[Q] s5 odin flash fail (size) - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys i need help with my friends s5,
it was rooted by someone he bought the phone from but he could never get it working , so i found that the imei has gone , all that remains is /01. So i tried to restore stock 4.4.2 through odin and keep getting a fail with (size) in brackets and then i get the logo to plug into kies for emergency firmware recovery but kies wont recognise it. My buddy is going on holiday in a couple of days so i would like to get this fixed for him . Any help greatly appreciated lads

tommytenbellies said:
Hi Guys i need help with my friends s5,
it was rooted by someone he bought the phone from but he could never get it working , so i found that the imei has gone , all that remains is /01. So i tried to restore stock 4.4.2 through odin and keep getting a fail with (size) in brackets and then i get the logo to plug into kies for emergency firmware recovery but kies wont recognise it. My buddy is going on holiday in a couple of days so i would like to get this fixed for him . Any help greatly appreciated lads
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look for pit files that belong to the rom your try to flash and flash together with the rom

ad0dh67 said:
look for pit files that belong to the rom your try to flash and flash together with the rom
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Are pit files the same for all variants mate? i found this thread with pit file, will this do the job do u think ? cheers for the speedy reply btw
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/samsung-galaxy-s5-gs-g901f-user-thread-t2906438

ok i managed to get the pit file and the phone booted !! thanks very much for that help mate. Next issue is imei is till not present and reading /01 , is there any way i can get it back or should i get him to send it to samsung now its back unrooted and stock ?

tommytenbellies said:
ok i managed to get the pit file and the phone booted !! thanks very much for that help mate. Next issue is imei is till not present and reading /01 , is there any way i can get it back or should i get him to send it to samsung now its back unrooted and stock ?
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imei has something to do with efs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61396188
maybe here you find answer

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Bricked my Bell Galaxy S. help needed badly PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!

