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[Q] Bricked GS4/bootloop (I9505) (SOLVED)

Hi all,
After installing the latest Omega ROM (Omega 9), everything seemed fine at first.
After a couple of hours I was unable to install any apps from Play Store.
Restarted a couple of times, still same issue.
Then I've decided to do a Factory Reset.
After doing this, the phone is stock in a bootloop.
When started, the Galaxy S4 logo appears briefly and dissapears again.
I am unable to boot into recovery.
When trying to do so, I see the blue screen at the top and after 5 seconds everything dissapears.
I can, however, access Download mode.
My question is, as I've never done this before.
Would the best thing to do be flashing a Stock Firmware from sammobile using Odin 3.07?
I was thinking of doing this:
Downloading this ROM from Sammobile:
Model: GT-I9505
Country: Netherlands
Version: Android 4.2.2
Changelist: 1081224
Build date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:56:37 +0000
Product Code: PHN
PDA: I9505XXUBMGA
CSC: I9505PHNBMG4
MODEM: I9505XXUBMGA
Start Odin 3.07
Turn off phone first, start it in Download mode, connect it to PC.
Load the downloaded file as PDA (?)
Leave Auto Reboot and F. Reset checked and hit Start.
Well, I never did this before so I wanted to double check.
Will this solve my problem you think?
I also have a custom recovery...
Will this restore the stock recovery as well?
Thank you.

Might work but if you still can't get to recovery or phone flash fails around NAND write it means you need to flash a .pit file... Make sure you get the right one and if possible with an MD5 checksum... If the pit stuffs up while flashing (or you flash the wrong one) you can actually hard brick your phone...

So, I pretty much did exactly what I wrote in my first post and my problem is solved.
I did get a mini hart attack in the beginning as I never had this before with my Galaxy S2 and S3.
No the phone has only root with Triangle Away.
I'll avoid custom ROM's for a while

[Q] Help reverting to stock... usual steps not working

Goal:
Latest firmware info from SamMobile
GT-I9505 Galaxy S 4 LTE
PDA: I9505XXUBMGA
CSC: I9505OXXBMG3
MODEM: I9505XXUBMGA
Previous set up:
Custom Recovery. Philz Touch
ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352258
I has also attempted to update the base band when on this rom to MGA to the About device Baseband version stayed at XXUBMEA
Situation: I was getting lots of force closureswouldn'tentually it just wouldnt reboot, thenre-flashedvery failed. I reflashed the recovery and restored from wouldn'thowever it still wouldnt boot. (About 90% of the way through the bSamsungmation the audio samsung logo sound died. The Samsunghen went to the "samsung" static image with the blue LED light on and just stayed there... for about 30 mins before I force shutdown the phone.
I the attempted to flash stock ROM (listed in Goal above) downloaded from SamMobile. The same thing happened again. Boot gets stuck. I got into stock recovery and wre-flashedactory reset and reflashed. The ROM installed but I had no wifi. I then flashed the I9505XXUBMGA modem. Reboot and I had wifi. However About device still shows XXUBMEA baseband.
I wanted to see if I was able to get OTA updates from Samsung however Samsung update app is saying that the device is modified... so something isnt quite right yet. Im guessing it might be to do with the modem / baseband but to be honest I am a bit lost.
Screen shot of my current About Device Information. Also Device Status is showing as custom..
Thinking outloud here... would a Root->TriangleAway->reset counter etc->flash philz touch->full wipe for new ROM->boot to download->Odin flash stock fix it? Or could that do any further damage?

First install chainfires triangle away to reset your flash counter. For this you need root.
Then do a factory reset in recovery and flash stock with odin.
You wont get ota when flash counter >0 so give it a try.
Hopefully this helps
EDIT: If the new modem wont appear after a odin flash then uncheck the auto reboot option in odin and flash the modem twice, that helped for me.

Device Status is showing as custom, because you had flashed non-stock rom...
so the wifi not working, but can you make call??
The first time I flashed OMEGA ROM, wifi did not work, but flashed Adam kernel fixing the issue.

