Help Solve Soft Brick While Trying To Revert to Factory Firmware - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

I was able to get back to non branded firmware by flashing CSC_Home. Phew....

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What will factory reset actually do?

Just wondering because I flashed the pre-rooted stock rom on my samsung gs4 i9505.
If I do a factory reset, will my phone load the 100% stock (purely original stuff from samsung) stuff by samsung from some hidden partition or something?
Because it might be that I messed up my modem and csc or something by flashing the rom (*#0011* menu doesn't work, nor does most of the codes)..
So will a factory reset reset my csc and modem to samsung stock?
Shebee said:
Just wondering because I flashed the pre-rooted stock rom on my samsung gs4 i9505.
If I do a factory reset, will my phone load the 100% stock (purely original stuff from samsung) stuff by samsung from some hidden partition or something?
Because it might be that I messed up my modem and csc or something by flashing the rom (*#0011* menu doesn't work, nor does most of the codes)..
So will a factory reset reset my csc and modem to samsung stock?
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No. You'd need to flash the stock rom which came on your phone.
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[Q] Restore factory image after tripping KNOX on 900t

Hey there, I'm an idiot... I tripped KNOX and now phone is stuck on Tmobile boot screen. With so many different ways to do things and so many variants of this frickin phone and Android it seems the rules are every changing.
So my questions:
1.) How can I get this thing back to working? Can I flash a factory image with ODIN? If so which factory image do I use and what version of ODIN and what boxes need to be ticked in ODIN?
2.) Will #1 reset KNOX? Can KNOX be reset?
3.) Whats the best method to get the thing rooted so I can put a ROM on it. I hate TouchWiz. I tried using this method but it landed me here... http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/04/how-to-root-galaxy-s5-recovery-root.html
Thanks in advance....
Can I just flash the corresponding firmware with ODIN? Is it that simple? Does the firmware version displayed in factory recovery always correspond to the firmware to flash with ODIN? Any insights would help!!!! Thanks for your time!
sammobile dot com, grab a stock ROM for your model S5 (G900T), flash with ODIN
KNOX is permanently tripped now, no way to reset
your knox is permanently tripped, so might as well do what you want with the phone.
if you can get into download mode, you should be able to flash a recovery through ODIN, and then flash the rom of your choice. if that doesn't work, follow Detection's post above and flash a factory Tmobile rom through ODIN and start again.
That's all great thanks all, but does the firmware have to match the version that corresponds to the recovery that is currently on it? For instance, if I flashed 5.1.1 me thinks I wouldn't be able to root it or downgrade it thereafter, correct?
[bor]Its the loosey goosey instructions for multiple methods of doing the same thing for various android versions that make this sketchy. I found it easier to flash my HTC magic with jesus freak and a gold card than it is to flash this thing...or maybe my brain is decaying. Anyway, not what I expected for a common android phone. [/eor]

Changing CSC without root and Factory Reset

Hi,
My last understanding of changing the CSC was that performing this would include a factory reset when not rooted. But I noticed that just flashing a official firmware via Odin from another country also changes your CSC.
Just wanted to inform the ones trying to do this but body loosing all data.

Flashed wrong fw

Today after i updated to android nougat I tried to flash with odin firmware (SM-G930T_1_20160704090453_jo3tv4r6ht_fac) to go from 930p to 930u but it failed, and after that my phone doesnt want to restart, when i want to trun on recovery menu it crashes after 5 sec and reboot again, i can turn on download mode and try flashing some other firmware to repair my nougat one. Anyone have nougat fw for 930p so I can flash it and make my phone work correctly, or maybe i can downgrade to lower fw. Please help me and give advice how i can fix this. Nougat was working correctly but flashing the SM-G930T_1_20160704090453_jo3tv4r6ht_fac was a mistake and I ****ed up my phone.
@edit I just flashed it with APJ2 and it is working fine again. We can close this
Was there any other people besides you that had flashed that firmware? lol i would never do that to an 800 dollar phone unless it's a community that flashed that firmware then maybe i would. Try browsing sammobile for the firmware. The software version for nougat is BQAA. Hope i helped.

galaxy s10+ stuck in odin at boot img

When i try to flash latest firmware from sammobile using odin 3v3.13 it wont go past boot img????
Im losing my mind trying can someone please help me
adzo73 said:
When i try to flash latest firmware from sammobile using odin 3v3.13 it wont go past boot img????
Im losing my mind trying can someone please help me
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Hello, I had the same problem.
Before you flash restore your phone to factory default ....settings.....general ......
or by stock recovery mode ...... https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...s10-into-recovery-mode-download-mode-0194521/
and perform a factory data reset .
Then I flashed with Odin 3.13. only the AP_File. (AP_G975FXXS3ASH1_CL16487975_QB25171324_REV01_user_low_ship_meta_OS9.tar)
This is the latest official Firmware for Samsung 10+ (Exynos).... SM-G975F_1_20190805141127_n52ujmrqr9_fac
Best regards
Antonio
granada_es said:
Hello, I had the same problem.
Before you flash restore your phone to factory default ....settings.....general ......
or by stock recovery mode ...... https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...s10-into-recovery-mode-download-mode-0194521/
and perform a factory data reset .
Then I flashed with Odin 3.13. only the AP_File. (AP_G975FXXS3ASH1_CL16487975_QB25171324_REV01_user_low_ship_meta_OS9.tar)
This is the latest official Firmware for Samsung 10+ (Exynos).... SM-G975F_1_20190805141127_n52ujmrqr9_fac
Best regards
Antonio
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I'm just doing this with this advice here, and only running the AP_File as advised. Hope the S10 doesn't get bricked because I have not loaded other files.
Also seems Odin is in state, SYSTEM, which is now so far 20mins and don't seem to see more progress
for those who updated the german beta (android 12), remember to unlock your bootloader in settings, because the knox get triggered after detecting different system files and the original bootloader, if u unlock the bootloader, it lets odin rewrite it and get the PASS

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