Hi guys,
I had darky's rom on my phone and then i had to factory reset it. It was working fine after the factory reset. I wanted to go back to stock firmware since i was planning on taking my phone to the Bell store tomorrow but in doing so i bricked my phone. Now all it does is show the boot screen and then the screen turns black and it keeps on vibrating randomly.
Can anyone PLEASE help me with this? I wanna go back to stock firmware if possible, or any firmware really i just wanna get my phone working. please help
superstrongboy said:
Hi guys,
I had darky's rom on my phone and then i had to factory reset it. It was working fine after the factory reset. I wanted to go back to stock firmware since i was planning on taking my phone to the Bell store tomorrow but in doing so i bricked my phone. Now all it does is show the boot screen and then the screen turns black and it keeps on vibrating randomly.
Can anyone PLEASE help me with this? I wanna go back to stock firmware if possible, or any firmware really i just wanna get my phone working. please help
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What version of darky's rom were you using and which stock firmware version did you want to go back to?
It could be that you were using a version of darky's rom that is gingerbread and you flashed back to the froyo stock rom.
superstrongboy said:
Hi guys,
I had darky's rom on my phone and then i had to factory reset it. It was working fine after the factory reset. I wanted to go back to stock firmware since i was planning on taking my phone to the Bell store tomorrow but in doing so i bricked my phone. Now all it does is show the boot screen and then the screen turns black and it keeps on vibrating randomly.
Can anyone PLEASE help me with this? I wanna go back to stock firmware if possible, or any firmware really i just wanna get my phone working. please help
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Ok, try to turn on the phone pressing VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER and see if the phone goes in Download Mode.
Then, follow the guides that you can find in the forum and flash with ODIN a new ROM (I suggest JS8 if you're in EUROPE, Froyo 2.2.1)
Download Mode work ? 3 buttons holding Vol down+home+power
bobloblawsum said:
What version of darky's rom were you using and which stock firmware version did you want to go back to?
It could be that you were using a version of darky's rom that is gingerbread and you flashed back to the froyo stock rom.
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I had darky's ressurection edition rom and i had it on froyo.
i want to go back to any firmware version that will get my phone working
olivercervera said:
Ok, try to turn on the phone pressing VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER and see if the phone goes in Download Mode.
Then, follow the guides that you can find in the forum and flash with ODIN a new ROM (I suggest JS8 if you're in EUROPE, Froyo 2.2.1)
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yeah it goes into download mode
. I live in canada.
can you please link me to the proper firmware for Canada's bell SGS? and possibly if there's a guide on how to go back because i m a total noob.
superstrongboy said:
yeah it goes into download mode
. I live in canada.
can you please link me to the proper firmware for Canada's bell SGS? and possibly if there's a guide on how to go back because i m a total noob.
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Here is a link to the official stock Bell JL2 firmware, there is a slightly newer one but i can't find the link and this should work fine.
You will need to use Odin to flash the file
*edit; forgot the link. http://www.multiupload.com/UTFJCCIP5H
download a stock Eclair or Froyo Rom from samfirmware.com with (512.pit,PDA,MODEM,CSC) get in download mode (vol up+power+menu all at the same time) flash via ODIN DO NOT UNPLUG wait till full flash make shure you have at least 60% battery left before flashing
if it dosen't work search around you'll find some methods its not bricked its just in a continuous loop
i tried flashing with that link you gave, but ODIN doesnt do anything after this
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
superstrongboy said:
i tried flashing with that link you gave, but ODIN doesnt do anything after this
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
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Did you add the tar file to the PDA section of Odin? That should be all that's needed in odin, no repartition, no pit file and the Tar file that was extracted from the Zip file placed in the PDA section of odin.
I forgot to add, did you run Odin as an administrator?
bobloblawsum said:
Did you add the tar file to the PDA section of Odin? That should be all that's needed in odin, no repartition, no pit file and the Tar file that was extracted from the Zip file placed in the PDA section of odin.
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yeah i did that it wasnt moving forward.
then i disconnected and now when i press HOME+VOL. UP+POWER or only power button, i get the [Phone -- ! -- PC] symbol. i can still go into download mode idk what to do im so screwed.
yeah i m running odin as admin
i flashed that firmware onto my phone.
now all it does is freeze at the Galaxy S screen and vibrates randomly. what do?
superstrongboy said:
i flashed that firmware onto my phone.
now all it does is freeze at the Galaxy S screen and vibrates randomly. what do?
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Here is the thread where i got the link to the Rom from, i'm reading through it now to see if there are any similar problems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883568
According to post #45 on that thread you should flash the rom with the 'Phone Bootloader Update' option checked.
I'm not 100% certain on that and don't want to give you some wrong advice but if i remember right, it was the new bootloader in JL2 that fixed the SD card problems that the Bell vibrants had. It's up to you if you want to try flashing the file with that option checked. Unless you get some better advice.
superstrongboy said:
i flashed that firmware onto my phone.
now all it does is freeze at the Galaxy S screen and vibrates randomly. what do?
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had u ever upgrade to 2.3.3 ?
try those roms
UGJL2/BMCJL2/UGJL2 (North America for I9000M only)
UGKC1/BMCKC1/UGKC1 (North America for I9000M only)
i dont have any link atm , i will search about that and i will edit my post
NCSoft said:
had u ever upgrade to 2.3.3 ?
try those roms
UGJL2/BMCJL2/UGJL2 (North America for I9000M only)
UGKC1/BMCKC1/UGKC1 (North America for I9000M only)
i dont have any link atm , i will search about that and i will edit my post
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nope i havent ever upgraded to 2.3.3
and if i take my bricked phone to the store, will they replace it? I still am under the warranty period
superstrongboy said:
nope i havent ever upgraded to 2.3.3
and if i take my bricked phone to the store, will they replace it? I still am under the warranty period
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They'll send it off to the repair centre and try to determine and fix the problem. If they think the problem was caused by you then they might try to charge you a fee for fixing it.
Have you installed Kies on your laptop before (just to know if you have the samsung drivers that come with it installed)
If it has come to the point where you're thinking of bringing it to the store then, personally, i would try flashing the JL2 rom with the update bootloader option checked. That's just what i'd do personally though.
It could also be something simple like trying to flash it from a different usb port.
bobloblawsum said:
According to post #45 on that thread you should flash the rom with the 'Phone Bootloader Update' option checked.
I'm not 100% certain on that and don't want to give you some wrong advice but if i remember right, it was the new bootloader in JL2 that fixed the SD card problems that the Bell vibrants had. It's up to you if you want to try flashing the file with that option checked. Unless you get some better advice.
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THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!!!!! I DID IT AND ITS WORKING NOW!!! YAYAAAAYAAAAAAAAY CANT TElL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM LOL you're a life saver mate.
superstrongboy said:
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!!!!! I DID IT AND ITS WORKING NOW!!! YAYAAAAYAAAAAAAAY CANT TElL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM LOL you're a life saver mate.
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Yea, that was the problem; now I remember! Some months ago, I had your same problem (an apparent brick, vibrating on the big S at the startup). A user suggested me to simply flash a FW with a Bootloader (at the time, the JPU), ad it worked ^^
superstrongboy said:
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!!!!! I DID IT AND ITS WORKING NOW!!! YAYAAAAYAAAAAAAAY CANT TElL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM LOL you're a life saver mate.
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Haha, no problem! glad to help
i was in the same position a few months ago and the JL2 rom helped me out. I keep a copy of it on my harddrive to use if things go tits up again.

