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Need PIT partition file for at&t S4

Hi Guys,
I had rooted my phone using motochopper then yesterday I received OTA update. Everything seems to be fine then later I started getting Samsung Text-to-Speech engine has stopped working everytime I opened Gallery. It was very frustrating, so I did factory Reset. After Factory reset when I go to last screen to startup my phone(Learn about Key Features:Air view, Air gesture) and click Finish. I get "Unfortunately Settings has stopped" error. I found the stock firmware here hxxp://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/ But every time I use Odin I get PIT Partition not found.
Please help guys, I am stuck, don't know what to do now. :crying:

You can get the stock firmware from the "Development" section and also a step-by-step guide how to do it...search the development section for it. You can also find a lot of information about the issue you are having with the "stopped settings" error, again you can search for the info. I would also suggest you research ODIN to make sure you have the correct boxes checked so you don't hard brick your phone. Good luck.

i had the same exact issue and tried ODIN. didint work. i used to KIES to restore my firmware and it works again! try using KIES.

scott14719 said:
You can get the stock firmware from the "Development" section and also a step-by-step guide how to do it...search the development section for it. You can also find a lot of information about the issue you are having with the "stopped settings" error, again you can search for the info. I would also suggest you research ODIN to make sure you have the correct boxes checked so you don't hard brick your phone. Good luck.
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I checked all appropriate settings for ODIN before upgrading the firmware. I got the same error all the time. I will research "Stopped Settings" error and let you know if I find anything. Thanks for the quick response.

kuraijay said:
i had the same exact issue and tried ODIN. didint work. i used to KIES to restore my firmware and it works again! try using KIES.
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Hi I am choosing "Firmware upgrade and initialization" option to download the firmware. I put my phone into recovery mode as per steps mentioned and click "Start Upgrade" it takes around 40-50 minutes to download the firmware, then after sometime I get failed to connect to the phone. It's weird the "Start Upgrade" option is only enabled after I properly connect the cable and Kies have recognized the phone. Then why after some time it would say failed to recognized please try again?

zukaa12 said:
Hi I am choosing "Firmware upgrade and initialization" option to download the firmware. I put my phone into recovery mode as per steps mentioned and click "Start Upgrade" it takes around 40-50 minutes to download the firmware, then after sometime I get failed to connect to the phone. It's weird the "Start Upgrade" option is only enabled after I properly connect the cable and Kies have recognized the phone. Then why after some time it would say failed to recognized please try again?
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weird mine never said enter recovery. what i did was plugged in my phone and i did the ""Firmware upgrade and initialization" then it gose through all the agreements and downloads the firmware. then it'll auto boot in to download mode for the install. are you using the stock usb? which port are you using on your computer? is KIES up to date? do you have the right drivers?( then again i think kies will install them but just in case) try already being in download mode.
also you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261232

I tried same at&t stock firmware but this time I used Odin 3.0.7 like Adam recommended in another post to upgrade and it worked like a charm. Before I was using Odin 1.8.5 and I was getting Missing PIT partition error all the time.
Thanks all for the quick response.

kuraijay said:
i had the same exact issue and tried ODIN. didint work. i used to KIES to restore my firmware and it works again! try using KIES.
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I get different errors trying to flash stock ROM in Odin too. Missing PIT error mostly. Now phone is stuck at bad upgrade screen. Kies won't detect phone to use that method to restore either. Any other suggestions??

stumpmuncher said:
I get different errors trying to flash stock ROM in Odin too. Missing PIT error mostly. Now phone is stuck at bad upgrade screen. Kies won't detect phone to use that method to restore either. Any other suggestions??
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Read the post above yours. Use the latest Odin 3.0.7.
-Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

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RMXO said:
Read the post above yours. Use the latest Odin 3.0.7.
-Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2
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Did. Wouldn't have appealed for help without first making sure I followed the OP's instructions perfectly. I know the rules. I read the other posts before posting. I'm here for 2 things: To learn how to get the most potential out of my devices and to contribute from my experiences when I can. Thanks for your prompt reply though...
EDIT: solution to my stuck phone problem was solved by visit to ATT store for replacement. I can tell you what happened to my 7 day old device that brought it to the point where it would not load through Kies or Odin:
Eager to remove Samsung & ATT bloat stuff, I rooted using motochopper then used Titanium Backup to remove all ATT related apps & some of the Samsung apps. I got the unlock icon on lock screen as others have after root. I removed Superuser and replaced with SuperSU. Unlock icon went away and phone status went back to official. This is when I started noticing the Samsung text-to-speech program would frequently FC during the launch of few apps. Internet would also FC during certain operations. I read of others having success installing the stock ROM with ODIN and decided to give it a try. At first I got the no PIT error then finally after a few repeated attempts it moved past that point but then failed for some other reason during installation. I did notice a little activity on the progress bar on my device during Odin flash, but when the flash failed, that was it. My device was locked up. My PC & Kies would detect the device but could never connect or mount the device. My guess is that some of the Samsung apps I deleted were tied to the Samsung engines and the lack of their presence somehow caused FCs. Comments and questions appreciated.