Look at his attachment, mobile connection seems working
@polcup please report back if it worked.

cellegg said:
Device Status is showing as custom, because you had flashed non-stock rom...
so the wifi not working, but can you make call??
The first time I flashed OMEGA ROM, wifi did not work, but flashed Adam kernel fixing the issue.
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Wifi is now working after I flashedlashed the I9505XXUBMGA modem. Rebooted and I had wifi. However About device still shows XXUBMEA baseband.
Calls and mobile date is fine.
_sebha said:
Look at his attachment, mobile connection seems working
@polcup please report back if it worked.
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Yep, I will try that over lunch and see if it works. Not sure that will get me to the XXUBMGA modem though but its certainly a step in the right direction.
I really appreciate both your replys. Thanks.

Look at my edit in first post.
Uncheck auto reboot in odin and flash only the modem twice (manual reboot to download mode after first flash) after second flash reboot device.
That worked for me

_sebha said:
Look at my edit in first post.
Uncheck auto reboot in odin and flash only the modem twice (manual reboot to download mode after first flash) after second flash reboot device.
That worked for me
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Superb! I will try that as well. Thanks!!

Update
I was unable to root I9505XXUBMGA. CF-Autoroot didnt stick. I tried a couple of installs. One through Odin and one through CWM. Neither took.
I flashed an older pre-rooted stock rom I had XXUBMEA and then ran Triangle away. It returned the counter to '0' and brought the status back to official.
So now im back to stock MEA and to be honest I am happy to stay here for a bit. I will maybe move up to MGA if I find a pre-rooted version.
Thanks for your help.
Sorted!

[Q] Unknown Baseband / IMEI - no warranty :(

Greetings,
My phone was working fine until a few days ago, when suddenly it starts to show the icon for no service.
I've already tried to reset to factory defaults, and also reflashed the stock rom, after this I found out that my baseband and imei where null (not sure if this was the main reason for not having service, but at least looks like)
What is the correct way of fixing unknown baseband/imei? reflashing the modem?
My phone was bought in south africa last year, and now I'm living in brazil.
Model: (Note3) SM-N900
South Africa - XFE
PDA: N900XXUDND1
CSC: N900OJVDND1
MODEM: N900XXUDND1
Where to download the correct modem firmware? any other ideas/suggestions that I should try?
Thanks

Same problem
bro i hav a note three from Roman because i check the phone sticker behind the battery the imei and serial says its (ROM) {Romania} and its on kitkat i can run sim but i cant use 3g or 4g on the phone its always on E not switching i tried my sim on other phone 3g works but not on my Note3 so i m searching for the phone imei repair everyone is sayin EFS and i down want a complicated method i want easy and clean way there is a wbsite for the imei checker(http://sndeep.info/en) check ur phone imei the one on the back wht dose it say and also the serial it will tell u where use unit belongs to if sim not running then i suggest to consult with the android experts local shops here u wont get answers..... and they wont help out....

As far as I know, my rom should be: South Africa - XFE
When I checked my serial on the website that you linked, I could see Vietnam.
I'm in the very south of brazil, not many android experts around here

eduardogsilva said:
Greetings,
My phone was working fine until a few days ago, when suddenly it starts to show the icon for no service.
I've already tried to reset to factory defaults, and also reflashed the stock rom, after this I found out that my baseband and imei where null (not sure if this was the main reason for not having service, but at least looks like)
What is the correct way of fixing unknown baseband/imei? reflashing the modem?
My phone was bought in south africa last year, and now I'm living in brazil.
Model: (Note3) SM-N900
South Africa - XFE
PDA: N900XXUDND1
CSC: N900OJVDND1
MODEM: N900XXUDND1
Where to download the correct modem firmware? any other ideas/suggestions that I should try?
Thanks
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- Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'.
- Select firmware for your device/CSC to download. You can flash full firmware via Odin, or extract and get 2 files: modem.bin + NON-HLOS.bin.
- To flash the modem, make sure to enter download mode by completely switch off the phone, and boot to download mode by hardware key combination. Flash modem.bin first, reboot, then flash NON-HLOS.bin.

