[Q] bricked phone please help - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I recently bought a Samsung galaxy s5 off of amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00IKFCHGM
And when I opened it it seems to be a Chinese model. The pamphlet it came with was in chinese and the samsung website that was written on in was Samsung.com/HK.
After bootimf it up it booted up in Chinese and had English and a few other languages in the settings but not Hebrew. I live is Israel currently so I need Hebrew on it.
After I saw that I asked around here if its possible to flash any g900f firmware on my g900f (it says its g900f on the box and behind the battery although the model number is written in Chinese for a weird reason). I was told as long as its g900f I can flash any g900f firmware so I downloaded the Israel firmware and tried flashing with with Odin 3.09.
At the end it said failed and my phone stayed in download mode. It became bricked. Whenever i try to boot It now says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again"
Someone mentioned I can flash a pit file and it will fix the problem, can anyone confirm this? If so which regions pit file do I need?
What can I do to fix this problem?
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? I'd its even a legitimate samsung and not a clone?

skrcer1 said:
What can I do to fix this problem?
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Why are you starting multiple threads about this issue? And for that matter why didn't you provide half of these details when we were replying to your other thread about this?
Odin and other utilities will do real damage to your phone if it is a clone. So has already been explained in your other thread, you need to first determine if you have a clone or not. If and only if your phone is authentic, then you can use Odin to recover.
Odin is well known as temperamental with respect to USB timing, so you need to pay attention to Odin tutorials for a successful write. And yes, you ought to be using a PIT file. And if you have actually soft bricked your phone or incurred any partition damage, must use a PIT file to recover. The PIT file needs to be matched to the firmware image that you are writing which in practical terms means three criteria, model e.g. 900F, ROM size e.g. 16 GB and the carrier.
Do not use Kies, use Odin v 3.09 and you could do worse than search my post history for sound advice as to how to use Odin effectively. If you have any follow up questions or at least ones that you'd like me to address, pose them in your original thread.
Good luck.
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Update failed?

Hi. I had a pop up on my phone to say that I had an update and accepted it. I put my phone done and went for a shower, leaving it to update. When I came back, my phone firmware upgrade encountered an issue. I tried the suggested steps in kies but my phone doesnt appear. After 3 hours of research I try a thing called Odin, using a guide and downloading an md5 (?) file from a website called Sam mobile. This only fails. If anyone can save my phone then your my hero. Thank you in advance.
Place the ROM you downloaded in the BL slot in Odin and flash.
Hi Thank you. I have just tried this and it has failed.
Are you stuck on the "Firmware encountered an issue" screen? Check your connections. Make sure you're using the original cable and are not connected to a hub. Then try again.
If that doesn't work, enter download mode and read off the model of S4, then tell us your country and your carrier.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Are you stuck on the "Firmware encountered an issue" screen? Check your connections. Make sure you're using the original cable and are not connected to a hub. Then try again.
If that doesn't work, enter download mode and read off the model of S4, then tell us your country and your carrier.
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Hi. Yes I am. My model is GT-I9505. I am from the UK and with the Three network.
I've downloaded both of these and neither work:
sammobile.com/firmwares/download/28265/I9505XXUFNC5_I9505H3GFNC2_H3G/
sammobile.com/firmwares/download/48264/I9505XXUHOD7_I9505H3GHOD1_H3G/
UPDATE:
I've just tried again and it says get PIT for mapping. There is no PIT partition. I'm clueless. Thank you.
The current ROM for your device is here. As an alternative, you can use the unbranded firmware here. Double-check all connections, and flash the ROM through the BL slot in Odin, as that is the only way to resolve the "Firmware encountered an issue" problem. If necessary, pull the battery before attempting to flash.
If you need a PIT file, one can be found on the forums. Insert it into the right place with Odin and it will repartition the device.

My G900F is soft-bricked. Maybe. Several attemps doesn't work. Desperately need help.

