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[Q] Cannot use phone and Cannot Odin.

Hey guys!
Sorry to be a pain in the backside with this one but I tried to use autoroot to root the Galaxy Note 3 and it all started going wrong..
Basically, when I boot into download mode, I get this:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-N9005
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Reactivation Lock: ON
Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
Qualcomm secureboot: None
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P0
Write Protection: Enable
Now, because Reactivation lock is "ON" I cannot use odin to reflash anything..
When I boot my phone, I cannot turn the lock off as I get bombarded with "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped" and "Unfortunately, Direct pen input has stopped" and sometimes ""Process System isn't responding, DO you want to close it?".
EVEN if I manage to get past these errors etc etc, to turn off the lock, I need to input my password, which I cannot do as the keyboard is not working properly.
I CAN boot into CWM recovery, but so far, flashing other roms hasn't worked... so now I'm stuck. I'd love some help with this somehow :/
tl;dr
Cannot use Odin as reactivation lock is on.
Cannot turn reactivation lock off as samsung keyboard doesn't respond.
Can boot into recovery.
Thanks guys.
AceS

AceSLive12 said:
Hey guys!
Sorry to be a pain in the backside with this one but I tried to use autoroot to root the Galaxy Note 3 and it all started going wrong..
Basically, when I boot into download mode, I get this:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-N9005
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Reactivation Lock: ON
Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
Qualcomm secureboot: None
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P0
Write Protection: Enable
Now, because Reactivation lock is "ON" I cannot use odin to reflash anything..
When I boot my phone, I cannot turn the lock off as I get bombarded with "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped" and "Unfortunately, Direct pen input has stopped" and sometimes ""Process System isn't responding, DO you want to close it?".
EVEN if I manage to get past these errors etc etc, to turn off the lock, I need to input my password, which I cannot do as the keyboard is not working properly.
I CAN boot into CWM recovery, but so far, flashing other roms hasn't worked... so now I'm stuck. I'd love some help with this somehow :/
tl;dr
Cannot use Odin as reactivation lock is on.
Cannot turn reactivation lock off as samsung keyboard doesn't respond.
Can boot into recovery.
Thanks guys.
AceS
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Have you got a backup in CWM, if you can get to google play install a keyboard Swiftkey is in the top 10 so you won't have to type anything

jaythenut said:
Have you got a backup in CWM, if you can get to google play install a keyboard Swiftkey is in the top 10 so you won't have to type anything
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Is there any way for me to CWM install swiftkey?
When I tried to use different roms I got stuck trying to "set up the phone"
WHen I try to skip everything (so that I didnt have to use the keyboard) I got to a thing saying that the phone experienced an unexpected factory reset or something, and to log in to my samsung account to continue... Problem being, that requires the keyboard :/
Thanks for the help so far!

AceSLive12 said:
Is there any way for me to CWM install swiftkey?
When I tried to use different roms I got stuck trying to "set up the phone"
WHen I try to skip everything (so that I didnt have to use the keyboard) I got to a thing saying that the phone experienced an unexpected factory reset or something, and to log in to my samsung account to continue... Problem being, that requires the keyboard :/
Thanks for the help so far!
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I'm just uploading a keyboard zip might work be back in a mo
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jaythenut said:
I'm just uploading a keyboard zip might work be back in a mo
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https://db.tt/l1fsB6EU here you go don't know if it will work flash with CWM

jaythenut said:
I'm just uploading a keyboard zip might work be back in a mo
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https://db.tt/l1fsB6EU here you go don't know if it will work flash with CWM
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Thank you so much - I'll give it a try now and get back to you
--Edit--
Tried it, Still getting the "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped." message
---Edit 2---
Ok, so went to Sammobile and installed the default firmware (through Odin -no idea how that worked) for the UK O2 Note 3 (though, Im in Australia)
I can now use my phone properly and I can boot into recovery...
Thank you so much for the help there. Im going to try to re-install another rom now and see what happens, then Ill edit one more time.

