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A big probleme

Hello everyone I'm a newbie in Android. A had a Nokia N97 mini and now i bought a Samsung Galaxy S 2. Beeing new to Android it was kinda hard the first days to adapt. But i did. And now to tell you about my problem.
Whenever i try to copy some movies/sounds/photos from pc to S2 it gives me this error "The path is too deep". So i tried to copy in a more direct path.. Still nothing... But the big problem is that i cannot update my phone through Odin. Wheter is Android 2.3.3 KE7 or 2.3.4 KG1 or a ROM I'm not able to do it. And I decided to update thru Kies. All good but the update failed... It said it need to enter Recovery Mode. I clicked ok and then my pc rebooted. Then i got this image on my phone with a pc and a phone, chained together by an exclamation mark inside an orange triangle... And now i cannot restart my phone, i can't do anything.
Is it bricked? Please help me...

TudorMondialul said:
Hello everyone I'm a newbie in Android. A had a Nokia N97 mini and now i bought a Samsung Galaxy S 2. Beeing new to Android it was kinda hard the first days to adapt. But i did. And now to tell you about my problem.
Whenever i try to copy some movies/sounds/photos from pc to S2 it gives me this error "The path is too deep". So i tried to copy in a more direct path.. Still nothing... But the big problem is that i cannot update my phone through Odin. Wheter is Android 2.3.3 KE7 or 2.3.4 KG1 or a ROM I'm not able to do it. And I decided to update thru Kies. All good but the update failed... It said it need to enter Recovery Mode. I clicked ok and then my pc rebooted. Then i got this image on my phone with a pc and a phone, chained together by an exclamation mark inside an orange triangle... And now i cannot restart my phone, i can't do anything.
Is it bricked? Please help me...
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Ok. Stop. Breath. Your phone isnt bricked...yet.
Your phone is currently in 'download mode'.
Im not sure which directions you were following, did you download the software from intratechs thread in development? If so, he has step by step directions in the opening post.
You should be looking to install kf2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[ROM + Guide]Official i9100 KE7/KE8/KF1/KF3/KF4/KF2/KF3/KG2 download and Root Guide.
Remember, your phone is already in download mode. So just connect it to the pc, and then dont touch it .
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If your pc is rebooting when you try to perform an update then it's more than likely an issue with your pc.
I don't think your phone is bricked as stoney73 has stated as well it's in download mode

bricking a phone isn't that simple unless something abnormal happens (e.g. unplugging the cable while flashing a rom), I am sure your phone is fine. The feeling I have is the drivers in your PC are not installed/working properly, since I don't see the reason that flash via Odin will fail (Kies is another story...), try reinstall the driver and flash again
you may like to read this amazing thread to understand some fundamental terms (such as recovery and download mode)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290

Also remember that Kies often gets in conflict with Odin, so open task manager in windows and kill all kies processes before using Odin.

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Friends, i know what Download Mode is. And i tell you this is not the case. The phone was in recovery mode and then, all of a sudden an image appeared: and that image is not download mode. It's a little phone and a pc connected together by a small triangle orange with an "!" in it. I repeat, it's not in download mode.
If i pull out the battery the phone shuts down. Then i put the battery back in, start the phone in download mode :Vol down+Home+Lock and it sais :Vol Down-Restart the phone or Vol Up- Enter Down Mode. If i press vol down the phone shows that irritating image again(with the phone and the pc) and if i press vol up it enters download mode...
The firmware is official... Will i need a USB Jig to bring back my phone to life ?
PS: I have the latest drivers, Any Kies process has been stoped in Task Manager before the update and i followed step-by-step guides to update it. I tried 2.3.3 KE7, 2.3.4 KG1 and Lit'ning ROM. Neither would work for me, update failed at all was shown...
I'm really desperate...

Can you take a photo of what you are seeing?

this is it...

TudorMondialul said:
this is it...
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That is also download mode. So your phone isnt bricked. If you connect your phone to the pc, stop kies from running, and then run odin, does the square under id:com turn yellow?
like this:

what should i do ? Should i try again with odin ?
In the PDA Section What should i put in ? WHat's the latest firmware...
LE: Yes that square turns yellow and it sais added but after a few seconds the whole thing freezes... No progress bar, nothing...

