Can't flash TWRP via Odin SM G900F - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can't flash TWRP on my S5 SM G900F.
-Auto Reboot is unchecked on Odin.
-I've used Odin 3.07/3.09/3.10.
-Reactivation Lock is OFF
-USB debugging is checked.
-I've tried with TWRP (TAR obviously) 3.1 and 3.0.
Am I missing something?

robertofelce said:
Can't flash TWRP on my S5 SM G900F.
-Auto Reboot is unchecked on Odin.
-I've used Odin 3.07/3.09/3.10.
-Reactivation Lock is OFF
-USB debugging is checked.
-I've tried with TWRP (TAR obviously) 3.1 and 3.0.
Am I missing something?
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silly question have u installed drivers on pc first if not reboot to download mode and let it install drivers i never had to touch any of the settings for it to work if that dont work then try Odin3 v3.11.1

ireaper4592 said:
silly question have u installed drivers on pc first if not reboot to download mode and let it install drivers i never had to touch any of the settings for it to work if that dont work then try Odin3 v3.11.1
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Drivers are installed. I flashed a recovery on a Galaxy S3 not so long ago and everything went fine. That's the reason I posted this thread. I do not know what else to do.
On download mode there are some things like "Download mode secure" "CBS Enabled". It has something to do?

I also have the same problem.. followed every possible guide and no matter if I successfully flash with odin, heimdall or from twrp flash app as root.. when booting my S5 immediately into recovery with volup+home+pwr it will always show the old recovery and not twrp!! Is it readonly and just acting to be flashed or what?? Some carrier might have locked the recovery preventing flashing? It's a SM-G901F klte from swissmobile...
thnks for any answer/suggestion.

Your bootloader is unlocked right?

what do you mean with unlocked?
is there a way to verify it?
and most importantly to unlock it?

Just Uncheck Auto Reboot on Odin

No autoreboot of course i unchecked and do manuale Direct boot to recovery
Anyone knows how to check if the recovery partition is protected

i have the same problem please anyone can help?

I solved it by using a short usb cable, no usb3 ports, only usb2, maybe you try different ones on your laptop/pc, also avoid any hub in between. It's incredibly picky!

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S5 Stuck on samsung logo after flashing Philz recovery