AceSLive12 said:
Thank you so much - I'll give it a try now and get back to you
--Edit--
Tried it, Still getting the "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped." message
---Edit 2---
Ok, so went to Sammobile and installed the default firmware (through Odin -no idea how that worked) for the UK O2 Note 3 (though, Im in Australia)
I can now use my phone properly and I can boot into recovery...
Thank you so much for the help there. Im going to try to re-install another rom now and see what happens, then Ill edit one more time.
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Make sure you turn that lock off

jaythenut said:
Make sure you turn that lock off
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Dude, SO many thanks! If I could hit the "Thanks" button more than once I would. You've helped so much, even if what you did wasn't exactly the fix, having you there for support stopped me from freaking out and for that I thank you.
For anyone else who has this issue or similar, Go to sammobile, get your stock firmware from there and install it with ODIN. It may still say that the whole Lock thing is on, but it worked for me anyway - Brilliantly.
Thank you again so very much, you don't know how relieved I am

And please take note - TURN OFF THE REACTIVATION LOCK before flashing....

ultramag69 said:
And please take note - TURN OFF THE REACTIVATION LOCK before flashing....
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I don't know what was happening before but I kept turning it off then whenever I restarted it would go on again :/
I am going to make certain I never even turn it on in the first place in the future
Now Im stuck with the stock O2 boot image - that can be changed right?

AceSLive12 said:
I don't know what was happening before but I kept turning it off then whenever I restarted it would go on again :/
I am going to make certain I never even turn it on in the first place in the future
Now Im stuck with the stock O2 boot image - that can be changed right?
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Yeah just flash a rom that will go

I'm having the exact same problem where the phone is completely unusable after booting up from a clean odin flash. It's the right stock firmware and I've done several factore resets/wipes of every partition. Nothing is fixing this problem. What reactivation lock are you guys talking about? How can you disable it before flashing if you can't even boot into the phone?

[Q] Soft brick? Hard brick? Sort of firm'ish brick really

I've made a bit of a mess and I need help please. My s4 is softbricked, but as softbricks go, it's rather hard.
I have an early S4 i9505 bought from Carphone Warehouse (UK, unlocked, pre knox). I rooted it, installed TBackup, greenify and got it how I wanted it. Then I downloaded a stock firmware from Sammobile and tested to see if I could get it back to 'warranty' condition, which was a success.
Confident that I could obtain warranty if I needed it, I re-rooted it, installed TB and greenify, and it ran sweetly for months from that point onwards.
I read about the arrival of updates (and knox) and concluded I didn't need them. It was working, leave it alone.
Then out of the blue, my nice stable machine broke. I didn't change anything I was aware of to cause it.
No normal boot.
No recovery.
Download only.
Using Odin, I tried allsorts, eventually getting the same Sammobile firmware to run.
2 days later, it broke again, same as before, but worse!?
Then I tried all sorts of stuff downloading no end of things trying to get it to boot or even go into recovery. The most promising approach was to reload the firmware along with a .pit file, but still no joy. I've lost track of the other things I tried, but I've been doing it for a week, so a lot has been done. In desperation, I even tried downloading the latest firmware, so I now have signs of knox of the odin page.
I now have the following symptoms:
Booting into recovery brings up the blue 'booting recovery' message then just blackness.
Normal boot is exactly the same as above.
Unpowered conection to my laptop gives a 5 second boot loop featuring the buzz only.
I can reliably boot into download and download stuff with Odin and change the little Odin page status messages. After (foolishly) trying the latest firmware, these messages say
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
Please can anyone give me some advice on what else I could try?
Thanks
Steve

Wrinklespots said:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
Please can anyone give me some advice on what else I could try?
Thanks
Steve
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If anything else is not working (especially, if you're unable to go to recovery) I'd call sammy service center. Your download mode says that you did not rooted your phone, and knox is untouched either.

spamtrash said:
If anything else is not working (especially, if you're unable to go to recovery) I'd call sammy service center. Your download mode says that you did not rooted your phone, and knox is untouched either.
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Thanks for looking spamtrash.
I was wondering if I could get away with that. It does look good from the Odin display, but the flash counter must have a pretty high number in it by now! Won't that show up somewhere?
Do you think it does actually have a fault on it, rather than just some software that's messed up and needs tweaking?
Thanks
Steve

Wrinklespots said:
Thanks for looking spamtrash.
I was wondering if I could get away with that. It does look good from the Odin display, but the flash counter must have a pretty high number in it by now! Won't that show up somewhere?
Do you think it does actually have a fault on it, rather than just some software that's messed up and needs tweaking?
Thanks
Steve
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1. Are you able to go to recovery mode?
2. Assuming that your previous communicates were taken from the screen in download mode - you're clean.
If answer for 1 is: NO, and assuming 2: do not bother the flash counter. Flash counter does not means you messed with custom ROMs, it just means amount of the ROM update tries. As they are unable to prove that the counter was not increased by failed KIES updates, you're safe.
To go deeper, service will have to flash and wipe your phone.
One thing: remove your sd card prior to giving/sending it out.

Try a different usb cable.I was in same boat as you (after stupidly thinking mobile odin pro liked modems).
Luckily I had an unused cable off my tab 3.

