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Restoring stock ROM to S5

Hi,
I'm selling my S5 so I need to remove the ROM that installed from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732110
and return to stock. Can someone point me to instructions for this process?
Thanks.

Stock ROM for the model number of your device
Odin3 tool.
Samsung Kies or Samsung mobile driver.
Charged rooted or non rooted Samsung galaxy S5.
USB cable and Windows PC
Backup your important data before flashing, in case of this process corrupt your data. [important in downgrading] Download stock ROM file (make sure you download the right FW for your phone's model number) from SamMobile or Samsung-Updates and unzip it only one time (the extracted firmware file has *.tar.md5 extension). Download and install Samsung Kies or Samsung mobile driver (Link below) Download Odin3 tool and unzip it (Link below) Close Samsung Kies and disconnect any device connected to USB ports of your computer.
Run "Odin3" as administrator.
Click on PDA button (AP if you are using Odin3 v3.09) and navigate to the *.tar or *.tar.md5 firmware file (it will take a few second to check firmware file, if you are using Odin3 v3.09).
- If the Zip file contains more than one *.tar file then they will be labeled with PDA, Phone and CSC. Put them in the corresponding section of Odin3
Shut down your device and make sure it's completely off. Put your device into download mode by pressing and holding (Volume Down + Home + Power) buttons then Press Volume up to continue.
Connect your galaxy S5 to PC using USB cable and wait until you get a sign in Odin (ID:COM section) and "Added" in message box. Make sure re-partition is NOT MARKED[very important]
Click Start and wait a few minutes until you see "RESET" or "PASS!".
If your device stuck in bootloop, factory reset it from recovery mode.
Instructions were taken from wolfdroid, i followed them an installed the stock rom on my s5.

Can not install any other modem

I want to install any other modem but my note 3 does not let me do anything
I use Tweaked S5 Base Note 4 Style rom Android 4.4.2 Version 7.0
Modem is: XXUENB1
Build: KOT49H.G900SKSU1ANI1
I disabled already the reactivation protection, USB DEBUGGING is also enabled.
I use the original USB cable from note 3. KIES is not installed on my pc and I used ODIN as admin.
I got another modem, put my phone into download mode connected of course, and used another modem and put it into (CP/PHONE) in Odin3.10
It says, the flash is successfull but after reboot, the MODEM is NOT changed :"(
I tried several other modems but I can not seem to install any modem! HELP!
I tried to install stock rom via ODIN but it failed as the modem installation...
PS: Safestrap is on my device, my device is of course rooted and I also use PHILZ TOUCH 6

Did you follow this steps?:
1. Download the modem.
2. Unpack the rar file to anywhere on your computer, as long as you can access it.
3. Open up the included Odin and uncheck auto reboot.
4. Click on phone/CP, select the modem.bin, and press start.
5. When you finish the flash, manually reboot your phone back to download mode and flash the modem.bin one more time.
6. When the flash is complete, reboot and you're finished!

It's because you did not power off your phone, or remove the battery before doing the button combo for download mode, let it stay off for 15 seconds then try again.
Should work fine.

Okay, I will try to do the dual Flash and tell you if it works!

S7 Edge G935F // Faulty ODIN flash // Stuck in Bootloader [SOLVED]

Hi Guys,
today I wanted to flash the latest Stock ROM for my device via ODIN. I've done this many times before and (thought) I knew what I was doing. It is my third Phone frome the same carrier and none of them were branded/ locked devices before. Unfortunatly I wasn't aware that this particular device was locked.
After downloading the international firmware I tried to install it and ODIN got stuck while writing the system.img. After that my phone did not boot up (of course). After that I downloaded and tried to isntall the firmware of the carrier, but I had the exact same issue. When I turn my device on I get to an error screen which tells me to execute an "emergency recovery" via the Samsung smart switch software. But it too gets stuck on some point and only gets me to an error screen.
FRP hinders me to install a custom recovery and the stock one does not allow any isntallations via ADB or SD card.
My qustion is: Does anyone know how I can install a rom from here?
I know that I had to have made some changes prior to the flashing, but as I said I was not aware and an Idiot for not double checking.
Since it is not bricked yet I suppose there must be an answer but I can't find anything.
Thanks in advance
Edit:
After only installing the stock bootloader, I am autmaticly entering it when I boot my devive. On the bottom of the screen is an error message: "dm-verity verification failed...
E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)"

