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[GUIDE][P31xx][P51xx] Installing custom recovery and updating bootloader w/ Odin

I've seen a lot of people having problems how to use Odin, so I decided to make a guide to install a custom recovery and to update the bootloader with Odin
Please make this thread sticky or add it to the index so other people can find it
Windows Only
Basic Windows & Android knowledge required
Guides
Installing a custom recovery
Updating the Bootloader
Thanks to
@Android-Andi - For his unofficial up-to-date recoveries
@codeworkx - For his JB Bootloaders
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Downloads
Downloads
If you have a P3113 use the P3110 downloads instead
If you have a P5113 use the P5110 downloads instead
Downloads needed for both guides
Odin3
Samsung USB Driver
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Recoveries
Direct download links to CWM 6.0.5.1
P3100
P3110
P5100
P5110
Recovery threads
P31xx
P51xx
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JB Bootloaders
P3100
P3110
P5100
P5110
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Installing a custom recovery
Installing a custom recovery
Download Odin3 & Samsung USB Driver
Install the Samsung USB Driver, make sure to run the installer as an Administrator by right clicking on the installer and selecting "Run as Administrator"
Unpack Odin.zip with Windows or another archive manager like 7-zip or WinRAR
Open Odin3.exe
You now see the following program
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Shut down your tablet
Enter download mode by pressing Volume UP (right button) + the Power button
You will now get a warning, press Volume Down (left button)
Now connect your tablet to your computer with the usb cable that was included with the tablet
Windows will now install drivers, this will take up to one minute
Odin should now say "<ID:0/005> Added!!", if not reinstall the USB Drivers
The hardest part is done
Now download the file with the same model
Direct download links to CWM 6.0.5.1
P3100
P3110
P5100
P5110
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Now click "PDA" and select the downloaded file (.tar.md5 should be the extension)
Make sure Re-Partition & F. Reset Time are unchecked
Now press "Start"
Odin will now send the file to your tablet, this will take a few seconds
Odin should now look like this, your tablet should also restart after the process is done
To verify that it worked, turn off your tablet
Enter CWM recovery by pressing Volume DOWN (left button) + the Power button
You should now be in recovery!

Updating the Bootloader
Updating the Bootloader
Why updating the Bootloader?
If you're going straight from Stock ICS to a custom Jelly Bean or KitKat rom, this guide is strongly recommended
If you're already on Stock Jelly Bean, you can skip this guide
If you're using a ICS Bootloader on a Jelly Bean or KitKat rom, you may get graphical glitches
This guide explains how to install the Jelly Bean Bootloader without going back to Stock ICS and update to Stock Jelly Bean
===This part can be skipped if you followed the above guide already===
Download Odin3 & Samsung USB Driver
Install the Samsung USB Driver, make sure to run the installer as an Administrator by right clicking on the installer and selecting "Run as Administrator"
Unpack Odin.zip with Windows or another archive manager like 7-zip or WinRAR
Open Odin3.exe
You now see the following program
===Skippable part ended===
Shut down your tablet
Enter download mode by pressing Volume UP (right button) + the Power button
You will now get a warning, press Volume Down (left button)
Now connect your tablet to your computer with the usb cable that was included with the tablet
Windows will now install drivers, this will take up to one minute
Odin should now say "<ID:0/005> Added!!", if not reinstall the USB Drivers
The hardest part is done
Now download the file with the same model
JB Bootloaders
P3100
P3110
P5100
P5110
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Now click "PDA" and select the downloaded file (.tar.md5 should be the extension)
Make sure Re-Partition & F. Reset Time are unchecked
Now press "Start"
Odin will now send the file to your tablet, this will take a few seconds
Now you have a JB Bootloader and you're ready for JB or KitKat roms!

Changelog
Some updates
12 February 2015
CWM links updated to 6.0.5.1 - 2nd revision
Updated links to drivers
31 January 2015
CWM links updated to 6.0.5.1 - 1st revision
21 September 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.5.1
1 July 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.5.0
6 June 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.4.9
24 April 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.4.8
13 April 2014
Moved screenshots from xda to imgur, guests who are not logged in should see the images now
Squashed some typos

Joery360 said:
Some updates
1 July 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.5.0
6 June 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.4.9
8 May 2014
CWM links Dev-Host -> AndroidFileHost
CWM links updated to 6.0.4.8 version2(recompiled by Android-Andi)
24 April 2014
CWM links updated to 6.0.4.8
13 April 2014
Moved screenshots from xda to imgur, guests who are not logged in should see the images now
Updated the direct recovery links from File1 to Dev-Host (These downloads are maintained by @Android-Andi)
Squashed some typos
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Hey thanks for anwsering so i started doing what you said i installed the samsung drivers it finish and it failed and its giving me com3 not com5
please help
i did reinstall the driver several times
attached pics
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EDIT: okay so i figured out that i was missing some of my own computer drivers i installed that now the samsung usb drivers arent giving me an error but the im still getting com3, so i plugged it in a another usb slot and now its com 5 but after i did all the steps it resarted and when i went to check if the custom recovery is there i still see the stock recover?!?!?!?

