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[Q] Help! Samsung S5 no service

For two weeks, my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F has no signals. It keeps showing No Service, I can't receive calls/messages at all.
I have used Smart Tutor to contact Samsung, their engineer reset the system (maybe), but couldn't make it work. Then I sent the phone back to UK service centre, they sent it back to me quickly with doing anything --just because my phone is not in European warranty. :crying:
The details of the phone:
IMEI is right, fireware is Country: Hong Kong, PDA: G900FZHU1BOA1,
From I have read, it seems like the Radio was turned off. But I don't know how to turn it on.
I tried to enter Service mode by dialing code *#*#4636#*#* but it didn't work for me.
I can get into ServiceMode by code *#0011# but I don't know what to do next.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Flash radio/modem or full firmware for the country you are in?

How to flash radio/modern?
*Detection* said:
Flash radio/modem or full firmware for the country you are in?
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I don't know how to flash radio/ moderm, could anyone give me some guide please?

lyrruo said:
I don't know how to flash radio/ moderm, could anyone give me some guide please?
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1 Turn off your phone
2 Download and install Samsung USB Driver
3 Connect USB cable to PC (do no connect phone)
4 Hold Volume Down + Home Button and power on phone, follow onscreen instructions to enter Download Mode
5 Download and unzip Odin
6 Connect phone to PC, wait for Windows to install the device drivers
7 Download modem
8 Run Odin and load modem in "CP", flash modem
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lingowistico said:
1 Turn off your phone
2 Download and install Samsung USB Driver
3 Connect USB cable to PC (do no connect phone)
4 Hold Volume Down + Home Button and power on phone, follow onscreen instructions to enter Download Mode
5 Download and unzip Odin
6 Connect phone to PC, wait for Windows to install the device drivers
7 Download modem
8 Run Odin and load modem in "CP", flash modem
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Hi lingowistico,
I did what you said, but it still can't work.
Is the modem not for the UK? (btw, the phone was from Hongkong, but I use it in the UK)
help......

Aside from the radio/modem that you should try flashing i suggest trying a custom rom as i had a similar issue on the official one

shirogeek said:
Aside from the radio/modem that you should try flashing i suggest trying a custom rom as i had a similar issue on the official one
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How should I do that?

lyrruo said:
How should I do that?
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You can do that by reading the stickies like everyone else does instead of expecting that someone else will do it for you.

same here in 3 different devices...
The same happened to mine and my wife's devices. Since last Saturday I rooted them both, load 4.4.4, then ulgrade them to 5.0... downgrade them again. Tried flas modem a d flash radio. Seems nothing is working. Both are g900h. And today just realized that my cousin's g900f just have the same issue since friday. How can I know the date of the automatic installed updates... maybe some update cause this?
Also tried shortcut master to enter the secref codes with super user... no code is working...
The signal just comes and go every 5 mi utes. Sometime I can make a phone call but it crashed like 1 minute after I made it. Lazy data signal.
What else do you guys reccomend?

Stuck on Samsung Logo Odin and Wipe done

Hi, I recently became a Galaxy S6 Edge+ as a gift, which is stuck on the Samsung Logo (blinking). I am not new to flashing Firmware and Roms (came from the HTC HD2 and Dell Streak 5), but everything I do, I can not come through this. Now I need your help, since it's my first Samsung device. Maybe I have something forgotten?
My device:
SM-G928F with Regional Code AUT (free Switzerland firmware) --> Also Samsung Smart Switch shows me this AUT Version (but it wont recognize it, shows it after typing in the serial)
What have I done:
Samsung Smart Switch does not recognize it.
The last 24 hours I have downloaded the firmware through SamFirm 4 times, I have flashed the phone via Odin about 8 times, after the flashs I have wiped the cache and resettet data (full wipe) through the recovery. One time, the phone came to the android optimatization, but it was stuck on the last app (was 30 minutes on this), after reboot it was stuck on the Samsung logo.
Now I need your help. What can I do further? Do I missed something? Any ideas?
Something strange I noticed: When the phone is off and I plug it in to the wall, the battery drains. I have to put the phone to Download-Mode to charge it. Is it linked to the firmware problem? The charger is original Samsung.

