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[Q] 4.4 Update via Odin Fail, Phone Bricked

I tried to install the 4.4.2 N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2 update on my Note 3 via odin 3.09.
Got an ext4 update failed error.
After this, the phone's bricked and is stuck on the Kies Recovery Screen. I tried to go into recovery mode in Kies, but it says this model does not have initialization.
I tried installing a 4.3 N9005XXUDMK3_N9005TNLDMK1_N9005XXUDMK2, but again failed. Download mode shows SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot] Fused 3 > Binary 2
Can someone please guide me to unbrick my phone?
I don't know what ROM I was on initially. It was the stock ROM that came with the phone.
I dont have CWM and TWRM installed.

This is not a brick at all. Just add a .pit file and restart the upgrade via Odin again.
You should be fine.

MrAndroid12 said:
This is not a brick at all. Just add a .pit file and restart the upgrade via Odin again.
You should be fine.
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Thank you for that advice. How do I add a .pit file, and would you happen to have a link where I can download it from?

rinuvimal said:
Thank you for that advice. How do I add a .pit file, and would you happen to have a link where I can download it from?
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search better mate http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550823

tasked28m said:
search better mate http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550823
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I've tried all the .pit files in that thread, bro. None work. Cannot generate own pit as in phone is in recovery mode.

rinuvimal said:
I've tried all the .pit files in that thread, bro. None work. Cannot generate own pit as in phone is in recovery mode.
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i know cfautoroot has the correct pit file in , try rooting your phone with cfautoroot.

MrAndroid12 said:
This is not a brick at all. Just add a .pit file and restart the upgrade via Odin again.
You should be fine.
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I tried a variety of N9005 .pits and each time, it shows PIT FAIL: TOTAL SECTORS (30777344) :crying:

(Read OP) . Try flashing the polish firmware again with odin v1.85 and try using different usb ports. Close most of your running applications such as firefox skype etc that can interrupt the process and flash official firmware.

tasked28m said:
(Read OP) . Try flashing the polish firmware again with odin v1.85 and try using different usb ports. Close most of your running applications such as firefox skype etc that can interrupt the process and flash official firmware.
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Whenever I try the 4.4.2 polish, it fails at system.img.ext4. When I try 4.3, it fails at aboot.
Here's the Odin log for 4.4.2 polish:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/006> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/006> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/006> tz.mbn
<ID:0/006> sdi.mbn
<ID:0/006> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/006> boot.img
<ID:0/006> recovery.img
<ID:0/006> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

bootloop note 3
After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????

rinuvimal said:
Whenever I try the 4.4.2 polish, it fails at system.img.ext4. When I try 4.3, it fails at aboot.
Here's the Odin log for 4.4.2 polish:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/006> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/006> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/006> tz.mbn
<ID:0/006> sdi.mbn
<ID:0/006> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/006> boot.img
<ID:0/006> recovery.img
<ID:0/006> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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You won't be able to downgrade back to 4.3 - Use the PDA slot on ODIN and try flashing again.
poedy said:
After installig android 4.4.2, i tried to root with cf-root, now it is in a loop.
I cannot come into in recovery mode.
The phone starts with: -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid enforcing,- set warrant bit recovery
when i keep the battery out and then put it in, it says again -recovery booting,-recovery is not seandroid etc.
Who can help me????
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I answered in your other thread about this...

rinuvimal said:
I tried to install the 4.4.2 N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2 update on my Note 3 via odin 3.09.
Got an ext4 update failed error.
After this, the phone's bricked and is stuck on the Kies Recovery Screen. I tried to go into recovery mode in Kies, but it says this model does not have initialization.
I tried installing a 4.3 N9005XXUDMK3_N9005TNLDMK1_N9005XXUDMK2, but again failed. Download mode shows SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot] Fused 3 > Binary 2
Can someone please guide me to unbrick my phone?
I don't know what ROM I was on initially. It was the stock ROM that came with the phone.
I dont have CWM and TWRM installed.
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try to downlaod and flash the 4.4.2 tar again, you cant downgrade to 4.3 as your bootlaoder got upgraded
Edit- darn am i too slow or are you too fast today @radicalisto? second time...LOL :good:

Khizar said:
try to downlaod and flash the 4.4.2 tar again, you cant downgrade to 4.3 as your bootlaoder got upgraded
Edit- darn am i too slow or are you too fast today @radicalisto? second time...LOL :good:
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15 hour sleep man, seems to have me buzzing around lol :highfive:

Solution
I also have Hong Kong N9005 32GB with N9005XXUBMI5 PDA, tried to flash 4.4.2 with Odin and stuck at "invalid ext4 image", was't able to flash anything after it.
But after 16 hours I finally found a solution:
1. Get leaked Polish ROM (that one with 4 files, do not use the official - it has one file rom)
2. Extract archive
3. Extract "CSC_OXX_N9005OXXENA5_327209_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and get your pitfile - HLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit
4. Flash your phone with this pitfile and other 4 files from archive (I used Odin 3.09) with repartitioning enabled.
After this procedure I have fully working android 4.4 :victory:

m1ndst0rm said:
I also have Hong Kong N9005 32GB with N9005XXUBMI5 PDA, tried to flash 4.4.2 with Odin and stuck at "invalid ext4 image", was't able to flash anything after it.
But after 16 hours I finally found a solution:
1. Get leaked Polish ROM (that one with 4 files, do not use the official - it has one file rom)
2. Extract archive
3. Extract "CSC_OXX_N9005OXXENA5_327209_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and get your pitfile - HLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit
4. Flash your phone with this pitfile and other 4 files from archive (I used Odin 3.09) with repartitioning enabled.
After this procedure I have fully working android 4.4 :victory:
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Have you tried rooting it with Chainfire's CF-Auto Root yet?

m1ndst0rm said:
I also have Hong Kong N9005 32GB with N9005XXUBMI5 PDA, tried to flash 4.4.2 with Odin and stuck at "invalid ext4 image", was't able to flash anything after it.
But after 16 hours I finally found a solution:
1. Get leaked Polish ROM (that one with 4 files, do not use the official - it has one file rom)
2. Extract archive
3. Extract "CSC_OXX_N9005OXXENA5_327209_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and get your pitfile - HLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit
4. Flash your phone with this pitfile and other 4 files from archive (I used Odin 3.09) with repartitioning enabled.
After this procedure I have fully working android 4.4 :victory:
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can you show the download link for the leaked rom with 4 files?

vndnguyen said:
can you show the download link for the leaked rom with 4 files?
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I have no permission to post links yet, but try googling for N3KitKat.rar.torrent

Leaked download link is in my sig (not this cause I am on xda app l check my other posts)
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

ManUtdRul3 said:
Have you tried rooting it with Chainfire's CF-Auto Root yet?
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Just tried latest one, ended up in bootloop with "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING"...
Now flashing original ROM again.

m1ndst0rm said:
Just tried latest one, ended up in bootloop with "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING"...
Now flashing original ROM again.
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Seems to be a common problem. Hopefully an update to it will fix it.

S4 I9500 Bricked while installing rom...

Hi, I had my S4 with stock rom 4.3 with adam kernel and philz touch recovery, tried to install via odin the stock rom 4.4.2 TTT but because of a CPU problem the usb connection was interrupted while installing. Now I'm stuck at download mode.
Here's details.
Download mode:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9500
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
RP SWREV: A3
After attempting install rom via odin:
appears the same in download mode plus this line:
SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:-3, BINARY:2
Odin log:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9500UBUEMK1_I9500UUBEMK1_I9500UBUEMK1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I've already tried the same with the PIT file but still doesn't work, anybody got a clue?

Anybody? I need my phone back :S

chemell said:
Anybody? I need my phone back :S
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Odin was interrupted at the bootloader update (sboot.bin). You need the "factory ROM" to flash it, however I am not aware if anything for 4.2.2 would be available for now.

spamtrash said:
Odin was interrupted at the bootloader update (sboot.bin). You need the "factory ROM" to flash it, however I am not aware if anything for 4.2.2 would be available for now.
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But can I use another rom? I don't care if isn't a 4.2.2 rom because I need the phone again doesn't matter with which rom or android version.