zainu said:
EDIT: okay so i figured out that i was missing some of my own computer drivers i installed that now the samsung usb drivers arent giving me an error but the im still getting com3, so i plugged it in a another usb slot and now its com 5 but after i did all the steps it resarted and when i went to check if the custom recovery is there i still see the stock recover?!?!?!?
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Could you show me the log from the second image?
Send from my Viking War Schip

Joery360 said:
Could you show me the log from the second image?
Send from my Viking War Schip
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i assumed you mean the message from odin it i copied it here:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> GT-P5110_CWM_6.0.5.0.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/005> RES OK !!
<ID:0/005> Removed!!

zainu said:
i assumed you mean the message from odin it i copied it here:
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It should be all fine according to the log. I don't know how much technical Android knowledge you have but are you sure that you are in stock recovery and not in the bootloader? One is power + vol-up. The other one is power + vol-down.
Send from my Viking War Schip

Joery360 said:
It should be all fine according to the log. I don't know how much technical Android knowledge you have but are you sure that you are in stock recovery and not in the bootloader? One is power + vol-up. The other one is power + vol-down.
Send from my Viking War Schip
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ive attached the two pic odin and recovery see for your self

okay i got the solution from another user he told me to go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535083 and all i really had to do was to uncheck auto reboot and F reset time together and it work i installed slim kat thank you for helping though

Update;
Updated links with newer versions of CWM.
Might add Philz Touch & Cyanogen Recovery links in the future.

Joery360 said:
Update;
Updated links with newer versions of CWM.
Might add Philz Touch & Cyanogen Recovery links in the future.
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I am getting an error in Odin trying to flash this it say
SECURE CHECK FAIL : recovery
and Odin fails to flash this, am I doing something wrong? any help is appreciated, would really like to get a custom recovery on this! Thanks!!

Skater4599 said:
I am getting an error in Odin trying to flash this it say
SECURE CHECK FAIL : recovery
and Odin fails to flash this, am I doing something wrong? any help is appreciated, would really like to get a custom recovery on this! Thanks!!
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Sorry for the late response, could you give me a screenshot of the odin window?
Send from da hood

Joery360 said:
Sorry for the late response, could you give me a screenshot of the odin window?
Send from da hood
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No problem, Here is both the tab and the odin window. It fails Auth, but I dont know much about these tabs to know why
From what I can gather it looks like Verizon has locked the bootloader on these or something where others are not or were/are unlockable? Doesnt seem that any version is compatible with the recoveries for this? Can't find any odin files that flash at all for that matter.

Skater4599 said:
No problem, Here is both the tab and the odin window. It fails Auth, but I dont know much about these tabs to know why
From what I can gather it looks like Verizon has locked the bootloader on these or something where others are not or were/are unlockable? Doesnt seem that any version is compatible with the recoveries for this? Can't find any odin files that flash at all for that matter.
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Hi,
Sorry for the late reply. It seems that you are trying to flash recovery.img. Please try to flash the tar.md5 file that's provided in the download links.
No need to unpack this file

Joery360 said:
Hi,
Sorry for the late reply. It seems that you are trying to flash recovery.img. Please try to flash the tar.md5 file that's provided in the download links.
No need to unpack this file
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This is definitely using the .tar.md5 not the .img. I triple checked, still failing

Skater4599 said:
This is definitely using the .tar.md5 not the .img. I triple checked, still failing
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Could you give me a screenshot taken just before you press "start"?

Whats with the product name of SCH-I915...............Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe this is incompatible device.

hi can i ask something i successfully updated my recovery through odin but when i go to recovery mode nothings change? i think its still in stock recovery

0[Q] [Help] (4.2.2 MDL i337 AT&T) Unknown IMEI Number + softbrick (SOLVED)

Hi,
I'm still a newb to the s4, so thanks for taking the time to look at my thread!
I got an S4 i337 from eBay. The phone booted up with the little custom and unlock graphic on the boot screen. The IMEI was reading all 0000... I tried to use QPST to see if restoring the .QCN from my other S4 i337 (also on 4.2.2 MDL) would help the IMEI issue. QPST gave me a "no phone" error when I tried to backup/restore on the new i337. I tried to root / reinstall recovery using CASUAL. It successfully rooted and installed TWRP but didn't help my QPST situation.
I had read that an incorrect or mis-flashed modem could be causing my problems so tried installing the MDL modem through ODIN 3.07. I tried to flash the modem.bin from through "phone" and got...
"<ID:0/003> Transmission Complete..
<ID:0/003> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes
<ID:0/003> Receive Response from boot-loader
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)"
After that point I couldn't do anything with the phone so I unplugged the USB and did a battery pull to reboot. Since then I haven't been able to boot up the phone, nor boot into Recovery. It just sits on the samsung logo, or in the case of recovery goes to a black screen and then reboots to the samsung logo. I can still boot into download-mode.
I imagine the solution is simple to one of you pros, but I've been having trouble searching for it and clearly haven't done such a good job so far... any help is much appreciated!
Thanks XDA!

