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I believe i have soft bricked my sphl720t.
when i recieved my phone it was running safe root. i was 4.3 but my baseband was for 4.4.2 kitkat. well i was followong some a thread on how to unlock for gsm.. Long story short. i tried to downgrade my modem and flash a stock rom on my phone. Now my phone is soft bricked. ive been reading and reading and downloading. i have tried flashing stock roms mf9,mk2,mj. and also used odin 3.07 3.09 3.17 and none of them will flash stock rom. i get a fail right after nand write. i get in to dowload mode and recovery but my sd wont mount to phone.
need help please

You can't Odin an older firmware. Odin the same firmware or a newer firmware than you were on.
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i have been trying to odin jelly bean roms. i have tried to odin 4.4.2 but wont up date either. when i recieved fone it was running dark stalker and everything is custom. my current binary is custom and also is system status

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[Solved] Odin3 "Set partition" Issue

Hi XDA
Old Post said:
I just used Odin to flash the Semaphore_2.5.0 Kernel to my Device which was running bog standard Android 2.2.1 (Firmware Version I9000XWJS5|2.2.1|2011 January|).
The Odin flash went succesfully but I'm now stuck in a bootloop, CWM will not open using the 3 button combo.
I have repeatedly tried to flash the kernel through Odin But I'm having the same problem.
I'm trying to root the phone in order to install CWM and begin flashing the ICS ROMs. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Thanks to Black Rose for helping me out.
I now have an issue with ODIN3 v1.70. I'm flashing The JVU Firmware to the device and Odin3 seems to be hanging.
I've got all the necesarry components, the phone detected. All the components are Valid but the program hangs, It's been in this state for the past ten minutes.
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Would it be safe for me to Close Odin3 and restart the process?
Thanks
I Rebooted my PC Started the process again and Viola' Upgrading to ICS as I'm typing this.
Semaphore 2.5.0 is a Gingerbread 2.3.x kernel, not a Froyo Kernel.
It's not compatible with Android 2.2.1.
That makes sense (*That would be funny if this was a HTC)
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i9505 root with odin pass but phone hang in set warranty bit recovery

i9505 root with odin pass but phone hang in set warranty bit recovery
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Flash it again. Try unchecking auto-reboot and after it's finished flashing just hold your power button until it reboots.
If it still doesn't work, flash the stock rom you are on to get your phone working again. After that you can try again.
ps if you just want to flash a custom rom, you can just flash a custom recovery and skip the rooting part.
Hi,
It's very likely it didn't install the recovery correctly, please try flashing it again.
I recommend using a JIG to boot in download, when using it, an installation never failed.
~Lord
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Sent from my GT-I9505
Actually phone model is i9195
By wrong i used i9505 root file
Need help
celluniversal said:
Actually phone model is i9195
By wrong i used i9505 root file
Need help
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Just reflash stock firmware for you device.

8-15-2014 New system update for Samsung Galaxy S4

I am running 4.4.2 on SPHL-720 (Samsung galaxy S4 (sprint) and just received a notice that a system update has been downloaded. I have not installed it yet. Could this be the 4.4.3 update?
I think it's NG2 modem update
I'm running sacs older version 4.4.2 version 2 I think with the nae modem. Has anyone tried the update? Will this break root? What's the benefits? I've searched and found nothing.
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Look like I lost root. I need to re root my phone. If anyone has idea let me know
I found the downloaded zip on my phone and it is the NGA update. However it will not install on my rooted NAE phone. The recovery mode install fails.
A) You cannot accept an OTA while rooted. It will not install unless your device is bone stock.
B) Please learn to use the search function. This update has been out for over 2 weeks and there are 4 threads on it that will answer any questions you may have about it.

What is the difference between cf-autoroot and sammobile?

I am new to all these so forgive me if I don't know something obvious. I have a grand prime sm-g530h that I tried to root using the cf-autoroot chainfire files. But it did not work and I ended up stuck in odin mode forever! I was trying to upgrade from kitkat to lollipop. Anyway I could not even go back to kitkat version using the 4.4.4 file from chainfire. Here is the link to this problem if anyone is can help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/help/stuck-downloading-mode-trying-to-root-t3400043
Anyway, I then downloaded the firmware from sammobile: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/46171/G530HXXU2AOC2_G530HODD2AOA1_BNG/ and this time it worked and I was able to get back to my phone! all the apps that were previously installed were present as if nothing changed.
I did notice one difference between the file sizes. Chainfire MD5 files were around 30 MB while sammmobile files were around 1 GB!! and a lot of processes happened when I installed the sammoble firmware using odin which did not happen when I tried to use the chainfire files.
Here is a screenshot of odin after installing sammobile firmware:
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My concern is why is there a such a huge difference in size of the MD5 files? Should I be concerned? Did this also install any hidden malware that I should be worried about? I see something called "hidden.img.ext4" and other stuff! Is sammobile.com safe? Please help!

Problem Installing Combination Rom on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

I need help with a galaxy S7 Edge that is stuck on boot screen.
I am trying to bypass the FRP lock on this phone using the guide by techeligible3322 (link here).
I had software build G935TUVS4QC1 running on this phone, which didn't support the bluetooth headset method. So , I ended up flashing Combination ROM on it. Here is the rundown of what has happened so far.
1. Tried to flash Combination file G935AUCU2APG2 with Odin 3.12 which got stuck. Had to close odin after waiting for hours. Phone was stuck in download mode.
2. Dowloaded Odin 3.13 and flashed combination Rom G935TAUCU4AQB1. Flash succeeded. But phone stuck on boot screen.
3. Flashed G935TAUCU4APL2 combination rom with Odin 3.13. Success. But still stuck on boot screen.
Download screen shows the following info.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here?
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