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Get Froyo D/L'd from Kies, but fails to "upgrade"

I'm new here and was wondering if someone with more knowledge than myself could possibly help me. I've been trying all morning to download and upgrade Froyo for my Vibrant through kies mini. It took me awhile before finding out I had to use the TW Launcher to get it working, but after that I got it to download just fine. After it downloads thru kies, my phone gets this little warning sign that says "downloading, do not turn off target!!!" and has a "men at work" kinda symbol with the little android dude shoveling some stuff. And on kies it says it's starting to "upgrade", but after a minute or so of it sitting there doing nothing it goes to another screen that says:
"Result
SGH-T959 could not be upgraded.
1. Detach and reattach the mobile phone's battery.
2. Reboot the mobile phone, and then try the upgrade again.
*if the Mobile phone fails to reboot, please use "mobile phone emergency recovery".
I am able to reboot the phone, I took the battery out after shutting it down and tried again, got it downloaded and the same thing happened again.
I'm at a loss for what to do now. Can anyone please help me?
Thank you in advance!

someone posted this in one of the threads. not sure if this is correct, but you should wait for the OTA update which is "official"

but the thing posted throught t-mobile says "we are not releasing this OTA, you need to d/l thru kies"
Am I missing something???

well i guess a lot of people were misinformed. i personally am not gonna do the update, but you should ODIN back to stock 2.1 JFD or JI6 and go from there. or contact tmobile once you're back to stock.
sorry

I am stock. The only thing I've ever done to it is the JI6 OTA Update.

You can use ODIN
Just extract this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919687 and put the .tar in the PDA section of ODIN
Make sure you have a COM port showing (yellow)
Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
Hit start

suchavibrantthang said:
well i guess a lot of people were misinformed. i personally am not gonna do the update, but you should ODIN back to stock 2.1 JFD or JI6 and go from there. or contact tmobile once you're back to stock.
sorry
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The word on the official T-Mobile forum here, plainly states it will NOT be sent OTA, only through mini Kies. They may have lied, but it would be an official lie.

RoyLoo said:
The word on the official T-Mobile forum here, plainly states it will NOT be sent OTA, only through mini Kies. They may have lied, but it would be an official lie.
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wouldn't be the first and it damn sure won't be the last...

Forget Kies, Flash the KA6 update through Clockwork Mod instead. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919760
Instructions on how to flash through Clockwork Mod is in the Vibrant Bible here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111

p00fz said:
After it downloads thru kies, my phone gets this little warning sign that says "downloading, do not turn off target!!!" and has a "men at work" kinda symbol with the little android dude shoveling some stuff. And on kies it says it's starting to "upgrade", but after a minute or so of it sitting there doing nothing it goes to another screen that says:
"Result
SGH-T959 could not be upgraded.
1. Detach and reattach the mobile phone's battery.
2. Reboot the mobile phone, and then try the upgrade again.
*if the Mobile phone fails to reboot, please use "mobile phone emergency recovery".
I am able to reboot the phone, I took the battery out after shutting it down and tried again, got it downloaded and the same thing happened again.
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I had the same problem at first - I was upgrading from stock, non-rooted ji6. It just died during the download process and phone would only boot to the black screen of death men at work" kinda symbol with the little android dude shoveling some stuff. I pulled the battery, put it back in, re-connected phone and held down volume up and volume down. I was able to use emergency recovery, the upgrade process completed and I am now on ka6. I guess this is a glitch with kies or maybe kies+ka6 upgrade. I was using XP PRO SP3 but others running Vista and 7 have reported similar problems.
I have also read that there are problems upgrading from jfd and it's recommended to upgrade to ji6 then ka6 if you're going to use kies.

interesting... So when It freezes like that, I shouldn't close out of everything and reboot my phone. I should leave the kies thing up, and use the emergency recovery?
But the consensus seems to be that I should just root and flash a 2.2 rom, eh?