This is the first time I'm rooting my phone. Process went smooth upto granting Super user excess to RashR (Flash Tool). And Download Philz Recovery Zip. After that I can only see Samsung Logo. Please Help!
PS: It's not going into Recovery Mode.
What S5 variant do you have and what version of Android are you running?
InsanePostman said:
What S5 variant do you have and what version of Android are you running?
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G900H. Lollipop. I used Odin with this file - CF-Auto-Root-k3g-k3gxx-smg900h.tar (the process I used for rooting). It has come out of boot sleep. When I'm trying to go into recovery mode, it gets stuck at Logo. My phone is working right now but doesn't go into recovery mode. Can you help me solve this? I want to try Marshmallow. Thanks!
make sure the MD5 hash matches, if you don't know how to hash MD5 look it up, if it fails just redownload the recovery tar because your download was corrupted
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and don't use download managers
complexiscool said:
G900H. Lollipop. I used Odin with this file - CF-Auto-Root-k3g-k3gxx-smg900h.tar (the process I used for rooting). It has come out of boot sleep. When I'm trying to go into recovery mode, it gets stuck at Logo. My phone is working right now but doesn't go into recovery mode. Can you help me solve this? I want to try Marshmallow. Thanks!
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Try to flash TWRP recovery
Use ODIN to flash recovery, not some flash tool from G Play, it might have flashed the wrong version recovery
With ODIN, you do it manually, so if you flash the wrong version, it's because you didn't check it first, not because you let some random app do it for you
*Detection* said:
Use ODIN to flash recovery, not some flash tool from G Play, it might have flashed the wrong version recovery
With ODIN, you do it manually, so if you flash the wrong version, it's because you didn't check it first, not because you let some random app do it for you
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Hi,
Can you please refer a link which I can follow. I followed steps from a youtube video(with a good number of likes and views) which lead to this. I've zero experience in rooting and all. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks!
complexiscool said:
Hi,
Can you please refer a link which I can follow. I followed steps from a youtube video(with a good number of likes and views) which lead to this. I've zero experience in rooting and all. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks!
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Loads of guides kicking about here in the S5 forum
Basically grab TWRP 2.8.7.0 .TAR for your model S5, load it into the AP or PDA section of ODIN, put your phone in download mode (Vol down & Home & Power from a powered off state), connect phone to PC USB, make sure drivers are installed, then hit start on ODIN
It should start the flashing process, and say success once done
*Detection* said:
Loads of guides kicking about here in the S5 forum
Basically grab TWRP 2.8.7.0 .TAR for your model S5, load it into the AP or PDA section of ODIN, put your phone in download mode (Vol down & Home & Power from a powered off state), connect phone to PC USB, make sure drivers are installed, then hit start on ODIN
It should start the flashing process, and say success once done
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I tried using Odin and nothing happened. Tried using TWRP Manager. Getting this error - "Either you already have this recovery installed or another error has occured. Would you like to attempt rebooting to recovery now?"
complexiscool said:
I tried using Odin and nothing happened. Tried using TWRP Manager. Getting this error - "Either you already have this recovery installed or another error has occured. Would you like to attempt rebooting to recovery now?"
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What do you mean, nothing happened with ODIN?
Did you add the TWRP .TAR (Do not extract)?
Phone was in download mode?
Drivers were installed?
Could ODIN see the phone? Did it show the COM port at the top?
