I found a similar situation on a thread from 2015 which i replied to so this post may duplicate that...if so my apologies. I'm a bit distraught over the hard bricked phone in my lap...
In the process of loading a ROM on the wrong partitions through Flashfire i've completely hard bricked my Galaxy S5.
The phone is completely unresponsive--does not power on, won't connect to Odin, and will not enter download or recovery mode. It shows on the device manager on Windows 10 when connected as QHUSB_BULK. From research it appears my only option is to use image creator to create an image on an SD card then try and enter download mode.
I was using a rooted lollipop based (5.0) phone at the time of the issue. I tried an image from a thread from 2015 where someone exhibited almost identical situation and resolved it with an image from 4.4.2. Unfortunately that image did not work for me. Does anyone have a lollipop based image they'd be willing to PM or link for me?
Would really appreciate it. Very bummed on an Easter Sunday with a brick for a phone.
Try this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/g900v-hard-brick-t2914847/page4
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So here's a new one for you...
I'm working on trying to fix a friends LG G2 LS980 from Sprint, and for whatever reason. It boots into the stock recovery but has no download mode. When attempting to boot as normal it says "Security Error". (Because it has no OS to boot into, as the owner somehow deleted it) Normally in a soft brick i could just use download mode to re-install the stock firmware, but obviously that can't happen without download mode. ADB has only given errors for no apparent reason as well. I'm at a loss... "Can you help us??"- Galaxy Quest
Any tips or similar issues reported would be appreciated.
After searching for quite a while only one other person has reported this issue and no one has answered him. But I trust XDA won't have the same issue. I appreciate your time and look forward to your help.
Nothing? Tsk tsk XDA..
I have been trawling the internet for literally hours.
This is my final hope before I get really desperate with this device.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Edge+ online as a demo unit so I could use it as a glorified tablet,
since it was a demo unit it had demo software which I tried to remove using the 5444 password
trick on the retail software to no avail. So I decided to root the phone using Odin and the
SM-G928 F/I/C/K/S software as i couldn't find the particular software for this phone anywhere.
This worked but every time I booted the phone it would give me the 'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
on the top left of the device which I promptly ignored and continued to use the device, I downloaded
root check which said my device was rooted and then I downloaded system app uninstaller to try remove all the trial
software, which unfortunately didn't work. I then attempted a hard reset, which also didn't work and just
rebooted the device, finally i decided to download Flashify and TWRP recovery to try and delete the trial software
from there. At this point I was just messing around with the phone when I noticed a thread that said i needed
titanium backup to fully delete the software, so i rebooted the phone and it has been stuck on the bootup screen
ever since, I have tried several methods to get it to work including re-flashing the software onto it,
(the SM-G928F one I mean) but i simply cannot find the correct one for my device.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :good::good::good::good:
The device is running 5.1.1
I am not sure of the kernel or anything like that as I am quite noobish.
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MeMyPhoneAndI said:
I have been trawling the internet for literally hours.
This is my final hope before I get really desperate with this device.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Edge+ online as a demo unit so I could use it as a glorified tablet,
since it was a demo unit it had demo software which I tried to remove using the 5444 password
trick on the retail software to no avail. So I decided to root the phone using Odin and the
SM-G928 F/I/C/K/S software as i couldn't find the particular software for this phone anywhere.
This worked but every time I booted the phone it would give me the 'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
on the top left of the device which I promptly ignored and continued to use the device, I downloaded
root check which said my device was rooted and then I downloaded system app uninstaller to try remove all the trial
software, which unfortunately didn't work. I then attempted a hard reset, which also didn't work and just
rebooted the device, finally i decided to download Flashify and TWRP recovery to try and delete the trial software
from there. At this point I was just messing around with the phone when I noticed a thread that said i needed
titanium backup to fully delete the software, so i rebooted the phone and it has been stuck on the bootup screen
ever since, I have tried several methods to get it to work including re-flashing the software onto it,
(the SM-G928F one I mean) but i simply cannot find the correct one for my device.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :good::good::good::good:
The device is running 5.1.1
I am not sure of the kernel or anything like that as I am quite noobish.
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First thing to do is to get into STOCK recovery and do a "Factory Data Reset"
or you can boot the phone up and go into "Settings>Backup and Reset" and
select "Factory data reset".
