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[Q] Soft Bricked my S4

Hello,
I've been reading as much regarding this issue before I've posted this thread. Please don't attack me because of my lack of knowledge, I'm trying. Thanks.
I recently rooted and installed a custom rom on my SGH-I337, Slimrom was the name of the rom. It worked perfectly, until I decided to upgrade the rom version. I downloaded the update on my phone, rebooted to recovery and flashed the zip. Rebooted my phone, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. No Logo, No recovery, I do have download mode.
I had read that odin flashing the stock rom would fix my issue, so I had done that. I flashed I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_ATT successfully. Odin auto-rebooted....to a boot loop. No recovery, No image on my screen while charging, etc.
I had also read that odin flashing TWRP might fix the soft brick I'm experiencing, I downloaded the latest .img from TWRP and converted it to a tar using Cygwin. Attempted to flash it to have Odin tell me it failed.
Does anyone have any idea's or advice how I could get back to a working environment recovery?
Thank you for your time reading this.

tr10 said:
Hello,
I've been reading as much regarding this issue before I've posted this thread. Please don't attack me because of my lack of knowledge, I'm trying. Thanks.
I recently rooted and installed a custom rom on my SGH-I337, Slimrom was the name of the rom. It worked perfectly, until I decided to upgrade the rom version. I downloaded the update on my phone, rebooted to recovery and flashed the zip. Rebooted my phone, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. No Logo, No recovery, I do have download mode.
I had read that odin flashing the stock rom would fix my issue, so I had done that. I flashed I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_ATT successfully. Odin auto-rebooted....to a boot loop. No recovery, No image on my screen while charging, etc.
I had also read that odin flashing TWRP might fix the soft brick I'm experiencing, I downloaded the latest .img from TWRP and converted it to a tar using Cygwin. Attempted to flash it to have Odin tell me it failed.
Does anyone have any idea's or advice how I could get back to a working environment recovery?
Thank you for your time reading this.
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when you flashed the rom update, did you do any sort of wipe as well?
when you flash the stock firmware via odin, you have to boot into the stock recovery afterwards and wipe data/factory reset to complete the process or you will be unable to continue. you may want to try that process again.

xBeerdroiDx said:
when you flashed the rom update, did you do any sort of wipe as well?
when you flash the stock firmware via odin, you have to boot into the stock recovery afterwards and wipe data/factory reset to complete the process or you will be unable to continue. you may want to try that process again.
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Thank you for the speedy response.
When I originally flashed the rom update, I did NOT wipe anything.
When I flashed stock firmware, I could not get into stock recovery via three buttons.
Thank you.

tr10 said:
Thank you for the speedy response.
When I originally flashed the rom update, I did NOT wipe anything.
When I flashed stock firmware, I could not get into stock recovery via three buttons.
Thank you.
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Pull the battery, put it back in and try recovery again.
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jd1639 said:
Pull the battery, put it back in and try recovery again.
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Thank you for the advice, I have done that countless times. I'm hoping that it changes one of these times though.
I took your advice regarding re-flashing the image and ticking the bootloader update option, odin stated it was successful and auto-rebooted. I pulled the battery and tried to enter recovery, no cigar.

Perhaps try the Heimdall route: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441

When attempting to flash TWRP recovery, my phone says in the top right hand corner:
Odin Mode
Product name: SGH-I337
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
CSB-OEM_CONFIG_LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enabled
START [224, 1440]
SECURE CHECK FAIL: recovery
Don't know what that means.
I haven't tried the heimdall method yet, not sure if I wanna give it a shot because it seems a lot more complex only to accomplish the same thing odin would. I can imagine something is stopping odin from putting a bootloader, or kernel. That same thing would stop heimdall. But, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Waiting to hear more advice before I make the hole I dug deeper.
Thank you for your time guys.

Try flashing the loki patched recovery from this thread. Link is in OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322682
Just extract the img and make it a odin file.
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After flashing stock via Odin, when you use the 3 button combo to access recovery, are you releasing just the power button when the device vibrates?

