Just got my new i9500, turned it on and with in minute it locked up then rebooted (no sim or mem card at this stage).
Did't think much of it at the time. Went ahead and rooted it & flashed Omega rom.
Unfortunately it continues to lock up & reboot every few minutes of use. Looks like it is faulty and will have to go back for warranty. My concern is the rom counter and warranty. Will flashing a stock firmware with odin put the counter back to zero?
Flashing stock with odin will not reset Samsung's rom counter. From my understanding, there are ways to reset the counter, but you have to be very careful because it has the potential to really mess up the phone. If you flash back to stock rom and stock recovery and relock the bootloader, you will be able to exchange it wherever you bought it without an issue (assuming you are still within the 14 day period most carriers give you). No one will look that deeply into the software of the phone until it gets back to Samsung. And even then, it is not guaranteed they will check that. I'm not saying it won't happen, but the odds of you having any issues are slim.
KTM690 said:
Just got my new i9500, turned it on and with in minute it locked up then rebooted (no sim or mem card at this stage).
Did't think much of it at the time. Went ahead and rooted it & flashed Omega rom.
Unfortunately it continues to lock up & reboot every few minutes of use. Looks like it is faulty and will have to go back for warranty. My concern is the rom counter and warranty. Will flashing a stock firmware with odin put the counter back to zero?
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Flash a Stock Firmware using Odin below is the link u can find a firmware of ur cell
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware
after flashing a firmware again reset the device from ur cell
and i9500 has hidden counter mostly so u cant see how many flashes u have got however there isnt any way to reset also for now may be we have to wait till chainfire gets one for i9500 .. Once u flash a stock firmware it will show official hopefully they will replace it
Make sure its saying official on download mode and also in abous us / status / device status all should be official of whatever samsung writes
I have flashed a genuine firmware but it still says "Custom" when I boot into download mode.
Any ideas how to get it back to official & reset counter?
Hi,
After flashing the MJ6 ROM with the Universal root de la vega method (I have the old bootloader from MJ1) and flash the MJ4 modem, the camera and and wifi were not working, I tried to downgrade the modem to MJ2 with Odin to give a try.
However now I'm facing several boot loops (on first notification model screen) and when the Note succeed in corectly booting, I have an FC from system process, and some others applications.
I tried to check the phone parameters and saw that baseband was "unknown", but didn't succeed to see the screen where the IMEI is displayed because the phone is rebooting automaticaly when I try to access to this screen.
The phone is very instable : sometimes I'm not able to access to parameters with the tactil button.
In all cases the phone is auto rebooting after several minutes.
I tried several things withoot result :
- Wipe cache + factory reset
- Flash several modems
- Flash MI7 stock ROM with Odin
> no change
Actually I have :
- baseband unknown
- boot looping
- no wifi
- no sound
- no root
- acces to download mode and stock recovery is OK.
As someone have some cloues to help me?
Crystal7_Magic said:
Hi,
After flashing the MJ6 ROM with the Universal root de la vega method (I have the old bootloader from MJ1) and flash the MJ4 modem, the camera and and wifi were not working, I tried to downgrade the modem to MJ2 with Odin to give a try.
However now I'm facing several boot loops (on first notification model screen) and when the Note succeed in corectly booting, I have an FC from system process, and some others applications.
I tried to check the phone parameters and saw that baseband was "unknown", but didn't succeed to see the screen where the IMEI is displayed because the phone is rebooting automaticaly when I try to access to this screen.
The phone is very instable : sometimes I'm not able to access to parameters with the tactil button.
In all cases the phone is auto rebooting after several minutes.
I tried several things withoot result :
- Wipe cache + factory reset
- Flash several modems
- Flash MI7 stock ROM with Odin
> no change
Actually I have :
- baseband unknown
- boot looping
- no wifi
- no sound
- no root
- acces to download mode and stock recovery is OK.
As someone have some cloues to help me?
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I'm pretty sure your Knox warranty void has been tripped... Flash the MJ6 stock firmware. You have the new bootloader now anyway, that's why you are in the bootloop.. I had the same problem and when I checked and found warranty void triggered I figured can't hurt.
Flashed stock MJ6 firmware. Baseband comes back, all thos little things not working get fixed. I then flashed CF-root as the warranty void was 0x1...