After doing that odin flash the proper S6 Edge+ Lollipop 5.1.1 or the new Marshmallow 6.0 firmware.
You can see the exact model of your G928 phone by going into settings and scroll down to "about"
there you will find the specific model of your phone.
Be sure to ONLY odin flash the correct firmware for your phone's model.
Once you do all the above you will no longer see:
'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
The only reason you see that is because the phone is rooted.
After odin flashing the proper firmware your phone will no longer be rooted
unless you root the phone again.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Misterjunky said:
First thing to do is to get into STOCK recovery and do a "Factory Data Reset"
or you can boot the phone up and go into "Settings>Backup and Reset" and
select "Factory data reset".
After doing that odin flash the proper S6 Edge+ Lollipop 5.1.1 or the new Marshmallow 6.0 firmware.
You can see the exact model of your G928 phone by going into settings and scroll down to "about"
there you will find the specific model of your phone.
Be sure to ONLY odin flash the correct firmware for your phone's model.
Once you do all the above you will no longer see:
'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
The only reason you see that is because the phone is rooted.
After odin flashing the proper firmware your phone will no longer be rooted
unless you root the phone again.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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I can't boot the phone up, if I could I would, I can't find the software for this particular model, which is aforementioned SM-G928X,
If you could help me with that, I would appreciate it. The phone is stuck on the Saumsung boot up, it doesn't actually boot up into
the lock screen so I can't do anything with it, if you could help me with link to the SM-G928X firmware that I could use in ODIN
that would be greatly appreciated cause the phone is a paper weight at this point.
I had a moment of madness and decided to do what you said anyway, and I can't factory reset the phone from the recovery menu as it says
its due to security policies or something of that nature, which again I mentioned in the initial thread.
Also to clarify, I can't flash my own firmware because I can't find the firmware anywhere on the internet.
re: firmwares
MeMyPhoneAndI said:
I can't boot the phone up, if I could I would, I can't find the software for this particular model, which is aforementioned SM-G928X,
If you could help me with that, I would appreciate it. The phone is stuck on the Saumsung boot up, it doesn't actually boot up into
the lock screen so I can't do anything with it, if you could help me with link to the SM-G928X firmware that I could use in ODIN
that would be greatly appreciated cause the phone is a paper weight at this point.
I had a moment of madness and decided to do what you said anyway, and I can't factory reset the phone from the recovery menu as it says
its due to security policies or something of that nature, which again I mentioned in the initial thread.
Also to clarify, I can't flash my own firmware because I can't find the firmware anywhere on the internet.
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I have done a bit of research on your G928X device and I think you are in luck.
Check out this link carefully http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=8759&c=samsung_sm-g928x_galaxy_s6_edgeplus_lte-a_samsung_zen
and you will see that the firmware in your phone is identical to many other G928 firmwares as you will see in that link.
Odin flashing any of the ZEN firmwares in that link cannot brick your phone, the worse thing that can happen is that it will not
work. (just like it's not working for you right now).
I would go a head and odin flash the S6 Edge+ G928T firmware which is also the ZEN baseband firmware, there are many S6 Edge+ phones
using the exact same firmware. All Samsung S6 Edge+ firmwares contain the modem but not all of them will be compatible with your
carrier but at least you will be able to boot your phone normally without getting stuck on boot screen or bootlooping to start with.
You can get the G928T firmware from http://sammobile.com OR
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636004597 (fast download)
Good luck,
Have a great day!
I have a hard-bricked Samsung galaxy note 4.
After I rooted my note 4, it started to display problems. It would randomly crash processes, reset, and freeze. One day, it turned off by itself despite the battery being at around 40%. I tried to turn it on but it wouldn't respond.
I replaced the battery thinking it was a battery problem. It didn't fix the problem. I also replaced the power button inside my phone. That didn't fix it, either.
My phone cannot enter download mode. It also doesn't respond when i plug it into an outlet.
When i connect the phone to my computer, my phone is recognized as this device:
Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM5) [Ports(COM&LPT)]
Manufacturer: Unavailable
Model: QHSUSB__BULK
Model Number: Unavailable
Categories: Unknown
Description: Unavailable
Does anyone have a solution/fix for de-bricking a hard bricked note 4 SM-N910W8 with these problems? I've searched everywhere w/ no success. Thanks.