*Detection* said:
What do you mean, nothing happened with ODIN?
Did you add the TWRP .TAR (Do not extract)?
Phone was in download mode?
Drivers were installed?
Could ODIN see the phone? Did it show the COM port at the top?
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1. I meant when I clicked on Start, a blue bar came in download mode, and phone restarted.
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
complexiscool said:
1. I meant when I clicked on Start, a blue bar came in download mode, and phone restarted.
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
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OK, a common problem
Uncheck the "Auto reboot" setting in ODIN
When it's finished flashing, unplug the phone and pull the battery out of the phone, replace it, and boot straight into recovery with vol up, Home and Power

Rooted Galaxy S5 Custom Recovery Install Issues (SM-G900F)

Hello guys.
I have successfully rooted my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F. (Checked root using root checker, and SuperSU)
I want to install a custom ROM and a custom recovery.
I followed dozens of guides online (I have done this before) to install a custom recovery.
However without success.
(Using Windows 10)
I have the USB drivers, I have tried the battery pull out trick when it doesn't boot into recovery after odin flash. Nothing seams to work. Every time it just goes into the default samsung recovery no matter what I do.
I have tried several recovery images without success. (using a USB 2 cable as well)
I have also tried different Odin versions (3.09 and 3.10.7).
I have USB Debugging enabled.
Tried different combinations of everything and nothing worked for my phone.
In recovery this is my information in the top:
Code:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (4)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
AP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
UDC START
Does anyone have any idea what I can do about this?
When you say you tried the pull battery trick, how did you do it?
Did you uncheck the "Auto Reboot" option in ODIN first?
Did you allow the flash to complete, disconnect USB, and pull the battery before doing anything else?
Then try to boot directly into recovery instead of powering on normally?
*Detection* said:
When you say you tried the pull battery trick, how did you do it?
Did you uncheck the "Auto Reboot" option in ODIN first?
Did you allow the flash to complete, disconnect USB, and pull the battery before doing anything else?
Then try to boot directly into recovery instead of powering on normally?
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Yes, I did exactly that and when I tried going into recovery after pulling the battery it would go into the default recovery
soit48 said:
Yes, I did exactly that and when I tried going into recovery after pulling the battery it would go into the default recovery
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Make sure you're using TWRP 2.8.7.0 specifically that version
*Detection* said:
Make sure you're using TWRP 2.8.7.0 specifically that version
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Am using exactly that version.
Odin 3.09
TWRP 2.8.7.0 klte
Always use the latest ODIN 3.10.7, and run as administrator (Right click > run as Administrator)
Leave TWRP as .TAR - don't unzip
If it still fails, try using this instead
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmz.soft.twrpmanager&hl=en
Requires busybox first
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
1. win 10 sux whn drivers are in question
2. When instaled drivers did you let windows 10 to obtain them over internet? Windows always tries to chek for drivers even after instaled vie exe file - click skip obtaining from win update
3. Did you used usb 2.0 port on your machine?
4. Did you checked alow mock location and debug on your phone?
5. On some sams phones i had to check unknown sources and uncheck verify aps via usb (why i dnt knw but i menaged to get root after)
6. I always put odin and recov file in root of partition ie c://odin or d://odin
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

