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Well, today I tried setting up ClockworksMod so I could easily backup and restore my phone as needed. (As previous work i had caused issues and it wouldnt reboot until i reinstalled the rom)
Well, clockworkmod recovery would not install through the app, so I installed the image through Odin, and that worked flawlessly. I was able to backup and restore.
After it booted back up I was unable to add a new google account or erase the old one. Factory resetting it would casue it to get stuck in the boot loop again, until i restored it or reflashed.
Eventually I tried flashing another image, with repartition turned on.
Well, without surprise Windows 7 semi crashed and killed Odin.
Now when my phone "turns on" all i see is black. Nothing happens. I cant do any of the 3 button combos to get into Recovery or Download mode
Can anybody help me? I need to get this working ASAP!
Thanks
Edit : I need to check my eyes. I thought you can get into download mode.
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
Intratech said:
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
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Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
Can I have your battery cover to keep as a spare.
bncplix said:
Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
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You need a jig.
Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
Intratech said:
You need a jig.
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Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
geko95gek said:
Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
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Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
bncplix said:
Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
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It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
Intratech said:
It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Hopefully! I just ordered one
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
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Yes I did, was that something I shouldn't have done?
It sat on repartitioning for about 15 minutes, then windoes said Odin stopped responding and it killed it :/
I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
Those guys at Samfirmware really need to stop telling people to repartition their device for every flash.
Intratech said:
I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
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Well, lesson learned. Today was the first time I even tried installing another ROM
Thanks for the help
Once my Jig comes in, I'll let you all know how it goes!
check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
bncplix said:
See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
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I'm not saying it will work for sure, what I'm saying is depending on the damage done it may still get you into download mode so you can flash the firmware.
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That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
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to be precise, it's the "custom binary counter" which counts up as soon as you flash something modified manually on your phone. has nothing to do with your problem, though.
We need to find the way to boot the device externally, i.e. bootloader on ext. SDCard or the likes....
I tried putting in a rom earlier for my note 3 and it didn't take.
I ended up on that, vibration boot loop.
Odin still worked fine so I tried putting in an original stock rom with root, so I can add recovery.
I could not actually find a fully suitable rom choice, and the samsung website didn't play well with me either. firstly it would not let me register for some reason...anyway.
I am UK on O2 running 9005 SO I put in N9005XXUDMJ7-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX-FREE-ODEX-BL-FREE
I don't know if that was the right choice, I set it up on PDA, and unclicked partition
It's been stuck possibly hanging on ext4 sys for over an hour.
The references I have seen suggest it takes a long time but how long is too long?
I don't want to pull the plug to brick the device completely.
I have a cwm recovery so all I need is to put the recovery back in and I should be good to go...
If this is hanging, what other options do I have?
How long is too long?
Any help fixing this would be greatly appreciated, and a drinks on me...
I am kinda freaking out, have seen similar threads, but because the firmwares are so different they didn't really help..or perhaps I misread things...but nothing really covered not being able to load the recovery software itself
consider me lizard brain in freak out mode right now..
please reply promptly with something.
Can you still boot to cwm or download mode only?
hey_joe said:
Can you still boot to cwm or download mode only?
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Odin mode only. But it's still hanging.And I am worried that if I pull it now it's going to brick it and not even give me access to ODIN.
8thsiner said:
Odin mode only. But it's still hanging.And I am worried that if I pull it now it's going to brick it and not even give me access to ODIN.
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Over one hour is too long to flash something even a full stock rom. Something is wrong there.
So you're saying you have no access to an original stock rom of your phone? If there is a problem like this flashing, I would flash the stock rom first then just root and install cwm. The first thing you want to do is have a working phone then just do the other stuff after like rooting, etc..
If what you posted is your stock rom, then download here and flash through odin.
There's also a newer one which is MK2 which you can download here.
Either one is stock.
Downloading the mk 2 now to test
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
8thsiner said:
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
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No problem. Don't have paypal though and it's not necessary.
Enjoy your phone.
8thsiner said:
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
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Mate the reason you got into trouble was you weren't flashing a stock rom...
N9005XXUDMJ7-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX-FREE-ODEX-BL-FREE means it has been altered and is considered custom...
A stock rom has not been altered.
8thsiner said:
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
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There are a lot of good people here that will help you. You don't need to give anything back. And be sure to ALWAYS have a NANDROID backup so that you can restore your phone if anything bad happens.
Hi guys, Ive searched and searched, but couldnt find anything that worked for me, so I apologize if this has been answered before.
I attempted to root my GS6 Sprint phone, and something has gone wrong. When the phone reboots the touch screen doesnt work at all and it doesnt find any cell signals.
