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[Q] ODIN fails at 'system.img.ext4' - 4.3 with KNOX bootloader

ODIN keeps failing at 'system.img.ext4' - 4.3 with KNOX bootloader
Hi guys
I've recently tried to flash a 4.3 stock rom via Odin and it failed, and I now have a bricked phone that has this warning:
PHONE-----YELLOW TRIANGLE----- COMPUTER
'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
I tried to flash the latest KNOX bootloader roms via ODIN to boot up the phone, however....
ODIN keeps hanging on the "system" flashing command and goes to a red "fail". It won't start flashing "system.img.ext4.... etc"
I've tried all versions of ODIN and all version of 4.3
I can't use any 4.2.2 roms as the phone only seems to accept 4.3 stock roms now.
Do you guys know why ODIN keeps failing at flashing 'system.img.ext4' ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

how to fix odin fail
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!

Thanks for this - I too was attempting to do this using VM Fusion. Sorted once I flashed on a non virtual machine.

VMWare Fusion
I had the exact same issue using Odin from VMWare Fusion. Since I didn't have a PC handy, I had Parallels installed on my other mac. I was able to successfully flash the new ROM via my Parallels VM.

I Just flash the PIT file form 4.2.2 after flash 4.3 and everything is ok.
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I have the same problem but in windows
Hello community
can someone get me some instructions to solve this on a windows 8.1 notebook
S4 mini I9195 - Spanish Vodafone phone, flagged already with KNOX 0x1
4.2.2. android
Thank you in advance

orchid18 said:
I had the exact same issue using Odin from VMWare Fusion. Since I didn't have a PC handy, I had Parallels installed on my other mac. I was able to successfully flash the new ROM via my Parallels VM.!
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Oh Geez! Wish I had found this post hours ago...

Thank so much!
orchid18 said:
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!
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very nice! Thank! This worked for me. After 7 hours make trying recover my mini s4!

orchid18 said:
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!
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I have the same problem with my s5 mini (dual sim) sm-g800H, Odin fails just when it starts system.img.ext4. Any help with this, i have tried it on a couple of Windows 7 pcs using different USB cables and different Odin versions, any idea how to solve this?

Kitkat
if you have installed Stock Kitkat or Custom 4.4.2 Touchwiz rom [some roms support rolling back and others don't], you won't be able to roll back to 4.3 . i had this problem when i tried to roll back to 4.3 from 4.4.2
Fix : install latest Kitkat firmware

Al_Jourgensen said:
Hello community
can someone get me some instructions to solve this on a windows 8.1 notebook
S4 mini I9195 - Spanish Vodafone phone, flagged already with KNOX 0x1
4.2.2. android
Thank you in advance
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1.install samsung usb driver
2. find your mobile model and download single .tar image from sammobile
3. flash through odin(tick only F.reset time and auto reboot)

Odin Fail with VMWare Fusion on Mac: The below worked for me
This post is late to this thread: Wanted to share what worked for me for Verizon SCH-I545 Samsung Galaxy S4:
* Used Windows 7 on VMWare Fusion 7.0.1 on MacBook Air; Odin 3.09
* Experienced same Odin failure for "system.img.ext4" during process; this fixed it.
* Change Fusion USB Settings: Close Windows but not Fusion. Go to "Fusion Settings/USB & Bluetooth". Go to "Advanced USB options" and select "USB Compatibility" USB 1.1.
* Restart Fusion and restart Windows.
* I used TAR file "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_I545VRUFNC5_HOME.tar.md5" inside downloadable file "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_VZW" which was downloaded from URL: sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SCH-I545
* Note: I joined this website for 1 week to take advantage of faster download speeds. I tried without joining and the download timed out before the download was completed. Speed was much faster with membership.
* Prep phone for download by pressing 3-buttons "Power-Home-Volume Down". Note: Be sure to hold down the "Volume Down" portion of the button and not the complete Volume button. Press Volume Up when prompted on screen by the phone.
* Start Odin 3.0.9
* Plug in phone using USB cable that came with phone. Other cables may work - but I don't know.
* Odin will indicate that the phone was "Added"
* Be sure to select in Odin the Options "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time". Select "AP" and go to file to add: "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_I545VRUFNC5_HOME.tar.md5"
* Adding this file takes a few seconds. Once added click "Start"
* The process seemed to take quite a bit of time, likely due to it being a USB 1.1 but it eventually took.
* Once it "Passed" in Odin the phone was on the red Verizon screen for about 3 minutes and then indicated it was updating the apps
* Once apps were updated the phone was in startup mode
* It worked fine and was back to normal.
* Close Windows, and reset Fusion USB settings back to USB 2.0.
* Note: I use USB 2.0 settings in Fusion as Windows 7 doesn't recognize USB 3.0 and Windows (in Windows Explorer) has difficulties, when USB 3.0 is selected, recognizing many connected USB devices even though Fusion indicates these devices are connected.
Hope this works. Thanks to the many folks on this thread and in this forum who assisted me in determining a solution.

you saved my life !!!!
thanks
it works with parallel desktop.

