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I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy Express (GT-I8730), international version.
I updated my firmware using Odin to a newer build. The firmware was downloaded from SamFirmware.com.
After the update finished and my phone restarted I've got no sound at all. I tried doing a factory reset but no luck. I thought the firmware was corrupted and after downloading and installing a new one, the exact same thing happened.
In the video posted below I am doing a factory reset from recovery, just to show you that I'm doing everything from the beginning.
The phone vibrates but there is no sound.
Before the update I had build version : I8730XWAMB8. After the update I tried with : I8730XWAMD7 and I8730XWAMC4. All these builds have the version number 4.1.2.
If I reinstall the I8730XWAMB8, I have sound but this build is branded and I'm very mad that I can't install other versions. This thing won't happen on my Note 2. I can install what firmware I want from SamFirmware.com.
I also saw that with all these builds my phone will randomly power-off at different times. It can be 5 minutes after I turn it on or it can be 18 hours. After the power-off I need to take out the battery.
What is wrong with the phone? Before these updates everything worked perfectly (before trying these updates, with the initial build I had sound and there were no random power-offs).
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
I also wanted to de-brand my i8730 and had similar issues as you. I tried 4 different firmwares, and the only firmware that really works OK is the original, branded one. With other firmwares (same version, same country but different branding) got me the occasional shutdowns like you described and wifi constantly disconnecting and connecting again.
Now I went back to the XWAMB8, rooted the phone and with Titanium Backup removed all the branded apps.
If you don't want to root your device you can always hide the apps, from the app list click on the Menu button and choose the option Hide applications.
Isn't that weird? I had a lot of Samsung smartphones and flashed a lot of firmwares (both stock and custom) and never experienced something like this. Can you tell me where you bought the phone from (what carrier and country)? Thanks.
ssweays composed
It is indeed very weird. My phone is branded to Portuguese Vodafone, I tried flashing other portuguese firmwares and also from other countries, the only stable one is the original one.
I think the phone is designed to be like that.
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It is happened to me too, this power of thing in XWAMC4 firmware. (it is happened after less then 5 minuts after i turned out the screen)
finally i went back to the XWAMB8 and it's all work great.
No sound at all - not a problem in Australia
I updated and Optus branded i8730 with the plain vanilla variety and have had no problem.
Is your phone network locked?
99% sure mine is not and that may be what is causing it.
Bazzan
Well, it was a Vodafone Romania firmware but not really branded. I mean, it only had some apps installed by Vodafone. However, I'm getting my hands on an unbranded grey Galaxy Express today. Let's see what's going to happen with this one..
Something similar happened to me. I rooted it via motochoper from my linux desktop. Played a bit with root stuff, and later then I had no sim detection and no more speaker sound. I reflashed /system and got sim detected but still no speaker sound. Now I'm affraid of rooting the new one (I got lucky with my carrier). Something is weird about that phone...
Edit: In fact it seems to be TB that messed up the device... Everything fine now...
viges666 said:
Something similar happened to me. I rooted it via motochoper from my linux desktop. Played a bit with root stuff, and later then I had no sim detection and no more speaker sound. I reflashed /system and got sim detected but still no speaker sound. Now I'm affraid of rooting the new one (I got lucky with my carrier). Something is weird about that phone...
Edit: In fact it seems to be TB that messed up the device... Everything fine now...
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I've got the same problem, no sound, when i call someone i can't hear the voice of my friend.
Base band version : I8730XWAMB7
Kernel version: 3.4.0-100842
[email protected]#1
Version number: JZO54K.I8730XWAMB8
Do you have any soluce to fixe this probleme ?
Thanks a lot
Wipe and full reflash with odin or heimdall...
Try full wipe and full reflash of original firmware with odin or heimdall...
Does somebody was able to flash a ROM released for a different carrier and still have sound working on this phone?
I either have no sound at all (after burning a new ROM for different carrier) or have strange sound (like "ET call home" - not my problem description, just found it on this forum too) after mixing new ROM with my original MODEM file.
Of course, everything is fine after burning back my original ROM.
ionutzm05 said:
I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy Express (GT-I8730), international version.
I updated my firmware using Odin to a newer build. The firmware was downloaded from SamFirmware.com.
After the update finished and my phone restarted I've got no sound at all. I tried doing a factory reset but no luck. I thought the firmware was corrupted and after downloading and installing a new one, the exact same thing happened.
In the video posted below I am doing a factory reset from recovery, just to show you that I'm doing everything from the beginning.