It seems if you flash the Modem.bin file you are stuck, you need to flash the MJ6 firmware to fix....
ultramag69 said:
I'm pretty sure your Knox warranty void has been tripped... Flash the MJ6 stock firmware. You have the new bootloader now anyway, that's why you are in the bootloop.. I had the same problem and when I checked and found warranty void triggered I figured can't hurt.
Flashed stock MJ6 firmware. Baseband comes back, all thos little things not working get fixed. I then flashed CF-root as the warranty void was 0x1...
It seems if you flash the Modem.bin file you are stuck, you need to flash the MJ6 firmware to fix....
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I had the same pb ..... and flash MJ6 full and now it's OK .... so I rooted ... Knox 1 ....but everything OK I am happy
Ok, but normaly I always have the old bootloader because I do not have flash the MJ6 stock > It has been modified with universal root de la vega before flashing with Odin, and my flag is still on 0x0.
> So normaly the MJ6 I flashed should not contain the new bootloader.
It will be troublesome for me if flashing a stock MJ6 is needeed as I do not want to trigger the Knox flag.
I always have the solution to return my Note to my seller for refund, so I'm seeking for a way which do not trigger Knox
ultramag69 said:
I'm pretty sure your Knox warranty void has been tripped... Flash the MJ6 stock firmware. You have the new bootloader now anyway, that's why you are in the bootloop.. I had the same problem and when I checked and found warranty void triggered I figured can't hurt.
Flashed stock MJ6 firmware. Baseband comes back, all thos little things not working get fixed. I then flashed CF-root as the warranty void was 0x1...
It seems if you flash the Modem.bin file you are stuck, you need to flash the MJ6 firmware to fix....
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LIPA said:
I had the same pb ..... and flash MJ6 full and now it's OK .... so I rooted ... Knox 1 ....but everything OK I am happy
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Finaly I have decided to flash the MJ6 stock ROM and everything go ok.
I still have my knox 0x0 but will trigger to 0x1 if I try to root by now : hard decision.
Thanks for your help you two
Crystal7_Magic said:
Finaly I have decided to flash the MJ6 stock ROM and everything go ok.
I still have my knox 0x0 but will trigger to 0x1 if I try to root by now : hard decision.
Thanks for your help you two
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Mate, I modified with root de la vega myself but it seems the new bootloader got through....
Where can I find the MJ6 firmware
ultramag69 said:
Mate, I modified with root de la vega myself but it seems the new bootloader got through....
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It will be strange, because I succedeed to root the Note withoot triggering Knox
You have to be sure that you do not have take update from OTA or official stock ROM when you was on ROM before MJ3 (if you take stock MJ3 bootloader is altered)
yazzie said:
Where can I find the MJ6 firmware
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You can find it on Sammobile website (create an account is needed to access to download section)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SM-N9005&pcode=0#firmware
After flashing the MJ6 stock firmware to recover my baseband, I have juste noticed that wifi is not properly working.
> Wifi is blocked on activation
> Sometime the Note succeed to activate wifi and show me networks which are available, however when I'm trying to connect to one of them I got a freeze then wifi go back to activating statuts.
Any explanation?
SM-N900W8 Boot Loop
Has anyone else resolved this issue. Phone was rooted with "CF-Auto-Root-hltecan-hlteub-smn900w8" and used TWRP 2.6.3.0. Upon doing a restore with TWRP, the phone is now in this crazy loop. Phone boots but always fails prior to seeing home screen. Tried going to SamMobile and restoring original Rogers firmware with no resolution.
Any help is most appreciated.
ultramag69 said:
Mate, I modified with root de la vega myself but it seems the new bootloader got through....
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thanks a million. i had the same problem, following my ordeal with samsung on region sim lock.
i tried the mj6, it seemed too work, for now.
will root it and see how that goes. thanks once again
Ahmads001 said:
thanks a million. i had the same problem, following my ordeal with samsung on region sim lock.
i tried the mj6, it seemed too work, for now.
will root it and see how that goes. thanks once again
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If you flashed the stock MJ6 then you have the new anti-root bootloader. ANY attempt to root will end in Warranty void being triggered...
Unfortunately this is a problem that hasn't been fixed yet. Just a heads up to let you know you will probably trigger the warranty void.
