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Seem to have bricked my phone following DJembey's root method

Hi everyone, I'm desperate here.
I was following DJembey's root method TO THE WORD/LETTER. Everything was fine up until the last bit in changing the 'custom' status to official. The triangle away method didn't work, so I downloaded the 'OFFICIAL_STATUS_MOD' and used odin to try and flash the PDA, but it came up as 'FAIL' and now my phone is stuck on boot mode with 'FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE'. I've tried using odin to flash back to the stock rom, but it keeps coming up with 'FAIL'. Rally need help
DJembey's root method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190

jesus1987 said:
Hi everyone, I'm desperate here.
I was following DJembey's root method TO THE WORD/LETTER. Everything was fine up until the last bit in changing the 'custom' status to official. The triangle away method didn't work, so I downloaded the 'OFFICIAL_STATUS_MOD' and used odin to try and flash the PDA, but it came up as 'FAIL' and now my phone is stuck on boot mode with 'FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE'. I've tried using odin to flash back to the stock rom, but it keeps coming up with 'FAIL'. Rally need help
DJembey's root method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190
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what firmware you are trying to root, and what stock firmware you tried to flash?

Here's what it says, this is the firmware I am trying to flash, but just before I did the root guide, I applied all of the official updates through settings >about phone > update, etc. It was still on 4.2.2 and I think it was october edition of the latest firmware (in UK)

samersh72 said:
what firmware you are trying to root, and what stock firmware you tried to flash?
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So maybe I am trying to flash to an older firmware, is this not allowed?? Also, it says that the PIT partition is missing on ODIN (as seen on the attached picture)

jesus1987 said:
So maybe I am trying to flash to an older firmware, is this not allowed?? Also, it says that the PIT partition is missing on ODIN (as seen on the attached picture)
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i think you have the secured bootloader (check if you have Knox void 0x0 or something in download mode) if yes, you can not go back to MDM or an old firmware, you can flash new "knoxed" firmware.
note that Triangle away and other stuffs to reset counter or status, wont work on new firmware.

samersh72 said:
i think you have the secured bootloader (check if you have Knox void 0x0 or something in download mode) if yes, you can not go back to MDM or an old firmware, you can flash new "knoxed" firmware.
note that Triangle away and other stuffs to reset counter or status, wont work on new firmware.
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So, when I go into 'proper' download mode (pressing Vol. Down + Home + power) I have:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0x1(or t?)
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION:Enable
And for the 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue...' screen, I have:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0x1(or t?)
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION:Enable
Hope this helps

jesus1987 said:
So, when I go into 'proper' download mode (pressing Vol. Down + Home + power) I have:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0x1(or t?)
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION:Enable
And for the 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue...' screen, I have:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY:Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0x1(or t?)
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION:Enable
Hope this helps
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it seems you have the secured bootloder, dont use triangle away or somthing else to reset counter and status.
you can flash firmware that begin only with I9505XXUD or I9505XXUE

samersh72 said:
it seems you have the secured bootloder, dont use triangle away or somthing else to reset counter and status.
you can flash firmware that begin only with I9505XXUD or I9505XXUE
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At the moment I'm downloading "I9505XXUDMI1-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL.rar", will this work do you think when I try and flash using ODIN? Hope so!!!

Right, I've tried that firmware, and it's still failing on odin any ideas?
samersh72 said:
it seems you have the secured bootloder, dont use triangle away or somthing else to reset counter and status.
you can flash firmware that begin only with I9505XXUD or I9505XXUE
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Seems this one doesn't work either...
I've noticed something weird though, I've tried running it a few times, and each time it seems to get a little further in the flash process (it gets to just past modem) then fails.

Hello,
what USB cable are you using?
I have encountered an issue with the original Samsung cable, ("fail" in Odin all the time), but when I switched to another usb cable everything worked from that moment on
Try it, you might have luck.

