So, can somebody help me out? I decided to Odin myself back to stock in order to be able to download and install the OTA (i'm rooted). I did this procedure before: put phone into download mode, select PIT file, stock file in AP slot, and start the process but it keeps failing. Now I am stuck with a brick...can't understand why Odin won't work. What gives and what can I do about it?
Disregard. Fixed it. Just needed to download the right stock file. Doh!
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I've tried to Odin back to stock, but that didn't do anything.. I can't even get into stock recovery. Did I brick my phone?
s.lee1993 said:
I've tried to Odin back to stock, but that didn't do anything.. I can't even get into stock recovery. Did I brick my phone?
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Did you originally use odin to go back to stock? what were you doing to get stuck?
I rooted then installed twrp to flash a stock mf9 rom. I deleted some apps that I wanted back so I wanted to just go back to stock. After trying everything I still can't get passed the Samsung boot screen
First of all what file are you using to return to stock? You should be downloading the stock mf9 tar file and flash it through odin with your phone in download mode. Make sure after you download the zip file you extract the tar file from it. Use odin 3.0 or higher and make sure you only have auto reboot checked and you load the tar under PDA. After odin loads the file then connect your phone with it already booted into download mode. Once odin shows your phone is connected hit start.
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First of all what file are you using to return to stock? You should be downloading the stock mf9 tar file and flash it through odin with your phone in download mode. Make sure after you download the zip file you extract the tar file from it. Use odin 3.0 or higher and make sure you only have auto reboot checked and you load the tar under PDA. After odin loads the file then connect your phone with it already booted into download mode. Once odin shows your phone is connected hit start.
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im using this file "L720VPUAMDL_L720SPTAMDL_L720VPUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5" and i did exactly what you said. i still cant get passed the screen. tried taking out sd card and doing it again with no luck.
okay, tired again, booted to stock recovery and formatted data. this seemed to fix it. thanks everyone for the help
Forgive my noobishness. I've actually lurked xda boards for years and used the EXCELLENT user made guides for all my phones. However, I'm at a complete loss and nothing I've searched, read, or tried has worked and it's consumed my entire day and left me with no phone at all. I cannot believe this phone can be dead unless there's some physical problem so I'm really hoping someone can walk me back to normal.
I bought a new S4 from T-Mobile on Labor Day (obviously I'm in the US). 2 days ago I rooted it successfully using Jimmy Mcgee's video and the various links including mattlgroff's and k0nane's threads. No problems whatsoever. After I did that I used Ti Backup and backed up the apps just in case, then I ran the moderate version of the Truly Clean script and did a factory reset. Everything was perfect. Then...
My wireless data stopped connecting. But that's not my current problem.
I decided to unroot and go back to factory to a) see if something I did was causing the data issue or b) take it back for an exchange at the store. I started with the K0nane and the Samersh72 guides, but frankly tried so many things and failed I don't know were I went wrong. First I tried M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5
Then I tried Samsung-Updates.com-KERNEL-SGH-M919-TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131.tar
Then I tried the one I did to root it OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3.tar
Mostly I have gotten a NAND writing fail in Odin with everything I tried (yes I tried making sure Kies is off, the original usb cable, and another PC) which then locks me out of the recovery boot screen and gives me some yellow triangle between a phone and a pc with an error about the stock firmware and tells me to connect to Kies. I can fix that by flashing this PIT file CSB_signed_Fusion3_EUR_0325_V2.pit which allows me to go back to the OUDhs recovery screen.
Also Kies will no longer connect to this device and it says driver install failure when I connect it to the PC (except it stell charges, using the stock cable still).
Dear god someone help me, and I will buy you a beverage. I'm doing instant email notifications of replies. PLEASE.
I'm not sunk yet. I'm rereading the FAQs and guides and I'm going to start over to where I was able to get the rooted version to work. I know the CWM recovery is working so we'll see.
Pull out battery for a while, then go to download mode (vol down+home+power) and flash stock fw in odin.
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Pull out battery for a while, then go to download mode (vol down+home+power) and flash stock fw in odin.
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Ok I will try that. Also I am now trying to flash Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-M919-TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131\M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5
I am getting a little farther in the Odin process but it still says fail right after
aboot.mbn
Also I originally followed Jonny's video and only flashed the cwm custom recovery though odin. I flashed the rooted zip file from my phone's internal sd card like in the video. Now I can't get to the internal memory so I tried saving the zip file (the one I used to root it) on the ext sd card. I'm unable to flash that rooted zip from the ext sd card because the phone wants to reboot as soon as it starts doing so.
Is there a way to flash that rooted zip file (or a stock one) from an external sd card?
Is there a way to flash that rooted zip file through odin?
All you have to do is get into download mode and flash stock mdl tar with odin. After it's finished, it'll go into recovery by itself and wipe some small cache partition by itself, after it does that, hold onto the volume up button and get into recovery again and do a factory reset. This is so you don't go into a bootloop. Now get CF auto root and flash it so ur rooted. Next flash a custom recovery and ur all set. It's really easy to do.
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All you have to do is get into download mode and flash stock mdl tar with odin. After it's finished, it'll go into recovery by itself and wipe some small cache partition by itself, after it does that, hold onto the volume up button and get into recovery again and do a factory reset. This is so you don't go into a bootloop. Now get CF auto root and flash it so ur rooted. Next flash a custom recovery and ur all set. It's really easy to do.
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So far I have been totally unable to get odin to flash a stock tar or any tar since I did the first one 2 days ago. Always, fail.
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So far I have been totally unable to get odin to flash a stock tar or any tar since I did the first one 2 days ago. Always, fail.
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Are you loading the stock tar by clicking PDA?
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Are you loading the stock tar by clicking PDA?
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Yes. Also when it fails, it locks me out of the recovery mode. Can you tell me what happens when you flash a new PIT file? Doing that alone does not get a FAIL message and it brings back the recovery screen. However, when I select the pit file it automatically selects the re-partition option which the k0nane says is a no-no (at least for flashing the pda, not sure about the pit which is why I'm asking).
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Yes. Also when it fails, it locks me out of the recovery mode. Can you tell me what happens when you flash a new PIT file? Doing that alone does not get a FAIL message and it brings back the recovery screen. However, when I select the pit file it automatically selects the re-partition option which the k0nane says is a no-no (at least for flashing the pda, not sure about the pit which is why I'm asking).
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Pit file basically means repartitining the storage chip of your device. Yes odin will automatically check repartition when flashing pit files. Flashing pit file is serious business. I recommend following the unbrick/ unroot thtead in the general section. Its pretty precise and I think since you are getting repeated fails in odin you will have to flash pit file.
You will be fine if you follow the instructions there precisely.
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OMG it worked. K0nane's procedure worked on a different pc. Dowloaded a fresh Kies but didn't install any of the extra stuff with it. Downloaded, extracted, and ran odin as admin. Hooked it up. Downloaded and extracted the UVUAMDL tar. Put that in the pda box and hit start. Mine would immediately FAIL but this one kept working, and working, and working and reboote. Why why why? I've been at this for about 16 hours. That makes no sense. Thanks anyway. I'll try the other root method when I'm feeling brave again.
Hello. I recently ran through QBKing's unroot guide. The process seemed to go fine, but now I get stuck at the yellow Sprint screen. I have tried several things to remedy this. I've ran the unroot Odin file multiple times. I have tried to install a stock rooted MF9 tar with odin, I have tried to re-root and install TWRP recovery.
Nothing seems to work. What can I do now?
Thanks!
Edit: I just checked, and my Unroot/Unbrick tar didn't pass MD5...Re downloading again, see you in 2 hours lol.
When you are some try going into recovery and doing a factory reset.
