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how to brick note 4?

Hi, I need to complete brick my note 4 n910f. Already install 4 files kk and lollipop firmware and don't help me. I've random reboots and now always reboots.
I need to complete brick (can't enter in download mode) because I've knox 1 and in the sat they say I don't have warranty because knox to 1.
I tried to put note 3 and n910c firmware and note refuse it.
Any help?
Cheers.

U think to unbrick? Or brick rlly? ?
I first time see this,some1 want to brick phone 800$
Try whit PIT file

Flash a rom meant for a different phone. Like an S6 or Note 3.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

Lol, try to flash ios firmware

I mean brick (no unbrick).
Already tried to put firmware from other phone and note refuse to install.
Cheers.

While kernel installing, remove the usb cable.
SM-N910C cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi

akirax said:
I mean brick (no unbrick).
Already tried to put firmware from other phone and note refuse to install.
Cheers.
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Try rooting your phone and flashing (via custom recovery) a kernel meant for another phone. That's how I hard bricked my old LG phone. I wasn't paying attention and somehow managed to flash a kernel meant for a Huawei phone. No clue how I managed to do it exactly, but it resulted in the phone not booting up, me unable to access recovery or bootloader (download mode for Samsung devices), and my computer recognizing my phone as some unknown device.
I ended up bringing it into an ATT store and playing dumb. Like, "I don't know what happened, but my phone just started randomly rebooting and then just stopped starting up all together! Woe is me!"
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akirax said:
Hi, I need to complete brick my note 4 n910f. Already install 4 files kk and lollipop firmware and don't help me. I've random reboots and now always reboots.
I need to complete brick (can't enter in download mode) because I've knox 1 and in the sat they say I don't have warranty because knox to 1.
I tried to put note 3 and n910c firmware and note refuse it.
Any help?
Cheers.
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Firstly you SHOULD NOT be flashing your phone or tripping knox with what you have posted. If you have constant reboots etc you should try fix it or work with samsung. You should not try brick your phone because you want Samsung to replace it.
However if you know how to flash etc you should know it is easy to brick a phone, just kill the bootloader!

here is no chances to brick to death end your device. Believe me. It better to install for you correct everything from the beginning. Mean , stock rom, root, and do whatever you want.

I've continously reboots. I know how to flash with ODIN. I tried lot of firmwares for my n910f. Tried with 4 files firmware and always get a reboots. Sometime I can't get into Recovery because the phones reboots. I can get always into Download mode, but nothing more.
I don't know how to kill the bootloader, can you PM me with instructions? I alreay tried to put a pit file from other variant, and also tried other variant firmware and phone refuse to install it because before install phone check if is for it or not, so I can't brick my phone.
Cheers.

Do you want to brick your phone because it continuously reboots itself?
Have you tried to select "Nand Erase All" in ODIN? I personally never used that option; but, because you want to brick your phone, maybe you can try it (maybe with an official firmware or TWRP in the pda button) and MAYBE it will even solve your problems or MAYBE will brick your phone.
If you'll try it, please, report back!

Sorry for posting my Q here
But I really want to know is there any option in Note 4 , so that the notification sound will not come from speaker when Handsfree are attached.
Thank You
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_mone said:
Do you want to brick your phone because it continuously reboots itself?
Have you tried to select "Nand Erase All" in ODIN? I personally never used that option; but, because you want to brick your phone, maybe you can try it (maybe with an official firmware or TWRP in the pda button) and MAYBE it will even solve your problems or MAYBE will brick your phone.
If you'll try it, please, report back!
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Already tried "Nand Erase All" option, and doesn't do anything, don't help.
Cheers.

Just want to boot my SM-T337A

hey
Could someone please please help me get my tablet (sm-t337a) Back on. My tablet has been off for the last 12 hours try to figure out how to restore back to stock. i am literrally pulling my hair out! I rooted it with Kingroot and when I restarted, I was locked out. Now, I have Odin up with the stock firmware version downloaded but I keep getting this error.
I keep getting this error message when restoring through odin SW REV CHECK FAIL: [ABOOT]FUSED 2 > BINARY 1
Please could someone tell me a fix for this i would really really really appreciate it. FYI I am a noobie with it comes to this stuff. Ive successfully rooted phones in the past using walkthroughs
Thank you

