[SM-G900MD] Odin won't flash on my phone - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys!
I'm not new to flashing phones, but now I'm facing a weird situation: I'm trying to flash TWRP and to root my phone (both via Odin). Odin says everything is OK, but it didn't do anything! It won't flash TWRP nor root my phone! I have no idea on what's happening!
I saw in a lot of places that I should have "OEM UNLOCKED", but this option isn't showing at my phone's "Developer options".
I am running the stock Android 6.0.1 for Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900MD. Could anyone, please, help me?

Problem solved by simply unchecking Odin's "auto reboot" option. ¬¬

autoreboot shouldnt cause any problems. all it does is tells to send the command thru the phone to reboot once its done flashing something. Glas to hear that you got it working tho!! Welcome to the forum! if you need help, just ask or if you find some new fun stuff to share with the community, please do that as well!!

youdoofus said:
autoreboot shouldnt cause any problems. all it does is tells to send the command thru the phone to reboot once its done flashing something.
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That's what I thought too! Autoreboot shouldn't do anything like that, but... well... it did o.o
youdoofus said:
Glas to hear that you got it working tho!! Welcome to the forum! if you need help, just ask or if you find some new fun stuff to share with the community, please do that as well!!
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Thank you! =D

ribeiroeduardo09 said:
That's what I thought too! Autoreboot shouldn't do anything like that, but... well... it did o.o
Thank you! =D
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no prob man! this place can be the answer to many a prayer!! sometimes youll find a troll or 2, but there is so much good info here, itll keep you busy for weeks/months if youve got the interest and people are answering your queries

youdoofus said:
no prob man! this place can be the answer to many a prayer!! sometimes youll find a troll or 2, but there is so much good info here, itll keep you busy for weeks/months if youve got the interest and people are answering your queries
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Yeah, I use to come here a lot (even before creating an account)! I have always loved this place! It has the answer for almost everything! <3

ribeiroeduardo09 said:
Yeah, I use to come here a lot (even before creating an account)! I have always loved this place! It has the answer for almost everything! <3
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oh, right on then wasnt trying to treat you like a newb, just saw your post count is all. Welcome aboard!!

youdoofus said:
oh, right on then wasnt trying to treat you like a newb, just saw your post count is all. Welcome aboard!!
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No problem! I didn't get offended XD you were just trying to help, and I really appreciate it!

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[ROM HELP] How to downgrade to 1.48

Hey guys, can someone PLEASE tell me how can I downgrade from the new rom to the older one ?
Thanks
ZaZu90 said:
Hey guys, can someone PLEASE tell me how can I downgrade from the new rom to the older one ?
Thanks
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1. Go to the ROM section, linked here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
2. Ask the same question again.
You'll get more luck in there, and this forum shouldn't be cluttered with stuff that should be in others.
Good luck
johncmolyneux said:
1. Go to the ROM section, linked here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
2. Ask the same question again.
You'll get more luck in there, and this forum shouldn't be cluttered with stuff that should be in others.
Good luck
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Using HSPL
[★] said:
Using HSPL
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Mate - he wants to downgrade! He's already flashed one ROM.
Anyone, please don't encourage him. This forum has enough on it's plate without becoming ROM Dev MkII lol
johncmolyneux, I thought you're more helpful than this.
I downloaded the ROM update from HTC .. I dont like it .. it ruined my phone, I want my original ROM back, is that illegal ?
ZaZu90 said:
johncmolyneux, I thought you're more helpful than this.
I downloaded the ROM update from HTC .. I dont like it .. it ruined my phone, I want my original ROM back, is that illegal ?
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I AM being helpful. Follow the instructions and you'll get what you need. This is simply the wrong place to post. If we just answer every single post, regardless of what section it's in then the forum would be a massive mess and you'd never be able to follow anything.
How am I not helping you??? After all the help I have given you I'm suprised by that comment.
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I AM being helpful. Follow the instructions and you'll get what you need. This is simply the wrong place to post. If we just answer every single post, regardless of what section it's in then the forum would be a massive mess and you'd never be able to follow anything.
How am I not helping you??? After all the help I have given you I'm suprised by that comment.
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Thats why I said I always THOUGHT you were more helpful, because you helped me alot before. I was referring to the post where you said "Mate - he wants to downgrade! He's already flashed one ROM.
Anyone, please don't encourage him. This forum has enough on it's plate without becoming ROM Dev MkII lol"
Anyway,
The ROM section is dead, I already tried posting there some questions before, they look for ROM downloads and updates, not for questions.
I posted here because I am desperate, I am struggling from my new ROM update.
If anyone knows what I can use to simply revert back to my previous ROM, ill be very grateful ..
Thank you.
I said not to encourage you as this thread does not belong in this forum. Simple as that.
There's a thread in the ROM forum with official download links. You need that. Just download the one you want and flash it.
But I guess I'm not being helpful now. Thanks a lot.
I guess I understood it in the wrong way then, I owe you an apology Im sorry
Oh no its not that, im just really desperate and my day today wasnt at its best, in a bad mood from other life events haha.
"There's a thread in the ROM forum with official download links. You need that. Just download the one you want and flash it."
Thats all I really needed, thank you very much Disregard what I said earlier, its just me in a bad mood today.
I still luv ya John!
ZaZu90 said:
Disregard what I said earlier, its just me in a bad mood today.
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Thanks man - consider it disregarded
northernneil said:
I still luv ya John!
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lol - you love me, I had another guy beating himself to me the other day! This site has it all
johncmolyneux said:
lol - you love me, I had another guy beating himself to me the other day! This site has it all
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lol, I'm just points scoring!

