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I made a newbie mistake.

So I was following xBeerdroiDx guide on backing up/rooting/flashing the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4. I got right up to step 4B before I realized my PC wasn't detecting my S4 or external SD card, so I couldn't put a rom on there. I restarted and nothing will load...I'm trying to get into download mode, but it just restarts into the battery logo and shows no sign of charging. Please help.

IIMaxII said:
So I was following xBeerdroiDx guide on backing up/rooting/flashing the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4. I got right up to step 4B before I realized my PC wasn't detecting my S4 or external SD card, so I couldn't put a rom on there. I restarted and nothing will load...I'm trying to get into download mode, but it just restarts into the battery logo and shows no sign of charging. Please help.
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Turn the phone off, take the battery out (maybe 30 seconds), put the battery back in, but keep the phone off. Plug the charger into the phone and let it charge for a while without turning it on (you may need to let it charge to 100%). Then, try to get into download mode, Odin the factory firmware, factory reset, and start again. That is, if it works. Good luck.

IIMaxII said:
So I was following xBeerdroiDx guide on backing up/rooting/flashing the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4. I got right up to step 4B before I realized my PC wasn't detecting my S4 or external SD card, so I couldn't put a rom on there. I restarted and nothing will load...I'm trying to get into download mode, but it just restarts into the battery logo and shows no sign of charging. Please help.
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When I power it on it just shows Samsung with custom underneath it and my PC immediately attempts to install Samsung Mobile MTP Device.

IIMaxII said:
When I power it on it just shows Samsung with custom underneath it and my PC immediately attempts to install Samsung Mobile MTP Device.
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Ok, You are giving conflicting information. Try to get into recovery. Use the various button combinations to get into recovery. If you don't know them, search for them. If you can get into recovery, try to install a nandroid (if custom) or try factory restore if 3e. Again, if you can get into download mode and let ODIN do a factory install would be better. Or you can try Kies emergency restore.

scott14719 said:
Turn the phone off, take the battery out (maybe 30 seconds), put the battery back in, but keep the phone off. Plug the charger into the phone and let it charge for a while without turning it on (you may need to let it charge to 100%). Then, try to get into download mode, Odin the factory firmware, factory reset, and start again. That is, if it works. Good luck.
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Did what you said. Plug it in the battery logo shows up but it doesn't show if it's red or green it just stays there, I'm assuming it's still accepting the current and charging though.

scott14719 said:
Ok, You are giving conflicting information. Try to get into recovery. Use the various button combinations to get into recovery. If you don't know them, search for them. If you can get into recovery, try to install a nandroid (if custom) or try factory restore if 3e. Again, if you can get into download mode and let ODIN do a factory install would be better. Or you can try Kies emergency restore.
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I love you! I got into TWRP Recovery...now how can get my phone working again? Is this recovery the same to where I can just use odin? or do I need to be in download?

IIMaxII said:
So I was following xBeerdroiDx guide on backing up/rooting/flashing the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4. I got right up to step 4B before I realized my PC wasn't detecting my S4 or external SD card, so I couldn't put a rom on there. I restarted and nothing will load...I'm trying to get into download mode, but it just restarts into the battery logo and shows no sign of charging. Please help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717 try this

IIMaxII said:
I love you! I got into TWRP Recovery...now how can get my phone working again? Is this recovery the same to where I can just use odin? or do I need to be in download?
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have you placed the ROM and any other potentially necessary files (gapps, loki-doki) on your device or it's micro sd card yet? if so, what rom?
i'm assuming you've already wiped everything and thats why your device wouldnt boot up.

IIMaxII said:
I love you! I got into TWRP Recovery...now how can get my phone working again? Is this recovery the same to where I can just use odin? or do I need to be in download?
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If you are in TWRP, you need to either restore a nandroid backup (if you have one) or download a compatible ROM (and Kernel if necessary) and flash it. But make sure it is compatible to your device! If you don't have a ROM available on your SD Card, download one onto your PC and transfer it to your SD card (manually if needed). Once it is on your SD card, just flash through TWRP.
And always start making Nandroids before you do anything...just in case.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717 try this
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The thing is...I wiped before I had a rom on my internal storage or SD card...and while I was in TWRP, my pc wouldn't detect internal storage or external for me to copy it over...so I just rebooted my phone hoping that it would work...stupid mistake.
Is this right and safe to continue? I'm in download mode.
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have you placed the ROM and any other potentially necessary files (gapps, loki-doki) on your device or it's micro sd card yet? if so, what rom?
i'm assuming you've already wiped everything and thats why your device wouldnt boot up.
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I actually meant to respond to you in the post above. :/

