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[Q] ICS Update not working =(

hi guys
so i hooked up my n7000 up to kies via my mac. updated in progress then all of a sudden i get an error thru kies saying that the program had an error and to restart
on my phone it says "Downloading...do not turn off target!!"
for the past 3 hours.......
wut can i do without bricking my phone?? =(
never been rooted or anything!! please help!

well, there is nothing you can do but.
1. wait for it to wake up (doubt it) and the battery runs out
2. turn it off and hopefully it boots back up

No progres bar? Than you are lijeky to be fine, kies probably lost connection. Retart phone and computer and try again.
At own risk of course
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

baz77 said:
No progres bar? Than you are lijeky to be fine, kies probably lost connection. Retart phone and computer and try again.
At own risk of course
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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As he said if theres no green progress bar you may be lucky and it may not have started the flash. The 'downloading...' message is a bit missleading. Pull the battery and give it another go. but it does sound a little risky. If it does that midflash :'( reboot the pc and make sure nothing else can interupt and make sure the usb is giving a clean reliable connection. Fluff in the port?

guys the phone just stayed in download mode and never disconnected the Kies on PC FC's so he doesn't a problem just us Odin and flash it mate you wont have a hard brick download the firmware there are several posts here with links or just goto sammobile and get it there download and flash thats all you have to do...
this is probably the most thing i hate about cables and PC (SH!T)
good luck.

hey everyone
yep thanks for the info!
what actually happened was i just took the risk and did a hard reset (aka battery pull) and after some time it started to resume the download after i hooked up back to my mac! so luckily everything eventually turned out ok! =) thanks for all the help!!

[Q] Kies Update Error :S :SS

Hello guys ,,
I just tried to update my phone i9500 through Kies and got this error message on the desktop. It was during the install process. My phone had the join to download mode screen . The phone said something to the effect of downloading and not to unplug the target.
Kies told me to...
1. Disconnect the mobile phone from the cable, remove the battery, and reattach the battery.
2. Press the Power button
3. Make sure that the mobile phone has been turned on completely.
4. Reconnect the mobile phone to the cable and start the upgrade.
i do all of this and the phone works fine ,, and now i try update OTA
so now my phone have got any damage because i unplug the cable while the download mode is downloading !!

NOORHASHIM said:
Hello guys ,,
I just tried to update my phone i9500 through Kies and got this error message on the desktop. It was during the install process. My phone had the join to download mode screen . The phone said something to the effect of downloading and not to unplug the target.
Kies told me to...
1. Disconnect the mobile phone from the cable, remove the battery, and reattach the battery.
2. Press the Power button
3. Make sure that the mobile phone has been turned on completely.
4. Reconnect the mobile phone to the cable and start the upgrade.
i do all of this and the phone works fine ,, and now i try update OTA
so now my phone have got any damage because i unplug the cable while the download mode is downloading !!
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If ur device is booting up and running it fine nothing is damaged

123hiten said:
If ur device is booting up and running it fine nothing is damaged
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ok ,, but after i update it the phone will works fine 100 %? or should i do factory reset to be sure the phone works

NOORHASHIM said:
ok ,, but after i update it the phone will works fine 100 %? or should i do factory reset to be sure the phone works
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Well the phone will work fine but i suggest to do reset so that all the app files etc changes according to the new Update and most of the time give u relief from all the issues

So now firstly update my phone then factory reset ? Or factory reset first then update
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[Q] SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 Neo (GT- I9300I) Hard Bricked! (Was running Stock Android 4.3)

Hi XDA Community, I'm new to this Q&A sections and threads (excuse me if my english is bad)
What happened?
I have my S3 Neo (GT-I9300I) and I tried to download & flash Stock 4.4.4 KitKat Firmware of INDIA to my phone (which I purchased in Panama City (where I live)). As I flashed the official ROM (which I downloaded from Sammobile) my phone rebooted BUT as it turned on again, the Samsung logo didn't showed up and, instead, I got an error saying that normal boot couldn't be done.
I tried to reflash it again and this time my phone turned off to never turn back on again (or at least for now).
Now I try to press the Power Button and it doesn't turns on, tried to get it to download mode but nothing, even tried to plug it and charge the battery, but still doesn't powers up.
What's really odd is that I connect my phone to my PC (Windows 8.1) and my pc does this sound like when you plug in a USB Device.
But my phone doesn't appear as connected nor nothing. I've tried EVERYTHING but my phone simply won't turn on.
PLEASE HELP!!!:crying:

hmva24 said:
Hi XDA Community, I'm new to this Q&A sections and threads (excuse me if my english is bad)
What happened?
I have my S3 Neo (GT-I9300I) and I tried to download & flash Stock 4.4.4 KitKat Firmware of INDIA to my phone (which I purchased in Panama City (where I live)). As I flashed the official ROM (which I downloaded from Sammobile) my phone rebooted BUT as it turned on again, the Samsung logo didn't showed up and, instead, I got an error saying that normal boot couldn't be done.
I tried to reflash it again and this time my phone turned off to never turn back on again (or at least for now).
Now I try to press the Power Button and it doesn't turns on, tried to get it to download mode but nothing, even tried to plug it and charge the battery, but still doesn't powers up.
What's really odd is that I connect my phone to my PC (Windows 8.1) and my pc does this sound like when you plug in a USB Device.
But my phone doesn't appear as connected nor nothing. I've tried EVERYTHING but my phone simply won't turn on.
PLEASE HELP!!!:crying:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/help/how-to-unbrick-t2911301
I hope working for you

MrSajjad said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/help/how-to-unbrick-t2911301
I hope working for you
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Thanks sir, I'll give it a try and let you know. (But does the SD Card must be the one that the guide says?)

mrsajjad said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/help/how-to-unbrick-t2911301
i hope working for you
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thank you so much!!! It did work! Now running kitkat 4.4.4 as a charm. Forever gratefull

hmva24 said:
thank you so much!!! It did work! Now running kitkat 4.4.4 as a charm. Forever gratefull
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which firmware you downloaded , i am having same problem

S4 message after rebooting

Hello.
I have a S4 rooted and TWRP installed and stock android lollipop but after rebooting I receive the following message :
Transfer Android from device
To connect the devices, follow the instructions below :
Turn on Media Device on your old device.
Drag the notification panel down from the top of the screen, then change the USB option to Media device (MTP)
Unable to transfer content
The device's battery power is low. The battery power must be 20% or more to transfer content.
To charge the battery, disconnect the USB connectior and connect a charger.
The message has appear after TWRP installation.
Please help!

Hello,
It's the first time I ever hear of such a thing being caused by TWRP.

I gave never seen such a message either. Which model phone do you have?

Plz how did you install twrp?
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Depending on the phone model #, you may be able to install the tar version of TWRP using Odin.

audit13 said:
I gave never seen such a message either. Which model phone do you have?
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I have an Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 Black Edition!

Solved
Solved, finally!
1. First I installed ROM in ODIN with the repartition unticked and was wrong!
2. After that I reinstalled ROM with repartition ticked and voila! Everything is ok.
I understood that most of the problems could be caused because Smart Switch app.!
Many thanks to those that were intrested to gave me an answer

S5 cant turn off reactivation lock

Hello
I was searching and trying a lot but didnt found any solution.
My s5 is not turning on so i cant turn off reactivation lock. I tried hard reset, didnt help. Tried root but r/l is blocking odin.
Please help

Dobryskun said:
My s5 is not turning on so i cant turn off reactivation lock. I tried hard reset, didnt help.
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Which of S5s? (Product name string on display in Odin mode)

G900F

Dobryskun said:
G900F
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I'd do the next:
1. Get an OTG cable and a USB stick. Format the stick to FAT32 and throw any .apk file on it.
2. Download some 4.4.2, say, G900FXXU1ANCE and flash it with Odin.
3. Reboot to recovery and perform a factory reset.
4. Reboot to system and enter Setup Wizard.
5. Connect the OTG cable with USB stick attached. When the phone detects the stick you will see a pop-up window of file explorer.
6. Navigate to your .apk file (from p.1) and tap on it. You don't really need to install it, you only need a security request after your tap.
7. Tap "settings" and voila, you are in the security settings menu now.
8. Navigate to "reactivation lock" and untick it. You'll be asked to enter your Samsung account credentials or to register a new account.
9. Register a new account, log in to it an you'll be able to untick Reactivation Lock and disable it completely.
The trick will work on early 4.4.2 only.

bbsc said:
I'd do the next:
1. Get an OTG cable and a USB stick. Format the stick to FAT32 and throw any .apk file on it.
2. Download some 4.4.2, say, G900FXXU1ANCE and flash it with Odin.
3. Reboot to recovery and perform a factory reset.
4. Reboot to system and enter Setup Wizard.
5. Connect the OTG cable with USB stick attached. When the phone detects the stick you will see a pop-up window of file explorer.
6. Navigate to your .apk file (from p.1) and tap on it. You don't really need to install it, you only need a security request after your tap.
7. Tap "settings" and voila, you are in the security settings menu now.
8. Navigate to "reactivation lock" and untick it. You'll be asked to enter your Samsung account credentials or to register a new account.
9. Register a new account, log in to it an you'll be able to untick Reactivation Lock and disable it completely.
The trick will work on early 4.4.2 only.
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Thank you!
I think i had a lollipop on it so it will probably not work but ill try anyway since there is no other way.
I know my password for samsung account, i just cant turn on the phone.
I will get otg cable monday so i will post how it went with your solution.
Btw by usb stick you mean pendrive?

