the last boot check
There is no real use for the stock recovery. What are you really trying to achieve?
jmjoyas said:
There is no real use for the stock recovery. What are you really trying to achieve?
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i installed safe strap and sucessfully installed gold finger but installed *root* recovery tools app in playstore and flashed over twrp well that locked my original recovery and has messed everything up where i cant load anything but download mode rom is not working just download mode =,(
update i reflash the sgh-i337 .pit file and gain access to stock recovery but when i try to flash another stock rom fails and i have to reflash the .pit file when it loads up it shows a att logo that goes to a weird image and freezes is it hard bricked
update
fixed the phone slot was clicked and not pda thanks for the help i figured it out and im glad i did omg i was almost in tears =)) awsome work xda
You needed the pit file because of the re-partition option ticked in Odin.
My phone is stuck on firmware on "upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
I tried Kies 3 and it doesn't recognise the phone. I tried different firmwares the invalid .4ext error and says the file too big 475000 < 512000 something among those lines. I read that I will need to re-partition the memory with .PIT file for the note 4, which is no where to be found on google. I hope someone will be kind enough to extract the .PIT file from their phone and post it here.
Cheers,
Mus
Me too
madinho said:
My phone is stuck on firmware on "upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
I tried Kies 3 and it doesn't recognise the phone. I tried different firmwares the invalid .4ext error and says the file too big 475000 < 512000 something among those lines. I read that I will need to re-partition the memory with .PIT file for the note 4, which is no where to be found on google. I hope someone will be kind enough to extract the .PIT file from their phone and post it here.
Cheers,
Mus
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Me too i have this problem please gays share pit file for N910F thanks to all
Assadesign_sy said:
Me too i have this problem please gays share pit file for N910F thanks to all
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I had the same problem. All i did was use Odin to put TWRP on my phone and it booted back up.
N910F
I tried many way nothing happen i cant use odin fail in everything i try to flash with rom or recovery. and now phone keep restarting and i cant wipe data?? anything i add or delete after restart go back like before like nothing happen?????
Guys I tried flash latest Sweden and have same problem size too big and ext4 failed,then I flash Philz recovery and voila phone booted everything its ok!!!
If you download a stock Samsung ROM, remove the .md5 from the end of it, and then extract the archive, you should find the PIT file in there.
I've not had to do it myself, because I'm using an S4 at the moment and was able to get a PIT file download on its own. So I can't verify 100% that it will be there, but I read it in a thread somewhere that it is.
Give it a try..
same problem
i hv same problem. but after instaling all samsung recovery.tar via odin it stuck on start up showing "android is not seandroid recovery."
i hv tried dfrnt stock firmware to flash via odin but all fails. need help?????????????
Message me on XDA for the stock recovery.img as well as the .md5 file for Odin(for SM-S920L models only) and Odin 3.10.7 included in the download. I have put a tut in here to get rid of TWRP if it messes up your phone i was stuck in the TWRP screen no matter what i did so i decided to help others(Note: TWRP recovery doesn't disappear after flashing the stock recovery .tar.md5 file through Odin) i go more in depth on how to get rid of TWRP recovery entirely and install the stock recovery once again. Inside the README.txt file is where this information can be found. Feel free to message me if you find my tutorial to be unclear anywhere and ill be more than glad to help.
I cant post outside links on here yet pretty stupid so you'll have to message me if you want the stock Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) files
s920l help bootloop
i still have a bootloop after reinstalling custom recovery it goes into start off phone .like the phone is new then reboots .how do I get rid off twrp?
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Message me on XDA for the stock recovery.img as well as the .md5 file for Odin(for SM-S920L models only) and Odin 3.10.7 included in the download. I have put a tut in here to get rid of TWRP if it messes up your phone i was stuck in the TWRP screen no matter what i did so i decided to help others(Note: TWRP recovery doesn't disappear after flashing the stock recovery .tar.md5 file through Odin) i go more in depth on how to get rid of TWRP recovery entirely and install the stock recovery once again. Inside the README.txt file is where this information can be found. Feel free to message me if you find my tutorial to be unclear anywhere and ill be more than glad to help.
I cant post outside links on here yet pretty stupid so you'll have to message me if you want the stock Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) files
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Hey can I get those stock sm920l firmware files please?
areed99 said:
Message me on XDA for the stock recovery.img as well as the .md5 file for Odin(for SM-S920L models only) and Odin 3.10.7 included in the download. I have put a tut in here to get rid of TWRP if it messes up your phone i was stuck in the TWRP screen no matter what i did so i decided to help others(Note: TWRP recovery doesn't disappear after flashing the stock recovery .tar.md5 file through Odin) i go more in depth on how to get rid of TWRP recovery entirely and install the stock recovery once again. Inside the README.txt file is where this information can be found. Feel free to message me if you find my tutorial to be unclear anywhere and ill be more than glad to help.
I cant post outside links on here yet pretty stupid so you'll have to message me if you want the stock Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) files
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Anyway I could get those files with a quick run down on correctly using them?