Got the same Odin Mode Recovery Kies problem, No Pit fixed with ODIN 3.07 used PDA and loaded normal firmware.

An error has occurred while updating the device software. PLEASE HELP

I was trying to downgrade my s7 edge from the latest monthly security patch back to an older one. I got an error after I did it and i heard it had something to do with the bootloader being new so I put all the files in the right spot in odin except i didnt do bootloader. That also failed and now im stuck at "an error has occurred while updating the device software. Use emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. I went into smart switch but i dont know what my S/N number.
If anyone can help me get out of this it would be greatly appreciated.

orlans21 said:
I was trying to downgrade my s7 edge from the latest monthly security patch back to an older one. I got an error after I did it and i heard it had something to do with the bootloader being new so I put all the files in the right spot in odin except i didnt do bootloader. That also failed and now im stuck at "an error has occurred while updating the device software. Use emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. I went into smart switch but i dont know what my S/N number.
If anyone can help me get out of this it would be greatly appreciated.
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Try not downgrading your phone
S/N number is located at the back of your phone

Same Problem
HI,
I got same problem and i am really worried right now. If you got any solution please let me know. i almost went through the whole internet and have not got any solution.
one more thing i remember i just updated my blcp into latest one and having this problem. now i feel like helpless.
Any expert there, who can help us ?

orlans21 said:
I was trying to downgrade my s7 edge from the latest monthly security patch back to an older one. I got an error after I did it and i heard it had something to do with the bootloader being new so I put all the files in the right spot in odin except i didnt do bootloader. That also failed and now im stuck at "an error has occurred while updating the device software. Use emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. I went into smart switch but i dont know what my S/N number.
If anyone can help me get out of this it would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you got any solution ?

Alison Ar said:
Have you got any solution ?
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Ya I solved it 2 years ago lol

View call history in locked phone

Hi All,
Can we retrieve the call history from a Samsung galaxy S5 (SM-I900H).
The phone actually belongs to a deceased person(a blood relative) and we want to see whats in the phone.
I have tried a few methods such as
invoking MyPhoneExplorer application from adb. (unable to share the exact link due to xda restriction.)
USB debugging is OFF so I could not proceed further.
The phone was booting and waiting for correct password on the login screen at that point of time.
Recently I tried another windows application called
"Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android".
It has a feature called Android Data Extraction, it tried to download some image to the phone. My bad that there was mis-match between the actualy device model(SM-900H) and the model selected in the Dr.Fone application(SM-900I).
The download was terminated in the middle and now the phone doesnt boot up. I am getting the below message when the device is switched on
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
Can somebody please help in data extraction from the device.

Bumping the thread to get some response

seenudn said:
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
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That part is easy (ish)
Youll need to download firmware for the device (I use fw.updato.com) and flash with Odin. (google/xda search)
Usually there's a 99.9% chance this will go fine without loosing the data on the phone, essentailly at this point, you kinda have to take the 0.01% chance of data loss, you wont get it any other way...
Wondershare's website list compatibility up to 5.0 for that device, id strongly recommend flashing the 5.0 OS, and not upgrading to 6.0.1 until after you are sorted.
As far as the data recovery, from there you are on your own, never used that soft ware, but the above will get you a booting device

Thank you so much Sam for replying.
Wish you a very happy new year !!
The current Android version on the device is Marshmallow (6.0.1).
I found a 5.0 firmware version for India region from fw updato website, but can you please suggest for the below queries.
Should I download all the 3 binaries (PDA, CSC, Phone) to the device?
If I download all the 3 binaries using odin, is there a good chance that the data will still be available?
Thank you in advance.

