Okay, so i'm usually pretty good at these things but last night I soft bricked my daughter's Samsung Galaxy S4 by trying to flash a zip through Mobile Odin (it's been a while). Well now her phone will only go into recovery and download mode. I've tried everything...when I try to flash through TWRP recovery I get a binary update error but when I try to use Odin I get stuck on "setup connection" or fail at "Nand Write". The only thing that was successful was CF-Auto root through Odin. Here's is where it gets crazy, I bought the phone as a gift from a random store and we are using the phone on Simple Mobile's network, but it is a Sprint phone AND the previous owner apparently had it rooted, so it boots as T-Mobile. What do I do??? Please help, this was her Christmas gift and now I feel bad!!! :crying:
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Hello XDA community
Iam a longtime lurker here what a great community with a wealth of information.
I have a a grasp of the basic rooting and flashing custom roms/kernels over the past few years on my old galaxy s3.
My partner had an OTA update for her gt9505 galaxy s4 today whicg seemed to hang while updating, unfortunately she pulled the battery mid update
The phone can enter download odin mode but i cant get it to open the recovery. I have flashed (using odin) a few different compatible roms they finish installing via odin but when the phone restarts it just turns off it will not go past the galaxy white and black screen. It will turn off again.
It has never been rooted, i spent many hours trying to get to the OS but it fails when restarting. I decided to flash CF-Auto root hoping to get access to recovery. Again it successfully installs cf auto root and restarts and then turns off.
It seems everything i flash never ever saves to memory.
What else can i try please? iam happy installing a custom rom but i cant get it working. iam afraid its bricked for good without expensive repairs.
thanks
lol i managed to get it working.
It was a combination of dead battery and multiple problem cables not charging the phone.
HI all,
So I today I messed up and I need your help :crying:. Basically here's whats going on: I decided to root my phone since I found that battery was complete garbage, so I decided to root the phone with TWRP and Odin and after flash a new kernel for my phone as well as SU. Everything went fine. However, when i tried to reboot my phone to get a custom rom i wanted, it keps telling "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" and would be stuck in a boot loop (which apparently is normal and would just need to flash a rom for it to work). Finally I just decided to boot factory, so I can get to my files and put that damn custom rom. Long story short, I was able to put it, wiped system in TWRP and flashed this new rom only to get another error "THis package is for device trltetmo, this device is trltexx". Now I couldnt even factory reset anymore. At this point I decided to flash my back up that I did before and yet ANOTHER problem "cannot restore system mounted read only". After couple of hours of research, I needed to change the name of the file to system.image.mbn i think, I changed a file called system.ext --> system.image.ext. Needless to say that it didnt work. Final thing I decided to do is simply to flash a stock rom with odin and reverse the root, so I downloaded a stock rom for note 4, started the whole process with odin and now it is stuck at system.img.ext4....and i have no clue what to do, I dont know even know what I did before is the problem or it is something else, all i know is that odin is stuck at that message. Should I just let it go, should I stop it? Help! please
Wow, true hardship you get it back running?
Try using Kies and doing firmware upgrade mode to see if it can download and load the stock firmware for that device.
Hi there.
first of all i want to introduce myself because this is my first post on this website, i got this website from a friend of mine.
my name is nicky, im from holland and 26 years old.
but since today im in big trouble..
i had my phone rooted, but i wanted to uninstall this.
so i used an app for it, but then it rebooted and it had a bootloop.
first step i tryd to reset it with the recovery tool within the phone.
not works because of an error. E: cant mount (or something)
so i tryd to bring back too stock firmware with odin.
it came back with an error.
NAND write start, FAIL...
next thing i did was to try recovery with samsung programma smart switch.
also fail. (now i have this logo An error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software) while powering my phone.
i dont know what to do anymore, im working on this since 11 clock this morning and im getting a little depressive about this.
Details:
Samsung galaxy s6 edge.
Nederlands, not a provider locked phone.
still can go to download mode, but cant go to recovery.
many thanks.
Greets nicky
This is the Edge + forum, you have an Edge? Different devices. You need to post on the Edge forum.
Ticky-Nax said:
Hi there.
first of all i want to introduce myself because this is my first post on this website, i got this website from a friend of mine.
my name is nicky, im from holland and 26 years old.
but since today im in big trouble..
i had my phone rooted, but i wanted to uninstall this.
so i used an app for it, but then it rebooted and it had a bootloop.
first step i tryd to reset it with the recovery tool within the phone.
not works because of an error. E: cant mount (or something)
so i tryd to bring back too stock firmware with odin.
it came back with an error.
NAND write start, FAIL...
next thing i did was to try recovery with samsung programma smart switch.
also fail. (now i have this logo An error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software) while powering my phone.
i dont know what to do anymore, im working on this since 11 clock this morning and im getting a little depressive about this.