IIMaxII said:
I actually meant to respond to you in the post above. :/
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do you have a micro sd card?

xBeerdroiDx said:
do you have a micro sd card?
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Yes. 64 GB Class10. Can you tell me if the post above is correct? I'm going to restore to stock firmware and then try the process again with the rom actually on the sd card. xD

Make sure if you use ODIN to restore that you get into recovery on the first boot and do a factory reset.

IIMaxII said:
Yes. 64 GB Class10. Can you tell me if the post above is correct? I'm going to restore to stock firmware and then try the process again with the rom actually on the sd card. xD
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Make sure if you use ODIN to restore that you get into recovery on the first boot and do a factory reset.
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OP, do you have a card reader for your pc that has a micro sd port or an sd adapter?

xBeerdroiDx said:
OP, do you have a card reader for your pc that has a micro sd port or an sd adapter?
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Lets ignore the flashing for now...can you guys tell me if that appears correct in the screenshot I took? 0:[COM4] a youtube video I watched showed 0:[COM6] and I just want someone to confirm that what I'm doing is okay.

So twrp Dont find exsd?

IIMaxII said:
Lets ignore the flashing for now...can you guys tell me if that appears correct in the screenshot I took? 0:[COM4] a youtube video I watched showed 0:[COM6] and I just want someone to confirm that what I'm doing is okay.
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The picture you posted looks fine. As long as your phone shows in the com port, ODIN recognized it. But there is never any guarantees. Everything should go OK, but there is always risk. I can tell you that it "appears" to be ready, but you will have to click the start button and see if it goes OK. As mentioned, make sure to boot into 3e recovery after ODIN reports successful and do a factory restore or it might not boot up right. Good luck. Let us know if it goes OK.

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The picture you posted looks fine. As long as your phone shows in the com port, ODIN recognized it. But there is never any guarantees. Everything should go OK, but there is always risk. I can tell you that it "appears" to be ready, but you will have to click the start button and see if it goes OK. As mentioned, make sure to boot into 3e recovery after ODIN reports successful and do a factory restore or it might not boot up right. Good luck. Let us know if it goes OK.
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I managed to restore to stock and everything is perfect! Now to get Cyanogenmod 10.1 on, unless you guys think there's something better?

IIMaxII said:
I managed to restore to stock and everything is perfect! Now to get Cyanogenmod 10.1 on, unless you guys think there's something better?
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Make a nandroid...now. :good:

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Download and Install LG United Mobile Driver
Download and Install LG Mobile Support Tool​
Boot your phone into download mode:
Put your G2 into download mode by switching it off, hold the Volume up button and insert the usb cable into the phone; wait for the drivers to finish loading if doing it for the first time.​
Start the LG Mobile Support Tool and click on Options -> Upgrade Recovery
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It should now download the firmware (about 2gb) and flash it - this may take some time.
This is needed if you stuck in a bootloop after the flash is done:
Factory reset (this wipe your data and sdcard):
1. Turn the phone off.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume down button.
3. When the LG logo pops up let go for a second and press the combo again.
4. You'll be prompted to press the Power button 3 times to wipe the device.​

I would hate to have to use this, but wow what a good find. Thanks for contributing.
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Just got my g2. About to root install twrp etc. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for posting.
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For anyone putting in dashes with the imei number, dont it wont work with em.

Just wanted to notify that this method made my 32gb D802 a 16 gb one!

karstensson said:
Just wanted to notify that this method made my 32gb D802 a 16 gb one!
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I used this method last night and it didnt mess with the storage at all. They don't even have a 16gb G2 so who knows. Also are you sure you are not mistaken cause this method doesnt wipe data.

x714x said:
I used this method last night and it didnt mess with the storage at all. They don't even have a 16gb G2 so who knows. Also are you sure you are not mistaken cause this method doesnt wipe data.
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I know it does'nt wipe data, but it reflashes recovery, and in my case something went wrong. But Lg DO sell D802 as a 16 gb model!

Can anyone using this method please post results. Just wondering if there is more success with this method as opposed to the other method. Thanks.

