This S4 belongs to my friend.
He rooted the mobile some days back.
Day before yesterday he tried to update it using Samsung Kies but the process was interrupted in the middle. He couldn't do the emergency firmware recovery and then he brought it to me.
So, the phone is not booting now.
I went to cyanogenmod site and started following the instructions to install it but I couldn't get past the heimdall step. I used three versions (1.31, 1.4RC1, 1.4RC2) but all three were struck at that step. Searching didn't help me here.
Then I downloaded an official firmware and opened odin 3.07 but odin too is not recognizing it in download mode.
The computer is making sound when connected but odin is not recognising it.
Used 2 systems. One with windows 8 and other with windows 7.
Also tried with different USB cables.
Also tried uninstalling and reinstalling kies. (Killed all the kies process before starting the above steps).
Am going mad for the past two days.
Any solutions?
Is the phone charged enough? Hmmm also when he was rooted why did he try to update via kies?
Sent from my HTC One
Yup. The phone is charged.
Well. He didn't know that we should not update it via kies after we root it.
Delete this post please.
Hi, I have a rooted galaxy s4 LTE with android 4.3, and was going to update to 4.4.2 via odin 3.09, but during the middle of the installation, I heard a usb disconnection sound, and a red light saying fail appeared on odin. I waited a while, but nothing, and when I restarted my phone, I got that message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again" with some odin console messages on top.
I don't know why I can't recover with kies, nothing shows up on the list, and I tried to flash again with odin, using the same rom, but it failed.
what should I do?
I downloaded the official rom from sammobile.
thanks in advance
fael097 said:
Hi, I have a rooted galaxy s4 LTE with android 4.3, and was going to update to 4.4.2 via odin 3.09, but during the middle of the installation, I heard a usb disconnection sound, and a red light saying fail appeared on odin. I waited a while, but nothing, and when I restarted my phone, I got that message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again" with some odin console messages on top.
I don't know why I can't recover with kies, nothing shows up on the list, and I tried to flash again with odin, using the same rom, but it failed.
what should I do?
I downloaded the official rom from sammobile.
thanks in advance
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i had the same problem before! it was the usb ports in my pc ! i changed pc, i used my laptopt and everything were ok! just test another usb port or another pc using odin and original rom and everything should be ok! Dont panic ur phone is ok
remember always to run odin as administrator
hey! yeah, apparently it was those front usb ports, both of them weren't working properly, when I connected to another usb behind the computer it worked fine installing the same rom through odin.
phew!
thanks
Hi,
I have searched the web to find solutions to my cricket SM-G900AZ. After flashing G900AZTUU3BOG3_G900AZAIO3BOG3_G900AZTUU3BOG3_HOME.tar.md5 with Odin, the phone doesn't start up nor does not go into recovery mode. It only stops at the Samsung Galaxy S5 logo. It was working alright but after the OTA, which did not complete, it only gets to the samsung logo. Now I'm getting errors in Odin when trying to downgrade to G900AZTUU2BOE2_G900AZAIO2BOE2_G900AZTUU2BOE2_HOME. I tried Kies 3 but to no avail. PC can read phone alright as MT and modem but nothing on the screen.
What seems to be the problem here?
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
So basically how this all started was I was trying to flash a custom ROM onto the phone (Lineage 14.1 for SM-A300FU). However after flashing the ROM, the phone would start up onto the Android splash screen, but would then power off. I plugged the phone into a charger and checked in recovery mode that the phone was charged, which showed me it was around 80%. I tried to go into the GUI Installer of the ROM which allowed me to "Fix Boot (Replace boot.img)". I did that but that didn't work, so I decided to just attempt to go back to TouchWiz. But when in Odin (V3.12.15), the process would start, but then stop midway through the system.img.ext4 part in the log. I know it'd stopped because I left it overnight and whilst I was at school and the process was at the same point throughout. I unplugged the phone after this which made Odin say "Write process failed", so I plugged the phone back into Odin and tried again and the same thing happened. I just want to go back to the stock ROM.
EVERYTHING I'VE TRIED:
-Various Odin versions (V3.07-3.10)
-Unplugging and replugging phone into Odin
-Downloading Samsung USB Drivers
-Plugging phone into USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports
-Uninstalling Samsung Kies
-Using Kies' Emergency Recovery (Which couldn't read my device)
-Rebooting phone (Which shows the Firmware Update failed error)
Have you managed to solve this yet?
If oding can see your phone, then it's not with Odin, the usb ports or the drivers.
It could be that the firmware file you're trying to flash is broken/corrupted somehow. If this is the case, it shouldn't pass odin's md5 check, but maybe it did anyway.
Some firmware filesalso contain huge hidden.img files. These are carrier specific and filled with lots of bloat. If your phone is unbranded, the hidden partition will not be big enough and odin will stop halfway.
In both cases, best bet is to try downloading a different firmware file from sammobile and flash that. Unbranded ones for your country are usually good.