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[Q] WiFi not working after update via Kies from 4.3. to 4.4.2

Hi there,
i have a rooted S4 i9505 with cwm installed.
yesterday i did an update from stock rom 4.3 to 4.4.2 (I9505XXUEMKE) via KIES.
the problem now....I cant turn on the wifi anymore. whenever i try to use the on/off switch for the wifi it instandly switches back to off.
is anyone else experiencing the same problem? has someone already a solution for that, before i will do a factory reset.

SDA1979 said:
Hi there,
i have a rooted S4 i9505 with cwm installed.
yesterday i did an update from stock rom 4.3 to 4.4.2 (I9505XXUEMKE) via KIES.
the problem now....I cant turn on the wifi anymore. whenever i try to use the on/off switch for the wifi it instandly switches back to off.
is anyone else experiencing the same problem? has someone already a solution for that, before i will do a factory reset.
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hmm - shouldn't really be a problem if you flashed stock, but broken wifi is a symptom reported when flashing old modem on new bootloader, if you have new stock sammy 4.4 then you will surely have new bootloader (check though by putting your phone into download mode and then check for KNOX references - if you got them you got new bootloader, if no then you are on the old one)
Click on the link in my sig for modem - that will take you to a thread that has all the newest modems - have a look through the most recent last 3-4 pages and you will find packages for modems for new bootloader, flash one of these and see what happens - BTW you need to flash in odin with 'reboot' unchecked, then when its finished power off your phone manually then put back into download mode and flash again, then repeat the procedure but this time tick 'reboot' and that should be done. BTW - the tar file goes into 'phone' not csc. You may need to unzip the modem package to get the tar file.
Let us know how you got on

Jimsilver73 said:
hmm - shouldn't really be a problem if you flashed stock, but broken wifi is a symptom reported when flashing old modem on new bootloader, if you have new stock sammy 4.4 then you will surely have new bootloader (check though by putting your phone into download mode and then check for KNOX references - if you got them you got new bootloader, if no then you are on the old one)
Click on the link in my sig for modem - that will take you to a thread that has all the newest modems - have a look through the most recent last 3-4 pages and you will find packages for modems for new bootloader, flash one of these and see what happens - BTW you need to flash in odin with 'reboot' unchecked, then when its finished power off your phone manually then put back into download mode and flash again, then repeat the procedure but this time tick 'reboot' and that should be done. BTW - the tar file goes into 'phone' not csc. You may need to unzip the modem package to get the tar file.
Let us know how you got on
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ok just to be sure and not bricking my phone..
i went into download mode and it says:
odin mode
product name gt-i9505
current binary custom
system status official
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x1csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enabled
eMMC burst mode enabled
now if i understood right, i have to download
Wifi fix/NON-HLOS - I9505_XXUFNB8_WiFi_FIX
and flash it with odin with the instruction above....
is that correct?
i also found XXUFNB8.... should i rather use this one?

SDA1979 said:
ok just to be sure and not bricking my phone..
i went into download mode and it says:
odin mode
product name gt-i9505
current binary custom
system status official
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x1csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enabled
eMMC burst mode enabled
now if i understood right, i have to download
Wifi fix/NON-HLOS - I9505_XXUFNB8_WiFi_FIX
and flash it with odin with the instruction above....
is that correct?
i also found XXUFNB8.... should i rather use this one?
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Its correct

SDA1979 said:
ok just to be sure and not bricking my phone..
i went into download mode and it says:
odin mode
product name gt-i9505
current binary custom
system status official
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x1csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enabled
eMMC burst mode enabled
now if i understood right, i have to download
Wifi fix/NON-HLOS - I9505_XXUFNB8_WiFi_FIX
and flash it with odin with the instruction above....
is that correct?
i also found XXUFNB8.... should i rather use this one?
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you are on the new bootloader so you can flash the complete package - it has everything in it all in one package! - you won't brick your phone even if you flash the wrong modem, that is unless you did some thing real dumb like flash i9500 modem and even then I think its recoverable not that I suggest you try!!
depends where you are in the world - I used NB8 and it worked well for me in the UK - I'm on NB9 now and that seems nice also.
so to be clear flash this:
Combined package
For NewBootloader
GSM_Modem_XXUFNB8_and_LTE_Modem_XXUFNB8
https://mega.co.nz/#!3dR30JiT!cP5WrUCfz9L4h8doY7KTTV6fq4pFL85EkJBG6T-Gqhc

