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[PROB] Can't install recovery, Download mode (Write protection: Enable)

Hi folks,
Having searched the forums I couldn't find an answer.
The problem I'm getting is when I get into download mode. I see the normal green android icon but at the top there is a grey caption saying: Write protection: Enabled.
I've been trying to flash twrp custom recovery but odin tries to do it and at the end it tells me success:0 failed:0.
That's all strange enough as previosly I managed to root the s4 using chainfire's Autoroot.
Could anyone tell me why is this happening and how to jump over it and install TWRP recovery.
//edit
I didn't check before I rooted the device but now I can't access stock recovery.
Cheers.
Ps. the device is: rooted i9505 running XXUAMDC stock rom, network: Three UK.

Attached is a screenshot of what I mean.
Thank you.

Didn't the TWRP site suggest using GooManager to install if you're rooted? Maybe give that a shot.

My unbranded UK s4 also said write protection enabled however I've had no problem installing twrp recovery.
Flashed via odin after putting phone into download mode... Have twrp in pda and it's checked in the box next to it...
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

chalger said:
Hi folks,
Having searched the forums I couldn't find an answer.
The problem I'm getting is when I get into download mode. I see the normal green android icon but at the top there is a grey caption saying: Write protection: Enabled.
I've been trying to flash twrp custom recovery but odin tries to do it and at the end it tells me success:0 failed:0.
That's all strange enough as previosly I managed to root the s4 using chainfire's Autoroot.
Could anyone tell me why is this happening and how to jump over it and install TWRP recovery.
//edit
I didn't check before I rooted the device but now I can't access stock recovery.
Cheers.
Ps. the device is: rooted i9505 running stock rom, network: Three UK.
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I have the same issue. I'm stock XXUAMDE with CF-ROOT.
I haven't tried to flash TWRP but I can't boot into stock recovery.
It says 'booting recovery' in blue but then just hangs.
Have you tried using Super SU app and unrooting?

Ok.
I tried using GOOmanager, it cannot find suitable recovery for my device (which is strange as you may find it through TWRP web page).
When I choose in GOO to reboot to recovery it actually gets me to stock recovery (I still can NOT get into recovery using power+home+UP)
When i try to flash TWRP using (newly discovered via GOO) stock recovery it looks like that:
There is a broken android icon (see 1st attached file) and the text
-reboot system now
-apply update via ADB
[.....]
# MANUAL MODE #
Applying Multi-CSC
Applied the CSC-Code : H3G (btw H3G is my carrier, three UK)
Successfully applied multi-CSC
when I choose the recovery file to flash I'm getting response that E:\signature verification failed
Again everything I've done with the phone was CFroot, that is it. No custom rom etc or other playing with it.
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I have the same issue. I'm stock XXUAMDE with CF-ROOT.
I haven't tried to flash TWRP but I can't boot into stock recovery.
It says 'booting recovery' in blue but then just hangs.
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I've got EXACTLY the same behaviour. I discovered GOO manager allowed me to boot into stock recovery.
Thanks for your interest.
chalger

If you're having problems check the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266336
It's the same method I used to root my phone and flash TWRP. (I too have write protection enabled)

write protection enabled means nothing
I have the exact same thing written on mine.
I have CF-Auto-Rooted mine AND TWRP 2.5 placed on mine, both using ODIN method.
No issues at all - both work perfectly fine.

chalger said:
(I still can NOT get into recovery using power+home+UP)
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Try using just the Vol Up+Power. Once the phone vibrates, let go of the power but keep holding the up key until you see something appear on the screen. That works on my non-rooted phone to get into recovery.

Hiya
Just for your information.
I've done factory reset, it preserved root access (which I found strange) and now I've managed to flash twrp recovery (which in my view is way too much touch sensitive )
Thanks for all the replies.

problem rooting i9505
chalger said:
Hiya
Just for your information.
I've done factory reset, it preserved root access (which I found strange) and now I've managed to flash twrp recovery (which in my view is way too much touch sensitive )
Thanks for all the replies.
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Hi All,
Just got my galaxy s4 i9505 with baseband XXUAME2. Have been trying to root this using CFROOT via odin numerous times but each time it fails. The error message includes "write operation failed" and "No PIT partion".
I have downloaded the correct PIT file and tried again but the same problem again.
I have further tried to flash pre-rooted firmware and another stock firmware but again - nothing I do seems to work.
Have tried the factory reset as well but again does not work.
Have tried flashing using motochopper method but also does not work.
Was hoping if someone could kindly extend his/her expertise - I am completely clueless at this point..

