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Can´t start Galaxy S / shuts down itself

Hi, bad day!
My wife dropped her phone from about 50 cm on a carpet. Now the powerbutton feels a bit strange. We can´t start the phone anymore. If i try many times and push the button again and again, it starts for some seconds and shut down again. There´s no sign before it shuts down.
I´ve installed docs rom. Will this be a problem by sending it back to Samsung??? Or any Ideas to fix it???

Try pulling out the battery for a few minutes. If still no good maybe try flashing an original rom using odin or even a custom rom throught cwm. You should be able to find your stock firmware on the samfirmware site if neeed. If still no go i'd suggest you find ways to truly brick it and blame it on a kies firmware upgrade. Just don't tell them you dropped it. Good luck.
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There´s no chance to change anything on Romside, because I just can´t turn it on!!!
Just don't tell them you dropped it
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Of course nobody hast dropped the phone. It just stopped workin..
Anybody sent them a phone to repair without original firm??

Hello, you can use JIG-USB for start to download and flash firmware via ODIN.
NO ?

Anybody sent them a phone to repair without original firm??
Probably depends upon who picks the phone up to look at it and also who the phone belongs to warranty wise .
Stock firmware is not network firmware its the bare firmware that Samsung supply to the vendors .Though i dont see anyone turning a claim down if it had Samsung Stock firmware .
My route would be you had problems with button after a Kies update .
In trying to fix it if asked only you tried a different rom as advised by some know it all in a repair shop/forum .
Look at it this way you broke it by dropping it not covered under warranty if they fix it free happy happy if not well its not covered by warranty anyway .
jje

I don´t have a jig-usb and I can´t imagine that it would work? Would need power, doesn´t it?

Yes its has to power on missing phone boot but going to download mode .
jje

Are you by blackpool uk?

icc another idea if you can is to try another battery in it. Maybe the drop somehow stuffed it up. I doubt it but worth a try. If thats not the prob best would be samsung. Somehow it just stopped.
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Thanks for the advices. btw, it´s not the battery. I already tried mine in it.
I will send the phone to samsung and hope there will be no questions. If they ask, I will be prepared...

Good luck. Hope it goes well.
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Problem with nexus 4

Hi to all. I nave a problemi with my nexus.
1) sometimes when i press the Power button for unlock the phone, i can find it in landscape mode and the phone is blocked band i must do a force reboot
2) when i put it with usb in PC, the PC not see it. The phone go only in charge mode but not AS MTP... i have try to install the drivers manually and from toolkit v1.3... But nothing ... I cant see the phone ad MTP..
I have see, that when the phone is in charge i not find the problem of landscape and block.
What's the problem? How i can fix it?
I cant do a root to the phone and try to fix it with a change rom .
I have try too, root and install the CWM from Adb commando, but the PC not recognize it when i active debug mode...
Please help me

Wrong thread.
Also, are you currently stock or what? Need more info to help
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Skillfulshoe said:
Wrong thread.
Also, are you currently stock or what? Need more info to help
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Stock ROM. With stock kernel. Secure bootloader and no root... I haven't mod it...a

Factory reset it maybe?
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use your warranty

Moving to Q&A
All of us have issues with our devices from time to time, and we all need some help with it. There is no need to come down on any user because they borked their $300+ device. If you can't give any advice to help resolve the users question, please move on to another post that you can contribute to.
I don't have the answer to your issue, but I might suggest using the search function, and read like crazy. You will most likely find your answer(if someone doesnt post it here first )

shahabk818 said:
use your warranty
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I wanna use my warranty , but i live in Italy... How i can use it?
And...i have try with factory reset but i haven t resolve
I have see..that phone Give me the ptoblem when the battery is full charge, and if i not lock it , it work perfectally
And i have see that when it his in charge , it doesnt Give problems

Nobody can help me?
There si method for do a root from on phone?
Example: z4root, superoneclick or similar?

[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
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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?
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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
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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.
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help .. HARD BRICKED NOTE 3 N9005 UK

Hi i have managed to hard brick my NOTE 3 N9005 International version <<stupid i know
I really need someone to help me ( a developer possibly??) and help me obtain the UNBRICK.img from the note 3 source code for the
N9005 so i can mount it to a SD card via Linux. As this is impossble for me to get myself (as my phone is hard bricked which means i cant turn it on!) i really need help
a similair unbrick image and unbrick method can be found here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2476353
(but that image cant work for my n3 version)
Any body who helps will recieve a nice donation for their hard work (providing it works)
Thanks community for taking the time to read my message.
I am new here sorry if i have broken any posting rules

Sayid_Jarah said:
Hi i have managed to hard brick my NOTE 3 N9005 International version <<stupid i know
I really need someone to help me ( a developer possibly??) and help me obtain the UNBRICK.img from the note 3 source code for the
N9005 so i can mount it to a SD card via Linux. As this is impossble for me to get myself (as my phone is hard bricked which means i cant turn it on!) i really need help
a similair unbrick image and unbrick method can be found here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2476353
(but that image cant work for my n3 version)
Any body who helps will recieve a nice donation for their hard work (providing it works)
Thanks community for taking the time to read my message.
I am new here sorry if i have broken any posting rules
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im not a developer but can you get to download mod

jaythenut said:
im not a developer but can you get to download mod
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hey thanks for the reply,
no as the phone is hard bricked its 100% unusable, if it would even switch on that would be fantastic.
its more complex than soft brick.

im having the same problem... is your note alive again?

Return it and claim warranty, tell them that your phone suddenly went off and that you don't know the reason. They may replace the board for you.

wow thats sad
h2s said:
Return it and claim warranty, tell them that your phone suddenly went off and that you don't know the reason. They may replace the board for you.
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the thing is.. is not even mine... is from a client... and a friend was trying to unlock it and the phone came to my hands that way... and now i think my friend must pay for it... wow... what an expensive one...
not even a jtag interface to repair the dead boot... wow..

vickcar13 said:
the thing is.. is not even mine... is from a client... and a friend was trying to unlock it and the phone came to my hands that way... and now i think my friend must pay for it... wow... what an expensive one...
not even a jtag interface to repair the dead boot... wow..
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Then it's up to you to convince your client to return it to Samsung for warranty. As for recovering his data, that is the hard part.

Sayid_Jarah said:
Hi i have managed to hard brick my NOTE 3 N9005 International version <<stupid i know
I really need someone to help me ( a developer possibly??) and help me obtain the UNBRICK.img from the note 3 source code for the
N9005 so i can mount it to a SD card via Linux.
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Do you mean the bootloader that needs to be written as T-Flash to a microsd using Odin 3.09 or higher? (as per 13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf) Isn't that just the same as sboot.bin written raw to first sectors of microsd?
I would be interested to hear if you managed to use that just for the "extreme hacking" angle of it :good:

h2s said:
Return it and claim warranty, tell them that your phone suddenly went off and that you don't know the reason. They may replace the board for you.
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Yes that's precisely what I did back in October

xclub_101 said:
Do you mean the bootloader that needs to be written as T-Flash to a microsd using Odin 3.09 or higher? (as per 13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf) Isn't that just the same as sboot.bin written raw to first sectors of microsd?
I would be interested to hear if you managed to use that just for the "extreme hacking" angle of it :good:
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hi sorry way over my head
this was back in October. I tried using an unbrick.img for the sm905 N3 Flashed to microsd and I was supposed to just
put in the sd card in my phone so it could boot into download mode but was unsuccessful as I needed an unbrick.img made up for my device
model sm9005. hope that helps.
Thanks

Sayid_Jarah said:
hi sorry way over my head
this was back in October. I tried using an unbrick.img for the sm905 N3 Flashed to microsd and I was supposed to just
put in the sd card in my phone so it could boot into download mode but was unsuccessful as I needed an unbrick.img made up for my device
model sm9005. hope that helps.
Thanks
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I do not think the microsd is enough - the Note3 ONLY boots from microsd if you short R4075 on the mainboard - there is a notice from Samsung service somewhere around with a name like 13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf that describes the details (and comes with a good picture of what you need to short).

Riff box . Jtag will fix it :^) ..
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tidy said:
Riff box . Jtag will fix it :^) ..
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From personal experience or in theory?
Also link to that pdf......not my link just found via google.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jkw1vv95ub8596h/13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf

Kind if sad.. Im from venezuela and the clustomer bought the phone in france.. And he's not comming back just for warranty.. Wait for riff for restore it.. Is not available yet..
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bricked without ability to flash to odin
jaythenut said:
im not a developer but can you get to download mod
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I have the same problem -but a recovery loop. I can't get my phone into either download or recovery mode. So what options are there to fix this loop?

bedtek said:
I have the same problem -but a recovery loop. I can't get my phone into either download or recovery mode. So what options are there to fix this loop?
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Take the battery out to power off the device then try getting into Download mode, reflash your Firmware and voila you're good to go

bedtek said:
I have the same problem -but a recovery loop. I can't get my phone into either download or recovery mode. So what options are there to fix this loop?
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If you did not fix it in any other way maybe you need to look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625332
Please post there if you get any results.

phone does not boot.

Hello
¨(my note 3 is not booting, not charging, BUT when I connect it to to my PC it recognizes it as ¨Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008(COM6[]
I downloaded an app created by qualcom called QPST Configuration
¨The app recognizes the phone and says
¨Phone detected in download mode¨
Come on developers, show us how good you guys are:victory:

have you flashed someting befor you get this problem?

vasilisaerox said:
have you flashed someting befor you get this problem?
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Yup ..
I tried to flash lollipop on it via Odin. .
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If you dont have something important to lose then go to recovery mode and do factory reset and case and reboot

vasilisaerox said:
If you dont have something important to lose then go to recovery mode and do factory reset and case and reboot
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I wish I could.
The phone does not turn on.
Its like .. dead!
BUT as I said the computer does recognize it. When I plug the phone into the PC , the PC makes sound.
BUT Odin does NOT recognize it because the phone does not turn on thus, I can't boot into download mode. .
Thanks for your help by the way..
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using XDA Free mobile app

Come on developers I believe in you..
There must be something that can be done..
Show us how good you are..
I'll buy you a beer:beer:
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try that....take the battery out and press the power button for one minute and then let the phone without battery for 10 minutes and then try to boot and if its not working repeat and try to go to recovert or downloas mode

vasilisaerox said:
try that....take the battery out and press the power button for one minute and then let the phone without battery for 10 minutes and then try to boot and if its not working repeat and try to go to recovert or downloas mode
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Tried it several times now..
Still not working
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There are interesting threads if you google for the ID (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008) you get on your PC now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/solved-i-think-i-bricked-my-phone-for-real-this-time.228153/
So there are ways, but the best way seems to be JTAG in that case. Anything else is possible, but on a quick search I did not find a way which is for exactly your device...
OOOOR you send it for repair to Samsung ^^

emuandco said:
There are interesting threads if you google for the ID (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008) you get on your PC now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/solved-i-think-i-bricked-my-phone-for-real-this-time.228153/
So there are ways, but the best way seems to be JTAG in that case. Anything else is possible, but on a quick search I did not find a way which is for exactly your device...
OOOOR you send it for repair to Samsung ^^
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I've sent it to a local repair shop nearby. . Not samsung..
He took the phone for a week and a half. He could not fix it.
He told me he even tried J tag..
His conclusion was that the motherboard is broken.
But I don't believe him because I think if the motherboard is truly broken the PC would not recognize the phone..
What do you guys think?
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I dont if you have seen this but check it out its kinda old and for an other phone but you can get a brain storm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526600
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o-ellinas said:
I dont if you have seen this but check it out its kinda old and for an other phone but you can get a brain storm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526600
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I bought a jig from China, it worked on my other phones but did not work on this one. I believe a jig is only used for soft bricks and I believe mine is hard bricked. I'm not sure though. That's why I'm asking for the help of the developers.
Thanks for your help.
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did you tried to boot your note without your battery just the cables?

xhamadeex said:
I've sent it to a local repair shop nearby. . Not samsung..
He took the phone for a week and a half. He could not fix it.
He told me he even tried J tag..
His conclusion was that the motherboard is broken.
But I don't believe him because I think if the motherboard is truly broken the PC would not recognize the phone..
What do you guys think?
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using XDA Free mobile app
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If it's that broken I suggest to take it to Samsung. They won't see any modifications anymore and won't take the time to dig deeper. Just tell em it did shutdown somewhere in standby overdays and never woke up anymore.

emuandco said:
If it's that broken I suggest to take it to Samsung. They won't see any modifications anymore and won't take the time to dig deeper. Just tell em it did shutdown somewhere in standby overdays and never woke up anymore.
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The problem is that my warranty has expired .. :XD
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I understand you're having trouble getting your N9005 to download mode. I was having the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-sm-n9005-hard-bricked-sd-partial-t3070743 check my thread, it could be helpful to you.
See the threads I've mentioned on it. Maybe you can get ODIN to recognize your phone. But probably that won't be enough, at least it wasn't for me. You can give it a try though...

Skactus said:
I understand you're having trouble getting your N9005 to download mode. I was having the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-sm-n9005-hard-bricked-sd-partial-t3070743 check my thread, it could be helpful to you.
See the threads I've mentioned on it. Maybe you can get ODIN to recognize your phone. But probably that won't be enough, at least it wasn't for me. You can give it a try though...
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I will try it.. Thank you
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Get the .PIT file. This file is a saving grace

speedyjay said:
Get the .PIT file. This file is a saving grace
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The problem is which file should I choose
I tried some files before but did not work
I have n900w8
Anyway.. I have final exams now.. I will try all of the files as soon as I finish..
I'm glad to see more suggestions. .
Thank you
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speedyjay said:
Get the .PIT file. This file is a saving grace
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PIT file is a saving grace if it works. I've tried 6 different ones so far and none of them worked. Any other suggestion?