Jimsilver73 said:
you are on the new bootloader so you can flash the complete package - it has everything in it all in one package! - you won't brick your phone even if you flash the wrong modem, that is unless you did some thing real dumb like flash i9500 modem and even then I think its recoverable not that I suggest you try!!
depends where you are in the world - I used NB8 and it worked well for me in the UK - I'm on NB9 now and that seems nice also.
so to be clear flash this:
Combined package
For NewBootloader
GSM_Modem_XXUFNB8_and_LTE_Modem_XXUFNB8
https://mega.co.nz/#!3dR30JiT!cP5WrUCfz9L4h8doY7KTTV6fq4pFL85EkJBG6T-Gqhc
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hey guys, thank you!!!
the Wi-Fi is working again.
Nonetheless i still have one problem remaining, which i thought it would have been fixed as well.
but, when GPS is turned on, it tries to find the GPS position and the icon on the status bar continues appearing and disappearing permanently (every half of a second).
Beside the fact that it is really annoying having this icon flashing all the time it also causes the display to freeze.
Especially when scrolling from top to the bottom to open the notification area.
It sometimes also lets the system crush completely.
any idea what this could be?
thanks for your effort so far.

SDA1979 said:
hey guys, thank you!!!
the Wi-Fi is working again.
Nonetheless i still have one problem remaining, which i thought it would have been fixed as well.
but, when GPS is turned on, it tries to find the GPS position and the icon on the status bar continues appearing and disappearing permanently (every half of a second).
Beside the fact that it is really annoying having this icon flashing all the time it also causes the display to freeze.
Especially when scrolling from top to the bottom to open the notification area.
It sometimes also lets the system crush completely.
any idea what this could be?
thanks for your effort so far.
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hmmm......... thats not right!
Suggest you find a stock sammy ROM and flash anew in odin - then root using cf root, then flash recovery - (TWRP is very good :good then go into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik, system and data - reboot and see what happens on nice new shiny sammy stock - if all is good pick the ROM/kernel you want (if you want) and go back to odin to reflash modem.
The only other thing I can think is that you have an app that is messing with gps?? Do the above though and you should be golden :good:
EDIT: don't wipe system unless you planning flashing a different ROM through recovery!

Jimsilver73 said:
hmmm......... thats not right!
Suggest you find a stock sammy ROM and flash anew in odin - then root using cf root, then flash recovery - (TWRP is very good :good then go into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik, system and data - reboot and see what happens on nice new shiny sammy stock - if all is good pick the ROM/kernel you want (if you want) and go back to odin to reflash modem.
The only other thing I can think is that you have an app that is messing with gps?? Do the above though and you should be golden :good:
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Hi, right way to flash the stock Samsung package, but after flashing a custom recovery, do not wipe system. There's no ROM after that so phone will not boot. And the newest modem is integrated in the stock package, so no need to flash it again.
And another advice: NEVER use Kies to update your phone. It has bricked 3 of mines.:cyclops:

speedwayfan75 said:
Hi, right way to flash the stock Samsung package, but after flashing a custom recovery, do not wipe system. There's no ROM after that so phone will not boot. And the newest modem is integrated in the stock package, so no need to flash it again.
And another advice: NEVER use Kies to update your phone. It has bricked 3 of mines.:cyclops:
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Oops, well spotted! Yes, don't wipe system unless you have another ROM to flash through recovery. 3 phones bricked from kies huh? I never used it SVD don't think I ever will lol. Good old Sammy stock stuff, tbh that's why I steer well clear of anything stock Sammy unless absolutely necessary and last resort - I look at the farce they have made by forcing us to accept Knox pox!

