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Note 3 SM-N900 Bricked!!! Any ROM installation gets stuck :(

Hello XDA Devs
First I would like to thank you for such great community. I am new here and this is my first post.
I bought Chinese Note 3 a week ago. And after using it for a little, I realized that Google Play services doesn't get installed because of its Custom ROM. I searched over and over again on Google XDA, and i tried following things:
Installing Recovery:
I found at one place that there is no official CWM recovery for SM-N900. But, I managed it to install via MTK Tools.
I can't try Odin because on pressing Volume Down + Power + Home buttons shows some Chinese menu.
Could't install TWRP dont know why.
Custom ROM Installation
After installing Recovery, I tried to install custom ROMs. I have tried about 5 ROMs listed below:
Lidroid
Hawkish Elite Series
VN ROM
Criskelo ROM
All these ROMs either get stuck while installing (some at 10%, some at 44% etc.), or suddenly recovery screen shows up with no confirmation about ROM installed successfully or aborted or what.
I HAVE RECOVERY: autoCWM v5.5.0.4 for SM-N900
Please help. I bought this phone just a week ago after saving money about 1 month. Thanks for your help in advance

re: custom roms
wajahatkarim3 said:
Hello XDA Devs
First I would like to thank you for such great community. I am new here and this is my first post.
I bought Chinese Note 3 a week ago. And after using it for a little, I realized that Google Play services doesn't get installed because of its Custom ROM. I searched over and over again on Google XDA, and i tried following things:
Installing Recovery:
I found at one place that there is no official CWM recovery for SM-N900. But, I managed it to install via MTK Tools.
I can't try Odin because on pressing Volume Down + Power + Home buttons shows some Chinese menu.
Could't install TWRP dont know why.
Custom ROM Installation
After installing Recovery, I tried to install custom ROMs. I have tried about 5 ROMs listed below:
Lidroid
Hawkish Elite Series
VN ROM
Criskelo ROM
All these ROMs either get stuck while installing (some at 10%, some at 44% etc.), or suddenly recovery screen shows up with no confirmation about ROM installed successfully or aborted or what.
I HAVE RECOVERY: autoCWM v5.5.0.4 for SM-N900
Please help. I bought this phone just a week ago after saving money about 1 month. Thanks for your help in advance
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First thing I would do is to Odin flash the official stock firmware
for your SM-N900 phone.
Here is the SamMobile link for the firmwares.
You can download the firmware from SamMobile.com .
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares
After odin flashing the firmware you should be able to
flash and root your phone using cf-autoroot and flash
twrp custom recovery using Odin.
Good luck, be sure to select the proper version and region for your phone.

wajahatkarim3 said:
Hello XDA Devs
First I would like to thank you for such great community. I am new here and this is my first post.
I bought Chinese Note 3 a week ago. And after using it for a little, I realized that Google Play services doesn't get installed because of its Custom ROM. I searched over and over again on Google XDA, and i tried following things:
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Please help. I bought this phone just a week ago after saving money about 1 month. Thanks for your help in advance
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You have not read the stickies - this community is NOT for fake Note 3 (which are generally highly incompatible in firmware with original models), you have to identify the precise type of clone you have and find the corresponding thread (if any) in General Android somewhere on XDA.

Odin & Download Mode doesn't work
Misterjunky said:
First thing I would do is to Odin flash the official stock firmware
for your SM-N900 phone.
Here is the SamMobile link for the firmwares.
You can download the firmware from SamMobile.com .
After odin flashing the firmware you should be able to
flash and root your phone using cf-autoroot and flash
twrp custom recovery using Odin.
Good luck, be sure to select the proper version and region for your phone.
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Hello, Thanks Misterjunky for your quick response
Unfortunately, I tried to start use Odin lots of times, but Odin requires the phone to be in Download Mode. And when I press Volume Down + Power Button + Home button, following menu in Chinese language shows up instead of the Warning sign most websites talk about for the download mode. And, Due to this reason, Odin doesn't detect my device i-e no slot gets yellow or blue in Odin software at my PC.