SUPER Noob here...NEED HELP on EVERYTHING

Good Morning Everyone,
I am a SUPER noob when it comes to my US TMO HD2...im looking to "flash" and use ROMs for my HD2...i've checked my radio and its running on 2.10.50.26...some people are saying that I can flash my phone with that and some are saying no...I need anyone of you Experts to lead me to the right direction so I can make my phone cool...please help! I would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=663845
Thank you very much
lestache said:
Good Morning Everyone,
I am a SUPER noob when it comes to my US TMO HD2...im looking to "flash" and use ROMs for my HD2...i've checked my radio and its running on 2.10.50.26...some people are saying that I can flash my phone with that and some are saying no...I need anyone of you Experts to lead me to the right direction so I can make my phone cool...please help! I would greatly appreciate it.
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Im curious as to why you want to flash?! also...please be extra careful...read everthing like three times and when you think you got it....go back and read it again hahahaha cause you dont want to brick your phone!
toreone said:
Im curious as to why you want to flash?! also...please be extra careful...read everthing like three times and when you think you got it....go back and read it again hahahaha cause you dont want to brick your phone!
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I agree with this 500%, read read read, till you understand it, then read it again ....
But as to why you want to flash ..... I say, Why Not ........

[Question] Is there Root for SM-G530P?

Just went over to sprint the other day and got this version that ha 5.1.1 installed out of the box. Been searching around and have yet to find anything that even list this version/build but see many others listed.
Is there a root/Pre-root rom that will work on this variant?
I second this! I have been searching for any info on rooting this specific device without luck! I don't mind doing research on how to do it and finding out how my self, just can't find anything at all to do so thus far!
Root for SM-G530P
I third this someone please help...
Before you get into flashing anything on the device....please be sure to enable OEM Unlocking under developers option.
Also, there seems to be a twrp recovery, however, I have not tested it out myself yet...when I do so I will let you all know if it's success or not.
Another thing, I think it's highly possible that the phone will require a "permissive" kernel...not too sure yet. I will advise shortly...
Ok I got news. The phone has been semi-rooted, I was right...it requires a permissive kernel in order for the phone to boot up once more. The people that come in mind when it comes to permissive sprint kernels are Freeza & Djvoleur. They can probably cook something up if they have the source code for this phone already.... also, we need a working twrp or philz recovery.... the ones provided do not work... meaning that it would be redundant to have a permissive kernel...if we don't have a working custom recovery to flash it over with.... unless there's another way to flash the zip file or maybe just the boot.img? I will keep updating this if I find anything further...
F_X said:
Ok I got news. The phone has been semi-rooted, I was right...it requires a permissive kernel in order for the phone to boot up once more. The people that come in mind when it comes to permissive sprint kernels are Freeza & Djvoleur. They can probably cook something up if they have the source code for this phone already.... also, we need a working twrp or philz recovery.... the ones provided do not work... meaning that it would be redundant to have a permissive kernel...if we don't have a working custom recovery to flash it over with.... unless there's another way to flash the zip file or maybe just the boot.img? I will keep updating this if I find anything further...
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Any kernel?
Is there any update?
panowolf said:
Just went over to sprint the other day and got this version that ha 5.1.1 installed out of the box. Been searching around and have yet to find anything that even list this version/build but see many others listed.
Is there a root/Pre-root rom that will work on this variant?
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Sardgill said:
I second this! I have been searching for any info on rooting this specific device without luck! I don't mind doing research on how to do it and finding out how my self, just can't find anything at all to do so thus far!
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Jeckel420 said:
I third this someone please help...
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F_X said:
Before you get into flashing anything on the device....please be sure to enable OEM Unlocking under developers option.
Also, there seems to be a twrp recovery, however, I have not tested it out myself yet...when I do so I will let you all know if it's success or not.
Another thing, I think it's highly possible that the phone will require a "permissive" kernel...not too sure yet. I will advise shortly...
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Boom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/kernel-root-root-sm-g530p-5-1-1-t3255761
ShinySide said:
Boom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/kernel-root-root-sm-g530p-5-1-1-t3255761
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Wooo!! I am very sorry ShinySide I had completely forgotten about your amazing kernels, G360T1 works brilliantly as well!! Helped out a ton! Thank you once again for taking your time to create such kernels, extraordinary work!
F_X said:
Wooo!! I am very sorry ShinySide I had completely forgotten about your amazing kernels, G360T1 works brilliantly as well!! Helped out a ton! Thank you once again for taking your time to create such kernels, extraordinary work!
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Haha no offense taken. Been busy lately so been quiet.
ShinySide said:
Haha no offense taken. Been busy lately so been quiet.
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Haha thanks bro. I understand, hope to see you around more often when you have time
Wow sounds like this is it! Can't wait to try it when I get back home. Thanks for the updates guys!
EDIT: It works great, thanks for looking out and thanks for the work put into this to bring us root to our devices.
Now if I could just find a ROM for this thing that would make it a bit less bloated and run a bit smoother that will make it all worth while.
Hey i have this to please message me the information i need a reliable root A.S.A.P
jimsgotswag said:
Hey i have this to please message me the information i need a reliable root A.S.A.P
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On the first page on this thread you have your answer.
Sent from my XT1528 using XDA Labs
spark001uk said:
Nice walls phunkee, like the fractal ones, very retro! Only weird thing on my handset tho, is when i apply the theme using hdwalls, i have to switch off / switch on, to get the top and bottom curtains to change. If i simply do a soft reset, it puts standard grey top/bottom curtains up. Happens with all downloaded themes, ones ive made myself, everything. Odd!
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Thank you NEW YORK im just dumb rn haha