Fix
For anyone in the same situation: I fixed it.
In the end all you have to do is flash the firmware with the fitting PIT file. If you firmware consists of multiple files and there is a "HOME"-file, flash it with this one first on the AP slot in ODIN. After that the same again just use the AP file this time.
My phone is up and running again now.

fabivons said:
hi guys,
today i wanted to flash the latest stock rom for my device via odin. I've done this many times before and (thought) i knew what i was doing. It is my third phone frome the same carrier and none of them were branded/ locked devices before. Unfortunatly i wasn't aware that this particular device was locked.
After downloading the international firmware i tried to install it and odin got stuck while writing the system.img. After that my phone did not boot up (of course). After that i downloaded and tried to isntall the firmware of the carrier, but i had the exact same issue. When i turn my device on i get to an error screen which tells me to execute an "emergency recovery" via the samsung smart switch software. But it too gets stuck on some point and only gets me to an error screen.
Frp hinders me to install a custom recovery and the stock one does not allow any isntallations via adb or sd card.
My qustion is: Does anyone know how i can install a rom from here?
I know that i had to have made some changes prior to the flashing, but as i said i was not aware and an idiot for not double checking.
Since it is not bricked yet i suppose there must be an answer but i can't find anything.
Thanks in advance
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After only installing the stock bootloader, i am autmaticly entering it when i boot my devive. On the bottom of the screen is an error message: "dm-verity verification failed...
E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)"
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have u solved your problem ? This problem i am facing on the s7edge nougat ? Plz help ?

Hey,
look at the second post I made in this thread. There is described how I got my S7 up and running again. I'm not sure if it is a valid solution since it felt like trial and error to me, but I'm writing this text from my S7 so it might be worth a try!
Good luck!

Fabivons said:
Hey,
look at the second post I made in this thread. There is described how I got my S7 up and running again. I'm not sure if it is a valid solution since it felt like trial and error to me, but I'm writing this text from my S7 so it might me worth a try!
Good luck!
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y i have done that and the device boots up but some applications force close and when i insert the memory card , the phone gets restarted everytime

Fabivons said:
For anyone in the same situation: I fixed it.
In the end all you have to do is flash the firmware with the fitting PIT file. If you firmware consists of multiple files and there is a "HOME"-file, flash it with this one first on the AP slot in ODIN. After that the same again just use the AP file this time.
My phone is up and running again now.
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Tell us in detail now.

SjDU said:
Tell us in detail now.
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"please"
I described everything I did in the posts before.
As soon as you can enter the system again all you need to do is deactivate the locks I was talking about in my first post and perform a full wipe.
After that you can install any ROM you want via ODIN just like you are used to.
If that doesn't work for you, I don't have any answers either.
But again:
Prep work:
1. Download most recent ODIN
2. Download the correct firmware for your carrier (from www.sammobile.com)
3. Download the correct PIT file for your device
4. Put your device in download mode
Process:
1. Extract your firmware if it is a zip
2. Start up ODIN
3. Connect your device and check if it's detected by ODIN
3. Put the PIT file in ODIN
4. Put the "HOME" file of your firmware in the PDA slot of ODIN
5. Press start
6. When finished unplug your device and restart phone and ODIN
7. Reconnect your phone and check if it's detected by ODIN
8. Put all the other files of your firmware + the PIT in the correct slot in ODIN
9. Press start
After that my device booted up but still was, as you described too, a little buggy. So I deactivated FRP, activated USB debugging in the dev options, installed TWRP, performed a full wipe and installed another firmware of my choosing via ODIN (without a PIT file this time).
I am running 7.0 on my device now and it works flawlessly.

