I've been trying to flash stock firmware to my SM-G900A with ODIN to no avail. I think it's soft bricked. I read somewhere that if I had a working S5 then I could flash the firmware to the SD card on that phone then put the card into my non-working S5 and enter download mode and it would flash to the non-working phone. Is that true? And if so, how exactly do I do that?
Any help would be appreciated
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HI Guys,
I flashed the Lollipop 5.0.1 CHN firmware and rooted the phone to install the Google apps, then when the India Firmware came i tried to flash that via Odin, it failed. and bricked the phone, could get into download mode but all firmware i've tried fails.
i tried numerous thing to a point where i can now only get CWM- recovery or TWRP open recovery on the phone, and then it allows me to get back into download mode with swver A3, but Odin still fails almost immediately.
help would be much appreciated
regards
Brendan
Vergil069 said:
HI Guys,
I flashed the Lollipop 5.0.1 CHN firmware and rooted the phone to install the Google apps, then when the India Firmware came i tried to flash that via Odin, it failed. and bricked the phone, could get into download mode but all firmware i've tried fails.
i tried numerous thing to a point where i can now only get CWM- recovery or TWRP open recovery on the phone, and then it allows me to get back into download mode with swver A3, but Odin still fails almost immediately.
help would be much appreciated
regards
Brendan
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So this means you can into Download Mode which is quite a good thing.
Now what you do is download the particular Kies for S4 from the OEM site and connect it when your phone is in Download or that wierd Yellow Triangle with the sign to connect to PC, and then kies will try to save ur phone.
came accross this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269941
Odin completed success fully, but now phone just hangs just after it askes to select the OS language ps. i used the lollipop india rom with the pit in the mentioned post
install a custom recovery using odin like philztouch and do a full wipe to install new rom
will i need a new PIT file?, after full wipe just Odin and lollipop 5.0.1 as normal?
I am currently new to all this stuff so i dont have an exact idea what i was doing
First of all i rooted my Device I9500 Which had 5.0.1 Android
then i installed TWRP Recovery and then i was not able to backup any stuff to External SD Card so i installed some Boot.img which i exactly dont remember which i installed from watching any youtube video then later some problem occured It showed some error like "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" then i flashed Philz touch recovery which then worked and i was able to backup my data but i was not able to Boot into my Original ROM or couldnt see an option for that. Then i downloaded The Ozcan V6.3 ROM and tried installing it it succesfully installed but after that its not able to boot uo and stuck at SAMSUNG Logo Screen.
Please Help me What to DO !!!.
Thanks In Advance
If your device can still get into download mode, download the stock Android 5.x image for your device and flash it using Odin. That will get you back to square one so you can start over with rooting and installing the custom ROM.
I had the same problem on my gs4. It would only go to galaxy logo so I flashed the lollipop firmware via odin and all is well.
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Just have to flash the default one with Odin ?
i also backed up my old data with philz to my sd card that also and i also downloaded a new Default 5.0.1 ROM ?
Which one should i flash ?
and whats the critera for finding ROMs leaving the model number ? (noob question)
Is the S4 unlocked? If not, what country are you in and what carrier do you have?
My Country is India and its the International Version I9500 and i am not pretty sure that it was unlocked or not .but it was rooted and recovery was installed
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I just installed recovery back and then tried to install ROM the ROM was also stuck on the Boot Loop I think my boot loader isnt unlocked and ima stuck there because of that
I9500 isnt bootloader locked. And u must be flashing the boot.img on other partition that not in the odin package. So u must search how to repartition ur device. But. U MUST VERY CAREFULL WITH REPARTITION OPTION! U MIGHT BRICK UR DEVICE IF U DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT U DOING!. And if u wanna flash recovery and boot.img or bootloader thing. U must ONLY flash for I9500 version!. And if u successfully repartition ur device. U will lose all internal storage too. Ok good luck
Utkarsh_Chaudhary said:
My Country is India and its the International Version I9500 and i am not pretty sure that it was unlocked or not .but it was rooted and recovery was installed.