[Q] Odin fail, knox tripped, now can't do anything on the phone. help!

SOLVED:
Finally got Odin to work! Tried it on an actual PC laptop and not my vmware macbook. It failed at 99% the first time so tried another USB port and it went up and passed! this is on 4.4.2. I guess the main reason why the other firmwares would fail was because I originally tried to flash odin 4.4.2 but at this point I had no idea about knox and that you cannot go back in firmwares. So my last attempt was to push 4.4.2 after looking into the phones info saying it was on I337MVLUFNC1 bootloader. I was starting to think I had bricked this phone! sound works and calls working fine! whoop!
some history on the device:
- S4 was on Beanstalk 4.4.2, rooted.
- phone was starting to freeze up on this ROM so
- decided to go back to stalk Rogers rom via ODIN
- tried Odin v 3.09/v3.07/3.04 all failed
- tried different cables and two different computers. failed
- So then I decided to load TWRP back in from ODIN = Pass!, I get into recovery and load up a backup. This works but had NO sound or video playback and calls wont go through/freeze phone in call app.
- more tinkering, thinking it was maybe the Kernel/Modem. I download different Kernel/modm for the phone and sound still didnt work.
- Tried Firnware I337MVLUEMK6_I337MOYAEMK6_RWC, as well as the current I337MVLUAMG1_I337MOYAAMG1_RWC both were downloaded from sammobile.com
- tried kies and it cant connect to phone or does anything.
Phone errors:
-top corner of display shows:
Odin mode
product name: sgh-I337M
Current Binary: Samsung official
System status: Custom
Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
CBS - Config - LSB: 0x30
Write Protection: Enabled
eMMC Burst mode enabled
Currently:
- I can load TWRP anytime.
- I can also reload backups, install roms but sound, video, phone calls, mic dont work. some roms are super laggy as well.
- so phone is still useless atm.
ill try Odin again and copy the fail script.
it fails immediatly after system write.
iv searched knox trip, and some people have gotten stock firmware back on their device. but i have no way of doing so since odin fails horribly.. To my understanding if Knox has been tripped then you cannot downgrade firmware. but iv been trying to get 4.3 or even 4.4.2 on it and it fails.
actually i shouldnt say i tried to get 4.3 on it, because it seems i did get it on the phone at one point but then it had absolutly no signal. It would have signal for maybe 3 minutes then it drops it completely. tried APN settings and still wouldnt kick it. only thing I didnt try on that attempt was load up a different modem. which i should have.. but now cant even get that rom back on here as my sister deleted it..
any help would be appreciated.

Alright so im back on a backup from my other S4, running ok. signal is fine and wifi works. only thing is upon boot up i get:
- Unfortunately, Google Dialer has stopped.
- unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped.
-unfortunately, the process android.process.meida has stopped.
i can hit ok many times but it keeps popping up.
so im still unable to do anything. i can still navigate through the phone but the pop ups come often.
UPDATE:
- Did a factory data reset within the phone and I dont get the pop ups anymore. but the Sound is still not working
one thing that's weird is when I use the app Phone Info the Sales Code (aka Region Code) is: ATT, but my working s4 with the same ROM says VMC under Region code? is this making my sisters phone not function properly? or maybe this is why I cannot flash stock rogers through odin because the phone is thinking its an ATT device and not a Rogers one?

Just wondering, since Knox is tripped am I able to still use Odin to flash to stock? Just want to clarify that before I waste more time with odin .
Iv tried rogers 4.2.2, 4.3 and pretty sure iv tried 4.4.2. But I'm going to download it and try that one again.
Phone was previously on 4.3 without signal. So I'm guessing that's the very least I can load up since Knox is tripped correct? I shouldn't have issues flashing Odin 4.4 stock rogers?
Just wondering why it fails once its writing to system..

[Q] SM-N910U stuck in update loot after system update

Hi,
Have a Note 4 that's had a pending 33mb Update (about phone > system updates) for a while and decided to finally get it.. something about encryption.
Downloaded fine, but not it just stays saying "installing system update..." whenever I turn the phone one and flickers black every 10 or so seconds.
The device is/was rooted and running SuperSU.
I can only turn it off by pulling the battery, power+home+volup does nothing, voldown does the Custom OS warning screen and then the "Downloading.. do not turn off target!" screen with the below information:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910U
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLED
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: 1

j2llk said:
Hi,
Have a Note 4 that's had a pending 33mb Update (about phone > system updates) for a while and decided to finally get it.. something about encryption.
Downloaded fine, but not it just stays saying "installing system update..." whenever I turn the phone one and flickers black every 10 or so seconds.
The device is/was rooted and running SuperSU.
I can only turn it off by pulling the battery, power+home+volup does nothing, voldown does the Custom OS warning screen and then the "Downloading.. do not turn off target!" screen with the below information:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910U
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLED
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: 1
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I think the best to do is a fresh clean install. Download your firmware at Sammobile and flash it with Odin

i guess i'm not the only one encountering this.
gonna try reflashing the os via odin, as there is no alternative found as of now...
which kinda brings the question.
After re-flashing the os, i would assume that i have to do the rooting method back, right?

