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S3 Neo (GT-i9300i GSMH) always stuck at downloading mode after kitkat update

I tried to upgrade the firmware of my Samsung Glaxy S3 Neo (GT-i9300i) from 4.3 to 4.4.4 Kitkat (official release) using the Odin 3.09. after upgrade, phone restart and samsung logo displayed and it stuck at downloading mode, now its giving me an error at top ("could not do normal boot")
I try to restart the phone, remove the battery and tried but no luck, Please guide how I can solve this issue to get the normal boot.
Details are:
Could not do normal Boot
Odine Mode
Product Name: GT-i9300i
Current Binary: Official
System Status: Official
Knox Warrenty Void: 0x0
QualComm Secure boot: 0x0
RP SWREV S0, T0, R0, A0, P0
Secure Download: Enable
UDC Start

Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
Stand by
Good luck

Turn your device off.Take out any existed SIM or memory card.Wait for 10 seconds. Put the battery back. Press and hold the Volume Up key + Home key, Then press the Power key. Keep pressing the keys until Samsung logo appears,Then release The Power Key only. When you get Factory reset / System Recovery menu on screen, Release all keys.Use the Volume Down key to select Wipe Data / Factory Reset option. Use the Power key to confirm the operation. You need to use the Volume Down key again to select "Yes -- delete all user data" Use the Power key to confirm. After performing the hard reset, Select Reboot System Now option, And confirm it using the Power key. Now the phone will reboots, Wait for it to be fully on and then you can start using it.

I have the same problem. my phone is identical to yours .
GT-I9300I
s3ve3gub
I9300IUBUAND1
MSM8228
put back 4.3 with odin official update and the pone is working
My phone is also S3 Neo + but is plus version with 1.4 CPU ... it is the first version for china jan 2014 .... all updates 4.3 is OK for him from Samsung firmwares .... but i cant update for 4.4 .... i always after any update get the android screen and after that Odin screen with downloading and message with cant do normal boot .... and cant go to recovery only flash back with 4.3....

akins0405 said:
I have the same problem. my phone is identical to yours .
GT-I9300I
s3ve3gub
I9300IUBUAND1
MSM8228
put back 4.3 with odin official update and the pone is working
My phone is also S3 Neo + but is plus version with 1.4 CPU ... it is the first version for china jan 2014 .... all updates 4.3 is OK for him from Samsung firmwares .... but i cant update for 4.4 .... i always after any update get the android screen and after that Odin screen with downloading and message with cant do normal boot .... and cant go to recovery only flash back with 4.3....
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Yes you are right, on other forums, some comments says that 4.4.4, it gives problem, so downgrade to the 4.3, I did it and 4.3 working fine

qazihamayun said:
Yes you are right, on other forums, some comments says that 4.4.4, it gives problem, so downgrade to the 4.3, I did it and 4.3 working fine
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If anybody is trying to install 4.4.4 in Galaxy SIII NEO DUOS PAK then i think you should try UAE Firmware. i read it on sammobile that it would work for PAK phones. i am downlading it rightnow. i'll let you know if it worked.
Infact Qazil it was you there if i am not wrong.. did it worked for you ?
Plus if anyone have any idea why we are unable to flash any KitKat custom or official ROM, then please share the solution.
My phone always stuck in downloading mode when i try to flash any kitkat rom.
Product Name: GT-I9300I
Current Binary: Custom
Current Status: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLED (CSB)
AP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
Write Protection: Enable
UPDATE: UAE 4.4.4 UPDATE WORKED FOR ME FROM SAMMOBILE. Now i am running lolipop.

DEAD!

Hello guys,
A friend of mine gave me his S6EDGE+ because it didnt boot anymore after he woke up. The night before that he installed an update but the phone worked fine after that.
The phone showed this message: http://imgur.com/a/cwLyM
I thought that it was easily fixed by flashing original 7.0 firmware but as you can guess i was wrong... It keeps rebooting right after the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+" screen
So i tried to flash original 6.0.1 firmware but the same result
After that i flashed 7.0 again and after that twrp 7.0 but it never booted into twrp
So i flashed android 6.0.1 and the newest twrp for 6.0.1 but it still didnt booted into recovery and i am not able to boot in recovery.
After that i tried some older versions of twrp for 6.0.1 and it sometimes gave me the error: Recovery is not seandroid enforcing. I tried the same with 7.0 and older twrp versions, same results.
I also tried to flash 5.1.1 but i couldnt flash it.
What i also tried is to flash 7.0 bootloaders and after that 7.0 firwmare and the same for 6.0.1
I'm really desperate and dont know what to do anymore..
Current status: bootloop
I can enter download mode: http://imgur.com/a/XiS6Z

When you say you flashed original firmware, did you use odin to do it? Did you use the firmware from sammobile?
Apologies if it's shows in the pictures, but they aren't showing up on my phone.

