Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S5E which is stuck in a bootloop after failed Odin firmware flash
It's impossible to turn it on when disconnected from USB.
When connected to a PC and pressed Power + Volume Up + Volume Down buttons it comes up with error message for few seconds,
"An error has occurred while updating the device software.
Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software."
restarts and the same error message comes up (and it goes on like this until USB cable is disconnected)
Because it keeps restarting after few seconds it's impossible to run any flashing tool.
Is there anything that may fix it, or is it bricked?
any help would be very much appreciated
chupacabraGT said:
Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S5E which is stuck in a bootloop after failed Odin firmware flash
It's impossible to turn it on when disconnected from USB.
When connected to a PC and pressed Power + Volume Up + Volume Down buttons it comes up with error message for few seconds,
"An error has occurred while updating the device software.
Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software."
restarts and the same error message comes up (and it goes on like this until USB cable is disconnected)
Because it keeps restarting after few seconds it's impossible to run any flashing tool.
Is there anything that may fix it, or is it bricked?
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When mine was doing pretty much the same thing after a failed firmware flash, I had to send it to Samsung for a new mainboard. I don't quite understand how a failed firmware flash with correct firmware borked a motherboard, but that was it.
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Hi, i tried flashing galaxy a5 2017 from 7.0 to 6.0.1, the flash failed and the phone became stuck in download mode, odin stopped detecting it and wouldn't restart, totally unresponsive. I got the back off and unplugged the battery and back in so i could restart it but it wouldn't restart, no response at all.
When i plug it in socket or pc it starts charging with the circle and % on screen and when the screen dims it lights back up when pressing home and either volume but not power. Also when plugged into pc odin detects the phone and allows the adding of the roms but gets stuck on setupconnection.
I've tried recovery like power and volume down for 10-15 seconds and nothing, tried safe mode and downloading mode, every combination i could find. The firmware i got was from updato which is A520FXXU1APLL VOD United Kingdom (Vodafone). I'm in the uk.
There's no damage to the power button.
Any help please?
Thanks
Sorted it out
Stuck on "an error has occuurred while updating the device software"... please help!
Hello guys,
though I rooted two smartphones before, I'm completely stuck now and I seriously could use some help now...
I own an samsung A5 2016 (a510f) that I rooted today with one click root. Worked well, but then I got stuck in a bootloop. I used a hard reset to start again but there was still the bootloop. After that I tried to downgrade android to 5.1.1. using the firmware from sammobile.com (it was Android 7.0 before). Got into download mode and tried to install the 5.1.1 with Odin because I thought that maybe rooting would be easier/there would be no bootloop. But the installation didn't work. Now I'm stuck with the turquoise-white warning sign and the "an error has occuurred while updating the device software" - message. I tried to do an emergency recovery with Smart Switch, but Smart Switch tells me "SM-A510F doesn't support initialisation..." Please call the service center -> but I guess since I rooted the phone I won't find support there.
So I'm stuck now. The display is still glowing with the warning sign from the link above and the "an error has occurred etc..." message. I can't even turn the phone off, if I press "Volume down" + Power Button the screen turns black for a second, then the sign and the message returns... I can't get to the download mode or do a hard reset with the usual button combinations either...
Please, can someone tell me if there is another way to get my phone up and running? I searched the web but can't find a solution to my problem... Did I brick the software?
Greetings, bomb3rman
Any help would be appreciated...
Try SmartSwitch. It might not work because you're rooted. Or Samsung has dropped support for the 2016 series. But worth a try
Technoboss28 said:
Try SmartSwitch. It might not work because you're rooted. Or Samsung has dropped support for the 2016 series. But worth a try
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I tried Smart Switch already, thought there might be another way I'm not aware of.
1 year old S8 unlocked (SM-G950U1), stock software. Was running slow today, so I rebooted, and it now crashes almost instantly after showing "galaxy s8" on the boot screen, and just sits there with a slow blinking blue light.
Hard reboot just does the same thing. It won't go into recovery mode. I CAN get into software upload, so I tried flashing stock ROM back with Odin, but that fails, and now I get the "an error has occurred while updating the device software" error. Samsung Smart Switch isn't recognizing it as a supported device.
Can't get TWRP to install because FRP lock is on (and since I can't boot the phone, I don't think I can disable this).
So, am I stuck with a fancy brick?
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abt12 said:
1 year old S8 unlocked (SM-G950U1), stock software. Was running slow today, so I rebooted, and it now crashes almost instantly after showing "galaxy s8" on the boot screen, and just sits there with a slow blinking blue light.