If u can boot to recovery flash a custom rom then flash stock via odin

aayushkhajuria2842 said:
If u can boot to recovery flash a custom rom then flash stock via odin
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I can't, I only got download mode...

Try the right key combination .....its nt possible that you can have download mode but nt recovery
Press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power

aayushkhajuria2842 said:
Try the right key combination .....its nt possible that you can have download mode but nt recovery
Press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power
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Well it doesn't work, when I turn on the phone a black screen with a cellphone, a warning sign and a monitor appears and a text says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
With this screen I can only go into download mode but when I try recovery mode it just puts the screen black and back to the same text and pictures.
Another thing that worries me it's that I can't turn the phone off with the button, only if I pull the battery out.

This can be recovered I had same prblm some months ago bt I just flashed stock firmware nd it was fixed u may try flashing stock rom again

aayushkhajuria2842 said:
This can be recovered I had same prblm some months ago bt I just flashed stock firmware nd it was fixed u may try flashing stock rom again
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I've already tried with the rom "I9500UBUEMK1_I9500UUBEMK1_I9500UBUEMK1_HOME.tar.md5" (I believe it's stock rom) and get the odin error that appears in my first post...

Try some other firmware of you own region ......... 4.3 or 4.4 whichever u have for your region .......I think then u will nt get same error

chemell said:
Hi, I had my S4 with stock rom 4.3 with adam kernel and philz touch recovery, tried to install via odin the stock rom 4.4.2 TTT but because of a CPU problem the usb connection was interrupted while installing. Now I'm stuck at download mode.
Here's details.
Download mode:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9500
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
RP SWREV: A3
After attempting install rom via odin:
appears the same in download mode plus this line:
SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:-3, BINARY:2
Odin log:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9500UBUEMK1_I9500UUBEMK1_I9500UBUEMK1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I've already tried the same with the PIT file but still doesn't work, anybody got a clue?
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Hi, try to flash through kies emergency firmware recovery.

navdeepavi said:
Hi, try to flash through kies emergency firmware recovery.
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Hi, I tried, but in Kies I can't get trough the "Connecting..." status so when I choose "Emergency firmware recovery" the list of devices appears empty.

I think u should try flashing some other stock firmware I hav had the prblm before

aayushkhajuria2842 said:
I think u should try flashing some other stock firmware I hav had the prblm before
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Hi, I'm downloading another firmware now. But I don't think it will work, i've tried with a pack I found (firmware+pit+booloader+cp+csc) and didn't work. Also I tried just flashing only de BP file and keep getting the same error:
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL!
I don't know what to do but I'm downloading an ARO stock firmware (4.3) and I'll try...

It should work I did the same thing but cant say anything

aayushkhajuria2842 said:
I think u should try flashing some other stock firmware I hav had the prblm before
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Obviously not. simple flash of ROM is not sorting out the corrupted bootloader problem.
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chemell said:
Hi, I'm downloading another firmware now. But I don't think it will work, i've tried with a pack I found (firmware+pit+booloader+cp+csc) and didn't work. Also I tried just flashing only de BP file and keep getting the same error:
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL!
I don't know what to do but I'm downloading an ARO stock firmware (4.3) and I'll try...
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considering your situation, I doubt if it will work. you have to pick from two scenarios:
a) your download mode shows warranty void, knox void, custom: then you have to go to step 2 below.
b) your download mode shows all statuses samsung or official or 0x0 - then go to 1
1. Call samsung service center, they shall sort it out under the warranty.
2. More complicated, if you do not want to pay for repairs.
DELETED, procedure was for I9505 ONLY
you have to follow the procedure form this link instead.
Good luck.

spamtrash said:
Obviously not. simple flash of ROM is not sorting out the corrupted bootloader problem.
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considering your situation, I doubt if it will work. you have to pick from two scenarios:
a) your download mode shows warranty void, knox void, custom: then you have to go to step 2 below.
b) your download mode shows all statuses samsung or official or 0x0 - then go to 1
1. Call samsung service center, they shall sort it out under the warranty.
2. More complicated, if you do not want to pay for repairs.
You will need the PC with not faulty CPU, first.
Then, you have to use the PIT from here
Of course, you will need the Qualcomm drivers as well, from here or this one
Then, you have to follow the relatively simple procedure described here
That shall fix the corrupted bootloader, and I hope that you will not see the described there errors which would point to the hardware problem.
Good luck.
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Warning!
He said he is in trouble with a I9500 device, so the Qualcomm drivers will not help....much.

