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[Q] Stuck after flashing root

Hi,
I wanted to Root my S5, so i followed a tut with odin. Flashing did go wrong (failed in Odin) and now when i boot the device it says "Firmware update failed. Please use recovery in KIES".
Kies does not want to recover the device, for whatever reason. How can i get my phone back to a working state?

Grab a stock firmware (ROM) from sammobile, use ODIN to flash it
Need to create a free account on SM to download ROMs

*Detection* said:
Grab a stock firmware (ROM) from sammobile, use ODIN to flash it
Need to create a free account on SM to download ROMs
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Isn't working Fails at the WRITE part for the system.img.ext4

cannot downgrade from 5.0 to 4.3

i am currently on 5.0...i want to downgrade to 4.3
i downloaded the stock 4.3 inu firmware I9500XXUEMK9_I9500ODDEMK9_INU.zip
i flashed it through odin...it is not getting flashed showing error "sw rev check fail"
i google it and disassembled the tar.md5 removed the boot and then it was saying u need pit file
downloaded 2 different pit files and flashed.....my phone hangs on samsung logo
plz help

ajaychhadwa said:
i am currently on 5.0...i want to downgrade to 4.3
i downloaded the stock 4.3 inu firmware I9500XXUEMK9_I9500ODDEMK9_INU.zip
i flashed it through odin...it is not getting flashed showing error "sw rev check fail"
i google it and disassembled the tar.md5 removed the boot and then it was saying u need pit file
downloaded 2 different pit files and flashed.....my phone hangs on samsung logo
plz help
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I don't think it's possible to downgrade back from 5.0 to 4.3
The 5.0 has an updated bootloader which means you can't downgrade.

ajaychhadwa said:
i am currently on 5.0...i want to downgrade to 4.3
i downloaded the stock 4.3 inu firmware I9500XXUEMK9_I9500ODDEMK9_INU.zip
i flashed it through odin...it is not getting flashed showing error "sw rev check fail"
i google it and disassembled the tar.md5 removed the boot and then it was saying u need pit file
downloaded 2 different pit files and flashed.....my phone hangs on samsung logo
plz help
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Sorry friend but probably you have bricked your phone . You have to flash sectional stock rom whic has 'pit' extension as far as i know. But just in case Google it and do some research about brick. I wish yo can handle this as soon as possible. Good luck :good:

Help please fast

Hey guys,
I installed xtrestolite on my G900F and changed the bootloader and modem of my device before installing it. First problem i had was with CSC. It is a single CSC and i couldn't install my countries CSC on it. That's why i went back to stock. I installed Kit Kat firmware that i downloaded from sammobile and then changed CSC to my countries CSC. Then i updated firmware to lollipop using Kies3. But installing stock rom didn't change bootloader version or modem version. Now i have kitkat bootloader version, kitkat baseband version and lollipop firmware version all different and i want to them all to be the same(latest lollipop). Is there any way to do this without downloading stock rom from sammobile again ? And if not, then can i just put the tar.md5 file that i will download from sammobile in bootloader, pda and CP at the same time and install with odin ?
Thanks in advance !

You do not need to re-download or re-install your ROM. You need to download your bootloader and radio from somewhere, then flash those with ODIN.
Just an FYI, the modem doesn't always like to stick so you may need to flash (auto-reboot disabled), pull the battery after odin says "success", then flash again immediately.

Sean89us said:
You do not need to re-download or re-install your ROM. You need to download your bootloader and radio from somewhere, then flash those with ODIN.
Just an FYI, the modem doesn't always like to stick so you may need to flash (auto-reboot disabled), pull the battery after odin says "success", then flash again immediately.
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Hey thanks for the tip ! I just downloaded stock firmware but i don't know how to extract bootloader and modem from tar.md5 file and then make them odin flashable. I uploaded image with all the files that are in my tar.md5 file. What of these are for bootloader and what for modem and how do i make them odin flashable later ?
Thanks in advance

Can't restore G930P Firmware

Ok so here's my issue
For a very long time since the G930U firmware was available to install, I've been using that. Well I decided to want to get my phone unlocked for GSM using those services but it needs Stock Firmware.
So I tried to restore to the latest G930P firmware and ODIN is giving a Volume size error for the system.img.ex4. I've tried now a couple different firmwares and no luck. Any idea?

The latest Firmware is PH7 I don't recommend it. PG1 on down are good to go. Extract zip stock firmware to a folder and add it in to Odin all the slots accordingly. BL AP CP CSC the last slot CSC is HOME_CSC not CSC_SPT and start flashing. It always works for me.

I ended up figuring it out. I had to find the stock G930P .PIT mapping's and re-partition because G930U ended up changing the sizes.

Oh good to know. Thank for sharing

Why do you not recommend PH7 update? I've heard it helps with battery life.

Could you share the pit file you used. I tried the same thing with a pit file i found online how ever since the pit i am able to flash bootloader but unable to flash system.ext4. Odin gives me a "failed (auth)" and neyjer the 930u version or the f2 or any of the other stock roms wont flash.... Help please

Don't you just love it when people "figure it out" and then don't share how? lol
Here... Since nobody gave you this. This may not be your problem.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyeAt2hy6XeenhWM2dNSU40TDA/view?usp=sharing

[Help] Using odin and the pit files for changing country firmware.

I was trying to change my csc on the canadian s7 edge to INS.
Odin gave me errors while installing and my phone shows Secure Download Failed : PIT .
So i want to ask if i can do it woth adding the pit file? And what pit file do i need to download. Is it XAC or INS? From where to download the required pit?
Or workaround would work that can i install only csc file from INS firmware and the rest of the files from XAC firmware?
Please guide me with that.