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This issue was solved for myself and another member here by tracking down the appropriate latest stock firmware for our regions and flashing it with Odin. Note that it took multiple flashes of the same firmware in Odin before it was actually fixed.
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Hi All,
I have a SGH-I337M from Rogers (Canada) and I'm having a hell of a time getting my phone working again. Here's the complete history. I originally took it from stock 4.2.2 to 4.4 Gummy ROM. Everything was working fine with that. I then found out about the easy sim unlock with the stock touchwiz ROM, so I plugged it into Kies to restore it to factory. However, I didn't realize (about a week ago) that they were rolling out the 4.3 update, so lo and behold I wound up with 4.3.
The unlock method was not working on this, so I got hold of the 4.2.2 official ROM and flashed it with Odin. It was at this time that I realized the 4.3 update included the knox bootloader (I think that's the bootloader? I'm still pretty green with this stuff), so of course I wind up with persisting flags showing warranty void, kernel is not seapermissive or whatever the error is, etc etc. ALSO, it was at the time of the 4.3 update that I realized wifi and sound do not work anymore. I flashed back to the Gummy rom, wifi starts working again but not sound.
PHEW, if you made it through that, thanks for your time! Anyway I'm now back at 4.2.2 because I figured I'd try the unlocking at least and... it doesn't work. I read from others that the wifi and sound not working had to do with the modem firmware not matching what the kernel expects, so I took my wifes phone (which is still running 4.2.2 and the unlock worked, also a SGH-I337M), ran the following:
Code:
su
cd mnt/sdcard/
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=backup-NON-HLOS.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=backup-modem.bin
Copied those dumps, wrote them to my busted phone with:
Code:
su
dd if=NON-HLOS.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
reboot
And.... all that to no avail. I'm literally just fumbling through this now because this stuff is going beyond the scope of what I know. Anyone who can help or point me in the right direction would be most appreciated! Thanks for your time!
Fixed
Alright so, as I mentioned the official rogers 4.3 update over Kies is what I believe caused these problems in the first place. What I did however was get hold of the latest official build from this link (RWC-I337MVLUEMK6-20131125124040) and flash it in Odin. Oddly enough after the flash, all is working. Perhaps there is a broken version being pushed out over Kies.
Stock Kernel After Install Cyanogenmod 11 | Kitkat | Build 8 | 29 Nov ]
I have many problems with my phone after install CM11, i follow the instructions step by step and the installation complete without any problems but,
First. I have, at turn on the phone in the first screen "Samsung Galaxy S4" there is something written in red at the top left corner : "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" In yellow just above : "Set Warranty Bit : kernel"
I investigate that and this is call, stock kernel.
Second. The Wifi is tethering i can´t active, don´t work.
Third. the sound is @%&)*, i can hear nothing.
Fourth. The mic on the phone is dead too, i can do calls on my phone because the other person don´t hear me nothing.
Somebody knows how fix all of this problems or my phone is @%&)* forever?
Thanks anyway, i appreciated any kind of help. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays for all. God bless you.
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
I have many problems with my phone after install CM11, i follow the instructions step by step and the installation complete without any problems but,
First. I have, at turn on the phone in the first screen "Samsung Galaxy S4" there is something written in red at the top left corner : "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" In yellow just above : "Set Warranty Bit : kernel"
I investigate that and this is call, stock kernel.
Second. The Wifi is tethering i can´t active, don´t work.
Third. the sound is @%&)*, i can hear nothing.
Fourth. The mic on the phone is dead too, i can do calls on my phone because the other person don´t hear me nothing.
Somebody knows how fix all of this problems or my phone is @%&)* forever?
Thanks anyway, i appreciated any kind of help. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays for all. God bless you.
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Buddy! You're having the exact same problems I had. Can you tell me what carrier you are with and post your exact model here (like mine is SGH-i337M). The solution for me was to end up flashing (for the 4th or 5th time) the original stock touchwiz from branded by my carrier. The kernel warnings and such all went away, all sound and wifi works again (see my above posts). You might also be able to just flash the modem file for your phone, the CM version. Anyway post that stuff (exact model, carrier etc) and I'll see if I can help!
Furinax said:
Buddy! You're having the exact same problems I had. Can you tell me what carrier you are with and post your exact model here (like mine is SGH-i337M). The solution for me was to end up flashing (for the 4th or 5th time) the original stock touchwiz from branded by my carrier. The kernel warnings and such all went away, all sound and wifi works again (see my above posts). You might also be able to just flash the modem file for your phone, the CM version. Anyway post that stuff (exact model, carrier etc) and I'll see if I can help!
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Thanks Furinax, i appreciated all the help could you give me, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M, mi carrier is Telcel in México, i tried to download the original ROM, the android version 4.3.3, but that you know, the FBI goes down Hotfile and SamMobile still upload all the ROM´s in Terafile, if you know another site where i can download this original ROM i thank you so much, my best regards.
Found it!
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Thanks Furinax, i appreciated all the help could you give me, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M, mi carrier is Telcel in México, i tried to download the original ROM, the android version 4.3.3, but that you know, the FBI goes down Hotfile and SamMobile still upload all the ROM´s in Terafile, if you know another site where i can download this original ROM i thank you so much, my best regards.