Soft-bricked AT&T S7 Edge trying to unroot / go back to stock

I'd attempted (and succeeded) in rooting the s7 Edge without much of a problem, it seemed to be working fine. I was considering flashing a custom ROM as well, but before I could get to that point the phone started behaving oddly. It would refuse to boot, freezing at the AT&T logo screen and vibrating in a 1-3 pattern (1 vibration, then pause, then 3, etc., ad nauseum). I realised I still had ADB access at that point in boot (somehow, I have no idea) and used it to reboot to bootloader and see what I could do with Odin.
ALL VERSIONS of Odin I have tried (3.12, 3.12.3, PrinceComsy variants of both) have failed to restore the stock image and unroot the device. I have attempted to use multiple different stock images I've found around these forums and elsewhere, and all attempts have resulted in either the phone throwing an error about the Odin version I'm using, or Odin itself telling me that the flash failed and the phone indicating some strange message about the boot or the firmware being 'fused' or something. Exact error is SW REV CHECK FAIL : [system]Fused 3 > Binary 1
All I appear to have accomplished is preventing the device from ever booting properly -- it refuses to boot normally, and by default enters Recovery mode (the stock recovery, which is essentially useless and won't do anything at all). I would very much appreciate some help getting this device off the ground again; I'm sure we can figure something out together! As I type this, I am attempting yet another version of the stock firmware I've dug up, so... fingers crossed that gets some better results. If not... please help. Currently trying the APK1 version of the stock firmware.
Cheers,
vexx32

vexx32 said:
I'd attempted (and succeeded) in rooting the s7 Edge without much of a problem, it seemed to be working fine. I was considering flashing a custom ROM as well, but before I could get to that point the phone started behaving oddly. It would refuse to boot, freezing at the AT&T logo screen and vibrating in a 1-3 pattern (1 vibration, then pause, then 3, etc., ad nauseum). I realised I still had ADB access at that point in boot (somehow, I have no idea) and used it to reboot to bootloader and see what I could do with Odin.
ALL VERSIONS of Odin I have tried (3.12, 3.12.3, PrinceComsy variants of both) have failed to restore the stock image and unroot the device. I have attempted to use multiple different stock images I've found around these forums and elsewhere, and all attempts have resulted in either the phone throwing an error about the Odin version I'm using, or Odin itself telling me that the flash failed and the phone indicating some strange message about the boot or the firmware being 'fused' or something. Exact error is SW REV CHECK FAIL : [system]Fused 3 > Binary 1
All I appear to have accomplished is preventing the device from ever booting properly -- it refuses to boot normally, and by default enters Recovery mode (the stock recovery, which is essentially useless and won't do anything at all). I would very much appreciate some help getting this device off the ground again; I'm sure we can figure something out together! As I type this, I am attempting yet another version of the stock firmware I've dug up, so... fingers crossed that gets some better results. If not... please help. Currently trying the APK1 version of the stock firmware.
Cheers,
vexx32
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You have to use either the stock version of the firmware that your phone was on or newer. You can't use any older versions. APK1 is the latest version i believe. Use the official Odin. The .12 version and you should be good.

dirtydodge said:
You have to use either the stock version of the firmware that your phone was on or newer. You can't use any older versions. APK1 is the latest version i believe. Use the official Odin. The .12 version and you should be good.
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Thankyou. It took me longer than it really should to figure out which firmware version to load. Downloading that now... fingers crossed, heh.
Do you think it's worth attempting to re-root and install a modified ROM on it for the performance tweaks that I've seen cropping up here and there? Or should I just count it lucky it's still mostly salvageable?

vexx32 said:
Thankyou. It took me longer than it really should to figure out which firmware version to load. Downloading that now... fingers crossed, heh.
Do you think it's worth attempting to re-root and install a modified ROM on it for the performance tweaks that I've seen cropping up here and there? Or should I just count it lucky it's still mostly salvageable?
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Depends on what you want. Personally i would root it and go to the Verizon forum and download Stang5.0litre rom. That's an awesome rom. I'd stay away from echoe rom, seems like the devs are hit or miss on support. The dev for the stang rom is awesome and very active. I ran both of then and prefer stange.

dirtydodge said:
Depends on what you want. Personally i would root it and go to the Verizon forum and download Stang5.0litre rom. That's an awesome rom. I'd stay away from echoe rom, seems like the devs are hit or miss on support. The dev for the stang rom is awesome and very active. I ran both of then and prefer stange.
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Woah, woah, what? You can flash a rom based on another carrier? Will it still work? O.O

vexx32 said:
Woah, woah, what? You can flash a rom based on another carrier? Will it still work? O.O
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Yea it works. I know that one does. You'll get a message that says "unauthorized SIM card: or something like that. Just ignore it and use WiFi to setup the phone. Once you have it setup use package disabler or titanium to freeze "setup wizard" and that'll get rid of that notification. You'll have to manually setup your AT&T APN. After that your golden.

