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Please Help. Can't get past white Samsung Vibrant Screen.

I followed the instructions from here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743769 ) up until flashing the actual zip and forgot I put the zip on my external sdcard rather than "internal" sdcard. Now my phone won't get past the initial white Samsung Vibrant screen. Also, I can only get into stock recovery. After clicking "reinstall packages" it just reboots and brings me back to stock recovery. Please help. Thank you.

You will need to flash back to stock then you will have access to your phone again.. you will have to start over to flash that rom. after you flash back to stock using odin
use this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
You will need the right windows drivers so Odin will see your phone pick them up here.
Windows 64bit
Windows 32bit
Directions posted by setzer715
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Also if you continue to hang at cache.rfs I found that if you delete s1_odin_20100512.pit then copy a new copy of the file over to your odin directory it seems to work fine after that.

Damn it.Thanks....

vol dn+up should get you to the stock recovery util right? the yellow and blue one?
edit: nvm, scare is over lol

On step 6d, where it says to press start again on odin, odin does not let me do this. The start, reset, pit, pda, etc... buttons are grey and will not let me press them. Help!
EDIT: also gives me a message in the upper left corner that says "CACHE" if that helps (in the far upper left box above where the yellow COM3 thing was.

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$iMoney said:
On step 6d, where it says to press start again on odin, odin does not let me do this. The start, reset, pit, pda, etc... buttons are grey and will not let me press them. Help!
EDIT: also gives me a message in the upper left corner that says "CACHE" if that helps (in the far upper left box above where the yellow COM3 thing was.
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You need to delete your s1_odin_20100512.pit file and then extract a new copy to the odin folder then flash again. happened to me and that is all I did to fix it. step 6d did not work for me has well.

Hmmmm it's still not working. Would it help if i made a video showing what i'm doing then you can look it over and tell me if I'm doing something incorrectly? Also maybe I should be more clear. There is no way for me to start the flash again after removing my device as per step 6 without having to completely restart odin, thus restarting the process.

Update: Still not working. Really need a fix for this. Is there another way to un-brick my phone?

EDIT: To clarify, my problem was getting stuck as Cache.rfs and never going past that. I did try the previous steps listed in this article, as well as trying to reinstall all drivers and even using different Odin copies from other threads (even though they were all the same Odin 3). No .pit file seemed to work for me. Also, I'd like to point out that I have this issue with my netbook, but my work computer where I've done all my Odin flashing before did not have this issue, and I could use the .pit files perfectly fine.
First off, I'm not anyone special (I guess depends on the meaning of special), I don't dev... I play around. That's all. So take this all with a grain of salt.
I had the same issue, and have spent all night trying to fix it. Just now I didn't use the .pit file at all. Just the .tar in the PDA slot. Immediately went through and reflashed everything and I am fully up and running.
I can't guarantee that I don't have some kind of issues now but I am now back at my home screen and the phone seems to be operating fine.
The files I used are as follows:
Stock 2.1 firmware for the Vibrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091
Samsung studio 7 (seemed to get Odin to recognize the phone without having to disconnect and reconnect, thought it might have something to do with the issue, though not sure): http://www.4shared.com/file/117435710/3d286573/Samsung_PC_Studio_72249.html
And the Samsung USB Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Now, if a real dev can tell us what happens when you don't use the .pit file, we can know if there is any longterm repercussion from this. Short term though, working like a dream. I hope this helps, because being stuck without a working Vibrant sucks!

ODIN is a pain but I've found a way to get it work pretty consistently for me. Whenever you flash a ROM or back to stock, always make sure you enable USB debugging, and have adb working on your computer.
Open up your command console, plug in your device, open up ODIN, and type "adb reboot download". ODIN should recognize your phone when it restarts and a COM will light up.
From my experience, ODIN recognizes the devices better this way and hasn't hung for me so far (granted it's only 3 times). When I was booting into download manually and then plugging in the USB, it would hang at cache.rfs. If you don't have USB debugging enabled, then only thing you can do is keep retrying over and over. Took me like 15 tries once before it finally ran.

Can't thank you guys enough. Phone is back to normal! As soon as I didn't use the pit file it worked like a charm.

hey...i'm in the same situation as you...i can't get it to work...i'm trying to do just the tar file right now but it still hangs on cache.rfs how long did you have to wait?

$iMoney said:
Can't thank you guys enough. Phone is back to normal! As soon as I didn't use the pit file it worked like a charm.
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which firmware did you use? did you use the true stck 2.1 firmware?

tq745 said:
hey...i'm in the same situation as you...i can't get it to work...i'm trying to do just the tar file right now but it still hangs on cache.rfs how long did you have to wait?
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It should go right away. If it's hanging at cache.rfs, then it's not working. I really think its a drivers issue with ODIN. Just keep restarting your phone and ODIN and retrying.