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Here ya go buddy, found it on terafile. Click this link here. ProTip! Use Bitcomet to do the HTTP download (copy the link once it starts downloading) and set the max connections to 20. This way you'll bypass the download throttle and download at full speed. Follow up and let me know if it works out for you!
In case you don't know, extract the zip, open Odin, click "PDA" and select the .md5 file you extracted. Put your phone into download mode by powering off and then powering on while holding the volume down rocker. It'll ask you to press volume up to confirm. Plug the phone in now and Odin will recognize the phone is ready for flashing (will say added! in the text field). Go ahead and click start. Note that this is a very big file so after you select it in Odin it will freeze for a while while it calculates the MD5 sum.
TCE-I337MUMUEMK6-20131128165859.zip
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If anyone else is looking for their stock roms for SG4, most of them can be found at this link.
Furinax said:
Here ya go buddy, found it on terafile. Click this link here. ProTip! Use Bitcomet to do the HTTP download (copy the link once it starts downloading) and set the max connections to 20. This way you'll bypass the download throttle and download at full speed. Follow up and let me know if it works out for you!
In case you don't know, extract the zip, open Odin, click "PDA" and select the .md5 file you extracted. Put your phone into download mode by powering off and then powering on while holding the volume down rocker. It'll ask you to press volume up to confirm. Plug the phone in now and Odin will recognize the phone is ready for flashing (will say added! in the text field). Go ahead and click start. Note that this is a very big file so after you select it in Odin it will freeze for a while while it calculates the MD5 sum.
Thanks Furinax, i really appreciated your time and your help, i´m downloading already, i have philz recovery in the phone, do you reccomends do the flashing from philz or is better with Odin? i have the Odin v3.09, i hope fix my phone with this Original ROM, i will inform what happen, thanks again, my best regards, take care you.
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Furinax said:
If anyone else is looking for their stock roms for SG4, most of them can be found at
Thanks again Furinax, i will keep in contact, i will see what happens, my best regards.
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Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Thanks Furinax, i really appreciated your time and your help, i´m downloading already, i have philz recovery in the phone, do you reccomends do the flashing from philz or is better with Odin? i have the Odin v3.09, i hope fix my phone with this Original ROM, i will inform what happen, thanks again, my best regards, take care you.
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You can't flash it through recovery you have to use Odin and yes 3.09 should work fine. Make sure you extract the zip first and select the .md5 file that gets extracted from the zip. ALSO note that this will replace your custom recovery. I have not yet attempted to replace the stock recovery after flashing and fixing my phone, so I cannot tell you if it will work or not. At this point I'm just happy to have my phone working again so I'm not tampering and leaving it at stock. Also note that once you flash 4.3 the boot loader will be replaced so that if you tamper with the phone (flash anything new etc) it will permanently set a flag that you cannot change which indicates that your warranty is now void.
Stock Kernel Fix It but ....
Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Furinax said:
You can't flash it through recovery you have to use Odin and yes 3.09 should work fine. Make sure you extract the zip first and select the .md5 file that gets extracted from the zip. ALSO note that this will replace your custom recovery. I have not yet attempted to replace the stock recovery after flashing and fixing my phone, so I cannot tell you if it will work or not. At this point I'm just happy to have my phone working again so I'm not tampering and leaving it at stock. Also note that once you flash 4.3 the boot loader will be replaced so that if you tamper with the phone (flash anything new etc) it will permanently set a flag that you cannot change which indicates that your warranty is now void.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.[/QUOTE]
What happen Furinax, i´m very happy, after flashing my phone for second time, it fix all, my phone is back, i have WiFi, sound, and calls again, i learn the lesson, i will never flashing again with Customs RoM´s and i recommend to everyone don´t do it, thanks for helping me, have a great Christmas and a very vary happy new year, my best regards, salutes from Guadalajara, México, take care you, and god bless you.:good:
Y4kk=_Sp4rr0w said:
Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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Hello Furinax, i download and flash the original ROM with Odin v3.09, the stock Kernel fix it, but the Wifi and the sound still tethering, don´t work both of them, do you recommend flashing again? Or what can i do? Thanks and we keep in contact.
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What happen Furinax, i´m very happy, after flashing my phone for second time, it fix all, my phone is back, i have WiFi, sound, and calls again, i learn the lesson, i will never flashing again with Customs RoM´s and i recommend to everyone don´t do it, thanks for helping me, have a great Christmas and a very vary happy new year, my best regards, salutes from Guadalajara, México, take care you, and god bless you.:good:[/QUOTE]
Yay! Glad to hear it. Just gotta watch and read lots before flashing custom roms. Some phones are a pain in the rear, some are fine. Usually stick to flagship phones for this. For example the Nexus series from Google, never had an issue flashing any of those phones. Anyway buddy I'm glad to hear it's all working, merry Christmas and happy new year to you too and God bless you as well. Take care!
I am going through this right now as we speak. I bought a S4 I337M tonight locked to Telus and am trying to unlock it for bell.....it was on 4.3 so yeah I tripped the knox bootloader which is ok because I do not have warranty on the phone BUT I installed 4.2.2 and tried the unlocking and of course it does not seem possible on the Telus i337m .....I followed all suggestions to a T so we must have to pay for codes....