TudorMondialul said:
what should i do ? Should i try again with odin ?
In the PDA Section What should i put in ? WHat's the latest firmware...
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The thing to do is to follow the directions in Intratechs thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278.
From Intratechs opening post:
"1. Just download the firmware version you want from above and extract the .tar file in the archive and save it somewhere
2. Reboot your phone to download mode.(Ignore, your phone is already in download mode, )
To get download mode shut down the device. After it shuts off completely simultaneously press the Down volume key+ Home button + press the power button .
You should see a warning asking you to press volume up if you want to continue or volume down to cancel, press volume up. You are now in download mode!(again ignore, you are already in download mode.)
3. Start Odin
4. Click on the PDA button and browse to the .tar file that you extracted in step 1
If the package has more than one .tar archive then they will be labelled with PDA, Phone/Modem and CSC. Just put them in the corresponding section of Odin
5. DO NOT PUT .PIT FILE AND DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT TICK REPARTITION.
6. Connect the USB cable and wait for the ID:COM section to turn yellow
7. Click start to flash
8. Do not disconnect the cable or turn off the device, it will reboot when it finishes. "

TudorMondialul said:
what should i do ? Should i try again with odin ?
In the PDA Section What should i put in ? WHat's the latest firmware...
LE: Yes that square turns yellow and it sais added but after a few seconds the whole thing freezes... No progress bar, nothing...
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So Odin freezes?

<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> boot.bin
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Yes it freezes or it sais this(see above)

I maybe accidently have ticked repartition... is this a dead end ?

Try uninstalling kies AND the usb drivers then install them again and try once more.
Do you have access to another PC?
Are you using the official samsung usb cable?

So i should uninstall kies and then try again with odin? Yes i use the official Samsung USB Cable...

TudorMondialul said:
So i should uninstall kies and then try again with odin? Yes i use the official Samsung USB Cable...
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Just saw your post about clicking repartition are you sure you done this?
If you have then you need a .pit file as per intratech's notes on the dev forum
.PIT refers to the partition information table you only need it if you screw up your partition table or if the firmware specifically requires it because of a change in the partition table layout. It's very likely you may never have to use this.
I think you might need to flash the csc, pda, pit and everything else separately.
Can some others confirm this?

I kinda trusted this site, this is where i got the instructions...
http://www.dkszone.net/install-android-2.3.4-xxkg1-samsung-galaxy-s-ii

TudorMondialul said:
I kinda trusted this site, this is where i got the instructions...
http://www.dkszone.net/install-android-2.3.4-xxkg1-samsung-galaxy-s-ii
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Did you try to flash 2.3.4 with that guide or 2.3.3?

2.3.4 i tried...

[Q] I'm, stuck at flashing modem...

So I tried to flash modem (GSM_Modem_XXUEMJ5_and_LTE_Modem_XXUBMH1.tar) before installing OmegaROM 13 to my i9505, Odin failed with message "Complete(Write) operation failed" while flashing it. Now... if I just turn phone on it boots into Download mode with message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." and tells me to run Kies, which I've done and Kies also fails while flashing modem (Kies downloads and flashes I9505XXUBMG4_I9505OPSBMG2_I9505XXUBMG4_HOME image). Tried to flash original Optus ROM and it also fails while flashing modem:
...
<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> modem.bin
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Any ideas?
thanks.

Different usb cable, different usb port, different pc, reinstall drivers, make sure kies is not running in the background.

Lennyz1988 said:
Different usb cable, different usb port, different pc, reinstall drivers, make sure kies is not running in the background.
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Why do you think it's a usb/driver/pc/etc?! It doesn't flash modem ONLY.

mcFactor said:
Why do you think it's a usb/driver/pc/etc?! It doesn't flash modem ONLY.
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Take the advice and just give it a try
99% of the time this is the reason for a failed flash

Obagleyfreer said:
Take the advice and just give it a try
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Just tried. As I thought it doesn't make any difference for me.
UPD. tried on two more computers in office. one didn't work, second one did the job. now what I don't understand is why did it happen? I mean I was flashing new ROMs for ages using same computer an home, then something went wrong and Odin and Kies have failed flashing SAME file from different ROMs (that was modem) on on 3 different computers...

[Q] Bricked Sprint Galaxy S4 (L720T)? Need help.