Zeitraffer said:
Hello,
what USB cable are you using?
I have encountered an issue with the original Samsung cable, ("fail" in Odin all the time), but when I switched to another usb cable everything worked from that moment on
Try it, you might have luck.
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Funny you should say that...
I restarted my PC, and tried a few USB ports, and cables, and it was still failing. But I stuck at it, and literally doing the same procedure over and over seems to have worked, as it randomly decided to flash fine! This was using the XXUE firmware

Do you still have KNOX WARRANTY 0X1 in download mode?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium HD app

Obagleyfreer said:
Do you still have KNOX WARRANTY 0X1 in download mode?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium HD app
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Yeah, it still says KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0x1 but it also says the binary and system status are official. Is there a way to unvoid?

[Q] bootloop on mja tried to unroot

okay guys i need some help i was using aokp and my phone kept rebooting so many times during the day so i decided to unroot and i downloaded mja from the samsung updates page and used odin 3.04 to install it and now my phone wont turn on or go into recovery mode. it goes into download mode and it says the following things....
product name sph-l720
current binary samsung official
system status custom
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x0
csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enable emmc burstmode enabled
i already tried to flash the stock firmware again to try to make the system offical but no use

steviee7 said:
okay guys i need some help i was using aokp and my phone kept rebooting so many times during the day so i decided to unroot and i downloaded mja from the samsung updates page and used odin 3.04 to install it and now my phone wont turn on or go into recovery mode. it goes into download mode and it says the following things....
product name sph-l720
current binary samsung official
system status custom
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x0
csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enable emmc burstmode enabled
i already tried to flash the stock firmware again to try to make the system offical but no use
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Might try to Odin over MF9 stock just to see if it lets you get into recovery or somewhere a little further along than download mode only.

jejb said:
Might try to Odin over MF9 stock just to see if it lets you get into recovery or somewhere a little further along than download mode only.
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Don't do this! Once you have the MJA bootloader installed you should never odin an older firmware unless you want to brick your phone.
Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk 4

steviee7 said:
okay guys i need some help i was using aokp and my phone kept rebooting so many times during the day so i decided to unroot and i downloaded mja from the samsung updates page and used odin 3.04 to install it and now my phone wont turn on or go into recovery mode. it goes into download mode and it says the following things....
product name sph-l720
current binary samsung official
system status custom
knox kernel lock 0x0
knox warranty void 0x0
csb-config-lsb 0x30
write protection enable emmc burstmode enabled
i already tried to flash the stock firmware again to try to make the system offical but no use
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Once you flash stock tar did you try to go to recovery and do a factory reset?
Sent from my SPH-L720 using xda app-developers app

cruise350 said:
Don't do this! Once you have the MJA bootloader installed you should never odin an older firmware unless you want to brick your phone.
Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk 4
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Worked for me when I got into a similar situation when I went to 4.3. Kept the 4.3 boot loader, but was at 4.2.2 until I put 4.3 back on.

[Q] Galaxy s4 only working in download mode

oh lord, bear with me ya'll.
Okay, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4-I337.
It updated over the air to 4.4.2
I tried rooting it, and it didn't work.
Now it will only work in download mode anytime I try recovery I get "Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
Okay, Ive tried Kies. IT DOESNT WORK. it wants to flash me back to 4.4.2 but when I got the update I was on 4.4.2
Ive tried Oden v3. 309 and Oden v1.85
using the one click zip to fix.
Nothing is working. I am really getting frustrated.
Is there a kind soul willing to help?
Also- all the updates Ive found are for NB1, My GS4 is NC1.
Please Help!!!!

It doesn't matter so much what firmware you flash back to so long as it finishes successful. You can always upgrade again. I was on NC1 when I got my replacement phone from AT&T. I went down to MK1 to root then used updates and things to get back up. Now there is a root for NC1 so no need to downgrade.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

We do not have the full Odin flashable firmware for NC1. You can flash the full NB1 firmware and then use NC1 update to get to NC1
Sent from my SGH-I337 running GPE using Tapatalk

Ive tried flashing to full nb1, it fails in odin everytime. Ive tried several different versions of odin and several different usb cords, on two different laptops. its driving me insane.