Ok for those getting the following error using Odin,
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I was getting the same errors whenever I tried to flash anything and couldn't figure out why. Now I seem to have sorted it.
Try this.
DO NOT HAVE ODIN OPEN YET
Stop KIES on your PC if it is on.
1) Put your phone into Download mode, (Home, Vol Down, Power at same time).
2) Connect your USB to PC/Laptop and phone.
3) Press UP on your phone.
4) now, open ODIN. <---only open AFTER your have pressed UP on your phone. COM and "Added" should be showing.
5) Flash what you need to flash.
(I noticed previously when I had Odin open, then pressed UP, it would show as "Added" and a Com would show, but I would ALWAYS get the Pit error and a Red FAIL)
I have now tried this method several times on the trot, flashed CWM with success, (where as it was always failing previously), and re-flashed other ROMS with success each time.
Hope this helps others.

Still failing to flash anything usin odin
artnada said:
Ok for those getting the following error using Odin,
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I was getting the same errors whenever I tried to flash anything and couldn't figure out why. Now I seem to have sorted it.
Try this.
DO NOT HAVE ODIN OPEN YET
Stop KIES on your PC if it is on.
1) Put your phone into Download mode, (Home, Vol Down, Power at same time).
2) Connect your USB to PC/Laptop and phone.
3) Press UP on your phone.
4) now, open ODIN. <---only open AFTER your have pressed UP on your phone. COM and "Added" should be showing.
5) Flash what you need to flash.
(I noticed previously when I had Odin open, then pressed UP, it would show as "Added" and a Com would show, but I would ALWAYS get the Pit error and a Red FAIL)
I have now tried this method several times on the trot, flashed CWM with success, (where as it was always failing previously), and re-flashed other ROMS with success each time.
Hope this helps others.
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Hi i have tried the above. Same problem persists.
I do not have Kies on my pc. Have tried steps listed above as is but still no luck.
need help

Anjamil said:
Hi i have tried the above. Same problem persists.
I do not have Kies on my pc. Have tried steps listed above as is but still no luck.
need help
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Me too i have the same problem .. any other method to flash back to original fiemware ?
cheers
Indra

problem solved
I used odin 1.85 and original usb cable that came in the
box. Problem solved am now able to flash all roms

I'm having exxcactly the same problem, but i can't boot the phone, it's just stuck on s4 screen, can someone help?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for this. That solved my issue.
artnada said:
Ok for those getting the following error using Odin,
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I was getting the same errors whenever I tried to flash anything and couldn't figure out why. Now I seem to have sorted it.
Try this.
DO NOT HAVE ODIN OPEN YET
Stop KIES on your PC if it is on.
1) Put your phone into Download mode, (Home, Vol Down, Power at same time).
2) Connect your USB to PC/Laptop and phone.
3) Press UP on your phone.
4) now, open ODIN. <---only open AFTER your have pressed UP on your phone. COM and "Added" should be showing.
5) Flash what you need to flash.
(I noticed previously when I had Odin open, then pressed UP, it would show as "Added" and a Com would show, but I would ALWAYS get the Pit error and a Red FAIL)
I have now tried this method several times on the trot, flashed CWM with success, (where as it was always failing previously), and re-flashed other ROMS with success each time.
Hope this helps others.
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First time i tried to install a custom recovery on my S4 I9505 LTE. With Odin.. It didn't work..
I knew about heimdall.. And i gave that a try. And it worked perfectly. The one thing that's a bit weird.. After it first worked through heimdall. I could flash any custom recovery through Odin. But I think you should give heimdall a try..
Here is a link to how to install CWM on the cyanogenmod wiki: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jfltexx#Installing_a_custom_recovery_on_Galaxy_S4_.28International_LTE.29 (I can't post links yet. So i just removed the http)

i flashed modern , and, it is fail, what wrong
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my phone have this entry : "write protection : enable"

on my phone is also 'write protected- enable' but odin and cwm work fine

[Q] bricked sm230nu, need .pit file?

i think my tablet is bricked and i need help fixing it pleaseeeeeee. went to turn it on yesterday and it just wouldnt turn on at all, i tried booting into recovery with no luck but im able to boot into Odin mode. while trying to reflash recovery odin hangs and goes nowhere. anyone have any ideas?
UPDATE
odin now states that there is no pit partition.?
<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>
<ID:0/005> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

huffmybrd said:
i think my tablet is bricked and i need help fixing it pleaseeeeeee. went to turn it on yesterday and it just wouldnt turn on at all, i tried booting into recovery with no luck but im able to boot into Odin mode. while trying to reflash recovery odin hangs and goes nowhere. anyone have any ideas?
UPDATE
odin now states that there is no pit partition.?
<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>
<ID:0/005> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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Is there full log ? Full log , please . Are you can exit from DM ?