So, I flashed TWRP, the Note7 Deodexed Rom and SkyHigh kernel, but it's the same... any sugestions?
I read about a pit file, what is that? May be this the solution?

What I did the last 3 houers was to test Smart Switch With the mac version, the rescue function did not work, the hole program crashed each time. On the windows version it suceed, but my phone is showing just the blinking Samsung logo. Every now and then it vibrates, but nothing happens, so I am at the start of the problem again. Any ideas?

Next update: I flashed the original firmware with a pit file 3 minutes ago. I learned a lot, learnt that the pit files are the partition-files. Now I'm hoping, that with the new partitions it will boot properly :good: . Stay tuned!

Still the same issue. Please help me
Whenever I start the Recovery, it says "installing system update" and then there is a dead Android, does this matter?

A 4 part firmware with pit file did not help. I downloaded another Firmware from another source, also the same. Now I will do a downgrade and look, if this helps. Pleeeeease, help me!
Infos from the download mode:
Produkt Name: SM-G928F
CA_Type: CA_3
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System status: Custom
Secure Download: Enabled
Know warrenty void: 1 (0x0203)
RP SWREV: B:3 K:0 S:1

Maybe the TWRP Log helps: There are errors in writing, is there something missing? It is the original firmware, with the newest TWRP and SuperSU installed. Still stuck on Samsung (animated) logo.

Listen do you have windows on ur mac i use parallels
but do you have windows anyhoe
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Same here
Hello,
I'm quite new here, but not with flashing.
My son got an S6 Edge plus too, with almost the same problem.
I tried also almost anything, the last few days.
ADB sideload, Odin several versions.
It started out with FRP lock.
After I tried al I could find I think it bricked.
And now it is in the state as described above.
Only first screen and draining the battery if not in download mode.
And when I put it on USB cable it says: "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software."
But Smart Switch doesn't recognise the phone!
I can however get the phone in download mode by pushing vol. down, power and home and then vol up.
But in Odin only works: Pit, CP and CSC.
With AP and BL I get errors and fails.
Please help?

For me AP and BL works with Odin. I am a step furhter now. First I flashed with the option: Erase All Nand. Then I installed TWRP and a made a repair for the System and the Caches partitions. With SuperSU installed, and the caches wiped (manual, dalvik and normal caches), it says "Android is starting, Optimizing Apps" and then "Androis is starting, Starting Apps" on a blue screen and when it loads to the end, it is stuck there.
.You get only the first Samsung S6 Edge+ Screen? Then the system files are missing, there is no OS to start (flashed with AP in Odin). Your flash problem sound quite strange. Did you test another cable?
If you want to do it with Smart Switch, the phone should be in download mode. I also had to try it several times. Did you installed the drivers?
@ KatariaMax: I have Windows and Mac PCs, no Parallels. Does it work with Parallels?

So, one problem less. With the Audax rom and kernel, the phone charges normally (but not with Quickcharge), so I don't have to put the phone to download mode. But here is the same problem, after "starting apps" it is stuck. I will do a log from the install, maybe this helps.

@ HugoGroot: Maybe the second post could be the solution for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/s6-bricked-t3497687

I read about Sony devices, which are in a bootloop because of the battery. Could this be possible also for Samsung devices? I have bought a battery, just to be sure. Any other suggestions?
I found the problem here: https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z3-Compact/Continuous-Restart-and-Optimizing-Apps/td-p/1020656

Samsung galaxy core prime stuck in boot screen,unable to install software using kies

My phone went down one day when I switched off the alarm by pressing the power button.
and from then on when switching on, it stays on the boot screen
Unable to enter recovery mod and unable to install software via Kies
Phone not yet rooted,approximately 1-year use, lollipop 5.0.2 , Model : SM G360FY/DS
Any have any idea what might have happened and any solution?

