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GT-i9505x Recovery

Hello, i own a 9505x not a normal 9505, and flashing the existing custom recoveries, do nothing, since i cant boot them.
The root works fine.
Since this 9505x is a demo unit, it has some software restrictions i want to eliminate, like it wont turn off the screen and will keep on playing a Samsung demo, it wont take over 20seconds videos and some other annoying stuff, i am trying to make it a retail unit.
Any suggestions ?

Why did you post this here in "Android Development"?

Can some admin post it in q and a?

Noone owns one?

same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?

c2s.vdg said:
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
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Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.

sedde said:
Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
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i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!

c2s.vdg said:
i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
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Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?

Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium

1337RYoN said:
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium
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Its working, i just messed up the recovery mode by flashing a i9505 recovery and now i cant restore it. I want to unroot it and flash the mew firmware from kies. Thats why i need the stock recovery

Any chance you can extract the stock firmware for your GT-I9505X and upload it please. I have the same device given to me by a Samsung Rep and I stupidly tried to install the stock formware for the i9500 varient and now its had it. It loads the samsung boot screen as soon as you turn it on and then just keeps restarting every 5 seconds. Im hoping if I can get hold of the original firmware and reflash it will work! Cant find the firmware anywhere!
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda premium

sedde said:
Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
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i'm stuck with a costum recovery as well... no luck! f**k

I'll be very grateful too , if someone can share the original firmware....

I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...

Give this a try mate. Cheers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda premium

I also bricked my i9505 X. Stock Rom from i9505 does not fit to i9505X.
i9505X it's demo unit :
GT-i9505X
I9505XGSMH
PDA : I9505XXXUAMDE_LLK
Android Version: 4.2.2 – Build JDQ39
Phone does not turn on at all now, stands on live demo unit.
sorry for bad english

PiotrMmX said:
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
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Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.

I9505x
Hello everyone!!!!
I have the same problem here too. Im trying to make my I9505x to work not as a Demo Unit but as an normal one.
I also couldn't Enable USB Debugging from your phone’s Android Developer Options menu because i can't find this menu. I thing thats the reason that i cant root my phone either.
So Im waiting to hear news from you...
Thanks a lot in advance!!!!!!

sedde said:
Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
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No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...

PiotrMmX said:
No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
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Oh no, its much more complicated than that. Anyhow thanks for considering it even.

[Q] Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 hard brick

Hi Guys,
I havent used this site in years but recently I bought a Galaxy S4 outright from JBHIFI.
Before you guys give me alot of crap, I have a very bad feeling that I may have hard bricked it.
It doesnt turn on anymore, not even in recovery or download mode. I am very new to android as I was using an iPhone before and couldn't resist attempting to root my phone (stock program were killing my battery)
I hadn't even had the chance to flash a custom rom on there as far as i know i just grated root access.
Funny thing is it was doing the same thing the other day. But randomly it decided to charge and turn on. Now it is definitely not charging or turning on and i have no idea what to do... it just sucks cause i havent ever this phone for a month and its already useless! :crying:
I was using it for about a week after i rooted and now im just stuck with a brick.
Any help would greatly be appreciated, feel free to ask any questions.

Send back t store and thel t workers that just whont turn on.Dhont thel that is rooted or somthing
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

yeah thats what im planning to do its about exactly a month since i had it today... i just didnt want to mention anything cause i know you guys and moderaters dont condone that kind of behaviour! thanks though, im pretty much screwed arent i? ill be heading into jbhifi on my lunch break will go ahead with that plan haha.
ill tell you guys how it goes.

Have you tried a battery pull?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

sorry... is that just taking the battery out? LOL if so, yes ive tried it quite a few times.
at one stage it was turning on but only loading the splash screen... so i pulled the battery out. even if i tried to start it in recovery mode, it would only load the blue text at the top of the screen and then freeze.
i have a mate who also got an s4 so i was going to meet up with them and see if i could use their battery because it seems the phone has even lost its capability to charge.