Just an observation, you said you have no recovery right? So have you tried just flashing the tar of PhilZ recovery using Odin to get it back?
At least then you'll have a recovery again and can move forward with a custom ROM install
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium HD app

lolo9393 said:
Warning!
He said he is in trouble with a I9500 device, so the Qualcomm drivers will not help....much.
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right. the correct one provided.

[Solved] Need help with SHV-E300L - Cannot load most roms - stuck with bad rom

Hi,
So I'm a bit of a noob with regards to roms and kernels and all that stuff and I've found myself with a bit of a problem.
I ordered a Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9500) from Korea and received it a few days ago. The phone worked fine but was Android 4.2.2. There was no updates available OTA or in Kies so I decided to try flash my own rom.
I went about doing this and discovered that CWM recovery was already on the phone...it must have been added by the supplier, however the CWM version was in Korean.
I downloaded a rom, the first one I found, called Ozcran Rom. It's Android 4.4.2. On my phone it's very unstable, it keeps rebooting and it cannot recognize my sim card but it kind of works. I've tried to change the rom to many other ones but they all either fail to install or if I can install them they load but get no further than the boot animation.
Because the CWM was in Korean and because I'm a fool I never made a backup of the original. I've since been able to update CWM to an english version and figured out how to make a backup of the (barely working) Ozcran rom but I'm not having any luck installing a rom that actually works.
I've tried loading roms with both CWM and Odin but usually Odin fails. Odin was able to update CWM recovery for me but it seems to fail everytime I try to install a rom.
I've attached a screenshot of the About screen (when it's working with Ozcran Rom). When the phone is in download mode (in korean) it says Product Name: SHV-E300L, Current Binary: Custom, System status: Custom.
Can someone please help with this?

nicenormalfiend said:
Hi,
So I'm a bit of a noob with regards to roms and kernels and all that stuff and I've found myself with a bit of a problem.
I ordered a Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9500) from Korea and received it a few days ago. The phone worked fine but was Android 4.2.2. There was no updates available OTA or in Kies so I decided to try flash my own rom.
I went about doing this and discovered that CWM recovery was already on the phone...it must have been added by the supplier, however the CWM version was in Korean.
I downloaded a rom, the first one I found, called Ozcran Rom. It's Android 4.4.2. On my phone it's very unstable, it keeps rebooting and it cannot recognize my sim card but it kind of works. I've tried to change the rom to many other ones but they all either fail to install or if I can install them they load but get no further than the boot animation.
Because the CWM was in Korean and because I'm a fool I never made a backup of the original. I've since been able to update CWM to an english version and figured out how to make a backup of the (barely working) Ozcran rom but I'm not having any luck installing a rom that actually works.
I've tried loading roms with both CWM and Odin but usually Odin fails. Odin was able to update CWM recovery for me but it seems to fail everytime I try to install a rom.
I've attached a screenshot of the About screen (when it's working with Ozcran Rom). When the phone is in download mode (in korean) it says Product Name: SHV-E300L, Current Binary: Custom, System status: Custom.
Can someone please help with this?
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can you tell us what odin says when it fails? give us a picture please, most odin fails are because of wrong firmware for wrong devices. also did you get your stock rom from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ ? most recommended place.

Hi.
One of the stock roms I tried was from sammobile yes.
I've attached an image of Odin when it fails and I've pasted the content of the message box here:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9500XXUGNH4_I9500OJKGNI1_I9500JKUGNH1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> sboot.bin
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL!
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

nicenormalfiend said:
Hi.
One of the stock roms I tried was from sammobile yes.
I've attached an image of Odin when it fails and I've pasted the content of the message box here:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9500XXUGNH4_I9500OJKGNI1_I9500JKUGNH1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> sboot.bin
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL!
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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you say its a i9500 but you said its a SHV-E300L in download mode, try flashing one of those stock roms from sammobile might have to deal with Korean language for awhile unless Samsung Korean phones come with english. You are sure its a i9500? take out the battery and tell me the model number where the battery is supposed to go.