trickster10 said:
My phone went down one day when I switched off the alarm by pressing the power button.
and from then on when switching on, it stays on the boot screen
Unable to enter recovery mod and unable to install software via Kies
Phone not yet rooted,approximately 1-year use, lollipop 5.0.2 , Model : SM G360FY/DS
Any have any idea what might have happened and any solution?
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I don't have your model of phone, I've got SM-S820L. Have you tried booting into ODIN mode?
If you haven't tried that, I would do so and try using ODIN to flash a firmware update. You will need Samsung Drivers, a new release of ODIN3, and Kies or Kies3.
There are some good guides on this site that can push you along your way to full recovery of your phone.:good:

Psilocelium said:
I don't have your model of phone, I've got SM-S820L. Have you tried booting into ODIN mode?
If you haven't tried that, I would do so and try using ODIN to flash a firmware update. You will need Samsung Drivers, a new release of ODIN3, and Kies or Kies3.
There are some good guides on this site that can push you along your way to full recovery of your phone.:good:
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TRIED BUT STILL NO LUCK:crying
People at service center said to change the board of the phone and it costs around 70$.
IS THEIR NO OTHER WAY?
NO CHANCE OF GETTING A NEW PHONE

I'm sending you a PM right now my friend!

Sm-p580 frp lock :(!

Hi, I'm using a Galaxy Tab A 10.1 with Spen (SM-P580) (gtanotexlwifi)
I was using a custom rom (SamBones) with TRWP installed, and I was messing around in the developer options trying to get a usb device to work, and ended up toggling developer options and rebooting. I think the issue is that after I toggled developer options, I forgot to re-enable OEM Unlock. Once the device rebooted, I was met with something along the lines of "device blocked by frp lock" or something like that. I've been looking online trying to find a fix but I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do. I was going to try flashing the stock recovery but I can't seem to find it anywhere for the SM-P580.
Any help would be appreciated...
I honestly don't know what to do at this point and the device is completely useless... I can't find the original firmware/system stuff to flash with odin... and I can't boot into twrp at all...
If someone could link me to the right original stock firmware I can flash with odin or something maybe that will work? I can get into download mode but I can't re-flash twrp or do anything other than stare at a bootloop or get into download mode. This is driving me crazy and I'm scared my device is gone for good!
It's so stupid that this can even happen in the first place. I've been using the rom and twrp without issue from the day I bought it a few weeks ago, and now because of one small mistake in settings, the entire device is completely soft bricked and I can't even find the right firmware to flash to it to fix it.... why samsung, why...
I was looking at the firmwares available on sammobile, but the US isn't listed for countries so I don't know which one I should download if any....
I've been freaking out in a panic for the last two hours or so. I'm fine with installing stock everything and then just redoing all of the custom recovery/system flashing afterwards, data loss isn't too big of a deal to me as I've had to wipe it a few times over the last week while fixing/doing stuff. I'm worried my nearly $300 device is going to just become a brick which is unthinkable. I love this tablet and use it for so much.
Please help

donwload tool (for faster firmware download)
download firmware https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-tab-a-with-s-pen/SM-P580/
and flash via odin.
(you can install any firmware no matter what country i think )

Rawwrius01 said:
(you can install any firmware no matter what country i think )
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Are you sure? It seems weird that they would have different versions for different countries if there wasn't a difference.... I'm just worried I'm going to break something if I don't install the right firmware...
Edit: I found the "USA" version on other sites but their download times are saying things like 16 hours. Though I think Cellular South (XAR) is the USA version on sammobile as the same firmware shows up as USA (XAR) on the other two sites. Going to download it and hope it works, but just putting this here in-case someone else is in the same boat...

Sceleratis said:
Are you sure? It seems weird that they would have different versions for different countries if there wasn't a difference.... I'm just worried I'm going to break something if I don't install the right firmware...
Edit: I found the "USA" version on other sites but their download times are saying things like 16 hours. Though I think Cellular South (XAR) is the USA version on sammobile as the same firmware shows up as USA (XAR) on the other two sites. Going to download it and hope it works, but just putting this here in-case someone else is in the same boat...
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you can use the tool i posted (samfirm) to get the download faster.