Thanks, I'll download the rom from there. I take it it's going to lose all the installed apps?

j2llk said:
Thanks, I'll download the rom from there. I take it it's going to lose all the installed apps?
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Yes

well, this is interesting.... reflashing via odin certainly works.
i was expecting a fresh restart, but it seems flashing from odin to restore the os, still has my apps (though some do not work.. mostly rooted ones)
since i've already gone and did a fresh restart, might as well load a new custom rom.

Hasseno said:
well, this is interesting.... reflashing via odin certainly works.
i was expecting a fresh restart, but it seems flashing from odin to restore the os, still has my apps (though some do not work.. mostly rooted ones)
since i've already gone and did a fresh restart, might as well load a new custom rom.
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Hey, exact same situation. Installed the rom from that website (1.5gb!) and then cf auto root and then it turned on with the optimizing apps screen, like nothing had changed. Apps, settings, layout, everything exactly as it was.
Perfect
Thanks all

Pierre118 said:
I think the best to do is a fresh clean install. Download your firmware at Sammobile and flash it with Odin
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How do I know which firmware to download, there are quite a few to choose from?
I have a n910u and im in Canada, currently I have the N910UXXU1ANJ5 baseband

[Q] problems with repair centre

hey guys just after a bit of advice. i have had issues with my g900I overheating back in December so i sent it away for repair but they said they couldnt replicate the fault and it must have been a third party app causing the problem.
so it carried on fine only overheating a few times up until the end of last month when it decided to die on me all together it froze on me so i took out the battery and turned it on again only to find that its stuck in a boot loop did a factory reset same thing cleared the cache still no luck. sent it away for repair.
now its important to say at this point that i have not altered this phone in any way what so ever no root no custom firmware only system update back in November that was done through the phone. i even notice that when i accidentally put it into odin mode ( used wrong volume button when trying to wipe cache) that the nox counter was 0x0 and firmware state was official .
so i get a phone call from the store telling me that the service guys have come back saying that my warranty is void because unofficial firmware was installed on the phone.
what do i do? did i void the warranty by wiping the cache?
im sure i could probably fix the phone if it really came to it by rooting and installing lollipop or something but its covered under warranty because i know i haven't tampered with it. i was going to as i have rooted other phones in the past but for some reason something was holding me back this time.

Fight for your right, tell them I did not install any unofficial firmware
Also ask how did they found it's not official firmware
Sent from my SM-G900H using XDA Free mobile app

I would insist that you had not installed anything other than official firmware and that you want proof that unofficial firmware has been installed with full details. Wiping the cache should not void warranty. - they often recommend it to resolve problems before sending it off for repair. Threaten to take the issue to the ombudsman or whatever authority oversees this area. If you're in Australia I'd refer it to the ABC TV program The Checkout if they continue to be obstinate. I'd be standing my ground on this.

ok so both the store and samsung are refusing to do anything about it they both told us to take it to court because they would win anyway. will not be buying from harvey norman again or buying a samsung product again.
so im trying to see if i can fix it myself i have downloaded the file i need to upgrade to lollipop and have flashed with odin but its still stuck in a boot loop what else can i try

jezcullen09 said:
ok so both the store and samsung are refusing to do anything about it they both told us to take it to court because they would win anyway. will not be buying from harvey norman again or buying a samsung product again.
so im trying to see if i can fix it myself i have downloaded the file i need to upgrade to lollipop and have flashed with odin but its still stuck in a boot loop what else can i try
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Since warranty is void anyway download TWRP recovery latest one and flash it in odin. Then entery recovery by press power +home+ volume up when the phone is off (it will take 4-5 seconds to enter recovery and you will get seandroid is not enforcing something error) just wait recovery will boot up there go to wipe > advanced wipe > wipe cache, dalvik > internal storage, data & system. then come back and hit "format data" type yes. then hit where it says swipe to factory reset. After this take out the battery and enter odin mode when the phone is off by holding power + menu and volume down button . Flash a stockfirmware downloaded from Sammobile. Formating and the other steps that i have mentioned before flashing stock firmware will most likely solve your problem
NOTE : USE ODIN 3.10 (its here on xda google it , dont download from any other source)
Report back if it worked.