Trozzul said:
you say its a i9500 but you said its a SHV-E300L in download mode, try flashing one of those stock roms from sammobile might have to deal with Korean language for awhile unless Samsung Korean phones come with english. You are sure its a i9500? take out the battery and tell me the model number where the battery is supposed to go.
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I thought perhaps SHV-E300L was the model number of the i9500 in Korea.
Under the batter the model number says GT-i9500. Is the SHV-E300L supposed to be different from the i9500?
I'll try downloading firmware from sammobile for the SHV-E300L...

I'm not sure about that model number question. All I know is i9500 sounds international so maybe that says its international but runs on shv e300l firmware.

Trozzul said:
I'm not sure about that model number question. All I know is i9500 sounds international so maybe that says its international but runs on shv e300l firmware.
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Ok, thanks for the lead. I'll give the SHV-E300L firmware a go

Trozzul said:
I'm not sure about that model number question. All I know is i9500 sounds international so maybe that says its international but runs on shv e300l firmware.
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Amazing, the firmware for SHV-E300L works perfectly. Thank you so much!

nicenormalfiend said:
Amazing, the firmware for SHV-E300L works perfectly. Thank you so much!
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Enjoy i hope you are able to get non-korean languages if you need it. if you have any other questions please be sure to ask!

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nicenormalfiend said:
ok, thanks for the lead. I'll give the shv-e300l firmware a go
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Galaxy Grand Prime- Is It Safe To Downgrade From Lolipop To KitKat?

It is okay to downgrade?
Does anyone knows if something could go wrong if I downgrade from lollipop to kit kat?

I'm trying to downgrade to kitkat but doesn't work for sm-g530h :'( :'( :'(

Go here and make sure your flashing the correct firmware for your varient >> http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G530H/
Note: the country code is very important also for correct firmware.
Also: maybe some varients cannot be reverted because of write protected files that once on a newer version, the older cannot over write a later version..I'm new to Samsung, but some Moto devices are this way..maybe research this..
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mohamedbk said:
I'm trying to downgrade to kitkat but doesn't work for sm-g530h :'( :'( :'(
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Is Odin3 failing to flash (or) is the device bootlooping..or both.?
Have you tried a "system erase" via recovery, starting anew, clean OS before flashing.?
sent by my: SM-G531M-88 Grand Prime (or)
my: SM-N910C Note 4 (Lollipop 5.1.1)

I just did it today...
... and if you're careful with the baseband model #, and country code, you should be fine. Here's how I did it:
1- go to Sammobile and search for SM-G530H under the firmwares page, and download the firmware for your country region, and watch the PDA and CSC codes, you need to download the ones for your baseband model;
2- Once the firmware is downloaded, make sure you have Odin and Samsung drivers installed in your PC;
3- Open Odin, load the firmware under AP/PDA option. Start your phone in download mode, plug it and once it's recognized, start the flashing procedure;
4- The phone will start, and once the Samsung bootloop screen shows, it will hang/freeze in that screen. That's because Lollipop is still the main system, and Kitkat is trying to update "in" it. So, open your phone and take the battery out, this will turn it off;
5- Place the battery back in, and restart the phone in recovery mode. Wipe cache partition, then wipe the system to factory default. Then restart the phone;
6- It will now boot up Kitkat. It may take sometime, as it is setting up the apps.

Gonna try it now, thanks!

it is safe

Yeah, its safe, I already did it :3

its works... and now i will again upgrade lollipop.. so if im going to setting>about device>system update and this is upgrade lolipop?? plzz tell m
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Consider this 1. Choose the right baseband to your device 2.after flashing via odin go to stock recovery by pressing vol up power button and home then choose wipe dalvic cache then wipe phone data after that reboot then it should boot normaly with kitkat installed ☺ thats what ido ive no problem encountered when downgrading

Am trying
Hi
Am trying to downgrade my samsung grand prime g530H from 5.0.2 to 4.4.4
every time it fails and said : " secure check fail : aboot "
what should i do ?!
please help me
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/004> Removed!!

these three buttons together press 5-10 sec (vol(-) button , home button, power button), then a windows open, select the download mode by pressing vol+ button, then from odin flash rom

Flashing on this rom OK G530HXXU2BOH5_G530HSER2BOH5_SER_5.0.zip
but when i select G530HXXU1ANI8_SER1ANI8_Russia_4.4.4_Repair_Firmware this to downgrade .. i got aboot fused error

im getting same type of error too. any alternative method?

I am also trying to downgrade with z3x but fail. try all methods

I maybe a years late or so but I am pretty much sure you can't downgrade from 5.0.2 to 4.4.4. I think the 5.0 bootloader won't allow to downgrade to 4.4.4.
Obviously I maybe wrong since I didn't tried it myself. I only heard it from others. And even if you are able to flash it it will probably go hard brick or something. Do at your own risk.

Odin Failing at system.img in I9500

Hello all,
Odin failing at system.img while flashing stock rom. Please help
Phone: Galaxy S4 I9500 INS
Trying to flash: Stock Rom I9500XXUHOF3_I9500ODDHOF1_INS
Odin Version: 3.10.7
Log:
<ID:0/009> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/009> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/009> File analysis..
<ID:0/009> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/009> Initialzation..
<ID:0/009> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/009> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/009> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/009> sboot.bin
<ID:0/009> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/009> boot.img
<ID:0/009> recovery.img
<ID:0/009> system.img
<ID:0/009> FAIL!
<ID:0/009>
<ID:0/009> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Hi,
Try with different cables, PCs, or put files in BL. And make sure you're not on Chinese Pit.
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
Hi,
Try with different cables, PCs, or put files in BL. And make sure you're not on Chinese Pit.
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Already tried mentioned method. Except Chinese pit. How to check that? And i think Chinese pit change can be issue because this happened after i flashed the first Chinese lollipop rom when it was officially launch for Chinese.
Can you guide me through this and help me?
Thank u so much.

Get an International pit arround XDA or use SamFirm with "Binary Nature" checked and flash it along firmware with Odin.
If you use SamFirm method, you'll have 4 files (Pit is inside CSC tar.md5). Put these 4 files on Odin and tick Re-partition.
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
Get an International pit arround XDA or use SamFirm with "Binary Nature" checked and flash it along firmware with Odin.
If you use SamFirm method, you'll have 4 files (Pit is inside CSC tar.md5). Put these 4 files on Odin and tick Re-partition.
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Thanks. You helped me alot and it worked. I flashed the stock firmware along pit file (adonis.pit).:good:
But now facing new problem. My phone is slow and random hangs and go into deep sleep and only option to come out of it is reboot.
So y this is happening? Is adonis.pit international version? or do i need to find other pit file?
Please help.

manish.200588 said:
Thanks. You helped me alot and it worked. I flashed the stock firmware along pit file (adonis.pit).:good:
But now facing new problem. My phone is slow and random hangs and go into deep sleep and only option to come out of it is reboot.
So y this is happening? Is adonis.pit international version? or do i need to find other pit file?
Please help.
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Try to flash firmware (without Pit) several times and do factory reset then.
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
Try to flash firmware (without Pit) several times and do factory reset then.
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Hi. I tried every thing. But still the deep sleep, random hangs and slow working of phone continues on lolipop rom.
This all started when i tried to flash some miui rom and i not able to flash as i think it was not for my i9500. After that i again flashed aurora v4.0 but started facing deep sleep, and slow working issue. Then i tried flashing ozcan kitkat rom and the again all become normal.
So basically my phone is not working good at lolipop rom (earlier it worked great) and works good in kk rom (ozcan).
So can you suggest what can be done? or how could i locate the problem and rectified it.

I don't have any idea for this.
I loved CM-based ROM and I would stay on it as long as it doesn't have any major bugs.
For MIUI by gtbluesky, use CWM. Or you can remove 'assert' word on first paragraph until 'abort{This is for ja3g...}' on updater-script file.
Sent from my GT-I9500