Rawwrius01 said:
you can use the tool i posted (samfirm) to get the download faster.
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I'll check it out, thanks. Also I don't see the link for it in your post, just says (download tool) so I wasn't sure what that meant lol.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647 im sorry

So one additional question... I'm waiting for the firmware to download, and the tablet is off, and has been off for the last 10 minutes or so.. and it seems to be overheating where it hurts to touch the screen in the top left corner... Is this normal? Is it trying to do something while it's off? Never had a device do either of these things... I swear if the battery explodes or something when the download completes I'm just going to scream qq

you can try to hold the vol - power and home button to force turn of the device. and try to turn of the light in the room. Maybe the phone is on but the screen is black then you can only see the backlight of the display when its dark

Rawwrius01 said:
you can try to hold the vol - power and home button to force turn of the device. and try to turn of the light in the room. Maybe the phone is on but the screen is black then you can only see the backlight of the display when its dark
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Maybe, firmware finished download. One last question before I try to flash this, there seems to be multiple tar.md5 files in the archive samfirm downloaded, which one should I flash or does it not matter?
Edit: Nevermind ignore me I feel dumb, I just realized they match up with Odin's options

in odin select the ap file in ap
the bl file in bl
and csc in csc ( the difference in these two files are that it is possible to keep your user data like pictures when you flash the home csc file instead of csc only)

Rawwrius01 said:
in odin select the ap file in ap
the bl file in bl
and csc in csc ( the difference in these two files are that it is possible to keep your user data like pictures when you flash the home csc file instead of csc only)
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Well... I flashed it and I think the device might be completely bricked now.... it installed everything, started up sortof and said installing system update, then when that was done it it showed the samsung logo and the backlight started turning on and off rapidly and it kept reconnecting and disconnecting from the laptop... now I don't think I can even turn it on....
Now when I boot into download mode, it stays on for a few seconds then starts flashing and turns off completely...

Sceleratis said:
Well... I flashed it and I think the device might be completely bricked now.... it installed everything, started up sortof and said installing system update, then when that was done it it showed the samsung logo and the backlight started turning on and off rapidly and it kept reconnecting and disconnecting from the laptop... now I don't think I can even turn it on....
Now when I boot into download mode, it stays on for a few seconds then starts flashing and turns off completely...
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you know how to enter the download mode, can you enter it ? vol - power and home button. you can also try samsung switch. its the official samsung tool.

Rawwrius01 said:
you know how to enter the download mode, can you enter it ? vol - power and home button. you can also try samsung switch. its the official samsung tool.
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When I enter download mode, it stays on for a few seconds, then the backlight flashes a little and the device turns off like it's losing power or something. Download mode was at least working before the flash....
It seems like it won't even turn on unless it's plugged in now. However, when I plugged it in after letting it sit for a minute, now it seems it's telling me it's charging and the battery is at 0%, but I know it should be at least at around 50% and was plugged into the laptop the entire time I was researching online so it shouldn't be dead. Maybe it's not reading the battery level correctly or something? It didn't do this till after it finished the "installing updates" screen. Also just noticed the flash turned itself on even though the device is "off"???
Also, I tried samsung switch but it said the device wasn't supported...

That's strange. I had the same issue like you today but I donwload the latest German firmware from sammobile and flashed it via Odin. It was working.
Maybe your battery was low? You said that it got hot. It won't charge when flashing via USB. Also it charge veeeery slow over USB .... You should try to charge it a bit and try to flash only the AP (firmware) files with Odin. Also use Odin the newest Odin version.
Btw. You should use a the NEWEST version of your country. It's possible that you flash an older one over your current system that could cause problems because of downgrade bootloader.
Sceleratis said:
When I enter download mode, it stays on for a few seconds, then the backlight flashes a little and the device turns off like it's losing power or something. Download mode was at least working before the flash....
It seems like it won't even turn on unless it's plugged in now. However, when I plugged it in after letting it sit for a minute, now it seems it's telling me it's charging and the battery is at 0%, but I know it should be at least at around 50% and was plugged into the laptop the entire time I was researching online so it shouldn't be dead. Maybe it's not reading the battery level correctly or something? It didn't do this till after it finished the "installing updates" screen. Also just noticed the flash turned itself on even though the device is "off"???
Also, I tried samsung switch but it said the device wasn't supported...
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Rawwrius01 said:
That's strange. I had the same issue like you today but I donwload the latest German firmware from sammobile and flashed it via Odin. It was working.
Maybe your battery was low? You said that it got hot. It won't charge when flashing via USB. Also it charge veeeery slow over USB .... You should try to charge it a bit and try to flash only the AP (firmware) files with Odin. Also use Odin the newest Odin version.
Btw. You should use a the NEWEST version of your country. It's possible that you flash an older one over your current system that could cause problems because of downgrade bootloader.
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Thanks for your help. Surprisingly samsung said they might be able to fix it as I had a moment where I just gave up an contacted them to see if there was anything that could be done. Sent it out to them, but if they can't do anything or don't do anything (because custom firmware should void the warranty and all that) I'll have to try just letting it charge longer. Only issue was that while it was charging, it turned on the flash and became very hot very fast so I would need to leave it in front of an airconditioner vent or something. Next time around I'm going to have to make sure I take a full backup of the stock recovery and system somehow...

