My company issues the Verizon flavor of Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 for our users that are out in the field. It seems like this one particular user (or someone close to them) decided to try and root the device in order to get around the restrictions we have on them via a MDM client. When the tablet boots (even when trying to go into recovery via power+home+volume up) it goes to the triangle screen saying "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found. Please turn off and go to the nearest Verizon store". But unfortunately the store turned us away saying there's not much they can do. I am able, however, able to get it into download mode.
So far I've tried flashing the Verizon Stock 4.4.4 firmware, which I found searching around here, via Odin 3.10.7. It gives every indication that the process completed and shows the green "PASS" block up top. When the tablet reboots from flashing, it still goes to the triangle screen. Once the triangle screen comes up, upon reboot there's a lock at the bottom of the boot screen and the word "Custom", shown here: http://i.imgur.com/5PC0qeZ.jpg. It seems like maybe the bootloader isn't correctly being overwritten or something. When the tablet is in download mode, it says the following in the top left (after I've already flashed it a few times):
Odin Mode
Product name: SM-T337V
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock(KK): Off
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A2, P1
Secure Download: Enable
UDC Start
I'd like to think I'm not a total novice with this stuff, but I'm at a bit of a loss at the moment. Where should I go from here? I've read from a different thread about the note 3 that sometimes you have to flash the .pit file again in order to nuke the partitions, but so far I haven't been able to find one I feel comfortable enough to try.
Hi,
i'm having some trouble with my note 4. so i recived the note from a friend and she told me what was the problem. the problem is that she would turn it off then when she trys to attempt to turn it back on it will show the samsmung boot screen then all black with the blue and white(maby baby blue, i cant tell exacly)and sometimes boots a 2nd or 3rd time. leave it like that and the phone would start getting hot. so i used odin and installed a freash BL, CP, and CSC. then i left the phone withpout the battery for about 10 minute's then i put the battery back on and turned it on. it worked! but after a while i accidentaly turned it off. the same problem was back(i dont know if this is important but when ever u tryed to update the software it would alway's fail). so i thought why dont i just install freash clean OS and i whont have to face this problem again. i installed android 5.0.1 and it did not work, this time the blue adn white notification light was not on. so i installed it again but only the BL. the light was back. please help me on what to do or give me a link to a legitament clean OS. i've tryed every trick! pull out the battery then press and hold the power button to drain out the ramining power and leave the phone for about 10 min. try to go in recovery mode(when i try to do this, it goes all black also), install a clean freash OS, ECT. im running out of options! what should i do! it cant be the hardware because everything was working fine. it cant be the screen because i've personally seen the screen work perfectly fine, plus the samung boot logo( the "samsung galaxy note 4 powered by android" boot). i dont know what to do!
Reboot into download mode and see what firmware is on it. then download the latest MM 6.0.1 firmware and flash it with odin. Depending on the model, the BL may be locked to prevent flashing older firmware. If that doesn't work you may have to flash a pit file with the firmware but that is last resort. If you can take a picture of what download mode says and post it here it would be way easy to help you fix it bro
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Reboot into download mode and see what firmware is on it. then download the latest MM 6.0.1 firmware and flash it with odin. Depending on the model, the BL may be locked to prevent flashing older firmware. If that doesn't work you may have to flash a pit file with the firmware but that is last resort. If you can take a picture of what download mode says and post it here it would be way easy to help you fix it bro
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imsorry but i am unable to post a link nor a picture due me being a new user.
but it does say this:
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910A
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICAIL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X0
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T2, R1, A2, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDCSTART
Thanks for looking at my post.
as soon as power is turned on I see this on the screen
BOOT RECOVERY MODE
CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS
sbl1 partition dosent exist
ddi : mmc_read failed
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G901F
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS : Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK FF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0x0
QUALCOM SECUREBOOT:ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWEREV: S1, T1, R1, A1,P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START
This is all I can see,nothing works...... tried battery removal,button combinations, etc etc
but nothing happens...all I get is the same screen and I cant navigate anything.
OF COURSE MY GRANDAUGHTER HASNT TOUCHED ANYTHING (she said...hmmmmm)
any help guys,much appreciated...took 20 mins just to type this message out.
thanks,
Harry.
The phone saying custom means root has been attempted or some other non official action. The boot image is corrupted or missing it sounds like. That's a soft brick. Download the marshmallow stock firmware for your carrier from sammobile, boot it in download mode and reflash the firmware. It should fix the issue.
Hi,and thanks for your help
I believe I have now downloaded the correct software as you instructed.
How do I install it please,,,would it be via odin? (I know a little about this program)
No joy
harryj22 said:
Hi,and thanks for your help
I believe I have now downloaded the correct software as you instructed.
How do I install it please,,,would it be via odin? (I know a little about this program)
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No joy via odin, "there is no pit partition"
On the phone itself .....reads
ODIN flash read failure
ERROR there is no pit binary
ODIN flash read faliure
harryj22 said:
No joy via odin, "there is no pit partition"
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First - try another cable if possible.
Second - get this small program and download full factory firmware from Samsung server. It will contain the necessary pit file.
What CSC (regional code) do you need?
Have d/loaded samfirm but cant see how to use.......
trying to locate another usb lead
unure of what a region code is.... its used in the uk on Vodafone
sorry I cant be more helpfull
harryj22 said:
unure of what a region code is.... its used in the uk on Vodafone
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Samsung has no UK Vodafone variant for S5.
If you still have the original box you can find "Model: SM-G901blablablabla" there on the sticker.
"blablablabla" contains regional code.
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@harryj22
Here's a firmware for you.
You need to download it, unpack and flash via Odin.
There're 4 files in the zip. You need to point Odin to each of them in the appropriate slot.
I.e. AP_xxxx.tar.md5 in AP slot, BL_xxx.tar.md5 in BL slot and so on.
It's VD2 variant, Vodafone Germany.
Should work well in the UK, you only need to select English at the startup.
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bbsc said:
@harryj22
Please, inform me when you don't need it any more, I'll delete the file form the cloud.
TIA.
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Sorry,thought I had replied......
okay,so booted phone up,via 3 buttons (the only way it will start).
open odin (run as admin)
insert all files as instructed into each field
odin reads ....Fail
Initialization
set pit file
do not turn off target
fail
re partition operation failed
all threads completed (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Phone reads...
odin flash read failiure
error there is no pit binary
pit fail total sectors (38375936)
Tried removing usb and plugging back in .but still the same result
I think its time for this phone to visit the bin.
harryj22 said:
I think its time for this phone to visit the bin.
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Not so fast.
But the results look strange.
Please power off the phone and start it in Odin mode (hold power, Vol- and Home, after a message appears press Vol+).
It must look like here: http://dorylabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/samsung-galaxy-s5-download-mode.jpg
Now tell me what's there in "Product name: ???" Is it really SM-G901F or something other?
Is there the name of the product on the sticker under the battery?
One more chance: try to flash that firmware (4-files), but add pit-file before flashing.
You need to download and unzip it.
Insert 4 firmware files in Odin's slots and then insert pit-file.
Pit-file should be inserted in Odin's "Pit" tab, ignore the warning.
Note, this pit-file is for SM-G901F, VD2 firmware (exactly what you've downloaded from my cloud), it may not work with other firmwares.
bbsc said:
Not so fast.
But the results look strange.
Please power off the phone and start it in Odin mode (hold power, Vol- and Home, after a message appears press Vol+).
It must look like here: http://dorylabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/samsung-galaxy-s5-download-mode.jpg
Now tell me what's there in "Product name: ???" Is it really SM-G901F or something other?
Is there the name of the product on the sticker under the battery?
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I will try and get some photos uploaded for you to see later ,thanks for your perseverance.......,got to go to work
bbsc said:
Not so fast.
But the results look strange.
Please power off the phone and start it in Odin mode (hold power, Vol- and Home, after a message appears press Vol+).
