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[Q] Reatail mode - Please help!

Hi! I have got a Samsung galaxy s5, locked in retail mode. And at first I didn't mind, But then I've rerealised that I can barely use the phone and this annoying video pops up as soon as I lock the phone. So I started to try to fix it. I've used this "philz" thing (I later realised that it would only take me to another recovery boot screen. Any way to remove it?) , and I've used the admin code in the Samsung retail app to deactivate the factory reset. And then I tried flashing with Odin. It was the first time I ever did that, so I didn't really know what to do. I got my phone into download mode, and that blue box in Odin, well, turned blue. And then I dodownloadeddownloaded the firmware from sammobile.com. I downloaded it for SM-G900F. I understood that that's probably the version I should use, because I live in Europe. Btw, the phone is made in Korea, and has probably never been used in a cellular net before, if that can affect which firmware I should download? Anyway, I picked the MD5 file and then Odin were freezing in a couple of minutes. But later it worked, for a bit. It says "setup connection" and then it says "Write operation failed" and then "All threads done. ( 1 failed / 0 succeeded ). This is how far as I can go. What should I do? I must do something wrong, but I really want to figure this out! Thanks!

Are you sure the phone is a G900F, since you say it's from Korea, it may be a K, L, or S model, in which case the F firmware is probably the wrong one.

Did I brick my phone following instructions on apps to freeze?

I'm freaking a little here, so pardon me. Battery life on my phone (even with new batter(ies) got terrible (less than 16 hrs) so I looked through a post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483927 for apps I could freeze , froze them and rebooted. Now my phone gets to the big white V over the word VERIZON on a red field and just freezes there. When the phone started before, when the Samsung "Galaxy Note 3" logo came up, it said something afterwords - I don't remember the wording, but it started right after I rooted. It had something to do with the rooting. Anyway, apparently something I froze had to do with the proper operation of the rooting. So now I think I need to start the phone in some kind of "safe mode" and undo what I'd frozen. I just have no idea at all how to do that. I managed to get it into safe mode once, but it only stayed there a few minutes and then went right back to the endless V. I haven't been able to get it back into safe mode. It doesn't respond to the keys after I power it up - although I CAN get it into recovery mode. When it was in safe mode though, it showed no menus or icons and being that it didn't respond to the keys, I couldn't access any apps. I'd even be more than happy to just flash back to defaults (unrooted) but I have no idea how to do that either. I've got no phone right now - and I have another 2 years to pay on a piece of crap I can't even use.
This is a rooted Note 3. I don't remember what method I used to root it - I didn't know they were so different, but I know towelroot was installed. Any help would be VERY much appreciated.

Steve01351 said:
I'm freaking a little here, so pardon me. Battery life on my phone (even with new batter(ies) got terrible (less than 16 hrs) so I looked through a post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483927 for apps I could freeze , froze them and rebooted. Now my phone gets to the big white V over the word VERIZON on a red field and just freezes there. When the phone started before, when the Samsung "Galaxy Note 3" logo came up, it said something afterwords - I don't remember the wording, but it started right after I rooted. It had something to do with the rooting. Anyway, apparently something I froze had to do with the proper operation of the rooting. So now I think I need to start the phone in some kind of "safe mode" and undo what I'd frozen. I just have no idea at all how to do that. I managed to get it into safe mode once, but it only stayed there a few minutes and then went right back to the endless V. I haven't been able to get it back into safe mode. It doesn't respond to the keys after I power it up - although I CAN get it into recovery mode. When it was in safe mode though, it showed no menus or icons and being that it didn't respond to the keys, I couldn't access any apps. I'd even be more than happy to just flash back to defaults (unrooted) but I have no idea how to do that either. I've got no phone right now - and I have another 2 years to pay on a piece of crap I can't even use.
This is a rooted Note 3. I don't remember what method I used to root it - I didn't know they were so different, but I know towelroot was installed. Any help would be VERY much appreciated.
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Is it 900v?
Don't listen to the safe to remove threads. Happened to me too old note 1 days when I was on tw.
Go to sammobile dot com
Search for firmware for your model or carrier. Flash with odin. Search yt fir how to use odin or XDA it. You simply start with flash.
I think Verizon has the ? bootloader. You may find it hard to reroot. And you should for the sake of root flash the oldest firmware from sammobile. Just to be sure you can reroot if there is a method.