Fabivons said:
"please"
I described everything I did in the posts before.
As soon as you can enter the system again all you need to do is deactivate the locks I was talking about in my first post and perform a full wipe.
After that you can install any ROM you want via ODIN just like you are used to.
If that doesn't work for you, I don't have any answers either.
But again:
Prep work:
1. Download most recent ODIN
2. Download the correct firmware for your carrier (from www.sammobile.com)
3. Download the correct PIT file for your device
4. Put your device in download mode
Process:
1. Extract your firmware if it is a zip
2. Start up ODIN
3. Connect your device and check if it's detected by ODIN
3. Put the PIT file in ODIN
4. Put the "HOME" file of your firmware in the PDA slot of ODIN
5. Press start
6. When finished unplug your device and restart phone and ODIN
7. Reconnect your phone and check if it's detected by ODIN
8. Put all the other files of your firmware + the PIT in the correct slot in ODIN
9. Press start
After that my device booted up but still was, as you described too, a little buggy. So I deactivated FRP, activated USB debugging in the dev options, installed TWRP, performed a full wipe and installed another firmware of my choosing via ODIN (without a PIT file this time).
I am running 7.0 on my device now and it works flawlessly.
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the time when u were fixing your device , you were on marshmallow or nougat ? beacuse i am on nougat and whenever i flash twrp , it stucks there and not booting into it even i have ticked the oem unlock and usb debugging in developer mode ?

suhaibahmad said:
the time when u were fixing your device , you were on marshmallow or nougat ? beacuse i am on nougat and whenever i flash twrp , it stucks there and not booting into it even i have ticked the oem unlock and usb debugging in developer mode ?
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Does the TWRP flash complete? Can you boot up the OS after you flashed TWRP? (And did you download the correct version of TWRP for your device?)
As a last resort, you could try and flash marshmallow on your device and see if it works there.

Fabivons said:
Does the TWRP flash complete? Can you boot up the OS after you flashed TWRP? (And did you download the correct version of TWRP for your device?)
As a last resort, you could try and flash marshmallow on your device and see if it works there.
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if i flash marshmallow it doesnt even boot up and in the odin mode showing binary and everything as custom , if i flash nougat and then flash twrp and try to manually boot into twrp it stucks on the s7edge screen which comes before recovery , and if i boot the mobile normally without the button combination then it stucks on the second logo SAMSUNG . if i flash again the stock recovery then boots normally

suhaibahmad said:
if i flash marshmallow it doesnt even boot up and in the odin mode showing binary and everything as custom , if i flash nougat and then flash twrp and try to manually boot into twrp it stucks on the s7edge screen which comes before recovery , and if i boot the mobile normally without the button combination then it stucks on the second logo SAMSUNG . if i flash again the stock recovery then boots normally
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Have you tried to perform a regular factory reset via the OS on nougat? Sometimes that does the job, too.
But as I said. I can only give you my best guess here - my phone worked after my procedure, so I didn't investigate further.
And don't forget: Google is your friend.

Fabivons said:
Have you tried to perform a regular factory reset via the OS on nougat? Sometimes that does the job, too.
But as I said. I can only give you my best guess here - my phone worked after my procedure, so I didn't investigate further.
And don't forget: Google is your friend.
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thats your kindness , yes i have performed the factory reset several times from recovery , but when i trying to reset it from settings , it goes after restart to recovery with dm-verity error , then i wipe and factory reset from there

Fabivons said:
For anyone in the same situation: I fixed it.
In the end all you have to do is flash the firmware with the fitting PIT file. If you firmware consists of multiple files and there is a "HOME"-file, flash it with this one first on the AP slot in ODIN. After that the same again just use the AP file this time.
My phone is up and running again now.
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Fabivons said:
"please"
I described everything I did in the posts before.
As soon as you can enter the system again all you need to do is deactivate the locks I was talking about in my first post and perform a full wipe.
After that you can install any ROM you want via ODIN just like you are used to.
If that doesn't work for you, I don't have any answers either.
But again:
Prep work:
1. Download most recent ODIN
2. Download the correct firmware for your carrier (from www.sammobile.com)
3. Download the correct PIT file for your device
4. Put your device in download mode
Process:
1. Extract your firmware if it is a zip
2. Start up ODIN
3. Connect your device and check if it's detected by ODIN
3. Put the PIT file in ODIN
4. Put the "HOME" file of your firmware in the PDA slot of ODIN
5. Press start
6. When finished unplug your device and restart phone and ODIN
7. Reconnect your phone and check if it's detected by ODIN
8. Put all the other files of your firmware + the PIT in the correct slot in ODIN
9. Press start
After that my device booted up but still was, as you described too, a little buggy. So I deactivated FRP, activated USB debugging in the dev options, installed TWRP, performed a full wipe and installed another firmware of my choosing via ODIN (without a PIT file this time).
I am running 7.0 on my device now and it works flawlessly.
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Well I had the same issue but Odin method didn't work for me on Nougat. And also FRP lock was On. every time I flashed the files it give me FRP on error. so I had to use Smartswitch. Even though I used original csc and ap files with latest Odin. BTW I have SM-G935FD model