The phone vibrates but there is no sound.
Before the update I had build version : I8730XWAMB8. After the update I tried with : I8730XWAMD7 and I8730XWAMC4. All these builds have the version number 4.1.2.
If I reinstall the I8730XWAMB8, I have sound but this build is branded and I'm very mad that I can't install other versions. This thing won't happen on my Note 2. I can install what firmware I want from SamFirmware.com.
I also saw that with all these builds my phone will randomly power-off at different times. It can be 5 minutes after I turn it on or it can be 18 hours. After the power-off I need to take out the battery.
What is wrong with the phone? Before these updates everything worked perfectly (before trying these updates, with the initial build I had sound and there were no random power-offs).
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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I have this exact same problem!! Ughh.
Any fix?
Flash I8730XWAMK1, will work and you will not have the brand logo. I use this one and is perfectly ! Good Luck ! :good::good:
hi All
have the same problem
original firmware is AP I8730XWAMB8 / CP I8730XWAMB7 / CSC I8730BOGAMB1
phone freeze , restart , no sound ..........
Solved with I8730XWANE1_OXXANF1 , all is OK , sound OK
After I flashed LineageOS 14.1 for GT-I8730T (mine is GT-I8730) the sound doesn't work, video player and music players too, they open and I can fast forward it, but it doesn't play. I changed it back to I8730UBAMD2 and CM 13.1 but nothing. Please help me!
hey-o, So i wanted to root my phone quick and easy just afew ahours ago, after i odin'd in TWRP on my S7 Edge, it couldn't read data, i was pretty confused, i restarted my phone, told me verfication had failed, and in base, the entire OS has basicly went corrupt, am really not sure how, but has anyone else had this problem? SM-G935F EE UK, need more info i can provide.
Correction, I installed the EE firmware AFTER i had to fix my phone due to what TWRP did, My phone is actualy BTU Firmware.
Knox has been tripped.
Video visualization: https://youtu.be/o-9aKxWXaG8
Minerspark said:
hey-o, So i wanted to root my phone quick and easy just afew ahours ago, after i odin'd in TWRP on my S7 Edge, it couldn't read data, i was pretty confused, i restarted my phone, told me verfication had failed, and in base, the entire OS has basicly went corrupt, am really not sure how, but has anyone else had this problem? SM-G935F EE UK, need more info i can provide.
Correction, I installed the EE firmware AFTER i had to fix my phone due to what TWRP did, My phone is actualy BTU Firmware.
Knox has been tripped.
Video visualization: https://youtu.be/o-9aKxWXaG8
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Update: After serveral attempts, i finaly got it running a CFW, i had to flash the OFFICAL firmware, and leave download and reenter it before the phone even boots and then flash TWRP, and i installed magiskmanager and everythings looking alright from here, i'll update if i have any problems.
3rd update, i offical cannont find the firmware this phone was on, it WAS SIM-FREE when i bought it, now i installed this version every app crashes on launch, am pretty lost myself. anyone know a way i can get or know the Very first firmware?
Considering i've got literly no help, this thread can be closed, i installed some random stock firmware and i suppose i will have to put up with broken settings menu and a barly working keyboard for now.
Minerspark said:
Considering i've got literly no help, this thread can be closed, i installed some random stock firmware and i suppose i will have to put up with broken settings menu and a barly working keyboard for now.
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If you are US flash the smg935u as it works for every carrier
Im using a Galaxy s7 edge exynos and I have been trying ALL day to return to stock firmware. (was aiming for 6.0, but when that didnt work I started trying 7.0 with slightly more success...) I was previously rooted via magisk using TWRP. I am not able to flash all 4 files at once via odin, (BL, AP, CP, CSC) I quickly get an error on both the device and odin (decive says binary 2 device something... Odin stops at either Param.bin or cm.bin depending on which CSC I use) the BL file seems to be the one that refuses to flash (from any of the 4 versions of odin i have and using different firmware versions that previously worked on the phone)
I am able to flash just the AP, CP, and CSC but when android loads up my mobile data doesnt work and many other things dont work correctly as well ...
I am so confused as to what I can even possibly do now. Im sitting here with a phone that wont correctly software update that I cant correctly root and has no mobile data. No full 4 files will correctly flash without odin error. TWRP gives me crap now too. I have wiped and formatted all the data many times hoping id missed something.