Hello vndnguyen,
I've checked my phone info/firmware with Phone Info Samsung app, and it also pointed to the South Africa, XFE rom.
I did uncompressed the tar.md5 file but did not found the file NON-HLOS.bin. I've just found modem.bin file.
Should I proceed flashing just modem.bin with odin? Flashing only modem.bin would give me a chance to restore baseband version information and imei?
In the past days, I've flashed this rom (the complete md5 rom file), would also the modem .bin be applied while stock rom flashing?
Thank you

Today I called Samsung customer service asking for support, I know that since I bought my phone on another country, they would not give warranty, so I was ready to pay for support and have my phone fixed.
Samsung denied any kind of service on my phone, saying that they only support phones bought in brazil.
They also told me that I should look for any other 3rd party support.
I started a complain at 'reclameaqui', but anyway, I'm quite sure that this is going nowhere.
http://www.reclameaqui.com.br/10344...cs/galaxy-note-3-suporte-negado-pela-samsung/
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or things that I should try.
Thank you

Rom 442 pologne... boot download mod CP GNG1 in ap case odin and reboot recovery reset all data. Good luck

Thanks for the advice, but looks that I got lucky....
After registering my complain at "reclameaqui", Samsung changed their position and called me offering an option for repairing my phone.
Tomorrow I will be shipping my phone to their support center.
I will come for an update when the phone comes back.
Thank you

Today I received my phone from Samsung.
They didn't fixed the phone and they also informed me that they where unable to fix it since the required parts for fixing aren't available in Brazil.
So I guess that now I have a big useless phone that can be used only to hold some papers in place.
Any ideas or suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475714
Try and download the XXUBMI2 modem and flash it through Odin. Make sure you have auto restart off and when it's flashed, pull the battery from your phone and reboot back into download mode. Then flash the modem again, this time with auto reboot on. That should make sure it's flashed. Restart your phone and then see if all is working. I've had issues like this before, and it turned out to be modem related, but my phone is the N9005. It's worth a try though

Brownie2k said:
Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475714
Try and download the XXUBMI2 modem and flash it through Odin. Make sure you have auto restart off and when it's flashed, pull the battery from your phone and reboot back into download mode. Then flash the modem again, this time with auto reboot on. That should make sure it's flashed. Restart your phone and then see if all is working. I've had issues like this before, and it turned out to be modem related, but my phone is the N9005. It's worth a try though
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Hello Brownie2k,
I've followed your advice and flashed the modem using Odin (first time removing the battery, and second time with auto reboot), still with imei/baseband unknown .
Also tried to flash the stock rom again (XFE), and repeated the modem flash... same issue
Is XXUBMI2 the correct modem file for my phone? Should I also try the other modems? I've tried to follow the link to samsung firmware checker but the page seens to be broken
Thank you!!

eduardogsilva said:
Hello Brownie2k,
I've followed your advice and flashed the modem using Odin (first time removing the battery, and second time with auto reboot), still with imei/baseband unknown .
Also tried to flash the stock rom again (XFE), and repeated the modem flash... same issue
Is XXUBMI2 the correct modem file for my phone? Should I also try the other modems? I've tried to follow the link to samsung firmware checker but the page seens to be broken
Thank you!!
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Any Solution you find? tried above suggestions no luck

Your imei and baseband is there but doesnt recognize by your rom. Pls download firmware has baseband in it like *****NG1 and flash though ODIN. Your imei and baseband will be back. You can download firmware here
For 9005
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N9005
And 900
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N900

i had same issue and flashed different modems and one worked.
for me nothing was working correctly untill i unticked F.reset time and Auto reboot,
i just manually rebooted my phone when odin job was finished.