I'm still having that problem.
orchid18 said:
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!
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i have downloaded drivers but this time when that fails. it just moved little bit but still fails

Swapnil Soni said:
i have downloaded drivers but this time when that fails. it just moved little bit but still fails
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orchid18 said:
ODIN keeps failing at 'system.img.ext4' - 4.3 with KNOX bootloader
Hi guys
I've recently tried to flash a 4.3 stock rom via Odin and it failed, and I now have a bricked phone that has this warning:
PHONE-----YELLOW TRIANGLE----- COMPUTER
'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
I tried to flash the latest KNOX bootloader roms via ODIN to boot up the phone, however....
ODIN keeps hanging on the "system" flashing command and goes to a red "fail". It won't start flashing "system.img.ext4.... etc"
I've tried all versions of ODIN and all version of 4.3
I can't use any 4.2.2 roms as the phone only seems to accept 4.3 stock roms now.
Do you guys know why ODIN keeps failing at flashing 'system.img.ext4' ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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I finally get rid of this after several hours of searching. for me im flashing the 4 files, after failed flashing, ive red from somewhere to rename the phone/cp file, by removing .md5, then extracting modem.bin to put in cp box(odin), then flash success, then reboot samsung to download mode again the flash the last csc file, finally saw the progress bar.

Worked for me too, thanks!!! Was trying to install using Odin v3.12.3 in VMware Workstation on Windows 10.

Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500FU) Stock 5.0.2 Windows 10 64x Won't Recognize Connection

PC does not recognize smartphone + firmware upgrade encountered an issue
Hi guys, first of all, sorry for my bad English.
I own a Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500FU), Android 5.0.2, ROM stock. My PC is a Windows 10 64 bits.
I tried to root my device with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/help/how-to-root-galaxy-a5-a500fu-lollipop-5-t3137613
A month ago it worked, but then I had to unroot my phone because I wanted to update it, but when I wanted to re-root it, it didn't work, I couldn't flash the cf-root so I closed Odin. After that, my phone displays "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" when I turn it on. I would like to flash again the ROM stock, but my PC does not recognize my phone. I've tried on other computers, but the problem is still the same (tried on an Ubuntu PC, and a Windows 7 laptop).
Also, when I try to install the Samsung USB drivers, my PC freezes (BSOD) and I have to reboot it.
Please, help me, I don't know what to do.
Thank you.
PS: I will provide every information you need.

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Please guys I really need your help, I'm panicking

Really big problem :(

Hello guys i have really big problem on my GT-I9505 :'(
My PC don't recognize phone, but i have installed drivers, I also tried the older version, differnet computer , hardware change my micro USB port....
And nothing :'(
But when i go in download mode to try flash some file with odin my phone install only msM8960 driver.I don't know what is that but i have port on odin and when i start flashing he stuck on Get pit for mapping :'(
After that i try to repartiton with gti9505 repartition file but stuck again :/
Idk what to try, maybe to smash my phone?
I think that i have problem with modem but i can't flash new one with odin :'(
Only what i can is install update zip from sd card in stock cwm
PLEASE HELP ME I'M DESPERATE , AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

martin9777 said:
Hello guys i have really big problem on my GT-I9505 :'(
My PC don't recognize phone, but i have installed drivers, I also tried the older version, differnet computer , hardware change my micro USB port....
And nothing :'(
But when i go in download mode to try flash some file with odin my phone install only msM8960 driver.I don't know what is that but i have port on odin and when i start flashing he stuck on Get pit for mapping :'(
After that i try to repartiton with gti9505 repartition file but stuck again :/
Idk what to try, maybe to smash my phone?
I think that i have problem with modem but i can't flash new one with odin :'(
Only what i can is install update zip from sd card in stock cwm
PLEASE HELP ME I'M DESPERATE , AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
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You can try this :
Reinstall kies to make sure for installing samsung drivers
Check installed drivers with another ( friend's ) Samsung phone
2 weeks before i ve approximately same pb this linkhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/b-how-to-unbrick-9505-t3191484
Or the other link http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/trick-how-to-success-odin-flash-newbies-t3195645
Good luck

I tryed reinstalling drivers with kies, I changed complete flex cable with micro usb and same problem :'(
Maybe this is problem on mainboard i don't know

I didnt understand if the phone turn on.
But, if it not turning on and it suddenly happend.. i believe it an failure emmc
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[i9505] Odin not working Windows 10 x64

