Can't update to Android 4.3 - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I can't update to Android 4.3. When I download the update via OTA and reboot the phone to install it, I always get an error at exactly 26% while installing it. Of course after that I get a notification that I should try with Kies, which in my case hasn't worked even once in a thousand tries (except sometimes with wi-fi, but it's useless since I can't update the firmware). I don't even remember how many times I deleted and installed the drivers all over again. I've tried updating via the Recovery boot, no luck. I tried 100 times with Odin and different versions of it, no luck with that either. It just won't start or I get the message <ID:0/009> Complete(Write) operation failed. I even ran at as administrator and deactivated my antivirus and Kies while I was trying. I downloaded the firmware twice from sammobile just to be sure it wasn't corrupted. I've tried with different ports - nothing. Also with 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 - nada. I don't know what else to try.
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE GT-I9505
Carrier: T-Mobile Macedonia (MBM)
Android. 4.2.2 (I9505XXUDMH7)

FrankCastiglione said:
Hi guys,
I can't update to Android 4.3. When I download the update via OTA and reboot the phone to install it, I always get an error at exactly 26% while installing it. Of course after that I get a notification that I should try with Kies, which in my case hasn't worked even once in a thousand tries (except sometimes with wi-fi, but it's useless since I can't update the firmware). I don't even remember how many times I deleted and installed the drivers all over again. I've tried updating via the Recovery boot, no luck. I tried 100 times with Odin and different versions of it, no luck with that either. It just won't start or I get the message <ID:0/009> Complete(Write) operation failed. I even ran at as administrator and deactivated my antivirus and Kies while I was trying. I downloaded the firmware twice from sammobile just to be sure it wasn't corrupted. I've tried with different ports - nothing. Also with 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 - nada. I don't know what else to try.
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE GT-I9505
Carrier: T-Mobile Macedonia (MBM)
Android. 4.2.2 (I9505XXUDMH7)
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is this the firmware you are trying to flash : I9505XXUEMKF?
are you using odin 3.09?

FrankCastiglione said:
Hi guys,
I can't update to Android 4.3. When I download the update via OTA and reboot the phone to install it, I always get an error at exactly 26% while installing it. Of course after that I get a notification that I should try with Kies, which in my case hasn't worked even once in a thousand tries (except sometimes with wi-fi, but it's useless since I can't update the firmware). I don't even remember how many times I deleted and installed the drivers all over again. I've tried updating via the Recovery boot, no luck. I tried 100 times with Odin and different versions of it, no luck with that either. It just won't start or I get the message <ID:0/009> Complete(Write) operation failed. I even ran at as administrator and deactivated my antivirus and Kies while I was trying. I downloaded the firmware twice from sammobile just to be sure it wasn't corrupted. I've tried with different ports - nothing. Also with 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 - nada. I don't know what else to try.
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE GT-I9505
Carrier: T-Mobile Macedonia (MBM)
Android. 4.2.2 (I9505XXUDMH7)
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OTA gives a lot of failures. You need to install it by Odin:
1. Here is your new 4.3 Rom. Download it and unzip/unrar it (first listed rom, you must register): http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9505&pcode=MBM#firmware
2. Install kies 3 to be sure latest drivers are installed.
3. Download odin 3.09 (don't use prior versions even you had read it works)
4. If you have a diferent usb cable from stock white data cable, better use it.
5. With the phone off, push pwr+home+vol down for some seconds to enter in odin mode, then push vol up to confirm.
6. Open odin, put in AP box the unziped rom (.tar.md5)
Connect the data cable and you will see odin recognizes it.
7. Flash the rom (start button). Don't touch anything till it restarts.
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Thanks for the replies guys!
It won't start. I did everything, over and over again.

Try to change the usb port.

I found out that if you turn on Kies while Odin is up you can jump-start it ....now every now and then I have to turn on - turn off Kies so Odin can continue xD

It got stuck at the system file... I don't know what's the matter but the only time something happens in Odin is when the loading screen from kies shows up...right before kies starts.