SjDU said:
Well I had the same issue but Odin method didn't work for me on Nougat. And also FRP lock was On. every time I flashed the files it give me FRP on error. so I had to use Smartswitch. Even though I used original csc and ap files with latest Odin. BTW I have SM-G935FD model
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Well FRP has to be turned off (the button in the menu is called "OEM unlock, the button has to be set to on which deactivates FRP). You don't mention using a PIT file - did you use one?

[GUIDE][TUTORIALS] Odin & SmartSwitch - Flash Stock Firmwares/TWRP/CF-Autoroot

●BRIEF INTRODUCTION :-
•Here Is All In One Guide For Various Flashing Processes For Samsung Galaxy Devices Using Windows PC
•Official Stock Firmware flashing Including Upgrading And Downgrading Firmwares Using Samsung Odin
Note :-
*Downgrading Of Stock Firmware Is Neither Officially Supported By Samsung Nor By Xda Community.
*Do It At Your Own Risk.
•Emergency Software Recovery Using Samsung SmartSwtich
•TWRP-Custom Recovery Flashing Using Samsung Odin
•CF-Autoroot-Root Tool Flashing Using Samsung Odin
●WHO SHOULD USE THE GUIDES :-
•Users Who Want To Manually Upgrade Their firmware to Higher Android Version OR Users Who want to Manually Downgrade Their firmware to Lower Android Version
•Users Who are facing Various DM-Verity/SW-Check Fail/Custom Binary Blocked by FRP/Bootloops Due to Flashing Wrong Custom Roms Or Mods Or Fixes etc. Hence Unfortunately Have to Flash Stock Official Firmware
•Users Who want to Install TWRP-Custom-Recovery
•Users Who want to Root their devices using CF-Autoroot-Root Tool
●REQUIREMENTS :-
•Samsung Device with OEM Unlocking And USB
Debugging Options Enabled from Developers Options
Note :-
To enable Developers Option Follow The Steps Below
*Go to Settings/About Device
*Press On Build Number For 6-7 Times until you see Developers Options Enabled Popup
*You will be able see Developers Options In Settings
*Go To Settings/ Find Developers Options Mostly At The End
•Device Should Be Charged upto 60-70% as Flashing Process May Sometimes Lengthens according to various Devices/Firmware Sizes As Well As Internet Connection Speed in case of SmartSwitch As It Uses Data For Downloading/Updating Firmwares Online
•Original Samsung OEM Usb Cable As Other Cables Would sometimes Give Device Not Recognized or Flashing Interrupted or Flashing Stuck At Certain Points like Errors
•Windows PC With Samsung Usb Drivers Installed According To your Device Model Number
LINK For Samsung Usb Drivers Download:-
https://androidmtk.com/download-samsung-usb-drivers
•Latest Samsung's Odin Tool For Windows PC
Note :-
*Extract Odin.rar Or Odin.zip to Specific Folder to get Odin.exe File
LINK For Samsung Odin Download:-
http://www.droidviews.com/download-odin-tool-for-samsung-galaxy-devices-all-versions/
• Samsung's Official SmartSwitch Tool For Windows PC
LINK For Samsung SmartSwitch Download:-
http://samsungsmartswitch.org/
Note :-
*If You want to use Odin Then install Odin Only on PC Or If You want to use SmartSwitch then install SmartSwitch Only On PC
*Simultaneous Appearance of Both Tools On PC will Sometimes May probably give Error while Flashing Firmwares through Odin
•Samsung Stock Official Firmware for Your Device Model Number/Country/CSC
LINKS For Samsung Official Stock Firmware Download:-
1)https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
2)http://samsung-updates.com/device/
3)http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
4)https://androidmtk.com/download-samsung-stock-rom
Note :-
*The Downloaded Firmware should be Latest According to availability for Your Country
Since Some Courtiers Got Official 7.0 Nougat While Some Are Still Stucked At 6.0.1 Marshmallow Yet
*As well As Firmware should be accurate for Your Device Model Number/Country/CSC to avoid Further Flashing Errors Through Odin
•Trick of booting your Samsung Device into Download Mode using Hardware Key Configuration
Note :-
Follow Below Steps To Boot Your Device Into Download Mode
*Power Off your device
*Press Volume Down+Home+Power Buttons Simultaneously Untill You See Download Mode Window
*Press Volume Up Key To Continue To Download Mode
●CAUTION :-
No One Here Within XDA Community Including Me Will Ever Be Responsible For Bricked Devices
So Kindly Try Any Of Following Guide At Your Own Risk