It must look like here: http://dorylabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/samsung-galaxy-s5-download-mode.jpg
Now tell me what's there in "Product name: ???" Is it really SM-G901F or something other?
Is there the name of the product on the sticker under the battery?
One more chance: try to flash that firmware (4-files), but add pit-file before flashing.
You need to download and unzip it.
Insert 4 firmware files in Odin's slots and then insert pit-file.
Pit-file should be inserted in Odin's "Pit" tab, ignore the warning.
Note, this pit-file is for SM-G901F, VD2 firmware (exactly what you've downloaded from my cloud), it may not work with other firmwares.
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here you go.............................................................................
pit file didn't seem to work....... talking of which,off I go....thanks for your perseverance.
So, if I understand correctly, the phone boots to this "Boot recovery mode" if you hold 3 buttons (Vol Down, Power and Home), right? Not "Odin mode"?
Well, what happens if you hold Power button for 15-20 sec. in this "Boot recovery mode"?
harryj22 said:
BOOT RECOVERY MODE
CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS
sbl1 partition dosent exist
ddi : mmc_read failed
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G901F
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS : Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK FF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0x0
QUALCOM SECUREBOOT:ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWEREV: S1, T1, R1, A1,P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START
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bbsc said:
"Boot recovery mode" (Vol Down, Power and Home) "Odin mode"
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1. There is not such thing as boot recovery mode. That is a description of the problem. There are only four modes in which a powered-off S5 would go, no matter the version. Normal Boot, Recovery, Download Mode (sometimes known as ODIN Mode) and Charging Mode.
2. Your problem is that the sbl1 partition doesn't exist due to an emmc fail. Read the part i've put in bold. The bootloader is missing because your eMMC died. Go and get it replaced and stop wasting your time trying to load firmwares when it simply can't.
西村大一 said:
The bootloader is missing because your eMMC died.
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It's a logical assumption but not the only possible, I think.
That's why we're still talking about this phone.
The bootloader may be damaged because somebody tried to flash something wrong, for example. This is a more optimistic assumption and it has not been refuted till now.
There is not such thing as boot recovery mode. That is a description of the problem. There are only four modes in which a powered-off S5 would go, no matter the version. Normal Boot, Recovery, Download Mode (sometimes known as ODIN Mode) and Charging Mode.
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To say the truth, I've never seen this screen before.
I don't know what it is and I'm sure you don't know too.
But look: in recovery the first line says "Android recovery", in Odin mode the first line says "Odin mode".
I've just assumed that the first line in this mode gives the same information.
As for the number of "boot modes", have you ever seen something like on the photo below?
So I want to say: I'd bet 10:1 you're right. But let's give OP a chance to test every possible option before this phone goes to trash.
bbsc said:
It's a logical assumption but not the only possible, I think.
That's why we're still talking about this phone.
The bootloader may be damaged because somebody tried to flash something wrong, for example. This is a more optimistic assumption and it has not been refuted till now.
To say the truth, I've never seen this screen before.
I don't know what it is and I'm sure you don't know too.
But look: in recovery the first line says "Android recovery", in Odin mode the first line says "Odin mode".
I've just assumed that the first line in this mode gives the same information.
As for the number of "boot modes", have you ever seen something like on the photo below?
So I want to say: I'd bet 10:1 you're right. But let's give OP a chance to test every possible option before this phone goes to trash.
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1. This phone doesn't need to go into the trash. It can be fixed. I mean its fault is written right on screen: mmc_read failed. Isn't that English? Let me translate it for you: sbl2(aboot) can't read anything from the emmc.
2. For the past 3 years I have been running a phone repair shop in Akihabara where 80% of the customers that come in with a Samsung device have had either their eMMC or software go wrong. And in 99% of these cases, the phone was fixed just by changing the eMMC and rewriting all the bootloaders: NON-HLOS, sbl1, aboot, sdi, rpm and tz in that order.
3. In recovery, on my device, it says Team Win Recovery Project. Is it recovery? Yes. ODIN Mode or Download Mode are the same, the name is interchangeable.
L.E. This BOOT RECOVERY MODE looks more or less like Download/ODIN Mode. Except it has been hijacked by the error message (first like in red) and a very very lackluster information: mmc_read failed.
Well, what happens if you hold Power button for 15-20 sec. in this "Boot recovery mode"?[/QUOTE]
Nothing...........................................I have to take the battery out of her phone
西村大一 said:
1. This phone doesn't need to go into the trash. It can be fixed.
So....Firstly,thanks for all the help guys,i have read all comments above and honestly don't undertand a lot of whats been said,due to my lack of inexperience.
At the moment I'm stuck with a non working phone,so have nothing to lose by trying to do something myself,
this emmmc thing.... is it a costly repair?.....can do it myself and gain experience ?,I'm not afraid to disassemble the handset.
Once again thanks for all your efforts.
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harryj22 said:
西村大一 said:
1. This phone doesn't need to go into the trash. It can be fixed.
So....Firstly,thanks for all the help guys,i have read all comments above and honestly don't undertand a lot of whats been said,due to my lack of inexperience.
At the moment I'm stuck with a non working phone,so have nothing to lose by trying to do something myself,
this emmmc thing.... is it a costly repair?.....can do it myself and gain experience ?,I'm not afraid to disassemble the handset.
Once again thanks for all your efforts.
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It is going to be VERY difficult because it requires a rework station, a new eMMC chip, flux, and balls (cojones) the size of the Hoover Dam to do it yourself without proper equipment or any know-how. The rework station is 3000$USD+ and the knowledge is priceless. I am really sorry.
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A while back my friend gave me his tablet to try and fix. He was screwing around in odin and did a nand erase. From my research it seemed I needed a pitfile to fix it. This weekend I was clearing out some junk and found the tablet so decided to give it another try. I was actually able to finally find the pit file, so I downloaded odin, the pitfile, and the newest lollipop. In odin, I loaded the pit and selected repartition. Odin goes through the process, reboots the tablet to the little android guy it loads then reboots again and it hangs on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 screen and won't go any further. I can access recovery and download mode still and according to the recovery logs the OS installed and is there, it's like this thing isn't setting the boot partition correctly or something. Anyone have any experience with this, or able to tell me if I'm doing something wrong.
Sm-t337v band gone
Hi I too click the nand in odin and now I can't get it pass the Samsung galaxy tab icon.
I have gotten a put file and did that it passed tried to do a stock firmware it won't go passed the incon
I am attaching pics of what it says please help
It wont let me attach them here is what it says
Odin mode
Product name SM-T337V
Current binary Samsung official
System status official
Reactivation lock off
Qualcomm secure boot enable (csb)
Rp serve s1 t1 r1 a3 p1
Secure download enable
Udc start that's the safe mode I think
But I also can get in to recovery mode as well it also says mutil csc?any thoughts
tammster37601 said:
Sm-t337v band gone
Hi I too click the nand in odin and now I can't get it pass the Samsung galaxy tab icon.
I have gotten a put file and did that it passed tried to do a stock firmware it won't go passed the incon
I am attaching pics of what it says please help
It wont let me attach them here is what it says
Odin mode
Product name SM-T337V
Current binary Samsung official
System status official
Reactivation lock off
Qualcomm secure boot enable (csb)
Rp serve s1 t1 r1 a3 p1
Secure download enable
Udc start that's the safe mode I think
But I also can get in to recovery mode as well it also says mutil csc?any thoughts
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get rid of it and get a t377p you be alot happier
Ok so the phone i have is/was actually a G935T, and had G935T firmware (BRC1) even though it says G935A on the board inside the phone. I tried to flash a different firmware, foolishly without turning off FRP, or turning on OEM, yeah im dumb. I ended up being stuck with the SBL error upload mode and couldnt even get back to download mode no matter how many times i tried, eventually i learned about EDL mode and took the phone apart and shorted the TP and re programmed the phone etc. and got it back to download mode.
Everything i flashed would always be successful in Odin, however nothing would ever boot past the looping S7 edge boot screen and recovery on every single firmware would also loop and ultimately give me kernel panic errors. i began to suspect that maybe i left something unplugged inside so i took it apart again and tried to keep the heat shield pressed down a bit more (since i had to open it up to access the test point) as i assembled the phone back together. No more kernel panics, but the boot looping was still present. I have tried G935T, A, P, V and U firmware and all of them do the same thing. Ive used the proper PIT files.
To make things worse, i flashed Oreo without realizing that i was putting my bootloader in handcuffs. To make things even MORE worse, i used a tool which claimed to convert an odin archive to be ADB enabled. now my device boots and says S7 edge etc, but then immediately goes to SBL error upload mode. Recovery still loops. Whats interesting though, is that since i used the converted archive, my device says exactly this in download mode:
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G935A
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FRP LOCK: ON
WARRANTY VOID: 0xffffffff (0x0)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE fffffffe
RP SWREV: B-2 (-2, -2, -2, -2, -2) K8 S8
RP SWREV: TEST DEVICE
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
IDDQ: G(25), S(7) mA
CPU SERIAL NUM : 0X1b9cea13
Fused open loop voltage: 1030mv
RPMB PROVISIONED
Any help would be much appreciated. Its going on nearly a month now trying to get this thing to work. I dont care about warranty, i dont care about knox i just want my phone to work....i cannot find any information about test device, how to go back to system status official or how to properly reformat all partitions that effect FRP or whatever the hell is locking me out of it. Also i am now not even able to flash ANY firmware because it keeps failing saying something about aboot fused -2 and none of the firmware i have will successfully flash. Im stumped.
I called a repair shop today and they want to charge me $30.00 to flash it with what they have. That seems a bit high to be honest. Should only take about 10 minutes right?
How to change Fuse -2 -> 1
Elem3nt0 said:
I called a repair shop today and they want to charge me $30.00 to flash it with what they have. That seems a bit high to be honest. Should only take about 10 minutes right?
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Fuse -2 happened to my T380 Tab A tablet when I flashed wrong aboot and boot in the same TAR package.
So steps to fix it:
find the right combination firmware;
unzip it with 7zip archiver;
download TAR_MD5_PACKAGER;
open folder with unzipped comb_firmware and delete all files below from it:
-aboot,
-apdp,
-boot,
-devcfg,
-msadp,
-rpm,
-sbl1,
-tz.
copy all files what left to TAR_MD5_PACKAGER\parts;
start TAR_MD5_PACKAGER and press 1 to make tar file;
flash this file with Odin as AP;
now the fuse should switch to 1;
next flash the full combination file or stock firmware.
FUSE Number stands for software version,
samsung has protection against downgrading software,
So once you flashed firmware with number 2 in it, the device will change the fuse to 2 and after that
you will not able to flash anything less than with number 2 and so on.
S7 edge up and running
Dude thanks a lot!!! I read through multiple threads. Some more technical than others but this one was plain simple and it worked. Some of the files I deleted were a bit different, but hey, it got bit to work. One other thing for anyone experiencing the same issue, just look for a combination file matching your phones actual bootloader. Once you find it, just start deleting the files Odin is indicating are not letting the flash complete. In my case, files: hyp.mbn, pmic.elf, emmc_appsboot.mbn, xbl.elf. once I deleted those files I was golden. :laugh::laugh::laugh:
HI
I have smiliar problem.
I have a problem with a friend's phone. they give S7 Edge to the service because he have problem witch turn on telephone
When he received the phone displays an error: "An error has occured while updating software.. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC"
Smart Swhitch doesn't recognized the phone
I try update firmware with odin but when i flashing i have error: SV rev. check fail(bootloader) Device: -1 Binary: 6
I try to insert TWRP and i have next error: Custom binary (recovery) blocked By FAP lock
I can not insert custom recovery witch TWRP, and I don't have any idea what official rom was uploaded last time :/
Sorry for my English :/