Saved my bacon today!

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Just wanted to notify that this method made my 32gb D802 a 16 gb one!
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I don't understand how could this be, you downloaded the specific firmware for your device (using your serial number)...
Can't you just try to flash it again ?

Noam23 said:
I don't understand how could this be, you downloaded the specific firmware for your device (using your serial number)...
Can't you just try to flash it again ?
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I have reflashed it 5 times The problem was that it asked for some kind of password the first time (not the pin). So I did a factory reset. Now even TWRP says that my storage is 10.66 gb :/

karstensson said:
I have reflashed it 5 times The problem was that it asked for some kind of password the first time (not the pin). So I did a factory reset. Now even TWRP says that my storage is 10.66 gb :/
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Which password exactly ? when ? in the process of flashing ? the OP mentions no stage in which you need to give password...
What are you going to do now ? your device is not rooted, so you can replace it under warranty, no ?

Noam23 said:
Which password exactly ? when ? in the process of flashing ? the OP mentions no stage in which you need to give password...
What are you going to do now ? your device is not rooted, so you can replace it under warranty, no ?
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It did not say what the password was for, just asked for it. It came up after the phone had booted, but before i could see the lockscreen. I will wait a couple of weeks, to check if someone else gets the same problem, or if it is fixable. Otherwise i will hand it in on the warranty since there are not traces of root.

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It did not say what the password was for, just asked for it. It came up after the phone had booted, but before i could see the lockscreen. I will wait a couple of weeks, to check if someone else gets the same problem, or if it is fixable. Otherwise i will hand it in on the warranty since there are not traces of root.
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Why should a password appear at that stage ???
If you went through all of the flash process successfully, booted successfully and only then did a factory reset (when you saw that password), I see no reason to blame the factory reset that you did. This is something to do with the flash process. Maybe this is kind of a punishment that LG unleash on those who use this process ? seriously, why on earth would anyone try to flash his LG2, if it wasn't to get rid of root ? I also don't understand how the password went away after you did hard-reset, since the device was "hard-reset" when you did that flash. You said that you re-flashed about 5 times, did that password appear after each of those 5 times ?

karstensson said:
Just wanted to notify that this method made my 32gb D802 a 16 gb one!
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Same issue here.
I also got the question after I used the software to enter my encryptionkey. Wich I didnt have.
So I had to hardreset from the recoverymenu (volume down + pwr), then I suddenly had 10.77GB left instead of 26.77GB or something similar.
Annoys me pretty darn much at the time beeing!
I did use my IMEI, not my serialnumber and model. I'll try to use the serial and model this time around, and see if there are any differences at all in doing so.
And yes, it does say 32GB on the back. So we're not mistaken it for a 16GB-model
And it does say that the model is the 32GB when I check the hardware-info on the android itself.
Maybe this has something to do with me using the adbcommand for mounting storage incorrectly?
I thought however it would be reset when I used the LG Mobile Support Tool to hardreset everything though.

Will this work with the AT&T model D800?
Also does this remove all traces of root to the point where you get your warranty back?

what was the solution to this...

Does this work with the TMO versions?

The windows application keeps getting a Windows error and closing shortly after the process begins. Any tips?

I would prob stay away from this if i was anyone else....Because it must be messing people phones up and changing the storage capacity

[Q] att galaxy s 4 cant get into recovery

I have a Att galaxy s4 i337 and I'm running black box ROM I don't know what happen but every time I try to go into recovery it brings up a yellow icon and its says Att found unsupported soft wear. Can some please help me fix this issue I tried flashing the stock tar file in Odin but it won't pass.I need some serious help. Can some assist me!

That sounds more like download mode. There are a bunch of quick boot/recovery apps in the play store. Those would be easiest.
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0p3nsrc said:
That sounds more like download mode. There are a bunch of quick boot/recovery apps in the play store. Those would be easiest.
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But the thing is I can get into download mode but not my recovery

swaggsexy said:
But the thing is I can get into download mode but not my recovery
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0p3nsrc actually answers this.
Two steps: #1. Download an app like Quickboot and then #2. start that app and use it to reboot either recovery or download mode (your choice). It should work.
I have had the same problem of the "unauthorized software" in the past and got around it by doing the manual process to get into recovery.
That is #1. turn off phone
#2. hold Volume up and keep holding it while pressing power button to start the phone
#3. Keep holding power+Volume UP button until you see the recovery indications (small print on top left part of screen).
#4. RElease the power button but DONT let go of the volume up button until you're actually in recovery. . .
you may have to try it a few times in a row to get it going, but it eventually WILL get you into recovery!