Are you sure your phone is on mdl firmware? If you are I would try to flash the mdl factory firmware with odin, not just the modem but the tar file.
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
Are you sure your phone is on mdl firmware? If you are I would try to flash the mdl factory firmware with odin, not just the modem but the tar file.
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You're right I don't know what the previous owner did. I'll try that, thanks for the advice!

jd1639 said:
Are you sure your phone is on mdl firmware? If you are I would try to flash the mdl factory firmware with odin, not just the modem but the tar file.
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Okay well I downloaded the firmware from Sammobile and followed their instructions...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=14623
This time Odin finished it's job...
Code:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_I337UCUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> tz.mbn
<ID:0/003> boot.img
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> modem.bin
<ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/003> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> hidden.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003> RES OK !!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
The phone is still unable to get past the startup screen
This one...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And if I try to boot it into recovery I get the "recovery booting..." but it then shuts off and (fails at) start up again...
Is it possible my recovery is damaged? If so is there a way to install it through Odin? Am I still able to somehow use ADB?
Thanks

Odin does flash the recovery. Keep trying to get into recovery. When you do do a factory reset. That'll get you past the boot loop. The boot loop is common, but you need to do the factory reset.
If you can't get in to recovery try flashing with odin again
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
Odin does flash the recovery. Keep trying to get into recovery. When you do do a factory reset. That'll get you past the boot loop. The boot loop is common, but you need to do the factory reset.
If you can't get in to recovery try flashing with odin again
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Hey you're right, I didn't think I'd eventually get into recovery. I just kept holding down the "vol up" button, and after it failed to boot into recovery the first time it successfully did it the second time!
Ran factory reset, reboot phone... successful boot!
Now both my Baseband and IMEI are listed as unknown...
So I rooted this time using Motochopper (worked well for me on my other S4)
Ran RegionLock Away (as a crapshoot... someone reported it bringing back their lost imei...)... didn't help
Installed phoneutil.apk and ran QPST again. It still reports no phone connected on the the COM#s it was connected to.
So far softbrick has been fixed (Thank you SO much!), but now does anyone have any ideas regarding my IMEI number?

This might sound crazy, but I'd Odin again. It should bring your baseband and imei back unless something is really messed up.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727

jd1639 said:
This might sound crazy, but I'd Odin again. It should bring your baseband and imei back unless something is really messed up.
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Reinstalled the same MDL firmware through ODIN, booted fine on first try but no fix to IMEI or Baseband. used CASUAL to install TWRP, and used TWRP to install the "modem_CWM_I337UCUAMDL.zip", followed by the "Modem_CWM_I337UCUAMDL_Unlock.zip". Neither seemed to help anything. Going to run the firmware install through Odin again, but I don't expect results.
(Edit: yea, no results)

I found this thread on the Galaxy S3 boards talking about efsv1 and efsv2 (came out July 2013) and efsv1 basebands can't read efsv2... is this at all relevant to the Galaxy S4?

Ziida said:
I found this thread on the Galaxy S3 boards talking about efsv1 and efsv2 (came out July 2013) and efsv1 basebands can't read efsv2... is this at all relevant to the Galaxy S4?
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@rootSU do you know the answer to this? He's lost his imei and odining the stock firmware has not brought it back. I'm out of ideas. Thanx rootSU
Sent from my Nexus 5

Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370699

jd1639 said:
@rootSU do you know the answer to this? He's lost his imei and odining the stock firmware has not brought it back. I'm out of ideas. Thanx rootSU
Sent from my Nexus 5
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I'll be honest, I do not know. I would assume that since Samsung released EFSv2, all subsequent devices were already EFSv2. Of course., these are just the names I have penned. They, in reality could have been EFSv46 and EFSv47. It could also be that each device undergoes these revisions of EFS, to fix bugs or improve service, but this is mere conjecture.
In short, I cannot answer as I have no direct experience of the device in question. Sorry.

jmjoyas said:
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370699
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Well... That thread worked in getting my imei from "null / null" to "0 / 00". It also made my phone recognized in QPST again! so I was able to install the AWS qcn file and that gave my phone a legitimately recognized IMEI number!
I need to thank everyone for all their help in this thread, the linked thread, and the AWS thread. Looks like I've got an IMEI number again!

Bricked Galaxy Core Prime

(NOTE: This is NOT my phone, but I do have it until it's fixed)
I tried rooting this MetroPCS Galaxy Core Prime via Kingroot, something went wrong. After I rooted it, I gave it back to its owner, and he came back from Spring Break with a Samsung paperweight. Recovery doesn't work, neither does booting it up regularly. It gives me the " Custom Binary blocked by FAP. " and in red text, it says " SECURE FAIL: KERNEL " So, I was like "Hey, no biggie, let's just flash the stock firmware." Well, there's an issue there. It boots into Download mode, but it doesn't show up on Odin. I REALLY need help, as this isn't my phone. Thanks guys.