[HELP] SM-G900F stuck in a recovery bootloop

Hi,
I'm from Singapore and I believe I have the international s5 (SM-G900F), at least that's what it says in download mode. My phone was running CM13 nightly and till last night it was working fine. Last night when I charged it, I woke up this morning and my battery was incredibly overheated. I changed my battery and tried booting, but now it gets stuck in a bootloop. I flashed stock 5.0 lollipop from sammobile via odin, but it still is stuck. I can boot perfectly into download mode with the android logo. Here are the details:
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
System Status: Custom
Reactivation Lock (KK): OFF
KNOX WARRANTY LOCK: 0x1 (04)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE(CSB)
RP SWERV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks!
Boot into recovery and factory reset, then try booting again
Sounds like the DATA partition got corrupted, or something installed to it did, flashing with ODIN doesn't wipe anything, so you'll still be bootlooped unless you wipe DATA / Factory Reset
When you go from cyanogenmod back to stock samsung firmware, a wipe data / factory reset is required in recovery or else the phone will be stuck in a boot loop or not boot up.
Hi, the problem is I cant access the recovery any more. Every time I hold power, volume up and the home button, it says recovery booting, warranty bit:kernel, kernel is not se android enforcing (the usual) but doesn't actually enter recovery.
imbtrthanu said:
Hi, the problem is I cant access the recovery any more. Every time I hold power, volume up and the home button, it says recovery booting, warranty bit:kernel, kernel is not se android enforcing (the usual) but doesn't actually enter recovery.
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Flash TWRP 3.0.0.0 with ODIN and wipe from there, then flash stock again
https://dl.twrp.me/klte/twrp-3.0.0-0-klte-klte.img.tar.html
Hi I tried flashing twrp but that didn't work. It doesnt enter recovery, it still just restarts.
Is there any other way I can do a wipe? Through adb or something? Or should I select a specific option in Odin (3.09) ? Like bootloader update, etc or something?
imbtrthanu said:
Hi I tried flashing twrp but that didn't work. It doesnt enter recovery, it still just restarts.
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Uncheck "Auto Reboot" in ODIN, flash TWRP again, when it completes, disconnect USB and pull the battery to power off the phone
Replace the battery, and boot immediately into recovery with Vol Up & Home & Power
Hi that's not working as well. Should I reflash stock and then flash twrp in the way you suggested?
Try, but something seems wrong because you should be able to flash TWRP with ODIN
Have you got the drivers installed and does ODIN give you a COM port at the top when the phone is in download mode?
You are putting the phone in download mode to flash TWRP right?
Vol Down & Home & Power
Yes I'm using Odin 3.09. I'm flashing via the AP slot. I only have F Reset time checked. My S5 is definitely in downloading mode. Looks similar to this:
http://cdn.androidblog.gs/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-Stuck-In-Download-Mode.png
Also, I think the drivers may be the issue here. Could you advise me on how to check and how to fix it? Thanks so much! Also, yes, the COM port lights up
imbtrthanu said:
Yes I'm using Odin 3.09. I'm flashing via the AP slot. I only have F Reset time checked. My S5 is definitely in downloading mode. Looks similar to this:
http://cdn.androidblog.gs/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-Stuck-In-Download-Mode.png
Also, I think the drivers may be the issue here. Could you advise me on how to check and how to fix it? Thanks so much! Also, yes, the COM port lights up
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If the COM port lights up, the drivers are installed and working
Try ODIN 3.10.7, that's the latest version
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!vcIGmBTQ!Yr00OrGvUslQouU9E-zPf4SmpyVwL7mwIjeSG-0EAZg
Hi, that also didn't work. Any other advice?
Use a different PC / USB lead, everything you have tried should have worked fine on a G900F
Hi, I tried using a different PC and USB cable. Still nothing. Could it be because I flashed a different PIT file previously? There was a thread where someone suggested flashing a pit file, so
imbtrthanu said:
Hi, I tried using a different PC and USB cable. Still nothing. Could it be because I flashed a different PIT file previously? There was a thread where someone suggested flashing a pit file, so
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Didn't you flash the G900F PIT?
Flash this in the PIT section of ODIN along with the stock ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2721101&d=1399024091
Extract to .pit first
Hi, I tried flashing the stock rom with the PIT you gave me but it gave me the following response:
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Size)
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Any ideas what I should do now? Also, which stock rom should I be flashing? KK or Lollipop?
I don't know what you've done to your phone, and from your main post, it is definitely a G900F if that is what it says in download mode
Which PIT did you flash the first time? And did it flash successfully?
Any stock ROM should work, but might as well go for Lollipop, I know 100% this one works
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!fVhhzRBC!A79uC8Fgg1mGCZOaujQCzBxcUUN9z_ctVVkigD8ffVM
The only thing I can think of for now is to tell KIES3 to perform a firmware recovery
Code:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
If you already have KIES installed, remove it and try ODIN again, people have reported it interferes with ODIN
If not, install KIES3, go to the firmware recovery setting and see if it can fix your phone
Other than that, it looks like it's going to need someone with knowledge of manual partitioning via adb shell or something, if the phone can enter a mode the PC can use that with
EDIT - You are using a native PC running Windows 7 or later right? Not a mac running Windows? Macs don't install the drivers properly and fail
Yup I'm running Windows 10. I'll try KIES and see if that works!
Which PIT did you originally flash? And did it actually flash?