Anyways I lost wifi and sound so i used odin to push back telus factory firmware mk6 and still have no wifi and sound ? Any ideas?
I am currently using odin and pushing it once again , fingers crossed
Any tips on both the unlocking and regaining sound and wifi ? thanks
stevenca said:
I am going through this right now as we speak. I bought a S4 I337M tonight locked to Telus and am trying to unlock it for bell.....it was on 4.3 so yeah I tripped the knox bootloader which is ok because I do not have warranty on the phone BUT I installed 4.2.2 and tried the unlocking and of course it does not seem possible on the Telus i337m .....I followed all suggestions to a T so we must have to pay for codes....
Anyways I lost wifi and sound so i used odin to push back telus factory firmware mk6 and still have no wifi and sound ? Any ideas?
I am currently using odin and pushing it once again , fingers crossed
Any tips on both the unlocking and regaining sound and wifi ? thanks
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Hey. So a couple of things. First, if you did the unlock process with the 4.2.2 rom, you unfortunately have to re flash the 4.2.2 rom and this time in the menu turn sim lock back on. Then, you can proceed to flash 4.3.3 and buy an unlock code. The reason you have to re flash and explicitly re - enable sim lock using the 4.2.2 menu is that once it fails, if you don't do that then even your purchased unlock code won't work!
So make sure you do that. I believe it's #*0101 then hit menu key, select back. Hit menu again, select number input, enter 1. Get the ddms main menu or whatever it's called where you can see network lock options and then select on instead of off. There is actually a video on YouTube of this exact issue and fix, I've just been moving for 4 days and am beat so if you get really stuck here I can find it tomorrow.
Once you do that re flash 4.3.3 with Odin but before you do, enter recover mode and wipe/factory reset/cache everything and of course ensure you are backed up first.
It has been my experience and others experience that you may need to re flash 4.3.3 multiple times before the wifi and other issues will be fixed. Don't panic, it'll work. Once you've got that all sorted, I bought my unlock codes (did this painful process on three sgh-1337m's) from cellunlocker.net and all went perfect. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Thanks! took 3 times to get back wifi and sound.....so odd.
I am now flashing 4.2 again and i will change the settings you mentioned back to locked than clear cache/factory wipe before going back to 4.3 and ordering my unlock code online....I dont understand why it works for some and not [email protected]!!!
stevenca said:
Thanks! took 3 times to get back wifi and sound.....so odd.
I am now flashing 4.2 again and i will change the settings you mentioned back to locked than clear cache/factory wipe before going back to 4.3 and ordering my unlock code online....I dont understand why it works for some and not [email protected]!!!
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Glad you got sound/wifi back! As far as why it sometimes works, phone had to be shipped with 4.2.2. Once they get upgraded to 4.3, the functionality is gone for reasons I'm not 100% on so I won't shoot my mouth off like I'm an expert. Lol enjoy your unlocked phone once you get it all sorted!
After the second flashing works, be patient
Furinax said:
Hey. So a couple of things. First, if you did the unlock process with the 4.2.2 rom, you unfortunately have to re flash the 4.2.2 rom and this time in the menu turn sim lock back on. Then, you can proceed to flash 4.3.3 and buy an unlock code. The reason you have to re flash and explicitly re - enable sim lock using the 4.2.2 menu is that once it fails, if you don't do that then even your purchased unlock code won't work!
So make sure you do that. I believe it's #*0101 then hit menu key, select back. Hit menu again, select number input, enter 1. Get the ddms main menu or whatever it's called where you can see network lock options and then select on instead of off. There is actually a video on YouTube of this exact issue and fix, I've just been moving for 4 days and am beat so if you get really stuck here I can find it tomorrow.
Once you do that re flash 4.3.3 with Odin but before you do, enter recover mode and wipe/factory reset/cache everything and of course ensure you are backed up first.
It has been my experience and others experience that you may need to re flash 4.3.3 multiple times before the wifi and other issues will be fixed. Don't panic, it'll work. Once you've got that all sorted, I bought my unlock codes (did this painful process on three sgh-1337m's) from cellunlocker.net and all went perfect. Let me know if you have any more questions!
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Hello stevenca, i reflash a second time with the original ROM and normalized, do the reflash for a second or third time with the original ROM of your phone and I guarantee it will work, Furinax help me a lot, have a happy new year. I will keep in contact if i can help you.
I need help. ASAP
ok heres the deal I upgraded to 4.3 via wifi on the phone then i rooted using cf autoroot and i restored my data,cache, and boot that i had from 4.2.2 and then it went to a black screen when booting with the led functioning. so i flashed to stock using odin and it worked but wifi sound and sd card did not work so i tried to upgrade via kies thinking it would solve my problem, it didnt it crashed at 43% and put me in firmware encountered issue mode so i went to download mode and flshed 4.2.2 stock multiple times but no success with wifi or sound please help. it is all stock i erased all memory and restored to stock. 4.2.2 stock Bell Canadian i337m. Please help i'm a noob. also when i turn on my phone it says in red text KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and underneath in yellow text it says SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL
Pavandeep Dhillon said:
ok heres the deal I upgraded to 4.3 via wifi on the phone then i rooted using cf autoroot and i restored my data,cache, and boot that i had from 4.2.2 and then it went to a black screen when booting with the led functioning. so i flashed to stock using odin and it worked but wifi sound and sd card did not work so i tried to upgrade via kies thinking it would solve my problem, it didnt it crashed at 43% and put me in firmware encountered issue mode so i went to download mode and flshed 4.2.2 stock multiple times but no success with wifi or sound please help. it is all stock i erased all memory and restored to stock. 4.2.2 stock Bell Canadian i337m. Please help i'm a noob. also when i turn on my phone it says in red text KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING and underneath in yellow text it says SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL
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- U cant come back of 4.3 to 4.2.2. And u cant restore ur DATA/boot of 4.2.2 to one new firmware 4.3 either
- U will have to install now TWRP for ex.