I used the tar file that is linked to from the second post on this thread. I didn't even download what you linked me to, I just didn't use the pit file, like you told me and it worked with the files I already had.

My phone will absolutely not go into download mode. Is this a sign of some other problem or am i just out of luck?

ahhduy said:
My phone will absolutely not go into download mode. Is this a sign of some other problem or am i just out of luck?
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how are you trying to get into download mode?

skater4690 said:
how are you trying to get into download mode?
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Holding down + power when turning on, tried other varients like volume up instead of down, usb connected or usb not connected etc.

ahhduy said:
Holding down + power when turning on, tried other varients like volume up instead of down, usb connected or usb not connected etc.
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ok try this...
1)plug into a usb with power
2)wait for the battery to show up
3)hold power and both volume buttons
4)wait for the vibrant screen to flash twice it will go once then seem like it turns off but then pops up agian
5)after it turns off the second time release the power button but still hold the volume buttons and you should be in download mode now
REMEMBER TO HAVE THE USB PLUGGED INTO THE COMPUTER AND YOUR PHONE!!!

[Q] Not booting - Secure Fail: Recovery - any recommendations?

Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
Any ideas?
Thank you

Go into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and Factory reset Data & Wipe Cache Partition...

moin786 said:
Go into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and Factory reset Data & Wipe Cache Partition...
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Still get the same thing. It starts to boot to recovery then says something that fails then goes to the screen I have posted previous.
This is what first loads (pretty quick - had to reboot about 10 times to get it)
recovery booting...
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : no version
Secure : Secure Version Failure (recovery.img)
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery

norem0rz said:
Still get the same thing. It starts to boot to recovery then says something that fails then goes to the screen I have posted previous.
This is what first loads (pretty quick - had to reboot about 10 times to get it)
recovery booting...
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : no version
Secure : Secure Version Failure (recovery.img)
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
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What did you do prior to this? It looks like you flashed a custom recovery but Knox is terminating the boot process.

Have you tried to odin back to stock?
Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 ?

Trying to use Odin - downloading a stock ROM now.

No. You must get into download/Odin mode by pressing volume down + home + power simultaneously, then launch Odin, then connect phone to computer.
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

norem0rz said:
yes, I was using clockwork and did something wrong...
doesn't the phone need to boot up before I can use Odin?
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If you have a Verizon retail version of the Note 3, you can not use Clockworkmod recovery. Because your bootloader is locked. You can only use Hashcode's Safestrap (in the Development section).

cam30era said:
If you have a Verizon retail version of the Note 3, you can not use Clockworkmod recovery. Because your bootloader is locked. You can only use Hashcode's Safestrap (in the Development section).
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Which means you must be rooted first, then install Safestrap, which is a modified TWRP recovery. You can thank Verizon for that bullsh!t
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Thank you all - using Odin with this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Got me back up and running.

Flash PIT - this will fix it
You need to flash the PIT with ODIN, latest version (3.09, I believe). Google for a download mirror that hosts the PIT for whichever type of note 3 you have, then flash it with odin (should work while in the invalid software screen). Then, if it doesn't reboot, just remove the battery and unplug that sucka. When it reboots, it should go back to download mode or just regular bootup. I recommend setting up adb, which makes it much easier to put the phone into whatever mode you desire with a simple dos command.

got out of it
this happened to me last night, I went into Odin mode "home, volume down, power button" instead of selecting odin mode from that menu I selected "reboot phone" (or something to that effect) My note 3 restarted......PHEW...... hope this helps someone

enable android recovery mode
SM-N90OV
ok so I once got to the point to where I could not but factory reset my phone and so I did settings > backup and restore > factory reset > YES I'M SURE!!! then my phone when into recovery mode as it should normally only to tell me that it could not enter recovery. Verizon's fault and now I cant access my recovery mode. is there a way to get back into it so I can finally flash a new rom. oh I had figured out how to get out of the boot loop thing by entering download mode and canceling. but it would be nice to be able to mess with this beast of a phone. please help me. I don't want to do something I wasn't supposed to. im not sure want to do with klms agent deals with knox right?