Damn... Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. And Kies is not connecting :/

FrankCastiglione said:
I found out that if you turn on Kies while Odin is up you can jump-start it ....now every now and then I have to turn on - turn off Kies so Odin can continue xD
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Don't start kies! I wrote just to install version 3 so that to be sure to install last s4 drivers. Don't execute kies!
Did you followed my advice on step 4 (use a different data cable). Also, if you have a desktop, use rear usb ports instead of front usb port.
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I tried everything and every single instruction I have found. The only way something moves in Odin and my phone is during the loading screen for Kies. When Kies opens nothing happens. I have to turn on and off Kies over and over again so I can get some progress. When I open Kies there are three things that show up in Task Manager (besides Kies). Only the dllhost.exe - COM Surrogate appears only briefly and disappears when Kies is open. I think some of these tasks have something to do with my problem. Either they are allowing or stopping something for a moment to get through to Odin.

FrankCastiglione said:
I tried everything and every single instruction I have found. The only way something moves in Odin and my phone is during the loading screen for Kies. When Kies opens nothing happens. I have to turn on and off Kies over and over again so I can get some progress. When I open Kies there are three things that show up in Task Manager (besides Kies). Only the dllhost.exe - COM Surrogate appears only briefly and disappears when Kies is open. I think some of these tasks have something to do with my problem. Either they are allowing or stopping something for a moment to get through to Odin.
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I see on first screen odin works fine without opening kies... Why are you opening kies? If you have kies open while using odin, it will necessary fail.
Otherwise, if you are saying odin only work while opening kies, you must change the process to a different pc, and also it would better to use a different data cable.
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These screens are after two hours of turning on and off Kies. I just wanted to show you how I get progress in Odin. Anyway, I gave up this morning after spending way too many hours on this. I tried everything. I tried every single port on my PC, different data cable, re-installing Kies and the drivers, restarts, different PCs, different OS, different versions of Odin and I don't know what else. I just had enough. I went few hours ago to the T-Mobile store and gave the phone for service, since I still have the warranty they will probably fix it. We'll see in about 10 days.

FrankCastiglione said:
These screens are after two hours of turning on and off Kies. I just wanted to show you how I get progress in Odin. Anyway, I gave up this morning after spending way too many hours on this. I tried everything. I tried every single port on my PC, different data cable, re-installing Kies and the drivers, restarts, different PCs, different OS, different versions of Odin and I don't know what else. I just had enough. I went few hours ago to the T-Mobile store and gave the phone for service, since I still have the warranty they will probably fix it. We'll see in about 10 days.
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I see, you tried everything. You did well taking it to sat. Good luck.
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Do not update 3.2 via Kies, still have problem