Hello. I'm a new user of SM G900F (SG). Running on lollipop with latest firmware
Bought it on Dec 26th, the device doesn't have any problem. I was happy back then, jumping form Galaxy Mini 2 to S5 is a big difference experience.
Running on official latest firmware, i only updated the phone once., around 1st - 2nd week of January.
The problem is, on Jan 14th, the G900F fail to boot (bootloop) after i set a new lockscreen from my gallery. It failed to boot, after several attemps, and wipe cache + wipe data, it booted. Haven't backed up my data yet, but i'm happy my phone is working.
On 15th, the same things happened. I set a new lockscreen. It's stil fine. But when a web-browsing on Chrome, the screen is automaically turn off (when not in use in a periout of time), but i immediatey press home button to wake the screen up. the screen didn't turn on, i press the power button. Then the bootloop happened. And this time, i can't go to recovery mode.
I've tried to re-flashing the phone using odin with official firmware, the SG one. But it didn't work. It showed Reset! with blue box on it. But still, m phone is bootlooping. My phone is still bricked. Can't go to the recovery mode either.
P.S: The phone is 2nd handed device from Singapore. I'm an Indonesian, bought the SG version bcs the Indonesia ver (G900H) is still 3G. While the SG one is 4G already. I'm using Indonesian provider (Telkomsel) and works fine on 3G or 4G so i assume the phone is unlocked. I've test the phone imei and it showed that it's the real S5, not the replica one. Antutu test showed 48,xxx score and proved that my device is the real S5 (judge by the name of device written on antutu).
I don't use micro SD. 32 gb is enough for me.
Sorry for long post and bad english. Really desperate to bring life to my phone back. Thanks before.
UPDATE: sometimes when i plugged on the device on my PC with kies on it, it booted to the homescreen. I dont know what exactly i do that caused the device booted, i only remember after stopping the bootloop (installed boot.tar, using this *the 1st method* that caused my knox 0x0, geez i didn't know that), then i flash my phone using the latest firmware (that i believe it's the correct one), then i re-plugged it on my PC with kies open, it booted! But the samsung animation logo played waaaay to long than usual. But it worked. Tried to reboot the phone to check if it's worked completely, unfortunately the device still doing bootloop. Then i tried method 2 from this, failed on odin. Turn on the device, still being jerk by doing bootloop. I gave up. Waiting for solution.
What model number does it say in download mode?
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What model number does it say in download mode?
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G900F. I downloaded the G900F SG firmware, too. Since it came from SG.
To rule out firmware (ROM) being the problem, flash this PIT file along with the stock ROM (Same time) in ODIN
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2721101&d=1399024091
Add the PIT file to the PIT section, and the ROM to the normal PDA or AP section, and flash them together
If it still bootloops after a while after doing that, it's likely a hardware issue
*Detection* said:
To rule out firmware (ROM) being the problem, flash this PIT file along with the stock ROM (Same time) in ODIN
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2721101&d=1399024091
Add the PIT file to the PIT section, and the ROM to the normal PDA or AP section, and flash them together
If it still bootloops after a while after doing that, it's likely a hardware issue
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what is PIT file? Read the PIT explanation here, i'm afraid it'd made my device being paperweight. So what's actually PIT file do for my bricked G900F?
Thanks.
firareza said:
what is PIT file? Read the PIT explanation here, i'm afraid it'd made my device being paperweight. So what's actually PIT file do for my bricked G900F?
Thanks.
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It repartitions the phone, 100% wiping any old firmware, then the new stock ROM will be 100% clean and you will know if it is a hardware or software problem
How can something make your bricked phone a paperweight? It already is a paperweight
If you're gonna second guess everything you're told, enjoy your buggy phone

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N9109W (China) Bootloop - No Access to Recovery