●SAMSUNG ODIN FLASHING GUIDE TO FLASH STOCK OFFICIAL FIRMWARES ON SAMSUNG DEVICES FOR COMPLETE STOCK/UNROOTED EXPERIENCE
●IMPORTANT NOTE :-
This Guide Can Be Used For Both Upgrading And Downgrading Of Stock Official Firmwares
Only Precaution Should Be Taken Is That In Case Of Upgrading Firmware Kindly Choose Latest Dated Higher Version Of Android OS While In Case Of Downgrading Firmware Kindly Choose Latest Dated Lower Version Android OS Available For Your Device/Country/CSC
●INSTRUCTIONS :-
•As Per Requirements I assume You have
*Enabled OEM Unlocking And USB Debugging Options From Developers Options
*Downloaded/Installed Latest Samsung Usb Drivers For Your Device on PC
*Downloaded/Extracted/Installed Samsung Odin On Your PC
*Downloaded/Extracted Latest Official Stock Firmware For Your Model Number/Country/CSC
•Run Odin.exe as Administrator
•You Will See Odin Window with Various TABS like BL/AP/CP/CSC/UMS As Well As Certain Odin Options like Auto Reboot/F-Reset Time/Re-Partion/PIT File Add etc.
•Extract the Downloaded Stock Official Firmware in Specific Folder And You will get ***.tar.md5 like file of Stock Firmware in Specific Extracted Folder
•Add the Extracted ***.tar.md5 Firmware File in AP TAB of Odin
Note :-
*It will take Some Time to Add Firmware file into Odin According To Firmware Size
*So Keep Some Patience And Let Odin Ready For Flashing Process
•Be sure in Odin Options Only Auto-Reboot/F-Reset Time options are Ticked
•DON'T SELECT Re-Partion Or PIT File Add Options Unless Your Facing Null/Generic IMEI Or Baseband Unknown Related issues only
Note :-
*You Will Need to Download PIT files for Your Specific Device Model Numbers For Re-Partion of Partion Table In Case Of Null/Generic IMEI Or Baseband Unknown Issues
•Boot Your device into Download Mode Connect To PC using Original OEM Samsung Usb Cable Into Main Usb Port Of PC
Note :-
*Secondary Usb Hubs Sometimes May Produces error Of Device Not Recognized etc.
•Allow PC to install Samsung Usb Drivers for your Device
•You can see Your Device is added in Odin as its Highlighted in ID:COM Section on Left corner of Odin Windows
•Now your ready to flash Stock Firmware
Note :-
*ID:COM Will Look Like for eg. IDORT21 Etc.
•Press on Start Button in Odin, It will automatically start flashing process And You can see flashing log in Odin Side Window
•It will take some time to flash Stock firmware according to Device/Odin version/Firmware Size So Keep Some Patience And Stay Relax
•After flashing process gets complete, You will see "Pass" Message at the top of Odin Window
•Your Device will Reboot automatically
•Disconnect Your Device from PC
•Wait untill Software Updating/Installing Process Gets Completes on Device
•Afterwards Your device will Booup normally to Initial Setup Wizzard
•If In Case Your Device gets Stuck at Samsung Galaxy Logo For Long Time More than 10-20 minutes
Don't Worry Your Device Is in Soft BootLoop And There Is A Solution to fix it
Note :-
To Get Out Of Bootloop Follow The Steps Below
*Press Volume Down+Power Button Untill Screen gets Turned Off to Power Off Your Device
*Quickly Press Volume Up+Power+Home Buttons Simultaneously untill You See Samsung Galaxy Logo
*Release Keys Now
*You will Get Into Stock Recovery
*Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset Option There
*Wait Until Wiping Process get Completes
*After Wiping Process Get Completes Reboot your Device
*This time Your Device should BootUp normally without any issues