what the hell is Samsung doing? I did not update last time with broken firmware and I tried this time with kies.
Now the problem came again.. It only appears Downloading... Do not turn off target and in Kies , it says fail to convert into safe mode...
Now Tablet stayed at the screen with "Downloading ... Do not turn off target!!!" No any response!
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BTW, I never rooted.
Update. Thank you for everyone in this post for response.
After google from internet, I found a solution.
1) first, after you had "Downloading ... Do not turn off target!!!" screen, Please do not panic ( I did when it happened and really said f*^@ word to Samsung..forgive me...).
2) Press power button + volume down, and hold until it turns off.
3) say "god bless me" or "Mom, please save me." and press whatever combination of buttons you can.
4) It suddenly reboot after that and please use OTA to update. not kies.
5) as far as I can tell, works fine now. However, connect to Kies with wifi does not work.
Were you on a custom rom prior or rooted? If so, did you reset your tab to factory before doing the OTA?
Get back in recovery and flash your back up. If it fails you will have to ODIN your rom in
No problems here using kies, I was only rooted though and I still have root
Do I have to be connected to a PC to get this update? Isn't wifi enough?
You can use wi-fi for OTA update. OP's issue is that even though the tablet went into Download mode, Kies still didn't think it is in download mode. The firmware update hasn't even started to push down to tablet yet.
Based on the earlier problems, you're better off using Kies. If it fails, like it did for OP, it's smart enough to know that and when you disconnect and reconnect the Tab it should automatically go in to emergency recovery mode. What happened to OP happens occasionally with Kies updates. A lot has to do with the PC it's running on and what else is running on that PC. Kies is far from perfect and I'm guessing OP's issue isn't with the new ROM it's with Kies.
I didn't get the update OTA, but just updated with Kies. Had to re-flash CWM and root, but everything works just fine.
Changing to another USB port solved the problem for me. The drivers for the download stage to the tablet could not been loaded for the port I was connected first.
BR
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flyingstore said:
what the hell is Samsung doing? I did not update last time with broken firmware and I tried this time with kies.
Now the problem came again.. It only appears Downloading... Do not turn off target and in Kies , it says fail to convert into same mode...
Now Tablet stayed at the screen with "Downloading ... Do not turn off target!!!" No any response!
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exactly the same problem. no solution for me yet...
I repeat this: if you think Samsung's firmware and firmware updates are buggy, Kies is even worse.
foxbat121 said:
I repeat this: if you think Samsung's firmware and firmware updates are buggy, Kies is even worse.
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Quite true. Kies is terrible. My Galaxy 10.1 wifi won't connect to it at all -- it just sits there attempting to connect. No indication of what's wrong, no log files, nothing. I wasted over an hour last night trying to figure out what was wrong -- removed all "ghost" USB devices, installed Intel INF driver updates, de-installed all active USB hubs & devices, etc.
I even updated Kies to 2.1 ... nothing. Very frustrating.
still no luck with upgrading with kies. it connects to tab, downloads the update to the pc,
the tab goes into download mode in order to install the update, and then connection between kies and tab is lost....
i have the latest kies, i have the drivers, i tried another usb port, i have done a factory reset, but still nothing.

Odin is not recognising S4 in downloading mode

This S4 belongs to my friend.
He rooted the mobile some days back.
Day before yesterday he tried to update it using Samsung Kies but the process was interrupted in the middle. He couldn't do the emergency firmware recovery and then he brought it to me.
So, the phone is not booting now.
I went to cyanogenmod site and started following the instructions to install it but I couldn't get past the heimdall step. I used three versions (1.31, 1.4RC1, 1.4RC2) but all three were struck at that step. Searching didn't help me here.
Then I downloaded an official firmware and opened odin 3.07 but odin too is not recognizing it in download mode.
The computer is making sound when connected but odin is not recognising it.
Used 2 systems. One with windows 8 and other with windows 7.
Also tried with different USB cables.
Also tried uninstalling and reinstalling kies. (Killed all the kies process before starting the above steps).
Am going mad for the past two days.
Any solutions?
Is the phone charged enough? Hmmm also when he was rooted why did he try to update via kies?
Sent from my HTC One
Yup. The phone is charged.
Well. He didn't know that we should not update it via kies after we root it.
Delete this post please.

HELP: I bricked my Note 3 (N900). Forget to enable USB debugging before flashing!