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You would know if you were carrier unlocked as you'd be able to put a SIM from a different carrier into the S4 and have the device work. To get you the correct ROM we still need to know your carrier.
secure download : enabled
Hi my galaxy s4 gt i9500 is stuck in a bootloop. When is boot I get "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again"... when I boot into download mode I see "secure download : enabled" which wasn't usually there. Am trying to flash the pit file with twrp but Odin is failing.... is it because of the secure download enabled?? Please help me
You can't flash the PIT file with TWRP.
Do you have Odin? Do you have a copy of your stock ROM, downloaded either from Sammobile or samsung updates? If not, you'll need to get them. You then flash the firmware through Odin WITHOUT the PIT file. This should restore your device to operating condition. Afterward, you will of course need to root the S4 and flash a copy of TWRP to be able to install a custom ROM.
Carrier is Airtel
Hi All, just need a huge help here, a friend of mine has been using a N9005 which was auto restarting, she went online and downloaded this firmware...N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_ HOME.tar.md5....2.5GB in size...and flashed it, but the phone is stuck in boot loop even after recovery wiping data and cache, the phone can boot into download mode and is detected by odin, but re flashing the firmware always fails and always boot loops on searching that firmware on google it belongs to the AT&T note 3.....is there a solution for this.....I know my way around flashing if am given instructions...please help
Look for instructions regarding soft brick, you'll just have to reflash via odin.
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Hi All, just need a huge help here, a friend of mine has been using a N9005 which was auto restarting, she went online and downloaded this firmware...N900AUCUEOC1_N900AATTEOC1_N900AUCUEOC1_ HOME.tar.md5....2.5GB in size...and flashed it, but the phone is stuck in boot loop even after recovery wiping data and cache, the phone can boot into download mode and is detected by odin, but re flashing the firmware always fails and always boot loops on searching that firmware on google it belongs to the AT&T note 3.....is there a solution for this.....I know my way around flashing if am given instructions...please help
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Flashing a N900A firmware in one N9005 is SUPER WRONG WRONG WRONG. Give a look here select one firmware good for your device and flash it via ODIN.
Joku1981 said:
Flashing a N900A firmware in one N9005 is SUPER WRONG WRONG WRONG. Give a look here select one firmware good for your device and flash it via ODIN.
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thank you for the reply, am downloading this one...N9005XXUGPOF3...from Nordic countries...will it remove the AT&T bootloader
Can't hard reset my Samsung S5 SM-G900F. It appears completely dead. I can't enter download mode as is.
I've been looking for a way to boot from the SD card in order to flash a new firmware from ODIN.
Can anyone help me with that unbrick file for my sm-g900f phone?
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards
Kenneth
keodk said:
Can't hard reset my Samsung S5 SM-G900F. It appears completely dead. I can't enter download mode as is.
I've been looking for a way to boot from the SD card in order to flash a new firmware from ODIN.
Can anyone help me with that unbrick file for my sm-g900f phone?
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards
Kenneth
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[G900F] Debrick IMG Lollipop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/g900f-debrick-img-lollipop-t3240626
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[G900F] Debrick IMG Lollipop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/g900f-debrick-img-lollipop-t3240626
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Thank you! I didn't find that before I created the thread.
hello everyone i need Debrick (unbrick) file for SM-G900H, please help me find a way to turn on my device via SD-Card
no boot-up
black screen
totally dead boot
give me an unbrick file for SD Card
It seems that it should be possible to make recovery SD using Odin T Flash. I was able to hard brick my phone by downgrading the firmware to 4.4.4, so would like to see if it would wake up again by SD boot. Is there a file available? I don't have another similar A500FU phone available for creating the file.
It seems that I'm not the only one who have bricked the phone by downgrading to 4.4.4 firmware. Is there any place where such a SD recovery file could been found?