I'm getting almost the same thing on my T959 through Kies Mini, except I never even get to the download, just straight to the detach/reboot instructions. What a waste of time.

Yea. I said screw it... Rooted running Auxura 2.2.7.2 now.... Soooooo sweet!!!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Cannot upgrade to 3.2 via WiFi or Kies

Hi,
I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7510
I Am running Build number HMJ37.UEKG4.P7510UEKG4
Kernel Version 2.6.36.3 [email protected] #1
I am not rooted.
Kies does detect my device but it gives no option to update firmware. When right-clicking on the device under "connected devices" the option to update firmware is greyed out.
Under "Current firmware version:" it says P7510UEKG4/P7510XARKG4/P7510UEKG4/P7510UEKG4.
Under "Latest firmware version:" it's blank...
Any ideas?

I just posted a topic few minutes earlier than you about the same issue...no idea why this is happening...

Did you ODIN any stock ROM before?
AFAIK you will get the update if you are in stock TW ROM (UEKME)

ansonantonym said:
Did you ODIN any stock ROM before?
AFAIK you will get the update if you are in stock TW ROM (UEKME)
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I have ODIN'd a ROM before. I went back to stock last week... maybe that's why it isn't working?

I am a brand new user, both to the Tab and Android. My unit also fails to update. When attempting to do it via WIFI the update downloads but stops installing at 13%. When attached to Kies, I get the message that there are no updates available for the unit. Most of the other Kies functions also do not work.
I chatted online with Samsung and when this tech was stumped, was referred to a phone contact. The next tech also was stumped so I had to return the unit for repair. The good news is that unlike some companies, Samsung picked up the shipping. I should have my Tab back in a couple weeks. Hopefully in fully functional condition.
Stay tuned.
Bob

rudolphe said:
I have ODIN'd a ROM before. I went back to stock last week... maybe that's why it isn't working?
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I believe you installed this "hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip"
This is stock ROM for I/O tab only. And i/O tabs haven't got the TW or 3.2 update.
Flash stock ROM using ODIN as per the instructions in http://p7510.teamovercome.net/?page_id=18 under the section named "Re-“Stocking” Yer System…"
ROM : http://p7510.teamovercome.net/downloads/001002-P7510_KME_Restock.zip

ansonantonym said:
I believe you installed this "hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip"
This is stock ROM for I/O tab only. And i/O tabs haven't got the TW or 3.2 update.
Flash stock ROM using ODIN as per the instructions in http://p7510.teamovercome.net/?page_id=18 under the section named "Re-“Stocking” Yer System…"
ROM : http://p7510.teamovercome.net/downloads/001002-P7510_KME_Restock.zip
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Cool I'll give that a shot, that's exactly what I installed.
I'll update this thread if it works, thanks!!

Seems to be stuck in a boot loop now.
Gets to the Samsung animation and just restarts.
I already tried formatting system/data/cache via recovery menu. No luck
Any suggestions?

Same, sort of. I can't get any further than the boot logo, then just a blank screen.

Did you use the pit file?

rudolphe said:
Cool I'll give that a shot, that's exactly what I installed.
I'll update this thread if it works, thanks!!
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Did you use the pit file?
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Yup, I figured it would be a good idea to just try it again now the download process gets to about 65% and just sits there...

ansonantonym said:
Did you use the pit file?
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Me? If you meant me, I can't get to a place to do anything...can't get in to recovery, can't get to boot. I have an expensive, glowing paper weight.

ret4425 said:
Me? If you meant me, I can't get to a place to do anything...can't get in to recovery, can't get to boot. I have an expensive, glowing paper weight.
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Try connecting it to Kies. I heard there is an emergency recovery functionality in it.

Ok, I'm back up and running now. I stopped using the crappy $5 extended charging cable I got off Amazon and used the cable that came with the device.
Can't be 100% sure if that's what fixed it but hey it worked... thanks again for all your support.

Instructions have also worked for me. I had previously rooted the tab and used Odin. Now it is stock TW 3.2 honeycomb.