[Q]SOLVED Noob GT-I9505 WIFI dead after upgrd 4.4.2 searched and tried all solutions

First of all please forgive me for opening yet another S4 wifi problem after kitkat upgrade, but I have tried everything I could possibly find here, on youtube and other forums. The only thing left to try is flash the modem but I'd rather ask before I brick my phone
I'm not quite sure if this is the same issue every single time or if in my case it is due to my ignorance and errors. I was an iphone/unlock/jailbreak user until last year so please bear with me. Android is new and fun (but scary) territory to me.
Situation, what I did and possible mistakes on my side:
-I'm in Spain but I bought my factory unlocked phone on amazon and it was for the Polish market (GT-I9505 Black, 16 Gb)
-My device was rooted don't even remember how I did it last year so no useful info on that side a part of using odin for windows.
- Until yesterday I was on jellybean, not quite sure if 4.2.2 or 4.3
- Yesterday I upgraded to 4.4.2 via mobile odin and yes I checked the boxes about clearing/deleting cache or whatever it's called.
- Used a stock firmware downloaded from other site (that one starting with "S" and with a great amount of firmwares for samsung devices of several countries)
- I chose a firmware randomly (maybe this was my mistake) because I hade read that the firmware was not that important and people where usimg leaked german firmwares on on phones from elsewhere. But I did choose one that matched the country of my phone (XEO/XX Poland)
- Everything is working fine but without wifi I'm buying new Mb bundles almost every 2 hours and I'll be broke very soon
If you guys think the solution is flashing the modem which file should I use? I see lots of them with different models/codes and I'm completely lost and have read a lot about messing with bootloaders/modems etc bricking devices so I'm freaking scared and ask for your charitative help!
All the info I could gather about my device right now (now I know I should have gathered this info also before attempting to upgrade but it's too late now!
SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 GT-I9505 Black Edition
Manufacturing date: 2013-12-23
BASEBAND Version: I9505XXUEMK8
BOOTLOADER Version:I9505XXUEMK8
PDA Version: I9505XXUGNG8
CSC Version: I9505YXZGNH2
Kernel: 3.4.0-2309103
KOT49H-I9505UGNG8
Android 4.4.2
Product code: GT2I9505ZKAXEO
Original CSC: XEO
Firmsware's CSC: XEO
Active CSC code: XEO
CSC Country: Poland
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I feel so dumb and frustrated right now that any joke or insult would be accepted with humbleness lol

Forgot to add I used the *#0011# command and went to wifi menu. Tried the ping test and it states: passed
status: DISCONNECTED
SSID: Unknown SSID
( In case this info is of any use )

voxel.xyz said:
Forgot to add I used the *#0011# command and went to wifi menu. Tried the ping test and it states: passed
status: DISCONNECTED
SSID: Unknown SSID
( In case this info is of any use )
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Relax it has solution . The problem becomes coz the baseband and the bootloader are olds (android 4.3).
SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 GT-I9505 Black Edition
BASEBAND Version: I9505XXUEMK8
BOOTLOADER Version:I9505XXUEMK8
PDA Version: I9505XXUGNG8
CSC Version: I9505YXZGNH2
* Quick solution for recover WIFI:
1. Reflash the STOCK I9505XXUGNG8 (XEO) firmware via ODIN.
2. Let the process finish and reboot normally.
3. Dial *#1234# and have to appear this:
AP: I9505XXUGNG8
CP: I9505XXUGNG8
CSC: I9505YXZGNH2
4. Reflash again if not. Good luck