Please post the error Odin shows. That might help people help you.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

You might need to use a .pit file and the firmware. Using pit files isn't always recommended but in my case my phone got screwed up and I could go to download mode and even flash firmware but nothing would happen. Then I got a working .pit file and firmware and flashed them at the same time. My phone booted up after. The pit file has to do with the internal partition on the phone. Not sure if that will fix you, but it did fix mine.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

The nand write protection is enabled and I guess I need to know how to disable it?
also, I've noticed when I try to boot into recovery mode Samsung Galaxy S4 pops up briefly then screen goes black altogether. Sorry for being vague guys, Im new to this

PHONE:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:SGH-I337
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0X0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0X30
WRITE PROTECTION:ENABLE
eMC BURST MODE:ENABLE
START [224,1440]
SECURE CHECK FAIL: PIT
SW. REV. CHECK FAIL: FUSED:5, BINARY:1
ODIN:

I have same model and same issue
Livgrace2013 said:
PHONE:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:SGH-I337
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0X0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0X30
WRITE PROTECTION:ENABLE
eMC BURST MODE:ENABLE
START [224,1440]
SECURE CHECK FAIL: PIT
SW. REV. CHECK FAIL: FUSED:5, BINARY:1
ODIN:
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Im just trying to obtain a way i can flash custom roms on my sgh-i337 (NC1) CAN ANYBODY HELP ME?

Livgrace2013 said:
PHONE:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:SGH-I337
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0X0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0X30
WRITE PROTECTION:ENABLE
eMC BURST MODE:ENABLE
START [224,1440]
SECURE CHECK FAIL: PIT
SW. REV. CHECK FAIL: FUSED:5, BINARY:1
ODIN:
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As said above, you are suppose to flash the NB1 file, you are attempting to flash the MDL file which will not work.

GT-I9500 Flashed with wrong firmware variant

Hi All
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 which was running on Kitkat, and I've decided to manually update to Lollipop using Odin yesterday. Unfortunately because of my stupidity, I used a firmware for the GT-I9505. My phone worked still but the wifi won't turn on, after several attempts to fix the wifi issue from my research, I decided to try to use flash using the GT-I9500 firmwares. Now my phone is stuck on the "Samsung GALAXY S4" logo.
-My phone can go to Download and Recovery mode.
-Tried to wipe cache partition as well as wipe data/factory reset several times
-Tried to flash I9500XXUBMEA_I9500ODDBMEA_I9500DDUBMEA_HOME.tar.md5 but getting NAND Write Start Fail error
-Tried to flash I9500XXUBMEA_I9500ODDBMEA_I9500DDUBMEA_HOME.tar.md5 and adding pit files I got from other threads (Adonis and JA3G_EUR_OPEN) but getting a Re-partition operation failed error
-Tried other versions of Odin from Odin3_v3.10.7 to Odin3_v1.3 with same errors
I'm at my wits end. Please help/guide me fix my phone.
Thanks

How can it boot with a firmware that isn't made for that model, but not boot with firmware made for it?
Are you sure it is a I9500? What model is displayed in download mode?
And if you flash the I9505 rom again, does it boot?

GDReaper said:
How can it boot with a firmware that isn't made for that model, but not boot with firmware made for it?
Are you sure it is a I9500? What model is displayed in download mode?
And if you flash the I9505 rom again, does it boot?
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I'm not really sure why my phone worked with I9505 firmware but the sticker in the battery bay shows I9500
I just tried to flash using I9505XXUHOA7_OXAHOA7 and it boots although WIFI is still not turning on so I'm back to square one.
BTW I just used the AP file from the zip.
Thanks.
Any ideas to on how to fix my wifi?

bugzekageru said:
I'm not really sure why my phone worked with I9505 firmware but the sticker in the battery bay shows I9500
I just tried to flash using I9505XXUHOA7_OXAHOA7 and it boots although WIFI is still not turning on so I'm back to square one.
BTW I just used the AP file from the zip.
Thanks.
Any ideas to on how to fix my wifi?
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Forget the damn sticker and whatever is written on the box.
What model does download mode say it is?
Cuz I'm pretty sure it's some kind of I9505 model.

bugzekageru said:
I'm not really sure why my phone worked with I9505 firmware but the sticker in the battery bay shows I9500
I just tried to flash using I9505XXUHOA7_OXAHOA7 and it boots although WIFI is still not turning on so I'm back to square one.
BTW I just used the AP file from the zip.
Thanks.
Any ideas to on how to fix my wifi?
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if it is a I9500 you can flash modems (NON-hlos) via odin or recovery