Febby said:
Try flashing the loki patched recovery from this thread. Link is in OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322682
Just extract the img and make it a odin file.
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Thank you for the advice Febby, I have downloaded the file you suggested. This was actually the first recovery I had when I had tried to update my rom version. I converted it successfully to a tar and attempted to odin it over to my phone. I'm receiving the same error I had earlier, Secure Check Fail: Recovery.
Thank you for the suggestion though, as I think this is in the right direction of what I need to do, I don't know how to get past that secure check though.
xBeerdroiDx said:
After flashing stock via Odin, when you use the 3 button combo to access recovery, are you releasing just the power button when the device vibrates?
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Correct, I am.
I am receiving absolutely no image on my screen other than when I enter Download mode.
Thank you for the suggestion.

tr10 said:
Thank you for the advice Febby, I have downloaded the file you suggested. This was actually the first recovery I had when I had tried to update my rom version. I converted it successfully to a tar and attempted to odin it over to my phone. I'm receiving the same error I had earlier, Secure Check Fail: Recovery.
Thank you for the suggestion though, as I think this is in the right direction of what I need to do, I don't know how to get past that secure check though.
Correct, I am.
I am receiving absolutely no image on my screen other than when I enter Download mode.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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damn im sorry it didn't work. Samsung is just making this device more and more unpleasant to own. I actually considered switching to a ONE today.
You can always try exchanging it via att warranty (free).
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Indeed the "easiest" way to correct this would be via a warranty claim... but would take a couple days.
Otherwise, when you said "updated the ROM" ... How did you go about updating it? I assume you downloaded a .zip from the forums here, and installed it through recovery. But if you somehow, by some miracle, managed to download the MF3 update OTA... that would explain many things.
Also, there's an MDL recovery located over in this post. It's odin-flashable, and works on my device pretty well. Maybe it will get you back to at least having a recovery?
Also, Odin will reject the installation of TWRP like that. Tried it myself once.

Febby said:
damn im sorry it didn't work. Samsung is just making this device more and more unpleasant to own. I actually considered switching to a ONE today.
You can always try exchanging it via att warranty (free).
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
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No no, no need to apologize, I have been looking in the ONE as well haha, but I'm already looped into two years, so its probably not going to happen. I have a tiny cracked screen so they won't allow me to exchange it. =( Thank you for your ideas though!
Aou said:
Indeed the "easiest" way to correct this would be via a warranty claim... but would take a couple days.
Otherwise, when you said "updated the ROM" ... How did you go about updating it? I assume you downloaded a .zip from the forums here, and installed it through recovery. But if you somehow, by some miracle, managed to download the MF3 update OTA... that would explain many things.
Also, there's an MDL recovery located over in this post. It's odin-flashable, and works on my device pretty well. Maybe it will get you back to at least having a recovery?
Also, Odin will reject the installation of TWRP like that. Tried it myself once.
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Correct, I did update my rom via a zip file, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a MF3 update as I am familiar with the problems that's been causing.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...mo/3774-slim-d2att-4-2-2-build-7-5-weekly-596
That would be the link to the exact download I tried to update too.
I'll give that a shot with your link and let you know.
Thanks again guys.
EDIT: Tried the MDL Recovery, No Cigar. Though that thread is pretty interesting, gonna give it a read when I have the time. I need to get out of the house, this problem is driving me bonkers. Thank you guys very much for your advice and support, I would have went crazy hours ago if it wasn't for the intelligence provided by this forum.

Hey, don't despair! Last time I was here I used Odin to reflash my stock firmware, and also the stock kernel. Did you try reflashing the stock kernel yet? That got me right out of it.
Strange that you can't get into any sort of recovery menu.

Te3k said:
Hey, don't despair! Last time I was here I used Odin to reflash my stock firmware, and also the stock kernel. Did you try reflashing the stock kernel yet? That got me right out of it.
Strange that you can't get into any sort of recovery menu.
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Does kinda sound like a kernel problem, I think... Might try just flashing to Kernel to see if it gets any further. You could do that via Heimdall (if you have it setup), or by modifying a copy of the MDL Odin package (e.g. delete everythine but the "boot.img" kernel file, and remove the .md5 extension).
I hope your break is refreshing.

Febby said:
I actually considered switching to a ONE today.
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that would be the worst mistake of your life. my wife has a One. stock, its like an iphone. rooted, there isnt 10% of the activity/development in the One boards that there are here so that makes life with a rooted htc device even more boring than a regular day with an htc device.

Aou said:
Does kinda sound like a kernel problem, I think... Might try just flashing to Kernel to see if it gets any further. You could do that via Heimdall (if you have it setup), or by modifying a copy of the MDL Odin package (e.g. delete everythine but the "boot.img" kernel file, and remove the .md5 extension).
I hope your break is refreshing.
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What I did is just google around for my stock kernel, which came in a .TAR file, and was immediately Odin-flashable. That might be even easier.