Em also one of the victim
hi
i am rooted (de la Vega ) safestrap installed using Jelly beans 6 & stock Rom as well. i don't know how but i am not being able to get in the recovery to format the device.
Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
What i do is getting into the download mode and only pressing Volume down to continue boot and Viola my phone restarts every time, but the thing which is pinching me is i can't able to format the phone.. Help required please.

xaneey said:
hi
i am rooted (de la Vega ) safestrap installed using Jelly beans 6 & stock Rom as well. i don't know how but i am not being able to get in the recovery to format the device.
Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
What i do is getting into the download mode and only pressing Volume down to continue boot and Viola my phone restarts every time, but the thing which is pinching me is i can't able to format the phone.. Help required please.
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look at page one towards the bottom, the OP posted how to fix your problem

Solution
HI all
What worked for me is just ODIN
MI9 t0 MJE
and this is the beauty of ANDROID really happy to get it back..
Downloaded MJE for N900V http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=23535
Root through this in my case Vroot worked Kingo didn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707
Thn safe strap and all done

you guys and gals rock
saved my bacon ,was a little confusing to my novice self but downloaded odin to pc and ran it,downloaded clean vzw file and pit file ,plugged phone into pc and drivers loaded then ran odin and followed the steps.
Thank you very very much

Please help me! My Note 4 is in "soft brick" ??

I was about to sell my rooted Note 4, and I did a "reset phone" in the settings menu to wipe the data out , so I can sell it. When the phone turned back I saw on the top left a blue "recovery mode" message and the next is my phone black, and on the middle of the screen appear every 5-8 sec a green android logo with "Installing System update" but just for a second, and goes back to black.
And again, and again...
What a hell happened?I am stuck.. I tried to take the battery out , waited and put it back, than I was holding the volume up+home+power on bottoms to get a recovery mode menu, but it does the same "flashing" screen thing.. Please help me I have a buyer for this phone , really need to fix it!

atti_mac said:
I was about to sell my rooted Note 4, and I did a "reset phone" in the settings menu to wipe the data out , so I can sell it. When the phone turned back I saw on the top left a blue "recovery mode" message and the next is my phone black, and on the middle of the screen appear every 5-8 sec a green android logo with "Installing System update" but just for a second, and goes back to black.
And again, and again...
What a hell happened?I am stuck.. I tried to take the battery out , waited and put it back, than I was holding the volume up+home+power on bottoms to get a recovery mode menu, but it does the same "flashing" screen thing.. Please help me I have a buyer for this phone , really need to fix it!
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Download firmware for your model from www.sammobiles.com extract firmware file ,take your phone in download mode by pressing volume down+home+power .you will see warning screen then press volume up.download odin tool for pc and samsung usb drivers for note 4 then open odin press Ap in odin and select firmware file and hit start,wait until odin pass .and your device will be good to go.

Trex888 said:
Download firmware for your model from www.sammobiles.com extract firmware file ,take your phone in download mode by pressing volume down+home+power .you will see warning screen then press volume up.download odin tool for pc and samsung usb drivers for note 4 then open odin press Ap in odin and select firmware file and hit start,wait until odin pass .and your device will be good to go.
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The sammobiles website down for maintenence this weekend , great.....

atti_mac said:
The sammobiles website down for maintenence this weekend , great.....
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Tell me your model and I'll provide you a link to download firmware

Trex888 said:
Tell me your model and I'll provide you a link to download firmware
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SM-N910T
Will be unlocked after this upload?
Thank you so much, can't wait

If Sammobile is down, you can find lots of Samsung firmwares even for SM-N910T on www.updato.com. Hope this helps.

atti_mac said:
SM-N910T
Will be unlocked after this upload?
Thank you so much, can't wait
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To be honest i donno about unlocking but here is the link to download firmware
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24665509702140550

Trex888 said:
To be honest i donno about unlocking but here is the link to download firmware
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24665509702140550
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I downloaded from there , opened a zip file copied to a folder. Took the phone in download mode, Opened Odin, clicked on AP and got the file to point ( not a zip file anymore) and hit start.
My phone shows downloading, and like a line started from the left (light blue , but only very short, and doesn't move anymore.
The pc's latest log shows ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin
So is it stopped ? the phone said don't turn off target, i don't want to brick it so what to do?