Send help
also
I try to manually update and it says "registering device" for a sec and then "Process failed" Like android 7.0 is running but not how it was before. I did update to newest update via the phone before i decided to try to revert to android 6.0 again because I was having issues connecting my pokemon go+
Hmmmm I still have problems with 5ghz and mobile data but i got magisk to install... luckily im not using this for phone purposes. this is the best i can do without help
What is yohr phone model ?
G935f
G935f
Currently running g935fd
Did you flash and Oreo rom by anychance?
"Maybe", i say maybe if you did thats why you cant go back to a < 8.0 version
riseofsand said:
Did you flash and Oreo rom by anychance?
"Maybe", i say maybe if you did thats why you cant go back to a < 8.0 version
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I didn't try anything with oreo until like 10 hours of failing everything and reading everything I could find. It was unofficial and apps wouldn't install or update correctly. So actually what I got to semi work was 7.0 again. Build G935FXXU1DPLT. It doesn't show cell tower signal or work with 5ghz anymore but I got magisk installed and I can run apps off of wifi. (Same as before 8.0 but got magisk working this time)
I'd still like to try to get my 5ghz and cell signal (just in case something happens to my main phone) but I'm scared to soft brick my phone for the 1000th time in 2 days when I managed to get it semi working.
CactuarKing said:
I didn't try anything with oreo until like 10 hours of failing everything and reading everything I could find. It was unofficial and apps wouldn't install or update correctly. So actually what I got to semi work was 7.0 again. Build G935FXXU1DPLT. It doesn't show cell tower signal or work with 5ghz anymore but I got magisk installed and I can run apps off of wifi. (Same as before 8.0 but got magisk working this time)
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Last time something like that happend to me, is because i was flashing the wrong stock rom (same model but wrong original carrier) sometimes it does matter, sometimes not
I was worried I might have messed it up for good as well luckily I'm not completely stuck but I still dont understand why I couldnt just 100% flash my OS via odin like I always do. Although I got cocky and started without following instructions up on the computer this time. Just my luck
double check mod #it can change with different roms my s5 tmobile g900t originally now its grown into g935f S7 edge
Hello respected members, I yesterday flashed that btu oreo rom through odin on my S7 edge G935FD , all went well and phone is working good, but in recovery there are these type of messages, I have seen on forums that many people are experiencing this recovery issue, is there a solution for it? Apparently they don't effect phone in anyway or cause any issues, but still why are these messages showing ? I am just worried about bootloops. Those messages are :
(fail to open recovery_cause(No such file or directory)
Reboot Recovery Cause is [UNKNOWN])(This is still showing in ERG2)
No Support SINGLE-SKU
File Based OTA
Supported API: 3
MANUAL MODE v1.0.0
Sucessfully verified dmverity hash tree
E:Failed to clear BCB message : failed to find /misc partition
Issues updated (OREO ERG2) :
1. First of all those weird "failed to find misc partition" messages in recovery. Don't know if they cause any issues but they are annoying. No bootloops or any other issues though. Happening since first oreo release of 1st May. (Fixed in ERG2 release).
2. Can't go into download mode anymore from recovery by using option " reboot to bootloader ". It just reboots the phone normally. Happening since I flashed the first oreo release using odin. (Still in ERG2)
3. If phone battery gets to 0% and discharges completely, then when plugged in the charger it goes into recovery mode instead of that charging screen. I used power off so that it exits recovery and goes into charging screen, but it again booted in recovery, when I selected " reboot phone " option it turned off and got in charging screen.. strange thing, I never experienced this on nougat, its happening since the first oreo release. (Still in ERG2)
4. Cell standby drain not that high after the 18th may btu update, but still high before it was 33% and screen 20%, now its 2-3% above screen battery usage. Happening since first oreo release. A note here that after flashing 18th may release I think battery life is good and SOT is somewhat same as last nougat release.. (Still in ERG2 release but somewhat more less.. but battery life on ERG2 is a little less than previous builds..)
5. Phone rebooted randomly before 18th may update, now after updating it seems to be fixed. Note that I experienced random reboots but no bootloops or other issues etc. (Already fixed)
6. Fingerprint scanner issues:
Fingerprint scanner becomes unresponsive randomly and I had to unlock using password. This is occuring from approx december or january security patch update and still isn't been fixed in latest oreo. This issue has surely increased in oreo, and now it happens more often and is very annoying to the point I disabled fingerprints.. (still in ERG2, for me, don't know if its hardware related)
Also in oreo, fingerprint requires more time to open the lockscreen, some 1 sec delay approx. Can't say if its requiring more time to match the fingerprints or its taking more time to unlock the lockscreen..