Te3k said:
What I did is just google around for my stock kernel, which came in a .TAR file, and was immediately Odin-flashable. That might be even easier.
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Either way. Also, if one fails, try the other of course.

Te3k said:
What I did is just google around for my stock kernel, which came in a .TAR file, and was immediately Odin-flashable. That might be even easier.
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I converted the .img to a .tar and I sadly had the same results =( Thank you for the idea though, definitely helped.
Aou said:
Does kinda sound like a kernel problem, I think... Might try just flashing to Kernel to see if it gets any further. You could do that via Heimdall (if you have it setup), or by modifying a copy of the MDL Odin package (e.g. delete everythine but the "boot.img" kernel file, and remove the .md5 extension).
I hope your break is refreshing.
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Thank you, I attempted to reflash the stock kernel included in the MDL package. No avail. Same problem. Good advice though!
Te3k said:
Hey, don't despair! Last time I was here I used Odin to reflash my stock firmware, and also the stock kernel. Did you try reflashing the stock kernel yet? That got me right out of it.
Strange that you can't get into any sort of recovery menu.
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I just reflashed the stock kernel, no cigar =( It is very strange to me that I can't get the phone to respond to anything other than download mode. Especially considering that I odin'd to stock. I'm starting to think I made it worse by going back to stock after flashing slimbean's weekly update.
Thank you for your time guys, keep the ideas coming, I'm definitely trying to come up with my own ideas.
I have so far done the following:
Odin'd MDL, MDB, Stock Kernel, Stock Recovery (All through download mode, as I don't have access to recovery.)
I've also tried to odin TWRP but I fail in Odin since download mode blocks the illegal recovery.
Thank you again for your time.

tr10 said:
No no, no need to apologize, I have been looking in the ONE as well haha, but I'm already looped into two years, so its probably not going to happen. I have a tiny cracked screen so they won't allow me to exchange it. =( Thank you for your ideas though!
Correct, I did update my rom via a zip file, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a MF3 update as I am familiar with the problems that's been causing.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...mo/3774-slim-d2att-4-2-2-build-7-5-weekly-596
That would be the link to the exact download I tried to update too.
I'll give that a shot with your link and let you know.
Thanks again guys.
EDIT: Tried the MDL Recovery, No Cigar. Though that thread is pretty interesting, gonna give it a read when I have the time. I need to get out of the house, this problem is driving me bonkers. Thank you guys very much for your advice and support, I would have went crazy hours ago if it wasn't for the intelligence provided by this forum.
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Im not so sure how everyone just over looked this but the rom in that link is for the att S3. So you flashed an S3 rom to your S4.
D2att is the s3 for att.
Jflteatt is the att variant.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewcategory/620-jflteatt
Thats the correct link to weekly roms for slim rom for our device. your partitions might just be corrupted in case maybe having a jtag or using the pit file for MDL would fix? :/ im not an expert haha just observations.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
that would be the worst mistake of your life. my wife has a One. stock, its like an iphone. rooted, there isnt 10% of the activity/development in the One boards that there are here so that makes life with a rooted htc device even more boring than a regular day with an htc device.
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You sure? On the att one majority of devs dont post on the att htc one section but eather "HtC one" section since all roms work vice versa on that phone international roms > works on all models of the one.
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[Q] HELP!!!! Plz my note 3 is bricked

ODIN
Product name:sm-n900v
Current binary: Samsung official
system status: Custom
ive tried everything I can think of,its booting to Verizon stock logo but padlock screen still in custom mode any help will be great its driving me nutts!!!!

camphurt said:
ODIN
Product name:sm-n900v
Current binary: Samsung official
system status: Custom
ive tried everything I can think of,its booting to Verizon stock logo but padlock screen still in custom mode any help will be great its driving me nutts!!!!
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remove battery, boot into odin mode, flash mje and you'll be okay.