Jimsilver73 said:
Oops, well spotted! Yes, don't wipe system unless you have another ROM to flash through recovery. 3 phones bricked from kies huh? I never used it SVD don't think I ever will lol. Good old Sammy stock stuff, tbh that's why I steer well clear of anything stock Sammy unless absolutely necessary and last resort - I look at the farce they have made by forcing us to accept Knox pox!
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my thought was to go into recovery mode and wipe everything and start from beginning in order to exclude that it could depends on some wrong settings or any software already installed....

I updated to 4.4.2 using Mobile Odin and my wifi was borked too.
I did notice after the update that there was a mismatch between my Baseband version (still the old 4.3 XXUEMKE) and the Build number XXUFNB8, and I recall seeing some message during the flashing process that security had blocked the kernel update and Triangle Away might help solve it.
I therefore ran Triangle Away to reset my flash counter, and then used Mobile Odin to have a second go at flashing just the Kernel, Recovery and Modem parts.
This was successful and I now have matching Baseband and Build, both XXUFNB8.
And my wifi now works again...

ok.. after making a factory reset wifi and gps are working fine again.
guess there was some missconfigured third party app...
but now, with a fresh system i do not understand why i am not able to assign a PIN for my lockscreen...
everything is greyed out except PIN and Password.
but even though setting up a PIN, the screen lock is always set to use Swipe......
damn, i shouldnt have updated to 4.4.2.... until now.. only problems with this new build....

SDA1979 said:
ok.. after making a factory reset wifi and gps are working fine again.
guess there was some missconfigured third party app...
but now, with a fresh system i do not understand why i am not able to assign a PIN for my lockscreen...
everything is greyed out except PIN and Password.
but even though setting up a PIN, the screen lock is always set to use Swipe......
damn, i shouldnt have updated to 4.4.2.... until now.. only problems with this new build....
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Try slimkat 3.2 from here http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/909-jfltexx remember to download gapps and flash after you have flashed ROM. You won't be disappointed

Jimsilver73 said:
Try slimkat 3.2 from here http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/909-jfltexx remember to download gapps and flash after you have flashed ROM. You won't be disappointed
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hey thanks for your suggestion. but i want to keep using the stock rom. sufficent for my needs....
anyway.. finally i was able to get everything working after flashing the rom with odin again.

Jimsilver73 said:
hmm - shouldn't really be a problem if you flashed stock, but broken wifi is a symptom reported when flashing old modem on new bootloader, if you have new stock sammy 4.4 then you will surely have new bootloader (check though by putting your phone into download mode and then check for KNOX references - if you got them you got new bootloader, if no then you are on the old one)
Click on the link in my sig for modem - that will take you to a thread that has all the newest modems - have a look through the most recent last 3-4 pages and you will find packages for modems for new bootloader, flash one of these and see what happens - BTW you need to flash in odin with 'reboot' unchecked, then when its finished power off your phone manually then put back into download mode and flash again, then repeat the procedure but this time tick 'reboot' and that should be done. BTW - the tar file goes into 'phone' not csc. You may need to unzip the modem package to get the tar file.
Let us know how you got on
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I feel compelled to express my gratitude for the post. Two days ago i updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 on my rooted gt-i9505 via KIES and just like that no more wifi. This solution works like charm!!!
:good::good::good::good::good::good:

ROMs unflashable, i9505 S4 XUBMF8

Hi there all,
I've been encountering a weird issue with the i9505 S4 XUBMF8. For whatever reason, I am currently unable to flash custom ROMs on it. The phone is KNOX-free and I have previously flashed custom ROMs on it before. I am able to root via CF Auto Root, install Triangle Away, but whenever a file is copied onto the phone's storage it never completes successfully (for example Broodplank's ROM will always be 10-15mb short). Even downloading the custom ROM directly onto the phone via stock Browser results on a Status 7 error.
Changing from CWM Recovery to Team Win doesn't help either, nor changing usb ports / computers and cables. (I've used both Generic and Samsung-branded ones.)
This is a phone which has previously managed to run custom ROMs, flashes stock Samsung ROMs and Radios via Download Mode fine, and installs "unknown" .apks fine as well.
Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
Summary: Phone currently running stock XUBMF8 (Firmware it came out of the box with), roots fine and installs custom Recoveries fine, flashes fine via Download mode. Just refuses to copy files properly (despite multiple formats / factory resets / flash stock firmware) and refuses to flash custom ROMs via custom Recoveries.

