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[Q] Soft Bricked: Stuck in "Firmware encountered an issue" Need Help!

Hello,
I am relatively new to this and clearly making some mistakes, from what I have found on these forums I can't see anyone else having the same issues with this device. Any help would be greatly appreciated. So here goes:
I recently tried installing SHOstock's rom, everything appeared successful and the phone began to boot, but hung on the samsung logo with the padlock for 10+ minutes. I tried to reboot, same thing. When booting back into recovery to do a wipe and give it another shot, I was prompted for a password (which I did not set up). So I decided I had probably screwed something up and tried to flash back to stock with Odin. Odin failed, and now all I can get is "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." I get this even when trying to enter recovery. I've tried connecting to Kies as well, but no such luck, as it doesn't connect to the device.Currently working on downloading another copy of the stock software to try with Odin again.
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks

What S4 do you have( model#)?
Are you sure you are using the correct firmware?
Are you sure the Kernel and ROM you tried to install were correct for your phone?
Did ODIN recognize your phone or did it fail during / after installation? Was there a specific message?
Re-downloading is good (you said you were doing that now) just to make sure it wasn't a bad download.

scott14719 said:
What S4 do you have( model#)?
Are you sure you are using the correct firmware?
Are you sure the Kernel and ROM you tried to install were correct for your phone?
Did ODIN recognize your phone or did it fail during / after installation? Was there a specific message?
Re-downloading is good (you said you were doing that now) just to make sure it wasn't a bad download.
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First, thank you for the quick response.
After redownloading from a different source, Odin's flash passed this time, and after a factory reset I am back in. Thank you again for the help.

[Q] SW Rev Check Fail fused 2 Binanary 1

hey
Could someone please please help me get my phone (sm-n9005) Back on. My phone has been off for the last 12 hours try to figure out how to restore back to stock. i am literrally pulling my hair out.
I keep getting this error message when restoring through odin SW REV CHECK FAIL: [ABOOT]FUSED 2 > BINARY 1
Please could someone tell me a fix for this i would really really really appreciate it.
Thank you

BUMP anyone pls

Are you trying to downgrade?
Little more info would probably help
SM-N9005 via Tapatalk 2

sewe said:
Are you trying to downgrade?
Little more info would probably help
SM-N9005 via Tapatalk 2
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thanks for the reply
i just simply want to get the phone working
i orignally tried to flash from TGY hong kong firmware to BTU uk firmware, but that didnt work so i have tried to retry flashing the hong kong firmware
but odin gives me the [aboot] fused 2 > Binary 1 error
i tried doing emergency repair from kies too still gives me the same error

DjeMBeY said:
SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused:2, Binary: 1 is when you try to downgrade aboot.mbn (bootloader) or try to flash incorrect system/csc etc..
If you get this message , just reboot in Download mode and flash correct package..
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SM-N9005 via Tapatalk 2

sewe said:
SM-N9005 via Tapatalk 2
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I am getting the same error when I try to flash back to the stock ROM and unroot my Verizon Note 3. I made the mistake of accepting the OTA update on my rooted device, did not have custom ROM or anything. The installation seemed to go okay but apparently wiped out the root. Everything was working fine but my root apps so I thought the device was essentially stock. I tried the Dela Vega Root method and it failed several attempts. So I tried flashing a stock ROM in Odin and I get the message you got. I tried downloading the stock ROM on two different occasions in case it was corrupted but still not working. Is my device bricked or is there something I can do? Any help would be appreciated.

Got my phone unbricked by following the directions in this thread. Installed pit file and my phone rebooted! Thank G-d! Was able to root with Kingo. De la vega root does not work with the firmware upgrade.

Back to life
I had same issue and restored it . Follow this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511880

Need Help
I need help too
Im having the same problem i have been trying for like 2 days now.
I tried to upgrade my phone to 4.4.2 but it didnt work and when i tried to flash back my old Rom im getting the same thing
"SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 2 > Binary 1"
need help want to fix my phone.
i tried three different roms and Odin came back with different errors. but errors the less.:crying:
Help:crying::crying::crying:

StarBoy007 said:
I need help too
Im having the same problem i have been trying for like 2 days now.
I tried to upgrade my phone to 4.4.2 but it didnt work and when i tried to flash back my old Rom im getting the same thing
"SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 2 > Binary 1"
need help want to fix my phone.
i tried three different roms and Odin came back with different errors. but errors the less.:crying:
Help:crying::crying::crying:
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You cannot go back or restore an old ROM, you have upgraded to 4.4.2 with NA6 Bootloader, so you can ONLY Run NA6 Bootloader which means you are stuck on KitKat now..
Reflash Kitkat 4.4.2 Stock and you're good to go :good:

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radicalisto said:
You cannot go back or restore an old ROM, you have upgraded to 4.4.2 with NA6 Bootloader, so you can ONLY Run NA6 Bootloader which means you are stuck on KitKat now..
Reflash Kitkat 4.4.2 Stock and you're good to go :good:
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THanksfor the replay but the tjing is when i was installing kitkat Odin came up with an error and it failed so the upgrade didn't go through. So does it mean I'm stuck with kitkat. The thing is I tried 2 other kitkat and none of them worked. So when I tried to go back to my old ROM Odin always coming up. with errors. "FAIL (Auth)"
What does that mean..... :crying:

StarBoy007 said:
THanksfor the replay but the tjing is when i was installing kitkat Odin came up with an error and it failed so the upgrade didn't go through. So does it mean I'm stuck with kitkat. The thing is I tried 2 other kitkat and none of them worked. So when I tried to go back to my old ROM Odin always coming up. with errors. "FAIL (Auth)"
What does that mean..... :crying:
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Yeah you'll have upgraded cause it'll have installed the Bootloader then tried the ROM before the failure. -
What model/region are you using ? Is it a HK note?

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radicalisto said:
Yeah you'll have upgraded cause it'll have installed the Bootloader then tried the ROM before the failure. -
What model/region are you using ? Is it a HK note?
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Ok no problem I understand
But I tried installing 4.4.2
But no luck it's not updating. Odin giving me errors every time
Do you have any idear when i can get a rom that can work for me
Plz
well i am using Hong Kong

1 Minute I will edit and give you link to fix your device :good:
Follow exactly these steps (I've fixed the second link.). Update progress.
METHOD
In Odin mode
1. Flash the latest cf-autoroot (Kitkat support) [http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-...x-smn9005.zip]
2. Flash the Chenglu's latest CWM - 6.0.4.6 (the one that supports KitKat) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2454079
Download Sweet Rom and place it in ExtSDcard (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2487425)
I tried external sd-card with various format and could not install the ROM. After format my SD Card to FAT32, the ROM can be installed.
On Device
1. Boot in to Recovery mode by Volume up + Home + Power
2. Wipe Factory reset / Dalvik Cache
3. Format /System (under "mount and storage" menu) [IMPORTANT STEP]
4. Install Rom from SD Card
5. Say your prayer. You'll need it. (The installation could take sometimes. If the device screen shows Samsung boot animation, you're half way there)
Thanks to @rinuvimal posting here

I've updated working links here:
METHOD
In Odin mode
1. Flash the latest cf-autoroot (Kitkat support) [http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-...x-smn9005.zip]
2. Flash the Chenglu's latest CWM - 6.0.4.6 (the one that supports KitKat) http://d-h.st/gb3
Download Sweet Rom and place it in ExtSDcard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487425
I tried external sd-card with various format and could not install the ROM. After format my SD Card to FAT32, the ROM can be installed.
On Device
1. Boot in to Recovery mode by Volume up + Home + Power
2. Wipe Factory reset / Dalvik Cache
3. Format /System (under "mount and storage" menu) [IMPORTANT STEP]
4. Install Rom from SD Card
5. Say your prayer. You'll need it. (The installation could take sometimes. If the device screen shows Samsung boot animation, you're half way there)

rinuvimal said:
I've updated working links here:
METHOD
In Odin mode
1. Flash the latest cf-autoroot (Kitkat support) [http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-...x-smn9005.zip]
2. Flash the Chenglu's latest CWM - 6.0.4.6 (the one that supports KitKat) http://d-h.st/gb3
Download Sweet Rom and place it in ExtSDcard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487425
I tried external sd-card with various format and could not install the ROM. After format my SD Card to FAT32, the ROM can be installed.
On Device
1. Boot in to Recovery mode by Volume up + Home + Power
2. Wipe Factory reset / Dalvik Cache
3. Format /System (under "mount and storage" menu) [IMPORTANT STEP]
4. Install Rom from SD Card
5. Say your prayer. You'll need it. (The installation could take sometimes. If the device screen shows Samsung boot animation, you're half way there)
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@StarBoy007, after you try this out, please update your handset details and whether it worked for you. Cheers. Will help someone else!