I did that I flashed in to odin and tried to return to stock but the custom screen still remains almost like im hung up in root mode

After flashing back to stock, reboot to recovery and wipe data/factory reset
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Please Help
I don't know if this is the place to ask this and I apologize if it isn't. I am needing MAJOR help. My phone won't boot into recovery it will boot into odin and The Samsung Note 3 Screen that says Custom and has a lock. I don't know what to do and I am so stressed out. I shouldn't have messed with something i wasn't sure of

cljames0119 said:
I don't know if this is the place to ask this and I apologize if it isn't. I am needing MAJOR help. My phone won't boot into recovery it will boot into odin and The Samsung Note 3 Screen that says Custom and has a lock. I don't know what to do and I am so stressed out. I shouldn't have messed with something i wasn't sure of
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If it will boot into Download (Odin) mode, then it will almost certainly be able to be flashed back to pure stock using Odin. Just make sure to use the Odin file which is equal to (or greater) the release that was on the phone. For instance, if you were on MJ7, then you could use either the MJ7 or MJE stock Odin file, but if you were on MJE, you must use the MJE Stock Odin tar.md5 file.
Note that this will completely wipe your phone.
If you flashed something non-stock to the recovery partition & your device is a retail SM-N900V, you will have blown the Knox Warranty flag and that will not be fixed by flashing back to stock. However, that means almost nothing in terms of lost functionality (but it will mean your warranty is void).
good luck

bftb0 said:
If it will boot into Download (Odin) mode, then it will almost certainly be able to be flashed back to pure stock using Odin. Just make sure to use the Odin file which is equal to (or greater) the release that was on the phone. For instance, if you were on MJ7, then you could use either the MJ7 or MJE stock Odin file, but if you were on MJE, you must use the MJE Stock Odin tar.md5 file.
Note that this will completely wipe your phone.
If you flashed something non-stock to the recovery partition & your device is a retail SM-N900V, you will have blown the Knox Warranty flag and that will not be fixed by flashing back to stock. However, that means almost nothing in terms of lost functionality (but it will mean your warranty is void).
good luck
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Thank you for your reply, if this helps any when I rooted it a while back I used the Kingo Root, then today I decided it was being dumb I wanted to factory reset and that is when I found out recovery wasn't there. To be honest with you I don't know what was on there I do know it was Android 4.3 but that is all I know. I feel so stupid and at a lost. I have tried so many diff things and I fear I have messed it up worse. At this point I would just be happy with it booting up. Right now I have actually put my number back on my NOte 2 for now just so my kids can contact me if they need too etc. But, I have tried doing this in Odin N900vrubmj7 etc. and everytime i try to do it through odin it Fails. So would that mean I need to do the MJ5 that you mentioned. I greatly appreciate your help. Believe me i have learned a valuable lesson from this.

cljames0119 said:
Thank you for your reply, if this helps any when I rooted it a while back I used the Kingo Root, then today I decided it was being dumb I wanted to factory reset and that is when I found out recovery wasn't there. To be honest with you I don't know what was on there I do know it was Android 4.3 but that is all I know. I feel so stupid and at a lost. I have tried so many diff things and I fear I have messed it up worse. At this point I would just be happy with it booting up. Right now I have actually put my number back on my NOte 2 for now just so my kids can contact me if they need too etc. But, I have tried doing this in Odin N900vrubmj7 etc. and everytime i try to do it through odin it Fails. So would that mean I need to do the MJ5 that you mentioned. I greatly appreciate your help. Believe me i have learned a valuable lesson from this.
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Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. You obviously aren't stupid, you asked for help. I had to reset my phone tonight from something I did in safestrap, no big deal it's all part of the root game. Shoot mine wouldn't get past the custom lock screen even after a battery pull. Anyways I would just flash up to MJE, root and be done with it. Look at it as a learning experience. Now you know what to do if the phone gets messed up again. Relax and enjoy the rest of the night.

Thank you
Misterxtc said:
Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. You obviously aren't stupid, you asked for help. I had to reset my phone tonight from something I did in safestrap, no big deal it's all part of the root game. Shoot mine wouldn't get past the custom lock screen even after a battery pull. Anyways I would just flash up to MJE, root and be done with it. Look at it as a learning experience. Now you know what to do if the phone gets messed up again. Relax and enjoy the rest of the night.
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I appreciate that, so you are saying get MJE install that via odin? Then root and that should be it? My main thing is Odin keeps failing on the install maybe I am not using the right thing so I will look for MJE. I hate to ask this but could you give me step by step or direct me where? I appreciate this. And never touching my phone again after this nightmare!!!

cljames0119 said:
I appreciate that, so you are saying get MJE install that via odin? Then root and that should be it? My main thing is Odin keeps failing on the install maybe I am not using the right thing so I will look for MJE. I hate to ask this but could you give me step by step or direct me where? I appreciate this. And never touching my phone again after this nightmare!!!
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No problem. Here are two excellent guides to get you through close to anything that may go wrong with the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543386
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I forgot to answer your question, yes MJE via Oden then you will be up to date with the firmware.