Help plz
areed99 said:
Message me on XDA for the stock recovery.img as well as the .md5 file for Odin(for SM-S920L models only) and Odin 3.10.7 included in the download. I have put a tut in here to get rid of TWRP if it messes up your phone i was stuck in the TWRP screen no matter what i did so i decided to help others(Note: TWRP recovery doesn't disappear after flashing the stock recovery .tar.md5 file through Odin) i go more in depth on how to get rid of TWRP recovery entirely and install the stock recovery once again. Inside the README.txt file is where this information can be found. Feel free to message me if you find my tutorial to be unclear anywhere and ill be more than glad to help.
I cant post outside links on here yet pretty stupid so you'll have to message me if you want the stock Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) files
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Im stuck in recovery twrp loop and have no access to comp to use odin what can I do to fix
areed99 said:
Message me on XDA for the stock recovery.img as well as the .md5 file for Odin(for SM-S920L models only) and Odin 3.10.7 included in the download. I have put a tut in here to get rid of TWRP if it messes up your phone i was stuck in the TWRP screen no matter what i did so i decided to help others(Note: TWRP recovery doesn't disappear after flashing the stock recovery .tar.md5 file through Odin) i go more in depth on how to get rid of TWRP recovery entirely and install the stock recovery once again. Inside the README.txt file is where this information can be found. Feel free to message me if you find my tutorial to be unclear anywhere and ill be more than glad to help.
I cant post outside links on here yet pretty stupid so you'll have to message me if you want the stock Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) files
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Thanks
Need Help....please....
Rcobb33421 said:
Hey can I get those stock sm920l firmware files please?
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Things been collecting dust for damn near a year now....I appreciate your help and everything you got....i can get it only into download ....kid brother flashed it without disabling samsung lock....
well i installed a resurrection remix 5.7.4 and my device is samsung grand prime g530h xcu (fortunave3g) and i noticed my phones backlight wont turn off. Please help :crying: its draining my battery very much. Thanks in advance
I need help with my Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G906L) I can access recovery and download mode. But cannot pass Samsung logo. (I can't reach Samsung logo) it just restarts and restarts non-stop (it's clearly bootloop. I know) I had flashed 2 official firmware (stock rom) and 2 Custom roms. But still nothing. The only recovery that I can access is Philz CWM Touch Recovery. I have tried lentislte TWRP (I forgot the version but definitely for lentislte) Any one. I need help, please.
Jubremelle said:
I need help with my Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G906L) I can access recovery and download mode. But cannot pass Samsung logo. (I can't reach Samsung logo) it just restarts and restarts non-stop (it's clearly bootloop. I know) I had flashed 2 official firmware (stock rom) and 2 Custom roms. But still nothing. The only recovery that I can access is Philz CWM Touch Recovery. I have tried lentislte TWRP (I forgot the version but definitely for lentislte) Any one. I need help, please.
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not sure what carrier you use, but this worked for me. had to reboot 3 times before it got to the startup screen, but i eventually got there:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...rmware-pit-verizon-samsung-galaxy-s5-t3757416
Jubremelle said:
I need help with my Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G906L) I can access recovery and download mode. But cannot pass Samsung logo. (I can't reach Samsung logo) it just restarts and restarts non-stop (it's clearly bootloop. I know) I had flashed 2 official firmware (stock rom) and 2 Custom roms. But still nothing. The only recovery that I can access is Philz CWM Touch Recovery. I have tried lentislte TWRP (I forgot the version but definitely for lentislte) Any one. I need help, please.
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Once you have flashed stock firmware in odin enter stock recovery & perform a factory reset/wipe dsta
TheFixItMan said:
Once you have flashed stock firmware in odin enter stock recovery & perform a factory reset/wipe dsta
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I can't enter stock recovery. Any custom or stock recovery doesn't work. Only PhilZ CWM touch recovery worked.
jco23 said:
not sure what carrier you use, but this worked for me. had to reboot 3 times before it got to the startup screen, but i eventually got there:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...rmware-pit-verizon-samsung-galaxy-s5-t3757416
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Is this for s5 LTE-A? (SM-G906L) I can try though.
Jubremelle said:
I can't enter stock recovery. Any custom or stock recovery doesn't work. Only PhilZ CWM touch recovery worked.
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You may need to also flash the pit file and repartition your device
For example this site has firmware with pit files for each firmware for your device
https://firmware.gem-flash.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=14320
TheFixItMan said:
You may need to also flash the pit file and repartition your device
For example this site has firmware with pit files for each firmware for your device
https://firmware.gem-flash.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=14320
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How can I flash the pit file and what firmware do I need? Thank you so much.
Jubremelle said:
How can I flash the pit file and what firmware do I need? Thank you so much.
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Put the pit file in the section marked pit file in odin
Tick repartition
Put firmware in AP section of odin
Flash any firmware you want for your device that includes the pit file
I gave you a suggestion of firmware in the previous post
G906LKLU1CPL2_LUC1CPL2_V6.0.1_Repair_Firmware_4Files - would be the latest on that site
TheFixItMan said:
Put the pit file in the section marked pit file in odin
Tick repartition
Put firmware in AP section of odin
Flash any firmware you want for your device that includes the pit file
I gave you a suggestion of firmware in the previous post
G906LKLU1CPL2_LUC1CPL2_V6.0.1_Repair_Firmware_4Files - would be the latest on that site
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I'll try this and give you an update. If this doesn't work. I don't know what will. Thanks brother. I'll give you an update, asap.
I cannot make a subscribed account in the website cause I dont have any money. Im just a student. Thank you btw.