●SAMSUNG SMARTSWITCH GUIDE FOR EMERGENCY SOFTWARE RECOVERY ON SAMSUNG DEVICES
●INSTRUCTIONS :-
•Open Samsung SmartSwitch You have installed On Your PC
•You will see SmartSwitch Window
•Click On the More Option at the top Right Corner in SmartSwitch Window
•Select Emergency Software Recovery And Initialization Option From Menu
•You will See Emergency Software Recovery And Initialization Window
•Select Device Initialization Option
•You will be Asked to Enter Your Device Model Number
Note :-
*Device Model Number Should Be Like For Eg. SM-N920C/I/G/F
•In Next Step It will ask You to Enter Device Serial Number Which You Can Find Printed On OEM Original Box Or On the Back Panel Of Device Or In Settings> About Device> Status> Serial Number
Note :-
*Device Serial Number Should Like For Eg. RZ8G*****
•Click Ok For Approval Whenever It Will Be Asked Until You See Some Instructions Window in SmartSwitch
Note :-
*Instructions Should Look Like "Make Sure Your Device Is Turned Off/Put Your Device Into Recovery Mode i.e.Download Mode" Etc.
•Put Your Device into Download Mode As per Instructed Into 'REQUIREMENTS' Section Using Hardware Keys Configuration
•Connect Your Device to PC using Original OEM Samsung Usb Cable To PC
•Click On "OK" Button In Instructions Windows
•SmartSwitch Will Automatically Detect/Download/Install Latest Available Stock Official Firmware for Your Device
•Wait And Keep Patience Untill Whole Process is Being Completed
•Your Device will Reboot Automatically After Installation Process Completes Successfully
•If In Case Your Device Stuck at Samsung Galaxy Logo For Long Time More than 10-20 minutes Then Don't Worry Your Device Is in Soft Bootloop AND There is A Way to fix it
Note :-
To Get Out Of Bootloop Follow The Steps Below
*Press Volume Down+Power Button Untill Screen gets Turned Off to Turn Off Your Device
*Quickly Press Volume Up+Power+Home Buttons Simultaneously Untill You See Samsung Galaxy Logo
*Release Keys Now
*You will Get Into Stock Recovery
*Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset Option There
*Wait Until Wiping Process Get Completes
*After Wiping Process Get Completes Reboot Your Device
*This Time Your Device Should Bootup Normally Without Any Issues

●TWRP-CUSTOM-RECOVERY FLASHING GUIDE USING ODIN ON SAMSUNG DEVICES
●INSTRUCTIONS :-
•First Step is to Download Latest TWRP-Custom-Recovery For Your Specific Device Model Number
•You Can Grab Latest Version Of TWRP-Custom-Recovery From Official TWRP Website Below Posted
Note :-
*Select And Download Latest twrp***.img.tar File for Your Device Model Number Correctly
Official Website For TWRP-Custom Recovery Download:-
https://twrp.me/Devices/
•Open Odin On PC As Administrator And Add twrp***.img.tar into AP TAB of Odin
Note :-
*In case If You have downloaded twrp***.zip Then
Extract it to Specific Folder to get twrp***.img.tar file
•In Odin Options Be Sure To Un-Tick Auto-Reboot Option Also Don't Select Re-Partion Option
So Make Sure You Have Only Ticked F-Reset Time Option In Odin Options
Note :-
*If You Tick Auto-Reboot Option Then You will Get into Stock Recovery Again Even After flashing TWRP Using Odin
*So Better to Un-Tick Auto-Reboot Option And Manually Boot Into TWRP-Custom Recovery After Flashing Successfully By Hardware Keys Configuration
•Boot Your Device Into Download Mode And Connect To PC Using Original OEM Samsung Usb Cable
•You will See Your Device Is Added And Highlighted In ID:COM Port
•Click On "Start" Button In Odin And Wait Untill Odin will Flash TWRP-Custom-Recovery
After Flashing Completes Successfully You will See "Pass" Message In Odin
•Disconnect Your Device From PC Even if Its in Download Mode
•You Have To Boot Your Device Into TWRP-Custom-Recovery Manually By Using Hardware Keys Configuration
Note :-
To Get Into TWRP-Custom-Recovery Manually Follow The Steps Below
*Press Volume Down+Power Button To Turn Off Device
*Immediately Press Volume Up+Power+Home Buttons simultaneously After Device Screen Gets Turned Off
*You Will See Samsung Galaxy Logo
*Release Keys Now
•Your now in TWRP Recovery And Ready To Flash
*Custom Roms/Mods/Fixes
*Systemless SuperSU/Magisk Root Zips
Note :-
*If Your Planning To Flash Any Custom Roms/Mods/Fixes Or Systemless SuperSu/Magisk Root Zips Files Using TWRP
*Then Make Sure You Have Downloaded Those Files And Saved Them Already Into Your Internal Storage/External SD-Card Before Flashing TWRP-Custom-Recovery

