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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Q] I would like some help.

Hi, I'm a noob with phone software and I've seemed to get myself in a TERRIBLE spot. I tried a root earlier today and succeeded. (I don't have the link to the guide. It was a "noob guide" for sch-i545 phones with kitkat 4.4.2)
I decided I would uninstall the root and something went wrong. Now my phone goes into the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. I can also get into the download mode.
I've tried all sorts of different drivers and different versions to set back to and a few versions of odin as well as kies. nothing has been working.
I'd really like some help. I don't have very much money and wouldn't be able to afford a new phone for quite some time. Should i not just tell Verizon I lost this phone and have my warranty replace it?

nneely said:
Hi, I'm a noob with phone software and I've seemed to get myself in a TERRIBLE spot. I tried a root earlier today and succeeded. (I don't have the link to the guide. It was a "noob guide" for sch-i545 phones with kitkat 4.4.2)
I decided I would uninstall the root and something went wrong. Now my phone goes into the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. I can also get into the download mode.
I've tried all sorts of different drivers and different versions to set back to and a few versions of odin as well as kies. nothing has been working.
I'd really like some help. I don't have very much money and wouldn't be able to afford a new phone for quite some time. Should i not just tell Verizon I lost this phone and have my warranty replace it?
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You would be better off asking in your relevant forum, this is for the i9505

nneely said:
Hi, I'm a noob with phone software and I've seemed to get myself in a TERRIBLE spot. I tried a root earlier today and succeeded. (I don't have the link to the guide. It was a "noob guide" for sch-i545 phones with kitkat 4.4.2)
I decided I would uninstall the root and something went wrong. Now my phone goes into the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. I can also get into the download mode.
I've tried all sorts of different drivers and different versions to set back to and a few versions of odin as well as kies. nothing has been working.
I'd really like some help. I don't have very much money and wouldn't be able to afford a new phone for quite some time. Should i not just tell Verizon I lost this phone and have my warranty replace it?
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Just came across the below guide after searching a bit, have you tried this process yet? Or firstly have you tried downloading your full firmware from samsung-updates. com and manually flashed it through Odin?
http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/

DSA said:
You would be better off asking in your relevant forum, this is for the i9505
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sorry. i wasn't paying attention. I've moved a my thread to a different area

gsmyth said:
Just came across the below guide after searching a bit, have you tried this process yet? Or firstly have you tried downloading your full firmware from samsung-updates. com and manually flashed it through Odin?
i do realize im in the wrong forum area, but yes i tried the guide with kies and kies says that it can't update anything on my device
i've also tried full firmware updates and manually flashed through Odin and they fail every time.
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[Q] SM-G900F Hard brick out of thin air. No mods

Hi, I've recently bought a used SM-G900F, looks legit, works perfectly. Same day do factory reset, no problems arose. 3 days later, i reach for the phone and it wont turn on. Battery is charged, shouldn't be any problems. Just in case, try to connect it to pc, nothing happens, no recognition. Started reading about recovery:
My attempt: Installed Samsung drivers and used Odin with a compatible firmware from XDA. Result: Odin doesn't recognize the phone. Got a PIT file as well, but it doesn't recognize it again. Browsed through Device manager - phone doesn't come up. Device was not mod'ed in any way prior to this and was performing as it should. Spontanious hard brick. Out of ideas, please help.

Pakalnutis said:
Hi, I've recently bought a used SM-G900F, looks legit, works perfectly. Same day do factory reset, no problems arose. 3 days later, i reach for the phone and it wont turn on. Battery is charged, shouldn't be any problems. Just in case, try to connect it to pc, nothing happens, no recognition. Started reading about recovery:
My attempt: Installed Samsung drivers and used Odin with a compatible firmware from XDA. Result: Odin doesn't recognize the phone. Got a PIT file as well, but it doesn't recognize it again. Browsed through Device manager - phone doesn't come up. Device was not mod'ed in any way prior to this and was performing as it should. Spontanious hard brick. Out of ideas, please help.
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hi try recovery with kies, it will also help with driver's. regard's

joecool666 said:
hi try recovery with kies, it will also help with driver's. regard's
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Take it back! Quickly before the warranty expires!

Tried KIES, doesnt recognise it at all. It literally is a brick.
GcDm2010 said:
Take it back! Quickly before the warranty expires!
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Thanks for the tip, and there I was all optimistic that i can sort it out

Pakalnutis said:
Tried KIES, doesnt recognise it at all. It literally is a brick.
Thanks for the tip, and there I was all optimistic that i can sort it out
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Yes, use the warranty.
Maybe you can try to remove the battery for 10 minutes or more and then retry to start the phone.

romualdrichard said:
Yes, use the warranty.
Maybe you can try to remove the battery for 10 minutes or more and then retry to start the phone.
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Done that, took out battery for 30 mins and put it back in. Doesn't work. Checked the battery if its charged, and it was, so that's off the table. Will try to claim warranty. Thanks for the help people, much appreciated

S7 Edge dead. ( Hardware problem? )