1. how about if you try to reflash twrp, full wipe and install a rom?
2. Try fix it with Smart Switch with emergency frimware recovery / emergency device recovery. ?

kdogguk said:
When you say you flashed original firmware, did you use odin to do it? Did you use the firmware from sammobile?
Apologies if it's shows in the pictures, but they aren't showing up on my phone.
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i can see that the images aren't working, ill fix that in a sec.
Yes i used odin and downloaded everything from sammobile because ive actualy paid them for de downloadspeed

justanpotato said:
1. how about if you try to reflash twrp, full wipe and install a rom?
2. Try fix it with Smart Switch with emergency frimware recovery / emergency device recovery. ?
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ive flashed several versions of twrp but it never boots in recovery or i get the message recovery is not seandroid enforcing.
I also tried the Smart Switch method but without succes

no, u need learn some things about Binary Vercion, ima sure u have a B3 in this moments, so , download any firmware with Binary 3, if need more infor about that, check here http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f68...combination-compatibility-w-o-errors-2189001/

ruubs said:
ive flashed several versions of twrp but it never boots in recovery or i get the message recovery is not seandroid enforcing.
I also tried the Smart Switch method but without succes
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You've never stated the results of your stock firmware flashing, using Odin. This is key, this tells you whether the firmware was flashed correctly or not.. If you picked the wrong stock firmware to flash, Odin will show it "Failed."
If your buddy just updated firmware, then it's likely he's on the newest one, but check in SamMobile to verify if it's accurate. If shows the most current firmware was updated in January or something then he might not be on the most current one, as this shows that he's behind on updating his phone, so it's uncertain which it last updated to.
If I were you, I'd verify first whether the Odin flash passed or not, prior to attempting any custom flashing.. After Odins finished flashing in the upper right corner will either show "Pass" or "Fail," it needs to show "Pass" before you can proceed to do anything else, as this confirm whether the stock firmware flashed correctly or not.
If it doesn't Pass, you have flashed the wrong firmware. Might be good to verify with your buddy, which carrier he had originally. If you indeed have a Samsung S6 Edge+, with the larger 5.7 inch screen, the model numbers begin as so, "SM-G928x" with difference being the "x" at the end, which coincides with whichever carrier it's on, (e.g. "A" for AT&T, "T" for T-Mobile" - U.S. carriers).
It wouldn't be a bad idea to confirm whether you're using the most up to date version of Odin, either. Don't remember what that is but a quick Google search under this topic would do it.
Just for shyts and giggles, you did verify that your PC recognizes the phone, right? And that it lists under "Device Manager" correctly, as well as Odin recognizing it after you plugged it in?
If it does "Pass," it should reboot by itself into the stock firmware since prior to flashing you selected "autoreboot" and "reset time" if it doesn't reboot correctly or gets stuck on the splash screen, unplug it from the PC and manually boot it into stock recovery. Do this by first pressing the following buttons at the same time and holding them till the phone powers off, power button, home button, volume up and volume down.. After it powers off, push and hold, power button, home button and volume up, till the phone boot to stock recovery, amd of course you can let go of the buttons/keys. Then using volume buttons to select factory reset and pressing the power button to confirm the selection. After it factory resets you can then select reboot to system and it should boot normally and you've recovered the phone.
The upper left corner in Odin will show the results of the flash, there shouldn't be a reason for it not booting if it indeed shows "Pass," cuz this confirms firmware flashed correctly, if it shows "Fail" then you flashed the incorrect firmware. You'll need to locate the right one so that Odin shows "Pass," otherwise you wont ever recover your phone, regardless of anything else you find interesting to flash, bootloaders, TWRP, root, ect.. Don't flash anything else till you get the stock firmware flashed correctly. If you're unable to accomplish this then, I'd recommend calling Samsung or your carrier, is it still under warranty? My charging port broke after 2+ years, I have insurance though w/ T-Mobile, called them to see what my options were, was planning on fixing it myself to avoid the $175 insurance deductible, if I made a claim, but as it turns out, since I have insurance, the phones still under warranty and per the CSR, it will continue to hace warranty as long as I pay the $7/month insurance. Thought most warranties are 12 months but I wasn't going to correct her if she was wrong so I went ahead with it and 2 days later new phone came and I sent my broken one back! Old phone has lil scratches on the screen, couple lil dings along the sides, obviously an older phone but now I gotta new one, ita flawless!
It won't to try if this don't work out..
Good luck