- Go to Recovery and wipe all (data, system, cache and dalvik cache)
- Reboot in Download Mode
- Flash this firmware by ODIN
- Take a look in XDA the terms im writing u (TWRP, Recovery, Download mode, ODIN, Flashing firmware). They are very important steps for solve ur problems :highfive:
Thank you very much i'll come back with the results.
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How do i get TWRP on to my phone?
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Nevermind, i got TWRP through goomanager but the link you gave me for 4.3 partially works, the link itself is working but when im on the page and click download it creates a download link that doesnt work
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Pavandeep Dhillon said:
Thank you very much i'll come back with the results.
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How do i get TWRP on to my phone?
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Nevermind, i got TWRP through goomanager but the link you gave me for 4.3 partially works, the link itself is working but when im on the page and click download it creates a download link that doesnt work
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ok i have to be the most annoying poster, sorry. TWRP through goomanager didnt work so im stuck with no download and no TWRP.
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OK i got TWRP and wiped everything just waiting on link, thank you.
I did everything you said still doesnt work.
Hello guys,
i have the following problem:
I have tried rooting my SM-N9005 International version running Android 4.3.But every time i try to flash CF-AutoRoot it reboots and i see the logo of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 and in the upper left corner on the first line it says RECOVERY BOOTING underneath it says something that there is a error with SEANDROID and underneath it says set version bit:recovery and it's just stucked i flashed back the stock firmware XXUDMJ7.It's there some other way to root my phone or is there something wrong that i do ? i flashed with ODIN 3.07.If you need some other info about my phone i will tell you what you need ! Thank you very much !!
ClimbersTeam said:
Hello guys,
i have the following problem:
I have tried rooting my SM-N9005 International version running Android 4.3.But every time i try to flash CF-AutoRoot it reboots and i see the logo of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 and in the upper left corner on the first line it says RECOVERY BOOTING underneath it says something that there is a error with SEANDROID and underneath it says set version bit:recovery and it's just stucked i flashed back the stock firmware XXUDMJ7.It's there some other way to root my phone or is there something wrong that i do ? i flashed with ODIN 3.07.If you need some other info about my phone i will tell you what you need ! Thank you very much !!
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SEandroid line is normal, as for it not working, you can either take the battery out for 30seconds then reboot OR you have used the KK version of CF-Autoroot (latest is Kitkat)
ClimbersTeam said:
Hello guys,
i have the following problem:
I have tried rooting my SM-N9005 International version running Android 4.3.But every time i try to flash CF-AutoRoot it reboots and i see the logo of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 and in the upper left corner on the first line it says RECOVERY BOOTING underneath it says something that there is a error with SEANDROID and underneath it says set version bit:recovery and it's just stucked i flashed back the stock firmware XXUDMJ7.It's there some other way to root my phone or is there something wrong that i do ? i flashed with ODIN 3.07.If you need some other info about my phone i will tell you what you need ! Thank you very much !!
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Try odin 1.85
radicalisto said:
SEandroid line is normal, as for it not working, you can either take the battery out for 30seconds then reboot OR you have used the KK version of CF-Autoroot (latest is Kitkat)
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Yeah you are right i was using the KK version i haven't notice in the thread of Chainfire that there was a download for 4.3 ! Thank you ! Cheers
I got same problem
Please I encountered exactly the same problem yesterday...
I tried rooting with auto root my Samsung note 3 sm-n9005 rebooted and stopped at Samsung logo, displaying
'RECOVERY BOOTING....
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery' at the top...
What do I do... I can't find autoroot for Android 4.3 on chainfire and I don't know where to find the stock rom...
The phone boots to it menu if I reinsert the battery but I still need to root...
pls help...
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Yeah you are right i was using the KK version i haven't notice in the thread of Chainfire that there was a download for 4.3 ! Thank you ! Cheers
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Pls can you give me the link to the download for 4.3? and do I need to flash stock before trying to root again?
I just bought a Galaxy S4 running 4.2.2 out of the box and I had it 1 day and was getting persistent notifications about a new software update. I went into apps and hit stop the updater and thought that would solve it, i didn't think i had to freeze the app. Then about 2 hours ago screen flashes your phone will update itself in 30 seconds !out of nowhere! so i tried hitting the back button and turned it on and off and i couldn't stop it. Now i am seeing a installation screen when the phone is on and a progress bar...I dont understand. I never hit continue and I never saw a large download happen at all, i dont know if it happened in the background while i was downloading apps or not? This is the screen i get.....