repey6 said:
Is there full log ? Full log , please . Are you can exit from DM ?
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i am able to exit from download mode (by holding power + vol down + home), but no matter what ui try i am ONLY able to get into download mode (which is tricky because the screen that tells you to push vol up to enter DM or vol down to exit doesnt display, ill attach a picture of that.)
and that is the full log from ODIN

huffmybrd said:
i am able to exit from download mode (by holding power + vol down + home), but no matter what ui try i am ONLY able to get into download mode (which is tricky because the screen that tells you to push vol up to enter DM or vol down to exit doesnt display, ill attach a picture of that.)
and that is the full log from ODIN
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Are you in DM now ? You can not exit it ? Emergency exit DM : hold "Power" button and "Vol-" at the same time . Are you flashed via Odin anything earlier ?
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Try to go to recovery. If there is a red system invalid*, then you the road to a service center. On the device in DM is the name of the device?

repey6 said:
Are you in DM now ? You can not exit it ? Emergency exit DM : hold "Power" button and "Vol-" at the same time . Are you flashed via Odin anything earlier ?
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See my last post; I CAN exit DM, but when i boot the tablet the only thing that will accually boot is Download Mode. When i try and boot normally, or load recovery (power and Volume +) They Dont work like they dont even start to boot.
AND Nothing Has been flashed lately but i just found out that the owner of the Tab4 may have been in recovery mode and was trying to format or partition his ExtSD card and might have formatted or partitioned ALL the internal storage.

Well if so, then hope that someone will share with you the pit file

huffmybrd said:
See my last post; I CAN exit DM, but when i boot the tablet the only thing that will accually boot is Download Mode. When i try and boot normally, or load recovery (power and Volume +) They Dont work like they dont even start to boot.
AND Nothing Has been flashed lately but i just found out that the owner of the Tab4 may have been in recovery mode and was trying to format or partition his ExtSD card and might have formatted or partitioned ALL the internal storage.
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Hmmmmm. Have you tried Samsung kies? I always have Odin problems on windows 8 but never on windows 7.

KIES doesn't even detect the device

Here's a guide I found by searching to obtain pit. Someone needs to pull this from their device
1. Root+busybox+USB Debugging
2. Connect the tablet to a PC
3. Run program EFS Professional.exe
4. Go to tab Backup -> Device Filters -> select All Partitions
5. Go to a program EFS Professional directory and to look here for the new PIT-file SM-T705.pit
Ignore the T705 part. Hopefully this helps

now all i need is someone to come along and post a .pit file. ive looked everywhere online and came up with absolutly nothing.....

Need pit file also...
Found PIT file, but of course can't link it.... Someone can message me for link if they need it.

TAB 4 10.1 STUCK IN "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery"

TAB 4 10.1 STUCK IN "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery"
Today I was trying to update my Tab 4 10.1 (SM-T530) to the lastest version via kies and then i've got this message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies emergency recovery fix" . I've tried everything and I cant fix that. The only progress tha I've made is to get recovery installed (because it wiped everything). Does anyone know how to fix this or have the official "update.zip" from samsung?

ZenJB said:
Today I was trying to update my Tab 4 10.1 (SM-T530) to the lastest version via kies and then i've got this message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies emergency recovery fix" . I've tried everything and I cant fix that. The only progress tha I've made is to get recovery installed (because it wiped everything). Does anyone know how to fix this or have the official "update.zip" from samsung?
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Never use Kies, the only thing it's capable of is not working properly. Use an SM-T530 firmware file from this thread, flash it with Odin to fix your tablet and update to lollipop (you have to boot your tablet into download mode to do so, home, vol-, and power)

I found my mistake. after that error happened i needed to
wipe cache and data. What i did was:
1) Download the rom
2) Extract the recovery
3) Convert the recovery to a Odin file (since the normal firmware was giving a "fail" in odin) using "Caboomi's_Recovery_img2tar_odin_maker"
3) Wipe data and cache using recovery
4) Update the rom normaly flashing the firmware file via Odin

ZenJB said:
I found my mistake. after that error happened i needed to
wipe cache and data. What i did was:
1) Download the rom
2) Extract the recovery
3) Convert the recovery to a Odin file (since the normal firmware was giving a "fail" in odin) using "Caboomi's_Recovery_img2tar_odin_maker"
3) Wipe data and cache using recovery
4) Update the rom normaly flashing the firmware file via Odin
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What nonsense
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Use an SM-T530 firmware file from this thread, flash it with Odin to fix your tablet and update to lollipop (you have to boot your tablet into download mode to do so, home, vol-, and power)
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Do as written

repey6 said:
What nonsense
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Do as written
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I have tried that before and it didn't worked it showed a red Square in odin saying "Fail" everytime