Hello everyone, I'd like to start off by saying I am a complete newcomer to all this so please explain literally all of the terminology/jargon you intend to use and correct me when I use it wrong.
I have a Chinese version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N9109W and up until yesterday it was running out of the box on android 4.4.4. I care not for any of the data on the phone nor the warranty as there was none to begin with when it was gifted to me.
I attempted to "root" it as I didn't want any of the Chinese apps/restrictions on it but have failed miserably and now my phone is stuck in a bootloop.
I was following this guide if it helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/root-note-4-sm-n910c-t2977948 and downloaded the appropriate Snapdragon version (SM-N9109W).
I cannot enter recovery mode by holding down *power+vol up+home* as it just keeps on rebooting. I can, however, get into the downloader by holding down *power+vol down+home*.
I have tried for the entirety of today to find a specific guide for the Chinese note 4 on xda, youtube and google but to no avail - nothing that I can find is identical to my situation and I am hesitant to do anything further to it by following a similar guide in case I make it worse.
I have repeatedly seen suggestions to "flash" stock rom and as I can get into the downloader I believe this would be a great starting point, but once again I am afraid to do anything without a specific guide for the N9109W.
A few people have referred to SamMobile to download stock rom, but a search for SM-N9109W lists 8 files for 4.4.4 and I believe I have no way of working out my PDA or CSC, yet again I don't know what these even are and they might not be relevant?
Any assistance in getting my phone's software back to "out of the box" conditions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you for your time and patience,
Ryan
If you can enter Download mode then you can flash that firmware you found matching your device's exact model no. via Odin. Just put the ROM in AP/PDA tab (PDA for older Odin versions, AP for new) and hit start.
ithehappy said:
If you can enter Download mode then you can flash that firmware you found matching your device's exact model no. via Odin. Just put the ROM in AP/PDA tab (PDA for older Odin versions, AP for new) and hit start.
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Thank you ithehappy for the reply,
When I search for the stock firmware on SamMobile, I type in my exact model number (SM-N9109W). This search returns with a list of multiple different versions for my phone, of which 8 are 4.4.4 (my initial version).
Does it matter which version I download and install?
To my knowledge, I have no way of finding my CSC or PDA unless you know of a database I can use to search the information that is physically on my phone? Once again, does it matter that I know what these are or can I simply download, for example, version 5.1.1 and flash that on instead of my original 4.4.4? Or, will this just cause further possibly unfixable problems?
Thank you for your help
Anyone?
No, you can download any one you want.
Thank you for the help, ithehappy. I now have a working phone!
For future readers, I downloaded the latest version of 4.4.4 that SamMobile had (2015-03-27) for my model (SM-N9109W):
PDA: N9109WKEU1ANL3
CSC: N9109WCTC1ANL3
It failed the first time I tried flashing with Odin 3.10.7, but whilst I was hastily taking screenshots of my problem to post here I accidentally started the transfer again and it successfully installed that time.
I followed the instructions on SamMobile for the installation.
This version of the firmware I installed does not have any google services (thank China for that), so keep that in mind.
Thank you

SM-N910F stuck in Firmware Encountered an Issue (ODIN Mode)

I have a Note4 that had Android version 4.4.4. I wanted to upgrade to 6.0.1 but the Odin failed at the last step (hidden.img I believe). Now, on reboot it goes to Firmware has encountered an error. Use Kies. I tried Kies but it says that SM-N910F is not supported for initialising.
Next, searching online, I found a PIT file and used that. No luck. Same issue. I guess, I screwed up now since original partition is probably lost. Question however is - can I recover in any way? Kies and Smart Switch both fail to recognize device.
Ths SSN is N910FGSMH. It is UK model I believe but I don't know which operator. What are my options at experimenting and recovering? I had tried N910FXXU1DQHC_N910FEVR1DQH1_EVR and then EVR-N910FXXS1DQG5-20170731165019 ODIN files.
Hi, agaurav
Did you get to a solution?
Thanks
I did but I don't remember the solution at all. I am not good at these things so don't know which website and what instructions helped me get this working more than a year back.
Sorry, can't help now.
vomae said:
Hi, agaurav
Did you get to a solution?
Thanks
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i had the same error, i found i was flashing the wrong firmware plus i used a different usb port, my phone was network unlocked so i used uk btu version https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__Note__4__-Snapdragon-__/fn5k/BTU/N910FXXU1DRI2/N910FBTU1DRJ1/

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 System software not authorized by ATT has been found