TacoTank said:
(NOTE: This is NOT my phone, but I do have it until it's fixed)
I tried rooting this MetroPCS Galaxy Core Prime via Kingroot, something went wrong. After I rooted it, I gave it back to its owner, and he came back from Spring Break with a Samsung paperweight. Recovery doesn't work, neither does booting it up regularly. It gives me the " Custom Binary blocked by FAP. " and in red text, it says " SECURE FAIL: KERNEL " So, I was like "Hey, no biggie, let's just flash the stock firmware." Well, there's an issue there. It boots into Download mode, but it doesn't show up on Odin. I REALLY need help, as this isn't my phone. Thanks guys.
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OK first make sure the drivers are installed because I had the same problem with my galaxy prime, after that open Odin then boot into download mode.
Sent from my SM-G530T using Tapatalk

EvilDeveloper said:
OK first make sure the drivers are installed because I had the same problem with my galaxy prime, after that open Odin then boot into download mode.
Sent from my SM-G530T using Tapatalk
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I ended up fixing it after all! Thanks for the help though. (Can a mod take this thread down?)

i bricked my galaxy core prime can you guys help? i have kies but i cant find the serial number on the phone

Pandabearzzz said:
i bricked my galaxy core prime can you guys help? i have kies but i cant find the serial number on the phone
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Boot the phone into download mode (home, vol-, power), connect to PC with USB, and use Odin to flash the stock firmware (AP button). If you know your phone's model number I can give you a link to the stock firmware file

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Boot the phone into download mode (home, vol-, power), connect to PC with USB, and use Odin to flash the stock firmware (AP button). If you know your phone's model number I can give you a link to the stock firmware file
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Thanks. Worked perfectly.

well...i still have a bricked core prime
flashed stock firmware and still get only the model number to blink on, then a vibration. same thing over and over and over.
For a split second, I was able to get into recovery mode, but only once. I picked "system reboot" and it went right back to the
model number blinking. Kies won't recognize the serial number, Odin says "success" but the phone still a no-go. Any ideas?

phoneless butthead said:
flashed stock firmware and still get only the model number to blink on, then a vibration. same thing over and over and over.
For a split second, I was able to get into recovery mode, but only once. I picked "system reboot" and it went right back to the
model number blinking. Kies won't recognize the serial number, Odin says "success" but the phone still a no-go. Any ideas?
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Under battery there are:
IMEI
IMEI
S/N
Are you sure you input S/N not IMEI?
I did it the first time i use KIES since i am very nervous.
The phone should be put on downloading mode to perform the procedure.

Galaxy Core Prime stuck in endless boot, trying everything
Hey guys, I found this thread and I'm hoping I can figure out this massively frustrating issue with the Galaxy Core Prime as well.
It was stuck in endless boot so I downloaded the Samsung drivers to my PC and then used Odin (v3.10.7) to load twrp-3.0.2-0-coreprimelte.img.tar (from dl.twrp.me/coreprimelte/) on AP and clicked Start. Failed.
My log from Odin is below, and the phone showed "Custom Binary Recovery blocked by FRP Lock".
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Now I'm trying to use Kies3 firmware upgrade to see if it'll get the phone out of endless boot mode but it required a serial number and I don't have one. Don't have the box, and it's not on the sticker.
Check it out -- am I nuts or is this void of SN?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Meanwhile I'm downloading the firmware to flash with Odin but it's going to be a while before the download finishes... so in the mean time I'm trying whatever I can.
I tried looking up how to bypass the FRP lock but couldn't find directions that involved not being able to boot the actual phone.
Any ideas?

heymishka said:
Hey guys, I found this thread and I'm hoping I can figure out this massively frustrating issue with the Galaxy Core Prime as well.
It was stuck in endless boot so I downloaded the Samsung drivers to my PC and then used Odin (v3.10.7) to load twrp-3.0.2-0-coreprimelte.img.tar (from dl.twrp.me/coreprimelte/) on AP and clicked Start. Failed.
My log from Odin is below, and the phone showed "Custom Binary Recovery blocked by FRP Lock".
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Now I'm trying to use Kies3 firmware upgrade to see if it'll get the phone out of endless boot mode but it required a serial number and I don't have one. Don't have the box, and it's not on the sticker.
Check it out -- am I nuts or is this void of SN?
Meanwhile I'm downloading the firmware to flash with Odin but it's going to be a while before the download finishes... so in the mean time I'm trying whatever I can.
I tried looking up how to bypass the FRP lock but couldn't find directions that involved not being able to boot the actual phone.
Any ideas?
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I believe the S/N on your sticker is the FCC ID.

Victory is mine!
xCrakerZ said:
I believe the S/N on your sticker is the FCC ID.
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I tried that to no avail - luckily I just successfully reinstalled the firmware with Odin3 v3.10.7!
It stayed stuck on the boot screen for a few minutes and then suddenly it kicked into the welcome screen. VICTORY!
The phone was wiped of course, but at least it's a phone again. Thanks everyone - I know I just posted in this thread today but I read through the whole thing and it helped me figure this out. :good:

heymishka said:
I tried that to no avail - luckily I just successfully reinstalled the firmware with Odin3 v3.10.7!
It stayed stuck on the boot screen for a few minutes and then suddenly it kicked into the welcome screen. VICTORY!
The phone was wiped of course, but at least it's a phone again. Thanks everyone - I know I just posted in this thread today but I read through the whole thing and it helped me figure this out. :good:
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Glad you make it

