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[Q] "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue ....."

Hi there ... yes I've done something wrong and would like to try to fix it without going to Vodafail to get them to berate me.
I was trying to install PhilZ Touch recovery but was having trouble with Odin (1.85, and 3.07 I was trying) and finally gave up and just wanted to make a normal boot but the dreaded firmware message has come up.
I've had a quick search & read and it seems that I need to flash (with Odin) a new stock ROM.
It's getting late here so I'm not going to try anything more without a lot of advice and reading.
So any suggestions please?
I'm in Australia with Vodafone, phone is about two or three months old. i9505.

Cam you get into download mode? Turn it off then press home, power and volume down at the same time, if you can download a stock firmware for your device this can be found at Sam mobile. Then flash it with Odin. Always use the latest version.
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BillzillaAus said:
Hi there ... yes I've done something wrong and would like to try to fix it without going to Vodafail to get them to berate me.
I was trying to install PhilZ Touch recovery but was having trouble with Odin (1.85, and 3.07 I was trying) and finally gave up and just wanted to make a normal boot but the dreaded firmware message has come up.
I've had a quick search & read and it seems that I need to flash (with Odin) a new stock ROM.
It's getting late here so I'm not going to try anything more without a lot of advice and reading.
So any suggestions please?
I'm in Australia with Vodafone, phone is about two or three months old.
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Hi,
Stock firmwares are HERE
Try ODIN 3.04 as well

Thanks guys, I'm downloading http://www.hotfile.com/dl/227186782/ebf4c32/I9505XXUBMEA_I9505XSABME4_XSA.zip.html now and will try it when it's finished.
And yes the phone will go into download mode okay.
I also had a think about it last night and I'm not against putting a different ROM into it, any suggestions?

Okay trying to flash that rom with Odin failed.
Where do I go from here please? Like I mentioned, I'm more than happy to try a custom rom.

Hmmmm just tried flashing CWM recovery ..... that failed as well.
Help!!

Know its probably a stupid question but did you root the phone before trying to install Phillz recovery?
If not, try CF-Autoroot, then try Phillz recovery. If you can't get these flashed you may have corrupted your partition table. Here's a link to the PIT file you need - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 (Make sure you get the right one or you can say bye bye to your toy- I believe you should have an I9505)
Read this, then go and try again....
Cheers.... :good:

ultramag69 said:
Know its probably a stupid question but did you root the phone before trying to install Phillz recovery?
If not, try CF-Autoroot, then try Phillz recovery. If you can't get these flashed you may have corrupted your partition table. Here's a link to the PIT file you need - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 (Make sure you get the right one or you can say bye bye to your toy- I believe you should have an I9505)
Read this, then go and try again....
Cheers.... :good:
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Yep I flashed CF-Autoroot a couple of months ago without too many problems, I'll try it again.
Which version of Odin should be best to use?

Ah! Flashing the pit file thingy did it, THANKS!!!

BillzillaAus said:
Ah! Flashing the pit file thingy did it, THANKS!!!
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No problem, just remember though that flashing the pit file is no small thing... If that stuffs up or you have a corrupt pit file you can actually hard brick your device... It really is the final step before giving it back to Samsung to fix...
Glad it all worked out and cheers....:good:

Yes I'll try to not need to do that again!

[Q] PLEASE HELP SM-G900F stuck at firmware upgrade encountered screen..

So i tried to unroot my phone by watching a video how to do it.
İ followed all steps and downloaded a stock firmware for G900F
The blue bar on my phone went till the end then it failed
i tried other firmwares too all failed..
I need the firmware for the netherlands i cant find it i dont know if that will work..
I stıll can enter the download mode by holding volume down lock key and home key.
I dont understand alot of this im just a newbie can someone PLEASE use teamviewer with me and solve it
I cant use my phone please help me!!

ErmanTunca said:
So i tried to unroot my phone by watching a video how to do it.
İ followed all steps and downloaded a stock firmware for G900F
The blue bar on my phone went till the end then it failed
i tried other firmwares too all failed..
I need the firmware for the netherlands i cant find it i dont know if that will work..
I stıll can enter the download mode by holding volume down lock key and home key.
I dont understand alot of this im just a newbie can someone PLEASE use teamviewer with me and solve it
I cant use my phone please help me!!
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Here is a full tutorial for how to flash a rom with Odin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VmIfXPWgs. Here is the link to the Dutch PHN NE2 (unbranded) rom https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B6Ufgy16r712ODRMRFhheGZMZEk&export=download. Good luck mate
BTW: make sure to remove the battery first, wait 10-20 seconds, reinsert it and go into downloadmode and flash the rom with Odin 3.09.

sfsefv
sir is it true that only the stock firmware of my country will succeed on odin?
my phone is a dutch one the box also said The Netherlands..
The ones i tried were united kingdom.