ZenJB said:
I have tried that before and it didn't worked it showed a red Square in odin saying "Fail" everytime
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Are you sure that T530 . May be T530NU ?
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Odin log please

repey6 said:
Are you sure that T530 . May be T530NU ?
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Odin log please
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My tablet is the SM-T530 from Portugal (Its on the sticker at the back of my tab4)
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> T530XXU1BOG2_T530OXX1BOE1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<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> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/005> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/005> tz.mbn
<ID:0/005> sdi.mbn
<ID:0/005> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/005> boot.img
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

ZenJB said:
My tablet is the SM-T530 from Portugal (Its on the sticker at the back of my tab4)
I dont have the Odin Log
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Wait some time i download your service firmware .

The official update.zip from samsung where can we get it?

Official samsung server
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repey6 said:
Wait some time i download your service firmware .
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347801842

repey6 said:
Official samsung server
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347801842
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I can't flash it via official recovery
In my tablet it appears again the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" error

ZenJB said:
I can't flash it via official recovery
In my tablet it appears again the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" error
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This archiv need unpack and flash via Odin . What do you see service firmware firstly ?

repey6 said:
This archiv need unpack and flash via Odin . What do you see service firmware firstly ?
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What do you mean by service firmware?
I've tried flashing that files via odin and it failed. I installed now a custom rom (it triped my knox counter of course) and my device is working again but i cant go back to stock from it happens the same error.

ZenJB said:
What do you mean by service firmware?
I've tried flashing that files via odin and it failed. I installed now a custom rom (it triped my knox counter of course) and my device is working again but i cant go back to stock from it happens the same error.
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I've been meaning to ask, before you ran Odin, you did remember to extract the .tar.md5 file from the .zip, correct?

ZenJB said:
What do you mean by service firmware?
I've tried flashing that files via odin and it failed. I installed now a custom rom (it triped my knox counter of course) and my device is working again but i cant go back to stock from it happens the same error.
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Service firmware.http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/kklp-service-firmwares-sm-t530-sm-t531-t3158803 .
If you cant to flash this firmware via Odin so you use wrong Odin or cord or USB hub .

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
I've been meaning to ask, before you ran Odin, you did remember to extract the .tar.md5 file from the .zip, correct?
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Yes I extracted

[SOLVED] Weird white bar while booting SM-N910G (Flashing repair firmware solved it)

Past week when I manually rebooted my phone Samsung galaxy note 4 sm-n910g, it never booted beyond Samsung galaxy note 4 screen.
(Tried flashing stock ROM using Odin , it didn't work.
Also tried flashing twrp recovery using Odin, that too didn't work.)
First thing I observed which was never before was white color half bar nearly as if its indicating 50% of something which I still don't know and have searched everywhere on web about it.. Still its unanswered
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Phone didn't go beyond Samsung note 4 logo. Led kept on blinking light blue to dark for nealy half n hour ..
I removed battery and again checked, result was same .. Thought may be the latest OTA did something. I tried using three finger recovery boot but unfortunately phone didn't boot into recovery. Tried to go into safe mode boot that too didnt work. When I tried three finger download mode , phone did went into download boot.
I downloaded latest firmware for this phone and used Odin to flash it . it successfully flashed and phone rebooted but still with the same weird white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo and led kept flashing ..
I also tried to flash twrp recovery as I wanted to get into recovery so that from there I would atleast clear cache or do factory reset..
Odin flashed twrp but still stuck at same note 4 logo..
If anyone facing or faced this problem? Plz experts kindly make me understand exactly what might be the problem software or hardware which is causing this ..
Its been one week since phone is like this ..it was my daily driver for 1 year ,had my all work data inside it :crying:

omarrph said:
Past week when I manually rebooted my phone Samsung galaxy note 4 sm-n910g, it never booted beyond Samsung galaxy note 4 screen.
(Tried flashing stock ROM using Odin , it didn't work.
Also tried flashing twrp recovery using Odin, that too didn't work.)
First thing I observed which was never before was white color half bar nearly as if its indicating 50% of something which I still don't know and have searched everywhere on web about it.. Still its unanswered
Phone didn't go beyond Samsung note 4 logo. Led kept on blinking light blue to dark for nealy half n hour ..
I removed battery and again checked, result was same .. Thought may be the latest OTA did something. I tried using three finger recovery boot but unfortunately phone didn't boot into recovery. Tried to go into safe mode boot that too didnt work. When I tried three finger download mode , phone did went into download boot.
I downloaded latest firmware for this phone and used Odin to flash it . it successfully flashed and phone rebooted but still with the same weird white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo and led kept flashing ..
I also tried to flash twrp recovery as I wanted to get into recovery so that from there I would atleast clear cache or do factory reset..
Odin flashed twrp but still stuck at same note 4 logo..
If anyone facing or faced this problem? Plz experts kindly make me understand exactly what might be the problem software or hardware which is causing this ..
Its been one week since phone is like this ..it was my daily driver for 1 year ,had my all work data inside it :crying:
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Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773