thanks
rinuvimal said:
@StarBoy007, after you try this out, please update your handset details and whether it worked for you. Cheers. Will help someone else!
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well first of all i wanna say thanks for the help. i really needed it. but sad to say the final part didnt go through. i did exactly what you said nut the phone got stuck in a boot loop at the Samsung note 3. i left it for one hour but it was still the same thing. so i took out the battery and wipe the phone clean with factory resent and rebooted the phone but the phone staid in the loop. i legit there over night and there is still no chang. any other advice.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

StarBoy007 said:
well first of all i wanna say thanks for the help. i really needed it. but sad to say the final part didnt go through. i did exactly what you said nut the phone got stuck in a boot loop at the Samsung note 3. i left it for one hour but it was still the same thing. so i took out the battery and wipe the phone clean with factory resent and rebooted the phone but the phone staid in the loop. i legit there over night and there is still no chang. any other advice.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Try using PIT file, then re-flashing SweetROM, JackyawayROM or FlexKAT ROM

StarBoy007 said:
well first of all i wanna say thanks for the help. i really needed it. but sad to say the final part didnt go through. i did exactly what you said nut the phone got stuck in a boot loop at the Samsung note 3. i left it for one hour but it was still the same thing. so i took out the battery and wipe the phone clean with factory resent and rebooted the phone but the phone staid in the loop. i legit there over night and there is still no chang. any other advice.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Don't worry, as long as you can get into recovery and download modes, there will be a solution, its only a matter of time before we zone in on a solution.
What CSC region phone do you have? Dial *#1234# and check what the CSC code is. Also how much storage do you have on your phone 16Gb or 32GB?
R

thanks
rinuvimal said:
Don't worry, as long as you can get into recovery and download modes, there will be a solution, its only a matter of time before we zone in on a solution.
What CSC region phone do you have? Dial *#1234# and check what the CSC code is. Also how much storage do you have on your phone 16Gb or 32GB?
R
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well thanks..
i know that the problem is not that big anymore its just getting the right rom. well i cant dial anything so i cant check for the CSC but im wondering is there any other way to get the CSC region well the phone was bought officially in hong kong.
do you have links to the other roms you suggested earlyer that would be helpful.
thanks again.

[Q] Help in restoring OS

OK, So I have rooted some phones through Odin and have some experience regarding them. Today I was trying to root a Grand 2 G7102 when Odin crashed unexpectedly and my root process stopped and that is where my problems began. The phone now only boots into Odin downloading mode and the recovery mode is not working, Tried to repair it using Kies but it kept on giving me errors on the last step and it always stopped at 76%, next I tried to flash a custom ROM through Odin but that failed too. So any solutions or remedies for that?

Sparda894 said:
OK, So I have rooted some phones through Odin and have some experience regarding them. Today I was trying to root a Grand 2 G7102 when Odin crashed unexpectedly and my root process stopped and that is where my problems began. The phone now only boots into Odin downloading mode and the recovery mode is not working, Tried to repair it using Kies but it kept on giving me errors on the last step and it always stopped at 76%, next I tried to flash a custom ROM through Odin but that failed too. So any solutions or remedies for that?
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1) go to sammobile.com and download the official firmware
2) run it through odin
3) factory reset on recovery
4) u r done enjoy

techmate98 said:
1) go to sammobile.com and download the official firmware
2) run it through odin
3) factory reset on recovery
4) u r done enjoy
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I'll try that thanks and reply if it works or not.:good:

techmate98 said:
1) go to sammobile.com and download the official firmware
2) run it through odin
3) factory reset on recovery
4) u r done enjoy
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I wanted to ask another thing about being stuck on Odin mode, is my android considered as bricked?