Went to sleep, phone died, now stuck in a bootloop, can't enter recovery and etc.

Stock 7.0 AT&T model, I went to sleep, forgot to plug in phone. It died in the middle of the night, and the phone refuses to boot past the s7 edge splash screen and restarts every 10-15 seconds. It also will not enter recovery mode and says "Recovery booting..." I can make it enter download mode but I have attempted almost everything I have found and I either get a binary issue or it will successfully flash but then nothing will happen and it will continue to be in this bootloop. I actually brought it to a samsung "representative" at Best buy today and she said it wasn't recognizing the phone at first then it did, and she flashed something that she didn't say what it was and then it still didn't work. She then told me to send it in to samsung but since my glass is cracked (2nd day I had it too...) they try to say that i'm at fault. I just want to know how to fix this, I haven't had my phone in 5 days, I don't care about my data cause it's all already backed up online! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

alecmaw said:
Stock 7.0 AT&T model, I went to sleep, forgot to plug in phone. It died in the middle of the night, and the phone refuses to boot past the s7 edge splash screen and restarts every 10-15 seconds. It also will not enter recovery mode and says "Recovery booting..." I can make it enter download mode but I have attempted almost everything I have found and I either get a binary issue or it will successfully flash but then nothing will happen and it will continue to be in this bootloop. I actually brought it to a samsung "representative" at Best buy today and she said it wasn't recognizing the phone at first then it did, and she flashed something that she didn't say what it was and then it still didn't work. She then told me to send it in to samsung but since my glass is cracked (2nd day I had it too...) they try to say that i'm at fault. I just want to know how to fix this, I haven't had my phone in 5 days, I don't care about my data cause it's all already backed up online! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you tried using samsung smart switch?

use samsung smart switch emergency software recovery initialization which is in the right up corner in "more". if its gonna be stuck and installing the software then connect your phone to a charger, hold volume down and power button and turn it off, this way the phone should stay turned off. then go to download mode and install s7 edge firmware from sammobile through odin

RomBetaTester said:
Have you tried using samsung smart switch?
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****, I forgot to mention, yes I have tried smart switch and every time I input the model number and S/N, it just closes out. Based on my research, that means initialisation isn't possible.

arofaz said:
use samsung smart switch emergency software recovery initialization which is in the right up corner in "more". if its gonna be stuck and installing the software then connect your phone to a charger, hold volume down and power button and turn it off, this way the phone should stay turned off. then go to download mode and install s7 edge firmware from sammobile through odin
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I forgot to mention, that yes I have tried smart switch, and everytime I input the model number and S/N it closes out.

you'll need quick hand play
push volume down boton and power at the same time when the phone restars quick push the download mod conmbinaison and flash a stock at&t firmware you can download throught sammobile.com site;*,
edit : download the firmware throught this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/firmware-att-s7-edge-g935a-official-t3412312
another edit lol: don't forget to unzip downloaded files
tell me if it works

Recently, I have seen many phones with bootloop problems and, at the end, the sim card was the one to blame.
I know it's silly but have you tried booting it without the sim card and micro sd?

nouninou said:
you'll need quick hand play
push volume down boton and power at the same time when the phone restars quick push the download mod conmbinaison and flash a stock at&t firmware you can download throught sammobile.com site;*,
edit : download the firmware throught this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/firmware-att-s7-edge-g935a-official-t3412312
another edit lol: don't forget to unzip downloaded files
tell me if it works
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I keep getting SW REV CHECK FAIL : [ABOUT] FUSED 4 > BINARY 2 and odin fails. this is what has been happening each time I attempt odin. Also Smart switch just closes.