Details:
Samsung galaxy s6 edge.
Nederlands, not a provider locked phone.
still can go to download mode, but cant go to recovery.
many thanks.
Greets nicky
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If you're still able to get into download mode try rooting your phone, install custom recovery and boot into recovery.
Then flash a custom rom
After that if you want stock again test if Odin works
@Ticky-Nax
Odin fails to flash if the firmware isn't the right one for your phone or you've got a bad download.
Look on the backside of your phone. There's some text. Search for something like SM-G925 and another letter behind it. Now visit http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and insert exactly the modelnumber from your back. Now search for a firmware from the Netherlands and download it. Last of all you need to flash it again with Odin and it should work.
@mattan1999's method won't work because you killed your bootloader I guess. This means you really have to reflash a stock firmware with Odin
I hope this helps a bit
I have a veriozon samsung note 3 sm-n900v
today its bricked..please help
its showing secure fail : Recovery
and a caution symbol with "system software not authorized by verizon..........
Please help...it was running on lollipop
The symptom you described occurs when you flash an unsigned recovery image to the recovery partition (without unlocking the bootloader). Or possibly that the recovery partition got damaged somehow and thereafter you tried booting into recovery.
Are we talking about a pure stock phone or a previously rooted phone?
Assuming nothing else happened, your phone should boot normally so long as you can get it to stop attempting to boot the recovery.
Try this:
1) Pull battery. Wait 10 seconds. Make sure USB port is not plugged in to anything. Re-insert battery.
2) Restart phone with Vol-Down+Home+Power
3) Select "Cancel" when the warning about Download mode appears.
The above procedure clears the "BCB" - the Boot Communication Block, which is causing the phone to always attempt to boot the recovery rather than the normal boot.
If the above does not work, the put the phone in to Odin mode and flash a Stock ROM.
If your phone tries to boot, it is not "bricked"; not even close to that.
SIR THE PHONE WAS ROOTED PREVIOUSLY... AFTER IT HAPPENED I FLASHED THE FILE.... NPW THE PROBLEM IS MOBILE IS WORKING BUT ITS NOT ROOOTED ALSO COMING VARIZON LOGO ON BOOT SCRREN WITH SO MANY VERIZON APPLICATION... CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO MAKE MY PH9NE LIKE PREVIOUS... I AM FROM INDIA... ALSO ITS SHOWING VERIZON SIM NOT AVAILABLE... YOU PLEASE SUGGEST ME A ROM AND GUIDE ME TO ROOT... ALSO GUIDE ME TO INSTALL TWRP.. i want to use indian 4g sim like previous... please help
I have a veriozon samsung note 3 sm-n900v
today its bricked..please help
its showing secure fail : Recovery
and a caution symbol with "system software not authorized by verizon..........
Please help...it was running on lollipop
i have flashed with odin N900VVRUEOB6_N900VVZWEOB6_N900VVRUEOB6_HOME.tar and the mobile turned on.....
also wifi hotspot not working so i am unable to use xender..
but the problem is its now unrooted and also showing verizon logo on start up... also my sim working but showing that the sim is not from verizon.. i am from india.. kindly help me ....
any kind hearted person please help me ....
i want the mobile just lioke previously i was using... without verizon bootscreen and was working gotspot... please help me... now here is so many verizon apps installed....please help
I'm in Togo (west Africa) i buy this model for my friend.the fone came with a patched rom(or modificate rom) so we don't see Verizon logo on the boot.a few day after buy the fone i try to root it so the fone brick. i flash with the odin (with the same file like for you).the fone work correctly but "showing that the sim is not from Verizon"(normal because you don't use Verizon network).
And "the wifi hotspot not working"but we can use Xender normaly.
So i think your cas is normal (the fone works now with the original rom not the patched rom ou modificate rom).
I tried to find the pactched rom who came with the fone but i don't find it.
For the root now i use Kingroot and it work.after root you can uninstall or desable some Verizon.
For the hostpot i don't find the methode to get it work.
PLEASE FORGIV ME FOR MY BAD ENGLISH.NORMALY I SPEAK FRENCH
heimdallZ said:
I'm in Togo (west Africa) i buy this model for my friend.the fone came with a patched rom(or modificate rom) so we don't see Verizon logo on the boot.a few day after buy the fone i try to root it so the fone brick. i flash with the odin (with the same file like for you).the fone work correctly but "showing that the sim is not from Verizon"(normal because you don't use Verizon network).
And "the wifi hotspot not working"but we can use Xender normaly.
So i think your cas is normal (the fone works now with the original rom not the patched rom ou modificate rom).
