I have the drivers installed. I am in download mode. I have the phone connected. Odin shows blue box and com 3. This does not let you flash a recovery. Can someone dumb down the ridiculous instructions on how to get Odin to let me flash a recovery? How come my phone is not hackable? Do not mock me or say do the research. Nothing has helped. All I am asking for is help. Nothing more.
If Odin is picking up the phone it should work. Maybe add a screenshot of the error you are getting along with what version of Odin you are using as well as the file details you are trying to flash
Ha_Ha Shoes said:
I have the drivers installed. I am in download mode. I have the phone connected. Odin shows blue box and com 3. This does not let you flash a recovery. Can someone dumb down the ridiculous instructions on how to get Odin to let me flash a recovery? How come my phone is not hackable? Do not mock me or say do the research. Nothing has helped. All I am asking for is help. Nothing more.
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Which recovery are you wanting to install, if you downloaded a zip files you need to extract the .tar or .md5 file inside it
You have the Odin steps correct once connected and you have com 3 showing click the PDA button find the .tar or .md5 recovery file then click start a few moments later you phone will reboot and you have custom recovery.
Hey
So I have a note4: SM-N910F from a french Carrier, I was on the ANJ4 firmware, my phone is unlocked. I decided to flash it to make it work on my US GearVR following the advice of some redditors who after my many concerns have assured me it was low risk. I downloaded the ANK4 from another carrier and tried to flash it with Odin.
It failed and gave me the following error
"Volume size is too big 81920 < 512000
ODIN : Invalid Ext4 image"
The guy who's help I was following told me to clear cache and even gave me an explanation on how to do it. So I figured I'd just revert to my original firmware, which I have by flashing it back
EXCEPT! and here is the problem. Now my phone says 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery in Kies & try again.' - and I can't connect it to the computer! connecting doesn't work. It does DETECT IT when I plug it in, but then goes 'starting connection' till it says it didn't work. I tried other USB ports, I tried to reboot, I tried to reinstall USB drivers through Kies. I'm starting to be at a loss.
so I can't do anything in my phone and I can't connect it to a computer.
halp
(also I would love to avoid the obvious don't trust the internet people rhetoric, I'm past that and I knew the risks )
There is a reddit thread here: red dit.com/r/GearVR/comments/2poelk/to_flash_or_not_to_flash_that_is_the_question_to/cmyl01d
I put a spacebar between the 2 D of reddit because I can't put links in as a new user
EDIT IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING IT SUCCESSFULLY - can't find delete thread button
Better tell us how you solved then.
Sent from my SM-N910F using XDA Free mobile app
odin failed
Sur.
I am interested by the solution because i have the same issue while flashing carrier firmwares (orange ...) in odin (volume size too big 122000<512000)
invalid ext4 image.
It is ok for flashing country firmwares (xef, dbt ...).
Thank's for answering.
I was also having the same problem.
Here is how you solve it.
1. Download the stock firmware ending with .tar.md5.
2. rename it so it ends with .tar
3. Extract it using winrar to get recovery.img file
4. Download this tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446269)
5. extract it also, and move the recovery.img file from step 3 and put it in the newly extract folder from step 4.
6. Click the ImgToTar.MD5.bat file and sit back.
7. You will now see a new file in there named "recovery.tar.md5"
8. flash this file with odin and your done!
Done above and flashed just the file recovery .tar. md5
All I get now is the Samsung logo... left the phone hanging like this for 30 minutes thinking it would boot up to beginning of phone..
Am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated
Regards Braggster
Hi
i have Galaxy Grand dous G531H Stuck on logo
i tried with odin the official firmware From samsung and it's Success But Still stuck on logo
i tried the repair From this page
http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...ader-csc-pit-files&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
But with 3 BL , CP and CSC it Fail with me
and With AP it Give Wrong
Custom binary blocked by FRP
i tried with rooted ROM but it Fail
i try with kies but i Can't connect to it
Model : SM-G531h/DS
FCC ID: A3LSMG531H
SSN:-G531H/DSGSMH
any ideas
or
ROM it should try
roo7_shmali said:
Hi
i have Galaxy Grand dous G531H Stuck on logo
i tried with odin the official firmware From samsung and it's Success But Still stuck on logo
i tried the repair From this page
http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...ader-csc-pit-files&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
But with 3 BL , CP and CSC it Fail with me
and With AP it Give Wrong
Custom binary blocked by FRP
i tried with rooted ROM but it Fail
i try with kies but i Can't connect to it
Model : SM-G531h/DS
FCC ID: A3LSMG531H
SSN:-G531H/DSGSMH
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Download this : https://mega.nz/#!IMFj0CAK!iVB3amQ1vesRuRpDwNHmc8zvUoL3nrPRXq1KanBdJJA
Unzip it
Put it in the AP (in Odin)
If fail then try use the included Odin in the stock ROM zip (but if you can access recovery, please factory reset first)
naimrlet said:
Download this : https://mega.nz/#!IMFj0CAK!iVB3amQ1vesRuRpDwNHmc8zvUoL3nrPRXq1KanBdJJA
Unzip it
Put it in the AP (in Odin)
If fail then try use the included Odin in the stock ROM zip (but if you can access recovery, please factory reset first)
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it worked till last second gives me Fail
look at attach file
roo7_shmali said:
it worked till last second gives me Fail
look at attach file
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Extract the stock tar.md5 file.(using winrar or 7zip)
You will see a lot of files with .img at the end of them.
Rename the file "hidden.img" to "hidden.img.tar"
Go to odin and choose AP and find the file "hidden.img.tar" (in the extracted tar.md5 folder)
Click START
After that your device will show the android logo and it will looks like it's updating.
Leave it. Your phone will reboot after that. (If not then turn the phone on manually)
^^
Before i read your reply i unzip the file and delete Hidden file and i repack to tar file with 7zip
and start with odin and it Give me pass
but when reboot still stuck on logo
after that i tried your way
give me pass but still stuck on logo
naimrlet said:
Extract the stock tar.md5 file.(using winrar or 7zip)
You will see a lot of files with .img at the end of them.
Rename the file "hidden.img" to "hidden.img.tar"
Go to odin and choose AP and find the file "hidden.img.tar" (in the extracted tar.md5 folder)
Click START
After that your device will show the android logo and it will looks like it's updating.
Leave it. Your phone will reboot after that. (If not then turn the phone on manually)
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any new ideas plz
roo7_shmali said:
any new ideas plz
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Try using smart switch/kies and then go to "firmware initialization..." and restore your phone there
If not detect click the "reinstall driver" and reconnect your device.
If still not detect maybe you mess up something on your phone...
Still not working?
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?
Man i did it again i flashed the wrong recovery and put my tab a into "secure check fail" I don't know if it's considered a soft brick or hard one. I've repaired it once before with a binary root tool but I've lost that tool since then. CAN ANYONE HELP?
download an Odin Firmware 4 ya Device, and extract the the "recovery.img.lz4" from the AP File, then download "ZArchiver 4 Mobile" and extract the "recovery.img.lz4" to "recovery.img" now use 7zip to Archive de "recovery.img" to "recovery.img.tar" and start Odin and select this file to "AP" and flash it!!!
it would fix your problem