kenny1991 said:
Is it 900v?
Don't listen to the safe to remove threads. Happened to me too old note 1 days when I was on tw.
Go to sammobile dot com
Search for firmware for your model or carrier. Flash with odin. Search yt fir how to use odin or XDA it. You simply start with flash.
I think Verizon has the bootloader. You may find it hard to reroot. And you should for the sake of root flash the oldest firmware from sammobile. Just to be sure you can reroot if there is a method.
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So I downloaded the oldest firmware Sammobile had for my Note (4.3). I downloaded Odin. The suggested version for 4.3 was Odin 3.9, so that's what I tried. I downloaded and installed the latest Samsung USB drivers. Then I started Odin and followed This guide: http://www.droidviews.com/install-stock-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-devices-using-odin/ . I did it 3 times. Each time it failed. The info in the message box was:
aboot.mbn
FAIL! (Auth)
Complete (Write) Operation failed.
All threads completed. (Succeed 0 / failed 1)
Did I miss something?

Steve01351 said:
So I downloaded the oldest firmware Sammobile had for my Note (4.3). I downloaded Odin. The suggested version for 4.3 was Odin 3.9, so that's what I tried. I downloaded and installed the latest Samsung USB drivers. Then I started Odin and followed This guide: http://www.droidviews.com/install-stock-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-devices-using-odin/ . I did it 3 times. Each time it failed. The info in the message box was:
aboot.mbn
FAIL! (Auth)
Complete (Write) Operation failed.
All threads completed. (Succeed 0 / failed 1)
Did I miss something?
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Also, the phone now says (on the download/Odin mode screen) in red letters
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 Binary 2

Steve01351 said:
Also, the phone now says (on the download/Odin mode screen) in red letters
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 Binary 2
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So, as a last resort I decided to give the ROM for 5.0 a shot with Odin. It actually worked. My phone now starts. Sort of. I mean bluetooth starts (at least according to my Galaxy tablet and Galaxy Gear watch), but I have no desktop on the phone or way of accessing any of my apps. I have no clue. I've got a menu bar across the top, but the settings menu doesn't respond. Looks like a trip to the Verizon store is in order.

Steve01351 said:
So, as a last resort I decided to give the ROM for 5.0 a shot with Odin. It actually worked. My phone now starts. Sort of. I mean bluetooth starts (at least according to my Galaxy tablet and Galaxy Gear watch), but I have no desktop on the phone or way of accessing any of my apps. I have no clue. I've got a menu bar across the top, but the settings menu doesn't respond. Looks like a trip to the Verizon store is in order.
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Damn. As a very very last resort, I decided to try a factory reset. Doing one and choosing during it to import my old apps and settings resulted in the same no desktop. Doing a factory reset again but choosing to "set up as a new phone" gives me a desktop. And Android 5.0. Go figure. Now I gotta download and set up all my apps again - pair it with my tablet and Gear, but at least it's working. I don't have to buy another phone. Thank Odin.

Steve01351 said:
Damn. As a very very last resort, I decided to try a factory reset. Doing one and choosing during it to import my old apps and settings resulted in the same no desktop. Doing a factory reset again but choosing to "set up as a new phone" gives me a desktop. And Android 5.0. Go figure. Now I gotta download and set up all my apps again - pair it with my tablet and Gear, but at least it's working. I don't have to buy another phone. Thank Odin.
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Lol.
Some times you have to backup data. But you almost have to reinstall apps from play store with such issues you had.

kenny1991 said:
Lol.
Some times you have to backup data. But you almost have to reinstall apps from play store with such issues you had.
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I'm actually not that upset. I WAS getting worse and worse battery life. All I really lost was time and a few pictures I hadn't backed up on my computer, but I had backups of all my music, ringtones and my contacts were saved, so it's not bad. Except for that god-awful light blue background color in the menus.