Hello, i need help, when i flashed with odin my sm-p580 and started the tablet (with the files ap,bl and csc) i cant remove my google account, i dont remember what account had in the tablet, please help!

S10+ hard brick

so about two weeks ago my phone failed in odin since then it doesnt get detected on the pc... i tried literally everything i used different pc's,different cables, reinstalled drivers everything and still not detected so what can i do i went to samsung here in egypt said he couldnt fix it because the device is not from egypt and they are not familiar with it *doesnt make sense tbh* so what can i do now? and is there anyway i can flash through sd card any ota update??
device : SM-g9750

Charge your phone for some time and see if it turns on and if it does go to download mode or emergency recovery screen is download mode too and try the following steps
1. While your phone is on the Emergency Recovery Screen or download mode, connect it to the computer.
2. Open Odin and load all the firmware files. Download the original firmware file
3. You will find that Odin has already detected your phone.
4. The options checked in Odin should be F.Reset.Time and Auto-Reboot.
5. After making all the preparations, click on the “Start” button in Odin.
6. Let the firmware flashing end. Once done, disconnect the phone and let it turn on. You will be out of the Emergency Recovery/Download mode Screen now.
IMP: Download the original firmware file for your phone

rubenswing said:
Charge your phone for some time and see if it turns on and if it does go to download mode or emergency recovery screen is download mode too and try the following steps
1. While your phone is on the Emergency Recovery Screen or download mode, connect it to the computer.
2. Open Odin and load all the firmware files. Download the original firmware file
3. You will find that Odin has already detected your phone.
4. The options checked in Odin should be F.Reset.Time and Auto-Reboot.
5. After making all the preparations, click on the “Start” button in Odin.
6. Let the firmware flashing end. Once done, disconnect the phone and let it turn on. You will be out of the Emergency Recovery/Download mode Screen now.
IMP: Download the original firmware file for your phone
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ofcourse bro i did that im telling you it is not detected on the computer

Kriture said:
ofcourse bro i did that im telling you it is not detected on the computer
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Which firmware did you attempt to flash? For your device only 3 firmwares will work, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. It's not a Multi-CSC device so if you attempted flashing the Egypt firmware (Exynos) you could be SOL.

varcor said:
Which firmware did you attempt to flash? For your device only 3 firmwares will work, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. It's not a Multi-CSC device so if you attempted flashing the Egypt firmware (Exynos) you could be SOL.
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no i flashed the hong kong firmware

Kriture said:
no i flashed the hong kong firmware
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I had a device - laptop connectivity issue on my SM-G9750. I tried updated drivers, different cables and adapters. Strangely enough it wasn't until I updated Windows 10 that the problem was solved. If you haven't done so you might give this a shot.

varcor said:
I had a device - laptop connectivity issue on my SM-G9750. I tried updated drivers, different cables and adapters. Strangely enough it wasn't until I updated Windows 10 that the problem was solved. If you haven't done so you might give this a shot.
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This! + Unplug laptop & remove battery after update. Replace battery, plug in, go to Odin afterwards