I've been running a prerooted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2250824) rom since july last year but I wasn't receiving OTA updates so my Galaxy S4 I9505 was still stuck at Android 4.2.2.
I tried to unroot and remove with the SuperSU app but I still didn't get any updates through OTA or Kies.
Then I tried to reflash it with the same rom I installed last year which failed. So I decided to grab latest 4.4.2 rom from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27642 and flashed it with Odin which also failed.
Right now my phone is off and its not turning on anymore, how bad did I screw it up? Is there any way to get it working again?
Thanks!
Do you have a gt-i9505 black edition phone? If you dont have it, your firmware is this ONE
If you can still get into download mode, then you did not mess up.
So can you still enter download mode?
Joku1981 said:
Do you have a gt-i9505 black edition phone? If you dont have it, your firmware is this ONE
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Hm, I didn't notice the other firmware, how can I verify which edition I have?
Lennyz1988 said:
If you can still get into download mode, then you did not mess up.
So can you still enter download mode?
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It's not turning on at all when I press the power button or when I use volume down + home + power button combination.
FuzzyNL said:
Hm, I didn't notice the other firmware, how can I verify which edition I have?
It's not turning on at all when I press the power button or when I use volume down + home + power button combination.
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Black edition have one black box like this one: HERE. If you dont have this black box, flash the other firmware I was telling you in post #2.
Joku1981 said:
Black edition have one black box like this one: HERE. If you dont have this black box, flash the other firmware I was telling you in post #2.
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I would love to, except it's not turning on anymore no matter how hard I try.
FuzzyNL said:
I would love to, except it's not turning on anymore no matter how hard I try.
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Can you go download mode?
If you can't get in on and you are sure that your battery is ok, then you messed up really bad. The screen just stays black?
I think it's because you flashed a firmware that is not for your phone. You probably have bricked it and there is no way to recover it.
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Hey guys I just got another one of these damn G2s
Anyway, got root fine on 12b and had issues trying to push the twrp recovery image to it, it kept failing for some reason. So I tried the Flashify option... and as you can tell by the thread title it worked excellently. And by excellently I mean I'm bricked.
I can get into download mode. But it won't boot past the LG logo. All I get is a black screen. Can someone help me revert to stock and get twrp installed?
Thanks:laugh: I'm using an S4 right now so no rush.
Also I'm a little illiterate on Android so take is slow and dumb it down- I don't develop and I don't code, I just enjoy other people's work as a casual user.
greydelta38 said:
Hey guys I just got another one of these damn G2s
Anyway, got root fine on 12b and had issues trying to push the twrp recovery image to it, it kept failing for some reason. So I tried the Flashify option... and as you can tell by the thread title it worked excellently. And by excellently I mean I'm bricked.
I can get into download mode. But it won't boot past the LG logo. All I get is a black screen. Can someone help me revert to stock and get twrp installed?
Thanks:laugh: I'm using an S4 right now so no rush.
Also I'm a little illiterate on Android so take is slow and dumb it down- I don't develop and I don't code, I just enjoy other people's work as a casual user.
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Try holding volume down + power
Immediately when LG appears let go of both and ONLY hold onto power, should boot into option to factory reset
Hit power button 3 times to continue.
Tried that. It processes the reset and then immediately tries to reboot, and bootloops again.
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Tried that. It processes the reset and then immediately tries to reboot, and bootloops again.
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Have you tried flashing back to stock?
doktor buknasty said:
Have you tried flashing back to stock?
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That was what I was thinking but I don't know how through download mode. I feel helpless without being able to flash things :crying:
greydelta38 said:
That was what I was thinking but I don't know how through download mode. I feel helpless without being able to flash things :crying:
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Please search next time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Also before flashing back to stock, read the directions several times so you have a understanding
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That was what I was thinking but I don't know how through download mode. I feel helpless without being able to flash things :crying:
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WHen your g2 is powered off just hold volumeup and connect to a PC. If it doesn't go past the blue dots then you can't enter download mode either.
doktor buknasty said:
Please search next time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Also before flashing back to stock, read the directions several times so you have a understanding
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I actually found this thread about 15 minutes before I got a notification of your post, thanks though
bender_007 said:
WHen your g2 is powered off just hold volumeup and connect to a PC. If it doesn't go past the blue dots then you can't enter download mode either.