●CF-AUTOROOT- ROOT TOOL FLASHING GUIDE USING ODIN ON SAMSUNG DEVICES
●INSTRUCTIONS :-
•First Step Is To Download Official CF-Autoroot-Root Tool For Your Device Model Number According To Android Version And Build Number
•You Can Download Official CF-Autoroot-Root Tool for Your Device Model Number And Android Version From Official Website Listed Below
Official Website For CF-Autoroot-Root Tool Download:-
https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
•Extract CF-Autoroot.Zip in Specific Folder to get CF-Autoroot.tar file to be Flashed Using Odin
•Open Odin On PC As Administrator And Add CF-Autoroot.tar into AP TAB of Odin
•Make Sure To Tick Only Auto-Reboot And F-Reset Time Options In Odin Options
Dont Tick Re-Partion Option In Odin Options
•Put Your Device Into Download Mode And Connect To PC Using Original OEM Samsung Usb Cable
•You Will Eee Your Device Is Added And Highlighted In
ID:COM Port
•Click On "Start" Button In Odin
Wait Untill Odin will flash CF-Autoroot
You See "Pass" Message In Odin After Successful Flashing
•Your Device Will Reboot Automatically After Flashing Completes
Disconnect It From PC
You Wipl See On Device Screen That CF-Autoroot is Rooting Your Device
Note :-
*You Will See Some Red Command And Process Logs On Your Device Screen While CF-Autoroot Is Rooting Your Device
•Keep Patience untill Rooting process completes
Don't Turn Off Device while Process is going on Even if it will lead to some BootLoops
Your device will Reboot Automatically after Rooting Process completes.
•You Will See SuperSU Wpp In Default App-Drawer After Your Device Bootup

Could you tell me even though i took ota update to naugat, if i could downgrade back to marshmallow by flashing throught odin?, and if i do what could happen if anything?

desmond462 said:
Could you tell me even though i took ota update to naugat, if i could downgrade back to marshmallow by flashing throught odin?, and if i do what could happen if anything?
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1)To be say honestly downgrading is not officially supported by Samsung also But yes you can successfully downgrade to 6.0.1 from 7.0 (I personally downgraded to 6.0.1 once successfully due to issues on stock 7.0)
2)You only need to follow the guide as instructed carefully Also the version of 6.0.1 MM you will choose to downgrade to should be latest dated (I mean the latest 6.0.1 firmware for your device and country available on Sammobile.com casually)
3)Hence you can find some instructions within my own Post in which i mentioned step by step installations instructions (Go To Page No 65 And Find My Post In Reply To Okiera29 There Regarding Downgrading To MM From Nougat)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/help/help-thread-question-noob-friendly-t3220229/page65

DayDreamer said:
1)To be say honestly downgrading is not officially supported by Samsung also But yes you can successfully downgrade to 6.0.1 from 7.0 (I personally downgraded to 6.0.1 once successfully due to issues on stock 7.0)
2)You only need to follow the guide as instructed carefully Also the version of 6.0.1 MM you will choose to downgrade to should be latest dated (I mean the latest 6.0.1 firmware for your device and country available on Sammobile.com casually)
3)Hence you can find some instructions within my own Post in which i mentioned step by step installations instructions (Go To Page No 65 And Find My Post In Reply To Okiera29 There Regarding Downgrading To MM From Nougat)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/help/help-thread-question-noob-friendly-t3220229/page65
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Ok thank you for your reply, I understand. I also had some trouble with drk verity fail issue when I factory reset because I run into issue with my efs, it was failing to boot ,but after searching the internet I found out how to fix the efs issue and then I flash stock over and then run into trouble with drk verity fail issue, but found a script to bypass this error ,but I read that whenever I flash or factory reset I will run into this drk verity fail issue again, so I must flash this script to bypass this error.
So my question after all i have explain is, will it be a problem to downgade to 6.0 because of those previous issues ?