Sparda894 said:
I wanted to ask another thing about being stuck on Odin mode, is my android considered as bricked?
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no its depends upon whether you are able to boot after switching off the device
(if it doesn't then you got it bricked)
BTW till now there is no such problem that the anyone is stuck at download mode

techmate98 said:
no its depends upon whether you are able to boot after switching off the device
(if it doesn't then you got it bricked)
BTW till now there is no such problem that the anyone is stuck at download mode
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Based on what you said, I think it's bricked. I tried the process you told me to do but it didn't work either and the phone isn't powering on at all.
The best option is giving it to the service center. Thanks for helping anyway. Gained experience from this though.

need help with samsung galaxy on5

hi everyone ive followed xda for long time now but this is first time posting how ever i hope someone can help because i certainly am stuck ...so here we go ,,i have samsung on5 sm-g550t2 something happen during an update i had it rooted with twrp now when it first had issue i still had twrp recovery which would not work to restore then recovery disappeared so now i have no os installed and screen for download mode and a screen for smart switch pc download which i did but the software says devices not compatible even though phone says to use it to recover ive also tried kies same result.. and now the phone cannot be recognized by my computer or adb
so how would i go about restoring this phone if i have no recovery ..no adb,,and not recognized by pc or software???

SawIsTheLaw said:
hi everyone ive followed xda for long time now but this is first time posting how ever i hope someone can help because i certainly am stuck ...so here we go ,,i have samsung on5 sm-g550t2 something happen during an update i had it rooted with twrp now when it first had issue i still had twrp recovery which would not work to restore then recovery disappeared so now i have no os installed and screen for download mode and a screen for smart switch pc download which i did but the software says devices not compatible even though phone says to use it to recover ive also tried kies same result.. and now the phone cannot be recognized by my computer or adb
so how would i go about restoring this phone if i have no recovery ..no adb,,and not recognized by pc or software???
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You can't apply stock updates on a rooted device with custom recovery, you have to have stock recovery and an unmodified system partition.
If you can't get to download mode then you might have to send the device to a shop that can perform a JTAG service on the device.
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Yes i understand custom recovery cannot restore stock however mt recovery is gone as well if its still there how can i get it to come back up because the only function i have now is download mode

SawIsTheLaw said:
Yes i understand custom recovery cannot restore stock however mt recovery is gone as well if its still there how can i get it to come back up because the only function i have now is download mode
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I didn't say that you couldn't flash stock in custom recovery.
I said, you can't flash "stock updates" on a rooted device, it requires stock recovery and an unmodified system partition. You just didn't understand.
There ARE, however, stock ROMs that have been converted into flashable zips that can be flashed in custom recovery, but this won't help you right now.
If you can get to download mode then you can flash your full stock firmware via Odin.
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Ok everytime i try it starts to download but then it says writing was stopped how can i change that? Ive tried every diff rom download incase the firmware i downloaded was bad but they all say the same thing

SawIsTheLaw said:
Ok everytime i try it starts to download but then it says writing was stopped how can i change that? Ive tried every diff rom download incase the firmware i downloaded was bad but they all say the same thing
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Here are some troubleshooting steps for a failed Odin flash from the S2 forum, troubleshooting yours should be similar.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
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Thank u so much for your help

SawIsTheLaw said:
hi everyone ive followed xda for long time now but this is first time posting how ever i hope someone can help because i certainly am stuck ...so here we go ,,i have samsung on5 sm-g550t2 something happen during an update i had it rooted with twrp now when it first had issue i still had twrp recovery which would not work to restore then recovery disappeared so now i have no os installed and screen for download mode and a screen for smart switch pc download which i did but the software says devices not compatible even though phone says to use it to recover ive also tried kies same result.. and now the phone cannot be recognized by my computer or adb
so how would i go about restoring this phone if i have no recovery ..no adb,,and not recognized by pc or software???
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ok so update on this on5 i did get back recovery option but still no os i have seen others mention that secure download enabled can cause this what im having difficulty with is what is causing it some say frp my frp says its off ,,,some say its knox,,and some say activation lock my question what is the sorce of my secure download and how can i disable it when i only have recovery and download mode

Unable to flash SM-G935V (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge)

Yesterday I gave rooting a shot and followed all the steps exactly, but something still went wrong. Right after I failed to root I was put in a boot loop, I've been looking for a couple days to restore or just clean install android over again. Kies and Smart Switch both do not work for me, and Odin won't flash for me it will always either stop at "NAND Write Start!!" or it will continue for a little later and Fail the flash, I really need help with this any and all help would be amazing!

alexoof said:
Yesterday I gave rooting a shot and followed all the steps exactly, but something still went wrong. Right after I failed to root I was put in a boot loop, I've been looking for a couple days to restore or just clean install android over again. Kies and Smart Switch both do not work for me, and Odin won't flash for me it will always either stop at "NAND Write Start!!" or it will continue for a little later and Fail the flash, I really need help with this any and all help would be amazing!
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download files again and flash trough odin, try U firmware also