Thank you
Misterxtc said:
No problem. Here are two excellent guides to get you through close to anything that may go wrong with the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543386
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I forgot to answer your question, yes MJE via Oden then you will be up to date with the firmware.
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Hoping for the best will let you know. Thank you

cljames0119 said:
Hoping for the best will let you know. Thank you
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process system isn't responding that's the my problem I did everything that I could..i have a new now but still trying to get my old one working

So far so good
cljames0119 said:
Hoping for the best will let you know. Thank you
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Well so far so good have gotten farther then I have all evening and it is on the Verizon screen as we speak drum roll please.....and it is still chugging along, Im hoping it just takes a bit to get past this and WE ARE BACK ON SERVICE!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU

cljames0119 said:
Well so far so good have gotten farther then I have all evening and it is on the Verizon screen as we speak drum roll please.....and it is still chugging along, Im hoping it just takes a bit to get past this and WE ARE BACK ON SERVICE!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU
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You are very welcome, I'm glad you are up and running again.

Thanks for the help misterxtc but my problem still remains
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Have you confirmed the md5 to ensure you have a good download? It might be good to redownload Odin and the stock tar. Also make sure you are using the latest and greatest Odin. In you are using odin for s3 you may have issues.
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tpike said:
Have you confirmed the md5 to ensure you have a good download? It might be good to redownload Odin and the stock tar. Also make sure you are using the latest and greatest Odin. In you are using odin for s3 you may have issues.
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Yeah i did that sir but I think I damaged my EFS folder consider this is a lesson well learned and i have a retail sm n900v which I believe there isn't a fix for yet ill just keep reading up on things..no sweat i have another note 3 but just trying to fix the on i damage
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camphurt said:
Yeah i did that sir but I think I damaged my EFS folder consider this is a lesson well learned and i have a retail sm n900v which I believe there isn't a fix for yet ill just keep reading up on things..no sweat i have another note 3 but just trying to fix the on i damage
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I'll take another shot. Have you tried checking the Nand Erase All and Phone EFS Clear check boxes in Odin with the MD5 and PIT files? I have done these on my phone with no ill effects. Leave the other check boxes as they are and add those two. I got the info from here a while ago. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757

Misterxtc said:
I'll take another shot. Have you tried checking the Nand Erase All and Phone EFS Clear check boxes in Odin with the MD5 and PIT files? I have done these on my phone with no ill effects. Leave the other check boxes as they are and add those two. I got the info from here a while ago. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
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Ok lets give that a try.. like i said i have a back up note 3 and im not hold anyone responsible for what im ready to do.
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I had trouble with Odin failing when trying to get my galaxy s4 back to stock. Found my computer seemed to be the problem. Maybe to old and couldn't handle it but once I moved to the newer computer in the living room it worked off the first try. Hope this helps.
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[Q] unauthorized software

I stupidly tried to flash a custom recovery without unlocking the boot loader (2nd time rooting a phone) and of course now I get the message that there is software not authorized by Verizon, yada yada yada.....I can't use the phone. As I already said, I'm not very smart w/ this I guess. I rooted my phone with the new towelroot method and it worked flawlessly....but then I tried to go further and figured I'd just do everything necessary to run custom roms. Anyways, I've got the yellow triangle and I really really don't want to go to Verizon and try to talk my way into a replacement (I just got a replacement phone about 2 weeks ago) Is there any way to fix this? Before you reply, know I don't have a windows computer so I don't think I can use Odin, and my phone isn't showing up in Kies when I connect it after making sure my phone is in download mode. I'm at a loss.

Your only option is Odin, I would say find a friend with a windows computer... Then once you are back on track, read on this forum about safestrap before you flash anything else... Good luck!
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mattchenzo said:
Your only option is Odin, I would say find a friend with a windows computer... Then once you are back on track, read on this forum about safestrap before you flash anything else... Good luck!
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Thanks. I know what I'm doing today now

Can anyone point me in the right direction to download the right pit file for use in Odin (Jodin3 to be specific). It's supposed to find the proper pit file automatically, but it can't for some reason. Oh, and I did do some digging....for some reason the only pit file I found (which was uploaded in Oct. of 2013) doesn't work. I can't find anything else other than that...if there is anything else.