ErmanTunca said:
sir is it true that only the stock firmware of my country will succeed on odin?
my phone is a dutch one the box also said The Netherlands..
The ones i tried were united kingdom.
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Flashing a UK or German DBT rom shouldn`t be a problem. I flashed the German DBT cause they are updated quicker and more frequent then the Dutch firmware. I cannot post you the link because its not allowed but look for Firmwares on Sammobile.com and look for the SM-G900F German DBT rom.
IMPORTANT: disable Kies in windows task manager before you flash with Odin !!!!!

still fail
it failed again i dont know what im doing wrong.
Are you able to help me by using teamviewer so you can check if i did any wrong?
After downloading i extract the file into a map that i created on desktop.
Then i choose the file by pressing AP at odin then wait and start.
İs there any other option?

ErmanTunca said:
it failed again i dont know what im doing wrong.
Are you able to help me by using teamviewer so you can check if i did any wrong?
After downloading i extract the file into a map that i created on desktop.
Then i choose the file by pressing AP at odin then wait and start.
İs there any other option?
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- Do you use a usb 2 or 3 cable? Usb 3 can be a problem sometimes as i read.
- Have you terminated Kies in windows task manager?
- Do you have the correct usb drivers installed? Does IDCOM light up and show you an COMx number if you connect the phone to the pc in the left upper corner of Odin?

it shows COM3 and its blue is that ok?

ErmanTunca said:
it shows COM3 and its blue is that ok?
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Yes

Solved!
Thanks alot for helping me after 5 hours of surfing on forums i finally am so lucky that u found me..
Keep up the great work mate!

ErmanTunca said:
Thanks alot for helping me after 5 hours of surfing on forums i finally am so lucky that u found me..
Keep up the great work mate!
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Hurray for TeamViewer

try flashing with odin, i am sure it will work gl

la2o said:
try flashing with odin, i am sure it will work gl
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The party is allready over (post 9), problem solved

SoftKey's Not working after going back to Stock Lollipop 5.0 - N900W8 (Bell)

Hey guys bare with me long story,
Last week I decided to try out Cyanogen Mod (12.1). I had not flashed anything to this phone previously or rooted it. I wanted to flash Cyanogen due to less bloat but I did not want to root because I have work software that needs to go on the phone which will not activate with root enabled. So I flashed cyanogen and it was great but my battery started draining and bluetooth was not working properly on it. I decided to give Temasek 's last Lollipop release a try after this because it did not install root either. I gave that a go and still got severe battery drain. So I decided to flash back stock (N900W8VLU2DOH1), but as soon as I did I noticed my two soft key's were not working upon doing so. Back button would not work at all and the other would just open search. So I did multtiple wipes , update from kies etc. But no luck fixing the soft keys. FInally I read that flashing a custom kernal would fix the softkey issue for now until another Samsung update comes out. So I flashed Idle kernal and it fixed the softkeys but now I keep getting a "Unfortunately Knox has closed" message upon start and sometimes out of knowhere. This is really annoying.
Has anybody else ran in to this and know any fixes for it ? Even for just the knox popup. I think it may have to do with the touchkey's firmware from what I read and I'm hoping the next official update from samsung will fix this. I would try another custom rom as long as root is not enabled and battery and bluetooth are functioning properly, just not sure what else to try.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi.
This happened to my twice.
After much try and error, the solution I found is to REPARTITION the phone using a PIT file for your Phone.
Please find the PIT file for your variant and flash an official samsung rom while selecting the PIT file in ODIN.
Should work. please let us know the result.

Hi Suroky,
Thank you very much for the reply. I will try this later today and let you know how it goes.

Suroky said:
Hi.
This happened to my twice.
After much try and error, the solution I found is to REPARTITION the phone using a PIT file for your Phone.
Please find the PIT file for your variant and flash an official samsung rom while selecting the PIT file in ODIN.
Should work. please let us know the result.
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I flashed the PIT file as mentioned and reflashed the stock samsung firmware with Odin. Still no luck. Upon boot I am unable to press the back button and when I press the left softkey it takes me into the search screen. Any other ideas ?
Thanks,

Hi.
Did you select REPARTITION into ODIN? Please be aware this can brick your phone as well.... Be sure to use the PIT file for your device, as there are many variants with different partitions.

