I am new to flashing and custom roms but i have had lineage OS installed for awhile on my old galaxy note 3 SM-N900W8. When i went to OTA update lineage it caused my note 3 to go into a recovery Bootloop. I could not actually boot into recovery or boot system it kept restarting. So i read some forums and watched some videos. It kept saying seandoid not enforcing. I went and got a original note 3 md5 file and put it into odin put my old phone into download mode and connected it to Odin Loaded the md5 file in to the AP section of odin and hit start. Now it says firmware upgrade encountered please select recovery mode in kies. Also at the top left it says
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Does anyone know how i could fix this or if i could reinstall a custom binary or kernel from lineage.
I would like to just get my old pictures off the phone. Or would i have to connect to kies and install original firmware and just re flash a new rom?
If i brick the phone i brick it i use a S7 now. I don't know if this makes sense but i might need some help.
Try flashing TWRP again.
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Bricked after ODIN flash
Started out with 5.0.1 rooted. Flashed TWRP and CM 12.1 which went great. Wanted to go back to stock Android so I downloaded 5.1.1 from Sammobile, put my phone into Download Mode (without wiping it) and just flashed it with ODIN. It failed, and now I can't go into recovery, neither start it "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again". Read somewhere that I could flash a pit file, but I will probably brick it for good if I try that. Does anyone know what I could do?
Note 4 (N910F).
Solved it after several attempts of flashing different modified versions of stock roms
Okay, So I was trying to flash stock rom (4.4.2) in Odin and It failed. IT left me with the error, SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 1
I get this error every time I try to flash. And I tried to do an Emergency Software Recovery and it just fails after it downloads the Update. I am able to access Android Recovery and Download Mode Aswell. I think when I tried to factory reset I deleted The whole OS. I really hope I am not out a brand new phone. I already tried to flash like 3 different stock roms from different websites same error!
Phone was Not rooted.
No Custom Rom installed.
Android 5.1.1 Was installed before.
Also, I heard that some users have been able to flash the pit and fix this, How can I find my Pit File. Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A
Hi guys i bought korean N910L (n910L is written on sticker under battery )
It had a rom which showed mobile name n910s , it was rooted bloat free. it had really good battery timing. Twrp was also preinstalled on device.
But i wanted to flash sphinx rom for n910L. But the flash in odin failed.
I tried official 5.0.1 but it also failed. Only latest official COL1 firmware 5.1.1 from sammobile flashed but it had terrible battery timing.
I rooted official 5.1.1 and tried to remove bloatware apps but they wont. Went to odin mode which showed os and binary as custom and secure download enabled.. Again tried flashing sphinx and official 5.0.1 for n910l but both failed and odin showed binary as Samsung official. Error on pc odin shows write failed. Is the bootloader locked or what. Can i unlock it or downgrade bootloader to 5.0.1. Or give me the link to the first bloat free rom which showed model number n910s and build number written " awais android lab "
solution
finally found solution. THIS IS HOW IT WORKED FOR ME on lollipop col1 fimware of SM-N910L
twrp wasnt flashing so using cwm, flashed it as follows
connected phone in download mode and opened odin 3.10 on pc, then selected cwm recovery file and then while holdind vol+ and home and power buttons in download mode for about 5 seconds pressed start on odin and when phone booted left power button but kept pressing home n + until cwm started
here is the link to veitnamees site http://vegaviet.com/forum/288/
open in chrome and translate page to english
u will find some roms here for korean variants
goal is to install lollipop 5.1.1 custom rom as u cant go back to android 5.0 or 4.4
i m using this one http://vegaviet.com/threads/398322/
download it using the mega link given in thread
and flash in CWM
if u have problem booting, as my samsung boot screen showed kernel is not seandroid enforcing, then
use the stock rider kernel link given in another rom's thread http://vegaviet.com/threads/415270/
kernel link http://www.mediafire.com/download/ra5ojtvt19y7hh3/StockRider_Kernel_v2.8.0.zip
flash it immediately after flashing the note 5 port rom and then reboot after wiping catche
first boot took me about 10 minutes (i was beginning to give up),, battery life seems average ( not sure but 5.0 seemed better)
hope it helps some in problem. if it does help ,plz hit thanks as it took quite afew hours to find solution
Hello. I've got a problem with my S4. I had Andoid 5.0.1 on my Galaxy S4. I bought a new phone so i installed CyanogenMOD on my S4 just to see how it works. When i noticed that battery drain is super high (it wouldnt survive one night of doing nothing) i wanted to install android 4.3 because it was my first android on this phone and from what i remember S4 worked best with this version. I downloaded firmware from sammobile and i didnt use original samsung cable. Something went wrong. It failed like 0,5 sec after i clicked start. I couldnt start my phone (it said that firmware upgrade encountered an issue). and from this moment i cant install any firmware. Im using original cable now. I downloaded like 10 firmwares already from 4.2.2 to 4.3, 4.4 and 5.0.1. different countries (including my original Germany Vodafone). I managed to install it once but it got stuck after Galaxy S4 text ("Samsung" showed up and it kept blinking and blinking.). From this time it always got stuck on system.img.ext4 but not always on 50% for example. Sometimes 10%, 25%, 90%. Used versions of Odin: 3.07, 3.08, Odin3_v3.11.1
Okay. So:
1. Got S4 with Android 5.0.1
2. Installed CyanogenMOD (13 i think)
3. Tried to install 4.3 with not original cable and failed.
4. Tried to install 5.0.1 with original cable. Installed it but it got stuck on Samsung logo.
5. Tried to install various versions of android. It always got stuck on system.img.ext4 in System section of flashing with Odin.
Is there any way to fix that? I know that may be very chaotic but i hope you understand. Thank you.
After flashing 5.01 with Odin, did you perform a factory wipe before booting 5.01 for the first time?
No, my Odin was set to reboot my phone automatically
Anybody?
Hi,
Just trying to add some things:
1) Untick Auto Reboot before flashing.
2) After stock firmware successfully flashed, reboot manually to recovery mode by Home+Power+Vol(+) buttons.
3) Wipe data/factory reset.
You're ready to go.
EDIT: My bad. Got no idea about stucking on system.img.ext4.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs
You tried using kies and smart switch to perform an emergency recovery?
When flashing system, it fails or it just stops there and never proceeds?
You confirmed that the model number in download mode matches rom you are flashing?
You tried flashing with a pit file?
Can you flash twrp and another custom rom?
Kies doesn't see my phone after just plugging it in and after clicking emergency recovery. Doesn't matter if its in Download mode or just turned on with "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." error. Smart Switch too. Smart Switch gives me an error that my device isn't compatible with this software.
When flashing system it just stops and never proceeds.
In download mode i see this:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
And yes, im installing rom for my model.
I will try flashing with pit file and try to flash twrp and another custom rom and let you know. I won't be able to do this today.
I tried to flash rom the normal way (Spanish version, i chose it randomly) and it flashed my device. I was stuck in Samsung logo once again (after wiping cache and all data) but after like 2-3 restarts the system started. I don't know what was causing the problems and why Spanish version worked but Germany didn't. Thank you for all your help.
Hello!
I apologize if this isn't the right place to ask, but I haven't found a section for a Samsung Galaxy S5 Active!
I am a complete newbie and haven't flashed to my phone since I had a Samsung Galaxy S3 back in 2018. In this case, I'm trying to find a root and install twrp recovery, so I can install lineageOS on my phone. The stock rom is so laggy!
My phone's recovery won't let me just install lineageOS, so I have to install a custom recovery.
So far, all the one-click roots haven't worked. Towelroot, kingsroot, oneclickroot, all failed.
The official twrp recovery didn't work either and did not give me a compatible rom.
I tried to locate an unofficial twrp recovery compatible with my device, and I think I found one. The issue is that it odin does not flash a .img file.
I'm going to try this method of downgrading the stock rom.
EDIT: Doing this gives me a SW REV CHECK FAIL: [aboot] Fused 2 > Binary 1
Trying this now: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-g870a-downgrade-s5-active-mm6-0-lp5-0.3523683/
EDIT: unsuccessful. Soft brick of OS; need to flash again or try something else...I tried to leave the phone out all night, but it never got past boot screen.
EDIT2: tired again and somewhat successful. Samsung boot screen is different and so is the boot recovery! The darn phone still won't boot though!!
EDIT3: Had to reboot the phone 3 times and got the android is upgrading screen...YAY!! But, the system process.media fails randomly.
Any tips? If I could just get twrp on, that would fix everything! Thank you!!
Found a supposedly compatible twrp here: https://dl.twrp.me/klte/twrp-3.5.2_9-0-klte.img.tar.html
Issue is odin fails when flashing...I am getting the auth error!!
One of the few usable recoveries: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...estrap-recovery-v3-75-2014-06-26-b03.2794087/
Hi, I am also looking to put LineageOS on my device as well.
The most I have found so far is the S5 Active (SM-G870A) has an OEM locked bootloader, and without unlocking it a custom recovery is not available.
AT&T, nor Samsung have provided any way to unlock the bootloader as far as I know, and I'm not sure if any developers are still working to crack it.