I flashed to S6-UniKernel_v6-0001-ODIN, the firmware on the phone at the time was 5.1.1.
I tried to flash back using G920PVPU1AOCF_G920PSPT1AOCF_G920PVPU1AOCF_HOME.tar. but I get "FAILED" every time.
So I tried to install twrp-2.8.7.1-zeroflte.img, and that seemed to install fine, but I cant reset because even in TWRP I have no use of my touch screen.
I am using the samsung cable, and it does go to the Downloading mode, but as soon as I click start it fails.
Anyone that can help me fix this I would gladly paypal the cost of a six pack. (Mods if this isnt allowed please let me know)
Okay so here is what fixed it for anyone else like me that is a noob, and does dumb stuff to their phone. You cant roll back to old firmwares. You have to flash to the latest firmware that was on the phone or newer. I found the updated firmware and its good to go.
koop1955 said:
Minor correction. You can use the version that you started with or a later version. The only problems come if you try to use an earlier version, like going from 5.1.1 back to 5.0.2. Which won't work.
Here is the latest version available, should always work: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087002159
Odin is available here: http://www.samsungodindownload.com/
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Many thanks to koop1955 for his help, and thanks to everyone that jumped in to help a poor noob.
Demijinx said:
Hi guys, Ive searched and searched, but couldnt find anything that worked for me, so I apologize if this has been answered before.
I attempted to root my GS6 Sprint phone, and something has gone wrong. When the phone reboots the touch screen doesnt work at all and it doesnt find any cell signals.
I flashed to S6-UniKernel_v6-0001-ODIN, the firmware on the phone at the time was 5.1.1.
I tried to flash back using G920PVPU1AOCF_G920PSPT1AOCF_G920PVPU1AOCF_HOME.tar. but I get "FAILED" every time.
So I tried to install twrp-2.8.7.1-zeroflte.img, and that seemed to install fine, but I cant reset because even in TWRP I have no use of my touch screen.
I am using the samsung cable, and it does go to the Downloading mode, but as soon as I click start it fails.
Anyone that can help me fix this I would gladly paypal the cost of a six pack. (Mods if this isnt allowed please let me know)
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Anybody? Literally ANY idea is worth a shot at this point.
Did you use Odin to root the device? What options did you set?
Zoolok said:
Did you use Odin to root the device? What options did you set?
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Thanks for the reply Zooklok, I did use Odin, and I didnt change any settings.
So checked boxes under options are;
Auto Reboot
F. Reset Time
Thats all. I clicked "AP" to load the firmware, then clicked start.
Hello.. Assuming your phone is already rooted. Pls follow the below procedure
1. Restart and let the phone biot. Plug in your usb and insert a new for installation purpose
2. Hold and press power+up+home button to boot into recovery
3. Format and reflash the new rom
Should works like a charm
selferng said:
Hello.. Assuming your phone is already rooted. Pls follow the below procedure
1. Restart and let the phone biot. Plug in your usb and insert a new for installation purpose
2. Hold and press power+up+home button to boot into recovery
3. Format and reflash the new rom
Should works like a charm
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Thanks for the feed back selferng, when I reboot into recovery, I cant select anything because the touch screen doesnt work
Demijinx said:
Thanks for the feed back selferng, when I reboot into recovery, I cant select anything because the touch screen doesnt work
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Can u use the hardware button to select? Volume up and down and power button to select
selferng said:
Can u use the hardware button to select? Volume up and down and power button to select
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Okay so I grabbed the lastest ODIN and was able to go back to the stock recovery. I performed a wipe/factory reset, but it still wont let me use the touch screen! ARG! It didnt clear the new kernel. Could it be because Im flashing to an older firmware? I cant find 5.1.1 anywhere...
Demijinx said:
Okay so I grabbed the lastest ODIN and was able to go back to the stock recovery. I performed a wipe/factory reset, but it still wont let me use the touch screen! ARG! It didnt clear the new kernel. Could it be because Im flashing to an older firmware? I cant find 5.1.1 anywhere...
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Is the a Galaxy s6 or a S6 edge+ of edge+ you've been flashing the wrong firmwares, which would explain the issues you're having
Try a different cable or usb port or redownload the firmware file as it may be corrupted.
Press thanks if I helped.
You're on the wrong forum. This is for the Edge+. You have a S6. Not Edge, not +.
nms247 said:
Is the a Galaxy s6 or a S6 edge+ of edge+ you've been flashing the wrong firmwares, which would explain the issues you're having
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Its the regular S6, not the edge. So the firmware is correct?
a. felon said:
Try a different cable or usb port or redownload the firmware file as it may be corrupted.
Press thanks if I helped.
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I will trying downloading again. I have tried all my USB ports and the original cable and a brand new one.
