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[Q] Stuck in download mode

I was trying to go back to 2.1 from 2.2 and when Odin failed I pulled the battery and now I'm stuck in Download mode.
Is there a way to get out?
I got to the clockwork screen and tried to reboot but it brought me to a screen with the phone a ! and a pc on it.
Anyone have a clue?
SS

Reboot pc and phone into dl mode and try again untill it works
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

I should reboot my PC every time?
SS

a solution >> From a relative NOOB
ssiperko said:
I was trying to go back to 2.1 from 2.2 and when Odin failed I pulled the battery and now I'm stuck in Download mode.
Is there a way to get out?
I got to the clockwork screen and tried to reboot but it brought me to a screen with the phone a ! and a pc on it.
Anyone have a clue?
SS
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I have had this issue since the first use of Odin. I believe my answer is the proper one but am open to correction. You have to go back to download mode and odin yourself to recovery. I have had inconsistent successes with Odin. . .sometimes for no apparent reason the fifth or sixth time works.
Each non-success renders my phone in the state you described unless I go straight into DL mode. I have never rebooted my computer to make this work, or moved my usb, or anything. Just persistence. This is just my personal experience and I am in no way a master of all things android, odin, pits, or anything. Just a tinkerer.

Djinn23 said:
I have had this issue since the first use of Odin. I believe my answer is the proper one but am open to correction. You have to go back to download mode and odin yourself to recovery. I have had inconsistent successes with Odin. . .sometimes for no apparent reason the fifth or sixth time works.
Each non-success renders my phone in the state you described unless I go straight into DL mode. I have never rebooted my computer to make this work, or moved my usb, or anything. Just persistence. This is just my personal experience and I am in no way a master of all things android, odin, pits, or anything. Just a tinkerer.
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exactly what he said. maybe the file youre using isnt working. mine was stuck last night and i redownloaded the file (idk if it was the same one) but i downloaded a new one, went into recovery and wiped completely, tried it again and it worked.

Help with Odin
Im stuck now in the middle of the download. I know they say restart pc and phone, but is it safe to pull the battery out to turn of. It says on download screen do not turn off target??? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Pull the battery and try again.
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I am having same issue. I cant try again because it is not in the first stage of dl mode that you see when hit 1 and power. It has the icons of a pc and phone communicating with a yellow exclamation triangle in between
PC does not recognize phone is connected because of the stage of dl mode.
Please if anyone can help - created a new thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17102763#post17102763

jmsnyc said:
I am having same issue. I cant try again because it is not in the first stage of dl mode that you see when hit 1 and power. It has the icons of a pc and phone communicating with a yellow exclamation triangle in between
PC does not recognize phone is connected because of the stage of dl mode.
Please if anyone can help - created a new thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17102763#post17102763
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Pull the battery and Odin with it out. Put it in download mode by connecting cable and then holding the 1 key and power button.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

[Q] Soft Bricked My SGH-I337

I was running CyanogenMod 10.1 Loki'd and the clock widget locked up. I rebooted figuring that would fix it, but it it didn't. I decided to put the Slim Rom on it and went into TWRP. It locked up & I rebooted it and now I'm at the dreaded "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." Kies says device not responding and won't connect. I then tried to reinstall the stock using Odin 3.07 and it errors out after it tries to write. The error says Complete (Write) Operation failed. All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1
Can someone please help? I've read & searched till I'm blue in the face.

Reboot from your stock nandroid backup and start over
Sent from my SGH-I337 using xda premium

beeznhoney said:
Reboot from your stock nandroid backup and start over
Sent from my SGH-I337 using xda premium
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It seems like my TWRP recovery is gone. It will only either go into Download mode or the triangle recovery failed mode. I haven't found anything I can do at this point.

Wipe data/Factory Reset in recovery mode (not in TWRP).
Then try ODIN again.

pakxelaos said:
Wipe data/Factory Reset in recovery mode (not in TWRP).
Then try ODIN again.
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It won't go into recovery. This triangle recovery error screen seems to have taken over recovery. I've tried mucho times to get into recovery by holding power, volume up & home at the same time.

Maybe you can try Adam's Casual tool (in Development section) to see if it will work. It is supposed to "one click" CWM or TWRP onto your phone. If it works, you will have recovery to flash another ROM to get you back going. It might be worth a try anyway.

This is beyond my knowledge.
Since you did everything already (via KIES, ODIN and Recovery).
Sorry and hopefully someone can guide you to right direction.

Thank Scott. I'll give it a whirl.

That was a no go. It didn't see my phone just like Kies. I wonder why Odin has the error I put in my OP.

It sounds like you have a driver issue. Has your PC recognized your phone before this?
Also, see if you can get your hands on an earlier version of ODIN (1.87 Maybe or another) and give it a try. At this point I don't think you have much to lose.

scott14719 said:
It sounds like you have a driver issue. Has your PC recognized your phone before this?
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Oh yes. It's never not connected. It's doing the same here on my laptop. The phone's drives don't even show in Explorer since this has happened.
The phone won't stay turned off in this state unless I take the battery out.