I have just bricked my newly-bought Note 3 (N900).
I wanted to flash the latest version of Note 3 via Odin 3.08 (from 4.3 to 4.4.2). I made a big mistake as I didn't enable the "USB DEBUGGING" mode before go to download mode.
I clicked start in Odin and it show FAIL!!!
After I restart the phone all I see on the screen is the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried to recover it through Kies, but the it shows the phone is not connected or not support. Meaning the Kies cannot communicate with the phone at all.
I also tries to flash in Odin many times, but it still fails.
Please!!! Can anyone here give me some solution.
Thanks.
boycam said:
I have just bricked my newly-bought Note 3 (N900).
I wanted to flash the latest version of Note 3 via Odin 3.08 (from 4.3 to 4.4.2). I made a big mistake as I didn't enable the "USB DEBUGGING" mode before go to download mode.
I clicked start in Odin and it show FAIL!!!
After I restart the phone all I see on the screen is the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried to recover it through Kies, but the it shows the phone is not connected or not support. Meaning the Kies cannot communicate with the phone at all.
I also tries to flash in Odin many times, but it still fails.
Please!!! Can anyone here give me some solution.
Thanks.
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make sure kies is not running then try odin again
jaythenut said:
make sure kies is not running then try odin again
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I tried many time already, but still fail. I think because the usb debugging mode was not enable at the first place.
Thank anyway.
boycam said:
I tried many time already, but still fail. I think because the usb debugging mode was not enable at the first place.
Thank anyway.
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Usb debugging has nothing to do with it failing when you're using odin. Try a different version of odin.
A simple reflash via Odin 1.85 or 3.07/3.04 will fix it.
boycam said:
I have just bricked my newly-bought Note 3 (N900).
I wanted to flash the latest version of Note 3 via Odin 3.08 (from 4.3 to 4.4.2). I made a big mistake as I didn't enable the "USB DEBUGGING" mode before go to download mode.
I clicked start in Odin and it show FAIL!!!
After I restart the phone all I see on the screen is the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried to recover it through Kies, but the it shows the phone is not connected or not support. Meaning the Kies cannot communicate with the phone at all.
I also tries to flash in Odin many times, but it still fails.
Please!!! Can anyone here give me some solution.
Thanks.
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USB Debugging has nothing to do with odin flash, make sure while flashing below steps.
1. Update boot loader is selected in odin.(Edit:for single file not required)
2. Disable antivirus.
3. make sure note 3 drivers are installed.
4. kies not running in bag round.
5.Clear Factory Data & Catch before flash.
if all of those step fail..
try to flash ur rom on other computer or laptop
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radicalisto said:
A simple reflash via Odin 1.85 or 3.07/3.04 will fix it.
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Thankx man itis worked:good::good:
jdomadia said:
USB Debugging has nothing to do with odin flash, make sure while flashing below steps.
1. Update boot loader is selected in odin.(Edit:for single file not required)
2. Disable antivirus.
3. make sure note 3 drivers are installed.
4. kies not running in bag round.
5.Clear Factory Data & Catch before flash.
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tried flashin with diff odin versions, was not working, tried ver 1.85, cause it lets you select update boot loader.......and BAM,,it worked on my tmobile tab 4, now i c.an wipe the tears off the key board, thanks, didnt do # 5 tho, was rooting the tab with cf auto.
markap99 said:
tried flashin with diff odin versions, was not working, tried ver 1.85, cause it lets you select update boot loader.......and BAM,,it worked on my tmobile tab 4, now i c.an wipe the tears off the key board, thanks, didnt do # 5 tho, was rooting the tab with cf auto.
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You've indeed saved my day... I've been searching high and low, installing various versions of Odin3, downloading tonnes of tar, tarmd5, zip, etc.!
Pardon me for my ignorance, but I never intended to root my cell phone in the first place. I was merely following what Kies suggested, "A New Firmware, Wanna Upgrade?" Oh, truly? Gee, thanks! And **** it, it screwed up my GT-N7000, saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." and my cell phone never saw the daylight again, regardless how I started it, factory-reset mode wasn't possible at all, only download mode could be started up. Tried with various methods of Odin3 on multiple ROMS, to no avail, until I read your short reply. BAM! (As you put it...)
Thanks a bunch, mate!
I have a similar issue with my sm n900. Lost my imei and baseband, i needed to flash a custom rom to get my baseband before working on the imei, after flashing via odin phone boots to samsung logo then goes blank. And recovery says E failed to mount efs . But i need to use adb on my pc. So how can i possibly enabe usb debugging in order for adb to find my device?
Flashing a stock ROM from sammobile.com via Odin does not require USB debugging. Flashing a stock ROM will flash everything, including modem, bootloader, and recovery.
My N900 Bricked
I am unable to Go to download mode not even the charging symbol too
no Luck at all phone is not starting need a Unbrick or help me how to get it sorted
galaxy Note 3 Sm N900
Tried to open the phone to short the wire but the shorting mentioned in all the imagees doesnt match the design of the phone internal
can some one tell me which points to short to start the phoen in Ext sd mode
or any help would help

