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GT-i9505x Recovery

Hello, i own a 9505x not a normal 9505, and flashing the existing custom recoveries, do nothing, since i cant boot them.
The root works fine.
Since this 9505x is a demo unit, it has some software restrictions i want to eliminate, like it wont turn off the screen and will keep on playing a Samsung demo, it wont take over 20seconds videos and some other annoying stuff, i am trying to make it a retail unit.
Any suggestions ?

Why did you post this here in "Android Development"?

Can some admin post it in q and a?

Noone owns one?

same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?

c2s.vdg said:
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
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Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.

sedde said:
Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
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i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!

c2s.vdg said:
i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
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Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?

Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
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1337RYoN said:
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium
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Its working, i just messed up the recovery mode by flashing a i9505 recovery and now i cant restore it. I want to unroot it and flash the mew firmware from kies. Thats why i need the stock recovery

Any chance you can extract the stock firmware for your GT-I9505X and upload it please. I have the same device given to me by a Samsung Rep and I stupidly tried to install the stock formware for the i9500 varient and now its had it. It loads the samsung boot screen as soon as you turn it on and then just keeps restarting every 5 seconds. Im hoping if I can get hold of the original firmware and reflash it will work! Cant find the firmware anywhere!
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sedde said:
Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
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i'm stuck with a costum recovery as well... no luck! f**k

I'll be very grateful too , if someone can share the original firmware....

I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...

Give this a try mate. Cheers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda premium

I also bricked my i9505 X. Stock Rom from i9505 does not fit to i9505X.
i9505X it's demo unit :
GT-i9505X
I9505XGSMH
PDA : I9505XXXUAMDE_LLK
Android Version: 4.2.2 – Build JDQ39
Phone does not turn on at all now, stands on live demo unit.
sorry for bad english

PiotrMmX said:
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
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Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.

I9505x
Hello everyone!!!!
I have the same problem here too. Im trying to make my I9505x to work not as a Demo Unit but as an normal one.
I also couldn't Enable USB Debugging from your phone’s Android Developer Options menu because i can't find this menu. I thing thats the reason that i cant root my phone either.
So Im waiting to hear news from you...
Thanks a lot in advance!!!!!!

sedde said:
Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
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No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...

PiotrMmX said:
No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
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Oh no, its much more complicated than that. Anyhow thanks for considering it even.

[Q] Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 hard brick

Hi Guys,
I havent used this site in years but recently I bought a Galaxy S4 outright from JBHIFI.
Before you guys give me alot of crap, I have a very bad feeling that I may have hard bricked it.
It doesnt turn on anymore, not even in recovery or download mode. I am very new to android as I was using an iPhone before and couldn't resist attempting to root my phone (stock program were killing my battery)
I hadn't even had the chance to flash a custom rom on there as far as i know i just grated root access.
Funny thing is it was doing the same thing the other day. But randomly it decided to charge and turn on. Now it is definitely not charging or turning on and i have no idea what to do... it just sucks cause i havent ever this phone for a month and its already useless! :crying:
I was using it for about a week after i rooted and now im just stuck with a brick.
Any help would greatly be appreciated, feel free to ask any questions.

Send back t store and thel t workers that just whont turn on.Dhont thel that is rooted or somthing
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

yeah thats what im planning to do its about exactly a month since i had it today... i just didnt want to mention anything cause i know you guys and moderaters dont condone that kind of behaviour! thanks though, im pretty much screwed arent i? ill be heading into jbhifi on my lunch break will go ahead with that plan haha.
ill tell you guys how it goes.

Have you tried a battery pull?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

sorry... is that just taking the battery out? LOL if so, yes ive tried it quite a few times.
at one stage it was turning on but only loading the splash screen... so i pulled the battery out. even if i tried to start it in recovery mode, it would only load the blue text at the top of the screen and then freeze.
i have a mate who also got an s4 so i was going to meet up with them and see if i could use their battery because it seems the phone has even lost its capability to charge.

Dead boot http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app

that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode

raintouchpad said:
that seems very useful, but to use it i would have to be in download mode atleast right? problem is i cant even turn on phone to get into download mode
didnt go jbhifi today had to fix my rims instead LOL, trying other solutions and finding a spare battery to see if its just that... maybe then it will beable to atleast boot in download mode
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No, you don't have to be in download mode. Install right driver, connect your phone to pc and run the program. Then it will be in download mode, so flash firmware with pit file
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well so far... i tried this at work and no luck, so i went home and tried it there... still no luck.
you mentioned i need to install the right driver? is that the QHSUSB drivers? (where can i find them and are they specific for the S4) anyway when i plug my phone into the computer there is no indication that it is being detected at all.
just hoping to try out more suggested solutions before i attempt to take it back into the store and have em tell me that my warranty is cooked

Hi just an update.
Took my phone to samsung because it was just completely screwed. They replaced the motherboard and camera but didnt find out that my phone was rooted which was good.
Thanks for your help everyone
*edit*
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.

raintouchpad said:
After they said they replaced my camera i am now getting the "camera app failed" message, wheres theres a black screen and the app doesnt work... ive had it with this phone now... going to walk into samsung and lose my ****.
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Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.

same issue
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3

fickl3 said:
My galaxy S4 is "hard bricked" as well after trying to flash OMEGA ROM onto the device. My guess is that somebody mislabeled the ROM and it was intended for the octal-core processors and not the US quad-core ones.
Does anyone have a link for the qualcomm drivers that are needed? I'm at a loss currently in regards of which direction to take.
Thanks in advance,
Fickl3
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see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver

samersh72 said:
see my sig for dead boot and Qualcomm driver
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Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?