TacoTank said:
(NOTE: This is NOT my phone, but I do have it until it's fixed)
I tried rooting this MetroPCS Galaxy Core Prime via Kingroot, something went wrong. After I rooted it, I gave it back to its owner, and he came back from Spring Break with a Samsung paperweight. Recovery doesn't work, neither does booting it up regularly. It gives me the " Custom Binary blocked by FAP. " and in red text, it says " SECURE FAIL: KERNEL " So, I was like "Hey, no biggie, let's just flash the stock firmware." Well, there's an issue there. It boots into Download mode, but it doesn't show up on Odin. I REALLY need help, as this isn't my phone. Thanks guys.
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Ok you'll need to go to sammobile.com, go to firmware and search for Galaxy core prime (the model) and download the firmware.
Then download the latest Odin and open the .exe and select PDA or AP and select the firmware you just downloaded.
Now boot your phone to Download mode b yholding the home, power and volume down button at the same time and when a warning dialog
appears press the volume up button and now connect the phone to your PC and click on start in Odin.
After the flasihng process ends, you will have your Galaxy Core Prime working perfectly.
If you want to root your phone again then I recommend checking the OEM Unlock in the developer option in android settings, this will disable FRP/FAP Lock.

Hey can anyone help me i to am unable to find a stock rom to fix my phone. It's a Samsung galaxy core prime sm-s820l. Won't boot past Samsung galaxy core prime screen, kies or Odin aren't working for me.

Flavinkelly said:
Hey can anyone help me i to am unable to find a stock rom to fix my phone. It's a Samsung galaxy core prime sm-s820l. Won't boot past Samsung galaxy core prime screen, kies or Odin aren't working for me.
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Got to sammobile.com and download your rom. Switch your phone to download mode, connect your phone with your PC (if your PC cannot detect your phone Odin then uninstall and reinstall Samsung drivers on your PC) and select AP or PDA in Odin and select your ROM (the zip file) and wait until it's finished flashing the ROM.

FardeenTGO said:
Got to sammobile.com and download your rom. Switch your phone to download mode, connect your phone with your PC (if your PC cannot detect your phone Odin then uninstall and reinstall Samsung drivers on your PC) and select AP or PDA in Odin and select your ROM (the zip file) and wait until it's finished flashing the ROM.
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Not to be unkind, but I don't think there is any firmware for the sm-s820l. If you find any, could you post a link?

heymishka said:
Hey guys, I found this thread and I'm hoping I can figure out this massively frustrating issue with the Galaxy Core Prime as well.
It was stuck in endless boot so I downloaded the Samsung drivers to my PC and then used Odin (v3.10.7) to load twrp-3.0.2-0-coreprimelte.img.tar (from dl.twrp.me/coreprimelte/) on AP and clicked Start. Failed.
My log from Odin is below, and the phone showed "Custom Binary Recovery blocked by FRP Lock".
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Now I'm trying to use Kies3 firmware upgrade to see if it'll get the phone out of endless boot mode but it required a serial number and I don't have one. Don't have the box, and it's not on the sticker.
Check it out -- am I nuts or is this void of SN?
Meanwhile I'm downloading the firmware to flash with Odin but it's going to be a while before the download finishes... so in the mean time I'm trying whatever I can.
I tried looking up how to bypass the FRP lock but couldn't find directions that involved not being able to boot the actual phone.
Any ideas?
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Download the latest Odin and Samsung driver and install it.
Download the stock ROM of your phone in sammobile.com
Go to the download mode by long pressing on volume down+power+home button.
Connect your phone to your pc with a usb cable.
Launch Odin and choose PDA or AP.
Select the stock rom of your phone and press on download in Odin.
It may take some minutes and when the process is complete, reboot your phone if it stays on the download mode.
Hit Thank if it helped
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hydroman202 said:
Not to be unkind, but I don't think there is any firmware for the sm-s820l. If you find any, could you post a link?
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Here ; https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-KfJE4M0My6Z1RsNUpXaFA3bmM
Its a deodexed rom.
Hit Thank if helped.

TacoTank said:
I ended up fixing it after all! Thanks for the help though. (Can a mod take this thread down?)
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Can you tell me how you fixed it because my Galaxy core prime has been soft brick for a year now and I need help

Mrkingg said:
Can you tell me how you fixed it because my Galaxy core prime has been soft brick for a year now and I need help
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Flash stock rom through odin on a pc/laptop.