markbc01 said:
0p3nsrc actually answers this.
Two steps: #1. Download an app like Quickboot and then #2. start that app and use it to reboot either recovery or download mode (your choice). It should work.
I have had the same problem of the "unauthorized software" in the past and got around it by doing the manual process to get into recovery.
That is #1. turn off phone
#2. hold Volume up and keep holding it while pressing power button to start the phone
#3. Keep holding power+Volume UP button until you see the recovery indications (small print on top left part of screen).
#4. RElease the power button but DONT let go of the volume up button until you're actually in recovery. . .
you may have to try it a few times in a row to get it going, but it eventually WILL get you into recovery!
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It won't work its saying. In Lil orange writting on top left kernel fail don't know what to do!

swaggsexy said:
I have a Att galaxy s4 i337 and I'm running black box ROM I don't know what happen but every time I try to go into recovery it brings up a yellow icon and its says Att found unsupported soft wear. Can some please help me fix this issue I tried flashing the stock tar file in Odin but it won't pass.I need some serious help. Can some assist me!
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Hay "sexy" what base are you?
MDL or MF3
your profile lacks your phone and its base
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No matter which galaxy I had (s i9000, s2 i777, or my current s4), I've always has issues with the button combo for recovery. The safest/easiest had always been the quickboot app.
To the OP: black box ROM is ONLY meant for the international s4 (i9500). Major difference in hardware from the att s4 is the octocore processor. You are most likely getting kernel failure due to the ROM/kernel combo. Not 100% sure, though. Aside from kernel fail, any other parts to the error message? Post a screenshot of your "about device" under system settings > more..
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that is what im getting is kernel fail on the top left hand corner

andriod system erased
if i accidentally erased my system on my phone how can i get tht back on a att galaxy s4

swaggsexy said:
if i accidentally erased my system on my phone how can i get tht back on a att galaxy s4
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Explain.... How did you erase your system? Furthermore, are you talking about: your whole phone, the /system directory, or your internal sdcard? I've seen some people on the xda forums using 'system' a little too open-endedly.
If you mean /system, you're only option is flashing a ROM, unless you had a nandroid backup, in which case, depending on your recovery, you'd be able to do an advanced restore of the backup.
The same holds true if the whole phone has been wiped.
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swaggsexy said:
that is what im getting is kernel fail on the top left hand corner
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swaggsexy said:
if i accidentally erased my system on my phone how can i get tht back on a att galaxy s4
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swaggsexy said:
It won't work its saying. In Lil orange writting on top left kernel fail don't know what to do!
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swaggsexy said:
But the thing is I can get into download mode but not my recovery
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swaggsexy said:
I have a Att galaxy s4 i337 and I'm running black box ROM I don't know what happen but every time I try to go into recovery it brings up a yellow icon and its says Att found unsupported soft wear. Can some please help me fix this issue I tried flashing the stock tar file in Odin but it won't pass.I need some serious help. Can some assist me!
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Since you can't get into recovery, based on what you've described, this means that you 1) flashed a recovery that was NOT loki'd 2) flashed a boot.img that was NOT loki'd.
This is most definitely something that can be fixed, depending on what Firmware your device is on.
If you know FOR A FACT that you have the MF3 bootloader, then I can walk you through how to use Heimdall to flash the phone back to an "out-of-the-box" state with MF3 firmware on it.

Is the Heiman method good to bring bacc to stock

jakew02 said:
Since you can't get into recovery, based on what you've described, this means that you 1) flashed a recovery that was NOT loki'd 2) flashed a boot.img that was NOT loki'd.
This is most definitely something that can be fixed, depending on what Firmware your device is on.
If you know FOR A FACT that you have the MF3 bootloader, then I can walk you through how to use Heimdall to flash the phone back to an "out-of-the-box" state with MF3 firmware on it.
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If u can that would be appreciated. And the only thing I did was out a new room black box rom and root nothing going else done to the phone

swaggsexy said:
If u can that would be appreciated. And the only thing I did was out a new room black box rom and root nothing going else done to the phone
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are you 100% positive that you were on MDL firmware? as in, you DID NOT take the OTA update for MF3? if you are on the wrong bootloader then this will brick your device.
honestly it's safer, you could just take it to BestBuy and tell them it "turned off during an update" or that you just want it reset