I am trying to fix his phone for him but I am unable to find any full 4.4.2 Odin tars, are there even any available yet? The only ones I can find seem to be on websites I have never heard of haha.

Help Please
I also Rooted via Towel Method and flashed clockwork touch recovery not thinking, and i am also in the same boat. Can anyone point me in the direction of a stock TAR file to flash with ODIN, So i can get my note working again.. Any help would be great.. Thanks in advance

Shutton82 said:
I also Rooted via Towel Method and flashed clockwork touch recovery not thinking, and i am also in the same boat. Can anyone point me in the direction of a stock TAR file to flash with ODIN, So i can get my note working again.. Any help would be great.. Thanks in advance
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Just found the link for it in this topic!
EDIT: Forgot to put in the link LOL http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783842

Worked like a CHARM!!!
draco259 said:
Just found the link for it in this topic!
EDIT: Forgot to put in the link LOL http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783842
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Thank you, I just finished Flashing File with ODIN, Worked like a CHARM!!!! Many Many Thanks!!!!!:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Shutton82 said:
Thank you, I just finished Flashing File with ODIN, Worked like a CHARM!!!! Many Many Thanks!!!!!:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Glad I could be of some help

My phone stopped working after trying to unroot NEED HELP

Well i rooted my device and the bugs were to much to deal with so i decided to unroot by flashing the stockedgeboot and now every time i boot my device it goes straight to recovery mode Can someone please help?

nyamd20 said:
Well i rooted my device and the bugs were to much to deal with so i decided to unroot by flashing the stockedgeboot and now every time i boot my device it goes straight to recovery mode Can someone please help?
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odin to PG1 firmware

guaneet said:
odin to PG1 firmware
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how exactly would i do that?

nyamd20 said:
how exactly would i do that?
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Have you tried just selecting reboot system now.

nyamd20 said:
how exactly would i do that?
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If you have to ask this question. Then you should of never rooted you phone. These are Basic things you should be able to do. Before you root.

nyamd20 said:
how exactly would i do that?
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You need to download Odin, then download one of the recent firmwares like PD8 etc. Put your phone in download mode, hook it to your computer, open Odin, click AP then pick the firmware file you downloaded and hit start.
You should have Odin from when you rooted and you can find the firmware file on the forum here. Just search for PD8 or PG1.

You soft bricked your device. no big deal Samsung makes it fairly easy to fix. Download Smart Switch to your computer and use the Emergency Software Recovery/ initialization process to recover your device. You will have to re initialize your device and you will lose everything on your internal storage but your phone will be fine.
Again the root method discovered uses an ENG boot and is not meant for every day use it is not true root and will always cause more issues than it is worth.

so i tried to root my samsung galaxy s7 edge sm-935u and it's stuck in reboot loop

So after I flashed the stock rom back on the phone is functioning good and everything seems to be in order. However when i try to root it it gives me this error in odin http://prntscr.com/g3sml0 . Does anyone know why this is happening to my SM-G935U ???
Thanks for the help in advance

I still get secure check fail in odin for no reason at all

intramorph said:
I still get secure check fail in odin for no reason at all
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It sounds like a bad download. I think you need the .tar file and not the tar.md5 file...
check and try again.

intramorph said:
So after I flashed the stock rom back on the phone is functioning good and everything seems to be in order. However when i try to root it it gives me this error in odin http://prntscr.com/g3sml0 . Does anyone know why this is happening to my SM-G935U ???
Thanks for the help in advance
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I've tried rooting SM-G935U multiple times. The ENG boot image flashes fine in Odin but once it boots into the OS it reboots every 45-60 seconds. I never get to flash the root.bat
I'm thinking something has definitely changed. Others aren't reporting quite the same struggle I'm experiencing (at least not to the extent I have.) I just got this phone 2 weeks back. It came with Nougat.
Though I don't get any errors in Odin. Are you using the modified version?