Then again Designgears is back developing RDLV again so it might be updated soon... :fingers-crossed:
ultramag69 said:
If you flashed the stock MJ6 then you have the new anti-root bootloader. ANY attempt to root will end in Warranty void being triggered...
Unfortunately this is a problem that hasn't been fixed yet. Just a heads up to let you know you will probably trigger the warranty void.
Then again Designgears is back developing RDLV again so it might be updated soon... :fingers-crossed:
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thanks again for usual insight.
unfortunately, the bootloop problem was back after a restart yesterday. took several loops (about 30 mins) before it started up. i had to reflash with the latest stock N9005XXUDMJ7_N9005OJVDMJ4_KSA. now im scared to restart the phone for any reason, since i cant tell if it will entre bootloop again - it gets worse with every reset.
Since the knox already tripped 0x1, i still desire to root it ASAP.
So,
1. how do i get rid of this bootloop menace, PERMANENTLY
2. how do i safely root the phone (SM-N9005)
will appreciate a lot of help.
Ahmads001 said:
thanks again for usual insight.
unfortunately, the bootloop problem was back after a restart yesterday. took several loops (about 30 mins) before it started up. i had to reflash with the latest stock N9005XXUDMJ7_N9005OJVDMJ4_KSA. now im scared to restart the phone for any reason, since i cant tell if it will entre bootloop again - it gets worse with every reset.
Since the knox already tripped 0x1, i still desire to root it ASAP.
So,
1. how do i get rid of this bootloop menace, PERMANENTLY
2. how do i safely root the phone (SM-N9005)
will appreciate a lot of help.
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As Knox is tripped use cf-autoroot found in the original android developement section of the Note 3 forum. This will give you root...
I would also try a different region rom, I used MJ7 from the UK. It didn't cause any issues.
I had bootloops and found going to wifi, clicking on menu button, advanced.& unticking "Scanning always available" seemed to fix my bootloops but this was for my MJ1 firmware.
Otherwise can't really help anymore tonight. Gotta go to work tomorrow and its 2am here in Oz....
ultramag69 said:
As Knox is tripped use cf-autoroot found in the original android developement section of the Note 3 forum. This will give you root...
I would also try a different region rom, I used MJ7 from the UK. It didn't cause any issues.
I had bootloops and found going to wifi, clicking on menu button, advanced.& unticking "Scanning always available" seemed to fix my bootloops but this was for my MJ1 firmware.
Otherwise can't really help anymore tonight. Gotta go to work tomorrow and its 2am here in Oz....
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thanks, and good morning.
will be back later (sorry some of us -docs- dont actually have the 'day/night' thing).
will try the wifi thing, and see what happens.
once again, thanks
Same problem here :
- Supposed to be MK2 rom (N9005XXUDMK2) and was rooted
- Recovery and download mode are OK
- Flashed several time with ODIN, including modem.bin from the same archive
- Obviously Knox is 0x01
But phone is still unuseable ....Boots up, pass the intial setting. Then error message about system not responding and reboot ...
Any help would be appreciated
Follow this it'll fix it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47014662
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
You saved my day !!! Thanks
Crystal7_Magic said:
After flashing the MJ6 stock firmware to recover my baseband, I have juste noticed that wifi is not properly working.
> Wifi is blocked on activation
> Sometime the Note succeed to activate wifi and show me networks which are available, however when I'm trying to connect to one of them I got a freeze then wifi go back to activating statuts.
Any explanation?
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I have the same problem
You solved your problem?
Thanks
sbdz said:
I have the same problem
You solved your problem?
Thanks
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Hi,
Unfortunately for you no, I made a swap with a brandnew one with the seller.
Hi!
I have been rooting with CF autoroot and cwm (old version 6.0.4?) and Omega V.19. Been having alot of issues with closed calls and freezing. 3-finger recovery/download mode have not worked either. Have to go by "restart meny"... When apps is looking to yppgrade my cwm it doesn't find any for my model!? And so on!!!
Now I have tried to role back to stock (so I can claim warranty), but no succses!
After many attempts I got TW recovery on it, but can only access using the restart meny. Everytime i start it i get seandroid enforcing, kernel bit somthin something... In download mode I try to flash with odin stock 4.1.2 but get fail all the time. Even though I have not gone past Omega V19 i also have knox void 0x1!???
What to do?