I had no choice i unplug it, and took out the battery, still not brick I started all over again, and now the latest log is : boot.img but the line still not moving...
binary size shows : 3793.1 mb
Update , 2nd time it was moving further.. passed boot, recovery.img, latest log : system.img.ext4. the blue line moved 1/2" and it is stopped again. I don't know what to do...
I am using Odin 3 V3.12

Try odin 3.10 and use pit file with firmware it will repartation your device and hopefully it ahould fix here is the link for pit file
https://mega.nz/#!yE0QkRgR!8DvGvAauRkb-2xmtH_3ZluoYwCvqNaaSOnXMLYB_CAI
Select AP for firmware and PIT for pit file and hit start

Trex888 said:
Try odin 3.10 and use pit file with firmware it will repartation your device and hopefully it ahould fix here is the link for pit file
https://mega.nz/#!yE0QkRgR!8DvGvAauRkb-2xmtH_3ZluoYwCvqNaaSOnXMLYB_CAI
Select AP for firmware and PIT for pit file and hit start
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Same thing, is it possible the md5 file is not the right one?
Update, I downloaded a different file from the www.updato.com. website , and it is already passed that point when was stuck before. Cross fingers.

atti_mac said:
Same thing, is it possible the md5 file is not the right one?
Update, I downloaded a different file from that other website you guys mentioned, and it is already passed that point when was stuck before. Cross fingers.
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No the firmware file is correct qnd i have tested it. What is exatly happening while you flash firmware?

Ok, i used that 2nd file, and was everything perfect! I got a message on Odin : "PASS" the phone turned on, passed a Samsung logo, the T-Mobile screen turned on, and the T mobile song, and stuck on that screen....
this is a file I used a second time , and I stuck now at boot by the T-Mobile logo
N910TUVU2DOK2_N910TTMB2DOK2_N910TUVU2DOK2_HOME.tar.md5
and this file was the one stuck always at the beginning :
N910TUVS2EPG2_N910TTMB2EPG2_N910TUVS2EPG2_HOME.tarmd5
just a note, my Note 4 was rooted and It wasn't a latest firmware , actually probably like 8 months old or at least 6 month old firmware on it.
WORKING!! 100% Working. I just took out a battery , and was waiting a bit, turned it back and working! Thank You guys!!

you shoud have clear cache and data through recovery after that successful flash..
but you didn't

atti_mac said:
Ok, i used that 2nd file, and was everything perfect! I got a message on Odin : "PASS" the phone turned on, passed a Samsung logo, the T-Mobile screen turned on, and the T mobile song, and stuck on that screen....
this is a file I used a second time , and I stuck now at boot by the T-Mobile logo
N910TUVU2DOK2_N910TTMB2DOK2_N910TUVU2DOK2_HOME.tar.md5
and this file was the one stuck always at the beginning :
N910TUVS2EPG2_N910TTMB2EPG2_N910TUVS2EPG2_HOME.tarmd5
just a note, my Note 4 was rooted and It wasn't a latest firmware , actually probably like 8 months old or at least 6 month old firmware on it.
WORKING!! 100% Working. I just took out a battery , and was waiting a bit, turned it back and working! Thank You guys!!
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Wipr cache and make factory reset in recovery to get clean system firmware.

Bricked S8s after software update.

Hi. Browsed for ages and always come here for answers.
Here's my problem.
2x S8s. SM-950f.
Updated to most recent software through software update. Both phones were glitchy and crashing and just generally irritating after.
Factory data reset etc. This did not resolve the problems, also led to one of them having issues with FRP (annoying)
Used Odin to try and flash the latest firmware (from sammobile, UK BTU) after flashing both, they reset and powered on. Got stuck at the S8 screen.
Restarted then both were at the "an error occurred during update" screen.
Managed to get back to download screen. Re checked the software and model numbers, even that the bootloader was the correct version etc. All was fine.
Connected to Odin, shows that it is connected, but nothing happens when clicking start.
Now after attempting that, both phones will not power on.
(One will when placed on the wireless charger, but just sticks at S8 screen) and download mode or reset screen can not be accessed. So, not exactly happy. And totally out of ideas
Any suggestions, beyond taking it to a shop to see if anyone can help.

yes .....dont tuch the phones for 24 hours let the battery die ...it will...connect to pc and then try download mode....u may need to press combination for like 1 minute to get to download mode....flash twrp reboot directly into it when odin says successfully .....wipe system data ....dont turn on phone download any custom rom flash and enjoy.....it will trip knox but worth than getting a new board....

Okay, will give that a try.
TWRP?

TWRP install
https://dl.twrp.me/dreamlte/twrp-3.2.3-0-dreamlte.img.tar.html: Download link for twrp SM-G950F (dreamlte)
Just said, wait until your device powers off due battery insufficience. Plug cable and hold at the same moment vol(down)+bixby+power. Then press vol(up) at the warning screen to proceed to odin mode. Let it charging a while like 1 h. Then unplug it and plug it to your pc. In Odin select ap the previous downloaded file. Take your mobile in your hand. With one hand, prepare your fingers to vol(up)+bixby and with the other hand start the flashibg process. Be careful, and take your hand directly from the mouse if you clicked start in odin, and position your one finger to power button, but dont click. If odin start pass, press immidiately the buttons (vol(up)+bixby+power) and let it to start into recovery. If you arrived to recovery, reply to us if not search for help!!!
Good luck
memreb

Still trying to get them on. Powered on to download mode but only for a couple of seconds and switched off again.

