So I got a new phone and was going to give my s4 to someone with Tmoble. I was trying to unlock it and now im at the screen that says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recover mode in Kies & try again". it says some stuff in a tiny font size at the top left. I cant get into recovery mode and I've tried to hook it up to Kies and that didnt work either. I've been trying to use odin and a tar file but it fails everytime. Someone point me in the right direction please. I just at least want it back in working mode.
You're trying to Odin an outdated tar.
Go to www.sammobile.com and grab the NG2.tar.
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I was supposed to unpack the tarfile from the zip, but since my computer decided to not recognize the zip and using the rar icon I thought it was the tar itself and flashed it only to realise my mistake as Odin said the flash failed. As of right now, every time I start my device, it says "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." and shows a picture that looks like *Phone**Triangle**Computer*.
Kies emergency recovery does not recognize the device.
Trying to start the phone in recovery mode takes me to the *Phone**Triangle**Computer*.
Download mode > Flashing a stock rom = fail (Yes, it's unpacked this time)
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
P.S. Now before anyone bothers to help me out here.. I know.. I'm an idiot, and anyone who takes his or her time to help out here is my hero for the rest of my life <3 D.S.
Try to flash stock firmware with a pit file search for pit file in original development section for you device model
armedking said:
Try to flash stock firmware with a pit file search for pit file in original development section for you device model
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Is there even a pit-file for 9505 yet?
I didn't find it if there is one.
Trying to flash a stock in just a few minutes, when the download is complete. If it does not work, I'll try to find a pit.
Thanks for the reply <3
For the i9500 ther is i think dont know about i9505 try asking a dev and there is a thread here on page two I think somebody had same problem like you he fixt it changing usb poort and original usb cabel helpt him try to do that and flash stock firmware without pit file first hope you get it sort al out buddy
PixelPatrik said:
Is there even a pit-file for 9505 yet?
I didn't find it if there is one.
Trying to flash a stock in just a few minutes, when the download is complete. If it does not work, I'll try to find a pit.
Thanks for the reply <3
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see my sig for pit file with odin :good:
Alright, so I got a lot further this time.
I figured out how to get into Download mode again, suddenly I need to press and hold the combo a little while longer than I did before, or it will go to *phone**triangle**computer*.
I got the official firmware into PDA in Odin 3.07 this time around and connected my phone to the computer after I loaded PDA.
I then pressed start and VOILA!!! Thanks fellas!
You welcome enjoy
PixelPatrik said:
I was supposed to unpack the tarfile from the zip, but since my computer decided to not recognize the zip and using the rar icon I thought it was the tar itself and flashed it only to realise my mistake as Odin said the flash failed. As of right now, every time I start my device, it says "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." and shows a picture that looks like *Phone**Triangle**Computer*.
Kies emergency recovery does not recognize the device.
Trying to start the phone in recovery mode takes me to the *Phone**Triangle**Computer*.
Download mode > Flashing a stock rom = fail (Yes, it's unpacked this time)
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
P.S. Now before anyone bothers to help me out here.. I know.. I'm an idiot, and anyone who takes his or her time to help out here is my hero for the rest of my life <3 D.S.
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yes u need the pit file while flashing
Big trouble here.....Tried to odin this and it Failed.
Now whenever I reboot it goes back to download mode with 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.'
Can everyone help? Please!
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Hi i have this same. please someone help us
sylwek23111 said:
Hi i have this same. please someone help us
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Same issue!
My SGN3 is frozen in the middle of flashing this via odin. . The blue progress bar has been stopped for 15 minutes now.Odin is reading " "cache.img.ext4" and isnt progressing beyond that. Any ideas what my immediate next step should be?
UPDATE:
I pulled the plug, and get the big red "Fail" box in odin. Now my phone says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. "
I'm so screwed. Any help would be greatly appreciated at this stage.
Thanks!
Jason
jason370 said:
Same issue!
My SGN3 is frozen in the middle of flashing this via odin. . The blue progress bar has been stopped for 15 minutes now.Odin is reading " "cache.img.ext4" and isnt progressing beyond that. Any ideas what my immediate next step should be?
UPDATE:
I pulled the plug, and get the big red "Fail" box in odin. Now my phone says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. "
I'm so screwed. Any help would be greatly appreciated at this stage.
Thanks!
Jason
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You can rerun ODIN in that mode, just try it again with another USB port/cable and turn off Kies in Task Manager.
zedomax said:
You can rerun ODIN in that mode, just try it again with another USB port/cable and turn off Kies in Task Manager.
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I second this because I am HIGH on Android.
Try using the original USB3 cable that came with it. If you can help it don't use a USB hub either, these can cause problems (past personal experience)
Dear Friends if you have encountered the CWM issue with odin and message firmware encountered an issue please recovery mode in kies..... you have to hold the three keys again to get back to download mode but you need to reinstall the firmware with odin ....firmware available at Sammobile.com. I did'nt find any other solution but reinstalling firmware brought my device in normal condition.