Edit:
Got CWM touch in now but no luck witht the rest. As Odin fails I get "unsupport dev_type" on my phone. But I have chosen the nordic version i9505!?
Edit2:
With the exact same basbandversion xxuame2 it worked! but no it doesn't get passed the "samsung" startscreen;( And without being able to go into download mode via restart meny inside the rom I cant flash it!? I have restarted several times and taken out the battery...
Edit3:
So I have got 4.2.2 now. It's not working good howe ever. No WIFI and no calls. BTW it was a two finger combo (without meny) to get into recovery/download mode. How do I get rid of the text up top to the left on the screen on boot? Doesn't look "stock" to me;(
How do I return it to stock. I have no triangle or counter , just binary custom and the 0x1...
gcbossen said:
Hi!
I have been rooting with CF autoroot and cwm (old version 6.0.4?) and Omega V.19. Been having alot of issues with closed calls and freezing. 3-finger recovery/download mode have not worked either. Have to go by "restart meny"... When apps is looking to yppgrade my cwm it doesn't find any for my model!? And so on!!!
Now I have tried to role back to stock (so I can claim warranty), but no succses!
After many attempts I got TW recovery on it, but can only access using the restart meny. Everytime i start it i get seandroid enforcing, kernel bit somthin something... In download mode I try to flash with odin stock 4.1.2 but get fail all the time. Even though I have not gone past Omega V19 i also have knox void 0x1!???
What to do?
Edit:
Got CWM touch in now but no luck witht the rest. As Odin fails I get "unsupport dev_type" on my phone. But I have chosen the nordic version i9505!?
Edit2:
With the exact same basbandversion xxuame2 it worked! but no it doesn't get passed the "samsung" startscreen;( And without being able to go into download mode via restart meny inside the rom I cant flash it!? I have restarted several times and taken out the battery...
Edit3:
So I have got 4.2.2 now. It's not working good howe ever. No WIFI and no calls. BTW it was a two finger combo (without meny) to get into recovery/download mode. How do I get rid of the text up top to the left on the screen on boot? Doesn't look "stock" to me;(
How do I return it to stock. I have no triangle or counter , just binary custom and the 0x1...
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SOLVED;
"Official" 4.4.2 via odin solved all my issues Do I have a knox problem now, I dont know!?
Boot to download mode and check.
Knox Warranty Void is probably triggered. 0x1
Anyway, it does'nt really matter.
Yeah if you tried any root method and/or installed a custom ROM Knox Warranty Void would be triggered and after researching there's no way to fix that. The warranty void doesn't affect the phone's performance at all so really nothing to worry about.
I searched the internet to find a solution , i was unable to find a solution that was directly linked to my problem or concern i would say. To get on with it i have a n900(Yeah i know dev support suks). I am completely stock and knox warranty is also valid(=0). I recently wanted to flash custom roms and kernels. I have about 2 months of warranty left on this phone, so what do you guys suggest?. The system status will certainly change to 'custom'. Is there a way to restore it back to official , like can u find official recovery of the n900. I just want that if i ever want to sell it, everything except for knox is reset back to normal. Thanks!
No. You can't. I suggest you to wait.
If you want root use towelroot.
If you want a custom recovery use safestrap
Both app don't alterate knox.
I will flash a custom kernel when cm12 will be out for our phone
Once you trip KNOX, it's done and can't be changed. If I recall correctly, there have been experimental tests done for Exynos version of Note 3 in order to reset KNOX flag, but I can't remember the result (may be wrong).
As for System Status and Current Binary, these can be reset to Official via Triangle Away, if you got stock kernel and recovery. You can flash stock firmware via ODIN to get these.
Someguyfromhell said:
Once you trip KNOX, it's done and can't be changed. If I recall correctly, there have been experimental tests done for Exynos version of Note 3 in order to reset KNOX flag, but I can't remember the result (may be wrong).
As for System Status and Current Binary, these can be reset to Official via Triangle Away, if you got stock kernel and recovery. You can flash stock firmware via ODIN to get these.
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On n900 exynos you can reset knox flashing a particular kernel. (I don't know if it works now)
bolt890 said:
I searched the internet to find a solution , i was unable to find a solution that was directly linked to my problem or concern i would say. To get on with it i have a n900(Yeah i know dev support suks). I am completely stock and knox warranty is also valid(=0). I recently wanted to flash custom roms and kernels. I have about 2 months of warranty left on this phone, so what do you guys suggest?. The system status will certainly change to 'custom'. Is there a way to restore it back to official , like can u find official recovery of the n900. I just want that if i ever want to sell it, everything except for knox is reset back to normal. Thanks!