dork997 said:
Since warranty is void anyway download TWRP recovery latest one and flash it in odin. Then entery recovery by press power +home+ volume up when the phone is off (it will take 4-5 seconds to enter recovery and you will get seandroid is not enforcing something error) just wait recovery will boot up there go to wipe > advanced wipe > wipe cache, dalvik > internal storage, data & system. then come back and hit "format data" type yes. then hit where it says swipe to factory reset. After this take out the battery and enter odin mode when the phone is off by holding power + menu and volume down button . Flash a stockfirmware downloaded from Sammobile. Formating and the other steps that i have mentioned before flashing stock firmware will most likely solve your problem
NOTE : USE ODIN 3.10 (its here on xda google it , dont download from any other source)
Report back if it worked.
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hi thanks for your sugestions but its still happening after i install twrp i do what you say then flash latest stock rom for my device whixh is this (G900IDVU1BOE1_G900ITNZ1BOD2_G900IDVU1BOD2_HOME.tar.md5) once its finished the phone reboots i then get the image of the android on its back with its belly open the bar fills to half way then the device reboots gets past the spark screen and stays on the samsung logo.
im just trying to download kitkat now but from a different site as for some reason sammobile doesnt have the GALAXY S5 SM-(G900I) on there page now. i have also tried installing XtreStoLite_ROM_v2.2_LP_XXU1BOD3 but same thing it tells me its installed but then wont boot??????????????????
not sure what else to try not sure if its worth mentioning but have flashed that xtrestolite several times now and knox counter is still at 0x1

Okay then you have to try a pit file along with the recovery a pit file basically repartions the phone and is flashed with stockfirmware. I dont knw how exact procedure but its also done with Odin maybe senior members can help

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Okay then you have to try a pit file along with the recovery a pit file basically repartions the phone and is flashed with stockfirmware. I dont knw how exact procedure but its also done with Odin maybe senior members can help
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i found a pit file but i keep getting a fail
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<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> FAIL!
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
when i reboot i get this
KERNeL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
set warrenty bit : kernel
this is after flashing cm-12 its starts to boot then krashes again.
if i use stock rom then i get past the spark logo which sometimes has a real distorted picture then i get the samsung logo (sometimes with sound) and if im real lucky i get to a point where its trying to install apps gets to about 70 of 170 or something like that only had that a couple of times so not sure on exact wording

Did you ask them how they found out your phone had been "tampered" with?

Akalsemann said:
Did you ask them how they found out your phone had been "tampered" with?
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They just looked at the knox counter im pretty convinced its a hardware problem from the overheating i really have no clue how i could have voided the warranty i have never rooted and the only updates i have done are with kies apart from what im doing now of course

Ok so a bit of an update.
I have tried flashing several different custom roms with no luck
I have flashed both stock 5.0 and 4.4.2 and I have tried stock with twrp with all the advance wipe as well as different kernels.
Once I started playing around with the kernels I was able to get stock 4.4.2 (g900idvu1ank1) with chronickernel-kk...klte v1.5 it would boot up fine then crash once I tried to install from play store.
From there I was able to flash the stock rom 4.4.2 (ank1) but not 5.0 when ever I try to update I get stuck in the boot loop. However I can successfully run 4.4.2 install backups from keis but as soon as I put my SIM card or my wife's SIM card in the phone crashes and gets stuck in a boot loop until the sim is removed.
What else can I try is this just a glorified MP3 player now

Ok so a bit of an update.
I have tried flashing several different custom roms with no luck
I have flashed both stock 5.0 and 4.4.2 and I have tried stock with twrp with all the advance wipe as well as different kernels.
Once I started playing around with the kernels I was able to get stock 4.4.2 (g900idvu1ank1) with chronickernel-kk...klte v1.5 it would boot up fine then crash once I tried to install from play store.
From there I was able to flash the stock rom 4.4.2 (ank1) but not 5.0 when ever I try to update I get stuck in the boot loop. However I can successfully run 4.4.2 install backups from keis but as soon as I put my SIM card or my wife's SIM card in the phone crashes and gets stuck in a boot loop until the sim is removed.
What else can I try is this just a glorified MP3 player now

Anyone have any idea

so after several months and several phone calls to samsungs head office here in nz they have finally agreed to fix my phone at no charge they will be replacing the main board so im hoping that will remove the tripped knox counter. :victory: