Hi XDA!!
I am experiencing problems on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Exynos variant (SM-G900H).
It has been soft-bricked. I can clearly say so as it can boot into stock recovery and in download mode, but not in stock 4.4.2.....
It has been bricked due to following the steps mentioned in this thread : s health and xposed
Many videos on youtube ask the viewer to flash stock Samsung Firmware from sammobile.com using odin in download mode.
I have a problem even there.... all versions of odin get stuck on initializing......
Tried on all USB ports.... Kies closed..... basically done everything everybody wrote on XDA.
Any new bright ideas would be appreciated....
Thanks in advance!!:good::good:
skb_twiz said:
It has been soft-bricked. I can clearly say so as it can boot into stock recovery and in download mode,
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You need to do more reading. A lot more.
You clearly haven't tried everything yet. Nor are you are bricked if you can boot into recovery mode. It sounds like you have messed up the system files preventing a normal boot.
Odin is the most common way of recovering. Use Odin 3.09, ensure that you have disabled anti virus, malware amd firewall software and do not have intensive programs running in the background. If necessary use a different computer.
Flash a full stock firmware, ideally the same version as the current firmware on your phone. But in any event, not an older version and matching your current CSC /carrier /baseband. And you ought to make the effort to find the correct PIT file and flash it at the same time. This insures that you don't have any lingering partition corruption. A forum search will explain all about PIT files. And someone probably has a thread with the actual files too.
It will work. In the worst case, you will just need to find a different PC.
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fffft said:
You need to do more reading. A lot more.
You clearly haven't tried everything yet. Nor are you are bricked if you can boot into recovery mode. It sounds like you have messed up the system files preventing a normal boot.
Odin is the most common way of recovering. Use Odin 3.09, ensure that you have disabled anti virus, malware amd firewall software and do not have intensive programs running in the background. If necessary use a different computer.
Flash a full stock firmware, ideally the same version as the current firmware on your phone. But in any event, not an older version and matching your current CSC /carrier /baseband. And you ought to make the effort to find the correct PIT file and flash it at the same time. This insures that you don't have any lingering partition corruption. A forum search will explain all about PIT files. And someone probably has a thread with the actual files too.
It will work. In the worst case, you will just need to find a different PC.
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You seriously think that I don't mean it when I said that I had tried everything?? All steps you mentioned have been tried before I read your reply... Anyways, going on a different PC helped... apparently Odin is quite moody.... If it decides it is not going to run on a PC, it simply will get stuck on initialization... hence the solution is to find a PC which has run Odin before... It will work on that PC definitely!!! If you can't find one, try running on all PC's in your vicinity (friend's, family etc). There will be one that can run Odin...
And by the way, I clearly said my phone is "soft-bricked"... It means that I can boot only into recovery or download... not android... so my friend, you are quite wrong in saying that my phone isn't bricked...
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You seriously think that I don't mean it when I said that I had tried everything?? All steps you mentioned have been tried before I read your reply... Anyways, going on a different PC helped... apparently Odin is quite moody.... If it decides it is not going to run on a PC, it simply will get stuck on initialization... hence the solution is to find a PC which has run Odin before... It will work on that PC definitely!!! If you can't find one, try running on all PC's in your vicinity (friend's, family etc). There will be one that can run Odin...
And by the way, I clearly said my phone is "soft-bricked"... It means that I can boot only into recovery or download... not android... so my friend, you are quite wrong in saying that my phone isn't bricked...
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Did you try a data factory reset/clear the caches in recovery and reboot and go one from there?
gee2012 said:
Did you try a data factory reset/clear the caches in recovery and reboot and go one from there?
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Yes... but to no avail... anyways... like I said above, flash the stock firmware in download mode again using Odin... If Odin gets stuck, try it on a different PC...
I will not recommend anyone to do data factory reset as
(1) It won't do anything that helps you
(2) If you don't reset your phone, you can still retain your apps and settings after flashing the stock firmware again!!
<i>LOL, here I am, posting solutions to my own problem!!</i>
same
skb_twiz said:
Yes... but to no avail... anyways... like I said above, flash the stock firmware in download mode again using Odin... If Odin gets stuck, try it on a different PC...
I will not recommend anyone to do data factory reset as
(1) It won't do anything that helps you
(2) If you don't reset your phone, you can still retain your apps and settings after flashing the stock firmware again!!
<i>LOL, here I am, posting solutions to my own problem!!</i>
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I am an exynos man, and have fewer options and waiting for better prospects OR 6 months of purchase to pass before tinkering. Anyway I appreciate u posting the solutions you found for your own problem. See you have gained a THANKS point from me.
suchiqaz said:
See you have gained a THANKS point from me.
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I have thanked you for thanking me...
For everyone else, this thread will remain open forever even though my S5 is back up and running...
This thread is now no longer limited to the Exynos variant... All are welcome...
Any problem regarding unbricking any S5 can be discussed here and I will try my best to help you...
Sent from my Reborn GALAXY S5
Hello all!
I can't get past Samsung Logo on my Sprint's S4. I successfully rooted, but ran into trouble after dropping services.jar and services.odex files for Odexed phones (MF9) and flashing to enable Hotspot capability I tried using several tar files in different version of Odin's, but none helped me revive the device. Although I am able to boot into recovery, restoring to factory settings and wiping cache doesn't do anything either. Please, Please, advise.
Thank you!
Sir,
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Hello all!
I can't get past Samsung Logo on my Sprint's S4. I successfully rooted, but ran into trouble after dropping services.jar and services.odex files for Odexed phones (MF9) and flashing to enable Hotspot capability I tried using several tar files in different version of Odin's, but none helped me revive the device. Although I am able to boot into recovery, restoring to factory settings and wiping cache doesn't do anything either. Please, Please, advise.
Thank you!
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re-root via Odin using cf-autoroot .tar file...I soft-bricked my 720T 5 or 6 times while trying to unlock it & re-rooted it & got everything back
Hello, im new to this with android, well was trying to install this custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537495
and followed this guide since safestrap dont support 5.0.1 (I downloaded and installed the 3 files in the guide)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59980632&postcount=16811
Well i got everything right with odin and now it started booting, but it keeps stuck in Samsung Custom logo, nothing happens, i cant use the TWRP recovery menu but i can use the android one (the one that uses volume keys to move menu) i need help, i have to install something with odin to recover? or what im confused, if this is the wrong section move it to where it belong, thanks
I found this file AT&T GALAXY S4 SGH-I337 OFICIAL JELLY BEAN 4.3 (FIRMWARE VRUEMK2)
Is it safe to use? even if after i put OC3 kernel?, i got a bootloop.
Thank you for using XDA Assist. We are moving your question to the Q&A section of your devices Forum.
You should stick to and focus within this Forum to search and looking for all information regarding your device.
Hopefully others with more knowledge regarding your device will see your question now and assist.
Odin the nb1 tar file. See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223 Also see this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
The rootable one or the non rootable? also i got a message now, i cant get to recovery menu or download, it redirect me to something like this
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
Darklius said:
The rootable one or the non rootable? also i got a message now, i cant get to recovery menu or download, it redirect me to something like this
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
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Use the rootable one in your case. See the other link I gave you also. You can't flash Twrp on your device. You'll need to use safestrap
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Thanks a lot for this, it worked, what should i use for root now? i think im leaving the stock rom or i need to install another rom for rooting?
Can someone pls. help me. I have a rooted Lenovo IdeaTab A3000-H that accidentally got soft bricked after I edited build.prop on /system/build.prop
Info:
Model Number: Lenovo A3000-H
Android Version: 4.2.2
USB Debugging: Disabled
Currently Bootable To: Stock Recovery and Fastboot
(I could boot to ADB but it could only do sideload commands)
I have a recovery.img (CWM) that I can't flash since my PC can't detect my tablet while it's turned off
(And also if possible, can someone give me an original unmodded Lenovo A3000-H build.prop.bak and CWM flashable zip compatible for my tab.)
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
If you can get in fastboot mode you should be able to flash a CWM recovery.img, no need for a CWM flashable zip.
You can also try adb pushing a copy of your original build.prop to replace the faulty one, you can extract it from your stock firmware if its available for download and use the extracted copy or you can extract the build.prop from whatever custom ROM you were on if you had Custom installed.
I'm not saying these are your definite fix, they are just some things for you to look into.
Droidriven said:
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
If you can get in fastboot mode you should be able to flash a CWM recovery.img, no need for a CWM flashable zip.
You can also try adb pushing a copy of your original build.prop to replace the faulty one, you can extract it from your stock firmware if its available for download and use the extracted copy or you can extract the build.prop from whatever custom ROM you were on if you had Custom installed.
I'm not saying these are your definite fix, they are just some things for you to look into.
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1) it says that my tablet doesnt support flashing partitions through flashboot
2) my backup for my build.prop is in my internal storage(phone storage). And that is why I'm asking if any of you guys have an original copy of build.prop.bak so that I could try to flash it using my stock recovery
3) whenever I try to do adb commands, I always get the error "error:closed"
PS: I only have stock recovery and I can't flash using SP Flash Tool because I don't have my USB Debugging turned on
BTW sorry if I sometimes/always reply late... It's because my timezone is different, because I live in the Eastern Countries...
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1) it says that my tablet doesnt support flashing partitions through flashboot
2) my backup for my build.prop is in my internal storage(phone storage). And that is why I'm asking if any of you guys have an original copy of build.prop.bak so that I could try to flash it using my stock recovery
3) whenever I try to do adb commands, I always get the error "error:closed"
PS: I only have stock recovery and I can't flash using SP Flash Tool because I don't have my USB Debugging turned on
BTW sorry if I sometimes/always reply late... It's because my timezone is different, because I live in the Eastern Countries...
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If you can find your stock firmware and download it you can extract your build.prop from it and adb push it to your system folder.
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Droidriven said:
If you can find your stock firmware and download it you can extract your build.prop from it and adb push it to your system folder.
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I'm glad to know that... But I can't do any adb commands except for adb sideload because I always gets error:closed when I try to...
CEDoromal said:
I'm glad to know that... But I can't do any adb commands except for adb sideload because I always gets error:closed when I try to...
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That's because you don't have USB debugging turned on, without that turned on your only option is to restore your device with your stock firmware. I don't think you are going to get much as far as answers here at XDA, you should take the device to a repair shop.
If you can boot to fastboot then you should be able to flash your stock firmware and restore the device.
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Droidriven said:
That's because you don't have USB debugging turned on, without that turned on your only option is to restore your device with your stock firmware. I don't think you are going to get much as far as answers here at XDA, you should take the device to a repair shop.
If you can boot to fastboot then you should be able to flash your stock firmware and restore the device.
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well... I think I could repair my device if someone gives me a CWM Recovery Zip compatible to Lenovo A3000-H that I could flash to my device using my Stock Recovery then use it so that my computer detects my device.... Or just an original copy of Lenovo A3000-H build.prop.bak or just build.prop.... Or a scatter file for my tab...
I could boot to fastboot but it says that it doesnt support flashing partitions using fastboot...
CEDoromal said:
well... I think I could repair my device if someone gives me a CWM Recovery Zip compatible to Lenovo A3000-H that I could flash to my device using my Stock Recovery then use it so that my computer detects my device.... Or just an original copy of Lenovo A3000-H build.prop.bak or just build.prop.... Or a scatter file for my tab...
I could boot to fastboot but it says that it doesnt support flashing partitions using fastboot...
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I don't believe flashing a custom recovery through your stock recovery is even possible. You can't flash custom through stock recovery, you can only flash stock files and updates through stock recovery.
If you get the build.prop how do you plan to put it back where it goes? You said that USB debugging is not turned on so adb won't work, thats probably why fastboot isn't working either.
If you want to try the build.prop then download your stock firmware and extract the build.prop file from the firmware and use the extracted file.
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Droidriven said:
I don't believe flashing a custom recovery through your stock recovery is even possible. You can't flash custom through stock recovery, you can only flash stock files and updates through stock recovery.
If you get the build.prop how do you plan to put it back where it goes? You said that USB debugging is not turned on so adb won't work, thats probably why fastboot isn't working either.
If you want to try the build.prop then download your stock firmware and extract the build.prop file from the firmware and use the extracted file.
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Thanks for informing me...
Actually I'm planning to put that build.prop or build.prop.bak on a flashable Zip that I could flash to my /system....
and I'm not 100% sure if that's gonna work....
CEDoromal said:
Thanks for informing me...
Actually I'm planning to put that build.prop or build.prop.bak on a flashable Zip that I could flash to my /system....
and I'm not 100% sure if that's gonna work....
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If you mean to flash it through stock recovery I doubt it will work, you can see if there are any stock updates in zip format for your model that can be flashed in stock recovery, if you were rooted it probably won't work though because you have to be unrooted and have an unmodified system partition to apply a stock update.
Your device isn't hard bricked yet so there should be something you can do, I just don't know the details of your model. You may have to take it to a repair shop.
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Droidriven said:
If you mean to flash it through stock recovery I doubt it will work, you can see if there are any stock updates in zip format for your model that can be flashed in stock recovery, if you were rooted it probably won't work though because you have to be unrooted and have an unmodified system partition to apply a stock update.
Your device isn't hard bricked yet so there should be something you can do, I just don't know the details of your model. You nay have to take it to a repair shop.
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Thanks for informing me again...
But I guess you won't achieve something unless you try...
BTW my friend is a community member here, and he said that it might work if I flashed build.prop.bak to the system. So I might as well try it....
I tried to use the SP Flash Tool to flash the recovery.img to my device but it got an error 3038 (I think), so I'm guessing it's the scatter file... (I Googled it )
CEDoromal said:
Thanks for informing me again...
But I guess you won't achieve something unless you try...
BTW my friend is a community member here, and he said that it might work if I flashed build.prop.bak to the system. So I might as well try it....
I tried to use the SP Flash Tool to flash the recovery.img to my device but it got an error 3038 (I think), so I'm guessing it's the scatter file... (I Googled it )
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In your circumstances anything is worth trying.
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Droidriven said:
In your circumstances anything is worth trying.
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It won't Hard Brick my device right?
(warn me if it will make my problem worse.)
CEDoromal said:
It won't Hard Brick my device right?
(warn me if it will make my problem worse.)
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I don't think so but don't quote me, it'll either flash an succeed or fail, I doubt it will make things worse.
Have you looked at the possibility of using an extsdcard and a debrick.IMG or its equivalent to boot from a bootable extsdcard the same as PC does with a bootable USB? If it works on your device like it does some other devices you can boot into system from extsd and then do what you need to do to fix your device then return the sdcard to normal use after you are going again on its own.
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Droidriven said:
If you mean to flash it through stock recovery I doubt it will work, you can see if there are any stock updates in zip format for your model that can be flashed in stock recovery, if you were rooted it probably won't work though because you have to be unrooted and have an unmodified system partition to apply a stock update.
Your device isn't hard bricked yet so there should be something you can do, I just don't know the details of your model. You may have to take it to a repair shop.
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Can you tell this to the admin just to see if he could help me...?
and also, do you know why my tablet keeps disconnecting to my pc after 3 seconds when I'm trying to flash?
CEDoromal said:
Can you tell this to the admin just to see if he could help me...?
and also, do you know why my tablet keeps disconnecting to my pc after 3 seconds when I'm trying to flash?
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An admin won't be able to help you. All android devices are different, they vary drastically from one model to the next, no one here knows about every device, you are going to have to find other users with your device or you will have to find a developer that works on your device, they will know what you need, we aren't all experts with all devices, we each know the devices that we have personally owned and used.
The disconnecting every three seconds is because you are still in a bootloop, it boots to flash mode then loops and boots again, over and over, it can't find the right stuff to boot the way it needs to.
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Droidriven said:
An admin won't be able to help you. All android devices are different, they vary drastically from one model to the next, no one here knows about every device, you are going to have to find other users with your device or you will have to find a developer that works on your device, they will know what you need, we aren't all experts with all devices, we each know the devices that we have personally owned and used.
The disconnecting every three seconds is because you are still in a bootloop, it boots to flash mode then loops and boots again, over and over, it can't find the right stuff to boot the way it needs to.
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I think I just hard bricked my device....
I tried to install the recovery.img (said to be compatible to my device) using SP Flash Tool then it doesnt boot to anything now, but it is now detected on my pc even after 3 seconds.... (I got an error that is starting on a number 5 followed by three other numbers... sorry I forgot what it was...)
CEDoromal said:
I think I just hard bricked my device....
I tried to install the recovery.img (said to be compatible to my device) using SP Flash Tool then it doesnt boot to anything now, but it is now detected on my pc even after 3 seconds.... (I got an error that is starting on a number 5 followed by three other numbers... sorry I forgot what it was...)
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Our purpose here at XDA Assist is to point you in the direction you need to look for your answers, we are not here to help you with every step until your device is fixed. I gave you suggestions for where you need to look for your answers because that is where you will most likely find your answers. If you do not find your answers where you were sent, that does not mean to come back here continuing to ask, I have done all that I can for you, I'm sorry that it is not helping you. Your device is unknown to me, the fact you are getting no answers in the forums means that the members in the forums also do not know your device, if they did then they would answer you. There is no guarantee that you will find your answer on XDA, we can only help with the devices we are familiar with. I don't think anyone here knows anything about your device because I did not find a lot of information about your device when I did a search of all the XDA forums because the information you need does not exist here in the forums, only another user that is experienced with your device can help you. You are going to have to find someone in the forums that also owns your device. Continuing to post here will not help you. Be patient and search through the forums by using your device model number in your searches here. If what you need is here then you will find it if you dig through all the threads that are associated to your device model number.