Failed Root -- Bricked Bootloop SM-G930A

I'm completely at a loss at this point.
I attempted to root my Samsung S7 (AT&T) with Odin, and received an error. This is my first time ever rooting a phone, and I am generally oblivious to this kind of stuff. I disconnected the phone, and it began bootloop. I loaded it into download mode, and attempted to reset to stock. However, I have had endless issues trying to flash the stock firmware to my phone. At one point I unplugged the device once again, and I received the "use Emergency Restore" error screen. I tried to restore with Smart Switch, but I was not able to access my S/N (box is nowhere to be found, managed to find a S/N on Samsung's website since I registered it but Smart Switch wouldn't take it). So, I figured trying to restore with Odin was my last option. I have tried at least 3 different Odin versions, both modified and not, and not a single one of them has worked. I've received Complete(write) errors, Model Dispatch Fail errors, and Re-Partition errors. I've tried about 3 different firmware files as well, and while I think the one I have right now is most recent, none of them seem to be working. I thought maybe an issue I was encountering was that USB debugging or whatever it's called was disabled, but I have no way of telling because I cannot boot my phone.
I was fiddling around with all of this from 11pm to 6am last night, and picked it back up as soon as I woke up. I've been freaking out about this for hours.
I feel like I'm running in circles here. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm recovery bootlooped as well. The only thing I can boot is download mode.
I wasn't very cautious with this process, and I am completely unfamiliar with most lingo on these forums and the whole process in general. I really regret trying to do this. So -- is there anything else I can try to do to fix it? Or is my phone bricked for good??? I'm endlessly frustrated and have honestly felt like crying a few times over this. I shouldn't have messed with something I know nothing about. :crying:
I thank you for your patience in dealing with me as a beginner + appreciate any help you're able to give.
Cheers.

aerialslam said:
I'm completely at a loss at this point.
I attempted to root my Samsung S7 (AT&T) with Odin, and received an error. This is my first time ever rooting a phone, and I am generally oblivious to this kind of stuff. I disconnected the phone, and it began bootloop. I loaded it into download mode, and attempted to reset to stock. However, I have had endless issues trying to flash the stock firmware to my phone. At one point I unplugged the device once again, and I received the "use Emergency Restore" error screen. I tried to restore with Smart Switch, but I was not able to access my S/N (box is nowhere to be found, managed to find a S/N on Samsung's website since I registered it but Smart Switch wouldn't take it). So, I figured trying to restore with Odin was my last option. I have tried at least 3 different Odin versions, both modified and not, and not a single one of them has worked. I've received Complete(write) errors, Model Dispatch Fail errors, and Re-Partition errors. I've tried about 3 different firmware files as well, and while I think the one I have right now is most recent, none of them seem to be working. I thought maybe an issue I was encountering was that USB debugging or whatever it's called was disabled, but I have no way of telling because I cannot boot my phone.
I was fiddling around with all of this from 11pm to 6am last night, and picked it back up as soon as I woke up. I've been freaking out about this for hours.
I feel like I'm running in circles here. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm recovery bootlooped as well. The only thing I can boot is download mode.
I wasn't very cautious with this process, and I am completely unfamiliar with most lingo on these forums and the whole process in general. I really regret trying to do this. So -- is there anything else I can try to do to fix it? Or is my phone bricked for good??? I'm endlessly frustrated and have honestly felt like crying a few times over this. I shouldn't have messed with something I know nothing about. :crying:
I thank you for your patience in dealing with me as a beginner + appreciate any help you're able to give.
Cheers.
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If you can at least get into download mode, then simply flash it with the latest STOCK firmware for your particular model.
That will bring it back to life, and you can attempt rooting it again, if you dare