fickl3 said:
Does this process work for hard bricked phones as well?
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it should :good:
---Repair dead boot I9505 via usb cable--- Thanks to legija from JTAG team.
QHUSB Qualcomm driver download
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I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.

how to install the driver?
samersh72 said:
it should :good:
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How exactly do we install the driver? The download is a zipped file and I don't know how to install the extracted contents.

rsndetre said:
Don't bash the phone for nothing ...
Somehow I doubt that they didn't test the camera after replacing it.
Next time, take it easy, and what ever you do, read carefully the instructions.
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i know... its just frustrating... i pretty much got it when it came out and convinced all my mates that it was the best phone out there at the moment (all the features are pretty nifty and its powerful ill admit)
funny thing was the camera was working perfectly before i took it in and didnt even think it needed replacing. the camera worked when i got it back the first time i opened the app but it had smearing (pink vertical lines on bright objects). after that it the app didnt open again and just has the "camera app failed" error.
as for the hardbrick guys i think the qualcomm drivers work but only if you can get your phone to turn on or enter d/l mode. mine was so fried out that it wouldnt show any signs of life even after getting the drivers.

samersh72 said:
it should :good:
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well thats od not for me
Aerys said:
I also hard bricked my S4 but with the utility Im able to get in Download mode, flash .pit and stock Samsung firmware but after flashing is succesfully done it goes into qhusb again and It again is dead.
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givin me a little hint?

LastStandingDroid said:
well thats od not for me
givin me a little hint?
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He probably means this: http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
This was also samersh72's suggestion when i bricked mine. Problem is, there was no way for me to acces that qhusb mode thing as the phone was totally dead and doesn't even charge.
Jtag could probably revive it though.
Anyway, sent mine for repairs with
custom binary status and the samsung guys accepted it as there was no way for them to revive the phone(the motherboard was replaced). They didn't found out that it was modified.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

[Q] Phone only use is for the bin?

Hi members, (this is for the Galaxy y Dous GT 6102) i can not find thread for the phone)
I spent ages trying to find the stock firmware online to reflash on the phone,due to phone prob's, could not find it, and flashed instead firmware for GT-S5360 on to my gt6102...(Hoping it would be the same, as it's the same gingerbread)
Anyway, now I can not get into recovery mode, or download mode. When phone is on, screen goes bright white..
I guess it's safe to say phone it bricked well and proper, I am a plonker, and time to say good bye to my phone... Right???
Thankyou in advance for replies
Alex

Of course the sgy is not the same firmware as sgy dous
You can use a USB jig to access download mode and flash your stock ROM, or access it normal if you can, or just take it to repair center
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

mr_b_alex said:
Hi members, (this is for the Galaxy y Dous GT 6102) i can not find thread for the phone)
I spent ages trying to find the stock firmware online to reflash on the phone,due to phone prob's, could not find it, and flashed instead firmware for GT-S5360 on to my gt6102...(Hoping it would be the same, as it's the same gingerbread)
Anyway, now I can not get into recovery mode, or download mode. When phone is on, screen goes bright white..
I guess it's safe to say phone it bricked well and proper, I am a plonker, and time to say good bye to my phone... Right???
Thankyou in advance for replies
Alex
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if you have a white screen you need to go get your phone professionally repaired with probably a jtag
never ever flash a different phones firmware on your phone
all the firmware is on sammobile - you only had to ask if you couldnt find it

Thanks for your info' and help..
Will give the phone a burial. If I lived out side of the euro zone, would repair, though here it would cost as much as the phone new
Thanks again

mr_b_alex said:
Thanks for your info' and help..
Will give the phone a burial. If I lived out side of the euro zone, would repair, though here it would cost as much as the phone new
Thanks again
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just try flashing the ODIN package and see if it boots up. Put the phone in download mode
Sorry, didn't see that its not getting into download mode

[Q] note 3 won't enter download mode

I'm trying to put firmware on my phone but when I try to go into download mode all I get is a screen that says factory mode and a list of something in chinese what do I do???

What is your device model and firmware? You can find the info in settings > general > about device
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

tybo8827 said:
I'm trying to put firmware on my phone but when I try to go into download mode all I get is a screen that says factory mode and a list of something in chinese what do I do???
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This is a fake device, i replied in a thread like this not long ago where somebody bought a 'n9006' from craigslist and download mode had chinese writing.. they provided a screenshot too.
Sent from my SM-N9005

It's a sm-n9006

tybo8827 said:
It's a sm-n9006
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Return and get the money back as quick as possible if it looks the same as the screenshot provided in the link i am about to post.
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742463
If you look at the screenshot they provided you can tell it is not genuine as the screen is too far away from the edges of the device.
Sent from my SM-N9005

Yep that's it (

[Q] galaxy s5 sm-900f root problem

i have a galaxy s5 sm-g900f.I have tried using the root process as per this site,but when i put the phone in "download" mode i get five or six lines of what seems to be chinese language,which i can't understand...
any suggestions?

J.Valenz said:
i have a galaxy s5 sm-g900f.I have tried using the root process as per this site,but when i put the phone in "download" mode i get five or six lines of what seems to be chinese language,which i can't understand...
any suggestions?
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Can you post a screenhot? You may have a S5 clone. Have you installed CPU-Z or Phone Info*Samsung (both on Play) to identify the device?

gee2012 said:
Can you post a screenhot? You may have a S5 clone. Have you installed CPU-Z or Phone Info*Samsung (both on Play) to identify the device?
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i ran phone info *samsung...tells me it's a samsung brand,sm-g900f model..
device type= t03g/h3gzc
product name=t03gzs