Need valid PIT file to Samsung S4 i9500 (GPT corrupted)

Dear all,
After my phone freeze during a umount internal sdcard process, I cant turn it on and it is stuck on Samsung logo.
I can access it through Odin and adb shell, and I discovered there is a corruption table/patition there, as adb parted command reported in /dev/block/mmcblk0: "error: Both the primary and backup GPT tables are corrupt. Try making a fresh table, and using Parted´s rescue feature to recover partitions"
So, I´d like to ask if somebody could help me uploading a valid pit files to be flashed in a i9500 model?
I found a pit in other topic here, but I didnt if it is a valid pit for i9500. So, I cant flash it until Im 100% sure about it. See the pit magic report and adonis.pit attached.
I really appreciate your help!!! Tks a lot!!!
rgbarros said:
Dear all,
After my phone freeze during a umount internal sdcard process, I cant turn it on and it is stuck on Samsung logo.
I can access it through Odin and adb shell, and I discovered there is a corruption table/patition there, as adb parted command reported in /dev/block/mmcblk0: "error: Both the primary and backup GPT tables are corrupt. Try making a fresh table, and using Parted´s rescue feature to recover partitions"
So, I´d like to ask if somebody could help me uploading a valid pit files to be flashed in a i9500 model?
I found a pit in other topic here, but I didnt if it is a valid pit for i9500. So, I cant flash it until Im 100% sure about it. See the pit magic report and adonis.pit attached.
I really appreciate your help!!! Tks a lot!!!
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Guys, Just to post my experience on trying to revive my S4 i9500: It revived!!!
So, I did this:
1) I used the ROM I9500XXUAMDK_I9500SERAMDK_I9500XXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5 (link: http://live.samsung-updates.com/) look for your correct ROM by region.
2) The adonis.pit file (see attached on my first post). THIS PIT IS FOR ONLY i9500 S4. Dont use it for other variant!!!!
3) Odin (I used the v3.07, but I think you could use other version)
Ps.: I dont know if is mandatory or not, but my phone was able to connect in it through ODIN and ADB SHELL (Odin is mandatory!!!). So, you need to install all USB and ADB drivers (for the adb drivers I used to AdbDriverInstaller.exe on the link: http://adbdriver.com/upload/AdbDriverInstaller.exe)
4) Put the phone in download mode, pressing button volume down + home + power. The phone will ask you with you like to continue, press up volume button to confirm
5) Open the Odin and marked Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition options (Re-Partition is automatic flagged when the PIT file is marked/chose.
So, choose the ROM on PDA (Odin will check MD5, so wait it finish to validate the file) and adonis.pit file on PIT field.
PS.: Dont use only pit file. It is mandatory use together the pit file and ROM file. If you flash only pit file, you will brick your phone!!!
6) Press START.
After installation, Odin will return with a GREEN PASSED message!!!
7) The phone will be rebooted and start to finish the instalation.
In my case, the phone revive successfully!!!! :laugh:
I hope this post can help other guys. Use it with carefully!!! For me, this procedure worked like a charm!!! But, use this for your own risk!!!
Good luck!!!
Yay! Congrats mate! Seems like you was out of patience and took the risk of bricking completely your phone.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
demlasjr said:
Yay! Congrats mate! Seems like you was out of patience and took the risk of bricking completely your phone.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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Yeh friend!! I looked for pit files in many sites and foruns. I just find this pit on a one Chinese site only. So, I looked the Odia post and compared the pit structure there with the pit magic report with the adonis.pit file I got. It was very similar structure and so I decided took the risk!!!
So, the luck was with me!!!! :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Tks so much my friend!!! I hope this post now can help other newbies like me to revive their phones! It's terrible to feel this sensation of torture. hahaha :highfive:
"newbie" like you? A newbie never mess with the partitions hahaha
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
demlasjr said:
"newbie" like you? A newbie never mess with the partitions hahaha
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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hahaha good!!!
There is a long time that I use phones based on android system, and I already did a lot of things with them, but mess the partition/table files is the first time!!! hahaha It would be a one more phone that stopped to work in my hands!!! The difference is that phone is a newest phone in the world and dont have enough topics/files availables yet!!! I'm really crazy to did this!!!
I'm ready to put it in root mode again!!!! The saga continues... Now, with more caution!!! :laugh:
ok i searched and find out about pit.
thats great.if i flash pit+ rom = i have clean official rom with no root an no bull****.
my only gps software that worked on my s4 is sygic.with rooted and that junk russian rom ,sygic cannot find SDcard.
i want go back with official
tanx bro.i appreciate.
Hi guys, i also bricked my gt-i9500 pretty bad, Odin just kept failing almost immediately. i used the PIT above but with lollipop india rom from sammobile, know the phone just randomly hangs all the time, any suggestions?
Vergil069 said:
Hi guys, i also bricked my gt-i9500 pretty bad, Odin just kept failing almost immediately. i used the PIT above but with lollipop india rom from sammobile, know the phone just randomly hangs all the time, any suggestions?
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Hi, sorry to ask this late but, had you solved your problem of random hangs? and if yes then plz tell how?
It still stucks on get pit for mapping
Ps. I have not installed adb on my pc. Please help!!