My phone turned off a few days ago and not power on in any mode, button combination, no battery charge...nothing. In the next day it give me a signal of life and it's enter in download mode. Than i flashed the stock firm with Odin. Wen all was finnished, during the first configurations, my s7 freezed and restarts. And suddenly died again, no boot, no power on, no nothing. Today, again, new "signal of life" and i flashed again the stock firm. Every thing, ok, boot the system, and in a few minutes, restarts and "death". But this time i can enter in download mode, stock firm again, and now it's feezing in "update system" screen. It's freezing in recovery mode too, and it's dead again. I know that in some hours it will back with a single signal. I want to know what i have to do . For years i flashed firmwares, custom firmwares in my phones and never had a problem like this. Help!
Thank you and sorry for my bad english.

Pavamarea said:
My phone turned off a few days ago and not power on in any mode, button combination, no battery charge...nothing. In the next day it give me a signal of life and it's enter in download mode. Than i flashed the stock firm with Odin. Wen all was finnished, during the first configurations, my s7 freezed and restarts. And suddenly died again, no boot, no power on, no nothing. Today, again, new "signal of life" and i flashed again the stock firm. Every thing, ok, boot the system, and in a few minutes, restarts and "death". But this time i can enter in download mode, stock firm again, and now it's feezing in "update system" screen. It's freezing in recovery mode too, and it's dead again. I know that in some hours it will back with a single signal. I want to know what i have to do . For years i flashed firmwares, custom firmwares in my phones and never had a problem like this. Help!
Thank you and sorry for my bad english.
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After install stock firmware and fist configuration, go to recovery mode and do clean cache, this help to me on another phone

The same is happening with me but i have to wait till the battery discharges totally and when i put it on charging it starts again i face this problem daily plus random screen freeze and reboot, my phone also gets very hot at that time. Please help

Hey !
This happened to me so often, been fighting with this problem for months now and finally (i think) found the solution.
I can tell you that this problem occurs when u are using Nougat ROM! Yes, believe it or not, but since downgrading to Marshmallow i never ever faced the problem. Check it out and give it a try !
Let me now please, if that helped you!

VuBoo said:
Hey !
This happened to me so often, been fighting with this problem for months now and finally (i think) found the solution.
I can tell you that this problem occurs when u are using Nougat ROM! Yes, believe it or not, but since downgrading to Marshmallow i never ever faced the problem. Check it out and give it a try !
Let me now please, if that helped you!
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I tried to downgrade, actually, i flashed the MM, but when the Odin finishes the flash, the phone freeze in the first blue screnn ( erasing, update system ) after this: bootloop, download mode don't work, and then the phone "get tired" and dies completely for about 12 hours and the this cycle restarts. I'm already giving up.

Pavamarea said:
I tried to downgrade, actually, i flashed the MM, but when the Odin finishes the flash, the phone freeze in the first blue screnn ( erasing, update system ) after this: bootloop, download mode don't work, and then the phone "get tired" and dies completely for about 12 hours and the this cycle restarts. I'm already giving up.
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Did you flash with Home_CSC? If yes, dont use HOME. Use the other one. Try to flash 2 or 3 times, and after the flash finished, instantly while booting go into Recovery and Wipe Everything. Then the phone should bootloop around 10 minutes, but after it should start normally.

VuBoo said:
Did you flash with Home_CSC? If yes, dont use HOME. Use the other one. Try to flash 2 or 3 times, and after the flash finished, instantly while booting go into Recovery and Wipe Everything. Then the phone should bootloop around 10 minutes, but after it should start normally.
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I'm don't using HOME CSC.
As soon as he gives a sign of life, I'll try this trick.
Edit: Didn't work, it's freezed in this screen. Even if i try to enter in recovery mode, this screen goes first.

It's your mb. I had the same problem. I had to take it to Samsung and they replaced the mb. Plus, the Phone almost exploded while charging and made me almost get fired from my job because it frozze. I was so mad, that they sent me the Phone back with a letter of apologies.
Galaxy S7 Edge died
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/galaxy-s7-edge-died-t3548658
This is the thread I did when I flashed several oficial firmware roms to no avail.
Id had the same problem that you have now. Check picture

Kshade said:
It's your mb. I had the same problem. I had to take it to Samsung and they replaced the mb. Plus, the Phone almost exploded while charging and made me almost get fired from my job because it frozze. I was so mad, that they sent me the Phone back with a letter of apologies.
Galaxy S7 Edge died
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/galaxy-s7-edge-died-t3548658
This is the thread I did when I flashed several oficial firmware roms to no avail.
Id had the same problem that you have now. Check picture
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Exactly! I will have to send to service centre, but my phone is from Vietnam and i'm in Brazil, Samsung Service Center didn't accept with that idiot excuse of hardware incompatibility. I contacting the webstore where i buyed my S7 to see what i can do. It's . This is very frustrating.