wajahatkarim3 said:
Hello, Thanks Misterjunky for your quick response
Unfortunately, I tried to start use Odin lots of times, but Odin requires the phone to be in Download Mode. And when I press Volume Down + Power Button + Home button, following menu in Chinese language shows up instead of the Warning sign most websites talk about for the download mode. And, Due to this reason, Odin doesn't detect my device i-e no slot gets yellow or blue in Odin software at my PC.
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You have a fake device.
Sent from my leanKernel 3.2 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF1) SM-N900T

wajahatkarim3 said:
Hello, Thanks Misterjunky for your quick response
Unfortunately, I tried to start use Odin lots of times, but Odin requires the phone to be in Download Mode. And when I press Volume Down + Power Button + Home button, following menu in Chinese language shows up instead of the Warning sign most websites talk about for the download mode. And, Due to this reason, Odin doesn't detect my device i-e no slot gets yellow or blue in Odin software at my PC.
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Ignore Misterjunky's post. He missed the bit where you said the keywords "MTK" and "Chinese menu".
In this case you cannot use anything you think a normal Note 3 can use - as you have a clone.

Plz help
Guys need help..... Today my phone got restarted automatically and after that its stuck on Samsung boot logo..... I am not able to boot into recovery.
Although I am able to boot into download mode.
download mode shows the following info
Odin MOde
Product Name : Sm-900
Current Binary : Custom
System Status : Custom
Reactivation Lock(kk) : off
Secure Download Enabled
ap swrev :a4
I am not able to flash any rom using odin now.
odin just gets stuck at
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
Please help... This is the only mobile i am having.....
Thanks in advance.... hoping for a reply

Usual replies .
Try another Odin version .

JJEgan said:
Usual replies .
Try another Odin version .
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Did that.... Every Odin version gets stuck at the same line....
Is there another flashing utility?

Flashfire / mobile odin .
Google search
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app

The mobile is not even booting. How will I use these apps.
Searching google.... But so far no help....
---------- Post added at 10:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 AM ----------
JJEgan said:
Flashfire / mobile odin .
Google search
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Mobile not even booting how will I use these apps.
Searching google but no help so far....

Suggest you need a service repair guy if the multippe non booting posts don't help .
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app

JJEgan said:
Suggest you need a service repair guy if the multippe non booting posts don't help .
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Given to authorised service center but they even can't fix it.... I don't understand if I can boot into download mode.... Then is it soft bricked or hard bricked..... And can the mobile be repaired if it's hard bricked....

Hard is hardware replacement
Soft is firmware or possibly PIT or nand damage .
usual reason is user not flashing the correct firmware / firmware damaged .
USB port/ Cable ? Usb Drivers

JJEgan said:
Hard is hardware replacement
Soft is firmware or possibly PIT or nand damage .
usual reason is user not flashing the correct firmware / firmware damaged .
USB port/ Cable ? Usb Drivers
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I have tried everything.... Which drivers should I use? Any link....

Samsung USB drivers.
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app

JJEgan said:
Samsung USB drivers.
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I have tried installing multiple versions of Samsung USB drivers.... Odin detects the phone it shows the comport in blue color. After selecting the stock from in ap I click on start but it gets stuck on initialization

Bad firmware redownload
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app

JJEgan said:
Bad firmware redownload
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No it's not the case.... Today only I downloaded 4.4.2 and 5.0 a d tried with them but same stuck at initialization. You give me a link of firmware I will that also

[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.

[Q] ODIN stuck at Initialization step

hi all.. im a beginner at installing custom roms.. i own a Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500.. a few days ago, i updated it to CyanogenMod c-11 (kitkat 4.4.4 based) ROM, then to CyanogenMod c-12 (lollipop based) ROM, so try out its new features.. however, since yesterday, my phone is not booting up.. neither is it able to go into recovery mode.. (the boot logo displays endless).. i can only go into the download mode..
so i downloaded ODIN.. and tried flashing I9500XXUFNI2_I9500ODDFNI1_INS.zip onto it.. however, no matter what i do (removing battery, restarting PC, restarting ODIN), i cannot go past the "initialization" step.. no matter which ROM i try, it never goes past the "initialization" step.. please help..

awesim said:
hi all.. im a beginner at installing custom roms.. i own a Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500.. a few days ago, i updated it to CyanogenMod c-11 (kitkat 4.4.4 based) ROM, then to CyanogenMod c-12 (lollipop based) ROM, so try out its new features.. however, since yesterday, my phone is not booting up.. neither is it able to go into recovery mode.. (the boot logo displays endless).. i can only go into the download mode..
so i downloaded ODIN.. and tried flashing I9500XXUFNI2_I9500ODDFNI1_INS.zip onto it.. however, no matter what i do (removing battery, restarting PC, restarting ODIN), i cannot go past the "initialization" step.. no matter which ROM i try, it never goes past the "initialization" step.. please help..
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Did you try to unzip the stock ROM to receive the .tar file for ODIN?