angourakis said:
Recently, I have seen many phones with bootloop problems and, at the end, the sim card was the one to blame.
I know it's silly but have you tried booting it without the sim card and micro sd?
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Yup, nothing :/

arofaz said:
use samsung smart switch emergency software recovery initialization which is in the right up corner in "more". if its gonna be stuck and installing the software then connect your phone to a charger, hold volume down and power button and turn it off, this way the phone should stay turned off. then go to download mode and install s7 edge firmware from sammobile through odin
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Smart Switch just closes out each time i input S/N and Model number :/

I just actually successfully flashed SM-G935U firmware but to no avail it is still in this bootloop. I am about to just replace the screen and send into samsung ffs

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ (SM-G982F) messed up

Can't really say what's going on with the phone since it was a "spare phone" that I've been given just to try to fix it up.This is what I know so far :
The smartphone had a custom android 9 version and had several issue such as being unresponsive and crashes.As of right now the phone won't boot, to phrase it better it does but all I get is a sort of light blue screen with a some sort of ghosting effect (looks like the old lock screen since I can barely see the time and part of the BG) but it looks like completely dead.It seems like it's possibile to boot in odin mode but to me it just seems to straight up freeze (granted that I have no experience with android nor custom roms) this is the info on screen :
Odin mode; Download speed : fast; Product name : SM-G928F; Current binary : Official Samsung; System settings : Custom; FRP Lock : Off;, Secure download : Enabled; RP SWREV: B:5 K:0 S:1;And then the downloading screen.I've been able to "try" to flash a ROM but it either ends up freezing halfway or at the start but most of the time I just get straight up errors on Odin.Oh and going in odin mode seems like random, the phone at times will just stay dead and turn on after 30 minuets and then rebooting, at times it will go straight to and the different button combinations don't seem really consistent in what they do.
At this moment the phone isn't recognized by Windows (either "device not recognized"/not showing at all or showing as something else) and constantly shuts down seconds later I get in download mode.
Phone doesn't always turn on, at times it only boots when sitting on a Qi-plate.
As of right now this is what I've done :
Going in odin mode, tried to flash the stock android 7.0 rom of my model, trying to re-partion with its PIT but nothing seemed to work. The most I've got out of it was the half way through freeze while flashing, now I can't even start the actual flashing that I get errors/freezes.
Thanks to anyone that has any clue of what I can do, sorry for the mess!
More info :
Got my ROM from Samfirm.I've tried flashing with the latest version (August 2018 I think) with no result. Tried with Odin 3.09/10/13 with no success.Tried AP+PIT and all 4+PIT and no PIT at all with mixed results (stuck halfway or at the beginning).Flashing gives either Re-partition failed, complete write operation failed, stuck on setupconnection/initializing and cannot open serial com port.

SM-N910F no Boot, constant restarting!

Hello,
The phone was updated to latest available firmware. This is when the problems started.. First off it would turn off after about two minutes and get quite hot, so I replaced the battery.
After battery replacement, it worked OK for a few days, then started getting hot again.. So i pulled battery and left to cool.
Now the phone does not boot at all, constantly rebooting, even when plugging in the charger. Screen flashes with battery charge symbol then reboots. I can however get into Download Mode..
This is what i receive;
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME:SM-N910F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (4)
QUALCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
UDC START
I have no idea why it says Current Binary - Custom.. As far as I know the phone is Stock and I bought it new.
Hope someone can help me please!
Thanks!

*Update*
Played around with it this morning, managed to flash an older ROM in Download Mode... but upon reboot... stuck in bootloop
Any input how to get the phone working again please?
Much appreciated!

Bootlooping after flash the stock rom is to be expected sometimes.
What you have to do in that case, is boot in recovery (stock recovery) and perform a factory reset, then wipe user data and in the end REBOOT SYSTEM.
That may be caused by old data still in your phone, that prevent your phone from booting up.
I would also try and change my charger and cable, in case something in wrong there (apart from the batter) and the phone cannt charge it properly.
Even better, if you could use an external charger to charge your battery and then put battery back to it, just to make sure there is not something wrong in the charging process.
Have you tried to charge your phone, while be on RECOVERY? That could also help.
So, in conclusion
Make sure your battery is charged
Boot in stock recovery, factory reset and wipe data
reboot system.
Good luck