FardeenTGO said:
Flash stock rom through odin on a pc/laptop.
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I've done everything it still not working the reason I brick my is because I used kingroot and forgot to activate OEM unlock now not even my PC recognizing my phone I really need help

[SOLVED] Weird white bar while booting SM-N910G (Flashing repair firmware solved it)

Past week when I manually rebooted my phone Samsung galaxy note 4 sm-n910g, it never booted beyond Samsung galaxy note 4 screen.
(Tried flashing stock ROM using Odin , it didn't work.
Also tried flashing twrp recovery using Odin, that too didn't work.)
First thing I observed which was never before was white color half bar nearly as if its indicating 50% of something which I still don't know and have searched everywhere on web about it.. Still its unanswered
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Phone didn't go beyond Samsung note 4 logo. Led kept on blinking light blue to dark for nealy half n hour ..
I removed battery and again checked, result was same .. Thought may be the latest OTA did something. I tried using three finger recovery boot but unfortunately phone didn't boot into recovery. Tried to go into safe mode boot that too didnt work. When I tried three finger download mode , phone did went into download boot.
I downloaded latest firmware for this phone and used Odin to flash it . it successfully flashed and phone rebooted but still with the same weird white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo and led kept flashing ..
I also tried to flash twrp recovery as I wanted to get into recovery so that from there I would atleast clear cache or do factory reset..
Odin flashed twrp but still stuck at same note 4 logo..
If anyone facing or faced this problem? Plz experts kindly make me understand exactly what might be the problem software or hardware which is causing this ..
Its been one week since phone is like this ..it was my daily driver for 1 year ,had my all work data inside it :crying:

omarrph said:
Past week when I manually rebooted my phone Samsung galaxy note 4 sm-n910g, it never booted beyond Samsung galaxy note 4 screen.
(Tried flashing stock ROM using Odin , it didn't work.
Also tried flashing twrp recovery using Odin, that too didn't work.)
First thing I observed which was never before was white color half bar nearly as if its indicating 50% of something which I still don't know and have searched everywhere on web about it.. Still its unanswered
Phone didn't go beyond Samsung note 4 logo. Led kept on blinking light blue to dark for nealy half n hour ..
I removed battery and again checked, result was same .. Thought may be the latest OTA did something. I tried using three finger recovery boot but unfortunately phone didn't boot into recovery. Tried to go into safe mode boot that too didnt work. When I tried three finger download mode , phone did went into download boot.
I downloaded latest firmware for this phone and used Odin to flash it . it successfully flashed and phone rebooted but still with the same weird white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo and led kept flashing ..
I also tried to flash twrp recovery as I wanted to get into recovery so that from there I would atleast clear cache or do factory reset..
Odin flashed twrp but still stuck at same note 4 logo..
If anyone facing or faced this problem? Plz experts kindly make me understand exactly what might be the problem software or hardware which is causing this ..
Its been one week since phone is like this ..it was my daily driver for 1 year ,had my all work data inside it :crying:
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Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773

Trex888 said:
Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
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I will report it back in evening . But will it delete my documents and data? Or they will be there if all things go well? Kindly do reply me back before flash process

They will be delete from internal memory for sure.
Not from microsd card.

Trex888 said:
They will be delete from internal memory for sure.
Not from microsd card.
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Bro tried to download it whole day, getting very slow download speed of around 15 kbps .. Failed to download with three attempts which hardly went past 40 percent..
Data's inside the phone were really important for my work point of view and mostly were saved on phone memory rather than extcard.. Photos and videos were important but I can manage without them but other data's I am concerned :crying:
Can i find same recovery on web with better speed? Same download crisis was there when I tried to download latest stock ROM . I managed to download from updato website.. Previously I searched for samfirm software which then made be find this website on xda about updato . download was smooth..
Also tmrw I am giving phone to service person even though its warranty is expired. If he can't fix it then I will revert back to download link which u provided .
Bro can you tell me what is that half white bar ? Actually what is it related to ,is it software or hardware.. Also I am thinking this all may be due to faulty battery ..if it might be the case

omarrph said:
Bro tried to download it whole day, getting very slow download speed of around 15 kbps .. Failed to download with three attempts which hardly went past 40 percent..
Data's inside the phone were really important for my work point of view and mostly were saved on phone memory rather than extcard.. Photos and videos were important but I can manage without them but other data's I am concerned :crying:
Can i find same recovery on web with better speed? Same download crisis was there when I tried to download latest stock ROM . I managed to download from updato website.. Previously I searched for samfirm software which then made be find this website on xda about updato . download was smooth..
Also tmrw I am giving phone to service person even though its warranty is expired. If he can't fix it then I will revert back to download link which u provided .
Bro can you tell me what is that half white bar ? Actually what is it related to ,is it software or hardware.. Also I am thinking this all may be due to faulty battery ..if it might be the case
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No idea about white bar never seen anything like it.
Probably its software issue .
Did you flash any rom or kernel before this white bar begin to appear?

Trex888 said:
No idea about white bar never seen anything like it.
Probably its software issue .
Did you flash any rom or kernel before this white bar begin to appear?
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No modifications were done. It was running on stock Samsung ROM. Not rooted at all and not even Knox was tripped before it .
Few days ago before start of this major problem I can only remember is that I did December update through OTA. It rebooted and android updated . I remember I didn't went into recovery and didn't cleaned cache or anything ,just normal reboot and phone was working . The day when it started I thought I should clean the screen. I powered off phone and with dry cloth cleaned the screen, back panel and battery .. When I turned on phone, first time I saw this bar, phone didn't go past Samsung logo. It was then when I tried to go into recovery, it didn't go to recovery. I tried to safeboot that too didn't work. Only download mode was working . so I searched on internet about it.. I thought maybe update did something so I downloaded latest stock to check. Every thing went smooth and pass msg was on Odin but phone was having same half white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo.
I really don't understand till date what might have caused it . was it update, battery or some hardware issue