desmond462 said:
Ok thank you for your reply, I understand. I also had some trouble with drk verity fail issue when I factory reset because I run into issue with my efs, it was failing to boot ,but after searching the internet I found out how to fix the efs issue and then I flash stock over and then run into trouble with drk verity fail issue, but found a script to bypass this error ,but I read that whenever I flash or factory reset I will run into this drk verity fail issue again, so I must flash this script to bypass this error.
So my question after all i have explain is, will it be a problem to downgade to 6.0 because of those previous issues ?
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1)Can't say exactly without trying or downgrading firmware as i said already neither samsung nor any community will officially support downgrading of firmware as it may cause various baseband and imei related issues due to downgrading of bootloader
2)But for safety you can take full Nandroid backup of your current stable rom using TWRP and Try to downgrade firmware at your own risk
Regards

DayDreamer said:
1)Can't say exactly without trying or downgrading firmware as i said already neither samsung nor any community will officially support downgrading of firmware as it may cause various baseband and imei related issues due to downgrading of bootloader
2)But for safety you can take full Nandroid backup of your current stable rom using TWRP and Try to downgrade firmware at your own risk
Regards
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ok thank you. So i end up downgrading back to marshmallow and i did run into the issue with drk and i flash the script to bypass that error and boot up successfully, but at the moment am searching for a fix to the drk failing on the internet, i found that alot of persons have run into this problem, but i see wat i can find.

desmond462 said:
ok thank you. So i end up downgrading back to marshmallow and i did run into the issue with drk and i flash the script to bypass that error and boot up successfully, but at the moment am searching for a fix to the drk failing on the internet, i found that alot of persons have run into this problem, but i see wat i can find.
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You can find more information in below listed thread about DM-verity with DRK check
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/help/how-to-solve-dm-verity-verification-t3293306

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•You will See Emergency Software Recovery And Initialization Window
•Select Device Initialization Option
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What version of Smart Switch offers initialization for SM-N920C Note 5's? The latest version doesn't include initialization anymore at all, and an older version I tried stated that initialization was not supported for Note 5's.

All right, I'll see what i do.
Thank you very much.

Unbrick S7 Snapdragon After trying to go back to stock VIA Odin

Behold The Thread to solve your S7 Snapdragon Issue
- I have dealt with Odin errors for the last few days. Name as many as you can I've probably had it. The main issue is when people try to unroot by flashing stock ROM the phone will lock up (Soft Brick). This has happened to me many times in many different scenarios. Whether it presents itself with an eMMC error or any Fused Binary problems etc.
- Heres how to fix it.
- Unfortunately I am not allowed to post links yet but as soon as I can I will add them.
- Dowload your Stock firmware for your device.
- Download the S7 Snapdragon Root .tar for snapdragon
- Download the latest Odin Prince Comsy here
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1.) Put your S7 into download mode by holding: Home + Power + Volume Down until you see a warning. Accept it.
2.) Go to the Modified Prince Cosmy Odin and open it up
3.) Grab the s7 Qualcomm .tar file from the root file you downloaded earlier and put it in the AP slot on Odin.
4.) Go to options on Odin and select: Nand Erase All, RE-Partition, Auto Reboot and F. reset time.
5.) Plug your S7 into your computer using a charging cord that is data transfer capable.
6.) After you see a blue or green box in Odin and see your device has been connected hit start
7.) After flashing the .tar root image. Put your phone back into download mode just like before and go back to Odin. (Make sure not to extract the zips inside the extracted USA ROOT zip.)
8.) Hit reset on Odin and go to options and select: Nand erase All, RE-Partition, Auto Reboot and F. reset time.
9.) Fill in BL, AP, CP, and CSC with your phones stock firmware and then select start. If all goes well it should restore your S7 to working condition.
- Make sure to extract all the downloads before you begin -
+ If you have an issue comment below and I or other helpful community members will help you!
+ If your device is not showing up make sure you have the latest Samsung phone drivers!