Trex888 said:
Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
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I will report it back in evening . But will it delete my documents and data? Or they will be there if all things go well? Kindly do reply me back before flash process

They will be delete from internal memory for sure.
Not from microsd card.

Trex888 said:
They will be delete from internal memory for sure.
Not from microsd card.
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Bro tried to download it whole day, getting very slow download speed of around 15 kbps .. Failed to download with three attempts which hardly went past 40 percent..
Data's inside the phone were really important for my work point of view and mostly were saved on phone memory rather than extcard.. Photos and videos were important but I can manage without them but other data's I am concerned :crying:
Can i find same recovery on web with better speed? Same download crisis was there when I tried to download latest stock ROM . I managed to download from updato website.. Previously I searched for samfirm software which then made be find this website on xda about updato . download was smooth..
Also tmrw I am giving phone to service person even though its warranty is expired. If he can't fix it then I will revert back to download link which u provided .
Bro can you tell me what is that half white bar ? Actually what is it related to ,is it software or hardware.. Also I am thinking this all may be due to faulty battery ..if it might be the case

omarrph said:
Bro tried to download it whole day, getting very slow download speed of around 15 kbps .. Failed to download with three attempts which hardly went past 40 percent..
Data's inside the phone were really important for my work point of view and mostly were saved on phone memory rather than extcard.. Photos and videos were important but I can manage without them but other data's I am concerned :crying:
Can i find same recovery on web with better speed? Same download crisis was there when I tried to download latest stock ROM . I managed to download from updato website.. Previously I searched for samfirm software which then made be find this website on xda about updato . download was smooth..
Also tmrw I am giving phone to service person even though its warranty is expired. If he can't fix it then I will revert back to download link which u provided .
Bro can you tell me what is that half white bar ? Actually what is it related to ,is it software or hardware.. Also I am thinking this all may be due to faulty battery ..if it might be the case
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No idea about white bar never seen anything like it.
Probably its software issue .
Did you flash any rom or kernel before this white bar begin to appear?

Trex888 said:
No idea about white bar never seen anything like it.
Probably its software issue .
Did you flash any rom or kernel before this white bar begin to appear?
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No modifications were done. It was running on stock Samsung ROM. Not rooted at all and not even Knox was tripped before it .
Few days ago before start of this major problem I can only remember is that I did December update through OTA. It rebooted and android updated . I remember I didn't went into recovery and didn't cleaned cache or anything ,just normal reboot and phone was working . The day when it started I thought I should clean the screen. I powered off phone and with dry cloth cleaned the screen, back panel and battery .. When I turned on phone, first time I saw this bar, phone didn't go past Samsung logo. It was then when I tried to go into recovery, it didn't go to recovery. I tried to safeboot that too didn't work. Only download mode was working . so I searched on internet about it.. I thought maybe update did something so I downloaded latest stock to check. Every thing went smooth and pass msg was on Odin but phone was having same half white bar and didn't go past Samsung logo.
I really don't understand till date what might have caused it . was it update, battery or some hardware issue

If you can flash twrp you can copy all data from internal memory and then follow repair firmware method that i mentioned earlier.
Flash twrp in odin of your model.
Go to mount and mount usb storage.
And connect via usb cable to pc .
Here you can see your whole internal memory & data you can copy to pc .
Make sure download latest twrp recovery otherwise in older versions usb storage will not work.
Hope that helps