Dead boot http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app

that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode

raintouchpad said:
that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode
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No, you don't have to be in download mode. Install right driver, connect your phone to pc and run the program. Then it will be in download mode, so flash firmware with pit file
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

well so far... i tried this at work and no luck, so i went home and tried it there... still no luck.
you mentioned i need to install the right driver? is that the QHSUSB drivers? (where can i find them and are they specific for the S4) anyway when i plug my phone into the computer there is no indication that it is being detected at all.
just hoping to try out more suggested solutions before i attempt to take it back into the store and have em tell me that my warranty is cooked

Hi just an update.
Took my phone to samsung because it was just completely screwed. They replaced the motherboard and camera but didnt find out that my phone was rooted which was good.
Thanks for your help everyone
*edit*
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.

raintouchpad said:
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.
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Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.

same issue
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3

fickl3 said:
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3
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see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver

samersh72 said:
see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver
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Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?

fickl3 said:
Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?
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it should :good:
---Repair dead boot I9505 via usb cable--- Thanks to legija from JTAG team.
QHUSB Qualcomm driver download
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I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.

how to install the driver?
samersh72 said:
it should :good:
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How exactly do we install the driver? The download is a zipped file and I don't know how to install the extracted contents.

rsndetre said:
Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.
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i know... its just frustrating... i pretty much got it when it came out and convinced all my mates that it was the best phone out there at the moment (all the features are pretty nifty and its powerful ill admit)
funny thing was the camera was working perfectly before i took it in and didnt even think it needed replacing. the camera worked when i got it back the first time i opened the app but it had smearing (pink vertical lines on bright objects). after that it the app didnt open again and just has the "camera app failed" error.
as for the hardbrick guys i think the qualcomm drivers work but only if you can get your phone to turn on or enter d/l mode. mine was so fried out that it wouldnt show any signs of life even after getting the drivers.

samersh72 said:
it should :good:
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well thats od not for me
Aerys said:
I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.
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givin me a little hint?

LastStandingDroid said:
well thats od not for me
givin me a little hint?
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He probably means this: http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
This was also samersh72's suggestion when i bricked mine. Problem is, there was no way for me to acces that qhusb mode thing as the phone was totally dead and doesn't even charge.
Jtag could probably revive it though.
Anyway, sent mine for repairs with
custom binary status and the samsung guys accepted it as there was no way for them to revive the phone(the motherboard was replaced). They didn't found out that it was modified.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

Problem with my new galaxy s4 freezing and rebooting

Hi all
I just bought a new galaxy s4 since the first start the screen freeze and the device reboot it self, I didn't install any app on it, I didn't even finish configuring the device, I was able to finish first startup configuration after 15 time of freezing and rebooting on me at different steps or times, I did hard reset and I downloaded the latest software update, nothing seems to fix it
I'm sure it's a software issue since I tested it's hardware
can anyone help me with a possible solution to that problem ?!?!?!

EngASM said:
Hi all
I just bought a new galaxy s4 since the first start the screen freeze and the device reboot it self, I didn't install any app on it, I didn't even finish configuring the device, I was able to finish first startup configuration after 15 time of freezing and rebooting on me at different steps or times, I did hard reset and I downloaded the latest software update, nothing seems to fix it
I'm sure it's a software issue since I tested it's hardware
can anyone help me with a possible solution to that problem ?!?!?!
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Which firmware are you in?
try to flash a MGA firmware using odin and then reset the device from ur setting and all should be fine
For firmware see my signature it has a link
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123hiten said:
Which firmware are you in?
try to flash a MGA firmware using odin and then reset the device from ur setting and all should be fine
For firmware see my signature it has a link
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That would avoid the warranty wouldn't it ?!?!

No flashing firmware doesn't void warranty.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

gee2012 said:
No flashing firmware doesn't void warranty.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
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so if I flashed this room
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/237225103/ac00952/I9500XXUBMG9_I9500OJVBMG9_KSA.zip.html
using odin
that would solve the problem and doesn't avoid warranty?!

EngASM said:
so if I flashed this room
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/237225103/ac00952/I9500XXUBMG9_I9500OJVBMG9_KSA.zip.html
using odin
that would solve the problem and doesn't avoid warranty?!
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nope, you should be fine.

im4eversmart said:
nope, you should be fine.
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isn't there any other link than the Hotfile link to download the firmware !!