"You are trying to load old firmware on a phone that has already been updated at some point in its life. You can not go backwards in firmware except 5.0 can be back reved to 4.4.4"
Credits to @donc113

Oh okay.. So does anyone know what to do then? Is it possible to reverse the root or something? I read somewhere about how a pit file could help?
Thanks

mr_p_man said:
Oh okay.. So does anyone know what to do then? Is it possible to reverse the root or something? I read somewhere about how a pit file could help?
Thanks
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I was just in your position myself. Just flash the lp fix boot tar with Odin from the bottom of first post of thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/rooted-nk2-att-t377a-t2992639
You may need to factory reset in recovery afterwards, I borked mine so bad I had to take to best buy to have them reflash 5.1.1 firmware since we do not have access to that file.
Hope this helps!

Did they do that free of charge? I have the tablet 4 8.0 sm-t337a and I rooted it, was working fine then got message about att found dead software blah blah blah..but now when it boots up, I can't get the samsumg setup menu...been like this for days now...I tried LP boot loop fix...and no luck.

Wrong battery info with lollipop?
Best Buy wanted to charge me forty bucks to upgrade from a rooted KK to L. Others have been more successful.
Can someone with a t337a running lollipop check their battery capacity in settings_general_about device. Mine is showing only 2400mah @ 5v. Odd.
I haven't changed the battery, so it should be 4450mah @ 3.7v. Right?

AT&T Galaxy S4 Recovery fails at 24%

My s4 was rooted about a year ago with the logo SAMSUNG and Unlocked with an open lock below it when it boots up. I gave this phone to my girlfriends daughter and forgot to tell her not to try and update it. I don't remember the way i rooted it or what software it had on it at the time.
So when I go to recovery after it loads into an AT&T logo and tries to install it and it gets to 24%. After this it bootloops. Any help would be appreciated. My phone model is SGH-I337 , also not sure of what the original firmware is.

StephenTiz said:
My s4 was rooted about a year ago with the logo SAMSUNG and Unlocked with an open lock below it when it boots up. I gave this phone to my girlfriends daughter and forgot to tell her not to try and update it. I don't remember the way i rooted it or what software it had on it at the time.
So when I go to recovery after it loads into an AT&T logo and tries to install it and it gets to 24%. After this it bootloops. Any help would be appreciated. My phone model is SGH-I337 , also not sure of what the original firmware is.
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Open lock symbol means your phone is rooted not unlocked.
If you could go to the recovery mode (voloume-up+home+power) it would tell you your firmware version. You could try clear cache, factory reset in recovery mode. If it still gives you the bootloop, you might need to flash the firmware via odin.
You can find instructions and necessary files in here and here.

No recovery options
Sorry I left that part out. When it goes to recovery i get the blue text that say recovery then it goes straight to the AT&T installing. So no recovery options. I can still get to the Odin dowloading screen though and it says im running Samsung Original software

No recovery options
sway8966 said:
Open lock symbol means your phone is rooted not unlocked.
If you could go to the recovery mode (voloume-up+home+power) it would tell you your firmware version. You could try clear cache, factory reset in recovery mode. If it still gives you the bootloop, you might need to flash the firmware via odin.
You can find instructions and necessary files in here and here.
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Sorry I left that part out. When it goes to recovery i get the blue text that say recovery then it goes straight to the AT&T installing. So no recovery options. I can still get to the Odin dowloading screen though and it says im running Samsung Original software

StephenTiz said:
Sorry I left that part out. When it goes to recovery i get the blue text that say recovery then it goes straight to the AT&T installing. So no recovery options. I can still get to the Odin dowloading screen though and it says im running Samsung Original software
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One reason I asked you to go to the recovery option was to know what version of firmware you were on before .
Do you remember you were on jelly bean or kick-kat or lollipop? If you do you can find the firmware for jelly bean and kit-kat on the links I mentioned in the previous message.
If you could not recall your firmware, the latest odin flashable firmware we have is kit-kat NB1.
You can flash that one to revive your phone. Then use twoel root to root the phone. After that you can go to lollipop if you want. All the instructions are there.