Edit - GREAT NEWS, fellow N910W8 users! A user posted the N910W8 debrick image, today! I haven't used it to debrick my phone, yet (My phone is disassembled and i may need a new battery) but there's no harm in trying it.
Link to the user's post (User name - Valentinez on page 20)
Link to the n910w8 debrick.img
Please explain what exactly did you do before starting to have those issues. What did you use for rooting?
Sent from my SM-N910F using XDA-Developers mobile app
Ok. I'll explain step-by-step. Since i'm a new user, i can't post outside links in my messages. I'll try to explain how i did it w/o links. I'll PM you the links i used to give you a clearer message on how i did it. Hopefully, i can PM links.
1. My phone was initially running 5.1.1 lollipop (n910w8vlu1coi4) before I decided to root it. It didn't display any of the problems that it had after rooting it.
Unfortunately, i used a guide that doesn't seem to exist, anymore.
I downloaded these files
- CF-Auto-Root-tritecan-tritecan-smn910w8.tar
- SuperSU - v2.65-20151226141550
- Odin3 - v3.10.6
- twrp-3.0.2-0-tritecan.img.tar
I did all of the pre-req things i was supposed to do before rooting (turned on developer mode & turned on USB Debugging). I put the CF-Auto-Root file in the AP field of Odin & pressed start. It passed. Afterwards, i put my phone in DL mode again and installed TWRP via the AP section of Odin. It passed as well.
My phone didn't root initially from doing both of those things. I had to go into TWRP and root the phone from there.
2. After doing all of that, my phone started to crash processes. Contacts crashed first from what I can remember. Others crashed over and over again. I thought it was due to having a bunch of apps on my phone prior to rooting it that didn't react well to the custom firmware/root. I decided to factory reset the phone via the OS' settings. When it turned back on, it continued to crash processes.
3. I decided to install CM 12.1 to see if that'd make a difference. I installed it via TWRP.
When i first booted CM12.1 up, i found that processes didn't crash on it, anymore. Also, it was faster than it was before. Unfortunately, it started to display other problems. It would freeze, reset, and turn off on its own. I reverted back to what i had before when that happened.
4. I decided that the CF-Root Tar image i installed to Odin to root my phone was screwing it up. I decided to un-root my phone by going back to stock firmware. I used samfirm (Samsung Firmware Downloader) to download the latest stock firmware for my phone.
Android 6.0.1 was the only stock firmware i could download. This was the name of the file:
SM-N910W8_1_20160507131653_k12ydzqths.zip
I flashed it to my device via odin by putting it in the AP section of the program. It passed.
5. When i booted up my phone after that, it seemed fine. It had a battery drain problem but that was a widely reported problem w/ android 6.0.1. My phone also wasn't rooted, anymore.
Unfortunately, the problems my phone had before came back. It would freeze and reset here and there. The processes didn't crash like they did after i initially rooted the device, though.
6. About a week later, my phone turned off by itself & wouldn't turn on anymore. I hooked up the phone to my computer and it wouldn't recognize it as a note 4. It recognized my phone as "QHSUSB_BULK".
feez_22 said:
Ok. I'll explain step-by-step. Since i'm a new user, i can't post outside links in my messages. I'll try to explain how i did it w/o links. I'll PM you the links i used to give you a clearer message on how i did it. Hopefully, i can PM links.
1. My phone was initially running 5.1.1 lollipop (n910w8vlu1coi4) before I decided to root it. It didn't display any of the problems that it had after rooting it.
Unfortunately, i used a guide that doesn't seem to exist, anymore.
I downloaded these files
- CF-Auto-Root-tritecan-tritecan-smn910w8.tar
- SuperSU - v2.65-20151226141550
- Odin3 - v3.10.6
- twrp-3.0.2-0-tritecan.img.tar
I did all of the pre-req things i was supposed to do before rooting (turned on developer mode & turned on USB Debugging). I put the CF-Auto-Root file in the AP field of Odin & pressed start. It passed. Afterwards, i put my phone in DL mode again and installed TWRP via the AP section of Odin. It passed as well.
My phone didn't root initially from doing both of those things. I had to go into TWRP and root the phone from there.