Thank you so much for your helpful reply Joku1981 !!!!! You made my day!!!
Can I do that with Mobile Odin??? My PC broke (Graphics card burnt) and until a couple of months won't be able to buy a new one.
To make sure I understand you: You mean Flash again the same firmware I used to upgrade to 4.4.2 in the first place?
I used this Firmware: I9505XXUGNG8_I9505YXZGNH2_XEO
should I try Flashing that same Stock Firmware again? and if does not work keep reflashing until the baseband and the bootloader get updated?
Why did they not update ? is this common or an error on my side???
I hope it can be done with mobile Odin since I can keep my root status, If I have to do it in Desktop Odin do I have to Re-Root after flashing???
Thank you so much for you kind help!!!!!!
Joku1981 said:
Relax it has solution . The problem becomes coz the baseband and the bootloader are olds (android 4.3).
SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 GT-I9505 Black Edition
BASEBAND Version: I9505XXUEMK8
BOOTLOADER Version:I9505XXUEMK8
PDA Version: I9505XXUGNG8
CSC Version: I9505YXZGNH2
* Quick solution for recover WIFI:
1. Reflash the STOCK I9505XXUGNG8 (XEO) firmware via ODIN.
2. Let the process finish and reboot normally.
3. Dial *#1234# and have to appear this:
AP: I9505XXUGNG8
CP: I9505XXUGNG8
CSC: I9505YXZGNH2
4. Reflash again if not. Good luck
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SOLVED!!!!!
After nobody answered if I could use again "mobile Odin" to flash once more and try to fix my wifi not working I opened mobile odin and it gave me a warning about my version and having a wrong bootloader as a possibility of soft bricking my phone so I decided to stay away of mobile Odin this time.
I used desktop Odin (at work since my pc broke) and exactly the same firmware file downloaded from sammobile (but re-downloaded it just in case) and had to flash twice, the first time it went through the whole process ok right until the end where it showed the FAIL message.
I didn't know if I should turn off the phone stuck in download mode and with the process bar at 100 % or retry flashing without turning it off. So I decided not to turn it off (afraid it would get soft bricked or something). I closed mobile Odin but left phone On with download mode screen active and opened mobile Odin again got the "added"message and the blue color showing it was properly connected to the phone and started flashing process again....
I started getting red error messages saying the progress bar display was wrong (and it wasn't updating/kept stuck in the previous 100%) but after it finished it was flashed and everything was ok. WIFI WORKED!!!!!!
Now the weird part.....in case this happens /helps someone else:
- My phone DID NOT get wiped. My launcher and my apps stayed intact (I thought flashing even the same firmware always wiped data, I'm I wrong???)
- All my root apps (root explorer, titanium backup, so on and so forth) where there and working fine. One root checker stated I was rooted and another one stated I wasn't but even my launcher (nova) was working just as if I never flashed the phone.
- Since I was unsure of my "root" state and I did not have "supersu" app in my apps drawer I tried installing it via playstore but It always gave an error message (the application could not be installed in the default location)
- I rooted again just in case and the root process finished without errors but still I had no "supersu" app and one root checker said I was rooted and the other I wasn't. Tried installing "supersu" from the playstore but same error and could not get installed.
- I searched here and in other forums for similar problems/solutions but nothing worked until I tried several things that fixed the problem. Not really sure which fixed it so I will write them down in the order I did them:
1. Opened folder mount which I already had installed and it gave me an error and asked me to try the fix which I did.
2. Opened linked2sd which I already had installed also previous to the firmware flash. It gave me an error and asked me which was the partition to use (as when I first installed it) in my case it was ext4. And it seemed to start working as it normally does. No further error when reopening it.
3. Rebooted the phone and tried entering recovery mode to wipe cache etc but It never entered recovery mode. I get the message about going into recovery mode (top left corner small red letters) But right after that it reboots and I get the samsung logo and my home screen.
4. Tried reinstalling supersu again and no success. (By the way before I did all this steps I tried rooting again but got to the same point. No supersu on my apps drawer)
5. Downloaded BusyBox install (opened it but did not use it in any way, maybe something in the installation fixed my problem)
6. Opened mobile Odin just for curiosity sake and it opened fine and asked for downloading of the extra stuff as when I installed it the first time. After that I closed it
7. Rebooted normally (no recovery mode since I'm stuck without it)
8. Tried installing "supersu" and NOW it worked!!!
9. Checked in both root checker apps and both confirm I'm rooted and supersu started asking for granting permissions to apps again as it normally does!
10. Everytime I attempted flash, root, and even after some reboots I took the battery off (since I read in several threads it helped/was mandatory)
Conclusion now my WIFI problem is fixed, my root problem (that appeared doing the reflash for fixing my wifi problem) is also fixed. The only thing I could not fix is not being able to get into recovery mode.
Does anyone know a solution for recovering the ability to get into recovery mode????
Thanks to Joku for lighting me into re flashing once and again until my wifi was fixed!

Fix for SM-G920 COF8 boot loop curse.