Joku1981 said:
Did you try to unzip the stock ROM to receive the .tar file for ODIN?
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yes i did.. the .zip file contains two files:
- SS_DL.dll
- I9500XXUFNI2_I9500ODDFNI1_INS.tar.md5
according to instructions in different online threads, im putting this .tar.md5 in the PDA/AP slot..

awesim said:
yes i did.. the .zip file contains two files:
- SS_DL.dll
- I9500XXUFNI2_I9500ODDFNI1_INS.tar.md5
according to instructions in different online threads, im putting this .tar.md5 in the PDA/AP slot..
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Change USB cable/port, other pc or close Kies 3 on the task bar.

It sounds more like a hardware failure.

Joku1981 said:
Change USB cable/port, other pc or close Kies 3 on the task bar.
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Ive already tried changing USB ports.. I dont have Kies installed in the first place.. I'll try repeating the procedure on a different system though..

i certainly hope it is not a hardware failure.. i literally slept with the phone on charge and woke up to a dead phone.. the phone boots up into the bootloop.. the recovery mode ends in the bootloop as well.. only the download mode ends up in the correct "downloading.. do no turn off target" screen.. and odin detects the phone just fine.. but upgrading any firmware via odin gets stuck on the "initialization" step.. i can answer more questions if required.. at this point i dont care which ROM works for my phone.. or if i lose data.. i just wanna revive my phone..

awesim said:
i certainly hope it is not a hardware failure.. i literally slept with the phone on charge and woke up to a dead phone.. the phone boots up into the bootloop.. the recovery mode ends in the bootloop as well.. only the download mode ends up in the correct "downloading.. do no turn off target" screen.. and odin detects the phone just fine.. but upgrading any firmware via odin gets stuck on the "initialization" step.. i can answer more questions if required.. at this point i dont care which ROM works for my phone.. or if i lose data.. i just wanna revive my phone..
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did you solve your problem?

jkamz said:
did you solve your problem?
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I am also facing the same problem. Were you able to solve it.

no

Buy another motherboard.that solved my problem.There is no other work around

I'm also facing same issue

Bro's, gotta start somewhere, right!
The fact that you're phones are boot looping is actually a good sign - it means that they're not totally useless but salvageable.
Question: Are you able to boot into your custom recoveries, e.g. TWRP? If yes, please reply.
If no, kindly uninstall your old samsung driver, reboot pc, install new driver, put your phone into "Download mode", connect phone to pc, run Odin & hope for the best! If you can get passed this step, then it's smooth sailing...

jkamz said:
no
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I'm having this issue with mine today, anyone able to resolve this without going true warranty?

Is the phone recognized by Odin? Post a screenshot of the Odin error or post the Odin error.

audit13 said:
Is the phone recognized by Odin? Post a screenshot of the Odin error or post the Odin error.
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i'm facing the same problem with mine,any Fix??need help guys:crying::crying:

Odin is not working because the phone was not assigned a com port.

audit13 said:
Odin is not working because the phone was not assigned a com port.
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He is right should be blue in com port is it latest Odin 10.7
Sent from my SM-A720F using Tapatalk

The obligatory obvious question here. Do you have the Samsung driver installed?

Just repartition the eMMC chip using .pit file with odin that it is suitable for galaxy S4 i9500.
If anyone has tried, please tell us, that it is work or not.
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/
Thanks!

I Need Help Please! PLEASE HELP!