EngASM said:
isn't there any other link than the Hotfile link to download the firmware !!
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No, takes about 1,5 hrs to download unless you get a premium hotfile acccount.

Get it exchanged.. I cant remember a time where I purchased and started rebooting on its own that quickly.

I have the same problem. Phone freezes then restarts around 15 times a day. Help !
PS :I'm still on official software. I tried reflashing its official firmware via odin and the problem persists.

zahix said:
I have the same problem. Phone freezes then restarts around 15 times a day. Help !
PS :I'm still on official software. I tried reflashing its official firmware via odin and the problem persists.
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did you try to wipe data and cache??

I'm pretty sure you both have a hardware issue. Freezing and rebootung sounds like probs with the CPU. As the problem where since first start, there sholdn't be a hindering getting it exchanged...

I agree. If it's happening straight out of the box send it back for replacement. Seems like hardware fault to me.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium HD app

samersh72 said:
did you try to wipe data and cache??
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Yes I tried to wipe data and cache multiple times.
I bought it from a store 2 months ago and I don't think they offer warranty like Samsung stores. I will try to tell the seller that the phone has manufacturing defect and maybe he would replace it .

zahix said:
I have the same problem. Phone freezes then restarts around 15 times a day. Help !
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Same thing. This is a replacement for the first phone that suddenly died (didn't power on anymore). First one before it died, worked flawlessly. I didn't reboot it for weeks. This new one reboots 10 times a day on it own.

gee2012 said:
No, takes about 1,5 hrs to download unless you get a premium hotfile acccount.
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U are wrong. HOTFILE is offline and TERAFILE.CO is online
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EngASM said:
so if I flashed this room
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/237225103/ac00952/I9500XXUBMG9_I9500OJVBMG9_KSA.zip.html
using odin
that would solve the problem and doesn't avoid warranty?!
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If u need any firmware pls:
1. Tell me model of phone (i9500, i9505)
2. If is branded or no to one phone company
3. Android 4.2.2 or 4.3
4. Where are u from?

If you get random reboots the phone freezes up without no reason and while booting the phone it hangs on the samsung logo get your Battery exchanged asap.
Samsung acknowledged to have shipped a bad series of batteries serial starting with BD
you can exchange them under waranty
other symptoms you can encounter is that the phone is rebooting during incomming calls/sms and a huge battery drain before reboot you are at 80% after you only have 20% or less left
you can also check if the battery is swells up.
replace this battery asap because it can explode and for your sake I hope this does not happen to you and especially when the phone is in one pf the pockets of your pants (have to be carefull for your childsupport )
goodluck

## grand 2 dead in downgrading (please help)

I updated my grand 2 to 4.4.2. But I found slow net issues.
Then I try to back to 4.3 jellybean. But I flash again by odin.
But suddenly hang in updating. I remove battery. But I put battery now my phone not charge not going to on .
I use many methods to make again download mode. But fail.
I make jtag but fail no boot.
Please give me any way to put back my grand 2 in normal position.
Please help please ​

drrami75 said:
I updated my grand 2 to 4.4.2. But I found slow net issues.
Then I try to back to 4.3 jellybean. But I flash again by odin.
But suddenly hang in updating. I remove battery. But I put battery now my phone not charge not going to on .
I use many methods to make again download mode. But fail.
I make jtag but fail no boot.
Please give me any way to put back my grand 2 in normal position.
Please help please ​
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u should go to samsung care and tell them while updating ur mobile with kies ur pc got restarted due to power failure now ur stuck in this condition same problem happened with me and i did this same thing

SHAWN_FROST said:
u should go to samsung care and tell them while updating ur mobile with kies ur pc got restarted due to power failure now ur stuck in this condition same problem happened with me and i did this same thing
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I bought the mobile from a country other than the country in which I'm in now
Mobile need to change mother,bord...it is a very expensive

downgrading wont work
cuz kitkat comes with Knox it wont allow downgrade will hard brick

flasks said:
cuz kitkat comes with Knox it wont allow downgrade will hard brick
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What is the solution my brother ...?
Please give me any way to put back my grand 2 in normal position.

drrami75 said:
I updated my grand 2 to 4.4.2. But I found slow net issues.
Then I try to back to 4.3 jellybean. But I flash again by odin.
But suddenly hang in updating. I remove battery. But I put battery now my phone not charge not going to on .
I use many methods to make again download mode. But fail.
I make jtag but fail no boot.
Please give me any way to put back my grand 2 in normal position.
Please help please ​
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No you can't downgrade back to Jelly Bean. Doing so will hard brick your phone.

