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[Q] sprint sph-l720 s4 lots of problem need emergency help

hi
Im in Iran.
i bought my device from USA from sprint in locked last year, i mean the Irans opporaters were not supported,
anyway with lots of software i made it unlock and dont know how!.
1 year worked well and it was rooted also.
now the problems
1-i cant take screen shots. it says "unable to savescreen shots, usb storage may be in use".
2-i back up my smss apps and other things with moborobo and it gives my success but when i try to restore it fails.
3-incomming calls with no sound, i just can realize missed calls.
4-there is only one tone for my alarm and i can't add any.
5-when i take a photo with the camera it take the photo but there is nothing in gallery part.
6- i can't download anything from play store, it says error 491.
7- i couldn't go to recovery mode, unless i installed philz touch 6. but i don't know if its helpfull and how to use.
8- in my music player there is no music, although i have music in my sd card. it can read my sd card.
9-i went to samsung customer service they said we don't have the program of your sph-l720 and cant support.
10-i dont know to search for what,rom ,recovery, modem or anything else.
11- i cant install new language for sms.
please please help me .
here is my device info
software version:l720vpuamdc
hardware:l720.08
model: sph-l720
android version:4.4.2
baseband : l720vpuamdc
kernel: 3.4.0-481102
build no:kot49h.l720vpufnae
se for android status: enforcing sepf_sph-l72004.4.2_0004
secure boot status:samsung
security software: mdf v1.0 release 2

aramic said:
hi
Im in Iran.
i bought my device from USA from sprint in locked last year, i mean the Irans opporaters were not supported,
anyway with lots of software i made it unlock and dont know how!.
1 year worked well and it was rooted also.
now the problems
1-i cant take screen shots. it says "unable to savescreen shots, usb storage may be in use".
2-i back up my smss apps and other things with moborobo and it gives my success but when i try to restore it fails.
3-incomming calls with no sound, i just can realize missed calls.
4-there is only one tone for my alarm and i can't add any.
5-when i take a photo with the camera it take the photo but there is nothing in gallery part.
6- i can't download anything from play store, it says error 491.
7- i couldn't go to recovery mode, unless i installed philz touch 6. but i don't know if its helpfull and how to use.
8- in my music player there is no music, although i have music in my sd card. it can read my sd card.
9-i went to samsung customer service they said we don't have the program of your sph-l720 and cant support.
10-i dont know to search for what,rom ,recovery, modem or anything else.
11- i cant install new language for sms.
please please help me .....
security software: mdf v1.0 release 2
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...oft-bricked-phone-im-to-t2950294/post56980704

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...oft-bricked-phone-im-to-t2950294/post56980704
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hi again
i installed a file called 'cm-10.1-20130527-UNOFFICIAL-jfltespr.tar'
and now the only thing i can see on my phone is samsung logo and in the upper part says kernel is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit:kernel
i think i wipe my android.
now im downloading a file 'SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424.zip'
do you think this can work or i should search for something else?
my andriod was kitkat

aramic said:
hi again
i installed a file called 'cm-10.1-20130527-UNOFFICIAL-jfltespr.tar'
and now the only thing i can see on my phone is samsung logo and in the upper part says kernel is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit:kernel
i think i wipe my android.
now im downloading a file 'SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424.zip'
do you think this can work or i should search for something else?
my andriod was kitkat
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Id search through the forum i directed you towards. I cant speak for the MK2 firmware as Ive never owned an S4. If you have a sprint S4, direct any and all questions in that forum. I know with the s3 if you went back with your firmware base,(assuming knox has been tripped)youre hard-bricked for good. Not trying to put you on the spot @shabbypenguin , but he might be able to help better than most of the crew in this forum. Stick to SPH 720 forums and threads

HI
I TOUGHT OF a soultion, if anyone knows help me,
i have another s4 same sph-l720 working well, can i make a back up of that device then restore it on this wiped device?
if yes please exactly say how and with what app.
thanks

Sorry, don't know how this got cross posted.

poit said:
My friend, you are in the wrong forum. This is not the S4 forum, its the NOTE 4 FORUM.
Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk
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No I'm afraid YOU have the wrong forum, my friend, shaun the sheep.
This is indeed the Galaxy S4 Sprint forum, not the Note 4..

aramic said:
HI
I TOUGHT OF a soultion, if anyone knows help me,
i have another s4 same sph-l720 working well, can i make a back up of that device then restore it on this wiped device?
if yes please exactly say how and with what app.
thanks
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To whom that have my same problem.
I just made a backup from another sph-l720 with "philz_touch_6.08.9-jfltespr.tar.md5" in odin, then go to recovery mode and make a backup
on sd card then go to bricked s4 and again use philz touch then go to recovery and restore it.
i solved my problem.
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[HELP] its Urgent,Important,why no one cansolve it??????