B3311 said:
You're on the wrong forum. This is for the Edge+. You have a S6. Not Edge, not +.
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Dang! Mods can we move this? Sorry guys.
Guys thanks for helping me out with this, all the responses are appreciated.
UPDATE! FIXED IT!
I tried a different root method
http://trueandroid.com/g920pvpu2bof...mware-sprint-galaxy-s6-sm-g920p-how-to-guide/
This worked the first time, and restored the touchscreen functions. Thank you everyone for your help.
Demijinx said:
Its the regular S6, not the edge. So the firmware is correct?
I will trying downloading again. I have tried all my USB ports and the original cable and a brand new one.
Dang! Mods can we move this? Sorry guys.
Guys thanks for helping me out with this, all the responses are appreciated.
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Had to ask this being the edge+ forum
Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk
Alright I spoke too soon. I got to my desktop once, now it just says:
Kernel Is not seadroin enforcing
Custom binary blocked by FRP lock.
Ugg. Lol I need help again.
Demijinx said:
Alright I spoke too soon. I got to my desktop once, now it just says:
Kernel Is not seadroin enforcing
Custom binary blocked by FRP lock.
Ugg. Lol I need help again.
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Ok I know one thing for sure, you are not the first to face this but it seems to be solved by flashing the tar file for your device. More info here http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/help/custom-binary-blocked-frp-lock-t3152054
Good luck
Don't forget to Press that thanks button ?.
koop1955 said:
Minor correction. You can use the version that you started with or a later version. The only problems come if you try to use an earlier version, like going from 5.1.1 back to 5.0.2. Which won't work.
Here is the latest version available, should always work: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087002159
Odin is available here: http://www.samsungodindownload.com/
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koop1955 had the link. Koop, if you read this, hit me up with your paypal, I owe you some beer.
Demijinx said:
koop1955 had the link. Koop, if you read this, hit me up with your paypal, I owe you some beer.
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Sorry, man, I won't accept it. I do this stuff for love and need to keep it pure.
But please Pay It Forward. Help somebody as you are able to.
koop1955 said:
Sorry, man, I won't accept it. I do this stuff for love and need to keep it pure.
But please Pay It Forward. Help somebody as you are able to.
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Will do brother. Thank you so much, you really pulled me out of a spot. Im used to paying for everything in "Military Currency". Thank you again.
I tried installing UK firmware on my Galaxy S8+ using Odin, but it got stuck at system.img and now I can only boot the phone into download mode.
I've tried installing the original firmware as well but it also gets stuck at system.img.
Has this happened to anyone else? And is there anything I can do to fix this or am I ****ed?
Thank you very much in advance for any help
Did you use the most recent version of Odin (v3.13.1) ?
ruben1515 said:
Did you use the most recent version of Odin (v3.13.1) ?
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Yep
nocuna said:
Yep
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Did you select all files at once?
ruben1515 said:
Did you select all files at once?
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Yeah I did.
I've spent half the day trying to fix this, but it actually seems to be hard bricked.
All I wanted was the Pie Beta
If your Odin and files are right it might be the cable, if you're not using the original cable it causes that it happend to me many times. Hope this helps you
nocuna said:
Yeah I did.
I've spent half the day trying to fix this, but it actually seems to be hard bricked.
All I wanted was the Pie Beta
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Try nand erase pit within Odin , hopefully this could bring it back ..
riseofsand said:
If your Odin and files are right it might be the cable, if you're not using the original cable it causes that it happend to me many times. Hope this helps you
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I just bought a Galaxy S9 so I'll try to flash using that cable. Thank you!
Scorpionea said:
Try nand erase pit within Odin , hopefully this could bring it back ..
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I'll try that thanks, what does it do?
nocuna said:
I'll try that thanks, what does it do?
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Well that is a very dangerous process and should not be done if u dont have any major issue but since u have pretty much death phone as u say it cant hurt to try as a last option.
Google what nand erase is in odin option,it will explain much better then me [emoji14]
Wish you all luck
Edit : try and see if u can find any emergency firmware aka repair firmware for you s8 if it exists and flash with that
Scorpionea said:
Well that is a very dangerous process and should not be done if u dont have any major issue but since u have pretty much death phone as u say it cant hurt to try as a last option.
Google what nand erase is in odin option,it will explain much better then me [emoji14]
Wish you all luck
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I've tried it now, same result as always :/
In download mode it says OEM LOCK: ON, could that be the reason why?
nocuna said:
I've tried it now, same result as always :/
In download mode it says OEM LOCK: ON, could that be the reason why?
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Since u trying to flash samsung official firmware it shouldn't matter. Dont know what to advice as u tried pretty much everything i would do.