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are you 100% positive that you were on MDL firmware? as in, you DID NOT take the OTA update for MF3? if you are on the wrong bootloader then this will brick your device.
honestly it's safer, you could just take it to BestBuy and tell them it "turned off during an update" or that you just want it reset
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I fixed everything I just took of the Md5 off the tar file and put into Odin and it flashed just fine. Thanks for the input guys

swaggsexy said:
I fixed everything I just took of the MF3 or the tar file and put into Odin and it flashed just fine. Thanks for the input guys
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awesome, sounds good.
as long as you have a bootloader from any firmware PRIOR to MF3, then you can just flash loki-doki as a precaution, otherwise you'll need to use SafeStrap, and I have not looked into that as I personally have no need to

SM-G900F hardbricked QHSUSB_BULK

Hi I have an SM-G900F rooted Lollipop. I flashed a G900I (Marshmallow) tar file full flash with flashfire. It showed an error while flashing preload otherwise no problems. but the phone has been hardbricked eversince (no download mode or recovery) and pc recognises it as QSHSUSB_BULK. I saw that microsd method for retreival of the phone. but it didnt work. someone please help.
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Hey there mate.. The sd card method is all you got.. How ever there is another method called GTAG but forget that.... And use the sd card method... Requirments are as follows :
1.bricked samsung galaxy s5
2.recovery image file for ur current android version
3. Micro sd card 16gb or 32 gb but 32gb is more reliable.....
The thing is if your phone cant find a boot sequence on the primary storage it moves to the secondary (the micro sd)
4.download win 32 disk imager to write the recovery image file to the sd and boot.. Then if it works shut down and boot to download mode and flash an official firmware of samsung android 6.0 is released for s5.. Download that from sam mobile
REMEMBER DONOT TAKE OUT THE SD CARD IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.. To putting back ur sd card as before use sd formatter... Any further questions contact me

Of course you bricked it, you flashed a G900I ROM to a G900F phone, why?
Bootloader and who knows what else will be wrong

y u do this if coming frm sm g900f dont try any version to flash into yr phone.

ELA.T said:
Hey there mate.. The sd card method is all you got.. How ever there is another method called GTAG but forget that.... And use the sd card method... Requirments are as follows :
1.bricked samsung galaxy s5
2.recovery image file for ur current android version
3. Micro sd card 16gb or 32 gb but 32gb is more reliable.....
The thing is if your phone cant find a boot sequence on the primary storage it moves to the secondary (the micro sd)
4.download win 32 disk imager to write the recovery image file to the sd and boot.. Then if it works shut down and boot to download mode and flash an official firmware of samsung android 6.0 is released for s5.. Download that from sam mobile
REMEMBER DONOT TAKE OUT THE SD CARD IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.. To putting back ur sd card as before use sd formatter... Any further questions contact me
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thanks a lot bro. got it done.

*Detection* said:
Of course you bricked it, you flashed a G900I ROM to a G900F phone, why?
Bootloader and who knows what else will be wrong
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Haslie said:
y u do this if coming frm sm g900f dont try any version to flash into yr phone.
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I wanted to use band 40 lte in india where i live. but g900f doesnt support b40. as they were identical in hardware, i tried to switch the software part and went wrong

Yes i rooted ...wait let me attach the links

gpkumaran said:
I wanted to use band 40 lte in india where i live. but g900f doesnt support b40. as they were identical in hardware, i tried to switch the software part and went wrong
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Remember that if it is a hardware limitation then there's nothing else software can do, like flashing a ROM other than the ones compatible for your variant. It will not enable Band 40 on your phone.

gpkumaran said:
I wanted to use band 40 lte in india where i live. but g900f doesnt support b40. as they were identical in hardware, i tried to switch the software part and went wrong
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Nope, not 'identical' or they would both be called G900F
Different models have different bootloaders, at the very minimum, meaning you can never flash a 100% untouched stock ROM for a different model

ELA.T said:
Any ideas on how to root on Android 6
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I jus flashed tar file from CF Autoroot for rooting Android 6. Hope this helps. Download here