I'm calling it a night. Maybe the day crew can help me out on up this morning. I sure hope so.

sholsten said:
It won't go into recovery. This triangle recovery error screen seems to have taken over recovery. I've tried mucho times to get into recovery by holding power, volume up & home at the same time.
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Did you try to push the "volume up" key after the phone displayed the triangle? Once the phone shows the triangle and you have let go of all of the buttons, try to push the volume up button again and see if anything happens.

scott14719 said:
Did you try to push the "volume up" key after the phone displayed the triangle? Once the phone shows the triangle and you have let go of all of the buttons, try to push the volume up button again and see if anything happens.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried the volume up & it did nothing after the triangle screen came and I released all three buttons. So I then tried the volume down button and still had no result.

Fixed - Got Damn Lucky
I reckon the stock rom I had and was trying to install with Odin was evidently corrupt. I re-downloaded it and Odin installed it flawlessly.
Thank God!!!! I thought I'd ruined it for awhile.

Nice.

version of odin
sholsten said:
I reckon the stock rom I had and was trying to install with Odin was evidently corrupt. I re-downloaded it and Odin installed it flawlessly.
Thank God!!!! I thought I'd ruined it for awhile.
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where did you find the rom .? I cant get odin in windows to download it

sholsten said:
I was running CyanogenMod 10.1 Loki'd and the clock widget locked up. I rebooted figuring that would fix it, but it it didn't. I decided to put the Slim Rom on it and went into TWRP. It locked up & I rebooted it and now I'm at the dreaded "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." Kies says device not responding and won't connect. I then tried to reinstall the stock using Odin 3.07 and it errors out after it tries to write. The error says Complete (Write) Operation failed. All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1
Can someone please help? I've read & searched till I'm blue in the face.
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ODIN will error everytime if you have the worthless keis installed, remove keis, load the newest samsung att g4 drivers , and it will NOT error again. I setup a workstation at the house JUST FOR THE PHONES a year ago, smooth ever since. lets see, $200 for a computer, $600 for a paper weight, best move I ever made. Nothing loaded on that puter but win 7 and samsung drivers, and any prog I need to do whatever, NEVER has odin errored on me...ever.

TheAxman said:
ODIN will error everytime if you have the worthless keis installed.
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Well, might be that. But I have KIES on my everyday PC, I can restore using KIES or ODIN without problem :good:

I didn't install Kies till Odin was failing. I downloaded the Rom from Samfirms; I think its called.

[Q] Brick Help

My brother has a rooted Sprint GS4 and he says he clicked to install a Samsung update that was pushed through his phone (probably 4.3). The phone cannot boot into recovery. Trying to get into recovery leads to a screen saying the update is installing and it always fails and restarts the phone. The phone cannot boot and freezes on the Sprint screen.
*EDIT: Now the phone won't even get past the black galaxy s4 screen!!
How I've been troubleshooting:
The battery was taken out for over 6 hours and same thing.
I tried to use ODIN to flash 4.2, ODIN stops on a write error
(following the QB King video)
Should I try to find 4.3 and attempt to flash? Is there anything else I could do? Thanks!!

If the phone was already 4.3, you have to use Odin to flash MK2. Anything older than that will not work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
If the update to 4.4.2 (NAE) failed, you may have to use one of the 4.4.2 ROMs to get the phone to boot until the official 4.4.2.tar comes out. Try MK2 first though.

EvanDinelli said:
My brother has a rooted Sprint GS4 and he says he clicked to install a Samsung update that was pushed through his phone (probably 4.3). The phone cannot boot into recovery. Trying to get into recovery leads to a screen saying the update is installing and it always fails and restarts the phone. The phone cannot boot and freezes on the Sprint screen.
*EDIT: Now the phone won't even get past the black galaxy s4 screen!!
How I've been troubleshooting:
The battery was taken out for over 6 hours and same thing.
I tried to use ODIN to flash 4.2, ODIN stops on a write error
(following the QB King video)
Should I try to find 4.3 and attempt to flash? Is there anything else I could do? Thanks!!
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There is a MJA full tar available from rwilco12's repository. First charge the phone for a couple hours. Then put into download mode - volume down+ power, then volume up to confirm. Run Odin as administrator, put the tar.md5 file in the pda shot, connect the phone and flash with Odin 3.07 or 3.09.
First boot may take five earth minutes or more.
If it gets stuck on yellow screen for more that ten minutes, boot into stock recovery and factory reset. Should be good to go.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Thanks!
leaderbuilder said:
There is a MJA full tar available from rwilco12's repository. First charge the phone for a couple hours. Then put into download mode - volume down+ power, then volume up to confirm. Run Odin as administrator, put the tar.md5 file in the pda shot, connect the phone and flash with Odin 3.07 or 3.09.
First boot may take five earth minutes or more.
If it gets stuck on yellow screen for more that ten minutes, boot into stock recovery and factory reset. Should be good to go.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks for these steps! The phone is fully restored with nothing wiped! I really appreciate your help!