logosA said:
Bootlooping after flash the stock rom is to be expected sometimes.
What you have to do in that case, is boot in recovery (stock recovery) and perform a factory reset, then wipe user data and in the end REBOOT SYSTEM.
That may be caused by old data still in your phone, that prevent your phone from booting up.
I would also try and change my charger and cable, in case something in wrong there (apart from the batter) and the phone cannt charge it properly.
Even better, if you could use an external charger to charge your battery and then put battery back to it, just to make sure there is not something wrong in the charging process.
Have you tried to charge your phone, while be on RECOVERY? That could also help.
So, in conclusion
Make sure your battery is charged
Boot in stock recovery, factory reset and wipe data
reboot system.
Good luck
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I flashed the Stock Firmware but upon reboot just back to bootloop... The only operation i can do is VOL Down + HOME + POWER to Download Mode
I am unable VOL UP + HOME + POWER.. it just reboots the phone!
Also battery does not seem to be charging while in the phone, because it turns itself on and then stuck in loop! so frustrating!
any more help appreciated?
Thanks !!

I have now managed to flash a Stock 4.4.4 firmware with Auto Reboot, F. Reset Time and NAND Erase All ticked... Still no joy!
Once the firmware is installed the phone reboots then back to bootloop

iamserver2016 said:
I have now managed to flash a Stock 4.4.4 firmware with Auto Reboot, F. Reset Time and NAND Erase All ticked... Still no joy!
Once the firmware is installed the phone reboots then back to bootloop
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look what you have to do:
download this (windows ) application and install it on your windows pc.
This is the application that will allow you to search and download the latest stock rom for your phone.
It connect to Samsung servers and in very little time you will have a new stock rom on your pc.
choose samfirm 3.06
extract it on a folder on your PC and run samfirm.exe
in the opening menu type
SM-N910F(or T/V/W etc your phones model)
REGION..... xxx (your region code)
these 2 you can find in a sticker under your battery if you open the phone and take off the battery, if you already dont know that
tick '' BINARY NATURE''
(If you dont tick BINARY...'' you will get the whole stock rom in one file xxxx.tar.md5 to flash it in the oding using the AP tab)
CHECK UPDATES>DOWNLOAD
THIS WAY YOU WILL GET THE LATEST STOCK ROM FOR YOUR PHONE/REGION
Binary nature means the rom split in 4 files
1. BL- bootloader
2.AP - rom
3. CP - modem
4. CSC - Customer support code(region/country)
This is what a stock rom is consist of
this kind of rom is also called REPAIR ROM, because you can use it to repair your phone.
If you look in odin you will find exactly these 4 entries.
So you can put each in the appropriate box and flash them all and so have a stock rom.
UNtick autoreboot, tick NAND ERASE ALL
push start
Wait until rom flashes and ODIN SAYS COMPLETED
take off your battery and wait 2-3 seconds.
Put it back in and press and hold power+ volume UP + home
Wait untill see samsung logo appears but not let go buttons
AFTER Samsung logo goes and come again, let the buttons.
You will boot to stock recovery.
Navigate with volume buttons and perform FACTORY RESET and then Wipe user data
Then REBOOT SYSTEM.
PS make sure you have oding == or newer than 3.13.3
take it from here:
https://odindownloader.com/download/odin3-v3-13-3
*****DONT LAUGH ON THIS
before do all the above
TAKE OFF THE BACK COVER OF YOUR PHONE , your sdcard, your battery and sim
Put your phone in a zip bag and put it in your freezer for 5 minutes
Take it off the freezer, put battery and sim card on it and do what I have wrote above
Hopefully it will solve your problem and everything will go as we all wish to.