Hello, everyone.
I'm new to this forum and new to working with cell phones.
I have (rather - created) a problem - my former Sprint Galaxy S4 (L720T) probably bricked: the phone shows "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode..."
This happened after I tried to downgrade from OA3 firmware to MK5.
I can still get to download mode by pressing Vol-/"center button"/power and start Odin (1.82 or 3.07 or 3.09) and start flashing (thru PDA), but the process freezes and Odin stops responding.
what led to it?
I'll try to explain everything I did before.
I have two phones (galaxy s4 sprint) and for both I obtained MSL 6-digit numbers (from sprint).
I unlocked first phone (which had ...MK5 version) to use over GSM network: it was rooted, I added superSU, Titanium backup, went through *#0011# command and changed settings (found on this forum), virtual terminal (did something through it, too) and, then, "applied" SSU.apk to actually unlock the phone. It didn't go as fast and smooth, because some things did not go as described in the tutorials and instructions. The phone works.
The second phone has ...OA3 version and I did as much (and relatively in the same order) work as with the first one. EXEPT, SSU.apk did not unlock the phone in this particular version (it was designed for MK5).
So, I thought that downgrading from ...OA3 (Android 4.4.2) to ...MK5 Android 4.3) is a sound solution. and I tried, using Odin(s) and file "L720TVPUAMK5_L720TSPTAMK5_L720TVPUAMK5_HOME.tar.md5" (through PDA button in Odin.)
The odin took long time to process it and it seemed to finish the job (I really don't remember what exactly happened that time) and I either turned off the phone or unplugged usb cord, and remember seeing blue "status bar" on the phone below the logo and message below it.
I realized that I screwed up after seeing the "dreadfull" message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode...
I turned on phone in download mode and used odin (versions 1.85, 33.07, 3.09) to try to download firmware (MK5) ( I used buttons "bootload", PDA) to no avail.
I also tried to get into recovery mode (Vol+/center button/power) - nothing happened.
Now I'm stuck - I don't know how to re-install the original firmware (MK5) on this phone (or OA3).
I was looking for a solution (and still looking), but I found no answer so far.
Thus, I turned to you, knowledgeable people, to help me and lead in (point to) the right direction.
I know almost nothing about Android programming and the smart phones. I know veeery little about Linux (for PC - as an end user), so bear this in mind when you reply.
Thank you in advance.
Meanwhile I'll keep looking for solution anyway.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-sprint is where you need to go to get your questions properly answered, as you had posted this originally in the international S4 forum.
I'll let a mod know the thread needs to be moved.

Thread moved to proper forum.

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Mr. Clown said:
Thread moved to proper forum.
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Update:
Before I messed with the phone, I copied all the folders from the phone to my PC. When I plugged the phone, windows window (sounds stupid) popped up and I double-clicked on "phone" and copied all available files, e.g. "Alarms", "Android", "Applications" etc. I didn't perform backup at all.
I store this phone without battery now.
Also, when I tried to flash with "L720TVPUAMK5_L720TSPTAMK5_L720TVPUAMK5_HOME.tar.md5", Odin froze, the blue status bar on the phone just appeared and froze, too.
Another update,
I tried to use Kies to use tool "emergency firmware recovery" - I\it couldn't connect with the phone.
Yesterday I tried to connect with the working phone - same thing - no connection. The usb cable is original Samsung's.

update #2
UPDATE (yes - all in caps!)
1 . I booted phone in download mode (Vol-/Home center button/power)
2. pressed Vol + (to continue)
3. plugged usb cord
4. started Odin 3.04
5. checked options "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset time"
6. ckicked on PDA button and chose file "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-jfltespr.tar" (It was downloaded from one of youtube instructions.)
7. clicked on START
8. the process went through and passed:
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<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> recovery.img
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/004> RES OK !!
<ID:0/004> Completed..
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Added!!
++++
10. the phone rebooted and back to "normal" (means stil Sprint), rooted but still with "invalid card" message.
11. KNOX 0x1
12. baseband version is L720TVPUOA3, Android version: 4.4.2, kernelversion: 3.4.0-3892813 [email protected] #1 Thu Jan 15 09:50:12 Kst 2015.
Now...
the SSU.apk will not work, as it was design for android version 4.3 (this app unlocks the sprint phones (used it before on another phone)).
I'll look for SAFE downgrading to 4.3 (MK5) if not, I'll look for unlocking (similar to SSU.apk) for 4.4.2 version.
And I still need to re-check all the settings (like *#0011#).
conclusion: the bricked phone is revived now.
I'd like to thank this forum anyway for keeping a lot of information (sometimes overwhelming amounts of info).