S7 Edge G935F // Faulty ODIN flash // Stuck in Bootloader [SOLVED]

Hi Guys,
today I wanted to flash the latest Stock ROM for my device via ODIN. I've done this many times before and (thought) I knew what I was doing. It is my third Phone frome the same carrier and none of them were branded/ locked devices before. Unfortunatly I wasn't aware that this particular device was locked.
After downloading the international firmware I tried to install it and ODIN got stuck while writing the system.img. After that my phone did not boot up (of course). After that I downloaded and tried to isntall the firmware of the carrier, but I had the exact same issue. When I turn my device on I get to an error screen which tells me to execute an "emergency recovery" via the Samsung smart switch software. But it too gets stuck on some point and only gets me to an error screen.
FRP hinders me to install a custom recovery and the stock one does not allow any isntallations via ADB or SD card.
My qustion is: Does anyone know how I can install a rom from here?
I know that I had to have made some changes prior to the flashing, but as I said I was not aware and an Idiot for not double checking.
Since it is not bricked yet I suppose there must be an answer but I can't find anything.
Thanks in advance
Edit:
After only installing the stock bootloader, I am autmaticly entering it when I boot my devive. On the bottom of the screen is an error message: "dm-verity verification failed...
E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)"
Fix
For anyone in the same situation: I fixed it.
In the end all you have to do is flash the firmware with the fitting PIT file. If you firmware consists of multiple files and there is a "HOME"-file, flash it with this one first on the AP slot in ODIN. After that the same again just use the AP file this time.
My phone is up and running again now.
fabivons said:
hi guys,
today i wanted to flash the latest stock rom for my device via odin. I've done this many times before and (thought) i knew what i was doing. It is my third phone frome the same carrier and none of them were branded/ locked devices before. Unfortunatly i wasn't aware that this particular device was locked.
After downloading the international firmware i tried to install it and odin got stuck while writing the system.img. After that my phone did not boot up (of course). After that i downloaded and tried to isntall the firmware of the carrier, but i had the exact same issue. When i turn my device on i get to an error screen which tells me to execute an "emergency recovery" via the samsung smart switch software. But it too gets stuck on some point and only gets me to an error screen.
Frp hinders me to install a custom recovery and the stock one does not allow any isntallations via adb or sd card.
My qustion is: Does anyone know how i can install a rom from here?
I know that i had to have made some changes prior to the flashing, but as i said i was not aware and an idiot for not double checking.
Since it is not bricked yet i suppose there must be an answer but i can't find anything.
Thanks in advance
edit:
After only installing the stock bootloader, i am autmaticly entering it when i boot my devive. On the bottom of the screen is an error message: "dm-verity verification failed...
E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)"
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have u solved your problem ? This problem i am facing on the s7edge nougat ? Plz help ?
Hey,
look at the second post I made in this thread. There is described how I got my S7 up and running again. I'm not sure if it is a valid solution since it felt like trial and error to me, but I'm writing this text from my S7 so it might be worth a try!
Good luck!
Fabivons said:
Hey,
look at the second post I made in this thread. There is described how I got my S7 up and running again. I'm not sure if it is a valid solution since it felt like trial and error to me, but I'm writing this text from my S7 so it might me worth a try!
Good luck!
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y i have done that and the device boots up but some applications force close and when i insert the memory card , the phone gets restarted everytime
Fabivons said:
For anyone in the same situation: I fixed it.
In the end all you have to do is flash the firmware with the fitting PIT file. If you firmware consists of multiple files and there is a "HOME"-file, flash it with this one first on the AP slot in ODIN. After that the same again just use the AP file this time.
My phone is up and running again now.
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Tell us in detail now.
SjDU said:
Tell us in detail now.
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"please"
I described everything I did in the posts before.
As soon as you can enter the system again all you need to do is deactivate the locks I was talking about in my first post and perform a full wipe.
After that you can install any ROM you want via ODIN just like you are used to.
If that doesn't work for you, I don't have any answers either.
But again:
Prep work:
1. Download most recent ODIN
2. Download the correct firmware for your carrier (from www.sammobile.com)
3. Download the correct PIT file for your device
4. Put your device in download mode
Process:
1. Extract your firmware if it is a zip
2. Start up ODIN
3. Connect your device and check if it's detected by ODIN
3. Put the PIT file in ODIN
4. Put the "HOME" file of your firmware in the PDA slot of ODIN
5. Press start
6. When finished unplug your device and restart phone and ODIN
7. Reconnect your phone and check if it's detected by ODIN
8. Put all the other files of your firmware + the PIT in the correct slot in ODIN
9. Press start
After that my device booted up but still was, as you described too, a little buggy. So I deactivated FRP, activated USB debugging in the dev options, installed TWRP, performed a full wipe and installed another firmware of my choosing via ODIN (without a PIT file this time).
I am running 7.0 on my device now and it works flawlessly.
Fabivons said:
"please"
I described everything I did in the posts before.
As soon as you can enter the system again all you need to do is deactivate the locks I was talking about in my first post and perform a full wipe.
After that you can install any ROM you want via ODIN just like you are used to.
If that doesn't work for you, I don't have any answers either.
But again:
Prep work:
1. Download most recent ODIN
2. Download the correct firmware for your carrier (from www.sammobile.com)
3. Download the correct PIT file for your device
4. Put your device in download mode
Process:
1. Extract your firmware if it is a zip
2. Start up ODIN
3. Connect your device and check if it's detected by ODIN
3. Put the PIT file in ODIN
4. Put the "HOME" file of your firmware in the PDA slot of ODIN
5. Press start
6. When finished unplug your device and restart phone and ODIN
7. Reconnect your phone and check if it's detected by ODIN
8. Put all the other files of your firmware + the PIT in the correct slot in ODIN
9. Press start
After that my device booted up but still was, as you described too, a little buggy. So I deactivated FRP, activated USB debugging in the dev options, installed TWRP, performed a full wipe and installed another firmware of my choosing via ODIN (without a PIT file this time).
I am running 7.0 on my device now and it works flawlessly.
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the time when u were fixing your device , you were on marshmallow or nougat ? beacuse i am on nougat and whenever i flash twrp , it stucks there and not booting into it even i have ticked the oem unlock and usb debugging in developer mode ?
suhaibahmad said:
the time when u were fixing your device , you were on marshmallow or nougat ? beacuse i am on nougat and whenever i flash twrp , it stucks there and not booting into it even i have ticked the oem unlock and usb debugging in developer mode ?
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Does the TWRP flash complete? Can you boot up the OS after you flashed TWRP? (And did you download the correct version of TWRP for your device?)
As a last resort, you could try and flash marshmallow on your device and see if it works there.
Fabivons said:
Does the TWRP flash complete? Can you boot up the OS after you flashed TWRP? (And did you download the correct version of TWRP for your device?)
As a last resort, you could try and flash marshmallow on your device and see if it works there.
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if i flash marshmallow it doesnt even boot up and in the odin mode showing binary and everything as custom , if i flash nougat and then flash twrp and try to manually boot into twrp it stucks on the s7edge screen which comes before recovery , and if i boot the mobile normally without the button combination then it stucks on the second logo SAMSUNG . if i flash again the stock recovery then boots normally
suhaibahmad said:
if i flash marshmallow it doesnt even boot up and in the odin mode showing binary and everything as custom , if i flash nougat and then flash twrp and try to manually boot into twrp it stucks on the s7edge screen which comes before recovery , and if i boot the mobile normally without the button combination then it stucks on the second logo SAMSUNG . if i flash again the stock recovery then boots normally
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Have you tried to perform a regular factory reset via the OS on nougat? Sometimes that does the job, too.
But as I said. I can only give you my best guess here - my phone worked after my procedure, so I didn't investigate further.
And don't forget: Google is your friend.
Fabivons said:
Have you tried to perform a regular factory reset via the OS on nougat? Sometimes that does the job, too.
But as I said. I can only give you my best guess here - my phone worked after my procedure, so I didn't investigate further.
And don't forget: Google is your friend.
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thats your kindness , yes i have performed the factory reset several times from recovery , but when i trying to reset it from settings , it goes after restart to recovery with dm-verity error , then i wipe and factory reset from there
Fabivons said:
For anyone in the same situation: I fixed it.
In the end all you have to do is flash the firmware with the fitting PIT file. If you firmware consists of multiple files and there is a "HOME"-file, flash it with this one first on the AP slot in ODIN. After that the same again just use the AP file this time.
My phone is up and running again now.
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Fabivons said:
"please"
I described everything I did in the posts before.
As soon as you can enter the system again all you need to do is deactivate the locks I was talking about in my first post and perform a full wipe.
After that you can install any ROM you want via ODIN just like you are used to.
If that doesn't work for you, I don't have any answers either.
But again:
Prep work:
1. Download most recent ODIN
2. Download the correct firmware for your carrier (from www.sammobile.com)
3. Download the correct PIT file for your device
4. Put your device in download mode
Process:
1. Extract your firmware if it is a zip
2. Start up ODIN
3. Connect your device and check if it's detected by ODIN
3. Put the PIT file in ODIN
4. Put the "HOME" file of your firmware in the PDA slot of ODIN
5. Press start
6. When finished unplug your device and restart phone and ODIN
7. Reconnect your phone and check if it's detected by ODIN
8. Put all the other files of your firmware + the PIT in the correct slot in ODIN
9. Press start
After that my device booted up but still was, as you described too, a little buggy. So I deactivated FRP, activated USB debugging in the dev options, installed TWRP, performed a full wipe and installed another firmware of my choosing via ODIN (without a PIT file this time).
I am running 7.0 on my device now and it works flawlessly.
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Well I had the same issue but Odin method didn't work for me on Nougat. And also FRP lock was On. every time I flashed the files it give me FRP on error. so I had to use Smartswitch. Even though I used original csc and ap files with latest Odin. BTW I have SM-G935FD model
SjDU said:
Well I had the same issue but Odin method didn't work for me on Nougat. And also FRP lock was On. every time I flashed the files it give me FRP on error. so I had to use Smartswitch. Even though I used original csc and ap files with latest Odin. BTW I have SM-G935FD model
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Well FRP has to be turned off (the button in the menu is called "OEM unlock, the button has to be set to on which deactivates FRP). You don't mention using a PIT file - did you use one?