How is it TW 3.2 if stock file you loaded is 3.1 ?
Hitec

Hitec Wireless said:
How is it TW 3.2 if stock file you loaded is 3.1 ?
Hitec
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We were trying to get back to stock 3.1 so we could OTA/Kies update to the new 3.2.

ansonantonym said:
Try connecting it to Kies. I heard there is an emergency recovery functionality in it.
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It won't connect, it just spins endlessly...is that about it? The power + volume button don't work, Kies don't work...that's it? It's just funked?

Does anybody have another link?
The mirror and the links on the website are saying the zip file is corrupt
Edit: nevermind my zip program was messing it up

Bootlooping
If you are still bootlooping, try clearing your cache and dalvik-cache. It worked for me. You need probably Clockworkmod for it.

[N8013] HELP!!! Trying to go back to Stock

So I had flashed my n8013 to the Germany n8010 4.1.1 firmware using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048213
Then today I tried to restore back to UEALH2 n8013 stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100971
Now I've landed myself somewhere in limbo and I don't know if my battery will go soon or not. I have it plugged into the wall so maybe it'll pull a charge i have no clue. I'm stuck on the Android screen with the blue orb and the blue status bar stuck somewhere around 25%. At one point I had it stuck on the pulsing SAMSUNG screen in what it seems like doing nothing. I've tried getting into recovery to do a factory reset and cache clear and when I do that and hit restart it doesn't restart. I've tried flashing the UEALH2 files again and right now the Android is where I am.
Can anyone save my skin please!!!

Here is what you do
Go into recovery do a complete wipe
Download the rom from here http://www.hotfile.com/dl/178484761/092fdea/N8013UEALI3_N8013XARALI3_XAR.zip.html
and Flash it with Odin, should work fine

vypor87 said:
Now I've landed myself somewhere in limbo and I don't know if my battery will go soon or not. I have it plugged into the wall so maybe it'll pull a charge i have no clue. I'm stuck on the Android screen with the blue orb and the blue status bar stuck somewhere around 25%. At one point I had it stuck on the pulsing SAMSUNG screen in what it seems like doing nothing. I've tried getting into recovery to do a factory reset and cache clear and when I do that and hit restart it doesn't restart. I've tried flashing the UEALH2 files again and right now the Android is where I am.
Can anyone save my skin please!!!
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Well if it's not doing anything leaving it stuck isn't going to help you. Unplug it and shut it off. Restart it in recovery by pressing power and volume up at the same time. Choose "wipe data/factory reset." That should get it back to a running state, probably the German ROM you were trying to replace. Someone posted a theoretic MD5 file of the whole new U.S. JB ROM. I haven't heard from anyone that's succefully installed it yet. I'd wait for the "all clear" before attempting to use it. In the meantime, assuming you're back on the German ROM after a reset, you're better off loading the U.S. ICS ROM via Odin and then use Kies to update to U.S. JB.
Check back in if the reset via recovery doesn't get your Note working again.

Can't reach stock recovery
Vol+ and Power only restarts it. It won't go into recovery. If i hold the power button it just restarts. I just need to get it charging and I don't know how. I don't have the german files on me at the moment.

vypor87 said:
Vol+ and Power only restarts it. It won't go into recovery. If i hold the power button it just restarts. I just need to get it charging and I don't know how. I don't have the german files on me at the moment.
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Can you get in to download mode via "power/volume down?" If you can then just install the U.S ICS ROM to get back to a working device.

BarryH_GEG said:
Well if it's not doing anything leaving it stuck isn't going to help you. Unplug it and shut it off. Restart it in recovery by pressing power and volume up at the same time. Choose "wipe data/factory reset." That should get it back to a running state, probably the German ROM you were trying to replace. Someone posted a theoretic MD5 file of the whole new U.S. JB ROM. I haven't heard from anyone that's succefully installed it yet. I'd wait for the "all clear" before attempting to use it. In the meantime, assuming you're back on the German ROM after a reset, you're better off loading the U.S. ICS ROM via Odin and then use Kies to update to U.S. JB.
Check back in if the reset via recovery doesn't get your Note working again.
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The first link was trying to use the US ICS Rom via Odin. My note won't get in a functional state either way

BarryH_GEG said:
Can you get in to download mode via "power/volume down?" If you can then just install the U.S ICS ROM to get back to a working device.
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Barry, I used the preroot stock rom and the kernel as suggested in your OP on the other forum page. for some reason it's not working out well for me. I thought I had followed exactly what i should have
edit: sorry Barry I'm getting you confused with HG! in the other forum page.

vypor87 said:
Barry, I used the preroot stock rom and the kernel as suggested in your OP on the other forum page. for some reason it's not working out well for me. I thought I had followed exactly what i should have
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That's swell. Can you get in to download mode?

BarryH_GEG said:
That's swell. Can you get in to download mode?
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Yes I have it in download mode. I'm looking for the US Firmware link. Could you help me find it and link it? I've been scouring the general section for it.

vypor87 said:
Yes I have it in download mode. I'm looking for the US Firmware link. Could you help me find it and link it? I've been scouring the general section for it.
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http://hotfile.com/dl/177432499/eb4...8013_XAR_1_20120918195236_k2xfp2k9el.zip.html
As long as you can get in to download mode you'll be fine. Just use Odin to get back to ICS and then Kies to update to JB. We can do a post-mortem to figure out what went wrong after you're off of Defcon 5. Nothing gets the heart rate up like potentially borking a $500 device.

vypor87 said:
Yes I have it in download mode. I'm looking for the US Firmware link. Could you help me find it and link it? I've been scouring the general section for it.
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Here is the official md5 file for the XAR N8013 Note 10.1: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-N8013&pcode=XAR&os=1&type=3#firmware
Hope this helps.

BarryH_GEG said:
http://hotfile.com/dl/177432499/eb4...8013_XAR_1_20120918195236_k2xfp2k9el.zip.html
As long as you can get in to download mode you'll be fine. Just use Odin to get back to ICS and then Kies to update to JB. We can do a post-mortem to figure out what went wrong after you're off of Defcon 5. Nothing gets the heart rate up like potentially borking a $500 device.
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K, downloading right now. I actually spent the $9 to get a month subscription to hotfile to download faster. Not helping much as it's not my best bandwidth but i hope it works!!

Holy s*** it's aaaaa-live!!! It's alive it's alive!!! DEF-CON lowered now. I had another UEALH2 rooted tar on my machine and I cannot remember which forum page I downloaded it from sadly. I had downloaded it back in August on the 24th. It's dated the 22nd of August. The other tar I downloaded was dated the 22nd also but it was different somehow. The name scheme on this one is UEALH2_rooted_system.tar and it worked. Unlike UEALH2_prerooted.tar. That one almost screwed me up! I need to find where this original file came from. Either way I'm back on ICS and plugged into a wall. It's taking me through all the initial setup crap right now so it's hard to tell how low I got it but I started this night flashing with about 56% battery. And when you start with half a battery you start regretting things shortly after when you botch something up big time!
Edit: BTW at no point during the "brick" did my tablet ever lose charge. Infact it even gain charge! I guess these tablets can pull charge in download mode or something. Either way I'm glad it's not almost to zilch!

Spoke too soon. This is the one where the touchscreen stops working. FML... Still downloading the HotFile link of the image Barry sent.

vypor87 said:
Now I've landed myself somewhere in limbo and I don't know if my battery will go soon or not. I have it plugged into the wall so maybe it'll pull a charge i have no clue.
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vypor87 said:
Edit: BTW at no point during the "brick" did my tablet ever lose charge. Infact it even gain charge! I guess these tablets can pull charge in download mode or something. Either way I'm glad it's not almost to zilch!
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It gained charge because you had it plugged in, right? Sorry to here about your touchscreen :crying:. Hope All works out for you.
Edit:
Question for Barry: What is the difference between the hotfile link you provided and sammobile firmware?

RandomAwesomeGuy said:
It gained charge because you had it plugged in, right? Sorry to here about your touchscreen :crying:. Hope All works out for you.
Edit:
Question for Barry: What is the difference between the hotfile link you provided and sammobile firmware?
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Well heres the worry about the charging I had. Motorola phones are not very forgiving to charge unless youre booted or on the battery charge screen. Thats why I was freaking out. I kies updated from that same botched image and it seemed to resolve my touchscreen issue. Time will tell. Only problem is now I forgot to protect root before the update so superuser doesnt know where to find the binaries. Does the CF Autoroot still work with 4.1.2? If so ill just use that.
Either way, enough problems cleared for one night. Im going to bed. Gotta wake up for work in the morning.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda premium

RandomAwesomeGuy said:
Question for Barry: What is the difference between the hotfile link you provided and sammobile firmware?
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Hopefully nothing. Mine's just the direct link to the Samsung-Updates upload. Where files exist in both places I post Samsung-Updates version because you don't need to register.

BTW thank you guys. It's always good to know that the community is looking out for each other. I think once I'm "100%" stock TriAway and all I ain't flashing to a different stock base again. Lol. Although I do like the stock German folders vs the crappy US ones that are literal folders that are ugly. Guess I need to find a new launcher. And Barry thanks for helping me enjoy 4.1.1 in the meantime!
Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda premium

Update to 4.3 - My Wifi Interrupted...now have to wait 24hrs

Hi all,
(This is regarding my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4)
I was updating via Wifi to Jelly Bean 4.3 however I went outside and interrupted the Wifi connection. I tried to re-do the software update and it says "Current software up to date, you may check back in 24 hours". I then tried switching my clock manually to tomorrow, but I got the same message and now it says "Current software up to date, you may check back in 48 hours".
Question is, does anyone know how to bypass this dumb message or does anyone know of a direct download? I also tried Kies but it wont work on my company laptop for security reasons.
Thanks a bunch!

I had the same problem. I turned off the Automatic date and time in the settings and set the clock ahead as needed. It worked, and after 4.3 was installed I turned Auto time back on.

callison4321 said:
I had the same problem. I turned off the Automatic date and time in the settings and set the clock ahead as needed. It worked, and after 4.3 was installed I turned Auto time back on.
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Thanks for your input. I did try this multiple times and it only says "Software up to date". I should have never interrupted the wifi - now I can't get the download going again.

Reboot the phone,then set date forward 1 day,should allow you to download the update then
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customhdrider said:
Reboot the phone,then set date forward 1 day,should allow you to download the update then
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Ok, I'll give this one more try. I wonder why there's not a direct download link available anywhere, like on the AT&T website.
Thanks.
EDIT - I tried and same thing...just says software is up to date I think I lost my one chance to get the update and now this phone thinks I'm at 4.3 or something. Oh well...maybe I'll just wait to see it works in another week or so.

thasquizzle said:
Hi all,
(This is regarding my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4)
I was updating via Wifi to Jelly Bean 4.3 however I went outside and interrupted the Wifi connection. I tried to re-do the software update and it says "Current software up to date, you may check back in 24 hours". I then tried switching my clock manually to tomorrow, but I got the same message and now it says "Current software up to date, you may check back in 48 hours".
Question is, does anyone know how to bypass this dumb message or does anyone know of a direct download? I also tried Kies but it wont work on my company laptop for security reasons.
Thanks a bunch!
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Download and copy "update-mf3-mj9.zip" to your SD card, get into recovery mode, and find the file by updating from external SD card. I just did it and it works fine.

ishta21 said:
Download and copy "update-mf3-mj9.zip" to your SD card, get into recovery mode, and find the file by updating from external SD card. I just did it and it works fine.
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Same happend to me .only way I was able to update and it not take 4 to 8 hrs to dl was to have att push update to my phone witch only took 2hrs..lol. only haha..
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ishta21 said:
Download and copy "update-mf3-mj9.zip" to your SD card, get into recovery mode, and find the file by updating from external SD card. I just did it and it works fine.
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Hi, I'd love to try this. Do you know where I can get "update-mf3-mj9.zip"?
Thank you!

thasquizzle said:
Hi, I'd love to try this. Do you know where I can get "update-mf3-mj9.zip"?
Thank you!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2526964

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lodloaded said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2526964
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I was told by AT&T tech support to use keys yeah I spelled it wrong anyway they're idiots because you can only do it wifi and three nights in a row it was going to download the update and it says error and then you can't do it another 24 hours I cannot believe that stock phone no one can find a way past the 24 hour clock. Maybe I'll just hangouts shabby. its really shocking because there's so much talent here at least I found this lol

Dont download the mf3/mj9 file. Go to the thread in the general section about the 4.3 update coming nov 13.
Around page 70 there is a link to the full mk2 update. This is what you want. Other wise youll still be short a 28mb update and still have to check for software updates again.

[Q] Help a Noob please? Flashing the Stock ROM won't work

Hello, I am new to these forums as well as owning an Android device, and was directed here from Reddit when I posted my question there. to save time, I'll simply copy/paste my explanation of my predicament from Reddit, but if I seem to be leaving something out, please tell me so I can offer up as much information as I can.
"I've owned a Galaxy S5 for a little over 2 weeks, and for the past 4-5 Days, any time I try to Turn it on, I receive a message that says "Secure Fail: Modem", in red letters at the top left of the screen, and in the middle there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation point with the following text underneath "System software unauthorized by verizon has been detected on your device. please shut Down and go to the nearest verizon store" I'm 17, and currently staying at Governor's school, so I didn't have a ride until yesterday when my Dad and Uncle came to help me try to fix my phone. We went to the Verizon store, where they said that it looked at though I had tried to "root" the phone, which I haven't. My theory is that this is the result of a pokemon game I downloaded from the internet for an emulator. We Called tech support who couldn't help us, but after a little Research, I tried downloading Odin and flashing it with the Stock Rom, but every time I do that, I get the same Error message, regardless of whether I wipe the phone first, or Remove the sim card or whatever, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong and thought that maybe reddit could help me."
I've tried to flash the stock rom several times as per the following video: apparently I cannot link to outside content; however, the video is titled "How to Flash Stock Firmware for Galaxy S5 [All Variants] by Odin3" on youtube
if anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Try using this guide to restore your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
I have no idea why your getting those errors. Somebody here will help you on that.

calishooter said:
Try using this guide to restore your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
I have no idea why your getting those errors. Somebody here will help you on that.
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I downloaded that file and ran it too, but it still gave me the same error message when the phone booted

Regelope said:
I downloaded that file and ran it too, but it still gave me the same error message when the phone booted
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Restart your phone in recovery mode by shutting the phone down and then starting it back up by holding the home, volume up and the power keys until you see the blue text at the top of the phone saying recovery booting. When it boots into recovery use the volume key to select wipe cache partition and then press the power key to run that. Then select wipe data/factory reset and run that. When that's done select reboot system and see if it starts normally. If that doesn't work try Odin with the tar and pit file.

Misterxtc said:
Restart your phone in recovery mode by shutting the phone down and then starting it back up by holding the home, volume up and the power keys until you see the blue text at the top of the phone saying recovery booting. When it boots into recovery use the volume key to select wipe cache partition and then press the power key to run that. Then select wipe data/factory reset and run that. When that's done select reboot system and see if it starts normally. If that doesn't work try Odin with the tar and pit file.
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I've tried all of that, even the pit file, it's still telling me that it detects system software unauthorized by verizon, and I don't know why or how it would if I've supposedly wiped the phone clear several times over

Regelope said:
I've tried all of that, even the pit file, it's still telling me that it detects system software unauthorized by verizon, and I don't know why or how it would if I've supposedly wiped the phone clear several times over
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what model phone do you have? not sure why itd initially have said it but its possible you messed it up and possibly tripped knox or something for it to say that and not let you flash anything.. what apps besides thst game have you installed prior? were u rooted prior etc.
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also whatd you do with this "pokemon" game i assume is a rom file for an emulator before this happened? what "emulator" were you using?
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calishooter said:
Try using this guide to restore your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
I have no idea why your getting those errors. Somebody here will help you on that.
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I use this method and it worked great. I suggest you try it again, to include re downloading the tar file. Follow the straightforward instructions. Leave your phone connected to the computer even after you flash the tar. It will go through the whole reboot process while connected to the computer. If you still have problems, ask mrxtc (op). I see him all over the place and he seems pretty good at helping people fix problems.
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elliwigy said:
what model phone do you have? not sure why itd initially have said it but its possible you messed it up and possibly tripped knox or something for it to say that and not let you flash anything.. what apps besides thst game have you installed prior? were u rooted prior etc.
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also whatd you do with this "pokemon" game i assume is a rom file for an emulator before this happened? what "emulator" were you using?
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everything I downloaded was from the google play store, with the exception of the "pokemon emerald" rom from coolrom.com. I hadn't attempted to root the phone prior, I didn't even know what that meant until I googled the error message. that actually brought me to a thread on this site where somebody had tried to root their S3 and got the same message. as for the model of the phone, all I know is that it's an S5 and that I got it at Verizon.
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I use this method and it worked great. I suggest you try it again, to include re downloading the tar file. Follow the straightforward instructions. Leave your phone connected to the computer even after you flash the tar. It will go through the whole reboot process while connected to the computer. If you still have problems, ask mrxtc (op). I see him all over the place and he seems pretty good at helping people fix problems.
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I've done everything suggested to me multiple times, so If I can't figure something out by this afternoon, I'll try to get a hold of him.

Regelope said:
everything I downloaded was from the google play store, with the exception of the "pokemon emerald" rom from coolrom.com. I hadn't attempted to root the phone prior, I didn't even know what that meant until I googled the error message. that actually brought me to a thread on this site where somebody had tried to root their S3 and got the same message. as for the model of the phone, all I know is that it's an S5 and that I got it at Verizon.
I've done everything suggested to me multiple times, so If I can't figure something out by this afternoon, I'll try to get a hold of him.
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Other than what I posted in the recovery thread and what I posted a few posts up that's pretty much it. You could try the nand erase all and efs clear options, check the screen shot and make sure your check boxes are correct. Also if you didn't download the files from the thread I posted I suggest you do. Honestly if none of what was already suggested doesn't work I would contact Samsung. I've had and seen your error before and successfully reset my phone before.
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Regelope said:
everything I downloaded was from the google play store, with the exception of the "pokemon emerald" rom from coolrom.com. I hadn't attempted to root the phone prior, I didn't even know what that meant until I googled the error message. that actually brought me to a thread on this site where somebody had tried to root their S3 and got the same message. as for the model of the phone, all I know is that it's an S5 and that I got it at Verizon.
I've done everything suggested to me multiple times, so If I can't figure something out by this afternoon, I'll try to get a hold of him.
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i guess my question was how did you try to run the rom? its a long shot but thinkin since technically its a rom file maybe you used it wrong.. also, theres dev edition s5 and retail s5 for vzw so it does matter which model you have and which odin files youre trying to use.. since phone is less than a year old, id contact samsung if you cant get it fixed and theyll send you a return kit and reflash the software for you.. something similar happened to someone with an s5 active on att n samsungs gonna help him.. only reason he needs to send it in however is cuz there is no s5 active tar available yet for him to odin. you should b able to on yours but hard to fix without having the device in hand and u saying uve tried everything
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elliwigy said:
i guess my question was how did you try to run the rom? its a long shot but thinkin since technically its a rom file maybe you used it wrong.. also, theres dev edition s5 and retail s5 for vzw so it does matter which model you have and which odin files youre trying to use.. since phone is less than a year old, id contact samsung if you cant get it fixed and theyll send you a return kit and reflash the software for you.. something similar happened to someone with an s5 active on att n samsungs gonna help him.. only reason he needs to send it in however is cuz there is no s5 active tar available yet for him to odin. you should b able to on yours but hard to fix without having the device in hand and u saying uve tried everything
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I just downloaded it from the site I mentioned and opened it using the emulator I downloaded with google play.
how do I tell the difference between the dev and retail editions?
I'll see about contacting samsung, since I seemed to have bricked it.

Regelope said:
I just downloaded it from the site I mentioned and opened it using the emulator I downloaded with google play.
how do I tell the difference between the dev and retail editions?
I'll see about contacting samsung, since I seemed to have bricked it.
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theres a soft brick (recoverable) and a hard brick (not recoverable).. normally a hard brick your phone wont come on or go into any mode at all.. soft brick is when it starts up but either bootloops or wont boot at all into the os (like yours).. im just lost as to why it wont work! crazy.. if u got at vzw and dont know what a dev edition is then u most likely have a retail s5 so mister odin guide should work..
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johnnytraveler said:
I use this method and it worked great. I suggest you try it again, to include re downloading the tar file. Follow the straightforward instructions. Leave your phone connected to the computer even after you flash the tar. It will go through the whole reboot process while connected to the computer. If you still have problems, ask mrxtc (op). I see him all over the place and he seems pretty good at helping people fix problems.
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Yea man it worked for me too. If you can get to stock recovery or Odin mode you should be able to do it. Factory reset and clear cache a whole bunch of times.

Just wanted to add I had the same error recently and tried everything. Nothing would fix

Seeing this twice in just a few days has me wondering if VZW has something buried in NK2 ...

I just registered because I'm having this same problem and haven't been able to solve it. I've never flashed any of my phones until last night, because of this error. I followed the instructions in Misterxtc's thread, but no dice. Still looking for help.

radicalXace said:
I just registered because I'm having this same problem and haven't been able to solve it. I've never flashed any of my phones until last night, because of this error. I followed the instructions in Misterxtc's thread, but no dice. Still looking for help.
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Have you tried Kies to restore the phone to stock? Or even Verizon's Upgrade Tool (which also repairs)?

Rapunzl said:
Have you tried Kies to restore the phone to stock? Or even Verizon's Upgrade Tool (which also repairs)?
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The only way I can do that is to get the phone to boot, which it will not get past the error stated in this thread: "SECURE FAIL: modem" I just tried to get all of that to work (sorry the late response was at work) and again it's a no go, I'm going to take it to Verizon, but I'm not optimistic about what kind of results I'm going to get there.
The phone came with the NI2 SW to begin with, and I tried to install that with Odin. gets me about half a second of the normal Samsung splash screen then straight back into the error, after that first boot, no splash only the error.
Thanks for the suggestions though.

radicalXace said:
The only way I can do that is to get the phone to boot, which it will not get past the error stated in this thread: "SECURE FAIL: modem" I just tried to get all of that to work (sorry the late response was at work) and again it's a no go, I'm going to take it to Verizon, but I'm not optimistic about what kind of results I'm going to get there.
The phone came with the NI2 SW to begin with, and I tried to install that with Odin. gets me about half a second of the normal Samsung splash screen then straight back into the error, after that first boot, no splash only the error.
Thanks for the suggestions though.
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I couldn't even get my phone to start yesterday... just a black screen. I thought it was hard bricked. I did a chat with Samsung support, and they helped me recover in less than five minutes.

tr889 said:
Just wanted to add I had the same error recently and tried everything. Nothing would fix
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I'm in the same boat. I've tried everything to get this issue resolved and I'm not having any luck.
Anyone know how I determine which tar file I should be using (NE9, NCG, etc)? I've got a SM-G900V and I think I've pretty much tried all of the tar files via this link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880.