I don't want to lose the ability to root and I want to keep as many options open as possible for flashing custom ROMs. I'm embarrassed to ask but i do not know what to do. Can anyone help me?
Battery pull
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Before it gets to install. Then factory reset. Root and freeze the update apps fota ect
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rbedell said:
Battery pull
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that's exactly what i did. However, as soon as you but the battery back in it begins again. Just before this screen it will say "booting into recovery" very small in the top left hand corner with the logo then it immediately goes to that screen. I have no idea where to go from here?
Factory reset in recovery.
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Or Odin the operating system you were on before it updates.
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Put it in download mode and Odin the current firmware you are on.
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DanRyan85 said:
that's exactly what i did. However, as soon as you but the battery back in it begins again. Just before this screen it will say "booting into recovery" very small in the top left hand corner with the logo then it immediately goes to that screen. I have no idea where to go from here?
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Is there a way to factory reset or abort the installation if you cant get past that screen? I dont know how to get past that screen and abort the install TO factory reset....
rbedell said:
Factory reset in recovery.
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Or Odin the operating system you were on before it updates.
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Put it in download mode and Odin the current firmware you are on.
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Thank you for the suggestions. How can i get to recovery? or put it in download mode and Odin the firmware? It IMMEDIATELY goes to that install screen even though it says "booting into recovery" just before. Is there a combo with the power button and volume keys i can use to abort and get back to recovery maybe?
Hold the volume down and the home button while powering on. Instructions can be found all over the Web with the files. Put them in the right spot in odin.
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Make sure you odin the version you are currently on though.
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If you you told me which baseband you were on I could help you narrow down the searching.
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rbedell said:
Hold the volume down and the home button while powering on. Instructions can be found all over the Web with the files. Put them in the right spot in odin.
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Make sure you odin the version you are currently on though.
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If you you told me which baseband you were on I could help you narrow down the searching.
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Okay first I tried to boot into recovery and got this screen...
than i tried the up button and got this screen....
but nothing happened after 10 mins, so i went back to recovery and this time at the "triangle screen" i hit down to retart the phone. The galaxy s4 title screen came up and then nothing happened. After a while i tried to reboot again...again title screen and then nothing. So after a while i tried recovery again and now i cannot get recovery to boot. I am in over my head, I am sorry for this. Do you know how i should proceed?
I am aftaid i have soft bricked the phone or something...
all i can get is the "Galaxy S4" then the screen goes black and will not come back on
managed to get back into recovery and hit "factory reset" and it was not succesful.
DanRyan85 said:
Okay first I tried to boot into recovery and got this screen...
than i tried the up button and got this screen....
but nothing happened after 10 mins, so i went back to recovery and this time at the "triangle screen" i hit down to retart the phone. The galaxy s4 title screen came up and then nothing happened. After a while i tried to reboot again...again title screen and then nothing. So after a while i tried recovery again and now i cannot get recovery to boot. I am in over my head, I am sorry for this. Do you know how i should proceed?
I am aftaid i have soft bricked the phone or something...
all i can get is the "Galaxy S4" then the screen goes black and will not come back on
managed to get back into recovery and hit "factory reset" and it was not succesful.
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As you can go to download mode (one with the Green android symbol) you are ok.
Just download your firmware from sammobile.com. Make sure you download correct version. In your case try downloading 4.2.2 version.
Use Odin 3.07. That's the version I use to flash 4.2.2 MG1 on my phone.
Unzip the downloaded firmware file with 7zip. Run odin as admin. Put firmware file in PDA slot. MAKE SURE REPARTITION IS UNCHECKED. Click on start. After flashing is done your phone will restart.
DanRyan85 said:
Okay first I tried to boot into recovery and got this screen...
than i tried the up button and got this screen....
but nothing happened after 10 mins, so i went back to recovery and this time at the "triangle screen" i hit down to retart the phone. The galaxy s4 title screen came up and then nothing happened. After a while i tried to reboot again...again title screen and then nothing. So after a while i tried recovery again and now i cannot get recovery to boot. I am in over my head, I am sorry for this. Do you know how i should proceed?
I am aftaid i have soft bricked the phone or something...
all i can get is the "Galaxy S4" then the screen goes black and will not come back on
managed to get back into recovery and hit "factory reset" and it was not succesful.
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From the screenshot in the OP, your phone actually started to update. If the bootloader got updated, then you will have to flash the firmware that matches the bootloader version or above.
Get into recovery and the bootloader version will be mentioned on the 2nd line.
jmjoyas said:
From the screenshot in the OP, your phone actually started to update. If the bootloader got updated, then you will have to flash the firmware that matches the bootloader version or above.
Get into recovery and the bootloader version will be mentioned on the 2nd line.[/QUOTE
Im sorry...should i still try to flash the stock firmware or is that risky now? How will i know by what it says if the bootloader did update, and how would i know what it did update to? Very sorry, i know i am in over my head. I never expected my phone to update without permission
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Oncet said:
As you can go to download mode (one with the Green android symbol) you are ok.
Just download your firmware from sammobile.com. Make sure you download correct version. In your case try downloading 4.2.2 version.
Use Odin 3.07. That's the version I use to flash 4.2.2 MG1 on my phone.