If you can not find an answer here then you will have to consider taking your device to a repair shop.
Droidriven said:
Our purpose here at XDA Assist is to point you in the direction you need to look for your answers, we are not here to help you with every step until your device is fixed. I gave you suggestions for where you need to look for your answers because that is where you will most likely find your answers. If you do not find your answers where you were sent, that does not mean to come back here continuing to ask, I have done all that I can for you, I'm sorry that it is not helping you. Your device is unknown to me, the fact you are getting no answers in the forums means that the members in the forums also do not know your device, if they did then they would answer you. There is no guarantee that you will find your answer on XDA, we can only help with the devices we are familiar with. I don't think anyone here knows anything about your device because I did not find a lot of information about your device when I did a search of all the XDA forums because the information you need does not exist here in the forums, only another user that is experienced with your device can help you. You are going to have to find someone in the forums that also owns your device. Continuing to post here will not help you. Be patient and search through the forums by using your device model number in your searches here. If what you need is here then you will find it if you dig through all the threads that are associated to your device model number.
If you can not find an answer here then you will have to consider taking your device to a repair shop.
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I just fixed it using META mode without any help of XDA... >
Droidriven said:
Our purpose here at XDA Assist is to point you in the direction you need to look for your answers, we are not here to help you with every step until your device is fixed. I gave you suggestions for where you need to look for your answers because that is where you will most likely find your answers. If you do not find your answers where you were sent, that does not mean to come back here continuing to ask, I have done all that I can for you, I'm sorry that it is not helping you. Your device is unknown to me, the fact you are getting no answers in the forums means that the members in the forums also do not know your device, if they did then they would answer you. There is no guarantee that you will find your answer on XDA, we can only help with the devices we are familiar with. I don't think anyone here knows anything about your device because I did not find a lot of information about your device when I did a search of all the XDA forums because the information you need does not exist here in the forums, only another user that is experienced with your device can help you. You are going to have to find someone in the forums that also owns your device. Continuing to post here will not help you. Be patient and search through the forums by using your device model number in your searches here. If what you need is here then you will find it if you dig through all the threads that are associated to your device model number.
If you can not find an answer here then you will have to consider taking your device to a repair shop.
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I just fixed it using META mode without any help of XDA or a repair shop... >
Hi Guys. I'm new to this forum so do excuse me if you find my question stupid or in the wrong thread. I have a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900W8) which I tried rooting some time back. But as a result of the rooting, it has gone into a continuous boot loop. I have tried going back into recovery mode and resetting everything along with clearing the cache but that didn't work, Then I tried unrooting the device using ODIN and the stock ROM downloaded from Sammobile. But it showed failed at the end of the process. I thought that it may be because I may used the wrong ROM so now I'm trying to download the ROM used for unknown variants. My question is if there is any other way that I can use to unbrick my boot looped phone or will I have spend money and take to a service centre?
Any help or advise will be sincerely appreciated. It is worth mentioning here that I don't know anything about whether the phone was originally a Sprint or AT&T or Rogers or Bell etc phone.
dixxi22
dixxi22 said:
Hi Guys. I'm new to this forum so do excuse me if you find my question stupid or in the wrong thread. I have a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900W8) which I tried rooting some time back. But as a result of the rooting, it has gone into a continuous boot loop. I have tried going back into recovery mode and resetting everything along with clearing the cache but that didn't work, Then I tried unrooting the device using ODIN and the stock ROM downloaded from Sammobile. But it showed failed at the end of the process. I thought that it may be because I may used the wrong ROM so now I'm trying to download the ROM used for unknown variants. My question is if there is any other way that I can use to unbrick my boot looped phone or will I have spend money and take to a service centre?
Any help or advise will be sincerely appreciated. It is worth mentioning here that I don't know anything about whether the phone was originally a Sprint or AT&T or Rogers or Bell etc phone.
dixxi22
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Try TWRP recovery and flash with ODIN and unpin autoreboot in odin
Thanks for your valuable advise senzatiOn. Much appreciated. I have read about the TWRP recovery and in fact wanted to do that but I believe that there are specific files that are used for this type of recovery. I tried finding the ones suitable for my phone (SM-G900W8) but couldn't. So now if you could please please help me with getting the files and also the procedure to do the recovery using the TWRP method, I would be sincerely obliged.
Thanks
Dixxi22