Note : I didn't experienced any connectivity issues in bluetooth, wifi or mobile data..
Some times I had to re-select default network mode for my sim in settings if internet gets hanged and don't works, but it happens very few times and changing network modes in network settings will instantly solve it, and it was also happening on nougat before. And didn't increase in oreo at the moment for me..
Also to tell you all, I flashed back last nougat release for my region successfully, but it looked too much slower and laggy as far as I remember before flashing oreo btu, maybe its because I got accustomed to oreo ( which is faster than nougat ) or maybe downgrading caused some issue maybe. But I don't think downgrading should cause performance issues. Also when I downgraded on nougat I couldn't go into download mode from recovery mode using option " reboot to bootloader " and it reboots to normal mode. I don't remember this, because always this option worked in nougat for me before flashing oreo. Don't know what's the reason but not a big deal. Also I didn't tested after downgrading about fully discharging battery and then putting phone on charger whether it goes in recovery or normal charging screen. Btw those fingerprint issues are a real pain.
Had the same experience, with the phone hanging on bootup and the same message in the recovery screen.
... so I went the factory reset route .... painful, but I could find no option to recover.
I see that there is an entry in the recovery menu for a firmware update from the SD card; can anyone suggest how that can be done? (In case there's a next time).
Did I can to flash without HomeCSC
Because I am in different country????
bonegang said:
Had the same experience, with the phone hanging on bootup and the same message in the recovery screen.
... so I went the factory reset route .... painful, but I could find no option to recover.
I see that there is an entry in the recovery menu for a firmware update from the SD card; can anyone suggest how that can be done? (In case there's a next time).
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I flashed via odin, then did factory reset, but the message is still there, but phone works fine and smooth , but with occasional reboots and a strange high cell standby drain. My phone never rebooted even once on marshmallow and nougat.
Abo_Moaaz said:
Did I can to flash without HomeCSC
Because I am in different country????
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You have to flash either CSC or home csc, home csc won't wipe your data, but I will recommend flashing normal csc and then factory reset and clear cache too, as to avoid any issues like bootloops etc.
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shah22 said:
Hello respected members, I yesterday flashed that btu oreo rom through odin on my S7 edge G935FD , all went well and phone is working good, but in recovery there are these type of messages, I have seen on forums that many people are experiencing this recovery issue, is there a solution for it? Apparently they don't effect phone in anyway or cause any issues, but still why are these messages showing ? I am just worried about bootloops. Those messages are :
fail to open recovery_cause(No such file or directory)
Reboot Recovery Cause is [UNKNOWN]
No Support SINGLE-SKU
File Based OTA
Supported API: 3
MANUAL MODE v1.0.0
Sucessfully verified dmverity hash tree
E:Failed to clear BCB message : failed to find /misc partition
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How did you flashed on SM-G935FD? Since so far it's only available for SM-G935F and SM-G930F.
MisterX01X said:
How did you flashed on SM-G935FD? Since so far it's only available for SM-G935F and SM-G930F.
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I flashed through odin, the firmware is same for dual sim models , hence G935F firmware works on G935FD too, just be sure that model number is correct, i.e not to flash a G935FD with a G930F firmware or flashing a snapdragon variant with exynos or vice versa.
But now the btu oreo update have been pulled back from the OTA server, due to bootloops / recovery bugs, its better to wait now for your own region oreo update. If you still want that btu oreo, you can download the corresponding rom for your model from sammobile or updato(for faster speeds). But I suspect oreo update is halted and will be resumed again with these bugs fixed along with may update patch near the end of may globally.
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shah22 said:
I flashed through odin, the firmware is same for dual sim models , hence G935F firmware works on G935FD too, just be sure that model number is correct, i.e not to flash a G935FD with a G930F firmware or flashing a snapdragon variant with exynos or vice versa.
But now the btu oreo update have been pulled back from the OTA server, due to bootloops / recovery bugs, its better to wait now for your own region oreo update. If you still want that btu oreo, you can download the corresponding rom for your model from sammobile or updato(for faster speeds). But I suspect oreo update is halted and will be resumed again with these bugs fixed along with may update patch near the end of may globally.