Vineen said:
Remember that if it is a hardware limitation then there's nothing else software can do, like flashing a ROM other than the ones compatible for your variant. It will not enable Band 40 on your phone.
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*Detection* said:
Nope, not 'identical' or they would both be called G900F
Different models have different bootloaders, at the very minimum, meaning you can never flash a 100% untouched stock ROM for a different model
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Yup. Learned that the hard way. Now, I`m thinking if the Bad flash was mainly due to differences in PIT file rather than the hardware differences. So I have an evil idea of flashing a PIT file from G900I first and then trying to flash the whole firmware tar. But I`m worried i might end up with a SUPER HARD BRICK. i`ll update here if i go along with the idea. Any other senior members kindly enlighten if such an idea is possible..

I've just explained why you can't flash the stock firmware from a different model, but by all means, go ahead and brick your phone again
PIT is not going to change the bootloader

gpkumaran said:
I jus flashed tar file from CF Autoroot for rooting Android 6. Hope this helps. Download here
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I rooted thank you tho.. You help is really appreciated..i used another method

ELA.T said:
I rooted thank you tho.. You help is really appreciated..i used another method
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which method?

Hi. i've just hardbricked my phone.
i flashed (dirty over ota) latest cm13 nightly and during the day my g900f rebooted 5 times. then i've wiped everything and flashed latest BlissRom+pico gapps, rebooted and phone rebooted again on the welcome screen. ok. 45%percent of the battery. led does not shine. but when i connect it to pc - qhsusb_BULK.
Then i've got download mode, rebooted and my BlissPop started up. ok. then i've rebooted to TWRP 3.0.2.0 wiped everything again and turned it off. thats all. i can not boot this device anymore. led is dead. i can not boot recovery and download mode. i've pulled battery and waited 30 seconds. nothing. usb doctor tells 5,25Volts and 0.07A when it plugged to 220V. Battery=3,7V. i've tested with multimeter. that's all i can help... i'm so dissapoined for now. maybe you can tell me what to do? p.s. sorry for my English.

Sirocco.ukr.lviv said:
Hi. i've just hardbricked my phone.
i flashed (dirty over ota) latest cm13 nightly and during the day my g900f rebooted 5 times. then i've wiped everything and flashed latest BlissRom+pico gapps, rebooted and phone rebooted again on the welcome screen. ok. 45%percent of the battery. led does not shine. but when i connect it to pc - qhsusb_BULK.
Then i've got download mode, rebooted and my BlissPop started up. ok. then i've rebooted to TWRP 3.0.2.0 wiped everything again and turned it off. thats all. i can not boot this device anymore. led is dead. i can not boot recovery and download mode. i've pulled battery and waited 30 seconds. nothing. usb doctor tells 5,25Volts and 0.07A when it plugged to 220V. Battery=3,7V. i've tested with multimeter. that's all i can help... i'm so dissapoined for now. maybe you can tell me what to do? p.s. sorry for my English.
maybe battery is discharged or dead? but g900f is not charging it.
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Use this method mentioned in this thread:from ELA.T
Hey there mate.. The sd card method is all you got.. How ever there is another method called GTAG but forget that.... And use the sd card method... Requirments are as follows :
1.bricked samsung galaxy s5
2.recovery image file for ur current android version
3. Micro sd card 16gb or 32 gb but 32gb is more reliable.....
The thing is if your phone cant find a boot sequence on the primary storage it moves to the secondary (the micro sd)
4.download win 32 disk imager to write the recovery image file to the sd and boot.. Then if it works shut down and boot to download mode and flash an official firmware of samsung android 6.0 is released for s5.. Download that from sam mobile
REMEMBER DONOT TAKE OUT THE SD CARD IN THE WHOLE PROCESS..

Standard Update Caused a Reboot Loop. Will ADB / ODIN Work without it Unlocked?