Trex888 said:
If you can flash twrp you can copy all data from internal memory and then follow repair firmware method that i mentioned earlier.
Flash twrp in odin of your model.
Go to mount and mount usb storage.
And connect via usb cable to pc .
Here you can see your whole internal memory & data you can copy to pc .
Make sure download latest twrp recovery otherwise in older versions usb storage will not work.
Hope that helps
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Bro plz don't get annoyed and kindly send link of latest twrp for n910g..
Previously I downloaded from
https://dl.twrp.me/trltedt/
And installed via Odin successfully but couldn't get phone into recovery boot even doing all things . if I could go into it and save data I could have gone for recovery firmware installation without hesitation.
Plz from ur knowledge provide me a link for latest twrp and I will flash and report back bro

omarrph said:
Bro plz don't get annoyed and kindly send link of latest twrp for n910g..
Previously I downloaded from
https://dl.twrp.me/trltedt/
And installed via Odin successfully but couldn't get phone into recovery boot even doing all things . if I could go into it and save data I could have gone for recovery firmware installation without hesitation.
Plz from ur knowledge provide me a link for latest twrp and I will flash and report back bro
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This is the latest version of twrp that you have.
Flash twrp.tar in odin 3.10 and most important ( uncheck auto reboot in odin options).
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and immediately press (volume up + home + power button ) you should be in twrp.

Trex888 said:
This is the latest version of twrp that you have.
Flash twrp.tar in odin 3.10 and most important ( uncheck auto reboot in odin options).
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and immediately press (volume up + home + power button ) you should be in twrp.
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I did all things correctly. There was pass msg in Odin yet again. I removed battery and manually pressed vol up, home and power to get into recovery. Phone had msg booting in recovery but after it its blank black screen only bro..
When I am into my computer device manager and still connected phone with USB I can see its there in portable device and also in universal serial bus controllers

Bro OK let's suppose something is not letting my phone to boot up and also recovery mode boot . is it possible that it might be due to corrupt partition or phone memory which is not letting phone to boot up.
Is there any way using my external SD card as a storage where I can install twrp and get into recovery? So that it may allow me to go inside of recovery mode and select USB mount option ? Is it practical ? Can this be done using external SD card? If so plz tell me

omarrph said:
Bro OK let's suppose something is not letting my phone to boot up and also recovery mode boot . is it possible that it might be due to corrupt partition or phone memory which is not letting phone to boot up.
Is there any way using my external SD card as a storage where I can install twrp and get into recovery? So that it may allow me to go inside of recovery mode and select USB mount option ? Is it practical ? Can this be done using external SD card? If so plz tell me
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Have a look there mate, it might help you : https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/note-4-debrick-img-t3488114

i have downloaded repair firmware file from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
there are these files inside them.. how do i install them? i have searched on google but only could find steps for using AP but what about other files? do i have to use them and how to kindly guide me steps

Trex888 said:
Download repair firmware with pit file from tsar3000.com and flash in odin with pit file.
Try odin 3.10 its very stable in my opinion i have never any issues with it.
Download and extract the file you will get repair firmware and pit file choose in odin AP for firmware and PIT for pit file
Uncheck autoreboot in odin and check( nand erase all ) and flash HIT START.
Once odin shows pass take out battery and insert again and boot into recovery.
Then do wipecache & data factory reset and reboot.
Report back and tell me how it goes.
Download link
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
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i have downloaded repair firmware file from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24411628330025773
there are these files inside them.. how do i install them? i have searched on google but only could find steps for using AP but what about other files? do i have to use them and how to kindly guide me steps

@Trex888,
i followed the step and installed repair firmware..
First i selected only AP and PIT file.
after odin passed i removed battery and booted to recovery.. Android robot came with RED dead sign.. still recovery booted and i cleared cache and factory reset.
Phone in bootloop..
SO again i went to download mode and selected all other files like CSC, BL and CP
ODIN came with following fail..
d in Odin
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BL_N910GDTU1BOE4_CL4980903_QB5063813_REV00_user_lo w_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CP_N910GDD1BOC1_REV00_CL_1905730.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CSC_ODD_N910GODD1BOE1_CL4965595_QB5034215_REV00_us er_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/008> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/008> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/008> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/008> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/008> tz.mbn
<ID:0/008> sdi.mbn
<ID:0/008> NON-HLOS.bin
<ID:0/008> modem.bin
<ID:0/008> Transmission Complete..
<ID:0/008> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes
<ID:0/008> Receive Response from boot-loader
<ID:0/008> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> hidden.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> FAIL! (Write)
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I tried to go into recovery but it said firmware failed please connect to kies for recovery..
I went to ODIN and just flashed AP firmware this time and it passed .. Mannually reboooted to recovery it rebooted and then i rebooted phone and now its on stock rom 5.0.1..
Now i dont see any white half bar while booting.. Phone is booting properly and i checked all sound, camera, torch and wifi, mobile data working..
So steps i did were ok or anything i missed or messed?? some thought here please