So I am trying to install a custom recovery for my i9505, but Odin does not recognize the phone which was put in download mode before. Please help me! Here are some details:
I got proper USB Drivers installed (1.5.55.0), tried even with Kies/smart switch installed
Using Odin 3.09-3.10.7
Different usb-cables
Completly UNROOTED i9505 with STOCK recovery and 80% charge
In device manager the phone does not appear properly. It has two listings:
1. Other Devices\ MSM8960
2. USB-Controller \ Unknown USB Device (Error trying to get device description //translated from German
Windows 10 Home 64bit
Personally I think it should be a problem with Windows 10 but I am not sure...
To the phone itself because it could be hardware-wise broken:
The phone itself is a completly meltdown. Before I tried repairing it the speaker were broken (no sound). The phone ran an official lollipop rom. I think 5.0.1. Then I thought I could just hit a software update to fix maybe some problems. I updated to I9505XXUHOJ2 [5.0.1] DBT
And now the software experience is completly broken. The phone gets a lot of soft-reboots, the booting takes like 5 minutes and yes the phone is factory reseted. BUT HEY THE SPEAKER WORK AGAIN?!
I really dont know what is happening but there can be only 2 solutions:
1. Re-Install stock software via odin and then switch to cm and hope it works
2. or throw this piece of sh*t away because the cr*ppy hardware is brokanus sarus rekt
or is there any other solution? Tell me
Otherwise I would also ask if there is any solution to install cm12.1 or a custom recovery without root and odin access. (thinking of sideloading in recovery or something like this)
Thanks for reading and replying. I am gratefull for everything I hope the best ^.^

Try running Odin in compatibility mode, set for Windows 7.

fabsau said:
So I am trying to install a custom recovery for my i9505, but Odin does not recognize the phone which was put in download mode before. Please help me! Here are some details:
I got proper USB Drivers installed (1.5.55.0), tried even with Kies/smart switch installed
Using Odin 3.09-3.10.7
Different usb-cables
Completly UNROOTED i9505 with STOCK recovery and 80% charge
In device manager the phone does not appear properly. It has two listings:
1. Other Devices\ MSM8960
2. USB-Controller \ Unknown USB Device (Error trying to get device description //translated from German
Windows 10 Home 64bit
Personally I think it should be a problem with Windows 10 but I am not sure...
To the phone itself because it could be hardware-wise broken:
The phone itself is a completly meltdown. Before I tried repairing it the speaker were broken (no sound). The phone ran an official lollipop rom. I think 5.0.1. Then I thought I could just hit a software update to fix maybe some problems. I updated to I9505XXUHOJ2 [5.0.1] DBT
And now the software experience is completly broken. The phone gets a lot of soft-reboots, the booting takes like 5 minutes and yes the phone is factory reseted. BUT HEY THE SPEAKER WORK AGAIN?!
I really dont know what is happening but there can be only 2 solutions:
1. Re-Install stock software via odin and then switch to cm and hope it works
2. or throw this piece of sh*t away because the cr*ppy hardware is brokanus sarus rekt
or is there any other solution? Tell me
Otherwise I would also ask if there is any solution to install cm12.1 or a custom recovery without root and odin access. (thinking of sideloading in recovery or something like this)
Thanks for reading and replying. I am gratefull for everything I hope the best ^.^
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Windows 10 x64 works fine. I used it myself.
Try all the different usb ports and reinstall the drivers. Use the drivers from here:
http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117

Hi,
As the addition, make sure Kies isn't running when Odin is executed as it could cause the device being not detected properly in Odin.
PS Note: I used Windows 10 Home x64 too and working fine as it should.
Sent from my GT-I9500

Bricked Lenovo Tab M10 fhd plus while trying to downgrade, any advice?

Hi,
I'm not sure I'm posting in the right section but, I had a really bad experience upgrading to android 10. Really sluggish and slow... so I tried to downgrade to android 9 by using Lenovo's Rescue and Smart Assistant.
What I did, is to find the stock ROM for my model, and replace the files downloaded by the Rescue Assistant (which downloaded the latest firmware). The process went through, but now the device wont power on.
When I plug in the USB, windows makes a sound, the charging light comes on, but The rescue Assistant nor SP flash tool is able to flash the latest firmware.
Is it bricked for good?
Model : TB-XF606F
Hardware number : 60

Maybe your computer doesn't recognize your tablet. Did you ever try using sp flash tool with your tablet before? You can try reinstall or install a driver for your table if you haven't done it yet.

Well the tablet is recognized as the "mtk vcom..." in device manager. I guess it is the driver that the lenovo rescue app installed.
I have never used sp flash tool with my tablet, just the lenovo rescue.
I tried on 2 different pc and it is the same thing. I think the problem is that I can't turn off the tablet properly, even though, all I can see is a black screen.
I will try to drain the battery by keeping the power button pressed with some scotch tape. I don't know what I can do else.
Edit: I tried a few other times with flash tool using different setting for the connection (with battery and full speed) and nothnig happened. But now windows says it does not recognize my tablet.

did the same thing exactly. . bricked lenovo m10 fhd plus x600v after i flashed a downgrade version. dont try to downgrade this thing. i had already flashed it with 3 or 4 versions the same way , but when i chose to flash the oldest version available with the model , this tab got completly unresponsive , no feedback when try to boot into recovery, fastboot, or system . neither does it gets recognised in windows or anything - device manager dowsnt recognise this usb device ( in device manager properties comments it reads- USB\DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_FAILURE). if you find a way to reflash the device please let us know. good luck .

Bricked mine after being completely running smoothly on Lineage, then was messing around trying to get gapps installed and jacked up the partitions. TWRP said no OS. Kept messing around and mistakenly locked the bootloader again with apparently an unverified boot partition. . I couldn't get SP Flash tool to work ever either. Pretty sure it's a door stop now.