Suroky said:
Hi.
Did you select REPARTITION into ODIN? Please be aware this can brick your phone as well.... Be sure to use the PIT file for your device, as there are many variants with different partitions.
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I selected the PIT file but I did not check the box that said re-partition. Sorry my bad! I will try this again and see if it makes a difference !
Thanks!

Isn't OH1 the latest for Canadian carriers? Maybe try that version.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900W8/

audit13 said:
Isn't OH1 the latest for Canadian carriers? Maybe try that version.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900W8/
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Hi Audit,
I flashed the latest (OH1) as well. That's the firmware I am on at the moment, still no luck though. Thanks for the suggestion though. Going to try reflashing with PIT and repartition selected as Suroky suggested. Hopefully that does the job.

Suroky said:
Hi.
Did you select REPARTITION into ODIN? Please be aware this can brick your phone as well.... Be sure to use the PIT file for your device, as there are many variants with different partitions.
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Just tried this again with the proper PIT and Re-Partition checked on in Odin. Still no luck, softkeys still not working. Anyone else have any ideas ?
Thanks!

Repartition MUST BE ON.

Adding a PIT file automatically checks re-partition in Odin 3.07 for me.
Try this:
uncheck everything in Odin except f.reset time, flash just the ROM without a PIT file, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove the USB cable, remove battery, wait 5 seconds, replace the battery, use the key combination to boot into recovery, perform a factory wipe, and reboot to the ROM.
Are you using an original Samsung USB cable? Maybe try flashing on a different USB port?

Suroky said:
Repartition MUST BE ON.
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Sorry Surokey, I meant repartition was on not off. Still no luck

audit13 said:
Adding a PIT file automatically checks re-partition in Odin 3.07 for me.
Try this:
uncheck everything in Odin except f.reset time, flash just the ROM without a PIT file, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove the USB cable, remove battery, wait 5 seconds, replace the battery, use the key combination to boot into recovery, perform a factory wipe, and reboot to the ROM.
Are you using an original Samsung USB cable? Maybe try flashing on a different USB port?
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Re-Partition does the same for me in Odin. So I did try it twice with the PIT and RePartition on with no luck.
No I lost the original usb cable not long ago. Just using a standard usb 2.0 cable. I've tried on multiple usb ports as well.
I will test out what you mentioned and see what happens.
Thanks!

I fix it
my softkey on my note3 (sm-n900w8) stop working after a update to 5.0. i did a lot researche on the web but no clue
here what i did
first: *#2663# to check the version
phone touch key fw 0x09
part touch key fw 0x12
try to do a touch key fw update the phone give me an error about version number is higher already installed
secound: tried to find hlte_cypress_tkey.bin to do the update manualy but i couldn`t find it anywhere. i found this site github.c0m/friedrich420/Note-3-AEL-Kernel/tree/master/firmware/tkey/ I downloaded hlte_cypress_tkey.fw
copied it on my phone renamed it to hlte_cypress_tkey.bin next I did *#2663# and clicked on touch key fw update (internal storage) reboot voila! it did work!!!!! :laugh:
the version now is
phone touch key fw 0x10
part touch key fw 0x10
im so happy I hope this tuto gone a help someone
sorry for my bad anglish
P.S change the 0 by o in the web address

Is this still working for you? Where did you put the firmware update file?

mathieu0524 said:
my softkey on my note3 (sm-n900w8) stop working after a update to 5.0. i did a lot researche on the web but no clue
here what i did
first: *#2663# to check the version
phone touch key fw 0x09
part touch key fw 0x12
try to do a touch key fw update the phone give me an error about version number is higher already installed
secound: tried to find hlte_cypress_tkey.bin to do the update manualy but i couldn`t find it anywhere. i found this site github.c0m/friedrich420/Note-3-AEL-Kernel/tree/master/firmware/tkey/ I downloaded hlte_cypress_tkey.fw
copied it on my phone renamed it to hlte_cypress_tkey.bin next I did *#2663# and clicked on touch key fw update (internal storage) reboot voila! it did work!!!!! :laugh:
the version now is
phone touch key fw 0x10
part touch key fw 0x10
im so happy I hope this tuto gone a help someone
sorry for my bad anglish
P.S change the 0 by o in the web address
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Thanks a ton man, this worked for me. It was really annoying not having my back buttons working. Now I just have to figure out how to reroot my phone after upgrading my boot loader.

To root the n900w8, you can try using cfautoroot or flash twrp and supersu from twrp.

Now I just need to get the lights on my soft buttons working again. plus fix my text messaging so I can receive messages again.

FAILED flashing a custom ROM.

I tried to root my device (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005) and it went quite well.
Then I tried to flash a custom rom (Darkwolf S7 edge port) on my phone but I ended up in a bootloop where it was stuck on the samsung logo for hours.
I tried different stuff to get out of it but nothing worked so I decided to flash the stock rom onto my phone and at the odin status I get "FAIL". And on my device it shows "Volume Size is too big 4620289 < 4718599. And my phone is unusable. I need some help asap to fix it.
Please Help!!!

What is the phone model?
You used a stock ROM from sammobile.com in Odin?

audit13 said:
What is the phone model?
You used a stock ROM from sammobile.com in Odin?
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My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005.
Yes,I used a stock ROM from sammobile.com in Odin.
But I get "FAIL!" over and over again...with the message,"Volume size is too big......",on my phone.

Have you tried using different version of Odin, different USB cables, and USB ports? You may need to flash the stock ROM with a pit file.

audit13 said:
Have you tried using different version of Odin, different USB cables, and USB ports? You may need to flash the stock ROM with a pit file.
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I've tried everything except for using a pit file. I don't really know much about using a pit file so I'm a bit apprehensive.
Could you help?

I have the exact same problem, but without the volume thing, I need help!

BarryAllen97 said:
I have the exact same problem, but without the volume thing, I need help!
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Hey there Flash!! xD
Its a pain..isn't it?
Anyway I figured out how to fix the phone finally...
You'll need to flash the custom ROM with the PIT,CP,AP, and CSC files.
Here's the link...http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...ader-csc-pit-files&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
>Download the file suitable for your phone and specific model...Extract those files.. BE VERY CAREFUL TO CHOSE YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL!!!
>Launch Odin...
>Put you phone in Download mode and connect it...
>Load the PIT,CP,AP and CSC files in their respective slots..
*DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE "RE-PARTITION" OPTION*
>And then hit the "start" button and pray...IT WORKS!!!
However this will erase EVERYTHING on your phone...all the user data...if you have some photos/videos/songs/EVERYTHING...your sd card should be safe though.
I hope this works for you...it worked for me..
Let me know if it does!! Have a nice day!!

kurosaki999 said:
I've tried everything except for using a pit file. I don't really know much about using a pit file so I'm a bit apprehensive.
Could you help?
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audit13 said:
Have you tried using different version of Odin, different USB cables, and USB ports? You may need to flash the stock ROM with a pit file.
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hey thanks man...it did help..
flashed the stock rom with the pit,ap,csc files and finally got out of the bootloop..
I really appreciate the help!

(Problem) SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 2. Binary: 1.

Hello guys!
I have a big problem with my S7 edge (G935F)... The problem begins when I forget to turn off the OEM security and then I did an update to my Magisk root... When I tried to reboot my phone it doesn't pass of the first logo image, meaning that I broke the "security", so I read about that and then I flashed a firmware, an official UK (BTU I guess) firmware and then I flashed TWRP via Odin to restore a nandroid that I did when I bought my phone... It restored the EFS partition/folder and when my phone reboots I had no network signal, no IMEI... I just tried everything (I hope not) and I can't give back my IMEI and my network signal... When I try to patch the certificate to recover my IMEI via Odin in the download mode it says: SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:2. Binary:1
I don't know if I explained it because my english is too bad, but I tried, I know that someone else have the same problem than I because I saw it. Do you find the solution? I'm out of my country and I need it so much :crying:
Regards!

Flash latest stock with csc, but skip bl section

amakuramio said:
Flash latest stock with csc, but skip bl section
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Thank you for answer me.
I did it with three diferent stock firmwares and the problem persists (no network signal) I think that is something with the EFS folder, I restored a backup of it but is the same, I have not signal yet, but thank you!