aerialslam said:
I'm completely at a loss at this point.
I attempted to root my Samsung S7 (AT&T) with Odin, and received an error. This is my first time ever rooting a phone, and I am generally oblivious to this kind of stuff. I disconnected the phone, and it began bootloop. I loaded it into download mode, and attempted to reset to stock. However, I have had endless issues trying to flash the stock firmware to my phone. At one point I unplugged the device once again, and I received the "use Emergency Restore" error screen. I tried to restore with Smart Switch, but I was not able to access my S/N (box is nowhere to be found, managed to find a S/N on Samsung's website since I registered it but Smart Switch wouldn't take it). So, I figured trying to restore with Odin was my last option. I have tried at least 3 different Odin versions, both modified and not, and not a single one of them has worked. I've received Complete(write) errors, Model Dispatch Fail errors, and Re-Partition errors. I've tried about 3 different firmware files as well, and while I think the one I have right now is most recent, none of them seem to be working. I thought maybe an issue I was encountering was that USB debugging or whatever it's called was disabled, but I have no way of telling because I cannot boot my phone.
I was fiddling around with all of this from 11pm to 6am last night, and picked it back up as soon as I woke up. I've been freaking out about this for hours.
I feel like I'm running in circles here. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm recovery bootlooped as well. The only thing I can boot is download mode.
I wasn't very cautious with this process, and I am completely unfamiliar with most lingo on these forums and the whole process in general. I really regret trying to do this. So -- is there anything else I can try to do to fix it? Or is my phone bricked for good??? I'm endlessly frustrated and have honestly felt like crying a few times over this. I shouldn't have messed with something I know nothing about. :crying:
I thank you for your patience in dealing with me as a beginner + appreciate any help you're able to give.
Cheers.
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Did you finally recover your phone? I'm in the same problem here since yesterday and feel your frustration right now. My phone is a Samsung S7 model SM-G930A from AT&T.
I found this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039 and I following the "Return to stock part", now downloading the firmware. Hope it helps.
I'm stucked in the blue screen "An error ocurred while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software". Of course I try the Smart Switch but says that my model is not supported!
How can you recovered the download mode? I press the on/off button for some seconds and the screen turn of, but it turn on again with the freaking blue screen "An error ocurred while updating the device software. ...". I tried all the possible button combinations.
Thanks and good luck.

Stock firmware
Make sure when you go into download mode and flash that plugging the phone in is the LAST thing you do. I.e. plug phone in only after it is in download mode and only after you open Odin. Secondly, make sure you flash the STOCK firmware, as in Android Marshmallow v6.0.1 . Additonally, make sure that the re-partition option is NOT ticked, and also you might want to try turning off auto-reboot, and just hold the power button after unplugging once the status bar is all the way full and Odin says complete. Also, you need to make absolutely sure that you're getting the firmware for your exact device. I.e. SM-G930A stock firmware is NOT compatible with SM-G930F models. You could also try reinstalling the Samsung drivers. I just flashed to stock firmware then updated back to Nougat yesterday, mostly without a hitch by following these guidelines. There is a download page on rootmygalaxy with all the stock firmwares, that's what I used (I'd link but I just registered here). There is a very helpful guide on droidviews about how to update to Nougat 7.0 once you have finished flashing the stock firmware.
If I were you, I would just avoid rooting altogether. Rooting for me caused very bad performance and battery life, and it wasn't really worth the trouble. Sure, getting in-app-purchases for free was nice but I never tried flashing a custom ROM or anything because most of the stories I read involved soft bricks, bootloops, etc.
Hopefully not having USB Debugging and OEM unlock ticked doesn't brick your phone, I'm doubtful that it will. For the poster above me, make sure your phone is all the way off, the download mode button combo is vol. down+power+home all at the same time, and hold them. A screen should pop up saying press vol. up to continue. If you're still having problems, I regret to say that I am also relatively new to this and I am not all that knowledgeable.
I just made a post about my unrooting process, hopefully it helps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ryOQepX2Q Video shows booting into Download Mode. Or take it to a Best Buy that has a Samsung Sales section.

Rooting FAIL on Samsung Galaxy S7 Sprint. Need help getting back old OS

Hello,
I need help with my phone. I did something stupid last night and tried to root my phone because the Sprint bloatware on my phone is extremely annoying and I wanted to remove it so I tried to root my phone. Apparently it does not work on Sprint phones (so people say) and I did not know that because I am an idiot. I know the process on how to re install the firmware but I am always getting errors from the program i am using. (Oden3 V3 12) and I never ussed this program before until now but I get how it works. The phone worked perfectly fine before I done this, right now its just a software/firmware/OS issue. The bloatware that made me do this in the first place is draining my battery, all I wanted was to improve my phone.
I guess I will tell you all about my phone and what I see and all that. :
This is a Sprint USA Samsung galaxy S7 SM-G930P. I tried installing everything using Oden and sammobile -> firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930P/SPR/ (wont let me post urls because I am new to this xda site so put "sammobile com/" in front of it)
I downloaded every single zip file on this site for "Galaxy S7 SM-G930P - SPR Spint (cdma)" and tried almost every one because 5 more are still downloading while I am writing this message. I am keep on getting the same error or similar when using oden. on my phone it says this in red (In the download mode) :
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 6 > Binary 5
[1] eMMC write fail: aboot
This is what it says on Oden:
FAIL! (Auth)
Completed(Write) operation failed.
all threads completed. (succeed 0 . failed 1)
So I did look at youtube videos on how to solve this but I have no idea. I dont know my IMEI because I dont have the box and I cant go in my phone to check it. I could always open my phone by using a hairdryer but I dont want to wreck the hardware as well. I am actually kind of desperate and I dont know much about phones and all that so I am actually willing to give anyone my old Z2 phone if they can help me solve this. Not sure if thats allowed but I just want my phone back as it was before. (I dont care if all my data is gone, probably gone anyway). Also one more thing, it was doing a boot loop thing before but now it says "an error has occurred while updating the device software. Use emergency recovery function in the smart switch PC software." I actually installed this smart switch and well.. it did not recognize my phone, dont know why but I cant do that. I also tried the method of doing a flash and it will not work for me as in it will not show up on my phone
THANK YOU who ever helps me with this problem