If you can flash twrp you can copy all data from internal memory and then follow repair firmware method that i mentioned earlier.
Flash twrp in odin of your model.
Go to mount and mount usb storage.
And connect via usb cable to pc .
Here you can see your whole internal memory & data you can copy to pc .
Make sure download latest twrp recovery otherwise in older versions usb storage will not work.
Hope that helps

Trex888 said:
If you can flash twrp you can copy all data from internal memory and then follow repair firmware method that i mentioned earlier.
Flash twrp in odin of your model.
Go to mount and mount usb storage.
And connect via usb cable to pc .
Here you can see your whole internal memory & data you can copy to pc .
Make sure download latest twrp recovery otherwise in older versions usb storage will not work.
Hope that helps
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Bro plz don't get annoyed and kindly send link of latest twrp for n910g..
Previously I downloaded from
https://dl.twrp.me/trltedt/
And installed via Odin successfully but couldn't get phone into recovery boot even doing all things . if I could go into it and save data I could have gone for recovery firmware installation without hesitation.
Plz from ur knowledge provide me a link for latest twrp and I will flash and report back bro

omarrph said:
Bro plz don't get annoyed and kindly send link of latest twrp for n910g..
Previously I downloaded from
https://dl.twrp.me/trltedt/
And installed via Odin successfully but couldn't get phone into recovery boot even doing all things . if I could go into it and save data I could have gone for recovery firmware installation without hesitation.
Plz from ur knowledge provide me a link for latest twrp and I will flash and report back bro
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This is the latest version of twrp that you have.
Flash twrp.tar in odin 3.10 and most important ( uncheck auto reboot in odin options).
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and immediately press (volume up + home + power button ) you should be in twrp.

Trex888 said:
This is the latest version of twrp that you have.
Flash twrp.tar in odin 3.10 and most important ( uncheck auto reboot in odin options).
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and immediately press (volume up + home + power button ) you should be in twrp.
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I did all things correctly. There was pass msg in Odin yet again. I removed battery and manually pressed vol up, home and power to get into recovery. Phone had msg booting in recovery but after it its blank black screen only bro..
When I am into my computer device manager and still connected phone with USB I can see its there in portable device and also in universal serial bus controllers

Bro OK let's suppose something is not letting my phone to boot up and also recovery mode boot . is it possible that it might be due to corrupt partition or phone memory which is not letting phone to boot up.
Is there any way using my external SD card as a storage where I can install twrp and get into recovery? So that it may allow me to go inside of recovery mode and select USB mount option ? Is it practical ? Can this be done using external SD card? If so plz tell me

omarrph said:
Bro OK let's suppose something is not letting my phone to boot up and also recovery mode boot . is it possible that it might be due to corrupt partition or phone memory which is not letting phone to boot up.
Is there any way using my external SD card as a storage where I can install twrp and get into recovery? So that it may allow me to go inside of recovery mode and select USB mount option ? Is it practical ? Can this be done using external SD card? If so plz tell me
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Have a look there mate, it might help you : https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/note-4-debrick-img-t3488114

i have downloaded repair firmware file from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
there are these files inside them.. how do i install them? i have searched on google but only could find steps for using AP but what about other files? do i have to use them and how to kindly guide me steps

Trex888 said:
Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
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i have downloaded repair firmware file from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
there are these files inside them.. how do i install them? i have searched on google but only could find steps for using AP but what about other files? do i have to use them and how to kindly guide me steps

@Trex888,
i followed the step and installed repair firmware..
First i selected only AP and PIT file.
after odin passed i removed battery and booted to recovery.. Android robot came with RED dead sign.. still recovery booted and i cleared cache and factory reset.
Phone in bootloop..
SO again i went to download mode and selected all other files like CSC, BL and CP
ODIN came with following fail..
d in Odin
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BL_N910GDTU1BOE4_CL4980903_QB5063813_REV00_user_lo w_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CP_N910GDD1BOC1_REV00_CL_1905730.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CSC_ODD_N910GODD1BOE1_CL4965595_QB5034215_REV00_us er_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/008> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/008> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/008> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/008> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/008> tz.mbn
<ID:0/008> sdi.mbn
<ID:0/008> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/008> modem.bin
<ID:0/008> Transmission Complete..
<ID:0/008> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes
<ID:0/008> Receive Response from boot-loader
<ID:0/008> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> hidden.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> FAIL! (Write)
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I tried to go into recovery but it said firmware failed please connect to kies for recovery..
I went to ODIN and just flashed AP firmware this time and it passed .. Mannually reboooted to recovery it rebooted and then i rebooted phone and now its on stock rom 5.0.1..
Now i dont see any white half bar while booting.. Phone is booting properly and i checked all sound, camera, torch and wifi, mobile data working..
So steps i did were ok or anything i missed or messed?? some thought here please

Galaxy S8 Odin problem

Hello
It seems to me that my Galaxy S8 is brick and I would like to reset it with odin, I have the firmware but when i flash this is what i get
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo) : Seems uncommon to me. :-/
And my Galaxy S8 remains blocked on startup menu, could you help me please ?