EvanDinelli said:
Thanks for these steps! The phone is fully restored with nothing wiped! I really appreciate your help!
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Thank you for reporting back!
That is a big thing, it really helps the community.
Since the phone will be on the full stock it will probably get the OTA update notification.
Might want to hold off on that for a bit.
To turn off the notification for these in the future:
1. from the homescreen click menu.
2. click settings.
3. click more
4. click application manager.
5. scroll over to all
6. find google services framework.
7. uncheck "show notifications"
the short cut?
1. pull down the notification bar
2. long press on the system update notification
3. press app info
4. uncheck "show notifications"
Have fun and good luck with your new phone.
Spend some time reading, searching and reading and you all will sure enjoy this device.
Good luck.

Please halp, rooting problems for samsung s4

Ok. So, ive been trying to root my phone (samsung galaxy s4 [shv e330l]) and ive run into a little problem.
I ran odin and had no problems, and i ran the auto root file in the pda and only check the options 'auto-reboot' and 'f. reset time'. i started the flash and it says all threads completed (succed 1 / failed 0).
BUT, MY PHONE WONT DO ANYTHING ELSE AND IS STUCK IN ODIN MODE.
I cant even get it to go in recovery mode. Holding volume up, home, and the power keys js restart my phone but it goes back to the same screen (which is odin mode), and it still says "DOWNLOADING, DO NOT TURN
is there any way i can fix this myself, or do i have to go to the samsung center and have a technician fix my phone........
please help, many thanks

samhwang0604 said:
Ok. So, ive been trying to root my phone (samsung galaxy s4 [shv e330l]) and ive run into a little problem.
I ran odin and had no problems, and i ran the auto root file in the pda and only check the options 'auto-reboot' and 'f. reset time'. i started the flash and it says all threads completed (succed 1 / failed 0).
BUT, MY PHONE WONT DO ANYTHING ELSE AND IS STUCK IN ODIN MODE.
I cant even get it to go in recovery mode. Holding volume up, home, and the power keys js restart my phone but it goes back to the same screen (which is odin mode), and it still says "DOWNLOADING, DO NOT TURN
is there any way i can fix this myself, or do i have to go to the samsung center and have a technician fix my phone........
please help, many thanks
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Try flashing original samsung rom.

[Q] Stuck at boot screen - Odin gives "complete(write) operation failed

Ok so this is my first post, hope I'm in the right section. This will be a long post as I've tried everything I could find to fix my problem.
So I bought a Fido Samsung Galaxy S4, I9505 SGH-I337M from an online auction site (not ebay). The phone is completely stock, its not rooted, no customer recovery, nothing. Phone was in wayyyyy better shape than I expected, I would say near mint with original box, charger, cable etc. Everything worked great except the wifi, as other people have reported it would not turn on, toggle switch would move over and attempt to turn on, but after 15 seconds or so it would switch back to off. I also tried 3rd party apps to manage wifi connections without any luck. It was running the firmware ending in NE1 so I thought updating it to the newer firmware, NI2, might have this fix. Since I couldn't connect to wifi I figured I should do it manually following the instructions I found on sammobile.com. So I downloaded Odin 3.07 and the new firmware that IS the right one for my phone. I shut off the phone, pulled the battery, put it back in, and put it into download mode. I connected the phone, Odin detected it, I selected the firmware and press start. It took a few minutes and then failed (this was a few days ago, I don't remember the exact error I received). So, I tried again but it kept failing, so I shut off the phone, pulled the battery and turned it on. It booted to the screen with the exclamation mark that says a firmware error occurred and to use Kies to recovery it. I tried using Kies but it wouldn't detect the phone. I ended up using a fix I found that had me flash some file that started with philz_touch something like that. It was from a youtube video called "firmware upgrade encountered an issue for s4 fix".
And that fixed that part, as I could now get back into download/odin mode. When I turn the phone on it just sits at the "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen, no blue light or flashy graphic. It will just sit there forever. Obviously there is a problem so here is what I've tried so far to get Odin to work.
Using Odin 3.07 I tried flashing the firmware ending in NE1. Odin confirmed MD5, but after pressing start only a few seconds later I get "There is no PIT partition"
So I tried to find a PIT file and did. So I shut off the phone, unplugged it, pulled the battery, and put it back into download mode. I closed and reopened Odin 3.07 and used the PIT file I found and the NE1 firmware. This time it failed again within seconds with the error saying "complete(write) operation failed". I have tried 3 different firmwares, with 3 different USB ports, with and without the PIT file, and with both Odin 3.07 and Odin 3.10. I've also tried doing it with my antivirus deactivated. Samsung Kies still won't detect my phone when its connected, but Odin detects it every time.
When I try going into recovery mode I get
"Recovery booting.....
Recovery is not Seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : recovery"
It just sits there and nothing happens. Pressing any button does nothing except power as I can shut it off.
So I'm at a complete loss of what to try next. I've tried every solution I could find so I'm hoping someone has a suggestion of what I could try. PLEASE HELP ME!!

Me too! Help!

xepes said:
Me too! Help!
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Hi
Please more details.... phone model , rom , stock , root, recovery........
anyhow......
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477