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[Q] Galaxy S4 Bricked!!!

Hi. So i've got an issue with my galaxy s4 9505. I cant get into recovery just download mode, and when i try to use odin to flash a firmware custom or stock or kernel it doesnt pass the( NAND write start) and i get the FAIL message. I forgot to tell you that when the phone is not in the download mode it shows on the main screen the following message( Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.) and it doesnt turn off. What can i do??? Please help.

demoskino said:
Hi. So i've got an issue with my galaxy s4 9505. I cant get into recovery just download mode, and when i try to use odin to flash a firmware custom or stock or kernel it doesnt pass the( NAND write start) and i get the FAIL message. I forgot to tell you that when the phone is not in the download mode it shows on the main screen the following message( Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.) and it doesnt turn off. What can i do??? Please help.
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KIES running in background as process?
Tried another USB cable?
Tried to use another USB slot?
In order to turn it off ... did you try to push Powerbutton and hold it pressed until re-boot?
BTW what did you do to get into this situation?

demoskino said:
Hi. So i've got an issue with my galaxy s4 9505. I cant get into recovery just download mode, and when i try to use odin to flash a firmware custom or stock or kernel it doesnt pass the( NAND write start) and i get the FAIL message. I forgot to tell you that when the phone is not in the download mode it shows on the main screen the following message( Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.) and it doesnt turn off. What can i do??? Please help.
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Try flashing a Stock ROM with ODIN
PS: Give more informations please

hi
​Thank you for your quick reply. Fortunately i've resolved the issue. Indeed i've flashed a stock rooted rom(XXBMEA) and it worked. Unfortunately my goal was to flash the new Omega v5.0 rom but it looks like i cant flash the new TWRP 2.5.0 kernel. I can flash it successfuly but nothing happens. Can you please help me in this sittuation. At this momment Im using the XXBMEA stock rooted rom with the wifi and data fully working. So i think i could flash at any momment the Omega rom if i could flash a working TWRP or any other way if u know. Please help me.

demoskino said:
​Thank you for your quick reply. Fortunately i've resolved the issue. Indeed i've flashed a stock rooted rom(XXBMEA) and it worked. Unfortunately my goal was to flash the new Omega v5.0 rom but it looks like i cant flash the new TWRP 2.5.0 kernel. I can flash it successfuly but nothing happens. Can you please help me in this sittuation. At this momment Im using the XXBMEA stock rooted rom with the wifi and data fully working. So i think i could flash at any momment the Omega rom if i could flash a working TWRP or any other way if u know. Please help me.
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Maybe you should change thread title from "[Q] Galaxy S4 Bricked!!!" to "How do I flash Omega v5.0 rom without bricking my S4"

hi
Thank you for your quick reply. You were much helpfull...

demoskino said:
​Thank you for your quick reply. Fortunately i've resolved the issue. Indeed i've flashed a stock rooted rom(XXBMEA) and it worked. Unfortunately my goal was to flash the new Omega v5.0 rom but it looks like i cant flash the new TWRP 2.5.0 kernel. I can flash it successfuly but nothing happens. Can you please help me in this sittuation. At this momment Im using the XXBMEA stock rooted rom with the wifi and data fully working. So i think i could flash at any momment the Omega rom if i could flash a working TWRP or any other way if u know. Please help me.
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Try flashing CWM.
I like it better than TWRP

hi
tiaolipa said:
Try flashing CWM.
I like it better than TWRP
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Thank you for your help. It worked flawlessly.

demoskino said:
Thank you for your help. It worked flawlessly.
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Great! I'm glad it did!

[Q] [SOLVED] Stuck in download mode! - Bricked?

Hey guys!
When i boot my phone i get this error:
"firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again"
I can't flash access recovery or Android OS, and i can't flash from Odin (No PIT-partition error)
What to do???
I am almost panicking - my phone didn't work earlier today because of CWM, so i tried to flash TWRP from Odin, and now I am screwed again!!
It this fixable?
Please help me
Thanks in advance

First thing you need to do is stop panicing. That will only make things worse. If you start messing with your phone, then prepare yourself that these things happen.
Also, there is little usefull information in your thread. If you want help, I suggest you make more work of you topic. What rom were you on? What did you do with CWM? What version where you on? What version of TWRP?
Can't you just flash CWM again and then flash a custom rom? If not, then try:
1. Do you have knox enabled bootloader?
2. If so, then flash any stock rom with a knox bootloader.
3. If not, then flash a stock rom without a knox bootloader.
4. Root again and flash recovery again.
5. Flash custom rom.

re: odin flash
velein said:
Hey guys!
When i boot my phone i get this error:
"firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again"
I can't flash access recovery or Android OS, and i can't flash from Odin (No PIT-partition error)
What to do???
I am almost panicking - my phone didn't work earlier today because of CWM, so i tried to flash TWRP from Odin, and now I am screwed again!!
It this fixable?
Please help me
Thanks in advance
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Be sure you have or get the official stock odin flash rom for your phone baseband/model
number from SamMobile.com. They only have official stock roms their with exact model
and basebands.
Make sure the battery is at least 50% charged.
Open odin and set it up so it's ready to flash.
Then remove the battery for 10 seconds & replace the battery then then hold/press the vol-down
and the power button at the same time until the phone is in download mode.
Connect the usb cable from computer to phone and then:
Be sure ODIN is ready to start, if it is then start the odin flash.
Have patience, after the flash it can take up to 4-5 minutes for
the phone to go thru the initial boot.
REMEMBER, only flash official and specific odin flash rom which is designed for
your phone's baseband and model number. Double check before flashing to be sure.
Also to avoid problems in the future, once you get your phone working properly
uninstall kies on your phone and in your computer.
Kies is really not required unless you plan to stay STOCK/UN-ROOTED and don't
plan to flash any custom roms, mod's, themes.
Good luck!

Solved it by using this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
had to change to USB3.0-port before i could flash without getting an error.
Thanks for the help guys.

[Q] Need Help!!!!!! Phone Stuck at Samsung Logo

I am currently new to all this stuff so i dont have an exact idea what i was doing
First of all i rooted my Device I9500 Which had 5.0.1 Android
then i installed TWRP Recovery and then i was not able to backup any stuff to External SD Card so i installed some Boot.img which i exactly dont remember which i installed from watching any youtube video then later some problem occured It showed some error like "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" then i flashed Philz touch recovery which then worked and i was able to backup my data but i was not able to Boot into my Original ROM or couldnt see an option for that. Then i downloaded The Ozcan V6.3 ROM and tried installing it it succesfully installed but after that its not able to boot uo and stuck at SAMSUNG Logo Screen.
Please Help me What to DO !!!.
Thanks In Advance

If your device can still get into download mode, download the stock Android 5.x image for your device and flash it using Odin. That will get you back to square one so you can start over with rooting and installing the custom ROM.

I had the same problem on my gs4. It would only go to galaxy logo so I flashed the lollipop firmware via odin and all is well.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Free mobile app

Just have to flash the default one with Odin ?
i also backed up my old data with philz to my sd card that also and i also downloaded a new Default 5.0.1 ROM ?
Which one should i flash ?
and whats the critera for finding ROMs leaving the model number ? (noob question)

Is the S4 unlocked? If not, what country are you in and what carrier do you have?

My Country is India and its the International Version I9500 and i am not pretty sure that it was unlocked or not .but it was rooted and recovery was installed
Added later :
I just installed recovery back and then tried to install ROM the ROM was also stuck on the Boot Loop I think my boot loader isnt unlocked and ima stuck there because of that

I9500 isnt bootloader locked. And u must be flashing the boot.img on other partition that not in the odin package. So u must search how to repartition ur device. But. U MUST VERY CAREFULL WITH REPARTITION OPTION! U MIGHT BRICK UR DEVICE IF U DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT U DOING!. And if u wanna flash recovery and boot.img or bootloader thing. U must ONLY flash for I9500 version!. And if u successfully repartition ur device. U will lose all internal storage too. Ok good luck

Utkarsh_Chaudhary said:
My Country is India and its the International Version I9500 and i am not pretty sure that it was unlocked or not .but it was rooted and recovery was installed.
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You would know if you were carrier unlocked as you'd be able to put a SIM from a different carrier into the S4 and have the device work. To get you the correct ROM we still need to know your carrier.

secure download : enabled
Hi my galaxy s4 gt i9500 is stuck in a bootloop. When is boot I get "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again"... when I boot into download mode I see "secure download : enabled" which wasn't usually there. Am trying to flash the pit file with twrp but Odin is failing.... is it because of the secure download enabled?? Please help me

You can't flash the PIT file with TWRP.
Do you have Odin? Do you have a copy of your stock ROM, downloaded either from Sammobile or samsung updates? If not, you'll need to get them. You then flash the firmware through Odin WITHOUT the PIT file. This should restore your device to operating condition. Afterward, you will of course need to root the S4 and flash a copy of TWRP to be able to install a custom ROM.

Carrier is Airtel

could not do normal boot

So i was going to install a custom ROM on my g530h via twrp, and im new to this
I downloaded the file that the app asked me to, and acidentally flashes It as a boot, not as a recovery, now the phone just stays in the download mode, and I cant install the stock ROM with Odin, It gives me a different setor every time
Please help

What file did you actually install like what model was it exactly for ?
Post some screenshots of odin.

try watchin this.. i also have the same problem this week but i find the ways to fix it just flash the stock firmware of g530h xcu using odin so i use the xcu phil firmware which is 4.4.2 and it works.. just flash the stock firmware.. hope it helps...

Do you have any other method because when I rooted the divice I deleted some system files then lost USB connection with pc I tried may way to make it back like downloading the driver from Samsung nothing work and tried different stock rooms and custom ones all of them had the error 7 or md5 file not found by the the same thing happened with the os I made the boot to recovery by accident and lost the system .

Hi buddy
I am in a huge problem a friend gave me his sm-g530h duos to upgrade it's firmware to 5.0.2 i downloade one from sammobile & flashed it but it stuck on logo & not booting to recovery only download mode.then i tried to flash many other lollipop roms but every odin said fail.please help

Flash done with stock rom

I need samsung galaxy m30s ins stock recovery file only....I installed twrp but failed to root now I want to remove twrp so I need stock recovery...image of build number has been attached.

I know it's a lot but if nobody sends you the stock recovery maybe you should try downloading the whole firmware and extracting it yourself.

I already flash stock rom thanks for replying... close this thread....