Unzip the downloaded firmware file with 7zip. Run odin as admin. Put firmware file in PDA slot. MAKE SURE REPARTITION IS UNCHECKED. Click on start. After flashing is done your phone will restart.
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I dont think i can get back to download mode anymore....is that a deal breaker to try this approach?
I downloaded the firmware and Odin 3.7
DanRyan85 said:
jmjoyas said:
From the screenshot in the OP, your phone actually started to update. If the bootloader got updated, then you will have to flash the firmware that matches the bootloader version or above.
Get into recovery and the bootloader version will be mentioned on the 2nd line.[/QUOTE
Im sorry...should i still try to flash the stock firmware or is that risky now? How will i know by what it says if the bootloader did update, and how would i know what it did update to? Very sorry, i know i am in over my head. I never expected my phone to update without permission
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I am assuming you have a ATT S4. If not, this information would be incorrect.
The update would have been to kitkat. If so, the bootloader version would end with NB1. The jelly bean version ends with MK2. If you are still on 4.2.2, then it would end with MF3 (or maybe, the version line may not even be displayed).
The download mode is entered by pressing volume down + home while powering up and then pressing the volume up when the screen is displayed.
The recovery mode is entered by pressing volume up + home while powering up.
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jmjoyas said:
DanRyan85 said:
I am assuming you have a ATT S4. If not, this information would be incorrect.
The update would have been to kitkat. If so, the bootloader version would end with NB1. The jelly bean version ends with MK2. If you are still on 4.2.2, then it would end with MF3 (or maybe, the version line may not even be displayed).
The download mode is entered by pressing volume down + home while powering up and then pressing the volume up when the screen is displayed.
The recovery mode is entered by pressing volume up + home while powering up.
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ALL GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU! Yes, mine is at&t. Its good to know that it would have been to kit kat and I am in this situation for a reason too. Thank you for the info on the bootloaders and also how to get back to download mode.
In your opinion should i try to flash the stock firmware then?
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You need to go to download mod. If you can not go to recovery mode to check the Boot loader version then first try to install 4.2.2 firmware. If you Boot loader is already upgraded then 4.2.2 flashing will fail in odin.
Oncet said:
You need to go to download mod. If you can not go to recovery mode to check the Boot loader version then first try to install 4.2.2 firmware. If you Boot loader is already upgraded then 4.2.2 flashing will fail in odin.
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Okay, first off thank you all for the continued patience. I can go to download mode and recovery mode. How do i check the boot loader version in recovery mode? I have the standard options in blue then below in yellow i have the following above a android with a explimation point that says no command:
#MANUAL MODE#
--Appling Multi-csc...
Applied the csc-code : ATT
Succesfully applied multi-csc.
and thats it.
I've never seen BL version in download mod. I have I337M Canadian version though.Since you already downloaded 4.2.2 firmware try installing it.
The newer recovery has the version right on top 2nd line below the Android Recovery Version line. If you don't see, then maybe you still have the old one. Try flashing the stock 4.2.2 firmware.
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I just tried the firmware 4.2.2 update. Tried it twice. In red lettering in download mode the phone said:
SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 :Binary :1
I also took this picture of the Odin screen:
I am not sure what to try now. I am not sure if it matters that i cant turn the phone on so I cant check USB Debugging. I did install drivers from the Samsung website. I am hoping that this code means more to someone than it does to me...
Thank you for the continued patience
Obviously right from the start it doesen't even start writing so does that mean it IS the bootloader? One member suggested that from earlier picture the phone had started to install the kit kat update when i pulled the battery. I then went into recovery and the phone stopped trying to update but it also started boot looping.
Earlier picture of the auto install:
DanRyan85 said:
I just tried the firmware 4.2.2 update. Tried it twice. In red lettering in download mode the phone said:
SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 :Binary :1
I also took this picture of the Odin screen:
I am not sure what to try now. I am not sure if it matters that i cant turn the phone on so I cant check USB Debugging. I did install drivers from the Samsung website. I am hoping that this code means more to someone than it does to me...
Thank you for the continued patience
Obviously right from the start it doesen't even start writing so does that mean it IS the bootloader? One member suggested that from earlier picture the phone had started to install the kit kat update when i pulled the battery. I then went into recovery and the phone stopped trying to update but it also started boot looping.
Earlier picture of the auto install:
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You've blown a couple of Q-fuses. You need to ODIN MK2 or NB1. More than likely NB1. There is a thread in the general section that explains how to partially revert back to MK2 from NB1 that will allow you to install and use safestrap recovery. I suggest you put your phone down a do a few days worth of reading in the General and Q&A sections before you do anything else. Good luck.
Hi recently root my note 4, now i cant boot to recovery to wipe data or cache. my model number is N910H. Any help would be greatly appreciated. i can go into download mode easily, but i cant enter recovery mode. the phone just start uo and stop at the android logo. Please help me someone. I also tried to restore the stock firmware from kies and Odin but to no avail.
Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
Stand by
Good luck
Thank you sir.
Same issue sm n910h
same issue man i didn't rooted it until i stuck with the Samsung galaxy note 4 powered by android logo. and my flash counter is set to 1. please help some one
thanks alooot in advance :good:
Did you resolve this issue?