Hard reboot just does the same thing. It won't go into recovery mode. I CAN get into software upload, so I tried flashing stock ROM back with Odin, but that fails, and now I get the "an error has occurred while updating the device software" error. Samsung Smart Switch isn't recognizing it as a supported device.
Can't get TWRP to install because FRP lock is on (and since I can't boot the phone, I don't think I can disable this).
So, am I stuck with a fancy brick?
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No twrp for this device. You are probably flashing the wrong revision firmware. You need to flash equal to or greater than what's on the device
Also that same screen of error you can flash in Odin
Hi guys!
I've read tons of threads and guides on Google but nothing helped me to bring to life my Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. After hours and hours of test and probes I surrender!
Basically I was using normally my phone and suddenly has power off and showing the Samsung Galaxy Logo continuously. I've force reboot it with vol down+pwr button and after some minutes restart normally again. After 5min again the boot loop and stuck there. Tried again to power it off but didn't work so I thought was the battery (because is 3yrs old with heavy use and months ago I had the screen flickering and a battery drain to zero). I opened the phone, unplug the battery and the power button (because I thought was the power button stucked as on my father phone). So after mounted all the stuff in their place I tried to boot it and suddenly start to work again! I've backup all my things rapidly but again power off by himself and this is the last time I see it working.
So I tried to empty the cache entering in the recovery but it was useless so the only way seems flashing the original FW with Odin. Downloaded the right one with Frija, upload the rights files in Odin (Home_csc because I don't want to lose my internal memory stuff) and the phone automatically reboots, pass the Samsung logo and go in Upgrading mode with the blue android screen and a % increasing. After that by himself power off and nothing happen.
I read some stuff about my possibilities to recover it without losing data but a lot of tutorial talk about entering in recovery but I cannot do it! Simply does not go in recovery with vol_up+bixby+pwr_button even after force shutdown it with vol_down+pwr_button or reattach the battery. The only thing I'm allowed to do is put it in Download Mode to be recognized by Odin.
I've tried to launch ADB devices but it is not visible in Download Mode.
I've tried to flash another firmware for the same model (theoretically my one is unbranded italian) but I tried with WIND one because in download mode there is a text "Carried_ID:WIND" but this FW Odin fail to upload it.
I've tried to flash the TWRP with Odin but fails on the phone with error "Custom binary(recovery) blocked by FRP Lock". I've searched how to unlock it but without have access to recovery or phone settings seems impossible. And this phone has also OEM Lock.
I've tried again to flash the FW but the only difference than before was the blue android robot with stucked text "Installing system update", "Erasing" , "yellow advice notice" and finally a green screen with "An error has occurred while updating the device software.Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC Software". And yes, I already tried with Smart Switch but the program does not detect the phone.
I've also tried to flash the original recovery but nothing change.
Seems that my devices is bricked or a kind of boot loop.
In my situation there is something that I can do to recover the internal memory data? I don't tried to flash the FW with CSC file because I don't want to erase all the data.
My Galaxy was original since the purchasing, no root or flashed a FW, only OTA updates.
I've attached a photo with the stuff that appear in Download mode.
I recently got a wifi model S5e and I believe the previous owner did not know what he was doing, and tried to updated the firmware through Odin and messed it up. Whenever the tablet is plugged into power or a USB port, it will boot to "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recover function in the Smart Switch PC Software" screen, then restart itself after a couple seconds. It does this the entire time it is plugged in. I can hold the VOL keys then plug it in and I get to the "Custom OS" screen, but it does the same thing and reboots after a couple seconds. Is there anything I can do to get it to stay on long enough to flash new firmware to it?
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I recently got a wifi model S5e and I believe the previous owner did not know what he was doing, and tried to updated the firmware through Odin and messed it up. Whenever the tablet is plugged into power or a USB port, it will boot to "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recover function in the Smart Switch PC Software" screen, then restart itself after a couple seconds. It does this the entire time it is plugged in. I can hold the VOL keys then plug it in and I get to the "Custom OS" screen, but it does the same thing and reboots after a couple seconds. Is there anything I can do to get it to stay on long enough to flash new firmware to it?
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Call Samsung at 1-800-SAMSUNG. I messed up my tablet the same way. I had someone local look at it, but they couldn't fix it. I sent it to Samsung and they fixed it for free, but only because it was still under warranty. They can check your serial number to see if yours is still under warranty.
Seeing as they have a customOS installed on their device. Samsung won't touch it as it has been rooted, which breaks the warranty.
Reboot to your "custom recovery" and flash that "custom os" again?