PLZ help me on this guys , im going mad on this
HOW TO SOLVE THE " DM-VERITY VERIFICATION FAILED NEED TO CHECK DRK FIRST " or when i install a stock rom this one first appears bUt not in reCovery " DEVICE DOESNT HAVE DRK , INSTALL DRK " ????????
it all happened after i deleted my imei then succesfully restored it with backup when downgrading from that god forsaken CM13 made by raymanFX (it was build 8 i think) , now OTAs and Security patches all face this issue in recovery when installing after being downloaded , now im in middle of nowwhere with no backup and ive tried everything but none works and im not a hacker nor an information thief just a member waiting for HELP... (SM-N910H)
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
! THERE IS NO OFFICIAL SAM CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MY CITY AND mobile merchants are not TRUSTWORTHY !

Someone told me that i need to find a cert file for my Phone and i found it , how is it related to DRK and what should i do with it??

Whatever happens to the phone, if the phone turns on, doesnt have any hardware issue it can be revived.
The universal method is flashing stock firmware through odin
Download your country's note 4 firmware from sammobile and flash it through odin
Works most of the time
For any more help pm m!

yeah. try flashing samsung stock firmware with odin. have you done it
Sent from my SM-N920G using Tapatalk

YEP Odin flash is most of the time a good fix.

ankahuja said:
Whatever happens to the phone, if the phone turns on, doesnt have any hardware issue it can be revived.
The universal method is flashing stock firmware through odin
Download your country's note 4 firmware from sammobile and flash it through odin
Works most of the time
For any more help pm m!
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well . odin was the first thing to try i have gone even far far away from odin and non works . but a video on youtube got my attention , a guy with a s6 edge had this problem and fixed with some sort of software (i attached it) , a friend of mine says that its sth called BOX and i dont understand him !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMQQPpqELI

ArmanFGT said:
well . odin was the first thing to try i have gone even far far away from odin and non works . but a video on youtube got my attention , a guy with a s6 edge had this problem and fixed with some sort of software (i attached it) , a friend of mine says that its sth called BOX and i dont understand him !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMQQPpqELI
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See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/dm-verity-verification-failed-recovery-t2945531
Use google and search for
Note 4 DM-VERITY VERIFICATION FAILED
You get a 100 hits.

The same occurred for my LG G3 D855 which has erased its IMEI just for trying 'restore upgrade errors' in the LG mobile support tool. From that onwards I have firmly decided not to flash manually in any way except when official upgrades / uupdates are released via KIES or via OTA update.
Please do not flash by your own as it is always risky. It is not a PC where you can take out the affected hard disk and fix it in a working PC and backup the data.
To all manual flashing persons :
If your phone succeeds in manual flashing, donnot brain wash others to do the same. Not all persons always do R & D in android like you.

sudhakar35 said:
The same occurred for my LG G3 D855 which has erased its IMEI just for trying 'restore upgrade errors' in the LG mobile support tool. From that onwards I have firmly decided not to flash manually in any way except when official upgrades / uupdates are released via KIES or via OTA update.
Please do not flash by your own as it is always risky. It is not a PC where you can take out the affected hard disk and fix it in a working PC and backup the data.
To all manual flashing persons :
If your phone succeeds in manual flashing, donnot brain wash others to do the same. Not all persons always do R & D in android like you.
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Thanks for the reply but the main problem is that any OTA that comes to note 4 i download them and the device says to restart to recovery to install the Update and i say yes but when it goes to recovery the recovery wont function well since it shows dm-verity error and supported API : 3 the update process fails to complete . My imei is as cool as always i havent had a problem with IMEI since i bought the phone

at least 10000 people have note 4 and none has had the problem ???? REALLY ?
seems like im pretty f***ed up

chappatti said:
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/dm-verity-verification-failed-recovery-t2945531
Use google and search for
Note 4 DM-VERITY VERIFICATION FAILED
You get a 100 hits.
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dear chappati , according to that video i need a physical thing which is called a BOX and a software called GC PRO because that guy had my problem and fixed it with a clicking , but im reasearching for 5 months and nothing comes out . i need information PLZ