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I already have installed it on SM-G935F and it works totally fine. The only problem so far I have detected is that when I play a song on Samsung Music with earphones connected, it crashes but it plays normally with phone speaker and secondly this BTU firmware doesn't have Bixby in it.
it seems it was a beta nougat for s7 edge ,because the update is not available anymore only on sammobile.....I received notification last week to update to android 8,but I didn't update and now when I check I don't see the notification anymore ,it says like my current version is the latest...
emilutzzu said:
it seems it was a beta nougat for s7 edge ,because the update is not available anymore only on sammobile.....I received notification last week to update to android 8,but I didn't update and now when I check I don't see the notification anymore ,it says like my current version is the latest...
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It is already mentioned that the update is no more available through OTA because its been pulled back from the server due to bugs in recovery, wait for the resume till the end of the may hopefully
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G935FD w/BTU NO ISSUES
shah22 said:
It is already mentioned that the update is no more available through OTA because its been pulled back from the server due to bugs in recovery, wait for the resume till the end of the may hopefully
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I downloaded the BTU files straight from Sam Firmwares and only flashed AP, HOME CSC and CP with ODIN 3.13.1 and have no issues at all. So fare everything is stable no reboots lags or freezing. That version of ODIN is updated to handle the compression of OREO.
i hv only one issue
cell standby battery drain as huge as 30%
Omegastorm said:
I downloaded the BTU files straight from Sam Firmwares and only flashed AP, HOME CSC and CP with ODIN 3.13.1 and have no issues at all. So fare everything is stable no reboots lags or freezing. That version of ODIN is updated to handle the compression of OREO.
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Yes v 3.13.1 handles the latest firmware, but the update had bugs in recovery and some users faced bootloops, I faced auto reboots whenever I rebooted phone and used fingerprint at a faster rate to lock and unlock phone.
saurabh808 said:
i hv only one issue
cell standby battery drain as huge as 30%
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Same here, high cell standby drain. Also battery life is a little less compared to last nougat release.
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Can anyone with the oreo update tried using phone in airplane mode? Or without sim card inserted? See if that cell standby drain still occur in airplane mode or without sim? It may only be a bug or android's wrong report of the battery usage ..
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saurabh808 said:
i hv only one issue
cell standby battery drain as huge as 30%
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I am experiencing "Cell standby" battery drain as well. Any solution?
ppihoo said:
I am experiencing "Cell standby" battery drain as well. Any solution?
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I have it too guess we wait till Samsung sends out the update
ppihoo said:
I am experiencing "Cell standby" battery drain as well. Any solution?
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I guess even Samsung couldn't figure it out thats y there is delay in ota updates for other regions
Got BTU oreo through ota. No issues whatsoever yet.Phone feels a lot smoother in day to day usage!
I can confirm that there's high cell standby drain.
Battery life is a bit of a letdown as it's a little less compared to last nougat release.
Is it possible to downgrade same way?
Install nougat again and wait for good oreo?
ppihoo said:
Is it possible to downgrade same way?
Install nougat again and wait for good oreo?
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I wouldn't recommend going this route, its better to wait for the next oreo update then downgrading which could brick your device..
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Cell standby drain for me.. on light usage without any gaming and with every connectivity disabled such as gps, wifi, bluetooth, nearby and auto sync disabled too. Not such a great battery life, little less as compared to last nougat release as I mentioned few posts earlier.
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Hi All,
So, I have spent 2 days trying to get my Galaxy s8+ back to normal. However, I seem to only have made it worse. It all happened when I decided to change the /data partition from ext4 to another format and then back again to get the /data partition to mount in TWRP after flashing Pascal Rom. However when I rebooted, nothing worked, no boot up screen, no recovery, no life, but all I could get was download mode. It then must of froze up after another restart and I couldn't get anything for 12 hours or so.