[Q] Did I just brick my s4?

Hi, I have a rooted galaxy s4 LTE with android 4.3, and was going to update to 4.4.2 via odin 3.09, but during the middle of the installation, I heard a usb disconnection sound, and a red light saying fail appeared on odin. I waited a while, but nothing, and when I restarted my phone, I got that message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again" with some odin console messages on top.
I don't know why I can't recover with kies, nothing shows up on the list, and I tried to flash again with odin, using the same rom, but it failed.
what should I do?
I downloaded the official rom from sammobile.
thanks in advance
fael097 said:
Hi, I have a rooted galaxy s4 LTE with android 4.3, and was going to update to 4.4.2 via odin 3.09, but during the middle of the installation, I heard a usb disconnection sound, and a red light saying fail appeared on odin. I waited a while, but nothing, and when I restarted my phone, I got that message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again" with some odin console messages on top.
I don't know why I can't recover with kies, nothing shows up on the list, and I tried to flash again with odin, using the same rom, but it failed.
what should I do?
I downloaded the official rom from sammobile.
thanks in advance
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i had the same problem before! it was the usb ports in my pc ! i changed pc, i used my laptopt and everything were ok! just test another usb port or another pc using odin and original rom and everything should be ok! Dont panic ur phone is ok
remember always to run odin as administrator
hey! yeah, apparently it was those front usb ports, both of them weren't working properly, when I connected to another usb behind the computer it worked fine installing the same rom through odin.
phew!
thanks

Urgent help required

hi, I tried rooting my phone but it failed halfway through, now it's in firmware recovery mode, when i run kies it just constantly says connecting, have i bricked my phone
PAULRYAN52 said:
hi, I tried rooting my phone but it failed halfway through, now it's in firmware recovery mode, when i run kies it just constantly says connecting, have i bricked my phone
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Download Odin if you don't already have it and the matching firmware for your model put phone in download mode and flash with firmware should bring you back
Don't panic!
Firstly, make sure you have the correct drivers so that Windows can see your phone (search on here).
Secondly, if Kies won't work, Odin probably will. Odin (again, search on here for it) allows you to flash any Samsung firmware to your phone (Search sammobile.com for firmwares, but MAKE SURE you get firmware for the correct version of Note 4).
Hope this helps.
ive downloaded the correct firmware for my phone now what do i do in odin
I'm at work at the moment, so I can't spend too much time on here, but this should help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/note-4-n910f-original-firmwares-t3189968
my phone keeps disconnecting then connecting while i connected to odin
Try setting everything up in Odin, and then connecting your phone (in Download mode). Wait for the connection to be recognised by Odin, then click the button to start the flashing. Always works for me.
PAULRYAN52 said:
my phone keeps disconnecting then connecting while i connected to odin
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If you used an extra back cover remove it and connect the cable again.Check if there is any lose connection.
kakkooran said:
If you used an extra back cover remove it and connect the cable again.Check if there is any lose connection.
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sorted it just didn't like my laptop, I'm going to try and root it again
Glad you got it sorted out, and good luck with rooting your phone.
ive rooted but it starts up ok but it keeps restarting itself, when it starts up it has yellow writing at the top saying "getting Warranty bit : kernel" it vibrates once then vibrates again as it normally does when booting up. it's working ok now

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