Hi, i used to had that problem too, when i first flash a custom rom to my N910G i back up my stock rom.. everthing including EFS.. after that then i wipe everything like normal procedure when u flash a rom. till then 1 day i wanna go back to stock rom i accidentally ticked EFS while i wanna restore that stock rom back up and then i thought it was nothing serious until i flash stock rom with odin and when i boot into stock recovery that dm-verity message was shown, did so much research but no luck. my n910G was on a Singapore firmware, that time it had a update i just try my luck by downloading the latest SG firmware and then that message was gone! m now already on MM no problems like that anymore

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s7 edge started to freeze, bootloop, stuck on logo etc

hi. i have a brand new phone s7 edge sm-935f to be more specific if this helps
got it in june. and now from a few days my phone started to freeze during gaming lets say that is a bigload or something and sometimes even when i wanna browse the gallery or even do simple stuff like calling someone..... i don`t know what happend...
this happend since i did the update on december? doesn`t matter the last big update.... i`m on forums 3 days now.... aand since this happend i knew that people are having problems like this... but still so i did the big damn update... and this happend
and now i`m trying to downgrade my phone... dld the firmware from sammobile? the site that everyone says... don`t know
i don`t know what to tell you more guys. i need some help i can`t do this on my one.
as i understand if i can enter in recoverymode blabla it`s not hard bricked? so that`s a very good thing so this means that this problem can be fixed.
i can load the phone by doing some forced resets.
i did hard factory reset.
i did try to flash stock firmware with odin... and kinda still nothing... after doing this i installed nfs no limits to test the phone and still the phone frooze and bam samsung logo we meet again.
i really don`t know what to do anymore.
does it has an importance if the phone came with " hungary firmware " and i dld the uk version ? maybe this could be the problem the language? don`t know
i need some help please i`m desperate.
thank you very much
p.s sorry for my bad english
edit1: didn`t root my phone didn`t try to install a custom thing on it, i started having this problems like 3-4-5 days ago after i did the last update in december can`t remember it.
edit2: dld the romanian (orange version ) gonna see if this works.... but after odin finished flashing the firmware i had to force restart the phone so it can boot... i quess this doesn`t work, i`m gonna dld the 2 versions of firmware of " hungary " and gonna try with those 2... will update when i`m done. in the meanwhile please tell me how i can fix this faster
edit3: i did manage to play a little bit of nfs no limits with this romanian (orange version ) but it frooze and restarted... i will try to install the hungary firmware and see then.

odin stock firmware, get TWRP, flash a custom rom, problem solved. If that dint solve it, you might have a hardware issued which means you are out of luck, need to send in the phone.

i really don`t want to loose my warranty by installing a costum rom on my phone....
as i know if i do that will **** up my waranty right?
any other suggestions?

You mentioned in initial post you would be trying certain stuff. What's the phone status now?

Try the APB1 of 2016.03.11 from SamMobile

phone status right now is still in the same status... tried to flash the 2 hungarian versions.. nothing.... even if it boots if i try to do something it goes in bootloop again... i`m trying to run an antutu benchmark....
some guy that works in a phone service place told me this: he things because of the update samsung rolled out the phone rams cpu is starting to break... because the update wasn`t tested enough,,,, don`t know what to say anymore. right now i don`t have time for the phone. i replaced it with other phone till next year then i`m gonna try to make it work again.
jonrayne i`m gonna try that firmware next yeah.
thanks

up. i think i have to change my phones motherboard.... because of the new update i think becuz of the bugs maybe it ****ed up my phones components i don`t know. if nothing works i will have to do this change. it will cost me 120-130$.... do you guys know any other option to try and fix my phone? i need to try everything before i will spend this money

Recruter said:
up. i think i have to change my phones motherboard.... because of the new update i think becuz of the bugs maybe it ****ed up my phones components i don`t know.
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Hah, sitting in exactly the same boat as you after the last FW update, my thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/s7e-suddenly-bootlooping-dying-t3528827

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any more suggestions?
or do i really have to go and change my mobo?
edit1: is there a way to test any part of the phone ? to see what part of the phone is fckd up? i tried to run an antutu benchamark when the phone worked a little bit but the phone went in bootloop at cpu test and ram test don`t know.

hey guys. i think i might have a fix for this sh1t
found on some forum i don`t know if it`s safe to post smt from another phone android related stuff if it`s safe i will paste here the post on that forum.
i found out that a guy with the same problems just like me and the same problems routine.... installed a nougat beta firmware and his phone worked after that. now i don`t have time to find and search a " valid " nougat beta firmware because i`m not home... can you guys please tell me if this is true or if somebody tried this option to fix this sh1t?
found out that many people have the same problem just like me after doing that update from samsung.
now my question is where can i find an " official " nougat update firmware to download. and try this because i don`t wanna go and pay 120$ to switch the mobo and then have the same problems.
saw a guy saying that there is one on sammobile but i don`t really have time right now to search for it. can smb tell where i can dowload one?
thanks
please smb reply
edit1: sorry for my bad english.