I have Galaxy s8 on Verizon SM-G950U, a standard update notice kept appearing past few days, finally installed it. The minute it finished, it is now in an endless restarting loop. Does not stay on. Tried cache wipe and safe mode, no luck. I am trying to salvage some picture and files in it. I'm 3 days into researching this stuff and watching endless videos, I still dont know what or how to do this.
1) Would ADB allow backup of files if the phone wont stay on? It does stay on when in Android Recovery mode (Volume down and Power button press), but would recovery mode allow access to internal files such as backing up pictures?
2) I was considering trying to flash my phone. But would that even work without it being on the normal homescreen? If so, would I just download whatever the latest ODIN is, 3.13.1? And then whatever the latest Firmware software is for my phone (see below)?
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halfhumble said:
I have Galaxy s8 on Verizon SM-G950U, a standard update notice kept appearing past few days, finally installed it. The minute it finished, it is now in an endless restarting loop. Does not stay on. Tried cache wipe and safe mode, no luck. I am trying to salvage some picture and files in it. I'm 3 days into researching this stuff and watching endless videos, I still dont know what or how to do this.
1) Would ADB allow backup of files if the phone wont stay on? It does stay on when in Android Recovery mode (Volume down and Power button press), but would recovery mode allow access to internal files such as backing up pictures?
2) I was considering trying to flash my phone. But would that even work without it being on the normal homescreen? If so, would I just download whatever the latest ODIN is, 3.13.1? And then whatever the latest Firmware software is for my phone (see below)?
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Yes the firmware below is the latest. You put your device in download mode and flash using the latest Odin as for your data. Do not use the home csc. Will wipe. Other than most of the time your data should be safe. Not always but most of the time. Uncheck nand erase

TheMadScientist said:
Yes the firmware below is the latest. You put your device in download mode and flash using the latest Odin as for your data. Do not use the home csc. Will wipe. Other than most of the time your data should be safe. Not always but most of the time. Uncheck nand erase
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Wow, good I saw your reply. Because an article I was reading said Make sure you choose the HOME_CSC, and not CSC file.
So would I just leave the CSC file section blank? Or use the CSC file?

halfhumble said:
Wow, good I saw your reply. Because an article I was reading said Make sure you choose the HOME_CSC, and not CSC file.
So would I just leave the CSC file section blank? Or use the CSC file?
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You could leave it blank

userdata
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You could leave it blank
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Sorry, one more thing, the UserData button, some tutorials say leave it blank, other say to use it.
What should I do? As I know the Tiniest mistake could mess this up, so Im crossing my T's and dotting my I's......

halfhumble said:
Sorry, one more thing, the UserData button, some tutorials say leave it blank, other say to use it.i
What should I do? As I know the Tiniest mistake could mess this up, so Im crossing my T's and dotting my I's......
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Blank

halfhumble said:
Sorry, one more thing, the UserData button, some tutorials say leave it blank, other say to use it.
What should I do? As I know the Tiniest mistake could mess this up, so Im crossing my T's and dotting my I's......
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Bassicly system and bootloader are the most important.

TheMadScientist said:
Bassicly system and bootloader are the most important.
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So no luck, here's what I get, Failed (1):

halfhumble said:
I have Galaxy s8 on Verizon SM-G950U, a standard update notice kept appearing past few days, finally installed it. The minute it finished, it is now in an endless restarting loop. Does not stay on. Tried cache wipe and safe mode, no luck. I am trying to salvage some picture and files in it. I'm 3 days into researching this stuff and watching endless videos, I still dont know what or how to do this.
1) Would ADB allow backup of files if the phone wont stay on? It does stay on when in Android Recovery mode (Volume down and Power button press), but would recovery mode allow access to internal files such as backing up pictures?
2) I was considering trying to flash my phone. But would that even work without it being on the normal homescreen? If so, would I just download whatever the latest ODIN is, 3.13.1? And then whatever the latest Firmware software is for my phone (see below)?
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Welcome to XDA halfhumble, good to have with us

halfhumble said:
So no luck, here's what I get, Failed (1):
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sorry mate it was late. What the error on the device. Does it show a fused binary

halfhumble said:
I have Galaxy s8 on Verizon SM-G950U, a standard update notice kept appearing past few days, finally installed it. The minute it finished, it is now in an endless restarting loop. Does not stay on. Tried cache wipe and safe mode, no luck. I am trying to salvage some picture and files in it. I'm 3 days into researching this stuff and watching endless videos, I still dont know what or how to do this.
1) Would ADB allow backup of files if the phone wont stay on? It does stay on when in Android Recovery mode (Volume down and Power button press), but would recovery mode allow access to internal files such as backing up pictures?
2) I was considering trying to flash my phone. But would that even work without it being on the normal homescreen? If so, would I just download whatever the latest ODIN is, 3.13.1? And then whatever the latest Firmware software is for my phone (see below)?
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Welcome to XDA halfhumble