Dobryskun said:
Thank you!
I think i had a lollipop on it so it will probably not work but ill try anyway since there is no other way.
I know my password for samsung account, i just cant turn on the phone.
I will get otg cable monday so i will post how it went with your solution.
Btw by usb stick you mean pendrive?
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It will work in any case.
There are other ways too.
Yes, a pendrive or something like a USB cardreader with a card, just to connect it as external OTG storage.
You are saying you cannot turn the phone on. What does it mean? What you do and what you see?

bbsc said:
It will work in any case.
There are other ways too.
Yes, a pendrive or something like a USB cardreader with a card, just to connect it as external OTG storage.
You are saying you cannot turn the phone on. What does it mean? What you do and what you see?
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When i push power button it shows samsung logo and stays like that. Sometimes it restarts over and over again, sometimes it freeze on samsung logo.
Tell me more about other ways please.

Dobryskun said:
When i push power button it shows samsung logo and stays like that. Sometimes it restarts over and over again, sometimes it freeze on samsung logo.
Tell me more about other ways please.
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1. You should know that the first boot after a factory reset takes a long time, say, up to 15 min. I'd suggest waiting 20 min. and then make a conclusion.
2. If your phone freezes and restarts after a factory reset, it's a good idea to flash a stock ROM. Reactivation lock will not block flashing a stock ROM via Odin.
3. If your phone still behaves abnormally, it's more likely a hw memory problem (rather often for G900), not a reactivation lock problem. Reactivation lock would not prevent the phone from booting.
4. If you still interested in "other methods", have a look at this my thread. It's for SM-G900V and the files will not work for SM-G900F, but there are another files and the main idea will work.
But I'd like to say it again: seems, it's not your case.

bbsc said:
1. You should know that the first boot after a factory reset takes a long time, say, up to 15 min. I'd suggest waiting 20 min. and then make a conclusion.
2. If your phone freezes and restarts after a factory reset, it's a good idea to flash a stock ROM. Reactivation lock will not block flashing a stock ROM via Odin.
3. If your phone still behaves abnormally, it's more likely a hw memory problem (rather often for G900), not a reactivation lock problem. Reactivation lock would not prevent the phone from booting.
4. If you still interested in "other methods", have a look at this my thread. It's for SM-G900V and the files will not work for SM-G900F, but there are another files and the main idea will work.
But I'd like to say it again: seems, it's not your case.
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1. I will try to wait longer time.
2. Where should i find stock ROM? My phone is in Telenor (Norway)
3. Beggining of the problem with my phone was that one day after turning phone on it came to samsung logo and start to scream ( wery loud noise ) and turned itself off. Since then it didnt pass trough samsung logo ever again. Then i started with factory resets and when it didnt help i tried to root it and put new ROM but all was blocked by R/L.

Dobryskun said:
Where should i find stock ROM? My phone is in Telenor (Norway)
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https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=sm-g900f&exact=1&r=TEN&v=&rpp=15

@bbsc
I have tried to put stock ROM and it didnt help. I was not sure which version should i use so i started with first one from the list. Odin says it was succesfull but phone is stopping now with recovery booting welcome page. It takes about one minute and the phone is off. I tried four versions of stock ROM and result is exactly the same.
Phone is not starting at all.
Should i try all versions of stock rom?

Dobryskun said:
@bbsc
I have tried to put stock ROM and it didnt help. I was not sure which version should i use so i started with first one from the list. Odin says it was succesfull but phone is stopping now with recovery booting welcome page. It takes about one minute and the phone is off. I tried four versions of stock ROM and result is exactly the same.
Phone is not starting at all.
Should i try all versions of stock rom?
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Hi,
I don't want to make you afraid but I was facing very similar problem and nothing helped but replacement of phone's motherboard at Samsung service centre -> my eMMc memory got corrupted for some reason.
Hopefully it is not your case but after reading your symptoms I wouldn't be much optimistic.

Dobryskun said:
Should i try all versions of stock rom?
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Any one is enough.
If you flashed a stock rom, performed a factory reset and the phone still restarts it is not a good sympthom.
I think, Many40 is right and it's time for a new motherboard.
There's nothing to be afraid of, it's just about $30 if DIY.

@Many40 @bbsc
Ok so i give up. I realy like this phone so i will give it to service for motherboard replacement since i have no idea how to do it by myself.
Thank you guys for help!
Cheers!

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bbsc said:
Solution of what? Replacing the motherboard?
Or you simply found a stolen z3x? No need of it to disable RL on S5.
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Solution to turn off the activation lock. No need for hostility, just trying to help here.

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Ok I will remove the link and the post. Thanks for the input.