[GUIDE] Root For Samsung Galaxy J5 Pro SM-J530F

Here's another rooting guide for SM-J530F/DS (Dual Sim) stock ROM. Even with Lineage OS my hardware model (ordered March 2018, EU SIM card only) tends to mute the main speaker after rooting. This rooting method works for me and is based on the work of others, especially ananjaser1211 and Abdullah_a86.
Make a backup of everything and make sure that the backup is usable. You are responsible if following this description and flashing bricks your phone. It did work for me which does not mean that it also works for you.
Enable Developer options. (Settings, About phone, Software information, tap a few times on Build number)
OEM unlock the phone. (Settings, Developer options, OEM UNLOCK: enable - otherwise you will bootloop)
Reboot into download mode.
Flash J530F_TWRP_3.2.1.0.tar (in AP) with Odin.
Now TWRP is installed and you should be able to use your phone as usual or to boot into TWRP recovery.
Rooting will erase everything, verify your backup again unless this is a new phone.
Reset the phone. (Open Settings, About Phone, (Looking for something else?) RESET, Factory data reset, Reset, DELETE ALL)
Reboot into recovery, a cleanup script will run and reboot after a few seconds.
Reboot into recovery again, install SuperSu and reboot (wipe nothing).
Starting takes a little time, after running the initial setup SuperSU is installed and the speaker works as expected.
I started here a few times after no-sound, no-root and/or bootloop experiences with LineageOS, CF-Autoroot and Magisk. If you upgrade to this firmware version you can no longer downgrade to a previous firmware version. Follow this only if you break something, want to un-root, update your firmware and/or start from scratch:
Force a reboot if necessary and then boot into download mode. All data on the phone will be lost.
Flash the J530FDBT2ARB3 firmware with Odin (AP*, BL*, CP* and CSC*. Do not use HOME_CSC*).
Now you have again a phone with stock firmware without root.
Links:
Odin (3.12.3): https://samsungodin.com/download/
TWRP (3.2.1-0): https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...twrp-samsung-j5-pro-twrp-3-1-10-v2-0-t3728233
SuperSU (2.82): https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga.../guide-root-samsung-galaxy-j5-pro-sm-t3720446
Optional (also older firmware or a firmware backup may be used):
Firmware (Android7 J530FDBT2ARB3 2018-02-08): https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-j5/SM-J530F/DBT/download/J530FXXU2ARB3/210251/
Hints:
Power+Home+VolumeUp = Recovery
Power+Home+VolumeDown = Download Mode
Power+VolumeUp+VolumeDown = Force Reboot
PS: If a mod wants to move the thread to https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...17-roms-kernels-recoveries--other-development please just do it and remove this comment. My reputation is too low to post there.
Hello, could you help me ? Odin doesn't recognize it, pc shows drivers being installed, but nothing shows up on odin, tried different version of odin.
aofthe said:
Hello, could you help me ? Odin doesn't recognize it, pc shows drivers being installed, but nothing shows up on odin, tried different version of odin.
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Enable OEM unlock and USB debugging in developer options
garylawwd said:
Enable OEM unlock and USB debugging in developer options
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Yeah, they were already enabled.
Hello again, i managed to fix Odin problem, it installed Twrp and said pass, with green, but when i tried to enter recovery mode, it went downloading, and the no command, phone boots normally, but i got no recovery, any suggestions ?
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aofthe said:
Hello again, i managed to fix Odin problem, it installed Twrp and said pass, with green, but when i tried to enter recovery mode, it went downloading, and the no command, phone boots normally, but i got no recovery, any suggestions ?
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I think this might fix you booting into download mode problem try this post. Read "how to fix" near the bottom. Please Thank us if it does. This same thing happened to me and I wish I stumbled across this earlier because I figured this out on my own by just messing around going from recovery to download mode and it eventually fixed itself.

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