Woop Woop!
sway8966 said:
One reason I asked you to go to the recovery option was to know what version of firmware you were on before .
Do you remember you were on jelly bean or kick-kat or lollipop? If you do you can find the firmware for jelly bean and kit-kat on the links I mentioned in the previous message.
If you could not recall your firmware, the latest odin flashable firmware we have is kit-kat NB1.
You can flash that one to revive your phone. Then use twoel root to root the phone. After that you can go to lollipop if you want. All the instructions are there.
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It worked. I have tried so many different firmware and kit-kat NB1 worked perfectly. Thank you so much, my girlfriends daughter will be so happy. I think i will leave it unrooted for now. I hope this post helps someone else in the future.

StephenTiz said:
It worked. I have tried so many different firmware and kit-kat NB1 worked perfectly. Thank you so much, my girlfriends daughter will be so happy. I think i will leave it unrooted for now. I hope this post helps someone else in the future.
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I am glad that it works out for you.
Rooting is so easy from that point. Just get towel root and root it. The link also included in my previous post. After the root you might need to disable the AT&T OTA update too. The instructions are also in that post too.

help please

Have a S7 Sprint trying to flash factory firmware using princecomsy Odin and spt-g930pvpu2apf2 keep getting lksecapp.mbn
Fail (auth) error ? I am continuing to read through threads but if anyone could help that would be greaaaaat.....

pinheaD420 said:
Have a S7 Sprint trying to flash factory firmware using princecomsy Odin and spt-g930pvpu2apf2 keep getting lksecapp.mbn
Fail (auth) error ? I am continuing to read through threads but if anyone could help that would be greaaaaat.....
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What firmware are you on? If your phone is on APJ2 or later firmware (APL6, QC1, QD2) that means your phone is on bootloader 4 and can't be flashed back to APF2 as that's a bootlaoder 3 firmware.

YMNDLZ said:
What firmware are you on? If your phone is on APJ2 or later firmware (APL6, QC1, QD2) that means your phone is on bootloader 4 and can't be flashed back to APF2 as that's a bootlaoder 3 firmware.
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Ok thanks for that. Not sure it was brought to me and all it does is boot to download mode or cycle thru various boot fails IV got it to bootloops at S7 screen it's looped showing small blue text in top right corner and it has also booted to screen telling me to use smart switch emgency repair
So not exactly sure what firmware it's on but any recommendation as to witch is most probable to work ? I no the frp lock is on witch will be next hurdle if I can ever get this to boot again ....

YMNDLZ said:
What firmware are you on? If your phone is on APJ2 or later firmware (APL6, QC1, QD2) that means your phone is on bootloader 4 and can't be flashed back to APF2 as that's a bootlaoder 3 firmware.
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In download mode says
Swrev: B4(2,1,1,1,1)k1 s3 if that helps determine my current firmware ?

pinheaD420 said:
In download mode says
Swrev: B4(2,1,1,1,1)k1 s3 if that helps determine my current firmware ?
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I'm relatively sure the phone was on a bootloader 4 FW before it was bricked. After I get home I'll upload the files you need to restore the phone to stock.

Flashed the qaa firmware .this passed but upon reboot loaded to Sprint LTE screen and then shut off and only shows battery charge screen
If I boot into recovery it goes to blue screen says installing update then Kirk's out to a triangle and says no command under it ....

Got it booted ....this freaking frp lock bs is a real pain tho ....most the tutorials I find r not for 7.0 ....

So is there anyway at all to downgrade ? From QAA 7.0 ....is bootloader locked (is there anyway to install twrp)

Where to start ?....soft bricked S4.... unknow delaer/firmware :-[

Hi folks!!!
I know is very annoying this question....
But already look in a lot of forums in XDA, but without luck....
So I first start with my background about restoring and flashing devices.....
MY first flashing device was a Galaxy S1 with Cyanogenmod.
Later a flash 1 Galaxy Young, and after I fixed a different and default random soft bricked Galaxy Young.
My last flashed device was a S5 with LineageOS 3/4 months ago....
Im did so installing CWM when was possible, using Odin , or ADB....from Linux and W$.....
Until I get lost my last phone Galaxy S5...
So I had to buy a 2° hand phone quickly....he was working OK... for a while ....the time has passed and become more and more slowly....so I decided to make a reset factory .......very BAD IDEA... I didn't take build information....just the model...GT-I9500....
The same info appears in the Odin download Mode....
But there is no tag with SN, and IMEI neither on the back... :'-(
So I get stuck in the Download mode ...but there IS NOT TAG about ODIN mode in this screen.....at least if
unplug the battery, and restart the phone holding PWR+HOME+VOL. DOWN .
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Trying to flash stock firmware with Kies ( who request a valid SN, what I take from web ) in the next models
GT-I9505
GT-I9500
give me this message ( in spanish =) ) ==> "este modelo no admite la inicializaciòn" , which means " this model cannot be initialized" .
[ end EDIT ]
I also tried smash (softly...covering with a canvas ) the power button...but without luck...
Seems like the phone is factory locked..... what I had read may be by AT&T or Verizon....any way to know which dealer?
Any idea or recomendation where to start ???
Its ( maybe ) JTAG cable the ONLY way/solution to fix this, or even this is NOT a solution...?
I will waiting for your answers....
TIA
PS: sorry if I made some mistakes with the english