G900F Recovery Boot Loop and Odin stock flash fails

Good morning guys,
I need your help. I have a SM-G900F and right now the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, because that one is also stuck in a loop.
What I did
* my phone had flashed one of the roms from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-ane4-kitkat-4-4-2-multi-csc-t2813628
* I wanted to update to LineageOS 15.1
* flashing latest twrp 3.2.3-0
* flasing LineageOS 15.1
Up to here everything was working, but then I tried to flash opengapps and reflash LineageOS. Both were working fine, but the phone was stuck in a boot loop and I could not enter recovery mode.
Things I tried to solve my issue being unable to enter recovery mode
* try different versions of twrp and odin
* try to flash stock firmware 6.0.1
Stock firmware flash fails with
Code:
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
The stock firmware problem seems to be related to the CSC. I can't look up my CSC because I'm stuck, but I guess it is a DBT or DTM. But due to the flashed firmware of _alexndr the csc was probably changed and I don't know to which.
Any ideas how I can proceed?

NaTopp said:
Good morning guys,
I need your help. I have a SM-G900F and right now the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, because that one is also stuck in a loop.
What I did
* my phone had flashed one of the roms from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-ane4-kitkat-4-4-2-multi-csc-t2813628
* I wanted to update to LineageOS 15.1
* flashing latest twrp 3.2.3-0
* flasing LineageOS 15.1
Up to here everything was working, but then I tried to flash opengapps and reflash LineageOS. Both were working fine, but the phone was stuck in a boot loop and I could not enter recovery mode.
Things I tried to solve my issue being unable to enter recovery mode
* try different versions of twrp and odin
* try to flash stock firmware 6.0.1
Stock firmware flash fails with
Code:
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
The stock firmware problem seems to be related to the CSC. I can't look up my CSC because I'm stuck, but I guess it is a DBT or DTM. But due to the flashed firmware of _alexndr the csc was probably changed and I don't know to which.
Any ideas how I can proceed?
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Hi,
Could you tell me what is written when you enter download/odin mode at: "Product name" and "Reactivation lock"? Also what exact firmware are you trying to flash via odin?
One more question: what do you mean by "unable to enter recovery mode"? Did you try to force power off the phone and tried to eneter recovery by pressing "volume up + home + power"? What happened then?

Many40 said:
Hi,
Could you tell me what is written when you enter download/odin mode at: "Product name" and "Reactivation lock"? Also what exact firmware are you trying to flash via odin?
One more question: what do you mean by "unable to enter recovery mode"? Did you try to force power off the phone and tried to eneter recovery by pressing "volume up + home + power"? What happened then?
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Yes of course.
Download mode (complete):
Code:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-G900F
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Reactivation Lock: OFF
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
Qualcom SecureBoot: Enable (CSB)
Secure Download: Enable
UDC Start
I'm trying to flash stock firmware for Galaxy S5, Android 6.0.1 CSC DBT. From here https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=D05FDF7EBCFB11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
and while looking up the URL I've seen that it is for G901F. Damn.. I've started to download a version for G900F right now. This one https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=2FC456972E5B11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
Recovery mode: If I press the buttons (power+home+vol up) the blue line with "recovery booting" pops up and the phone tries to boot for some seconds and restarts afterwards (without entering recovery). I'm not sure what you mean by "force power off", but usually I'm taking out the battery and wait some time.
So let me try to download the correct stock firmware.

Here is the latest firmware for the g900f
Just place in AP section of odin
https://mega.nz/#!Nw5UBA6D!QYx2jht-Y56R3UlqfEXtq1e0QjJQRyTij8YXr5dM1Rw
You may need to factory reset in recovery mode after flashing

NaTopp said:
Yes of course.
Download mode (complete):
Code:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-G900F
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Reactivation Lock: OFF
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
Qualcom SecureBoot: Enable (CSB)
Secure Download: Enable
UDC Start
I'm trying to flash stock firmware for Galaxy S5, Android 6.0.1 CSC DBT. From here https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=D05FDF7EBCFB11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
and while looking up the URL I've seen that it is for G901F. Damn.. I've started to download a version for G900F right now. This one https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=2FC456972E5B11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
Recovery mode: If I press the buttons (power+home+vol up) the blue line with "recovery booting" pops up and the phone tries to boot for some seconds and restarts afterwards (without entering recovery). I'm not sure what you mean by "force power off", but usually I'm taking out the battery and wait some time.
So let me try to download the correct stock firmware.
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So you found it From my experience NAND Write Start and then Fail!(Auth) happen to people who tried flashing wrong firmware to their phones or sometimes Reactivation lock was ON.
With this "Recovery booting" issue hopefully it is nothing serious. I don't want to make you afraid but this exactly happened to me some time ago after routine installation of something. Unfortunately for me, my eMMc memory (flash memory) got corrupted and nothing helped - I had to replace a motherboard.
But hopefully it is not your case.
TheFixItMan said:
Here is the latest firmware for the g900f
Just place in AP section of odin
https://mega.nz/#!Nw5UBA6D!QYx2jht-Y56R3UlqfEXtq1e0QjJQRyTij8YXr5dM1Rw
You may need to factory reset in recovery mode after flashing
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Come on, let me help him myself