Any custom recovery for sm-g928r4?

Is there any custom recovery for this at all? If so I can't find one. Would be great if we could get one for this model.
No one has any info? I can't believe that. Come on, someone has to know something. Is it possible to flash one of the other s6 edge plus recoverys?
Can anybody shed some light on this please : ( I'm sure I'm not the only one wanting to know this information. Thank you for your time.
No need for multiple posts man, people may take some time to respond ?
There is a recover in the instructions part of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3219017.
Natherul said:
No need for multiple posts man, people may take some time to respond
There is a recover in the instructions part of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3219017.
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Thank you, but will it work on G298R4. That's the thing I would like to know. I see it works on G928C/F/G/I/T
Tokumei no said:
Thank you, but will it work on G298R4. That's the thing I would like to know. I see it works on G928C/F/G/I/T
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probably not if its not mentioned Im afraid
Natherul said:
probably not if its not mentioned Im afraid
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Well that's a bummer : ( I see all over for everything but the g928r4 model. I know I'm not the only one that is frustrated by this.
I'm really sorry for bumping this, but someone on the interwebs has to know something about it :/ Some type of custom recovery maybe some roms anything...
Any news on a custom recovery/rom for this yet?would be fantastic if someone would work on something for this model : (
macmandarrell1 said:
i can only say that i had trouble with recovery on sm-g928f using g928c firmware on 6.0.1 , i used the recovery for note 5 and that worked for me but im not saying that would work for you if thats the firmware you referring too
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I mean I see every other model has something going on for it how come no one has anything for SMG928R4. I mean I know it takes time for stuff to get done but I mean no info at all or any testing for this model is a little ridiculous :/
Anyone have any info on this now at all???

Need help to unbrick note 4!!