I tried to find the pactched rom who came with the fone but i don't find it.
For the root now i use Kingroot and it work.after root you can uninstall or desable some Verizon.
For the hostpot i don't find the methode to get it work.
PLEASE FORGIV ME FOR MY BAD ENGLISH.NORMALY I SPEAK FRENCH
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thanks for your response sir
its not rooting anymore..tried kingoroot and root genious too
The only rooting tool for OB6 that has been widely discussed here (and used with some degree of success) is the Yemen rooting tool.
I can't help you "make your phone like it used to be" because you never even said what that previous condition was.
It sounds like you bought the phone from someone who had rooted it and patched it or installed a custom ROM, but that's just a guess.
If you can get it rooted there are instructions in this forum for installing TWRP; you just need to find them & read them.
bftb0 said:
the only rooting tool for ob6 that has been widely discussed here (and used with some degree of success) is the yemen rooting tool.
I can't help you "make your phone like it used to be" because you never even said what that previous condition was.
It sounds like you bought the phone from someone who had rooted it and patched it or installed a custom rom, but that's just a guess.
If you can get it rooted there are instructions in this forum for installing twrp; you just need to find them & read them.
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sir ypur are right. It was rooted and may be was installed any pached rom.. Can you please help me to install any samsung note 3 rom and root the device???
samsung note 3 verizon
bftb0 said:
The symptom you described occurs when you flash an unsigned recovery image to the recovery partition (without unlocking the bootloader). Or possibly that the recovery partition got damaged somehow and thereafter you tried booting into recovery.
Are we talking about a pure stock phone or a previously rooted phone?
Assuming nothing else happened, your phone should boot normally so long as you can get it to stop attempting to boot the recovery.
Try this:
1) Pull battery. Wait 10 seconds. Make sure USB port is not plugged in to anything. Re-insert battery.
2) Restart phone with Vol-Down+Home+Power
3) Select "Cancel" when the warning about Download mode appears.
The above procedure clears the "BCB" - the Boot Communication Block, which is causing the phone to always attempt to boot the recovery rather than the normal boot.
If the above does not work, the put the phone in to Odin mode and flash a Stock ROM.
If your phone tries to boot, it is not "bricked"; not even close to that.
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I have a veriozon samsung note 3 sm-n900v
today its bricked..please help
its showing secure fail : Recovery
and a caution symbol with "system software not authorized by verizon..........
Please help...it was running on lollipop
i have flashed with odin N900VVRUEOB6_N900VVZWEOB6_N900VVRUEOB6_HOME.tar and the mobile turned on.....
also wifi hotspot not working so i am unable to use xender..
but the problem is its now unrooted and also showing verizon logo on start up... also my sim working but showing that the sim is not from verizon.. i am from india.. kindly help me ....
any kind hearted person please help me ....
i want the mobile just lioke previously i was using... without verizon bootscreen and was working gotspot... please help me... now here is so many verizon apps installed....please help
Hi!
I'm posting here because I did not have a high post count.
Yesterday I rooted my SM-G350F with Magisk. Because I'm new to rooting, all I did was follow a video. (Samsung Galaxy S7 /S7 Edge Root Android 8.0 100% Working by Android Doctor published on May 8, 2018).
Everything worked as shown in the video.
After I rooted my phone, I wanted to test out this PoGo spoofing thing. It said something about google play services and some other stuff. I thought I had to download the google play services apk and replace it with the built-in one. I attempted to remove the app with Lucky Patcher which ended up with the phone spamming me with the common app stopped working pop-up (which I assume was the google play services). I kind of got the pop-up spam to stop but I couldn't download anything from any browser at that point. I thought I really messed up with my phone so I booted it into TWRP. I went to wipe EVERYTHING with the TWRP app which got me boot the phone normally with the welcome startup. I could see the WiFi's and connect to them. When I got to the "Checking for Updates" part, it got stuck there. I thought I should just try to flash stock firmware on my Samsung S7 Edge. I proceeded to attempt a flash with Odin but kept getting boot.img fail. Now when I start my phone I get the "An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software.". When I try to do that, it says that it's an "Unsupported device". Now the phone is still recognized in the Odin software and that's all I can pretty much boot up with. I can't even boot to TWRP anymore. I read that as long Odin still recognizes it, I still have hope.
I am using the latest Odin.
I got my stock from the sam mobile site /samsung/galaxy-s7-edge/firmware/SM-G935F/PRO/download/G935FXXS3ERI1/236182/
The chipset is Exynos 8890.
I hope someone out there can help!
Thanks in advance!
Boot into download mode. Connect to your PC and fire odin. Use latest firmware from sammobile. Tick Nand erase and flash. Hope this helps
Same issue for me, i hope you find something, and if you do, please let me know!