Devione said:
Hi there all,
I've been encountering a weird issue with the i9505 S4 XUBMF8. For whatever reason, I am currently unable to flash custom ROMs on it. The phone is KNOX-free and I have previously flashed custom ROMs on it before. I am able to root via CF Auto Root, install Triangle Away, but whenever a file is copied onto the phone's storage it never completes successfully (for example Brooplank's ROM will always be 10-15mb short). Even downloading the custom ROM directly onto the phone via stock Browser results on a Status 7 error.
Changing from CWM Recovery to Team Win doesn't help either, nor changing usb ports / computers and cables. (I've used both Generic and Samsung-branded ones.)
This is a phone which has previously managed to run custom ROMs, flashes stock Samsung ROMs and Radios via Download Mode fine, and installs "unknown" .apks fine as well.
Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
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XUBMF8 is android 4.2.2 for branded phones:
- Spain (yoigo) or Poland (Play)
* Solution could be flash one stock rom for unbranded phone if is your case. Anyway if u conect ur phone to Kies and tell me ur CSC I can tell u what stock firmware is good for your unbranded phone

Joku1981 said:
XUBMF8 is android 4.2.2 for branded phones:
- Spain (yoigo) or Poland (Play)
* Solution could be flash one stock rom for unbranded phone if is your case. Anyway if u conect ur phone to Kies and tell me ur CSC I can tell u what stock firmware is good for your unbranded phone
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Hi mate,
My CSC is i9505OLBBMF8
I used the *#1234# method.
Hope that helps. Thanks for your time.

Devione said:
Hi mate,
My CSC is i9505OLBBMF8
I used the *#1234# method.
Hope that helps. Thanks for your time.
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Yw. We need to know your S4's CSC, as this has to match your firmware. If you install Kies (in ur pc) then you will get your firmware CSC :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Yw. We need to know your S4's CSC, as this has to match your firmware. If you install Kies (in ur pc) then you will get your firmware CSC :highfive:
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Hi there,
I've installed Kies and according to the "Firmware Information" section it says
Current firmware version: PDA:MF8 / PHONE:MF8 / CSC: MF8 (SIN)
Is that the right place i'm looking at? I've never used KIES before, this is my first,
Thanks for your time.

Devione said:
Hi there,
I've installed Kies and according to the "Firmware Information" section it says
Current firmware version: PDA:MF8 / PHONE:MF8 / CSC: MF8 (SIN)
Is that the right place i'm looking at? I've never used KIES before, this is my first,
Thanks for your time.
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Yes is what I need. Ur phone is branded to Singapure (sintel). Do u unlocked it?

Joku1981 said:
Yes is what I need. Ur phone is branded to Singapure (sintel). Do u unlocked it?
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It's unlocked, yes. This mobile was actually originally bought in Malaysia, unbranded and unlocked. I could not find any Malaysian XUBMF8, so I downloaded the SingTel one as an alternative whenever I needed to reset my phone to stock.

Devione said:
It's unlocked, yes. This mobile was actually originally bought in Malaysia, unbranded and unlocked. I could not find any Malaysian XUBMF8, so I downloaded the SingTel one as an alternative whenever I needed to reset my phone to stock.
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Maybe the unique u need is factory reset ur phone :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Maybe the unique u need is factory reset ur phone :highfive:
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Hi there,
Apparently that doesn't work. I've tried resetting with stock, custom recoveries and through TouchWiz itself. It still gets the Status 7 error. Toggling "Verification Check" results in a failure, even though the MD5 checks out.
I really am at wits' end here...