Hey, I'm new to XDA, but I have been searching through the threads to find a way to unbrick my note 4. I have a T-mobile note 4 that I rooted and one day I was on it and it all of a sudden went into boot loop, this happened once before and all I had to do was take the battery out and turned it on and it was fine. The second time it got stuck in boot loop. I have followed a lot of videos on youtube and have tried a lot of things people have said to get out of boot loop. I downloaded odin and got the software specific to my note 4 and put the device in download mode and when I start odin and get it all set up it fails right after. So I wanted to ask for any help specific to my device. My note 4 has Team win recovery and when I go in there is nothing there. Its like everything has been wiped clean. I have tried to reinstall note 4 software multiple times and made sure I have all the drivers. I have a iPhone 7 plus(going to switch back to android) and the note 4 has been sitting in my room for a few months now and I would like to unbrick it so I can use it or do something with it. I know what I have said so far may not be useful, please leave a reply and I will give any other details that you may need. Please help me out, trying to fix the phone and so far have been out of luck. Also I am not the most tech savy when it comes to tech....Thank you to those of you that decide to help out, it will mean a lot
now bootloop
same boat
dead4ngel said:
same boat
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Yup I have tried reinstalling the software with odin but still no luck. Followed a few things on youtube but that didn't work either. I think the problem is that I have team win recovery and have no idea how to get rid of that. I hope someone can chime in. Other wise the note 4 will just still in the corner. Honestly don't have a use for it, but I have a anker external battery for it and the phone will last two days easy. If I fix it ill probably swap sims and use that. Let me know if you find a way to fix the issue... good luck man....!
dead4ngel said:
same boat
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Gursavek said:
Yup I have tried reinstalling the software with odin but still no luck. Followed a few things on youtube but that didn't work either. I think the problem is that I have team win recovery and have no idea how to get rid of that. I hope someone can chime in. Other wise the note 4 will just still in the corner. Honestly don't have a use for it, but I have a anker external battery for it and the phone will last two days easy. If I fix it ill probably swap sims and use that. Let me know if you find a way to fix the issue... good luck man....!
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You might consider to have a look here if you didn't do it already guys : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/note-4-debrick-img-t3488114
dead4ngel said:
same boat
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Hey, any luck on your note 4?? I finally got mined fixed. If you need help let me know, I will gladly tell you the steps I did
guide me please
Gursavek said:
Hey, any luck on your note 4?? I finally got mined fixed. If you need help let me know, I will gladly tell you the steps I did
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hi still no luck. please tell me what you did to fix yours.
Gursavek said:
Hey, any luck on your note 4?? I finally got mined fixed. If you need help let me know, I will gladly tell you the steps I did
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I'm glad you have your phone working, however it troubles me that you asked for help publicly but will post your fix privately. XDA works as a forum because of everybody sharing. Just keep in mind that someone else could benefit from your fix (or find) without having to contact you. All they have to do is say it worked for them or not and thank you for sharing.
mangui said:
I'm glad you have your phone working, however it troubles me that you asked for help publicly but will post your fix privately. XDA works as a forum because of everybody sharing. Just keep in mind that someone else could benefit from your fix (or find) without having to contact you. All they have to do is say it worked for them or not and thank you for sharing.
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I wasn't asking for him to send me a private message or anything. I just wanted to know if he got it fixed or not before I spent my time writing all the steps out. I didn't feel the need to write out a really long response if he already got his phone fixed. He was the only other person that had the same problem as me. I'll gladly right out all the steps once I get home and get the time.
dead4ngel said:
hi still no luck. please tell me what you did to fix yours.
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You have team win recovery correct? Your phone keeps going into boot loop?
Gursavek said:
I wasn't asking for him to send me a private message or anything. I just wanted to know if he got it fixed or not before I spent my time writing all the steps out. I didn't feel the need to write out a really long response if he already got his phone fixed. He was the only other person that had the same problem as me. I'll gladly right out all the steps once I get home and get the time.
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I think you're missing my point and the purpose of XDA. He's the only one that responded, but they could be 5 more. Your fix may help someone else tomorrow or a month from now. It will be nice in the spirit of sharing (XDA) once you find a fix to post it in case someone else needs it. I personally benefited from the one below and I was about to post it as possible fix. Thanks in advance and welcome to XDA. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70652492&postcount=10
mangui said:
I think you're missing my point and the purpose of XDA. He's the only one that responded, but they could be 5 more. Your fix may help someone else tomorrow or a month from now. It will be nice in the spirit of sharing (XDA) once you find a fix to post it in case someone else needs it. I personally benefited from the one below and I was about to post it as possible fix. Thanks in advance and welcome to XDA. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70652492&postcount=10
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Okay I see what your getting at. I'll post the steps I did soon.
dead4ngel said:
hi still no luck. please tell me what you did to fix yours.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70652492&postcount=10
yes and yes
Gursavek said:
You have team win recovery correct? Your phone keeps going into boot loop?
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as soon as it comes on it comes up with some writing on the top left. then says sectors and some numbers then restarts. also it only comes on if i formatted card and used the img and wrote it to the 32gb sd card. otherwise phone wont even respond.
anyone? i honestly dont know what to do.
dead4ngel said:
anyone? i honestly dont know what to do.
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Okay, so the first thing I did was download the latest version of odin. The problem with my phone was that I accidently completely wiped the phone and the only thing I had on it was TWRP (Team win recovery) and I tried to install the firmware from Sam mobile but for some reason it kept failing. Thats when I finally decided to download some other rom and the link is https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...rom-hyperdrive-n4-rls-otatweaks-lock-t2919441 after downloading that put it in the AP spot and click the box and press start and it should work. If not let me know.... Sorry to get back so late I've been super busy, if you have any questions let me know

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