Samsung Galaxy S4 Bricked, Odin stuck at Initialization, Recovery Mode Inaccessible

Hello,
I keep on playing with lots of ROMs and Mods so I am quite familiar with the entire process of flashing via recovery or odin. However, something really sinister happened to my S4 and I can't find anything that can revive my dead S4. Here is what happened exactly.
1. My battery would only give around 4 hrs of backup so I went and bought a new Galaxy S4 battery.
2. I came home and tried to replace the battery but the phone wouldn't show signs of life. I thought it was because the new battery had no charge. I tried to charge the phone. It kept of showing the lightening bolt sign for very short period in frequent intervals. I let it charge for an hour thinking the new battery was in deep sleep but to no avail the battery didn't work. The battery wouldn't charge but the upper portion of my phone was heated.
3. So I removed the new battery (which I would go the next day to replace) and I placed my old battery which started the "Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500" logo but after I ended up with a black screen.
4. I tried to go to recovery mode but it would just get stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500" forever.
5. I went to download mode and connected it to Odin (which would assign ID:COM to my S4 meaning it recognizes it) and tried to flash TWRP but it would always get stuck at Initializing...
6. When I disconnected the phone it would say "Get PIT for mapping" and "There is no PIT partition"
7. I tried to flash Stock ROM (I9500XXUHPI1_I9500ODDHOJ1_I9500DDUHPE1_HOME.tar.md5) which gave the same result stuck at "Initializing..."
8. I tried 4 different USB cables, a desktop with Win 10, A desktop with Win 7, a laptop with Win 10, a laptop with Win XP, all the USB ports of each computers and still got the same result. I also tried 5 different Odin versions. Nothing!
9. I tried to flash PIT file with the stock ROM, same result.
10. I installed Kies, killed the processes, updated drivers, uninstalled kies and installed only the Samsung drivers and still wont work.
11. I tried to do the "Firmware upgrade and initialization" from Kies and put my model "GT-I9500" and my S/N and it said my model doesn't support initialising.
12. I have cleaned my USB port too. Oh, by the way, I had once replaced the charging flex and it would still give some problems regarding the "back" soft key but only once in a blue moon which I have ignored.
This is what happens in Odin every single time I try to flash anything at all.
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
(Gets stuck here forever but when I plug my phone out it proceeds as following)
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
Please help me. I don't know what to do because the download mode seems to never load anything into the phone. I am literally on the verge of tears.

I'm sure this is not what you want to hear, but you may need to let a professional look at it.
You've tried pretty much everything that might make the flash fail or get stuck, and yet it still doesn't work. So I'm pretty sure the problem is not you.

Are you using the original Samsung USB cable? Tried different USB cables and USB ports?
Based on my experience with Samsung phones (s2, s3, s4, Note 2, note 3), they are picky about USB cables when flashing in Odin.

Cannot flash a new bootloader on I9505

Hi,
I have a Galaxy s4 I9505 on which I try to flash a new bootloader with Odin, so a tar file containg only aboot.mbn, sbl1,sbl2, sbl3,mpn,tz.
I'm pretty sur that the current one is a 4.2.2 and I want to upgrade to a 5.0.1.
So I put my phone on USB debugging mode, boot in download mode, select the bootloader.tar (which is compatible with my phone) in the BL field of ODIN which I launched as admin, , connect my phone which is correctly detected by Odin and then start to flash. The problem is that it always fails with this message:
Code:
<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I have the correct samsung drivers, I tried on different PC (windows 7/10), different USB ports and USB data cables, but I have always the same error message. The only thing that I did not try is to flash with the original samsung USB cable which I read in other forums that could be the cause.
I also say that ODIN works with no problem on the same phone when I flash any stock ROM (downgrade, upgrade) or any recovery file, so that's why I don't think that the cable could be the reason.
I'm not really sure if my bootloader is unlocked but I guess it is otherwise flash would not be possible, but I have no way to see of it is unlocked or not.
I don't see what else could be the reason, write access persmission?
Thx.

try older Odin version....

mbaier said:
try older Odin version....
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Hi, thx but I should have added also that in my first post, I think I tried every possible version of Odin from 1.83 to 3.12, no luck...

I know you said you have tried it on different PCs and USB ports, but does this mean you also tried the rear ports?
I know most PCs nowadays have front ports for convenience so maybe you haven't tried that option. Rear vs front does seem to make a difference.

Pwnycorn said:
I know you said you have tried it on different PCs and USB ports, but does this mean you also tried the rear ports?
I know most PCs nowadays have front ports for convenience so maybe you haven't tried that option. Rear vs front does seem to make a difference.
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Yes I did

Try to flash the entire stock Rom from Sammobile.com rather than just the bootloader.
You confirmed the model # in download mode?

audit13 said:
Try to flash the entire stock Rom from Sammobile.com rather than just the bootloader.
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already done also..it starts by flashing aboot.mbn and so fails exactly the same way..
You confirmed the model # in download mode?
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Sorry, what do you mean by that? I don't see anything to confirm.

Boot into download mode. Is the model # gt-i9505?
Since the aboot.mbn is not flashing because the ROM is not for the phone, the bootloader in the phone is newer than the bootloader in the ROM, or you need to use the original USB cables.