[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!

Help please

Hello everyone i have a note 3 and it is rooted and has a a kernel flashed on it, now i want to revert back to my stock rom and i know i have to download the software and flash it with odin but i cant find my software anywhere could anyone give me a link to the firmware for my specific device here are its details
build number: N9005XXUDMJ7
CSC:N9005DTUDMJ4
NAME:NOTE 3 N9005
PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD BE REALLY GRATE-FULL TO THE PERSN WHO CAN LEND ME THE LINK I TRIED FLASHING A STOCK ROM WITH A SAME BUILD NUMBER BUT DIFFERENT CSC AND IT WAS A FAIL LUCKILY MY DEVICE STILL WORKS BUT I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO STOCK PLEASE. THANKYOU
go to sammobile.com and search for your model there
kewlkaka1203 said:
Hello everyone i have a note 3 and it is rooted and has a a kernel flashed on it, now i want to revert back to my stock rom and i know i have to download the software and flash it with odin but i cant find my software anywhere could anyone give me a link to the firmware for my specific device here are its details
build number: N9005XXUDMJ7
CSC:N9005DTUDMJ4
NAME:NOTE 3 N9005
PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD BE REALLY GRATE-FULL TO THE PERSN WHO CAN LEND ME THE LINK I TRIED FLASHING A STOCK ROM WITH A SAME BUILD NUMBER BUT DIFFERENT CSC AND IT WAS A FAIL LUCKILY MY DEVICE STILL WORKS BUT I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO STOCK PLEASE. THANKYOU
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Install app called "phone Info" from google store, it will take you to correct firmware as per your country origin.
kewlkaka1203 said:
I TRIED FLASHING A STOCK ROM WITH A SAME BUILD NUMBER BUT DIFFERENT CSC AND IT WAS A FAIL LUCKILY MY DEVICE STILL WORKS
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That shouldn't have failed, CSC mismatch is not a cause of flash failure. Can you provide more details?
Hm...
Hi guys,
I had an issue similar to this and have no recollection what I did to fix it. I don't even think that I fixed it, ever. Meaning - no stock ROM install for me for months and months now.
I just downloaded some AOSP/TW ROM and flashed. Are you able to get to the custom recovery? Please confirm - I've read somewhere that you can flash stock from custom recovery. I did try a few "PIT" files, with no help.
P.S. I remembered a bit now. I was finally able to flash it through Odin, but entered boot loop. So, no go!
My eyes are on this thread.
Good luck,
Sonny B.
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Bulbous said:
That shouldn't have failed, CSC mismatch is not a cause of flash failure. Can you provide more details?
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Um sorry for the late reply. So what happens is i down the firmware from sammobile sure that it was for my model and build number but the csc was of switzerland different than mine next i flashed the rom from 3 different versions of odin starting from v.3.10 it started saying checking md5 file and it was taking too long and we had lost hope then suddenly it said md5 read succesfully and then brought up another dialouge saying setup connection and then cam up with a fail message usb debugging and all the process was done correctly i know this is a late reply but please reply back if you are there thanks
if....
sonny_b_bih said:
Hi guys,
I had an issue similar to this and have no recollection what I did to fix it. I don't even think that I fixed it, ever. Meaning - no stock ROM install for me for months and months now.
I just downloaded some AOSP/TW ROM and flashed. Are you able to get to the custom recovery? Please confirm - I've read somewhere that you can flash stock from custom recovery. I did try a few "PIT" files, with no help.
P.S. I remembered a bit now. I was finally able to flash it through Odin, but entered boot loop. So, no go!
My eyes are on this thread.
Good luck,
Sonny B.
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If it was a pass message on odin it shouldve worked go into recovery mode and do a factory reset from there it should work it happened with me too but remember dont leave the phone switched on as its stuck in boot loop cause when the powers dead ur phone wont charge any more it would keep thinking as if its not bieng charged if thats what u did i recommend making a factory cable search it on google and charge from that so the device knows its bieng charged once the wipe data is done reset and hopefully it would work if not i think u should flash another stock rom again i hope i helped
kewlkaka1203 said:
If it was a pass message on odin it shouldve worked go into recovery mode and do a factory reset from there it should work it happened with me too but remember dont leave the phone switched on as its stuck in boot loop cause when the powers dead ur phone wont charge any more it would keep thinking as if its not bieng charged if thats what u did i recommend making a factory cable search it on google and charge from that so the device knows its bieng charged once the wipe data is done reset and hopefully it would work if not i think u should flash another stock rom again i hope i helped
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Did you solve ur problem?
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Joku1981 said:
Did you solve ur problem?
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NO
Hi guys ,
There're three possibilities about the country origin by comparing the data on sammobile.You can try to flash these three versions firmwares.one of them must be correct! Portugal PDA:N9005XXUDMJ7 CSC:N9005OPTDMJ4 SLOVENIA PDA:N9005XXUDMJ7 CSC:N9005OXXDMJ4 POLAND PDA:N9005XXUDMJ7 CSC:N9005PRTDMJ4.download link is also on sammobile.com!
Good luck!
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Free mobile app
Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'. Download the firmware for your device and flash it via Odin.