Devione said:
Hi there,
Apparently that doesn't work. I've tried resetting with stock, custom recoveries and through TouchWiz itself. It still gets the Status 7 error. Toggling "Verification Check" results in a failure, even though the MD5 checks out.
I really am at wits' end here...
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Try other ODIN and other USB port in ur pc
*EDIT: For factory reset ur phone u dont need flash nothing:
1. Backup ur data of ur Internal Memory
2. From your home screen press the apps icon in the lower right corner.
3. Find and press the settings icon.
4. In the upper end of the screen press the accounts tab.
5. in the bottom of the next screen press the Backup and reset button.
6. Press the factory data reset.
7. Read the info on your cell phone screen and hit Reset device.
8. Try to flash the firmware u wish again
9. If all go correct, copy ur data folders again in your phone and install the apps u had

Joku1981 said:
Try other ODIN and other USB port in ur pc
*EDIT: For factory reset ur phone u dont need flash nothing:
1. Backup ur data of ur Internal Memory
2. From your home screen press the apps icon in the lower right corner.
3. Find and press the settings icon.
4. In the upper end of the screen press the accounts tab.
5. in the bottom of the next screen press the Backup and reset button.
6. Press the factory data reset.
7. Read the info on your cell phone screen and hit Reset device.
8. Try to flash the firmware u wish again
9. If all go correct, copy ur data folders again in your phone and install the apps u had
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Hi there,
I've did that before and it didn't work. I mentioned in the OP.

Devione said:
Hi there,
I've did that before and it didn't work. I mentioned in the OP.
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what ODIN u are using?

Joku1981 said:
what ODIN u are using?
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Hi there,
I've used 3 versions, 3.04, 3.07 and 3.09.

Devione said:
Hi there,
I've used 3 versions, 3.04, 3.07 and 3.09.
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Anybody?
I'm running out of ideas, and after extensive searching it seems i'm the only one with this problem.

[Q] cant acces homescreen anymoe galaxy s5

Hello Geeks out there! I deleted some Apps whit Rootacces and iam not able to use the Homescreen anymore, i dont see any applications and when i shortclick the menu button nothing happens. The buttons and everything is still working, also i did a Factory reset, which didnt solve the problem. Suggestions?
i didnt do a TWRP or custom recovery btw.
best regards and hopefully someonehelps me soon

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fffft said:
That didn't work out so well, did it? That is why we should always make a backup.. that we can restore if things go wrong.
If you can't replace the items that you deleted, then you need to use Odin ( or Kies would probably work too) to reinstall a full stock firmware to fix your system. A factory reset only reverts user settings, it does not restore crucial system apps that have been deleted. Reinstalling the full firmware will replace the missing apps.
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i was considering to reinstall the stock... how would i do that?aint there anyone having another way to suggest? thanks for your answer anyway

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fffft said:
Sure.
1. You can restore a backup if you made one.
2. You can replace the system apps that you deleted if you retained copies of them.
3. Magic
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how do i reinstall the stock firmware?

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i did flash a stock firmware and then...
so i downloaded the odin exe and the stock firmware of my country, flashed it until almost the end and then it says fail.
what can i do? right now phone is in download mode, almost completed the flashing process and im afraid to do anything, but if i dont nothing happens.
what to do?

jan91 said:
so i downloaded the odin exe and the stock firmware of my country, flashed it until almost the end and then it says fail.
what can i do? right now phone is in download mode, almost completed the flashing process and im afraid to do anything, but if i dont nothing happens.
what to do?
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Did you terminate all Kies processes in windows task manager and enable usb debugging on the phone? Just pull the battery, wait 20 seconds, reinsert it and press volume down + menu + power simultanious to get into download mode.

gee2012 said:
Did you terminate all Kies processes in windows task manager and enable usb debugging on the phone?
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since i cant start my phone anymore (the samsung logo shows up and then it wont start) iam not sure about that. i usually never use kies and iam killing tasks, and im pretty sure i enabled usb debug

jan91 said:
since i cant start my phone anymore (the samsung logo shows up and then it wont start) iam not sure about that. i usually never use kies and iam killing tasks, and im pretty sure i enabled usb debug
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Just pull the battery and do as stated above and try again.