Got a huge problem with a AT&T phone Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Got it from an ebay handler. It was supposed to be rooted. However, after installing Magisk software (https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445) I got the message "System software not authorized by ATT has been found on your phone". Whenever I turn it on, I see it and the phone doesn't start. Since more than 6 months have passed, the ebay handler declined to help. I called AT&T, but since the phone is rooted, they declined to repair it even after I offered to pay. There are some solutions I found online for other samsung galaxy models, but none which works for note 4.
Tried to restore the system to the factory version, it said that restoration has been successful, but I still see the AT&T message.
I followed the instructions to unbrick the phone by reinstalling the firmware - the method that should work for all phones (not just note 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_NCfYemEs with the firmware for SM-N910A , however no matter how long I waited, the download process never completed.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
vmmessage said:
Got a huge problem with a AT&T phone Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Got it from an ebay handler. It was supposed to be rooted. However, after installing Magisk software (https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445) I got the message "System software not authorized by ATT has been found on your phone". Whenever I turn it on, I see it and the phone doesn't start. Since more than 6 months have passed, the ebay handler declined to help. I called AT&T, but since the phone is rooted, they declined to repair it even after I offered to pay. There are some solutions I found online for other samsung galaxy models, but none which works for note 4.
Tried to restore the system to the factory version, it said that restoration has been successful, but I still see the AT&T message.
I followed the instructions to unbrick the phone by reinstalling the firmware - the method that should work for all phones (not just note 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_NCfYemEs with the firmware for SM-N910A , however no matter how long I waited, the download process never completed.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Grab latest firmware for N910A from here
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120746376
Make sure samsung usb drivers are properly installed on your pc before you begin.
STEPS
1 Download odin and Firmware and Extract it.
2 open odin tool and upload firmware in AP slot.
Odin can take up to 5 minutes to upload firmware so be patient
3 put phone into download mode
4 connect phone via usb cable and hit start.
5 After FLASH once odin shows pass boot into stock recovery by pressing 3 button combo volume up+ home+ power.
6 in recovery do wipe cache+ wipe data factory reset.
7 reboot system and wait 10 to 5 minutes.
DONE
Trex888 method should be good, however you may need to find the pit file and flash it before odin back to stock. I bought my note 4 already rooted, but the person that did it used the wrong files to flash. Mine was good but buggy. The rom flashed was not verizon, and it locked out some partitions including the one where the imei was held. I had to fix the partitions with the pit file then reflash to a different rom and i was good to go after that.
Thanks
Thanks for the reply! Great! I will try that - very hopeful
tattmann said:
Trex888 method should be good, however you may need to find the pit file and flash it before odin back to stock. I bought my note 4 already rooted, but the person that did it used the wrong files to flash. Mine was good but buggy. The rom flashed was not verizon, and it locked out some partitions including the one where the imei was held. I had to fix the partitions with the pit file then reflash to a different rom and i was good to go after that.
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You dont need dedicated pit file unless your device has errors such as "dm verity verification failed" or failed to mount cache/efs etc etc.
If stock rom flashing by odin went smoothly no require for repartition or pit file.
Playing with pit file and repartition is extremely dangerous and can cause device to hard brick so i would not recommend unless some serious issues with device.
Fyi every samsung stock firmware has pit file in the system image by default and odin take advantage of it by it self during flashing.
Have a nice day.
Trex888 said:
You dont need dedicated pit file unless your device has errors such as "dm verity verification failed" or failed to mount cache/efs etc etc.
If stock rom flashing by odin went smoothly no require for repartition or pit file.
Playing with pit file and repartition is extremely dangerous and can cause device to hard brick so i would not recommend unless some serious issues with device.
Fyi every samsung stock firmware has pit file in the system image by default and odin take advantage of it by it self during flashing.
Have a nice day.
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in my case, whoever flashed my phone flashed an f file instead of the v file. It lost the imei and would not recognize a sim card. I tried flashing original firmware but the imei was still gone. The ONLY thing that saved mine was to find the correct pit file and flash it before firmware. It fixed my issue and got me back up and running. every original fw flash for me failed until I flashed just the pit. I cannot explain why the original fw included in the odin package would NOT work. Hence the statement of "you may need to" instead of "you will have to".

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