Extract from csc file pit. Once that is done place pit in pit option in Odin. Place AQG7 bl or any bl and flash. When It fails enter download mode and as it does that spam the start button. Like your button mashing a game. It'll flash and be successful I JUST recovered from this 5 mins ago

this.guy.lol said:
Extract from csc file pit. Once that is done place pit in pit option in Odin. Place AQG7 bl or any bl and flash. When It fails enter download mode and as it does that spam the start button. Like your button mashing a game. It'll flash and be successful I JUST recovered from this 5 mins ago
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Hello, thanks for your help, I will try to follow your step, here are the files I have :
AP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5
BL_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CP6222485_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
HOME_CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
And I have this : DREAMLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit (I'm french)

Amsro said:
Hello, thanks for your help, I will try to follow your step, here are the files I have :
AP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5
BL_G950FXXU1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CP_G950FXXU1AQDD_CP6222485_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
HOME_CSC_OXM_G950FOXM1AQDD_CL11168760_QB13202424_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
And I have this : DREAMLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit (I'm french)
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No problem. Flash pit and BL at same time. Once it fails quickly boot it back into download mode as it's failing. Once it said press up to enter download mode, as you press up spam the start button in Odin. After that install twrp. Then wipe as you would normally like format data etc. Reinstall stock and you should be golden after that

this.guy.lol said:
No problem. Flash pit and BL at same time. Once it fails quickly boot it back into download mode as it's failing. Once it said press up to enter download mode, as you press up spam the start button in Odin. After that install twrp. Then wipe as you would normally like format data etc. Reinstall stock and you should be golden after that
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Okay thanks you very much

It's not the problem, problem is because of Bootloader AQG5, look that:
Galaxy S8/S8+ Odin FAIL, BOOTLOOP, BOOTLOADER FIX! | QG5 Nightmare

this.guy.lol said:
Extract from csc file pit. Once that is done place pit in pit option in Odin. Place AQG7 bl or any bl and flash. When It fails enter download mode and as it does that spam the start button. Like your button mashing a game. It'll flash and be successful I JUST recovered from this 5 mins ago
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dude. i dont care how late i am but you just saved me from completely breaking down and crying after what seemed to be bricking my 2 week old device, i cant thank you enough. THANK YOU SO MUCH

YaoSta said:
dude. i dont care how late i am but you just saved me from completely breaking down and crying after what seemed to be bricking my 2 week old device, i cant thank you enough. THANK YOU SO MUCH
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your very welcome. i was in the same boat for 25 mins till i did some research...it was bad. glad to help.

Amsro said:
Hello
It seems to me that my Galaxy S8 is brick and I would like to reset it with odin, I have the firmware but when i flash this is what i get
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (DeviceInfo) : Seems uncommon to me. :-/
And my Galaxy S8 remains blocked on startup menu, could you help me please ?
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Hey,
Please listen to me ! It's work.
When the device reboot after this error : Fail Device Info. Repress immediately Volume- / Bixby / Power to enter a second time in download mode. Normally you enter directly in the mode, and you don't have the Splash Screen ( Samsung Power BY Android )
Now you can flash with Odin, and tis problem diseapear !
The more important is the rapidity ! when you click start in Odin, the phone reboot and you must immediately re-enter in download mode.
Enjoy

brilliant mate, sorted a ~bricked phone (when it won't power off and sits at the first screen until the battery dies, all you can do is hold the buttons until it forces a reboot and then you can only get to the Odin downloader screen or it sits on the first screen, all flash attempts fail until you do the trick, then it's sorted )

Soft-Tech643 said:
Hey,
Please listen to me ! It's work.
When the device reboot after this error : Fail Device Info. Repress immediately Volume- / Bixby / Power to enter a second time in download mode. Normally you enter directly in the mode, and you don't have the Splash Screen ( Samsung Power BY Android )
Now you can flash with Odin, and tis problem diseapear !
The more important is the rapidity ! when you click start in Odin, the phone reboot and you must immediately re-enter in download mode.
Enjoy
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I agree with this claim, I was almost frustrated on how to cure my S8+ , you only have to be fast when pressing the combination buttons for download mode. I attached a screen shot showing the "FAIL! (DeviceInfo)" and followed by the logs which represents a continuous flow of good flashing of firmware. Credits to the discoverer of this method :good::good::good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Soft-Tech643 said:
Hey,
Please listen to me ! It's work.
When the device reboot after this error : Fail Device Info. Repress immediately Volume- / Bixby / Power to enter a second time in download mode. Normally you enter directly in the mode, and you don't have the Splash Screen ( Samsung Power BY Android )
Now you can flash with Odin, and tis problem diseapear !
The more important is the rapidity ! when you click start in Odin, the phone reboot and you must immediately re-enter in download mode.
Enjoy
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Sorry for necroposting, but i need to say THANK YOU to Soft-Tech643, After 10 different firmware, download, zip, unzip, tar, md5 file, download mode, and FAIL with this suggest i finally flashed my s8 with an official update. Thanks mate, it work!!!

Thanks a lot it's work for me. you save my life

Try Odin 3.13.1, it fixed this problem