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tried to update the nougat beta fw but nothing... it gets stuck at " erasing blue screen " think after odin finishes to upload the fw to the phone....
after that i flashed stock fw again... still gets stuck on erasing blue screen... or i get the exclamation mark.... tried to whipe cache etc... nothing

Recruter said:
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tried to update the nougat beta fw but nothing... it gets stuck at " erasing blue screen " think after odin finishes to upload the fw to the phone....
after that i flashed stock fw again... still gets stuck on erasing blue screen... or i get the exclamation mark.... tried to whipe cache etc... nothing
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Same problem here! What is your phone status now?

sound like a strategic move by samsung to force u replace motherboard again and again until u decided to give s8 a try. then u realise , **** it. get a cheaper phone with similar spec.

No "device initialization" tab on Smart Switch?!

So, newer versions of Samsung Smart Switch do not offer the option for "Device Initialization" anymore.
How can I do a similar procedure apart from an Odin stock image flash?
I tried Odin stock image flash, but could not get totally unrooted that way. And was hoping to get clean unroot by using Smart Switch.
Any way to get the Device Initialization done in Smart Switch? Or does anyone have the older Smart Switch install files?
Thanks!

http://www.filehorse.com/download-samsung-smart-switch/30860/
This one worked for me. Just don't update when you open it. Regardless of the pop up that says device initialization is no longer available, it is.

The device initialization function was removed in the latest version of Smart Switch because it was exploited too much for debranding.
Here's the official download link for the last version with device initialization function:
downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201706/20170601113339558/Smart_Switch_PC_Setup.exe

MrYoan said:
This one worked for me. Just don't update when you open it. Regardless of the pop up that says device initialization is no longer available, it is.
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this help me a lot. thanks for the link:fingers-crossed:

Thanks for the link to the version with initialise!
I downloaded it and tried to do the initialisation process but after putting in my details it said "SM-G935FD" does not support initialising?
Do you know another way to initialise other than flashing a stock rom in ODIN as so far every rom I've tried gets stuck in boot loops.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Elektryx said:
Thanks for the link to the version with initialise!
I downloaded it and tried to do the initialisation process but after putting in my details it said "SM-G935FD" does not support initialising?
Do you know another way to initialise other than flashing a stock rom in ODIN as so far every rom I've tried gets stuck in boot loops.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks [/
It appears samsung has blocked it. Recent versions of smart switch automatically update to newest version and older versions installation always fails. I've tried many.
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elv1503 said:
Elektryx said:
Thanks for the link to the version with initialise!
I downloaded it and tried to do the initialisation process but after putting in my details it said "SM-G935FD" does not support initialising?
Do you know another way to initialise other than flashing a stock rom in ODIN as so far every rom I've tried gets stuck in boot loops.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks [/
It appears samsung has blocked it. Recent versions of smart switch automatically update to newest version and older versions installation always fails. I've tried many.
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Now I also get the error message, that my SM-G930F does not support initialising even though it worked before, so Samsung must have really blocked it. ODIN is the only way to do this now.
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Samsung completely removed this feature... Cannot find fw on the server. This feature is over. The only way is ODIN or something paid. Restrictions, restrictions, restrictions everywhere......

This really sucks since Odin does not completely restore everything.

After having the bluetooth share problem come up on my phone due to max bluetooth connections (I managed to successfully root the phone and delete the entries to get it working again the last time on S5) I tried again to root my phone which was unsuccessful and messed it up. After trying a few times to get the correct ROM which is hard to get as theres nowhere official to get it from (that I know of) and downloading is slow. Now its in boot loop. Spent time for 3 days running to sort out this issue and now they've completely taken out the potential way to solve it. I guess on my next upgrade I'll look into other options, to think they haven't solved the bluetooth share issue after all this time I think is just crazy.

So why samsung is not focus on this issue and does not try to solve ....and in other side samsung kies say this device not supported and samsung smart switch says unsupported device so what is this ??both are made by samsung and this type of error faces many many users in the world and you can see a lots of video on you tube but there is no any appropriate answer

This move is absolutely against developers who try to use androids more than just what Samsung intends them to. Definitely not satisfied, it was my only way of recovery because my old backups don't work because of frequent updates.