Ok. So here's what happened. I wanted to root my verizon galaxy s4 and put stock kitkat on it. It was on 4.3. So I rooted it. No problem. Then I tried to put on CWM so I could flash AOPK. But, once I put CWM on, I could not get it into recovery mode. It said that unauthorized software was on my device, not approved by verizon. The only way I could turn on the phone was to put it into download mode and then hit cancel. I wanted to unroot the phone at that point and try again. Also with downgrading it. So I downloaded ODIN and tried to restore my phone to samsung stock 4.2.2. So I tried it, it worked for a while and then ODIN said that it failed. Then when I turned on my phone, it gave me a message saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." So I opened Kies, connected the phone, and tried to do emergency recovery, but it did't recognize my device. So I selected firmware upgrade and instilation. It downloaded and everything but it said "this devices version cannot be updated." So now I have no idea what to do. I can only go into download mode now. Please help me! What should I do?
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Ok. So here's what happened. I wanted to root my verizon galaxy s4 and put stock kitkat on it. It was on 4.3. So I rooted it. No problem. Then I tried to put on CWM so I could flash AOPK. But, once I put CWM on, I could not get it into recovery mode. It said that unauthorized software was on my device, not approved by verizon. The only way I could turn on the phone was to put it into download mode and then hit cancel. I wanted to unroot the phone at that point and try again. Also with downgrading it. So I downloaded ODIN and tried to restore my phone to samsung stock 4.2.2. So I tried it, it worked for a while and then ODIN said that it failed. Then when I turned on my phone, it gave me a message saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." So I opened Kies, connected the phone, and tried to do emergency recovery, but it did't recognize my device. So I selected firmware upgrade and instilation. It downloaded and everything but it said "this devices version cannot be updated." So now I have no idea what to do. I can only go into download mode now. Please help me! What should I do?
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Ask your questions here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon?nocache=1&z=1407835153226421
It's a forum specificaly for the Verizon S4. You will find alot more users who have intimate knowledge of your device to assist you there.
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Ok. So here's what happened. I wanted to root my verizon galaxy s4 and put stock kitkat on it. It was on 4.3. So I rooted it. No problem. Then I tried to put on CWM so I could flash AOPK. But, once I put CWM on, I could not get it into recovery mode. It said that unauthorized software was on my device, not approved by verizon. The only way I could turn on the phone was to put it into download mode and then hit cancel. I wanted to unroot the phone at that point and try again. Also with downgrading it. So I downloaded ODIN and tried to restore my phone to samsung stock 4.2.2. So I tried it, it worked for a while and then ODIN said that it failed. Then when I turned on my phone, it gave me a message saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." So I opened Kies, connected the phone, and tried to do emergency recovery, but it did't recognize my device. So I selected firmware upgrade and instilation. It downloaded and everything but it said "this devices version cannot be updated." So now I have no idea what to do. I can only go into download mode now. Please help me! What should I do?
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Not an easy one this one, but can be solved.
First step: get the right firmware from SamMobile. (phone/operator/country).
Uninstall Kies (and USB drivers).
Reinstall Kies.
Obviously, phone removed all the time form PC!
Shut down the phone (it should be fully charged before, using the normal power adaptor).
Get phone to download mode. Still not connected
Connect phone and wait for the drivers to install.
Start Odin and flash the right firmware (watch for the blue button in Odin, it means the phone is connected OK).
IF it does not work, try another USB port (maybe even a different computer).
If it does not work the first time, in spite off all the above steps successful, don't despair. Shut down the phone (keep pressing power button) and restart in download mode. Repeat Odin procedure.
I recently got the update for lollipop on samsung kies 3.
I have an i9500 s4.
I got into my pc and had gone through the process and for some random reason my samsung kies popped out an error and the firmware upgrade failed so i had to do emergency recovery. Now the problem is that the emergency software recovery isnt working properly and so my phone has one error screen which i have posted as an attachment. Kindly help me through this process as i need this phone crucially.
Flash ROM via Odin (with pit)
thanks for replying
please give me a link to a detailed tutorial (with pit)
and my my phone is not rooted.
Everything you need is in the general section
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i tried flashing a lollipop firmware with odin v3.10.6 for about 20 times.
all i get is a xmit data write fail.
my phone can't start or go into recovery mode, all it can go to is download mode.
is there a way where i can reset my device completely or just upgrade to lollipop.
my s4 is a gt i9500 and it isn't rooted.
please get me a solution and a decent one.
Thanks for all the help in advance. please help :crying:
Sounds like you have a bad connection
Change your cable and USB connection
thanks dsa i got the fix
Hello guys. I hope I posted in the right section as this is my first post here. I tried to root my phone (S4 I9505) today,but it failed. Now I'm stuck at the screen where it says to "select recovery in Kies". Can anyone help me? Samsung Smart Switch does not recognize my device. As I searched in other posts,most of the persons with this problem were able to use button combinations. In my case, I CANNOT enter Download,or Recovery mode. This is very important,so please help me.
Flash the stock rom using Odin even if the phone only displays the firmware upgrade screen.
audit13 said:
Flash the stock rom using Odin even if the phone only displays the firmware upgrade screen.
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Any instructions for doing that please? I repeat,I cannot acces download/recovery mode.
FOUND A SOLUTION.
1) I found this thread,and saw a reply talking about a .PIT file.
2)Searched for,and found the said file here
3)Selected the "PIT" option in Odin,searched for the file,and then I pressed "Start". It took 2 seconds to pass,and the phone rebooted without any problem.