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Yes it enters download mode fine, as posted in op. thanks
bender_007 said:
WHen your g2 is powered off just hold volumeup and connect to a PC. If it doesn't go past the blue dots then you can't enter download mode either.
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If I can't get into download mode either, then what?
agtwork said:
If I can't get into download mode either, then what?
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Can you enter recovery?
bender_007 said:
Can you enter recovery?
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The white screen where you can hard reset the phone? Yes.. I can get into it, but accepting the reset simply puts the phone back into a boot cycle.
So last night I really wanted to try this root thing, so I did. I rooted my LG G2 DB01 KK 4.4.2 using towelroot and everything was just fine, no problems there. Then I had found this app on the play store called "Autorec" it was would flash TWRP for me. After rebooting my device everything seemed to be okay till the screen timed-out. After the screen timed out and i turned it back on all of these white and gray lines started to appear. So i have to reboot and keep the screen on if i want to use it. I just want to go back to normal, start fresh. I really NEED ANYONES HELP! Im a noob
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So last night I really wanted to try this root thing, so I did. I rooted my LG G2 DB01 KK 4.4.2 using towelroot and everything was just fine, no problems there. Then I had found this app on the play store called "Autorec" it was would flash TWRP for me. After rebooting my device everything seemed to be okay till the screen timed-out. After the screen timed out and i turned it back on and of these white and gray lines started to appear. I just want to go back to normal, start fresh. I really NEED ANYONES HELP! Im a noob
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power off your device and the plug the usb cable while holding the Vol + button you should go to download mode ... then flash your Stock Frimware following the methode below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
Jelly'K said:
power off your device and the plug the usb cable while holding the Vol + button you should go to download mode ... then flash your Stock Frimware following the methode below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
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Alright Jelly,Ill try
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Alright Jelly,Ill try
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When I go into lg flash tools, which type do i select?
mist8k said:
When I go into lg flash tools, which type do i select?
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CSE Flash
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CSE Flash
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It only gives me the option for normal flash
Ive tried to flash android lolipop to my phone since at&t wont give updates ota so i use safe strap from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=7145
and i forgot to change to another save slot or whatever you call it so i flash it over my main rom and it failed so i tried to do a reset by doing power on, vol up, and home button and then it boots up until i see the samsung logo then it stops and goes black the led indicator is blue. after a while i tried using oden and flash the firmware from sammobile.com by running oden and connecting to pc then do vol down, home button, and power but still no luck ive been looking for fixes and went to repair shop and they said its the motherboard but i dont think it the mother board since it can boot up the android system recovory
Sammobile's firmware doesnt work on Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785185
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Sammobile's firmware doesnt work on Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785185
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still didnt work
stancho44 said:
still didnt work
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Try to flash the file in this link. This worked for me one time. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
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Try to flash the file in this link. This worked for me one time. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
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Thanks this one seems to work
Glad I could help
I know there are many threads on this and I have tried everything...I think I'm FUBAR on this one. I have the SM-T520, I think. It was running a old 12.1 cyanogenmod and 2.X version of TWRP. I wanted to get to LineageOS. So I downloaded the image for my tablet. Made a good backup to SD and did a wipe and install of the LineageOS image. It boots up but the curve line with the circle just never went away. I could boot to recovery and restore my backup and all was good.
So next I got the latest TWRP version , 3.1.X. Booted into recovery and flashed with that image.
Now I'm at the downloading....death screen. I tried draining the battery. The numerous power combinations...no luck. Everything just goes to that screen. If there is no way back I get it, thats on me. Just looking to see if anyone has another idea. Hook it up to my computer?
Thanks.
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I know there are many threads on this and I have tried everything...I think I'm FUBAR on this one. I have the SM-T520, I think. It was running a old 12.1 cyanogenmod and 2.X version of TWRP. I wanted to get to LineageOS. So I downloaded the image for my tablet. Made a good backup to SD and did a wipe and install of the LineageOS image. It boots up but the curve line with the circle just never went away. I could boot to recovery and restore my backup and all was good.