Hey, got to this thread today, I'm just leaving my bit for other souls that come by... I had this same msg on my A9, tried the Smart Switch but no way... then I just started good and old Odin 3.13.3 and started the process: the device responded and accepted the flash !!!

FernandoK said:
Hey, got to this thread today, I'm just leaving my bit for other souls that come by... I had this same msg on my A9, tried the Smart Switch but no way... then I just started good and old Odin 3.13.3 and started the process: the device responded and accepted the flash !!!
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Thanks!!!!, the same for an A50, SM-A505FN.

No device "initialization" tab on Smart Switch? > BUT ODIN STILL WORKS
Hello everyone;
I found this thread a few hours ago, when I was trying to fix my Samsung phone.
I just want to confirm that flashing stock ROM with Odin works even if you have the "“An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smartswitch PC Software”" screen.

Raisagvs said:
No device "initialization" tab on Smart Switch? > BUT ODIN STILL WORKS
Hello everyone;
I found this thread a few hours ago, when I was trying to fix my Samsung phone.
I just want to confirm that flashing stock ROM with Odin works even if you have the "“An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smartswitch PC Software”" screen.
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Thanks,
this worked for me,
didn't know Odin still works

Raisagvs said:
No device "initialization" tab on Smart Switch? > BUT ODIN STILL WORKS
Hello everyone;
I found this thread a few hours ago, when I was trying to fix my Samsung phone.
I just want to confirm that flashing stock ROM with Odin works even if you have the "“An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smartswitch PC Software”" screen.
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Can you teach me how to do that sir.

You can also try another Samsung application, if I remember correctly, many additional features have been added recently. https://www.huuq.net/samsung-flow-download-for-windows/

S7 Edge Bricked

Hi, my SM-G935FD has been acting weird lately, auto reboot and massive hanging issue. Thus i decided to do a factory reset. To my surprise, the factory reset was unable to complete!
It shows error E: format_volume: make ext4 failed on /dev/block/platform/155a0000.ufs/by-name/USERDATA with 1(I/O error)
Now i cant do anything with my phone, i tried to flash using odin with various stock, but it stucks at system.img. I cant do a custom rom flash either because FRP Lock is ON.
Any experts out there able to provide with some help and your expertise?
Your help is greatly appreciated!

grasscut said:
Hi, my SM-G935FD has been acting weird lately, auto reboot and massive hanging issue. Thus i decided to do a factory reset. To my surprise, the factory reset was unable to complete!
It shows error E: format_volume: make ext4 failed on /dev/block/platform/155a0000.ufs/by-name/USERDATA with 1(I/O error)
Now i cant do anything with my phone, i tried to flash using odin with various stock, but it stucks at system.img. I cant do a custom rom flash either because FRP Lock is ON.
Any experts out there able to provide with some help and your expertise?
Your help is greatly appreciated!
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Use Samsung smart switch to restore your phone to stock just type your serial number in it I think it works even without ur screen on.

pingufanpoy said:
Use Samsung smart switch to restore your phone to stock just type your serial number in it I think it works even without ur screen on.
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Tried that too. But it stated does not support. So i cant do anything with it

anyone help?

same thing here on G935FD. Started acting up after Oreo update
Samsung refusing warranty claim as my phone bought in another country.

Bluetoth10 said:
same thing here on G935FD. Started acting up after Oreo update
Samsung refusing warranty claim as my phone bought in another country.
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Any experts can give us a hand?

i received 2 pm from this user instrumentaly who claims to know how to resolve the issue. but he is asking for remote access to my phone to his server. I think its likely a scam? anyone received such pm from this user?

No more help with this? I am stuck in loop with installing system update and then the samsung logo screen.

Contact me in 8921154867 Whatsapp
Let me try if I can help you(If you want)
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Cant use phone lol! It's not letting me past loading screens or installing update.

i received 2 pm from this user instrumentaly who claims to know how to resolve the issue. but he is asking for remote access to my phone to his server. I think its likely a scam? anyone received such pm from this user?

I/O error most likely means the internal storage has failed, to be sure use samfirm to download the latest firmware for your device. Check the binary nature box to get the full firmware and flash with odin.

DrFredPhD said:
I/O error most likely means the internal storage has failed, to be sure use samfirm to download the latest firmware for your device. Check the binary nature box to get the full firmware and flash with odin.
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I am unable to flash the firmware to the phone. it stuck when its at system..

grasscut said:
I am unable to flash the firmware to the phone. it stuck when its at system..
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Unfortunately this does sound like an eMMC failure.

DrFredPhD said:
Unfortunately this does sound like an eMMC failure.
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So my phone is dead then? nothing i can do to salvage it?