The next step I tried once i got download mode again was to flash stock firmware for the G955F, I can't remember the version of this firmware, but I still had nothing change. So then i flashed the latest firmware from SamFirm's downloading client, which was G955FXXU2CRF7 - Australian Optus Branded Firmware (OPS). I was able to get as far as the "hello start screen" and then my phone restarted, it then tried to upgrade my system again, then started "erasing" and then it rebooted and I still had the same issue, nothing but download mode and still no recovery, it still wouldn't turn on. So I flashed the latest International/Unbranded Australian firmware (XSA) - G955FXXU3CRGH, still the same result. I now can't go back to the OPS version of firmware because I get the Check error with the bootloader (since it's a more recent version), so I can't go backwards. I also can only flash "Official Binaries" now. Oh and to make things worse, I read that Odin Option "Nand Erase" just erased user data, so I thought I might as well try it, and as a result, I now can't flash even the (XSA) firmware because of ODIN failing and I now have an "An Error has Occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch PC Software.". I am a bloody idiot :good: . Oh, I have tried multiple versions of Both Samsung Kies & Smart Switch (Which both had the option for "recovery & initialisation"), however, I get a message that my device is unsupported after adding in my device model and S/N. I tried a PIT file and then found out it's now included in all the latest firmware img files.. so yeah lol. Fun times. Soooo I feel like I am out of Options, nothing I do is working. The worst of all this is my wife is not happy haha which means after years of tinkering with android phones (flashing custom ROMS, Kernels, Root Solutions, e.c.t ), this may be the end of the road for me if I can't fix this phone. I really hope this thread isn't true too : https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help/sm-g955fd-access-download-mode-t3748228
So Please, someone help me out if it is at all fixable even if it requires opening the phone up lol.
The stats i have on download mode are the following:
RMM State as Prenormal
OEM Lock: OFF
FRP Lock: OFF
CARRIER_ID: OPS (which is super weird because it only accepts XSA to be flashed :S )
Secure download: Enabled
System Status: Custom
Warranty Void: 1
Current Binary: Samsun Official
If you need more, just let me know.
Ok, quick update: I have got rid of the error that I mentioned. I managed to flash XSA firmware again, it went to the blue Andriod is updating the system screen, then started "erasing" then rebooted and nothing again, still only download mode available. Nothing happens when I try to turn it on or try recovery mode.
This firmware you mentioned XSA - G955FXXU3CRGH i would double check. As far as I know Australia doesn't have a version 3 bootloader yet whether unbranded.telstra or Optus.
Quick Update: Maybe Fixed now!
Even though no one has replied yet, as it's only been an hour or so. I just wanted to let anyone else know who is experiencing a similar issue in the future on how to possibly fix it.
This was a real nightmare, however quick disclaimer, I am not responsible for any damage incurred to your device/property by following my instructions.
So the way I have fixed it, is I flashed the AP file only (from the firmware zip i had downloaded from SamFirm) with "Auto Reboot" Off. When ODIN finished, I held the Vol Down + power button, to reset it. It gave me a blue "No Command" Screen, I then waited and it then went black and the recovery screen appeared. I cleared the cache, rebooted to bootloader, which it didn't turn back on, so I left it because I thought it was the same thing. Came back 10 mins later and turned it on (or hard restarted, can't remember) and it worked. It booted!
I did soon learn it looks like it was having a charging problem because it had no charge and kept telling me there was water in the port (even though it was dry), I restarted it again after putting it on a wireless charging pad and it is seeming fine so far with the USB charger. So big note to anyone in the future, that it could be possibly bugging out with charging as well if you can't get it back on. I did have the device tell me here and there the last two days that there was water in the port when it was off. So kinda weird.
I know this all sounds a little hocus pocus, superstitious almost, but hey, my phone is working, so maybe replicating my actions may just help lol. :cyclops:
spawnlives said:
This firmware you mentioned XSA - G955FXXU3CRGH i would double check. As far as I know Australia doesn't have a version 3 bootloader yet whether unbranded.telstra or Optus.
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Oh right, well, I did hear that SamFirm is not supported anymore, as that's where that firmware came from. Maybe it's dishing out incorrect firmware now? Possible the structure of where ever it is getting its firmware from (pretty sure it's pulled from samsung) has possibly been altered?
Just for reference I use www.updato.com for downloading firmware it is usually up to date. No reference to the firmware you mentioned (not for Australia anyway)
The screenshot I took: Imgur link:
https://imgur.com/a/lqyzWW7
Interesting I'll keep a lookout for it. Still on nougat 7.0 (XSA) no plans to upgrade yet until some issues are fully resolved ( out of beta stage that is ).
spawnlives said:
Interesting I'll keep a lookout for it. Still on nougat 7.0 (XSA) no plans to upgrade yet until some issues are fully resolved ( out of beta stage that is ).
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Yeah, it's seeming to work now, but my fast charge isn't working. However, my other oreo ROM didn't work with fast charge either. So i am unsure if it is my phone or an orio bug :/ lol
Well at least you got it working and not using as a door stop
that was really sad story man.....
spawnlives said:
Well at least you got it working and not using as a door stop
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Yeah haha, so glad it's not a door stop haha