logosA said:
look what you have to do:
download this (windows ) application and install it on your windows pc.
This is the application that will allow you to search and download the latest stock rom for your phone.
It connect to Samsung servers and in very little time you will have a new stock rom on your pc.
choose samfirm 3.06
extract it on a folder on your PC and run samfirm.exe
in the opening menu type
SM-N910F(or T/V/W etc your phones model)
REGION..... xxx (your region code)
these 2 you can find in a sticker under your battery if you open the phone and take off the battery, if you already dont know that
tick '' BINARY NATURE''
(If you dont tick BINARY...'' you will get the whole stock rom in one file xxxx.tar.md5 to flash it in the oding using the AP tab)
CHECK UPDATES>DOWNLOAD
THIS WAY YOU WILL GET THE LATEST STOCK ROM FOR YOUR PHONE/REGION
Binary nature means the rom split in 4 files
1. BL- bootloader
2.AP - rom
3. CP - modem
4. CSC - Customer support code(region/country)
This is what a stock rom is consist of
this kind of rom is also called REPAIR ROM, because you can use it to repair your phone.
If you look in odin you will find exactly these 4 entries.
So you can put each in the appropriate box and flash them all and so have a stock rom.
UNtick autoreboot, tick NAND ERASE ALL
push start
Wait until rom flashes and ODIN SAYS COMPLETED
take off your battery and wait 2-3 seconds.
Put it back in and press and hold power+ volume UP + home
Wait untill see samsung logo appears but not let go buttons
AFTER Samsung logo goes and come again, let the buttons.
You will boot to stock recovery.
Navigate with volume buttons and perform FACTORY RESET and then Wipe user data
Then REBOOT SYSTEM.
PS make sure you have oding == or newer than 3.13.3
take it from here:
https://odindownloader.com/download/odin3-v3-13-3
*****DONT LAUGH ON THIS
before do all the above
TAKE OFF THE BACK COVER OF YOUR PHONE , your sdcard, your battery and sim
Put your phone in a zip bag and put it in your freezer for 5 minutes
Take it off the freezer, put battery and sim card on it and do what I have wrote above
Hopefully it will solve your problem and everything will go as we all wish to.
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Thank you for your instructions and reply!! Unfortunately, this has not solved my issues with the phone. I am reluctant to try the freezer method tbh lol.
I might buy a new motherboard.

iamserver2016 said:
Thank you for your instructions and reply!! Unfortunately, this has not solved my issues with the phone. I am reluctant to try the freezer method tbh lol.
I might buy a new motherboard.
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yes, I thought so.
I have been there you know.
I strangled almost a year trying to fix my damaged Note 4 (910f) which had the emmc bug.
Finally, although I did manage to flash arom (many actually), the only thing that solve the problem was to replace my motherboard.
Take look to some extremely actions, until motherboard replace, just to have an idea what we are talking about.
Its hard, its not 100% effective, but since your phone is still managing to even power up and go to recovery, or download mode, its not that damaged my mine was.
Also keep in mind, this is temporary, eventually, emmc will be complete damage(depending of the use), so motherboard will be to permanent solution only
Good luck my friend
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ebrick-img-t3488114/post71178231#post71178231
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/note-4-freezing-restarting-t3348821
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ebrick-img-t3488114/post71184710#post71184710

logosA said:
yes, I thought so.
I have been there you know.
I strangled almost a year trying to fix my damaged Note 4 (910f) which had the emmc bug.
Finally, although I did manage to flash arom (many actually), the only thing that solve the problem was to replace my motherboard.
Take look to some extremely actions, until motherboard replace, just to have an idea what we are talking about.
Its hard, its not 100% effective, but since your phone is still managing to even power up and go to recovery, or download mode, its not that damaged my mine was.
Also keep in mind, this is temporary, eventually, emmc will be complete damage(depending of the use), so motherboard will be to permanent solution only
Good luck my friend
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ebrick-img-t3488114/post71178231#post71178231
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/note-4-freezing-restarting-t3348821
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ebrick-img-t3488114/post71184710#post71184710
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Thanks for replying again and with all the help/knowledge! :good: much appreciated!!
I am currently trying the freezer method but only with battery? Does it have to be full device?
Next stop, new motherboard... I feel defeated.
Thanks!

iamserver2016 said:
Thanks for replying again and with all the help/knowledge! :good: much appreciated!!
I am currently trying the freezer method but only with battery? Does it have to be full device?
Next stop, new motherboard... I feel defeated.
Thanks!
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you have to freeze the phone.
Not battery, not sim card, not sdcard.
The thing is that in Note 4, CPU and emmc are one under the other, so overheating of the CPU, trying to flash the emmc, is making their contacts lose, so flashing is failing.
Keeping the phone cold, dont let that happen and eventually(maybe), flashing and booting up, which is the most heat producing process, completes and then phone can continue easier.
As I have already told you, this is a big MAYBE and not a final solution.
Changing the motherboard will be.
Took me 15 days to manage to boot it up for the first time.
Manage to keep it with broken motherboard almost a year, then one day, I saw smoke coming out of the usb when charging it. That was the end.
New board and charging port has made my Note 4 like new.