Do you think there is a fix in the making for this issue?
MAY BE
I don't think so but may be people with best brains are here may be they would help, to get the warranty back ,some how phone shouldn't show download mode so they neva gonna get the knox tripping right? can some one help me with that to hard brick the phone
Just go to download mode and flash stock rom. Then go to recorvery mode and factory reset. Thats it.
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Just go to download mode and flash stock rom. Then go to recorvery mode and factory reset. Thats it.
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that's it? really . well the problem still exists
Phone still stuck on android boot logo after flashing stock Rom.
Same here problem is still there, ive tried different region stock roms but same thing i can only boot to download mode Only. Also after odin finish flashing the firmware and it says pass, the phone only reboot to the android logo, no recovery option come up showing clearing cache or anything.
Did you try using odin to load a custom recovery like TWRP?
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Yes i did sir
Same result after rooting then flashing both twrp and philz recovery.
Yes i did sir
Same problem
the issue that happens sudden death syndrome an emmc issue which some times can fix with out changing the chip. can anybody tell the fix for that issue and how to reset knox into 0 ratherthan using triangle away
thanx in advance
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as i mentioned the subject flashing stock rom or flashing any other recovery won't work at alll, it is a rare case. flashing stock rom or flasing recovery using odin are completely working fine as success rate of 100%, but the phone doesn't boot. flashing process happens working fine , while i searched regarding the issue i found out that's an issue with EMMC some times the chip needs to be replaced by warranty but in my case knox tripped into 1. in order to get the warranty i need to i should reset the knox into 0. I've find a thread to reset knox into 0 unfortunately on exynos variant SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 only .
needs
1.please let me know if some one knows the thread to fix emmc bug without replacing the chip
2.please let me know if some one knows the thread to fix the knox back into 0 using odin or any other method other than triangle away because the phone doesn't boot up and it doesn't boot into recovery mode only goes to download mode
please help pleas please pleaase
tons of thanx in advance :victory:
[email protected] said:
the issue that happens sudden death syndrome an emmc issue which some times can fix with out changing the chip. can anybody tell the fix for that issue and how to reset knox into 0 ratherthan using triangle away
thanx in advance
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as i mentioned the subject flashing stock rom or flashing any other recovery won't work at alll, it is a rare case. flashing stock rom or flasing recovery using odin are completely working fine as success rate of 100%, but the phone doesn't boot. flashing process happens working fine , while i searched regarding the issue i found out that's an issue with EMMC some times the chip needs to be replaced by warranty but in my case knox tripped into 1. in order to get the warranty i need to i should reset the knox into 0. I've find a thread to reset knox into 0 unfortunately on exynos variant SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 only .
needs
1.please let me know if some one knows the thread to fix emmc bug without replacing the chip
2.please let me know if some one knows the thread to fix the knox back into 0 using odin or any other method other than triangle away because the phone doesn't boot up and it doesn't boot into recovery mode only goes to download mode
please help pleas please pleaase
tons of thanx in advance :victory:
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There is no way as of now to reset knox counter on note 4....maybe in future.
Extremely unlucky you got that rare bug. I thought it didn't exist anymore
PS: at some places they still offer hardware warranty despite tripping knox..you might wanna try your luck.
gotta try for that
maksharma231 said:
There is no way as of now to reset knox counter on note 4....maybe in future.
Extremely unlucky you got that rare bug. I thought it didn't exist anymore
PS: at some places they still offer hardware warranty despite tripping knox..you might wanna try your luck.
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I'll look froward to that thanx for the time being :good:
Still same problem
Anyone has a fix for the note 4 not booting to recovery only download mode. Its not booting past the android logo , is this issue even fixable? plz help.
Omi755 said:
Anyone has a fix for the note 4 not booting to recovery only download mode. Its not booting past the android logo , is this issue even fixable? plz help.
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Refer to the 2 posts above this one.
Try taking it to the service center and hope that they fix it under warranty. That's your best bet if nothing else is working.
Solved: Note 4 not entering Recovery mode.
Omi755 said:
Hi recently root my note 4, now i cant boot to recovery to wipe data or cache. my model number is N910H. Any help would be greatly appreciated. i can go into download mode easily, but i cant enter recovery mode. the phone just start uo and stop at the android logo. Please help me someone. I also tried to restore the stock firmware from kies and Odin but to no avail.
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Remove Battery and simcard and memory card then insert battery and PRESS VOLUME UP BUTTON THEN HOME BUTTON THEN POWER UNTIL LOGO APPEARS AND LET GO. THIS WORKED FOR ME TODAY.
Omi755 said:
Hi recently root my note 4, now i cant boot to recovery to wipe data or cache. my model number is N910H. Any help would be greatly appreciated. i can go into download mode easily, but i cant enter recovery mode. the phone just start uo and stop at the android logo. Please help me someone. I also tried to restore the stock firmware from kies and Odin but to no avail.
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I think you wrong with Recovery of wrong android version.