GDReaper said:
Forget the damn sticker and whatever is written on the box.
What model does download mode say it is?
Cuz I'm pretty sure it's some kind of I9505 model.
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Here's the info on the Download mode
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:SGH-M919N
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYTEM STATUS : Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0X1
CSB-CONFIG-LSB:0X30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enable

bugzekageru said:
Here's the info on the Download mode
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:SGH-M919N
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYTEM STATUS : Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0X1
CSB-CONFIG-LSB:0X30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enable
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As I suspected.
SGH-M919N = I9505 from Metro PCS.
So it's basically a I9505, not a I9500.
That's also the reason why it boots with I9505 firmware, because they have the same hardware.
Now you just have to find the firmware specific to the SGH-M919N model. This should fix the WiFi issue, hopefully.

Cant boot, cant eneter recovery after flashing TWRP

hello everyone, my galaxy s8 was on stock rom, it was rooted with odin and super su, i made a mistake....
i installed twrp and wanted to flash it, it said that that it all flashed correctly, when i rebooted the phone it got stuck on the galaxy s8 logo, wont turn off and wont enter recovery mode, only thing i can do is enter download mode.
i tried to do whats written in this topic:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/stuck-bootloop-flashing-aqg5-fix-t3636857
im not 100% sure of my firmware version, its the one that came out with galaxy s8 when it launched 6.1 or 7.1
so i download the BL file to use it in odin, i tried the 1AQF7 and 1AQG7 also 1AGDG...
nothing helps, whenever i enter download mode and press START on odin with BL file added and straight away after pressing start hold down the volume down, plus bixby plus power i get the writing in odin NAND write start, i can never get beyond that, does that mean no matter how fast i try pressing all 3 buttons down, bixby and power i will never be able to fix the boot? or am i to slow?
can i push the needed file to fix the bootloader with ADB?
what else can i do now? is it anyhow possible to fix the boot, or if not to somehow please recover the data and transfer it to my pc memory? and start from scratch again with the phone as a last solution.
thank you all so much for your help in advance, been trying all day to fix it with odin, but no luck.
when i enter download mode this is written on my screen, maybe it helps:
odin mode
download speed:fast
product name: sm-g950f
current binary: custom
system status: custom
fap lock: off
oem lock: off
secure download: enabled
CCIC=S2MM005 hw: 6 boot 7 main:35
WARRANTY VOID 1 (0x0500)
RP SWREV: B:1 K:1 S:1
DID =0077ce53b1c2
EVT 1.1
LOT_ID=NBV09
rest is chip id etc which i think cant help anything.
thank you all once more

can someone please give me any help to boot back into android or recovery or recover my files ?

drazenm said:
can someone please give me any help to boot back into android or recovery or recover my files ?
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i do not think you will b able to recover or boot back into android but you should be able to flash an official firmware using odin to get your phone up and running again.
you should always back up important stuff on your phone before attempting any flashing

How about using Odin to 'dirty' flash the exact firmware last working on your phone? For "dirty", I meant flashing home_csc which doesn't force a data wipe.

ikeny said:
How about using Odin to 'dirty' flash the exact firmware last working on your phone? For "dirty", I meant flashing home_csc which doesn't force a data wipe.
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i have nothing to loose, how can i perform that? i think i know the firmware that ive used, but if i dont how can i be sure which one ive used ?
thank you .

if anyone can help/explain, so i know if i can do anything or i will have to wipe my phone

drazenm said:
i have nothing to loose, how can i perform that? i think i know the firmware that ive used, but if i dont how can i be sure which one ive used ?
thank you .
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Go to sammobile.com, search firmware by country and carrier.

ikeny said:
Go to sammobile.com, search firmware by country and carrier.
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i downloaded the firmware that i think i used, and i also downloaded the newest one. so what do i do now ?

drazenm said:
i downloaded the firmware that i think i used, and i also downloaded the newest one. so what do i do now ?
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Google - how to flash firmware with Odin.

ikeny said:
Google - how to flash firmware with Odin.
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i know how to flash firmware with odin but how am i to do it to repair my current firmware or patch it up as you have said?
so i dont overwrite and loose ma data?
thank you

I have issue too. I flash custom binary and bootloader don't allow boot to recovery via hard buttons. Now I boot to recovery via computer or rooted rom.