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Alright, so after a fresh download where the MD5 matched, I'm still stuck on the yellow Sprint boot screen. Any thoughts? What can I try? Where can I find a valid custom recovery TAR to push out with odin?
Wiskid15 said:
Alright, so after a fresh download where the MD5 matched, I'm still stuck on the yellow Sprint boot screen. Any thoughts? What can I try? Where can I find a valid custom recovery TAR to push out with odin?
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First off, the mf9 tar file is 4 versions old now so are you using the correct tar file. Second, you will need to do a factory reset if it is hanging on the yellow Sprint screen. What exactly are you trying to do. If you want to unroot to upgrade to Kit Kat, then just flash the new NAE full tar file that is available in the development section from Random45. That will upgrade you to Kit Kat in one easy step.
Can anyone help?
I was rooted, but on original stock ROM. I tried to unroot using the option in the Super SU app, as a couple of essential apps I use wouldn't work with root. Having clicked the option, my note 4 has gone into a bootloop and I don't know how to recover it.
If I go into recovery I get a message saying "dm-verity verification failed". Any ideas?
I have the international (unlocked) SM-N910F, and I use a mac, so don't have odin. I have Kies installed and Hiemdall, but am really unsure as to what I'm doing with that software....
Thanks in advance!
Further to the last post, I've tried to use Odin 3.09 to flash the stock firmware for my model. I'm using it in Parallels, and it recognises the phone, but won't assign the .md5 file to the AP box to flash it. Not sure why?
I've also tried Heimdall on Mac, but it can't download the PIT file from the phone!
Has anyone got any solutions or workarounds they can suggest?
Thanks in advance....
Try installing stock on a pc then go to recovery and clear cache
Hi everyone,
Sorry to bother you with this. I recently purchased a Samsung Note 4 (less than a month ago). I successfully rooted it and it worked fine. But today I was incredibly stupid and I tried to install TWRP on my phone. I followed the instructions on this site (which I can't link because I am a new user) and tried to install TWRP using flashify. However, something went wrong and now when I reboot my phone it goes into downloading mode with a green android and text that says "Downloading.. Do not turn off target".
Now every time I reboot it goes into this. I googled this and I tried
1. to click cancel on the download
Does not work, goes to green android screen anyways
2. to go into recovery mode
Does not work, goes to green android screen anyways
I cannot perform a factory reset because I cannot go into recovery mode. I don't know what to do. Is there any software from the PC that would allow me to reset my phone? Of course it would be ideal if I can get it working without resetting it but at this time I just want the phone to work...
If I take my phone to someone, will they be able to fix it? Please help.
Download Odin and the TWRP .tar file.
In Odin, click the AP button and select the TWRP .tar file. Then just flash it that way and it should work just fine.
If that doesn't work, download a full stock ROM from either Sammobile or one of the mirrors here and flash it the same way using Odin. The stock ROM is probably a .tar.md5 file. Don't extract it further and just select this file in Odin.
You might have to install the Samsung USB drivers for Odin to work.
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Download Odin and the TWRP .tar file.
In Odin, click the AP button and select the TWRP .tar file. Then just flash it that way and it should work just fine.
If that doesn't work, download a full stock ROM from either Sammobile or one of the mirrors here and flash it the same way using Odin. The stock ROM is probably a .tar.md5 file. Don't extract it further and just select this file in Odin.
You might have to install the Samsung USB drivers for Odin to work.
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Thank you. If I knew I could have just flashed TWRP in with Odin earlier, I would not have gone through all the trouble. Unfortunately, the method I chose made my phone stuck in downloading mode.
I downloaded the stock ROM and used Odin to install it. I was able to get out of download mode that way but then my phone got stuck in an endless reboot loop. But at that point I was able to access recovery mode again so I just gave my phone a factory reset. It works again now. (Hooray!!)
If I every do try to flash TWRP in again, do you know which version I should use?
Just use the newest one on the official TWRP website.