So next I got the latest TWRP version , 3.1.X. Booted into recovery and flashed with that image.
Now I'm at the downloading....death screen. I tried draining the battery. The numerous power combinations...no luck. Everything just goes to that screen. If there is no way back I get it, thats on me. Just looking to see if anyone has another idea. Hook it up to my computer?
Thanks.
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You don't have to drain the battery. Hold the Home + vol- + Power buttons for about ten seconds and the tablet will reboot. However, if you don't do anything else it will just boot back to the same download screen. What you need to try is holding those keys, and as soon as the screen blanks, switch from the vol- button to vol+ button. That should boot you into recovery.
If that doesn't work, your only option would be to use Odin to start over again
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You don't have to drain the battery. Hold the Home + vol- + Power buttons for about ten seconds and the tablet will reboot. However, if you don't do anything else it will just boot back to the same download screen. What you need to try is holding those keys, and as soon as the screen blanks, switch from the vol- button to vol+ button. That should boot you into recovery.
If that doesn't work, your only option would be to use Odin to start over again
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As soon as the Samsung SM-T520 screen flashes it goes right to the download screen.
I'm trying what u suggest but doesn't seem to do anything, unless im doing ir wrong. Once I go with + volume I get to the ODIN mode and the same downloading message.
How do I start over? I'd like to use LineageOS if possible.
bez825 said:
As soon as the Samsung SM-T520 screen flashes it goes right to the download screen.
I'm trying what u suggest but doesn't seem to do anything, unless im doing ir wrong. Once I go with + volume I get to the ODIN mode and the same downloading message.
How do I start over? I'd like to use LineageOS if possible.
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You have to be quick to shift from Vol- to Vol+ as soon as the screen blanks or else you are right back to download mode. What I mean by "start over" is just that. Use Odin to flash a STOCK ROM, then TWRP and only then can you use TWRP to flash a custom ROM or restore one you previously backed up with TWRP.
edit: Change that "quick" to "very quick".
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You have to be quick to shift from Vol- to Vol+ as soon as the screen blanks or else you are right back to download mode. What I mean by "start over" is just that. Use Odin to flash a STOCK ROM, then TWRP and only then can you use TWRP to flash a custom ROM or restore one you previously backed up with TWRP.
edit: Change that "quick" to "very quick".
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Where can I get the stock from with out all these hurdles to pay for download speeds, etc. Everyone I try after I google samsung sm-t520 stock rom its one hassle after another.
bez825 said:
Where can I get the stock from with out all these hurdles to pay for download speeds, etc. Everyone I try after I google samsung sm-t520 stock rom its one hassle after another.
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FYI....I went to sammobile.com and found this model but it had no US version. I choose the UK version. Odin looks like it's working then at the very end it ends up failing the final write. Samsung wants $65 to start for me to get it serviced.
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FYI....I went to sammobile.com and found this model but it had no US version. I choose the UK version. Odin looks like it's working then at the very end it ends up failing the final write. Samsung wants $65 to start for me to get it serviced.
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The U.S. version is "Cellular South". Are you sure you are using the latest version of Odin? Older versions won't work with the latest STOCK ROM. Only flash the BP and AP modules.
bez825 said:
FYI....I went to sammobile.com and found this model but it had no US version. I choose the UK version. Odin looks like it's working then at the very end it ends up failing the final write. Samsung wants $65 to start for me to get it serviced.
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Dont pay anything to Samsung to fix this. Its easily solved by either flashing the stock firmware or just flash twrp and boot to recovery.
I was finally able to get a good working stock Samsung rom to start with. I'm back in business. Thank you all for the help!
Please help ASAP. I tried to install lineage os with MindGapps. After I flashed lineageos with twrp, I rebooted it and now it doesnt turn on. I tried to go to download mode, but doesnt.
The phone doesnt turn on. When I press and hold power button + volume down button for 7 seconds, samsung+knox logo appears and then 'phone bootloader unlocked' warning appears for few seconds.