Try to fix with correct android version recovery. For example. ,if your phone is Android 4.3, if you used Android version 4.4.2 or something else, your device can not boot to recovery mode. Or may be wrong with Model Number
i have exactly the same issue flash with odin and pass but still bootloop cant boot to recovery either
my bootloader is n916k but sticker model at the back n910c i flash both n910c and n916k and pass odin flash still bootloopp
Hello, my phone won't start i think it is hard bricked by odin i was only trying to downgrade my phone because the lollipop update drains my battery life. I want the kitkat version back i have download it from sammobile. the perfect version but after it finished it won't boot up and i can't get in bootloader or recovery &, has no root. Can anyone say how to fix this or can say of this is under warranty the phone is still no 1 month old
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Hello, my phone won't start i think it is hard bricked by odin i was only trying to downgrade my phone because the lollipop update drains my battery life. I want the kitkat version back i have download it from sammobile. the perfect version but after it finished it won't boot up and i can't get in bootloader or recovery &, has no root. Can anyone say how to fix this or can say of this is under warranty the phone is still no 1 month old
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Does it show that it's charging when you plug in the USB charger?
bricked A3
bernardwu said:
Does it show that it's charging when you plug in the USB charger?
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Well, I have the same problem. Recovery boot and hard reset are not working. Not visible on Pc while connected via USB. Nothing happens. I used the official ROM from sammobile to downgrade the phone.
it do nothing anymore it won't charge at all, and i can't get in recovery or bootloader
warranty
but my question is if i go back to the store have i warranty on this it is not rooted or anything used only official roms from sammbobile
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but my question is if i go back to the store have i warranty on this it is not rooted or anything used only official roms from sammbobile
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Yes it will have warranty if it is not rooted.
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thanks man
Thanks this was the answer i was looking for i hoped it was under warranty because the phone is not even a month old!
Before downgrading you MUST flash custom recovery and make wipe data, system, then reboot into bootloader and only after that you can downgrade.
hello the same happend to me after downgrading back to kitkat.i had a full brick.i got my phone back yesterday.so yes it goes after warranty.
ok thanks for the answers, then i'll have to contact service.
I've had exactly the same problem. Took the phone to carrier shop for repair. Main board were replaced under warranty.
Please don't forget to wipe data and cache before u downgrade, it is the main reason that u having soft bricks and bootloops
Strange! Because I also once downgraded A3 to kitkat without a wipe (of course I was ignorant of the fact that it bricks your phone), and as expected, I got soft brick, but phone was still alive. But your case is expectional, as your device died completely. Maybe I was very lucky.
There is also an A5 user who reported this with his phone. He downgraded without wipe and his A5 died completely.
He even tried to get into download mode using USB jig (OP might want to give a try) but it didn't work for him sadly.
A5 Hard Brick
I still cant believe that not wiping leads to a hard brick ... but it also happened to me.
!!!! Can anyone please explain why this happens !!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/help/sm-a500fu-maybe-bricked-please-help-t3167400
next time you must wiping everything before you flash another firmware version is this true?
Generally, worst thing that can happen if you forget wiping before flashing, is bootloop. This can be fixed doing full wipe/factory reset in recovery after flashing. I did full wipe before downgrade attempt and still hard bricked my device. Maybe it's something related to bootloader, idk.
not for me to mind your own business, but from what I understand, reading all the topic, is that most people who have had problems with a3 / a5 was because upgraded to lollipop, were not satisfied,l, and have decided to go back to kitkat, and between one thing and another ... brick !!
This confirms to me that I was right to stay kitkat ... this device must be a bit "tricky" and suffers these procedures ....
lolli on a3 drain battery?
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Have you been rooted before or did you use flashfire (not flashify), because I went:
- rooted 4.4.4 (was rooted with kingroot before then supersume) Knox 0
- unroot with Super SU
- factory reseted
- odin 5.02
- tried kongroot, not possible
- not sure if I factory reset
- odin same 4.4.4
- hard brick (no charger symbol, even JIG didnt work, no sign from phone what so ever
Luca TIR said:
lolli on a3 drain battery?
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Not noticeably more. My region was one of the last to receive Lollipop update on A3, so I think it could be somewhat more stable than earlier releases for other regions, idk.
gggg said:
Have you been rooted before or did you use flashfire (not flashify), because I went:
- rooted 4.4.4 (was rooted with kingroot before then supersume) Knox 0
- unroot with Super SU
- factory reseted
- odin 5.02
- tried kongroot, not possible
- not sure if I factory reset
- odin same 4.4.4
- hard brick (no charger symbol, even JIG didnt work, no sign from phone what so ever
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No, I wasn't rooted before. Simlply did factory reset before and flashed with odin.
Your A3 has been hard bricked (wrong bootloader). Unfortunately, Samsung doesn't use fastboot unlike Sony, HTC and so on. If you brick your bootloader, even USV jig wouldn't work.
The best you could do is to flash a debrick image into an external sdcard (make sure you have the correct version and variant of the image) and then insert the sdcard into your phone. Try powering on after that.
Unfortunately, the chance of recovering this way may be slim as the method requires you to remove the battery and A3 doesn't have a removable battery.
If that doesn't work, you need to repair it using JTAG. I don't recommend it doing by yourself as it requires disassembling the device. Send it to a repair service, they can unbrick the phone.
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I also downgraded, but I didn't have such issues. You may have flashed it wrongly (wrong way or wrong firmware).
Could you please tell me what did you tick or untick in the odin while downgrading?