gee2012 said:
Just pull the battery and do as stated above and try again.
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well... i cant have acces to my phone, it wont start. and if i just pull the battery, i guess this will have an unwanted effect since iam in a flashing process?
and do you mean kies programms running on my computer? there are none i guess...

jan91 said:
well... i cant have acces to my phone, it wont start. and if i just pull the battery, i guess this will have an unwanted effect since iam in a flashing process?
and do you mean kies programms running on my computer? there are none i guess...
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You can either take my advice or Google to find another solution, good luck

gee2012 said:
You can either take my advice or Google to find another solution, good luck
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i did pull the battery.. and startet into download mode and this sentence appears:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.

jan91 said:
i did pull the battery.. and startet into download mode and this sentence appears:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
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Look here for that http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/ or here https://www.google.nl/search?q=Firm...annel=rcs&gfe_rd=cr&ei=X3PPU_D_Cc74-ga-s4GwCA.

gee2012 said:
Look here for that http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/how-to-fix-firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue-on-kies/ or here https://www.google.nl/search?q=Firm...annel=rcs&gfe_rd=cr&ei=X3PPU_D_Cc74-ga-s4GwCA.
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iam using kies now but my phone doesnt connect to it. my phone isnt anywhere.
im trying it whit de recovery guide in kies, but it dosnt show my phone anywhere at all.
later before i upgraded the stock firmware whitout kies.

im using this turtorial for the firmware emergency
http://techbeasts.com/2014/04/14/firmware-upgrade-encountered-an-issue/
on step 5 it says that my SN number is wrong, and trust me i spelled it right. tryed several times.

[Q] can i flash any regions firmware on my galaxy s5?

hey, i recently bought an unlocked Samsung s5 and online it didn't not specify what region it was made for stop doesn't have all the languages i need. is it possible to just flash another regions firmware or does it need to be specifically for my galaxy?
i have a G900f

skrcer1 said:
hey, i recently bought an unlocked Samsung s5 and online it didn't not specify what region it was made for stop doesn't have all the languages i need. is it possible to just flash another regions firmware or does it need to be specifically for my galaxy?
i have a G900f
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Yes that possible as long as its G900F firmware. Just flash it with Odin 3.09.

gee2012 said:
Yes that possible as long as its G900F firmware. Just flash it with Odin 3.09.
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awesome thanks! do you know how to find which firmware is for my region?

skrcer1 said:
awesome thanks! do you know how to find which firmware is for my region?
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Look here www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and look for a rom in your region. Where do you live?

gee2012 said:
Look here www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and look for a rom in your region. Where do you live?
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Israel

skrcer1 said:
Israel
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There are Israelian roms available for the G900F on Sammobile. Flash the one you need with Odin 3.09.

gee2012 said:
There are Israelian roms available for the G900F on Sammobile. Flash the one you need with Odin 3.09.
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thanks !

hey so I tried flashing with odin and at the end it says failed and now my phone says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again."
I tried reflashing with the same downloaded israeli firmware from and the same thing happens. It still gets a blue ready sign in odin. any ideas of how to fix this?

skrcer1 said:
hey so I tried flashing with odin and at the end it says failed and now my phone says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again."
I tried reflashing with the same downloaded israeli firmware from and the same thing happens. It still gets a blue ready sign in odin. any ideas of how to fix this?
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Oke, just do the following:
- Disable Kies in windows task manager
- Pull the battery and wait 20 seconds
- Boot into downloadmode and connect to the pc
- Untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09 and place the rom in AP
- Hit start and when done pull the battery
- Boot into recovery and data factory reset and boot.

gee2012 said:
Oke, just do the following:
- Disable Kies in windows task manager
- Pull the battery and wait 20 seconds
- Boot into downloadmode and connect to the pc
- Untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09 and place the rom in AP
- Hit start and when done pull the battery
- Boot into recovery and data factory reset and boot.
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when it finishes in odin it still says downloading... do not turn off target on the phone. is that fine?

skrcer1 said:
when it finishes in odin it still says downloading... do not turn off target on the phone. is that fine?
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Yup, pull the battery, wait 20 seconds, go into recovery and factory reset and reboot.