Maybe someone with more insights and knowledge what to do could help you but dunno.
Search the web all i can say.
Can u boot into the recovery? Maybe try to flash twrp and format everything from there ?
Scorpionea said:
Since u trying to flash samsung official firmware it shouldn't matter. Dont know what to advice as u tried pretty much everything i would do.
Maybe someone with more insights and knowledge what to do could help you but dunno.
Search the web all i can say.
Can u boot into the recovery? Maybe try to flash twrp and format everything from there ?
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I think I've gone through every forum post and article on the internet about the issue, can't seem to find a solution.
Can't boot into recovery either, only download mode. I'll keep trying and I'll see if I can send it in for repair.
Thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
nocuna said:
I think I've gone through every forum post and article on the internet about the issue, can't seem to find a solution.
Can't boot into recovery either, only download mode. I'll keep trying and I'll see if I can send it in for repair.
Thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
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Have you fixed it already? If not try flashing everything with odin and also in 'Pit' tab put dreamlte .pit file from inside CSC .md5 file(open with rar)
Double check your files make sure you're not flashing an old fw and your Odin
After that, you probably try to flash using a non original data cable, its not a must but some cables can cause that
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Have you fixed it already? If not try flashing everything with odin and also in 'Pit' tab put dreamlte .pit file from inside CSC .md5 file(open with rar)
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I'll try that, thank you
riseofsand said:
Double check your files make sure you're not flashing an old fw and your Odin
After that, you probably try to flash using a non original data cable, its not a must but some cables can cause that
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I've triple-checked everything. Both Odin and the files are all up to date, and the files are from the same firmware I had on the phone before it got bricked.
I'm going to try using firmware from SamMobile instead of SamDB.org, and will post back with results.
UPDATE:
Flashed firmware from SamMobile, it went through and my phone works again. Can't believe I spent $7 on SamDB for faster download speed and all I got was some files that don't even work properly. Next time I'll be more patient I guess
is there any very helpful s8 owner who could take a complete system backup and i can restore that should i used this? would rlly appreciate it. I failed with rooting very hard and dumb of me. and i got help from a other guy that fixed a lot. but when we want to reboot it bootloops on my samsung flashing screen. and the guy that helped me didnt know either what to do anymore because he tried already a lot. so he's last idea was using a complete system backup from a s8 owner. i cant use my Phone since sunday and i rlly had some important message i need to read. thank you for reading this far i will hope for a good respond.
you can add me on discord: Peter r de Vries#3776
jesseija said:
is there any very helpful s8 owner who could take a complete system backup and i can restore that should i used this? would rlly appreciate it. I failed with rooting very hard and dumb of me. and i got help from a other guy that fixed a lot. but when we want to reboot it bootloops on my samsung flashing screen. and the guy that helped me didnt know either what to do anymore because he tried already a lot. so he's last idea was using a complete system backup from a s8 owner. i cant use my Phone since sunday and i rlly had some important message i need to read. thank you for reading this far i will hope for a good respond.
you can add me on discord: Peter r de Vries#3776
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Ummmm Flash your current firmware through odin you dont need a s8 users backup there is a barage of stock firmwares to restore from all over the internet
yeah that doesnt work already tried that
jesseija said:
yeah that doesnt work already tried that
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What is the error you are receiving. Odin will flash and fix all but knox 0x1
My phone flashes ROM fine, But it gets stuck at pulsing Samsung logo after flashing them, It was fine before rooting the device.
jesseija said:
My phone flashes ROM fine, But it gets stuck at pulsing Samsung logo after flashing them, It was fine before rooting the device.
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Which model 950 U,f,w.
You know it takes about 5 to 10 min to also boot from that.
My model is SM-G950F and yeah i know that it can take like 10 minutes to boot
jesseija said:
My model is SM-G950F and yeah i know that it can take like 10 minutes to boot
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Last time I reset my phone it took forever to reset. Try redoing the process but give it plenty of time. Also, don't worry about it heating up.
If you had any message saved on the phone you won't be able to view it after a reset.
Try taking these precautions next time you reinstall firmware:
Make sure you have the right firmware for your country code (it's usually on a sticker on the box or when you go in download mode: power+volume up+bixby)
Make sure you have the latest Samsung Drivers for Mobile installed on your pc, this usually leads to bootloops if not installed before flashing
Ensure you have the original cable that came with the box connected as it has information that's not found on other wires
Make sure you have the most recent version of Odin. I recommend uninstalling anything you have on your pc and reinstalling the files from the beginning so nothing mixes up
These really helped when I got MY phone stuck in a bootloop...twice...
It happened after only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed. but got someone a s8 backup?
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