An hour ago, somehow I managed to open its download mode. To test how it got opened, I restarted my device, but unfortunately, I couldnt go back to download mode. Is there any way to solve this problem? I want to go back to download mode
Hold the volume + and - buttons down at the same time and then plug in the usb cable into the phone.
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Hold the volume + and - buttons down at the same time and then plug in the usb cable into the phone.
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Thanks solved
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Please help ASAP. I tried to install lineage os with MindGapps. After I flashed lineageos with twrp, I rebooted it and now it doesnt turn on. I tried to go to download mode, but doesnt.
The phone doesnt turn on. When I press and hold power button + volume down button for 7 seconds, samsung+knox logo appears and then 'phone bootloader unlocked' warning appears for few seconds.
An hour ago, somehow I managed to open its download mode. To test how it got opened, I restarted my device, but unfortunately, I couldnt go back to download mode. Is there any way to solve this problem? I want to go back to download mode
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I have a question. did you install the twrp to one ui 3.1 ? pls answer me bc I wanna get out from the stock rom . I used gsi roms on my previous phone ( lg g3) and I was really enjoying while using gsi roms . now the one ui 3.1 has so many bugs or idk maybe they are only happening to me but I got really sick of that
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I have a question. did you install the twrp to one ui 3.1 ? pls answer me bc I wanna get out from the stock rom . I used gsi roms on my previous phone ( lg g3) and I was really enjoying while using gsi roms . now the one ui 3.1 has so many bugs or idk maybe they are only happening to me but I got really sick of that
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I first flashed twrp-black or something and it didn't work properly so I installed twrp-official downloaded from website. But then, after installing the official one, the recovery got corrupted. I couldn't boot into downloadmode, but luckily, it was just some key combination that was wrong, so, with a right key combination. I booted into download mode and reinstalled the initial firmware.
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I first flashed twrp-black or something and it didn't work properly so I installed twrp-official downloaded from website. But then, after installing the official one, the recovery got corrupted. I couldn't boot into downloadmode, but luckily, it was just some key combination that was wrong, so, with a right key combination. I booted into download mode and reinstalled the initial firmware.
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Ohh glad to hear that you fixed your phone
Hello, I just finished to install LineageOS on my A20 and after reboot I saw the same message of Samsung Knox and the bootloader warning then a black screen and reboot automatically. Any sugestions?
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Hello, I just finished to install LineageOS on my A20 and after reboot I saw the same message of Samsung Knox and the bootloader warning then a black screen and reboot automatically. Any sugestions?
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Yes, it just looks like it is bricked but it is not yet completely bricked.
The solution was simple.
First, completely power off device (don't restart, just turn off). After that, by certain keys combination, go to download mode.
It seems it doesn't work while restarting but works if it is completely turned off.(At least in my case it had been so)
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Yes, it just looks like it is bricked but it is not yet completely bricked.
The solution was simple.
First, completely power off device (don't restart, just turn off). After that, by certain keys combination, go to download mode.
It seems it doesn't work while restarting but works if it is completely turned off.(At least in my case it had been so)
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I do know how to enter in download mode, but even when I upload the TWRP again and start over the process it get into the same black screen. I was wondering if Samsung Knox is blocking this action.
I have a one A20(SM-A205F).And I when installing the rom with odin in device, I unplugged the device cable on pc. Since that time device no reaction.PC, seen one second device's processor name. Can I bring the device back to life ?
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I have a one A20(SM-A205F).And I when installing the rom with odin in device, I unplugged the device cable on pc. Since that time device no reaction.PC, seen one second device's processor name. Can I bring the device back to life ?
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try to flash original software
haiise said:
try to flash original software
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Any program can't see the device and the pc only saw it for a second
MrMusti53 said:
Any program can't see the device and the pc only saw it for a second
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can you go to download mode ?
haiise said:
can you go to download mode ?
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No, phone's no reaction
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No, phone's no reaction
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sarthak.whenever said:
Thanks solved
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it didnt work for me , is there any other combo