Device not starting/black screen after stock-ROM flash via Odin

Hello, everyone,
I tried to install LineageOS on my S10 Plus yesterday. That worked so far, but I found that it didn't have a decent camera app and the Samsung Watch wasn't that easy to connect either. So I thought I'd just go back to the Stock ROM again. I then downloaded the latest stock firmware according to this guide and installed it with Odin. The installation also runs through, after the installation the mobile phone starts and after the start screen there is an Android man with the signature "Erasing". After a few seconds, the device turns off and stays black. Even if I put it on the charger or try to restart it, nothing happens. I keep getting into download mode and recovery, but that's about it. Multiple reinstallations and resets via the recovery didn't help - the phone just won't start.
I used the CSC_... and not the HOME_CSC_... at the firmware is the right one for my phone.
Is there any way I can salvage the device? I'm afraid that something in the memory is defective now, which has nothing to do with the flashing itself. Do you have any ideas?
Many thanks!

tefracky said:
Hello, everyone,
I tried to install LineageOS on my S10 Plus yesterday. That worked so far, but I found that it didn't have a decent camera app and the Samsung Watch wasn't that easy to connect either. So I thought I'd just go back to the Stock ROM again. I then downloaded the latest stock firmware according to this guide and installed it with Odin. The installation also runs through, after the installation the mobile phone starts and after the start screen there is an Android man with the signature "Erasing". After a few seconds, the device turns off and stays black. Even if I put it on the charger or try to restart it, nothing happens. I keep getting into download mode and recovery, but that's about it. Multiple reinstallations and resets via the recovery didn't help - the phone just won't start.
I used the CSC_... and not the HOME_CSC_... at the firmware is the right one for my phone.
Is there any way I can salvage the device? I'm afraid that something in the memory is defective now, which has nothing to do with the flashing itself. Do you have any ideas?
Many thanks!
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same thing happened to me today. but I flashed my s10e the bootloader and modem file of android 9 from twrp, the phone did not boot up and I loaded the stock rom again, then when I open it, it's the same as yours, I really need urgent help.
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EDİT: Anyway, I solved the problem, I flashed the bootloader and modem file that is suitable for my current version from the same site with twrp and the phone turned on. maybe you can solve it by flashing the bootloader and modem file suitable for the current version. try if you want

Thanks a lot, this worked!

tefracky said:
Thanks a lot, this worked!
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I'm glad it worked.
I was very afraid that the phone died, what did you do for 5 days in this state?
Now I have a question in my mind: When Samsung releases an update in the future, will the bootloader and modem files be updated when we update it with odin? won't it be updated? After that, do we will always update manually as twrp? do you have any idea?

Well, I simply didn't use a mobile phone in these days. It was a very "interesting" experience, but not a huge problem. I sometimes opened WhatsApp as Windows App (interestingly, which works without phone).
I don't know, what happens at a Samsung Update, but until Android 13, I will not update (so probatly never). In our German forum (www.android-hilfe.de), a pre rooted and debloated "Stock"-Firmware is provided, but I can't install it, since my Bootloader is too new (V15 instead V14 for the ROM). When it is possible, I will install this firmware. If you are interested, here is the link: https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...3-2022-stock-rom-v2-0-pre-rooted.1000713.html

tefracky said:
Well, I simply didn't use a mobile phone in these days. It was a very "interesting" experience, but not a huge problem. I sometimes opened WhatsApp as Windows App (interestingly, which works without phone).
I don't know, what happens at a Samsung Update, but until Android 13, I will not update (so probatly never). In our German forum (www.android-hilfe.de), a pre rooted and debloated "Stock"-Firmware is provided, but I can't install it, since my Bootloader is too new (V15 instead V14 for the ROM). When it is possible, I will install this firmware. If you are interested, here is the link: https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...3-2022-stock-rom-v2-0-pre-rooted.1000713.html
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thanks, if i'm going to use stock rom i prefer to root it myself