Galion- said:
Hello,
I need help with my phone. I did something stupid last night and tried to root my phone because the Sprint bloatware on my phone is extremely annoying and I wanted to remove it so I tried to root my phone. Apparently it does not work on Sprint phones (so people say) and I did not know that because I am an idiot. I know the process on how to re install the firmware but I am always getting errors from the program i am using. (Oden3 V3 12) and I never ussed this program before until now but I get how it works. The phone worked perfectly fine before I done this, right now its just a software/firmware/OS issue. The bloatware that made me do this in the first place is draining my battery, all I wanted was to improve my phone.
I guess I will tell you all about my phone and what I see and all that. :
This is a Sprint USA Samsung galaxy S7 SM-G930P. I tried installing everything using Oden and sammobile -> firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930P/SPR/ (wont let me post urls because I am new to this xda site so put "sammobile com/" in front of it)
I downloaded every single zip file on this site for "Galaxy S7 SM-G930P - SPR Spint (cdma)" and tried almost every one because 5 more are still downloading while I am writing this message. I am keep on getting the same error or similar when using oden. on my phone it says this in red (In the download mode) :
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 6 > Binary 5
[1] eMMC write fail: aboot
This is what it says on Oden:
FAIL! (Auth)
Completed(Write) operation failed.
all threads completed. (succeed 0 . failed 1)
So I did look at youtube videos on how to solve this but I have no idea. I dont know my IMEI because I dont have the box and I cant go in my phone to check it. I could always open my phone by using a hairdryer but I dont want to wreck the hardware as well. I am actually kind of desperate and I dont know much about phones and all that so I am actually willing to give anyone my old Z2 phone if they can help me solve this. Not sure if thats allowed but I just want my phone back as it was before. (I dont care if all my data is gone, probably gone anyway). Also one more thing, it was doing a boot loop thing before but now it says "an error has occurred while updating the device software. Use emergency recovery function in the smart switch PC software." I actually installed this smart switch and well.. it did not recognize my phone, dont know why but I cant do that. I also tried the method of doing a flash and it will not work for me as in it will not show up on my phone
THANK YOU who ever helps me with this problem
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Your current bootloader is on version 6. The firmware you were trying to flash has a bootloader version 5. Downgrading bootloaders is not allowed by Samsung/Sprint. You need to get the latest firmware which isn't up on Sammobile yet.
I would take it to sprint. Pretty sure they can fix it without issue.
Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

Galaxy S8 Installing System Update Loop (VZW)

I recently was given a phone from a friend. He told me that his phone worked fine until he powered it on one morning and it was stuck in a loop. I do not know exactly what firmware version it is on but I have downloaded a number of versions from Sammobile. I have attempted to use Odin to flash the stock files onto the phone but it has failed every single time. I have tried to use different versions of Odin aswell. I have also spent countless hours trying to find the solution through other XDA posts but nothing I have found so far has worked. Going into further detail with Odin, I have posted a picture of my settings. The first 2 attempts just end with "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)." When I try a 3rd time, it reaches the initializing process but Odin closes after a few minutes of saying that. The screen on the phone doesn't seem to change at all either. I have installed firmware before on other phones, but this phone just doesn't seem to work.
I am willing to give more information or try other things if anyone has the ability to assist me. Thanks All!
imgur.com/a/GUBm8WO