Can't get them to power on. Buggered

simonboyle said:
Still trying to get them on. Powered on to download mode but only for a couple of seconds and switched off again.
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i have the same issue with my s8 but when i boot in download mode the screen goes black but if i press volupe up it connect to odin with black screen you shoud give it a try

Will try that

Okay, downloaded TWRP, can get phone calls nected to Odin but when I extract TWRP it doesn't give a valid file type.
Am I being dumb.
No files appear that Odin will recognise.
Also just shows as "recovery" no .tar or anything

Ignore above. Corrupted download.
Sorted.
Now when flashing TWRP is gets to a fail due to
"Complete (write) fail

Hi you should try flashing official firmware

itac47 said:
Hi you should try flashing official firmware
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The point of the thread us that I am.unable to do that.
So kinda useless post buddy.
Read the OP.

Anyone want two bootlooped S8s? Hahahaha

simonboyle said:
Anyone want two bootlooped S8s? Hahahaha
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Not sure what stage your at and maybe some more useless ideas
1. Trying to flash twrp is kinda of useless if you can't get into your system need oem unlock for that.
2. Have you tried taking out Sim card and SD card and reboot.
3. If you can at least boot try smart switch as it has a emergency recovery option.
4. Trying rebooting in safe mode.

All been attempted

Reinstall os

Hi.
New to all this and haven't a clue due to recent circumstances.
My lad, for some unknown reason to me, decided to install team win recovery as a way of trying to clean up his galaxy s 8 phone. He's wiped the OS!! Twr starts but when pressing recovery, it says no os.
I'd never heard of it before and haven't a clue how to use it.
So, after some googling, found out the basics and as I say, when pressing recovery or install or restart, it says no os so I presume he's wiped it.
Spoke to Samsung. They say they can reinstall the is if the rom is ok? I presume it is.
Think they can fix it? I haven't a clue and looking at threads on here about installing ROMs, still gobbledegook to me!
Thanks

smiffie71 said:
Hi.
New to all this and haven't a clue due to recent circumstances.
My lad, for some unknown reason to me, decided to install team win recovery as a way of trying to clean up his galaxy s 8 phone. He's wiped the OS!! Twr starts but when pressing recovery, it says no os.
I'd never heard of it before and haven't a clue how to use it.
So, after some googling, found out the basics and as I say, when pressing recovery or install or restart, it says no os so I presume he's wiped it.
Spoke to Samsung. They say they can reinstall the is if the rom is ok? I presume it is.
Think they can fix it? I haven't a clue and looking at threads on here about installing ROMs, still gobbledegook to me!
Thanks
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It seems that you're not that familiar with TWRP, and i think you wipe off your system without any idea.
Try to do these steps;
MAKE SURE TO INSTALL these drivers first to your PC or latop before proceeding.
Samsung Drivers
1. download your stock firmware using SamFirm. If you're unsure of your model, look at the back of your phone. Mine is SM-G950FD. its important that you will download your correct firmware to avoid any issues with your network bands
2. download the latest ODIN app
3. extract the downloaded stock firmware. you should be able to get the following files: BL, AP, CP, CSC
4. Extract Odin and open it (or run as admin).
5. Locate each files with corresponding file name BL, AP, CP, CSC on their respective locations. BL = BL, AP = AP, and so on. MAKE sure that you select the correct files.
6. if your phone is on boot loop (power cycling or stuck at samsung logo), force close it by pressing volume down + power button for 10 seconds. If it is not on boot loop, go to the next step
7. go to download mode by pressing volume down + bixby button + power button. you should be able to see a blue screen with text like this.
8. plug in your cable from your PC to your phone, and wait for the ID:COM to turn blue. that means you are ready.
9. press start and wait for the process to complete.
10. once your device gets booted, your're good to go with your fresh phone.
Note: Reboot may take a while. try to force close it (step 6) and reboot again.

Thanks for the advice.
I've installed and run SamFirm.
Put the model in which is smg950f. Region UK.
In 'Phone' I've put Samsung galaxy S8, I've tried Samsung, S8, Samsung S8, galaxy S8 but I get the same error: please specify PDA, CSC and phone version or use auto method.
Any help appreciated. Thanks