Try clean formatting
Arachnorbit said:
Thank you for answer me.
I did it with three diferent stock firmwares and the problem persists (no network signal) I think that is something with the EFS folder, I restored a backup of it but is the same, I have not signal yet, but thank you!
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Hey brother it happened with me too, unfortunately, I had to format my internal storage to fix this, you need to flash the latest nougat firmware via odin with csc including bl and modem and then start in recovery then format and start phone, remember you would need to put the google account which was previously there in the phone to unlock and complete setup process (very important here)

invinsible_asp said:
Hey brother it happened with me too, unfortunately, I had to format my internal storage to fix this, you need to flash the latest nougat firmware via odin with csc including bl and modem and then start in recovery then format and start phone, remember you would need to put the google account which was previously there in the phone to unlock and complete setup process (very important here)
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Thank you! Do you know which Firmware I need to flash? Because I flashed a lot of firmwares and it didn't work! You would help me a lot if you give me the name of the one you used.
Here I have some screenshots of what appears in IMEI and SIM.

Try this thread :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3379516
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Arachnorbit said:
Thank you! Do you know which Firmware I need to flash? Because I flashed a lot of firmwares and it didn't work! You would help me a lot if you give me the name of the one you used.
Here I have some screenshots of what appears in IMEI and SIM.
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Download the latest firmware from https://updato.com (it's fast and reliable) then start in download mode, run odin with administrative privileges, select BL AP Modem and CSC (dont use home since we wish to clean fornat), and in odin uncheck auto reboot option, after the ODIN shows 'pass', disconnect the cord from pc, now you have to be very quick here since our battery is not removable, in order to shut down s7 edge from odin mode, all you have to do is press, volume down, volume up, home and power and as soon as it goes off connect the cord, the battery will show up and now it will be in charging state, after that disconnect the cord, (the phone is now clean fornatted and in off stage) and now boot into recovery to wipe data and cache using default recovery, then reboot phone and then log into your existing google account.
I know its tricky and maybe there's an ez way around it but this worked for me so I'm sharing

SOLUTION, thank you all for your answers!
AndyBury said:
Try this thread :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3379516
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
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I tried it at first instance but I could not because my Bootloader was updated to the "U2" version, what I did after that was search the Combination file updated to the U2 bootloader, after a long search I found it.
In resume, The solution is what the OP of that thread says but if you have the same problem like me with the Updated bootloader you need this file instead of the files that are shown there:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=890129502657582963
Thank you all! I hope this can help y'all that has this problem! :fingers-crossed:

i am same problem ,how to fix it?

help me

jed0123 said:
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You already fixed the problem I guess, you only need to flash the same firmware that your phone had before flashing the Combination file.

can not

Help
How to know what was my old firmware version? when I try to flash i get SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 2. Binary: 1
And I can't start phone because I'm getting FRP lock. Please help me?
Edit: I downloaded latest firmware and flashed it.

Same problem with s8+
amakuramio said:
Flash latest stock with csc, but skip bl section
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I have the same problem with my S8+ SM-G955F
I flashed the latest firmware without BL....now my phone is working fine...but I dont have SIGNAL.. any help will be appreciated..

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hello.
im having the exactly same issue....
Im from Brazil, i was trying to install the stock rom then ill upgrade to android 8.0....(my android does not update becouse it from VIVO PROVIDER, my english sucks...hope you understand)
i open odin, select all files, of a stock rom ZTO G935F, then it just give me this error...
how can i fix it? i just want to install android 8.0 nougat =(
thx alot for trying help me!!!

i fixed my phone by skipping the booloader section...
you're a life saver brother...
Thank you
Regards

Arachnorbit said:
Hello guys!
I have a big problem with my S7 edge (G935F)... The problem begins when I forget to turn off the OEM security and then I did an update to my Magisk root... When I tried to reboot my phone it doesn't pass of the first logo image, meaning that I broke the "security", so I read about that and then I flashed a firmware, an official UK (BTU I guess) firmware and then I flashed TWRP via Odin to restore a nandroid that I did when I bought my phone... It restored the EFS partition/folder and when my phone reboots I had no network signal, no IMEI... I just tried everything (I hope not) and I can't give back my IMEI and my network signal... When I try to patch the certificate to recover my IMEI via Odin in the download mode it says: SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:2. Binary:1
I don't know if I explained it because my English is too bad, but I tried, I know that someone else has the same problem than I because I saw it. Do you find the solution? I'm out of my country and I need it so much :crying:
Regards!
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try custom ROMs and I'm sure they have update bootloader and modem use that and its work in my phone

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Hello, how did you solve it?

Help I keep getting SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:3. BINARY:2 when trying to downgrade BL CP for G935W8