Frappy said:
No you can't downgrade back to Jelly Bean. Doing so will hard brick your phone.
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What is the solution my brother ...?
Please give me any way to put back my grand 2 in normal position.

drrami75 said:
What is the solution my brother ...?
Please give me any way to put back my grand 2 in normal position.
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Dont panic right now.
search the forums for info on unbricking dead G7102. Unfortunately, I have not read the forums posts for unbricking as I did not have the issue.
schubeir

I hope u are on warranty...cuz u gotta replace motherboard

flasks said:
I hope u are on warranty...cuz u gotta replace motherboard
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I bought the mobile from a country other than the country in which I'm in now
thankx man

The only solution is to take it to a service centre. no other options yet.

try reflashing kitkat firmware.
if you able to go to download mode you can try reflashing latest build of kitkat through odin. Good luck...try reflashing kitkat firmware.

anuajayan said:
The only solution is to take it to a service centre. no other options yet.
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yes no other option for this i myself has faced this tried every thing and at last went to the service centre the asked me whether its rooted or not
never say yes tell them that your were upgrading through kies and the pc rebooted and then phone is not booting then they will not ask you anything simply they will change the motherboard and upload the IEMI and other software and give it to you(estimated time of repair depends on the availability of the hardware)

Help Samsung Galaxy A5

Hi there, as the title i have a Samsung Galaxy A5 (sm-a500fu) i downgrade Lollipop to KitKat "A500FUXXU1AOB4_A500FUWIN1AOC1_A500FUXXU1AOB4_HOME .tar" with Odin. It completed all upload and when it's the moment to restart the phone.... nothing...... phone never restarted again..... no charge, no downloading mode and no recovery.
I rooted Lollipop before downgrade!!!
Now what i have to do? Someone can help me?
My phone is in warranty.... if i go to my assistant shop.... they discover that i rooted my phone and i lose my warranty?
Pls help.... i searched on this forum.... and on google.... but i haven't found nothing.

same happend to me with the A3.i had a hard brick.looks like you have the same.but i didnt rooted my phone so it went over warranty.

extrem84 said:
Hi there, as the title i have a Samsung Galaxy A5 (sm-a500fu) i downgrade Lollipop to KitKat "A500FUXXU1AOB4_A500FUWIN1AOC1_A500FUXXU1AOB4_HOME .tar" with Odin. It completed all upload and when it's the moment to restart the phone.... nothing...... phone never restarted again..... no charge, no downloading mode and no recovery.
I rooted Lollipop before downgrade!!!
Now what i have to do? Someone can help me?
My phone is in warranty.... if i go to my assistant shop.... they discover that i rooted my phone and i lose my warranty?
Pls help.... i searched on this forum.... and on google.... but i haven't found nothing.
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First Charge your battery , your device wont be able to charge it but you have to charge using another A5 or any other way and then you have to try again to enter download mode. without battery you cannot do anything.

jackeagle said:
First Charge your battery , your device wont be able to charge it but you have to charge using another A5 or any other way and then you have to try again to enter download mode. without battery you cannot do anything.
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Jackeagle i tryed to charge, but nothing happend.... black screen!!!
I tryed to do an USB Jig (homemade) and the results was the same..... nothing!

Samsung Galaxy A 5 SM-A500 FU Full Brick...;-((
Hy there and sry. about my english...
The same by me, i flashed with odin the newest Software, all was running throw and no errors was showing!!
After the update to A500FUXXU1BOE6_A500FUDBT1BOE1_DBT.zip, odin say´s Pass!!
The Phone where going black......no reboot, no Downloadmodus nothing at all.
The Phone was full charching before and i came from the original A5 Software.....now my Phone is still and black anyway....pls. help me!!!
Maybe USB-Jig.......i can´t remove the battery and warranty is blowing away, i thing!!?!
It´s 3Day´s old.......(oh nooo)...
Thank you for all..