Where to start ?....soft bricked S4.... unknow delaer/firmware :-[

Hi folks!!!
I know is very annoying this question....
But already look in a lot of forums in XDA, but without luck....
So I first start with my background about restoring and flashing devices.....
MY first flashing device was a Galaxy S1 with Cyanogenmod.
Later a flash 1 Galaxy Young, and after I fixed a different and default random soft bricked Galaxy Young.
My last flashed device was a S5 with LineageOS 3/4 months ago....
Im did so installing CWM when was possible, using Odin , or ADB....from Linux and W$.....
Until I get lost my last phone Galaxy S5...
So I had to buy a 2° hand phone quickly....he was working OK... for a while ....the time has passed and become more and more slowly....so I decided to make a reset factory .......very BAD IDEA... I didn't take build information....just the model...GT-I9500....
The same info appears in the Odin download Mode....
But there is no tag with SN, and IMEI neither on the back... :'-(
So I get stuck in the Download mode ...but there IS NOT TAG about ODIN mode in this screen.....at least if
unplug the battery, and restart the phone holding PWR+HOME+VOL. DOWN .
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Trying to flash stock firmware with Kies ( who request a valid SN, what I take from web ) in the next models
GT-I9505
GT-I9500
give me this message ( in spanish =) ) ==> "este modelo no admite la inicializaciòn" , which means " this model cannot be initialized" .
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I also tried smash (softly...covering with a canvas ) the power button...but without luck...
Seems like the phone is factory locked..... what I had read may be by AT&T or Verizon....any way to know which dealer?
Any idea or recomendation where to start ???
Its ( maybe ) JTAG cable the ONLY way/solution to fix this, or even this is NOT a solution...?
I will waiting for your answers....
TIA
PS: sorry if I made some mistakes with the english
Odin doesn't recognize the phone?
Rhoban said:
Odin doesn't recognize the phone?
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Hello Rhoban, and thanks for your reply!!!!
and YES, Odin recognize the phone, the flash result is PASS, but the phone continues stucked on the same "Download" screen...
Because I dont have SN and IMEI neither, I dont know which ROM to flash..
After tryed to reset factory whithout luck, I tried to flash lineage, without any result.
Also because I cant unlock bootloader, I supposed to the phone was from Verizon or AT&T.
I tried to flash this ROMS's , setting the image on AP field from Odin
Verizon
I545VRUAME7_I545VZWAME7_I545VRUAME7_HOME.tar.md5
I545VRUDMI1_I545VZWDMI1_I545VRUDMI1_HOME.tar.md5
From doidview ==> I545VRUGOC1_I545VZWGOC1_I545VRUGOC1_HOME.tar.md5
also i tried to flash the next PIT files and same result...nothing changed
SCH-I545.pit
SGS-I337_16GB.pit
adonis.pit
an this bootchain and bootloaders setting up on BL tab:
I545_OC1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
NB1-Boot.tar.md5
VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5
From droidviews.com ==>
I545_NC5_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
I545_NG6_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
I know all above is a mess , but the list is the most detailed I can :silly:
thanks again!!!!
PS: I want to put the source link where I take the kernel images and ROM's , but because I'm newbie
( --- ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. ----), I can't
X00D45 said:
Hello Rhoban, and thanks for your reply!!!!
and YES, Odin recognize the phone, the flash result is PASS, but the phone continues stucked on the same "Download" screen...
Because I dont have SN and IMEI neither, I dont know which ROM to flash.
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Hi, the same download screen before you started flashing? Do you have "no reboot" ticked? (Heimdall user sorry) After pass just restart the phone and wait 10 min or so.
Also because I cant unlock bootloader, I supposed to the phone was from Verizon or AT&T.
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Never read into this, but resources are there( Seen some topic titles), there is hope for Verizon and AT&T users.
also i tried to flash the next PIT files and same result...nothing changed
SCH-I545.pit
SGS-I337_16GB.pit
adonis.pit
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Did you have a backup? Flashing the wrong pit file might hardbrick your phone. I guess the above where blocked bij Odin (Lucky you).
In short:
Connect your phone in download mode> open Odin> click PDA or AP > Select the stock firmware > start.
You mentioned your device being a GT-I9500, but the ROMs you said you have downloaded are for I545 and I337, both of which are Snapdragon models. The GT-I9500 is the Exynos model.
So that may be your problem.
Thanks LexHimself for your advices! I had backed up already the contacts and pics.
and thanks Rhoban ....for you suggest I have to start again from the beggining, looking for the rigth ROM for my device... so thanks for put spot on the processor model !!!!
So I gonna start again, looking for the right ROMS...
I will post as soon has news about flashing Exynos rom´s....
thanks guys!!!
[SOLVED] !!!!
Hello guys!!!!
As Rhoban point me, I have to look for the right recover image ,and ROM for my phone GT-I9500, with Exynos processor, who has code JA3G, so with that code I can address well .
So I download this recovery image "philz_touch_6.12.8-i9500.tar.md5", and after install, I download and install the right LineageOS ROM for my system.....
but this would not have happened, if I would started for look for the processor model as FIRST STEP...
so THANKS SO MUCH RHOBAN, and thanks LexHimself for your advices!!!!
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Cheers!!!!

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