gee2012 said:
Yup, pull the battery, wait 20 seconds, go into recovery and factory reset and reboot.
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Ok, i have tried and when i hold volume up, power, and menu key at once it brings me back to the kies firmware issue screen

skrcer1 said:
Ok, i have tried and when i hold volume up, power, and menu key at once it brings me back to the kies firmware issue screen
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Was the rom completely flashed by Odin? Did it say reset in the window ?

gee2012 said:
Was the rom completely flashed by Odin? Did it say reset in the window ?
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yeah, completely flashed but it says failed in odin for some reason.

skrcer1 said:
yeah, completely flashed but it says failed in odin for some reason.
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Do you have Teamviewer on your pc, i can help you from here if you want that. If so install TeamViewer and let me know.
This method never fails actualy:
Have you disabled Kies in windows task manager?
- Pull the battery, wait 20 seconds and boot in to downloadmode
- Place the .md5 file in AP, connect the phone with usb and untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09
- Flash the rom, pull the battery, boot into recovery and factory reset and wipe cache
- Reboot.

gee2012 said:
Do you have Teamviewer on your pc, i can help you from here if you want that. If so install TeamViewer and let me know.
This method never fails actualy:
Have you disabled Kies in windows task manager?
- Pull the battery, wait 20 seconds and boot in to downloadmode
- Place the .md5 file in AP, connect the phone with usb and untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09
- Flash the rom, pull the battery, boot into recovery and factory reset and wipe cache
- Reboot.
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yes, i tried that, i downloaded team viewer can you private message me?

skrcer1 said:
yes, i tried that, i downloaded team viewer can you private message me?
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I started TeamViewer, start yours and give me your Partner-ID through PM

This problem is still happening, anyone else know what may be the problem? It seems as if it is Chinese, could it be a fake?

skrcer1 said:
This problem is still happening, anyone else know what may be the problem? It seems as if it is Chinese, could it be a fake?
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If you bought yours from a reputable seller, you don't have to worry about this but there are some fake galaxy s5 around. There are some differences that you can observe.
Hopefully this is not the case with yours.

tookie015 said:
If you bought yours from a reputable seller, you don't have to worry about this but there are some fake galaxy s5 around. There are some differences that you can observe.
Hopefully this is not the case with yours.
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Well I bought it from amazon. It seemed legit and it looks legit for the most part except the sticker on the inside behind the battery where it says g900f is in Chinese and I heard its not supposed to be.
And I teamviewed with gee , he made sure everything in Odin was set up correctly. It was, we thought maybe the file was corrupt so I download it again from another source and it didn't help.
Any ideas on how I can fix this assuming it is not. Fake?

[Q] Help me please ans quickly

Hi, I'm rooted with note 3 n9005 Iv still got stock but flashed supersu a while ago and factory reset and it says there is no binary, this is a problem... or something like that. I want rot flags stock to unroot, I'm only 15 so can you explain in idiot terms of exactly how to do it with every detail and do I need to root again because iv factory reset. It says iv uplated so I have to update the binary??? Help pleaseeee

MarkDyer1 said:
Hi, I'm rooted with note 3 n9005 Iv still got stock but flashed supersu a while ago and factory reset and it says there is no binary, this is a problem... or something like that. I want rot flags stock to unroot, I'm only 15 so can you explain in idiot terms of exactly how to do it with every detail and do I need to root again because iv factory reset. It says iv uplated so I have to update the binary??? Help pleaseeee
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Relax. Yes, ofc you have to update the binaries like in the pic attached.

Joku1981 said:
Relax. Yes, ofc you have to update the binaries like in the pic attached.
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It's says this
See attached

You can not flash supersu. Try again the process

MarkDyer1 said:
It's says this
See attached
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You will have to flash SUPERSU via custom recovery or try other method for root your device.

Joku1981 said:
You will have to flash SUPERSU via custom recovery or try other method for root your device.
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What's custom recovery and can you tell me easiest and quickeat way to root, all I want to do is flash stock to unroot my phone

Mark, just download the latest software for your device (www.sammobile.com) and flash it through Odin. Once you have done that the device will be unrooted and completely stock.