KLit75 said:
I've tried rooting SM-G935U multiple times. The ENG boot image flashes fine in Odin but once it boots into the OS it reboots every 45-60 seconds. I never get to flash the root.bat
I'm thinking something has definitely changed. Others aren't reporting quite the same struggle I'm experiencing (at least not to the extent I have.) I just got this phone 2 weeks back. It came with Nougat.
Though I don't get any errors in Odin. Are you using the modified version?
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No i'm using the original one from sam's mobile. I'm also on nougat. I had the same issue the first time i tried to root,got stuck in a reboot loop so i had to flash original firmware. After that my phone is working as intended but i get this error in odin now. Is there another way to root this device or am i out of luck xD
By modified version do you mean if it's a t-mobile device "for example" with the U firmware flashed? in that case no it's the original SM-G935U device.

TheOne741 said:
It sounds like a bad download. I think you need the .tar file and not the tar.md5 file...
check and try again.
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Hi and where can i find the .tar file please. Forgive me for being such noob

intramorph said:
Hi and where can i find the .tar file please. Forgive me for being such noob
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G935U Bootloader is locked
take a look here
https://
forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge

intramorph said:
No i'm using the original one from sam's mobile. I'm also on nougat. I had the same issue the first time i tried to root,got stuck in a reboot loop so i had to flash original firmware. After that my phone is working as intended but i get this error in odin now. Is there another way to root this device or am i out of luck xD
By modified version do you mean if it's a t-mobile device "for example" with the U firmware flashed? in that case no it's the original SM-G935U device.
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By modified I just meant the version of Odin youre using.
When you say you had to flash back to the original firmware, do you happen to know which version?

KLit75 said:
By modified I just meant the version of Odin youre using.
When you say you had to flash back to the original firmware, do you happen to know which version?
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I do i used this one https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7-edge/SM-G935U/TMK/download/G935UUES4BQG1/181625/
also i tried the modified version of odin as well as the latest. By now i've just given up. it's just not worth it imo

intramorph said:
I do i used this one https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7-edge/SM-G935U/TMK/download/G935UUES4BQG1/181625/
also i tried the modified version of odin as well as the latest. By now i've just given up. it's just not worth it imo
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I hear ya. Long process only to have it not work.
But when I asked about the firmware I meant the one you successfully rooted last. The one you posted was the same one I tried. And like I said, eng boot flashed fine but the subsequent reboot loop made it impossible to run the root.bat
My only theories are either something was changed by samsung and/or the devices that previously had M installed ARE able to be rooted.
One thing Im certain of is the new firmware does not like that engineering boot img.
But Im still holding out hope for root...

KLit75 said:
I hear ya. Long process only to have it not work.
But when I asked about the firmware I meant the one you successfully rooted last. The one you posted was the same one I tried. And like I said, eng boot flashed fine but the subsequent reboot loop made it impossible to run the root.bat
My only theories are either something was changed by samsung and/or the devices that previously had M installed ARE able to be rooted.
One thing Im certain of is the new firmware does not like that engineering boot img.
But Im still holding out hope for root...
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It wasnt successful. It send me into a boot loop. Much like you. I couldn't run the root.bat file either. After that I just flashed original rom and that's it
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KLit75 said:
I hear ya. Long process only to have it not work.
But when I asked about the firmware I meant the one you successfully rooted last. The one you posted was the same one I tried. And like I said, eng boot flashed fine but the subsequent reboot loop made it impossible to run the root.bat
My only theories are either something was changed by samsung and/or the devices that previously had M installed ARE able to be rooted.
One thing Im certain of is the new firmware does not like that engineering boot img.
But Im still holding out hope for root...
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Hey man i was wondering if you still want to root. here's what worked for me. https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502 . This method works for the sm-g935u. Also xposed works as well
The only thing i could find that was wrong was that my device was a bit laggy after rooting it but i gave it some time and it's lag-free now. I'm glad i did this. The downside is there's no custom recovery but maybe we'll get one soon. Good luck

intramorph said:
Hey man i was wondering if you still want to root. here's what worked for me. https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502 . This method works for the sm-g935u. Also xposed works as well
The only thing i could find that was wrong was that my device was a bit laggy after rooting it but i gave it some time and it's lag-free now. I'm glad i did this. The downside is there's no custom recovery but maybe we'll get one soon. Good luck
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I just rooted it Sunday night but thanks for letting me know!:good:
If you could though, please tell me which version of xposed you flashed. Was it the purify os v87 sdk24 from 7/26?

KLit75 said:
I just rooted it Sunday night but thanks for letting me know!:good:
If you could though, please tell me which version of xposed you flashed. Was it the purify os v87 sdk24 from 7/26?
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it was purifyos and you flash the zip in Flashfire mount system