2. After doing all of that, my phone started to crash processes. Contacts crashed first from what I can remember. Others crashed over and over again. I thought it was due to having a bunch of apps on my phone prior to rooting it that didn't react well to the custom firmware/root. I decided to factory reset the phone via the OS' settings. When it turned back on, it continued to crash processes.
3. I decided to install CM 12.1 to see if that'd make a difference. I installed it via TWRP.
When i first booted CM12.1 up, i found that processes didn't crash on it, anymore. Also, it was faster than it was before. Unfortunately, it started to display other problems. It would freeze, reset, and turn off on its own. I reverted back to what i had before when that happened.
4. I decided that the CF-Root Tar image i installed to Odin to root my phone was screwing it up. I decided to un-root my phone by going back to stock firmware. I used samfirm (Samsung Firmware Downloader) to download the latest stock firmware for my phone.
Android 6.0.1 was the only stock firmware i could download. This was the name of the file:
SM-N910W8_1_20160507131653_k12ydzqths.zip
I flashed it to my device via odin by putting it in the AP section of the program. It passed.
5. When i booted up my phone after that, it seemed fine. It had a battery drain problem but that was a widely reported problem w/ android 6.0.1. My phone also wasn't rooted, anymore.
Unfortunately, the problems my phone had before came back. It would freeze and reset here and there. The processes didn't crash like they did after i initially rooted the device, though.
6. About a week later, my phone turned off by itself & wouldn't turn on anymore. I hooked up the phone to my computer and it wouldn't recognize it as a note 4. It recognized my phone as "QHSUSB_BULK".
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Were able to fix?
I have a Rogers n10w8 that FUBAR'd too
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CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT FIND ANY WHERE!
Can someone please upload a debrick.img for this phone and post a link?
Please...
Thanks!
Is there a fix yet?
my note 4 phone is restarting and freezing
my note 4 phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.
kojam said:
Were able to fix?
I have a Rogers n10w8 that FUBAR'd too
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CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT FIND ANY WHERE!
Can someone please upload a debrick.img for this phone and post a link?
Please...
Thanks!
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Not yet.
pukarmhz said:
my note 4 phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.
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You should restore it w/ odin. Type in "Galaxy Note 4 restore odin xda" on google and you'll find a few good threads.
Droidskii said:
Is there a fix yet?
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Nope. Not yet. I've been searching and searching for months and haven't found anything.
Same here. I've been searching everywhere for a 910W8 debrick image everywhere but no luck. If anyone has one, please post.
thepez said:
Same here. I've been searching everywhere for a 910W8 debrick image everywhere but no luck. If anyone has one, please post.
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Check the original post of this thread. I updated it with the n910w8 debrick.img.
kojam said:
Were able to fix?
I have a Rogers n10w8 that FUBAR'd too
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CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT FIND ANY WHERE!
Can someone please upload a debrick.img for this phone and post a link?
Please...
Thanks!
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Check the thread's initial comment. I updated it with the N910w8 debrick.img and where it was found. They have steps on how to fix your phone.
its a european 32gb version samsung galaxy s5 SM-G900F.
the device is just over 2 years old never used rooted, since it wasn't mine.
i once rooted the device and reverted it back to official half a year ago or more.
been using the exact same PDA numbers (since that didn't work also tried different) for the official rom etc.
now during normal use, to be specific in a viber call.
the device suddenly shut off and went into a bootloop mode.
there are times the device just shows a black screen and after holding the battery out for some time it opens up again.
prior to flashing another stock rom through odin i just managed to get it booting after a factory reset holding the vol down button (safe mode)
and that is not consistent at all.
same goes as for recovery, with a lot of inconsistency i got it to boot a couple of times in recovery and once in twrp flashed through odin, tried flashing lineageos.
as i left the phone and came back i found it in a bootloop wich is unusual because twrp doesnt automatically reboot after flashing.
tried:
-cf auto root
-the european 32gb pit file
-repartitioning
-flashing multiple stock through odin
-fastboot doesnt recognize the device
-adb used to recognize, doesnt anymore
-flashing recovery
-another battery
-flashing cyanogenmod through twrp with no success
-flashing bootloader (and all else AP/BL/CP/CSC)
-tried samsung kies
-wiping cache, dalvik cache/ data factory reset (when recovery did to happen work out of luck)
the only thing working quite consistent is the bootloader through odin (no fastboot console detection) right now thats about all
and even then sometimes the phones screen is black during boot but after having the battery out for some time it works.