Odin doesn't recognize the phone?

Rhoban said:
Odin doesn't recognize the phone?
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Hello Rhoban, and thanks for your reply!!!!
and YES, Odin recognize the phone, the flash result is PASS, but the phone continues stucked on the same "Download" screen...
Because I dont have SN and IMEI neither, I dont know which ROM to flash..
After tryed to reset factory whithout luck, I tried to flash lineage, without any result.
Also because I cant unlock bootloader, I supposed to the phone was from Verizon or AT&T.
I tried to flash this ROMS's , setting the image on AP field from Odin
Verizon
I545VRUAME7_I545VZWAME7_I545VRUAME7_HOME.tar.md5
I545VRUDMI1_I545VZWDMI1_I545VRUDMI1_HOME.tar.md5
From doidview ==> I545VRUGOC1_I545VZWGOC1_I545VRUGOC1_HOME.tar.md5
also i tried to flash the next PIT files and same result...nothing changed
SCH-I545.pit
SGS-I337_16GB.pit
adonis.pit
an this bootchain and bootloaders setting up on BL tab:
I545_OC1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
NB1-Boot.tar.md5
VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5
From droidviews.com ==>
I545_NC5_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
I545_NG6_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
I know all above is a mess , but the list is the most detailed I can :silly:
thanks again!!!!
PS: I want to put the source link where I take the kernel images and ROM's , but because I'm newbie
( --- ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. ----), I can't

X00D45 said:
Hello Rhoban, and thanks for your reply!!!!
and YES, Odin recognize the phone, the flash result is PASS, but the phone continues stucked on the same "Download" screen...
Because I dont have SN and IMEI neither, I dont know which ROM to flash.
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Hi, the same download screen before you started flashing? Do you have "no reboot" ticked? (Heimdall user sorry) After pass just restart the phone and wait 10 min or so.
Also because I cant unlock bootloader, I supposed to the phone was from Verizon or AT&T.
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Never read into this, but resources are there( Seen some topic titles), there is hope for Verizon and AT&T users.
also i tried to flash the next PIT files and same result...nothing changed
SCH-I545.pit
SGS-I337_16GB.pit
adonis.pit
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Did you have a backup? Flashing the wrong pit file might hardbrick your phone. I guess the above where blocked bij Odin (Lucky you).
In short:
Connect your phone in download mode> open Odin> click PDA or AP > Select the stock firmware > start.

You mentioned your device being a GT-I9500, but the ROMs you said you have downloaded are for I545 and I337, both of which are Snapdragon models. The GT-I9500 is the Exynos model.
So that may be your problem.

Thanks LexHimself for your advices! I had backed up already the contacts and pics.
and thanks Rhoban ....for you suggest I have to start again from the beggining, looking for the rigth ROM for my device... so thanks for put spot on the processor model !!!!
So I gonna start again, looking for the right ROMS...
I will post as soon has news about flashing Exynos rom´s....
thanks guys!!!

[SOLVED] !!!!
Hello guys!!!!
As Rhoban point me, I have to look for the right recover image ,and ROM for my phone GT-I9500, with Exynos processor, who has code JA3G, so with that code I can address well .
So I download this recovery image "philz_touch_6.12.8-i9500.tar.md5", and after install, I download and install the right LineageOS ROM for my system.....
but this would not have happened, if I would started for look for the processor model as FIRST STEP...
so THANKS SO MUCH RHOBAN, and thanks LexHimself for your advices!!!!
??????
Cheers!!!!