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- Flashing custom rom/kernel will trip the Knox.
- The Knox can be reset on N900 (I don't remember where is the instruction).
- Flashing the stock firmware will restore the system status to official.
First off thanks for this forum and its plethora off information.
My problem:
1. Bought a brand new GT-I9505.
2. Installed cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1JN-jfltexx with this guide (https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jfltexx)
3. Everything went smooth but the next day starting to get "Sim Card Removed" errors
4. Search the internets and saw that it was a know problem to some batches of S4 phones (https://www.google.nl/search?q=sams....69i57j0l5.15789j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
5. Called customer support of where I bought the phone. Told me I could return it because of the Dead On Arrival support that they give for these cases.
6. Tried to reset to stock but that didn't work because, as I came to discover, knox Warranty Void got triggered to 0x1.
7. Did a factory reset with CM and send the phone back to the company.
8. They sent the phone back to me saying they could not remove CM and that they wanted me to reinstall the OS which came with the phone.
From my past knowledge (installing CM on a galaxy S2) I remembered that my warranty ony would be voided when I would root my device.
I felt supported in that assumption by the text on the install page for my phone which stated:
"The preferred method of installing a custom recovery is through this boot mode. Rooting the stock firmware is neither recommended nor necessary"
So I thought I was doing the installation correctly in terms of warranty voiding.
Clearly that assumption was false because meanwhile Knox got implemented and I should have read upfront before installing CM obviously on my new phone. My bad.
However I am now in a stiuation where I have bought a phone with a hardware defect (Sim card is randomly not being detected) but I cannot return it because Samsung has set a flag which cannot be reset (http://omegadroid.co/wanted-knox-void-warranty-0x1/).
I have read some posts (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568450) about that it is possible to return to stock but either the posts are relatively old or they are about other devices and/or Android versions.
So I am confused about what my options are at the moment and before I go into the process of trying to bring back my phone to stock I wanted to ask help from some better informed people about this situation.
My questions are:
1. Can I go back to stock firmware from CM 12.1 while knox got triggered.
2. If so, do I need to root my phone?
3. If succeeded is there a way to hide the Warranty Void message while booting. I am talking about hiding here and not removing/resetting the flasg to 0x0 as that is not possible.
Thanks in advance,
Undersound
undersound said:
First off thanks for this forum and its plethora off information.
My problem:
1. Bought a brand new GT-I9505.
2. Installed cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1JN-jfltexx with this guide (https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jfltexx)
3. Everything went smooth but the next day starting to get "Sim Card Removed" errors
4. Search the internets and saw that it was a know problem to some batches of S4 phones (https://www.google.nl/search?q=sams....69i57j0l5.15789j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
5. Called customer support of where I bought the phone. Told me I could return it because of the Dead On Arrival support that they give for these cases.
6. Tried to reset to stock but that didn't work because, as I came to discover, knox Warranty Void got triggered to 0x1.
7. Did a factory reset with CM and send the phone back to the company.
8. They sent the phone back to me saying they could not remove CM and that they wanted me to reinstall the OS which came with the phone.
From my past knowledge (installing CM on a galaxy S2) I remembered that my warranty ony would be voided when I would root my device.
I felt supported in that assumption by the text on the install page for my phone which stated:
"The preferred method of installing a custom recovery is through this boot mode. Rooting the stock firmware is neither recommended nor necessary"
So I thought I was doing the installation correctly in terms of warranty voiding.
Clearly that assumption was false because meanwhile Knox got implemented and I should have read upfront before installing CM obviously on my new phone. My bad.
However I am now in a stiuation where I have bought a phone with a hardware defect (Sim card is randomly not being detected) but I cannot return it because Samsung has set a flag which cannot be reset (http://omegadroid.co/wanted-knox-void-warranty-0x1/).
I have read some posts (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568450) about that it is possible to return to stock but either the posts are relatively old or they are about other devices and/or Android versions.
So I am confused about what my options are at the moment and before I go into the process of trying to bring back my phone to stock I wanted to ask help from some better informed people about this situation.