if i plug the phone in the charger it boots up in android but with a black screen.
i can notice because the lower touch buttons on the screen get lightened up and once i've heard the screen reader through the speakers.
it doesnt happen to boot to android without being plugged in.
so in other words im stuck with a phone on which no matter what i tried only has a working bootloader after unpopping the battery for a bit.
forgot to mention also the device always acts as if its turning on so it vibrates, either that results in a visual bootloop/or black screen not even reaching the roms logo (in the beginning sometimes did).
lately if it shows something after holding the battery out its just the galaxy s5 first logo and no rom bootup.
so its not that i press the power button and its completely dead
according to all bootloop brick solutions none of them worked as it seems its more than just that in my rare case
advice would be extremely appreciated
here is a picture of the bootloader
There was a similar/same issue that was solved on the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3505610
Good Luck!
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Ibuprophen said:
There was a similar/same issue that was solved on the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3505610
Good Luck!
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I read this and many other threads before but most if not all were solved with one of the steps i mentioned, furthermore it has always used and worked with sm-g900f roms and also states its a 900f in the bootloader unlike the experience with this thread
thanas said:
I read this and many other threads before but most if not all were solved with one of the steps i mentioned, furthermore it has always used and worked with sm-g900f roms and also states its a 900f in the bootloader unlike the experience with this thread
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Did you try posting your issue on the following thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
I have a G900V and this thread is very active for all the Variants.
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Ibuprophen said:
Did you try posting your issue on the following thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
I have a G900V and this thread is very active for all the Variants.
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no since the only samsung i had was years ago an s2 im not familiar. thanks man i will right now!
did u try another batttery
could be bad hw such as memory
vincom said:
did u try another batttery
could be bad hw such as memory
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yes i tried another battery, also popped out the sdcard and sim card.
the same happens with a battery which is functional in another SM-G900F most of the time it just shows a black screen unless i leave the phone without a power source for some minutes.
after it just goes into a bootloop. or if i just put the battery back in the bootloader is almost guaranteed to work.
of the so many times trying i just managed to get 4 times in recovery or so.
well it still boots within android i can hear the narrator etc. just not with screen on.
i dont know how i did it but 2 times i managed to get it fully functional into safe mode.. not until a reboot. wonder why
also tried within odin flashing after researching options: NAND erase all, Phone EFS clear, Phone bootloader update, Repartitioning.
all combined when flashing full BL,AP,CP,CSC plus pitfile although ive read the pitfile is in the CSC if its not HOME_CSC. just to be sure for avoiding a brick.
despite this still same.
there is no way to create a backup and create an odin flashable file from a workin g900f right? ive read samsung locks partitions such as bootloader etc.
im sure this complexity is just a samsung thing, ive debricked phones even worse than this and somehow nothing appears to work.
what im currently having is a working phone with a black screen.
i can only go to the bootloader with screen on. the phone boots normally with screen off.
ive done nand erase all and all the above options i named on the latest PHN update meant for this phone.
simple solutions dont work since ive tried all, i feel i need to find a way to restore every partition to its original state with an older bootloader since ive read lots of people were experiencing this after lollipop or onto marshmallow.
can anyone help me a bit with ideas on this?
Good evening everyone,
is this the correct Forums part to post questions like this? If not, please tell me where to post, thanks!
As the title says, I bricked my phone. I rooted it some days ago and was trying to unroot it, by installing a stock rom. Since I didn't know how to get the correct Region code, I download a custom ROM which said "everywhere" and guess that was the mistake. I tried to flash it with ODIN, the same way I flashed the custom ROM back then, but ODIN showed an error (which I can't remember). So in the end I pulled the cable and now have an error upon start up which says "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software". Said software doesn't offer any emergency recovery function.
I can still boot into download mode. I tried to install the custom ROM again, but but ODIN doesn't recognize the phone.
What can I do to fix this? What additional information do you need to provide help?
I thank you in advance for all suggestions and wish you a nice evening!
~Guppy
I have the same problem.. what can i do?