MarkDyer1 said:
What's custom recovery and can you tell me easiest and quickeat way to root, all I want to do is flash stock to unroot my phone
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Sorry I was reading you bad. Do what @Nirak is telling you :good:

Nirak said:
Mark, just download the latest software for your device (www.sammobile.com) and flash it through Odin. Once you have done that the device will be unrooted and completely stock.
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Look at the pic I attached further up, my supersu is dodgy, so can I flash anything whilst it's like that?

You are going to flash a ROM via Odin, on your PC, what does dodgy SuperSU have anything do with that mate?

Mike, like devilsdouble said, you can flash via PC Odin as long as you are able to put the device into download mode, no matter what dodgy thingies are on it, since it will do a complete wipe. It will be stock, fresh and clean afterwards.
good luck

devilsdouble said:
You are going to flash a ROM via Odin, on your PC, what does dodgy SuperSU have anything do with that mate?
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I dont know? That's my point, I really don't know why it's like that and what problems it has?

Nirak said:
Mike, like devilsdouble said, you can flash via PC Odin as long as you are able to put the device into download mode, no matter what dodgy thingies are on it, since it will do a complete wipe. It will be stock, fresh and clean afterwards.
good luck
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Good luck sounds like this isn't going to go too well... so basically plug phone into kies and back up, factory reset phone, download mode, go in odin, place stock in AP bit and go

MarkDyer1 said:
Good luck sounds like this isn't going to go too well... so basically plug phone into kies and back up, factory reset phone, download mode, go in odin, place stock in AP bit and go
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Yes, precisely.

oooo...lol....that's not what i meant with 'good luck', it was meant honestly, considering you were a bit stressed before, just wanted to assure you all was going to be fine.

devilsdouble said:
Yes, precisely.
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My phone case is screwed around my phone, it's a big metal one and can't find the Alan key to take it off so will I most likely need to take the battery out?

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oooo...lol....that's not what i meant with 'good luck', it was meant honestly, considering you were a bit stressed before, just wanted to assure you all was going to be fine.
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Too bloody right, I'm stressed out my nut, I rooted it like a few weeks after I got my phone in like September, not knowing much (very stupid) and not knowing it voids warranty :/ my mam doesn't know, how can I tell her iv buggered my 600 pound phne, but it's not broke, I just keep thinking iv already broke it for some reason

You don't have to take the battery out. Just shut down the device completely, wait a few seconds, put it in download mode (volume down/menu/power buttons together), make sure Kies is not running (kill Kies back ground processes in task manager if neccessary) and fire up PC Odin, plug in your device, once connected direct to your stock rom in 'AP' and let it do it's thing.
After the 'OK' in Odin, your device will restart automatically, unplug it and run the set up.
NB....all your settings and personal stuff on internal memory will be wiped, so do back up before you start.
You did not break your phone, you just triggered an security flag that can tell you flashed custom software (root). On base of that samsung could deny warranty, but read around, there are lotsa cases samsung granted warranty with knox flag 0x1.

Cool, thanks, but sometimes you have to take the battery out on first boot up if in boot loop? And also I heard that you can sometimes lose you data from the data plan because the sim can't tell the rom where to get the data, or is that if it's pure stock rom rather than in my case an EE stock rom note 3

Nirak said:
You don't have to take the battery out. Just shut down the device completely, wait a few seconds, put it in download mode (volume down/menu/power buttons together), make sure Kies is not running (kill Kies back ground processes in task manager if neccessary) and fire up PC Odin, plug in your device, once connected direct to your stock rom in 'AP' and let it do it's thing.
After the 'OK' in Odin, your device will restart automatically, unplug it and run the set up.
NB....all your settings and personal stuff on internal memory will be wiped, so do back up before you start.
You did not break your phone, you just triggered an security flag that can tell you flashed custom software (root). On base of that samsung could deny warranty, but read around, there are lotsa cases samsung granted warranty with knox flag 0x1.
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Meant to quote you in one above ^ also on sammobile when I look up smn9005 it says mine is galaxy note 3 lte and I'm sure it's not...