My questions are:
1. Can I go back to stock firmware from CM 12.1 while knox got triggered.
2. If so, do I need to root my phone?
3. If succeeded is there a way to hide the Warranty Void message while booting. I am talking about hiding here and not removing/resetting the flasg to 0x0 as that is not possible.
Thanks in advance,
Undersound
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1) Yes, of course.
2) No.
3) Don't know what you are talking about.
Odin is used to flash stock roms on Samsung devices. That is the only way.
There are links to guides in the help thread in the Q&A section.
Yes u can go back to stock. Just download the firmware from sammobile.com then download odin now put ur phone in download mode and start odin as admin.
Next in pda select the file u downloaded from sammobile and flash.
Thats all
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
jimmyoh said:
Yes u can go back to stock. Just download the firmware from sammobile.com then download odin now put ur phone in download mode and start odin as admin.
Next in pda select the file u downloaded from sammobile and flash.
Thats all
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Thanks both for your answers.
Should have been more clear in point 6 where I write I tried to reset to stock.
I tries resetting to stock with Odin 3.10.7 (also tried 3.09 and 3.07) and a firmware image from sammobile.com
Unfortuanetely I got an error relating to my pit file.
Used heimdall to create one from my phone.
Tried to go back to stock again via pda and pit file options (re-partition checked this time)
Unfortuanetely it still didn't work. Don't have access to the exact error messages here from that process but will post back the error messages once I do.
Thanks again for your time and support on this
undersound said:
Thanks both for your answers.
Should have been more clear in point 6 where I write I tried to reset to stock.
I tries resetting to stock with Odin 3.10.7 (also tried 3.09 and 3.07) and a firmware image from sammobile.com
Unfortuanetely I got an error relating to my pit file.
Used heimdall to create one from my phone.
Tried to go back to stock again via pda and pit file options (re-partition checked this time)
Unfortuanetely it still didn't work. Don't have access to the exact error messages here from that process but will post back the error messages once I do.
Thanks again for your time and support on this
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Such errors are usually related to the USB cable, USB port on the pc (back ports are recommended) and Windows version.
Edit: You might be able to use FlashFire to flash the stock rom if Odin doesn't work.
GDReaper said:
Such errors are usually related to the USB cable, USB port on the pc (back ports are recommended) and Windows version.
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That's good to know, thanks. I was trying this with an extended usb cable so it can be the definitely the case.
Will try later today with a direct connection to a backport.
GDReaper said:
Such errors are usually related to the USB cable, USB port on the pc (back ports are recommended) and Windows version.
Edit: You might be able to use FlashFire to flash the stock rom if Odin doesn't work.
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Managed to return to stock firmware, yay!
In case it helps someone else, here are my steps:
1. By dialing *#1234# on a similar phone I checked what ap/cp/csc version I needed
Code:
AP: I9505XXUHOF2
CP: I9505XXUHOF2
CSC: I9505OXAHOF2
2. Downloaded the correct firmware image (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/50091/I9505XXUHOF2_I9505YHNHOF2_PHN/)
3. Extracted the firmware file
4. Opened Odin v3.10.7
5. Rebooted Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
6. Connected phone and waited until I got a blue sign in Odin
7. Added the firmware file to AP / PDA
8. Made sure re-partition was NOT ticked
9. Clicked the start button
10. Then I got a PASS!
So I guess there can be 2 reasons my first attempt of flashing stock firmware did not worked:
1. The firmware I used the first time was not correct for this phone (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/64897/I9505XXUPOL1_I9505PHNPOL1_PHN)
I did not know at that time about checking my ap/cp/csc described in Step 1 above so I was just downloading the firmware which seemed the most appropiate according to the country / provider.
What helped me a lot was when I found the explanation of the parts of the version number:
Code:
I9505XXUHOF2
I9505 = phone model
XX = country/region code
UHOH2 = modem
2. The second attempt I followed GDReaper suggestion and I used the usb cable directly on of the backports of my pc so that could have helped as well.
Another thing that was not clear to me at first were the providers code. Or well, they were clear to me that they were abbreviations for telecom providers but I did not bought these phones from a provider so I was not sure which one to pick. After a while I came to discover that I needed PHN which means Unbranded
Code:
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PHN = unbranded
TNL = Tmobile
VDF = Vodafone
Thanks all for the help