For anyone that nuked their SM-G920 by installing the horrible COF8 OTA trojan, there is hope.
Symptoms:
Phone is stuck in Samsung S6 boot logo and does not go further or you get the download error screen saying in red that that the load has failed, this is the answer that worked for me.
If you do not know by now that the cursed COF8 will block you from flashing anything earlier than COF8 or COF9, it is a fact until there is a solution to bypass this Samsung Curse.
How I fixed mine:
You already tried TWRP 2.8.7.1 and it loaded so you can get into TWRP recovery = great. Reset and wipe does nothing = normal.
You flashed the bootloader and modem of COF8 and it worked = great, but you can not get to a wipe option, this is normal.
Current fix:
Download latest COF9 or crossover COF8 / COF9. Odin flash and you have a working phone again.
This G920IDVU2COF8_G920IUUB2COF9_TTT.zip for SM-G920T
worked on my SM-G920i , I did not find anything else that is close to a proper Odin tar ball for COF8 or later except this one.
Normal COF8 zip's is useless as how do you get a TWRP zip onto the phone if you do not have access to the phone filesystem unless you are a ADB genius.
Link = use google to search for it. Will it work for anything else, no idea, likely would for some SM-G920 other than SM-G920i
Hope this helps someone that curses Samsung daily.

i dont get your english, but i have a very similar problem, i have a G920i and i flashed 5.1.1 India COF8 via SmartSwitch and i dont like it so i download 5.1.1 Trinidad and Tobago COF9 installing it via ODIN and it sayed to me FAIL!. so i downloaded again 5.1.1 INDIA COF8 and installed it again so i tried to change csc code with a code in the dialer to recive TTT OTA but TTT was no avaliable so i installed BNG (Bangladesh, in Sammobile appear Unknown) and i dont like it so i tried to change CSC code again but this time was no avaliable in dialer (idk) and i reflashed 5.1.1 INDIA via odin but CSC doesnt change still BNG. I Want to install Trinidad and Tobago COF9 Firmware but i can't, Can you Help me?

The first flash fails then volume down + power and home key until it gets back into download mode.
Flash again, usually on the 2nd try it works, seems like first failed attempt unlocks something.
Also make sure your computer does not go to sleep, nothing is running except essential normal windows ... and odin.
DO NOT TOUCH OR MOVE THE USB CABLE, very important, either the cable or USB port on the phone is Apple Iphone 6 quality. Only thing is to move your mouse 1cm left and right every 30 seconds to keep windows focused as crazy as this sounds.
When and if this flash is successful then it will do OTA when available form what it looks like to me. I could not find anything to root the COF8 / COF9 yet.
This COF8/9 TTT is a ? backwards / forward patch something ? so it ends up showing COF8 / G920IDVU2COF8
My model FCC ID: A3LSMG920i
It is not there to upgrade or for fun, it is only there to bring your phone back from dead / Samsung S6 text at boot screen.

An OTA trojan????
So there's a virus you can get by doing an OTA on stock ROM, really??
Sent from my SM-G920I using XDA Premium HD app

I think he's talking about efs modded phones

what is it, COF9 and where to download?
hi, sorry for my question but...
what is it, COF9 and where to download?
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MadRocker said:
For anyone that nuked their SM-G920 by installing the horrible COF8 OTA trojan, there is hope.
Symptoms:
Phone is stuck in Samsung S6 boot logo and does not go further or you get the download error screen saying in red that that the load has failed, this is the answer that worked for me.
If you do not know by now that the cursed COF8 will block you from flashing anything earlier than COF8 or COF9, it is a fact until there is a solution to bypass this Samsung Curse.
How I fixed mine:
You already tried TWRP 2.8.7.1 and it loaded so you can get into TWRP recovery = great. Reset and wipe does nothing = normal.
You flashed the bootloader and modem of COF8 and it worked = great, but you can not get to a wipe option, this is normal.
Current fix:
Download latest COF9 or crossover COF8 / COF9. Odin flash and you have a working phone again.
This G920IDVU2COF8_G920IUUB2COF9_TTT.zip for SM-G920T
worked on my SM-G920i , I did not find anything else that is close to a proper Odin tar ball for COF8 or later except this one.
Normal COF8 zip's is useless as how do you get a TWRP zip onto the phone if you do not have access to the phone filesystem unless you are a ADB genius.
Link = use google to search for it. Will it work for anything else, no idea, likely would for some SM-G920 other than SM-G920i
Hope this helps someone that curses Samsung daily.
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