TheFixItMan said:
Here is the latest firmware for the g900f
Just place in AP section of odin
https://mega.nz/#!Nw5UBA6D!QYx2jht-Y56R3UlqfEXtq1e0QjJQRyTij8YXr5dM1Rw
You may need to factory reset in recovery mode after flashing
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Thanks. I've used your file and the flash process successful with odin. After rebooting the phone is still stuck in recovery boot loop unfortunately.
Many40 said:
So you found it From my experience NAND Write Start and then Fail!(Auth) happen to people who tried flashing wrong firmware to their phones or sometimes Reactivation lock was ON.
With this "Recovery booting" issue hopefully it is nothing serious. I don't want to make you afraid but this exactly happened to me some time ago after routine installation of something. Unfortunately for me, my eMMc memory (flash memory) got corrupted and nothing helped - I had to replace a motherboard.
But hopefully it is not your case.
Come on, let me help him myself
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I'm still stuck in the recovery loop. Seems like I got a corrupted memory too.

NaTopp said:
Thanks. I've used your file and the flash process successful with odin. After rebooting the phone is still stuck in recovery boot loop unfortunately.
I'm still stuck in the recovery loop. Seems like I got a corrupted memory too.
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Did you go into recovery mode and perform a factory reset/format data after you flashed the firmware in odin?

TheFixItMan said:
Did you go into recovery mode and perform a factory reset/format data after you flashed the firmware in odin?
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The problem is that I can not access recovery. The phone shows the blue message "recovery booting" and after some seconds it restarts.

NaTopp said:
Thanks. I've used your file and the flash process successful with odin. After rebooting the phone is still stuck in recovery boot loop unfortunately.
I'm still stuck in the recovery loop. Seems like I got a corrupted memory too.
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I didn't want to be negative and hopped that flashing stock firmware helps but unforunately it didn't.
If you still can't access your recovery you might try removing battery, putting it back after a while and trying to install from odin (as AP) TWRP recovery (for klte). After that don't try rebooting the phone (uncheck "Auto reboot option in odin as well) but take battery out again, put it back and try directly going to the recovery. Let's see ....
Edit: What @TheFixItMan already mentioned is also one of the workaround options which comes to my mind but in my opinion do that only if all other possible solutions fail (as a last resort) -> flashing PIT incorrectly may do more harm then good for the phone. For my case I tried that as well but it didn't help.
Edit2: just found a similar case to yours but unforunately without success at the end: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help/boot-loop-measures-t3559074

NaTopp said:
The problem is that I can not access recovery. The phone shows the blue message "recovery booting" and after some seconds it restarts.
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You may have to also flash the firmware via odin with the pit file to repartition your device if you flashed incorrect firmware before
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyeAt2hy6XeM3g4SWhUaWtoVWM/view
Add the above file to the pit section of odin
Put the firmware I previously posted in AP section
Tick reparation device in odin

I did not check your external links in detail nor did I flash pit file yet, because I'm in a hurry. But a brief update:
* I've flashed the stock
* let the phone normally boot to Samsung logo - which resulted in a restart
* flashed latest twrp (3.2.3)
* boot to twrp, which works
After wiping cache etc the phone did not boot the OS (still loop). Maybe I did something wrong here, but I had not much time to dive deeper into it.
Anyways, afterwards I'm not able to boot to recovery again. I need to apply the steps above (flash stock > boot > flash twrp) to get recovery working again.

Something stranged I've noticed during yesterday and today: So yesterday somehow I got back into my original state, that recovery did not boot up. I set the phone aside until today without a battery plugged in. This morning I booted the device directly into recovery and it did work again. After some tries of wiping and flashing recovery is not working again.
I guess it boils down to some hardware issue.

i also face this issue and after a lot of effort, solved it Alhamdulillah. The problem was faulty battery. I will advise you all to replace battery with new one then try to install again.

sm-g900f
TheFixItMan said:
Here is the latest firmware for the g900f
Just place in AP section of odin
You may need to factory reset in recovery mode after flashing
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any other link for this? thank you

Clarkitoi88 said:
any other link for this? thank you
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I don't have the files anymore but you should be able to download any Samsung firmware from https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ or via the power of Google