Hello Everyone, i got a note 3 phone
SM-N9005 FCC ID: A3LSMN9005
SSN:- N9005GSMH
MADE IN VIETNAM BY SAMSUNG..
i bought this note 3 phone from UAE and it was with Kitkat 4.4.2 and when i was using it, some apps used to stop and not responding and get a pop-up message "System has stopped" or something like .com.system has stopped responding, also when i open some other apps the phone shuts down, so i turn it on, sometimes it works fine and sometimes it stops responding and shut down many times, so i had to make a full restore factory reset and still have the same problem, some guys told me you have problems with the rom, so i had to look for stock roms to it and found a lollipop rom under this name (AP_N9005XXUGBNL8_CL3643614_QB3415922_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar) and i installed samsung usb drivers just to make sure that everything is okay.
so when i started flashing it by odin it said Fail, so i tried once again but failed again, and i found my phone went to that black screen with (firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies & try again), i couldn't get to my previous kitkat rom after that, but i'm able to go to download mode and recovery mode, so after this( brick) i had to search of how to unbrick it so after that i flashed philz as a recovery mode, and then flashed (All samsung recovery.tar) so then after flashing it, that message of (firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies & try again) is gone, but i got another loop of restart each time i open the phone, it is not booting it is only taking me to the black start screen of android, and after a while it restarts itself.. and then when i tried to flash the same rom once again and connected my phone to my computer, drivers started configuring and so i waited to finish, but it failed it said (MTP USB Device Failed), though i still can see the phone connected over Odin in download mode.
so i had to look for another rom which is a kitkat stock version (N900TUVUCNB4_N900TTMBCNB4_N900TUVUCNB4_HOME.tar) which i found after downloading it and flashing it to my phone that it is for n900, which is normally failed flashing!.
so I don't know if i messed things up or not, and i really don't know what else or more to do ?
please give me your advice so i can restore this phone to its original stats.
Thank You!​

Are you sure the first firwmware you flashed is a full stock firmware?. What is the size?.
The second firmware you flashed isn't for n9005. Try different firmware specifially for UAE.
Sent from my SM-G925F using XDA Free mobile app

Rosli59564 said:
Are you sure the first firwmware you flashed is a full stock firmware?. What is the size?.
The second firmware you flashed isn't for n9005. Try different firmware specifially for UAE.
Sent from my SM-G925F using XDA Free mobile app
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well i found it on a web site also this rom size is (2.304 GB), and it had an additional files with it about more 4 other files to flash with
what do you think?

hlabbad said:
well i found it on a web site also this rom size is (2.304 GB), and it had an additional files with it about more 4 other files to flash with
what do you think?
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I see. It's a leaked lollipop firmware. Flash again with 4 files except pit. First boot will take some time.

Rosli59564 said:
I see. It's a leaked lollipop firmware. Flash again with 4 files except pit. First boot will take some time.
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but when i flashed it with big sized file, the flashing process failed, it didn't work!

hlabbad said:
but when i flashed it with big sized file, the flashing process failed, it didn't work!
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It's exactly here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/n9005xxugbnl8-5-0-lollipop-rom-t2982110
What kind of error shown in odin?.

Rosli59564 said:
It's exactly here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/n9005xxugbnl8-5-0-lollipop-rom-t2982110
What kind of error shown in odin?.
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like this shown in the photo

Rosli59564 said:
It's exactly here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/n9005xxugbnl8-5-0-lollipop-rom-t2982110
What kind of error shown in odin?.
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1. Go to Download Mode.
2. Tell me if you can flash this ONE using ODIN. It's the latest for KSA (Country Saudi Arabia).

hlabbad said:
like this shown in the photo
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Choose corresponding file for BL, AP, CP & CSC. Do not tick repartition. You could also try with the firmware as suggested by joku

hlabbad said:
like this shown in the photo
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You have repartion ticked but without a pit file, so obviously it will fail.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

Thanks All for help

Did you solve the problem?

Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 UNBRICK [5.0]

Hey Guys,
I hardbricked my phone by flashing 5.0 with flashfire...
Can someone help me, and give me a clear instruction what to do?
I can´t boot it; Recovery/Download Mode doesnt work.
In my device manager it only shows " QHSUSB_BULK ".
The firmware i flashed: usp-forum.de/downloads.php?do=file&id=2431
Thank you

i hardbricked my phone the same way lol..did you found fix? i hate samsung when it comes to flash new rom....

Kristijan4o said:
i hate samsung when it comes to flash new rom....
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Just lol. Definitely not Samsung's fault. The 9005 is hard to brick, only user error is the culprit.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using XDA Labs

User needs to post information if any progress is to be made.
Download mode ??
Recovery mode ??
Nandroid backup ??
NO roms on here say use Flashfire do they ??

i've flashed devices before, htc, lg and other brand, but samsung are the hardest one to understand lol...
btw no download mode, there is no recovery, no backups..just dead phone..my windows 7 reads the phone in device manager like: qhsusb_bulk...cant find any drivers for that...cant pass in odin too..i tried debrick.img method, nothing worked so far..last i was using twrp with 5.0.wont..i think its eMMC...

If the following approach works, un-brickable Note3 can be claimed.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...cked-n9005-t3548946/post76958736#post76958736