Hi! I think they can't verify if you have root your phone because the phone won't turn on, they don't have access to Download Mode to see if KNOX is triggered. So, Just send your phone to Samsung and wait... :fingercrossed: I think your motherboard is died.
Also, you may try to press the power button for 15 seconds at least

Diddy0312 said:
Hy there and sry. about my english...
The same by me, i flashed with odin the newest Software, all was running throw and no errors was showing!!
After the update to A500FUXXU1BOE6_A500FUDBT1BOE1_DBT.zip, odin say´s Pass!!
The Phone where going black......no reboot, no Downloadmodus nothing at all.
The Phone was full charching before and i came from the original A5 Software.....now my Phone is still and black anyway....pls. help me!!!
Maybe USB-Jig.......i can´t remove the battery and warranty is blowing away, i thing!!?!
It´s 3Day´s old.......(oh nooo)...
Thank you for all..
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My phone has 30 days.... it was a present for my birthday
So everybody on the same boat and no solutions at moment.....
August 5th I went care closer and I said that I've only updated my phone to the latest version .... hopefully good... when i know what happened i will write a post here.

Yeah......finger crossing is good...
I will send my Phone to Samsung and hope......
Thank you i will writing back if things going allright.

mygalaxya said:
Hi! I think they can't verify if you have root your phone because the phone won't turn on, they don't have access to Download Mode to see if KNOX is triggered. So, Just send your phone to Samsung and wait... :fingercrossed: I think your motherboard is died.
Also, you may try to press the power button for 15 seconds at least
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i tried everything.... i think like u that my motherboard is gone.... RIP
But why android has this kinds of problems.... soft brick-hard brick etc...??? I was an Iphone User before this A5 and never a problem.... Jailbroken everytime without problems.

extrem84 said:
i tried everything.... i think like u that my motherboard is gone.... RIP
But why android has this kinds of problems.... soft brick-hard brick etc...??? I was an Iphone User before this A5 and never a problem.... Jailbroken everytime without problems.
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Normally, it's not good to downgrade your firmware. iPhone is different
I think you should send your phone to Samsung and they'll replace it. Don't Worry

When will a5 in india get lollipop?
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mannulko said:
When will a5 in india get lollipop?
Sent from my SM-A500G using XDA Free mobile app
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No no, when italian version was realeased

Hard Brick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/help/sm-a500fu-maybe-bricked-please-help-t3167400
Has anyone yet an idea how to avoid it (execpt not downgrading or custom recovery) ... seems to have something to do with bootloaders

when you downgrade lollipop from kitkat you must need factory reset in recovery mode.

hard brick
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I only did it from touchwiz, but can anyone explain what happens that it hard bricks = no chareger symbol, no nothing. It seems to destroy both bootloaders, as even a JIG did not help ....

gggg said:
I only did it from touchwiz, but can anyone explain what happens that it hard bricks = no chareger symbol, no nothing. It seems to destroy both bootloaders, as even a JIG did not help ....
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QUOTE! WHY?

hello
extrem84 said:
Hi there, as the title i have a Samsung Galaxy A5 (sm-a500fu) i downgrade Lollipop to KitKat "A500FUXXU1AOB4_A500FUWIN1AOC1_A500FUXXU1AOB4_HOME .tar" with Odin. It completed all upload and when it's the moment to restart the phone.... nothing...... phone never restarted again..... no charge, no downloading mode and no recovery.
I rooted Lollipop before downgrade!!!
Now what i have to do? Someone can help me?
My phone is in warranty.... if i go to my assistant shop.... they discover that i rooted my phone and i lose my warranty?
Pls help.... i searched on this forum.... and on google.... but i haven't found nothing.
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Did you slove your probleme?

You need to use debrick image to unbrick your phone. Get it from someone who has same device as you.

droidqwerty said:
You need to use debrick image to unbrick your phone. Get it from someone who has same device as you.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I have seen videos for galaxy s4 and s3 but can't find one for our a5.

Bro, you need to run commands in terminal emulator. Google it, you will find it.