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S4 i9505 Won't Update to KitKat now Bricked

Hi, I have tried to update to KitKat (HG3 Version) and I tried to update it using various versions of Odin and I keep getting the same problem. It gets to start and then states failed. Please advise. I have tried the PIT file and still the same thing happens.
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protonpower said:
Hi, I have tried to update to KitKat (HG3 Version) and I tried to update it using various versions of Odin and I keep getting the same problem. It gets to start and then states failed. Please advise. I have tried the PIT file and still the same thing happens.
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Give more details of ur problems, attach screenshots.... etc :fingers-crossed:

Have you tried to use Samsung kies to emergency recover?
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Clarkiieh said:
Have you tried to use Samsung kies to emergency recover?
Sent from my GT-S7275R using xda app-developers app
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I have tried Kies but Kies doesn't recognise the device.
I will get some screen shots.

Joku1981 said:
Give more details of ur problems, attach screenshots.... etc :fingers-crossed:
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Here is a picture
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I have tried different times and sometimes it seems to go almost all the way and then it same thing happens. I will try a different port.

protonpower said:
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I have tried different times and sometimes it seems to go almost all the way and then it same thing happens. I will try a different port.
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Try to flash the same firmware like in the pic attached.

Joku1981 said:
Try to flash the same firmware like in the pic attached.
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OMG I can scream, it's a fault USB port. I plugged the phone in the back port (USB3 Port) and it worked, busy rebooting phone GRRRR and I used the PIT file on this one (Ooops just dropped the phone). It's not my afternoon. Just rebooting again and waiting to see what will come up after rebooting. I assume it should be fine.
All my apps are still there.

protonpower said:
OMG I can scream, it's a fault USB port. I plugged the phone in the back port (USB3 Port) and it worked, busy rebooting phone GRRRR and I used the PIT file on this one (Ooops just dropped the phone). It's not my afternoon. Just rebooting again and waiting to see what will come up after rebooting. I assume it should be fine.
All my apps are still there.
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I had a similar problem when I rooted my first S4 last week (I always stay an S generation behind ).. got the Odin fail and couldn't boot because of the "firmware upgrade error". Nothing I tried seem to work and sulked for a while believing I'd just bricked it.
After googling for while I tried my Nexus 7 cable instead of the genuine s4 cable that came with the phone.. flashed without issues.
Who'd have thunk it ?

Can't Update PRL/ Profile

Hello,
Back in August of 2015 I bought a FreedomPop Samsung Galaxy S4 which I used with FreedomPop up until just recently when I signed up with RingPlus, ported my old FreedomPop number to my R+ account and then deactivated my FreedomPop account. OK, so.. my problem is is that now I can't use R+ because it requires me to update my PRL, but I can't. I get this error: "The PRL update could not be completed. Please try again later. If the problem persists, you may need to contact Customer Service. Error: Connection Error (6)"
Now, in the past when I was trying to root my phone I really screwed things up and ended up having to install new Firmware. You can find more information about that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-sprint/help/caught-boot-loop-rooting-t3304144
Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially since my phone is practically useless at the moment.
-Chuck

Try dialing ###72786#
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bilgerryan said:
Try dialing ###72786#
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When I tried that, the number disappeared when I added the last #. And it still won't let me update the PRL.

I think I know why that didn't work. I'm suppose to dial ##72786#, not ###72786#. I'm assuming you meant for me to reprovision my phone?
Anyway, I did that and seemed to be working fine, but then when I tried to update the PRL it, took me to hands free activation. Same when I tried to update my profile as well. How do I go about avoiding this?

I could really use some help here please.

Chuck38 said:
I could really use some help here please.
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With what? If it updated profile and PRL them you are done. You only have to do this about once a month, not every day.

Alright. I should probably contact Ringplus directly about my other problem here.
Sorry for bothering you and thanks for the help.

Chuck38 said:
Alright. I should probably contact Ringplus directly about my other problem here.
Sorry for bothering you and thanks for the help.
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Sorry, I missed that. I recommend Odining TWRP and then flashing the SuperSU zip in recovery for rooting.

bilgerryan said:
Sorry, I missed that. I recommend Odining TWRP and then flashing the SuperSU zip in recovery for rooting.
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How would I go about Odining TWRP?
I've only used Odin to re-install my Firmware.

Chuck38 said:
How would I go about Odining TWRP?
I've only used Odin to re-install my Firmware.
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Download TWRP and run it in the PDA slot.. Make sure to uncheck Auto Reboot.

bilgerryan said:
Download TWRP and run it in the PDA slot.. Make sure to uncheck Auto Reboot.
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Alright. TWRP has been installed, as well as SuperUS. Just checked with Root Checker and my phone has been properly rooted.
However.. the problem still persists. I still am unable to get RingPlus to work with my phone. Perhaps because I can't update the PRL, it keeps taking me to hands free activation, or perhaps there's something else going on. I will see if I can contact RingPlus and see if they know what's wrong.
Thank-you for your assistance, I will report back if I get this figured out.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime stuck on boot screen with odin mode on the top corner

So today i was installing Twrp and then i saw a version which is for Samsung Grand Prime VE i thought it would work on Samsung Grand Prime then i installed it and then after i installed it and rebooted my phone i got stuck at the boot screen with odin mode on the side, I have android 5.0.2 SM-G530H and its rooted.
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i tried flashing recovery.tar but it still boots into this and tried flashing firmware in odin but it keeps saying fail.

watermln said:
i tried flashing recovery.tar but it still boots into this and tried flashing firmware in odin but it keeps saying fail.
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Post the screenshot here when you get the error in Odin. Give me the details of your firmware you're trying to flash.
Also try changing the data cable, prefer the Original Samsung Cable.

Has.007 said:
Post the screenshot here when you get the error in Odin. Give me the details of your firmware you're trying to flash.
Also try changing the data cable, prefer the Original Samsung Cable.
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Never mind :laugh: the second i looked at your post i thought of installing the correct unofficial twrp SM-G530H to my mobile with odin then after i did this the boot screen is the same so i tried to install the stock framware again and this time it said pass thank you any way for your help

watermln said:
Never mind :laugh: the second i looked at your post i thought of installing the correct unofficial twrp SM-G530H to my mobile with odin then after i did this the boot screen is the same so i tried to install the stock framware again and this time it said pass thank you any way for your help
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I'm glad.
Always take backups nd then play around, that's how you learn. :good:

URGENT! Samsung G901F stock Modem/BL/ROM

Hello, i need the stock modem, bootloader for g901f. Preferably for the Lollipop updated version. Urgent. need to get my phone back to working condition.
Tried to ROM, but was kind of in hurry and did not notice few things. i put bootloader and modem on my phone via odin3 already and now it doesnt let me install rom from sdcard. says " E: footer is wrong" & "E: signature verifycation failed". So, if i could get the original modem and bootloader. i could start my phone, now it just shows samsung logo and restarts when i try to power it up.
Thank you !

Montrey11 said:
Hello, i need the stock modem, bootloader for g901f. Preferably for the Lollipop updated version. Urgent. need to get my phone back to working condition.
Tried to ROM, but was kind of in hurry and did not notice few things. i put bootloader and modem on my phone via odin3 already and now it doesnt let me install rom from sdcard. says " E: footer is wrong" & "E: signature verifycation failed". So, if i could get the original modem and bootloader. i could start my phone, now it just shows samsung logo and restarts when i try to power it up.
Thank you !
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Bump.!
Still need help !

is this the straight talk version?

try to this flash file its stock with factory bl and modem
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24399994186369572

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asadnow2k said:
try to this flash file its stock with factory bl and modem
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24399994186369572
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Thanks m8. Got the files, but after installing them, still on bootloop. Is there an way i can root my device with Odin program? i guess after that i could install the costum recovery and novarom finally.
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did u tried to flash all files/ with pit

asadnow2k said:
did u tried to flash all files/ with pit
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No. Can you share links/info ?
Thanks for helping!

can u please add me on skype asadnow2k ill try to help u out via teamviewer to sort it out

I thaught this might be useful info too. Im from Estonia (EU), do i need some special firmware that where made for this country? Or any other firmware suits my phone. Also i got a coworker with g901f, maybe there is an way maybe i can copy hes phone firmware ? I dont know the possabilitys but thaught this might give few ideas how i could fix my phone.

I have some t350's with issues recovery/MDM/black screen and bootloops

I recently found at the dumps a box of t350's 6/18 didnt like combination flashing the mdm away/new firmware install. 3 failed the same way while putting on newest firmware with odin now they say mdm mode in odin again and i have no debug access. 1 black screens in bootloader and when booting no debug access mdm mode in odin again. BUT ! I have 1 with debug access and see it in ADB BUT it fails to install due to signature verifcation of the ROM's I've tried. I think the later is savable EZ just need a a little help getting TWRP onto it I guess and I'm good. I'll worry about the others later but any ideas ? my brain hurts from trying cables/roms/adb versions lol

Maybe the rom is incorrect have you checked the region and model number etc?

Kenora_I said:
Maybe the rom is incorrect have you checked the region and model number etc?
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the issue is the MDM mode seems like, it fails to write. only time i every got them to flash was after the combination flash the download menu popped up very slow after it was working hard to explain..... i have 7.1.1 on all the working one's which seem finebut i ****ed up i shouldve TWRP them first, one of them i successfully did get twrp on and lineage after the fact and i tried again with now another boot looping tablet SMH. idk what i did to do it the first time

TDIfrogman said:
the issue is the MDM mode seems like, it fails to write. only time i every got them to flash was after the combination flash the download menu popped up very slow after it was working hard to explain..... i have 7.1.1 on all the working one's which seem finebut i ****ed up i shouldve TWRP them first, one of them i successfully did get twrp on and lineage after the fact and i tried again with now another boot looping tablet SMH. idk what i did to do it the first time
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no matter what i write to it twrp any firmware just fails like it did when it was mdm locked

Could you provide ODIN logs?

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it shows mdm locked and the odin log reflects that BUT they where unlocked at some point im, afraid to try and flash the other and they'll end up like this one

TDIfrogman said:
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They might have NAND flash erros because they arent able to write to it.

Kenora_I said:
They might have NAND flash erros because they arent able to write to it.
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hmmmm how can i fix it ?

It could be hardware issue, I'm not sure how to fix hardware issues. Thats probably the reason they were all together in a box.

no they where in a box because they came from a school and they didn't take knox off, there was 1000+ of them I just grabbed a tray full they have these crazy polycarbonate cases on them too with security screws. they all worked until i flashed knox away with varying results 12/18 working fine 18 worked prior but in knox

Oh that info is noted.
May I help you later. Its pretty late and I have to get off.
Ill help in the mornin