Pavamarea said:
Exactly! I will have to send to service centre, but my phone is from Vietnam and i'm in Brazil, Samsung Service Center didn't accept with that idiot excuse of hardware incompatibility. I contacting the webstore where i buyed my S7 to see what i can do. It's . This is very frustrating.
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Yeah i know the feeling. When you have visual defects with Phone freezes and overheating its related to mb and tbh, be carefull because my Phone was super hot when it frozze while charging. Just try to replaced the mb asap. There is no point in trying to fix it since its not software related and might explode on you.
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Shade

Kshade said:
Yeah i know the feeling. When you have visual defects with Phone freezes and overheating its related to mb and tbh, be carefull because my Phone was super hot when it frozze while charging. Just try to replaced the mb asap. There is no point in trying to fix it since its not software related and might explode on you.
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Shade
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What is mb and tb?

Pavamarea said:
What is mb and tb?
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Mb=motherboard
Tbh = to be honest

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Mb=motherboard
Tbh = to be honest
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Ahh, understood, thx.

Kshade said:
Mb=motherboard
Tbh = to be honest
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What about knox, dude ?

VuBoo said:
What about knox, dude ?
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When I took my Phone to Sammy, they saw if knox was 0x0. So I guess if the Phone can boot into download Mode they Will check it

Kshade said:
When I took my Phone to Sammy, they saw if knox was 0x0. So I guess if the Phone can boot into download Mode they Will check it
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Alright mate
I buyed today myself a Display cracked S7 Edge for 70 Euro (Samsung told me that they will let me pay 40 Euro for just looking at my phone) and changed 1 hour ago the mainboards (no knowledge, did it the first time) and my phone feels like new

VuBoo said:
Alright mate
I buyed today myself a Display cracked S7 Edge for 70 Euro (Samsung told me that they will let me pay 40 Euro for just looking at my phone) and changed 1 hour ago the mainboards (no knowledge, did it the first time) and my phone feels like new
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Whoa! that's nice!!!
I sent my s7 by mail to the web store that I bought so they could evaluate his situation in order to get their guarantee. I'm still waiting for a response.

Pavamarea said:
Whoa! that's nice!!!
I sent my s7 by mail to the web store that I bought so they could evaluate his situation in order to get their guarantee. I'm still waiting for a response.
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Fingeres crossed, mate. Hope you will get your phone repaired and recieve as fast as possible !

is there any very helpful s8 owner who could take a complete system backup

is there any very helpful s8 owner who could take a complete system backup and i can restore that should i used this? would rlly appreciate it. I failed with rooting very hard and dumb of me. and i got help from a other guy that fixed a lot. but when we want to reboot it bootloops on my samsung flashing screen. and the guy that helped me didnt know either what to do anymore because he tried already a lot. so he's last idea was using a complete system backup from a s8 owner. i cant use my Phone since sunday and i rlly had some important message i need to read. thank you for reading this far i will hope for a good respond.
you can add me on discord: Peter r de Vries#3776

jesseija said:
is there any very helpful s8 owner who could take a complete system backup and i can restore that should i used this? would rlly appreciate it. I failed with rooting very hard and dumb of me. and i got help from a other guy that fixed a lot. but when we want to reboot it bootloops on my samsung flashing screen. and the guy that helped me didnt know either what to do anymore because he tried already a lot. so he's last idea was using a complete system backup from a s8 owner. i cant use my Phone since sunday and i rlly had some important message i need to read. thank you for reading this far i will hope for a good respond.
you can add me on discord: Peter r de Vries#3776
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Ummmm Flash your current firmware through odin you dont need a s8 users backup there is a barage of stock firmwares to restore from all over the internet

yeah that doesnt work already tried that

jesseija said:
yeah that doesnt work already tried that
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What is the error you are receiving. Odin will flash and fix all but knox 0x1

My phone flashes ROM fine, But it gets stuck at pulsing Samsung logo after flashing them, It was fine before rooting the device.

jesseija said:
My phone flashes ROM fine, But it gets stuck at pulsing Samsung logo after flashing them, It was fine before rooting the device.
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Which model 950 U,f,w.
You know it takes about 5 to 10 min to also boot from that.

My model is SM-G950F and yeah i know that it can take like 10 minutes to boot

jesseija said:
My model is SM-G950F and yeah i know that it can take like 10 minutes to boot
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Last time I reset my phone it took forever to reset. Try redoing the process but give it plenty of time. Also, don't worry about it heating up.
If you had any message saved on the phone you won't be able to view it after a reset.
Try taking these precautions next time you reinstall firmware:
Make sure you have the right firmware for your country code (it's usually on a sticker on the box or when you go in download mode: power+volume up+bixby)
Make sure you have the latest Samsung Drivers for Mobile installed on your pc, this usually leads to bootloops if not installed before flashing
Ensure you have the original cable that came with the box connected as it has information that's not found on other wires
Make sure you have the most recent version of Odin. I recommend uninstalling anything you have on your pc and reinstalling the files from the beginning so nothing mixes up
These really helped when I got MY phone stuck in a bootloop...twice...

It happened after only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed. but got someone a s8 backup?

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